that was what the joint chiefs were discussing in the summer of 1944. eventually, what would happen is that a conference would be held at pearl harbor? in july of 1944 and roosevelt would come across on the cruiser augusta from the west coast united states nimitz was already there. that's nimitz on the right. and macarthur would come up from australia. and other advisors would be there as well and they would talk about ari. what do we actually going to do here? there were those who thought that we did not need to go back to the philippines that the japanese forces there. would wither on the vine we could take the war directly to japan bypass the philippines. we were thinking in terms of staging and invasion of the japanese home islands from formosa modern-day taiwan. we would not do that. we would actually plan ultimately to. okinawa for that so what was the need to go back to the philippines? eric clarabee says that in a private session with the president during this pearl harbor conference. macarthur essentially gave a veil threat that he was going to

and joint chiefs. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff here knows that it's not the 1st don't. you know we have your eyes and love and as you know is that if he wants to know. the information from the from the original source. of your estimate and your estimates i think he explained everything he explained about the training period i'm sure and he explained maybe if the book was on the stand that maybe that is sort of a warning to be your premiums be careful because we're not there but we are. but we have close now close to and sadly why because i mean under normal circumstances it would be diplomats who would be holding those talks but we are finding ourselves in a position when russia has already recalled its ambassador from. washington after outrageous statements by joe biden calling the president of this country a killer. we know that the foreign ministry a few days ago the russian foreign minister came out with a statement saying that they consider an america an adversary not just a partner i mean. on the top of that the military to military contact are sensually the only

and we are here with another famous general who served as a four-star general, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and secretary of state. >> thank you, i've been here before, i've been with you many times before. david: as we sit here today in this incredible house, it was thought over 100 years ago, this association has bought it and now they operated, but they have no men on their board. you imagine how anything can work in this world without men on the board? colin: for the last couple hundred years now, they have done a great job. they've raised money and kept the place looking absolutely beautiful. and i think you would not be successful if you tried to join the board. >> i think that's probably true. i also wonder, think about this. we had two hundred plus years of man as president of the united states. have you ever thought what would happen if a woman became president? you think a woman could be a leader as good as the men we have had? colin: that is such a sucker question. yes, there is no reason they can't be. we see them moving update after day. supreme court, within the sena

david: you never thought you would be a four-star general or chairman of joint chiefs, i assume. colin: people come up to me and say now that i was a four-star, they would come up and say wow, did you go to west point? no. did you go to one of the schools down south, the citadel? no. where did you go? ccny. what is that? city college of new york. and you became a four-star general? and that is what i had the punchline. i was growing up in the south bronx and harlem and when i was in the south bronx, it is like an educational experience. there i was, on the corner one day and as it to myself, you know what, i'm about 12 years old, i'm going to become chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it was unthinkable. we are talking about a point in time in this country where segregation still existed. it had just ended for the military, but still existed for the whole country. and what my sergeants told me when i got there and was trying to adjust to it all, lieutenant powell, we don't care what color you are, we don't care where your parents came from, we don't care where you graduated fr

minority leader mccarthy, my friend minority leader mcconnell, members of congress chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, attorney general, mayor bowser, all the capitol hill police and all that are here to pay tribute to this capital policeman who fell in the line of duty. acting chief pittman and men and women of the capitol police force, i am sorry. the second time in two months we have had such a ceremony. you know, i did not know billy, but i knew billy. i grew up with billies. in scranton, pennsylvania. billy was a kid, who if you were outnumbered in a fight three to one, he would jump in. knowing you both would get beat up. he was the one who always kept his word. if he said he would be there, he would be there. he was the one who, just like the folks i grew up with, he was not capable of saying no, when you needed him. you know, just like you, officer kenny, who was injured in the attack with billy. never has there been more strain. i have been here since 1972 as a u.s. senator. so much responsibility placed on the shoulders of capitol hill police. you hear it, you see it. you watch the

