and i think jim mattis has done that. >> john, you know, obviously the president is now tweeting, callingoverrated, saying that he is glad he is gone and talking a lot about the general's nickname. but he spent a lot of time raving about his former defense secretary, didn't he? >> he did. and of course that undercuts his criticism. but there's a larger point that undercuts his criticism. as jamie just said, jim mattis is somebody who is reticent to speak out on events in politics. when he does, his words mean something. his words are carefully chosen. they have weight. donald trump's words have no weight. words to him, attacks on other people are like little rocks he picks up on the playground and throws at someone. he was asked about this in a fox news radio interview. brian kilmeade said why do you spend your time attacking chris cuomo. trump said i just do it. they hit me, i hit them back. his statements are written in stand. the next wave washes them over and they're gone. jim mattis' words are different than that. >> why does he care about cable news hosts including myself? he's the

that's where jim mattis decided to walking in.or him to speak up as well as general thomas, dempsey, i mean, the list goes on. howard: yeah. i think it's particularly hard for former military people to speak up against their president, although obviously some did, because it is ingrained in them to salute the commander in chief. and so this is a moment -- and i'm sure many people disagree, but it's great to have your perspective. jennifer griffin, thanks so much for joining us. >>> and that's it for this edition of mead ya with buzz. -- media buzz. i'm howard kurtz, let's continue the conversation, and it's a hot conversation in a difficult time. on twitter, i've got my podcast, we talk about this every day, "mediabuzz" meter, foxnewspodcast.com, apple itunes or spotify. we are back here next sunday 11 eastern. hope to see you then with the latest buzz. mug. ♪ . . . attention guardians of the grass, navigators of the turf and keepers of the green. to the rural ramblers, back to the landers, head turners and stripe burners. run wit

grew tired of it, jim mattis became in some respects now the worst enemy for the trump presidency. not i should add an enemy to president trump the person but to trumpism because as mattis said in his statement he and every person in uniform takes an oath of office to the constitution of the united states. after all, what's our military defending if not the values of our country? the idea that all men are created equally, of equality, that people can peacefully assemble and exercise their first amendment rights. and for the president to invoke military symbols, to invoke military rhetoric, to clear away peaceful protesters so he could go have a photo op holding a bible upside down, to jim mattis and to many others that was just a bridge too far. >> peter baker, the president today heard from his predecessor and nemesis all in the same person. barack obama speaking calmly and coolly and exhibiting leadership all the while. let's just for the purposes of this conversation, because we've been wanting to talk to you for days, pretend you have been assigned the a1 thought piece, front p

of course, the president hired jim mattis, and now how he's responding. >> reporter: that's right. dent responded to secretary mattis' letter in a tweet yesterday evening where he accused mattis of being an overrated general. he said that he asked for his letter of resignation and felt great about it. that is not true, actually. mattis resigned of his own accord because he disagreed with the president's decision to withdraw troops from syria, and the president also writes that he believes mattis did not bring home the bacon in military fights that president trump directed. again, the president resorting to ad hominim attacks here and not directly addressing the subject of mattis' criticism. in the past president trump really wrapped himself in jim mattis' name and reputation, including that nickname, which the president did not give to jim mattis despite his own claims. listen to a sound of the president talking about jim mattis in the past. >> we are going to appoint "mad dog" mattis as our secretary of defense. >> i have a general who i have great respect for, general mattis. >> s

probably the only thing barack obama and i have in common is that we both had the honor of firing jim mattis, the world's most overrated general. i asked for his letter of resignation and felt great about it. his nickname was chaos, which i didn't like. changed it to mad dog.

