hears from defense secretary mark esper and general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on the defense department's rowlandson forstmann. watch live at -- orch online at c-span.org listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> earlier today, house minority leader kevin mccarthy held a news conference on the republican's legislative agenda and answered questions on the way to supreme court decisions on president trump's financial records. rep. mccarthy: in a sweeping decision the supreme court upheld an order that protected religious groups from violating their beliefs. government mandates should never conflict with a citizen's constitutional rights. for the past several months we have asked our citizens to temporarily change their lives in the fight against this virus. schools were closed and businesses shut down, millions were left out of work. there is more work to be done there is uplifting news that is worth celebrating. of 4.8 millions last month. over the past two months 7.8 million jobs have been created. imagine if this continues. we will have been able to rebuild

the us defense secretary, mark esper, issued a very carefully worded memo today which didn't directlyonfederate flag. it talked, that memo, of "rejecting divisive symbols," and it listed all the flags that could be displayed on us military installations and bases, both here and around the world. but conspicuous by its absence was the confederate flag. now, the flags of individual american states and territories can be flown, and so can those of countries that are allies of the united states, but the confederate flag is verboten effectively from now on. and that is not going to please president trump, who has defended it only a few days ago, saying that display of the confederate flag was, as he put it, "part of american free speech". and it has come to closely be associated with white supremacist groups, among them, of course, the ku klux klan. but since the murder of george floyd in minneapolis back in may, the american military has been looking quite closely into its own racist past. it is a very diverse institution, the us military, but it does have a rather regrettable past in som

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we are pleased to be joined by secretary of defense mark esper. thank, mark.hank -- thank you very much, mark. [applause] i think we are keeping him very busy. admiral carl schultz. thank you very much. and a great warrior. he is a strong guy, a great guy. congressman diaz, thank you very much. on the first of this year, i announced the armed forces would begin a surge of military assets in the western hemisphere unlike anything seen in recent history, and that is a fact. one of the reasons is we have better equipment than we ever had. we have new equipment that comes trillion in2.5 spending, all made in the usa. american service members, joined by partner nations, have patrolled regional waters from the caribbean sea to the east pacific. the united states deployed an arsenal of cutters, naval combat ships, coast guard helicopters, and they are powerful weapons. high-tech maritime patrol aircraft as well as roughly 1300 additional personnel. 65%e forces represent a increase in ships and a 65% increase in surveillance aircraft from last year alone. we are takin

announcer: the house earned services committee hears from mark esper and general milley on the defense department on civilian law enforcement. watch live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. announcer: up next, a discussion on u.s.-russia relations with russian ambassador on a totally onto and off. -- a 10-12 minuteh presentation which will be followed by questions from me and hopefully you the audience as well. with that, i would like to invite the ambassador to begin his presentation. >> good afternoon. it is a great pleasure for me to be with you. it is a great pleasure to discuss russian-american relations. --course it is not too many contradictions have accumulated. an ongoing debate on who is more at fault. conflicting views on who should take the first step towards the other side. that for now,t this resembles a circle without any clear perspective of trying --on many occasions [indiscernible] due to objective reasons that won't be of the whole plans from the quality of russian united states relations. that after ther

we are pleased to be joined by secretary of defense mark esper. thank you very much, mark. [applause] acting secretary of homeland security chad wolf. i think we are keeping him pretty busy, right? [applause] coast guard commandant admiral carl schultz. thank you very much. and a great warrior, he's a warrior, he's a strong guy, a great guy, congressman mario diaz-balart. thank you very much. [applause] i announced the united states armed forces would begin a surge of military assets in the western hemisphere unlike anything seen in recent history and that is a fact. one of the reasons is we now have better equipment than we've ever had. we have new equipment that comes along with $2.5 trillion in spending, all made in the usa. american service members joined by partner nations have patrolled regional waters from the caribbean to the east pacific. the united states deployed a vast arsenal of coast guard ships,, naval combat specially armed coast guard helicopters, and they are real weapons, powerful weapons. high-tech maritime patrol aircraft as well as roughly 1300 additio

