this book, one of the most explosive claims is he was attributing quotes to the defense secretary james mattis saw the president talking about there saying that mattis told people he believed after one conversation that he found particularly tough with the president according to this book that he said the president had the understanding of a fifth or sixth grader for this. among other comments that mattis made about the president. now heard from the president there. that comes as reports talk inside the white house about replacing the defense secretary and this comes after there had been for a few weeks and months more of a strained relationship between president trump and the defense secretary james mattis. something we saw and then this book comes with the claims of mattis and the president there citing mattis' denials, a lengthy denial yesterday saying he didn't say the things that bob woodward attributed to him in the book and he was not asked to verify the quotes either and a few things also that mattis attributed as saying in that book and one was that particularly telling conversation,

he quotes james mattis telling the president he's trying to "prevent world war 3." he quotes donald trump calling his attorney general jeff sessions "mentally retarded." and he quotes the president's former criminal defense lawyer john dowd telling the president that if the president testifies under oath in the mueller investigation the president will end up in "an orangeup psuit." the lawyer told the president "you are not a good witness." and so tonight the trump white house has made the mistake of going to war with bob woodward, a war they cannot win, because they don't know how bob woodward does it. and that means they don't know what they're up against. the white house press secretary issued a written statement saying, "this book is nothing more than fabricated stories." john kelly issued a written statement denying he called the president an idiot. defense secretary james mattis issued a written statement saying "the contemptuous words about the president attributed to me in woodward's book were never uttered by me or in my presence." that appears to be a refe

they today come of the secretary of defense responded to that quote for your james mattis in a statement saying, the contemptuous words about the president attributed to me in woodward's book were never uttered by me or in my presence.

the woodward book has already been refuted and discredited by secretary of defense, james mattis, and general chief of staff john kelly. their quotes were made up frauds, a con on the public. likewise, other stories and quotes. woodward is a dem operative.

ladies and gentlemen the secretary of defense james n mattis. ladies and gentlemen the vice president of the united states michael pence and the second lady of the united states mrs. karen pence. ♪ [singing the national anthem] please join me in respect for our fallen brothers and sisters in a moment of silence. let us now listen to these sacred words that we recall at this sacred moment. greater love has no one than this that someone lay down his life for his friends. source of all that is good, we give you thanks for your abundant mercy. we give you thanks for your healing presence. today, keep usre always mindful of lives lost. and of the heroism of all our uniformed service personnel and every citizen. i ask that you strengthen our fully ono reflect more these great heroic examples of selfless service and our lives today. bless this observance and may we always remember that sacrifice in the cause of freedom is never in vain. it conquers all. it tramples every evil force. great piece to those we have lost in this conflict against strengthgiv

if and when james mattis leaves.ook has come out and describes the crazy interactions between trump and mattis that trump denies. now they ramped it up. they dusted off the list. we better get this ready. who knows what will happen next? the top of the list is retired army general jack keene. he was offered the job of defense secretary in 2016. he had to turn it down for family reasons. now he is back in the mix. people close to mattis are saying the guy has been there for two years. it would make sense. no final decisions have been made. if over the next couple months he looked for a way out. what the top trump officials are dealing with can i leave with dignity? rex tillerson got if fired on the toilet. h.r. mcmaster had a plan, until trump fired him. james mattis wants to leave on his terms. and they are coming up with plans that may make that more complicated. >> phil and josh, we will bring you back to talk more. thank you. >>> some breaking news overnight. kim jong-un recommitting to denuclearization of the kor

james mattis says the words were never uttered by me or in my presence. so let's talk about woodward's tactic. basically he spoke to -- he says dozens of people. he recorded them but it was on deep background, meaning he can't reveal who said what. >> correct, so carl can explain this even better but bob did hundreds of hours of taped interviews with almost every person he spoke to and there were dozens of sources, people inside the room with donald trump, first-hand sources. but he does do it on what we call deep background which means he can use whatever they said he said to them. he didn't want anything that was off the record. so he can use it but he protects their -- who exactly it is. that said, having read the book i want to tell you, throughout the book people are named and quoted extensively. >> that's how he did it and how. they're saying it. i think what they're saying has greater impact, carl and as we're hearing quotes from james mattis, from gary cohn, from john kelly, from rob porter, on and on and oftn, the story of officials who feel like

