that is what the pentagon papers show. if it went on to put other papers, which had not yet been stopped, because they had done nothing yet, could they publish the papers? the next one was "the washington post." we got the papers to "the washington post" and they published and then they were stopped and we tried to keep that process going as long as we could. amy: explain what happened with "washington post." there is more attention because of the steven spielberg film that stars tom hanks and meryl streep, "the post." how contact with the washington post was made. gar: it was very simple. you had to reach people. this is the day before cell phones. i actually went around the area, the boston area using coin phones, public phones that were everywhe. i called up and i had the alias or the nickname mr. boston and i spoke with someone there and arranged a meeting because ben actually knew dan. he had been at the rand corporation. he came up and dan with him in a motel room. he gave him the papers. that was the next step. then

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered people of the pentagon recently released its new nuclear posture review its critics are stunned not only the use of nuclear weapons is now more thinkable but also the threshold for their use has been lowered dr strangelove would be proud is the world facing another danger as arms race. across talking the nuclear posture review i'm joined by my guest michael holland in washington he's a senior fellow at the brookings institution also in washington we have kevin camps he is a radioactive waste specialist beyond nucular and in london we cross to add real because he is a foreign affairs consultant and analyst all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate kevin let me go to you first in washington you know i read the report quite thoroughly i was quite stunned as i said in the in the introduction i'll reach of my three takeaways here the report exaggerates exaggerates perceived threats to the u.s. number two it fuses conventional and nuclear war and pushes for the de

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered peter a little the pentagon recently released its new nuclear posture review its critics are stunned not only the use of nuclear weapons is now more thinkable but also the threshold for their use has been lowered dr strangelove would be proud is the world facing another game arms race. across talking the nuclear posture review i'm joined by my guest michael o'hanlon in washington he's a senior fellow at the brookings institution also in washington we have kevin camps he is a radioactive waste specialist at beyond nucular and in london we crossed to add real because he is a foreign affairs consultant and analyst all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate kevin let me go to you first in washington you know i read the report quite thoroughly i was quite stunned as i said in the in the introduction i'll reach of my three takeaways here the report exaggerates exaggerates perceived threats to the u.s. number two it fuses conventional and nuclear war and pushes

the stench will threat what do these people in the pentagon thinking and i want to talk about this guy keith payne about his article not in one nine hundred eighty i'll ask michael about that i'm sorry go ahead kevin well george shultz just days ago said a nuclear weapon is a nuclear weapon so threshold is being crossed i mean i look at the report called nuclear famine by international physicians for the prevention of nuclear war a nobel peace prize winner that said if just one hundred nagasaki sized bombs were exchanged let's say between india and pakistan that was the case study it would cause a nuclear winter that would starve two billion human beings so these are not games to be played with abolition is where it's at the nobel peace prize last december went to the international campaign for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the have the survivors of the only explicit use of nuclear weapons in warfare from hiroshima and nagasaki we had better abolish these weapons before they abolished us kennedy said that in sixty two kissinger said that ten years ago in an op ed to the wall str

the scenario those are scenarios coming out of the pentagon i can tell you russia of policy on use of nuclear weapons is very very clear we had russia's foreign minister come out and i will quote him entirely defensive scenarios and i'll give him there are three of them in response to an act of aggression against russia and or against our allies if nucular other types of mass destruction weapons are used and also third with the use of conventional arms but only in case our state's very existence would be in danger so i don't care what the pentagon says in its report that is russia's policy ok sorry to interrupt is going to look it's ridiculous because the most recent international international institute of strategic saw these think based in london. published the assessment of this review saying they don't think russia is stupid to use the nuclear weapons so i don't know what. pentagon is having business or is trying to put trade or implemented and you know persuade the public opinion you know the russians or the people who are running russia you know the barbarians the madman who are

