nancy pelosi sent a letter to chris miller demanding he halt this hiring.ondent vivian salama is with me with more reporting on this. vivian, what are nancy pelosi's concerns here? >> brianna, the concerns are twofold among democrats in congress. one, the timing of this move obviously coming two days before president trump leaves office and also michael ellis' inperspective. to folks at home, michael ellis probably not a household name, but those of us who cover national security have been following him very closely because he was one of these more inexperienced younger people who rose in the ranks of the administration primarily because he was a staunch loyalist to president trump. we saw in the early days when he was still a national security counsel at the white house, he allowed access to intelligence and later refused to testify during the first impeachment. he name came up on numerous occasions. in recent months moved over to go with acting secretary of state chris miller to the department of defense and chris miller since has wanted him to rise to ra

. >> reporter: after seeing the story, then acting secretary of defense chris miller who passed through k2, drafted the executive order. >> let's error on the side of the veteran and not get caught up in bureaucracy and endless studies like in the past. >> reporter: now the defense department has just one year to conduct a rigorous study into k2. >> not a 15-year survey. >> reporter: it is a huge step forward, blames reproductive health issues on the base. >> decade's worthes >> reporter: now looking to the biden administration to finish the job. >> ask the president himself, help us, you can get us, get us the presumption of service, and get the veterans help they need and families the help they deserve. >> spokesperson for lloyd austin tells cbs news he's aware of the issues and will consult with the va over the appropriate way forward. adding the secretary believes strongly in [phone rings] “hello, how can i” sore throat pain? try new vicks vapocool drops in honey lemon chill for a fast-acting rush of relief like you've never tasted in... ♪ honey lemon ahh ♪ woo vicks vapocool drops

he was recently chief of staff to chris miller, the acting secretary of defense.ter president trump's term concluded at noon eastern time, the joe biden presidential administration began, ushered in we fusive praise from the -- effusive praise from the national left-wing media, a direct contrast to the vicious attacks hurled against president trump on his inauguration day and over the course of the past four years. we'll take up the national left-wing media's transformation that we all observed today with investigative journalist sara carter. and today's inauguration a stark contrast to 2004 years ago when -- to four years ago when tens of thousands of trump supporters watched president trump sworn in. today almost no one was there to attend. despite receiving 80 million votes, president joe biden was talking before a national mall devoid of people and filled only with flags. mostly american flags. 25,000 the of our troops were also on hand today in the nation's capital to secure the inaugural ceremonies. all went off safely. for more on what is happening on the g

>> i think their warning is a broadside right across the bow of acting defense secretary chris millery, these honorable former defense secretaries are concerned that miller may try to politicize the armed forces in a way that it has never been done, to get them involved with helping to settle an election dispute. so i believe the secretaries of defense are alarmed that they see that this chris miller, they must have no confidence or faith in him or some of the other political appointees, presumably civilian political appointees, who may be in the defense department, just doing the president's bidding. and again, as former skraecretas of defense, they are beyond alarmed. so we ought to take this very, very seriously. and i would hope that the members of congress, you know, who are going to participate in that kamikaze mission on wednesday, you know, would cease and desist and run the other way. i mean wi, i think that's what these guys are doing. they're trying to tell everybody to stop. count the votes, keep the military out of it, and let's get on with the transition. >> congressman

pence from the white house was on a series of short phone calls with the acting defense secretary chris miller, army secretary ryan mccarthy, and general mark milley, the joint chiefs authorizing and allowing the pentagon to authorize the mobilization of 1100, the entire d.c. national guard. that is what we have learned happened. we also heard that president trump was not involved in that decision. that it was mike pence on those phone calls. remember, he just came back from the capitol being escorted out by the secret service when the mob broke into the capitol. so a little bit unusual because those technically, president trump would be in the chain of command and the white house is pushing back on that saying that the president authorized the troops. but i'm told it was mike pence, the vice president, who was on those goals with the pentagon to. >> bret: that is a big development. do we -- we will press the white house for answers on that about president trump's role. do they have a sense how long they will be deployed here or what this deployment looks like? >> it is an open-ended deploymen

