not to compare trump to adolf hitler, but because donald trump spoke about adolf hitler, to his white house chief of staff in 2018, on trip to europe, commemorating the end of world war i. donald trump spoke and meringue lee of hitler. according to a new book by michael bender, the book says that donald trump spoke these eternally loath some and fully evil words to white house chief of staff john kylian. hitler did a lot of good things. michael bender interviewed donald trump for his book, and donald trump denied saying that to john kylian. today, that poisonous statement about hitler attributed to donald trump, landed in the world to no surprise whatsoever. none. anyone who has been watching donald trump within -- with an intense disapproval, is unlikely to be slightly surprised that donald trump would think exactly that, about the most evil of the state are in human history. and supporters of trump cannot be surprised that he is reported to have said that, especially donald trump's american nazi supporters. the people who come to his rallies, believing that adolf hitler did a lot of

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in the book millie describes donald trump as a moral equivalent of adolf hitler.f trump supporter's peacefully gathered which is constitutionally protected napolitical rally. millie likened him to the brownshirts which the paramilitary wing of the party. this is a moment, the gospel is a furor. if you are grandfather joe in u.s. military to go overseas to go and fight the. what do you think of that? mark milley not just wikipedia, and yet this well read man of history is comparing nearly half of our country to adolf hitler and thatng would include a comep by the way, the many hispanics in the rio grande valley who voted for trump. mark milley isn't just your average guy with crackpot views, mark milley has controlled nuclear weapons. are we okay with this? the people on tv are okay with that. >> you read what millie was doing which is obeying the constitution. it standing up to the oath that he and serving members have taken -- that's what a patriot does. >> general milley and his team the military with the courage to stand up to something that was going horribly

nfa bang that pots and pans is not as if adolf hitler was keeping a secret. if your regular subscribers to the holocaust you had no idea was taking place. they would talk about on the front page and then doing fdr's bidding those that one of us information about the holocaust as possible next new york times and to massive genocides cuba has been in the news it is another genocidal regime people want to be free. that regime will not allow them to be free. what does "the new york times" have to do about it? another reporter by the name of herbert matthews help to build the legend of fidel castro. he was losing and hiding out badly beaten so what happened? while the batista government claimed castro was dead "the new york times" reporter wrote a glowing piece about castro that he is still alive and fighting and he has built an army and completely deceived with the whole notion of this romantic revolution and castro said he was a democrat and rising up to take out the military regime a glowing article and matthew wrote the personality it was easy to see them then

describes donald trump in the millions of people who supported them as the moral equivalent of adolf hitlernds of trump supporter's peacefully gathered in washington for what they assumed was a constitutionally protected political rally, the kind we have had for hundreds of years, certainly after the election, mark milley lining them to the nazi party. he explained his advisors out loud were actually calls for. this is the gospel of the fuehrer. those are quotes, think about that. your grandfather joined the u.s. military to go overseas to risk his life to fight in the nazis. now the head of the u.s. military calls you a nazi for having your grandfather's political views. what do you call that? even mind that mark milley is a man the media tells us is a deep intellectual, someone who reads books and stuff, not just wikipedia and yet this well read man of history is comparing nearly half of our country to adolf hitler and that would include the many hispanics in the rio grande valley who voted for donald trump, they agree with him on immigration. he's not just his guy with crackpot views, ma

the german chancellor adolf hitler blamed the communists and said it was the beginning of a terror campaigneeded to suspend constitutional rights giving hitler the power to rule and germany turned from a democratic to an authoritarian state. in the weeks after the november election, milley feared that donald trump was creating his own version of the reich's fire, the emergency that justifies the suspension of the rules that demand an authoritarian response. the election was rigged and stolen by shadowy left-wing forces, therefore, we must stop the counting of the votes. we must suspend democracy. milley feared that trump would use the military to achieve this suspension of democracy. instead, it took the form of an insurrection that sought to stop the certification of an election, an insurrection that succeeded for a few hours but ultimately failed and given that it failed, given that trump did leave office and democracy did prevail, it is tempting to leave this all behind us, to read carolyn leonning's book, except it is not over. donald trump has never had more of an iron grip over the re