. >> earlier this morning, vice president mike pence and defense secretary james mattis participated in a 9/11 observance ceremony at the pentagon. this is an hour. >> well, to the pentagon community and the pentagon family that's here, and all those who are joining us by broadcast, we welcome you. we welcome you to our 9/11 memorial and today's pentagon september 11th ceremony. we're here together, families and friends of those we so tragically lost here 17 years ago, building survivors, the first responders who raced to danger to help, those from here at the pentagon, those in our local partners, our state partners and other federal agencies, all the first responders who came to the call. and all our other pentagon personnel and federal family. we will forever be a pentagon family, bonded as is the nation, but a tragic day 17 years ago. bonded by our actions since then, and bonded by our continued gathering here each year. today as we come together, united at this site to remember those we lost, fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, friends and coworkers. as we reme

defense secretary james mattis says trump has the understanding of a fifth or sixth grader. john dowd, who quit earlier this year, describes the president as an fin' liar. he told trump he would wind up in an orange jump suit if he sat down with robert mueller. after a practice session back in january, the book says, the president stumbled contradicted himself and lost his cool. these things a dodd damn hoax. i don't really want to testify. >> the russian witch hunt, we got a whole big combination. where is the collusion? >> reporter: after that mock session woodward reports, the president's lawyers went to mueller's office and told mueller that he's incapable of telling the truth. i need the president's testimony mueller replied adding that he was trying to determine whether the president had a corrupt intent in firing fbi director james comey. the russia investigation provides some of the most vivid moments in the book by woodward, the legendary "the washington post" reporter of watergate fame that he says is drawn from hundreds of hours of interviews with principals and f

then according to woodward, there is defense secretary, james mattis, who said the president has the understanding of a fifth or sixth grader. to former chief of staff reince priebus who said he just scurries around and refers to attorney general jeff sessions as mentally retarded and a dumb southerner. according to woodward, the president once told guiliani, rudy, you're a baby. i've never seen a worse defense in my life. they took your diaper off there. you're like a baby that needed to be changed. woodward revisits the president's handling of the deadly riots in charlottesville, saying mr. trump regretted a speech he gave when he condemned the white supremacists in charlottesville. but mr. trump said that was the worst speech i made and the next day went back to blaming both sides for the violence. >> excuse me. you had some very bad people in that group. but you also had people that were very fine people. on both sides. >> reporter: woodward says the president complained he wasn't add for an interview but woodward reminds the president, he made multiple requests. >> nobody told m

seven months into the administration, defense secretary james mattis tried to convince the president of the value of military alliances and free trade agreements. but the president declared, this is all bs. according to woodward, one of the president's attorneys, john dowd, felt he would commit perjury if interviewed by special counsel robert to ve simple factual answers. don't testify, he warned, either that or an orange jumpsuit. the bookends with, trump had one overriding problem that -- the book ends with, trump had one overriding problem that the president is a liar. dowd said he never said this. woodward is confident of the information much of which comes from diary and notes made by participants in the events. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> president trump's u.s. supreme court nominee will be back on capitol hill this morning. brett kavanaugh is expected to face questions from the committee. the hearing began yesterday with partisan bickering and protests from members of the audience. >> we cannot possibly move forward, mr. chairman. >> i extend a very warm welcome

james mattis reports trump as having the understanding of a fifth or sixth grader. john dowd describes the president as a "f'ing" liar, telling president trump he would end up in a, quote, orange jump suit if he testified before the special counsel robert mueller. >> right. so in addition to staff taking extraordinary measurin extraordinary measures to really circumvent the president, there are new details about the russia investigation. you see the president's former attorney john dowd going to the white house residence and putting him through a mock interview. according to woodward, dowd did not believe the president could get through an interview. so he puts him through a practice session. it unfolds. you see a scene. there are quotes. woodward reports that in the end, the president fails the test. what's even more shocking is down the road, dowd and the present attorney go to mueller's office, special counsel robert mueller. in an attempt to convince mueller that the president cannot get through an interview without perjury, they re-enact the mock interview. joh

james mattis. ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states, michael r. pence. and the second lady of the united states, mrs. karen pence. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪ please join me, in respect for our fallen brothers and sisters in a moment of silence. let us now listen to the sacred words that we recall at this sacred moment. greater love has no -- that someone lay down in flight for his friends. almighty god, source of all that is good, we give you thanks for your abundant mercy. we give you thanks for your healing presence. as we gather here today keep us always mindful of lives lost and of the heroism of all of our un

