the pentagon does knowing to come out and say we cannot win. there is a certain amount of pride and you don't want to tell the enemy to can't win the war. congress' reaction is been interesting. with the new congress there is a lot of politics at play. the democrats taken the house has the possibility of defense spending being cut. timeschiff has said many if democrats take over, we will look to cut nuclear spending, look to increase oversight of america's activities abroad, and see of defense spending needs to come down. the president himself surprise the pentagon -- surprised the pentagon. the president at a cabinet meeting announced they would have a $700 billion budget. now they are scrambling to basically redo the budget. finding $33 billion to cut. that will come from things like systemsics or high-end that need to be developed for the future fight. that will be cut or delayed under this budget cut. there are a lot of moving parts to this. when congress comes back, especially in february when the budget drops, this will be something referr

flows through the pentagon. that's more than any other government agency. it employs more people than any other part of government. it has more property around the world. it has more than a trillion dollars of real property, real assets in buildings and land around the world. it was not built on the accounting systems within d.o.d. were not built to meet auditing standards, so they've had to go back and try to retrofit with, you know, modern day accounting systems that can provide the traceability you need to pass an audit. >> how did they do this? how many people were needed to conduct an audit and how many or moreries and sites they visit to do this? >> it's hundreds of people. we don't have the full list of where they went to visit and everything. it's standard audit. you don't check every single line item, you spot check, but it cost over $900 million to do the audit and work on the corrective activities during fiscal year 2018. over $900 million and that's going to continue in 2019 and 2020 and going forward

flows through the pentagon. that is more than any other government agency. it employs more people than any other part of government. it has more property around the world. it has more than $1 trillion of real property, assets, in buildings and land around the world. it was not built on the accounting systems -- the deity accounting systems -- the d.o.d. accounting systems were not built to meet auditing systems. they have had to retrofit with modern-day accounting systems. host: how did they do this? how many people were needed to conduct the audit? how many sites did they visit to do this? guest: hundreds of people. we don't have the full list of where they went to visit. in a standard audit, you don't check every line item. you just spot check. we know it cost over $900 million to do the audit and work with the corrective activities just in fiscal year 2018. over $9 million. that will continue in 2019, 2020, and going forward. of $1l be spending short billion a year trying to get the d.o.d. up to the standards

to the president but the national defense strategy itself addresses in much detail exactly how the pentagon and the rest of gobbet for that matter which is germane here, will respond to these. it is the purpose of this event to drill into what am i call the nuts and bolts of defense industrial policies. we have the perfect panel by which to do that. before we moved to the substance i have just a couple of administrative notes. one, i've indicated the agent. agenda. eric will make some remarks will have a panel discussion that i'm going to lead in the first instance and take questions from the audience at or about 1130 thymic. in about 25 or 30 minutes within the agenda for questions from those of you in the audience. the event is on the record needless to say. you can see some cameras and back and have already indicated we are live streaming. the consequence for the rest of you in the audience is that if i call upon you to offer a question during the q&a please wait for one of our staff to bring you a microphone and then clearly identify yourself and your affiliation before asking the quest

we tried to increase the flexibility of the existing procurement tool within the pentagon. the federal acquisition regulation is not noted as being the most adept and agile way of buying things for the pentagon but turns out there's a view on the hill and the pentagon that that's a tailorable tool and processes and we tried to write legislation and point out some of the flexibility that exists within the federal acquisition regulation that pentagon officials, contracting officials can use to try to get to the right company, to try to get the right product delivered as a -- delivered at a fair price in a timely fashion. we you saw over the last few years a set of legislation that tried to push at those kinds of authorities and that kind of behavior. and then in terms of work force, the real focus over the last few years has been hiring in the stem world. so you see the hill over the past few years has given enhanced authority to places like darpa, the defense laboratories, i mentioned the depots and ship yards and cyber security, to try to make the government a more attractiv

the reaction from the pentagon been about a pan-european army? >> it predates a lot of the current discussion. germanymething i know had been talking about, going back to 2015. it was a mean in the whole brexit debate. a lot of people on the right in the u.k. said we don't want to participate in a european army. we already have nato. if that becomes a replication of nato or draws focus on it, that remains to be seen. it is still very conceptual. >> what you are seeing here is the tension between what secretary mattis has been tried to do since he took over the pentagon, which is reassure european partners that the u.s. commitment to the alliance is ironclad, and then the questioning he -- the questioning created by the president whether or not the united states needs to be there. >> thank you. i hope you will come back. appreciate it. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] joined c-span sunday,

