and general mark, milly says the taliban now controlled nearly half of the countries, $400.00 plus districts. all of this is of course, happening is us troops pulling out fighting between africa and government forces and the taliban is intensifying. it is 7 people were killed by shelling and the southern province of candle on wednesday. mike had, has more from washington d. c. is secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who spoke to the media in the course of the day. they say that withdrawal is going on as scheduled. some $8000.00 troops have already being moved out of a gun. he's done. they also made specific reference to locals who were employed by the us military, such as drivers and translators. a number of them have already been removed from the country as well, but the main point that they were making of the games that kind of bond has made in recent times, the chairman of the joint chiefs the stop mark milly saying that as of last month the taliban controlled some 80 of gunny stones, 401900 district. but this number has now doubled. i would tell you that as

mark, milly says the group has a strategic momentum that takes up a new areas. coincides and the continued pull out of us troops. now china has deployed the army to her non province. the central region is struggling with its worst flooding and living memory. troops of birth to nearby damn, to reduce the risk of more floods. thousands will help search and rescue efforts. if he's 33 people have been killed and 200000 evacuated, half of those killed were stuck in underground railways. in john jo street, subways, factors and farmland have all been effected while the provincial capitals, whether authorities say the city has seen the heaviest rainfalls in records began 60 years ago. usually about $640.00 millimeters of rain falls in the region in a year. but john jo has seen almost a year's worth in just 3 days. we're told 1000000 people live there and it's estimated 1200000 have been directly affected by the flooding. agent brown, that's more from hong kong. the area that is affected by flooding lies in an area that is prone to this sort of thing. in fact, we know that in the last few years, th

mark, milly says the group has strategic momentum that takes over new areas or versus us troops pull out. at least 25 people have died and severe flooding and china essential on province of the heaviest rainfall since recalled. again, 200000 people have been moved to safety and this concern to dam could collapse. 4 major drug companies have agreed to pay $26000000000.00 to resolve thousands of claims over their role in the us. opioid epidemic also secures the companies of nation, the painkillers reach attics through illegal channels. police and protesters have clashed outside greece's parliament during a rally against mandatory corona virus. vaccinations for health care workers i it was the 2nd south rally in week offices. use tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowd. cover 900 infections have been rising and greece in recent weeks. almost 3000 cases reported on wednesday in me in law medical infrastructure is on the edge of collapse. the country is unable to cope with a rising number of corona virus infections. on tuesday, a senior politician from the former ruling party died

laura: one of the books claims general mark millie said something about trump supporters while preparing> millie said to a group of senior advisors at this exercise, quote, here is the deal, guys, these guys are not these, boogaloo boys, proud boys, the same people we fought in world war ii. we are going to put a ring of steel around the city and the nazis aren't getting in. he was referring to trump supporters. laura: we are used to hearing this from the far left on college campuses, blm, those kinds of things but chairman of the joint chiefs talking about a lot of people who want to support the president, didn't go into the capitol, this is what he said, he gave it to them, this is from him, your reaction. >> if this is what he said he is unfit to serve as the highest-ranking military officer in our country. what we have seen time and again from these reporters is they have been, quote, manipulated by the press and by the stories and that was the case of the steel dossier. we saw that during the teargas used in lafayette park that donald trump ordered only to find out that was never th

mark, milly says the group has strategic momentum as it takes over new areas. all this is us troops pull out i would tell you that as of today, more or less, i guess it's about $212.00 to $13.00 in that range. 2 hundreds of the district centers are in taliban control. it's about half of the florida, 1900, that are out there. you've got 34 provincial capitols in ghana stant. none of them have been seized as of today by the taliban. although the taliban is putting pressure on the outskirts of probably a half of them, 17 of them in fact. and what they're trying to do is isolate the major population centers. at least 25 people have died in severe flooding, and china is central hung province of the heaviest rainfalls and records began. 200000 people have been moved to safety the leader of tens. and he is main opposition. party has been arrested. freeman and boy, and 10 other child him. a party members were detained in the early hours of wednesday in the city of wonder. they were planning a conference to demand constitutional reforms. already say they were arrested f