when we come back, well, james mattis and secretary of state pompeo a are in india. we will go to new delhi and speak with arundhati roy, among other things, about the raids on dissidents' homes. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "total destruction to your mind" byby swamp dogg. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: secretary of state mike pompeo and defense secretary jim mattis are in india today to talk about deepening military and trade ties between the two countries. india is the largest weapons importer in the world. pompeo spoke earlier today in delhi.i. >> shared d values of democracy, civil rights. nermeen: pompeo and mattis' trip comes just a week after the indian government conducted raids across the country targeting prominent human rights activists, lawyers, poets and critics of the narendra modi government. at least five people were arrested. the indian government has accused them of inciting violence and having suspected links to maoist rebels. amy: critics say the arrests are

you saw james mattis putting out a statement, denying it. your name, by the way, has come up as a possible replacement for james mattis. are you interested? >> well, one, that's the first i've heard of this and the answer is no. and general mattis, i think, is committed to staying, at least, i hope he is. if he leaves, that would be a loss for this white house, be a loss for the country. i have never -- i've never heard general mattis talk that way. so bob woodward is a good journalist. but i can say, i've never heard a disrespectful word come out of general mattis' mouth about the president. >> if the president asked you to serve as the secretary of defense, would you? >> no. >> why? >> because i like being a senator from south carolina. i can do a bunch of things as a senator from south carolina. >> but you could do a lot as secretary of defense too. >> yeah. you know, he asked me to be ambassador to pakistan. and i said, thank you very much, no thank you. that's the only time we've ever talked about a particular job. i like what i'm doing

james mattis trying to explain to the president why this is important, we're doing this in order to prevent world war iii. afterwards according to woodward, mattis came out of that meeting and said, this is a president who in mattis's words, according to woodward, a president who understands these issues like a fifth or sixth grader. these are current sitting advisers to the president. mattis who is seen by many the most respected adviser, senior adviser to the president. that's the way they described him. >> there's a fascinating little nugget there on national security when apparently the president was talking about maybe the u.s. should just go ahead and assassinate the assad and general mattis said i've got to ignore that kind of order. >> a remarkably glib and irresponsible way for a president to discuss the application of military force abroad, this following syria's use of chemical weapons which eventually the president ordered -- the president's first reaction again according to bob woodward's book is let's f'ing kill him, let's go in, let's f'ing kill the lot of them. not only the

trump is pleased with chief of staff john kelly and james mattis. josh rogin reports that white house officials are actively discussing who will replace mattis at the pentagon when he steps down. on wednesday, the president declared mattis will stay in his job. josh will join us next hour. >>> no shortage of fireworks on day two of the brett kavanaugh hearings. kavanaugh declaring no one is above the law during a 12-hour session of the senate judiciary committee. he did not want to answer explosive questions from democrats about the man who nominated him. >> can a sitting president be required to respond to a subpoena? >> so that's a hypothetical question. s>> president trump claims he hs an absolute right to pardon himself. does he? >> that's a hypothetical question that i can't begin to answer in this context as a sitting judge. >> it is common practice for judicial nominees to say they cannot answer questions about cases that may come before them. this is a critical issue with the robert mueller investigation. judge kavanaugh tried to clarify his

and then the book quotes james mattis as immediately correcting trump and saying, "no, mr.it reversed." and the defense secretary then explained that mccain, who died on august 25th, had in fact turned down early release and was brutally tortured during his fine years at the hanoi hilton. to which trump says, "oh, okay." so tim, it seems that trump had been getting away with that lie around any other circle in the white house until jim mattis is sitting there and has to correct him because truly that isn't the first time trump tried that. >> and remember, this is the donald trump who successfully got five draft deferments sew didn't have to serve in the vietnam war. donald trump, who refused to fly the flag at half mast over the white house after mccain passed away. he's the guy who holds on to these grudges for a very long time. you know, david frum touched on this earlier and john touched on it, is why does anyone serve in this white house? and i think the short answer for the most part is because they're craven. people are either getting their resumes stamped or they're

