matt: i'm mark miller. here are the top stories we are following from around the world. u.s. retail sales cover estimates. we will down the report that showed an upside surprise. we will cuss with tom mcgee. we will stay and talk to the senior vice president of peloton about the state of the high-end fitness company and the indoor fitness market and bitcoin etf poised for approval. getting ready to approve the first etf in a watershed moment for the cryptocurrency as it breaks $60,000 yet again. we have breaking news as well on johnson and johnson. the fda is backing the covid booster shot after at least two months. this was a unanimous decision by the fda and applies for people 18 years or older. the fda has backed the johnson & johnson booster shot after at least two months for those 18 years and older. jon: johnson & johnson shares higher today. investors have been in a buying mood. there is a live look at north american trading. focus has been on the earnings picture. pushing around questions around the supply chain and focusing on solid numbers from goldman sachs, wrappi

and the 3rd quarter, the week figured in here, me and mark miller, treason, and leader has rejected, demands made by se asia regional blog to comply with its plan for political transition. he is promising also to release thousands of protesters who have been detained since the military. in february, let's checking on sudan now, thousands of people. they are holding a sit in protest in front of the presidential palace in cartoon, and demanding prime minister, bella hummed up step don't protest to say. his economic policies have negatively affected their living condition. sedans, transitional government flashed fuel subsidies and then adopted a floating exchange system, but dropped the value of a current. hip morgan is outside the presidential palace and i think for today, how's it going today? yes, people are now gathering for the 3rd day and they're demanding that prime minister out the door dissolve. the executive cabinets of the friends government. now they're not saying it because of the economic conditions. although some people who are here to say that the conditions in their sta

military, general mark miller and the real underlying intelligence. all that right here right now on sunday morning futures. see tip buffers this morning so the majority or minority leader mitch mcconnell and once again talks about joe biden in the democratic party and the senate and helping the progressives raise the borrowing limit to 29 trillion and even as the move toward socialism, is more realistic, joe biden this week turn the blame on republicans. biden: so let's be clear, not only in the republicans choosing this that they are threatening to use the power, their power to prevent us from doing our job. saving the economy from a catastrophic event and quite frankly is hypocritical and is dangerous and disgraceful. and irresponsibility, absolutely no bounds an excuse me, especially, as we are clawing our way out of this pandemic. the democrats will mean a responsibility in our obligations in this country. were not expecting republicans to do their part. maria: he also made light of harassment and threats in the democratic senator calling mammon

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. matt: i'm matt miller. welcome to bloomberg markets. stocks slightly lower as investors way inflation risks as well as look ahead to earnings season. the 10 year yield remains steady ahead of those auction results that we are expecting just moments away. plus u.s. small business owners say they have plenty of customers are growing frustrated by labor and supply shortages. a bloomberg report looks at thousands of decrepit oil and gas wells leaking methane across the u.s., the news is in shares of the country's biggest owner, diversified energy, plunging more than a fifth. we will have more from our pulitzer prize-winning reporters. the s&p 500 is down about .2%. brent crude also falling now. nymex falling as well today. in terms of the glc a picture, losses in gasoline and oil. take a look at the big coin price. -- bitcoin price. we will be watching very closely. we are just about to get the auction results out. those 10 year notes drawing that one spot versus one spot 590 presale when issued. this is just one of a few actions that we've

the facebook whistleblower testifies before parliament does mark alright, here we go, miller in motion. wha — wait, wait, is that a... baby on the field?? it looks like it, craig. and the defensive linemen are playing peek-a-boo. i've never seen anything like that before. harris now appears to be burping the baby. that's a great moment right there. the ref going to the rule book here. what, wait a minute! harris is off to the races! we don't need any more trick plays. touchdown!! but we could all use more ways to save. are you kidding me?? it's going to be a long bus ride home for the defense. switch to geico for more ways to save. >> a marin family nearly crushed after three redwoods fell during the storm. what they believe saved their lives. >> tracking showers for tomorrow. >> neighbors are upset, they say it was this debris and trash that backed up their nearby canal and flooded their neighborhood. i will show you what it looked like. abc 7 news starts right now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> i'm running around in my socks