here is the thing about the pentagon. afghanistan says hold my beer. $700 million would be a relief when you cop pair that to the inspector january in afghanistan and iraq. kennedy: didn't when find the department of defense miss appropriated $125 billion. >> you say misappropriate, they say lost. the pentagon does try. i had to account for he round of artillery. as a fire support officer i wasted a powerball jackpot worth of jet fuel and munitions. and i had to account for it. reconstruction in iraq, the pentagon tries different' not an excuse to say we provide you the freedom that you sleep under, don't ask us how we do it. that's a bad excuse. i want that out of amtrak and the post office. the pentagon has to account for this. it's crazy. kennedy: rand paul pointed out last week on the "outnumbered" couch that the post office lose a billion a square and the key to fixing bureaucracy and waste isn't throwing more money at it. is there a way of still loving this great country of ours and supporting the brave men and wome

national security correspondent jennifer griffin is the latest from the pentagon. >> the pentagon can't account for $800 million. that according to a shocking internal audits of the defense logistics agency done by ernst & young. the department of defense continues to have unresolved accounting issues and is unable to provide sufficient evidential support for complete and accurate financial statements on a timely basis. raising questions about how the pentagon is managing taxpayer money. the white house plans to ask for billions more for defense on top of its current $700 billion budget, the largest in the federal bureaucracy. last year, the pentagon comptroller ordered an audit for the first time ever. >> it's been clear to me for 25 years they never follow the money. everybody respects the military and we ought to. they put their lives on the line for our freedom and liberties. we ought to. but i think they get too much leeway just because of that respect. >> ernst & young found the defense logistics agency failed to document $800 million in construction projects. employing 25,000 peo

>> shannon: jennifer griffin for us from the pentagon. thank you. from the fbi to talking head, we will debate what was really behind an fbi agents public, dramatic resignation. and president trump claims victory in his fight over standing for the national anthem following the super bowl. >> we've made a lot of improvements, haven't we? that's a big improvement! on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. does your bed do that? right now, save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. ends soon. visit sleepnumber.com fora store near you. i'm trying to manage my a1c, then i learn type 2 diabetes puts me at greater risk for heart attack or stroke. can one medicine help treat both blood sugar and cardiovascular risk? i asked my doctor. she told me about non-insulin victoza®. victoza® is not only proven to lower a1c and blood sugar, but for people with type 2 diabetes treating their cardiovascular disease, victoza® is also approved to lower the risk of major cv events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. while not for weight los

led coalition syrian pro-government forces reportedly killing nearly one hundred people the pentagon claims it was carried out to defend an american backed group. and republican lawmakers in the u.s. threaten to cut funding for global cancer research program after america's most widely used weed killer made by monsanto the cancer. welcome to your seven day wrap of some of the week's biggest stories as reported right here first off the winter olympics in south korea got underway on friday with a grand opening ceremony in the host city. a spectacular star now nearly three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in that event however in the run up to the celebrations demonstrations and scuffles erupted outside the olympic arena people supporting peace between north and south korea had gathered for a rally while another group protesting north korea's participation in the games clashed with police. despite the scuffles on the streets korean politicians are taking steps to find a solution to their long running conflict the south korean president says he's ready to accept an i

the pentagon confirmed pretty quickly yeah, we're working on it. normally when you have conversations, and directives that are given to the pentagon in the tanks, they're very, very difficult to get a readout and they don't always tell you what happened. this wasn't the case. they said yeah we're looking at it and we'll get back to you. >> you're going to make me go into the his it try books and now have a discussion offline about parades and the size and organization of them in europe during and after world war ii. which is what i love about you, hans. good to see you, my friend, as always. hans nichols at the pentagon. >>> another big story we're following, been following it all week, despite people say we don't follow markets when they're up. they're up. we're seeing the dow stabilize. yesterday big gain about doubled more than 2% now. now it's up 1%. >> >> what the secret to turning a no into a yes? do you know how to network like a champ? and what is a good time to have some fun in the office? i'm j.j. ramberg. i've got some great answers to a

the pentagon just warned that climate change poses a threat to half of all military sites. and you have our top generals working on a parade. man, you had a chance to be in the military and you dodged it. if you want to hold a parade for something you yourself actively avoided, why not throw an irs parade or a parade of personal trainers? [ light laughter ] what's next? are you going to make the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff plan your prom? but be careful if you do, because if it goes by popular vote, you're not going to be happy with who they choose for king and queen. [ cheering and applause ] if it's popular vote. on top of the fact that it would be a waste of time and money, there's also the fact that the pentagon itself doesn't even seem to want it. because trump also asked for a military parade for his inauguration and the pentagon didn't seem too psyched. a pentagon official wrote in an internal e-mail at the time that the trump team is seriously considering adding military vehicles to the inaugural parade. later, in response to an e-mail confirming that the

