in those days, having a senior pentagon official like ernie fitzgerald speak the truth about a cost overrun on a high-visibility program was unheard of. in fact, it was dangerous. it was so dangerous that it cost ernie fitzgerald his job. that's why i like to call ernie fitzgerald the father of whistle-blowing. the cartoon also depicts the infamous $640 toilet seat that made history back in those days as one example of the terrible waste at the defense department. that happened in 1985 when i as a first-term senator began watchdogging the pentagon after a report uncovered the $640 toilet seat and a $400 hammer, i began asking very tough questions. something like how could the bureaucrats possibly justify paying such exorbitant prices? i'm still waiting for a straight answer. a lot has changed since the 1980's. the internet, which was in its infancy in the 1980's, is now part of everyday life. mobile phones back then were once the size of bricks. now those mobile phones can fit in the palm of your hand and do a lot more work in helping you make telephone calls. but one thing hasn't changed i

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derek corlu, former pentagon official, thank you very much for joining us —— chorley. this is part of our special coverage of the helsinki summit, the first informal summit, call it a summit, call it a meeting, between the american president, donald trump, and the russian leader, vladimir putin. vladimir putin hasjust russian leader, vladimir putin. vladimir putin has just touched down in the finnish capital, and is making his way to the heart of this iconic city on the baltic sea to meet president trump, who's been here since yesterday. he's already had meetings with the finnish president. and we've been discussing what lies ahead in terms of the spectacle as well as substance. —— in terms of both spectacle. with us here is my colleague, our state department correspondence barbara plett usher. and joining us is the russian editor for the economist magazine. you are also the author of a book curiously called, the invention of russia, the rise and rise of putin and fake news. very tropical! as we watch the convoy of the miz scenes heading into the palace —— very

pentagon officials responded to the reports did not do any secret documents. they say the air force is currently investigating. the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh back on capitol hill today meeting with some senators that vote on his confirmation. first up, the utah republican orrin hatch. he says he has every confidence that judge kavanaugh will be confirmed. then the south carolina republican lindsey graham who calls judge kavanaugh a good solid conservative judge. in between those meetings, some senate democrats held a news conference blasting judge kavanaugh's record open healthcare. chuck schumer says senators have a moral obligation to stop this nominee. adam shapiro live on capitol hill. hi, adam. >> it's been an interesting day for judge cavanaugh. he's right now this hour meeting with the senator from idaho, and then later he will meet with rob portman from ohio. it's lisa murkowski from alaska and susan collins from maine, the senators that are pro choice republicans that seem to be warming to kavanaugh. murkowski pointing out that the nominee

the pentagon, senior officials at the pentagon according to my colleagues at the post are completely in the dark about what was discussed and agreed to on syria. there would be real policy changes for this country that president trump agreed to with president putin that we just don't know about because nobody else was in the room. no notetakers, no advisors and president trump is not a >> indeed, phil. i saw translated russian defense news tonight and they are all but trolling american viewers speaking in vague terms about what was discussed and agreed to. anita, there is a term of art in our business that is pool spray and has nothing to do with backyard recreation in the summer but the press pool in the white house and the fact cameras are as lowed into very quick events and we have to spray the room to show the participants, they are the coin of your realm on a daisy basis. you know one when you've seen one. you look at the tape of the today's, whose account do you believe? >> i've been in the room many times. he likes this to be seen on tv. i've never heard him say no when he doe

pentagon officials says the move has been in for months not tied to the summit buy russia would oppose. a graduate of berkeley high school in california who reportedly told authorities he wanted to help isis kill 10,000 people in the san francisco bay area is now facing federal charges. 23-year-old amir al gagy pleading to the providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization. his lawyer claims is he a victim of the system. a grand jury has leveled 23 charges against a man accused of killing five people last month in a mass shooting at a maryland newspaper office. a prosecutor says the grand jury indicted 38-year-old jared ramos on five counts of first degree murder. ramos is also charged with attempted murder, assault, and gun crimes. stocks down today. the dow lost 6. the s&p 500 dropped three. the nasdaq fell five. for the week the dow was up .16 hurst, the nasdaq is off .07. president trump is lamenting the strength of the u.s. dollar. accusing china and europe manipulating and criticizing the u.s. federal reserve for raising the interest rates here. deird