defense secretary chris miller a cited threats by iran lots what's coming on al-jazeera including brazil imports millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine it has yet to approve. and wiki leaks founder julian assange will learn in the coming hours whether he'll be extradited from the u.k. to the u.s. to face espionage charges more on that status. we have a nasty little area of low pressure pulling away from the east the seaboard of the u.s. at the moment you see that area of cloud here not sallow just moving away from the carolinas clear weather comes through behind it's going to stay pretty cold having said that will be some snow just pushing up towards new england towards the canadian maritimes over the next day or so there's that cool clear weather tucking in behind tulsa some snow that just around the midwest significant snowfall rolling in from the pacific as another storm makes its way into british columbia alberta cross the pacific northwest of the u.s. and extends a fair why south actually is why the northern half of california will see some significant rain and some significant

then he has fired his defense secretary and now the person act in the acting defense secretary chris miller is a person who does not have the same clout or experience as mark aspart who has departed and so the concern is that trump especially now dealing with his own political crisis domestically in the u.s. may be searching for a distraction. how does your castro there for us in washington d.c. . well amazon e is a senior research recent trying to have her at the center for middle eastern teaching studies and says iran is using uranium enrichment to bring all sides of nuclear deal back to the negotiating table this is happening in the framework of a low recently passed by iran in parliament i think iran is somehow using this as for a negotiating purpose and they are using that as it leveraging case that if upcoming president in the united states takes office they want to signal him that any pressure against iran will have its own costs so they want to somehow pressure the other science in order to return into full compliance this can be somehow apparently this might seem constructive but i

defense secretary chris miller has cited threats by iran last week the u.s. sent b. 52 bombers to fly over the gulf and deployed a nuclear submarine to the region. coming on al-jazeera including. the new u.s. congress is sworn in but who holds the senate majority is still to be decided. the game is investigating one of the deadliest attacks in its recent history more on that status. how the weather looks pretty quiet across the middle east at the moment we have one of the 2 light showers in the fall cos you might catch a shadow too into northern parts of iraq you want to catch a shadow to the northern parts of saudi arabia here in concert with a top temperature of about 24 celsius a monday tad cool as we go on into tuesday but at least the way in this easing off so i think that will feel really quite pleasant south of that it is generally dry maybe wanted to showers around the southern end of the red sea and maybe the odd sharrow to into us the madea maybe a shower to ensue central parts of ethiopia but the majority of the shallows they offer the south as the

defense secretary chris miller a cited threats by iran that's coming or an al-jazeera including there has begun investigating one of the deadliest days in this recent history. boldly going where no chinese spacecraft has gone before when one prepares to into orbit around mars and stay with us. for the perfect gentleman. sponsored by qatar airways. how the weather looks pretty quiet across the middle east at the moment we have one or 2 light showers in the fall cos you might catch a shadow too into northern parts of iraq you want to catch a shadow to the northern parts of saudi arabia here in concert with the top temperature of about $24.00 celsius on monday type cooler if we go on into cheese that at least the way in this easing off so i think that will feel really quite pleasant south of that it is generally dry maybe one of 2 showers around the southern end of the red sea and maybe the odd sharrow to into somalia maybe a shower to ensue central parts of ethiopia but the majority of the shadows they offer the south as they should be around lake victoria gonda seen some shamash i was

chris miller met with the president at 3:30 this afternoon. congress is also taking up the cyber attack against the united states and some members are comparing the attack to a declaration of war. mark meredith is in washington and has much more. >> lawmakers have plenty of questions and outrage over the cyberattack showing how vulnerable american computer systems are, so many questions left to be answered. earlier lawmakers started to receive briefings from top officials about what has been going on behind the scenes but also a lot they don't know. illinois senator dick durbin saying this is a virtual declaration of war by russia and marco rubio of florida, intelligence committee saying this is a major concern and we are hearing from republican senator susan collins of maine who put out a statement getting to the point, the cyberattack likely perpetrated by the russians spotlight glaring vulnerabilities ever cyber security system, the president should immediately signed the national defense authorization act not only to keep our military stro

