on a u.s. base in jordan that killed three service members and injured dozens. here s what we know about the attack. you can see it in the middle of your screen, it was a logistics place where army and air force personnel are deployed as part of the effort to prevent the resurgence of isis. the pentagon reporting in the last hour all three killed were members of the army reserve. they are 46-year-old sergeant william jerome river, specialist kennedy l. sanders, 4 years old from georgia and 23-year-old specialist breonna moffett also from georgia. a drone struck the living quarters of the base where some of the troops were sleeping. eight of the injured had to be evacuated out of jordan because of the severity of their injuries. that s according to u.s. central command. an umbrella group of iranian-backed militias has claimed responsibility and brand-new reporting on what went wrong. the new york times reports air defenses failed to stop a deadly attack on a u.s. military ou
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Days before according to the leak, he says there was a meeting with donald junior, with Jared Kushner, with Paul Manafort, with yates and possibly two others in which they, out of the presence of the president discussed the meeting with the russians. We checked with their lawyers. The ones we could check with which was four of the six. That meeting never, ever took place. It didnt happen. Theres no second meeting here . Its highly unlikely. I always have to leave the option open as a lawyer. In case they come across something that startles us or feels some of the things we feel are important. Whats he saying . Whats he saying . Run that clip again. I actually, the words. Try and listen to exactly what he is saying. And
Administration, not only conducted by white house officials but allies of this white house want to know who anonymous is. How much weight is the white house taking these. You say theyre printing them out and basically showing them to him. Reporter my understanding is that, yes, he is, remember, this is a president who likes to have Cabinet Meetings where he goes around the room and Cabinet Officials and secretaries praise him for the work hes doing. This is very much in line and character with that. I will tell you, anderson, talking to sources close to this white house, i talked to one source earlier today raising questions about the strength of some of these statements coming from some of these Cabinet Officials. I think there is, in sort of the same way they were going through that New York Times oped searching for clues whether this person or that person wrote this
in the New York Times. There are allies of the president going through these Cabinet Officials wondering if theyre loy
We run everything straight by the book. Not sure what book hes talking about but not much book on governance that seems to be going on in this white house or anything this anonymous official describes. The president is said to be volcanic about it and said nothing this afternoon going to a trip to montana where he will be speaking tonight and Sarah Sanders spoke about this gutless loser and the times for being deceitful of this act and tweeted the times phone number. Sarah sanders called on him or her to come forward and resign. No takers so far. These are all the Senior Administration officials up to and including the Vice President who have denied writing the piece. Secretary mattis, and pompeo and dan coats and more than two dozen top officials in all, one exception Chief Of Staff john
tweet asking whether or not the journalists of the New York Times are going to investigate themselves and reveal who this anonymous source is. I can tell you talking to sources close to this white hou
Members of the trump cabinet watching i described how the 25th Amendment can be used to remove the president and make the Vice President what the 25th Amendment call it is acting president. Under the 25th Amendment, the Vice President and the majority of the cabinet can decide to invoke the 25th Amendment. That is entirely up to the Vice President and a majority of the cabinet. They dont need donald trump to become medically unable to do the job. They dont need a written opinion from a psychiatrist that donald trump is insane. If the president objects to such an action taken by the Vice President and the majority of the cabinet, then the amendment provides that, quote, Congress Shall decide the issue. And that will be determined by a twothirds vote of both houses of congress. When those votes are counted, mike pence could become acting president. Using the 25th Amendment is not, in fact, a complex process, as the op ed described it today. But that section could simply mean that the mem