lee's antetum defense, the defense at stones river and union general john buford's gettysburg defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday, a seminar with robert e. lee and grant. american history tv and prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. dan welch talks about confederate general stonewall jackson's defensive stand at the battle of second manassas in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union army into retreat. this 50 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >> dan welch is a music educator in ohio. but for many, many years he's had a deep passionate love affair with the civil war as manufacture many of us have had and he fell in love with the civil war at gettysburg. he studies at the gettysburg institute. and has become a ranger at gettysburg national battlefield park where you can find him in the

and what we're going to come to find as we examine those strategic defenses is the word "defense" will little be found in the writings of stonewall jackson, robert e. lee, and many other confederate leaders associated with this campaign. as we finally make our way to the fields and planes of first bull run and second bull run, we'll explore the numerous tactical moments that compromise jackson's defense on august 29th and august 30th, 1862. and lastly, we'll examine just how well jackson did in this defensive line all those years ago. so we need to begin a little further before second manassas and take us back to the fight at malvern hill. although the new commander in the field robert e. lee provided the capital the confederacy more breathing room the threat was far from over. and had come at an enormous cost. the threat for the confederacy in the state of virginia came on three fronts following malvern hill. george b. mcclellan's massive army was still on the virginia peninsula, albeit further away from richmond. troops under the command of ambrose burnside were appearing along the r

as we examine whether or not jackson's defense that we heard about today was a great defense or not, we have to ask several questions. was jackson outnumbered at any point in time during the battle, what was the numerical reality on the field, was the myth of a mighty federal army attacking some lone, small isolated confederate body of troops accurate? what we can do is look at all these numbers and the detail and we can tell that you at no time was jackson outnumbered on his front in that defensive position. because of the nature of had which general pope's federals continued to attack over and over and over they did so in a piecemeal fashion. jackson's line should have held but was continually broken time and time again. if it was not forced strategically placed reinforcements along the stoney ridge front, jackson may have been pushed out of that defensive position that he had taken on the 28th and 29th. not only on numerous occasions throughout august 29th and 30th did the line outweigh the attackers due to the tactical an strategic plans of pope and the piecemeal attacks ordered

defense program and also work on the new midterm defense program. this was explained today. the presence of u.s. forces in japan is at the core of the japan-u.s. alliance deterrence. time, the operation of forces should take into consideration the local residents and secure safety. from this standpoint, we were able to confirm our steady advancement of the realignment of the u.s. forces in order to reduce the burden on the local residents and secure safety. from this standpoint, we were able to confirm our steady advancement of the realignment of the u.s. forces in order to reduce the burden on the local the burden on the local people while transferring the station [indiscernible] so we will steadily proceed with the construction of the transfer. i have reviewed my request for the consideration to the local residents and securing safety. i would devote myself even further for securing the safety and security for any situation. >> will begin with questions. cnn for secretary tillerson. >> i would love if both secretaries tillerson and mattis could an

foremost we will examine some of the strategic defense that led to his defense at second manassas. what we will come to find as we examine these is the word defense will little be found in the writing of stonewall jackson , robert e. lee, and many other confederate leaders associated with the campaign. as we make our way to the field, first and second bull run, exploring the numerous tactical moment second prize jackson's defense on august 29 been august 30. and we will examine how well jackson and his men did in his defense of the line. a littleo begin further before second manassas the fight atack to malvern hill. the guns had grown silent. thousands of soldiers lay dead or wounded in hospital of the fighting. although their new commander robert e. lee more breathing room the threat was far from over. it had, at an enormous cost. the threat for the confederacy came up three friends following malvern hill, mcclellan's massive army was still on the virginia peninsula. troops under the command of burnside were appearing in the fredericksburg area and a new federal army the army of v

