. >> reporter: tributes to those in uniform and nod to dick cheney and donald rumsfeld who served under ford. >> they look great. >> reporter: getting down to business urged congress is get down to defense spending. and added another plug. >> you can also call those senators to make sure you get health care. >> reporter: launched a twitter blitz. ten tweets demanding action on health care and attacking hillary clinton. noted that president has complete ability to pardon. >> grant a full and absolute pardon on richard nixon. >> reporter: but president insists only crime is leaks against us. now new intelligence leak involving jeff sessions. >> i did not have communications with the russians. >> reporter: "washington post" reports that intelligence agencies intercepted this. disputes it's uncorroborated and says that sessions stands by testimony never discussing interference with campaign. president had talked about frayed relationship with sessions over recusal from the russian investigation but new shake-up, new communications director anthony skair muchy i -- scaramucci is taking over.

the honorable donald rumsfeld, former secretary of defense. [applause] the honorable scott taylor, united states representative, second district, commonwealth of virginia. the honorable robert scott, united states representative, third district, commonwealth of virginia. the honorable richard cheney, former vice president of the united states. [applause] the honorable rick schneider, governor, state of michigan. [applause] the honorable gary peters, united states senator, state of michigan. [applause] the honorable roger wicker, united states senator, state of mississippi. [applause] the honorable james mattis, secretary of defense. [cheers and applause] the honorable terry mcauliffe, governor, commonwealth of virginia. ladies and gentlemen, our ship's sponsor, mrs. susan ford bales. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] -- she is escorted today by command master chief, united states navy, command master chief uss gerald r. ford. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, escorted today by captain richard mccormick, united

tributes to those in uniform and a nod to former president dick cheney and defense secretary donald rumsfeld. both served under ford. >> they look great. they look great. >> reporter: getting down to business, president trump urged congress to deliver on higher defense spending but added another political plug. >> by the way, you can also call those senators to make sure you get health care. >> reporter: before today's pomp and ceremony, the president launched a twitter blitz. ten tweets, from demanding action on health care to attacking hillary clinton. he even noted that a president has the complete power to pardon. a power famously exercised by the president that trump honored today. >> you grant a full, free and absolute pardon onto richard nixon. >> reporter: but president trump insisted the only crime during his administration is leaks against us. today, his frustration seized on a new intelligence leak involving attorney general jeff sessions. >> i did not have communications with the russians. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports that u.s. intelligence officials intercepted rus

tributes to those in uniform, a nod to former vice president dick cheney and defense secretary donald rumsfeld. >> they look great. they look great. >> reporter: getting down to business, president trump urged congress to deliver on higher defense spending, but added another political plot. >> by the way, you can also call those senators to make sure you get health care. >> reporter: the president launched a twitter blitz, ten tweets, from commanding action on health care to attacking hillary clinton. he even noted that a president has the complete power to pardon. a power famously exercised by the president trump honored. >> will grant a full, free and absolute pardon unto richard nixon. >> reporter: but trup insisted the only crime is leaks against us. his frustration involves a new intelligence leak involving jeff sessions. "the washington post" reports that u.s. intelligence officials intercepted russian ambassador kislyak telling moscow he discussed the trump campaign with sessions. a sessions aid disputed that and said sessions stands by his testimony that he never discussed interference

it's what donald rumsfeld called part of new york. as opposed to old europe which is so much more oh fifth kaitd and advanced and doesn't value nato so much. i thought it was an excellent first stop. dagen: how important was it that he made that blatant specific commitment to nato and article 5 in the speech? >> i think the flack over article 5 is overdone. the president essentially committed to it before. after all the controversy on article 5, it says each nato member will undertake such actions as they deem appropriate. dagen: let's move on to the putin meeting. in terms of some of the actions that the trump administration has taken so far with regard to russia. endorsing mont may grow's entry was one. combat deployment in eastern europe. the military strike against syria and bashar al-assad, a russian putin ally. all of that speaks as he goes into this meeting. what can you expect if anything out of this? >> i would be surprised if anything concrete comes out of it, and i think that's fine it's an opportunity for them to take each

the honorable donald rumsfeld, former secretary of defense. [applause] the honorable scott taylor, united states representative, second district, commonwealth of virginia. the honorable robert scott, united states representative, third district, commonwealth of virginia. the honorable richard cheney, former vice president of the united states. [applause] [cheers] the honorable rick snyder, governor, state of michigan. [applause] the honorable gary peters, united states senator, state of michigan. [applause] the honorable roger wicker, united states senator, state of mississippi. [applause] the honorable james mattis, secretary of defense. [applause] the honorable terry mcauliffe, governor, commonwealth of virginia. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, our ship's sponsor, mrs. susan ford bales. [applause] she is escorted today -- she is escorted today by master chief laura nunley, command master chief, uss gerald r. ford. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, escorted today by captain richard mccormack, united states