in this one speaker nancy pelosi confronts general mark milly about the sperspective of the presidentering a nuclear strike without authorization. ma'am, i guarantee you we have checks and balances in the system, milly told her. me walked her through the process and nuclear release authorities. ma'am, i guarantee you these processes are very good. there's not going to be an accidental firing of nuclear weapons. ma'am, there's a process, he said. we'll only follow legal orders. we'll only do things that are legal, ethical and moral. joining us now former defense secretary william cohen. appreciate you joining us. former defense secretary. what do you make of the fact that house speaker pelosi confronted milly over the possibility of the president of the united states using nuclear weapons inappropriately? >> well, i think she was right to be worried. i have said this on multiple occasions going four years, five years ago saying i thought the former president was unfit to be commander in chief. for the reason i felt at that time were pretty evident. i think his mercurial nature impetuou

the chairman of the joint chiefs, general mark millie set to take questions from reporters since thers that president trump might attempt a coup if he lost the election. cnn's barbara starr is standing by. barbara, there are an endless list of questions that mark millie is likely to face here. >> an endless list of questions for both leaders, kate. the two have not come out in a joint press conference since may. it is very traditional for the defense secretary as the top civilian leader to be joined by the chairman of the joint chiefs in these occasional press conferences. they will both likely face plenty of questions. general millie will walk into the pentagon briefing room with the secretary at 1:30 east coast time, knowing he'll face questions ability all these reports and recent books about his views about the last days and weeks of the trump administration. what we don't know is if general millie will answer any of those questions. he's been very reluctant to publicly speak about president trump. he will be in complete control, of course, of his message and what he wants to say

joe has the morning off, and willie those quotes attributed to general mark milly. nding quotes coming out of the new book "i alone can fix it". we'll talk to the authors in a moment about what was happening and what general milly believed was possible around the election. >>> let's begin with president biden on capitol hill yesterday making the case for senate democrats to pass another sweeping spending proposal. the president pushing his party to support the multi-trillion dollar budget blueprint for health care, child care, climate change and other priorities. nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander has the

mark, milly says the group has a strategic momentum as it takes of a new areas. it coincides with the continued pull out to us troops. china has deployed the military to her non province. the central region is struggling with its worst flooding and living memory. thousands will help search and rescue efforts at least 25 people have been killed. agent brown as more for hong kong. the area that is affected by flooding lies in an area that is prone to this sort of thing. in fact, we know that in the last few years, the government spent something like $8000000000.00 on flood prevention measures and kitty. those measures have not worked on social media to date, and there's a good deal of anger being expressed by people wondering why the weather forecast. who's got it so wrong? why was it they weren't able to predict this once in a millennium event? just a day to go until the start of the summer olympics in tokyo and organizers say, 12 more athletes that the limping village of tested positive for cobra. 19. that brings the total number of cases linked to the gang to $8

mark milly says parallels between trump's rhetoric of election fraud and hitler's insistence to followerstim and their savior. this is a right stack moment, milly told aide. he was openly ready to defy the commander in chief in order to prevent a military coup. when you read that, when you see that, how close did the country come by your assessment to a point of no return? >> well, i think what is clear in the aftermath of the election that donald trump was saying publicly and privately about the election fraud he believed had taken place. and his increasing determination to hold on to power through any means possible. thankfully, individuals with integrity and commitment to the democratic principles of this republic like general millie decided they were not going to be used as a pawn in donald trump's chess game. and so thankfully we had individuals like mark milly and others who stood up to donald trump and unfortunately there were too many times throughout the course of the four year term where individuals just bowed over to the every whim. really, i think this sent chills down the spi