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it was george washington was juxtapose with adolf hitler. these people were fascists.r world war ii, you know when they were essentially runs to the ground, there was a rise in the 19 fifties and sixties of these very small fascist groups that turn into terrorist groups like that christianity and city movement. what we are seeing now is a merger of every white nationalist trope and group and ideology bounce together by the crazy qanon conspiracy theory into an american neo-fascist movement led by a fascist president of the united states. look, if i were doing an intelligence assessment of, i don't know, hungry, i would be coming up with these exact same lines of investigation which would be bringing us to these conclusions that there is a fascist movement. not just in the united states, all over the europe which is actually funded, surprisingly, by russia. in france, italy, spain, neo-fascist movements everywhere are out to take down american democracy. >> and you know, it's sort of irony is if you read up on it, hitler was inspired both by mussolini's original fascism

>> pretty intense comparing the president of the united states to adolf hitler and his rhetoric. this just reminds us yet again how scary january 6 was. we had donald trump supporters storm the capitol and turned into combat and an insurrection at the capitol and the truth of the day and no amount of trying to rewrite history that donald trump and the supporters can do to move beyond that and addressing the central truth of aens recollection at the capitol incited by donald trump. >> trump issued a statement on thursday saying he had never considered a coup and criticized the general saying so ridiculous, sorry to inform you but an election is my form of coup. if i was goerng to do a coup one of the last people i would want to do it with is general mark milley. did you think there's a day for a former president to say if i was going to do a coup? the tone, how typical of donald trump to spin criticism something of he said to badmouthing somebody else. >> par for the course. i can believe a former president would say this type of thing because this is something that donald trump s

of adolf hitler. the man said he's been summoned to appear artist local police station, but he's accused the manual micron of hypocrisy in macros. land making fun of the profits rear is satire, but to make fun of the president as a dictator is blasphemy, time and time again during his presidency manual, my court has defended freedom of expression. he in front of the blasphemy. there is also in france, the freedom to bless theme, which is attached to the freedom of conscience from where a stand. i'm here to protect all these freedoms. so it's not up to me to qualify the choices of journalists. i can only see that in france. we can criticize governments, presidents to be blasphemous, etc. it's to be franchise to defend the right to make people laugh. the freedom to mock, to ridicule, to caricature which will tear claimed was the source of all the others when he gets you will not give up caricatures. drawings, even if others retreat not presume, is also enjoying didn't the declaration of the rights of th

when adolf hitler came to power in 1933, german—born anne frank fled with herjewish family to amsterdamsecret annexe in the building where her father worked. this secret apartment is going to be our hiding place. much of the new animation is set whilst anne frank is in hiding, but it also moves between past and the near future with a focus on kitty, anne's imaginary friend from her diary. anne frank has become an iconic figure in the history of the jewish people. 58—year—old israeli director ari folman wanted to move beyond that. his film is being hailed as the first international holocaust movie for children. she's a teenager with all the cliche problems of a teenage girl — she has endless issues with her mother, she was not only smart and clever but was also mean, she had this great capability of observing the adults, identifying their weaknesses, and then head—on spotting it and destroying and i wanted to make her this kind of person. at the israeli pavilion on the beach here a few days ago at a reception for israeli cinema, folman�*s film was being heavily praised, but there was tha

which you put in the public domain which suggests that by the late 1930s, he was an admirer of adolf hitler mean, these things he was writing about, your wider family must have known about some of this stuff. so, when you approached them, when you were commissioned by your dying mum to write the full history of your grandfather, obviously you couldn't discuss it with your mum, she'd passed away — but as you began to discuss it with the wider family, were people prepared to acknowledge that eunice was indeed a fascist sympathiser, an anti—semite and what that something you could have a discussion with them about? not at all, they all told me it was communist propaganda and like a a good lithuanian, that's what i believed initially, too. they — i don't know if they knew about this brochure, my mother must have known because it was in her archive, my grandmother must�*ve known it, but they never talked about it with me. i don't know that my father knew about it, her certainly never brought it up then. and, really, everybody believed it was just communist propaganda and lithuanians where the vi

