russia now that it would have been before but let's discuss all of this now with kevin, mr. lazy, a former us department of us defense department, contract to cabin is good to have. you enjoyed me now. so the 1st of psalms, a big practice to em, but you're creating war in 24 hours has gone onto field. did this come to you as a surprise? well, not really. she said that before he got to collect the money, changed it to all end. it within 6 months, but she did sign an executive order yesterday stopping aid for 90 days. so i think is what she will do is he's real. 2 eyes that his piece plan will not be acceptable through russia. so by stopping funding to ukraine, he can say, well, see what i did for you, russia now, except my policy, or i will restart aid to ukraine. all right, and looking at things, ideally they do you have a, have a real chance of ending it so quickly? absolutely not. i can't comment on that one more. the, the idea of his plan just has so many things that have been the goals of russia from day one. all right, so why would some make such a problem is if you knew he wouldn't be able to pull that off within 24 hours

of us national security. from 1940 onward, he worked for the white house, department of state department of defense, the arms, arms control and disarmament agency. he was detailed to the us air force and department of the treasury and consulted for the central agency and senate foreign relations committee, even outside his service to, eight presidential administrations. it's remained vital in framing and influencing debates about u.s. nuclear. you also write that it's a crafted, a new type of career national security professional. unlike his mentors and your peers, he never returned to his pre-world war two occupation as an investment banker. by the way, the wall street chapter is fantastic. i mean, this man had an ten year career on wall street. and reading that, it was like reading biography of steve schwarzman or something. it's quite a lot packed into one life. the early days of the cold war demanded generalists with competence in multiple areas economics, military strategy, intelligence, diplomacy, the know how to achieve results, whether the private sector, academia or government bureaucracies. knutson

misplaced priorities for the left is use these institutions which then go to work under reagan the department of justice was revered. you think about the department of defensein iraq as a naval officer. we revered these institutions. the left has really hijacked to them they are using those institutions to promote their social agenda. the problem is that leftism is not good for the country it also takes thei her eye off the ball military leader lethal force being able to defend the country. that is how you deter threats. should be focusing on its core mission of enforcing the laws against bad people. they've taken the lead since 911 and counterterrorism. i can tell you in florida, this is something left to grapple with because they are not very cooperative with the local officials. they'd say they take care of terrorism but they have not been as serious about that as in the past. even in the intelligence agencies used in the woke mind virus run amok. with president trump coming back in to get the institutions focus on the mission that they were created to do and actually do the work of protecting the american people. we are in a big hole right now the last

heightened interest of the us, the clients within the us government, or the threat reduction agency of the defense department. the national security agency and the state department were at the time a good career left was also warning that the pencil going is actually monitoring the biological situation in countries like of gotten this done, iraq and regions bordering china, pockets on saudi arabia and searching. and we're seeing that the u. s. is expanding those bio labs. there's a growing interest for it. in particular, when it comes to africa is because they're seeing that their power is diminishing. there is that one of the reasons remains to be seen by this is something that russia has been more than about for a long time. and here, once again, we have a situation where things could get out of control and who has been funding some of those products and who is in control of what could happen there? the us, right? well, let's take a closer look at the controversial and a 23 minutes in group on how it came to be the, the, the on the pieces. now a little bit to see the one that i'm reading the, even something you've done. all these countries. they have been sinc

of the us. the clients within the us government are the threat reduction agency of the defense department. the national security agency and the state department. and at the time iga carrillo was also warning that the pencil going is actually monitoring the biological situation in countries like of gun this done iraq and regions bordering china pockets on saudi arabia and circuit. and we're seeing that the west is expanding those by lives. there is a growing interest for it. in particular, when it comes to africa is because they're seeing that their power is diminishing. there is that one of the reasons for, for this remains to be seen by this is something that russia has been more than about for a long time. and here once again, we have a situation where things could get out of control and who has been funding some of those projects and who is in control of what could happen there. the us of the i spoke with other regional folks for us, for the interests of committee, of the red cross in africa. and you and cnn, cuz she said, a possible leak from the live would be just one of the challenges of the humanitarian organization. kind of new faces.

of the us. the clients within the us government are the threat reduction agency of the defense department. the national security agency and the state department. and at the time iga carrillo was also warning that the pencil going is actually monitoring the biological situation in countries like of gotten this done, iraq and regions bordering china, pockets on saudi arabia and sore kit. and was seen that see who was, is expanding those by lives. there is a growing interest for it. in particular, when it comes to africa is because they're seeing that their power is diminishing. there is that one of the reasons remains to be seen by this assumption. that russia has been more than about for a long time. and here once again, we have a situation where things could get out of control and who has been funding some of those products and who is in control of what could happen there. the us ross and john elizabeth duluth of kin believes the washington knows the risks from funds, bio labs, but profits are all of us. but before concerns or yeah, do much the funny, it's good signal. next of, i think that this policy of the united states placing it's bio, t

