mark milley told him, no, mr. president, we're not going to have a military force used in a civilian protest situation. don mcgahn told him, no, mr. president, we're not going to use the department of justice and stop the robert mueller investigation. that's not going to happen. now, they said it in gentler ways, no doubt, than the way i'm paraphrasing it now. but what you see, nicolle, and what you are amplifying and giving a spotlight to is how donald trump believes he will get his way on those questions and those orders as the president if he is elected in november. he is saying out loud that he will use the government the way he sees fit. the military, the justice department, and people who are on the wrong side of him will be the targets. >> i want to ask you about stan mcchrystal's endorsement of kamala harris, carol. you know, for all the time we spend sort of waiting for someone to come save us, we have all the information we need. mike pence isn't supporting donald trump. the reason jd vance is on the tic

mark milley is right. because donald trump is running a straightforward life fascist campaign at this point. it's becoming harder to ignore as threats of violence and racism become increasingly central feature in his rhetoric and rallies. it was on full display this week as he chose to hold a rally in the heart of blue colorado. 90 battleground state, and the denver suburb of aurora which is where for weeks trump and j.d. vance pushed a fake narrative that the city's peerless bike gangs of migrants. to be clear, it's a lie. every bit as false and racist as his claims about haitians in ohio. just like they did in springfield, local republicans including the republican mayor of the city of aurora, colorado, are calling out his lies. that doesn't stop him and his campaign from using aurora to make their disgusting argument about an enemy within. complete with visuals saying america was under occupation and needs liberating. trump eight stephen miller even led rally goers through two minutes of hate as a point

military when trump was president and now mark milley is warning that fascism is taking hold again, not in germany or italy, but in america. telling bob woodward that the biggest threat to democracy and safety in the nation is the 45th president, the man he served under. the man who wants to be the 47th president, donald trump. as woodward recounts, the general told him he is the most dangerous person ever. i had suspicions when i talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now i realize he is a total fascist. the most dangerous person in the country. a fascist to the core, milley repeated to me. the former top generalist warning that on election day, 21 days from now, america could elect a fascist to be president and mark milley is right because donald trump is running a straightforward fascist campaign at this point. it is becoming harder to ignore as threats of violence and racism become an increasingly central feature of his rhetoric at his rallies. it was on full display this week as he chose to hold a key rally in the heart of blue colorado, not a battleground state,

kelly, a four star general joins general mark milley, who calls trump a fascist to the core. p's own vice president, mike pence, former trump cabinet secretaries james mattis, mark bolten and a string of other former trump officials in warning americans about the man they worked for. because he is in their view the dictionary deaf mission of a fascist. and somehow it's not a screaming headline? how do the other political news sights react, you might ask. "the washington post" didn't bother to mention it. what about the swing state papers? nothing. the political sites sort of buried it. politico assured us not to be distracted by trump's side show because he has a real campaign strategy. axios tells us trump's closing message is to make a splash. yeah. hitler did some good things. arnold palmer's penis and turning the military to your own -- into your personal -- own personal ss army is all just so splashy. it was left to vice president kamala harris to point out just how important general kelly's message is. >> this is a window into who donald trump really is. from the people

mark milley calling a fascist and you heard j.d.ce and let me put this question to you, senator, do you believe that donald trump is a fascist? >> i don't like using those words, but clearly he has a strong, strong tendency to authoritarianism and to undermining american democracy. look, this is a guy who provoked an insurrection in january 6th, 2021, to prevent and the first time in american history a peaceful transfer of power. so does donald trump believe in democracy, believe in the rule of law? there is a reason, and you raised this a moment ago with vance, why his own vice president for four years mike pence says he is not supporting donald trump. why mitt romney, the 2012 republican candidate not supporting donald trump and it's not because of policy issues. it is because they understand that trump is an authoritarian, does not believe in the rule of law, and for a hundred reasons is unfit to be president of the united states. >> senator, given that you think it is too far to label donald trump as a fascist, do you think it's