electronic defense, the means to intensify the capabilities of our defense forces. well, talking over these issues requires silence. today, i would abstain from commenting on the topic on these issues, but i would like to say that being the president of ukraine, i'm satisfied the level of our negotiation and cooperation. we see a clear-cut position of our strategic partner and ally, the united states of america. i'm very satisfied as the president of ukraine. and regarding ambassador walker, i would like to welcome the activities of ambassador walker. i would like to say we are very much satisfied with the appointment of such an experienced analyst, diplomat. i'm sure that the interaction and cooperation we are having today in the level of ministry of foreign affairs, the representatives of my administration can testify to a very high activity of mr. walker, including during the meeting with mr. sarkov. sec. mattis: regarding the relationship that we have, the strategic relationship, i believe that no relationship stays the same. it either gets weaker or stronger. b

i was pleased when he was appointed secretary defense i think you'll be able secretary of defense and i think he will provide a very important and very considered advice to the president. you're a former secretary of defense there are a number of former and current generals and keep polls in the trunk that ministration some people express concern that we might have a military mindset and may have military might have too much influence with this president who clearly likes flexing american muscle does that hinson you. in general that would be a concern in specific though when i did knowing the military people who actually had their general kelly don't master in general mattis. i have confidence in the ability and in the. carefulness of all of those generals and so i think they will be a positive influence on this administration on national security decisions what do you think of trying to street last month about transgender people in the military i think was a mistake number one and number two it was done apparently without any consultation room with is secretary of defense or chairman

his defense policies along with his positions on non-interventionism and collective defense create conditions in which the message of: version -- of coersion, might be employed by the united states and latin america. next. as part of inter-american defense, he greatly increase the collaboration of the u.s. military and the militaries of the latin american states, which probably increased u.s. influence in latin america. u.s. economic and military aid was given primarily to europe and asia during women's presidency. truman and his advisers believed that latin american economic health should be achieved through foreign investment. and the last. the focus of u.s. foreign defense policies on europe and asia, combined with the almost exclusive focus of u.s. aid programs in those regions caused some latin americans to feel their countries had more in common with the newly independent european colonies than with other undeveloped countries -- and with other undeveloped countries than with the united states. the united states sometimes seemed an enemy to their national interests and aspirations. so t

manassas and what we'll come to find as we examine those strategic defense that the word defense will legal be found in the writings of stonewall jackson, robert e. lee and many other confederate leaders associated with this campaign. as we finally make our way to the fields and plains of first bull run and second bull run, we'll explore the numerous tactical moments that comprised jackson's defense on august 29, and august 30th, 1862 and lastly, we'll examine just how well jackson and his men did in his defensive line all those years ago. so we need to begin a little further before second manassas and take us back to the fight at malvern hill. the guns had grown silent. thousands upon thousands of confederate soldiers lay dead from the fighting over the last month. although their new commander in the field robert e. lee had provided the confederacy richmond more breathing room and the threat was far from over and had come at an enormous cost. the threat for the confederacy in the state of virginia came on three months following malvern hill and george b. mclellan's massive army was s

is to strengthen our defense. secondly very importantly is we have to for example the defense we could. station aegis destroyers which have anti-missile capabilities around guam we're already putting a tad defensive system in south korea. we could consider additional tad systems but beyond that we most important is to strengthen our deterrence we had. be sure that the north koreans fully understand they were militarily prepared for anything they might offer but i think i think it was one thing to be prepared for press to another thing to be flaunting it we don't need to flaunt out all we have to do is be sure the day know we have this capability and it's important also for the south koreans to understand that we have this capability are you concerned about president transactions in the us. i don't think the theatrical statements or how full they don't we don't need it to strengthen our return to his need to state calmly and clearly. that there should be no doubt that we will support our allies if they are attacked