pentagon officials declined lawsuit. >>> a trade war brewing between the u.s. and china. >> nong anybody wants to see a trade war. no one wins. >> the tariffs that went into effect overnight and what all of this might mean for you. >>> getting behind the wheel of a tesla model three, now you don't have to buy one to give it a try. details coming up next. >> i'm michael finney, live at the alameda county fire where the 7 on your side popup is open for business. >>> thank you, michael. folks on the roadway this friday afternoon, check traffic, downtown san francisco, this is the skyway, oncoming traffic going to the lower deck of the bay bridge, trying to get to the east bay, and that's the usual bumper to bumper scene, slightly better if you're an optimist on the right-hand side for folks heading toward >>> china has filed a second complaint to the world trade organization over the united states move to impose tariffs on chinese goods. >> the new tariffs went into effect just after midnight. abc news reporter stephanie ramos has the latest. >> reporter: the trad

officials first. so you have this resurgent russia that leaves russia vulnerable. you have a russia that annexed crimea, russia is accused of these nerve agent attacks in the uk, and a russia that attacked the u.s. democracy, trying to tip the election in favor of donald trump. so there are a lot of concerns here at nato about not just what will happen here but next week in that sitdown. >> not just concerns of what happens in nato, but what will happen, i guess, just days from now. the president on the south lawn as he prepared to board marine one, antagonizing the british prime minister theresa may, who we know will visit just days from now. praising boris johnson, who just stepped down as the foreign minister, as it were. so this is going to be a week-long parade. >> reporter: it's a week-long parade that, depending on what the president says and does, could up end the past 70 years of global world order and common defense policy. so usually this is sort of a ritualistic event. you have the symboli

pentagon officials say an army sergeant was killed yesterday in a firefight. aout 15,000 american troo now stationein afghanistan. police in britain say they have located the source of a nerve agent that killed that woman and sickened her partner, as john referred to. afr an all-out search, the found a bottle in the woman's home that tested positive for novichok it is unclear where the bottle came from. last march, a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with novichok in a nearby town. britain blames rusa, but the kremlin denies it. the united nations security council imposed an arms embargo on south sudan today. the u.s.-drafted resolution received nine yes votes, the minimum required for adoption. ambassador nikki haley said it is a vital step to ending the five-year civil war. >> the goal of this resolution is simple. reif woing to help the people of south sudan, we need stthe violence t. and to stop the violence, we need to stop the flow of weapons to armed groups, that they're using to fight each other and to ize the people. >> woodruff: there

gains troubles many pentagon officials. but they seem to be losing the argument. we don't know exactly why ahead of this year's midterm elections president trump has hastily arranged this one-on-one summit that he is about to have with vladimir putin. we don't know why ahead of that summit he is rushing to tick off all of america's allies and to tick off every foreign policy box you can conceivably imagine russia might have in terms of a wish list from the u.s. government, but that's what he's doing. and before now i think you could reasonably say there was at least a little awkwardness, a little distance between the republican party, between other elected republican officials and president trump on his unnerving and unswerving desire to do what russia wants all the time. all through this weird interlude in american history where the president's ties to a foreign adversary are as yet unknown and the subject of a very serious investigation, right? all through this time, president trump's inexplicable closeness to russia has really been a president trump problem and

. >> the pentagon will spend at least $4 billion to defuse the millennium bomb and pentagon officials are confident that they'll do it, but critics claim they started too late and those thousands of fixes won't be done in time. >> many states have not yet updated their computers that run programs such as medicaid and food stamps, benefits that millions of families rely on. >> on new year's eve >> on new year's eve, 1999, i was prepared for the world to shut down. >> for a growing number of people the year 2000 is not a milestone as much as it is a sign of some sort of impending chaos. >> at home i got lots of water, generator, flashlights, batteries, canned food. >> what do you think's going to happen? >> i think there's going to be riots. >> get ready. computer failures will shut down electric utilities, prison gates will swing open at midnight, terrorist attacks will occur in larger cities and wild dog packs will roam the streets. many of these books recommend stockpiling weapons as a precaution. >> i just wanted to be prepared in case anything happens for y2k. ordinary stains say t