denials of portions the quotes, those quotes coming out of the john kelly, james mattis, rudy guilliani and john dowd, but this is an important point. there are tapes. in a note to readers in his book bob woodward says the book is drawn from hundreds of hours of interviews with first-hand participants and witnesses to the events. nearly all allowed me to tape-record our interviews so the story could be told with more precision. cnn has confirmed woodward spoke to at least a dozen former and current white house officials, and the president himself said in a phone call he knew it was being recorded. he said, quote, i think you've always been fair. but then i want you to listen to this, because the president changing his tune in that same call on whether any republican senators talked to him about woodward, okay. >> and i certainly don't mind talking to you and i wish i could have spoken to you. >> well -- >> but, you know, nobody called my office. i mean you went through i guess different people. >> mr. president, how can i spend all of this time talking to people and -- like kellyanne an

now the defense secretary, james mattis, describing trump as having the understanding of, quote, a fifth or sixth grader. trump's former personal lawyer, john dowd, according to woodward described the president as a f'ing liar. those are his words. in an effort to convince trump not to talk to mueller said, quote, don't testify. it is either that or an orange jump suit. former chief economic adviser gary cohen, who woodward reports was appalled president trump might have signed later withdrawing the u.s. from a trailed agreement with sergey kislyak south carolina. here is a quote from him. i stole it, that is the letter off his office desk. i wouldn't let him see it. he's never going to see that document. got to protect the country. former staff secretary rob porter, quote, a third of my job was trying to react to some of the really dangerous ideas that he had and try to give him reasons to believe that maybe they weren't such good ideas. of course, there's the previously-reported comment from the former secretary of state rex tillerson saying this about the president. quote, he's an f'i

the book says president trump ordered james mattis to assassinate syria's president bashar al assad, of kuwait, president trump said the discussion over killing basa har the book says president trump ordered james mattis to assassinate syria's president bashar al assad, and that he told colleagues he'd be ignoring that. today, while meeting with the emir of kuwait, president trump said the discussion over killing basa har assad never happened. here he is commenting on how members of his cabinet have reacted to the book. i was very honoured that without me knowing about it, statements were put out by the general, highly respected people by everyone including your cells, and the book isa including your cells, and the book is a work of fiction. the book is a work of fiction, if you look back at his past, it was put out to interview with the hearings which i don't do gets done because many people came out against it, people who are written about that i never said that, rudy giuliani is another one he's insulted by the book and what was stated in the book. antony zurcher has collated the

it's the transgender ban, james mattis not -- or slow walking that. james mattis reportedly ignoring trump's order to kill bashar assad, which came out in the woodward book. we have politico reporting about bannon breaking with trump on daca these are reports we have seen for quite some time. but who is running the country if it's not the president? >> so one of the problems with a world in which the executive branch doesn't work is that there is no answer to that question, right? the whole theory of the executive branch is that it is a unitary actor. it's the president and the people who work for the president. it is a vertically integrated institution with a single person at its top. it's a little bit more complicated than that, but not a lot more complicated than that. and when that person is not functioning in that role, the institution itself doesn't work right. now, it's very self-congratulatory of whoever wrote this to talk about the adults in the room, presumably meaning among others him or herself, but none of those people were lengted. the p

and defense secretary james mattis are in india for talks that washington had cancelled twice its share the focus will be strategic and security issues including washington's demand that india stops buying oil from iran the u.s. also wants to dissuade india from buying a russian weapon. for the meeting in india. visit to pakistan the u.s. secretary of state says he's hoping for a reset and relations with his. newly elected prime minister in just days after the u.s. said it was cutting military aid to pakistan for failing to tackle groups. so here it al jazeera. says it's moving its embassy in israel to tell the. us how pregnant women in bangladesh are getting medical care some of them for the first time. hello the slow wandering showers have been over austria for least two days have gone a bit further east now we're told about hungary just crossed the border really mind you the last four days you can see the slow moving nature of the showers we've collected over one hundred millimeters in this part of hungry i think the east of moving will continue as it has a circulation but as more ev

you describe james mattis as saying there's a big problem with donald trump and it recurs through the book. describe what mattis and gary cohn see as the big problem with donald trump. >> what's important and what has not been reported until this book that it was an alliance between the secretary of defense james mattis and gary cohn, the chief economic adviser and they said we have to get the president in some environment off site away from the chaos of the white house and give him an education about this old world order so they call him over to the tank which is the meeting place of the joint chiefs of staff, what mattis describes to the president is the great gift of the greatest generation to americans and that is this rules-based international order. you have trade, security agreements like nato and the secret intelligence partnerships and that's the old framework. you can't ignore it or destroy it and trump wants to do that and you see everyone fighting him on it and at the end mattis is depleelted, feels totally frustrated in the case of secretary of state tillerson at that poi

