NEWS ALERT.

UPDATE IN THE CASE OF NEW

YEAR'S EVE SEAL EDDIE

GALLAGHER RANK RESTORED BY

PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER BEING

ACCUSED AND EVENTUALLY

ACQUITTED OF SO-CALLED WAR

CRIMES LAST JULY.

NEW REPORTS CLAIM TOP

MILITARY OFFICIALS THREATEN

TO RESIGN IF THE NAVY WAS

NOT ALLOWED TO CONDUCT AN

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW TO

TAKE AWAY HIS TRIDENT TO

DETERMINE IF GALLAGHER COULD

REMAIN A SEAL.

SOMETHING THE NAVY

SECRETARY.

HE NOW DENIES.

CHIEF PETTY OFFICER EDDIE

GALLAGHER JOINS YOU NOW

ALONG WITH U.S. NAVY VETERAN

AND NINE LINE HELPING WITH

HIS CAUSE.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS

MORNING.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US ON,

PETE.

PETE: YOU LIVED IN THE

MIDDLE OF THIS.

YOU SAW THE PRESIDENT'S

TWEET.

ALLOWED YOU TO GET YOUR RANK

BACK.

YOU REPORTED BACK TO DUTY.

REACTS

REACT.

>> IT KEEPS GETTING MORE AND

MORE UNREAL.

GOT THE PRESIDENT'S TWEET ON

WEDNESDAY.

PETE: SAYING IS HE GOING TO

RESTORE YOUR TRIDENT.

IT'S NOT BEING TAKEN AWAY

FROM YOU.

>> BEING THE LEADER HE IS.

AT THE SAME TOKEN I GET A

FEELING OF EMBARRASSMENT FOR

MY COMMUNITY ADMIRAL GREEN

IS LETTING THE EGO GET THE

BEST AND TRYING TO TAKE MY

TRIDENT ALL ABOUT

RETALIATION.

PETE: YOU WERE FOUND GUILTY

ON ONE CHARGE TAKING A

PHOTOGRAPH.

ADMIRAL GREEN THE HEAD OF

THE NAVY SEALS TAKE TO YOU

ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD.

WE WANT TO TAKE YOUR TRIDENT

AWAY HIS BOSS IS THE

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

RICHARD SPENCER.

HE SAID THERE WERE REPORTS

THAT HE WANTED TO RESIGN NOW

IS HE BACKING AWAY FROM THAT

REACT TO WHAT THE NAVY

SECRETARY HAD TO SAY

YESTERDAY.

LISTEN.

CAN YOU CONFIRM OR COMMENT

ON THIS STORY THAT YOU ARE

THREATENING TO RESIGN FROM

YOUR POST IF THE NAVY IS NOT

ALLOWED TO SORT OUT ITS OWN

PROCESS AROUND THE NAVY SEAL

HOT PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO

PROMOTE.

>> CONTRARY TO POPULAR

BELIEF, I'M STILL HERE.

DID I NOT THREATEN TO

RESIGN.

LET US JUST SAY THAT WE ARE

HERE TO TALK ABOUT EXTERNAL

THREATS AND EDDIE GALLAGHER

IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

PETE: GOOD ORDER AND

DISCIPLINE IS FOLLOWING THE

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

WHILE A TWEET IS NOT AN

ORDER.

AS YOU MENTIONED, HIS INTENT

QUITE CLEAR.

WHY IS THE NAVY STILL GOING

AFTER YOU WHEN THEY KNOW

WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO

HAPPEN?

>> THIS IS ALL ABOUT EGO AND

RETALIATION.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE.

THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN MY

TRIDENT AT ANY TIME THEY

WANTED NOW TRYING TO TAKE IT

AFTER PRESIDENT RESTORED MY

RANK.

ALL THE CORRUPTION GOING ON

DURING MY CASE STARTING WITH

CRYING CRAIG MILLER ALL THE

WAY UP TO ADMIRAL GREEN AND

JUST RECENTLY WE COME UP

MORE EVIDENCE THAT WILL BE

EXPOSING NEXT WEEK THAT THE

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WAS

ACTUALLY MEDDLING IN MY CASE

AND TRYING TO GET

ORGANIZATIONS NOT TO SUPPORT

ME WHILE I WAS INCARCERATED.

PETE: WOW.

WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A

MOMENT.

HOW DID THE RANK AND FILE

VIEW THIS?

YOU HAVE THE BRASS AND

PENTAGON REACTING.

HOW ARE THE GUYS WHO HAVE

BEEN A PART OF THE WAR FOR

THE LAST 18 YEARS SEEING

THIS?

>> REAL WAR FIGHTERS ARE

DISCUSSED.

IF YOU ARE TRYING TO

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JOIN THE

MILITARY.

TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE

TO JOIN THE MOST ELITE

FORCES, THIS IS A PERFECT

CASE AND EXAMPLE OF YOU WHO

YOU CAN DESTROY THAT

RECRUITMENT.

YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL HERE

SERVED FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

WANT TO LEAVE THE MILITARY

HONORABLY.

HE WANTS TO LEAVE WITH HIS

TRIDENT.

