say,cretary mattis used to clear eyed about our response. if we would have struck iran last night, what is next? they are not like syria. we better be prepared for the next death. while not necessarily knowing -- i have no intelligence why the present -- president made the decision to withdraw -- we ought to be prepared for more than just one strike. we are at a time where we do not have a secretary of defense, when -- i cringed secretary mattis left. he served the nation well and deserved to retire, but we need someone that is focused, clear eyed, and knowledgeable. we don't even have a secretary of defense right now. the men and women at the pentagon are capable, but if we take action, we better be clear on what we are doing. part, wey this last should increase our military presence in the region. i know we have done that. sometimes increasing our presence can have a tremendous effect. as we prepare militarily on what to do, we need to confer with our allies because diplomacy has to be a part of our answer. host: according to the reporting

now patrick shanahan was one that replaced jim mattis. remember, it was november of last year that jim mattis resigned. frankly the reason was a simple one. the president wanted to withdraw troops from syria and afghanistan. jim mattis thought that was a terrible idea and he quit. so incame patrick shanahan. patrick shanahan with not a lot of experience in this sort of thing at all came in and said famously the pentagon will not be known as the department of no. he was largely in lock step with the white house, especially john bolton. mike pompeo, the secretary of state. there were complaints that john bolton would go and talk to his subordinate, going around the chain of command. let's talk about where we've been and where we're going in a very important department especially given the high tensions in the middle east. michael o'hanlon is here for analysis from the brookings institute. michael, thank you. >> shepard, good to see you. how do you feel about where the defense department has been for the past six months without a confirmed d

this is when jim mattis was defense secretary. secretary mattis declined to answer when he was asked if he supported the plan "c" nominee to run the u.s. army, a guy named mark green. plan "c" nominee mark green was a doctor from tennessee who was a self-proclaimed creationist who said on tape, and i quote, "transgender is a disease." he also mused on tape at a tea party event about putting down the armed muslim insurrection in this country. secretary mattis, you okay with this guy running the united states army, sir? sir, sorry, did you hear the question, sir? we didn't hear your answer. do you -- so that one didn't work out either. time for plan "d." right? after all of those earlier experiences, president trump still needed somebody to be the top civilian leader of the united states army. his plan "d" choice after running through all those other carefully chosen best people was that he eventually arrived at the top lobbyist for raytheon. raytheon, one of the biggest defense contractors on earth, which means literally its income

secretary mattis, you okay with this guy running the united states army, sir? sir, sorry, did you hear the question, sir? we didn't hear your answer. do you -- so that one didn't work out either. time for plan "d." right? after all of those earlier experiences, president trump still needed somebody to be the top civilian leader of the united states army. his plan "d" choice after running through all those other carefully chosen best people was that he eventually arrived at the top lobbyist for raytheon. raytheon, one of the biggest defense contractors on earth, which means literally its income derives from military contracts. that is ultimately who president trump decided to put in charge of the u.s. army, the top lobbyist for raytheon. put him in charge of the army because, you know, drain the swamp. well, now today that lobbyist has just been promoted. as of today he's the acting secretary of defense. because incredibly yet another trump nominee has been caught up in a lurid and sad and in his case somewhat terrifying personal spectacle, and it has all now be

that has begun to change under general mattis. we have implement in programs where we start talking to members of the armed forces from the time they get into boot camp to the time they begin transition. what we are doing, we have same-day mental health services. i amu come to us and say, anxious, i am depressed, i have a serious problem, we will see you. every veteran that comes to v.a. now gets a mental health screening. that means since october 1, we have screened over 900,000 veterans. of those 900,000 veterans, we are closely following the 3000 because they have given us indications they might want to talk harm themselves. it is a very conference of program. the one -- comprehensive program. the one danger we have is america is not producing enough mental health professionals. we hired 3900 last year. we should have hired 7000. we are aware of where the rest of america is, but mental health, looking at it, talking about it, i believe is the key to the future. my children are out of college, we may turn the corner on cancer. w

