also speaking at an event, mark milley and lloyd austin.his is about 45 minutes. >> attention. >> order. order. >> present arms. ♪ [playing "the star spangled banner"] >> present arms. [drumroll] ♪ [playing "taps"] >> please stand for the arrival of the party and -- the official party and remain standing for the national anthem.

also speaking, lloyd austin and mark milley. this was about 45 minutes. james perrin >> attention. >> colors. >> right shoulder, arm. >> present arms. >> present arms. ♪ ♪ >> right shoulder. >> present arms. [drumroll] ♪ ♪ [taps] ♪ >> right shoulder, arms. >> please stand for the arrival of the party and -- the official party and remain standing for the national anthem.

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i had good support from-- from general mark milley. >> o'donnell: mark esper and chairman of the jointof staff general mark milley ran the army for over a year before finding themselves in charge at the pentagon. in order to deal with what he calls some of the "crazy" ideas coming from the white house, esper and milley came up with a system. >> esper: i come up with this idea. actually, mark milley and i discuss it-- what we call the "four no's". the four things we had to prevent from happening between then and the election. and one was no strategic retreats, no unnecessary wars, no politi-- politicization of the military, and no misuse of the military. and so, as we went through the next five to six months, that became the metric by which we would measure things. >> o'donnell: esper told us he had reason to be concerned, not just about an unnecessary military conflict with an adversary, but with one of our closest neighbors and largest trading partners. >> esper: the president pulls me aside on at least a couple of occasions, and suggests that maybe we have the u.s. military shoot mis

in about 30 minutes, defense secretary lloyd austin and mark milley will hold a briefing on the war in ukraine. they just met virtually with over 40 countries and talking about how much the aid is helping ukraine. >> the ukrainian armed forces are using systems both old and new. they have stalled russia's offensive in the east and continued to seize the initiative. the ukrainian armed force also need our sustained support. >> we'll have the latest on the region. and from the president's trip overseas in asia, he's raising eyebrows this morning after saying the u.s. militarily would get involved if china invaded taiwan. what the white house is now saying about that. >>> help is on the way for america's families. tens of thousands of pounds of baby formula just arrived in the u.s. but when will store shelves start filling up again? >>> we have our eyes on georgia, we're a day out from the state's primary elections. early voting already breaking records there. the anticipation is intensifying in the battleground state. that's where we start this morning. von hilliard is in atlanta and i'm

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i had good support from general mark milley. >> for more on this, our correspondent is joining us nowf shocking claims made in that one clip. what more are you learning? >> there are more clips like that. we knew mark esper had a troubled relationship, especially toward the end with his commander in chief, former donald trump. now we're getting a better sense of that. here are some of the ideas, some of the, quote, crazy ideas he says he had to push back upon. one of them was when according to this book, a sacred oath, trump suggested firing missiles into mexico to destroy drug labs. we know more about that. a few days earlier he told "the new york times" trump reported that trump suggested firing patriot missiles, quote, quietly. trump also considered deploying 10,000 active duty troops to the streets of district of columbia in response to protests in the summer of 2020. a few months before the election. according to the book, and according to the statements he made to 60 minutes, trump had also suggested shooting protesters following the death of george floyd. >> i want to play the

and to counter that, esper says that he and the chairman of the joint chief of staff, general mark milleyally came up with a system, a system to deal with these types of crazy ideas, and to prevent catastrophic events from happening in the waiting months of the trump administration. >> mark milley and i discussed what we call the four knows. the four things we had to prevent it from happening between then and the election. and one was, no strategic retreets, no unnecessary wars, no politicization of the military, and no misuse of the military. and as we went through the next five or six months, that became the metric by which we would measure things. >> all right, so we know how this ends, right? trump fires esper, just days after the 2020 election. so it was no longer in office during the ex presidents insurrection on january the sixth. but as pointed to the events of that day, when he was asked whether donald trump was an actual threat to our democracy -- >> do you think donald trump was a threat to democracy? >> i think that, given the events of january 6th, given how he has undermined

beginning of april of the joint chiefs of staff in the united states of america - this is general mark milleythat the war could last for years many years he meant maybe three years four five seven eh when eh actually to some stage eh ukraine will be supported by the western world and then somehow they will let this situation go and the ukrainian issue will not be the main issue on the agenda. they are afraid, for example, that china will not be able to capture taiwan by the 27th year. this is also a vitally important moment for them, but the fact of slindliz and the fact that joe biden decided to use the whole initiative to come up with 33 billion in aid, of which more than 20 billion is actually for military aid this makes ukraine a more powerful a more powerful player for the united states than if it was officially announced that ukraine is an ally of the united states outside nato, which is what we have always sought, then de facto we are already such an ally de facto, and we know that today it became known that one of the congressmen registered such a project that the united states could

