but you have mark milley admitting it. i want to go back to what leslie saying there was no problem here. remember the media hysteria when general mike flynn called with the approval of the incoming commander in chief, his counter part in russia, his life was destroyed for that here you have mark milley who the acting secretary of defense says he wasn't authorized to make these calls which undermind our country and -- undermined our country, which made it seem like things were unstable. you have mark milley who said of the strike that we heard about a couple weeks ago, i remember the morning of media buzz, we heard just before that was going on, that there had been a righteous strike where supposedly isis-k terrorists were taken out, instead it was seven children and other people. he's got so many problems going on. yet the media are so restrained how they talk about it, wanting to give him the benefit of the doubt. they is extremely important, has nothing to do with trump. it those to do with do you have a republic, a cha

is that so, mark milley? isn't this the same mark milley who once illegally seized personal control of our country's nuclear arsenal? and then when that wasn't sufficient, promised to tip off the governor of china about future military operations and did all of this who didn't like his boss who unlike him was, yes, civilian elected by voters. that's the very same mark milley, the one lecturing about the military. it was all pretty amusing in a dark way, but he did make you wonder, what is this about? why is mark milley saying something so obviously preposterous? expect to be helping him in some way. when did need it was helping him. what you watch in the senate hearing today was pure blame shifting. joe biden's foreign policy is a legitimate disaster, nobody disputes that, but mark milley wants you to know that none of it is his fault. secretary of defense wants you to know that too. so does the head of central command, general mckenzie. all three of them want to make it crystal clear that the scenery dull ma

why wouldn't members of congress call mark milley? i think they have spoken to him, and demandwh a public answer lie today, now? >> tucker, needs to happen immediately and i'm actually shocked it has not happened, either. youy, know, mark milley is a four-star general who acts like he wants to be a democrat politician. he is actually -- he did a coup against a sitting president of the united states, and the members of congress need to grow a backbone, get a spine comments are holding people accountable. >> tucker: yeah, when you start making racist statements in congressional testimony and pretend it didn't happen, and you're the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, maybe there is a problem. then when you are on the record threatening the sitting president, who you work, for with violence, "we have the guns," and no one says anything, maybe our deepest fears about washington are true. >> they are, tucker, it is a cesspool down there. you know it, and i know it. they say washington, d.c., is insanity surrounded by the rest of the uni

first tonight, accusations of treason are swirling around general mark milley. according to a book from bob woodard, milley is accused of conspiring with communist chinese. the book says milley pledged he would alert his counterpart in the event of a u.s. attack. the counterpart in china. the communist chinese. the book claims milley had general lee. if we attack i will call you a ahead of time. it won't be a surprise. they can attack us first. is this is true general milley would be a traitor to this country and should be tried for treason immediately. give america's enemies a head's up before an attack. there is more according to the same book. general milley also conspired behind-the-scenes to neuter the commander-in-chief's ability to conduct his constitutional role as commander-in-chief and conduct military operations. from "usa today": joint chief of staff general milley took precautions to limit the president's ability to launch a military strike or deploy nuclear weapons. instructing them not to take orders from anyone without his involvement. this game

either does mark milley. that's reserved for the commander-in-chief or whatever, you don't want to carry nancy pelosi and mark milley ford know about it appears they didn't care. we call that acute. to get some answers on that. the left always accuses you of doing exactly what they are doing themselves. they accused donald trump totalitarian and they did it themselves. that's exactly what they are. the time is over. i podcast all the time, i'm not interested. they are playing for keeps in his time for us to make like this article by their own fuels. . hold joe biden and left on preparations, they think we should pay reparations, interesting. my grandpa and my wife, they don't have long-standing ties, we had nothing to do with it but i think joe biden report mr., joe biden should lead the way. reparations himself 50% maybe. maybe muddy from the big guy in china. who knows. maybe should look into it. show us the way is a second strike liberals never living by their own rules. defund the police squad members are

this commander in chief, said he has full faith in mark milley. he was involved in lafayette park, issuing his opinions, he is a busy man, pushing critical race theory, i will give you my opinion. i studied history, i see lincoln with his generals, in my opinion, i have never seen a more pathetic, incompetent blow hard as a general in my life. when he came to afghanistan we needed someone like that, like patten. he had one general miller on the ground in afghanistan who opposed the idea of withdrawing,s specially the way they withdrew, and predicted, mark milley blew him off. and joe biden blew him off. now we have american citizens in enemy territories held as hostages, we'll be right back. visionary form. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. ready to turn your dreams into plans and your actions into achievements? explore over 75 programs and four-week classes at national university. your future starts today at nu.edu. as someone with hearing loss i know what a confusing and frustrating experience getting hearing aids can be, that's why i fou