theda most us general says taliban fighters now control many half of the countries, 400 districts, mark. milly says the group has strategic momentum as it takes 7 new areas. coincides with continued to pull out a us troops. china has deployed the military to her non province, which has seen its worst flooding and living memory. thousands will help search and rescue efforts. at least 33 people have been killed and 200000 evacuated. agent brown has more from hong kong. the area that's affected by flooding lies in an area that is prone to this sort of thing. in fact, we know that in the last few years, the government spent something like $8000000000.00 on flood prevention measures and kitty. those measures have not worked on social media to date. and as a good deal of anger being expressed by people wondering why the weather forecast, who's got it so wrong, why was it they weren't able to predict this? once in a millennium event part of iran, i've gone into a 3rd day of locked down the cobit 19 restrictions abroad in ahead of the muslim holiday of ead, which usually prompts millions to travel aro

mark, milly. while he's telling us what we already know, but it's still significant. it's significant because afghan officials have been concerned about the media narrative. the idea that the taliban are winning. and they believe that that is causing fear among the populations, cues for passports and baez's. people moving around the country is also affecting the morale of the afghan security forces. well, it's not the media saying at this time it is the most senior member of the u. s. military saying, yes, it's not a foregone conclusion. that the taliban are going to take control of the country, but it's certainly one of the possibilities that still the possibility of a negotiated settlement between the african government and the taliban. but rather bad scenarios, a return to warlords across the country's breakdown in parts of the country's country. so very worrying picture presented from the highest levels and the pentagon. will james, if the end came in, i've gone a son is or appears to be very unclear from military standpoint. what should we be looking out for in t

and general mark milly says the taliban now controlled nearly half of the country's $400.00 class districts. all of this is of course happening as us troops pulling out, fighting between africa and government forces and the taliban is intensifying. it is 7 people were killed by shelling and the southern province of candle on wednesday. my car has more from washington d. c.

his more of what general mark milly had to say about the taliban advance. i would tell you that as of today, more or less, i guess it's about $212.00 to $13.00 in that range. 2 hundreds of the district centers are in taliban control. it's about half of the $41900.00 that are out there . you've got 34 provincial capitols in ghana stant. none of them have been seized as of today by the taliban. although the taliban is putting pressure on the outskirts of probably a half of them. 17 of them in fact. and what they're trying to do is isolate the major population centers. they're trying to do the same thing to cobble. and roughly speaking, the order of magnitude. a significant amount of territory has been seized over the course of 6810 months sort of thing by the, by the taliban. so momentum appears to be strategic. momentum appears to be sort of with the tell him the afghan security forces that are consolidating their forces. thousands of people have rallied in ethiopia and capital to show their support for federal troops fighting in the northern region of 2 gre

mark, milly. now, because it was always anticipated that if the us troops left afghan to stand, the taliban would be bolden. certainly he's telling us things that we already knew . but i do think it's significant afghans officials have been worried in recent weeks about the narrative that the taliban are winning. they've been concerned about media reports including on i, which is 0. what you've been describing, what's going on on the ground? well, it's not the media saying at this time is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the top member of the u. s. military saying that the taliban taking over is not a foregone conclusion. but it's certainly one of the possibilities. a total taliban takeover. there's also the possibility of a negotiated settlement. there's also, he says, the possibility of warlords returning to afghanistan, all sorts of breakdowns across the country. so very worrying projections coming from of the chairman of the joint chiefs, the heal food said that the game enough canis

the gains that kind of bond has made in recent times, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark, milly, saying that as of last month the taliban controlled some 80 of gunny stones, 401900 district, but this number has now doubled. i would tell you that as of today, more or less, i guess it's about $212213.00 in that range. 2 hundreds of the district centers are in taliban control. it's about half of the $419.00 that are out there. you've got 34 provincial capitols in afghanistan. none of them have been seized as of today. by the taliban. although the taliban is putting pressure on the outskirts. probably about half of them. 17 of them in fact, and what they're trying to do is isolate the major population centers that trying to do the same thing to cobble. and roughly speaking, the order of magnitude. a significant amount of territory has been seized over the course of 6, a 10 month sort of thing by the, by the taliban. so momentum appears to be strategic. momentum appears to be sort of with the tell him well, mariam attached as a member of the u. s afghan woman's council. she says the