several of defense secretary's jim mattis' aids had prior professional ties to amazon. the pentagon's cloud computing program was carrying out secret job negotiations with amazon even as he worked on the pentagon's program. and we can report exclusively tonight on this program that in march 2017, before the cloud computing contract was announced, secretary mattis had a secret dinner in london with amazon's top cloud sales executive theresa carlson. we spoke to congressman mark meadows about the amazon deal recently. we should say this contract is not in place with amazon. i think it's the largest, it's the largest government contract of its kind worth finding out. >> right, when you are looking at $10 billion on defense more than any other nation by multiples of 10 and when we look at this $10 billion in one contract that was designed to be given with one particular vendor with perhaps inside negotiations someone who is now employed with amazon, the alleges are incredible. i can tell what you bothers me most american people inside basic enriches individuals amazon or an

including under secretary james mattis. undersecretary of defense, and served during the bush 43 administration. thank you very much for being with us today. it's particularly timely because next week the congress' big mission which is now law will be rolling into effect on june 6. we're also about to celebrate the 75th anniversary of d-day. timely visit, thank you. let me introduce the reporters who will be asking questions. leon shane, deputy editor of military times, and nicki wet lane is stars and stripes reporter. as we start would you please give us a brief synopsis of what this big new law, you called it a transformative time for the veterans administration. >> the first part of mission act comes into effect on june 6. and what that does is it opens choice. ure on if the v.a. cannot provide a medical service that a a veteran requires within a specified amount of time and also if that veteran has to travel a certain distance by give the veteran the option of going into the private sector to get that care. the thing th

leadership in terms of the absence of mattis and the type of role you are describing. that chain of command and the way these decisions are making, how do you think the government should proceed. what do you think this administration is going to do next? >> it's simple. you have a debate around the table. this is john bolton and mike pompeo wanting to take us into a military confrontation and donald trump as the guy we are counting on to be the break. he said he was not going to get us into more wars. a normal administration would say if they did shoot it down, i don't know that we can trust the administration on this. you would take this to the international community and get other nations to join with you in condemning this and seeking some type of sanction on the iranians. my concern is, if you think you can start a military confrontation and it won't escalate, you don't know about the mind set of the revolutionary guard or regime. they can retaliate in iraq and afghanistan and israel and lebanon. across that region. terrorist attacks beyond. this is not a simple wa

is in charge at the pentagon, nor has there been one in charge at the pentagon since general jim mattis left more than six months ago. so, coming up on the show, i'm very happy to say, we're going to be speaking here in person in studio with ben rhodes. he has extensive, extensive experience with iran as a national security and diplomatic matter. he served as deputy national security adviser under president obama and ben rhodes is going to be joining us here live in just a moment to give us his perspective on all of this, how this story may develop. what we should watch for from our own government and how serious this all is. ben rods coming up. we have also just tonight received the transcript of testimony before the judiciary committee in the house from hope hicks. hope hicks is the first trump white house official to have to testify to congress about the mueller report since it was partially published. we now know from the transcript of her testimony, which we've just received, that hope hicks was well armed in terms of legal firepower when she sat down before that committee yesterda

today it is still owned by an individual, mattie marin -- maroon. isoss the ambassador bridge nearly 10,000 cars a day. the main transports for semi trucks, leaving america and going through michigan, we see everything on those trucks from gerber baby food through serial --e through michigan anything and everything that has to be traded. the two biggest international trading partners in the world. in 1929, when the detroit windsor bridge opens and again in 1930 when the tunnel opens, they are still engineering's marvel. not only architecturally but through prosperity. being able to bring our cigar manufacturing, bringing in the raw steel, there is also funny parts. when the bridge opened in 1930, it quickly gets the name of the detroit tunnel because it is being smuggled through it. for detroit, it is not only a theseut we have to have methods of transport or we would fairy --going close to ferries. holding products in detroit for as much as a year and causing freights in the value of products like grains. opening transit countries is monumental to

mattie, thank you.> i want to kiss up to you because we want to have you on a lot. >> yeah, i'm looking forward to that. >> if i see your -- if you had a dream about your name being on currency have you thought about that? i know you have. don't lie. >> you think about that way more than i do. >> you've been practicing your signature! don't -- >> i have no >> you've never practiced your signature? >> you're going to tank the markets if you keep going. >> you're probably right. >> he's projecting don't worry. wllhank you >>e' be back in just a moment big tech versus big government >>> lawmakers held the first of several -- or are going to hold the first of several hearings. they held them yesterday, and it's going to continue looking at the dominance of big tech now the states are taking on the sector with their own investigations ylan mui joins us now with the details. good morning. >> good morning, joe well, tech companies run the risk of fighting a war on 50 fronts, or 51, if you count d.c. the states