please join me in giving a warm welcome to general mark milley. [applause] thanks for being here. it is great to see you. i'm not used to seeing you out of uniform. so, first of all, congratulations on your retirement. are you relaxed now? gen. milley: probably not, but i'm ok. >> good, good. well, we're honored to have you here and to share your expertise and knowledge about it. what is a dangerous world? and, and i know you've given a lot of thought to it and you keep tabs on everything going on the world. let's go around the world to some of the hot spots that you're keeping an eye on. let's start in the middle east. we've seen what's happened over the last few, almost the past year. we saw this past weekend the israeli strikes in iran. you and i in the pentagon been talking about israeli strikes in iran a few years ago. that was a very big deal. it is a very big deal. what's your sense of where this goes next and just how dangerous it is going forward? gen. milley: first, let me thank you and the team for inviting me and, uh, i recognize that i can't see hardly anybody but i kn

mark milley also called him a fascist.n two four-star generals who worked so closely with donald trump called him a fascist why shouldn't voters believe them, senator? >> i think mark milley and john kelly are disgruntled employees. people who were in the room at the time some of those comments have made have said explicitly donald trump did not say the things he was accused of and donald trump was president for four years, if he was what john kelly said he was then why did donald trump deliver peace and prosperity. he didn't arrest his political opponentses kamala harris and the department of the justice has done. >> there's no evidence -- >> they've not gone after political opponents. >> the current department of justice under kamala harris and joe biden has absolutely been going after the political opponents and i think it's a disgrace and that's happening. >> there's no evidence that the doj is going after their political opponents. donald trump was indicted by federal grand juries. let me ask you, though, you said the

and we can talk about mark milley calling, calling donald trump a fascist. but, but you yourself sometimes use heated rhetoric. you've referred, you did an interview with newsmax for your talking about socialists seeming to refer to vice president harris as a socialist. so these phrases do get tossed around political ideology that's very different than one is going to be the world's, the world's most god. i mean, god awful dictator in hitler and that clearly is radicalizing people to take action where they believed the ends justify the means to kill him. that is very different. and you have a whole party including my colleagues and congress that call themselves democratic socialist. i think those policies are bad for the country. it leads to what we're seeing in venezuela, cuba, nicaragua, some would argue california is on a path towards socialist policies. i don't think that's a fair comparison at all. john. >> you don't i mean, you're talking about marxism, you talk about socialism. and do you think kamala harris is a marxist socialists? >> i think there i

weeks out because because they see how high the stakes are and it's a chorus now, it's general mark milleyo is his chairman, the joint chiefs. it's his former vice president. it's the former secretary of defense, dick cheney. it's his former secretary of defense, mark esper. it's basically the entire military and defense community that served under him that is now opposing him and it's because it's ultimately in my view about the commander in test, and that's what's going to move, especially independent voters in this next couple of weeks, they're going to go into the booth. it's only going to be them and that switch and they're going to have to decide if they're comfortable with this person being the commander in chief and leading our men and women in uniform, which might include their sons and daughters, which is why the integrity piece in the atlantic piece. on other stuff is important too, because you're voting for the man's carroll character and integrity or their lack of, i think you can't ignore the fact that so many of these people and to paul's point, are in the national security

people like mark milley, chairman of joint chiefs of staff.came out last week and said donald trump is the most dangerous person ever in this country. this is the guy that was there in the situation room. james mattis, his secretary of defense, said, i totally agree with him. and then his chief of staff, who is there, around you 24 hours a day, every decision you make. he said this of trump. he is a textbook fascist and wants to be a dictator. behind closed doors, he told general kelly, a four-star american general, donald trump said, i need generals that are like hitler had. that's the ones i need. and i know that indian country produces more veterans per capita than any other group of people in this country. [cheers and applause] i met families that had the names of their loved ones on that wall that they lost in vietnam and all of this nation's conflicts. going back to hundred years there have been native warriors in each and every one of those , conflicts. and i, as a 24 year veteran of the military, to hear donald trump, it makes me sick

this week after general mark milley was quoted as saying donald trump is fascist to the core, harrisegan and repeatedly said the term fascist applies to the former president. what is driving harris to support this language publicly? >> i mean it is the truth. it is what people believe and mark milley from my experience being in the white house around him is he does not mince his words. he means what he said. i think the vice president feels comfortable because she believes this is the truth and i think she wants the american people to take a hard look at who she is running against and who could be the president in charge of the nuclear codes and i think that is a really important thing to continue to drive that contrast on the campaign trail. >> listen, my apologies for the brevity of this, but we can blame kamala harris because we did take her alive earlier. thank you so much. >>> the fallout in the middle east following the death of the hamas leader. leader. to help reverse the 4 signs of early gum disease a toothpaste from parodontax, the gum experts.

