so we really are happy with the results. the letter of reprimands a small dock in his pay. lieutenant colonel scheller i still maintain is a hero to the marine corps. i wish we could see change. i wish there were accountability at the top. i m not sure we ll see it. trace: that s the key phrase, accountability. he was himself held accountable. tony busby, thanks for coming on. thank you. trace: ari fleischer and victor davis hanson when the story continues.
themselves. mr. busby, do you see this leading to any type of change in the military? i wish i were optimistic. i don t see that change coming soon. there s a huge disconnect between the rank and file, and it s lieutenant colonel scheller obviously is a colonel, right below a full colonel. but he spoke out. i don t see the general staff making any changes. you haven t heard any generals step up and said i ll be accountable or i support this lieutenant colonel. what we saw instead was after lieutenant colonel scheller spoke out and said this entire withdrawal was botched, 13 people shouldn t have had to die, what we saw instead is the generals testifying in front of the senate saying that the withdrawal was an operational and tactical success. so there s a major disconnect between the general staff, people making the decisions and
trace: breaking today, a judge handing down a sentence for the u.s. marine that demanded account ability for military leaders in afghanistan. lieutenant cornell scheller will receive a letter of reprimand. he s described as an officer with an outstanding record before he spoke out on social media. his media team calling it a good and just sentence. tony busby joined me now, a former captain in the marine corps. thanks for coming on, sir. scheller said this yesterday, quoting know i still feel fundamental change is required. i feel a revolution or rebuilding the broken system is the only way to fix the shortfalls if senior leaders are unable or unwilling to fix it
charge of posing with a corpse has raised more than $2 million to help scheller. who also, by the way, took to facebook to criticize u.s. political leadership saying among others things, president trump and his family know nothing about sacrifice and calling president obama weak. lieutenant colonel scheller was expected to have a hearing last thursday. it was postponed at the last minute. that hearing now due to take place tomorrow. martha? martha: jonathan, thanks very much. let s bring in lieutenant cornell scheller s parent. stu and kathy, thanks for being here. thank you. thank you. martha: this hearing tomorrow, what do you expect to happen? what have you been told? we re told it s a closed hearing. stewart s attorney have been asked to have an open hearing or aleast allow kathy and i to