so today, i have the honor of introducing my nominee to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staffgeneral charles q. brown jr. general, welcome. general brown is a warrior. descended from a proud line of warriors. his father, u.s. army colonel, c.q. brown, served in vietnam. his grandfather, u.s. army master sergeant robert e. brown jr. led a segregated unit in world war ii. and the command pilot general brown brings to this role more than 3,000 hours of flight experience including 130 combat hours. he knows what it means to be in the thick of battle and how to keep your cool when things get hard. like when your f-16 was on fire. [laughter] and you returned to the base in florida in 1991, c.q. had ejected more than 300 miles an hour landing in the everglades. that's a lot of fun, huh? i tell you what, he was back in the cockpit the next week with a new call sign, swamp thang. i asked him inside the oval, what was it like, but i'll tell you about that later. general brown is also a war fighter who's commanded in europe, the middle east and the indo pafblg pacific and he has an un --

the president's to replace general mark milley as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is strategicymbolic. at the white house, president biden announced general q brown junior to lead the joint chiefs of staff. >> general brown become known for his signature approach, accelerate change or lose, accelerate change or lose. you are right on. >> if confirmed, brown would become the senior military advisor. lmet on. >> i put my hemask up. you don't know who i am. chris commissioned in 1984, brown piloted f-16 fighter jets. a persona played up in this air force recruiting act. >> i'm an american airmen. >> while general brown is a proud but kicking american airmen, he's also been an operational leader in the joint force. >> he rose through the ranks to become instruct your commander of the u.s. air force weapons schools. served as commander of the pacific air forces and commander of air force assets in the middle east. three years ago, he was confirmed as the air force chief of staff. he's credited other blackman who paved the road before him, including the late colin powell, the first b

on the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff at the liberal media holiday, for the first time in us history, two blacks can simultaneously occupy the highest military posts. in the chair of the minister. the defense is already sitting african american not only with the death of george floyd, i think of those african americans who have a similar fate and who also suffer. i think about my air force career when i was the only african american in the squadron , a black general shared my thoughts about racism in 2020, when felon george floyd was killed during detention, then blm pogroms to hurricanes were brought across the country, and brown was skidded to the white house a couple of months later. after confession, he was appointed to the position of chief of staff of the us air force amazing achievement amazing congratulations thank you in the army brown almost 40 years combat pilot. he was driving from under 3,000 hours. and for him aviation. god of war. we did not deal with serious air forces. the enemy has 20 years, and in ukraine, not only the air force does not have air superiority, and i

pointless and too expensive, the head of the us joint chiefs of staff commented on the transfer of the-16 to kiev. mark miley noted that these fighters will not become a miracle weapon for ukraine and will cost much more than shells and ground equipment. if you look at the f-16, 110 planes, it's worth a billion dollars, maintenance costs another billion dollars, so you're talking about two billion dollars for 10 aircraft. the russians have a thousand fourth generation fighters, if you are going to confront russia in the air you will need a significant number of fourth and fifth generation fighters, so after analyzing the costs, the most reasonable thing is that we have already done delivery of a significant amount of integrated air defense capabilities to cover the combat space and to prevent russian dominance in the sky , he called it unattainable for the whole task of the speedy return of all lost lands. by the way , baideno has already put forward a new candidate for the post of chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. well, apparently, the truth is not to the taste of the owner of th

what to expect for this washington under the new boss of the general staff, davydov, chairman of the joint chiefsf , found out . and you don't know if i'm an african american or a white male or female. you know one thing i'm an american pilot who kicks you ass. i am general sekyu, brown jr. of the expressive general brown who now commands the headquarters of the us air force newspapermen headquarters at the liberal media holiday for the first time in us history, two blacks at once can occupy the highest military posts. in the chair of the minister. the defense is already sitting african american. austin , i think about how many emotions i have, not only in connection with the death of george floyd. i think of those african americans who have a similar fate and who also suffer. i think about my career. vvs when i was the only one an african american in 2020, when felon george floyd was killed during detention , then blm pogroms were brought to hurricanes across the country, and brown was brought to the white house a couple of months later. after confession, he was appointed to the position of chie