do you i mean, you served with mark milley. do you agree with those comments look, i have a lot of respect for mark milley. >> he and i are close friends. i understand where that sentiment is coming from. a frankly, i wish he and other four-stars would stay out of the political process. >> but look, i'm not going to get into that. >> i've said in the past that i believe donald trump is unfit for the presidency, i think for many reasons, beginning with lack of character second effect that he would put him he puts himself before the country in american people and a few other reasons so i'm not going to kind of get in the mud. i believe we need to elevate our civil discourse, so i've i've avoided name calling and things like that and making those types of comparisons, but i've laid out my case as to why i don't think he's fit for the office. >> yeah and you've said you won't be voting for him this election. >> secretary mark esper, thank you for your time. >> thanks kaitlan my political sources are also here with me tonight. >> fo

to quote mark milley. trump says it himself. the "la times" owner said let's layout the policy, you don't need to lay out the policies. layout what donald trump is saying. i want to terminate the constitution, want to go after my enemies, the vermin, the enemy within. i want to use the national guard and by the way, if you vote for me now, you never have to vote again in four years. >> the berman, the talk about immigrants eating cats and dog, there -- they are remarkable at goes to 1931, 1932, 1933 germany were reasonable people in germany, because it was one of the most advanced societies in the world would have said, it is not going to come undone. this is rhetoric. we enjoy positions in government and academia, all three society and then the worst happened. i'm not suggesting we are going to repeat the holocaust but people forget how fragile democracy can be. it is pretty startling but you cannot ignore in the face of someone who says he's going to undo it. >> a couple of things. you are right to make the point about the hol

do you i mean, you served with mark milley. do you agree with those comments for mark milley. >> he and i are close friends. i understand where that sentiment is coming from. a frankly, i wish he and other four-stars would stay out of the political process. but look, i'm not going to get into that. i've said in the past that i believe donald trump is unfit for the presidency. i think for many reasons, beginning with lack of character second, the fact that he would put him he puts himself before the country in american people and a few other reasons so i'm not going to kind of get in the mud. i believe we need to elevate our civil discourse i've avoided name-calling and things like that and making those types of comparisons. but i've laid out my case as to why i don't think he's fit for the office yeah. >> and you've said you won't be voting for him this election. >> secretary mark esper. thank you for your time. >> thanks. kaitlan my political sources are also here with me tonight. >> former communications director for vice pre

have to place that statement against the reputations and credibility, not just of john kelly, but mark milley, mark esper served as defense secretary, his vice president, who is not endorsing seeing him, right? i mean members of the cabinet, et cetera. so listen, it's you and i can't decide for anybody who we believe you can only say to folks who are watching right now, who do they find more credible. we're actually going to be speaking to former defense secretary esper later this afternoon. >> so stay tuned for that right now. i want to get out to eva mckend, who is live for us. at the, cnn town hall, the site of the cnn town hall that is expected later tonight with vice president kamala harris, eva, you've been having conversations with folks on the campaign. is this something that they saw themselves talking about just two weeks out from the election well, it's certainly part of a broader argument, boris, that the vice president has been making on the campaign trail that the former president has been exhibiting behavior, especially over the last several weeks in her view that illustrates t

this was him threatening mark milley and talking about mark milley. >> of course, milley had his say,mp is the most dangerous person ever, a fascist to the core. this is a respected former military general who was the top person, who dealt with trump, and he says he is a fascist to the core, and the most dangerous person. now, this man, donald trump, is running for president again. you don't have to accept milley's judgment as final, but it is based on experience with trump and experience in the military. >> and he said publicly that he thought that, you know, milley should be exterminated. he said that at a rally. >> yes, yeah. >> so -- >> but this violent talk is not in isolation. lots of violence out there. something to worry about. and if you're going to have political figures like trump stoking it in this way, and if i may say, having spent years on trump, spent a year talking to him, his last year as president during the year of covid, and if you look at that record, it is the most pathetic record on dealing with the major pandemic, where he was warned, and i kept talking to him

