per responded to this resignation oh yeah 1st things that james miller he actually is a pretty big deal at the d o d and this resignation had mark esper out responding as soon as. it was published now miller served on the defense science board which is a group of retired senior officials who tackle cyber and communication technology also weapons of mass destruction now he also won 4 times the medal for distinguished public service which is the highest award a civilian can get from the d. o. d. now as far as mark esper he says he had no idea they were going to be taking a picture rather saying that he thought he was only going to be doing 2 things one to go see the damage at st john's church and to talk to the troops in lafayette park that's directly across the street from the white house he also pushed back on the media saying that what was reported was an accurate take a listen national guard forces did not fire rubber bullets were tear gas into the crowd as reported 2nd guardsmen were instructed to wear helmets and personal protective equipment for their own protection not to service

military advisor james miller jr resigned from his post in a strongly worded letter directly calling out secretary of defense mark answered in the letter esper is accused of by leading his oath to defend the constitution through his support of troops use of the military on peacefully protesting civilians joining us to shed more light on this developing story is r t correspondent. good to have you once more i'm so you were there moments before the now infamous picture was taken on monday and then the next day you were also there with protesters what was the energy like up in the protests you know it's funny to me so my photographer and i we were just minutes and front of where those canisters were fired so had we waited 5 more minutes we would have been in the thick of it all and the next day as you mentioned you know when i was with those protesters we also saw tons of religious leaders from all faiths coming out they were praying outside of st john's church where our live shot was set up denounce it we're trying to do we haven't had catholic priests going to the protesters and sprin

. >> james m. miller, on one of the boards at the pentagon, he was appointed to that position, he used to serve as undersecretary. he resigned tonight. i want to read you a little bit of his resignation, addressed to mark esper. president trump's actions monday night violated his oath to take care of the laws he faithfully executed, as well as the first amendment of the right peaceably to assemble. you may not have been able to stop president trump of direct thing use of force, but you could have opposed it. instead, you visibly supported it. anyone w secretary esper, you have served honorably for many years. you must have thought long and hard about where that line should be drawn. i must ask if last night's blatant violations do not cross the line for you, what will? >> and you know -- >> that question seems to hang over the whole government. >> yeah. our military, i mean, when you talk to them privately, many of them, they know that this man has autocratic instincts. they know what he's doing. they sho

coronavirus is going to be on the front pages for many, many weeks to come. james miller, plato commentatorolitical commentator. that's it for the papers this hour. goodbye for now. for some of us today, if you can put up for some of us today, if you can put up with the wind there will be sunny spells, you may catch a shower, or may not. at other times —— for others and they will be persistent. a big contrast across the uk, depending how close you are to this area of low pressure through parts of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england. this is when it is looking where to stay. the brighter skies are further south, i suppose close together. it will be a blustery day, windier than yesterday. this is how it looks this afternoon. a wetter to northern ireland in the west, north wales for snowdonia and into north—west england, especially the pennines, la ke england, especially the pennines, lake district, western scotland, this is where we will see most of the rain. this is the gusts. many 230 and a0 miles per. many could be approaching 50 mph. some showers across south wales, the midland

the attorney general william barr, obama air holder roots trying to undercut the president take james millerample the pentagon until tuesday he served on the defense science board he had been there since 2014 an obama holdover, he resigned his position on the board because he said the constitution was violated when president trump walked from the white house to st. john applicable church, he alleged the protesters who were dispersed at the order of the attorney general not the president by the way were law-abiding and teargas. in both instances he was wrong not permitting fax to get in the way of his faux outrage as we reported this week the u.s. park police denied the narrative of peaceful protest and the use of these teargas, it is amazing, punch the police chief stated protesters were throwing bricks at his officers, frozen water bottles, constant liquid being thrown at those trying to preserve peaceful assembly that intelligence revealed there was calls for violence against officers and the police warned the protesters three times to evacuate before they remove them from the area. only a