now here is the kicker, maria, these appointments were all signed by secretary of defense chris milleryou one example, maria. i was sworn in to the defense policy board and i received an e-mail from the white house liaison office for the biden administration that said, even though that you were sworn in, we are pausing your on-boarding process. i don't know where they get the constitutional ground to do that or the gull but this call for unity is garbage. i will give you one stark example that struck me on my way out of the pentagon. they terminated my employee to around paternity leave because they were appointees to president trump. if we did that that would be travesty of justice and investigation for months to come. how could you terminate someone who has taken paternity or maternity leave to take care of their newborn. the call for unity is garbage. maria: unbelievable. you have to believe that to be true until president biden said something about all that's going on. you need to hear from the commander in chief to say, stop the hate, stop the nonsense, stop the blacklisting and s

ainsley: security acting secretary of defense chris miller says he has received no intel indicating aotential threat within the ranks. within the thousands of guard members that are there to protect the president during inauguration. jeremy hunt west point grad. i served in the army and all different political views. what bindz us together was a common creed, the oath of the constitution. people who plan on doing some craziness at from inauguration have no business wearing the uniform. if you are a u.s. congressman who sows seeds of hatred he has no business being there he should go home. steve: is he going to be with us at the 7:00 a.m. will: you striked it as it jaw-dropping it is utter insanity. talking about a purity test. putting our military under that kind of loyalty requirement based upon their race and based upon who they voted for. make no mistake, this isn't about president trump. in the end it's not even about trump supporters and not about republicans. about anybody who dares step out of line. anybody who dares dissent. and there is nothing that is sacred. they will be pr

chris miller said he was reversing his decision to send the u.s.its home port citing the recent threat issued but i rainian officials and other u.s. officials. iran seized a south korean oil tanker. they said it was over oil pollution. the same time, they requested south korea release seven billion funds held under sanctions. they believe a biden administration will be more likely to talk than attack. so perhaps the next few weeks experts feel that they may not try anything. dana? >> dana: thanks, benjamin. thanks for joining us. first show of the year for me in the books. i'm dana perino. see you on "the five." bill hemmer is live in georgia. whatever is wrong with the billboard is wrong with me. i can't get my brain and mouth to work at the same time. >> bill: i think we'll put a few more quarters in the machine and we'll be okay. happy new year again. good afternoon, everybody. i'm bill hemmer live today in atlanta, georgia. counting down to election day in the peach state. the senate races will set the course for national politics over the next

later this afternoon in addition to the 25,000 national guard troops the acting defense secretary chris millerg no chances including vetting the street saying, quote, as is normal for military support for large events the department will that national guardsmen in washington dc. we have no intelligence indicating a threat we are leaving no stone unturned in securing the capital. this type of vetting often takes place by law enforcement for significant security events but in this case the scope of military participation is unique but one democrat congressman says he worries about the threat inside. >> the guard is 97% male, 20% white males voted for biden. probably 25% of the people that are protecting us who voted for biden, the other 75% are in the camp that would be the large group of folks who might want to do something so it does concern me. >> reporter: this as the washington post reports the fbi warned about potential threats from loan rules in adherence to the far right groups youanon as they plan to come to washington for president-elect joe biden's swearing in ceremony, the post repor