james mattis touching down in afghanistan. he will meet with general austin miller, the new commander of resolute support. mattis also plans to hold talks with afghan officials and host a town hall with the troops. >>> senator tom harper of delaware fending off a spirited primary challenge from progressive harris. it wasn't close. carper's voters gave him a 29-point-win. harris may have been doomed by cash strapped campaign. >>> barack obama is ready to get back in the political game according to his advisers. mr. obama planning a rebuke of president trump in the speech today at the university of illinois urbana-champaign. former presidents generally avoid critiquing successors. >>> the government releases the monthly jobs report with the labor market red hot. economists expect 187,000 jobs created in august. jobless rate to stay below 4%. wages. that reading has been hovering at 2.7% for years. that is not really very strong wage growth. historically when the labor market gets tight, wages rise significantly as businesses are

defense secretary james mattis has canceled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed terror groups especially near the afghanistan border to operate freely the u.s. secretary of state is due next week. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he said the money should instead be used to quote rehabilitate the refugees and us had been. condemned the decision. now is venezuela's economic and political crisis whereas on hundreds of thousands have been fleeing the country some have made their way to the south in the united states florida is home to a large community of venezuelans in exile with several trying to enter u.s. politics in order to influence the situation of their home country we have this report now from florida. the venezuelan community has been growing for years but none of them hold a political office in the u.s. and dependent candidate rafael de

he will be speaking shortly, along with james mattis, the secretary of defense.oment of silence will be coming up a few minutes from now before an invocation by the chaplain, paul hurley, and then we'll hear from the secretary of defense and vice president. karl, if you could look back after the days that followed the attacks 17 years ago and the moments that significantly changed for this country and for the presidency of george w. bush when he took that bull horn at ground zero and he addressed the rescue workers on the ground there. here is that moment. >> i can hear you. the rest of the world hears you, and the people -- [cheering and applause] and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. [cheering and applause] >> sandra: i hear you. that moment was so needed and he delivered that just a few days after these attacks took place. how did that change things? >> well, first of all it was a total accident. there are two people involved in this drama. you saw one of them there. no speech writers, no aides, no advisors saying mr. presid

defense secretary james mattis is councils three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the afghanistan border to operate freely the u.s. secretary of state is jew in is on about next week. in syria a string of explosions near a military airbase in damascus lit up the sky and shook the city in the early hours of the morning when reports suggest the blasts were caused by an israeli air strike a syrian state t.v. said an electrical fault had caused a nearby munitions dump to blow off. in libya at least three people have been injured in the capital tripoli after a hotel was hit by gunfire from rival militias vying for power in the city seems sporadic clashes in recent days maybe a slid into chaos after the twenty seven uprising that overthrew longtime leader moammar gadhafi. ugandan pop singer turned opposition politician bobby wine has arrived in the u.s. for medical treatment these pictures show him just before he left he's on crutches because he says he

defense secretary james mattis has canceled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the afghanistan border to operate freely the u.s. secretary of state is due in islamabad next week. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he said the money should instead be used to quote we have billeted the refugees the u.s. had been the agency's largest donor palestinians have condemned the decision. in russia protests are growing over the government's plan to increase the pension age many russians are afraid they'll have to work well into their old age just to buy food widespread criticism has pressured president vladimir putin into making changes but some are still angry. some ten thousand people gathered in central moscow for a protest organized by the communist party. they oppose the government's plan to raise the pension age

defense secretary james mattis has canceled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terribly to specially near the afghanistan border to operate freely the u.s. secretary of state is due in islamabad next room. and israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision from washington to end decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he says the money should instead be used to quote rehabilitate the refugee u.s. had been agencies largest donor have condemned the decision. former u.s. president barack obama and george w. bush have led tributes to john mccain at a memorial service in washington the late senator died last week of brain cancer now obama and bush praised him as a consummate states man who embodied the country's values politicians from across the spectrum attended the service with one notable exception president donald trump who had engaged in a bitter feud with mccain was not invited. john mccain serving senator