so you know, mark milley and i see each other. we have this debate in real life and real time van. and we don't, we don't agree about it and we're still friends just like you and i are amazing. >> meredith, the former president's rhetoric. i mean, it doesn't seem to be hurting him in the polls, certainly in this election remains obviously he's essentially tied that's got a concern the harris campaign well, we know that this this election is going to be one on the margins here. the polling could not be tighter. and we've seen in recent days how the harris campaign is to 0.4. president clinton, former president barack obama to try to gin up some support among the black male voters that they've seen some, of the polling has eroded. but look, it's going to be incredibly close, really tight, and both campaigns are really trying to chip away at really narrow margins of support here van, what do you think that that support has has chipped away well, i think that african-american men are, are hurting and uncertain like a lot of folks in the country. >> and i think have a particular set of

general mark milley wrote in a resignation letter at one point that he didn't end up sending to trump saying he would resign because he didn't believe trump believed in the same values the united states fought for in world war ii. he decided it was more important to stay in office and fight against trump's abuse of the military, the worry that he would use the military against civilians, as he is now suggesting he would do. so, when you hear kamala harris say this, she is -- in fact, you're right -- using stronger language than before to try to get across the stakes to those voters who haven't made up their minds. this isn't a choice between an average republican and democrat. it's a choice between somebody who believes in traditional american democracy and somebody who doesn't. >> you heard her talk about guardrails that people like kelly and milley will not be part of a second administration from donald trump if there is one. so, amy, not only did donald trump allegedly say he wanted generals like hitler had, john kelly also describes donald trump's admiration for hitler. let me pla

mark milley, i don't know as well, but i've known mark for close to 20 years. he's a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff he served under my command as a one-star in afghanistan. i know him to be true, direct straight coincidentally, a fellow bostonian to john kelly, these are two very straightforward individuals, and i'll close with this. jessica they spent not minutes not hours. or not days. not months. both of them spent years around president trump i take great stock in what they had to say about him and i'm curious and because you do know john kelly, so well we've heard the former president talk very openly about what he describes as the enemy within people here in america, americans that he thinks are more frightening and more potentially threatening than our enemies that exists just outside in the world and he is named various politicians, but he's also posted on truth, social that he would he would investigate and go after anyone that he he thought was an enemy from within. do you think john kelly and mark milley yourself, anyone might be concer

i certainly hope not. >> it's not just john kelly and mark milley. e a look at all the former trump officials who have spoken out against trump. mike pence, james mattis, john bolton, mark esper, bill barr, nikki haley. this list goes on and on, some of them calling trump a threat to democracy itself. we literally ran out of space to fit all the comments here. how do you make sense of it? a lot of these are national security and military folks, they're worried enough by what they experienced inside the trump administration, that they are now speaking out against trump. but they aren't going so far to say that they would vote for harris. >> well, i find that rather not surprising, but unconscionable on their part, because they know that if they are not going to support kamala harris and vote for her, this is something that's going to benefit donald trump. and all of those individuals that you showed on the screen, these were people who thought that they could keep donald trump on track. but they saw up close and personal that his actions, his private c

trump's own secretary of defense, a four star general said he agreed with mark milley.nd earlier this week, another four star general john kelly trump's former chief of staff went on record and said, yes, donald trump is a textbook fascist and he would be a dictator given the opportunity. this is a guy and i think about this, think about it here, think about those who gave their lives, protecting this nation from nazi tyranny, protect this world from nazi tyranny. young men left the navajo nation and were sent around the world to protect people they will never know or never see to give them the freedom to live as free people. that's what happened. and, and here's what donald trump said. here's what donald trump said. i need the kind of generals that at all fiddler -- adolf hitler had. as a 24 year veteran and to the veterans out here that makes me sick as hell to hear this guy saying that. he disgraces, every single person who wore the uniform and he disgraces, every single warrior that risked their lives to defend this nation against nazism. and he said it to his gener

so, you know, mark milley and i see each other. we have this debate in real life, in real time, vann and we don't, we don't agree about it and we're still friends just like you and i are amazing meredith, the foreperson is rhetoric. >> i mean, it doesn't seem to be hurting him in the polls, certainly in this election remains obviously he's essentially tied that's got a concern. the harris campaign well, we know that this this election is going >> the polling could not be tighter. and we've seen in recent days how the harris campaign is deploying former president clinton, former president barak obama to try to gin up some support among the black male voters that they've seen some of the polling has eroded but look, it's going to be incredibly close, really tight, and both campaigns are really trying to chip away at really narrow margins of support here van, what do you think that that support has has chipped away well, i think that african-american men are, are hurting and uncertain like a lot of folks in the country. >> and i think