good fortunately it doesn't work ah well let's move on to our second fake chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states of america general mark milley accidentally praised the russian military ah kremlin propagandists thought of it but as usual it has nothing to do with reality , the so-called e-e case showed that in fact it was a sharp criticism of the russians, let's see , us general mark miley said that russia at the beginning of the ieds sought to advance to the dnipro in this way, he accidentally praised the russian army for its professionalism, because last year it reached not only the dnipro, but also kyiv . the russian edition of tsargrad wrote a twist to the interview of general mark milley for pointefairs. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states did not say a single word about the professionalism of the russian army. on the contrary, he emphasized that the russians failed to fulfill any of the tasks set after the invasion of ukraine, one of their strategic goals was to collapse the zelenskyi government and capture kyiv and to do this move relatively

brown as the 21st chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. l security correspondent jennifer griffin from the pentagon with more about him tonight. good evening, jennifer. >> good evening, bret. we can now confirm president biden will nominate general c.q. brown to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff when general mark milley retires on october 1st. we can confirm the president will do so during a rose garden ceremony tomorrow at the white house. general brown was unanimously confirmed as air force chief in august 2020, becoming the first african-american service chief in u.s. history. if confirmed, he would be the second african-american chairman of the joint chiefs of staff after the late collin powell. general brown is an f-16 fighter pilot. by training he has more than 3,000 flight hours, including 130 combat hours. he has been a commander in the middle east, overseeing the fight against isis. and he commanded pacific air forces until 2020 giving him key leadership experience as tensions with china came to -- come to a boil. f

president of the united states, accompanied by the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. ♪ >> this tim griffin guests, chaplain colonel james foster, command chaplain, joint task force national capitol region, and the united states army, military district of washington. >> i invite you to bow your heads with humble and grateful hearts as i now pray. on this memorial day, i lift my voice in thanks to the almighty and amazing god. i thank you for the sacrifices made, for the blood that was shed, for the hearts that were broken, for our freedoms, for our salvation, for the lives we enjoy today and tomorrow. god, that is so very real and the grave is undeniable, but it is not the end. we continue to stand and continue to unite together in strength and have a hope in the victories to come. in my feeble attempt to do so, lord, along with those around this nation, i call upon you to help us as the people to uphold the ideals of this great nation. that we might stand resolute, with our forefathers, and declare with confidence these same words inscribed in the marble above, that

defense secretary lloyd austin and joint chiefs of staff chairman general mark milley met with reporters yesterday. to discuss u.s. military assistance for ukraine. the biden administration reversed course and agreed to allow other nations to send their own f-16s to ukraine. >> we are not at war with russia. this is ukraine's fight. our goal is to make sure that we're doing everything that we can to make sure ukraine is successful. >> austin said he hopes training for ukrainian pilots on the f-16s ll weeks. >>> and a man is under arrest after the car he was driving crashed into the gates of london's downing street. that's where the british prime minister's home and offices are. prime minister rishi sunak was in the office at the time. yesterday's crash set off an intense security response. police are not treating the incident as terror related, though. no one was hurt. the man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage nd dangerous driving, and there's no word on whether the collision was deliberate. >>> and president biden nominated what could be a historic choice to be the next chair

uh, the joint chiefs of staff, yes , recently. , but now uh, biden introduced, well the top manager. e of the joint chiefs of staff. first time holding this post. ah, black americans. the favorite, of course, is the black life smeta movement, and biden presented it in a very, very pathetic way. let's listen. general brown is a warrior descended from a proud lineage of warriors general brown is also a military man who has commanded in europe in the middle east and indo-pacific region he has unrivaled first hand knowledge of our operations and our operational theaters and a strategic vision of how they all work together to ensure the safety of the american people. and while general brown is a proud ass-kicking american airman first and foremost he is the operational leader of the joint forces more than that, he won the respect of our allies and partners around the world who consider general brown a reliable partner and first-class strategists for this reason 3 years ago. he was confirmed by the united states senate 98 to zero against

it was on general mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it was about his concerns in those waning days of the trump presidency that trump was going to take military action when it came to iran. what we're told is on this tape is trump discussing a documents that classified, that he says, if he could show it to the people that he's speaking to, it would undermine general milley's argument. general milley was pushing back on donald trump taking military action in aairan. the recording is in the hands of prosecutors. we know you can hear paper rustling on this recording. we know there are people laughing in the background. i'm told this is about two minutes long and it pertains to iran. it's part of a much longer reporting that prosecutors have. the reason, jake, it's significant is that trump seems to indicate on this tape, as he's speaking with those gathered with him at his new jersey club, that he cannot show it to him. he took something that's a classified document and he's limited in his post presidency ability to declassify something wh

of the joint chiefs. currently as you mentioned chief of staff of the air force. unanimously confirmed in august 2020, becoming the first african american service chief in u.s. history. if confirmed, the second african american chairman of the joint chiefs of staff after the late colin powell. brown would replace general mark milley in october. he became chair in october 2019 and nominated by president trump. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is the highest ranking military officer and principal adviser to the president. he will need to be confirmed by the senate, and senator tommy tu tubbervale has a hold on nominations, certain policies access to abortion in service members where it's not provided. he is an f-16 pilot by training, over 3,000 hours, and he was the commander of the pacific air components until july 2020 when he was nominated to be the air force chief. his leadership experience will come at a key time with tensions with china, he has a lot of experience in the region building alliances out in the pacific. brown was commissioned into the air

around the world, whether it's our seventh and fifth fleet commanders to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffocus on. when you don't have one making those decisions that impacts our readiness and our national security. it plays right into hands of our adversaries that there is discord here in wards and here in this building. we need to present a united fr front across the world. we have the most capable, ready fighting force in the world. sewing discord doesn't help our message abroad. >> it's interesting. senator mcconnell telling reporters he doesn't support putting a hold on military nominations, comments dismissed by senator tuberville. you brought up the war in ukraine. in terms of how they are being armed for months we heard the biden administration say, no, when it comes to f-16s and ukraine, nato allies set to provide them. what does this do for u.s. thinking? >> well, again, yesterday the secretary held the 12th ukraine defense contact group here where he con screened allies and partner nations over 50 participated that. that group is really there to help arm ukraine with what it nee

chief of staff mark meadows. during this meeting donald trump is talking about apparently a plan that existed from the pentagon where the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley was presenting to trump the possible option of bombing iran. now, all reporting that we understand is that trump wanted to bomb iran or have some sort of military attack there. and milley did not want to do that. and at this point in time in july of 2021, there were some stories coming out about how milley and others had stopped trump from taking this really aggressive military action at the very end of his presidency. so donald trump was quite angry, and in this meeting he's talking about this plan. he's talking about a document that milley has. he's also rustling a paper. that can be heard on the tape. now, we don't know exactly what document he's having there, but he's apparently referring to a document that he wants to share more widely, and also acknowledging that he can't share it because it's classified, and that's a really key piece of this, too. now, mark meadows, his former chief of staff, he writes about this into this book, this particular episo

and he brought along the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, the vice chair of the joint chiefs of staff, and paul wolfowitz, his second in command. and as communications people, he brought two of those people. so we'll we like to point out that we sometimes as we secretary gates and these instances typically for just one to a group of us interview him but sometimes we'll say to two we say to all the secretaries particularly if you'd like to bring a team, feel to do that. so first of all, if you will, sir, tell us what that was like to come in to an administration that's already six years down the road, five years down the road, replacing a secretary of defense who has become controversial in that period. and then if i ask us a second part of the question, which is you then transitioned into the obama administration because he asked that you stay on and you stayed in that cabinet for a couple of years. and perhaps if could for us compare and contrast the commander in chief leadership styles of those two presidents, 43 and 44. so when i was when i received a telephone on a saturday mornin

i have the honor of introducing my nominee to be next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general he is a warrior, descended from a proud line of warriors. his father, u.s. army kernel, served in vietnam, grandfather, u.s. master sergeant led a unit in world war ii. and command pilot general brown brings to this role more than 3,000 hours of flying experience, including 130 combat hours. he knows what it means to be in the thick of battle and how to keep your cool when things get hard. like when your f16 was on fire. and you returned to the basin florida, he had to eject more than 300 miles per hour landing in the everglades. that's a lot of fun, huh? well, i tell you what, he is back in the cockpit the next week with a new call sign, swamp thing. new call sign. i asked him inside the oval what it was like, but i'll tell you about that later. general brown is a war fighter who commanded in europe, middle east and indo pacific. has unmatched knowledge of operational theaters and strategic vision to understand how they all work together to ensure the security for the american people