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according to the book, as milley watched donald trump speak on january 6th, he saw echoes of adolf hitler. >> we fight like hell. and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> reporter: milley reportedly told aides, "this is a reichstag moment. the gospel of the fuhrer." that was a reference to the burning of the german parliament in 1933, that helped hitler and the nazis seize power. general milley also saw parallels between the nazis and trump and his supporters in the immediate aftermath of the election, after trump refused to acknowledge he lost. >> frankly, we did win this election. >> reporter: after a november 10th briefing on a planned pro-trump protest in washington, milley said he feared "an equivalent of brown shirts in the streets." and after the capitol riot, he vowed to protect joe biden's inauguration, saying, "we're going to put a ring of steel around this city and the nazis aren't getting in.” >> and jon, former president trump responding tonight to general milley? >> reporter: he's put out a statement, david. the statement reads in part

would be helping regime rick rewards in prestige and propaganda and it would be akin to supporting adolf hitlert we are seeing one billion uyghurs incarcerated. beijing denies there is genocide occurring. they say it is vocational training. how have the companies _ vocational training. how have the companies responded? . vocational training. how have - the companies responded? when asked if the _ the companies responded? when asked if the olympics _ the companies responded? when asked if the olympics for - asked if the olympics for example should be moved or delayed, very little comment. the company said they had little influence over this. these are for example that it does not have a specific opinion. —— visa. airbnb was criticised for adhering to local laws and practices which basically bad uyghurs from staying in their properties. intel was the most specific sakeit intel was the most specific sake it avoids forced labour but did very little to appease lawmakers. —— saying. tom martin, a senator, was very critical of china. he said it was the most disgraceful hearing he has participated in h

hundreds of billboards who stuck up post is on a couple of them depicting about new micron as adolf hitler. despite the country's lead to being a staunch defender of free speech repeatedly voting over the years, you can say and show anything in france. the bliss there is also in france, the freedom to bless fee which is attached to the freedom of consciousness. from where a stand i'm here to protect all of these freedoms. so it's not up to me to qualify the choices of journalists. i can only say that in front, we can criticize governments, presidents to be blasphemous, et cetera, to be friendship, to defend the right to make people love the freedom to mom and to really kill to caricature which will tear claimed was the source of all the others will not give up caricatures drawings even if father is retreat. bond, it seems that the billboard is no laughing matter for the president to now suing them out about the post. it says that he's been summoned to a period, his local police station and a slammed mister micron for his hypocrisy in macro land making fun of the profits rear is satire, but

this time the embassy's a great fan of adolf hitler.in fact they must've had suspicions that their clearly annoyed of what was going on. suddenly called on the course of the trial and placed thompson, spy cases continued to crumble. he reported to berlin that german espionage and sabotage in the united states was surest way of bringing america into action on the side of her enemies and destroying the last messages of sympathy for germany. the telegraph was awarded by the prime minister connecting to the fewer. it was taken seriously at the top. but nonetheless the nancy party continues to encourage the activities of secret agents in the united states. nonetheless, germany has taken notes of the change in opinion in america and hitler had written, right before 1939. some other consequences of the spy story in the wake of the great supply scared of the fbi was the strength was planted by hoover going to the press who was with him. after the second world war, he died there many years later. he was put out for public review and thought he w

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. >> we saw parallels between trump's rhetoric and adolf hitler's rise to power. milley was shaken of the gospel of the fuhrer and was worried that he would try to stage a coup. and here is jamie gangel with more. >> reporter: we're getting a new glimpse into how unhinged the final days of the trump administration were. the top u.s. military officer chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley was so shaken by trump's attitude, the big lie, after the election that he might possibly attempt a coup or take other dangerous or illegal action that milley and other top officials planned informally what they would do to stop such a coup attempt. this is according to excerpts in the book, general millie ey spe to top officers and lawmakers about just how worried he is about the possible threat of a coup and he is quoted as saying they may try but they are not going to fing succeed. you can't do this without the military, you can't do this without the cia and the fbi. we are the guys with the guns. he was really afraid after january 6 that there might be another attac