>> lloyd austin and the chair of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley reiterated support for ukraine's defense against russia's invasion during a budget hearing. watch tonight 8:00 eastern on c-span2, online as he spend the or or watch full coverage on our free video on c-span now. ♪♪ c-span is an unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more including charter communications. ♪♪ charter invested billions, building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charter, connecting us. >> charter communications support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving a front row seat to democracy. ♪♪ >> president biden traveled to meet with farmers in illinois talking about food production will prices and security. agriculture secretary tom still stuck took part in the 25 minute event. ♪♪ ♪♪ [applause] >> president biden, thank you so much for being here today in illinois. i want to thank o'connors for having us here at the family farm, it's great for me to be back. i know all

it is precisely russia and china that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark milley, asks atget hearings to give the pentagon more money to confront the two great powers. with two great powers, china and russia, each of which has significant military potential and both intend to fundamentally change the current rules-based order. the most important threat to peace and security in europe and perhaps in the world in all 42 years that i have been wearing a russian military uniform, an invasion of ukraine risks undermining not only european peace and stability, but also the global types of stability that my parents fought so bravely to protect and generations of americans, your armed forces are ready to do everything that will be sent to maintain peace and stability in europe. a continent is a part of the world that provides global stability to an international order where all countries can prosper in peace. we are also ready and must maintain our capabilities around the world and prioritize our efforts in the asia-pacific region against the people's republic of china's swift cha

conversation with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee of the united states by general mark milley what do you know about the operational situation in the raisin direction ? of cluster shells prohibited by the geneva convention, yesterday the positions of our fighters near barvinkov were attacked by e-e from barrel artillery of heavy calibers and prohibited phosphorous shells, so we understand who we are dealing with, we are dealing with a horde for which there is no international law, which will go for everything in the first place for huge sacrifices among their soldiers in order to achieve their goals, but they will not achieve it, no matter how many generals they send here, they will be three hundred and two hundred, and we even we solemnly invite putin to come to the izyum direction so that he goes to hell as soon as possible, and also the night before last night, at around 1 o'clock in the morning, a small group of good equipment was intercepted, which was destroyed , including by our fighters, and there is also an increase in the breaking of laws, the breaking of raids the e

hostilities, this is what the chairman of the joint staff committee of the united states , general mark milley believes. has witnessed a revolution in the field of lethal and high-precision munitions, what was once exclusive to the united states military is now available for money to most countries that want it buy the general emphasizes the world after the fall of the berlin wall has changed a lot especially after russia treacherously attacked ukraine and even the challenge is the united states has faced great challenges in europe asia and the middle east in europe we see a revanchist russia and its new invasion of ukraine the development of a combination various technologies that already exist today or are at the initial stage of development will obviously by themselves change the nature of warriors in the suburbs of kyiv irpeny inspecting houses 25 high-rise buildings were previously destroyed by the rashists, they must be demolished, it is impossible to rebuild them, the final conclusions regarding the housing stock in the city hall promise to be announced by june 1, in the meantime, the t

it will only push him further, said the head of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states mark milleythe united states of america, speaking at the graduation of the invest point military academy, he also warned the new officers of the american army that the nature of warfare is changing now, and therefore they must be ready for it. in addition , general milley said that soon the world may face a serious international conflict between two world powers . which ones he did not say , so it remains only for us to guess, although i really wish that this conflict would not happen we will never be together again song of the american singer taylor swift with this name, the secretary of state of the united states of america would like to sing to putin about it, the head of the us state department, anthony blinken , said during a meeting with students of georgetown university in washington. because they said that it would not be diplomatic. and although mr. blinken said it as a joke, his words are still a vivid example of how the administration of the current president, joe biden, perceives mode