this is really the mattis job, secretary of defense, mr. shanahan has been the acting secretary, takes himself out of the running. at party this is a story about an american family. this is also a story about vetting and a lot of acting titles in the trump administration. what do our viewers need to know about the story? >> a tragic story on a personal level for acting secretary shanahan. putting that aside for the moment, looking at foreign policy in this administration, this entire episode, that vacancy now with another acting secretary, it leaves the impression for so many officials in this administration that secretary of state mike pompeo along with president trump is in control of foreign policy. they do not expect a secretary mattis type, a strong personality to be nominated. i hear veteran secretary robert wilke on the top of the short list, a low key person. they think it is bolton, the national security adviser. he has a bit of a tense relationship with the president at the moment because he is a very strident hawk but secretary p

>> it's not just that i reject that evidence, so does secretary mattis.se secretary, and says that iran was in large compliance with the nuclear deal. i don't deny that iran had sponsored terrorism or hezbollah, and they are not a great anchor, but the deal was constraining them. secretary mattis believes that, they the european allies believe that, japan believes that, we need to get back to the negotiating table. secondly, i think president trump wants to get bao the negotiating table. he has john bolton, responsible are so many blunders, advising them incorrectly. >> melissa: let me ask you question. i think you are right that he wants to get back to negotiating. he had said as much. other experts view what's going on as trying to get leverage before they sit down at that table. that we had given up all the leverage by getting the sections off, that we had plenty of money to fund terror, and frankly if we can ramp up nuclear enrichment, a dolomites on the uranium enrichment , as quickly as they can threaten, they didn't have their foot as much off the

here in the kazakh city of el matty muslims from different communities worship freely together they feel safe from china's so-called reeducation camps across the border in xinjiang province. more than a 1000000 muslims mostly week is but also other ethnic minorities are reportedly being held there in mass detention camps near the border with the central asian republics china says the allegations of this information. ethnic. told al-jazeera she was separated from her daughter and held for nearly 2 years. there are a lot of kazakhs. whose backs everyone gets jailed except for the chinese on the day. when they hit us on the head with electric batons our body shake if we spend more than 2 minutes on the toilet they hit us i was shackles and was beaten for 15 straight months. china's government has released some ethnic kazakhs but those with chinese passports have no guarantee of asylum in kazakstan compared to china because it is relative haven religious freedom but when it comes to human rights abuses in synch . because i called thirty's have tended to remain silent how could i look but. la

but you had secretary mattis there as sort of a counselor. and you don't have a secretary mattis there at this particular point. so that's of concern. >> you hint on something that i've been looking at. today you have the secretary of state at centcom. i don't think i've ever seen the secretary of state answering questions outside centcom in the midst of escalating military tensions. what did you think of that? >> i'm not sure i've ever seen it either, but i can tell you that secretary of state madeleine albright and i worked very closely together, and it's really important that state and defense be on the same page as far as whether we're going to war, what the message is going to be in trying to walk it back. and one of the problems is that the president has been conducting what i call mega phone diplomacy. and the problem with that is you keep using that mega phone, you back yourself into a corner, and the other adversary into a corner, it makes it very hashed to come back to the center of the ring where you try to resolve it peacefully. i

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>> he's been -- he was the deputy secretary of defense and then acting for a long time, since mattis resigned and yet still these fbi checks weren't complete. that is not normal. there's probably just something there. maybe that also helped lead him to this decision. maybe he just determined it was going to be too hard to get through a confirmation battle. >> anyone in government will tell you you need to have a secretary of defense. the actings thing is a problem for the trump administration. the acting thing is especially a problem when it comes to the defense secretary. so let's talk about who's now going to be the next acting and then we'll talk about moving forward from there. tell us about mark esper. >> i don't know the man well but he's well regarded, well respected. he's done an able job as secretary of the army, which is of course the largest service. and so we'll have to see. we'll have to see what his priorities are. even he will be acting for a while. you're right about it being problematic. when you're empty midin the midz all over the world. they need somebody that's s

