i think that is why he wants shanahan -- host: what about that team of shanahan and dunford? team that would -- at least through october when on for his whented step down -- dunford is expected to step down? caller: the uniform service chief could only sit at the table and give one voice. it is helpful to have another defense secretary who is the top guy, the civilian chief to say this is where i think our strategic priorities should go. i don't think shanahan can sit at the table with pompeo, bolton, and trump and counter them for instance the way mattis could and very few people could counter all of that. jim dunford probably can, but you are losing one good voice because i think shanahan does not have the background to do that. host: are you active or retired military? caller: retired. host: thanks for the call. the number for active or retired military in eastern our central 202-748-8000 time zones 202-748-8000,. zones,tain pacific time 202-748-8001. bob is in massachusetts, go ahead. caller: sure. good morning. all i have got to say is our military is in a lot better sha

shanahan: well done. now most importantly, to our soon to be ensigns and second lieutenants, the u.s. naval academy class of 2019, let me offer my sincere congratulations. since you first arrived on the yard, you have excelled in from academics and athletics to trials, trainings, to truly difficult tasks like herne ding -- like scaling the herndon monument in one hour, 12 minutes, 30 seconds. well done. we can speak for a long time on all you have achieved. but you would learn little from such a talk. you would feel good but that is not my intent. i need you to learn and be better than yesterday everyday. so i will not waste your time. the class of 2019 will do amazing things, i guarantee it. you will make your friends, family, and country proud. but today, i want to speak of a topic of failure. yes, failure. for such a successful class, failure is largely an abstract concept, for others to consider and deal with. from what i understand from the superintendent, the experience of failure is unfamiliar to m

[applause] shanahan: mr.d, , senator and senator dole, trusted allies and all goldstar families thank you for being , here today to help us honor the fallen, those laid to rest defined sacrifice, service, and purpose. in their days, they guarded our freedoms. a our time, we discharge sacred obligation to a member them. no words can capture the totality of their courage, patriotism, and love. some things are beyond words. and their silence speaks for itself. to those they leave behind, beloved spouses, children, family, and friends, we know not a day passes that you don't think of them. today, millions of your fellow americans remember with you. let them celebrate the life of your hero with you. they are here for you. and so are we so are we, your , department of defense, your family, your friends. i said before, the sacrifice of our honored dead is beyond words, but let the words of president theodore roosevelt capture a fraction of their glory. the credit belongs to the man that is actually in the arena, who

. >>> acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan is viting the u.s./mexico border today after the pentagon sparked criticism by diverting money from the u.s. cffort in afghanistan to theonstruction of the border barrier. matt bradley has more from the white house. >> reporter: today the acting defense secretaryg out the president's controversial policies at the mexican border. the pentagon's patrick shanahan met officials in texas a day after he diverted $1.5 billion toward border barriers. including more than $600 million from u.s. efforts in afghanistan. the president has pushed the pentagon for more fundi and forces at the southern frontier after democrats repeatedly stone wauld his campaign promise to build a border wall. >> we will build a great wall along the uthern border. >> reporter: shanahan told reporters yesterday this is the last time he'll divert pentagon money to the border. >> we have very smart people hern the department, and we found ways to do this without having any impact on readins. >> reporter: the white house said this week it

we start with patrick shanahan at the naval academy.tchen widmer and then we close with a commencement speech from mother meghan speaking at the citadel military college -- ronald reagan speaking at this at the citadel military college. graduatesanahan told to set the standard on preventing sexual harassment and assault. the former boeing executive served as deputy defense executive -- secretary until 2015. he was later nominated to take the job permanently. mr. shanahan: thank you for your service and remarkable leadership. secretary spencer.

patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment of a carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have deterred attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to appen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalating nobody is talking about a military solution to the current friction with the iranians i haven't heard anybody discuss that r.t. thank you all very much but the briefing still did not convince skeptical democrats make no mistake this president and his administration are itching for a confrontation with iran i believe that a war with iran. would be. an absolute disaster the fall of the wall with iraq and i hope the american people told this administration but we will not go to war in iran un

shanahan,retary members of the cabinet, secretary wilson, general dunford, honored guests.ty members of armed forces, and most of all, to our gold star families. we are honored by your presence. [applause] vice president pence: it is my profound privilege to be here at the hallowed ground of the arlington national cemetery for , where we gather to pay a debt of honor and gratitude to the memory of those who gave their last full measure of devotion. as that general order in 1868 pledge to aidour and assist those whom they have left. as is evident by all of your , by gatherings like this across america, you know there is a day november when we remember those who served and came home. when all across america, we pause to honor and remember those who served our nation but did not come home. it is memorial day in america. all of you here and those looking on from afar, especially to the families of our fallen, we extend our deepest sympathies. we also bring the deepest theects and gratitude of 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] vic

patrickti shanahan is not the first civilian to lead the department of defense.t investigation of the boeing 737 max planes, do you think that's going to have an effect on shanahan's nomination process? >> oh, i think it's almost certain that the boeing investigation into some of these recent crashes will come up in questioning, during his confirmation process. obviously, that's been the big headlines in the news related to the aerospace company. i think the other interesting thing regarding shanahan is that, you know, i think a lot of people in washington are breathing a sigh of relief very soon we'll have a very permanent defense secretary because a lot of these cabinet positions, a lot of these top security positions, homeland security have been acting positions. a lot of critics of president trump including many democrats have been concerned that trump has been trying to consolidate his power in the executive branch by having these acting positions, people whom he can dismiss at a moment's notice. so there's a little bit of a sigh of relief this will be a per

pick shanahan. he's fine, you know, pick somebody, but make a decision.ou know, there were a number of reasons why this was delayed. there was an ig investigation into whether shanahan had acted improperly given his ties to boeing while in terms of contractors at the defensive department. once he was cleared of wrongdoing from there, the president didn't want to make a final decision. a couple people we talked to said part of the reason is he just doesn't feel like shanahan, you know, acts like a defense secretary. he doesn't come off that way. he doesn't present well in person and more importantly for this president, he doesn't present well on television. and so president trump was very warm on him. he and lindsey graham were on the golf course and lindsey graham said you've got to nominate someone and he's fine. despite the fact lindsey graham had a confrontation not so long ago over the administration's syria policy. the president decided for whatever reason yesterday he was going to tunounce his inteannou nominate. >> they didn't want general jack kea

defense secretary is downplaying the possibility of war with iran patrick shanahan says the deployment of additional forces to the gulf will limit tehran's ability to attack and made the comments after briefing congress mike hanna reports. congress has been demanding more information for weeks and finally it was provided by the members of the trumpet ministration secretary of state mike pump aoe in the acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan held separate creeping sessions in both the house and the senate. patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment of a carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have deterred attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to happen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in dees

secretary shanahan kple uncle lir felt they need to brief earlier. secretary pompeo said nahh not a big deal. i disgrew with him i got to go. >> you say the briefing fell short of what you wanted to hear. >> mike michael mike mclegal lead republican on the foreign affairs for me. it was a specific threat briefing we married from iran. they have launched several attacks through proxies including a rocket attack near our embassy in baghdad. ships and persian gulf and drone attacks in saudi arabia. there was an escalation by iran in its proxies. this is a response to deescalate and provide a deterrent strategy so that iran does not become aggressive. it was made very chlorthe administration -- i've talked to secretary pompeo and ambassador bolton, there is no intention to go to war in the region. this is -- this is a deterrent operation to stop iran's escalation and aggression in the region. >> was there any talk of a new uamf any falk of linking iran to al qaeda. you said there was no discussion of war. but what was discussed >> this is purely iranian