now let's welcome back dr harlan ullman former advisor to the pentagon a vietnam and persian gulf vet now chairman of two private companies and u.p.i. is arnaud de borchgrave distinguished columnist he is the author of anatomy of failure why america loses every war it starts welcome back and thank you for your service oh we'll. veteran state began one hundred years ago as armistice day and remembered today in europe at the end of world war one it was a celebration of peace correct absolutely on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month when the armistice ended still these world war one and that was celebrated but it didn't bring peace in our times instead it brought confusion it brought disharmony and it brought world war two and the cold war because the first world war was the war to end all wars for and it certainly one it certainly did not in recent years the veterans administration has been controversial twenty fourteen secretary eric shinseki was forced to resign amid scandal over patient wait times and records manipulation by hospital officials more recently da

for the first time ever, accountants did an audit of the pentagon and the short version, the pentagong problems could take years to fix and cost millions more dollars. jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon. >> since 1990, the pentagon was to undergo an audit. last december, jim mattis ordered the first ever audit. the headline is that the pentagon failed this first ever audit. patrick shanahan said that is beside the point. we failed the audit but never expected to pass it. everybody betting against us that we wouldn't even do the audit. it found inventory discrepancy that the pentagon thought they owned buildings that they no longer owned and noted that they needed better cyber security. the audit cost $14 million and used by 12 auditors. they examined 2.2 billion in assets. the chairman of the house armed services committee, congressman mack thornbury should not be an excuse for cuts. >> so far, there's no finding of fraud or any of that sort of thing. mainly the problem is that one set of financial or accounting systems cannot talk to another. i think the biggest surpri

>> bret: okay, jennifer at the pentagon. thank you. s of navy and marine corps vets who developed post-traumatic distress disorder but were denied veterans benefits have been given the green flight sue the military. a class action lawsuit against navy secretary richard spencers. the veterans with ptsd say they were unfairly given less than honorable discharges for minor infractions linked to their untreated mental health problems. the federal prosecutor has argued the plaintiffs could reapply for discharge upgrades under new rules put in place last year. pressure is building tonight on saudi arabia to end the fighting against rebels in yemen. the united nations says 22 million yemeni need some form of humanitarian assistance and they are not getting it. senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg reports tonight explaining how all of this intensified with the killing of that saudi journalist. >> the u.n. security council met today to try to come up with a plan for ending the war in yemen. calls for an end to hostilities have increa

i was in the pentagon at the time. at the time. forward because they do not want to do it before the election. do it before the election. resident to do that before an election. —— president. awful lot like the white house team like a powerplay. like a powerplay. department of defence asks for more troops. troops. it was not that and i was in a place to sit from the pentagon. a place to sit from the pentagon. but it started this mistrust. —— to see. see. when the mistrust built, it is how to bridge that gap. to bridge that gap. hindsight that you came to that understanding? understanding? i was aware that the mistrust was building. mistrust was building. i have a better perspex did on it. better perspex did on it. actually could have sympathy for both sides. both sides. we're just trying to do ourjob. this was in afghanistan. one of the metrics must be lives. they are always tied together. that you are prior to that longer in iraq. iraq. you in a way that you run it did not. you develop feelings for the afg ha ns. you

the pentagon fails its first audit with hundreds of millions of dollars now needed to fix the problem was revealed. after the. riots and people are now venting their anger. resignation. she should have come here a long time ago she was hesitant and then he showed up with massive police protection. she should have gone back. down long ago public outrage in ireland after a man is cleared because of the underwear the victim was wearing. it is just after nine o'clock on saturday morning here in moscow you're watching r.t. international a very warm welcome to you. the pentagon has failed its first ever full budget audit looking into spending on personnel and their top brass though doesn't sound surprised we never thought we would go to. everyone was against us that we wouldn't even do the audit for the pentagon audit kicked off last december uncovered a two point seven trillion dollars in assets the cost of the whole process totaled four hundred thirteen million dollars now over a thousand order from outside visited over sixty locations and examined hundreds of thousands of items however f