there in the past in particular the man who served trampas secretary of defense for a while james mattis james mattis arguing very strongly in the obama era that mohamed morsi was not to be trusted he criticized barack obama for his relationship with behind but morsi for the fact that barack obama chose one must remember to his 1st overseas trip to cairo to make a speech recognizing the arab spring so certainly the u.s. administration has gone backwards and forwards over the past decade with regard to mohamed morsi and what about with regard to the muslim brotherhood the movement that mohamed morsi led when he was elected president of egypt in 2012 they had been some talks in recent months in washington of labeling the muslim brotherhood as a terrorist organization where do things stand on. that is quite correct that's an ongoing discussion within the trumpet ministration does appear that the weight of opinion within the administration is to do exactly that to declare the muslim brotherhood a terror organization but there are some within the administration who point to the fact that in a

this is really the mattis job. this is secretary of defense mr. shanahan has been the acting secretary. take himself out of the running. at heart this is a story about an american family, this is a story about vetting. and a lot of acting titles in the trump administration. what do viewers need to know about the story? >> a tragic story on a personal level for shanahan. putting that aside for a moment looking at foreign policy and this administration this entire episode that vacancy now with another acting secretary. it leaves the impression for so many officials in the administration that mike pompeo and president trump is in control of foreign policy. they don't expect a strong personality to be nominated. i hear veteran secretary robert willky. on the short list. a low key person. they think it's bolton. he has a bit of a tense relationship with the president at the moment. secretary pompeo driving lt discussions on iran along with president trump. and the pentagon is not expecting the coming year or two to be a major force on the front. >> sha

joining us now to talk about the macro environment of this is drew mattis. not a middle east shipping expert. i get that this is now, if confirmed as attacks, this would be the sixth one in a month we have hong kong protests and everything else. do we have to ratchet up our expectation of volatility and ratchet down our expectation of return given the heightened tensions we're seeing? >> what it does is inhe creases risk of yields moving sharply lower. if yields are to fall too far now, what would happen is people are expecting the fed to cut rates. that will put a floor on the longer-term rate as we think about it, geopolitical risk is that thing that can drive rates lower >> this is obviously a geopolitical risk. the federal reserve, like everything else, has its eye on a lot of things. do you believe the federal reserve will cut interest rates next week or multiple times this year >> i don't think so. when you read powell's comments, he had two choices choice one, ignore everything going on short-term in the world that has volatility, which rate cuts can'

to defy coalition is already really divided when you look at the statements coming from assad get mattie or or other it's just it's i think this is the point where they didn't see the coalition strong to not go back to top of just 3 estimates that our the streets are really standing strong kind then it's just a matter of admitting that our. cut all ties with the military council there's no absolutely no good would come out at a concert like no and all this talk about the elections and one thing that the s.c. is supported by said elements east we should out of something hot yeah let me just say that while i agree with what he said that the video game that traditional military council had one of 2 strategies i think they deployed both to. crush this revolution one is to kill as many people as possible and they continue doing this after the fall of 0 and that of bashir they continued killing one after another there was a massacre on the 8th of ramadan and then there were a few cases of individuals being killed and then the massacre of the tears of joy in the 29th day of ramadan they continu

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say,cretary mattis used to clear eyed about our response.we would have struck iran last night, what is next? they are not like syria. we better be prepared for the next death. while not necessarily knowing -- i have no intelligence why the present -- president made the decision to withdraw -- we ought to be prepared for more than just one strike. we are at a time where we do not have a secretary of defense, when -- i cringed secretary mattis left. he served the nation well and deserved to retire, but we need someone that is focused, clear eyed, and knowledgeable. we don't even have a secretary of defense right now. the men and women at the pentagon are capable, but if we take action, we better be clear on what we are doing. part, wey this last should increase our military presence in the region. i know we have done that. sometimes increasing our presence can have a tremendous effect. as we prepare militarily on what to do, we need to confer with our allies because diplomacy has to be a part of our answer. host: according to the reporting, th

