stay tuned because moments ago the former defense secretary general james mattis speaking at the annual al smith dinner right here in new york responding to president trump calling the world's most overrated general, him the world's most overrated general, saying this. watch. >> i do stand before you as was noted here really having achieved greatness. i mean, i'm not just an overrated general. i am the greatest, the world's most, overrated. and this has been no small part, i will tell you, i owe new york. i owe new york to this because senator schumer, have i thanked you for bringing my name up in a rather contentious meeting in washington where this grew out of. i'm honored to be considered that by donald trump because he also called meryl streep an overrated actress. i guess i'm the meryl streep of generals. >> boy, the tea is good tonight. there's a lot more where that came from. trust me. as they say, trust, you want to watch. the al smith dinner, by the way, is a lighthearted roast but there's a very serious point and there's a lot at stake here we're going to bring you much more o

a former aide who served former defense secretary james mattis say the americans know about key decisionaking moments inside the trump administration. to do that, he's written a book called "holding the line inside trump's pentagon with secretary mattis." the author is a retired navy office officer. he claimed that mattis and the pentagon's top brass were at times surprised by announcements from the white house about military policy. spokes person for general mattis telling fox news he's not read the book and does not intend to and called the author a junior level staffer. that staffer and author is with me know. good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon. >> bill: what's new in this book? >> i think what's new is it's an opportunity to bring the reader inside for a first person account of how mattis and others and the trump administration work to make the military great again. >> bill: was he a good boss? >> he was a great boss. he had demanding standards but cares deeply about this country. >> bill: some of it talks about the unconventional nature of this president. i was reading that. s

is there somebody down to replace james mattis or rex tillerson now?i would have to be there to give you a fair answer on that. what i would say is, it just stood out. forget2017, i will never watching the tv in his office, in rapid succession, you had tillerson depart the administration almost with no notice. then you had h.r. mcmaster in that same position. within a month, you had these individuals supporting secretary mattis, working with him and our alliances and partners overseas, to make sure america's values and needs were being reflected. they left, and that put matters in the crosshairs. david: we are speaking to guy snodgrass, who is running about his experience as speechwriter for secretary mattis. one of the themes in your book is that general mattis always fought with allies, those relationships were critically important, whether with nato or iraq, critically important. president trump does not seem to be as enamored with allies. have we done permanent dollar and -- damage in our alliances around the world? guy: alliances change, so it is

the crisis grew so much the defense secretary of the time james mattis had resigned over it and then subsequently brett mcgurk also resigned over president trump decision to withdraw now we know that after that this isn't pressure from congress especially had president trump backtracking a little bit and actually slowing down the withdrawal although a very limited withdrawal took place the u.s. and president trump himself also said that the american soldiers would stay longer while what are your thoughts the prevailing narrative has always been that the americans won't abandon the kurds who fought and defeated eisel what do you make of the confusing statements coming from the u.s. administration does the u.s. support a turkish operation in northern syria. you know i wouldn't say that the prevailing sentiment was that the united states would never abandon the kurds in fact history proves otherwise those of us who are in the previous administration like myself always pointed out that while partnering with the p.k. affiliate in northern syria was expedient and useful against isis in the

members of both parties criticizing the deal as former secretary of defense james mattis fires back at the president overnight after trump called him overrated. >> i mean i'm not just an overrated general. i am the greatest, the world's most overrated. >>> plus, another top military officer blasting the president's strategy in syria. >>> the bombshell from acting chief of staff mick mulvaney admitting what the white house has long denied, that the president cut off military aid to ukraine in part to pressure them to investigate democrats. how mulvaney is trying, walking back the comment and the confusion it is causing on capitol hill. >> do you still think there is nothing to see here? >> what did he say? >>> breaking overnight, chaos i wanted in the u.s. the gun battle raging for hours. >>> plus, a scare for lady gaga overnight falling off the stage during a performance. >>> out of this world. the spacewalk later today that will make history. [ cheers ] >>> and the tsa agent who met his match. >> i might need a nurse. >> challenging an 84-year-old woman to a push-up contest. evyo.o ja

the crisis grew so much the defense secretary of the time james mattis had resigned over it and then subsequently brett mcgurk also resigned over president trump decision to withdraw now we know that after that this isn't pressure from congress especially had president trump backtracking a little bit and actually slowing down the withdrawal although a very limited withdrawal took place. the u.s. and president trump himself also said that. american soldiers would stay longer while what are your thoughts the prevailing narrative has always been that the americans won't abandon the kurds who fought and defeated eisel what do you make of the confusing statements coming from the u.s. administration does the u.s. support a turkish operation in northern syria. you know i wouldn't say that the prevailing sentiment was that the united states would never abandon the kurds in fact history proves otherwise those of us who are in the previous administration like myself always pointed out that while partnering with the p.k. affiliate in northern syria was expedient and useful against isis in the s