how the pentagon is keeping track of hundreds of millions in spending. an independent audit finding that the pentagon's accounting failed to provide a paper trail for hundreds of millions of dollars, your taxpayer dollars, in construction projects. and it comes as president trump is proprosing a massive increase in the pentagon budget. abc's mary bruce tracking your money tonight. >> reporter: tonight, new questions about how the pentagon is keeping track of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. >> nine supply chains, 2,300 weapons systems and about 5 million items. >> reporter: at issue, expense reports for construction projects. $384 million spent without the proper receipts. another $465 million put in the wrong column, labeled as ongoing projects that had actually been completed. the defense logistics agency admits their failure to track funding, but says none of the money is actually missing or misspent. the president today went after democrats over military funding. >> they don't want to give the money to the military, where we need it. you kno

this january 18th day at the pentagon. talking about support for our troops and our military, how underfunded it is, how a shutdown would hurt the military. and maybe as a business reporter, i think of too much in dollars and cents. the first thing that came to my mind when i saw your story, phil, wow, that is going to cost a lot of money and that that's what he was thinking of the day we were on a brink of a shutdown, the day he was talking about how badly we needed funding for our military. thinking about a parade and all the costs that would go along with that. >> todd, would you hazard a reality check, speaking of shutdowns, on the chance of another one, and how real, in your view, is this thursday deadline? >> well, it's pretty real. it seems unlikely that there would be a shutdown. there's very little appetite in congress for that. even if there's president -- president trump seems to have an appetite for it. he's talking about a shutdown as a tactic in order to force congress to address his immigration plan which ha

led coalition hits syrian pro-government forces reportedly killing nearly one hundred people the pentagon claims it was carried out to defend an american backed group. put a champagne jet out to washington to hold the biggest social media firms over the coals about suspected russian madly conjuring breck's it but come away empty and. i welcome his weekly with me kevin zero in here on r t r round up and big stories of the last seven days thanks for your time and taking that watches first in the winter olympics in south korea got underway on friday with a grand opening ceremony in the host city pyong chang nearly three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in the event however in the run up to the celebrations there were demonstrations and scuffles outside the olympic arena people supporting peace between north and south korea had gathered for a rally while another group protesting north korea's participation in the games physically clashed with police. despite the scuffles on the streets korean politicians are taking steps to try to find a solution to the conflict the south

he conveyed that decision to the pentagon. i have a new pentagon acronym for you, a course of action just speaking to a senior official here say we don't have a yet on the parade. they are, however, as they like to say over here, providing options. >> this morning, the pentagon is in parade planning mode. responding to a director from the commander in chief for a military parade in washington, d.c. a pentagon spokesman telling nbc news we are aware of the request and are looking at possible dates. the spokesman adding that planning was still in its infancy and veteran's day in november could be a target date. last year the president expressed strong appreciation for the french following a bastille day extravaganza that he attended in person. >> one of the greatest parades i've ever seen. i don't know, i'll have to try to top it. >> reporter: the president's wish gained new urgency last month according to "the washington post" when he told defense secretary jim mattis that he wanted to showcase the nation's military might. the

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to shed light on the issue michael maloof a former pentagon official is joining us live now michael when something like this happens you're always the person who has the right information for us so let's get to the trumpet ministration they have reiterated support for development of this missile defense using the north korean nuclear threat as justification however after this latest test failure what is the future of a system like this. well there's no other choice but to continue trying to perfect it this is actually a modification of previous models of the s.m. three as it's called is part of the software the so-called a just platform type of missile that's about ready to be deployed in romania for example they have a lot of bugs and you've got to consider too that when you're shooting and shooting a missile like this it's like trying to knock a bullet with a hit a bullet with another bullet. is very very difficult and what's what's a little disturbing is that this is the second failure since june i believe and the and they were they were both shot under controlled conditions so if thi