we have not had secretary of defense since secretary mattis stepped down. shanahan is gone. president has put his weight on the army. my gut tells me what the administration is doing right now, andrea, is trying to hold all the power in the white house and have a lot of people out in the agencies or at the u.n. who are in sort of acting capacity that reduces congressional oversight and give the president more ability to yankees their chain. we have people that are out there that are not really acting with the position demands because the president seems to like it. he likes these actings rather than fully confirms because it enables him to run things more from the political shop at the white house, let the experts decisions. to be continued, thank you tim kaine. >> thank you. >> captain sully is on the hill of what he's saying about the b boeing max planes 737. stay with us. max planes 737. stay with us it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say "oh we can't beat usaa"

mattie, played out again almost to a t.umbers don't tell the whole story, neil, here is why. most high income inners in high-taxed states figured out a way to spend only 49% of the time in high-taxed states to avoid taxes. if you're a new yorker finally fed up with the tax climate there, decide to move to florida or texas with no income tax, you will not show up as someone leaving the country because you were not living there full time to begin with. i think more interesting story here what counties are growing across the nation. of top 10 counties with seeing more population growth, vast majority are in states without income tax. one north carolina, which has been cutting its income taxes for the past five years. one is in north dakota as well which has the lowest high tax rate for high income earners. so the story about where people are going i think is one to watch. if you're trying to see where taxpayers are voting with their feet. neil: this is routinely happened, i'm trying not to play politics on this, where a lot of

i know you all have great respect for former secretary of defense jat james mattis appear on a aware. i don't thinks as he said -- i quote i don't think there is any such thing as a tactical nuclear weapon. any nuclear weapon used at any time is a strategic game changer. and if we can ask the question -- if you can ask the question and not get a good answer for yourself what happens next? >> what is the result of that, then you know, i think we have to have a different frame much mind. as we look at these questions. there is just no question that, you know, i -- i would call it a baby nuclear weapon. is that what we're thinking about when we think about limited nuclear war? and that somehow that's not going to have a response that wouldn't be so damaging, whether in our country or in a country of our allies? so i don't know why we're -- we're pushing so hard to think that we're ready to make the decision about this. i think that the language that's being suggested here signals that we -- you know we've got a plan for this and they ought to have one too. they ought to have one harder t

. >>> general mattis is someone you know well, served while you were secretary of defense.bly knew general mcmaster as well. rex tillerson was someone you knew and i think recommended to the president. they're all gone now. what do their absences mean? >> every secretary brings a different set of skills to the job. i think the key is, is not necessarily the personalities but are there people who are still willing to tell the president when they disagree. and it sounds like, just from what i read in the newspapers, that there are disagreements within the white house and those are put in front of the president. for me the key is, you can argue and debate with the president until he makes a decision. but you do need people around the president who will tell him, that's a mistake. and when the president makes a decision, you have two choices. you either say yes, sir and go implement the decisions, or you resign. the worst of all possible wor , worlds, and i've seen this before, are people who disagree and stay and then try to undercut the decisions. you saw this in the obama ad

mattis had a shutout going into the sixth but he gave up two home runs. they gave new york a 3-2 lead. over the outstretched glove of michael, two runs, giants score 6 in the inning. there victorious 9-3 i 1000. 1300 behind john mcgraw. >>> the oaklands monroe, this is no cheat. a two run shot extended his hitting streak to 17 games. they snapped their five-game losing streak, 30-30. >>> softball, ucla one out away from winning the women's college world series, then oklahoma's shake annex for egg game-tying home run to keep hope alive. autumn of the inning, kinsley washington, we have a play at the plate, here comes w, here c elizabeth, what is the call? >> safe. >> safe. safe is the runner and the bruins take five minutes for to ta hchshipand first since 2010. that was a great game. >> that is great. >> that is impressive. a usc fan would have called them out. right? >> both of those teams were incredible. >> exactly. >>> we will be right back. >>> this just in, oakland city leaders just voted to decriminalize magic mushrooms, making it the first califor

that is of course since james mattis resigned from that position and that is taking a toll. let me begin with your words and your piece about this, that you describe the pentagon as being without a civilian head and on auto pilot. what does that mean and what are the implications of that right now given thesation with not only iran, but north korea and et cetera. >> this has been going on for six months, a record length of time for the department of defense to be without that permanent secretary. you talk to people, defense experts, formal officials in the pentagon. they say the pentagon is large bureaucracy, made up a lot of different bure ocacies that keep going whether or not there's a permanent secretary, and that seems to be true for a short period of time, but there are some long-term consequences, they say. long-term reforms, planning, strategy, retention of other civilian officials within the pentagon. it's starting to cause a lot of problems. we've had all this turn over now with the acting secretary, and it is having a real effect. >> michael, you'll remember i thi