was from cnn, but that was me reading a quote from former joint chiefs of staff chairman general mark milley, who trump appointed milley calling trump a fascist in an interview with bob woodward that wasn't harris calling him a fascist control room. come on. i know we have this clip somewhere from cnn. come on, show it do you think donald trump is a fascist? >> yes, i do yes, i do thank you my control room going a little bit rogue there and making a point, perhaps this is obviously what mike johnson and mitch mcconnell are worried about. >> kamala harris agreeing with the words of some of the people who have worked closely with trump in the oval office in the situation room. that's that's what they have an issue with, not trump using these very same words cnn's rosa flores is with the harris campaign in houston ahead of the big rally there tonight. and alayna treene is with the trump campaign traverse city, michigan ahead of the rally, alayna, what did we hear from trump? but he went to austin earlier this afternoon. he was talking a lot about immigration mean, during those remarks and austi

- it becomes a fatal blow when you consider that it precisely affirms and confirms what general mark milley a conversation he had with general milley on march 6, 2023 in washington, d.c. -- >> a facist to the core, according to general mark milley, a fascist by any definition of the word "fascist" according to general john kelly. the corroboration is undeniable and chilly. joining me now is author of the new book "war" bob woodward is here. thank you so much for being here. tell me more, tell me anything else about this encounter with general mark milley. >> well, it was -- it was stunning and, of course, milley very respected by everyone in the military, probably not now by donald trump. but it's -- it's a performance evaluation. and i -- i -- i really think we can go deeper into this, having done three books on trump, spending a year, 2020, the last year he was president, talking to him for 19 interviews, nine hours. there is a way trump operates that people really need to understand. it is -- he does not plan. it's just whatever comes into his mind. oh, let's do this. let's do that. let'

i mean, when you hear things like that from mark milley if the quotes and bob woodward's book are accurate, he hasn't come out and said i didn't say this how seriously you should voters take that? i mean, that sounds that i mean that is that's a serious as, you know, jim, i think it depends on one's perspective in terms of how they're looking at this race. i think if you're a republican and you're an armed support of the former president. you're going to dismiss it and say this is just political jargon because they dislike him. even if you're a trump skeptic. but you're looking at harris and you're saying, you know what? i don't like the guy, but i think he's better they're on a set of issues. i will still vote for him anyway. i'm not convinced that this will change the needle and i think to julie's point about this being a close race i think the question if you're democrats and you look at some of the deficits there how do you improve if you're vice president harris with some consequential groups and if you're republicans and you're advising former president trump and the question becomes

you have john kelly, you have mark milley. that doesn't carry any weight. those are not democrats. those are all republicans. that are trying to get themselves booked on tv and stay popular in the dc cocktail circuit. i look at what the president donald trump actually did in the white house. none of these things were true. we stayed out of new wars. we actually where he negotiated historic peace deals. and so while there's a lot of fear mongering and that's what the democrats closing argument is is not about voting for them, but about voting against trump. they've got to try to make you afraid. and that just fits their narrative right now, i look into president's record and it didn't show that but mark, your former boss, mike pence, is not supporting donald trump. that is. i mean, he isn't doing a whole lot of tvm that's not somebody who's trying to get on tv your former boss not supporting donald trump? john kelly says he is a fascist. mark milley says he's a fascist you don't take that seriously well, i think it's politics because i also see three democrats, senators right now wh

when mark milley, the highest soldier in our military, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, notolitical at all, just give a career 30 years to this country. when that guy who was there standing alongside donald trump says he is fascist of the core and is the most dangerous threat america has ever faced, that is his assessment. he is not political. and that goes to all of the people who were next to him from mcchrystal to mattis. this is serious work, but the american people will come back on mondays. they will come home when we knock on their doors. they will come home when we called them. we give them an option on this when we vote for kamala harris. we have 16 days to do the work. i continue to say it. it is all gas, no brake. we will sleep when we were dead, but i had someone come up and said you were taking this too seriously. you look like hell. i see the american people across this country. at the battleground states are doing the work. people are motivated. it is anecdotal, but early voting started her yesterday. we saw north carolina and georgia down there this week, the