government the pentagon to establish a long term presence u.s. presence in side of syria so it's clear that violation of international law because the u.s. has no right to be there. the russian forces were invaded by the syrian government by the united states has no right to be there it acts as if it has a right to be there and because of the way these forces are station and the way its forces are moving particularly in the eastern part of syria there are the critical oil fields. there could be more conflicts this is a very very dangerous game with the pentagon displayed and they know and they know very well that it is there in kind of going ahead and trying to establish this long term presence and perhaps to partition syria. the pentagon has published a chart that purports to show the u.s. lagging behind its nuclear adversaries in the arms race chart was presented by defense secretary jim mattis and testimony to congress as part of the trumpet ministrations nuclear posture review and claims that during the last eight years russia china and north

the new york times who exposed the pentagon papers back in the seventy's were also against it so the cia and f.b.i. went from bad guys hiding their secrets from the public to a pillar of society standing strong against the evil trump the irony today among many ironies is how the mainstream media forgotten their own history the new york times the washington post today when it comes to a songe and others call him the worst threat to our republic is that we've ever seen but just years ago decades ago the same behavior. now lauded in the movies seemed to herald this particular brother being there showing again the unmitigated unbelievable hypocrisy that astounds me. so there you have it the same outlet that has democracy dies in the dark as its slogan would prefer its secret intelligence actions never see the light of day samir khan r.t. washington d.c. . turkey's president. has accused the u.s. of plotting against ankara in syria it comes amid a fall out between nato allies over turkey's operation against u.s. backed kurdish militias in syria. why does the u.s. continue to send weapons

also today, the pentagon released a new policy for harassment prevention, which aims to cover areas such as sexual harassment, bullying, hazing and other forms of behavior considered hostile to the workplace environment. during a press -- a briefing, a spokesman said that -- spoke about how it would be implemented in the military armed forces. this is half an hour. >> good afternoon. secretary mattis talked about the national defense strategy. which will drive our budgets for the next four years. tomorrow secretary mattis will travel to fort benning to meet the first security force assistance brigade. ms. white: the first unit of its kind to provide advisors at the tactical level. next week the secretary will travel to europe to reaffirm key alliances and partnerships in the region. switching gear, i'd like to share two unrelated nnouncements with you today. yesterday syrian democratic forces acted in self-defense with support from the coalition to defeat an unprovoked attack by syrian pro-regime forces in eastern syria. pro-regime forces initiate what had appeared to be a coordinated at

the president gave a directive to the pentagon if there's one thing we know about the pentagon, they're a planning organization and number two, when they get what they perceive to be a directive or an order. their commander-in-chief tells them to do something, they're going to do something. the most surprising aspect of the story was the speed with which the pentagon confirmed the "washington post" scoop. it was about 12 hours ago this story broke in the "post." a whole bunch of reporters were running around trying to match it normally it's very difficult to figure out what was said inside the tank. that's where this order was given about two weeks ago, according to the "post." the pentagon said yeah, sure, we're looking at dates, it's out there, it's a request and we're going to figure out how to do it. so their planning organization and they follow orders and that has implications across a whole lot of policy arenas. guys? >> hans, i would guess, maybe i'm wrong, but secretary mattis, a man who was in iraq from the very beginning, who warned american leaders not to go to iraq, who war

that should be the biggest concern of the pentagon's at this stage. >> are you surprised this hasn't come up before given we have been in the digital age for some time? >> it is really true. when i -- when this story broke a little bit ago i was sort of surprised that this hadn't been an issue before. it's unintended consequences of technology but what you also have to remember is our service members are in the 21st century as well and the worst thing would be for the pentagon to overreact and say you can't use these devices. they're beneficial to people, they help them keep in shape and there's probably some balance between, you know, exposure of where service members are and not allowing them to use things like fitbit including ensuring the service members put it on privacy mode when they're, you know, outside a base or something like that. >> do you think security policies need to be reviewed at other agencies in the u.s. government? >> yes. i think absolutely. in particular you would think about entities like the coast guard, border patrol or others in which -- in which they actu

