democrats like the fact that mcmaster was not connected to that trump can pay my former national security advisor mike flynn, and it appears to be less politically aligned. i worked with general mcmaster when i was on the armed services committee and the appropriation subcommittee on defense, we work together on professional military education, that is how we educate our troops and invest in their critical thinking and it s very challenging and complex strategic environments. mcmaster said it s an honor to continue his service under president trump. meghan: general mcmaster is not exactly in lockstep with the president on some of the issues but can you tell us about that? speak a good point, the lieutenant general appears to be more hawkish on russia than president trump. in his current job as director of the army capabilities integration center, his job is to see the future where the army needs to be and 2025 and beyond. mcmaster sees russia as a rising threat in that context
an unanimous e-mail and not even through the chain of command as the committee pointed out. i think he s saying that s the way it initially came to light publicly. he s referring to the fact as they were reported that that s how it started circulating and that s when he started asking questions. you know members of this appropriation subcommittee are very frustrated edfrustrated that he hasn t launched his own tough investigation. he says he can t because it s in the hands of the inspector general s office and they re upset these guys weren t fired or given a penalty. his response is that it s under investigation. he doesn t have authority to fire them on the spot without giving them due process. fascinating that he could not answer the question as to why these two agents weren t given a sobriety test. he didn t know who made that decision or why. he also alluded to the fact that he wasn t sure that even happened. that s the same thing we ve been
population has grown 33% but the prison inmaim population in that same time has grown by almost 800% n his speech to the american bar association in san francisco this afternoon the attorney general will announce new policies at department of justice designed to prevent, low level, non-violent drug offenders from facing stiff mandatory sentences. holder will announce a plan to release elderly non-violent prisoners who have served, quote, significant portions of their sentences. attorney general will say the u.s. must never stop being tough on crime but be quote, smarter on crime. spending on federal, state and local incarceration reached 08 billion in 2010 alone. the ag sketched out his thoughts on reform in a senate appropriation subcommittee two months ago. we want to work on prevention activities and work on rehabilitation while people are still in prison and deal with reentry. we need to ask some tough questions about the enforcement priorities we have in the
hasn t taken place, and, so, now you have had what i would consider an enormous loss in a very high profile, very good investment bank. so, it is a danger signal that the rules need to get set by the respective bodies, the s.e.c. and the consumer finance commission. it has been 1,130 days since a budget has passed the senate. where does the blame lie? in essence we have a budget but the numbers are solid. i m an appropriator and my appropriation subcommittee which is energy and water, gets an allocation based on that law that we passed. the budget law. so it is passed. and it is functioning. so, there is no annual budget. that is true. but the allocations have gone out. and my bill has just passed out of committee.ó÷5
downtown. totally. if it didn t start right now, it s starting right about now and nobody s paying attention. before we get too far into this, this empties into what s more of a circle than a square. tahrir circle. yeah. and there s no mechanism to address all the people. correct? there s no loud speakers? there are different little loud speakers, but there s no one central p.a. system. so they re making a sign on their way in. everyone is expressing something. see more of brian and richard s reporting throughout the day and on nbc nightly news tonight. today israel s prime minister netanyahu came out in support of pro democracy protesters. he sees a shift in position for him. new york democratic congresswoman nita is the former chair of the house appropriation subcommittee in charge of all