military advice and the joint chiefs on the cia which is handling the cuban problem. political and military aspects as well as intelligence. >> cia director briefed the president on the cuban situation. he tells the president of the details of the invasion plan known as operation blue. they will land on the cuban coast 100 miles east of the bay of pigs. united states will provide air cover. as time went on, these plans would be changed with the approval or at least the acquiescence of the cia and the pentagon. at this point, he just wanted an ok from the present to continue prep -- preparations and he got it. >> from this point on, operation pluto gets top priority from the cia. the cia tells the cuban exiles they must agree on a single thing if they want united states help. once castro's prime minister, he has remained neutral in the power struggle among the exiled leader. now, he comes to new york. at his press conference, he speaks for the first time as president of the new revolutionary counsel. [indiscernible] >> now, the humans are united. mrp has joined the new

the joint chiefs agree. if the cia estimate is correct, if the brigade has control of the air. only the senate chairman speaks out against the invasion, tells the president privately it is immoral, a mistake, it will fail. the decision can no longer be delayed. the president's experts have told him to go ahead. his staff has not argued against them. the decision is now his alone. he makes up his mind early on the morning of april 5, 1961. operation pluto, the invasion of cuba is approved. miami, the first week of the april 1961, invasion fever is rising among the cuban exiles. everyone seems to know the invasion is coming soon. volunteers pour into exile headquarters. the churches are filled. prayers are said for the men of the brigade. april 10, in guatemala transports begin to move the 2506 assault brigade out of the camps.bykyky=? a united states naval task force took to sea for maneuvers scheduled for the next week. united states marines are at sea and transport to take part in the maneuvers. april 13th in nicaragua the exile invasion fleet is loading. havana, dawn, saturda

the joint chiefs agree, if the cia estimate is correct, if the brigade has control of the air. only senate foreign relations chairman speaks out against the invasion, tells the president privately it is immoral, a mistake, it will fail. the decision can no longer be delayed. the president's experts have told him to go ahead. his staff has not argued against it. the decision is now his alone. he makes up his mind early on the morning of april 5, 1961. operation pluto, the invasion of cuba, is approved. miami, the first week of april 1961. invasion fever is rising among the cuban exiles. everyone seems to know the invasion is coming soon. volunteers pour into exile headquarters. the churches are filled. prayers are said for the men of the april 10. in guatemala, c-46 transports begin to move the brigades out of the camp. destination, nicaragua. at this moment, dr. mirro and the revolutionary council are in new york, 2,000 miles away. in their hotel they don't know what is happening. no one tells them. behind the scenes they are still deeply divided on how to defeat castro. on apr

members of the administration, the attorney general, the chairman of the joint chiefs, and the president of the united states. we all acknowledge officer evans' capitol police family and thank them every chance we get. and we include in that recognition officer kenneth shaver, american hero. we thank officer craig atkinson for his heroism here with his wife. that the officers with whom billy served were sitting among his family today is a testament to the special bond billy had with that force.

for military advice, on general leominster and the joint chiefs.n the cia, which is handling the cuban problem, political and military aspects, as well as intelligence. cia director alan dulles briefed the president on the cuban situation. he told the president the details of the invasion plan known by the codename of operation pluto. at that point, the landing was to be made at trinidad on the cube coast 100 miles east of the bay of pigs. the united states was to supply air cover. as time went on, these parts to the plan were to be changed both with the approval and the acquiescence of the cia and the pentagon. but at this point, dulles simply wanted an ok of the president to continue preparations, and he got it. narrator: from this date, operation pluto gets top priority from the cia. the cia tells the cuban exiles they must agree on a single leader, if they want the united states help. the cubans choose dr. jose miro. once castro's prime minister, he has remained neutral in the power struggle among the exile leaders. he comes to new york. at his

. >> you never thought you'd be a four-star general or chairman of the joint chiefs. >> i tell people they say now that i was a four star, they come up and say, well, did you dpo to west point. no. did you dpo to one of the schools down south, no. where did you go? ccny. and you became a four-star general. >> did you ever dream you'd become a four-star general? >> i said, yeah, i was growing up on the south bronx in harlem and when i was in the south bronx, an educational experience, there i was. it was on the corner of 163rd and said to myself, you know what, i was about 12 years old. you're going to become chairman of the joibt chiefs of staff. everybody breaks out into laughter.nt chiefs of staff. everybody breaks out into laughter. we're talking about a point in time in this country where segregation still existed. it had just ended for the military, but still existed for the country. and i just did the very best i could. and what my sergeants told me when i got there and was trying to adjust to it all, they made it clear. they said we don't care what school you graduated from. th

members of the administration, the attorney general, the chairman of the joint chiefs and the president of the united states. we all acknowledge officer evans' capitol police family and thank them every chance we get. and we include in that recognition officer kenneth shaver, an american hero, officer kristina. we thank craig atkinson for his heroism along with his wife. that the officers with whom billy served at the north barricade were sitting among his family today is a testament to the special bond billy had with that force. most importantly, we're blessed to be with officer evans' family, his mother janice, his children logan and abigail and their mother shannon and sister julia. thank you for giving congress the honor of paying tribute to billy evans today. officer evans joins a pantheon of heroes who have given their lives to defend this capitol including on january 6th. brian sicknick, jeffrey smith, also christopher enny clinton holtz, jacob chestnut and job gibson some years ago. as we promised to remember, we carry them in our hearts forever. twice in two months had many of

members of the administration, the attorney general, the chairman of the joint chiefs, and the president of the united states. we all acknowledge officer evans' capitol police family and thank them every chance we get. and we include in that recognition, officer kendis shaver, an american hero. we acknowledge christina. we thank officer craig atkinson for his heroism, here with his wife, mary julia. that the officers with whom billy served at the north barricade were sitting among his family today is a testament to the special bond billy had with that force. most importantly, we are blessed to be with officer evans' family, his mother, janice, his children, logan and abigail and their mother, shannon, and sister, julia. thank you for giving congress the honor of paying tribute to billy evans' today. officer evans joins a pantheon of heroes, who have given their lives to defend this capitol, including on january 6th. brian sicknick, howard leavengood, jeffrey smith. also, christopher eny, clinton holtz, jacob chestnut, and john gibson some years ago. as we promise to remember, we carry th

it will look so different, one member of the joint chiefs, one member of the justice, chair of the joint chiefs. you are not going to have people standing up and cheering and long walk through and great arrival of the president in the chamber. does that take away from the drama of the president's first speech to a joint session? >> i don't think so. as president biden knows and as president obama knew as well, this is an opportunity to speak directly to the people. i think he will convey about not just what he has accomplished in his first 100 days, but the hard work that lies ahead. once you are on that podium and the cameras go on, the audience in the room becomes invisible and it is the audience sitting around kitchen tables, living rooms, dens around the country, that's who the message is directed to. >> how important to you and half of the audience, that there will be two women sitting there, the vice president of the united states and the speaker of the house? >> it gives me goosebumps to think about those two extraordinary leaders, the fact we have a record number of women on both

this is something that i can't believe our joints chiefs of staff came up with. just to give you an idea of what north woods is, a list of different ways we could justify an invasion to take out castro with the u.s. military. the objections were as broad as having the cia kill cuban refugees and pretend it was the cuban government. developing a fake terror campaign in miami and washington, d.c. and blame it on the cuban government. as somebody whose father was living in and miami and i wasn't conceived i'm happy they didn't put this plan into action. they were talking about blowing up buildings in miami and blaming it on the cubans. and a remember the main incident to blow up the main explodes in 1898 and havana harbor. it probably was an accident. we blamed it on spain, it started the spanish american war. the joint chiefs of staff are like look, we can blame it on the cuban government that would justify an invasion. and sinking a boat load of cuban recipes, and bhaming is on the cue -- blaming it on the cuban navy, and dressing up cuban refugees as cuban army s

i know for a fact that joel scott miller, general frank mckenzie, the chairman of the joint chiefs ofmark milley, and second lloyd austin all of whom extensive experience in afghanistan, they all had a chance to sit down with the president and lay out the risks and concerns. there is a risk of a surging taliban and a risk of losing the gains with the women in afghanistan. after laying it all out, this is up to the civilian leadership to make the decision. once that decision is made, we salute smartly and move out and try to find a solution to the risks out there. i think the president has made the right decision. >> but, admiral, we know from the afghan papers, the leaked government documents published in "the washington post" in 2019 that, quote, u.s. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in afghanistan making rosie pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war would be unwinnable. we were lied to, were we not? >> no. i don't know of any senior president that looked the president in the eyes and didn't tell him the unvanished truth. -- unvar

members of the administration, the attorney general, the chairman of the joint chiefs, and the president of the united states. we all acknowledge officer evans capitol police family and thank them every chance we get. we include in that recognition officer kenneth shaver, american hero, christina, we thank officer craig atkinson for his heroism here with his wife mary julia. the officers with whom billy served at the north barricade are sitting among his family today is a testament to a special bond billy had with that force. most importantly we're blessed to be with officerer answer' family, his mother, janice, his children, logan and abigail and their mother shannon and sister julia. thank you for giving congress the honor to pay tribute to billy evans today. officer evans joined the pantheon of heroes who have given their lives to defend this capitol including on january 6th. brian sicknick, howard, jeffrey smith, also christopher eny, quinton holtz. jacob chestnut and john from year ago. as we promise to remember, we carry them in our hearts forever. twice in two months have many of

you are talking about people like the chairman of the joint chiefs, mark milli. before him, general joe dunford, two of the finest officers i ever worked with. joe dunford, of course, led the forces in afghanistan. so, i can't comment on the report. i haven't read it. what i can tell you is i know the character of the men that are reporting to the president of the united states, and the last thing we want to do is mislead the president or the public. >> one of the reasons, admiral, i've always been so opposed to the war in afghanistan and the broader war on terror is because i believe you simply can't defeat terrorism with bombs or bullets. in your fascinating new book "the hero code" you almost seem to agree with that. one part of the book that jumps out of me is where you talk to personally apologize to an afghan elder whose kids were killed. you say i had no idea how the old man could forgive me. had it been me, the hatred would have been too deep to reconcile with anyone even remotely responsible for my children's death. it feels, admiral, like not enough ame

usually, the joint chiefs are there, all of them or at least almost all of them.tonight, only one of them, same thing with the supreme court, the u.s. supreme court, all nine justices are invited. tonight, it will be one of the justices, the chief justice of the united states, john roberts is just one of many ways that this evening is very different from every previous joint session of congress that you have ever seen before. manu raju, tell us about the ways in which they are planning on getting president biden into that chamber given the pandemic and also, frankly, given the security concerns we're looking at what was the scene of a crime just three and a half months ago with the january 6th insurrection. >> yeah, remember, the house members have to go through security to come into the chamber. this has never been done. members could blow past security but have to do that here and when joe biden walks down the center aisle, this will be much different than what we've seen in years past and presidential addresses. in the past members crowd the aisle and wait for

this is something that i can't believe our joint chiefs of staff came up with. to give you some ideas of what "northwoods" is. the list of different ways we can justify an invasion of cuba to take out castro with the u.s. military. the suggestions were as broad as, staging the assassination of cuban exiles in the united states. having the cia kill cuban refugees and pretend it was the cuban government. developing a fake terror campaign in miami in washington, d.c., and blame it on the cuban government. as someone whose father was living in miami and i wasn't yet conceived, i'm very happy they didn't put this plan into action. they were talking about blowing up buildings in miami and blaming it on the cubans. they were also talking about creating a remember the maine incident to blow up like we did -- we, the maine explodes in 1898 in the havana harbor. probably was an accident but we blamed it on spain. started the spanish-american war. we can stake another -- blow up an american ship. blame it on the cuban government. that would justify an invasion. also talked

