here s how the four star general responded when asked if he thought failure plays a role in success. i get knocked down and get back up again. i m trying to connect to the kids here. that might have been their fathers. you don t want me to break out into uptown funk you up do you? don t believe me just watch. dempsey closed out the event leading kids through a rendition of something called unicorn song complete with hand motions. truth be told he may have missed his calling on broadway. he has one heck of a voice. now to former george h.w. bush. he appears to be recovering after falling at his home earlier this month injuring his neck. he s tweeted with this photo with the quote, who knew sky
united states played the role of honest broker between all the groups. and when we pulled ourselves out we lost that role as honest broker. when isis emerged back in june of last year, and they sacked most mosul, did anyone from the white house reach out to you and seek your opinion? all my work was given to chairman dempsey. but president didn t ask to see you? you had served almost four years there, more than any general? i never i never talked directly to the president about it at that time. but i talked to the secretary of defense. i m sure that he relayed all my thoughts. reporter: in 2009 while general odierno was still the top commander in iraq he recommended keeping 30 to 35,000 u.s. troops. if the administration had listened to him, and iraqi government had cooperated, some say the rise of isis may have been prevented it was a mistake to pull out? i think it would have been good for us to stay.
united states played the role of honest broker between all the groups. and when we pulled ourselves out we lost that role as honest broker. when isis emerged back in june of last year, and they sacked most mosul, did anyone from the white house reach out to you and seek your opinion? all my work was given to chairman dempsey. but president didn t ask to see you? you had served almost four years there, more than any general? i never i never talked directly to the president about it at that time. but i talked to the secretary of defense. i m sure that he relayed all my thoughts. reporter: in 2009 while general odierno was still the top commander in iraq he recommended keeping 30 to 35,000 u.s. troops. if the administration had listened to him, and iraqi government had cooperated, some say the rise of isis may have been prevented it was a mistake to pull out? i think it would have been good for us to stay.
officials. barbara starr has more on this important part of the story. what are you learning? reporter: let s get right to it. the pentagon has been taking a very hard line in public on lifting any restrictions on iran s conventional arms and the ballistic missile program of one week ago, listen to what the chairman of the joint chiefs had to say. under no circumstances should rerelieve pressure relative to ballistic missiles capabilities. now, dempsey and ash carter are now saying look. the agreement has been reached and it will depend on iran s behavior. but they re also making the point that a military option to strike iran will be preserved if it were to become necessary. and another four star general testified earlier. talked about as sanctions are
dempsey and hagual. this is clear as day and it is on a very controversial issue. this is the woman in charge of ice begging for help and none is provided and she was forced to reverse her position on it. it s not just the local community s fault. the federal government is at fault. they are releasing these people and there is a boston globe investigation that found they have released hundreds of sexual predators who are criminal aliens so the problem is both at the federal and local level and it s getting worse. thank you. thanks megyn. a guy, jared from the subway commercials had his house raided by the feds and tonight lost his gig as a spokesman for the restaurant chain. our legal team is next on what is really happening there. and then a big-time college quarterback is caught on camera