stories here the pentagon fails its first order but hundreds of millions of dollars to fix the problem is revealed. months after the fatal stopping of migrants prompted riots people. demanding the resignation she should have come here a long time ago she was. not with massive police protection this is. she should have gotten her back side stepped down long ago. after a man is cleared of rape because of the underwear. just after midday here in moscow on this saturday welcome to watching international we have the latest on. the pentagon has failed its first full budget audit looking into spending on the personnel and the organization's top brass though doesn't seem surprised. we never thought we were going to post an audit everyone was betting against us that we wouldn't even do the audit of the pentagon audit kicked off last december uncovered a two point seven trillion dollars in assets and the cost of the whole process totaled four hundred thirteen million dollars now over a thousand orders from outside firms examine hundreds of thousands of items however only five out of twenty one d

the pentagon has failed its first ever full budget audit looking into spending on. the organization's top brass though doesn't sound surprised. we never thought we were going to post an audit everyone was betting against us that we wouldn't even do the old it on the pentagon audit kicked off last december and covered two point seven trillion dollars in assets and the cost of the whole process totaled four hundred thirteen million dollars over one thousand orders from outside firms visited over sixty locations and examined hundreds of thousands of items. however only five out of twenty one departments managed to pass the army navy air force and marines all failed and now over five hundred million dollars are needed to rectify the problem is revealed by the audit a correspondent picks up the story. we never thought we were going to post an audit seventy one was bet against us that we wouldn't even do the audit the air force the marine corps the defense logistics agency the u.s. special operations command and the u.s. transportation command a number of sections agencies

the pentagon files its first ever orders with hundreds of millions of dollars nine needed to fix the problems for you also to come this hour angela merkel visits the city of chemnitz months after the fatal stabbing of a local boy migrants prompted mass riots people and i venting their anger at the man doing the chances resignation. she should have come here a long time ago she was hesitant and then he showed up with massive police protection this is a show of cowardice from our chancellor she should have got my backside sooner and stepped down long ago. public outrage in ireland so you offer a man is cleared of right because of the underwear the victim was wearing. or the welcome you're watching r t international where it's just gone two pm here in moscow now the pentagon has failed its first ever full audit that looked into spending on personnel but while discrepancies have been discovered that exact figure has been given on how much money was unaccounted for the organizations top brass though don't sign surprised. we never thought we were going to pass an audit everyone was betting

the pentagon fails its first ever hundreds of millions of dollars now needed to fix the problems revealed. and demonstrations across. cleared of rape after the court told the accuser was working for vocative underway. good evening and welcome this is outing international. police of protesters who blocked roads over petrol price hikes forty seven people were confirmed injured in clashes with offices in mass protests that occurred across the country one demonstrator was killed after being hit by a car more than one hundred thousand people hit the streets across france to show their anger at fuel prices i. will demonstrate being held around paris. you know of course when a child a dubious case has been gauging the mood. we've come here to the seans elisei only to have a look up here pushing much all the way from here to almost plus to go on the road has been blocked by many people wearing those yellow vests she crowds coming together to block off this major artery of paris and it looked at one point like a sea of yellow vests walking down the streets we take a look towards the uk to trilby c

the pentagon is refusing a trump administration request for u.s. ke on law enforcement duties at the border with mexico. cnn learned the pentagon rejected the request on october 26th, even as it signed off on providing air, engineering and medical support. president trump requested as many as 15,000 active duty troops as a caravan of migrants is working its way to the u.s., mexico border. joining us is sarah westwood. using troops for domestic law enforcement is itself unlawful. is that why the pentagon refused this? >> reporter: that's right, fred. cnn has learned that the pentagon rejected part of that initial request from department of homeland security for troops to perform what defense officials saw as law enforcement activities, because as you mentioned, active duty troops are barred by law from enforcing domestic laws unless under specific emergency situation. that part of the dhs request for troops had to do with crowd and traffic control, according to the dhs. pentagon officials felt that would have required troops to enforce domestic laws.