probably the only thing barack obama and i have in common is that we both had the honor of firing jim mattis the world's most overrated general. i asked for his letter of resignation and felt great about it. his nickname was chaos which i didn't like and changed it to mad dog his primary strength was not military, but rather personal public relations side gave him a new life things to do and battles to win. but he seldom brought home the bacon i didn't like his leadership style or much else about him and many others agree glad he

jim mattis is an honorable man.o trump of course later hit back on twitter writing this, john kelly didn't know i was going to fire jim mattis, nor did he have any knowledge of my asking for a letter of resignation. why would i tell him? he was not in my inner circle, was totally exhausted by the job, and in the end just slinked away into obscurity. they all want to come back for a piece of the limelight. this is what the president said. so republican senator lisa murkowski of alaska has also drawn the president's ire for coming out in support of mattis, speaking to reporters yesterday she praised mattis' comments and also made news for saying she is not sure she can support president trump's reelection bid. >> i thought general mattis' words were true and honest and necessary and overdue. when i saw general mattis' comments yesterday i felt like perhaps we are getting to the point where we can be more honest with the concerns that we might hold internally and have the courage of our own convictions to speak up. >>

just 24 hours after former defense secretary jim mattis issued that rare and scathing rebuke, tonightalaska senator lisa murkowski, a republican, saying she agrees with mattis and that she's now struggling over whether to support the president's re-election, suggesting that perhaps some of her fellow republicans will feel more comfortable now to speak out, too. here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: outside the white house, higher barriers, pushing the public back, further separating the president from the world outside. he has been out of sight for two days, communicating through his digital megaphone, twitter. more than 75 tweets since midnight, many of them slogans, "make america great again," "luw aw and order." outside, the protests persisting. inside the capitol building, democratic senators joining together in silence, some taking a knee, for 8:46 in honor of george floyd. as the stunning condemnation of president trump by his former defense secretary, retired general jim mattis, reverberates throughout the city. "donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try

jim mattis believes the president is too quick to use the military after the protest. the president should respect the constitution, listen to the point john kelly makes. >> he's quite a man jonah mattis, for him to do that tells him where he is relative to the concerns he has for our country. >> do you agree with him, john? >> i agree with him. i think we need to step back from the politics and look harder at who we elect and we need to start all of us regardless of what our views are in politics and look for people who are running for office. what is their character like and what are their ethics? >> remarkable words but to come from a general who served in the west wing with the president of the united states questioning his ethics and character. >> we have all --s can you hear me? >> you are good. >> we can hear you. >> hello? >> can you hear me? >> i can hear you now, julie. >> as you mentioned there has been so many of these moments whether there is going to be a breaking point where people start to go public with some of the concerns they had about the president

law and order.is say >> the headline here on "the wall street journal" what you just made about jim mattis, fete former defense secretary jim ui mattis says, quote, trump tries to divide us. the headline, donald trump is the first person of my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, a statement from the former defense secretary.s, kevin baron, the a question for. a text from peter in provincetown, massachusetts. he says aad milit recent shooti military bases is deemed as rod terrorist attack. already had the military intelligence and counter terrorism units on very high g d alert prior to the current round of protests. how is this influencing current military planning and operations? >> interesting question. more certainly the military like everyone else in the united states is more awaree of mass shootings and those kinds of incidents happening. how this is changing things, don't forget we were all in covid lockdown already including the military and so the military like everyone else was supposed to be quarantined or isolating and beinge troo safe and wearin masks. and it

elliott: it is quite interesting to hear that jim mattis has spoken out.en giving private briefings about his personal views about how the presidency has been unfolding. we were told he was waiting for the right time to speak publicly about his views. so it is interesting he chose now as a time, as the u.s. is clearly in a state of crisis. what we are seeing from president trump over the last nine days has been a continuation of the way he has approached much of his presidency, and even much of his political life, where he has leaned into pre-existing grievances and amplified them. it's given him some political success, but in a time of crisis, it has clinically activated both sides of the spectrum and it is having disastrous effects across the country at the moment. obviously these tensions stretch much farther back than the trump administration, but he is dividing the nation in exactly the time many other presidents would have acted to unify. four: we are now just months away from the election. at the start of this crisis of out of commentators were sayi