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time as working as director of communications and chief speech writer to former defense secretary james mattisholding the line, look for the titles this coming week and watch for many authors in the near future on book tv c-span2. >> every year book tv covers book fairs. here is a look at some of the events coming coming up. later in november, the national book award will be presented in new york city and will be live from the miami book fair with 2 days of author talks and call-in programs on november 23rd and 24th. to find more information ant upcoming book fairs and festivals and watch our previous festival coverage, click the book fairs tab on our website, booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] >> now welcome back to austin, up next new york times recent book on the trump administration's immigration policies. this is live coverage on book tv on c-span2. >> good afternoon, welcome to today's discussion of an important book called border wars, the president's assault on immigration. my name is carlos sÁnchez and i'm a senior editor with texas monthly magazine and i'm based

we heard it from james mattis.age, president trump, earlier this week, seems to be tweeting options that he had to deal with the situation. it is becoming increasingly volatile. amid the chaos and the conflict, the new strategy seems for the us to wa nt to new strategy seems for the us to want to get out of it. part of that is that frankly, things are changing as it goes along. the us defence secretary said that turkey is moving further south than they expected. now, they would probably argue that isa now, they would probably argue that is a breach of what they agreed with the united states initially. certainly, the us again saying it did not give a green light, it is nevertheless stepping away and allowing turkey to move further south. it seems that the kurdish led forces, the sdf are currently in discussions with russia and the regime of basher al—assad, to potentially try to counterattack against turkey. therefore, america says, they are looking towards other allies. amid all of this, there are warnings that ult

time as working director of communications and chief speech writer to former defense secretary james mattis in holding the line and watch for many of the authors on book tv on c-span2. >> every year book tv covers book fairs and festivals around the country including including this week of coverage of texas book festival. next coming up the baltimore book festival will take place in city's inner harbor, later national book award in new york city and live from miami book fair with 2 days of author talks and call-in programs on november november 23rd and 24th, to watch our previous festival coverage click the book fairs tab on our website, booktv.org. >> here are some of the current best-selling nonfiction books, according to new york times topping the list msnbc's rachel maddow argues oil industry has weakened democracy around the world. gladwell's examination of how he misread stranger words and actions, after that fox news gregg jarrett offers thought on mueller investigation in witch hunt followed by united states of trump bill o'reilly's look at the life and career of president trump. wr

the crisis grew so much the defense secretary of the time james mattis had resigned over it and then subsequently brett mcgurk also resigned over president trump decision to withdraw now we know that after that this isn't pressure from congress especially had president trump backtracking a little bit and actually slowing down the withdrawal although a very limited withdrawal took place. the u.s. and president trump himself also said that the american soldiers would stay longer while what are your thoughts the prevailing narrative has always been that the americans won't abandon the kurds who fought and defeated eisel what do you make of the confusing statements coming from the u.s. administration does the u.s. support a turkish operation in northern syria. you know i wouldn't say that the prevailing sentiment was that the united states would never abandon the kurds in fact history proves otherwise those of us who are in the previous administration like myself always pointed out that while partnering with the p.k. affiliate in northern syria was expedient and useful against isis in th

and guy snodgrass recounts his time as chief speech writer to former defense secretary james mattis in "holding the line." look for these titles this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> and now live from austin, it's former u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power discussing her new memoir. >> hi. welcome to c-span2 booktv tent. i'm the editor at large of kirkus reviews, and i'm the host of the fully booked podcast, if you'd like to subscribe. and i am absolutely honored to be in conversation with samantha power today. [applause]