along the mom and buy 25,000 national guard troops and yesterday the acting defense secretary chris millerhile we have no intelligence indicating an insider threat we are leaving no stone unturned in securing the n william walker, commanding general of the dc national guard says they are getting troops for inside threats. >> the united states army cid, united states air force office of special investigations are conducting checks on all 25,000 guardsmen will be here supporting the secret service was we want to make sure everybody in this bubble of security that we are providing has the privilege to be there. >> reporter: democrat carson steve cohen says he still worries about the guard. >> the guard is 90% male, 20% white males voted for biden. probably not more than 25% of the people that are there protecting us who voted for biden. the other 75% would be folks who might want to do something so it does concern me. >> the washington post reports the fbi warned law enforcement agencies of potential threat, and adherence to the far right group qanon who indicated they might want to come to w

she was 86 years old chris miller had many talents.a leader at his church, a gifted welder and artist, but cooking was his true passion. he dreamed of one day opening his own restaurant with an anventive menu fusing asia italian flavors. at austin college in texas, the 21-year-old chose business administration for his major , eager to learn how restaurants succeed. humble and kind, chris stood six feet tall, but was a gentle giant to his friends and family, off his back to ann need.e shirt nelly sfeir gonzalez dedicated her life to her five sons, her family said. she was active and imaginative, and quick to make frnds. iea strong br in education, the bolivian native had a three decade career at the university of illinois library, where she was an accomplished librarian and bibliograp tr. she also w founding editor of the bolivian studies journal. nelly was 90 years old ♪ judy: to all those who have passed, our hearts go out to your loved ones, and everyone whhas lost a loved one this week. ♪ we have exactly what you need washington wee

joining me now is abby phillips and chris miller, author. rick, is what happened on this call -- is this illegal? what do you hear in this phone call between the president and the secretary of state of georgia? >> it sure sounds like what the president was asking for was for the secretary of state to manufacture votes. just enough votes to give him a one vote margin in georgia. not sure how this would work. georgia already sent in its electoral college votes. but sounds like a crime under federal and state law. when you ask someone to comep with fake votes that's the definition of election fraud. the only question here i think is about trump's state of mind. if, in fact, he actually believes the kind of nonsense he's been spouting about fraud and this would not be manufacturing votes but actually righting a wrong, maybe he could make that kind of defense. but i think there's enough for georgia and federal prosecutors to look at as to whether or not this actually is a crime. >> abby, let me play what the secretary of state of georgia, brad ra

. >> acting defense secretary chris miller said "while we have no intelligence indicating an insider threat, we're leaving no stone unturned." police have arrested a 22-year-old for carrying a pistol without a license. friday capitol police say they intercepted a driver that had a handgun and ammunition. "the washington post" interviewed that driver and he said he was working security and rushing to work and forgot he had his firearm in the truck. homeland security officials say they're worried about threats. much of the focus is on state capitols around the country. governors have activated more than 33,000 national guard members to both work security but also for covid-19. neil, back to you. >> neil: rich, i curious, how close can you physically on feet get to the capitol? >> this is third street. we're three blocks away. that yellow tape there. you come early in the weekend or friday, thursday, you could get even one block closer to the capitol building. but they've been moving that perimeter out. sometimes people can walk in and out. for the most part, that has been extended to t

generous and altruistic, sybil regularly volunteered her time charities.tions for auctions and chris millerany talents: he was a star athlete, a leader at his crch, a gifted welder and artist; but cooking was his true passion. s dreamed of one day opening n restaurant, with an inventive menu fusing asian and italian flavors. ol austin college in texas, the 21-yeachose business administration for his major,ow eager to learnestaurants succeed. humble and kind, chris stood six feet tall, butas a "gentle giant" to his friends and family, who said he would give the srt off his back to anyone in need. nelly sfeir gonzalez dedicated her life to her five sons, her family said. she was active and imaginative, and quick to make friends. a strong believer in education, the bolivian native had a three- decadeareer at the university of illinois library, where she was an accomplished librarian and bibliographer. she also was the founding editor of the bolivian studies journal. nelly was 90 years old. to all those who have passed our hear go out to your loved ones as they do to everyone who has lost a lov