general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs, will face questions about the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan on the hill today. what question would you ask him? >> reporter: i would ask the question that i think many afghans on the ground were asking me throughout. why wasn't there more preparation in place? it was clearly always going to be challenging. it was clearly time for the u.s. to end this war. but why wasn't more done to ensure that it was less chaotic, that fewer lives were lost, that fewer dreams were crushed? these are the questions i get from the afghan people, and these are the answers i hope we might hear some of today. >> clarissa ward, chief international correspondent, terrific to see you back on the streets there. thank you to you and your team. all of you, please stay safe. >>> the state of virginia is about to provide the clearest preview of what is to come in the 2022 election. the two candidates, democrat terry mcauliffe and duncan will face off in the final of two debates before the gubernatorial election. how high are the stakes, and what

mark milley's involved in lafayette park issuing his opinions? mark milley is a very very busy man. he's pushing critical race theory on our armed forces and so forth. i'm going to give you my opinion. i study history. i see lincoln with his generals. i see fdr with his generals. i have never seen, my opinion, a more pathetic, incompetent, blow hard as a general in my life. and you know, when it came to afghanistan, we needed a [inaudible]. we needed someone like that. we had one. general miller the commander on the ground in afghanistan, who opposed the idea of withdrawing especially the way that they withdrew and predicted exactly what would happen. mark milley blew him off, apparently. joe biden blew him off. and now we have american citizens, american allies, american green card holders in enemy territory being held as hostages. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ qunol is the number one cardiologist recommended form of coq10. qunol has 3 times better absorption than regular coq10. the brand i trust is qunol. >> jillian: this is fox news live. the biden administration is at odds with

this commander in chief, said he has full faith in mark milley. he was involved in lafayette park, issuing his opinions, he is a busy man, pushing critical race theory, i will give you my opinion. i studied history, i see lincoln with his generals, in my opinion, i have never seen a more pathetic, incompetent blow hard as a general in my life. when he came to afghanistan we needed someone like that, like patten. he had one general miller on the ground in afghanistan who opposed the idea of withdrawing,s specially the way they withdrew, and predicted, mark milley blew him off. and joe biden blew him off. now we have american citizens in enemy territories held add wealth is your first big investment. worth is a partner to help share the load. wealth is saving a little extra. worth is knowing it's never too late to start - or too early. ♪ ♪ wealth helps you retire. worth is knowing why. ♪ ♪ principal. for all it's worth. i'm really nervous. i don't know what i should wear. just wear something not too crazy, remember it's a business dinner not

milley will have to address. this was not mark milley. what happened was the pentagon and the white house weren't talking to each other. and that the head of the pentagon mark esper decided to do something on china by himself and mark milley was following that. that's a less sexy story but it has the added benefit of being the truth. >> you say milley wasn't freelancie ing but you make it clear dod was freelancing here. you talk about a breakdown in communications following the lafayette square situation, breakdown between dod and the white house and furthermore that it wasn't even clear, as your reporting shows, that china was actually really concerned the u.s. would take military action. >> right, right. first of all, there's no evidence that donald trump was about to nuke china, right? there was crazy stuff going out the white house, mypillow guy and rudy were trying to convince him machines were hacked. that's different than saying donald trump was going to attack china. there's no evidence for that. milley and esper said it's getting

today centcom commander kenneth mckenzie and general mark milley confirmed reports that they had wanted 2500 service members to remain in afghanistan to prevent the imminent collapse of afghan military forces and ultimately the afghan government. >> i won't share my personal recommendation with the president but i'll give you my honest opinion and view and it shaped by recommendation. i recommended that we maintain 2,500 troops in afghanistan. >> general milley, i assume you agreed with that in terms of the recommendation of 2,500. >> i do agree with that. >> president biden, of course, had every right to overrule what his advisers and generals recommended to end america's longest war, but that's not the issue here. the issue is that this testimony today directly contradicts president joe biden's claim to abc news back in august. take a listen. >> your top military advisers warned against withdrawing on this timeline. they wanted you to keep about 2,500 troops. >> no, they didn't. it was split. that wasn't true. >> they didn't tell you they wanted troops to stay? >> no, not at -- not in