defense secretary james mattis has counseled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. police pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the border with afghanistan to operate freely and u.s. secretary of state is jew in islam about next week. a suicide bomber in somalia's capital mogadishu has killed at least six people including two children according to police the bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives outside a local government office just opposite a school the is the most innocent group says it was behind the attack. former u.s. president barack obama and george w. bush have led tributes to john mccain at a memorial service in washington the late seventy's died last week of brain cancer obama and bush praised him as a consummate statesman who embodied the country's values politicians from across the spectrum attended the service with one notable exception president onil trump who had engaged in a bitter feud with mccain was not invited. john mccain long serving senator an american war hero

james mattis displaying the flag to his 106-year-old mother roberta and cindy.his powerful image was captured on sunday. cnn's brian todd has more from annapolis. >> reporter: dave and alison, this is a closed ceremony and burial on the naval academy. the day provided two of the most powerful public images among the sendoffs of john mccain this week. one was the image of the crowds gathered on the streets of annapolis, maryland leading up to the gates of the academacade. many were gathered around the gates to pay respects to senator john mccain. another powerful image that the world could see if they were watching was the flyover. the fa-18 jets. flew over our location on sunday afternoon. one peeled off to symbolize a fallen comrade. some questions asked why senator mccain wanted to be buried at the naval academy when his father and grandfather are buried in arlington national cemetery. john mccain, for him, this is where it began. this place forged his character. he had a complicated relationship. he graduated fifth from the bottom of his class here. also, i t

the book portrays defense secretary james mattis as exasperated and alarmed by the president. s quoted as saying trump has the understanding of a fifth or sixth grader. both men among the chorus of administration officials pushing back. chief of staff kelly saying he and the president have, quote, an incredibly candid and strong relationship, called the story total bs. mattis also denying that he uttered the contemptuous words attributed to him. he describes woodward's book as fiction. >>> one important player not appearing in the book is president trump himself. that's why woodward decided himself to release audio recordings to prove him hae made an effort to interview the president and get his side of the story. listen to this conversation between woodward and trump when they connected by phone three weeks ago. >> and as you know and are living, we are at a pivot point in history. >> right. >> and i would have liked to have done that, and i maximized my effort. >> right. >> and somehow, it didn't get to you or -- >> it's really too bad, because nobody told me about it and i w

defense secretary james mattis has counseled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the border with afghanistan to operate freely the u.s. state secretary of state is in islam about next week. in syria a string of explosions near a military base in damascus lit up the sky and shook the city in the early hours of the morning when reports suggest the blasts were caused by an israeli airstrike that syrian state t.v. set on the electrical fault that caused a nearby munitions dump to blow up. irish rock is used to called off a concert in berlin on saturday in front of thousands of fans lead singer bono was heard losing his voice after several songs the band apologized and told audience members they'll be able to return for another u two concert at a future date. former u.s. president barack obama and george w. bush have led tributes to john mccain at a memorial service in washington the late senator died last week of brain cancer obama and bush praised

defense secretary james mattis has canceled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan and citing a lack of decisive action against militants in the country the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed several terror groups operate freely especially near its border with afghanistan the u.s. secretary of state is due to visit pakistan next week. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has praised the separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the united nations agency that provides aid for palestinian refugees that are you know who said the money should instead be you. used to quote rehabilitate the refugees the us had been the agency's largest you know palestinians have condemned that decision. now in russia thousands of people have been demonstrating today against the government's plans to increase the pension age many russians are afraid they'll have to work well into their old age just to earn enough to survive after widespread criticism of the plans president vladimir putin announced concessions earlier this week but many russians are still angry. some ten

defense secretary james mattis has canceled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the afghanistan border to operate the u.s. secretary of state is due in islamabad next week. egypt has ratified a new law that critics say will silence political dissent on social media the law gives the government new powers to monitor people with large online followings it's part of a series of legislation enacted by president. that takes aim at so-called cyber crime honesty international has criticized cissie calling the recent legislation quote an assault on on life. the group says that the legislation is vaguely defined and could allow the government to censor any dissent on social media. well i mean to see if has been following the story for us. it's good to see you here so what exactly does this new legislation into really with the new ball does is it's going to say that anybody who has five thousand followers or more on social media sites like facebook and twi

