Monuments this Holiday Weekend. Hhs acting deputy secretary here with more on the mobilization. All right, secretary, the threats to monuments, you have obviously established teams all over the country where ready to act on a moments notice. If there some kind of trouble . Yes, we have been predeployed in several locations around the country with their assets if they need to travel and we also have teams predeployed in the cities and areas where we think are more likely to be problem areas. So that we are able to assist just as we did in washington, d. C. , a month ago when we advanced over 800 of our Law Enforcement officers from a variety of agencies to assist the secret service park police and nypd, washington, d. C. , to restore peace in the city of washington. They will help do that anywhere thats appropriate around the country. The president has advertised, we are going to be buried forward leaning and maintaining the peace and keeping americans in our history safe. Jon it surpri
Cabinets take the responsibility and the blame like Kathleen Sebelius did on health care and knowing the president appointed a top advisor to oversee this review of exactly what happened at the va, what has gone wrong and how to fix it. Though, various republicans today said they want to see the president get more directly involved. Until now, hes only commented publicly on this scandal once when i pressed him at a News Conference in manila, listen. We asked the president of the United States to get involved. They sent somebody over from the white house. Unfortunately, i think its more crisis mode, spin control, if you will. As commander in chief, what do you pledge to fix that . I believe if somebody served their nation, they have to get the benefits and services they earned and my budgets have consistently reflected that. Except going back to the very first year in office, the president made much more dramatic promises, he said in audition to more money in the budget, he would decrea
Reach across the aisle . Even the president says his administration could do better, at least when it comes to messaging. I think in terms of effort, which means something, i give myself an a plus, okay, effort. But thats you know, results are more important. In terms of messaging, i would give myself a c or a c plus. Our teams are standing by at the white house, capitol hill, and outside the beltway with reaction. Lets begin with Halle Jackson who is at the white house. Halle, before we jump into tonights address, its been a busy day at the white house, which is fairly unusual for the afternoon before a joint address to congress. It is traditional to have this lunch with member of the media, top Network Anchors and others. President obama for example, did that on his state of the union days and his joint address days as well. Speaking with some colleagues who covered president obama back during his tenure, during his administration, they say he was incredibly involved in kind of of th
Expect big security if you are heading out. Will the weather cooperate . Those details ahead. Welcome to early start. Im marquAlex Marquardt in for briggs. Im alison kosik sitting in for christine romans. It is christmas island, which is the first place to welcome in 2019. We will watch with champagne on the side. That line moves west across the globe. President trump may be hedging on his timeline to pull u. S. Troops out of syria after meeting with the president on sunday. Lindsey graham is suggesting the president has a better understanding and agreed to reevaluate. Graham characterized the president s pullout as an obamalike mistake. 2,000 troops are supposed to leave syria in the coming weeks and months. Mr. Graham says the president is not pausing completely, but committed to a fresh assessment to see what happens on the ground in syria. I think we are in a pause situation where we are reevaluating the best way to achieve the president s objective of having people pay more and do
Welcome to early start. Im alison kosik sitting in for christine romans. I was eluding to the fact if the weather will cooperate. Im alex marquardt. Happy new years eve. Great to close out the 2018 with you. This is great. We are going to start with President Trump who may be hedging on his timeline to pull all u. S. Troops out of syria. Republican senator Lindsey Graham has a better understanding of the stakes in syria. Graham characterized the pullout as an obamalike mistake. 2,000 troops are supposed to leave syria in the coming weeks and months. Mr. Graham says the president is not pausing completely, but committed to a fresh assessment to see what happens on the ground in syria. I think we are in a pause situation where we are reevaluating the best way to an achieve the president s objective of having people pay more and do more. After discussions with the president and general dunford, i am never better on where we are headed. The goal is the same. To leave syria and make sure is