missile defense system really is. me now to talk about it, former deputy assistant to the secretary of defense for homeland defense, responsible for overseeing policy involving domains. to the right guy to have on. how ready are we to defend against an attack like this? >> we are more ready then we have ever been before. particularly for an opponent like north korea who has a limited number of missiles, we really couldn't do much against russia or china who have hundreds and hundreds of them. in this case, we are better than average at doing it. is it perfect? no. do we need more of a? absolutely. particularly in places like hawaii, the most likely target for somebody like kim jong-un. we are just not as good as we could be. >> melissa: that is not reassuring at all. i don't want to be prepared on a relative basis, we want to be prepared on an absolute basis. what needs to be done and how much danger is there really. saying we are better than average, that's not great. >> a lot of people will quote you numbers, we onl

fulfilled itself into defense reform 2020 and defense reform 2020 had three main focuses, number one was a more balanced tri service, the koreans thought that the army had too much influence and said we need to have a military that is more balanced which was a little against what our allies thought. our allies, thought, we have a great air force, we have a huge navy, we can take care of that for you but it would be really nice if you did the ground battle. well, that concept was i won't say challenged, but different from the defense reform 2020 concept. secondly, they wanted a more robust civilian control and during this process wartime operational control became an issue that wartime operational control needed to be retained or transferred back to the south koreans and finally, they wanted a smaller force. so in the beginning of the administration, they were quite confident that they could do this, so the catch phrase at that time was a smaller military but high-tech. i'm really moving not as much as i do because of -- [laughter] >> and one of the things that happened thereafter was

response of along with this, in order to strengthen our own defense intend to review the national defense program and midtermk on the new defense program. this was explained today. the presence of u.s. forces in then is at the core of japan-u.s. alliance deterrence. we should take into consideration the local residents and the secure safety. from this standpoint, we were able to confirm our steady advancement of the realignment tothe u.s. forces in order reduce the burden on the local whilee -- local people transferring the station [indiscernible] so we will steadily proceed with transferruction of the . i have reviewed my request for the consideration to the local residents and securing safety. i would devote myself even further for the securing the safety and security for any situation. >> will begin with questions. cnn for secretary tillerson. >> i would love if both secretaries tillerson and mattis could answer a question on north korea. you wrote in your op-ed last week that, obviously, the u.s. prefers a diplomatic solution to the crisis in north korea. but you said that that diplom

end of that western ireland the defense command. and without weapons procurement so there is a more balanced service in with the long-range fighters. and day wanted those capabilities like air refueling. and then to focus so good to have more precision guided bombs and the cyberthreats with that cybercommand and the north korean special forces. so against those immediate threats starting to change the procurement so now coming to the new administration so day recently announced calling the defense reform 2.o that is the extension that none had started. so to focus number one but what this means is that curious air missile defense system. and the korea massive and it is punishment than retaliation. is a rough translation. [laughter] is so that is a continuation of some of this says that to have better civilian control and to focus on making sure that wasted fraud of defense industry is the major focus of what they're trying to get rid of. and with human rights. this is what is going on with defense reform area. had we know of we have

the defensive okinawa would be the same as the defense of the mainland, air and ballistic missile defense cruise missile defense using the full weight of u.s. and japanese forces. more and more is bland. there's already a battalion sized unit more or less going in. japanese forces are already down. the poshard getting stronger all the time. unless there's some miraculous parting of the skies in the situation gets better, our allies is going to get stronger to defend the territory, the interest and the lives of our japanese allies. >> it's a very, very big thing to attack united states of america or a treaty ally. that's a huge, huge thing. the public discussion wickedness but we need remember what a huge think that is and the consequences that any adversary would think about. this is that some ambiguous gray zone we are talking about. it's two of our most important treaty allies and economic partners and like-minded democracies. we have one more in the front. >> steve winters, independent researcher. just sort of envelope on the question that was just addressed. i did go to a talk by one

shoe defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday a seminar focusing on the civil war leadership with talks on generals in robert e. lee and useilous s. grant. american history in prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> author chris kolakowski talks about the union army of the cumberland's defensive stand. he credits the leadership of union general in rallying his retreating troops and saving his army from annihilation. this 45 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >> i always like to be able to d get up