we talked earlier about mark milly.e had the controversial moment in lafayette park where he came out with the president in that bizarre scene. he apologized for that immediately. he has said it was wrong. is part of his speaking to these reporters to repair his reputation? yeah, maybe. but what he has said in this book is so extraordinary it goes beyond repairing his reputation. i am not sure that ivanka trump can repair her reputation even with this. just for context, that particular scene, i think, is critical, because we had heard that mark meadows couldn't convince donald trump to call it off. what this scene shows is this sort of shuttle diplomacy where mark meadows keeps bringing ivanka in over and over again. >> she didn't convince him either. >> no. >> five people were killed. >> correct. >> she didn't convince him either. >> hours go by and it's not clear from the excerpts we have what finally convinced him. some of our reporting has indicated that the lawyers came in, that the white house counsel came in and

our chief of staff mark millie looked at this scenario where trump trying to gain sway over the alphabetoup. he warned his own team that trump was soaking on the hopes of excuse to the ins act. days before january 6th, milley also told "this is a reichstag moment." trump privately claiming "well, hitler did a lot of good things." his staff saying "you can't say anything supportive of hitler, you just can't." what do you say to that? trump denies all of these reports. former general milley declined the opportunity to comment. in the end there is no public report that donald trump tried to order the military to stage a coup, which is to say that a lot of people inside worried that he would and he was taking steps to do and whatever reasons self-interests or otherwise, he didn't get to the point to pull it off. his resistance is well documented that people will go to jail to it. that's a fact. john meacham will guide us after we are back with our shortest break in 60 seconds. k in 60 sec. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ limu emu... and doug. so then i said to him, you oughta custo

i was a strong supporter of mark millie becoming the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff because ithe kind of rock he has proven to be. he was very worried both about this wag the dog scenario from donald trump but also generally the misuse of the military getting involved in american politics, something our officers are trained not to accept. and having had the experience of the famous march across lafayette square in the summer of 2020, millie was acutely aware of the dangers, and i think he behaved in a proper and commendable way. >> when you became president trump's national security adviser, were you already concerned that the president -- the then president was unstable? >> well, i didn't think he was fit to be president. unfortunately, that became clear very early. and it became clear as well as i tried to explain in the book that what dominated his thinking was his own political wel well-being. so i was long gone from the white house by the time these events right after the election occurred. sadly, i think it's well established by that point. pushing back on some of genera

the chairman of joints of chief general mark milli was concerned he would attempt a coup, like adolphy try to stage a coup, but they're not going to f'ing succeed, mills will ey told his aides according to the book. milley will not publicly address the issues raised in the book. trump did respond in a statement saying if i was going to do a coup, one of the last people i would want to do it with is general mark milley. as many observed how very oj simpson. i was going to do a coup. sounds like simpson's book, if i did it. can somebody let us know if trump is spotted in a white ford bronco this weekend? on the run with rudy giuliani? perhaps they'll be heading for the four seasons landscaping company. i can just hear rudy now, if the books don't fit, you must acquit. but i digress. one of the other books reports that trump once told his former chief of staff, john kelly, hitler, quote, did a lot of good things. i'm sorry. hold on. when we have entered the realm of coups and hitler, we have to pause for a moment. this is not one of those situations where trump wants to bomb hurricanes o