taking a chance, james mattis, there, to bite back at donald trump.gland for support. national crime agency figures reveal the number of children earmarked for help grew from 127 in 2014 to more than 1,100 last year. the local government association said the spiralling referral rates are being fuelled by an increasing awareness of modern slavery and the growing issue of young people being exploited by county lines drug gangs. simon blackburn is the chair of the local government association's safer and stronger communities board. he joins us via webcam. simon, good morning to you. so, a hint in the introduction of why these referrals are up of potential child victims, you say. how many of these children actually go on to be designated as victims of modern slavery? a very considerable proportion, more than three quarters of referrals and up with some sort of referrals and up with some sort of action being taken either by the local authority, or by charities in the third sector, or by the police. so, it is a very significant strike rate. added his probab

you can dive deeper into the numbers at c-span.org. , james mattis on service, leadership, and his time in office. he spoke at an event hosted by mount vernon. this is one hour. is made generous gift in honor of the late jim reiss, president and c.e.o. of mount vernon. tohold the debates each fall mark the opening of the fred w. smith national library for the washington.rge now, six years old, the ashington library has flourished and become an internationally recognized place scholarship and debate. since mount vernon does not or federal tate funds, we're profoundly grateful foundation and other patriotic americans who make it keep mount us to vernon open 365 days a year. in thanking joy and dr. dennis franks who are with us here today. >> i would also like to acknowledge several other guests. marinelly, united states corps retired and his wife karen. army retired and his wife holly, rear admiral retired united states our and a scholar in institute. brigadier general -- craig united states army retired and his wife debbie, general chad -- 30th commandant of the national war college. was

he called james mattis, the world's most overrated general. he claimed fewer than 100 isis prisoners, the last dangerous ones escaped in northern syria. during the meeting, speaker pelosi went after the president for pulling out of northern syria, saying all roads with you lead to putin. that made the president angry. he called pelosi a name and the democrats were done. >> i understand -- >> the president was a meltdown, sad to say. >> he called her a third-rate politician. this was not a dialogue. it was sort of a diatribe, a nasty diatribe, not focused on the facts. >> the white house press secretary characterized mr. trump as measured, factual and decisive at that meeting. the measured, factual and decisive president said nancy pelosi needs help fast. there's something wrong with her upstairs or she just plain doesn't like our great country. pray for her. she is a very sick person. the president also tweeted this photo from the meeting with what he called pelosi's unhinged meltdown. the speaker didn't seem to mind. it's the header on her tw

you served with james mattis overseas and in afghanistan. do you agree with the president that he is the most overrated? >> jim mattis was a mentor to me, he was the commander of u.s. troops in afghanistan. i have seen him on the battlefield. he is steady, smart, sure. for president trump to impugn him in any way for his generalship, or his character, is an utter misreading. his name is chaos, not mad dog. >> i real estate thize that jim how much of an impact would it make if jim mattis spoke out now, many people are calling for him to do so. >> it would make enormous impact in the military where his reputation is quite high, but i think on the general republic as well. he has been a leading general, a cabinet secretary, there has been charge and duress. i think he caught to come forward and speak more. like mike mckinley. we all have an obligation to say what we know, speak truth to power, where ever it leads. >> you also talk, you're talking about fearlessness but in your book you talk about empathy. people don't think about that when think

james mattis and his penguin suit this week and the approval of the ruling class.n his public service. selling out america, working for a swamp that boost about shipping american oversee and selling american defense companies to the highest form better. so yes, after this week we can now see the full picture on impeachment. for the democrats, for the ruling class overturning the populace revolution, they must not win. here to discuss all that and more red state editor keira davis, to trump senior economic advisor and heritage foundation steve moore and fox news contributor and the president of woman's voice tammy bruce. >> tammy. >> great monologue and i think this is the bluntness that reminds people about the real agenda that has been going on. we hear about the deep state and the establishment, that is it. it's funny we even heard when it comes to certain ambassadors and others being shocked that trump would actually be leading for impulsive. not listening to or allowing the state department or bureaucrats to do it which is their job, no it's not, their job is t

you could not have a better guest today, james mattis, who resigns last december because of the syria question and the president of the united states wanted to pull back from syria. today is all coming ahead. we have this report of 800 isis supporters and united states pulling back from another town inside syria allowing for the turkish troop to move in and escape from the country if they need to leave. this is becoming the desperate situation where so many people predicted it. that's the question i have going forward. it was a lot of warnings this week from many not just democrats on this front but republicans as well. many warnings and here they all appeared to be coming for tuition. the question i think going forward is, is the president, the last time you referred to secretary mattis, mattis' resignation essentially forced the president to back off. he did. what they're now to make him stop, right? what's there now to convince him to change his tactic here? the other question as though it is maybe too late. if it is too late then what is the clean up look like? how do we get out o