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. matt: i'm matt miller. welcome to bloomberg markets. here the top stories from around the world. we will bring you updates throughout the hour from apple's unleased event where the iphone maker is expected to reveal its long-awaited redesign of the macbook pro that uses its own in-house chip. we will go live to the health conference underway in boston and speak to the ceo of good rx about the cost of lowering prescription drugs. and we will talk to the ceo of the crypto firm going public on the new york stock exchange about the launch of the first u.s. bitcoin futures and what this means for institutional adoption of bitcoin with the cost of crypto on the rise. you can see the s&p 500 is now up. it had been down earlier. you can also see that the u.s. 10 year yield is up. this is true at the shorter end of your curve. the sovereign bond column is packed with black boxes. they are all too years across the globe. brent was up over $86 a barrel. it's now trading down. bitcoin trading just under 62,000. i want to get to the flattening treas

it's also the notes of mark meadows and steven miller.s of keeping them secret at the end of the day are low. but the day is long. and the immediate question is will he be able to tie things up long enough until the select committee has to basically shut down its work? that's a much more i havy proposition. his legal claims are weak but not bankrupt. and as we've seen so many times in the last few years, there's just this terrible difference between the natural timeline of a case and the natural timeline of a congressional investigation. the immediate focus will be will the district court, the first court to hear this, and it's a good, sensible judge, put -- impose a stay? and then, of course, it would go to the court of appeals to impose a stay and the supreme court. that the imp position of a stay will be the major event from the eventual ruling on executive privilege which i and i think most people who have studied it believe trump will lose eventually. >> what about a special prosecutor? i understand the january 6th select committee i

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: i'm matt miller. quick check of what is going on in the markets. we see a real turnaround. the s&p 500 at the top of the hour was little changed. it's now down .3%. . today is columbus day. the bond market is closed. but stocks are trading, and they are now falling. we continue to see a rally in oil. this is the brent, we were showing of the nymex earlier, both gaining right now. you've got the vix index rising to almost 20 right now, at 19.49. joining us to discuss the moves we are seeing in oil and other commodities is alix steel. alix, it's been incredibly fascinating to watch. what is driving this? alix: in terms of oil, what is driving it most definitely is the weather, europe and the u.k.. in terms of the power supply, we know that natural gas -- that natural gas is having a hard time finding its way to europe. the wind didn't blow, so they didn't have alternative energy. what this does is make oil cheaper than natural gas. you are looking at potentially oil being at $190, $220 a barrel. it look

america's best experts -- general mark milley, general frank mackenzie, and general scott miller -- all advised the president to keep 2,500 troops in afghanistan, so it would remain stable. basically, at the end of the day, this was a state department and president's decision. instead, the president's strategy turned into billions in american equipment handed over to the taliban, our most valuable airfield, bagram, maybe one of the most valuable in the world, abandoned in the dead of the night, americans left behind in enemy lines that are still there, and a complete abandonment of our allies. -- in afghanistan. what a disaster. president biden was more concerned about a good september 11 headline than a great strategy, more concerned about his press than saving american lives. the president's withdrawal will continue to be a stain on his legacy. joe biden created the worst american military foreign policy disaster in recent history. and the united states will be haunted by this decision for many years to come. another fact about this is biden's america. president biden's policies have

miller made an easy mark. what began as officially sanctioned contacts documented and reported soon became illicit meetings in which they had sex in her car, later in motels, and she gave him money and gifts. in return, miller smuggled classified and national security information out of the bureau and provided it to svetlana for her kgb handler out of the san francisco russian consulate. miller's colleagues discovered that he had been meeting with svetlana and not reporting it. they started tailing him. shortly before million wears to fly to vienna to meet with a general in the gru. as a counterintelligence agent, miller was trained to detect surveillance and recognize he was being followed by his fellow agents. before he could be arrested he went to his supervisor's office at the borough and laid out a difficult defense to overcome. he had been secretly meeting with svetlana to infiltrate thei kgb, a double agent scenario. miller was charged with providing classified and national defense secrets to thef soviet

