Board here to europe, except the ftse. Look at the trade in crude. Wti and brent trading slightly lower. Here are the big stories were watching today. The tunisian man suspected of committing the berlin Christmas Market truck attack was killed in a shootout in a suburb of milan. Italys interior minister said there was no doubt the man killed was the suspect, anise amri. At home, shares of Lockheed Martin are falling after president elect trump tweeted about the f35 program. Trump said based on the cost and cost overruns of the f35, he asked boeing to price out a comparable f18 super hornet. Lockheed did not comment on the tweet. In a statement boeing said we have committed to working with the president elect and his administration to deliver the best capability, deliverability and affordability. A comparable f18 is tough. The super hornet doesnt have vertical capabilities, its traditional why are you looking at us like that. I get kind of turned on its kind of cool you know this stuff
Building up to congressional testimony, if you cannot tell. Obviously, i do not want to continue to bang the drum about the centrality of european command to the Global National Security Issues we face. I do want to bang the drum. It is not what it was 18 months ago, or even six months ago. New threats and challenges seemingly emerge every day. We stand ready to meet them, and the supporting commands of silicon and afrikaans and the supporting test command every day. Finally, our commitment to our article five obligation in europe is ironclad. Giving the complexity of challenges we face globally, it remains critical that we continue to Work Together with our allies and partners. This has been true for 60 years, and it is true today. With that, im ready to take your questions. General, the army chief just returned from ukraine. On the way home he said he is recommending a search of army forces into europe. What does that mean . And if i could, have you seen evidence that the russians ha
We have a minute or two before we go to the pentagon for a briefing. Go ahead, kelly in oregon. Caller the trouble with Public Policy makers is that they are out of touch with the vast majority of the regular people. There are a few good persons out there. Barry sanders, our beloved peter defazio. But policy which makes sense to , they are out of touch. Do not know with the needs and the concerns of the regular individual are. Host this is marjorie in washington dc. Caller hello. I apologize, im going to have to let you go. You have 15 seconds. Axeser property tas assessments have no control. Ont when you get through washington journal, turned out a television, because you will hear everything three telephone and you will not have any delay. Pentagon briefing begins now. General breedlove good morning. He thank you again for the opportunity to provide you with an update on the things that are keeping us busy and u. S. European command. My last visit with you was back in april. Im confi
We get a taste of our own medicine now. Ms. Ryan please dont hurt us. Ms. Parsons why dont we start with you . Good morning. Ms. Parsons good morning. Lineup. I just want to thank you guys for coming out this morning and talking. m interning a lot of the Republican Debate a few days ago was taste around the Mainstream Media being an extension of the Democratic Party based around the Mainstream Media being an extension of the Democratic Party. I just wondered if you support or debunk that theory. Great question. Ive been thinking about a lot since that debate. People alwayst of want to come up swinging at the media. There are some people who put opinion with act with fact, but for many of us in the white house, we definitely get all the sources, not one or two do. Definitely. Fact it may be something you dont like, but we put the fact out there. About the media all they want, but they are the first ones looking to the media to find out what is going on in this country. It is a doubleedg
His closest and most appreciated friends and advisors and partners and talked about a special and indispensable relationship with the United Kingdom. I think from the top, therefore, the relationship is very strong but its got much more to it than that. Weve got a defense relationship, a Foreign Affairs relationship, a powerful economic, business and cultural relationship. Rose the Whitney Museum and British Ambassador when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose the Whitney Museum of american art opened in new yorks Greenwich Village in 1931. Its mandate was to focus exclusively on the art and artists of this country. The museum moved to the marcel designed building on madison avenue in 1966. Now the whitney returns to its roots. Its new b