shanahan: finally, i want to close with an old adage. a ship in port is safe but that is not what ships were built for. we live in troubled times from the chinese to the russian activity, and that from rogue states. the list of world woes is long. we are going to send you out among them. are the challenges serious? yes. do they require all that is best deter, and ifeet, necessary, defeat them? yes. do we have any doubt in our ability to do this? none whatsoever. not as long as you are willing to stay the course to think and , not merely copy, to stand your ground. remember who you are. sailors and marines of the u.s. navy and marine corps, you are guardians of the best of our american heritage and tradition. that heritage includes individual freedom, the universal dignity of all human beings, freedom of speech and freedom of religion. these ideals do not live on their own in the world. your predecessors have guarded them for the last 243 years. now it is your turn. around the world, your shipmates are waiting to receive you into their ra

patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment to carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have to turn attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to happen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalating nobody is talking about a military solution to the current friction with the iranians i haven't heard anybody discuss that pretty thank you all very much but the briefing still did not convince skeptical democrats make no mistake this president has a business tracing are itching for a confrontation with iran i believe that a war with iran. it would be. an absolute disaster far worse than the war with iraq and i hope the american people told this administration that we will not go to war in

patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment to carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have to turn attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. that we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to appen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalating nobody is talking about a military solution to the current friction with the iranians i haven't heard anybody discuss that pretty thank you all very much but the briefing still did not convince skeptical democrats make no mistake this president and his administrative .

shanahan,retary members of the cabinet, secretary wilson, general dunford, honored guests.ty members of armed forces, and most of all, to our gold star families. we are honored by your presence. [applause] vice president pence: it is my profound privilege to be here at the hallowed ground of the arlington national cemetery for , where we gather to pay a debt of honor and gratitude to the memory of those who gave their last full measure of devotion. as that general order in 1868 pledge to aidour and assist those whom they have left. as is evident by all of your , by gatherings like this across america, you know there is a day november when we remember those who served and came home. when all across america, we pause to honor and remember those who served our nation but did not come home. it is memorial day in america. all of you here and those looking on from afar, especially to the families of our fallen, we extend our deepest sympathies. we also bring the deepest theects and gratitude of 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] vic

that's something that patrick shanahan knows well. he also knows space very well. look at some of the challenges he has going forward, the u.s. is getting ready to withdraw many of the u.s. troops from syria, it's uncertain what's going to happen with the u.s. troop presence in afghanistan, look at this big crisis that we've been following all week with these potential threats from iran, increasing problems in africa with terror groups. he has a lot of huge difficult geo political issues that he's going to have to face assuming he's confirmed as secretary of defense. and there are things that are outside of what he's been focusing on for the past three decades-plus. >> he might have watched you right there and said, do i want this job? >>> you must listen to this. one of the president's lawyers, he's heading overseas to chat with a familiar foreign government. not meddling in an election, we're meddling in investigation. we're going to tell you where he is headed and who he's hoping to get dirt on. we're talking about the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, who he w

shanahan has been acting defense secretary sent james mattis -- since james

patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment to carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have to turn attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. that we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to happen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalating nobody is talking about a military solution to the current friction with the iranians i haven't heard anybody discussion are you thank you all very much but the briefing still did not convince skeptical democrats make no mistake this president has a bit strange itching for a confrontation with iran i believe that a war with iran would be. an absolute disaster. underlying this crisis a decision by president donald trump to unilaterally pull out the 2015 nuclear deal with iran and as th

shanahan, your predecessor. i realize it's an open hearing, but can you discuss the strategic value of increased security cooperation with the government of vietnam? >> general -- >> thanks, i'd start by telling you in our national military strategy whether we looked at our source of strength, we said it was a network of allies and partners that we had since world war ii. when we look at the pacific and talk about a free and open endo pacific, our strategy there, you'd have to consider vietnam as a critical partner in assur ing a free endopacific, and what we seek in the pacific is of course, a group of like-mind ed nations that will collectively act to ensure that we maintain international law, open access to the global commons, and legal way of addressing territorial disputes. so i think vietnam in those areas is indicated a shared interest in the free and open endopacific. so i think vietnam is very important in that regard. >> sending our aircraft carrier must have sent quite a signal through that part of th

