bush was also deputy director of plans and strategies centcom and he joins us now from washington d.c. good to have you back with us in the the time since we last spoke nancy pelosi has now put out a statement in the united states and it was it was quite a significant statement these and the language i think needs some sort of analysis or response that we get from you but basically sgt accusing donald trump of a disproportionate provocative action there was no authorization of military force and it happened without congress' approval what's your response to that was this something that was required of donald trump in this case has he stepped the bounds of these on presidential authority. well he certainly hasn't overstepped the bounds have his presidential authority whether it's under the authority for the use of military force from 2002 or simply his responsibility as a president to prevent american soldiers and american interests and demanded action or killed so and and commander in chief thank you so i think we've got to recognize that. it is a political year it is an election year

let's head from tehran now to doha, qatar, where cal perry is on the ground near centcom. okay, cal, with a welcome to you. with coalition forces saying they did not conduct the air strikes following the report of the attack on the iranian-backed troops in northern iraq, but the disarray, the tension in the region, speak to that and what you think it all says about that. >> reporter: well, i listened to richard and ali, it's this deja vu. it's this feedback loop and we've all link lived this before, where you send troops in to protect the embassy, they take fire, they return fire, then there's more fire and then there's confusion about air strikes and that's been iraq for the last 20 years. and unfortunately, the people who pay the price for that more often than not are the civilians who live there. and that's what we're seeing now. so, this air strike that allegedly took place earlier today was misreported. there was rumors of a u.s. strike. there was probably an explosion there. and the first thought in people's minds isoing to be the u.s. have hit again. we should menti

iranian revolutionary guard a terrorist organization which which in return iran responded by naming centcom a terrorist organization and now the entire us military. we are. away from any possibility of dialogue between tehran and washington. as of now we are living in the posts which is quite different from a week ago in the post soleimani era in the middle east we are facing greater threats to u.s. military presence in iraq and elsewhere or around iran's borders are posing a grave in growing danger to iran's national security borders and iran cannot cannot remain in peace or have a peace of mind when the united states resort to such actions but from the 1st day donald trump came to office in in january 2017 he replaced interaction with confront ation the right here rip. plays and they go to obama's multilateralism where unilateralism and that was the beginning of of end of a war with iran which continued by the terrorizing the iranians through economic sanctions and now widening get to military action douglas took us through the the american process in the near future particularly comes to

i am also grateful for the informed comments by luminaries like former centcom commander former cia director betray us as well as ambassador crocker who both said that this action was authorized and necessary. is unquestionable the death qassem soleimani was a blow to the iranian regime and a message of deterrence to all state sponsors of terrorism. the blood of hundreds of american soldiers and soldiers is on his hands and because of the to fight one - - decisive action taken by president trum trump, he is gone. i support this move by the president and commend his willingness to send a strong message of deterrence to the terrorists in the middle east particularly that directive against the united states for our citizens or interest. finally madam president i want to thank my senators for the great men and women in uniform who fought and continue to fight terrorist acts brought about people like general qassem soleimani and the kurdish force as part of the irg c especially those fighting and prepared to defend our interest in the middle east today. america must never back down in the face of

finally, you have this impact of both the centcom commanders. both the theater commander and the commander in iraq who were both influential saying, stay the course. that we should continue prioritizing the military effort. that argument began to follow ont when we tried to send three different occasions, iraqi brigades to do what the surge eventually did, which was secure baghdad. i, iii. trucksraqi efforts where and buses were supposed to transfer iraqi brigades to baghdad and quell the sectarian violence. the buses arrived and were empty. you had some very fundamental events in the first nine months of 2006, which conspired to cast doubt on the existing approach. that made rather obvious it was .ime to review the bidding i hope you will ask us a bit more about this dimension of the if i were inular, your seat, i would ask, why were the iraqi security forces after three years of billions of dollars of investment -- they played such a central will in our strategy. we will stand down when they stand up. depended on them standing up. 3,ether forw

i am also grateful for the informed comments by luminaries like former centcom commander and former cia director contrasts and ambassador ryan crocker who both rightly said that this action was authorized and necessary. it is unquestionable that the death of soleimani was a major blow to the regime and a strong message of deterrence to all stateed sponsors of terrorism. the blood of hundreds of american soldiers and countless civilians is on soleimani's hands. and because of the decisive action taken by president trump he ison gone. i fully support this move by the president and commend the president's willingness to send a strong message of deterrence to the terrorist threat in the middle east and particularly that directed against that the united states, are citizens, or our interest. and finally, madam president, i want to join my thanking those brave men and women in uniform who fighting continued to fight terrorists acts brought about by people like general soleimani and the quds force. especially those who are fighting and prepared to defend our interest in the middle east today.

