joseph smith will play this with us. you go first.rishman answering questions, i will go with vermont. stuart: joseph. >> i would go with maine. stuart: me too. it is vermont. i was going to go with maine because it is closest on the eastern seaboard but so is vermont. you looked up? we would never do that. ashley: i'm just lucky. stuart: it became the first state in 1791 after receiving approval from president george washington. now you know. seÑor friday feedback to us. "varney and company" is about to close. seven seconds left. coast-to-coast starts now. neil

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mormon characters, biblical prophets, the ideas as there's a latter day saint, the notion that joseph smith would talk about the constitution hanging by a thread. was he informed by any of that? so i think there's no question that his view of the kind of sacredness of american democracy in the american project is informed by his faith. i mean, i think most most people who grow up mormon are kind of taught that, you know, the founding documents of the united states are divinely inspired and america is a promised land. you know, all that stuff. and so i think that he had a kind of very sincere and sort of sentimental or patriotism that that these days almost kind of seems quaint. but, you know, he was deeply offended on on kind of a visceral level by seeing members of his party try to overturn a presidential election. like there was something about it. you know, he was mad about the lies, that he was mad that, you know, about this cynicism of his his colleagues. but i think on just like an elemental level, he just couldn't stand seeing so much disrespect for the, you know, american democracy.

will speak, general eric smith, a former commander, general joseph rosa be here to talk about what is going on in the middle east. nbc's national security correspondent has been at the forefront of a lot of these issues and will offer her insights, as well. we have a frank discussion with policy affair officials, the challenges in ukraine and afghanistan, and we have our own words terminate today and our first annual casing, so stick around for that. the first thing we looked at was journalist killed doing their jobs. 27 of them are covering the latest issues of the hamas war and the majority of the journalists are from gaza, like the journalist with a news website he was killed during the early bombardment. but other journalists were killed in lebanon and israel, one killed by hamas on the invasion on october 7. we joined the committee and the call to investigate the deaths, and we called for a full and independent investigation on the killing of a journalist by israeli soldiers last year. nothing about that appears to be in action. journalists have also been killed in ukraine, on wh

general eric smith the commandant of the record former centcom commander general joseph votel will be here to talk what's going on in the middle east. nbc's national security military correspondent courtney kube has been at the forefront of lot of these issues and will offer her insights as well. we have imported panels frank discussion with public affairs officials panels on the challenges of ukraine in afghanistan and of course we have our awards ceremony later today in their first annual mre taping so stick around for that. on a more serious note but to honor those who were killed doing their jobs. so far there has been 36 journalists have been killed. 27 are recovering from the latest israel hamas war and the majority of these journalists o are in tons of like the journalists on the web site who was killed during an israeli bombardment. we join the committee to protect journalists. weom call on an independent investigation by the u.s. government at the killing of journalists by israeli soldiers last year. nothing that -- about that appears in an accident. journals have been killed

instead of removing bragg, he decides to place ds joseph johnson in command of a new department that included the command of bragg, edmund kirby smith and john comforts and and sends bragg back to the field. and in november, bragg renames . his force the army of tennessee. he absorbs kirby smith's army he absorbs kirby smith's army department of east tennessee and combines it in two two wings. he is clearly thinking this works for lee, right? but i hate to break into braxton bragg. pope and are not jackson. thy ver were going to be. party, polk nd nathan bedford who s e equivalent of jeb stuart and even on stuart's worst day when he somewhere in pennsylvania where he is certainly not supposed to be, nathan bedford reports that the calryfficer that jeb stuart is so you havethe same organization. it worked e army of northern virginia but it is not going to rkin bragg's army because william jay hardy doesn't really want to do any more work than is necessary at a any given moment and i empathize but you are trying to win a war. so maybe show a little enthusiasm. eliana has o reporter alexander famously observed of him, he an did not mak