>> i think the mattis question is a very important question.e know, going into this, bolton, pompeo, were on the same page. and i'm assuming that the pentagon was on the same page, but we don't know exactly that. but what do we know about the pentagon? acting secretary of defense. a new acting secretary of defense. when you don't have a figure like mattis who is a strong figure, it is a point, and some republicans have said to me that they're concerned that iran took this opportunity because they see that this is a vulnerable point in time, because of all of these actings throughout the administration. >> understood. jamie, always good to hear the view from your very well-sourced view. great to have you on the program. >> thanks. >>> coming up, can the dems legally force hope hicks to answer questions? we'll ask the question. we're working together to do just that. bringing you more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all. smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels and reminders to think balance. because we know mom wants wh

times because his initial team of national policy advisers, rex tillerson and defense secretary jim mattished back against it and they said why would we do this? why would we set up a situation which sounds remarkably like a situation that we have now where iran remains in compliance with the nuclear deal and we're the ones that brokered a commitment and restarted this nuclear program and that was the whole point. i think it's almost uncanny to see those predictions having come through, but basically, trump fired those advisers and pushed them out as in the case of mattis and alienated them so much we quit and we have a new, more hawkish team of policy advisers. right now, i agree with everything admiral kirby said, although it's not surprising and in fact it's quite predictable in that he's pulled out of the deal and he's openly pleading with the iranian leadership to come to the table and to restart negotiations, but to what end? why would they do that when the previous set of negotiations to the united states resulted in a deal that the u.s. has unilaterally walked away from. >> there's

a man like mattis who was described to me by his friends as a man with no quit. he quit. he was a man who thought those in syria's lives were on the line. i wonder if there are other people inside the administration who are getting close to that line when they see the president's conduct and treatment of our allies. >> not to disappointment you, nicole, but none of my reporting would back that up at all in the sense people are prepared to quick and speak out. if you look at the biggest hawks in the republican party, people like john bolton, they're on the inside, and senator ramny has made speeches about how important europe is, but they're not making bids against trump. again and again examples of the republican party embracing president trump together in power and not in any mood to challenge him at all. >> one more question about what you said and one last question for you. you said he doesn't believe in it. do you think he understands it? >> i'm not sure he does. as nick said, he thinks in every deal there's a winner and a sucker, i think he does believe that. i think

gulf crisis, which saw a blockade 2017,d on qatar in june he was in australia at the time with jim mattisnd said they were both surprised. tillerson said he was not aware of a meeting between kushner and leaders of the saudi arabia and uae before the blockade was imposed. steve bannon was also present. tillerson describes being angry at the meeting having taken place without his knowledge. he said the state department's views were never expressed. what does tillerson's testimony reveal about his time heading the state department and those tensions with jared kushner? >> like much in this administration, it is extraordinary. a 140 page transcript of seven hours of testimony tillerson gave last month before congress. he describes being completely in the dark about major diplomatic developments being run by jared kushner. at one point, he says he walked into a restaurant and found out kushner was having dinner with the foreign secretary of mexico, someone he did not even know was in the country at the time. he says i could see the color go out of the face of the foreign secretary of mexico a

more reassure fire department we actually had in place a secretary of defense in the order of jim mattise are a lot of things that the president says that raises my eyebrows as to whether or not what he's saying is actually truthful or accurate. there are those concerns. i'm glad that he thinks there's nothing to worry about. maybe that's his perspective. but i think if you were to talk to perhaps people in the intel community or people in central command, there's nothing to worry about? is that why we're sending a thousand more troops to the middle east? >> well, i was just handed this statement from centcom. i'll just read it to you. it says u.s. central command can confirm that a u.s. aircraft cousin shot down by an iranian air system while operate k in air space on june 19th, 2019. so according to the pentagon, this was international air space. so do you think that this requires some sort of response today beyond a verbal response from the u.s.? >> well, any time we engage in what i would call a kinetic response which is basically to attack something, to shoot a missile at something,