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of the us. the clients within the us government are the threat reduction agency of the defense department. the national security agency and the state department of and up the time iga carrillo was also warning that the pencil going is actually monitoring the biological situation in countries like of gotten this done. iraq and regions bordering china pockets on saudi arabia and searching. and we're seeing that the west is expanding those by lives. there is a growing interest for it. in particular, when it comes to africa is because they're seeing that their power is diminishing. there is that one of the reasons remains to be seen by this is something that russia has been more than about for a long time. and here once again, we have a situation where things could get out of control and who has been funding some of those products and who is in control of what could happen there? the us, right? yeah, devastating in the very uh gosh, i hope we don't see the light cove but again, these so anyway, thanks so much for joining us here. and let's see all the cars on the marina customer of thanks again. well pensions are, of course, escalating in the wes

of gallons and weighs 28,000 pounds. >> department of defense has four additional that could be used if needed. additionally the departmentg 10 navy helicopters with water delivery buckets to immediately assist with aerial suppression. >> it seems like fairly anemic federal assets to the largest fire in california history with the commander-in-chief out there. why not flood the zone if you will with more assets. >> well, jen, it's a matter of can those assets get in the air? we can search assets and the president has directed to department to bolster whatever california needs. but we have to work with california. and right now we can't get assets up in the air because the fires are so bad and winds are so bad. >> the california national guard so far has activated 10 crews or 200 personnel. quote in addition 400 military police soldiers have been activated to support law enforcement operations. these soldiers are staging at their home station armories in los alamos, alamedas and ontario year with 200 available for mission afternoon assignments tonight. airborne fire fighting systems or mafs are similarly staged for potenti

of what doesn't work for us and going forward. affected agencies include the state department, department of defense, the treasury a lot more. the move did not impact the inspectors general at justice or the department of homeland security. there are a lot of questions surrounding the legality of these firings. lawmakers are demanding an explanation. joining me now, reuters white house correspondent jeff mason, boston globe senior opinion writer kimberly atkins, store and cohost of the weekend right here on msnbc. former republican national chairman michael steele. so, jeff, the inspector general act of 2022, and i believe that amendment was pushed forward by none other than senator grassley, who's the chair of the judiciary committee. this requires a 30 day notice to congress before these igs can be fired. so it seems to me, and i've talked to lawyers, i've talked to senators over the weekend. this is just basically a violation of a law that congress passed. and congress is asking a lot of questions about this. >> including senator grassley. >> and you. >> were right to. >> mention him. >> and that's a. republican ally norm

department, the baltimore city police department, the maryland state police, the maryland natural resources police, the department of defense, the joint base in um bolling fire department, and uh, the staff there, the us army, the u.s. coast guard, the united states park police, the metropolitan police department, the fbi and the ntsb. um, despite all those efforts, we are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. um, at this point, we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident. and we have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter. uh, the district office of the medical examiner has lead on reuniting these bodies and these people with their loved ones. and we will continue to work to find all the bodies and collect them and reunite them with their loved ones. we should also acknowledge that the virginia medical examiner and the. army medical examiner are involved in this operation. and a very important part of getting the people. identified. so. >> our hearts are certainly with all of the crew and american airlines, and we'll hear from ceo isom. >> thank you. mayor. uh, good morning. i'm robert isom, the ceo of american a

defense department. >> yeah, pete hegseth is going to lead the defense department as this new president is not ruling out the use of military force to expand the borders of the united states, to take, in his words, to take the panama canal. he is threatening military force against one of our nato allies. we all know what happens when a non nato country threatens a country in nato. all the nato countries are treaty bound to respond to them and to help defense. when one nato country threatens military force against another, as donald trump is now doing to denmark of all places. nobody exactly knows what that means. we also have a new president who is refusing to say, refusing to publicly discuss whether or not he is in direct contact with the president of russia, while today he has just cut off all foreign aid to ukraine. yeah. so in a normal like a week ago, this was a very dangerous world. but what has just happened in the past week makes the world feel like it is spinning on a different axis than it used to be, and to have pete hegseth be the guy in charge of our nuclear deterrent, and the 3 million men and women

defense department. state department. >> hhs and the department of labor. joining us now, nbc's julie sirkin. >> also with us, susan del percio, republican strategist. and basil. >> smikle, democratic. >> strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party. so. >> julie, first with you. >> what is. >> this retreat. >> all about? >> well, it's all about making. >> sure that all. >> of the republican. members in the house are on. >> the same page. >> when it comes. >> to moving forward. >> with their agenda. >> in the next couple of weeks, and. it's not. >> so much their agenda. it is the agenda of president trump. it is really about. >> making his campaign promises. >> on the. >> border. >> on immigration. extending his 2017. >> tax cuts. it's about. making those into legislation that he will then sign into law. the question is, how do you get there? we already. saw a disagreement in strategy one, bill two bills. the point of today will be for all of these republicans to hear from the president directly. he's held smaller meetings with small