something he talked about last december when, of course, you'll remember the defense secretary james mattis resigned in protest over the idea of doing something like this. but you saw the president kind of pivot yesterday because after the white house issued that statement on sunday night, the president then pivoted and said that, yes, he would restrain turkey if it came to it, though he didn't detail exactly what that restra that restraint would look like. what's going to happen here in washington is all of this is unfolding as the president, he is very likely facing impeachment, people say. and of course what's going to save him from that are those senate republicans if he does get impeached by the house, it's going to move to that trial in the senate. so it will be interesting to watch how they separate their criticism here, the criticism over syria and all the details unfomding about h unfolding about his call to ukraine. >> the president directly warned turkish president erdogan not to move ahead with the incursion into syria. they say withdraw of u.s. traoos should not be considered a

trump's former defense secretary, general james mattis. he let loose overnight after the president called him the world's most overrated general. >> i'm not just an overrated general, i am the greatest, the world's most overrated. >> as part of the cease-fire deal, turkey also avoids u.s. economic sanctions. >>> new this morning, police say they arrested the person behind racist, homophobic and anti-semitic graffiti at burlingame high school. he did about 1300 worth of damage. stone is at the san mateo county jail on felony vandalism and hate crime charges. >>> a stockton woman who went to prison after live streaming the crash that killed her little sister is back in jail. she was released less than a month ago but led officers on a short pursuit yesterday and officers found a loaded weapon in the car and she was driving with a revoked license. >>> sam ricardo says he has a solution for pg&e's public safety power shutoffs. >> he says it starts with the company itself. lauren martinez has the details. >> we believe the solutions are local.

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so curious to see what you think about what the former defense secretary james mattis said.joking. he joking, some sharp jokes, you could say, in his comments he gave at an annual event dinner where there is sort of a joking element to it. listen to this. >> i'm not just an overrated general, i am the greatest, the world's most overrated. i'm honored to be considered that by donald trump, because he also called meryl streep and overrated actress. so i guess i'm the meryl streep of generals. i've earned my spurs on the battlefield, martin, as you pointed out and donald trump earned his stars from a letter from a doctor. >> what did you think about that? to me i thought the meryl streep was self deprecating and funny. the part an the bone spurs, people can have assessment about the draft deferments donald trump had but this is his former defense secretary. struck me as the former defense secretary calling him a coward? >> yeah, how i heard it, too, and, look, jim mattis is very cautious, as you know, about wading into politics. so i think, you know, finally he was unleashed in

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it was widely criticized and then james mattis resigned in protest. >>> long lines outside the supreme court after justices began a new term today. many got in line for the next armment. some spent the night. big cases on tap for the high court. >> reporter: this is shaping up to be one of the most contentious supreme court terms in years. they are taking up every hot- button issue out there. abortion, gay rights, and they will jump into it tomorrow with a big case that looks at if federal law protection guys and more. and they will see if states can put more regulations on abortion clinics, whether states can do something to take their guns outside their homes. they will look at president donald trump's efforts to end that obama era program that protects the so-called dreamers, that came to the united states illegally. all these cases. they are probably going to be decide in the middle of this election year, early spring, early simmer. >> and the new supreme court could potentially be more conservative than the last one. with sometimes vote with liberals on gay rights and abortion. >>

source familiar with the meeting that senator schumer read a quote from former defense secretary james mattis who said, quote, in this case if we don't keep the pressure on, then isis will resurge. it's absolutely a given that they will come back. the president replied by calling mattis, quote, the world's most overrated general, end quote, and continued why he wasn't tough enough, i captured isis. mattis said it would take two years. i captured them in one month. is that accurate? >> that is accurate. he further called general mattis weak. all of what you said is exactly as it transpired. >> what do you make of that? >> this is why i tweeted after spending an hour with the president i'm concerned for the nation and for our fight against isis. i think the president has no -- is out of touch with reality. i think he has no concept of what he has unleashed. and i don't think he understands the consequences. he suggested, well, they're 7,000 miles away, why should we fight there? another colleague reminded him on september 11th, they traveled over 7,000 miles and had one of the worst tragedies i