little bit about how significant what we are seeing play out in realtime with both the statement by jim mattisnow saying that his own former boss has been trying to divide us for three years. >> well, first and foremost, i appreciate general mattis coming out and speaking publicly. there are going to be those who say why not after charlottesville, why not after helsink helsinki, but it's good to have him in this conversation because it's time that those of us who are retired military have this voice that our active duty military do not. as phil rucker told you a moment ago, i've known general mattis for decades. he is a good friend. he is a very, very high integrity individual. i think he just hit the boiling point here. i'm glad this moment has come for him to step up. >> you wrote a very powerful sentence, i think, in this op-ed that i want to read to our viewers. you say that we cannot afford to have a future lafayette square end up looking like tiananmen square. i think a lot of people would be very scared to think that would happen in the united states but we are seeing this stand-off wit

jim mattis is an honorable man. publican senator lindsey graham says the criticism is off the mark and missing one critical point. >> the one thing i would tell general mattis is that you don't understand that there is an effort to destroy his presidency. >> republican senator lisa murkowski believes his words were necessary and overdue for this moment. >> when i saw general mattis' comments yesterday, i felt like perhaps we are getting to the point where we can be more honest. with the concerns that we withhold it internally. >> senator murkowski now said she struggling with whether or not she will be able to support president trump in november and speaking of november, president trump attended two big campaign-related meetings at the white house today, they tell me that a big focus was spent on going over all the latest poll numbers and the campaign strategy to secure more support heading into november. >> bret: kristin fisher live on the north lawn, thanks. former defense secretary james mattis has had a bumpy his

former defense secretary jim mattis accuses donald trump of trying to divide america and denounces what he calls a militarized response to the protests. also ahead an about turn from a top of the me ologist to admit service we should have done more to curb the pandemic. and after more than a week of protests calling for justice for a black man who died while being arrested all 4 officers have been charged george floyd's death triggered mass demonstrations across the united states and around the world and they show no sign of letting up this was the scene in new york just a couple of hours ago for days. protesters have been demanding an end to what they say is systemic racism and then chairman who held his knee against floyd's neck well he now faces an a grade challenge of 2nd degree murder and 3 other officers have been accused of aiding and abetting. george floyd matter he was loved his family was important his life had value and we will seek justice for him and for you and we will find the very fact that we have filed these charges means that we believe in that but what i do not belie

jim mattis has ripped into president trump over his aggressive rhetoric.e wrote, he's the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, does not even pretend to pry -- try. as protests continue, minneapolis has updated charges against eric shaaban to second-degree murder. three other former officers were charged with aiding and abetting. president trump says he doesn't think he will have to deploy u.s. troops but has the power to do so. >> i don't think we will have to. we have very strong powers to do it. the national guard is customary. we have a very powerful national guard. over 300,000 men and women. we can do whatever we want as far as that. as far as going beyond that, sure, if it's necessary. annmarie: let's get the latest lines from john hardy. thanks for staying up late for us. if you could explain more for european artisans -- audience about how rare this is for the united states. john: it's extremely rare. i can't think of another instance where a sitting roundlyt is so castigated by a member, a former member of

laura: senator murkowski, a republican with a fiercely independent streak did praise jim mattis.alled his words true, necessary, and long overdue. how significant is that? >> it depends on who you ask. independence will look at lisa murkowski and say she is more like us. a lot of right of center republicans will look at her and say, that's about what i expect from her. overall, i don't think this is a huge crack for the president. but she went on the record in washington, d.c. people love to talk about the administration without putting their name to it. she put her name to it and did it on air which is significant. laura: we are 22 weeks republican -- 22 weeks from the election. his lisa murkowski the only one struggli with supporting the president? >> i think many are. in arizona, the race is narrowly being fought with former astronaut mark kelly. if you look at texas, they are almost andeck. states the president has had strong support for is now eroding. can he turn this erosion around? laura: you talked about independents, but what about college-educated women, a weak point f

you know, i basically just said to jim mattis, "you know, now? how's now working out?" because i suspected that general mattis would be offended by a couple things by the events of the past week. the first is anything that threatens the esteem civilians have of the military. good military relations are incredibly important to him. another piece is anything that embarrasses the united states in front of our allies and adversaries really gets under his skin. so i knew those two things going in. one thing led to another, and general mattis decided that this was the time to say something. it had gotten sufficiently dire, in his mind, so sort of following in the wake of admiral mullen, he wrote up this statement. >> you know, willie, it's so interesting. jeffrey talks about general mattis' concern about military/civilian relations. he, like so many other military leaders, who helped build back the united states military's reputation through the years. our soldiers and sailors and marines whose lives have been shaped -- and airmen, whose lives have been shaped by the lessons o