. >> the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is sounding the alarm about the risk of not reaching a deal to raise debt ceiling for america. there is breaking news that they may be getting close. >> i think there is no doubt whatsoever there would be a very significant impact on the u.s. military if we defaulted and did not reach a debt ceiling agreement. >> he also told reporters that a default would have unambiguous implications on national security. negotiators spoke again today. no deal but they may be getting closer. the treasury department may not have enough funds to fully satisfy all of the nation's obligations as soon as june 1. so the clock is ticking. >> joining us now is our political analyst. let's start with some of the take -- sticking points for republicans. >> they want to be able to say to their base that we have made big cuts in the budget. billion away from the irs. and make it available nondiscretionary services. that will placate the democrats. it is a little bit of a juggling game. you have to make your case that we got some cuts. and the democrats need to be s

joint chiefs committee headquarters about who biden is looking for for this post and how he strengthens the position of washington. yastrebov, our own correspondent in the usa, denis davydov chairman of the joint chiefs of staffst-ranking officer of the american army , the chairman is true, no one is in command of his mission to give military advice to the president and the secretary of defense, when i fly, i put on my helmet and lower the glass. and you don't know if i'm an african american or a white male or female. you know one thing i'm an american pilot, kicking your ass. i am general sekyu brown , jr. general brown, who is now in command of the us air force headquarters , is called the main candidate by the newspaper. on the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff at the liberal media holiday, for the first time in us history, two blacks can simultaneously occupy the highest military posts. in the chair of the minister. the defense is already sitting african american not only from the death of george floyd, i think of those african americans who have a similar fate and who also suffer. i think about my air force career when i was the only african american the black general shared his thoughts about racism

to the conclusion that it will be not so bountiful business today, the former head of the joint chiefs of stafftates, before losing his position , noted the f-16 will not become a weapon, but will only be much more expensive if you look at the f-16 110 aircraft. it costs a billion dollars to maintain it costs another billion dollars. so you're talking about $2 billion for 10 planes, the russians have 1,000 fourth generation fighters, if you're going to counter russia in the air you 'll need a significant number of fourth and fifth generation fighters, therefore, after analyzing the costs, the most reasonable thing is that we have already done the delivery of a significant amount of integrated air defense assets to cover the battlespace and prevent russian dominance in the sky. well, you see, with the american authorities, it’s really time to think about saving in american society, growing dissatisfaction with the actions of the white house, pseudo-assistance to kiev against the background of the impoverishment of the population , political journalist jackson hinkle commented. this morning after

al-maqdis, sitting behind google amer commander in the name of saving its forces in sinai, the joint chiefs of staffered them to retreat, a decision that was even more disastrous than the previous day, for example, this decision caused confusion for the egyptian forces in sinai, saying it created a suitable opportunity to be targeted by the israeli air force it takes the plane of sari in the shape of the desert to destroy the ground forces and egypt, the egyptian army was 3 times the size of israel without air cover, it had become a completely defenseless target. from the defeat of the mehr thousand soldiers army they were captured that they could not manage them all and decided to keep only the senior officers and release the common soldiers. sinai was told to the people, they showed that the official reports of the egyptian government about the victory are nothing more than a lie . on the morning of the third day, the israelis finally drove the jordanian army out of jerusalem with the penetration of israeli soldiers into the walls of the old part of the city of jerusalem , the general announced on

in national security in the obama white house and as a speechwriter at the pentagon for the joint chiefs of stafft the questions of his place in this country and his children's became -- became unavoidable. the 2012 death of trayvon martin , a 17-year-old boy shot to death in florida for simply walking down the street was a turning point. >> that concern that began in 2012 only accelerated as the years went by because of the increased number of the very public deaths of black men and women often caught on camera at the hands of police officers. they make their way into social media at the same time my sons are coming-of-age and they are coming to me with these videos asking why this continues to happen. i'm sorry. i did not have a good answer for them. i could only tell them about the history of our country, the work people have done to ensure that these things happen less frequently. i almost did not have an option personally. except to change my career. except to leave the military and begin thinking about these issues more seriously. >> johnson's return to school studying law and policy and ea