acting defense secretary patrick shanahan is at the u.s./mexico border. his day comes after the pentagon sparked criticism by diverting funds from numerous defense projects to defense of the barrier. matthew bradley jioins us. >> reporter: acting secretary yesterday assured those at the border that defense budget, and he didn't tell us how long those 5,000 soldiers would stay there. acting defense secretary, patrick shanahan met officials in mcallen, texas, after he diverted $1.5 billion towards barriers, including $600 million from afghanistan. the president has pushed pentagon for more funding and forces at southern frontier after democrats stonewalled his campaign promise. >> we will build a great wall along the southern border. >> reporter: shanahan told reporters, this is the last time he'll divert pentagon money to the border. >> we have very smart people at the department and we found ways to do this without having any impact on readiness. >> reporter: the white house said it wants to nominate shanahan as permanent secretary but the funding move ha

war with iran atic shanahan says the deployment of additional troops to the gulf will limit terrence ability to attack he made the comments after briefing congress mike hanna reports washington. congress has been demanding more information for weeks and finally it was provided by the members of the trumpet ministration secretary of state mike pump aoe in the acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan held separate reefing sessions from both the house and the senate. patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment to carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have to turn attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to happen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalate nobody's talking about

acting secretary shanahan was , and this weekend publicly, there have been public indications which ishat the u.s. military will stay on the border until the border is secure. until dhs can secure it. yourtary esper, what is sense of what the demand essentially will be on u.s. forces? are we having a microphone issue? ok. what will the demand be on u.s. forces? you have been done to the border, tell us about what the demand will be for u.s. troops . sec. esper: will have to see because demand is driven by requirements set forth by the department of homeland security, received by the secretary of defense, then passed to the northern command and they sort out what forces they want, whether it is army, navy, air force. so regular army versus either national guard or the reserve. ashink the bottom line is the chief of staff of the army, and i have testified, we have a million-man army, 4,000 troops at the border really does not a big impact have on the readiness of the united states army to deploy, fight and win. frankly, in terms of the types of units we are sending down there engineers,

is shanahan going to be another yes man to president trump?ally the question at hand, jake. shanahan talking to reporters just a few minutes ago said his biggest challenge is going to be balancing all the things going on in the world against other long-term priorities like defense spending. but that is exactly what you pay a defense secretary to do, to balance it all. and shanahan has had a very tough couple of days as crises around the world have emerged. first up, iran. the rising military tensions. he has sent troops into potential harm's way. 5,000 troops aboard the aircraft carrier "lincoln." dozens of air force crews for the b-52 bombers that have now arrived in the middle east. he says secretary of state mike pompeo will have an additional statement on the iran situation upcoming. so that will be one thing he is going to have to continue to deal with. venezuela. look, pompeo, secretary of state pompeo, national security adviser bolton, hard-core on military action possibilities. the pentagon not so much. will he be a yes man to whatever

secretary of state, mike pompeo and patrick shanahan pushing the message of deterrence. they say changes of the u.s. posture in the gulf prevented attacks on americans. but, an exclusive interview with cnn iran's top diplomat doesn't agree. nic robertson is live for us in abu dhabi. what are you hearing? >> reporter: they push back on the notion that the united states is military posture in the gulf is making the united states and its allies safer. what he is saying and told fred pleitgen is that actually the u.s. naval build up in the persian gulf makes tensions and the situation more dangerous. >> having all these military assets is in and of itself prone to accident, particularly when you have people who are interested in accidents. so, extreme prudence is required and we believe the united states is playing a very, very dangerous game. >> reporter: wso, what patrick shanahan said is how they are playing to a domestic audience in iran, perhaps as much as president trump is trying to deliver on his own domestic messaging on iran. what rouhani, the iranian president sai

patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment to carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have deterred attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to happen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalating nobody is talking about a military solution to the current friction with the iranians i haven't heard anybody discuss that are you thank you all very much but the briefing still did not convince skeptical democrats make no mistake this president has a bit strange itching for a confrontation with iran i believe that a war with iran would be. and absolute disaster the fall was on the wall with iraq and i hope the american people told this administration but we will not go to war in iran und

