this is what jim mattis had to say when asked by reporters about his assessment of the situation.on't need to be trite, but there has been a war of words so far. says it could escalate into were very quickly. that's called war. if they shoot at the united states, i'm assuming they hit the united states. i'm assuming they had that and then it is game on. this follows what we heard from cia director mike pompeo and what we heard from h.r. mcmaster kind of ratcheting down the rhetoric we have had from last week with donald trump talking about fire and theory -- fury and being locked and loaded when it comes to an attack on guam or u.s. land. a news agency saying kim discussed an attack on guam yesterday in a review with his military commanders in north korea. now we are also getting reports out of north korea that they are perhaps backing down on carrying that out. lots of reports and rhetoric still going on. rhetoric, wet the were watching a meeting in seoul between top u.s. military brass president.th korean is that less hawkish than what came out of the american president? reporte

we are hearing from secretary of defense jim mattis for the first time since president trump's fire and fury remarks tuesday from his golf club in new jersey. in a statement, general mattis says, in part, the united states and our allies, they have demonstrated capabilities and unquestionable commitment to defend ourselves from an attack. the dprk should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. while our state department is making every effort to resolve this global threat from diplomatic means, it must be noted that the combined allied military is now possessing the most precise, rehearsed, and robust defensive and offensive capabilities on earth. the dpr's regime's actions are grossly overmatched by ours and would lose any arms race or conflict it initiates. the north korean army has released a new statement from its state-run media saying it will deliver a plan to attack guam to kim jong un by the middle of this month and wait for his decision. the army says the plan consists of firing four ballistic missiles over

jim mattis is meeting the prime minister as well as the defense minister. this is just days after u.s. led forces retook tal afar. we have to uncover ground in order to move against. you will see the iraqis moving against the western euphrates river valley in iraq at the same time. we will move against the middle euphrates valley from the west. the days are numbered. it's not over yet. it's not going to be over any time soon. >> that was jim mattis meeting. the u.s. special envoy to the coalition against the islamic state says the battle will be difficult to -- difficult. >> after walking for 20 hours. the whole trip was a nightmare. behind byan was left her family between two mountains. she asked us to take her, but we could not carrier. are largelyges empty. some 40,000 people have artie left the area -- already left the area. the united nations is expecting thousands more to lee is horses reached the last stronghold in northern iraq. the iraqi army says they have recaptured a half dozen villages and key parts of the main road connecting caliph are two mo

we need people like john kelly, jim mattis, h.r. mcmaster to right the ship. arthel: jeh johnson is talking about john kelly, the chief of staff. >> that viewpoint he just expressed is commonly heard in washington. it's the thought that aides like john kelly can basically kill the more eccentric ideas that come from some in president trump's circle. i think many of the people who elected president trump see things in a different way. they fear those people will take the presidency away from its roots. to those who are more critical. steve bannon was the keeper of the flame that was carried during the campaign. they will wirt's clear secretary kelly is clearing the slate. >> he wants to create a white house that operates in a more smooth and unified way. he has reportedly told people he himself doesn't want to be identified with any particular faction. his interest is trying to create a more efficient process and one where the president is not blown off course by receiving contradictory or ill-founded advice from many people who at times had walk-in privileges

meanwhile, jim mattis said they could take up any missile from pyongyang. market is focusing with a risk on attitude, focusing in on the let's wait and see message from kim jong un. manus: we are focusing on william dudley from the new york fed, signaling another rate hike this year, looking increasingly likely. you -- he will outline his plans next month. he also expects an increase in inflation as labor markets tighten further. anna: gdp data from europe's biggest economy is due in 430 minutes. let's focus on the european outlook. still with us, nicholas gartside from j.p. morgan asset management. nick, we are looking at the growth story around europe and how strong it is. this ties into the german politics because angela merkel is looking for another term. what are your expectations around german growth, and what that tells us about the european recovery story? >> if you look, it is on fire, isn't it? the momentum is very strong. when you look at that , it has a fair bit of attraction. let's talk about that. manus: they are at -40 basis points. my questi

soon jim mattis will be given the chance to decide whether transgender troops who are already serving in the military will be allude to remain. a memo leaked to the wall street journal says the president is ordering the military to not allow more trans he said in a tweet last month, the president oashedded an end for medical serving to those currently serving. president trump's plan gives six monthses to fully implement the ban. >> a local fire department went above and beyond for a virginia family. straight ahead tonight how they helped make the family 's home more accessible for that little boy right there in the wheelchair. here's a look at what's ahead tomorrow at fox5 news morning. we are zip tripping to fredericksburg, virginia. we're going to be there from six to 11 a.m. they're be at herk camp park. that's at the corner of williams street in downtown fredericksburg. >> attention whole food shoppers . amazon plans to use its deep pockets to make big changes at the grocery store once it completes it's nearly 14 billion-dollar takeover next week. the tech giant will cut prices on

