behenna violated orders.t his body in the culvert without reporting it. behenna maintained he acted in self-defense. an iraq combat veteran is here to discuss this with us. thanks for coming on. >> that's having for me. you wrote this op-ed in "the washington post" saying i led a platoon in iraq and trump is wrong to pardon war criminals. specifically looking at the behepa case, and you do talk about other ones, tell us why you think so. why is he wrong for doing this? >> well, i think there's a couple of reasons. first of all, it's something that i touch about a lot in the piece is the message that it sends to audiences, to our military and to the countries who are partners that we're working with in various conflicts around the world, and secondly this is not a legal sort of loophole that he's found here and the reason he's pardoning behenna is to cater to his bay and i don't see any gray area in what he did. both disturbing to me as an historian and veteran that he would do this. >> you see him as catering

behenna has insisted he acted in self-defense. after serving five years behind board as soon as he was eligible in 2014. his parents asking the president for clemency last year on fox. >> and that's what michael is asking is for forgiveness so that he can move past this. >> reporter: the grant of clemency comes with controversy. the aclu today calling it a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military's own code of justice. but the white house points to plenty of support for the pardon with some three dozen generals and admirals backing the move. so do leaders from behenna's home state of oklahoma. this basically gives him his full life back, and that's the biggest issue. he can vote. he can have a firearm. he doesn't have to worry about checking the box when he goes in to be able to apply for any kind of job. >> reporter: a clean slate and a second chance. hallie jackson, nbc news, the white house. >>> now to that move by uber and lyft drivers planning to strike during tomorrow morning's rush hour in several cit

the trump administration citing broad support for michael behenna.dvisor jennifer griffin tells us why the soldier was convicted in the first place and what led to the pardon. >> as soon as he heard of his pardon, former army first lieutenant michael behenna acknowledge president trump. i cannot think president trump enough for his act of mercy, michael behenna said in a statement. the full pardon came hours after he hosted the west point football team at the white house. a military court had sentenced to michael behenna to 25 years in prison for unpremeditated murder in iraq in 2008. during his trail, michael behenna took a suspected al qaeda prisoner to a railroad trail stripping him naked and questioning him about a roadside bombing that killed two members of his platoon. he acted in self-defense when they prisoner through a chunk of concrete at him and reach for his weapon. in army parole board reduce the sentence to 15 years and paroled him just five years later. press secretary sarah sanders said "mr. michael behenna's case has attracted broad

"first lieutenant behenna served his country with distinction, honor, and sacrifice.has it been to his mistakes, has learned from them, and deserves to move on from this incident." the director of the american civil liberties union, national security project, called the pardon a presidential endorsement of a merger that violated the military's own code of justice." behenna said he is grateful for what he describes as president trump's act of mercy. oklahoma senators have pressed president trump for the pardon. >> harris: jennifer, thank you very much. iran is interesting don't like issuing a new threat after the united states announced to deplane warships as the result of a possible attack on our u.s. forces. a live report next. though it has telling former counsel don mcgahn to refuse a house subpoena for documents related to the mueller report. how long could this legal battle go on? ♪ those bonds were definitely tested. frog leg, for my baby brother don't frogs have like, two legs? so they should have two of these? since i'm active duty and she's family, i was able

behenna received 25 years in prison for unpremeditated murder in a combat zone.e concerns about how the trial "address to the self-defense claim." in announcing the pardon, white house press secretary sarah sanders mentioned broad support from behenna, saying "from the military, oklahoma elected officials, the public." here to tell his story in his own words, and react to today's news come along with his parents, vickie and scott. good to see you all. let me start, if you don't mind, you know, you were, michael, you wanted to serve your country, correct? >> that's correct. >> sean: and you found yourself in a situation where you were managing a 17-man platoon. and an ied went off and killed four people, two of them yours. >> that's correct. >> sean: and how many were injured? >> there was five injured. >> sean: five people injured, two lost their lives, two others lost their lives. you read the intelligence, which was your job, and you heard about an al qaeda operative named ali mansoor, correct? >> that's correct. >> sean: and you work for the shake and brought

two of behenna's comrades. he was accused of stripping him naked and shooting him. behenna said he was acting in self-defense afraid he would take his gun. but when the army's highest appeals court raised doubts about his case, the army paroled just five e served years speaking out at the time. >> it's hard to describe. you know? i haven't had time to think today. it's been overwhelming. >> reporter: his parents also overcome with emotion pl. >> hugging your son when he's free is probably 180 degrees from when they handcuffed him and took him ay. >> reporter: particularly poignant for his mother who helped to prosecute oklahoma city bomber timothy m cveigh. >> i think he regrets having -- welling with as he said in his letter. he regrets having to take h anotheran being's life. >> reporter: behenna also wrote of his two fallen comrades, quote, they represent the finest of our society. president trump has expressed support for other military service members accused of war crimes. >> kristen welker at the white h