i think mark milley, it's interesting to see sort of the attacks on him right now. and i'm with everyone else, let's see what the testimony brings. it's interesting to see people throwing around words like treasonous and calling on him to resign. remember, this was in the wake of an insurrection and he was trying to tamp down foreign concern. so we'll see what happens. but i think he'll be okay. chris: we will see. that will be must see tv, september 28th. thank you, panel. up next, our power player of the week, fox sports insider jay glaser on how he gets all those big scoops and his new focus off the field. chris: this time of year sunday days mean doing this program and getting home in time to watch nfl football on fox. a key member of the fox sports team is known for breaking big stories and now for his important work off the field. here is our power player of the week. >> football is one of the only places where someone can spill a beer on you in the first quarter and you hug them in the second quarter. it brings people together. chris: bringing people together

mark milley has not denied accuracy of this. a marine corps combat veteran joins us tonight to assess. thanks so much for coming on. do you think, as a reliable observer of america, that mark milley can just sort of continue on as if nothing happens and stay on the job? >> no come he is not going to continue on and stay on the job, tucker, he is going to get promoted. but a year from now, come out with a book called "the courage to act" or something like that, he's not going to continue on, he's going to prosper. mark milley is god's gift to these people who run this country. there is a cabal of communists around joe biden. joe biden has the brain function of louis the 16th, so he's not going to step in, and mark milley has been useful for them, kept his mouth shut when he should have come as soon as they needed cover up for the disaster in afghanistan, milley stepped up and it drone strike at a family and claimed it was isis. he is going to get promoted and have a nice life. >> tucker: but the damage it is doing to the u.s. mil

when mark milley says he's a professional soldier, that's what we are listening to. that's what our troops believe in. he's the symbol, the top man in uniform, and i thought he did very well and the secretary of defense struck just the right tone and i thought it was a good briefing and they told of the magnitude of the operations as well, and a lot of our allies and those that would wish us harm, and they have to look at it and nobody else would have done the mission the way we did it. >> it's interesting to hear that message coming from the u.s. and there's still a lot of uncertainty how they responded to questions related to what is next in terms of the threat of the taliban or the threat of isis-k in the region, and already, sam kiley, i know the taliban is coming out with a very different tone than what they had with the evacuations still under way there in afghanistan? >> well, they are still putting out a conciliatory tone, and they are telling their soldiers to have a different attitude than they struck in 1996, when they came to power. they are being held to

>> this morning, defense secretary lloyd austin and mark milley marked the anniversary with a ceremony at the pentagon. ♪ [indiscernible chatter] >> good morning, please be seated as the ceremony will begin momentarily. we ask that everyone silenced all mobile devices, please ensure that your mask is worn over your mouth and nose for the duration of the ceremony. [indiscernible chatter] ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the united states department of defense we welcome you to our annual observance ceremony where we honor and remember 184 lives last 20 years ago on american airlines flight 77 and at the pentagon 9:37 a.m. on september 11, 2001. please stand for the arrival of the official party. ladies and gentlemen, the secretary of defense, lloyd james austin the third, the chairman of the joint chief of staff's -- chief of staff, mark milley and the brigadier general. please remain standing for the presentation of colors and the national anthem. ♪ ♪ [indiscernible] >> left, right, left. left, right, left. left, right, left. ford -- forward halt. >> oh say can you see -- >> â™

i think mark milley, it's interesting to see sort of the attacks on him right now. and i'm with everyone else, let's see what the testimony brings. it's interesting to see people throwing around words like treasonous and calling on him to resign. remember, this was in the wake of an insurrection and he was trying to tamp down foreign concern. so we'll see what happens. but i think he'll be okay. chris: we will see. that will be must see tv, september 28th. thank you, panel. up next, our power player of the week, fox sports insider jay glaser on how he gets all those big scoops and his new focus off the field. as your business changes, the united states postal service is changing with it. with e-commerce that runs at the speed of now. next day and two-day shipping nationwide, and returns right from the doorstep. it's a whole new world out there. let's not keep it waiting. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! [sighs wearily] here, i'll take that! woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty g