written by the head of the joint committee chiefs of staff of the american armed forces , general mark milley, according to him, in the face of russia's unprovoked and immoral aggression, valery zuluzhnyi showed himself as a military mind , his country needs his work, history will remember his work, milley stressed, kharkiv is recovering after a three-month break in the city, the subway train started moving at this was announced by the mayor of the city, ihor terekhov, according to him, so far the interval between trains is half an hour, but every day it will decrease terakhov also noted that at the moment it is difficult to understand the passenger flow, so the first week of travel on the subway is free, also kharkiv residents will be able to continue to use the stations as a temporary shelter during air raids. open-air music, famous pianists play near the monument to the composer frederic chopin every summer since 1959, the entrance to the event is free and takes place in this year's concert has come to one of the most beautiful parks in the city, and many ukrainians will tell more about it

secretary of defense of the united states and with them was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley this is what they said about this final about this desired victory and they use the word solution, the direct language of the solution will be determined by the ukrainian government in the course of interaction with russia, i will not decide for them, i would say that we will continue to do everything possible to support ukraine in its efforts called to protect the sovereign territory, we hope that after the end of this ukraine will be a sovereign state with a functioning government capable of defending its territory. we focus on this now and in the future, the solution is to preserve the cohesion of nato, to ensure that ukraine will ultimately remain a free sovereign country that has territorial integrity and also the absence of war between nato, the usa and russia well, that's how it is. that's how american officials and the american military see this solution. you see important words here they spoke about territorial integrity, i.e. about restoring control over the entire ukrainian

in about 30 minutes, defense secretary lloyd austin and mark milley will hold a briefing on the war inlly with over 40 countries and talking about how much the aid is helping ukraine. >> the ukrainian armed forces are using systems both old and new. they have stalled russia's offensive in the east and co

it was very apparent to me and in general mark. milley that gus perna was the right guy and look he was about ready to retire and you came back he extended his active duty time and worked 24/7 and delivered for the american people. look we had our share of hiccups. but by the time i think president biden was inaugurated in january, we were delivering over a million doses a day to the american people just a tremendous effort and he and and our counterparts at hhs deserve a lot of credit. amen, and i enjoyed talking to him because he came from italian background like i did so we talked about our grandparents and had come from italy and of course the kind of foods that we like these spaghetti and meatballs a little glass of wine here and there so he was just a great leader and great accomplishment. let's talk a little bit about because i want to get into a series of questions. of the role of the secretary of defense the statute that governs the department of defense is primarily found in title 10 of us code and that was updated in 1986. i wa

it was very apparent to me and in general mark. milley that gus perna was the right guy and look he was about ready to retire and you came back he extended his active duty time and worked 24/7 and delivered for the american people. look we had our share of hiccups. but by the time i think president biden was inaugurated in january, we were delivering over a million doses a day to the american people just a tremendous effort and he and and our counterparts at hhs deserve a lot of credit. amen, and i enjoyed talking to him because he came from italian background like i did so we talked about our grandparents and had come from italy and of course the kind of foods that we like these spaghetti and meatballs a little glass of wine here and there so he was just a great leader and great accomplishment. let's talk a little bit about because i want to get into a series of questions. of the role of the secretary of defense the statute that governs the department of defense is primarily found in title 10 of us code and that was updated in 1986. i wa

the next thing i knew mark milley and i were sitting in front of the president trying to talk him out of recalling mcchrystal to active duty. by the time we arrived to the white house, the commander who organized the raid to kill osama bin laden onto the bonfire. the president told milley and me he wanted to call them, mcchrystal and mccraven back to active duty and court martial them for what they said, quote, so disloyal he would say. the discussion went back and forth in the oval. milley figured out a way to get the president to back down. sody disloyal to whom. i guess i'm trying to understand who he thought they were supposed to be loyal to? >> to him, the president and commander in chief. former retired officers he thought they had an obligation to be loyal in terms of what they said publicly or wrote publicly to the president. >> did he ever understand the military is loyal to the constitution and the country. did he ever and does he today? >> i don't know. again, you can only look at behavior and speech and assess that that's not the case. >> let's look at some speech because-

of june, and he was like a lion roaring on that monday into esper's face, into the joint chief mark milley'sbarr at the top of his lungs saying we have got to get tough and medieval on these people, and now we know from mark esper's own memoir out litigated with the department of defense and reviewed by his fellow generals, now we know that the president had urged him to shoot the protesters. esper says, i think, quite rightly, that the good news is it was an easy decision and his answer to trump was no. it was absolutely no, but the bad news for trump was, forgive me -- the bad news for esper was that trump was so foaming at the mouth for violence against these anti-violence protesters, that esper had to find a way to talk him down successfully, and that was very hard. very, very hard, indeed. >> you know, and it culminates with the display of mark milley in his fatigues, right, carol leonnig? doesn't that come when he has the -- he goes out there with the bible and does what he does. what is amazing to me is the stains he left on the military from -- we always examine trump in relative ter