. >> mark millie is going to be the one general among the joint chiefs as chairman of the joint chiefsation as to why this shot has so much video breakup, this is from the moving van that has the pool television camera. they're about to clear the exit of the white house grounds, which nicolle wallace can confirm is 18 acres, and then take a right and go along the most heavily traveled motorcade route in the united states. i am told nancy pelosi, speaker pelosi is at the dais in the house chamber. she will be gaveling what is a limited house session into order so they can in effect receive the president. we are under 30 minutes until the start time. the motorcade has a quick drive across town. we will be back to show you the president's arrival on capitol hill as our live coverage continues. continues. ♪ yum yum yum yum yum yum yum ♪ ♪ yum yum yum yum yum yum ♪ ♪ yum yum yum yum yuuum yum yum yum yum yum yum yuuum ♪ ♪ yum ♪ ♪ yum yum (clap, clap) yum yum (clap) yum yum ♪ like many people with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's disease, i was there. be right back. but my sy

more on the story the joint. chief political editor michael is still giving testimony but tell us what she's been telling the investigative committee so this morning. well she basically says and this is the most contentious issue here why she raised why it caught on her visit to china at the very highest level and she said that simply why a card fit into germany's overall policy in seeking market access particularly on the financial sector and that that had very little to do with the fact that she had met up with a lobbyist for why a car none other than the former defense minister here in germany. back she also stressed that she is no longer in contact with him so clearly trying to put some distance between her and him and she said that she still had full confidence in one who of her key advisors. not simply color who is her economics advisor and whose wife was also linked to why it caught in directly so that still leaves some question marks the german chancellor very much on the defensive here well before machall reje

members of the administration, the attorney general, the chairman of the joint chiefs, and the president of the united states. we all acknowledge officer evans' capitol police family and thank them every chance we get. and we include in that recognition officer kenneth shaver, american hero. we thank officer craig atkinson for his heroism here with his wife. that the officers with whom billy served were sitting among his family today is a testament to the special bond billy had with that force. most importantly we are blessed to be with officer evans' family, his mother, janice, his children, logan an abigail, and their mother shannon and sister julia. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> we leave this because the u.s. house is about to come in. it's c-span's commitment to bring you live gavel to gavel coverage of congress. now here live to the u.s. house on c-span. speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c., april

design a car you really know how good it is if you haven't been inside but let's not forget the joint chiefs of staff don't worry we'll let them keep their little low 2 rainbow flayer they've collected it looks nasy on their orange jumpsuits and of course tom god damn near miracle that guy hasn't been locked up i mean he's a racist greedy sociopathic soul pirate who wants to destroy everyone who is not a middle class or above white man. oh so he's everything this is some reward sorry africa he's perfect i love that guy what a great guy meanwhile vice president camila harris just admitted that our wars are fought over oil which i thought was supposed to be a secret other than when donald trump farted it out of his face his comment and here's the other thing because ause you know i'm in a lot of meetings on foreign policy you know for years and generations wars have been fought over oil. in a short amount of time they will be fine over water so when we think about building up our economy around our infrastructure on something like water policy ok i thought admitting to workarounds was the quie

the chairman of the joint chief said the intelligence was far from compulsive but the media, the left trump haters including joe biden went after president trump. >> i don't understand why this president is unwilling to take it on when he's paying bounties to kill american soldiers in afghanistan. >> notice biden used the word actually. actually paying bounties. now it's proven to be just another attempt to turn americans against president trump, especially american military families. it was. men and falls now. president trump knew it and called it a hoax but i want you to listen very carefully to joe biden, the whole thing up. >> 's entire presence has been a gift to putin but this is beyond the payoff, betrayal of the most sacred duty we bear as a nation to protect and equip our troops when we send them into harm's way, that the trade, betrayal of every single american family, the world loved ones serving overseas. >> yes, it's all theater. there was no russia collusion but loads of bullet supervisors for writing about it and there was no bounty on american soldiers and joe biden we

indonesian president himself it was his idea to call this summit and as you mentioned earlier the joint chief of me in my now it's not only his attendance that is controversial but also the decision of our zeon to not invite the national unity government but analysts say that as ian's intention at this point appears to be to simply stop the violence and many analysts say that might have some success with that and if that is indeed their intention the best approach would be to speak directly to the man who is responsible for sparking this crisis in me and mar so we do have to wait and see as to how successful how productive this summit will be earlier in the year foreign ministers met to discuss met virtually to discuss this issue this is the 1st in person summit and when we heard from the engine asian foreign minister she said that shows just how seriously our zeon is taking this issue but when there was that early a meeting of foreign ministers it did reveal some difficulties in reaching a consensus this is an incredibly diverse group of nations so some nations do have different perspectives