life former joint chiefs chairman general mark milley, or he's trump may call him back to active duty so he can be court-martial good evening. thanks for joining us 21 days out from election. a lot happening. the former president is isn't it atlanta tonight expected to speak shortly? we'll have more on him momentarily. people began early voting today in georgia, the turnout is huge, double what it was in 2020. i'll get the latest numbers from georgia election officials, gabe sterling. first though, vice president harris in detroit tonight fresh from a live radio town hall with charlemagne tha god, she went into it facing a polling shortfall among black men compared to president biden's level of support in 2020. from a prison, obama bluntly address those voters recently saying it's quote, not acceptable. his words to sit out this election. vice president was less direct instead, calling attention to a suite of policy proposals the work that i continue to do is about increasing access to capital for our small businesses. so my plan includes making sure that for first-time homebuyers, th

mark milley, kamala harris did not fire general. i mean john, he fired a lot of those people, jake and he did because they weren't doing their job. but this is the thing jake, we've now spent five minutes. yeah. talking about people in donald trump's staff. we think he's not fit for office if sired who we think who bought it for all they didn't think he was unfit for office until they had a falling out with him because he fired them. and we're not talking about the public policy what we're actually talking about, how americans can afford groceries were actually, were actually talking about the fact that americans can't afford the cost of housing joining actually talking about fact that a lot of people out there and erie, pennsylvania, they're the ones who suffer and die when people like mark esper and mark milley, dolo bay, the commander in chief's order about donald trump. and what he said? >> yes. and i know about trump said you'd much rather talk about what donald trump allegedly said. hold how likely is it in autism and what his

up that word, you know, bob woodward is now reported that former joint chiefs chairman general mark milley, who trump appointed to that post, said the same thing to bob woodward do you think it could resonate with undecided voters in these final weeks yeah, i don't at all the fact that we've got a democratic nominee for president three weeks out from the election, still trying to shore up the black vote. >> that tells you how poorly kamala's doing. in fact, one in four black men say they're voting for donald trump and 61% of africa can americans say this country is going the wrong direction? i got to tell you, anderson, i'm glad that you're having me on, but the reality is i'm excited that the fact that kamala harris is fighting for the black vote for the first time because she's been in office for four years and i'm wondering where has she been the last four years? the fact that she's rolling out a plan and they 11th hour, the campaign to finally appeal to black like voters. it really sounds like a lot of pandering in my opinion. where has she been the last four years? the reality is she

mark milley, trump's former joint chiefs chairman, is using bob woodward to send a message and it's a chilling message on page 179 of this book. you know, part of the quote has been publicized in recent days, people have been talking about it. millie call on trump a fascist to the core. the other part of the quotes also really striking milley also says to woodward, we have got to stop him. you have got to stop him woodward says that the eu is referring to the american press writ large to have the former joint chiefs chairman calling the former president and want to be next president, a fascist is front-page news and i'm glad it's been treated that way in the last few days, we have to talk seriously in this country. but what fascism is and what it means to have milley making this warning, it'll be interesting to see by the way, if milley does tv interviews or does other press. because so far is only using woodward to get this message out and sara, this morning is not getting through the pro pro-trump media. it's being completely ignored. so i wonder if harris will bring it up on fox to

i'm talking about not just john kelly but mark milley, who was the trump appointed chairman of his joints of the joint chiefs of staff bade trump's direct orders on truth free deployments and i'm talking about the guy that that had your job massive a massive, massive violation of his constitutional oath. biden talking about the guy that had your job before donald trump's supportive crowd wanted to hang him vice president mike mike pence, who said, as you know, that trump put himself before the constitution. >> i'm talking about general mattis also secretary of defense in trump's administration. i'm talking about mark esper, the secretary of defense, who told me that trump does have fascistic tendencies. john bolton, hr mcmaster, single one, alyssa farah griffin, a jre so that every trump administration official, you know, one reason why kamala harris doesn't have as many people criticizing her is because she doesn't fire people who fail. that's why we haven't had a real audit of the disastrous afghanistan withdrawal is because kamala harris protects failures in government. donald trump fi

when mark milley, the highest soldier in our military, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, not political at all, just gave a career 30-plus years to this country, when that guy who is there standing alongside donald trump says he is fascist to the core and he is the most dangerous threat that america has ever faced, that's his assessment. he is not political. he is giving you an assessment. that goes to all of the people who were next to him, from stanley mcchristol to kelley. i tell you, this is serious work. but the american people will come back home on this. they will come home when we knock on their doors. they will come home when we call them. we give them an option on this with kamala harris. so thank you all for doing this. we have 16 days to do the work. i have continued to say it. it's all gas, no brake. we will sleep when we're dead. i had someone come up to me saying you are taking this too seriously, you look like hell. but i am not waking up on that 17th day and not believing we did everything. i know you have. i see the marin people -- american people across this country.

