the best use of the national guard is to use the national guard for the unique authorities that it has, and that is to remain under the command and control of the networks in the states. every state has a different way to deal with disasters. and the national guard is uniquely qualified and postured to act under the governors. if you were to federalize them, you would lose that ability. one unique attribute is that we can operate as law enforcement to assist the state and local law enforcement. and if you were to federalize the national guard, then you lose that ability to do that. certainly, the president can mobilize the national guard. it would be my advice, and there are no plans to take the national guard and put them in a federal status there. much better used under a state status. >> thank you. >> general, you talked about the tennessee guards moving those half-million swabs to memphis. i guess fedex will distribute them across the country. walk us through what the role will be after that. after the tests are done, do guard members get them from the -- to the labs? what do you e

the guard's commitment to our nation is always ready, always there. e american people. the guard has played a pivotal role in every major conflict since the revolutionary war and have performed a vital function in rapid response to natural disasters, civil unrest, and public health crisis. the guard founded one of our most successful initiatives, the state partnership program. for over 30 years, the state partnership program has sponsored long-term lily -- long relationships and enhanced global security cooperation. 96 partnerships with 106 countries around the world. today we are honored to have representatives from our state partnerships in attendance. showcasing program success and general hokanson's many contributions to the national guard. his tenure has been marked by exceptional leadership, transformative accomplishments. these efforts led to the passage of 50 legislative initiatives focusing on core priorities. modernization and reform. under guidance the national guard responded with 1900 incidents per year, including historic wildfires of two

. >> she believes the national guard failed to properly investigate her sexual assault. >> is this exposing the dysfunction inside the guard? >> yes. >> brown says following the incident she returned to duty where she says she experienced sexual. >>ment and inappropriate touching and it continues for years. >> over and over again. >> why did you get involved here? >> i'm a commander. >> frustrated with the response, lieutenant colonel sent a series of memos. >> do you have any reason to doubt her? >> no. >> no reported action has been taken against another memo commanded that i was the first. >> immediately she would call the air force office of the special investigation and conduct an veg. >> for getting involved were you retaliated against? >> absolutely. >> how many of you believe you have been retaliated against for trying to do the right thing? >> i have. >> absolutely. >> several times. >> all 9 of you? >> absolutely. >> is that part of the culture of the national guard? >> what is the current reputation of the california national guard? >> it's not a good reputation. it's not. >> chi

we are kind of a family in the national guard. we grow up together we work up , together, and we keep an eye on each other. if there are any indications we address it to the chain of command or law enforcement the appropriate level of agency. but i am not concerned as a large part of our organization for it if you like 25000, we have had 12 identified. some of those they are just looking into may be unrelated to this. but we want to make sure out of an abundance of caution that is stated earlier that we do the right thing. until that gets cleared up. >> i do not win to get into the actual vetting and what the organizations have found, but much of the information that the general mentioned is unrelated to the events taking place of the capitol or teak at the concerns that many people noted on extremism. these are vetting efforts that identify any questionable behavior in the past. or any potential link to questionable behavior, not just related to extremism. but as the general mentioned we , are not asking questions right now but w

the national guard has been extremely supportive in this regard. they have a mission beyond the that will capitol region and we're working to make sure we don't deplete all the various stages they're involved in. with that i'll turn it over. >> thank you, jim. >> general? >>,000 vice president pence for the opportunity to cover what our national troops are doing. right now we have approximately 7,000 national guard soldiers and airmen on the ground in support of the federal lead agency. 21,000 for the upcoming inauguration. they're protecting, providing security, communications, logistics and coordination with all supported agencies. for the safety and in close coordination with the agencies we're supporting, our guard meshes are armed and equipped commensurate with what they've been asked to do. as always, our first is to protect people and property and the safety and well-being of our national guard personnel and their families. i visits with these men and women every night and they understand the importance of this mission and they're also prunc