you sent a letter to the acting director chris miller on this.t concerns does this raise for you about potential military involvement? >> the concern is raises for me is donald trump has successfully politicized the military and we need to stop that in its tracks. that's why i sent the letter. if you're currently he serving or fall within the ucmj to be called and prosecuted for this insurrection, we need to prosecute these individuals. there needs to be consequences for those actions. members of the military should not be attacking the capitol of the united states. they took an oath to defend the constitution of our country from all enemies, foreign and domestic. they need not be that enemy themselves. so all of those who are -- who fall within the ucmj, uniform code of military juice, should be prosecuted with ending the umcj. >> we know this is a continuing story and we will be talking to you about this, senator tammy duckworth. thank you for being with us. >>> and house republican leader mitch mcconnell said he was stern on the call but up un

acting defense secretary chris miller said "well we have no intelligence indicating an insider threats, we are leaving no stone unturned in securing the capitol." along with federal and national police officers, checkpoints throughout washington and have through the weekend already made a handful of arrest including those for bringing firearms into d.c. however homeland security says the violence extends well beyond the capitol. >> there is a lot more online chatter, if you will that is come up since january 6th, but i would point out that a lot of the chatter isn't capitol, the nation's capitol focus but more general across the country. >> in washington, the historical inaugural presence is in part a response to the capitol riots two weeks ago. the new yorker has just released a video of the mob storming the capitol invading the senate chamber, and threatening police and journalist. there are at least 80 federal cases with prosecutors steadily announcing more charges, including thomas, recently retired new york city firefighter. coy griffin a new mexico county commissioner and prosecu

we have heard confidence from the top of the pentagon, from the acting secretary of defense chris miller, saying that there is no intelligence indicating that there is any sort of insider threat among these 25,000 troops. obviously now we're seeing two examples of that. the fbi leading the vetting of all of these troops ahead of the inauguration tomorrow. this inauguration historic on so many levels including, anderson, beefed security preparations. >> hard to vet 25,000 people in such a short amount of time. alex marquardt, appreciate it. >>> i want to talk about laura coats. let's talk about the conspiracy charge. this is a man who appears to be a leader of the so-called group oathkeepers. he was in charge of planning and coordinating the breach. how serious are tohose charges? >> very serious. a conspiracy charge could give you 25 years and it doesn't give you the actual crime, what you were conspiring to do. if you have a conspiracy charge, you can try to charge the co-conspirators and there is much less of a high evidentiary bar about getting their statements in. it also invites mor

chris miller says there's no specific intel of a plot or an inside job. experts watching this say the overabundance of caution is a response in part to the criticism security forces were caught with their guard down on january 6. >> it's not surprising that our security forces, having seen that take place, are erring on the side of being overprepared and providing as much deterrence as they can for anybody coming to d.c. to interrupt the inauguration. >> the checkpoints have resulted in arrests. a man was picked up with a nongovernmental credential, weapon and ammo. he told our fox affiliate he was working as a security guard and he got lost in this maze of checkpoints and fencing. he was not part of a domestic terror plot. a woman was picked up for impersonating a police officer. she was referred to mental health. another man was referred with a sidearm and high capacity magazines. martha, back to you. >> martha: what a situation, mike. thanks very much. joining me now, sarah carter, reporter and fox news contributor. good to see you today. thanks for be

in fact, a statement by acting defense secretary chris miller suggests that president trump wasn't parte discussion at all. his statement reads in part, chairman milley and i just spoke separately with the vice president and with speaker pelosi, mcconnell and schumer and hoyer about the situation at the capitol. again, there are going to be a lot of questions about how this all played out and i just want to take a moment as i grappled with the difficult day in a place that i love to cover, to tell all of you that it has been a struggle and yesterday was a moment perhaps of the end of faith for many of us who have covered this day in and day out. but like we talked about earlier, i refuse to give up on the idea that america can't regain its footing as a moral leader of the democratic world. let's start that today. thanks for getting up "way too early" with us. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ i hurt myself today to see if i still feel ♪ ♪ i focus on the pain the only thing that's real ♪