miller was svetlana's ticket back, svetlana was gregarious, flirtatious, and attractive, and miller made an easy marken we can as efficiently sanction contacts, documented and reported, soon became illicit meetings in which svetlana had sex with miller, first in his car, later at motels. she also gave him money and gifts. in return he smuggle classified national security information out of the fbi, and provided it to svetlana for her kgb handily. at some point miller's colleagues that the fbi discovered that he had been meeting with svetlana and not reporting it. suspicious, they started telling him shortly before mueller was to fly to vienna to meet with a general and russia 's military intelligence unit, gru, as a counter intelligence -- he was being followed by his fellow agents. before he could be arrested, he went to a supervisors office at the bureau and laid out what would prove to be a difficult defense to overcome. he said he had been secretly meeting with svetlana as part of his efforts to infiltrate the kgb, in what he described as a double agent scenario. miller was charged with providing

matt miller joins us now in berlin. matt: thank you. mark zuckerberg is holding a keynote address in menlo park. >> i'm going to keep pushing and give everything i have got to make this happen. i know some will say this is not a time to focus on the future. i want to acknowledge there are important issues to work on in the present, there always will be. for many people, i'm just not sure there will ever be a good time to focus on the future. but i also know there are a lot of you reveal the same way i do. we live for what we are building. and while we make mistakes, we keep learning and building and moving forward. for all of you that share these values, i dedicate today to you. in my mind, you are the heroes in our society that pushed the world forward. as long as i'm running this company, i will do my best to celebrate this spirit and absolutely go for it. ♪ matt: that was mark zuckerberg at facebook. we will continue to cover all that facebook brings us this hour. ed ludlow will join us from the ground they are outside of facebook headqua

steven miller, kaylie mcnany and mark meadows.hree handwritten notes about january 6th. kaitlyn, what other documents does the former president want to keep concealed? sounds like this is just a whole trove of information they're trying to get their hands on. >> it looks like the holy grail of what they were doing on january 6th. what we know now is that we haven't seen these documents themselves. all we've seen is this list from the national archives and the list is itemized enough to say by the page count, there's more than 700 pages of records here that donald trump doesn't want out there. and they are from top advisers around the president. their white house visitor logs. call records to trump and mike pence. 30 pages of trump's daily schedule. there's also handwritten memos. there's binders the press secretary had been keeping about talking points on those days and donald trump is trying to keep it secret by going to court and he's suing both the house and the national archives and there is really a, what could be a very hist

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> is 1:00 in new york, 1:00 a.m. in hong kong. i am matt millerwelcome to bloomberg: markets. here are the stories we are following. digital becomes the first to go public in a traditional ipo. we will speak with george beard as the stock pops in the trading debut. this hour we will have more on crypto as bitcoin hits a new all-time record high off the back of the proshares debut. in just a few minutes time, we will speak with the ceo of philip morris, as they narrow their full-year guidance. could a chip issue? first, let's take a look at what's going on with the s&p 500, holding well above 4500 and 4537. this is for tens of 1%. the 10-year is doing a lot of nothing but still hovering around 1.6 four. bitcoin has set an all-new record high at $66,000. bitcoin is up another 3.5% today. as well as the etf. new york crude is up six quarters of 1%. here is -- here are a couple of the stocks involved in a bloomberg scoop. we learned a couple of hours ago that kay powell holdings may make a purchase of pinterest -- paypal holdings is considering a purc

mark hugo lopez. law -- washington greg miller talks about his reporting on the pandora papers, the expose of financial secrets and offshore dealings that public officials and politicians that. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction testified on how u.s. funding assistance was used in afghanistan during the 20 year war. he said he believed there were more failures than success stories in the country and would look into reports that former afghan president flood the country with millions of dollars as the government fell to the taliban.