give jim mattis six months to implement. >> i think the key take away is jim mattis seems to be one of the very few people think president trusts inherently. that matters not just for this transgender issue but north korea as well. >> bret: it is controversial. there were people inside the military stepping up against this decision. >> absolutely, and i think what's most interesting to me is when donald trump first tweeted, a lot people said the tweet has no legal power. he followed up, they are going to submit paperwork. we should take his tweets literally. they are not necessarily all hot air. >> bret: will liaise heal you defend the free-speech rights of white supremacists? .. what did we do before phones? they save us from getting lost, getting hungry, and getting tired of places like this. phones changed everything - shouldn't the way pay for them change too? introducing xfinity mobile. where you can pay for data by the gig, and share it across all of your lines. no one else lets you do that. see how much you can save when you pay by the gig. xfinity mobile. it's a new kind of net

give jim mattis six months to implement. >> i think the key take away is jim mattis seems to be one ofhe very few people think president trusts inherently. that matters not just for this transgender issue but north korea as well. >> bret: it is controversial. there were people inside the military stepping up against this decision. >> absolutely, and i think what's most interesting to me is when donald trump first tweeted, a lot people said the tweet has no legal power. he followed up, they are going to submit paperwork. we should take his tweets literally. they are not necessarily all hot air. >> bret: will liaise heal you defend the free-speech rights of white supremacists? going beyond expectations... because our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food. we, the people, are tired of being surprised with extra monthly fees. we want hd. and every box and dvr. all included. because we don't like surprises. yeah. like changing up the celebrity at the end to someone more handsome. and talented. really. and british. switch from cable to directv. get 4 rooms with hd, dvr, and every box inc

i know jim mattis. i know him well enough to know he's not willing to risk the lives of american soldiers and marines in afghanistan if he doesn't have some hope for improving the situation there. then we'll hear some of that from the president tonight. let's reduce corruption, let's put pressure on afghanistan, let's improve the quality of the afghan army. these are things that will come from the president. but the americans want this to win, they want this over. but the israelis have been fighting a protracted war for 07 years. i'm not convinced that even the best strategy, even more soldiers and marines added to the fight in afghanistan is going to terminate this thing in any time soon. >> marc jacobson, let me give you the same question about mattis who stands in a league of his own, even in this incredibly polarized presidency of president trump. he's revered around the world. i wonder if you think he could be any sort of x-factor in crafting the kind of strategy that would bring a reluctant comman

mcmaster, even defense secretary jim mattis.ident the most truthful information so he can make strategic decisions. >> sarah fisher for us. thank you. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, everybody, where do trump supporters stand now? lewis, he hits the road to talk with members of the president's base in a state that used to be reliable for democrats. plus, bill karins with a check of the weekend forecast when we come back. during our made to move 2017 clearance event, you can do endless online research. or, you can take advantage of our best offer ever on an xt5. don't wait. our 2017 models will be moving fast. you can drive a car... or you can drive a cadillac. come in now before the end of our made to move 2017 clearance event and leave with the perfect cadillac xt5 for your next adventure. choose a low mileage lease on this xt5 for around $339 per month. we danced in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen.man. when i first got on ancestry i was really surprised that i wasn't finding all of these germans in my tre

and we need people like john kelly, jim mattis, h.r. mcmaster, to right the ship. >> one of the challenges for the trump administration even before these charlottesville comments and the political fallout is this white house has not fully filled all of the appointee positions across the government. and there are those who say that given the controversy, the protest and so forth, that becomes even harder to attract talent to serve in government. and that's one of the risks of the president's low approval at this point is to not have sufficient numbers of people who are cap ibl an and have expertise in various departments to do the work of government. so you have jay johnson, who is certainly a big voice on this, suggesting that it is in the country's best interest, for senior officials to stay in their jobs and try to move the country forward, so that's an interesting take after so much controversy and many prominent americans stepping away from the president. alex. >> absolutely, thank you so much for that report, kelly o'donnell, from

. >>> jim mattis making an unannounced visit to iraq.attis landing at the baghdad airport a few hours ago. he will meet with u.s. commanders on the ground before speaking with the iraqi prime minister this as the iraqis try to retake the northwest city of tal afar from isis control. >>> foxconn's plan to build a factory in wisconsin is an exceptional deal according to paul ryan. ryan was asked at a town hall last night whether the deal was worth it because wisconsin is giving foxconn $3 billion in ta incentives to build that plan. >> it's in our interests to get ahead of the curve on tomorrow's high-skilled, high-tech manufacturing jobs more jobs are tied to wisconsin per capita than any other state. we always had to stay ahead of the curve. by making sure we're bringing this sector to wisconsin, which will bring other jobs and employers, that's very good for wisconsin's future >> ryan says the tax breaks are contingent on foxconn meeting investment and hiring targets. >>> back to the markets. ray dalio is reducing risk on washington wor