will withdraw nearly 12000 troops from germany defense secretary mark esper announced the move as part of a redeployment of forces in europe he said was aimed at strengthening nato and president donald trump had said previously he intended to take troops out of germany after accusing the government here of being delinquent in defense spending now here is mark s. 1st speaking earlier. the current you can play and we reposition approximately 11900 military personnel from germany from roughly 36000 down 224000 in a manner that will strengthen nato enhanced the deterrence of russia and meet the other principles i set forth of the 11900 nearly 5600 servicemembers we will be repositioned within nato countries and approximately 6400 will return to the united states though many of these or similar units will begin conducting rotational deployments back to europe. ok dave used chief political editor michelle is following the latest developments on the story for us hi michelle and now we finally have the details on this troop withdrawal how big of a blow is that for germany it's a significant vo

united states and now state it will withdraw nearly 12000 troops from germany defense secretary mark esper and now it's the move as part of a read of. point to forces in europe that he says will strengthen nato president all trump previously said he intended to take troops out of germany accusing the german government of being quote the link went in defense spending here's the phone secretary mark esper speaking earlier. the current eucom plan we're a position approximately 11900 military personnel from germany from roughly 36000 down 224000 in a banner that will strengthen nato enhanced the deterrence of russia and meet the other principles i set forth of the 11900 nearly 5600 servicemembers we will be repositioned within nato countries and approximately 6400 will return to the united states though many of these or similar units will begin conducting rotational deployments back to europe the defense secretary there well i spoke earlier to retired u.s. general ben hodges he commanded u.s. forces in europe for 3 years he's been quoted as calling this move a gift to the kremlin and i asked h

the new policy comes in a memo from defense secretary mark esper.fer griffin live at the pentagon. can you help us understand what's changing and what isn't? >> the memo and policy change for the defense department does not address the contentious issue of changing the name to a military bases named after confederate officers. will -- a unanimous recommendation by the service secretary and chief who defense secretary mark esper asked to study the issue. the carefully worded memo neither mentions the confederate flag by name. instead, it mentions the flags that can be displayed and does not apply to museum displays, artwork, or vanity license plates. mark esper's memo says the military will reject divisive symbols that undermine good order and discipline, "what has always been wow united as remains clear, our oath to support and defend the constitution, and our american flag. with this change in policy, we will further improve the morale, cohesion, and readiness of our great nation. in recent testimony, the chairman of the joint chief foreshadowed th

. >> mark esper say although the department of defense has no corroborating evidence to validate the recent allegations regarding the line activity by russian personnel against us forces in afghanistan i want to assure you all servicemembers the department takes it seriously in any and all potential threats against us military personnel. the director of national intelligence john ratcliff heads to capitol hill to meet with the senate intelligence committee. rob: the pilot of an f-16 that crashed at south carolina's shot air force base is died. missouri officials say the pilot was on a routine training mission when the jet slammed into the ground and burst into flames. unclear what caused the crash. a police officer charged with killing ray to bussard brooks out of jail, half $1 million bond and will be required to wear an ankle monitor and not talk at any atlanta police officer. body cam struggling with brooks during a dui stop before his death. fired in a political move stemming from that killing. >> that was the primary motive. i received full support from the direct manager. i nee

the defense secretary mark esper and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley toldss today they still do not know for certain who ordered protesters to be cleared out of the park before the president approached. have a listen to what they had to say. >> we've had that discussion a few times. we had it the other day with secretary mccarthy and major general walker, and it's still unclear to me who gave the direction to clear the park at that moment in time. >> i know attorney general barr spoke to that publicly, and i know that it's been mentioned by park police captain, et cetera. i do not have personal knowledge who gave that actual order to clear the park. >> general milley again strongly emphasizing that there were no active duty military troops in the park. active duty troops were not on the streets during this civil unrest in the nation's capital. but another big question who also ordered a national guard helicopter just a few blocks away to fly low over the protesters' heads. don? >> thank you, barbara starr, i appreciate that today's hearing follows "washingt

mark esper and general mark milley testify before the house armed services committee on the authorities and role of the defense department related to severely month forstmann. watch live coverage beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, on demand at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the free c-span radio app. >> america's future is in our hands. and gentlemen, the best is yet to come. announcer: president trump is hosting a rally in new hampshire. watch our live campaign 2020 coverage saturday at 8:00 p.m. on demand atspan, c-span.org, or listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. stateser: a number of across the country are seeing rises in the number of covid-19 cases. to talk about that and how officials are addressing it, we are joined by the ceo of the national association of county and city health officials. thanks for being with us here this morning. host: tell us about your association, what is its role and mission? associationational of county and city health the national are