. >> we saw parallels between trump's rhetoric and adolf hitler's rise to

saw parallels of adolf hitler consolidating power it was chilling saying it was like a rice tag momentould fall and there could be a coup. >> interesting character. we saw testimony where he was asked about critical race theory, he talked about i read mar x and all these different ideologies, these a student of history, so for him to be referencing those moments are extraordinary. >> the idea he was so worried about the comparison that he believed according to the reporting that phil and i did, that trump and his supporters were willing to create chaos and stoke fear to consolidate power. he was getting middle of the night calls, arnnderson, from really great people and confidants saying watch your back. the people the trump white house are installing in the defense department are going to be a problem. >> that's why they were installed to be a problem. not just milley but others came up with an idea how to at the very least slow any kind of coup down. >> you know, milley and the other joint chiefs, heads of the army, navy, air force, branches of the military had meetings after the ele

. >> if adolf hitler had an instagram account, the holocaust would have happened a lot quicker because been convinced a lot sooner. >> i saw a post yesterday saying that 40% of palestinian children are sexually assaulted by israelis. which is a crazy number that has no source but it is all over the internet and there are ways to see what people are doing. >> reporter: and some calling posts they see as anti-semitic. so where did the jews go? that is fella had he'd, more than 43 million followers. she also posted this. charged, language, had i.d. said toss not about the history over 2,000 years. >> you can't learn history from instagram. >> reporter: some also call out members of squad for the likes of this and this. last month representative cori bush of missouri tweeted the black and palestinians struggles for liberation are interconnected and said this about u.s. military aid to israel. >> if their funding a military that polices and killed palestinians, i have some communities in st. louis city and st. louis county where that money could go, where we need investment and hurting. >>

office, general milley draws comparison between trump's election lies and this is him, and shirlt adolf hitler's rhetoric, again according to the book, what's that all about. >> this is i alone can fix it by two pulitzer-prize winnering "washington post" reporters and they write that general milley was so shaken by trump's behavior, the big lie after the election that he and other top administration officials got together and informally planned how they would stop a coup if trump and his allies attempted it. this included the chiefs of the army, navy, air force, marines, and just to talk about the language. i just want to say, milli is extentively quoted in this book, he clearly cooperated with it, he viewed trump, quote, as at cla classic authoritarian leader with nothing to lose. he is right. he goes on to say this is -- the gospel of the pure. >> wow. >> it's just one other thing i want to add for context, donald trump has been hinting that he's going to hundred in 2024. i do not think it's an accident that general milley went public in effect through this book to make it very clear just how

or to adolf hitler for that matter, it should send serious alarm bells.they make a mistake, they should make a mistake and own it. people are trying to walk it back. on the mistake and move on. >> kayleigh: the holy spirit, my goodness. kennedy, i want to put up a tweet. he has the most incredible thread. he said "there should be an enormous lesson here. the media is incredibly vulnerable to a certain variety of camera savvy hucksters who tell them what they want to hear. the media missed the mark and boy, do they get it wrong." he goes on to say that avenatti is the apotheosis of a character and spent all too common in the trump era, a thinly veiled fraud who the media push because they say mean things about a republican. if the media hopes to build any trust of the american people they need to stop creating avenattis. >> kennedy: yes. they need to stop fueling the piece of hubris and narcissism. i hope they are watching this today. i hope everyone is watching this disgusting collective farming and this fall from grace. i'm sure emily can point this out

morning" it's a parallel between the former president's claims of election fraud and the rhetoric of adolf hitler in nazi germany. the book is out thursday. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >>> from the massive boot leg fire, smoke is creating giant buyer clouds that were formerly called pyro cumulonimbus clouds. the huge columns of smoke and ash can reach six miles high and can be seen for more than 100 miles away. the inferno grew to about 75 square miles, larger than the size of the city of new york .let's get a check of our weather with devin now. >>> a sign of the conditions throughout the west with landscaping so dry. fires started are able to generate enormous loss of heat. those pyro cumulus clouds, the pyro cumulonimbus clouds, a lot at this point in the summer. talk about her concern for tomorrafrne bay arting we will go int of detail on why and just when and how much concern we should have over that. first, let's talk about saturday. there are no issues with saturdays. we're starting out sunny, down in san jose, sonny for the inland valleys. the east bay as well. when we take a l