behenna claimed he acted in self-defense.was sentenced to 25 years in prison, but that was reduced to 15 years. he was paroled in 2014 and faced another five years of parole before the pardon. >>> the atlanta journal constitution reports georgia governor brian kemp is set to sign an anti-abortion heartbeat bill today. the legislation bans most abortions once a doctor detects a heartbeat in the womb, which is usually about six weeks into pregnancy. it's one of the most restrictive untry.bortion laws in the the bil includes exceptions for incest, rape, or if the baby or mother's life is in danger. opponents say that they will fight the legislation. >>> our partners at the bbc look at a new united nation's report that says humans are threatening more than 1 million species of animals and plants around the world with extinction, from the forests to bees, to sharks and polar bears, scientists say nature is more in trouble now than at any other time in human history. the report details how humans are ravaging ecosystems that suppor

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behenna was sentenced to 25 years, but was released on parole after five. the white house said the case has drawn support from members of the military and oklahoma government officials and there had been concerns, robin, about how the trial was handled. >> this is not the first time the president has intervened in these types of military cases. >> reporter: it's not. in march trump ordered navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher accused of killing an isis fighter be moved to less restrictive confinement, and he's also reviewing the case of a green beret accused of killing a taliban bombmaker, robin. >> thank you. >>> an arrest in the case of a mississippi police officer ambushed and killed right outside police headquarters in biloxi. steve osunsami has the latest and, steve, this officer just months from retirement. >> reporter: that's right, george. a biloxi police officer was driving home from work last night when he spotted the accused gunman walking the streets. that's how this arrest happened. police are calling this a cold-blooded killing and saying they are gl

behenna was initially sentenced to 25 years in 2009. he was released on parole in 2014. hina shamsi of the american civil liberties union criticized trump's move. she said, "this pardon is a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military's own code of justice." and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in a major expose, "the new york times" has obtained tax information on donald trump that shows that his businesses lost morere thahan from 1985 to 1994. $1 bilillion while t trump conts to refustoto releaseis t tax returns, "the times" obtained printouts from his official irs tax transcripts for a 10 year period ending in 1994. in multiple years during that stretch, trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual taxpayer in the united states. in both 1990 and 1991, trump lost more than $250 million -- more than double any other individual u.s. taxpayer according to irs documents. in eight of the 10 years, trumup paid no federal income taxes. to unpack t

the commander in chief granting executive clemency to former army first lieutenant michael behenna of oklahoma, convicted in 2009 of killing an iraqi prisoner. the decision announced by white house press secretary sarah sanders, who not only called him a model prisoner but noted his case has case has attracted broad support from the military. saying in a statement, i thank president trump for his tremendous act of mercy. he was convicted of unpremeditated murder in a combat zone after killing a suspected al qaeda detainee. prosecutors accused behenna of shooting and killing monsieur in retaliation for an attack that killed two fellow soldiers, accused of taking him to a remote location, stripping him naked and shooting him. behenna said he was acting in self-defense, a military court sentenced him to 25 years in prison but when the army's highest appeals court raised doubts about his case, the army paroled him after he served just five years speaking out at the time. >> it's hard to describe, you know, i mean, i haven't had time to really think today and today's just been overwhelming

this would not be the first time trump pardoned someone out of military court, michael behenna released on parole in 2014. >>> an amendment that would change louisiana's constitution to say there's no right to an abortion is set to go before the state senate today. the move comes after hundreds of demonstrators marched at the state capitol yesterday. the alabama law bans abortion in almost all cases. there are no exceptions for rape and incest. >> i'm not condonining rape, bu at the same time it doesn't make a life less valuable. >> we're going to continue to fight and we want everybody's help in that fight. >> alabama and others are hoping to get a conservative leaning u.s. supreme court to revisit roe versus wade. over the weekend president trump weighed in, calling himself strongly pro-life but favors exceptions. >>> good samaritans are being credited for helping find a kidnapped girl who was walking with her mother. >> we've got her, we've got her. >> what's your location? >> forest hill. >> salem sabatka was abducted saturday in ft. worth. police say a man in a vehicle approached t

. >> this month, trump already pardoned michael behenna, a former army lieutenant convicted of killingconvicted of killing. s . your reaction and what message does this send to the american people? >> one of the things the president has certainly has the legal power to do is to execute pardons, to apply these pardons to individuals he thinks are appropriate to receive them. but unfortunately, in these case, i would tend to agree with the aclu, knowing that as a commander both in combat and peacetime, i had to apply the rule of law to soldiers who committed heinous acts in either combat or peacetime. and it just chips away in another aspect of rule of law. in this case, the military application of that rule of law. and that's just as dangerous as any chipping away of civilian rule of law through the courts. so, yeah, i would tend to agree with the aclu on this. any time you subject an individual service members to trial for crimes committed in combat or peacetime, the military justice system works extremely hard to ensure they are treated in a just and fair way. and doing anything else