so why he didn't resign after secretary mattis stepped down is totally baffling. what the president knew about this and didn't know it would be as big of a deal but the president we're told reached out to senators on capitol hill shortly before this was announced and said it was time to withdraw. so, look, he was not going to be confirmed so i guess -- my guess is this is the appropriate course of action. but why did it reach this point mid-june when this could have been resolved six months ago. >> and i'm told president trump on the way to marine one on the way to orlando just said he will most likely nominate army secretary mark esper to fill the role. who knows. phil, you've been through the confirmation process. shanahan was confirmed by the senate as jeff pointed out to serve as deputy secretary of defense in 2017. would this not have come up then? a lot of media were chasing this story and it had popped up because there were police reports of both incidents. >> sure. but let's make sure we distinguish between what came up in the security process and prevent

shanahan has served in an acting capacity at the peagon since the end of last year, when james mattis resigned. late this afternoon, president trump spoke at the white house. >> i did not ask him to withdraw. he presented me with a letter this morning. that was his decision. we have a very good vetting process, but this is something that came up a little bit over the last short period of time, and as you know, pat was "acting," and so "acting" gives you much greer flexibility. lot easier to do things. so that's the way it is. too bad. >> woodruff: in a statement "day, shanahan said it was "unfortunate" thatinful and deeply personal" family incident was "dredged up." hhe also said he never lads on his wife. aaron davis is an investigative repoer for the "washington post," and in a series of conversationover the last 24 hours, he spoke with patricksh ahan about the domestic disputes holding up his nomination. aaron joins us now. aaron davis joins us now. and welcome to the newshour. quite a story. what is the sum of what ha happened in those two incidents? and were those the only two ov

. >> i will say that mattis was a really good choice, so was tillerson, so i'll give him that. >> he off helping people getting better prison assignments than picking for his cabinet. jim, thank you. you get the greatest assignments, you get to go to these things. thank you. >>> still ahead, who was the president that's got us here when it comes to iran, who is the hawk? who is the dove? he has hawks like bolton, pompeo and for tom cotton, i call him bates moment for obvious reasons and the other, the dove i guess is fox news host comparing to him rhetoric that led us into misbegotten war in iraq. he's got one person here saying don't go to war again. how does this end? that's coming next with "hardball." coming next with "hardball. my experience with usaa has been excellent. they really appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call anot

we have seen james mattis the defense secretary who had enough and left. he stood on his principle and left his position. but i don't think we see any outcry from republicans. we are no the seeing christopher wray say anything. i think he is pretty much going to be quiet and keep his head down. i think what's important too we are looking at this as donald trump saying this. but we have to look at the greater picture of this, erin. this is donald trump saying this inside the oval office sitting at the rest will you tell desk saying it's okay to get this information. the optics of in are terrible. and really i wonder what the long-term consequences will be for people to think it's okay with when it's clearly not. >> phillip, what are the legal issues here? i mean, you point out obviously in the mueller report lots of collusion but for the rising to the level of a criminal conspiracy, right which would be prosecutable. however, when a president says i could be offered information by the russians or the chinese or anyone else and i would take that call and wou

he moved up from assistant to defense secretary when jim mattis resigned last year.rior experience in national security. the secretary of the army, mark asper, will take over temporarily. -- pro brexitexit in p, bastad them, have surged johnson,his -- boris has surged ahead trying to become the next prime minister. it was at times a cacophony of voices and opinions. but all of these contenders say they will do what the outgoing prime minister failed to do, deliver brexit. the second tv debate between leadership hopefuls in three days. the latest cut to become britain's next prime minister, after a second knockout vote by conservative mps on tuesday. >> boris johnson, 126. reporter: leading the pack by a large margin is brexit tier -- r boris johnson. he skipped the debate. preferring this pair arrivals. >> we must come out on the 31st of october, otherwise we face a catastrophic loss of confidence in politics. we already kicked the can down the road twice and i think the british people are getting thoroughly fed up. reporter: johnson's promise to negotiate a new brex

believed to be calling the shots in the military council is its vice presidents muhammad 100 than matty the former warlord and his notorious gender weed forces have been accused of committing war crimes during the darfur conflict that doesn't bode well for sudan's pro-democracy protesters added to that the military's leadership has held several meetings with saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon emeritus de facto leader mohammed bin zayed and egypt's cruelly their turn presidents are different the all of whom have been accused by human rights groups of cracking down on free speech. the main groups behind sudan's revolution have insisted they will remain peaceful and not give up their demands for freedom despite their differences violence general strikes like sunday's are an example of peaceful resistance but in a country with a history of conflict in a region where revolutions have turned into civil wars there is genuine concern for sudan's future. or just era. shani is a sudanese human rights activist she says the military has no regard for human life and of the international communi

