Youve had lawmakers and everyone else talk about the idea, they want to see changes made in the way passengers are treated, because as of right now, they think there needs to be more Customer Service for those passengers when theyre on a flight like this, especially when they pay for a flight. As we were talking about, now you can see for the first time, those lawyers and the family members are actually walking toward the podium as we speak, so this News Conference is getting ready to get under way. We are just given that oneminute total when this was going to happen, so im going to step out of the way as they start to sit down and start the conversation. Lets keep the conversation going for just a second until we hear from these attorneys. The guidance weve received is that its two attorneys and the daughter of dr. Dao. Looks like were about to begin. Lets listen in. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is tom demetrio, and this is steve golen. And this is crystal pepper at the
Strike. Did you authorize the bomb very, very proud of the people. Really, another successful job. Were very, very proud of our military. Just like were proud of the folks in this room, we are so proud of our military. And it was another successful event. Did you authorize it . Everybody knows exactly what happened. So, and what i do is i authorize my military. We have the greatest military in the world and theyve done a job as usual. So, we have given them total authorization, and thats what theyre doing. Frankly, thats why theyve been so successful lately. Now, todays strike in afghanistan comes one day after President Trump announced National Security advisor h. R. Mcmaster will travel to afghanistan. Hell be the first sitting National Security advisor to visit there since 2009. Weve got a full panel to discuss this. With me nbc chief Foreign Correspondent richard engel, bob scales, the atlantics washington editor at large steve clemens, and Huffington Post global editorial director
My office. Joining me now is cnn White House Correspondent abby philips and shes with the president in florida. Abby, when he gets back to the white house what is first on his agenda . Reporter hi, brianna. The president is preparing to come back to d. C. Any minute now this afternoon, and hes going to be launching into a full agenda approximately seewise, talking about infrastructure over the break. Hes also going to be looking at welfare reform. Hes going to be sitting down with congressional leaders in the house and the senate and Mitch Mcconnell in the senate and paul ryan in the house and theyll be hashing out the plan for the coming months and all of this leading up to his state of the Union Address at the end of january, of course, but overnight at his new years eve celebration at his Maralago Club, the president touted some of the things that he is very proud that he was able to do over the last year and suggested that more is coming in 2018. Listen to what he had to say. Were