although former defense secretary james mattis refuses to say anything about president trump at all,k had choice words with the president today. he served add senior director for iraq and afghanistan in the george bush white house. he was the special envoy for the campaign against isis under president obama. that's a role he continued under president trump until he resigned in protest at the end of last year. mr. mcgurk writes today, quote, trump twice abruptly reversed curse after one, a fortunately leader call and without consulting his own military advisers. if anyone still believes trump cares about america they are wrong and includes 80 countries and two dozen contributors to the military and stabilization mission in syria leading a collision requires consultation with collision partners before major decisions are taken. this is elementary. the consequences of such unreliability from the oval will reverberate well beyond syria. the value of an american handshake is depreciatindepreci. trump said we could crush isis again if it regenerated. with whom? allies would sign up? who wo

democratic senator confirms it and you'll hear from him in a few moments that the president also called james mattis, his former defense secretary, quote, the world's most overrated general. there is, it seems, no one who has worked for the president who he isn't willing to throw under the bus. today also saw a large bipartisan majority in the house vote to condemn president trump's actions in syria and saw the senate majority leader, a republican, call that action, quote, a mistake. and this meeting which democrats walked out of capped a day of contradictory and misleading statements on the crisis from the president even as secretary of state pompeo and vice president pence are getting ready to travel to turkey to try and get turkey to stop what they're doing. the president seems to have already undercut that effort. oh, and in addition to all that, more bad news for tv lawyer and ukraine biden dirt finder rudy giuliani. another of his associates has been arrested and another ukraine witness went before congress. there's also tonight new reporting that ties the acting white house chief of staff to

although former defense secretary james mattis refuses to say anything about president trump at all,r. mcgurk had choice words with the president today. he served add senior director for iraq and afghanistan in the george bush white house. he was the special envoy for the campaign against isis under president obama. that's a role he continued under president trump until he resigned in protest at the end of last year. mr. mcgurk writes today, quote, course after one foreign leader call and two after consulting his military advisors. if anyone cares about trump and syria, he doesn't and his erratic swings heighten risk on the ground. it includes 80 countries to the military or stabilization mission in syria. leading a coalition happens before it is taken. the consequences from the oval value beyond the oval. trump said today we could crush isis again it regenerated. with whom? who would sign up? who would fight on his assurea e assuranc assurances. they deserve deliberations. erratic swings favor far more adversaries in moscow, beijing and tehran. thank you for making time. >> thank yo

. >> reporter: retired four-star general former defense secretary james mattis all dressed up for a charity roast making light of the president's attack he was the world's mostered that y donald trump because he also calledyl streep after overrated actress. so i guess i'm the meryl streep of generals. >> reporter: the general that quit last year to protest the plan to get out of syria also mocking the president's draft deferment for bone spurs during vietnam. >> i earned my spurs on the battlefield donald trump earne his spurs in the letter from a doctor. >>> trump lashing out without u.s. troops isis will come back. >> isis will resurge it's absolutely a given that they will come back. >> reporter: now another four-star, admiral credited with taking down osama bin laden. welcome mccraven writing, "our republic is under attack by the president. >> i've had the privilege of working with a lot of presidents, and i didn't alway agree with the presidents but believed they were men of principle i don't see that in this president. >> reporter: as a retired officer, mattis strongly the president s

. >>> strong words from former defense secretary james mattis. the comment from president trump that prompted that response. >>> and san jose's mayor shares ideas on how to avoid pg&e power safety shut jaoffs. >>> a live look outside at the san francisco skyline, we have no good date restaurants according to open table. we'll be right back. >>> good morning on this friday october 18th. >> happy you're waking up with us this morning. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. lisa has a look at the day ahead >> good morning to you. we're starting out clear, 40s and 50s out there. looking at the south bay, 48 in santa clara. 45 in santa teresa. 56 downtown. bodega bay, 54. clear in the city, going for another cool day, slightly below average. we'll keep that trend going today and tomorrow. still breezy at the coast. not as windy today. sun coming up at 6:20. winds kicking up along the coast. then tonight we'll look for increasing clouds, talking about maybe a shower in the north bay for tomorrow