one of the great defenses not just of the civil war, but one of the great defenses in american history, because what are the two things that make a great defense? the first is context, the odds, the stakes. are the stakes high? the other aspect is if there's some sort of drama, some sort of sublime aspect to the defense. and if you put the two factors together, as i submit that they are at stones river, then you have a truly great defense, not just of a conflict, but in some ways one for the ages. and so, the escape from the near-death experience -- as a matter of fact, the army of the cumberland endures one of the great near-death experiences of any large federal army certainly to that point in the war, and i would submit, only july 2nd, 1863 at gettysburg is equal to it in terms of the near-death experience that the army of the potomac has. the army of the cumberland weathers and survives a near-death experience on new year's eve, 1862, and to a lesser extent, january 2nd, 1863. and how they do that and how the leadership makes a difference is a compelling, incredibly compelling stor

defense program and also work on the new midterm defense program. this was explained today. the presence of u.s. forces in japan is at the core of the alliance functioning as deterrence. at the same time, the operation of forces should take into consideration the local residents and secure safety. these are indispensable. from this standpoint, we were able to confirm our steady advancement of the realignment of the u.s. forces in order to reduce the burden on the local people and secure safety. is transfer of the station the only solution to avoid [indiscernible] so we will steadily proceed with construction. the airbase, i have reviewed my request for the consideration to the local residents and securing safety. in light of today's outcome, i would devote myself even further for securing the safety and security of the people for any situation. >> will begin with questions. cnn for secretary tillerson. reporter: i would love if both secretaries tillerson and mattis could answer a question on north korea. you wrote in your op-ed last week that, obvio

that is a successful defense. [applause] >> i always like to be able to get up and say our next speaker needs no introduction. that is because i have --roduced risque -- chris k chris kolakowski many times. he is the director of the memorial in no-fault virginia, which is a fantastic resource and a must-see place to visit in that area. once upon a time, he was a civil war guy before he found himself embroiled in world war ii. he started out as an intern. to harry'she went bill as a site manager. he went off to the george patton museum, which was what got him involved in world war ii. he has written a couple fantastic looks, one on perryville and one on the stones river and the telephone campaigns. tullahomahome a -- campaigns. it was overshadowed by gettysburg and vicksburg. he is here today to talk little about stones river, that sets .ut tullahoma that will wrap up 1862 embryos into 1863 with this battle, in one of the great defenses of the civil war. it is an judgment, is kolakowski. ladies and gentlemen, chris

some of the defenses touched on, quote" -- impressive defensively of touched on here, many of them reaction to changed circumstance, dealing with christ. arguably, the best defenses are the ones that never get test. confederate defenses -- are so that the other side simply decides not to attack, or if they do -- it's a disaster. i sent an unfinished preparation and timing, without a chance or the battle guilt, that leaves us with reactive moments, moments of crisis. leadership becomes paramount, and troops themselves often end up forming the most critical piece of our great defense. this line of troops that you see initially, designated --ey're part of command and full of men ranging from a aren't too there many single forms. regimentsa couple of loaned out. and the negley actually leaves on regiment. it's on the end of the line there. he loans that out and to help stabilize the line. this is not, at this point, a hierarchical military organization anymore. the structure for sue ridge, which consent -- horseshoe ridge. this is out there. i call that in my, not grasp hill, to differentiated.

stones river to my mind one of the great defenses not just of the civil war but one of the great defenses in american history because one what are the two things that make a great defense? the first is context. the stakes, are the stakes high. the other aspect if there's a drama or sublime aspect to the defense. if you put the two factors together as i submit they are in stones river then off great defense not just of a conflict