would try to talk him out of it and when all else failed they would bring in defense secretary james mattis who apparently had a good rapport with the president and we have from woodward's book, woodward reports that mattis says to president trump you can't do this, we're doing this in order to prevent world war iii. again, we're hearing some denials from defense secretary mattis but once again bob woodward says he has dozens of sources and documents, meeting notes and these taped recordings. >> there's another devastating section in the book in which gary cohn, who was then the president's top economic adviser has to go into the oval office and take a document off the desk there that the president was getting ready to sign. >> right. so this is the open for the book. it's the prologue. it's very dramatic. gary cohn, according to woodward see this is and is, quote, appalled. one of the things we're saying is that draft document is actually reproduced in the book. it's also important to note that nobody knew where the document had come from. cohen didn't know, the former staff secretary rob

secretary of state might pompei and defense secretary james mattis are in india shoring up the alliance between the two countries the talks are taking place in new delhi after the trumpet ministration canceled twice over the past year u.s. demands that india stop buying iranian oil and russian military supplies are at the top of the agenda those are the headlines slavery roots is next. this is the story of a world whose territories were forged by the slave trade a world where violence subjugation and profit imposed that roots the slave system created the greatest accumulation of wealth the world had ever seen up to that moment of. its seven hundred ninety the slave trade was at a climax more than one hundred thousand captives were deported every year. at the extremes of human domination even in slavery we find there is always resistance there is always tension and there's always struggle at the dawn of the nineteenth century slave traders violence brought about the decline of the transatlantic slave trade to become immoral europe now had to find an alternative means of accumulating weal

defense secretary james mattis touching down in afghanistan. he met with the afghan president and he will see general austin miller the new commander of the resolute troops. >>> senator tom carper fending off a challenge from kerry harris. carper's decades of experience is more of a selling point than a burden of voters. he got a 29-point-win. harris is a community organizer who may have been doomed by a cash strapped campaign. >>> barack obama is ready to get off the sidelines and back in the game according to advisers. mr. obama planning a rebuke of president trump in the speech today at the university of illinois urbana-champaign. the president will be more poignant of what is at stake. former presidents generally avoid critiquing successors. but mr. trump made it his prime objective to undo his predecessor. >>> just how hot is the jobs market? the government releases the jobs report this morning. economists expect 187,000 jobs created in august. the jobless rate expected to stay below 4%. we want to see wage growth. hovering around 2.7% for

military cooperation with washington had also been discussed on state visits by defense secretary james mattis the role the president is largely seen as ceremonial posting with same as a stepping stone to becoming the communist party chief and the nation's top. and we've had some very stormy weather across europe recently particularly in the northwest we had one storm called alley that hit parts of the british isles that made things very very stormy it was the winds that caused most of the damage here we had a lot of trees down a lot of power outages as well and people fighting with their brollies was a regular sight to be seen now that system is moving away but now we've got plenty of cloud over us and that's going to give us another weather system that's going to turn increasingly serious as we head through the next twenty four hours or say so on friday the worst of that will be over the northern parts of denmark through parts of norway as well very very strong winds here and some heavy rain and you can see dangling from that is this area of cloud here this area of wet weather and that's goi

mentioned that trumps been tweeting in his response he quoted a statement from secretary of defense james mattis that said the contemptuous words about the president attributed to me in woodward's book were never by me or in my presence what i generally enjoy reading fiction this is a uniquely washington brand of literature and his anonymous sources do not lend credibility and another from chief of staff john kelly saying the idea of a cold a president and idiot is not true as i stated back in may and still firmly stand behind i spend more time with the president than anyone else and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. or the market value of online retailer amazon has passed the trillion dollars it is the second us company to reach that figure out after tech giant apple last month this comes twenty four hours after founder jeff bezos borrowed money twenty four years after jefferies has borrowed money to sell books on the internet argentina's currency is getting worse that's despite the government's efforts and a fifty billion dollars financial package from the international mon

patty trump has been tweeting his response he quoted a statement from the secretary of defense james mattis said the contemptuous words about the president attributed to me in woodward's book were never uttered by me all in my presence while i generally enjoy reading fiction this is a uniquely washington brand of literature and his anonymous sources do not lend credibility and another from the chief of staff john kelly the idea i ever called the president an idiot is not true as i stated back in may and i still firmly stand behind i spend more time the president than anyone else and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. nuns in the east indian city of kolkata marking the twenty first anniversary of the death of mother teresa at the time of her death at the age of eighty seven she was one of the most influential women in the history of the catholic church she founded the missionaries of charity a global order of nuns dedicated to caring for orphans refugees and the terminally ill mentally ill she was canonized by the church in twenty six t.v. work with orphans and the termina