centcom as a terrorist organization what had been today is that the law that was passed 8 months ago has now been changed to get sick nate the entire u.s. military and not just cent com so the entire u.s. military including the pentagon and its officials as well as all related companies and institutions related to the pentagon as a terrorist organisation and this is i think very significant because it is essentially laying the legal groundwork for it you want retaliation. now washington has reportedly denied a visa to the iranian foreign minister to address the security council is that not a violation of the u.n. treaty absolutely the americans have to remember that they are only a host to the united nations day to not use the visa process to essentially punish whoever they don't like because iran has the right to be there i mean this is a security council meeting that is going to talk and discuss the illegal assassination of course and so they money and using that as a card in its hostilities towards iran is very very concerning i think do you really think that iraq will force out u

civilians and left over 100000 people newly displaced and homeless we heard this many times from the centcom people within the trumpet ministration which actually never again you just themselves reconciled with the fact that we are taking this action against their so-called allies you want them to replicate. you want them to recognize they are reconciling themselves with a p.k. care terrorist network in syria giving them piece of land and then while at the same time talking about serious territorial integrity or ethnic balance in syria how can you explain the fact that you favor one ethnic group which is linked to a picnic a terrorist network the so-called kurds against all the arab non kurdish non-peak. the arabs the christians the turkoman all the others syria as they are coming to us telling us the oppression that they are living under under the vikki mr callan we've talked about some of the criticism of your actions especially from our allies but what you really want to stamp out is criticism at home isn't it on october the 10th your broadcast regulator. in the turkish media not to say a

centcom as a terrorist organization so that's a u.s. military forces here in the middle east but also in afghanistan now that the motion today was to designate the u.s. military and the pentagon as a terrorist organization essential e this is in the response to the assassination of course and so the man in the iranian government now will designate and recognize the u.s. military as a terrorist force also said that $200000000.00 euros will be allocated to the other could force not that that's the brigade that's the organization the part that i r g c which got some for the money was the head of and that is to boost their defensive power not develop zarif has also been speaking he's said that the united states made a grave mistake in a miscalculation in. killing. them so the money and he also said that the days of the united states in this region are numbered. in the iranian capital tehran i said thank you let's bring in for our desire to he's a professor of world studies at the university of tehran joins us live now from the iranian capit

bush she was also diffuse director of plans and strategy at centcom and he joins us now from washington d.c. good to have you with us so you're the perfect position to try to analyze where this may go with the strategic a military and security implications of this it seems to be very finely balanced at the moment iran is threatening to tell the i.c. of the united states has carried out this strike and says it reserves the right for further action as will we in a rapidly escalating phases some have suggested today an open dick the russian of war what's your assessment. well i think we are at a point of escalation right now and i would hope that both sides take a deep breath i don't think either side wants to escalate but i also know that the egos involved particularly on the iranian side feel that they must respond as your previous guest said as he threaten americans throughout the region. this is not the time for increased military action i think we've seen what happens with military action. it's resulted in the deaths of americans servicemen and american contractors recently and now it

centcom in the middle east and afghanistan as a terrorist organization and that was symbolic because the united states had declared iran's revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization that this is every sponsor today's motion is a response to the killing of done as gazans of them. and it is again symbolic but ok again it's part of that response that retaliation that iran is talking about it's not only about the physical military response but it's also about a symbolic and emotional response from the iranian people to what the parliamentarians here are doing is kind of trying to reflect the emotion and anger and the frustration that's been expressed out on the streets in iran. said begs in teheran and on the right hand side of your screen well it just was their cap on the site of the burial for custom so many today meanwhile the u.s. defense secretary's had to clarify that there's been no decision to pull troops out of iraq. and other military figures said they were setting the record straight after a draft letter from a top general was their words mistakenly circulated the confusi

that feels it is under attack of course nobody knows how iran is going to respond we've been asking centcom about that statement from iraq about whether or not they've had to suspend their operations which were mainly going after i sold and somewhat surprisingly because we've been asking for hours we're hearing radio silence from everyone at the pentagon so they may not know exactly how to respond to that just yet we know secretary of state might pompei i spoke with his counterpart in iraq just yesterday there is real concern that u.s. troops will be told to get out of iraq that would have pretty big political implications not just for the president but for the entire country we do know that nato forces have suspended activities in iraq because obviously there's a very big concern if troops are out and they're patrolling they're much easier targets so it would make sense for the u.s. military to pull everyone back to fortified bases whatever you are watching for in the coming days are those special operations outpost those tend to be much less protected if the u.s. admits that they've pulle