also become the pentagon first of all of it but hundreds of millions of dollars nine needed to fix the problems for you and demonstrations across the island so it was a man is. the court is told that the accuser was wearing provocative underwear. hello welcome good evening you're watching international start this hour with breaking news to you because some news coming out of russia's sudden republic of chechnya a female suicide bomber has blown herself up near a checkpoint in the capital grozny that's according to the interior ministry they do also say there are no reports at this stage of anyone else being killed or injured officials also say that the woman had been under surveillance for extremism that's what we know so far and more in fact i will bring it straight to you. i massive mass nationwide protests over fuel prices are under way in france with over one hundred thousand demonstrators crowding streets at least forty seven people have been injured in clashes with police while one protester was killed after being hit by a car charlotte devinsky. in paris well we're here in the b

back might draw in his buddies just like those before him ascending things from bad some because the pentagon files his first ever order with hundreds of millions of dollars to fix the problems. and demonstrations to across the island as a man is cleared of right after the course is told this week you said it was blaring provocative on the way. there she's gone seven pm here in moscow he watching international now at least forty seven people have been and you think clashes with police during mass protests over fuel prices in france one demonstrator was also killed off to be hit by more than one hundred thousand people have taken to the streets across the country to show that right. back i. was. these been gauging the mood one of the demonstrations in paris but we're here in the best parts of paris where a small demonstration is taking place have a look you'll see some of the people behind me some of them are wearing these yellow vests now the point in that is because this protest is being described as. all the yellow vests this is a movement of people who want to come out together to show how

there were people in the pentagon who say that is an issue. ceremony forgning the defense authorization act, president trump had this to say about the strength of our military. we willpresident trump: increase the size and strength of our military by adding thousands of new recruits to active duty, reserve and national guard units. including 4000 new active duty soldiers. we will replace aging tanks, aging planes and ships with the most advanced and legal technology ever developed -- lethal technology ever developed. hopefully we will be so strong we never have to use it. host: do expect any legislation from congress and the fine duck session or coming up with a new congress in january that deals with this? guest: i would not expect much in the lame-duck session. they managed to pass defense spending bills a couple of weeks ago. the coast guard funding is the only thing up in the air because that is under homeland security and there was the fight about the border wall. it seems like there might be a plan a place for that. in terms of the new co

start today stories here on the pentagon fails its first order with hundreds of millions of dollars needed to fix the problems for a few. months after the fatal stopping of. riots that people are now venting their anger demanding the chance of those resignation she should have come here a long time ago she was hesitant and then he showed up with massive police protection this is a show of cowardice remarks she should have gotten the backside sooner and stepped down long ago. public outrage in ireland after a man is cleared of rape because of the. victim was wearing. and one pm now on saturday here in moscow you just in time for our latest program here top stories for this day. so the pentagon has failed its first full budget audit looking into spending on personnel the organizations top brass though doesn't seem surprised we never thought we were going to post an audit everyone was basically against us that we wouldn't even do the audit the pentagon audit kicked off last december uncovered two point seven trillion dollars in assets and the cost of the whole process totaled four hundred thi

the camel's back michael and his buddies just like those before sending things from bad so was the pentagon fails its first ever audit looking into spending on arms and military personnel. and demonstrations break out across ireland as a man is cleared of rape after the court is told that the new cues are whistling provocative underwear. a broadcaster a lot of direct forest it is moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us all right one protester has been killed and more than two hundred injured during clashes in france over rising fuel prices now according to police a truck driver panicked and accelerated after being surrounded by protesters in the east of the country and ran over a sixty three year old woman and a twenty three percent surge in diesel prices of the last year has triggered mass public. these are pictures from paris where protesters block the roads causing major traffic jams several separate demonstrations are being held in the french capital some eighty people have been taken into custody or he's dubinsky has more from paris we'v

i have not heard anything from the pentagon in terms of a response. reporter: i think what you are seeing is the tension between what secretary mattis has been trying to do since he took over the pentagon, which is reassure european partners that the u.s. commitment to the alliance is ironclad, and then the questioning inevitably that is created by the president's public questioning of whether or not the united states needs to be in nato. host: thank you both for appearing on newsmakers for the first time. i hope you will come back. appreciate it. reporter: thanks. >> i had thought about the forgotten presidents even before i began the book, and it occurred to me there might be something these presidents off so had in common, not just that they were forgotten. announcer: university of north carolina constitutional law professor michael gerhardt talks about two of his books, the forgotten presidents and impeachment. >> i think bill clinton did a lot to merit his own impeachment. he knew members in congress were looking for him to make mistakes, and then

