the new book, already a new york times bestseller, sea stories: my life in special operations. admiral, welcome back to the broadcast. what does that video tell you? what does this incident tell you? yeah, thanks, brian. great to be with you. well, first, incredibly irresponsible on the part of the russians to conduct high-speed maneuver that close to the uss chancell chancellorsville. the fact of the matter is had either helmsman on the chancellorsvil chancellorsville or russian ship made a slight change at course, you would have had collision at sea, would have put american sailors at risk and russian sailors as well. i think more to the point, this is really kind of putin flexing his muscles again. you know, he flexed them in crimea and the ukraine and syria, intervention in our election process, so sooner or later we re going to have to figure out a way to send a message to the russians that, frankly, this kind of behavior is inappropriate. not just the election meddling
the russian vessel was close enough to be able to see russian sailors sunbathing on the deck. u.s. officials say these images serve as evidence that the act was intentional. they point to the wake from the ship to show the change in course. according to the navy, the ship, quote, accelerated and closed to an unsafe distance, forcing the americans to maneuver to avoid collision. the incident prompted this reaction from acting defense secretary patrick shanahan. the behavior is unsafe and unprofessional. we ll have military-to-military conversations with the russians. russia disputes the navy s accounts saying it was the americans who crossed their path. u.s. plans a formal protest, as you just heard. with us again tonight, admiral william mcraven. he retired with four stars, commanded all u.s. special forces including supervision of the raid that killed bin laden. he happens to be the author of the new book, already a new york times bestseller, sea
anything but a completely solemn manner. i m speaking, of course, about the fox news interview. right. well, i think he struck the right tone on his d-day speech. i mean, he showed the appropriate dignity and honor for those that had landed on the beach on june 6th. so i appreciate the fact that in his kind of formal remarks, he acted presidential and, again, showed the right level of dignity to those that serve. i was, obviously, dispiappointe by his remarks on fox news. you know, petty politics has no place when the president is standing on hallowed ground. hallowed ground, as you mentioned. i certainly wish he hadn t have done that. admiral william mcraven, thank you for coming back on the broadcast and taking our questions tonight. to our viewers, once again, his book is called sea stories: my life in special operations. our great thanks. > thank you. coming up for us, our next
manner. i m speaking, of course, about the fox news interview. right. well, i think he struck the right tone on his d-day speech. i mean, he showed the appropriate dignity and honor for those that had landed on the beach on june 6th. so i appreciate the fact that in his kind of formal remarks, he acted presidential and, again, showed the right level of dignity to those that serve. i was, obviously, disappointed by his remarks on fox news. you know, petty politics has no place when the president is standing on hallowed ground. hallowed ground, as you mentioned. i certainly wish he hadn t have done that. admiral william mcraven, thank you for coming back on the broadcast and taking our questions tonight. to our viewers, once again, his book is called sea stories: my life in special operations. our great thanks. thank you. coming up for us, our next stop on our trip down i-95 happens to be our last stop in new england. steve kornacki returns to the
bin laden. mccraven was on one of the screens the white house was watching on the opposite side of this famous photograph. and observers there say despite the incredible attention, mccraven s voice never changed inflection. he has written a book about that episode and many others from his life and career, sea stories, my life in special operations. not only did you kill osama bin laden, but you rescued captain phillips. well, to clarify, i was in charge of those, but of course it was the great soldiers and sailers that did all the hard work. we will get to all that. but first i have to ask you as somebody who has watched the persian gulf so carefully, people are wondering does it strike you as likely that the iranians would try to attack the united states, united states vessels? you spend a long time watching