issue when he was at the pentagon serving as a chief speechwriter for former defense secretary james mattissnodgrass is the author of "holding the line inside trump's pentagon with secretary mattis." he joins me now. thanks for being with us. the position that the president has put the current secretary of defense in, wparticularly the comments about the raid, it reminded me of the position you write about in your book that the president put secretary mattis in on more than one occasion. explain how secretary mattis navigated that. >> you bet. thanks again for having me on. that was something we saw quite frequently. there was a lot of breakdown in communication between the white house and the pentagon and it could have been any decision. in the book i recount several such as the creation of the space force and the fact that we only received a call notifying us of the creation of the space force about 15 minutes after the president had announced it on live television. did. >> 15 minutes after? >> 15 minutes after, that's right. as you looked over at the telephone and you saw the caller i.d.

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. >> that was president trump's former defense secretary general james mattis with a rare jab at his what they call the al smith dinner here in new york city last night. general mattis has refrained from speaking out against president trump saying when you leave an administration you owe some silence. that silence in contrast to a scathing op ed in the "new york times" by another top military officer. his name is admirable william mcraven. he was the man who oversaw that raid that killed osama bin laden. he writes that the country is under attack from within. he writes, quote, if this president does not demonstrate the leadership that america needs both domestically and abroad, then it is time for a new person in the oval office. republican, democrat, or independent he writes the sooner the better the fate of our republic depends upon it. general mccaffrey is back, as is our table here. general, your reaction to those words from admirable mcraven. harsh words for the commander in chief. >> well, i know both mattis and mcraven, mattis the warrior monk defense intellectual very cerebra

came the denials from mike pence, mike pompeo, the entire cabinet, including many now gone like james mattis, kirstjen nielsen, nikki haley, dan coats and jeff sessions. tonight white house press secretary stephanie grisham said, quote, it takes a lot of conviction and bravery to write a whole book anonymously due to be published next month, the book will come out just as the president is trying to defend himself from the impeachment threat lester >> okay, andrea, thanks. >>> tonight in syria, just as a u.s.-brokered ceasefire ended, russia's vladimir putin stepped in, announcing a deal of his own representing a major change for u.s. allies, the kurds our richard engel is inside syria. >> reporter: russia's vladimir putin tonight became the new king maker in syria as he and turkey's president erdogan carved up the country between them announcing from tomorrow a large swath of land in northern syria will be cut in half. russia's ally, the syrian government, in charge of the other. this had been the kurdish homeland until president trump effectively allowed turkey to invade it and then let the

after president trump called him the world's most overrated general, former defense secretary james mattising at a charity event in new york last night, mattis joked that he took it as a compliment. he said that he wasn't just an overrated general but the world's most overrated. and he also said that he was honored to be considered that by mr. trump. >> he also called meryl streep an overrated actress. so i guess i'm the meryl streep of generals. [ laughter ] and frankly, that sounds pretty good to me. >> mattis also joked that he earned his spurs on the battlefield and donald trump earned his spurs in a letter from the doctor. >>> i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." jill hassto, a heart pill at helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. where to ne

the secretary of defense james mattis at the meeting where trump was saying why are we doing this. james mattis said something that was one of the most chilling things i've ever heard as a reporter. he said mister president, or doing all of these things to prevent world war three. now, number one job of a president is to prevent world war three in my view. you look at other presidents with bush senior and george herbert walker bush when he was president. imagine a meeting and the secretary of defense with dick cheney. i imagine him having to say to president bush, by the way were spending all this money and all these allies and we have this massive military to prevent world war three. bush knew that and presidents need to know that. that it is not that it was realized and i hope it is now realized by president trump. they have to put that in a matter of scale in a matter of vulnerability and if we ever have nuclear weapons used in the world it will -- should that happen, god help us it does not define history it's going to define the whole nation. the oversight process by the media

why we're so pleased and i am so honored today to guest, e our special general james mattis, the 26th defense, to share with us his remarkable story of from 18-year-old recruit in the marine corps reserve to four star general. especially like his subtitle, learning to lead, because we mount vernon are helping others learn to lead, sharing washington's leadership skills with corporate government bodies around the country to our leadership institute and through iscussions such as this one today. we look forward to hearing general mattis share insights career.is the lessons he has learned hrough service in iraq and afghanistan, leadership in three wars, including leadership of central command, where e directed a quarter million troops across the middle east. not be versation could more timely. helping to facilitate the in what's today urely likely to be a lively q&a, dr. doug -- join me in a for general james mattis. >> thank you all for being here that very warmor welcome for the general. on now.s and i was just thanking you for being here and for that warm welcome. right it into. the g