nancy pelosi and the house administration democrats who were paying mark elias at perkens, they were marching to unseat marinette miller meeks and trust me, they would have done it, you know that. i know that. they're corrupt. but we created enough of a narrative because of the efforts and many of you via social media and many of you talking about the issues that are important, in fairness, many moderate democrats realized this isn't fair. and you know what? mark elias, nancy pelosi, the democrats in the house lost again. when all of a sudden, marinette's opponent withdrew her contested election request and marinette miller meeks was safe. now, i've got to be honest with you, the former political op operative, somebody who used to yell about fogarty's bills in a different position i was in, i was looking forward as i, as a former operative, the super bowl of elections, who raise it on the house of the representatives. i would have felt like tom freakin' brady. [laughter] unless i lost. but you know what? i'd much rather give up that opportunity to do that, to not have to go through it and know what the end result would

on november 9th, 2020, secretary marc escobar was replaced by mark christopher miller. another d.o.d. position filled with new people. general milley, did this rapid replacement at the department of defense in the final days of the administration, give you concern regarding the transition of the administration? >> we in the military are trained for leadership replacement from the time of a second lieutenant. follow-up of a one drill sort of thing. it is clearly in the prerogative of any president to replace any cabinet member or any appointee. at any time. so to answer that, we are prepared to execute, at a moments notice, if someone is relieved. >> and general milley, did you have any concerns at the time that involved the potential misuse of the military for political reasons? >> i was determined to make sure that the u.s. military is properly employed and i would render my advice to ensure that the u.s. military is employed not for political use. >> thank you. it's been referenced a few times today, that you did cooperate with several authors for specific books. and

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ amanda: hi, i'm amanda lane -- lang. welcome to "bloomberg markets." matt: and i'm matt miller.bs sees investment-grade debt heading for its worst animal performance since the global financial crisis. we speak to the strategist behind that call, the head of credit strategy, matthew mish. shares of intel hitting their lowest level since january, more than decimating the company and erasing $20 billion in market value, as the chipmaker reported third-quarter results and detailed a spending plan that will pressure profitability. we'll hear from the ceo. that in burwell they are forming a new club with the price of $180,000 to join, more on the membership that enjoys private getaways and access to exclusive investment opportunities. sounds exciting. amanda: let's get a check of the markets. which are also exciting, in a different way. the kleins the board, but the overall -- some declines on the board, but overall, take a look at the tech names. they are really suffering. the communications group is down at last check about 3%. and that is as snap warns that changes by apple will af

mark meadows quashed it after a brief meeting with mr. miller.a is under consideration. the a tool of the presidency that could be wielded under mr. trump's political agenda in an election year. send a quarter million troops to the border. secretary of defense, stephen miller, i guess. >> the president on lften leanen the pentagon to guard the border. he often dipped into funds to de build ms. border wall. while the idea was quashed, a plan was put in place that led to an explosion of hundreds of thousands of migrants. while the troops didn't go down, migrants have been disspelled since then. >> i think this shows where trump's mind was at even when the coronavirus pandemic was raging. he is more focused on undocumented people than he is on addressing the people in america who are dying because of the pandemic, you know? what is he thinking about and what are his priorities? >> it's a great point. this is 2020. on day one to the last day of the administration, you have a staff that floats policy ideas. but the fact this got foto the point where t

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome to bloomberg markets. matt: i'm matt miller.e our bloomberg and bnn bloomberg audiences. here are the top stories we are following for you from around the world. the big banks report. we will break down what we have learned so far from financials this earnings season as bank of america, morgan stanley, and citi all post trading beats. ihs towers goes public. we will discuss the plans for telecom expansion with ceo's sam darwish. and we will speak to the ceo of snoop dogg-backed dutchie. jon? jon: let's get you up to speed on what has been happening with the markets today. generally speaking, investors have been in a buying mood. yes, we have inflation worries, supply chain uncertainties, themes prominent in the markets recently but they seem to be shadowed from many earnings stories today. we will get into the banks specifically. you have unitedhealth, walgreens, a number of bottom-line stories that have fueled buying in the markets. this could end up with this s&p rally of about 1.5% being one of the better days we have seen in

