cain, sir. what's your first name? they call me raisin. i say, wait a minute. your name is raisin cain, i love you. i've been looking for you for five years. you are the great. this is what i want. and there was a general next to him. there was a colonel. there was a drill sergeant, a master sergeant. they were all like people. i could make a movie right now. i'd have the best looking people ever. and they were great. and then i went in. and, sir, would you like to rest before the met? no, i don't want to rest. i don't want to rest. >> what should we expect from from him? i mean, this is a senate confirmed position, right? >> so one of the things, caitlin, to keep in mind is that all three and four star positions are senate confirmed positions. actually, all officers are senate confirmed, but it gets name specific when you get to three and four stars. and it is unusual because general cain, when he retired was a three star general, as you mentioned. uh, and in a retired role, you know, you don't expect to be called back to active duty, but it can happen. and th

trump selecting retired air force lieutenant general dan raisin cain as the next chairman of the jointn first met trump in iraq while a commander helping lead the offensive against the islamic state. he most recently served as associate director for military affairs for the cia. and more shakeups at the pentagon. the administration dismissing several top officers from the navy and air force, as well as the top lawyers for those branches and the army. plus the pentagon saying next week, approximately 1400 probationary civilian staffers at the defense department will be released. i think he's done a great job with his executive orders. but as the president's rapid remake of the federal government playing out to mixed reviews and congressional town halls around the country in nebraska, vermont senator bernie sanders launching his own, quote, fighting oligarchy tour, trump believes he can do anything he wants to do. the law does not apply to him. trump today on social media pushing ally elon musk and his doge team to get moree aggressive. musk in turn, then announcing on x. all federal emp

and his family periods replacement has been named. 47 nominating air force lieutenant general dan raisin caincomplete annihilation annihilation of the isis caliphate. and expect to many more firings at the pentagon. we will keep you updated. >>> only one month into trump's presidency and democrats are ripping out their hair. clooney plays cool guys in the movies but trump has him all stressed out. the times says quote george clooney has been sneaking outside to smoke. i had to get better at inhaling he says. i had outside so the kids don't see and smoke a little bit. he plans to switch to herbal cigarettes. george was the face of divide and coup but he insists there is blood on the media's hands. quotes, right in at -- abdicated his responsibility by hiding his incapacities and the media in many ways dropped the ball. the media covered for and ushered in the return of the king and they are very matter. >> trump has never really wanted to be president. he actually has always wanted to be king. right now when we are seeing he is waving his scepter his king scepter. >> jesse: she better get it t

caine, sir. what's your first name? they call me raisin. i say, wait a minute. your name is raisin caine? i love you. i have been looking for you for five years. this is what i want. >> martha: the shake upcomes as the penalty gone prepares to lay off 5,400 civilian workers next week and aims to cut 8% of the military budget over each of the next five years. and i'm joined now by retired general george casey who served as a member of the joint chiefs of staff under president george w. bush and barack obama when casey was chief of staff of the army. a 41-year army veteran, casey also served as commander of u.s. and multinational forces in iraq from 2004 to 2007. we spent a lot of time back there in iraq. what happened friday night was truly unprecedented, firing the joint chiefs of staff, another member of the joint chiefs and several senior officers. how concerned are you about that? >> martha, that's extremely destabilizing at a time that's a lot going on domestically and a lot going on abroad. when you remove so many senior leaders, especially without justifying and giving due cause, it

trump says he is nominating air force lieutenant general dan raisin cain to be the next chairman. >> beer week is underway in the bay area, and while many breweries are ready to serve up a pint, many are also keeping an eye on trump's tariffs and their effects on alcoholic beverages. they say the trump's trump administration's tariffs on aluminum are likely to increase their canning costs, and the brewers say they may have to raise their beer prices to make up for those rising costs. >> it's a passion industry. we're donating a lot of our time anyway for something that we really love, so that when we get hit with additional costs, it really hurts us and it makes the business much harder to sustain. >> the brewers say they get many of their raw ingredients from canada, one of the countries targeted in the tariffs. those ingredients include hops and malt. >> hundreds of protesters rallied in the city of oakland, demanding democratic lawmakers to do more to oppose president donald trump. they directed their attention to house minority leader hakeem jeffries from new york. ktvu. amber le

