the defense department has a lot of positive cases, delivering healthcare, employees have a lot of cases and the postal service is also there. they are out there every day. they are acting with customers and doing the rounds so that has left a fairly high exposure although we're talking about over 2 million federal employees here. that's to be expected that the would be some cases. >> if you're talking and saying front-line people like the deity, like the v.a., like the postal service come with the overall impact on working at that the look of it there concerns? >> the missions of these agencies are still being carried out. there are certain rules that have come into place and it's buried by agencies to make sure come to try to mitigate the impact of large numbers of employees getting sicker being quarantined due to exposure. we had seen some agencies put in very strict sort of leave policies so that it on of a shortfall of workers or their hiring more at va, for example, they've hired a lot of nurses and frontline medical staff but they are also making sure employees that might have exp

the inspector general for the defense department and the transportation department have been fired as well. just as they were about to oversee parts of the administration's response to covid. now, it is mr. linick was looking into potential wrongdoing at the state department. inspector general are the watchdogs with, for our federal agencies. making sure our government working for the people. that's what they are there to do, hold government accountable for waste and fraud and abuse. but if they actually do their jobs and say the president is doing somethingir wrong, he firs of them. the president can't handle the truth and will not tolerate oversight of his administration went through the speakers speak out. no other administration has come close to doing this. this president is so different, running almost a rogue administration that defies truth, that the five facts and now five inspectors general have been fired or because they were doing the job i can tell the trh and trying to clean up the mess in washington. and we know this about that president trump, but where the heck are my

well, on the basis of what information from the defense department did the defense secretary say we are going to have a vaccine producing and delivered at scale by the end of this year, not only for the entire american public but for other countries as well? on the basis of what information did he make this assertion? well, i don't know. but task and purpose today reports on the internal guidance of such matters that's currently being circulated inside his department. from the person at the pentagon who's actually in charge of this stuff, the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security who says something that is the opposite of what secretary esper is telling the public from the the rose garden. quote, the defense department should prepare to operate in a globally persistent novel coronavirus environment without an effective vaccine until at least the summer of 2021. quote, we have a long path ahead. all indications suggest we will be operating in a globally persistent covid-19 environment. that's the actual advice inside the defense department for the u.s. m

the defense department has a lot of positive cases, veterans affairs and healthcare employees have a lot of cases. the postal service is up there they're up there every day interacting with customers and doing the rounds so that has left a fairly high exposure. we were talking about over 2 million federal employees here. i that's to be expected there would be someul cases. you're talking say that top lines like thehe dod veterans postal service are their concerns there with the federal government? >> the emissions of these agenciesng are still being carried out. there certain rules that have gone into place and it's varied by agencies to try to mitigate the impact of large numbers of employers being sick due to exposure. we've seen agencies so they don't have a shortfall of workers there hiring new nurses and frontline medical staff to making sure employees who might have exposure still works there making sure they don't have symptoms and still working. agencies are in some cases putting all their efforts into response efforts like homeland security department for example is taking a

elsewhere who are hard at work already and i want to express my personal appreciation to the department of defense because this partnership is what's going to make this truly a historic endeavor. >> thank you for your leadership of this historic initiative. department of defense is very excited and committed to working closely with our partners at hhs, across the government and in the private sector to accomplish the mission we've been given. winning matters and week wealth delivered by the end of this year, a vaccine at scale to treat the american people in our partners abroad. the department of defense has been in this since day one. back to january. we stayed ahead of the curve and today across the nation, over 60000 service members from all branches of the service are still up there whether doctors and nurses in hospitals or national guard on the streets of america or corps of engineers build capacity in america's hospitals. we are there and we will be there. we look forward to this next greatest phase of this fight. we are all in then and now we will be all in in the future. we will deliver o

. >> announcer: the defense department commemorated the may 8, 1945 world war ii allied victory. next on american history tv their 75th anniversary program which was featured on defense.gov, facebook and twitter. we'll see footage, photographs and hear from world war ii veterans, defense secretary mark esper and joint chiefs of staff chair general mark milley. ♪ ♪ >>> hello. i'm honored to host this v-e day commemorati commemoration. this day ended over five years of brutal fighting. president harry truman called it a solemn but glorious hour. celebrations erupted all over the united states. americans gathered together to express a range of emotions. their euphoria that friends and family would be coming home and their grief for those who would never come home again. for a moment the world celebrated a hope of peace. >> i wish that franklin d. roosevelt lived to see this day. [ gunfire ] >> general ieisenhower informs e they have surrendered. >> the war came to an end on may 8, 1945. >> the flags of freedom fly all over europe. the power of our people to defend themselves against

work already and i really want to express my personal appreciation secretary asked for the department of defense 's partnership is what's going to make this truly an historic and never read thank you mister presidentfor your leadership of this bold and historic initiative . the department of defense is very excited and committed to working closely with our partners at hhs cross the government and in the private sector to accomplish the mission we have been given. winning matters and we will deliver by the end of this year a vaccine at scale to treat the american people and our partners abroad. the department of defense has been in this life since day one , going back to january we stayed ahead of the curve every step of the way and stay on america's street across the nation over 60,000 servicemembers all branches of the service are out there with doctors and nurses and hospitals, whether it's national guard on the streets of america or the corps of engineers continue to build capacity in america's hospitals we are there and we will be there mister president and we look forward to this next great

money commissioned a study by halliburton to find out how much more of the defense department could be privatized proud to serve our troops palaver was he laid to get this $1000000.00 contract and of course returned a verdict that oh mr secretary lots more of it can be privatized. dick cheney leaves the defense department and goes and heads halliburton himself and he spends the entire 990 s. building up the how important war empire well if we're going to talk about star wars we might as well invite darth vader and i. am. happy to accept. that he comes back into power as vice president and then they start hiring halliburton to you know in advance even if u.s. troops going into iraq. sonali equipment was being deployed to the gulf it's hard to look at this and not say these guys had a very long term plan for how they were going to increase the powerful infrastructure of private companies. what we've essentially done is to create a network of corporations that have the fire power of small nation states that could you know overthrow some small governments around the world. in essence we in

we went through certifications that was good for civilian agencies defense department has far more stringentbiu, which is defense innovate unit of dod essentially gave us initial order and that once validated gives us license to sell to any defense in the u.s we're excited about it, and will be playing a role to protect our country, our national security >> now, it does seem like that this is happening very fast, that we didn't -- that this pandem pandemic, i thought would take about two to three years it's happening in two to three months how is that possible >> that's correct, jim as market moves to 5g, everyone will have to work from home from where they are because you won't need traditional networks and covid made it happen very quickly. the biggest thing covid has done is accelerated transformation. with that applications all need to be in the cloud that can be accessed on anywhere and we become a natural enabler of that to provide secure and fast access so we're helping customers, when hthey called us and said 300,000 employees need to start working on monday at a day's notice, we wer

look, the defense department has been on top of the of the year.ts about this we are completely confident we can get this done. look, the defense department has been on top of the coronavirus since the early days we were in this fight from late january on when we were first bringing americans back from china. we've been ahead of the curve and in the fight from day one. this is the next phase of this battle we will deliver on time the vaccines i've had meetings already internally with my folks to make sure we're properly aligned and resourced. our medical experts, our researchers, we have some of the best in the world, have been working on this vaccine now, therapeutics and diagnostics for a few months, every since day one. again, i'm confident we'll get it dod has the expertise and the capability, of course, to get the manufacturing done and the logistics. i'm confident we will deliver. >> i mean, it's extraordinary, though i have to say i've talked to dr. fauci, said it was possible within 12 to 18 months others characterized it as aspirational wh

i want to express my personal appreciation to secretary esper and the department of defense because this partnership is what's going to make this truly a historic endeavor. thank you. [applause] >> well, thank you, mr. president for your leadership of this bold and historic initiative. the department of defense is very excited and committed to work with our partners in h.h.s. and the private sector. winning matters and we will deliver by tend of this year, a vaccine at scale to treat the american people and our partners abroad. you know, the department of defense has been in this fight since day one. going back to jan. we stayed ahead of the curve every step of the way. today on america's streets across the nation over 607,000 service members from all branches of the service are still out there whether it's doctors and nurses and hospitals, whether it's national guard on the streets of america or the core of engineers continue to build our capacities in america's hospital. we are there and we will be there, mr. president. and we look forward to this next phase against fight against the c

that's right, trump claimed that the defense department has developed a super duper missile.e also said they got to third base with their girlfriend in canada and that their dad can dunk president trump was presented with the official space force flag on friday man, just look at him. he's happier than he's been in years. he looks like he just found out he is not the father he looks like a 12-year-old standing next to the rock. though i do feel bad for the flag because we all know where this is headed new york mayor bill de blasio said yesterday that he has ordered the police to stop people from partying outside bars amid the coronavirus pandemic though if de blasio really wants people to stop partying, he should just show up. israel's new unity government was sworn in yesterday and features an unprecedented power sharing agreement where prime minister benjamin netanyahu will split his office with his opponent and i think i speak for all americans when i say, "no, thank you. no, thank you. after former president obama criticized the u.s. response to the coronavirus pandemic in

the defense department has also been an essential partner.addition to deities work -- personnel at all levels have been vital to our effort to investigate this heinous finally, to the victims and their families, know that our work continues. right now we are asked pointing the evidence -- exploring the evidence. we come in every day dedicated to prevent terrorism from any place by any actor. that work will never rest. thank you. >> thank you. wally thank all of your for the outstanding work you have done in this case. of thees as a reminder efforts of the professionals at on fbi who every day stand the ramparts protecting the safety of the american people. i must express great disappointments that it took four months and large sums of taxpayer money to obtain evidence that should have been easily and quickly accessible when we update kirk -- court orders. apple made a business and marketing decision to design its phones in a way that only the user can unlock the content. no matter what the circumstances. this, apple's decision has dangerous c

can travel 17 times faster than what we have right now he made the comment on friday when the defense department presented him with a flag of the think it's 4th over the weekend the space force also launched its secretive x. 37 b. space plane from florida's cape canaveral air force station the newest newly established to fix the branch of the u.s. military says the mission is carrying a satellite built by air force cadets but it hasn't revealed what the satellite is for the launch was briefly live streamed before the broadcast with cut to keep the detail. the classified mission and vehicle under wraps american allies are also beefing up space security on monday japan launched its new space defense unit to monitor counter threats the japanese space operations squadron expects to add $100.00 members by 2023 and will reportedly cooperate with us space command jesse aim we're seeing space militarization starting to take shape what are your thoughts about that my thoughts are simple bridgette comedy saw the old film the day the year stood still with michael rennie and the big metal guy gort klaatu ar

you know it's nice i saw the same thing and it had actually to do very specifically with the defense department and how. many of the supply chains of their own equipment that they buy from producers american quote unquote it's all outsourced everywhere else i mean there is some of these weapons systems their percentage of the parts and components are like 708090 percent out sourced from abroad ok i think we're on the same wavelength here i mean we're making my point right here you could make that snap decision but then you could be left holding the bag for a very long time and that in itself is a national security risk as they would see it right and so therefore if they say that. china needs seen us more than us needs china. i think that again it's probably rather it because they haven't backed it up with very specific examples if you just talk about import export numbers that really doesn't tell the whole story and i think that. you know the election year could be playing into this rhetoric but if the u.s. really is serious about trying to stop you know the trajectory of china's growth. you kn

the defense department has also been an essential partner in addition to dod's work the navy officials in pensacola and dod personnel at all levels in washington and around the world. they have been vital to the effort to investigate this heinous attack and prevent others in the future. finally, to the victims and their families know that our work continues. we and our partners are exploiting the evidence of this investigation pursuing the killer's potential associates and new evidence these devices can lead us to. we and our colleagues come in every day dedicated to preventing terrorism from anyplace by any actor. that work will never rest. thank you. >> thank you, director ray. wray. let me think all colleagues at the fbi that they have done in this case and it serves as a reminder of the relentless efforts of the professionals at the fbi who, every day, stand on the ramparts protecting the safety of the american people. while their hard work has led to this breakthrough and it should be celebrated on must also express great disappointment it took over four months and large sums of t

and the reason we need it is that we are the 2nd largest employer in america right behind the defense department and. that's good stuff michel thanks so much for bringing us up to date it's always good to see under simmer by the way bizarre foods right. get back to this report in this business we call this a real rock we had a little technical snafu with the report from new york but this is important because it has to do with children in particular so let's rewrite this report so you can see it once again this is again turn a child is filing a report out of new york where there now are signs that some children can be affected by a current of ours here it is. as many are expecting new york officials to begin easing restrictions on friday hard hit new york city has to wait and i'm a beginning of june is when we'll be able to start filling in the blanks de blasio addressing the likelihood of non-essential businesses opening up in america's largest and hardest hit city in the near future but cautions the state and local rates of transmission and cases is still a major factor unless something miracul

we are working closely with the saudi's and the defense department and saudi's have been working to buttress the screening process to ensure this kind of think is not happen again. . as to the relative strength of al qaeda let me ask the director to comment on that. on the issue of al qaeda and relative strength i think with this investigation reveals is something we have been saying for some time which is that al qaeda's offshoot, including aqap, remain intent on attacking us wherever they can including here in the u.s. i think it also illustrates just how dangerous when operative can be and the number of ways in which we can be hit we do not stay vigilant. that is why counterterrorism remains our number one priority partners are so focused on this issue. it is important americans not get complacent because the threat is here and real and we are determined to thwart it. reporter: thank you. >> next question. >> as a reminder if you would like to join the queue, press star then one. the next question is from david martin with cbs. reporter: thank you. one, the counterterrorism operative, was

and the reason we need it is that we are the 2nd largest employer in america right behind the defense department i mean you're talking about $11.00 to $15000000.00 employees in a trillion dollar business that pays 20 percent of trust taxes in many states it's an incredible number and you also have to remember that it's a special business 95 percent of every dollar that comes into our restaurants goes out the back side it's a very low margin business but that means it puts a ton into local city municipal and state tax coffers as well as is a huge part of our tourism industry and before it comes in the front door it's of course all those farmers and avatars and you know honey makers and fishermen it is an incredibly incredibly diverse ecosystem that actually becomes a multi-trillion dollar industry when you take a look at it in the sociate should with its support of structures air i'm so glad you addressed all of that stuff and especially what you guys are doing the ira say because i was going to get there but i want to hit on one last point before we wrap up here you're known as a world traveler

in a forest that when it actually told his boss that he was going it was also great by the defense department before he went and when he came back he also briefed at the intelligence committee on his meeting in russia doesn't show there was actual no actual denial of by explain that he talked to his they act and actually that was something that was obviously accused by the maulers and that the f.b.i. had actually wanted to close the investigation in january 427000 the 1st some reason it was late and made to stay open now james at comi also bragged in this interview in a videotaped interview that he had authorized the f.b.i. to kind of skipped a protocol and hurry things through when he was going to do at the flight interview and when they did the report of the plane interview ok to start a 2nd that started that that name that we continue to hear you actually edited the report. so we have that they were going does it exactly opposite from what the actual interview was the general and to begin with all of this just brings the circumstance the idea that you know what i said up to perjure himself

they laid out a case for what was a slow and disjointed response by the defense department to the coronavirus. they cited things like the delegation to lower levels for interpretation for what restrictions would play out in various bases around the world. the teddyrom roosevelt and also the decision withhold certain facilities. the response to that letter and whether you have been in touch with those senators or plan to be in touch with them? sec. esper: we will be responding. i am disappointed that members of congress, particularly those who sit on the armed forces committee and receive updates from us what release a letter that includes false, inaccurate statements. particularly at a time that we have 62,000 americans on the streets of america who are risking their own health to protect the american people. to nearly three dozen governors who represent the members that signed that letter. each of those governors praised dod performance. every step the way, we have been ahead of the curve, met their needs, and done whatever we could do to protect the american people. things like we are not s

you are at the department of defense -- it does not look like your living room. i know there are some people at cia, dia, a lot of people in deployed locations -- do you have a mindset in mind for the people handling paperwork, but also classified that a certain amount cannot really be done by telework? is there a concept for how that process plays out and gradually morphs back into something that but preservesl, enough of what we used to do that you can be effective and unclassified documents in that sort of advanced planning? sec. esper: absolutely. we have been pleasantly surprised with how much we have been able to do when it comes to telework. in some cases we have seen an increase in productivity when it comes to telework. our chief development officer has unveiled plans to reopen the pentagon and other buildings in the washington, d.c., area. it was based on the president's plan and guidelines by public health experts. we can easily phase -- we can phase office building so we can get back to a normal and protect our people. the remains job number one. i've

defense synonymous with military. it is a euphemism for military, and that is not the case. we defend our people. prosperity and our way of life. defend our people, prosperity, and our way of the life. department of defense, defense budget, all this is the language of defense, but not the language of military. conventional capabilities are a pillar to have strength of deterrence. have the moral will , the intent to commit that isce, then your deterrent words that have no substance to it. is cause may well do us to rethink defense in a wider sense, both the military aspect, a conversation in its own right, because america is a classic example. you are absolutely, you have nailed the conventional superiority position, but you're being undone, as we are, elsewhere. in many ways what we have done is spent three centuries applying a concept of force on force and how the military operates, and that makes good sense. i think it was 1920, the of the international red cross wrote to the league of , thens, and basically said committee considers it very desirable that war should resume its former character. that is to say it should be a struggle between armies and not between populations. we have for the

example, president trump declared a national emergency at the border, and you shift money out of defense department accounts to wall-building accounts. you could say the same arguments are true at the state level. each state and have its own system for when there is a public health emergency. here in california, there is a law that gives governor newsom pretty unbridled power to decide when there is an emergency. it sets some criteria, they are very loose and ambiguous, and you could say that is because the people of this state wanted the governor to have a lot of freedom to take in account new, unforeseen circumstances. that is the root of emergencies. and i think it is true at federal and state levels that, when the legislature write a law, it can't anticipate what is going to happen in the next emergency. that is why it is an emergency, because it doesn't really fit in the cases we saw before. that is the nature of executive power and that is the nature of successful executives, to respond. on, you are an executive at the hoover institution. hoover has responded amazingly to the crisis. it is an

universities especially through confucius set institutes and by directly financing department centers. the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019 authored bipartisan legislation prohibiting the department of defense from funding universities with the money could go to confucius institutes. as a result, over a dozen confucius institutes have closed. we need to stand up and deal directly with the threat china poses. china bears direct responsibility, direct culpability to the over three and a thousand people who have died worldwide for the trillions in economic livelihood that have been destroyed. today i introduced three pieces of legislation to directly address chinese censorship and their responsibility for this pandemic. we as a body need to stand strong protecting u.s. national security, protecting the lives of americans and ensuring accountability the chinese communist party has that for censorship's there hiding the pandemic as a result of their cover. >> mr. president we have seen things in the pandemic s crisis that no one in living memory has dealt with in so many ways we try to wr

, the others there watchdog removed from the state department, michael, glenn fine with the defense departmentchristie ram with the department of health and human services. , the white house official told me yesterday that it was secretary pompeo himself who came to president trump, recommended the firing and president trump agreed to that. looking ahead to this week, president trump will meet with farmers in restaurant industry executives to talk about fighting the coronavirus, getting people back to business as soon in safely as possible. jon: david at the white house, thank you. despite the justice department move to drop charges against national security advisor michael flynn, u.s. district judge signals the issue is far from over after tapping a former federal judge to argue against the d.o.j. bid to dismiss the case against the former national security advisor. this is the names of obama administration officials who were behind the unmasking of flynn and intelligence reports are now declassified. more on this as bringing in andy mccarthy, former federal prosecutor fox news contributor. y

defense is synonymous with military. the euphemism for military and yet has in that is not the case. e do that. the department of defense. defense budgets. defense programs. all of this is a language of defense and it is actually not. it is a langway weather channel of military. ss essential to a nation to be able to have strength. if you don't have the moral will, you don't have the intent -- mmit that then it is which has no substance to it. i think what this may well do is greatest to relook and rethink about defense. both the military, obviously a conversation in its own right. butabsolutely -- you nailed the truth of the matter is you're being undone as we are. what we have done is spent three centuries applying a concept of orce on force. how the military operates. that makes good sense. i think it was 1920. the president of the -- wrote to the league of nations. basically said along the lines the committee considers it very desirable that war should resume its former character. that is to say that it should be a struggle between army at not populations. ve have found that we have been drifting into thi

recall president trump declared a national emergency at the border and you shift money out of defense department accounts to a wall building account. you can say the same arguments are true at the state level. each state as we were just discussing about federalism can have its own system for when there's a public health emergency. out here in california there's a law that essentially gives governor newsom pretty unbridled power to decide when there's an emergency. it sets some criteria. are very loose and ambiguous, and you could say look, that's as the people of the state wanted the government to have a lot of freedom to take into account new unforeseen circumstances. that's really the root of emergencies. i think it's to a federal and state levels. the legislature when it writes a law can't anticipate what's going -- what's going to happen in the next emergency. that's what it's an emergency, because it doesn't really fit in the cases we saw before. that's really a lot of things i work about is that the nature of executive power, and that's the nature of successful executives is to respond. lo