it apparently mark millie is not the only person who was implicated in this crime. new what was happening as i did. intelligence agencies almost certainly heard mike millie's call. if they can read emails from a cable news show on fox, over the the chances that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was speaking to a senior chinese general and what they were saying. chances are about 100%. yet, the nsa did nothing about it. the cia was meanwhile fully on board with this. we are on our way to a right-wing coup, she told millie that. in fact, there was a coup in process but it didn't come from the right. it wasn't brewing in alabama. instead a constellation of employees loyal above all to the democratic party and permanent class in washington ignored the united states constitution and then they invalidated the votes of tens of millions of american citizens. how did they do that? because they invalidated democracy. democracy doesn't mean anything if the people you would like to have no power, and mark millie did his best to make certain the elected president had no p

it says general mark millie thought former president donald trump was crazy and made secret calls to re people that the u.s. was not going to war. now, some republicans, including senator marco rubio of florida, are demanding that millie be fired. >> it is the essence, a military coup. that's what it would equate to. i don't think there's any doubt that at a minimum, he should be fired. yamiche: but president biden is sticking by general millie. >> all of what's in that book happened before i became secretary of defense, so i can't comment on that, as well, and certainly i won't comment on what's in the book. i have confidence in general millie. yamiche: and there's major news on covid vaccine boosters we'll talk about later in the show. joining us to talk about another newsweek, zolan kanno-youngs, white house correspondent for the new york times. jonathan martin, new york times. sabrina siddiqui, white house reporter for the wall street journal. and kelsey snell for npr> thank you all for being here. zolan, what are the security preparations underway because of this rally? and how m

senator rubio calling on president biden to fire millie if these allegations are corroborated. jillian: marklevin bashing washington post journalist behind that book and says millie should be fired if the allegations are true. >> the head of the joint chiefs collaborating with head of the opposition party, pelosi and schumer, collaborated according to the story with the communist chinese military with the head of the democrats in the house, the head of the democrats in the senate, subordinate generals and others who according to this story gets allegiances from them and the two reporters on the story sit on this for months and months and months so they can make a buck on a book. >> donald trump wade in a report saying if it is true, the allegations amount to treason. todd: turning to fox with a, tropical depression over louisiana, the category one hurricane, at last check, 200,000 people still without power. >> state of emergency in effect for louisiana. senior meteorologist janice dean here with the fox weather forecast. >> the low has not moved since yesterday, in southeast texas and the m

>> president biden saying he has great confidence in general mark millie. >> america's top general taking political fire but president biden with clear defense was the white house press secretary argued it is important to consider the timing. >> god bless general millie for straightening things out. >> it is premature to say anyone strained anything out of this is what happened, we don't exactly know yet. let's wait for everything to unravel and get all the information to see what happened. senator john kennedy had an interesting take on this. he said while president biden is standing behind him for now he says he wouldn't be surprised to see that change. >> president biden has said he will stand behind and stands behind general millie. and maybe that is true for the short-term but i'm going to give you even odds that eventually the white house throws him under the bus because the white house desperately needs someone besides president biden on which to blame the stunning incompetence in afghanistan. >> at the end of the the fact need to come out of the american people deserve to know if

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how a top us military officer has described the end of its 20 year war in afghanistan, general mark, milly, and secretary of defense lloyd austin, testified at congressional hearings, which focused on the key arctic withdrawal of troops and the taliban take over. last month. article have report from capitol hill are the ones in unusual move, the top military brass walking a fine line, but up here into public good question. their boss, us president version of events in afghanistan. buddy, how you doing president joe biden had said he couldn't recall any military adviser recommending he troops in afghanistan before he ordered the withdrawal. the top military bosses appeared to contradict that won't share my personal recommendation of the present, but i will give you my honest opinion and my honest opinion in view shaped my recommendation. i recommended that we maintain $2500.00 trip enough gamma stance at the white house responded. i would note today in the testimony that was given by secretary austin by general milly, they made clear secretary austin specifically said if he stayed there a p

but now we know that mark millie, chairman of the joint chiefs under— millie, chairman of the joint biden, and the head of central command, whose _ and the head of central command, whose a _ and the head of central command, whose a new appointment, kenneth mckenzie _ whose a new appointment, kenneth mckenzie. they were advising over that period, a force of maybe two and a _ that period, a force of maybe two and a half— that period, a force of maybe two and a half thousand troops left inside — and a half thousand troops left inside afghanistan. we knowjoe biden— inside afghanistan. we knowjoe biden declined to that advice and, the problem is, he denied he'd been given— the problem is, he denied he'd been given such _ the problem is, he denied he'd been given such advice. that is a problem that he _ given such advice. that is a problem that he and — given such advice. that is a problem that he and the white house will have _ that he and the white house will have to — that he and the white house will have to clear up one way or another in the _ have to clear up one way or another in th