trump selecting retired air force lieutenant general dan raisin cain as the next chairman of the jointmet trump in iraq while a commander helping lead the offensive against the islamic state. he most recently served as associate director for military affairs for the cia. and more shakeups at the pentagon. the administration dismissing several top officers from the navy and air force, as well as the top lawyers for those branches and the army. plus the pentagon saying next week, approximately 1400 probationary civilian staffers at the defense department will be released. i think he's done a great job with his executive orders, but with the president's rapid remake of the federal government playing out to mixed reviews and congressional town halls around the country in nebraska, vermont senator bernie sanders launching his own, quote, fighting oligarchy tour. trump believes he can do anything he wants to do. the law does not apply to him. trump on social media pushing ally elon musk and his doge team to get more aggressive. musk in turn, then announcing on x. all federal employees will s

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. >> raisin cain. that's my guy, the guy who chooses people based on their nicknames is not going to give you the best cabinet ever. >> we are going to appoint mad dog. mattis as our secretary of defense. >> but we're not. >> announcing it till monday, so. >> don't tell anybody. >> mad dog. >> he's great. he is great general. as you know, james, mad dog shouldn't say it in this room. mattis now there's a reason they call him mad dog. mattis never lost a battle. he lost. >> his battle. >> with donald. >> trump when donald trump's first secretary of defense, general james mattis, resigned his position as secretary of defense, donald trump instantly claimed that he claimed that he fired him. and then donald trump spent years publicly attacking him, even though he used to love his nickname. donald trump. trump's lies today about assistance to ukraine. it's a lie he cannot stop telling. >> as you know, we're in for probably $350 billion. europe is in for 1 billion, $100 billion. and that's a big difference.

and his replacement has already been named. 47 nominating air force lieutenant general dan raisin cain, who trump says was instrumental in the complete annihilation of the isis caliphate. and we expect many more firings at the pentagon. we'll keep you updated. we're only one month into trump's presidency, and democrats are ripping out their hair. clooney plays cool guys in the movies, but trump's got him all stressed out. the times says, quote, george clooney has been sneaking outside to smoke. i had to get better at inhaling, he said. i got outside so the kids don't see and smoke a little bit. and he plans to switch to herbal cigarettes. george was the face of the biden coup, but he insists there's blood on the media's hands. quote, biden abdicated his responsibility by hiding his incapacities and the media in many ways dropped the ball. the media covered for biden and ushered in the return of the king. and they're very mad. >> trump has. >> never really wanted to be president. he actually has always wanted to be king. right now, what we're seeing is he's waving his scepter, his king

it is also worth noting that trump says on social media he will nominate lieutenant general dan raisin cain to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs. he is a retired three star. so it's a fairly unprecedented step here to nominate him to be the top u.s. military officer, not only a three star, but also someone who, as of a few months ago was retired. >> yeah. very unusual. oren liebermann, thank you for that report on that breaking news. and this does come, as we're also learning tonight that a key cdc committee that studies vaccines was told to cancel its meeting next week on the agenda, flu, rsv and covid 19 vaccines. this comes just days after vaccine skeptic rfk jr. was sworn in as hhs secretary. no new date has been set and the postponement is raising major alarms. outfront now, doctor paul offit, he's the director of the vaccine education center at the children's hospital of philadelphia. he's also on the fda's vaccine advisory committee. just tell us, doctor offit. what are the implications of this meeting being indefinitely postponed? >> well, you worry that it represents. >> som

his air force lieutenant general dan raisin cain. trump has repeatedly given cain shout outs over the past years at where else but cpac. in fact, at trump's cpac speech last year, trump claimed that cain put on a maga hat while meeting with him during a visit to iraq. cain has told aides that he has never put on a maga hat, but this perfectly fits with the theme that we have seen at this week's cpac an embrace of authoritarianism and total fealty to trump. here's new attorney general pam bondi, who broke norms by attending this convention and giving a partizan pro-trump speech as the attorney general. and not to mention support at the convention by republican activists who want to break with the constitution by letting trump run for a third term. here's what steve bannon had to say about that. >> we want trump in 2008. that's what they can't stand. a man like trump comes along only. >> once or twice. >> in. >> the country's history. >> we'd also be remiss not to bring up this bizarre cpac moment from first buddy elon musk. >> oh. >>