then i walk out and i look behind me and i'm -- that's the pentagon sign. a -- and i see barbara starr of cnn and the first question is saudi arabia. >> seth: oh boy. >> the second question is, "how do you solve saudi arabia?" i'm like, "okay, i don't know. did we get the same memo?" because, i didn't -- [ light laughter ] and it was 32 minutes. >> seth: wow. >> 32 minutes at the pentagon. and i still didn't quite appreciate it until afterwards when i saw photos and it's me standing in front of the panel. >> seth: yeah. >> i know that sounds stupid, but i really didn't appreciate it until i see the photos and go, "no, i was actually doing a press conference." [ laughter ] >> seth: i just like to think of an editor saying, "who gave these quotes?" and they were like, "it was gerard butler today." [ laughter ] >> exactly. oh, yeah. there was even a headline saying -- i saw it after, but it said, "gerard butler speaks live from the pentagon in a few minutes." and you go, "that's -- i see that with trump, i see that but -- gerard butler speaks live?" [ light la

on saturday here in moscow when a very warm welcome to you top stories from the international the pentagon has failed its first full budget audit looking into spending on personnel the organization is top brass though doesn't seem surprised. we never thought we were going to post a nude it was basically against us that we wouldn't even do the old it now the pentagon ordered kicked off a last december and cup at two point seven trillion dollars in assets the cost of the whole process totaled four hundred and thirteen million dollars well over a thousand autos from outside visited over sixty locations and examined hundreds of thousands of items out of a five out of twenty one departments manage to pass the army navy air force and marines all failed and now over five hundred million dollars of needed to rectify the problems revealed by the or didn't auntie's can have mach one investigates. a number of sections agency's divisions were given what they call disclaimers saying that they had multiple issues that needed to be fixed some of the things that stand out for example we've got fifty three

the pentagon audit kicked off last december it covered two point seven trillion dollars worth of assets the entire process of examination that cost four hundred thirteen million dollars over a thousand orders were brought in from outside firms and examined hundreds of thousands of items however only five of twenty one departments managed to pass the army navy air force and marines all failed now more than half a billion dollars is needed to rectify problems revealed by these checks to explain or is killing more. a number of sections agency's divisions were given what they call disclaimers saying that they had multiple issues that needed to be fixed some of the things that stand out for example we've got fifty three million dollars worth of an installed missile motors that were listed as not working well the auditors discovered that actually these missile motors were functional the pentagon is notorious for wasteful spending of taxpayer money. apparently unconcerned the deputy of defense the defense department came forward and said that they were not surprised that this was simply not a

tell us about this audit done and what exactly has it found well the first time in history that the pentagon has been audited and now we hear the results of the audit are that more work lies ahead in cutting bassed back wasteful spending apparently the deputy defense secretary says he was not surprised by the result let's take a listen we never thought we were going to pass a law that everyone was betting against us that we wouldn't even do the audit. now there were one thousand over to one thousand two hundred auditors and they looked into the problems looked over the spending of the pentagon discovered over five hundred fifty nine million dollars worth of wasteful spending and errors essentially at this point we've got the army the navy the air force the marine corps the defense logistics agency u.s. special command operations and the u.s. transportation command all of them receiving a disclaimer saying that they have multiple issues with their spending that need to be fixed now some of the more interesting examples that were discovered apparently at an air force base in utah fifty three m

also this hour the pentagon fails its own budget toward its off to spending millions of dollars to check spending on weapons tests and no. crowds and can nets them on the chance german chancellor's resignation as i'm going to michael this is the sixty three months off sounding like a riot. i was hesitant and only showed up with massive police protection this is a show with cowardice it took a long time for people to wake up she should have got my back siding against students step down let me get. this just ten five am head and most watching off the international. the new york times has released a film claiming the soviet union which to disinform a should campaign to tear the west apart. takes a closer look. the seven commandments of fake news that come on earth click big headlines were not this would be a masterpiece of. cold little style missions in the american heartland twenty sixteen the same techniques same region even. the same trade. great production value music showing in their opinion how russian this information evolved from the cold war the coming year if we agents was evaluat