with pew research center's mark hugo lopez. then greg miller of "the washington post" discusses heads of states, public officials, and politicians. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: this is "washington journal" for october 7. the senate is reportedly on the verge of coming up with a short-term deal to prevent surpassing the debt ceiling limit, a deal offered by the senate minority leader with a short-term raise of the debt limit. in our first hour, you can talk about the deal that has were of been made and talk about how senate and emmett kratz -- senate democrats and republicans are dealing with the issue in what you would like to see. here is how you can call us this morning. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, you can call us at (202) 748-8000. independents, call us at (202) 748-8002. if you want to text us this morning, you can do so at (202) 748-8003 and post on our social media sites. many of you are also posting on fate -- already posting on facebook. you can also post on twitter. the reported deal made mention of yesterday on th

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. >> it is 1:00 p.m. in new york. i'm matt miller. welcome to bloomberg markets. your other top stories we are following. we will give you full reaction to today's cpi. consumer prices outpacing forecasts. we will break down results from the treasury's 30-year bond auction as well. we will discuss the supply chain crisis and get a preview of what president biden plans to say at the white house as he meets with corporate executives, labor leaders, and port officials later this hour. we are also going to take a look into the space tourism industry as william shatner becomes the oldest person ever to go to space, at 90 years old. andrew chanin joins us with his outlook on investing in space. first off let's get a check on what is going on in the markets. the s&p has been fluctuating. right now doing a whole lot of nothing. the bloomberg dollar index on the other hand is down. most major currencies trading at 1163. we see the u.s. 30-year trading at .0463. sorry, 2.062 pre-sale. we are just getting the auction results in. i'm going through them on my terminal. i see t

sports world with the passing of ray fosse, our sports director, mark ibanez has that story later in sports. alright, here we go, millerit, is that a... baby on the field?? it looks like it, craig. and the defensive linemen are playing peek-a-boo. i've never seen anything like that before. harris now appears to be burping the baby. that's a great moment right there. the ref going to the rule book here. what, wait a minute! harris is off to the races! we don't need any more trick plays. touchdown!! but we could all use more ways to save. are you kidding me?? it's going to be a long bus ride home for the defense. switch to geico for more ways to save. it's going to be a long bus ride home for the defense. man for a number of crimes, including running residential brothels. authorities say they arrested 51 year old kevin chow after searching various locations in millbrae and daly city. they say he was running brothels and marijuana grows in residential neighborhoods. authorities say they seized firearms thousands of dollars in cash, hundreds of marijuana plants and packaged marijuana with a street value of over $250,000. t

the height over the year marking the end of q1, can the fed take out the higher of the year before year end? yes or no? bob michele? >> yes. jonathan: bob miller yes. jonathan: winnie? >> no. jonathan: is the light green for tapering still? is the light still green for tapering, yes or no? winnie? >> absolutely yes. jonathan: bob miller? >> yes. jonathan: bob michele? >> the field has been tilted too long to borrowers. it is time to tilted back to savers. tapering starts. jonathan: very go. that sounded like a speech, bob michele. the third and final question, we talked about price issues all the time. they are well known and well discussed. i am trying to understand if they are peaking. give me a from your perspective. do you think supply-side issues have peaked yet? bob michele? >> no. jonathan: winnie cisar? >> no. jonathan: brad miller? -- bob miller? >> no, i think we are to quarters to three quarters away from where we see a genuine deceleration. jonathan: wow we will talk about this for a while. -- while. we will talk about this for a while. thank you after that downside surprise on the payroll report. the light is still green for taper

mark: general milley said i told secretary of defense esper and the acting secretary of defense millers that, i don't think that is that. whether you making a comment to the secretary of defense i looked at the statutory powers of the head of the joint chief and of course he reports to two people the secretary of defense and the commander-in-chief, is nothing to inform the commander-in-chief about what he was doing and then you see the support of constant leaking to reporters writing hostile reports against the united states and he says the other day that's because he believes in free speech and freedom of the press, he goes the hostile reporters were writing hate trump to talk to them but when it tell constitute crucially important calls to the communist chinese regime face it there are number one enemy he does not feel necessary to tell the president of the united states are not buying any of this. >> i am not buying it either. >> we know from a number of people that they did not believe that millie actually talked to the secretary of state, this is really important, he goes to the t