as i recall, acting secretary shanahan said the pentagon had planned exhaustively for a potential military option in venezuela. how ready, how -- given all the other drains on your forces from other world hot spots, how ready is both the army and air force to execute any one of these exhaustively planned military options for venezuela? >> we plan all the time. that's what militaries do, and we organize, train, equip and there are plans for all kinds of contingencies. that's a -- that would be irresponsible not to do that. and i think when we look at what's happening in venezuela, it's a tremendous traigedy, the government. we don't know what's going to continue to happen there, but i think it's wise to evaluate and plan. >> all due respect, can you comment, either of you, on the readiness and availability of u.s. forces to execute any one of these military options that has been-- that are being exhaustively planned in secretary shanahan's force? >> that's our job to have forces ready to deploy in around the world, and that is why we maintain two-- two service secretaries whose responsibili

military forces acting secretary shanahan was there this weekend and publicly, there have been public indications, the exact languages the u.s. military will stay on the border until it is secure, until dhs can secure it. esper, what is your sense of what the demand essentially will be on u.s. forces? are we having a microphone issue? ok. what will the demand be on u.s. forces? you have been to the border. tell us about it. >> we will have to see. demand is driven by requirements set forth by department of homeland security, received by secretary of defense, passed on to northern command, they sort out what forces they want, army, navy, air force, marines, title x or title 2. >> active-duty versus? >> either national guard or the reserve in some cases. the chief of staff of the army and i testified, we have a million man army, 4000 troops at the border does not have a big impact on the readiness of the army to deploy, fight and win. in terms of the types of units we are sending down there, logistics, engineers, military police and others, and the mission they are performing, which is

shanahan yet. i've not made up my judgment. i like to go through the confirmation process and get all the information. clearly with so many hotspots around the world, his role in our national security team is going to be first and foremost . >> do you think he is qualified for the top job? >> i'm going to withhold judgment until after i've had a chance to how the response to hearings and the information i have to meet with them. seems to be the linchpin of the middle east policy in the sense that it drives most of the decision-making. for example, after the killing of jamal khashoggi, the president was resistant to congressional efforts to cut off weapons sales because essentially, that is a key part of countering the rebels in the yemen civil war. so iran seems to be the centerpiece of the middle east policy. do you think that's smart? >> the middle east is complicated. thatly, iran is a player does things that are very much against our national security interest. their role in yemen is tragic, no question about it. their role

patrick shanahan said they're not going to send 10,000 troops or 4,000 troops.n on that. i want to swing back to the formers. we're waiting on the president to talk about this doctors 16 billion in aid and what might be next in this trade war with china. your thoughts on this. you listen to sonny purdue. this is all china's fault. that may be true. but these farmers are desperate need and they're looking for fingers to point and they're looking for people to blame. right now the person they want to blame is sitting in the oval office or about to enter the roosevelt room. >> right. everyone is unified in both parties, in farmers and everybody else in the need to confront the chinese. the tariffs have gone on for so long without a deal that they're wondering if their short term pain is long-term and whether or not it will yield to an actual gain. that's the question of timing. how long the pain lasts and how much political pain the president will suffer in his re-election campaign because of this. >> trace: it's a great place for us to pick it up. we're going to s

patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployed.

mr shanahan is serious and it was imminent. mr sha na han is saying serious and it was imminent.anahan is saying that the potential attacks are no longer imminent but the threat is still there, it hasn't gone away. it has been put on hold, as separated was not he said it was a show of american force that deterred attacks on american interests, he said this is about to deterrence. it is not about war, the focus is to prevent the iranians in making a mess car collision. this is not about going to. this is detecting our interest in the middle east and conducting the missions that we are there to perform. he had other senior officials were briefing congress about the intelligence, there were a lot of questions about it and concerns raised about the aggressive tone and actions that the administration took. afterwards, use oi’ administration took. afterwards, use or reaction that divided predictably along partisan lines for dobson republican said that the intelligence was obviously credible, the administration ‘s actions were appropriate and the us should be prepared to take strong act

