ourselves and our allies. that's what we have to do to make an impression. >> shannon: u.s. military policy the president announcing yesterday that transgender individuals won't be allowed to serve in the u.s. military. any reaction to that? >> there are a lot of questions about that. it was a complete surprise to the department of defense and so we don't know if that means they will kick people out who are there, we don't know if that means they aren't going to allow people who need no treatment to come in. there are lots of questions to be answered. i think the standard should be that we need people in the military who can fight. and if they can meet those standards, if they can fight, then the rest of this stuff probably doesn't matter. if they can't fight, however, the military cannot be a social program for some other agenda. >> shannon: all right. chairman max thornberry always good to see you. >> bill: more to come on that. 20 minutes before the hour. street free speech under fire on college campuses after scenes like this break out at