jim mattis doesn't like the idea of putting america first.ld does a general think about who doesn't think about america first? >> general mattis is a true patriot, and god bless him, but he's a perfect example of the type of outstanding battlefield commander who has no idea about geostrategy or foreign policy. and he probably should stop talking about it. and i think the problem president trump had was when he was working for him, he was trying to slow down the president's agenda. finish and once he left, as the president said, we got the first arab-israel lu peace a accords in dozens of years, we got north koreas pacified, we put china on their heels and qassem soleimani andal a baghdadi ended up dead. america first is what america needs, and general mattis should probably stick to the things he was good at and write another memoir about the warsh not foreign -- about the war, not foreign powell. lou: and foreign policy is very much on the hides of all americans who are watching this battle for the white house play out as we see the foreign

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and president trump's former defense secretary, jim mattis, listen to this, he is giving joe biden some free advice on how not to deal with other world powers. we're going to have more for you on that in a moment. and biden and -- excuse me, vice president-elect kamala harris are meeting virtually with the conference of mayors right now. this is all happening as another drug giant is announcing the successful results of a covid vaccine trial. it is welcome news, obviously, for a country still shattering its own hospitalization records and right as health experts warn the thanksgiving holiday could lead to a tsunami of new cases. let's start with this -- let's go to cnn's jessica dean who is following the president's transition. jessica, as i mentioned, former secretary mattis, no stranger to setting the record straight on where he disagrees with this current administration, but this news coming out about what he is saying to joe biden is a pretty big deal. what is it that he's telling him? >> reporter: right. this statement of part of a piece that he wrote, i want to read you part of it

i agree with former secretary mattis they'll throw out america first but tony blinken who i've known long time, i remember putting out a piece several months ago that actually wrote about what i considered to be the top trump successes in foreign policy over his four years, almost four years and he called me up and he had taken that piece and circulated it to every member of the biden foreign policy team wanting to make sure they understood, you know, what trump was up to, how to respond to it, but also that not everything trump has done is a flaming disaster. there aren't a lot of people out there that you'd think of as playing, you know, a major foreign policy role for a campaign that would immediately be willing to look at both sides of the foreign policy equation. and i think that this team across them, to a man, to a woman, are people driven more by analytics than they are by ideology and partisanship and i think the country really needs that. >> you said something i find interesting, the people with well known. they're not just people well known on capitol hill, they're not jus

he has worked with jim mattis when jim mattis was the cent com commander in a variety of different rolesithin the pentagon, to have that relationship is a huge positive. i think the president-elect is doing everything he can to be ready. but, look, what president trump is doing here is one of the worst things any president has ever done. i mean he is jeopardizing the health, the safety of our country, basically in the service of his massive ego. i mean if he wants to contest the election, he can do that through courts where he is losing. there is nothing to contest here. he clearly lost. but even if he thinks by some twisted, you know, thought process that he might still win, he should be preparing joe biden to become president. there's no excuse for what president trump is doing. >> what about the military and intelligence communities right now, mr. chairman, that have to deal with all of these issues including the firing, all of a sudden the firing of defense secretary esper, the possibility that the fbi director christopher wray could be ousted, the head of the cia, gina haspel being

you heard what general mattis said, walk away from that america first.emed like president trump was responding, trying to belittle general mattis. what do you say to this little uproar? >> it's just typical the trump administration. donald trump doesn't know what america first means. honestly, neither do its opponents. remember what john mccain's motto was in the 2008 campaign. country first. i wonder what country he was talking about. this goes to a basic point about foreign policy. you can't deal with it in bumper stickers. >> good point. have a happy and safe thanksgiving. thanks so much for joining us. >> you too. thank you very much. >>> just ahead, an you are jents warning from the white house. coronavirus task force, americans must, repeat, must, change their behavior or the pandemic will continue to grow simply out of control. >>> when will students in the nation's largest school system head back to the classroom? the mayor of new york city is standing by live. 's this? ah, got him. classic. your cousin. from boston. it says "bad boy" in gaelic..

another former colleague of yours from the trump administration, general mattis, retired general mattis, wrote a piece in foreign affairs talking about how the natiold re cooperative security over trump's america first. the president is attacking mattis this morning, calling him a failure, et cetera. but i wonder big picture if you had ten minutes with president-elect biden, would you recommend that? a return to sort of a more old school approach to the world, alliances matter, american exceptionalism, et cetera? >> i guess, i mean, the advice that i would give is let's focus on what the alliances are for and then galvanize other countries to work with us on our greatest challenges. for example, china's campaign of cooperation, coercion and concealment, forms of economic aggression that put us at a significant disadvantage. china's aggressive actions internationally. russia's campaign of sustained political subversion against the united states and europe in particular. the catastrophe we see in the greater middle east, the danger of jihadist terrorist organizations. alliances have to be

trump went out, mad dog mattis.erica first is not the best thing and he obviously resigned. the president said that says it all about mattis, obama fired him, i should have fired him sooner. did best work after he was gone. world's most overrated general. does anything change in terms of the broader way people talk when this is now normal? >> well, i have been impressed with that president-elect biden has done in terms of bringing some people who have already climbed a learning curve, if you will. they will be ready to start on day one with some competency. i just hope the trump administration shares the information with them so that they have the capacity to be fully prepared on day one to meet any of those threats, especially in the national security foreign policy arena, but also with regard to the pandemic. i agree with john podesta. the senior executive service, the highest level of career public servants are very, very responsible, do their job, and they want to serve the country well. they tried to serve pres

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. >> reporter: in april 2017, then secretary of defense james mattis said there was zero tolerance. >> battlefield casualties are a matter of war, we accept no casualties in our family. >> reporter: died from suicide. >> it wasn't a matter of if but. when. >> reporter: the army launched an investigation into her death. i tried to look at copy of the investigation you got. here it is. that's it. that's what i'm getting. blank page after blank page. they gave you this? >> yes. >> reporter: 100 copies of blacked out pages? >> yes. i didn't understand how they could stand there and look me in the eyes and hand that to me. >> reporter: does it make you believe they're trying to cover something up? >> of course. >> reporter: at time policy adviser to the program reaffirmed commitment to hold themselves accountable. >> remain committed to ending sexual assault in the military, providing highest quality response and holding members accountable. >> reporter: but redacted pages told a much different story. investigation says sergeant robinson suffered sexual, physical and psychological trauma w

the protests were part of growing demonstrations against conservative president at a 10100 year matty for approving a budget that sparked outrage. most of the funds were in marks for infrastructure projects, while spending on education and health care was cut in the morning after workers clean up the debris. what demolish government says protestors who set fire to the country's congress building on saturday are guilty of terrorist acts. but a human rights group said the police used excessive force against them. at least 12 were injured and dozens of others arrested. it was both, i guess my hands raised in the air, but 358. policemen still came and beat me. they put their boots on my head. i think they're images of that. the truth is that it's just not right, but we must remember that we are no longer in a dictatorship and will die. i mean, what you write most ilia it we had a long yesterday i was arrested for documenting the demonstration in the square. i'm a documentarian and a photo journalist. i was doing my job when the police attacked me and illegally arrested me. but he has mana

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last time the president fired the defense secretary with mattis when he resigned in protest, excuse me, the president and aides framed it as retirement was happening when we found out shortly thereafter that mattis was resigning in protest over the president's decisions over troop withdrawals. we have to wait to see what are the details with esper, how exactly this went down. the other thing is, brianna, he may be the first one on the chopping block. he has been unhappy with bill barr, didn't feel he prosecuted any of his political opponents to the degree the president wanted, and also the fbi director, chris wray who would serve a ten year term, the president wanted to fire him as well. really, what the president is saying with the tweet firing esper is this is not going to be a quiet transition that you've seen with past presidents in the lame duck period, someone replaces them, it can be a sleep ee period, donald trump it is not going to be. >> no, clearly not. thank you so much. i want to go to barbara starr at the pentagon. to that point, barbara, this is supposed to be about tran

this is mad dog mattis. james mattis.erhaps what's most troubling in the president's gaggle with reporters is that threw the lies and conspiracies he barely referenced the pandemic ravaging the united states. the main point he brought up regarding coronavirus was only to make sure that he gets credit for the coming vaccines. >> don't let joe biden take credit for the vaccines because the vaccines were me. >> joe biden has so far in no way tried to take credit for the vaccines. regardless, hospitals are hitting record after record, doctors, nurses, hospital workers, you just heard them, they're all overwhelmed. beds are running out in p some states. more than 2,000 americans died in each of the past 48 hours. and millions of americans are going hungry as the pandemic also ravages the economy. but let's take a look at his tweets. fox ratings, twitter trends, the dow, not to mention pardons, he's more consumed about himself and what people are saying about him and what credit he thinks he is due than with the crisis he refus

i think jim mattis nailed in. biden should redo that document and his national security team, that should be job one. >> let me ask you what nbc news is reporting which is that some ex-intelligence officials are saying when president trump leaves office, he should not receive access to classified information about the country's national security secrets. do you agree? >> absolutely. i think the president has made it clear that it's all about him. that was obvious from the day he took office, to me. now as you look at him just totally trashing our democracy, just because he doesn't want to lose. he lost. he wish he didn't. he is making it up. there's no credible allegations of any fraud. he is tearing down our entire democracy and our constitution or he's trying to merely because of his own self-interest. there's no way on earth i want someone who is that self-interested to have access to that information. he's not going to think about what's best for america. he will only think about one thing. what's best for him

mattis, along with others, i want to read you just a bit of it.en president joe biden and his national security team begin to reevaluation u.s. foreign policy, we hope they will quickly revise the national security strategy to eliminate "america first" from its contents. it goes on to stay restoring the more traditional approach to alliances. former vice president biden making mods today, speaking to %-p you know -- has there been a sort of fracture with the alliance, poor relations with germany, and many people the real need to shore up that east european flank of nato against any russian adventurism signaling today with the call to the nato secretary-general that that may not be happening, that this alliance and others will be restored. america first perhaps back on the back burner. brianna? >> barbara starr, thank you. >>> back to our breaking news now. president-elect biden reveals more picks from his cabinet, including director of national intelligence. plus a role for john kerry. if you're on medicare, remember, the annual enrollment period

we have jim, ken, mattie and jared. jared, you're 21, started a couple businesses this year. table is voting for trump. why are you voting for the president? >> the lower our taxes. >> you start a business, you want more money in your pocket. >> yeah, i love it. >> reporter: how about mattie, you're 18. this will be your first vote. >> yeah. >> reporter: you're supporting the president. why? >> i just think in general he's more respectable and knows more about, like, the people than biden says he does. i think everything biden says is mostly a lie and he says it because he thinks that the people believe it. >> reporter: sounds like a politician. >> yeah. >> reporter: that's about right. there you go. ken, you're a proud father. >> that's my daughter. >> reporter: as you look at the election coming up, you know minnesota well, how do you you think minnesota's going to go? >> i truly believe it could go trump this year. obviously, it's a very strong democratic state. >> reporter: has been, yep. >> i think people are starting to wise up a little bit and learn, seeing what's goin

we know that keep our eye hand mattie glad he meant to us. call me for maybe i'm most never see it go through the debate least because that's where the end of being is possible. and about what a new program i will write down and work even more. you know, i'm good at it is they always find out they've been on a plane that could get into something that was going on me with the digger meeker's, i was he, well, martha bills which are to god, how could he get me come on at the mile, he has plotted noise measure on me. will this role model show me my car, my normal and crucial student to question. i need to do my own little reading. i hope that was yeah. see the haunted places visibility? boy above it. good luck. the list of the good bits of it to be told all oh it is seals. who would be so hard in this would all be as the middle of you would just double your mother to be killed in movies that will be followed to the love of well doesn't mean what i said it was the right color. mishandle lot of it is of the mind a lot of us get up, but i care about

but i'm not trying to diminish the mattis message either. it seems to me as an observer that it's really not going to take much. we've already heard some politicians in europe say things like america's back, that for all peoples fears over the last four years, the strained relationships, the alliances appearing in ruins now. this could come back quickly. >> here's the reality about international relations which is that all the big challenges we face covid or climate or even curbing iran or north korea's nuclear ambitions or checking china's rise, we cannot do it alone. we have to work with our allies and partners with our countries who share our values, share our interests, that's the way we get things done on the world stage. and that's in stark contrast to what president trump pursued which is neo isolationism and frankly dissing our allies. i think the team joe biden has put on the field tonight and has announced will lead our foreign policy for the coming years is a team that are committed internationalists. they know in a clear-eyed way

whether 28 jim mattis, acting pat shanahan and then mark esper. the relationship between esper and trump started to sour early in the summer of 2020. the issues became public. and president trump brought them out into a very public way. so one of those was, civil unrest. late may, early june. everyone recalls after the death of george floyd, there were massive protests across the country. while secretary esper, he worked initially behind the scenes to ensure that active duty u.s. military were not brought into cities. particularly into washington, d.c. to quell the protests. that was go? president trump was talking about very vocally, that he was interested in using the insurrection act. then he came out in an interview with nbc news and then the briefing at the pentagon and said he's against it. that really rubbed the president the wrong way. he was angry that the secretary of defense would openly denounce a decision. a potential decision that he would playing. that was one thing. after that, very soon after that, there was a public dispute about

that's jim mattis. your thoughts? >> i have a lot of respect for jim, but he's just dead wrong on that. america first has been at its heart a recognition that when america is secure at home, what america does good things for her own economy, for our own prosperity, that america will be a force for good all around the region and that indeed we can deliver security, increased security run the world one america is not secure. i take great umbrage at the fact that it's been america alone. i would tell you are japanese colleagues, our software collects, india collects, australian college that the pivot to asia was a joke but that the united states under president trump actually delivered real benefits to them and whether it was the work that we've done to build out an enormous coalition to go after the socialist maduro, to go after the cubans, these are real coalitions, real things -- it wasn't america alone. it was us doing it with our friends and allies based on shared interests and a reality that recognized central fact

which include speaking with former meantgon officials who worked under former defense secretary jim mattis in the hopes of gathering crucial information. our reporters are covering all of the latest developments unfolding across the country. we begin our coverage with cnn's poola sandoval and the alarming rise in cases. set the stage for us this morning. where are we right now? >> well, erica, let's start the update here in new york for example and what is being considered by local officials as a critical weekend depending on whether or not that rolling seven day average when it comes to infections exceeds 3%, and that could potentially prompt authorities to reclose at least on a temporary basis reclose here in new york. when you expect to take a step back and look at the rest of the country you see the highest number of covid infections just yesterday and certainly speaks to that point many officials are saying this third wave is bigger and broader. more than 244,000 people have now died from the virus in the u.s. friday reporting more than 184,000 new cases. president trump held a briefi

that led to the resignation of jim mattis. this time, the army, the navy, everyone else has been given their orders that the president wants these people out of this countries by january 15, five days before the inauguration. when it came to syria, the military slow rolled that idea, holding up the whole process. this time, the president simply does not want that to happen. he wants them to go ahead. he wants to be able to leave the white house and say that yet another election promise was guaranteed. he has one eye on running again in 2024. he also wants to assure his base that when he makes election promise, he keeps it. there are those that will question whether donald trump should do this but he is absolutely clear that this is the right thing. he tweeted back in october that he wanted all of the troops out of afghanistan in time for christmas. that is december 25. he is not getting that. but he is getting significant reductions in troops in both afghanistan and iraq. >> what has the reaction bent to this announcement from

in the national security bureaucracy, whether it was bolton, whether it was kelly, whether it was mattislieved that the president of the united states was a danger to the national security of the united states and they believed kelly, mattis, tillerson and on, that he was unfit to be president. we needed to find a way to report that, get it into our websites, get it on the air much more powerfully than we were able to. concominantly, we have in the country this former cold civil war now ignited. we need to start covering the country. what is going on with the people of the united states? it might not be as sexy as covering something in washington or in l.a. or new york. we need to have reporters out in the country and change our al d agenda about what people in the country are saying and doing, how they live. it might reduce ratings. it might cut into profits. but if we are going to do the mission that we are supposed to fulfill, we need to start covering both washington and the country with a different perspective and perhaps start changing some of our own rules, particularly allowing t

probably most clearly written in the 2018 national defense strategy under secretary of defense jim mattis. part of the question is the u.s. is moving in a direction where counterterrorism and efforts against violent extremist organizations is shifting, and it is shifting towards competition with states like china, russia, and even in the middle east, to some degree, iran. so from your perspective, what are some of the most significant challenges or opportunities you see from an afsoc perspective in competing with these state adversaries? when you look at their capabilities, we have even seen in the fighting the use of lethal unmanned aerial systems as part of the campaign with turkish support. what do you see as impact of the shift to competition with state adversaries? how is that impacting how you are thinking and planning for the future for afsoc? lt. gen. slife: you have accurately described the moment in time we are looking in -- living in where we are looking at the future and saying this does not look like the last 20 years. we have to continue to maintain pressure on those violent

remember that mattis wouldn't stand for it when the president struck a deal with erdogan and so mattis actions that are not thoroughly thought out. not put together with our allies around the world. so here we go. are we in a perilous moment? we certainly are in the last 70 days of the trump administration, no doubt about the perils that are out there and yes, we should be very, very concerned for all of those reasons. >> a perilous moment. that's a very good way to put it. congressman john garamendi, thank you for getting us early with us. if we'd see anything playing out we'd love to have you back. >>> earlier on in the show in a lighter note, we asked why are you awake? vincent was watching our sports block and emails us this. could it get worse for the j-e-t-s? one word, yes. lindsey is up because she's training for iron man wisconsin and having a coffee before her swim workout. get after it. devin is awake bright and early with the little guy. we love seeing that "i voted" sticker. thank you guys for watching this morning. >>> and coming up next, we'll take a look at the axios "1

tracey mattis, thank you very much for your time., she says, if you have lost your apprenticeship. another thing is, morale moving forward , another thing is, morale moving forward, many young people have been feeling down as we go through this very challenging time. people i have spoken to certainly have told me that. there is more than one challenge going ahead, your mental health, your morale, and also finding a job. absolutely right, great to get some tips from your guest. as the number of coronavirus deaths in the united states reaches a quarter of a million, the us department of health says two vaccines may be authorised and ready for distribution within weeks. but health experts are concerned current restrictions are causing covid fatigue amongst americans, alongside president trump's apparent lack of urgency in tackling the virus. mark lobel takes a closer look. how bad is the situation in america? daily cases have climbed from under 50,000 in late august to over 150,000, a total of almost 11.5 million, with more testing avai

that announcement led in part to the resignation of then defense secretary jim mattis. the military rule, that idea then, but it's clear that donald trump wants the troops out and on the timetable, he's unknowns. but the decision has brought criticism, even from his own side. president barack obama pull troops out of iraq just before the end of his time in office, ordering an agreement and a deadline set by his republican predecessor. but republicans claim that move led to the growth of eisel, a risk one senator says, trump is taking no other to extremely important here in the next couple of months. not to have any earth shaking changes with regard to defense and foreign policy. i think, preservatives, drawdown a new there, afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake. the head of need to has warned of a quick uncoordinated withdrawal. seeing it risks lives. but it's clear donald trump wants to leave office, claiming another campaign promise has been delivered at the white house. summer 14 has reaction from baghdad. the office of the prime minister here in iraq published a st

led, partly to the resignation of the then defense secretary, jim mattis. this time, the army, the navy, everyone else has been given their orders that the president wants these people out of those countries by january 15th, 5 days before the inauguration. now when it came to syria, the military slow ruled that idea holding up the whole process. this time the president simply doesn't want that to happen. he wants them to go ahead. he wants to be able to leave the white house and say that yet another election promise was gotten. teed, he's got one eye on running again in 2024. but he also wants to shore to his base that when he makes an election promise, he keeps it. now there are those who would question whether or not donald trump should be doing this. but he's absolutely clear. this is the right thing and he'd tweeted back in october that he wanted all the troops out of afghanistan in time for christmas. that's december the 25th. he's not getting that, but he is getting significant reductions in troops in both afghanistan and iraq. allan, what's the react

you know, one of your other close friends has was jim mattis, you know, who secretary of defense, you know, a successor in your job of course. and so you know, his thoughts and views. well, he's put them out there. but another person who just got terminated, that position is mark esper. he was fired by tweet, secretary defense, you know, really remarkable moment. and sectarian asper, you know, went out and said, if donald trump gets a yes man in that position, you know, god help all of us. what do you think our def, con level should be regarding concern, or what mark asked for shared? well, 1st i have great confidence in our national security enterprise, our institutions and our own, our leaders, our uniformed military leaders from the chair of the joint chiefs all away down to the joint chiefs of staff, all our leaders. they will follow the law. they will protect the constitution regardless who sent the sector defenses, regardless who the president is. and they are school in how to do that, if they jack to an order, what's the process? so, i'm not too concerned about any of that. i t

he was slow, rolled by general mattis back when i he was the secretary of defense. it was one of the things the 2 men came to blows over this, it's been something the troposphere pretty consistently about. and you don't think with him calling the top echelon of the pentagon. he is he creating a situation in which if he gives an order for the withdrawal, that there will be top people, he will define the president to mean could it come to that? do you think, you know, this is a little unprecedented in the sense that you've only got a couple of months president trump himself is saying still that he won the election when he hasn't. he refuses to concede, it's not supporting a transition, even as you're starting to see. republican senators calling joe biden and congratulating him on his victory. and we've not been in a situation like that before. i consider that the military of the us, a professional and gentlemen institution, and when they're given orders that are clearly running against the interest of the country, they will say no. you saw that, for example, with effo

he was slow, rolled by general mattis back when he was the secretary of defense. it was one of the things the 2 men came to blows over, and this is been something the troposphere pretty consistently about. and you don't think with him calling the top echelon of the pentagon. he is he creating a situation in which if he gives an order for the withdrawal, that there will be top people, he will define the president to mean could it come to that? do you think, you know, this is a little unprecedented in the sense that you've only got a couple of months president trump himself is saying still that he won the election when he hasn't. he refuses to concede, it's not supporting the transition, even as you're starting to see. republican senators calling joe biden, congratulating him on his victory. and we've not been in a situation like that before. i consider that the military of the us, a professional in general, but institution and when they're given orders that are clearly running against the interest of the country, they will say no. you saw that, for example, with ef

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all american troops out of syria that led in part to the resignation of then defense secretary jim mattis. but the trumpet, ministration is trying to show that this isn't a rush decision. this hasn't been made just in the last few days that this is been under discussion for several months with many, many partners. and they finally took the decision to go ahead, setting the date of january 15th, no, going back to the city in withdrawals. we know that the military slow walked, that they didn't withdraw all the troops as requested by the president. that caused a bit of a fury in the last few days with people saying that the military shouldn't be ignoring the president no matter which party came from or whether or not you agree with his decision. but they did slow walk that donald trump has made it clear that he's expecting the military this time, or pull out the troops that he wants out. and they will do it to the timetable that's been set. and key members of his party, not happy with this decision. that's right, this hasn't gained universal approval. if donald trump thought that might be th

jim mattis a four-star general says we don't want america first anymore. biden says america is back. which america is back? the america of barack obama who kowtows. which america is back? the one where they send $150 million to iran? it's frustrating for the average american. many i wrong? maybe i'm wrong. tell me. >> you are not wrong. the america we fought for the last four years are the ones where you stand for the flag and neil for god. those are -- and kneel for god. joe biden wants to get us back into the paris climate accord. nato will be the police force of the world. the number one issue facing this world is john kerry's desire to end global climate change. our country is better off because of donald trump's administration. and he's bringing our country home from the endless wars joe biden said he would do a dozen years ago. joe biden wants to make sure our men and women are in harm's way every single day. it's america first which is the philosophy of donald trump. making sure people have safe places to worship. joe biden doesn't care about that.

. >> reporter: in april 2017, then secretary of defense james mattis said there was zero tolerance. >ties are a matter of war, we accept no casualties in our family. >> reporter: died from suicide. >> it wasn't a matter of if but. when. >> reporter: the army launched an investigation into her death. i tried to look at copy of the investigation you got. here it is. that's it. that's what i'm getting. blank page after blank page. they gave you

you saw general mattis who worked in this administration saying the first thing biden needs to do ise america first as an idea out of the military's operational understanding. like america first is no longer the point of having a military. what do you make of that? >> obviously on the face of it, it's insanity. you would think that democrats joe biden and anybody who wouldutter such a nonsensical thing would pay a heavy price. the question comes back -- are republicans smart enough to weaponize that against democrats? i pray they are because they are our last hope. >> tucker: thank you. the coronavirus lockdowns came and small businesses died and jeff bezos made $70 million. a quality is rick savage who refused to go along with the program. he's been under attack from the governor of maine. he will join us after the break. we'll be right back. >> tucker: well the coronavirus lockdowns hurt the country. they have been great for companies that don't like the country. like amazon. they profited more than anybody else. small businesses and restaurants especially have been destroyed. rese