of america. please be seated. distinguished guests, general mark milly _ distinguished guests, general mark mill . �* ~ ,, mr president, dr biden, madam vice—president, secretary austin, fellow joints vice—president, secretary austin, fellowjoints chiefs of staffrance of the 155th observance of memorial day. on think day we remember the over a million americans that took their last breath on the bedrock of liberty, supporting the eternal cause of freedom. their commitment, their dedication to freedom, their echos through the ages reminding us of our sacred duty to remember. and behind everyone of these men and women is a family, a husband, ora wife, a mother, ora family, a husband, ora wife, a mother, or a father, a brother or sister, son or daughter. for these families, every day is memorial day and each carry on the dreams that our fallen could never fully realise. this land, where we stand today, once housed three forts, sentinels that overlooked washington, but now it serves a more solemn purpose, it is the final resting place of our nation's bravest, a testament to their sacrifice. we gather on these grounds, where over 400,000 are buried, here at arlington national cemetery. they tell the story of our nation. a narrative not written in i

and on may 19, the commander-in-chief wrote in a telegram that he had a telephone conversation with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states , general mark miley, and discussed effective the work in the petriv complex in ukraine, the chief on the spot is doing his job, we just talked, this is a typical information technology aimed at demoralizing our army, carrot please tell me why russian propagandists dream of it, maybe even every night they dream of the disappearance of general zaluzhny, well, this shows us that they are very worried that all they are is this fake world that they have built so that it really develops and even russia itself begins to fall apart . they perceived the liberation of the occupied territories and all these military operations and unfortunately it just doesn't work because unfortunately it doesn't work on the chassis because we all understand that we have competent guys, we have a competent command and there are partners of the event eh everything it will be good, ukraine will not only win, it will also free the entire territory to return to the border of 1991. such fakes a

in particular, was said by supreme commander-in-chief valery zaluzhnyi on may 1 in a telephone conversation with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffed states, marco milli, and also during a meeting with the supreme commander-in-chief of the united armed forces in europe by kristofer kavoli and now i will speak with the ambassador, permanent representative of ukraine to the united nations from 2015 to 2019 volodymyr yelchenko kosovo has flash-fest takes the lives of innocent ukrainian people and in fact the arrest warrant issued by the international criminal court against putin did not lead to the fact that russia was excluded from the un security council and in the end russia continues to preside over the security council, what other mechanisms are there to completely limit the aggressor there are several mechanisms on the international arena to implement this. and i would actually prefer that our diplomats raise the issue of suspending the authority of the russian delegation, and in fact there were such precedents in history, in particular in 1956 when the soviet union attacked hungary and established its government there, then t

joe baide nominated the general air force charlie brown for the position of chairman of the joint chiefs of staffeneral mark my ily who currently fills this role will retire in the fall general charles brown the legendary f16 pilot who has four decades of experience and is known for his innovative military strategy general bran - he was one of the first to speak about the possibility of providing western fighter jets to ukraine. and here is how his nomination is commented in the pentagon. he is an incredibly capable and professional officer. his contribution everywhere is professionalism and deep leadership experience. i know this personally that i think that general brown should be an excellent officer in any position . has an appropriate manner of drinking and has an excellent relationship with the president, the minister of defense and others charles brown is incredible, i am looking forward to his quick appointment , the training of ukrainian pilots on modern fighter jets can begin in the near future sometimes we are talking about days about this in an exclusive interview with the voice of am

chief of maf mark meddews. he's angry about this new yorker story and how basically general milley who is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, one of the highest-ranking officials in the national security realm for trump, was worried he would try to take military action in iran as he was in those waning days the presidency disputing the election results, of course lashing out at many people around him. and what's notable of this recording, which we haven't heard, but people have described to us is he's indicating that he's got this document that he says will undermine what milley is saying. the point of this is he's indicating he can't share it with the people in the room with him because he has an ability to declassify documents despite what he is claiming publicly. he says something to the effect of, if i could show you this, but he can't actually show it to them. >> that's the significance. >> you can hear him on the recording rustling a paper around. we don't actually know that that was in fact a document or that it was returned. but he is indicating to these people that he knew he took classified information and he had