department. the prince william fire department, the. >> baltimore city police department, the maryland state police, the. >> maryland natural. >> resources police, the department of defense. >> the joint base. >> in bolling. >> fire department. and the staff. >> there the usrd, the united. states park police, the metropolitan. >> police department. >> the fbi. >> and the ntsb. >> despite all those efforts, we are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. >> at this point. >> we don't believe there are any survivors from this. >> accident, and we. >> have. >> recovered 27 people. from the. >> plane and one from the helicopter. >> the district. >> office of the medical. >> examiner has lead on. reuniting these. >> bodies and. >> these people with their loved. >> ones. >> and we will. continue to. >> work to. >> find all the bodies and collect. >> them and reunite. them with their loved ones. >> we should also acknowledge. >> that the virginia. >> medical examiner. and the. army medical examiner are involved in. this operation, and a very important part of getting people identified. so. >> our hearts are certainly with all of the crew in american airlines. and we'll hear from ceo isom. >> soon. >> thank you mayor.

department of commerce, state department, department of defense that better reflects your values, this is easy, it is not hard, there is a difference between the hillary clinton that we have seen time and again look usd lie to us. and a person who sometimes tells truth, a lot of folks can't handle it. i can handle the unfiltered truth a lot better than i can the hidden secret agenda of people who don't know how to tell the truth. and worse, don't know how to tell the difference. it is important that in this election we get it right. every 4 years we say it is the most important election of our lifetime it does become more, this time, i ain't met messing with you, it is the most important, here is reason not just about what we spay or do sunday, but a lot is at stake. america is more than just place where we live. 'people anywhere on this planet become -- oppressed, the one place they feel they could come is america. i talked to a police officer in miami this morning whose father fled cuba's castro, castro's cuba. and he came here. and he told his son and raised his son who was born here, and now a police officer for almost 30 years, he said to him, the reasons that we have to keep america is because

of us. and i came to the conclusion that he lacks the strength of character and good judgment, that in all departments, we need to have, but most particularly in the department of defensenator susan collins, also voicing her opposition to hegseth by saying in part, this quote, i'm not convinced that his position on women serving in combat roles has changed. his earlier comments suggested he thinks women shouldn't be able to serve in combat. he's also faced several allegations, including sexual assault, that he denies. he's still, though, seems to have the support of enough republicans to be confirmed. >> i have tried. >> to and. >> continue to. >> track down before his confirmation. vote any. >> sort of. >> lead. >> with people that would speak to. >> me, and. >> they all. >> had one thing in common up to this point. >> and. >> none of them could. >> provide me. >> with firsthand. >> corroborated testimony. >> i'm not. >> going. >> to cave to pressure. i'm going to vote for his confirmation. >> as for president trump, he says he's not worried about today's vote. >> mr. president. >> senators collins and murkowski. >> have now said they will. >> vote against pete hegset

exist can be removed by the action of the department of state but also reminds us very few global issues are entirely rant on the department of state, energy, defense, we have a lot of of other government agencies commerce many cases. who also play a critical role expediting and going through for example technologies that perhaps are not being transferred because they're deemed sensitive but in the case of our strong close allies, that's the point is that you want to be able to find yourself in a situation where you can accelerate partnership by making available to key allies these sensitive technologies we wouldn't want to see in hands or developed by an adversary or unaligned country. >> appreciate that. our view is aligned particularly on the excluded technology list. these are closest and most trusted allies. unfortunately, the current strategy has really been difficult to work with as far as getting through that excluded technology list and i hope you'll help expedite that. let me talk for a minute about the national criminal court. look, i -- as you know, we've got real problems there. the court originally was intended at least from our point

department of homeland security flights that were chartered to take migrants back to their countries. but the use of this military aircraft, of course, is entirely different optics. and it's something that previously the department of defense was pretty reluctant to get involved in. but now we are seeing really an all hands on deck effort here at the southern border and making one of these, making this mission. the southern border mission pretty much a top priority here at the pentagon. >> your reporting has found that the military. pardon me? flying migrants versus using department of homeland security chartered flights could actually cost the taxpayers more. where are the funds coming from? >> yes. so according to publicly available data that we polled just earlier today, for example, one of these repatriation flights that took place on a c-17 earlier today from el paso to guatemala city on a military aircraft that cost about double what it would cost on a department of homeland security chartered aircraft. and it's unclear at this point where exactly these funds are coming from. a dod official told us that they haven't actually gone through how much this is going to cost, because they're basically focused so much on exe