and he made a big thing about jim mattis in particular and jim was an outstanding officer.t him in to be the secretary of defense, and we knew from watching it, just know from the way people think and the way they -- the way the administration responded there was a lot of friction in there. what jim's statement does is really two things that are very powerful. re-emphasizes to all active duty people that their oath of loyalty is to the constitution of the united states. it is not personally to president trump. and secretary mattis tried to make that clear, but this statement really lays it out. and it also provides talk cover for others to speak out, it provides talk cover, he lost the support of one of his most powerful supporters who had been the secretary of defense. this is a powerful and significant statement. i also want to say, mike mullen, the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, they also have been very reserved in speaking out, both of them also spoke out. so this is powerful. >> general clark, you have the former generals and senior pentagon officials sp

we should note that more than one of those three years was with jim mattis as defense secretary. remarkable to hear him say this. particularly because mattis has been resistant to calling out president trump since retiring from the military, since leaving his post. the president has fired back in very trumpian fashion. let me read you part of the president's tweet as well where he says jim mattis was the world's most overrated general. mattis resigned on his own a kortd. i gave him a new life, things to do and battles to win. he sell bomb brought home the bacon. the president is facing problems with his current defense secretary mark he is perfect who yesterday also stepped out of line with the president disagreeing with the president's suggestion that he would use active duty military forces here in the united states to quell some of those protests and unrest in the united states. we reported yesterday that those comments from mark esper did not go over well. they angered the president. mark esper was at the white house after he made those statements with the pentagon. he did mee

but when you think about the president's attacks on jim mattis, remember, jim mattis at the outset of the administration was the single most respected member of the trump cabinet. and president trump's own words at the time affirmed that. what he's doing right now is something that is entirely predictable, he said in an interview on fox the other day, when he was asked why do you go after people like joe scarborough and chris cuomo, he says, i just do it, they hit me, i hit them back. the president's words don't have any weight. words for him are rocks he picks up on the playground and hurls at somebody. it doesn't mean anything. but the president is the one who is in a shaky political position right now, he knows it, and that's why he's acting the way he is right now. >> maggie, how is president trump feeling today about current defense secretary mark esper? >> i think the same way he was feeling about him yesterday, alisyn, less than thrilled. look, esper we were reporting the president was angry at him yesterday, summoned to the white house, went over after his briefing, where he s

jim mattis is now voicing his opinion on the president's handling of the national unrest calling him a threat to the constitution. here is greg lee with the mounting criticism from the president. >> we have to have a dominant force. it doesn't sound good to say but we have to have a dominant force. >> president trump reiterated his desire for law and order. trump previously threatened to send the u.s. military into cities to quell violence. defense as spies secretary mark asper disagreed. >> the option to be used is only a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire situations. we are not in one of those situations now. >> there is mounting criticism of the handling of protests. video outside the white house shows protesters peaceful being pushed back after he walked to st. john's church for photo. the white house had police actions were not tied to the visit. the ag decided to expand the perimeter and that was a decision made long before the church discussion was ever under consideration. >> drawing sharp contrast former president barack obama spoke on camera about fl

as jim mattis has said, this is a president that has divided the country, not uniting the country.illcerned divide the military from the american people, rather than bring them together. is fascinating, we also have the civilian leadership of the defense thattment, mark esper, say he digs it would be a bad idea for the president to invoke federal troops to curtail some of the civil disobedience. what about that, when the civilian leadership says we disagree with the president as well? legally, he is on firm standing when the president wants to do that. it's important to remind your audience, this was done four times in the 1950's to ensure desegregation laws put in place by the government were enforced in alabama and mississippi. but this is not the time to do it. again, we don't want the military to be seen as the guard for this president. it is a military that serves the people, serves the constitution, the commander in chief, but in that order. david: you have had so much experience in centcom and other places insecurity around the world. are you concerned because of the civil d

