secretary of the army ryan mccarthy. thank you.irman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley. thank you, general. army chief of staff james mcconville and sergeant major of the army michael grinston. thank you very much. thank you very much for being here. also thank you to some very special warriors, in a little different kind of war, maybe, but they are warriors, senators john cornyn, ted cruz, and thom tillis. thank you very much, fellas. thank you. along with representative richard hudson for being here. we have a few other great politicians here, but we won't bother because we want to get on with this one. this is a very special thing. it's such a great honor. joining matt for this special ceremony is his wife kate, his father michael, his mother janet, brother cody, and his sister amy. please stand up. please. thank you. great family. [applause] each of you has strengthened our nation through your steadfast love and support. and we want to just thank you. you're a very, very special family. we're also honored to be

there will be a lot to discuss there. >> i would also plug that interview with army secretary ryan mccarthy covered quite a number of topics >> who was that? morgan brennan >> yes, one ms. morgan brennan >>> next up -- >> we're still off the rails, right? >>> impossible foods is launching a new funding route. they're seeking a possible valuation of $5 billion. they reached $2 billion back in may. in order to reach that current valuation, impossible sneeze to raise about $400 million for this round the news helping on the rival beyond immediate is the hype as fake as the protein? >> i think it's interesting we saw what impossible did for burger king. a lot of people thought the miss -- and one of the reason they thought it was lower than expected is because they didn't have a plant-based alternative meat it would bless interesting to see, this talks about a -- how it trades in tandem with beyond meat it would be interesting to see if they live up to the right this market is going larger and larger you have to be in the game. >> but they better hurry, has anybody looked at beyond meat lately

army secretary ryan mccarthy. mr.ry, thanks for joining us today. >> thanks for having me, morgan. >> so let's start right there. the fact we are in another continuing resolution. how does that impact the army? >> well, it has already effected the army, morgan we had over the last 45 days, we had to reduce our operations and maintenance expenditures by 2% at present, from a modernization standpoint, the buying power for commanders to conduct training dropped by 2%. modernization front, we are unable to execute 70 new production programs, 79 new production programs and 37 production increases that's about $3.5 billion of buying power in modernization sitting frozen now, even if the budget deal, the table is slapped before christmas, that's about 90 days that manufacturers are going on risk or have to wait until the funds are released so from a readiness, modernization standpoint, we're losing momentum with every day that passes. >> we have seen defense spending increase the past couple years, certainly had a big impact

mark esper as well as the army secretary ryan mccarthy said that this would undermine or degrade the uniform code of military justice and that it would perhaps encourage further disobedience to that code and possibly for similar incidents of the type that that the 3 were convicted of or accused of one of them was major matthew goldstein he was accused of killing an unarmed afghan he had not actually gone to trial yet the other former army lieutenant clint lorenz had been convicted of murdering 2 civilians in afghanistan members of his own platoon testified against him in that case and finally the navy officer who's. whose rank was restored edward gallagher had been acquitted of killing a teenage afghan who he believed was a bomb maker he was acquitted on those charges but then convicted of posing for photographs with the corpse of that individual so his rank has been restored by president. rob thank you for that robyn is joining us live there from washington d.c. sudan's former president bashir has been in court facing charges of possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption but

army, ryan mccarthy. huge shout-out and your team at the army a huge congratulations, the army was the group that was responsible for the raid that killed al-baghdadi, the most wanted man so far. so we congratulate you and your troops at the army for an incredible job. the courage that you exhibit every day. >> remarkable performance by special operations community. clearly, the death of baghdadi is a major disruption in the isis network. we're keeping our eye on the l ball and maintaining our pursuit of that threat for months to come. maria: what an operation, right? it was delta tier 1 force. i know the delta force is sort of similar to seal team 6 on the other side in the navy. the rangers were on the ground. it was so well-coordinated. i know you can't say much about this operation but what can you tell us in terms of the coordination of all of these groups? >> maria, since october 7th of 2001, u.s. army special operations have been deployed every single day in pursuit of not only extremist operations

reporting that administration officials say both defense secretary mark esper and army secretary ryan mccarthyargued the moves would jurn miundermine the mili code of justice and serve as a bad example to other troops in the field. >> the trump administration has announced it will provide a, quote, cash payout to american farmers hurt by the u.s. china trade war. he tweeted our great farmers will receive another major round of cash compliments of china tariffs prior to thinking. the smaller farms and farmers will be big beneficiaries. in the meantime and as you may have noticed china is starting to buy big again, japan deal done. enjoy. the administration's plans to provide payouts to american farmers has its critics from george conway husband of president trump's senior adviser and counselor kellyanne conway. true conservatives have a word for this, socialism. joe skrarboro tweeted why don't you send out along with socialist tweets like these. your tariffs tax the middle class while you redistribute wealth to agricultural industrial interests who fund your campaigns #socialism. china introduc

stop this program president attacked my efforts and signed it into law with the support of ryan palosi mccarthy. it's an outrageous violation of our constitution and our right. and that's what really all comes down to this like they constantly. we cannot rely at times on congress to actually protect our rights on any given but just look the other way around or we can go after the f.b.i. we can't go after the surveillance community the intelligence community and all that kind of thing and when we do they just seem to go around in this case i mean that's i mean we've we've heard about this forever about 10 years of listening to they're looking at that they're searching anything they want they're searching themselves they're searching their friends or searching their axes they're abusing the system that they have. when you think about the fact that you have. a 1000000 people with security clearances. and have access to these databases that it becomes a little scary because a very large number of people and you can't prove it on the other side if you're in the middle of a divorce your access. datab