donald trump says he intends to nominate patrick shanahan as his next u.s. secretary of defense according to white a statement released on thursday the former deputy defense secretary then if approved to replace james mattis who resigned last year of a policy differences with the u.s. president shanahan has been acting pentagon chief for the past four months has welcomed the decision indeed has promised to continue the aggressive implementation of america's national defense strategy and to keep the military in top fighting shape so as yet another hole cemented his position in the president's team next caleb maupin today looks at how america has repeatedly abandoned its professed commitments to peace. it's a familiar pattern u.s. presidents getting elected on an antiwar platform i just don't think it's the role of the united states to walk into a country say we do it this way so should you we've lost thousands of american lives spent nearly a trillion dollars alienated allies neglected emerging threats all in the cause of fighting a war for well over five yea

what mr shanahan is saying now is that the potential attacks are no longer imminent, but the threat ishere, it hasn't gone away. it has been "put on hold," as he phrased it. he said it was a show of american force that deterred attacks on american interests. but he said this is about deterrence. it is not about war, and the focus now was to try to prevent the iranians from making a miscalculation. we're not about going to war. this is about continuing to protect our interests in the middle east and conducting the missions that we are there to perform. he and other senior officials were briefing congress about the intelligence, there were a lot of questions about it and concerns raised about the aggressive tone and actions that the administration took. afterwards, i think you saw reaction that divided predictably along partisan lines, some republicans said, yes, the intelligence was obviously credible, the administration's actions were appropriate and the us should be prepared to take strong action if it was necessary. some democrats said, well, what i heard didn't reallyjustify all tha

what is shanahan's responsibility to prevent that from happening?ne of the things is interesting here is that shanahan is saying that he personally was not aware of that. and it's been important to kind of separate him from any kind of seeming to be politically involved, in part because they're still trying to get him confirmed. he has to go through the senate confirmation process. at some point in time, if they want him to move from acting to the full secretary of defense. that is a process that can be, that can be very difficult. i think there are a lot of republicans and people on the hill in general that i talk to that would like to have that job filled and not be an acting position. but it isn't helpful if the administration is trying to move that quickly and without controversy to have him involved in this. and to have to answer questions at any kind of hearing about the political involvement of the military because you can be certain now that this has happened that there will be questions about how he will address that. >> getting confirmed.

what will be shanahan's red line.dent. >> got it. barbara starr, thank you. and thank you for being with me. i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >>> bob mueller did not specifically mention president donald trump by name, but he sure seemed to have a message for him. "the lead" starts right now. >>> after two years of waiting, the special counsel finally talks about the russia probe publicly. he does not clear the president of a crime. and the white house is attempting an, "eh, old news" strategy. mueller's between the lines message, it's up to congress to take action against president trump or not, so what will democrats do? house speaker nancy pelosi just weighed

it is great to see secretary shanahan. we appreciate your leadership. it is always good to hear you, talk about how we can be a more lethal, effective fighting machine. over the past six months, our have dedicated a significant amount of resources to hurricane recovery. touring thatmp is facility. if congress does not pass it soon, how does it affect us? immediate evacuation and then they have to assess the property to try to do the repairs. they want to take care of the folks who have been displaced. these were not originally programmed for that purpose. in congress provided the support for the airittee force and marine corps that allowed them to continue those operations because there's only a limited amount he can take from other accounts. us would allow them, particularly as we deal with facility and maintenance, which is the biggest acquirement. as you look out over the next few years they're going to have to start doing rebuilding. so there is $2 billion in our request in 2020 for the military construction to support that, and there will be some t

katie shanahan reports.ootballer jordan nobbs was on the road to a world cup. but that all changed in november. she suffered a serious knee injury, tearing her acl. she was playing for arsenal at the time and while they could have been other reasons, she thinks there was one thing that stood out for her. she had just started her period. eye was very tired leading up to that week. eye was on the first day of my menstrual cycle. and, you know, i'm not one for saying it was because of that, but the facts on how many women have done their knee and been on their mental cycle has been very high. so, you know, i don't know if it was down to that but it was a very high factor —— menstrual. it was down to that but it was a very high factor -- menstrual. so is there a potential link between periods and injury? emma eros is a physiologist with the english institute of, working with olympic and paralympic institute of, working with olympic and pa ralympic mascots institute of, working with olympic and paralympic mascots