[applause] >> in with bad defense reform. and that i took a course of strategic war in the strategic armed studies. but with the defense reform so then i have one question. but it isn't controversial. so with the reduction of the a link -- the link so those period males -- korean males to serve 21 months or air force 23 months but it is about to be decreased. so there is say no. i professionals i strongly agree with that but make decibels society with the military as a whole compared to the u.s. as people pay their deepest and since your respects so how can you raise that level of respect with that level of korea?. >> with the cause scrips of the military and in respect with the general public. >> with day direct question with those military leaders leaders, so confucius' thinking misunderstood that the exact age dance europe begins privileges but it isn't like that at all. respect should always be earned. korean society as well as the military is a just the military problem but with all aspects of korean life we need to unde

so, defense reform really needs to look at the fundamentals of equipment. so, we had the f-15 part right. the f35 part right. we make good tanks. we make ships, but the individual soldier and this has happened even in the us military , until the us put itself into afghanistan and iraq their soldiers, the infantrymen didn't really get the best stuff , so i think korea needs to learn from their friends. finally, sustainment, so 15 years ago we had about 690,000 men. now, we have about 620,000 men. actually, about 70000 have been reduced already. guess where they reduced all of these people? it was in combat units because there was a strong lobby for combat units. it mainly occurred. everyone who has had military experience knows it's very very critical, so this is another issue that needs to be addressed having said all of this the korean defense reform already recognizes a lot of these shortfalls. the real question so far in the future is political will and the ability to be able to build consensus, to be able to tear off petty tri- service rivalries and thi

's a great talk applying the defense reform, i believe it to be new. and -- actually i took a course in strategic course by one of the leading figures in the strategic studies. i didn't think of applying -- i ph.d. students couldn't think of applying the ar into modern defense reform. maybe tactics or strategies but not strategies. before we open up to the question, i have one question. it's not something unsensitive, it's not something controversial -- >> you think. >> all right. i want to ask a question regarding the reduction of the length that soldiers have to dedicate into the military soldiers in korea. soldiers to private insurgents. so korean males when they become 21, for the army and marine corps they have to serve 21 months. avy 23 months and air force 24 months. according to the reform suggestions and proposals that's about to be decreased if it passes, there are many criticisms on this, but the counterargument is that we have to increase the number and the quality of the professionals as you said. i strongly agree with that. but still, i t

shoe defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday a seminar focusing on the civil war leadership with talks on generals in robert e. lee and useilous s. grant. american history in prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> author chris kolakowski talks about the union army of the cumberland's defensive stand. he credits the leadership of union general in rallying his retreating troops and saving his army from annihilation. this 45 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >> i always like to be able to d get up and say our next speaker needs no introduction. that's because i've introduced m chrisan kolakowski about 9,000 times, which is why i think he s needs though introduction. my great friend is -- a fantastic resource and a must-see place to visit. he started as an intern at the . nationalal military park. from there he's gone to perriville where he was a site s manager.

defense spending, an additional $54 billion.he white house as that would not only go a long way toward modernizing the american nuclear arsenal but also go a long way toward maintaining it. something that obviously we certainly need. >> bret: thank you. now to the other side of the nuclear football, if you will, americans missile defense. how effective is it? doug mckelway looked where the program stand. >> in the reagan era, it was called the strategic defense initiative. >> we could intercept and intergraph destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our soil. >> and reagan launched the program in 1983, opponents ridiculed him as technologically unattainable, "star wars" fantasy. seven years later in the first gulf war, u.s.-made patriot missile batteries used two intercept scud missiles aimed at israel. critics have a mostly failed with a few successful hits but manufacture raytheon claimed a hit rate of 60%. today thaad has successfully intercepted medium-range missiles. two other defense arrays have intercepted

it is worth noting that the trump defense budget actually cuts missile defense, so while they are planning for 44 ground based interceptors by the end of the year, members of congress and the chairman of the house armed services committee want to increase missile defense as well as senator john mccain. of course, with all the focus on missile defense, it is worth talking about the pentagon's missile offense. the united states has over 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles of its own located on bases across three states, in montana, south dakota and wyoming. these missiles are in silos, the crews are on alert 24/7 to launch a strike or a retaliatory strike should north korea or any other nation launch a nuclear strike against united states. there are also ballistic missile submarines, the navy has over a dozen ohio class ballistic missile submarines. normally there are always a bunch on deployment. each one of the missiles carries up to ten independent warheads, theoretically one u.s. navy ballistic missile submarine can take out 240 cities. that is just one submarine and there are a bunc