instead of removing bragg, he placed joseph johnston in command of a new department that included the command of bragg , edmund kirby smith john cumbre 10. he sends bragg back to the failed . -- field. he observed much of kirby smith's army. he divides it into two wings. he is thinking this works for lee . i hate to break it to braxton bragg, polk and hardy are no stonewalled jackson. they never were gog be. you have them there, hardy, polk , and force, who would be the equivalentf jeb stuart. even on stuart's worse da he is not supposed to be in pesylvania. d is half the calvary officer that jeff stewart is. you have the same organization because it works in the army of northern virginia. it will not work in bragg's army. he does not want to do any more work than is necessary. and i empathize. you are trying to win a war. maybe, show a little enthusiasm. polk, as edward alexander famously observed of him, god made a bishop and he did not make a general. this really comes to a head at stones river. what happens right on the cusp of 1862 and 1863. at the river, i would commend to you the wonderful new book by bert dunn, ca

be and instead of removing bragg, he decides to place joseph johnston in command of a new department that the command of bragg, edmund kirby smith and john c pemberton. and he sends bragg back to the field. and in november, bragg renames his force the army of tennessee. he absorbs much of kirby smith's army. when davis dissolves the department of east tennessee and he divides it into two wings. so he's clearly thinking, this works for lee, right? but i hate to break it to braxton bragg leonidas polk and william hardy are not james longstreet and stonewall jackson. they never were going to be. u have them, they'reardy polk and nathan bedford forrest, who's going to be the equivalent of a jeb stuart. and again, even on swa's worst day, when he's somewhere in pennsylvania, he's certaiy not supposed to be nathan beordorrest is half the cavalry officer. that jeb stuart is right. and so you have the same organization becset works in the army of northern virginia but it's not going to work in a's army because william j. hardy doesn't really want to do anmo work than is necessary at any given moment. and i empathize. but you're trying t

smith, i'm just sierra beta and the occupied westbank. you foreign ministers, amazing and brussels to discuss several issues including the war on garza foreign policy. chief joseph brown has been speaking on what the block is trying to achieve . we ask for an immediate pauses. i'm saying that i'm not the single one but 7 on one's fours, but it isn't been checked if it's immediate pauses and new money. daddy carter those to be stylish and know that to face the dire situation of the people in guys depends a go on. has confirmed that us warplanes conducted to more strikes inside syria, the secretary of defense lloyd austin says around back groups and the cities of a root canal and my engine with the targets the strikes were in response to recent attacks against us troops in iraq and syria. as you know we last night are us forces conducted precision strikes in eastern syria against 2 facilities that are used by ron's i. r g c and affiliated groups. i just want to remind you that the strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the freedom of action and capabilities of these groups, which are directly responsible for attacks on us forces interact and syria. a short wh

smith, i'm just sierra beta and the occupied westbank. and meanwhile, e u foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels to discuss several issues including the war on gaza, foreign policy chief, joseph brown, who is expected to travel to the middle east. as we spoke about what the block is trying to achieve. we ask for an immediate pause is saying that little not the single one, but 7 on one's fours, but it isn't magick diffuse immediate pauses and you money daddy. courtney goes for the stablish in order to face the dire situation of the people in guys while these are in the army has defended its relentless attacks on hospitals and ambulances in a post, which was quickly deleted on the platform x, formerly known as twitter. it's a said, let's take a look at what it said. this is not the 1st time israel has tried to justify its bombardment of healthcare facilities. the full says ambulances are used to transport patients in need of medical care, and hospitals have pre, a places where patients receive treatment, right? but these are the ami, says how mosque uses ambulances to transport his operatives and weapons, disguising them as civilians. it goes on to states that hospitals are in

smith, we appreciate your time. thank you, sir. let's get your calls. you can respond to what you just heard there from the congressman or any of the public policy political issues. joseph, independent. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks to everybody for their work and dedication. it's tough out here, i'm telling you. that last gentlemen, i appreciate his work. i do want to say something beyond this, please. he said bipartisan. we've got to get to something, the two sides are killing us. and with that all said, one lady called in really upset. we've got to just be patient with each other. if we keep wanting to be mad at george bush or bill clinton, no one chooses their starting point. no one chooses their starting point. we have to get together. we are all upset, but i promise you we can make things better by being nice to each other. that is the biggest thing. you hate trump, you hate biden. that is pain. host: understood your point. let me hear from stephen in washington state, democratic caller. caller: i just wanted to say, trump is the one who is trying to be keen, not biden. thank you. host: independent. guest: good morning. i just want you to understand w