at a rally last night. >> now i happen to know john kelly and mark milley.rved under me when i was commander in chief. these are serious people. these are, this is a decorated soldier and marine who served in vietnam. they are not quote-" liberals. they are people who have never, in the past, even talked about politics because they believe that the military should be above politics. but the reason they are speaking out is because they have seen that in donald trump's mind the military does not exist to serve the constitution or the american people. he does not see being commander in chief as a solemn, sacred responsibility. just like everything else, he thinks the military is there to do his bidding, to serve his interests. he said if he is elected he will use the military to go after, quote, the enemy within. which he defines as anybody who criticizes him or refuses to bend the knee. he can't handle that. and unlike last time, unlike the first time, he won't have people like john kelly around to stop him. he will be surrounded by people who are just as loon

we know mark milley has spoken out about donald trump. there are other republicans who see this rhetoric who know the dangers associated with it and are choosing to remain on the sideline. than other republicans like tonight, glenn youngkin asked about this on cnn and sort of skirted around the issue when he knows better. that, i think, is the most surprise it. our expectations for trump are fairly low, and he's managing to meet them. i think our expectations for the republicans to speak out against this behavior especially after january 6 were higher, and that has been what is shocking for a lot of us is to see them sit back and let the election happen in silence. >> you know who's not letting it happen in silence? the candidates. vp harris and governor walz are laser focused on the blue states this week. michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. how much of this do you believe is to make sure they don't fall prey to the fate of hillary clinton in 2016 in terms of where her focus was and where she missed? >> it's interesting for all of the, i h

. >> general mark milley, the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, donald trump's top general has called trump and i quote fascist to the core. and it is clear that donald trump is increasingly unstable and unhinged. and will stop at nothing to claim unchecked power for himself. >> donald trump will have a chance to respond when he speaks to the al smith dinner later tonight. annual tradition for presidential elections. in event kamala harris will attend in on tape. the latest campaign trail news means for the election 19 days away? ys away? >>> trump has been canceling interviews left and right in the waning days of his campaign for found time to appear in a podcast released earlier today where he blamed ukraine's president for his country getting invaded by russia. >> i think president zelenskyy is one of the greatest salesman i've ever seen. every time he comes in we give them $100 billion. who else got that in history? that doesn't mean i don't want to help him. i feel badly for those people. but he should never have let that war start. >> michelle goldberg is a columnist

message has been a response, remember, not to what democrats are saying, but reporting about what mark milley thought of donald trump in bob woodward's book. what the campaign is trying to do is blend together that argument, trump can't serve as president again. we can't let him back in that role, given what his former employees have said. the economic benefits, the trump campaign has some of that, you watch their ads, they're often 50/50, the first 15 seconds is attacking harris over gender policies, blaming her for the biden economy. sometimes misleading about what she's done. she's going to keep biden's border in the full quote. going to keep the border restrictions and he's going to cut your taxes and make life more affordable. the daily discussion, the insult contest, et cetera, those don't make it on to the air. >> here's the thing about campaign ads, once you put them on tv, you don't really have to be truthful, unless you're inciting violence. there is no federal rule that you have to tell the truth, and broadcast networks can't say no to the ads, they have to air them. it's really in

i think mark milley when he called him fascist to the core, he meant it. netanyahu, the prime minister, that is being accused to being a threat to israel by another prime minister is basically saying finish the job. the job is ethnic cleansing of gaza, the annexation of the west bank, which he promised sheldon adelson's widow they would annex the west bank, and you'll see what is happening, which is basically the gaza formula will become the tactic of gaza, the basically massive bombing, massive slaughter, and starvation and the killing and killing of hospital -- killing every condition of life. you will see that kind of doctrine exported to the west bank, and now we're seeing it in lebanon. we're seeing trump who doesn't believe in american constitution or democracy, doesn't believe in international law, it will mean that america and israel will be allies with fascist dictators. they will be fine with what putin is doing. they will basically import and export ethno nationalism and fascism on steroids. for me, the most worrying part of all of this, trump i