senior pentagon officials talked about losing our lead in technology. we allowed our position to decline today there's massive programs in 2016 the obama administration told the congress the chinese announced the version of 226rbim which would give them capability. we have none at this point in time. we have nuclear deterrent policies. the 2018 posture is the best government. if you go back and read the statement to congress on defense and determining russia today. the reagan administration they stated we have clear objections. he also pointed out the charge of lack of seriousness by the reagan administration of arms control both amounts to a little more than we modify our proposals to retaining a largely strategic arsenal level. they criticized reagan on arms control and came into power in 1993. they failed to get the star two treaty and they failed in their efforts to cloud a star treat treaty to go beyond that. they didn't manage to have the only arms treatment to be rejected by a majority of the senate. this is a classic example. they noted this in

while pentagon officials agree nato countries should spend more, former top u.s. commanders who served in europe warned it would be a colossal mistake for president trump to pull out the 32,000 u.s. troops currently in germany suggesting it would simply be a win for russia. >> jon: jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thanks. for the short trading day ahead of the holiday the dow dropped 132, the s&p 500 lost 13 and the nasdaq finished down 65. as americans hit the road for the holidays the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline, $2.86, the highest level for the july 4th period in years but still about $0.10 less than a month ago. republican congressman jim jordan is facing accusations of ignoring allegations of sexual abuse by a by a doctor t ohio state university. three torments till my former wrestlers told nbc news that it was common knowledge that he inappropriately touched players during appointments. now congressman jordan was assistant wrestling coach at the university from 1986 to 1994 and is denying any knowledge of that abuse. his spokesperson today

in those days, having a senior pentagon official like ernie fitzgerald speak the truth about a cost overrun on a high-visibility program was unheard of. in fact, it was dangerous. it was so dangerous that it cost ernie fitzgerald his job. that's why i like to call ernie fitzgerald the father of whistle-blowing. the cartoon also depicts the infamous $640 toilet seat that made history back in those days as one example of the terrible waste at the defense department. that happened in 1985 when i as a first-term senator began watchdogging the pentagon after a report uncovered the $640 toilet seat and a $400 hammer, i began asking very tough questions. something like how could the bureaucrats possibly justify paying such exorbitant prices? i'm still waiting for a straight answer. a lot has changed since the 1980's. the internet, which was in its infancy in the 1980's, is now part of everyday life. mobile phones back then were once the size of bricks. now those mobile phones can fit in the palm of your hand and do a lot more work in helping you make telephone calls. but one thing hasn't changed i

. >>> and the senate has confirmed, pentagon official robert wilke to head up the va affairs. he fired david shulkin amid allegations and squabbling about the role of private care for veterans and white house dr. ronny jackson withdrew his name as claims of misconduct surfaced. >>> victims in the vegas massacre are outraged. mgm resorts international, which owns the hotel where the gunman fired from is suing about a thousand victims. the company is seeking a preemptive ruling to avoid liability for the attack the victims say being sued makes them feel as helpless as they felt during last october's shootings. >> it enrages me to think that this company can just try to skip out on their responsibilities and their liability. . >> i'm disgusted. in fact, i've already lost my son and now they want to sue me. >> while many of the victims say they will continue their legal battle against the hotel company for as long as it takes. mgm resorts international says the case belongs in federal court, because resolving each individual lawsuit on its own would take years. >>> the residents o

the dod came out the biggest pillar in march 2016 and when the dod came out against it i had pentagon officials in my office and i met them when they said they were against it and i said we should not do it. there is no reason toth risk the economic health or the military security of hampton rose for speculative venture that causes environmental risk. >>host: the next question goes to mr. stewart. >>kaine: can't he respond? >>stewart: absolutely. we all want to play by the truth but in 2008 you appeared on charlie rose and said it was a moral imperative with the late-term abortions right toor the ninth month. and then. this is my time. january of this year you voted again that pay capable bill and you oppose even restrictions on abortion up to the moment ofo birth. you will not even impose restrictions up to the moment of birth in the ninth month of a pregnancy. when just ten years ago in 2008 you told charlie rose have you effectively abandoned your morals? >>kaine: make it nasty, make it personal or make it up by support rules on abortion. i support many of them i voted against the