but you could see with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark, milly, he seemed as if this was very much painful for him. he talked about the number of troops, the died, nephew in the san and iraq in his, under his command. and the message from the secretary of defense lloyd austin was very much look. we know this is hard, but you should be proud of your service. they're trying to highlight this as a success. that's good and you do nothing to stop the question of what people saw play out before their very eyes on their own television. well, the way the united states ended, the warn if ganeth found, has reignite, had conversations among european union leaders about becoming less reliant on the us. and the military meeting in sweeney to discuss the crisis. still looking at setting up their own new rapid reaction force. we do not know the such just political event to grasp that you must twice for great decision making to autonomy and greater capacity for action throughout europe in union city is this to protect interest to defend in the values. and there was space to national orde

general mark, milly, secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and general frank mckenzie testified before the senate on the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. while the 3 dated made. many errors were made. they also testified that they gave president joe biden many options to keep the mission from getting out of control. barren from zack shows us some of the highlights from today's hearing. i am disappointed, but the statements of all witnesses were not sensitive committee until late last evening, giving center to the staff very little time to review the senate armed services sharing. right out of the gate, was off to a bumpy start. with the 3 men testifying general mark, milly, secretary of austin and general frank mckenzie, angering senators on both sides. were there lack of urgency on delivering testimony and writing cause it was a largest error, error error lives conducted and us history. and it was executed in 17 days. was it perfect? of course not all 3 men admitted mistakes were made, but the circumstances were ones the united states hasn't seen before. but senators, no matter

general mark, milly, when, constitutionally broke. also, the art of stabbing, an ally in the back, france is furious. me to discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guess, glenn, these and and also he is a professor at the university of southeastern norway as well as the author of the new book, great power politics in the 4th industrial revolution. and in the past we have george semi welly, he's a counselor at the gaggle which can be found on youtube and locals, or a gentleman cross off rules. and that means he can jump anytime you want. and i always appreciated. always go to george, 1st thing, budapest, george, you know the, if you, if you look at the liberal media in the us, there continue to be obsessed with january 6. even on the 20th anniversary commemoration of $911.00. they had to poll january, thinks into it, and then over the last week we have a story about the joint chief of staff, general mark, milly, according to news reports, we have that and have them confirmed. and we know the general be speaking in front of cong

after the january 6th, 2021 violent assault on the capitol by supporters of donald trump, general mark milly, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff placed an urgent call on a top secret back channel line at 7:03 a.m. to his chinese counterpart, general lee, chief of the joint staff of the peoples liberation army. general milley knew from extensive reports that li and the chinese leadership were stunned by the unprecedented attack. was it collapsing? what was going on? was the u.s. military going to do something? milly said in response, quote, things may look unsteady. quote, but that's the nature of democracy, general li. we are 100% steady, everything is fine but democracy can be sloppy sometimes. quote, it took an hour and a half, 45 minutes of substance -- excuse me. it took an hour and a half, 45 minutes of substance due to the necessary use of interpreters to try to assure him. when milly hung up he was convinced the situation was grave. li remained unusually rattled putting the two nations on the knife edge of disaster. milly had witnessed up close how trump was routinely impussive and

hearings were heated before the senate home, just you wait a wednesday before the house, general mark, milly, defense survey, lloyd austin, and general frank mckenzie faced a new around of grilling and of course, like always expected grandstanding. all this resulted in questions about president joe biden's ability to lead someone who leads to always is, are fair in front tech who is going to give us some of today's highlights. 20 years of a whole lot of different people leading has led us to this point and we said we're going to stop this one chairman, this side of the conceivable will bring war here going war is not over. it's coming to america. congressional payoff after a heated hearing in the senate, members of the house armed services committee, up the annie bickering with each other and bickering with the 3 men. testifying general mark, milly, secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and central command commander frank mckenzie. not even close congress and oh, really because you said you chose to talk to reporters instead of us. the one who took the most heat, general mili over as comments