'swould say that jim mattis comments today were a little different than that. time forwas diplomacy never runs out. that could mean all sorts of things. increased pressure, diplomatic responses -- that did not strike me as a direct contradiction of the president's tweet. the secretary of state, rex tillerson, has been saying for weeks that the u.s. wants to bring north korea to the negotiating table. he said the time was not right at that moment. they needed to see a better good-faith gesture from the north koreans. the u.s. wanted to bring them to the table for talks. president trump is saying talks are not the answer. the question here is, how do we interpret this? one is a blanket contradiction of the secretary of state. the other is the president being a little inarticulate in a tweet and saying he does not think the time for talk is right. the state department has since said they agree with the president that he is taking a tough stance. another sign of missed signals and confusing messages coming out of different branches of the u.s. government. julia: if

if you don't want to talk to rex, you deal with jim mattis. think people were taken aback at the precise language the president used in part because it was so aggressive. there have been a lot of stories comparing it to past statements by presidents about what would await north korea if they got involved in a war with the united states. this is over the respect to those i think people are concerned. the president has never been through one of these and does he know how to modulate his words? one thing i'm going to be very curious about is how much this continues. will the high threat level posture persist? or is there some kind of standdown awaiting us depending on how north korea acts. if you huckabee standards -- sarah huckabee sanders. general kelly and others were well aware of the tone and the statement of the president. the words were his own. the tone and strength were discussed before in. they were clear, and the president was going to respond to north korea's threat. so basically the words were his choice. bigamy said i'm going to be

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plus: why defense secretary jim mattis >>> harvey making landfall again as thousands of rescues are stillrom the first round of the storm. >> plus, why secretary of defense james mattis says he is freezing president trump's transgender ban. good morning, it's wednesday, august 30. i'm michelle griego. >> good morning. i'm kenny choi. first let's start with traffic and weather. jaclyn is of course tracking our commute this morning. >> yes. it's 6 a.m. and we are already tracking speeds in the yellow and red. it's a busy day out there. not many accidents which is good news, but still very slow if you are making your way along the eastshore freeway. 80, the eastshore freeway, definitely getting crowded. . 20 minutes between 4 and the maze. and then once you get to the maze, 21 minutes across the bay bridge into san francisco. metering lights are on. we're tracking a couple of problems we have an accident along 280 at highway 85. looks like a car hit a deer there. and seeing some slowdowns northbound 101 from hellyer avenue to san antonio. it's in the yellow now

defense secretary jim mattis, when he was asked about the united states' readiness and what action may be taken, military or not, he responded by saying, "i don't tell the enemy in advance what i'm going to do. our readiness -- we are ready." as for the joint chiefs, chairman general joseph dunnford, he's on a scheduled trip to the region, going through hawaii, south korea, japan, as well as china, where of course north korea will be top of the agenda. >> all right. a lot of messages out of the white house and the administration. the president also meeting with nikki haley, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., today. it is a busy time. thank you very much. >>> on wall street, greed is out, caution is in as tensions with north korea escalate. u.s. stocks closing sharply lower after president trump's latest round of rhetoric. the dow shedding 200 points. the s&p 500 fell nearly 1.5%. it was the nasdaq that took the biggest hit, down more than 2%. a drop in high-flying tech stocks including apple, amazon, facebook, netflix. global stocks are extending the slide. this selling is not over, folk

defense secretary jim mattis is accusing russia of trying to withdraw borders force. that they will not accept moscow's takef the uk crimea region. mattis is the first pentagon decade. >>director, james comey, has a new job. howard university in washington, d.c. to an endowed chair in public policy for the chool year. comey was let g fbi director in may and cited the handling of the investigation into hillary clinton's emails for aeason for his termination and some say he was targeted for overseeing the probe into collusion. during last year's election. >> there is a growing feud between the girl scouts and boy scout s. the president of the girl scouts wrote a letter the bough scouts of recruiting girls to boost membership. >> a battle of the sexes and the scouts. and whether the boy scouts of america should be recruiting girls. >> do you think it should be coed? >> that is the only girls sometimes want to be only girls instead of together. >> the 107-year-old organization tells abc news based on numerous requests for families we areplo scouting to every member of the