stones river to my mind one of the great defenses not just of the civil war but one of the great defenses in american history because one what are the two things that make a great defense? the first is context. the stakes, are the stakes high. the other aspect if there's a drama or sublime aspect to the defense. if you put the two factors together as i submit they are in stones river then off great defense not just of a conflict but in some ways one for the ages so the escape from the near death experience, as a matter of fact as a matter of fact, the army of the cumberland endures a great near death experience of a large army that point in the war and i would submit only july 2, 1863 at gettysburg is equal in terms of the near death experience. the army of the cumberland weathers and survives a near death experience on new year's eve, 1862. and how they do that and how the leadership makes a difference is a compelling incredible compelling story so if you've been to the battlefield. you'll know the power of the place i'm talking about. so far the next time i have that today i'm going to

it reflected the defense.f you take a good look at this it is an extraordinarily accurate depiction of john buford. it is that on. the monument before it was erected and that is him, that is john buford. it was dedicated on the battlefield in 1895. anybody who is still alive from -- david calorie john buford's two brothers were there. he died of typhoid fever in 1863. was broughtromotion to him, promoting to major general effective july 1 1863. too bad, now i wish i could live as he assigned his commission. fitting roads for regular. he was buried at the cemetery of west point. each contrary at a dollar to erect a handsome monument. this monument to honest john -- one of the people who attended the cemetery -- attended the ceremony was john caleb. foresight tod the recognize the importance of what he had done in gettysburg. he was given new guns and the old ones retire. and he found three of them. they were in warehouses around the country. before guns you see at the base of you for its monument -- of , three

i'm sure secretary mattis will do the same for department of defense. thank you all so much. >> here's a look at our schedule. 8:00 eastern on c-span, high discuss howers current events affect their lemps on history, politics and government. c-span 2 it's book tv with author who are currently on the summer reading list of members congress. on c-span 3 american history tv with lectures in history. focusing on religion and the american revolution. >> when you think about a one the national book festival and you have over 100 authors, from children's illustrators, graphic novemberest all of these overrs, there all day 100,000 people come in and celebrate books and reading. a better time i think. i'm a little prejudice because librarian. any reader or anybody that wants to get inspired, the book perfect place. >> book tv live all day coverage at 10:00 a.m.y with featured authors including prize winning authors. former secretary of state rice and best selling j.d.rs michael lewis and vance. national book festival starting c-span 2. eastern on book tv. visite

our national defense is the defense for all the people.is our common cause to promote national defense and the minima's eyes asian -- minimize asian of the army -- minimize ation of theimiz -- modernization of the army. the cpc chinese committee, the state government, and all levels should strengthen the national defense and fully support national defense and the reforming military arms. also, we should create other conditions, improvise -- improving important parts of the army. we should stick to the principle of serving the people. the army should always remain a force trusted by the people, supported by the people, and loved by the people. if this army wants to win the war, they have to rely on the people. the foot of the people's army is in the people. the great force of the people's war comes from the great force of the people. the full army needs to put the people in their hearts. and so we remember that we are fighting for the people. this is our sacred responsibility. we should formally protect people's lives, and also ensure that

union general john bu foshdford gettysburg defense and the north anna river defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday, a seminar focussing on the civil war leadership with talks on generals robert e. lee and ulysses s. grant. american history tv in prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. author eric wittenberg talks about union general john buford, p preserving the high ground