general mark milly, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff today was asked about comments attributed to him in the book expressing fears trump would attempt some sort of coup to stay in power after the 2020 election. >> i'm not going to comment on what's in any of those books. let me just say this, though. i always personally provided the best military professional advice to president trump previously, to president biden or any other president. i always provide the best advice to the secretary of defense whomever is the secretary of defense. and i do that for the national security council as well. i want america to know the united states military is an apolitical institution. our oath is to the constitution, not to any individual at all. and the military did not and will not and should not ever get involved ipdomestic politics. we don't ever arbitrate elections. that's the job of the judiciary and the legislature and the american people. >> with that let's bring in our lead off guests on this wednesday night. shannon pettypiece, our senior white house reporter for nbc news digital. lisa

but general mark millie according or to your book had been on edge.der with nothing to lose. parallels between trump's rerhetoric about election fraud and adolph hit letter's insistence that he was a victim and their savior. this is -- the idea is that if donald trump believed he could do it and use the apparatus of state to achieve what he wanted which we saw with his attempt to cajole the president of ukraine. . the call to brad raffensperger in september and the call to attorney general jeff rossen, milley had the fear it could have no bounds. >> absolutely. and the fear was real and intensified as we got closer to january 6th. it wasn't just milley who had the concerns. the other leaders at the pentagon did as well. and milley and the joint chiefs, the heads of the army and air force and navy, the other branches of the military put together a plan of what they would do if president trump were to have issued some sort of order to the military as commander in chief that they considered unconstitutional or dangerous for the country. they were prepare

you know, general mark millie, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was worried about a coup.and also statements he made during those final days that set the chairman and other leaders in the pentagon on edge. you will remember, of course, that mike flynn had said he thought there should be martial law to reclaim all the election machines and re-run, quote, unquote re-run the election, whatever that means. the idea that he mentioned just in passing on television led donald trump to bring him in to the oval to talk about this great idea. you'll also remember from reading our book, phil and i learned in our reporting for "i alone can fix it," that michael flynn was talking about, really, basically declaring war on those who would not agree that donald trump was the rightful president and deserved a second term. this language was really unsettling again to leaders in the pentagon who believed michael flynn represented a part, a fringe part of the trump sort of diaspra that might push democracy off the rails. >> i want to remind you of what former president trump told you in his o

killing of george floyd through the summer of protests into the election and after the election was mark millyegin -- far beyond the traditional portfolio of a chairman of the joint chiefs. that's the president's chief military adviser. milley was compelled to begin to track political developments in the country and he's adamantly, adamantly someone who stays out of partisan politics. he was tracking the protests. he very strongly believed that the u.s. military should not be called out on the streets against protesters. that this was a matter for civil law enforcement. he wanted no part of it. something he was tracking literally day by day. and this whole notion of resigning, to understand mark milley, you must start with understanding he's a constitutionalist. he is someone who very strongly, more than anybody, believes in the constitution. and that means military -- the military will not follow orders that are illegal, immoral, not proportionate. they just won't do it. and he took a stand you can remember that he started giving speeches where he talked about never mentioning trump that the

in a new book joint chiefs chairman mark milli was growing increasingly anxious, strategizing with otherep that from happening. in this excerpt released by "the washington post" the general told his deputies, quote, you, meaning trump, can't do this without the military. you can't do this without the cia and the fbi, we're the guys with the guns. trump issued a statement on thursday denying he'd ever considered a coup adding that milley is the last person he'd want to start a coup with. joining me is military analyst jack jacobs and jamil jaffers. are you surprised there wasn't a more robust effort to secure the capitol ahead of january 6th if this was a discussion in the upper echelons of government, who might have come of it? >> it is very surprising. you would think if there were these concerns about a potential coup or unrest or the like in the lead up to the inauguration, the aftermath of the election, you would expect there would be security around all events and with the votes being counted there at the electoral votes being counted at the capitol, you'd expect that, dod, the nati