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general, general mark milley speak with his counter part? last time they spoke was one week before the last call and another line of communication to try to reopen. >> very important. thank you. let's turn now to cnn ice nic robertson live for us in helsinki, finland. another nato member is now expressing serious concerns tonight. give us an update. >> reporter: yeah. president erdogan of turkey is saying that he is not looking positively about the moves by finland and sweden. it was the swedish defense and foreign min stefrs today in a joint statement saying if we and finland join nato it makes conflict in the region less likely. a bigger military alliance but erdogan is saying he is unhappy because kurdish separatists whom he has a problem with in turkey he said are living in sweden and then not looking favorably upon them joining. they will be in berlin at the weekend for a meeting of nato foreign min stefrs and there with the finnish foreign minister and will have an opportunity to speak with the turkish counterpart but erdogan is a wild

something like that but one of the things we uncover in our book is chairman joint chiefs of staff mark milleyany legal order, that's a shocking thing for the nation's top general to be say, the implication what he thought would be coming from commander into chief couldn't be clearer. >> trump really feeling the heat, maggie hagerman reporting he went to the bunker, this conference calls, the governors couldn't believe this was the president of the united states, the governor, turned to someone in her office and said the president of the united states is having a nervous breakdown. extraordinary scene there in the book. >> check it out, martin, alex burns, thank you. more, just ahead, a wave of unexplained and severe hepatitis cases in young children. has the cdc grasping for answers. eck in with your team on ringcentral. oh hi caesar. we were just talking about you. yeah, you should probably get out of here.e. ♪ ringcentral ♪ riders! let your queries be known. uh, how come we don't call ourselves bikers anymore? i mean, "riders" is cool, but "bikers"...ireally cool. can we go back to meeting

got to where they are at today the guy who wrote the doctrine, russians are fighting, currently mark milley'st in charge a day or so ago. it was like active defense. he disestablished big units and created a btg, we fight combined arms. infantry and artillery in air. we are good at it. they are not and because of that, they're forcing to nutrition-based fight and that's why it's so important that we have all of that equipment flowing to the ukraines. the 155howitzers. because of that i think you will see stalemate. as you move to may which is victory day for him and wants to have everything wrapped up. i don't think he's going to get there. the fight will go on. i think ukrainian wills get stronger and i do not see any ability of the russians to move any further to the west, they are going the try to stabilize the fight here and over time i think the ukrainians are going to win out. mike: trying to create a land bridge from russia to block sea. the focus is mariupol. it feels humanitarian crisis there. we understand folks were evacuated here. your thoughts on fight in mariupol and clearly the

four weeks since even before the invasion, secretary of defense, lloyd austin and general mark milleybeen trying to get their russian counterparts on the phone, and the russians have not been responding or willing to set up a phone call. now we know that secretary austin was able to connect with russian defense minister shoeu tkpwaou today. secretary austin urged his russian counterpart to engage in a cease-fire to talk about negotiations and he urged him to keep open lines of communication, so to, in fact, take his calls in the future. there still have been no communications between general milley and his russian counterpart, and that's critical for two reasons. one is the two of them were known to speak relatively frequently before the russian invasion of ukraine, and in addition to that, it's particularly telling given the reports just recently that the general was forwarded in a town in ukraine and may have injured. that's something the pentagon has not been able to confirm, and they are not sure if he was injured and how significant it was. but, again, there has been a break thro

i think there are those like turman millie -- chairman mark milley who would say as permanent presence. there are others, our eastern flank allies, would very much like permanent troops and feel like permanent troops are more effective in deterring. that is the heart of the discussion right now. what is the best way to provide deterrence. i do think you will see an enhanced posture overall when we are on the other side of this. >> president biden has said there will not be boots on the ground in this conflict. i heard military leaders are concerned that as this conflict becomes prolonged, momentum to assist and to keep on giving them weapons and training, could start to wane. how do you see the u.s. sustaining this level of support for ukraine? sec. wormuth: i think the administration has done an admirable job helping the alliance come together and have a strong position against the russian invasion. i think we will continue to see that unity. it will take work. back in 2014, for my own experience, it takes a lot of diplomacy to be able to sustain that unity. all of the nato country se