we learned that former under secretary of defense james miller submitted his resignation to the defense secretary esper telling him that quote law abiding protesters just outside the white house were dispersed using tear gas and rubber bullets, not for the sake of safety. but clear path for a presidential photo-op. end quote. miller resigned from his current role on the defense advisory board. miller served as the pentagon's undersecretary of defense during the obama administration. other news tonight governor newsome along with other democratic governors is pushing back against president trump's threat to deploy the military in the areas hard hit by looting and rioting newsome has sent thousands of national guard troops into los angeles and other cities. but he says he opposes the president's plan. he calls trump's comments quote noise and avoided addressing them directly but says the nation is desperate for presidential leadership. other governors like illinois jp pritzker were more pointed in criticizing the plan. >>tonight 6 atlanta police officers have been charged with excessive u

james miller was an obama administration official but served currently on this important board and inter he blasts defense secretary mark esper for his apparent complicity, if you will, in the clearing of that park by law enforcement. he says you may not have been able to stop president trump for directing this appalling use of force, but you could have chosen to oppose it. instead, you visibly supported it. now, defense official telling me that neither esper nor millie knew that walk into the park, in which millie was in the battle uniform, would result in the photo-op at st. johns church and did not know this violent dispersal of protesters would take place. esper now telling nbc in an interview he didn't know where he was going when that started, he thought he might be going out to thank national guard troops, and maybe to inspect a vandalized bathroom in the park. that is what they're saying to try and distance the secretary and the chairman of the joint chiefs from this entire affair. i asked a defense official, did esper and millie get had by the president and that official told

take james miller, for example, at the pentagon.ay he served on the defense science board. he'd been there since 2014, an obama holdover. miller resigned his position on the board because he said the constitution was violated when president trump -- listen to this -- walked from the white house to st. john's episcopal church. miller alleged the protesters who were dispersed at the order of the attorney general, not the president, by the way, were, quote: law-abiding and tear gassed. in both instances he was wrong. not permitting facts to get in the way of his faux outrage, the u.s. parks police denied the use of these tear gas. it's amazing. police chief gregory e monaghan stated protesters were throwing bricks at his officers, frozen water bottles, caustic liquid all being thrown at those trying to preserve peaceful assembly. intelligence reveals there were calls for violence against those officers, and the park police warned the protesters three times to rack wait before they removed them from the area. only after the protesters h

for us and since that story was filed just a couple hours ago former under secretary of defense james miller, submitted his resignation to the defense secretary telling him that quote law abiding protesters just outside the white house were dispersed using tear gas and rubber bullets, not for the sake of safety. but a clear path for a presidential photo-op. end quote. miller resigned from his current role on the defense advisory board. still ahead tonight, california's legislative black caucus is speaking out as protests continue across the state and country but they're hoping to accomplish over the next few months. >>and as we head to break we want to bring you this live image from portland oregon as the demonstrators. just a smattering of them still on the scene of what's been a peaceful protest despite large peaceful protest despite large throughout the mrs. walker. peaceful protest despite large throughout the michael vasquez! come over here. i've heard such good things about you, your company. well, i wouldn't have done any of it without you. without this place. this is for you. michael

tonight a senior pentagon official, james miller, who is undersecretary of defense for policy also resigned from the defense science board in protest of defense secretary mark esper accompanying president trump on his photo op last night, a photo op for which we now know attorney general william barr personally ordered a large crowd of peaceful protesters cleared out of the park across from the white house so the president could go pose for a photo. when the attorney general ordered those protesters, that charge was carried out on mounted police on horse back, volleys of tear gas, flash grenades, all so the president could pose for a photo op at st. john's episcopal church. that will turn out to be a signal thing in this moment in history. democratic presidential candidate joe biden for one turned it into a new center piece for his own campaign to make donald j. trump a one-term president. >> we have to be vigilant about the violence that's being done by this incumbent president to our economy and to the pursuit of justice. when peaceful protesters dispersed in order for a president -- a pr

and james miller resigned. the defense science board calling yesterday's operation an appalling use of force. the president visited yet another religious site this morning with a stop at st. john paul ii shrine. that prompted an angry response from the archbishop writing, i find it baffling and presence henceable that any catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused and manipulated in a fashion that violates our religious principles which call us to defend the rights of all people. garrett haake was there in lafayette square yesterday when the pushing and tear gas started. he remains there tonight. garrett, how has this evening been different? >> reporter: brian, it's been a very different day here today. one of the largest, probably the largest protest i've seen here in lafayette square. ironically, the use of the church with the tactics, i talked to a lot of protesters today for whom this is the first day out. some of them felt like they didn't know how to show their support. they didn't