president added that he intends to nominate the retired three star air force lieutenant general, dan raisin cain, as the next joint chiefs of staff to replace brown. in his post, the president praised cain as a war fighter and said that he was, quote, instrumental in the complete annihilation of the isis caliphate. in all, six pentagon officials were fired last night. in addition to general brown, the administration dismissed the chief of naval operations, admiral lisa franchetti. she is the first woman to lead the navy. in his most recent book, published before he was nominated to serve in trump's defense cabinet, defense secretary pete hegseth derided franchetti's promotion, suggesting it was only because she was a woman. also fired last night, air force vice chief of staff general james slife and three jag judge advocate general, the top lawyers in the army, the navy and the air force. for more on this, i'm joined by the democratic congressman seth moulton of massachusetts. he's a member of the house armed services committee, former 2020 presidential candidate. he previously served as a marin

on to say, today, i'm honored to announce that i am nominating air force lieutenant general dan raisin cain to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. now, defense secretary pete hegseth had previously called for general brown's firing because of his, quote, woke focus on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the military. hegseth on our radio show last fall, said or podcast last fall said, first of all, you've got to fire the chairman of the joint chiefs. and he went on to talk about how any general involved with dei efforts should be fired. either you're in for war fighting and that's it, he said. cnn's kaitlan collins has more reporting on this, and she joins us right now. it's not entirely unexpected, especially since the new defense secretary has been talking about this before he was even being considered for that job. how much of this is about. d.i. >> well, i think it depends on your definition and what that looks like. and i will say that when hegseth got confirmed as the defense secretary, that he stood next to general c.q. brown. and who is the president's top mil

the president says he now plans to nominate retired air force lieutenant general dan raisin cain to befs chair. joining us now from the white house is nbc's yamiche alcindor. and back with us again is joel rubin, former deputy assistant secretary at state. yamiche, nbc news has this new report that in addition to cq brown, there's two other military leaders who were fired. what more can you tell us about them? and do we know what led to this overall shakeup at the pentagon? >> that's right. where these are sweeping changes at the pentagon. and looking at this note from our colleague courtney kube, we can say that the chief of naval operations, as well as the air force vice chief of staff, were also fired. this also comes as the pentagon says it's going to eliminate 1400 jobs. that's related to cuts that they want to do to their budget. pete hegseth saying that he wants to cut $50 billion overall from the pentagon's budget. now, when you talk about why this is happening, the president as well as his allies have been saying for weeks and months that they want to go after and immediately

he's looking to nominate air force lieutenant general dan raisin cain, who, hegseth notes is someone who embodies the warfighter as ethos and exactly the leader we need to meet in the moment. what does this look like from your perspective? given the onslaught against agencies in our government now touching department of defense, european. allies looking at this, what do they what do they see and what should we expect from someone like lieutenant general cain in in this. >> in this new role? >> i think a lot of. >> folks look at this. >> as a very. >> haphazard period of time for. >> the us. government in. >> terms of donald trump is. >> dismantling a. >> lot of the. >> institutions of. the executive. >> branch. >> dismantling the leadership. >> that has. >> existed. >> basically saying. >> that anybody. >> who. >> was working before. >> in the. >> government is. >> somebody who is not going to be on my team. unless they. >> demonstrate full fealty. >> and so i think. >> our allies and. >> partners. around the. >> globe are. >> just watching. >> quite frankly, in horror. >> at. >> wha

on friday, trump said he's nominating retired air force lieutenant general dan raisin cain to replace, calling him an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful, successful entrepreneur and a warfighter. that announcement also came as defense secretary pete hegseth said he is firing chief of naval operations admiral lisa franchetti and air force chief of staff general james slife. hegseth said he would request new nominations for their roles. meanwhile, the food and drug administration is asking some of the scientists it recently fired to come on back to work. multiple sources familiar with the matter say the fda is looking to rehire around 300 people they fired as part of the doj's cuts. some of those asked to return include scientists reviewing musk's brain implant company, neuralink. we often talk about the potential conflict of interest there. the white house had previously told reuters the administration had fired over 1000 fda staffers, according to reuters. hundreds of the fda jobs that were cut were funded by fees from medical device companies, banks and others,

caine, sir. what's your first name? they call me raisin. i say, wait a minute.r name is raisin caine, i love you. i've been looking for you for five years. you are the great. this is what i want. and there was a general next to him. there was a general next to him. there was a general next to him. there was a colonel. there was a drill sergeant, a master sergeant. they were all like people. i could make a movie right now. i'd have the best looking people even i'd have the best looking people ever. and they were great. and then i went in. ever. and they