the decision was made to send the guard shortly after by acting defense secretary chris miller. now the hunt is on for many of the rioters, d.c. police asking for the public's help to identify them, like this man carrying the confederate flag. the bearded man wearing the camp auschwitz shirt is robert keith packer from virginia. the man in all black with a holster seen carrying plastic restraints is eric munchel from nashville, charged with two federal crimes. >>> jake, so far, 20 people have been arrested on federal charges and acting u.s. attorney for d.c. says there could be hundreds more arrests, including some for murder. we heard from chad wolfe, acting secretary for homeland security, saying he ordered the secret service to start its security operations for the inauguration almost a week ahead of time, starting wednesday, instead of the day just before the inauguration next week. jake? >> alex marquardt, thank you very much. >>> i want to bring in daniel hoganson. let's start with what former capitol hill police chief said. he was on the call with pentagon officials, incl

secretary under duress requesting help, mccarthy said he ran down to acting defense secretary chris miller'st real 4:00 p.m. miller mobilized the entire d.c. national guard and ordered them to help retake the capital ultimately it would be the fbi and atf agencies who stormed in, the pentagon pushback from maryland governor hogan that the acting defense secretary slow roll of the authorization maryland offered 500 national guard and row arrived at 6:00 a.m. the next day. d.c. authorities had access to 7000 uniform officers that are part of the d.c. police and federal agencies not including the national guard. connell: thank you jennifer griffin live at the pentagon on all of the developing which we will continue to follow, a final farewell as today marks the end of an era for the program jeopardy the final episode hosted by alex trebek will air tonight, his final episode has been described as a tribute to the life and work of a man captured america's skill and style and alex trebek died of pancreatic cancer of the age of 80 back in november. will wil so you're a small business, or a big one.

reporter: acting defense secretary chris miller adds, quote, while we have no intelligence indicating an insider threat we are leaving no stone unturned in securing the capital. police made a handful of arrests at security checkpoints around the capital. a 22-year-old carrying a pistol without a license. another friday when capitol police said they had a driver with a handgun and ammunition. the driver was working in security in d.c. he was rushing to work he says, forgot he had his firearm in his truck. home land security are concerned about threats in the nation's capital, though much of the focus is on state capitals around the country. state governors, according to the national guard have activated more than 33,000 members. the national guard says that includes both security missions they're on like here in the capital of washington, d.c., and covid missions they're focused on. connell, back to you. connell: rich, thank you. rich edson live in washington. to policy now. joe biden is planning a 10 day executive order blitz once he does take office. we're talking about everything fr

although chris muller desmet chris miller the acting defense secretary said there's no specific threatt inside plots. but still you have guardsmen coming from all 50 states with a common goal of locking down d.c. and securing the inauguration. the d.c. national guard for brief moment of history all 25000 to be in the will call themselves capitol guardsmen to help they charge that is much as we do. >> ryan mccarthy the secretary of the army took all the branches of the service will represent in that crowd would trump gave a speech. did not accuse any servicemember of entering the capitol legally because that is that all of the service members be here securing the capitol will be double and triple checked again out of abundance of caution. with these checkpoints or have been three arrests, two on weapons charges one woman was picked up or impersonate a police officer. to give you an idea how jumpy everyone is, part of the capitol was evacuated today because it was a fire at a homeless encampment just off campus. but they still come out of an abundance of caution went through the evacuati

pelosi is now calling on something we reported earlier, that the acting secretary of defense, chris millereneral counsel of the national security agency. jonathan, we now hear the speaker of the house is calling on the defense -- acting defense secretary to stop that appointment. >> that's right, andrea. certainly this is an effort by the president, his administration to leave his imprint on the bureaucracy and certainly no more vital agency than the department of defense, even after president trump has left office. to pick up michael's point, this is going to be indeed an unprecedented post-presidency. president trump is still aiming to be a viable political figure. he's not going to adhere to that presidential tradition of kind of going quietly once he leaves office. he's still talking about 2024, which is why whether he runs himself or at least keeps that option open to maintain his relevancy and ability to raise money, which is why he's so keenly focused on the senate impeachment trial. because if convicted, and we don't know if he will be, but if convicted there's a real possibility t