have prompted the defense attorney, for example, in a trial where the defense attorney -- in fact it was a murder case i tried. the defense attorney was not from the jurisdiction and not familiar with the jury selection process in the district of columbia. which can be confusing. i took my pad and showed him where the panels where so he could make an educated decision on who to strike and who to keep on the panel. there have been other ininstances the defense attorney may not have been prepared to call an important impeachment witness and a suggestion will be made to the attorney would you like me to make available this impeachment witness for you. and the defense attorney will get the clue than will say yes i would like that. we do when we can. >> it makes sense to understand a little bit how about how representation for indigent counsels work in the district of columbia. in superior court and the federal government, there's a public defendanter organization the public service and the federal court. they have a criminal justice act. these are lawyers who apply to be on a panel which

as for the $300 a week allowance, there was a reason the defense argued.d serious debt. and the defense offered contrasting scenes of the cooper marriage from another set of friends. >> people who had known the couple of years did not jump this to bandwagon to paint this as an abusive relationship. >> reporter: remember that i hate brad day? the day the prosecution said the marriage hit its boiling point? on that very day, said laura hiller, nancy was making a plan for saturday night, the day she disappeared. >> she wanted my husband and i to come over and play sequence with her and brad. >> was that a game you'd played with them before? >> yes, nancy introduced us to that game. >> reporter: when nancy's friend jessica testified they had plans to paint her house at 8:00 saturday morning, she had to have been distaken said the defense because nancy knew brad had a tennis game at 9:00 a.m. with mike hiller. >> i specifically sought out nancy to make sure it was okay with her. >> did he indicate she had any other plans? >> there was talk she was going to jog.

a justification defense is he much harder than a denial defense.for an emergency like using force and self-defense. it doesn't usually apply to crimes without an emergency or necessity. so you can punch someone the second before they punch you. but you can't commit tax fraud for six months and say it was justified because you needed the money to do some good deed. and legally that bogus tax defense is trying to justify election interference, because there's no emergency to rescue the underlying crime. if there was one. now, president trump might be learning, as he goes along. the most important thing about his dictation of don junior's defense is that it did not justify anymore. they went back to denial. whenever you think of trump, he's known line between controversy and danger and he told his son, the best defense was to deny the purpose of the meeting and go back to adoptions. now, think about that and it explains yes brought it up in a "new york times" interview. >> it was very interesting. we talked about adoption. >> you did. >> yeah. i alway

point department of defense comes in to help civilian authorities. capabilities that being postured in the event they needed. we ma wanted to make sure delay when governor ask for the capability that the national guard request provide those capabilities. sure governor abbott and the general and john nichols, they're looking at the same forces.r the organic ensure they are phased in. they're looking at not only the own and welfare of their soldiers but at what won't do i phase approach a how i do the response. >> can you talk about the contribution, cajun navy houston resident providing local search and rescue? >> i can't. .'m sorry i really can't tk to any of that.fect of thank you all so much. behalf of general and texas national guard and aresiana national guard, we very focused. this is our number one priority. staff here inur the pentagon and washington, normally we are a strategic our bossespport of and member of the joint chiefs. in this case, we become very in terms how we tovide and plan to be able support our states that are in need. in this

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earlier today defense secretary james mattis welcomed south korean defense minister song young-moo to the pentagon for bilateral discussions on how to respond to the nuclear threat posed by north korea. this is about 15 minutes. >> log♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome, minister, investor, good to see you again, your excellency, members of the delegation. welcome to the pentagon. you are most welcome here. thank you for traveling to washington so soon after you are assigned to this post. it's good to meet you in person after we had already spoken earlier this month. [speaking in native tongue] translator. >> it's a great deal that you would come so soon. [speaking in native tongue] the republic of korea, united states alliance has played an enduring role in regaining and retaining south korea security since 1950. [speaking in native tongue] as president remarked earlier this week our alliance serves as the foundation of peace on the korean peninsula. [speaking in native tongue] hour we share a commitment to democratic values and we work together to maintain a stable environment with all the speci

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