executive privilege over 46 pages of records from the files a former chief of staff mark meadows, former senior advisor stephen miller, former deputy counsel patrick philbin, and brian to guzman, the former director of white house information services. next up, charles, democrats line. is the united states back, on world leadership, on the world stage? caller: i will say one thing. every young man and young woman who finish high school should know trade, electricity, baking -- every year, you have thousands of young men and women ready to be hired. you would stop school dropouts. you have got to go back to that. when they come out of high school, they should know a trade. you will find out that will stop a lot of america's problems. stop a lot of the drug problem's and the jails. you get a g.e.d., you get paroled faster. you get time credit. host: we have time for a few more calls for your thoughts on america's leadership -- is the united states back? republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents and all others, (202) 748-8002. our coverage this week on the c-span networks includes of course th

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is 1:00 p.m. in new york, 7:00 p.m. in berlin. i am matt miller.ere are the top stories from around the world. another big day for big tech and the markets. we preview what to expect from today's earnings after the bell. microsoft, twitter and alphabet, or google, all report. we get a glimpse into the market for combating age-related disease with the ceo of cameron biofarma. later in this hour with go outside silicon valley to napa valley to speak with the ceo of the famous silver oak winery. he talks about the supply chain and labor crisis. let's take a quick check of what is going on in markets and we have a new all-time high on the s&p 500. we were trading around 4600 for much of the session so we have given up the gains but still up. the u.s. 10 year yield coming under 162 at 161.7. the dollar has little change at $11.57 and west texas crude gaining almost one dollar. the real focus is on technology. twitter, microsoft and google report earnings after the u.s. market close today. joining us for a preview of what to expect is angelo zino, cfra a

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: it is 1:00 p.m. in new york, 7:00 p.m. in berlin, i'm matt miller.elcome to "bloomberg markets." here are the top stories. we'll bring you the market latest and check on crypto as digital assets rise following the launch of the first u.s. bitcoin futures etf. netflix earnings out after the bell, we will preview what to expect with the success of "good game," and whether it has positively impacted growth. and later this hour, the international atomic association's head will join the program to discuss the situation in iran, as he says nuclear surveillance in the country is no longer intact. a look at the markets, another gain in the s&p 500, now back about 4500. 4517 with a gain of 30 points. the u.s. 10 year yield is up again today, looking at 163 right now in a month ago we were looking at a 120 handle. crude is rising. $83 62 four cents per. a barrel -- $83.62 per barrel. the most interesting thing to me today is the bitcoin futures etf has gotten so much demand, more than 13 million shares changed hands in early trading. how important is this to t

working for representative liz cheney or mccarthy, an ultimatum that marks the full rupture between the two house republicans. jeff millerbbyist and confidante of cheney's dating back, has conveyed this us or her strategist in recent weeks prompting one fund-raising firm to disassociate itself from liz cheney and looming over the eight other republicans who voted to find steve bannon in contempt on thursday are putting the expresident who is trying to put the big lie at the center of whatever it is these days. the nine republicans in now in peril of becoming political pariahs. they have opened themseves up to primary challengers and partisan attacks from their party's king maker, donald trump. that's where we start this hour with some of our favorite reporters and friends. tim miller is here. also joining us, jackie al mainy, "washington post" congressional correspondent as well as author of the early 202 news lerl. and former congresswoman donna edwards is here. jackie, do you have any additional reporting or color about the fireworks and the anti-semitic face laser barb launched by liz chinny? >> yeah, nicole i don't h