strategic and distribution but corporate money from ted with aol and the venture capital money from centcom that was terry jones. >> so what does it mean for you to think or to know that and lived the first big commercially successful venture capital backed property of the we are one - - online to bring millions of folks to this new media we didn't know what it was going to be for but to think about the black internet service. but also looking back knowing what we know now of technology and the landscape. >> a lot of hype and a lot of media attention so we fortunately were not in the digital divide basket. that we were doing pretty well. so that was our target market. so that puts them in a certain category. so we demonstrate the mercedes-benz. all of that came about. how did it feel? my dream was to make sure all these conferences i was at this theater and it was packed all these guys with pocket protectors were announcing the grateful dead cd-rom. obviously not online are connected to the internet so we literally went to their and then online services and then the internet. but the point

revenge for the revenge from iran if it was their iran that assassinated their chief of staff or centcom command there in the region for sure these are just excuses that the united states has long been you know. mentioning to the a western audience into the american audience but this is not the case let's remember in the 2001 invasion of afghanistan it's no secret that there were trivial in partial. you know agreements between iran and the united states of course. but instead of improving the ties and giving up animosity towards iran george w. bush did then president put iran's name in the axis of evil so this shows that it doesn't make any difference what kind of situation it is in with regard to iran this is premeditate that attack a terrorist attack on iran and for sure iran has lots of options to reciprocate and i believe it's in the offing i kept going to look at some of those options now from the u.s. perspective as well question thank you so much for giving us your thoughts let's get back to mark kimmitt now who is the former assistant secretary of state for political military aff

organizations now this is an amendment from another motion that was passed last year in april that designated centcom the united states military in the middle east and afghanistan as terrorist organization now this is a response to the assassination of the money but we've also had the head of the supreme national security council now what he said is very interesting he said that they have discussed 13 possible scenarios as a retaliation to the united states and he said that it would be a nightmare for them and it says if the american forces don't leave under the feet they would leave in their courses in coffins so some very strong words coming out of iran is the feeling on the street that people do want revenge and that that's been reciprocated in terms of words from politicians and leaders and the government here and now this language is been ratcheted up and it's going to be very difficult for iran not to have a retaliatory action because that's what's been called on the streets of iran to acid beg there in terre said thank you. for desired is professor of world studies at the university of tehran

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they have several 1000 more troops on standby for deployment we've reached out to fort bragg and centcom to see if any more troops are being deployed to the region and sofa. no response on that yet but clearly without a doubt this is a major escalation want to hear from the president what he has to say about this presumably when he announces more about this decision and thank you for that and of course we'll come back to you for any further developments from the united states let's cross now to dawson jabari who joins us on the phone from tehran we're just listening to. their door sir who is now confirming of course of the pentagon has said that this strike was carried out under the orders of president trump but also accusing customs of the money of planning attacks on american diplomats and american service personnel before we get to the details of that for those who are just joining us now take us back and tell us who kasim saw the money was his role in the iranian military and he significance within the iranian regime. certainly the sense of an army is the head of the old force which

bush she was also diffuse director of plans and strategy at centcom and he joins us now from washington d.c. good to have you with us your the perfect position to try to analyze where this may go with the strategic a military and security implications of this it seems to be very finely balanced at the moment iran is threatening to tell the i.c. of the united states has carried out this strike and says it reserves the right for further action as will.

centcom military forces in the middle middle east and afghanistan as terrorists but also the secretary of the supreme national security council has been speaking today and he said that they have discussed the possible scenarios for retaliation to the united states he said that the united states have 9000 bases in the middle east in this region and iran can target all of them and they have information on all of them he also said that the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei has said that all the forces of the resistance front will be involved in the retaliation now this latest news about targeting miller possible targeting military bases will make regional countries very nervous as they do have states forces and bases are. in tehran as a thank you well for desired he is professor of world studies at the university of tehran he believes others will carry forward some amount is military action. one of the goals that he had was to end the us hegemony in the middle east and as you have seen in the last number of days the iraq a parliament has voted for the american forces to get out of iraq an