behenna's case has gotten a lot of support from the public and oklahoma.f his claims for self-defense claim. during his trial he acknowledged not transferring al qaeda prisoner to an ordered destination but instead took the man to a railroad culvert, stripped him and questioned him at gun point about a roadside bombing that killed two members of his platoon. behenna was 24 at the time and claims he acted in self-defense when the prisoner threw a chunk of concrete at him and reached for his weapon when the u.s. army officer killed him. the full pardon came hours after president trump hosted the west point football team at the white house. he was paroled. oklahoma state attorney general applauded the president's decision. first lieutenant behenna served his country with distinction, honor, sacrifice and admitted to his mistakes, learned from them and deserves to move on from this incident. he told a local tv station he is grateful for president trump's act of mercy. >> julie: thank you very much. >> our current president targeted with a message saying we cou

behenna claimed he acted in self-defense.e was subsequently reduced and he was paroled in 2014 amid widespread military support. >>> officials say measles in the u.s. has hit a new milestone reaching 764 cases, the highest number in 25 years. the cdc reports 60 new cases since last week largely driven by two outbreaks in new york. they are mostly concentrated in ultra-orthodox jewish communities. overall 23 states have reported cases this year. pennsylvania is the latest to join the list. >>> today vice president mike pence is expected to announce new incentives to venezuela's military to aban dan president nicolas maduro. this comes after last week's failed attempt. our adriana diaz sat down with guaido in caracas to discuss potential next steps including possible u.s. military invention. >> are you open to american militry action. >> we are open but offer a low social cost that grant us the ability to hold a truly free election. >> is that a yes or a no? >> translator: it's a controversial topic. we want the best exit out o

military prosecutors say that michael behenna killed a suspected al qaeda terrorist to avenge the deathsd in a roadside bombing. he claimed he was acted in self-defense. a military court sentenced him to 25 years in prison but that's been reduced on appeal and he's been out on parole since 2014. in a statement, the american civil liberties union called it a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military's own code of justice. >>> a frantic search is under way in houston for a 4-year-old girl reported missing last week. maleah davis's staepfather says three men abducted the girl, her brother, and him on friday night. the men knocked him unconscious. when he woke up 24 hours later, he says the men had released him and his 1-year-old son, but maleah was nowhere to be found. this as we're learning new details about the girl's home life before her disappearance. nick valencia joins me now. you're with a search party right now looking for this poor little girl. what are you learning? >> jim, there are a lot of gaps in the stepfather's story. he tells police on friday night he

president trump grants a full pardon to a former us soldier who killed an iraqi detainee michael behenna you see here was sentenced by a military court to 25 years behind bars for on. premeditated murder. now the head of claim self-defense when he shot ali mansour but military prosecutors say he killed months or in order to get revenge for 2 us soldiers were killed in a 2008 road ide explosion. the white house granted the parting citing numerous issues with bahamas case. >>and coming up another dead whale washes up on a bay area beach will tell you where and what experts think is causing this and new concerns about sunscreen, forcing the government to launch a safety campaign. should you not slather all weekend like that i like this break taking a look here the shot is not too bad on the san mateo bridge traffic is crowded but rolling ok. to simone, i leave the van gogh. to harrison, the wine collection. to craig, this rock. the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything in your po

lieu: earlier this year army first lieutenant michael behenna was pardoned by donald trump. he was convicted of war crimes. he was convicted by military jury for driving an unarmed iraqi prisoner into the desert, stripping him naked, and shooting him in the head and chest. do you think it was appropriate for the president to do that? mr. jeffrey: i do not see a conflict between the pardoning of people who have been convicted of crimes regardless of the crimes, and the underlying legal and moral issues. mr. lieu: proper report something the president is thinking about pardoning acontiguousal people charged with war crimes. one is navy seal chief edward gallagher. he was charged with killing, murdering an unarmed civilian girl, murdering an unarmed old man, stabbing a defenseless teenage captive, and then indiscriminately shooting machine-gun fire into a neighborhood. what kind of message does it send to our adversaries if they know that the president is going to pardon people who commit war crimes or charged with war crime. mr. jeffrey: pardoning is a legal and constitutional

behenna was a model prisoner. steve: we have "fox and friends weekend" co-host pete hegseth.e 100 first. he was in iraq. two of his guys were killed in a mrap. they found the bomb-maker, detained him. we talk bull at other cases. he was released, iraqi bomb-maker was released two weeks later. they knew it was the guy that killed two americans. they didn't have enough evidence. we do csi on the battlefield. he was told to bring the bomb-maker back to his house. on the way there they stopped to interrogate him themselves. stripped him down, took off his clothes, held a gun to his head, we'll kill you if you don't tell other people who worked with you. ultimately they cut his handcuffs off. what happened, it is all marcky but apparently the iraqi tried to reach for his gun and ultimately the lieutenant pulled historyinger. non-premeditated murder he was charged with. ultimately this was a platoon leader trying to keep his guys safe. killing someone we know who killed americans. brian: who was a terrorist. >> he was a terrorist. he shouldn't serve anytime in prison. hess slate is