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believed to be calling the shots in the military council is its vice presidents mohammed one down mattie the former warlord in his notorious jonjo weed forces have been accused of committing war crimes during the darfur conflict that doesn't bode well for sudan's pro-democracy protesters added to that the military's leadership has held several meetings with saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon emeritus de facto leader mohammed bin zayed and egypt's crew leader turned president how different the all of whom have been accused by human rights groups of cracking down on free speech. the main groups behind to dance revolution have insisted they will remain peaceful and not give up their demands for freedom despite the violence general strikes like zombies are an example of peaceful resistance but in a country with a history of conflict in a region where revolutions have tried to interest of wars there is genuine concern for sudan's future. well let's take a closer look at the demands of the opposition they want a clear admission and apology for monday's crackdown in khartoum which accordin

the sheer number of protesters would force the territories government to cancel the bell didn't miss matty has been and met some of the organizers. pro-democracy organizations have been preparing for this demonstration for weeks christopher among his leader of one of the most prominent groups involved in mobilization years going food. for the whole so sad he's been courting the church including secondary schools including the student outsources your committee are those days yet. they're demanding kerry lands hong kong government scrap an extradition bill which would allow suspects to be sent to mainland china the government has amended it twice already and says concerns that would be abused are unfounded. international spotlight will be on every surrender request put forward i think there will be complete transparency of the capos he jersey hold whole i don't think they will put trumped up cases to hong kong. but that is exactly what christopher among fears just a few days ago this a memorial in hong kong to a labor activist who died after serving years in a main than chinese prison. hong

so let's go straight now to our brussels correspondent karen mattis who is standing by to tell us more about 1st of all the importance of this job and why it has become so contentious. it is sorrow of course an incredibly important job in the european union a job where you have a lot of influence your steering the boat through all the crisis and all the conflicts that the european union faces and of course that is why all $28.00 member states who are after all in the driving seat of their are the ones that are making the decisions at the end of the day but everyone would like to appoint the captain of this boat of course who sort of sets a roughly the course through matters now it is however not only the politics between member states but also party politics that comes into this because at the end of the day whoever the european council on its summit maybe even today will appoint that person will have to have to be confirmed by the european parliament so by the political parties in the european parliament and that's why party politics come it comes into it as well if you look at last t

president has been handpicked by the country's former leader but as robin frosty walker reports from all matty a growing use movement has other ideas. old men have been running kazakstan for the years and people here are now being asked to vote for another one . but younger kazakhs getting other ideas elsewhere. this post went viral exposing the absurdity of a political system where even a blank ballot lines you in trouble and i need to know whether there's any of that what you thought activism has grown rapidly since president nursultan nazarbayev resigned in march after 30 years. there then. and the lot further on his chosen successor. is expected to win on sunday in what many say is a managed election. but some activists are calling on voters to boycott the poll saying it won't change anything this election 1st meeting with and this system is weak because one person can decide for whole country that we're trying to do now is convince enough people to speak out i mean then more people will speak out thomas the train people will be ready maybe they call themselves only end in kazakh meaning w

is widely seen as having suffered since the departure of trump's 1st defense secretary general jim mattis he was opposed to the u.s. leaving the iran nuclear accord and eventually quit in december when trump announced plans to pull special forces from syria it's just that right now because you don't have someone who is in that permanent position they're not able to influence the level of authority and forwards over decision making and that gives the president's national security adviser john bolton an enormous berth in terms of his ability to. in force and shape the direction of national security and military policy and bolton a hawkish advisor on the national security council had lobbied the president to authorize a retaliatory military strike on iran trump says he cancelled the attack at the last minute citing his reluctance to inflict iranian casualties everybody was saying i'm a warmonger. and now they sandwich with no permanent leadership guiding him from within the defense department trumps decisions have indeed left him standing alone . castro al-jazeera washington meanwhile iran s