i also think the pentagon is very aware that the president of yemen is ill. he spent much of the last two months at the cleveland clinic. he has serious heart problems. and even though he has been in exile since, i think, 2015? anyway, for a number of years in riyadh, that -- i think he's gone back, you know, made these brief trips, but the government doesn't control etc. own capital. the problem is if he dies, the vice president is from the isla party. the saudi man, the vice president isn't, and so what you can do is see a complicated scenario where there's military chaos already, and then the rivalry over just which government is saudi arabia actually trying to put back in control, and that's -- you see a political process that unravels and makes diplomacy even harder. is so i think that's something that there's an awareness, a confluence of factors. and then you throw in jamal's death, and that has given more focus. but again, i'm not convinced that it's going to lead any place. it need -- the u.s. is talking about the u.n. taking the lead on this, and we

you'll go back to the pentagon today. i think i've got some specific examples that were in last year's budget where we made -- dr. wilson has changed -- so the notion of being more resilient and survivable in space isn't new. the space force didn't generate that new idea. if we look back to last year's budget, it changes to reflect the environment, they're there. what i want to do is make sure chose specific changes in last year's budget i can give you those examples. they are clear examples. if you just said, you know, generalized thinking quickly close the door. that's the emphasis. the pentagon will talk about it, organized to do it, draw a line in the sand, and let's make sure we're developing those new systems. i've seen the proposals. they always come in. we'll get after this next year. let's do it this year. >> all right. i look forward to that -- >> can we do that? [ inaudible ] >> i've got some thoughts, we just need to make sure those are there. >> thanks. i want to follow-up on amy's question. i'm interested in

the pentagon has failed its first ever full budget audit looking into spending on arms and personnel and a top official said the results were surprising. we never thought we were going to post an audit several one was bet against us that we wouldn't even do the old it the air force the marine corps the defense logistics agency the u.s. special operations command and the u.s. transportation command a number of sections agencies divisions were given disclaimers saying that they had multiple issues that needed to be fixed the inspection involved over one thousand two hundred auditors some of the things that stand out for example we've got fifty three million dollars worth of an installed missile motors that were in not working condition they were at an air force base in utah well the auditors discovered that actually these missile motors were functional the pentagon is notorious for wasteful spending of taxpayer money. apparently unconcerned the deputy of defense the defense department came forward and said that they were not surprised that this was simply not a pass fail audit and now t

the pentagon sails its own budget toward a tough to spending millions of dollars to check spending on weapons and pets and now. crowds and cabinets them on the german chancellor's resignation isn't going to medical visits the city three months off the anti migrant riots. he was hesitant and only showed up with massive police protection this is a show with college it took a long time for people to wake up she should have gotten back citing gave students step down long ago. live from the russian capital you're watching international. the new york times has released a film claiming the soviet union or should this information campaign to tear the west of parts. takes a closer look. the seven commandments of fake news that come on earth click big headlines were not this would be a masterpiece of the. cold war style missions in the american heartland twenty sixteen the same techniques same region even. the same training. great production value music showing in their opinion how russian this information evolved from the cold war the coming year if we agents was evaluated on how many propose

the pentagon, i think, has been pretty forthcoming about what they're sending, what units. >> and why. >> they even listed the bases and why. they haven't been transparent about the money but i understand that. they don't know that yet. dhs has a responsibility to explain to us why this isn't a political stunt, why this isn't a campaign tactic, and why exactly they need this many troops this fast and that's what's missing and it leads people like me and my colleagues to assume, you have to, when you look at this, to assume this is really nothing more than to try to turn up his base and get votes on tuesday. >> i want to get your take on a very alarming set of comments the president made about the possibility of migrants throwing rocks at the border. take a listen. >> they want to throw rocks at our military, our military fights back. we're going consider -- and i told them, consider it a rifle. they do that with us, they're going to be arrested. there's going to be problems. i didn't say shoot. i didn't say shoot. so, mexico is trying. they are trying, but we're different. we more tha

the pentagon fails it's first boarded with hundreds of millions of dollars now needed to fix the problems. and demonstrations across the island as a man is cleared of rape after the court is told the accuser was wearing provocative underwear. thanks for joining us you're watching our internet. protesters being killed in more than two hundred others injured during clashes in front of a rising fuel prices according to police a truck driver panicked and accelerated after being surrounded by protesters in the east of the country and ran over a sixty three year old woman is how the rallies unfolded. i. mean these are pictures from paris where protesters blocked the roads schools and major traffic jams several separate demonstrations some being held in the french capital on the issue so many people have been taken into custody and your correspondent has been gauging the mood. we've come here to the seans elisei only to have a look up here pushing much all the way from here to almost plus to go on the road has been blocked by many people wearing those yellow vests to crowds coming together to bl