. >> reporter: secretary of defense mark esper and jennifer mark milley answering questions on capitolill on the use of active duty military during civil unrest. >> we as a nation and military are still struggling with racism and we have much work to do. >> reporter: secretary of defense mark esper defended the use of active duty military units. neither answered who gave the order to clear lafayette park of protesters so that the president could have a photo op in front of a church. >> is unclear who gave the direction to clear the park. lawmakers tiptoeing around classified material and questioned what they knew about a report that said that russia was pain bounties on u.s. troops in afghanistan. >> we will get to the bottom of the and find out if it is true. if it's true we will take action. they suggest the commission should take a hard look at confederate bases in the military. reporting from washington, lauren blanchard, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> this is ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 >>> confusion of the states mask mandate and a restaurant owner speaking out for allowing his employees to wo

mark esper and joint chiefs chairman mark milley, who i will remind you accompanied president trump onalk to st. john's church. now, testified that neither of them know who gave the orders for the law enforcement to clear the peaceful protectors, that were in lafeyette square so the president could have his famous bible photo op. why can't we get an answer to that simple question? cnn correspondent barbara starr has more. barbara. >> don, today, the two top leaders at the pentagon made clear there is still a lot to learn about that walk through the lafeyette square park on the way to st. john's church, so president trump could have his photo op in front of the church. the defense secretary mark esper, and the chairman of the joi joint chiefs of staff, mark milley, told congress today they still don't know for certain who ordered protestors to be cleared out of the park before the president approached. have a listen to what they had to say. >> we've had that discussion a few times. we had it, the other day, with secretary mccarthy, and major general walker. and it's still unclear to me

quote didn't want to be the suckers anymore on defense secretary mark esper announced the move as part of a redeployment of forces in europe that he says well strengthen nato take a listen. to current eucom plan we're a position approximately 11900 military personnel from germany from roughly 36000 down 224000 in a manner that will strengthen nato and hance the deterrence of russia and make the other principles i set forth. of the $11900.00 nearly $5600.00 service members we will be repositioned within nato countries and approximately $6400.00 will return to the united states though many of these or similar units will begin conducting rotational deployments back to europe that was the u.s. defense secretary speaking earlier i'm now joined by our nato correspondent to teri schultz in brussels good to have you with us terry now a retired u.s. general and commander of the u.s. army you're been hard just spoke to us earlier and said this and i'm quoting now the decision is wrong by its core what do nato officials say where you are. well i watched that interview with general hodges and he a

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without directly referencing the flag, the us defence secretary mark esper issued a memo prohibitingt he called "divisive symbols". recent protests have renewed calls to ban the flag across the us. china is preparing for a weekend of heavy rain as 15 million people in central and southern china experience their worst flooding in decades. more than 140 people are missing since the floods began last month. now on bbc news — click. this week: cleaning up the social network. getting your mask on. and... breaking bad with giancarlo esposito. hey, welcome to click and wear a mask. that's the advice you are given, just do it, it's not a problem. in fact in some parts of the world it is just the norm anyway. so do it. hey, lara. hello. i hope you have been bending the metal bit over your nose, now i know about it seems really obvious. absolutely right and i didn't know that, until recently, and it does help it to sit in place so it is very useful information. it does help but it still doesn't fit perfectly although i may have a solution for that later in the programme. it has been a busy wee

today, the house armed hears frommmittee defense secretary mark esper and general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on the defense department's rowlandson forstmann. watch live at -- orch online at c-span.org listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> earlier today, house minority leader kevin mccarthy held a news conference on the republican's legislative agenda and answered questions on the way to supreme court decisions on president trump's financial records. rep. mccarthy:

defense secretary mark esper supported his promotion. the president did not.if you can call him that, that was the intention at least, in the radical dems' sham impeachment effort last year. during the hearings vindman's supervisor at the national security council, tim morrison, expressed frustration at vindman's dismissal of the chain of command. vindman reported his concerns with a call between president trump and ukrainian president zelensky to the national security council 's attorney rather than his superior, and he had only, well, a tepid influence on the whole farcical proceeding. tammy duckworth has given president trump an ultimatum to either promote vindman to full colonel or she would block the to motions of more than a thousand senior army officers. with we know what happens when you give leaders ultimatums. meanwhile, duckworth and other radical dems have been utterly silent after a top general in the middle east, frank mckenzie, says no american troops died from the reported -- and, by the way, unconfirmed -- russian bounties in afghanistan. the

