We learned a member of Congress Florida representative fredrico wilson less in in on a phone call President Trump made to the widow of the fallen hero, sargent ladavid johnson. Here is john kelly in his own words. Most americans dont know what happens when we lose one of our soldiers, sailors and marine s, coastguardsmen in combat so let me tell you what happens. Their buddies wrap them up in whatever passes of the shrowd, puts them on a helicopter as a routine and sends them home. Their first stop along the way is when theyre packed in ice, typically at the airhead and then flown to europe where theyre then packed in ice again and flown to Dover Air Force base, where dover takes care of the remains embalms them, meticulously dresses them in their uniform with the medals theyve earned, the emblems of their service, and puts them on another airplane linked up with a casualty officer, escort that takes them home. A very very good movie to watch if you havent ever seen it is taking chance
S p 500 and nasdac all hitting record highs, the record close for the dow since election day 53rd under President Trump. The dow less than 700 points from 24,000 after just passing the 23,000 mark. Investors liking the Senate Clearing a big hurdle for tax cuts last night after approving a 4 trillion budget in a marathon voting session setting the stage for one of President Trumps Main Campaign promises, tax reform but first the president responds to the fire storm involving democrat fredric ahad wilson with march Maria Bartiromo. Maria were you expecting that . President trump he is a very elegant man. Hes a tough strong four star marine. Youre a four star marine youve got Something Special to start off with okay . General mattis, general dunford, he was so offended because he was in the room when i made the call and so were other people and the call was a very nice call. He was so offended that a woman would be somebody would be listening to that call. At the littlely couldnt believe
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There has been corruption on the island and we cant have that. Were sending a lot of supplies. I know your folks are working 0en that very hard, but we just cant have it, when it comes to texas as an example and florida, you know how smooth thats been, operating like a welloiled machine. They are really going well and the people are working very hard. All right. The situation on the ground in puerto rico is dire. Right now an estimated 80 of the island remains without power. More than a quarter of the population does not have access to Drinking Water, and are tapping into contaminated wells and the official death toll now stands at 48. Those facts arent standing in the president s way of giving himself a rating of 10 our 10 when it comes to the federal response in puerto rico. Joining me from the White House Briefing room is nbcs Peter Alexander. I see people coming in behind you. Is that starting . Reporter exactly right. It is. Lets listen in. Good afternoon. As you all saw earlier t
His son, marine lieutenant robert kelly, was killed in action in afghanistan in 2010. It was a devastating loss for him and his wife karen. Of a parents loss of a child, shakespeare once wrote, grief feels the room up, lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, unquote. And i know its clear to all who know john kelly and karen kelly that a robert is a constant presence in their lives, john kerry has been reluctant to speak publicly about the very personal and distressing loss i had suffered, but given the political fights about President Trumps false charge that president obama never called the familys of the fallen, and then later in the week, the charge by a democratic congresswoman that trump himself was insensitive when he called a grieving widow earlier this week, kelly obviously felt he needed to explain his behind the scenes conversations with President Trump. Lending advice to the president that someone who knew best how those families were feeling from both ends of that phone