. >> if adolf hitler had an instagram account the holocaust would have happened quicker because the public of palestinian children are sexuall sexually assaulted by israelis. but it's all over the internet and there are definitely ways to critique the israeli government without being that way. >> reporter: some calling outpost they see as anti-semitic. so where do the jews go? a more than 43 million followers, she posted this. charged language, hadid says it's not about hate and the history actually dates back over 2,000 years. >> you can't learn history from instagram. >> reporter: some also call out members of the squad for the likes of this. and this. last month representative cori bush of missouri tweeted the black and palestinian struggles for liberation are interconnected. and she said this about u.s. military aid to israel. >> instead of funding a military that polices and kills palestinians, i have some communities in st. louis city and in st. louis county that -- where that money can go, we desperately need vessel, we are hurting. >> reporter: they say they stand against all forms

he saw parallels between trump's rhetoric of election fraud and adolf hitler's insistence at the nuremberg's rally that he was the victim and their savior. and he said, this is the gol pel of the fuhrer, and four days after milley's alarm, we saw what happened on january 6th. we should say that nbc news reached out to spokesperson who declined to comment. and donald trump reached out and said, sorry, but an election is my form of a coupe, and if i were going to do a coupe, the last person i would do it with is general mark milley. and now joining us is shannon pettypiece, and former allied supreme commander and msnbc diplomacy analyst, and vox's foreign affairs broadcast anchor, and also, a msnbc analyst, and so, ashley, there is new reporting about what donald trump was doing on january 6th as the reporters laid siege to the capitol, and last night, we got an excerpt from the box from the "washington post" reporters that he was back in his dining room watching television. and the former president had to be convinced or cajoled to tell the supporters to stand down and that is echoing the rep

he fears them as being brown shirts, referring to adolf hitler's followers. hit lersch but what's powerful here is that the u.s. military leaders, our top generals, admirals, joint chiefs of staff are worried that trump has a fascist fixation of staying in power, and they even -- he called the boogaloo boys and the proud boys hitler-like troops and at times donald trump seems different at a charlottesville event or during a debate just as i tell the proud boys, to you know, stand back and stand red, so trump dabbles in this sort of fascist hitler-like imagery frirnlgts and he dabbled enough in it that it frightened our joint chiefs of staff and top military brass that trump is unglued, and in fact that's what we fought world war ii against, the very type of people that were assembling on january 6th at the capitol. >> and that's the thick. it's not really about the nazi part of it so much as it is about the authoritarian part of it, the idea. >> yeah. >> that this country actually came closer than we possibly ever have, at least in the last century, to having

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fast forward to this week, greene is comparing vaccine workers to brown shirts under adolf hitler. again, i've asked this before on this program with morniarjorie taylor greene, what's with the nazi talk? i just don't get it. >> it was pretty bad when she essentially stalked a shooting survivor who went to capitol hill to advocate for gun control measures. that was before she became a member of congress, and still kevin mccarthy welcomed her into the poll. she went and did her little museum tour, laughed in their face and doubled down on the nazi references. this gets down to not so much marjorie taylor greene but the fact that kevin mccarthy is such a weak republican leader. they laugh in his face. he can't stop marjorie taylor greene from invoking the holocaust at the most inopportune, disgusting times. he is a republican leader in name only. the only reason he is there is because he is a proxy and a figurehead for donald trump. >> it sure seems that way. and, you know, getting back to what you were saying about matt schlapp, it seems he and kevin mccarthy have the same problem,

have put his finger on a very big problem, and that is that donald trump was behaving like an adolf hitler who is potentially looking to overthrow the government. that's a very serious allegation. that's a very serious thought on the part of the joint chief of staff chairman, and i think it's something the country just has to come to grips with. >> mike, your take. >> it's a reminder of how much we still don't know about the events of january 6 in particular. and i say that because the debate continues as this commission still don't know who the republican participants will be, is just now getting off the ground. beyond that, a question, chris. cpac was last weekend. you know who won the straw poll. if this book had come out a week ago, would it have changed any minds in that room? my conclusion? probably not. third observation. i get it, i applaud the concern and the exercise of control on behalf of milley and others, but where were they on january 6? i mean, all i have to go on so far is the release of this one portion of the book which paints this picture of being on guard and protectin

