greg milleis one of the journalists who broke hee story anoined us earlier. thanks for being with us. outt more can you tell u why the president's promise to a foreren leader caused an intelligence official so much concern? ysgreg: that is a bit of ary at this point. we don't have all the answers, nor do members of congress. what we do know is that this member of the u.s. intelligence communit trump's communications with a reign leader, became so disturbed by what he saw that he then filed a formal complaint with the main whistleblower, a sort of watchdog entity in the u.s. intelligence community, which is just a really exaordinary development. i spoke with a number of american intelligence officials today who say they could never recall a circumstance where the president himself wa subject of this kind of scrutiny. hile, congress is finding it very difficult to get any answers about what actually happened. greg: this has triggered a really -- a real fight over -- an almost constitutional fight for the ited states over who and which branch of government is en

but general milley is going to be taking over and it's going to be, we're going to have a little bit a celebration, both for joe and, for everybody. as you know, our secretary of defense has just come in, mark esper, and he's been here for a short period of time he's got tremendous energy. he's got it. he knows it. that's what he's been doing for a long period of time, from the day he graduated, or maybe i should say from the day he started at west point, where he was a top top scholar, et cetera. so, we have incredible people and steve mnuchin is here. we did the sanctions that i think are probably the ever put on aave country. we will certainly never do that to australia, i promise you. [laughter] reporter: one for the prime minister, if i may. mr. prime minister, your you have been very tough on huawei, even under pressure. you've been very consistent with the bank, even though usage of a good working relationship with china and their important for your economy. do you plan to continue to support the united states and the tough stance on china? can you give any more specifics abou

but general milley is going to be taking over and. it's going to be going have a little bit of a celebration both for joe and for. more for everybody and you know as you know our secretary of defense has just come in our gaspar and. he's been here for a short period of time but he's got tremendous energy he's got it he knows he knows it that's what he's been doing for a long period of time from the day he graduated or maybe i should say from the day he started at west point where he was a top top scholar etc so we have a we have an incredible people and here we did the sanctions today and i think they're probably steve the strongest set of ever been put on a country with we will certainly never do that to australia i promise you. one for the prime minister if i may mr prime minister you have been very tough way even under pressure you've been very consistent with the band even though you've said you have a good working relationship with china and they're important for your economy do you plan to continue to support the united states i

general mark milley was sworn in as the 20th chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs the president congratulatedhe general on his new role. >> thank you, mr. president for the trust and confidence you have placed this me to become the next chairman of the joint chiefs and for your personal leadership and commitment to our uniformed men and women. you can rest assured that i will always provide you, impartial, military advice. >>> animal activists have barricaded a whole foods supermarket in san francisco they demand jeff bezos support the right to rescue animals from fast food farms. whole foods is a subsidiary of amazon >>> prince harry visited national park in malawi where he honored the memory of a british soldier killed while talking part in anti-poaching operations you're up to date. back to you. >>> let's get a check on marks now. al the major averages are in the green. the dow up by 159 points s&p up as well the nasdaq which had been the laggard out performing today >>> what about oil let's find out >> you can see a will the of red behind me. prices took a big dip a couple of hours ago af

but general milley will be taking over and it is going to be, we'll have a little bit of a celebration. both for joe and for, for everybody. as you know our secretary of defense has just come in, mark esper, and he has been here for a short period of time. but he has got tremendous energy. he has got it. he knows, that is what he has been doing from a long period of time, from the day he graduated or maybe from the day he started at west point where he was a top, top scholar, et cetera. so we have an incredible people. steve mnuchin is here. we did the sanctions today and i think they're, probably, steve the strongest that ever opinion put on their country. we'll certainly never do that to australia, i promise to you. reporter: one for the prime minister, if i may. mr. prime minister you've been tough on huawei even under pressure. you've been consistent with the ban even though you have a good working relationship with china and they're important for your economy. do you plan to continue to support the united states and tough stance on china? can you give anymore specifics what you to

secretary esper and general milley set that is them and said we had to make a change. we change the strategy focus on 22 cities across the united states because we need a larger sample size. we need to get greater penetration in the demographics were restored to true. with 3.6% unemployment, there's never been a benchmark like that for us to face since 1969, and that wasn't all drafty military. unique study and competing quite frankly with the air force navy and marine corps. everybody's friends if you will but we all are competing essentially the same pool. we've gone out on the road. army leadership is meeting with mayors and superintendent of schools, parks and recreation director scott beating civic leaders to help. we change our marketing strategy and we are putting more funding and effort into digital marketing. we've made a dramatic change in also looking at our voice. 150 different operational specialties. as fast opportunity for americans to get an opportunity to get technical skills, money for education, and truly get out of and a private what they can reach

we're here to welcome our outstanding new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley.gratulate you. you are my friend, advisor and you deserve this position. i never had a doubt. congratulations. [applause] i also want to express our profound gratitude to mark's wife, holly ann and his children mary and peter for their selfless devotion to our country. the strength of our military is truly found in the love and support of our military families: those families are so important. we're honored to be joined by some of america's gold star families. your treasured loved ones made the supreme sacrifice for our nation. they're looking down on you right now. you look up in the sky they're looking down on you. our debt to you is infinite and eternal. america will hold you in its heart forever and we will never forget. we're grateful to the many veterans here today. [applause] to our heroic wounded warriors in attendance our nation will always remember what you did for the cause of freedom. joining us as well are secretary mark esper, thank you, great job you're doing. secretary

army general milley takes over in what is the most important position of a military officer in the united states of america. and it will be the end of an era, a remarkable era, mr. president, for the marine corps. where these three marine generals, kelly, mattis, dunford served with distinction, not only in the corps as four-star generals, but at the highest levels of government at a critical time in our country's history. and it's a remarkable story, mr. president, it's a story of service and sacrifice and friendship. these extraordinary men rose through the levels of command together, the ranks of the marine corps together. they served together all over the world, including in combat in places like fallujah, el-kut, baghdad. they fought together, they sacrificed together for our great nation asthma reason core officers, and then they went on to serve in other ways. the three of them have spent their whole lives in service to our country, and they have left an indelible mark certainly on the marine corps but i believe other institutions. between the three of them, they have 130 years of