the students. there it is so interesting because when he was president, it was always discussed how he was a new englander but he adopted his home state as texas in such a complete way. look, like a lot of people in our history, he came from the east and went out to the west to start a new life. he goes to yale, his father is a with a marketing firm and he could have slid into that life and he became an oil field tool salesman in california and then texas. lives a modest life. learns the oil business to start his own oil company. he is a texan. he was born in massachusetts but he got to texas as soon as he could. bret: we talk about the pomp and circumstance here, but it will be there as well.
colonel jacobs, in addition to being a new englander, his accent will give that away. as we get to know general kelly more. the respect the people have for his service agreeing to take his job. he lost a son in afghanistan, has a son still serving. jack, why is he suited for the job? well he is intelligent, hard working, diligent. he is a strong patriot. he is a great american. but i don t think any of that matters in this white house. at the end of the day the chief of staff has to be the chief of the staff. and anybody who has an opportunity to work around him is going to leave the place in chaos. it will continue that way. jared kushner doesn t report to anybody. goes directly to the president. bannon is stuck to the president like a limpet on a hull of a ship. scaramucci already said he
this white house. but it s good news for the american people. general, you always have a way with words. colonel jacobs, in addition to being a new englander, his accent will give him away, but we should have american people know him for his service. he is a gold star father, he lost a son serving in the military. he has another son, why do you believe he is suited for this job? well, he is intelligent, hard working, diligent, a strong patriot, a great american. but i don t think that this matters about the white house, the chief of staff has to be a chief of staff. anybody who has an opportunity to work around him will leave the place in chaos, jared kushner doesn t report to anybody, goes directly to the
so i think the good news is for the american people. i would also point out. i heard a couple of colleagues talking about his lack of congressional or political experience. this fellow was seven years working congress for the u.s. marine corps. so he is intimately aware of how the legislative process works. and then finally, he not only served in europe and afghanistan, and all over latin america, he has been the military assistant to two of the finest public servants we ever had. bill gates and secretary leon panetta. so i think this guy would be better off parachuting into raqqah, syria, than going into this white house. but it s good news for the american people. general, you always have a way with words. colonel jacobs, in addition to being a new englander, his accent will give him away, but we should have american people know him for his service.
in part because it s very heavy. it s like a lot of water and almost ice like this snow. they re concerned about roofs in the area, concerned about electrical wires and trees. going forward, they re going to have a lot of engineers checking on that. they re also concerned about the tides and the full moon happening at the same time. so far, the winds seem to be blowing the tide out, so hopefully things go well, but they re in the middle of it here in heartfund. john. miguel marquez, we ll keep in touch throughout the day. i don t mean to make light of the travel. i m just a new englander, i love to be outside. ryan, let s move up into patriot nation, red sox nation in massachusetts. what s the latest there? john, this is like old home for you. i feel like you as a child standing out here in westboro, massachusetts. just another day in new england. pretty, but as miguel said, very difficult to be out here. the wind pounding in your face.