. >> and just one anecdote but he was ahead of centcom and he came over for a visit and the war had just started with the houthis in the north. so when we were waiting we said what's going on this is something we should be involved in. they said no not militarily and then they tried to convince us in 2004 iran was there it is a rebellion of sorts they should be able to settle through diplomacy so it's not international terrorism we can help diplomatically to direct your friends to mediate and also economically. the system has worked for everybody otherwise if the government fights and fails that they would want to secede in the whole country would break apart and they lobbied on the hill to get more state money. and was someone who truly understood that force should be the very last resort and that there were preconditions to my people became radical in the middle east. and then to become more democratic of people of human rights the problem is inconsistency. we never got with that cold war mentality getting in bed with a dictator because of the security operation and then to fight sovie

another 10,000-plus at centcom at the base in qatar. so when ayatollah khamenei warns that a harsh retaliation is waiting, that puts people here on extremely high alert. we've just heard from the united arab emirates. in light of rapid regional developments, wisdom, balance and political solutions must prevail in the face of escalation. the issues that are facing the region, he says, are complicated and suffer from the loss of trust between a party's rational deal with the situation. it requires a calm approach. the bottom line is the response from the gulf is echoed across this wider middle east region. if this attack has done anything, it's to align countries otherwise at odds geopolitically. real concern here. >> you make the note there, thousands of u.s. forces stationed around the region. there are more because the president deployed more. there are thousands of u.s. diplomats and civilians in the region and iran has not hesitated to attack nonmilitary targets in the past. that's a concern. arwa, i want to go to you because iraq's

he was the head of centcom when i was at the u.s. embassy. he came over for a visit.it was 2004 and the war had just started between - -. we were waiting outside to go in. he said what's going on in the north? is that something we should be involved in? i said the short answer is no. not militarily. this is an internal matter. - - try to convince us that iran was there. we looked up and down and sideways, iran was not there. it's a rebellion of sorts that they should be able to settle. i said we can help. this is not al qaeda. we can help diplomatically. by trying to either mediate directly or invite friends to mediate. or economically. the system has to work for everybody. otherwise, if the government cites and fails to convince - - than the southerners will want to succeed. in the whole country will break apart. it will be worse than afghanistan and then you may have to come in and intervene. he took that to heart. when he came back to washington, he lobbied on the hill for us to get more aid for yemen. he was someone who truly understood that force should be the la

you have a general who ran centcom until march saying what's most disturbing is the maturation of thetems and how quickly the iranians are learning. if you look at their strikes on the saudi oil fields in september, i believe all but two of those 19 missiles hit precisely. so the precision with which iran is increasing its capability. >> absolutely. the precision is very interesting to me being partly from an air force targeting background. we have always prided ourselves as being very precise in how we deliver weaponry, how we put it on target and make sure that we minimize civilian or collateral casualties. the iranians seem to be learning from our playbook. if you notice all the different things that they're doing right now, it seems as if they are minimizing civilian casualties. they're even minimizing military casualties in this case, both of u.s. and iraqi forces in this particular case. doing that shows a very interesting capability that may be related to their ability to exploit gps or the russian system which is similar to gps. if they can do that, their missiles can be much

. >> okay, cal perry there under centcom in qatar. thank you. following all this, nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel in erbil, iraq. richard, from what's been reported by you and others, you have iraqis shouting "death to america" not only because of the killing of the general but also the pro-iran/iraqi militia commander. does this now lead more iraqis to support iran and join the pro-iranian forces? is that a legitimate concern? >> reporter: i think the divisions in this country are quite set, and the concern is that this killing will only make the divisions wider. there are people in iran, people in iraq, excuse me, who hated iran's presence, hated qasem soleimani, were genuinely celebrating that the americans killed him, and then there were the militias out on the streets and their supporters who thought that this was a horrible act and that it needs to be avenged with violence potentially taken against the embassy or some other targets. so, the real concerns in iraq is that the united states may have just condemned this country t

because there were antibodies within the uniformed military to reviewing a strategy that both the centcom commander and the commander in iraq favorite. and i think the same is true in the nsc, at state, and so forth. so, we had to get sufficient understanding of the problem, internal to these little pockets of the bureaucracy, so that the position of the department, the position of the joint staff, had sufficient gravity, or maybe it was sufficiently organic, so that it could be brought out into the open. and that is what inside the joint staff eventually did. they briefed the joint chief of staff, so, this is this committee of four service chiefs plus the chairman and vice chairman in a conference room called the tank. and the council of colonels briefed this out. that is when serious discussions began. but i think that sort of mimics or parallels the process elsewhere in the bureaucracies. had its start at the grassroots level and became serious, gained gravity, and then brought up into the equivalent of the tack. so it was segregated initially. mr. edelman: just to add quickly, so, as