general mark milly and how he clashed with trump and administration and what i thought was so amazing realtime reaction when trump staged the photo op at lafayette square where people were taking place after floyd o's murder and in quotes you write what the f star ck as sivanka stepped towards her father with the bible and patrolled washington streets with his troops until well past 2:00 a.m. and you reporting this in your book that milly had no idea about this political photo op but clearly, this enraged him. >> this is the same few days in june and what is striking about this hasn't been reported is that milly and attorney general bill barr ended up as a lark and they were -- there was a lull in the action today. that day they were monitoring protest. there wasn't much happening in the afternoon. milly was in his fatigues. he was going to visit with national guard, the national guardsmen stationed around the city that might. barr knew they would push the perimeter out at some point that day he wanted to see what the pr progress was so they decide on heck, let's just go to the white

joe has the morning off, and willie those quotes attributed to general mark milly. they're something. and there's a lot. >> astounding quotes coming out of the new book "i alone can fix it". we'll talk to the authors in a moment about what was happening and what general milly believed was possible around the election. >>> let's begin with president biden on capitol hill yesterday making the case for senate democrats to pass another sweeping spending proposal. the president pushing his party to support the multi-trillion dollar budget blueprint for health care, child care, climate change and other priorities. nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander has the details. >> reporter: president biden back on capitol hill urging democrats to pass a plan. >> we'll get this done. >> reporter: focussing on social programs and climate change. democrats going it alone on this package but they can't lose a vote. bernie sanders who wanted more new spending sounding satisfied. >> this is the most consequential piece of legislation proposed since the great depression

on thisl particular night, the chip of the joint chiefs of staff, mark millie, gets a call from a retirederned by what was sufficiently concerned by what was going on, according to this book, that they were called in the chair of the joint chiefs. and he was in a tight fix because he might have been in a position where he would have to stand against the commander—in—chief. it is would have to stand against the commander-in-chief._ commander-in-chief. it is very interesting. — commander-in-chief. it is very interesting, and _ commander-in-chief. it is very interesting, and i _ commander-in-chief. it is very interesting, and i always- commander-in-chief. it is very interesting, and i always look. commander-in-chief. it is very l interesting, and i always look at these sort of anonymous quotes with a grain of salt. my old chief of staff used to say, if you want to talk to the newspaper, you put your name and title behind it. let's talk about the assertion you put forward to don't ask us to bid his remark with the chief of the military received a phone call believing there could be some unres

mark milly believed there was something afoot and he saw evidence of it.tly for what they would do to try to block donald trump from taking some terrible action with the military to maintain his grip on power or to just create chaos. milly was very worry the, as you know, now from reading our book that there were a lot of comparisons between the way donald trump was acting and adolf hitler had, you know, consolidated power in the 1930s. by creating fear. >> you know phil, i know i invoked your name in terms of that question, but in the time we have left, i want to get you on a couple of things. michael wolf, who has his own trump book out called "landslide" has an op-ed piece in the "new york times." one thing he puts in there you and carol also note in your book, and that is when you sat down with donald trump at mar-a-lago, you did not do that in a private room or in a conference room. you did it out in public. he had -- he talked to you out in public. he did the same thing michael wolf says, basically, the same thing with him. why do you think donald tr

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when mark millie and i were in the same meetings in the white house i never saw anything like what hes, out of bounds. we will see you soon. stay right there, everybody because we have friday feedback coming up next. ♪♪ you packed a record 1.1 trillion transistors into this chip i invested in invesco qqq a fund that invests in the innovators of the nasdaq 100 like you become an agent of innovation with invesco qqq do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have one hundred thousand dollars or more of life insurance you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit conventrydirect.com to find out if you policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefining insurance. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now. it's the most comfortable, body-sensing, automatically-r

were illegal, taking control of the military from civilian elective leaders and mark milley didn't blush. in fact, milliepelosi that i guarantee you we have checks and balances in thee system. they are written into the constitution. according to the post some of those checks and balances he referred to impacted the ability by the cia. so the president reportedly replacing her by a man named cass patel. we now note that milliet pressured the chief of staff not to do that, to keep it going. what is going on here, millie asked trump's chief of staff, what are you guys doing? this is lunacy. the chairman joint chiefs shouldn't have that conversation and should leave if he can't to himself. that quote right there is a loan grounds for immediate firing from his job. talk about a threat to our system. and yet "the washington post" thinks this is fine because the president was talking about election fraud. scary. we already know that was long before the election took place. on february 20 in the last year the trump administration reached a deal with taliban to end u.s. military involvement in the country after o