this is also not the 1st time that a proposal for a new beefed up national guard has surfaced. the last government actually allocated about $277000000.00 to staff, a guard $1800.00 strong. but that proposal fizzled. this is what's different this time. the political climate prime minister benjamin netanyahu is said to have promised this to his national security minister as the country last week was brought to a standstill due to protests, over the judicial overhaul. netanyahu hit the pause button on the judicial overhaul . something that the national security minister was greatly opposed to. he threatened to leave the government, which would have put the governing coalition in great jeopardy. there is a very slim majority. this is a pet project of national security minister. it's m r been give year. he has a controversial far right figure that has been convicted of racist incitement and supporting a terrorist group. and as we're hearing now, this new national guard would fall under his purview, right? and perhaps that is why natasha in those opposed to this. and there are people

we're here today to hear from the california national guard, the national guard bureau and the office of the secretary of defense on an issue we must get right in fairness to not only the california guardsmen this affected but for all service members going forward. compensation, whether it say bonus for a service agreement or regular pay is an obligation to our service members and their families that they should not have to worry about. i find it unacceptable we'd place the additional burden of years of concern about the legitimacy of a bonus payment or student loan repayment on those who volunteer to serve. the armed services committee has taken action in the 2017 national defense authorization act to address this issue and the subcommittee is taking every opportunity to thoroughly review and discuss the way forward so that we can prevent such a widespread problem or abuse in the future. our purpose today is to gain an understanding from those involved on why this happened and what we can do to prevent it going forward. before i introduce our panel, let me offer the congresswoman dav

secret service and the national guard outlined plans to keep them and safe. hings secure and safe. >> we all lived through that day of january 6th. and at -- as the perspective made clear yesterday, we have committed to an orderly transition. the american people deserve nothing less. i'm looking forward to hearing about the efforts deploying the federal government to ensure that both those occur and i look forward to the details of those efforts and let me just say to each and every one of you, it's been my great honor to serve as your vice president and should this be the last time that we're together, let me extend my gratitude to each one of you for your service as well. we're going to ensure that we have a safe inauguration that vice president-elect kamala harris, president-elect joe biden are sworn in as president and vice president of the united states in a way be fitting our heritage and gives honor to the american people and the united states. with that, acting secretary, your preparations? >> thank you and welcome back. it's always great to have you

my expect would be through the national guard bureau but we'd have to check that. >> they national guard indicated they feel since they're in close proximity to them that they'd like to pursue providing that counsel -- >> it would be my expectation in the normal course of events it would be the california national guard that would counsel california national guard soldiers but we'll have to check that for you. >> all right. when the general was kind of running through those that were prosecuted and pending cases, most of them from the u.s. attorney, when he referenced the court martials, seven of them, six officers, one enlisted, i guess, he made the statement that both because of lack of evidence and just the ucmj itself prevented them from pursuing court-martials of those individuals. what would have to be changed in the ucmj in order to allow the military justice system to work? >> the military justice system has the same presumption of innocence that the civilian justice system does. so we have the same issues of proof that we have in the civilian justice system and often there are c

to thank you for the opportunity to highlight your national guard airmen. speak more than 20 farm national men and women from all 50 states three territories and the district of columbia are here in support of the lead federal agency for the presidential inauguration. i visit with these men and women every night and they understand the importance of this mission. they also have proven, prepared, proud to their part to ensure peaceful and safe inauguration for our 46 commander-in-chief. they are providing security, communications, logistics and coordination support to local and federal law enforcement and if met every request promptly and professionally. looking across the entire national guard we have 91000 on duty today to include 22000 supporting covid-19, 16000 deployed overseas, and over 6000 protecting key infrastructure and capitol buildings in 30 of our states. although 90 what is a lot, 91000 it's less than 20% of your national guard. so we have additional capability if and when needed. upon completion of the inauguration, we will continue to suppor

national guard in american society. this is about 40 minutes. ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the advancing of the colors, and remain standing for the playing of the united states national anthem. ♪ >> garda, holt1-- guard, halt! present. detachment, present. [music: u.s. national anthem] >> please be seated. >> ladies and gentlemen, taking their positions on the field for the relinquishing of responsibility is the chief of the national guard bureau and member of the joint chiefs of staff, and director of the national guard bureau. senior advisors to the chief of the national guard bureau will pass the colors for the last time. general wilkinson will pass the colors, concluding his response ability as the chief of the office of the national guard bureau. he will pass the national guard colors back to the senior enlisted advisor white had -- whitehead, who will return the national guard colors to the color bearer. >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the posting of the colors. >> post colors. ♪

one thing i would like to turn to is the issue of the national guard. this of they most hotly debated issues. the way i see it there two questions apply here. one, why wasn't the guard ready and at the capitol already ahead of generally six and two, why did it take the guard so long to respond? you have done a lotie of researh into this you were there first hand. >> had done a lot ofer research into it. what's interesting is on a previous occasion been asked to teach something called defense authorities by the military. which is interesting so i know my topic. i know how this is supposed to be handled. i want to make sure the readers understand on capitol hill i faced certain restrictions on pulling in additional resources. so congress has passed laws as i have to go and get approval to bring an additional resource in advance if we have it in the ventless state of the union, generally six i have to go to the board and go to leadership to bring in federal resources. even in the case of an emergency i have to go get approval from the capitol police board t

by of the national guard coming together just by the of the national guard coming togetherjust by the building. a huge group of national guard with riot shields wearing helmets. obviously fully prepared and prepared pretty quickly getting what happened in the last 20 or so minutes to be called in and the national guard also very much in focus after they january six riots as well weren't they? absolutely. during the riots, the national guard were activated and there was a lot of concern that it took so long to get the national guardsmen deployed into the capital because of the chain of command and the secretary of the army and whether it was president trump at the time were vice president mike pence who gave the final order and approval for them to be deployed. and that adc may or may be underplayed and how much of a need there was and there was concern that having the national guard on the streets of washington, dc might be good updates after the protests where president trump had people violently moved away from the path that he could go over to a church near the white house and hold

on the far right, the plans for the so called national guard have suddenly been advanced. the prime minister's office says the exact powers of this new force will be discussed in a committee made up of all israel's security agencies. they've 90 days to make their recommendations. bernice smith, al jazeera wester, russo sands. i here is a human rights lawyer and for my deputy general director for our dallas, the legal center for our minority rice in israel. she says the task force is a dangerous step for an already volatile country. it's got a nothing you know, government and been there will continue proceed with this plan. it basically means in a direct way that to police authorities will be created based on the ethnicity of the community that it will deal with. this means that there will be a police authority for the arabs that will deal only with arabs and palestinians, and another police authority that would deal with jewish in. now this is pure racial segregation. this is pure racial profiling, and it has a lot of severe and danger results and outcomes, mainly on pales

national guard. this was the chief of the national guard bureau, which is kind of the umbrella. he was not called in until later in the day when they started talking about going outside of d.c., so he was brought in a little bit later and did not have a lot more information as to the back and forth between the chief and the sergeant at arms, all those other conversations. so we have gotten some work to do to tease that out. we are in the process of getting that information, but those will be key conversations. the lag in the original request , as the chief stated, and the department of army stated, and then the timeframe, the lag between when the dc national guard was able to get there and the original 340 that were activated, later the whole 1100. the lag time was completely inadequate. that is what we are trying to learn from this. how do we cut through that. a lot more national guardsmen on the ground to act quickly, to support, if needed. they will be around for that. we will make sure. reporter: to follow up, there seems to be confusion as to the guidance of the use of leth