is a live look at capitol hill, where defense secretary lloyd austin and joint chiefs of staff mark milleynt budget and will likely face questions about you train. joining us is erin mclaughlin. what are you seeing on the ground there? >> reporter: well, here there's the question for justice. ukrainians i have been speaking to say they want the perpetrators of alleged war crimes that took place here and in bucha, prosecuted. earlier today, i was speaking to a 62-year-old man that told me that he and his 25-year-old son were kidnapped by russian soldiers and tortured, then freed. he told me, quote, justice must take place. they were not invited here. the only way back for them is through hell. this, as ukraine's general prosecutor just named the first murder suspect, a russian commander of the national guard. she alleges that he murdered four unarmed ukrainian civilians during the occupation of this area and tortured another. and she explained to me why these prosecutions, why it's so important, to prosecute this case. take a listen. >> this aggressive, cruel, violence, because they think t

general mark milley talked with me at arlington national cemetery earlier today. ♪ >> president bidenow three times the u.s. military would help defend taiwan if china attacked. >> the united states would come to taiwan's defense if china attacked. >> yes. we have a commitment to do that. >> are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? >> yes. >> bret: only to be walked by white house officials, the defense secretary had a clarifying moment and the president himself came out and said something different to clarify what he said. what message does all that send to china? is it confusing? do they get it? what message are we sending? >> well, first of all, the u.s. military is going to do whatever the president directs. and will execute that and we have the capability to execute that. no one around the world doubts the capability of the u.s. military. that's the first point. secondly it's the u.s. policy towards taiwan it hasn't changed but still the taiwan's relations act and the policy is still that we will continue to support a peaceful resolution of

later, lloyd austin and mark milley testify on the president's 2023 budget request for the pentagon. >> are you prepared for what it was like to be the first lady? >> i think it is a little bit harder than i imagined. it is not like a job that you do. it is a lifestyle that you live. its

>> i was just dumbstruck by it and he was speaking to general mark milley when he asked that, can't youing? i was shocked by it. to hear this from the president of the united states, saying isby shoot our fellow americans in the streets of the nation's capital. >> and not only talking police, he is talking u.s. military. deploying the u.s. military. ten -- he wanted 10,000 u.s. military forces outside the white house because of protestors. >> right. that's right. look. there was violence. i believe in law and order. there was violence. people were getting hurt. people who were protesting peacefully were not being allowed to do so but the answer is not a heavy hand, and certainly not lethal force. and so, i think we were all dumbstruck. i think between bill barr and myself and with general milley's support, he we started putting ideas out there that law enforcement should lead this and the military should back up only as necessary and even then, it should only be the national guard and upon kind of walking him back off of this notion of sending in active-duty military. >> the people arou

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general mark milley talked with me yesterday at arlington national cemetery and i brought up his tenseith then president trump. >> you delivered remarks at princeton your alma mater rotc cadet. >> you are never to take an oath to a president a king or a queen. you are not taking an oath to a dictator or wannabe dictator or tyrant. you are taking an oath to an idea. the idea that is america. >> bret: what sparked that line? >> i have used that for 10 years. so it has -- we take an oath to the constitution. we take an oath to a document. and within that document is embedded the idea it's codified in this document this idea that's america. my mother and father my mother was in world war ii. my dad was in world war ii. they fought for something. they fought for an idea. they fought each other in the sense that they fought foreother folks in the unit. in the largest sense they fought for idea the idea of america. the idea all americans are created equal we are endowed with creator with life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. all of those have those fundamental rights as americans for lib

lloyd austin and mark milley says 20 countries have announced new military aid packages to ukraine.udes stuff like attack helicopter prs the czech republic. harpoon anti-ship missiles from denmark. the u.s. and allies have gotten sharper insight on what exactly ukraine needs. >> ukraine's capacity to defend their homeland is tied to the quality and quantity of the assistance they are receiving. >> this is coming after a russian diplomat announced his resignation over vladamir putin's war. i want to go to nbc's jay gray who is in ukraine. there was a sentencing for a russian soldier on trial for war crimes. fill us in. >> reporter: that's right. a 21-year-old soldier who pled guilty by the way to shooting and killing a 62-year-old civilian while he was riding his bike. he was sentenced to life in prison. there was a choice for the three-judge panel. it could have been 10 to 15 years or life in prison. they chose the latter saying he took orders from a superior to shoot that man as he was riding his bike, but that does not skirt the law here, that he could still be tried independently

