harward is under consideration for the title of national security adviser. it will probably take several days. but what we re hearing from the trump white house this evening is that the president has moved on from all of this. that general flynn did not get fired. he resigned, according to senior he resipped, according to senior administration officials. president trump tried to hang in there as long as he could, we re told. but eventually, what you saw tonight, simply became, as you said, an untenable situation. in thanks to jim acosta there. we spoke about flynn s resignation and the possible contenders to replace him, including david petraeus. one source says general petraeus is going to go to the white house tomorrow, and that he is, quote, making a run for
and if they continue with missile tests, how far is the president willing to go to try to stop them? well, as the president said this week in the roosevelt room, chris, all options are on the table. the iranians would do well to look at the calendar and recognize that we ve got a new president in the oval office. that disastrous nuclear deal that the last administration entered into with iran, as general flynn said, should have encouraged better behavior by the iranians, but instead what we see whether it be their flouting u.n. security council resolutions banning ballistic missile tests or whether it be the way they re arming the houthis in yemen who just last week attacked a saudi arabian ship, what we re seeing here is hostile action, belligerent action being supported or taken by the iranians, and we re just not going to put up with it anymore. chris: the president issued other orders this week basically saying that he s going to
iran? and if they continue with missile tests, how far is the president willing to go to try to stop them? well, as the president said this week in the roosevelt room, chris, all options are on the table. the iranians would do well to look at the calendar and recognize that we ve got a new president in the oval office. that disastrous nuclear deal that the last administration entered into with iran, as general flynn said, should have encouraged better behavior by the iranians, but instead what we see whether it be their flouting u.n. security council resolutions banning ballistic missile tests or whether it be the way they re arming the houthis in yemen who just last week attacked a saudi arabian ship, what we re seeing here is hostile action, belligerent action being supported or taken by the iranians, and we re just not going to put up with it anymore. chris: the president issued other orders this week basically saying that he s going to
the justice department, warned the white house in january that flynn might be open for blackmail by russia. in his resignation letter, flynn said, quote, unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events, ip inadvertently briefed the vice president-elect and others, with incomplete information regarding my phone calls to the russian ambassador. i have sincerely apologized to the president and the vice president, and they have accepted my apology. i spoke with jim acosta. jim, i suppose his position had been untenable or growing that way. wasn t this sort of accusation of potential blackmail that was the turning point? or was it that he misled mike pence, the vice president? i think that revelation that the justice department had
missile tests, how far is the president willing to go to try to stop them? well, as the president said this week in the roosevelt room, chris, all options are on the table. the iranians would do well to a newt the calendar and president in the oval office. that disastrous nuclear deal that the last administration entered into with iran, as general flynn said, should have encouraged better behavior by the iranians, but instead what we see whether it be their flouting u.n. security council resolutions banning ballistic missile tests or whether it be the way they re arming the houthis in yemen who just last week attacked a saudi arabian ship, what we re seeing here is hostile action, belligerent action being supported or taken by the iranians, and we re just not going to put up with it anymore. chris: the president issued other orders this week basically saying that he s going to revisit the dodd-frank