. >> donald rumsfeld who talked about there is no known for unknowns and it seems as though a 9/11 itas the unknown that came to my desk and why we weren't ready, why there was sent missiles on the plane. is there a thinking now about how to stay ahead of the threat, how to protect in the air against the next threat rather than 9/11? >> things have changed quite a bit. when i think of that day, i get a little nauseous and make it a little angry. we are doing much better at exploring what does unknowns are out there. we're looking at things quite differently and we're in much better place. tree into the one thing universal when you talk to not only pilot level, but also staff level is we are more ready, but at the same time, we aren't as ready because we don't have the funding to train as much as we want to have as much equipment as they want, to have as much equipment as they want. is that still an issue for the air guard? >> as the air guard we're fully administrated in the air force. the civilians, we are in awkward missionaries and we hope with the satellite doing important things.

would you have felt comfortable if donald rumsfeld's wife was taking money from foreign governments,r would you be happy now if the secretary of state rex tillerson's wife were taking money from russia? when she said it's all over the top? >> let's make sure we get this right. bill clinton himself is not taking money from rush to the government. he gave a private speech in russia. i will acknowledge what you say. i don't like the idea of politicians whether they be emigrants or public giving speeches in russia. >> tucker: i don't either, and i didn't like what mike flynn did it. i guess you are conceding something that kind of blows up the entire story. not every person with cyrillic letters is working for vladimir putin. >> went democrats have gone to russia or given speeches in russia, had conversation with us with russians, we are honest. if republicans would stop lying. if paul manafort, donald trump, jr., would stop lying, then maybe we can credit situation where he would have a reason to trust that there is discourse going on. >> tucker: i mean, i'm not going to contest that, i

there's so much we don't know about these meetings but, you know, to borrow from donald rumsfeld the known unknowns are that the stories, the portrayal of this meeting almost certainly is going to look different, what led up to it. what came out of it, what was discussed in it after everyone has testified under oath. after the special counsel has done all of the investigation. i do not think by any means we have heard the last word on this and the fact that the story kept shifting over the last week i think is indicative that this white house is going to release, you know, information grudgingly, step by step, only when forced -- when their hand is forced. so no one should take i think any of the stories that come out as the last word because, you know, there's always been another turn of the screw. >> you just never know. tara, you have been in touch with some of your sources in the west wing. what is the white house's thinking behind the scenes about how this is being covered? >> well, first of all, a lot of the white house staffers that i had spoken to had spoken about a sense of

interesting moment where president trump is there at the podium and then he also made reference to donald rumsfeld, who is the secretary of defense under gerald ford and of course under president george w. bush and the former vice president dick cheney. what are your thoughts on, on their attendance at this moment? >> i think wholly appropriate. i was really glad to see them there. it was really fun to see them sitting there. see the smiles on their faces. they have a part of this. not only did they serve under and with gerald ford, but certainly secretary rumsfeld had a hand in bringing this ship to be, quite frankly. her design is a long time in coming. she was named in the previous administration to president obama. so i think it was great that they were there and i think a real testament to how long it takes to build an aircraft carrier and how important historical legacy goes into who you name it for and what that means. >> john kirby, i don't mean to be rude talking over this ceremony that is under way. if you do have a return, monitor, are you able to tell us what is happening at this insta

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then of course we see martha, served in the military, also protested donald rumsfeld in saudi arabia.e likes to be comfortable. >> i've met a lot of people who don't wear slaves. they are wonderful people. they look fantastic. >> martha: there's a lot of sleeplessness around here. i think we've gotten too far away from dress codes. i think they've become like a sweat pants nation. i think that there are places where there are certain amount of decorum is required. i think that close toed shoes and sleeves are okay in congress as long as the guys don't take up their jacket. >> that would be the double standard. look look at this, i printed it friday. sleeveless friday is tomorrow. they're going to have a picture on the steps to show the women -- can we raise the debt ceiling if you have some time with good health care? >> martha: on the topic of congress, she is being mocked for this critique. can you spot the mistake? look at all these people standing around. >> i didn't think -- that's what i would say. the guy that put it there is just sitting. his job was to get the easel and put t

welcome a truth teller into the oval office, somebody who would come in, close the door and say, as donald rumsfeld described it, he's the one person besides the president's wife who can look him straight in the eye and say you cannot go down this road. believe me, here are the reasons why. if donald trump can accept that, if donald trump can accept the idea of being disciplined, if he can accept the idea of giving up his twitter account or at least running it by kelly before he sends out completely irrational messages, then there's a chance here. but, you know, i wouldn't -- i wouldn't want to bet on it. >> okay, chris whipple, author of "the gate keepers" thanks for chatting with us. >>> hopes on capitol hill for health care. they may not be high, but a bipartisan effort is under way to come up with a solution. is that even possible at this point? up to a gillette shave. and at our factory in boston, 1,200 workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation. today we're bringing you america's number one shave at lower prices every day. putting