>> phil rucker, "the washington post" broke the story that a former undersecretary of defense, james miller, submitted his resignation to esper from the defense sign board, advisory board, and he shared with "the washington post" his letter of resignation that president trump's actions monday night violated his oath -- from his letter -- to take care that the law be faithfully executed as well as first amendment right of the people peaceably to assemble. he wrote, you may have not been able to stop president trump from directing this appalling use of force but you could have chose to oppose it. instead you visibly supported it. what are the implications of that, phil, as you look at what is supposed to be a civilian leadership of the military in this country. >> they are quite significant, andrea. what we've seen since the episode on monday is that esper has thoughts to backtrack. he put out a statement yesterday stating the military should always be apolitical, reminding the pentagon of that. and he did a statements in the last hour saying he disagreed with the president about the choice t

and tonight in a letter to "the washington post," former undersecretary of defense james miller resigned. the pentagon's defense science board calling yesterday's operation an appalling use of force. the president visited yet another religious site this morning with a stop at the st. john paul ii national shrine. that prompted an angry response from the catholic archbishop, the diocese of washington, who wrote, quote, i find it baffling and reprehensible that any catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused and manipulated in a fashion that violates our religious principles, which call us to defend the rights of all people, even those with whom we might disagree. garrett haake remains in our nation's capital. he was there in lafayette square yesterday when the pushing and shoving and firing and tear gas started. he remains there for us tonight. garrett, how has this evening been different? >> reporter: brian, it's been a very different day here today. one of the largest -- probably the largest protest i've seen here in lafayette square. ironically, the president's us

james miller, who served as under secretary of defense for policy until 2014, he resigned from a pentagonsory board writing a letter to defense secretary mark esper. he writes, you may not have been able to stop president trump from directing this appalling use of force, but you could have chosen to oppose it. instead, you visibly supported it. this comes as mike mullen, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, writes in a new op-ed, even in the midst of the carnage, we must endeavor to see american cities and towns as our homes and neighborhoods. they are not battle spaces to be dominated and must never become so. defense secretary esper said last night, i thought i was going to do two things. see some damage and talk to the trips. he says he didn't know about the decision to use force to clear the protesters. how could that be? joining me to discuss more, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" peter baker. peter, given esper's role, what does that say about who is making the decisions? >> well, i think it tells you how ad hoc this was, how quietly and close hold t

james miller who is a former defense department official who is currently on a defense department advisoryrd, resigned from that board and in his resignation letter, he said you may not have been able to stop president trump from directing this appalling use of force, but you could have chosen to oppose it. instead you supported it. criticism directly pointed at the defense secretary. one notable thing, i want to point out here, he talked about the insurrection act which is a little known act that would potentially give the president the ability to use the u.s. military on american soil. he said that that is something that should be used as a last resort and that is something we've heard from white house officials who are starting to back walk whether that is something the president is seriously considering. >> shannon pettypiece life for us in washington, d.c. we want to cross over to morgan chesky in minneapolis. it's great to have you with us. you heard there the secretary of defense talk a little bit and use the word "murder" in describing what happened to george floyd. talk to us abou

james miller who served under trump resigned over the same photo incident and criticized current defensenistan warns that trump's actions in recent days, quote, "may well signal the beginnings of the end of the american experiment" unless the american people act for change now. joining our conversation, national investigative reporter for the "washington post" karl lennock, general mccaffrey, and rick stangel. general mccaffrey, i'm coming to you. secretary mattis finally speaking out. your thoughts? >> look, mattis has an unusual place in the armed forces. he's widely respected particularly in the army and marine corps.. we have tremendous confidence in his integrity. he's an intellectual. he's a fighter. i think his statement was appropriate. it was timely. it was important. now he's being joined by former chairman mike mullen and others. look, we're dealing with a lawless president. he's unraveling. he's impulsive. he doesn't respect the constitution. he's getting us in dangerous ground. secretary esper wavered on us there. i think he's walked it back but there's only two civilians wh

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