he saw parallels between trump's rhetoric of election fraud and adolf hitler's insistence to his followersat he was both a victim and their savior. it is unbelievable words coming from the top military officer in the year 2021. he was worried our nation was on the brink of turning into nazi germany? because also detailed by the authors in "i alone can fix it," it was not trump's rhetoric alone that concerned milley, it was trump's supporters as well. troubling him to such an extent it only added to the frightening historical parallel. here is an account from the same book from soon after the election. quote. on saturday, november 14th, legion of trump supporters from across the country converged on freedom plaza a couple of block from the white house for a rally protesting the white house results. it was build the million maga march although only tens of thousands attended. after attending a security briefing on november 10th about the million maga march, mark milley told aides he feared this could be the modern american equivalent of brown shirts in the streets. milley was referring to th

saw parallels between trump's rhetoric of election fraud and adolf hitler's insistence to followers at the in your emberg rallies he was both a victim and their savior. this is a reichstag moment, the gospel of the furor. it is something he talks about in private conversations. again, steph, my overall take away from excerpts of the book about the chairman is what he was saying in private to aides was very different than what he showed us in public that the military would never be used in this way. >> and of course he is a public figure with a public role. there was an insurrection on our capitol and we were wildly unprepared for it. think back to all of the trump advocates that said don't listen to what he says, watch what he does. all the things he said led to the insurrection. courtney, thank you for joining us. we're leaving it there. >>> this just in. german chancellor angela merkel arrived at the vice president residence for working breakfast. marks the first time kamala harris hosted since becoming vice president. >>> what one local paper calls a death march. we take you a count

he saw parallels between trump's rhetoric about election fraud and adolf hitler's insistence to his followersrg rallies that he was both a victim and their savior. this is a reichstag moment, milley told them. what do you make of that? >> i would have to be sitting in the room when mark said that. i know him to be a very sober man, a very good academic as a matter of fact. he didn't go to west point, he went to princeton. i think he was probably drawing a political -- a historical parallel not to shock anybody but to just talk about what was happening at the moment. candidly, he made those comments before january 6th and it is hard not to suggest that what happened on january 6th was not reminiscent of what we saw in germany in the 1930s. so i think it is an absolute historical analog, and i think things played out in the weeks following to demonstrate that he was right. >> where does this leave us now? i mean donald trump issued a statement on thursday denying that he ever considered a coup and saying in part, quote, if i was going to do a coup one of the last people i would want to do it wi

his supporters and he saw parallels between what trump was saying about the election and where adolf hitler was able to consolidate power before the nazi regime took over. >> there was such relief, carol, at the inauguration when you write about how general milley felt after biden was sworn in. you said michelle obama asked milley how he was feeling and you quote him as saying no one has a bigger smile today than i do. you can't see it under my mask, but do i. he got home that night to his house atop fort meier and looking out, he thought thank god. we landed the ship safely. >> you know, i'm so glad you read that because those according to our reporting, those two weeks between january 6th and january 20th were some of the most harrowing for the military and for chairman milley. according to people that we spoke to who had a front-row seat to this every day there would be a check-in between meadow, the chief of staff, mark meadows, secretary of state pompeo and chairman mark milley. milley's goal in that period, andrea was basically to keep tabs on donald trump and any other conspiracy whi

reveals that general milley drew a comparison between trump's election lies, and this is him, and adolf hitler'sing to the book, he drew that. so, tell us, what's that all about? >> so, just -- there are a lot of trump books out right now. this is "i alone can fix it." and carole leonnig and phillip rucker are two pulitzer-prize-winning "washington post" reporters. and what they write is that milley, general milley, was so shaken by trump's behavior, the big lie, after the election, that he and other top-administration officials got together. and informally planned how they would stop a coup, if trump and his allies attempted it. and this included the chiefs of the air -- army, navy, air force, marines. and just to talk about the language. i just want to say, milley is extensively quoted, in this book. he, clearly, cooperated with it. milley viewed trump, quote, as the classic-authoritarian leader, with nothing to lose. the authors write. and then, he goes on to say to aides, this is a race-dog moment, milley told his aides. the gospel of the fuehrer. >> wow. >> um, it it's -- it's just -- one o