mark esper has been walking this political tight rope for several weeks now.s is probably one of those difficult times in his tenure as far as it comes to his relationship with the president, because you already saw him break with the president after the walk through lafayette park for the photo op in front of the church, apologizing for doingo so. and now making a stand saying these cannot be flown at military installations. and the president was not happy with the decision. it does appear, for now, his job should be safe but hard to say, really. >> abbey, what do you make of all this? >> reporter: this is a shift for president trump in the sort of medium term because just a couple of years ago he was in favor of removing the confederate flag, for example, from the south carolina state houses in the midst of the debate, saying perhaps it should go into a museum. as a political figure himself and as president, he recognizes the confederate flag has a lot of support. among people who are his base. his supporters fly the confederate flag atcome pain rallies. he

i want to turn to mark esper. here is the man who has had a number of very public conflicts with this president. john heighten, the vice chair, the general who called this president -- i'm not even going to repeat what he said, but it was a word that, if i were president, he would be with fired and whatever else i could do. it's outrageous, what is happening in that department of defense. esper needs to go, don't you think? >> well, i, i believe secretary esper has done a huge disservice to the president and not just to the president, lou, but to the men and women who put on the uniform. by not supporting the commander in chief who hired him in the first place. i support the president who he decides to surround himself with, and in this case i'm as disappointed as you are that secretary esper has not respected the man who gave him the opportunity to have a lifetime to serve not just him as president, but to serve this country in one of the most important positions in this administration. lou: and he's had a public

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secretary of defense mark esper has also criticized what he calls china's aggressive behavior in theast and south china sea. >> the pla has increased the numbmber and duration of waters japan's security role is growing. >> japan controls the islands in the east china sea. china and taiwan claim them. ththe japanesee goverernment maintains the islands are inherent part of japan's territory in terms of history and international law. it says there is no issue of sovereignty to be resolved. >>> china is also facing criticism from taiwan which says four of its senior officials were forced to leave hong kong. taiwan's mainland affairs council told nhk the civil servants returned home earlier this month from its defacto consulate in hong kong. it says authorities would not renew their visas because they refused to sign a statement upholding the one china principle which says taiwan remains a part of china. taiwanese authorities say they will not renew visas for hong kong officials on the island. the new hong kong security bill clamped down on the territory's freedoms and caused a wave of in

today the house armed services committee hears from defense secretary mark esper and general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, on the defense department's role on civilian law enforcement. watch live at 1:00 p.m. eastern c-span.org,nline at or listen live on the free c-span radio app. by coversnt next menchu a garcia -- congressman chuy curcio. with the visit yesterday of the mexican president lopez, over a meeting with president trump and holding a briefing with reporters. also talking about the beginnings of the u.s.-mexico-canada agreement. let me read you from the washington post article. they say that trump was elected on an anti-immigration platform and said he would build a wall on the u.s.-mexico border and force mexico to pay for it. mexico rejected that idea outright. u.s. taxpayers have funded the barricade, which is under construction. last year president trump threatened to impose tariffs on mexico if the leaders did not do more to keep migrants from entering the united states. a deal was struck but not without hard feelings on both sides. yet president tru

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announcer: on thursday, secretary of defense, mark esper, and general mark milley testify before the house armed services committee on the authorities and roles of the defense department related to civilian law-enforcement. watch live coverage beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, on-demand at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the free c-span radio app. america's future is in our hands. theladies and gentlemen, best is yet to come. announcer: president trump is hosting a rally in portsmouth, new hampshire. watch coverage saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, on-demand at c-span.org, or listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. announcer: former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, discussed the future of diplomacy and answered questions from students at indiana university's hamilton lugar school of global and international studies. >> this is truly a great country in which we live. we have so many opportunities to make a difference for our families, our communities, the states we serve, and for the world in which we live. >> only in the united sta

he's appeared alongside mark esper, who reiterated his view national guard members, not active-duty troopsere the most appropriate response. >> i want to make very clear that no active-duty military units engaged protesters or otherwise took part, direct part, in civilian law enforcement or federal protection missions in the district of columbia or anywhere else in the country. and with regard to the role the national guard played in lafayette park on june 1, i also want to make clear the following, that the guard did not advance on the crowd, that the guard did not shoot rubber bullets, that the guard did not employ chemical agents of any type. rather, the guard remained in a static role as backup to law enforcement if needed. anchor: meanwhile, transcripts of george floyd's final moments have been released, showing police ignored him when he said he couldn't breathe and told him to stop talking. the document also states floyd told officers he couldn't breathe more than 20 times. he died in may when a police officer not on his neck for nearly nine minutes. his death sparked global protest