during his testimony, mark milley warned al qaeda terrorists in afghanistan could attack the u.s. in the next year. >> you must remember the taliban was and remains a terrorist organization and they still have not broken ties with al qaeda. reconstituted al qaeda or isis with aspirations to attack the u.s. is a very real possibility. those conditions could include activity in ungoverned spaces could present themselves in the next 12-36 months. that mission will be much harder now but not impossible. >> earlier we spoke to our washington correspondent who had more on the day's testimony. >> the position of the then secretary as well as the chairman of the joint chiefs, general mark milley was testifying that they had the intel that there was a possibility for the afghan armed forces and government to collapse, that that was something they had to take into account in their planning, in their contingency planning. what they did not see was the speed at which those armed forces and government would fall. they both said all the intelligce they had basically agreed once the u.s. left, i

mark milley is god's gift to these people who run this country. there is a cabal of communists unaround joe biden. joe biden has the brain function of louis xvi, so he's not going to step in, and mark milley has been useful for them, kept his mouth shut when he should have, as soon as they needed cover up forha the disaster in afghanist, milley stepped up and it drone strike at a family and claimed it was isis. he is going to get promoted and have a nice life. >> tucker: but the damage it is doing to the u.s. military,y, you look at the stats on who died fighting our wars and is actually doing the fighting, it is working-class native born oamericans, exactly, disproportionately. that has kind of been the way it has been for hundreds of years. will people like you -- you are in that category, you served in the marine corps, going to join the military at this point? >> well, people like me. i was as average a marine as it gets, but the truth is, tucker, the real warriors, the real success for the communists right now is the warriors we have in and g

we'll take you live to the pentagon where we expect to hear defense secretary lloyd austin and mark milley to deliver remarks about the end of the military mission in afghanistan and those gentlemen do have a lot of questions. the question is, how many questions will they take? all comes after president biden delivered both his decision to leave afghanistan and his administration's execution of the withdrawal. there are many questions, as i said at the top, that are left unanswered after the president's remarks that the pentagon might have to address. we'll see if they do.

mark milley was asked whether america's reputation, and credibility had been damaged around the world, and he said, "our allies and our opponents are now intensively scrutinizing what america is like." be said you could characterize that as damage- he said you could characterize that as damage. that was disagreed with strongly by lloyd austin. there have been real differences here between the military top brass and their civilian bosses. >> another keenly anticipated part of the hearing related to china. earlier this month, it was reported that general milley had held calls with chinese officials during the final days of the trump presidency, without the president's knowledge. these claims in created republicans -- these claims infuriated republicans. the general defended his actions. >> my loyalty is absolute, and i will not turn my back on it. i routinely growing -- communicated with my counterpart with the knowledge and coronation of civilian oversight. i'm specifically directed to communicate with the chinese by department of defense guidanc the policy dialogue system. these milit

that's what mark milley saw. that's what we saw when i was in the administration and i think he probably was trying to take the appropriate actions to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control. >> there are all kinds of quotes in the book from senior-named people who thought that the president was off to put it spli politely, the former president. i'm sure you put this in the larger context security in the country. there are those taking issue with the specific actions that general milley took namely phone calls with his chinese counterpart. the chinese were jittery of what they saw in the united states. you can understand why any country in the world would be worried about an insurrection in the united states. general milley told his chinese counterpart, i want to ensure the american government is stable and going to be okay. general li, you and i have known each other for five years. if we're going to attack, i'm going to call you ahead of time. now, should the top general of the united states, top mi

tonight, the chairman of the joint chiefs general mark milley defending his calls with china. and jon karl here reporting tonight that general milley might not have been the first to reach out to china. >>> california's recall rejected. governor gavin newsom's major victory. >>> tonight, the developing news involving north korea, launching two short-range ballistic missiles. how far did they go and how is u.s. is responding. >>> and a short time ago, the history-making mission. spacex and the launch to sfas with only civilians onboard. and we'll take you to the launch site. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. there is major news on those booster shots, those third shots. the fda releasing pfizer's findings. moderna releasing new results, too. and dr. jha is here in a moment. >>> but we begin tonight with that searing testimony from four of the best-known gymnasts here in the u.s. they talked about the abuse they suffered at the hands of their team doctor, larry nassar. their testimony today largely focused on the failure of the fbi to