donald rumsfeld was not induced, he said it would be a disaster. first, new york would delay cleaning up their mess, and second, the president -- in my view the review -- request is outrageous. waresreenspan said their no cuts for personal responsibility. must do right thing 24 hours, bite bullet. what the ford administration wanted to see from the city was a program of speed budget cuts. before the first meeting ford had with the mayor and kerry, his advisers prepared a list of suggestions -- tolls on the bridges, tuition. the city should be allowed to go broke, whatever this might mean for the citizens, the state, the municipal bond market, and the national economy. --ault, wrote one essential official, could trigger a radical action, which is required. little hard analysis was done at the point before administration was putting these things out on what impact these measures would have on a budget. what mattered as much was perception and the perception of toughness. the conservatives around new york, new york embodied the zenith of a liberal ord

this is a recommendation of the donald rumsfeld commission. it's not new. it hasn't been a secret. it's been publicized in the media. chairman rogers was given plenty of speeches on this, so i would like to go on the record supporting the chairman o chairs and oppose the amendment. >> with a specific regard to the amendment, it is going to be a study that speaks to the secretary of air force deciding if it is an interim report on a strategic need to establish a space corps. we already heard from a secretary that she thinks not. there is no need for it. those of us that served with mr. rogers on the committee and have gone to multiple committees on the various pieces of the air force that deal with space, i don't know if they share my conclusion, but my conclusion is there is mass confusion and therefore, in inability to focus on the overarching need and i also recall in some of the hearings that the chinese government has totally reorganized its military in one of the sections of space. i see mr. rogers confirming what my memory told the end is accurate they did it for a very speci

>> you'll hang this right next to something that maybe donald rumsfeld has given you.. >> i'll send him a picture of this. >> there you go. >> it goes without saying you are a true hometown hero we thank you for everything that you've done you continue to do and the person that you are. >> well, i appreciate this. thank you it's for all the families that worked so hard to get it built you can fiber out more information on 9/11 p.m. f.org. we appreciate you helping us with us. >> you can always donate as well, right. >> thank you holly. >> thank you. >> jim, we appreciate thank you guys. >> congratulations to you and thank you. >>> it's 10:11 right now. beyonce' showing off the twins, her babies, for the first time ever, plus donny wahlberg paying it forward at waffle house madonna throwing major shade. got to check out what else is trending at 10a next. >> first let's check in with on junior reporter for a look what else is ahead this hour begun morning to you. >> reporter: hello my name is lyle i'm junior reporter on pent go row this morning we'll celebrate arlington'

i have a quote of donald rumsfeld saying this at his retirement speech. with john f. kennedy, that is essentially what he was doing. he was pulling back from confrontation with the soviet union in the last year of his life. his famous piece speech and so forth. even trying to limit the defense budget. he explicitly said that we do not want a pax americana, which we arepudiation of same going to maintain order around the world with the use of nuclear power and our weapons . the thing about the vietnam war though, for kennedy himself, he sent advisers in 1961. schoolprimarily in his to describe it as a nationbuilding project to help build the south vietnamese defeat an insurgency and develop the nation. was skeptical it would succeed, but that is the mission he sent people to do. ideas that you have advisers over there and they are trainers. they will stay by the end of the term. that will be their mission. for the joint chiefs of staff, who really pushed kennedy to intervene in vietnam in the first place, they do not see vietnam as a nationbuilding project at all. they

donald trump's. aum of his senior add visors were coming and going willy nilly. hague was unable to control the chaos. ford wound up begging rumsfeld to come in. you have to wonder why would anybody, especially john kelly, take this job unless he knows something that we don't know. >> he was offering advice to reince priebus along the way. do you think that he may have been interested in it? >> i can't read his mind. he might see this as a form of service to try to create order within the white house. it's going to be difficult to do this. the weekend of this announcement the president is continuing to tweet. the president surrounded himself with general at the start of his administration. everyone said that would reign him in and it hasn't. >> can i just add to that? not only does he need to set conditions but he needs to make it clear to trump that he's ready to resign. he's prepared to resign if the president crosses red lines that are unacceptable to kelly. for example, suppose, if i were kelly, i'd be saying to donald trump, if you send out a tweet that is demonstrably false, without running it by me first, i will resign. you'

and rumsfeld, a rump intelligence agency where they cherry picked them on various ideas to create a consistent reality that would drive a policy that they wanted. there is no consistency in donaldrump. he doesn't feel he needs it. he wants to assert power over truth itself, over reality itself, to say it does not exist, everyone has an agenda. the organs of accountability, the media, are only special interest, in fact they are enemies of the people, they have an agenda and it is not your agenda. host: here you say they lie on an outcome on policy, here is a former presidents talking about it. >> i shall say it again and again. your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign war. unions power has been growing. the point i make is by 1961, are we going to be ahead of them, i'm not sure we are. >> the use of weapons against -- >> the use of hostile actions against united states ships have today required me to order the military forces of the united states to take action in reply. >> i'm going to say this again, i did not have sexual relations with that woman, miss linsky. -- miss lewinsky. >> we will keep this promise to the american people, if you like your doctor, you'll be