. >> reporter: mark esper announcing the confederate flag is no longer allowed to be publicly displayed on any military installations, a move many have been advocating for years. >> the question you have to ask is why didn't you do this 20 years ago, 50 years ago? >> reporter: congresswoman jackie speier says there's a problem with white supremacists in the military, although it involves just a tiny percentage of the country's 2.1 million service members. does the military need to do more to root white supremacists out of the ranks >> absolutely, there is evidence of white suprem -- >> reporter: nbc news has court documents involving far right extremism among active duty ranks in the last four years, including two links to the violent neo-nazi groups half of minority troops have personally witnessed examples of white nationalism or racism within the ranks. historian and military veteran sam jones told us about the fear he felt seeing a fellow marine displaying the confederate flag. >> it put me on notice this was someone i needed to watch, that i could not trust. >> reporter: the policy

d defense secretary mark esper. they reaffirmed their partnership in dealing with north korea.ngyang has been strongly opposed to joint drills by the u.s. and south korea. the spring joint exercises were called off due to the pandemic. south korean media reports say the summertime drill will still go on but will be downsized. >>> meanwhile a u.s. newspaper has reported that president donald trump's administration is considering reducing the u.s. troop strength in south korea. the seoul said no discussions on the matter took place during the phone call, nor has it been discussed in the past. >>> international fallout from china passing the new hong kong national security law continues. the british government says it's suspending an expedition treaty with its former colony and it will take immediate effect. >> we would not consider reactivating those arrangements unless and until there are clear and robust safeguards which are able to prevent expedition from it being misused under the new national security legislation. >> australia and canada have already taken similar steps. the

the confederate flag will no longer fly over us military bases secretary of defense mark esper issued a new defense department >>in national news tonight, new york city police have arrested a suspect in the grisly killing of a young tech ceo faheem so lay was found dismembered in his luxury manhattan condo tuesday. and today officials charged his 21 year-old assistant with murder 10's of thousands of dollars they say to sew lay. police say the 33 year-old ceo died of multiple stab wounds and as mutilated body was discovered by a relative. he was the founder and the ceo of goat got a motorcycle ride share company that was based in nigeria. the 3 suspects in the shooting death of 25 year-old ahmaud arbery have all pleaded not guilty. greg with michael his son travis mcmichael and william brody brian appeared for their arraignments the a web cam the mcmichaels are accused of shooting arbery while he was out jogging. bryan recorded the incident on his cell phone and prosecutors say he also used his truck to trap arbery a judge denied bond for brian and the da's office announced he's being

in a memo, mark esper said flags flown by theit my must accord with the imperatives of treating whatlled all of our people with dignity and respect, and rejecting divisive symbols. president trump siding with those who want the symbols of the confederacy to remain in place. large areas of central and southernhina are experiencing their worst flooding in decades. at least 15 million peoplecuave been evaed. the city of wuhan, the epicenter of the first major outbreak of the conavirus, has been affected. china sees flooding every year but this is far worse than usual. the chinese government has canceled hundreds of flights into and out of the capital llowing the discovery of six coronavirus cases in the city. authorities are imposing widespre restrictions on ople's movements. around half of the population is made up of ethnic uighurs who complain of oppression by the ruling communist party. byou are watching world news america. still to come on tonit's program, thousands of miles from amoscow, protesinst president putin after a governor is charged with murder. the leader of the 27 eu co

announcer: defense secretary mark esper and general mark milley were on capitol hill to testify on the defense department's role following the military involvement in protests across the country. they were also asked about alleged russian bounties over

the confederate flag will no longer fly over us military bases secretary of defense mark esper issued new defense department policy today. it points out the importance of quote rejecting divisive symbols the policy does not specifically mention the confederate battle flag, but there is a list of flags allowed to fly and the confederate flag is not on that list. the new policy comes as the debate continues over removing confederate symbols nationwide. nascar band, the battle flag and mississippi lawmakers finally agreed to take the symbol off of its state flag. >>still ahead we still have some disturbing new details to tell you about in the death of a young tech >>in national news tonight, new york city police have arrested a suspect in the grisly killing of a young tech ceo for him was found dismembered in his luxury manhattan condo on tuesday. and today officials charged his 21 year-old assistant with murder who owed 10's of thousands of dollars to sew lay. police say the 33 year-old ceo died of multiple stab wounds and his mutilated body was discovered by a relative slay was the fou

without directly referencing the flag, the us defense secretary mark esper issued a memo prohibitinghat he called "divisive symbols". recent protests have renewed calls to ban the flag across the us. a summit of european union leaders in brussels has ended for the day with no progress on a deal to help rebuild their economies after the coronavirus crisis. the recovery fund is proposed to be worth 750 billion euros. a police officer in london has been suspended, afterfootage emerged of him kneeling on a man's neck during an arrest. the metropolitan police's deputy commissioner, says the images posted on social media, are extremely disturbing. another officer has been placed on restricted duties and an independent investigation is underway. danny shaw has the details. get off me! get off my neck! yesterday evening in islington. an officer appears to kneel on the neck of a man police are trying to detain. get off my neck! they were called after reports of a fight. the footage, shot by someone at the scene, shows the struggle with police. we've blurred the faces of those involved for leg

. >> reporter: today defense secretary mark esper raised questions about the officer fatigues and it's said the federal action may be unconstitutional. >> we're going to take steps to legislate to rein in the federal abuses. >> reporter: among tear gassed. >> trumpdminisionn meieran, als. calls anarchy, we call democracy. >> reporter: this is the federal courthouse officer are protecting. damage across the street is where protesters are staged. they say they will be back again tonight. norah. >> o'donnell: carter evans. thank you. much more news ahead tonight on "cbs evening news." it's hot, windows shut and the ac is blasting. a dangerous combination in the age of covid. later, it took a century and and a half but a woman has finally taken her spot on a major league field. puts cash back in your wallet. mom! paper towels! ...including things for the science fair. what's in your wallet? ...with humira. proof of less joint pain... ...and clearer skin in psa. mira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. humira can lower your abi

. >> reporter: today, defense secretary mark esper raised concerns about the officers' ta figues, andator ron wyden of oregon calling it "overreach." >> we're also going to take steps to legislate, to rein in the federal abuses. >> reporter: among those tear- gassed, e.r. doctor sharon meieran, who is also a county commissioner. >> what the trump administration calls anarchy, we call democracy. >> reporter: this is the federal courthouse the officers are protecting. there is damage, and protesters are staged right across the street. today, the acting secretary of homeland security says he is prepared to pull his officers out, when the violence ends. norah. >> o'donnell: carter evans. thank you. and there is much more news ahead tonight on "cbs evening news." it's hot, the windows are shut, and the a/c is blasting-- why that's a dangerous combination, in the age of covid. later, it took a century and a half, but a woman has finally taken her spot on a major league field. earn 5% cash back on everything you buy at walmart.com... mom! paper towels! ...including things for the science fai

defense minister mark esper has now confirmed details of the withdrawal of thousands of american troops from germany how much of a blow is this to german security and security of nato. i think it is predominately weakening u.s. capabilities in europe and don't forget that the overwhelming majority of u.s. military base in germany is not here for take her real defense federal public germany but he said here. as in on a global crossroads for global operations of the united states in the middle east in africa and other other places so it's 1st of all weak weakening american capabilities it's a bad sign that for people really domestic political reasons nato capabilities are weakened it's a weak signal there towards russia and other countries in our neighborhood. and we'll have to see if there is a crew strong opposition in congress against this measure and we hope that whatever has been declared to this week will not necessarily be effected on an accelerated time frame before the election and before congress has to make certain decisions truck nick thank you very much for talking with us i

and that has alarmed secretary of the defense mark esper who wants everyone to understand these are not military troops. these are police. they are not the u.s. military. president trump's been very straightforward about wanting to send these people into american cities, and he's very specific, american cities with democratic mayors. so that's at 12:15. at 3:00 our time, the white house calendar calls for president trump to conduct another coronavirus briefing. he's brought these back after poll after poll show that americans distrustful of his response to the pandemic. to his credit, he started to encourage the use of masks. and yesterday said it appears they would -- that things would get worse, not better. it's worth noting that the president was the only person to appear at the briefing yesterday. no fauci, no who is ostensibly in charge of the are going to be daily forever or not. we do know the u.s. just announced that it has made a deal with the german giant pfizer to get the first 100 million vaccine doses if pfizer's vaccine works out we will not know that for quite some time.