trump trying to use the military as part after coup attempt the general compared his rhetoric to adolf hitler'spel of the fuhrer. trump criticized mill yel saying if i were going to do a coup, one of the last people i would want to do it with is general mark milley. but to you, david, how do you wrap your head around all of that? the fact we're even quoting a president to say if i were to do a coup -- come on. >> i think all of the books are an affirmation of our worst fears, those of us who followed closely, the obvious day-to-day administration donald trump was running and one of the core elements of donald trump, past president, saw that some of the key institutions, the courts, the military, even the press were there for his own personal use. if he courts did not agree with them, he would try to undermine them. in the case of the military, he saw the military as his personal protection force. the book paints the president as someone who would consider a coup because he believed he was wrong in the november election. i think the affirmation of those fears should be a warning. this may be a p

behind the scenes, the country's top general draws parallels between former president trump and adolf hitler in a new explosive book. our military experts weighing in on the stunning comparison. >>> they're back, for one year only. team usa softball players taking the field in tokyo. no one from -- sports like this, break dancing instead booting softball and baseball out of the contention for 2024. we're going to talk to two legendary players about that. >>> all right, everybody, good morning, it is saturday, july 17th. i'm lindsey reiser. >> i'm garrett haake in more kendis gibson. >> we have a lot of reporters and analysts following the latest for us this morning. >> and today we're marking one year since the late congressman john lewis's death, and tensions over one of the core causes remain extremely high. both sides are locked in on the texas voting rights showdown, vowing to not back down. >> some state democrats are still holdingous in washington, d.c. after leaving the state monday to avoid that vote on the gop back restrictive elections bill. governor greg abbott is now threatening

he saw parallels between trump's rhetoric of election fraud and adolf hitler's insistence to his followers that the nuremberg valleys, that he was both a victim and their savior. this is a reichstag moment, he told aides, the gospel of the fuhrer. that's how serious it was in january, that donald trump posed such a threat to this country at that particular moment, that the top brass in the american military not only recognized, thankfully, but actually had to take steps to prevent a coup. yet despite the gravity of that news, the republican party continues to pledge loyalty to the former president and coup instigator. just today house majority leader kevin mccarthy paid a house call at trump's bedminster club to bend the knee once again. meanwhile his reaction to the story today, trump seemed confused by the reporting. he said if i was going to do a coup, one of the last people i would want to do it with is general mark milley. of course that's not really what the book says. milley was intent on preventing a coup, not joining one. joining me now is congressman eric swalwell of california,

according to their book, about what the former president said about the election being stolen and adolf hitler's rhetoric. >> absolutely. milley was so shaken by trump's behavior that, what he did was, he got together with the other chiefs. the navy. the air force. the marines. and they planned. they believed there really could be a coup attempt by trump. and they write milley viewed trump as, quote, the classic-authoritarian leader, with nothing to lose. and then, milley is quoted as saying, this is a race-dog moment, milley told aides, the gospel of the fuehrer. look, we've known that people were concerned -- um -- that trump wouldn't leave office. we -- we reported that. to hear general milley say this. it's clear, when you read the book, he cooperated. there are extensive quotes. >> and he comes off looking pretty good, from what i understand. >> he does. and -- and -- and let's remember, he had his lafayette square, very bad moment. >> which he apologized for. he -- he was, i believe, in combat fatigues, walking with the president in that kind of motley assortment of people from the white h

it says that milley saw parallels between trump's rhetoric of election fraud and adolf hitler's insistenceat the nuremberg rallies that he was a victim and their savior. this is a reichstag moment. what do you make of that, a parallel to hitler coming from the joint chiefs? >> i've been very careful not to relate anything to the nazis. they killed 40 million people and wrecked europe from the ural mountains to the channel. having said that, i think there's a historic parallel between the 1930s in germany and how trump conducted himself. he had no commitment to the mores, to the values of the constitution and the american people. so i think his language -- he was talking about shooting people and executing people for treason, and the blow to us was when he fired a distinguished secretary of defense, mark esper, and the top four people in the pentagon, civilians, and substituted a retired lieutenant colonel, white house operative, and several other senior figures. you know, i was saying at the time, if i was a foreign intelligence official looking at a third world country, we would have all