say this because someone i respect, general milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and mark milley doesn't have time to minimums -- mince words. he told us that he believes donald trump is fascist to the core. donald trump's power isn't hypothetical and the rest is coming from his mouth. last week, one of trump's closest buddies, mike flynn, trump former national security adviser and contender to be that job again in the white house he was asked if he would lead military tribunals to carry out executions if trump wins again. mike flynn answered, we have to win first. he followed that up to understand how bat bleep crazy he was. he said the gates of hell, the gates of hell, my hell will be unleashed. this is the guy that donald trump wants to hand the keys to the federal government over to on security. so, look, if there is anybody in your life who really meant when donald trump called for a bloodbath and think he is just talking, you remember 2016 and you rerl the way he talked, this is not that trumy. this is something much more did he ranged and desperate and what j.d. vance said

they only see -- they don't get to hear what mark milley thinks of him. so in my sense, let's give you the numbers here. donald trump's -- special report, bret baier show, normally averages 2.5 million viewers a night. combined with the midnight airing, special reports with vice president harris scored 8.5 million viewers. by contrast, trump's town hall got 2.9 million viewers. we're talking about 8.5 million people. that's just that total, not even the people who have seen it on social media exposed to reality. let me play you the immediate -- i watched the interview, but then i watched the immediate response to it on fox. here it is. >> at times, especially when she was trying to go after donald trump, she was fairly effective in that. >> she was combative and energetic and she certainly landed some blows on donald trump. >> she definitely had a moment when she was talking about donald trump and the threat she sees and inciting the former chairman of the joint chiefs. >> then they went right back to trashing her and saying she was terrible, but for a mo

mark milley was the chairman of the joint chiefs to bob woodward he has said, i am afraid and we are afraid they were going to be dragged back the active service so that trump can fulfill his retribution promise and court-martial us he also says, he's fascist to the bone i mean, why is it that so many top serving people who been defending their country are scared of trump, 0.2, 0.0. >> well, my own experience with trump was their was trump the president? and there was trump the show. and i had enough personal interaction with him through phone calls, through meetings on serious matters where the show was nowhere to be found. he was focused, he was decisive did he always give the right answer? no. he's not perfect. he is human. but once that would be over, then the show began. the hyperbole, the rallies, the silly press conferences. you know, the illusions two people's genitalia, whatever you want to put on the list that's part of the trump brand and there's nothing anyone can do about it. >> and i wanted to ask you about the show man and the real man as you put it, you know, he has s

was particularly interesting about that is the first time she has actually said that xi is quoted mark milley on the campaign trail. >> she was talking about general kelly earlier in the day, the white house said that president biden thinks don't trump is a fascist why do you think she is now taking that extra step? >> because i think that internal polling is showing that somehow this line of attack is working on the inside for her. i mean, as you noticed when she came out on the stage with you last night, she focused at least nine minutes talking about this and really attacking trump. now you have to also take into consideration trump was not there. and so i think she was also trying to prop him up to be in place because he decided not to show up. and that's the way in which she attacked him. but jamal would know more about the internal polling. it has to be happening. it's why she went and did the press it's conference earlier in the day to comment on the hitler comments that he had said somebody must be saying that that's working and resonating with the voters. >> do you think it's worth y

mark milley, the joint chiefs of staff.hat are we talking about and where are the people who can say he's produced for him? in a city two-thirds black and latino, new york, you can't find one businessman that had a contract with him that was black or latino. >> here we go. vice president kamala harris taking the stage. lots of cheers. her theme song, the beyonce song, freedom, which we have become very familiar with. she's walking on the stage. this is expected to be a really dramatic presentation that is going to confront donald trump and the way that he has been running his campaign, the things he has been saying. we're expecting her to foiks on that tonight in a way we really haven't seen vice president harris do before. she's giving karen a big hug, the civil servant grandma who introduced her in erie, pennsylvania, and here she goes. >> can we hear it for karen? >> everybody. all right. it's good to be back in pennsylvania. hey, everybody. all right. all right, all right. come on. we got work to do. we got work to do.