and those are the choices -- jim mattis left, he said i can't serve this any longer, consistent withown conscience and my duty to my men and women in service. so those are the choices that secretary of defense has. >> and he did so voluntarily, though the president claimed falsely he demanded his resignation. interesting comments, notable from republican senator lisa murkowski yesterday, she said i felt like perhaps we were getting to the point where we can be more honest with the concerns we might hold internally an have the courage of our own convictions to speak up. she seemed to be referencing concerns among republican lawmakers, private, not expressed publicly about this president. are those concerned republican lawmakers in your view failing their duty, their country if they're keeping such serious concerns to themselves? >> i think there is a dereliction of duty across the board. h.r. mcmaster wrote a book when i was at the pentagon and all of us wret read it, you should nev allow the military to be used by politicians for a political objective. and when i cybsigned on with pr

has been met with a stiff rebuke trump's former defense secretary jim mattis is accuse the president of trying to divide america and even his current tend to gone cheat mark esper has said that he does not agree with trump's threat to send in troops. or police in riot continue to watch over crowds gathered near the white house. they've become a constant presence here in washington since george floyd an african-american was killed in police custody last week. on monday police forcefully drove back protesters in order to enable president trump to visit a nearby church. before he stood outside st john's bible in hand he had threatened to deploy the military to quell the unrest if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents then i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for them. thousands of national guard troops have already been called up. but trump is facing a backlash from all sides in a blistering attack on the president trumps former defense secretary jim mattis has accused him of di

donald trump's been reacting to the words of his former defense secretary jim- jim mattis- jim mattis w who- went on to the nickname of mad dog- based on his military service- said t the trump is. dividing the united states. yes some very strong words from the former and cigna former secretary of defense saying that in his lifetime he had never. seen a president who was not trying i it to unitee te country saying that. he was not to donald trump was not even pretending to be trying to unite the country was instead at dividing the nation- here there's some strong words in general about a donald trump's handling. of the aftermath of george floyd's at death but a very critical about also very concretely about- this threat from the president to actually mobilize and deploy active duty soldiers on the streets of the united states as he it was a dead set against it says just like. a current defense secretary mark esper who- just recently said that he was also an arctic favor- that using that insurrection act and said this is a really has triggered. widespread condemnation of the dock i'm be

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jim mattis is not overrated.rned every stripe that he has, every star that he had, and everything he suffered during so many years of battle. so the things which set men and women off. this is why the generals are speaking out and normally they wouldn't do this. they want to maintain respect for certainly the office of the president, but also for the military so the military is never perceived as being political. and in my judgment, what the president has been doing, he's been trying to politicize the military time after time, intervening in a process of the military justice. making sure that the mccain ship was not in site of his visit to japan. having them wear maga hats, et cetera. i think what he's doing is trying to send the message that this is his military and he will fire anyone in the chain of command that at all criticizes him or disagrees with him and simply replaces them with yes men. firing all of the independent inspector generals. where is congress in all of this? congress has a role to play and th

after a morning of twitter tirades against his former defense secretary, retired four-star general jim mattis, senior public critics in the senate and, of course, joe biden. joining me now nbc senior business correspondent stephanie ruhle, "the washington post" white house reporter ashley parker, former republican national committee chairman michael steele and william cohen, former secretary of defense in the clinton administration as well as former public house and senate member and our white house correspondent and co-host of saturday "today," kristen welker. first to you, stephanie ruhle in philadelphia, let's talk about the jobs report. the president was really celebrating after a pretty grim week. it seemed to be a good report, solid report, with the exception of a lot of job downturns in government jobs and that's where the state and local governments have to cut to balance their budgets at some point. we'll have further layoffs. this is a big bump but in an interim period, is that how you would read it? >> listen, it's a good jobs report. what it is not in this rocket ship that the pre