and tonight, general mark milley's alleged conversations with his counterpart in china. and what he promised the u.s. would not do. the new reporting from bob wodward and robert costa in their book, and jon karl is standing by. >>> overseas tonight, what we've now learned about that deadly u.s. drone strike in kabul, just days after the deadly suicide attack. tonight, the pentagon defending the attack. martha raddatz reporting. >>> this evening, if you have an iphone, an ipad, apple's emergency security update. why there's so much concern and the one step you should take tonight to protect your privacy. >>> remembering a popular "snl" actor and comedian. what we've learned about norm macdonald's private battle. >>> and broadway lights back on tonight. "the lion king" is back. but what you haven't seen. how they're now rehearsing in these times and deborah roberts takes us backstage. ♪ >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. news on the coronavirus, vaccines for children and boosters for adults. dr. fauci tonight on the timeline he n

he is no saying general mark milley should resign because he broke the chain of command. it is not just trump allies, it is a military official who found the actions of former president trump to be unstable. he feels like he went through the chain of command by saying to officials and his higher-ups, this is why i'm concerned. this is an extraordinary moment where you see people who aren't usually allied saying general milley probably took a step too far. democrats say it needed to happen because general milley was trying to save and protect the country from a president who was at the time they believe unstable. judy: a developing story. we think both of you for this important reporng. thank you both. ♪ vanessa: i'm vanessa ruiz, in for stephanie sy. we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. late today, former president donald trump responded to reporting that america's top general, mark milley, assured his chinese counterpart that no u.s. nuclear attack was imminent. in a statement, trump said that if the calls were true, milley should be, quote, "tr

plus, joint chiefs chair general mark milley under fire for his phone calls to ease china's fears of an attack in the final days of the trump administration. we will ask her sunday panel whether his actions were responsible or over the line. and our "power player of the week," fox sports insider jay glazer tells the biggest stories in football and now he's sharing his own. all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. we begin with breaking news. if you're wondering what happened at that rally yesterday supporting people arrested in a january 6th capitol riot, police mobilized for the possibility of another disturbance, but a small crowd of only a few hundred people showed up, and they protested peacefully. no violence, just four arrests. meanwhile, president biden suffered a setback in his fight against covid, an fda advisory panel rejected his plan to offer booster shots to all adults saying only seniors and those most at risk should get them. we have new fox polls on the issue. when it comes to teachers, 61% favor mandatory vacc

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the chairman of the joint chiefs general mark milley, general frank mckenzie and defense secretary lloyd austin grilled on the chaotic withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan and the swift collapse to the taliban. general milley calling the 20-year war, quote, a strategic failu failure. and general milley questioned about calls with his counterpart in china during the final months of the trump presidency. how he explain ed it. >>> also tonight, news on vaccines for children 5 to 11. what we learned from pfizer today. and boosters for adults. tonight, the new study here on side effects. and on this question of mixing and matching, what dr. fauci said just today. >>> the high stakes negotiations under way at the white house and on the hill tonight. those two infrastructure bills and the president's domestic agenda at stake. will the vote on the bipartisan bill be postponed again? what house speaker nancy pelosi said when asked today. and all of this with a potential government shutdown looming. rachel scott on the hill again tonight. >>> news this evening about the death of gabby petito

donald trump has also called mark milley a traitor for speaking to his chinese counterpart. laura: to the u.k. which is in the grip of a fuel crisis. gas stations are running out. amid panic buying, the army is on standby to deliver gas. simon jack has the latest. >> think this drivers responding to reports of fuel shortages. it is a crisiof confidence that is having real-world consequences. debbie moulton was verbally abused while filling up petrol cans on the road as some have been delayed, waiting to refuel. >> the first call is at seven. she got to the client at a quarter to eight so she was 45 minutes late for the person who could not get out of bed until we were there. they were uncomfortable, in bed, needing their meds. >> 16% of stations are fully stocked compared to 10%, far below the 40% considered normal. >> supplies are coming back onto the four thoughts. when you really needt. there has been no acute shortage so month -- so much. there were lessons according to a top civil servant involved there. >> they needed to be persuaded. it won't be a quick fix. >> that m

the war was a strategic failure. >> reporter: general mark milley making clear that after former president donald trump lost the election, he ordered an accelerated withdrawal of all u.s. troops before president joe biden took office having already agreed with the taliban to fully withdraw. >> on 11 november, i received an unclassified signed order directing the united states military to withdraw all forces from afghanistan by 15 january, 2021. after further discussion regarding the risks associated with withdrawal, the order was rescinded. >> reporter: republican lawmakers went after the contradiction between the generals wanting 2,500 u.s. troops to stay and president biden telling abc news he didn't get that advice. >> in january of this year, were you of the opinion in your professional military judgment that we should have maintained 2,500 u.s. troops? >> yeah, my assessment that i read in the opening statement, remained consistent. and -- >> did that professional military opinion change over the course of the next few months? >> not until the presidential decision and i rendered my o