. >> it speaks to how important data is and on a national security level, army secretary ryan mccarthyse the army had received letters from lawmakers because there had been some recruiting happening, using the tiktok app you want to go where gen-z is to get that message and enlist people they've put that on hold they're now looking at vulnerabilities, investigating and sort of thinking about the use of tiktok and this use of technology we saw a crackdown where the grinder acquisition was concerned, too tiktok is in focus right now this idea of data as a national security issue will continue to grow. >> sure. it was a fun interview yesterday. check out cnbc.com for the full exchange. >>> mike santoli heads back to the telestrator with a look at one big bright spot. >> disney's baby yoda bomb, debuts its clothing line and it's not going down as well as they had hoped sanltly for the final dash board of the day. >> pretty much all about going home this holiday. but homes have been very much in the part of the economic story this year. i mean it's pretty well acknowledged that new home sal

chuck schumer sent a letter to ryan mccarthy, asking about the app tik tock.d have to cooperate with the intelligence collectioning data. >>> and thousands picketed yesterday. coming up we'll be live with why they are on strike and what they are demanding. >>> hate crime murders hit record highs as the fbi releases its latest hate crime report. the agency's main concern and the people who were most targeted. >>> good morning. we do see traffic that is still going to be bad. i'm just looking at the bay bridge cam and hasn't approved much. approaching that span, highway 24 is slow and so are the east bay commutes. we'll run it all down straight ahead. >>> some hazy filtered sunshine but there is some thick fog out there and you can see some of that blanketing areas with reduced visibility, including on the golden gate. more on that coming up. ♪ (vo) i know what you're thinking. electric, it's not for you. and, you're probably right. electric just doesn't have enough range. it will never survive the winter. charging stations? good luck finding one of those. so, m

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. >> i sent it in with the secretary of army ryan mccarthy at west point on saturday. am970, the salem station in new york. ifm owe so proud. i think of my father in the united states army air corp. we had a sergeant on with us and we had a colonel on with us and the whole morning show. we made it up. the parade is coming up. the president of the united states, the first president to kick off the big parade. it is great and something we have to appreciate. we live in the greatest country on planet earth the united states of america to the military in the name of my father, european theater in world war ii, godspeed and god bless our veterans. >> sandra: great to have you here and thanks for sharing the picture as well. >> bill: in a moment fox news honors the brave men and women serving our country and we're talking to a combat veteran reunited with his friends. how an organization made that happen coming up next. >> bill: today we recognize the group that helps create a satisfied retirement for military and working dogs. u.s. army staff sergeant anthony andrews and wo

secretary of the army joined us ryan mccarthy and here is what he said about the readiness of the militaryou are, i know that the army was -- was really beaten down when you looked at sequestration and decline in terms of defense spending, now we are looking at increases for last 3 budgets. >> what we are concerned about is fiscal situation of a continued resolution, on day 33 today that we don't have a budget deal in place, the army has tremendous momentum and in jeopardy in selling out. maria: general, you were the first person a couple of years ago to take note on readiness and importance of readiness on the program and you talked to me a bit about the fact that some of our planes in the navy are not even flyable, there are real weaknesses within our army and navy, what's your take on where we stand as we are as he just said day 33, day 34 now of continuing resolution with no real solution to the budget when it comes to defense spending? >> yeah, so iranians understand that continuing resolution is just another word for meaning, you can execute what was approved last year but given the

defense secretary mark esper and ryan mccarthy had argued against clearing the three men as a bad exampleher troops in the field, according to the new york times. are talking -- we are going to go back to talking about the impeachment inquiry for this week. if you have opinions or you want to talk about it, you're free to call in. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. keep in mind, you can always text us at (202) 748-8003. we are always reading on social media. on twitter, at @cspanwj and facebook, at facebook.com/cspan. let's talk to michael, calling from san diego, california on the independent lines. michael, good morning. caller: good morning. i just want to make a comment, i am watching this trial and i noticed that when they ask these , the ones that are responding with a microphone, not the congressme n, they are continually asking for what their feelings are, what their opinion is, and it is sort of like -- this is not -- everyone knows what opinions are, ok? we need to get through facts and stay with facts. if they are going to go i

mccarthy is doing amazing. [applause] he is actually doing an amazing job with candidate recruitment republicans all over the paul ryan school of thought wherever it is here 785 pounds but we will let them run i will focus on the, on page 7743 on the poly piece that no onene has read for go kevin's doing the opposite finding people who can win who have compassion and need a push is as call this person they want to do it they just want to know that you will be there. i will do it because that's how to win. we just know that democrats do a good job. a great track record but then they turn into communist and you wonder what happened. that.e of so they are in your backyard. >> we have time for one last question. >> excuse me. ladies you cannot all fight over me. kimberly will be very upset. >>, patriarch jewish and proud. i have a question for you. why is it during the democratic debates they don't have the american flags in the background? what are your thoughts on that quex. >> i said this in my speeches it's so great to come here to see thees pledge. [applause] they will do the invocation and the pledge in the star-spa

in this great state, kevin mccarthy, doing an amazing - he is actually doing an amazing job as it relates to just that, candidate recruitment. republicans all over, but paul ryan school of thought is whoever is here, and 785 pounds, no ability, and i will focus on page 4076 of the policy piece that no one has read. he is finding people who can win the passion. and they want to do it and i will do it. and they do a great job, and great track record and basically a conservative but check and nancy take over and they turn into communist and you wonder what happened no more of that. there are people in your backyard and they are fighting that fight because that is the way to win. >> we have time for one last question right here. we are running -- please excuse me. go ahead. >> you can't all fight over me. kimberly is going to get very upset. >> i am a patriotic jewish republican proud. and i have one simple question for you and that is why is it during the democratic debates they don't have the american flag in the background representing us. what are your thoughts on that? >> i have said this in my speeches, it was so great to come here and hear the pledge. to se