the national guard is an exception to that.nal guard can be involved in domestic law enforcement in the way the army in the way the army and the marines cannot. host: they sent a tweet illustrating the numbers of troops that were at the location , 2300. how to cite figure sound to you? is that more than normal -- how does that figure sound to you? is that more than normal? david: it is certainly more than normal. in most cases, the national guard is not deployed in the city at all. they go about doing their business and they are called upon when needed. we saw them deployed in june during some of the protests after the killing of george floyd. we saw them being asked to come to the capital in the aftermath of the january 6 insurrection. normally, the national guard isn't in that kind of deployment inside the city. they are unusual circumstances, and right now it is a large number. host: are they full-time or reserve forces only called upon when needed? david: again, the lines have blurred in the u.s. over the last 20 years afte

working again to deploy the national guard an additional 1100 guards men and women that are deployed just today, thousands over the last few days. we are looking we have very many national guardsmen working on covid response were looking at a subset of those on the covid response to see if we can pre-position to make them available to meet the needs of communities all across the state of california. so substantial support from the state of california. and obviously robust local support, mutual aid system well defined well organized county overlay with county sheriff's working with chp and ultimately with the national guard. reporter: the next question is with the "new york times" should like to know how worried you are about the spread of covid-19 at these protests and how the status tracking any related spread. after we saw testing sites closed in los angeles as the curfews went into effect, how are you and local authorities are making sure people can get tested? >> we went everybody to get tested when everybody took on the covid website, type in your zip code and you'll see the clos

thousands of police officers and national guard men are on the streets. apart from the intersection where the violence was centered, other areas are quiet. we are expecting a police news conference in a few minutes, we'll bring it to you. first to our correspondent in baltimore. you are not near the main intersection, you are near city hall what is happening there tonight? >> it's absolutely quiet here that is the way city officials and police want it. i want to give you the scene. there's no cars on the street for most part driving around just journalists. a police car behind me i'll swing around to give you an idea of how calm it is it's what police and national guards wanted. you mentioned that a mile tore two from here, north avenue that's where we saw, after 10:00 pm when the curfew wept in effect, about -- went into effect. about 200-300 protesters refusing to adhere to police orders to disperse. police fired some smoke bomb or tear gas cannister, and the 200-300 protesters dispersed to the neighbourhoods. beyond that i can tell you the streets of b

the guard's commission to our nation is always ready, always there. they demonstrate their obligation, protecting and serving the american people. the guard has played a pivotal role in every conflict since the revolutionary war and have performed a vital function in rapid responses to national disaster, civil unrest, and public health crises. the guards founded one of the most successful initiatives -- the state partnership program. for over 30 years, the state partnership program is fostered long-term relationships that enhance global security and cooperation. through 96 partners -- partnerships with 106 countries in the world. today we honor the represent diffs from some of our state partnerships who are in -- in attendance, demonstrating many contributions to our national guard. general hokanson's tenure as chief of the national guard bureau has been marked by exceptional leadership and transformative accomplishments. his efforts led to the passage of more than 50 legislative initiatives focusing on his principal priorities -- people, readiness, m

you mention the national guard. when we deploy national guard forces to other states, which is a similar parallel, i've done this this year alone from wisconsin to both north dakota for the floods and kentucky for the ice storm, i give tactical control those guardsmen who, in fact, become state assets for the states to which we deploy them. and i certainly reserve the right or governor doyle reserves the right to recall them if needed. but i think from a unity of command, unity of effort point of view, the best thing to do unless and until the federal government needs to take command for the emergency being so drastic, so severe in which case we'd all get behind the president, i think the best thing is to stick with both state and federal guidance which is lowest level up and from that perspective we wouldn't be talking -- probably wouldn't be talking lots of federal troops. we'd be talking about a company of engineers, or a small capability that could easily fit into our joyce headquarters in our case in wisconsin

as commanders in chief of the national guard, we recognize the importance of having a strong national guard in our individual states, whether it is helping during times of crisis with natural disasters or helping in times of supporting our military in their crucial roles and it being an integral part of the military itself. so we are looking forward to having general frank grass, who is the members of the joint chief of staff and the chief of the national guard bureau who will join us as afternoon. governors are also continuously calling for congress to work with the national guard, especially what we see as disproportionate tests to the national guard as they look at cutting the federal exit and ways they help reduce our debt in our nation, but governor still need the national guard to have the capacity, to have the quality, the men and women and service agreement that we need to be able to stand up our national guard. we look forward to continuing to work on that issue. other findings that the national commission of the structure of the air force put out earlier this year that relat