"i alone can fix quits, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark melee feared president trump would launch a coup. millie reportedly told aides, quote, they're not going to f-ing succeed, we're they can't do it without the military. he saw paralls between the rise of hitler and the final months of the trump presidency, he feared president trump would have a, quote, reichstag moment, a reference to the burning of the german parliament. peter, tell me a little bit about how worried top officials were about president trump going, possibly having a coup and trying to stay in power and using the military. peter: it was a serious issue and serious concern in the pentagon at the time. that the grea reporting from phil rucker and carolly nick. my wife and i are writing on this subject as well. they were concerned about two things, millie was, the chairman of the joint chiefs. one is the use of military in settling political issues here at home. settling the election in trump's favor. the second one was starting a war, the last days of this presidency, with iran that would get the country in the middle of a full-

according to a book, "i alone can fix it," general mark milley was growing increasingly anxious that trump would use the military to seize the government. and milly strategized with other top officials to keep that from happening. trump issued a statement thursday denying that he would ever start a coup. milley declined to comment. the revelations are drawing zero condemnation from top republicans. instead house minority leader kevin mccarthy met with trump on thursday as he considers who to appoint on the january 6th commission. >>> joining me now is lauren zell and mark hopkins. good morning to both of you. lauren, what does it say about the gop that they're still elevating trump and shaping their 2002 strategy around him when these shocking details keep trickling out? >> these details certainly are shocking, and i think what it says is that you have a republican base that is still not ready to move on from president trump. i think that probably people will still want to include the president in most things they're doing politically, especially if they're in a far right state or district until he decide as what he's doing for the 2024 election,

mark: i will give you an example right now. there are three books right now that are hate trump books filled bp, with gossip and quots general millieese are pseudo- events. why are news departments saying those that trashed a former president of the united states? unfortunately we fall into this because there is juicy stuff we went to get hits and ratings but we do nothing about it. that's part of the problem is the media. what are the media? and to have the r objective press i wrote an entire book on this but it's called public journalism. it sounds so sweet but it is the same thing. it is progressivism the same as american marxism and one time ago where journalists ought to be objective and sought to provide the news you cannot be perfectly objective or a subjective view that that is our with george stephanopoulos you know who they higher it is abundantly clear that they expose themselves they are doing it completely to cover it from biden and the way they push the marxist or democrat party radical agenda and then they destroy the voting franchise. there is an entire ideology at work for decades called public journalism. it means

mark milley, his stomach turn. he was increasing concern that trump and his supporters may attempt a coup. they may try but they will not expletive succeed, millie is quoted as saying, promising, we will have a peaceful trap sure of power and land this plane safely. this is america. it's strong .his comments are in a new book about the final year of the trump presidency, out next week. the former president is firing back, denying the allegations and saying, if i was going to do a coup, one of the last people i would want to do it with his general mark milley. the book claims milley was not alone in his concerns and says, house speaker nancy pelosi was also wary of esther trump, fearing he may use nuclear weapons to execute his strategy. >> thank you. >> reporter:'s thursday, senate majority leader chuck schumer, dodged questions. have you asked us those concerns? >> i want it in my conversation between myself and general milley private . >> reporter: trump appointed joint chief of chair, seeming to junk about the general fallout from the book. >> i won't be at his retirement, fortunately. i may be a mile before that, but who knows. >> reporter: