milley, general milley went with him, regretted it, later apologized for having gone, especially in his fatigues. then the secretary of defense mark esper did an interesting thing. having heard this use of possible use of the insurrection act to mobilize the military against black lives matter demonstrators. mark esper announced publicly announced that there was no need to invoke the insurrection act. trump was furious. he was furious and he yelled at esper you are taking we might authorities. >> he would not be pushed around and the unabashedly shoved his statesman at trump was sitting at the resolute desk. this is what i said. understand, don't misinterpret it. so this is one of the many incidents where milley just said, my god, there is a mental decline here. there is a danger and he had a wonderful phrase for it, which i want to read i don't ruin it. for milley said, this is the absolute darkest moment of theoretical possibility. in other words, the moment was dark but the possibility was theoretical, but then it became real when you mix it with the trump personality and this irrati

as part of the aspen security forum where i press general milley about the chaotic u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, the new terror threat in those recent dramatic headlines out of china. my exclusive interview coming at a critical time after it was reported china had tested a hypersonic missile that at first orbited the earth. what general mark milley recently suggested is close to a sputnik moment i think a lot of us were alarmed by your alarm over it. >> they are clearly challenging us regionally, and their aspiration is to challenge the united states globally. >> do we have the capability to match what we just saw from china? >> well, i won't go into anything classified as to what our specific capabilities are or what theirs are, for that matter. but i will just say that that test that occurred was a very significant test we're witnessing one of the largest shifts in global geostrategic power that the world has witnessed. if we, the united states military, don't do a fundamental change to ourselves in the coming 10 to 15 to 20 years, then we're going to be on the wro

approval what parents need to know my exclusive one-on-one with the nation's top general mark milley. his new warning on china after that hyper sonic missile test >>> the shocking new allegations for attorneys on the armorer on the set of "rust. could the deadly shooting have been the result of sabotage >>> our nbc news exclusive with bill gates. his warnings on the climate, his push for a green revolution and what he said when asked about alleged inappropriate e-mails at microsoft. >>> and our journey across america to washington, d.c. for a game of checkers at the site of our nation's capital you rarely see on tv. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. across america reporting tonight from washington, d.c. >> good evening from washington, d.c. on day three of our journey across america where i spoke to the country's top military leader about a world growing more dangerous. we'll get to that in a few moments. but tonight we also happen to be standing in the shadow of our top story, the election for governor in neighboring virginia the win by republican glenn youngkin over m

for milley, this is the darkest moment of theoretical possibility.other words, the moment was dark but the testimony was theoretical but then it became real when you mix it with the trump personality and rash irrational raging. what esper and milley realized on this, they checkmated -- we worked together for years. i think there's a place where you keep the boss from doing what will be damaged to the institution or even the boss. ... >> what was goingas on there, there was a lot of, there was no trust so you have the moment after moment, i do want dwell on this too much but in miller's office and he sees this memo that trump assigned, withdrawal of the troops from afghanistan, literally had under the law, is supposed to be involved in this and he was surprised and they go over to the white house and eventually trump nullifies that memo but clearly, trump will go off-line. [inaudible]. let me jump to the actual events of january 6. because they continue to reverberate and will continue ta reverberate in our politics and in our national life or i think

but the only person who acted is general milley.s when pelosi has said i'm worry about what trump might do with nuclear weapons. and milley calls these people in, you know, one star generals or admirals, colonels, and he says, i am going to be involved. you call me before there's any military action that comes from anyone including the president. you involve me in this process. and he literally goes around the room, got it? got it? yes, sir. got it? got it? got it? and people say he's trying to take over some of the commander in chief's power. no. what he is doing is setting in motion sensible precautions, and if you look at the procedures which are top secret, he's supposed to be involved. he's just saying we're going to adhere to that process to protect the country from the kind of -- we've lost sight of what nuclear weapons can do. we've gone back and looked at a little bit of what happened in the truman presidency when president truman twice used nuclear weapons on japan to end world war ii. these weapons, this is the end of the

. ♪ ♪ >> laura: secretary austin and laura: secretary austen and general milley search feverishly forin their ranks their lack of focus in with the military should be doing is having embarrassing repercussions. you might not have seen this but the uk royal marines recently forced us troops to surrender just days into a training exercise, during the exercise in california the british commandos dominated us forces and the us asked for a reset halfway into the 5-day war fighting exercise having suffered significant simulated casualties which at one point the commandos had a tech almost every american assets. here is republican senator josh halley, member of the armed services committee. what is china thinking when they see this, the afghan withdrawal and now this? >> they are probably wondering why it is that people like general milley and secretary austen spent so much time recommending books on white rage, critical race theory and are not more focused on war fighting. we've got the best soldiers, airmen, marines and the entire world. our soldiers are amazing workers, train them to figh

but milley said to me, it's cheaper to leave it.ring 200 pilots there and flying all you need is a half of a tank of gasoline, and you say it better to leave it. >> yes, sir, it's cheaper. when he said, that i won't tell you what i said to him, but i didn't say he was a smart person. people have said stupid things. mark: what do you make of him going around your back, calling head of chinese military, that could have provoked a war. president trump: it could have. har hard to believe he did it he tries to downplay it i was just doing this and that i knew that he was not good when the rioters and protesters and antifa and others tried to burn down the church. i went to the church as a show of solidarity in a sense, i went there to the church, i held up the bible, he and others were there, there was nothing wrong with it. weeks before they fireproofed the basement of that church. they threw firebombs in there milley had no problem, there were a lot of people. the church was still smoldering. he was criticized the next day for that wal

mark: let me ask you, you dealt with general milley, senior staff at defense department.obody resigned over this. they said they raised from objections but they went along. what is your impression of general milley and had senior staff. >> i you any him knew him well, he made one statement that was a terrible statement. he said, sir, it's cheaper to leave the equipment than to take it. i said, wait, you say that we have an plane that costs 98 million, a helicopter 50 million, an apache, another vehicle that costs x, you say it is cheaper? and brand-new, many of these, apaches were brand-new, like brand-new new. they didn't bomb them. milley said to me it is cheaper to leave it, you could bridge who -- bring 200 pilots over there and fly it back, just a half a tank of gasoline, that is all you need, a little fuel, you say it is better to leave it? yes, sir achiever. when he said that, i won't tell you what i said to him, but i didn't say he was a smart person, he said that to me, i could not believe it i could not believe it people said stupid things to me over the years.

. ♪ ♪ >> laura: secretary austin and general milley search feverishly for white rage within their ranks of focus on what the military should be doing is already having embarrassing repercussions. you might not have seen this, but the u.k. royal marines recently forced u.s. troops to surrender just days into a training exercise. during exercise in california, the british commandos dominated u.s. forces. and the u.s. asked for a reset halfway into the five-day war fighting exercise, having suffered significant simulated casualties. at one point, the commandos' kill board had a tech against almost almost every american asset. here now is republican senator josh hawley, member of the armed services committee. senator hawley, i mean, what is china thinking when they see this? the afghan withdrawal -- the withdrawal and now this. >> well, you know, they are probably wondering why it is the people like general milley and secretary austin spend so much time recommending books on white rage, on critical race theory and are not more focused on war fighting. here's my view, we got the best soldier

so if you listen to chairman mill milley now as lester is talking to him, milley makes it very, veryhat we're not talking about something bad happening, maybe tomorrow, although he said, anything is possible, but in the next six months, year, we are in a bad situation and he is making -- there is no ambiguity in what he is saying and what the situation is. >> bob, thank you so much. a reminder to our audience. xi jinping, he doesn't have to worry about the midterms, re-election. he's in power for the rest of his life. he's fearless. >>> coming up, the supreme court set to hear arguments in the most important gun rights case in more than a decade. everything you need to know this morning. that's next. need to know this morning. that's next. ♪ ♪ traveling has always been our passion, even with his parkinson's. but then he started seeing things that weren't there and believing things that weren't true. that worried us. during the course of their disease, around 50% of people with parkinson's may experience hallucinations or delusions. and these symptoms can get worse over time. nuplazid

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there's a lot coming out from mark milley sitting down with lester holt, who got the details of china'snic missile. this is general milley's at least first on-camera comment on this. >> reporter: he was the first to acknowledge it was a hypersonic test in august. other members of the administration would not talk about it. he came out and said, yes this is hypersonic and he's very concerned about it. lester really pressed him on that and said, look, how big of a threat does this really present to the united states and to allies. here's what he had to say. >> do we have the capability to match what we just saw from china? >> i won't go into anything classified as to what our specific capabilities are or what theirs are for that matter, but i would just say that that test that occurred was a very significant test. >> reporter: and what was really significant, despite the fact general milley doesn't want to talk about the classified portions of this test and why they think it was so significant, defense officials are making it clear that what's really concerning about it is the distance th

it prompted republicans to call for milley to be fired. the new pentagon report says milley was told to make those calls by trump defense secretary mark esper. >> reporter: milley is warning that china's recent advances in artificial intelligence and other technologies could leave the u.s. behind in the coming decades if we fail to adapt. hoda? >> andrea mitchell for us in washington. thank you. >>> much more to get to this morning. craig joins us. hi. >> good morning, good morning to you as well. it's a cold morning for tens of millions across the country. some waking up to the first freeze of the season. and in some areas, those frigid temperatures are also arriving with snow. we'll get to al's forecast in just a moment. but we start with shaquille brewster who joins us from chicago. hat and scarf already, huh? >> reporter: good morning, craig, yeah. the winter temperatures are back. here in chicago, we got the first freeze of the season on tuesday. but across the country, more than 100 million americans are preparing for the first freez

i stated this publically to secretary of defense austin and general milley last week in the hearing. it happened to be on u.s. evacuation operations in afghanistan. but i took it as an opportunity to make a statement about extremism in the military. while i commended both of them for their actions to address it and the department's commitment, i said, you are opposing these provisions. you are saying that training requirements and data collection are onerous. we have now three of the four committees that are responsible for the level of defense spending in the house and the senate, three of the four -- i think it's going to be four for four real soon, are going to authorize an appropriate an additional $25 billion to the department of defense this year above the president's budget request. you can't tell me that data collection is onerous. you can't tell me that training is onerous. you've got the resources. we are giving you the authorities. it's about doing different things. and that's what this is, it's difficult. i have no doubt about that. but it certainly is not because of a la

i was looking at general milley, i have utmost regard for the military but sadly we have a person, chairmanof the joint chiefsfs, it's an advisory role, he's not chain of command and get he openly breaks he interrupted the chain of command and altered chain of command for nuclear codes and he has to go through me. suddenly he's not advisor and he did this because the opposition leader nancy pelosi told him or said to him donald trump was crazy but then he said under oath, i don't believe he was crazy to add insult to injury, he called him his counterpart and people's liberation army to warn him there might be preemptive attack and he would run an event.re it would be as if august of 1940 the chief of naval operations was not pale and there hiding. we've been preemptive with this and i think the government wants to be preemptive but i can assure you i will warn you if we are going to attack you. that would be absurd. then violating this or something i don't understand, we as citizens make these loss the control people not elected so we have a uniform code of military justice in world war ii.

from milley to austin on down, zero accountability. >> i think all of them should be held accountablet to the credit of milley and lloyd austin, they did recommend some things that were rejected by the president, and they recommend to keeping more troops on the ground than having to bring them twice that you had on the ground -- >> laura: you are much more charitable than i am. looking for extremists in their ranks, that is what they are spending their time doing. are they sent those men to their deaths at that airport. they ought to resign. general, they tell me i've got to go. we shouldn't sponsor any more of their little exploits. all right, general, thank you. let's go now to capitol hill where the house is poised to vote on biden's multitrillion dollar spending bill. it is also a fox news correspondent chad pergram standing by with the latest. chad. >> good evening, laura. the house will vote soon on a key tenet of president biden's agenda, the $1.75 trillion social spending package moderate democrats refused to allow the house to vote until there was a study by the congressional

i was looking at general milley, i have utmost regard for military but we have t a person the chairmanof the joint chief, until 1947, 53 and 2006 statute said it's an advisory role not in the chain of command and get he openlyy breaks he interrupted the chain of command alters the chain of command that applies nuclear pose and said he has to go through me and suddenly his not advisor. opposition leader in the house nancy pelosi told him or said to him he's crazy but then said i don't believe he's crazy. then calls up his counterpart in the people's liberation army to warn him there might be a preemptive attack. it's as if august of 1940 the chief of naval operations fdr is not in there hiding his health which they work and we have been preemptive with this and i think this government might want to be preemptive.nt i can assure you i will warn you they will attack you. it would be absurd and then violating, this is something i don't understand, we as citizens make these laws to control people were not elected so we have a uniform code of military justice in world war ii so each serviceb

i was looking at general milley. i have utmost regard for the military, but suddenly we have a person, the chairman of the joint chiefs, chairman of the joint chiefs from 1947-53 in 2006 statutes says it's an advisory role. he's not in the chain of command. and yet he openly brags that he interrupted the chain of command, and he altered the chain of command as it applies to nuclear codes and said it has to go through me. suddenly he's not an adviser. and he did that was the opposition -- because the opposition leader in the house, nancy pelosi, told him or said to him that donald trump was crazy. but then he said under oath i don't believe he was crazy. and thendd to add insult to injury, heis calls up his counterpart in the people's army to warn him there might be a preemptive attack sometime, and w he would warn them in advance. in august of 1940 the chief of naval operations said fdr is not hale, ask they were hiding his health, which they were. andd i think this government might want to be preemptive, but i belie

when that was first reported, critics said milley circumvented the chain of command but he said the callty of his responsibilities. >>> we reported on monday that john deere's strike might end with another contract offer on the table. but the majority of more than 10,000 workers rejected it too that extends their strike into a third week the vote this time, 55% against the contract offer, which is improvement over the 90% of the union members who rejected the first offer last month some workers said they were pleasantly surprised by the concessions in the second contract 10% pay raises across the board, enhanced pension plan, increased lump-sum payments to retiring workers. but others said with john deere in the middle of the most profitable year can it's ever had, the company could afford even bigger increases. no word yet on when they'll return to the bargaining table. >>> the great resignation. we've reported on the growing trend of workers quitting their old jobs during the pandemic but there are still many employees who want or maybe need to stay in their role. so what's it been lik

both general milley and mark esper were pushing back very much against the presidents efforts to invokethe insurrection clause. to upset the military against these black lives matters protesters. and that will set the stage for president trump to end up firing mark esper, the defense secretary, as soon as the election day had passed. during the months, a so we're going back and thinking about this -- that's all of these guys were talking about. top generals and a lot of the officials at the pentagon was about keeping the military out of the election process. you get on the phone with them and they'd constantly were saying we're going to stay out of it, this is not our role. there is no role for the military. what they meant like that, the translation is, they were afraid that the president was going to try to use the military to sink on civil rights protesters. he would try to invoke the military in some sort of way around the election protests. which is why this ended up leading to the reticence that we saw on january 6th when you had the capitol riots and the military -- you had a pro

cdc's approval what parents need to know my exclusive one-on-one with the nation's top general mark milleynew warning on china after that hyper sonic missile test >>> the shocking new allegations for attorneys on the armorer on the set of "rust. could the deadly shooting have been the result of sabotage >>> our nbc news exclusive with bill gates. his warnings on the climate, his push for a green revolution and what he said when asked about alleged inappropriate e-mails at microsoft. >>> and our journey across america to washington, d.c. for a game of checkers at the site of our nation's capital you rarely see on tv. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. across america reporting tonight from washington, d.c. >> good evening from washington, d.c. on day three of our journey across america where i spoke to the country's top military leader about a world growing more dangerous. we'll get to that in a few moments. but tonight we ao

joint chiefs chairman mark milley's calls their efforts, one of the largest shifts in power the world ever seen. >>> turning to the pandemic, there's growing controversy now that green bay packers aaron rodgers has tested positive. they say he was given special treatment and allowed to ignore safety protocols. this morning, new fallout for the nfl now that one of the league's top stars has been sidelined by covid. >> aaron rodgers is inside the pylon. >> reporter: aaron rodgers testing positive for coronavirus after indicating that he was immune to the virus. >> yeah, i've been immunized. there's guys on the team that haven't been vaccinated. i think it's a personal decision. i'm not going to judge those guys. >> reporter: before the start of the season, espn sources say rodgers underwent an alternative treatment in liu of getting a shot. despite his treatment the league reportedly denied his petition to be treated like a fully vaccinated player and according to the nfl protocol, unvaccinated players are tested daily and must wear a mask all times inside club facilities, and it's up t

and milley and aunt. -- austin. they are looking for extremists in our own ranks. still no accountability for 13 dead americans or the 120,000 unvetted afghans flooding our communities after the withdrawal from afghanistan. and secretary mayorkas and homeland security have no intention of stopping the flow of illegals swarming the border. the overrun border is the biden administration's policy. janet yellen is making stuff up. >> the pandemic is calling the shots. it's important to realize that the cause of this inflation is the pandemic. >> laura: is this her way of admitting that inflation one be temporary because the virus is not going anywhere? and one of the dimmest is biden's chief economic advisor. >> we know the more people feel comfortable getting out into the economy and going to movies and working in the workplace, the more we can return a sense of normalcy to our economy. getting the shots out for 5 to 11 years old will provide comfort to american families. >> laura: wait. is he not aware of the fact that red states american florida and idaho and tennes

general milley and powell. we are dealing with the aftermath of those individuals. thank you. why is joe biden so slow to reaction to inflations if -- here's a chart that caught our eye. here's jb vance. those states opened up first and fast. there is a lot of demand in those states. nevertheless, the middle-class and red state americans suffer the most. >> yes. that's right. the consistent thing from the biden administration when their policies don't affect them or their donors, they don't care. they don't care about illegal immigrants because their communities are not made less safe and their donors benefit from the lower cheaper labor. the inflation crisis is the biggest example of this. this is making everything more expensive, gas, christmas presents, the energy that people are paying now that it's getting colder across the country that president trump carried and biden doesn't care. he wants to punish and not serve the citizens of this country. >> laura: when you look at what happened trump had it right. if you open the economy back up and have one stimulus and just let

. >> two mistakes trump made staffing, general milley and jerome powell at the fed. we are dealing with the aftermath of both of those individuals, thank you. president biden slow to react to inflation, this chart ri, 23 state suffering most, 18 of them voted for trump. j d vance, author of hillbilly elegy, in a way that is not surprising because the states opened up first and fast. there's a lot of demand in those states but nevertheless as usual the middle class in red state america suffers the most. >> exactly right and the consistent theme you see with the biden administration is when policies does affect them or their donors or voters they don't care, they don't care about the illegal immigration crisis because it is not their communities that are made less safe. their donors benefit from a cheap immigrant labor, they don't care how communities -- this inflation crisis is the biggest example of this. as jim jordan said making everything more expensive, the gas people put in their car, christmas presents under the christmas tree, the energy people are paying as i

it is something general mark milley told bloomberg television last week in an interview that was potentiallyrica's sputnik moment if china was advancing to a hypersonic weapons system. haidi: we have mentioned the ramped of rhetoric over taiwan. there has been a flurry of sometimes worrying conversation happening. are we seeing beijing happened -- beijing backtracking a bit? >> not necessarily backtracking but more clarifying. when you stir the pot, a lot of aromas come up. i'm not saying china is during the pot. the united states, china and taiwan stirring the pot with the rhetoric a bit. when state media have come out and ministry of commerce was encouraging mainlanders to stock up on household necessities and supplies, there were separate reports, unrelated messages that showed china was preparing to mobilize military reserves. the china state broadcasters said the taiwanese themselves were hoarding survival supplies. the media is coming out because millions of posts, hundreds of millions of posts have been swamping chinese social media networks speculating that perhaps some sort of confl

general milley also said last week, our credibility is being reviewed and, quote, damage is one word that could be used for our standing in the world. so much is left to be uncovered, and there are many lessons to be learned from this debacle. in the last 20 years, mr. chairman, as you pointed out, ambassador carter, you and i met in kabul during the surge when we had 100,000 troops on the ground. i remember visiting kandahar and the birthplace. you and i agreed with the light footprint of 100,000 americans of nato forces is a small price to pay for stability. any withdrawal should be conditions based. i deeply appreciate you, sir, and our other witnesses for appearing here today to provide us with your insight. mr. chairman, once again thank you for having this hearing and i look guard to many -- forward to many more in the future. with that i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. we have chairman berra for one minute. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i want to thank the witnesses for agreeing to be here before the committee. obviously there is a wealth of knowledge from the past

