joining us now, former arkansas governor mike huckabee. governor, would you, a heck of a blow against your daughter. with would your response be to cnn about this? >> i thought it was amazing cnn is talking about truth and honesty. getting advice about truth from cnn is kind of like getting recipes for the 4th of july from hannibal lecter, come on. they're the champions of fake news and fraudulent news. they're constantly reporting stuff turns out to be untrue, including jake tapper had to go back and admit the big thing he held up from, rather "the national enquirer" didn't exist t was totally fake. the attacks on my daughter point you out the hypocrisy here. what did they do? they attacked a woman, my daughter, for doing her job. now why did donald trump send the tweet out in the first place. because he was attacked by a woman, namely one of the hosts what i called bsnbc. who was calling him mentally deranged. calling him unfit for office. and her partner was saying that he was a shmuck, a goon, a thug. this is just, but, if there is any

with us former arkansas governor mike huckabee. welcome back to the program. what do you think about general kelly bringing discipline and one voice to the white house. is the president going to listen? >> i think he will because he has got someone who in essence a peer. somebody on the same level. has been ceo of something really, really big. in this case a military operation. battlefield command. all of these are great qualities. a person like general kelly is truly tested. he doesn't care whether people like him or not. he has taken people combat. he has been in the position where he knows that the decision he makes and the way he leads, in his case, had a choice of whether people lived or died. now nobody will live or die what he does as chief of staff per se, but i think it's a good choice, a solid choice, the president is wise to pick him. stuart: does he have some diplomatic skills? because he is going to have to be a bit diplomatic when it comes to dealing with members of congress. these are politicians. he is a military guy. the president is a busines

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