and bickering with the 3 men testifying general mark, milly, secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and central command commander frank mckenzie. they're not even close congress. oh, really? because you said you chose to talk to reporters instead of off the one who took the most heat. general mili over his comments in the just released bob woodward's book as peril where it revealed several of milly's actions in the final days of president trump time and office, including calls with his chinese counterpart and his conversation with how speaker nancy pelosi, quoted pelosi is saying and this was to you, what i'm saying to you is that they couldn't even stop him from an assault on the capital. who even knows what else he may do. and is there anybody in charge of the white house who was doing anything but kissing his fat but all over this is that you recall that is a lot of argent comments made and and my focus was to assure her that the nuclear system and weapons are under control, and then more probing into what these men actually told president joe biden, after the resurfacing of the pres

all of us with different views on foreign policy believe general mark millie should resign or be terminated as biden's chairman of joint chiefs of staff. after reports he had conversations with foreign governments outside the chain of command telling china he would give them advanced warning if we decided to attack, one would have thought that democrats would join republicans and say enough is enough, he's got to go, democrats impeached donald trump for a phone call with the president of ukraine. before the presidential election and after, millie was apparently giving counsel to china in january was bad mouthing democracy as sloppy and the reason we know this is because millie was probably the one who bragged about to bob woodward for his new book and president biden and his team think millie's conversations were neither improper, illegal or unconstitutional. >> i have great confidence in general millie. >> i see nothing at what i've read that would cause any other. what i'm concerned is they worked side-by-side. there are a range of international events leach the president's confidence in

. >> thursday september 16th, the white house standing by general mark millie as the former head of the pentagon says he did not arise any secret call to china and urges millie to resign immediately. >> president biden ignored advice from his advisors to leave troops on the ground in afghanistan, the president was warned about the timeline to the towering takeover of the country. jillian: officials say nothing is without in the case of missing women gabby petito as her boyfriend is a the person of interest with her father joins us with an update on the search effort. >> you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. jillian: a lot of news to get to. let's begin with this fox news alert, the white house stevens general mark millie as he faces accusations of treason over his calls to china. >> donald trump's acting different secretary tells fox news he did not authorize the controversial communication. griff jenkins joins us live in washington with the latest. jillian: sources so fox news two calls made by general millie were not secret and maybe 15 people in the room inclu

. >> the hearing kicks off in a few hours, chairman mark millie, lloyd austen and centcom commander frank mckenzie took heat from both sides of the aisle and expect the same to happen in a few hours, asking austin and millie to step down from their post immediately. >> an act of political defiance to redesign because my advice - my dad to get a choice to resign at iwo jima. >> general frank mckenzie, the 4-star marine general overseeing the mission in afghanistan claims he advised the administration to leave a presence on the ground in afghanistan. >> i have a few the withdrawal of those forces lead inevitably to the collapse of afghan military forces. >> i'm satisfied we had a thorough policy review of all the parties had an opportunity to provide an input was received. >> reporter: it was president biden, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces who insisted on several occasions nobody gave him specifically that advice. this is an interview from august 19th with abc news. >> military advisors, a stable situation the last several years. >> president biden: no one said that to me that i

than anticipated. prodigal haine has more from capitol hill the term of the joint chiefs of staff mark, milly.

than anticipated. petticoat have has more from capitol hill the term of the joint chiefs of staff mark, milly, say that there was an intelligence failure. and he said one reason for that could be, could be that they withdrew advisors from those units 3 years ago. again, that would have been under the trump administration, and he said, you can't really tell if people are willing to fight. if you're not around them, we can count tanks and we can count guns for we can't know the willingness to fight unless we know the soldiers. so that's really the only clear indication that the military is starting to realize what went wrong in this absolutely. chaotic withdrawal lava from the volcano on the spanish island of la palmer has now reached the atlantic ocean. a huge cloud of toxic vapor and gas has been released into the air as the lava mixes with the water. nicholas hock is in the pollen law. the spanish gorgeous revealed to pursed all of the people that were there to watch the spectacle out of the port. i have told people to stay on logged down to where goggles cover their mouth stay close as much

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the term of the joint chiefs of staff mark, milly, say that there was an intelligence failure. and he said one reason for that could be, could be that they withdrew advisors from those units 3 years ago. again, that would have been under the trump administration and he said, you can't really tell if people are willing to fight. if you're not around them, we can count tank so we can count guns for we can't know the willingness to fight unless we know the soldiers. so that's really the only clear indication that the military is starting to realize what went wrong in this absolutely. chaotic withdrawal fighting was asking that interview a few months ago. did any of your military advisors ask you or tell you the chief 2500 troops in country and so that jen talked either. what else spokes person was asked about that today? here's a response. there was a range of viewpoints as was evidenced by their testimony today that were presented to the president that were present into his national security team as would be expected. as he asked for, he asked for a clear, clear, i'd didn't ask t