draft of that executive order to bring the troops home but then he was met by the chairman of the joint chiefs mark milley who told him it was impossible so they compromised on half of the troops as gareth porter revealed at the gray zone the president's surrender represented the pentagon's latest victory in a year long campaign to sabotage the us taliban peace agreement signed in february 2020 the subversion of the peace agreement with the taliban began almost as soon as trump's personal envoy zalmay khalilzad negotiated a tentative deal in november 29th team the campaign to undermine presidential authority was actively supported by then secretary of defense mark asper as per you might recall was also a lobbyist for weapons contractor raytheon basically there was a peace deal with the taliban $119.00 but because the pentagon and people like my palm pale had no intention of giving up the country of afghanistan which we now own in their savage childish minds marinating and double chunk chocolate ice cream and spray cheese they found ways to derail the peace plan and then one day our military is

the most controversial attendee is the representative off the military judge himself the military joint chief now as you mentioned there is controversy about his presence and many human rights organizations have condemned the decision to invite him to this meeting but some analysts from indonesia say that the only way to really put an end to the violence is to speak directly to the person who many say is responsible for sparking this situation and there is hope that our young may be able to achieve that today but there are mixed opinions as you have had a meeting earlier in the year of foreign ministers and they weren't really able to achieve any sort of consensus on this issue now where i'm sure exactly what's on the agenda at this meeting we understand that president djoko would giotto will deliver a speech to welcome the attendees but beyond that we don't know what will be discussed as this is much very much a closed door situation we do expect to hear from the indonesian foreign minister who will brief the media after this summit by the again we simply don't know what they will be able to

that you mentioned that general eisenhower's sent to general george c marshall the head of the joint chiefs of staff in washington part of it is in fact quoted in our museum here in washington at the outset of our permanent exhibition and it reads quote. i made the visit deliberately in order to be in a position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever in the future, they're develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to quote unquote propaganda. and for viewers who are watching, please look at the links in the comments section. you'll see that you can participate in a crowdsourcing project project. we have called history unfolded in which you can learn how american newspapers at the time reported on eisenhower's push on his invitation to us congressman and to journalists to come and bear witness for themselves. but susan you just mentioned he also felt it was important to compel ordinary germans to view the camps and to see the crimes that were committed in their names. let's show a clip from the time that illustrates that endeavor. nazi party leaders and office holde

more on the story we joint. chief political editor michael is still giving testimony but tell us what she's been telling the investigative committee so it's all this morning. well she basically says and this is the most contentious issue here why she raised why are cards on her visit to china at the very highest level and she said that simply why a card fitted into germany's overall policy in seeking market access particularly on the financial sector and that that had very little to do with the fact that she'd met up with a lobbyist for wire card none other then the former defense minister here in germany. back she also stressed that she is no longer in contact with him so clearly trying to put some distance between her and him and she said that she still had full confidence in one who her key advisors. simply caller who is her economics advisor and whose wife was also linked to wyatt caught in directly so that still leaves some question marks the german chancellor very much on the defensive here well before machall r

on the left, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, william redford. eisenhower and wilson and omar bradley, general bradley on the right. these were wilson's new subordinates. and unfortunately the pentagon is a top down bureaucracy comprised primarily of army, navy and air force officers who are used to specific orders, not endless bull sessions. to be effective, it seemed that wilson would have to adapt to that culture, but he didn't. in fact, the service chiefs quickly learned -- they had a meeting late with him in the day. he had no sense of time. they would probably be there all night. they wanted him to be more crisp and precise of. army officers and particular complained that he really did not understand the armies needs and requirements. when general said that he was uninformed and he remained so. not exactly a compliment. another big problem for eisenhower was -- for wilson, was that his boss -- eisenhower you far more about the pentagon than he did. it was almost a no win situation. so here is where humphrey wilson and eisenhower come togeth