"'jumpin'' jim mattis. you want to jump on up to the microphone always jumpin' 'jumpin'' jim. eak out is yet another indication of the truly precarious moment we're in trump and the police establishment are obviously threatened by the widespread popularity of the protests, which have been both effective and everywhere >> protests continue nationwide today, pleading for drastic changes in america's law enforcement. [ gunshot over the weekend, demonstrations were reported in all 50 states and the district of columbia >> seth: the map is finally all red, but not for the reason trump wants. his aides probably had to mute the tv to keep him from losing his mind "look, mr. president, the election's over and you won all 50 states. now you can go back into the bunker and stay there for the next four years. "okay, but if anyone asks, i'm not hiding in the bunker i'm just checking to make sure the light switches work, okay? that's all." and the demonstrations already clearly had results, specifically in swaying public opinion. they're proving that direct mass action in the streets works.

the jim mattis article, what jim mattis wrote, i think had a lot of people when they first saw it, take a step back and say, huh. jim mattis is extremely respected in the house and senate for his military service, for his relationships with people, including majority leader mitch mcconnell, whether or not that would have a huge effect. and you wonder why it doesn't, outside lisa murkowski and senator romney had words of support format adverti mattis a. and people think, how can a tweet be enough to make a republican politician not want to mess around or say something against donald trump? you have to understand the wave of these tweets. these tweets come and then constituents pick up the phone and start calling. the constituents in support of president trump far outnumber those who are against him in these particular states in a lot of these house districts, and a lot of members just don't want to deal with that. you talk to democrats and they can't understand it, you talk to democrats who have had private conversations with republicans where they say something different than what they'

president trump, former defense secretary jim mattis is condemning him.a skating statement, he said the president misused the military and is dividing the nation. trump responded on twitter saying he didn't like his leadership style or much else about him. meanwhile, president trump appears to be unhealthy with mark esper. bloomberg has learned the esperent confronted talking about using the military detained protests. president privately asked top advisers if they thought as per could still be effective -- esper could still be effective in his position. a controversial rule banning residents from disrespecting china's national anthem. that adds to fears of beijing tightening its grip on the china triesomes as to an act national security legislation aimed at hong kong. angela merkel has agreed on a stimulus package to get the economy going. that has exceeded the top end of expectations by 30%. the deal includes a cut in the value plus money to improve railways and double incentives for electric cars. global news 24 hours a day on air and @tictoc on twitte

jim mattis said he has divided the nation and misused to the military.me attired marine general said that americans must reject those who make a mockery of the constitution. president trump responded on twitter. primarythat mattis' strength was not military, but personal public relations. against the officer who knelt on george floyd's neck has been upgraded to second-degree murder. the other three were charged with aiding and better his death. to $250ngeles, up million will be cut from the police department budget. the money will be used to reinvest more into the black community. los angeles spends almost $1.9 billion a year on its police force. the mayor also said he will support another demand of review police misconduct cases. saudi arabia and russia have april a merry deal to extend curbs, but it is conditional on other countries making deeper cuts to make up for their past noncompliance. atroup of warehouse workers amazon is suing the online retail giant. they claim that working conditions put them at risk of contracting the coronavirus, as well as

this was his first defense pick, secretary of defense jim mattis.d and respected so much that he was in the cabinet. i was speaking to someone who said he could not imagine a time when we had a sitting president castigated by a former member of his cabinet. that is why this statement is extraordinary in the united states and the political sphere. how has the president responded to this? annmarie: he went to twitter, his favorite choice when he wants to hit back. he said it was an honor of his to get rid of his first defense theetary, and branded him world's most overrated general. his press secretary said mattis was doing this to impress the d.c. elite. at the same time that the statement came out, trump was sitting down with sean spicer, the former press secretary who is a conservative host at media outlets. he was renewing his threats. earlier in the day we heard from the current secretary of defense, mark esper, who said he does not support the insurrection act. what is so interesting about this is just a few hours ago, l said they are cutting th

you sense that jim mattis might have the same view of donald trump as john bolton does. it makes you wonder why don't these grown men say something when they see something the way all of us learned after 9/11. the stories are not disconnected. had people who spoken out, people who spoke out in the wake of the militarization, if they spoke out at the time that donald trump was impeached and on trial, we might have a different leader at a time a pandemic is racking our country. the stories can never separated one from another. you're right, we'll know a lot more about what parts of it have moved and motivated the american public in november. unbelievable times. thank you for spending time with us. >> thank you for having me. >>> when we return, john bolton sa says donald trump was easily played by foreign leaders and that the scope of his impeachment was too narrow. we'll get reaction on that from senator angus king next. >>> in nearly 600 pages of his very own words former national security adviser john bolton describes president trump as incompetent and not fit for publi

saysr general jim mattis the president is trying to divide the american people, accusing him of making a mockery of the constitution. he publicly oppose the president was the idea of deploying the military to contain protest. germany's coalition has agreed stimulusbillion euros package. the wide-ranging plan is even bigger than expected, including a reduction in dak, 5g networks, and improved railways. tense negotiations to finalize the package took two days. chancellor merkel: [speaking german] translator: it could not be in the traditional sense, brother it had to be a package of measures for the future -- rather, it had to be a package of measures for the future, and that is what this is, 100 30 billion euros for the year of 2021, of which 120 billion will be funded by the government. leigh-ann: a vigil to commemorate the crackdown on tenants square has been banned for the first time in 30 years, but protesters in hong kong plan to still commemorate the anniversary. officials cited social distancing measures due to covid-19. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and @quicktake by bloo

backlash from all sides in a blistering attack on the president trumps former defense secretary jim mattis has accused him of dividing america. he's also criticized for even considering using active duty troops for law enforcement. meanwhile trump's current defense secretary mark aspect has oppose the use of military force the option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. we are not in one of those situations now even general milley the highest ranking figure in the u.s. armed forces has issued a statement reminding the military that they swear an oath to support and defend the constitution and the values imbedded within it and that it also gives americans the right to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly as this apparent rift between the president and his top brass imagist protests continue across the u.s. . and let's head now live to minneapolis we are joined by correspondent stefan simons a memorial being held for george floyd right now as we mentioned what is the mood. som

as you were discussing, president trump's former defense sayingry, jim mattis, is the president misuses the military and is dividing the nation. he also said the country must reject those who make a mockery of the constitution. president trump responded to mattis on twitter, saying he did not like his leadership style or much else about him. meanwhile, president trump appears to be unhappy with defense secretary mark esper. bloomberg learned that the president confronted esper after he publicly opposed his idea of deploying the military to contain protests. the president also asked top advisors if they thought esper could still be effective in his position. the economists expect european central bank to increase its already massive monetary stimulus. policymakers will be out with the decision later today. christine lagarde has warned -- the banks up but prediction is unlikely japan out. a coalition has agreed on a $100 billion seamless package to get the economy going. that has exceeded the top end of expectations by 30%. the deal includes a cut in the value-added tax, plus there is mon

let's talk about jim mattis for a second. pretty blistering comments. greeing with the threat from the white house, calling the into question the president's character and leadership. the mattis who left his post with policy differences, telling at "atlantic," quote, donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people. does not intend to try. he tries to divide us. we're witnessing consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. we're witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. the president responded in a tweet saying in part of mattis, quote, his primary strength was not military but personal public relations. i gave him a new life, things to do, battles to win but he seldom brought open the bacon. i didn't like his leadership style, much else about him. many others agree. glad he is gone. today the white house is backing the commander-in-chief panned had these harsh words for the retired four-star general. watch. >> it is obvious that the general doesn't have a clue what is

you had that very biting attack from jim mattis. you had retired marine general john kelly who was chi of staff in the white house saying he agreed with what mattis is. you had former joint chairs of chief of staff formally criticize the president. the military has sort of stood up in one voice unofficially and said there's something wrong with what this man is doing, he's going too far. and i think the american people have received that message, and you look at the polling and you see how his leadership has been repudiated in this incident, and he's falling farther behind joe biden in our poll, 14 percentage points. >> this is new cnn poll and it shows 42% of americans call race relations extremely important to their vote for president this fall. that's now on par with the economy and health care near the top of campaign issues. that has to scare the republican party considering their stance on racism, how they've been quiet about his reaction to what's happening out there on the streets and to being tone-deaf about george floyd, tw