the term of the joint chiefs of staff, mark, milly say that there was an intelligence failure. and he said one reason for that could be, could be that they withdrew advisors from those units 3 years ago. again, that would have been under the trump administration. and he said, you can't really tell if people are willing to fight if you're not around them. we can count tanks and we can count guns for we can't know the willingness to fight unless we know the soldiers. so that's really the only clear indication that the military is starting to realize what went wrong in this absolutely chaotic withdrawal. the taliban says it's planning to reinstate the constitution from nearly 6 decades ago. have got sounds new rulers want to apply the 1964 charter but only where it doesn't conflict with their version of islamic law. in other news lava from come review have a case on the spanish island of la palmer has now reached the atlantic ocean. a huge crowd of toxic vapor and gas has been released into the air as a lava mixes with sea water. spain has declared the island in the canary said di

yesterday general mark millie and kenneth mckenzie told the senate committee that they had advised joeen to keep 2.5 thousand troops in afghanistan, contradicting his own statements . here is the defense secretary, lloyd austin, today on the advice he gave. >> in my view, there is no, was no risk-free status quo option. the taliban were clear that if we stayed there longer, they were going to recommence attacks onur forces. i think that while it is conceivable you could stay there, my view is that you would have had to deploy more forces to protect ourselves and accomplish any assigned missions. >> general mark milley was also grilled by the committee and he gave this explanation for why the military intelligence services overestimated the strength of the afghan military. >> i don't know the full answer but i think the primary reason is we cannot and have yet to develop an effective technique to read the hearts, wills, leaderships. those are intangible. very difficult to measure. we pull our advisors off of organizations that were levels and we start missing the fingertip touch. we can

there were less concerned with the real possibility general mark, milly, when, constitutionally wrote also, the art of stabbing, an ally in the back frame, is very long. when i would show the wrong one, i'll just don't rule out the thing because the after an engagement equals the trail, when so many find themselves, well, the part we choose to look for common ground look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except when so short or conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. the point obviously is to great track rather than fear i would like to take on various jobs with artificial intelligence, real summoning the demon robot must protect its own existence. was o n ah. i within 24 hours i had gotten online and contacted measures against illegal guns. i sent emails to brady me, so within 2 days, steve, being shot i was, i was already engaged me. most my life. i mean, recently intelligent, but i, i just was trying to understand why the sh

general mark millie defending his calls with his chinese counterpart kelly lawmakers he wouldn't giveeads up if the u.s. launched an attack. the latest attempt to add immigration reform to the sweeping three half trillion dollars spending bill, the plan was to make a change to the application date of when illegal immigrants can adjust their legal status. parliamentarian says that was a nonstarter and it's against the rules of reconciliation to put immigration and there. a senate judiciary commissioner durbin says he's disappointed in the ruling, but he vows to keep trying. the economy is expected to bounce back over fears of the delta variant dying down as economists raise expectations for growth next year. they are adjusting third-quarter forecast due to lower spending and confusion over office and school reopening as restaurants and retailers see a return to pre-pandemic spending. futures are in the green. we are headed into the final trading day of the month of september and for the third quarter with dow jones up 183 going into the end of the quarter s&p 500 up 23 and nasdaq highe

but you could see with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark, milly, he seemed as if this was very much painful for him. he talked about the number of troops, the died, and afghans in, in iraq, in his, under his command and the message from the secretary of defense, lloyd austin was very much look. we know this is hard, but you should be proud of your service. they're trying to highlight this as a success. that's good and you do nothing to stop the question of what people saw play out before they're very eyes on their own television. the taliban is surrounded the only province resisting its occupation and talks to negotiate a settlement of failed. i've got a sense punchier valley is north of coupled. it's home to the most significant pocket of armed anti taliban forces. the region resisted the group's role during the 1900 ninety's. dozens of people were killed, and taliban forces launched and renewed a sold on punch here on tuesday. and other news or group of gunman have abducted 73 students in north west nigeria. the children have been taken from a secondary school in the rem

. >> reporter: but generals mark millie and frank mckenzie testified they advised both former president trump and president biden that the military should have kept a presence on the ground. >> my view is that 2500 was an appropriate number to remain. >> i would advise any leader, don't put date surgeons, and dates, make them conditions based. >> reporter: while the military mission in afghanistan is over, defense officials testified the threat of terrorism coming from the country remains a concern. >> a reconstituted al qaeda or ices with aspirations to attack the united states is a very real possibility. >> reporter: is defense officials look to the future, they acknowledge reflection is needed as well. >> we helped build estate, but we cannot forge a nation. >> reporter: secretary austin says the stteofne to be reviewed. one of the lawmakers on that commraittee, senator duckworth, also a veteran, says she plans to's and propose an independent bipartisan commission to examine every aspect of the war in afghanistan. meanwhile, the military leaders are scheduled to appear tomorrow befor