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then secretary defense mark esper had to quash the idea of sending 250,000 troops to the southern border to keep migrants and asite lum seekers out. the "times" reports steven millere arch tevgt former president trump's agenda urged to figure how many troops would be need to seal off the border with mexico. according to officials the concept was relayed to the defense department's northern demand. after a brief and contentious confrontation in the oval office, mr. esper ended the consideration in the pentagon. according to the "times," the report was then taken to then president trump. >> negotiations continue days after an armed gang kidnapped a group of americans an canadian missionaries in haiti. the notorious gang is demanding $17 million for their release. $1 million per hostage. there are five children in the group, the youngest 8 months old. earlier this week, white house secretary jen psaki said the fbi is working with haitian officials to treat group. kidnappings have spiked in haiti since the country's president was assassinated in july. >>> the ntsb is trying to figure out why a plane crashed outside of houston yesterday. it burst into flames all ten pe

mark elias, nancy pelosi and the democrats in the house lost again. when all of a sudden marionette's withdrew her election kb and marionette miller minx was safe. got to be honest with you. as a former political operative. someone who used to run campaigns and someone who knew a about fogarty's bills in a different position. what i consider a forearm operative of the super bowl of election opportunities, to defend a race on the floor of house of representatives. i would have felt like tom frickin' brady. unless i lost. but you know what, i'd much rather give up that opportunity to do that to not have to go through it and know what the end result would have been. it would have been the voters, the will of the voters in iowa's congressional district that elected marionette, that will would have been thrown out. we would have fought hard and valiantly and as a matter of fact i think we would have ended up getting enough moderate democrats who were worried that maybe this would happen to them. fear is an amazing thing in politics. and that was our message. i just kept saying to many o of them. i can't wait to kick you out. better win by a big margi

mark meadows, former adviser steve bannon. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. >> reporter: and kash patel, a former chief of staff to then acting secretary of defense christopher miller>> it is important that we actually find out who was talking to donald trump. >> reporter: the house panel was already anticipating some trump allies would refuse to comply with subpoenas, and sources familiar with the matter tell cnn the committee has even struggled to find and physically serve its subpoena to a man at the center of trump's orbit. >> i've now been at president trump's side for 30 years. >> reporter: democrats on the select committee making clear they intend to enforce these subpoenas and make seek to hold resisting witnesses in contempt. >> if they continue to disregard the subpoenas, i'm going to highly encourage the authorities to pursue criminal contempt because, frankly, that's what would happen to any american. there darn well should be consequences for the president and his top enablers. >> reporter: the committee firing off another round of subpoenas today aimed at ali alexander. the democrat-led senate judiciary committee releasing its 400 page report delving

on november 9th, 2020, secretary of defense mark esper was replaced by acting secretary of defense christopher miller. and additionally, other key leadership positions at dod were abruptly filled with new people. general milley, did this rapid replacement of top senior officials at the department of defense in the final days of the administration give you concern regarding the transition of the administration? >> we in the military train for leadership replacement from the time we're second lieutenant, follow drills, that sort of thing. and it is clearly in the prerogative of any president to replace any cabinet member or any appointee at all at any point in time. so that's how i would answer that. we're prepared to execute at a moment's notice if someone is relieved. >> and general milley, did you have any concerns at the time that involved the potential misuse of the military for political reasons? >> i was determined to make sure that the u.s. military is properly employed, and i would render my advice to make sure the u.s. military is employed not for political use. >> thank you. and it's been re

miller was the longest one we have had. that leads to a certain i've got to get my merit badge, i've got to make my mark now. it doesn't always leave room for good choices. a lot of our activities in the valley, things that were highlighted in the book red platoon, it's a corruption of armed forces. we can do as officers what we needed to do to take care of our trips -- troops. >> can i go on the record to reject that? that senior officers in afghanistan did it for america? did you just say that? >> not only say it, i will repeat it again and i have said it at the classes i teach. >> mr. mcmaster, i would like to hear your opinion. lt. gen. mcmaster: i think that this idea of over optimism and confirmation bias was clearly there. for folks to say that any senior commanders were there to do anything but accomplish the mission at minimal cost to their soldiers is disparaging in a way that is ungrounded in reality. i know these people. i do think that there was a tendency to show progress. is not a new phenomenon. i wrote about this. one of my jobs was to pull the curtain back on infiltration and corruption of

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