indeed, laden in the obama administration, senior pentagon officials talked about our losing our lead in technology. and they were talking about generally, not about nuclear in specific. in the nuclear area, we have allowed our position to decline, because we retired some of the most advanced systems that were developed and deployed under the reagan administration and in the years -- some of them in the years and beyond that. today, russia and china have massive nuclear modernization programs. and that's a description of the russia program by the russian defense ministers by 2017. in 2016, the obama administration told the congress that the chinese have announced the existence of a new nuclear version of a df-irbm which would give china nuclear precision strike capability. we have none at this point in time at any level. we do not have a single deployed precision nuclear weapon. who would have believed that was going to happen in the 'ya1980s? it happened because we reversed reagan's nuclear deterrence policy. the 2018 nuclear posture i think is the best government discussion of the n

out against came it, i had pentagon officials in my office. when they said they were against it, i said we shouldn't do it. there's no reason to risk the economic health or the military security of hampton roads for a speculative adventure that poses an eight -- and environmental risk. judy: the next question to mr. stewart. you want to respond? sen. kaine: i thought that was the rule. mr. stewart: we all want to play by the rules. we all want to play by the truth. in 2008, you appeared on "the charlie rose show" and said it was a moral imperative there be restrictions on late-term abortions. those abortions occurring through the ninth month. this is my time -- in january of this year, you opposinginst a bill, restrictions on abortion, even up to the moment of her -- of birth. you won't even impose restrictions up to the moment of birth in the ninth month of the 10 years when, just ago, in 2008, you told charlie rose that you supported those restrictions. haven't you effectively abandoned your morals? sen. kaine: make it nasty, make it persona

the senate is expected to confirm pentagon official robert wilke as new secretary of veteran affairs today. wilke is president trump's third pick for the position in 18 months. if confirmed he will be tasked with bringing stability to an agency that has struggled to get veterans timely treatment. wilke promises to, quote, shake up complacency at the va have p ployees and provide more care from providers. >>> the yosemite fire has reached 6,000 acres. the flames have reached two miles in the park. it has caused evacuation of several rural towns and closed yosemite. a heat wave is forecast with record-breaking high temperatures this week. >>> and ritz crackers products are being recalled over salmonella concerns. they are pulling 16 varieties of its ritz cracker sandwiches and ritz bitz. they may be contaminated with salmonella. they are sold in the u.s., puerto rico and the virgin islands. so far no illnesses have been reported. >>> a teen survivor of the duck boat crash in missouri is talking about her experience. loren smith swam out of the sinking boat to safety. her father, steve,

we will do from scholars and former pentagon official. this is about an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone and welcome to brookings. i michael hill the foreign policy program. frank rose as well who will introduce him second with the rest of the panel and i'd like to welcome you and thank you for coming out on monday when the net season since life and what is that if people want to go on vacation and you cannot to talk with us about a space force. we are delighted you about a month ago president trump at a white house event turned to chairman of the chief joe dunford and said i want a space force. can you make that happen? i want to get president trump credit. it's a big idea. it's a good idea for a president to have. it's a good debate to have but as a think president trump may have learned since it statement he doesn't get to make this decision quite that fast by himself. we are here today to join some additional voices to this process. the congress has been considering the idea, , has shon some interesting idea but reluctance great a s

officials. putin reportedly told russian diplomats he also proposed to president trump a referendum to help resolve the conflict in eastern ukraine, but pentagon officials say they have not received any new guidance and existing law makes it illegal for the u.s. to work with russia there. gayle. >> all right, got it, >>> cbs news went undercover to see how addicts are being paid hundreds of dollars to undergo surgery that promises to curb cravings. >> ahead, why doctors are billing tens of thousands of dollars for each procedure. you're watching "cbs this morning." touch shows how we really feel. but does psoriasis ever get in the way? embrace the chance of 100% clear skin with taltz. up to 90% of those with moderate to severe psoriasis had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. most people were still clearer after one year. with taltz, 4 out of 10 even achieved completely clear skin. don't use if you're allergic to taltz. before starting, you should be checked for tuberculosis. t

