megyn: the colonel was scheduled to be a guest speaker at west point, but because of remarks he made about islam he s been pressured to withdraw from the speech. joining me now major general bob scales and tom mcinerny. do you outrank the lieutenant general? we ll go by general for both of you. tom was senior in rank and higher in the class. megyn: i m glad we cleared that up. we are not talking about either of you. we are talking about another general. this guy has come under a lot of fire. let me start with you. tell the audience who this guy is and why he s become so
the radicals they have. so that s where i would differentiate with what the general says. i think that s the difference where he and i would part company. megyn: would there be a problem having this general stand up and speask radical islam as a problem give what these cadets are likely to face in the future? my sense is it would have been a problem regardless of what he spoke about because of the association with the general who has gotten some bad press in the middle east and west point which of course is the sacred terrain as far as the army is concerned. and the army and the general and the superintendent at west point did the right thing in this instance. let s part ways. everybody setting down, back away and not make a case out of something that isn t. megyn: general, thank you both so much.
reporter: u.s. park police surrounded the man and led him out of the square. meghan: coming up later this hour we will speak to the man who cut the ties to that tent. we saw him moments ago. police say it s not just the tent that is the problem, but also this mask which is another form of vandalism they say. the statute, by the way was built in 1876 and is a civil war monument to general james b. mcpherson. the very first tv ad from the president s re-election team attacks a couple of private citizens who have broken no laws and committed no crime that we are aware of. in three minutes see why their lawyer, a guy you may have heard of is now asking if the president has an enemies list. and have you noticed how it s costing more every day to fill up your car? we ll look at what is going on at the pump and the prices.