force is to make sure troops aren't worried about their families back at home secretary of defense james mattisases are dealing with similar challenges including contaminated water....mattis: you've seen us work to correct those and i have absolute faith that the army is working to correct this quicklybrie: army officials say they plan to monitor lead levels and determine what actions are needed to keep soldiers and their families safe. in washington, brie jackson. brie jackson. (pam) in sports... raiders players talk about the loss of khalil mack... while the all-pro practices for the first time with his new team... (ken) and the a's are closing the gap for the top wild card spot in the american league...kim has the highlights... and all the sports... coming up next at 8new details on this viral video showing a woman attacking a greyhound bus, and nearly running over the driver.the charges she now faces. ((ken))new tonight at eight... washington d-c police say they have identified a woman seen on video smashing a bus- windshield with a car-jack. ((pam)) the video also shows the woman trying to

. >>> defense secretary james mattis made a surprise visit tophic's war on the capital days after a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and injured 100 more. >> reporter: the visit here comes on the same week of a new terrorist attack here in ca bawl that killed more than 20 people, on the week that a u.s. serviceman died in an insider attack, that followed another insider attack. [technical difficulties] [no audio] he told u.s. commanders here a priority. isis claimed responsibility for the twin bombings of the sports center on the day we arrived. u.s. forces are hear to help. taliban reclaimed territory. they continue the attack targets in the capital. the defense secretary's visit also coincides with the change of u.s. military leadership here which may usher in a new change in tactics. charlie d'agata, cbs news. >>> the controversial urban shield program will begin for the final time in the continue form, the event at the fairgrounds brings law enforcement personnel from all over the country, protesters have criticized it as promoting the militarization of police in march the board

james mattis said "he behaves like a fifth or sixth grader."illerson says the president was a "f-ing moron." [ laughter ] gary cohn called the president "a professional liar." and john dowd called the president a "f-ing liar." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: when trump saw that he was like, "that was great. i love books on tape. [ laughter ] i didn't even have to read." [ applause ] what? holy moly. check this out. today, the "new york times" published an anonymous article from a senior white house official that criticizes trump. yeah. when trump heard, he screamed, "oh, my god. the fake news is coming from inside the house." [ laughter and applause ] that's right. a senior official wrote an anonymous op-ed about trump. even stranger, the official signed it "xoxo gossip girl." [ laughter ] and today, confirmation hearings continued for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. at one point, a protester screamed "sham president, sham justice." then security escorted ruth bader ginsburg out of the room. that's too much. [ applause ] you're taking it too far.

and quotes defense secretary james mattis responding to the president's reported threat to have syrian leader assad assassinated saying, we're not going to do any of that. we learned all of that just yesterday. and today we had this op ed. part of a rising chorus, raising alarms about this president. trump reacting and proving what everyone just said, all of his critics right. as usual he reacted with insults and accusations. >> when you tell me about some anonymous source within the administration, probably whose failing, and probably here for all the wrong reasons. the new york times is failing. >> but we're learning that behind closed doors, paranoia is spreading inside the white house. that is according to multiple sources, the president tweeting, because of course the outrageous claim that the times should turn over the writer of the op ed to the government. turn over the writer to the government. that's not how america works. that is how despots and tyrants govern. strong men who desire power above all, not the president of the united states, who was sworn to preserve, protect an

. >> reporter: president trump says the book is discredited pointing to james mattis and the white house chief of staff john kelly. both deny saying quotes attributed to them. are they lying? >> they are not telling the truth. these are political statements to protect their jobs. >> reporter: woodward's book published by a division of cbs hits shelves tomorrow. >> woodward told cbs news he would not have published it without having specific times, dates, other relevant details necessary to corroborate claims in the editorial. >>> in pennsylvania officials say a gas line caused this blast early this morning. it happened around 5:00 local time in center township. people could see the orange flames glowing from miles away. the explosion set off several fires which destroyed a house and several cars. dozens of people were evacuated. amazingly no one was hurt. >>> phone calls will start going out as part of testing all week of sonoma county's updated emergency alert systems. they were updated after criticism over the lack of response during last october's deadly wildfires that killed 25 resid