you'll remember, erin, a couple days after the strike, mark milley called this a righteous strike and today i asked the head how they went from righteous strike to what we know in this tragedy. >> we used a statement about six hours after the strike acknowledging the possibility of civilian casualty ies so we kne from the beginning. i think we still thought we had good reason to take that strike and it took us gathering the facts to change that. >> mckenzie also rejengcted the dec description of the reporter saying i would not qualify the entire operations in those terms. erin? >> now to france. it's a pretty stunning. recall of an ambassador from france to the united states. they are supposed to a have big party tonight called off. they're calling it a betrayal. this is pretty shocking. >> they feel spurned. there are no two ways about it. this is the first time in modern history the french have recalled their ambassador from washington, the first and oldest ally and really for two reasons, the first is economic. as a result of this new deal between the u.s., britain and the u.k., so

says it is investigating general mark milley's action to safe guard the capital from trump. and just hours after surrendering, a south carolina lawyer is released on bail in a bizarre case. he's accused of hiring a hitman to kill himself. now raising questions about the deaths of his wife, son and the family housekeeper. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta and you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> let's go right to the capital and a new warning about potential violence on saturday. our congressional correspondent ryan nobles is following the breaking story. ryan, the department of homeland security issued a new intelligence bulletin a short while ago. >> even though capital police feel they have everything under control ahead of this justice rally, the department of homeland security warning all local law enforcement involved in protecting the capital that even though there is new online chatter for violence that could occur saturday, they need to be prepared for things to ge

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withdrawal from afghanistan and about the reported actions of general mark milley during the final days of the trump presidency. our pentagon correspondent, oren liebermann, is covering it all for us. >> the pentagon's top military leaders making clear their views on afghanistan were heard but not followed. >> i recommended that we maintain 2,500 troops in afghanistan. i also have a view that the withdrawal of those forces would lead inevitably to the collapse of the afghan military forces and eventually the afghan government. >> i understand that, and general milley, i assume you agree with that in terms of the recommendation of 2500? >> what i said in my opening statement and the memoranda that i wrote back in the fall of 2020 remained consistent, and i do agree with that. >> republicans seized on the contradiction between those views and what president joe biden said in august about the advice he was given by military leaders. >> they wanted you to keep about 2500 troops. >> no, they didn't. it was split. that wasn't true. that wasn't true. >> they didn't tell you they wanted troops

we'll see where this goes. >> the two generals, mark milley and lloyd austin that advise president biden against a complete with are drawl of u.s. forces declare an end to america's longest war and remember the 13 u.s. service members that were killed at the abbey gates at the kabul airport on sunday. with veteran homeowners, with mortgage rate near record lows and home values at record highs now is the time to use the equity in your home to pay off your high rate debt. the newday 100 va cash out loan combines your mortgage, credit cards, car loan and other high rate debt into one simple monthly payment near the lowest rates in newday's history. it's only for veterans and it's only from newday usa. in 2016, i was working at the amazon warehouse when my brother passed away. and a couple of years later, my mother passed away. after taking care of them, i knew that i really wanted to become a nurse. amazon helped me with training and tuition. today, i'm a medical assistant and i'm studying to become a registered nurse. in filipino: you'll always be in my heart. managing type 2 diabetes? on

defense secretary lloyd austin, joint chiefs chairman general mark milley and u.s. centcom commander general frank mckenzie set to give their first public testimony since the biden administration officially pulled all u.s. forces out last month. >>> and all three men will face tough questions starting with the terror attack at kabul airport that killed 13 american service members and botched drone strike that killed ten civilians including seven children in the final days of the evacuation. general mckenzie admitting that strike was a tragic mistake. but the hearings focused likely to go far beyond the end of america's longest war. general milley expected to address revelations from a new book that detailed actions he took in the final months of the trump presidency including calls to his chinese counterparts to assure them the united states was not planning an attack. heading into today's hearing, some republicans have accused milley of treason, called for his resignation for what they see as going out of the chain of command. let's begin on capitol hill, this morn

