we're going to continue to cover what we feel is the news. that's not something that's going to go away. the white house can, again, disagree with it but we're not going to take kindly on being lectured on what the story should be. >> speaking of more news we haven't talked about pompeo voted in as cia. >> gets very high marks. >> he really does. it looks like marco is backing down on tillerson. so he's going to have tillerson, who was, you know, pushed by robert gates and condi and jim baker. and pompeo, who even donald trump's toughest critics say is going to be great at the agency. then you've got general mattis who is considered an all-star by everybody. >> general kelly. >> general kelly is in there, too. it's a strong, strong team. >> you mentioned robert gates. still ahead on "morning joe," robert gates joins us here on set. we'll get the former defense

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