reports now from paris now the pentagon has failed its first ever full audit looked into spending on personnel but while discrepancies have been discovered no exact figure has been given on how much money was unaccounted for the organizations top brass meanwhile is not. we never thought we would go to post an audit everyone was betting against us that we wouldn't even do the old it well the pentagon would it kicked off last december and cover two point seven trillion dollars in assets the cost of the whole process totaled four hundred thirteen million dollars more than a thousand dollar tis from outside examined hundreds of thousands of items however only five to twenty one department did manage to pass the army navy air force and also marines all failed and now more than half a billion dollars in needed apparently to rectify the problems for a field by the checks as more. a number of sections agency's divisions were given what they call disclaimers saying that they had multiple issues that needed to be fixed some of the things that stand out for example we've got fifty three million

as not working well the auditors discovered that actually these missile motors were functional the pentagon is notorious for wasteful spending of taxpayer money. apparently unconcerned the deputy of defense the defense department came forward and said that they were not surprised that this was simply not a pass fail audit apparently at this point they are saying that this is simply showing what they already knew which was that there was a huge problem wasteful spending in the pentagon and now they are turning to the american taxpayers for more money to correct the problem of wasting money to begin with. u.s. prosecutors appeared to be drawing up charges for the weekend leaks founder julian assange a reference to the case occurs apparently by mistake as part of an unrelated court filing the complaint supporting affidavit would need to remain sealed until someone has a receipt in connection with the charges in the criminal complaint and could. avoid a wrist. in this matter. has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london since two thousand and twelve last year sweden dropped a sexual as

the pentagon said it was planning to send only half that number. the numbers have changed at a dizzying speed since a week ago, officials indicated they were planning first to send 1,000 troops. then on monday, the general in charge of u.s. nornl command, who is overseeing the deployment, stunned the press conference by confirming the number had ris yearn to more than 5,200, indicating the numbers could rise. >> by the end of this week, we will deploy over 5,200 soldiers to the southwest borders. that is just the start of this operation. >> one day later, general o'shaughnessey met with pentagon reporters and shot down news himself suggesting 14,000 troops were being sent to the border. quote, i honestly don't know where that came from. that is not in line with what we have been planning. defense secretary mattis pushed back yesterday on critics who called the deployment of thousands of active duty troops a political stunt. >> the support that we provide to the secretary for homeland security is practical support, based on the requests from the comm

for one thing, the pentagon says based on their past experience with these vigilante anti-immigrant militia one of the problems with them they know from past experience is that they steal. look at this. under events of interest, quote, reported incidents of unregulated militias stealing national guard equipment during deployments. so okay, active duty troops, if you or somebody in your family is going to be part of this 15,000 troop deployment to the border just in time for the election, you already know and now we know thanks to these documents that the military assesses basically no credible threat of that caravan overwhelming the border. but the military does want you to keep your eyes pealed for the armed militia vigilante guys who are excited about the caravan who might be looming in the area and trying to steal your stuff. joining us now is james laporta, investigative reporter at "newsweek." he is a former u.s. marine infantry man himself. mr. laporta, it's really nice to have you with us tonight. congratulations on this scoop. >> thank you for having me. >> can you tell us -- both f

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i was in the pentagon at the time. they do not want to do it before the election. a decision like thatection. with the result that they put it right after the new team comes in. like a powerplay. asks for more troops. from the pentagon. it is hard to bridge that gap. or is itjust with hindsight that you've came to the understanding? i was aware and others that the mistrust was building. and you actually could have sympathy from both sides. "hey, we're just trying to do our job, do what we think is done. this was, of course, in afghanistan. one of the metrics must be lives. well, live, success in the mission, they are always tied together. you have written about afghanistan. you were actually in control for a year. prior to that you were much longer in iraq. you in a way that iraq did not. you developed strong feelings for the afghans and their nation. why? the afghans are a people that really can endear themselves. if you go back to the mid—70s. subject to pakistani operations inside their country. they have tried to put their society back together but it is really hard. are there peop