reigns.n most senior pentagon officials frantic to learn what was promised with putin. president may turn over ambassador mcfaul to the russians. the superduper commodity cycle. gold cannot find a bid. good morning everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." we are live. in for francine. about the absolute confusion we are seeing in washington. pictures.have we are looking at russian president 10 at the russian foreign ministry meeting with ambassadors. it will be interesting if any mood music comes out of this. interesting,is is pay attention to moscow, the ballet of london and moscow. here is taylor riggs. the european union preparing to strike back against american tariffs. to block is preparing a list hit with protective measures. they would be imposed if the mission to washington fails to persuade president trump to raise car tariffs. if pound could we hit hard there is a no brexit deal. sterling could fall 8% against the dollar if the u.k. does not reach an agreement with the eu by the time it leaves the block. 20%ysts say there is only chance of the no deal brexi

indeed, late in the obama administration, senior pentagon officials talked about our losing our lead in technology. and they were talking generally, not about nuclear in specific, in the nuclear area we've actually allowed our position to decline in terms of technology because we retired some of the most advanced systems that were developed and deployed under the reagan administration and in the years -- some in the years somewhat beyond that. today russia and china have massive nuclear modernization programs. and that's, by the way, the description of the russian program by the russian defense minister in late 2017. in 2016 the obama administration told the congress that the chinese have announced the existence of irbm which would given china nuclear strike capability against their targets. we have none at this time. we do not have a single deployed precision nuclear weapon. and who would have believed that was going to happen in the 1980s? and it happened because we -- we reversed reagan nuclear deterrents policies. the 2018 nuclear posture review, i think, is the best government d

we have former pentagon official and former executive director of the graham talent wmd commission, dr. evelyn farkas. also with us former cia station chief scott eulinger. he served 12 years in the former soviet union, recruiting spies for u.s. intelligence. also, former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfall is back with us as well. scott, let me go to you for something as i get rocket j. squir squirrel on the rocky and bullwinkle show, you think the summit is a good thing and you believe donald trump has played vladimir putin as much as vladimir putin has played donald trump. explain that. >> certainly. putin's motivation is based mostly on leg matitimacy and appearing larger than he is on the world stage, and he succeeded in doing that. president trump i think understands the key, if there is a key forward to any success with improving our relations, is to use that against putin. he is flattering putin, to a certain degree complimenting him diplomatically. he plays the good cop while administration people play the bad cop and i think it is appropriate. the way forward with russi

bolton will have a meeting today with pentagon officials. to be a fly on the wall. us richard haass will join from the council of foreign relations and we will definitely speak about john bolton and the admirals and generals of the pentagon. hearing from the financial times, i visited with -- in london who is with blackrock. she has a very nice summary of the nuances of checkers and onto the future of brexit. it is essential to fight the right battles. the european parliament elections next year likely to pit globalists against highly coordinated populists. sh goes on toe say it would be wise for the european union to accept the basic premise of the u.k.'s proposals. bob and james with us. yous, this is a very centric essay on how the eu has to respond. is the eu responding in a responsible way? james: you are never dubbed enough. -- dove enough. the eu is asking things that were irreconcilable, that the bush people do not want the free flow of people, but happy to have the free flow of goods and services. they do not want to be tied to european regulation, nor did

today white house national security advisor john bolton meeting with foreign policy and pentagon officials to weigh the administration's strategy on iran. this just a few days after the president warned president rouhani never to threaten the u.s. again. what can we expect? g.o.p. congresswoman liz cheney just met with john bolton this week and she joins us now with an inside look. good morning to you congresswoman. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me ainsley. good to be with you. ainsley: what did john bolton tell you how the united states will continue to respond to iran? >> well, we had a really good meeting with the national security advisor on capitol hill. the president has done exactly the right thing. we talked about the fact that it was very important to pull out of the iranian nuclear agreement. it was an agreement that was really giving people false comfort while it provided the iranians a pathway to a nuclear weapon. and we are in a situation now where companies across europe are going to have to choose in many instances whether they want to do business with th