withdrawal and we lose 15 of our finest men and women in there has been no accountability from general milleyaustin on down. >> i've said on this network that i think all of them should be held accountable but to the credit of millie avoid austin they did recommend some things that were rejected by the president, they recommended keeping more troops on the ground rather than having to bring back twice as you had on the ground - >> much more charitable than i am, looking for extremists in their ranks, sent those men to their deaths at that airport, i got to go. we - exploits. thank you. let's go to capitol hill where the house is poised to vote on biden's multi-trillion dollar social spending bill and where congressional correspondent chad program is standing by with the latest. >> the house will vote soon on a key tenet of president biden's agenda, $1.75 trillion social spending package, moderate democrats refused to allow the house to vote until there was a study by the congressional budget office. >> by most estimates this bill reduces the deficit. this bill reduces the deficit. it also ens

general milley said recently, our withdrawal from afghanistan was a strategic failure. this disaster has also created very real long term threats to our national security. the director of national intelligence has told us our intelligence capabilities are diminished. the deputy director of the cia has said that al-qaeda could develop capabilities to strike the u.s. homeland within one to two years. and general mackenzie said before congress last week that it is quote, yet to be seen, if we can't prevent al-qaeda and isis from using afghanistan to launch terror attacks into the u.s.. and on top of that, we have angered our allies, abandon partners and emboldened adversaries. general milley also said last week that our credibility has been, quote, intensely reduced. damaged is one word that could be's for standing in the world. so much is left to be uncovered and there are many lessons to be learned. lastin the last 20 years, as yu point out mister chairman, ambassador crocker and i met during the surge when we had 100,000 troops on the ground. i was in kandahar, the birt

general mark milley spoke to his russian counterpart yesterday and to his ukrainian counterpart wise. the u.s. has shared intelligence that show a build-up of russian troops and artillery to prepare for rapid large scale push in to ukraine from multiple locations. secretary state tony blinken announced additional sanctions that could target the nord stream 2 pipeline. >> we don't need what putin's intentions are but we know what happened in the past. we know the playbook of citing some provocation from ukraine or any other country and using that as an excuse to do what russia is planning to do all along. >> putin has leverage and may halt gas supplies to help his move to ukraine. >> i don't think moscow believes they can strike. they know this is dangerous. >> u.s. officials have warned the belarus migrant crisis is how they can devert attention away from the military build-up on the ukraine border. jennifer? >> gillian: thanks. let's bring in daniel davis. he served 21 years in the army deploying to combat zones four times. he's a senior fellow and expert for defense priorities. col

. >> laura: so general milley, general austin, the commander, no one has been fired.losses of lives -- american lives -- in a military scenario that we've seen in, you know, recent decades, and not one firing? not one reprimand? are you about that? >> this is ryan christian canals he's a real human and he's a proud military soldier, and ryan knew when he served his country that he could lose his life because he was serving his country. the politics that was part of this was not military strategy in kabul. and so this is a valuable member of our society who not just gave it all, the 12 others that gave it all, all of our families, we are deeply hurt that our president and the administration has not come forth to say who is responsible for our children's deaths. what members of our families can sleep well at night because we do not know what next will be caused by this terrible, terrible decision-making going on? there is too much at stake in our nation. we must stand up and be accountable for what we do. our children paid the price for people who are not accountable in

you say the commanders in charge, austin milley, mckenzie, should have predicted the taliban take takeoverd resignation if the president didn't change course. this is something that has happened between military leaders and presidents in the past, when they don't see eye to eye on certain things. why did that not happen this time? >> that's a really good question, carley. thank you for saying, by the way, that i have some really important thoughts. i think i would say if my thoughts are important, it's because had they reflect an institutional concern throughout the military, with a concern with a fact that we as a profession have simply become too compliant and, yes, we are in the military. we're a hierarchy. we have to be. we have to be brought up to obey orders and there are good reasons for that in combat. but it's a balance. that's why having a commission in the united states military is so difficult. here's my concern, is that over a period of time we've seen a slow drift into a culture, and this really is a cultural thing, those do with talent management, has to do with education, b

john's church, the so-called church of the the white house and follow the general joint chief of staff milley who understandably felt used s. and he should not have allowed himself to be put in the position. and again, an example of the aspect of our politics that is degrading politics in the senate yesterday almost performative and people making gestures predict and the courts are different than they have to decide and they have to be gives and they have to write opinions and appearances which is why where we really do political philosophy because we truly do not have treats on government and we don't have. [inaudible]. and i say we do because we do constitutional warriors and arguments, is constantly philosophy about the nature of freedom and freedom as opposed to head intentional with a quality and we doing all of the time. >> and he would do this for the supreme court. in the cameras. >> i do think that the justices would behave. >> and make those transcripts available in a more timely fashion and you mentioned and that it is taking you many places but at what is the most memorable trip.