with two high-ranking american military personnel, colonel dale butler, the speaker of the joint chiefs of staff and colonel martin he is the spokesman of the command of the us army in europe and africa, and it was about the upcoming counteroffensive, military aid to ukraine and western fighter jets. well, in general , the military of the russian federation will be surprised when the armed forces of ukraine put into operation the equipment that they received from their allies, the united states of course, they will support ukraine, regardless of the success or failure of counteroffensive actions, f16 are very expensive, but ukraine now needs more shells and, in particular, air defense is not everything can happen at the same time, this is up to what you already noted , and in general, they summarized that the allies in front of ukraine have about 600 types of weapons and ammunition . - to understand what we see publicly , does it correspond to what is happening in fact, are there possible certain disagreements? surprises for our enemy for 100%, i also said that colonel adon, but by the way , thi

help the armed forces, to return the lost territories, this was stated by the head of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states, general mark miles, in his opinion, the transfer of these aircraft in ukraine is primarily an economic loss. the states themselves. while the technical characteristics are 16, and the first flight of the car took place back in the distant seventy-fourth, far from the performance of russian fighters of the 4th and fifth generation. russian pranksters vovan lexus have published a series of new videos, introducing themselves as the mayor. warsaw bloggers officials spoke with the heads of five european cities at once, honestly admitted europe is now in great need of russian energy resources most of the inhabitants of the european union suffer from inflated electricity bills we are literally faced with the need to stop the movement of urban transport there is practically no cost of compensation, no lifting for operators of sofia providing heating and for reality electric buses all operators sofia, which provides heating, which is 100% owned by the municipalities, is i

the united states of america, lloyd austin , also general march milley, the commander of the joint chiefs of staffe united states, testified at these hearings, but yes as republican susan collins, co-chair of the appropriations committee, noted in a previous comment that it is important that during the hearings that were not directly related to ukraine, many questions about ukraine, and here directly the co-chair of this committee , susan collins, asked a question about why ukraine cannot receive the promised tanks faster, what is the problem, and is it possible to speed up the provision of this necessary assistance to ukraine? 31 abrams tank according to the latest information it will not happen before this fall is this really true can you let us know the current delivery schedule and is there any way speed up the delivery of these tanks to ukraine, we are doing everything possible to speed up the delivery of these tanks according to our forecasts, this will happen at the beginning of autumn, in the meantime, we have moved several tanks to the training ground so that the ukrainians can start trai

is a body under the diagnostic council, it is a kind of headquarters like, apparently, the joint chiefs of staffommittee from the united states, that is, they have to produce recommendations for political leaders, and this meeting takes place literally a few weeks before the freedom summit , political decisions will be made, and in my opinion , he remembers this very meeting, this meeting was to prepare decisions , military decisions, proposals so that they were approved at the political levels well, when we mentioned the summit in vilnius, then here is a low question that directly concerns ukraine, on the one hand, ukraine talks about the need for membership in nato and is asked about the fact that the door to nato remains open, but that is all after the war, the ukrainian side says that then we need such intermediate security guarantees that would provide , well, guarantees for our state there on the part of individual countries, in your opinion. of security, which well, we really need what in the optimal form can be uh, we, mr. serhiu, have conducted a number of research projects , expert sur

the current joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley, hasn't done anything wrong. gh a number of generals in the top position, rotating service. so it's the air force's turn. and if the name charles brown sounds familiar besides the obvious link to charles schultz, it may be because general brown went viral with a video he recorded shortly after the murder of george floyd. brown was at the time in charge of thousands of men and women in the pacific theatre, who he says were unnerved by the killing. >> think about how full i am with emotion, not just for george floyd, but the many african americans that have suffered the same fate as george floyd. >> we just got the latest jobs number from the labor department. they were way more positive than i predicted in our 5:15 business report. a startling 253,000 jobs added. we'll talk more about it in our 6:15 business report. >>> the judge in the civil lawsuit against donald trump alleging rape and defamation will give the trump team until sunday to decide whether to mount a defense. as of right now, trump's lawyers say they