jim mattis was speaking it seemed as a citizen concerned about how it's not helping matters any. the saying from the joint chiefs of staff who seems to be speaking in his role not judging the president going to lafayette square but a top military official like him being there with him, that it's somehow sending a condoning signal for what some of called just a photo op. what do you think? >> any time the presidents around, just like when you're talking in your prayer segment, there's a lot of media. general milley knows when he goes into the oval office or anywhere where the president is there's going to be cameras around. he had to have known when he was going over that the president, who is unpredictable in some cases, might have done something like this. nobody told general milley, to the best of my knowledge, that he had to follow the president over to st. john's church. he could have just said, you know, let me hold back. let me step back. he probably had some sense. if he didn't, then i would hold that against the press corps', certainly the white house, who should have adv

hurt him and then you have this "wall street journal" op-ed where the headline is "the revenge of jim mattisa former advisor coming back to haunt, your thoughts on the presidents we? >> i think the entire country had a tough week, trace. and when you look at the comments that came from mattis and kelly, they sound like two disgruntled former members of the president's cabinet. if things were so bad while they were there why didn't they leave their posts at the time, why are they coming out now, if anything is the establishment that is continuing to try to make the president look bad as they badmouth him, discredit him and call him anything, all kinds of names in the book, anything to discredit the president and the accomplishments that have been made under his watch. >> trace: i'm guessing you don't agree with that. >> i do agree that america had a tough weekend that week was made tougher because our president wasn't there for the american people. he, instead of trying to bring us together had tried to get governors and has been inciting violence, talked about seeking dogs on protesters. we

this is what's kind of remarkable in what jim mattis said. about president trump as a leader. said it was immature judgment dividing the nation, a threat to the constitution. those are really powerful, powerful words. jim mattis didn't want to come out. he didn't want to say anything publicly. he's been very tight-lipped about this since he left the job. but i for one am glad he spoke out. i think it's his responsibility as an american citizen and a former leader in the armed forces, as a retired officer, to speak out when the nation's in danger. and i think the nation was endangered by the provocative actions of president trump. >> general wesley clark, the former nato supreme allied commander, as usual thanks so much for joining us. thanks for everything you've done for our country. we appreciate it very much. >> thank you, wolf. >>> we're continuing to monitor the protests continuing across the country right now. they were sparked by the brutal killing of george floyd. we have new details about the criminal case against the now former poli

what is it about donald trump that buys the silence of men like jim mattis and john bolton. >> yeah,s an interesting question. these guys go in, people go into this administration thinking, at least earlier on, anyway, thinking that they could manage it. that they could handle the situation, that they could steer things in the right direction. i think for jim mattis and rex tillerson and some of those early top officials like that, they thought that they could help guide a president who didn't have any background in government, who didn't know very much toward better decisions. maybe not always good decisions, but better decisions. and ultimately, they all kind of fell by the wayside. john bolton went in knowing what could happen to these previous officials. didn't think much of them to be honest, referred to them as the axis of adults. but thought that he could get something accomplished on philosophical problems that he had. particularly, his disdain for international treaties and organizations. and in fact, he did have influence in that regard. he did help the trump administration

>>when someone like jim mattis makes this comment is a fundamental misunderstanding what's occurring. the white house is struggling to deal with the fallout today after president trump's former defense secretary accused him of dividing the nation in a time of crisis breaking his silence after resigning in protest retired 4 star marine general james mattis said trump does not even pretend to try to bring americans together. >>we're witnessing the consequences of 3 years without much or leadership. the white house ignored mattis's criticism and instead hit him for saying that the protester being up and did buy a small number of lawbreakers it's obvious to the general doesn't have a clue. what's going on in the american cities out there are easy actually did worse turned a blind eye to but sources say the white house knows that mattis's condemnation of trump could have consequences he's widely revered by both parties and throughout the pentagon and he's not the only former top military official denouncing trump retired 4 star marine general john allen said he was stunned by trump's photo

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