government the pentagon to establish a long term presence u.s. presence in the side of syria i think there are now reported to be something like can u.s. bases in the country for them being also being air bases so it's clear that violation of international law because the u.s. has no right to be there. the russian forces were invaded by the syrian government five units it has no right to be there it acts as if it has a right to be there and because of the way these forces are stationed in the way its forces are moving particularly in the eastern part of syria near the critical oil fields. there could be more conflict this is a very very dangerous game that the pentagon is playing and they know they know very well that it is they're intent on going ahead and trying to establish this long term presence and perhaps to partition syria and quickly the u.s. is claiming that taking out the tank was an act of self-defense but looking at the larger picture can u.s. forces claim to be acting in self-defense if they are in syria. well they have no grounds t

and the new york times who exposed the pentagon papers back in the seventy's were also against it so the cia and f.b.i. went from bad guys hiding their secrets from the public to a pillar of society standing strong against the evil trump the irony today among many ironies is how the mainstream media forgotten their own history the new york times the washington post today when it comes to a songe and others call him the worst threat to our republic is that we've ever seen but just years ago decades ago the same behavior. now lauded in the movies seem to herald this particular type of behavior that is showing again the unmitigated and unbelievable hypocrisy that astounds me daily so there you have it the same outlet that has democracy dies in the dark as its slogan would prefer its secret intelligence actions never see the light of day samir khan r.t. washington d.c. protests have erupted in gaza are over the killing of a palestinian terror suspect story and more still to come. local blogs show you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chickenhawk forcing you to fight th

really, pentagon? ( laughter ) everyone knows that's a line you use when you're trying to avoid committing to shitty plans. we all know that. "when are you going to come to see the baby? we should look at possible dates. are you going to come to my medieval show, yes, let's look at possible dates. i need a kidney transplant. can we test yours? (bleep) that. but it's not hard to believe the tpentagon has problems with trump's parade. in fact, the general who lead the u.s. war against isis reacted to the plan by saying, "we have more important things to do than to focus on a damn parade." ( cheers and applause ) that's a general thing to say, right? and i agree with that general, but now, the commander in chief has said it so they have to do it. although, you know what i was thinking they should do is tell trump the parade is happening, show him an empty road, and when he goes, "i don't get it. where's the planes? where's the tanks? i don't see anything." the generals should be, "exactly, mr. president,

is in syria only to fight isis today isis has been all but defeated in syria but you don't see the pentagon packing its bags our military policy in syria has not changed our priority remains to defeat of isis whether it's in iraq or in syria that is our intent to defeat isis and not do anything more than that the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge total withdrawal of american personnel at this time would restore assad who continue his brutal treatment against his own people so as to put its ability to the lack of a fundamental commitment to our agreement that is typical of current u.s. diplomacy including the reasons why the americans stay in syria rex tillerson peter he stated that the only goal in syria was the defeat of ice or now they've got far more ambitious plans with more of the most with the mixed messages here is the pentagon staying general mattis said that the united states will stay in syria we'll fight in syria for as long as the united states wants to fight in syria i mean that's you know pretty direct now you see

in israel which is on the right that's off one mind and then you have the state department and the pentagon and looks to me that the state department and the pentagon has been putting a lot of common sense regarding how reckless was this crisis since it started in may and that is it continues one way or another that recklessness continues even with effects into the domestic situation in in g.c.c. states or more i want to pick up on what she just said and i want to go back to the beginning of the crisis because many believe that this crisis was prolonged because of what she was talking about mainly that divide between what president trump was saying about her and then with what you would hear coming from u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson supporting qatar now do you believe that this could have ended long ago if there hadn't been these mixed messages coming from d.c. . well yes i think there is a good indication that a lot of this crisis emanated from the divides in washington itself and these divides and translate into divides in the region within the gulf states themselves but as she wa

military the pentagon is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-american propaganda and it specifically notes that the discovery that the u.s. military is doing this with fake on line personalities sock puppets could also encourage other governments private corporations and government organization we're going to also hear that when there was a program with the on twitter and they did does the same thing with these of a q but i'm very much on the seas this is the u.s. message that what we've just heard alleged there there's no connection to the next one more one more minute before you read g h c q this is the british version of the national security agency does the same thing overwhelming evidence. we have a database from carnegie mellon using the u.s. government's own data they've meddled in other elections eighty one times only up to two thousand not counting coups and regime changes and of course the famous how can we forget this picture time magazine russia the ame