. >> this comes as "the washington post" published a series on the attack revealing that mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, suggested locking down the city. acting defense secretary christopher miller feared a bloody boston massacre type altercation and that the fbi hindered its own ability to track threats by switching its social media monitoring service a week before the attack. on thursday, a judge will hear arguments on trump's claim of executive privilege. now the questions raised here are really untested by the courts and even if trump does not ultimately win this case, if he can just get the court to hold off on handing these documents off to lawmakers until the case is decided, just that delay could really hinder parts of the january 6th investigation. wolf. >> all right, paula. thank you very much. let's get more on all of this. joining us, our cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. author of true crimes and misdemeanors, the investigation of donald trump. also with us, cnn's senior legal analyst, preet barara. this showed the breadth of documents the forme

well, joint chiefs chairman j general mark milley said it best at the aspen security summit on wednesdaye witnessing, in my view, we are witnessing one of the largest shifts in global geo strategic power witnessed only once in a while. >> reporter: 2027, china looks to build a system of systems within its military and modernize or at least advance modernization over what it is now. the power report, the defense department says a lot of that is aimed at taiwan and options that would give china when it comes to taiwan. that would include blockading the islands, perhaps an amphibious attack on the island itself and other islands. it is meant to build deterrence and act as a warning sign against foreign intervention or any moves by taiwan towards independence. a lot of that points straight at the u.s. oren liebermann, cnn at the pept gone. >>> well, an investigation into that u.s. drone strike that killed ten civilians in kabul has found execution errors were made, but no violation of law. seven children were killed in the august strike. the review found children were at the site two minutes

top general mark milley put it. >> we are witnessing, in my view, we are witnessing one of the largesttegic power that the world has witnessed. and it only happens once in a while. >> reporter: experts say that part of beijing's goal here is to deter the u.s. if beijing decided to use force to take taiwan. it also says that if beijing achieves its 2027 military modernization goals, it would give it a large range of options when it comes to tie huang. it could potentially launch an amphibious invasion or conduct a blockade. but also really important context here is that even with this expansion as of now, beijing still lags far behind the u.s. in terms of numbers. accord being to the stockholm international research institute, peace research institute, china has 350 nuclear warheads in its stockpile, compare that to 3,750 for the u.s. and russia's 4,630. but, laura, china repeating the stral strategy is all just for defense. >> selena wang live for us in tokyo. thank you so much. >>> the director general saying they need to update process for hacking. the directive follows multiple warn

it's that kind of leadership that milley will step up and set the standards.y has to lower the broom. this is not fun. when i was on the ethics committee, i didn't like being head of internal affairs of the police department for congress. that is no fun. nobody signs up for that when they run for congress. it has to occur and until the leadership says enough and really deals with these internally and forces these members, taylor greene never should have been thrown off the committee but the full congress. republican leadership should have done it on their own. this is only going to escalate now and republicans will probably take the house back and turn around and as soon as one democrat steps out of line arguably right or wrong, they're going to lower the boom and this is just going to spin out of control when ethics is used as a political weapon there will be no winners but the institution will suffer greatly and i think the gop really needs to do more to raise the standards bar back up and donald trump in many respects is responsible for lowering that bar. >

general mark milley, the u.s.f staff, military chief of staff, spoke to his russian counterpart. that conversation was about risk reduction. it was about operational deconflictions. this is the kind of language that militaries use if they don't want to -- if they don't want to misread what the other is doing. the united states conundrum is that russia is massing those troops on the border with ukraine and that they have the military hardware there, the united states believes, to have an incursion. f from russia's perspective, it's not so much a hard military buildup in ukraine although the kremlin is accusing the ukrainian defense ministry of sort of building up troops in the region east of the country where there are two separatist areas. for russia, it's a much more sort of slow issue where they believe that they have historic, you know, rights if you will over ukraine, that they have historic interests. they don't want to see a nato expansion there. what they think is happening is a slow creep of nato partners,

