that s a conversation. stephen hayes, thank you so much for being here. the whole house, great job. we are back here at noon eastern tomorrow, but now, here s harr harris. harris: we begin with this fox news alert. president trump defending his decision to intervene in navy seal eddie gallagher s case that ultimately led to the firing of navy secretary richard spencer. this is outnumbered overtime. i m harris faulkner. president trump is now saying he was right to order the navy not to kick out eddie gallagher from the navy seals. after he was convicted of posing for photographs with a fighter s body, of the enemy. the president telling reporters he was defending the military when he criticized spencer, who was fired over his handling of the case. watch. what i m doing is sticking up for our armed forces. there has never been a president that is going to stick up for them, and has, like i have. harris: now, spencer is
blasting the president s move to prevent the navy from reviewing gallagher s case, saying it will have a negative impact among the rank and file. i don t think he really understands this whole definition of a war fighter. what do i stand for a secretary of the navy? order and discipline of the united states navy. that s a prime tenet. this in fact erodes that. i cannot, in my conscience, do this. harris: national correspondent jennifer griffin following the latest on this from the pentagon. jennifer? harris, we expect a student from the navy today that it is canceling the navy tried interview board for the three seals who were caught up in the eddie gallagher case. the board was set to review allegations the seals were involved in the trophy photos taken of a dead iraqi militants. to be clear, those photos do not show gallagher holding a severed head. they do show seals, including gallagher, posing with the corpse. in one of those photos, gallagher is holding a hunting knife. t
things with our military? i want to first get your thoughts on the first reaction to what has played out. we have the former secretary of the navy complaining about a lack of chain of command, when he is going behind his boss s back it being the secretary of defense to go white and don migrate to the might of the metal he has no business doing. with the president pardoning eddie gallagher s army sticking response will be off of that affirmative defense, saying, this is the end, that s how it should end. it should have been that way. so many people are involved in this for personal gain. everyone from the prosecutor sent to the ncis is trying to get gallagher in prison. i don t know how this got so big in the first place. harris: i want to get a reaction to a couple of items. remove us criticized the president and for getting involved in the case, saying none of this would have happened if the president stayed out of it.