. >> jim mattis is coming to the bay area. he'll arrive at moffett field this afternoon.private business participation in technology advancements and talk to leaders in the tech community. it will be his first official visit to silicon valley as secretary of defense. >> google's ceo addressing his employees today. >> this follows that memo from a now fired employee saying women don't have the biological makeup to succeed in silicon valley. matt keller live frus from google's headquarters. matt. >> reporter: reggie, sundar pichai is going to address his employees to talk about diversity at google. he called for this town hall after this controversial memo was released. the person behind that memo, a software engineer, has already spoken out. james damore spoke with conservative youtubee about his firing. he criticized the initiatives and argued biological differences between men and women are behind the gender pay gap in tech. >> we want to make it more accessible to women, then maybe for example cooperativeness, which is higher in women than men, we should make the workpl

where is jim mattis on north korea?d this question, how serious is this. >> the last thing that jim mattis or the pentagon or the defense or general mcmaster want or america's top military leaders is any kind of military option on north korea. you heard general mcmaster right now saying, we want to say that there's a viable middle military option. it's very hard to imagine one that does not end up with retaliation, not against the united states, not even against guam necessarily, but seoul. is about south korea. this is about south korea, 45 minutes from the demilitarized zone. 130,000 americans in seoul. you have more than 3 million foreigners there. you have 25,000 american troops in south korea. there is no way -- any military leader will tell you this. there is no way to strike north korea without putting one of america's biggest allies in jeopardy. that is at the end of the day, that underlies this reluctance to use military option. >> do we need to be more patient with north korea? eventually, this will collapse.

the defense secretary jim mattis put out a statement last night saying he will be asking nato allies more. there are thousands of nato troops that have been fighting there since 9/11. i think this is really going to be a stepped up -- the united states is looking for this to be a stepped up international effort and to get more coalition partners involved. >> jacquelin, we have some reporting that sort of suggests that one of the reasons that president trump may have considered making this decision is a possibility of acquiring part of afghanistan's vast mineral resources which could be valued really in the trillions of dollars. a huge resource. he has previously openly talked about taking the oil from iraq, which we've heard in the past. how much from what you understand does this play a role in his decision making process in regards to the strategy moving forward in afghanistan? >> it's unclear how much of a role this plays. trump has obviously surrounded himself with a number of generals who have pushed for this to empower the military. i'm sure they also played a role, but the uni

. >>> defense secretary jim mattis contradicts the president on north korea as the u.s. launches a show of force over the korean peninsula. >>> good morning. it's thursday, august 31st. as the waters begin to recede, they reveal the sheer magnitude of destruction. the death toll has jumped up to 28 and the heroic efforts to rescue people continues dangerously on. by nbc's count, there have been 25,000 water rescues as of last night. this video came in off the coast guard beaumont, texas, and port arthur. another rescue attempt proved fatal yesterday. these men were operating a rescue boat and streamed this video on facebook live. it apparently hit a power line and was, unfortunately, electrocuted. two of the men were killed. two others missing. >>> all morning yesterday we were telling you about coastal -- about the situation along the coast of port arthur, texas, besieged by floodwaters. the county took 20 inches of rain overnight, and at one point the mayor wrote on social media our whole city is under water. >> people posted to his facebook page asking for help, and p

get into detailed plans about what the military is going to do, but he communicates closely with jim mattis, general mattis, he knows what the thrust is. to understand what's happening with this, and by the waying are i heard the full interview with seb, you are ethically and factually correct, period. in the administration, beyond just the white house, there are two factions, there are the grown-ups, jim mattis, general kelly, to an extent h.r. mcmaster and rex tillerson. rex tillerson is the least experienced of that bunch but he's trying. he's going to -- he's on a team. sometimes he'll blow the play but generally speaking, the american people are very well-served by the foreign policy teamwork between mattis, tillerson, kelly and mcmaster. then you've got the other team, the bannon crowd who are very, very little experience. the problem is you've got the band of brothers versus the sopranos, and i'm on the side of the band of brothers. >> good to see you, colonel. thank you very much, lieutenant colonel ralph peters. did not do foreign service, he was a foreign military person there, th

we need people like john kelly, jim mattis, h.r. mcmaster to right the ship. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning, secretary johnson. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, charlottesville renewed a debate over moving civil war statues. i traveled to richmond, virginia, the city that could be the next boiling point. >>> plus, the powerhouse "roundtable" takes on the political fall quout of president trump's response to ch we'll be right back. come on...you can do it! dogs just won't quit. neither does frontline. that's why there's frontline gold. with its easy applicator frontline gold delivers powerful protection that doesn't quit for a full 30 days. its triple action formula is relentless at killing fleas and ticks. frontline gold. the latest innovation from the maker of frontline plus. for persistent protection you can trust... good boy! go for the gold. frontline gold. available at you