doug join me in a warm welcome for general james mattis. (applause) (applause) >> thank you all for being here and thank you for that very warm welcome for the general. my mic is on now. (laughs) and i was just thanking you for being here and for that warm welcome. let's get right it into. the general has a tight schedule. he's a man in great command right now as he's been his whole life as a leader, so why did you write this book? you get to my color of hair. it's not that i'm going to say the right way to do something because in some cases i did the wrong thing and i try to be very candid about it but you want to pass on to young people what worked, what didn't work and what you learned, idea being they don't make the same mistakes i did, that they make their own mistakes. we all make mistakes, it's whether you learn from them. george washington made many mistakes. he's very candid about it and confronted certainly tough times. right now, you said it's a good time for this lecture. i would also say, a reminder by looking at our history, c

came the denials from mike pence, mike pompeo, the entire cabinet, including many now gone like james mattis, kirstjen nielsen, nikki haley, dan coats and jeff sessions. white house press secretary stephanie grisham said, "it takes a lot of conviction and bravery to write a whole book anonymously. due to be published next month, the book will come out just as the president is trying to defend himself from the impeachment threat >> that was andrea mitchell reporting. >>> lifestyle guru martha stewart is offering some advice for actress turned inmate felicity huffman huffman is currently serving a 14-day prison sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal. while atengdtending a "vanity f sum nit in los angeles, stewart was asked about huffman and whether she could offer any advice >> do you think she's learned anything >> she should style her outfit a little bit more. she looked pretty schlumpy >> well, stewart went on to say huffman made a horrible mistake. public scandal and served five months at a minimum security federal prison back in 2004. meanwhile, actress lori loughlin and

james mattis, the former defence secretary has been seeking to nbc‘s meet the press programme.eft behind due to the islamic state grip. isis is not defeated. we have got to keep the pressure on isis so they don't recover. we may want a war over, we may even declare it over. you can pull your troops out as president 0bama learnt the hard way, out of iraq. but the enemy gets a vote, we say in the military, and in this case if we don't keep the pressure on then isis will resurge. it's absolutely given that they will come back. quite a stark warning, chris. but i suppose the president would argue that he was elected partly on a mandate of pulling the us out of these foreign theatres of war? yes, these foreign theatres of war? yes, the american first president who essentially wants to say he doesn't wa nt essentially wants to say he doesn't want troops inside the middle east. he doesn't think he should be involved in these conflicts. but it is worth pointing out those who say the danger of is emerging as a force again is something that could impact on other countries, including the

identical statement last december that led to the resignation of terms and wanted defense secretary james mattis and now you know a couple of observation posts have been vacated by the u.s. but the u.s. still has some 18 military bases and operation points including 2 air bases in northern syria which there is absolutely no intention of we drawing so let's be very careful distinguishing between you know the. announcement by the white house and actual policies that are in fact contradicted by the pentagon. and you know the turkish government has its own set of problems with syria that need diplomatic resolution through dialogue with the misc and i don't think that it wants to in haiti some 11000 isis fighters that are in the kurdish custody right now so i don't think that we're going to see you know much of anything despite all the media hoopla generated by the white house party in order to deflect from domestic attention just well the white house despite donald trump's denials could his troop withdrawal be described as anything other than a complete betrayal of america's current. if it happens i

. >> reporter: former defense secretary james mattis, who ecsigned in protest in december, roasted his former boss last night just a day after the president called him the most over-rated general. >> i'm honored to be considered that by donald trump because he also called meryl streep an over-rated actress. so i guess i'm the meryl streep of generals. ( laughter ) >> reporter: president trump took pride in the number of generals he installed in his cabinet, but they have all left. >> sometimes you have to let htem fight a little while. >> reporter: and his decision to pull u.s. troops out of northern syria, allowing the turks to then attack america's longtime kurdish allies has prompted several top military commanders ro go public with their concerns. retired admiral, william mcraven who oversaw the killing of osama bin laden and the capture of saddam hussein, wrote, "the republic is under attack from the president," and asked, "if our promises are meaningless, how will our allies ever trust us?" adding, "if we are not the champions of the good and the right, then who will follow us?"