mccarthy said he ran down to chris miller's office at 3:04 p.m. miller mobilized the entire d.c. national guard and ordered them to help retake the capitol. ultimately it would be the fbi and atf agents that stormed in. the pentagon pushed back on suggestions from maryland governor larry hogan that the acting defense secretary slow-rolled the authorization. maryland offered 500 national guard. they arrived at 6:00 a.m. the next day. the d.c. authorities had access to 7,000 uniformed officers that were part of the d.c. police and federal agencies not including national guard. >> 7,000 did not happen. reports of capitol police holding the door for some of these people to enter the capitol building. i don't know if you have seen that or not. have we gotten reaction to that? >> we have seen videos of it. it's hard to tell because they are short clips. it's part of the investigation. you heard president-elect biden said that he wants an investigation. he was quoting maryland governor in that press conference. so that investigation is thorough and certainly you'll hear from the pentago

denies that, but the decision was made to send the guard shortly after by acting defense secretary chris millerthe hunt is on for many of the rioters. the fbi and d.c. police asking the public for help identifying them, like this man carrying the confederate flag through the halls of congress. others have been named. the bearded man wearing the camp auschwitz shirt is robert packer from virginia, the individual in all black with a holster is eric munchville from nashville. he is charged with two federal crimes. also charged is a retired reservist army colonel named larry brock who also had flexible handcuffs. erin, one thing investigators are looking into is to what extent the rioters included active duty law enforcement and military. we are told there are at least seven officers across the country who are under investigation by their departments from new york, philadelphia, seattle, virginia and texas. so, of course, very troubling to think that there could have been law enforcement and military among those rioters. erin, one more thing we should note is that the president has just agreed to t

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the army says mccarthy “ran” to acting defense secretary chris miller for approval.m. but the d.c. national guard needed to call in the rest of its guardsmen. and the guard who'd already deployed, needed to go back to the d.c. armory to pick up riot shields, and get briefed on a new, more confrontational mission. there was no cavalry on instant standby. meanwhile, the capitol descended into violence. members of congress sheltered. insurrectionists fought police. as lawmakers hid, rioters sat in their seats. the capitol had been overrun. still, other states wanted to help. at 3:46 p.m., national guard bureau commander general daniel hokanson spoke with the head of the virginia national guard. at 4:40 p.m., mccarthy spoke with maryland governor larry hogan. the pentagon says none of the virginia or maryland national guard could arrive until the next day. but hogan said the approval process took too long. >> so we had multiple times, the general was, we would run it up the flagpole, we're ready. don't have authorization. don't have authorization. i can't tell you what w

but trump is surrounded by acting cabinet secretaries — acting secretary of defence chris miller, actingning us now to discuss this is admiraljames stavridis, who served as nato supreme allied commander, among his many illustrious posts. very admirable. laughter let me talk to you about something i heard today from the house chair of the rules committee. he said today there is a clear and present danger to the country, and to the world. this president should be removed now. do you agree? i do. ithink that we have internal challenges and extreme passions raging in the country, and you've been covering them very well. but there is a big world beyond the border of the united states of america and our enemies move a pace. and high fives in beijing, in moscow, in it's a window of a for mischief and we're seeing it from the chinese cracking down on hong kong, rounding up more than their usual suspects. we're seeing russia and pose immense cyber attacks discovered in this period being followed by additional attacks. there is a great deal of mischief afoot, and as you correctly point out, we're