book after book reveals the efforts of general mark milley and mark esper. >> and trump also got help from propaganda outlets including fox, the network with other right wing channels are being sued over election lies on their airwaves. fiona hill, america's point person for russia, said all these examples are essentially a checklist for how the u.s. judges coups in other countries. >> and the important thing is it is not over. not at all. many big lie backers are campaigned to control the election systems in their states, including a candidate in michigan who pedals conspiracies and lies. here's sara murray. >> reporter: a vocal critic of elections now wants to be in charge of them. >> it is completely criminal. >> reporter: kristina karamo has not been shy in insisting widespread cheating. >> it is not right that hundreds of thousands of votes are allowed to be considered as lawful votes. we know they're illegal. >> reporter: and saying donald trump was the true winner in michigan. >> donald trump won michigan. >> reporter: unsurprisingly, she has trump's backing in her bid to becom

last month general milley and general mckenzie both testified on the challenges on the counterterrorism strikes. against targets in afghanistan. unlike other places in the world where we conduct over the horizon cte operations, afghanistan is landlocked. we have no reliable partners on the ground and we have no agreements of neighboring countries. secretary, the general testified for those agreements or reasons of any country bordering afghanistan? >> we have not secured arrangements we have had extensive conversation. >> thank you. >>e secretary, since president biden made the decision to withdraw in april, he is touted over the horizon cte operation has our strategy going forward. can you share with the committee any tangible steps the administration has made to secure basing agreements with those countries? keep it short please and we can talk about that in a closed session. >> thank you. i look forward to learning about the status of those negotiations with those countries. with the taliban in control of the afghan government and the absence of reliable on the ground partners, is it

reporter: this comes as the "washington post" published a series on the attack revealing that mark milleye can joint chiefs of staff suggested locking down the city. acting secretary christoffer said there would be an altercation and hindered its ability to track threats by switching the monitoring service a week before the attack. on thursday a judge will hear arguments on trump's claim of executive privilege. raised in the case are untested by the courts. and even if trump does not ultimately win this case, if he can convince the judge to at least delay handing over these documents to lawmakers until these larger questions are resolved, that could potentially hinder parts of the january 6th investigation. paula reid, cnn, washington. >>> well, as we've been reporting, some officials warned trouble was brewing well before the january 6 attack. cnn spoke with the former head of intelligence at d.c.'s homeland security office who notified multiple agencies about the violent chatter. take a listen. >> the seeds of what happened on january 6 were planted long time ago, and we've seen this fo

general mark milley, chair of the joint chiefs of staff, said he does not expect china to use its growingst taiwan -- at least within the next two years. another pentagon review has concluded no one should be punished for a u.s. drone strike that mistakenly killed 10 afghan civilians. it happened amid the chaotic u.s. pullout in august, days after an islamic state bomber killed 13 u.s. troops and 169 afghans. the review cites communications and targeting failures, but no misconduct or negligence. the un human rights office is blaming ethiopia's government and tigrayan rebels for extreme brutality in their civil war. thousands have been killed and wounded in tigray province since fighting began a year ago. and, witnesses have told of famine and mass expulsions. the government joined in the probe and barred investigators from some of the worst-affected areas. the international criminal court is opening a formal investigation into crimes against humanity in venezuela under president nicolas maduro's rule. the probe was announced after the chief prosecutor after visiting the country and madur

remember that bob woodward's recent book, peril, revealed just how concerned general mark milley was.othing in his book is classified information. he is calling the redactions arbitrary and capricious, and he is revealing today that the january 6th committee has contacted him. >> yes, they have reached out to me. we haven't been able to connect yet. you're right. i wasn't there at the time. it was a terrible, tragic event, and it obviously struck all of us pretty deeply. >> he is right. it was a terrible, tragic day and why americans need as much daylight on the trump presidency as we can get. >>> the january 6th committee is about to make a big move. the panel set to vote on a referral for criminal contempt for a former top doj official and trump ally. ben isn't worried about retirement his personalized plan is backed by the team at fidelity. his ira is professionally managed, and he gets one-on-one coaching when he needs it. so ben is feeling pretty zen. that's the planning effect from fidelity >> man: what's my safelite story? my truck...is my livelihood. so when my windshield crac