HE FILED ALL THAT PAPERWORK.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO

REASON FROM A COMMANDER'S

STANDPOINT TO GO AGAINST THE

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S INTENT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID

VERY CLEARLY THAT WE NEED TO

GET BACK TO BUSINESS.

AND BUSINESS IS WAR

FIGHTING.

THIS IS PERSECUTING A WAR

FIGHTER WHO HAS DONE UNTOLD

AMOUNT OF GOOD FOR THIS

COUNTRY, DOING BAD THINGS TO

BAD PEOPLE IS PART OF THAT

THERE WAS A PICTURE THAT WAS

TAKEN.

BUT THERE IS 12 OTHER

INDIVIDUALS IN THAT PICTURE.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON ONLY

PEOPLE SINGLED OUT EDDIE

GALLAGHER AND FEW OTHER

PEOPLE NOT EVEN IN THAT

PICTURE.

PETE: OTHER PEOPLE WHOSE

TRIDENTS MAY BE TAKEN AWAY

YOU BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE

THEY SUPPORTED YOU AND

TESTIFIED ON YOUR BEHALF.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S

GOING ON.

BOTH OF THESE SEAL OFFICERS

TESTIFIED FOR ME DURING THE

TRIAL AND CALLED THESE MEAN

GIRLS OUT FOR LYING.

AND NOW THEY ARE BEING

RETALIATED AGAINST BY THE

COMMANDS BECAUSE THEY ARE

GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN.

PETE: SO TODAY, YOU ARE

STILL FACING THE NAVY.

STILL FACING THE POTENTIAL

BOARD EVEN THOUGH THE

PRESIDENT TWEETED IT.

WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE BE

TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT YOUR

CASE?

YOU WANT TO RETIRE.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

>> YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO

RETIRE PEACEFULLY WITH ALL

THE HONORS THAT I HAVE

EARNED.

GET BACK TO MY FAMILY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW

HOW MANY TIMES I THANK THE

PRESIDENT.

HE KEEPS STEPPING IN AND

DOING THE RIGHT THING.

AND I JUST WANT TO LET HIM

KNOW THAT THE REST OF THE

SEAL COMMUNITY IS NOT ABOUT

THIS RIGHT NOW.

THEY ALL RESPECT THE

PRESIDENT AND WHAT THE

ADMIRAL IS DOING, SHOWING

COMPLETE INEL SUBORDINATION

IS NOT THE GOOD EXAMPLE OF

GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE.

PETE: WHEN YOU SAY THE SEAL

COMMUNITY.

YOU ARE SAYING THE GUYS YOU

HAVE SERVED WITH.

>> YES.

PETE: HAVE YOUR BACK IN

THIS.

THEY APPRECIATE WHAT THE

PRESIDENT IS DOING.

>> THEY DEFINITELY DO.

THOSE ARE THE GUYS WHEN I GO

BACK TO WORK.

THEY ARE COMING UP AND

GIVING ME HUGS.

THEY ARE GLAD TO SEE

EVERYTHING IS WORKING OUT IN

MY FAVOR.

HIGHER ECHELON, BRASS TRYING

TO PUT THEIR THUMB.

PETE: I DIDN'T KNOW NAVY

SEALS GAVE HUGS.

>> BUREAU HUGS.

PETE: FILL US IN ON HOW YOU

HAVE BEEN HELPING IN EDDIE'S

CASE?

>> WE GOT A PHONE CALL ABOUT

SIX MONTHS AGO FROM THE

FORMER POLICE COMURETION

BERNIE KERIK IS THERE ANY

WAY WE CAN HELP OUT?

BESIDES RAISING FUNDS TO

HELP WITH THE LEGAL DEFENSE,

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF

DIVE IN TO THIS CASE AND USE

OUR VOICE AND PROMOTE WITHIN

OUR COMMUNITY WHAT'S GOING

ON.

IN THE BEGINNING YOU ARE

SUPPORTING A BRAND AN

APPAREL BRAND IS SUPPORTING

SOMEONE WHO IS ACCUSED OF

KILLING A CHILD.

WE HAVE ALL COME TO FIND OUT

THAT THAT WAS A FALSE

NARRATIVE.

PETE: YES.

>> WHILE THERE ARE OTHER

BRANDS OUT THERE LIKE NIKE

SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIKE COLIN

KAEPERNICK A MAN-CHILD, WE

CHOOSE OUR BRAND AMBASSADORS

WHO ARE ACTUAL HEROES.

THAT HE WAS WHY WE ARE

EXTREMELY EXCITED TO WORK

WITH EDDIE AND HOPING HE CAN

GET OUT OF THE NAVY AS SOON

AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN GET

BACK TO WORK AS WELL.

PETE: EDDIE, WHAT WOULD BE

THE QUICKEST AND BEST COURSE

OF ACTION FOR YOU RIGHT NOW

TO END IT THE WAY YOU WANT

IT TO BE ENDED?

>> TO LET ME RETIRE

NOVEMBER 30TH.

PETE: WITHOUT THIS BOARD

TAKING THE TRIDENT AND THIS

SOMETHING THE

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF COURSE

THROUGH HIS PREROGATIVES HAS

THE ABILITY TO DO?

PETE: ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THE FIGHT CONTINUES.

WE WILL KEEP YOU POST YOU

HAD.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO

WATCH.