americans, was denied five times, saying that it was at the behest of the department of defense and the department of state to prevent us from coming in to rescue americans. that was what was told to us from the radio from the atc towers. yet to your knowledge, no one was being blocked? let me tell you that is a farce and a complete lie. i'll also tell you that in a neo, the state department does not take ultimate control once declared, it is the defense department, who is -- yet your task force still tried to hold operational control, which led to a lot of disruption. that's been reported multiple times by commanders on the ground. i'm going to finish, sir. the other thing, in israel, a horrible incident occurred where over 1200 people lost their lives. and yet, the state department had done nothing to come in and rescue americans who had been left behind. how do i know that? because the very first rescues conducted was on october 11th from nazareth, tiberius, and haifa. how do i know? because i conducted them. 32 americans that day, then into the west bank, then jerusalem. i got 255 americans out by myself before the

department, the prince william fire department, the baltimore city police department, the maryland state police, the maryland natural resources police, the department of defense, the joint base in bolling fire department, and the staff there the us us coast guard, the united states park police, the metropolitan police department, the fbi, and the ntsb. despite all those efforts, we are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. at this point, we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident, and we have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter. the district office of the medical examiner has lead on reuniting these bodies and these people with their loved ones, and we will continue to work to find all the bodies and collect them and reunite them with their loved ones. we should also acknowledge that the virginia medical examiner and the army army medical examiner are involved in this operation, and a very important part of getting people identified. so. >> our hearts are certainly with all of the crew and american airlines. and we'll hear from ceo isom. >> thank you mayor. good morning. i'm robert isom, the ceo of american airlines. i want to express my

department, department of defense that better reflects your values? this is easy, folks, this is not hard. and there's a dramatic difference between the hillary clinton that we have seen time and again look uslie to us and a person who sometimes tells the truth so bluntly that a lot of folks just can't handle it. i can handle the unfiltered truth a whole lot better than i can the hidden secret agenda of people who don't know how to tell the truth and worse don't know how to tell the difference. it is extraordinarily important that in this election we get it right. every four years we say it's the most important election of our lifetime ended does become more bored each time, this time, folks, i'm not messing with you, it's the most important election of our lifetime and here's the reason, not just about what we say or do on sunday although a lot is at stake, it really is. but america is more than just the place where we live, if people anywhere on this planet become oppressed and flee for their very lives the one place they feel that they can come is america. i talked to a police officer in miami, his father fled cuba's castro. castro's cuba. and he came here and told his son and raised his

department of defense the department of justice and affirmative treasury and homeland security and all of the relevant law enforcement components they are and will be given the assignment and mission to use all financial resources to strangle the cartels an end all illegal immigration into this country as a top national security emission. that's the president's duty and he'll fulfill it with force. >> we will speak with dan crenshaw and about one hour i'm glad you brought it up i want to circle back though a quick question, if the supreme court upholds the van on tiktok tact do you believe president trump hope the forward and executive order to protect tiktok's ability to function in this country for 90 days are something along those lines? >> president trump view is that the biden demonstration should have needed to allow the predecessor taking office to manage this process. without giving anything away it would buy -- be my assumption president trump would want to have as president the ability to manage this process, to ensure again we are protecting america but also protecting sacred and fundamental rights of the same time period known as more capable or equipped or committed to getti

exist can be removed by the action of the department of state but also reminds us very few global issues are entirely rant on the department of state, energy, defense, we have a lot of of other government agencies commerce many cases. who also play a critical role expediting and going through for example technologies that perhaps are not being transferred because they're deemed sensitive but in the case of our strong close allies, that's the point is that you want to be able to find yourself in a situation where you can accelerate partnership by making available to key allies these sensitive technologies we wouldn't want to see in hands or developed by an adversary or unaligned country. >> appreciate that. our view is aligned particularly on the excluded technology list. these are closest and most trusted allies. unfortunately, the current strategy has really been difficult to work with as far as getting through that excluded technology list and i hope you'll help expedite that. let me talk for a minute about the national criminal court. look, i -- as you know, we've got real problems there. the court originally was intended at least from our point

the department of defense has four additional that could be used if needed. additionally, the department is sending ten navy helicopters the immediately assist with aerial suppression. and with that, i'd be happy to take your questions. lita. >> thank you. on ukraine, the latest amount is not clear, the entirety of what is left. how concerned is the administration that the you're leaving a pretty substantial amount of money not delivered to ukraine? in terms of weapons, several billion dollars, and and do you think that those weapons will eventually get to ukraine, and is this a danger of lag? >> sure. so on ukraine, you know, as you mentioned, there will be a few billion dollars in authority left for the incoming administration to decide what they decide to do with that remaining authority. and, you know, what i would say is on the question of are we concerned, ukraine has bipartisan support within congress, and it is because of our efforts that ukraine continues to be successful on the battlefield. and you, you know this, you know, back in february 2022 when russia invaded ukraine, man