10,000 active duty streets to the capital and the president raises this prospect, asks to general mark milleyem in the legs or something? i think we were all taken aback by that. nobody said anything, that i can recall, in direct response. it hung there. i was quite taken aback. we originally got back to at least what i continued to push, all of us was this is a law enforcement action. if there's any role for the military, it's national guard in support of law enforcement. this is what i grew up in with the military. i served in the national guard. that's what we kept pushing, was that the -- while there was violence and unrest, it wasn't as bad as the president thought. we thought law enforcement could handle it. my view was that the purpose was really to give americans the right to protest the tragic murder of george floyd. >> we did see the national guard, the images on the lincoln memorial steps. we did see the guard called out in that instance and actually take action. there was smoke, questions about what kind of chemical -- >> i talk about that in the book. that was not good reporting

general mark milley says that every dollar goes towards ukraine being able to defend its land. >> ukrainian military capacity to defend their homeland against russian attack is directly tied to the quality and quantity. the assistance they're receiving. >> today defense secretary lloyd austin led a meeting with nearly 50 countries to discuss sending crane weapons and economic assistance with the u.s. being so deeply involved in the war conflict. there are concerns that russia could. directly retaliate. both but u.s. military leaders say helping ukraine is worth it. >> gas prices continue to climb here in california to the statewide average, sitting now at 6, 0, 6 a gallon. solano county is $0.2 lower than that. but the rest of the bay area's paying a lot more. san francisco's most expensive. it 6.32. a gallon followed closely by napa marin, san mateo and sonoma counties. the east and south bay are averaging about the same. >> for the first time, hikers now have official access to a famous grove of redwoods, a new boardwalk trail open this weekend giving people a chance to visit the 300 foot

president harris, defense secretary lloyd austin, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark milley. at least 91 people have died from weekend floods in northeastern brazil. rescuers are still searching for more than two dozen others who are still missing. authorities said the deluge forced some 5-thousand residents to flee their homes. the region is still on high alert for landslides as rain continues to fall. the season's first hurricane in the eastern -- eastern pacific region barreled a stored -- a short today in southern mexico. it formed and made landfall as a strong category two hurricane. locals boarded up windows after the national hurricane center warned of "extremely dangerous storm surge and life-threatening wind." >> it was necessary to protect the most vulnerable parts, especially buildings with class. now we are safeguarding everything that will come from the beach. willam: it is the strongest hurricane on record to have made landfall in the eastern pacific in may so early in the hurricane season. and, on the pandemic, new covid-19 cases in the u.s. were up 21-percent

. >> i come up with this idea, mark milley and i discuss it, what we call the four noes.our things we have to prevent from happening between then and the election. and one was no strategic retreats, no unnecessary wars, and no politicization of the military and no misuse of the military, as we went through the next five to six months that became the metric by which we would measure things. >> the former defense secretary will be our guest tomorrow right here on "morning joe." we'll be right back. right back♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ for people who are a little intense about hydration. neutrogena® hydro boost lightweight. fragrance-free. 48 hour hydration. for that healthy skin glow. neutrogena®. for people with skin. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like: for that healthy skin glow. just stop. go for a run. go for 10 runs! run a marathon. instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette. when traders tell us how to make thinkorswim® even better, we listen. because platforms this innovative ar

ladies and gentlemen, general mark a. milley. >> mr.dent, madam vice president, distinguished guests, fellow americans and most importantly, old start families. it is an honor to join you all in solemn remembrance and reflection on this 154th observance of moral day for the over one million americans who have given the last full measure of devotion in service to our country. beginning with the founding of our nation, more than 42 million americans have worn the cloth of our country. from the content in concord to yorktown, from manassas to appomattox, normandy and iwo jima, muzzle -- mosul. these places are forever etched in our national vocabulary and in our collective memory. the story of the sacrifices made is the story of our nation, the story of our value. behind every fallen soldier, sailor, airman, marine, is a family whose sacrifice beats in the heart of every american. on this day, reflect on the parents who grow up without the comfort of their child, of the children who grow up without a parent, for the families of our fallen.