officials just are struggling to understand. in effect, we're in the process of turning the future of syria over to russia and seeing syria as a battleground simply to contain iranian influence moving west. it's an important goal, but it's not the end of syria's policy. one of the most interesting things that's happened in the last few months is that russia and israel now have found common cause on some elements of syria policy, that's what's really driving the agenda towards this helsinki summit is the israeli/russian agreement about what syria should look like, which the united states is going to go along with. in the meantime, all that hard work that we did in the east, i've been there three times traveling with our troops, i'll tell you, they worked hard to get the stability that they have there now. it's going to go away as soon as those troops come out. >> so speaking of russia, a controversial call in the russia/spain match. >> vladimir putin actually -- >> leads to one of the greatest upsets in world cup history. >> it's

carpenter was the pentagon's -- just so everybody knows, the pentagon's top russia official. he writes, trump wants to replicate the disastrous deal with putin from july 2017 when they agreed on a deescalation agreement. the only side that deescalated was the anti assad opposition, while russian, iranian and syrian government forces annihilated them. what is the likelihood that trump walks away from this putin meeting with any sort of deliverable on syria? >> i think if anything, he'll claim that the deliverable he's obtained is that russia will commit to pushing iran out of syria. the thing is, russia does not have the power to push iran out of syria. if anything, it's the opposite. there's no way iran is getting out of syria because it's pushed out by russia. the other thing to remember is, we're in syria with a purpose. we're in syria because we want to prevent syria from becoming a safe haven for terrorists that can carry out attacks both there and around the world. we have a purpose there. but i think what trump is trying to do is deliver a favor for his russian sponsor,

robert wilke who is waiting in the wings at the pentagon, a top personnel official himself, is said to not know anything about these moves who were done by the acting team in power now, led by peter o'rourke, the acting secretary. >> the va as you know has long been troubled, underfunded, understaffed. doesn't such a staff shakeup exacerbate those problems? >> well, there's a long history even in the trump era of turmoil at va, so trump's first va se t secretary who was an obama hold over was fired eventually, ousted in large part by conflicts he had with this group of trump loyalists now in power. then we had ronnie jackson, the presidential physician who trump wanted to be secretary who was forced to withdraw amid misconduct allegations, and the agency has 360,000 people, and it has always struggled to give veterans timely benefits and to give them timely health care. and what's really troubling to a lot of people and now on capitol hill is that even after shulkin was fired, there was a big brain drain at the agency, lots of qualified people left because they were just concerned abou

the senior officials at the pentagon are completely in the dark about what was discussed and agreed to on syria. there could very well be real policy changes for this country that president trump agreed to with president putin that we just don't know about because noeblgs was in that room. there were no note takers, there were no advisors and trump is not a reliable narrator, as we know. >> indeed. they're all but trolling american viewers speaking in vague terms about what was discussed and agreed to on on that one-on-one. anita, there is a term of art in our business called the pool spray. it has nothing to do with backyard recreation in the summer months. it has everything to do with the press pool that covers the white house and the facts that cameras are allowed in to often very quick events and we have to spray the room to show all the participants. they are the coin of your realm on a daily basis. you know one when you see one. you've looks at the tape of today's. whose account do you believe. >> right. i mean, i've been -- i was not in the room today, but i have been, as phil h

the pentagon slow walked that until they had official guidance from the president. they said nothing is going to change. so here the view is very clear that when there's a presidential tweet, it doesn't equate to policy. now, in terms of what actually happened in that helsinki meeting, officials here are still waiting on an official order to somehow take it to the next level. we've talked to general votel who has been very clear that nothing has come out of that, nothing secretary mattis had had his briefing from the president, but so far there have been no policy changes. look, in general here they do monitor the president's twitter feed very quickly but don't think of it as policy. >> nick confessore, i want to bring to the conversation something that national security advisor john bolton, who's done a decent job flying under the radar since he's joined this white house staff, said yesterday. he said the president believes that the next bilateral meeting with president putin should take place after the russia witch hunt is over. i couldn't get any farther than tha