who is patrick shanahan? >> good to be with you.fense confirmed by the senate in a 92-7 vote in july 2017. he's been serving in the capacity as acting secretary. the president has decided, very good choice, to nominate him to be secretary of defense and that nomination will be going forward in the u.s. senate. >> the ceo of boeing. >> he served in senior executive position in boeing. he had been with boeing corporations and he graduated from college in 1986 or so but has been known as mister fix it of boeing, taken on a number of major projects in the commercial sector aircraft arena and has done very well for us far as acting secretary and deputy secretary. >> we have a list of some of his accomplishments at the pentagon. he approved more border wall, expanded authorities of some troops at the border, supports trump's plans for a space for sanders deputy different secretary involved in weapon systems and projects. the border has become something the defense department is focused on. what approach will he take their? >> he shares th

patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment to carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have to turn attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. that we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to happen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalating nobody is talking about a military solution to the current friction with the iranians i haven't heard anybody discuss that are you thank you all very much but the briefing still did not convince skeptical democrats make no mistake this president has a business tracing are itching for a confrontation with iran i believe that a war with iran. it would be. an absolute disaster far worse than the war with iraq and i hope the american people told this administration that we will not go to

shanahan yet. i've not made up my judgment. i like to go through the confirmation process and get all the information. clearly with so many hotspots around the world, his role in our national security team is going to be first and foremost . >> do you think he is qualified for the top job? >> i'm going to withhold judgment until after i've had a chance to how the response to hearings and the information i have to meet with them. seems to be the linchpin of the middle east policy in the sense that it drives most of the decision-making. for example, after the killing of jamal khashoggi, the president was resistant to congressional efforts to cut off weapons sales because essentially, that is a key part of countering the rebels in the yemen civil war. so iran seems to be the centerpiece of the middle east policy. do you think that's smart? >> the middle east is complicated. thatly, iran is a player does things that are very much against our national security interest. their role in yemen is tragic, no question about it. their role

patrick shanahan told graduates and his families he does not take it lightly to put armed forces and armed way and will only do so -- in harms way. we'll only do so when necessary. he spoke at the commencement in annapolis, maryland. >> there you are. , don't. distinguished guests and all faculty and alumni. thank you for joining us on this special day. to the families and friends here today, moms and dads, brothers and sisters, and, uncles, loving friends. would you please stand? that is all of you. there you go. keep standing. estate belongs to our graduates but was made possible by your countless sacrifices day in and day out. you have to keep standing with me. thanks to you, your sons and daughters are people of character. selfless citizens ready to serve our country. the best of the best you did your job with them and you did it really only. invite our midshipmen to pre--- please rise and render appropriate honors to family and friends in proud maybe fashion. [applause] well done. to ourt importantly, second lieutenants, the u.s. naval academy class of 2019, let me offer my grad

defense secretary is downplaying the possibility of war with iran patrick shanahan says the deployment of more forces to the gulf war limited iran's ability to attack it made the remarks off the briefing the u.s. congress mike hanna reports. congress has been demanding more information for weeks and finally it was provided by members of the trumpet ministration secretary of state mike pompei when the acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan held separate reefing sessions in both the house and the senate. patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment of a carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have deterred attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to happen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescal

shanahan also said u.s. policy is aimed at maintaining free and open seas.e prime minister abw and the philippine president held a bilateral summit in tokyo today to discuss trade, investment, and growing japanese activity in disputed regional seas. the philippine president affirmed his promise to keep up cooperation in the changing world and he added that he was pleased with the growing interest and was confident that the philippines was a preferred trading partner and destination. minister for japan said they will continue to fully support sustainable development in the philippines including quality infrastructure projects. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. notine: freight markets seeing a light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to persistent trade woes. president trump's threat to place extra tariffs on mexican goods -- here to break it all glasgow from bloomberg intelligence and he covers the freight industry for