so he expanded that, because if you kind of looked at the gray area where centcom and pacom meet, we didn't have enough focus and energy against the purity of southwest asia, east of pakistan, per se. so from a military standpoint, so that's where we extended the indo-pacific and have a much broader view. with respect to, i'm sorry, the second question. >> for the army, is it really fair to say this is the priority region, for the dod writ large and air force and navy, one can understand the argument. for the army, it looks like you have more forces in europe than in asia and you have more activity, more kinetic activity in the middle east. it looks to me like the army has three -- >> this is what i would call the accounting within the combatant commanders. there are more assigned forces in pacom than in any other theater. the challenges, a lot of them are in washington state and the west coast of the united states. so what challenges the indo indo-pacom commander is the disposition of the capabilities. when back in the spring the general, my wingman and i, went out to see admirable

trying to confirm that it's still pretty early here in the united states but we do have calls into centcom and the pentagon so we're not confirming that you have a nato has confirmed that they are temporarily suspending their operations in iraq all of this has. pretty logical if you think about it they're concerned that the america for the americans perspective that these soldiers will be easy targets so if that's the case you don't want them out and about on patrol you want them in hardened areas within bases with different levels of perverse security so it would make sense that the u.s. would suspend operations of course the big question is if u.s. forces are going to be allowed to stay in iraq that would be politically a huge blow for the president here especially with members of congress within his own party the big question though is about the intelligence what exactly led to this well we know the secretary of state has said that this was an imminent attack that would have killed his words dozens or hundreds of americans so why does that matter well this is a really big deal this is a

ploy to the middle east and have a lot of combat experience in the broader iraq, afghanistan and centcom theater. she's seen a lot of the world into various roles, and on top of that as you all know she finish a military career as the first woman in american history to lead a combatant command when she ran northern command at norad from 2016-2018. of those you doing the math may recall that time is when kim jong-un was launching his icbm tests, and when president trump and kim jong-un had not yet become such good buddies. so there's quite a bit of tension in the t relationship, d she was the one responsible for protecting the country in the event of a north korean icbm attack against north america. on top of that if that wasn't enough she then had to manage the military assistance to broader sibling authority efforts as the three big hurricanes hit in the fall of 2017 or 2017 as well. and. and so anyway, we're going to talk a lot more about career, but without further ado please welcome -- please join me in welcoming general lori robinson. [applause] >> he is way too generous with his co

this is the equivalent of the cia director centcom commander and presidential envoy for the region for iran. >> reporter: cia mid-east commander david petraeus says the u.s. needs a plan to decrease tensions. >> will there be a diplomatic initiative to say this is not headed in the right direction. we need to continue to deescalate. everyone continues to lose if they defense upward. >> reporter: iran has the largest missile force in the middle east, enough to launch salvos to bases where u.s. aircraft are located. but iranian missiles are not considered very accurate and the u.s. has patriot air defense missiles capable of shooting them down. anthony. >> david, thank you. democrats say there should be no further strikes against iran without congressional approval. this sets the stage for another showdown with congress. chief washington correspondent major garrett is at the white house. major, how is this likely to play out? >> reporter: well, the white house asserts the president had the legal authority to take this action not only as commander-in-chief but under the iraq war resolutio

centcom, what's that, 75,000. paycom is bigger than that. if the object here that people are talking about and the subject that's taking place is to reduce the -- and reposition people, you're talking about the two areas where there aren't enough people to reposition and that's a narrow view, but that's mine. senator reed. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and i welcome our witnesses. first let me extend my condolences to the families of the brave americans killed in action on the kenyan air base earlier this month as well as those recovering from those wounds and also extend my condolences to the families of the two airmen who were recently killed in afghanistan. again, thank you to the witnesses for appearing here today. both of you are leading commands during challenging times and we thank you for your continued service. please extend our gratitude to the servicemen and women who under your command continue their outstanding service to the nation. there is currently an effort under way to view u.s. force posture around the globe to en

and i'm also grateful for the informed comments by luminaries like former centcom commander and former general petraeus as well as ambassador ryan crocker who both rightly said that this action was authorized and necessary. it's unquestionable that the death of soleimani was a major blow to the iranian regime and a strong message of deterrence to all state sponsors of terrorism. the blood of hundreds of american soldiers and countless civilians is on soleimani's hands. and because of the decisive action taken by president trump he is gone. i fully support this move by the president and commend the president's willingness to send a strong message of deterrence to the terrorist threat in the middle east and particularly direct -- that directed against the united states, our citizens, or our interests. and finally, madam president, i wafntle to join my fellow -- i want to join my fellow senators and thank the brave men and women in uniform who fought and continue to fought terrorist acts brought about by people like general soleimani and the quds force as part of the irgc, especially thos