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leak and what what the white house will do or the pentagon they're really the two most prolific leakers is the leaks some information that sensitive just to see how the public reacts and if there's no reaction or a positive reaction they'll an act that policy if there's a negative reaction then they'll withdraw the policy that's sort of how they gauge public opinion now the other badly is when somebody leaks just for their own benefit or because it's exciting to them or they like to see the excitement of the new story and know that they were the source or they like to impress a journalist which happens more often than you might suspect and finally today let us bring you an added bonus to this up a sold author journalist and documentary filmmaker max blumenthal discussing the corporate access journalism trainwreck that is. tapper i watched a lot more tapper than any human being should be subjected i'm sorry about that but i mean it's like if it had been inside the chamber and bob graham it would have been appropriate but you know i why i've been watching tapper ever since the trump era b

it's unclear exactly what the two leaders discussed in helsinki regarding syria, but the pentagon and russian military officials are not on the same page. >> for us right now it's kind of steady as she goes. we have received no -- no further direction than we've currently been operating under, and as i mentioned in my remarks, we continue our communication and deconfliction with the russian federation commanders to ensure protection of our forces, of our respective forces and to meet our obligations. blake: but a russian three star general saying quote russia already has sent formal proposals to washington for joint u.s. russia efforts, to fund reconstruction of war-ravaged syria and facilitate the return home of millions of syrians who fled the country following agreements reached by trump and putin. retired lieutenant colonel, former green beret commander and counterterrorism advisor to vice president dick cheney. thank you for joining us this weekend. we appreciate it. >> thank you. blake: so you heard both sides there. i want to play some sound here from sarah sanders from the whi

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, very upper echelons of the pentagon began an all out cleanup mission calling counterparts in europe making sure they felt okay knowing that the troop presence overseas would no the be reduced. making clear the american commitment would be intact. as one official put it to me. when it comes to nato, predictability is the one thing that matters most. here, again, president upending the end of that summit today. his ambivalence will catch some of our allies off guard. we lin we hind that we have the institution of the pentagon making clear nothing substant e substantively changed. >> the amount a country spends on defend is probably one of the biggest domestic debates any country has. we know we're endlessly fighting about it in the united states. idea that president trump goes there and tells people to increase their defense spending domestically at a fast er rate. faster toward the 2% threshold of national -- gdp. macron said that's not true. nobody's doing that. did anything change? >> right. not even -- not even the u.s. is spending 4%. as you well know, the u.s. spends about 3.5%

. >> bret: from our pentagon team, it's business as usual. it officials the latest technology with the latest assessment north korea told fox news specific goals specifically noting that the regime is building intercontinental ballistic missiles. no evidence that north korea has halted work on missile development despite dismantling parts in a recent week. jonah, what does this tell us? >> i find this utterly not surprising. my position has always been it has nothing to do with the term, it has to do with the north koreans, the north koreans have organized their entitled political system for 30 years around the need to have nuclear weapons. asking them to give up their nuclear weapons voluntarily is like asking the hells angels to give up their motorcycles and switch to scooters. it is part of their identity as a nation and is not even clear to me that kim jong un could survive a coup if he actually gave away the nukes. so this does not shock me. >> bret: days ago the president waited a rocket has not been launched in nine months. likewise, n

and now the pentagon is figuring out what the u.s. committed to on the military front bauds russian officials say there were verbal agreements between putin and trump that officials know nothing about. that's a big deal. the state department is flatly rejecting a proposal that the white house says it's considering -- allowing russians to interrogate american citizens whom moscow loathes. among them, a former u.s. ambassador to russia. even now the president tells cbs news he doesn't know "what all the fuss is about" from his one-on-one summit with vladimir putin and the post-summit news conference. meantime, this is the cover of "time" magazine summing it up in a single image, a emergencied image of trump and putin's fa d faced. the president still predicts he and putin will have a good relationship and even in that interview where he went farther than ever before, he wouldn't call putin a liar. >> he denies it so if you believe u.s. intelligence agencies, is putin lie ing ying? >> i don't want to get into whether or not he's lying, i

the pentagon has declared hypersonics its number-one technical priority, but the official in charge of the program recently acknowledged the u.s. is playing catch up with both russia and china. bianna? >> golodryga: david martin with the future of military weaponry. thank you. in pakistan today, politics turned deadly. a suicide bomber killed more than 120 people at a campaign rally near the afghan border. a candidate for the regional parliament is among the dead. isis claimed responsibility. attacks have been increasing in the run-up to the july 25 election. and coming up on the "cbs evening news," a jury awards billions of dollars in damages in a baby powder lawsuit. throwing your money right into the harbor. i'm gonna regret that. with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ by staying in rhythm. and to keep up this pace, i drink boost optimum. boost optimum with 5 in 1 advanced nutrition helps support muscle, energy, bone, normal immune function, and vision. boost optimum. be up for life. just for a s

