Director and former secretary of defense and former white house chief of staff leon panetta. Before we begin, i want to tell you that we will have questions from the audience at the end of the session, and you can ask them by going to the rndf app, which is www. Rndf2017. Org, twitter is rndf, and we will take some of the questions from there at the end of the session, and we will hear from you. I want to start the questions. I was told i have Carte Blanche to ask anything. [laughter] dir. Pompeo dont forget, you have two italians. [laughter] dir. Pompeo i was also told i can refuse to answer any question. [laughter] bret let me start with this. If you were secretary of state for the trump administration, how would you handle all right. [laughter] dir. Pompeo my former friend, bret bair. [laughter] bret understanding with the president tweeted in, and understanding you serve at the pleasure of the president , have you had talks about another job . Dir. Pompeo i am very focused on doing
Administrationwide push to get schools reopened this fall. They savor the good of students, parents, and the entire u. S. Economy. President trump has been very clear where he stands on this issue but today he took it up a notch and explicitly said that he is going to be pressuring governors across the country to get on board. I think its going to be good for them politically so they keep the schools close, no way. We are very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools. President trump is urging governors across the country to follow the lead of Florida Governor ron desantis Whose Administration has just ordered that all schools be open in august. During a daylong panel discussion, Administration Officials made the case that the risk of reopening outweighs the benefits of keeping children home. In the rush to just close things down there was not everything was not completely considered in that moment about how we were going to protect our children. W
Tropical storm. Chief white house corr responsible Department John roberts with what the president had to say on a trip to fema ahead of his big rnc speech. Jonathan serrie begins there lafayette, louisiana. Good evening. Good evening. Emergency management officials confirmed four stormrelated fatalities in louisiana including a 14yearold girl. All of the victims died after trees fell on their homes. The winds associated with this powerful storm are causing problems far from the coast. Plumes of smoke erupted from a Chemical Plant in west lake. Hazmat teams work to contain a fire at the bio lab facility. Emergency alerts advised residents to shelter in place. Despite the heat theyre experiencing, shelter at home under those circumstances means that they need to be on the inside with the doors and windows closed and the air conditioning off if theyre lucky enough to have electricity. The plant is near the city of lake charles which had winds of 98 Miles Per Hour and a 132 Miles Per Hour
These are killers. They killed a lot of people and they dont even think about it. They wake up the next morning and dont even think about it. This is the extreme lefts agenda for america. They want to appoint radical prosecutors, judges, and federal officials who will set criminals free. Their stated plan is to cut police funding, abolish cash bail, close down prisons, reeducate our children, preach leftwing social justice, establish a National Sanctuary for criminal illegal aliens and abolish the Death Penalty even for cop killers. No one will be safe and in fact, they want very much to let people in prison as an example, the boston bomber. They want to let everybody vote. Youre in prison, they want you to have a vote. I dont think that sells too well. In my administration is a very different approach. We want states to work with us to deploy the National Guard to quell the unrest. All they have to do is call us. We are prepared, ready to go no matter where they may call from, any par
And across the country as the Investigation Continues into what exactly what happened there. Mike tobin is in kenosha. The mother of jacob blake has been praying for the healing of her son and of this nation. The head of the legal team said jacob blake was a victim of deliberate indifference. Kenosha braces for another night of violence. [gunfire]. Escalating tension with police in riot gear. Violent demonstrators throwing bottles. On the second night of violence in kenosha, wisconsin, which ignited sunday after police shot jacob blake who witnesses say appeared to be unarmed. They shot my son 7 times. [crying]. 7 times. Like he didnt matter. The family of blake represented by ben crump. They say the 29yearold is paralyzed from the waist down. It will take a miracle for jacob blake jr. To ever walk again. Blakes 3 young sons inside the car at the time. New cellphone video shows more moments of confrontation before police shot blake. What you wont see is Police Body Cam video. Body came