president biden saying that he has great confidence in mark milley, general mark milley, as some call for his resignation. but what would have happened if he wasn't around to stop trump's worst instincts? the former defense secretary, william cohen, is here to talk about it, and he's next. fuel for vast migrations! sustenance for mountaineering expeditions and long journeys across the world! but most importantly? they give us something to eat when we drink beer. planters. a nut above. dry eye symptoms driving you crazy? inflammation might be to blame. inflammation: time for ache and burn! over the counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. inflammation: those'll probably pass by me! xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. inflammation: xiidra? no! it can provide lasting relief. xiidra is the only fda-approved non-steroid treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. one drop in each eye, twice a day. don't use if you're allergic to xiidra. common side effects, include eye

she tweeted court marshall mark milley. there are many republicans urging their colleagues to take a breath and not rush to judgment. >> i have to say some of the allegations seem farfetcheded to me. we don't want to jump to conclusions but we'll vet them and see what happened. >> the former national security advisor john bolton releasing this statement to us saying quote, mark milley is a staunch supporter of the constitution and rule of law. i have no doubt general milley consulted widely with colleagues on the national security counsel and others during this period. what bolton says he believes happened appears to have happened from all of our reporting, 15 people on each call. a alex is live "outfront" in washington. this shows how worried esper was about trump's behavior and how far he went with chairman milley to avoid a war. >> it goes back to how unusually concerned the chinese were at the same time. we're learning from a top former senior defense official that speak with our colleague katy bow williams. mark ed ent

using the secretary of defense saying he was not informed on what happened on tho eighth of january mark milley did on his own and that is not something you should be doing unless he talked to the president or the secretary, the national security advisor which he did notse do. i think when you look at the responsibility that he hasvi out there in the way to control the military, that is a process there is no template that you follow, the processes he reports to the president talks to the president before he talks to anybody else. liz: there is talk of him breaking the chain of commands that's what the media is going on about, he is not even in the chain of commands, he's outside of it. by theg way there is all this talk that trump operated outside of the rule of law when it looks like general milley was doing that. >> the reason i'm keying in we all know what was happening in washington, d.c. and for him toa reach out to the chinese for the adversary and nuclear strives for the command-and-control he had to know he was inclined about the command-and-control we had in washington, d.c. are

mark milley did it on his own. he is wrong. that is not something he should be doing unless talking to the president, secretary of defense or national security advisor which he did not do. elizabeth: go ahead. >> i think when you look, when you look at the responsibility that he has got out there and civilian control of the military, that is a process. there is no set template you follow but the process is, he reports to the president and talks to the president before he talks to anybody else. elizabeth: so you know there is talk of him breaking the chain of command. that is what the media is going on about. he is not even in the chain of command. he is technically outside it. there is always, by the way why is this book coming out now? all this talk that trump operated outside of the rule of law when it looks like general milley was doing that? >> yeah. the reason i'm keying in on 8 january, we all know what was happening in washington, d.c. and for him to reach out to the chinese who are an adversary and talking about nuclear

but it was then defense secretary mark esper who about a week before milley made his call reached out to the chinese defense ministry with a very clear message that the united states had no intention to attack. >> reporter: this morning president biden says he has complete confidence in milley but trump is calling for milley to be tried for treason, and republican senator marco rubio in a letter to president biden says, actions by general milley demonstrate a clear lack of sound judgment and i urge you to dismiss him immediately. >> i think that the senator needs to take two aspirin and call dr. mudd in the morning for some counsel. >> reporter: former cia analyst phil mudd firing back at rubio describing the book's allegations as standard chain of command. >> a famous journalist writes a book that sounds like the sky is falling. that's how he sells book. now let's look at the facts, not the environment the journalist bob woodward sets up but what actually happened. during a difficult transition in america, the chairman of the joint chiefs calls a counterpart. it's secret. what so sup

. >> general mark milley was also grilled by the committee and he gave this explanation for why the military intelligence services overestimated the strength of the afghan military. >> i don't know the full answer but i think the primary reason is we cannot and have yet to develop an effective technique to read the hearts, wills, leaderships. those are intangible. very difficult to measure. we pull our advisors off of organizations that were levels and we start missing the fingertip touch. we can count the trucks and the guns, the units and all that, we can watch that, but we cannot leisure a human heart from a machine. you have got to be there to do that and i think that was probably one of the most significant contributing factors to the deterioration of the morale of the afghan army. >> he was also questioned on china again, it had been reported that he held calls with chinese officials without the knowledge of the president to tell his chinese counterparts that there was no threat of war and if there was, he would call to let them know. these claims have infuriated republicans and here i

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