of course, that is the home of centcom and special operations command.tagon unit was called, asked what was going on. all they confirmed at this point is that they are on lockdown. ainsley: that's all we know at this point. say prayers for the folks that are there right now. our president was in toledo, ohio last night. it was the first campaign rally in 2020. brian: dean cain is live at uncle john's pancake house in toledo, ohio, having too good a time getting reaction from the president's rally last night. ainsley: although i think it's uncle john's diner, right? have we been saying it wrong? dean: i think i said it wrong the first time. it is actually uncle john's pancake house. john's potatoes are the greatest thing in the world. i'm sitting here with my friends. jamie and doyle here. we will talk to them in a minute. last night i had a chance to be out at the rally outside before and after the rally. i spoke to a lot of people out there. it was really interesting to hear what they had to say. take a listen. >> this is a huge deal for america. this i

everyone in the middle east at least in the centcom area of responsibility understands that u.s.ve vulnerabilities there. they sent patriots out in the last couple of months at least in saudi arabia so they have some defenses, but no one is under the impression that there are vulnerabilities. there are also a lot of assets. yesterday the combined joint task force put out a list of civilian casualties from 2014 to 2019, and the civilian casualties aspect was interesting. what struck my eye about that is in the last five years there have been 35,000 strikes against isis, and that's when you look at a precision strike that happened in baghdad, one of the reasons they're so good at this is that the military and the pentagon has been going after terrorists for five years and they have a lot of assets and can bring a lot of fire power should it escalate, guys. >> still ahead on "morning joe," the strike last night follows months of tensions with iran. we will run through the timetable and what it means for what comes next. you are watching "morning joe". we will be right back. we will

just lets me come as you mentioned earlier the program, throughout the centcom area of operations, we not just in iraq but elsewhere focus on the iranian threat. a threat on land, a threat at sea, its shipping routes, making sure that the streets of former's are open for shipping. what's going on in yemen, with the huthis. the iranian threat, they are financing assad in syria, propping up hezbollah in leban lebanon. so our actions toward iran is not just making sure messages being sent as far as what that military option looks like, conventional to unconventional. in real time, what we are doing to be able to help other middle eastern countries protect against destabilizing the region. one country to the next and one threat to the next, ensuring that the good guys are winning. because there really is a new sheriff in town. more than just withdrawing from a fatally flawed iran nuclear deal, jcpoa. but it's one that needs to be multifaceted. at the end of the day, to the first point that i made, the best-case scenario was for millions of iranians to take control of their own destiny and

president obama centcom somebody somebody -- >> he sent human human aid, my pillows, comforters, cocoans got from the trump administration, was missiles to demolish and detonate russian tanks. much different, much different approach. griff: deroy the catchphrase we keep hearing from house managers is that president trump denied an ally at war critical aid. bottom line, you say, that is misleading and unfair? >> yeah. ultimately think got the aid. 55-day delay. we're trying to determine if the new government imposed corruption. could we trust them with this money. they got the aid. released september 11th, well before the deadline. they now got missiles they can use to send back russian tanks and detonate, if they come across any -- lisa: why has that gotten lost in this? you don't hear that much from the mainstream media the difference between two administration policies on this. >> they hate president trump's guts. they want him out of office. nothing comes out of their mouths will delay his departure of office. pete: president has been skeptic call about foreign aid since the beginn

security advisor, and admiral mike mullen and joint chiefs of staff general ham and commander of centcom the defense secretary leon panetta also showed up. general michael flynn. former dia director. also former secretary of state hillary clinton testified publicly under oath for 11 hours. that his cooperation. in this instance in the house what happened? no documents, no witnesses, no cooperation no negotiation no reasonable accommodation. blanket defiance. that is what resulted in the obstruction of congress article. so we asked to hold the fair trial so everything the senate has held the average number of witnesses is 33. so to not normalize lawlessness or corruption. we cannot normalize abusive power. a fair trial. last week of the witnesses that did testify, voluntarily showed up. ambassador, how did he characterize the shakedown scheme at the heart of these allegations? and ambassador sondland quid pro quo doctor hill lieutenant colonel vindman, john bolton. and the framers have said the highest of high crimes against the constitution. >> thank you mr. manager. >> i have a question