the pentagon has been responding. what do we know about the recommendations from the pentagon? publiclyat has been reported is secretary mattis has made the recommendation he will continue to move forward with the retention policy put in place in october of 2016. trans service members currently and actively serving will continue to be allowed to do so. that has also not changed. when president trump put in his guidance in august of last year, he asked the secretary to look at this issue. advocated with other organizations with lawsuits in federal court that put injunctions in place so those service members have been serving. our understanding is the secretary has made the recommendation he wants to continue with that policy. host: that recommendation was made in private according to "the hill." the contents will remain private. why keep something like that private? why not disclose it publicly? in secretaryt mattis' head. i don't know what those private conversations had. your guess would be as good as private.hy to keep it is a breakw if it with each other. lastdent trump twee

the pentagon is planning a military parade after president trump asked for us. is this a celebration of our armed forces or just a waste of money? >>> the white house is in damage control after president trump calling the democrats treasonous for not standing during the state of the union. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said the president was, quote, clearly joking. "the daily show" agreed it was a joke, it was just the wrong venue for the joke. >> did anybody happen to see the state of the union address? okay. you're up there, you've got half the room going totally crazy, wild, and you have the other side, they were like death, and un-american. un-american. somebody said treasonous. i mean, yeah, i guess, why not? . and tank. and tiny. and this is laura's mobile dog grooming palace. laura can clean up a retriever that rolled in foxtails, but she's not much on "articles of organization." articles of what? so, she turned to legalzoom. they helped me out. she means we helped with her llc, trademark, and a lot of other legal stuff that's a part of running a

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the pentagon released a statement from a d.o.d. spokesperson that says, we are aware of the request, we are in the process of determining specific details, we will share more information throughout the planning process. and this is what ari fleischer tweeted. he said, ds and most media will decry this objecting to the cost, when it happens many ds won't like it because it's militaristic but most americans will eat it up, they'll love the pomp and take pride in the show of force, honor of the troops. listen, i think it may be true, i think he's right. should the president be politicizing our military like this? >> you're asking me the question, don? >> yeah, it's for you, andre. >> don, i see this a different perspective. i see a gentleman who as a young man went to military school, who comes from a different generation, who believes in america first. he ran on a premise of make america great again. he truly believes in our military. he wants to build it up. he wants additional funding. if you look at all his campaign rallies, there

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barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> still so much more straight ahead in the "newsroom," but first, television is a major part of our lives, but could the way you watch television soon change? rachel crane has this look at what it may be like living in the future. >> reporter: so we're surrounded by screens. they're how we entertain ourselves. but how we'll watch them, the form factor, is changing too. the size, the shape and even the idea of needing a screen at all is evolving. this french start-up thinks your future entertainment system will look like this. it's a projector sound system and security system rolled into one. so it's kind of like an obedient dog? >> that's right. just really useful. it can be there to give you your music, your tv, and it can be away if you don't want to see it. >> it's designed to do a lot, but it isn't perfect yet. hey, keeker, come to the living room, stop moving, please. like a petulant version of the amazon echo. you think there may be a day when keeker replaces the tv? >> i think the tv has to be replaced by something. >> turning tvs into someth

as of course a lot of hesitation before to support openly like this because the situations of the pentagon and the state they knew that anything they could say can be the next day debunked by the president himself by a tweet or by. something coming out from the white house a communique or otherwise so the main difference that we saw when we were in d.c. the change of tone into a very confident pro stance position by the united states we've seen the three officials. mattis tillerson and. the treasury. secretary all of them were speaking very fondly of their relationship with god over the weekend very confidently about the strategic relationship with their with other and i think this was mainly due to the fact that the white house has changed its position not dramatically by that has at least given way to the state department and to the pentagon to run this crisis they have agreed to whatever seems line was from the beginning which is we have to get our people together they are our allies and we have to mobilize our allies through making them speak with with one another and now of course we'