official tells nbc news the pentagon went into damage control, so how does that come into play with vladimir putin meeting with the president? >> tension within nato is music to putin's ears. one of his top priorities is seeing that crucial transatlantic alliance be undermined, and that's what we saw unfold over the course of the president's visit to the nato summit. in fact, it all kind of culminated in this very unusual closure of the summit when president trump said publicly he'd gotten these significant concessions from nato leaders, that they agreed to increase defense spending and he'd been able to walk away with this big win and that comment was subsequently followed up by and countered by emmanuel macron who said it wasn't true, that rather nato countries were on the same track they'd been on, maintaining the same commitments they kept about the percentages of their gdps that would go towards defense spending. so as the summit closed, we saw this rift exist through basic facts between the united states and france, one of the most important nato members. so that's something that putin

so is cory shocky, former pentagon, state department and national security council official for president george w. bush. and ned price, former special assistant to president obama, also an msnbc national security analyst. cory, let me start with you. i don't want to oversimplify this. it would seem the president a few hours ago said, hey, guys, you owe me 20 bucks. a few hours passes, and then the president says, you know what? make it 40. you owe me $40 now. is that an oversimplification? why would the president ask member nations to give more than the united states currently gives? >> the united states spends for the entirety of the world in our defense spending. so yeah, the president, he could have had a nato summit in which he took credit for increased defense spending for the new readiness initiative, for the great solidarity allies have had in the face of russian behavior. instead he chose to make the summit an unpleasant experience for america's closest friends and treaty allies. i think it's a real shame. >> how much of this is about the audience there, cory? and how much of thi

what i hear back in my day to day at the pentagon but what i'm hearing here from defense officials and intelligence officials, this consistent that russia is a real threat to both the united states and the world, alex. >> and is there an answer as to how to prevent russia from being a threat to the united states? is there uniformity in that? >> no. that's been a consistent theme here as well. so you know, of course we've seen aggressive action from international community against russia just this year. with the expulsions of diplomats, international community really coming together. we saw that early this year in the poisoning of two people in the uk of sergei skripal and his daughter. the international community came together and there was expulsions of diplomats all over the world. the question is russia's activities have continued. what more can the u.s., what more can international community do. sanctions tends to be a big answer. banding together and presenting a united front from international community is another one. that's something i've consistently been asking people about h

. >> this morning the pentagon is trying to figure out what russian officials mean when they say important verbal agreements were made on arms control and syria. and at the same time the state department is trying to quell much any idea that the u.s. would ever turnover any u.s. citizens for interrogation.quel. would ever turnover any u.s. citizens for interrogation. the white house says we'll let you know. abby phillip is joining me. it is a stunning disagreement. >> reporter: a critical topic. right now you are hearing republicans and democrats saying the whois neeite house needs to it un. but this is because there is so much confusion about president trump said in that meeting and where he really stands on russian president putin. he has muddied the waters for the last several days and tried last night again in an interview that aired with cbs to clarify his standing that as of right now he believes the intelligence community's assessment that russia meddled in the election and putin was responsible. listen. >> you say you agree with u.s. intelligence that russia meddled in the election

the pentagon estimates there's 5 52 -- 5300 sets in north korean and the official number is over 7,000 and the number of americans who are missing. and we know some are mischaracterized, they're not missing, they're prisoners of war. we have incontrovertible evidence that some were not returned at the armistice. and estimate 800 to a thousand americans were not returned. so, that's the-- >> so, they were alive, but prisoners? >> they were alive. yes, we have evidence-- >> will they be in their 80's today? >> some would be in their 90's. the one who is-- we have incontrovertible evidence who was not returned was major sam logan shot down september 9th, 1950. we have a still photograph of him released by the soviets and by the way, if there are american p.o.w.'s alive, they're alive probably in china or in russia because the soviets took a lot of them for basically intel purposes. so, you know, logan would be close to a hundred. but there are others 85 or so. and yesterday on america's news room, you guys were interviewing a korean war veteran, he was 85 and he looked-- >> you just menti