denies that, but the decision was made to send the guard shortly after by acting defense secretary chris miller. now the hunt is on for many of the rioters. the fbi and d.c. police asking the public for help to identify them, like this man carrying the confederate flag through halls of congress. the bearded man wearing the camp auschwitz shirt is from virginia. the man in all black seen carrying plastic restraints is eric munchel from nashville. he was charged with two federal crimes. a retired reservist air force lieutenant colonel, larry brock, who also had flexible handcuffs, was also charged. wolf, so far, 20 people have been arrested on federal charges. acting u.s. attorney for d.c. says hundreds could eventually get arrested, including some for murder. we should also note we just heard from the acting secretary of homeland security, chad wolfe, who has said he has directed the secret service to move up its security operations from the day before the inauguration on the 19th. now starting, he said, instead this wednesday. >> the fbi notes these direct threats now aimed at the president-ele

>> yeah, acting defense secretary krises chris miller released a statement saying there was no specificeat but as we reported, the military is very concerned according to senior officials i'm talking to. in part because, again, they're not checking these soldier's social media, and because commanders don't really know these guardsmen that well. they just don't spend that much time with them. so to try and mitigate that there has been attrition-- additional training for the guards as they arrive into d.c. to try an train everyone to look out for insider threats. but judy, we are talking about this as, or even after guard have arrived in d.c.. the independent analysts i talk to say it is simply too late in a comprehensive way to check whether there is any insider threats. in an ideal world this would have been done a long time ago in a much more comprehensive way. >> woodruff: and nick, those independent experts, analysts you have been talking to, how good a job do they say the military has done searching for extremists in their ranks? >> yeah, so what the military says, it tries its best

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defense secretary chris miller issued a statement saying that the decision a reversal of an order of the had come just 3 days prior for the warship to return home to the u.s. miller said it was in response to threats from iranian leadership against president trump and other u.s. officials now there wasn't a specific threat cited and u.s. intelligence has been knowing for months that there has been threats against u.s. officials so the big question is what is really the motive the behind the timing of this order to keep the warship in the middle east there has been some questions about miller's inexperience and his role as acting u.s. defense secretary he was just put in that position after trump fired defense secretary mark asper in november and trump is dealing with his own political domestic issues at home under fire and so there is some question whether this would offer trump a chance to distract from those troubling domestic issues we know that in november president trump was talked out of a preemptive strike against an iranian nuclear site and again he has been more and more agg

confirm after speaking with senior military officials the morning the acting defense secretary chris miller has delegated authorities to the army secretary ryan mccarthy to command and control these forces. another change from last week. secretary mccarthy has authorized these troops to be armed. in a rare statement sent to the entire u.s. military, all eight members of the joint chiefs of staff signed a letter to the force condemning the insurrection and warned service members not to do anything to impede president-elect joe biden's inauguration. the violent riot in washington, d.c. on january 6, 2021 was a direct assault on the u.s. congress, the capitol building and our constitutional process. we witnessed actions inside the capitol building that were inconsistent with rule of law, the rights of freedom of speech, and assembly do not give jae one the right to resort to violence and insurrection that signed by dr. mark millie and the rest of the joint chiefs. rosen went further. >> we will have no tolerance whatsoever for any attempts to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power on january 2

. >> john: acting defense secretary chris miller says there is, quote, no indication of an insider threat ahead of the inauguration for president-elect joe biden. here's what former acting secretary of homeland security chad wolfe told america's news room about preparing for tomorrow. >> you have to remember that national special security event nnsd which is in place going back to last wednesday through inauguration has been held here in d.c. for over 30 different times. so the structure, the training, the battle rhythm that they have here is in place. they're going to do well. >> john: miller says the defense department is leaving no stone unturned. he is urging service members to report any suspicious behavior they might come across. feds arresting a pennsylvania woman accused of stealing a lap top or hard drive from house speaker nancy pelosi's office during that capitol hill riot. brian llenas live in harrisburg, pennsylvania, for us. >> reporter: good afternoon. riley june williams turned herself in to the fbi yesterday without incident last night. she has a hearing today, her first