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to help i left. americans want to talk with general about mark, milly. while he was actually singled out by soldiers on the ground was making the call to not open the gate. can you confirm general milly was mentioned by name as the leader that is condemning them to death. yes, i can confirm the mentioned by name, but even after image has all the chaos dot com to port and merge, the u. s. kept up the narrative that the situation was under total control. what we're doing every single minute of every single hour of every single day is working to create a safe passage for all civilians, including the afghans who worked for us to the airport to get them on planes and get them out. i think they're responsible, say americans are stranded, they are not. we are committed to bringing americans who want to come home homes completed. one of the biggest err lists in history, extraordinary success. and this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravely and selfless courage. united states military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. well, i'll give you

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but you could see with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark, milly, he seemed as if this was very much painful for him. he talked about the number of troops, the died, nephew in the san and iraq in his, under his command. and the message from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, was very much look, we know this is hard, but you should be proud of your service. they're trying to highlight this as a success. that's good and you do nothing to stop the question of what people saw play out before their very eyes on their own television. the supreme court has refused to stop the implementation of an extreme abortion law that's been enacted in texas. it bands most combinations by prohibiting the procedure after 6 weeks of pregnancy that includes cases of rape and incest. a group of gunman has abducted 73 students in northwest nigeria. the children have been taken from a secondary school in the remote village of cairo in some far state. photo storm ida has brought flooding to the us east coast. a state of emergency has been declared in new york city after record breaking rain. it c

than anticipated . patty gall haine has more from capitol hill determined during she's a staff mark. milly say that there was an intelligent failure. and he said one reason for that could it be could be that they withdrew advisors from those units 3 years ago. again, that would have been under the trump administration. and he said, you can't really tell if people are willing to fight. if you're not around them, we can count tank. so we can count guns for we can't know the willingness to fight unless we know the soldiers. so that's really the only clear indication that the military is starting to realize what went wrong in this absolutely chaotic withdraw . taliban says its spawning to reinstate the constitution from nearly 6 decades ago . i've gotten it sounds new wall is 125-1900. 64 charter but only way doesn't conflict with their version of islamic law. the world health organization is promising reform and accountability after dozens of allegations of sexual abuse by workers sent to fight ebola in democratic republic of congo. the agencies head has apologized to victims lava from countr

a new book reveals that general mark millie took secret actions because he worried former president trurt a war to hold onto power. >> science was on the ballot. the pandemic was on the ballot. yamiche: and political fights over covert disinformation and mandates deepen as an fda panel rejects pfizer's plan for widespread booster shots, but recommends them for americans 65 and older. plus -- >> he will not have my vote on 3.5 and chuck knows that. yamiche: democrats try to

well, let's now take you back to the pentagon, where the joint chiefs of staff army, general mark, milly is now addressing the morial service that he would have changed. at 9 37 am. the innocent were cross caught the crossfire of terror. daddy ology of hatred unfolded on his very ground in seconds. scores of lies were lost. 184 men, women and children were slaughtered. the violent, in fact and fury. 59 passengers and crew. a 125 of our pentagon colleagues. and the innocent range in age from 3 to 71 years old. those who perished here were among the 2977 killed on that day here in new york and pennsylvania not for what they did, what they believed. and what they represented, not for anything they did, but rather who they were. the people were lost that day and not just name the numbers. remember them today for not only who they were, but what they could have become, they were replaceable to their families. instrumental and their jobs woven into the fabric of their communities full of life and potential lives. cut short pain that can never be properly described in words. suffering that will

k, to help or lift americans and confirm that general mark millie, chairman of the joint chiefs of stuff, had made the call to not open the gate. can you confirm general milly was mentioned by name as the leader that is condemning them to death. yes, i can confirm that mentioned by name the picture emerging from those conversations in stark contrast to the normative coming from the biden administration. they continually stress that the situation was under control. a new american citizens would be left behind. what we're doing every single minute of every single hour of every single day is working to create safe passage for all civilians, including the afghans who work for us to the airport to get them on planes and get them out. i think they're responsible, say americans are stranded, they are not. we are committed to bringing americans who want to come home homes. we completed one of the biggest err lists in history. extraordinary success of this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravely and selfless courage of united states, military and our diplomats and intelligence profession