because of the curfew, the michigan state police arriving and then the national guard arriving, some of those people were arrested on curfew, the people who were protecting stores, and then the others would not get in the streets because they did not when you get in the crossfire. and then a lot of the fires and looting began but it was initially because of the discontent that african-americans had with a lot of issues but particularly the police brutality and that is how it all began. this 12 street neighborhood was full of businesses. neighborhood, or the green around it, was filled with stores and shops. everything you need to be at your neighborhood, true community, all of those things are just about got now and they have been gone for the most part since 1967. >> can you tell us the story about black jesus or smart cards on the morning of the second day , joe nelson, a house painter who had been driving past their everyday for his job stop there. he had been seeing this white jesus at the sacred heart cemetery for years. it always troubled him that in the heart of this african-a

in the early 1990s which the national guard's in a number of physicians in the united states and around the world. sometimes in more of a guarded capacity or part-time capacity. sometimes full-time and for the last eight years has been at the leadership of the national guard here in washington. were really privileged to have him today be prepared for his very well earned retirement and getting back to the rotc great country into the air force in the graduation from the program and it was 1981 so he's been serving his country long and very well despite his youthful appearance, he has been it at it quite a while. we wish him well. and we look forward to rich conversation today at the end of which we will be able to handle some of your questions if you wish to these events at the d brookings .edu protect first were going to hear from him with opening thoughts on the state-of-the-art. and also on its admirable and much appreciated help in responding to the covid-19 crisis in the united states. will not be our only topic but also an opportunity to think broadly in the nation. with the return

and then question something on the national guard. what about the congresswoman who tested positive for coronavirus? rep. ryan: i was in that room for a period of time and i do not remember seeing her, so i do not think i was necessarily close enough and i will get a test tomorrow, just to be sure. >> how far out are they reaching for national guard troops? ,hat issues does that bring up since we are hearing reports today that there are demonstrations planned in all 50 state capitals leading up to and on inauguration day? 300 ryan: there are over 1000 -- 300,000 throughout the country. there are adequate numbers to and otherate capitals memberss well as lind to come to washington dc. i think that all 50 states are engaged. had a that the bureau call yesterday or the day before. the states are being very generous with whatever support we would need, but they also have things in their own state. they have more than adequate horsepower to be able to take care of all of those issues. it may interrupt some of the stuff happening with the v

in the midst of these headline grabbing events the national guard, national disasters whether it is floods in michigan, wildfires in kansas, tornadoes in tennessee to name a few and it has been a crazy year and it is early july. if you look at the totality of the effort of the national guard including federal missions more than 120,000 members of the national guard were mobilized, 45,000 more doing birx operations in every district in territory in the district of columbia, 40,000 more were doing operations in support of civil disturbance operations in 33 states. all across the country the national guard was delivering personal protective equipment and in some cases manufacturing personal protective equipment. food banks and test centers protect protesters first amendment rights that protest peacefully. sharing best practices as we learn how to do these things and did this difficult time it is a time of great flexibility and innovation and showcasing capabilities of the national guard. we are doing these while we sustain federal commitments to combatant command around the world as part of t

some have even brought in national guard troops. we will go first to the neapoli neapolis, to minneapolis, the minnesota governor. tim is just starting his press briefing. let's listen in. >> i think the incident just underscores still the volatile situation we have out there. i don't know the motives of the driver at this time, but at this point in time, to not have tragedy and many deaths is just an amazing thing. we will get followed up on the current situation by commissioner harrington and major john. what i'd like to tell you what i heard out there today and i want to address the issue of that. paired folks across minnesota and across this country, as they gather to express their frustration, one of the things they been making very, very clear, they don't trust the process. they don't believe justice can be served, and their frustrations are they believed time and time again the system works perfectly well as it was designed to deny those rights and deny justice to communities of color. we have to make that process work for pe

gears again, especially when the budget is tight, the army has its modulus relationship with the national guard component. the 2019 presidents budget increases funding for full-time support personal or the guard and reserve, has got funding for four national training center, ctc rotations for the national guard, which, in my spirit is unheard of, more funding for reserve component soldiers to come on active duty and support combat and command missions. as a former guardsman and now secretary of the army, can you speak to the importance of the guard to the army mission, what you are doing to make sure that relationship, which has had ups and downs, remains healthy? sec. esper: you mentioned one of the things i would begin with, one of the benefits i bring to the office, i have served in all three components. more years in the guard and reserve than an active-duty. i served in the virginia guard and a d.c. guard. i bring that perspective to the job as a guardsman. i know the challenges of being in the guard or reserve. i will tell you this much, when i entered the army, active-duty, 1996, the gua

the national guard was not on standby to protect anybody. what we were doing on january 5th was the admission that the mayor of the district of columbia requested us to do and that was approved by the secretary of the army. thank you for the question. >> just a follow-up question. you have outlined many other reforms that are underway. what do you think are some of the most significant of those reforms? the ones you think will make the biggest difference as we move forward? >> there is no question in my mind looking at all of the recommendations, cut intelligence, and getting operations up to where we need to be are the biggest ones that are largely completed. thank you, appreciate it. >> the rules committee, that will have a lot more about it. thank you. [indiscernible] >> john meacham takes place in american history and then at 2:30 p.m. eastern, lawmakers take part in a forum, sharing their thoughts and reflections on that day. at 5:30 p.m. eastern, the house and senate gather on the center steps of the u.s. capitol for a prayer vigil. fo

the texas national guard comprises 24000 army, air, civilians and volunteers. they're working across the state. we respond in to texas in times of need and also the nation. we help with border security in the department of homeland security. we help the texas department of emergency management fighting fires and hurricane harvey. we participated in her harvey and maria. the general is also a texan, he'll tell you and i agree, our main mission is defense of america. we are fighting america's wars. our ability to train,'s and fight is our number one roll. that's the reason why we exist and why we are funded through federal funding through our existence. we are always deployed when asked since 2001 we deployed 2000 members. second is to protect our communities for whatever may hit us including man-made terrorism, border security or natural disasters. currently we have 2300 members deployed supported america overseas. we have members on the border and members supplying counter drug and people fighting fires as we speak. earlier, president trump authorized federal tr

our national guard is recognized as among the best in the nation. they served us all very well. that same heroic service id replicated every day here at home by our men and women in law enforcement. in march of 2001, sheriff's deputies responded to a suspected robbery, only to find a sniper lying in deadly wait. inthe shootout that followed, two of them are killed. the deputy had rushed to the scene from his front yard, where he was putting together a new swing set for his grandchildren. it was a project that would remain unfinished. two other deputies were shot and severely injured in that ambush. tonight, deputy resnik and deputy charles are here with us. gentlemen, we thank you and all of virginia's brave law enforcement officers for your courage and your commitment to the safety and the freedom of the people of virginia. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, over the past three years, we have worked together for the common good, with passion, stability, and a focus on getting results. we have worked hard together to create good jobs and to build a common wealth of opportunity. in

, uh, this national guard carries out the orders of the governor of the state, no the presidentthe united states, it's a federal state, when at one time president george bush wanted to bring the federal national guard into new orleans to prevent, excuse me, the army, the armed forces to prevent... the post-flood problems that were there huge, he waited a long time for the approval of the state governor, when the state governor finally agreed, the mayor of new orleans told the president of the united states that she did not allow the establishment. military unit and they did not enter en masse, what was president bush able to do, is to introduce the military there without the right to use weapons and without weapons at all, this is the united states, it looks like something unreal for ukraine, but because we are not a federal state, it is absolutely normal , why don't we we should live like this, we don't have federal lands and states - it's not easy the federation is a union of states united into one , although the national guard, as you understand , during the flood of the new

we've had guard, we may do more national guard, but we also would be willing to do the florida state guard. and the reason why you would want to do the state guard is because the fed at the president would not be able to federal lies. the state guard that we spoke with the executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity, the adams. and he said he laid out how the 2 main contend the stand a handled the presidential election. so he's certainly demonstrating strength where the, by the ministration has demonstrated weakness. it is playing into trumps hands as well as he tries to contrast himself and that you look at his rallies or thousands of people attend. and he's very vibrant as opposed to president biden, where it's difficult for him to get a sentence out without stepping on his feet. you have a lot of frustration in the united states. you have, you cannot make problems. you have a, a, an aggressive biden's, one policy that is costing americans billions of dollars and uh, its reputation overseas. so i think a lot of americans are seeing the failure of dividing m

we have met or corresponded with each of the 54 adjutants general that lead the national guard across the nation. 30 governors, nearly 80 members of congress. we met with all six geographic combatant commanders, several subunified commanders and some functional combatant commanders all of that in an effort to make sure we clearly understood particularly from the governors and the geographic combat and commands what their demands were for army forces. we met with the associations who have represented so man of our soldiers of all three components with think tanks, with subject matter experts, academics and others who have studied the army and national security and defense policy, some within the government and many without, and we did all of that in an effort to meet the requirement of the law that we conduct a comprehensive assessment. we felt for the eight of us that it was important to receive as many varied and informed inputs as we could to make sure that we were balancing our assessments to the degree possible. we also asked each of the eight commissioners and each member of the

adjust numbers, but please note that is in addition to the 2092 that are already employed from a national guardperation that has been so effective. my final point to stress is that everything i discussed here adheres to current authorities and governed by law and policy. we know border security is national security. the u.s. military will advance capabilities to harden the border. department of defense will continue to provide support to cbp to secure the border. thank you. mr. mcaleenan: width of that, we will open up for a few questions. >> couple of questions, sir. why weren't national guard forces used instead to bring those troops to the border? secondly, how do you determine that the forces will be compliant with posse comitatus? operationghnessy: guardian support continues on. that will continue. patriot,rt, faithful as complementary to that effort brings additional capacity to help cbp. with regards to posse comitatus, inrything we are doing is adherence to and in line with posse comitatus. >> why not use national guard forces? will they be armed? mr. o'shaughnessy: let's be clear. we a

the national guard and military forces. the focus of the call was the national guard encouraging the deployment far more than the 70,000 out there utilizing them -- 17,000 out there. could see 100,000 national guard in the street? sec. mcenany: it is incumbent on the governors to look at the situation. he is encouraging the governors to up those levels, but there's not a specific number he has in reporter: there is the perception that the president is hiding in a bunker. he was put in a bunker friday night. would you agree he is hiding on the issue and that is a good posture to be on? >> i would not agree at all. i was on the phone with the president yesterday and every was he talked to me he telling about talking to a governor or foreign leader about ventilators. he met with generals yesterday. each and every moment he is taking another action to try and resolve what we have seen in our streets. he is acting. he is hard at work. you have heard from him on this issue any number of times and he is working because that is the

national guard of the state of texas shall obey the president of the united states. the last time it happened was in 1957, when president dwight d. dwight d. eisenhower took over. i think the national guard, i 'll even try to check it now, i think it was in the state of iowa, if i'm not mistaken, i read it here too, so what were the circumstances, those were the circumstances, there allowed black students, it's a famous story, to go to a white school for the first time, uh, the national guard of this state wouldn't allow it, they wouldn't let them go there. to enter into the order of the governor of the state, and then the president of the united states, deutizenhower, announced the federalization of the national guard in that state, so that it could not follow the orders of the governor, and thus these students were able to go to their place of study, this is a dramatic story, about which films are made was filmed, there was no more of this, here is the next one, now it is impossible to say what it is such a serious crisis, uh, for president biden to ... take such a

you can see the huge fence and the national guard presence. host: what kind of reaction did you get from members themselves about this decision? guest: tim ryan put out a statement, after the legislative branch appropriations hearing yesterday about the concerning information about the possible threat to breach the capital today. tim ryan, chair of the appropriations subcommittee, and some other members got briefed by acting capitol police chief to pittman on security threats, regarding march 4 through the sixth. tim ryan noted that it is heartbreaking that in the united states capital, it continues to be a target, not by foreign adversaries but by our fellow americans. he thanked the chief and the police officers for briefing him. i think a lot of members are confident that the capitol police is going to keep them safe and is properly preparing right now. that being said, there is a huge barbed wire fence around the capital complex. it would be hard to imagine any groups breaching that fortification. host: any republican reaction? guest: rega

and basically try to use the national guard and they take the national guard away from texas to, in this case, right? one thing that's already been done is the services retaliation. you know that that gets a subjective but by the, by the ministration as, as basically blocks currently are for the cause on liquid natural gas exports. which effects texas. um, so you can start seeing what the economic reprisal realizing the national guard would be. another escalation that i would have to respond to um, but yeah, i mean, the last thing you want to see something, you know, escalating into actual physical. yeah. you don't want to see obviously physical conflict, but there is definitely a, it's like a spiritual battle. you know, kind of one of these issues in america like, like the 2nd amendment. you know, this question around. well, let's say, you know, who was in the guns, the u. s. government is not going to police the border in texas as hey, it's our border and we're gonna have, you know, we're gonna police close to our states, the ukraine as confirmed that a prisoner swap with russia was in

the loyal andend dedicated people of fema and all of the national guard especially -- including the national guard in connecticut which performed with such heroism and dedication in the face of such difficult circumstances. their efforts need to be matched by very many others. there are 4500 american military now in puerto rico. there should be 50,000. our national guard, not to occupy the island, not to enforce martial law, but to make sure that the logistics, the transportation, the means of delivery, the lifeblood of that island, it's food, fuel and medicine, and water, and other e-cig necessities, are those basico move supplies to the places that they are needed. nowtroops that are there are performing heroic work and along many volunteers will with fema officials, coast guard and others, but they need more help. storm,a week after the more that 90% of the island's residents are without powers. water, the vast majority of the country's 69 hospitals cannot function. only 10% of the cell towers are working. if those conditions existed in connecticut, i would be here on the floor 24 hours a

irving in his office making the first request to the national guard to say i don't think the intelligence supports it if we needed them on wednesday is there a way to beep report on - - prepare for a request? at that .125 national guardsmen supporting if we needed a response quickly he could repurpose them to get them to the armory and to get them to us as quick as possible the next day i met with mr. stinker he came for the video call i posted with those officials and we spoke about it briefly there as well as i passed on to mr. irving later that afternoon. >> i understand you have some disagreement with that characterization about the concern of the optics to relay your best recollection on january 4th. >> my best recollection was a phone call indicating he had received an offer 125 on armed guards as we followed up the three of us engaged in a conversation we left at the light of the existing intelligence the intelligence did not warrant the national guard and that intended that discussion rather than the offer should we perform any follow-up and he recommended they were placed on stan

i want to thank those south dakota national guard. i don't think everybody realizes every role that the national guard is filling for us here in south dakota these days. they are staffing at our emergency operations center. they have set up two alternate care facilities. they have 25 ambulance teams that are ready. 25 ground teams. but also four air support teams. their training for medical capability teams was yesterday. they have those teams ready to go when we should need them. they have call centers helping with contact tracing. they are ready to expand those if needed. contingency plans in place if we need food distribution. we knew they would be ready, they always are, but we don't want anyone to take for granted how blessed we are to have men and women in our national guard who continue to step up and continue to serve in every role they are in. we also have national nurses day today. our estimates day today shows that we have more than 10,000 nurses in south dakota including 350 that work for our state government. to keep ourh