joined by vice president kamala harris, secretary of defense lloyd austin, and chairman of the joint chiefs of staffal mark milley. the president spoke of the country's obligations to its soldiers and veterans. >> it's a sacred obligation, not based on party or politics but on a promise a promise to unite all of us. there is nothing more important, nothing more sacred, nothing more american. former american prisoners of war but >> recently honored in california when they celebrated the 50th anniversary of their homecoming. two of the servicemen who spent months in vietcong camps in vehicle camps in the 1970s with the tele-story. >> major mark smith and sergeant ken wallingford then and how. >> i haven't seen this guy outside of one funeral we went two for one of our buddies in 50 years. >> that's how long it's been since they were released from a jungle prison camp. . now back together to celebrate that half century. >> i don't to keep you from your dinner. >> that's a good thing because i'm hungry. [laughter] >> 1973, they and hundreds of other free p.o.w.s dined with the president at the white hou

in national security in the obama white house and as a speechwriter at the pentagon for the joint chiefs of staffs of his place in this country -- and his children's -- became unavoidable. the 2012 death of trayvon martin -- a 17-year-old boy shot to death in florida for simply walking down the street -- was a turning point. johnson: i'll tell you that that concern that began in 2012 only accelerated as the years went by because of the increased number of very public deaths of black men and women at the hands of law enforcement often caught on camera. and those videos made their way onto social media at the same time, my sons were coming of age teenagers using social media and then coming to me with these videos asking me, daddy, why does this continue to happen? sorry. and i didn't have a good answer to them. i could only tell them about the story of our country, the work that people have done to ensure that these things happened less frequently. but i, i almost did not have an option personally, except to change my career, except to to leave the military and begin thinking about these issues mo

general cq brown drew maggi ben long considered the front wanted to become the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff would replace army general mark milley whose term ends in october. if confirmed to be the first in the both of the pentagon's top military and senior leadership positions were held by black men the by demonstration is proposing a new rule that would make it more difficult for foreign companies and citizens to buy land near eight u.s. military bases. the treasury department plan comes after a chinese company purchased 370 acres near grand forks air force base in north dakota. the local city council voted in february to terminate its development agreement with the company, preventing it from building a plant corn milling class. gunman killed eight people and wounded 14 in two villages in serbia last night longer it is the second mastering this week in that country. police arrested a suspect today after an all-night search. the slayings, day after a 1 13-year-old boy killed eight fellow students at a school in belgrade there is dissension tonight among the russian forces fighting in ukra

brown as the new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. would be, following senate confirmation, the most senior ranking u.s. military officer, general brown comes from the air force, most recently served as head of the pacific air command leading the indo-pacific, a component of the forces at a time when u.s. relations, tensions with china. he would replace general mark milley, who has served since 2019 under both the trump and biden administrations, of course at crucial times, the wind-down of the war in afghanistan and the support for ukraine in the ongoing war following the russian invasion. the other point is that with his nomination this would be the first time in u.s. history that both a civilian head of the military, that being lloyd austin, secretary of defense, and the military head, the chairman of the joint chiefs, charles brown, would be african american. cnn's oren lieberman covers the pentagon and joins us here now. an important moment, most senior uniformed military leader in the u.s., particularly notable given that compon

news on a couple of fronts, first, which you just saw, there will be a new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. his name is general charles q. brown. he will serve alongside defense secretary austin. for the first time in u.s. history, two black men will have the top two positions at the pentagon. the second part of the news today came at the start of that event, and you just heard a couple of questions shouted about it, that's the ongoing negotiations involving the debt ceiling with a possibility of a catastrophic default now just a week away. speaker mccarthy sending home congressional republicans for the long holiday weekend. i want to bring in ali vitali. what the president just had to say was that he has an offer on the table to cut spending by $1 trillion and to freeze spending for two years. how would that fly with republicans on the hill and maybe with democrats? >> it depends on which republicans you ask. certainly the ones i've been talking to specifically in the house freedom caucus are not fans of the way they see these negotiations going at this point. they have not seen the firm