times over the years, and they re frequently hostile character assassination posturing hearings. this one was relively civil given the acrimony involved in the withdrawal froafghanistan. i thought mark milleyade a straightforward, completely honest presentation that explained the situation that had happened, didn t delve into the craziness of trump s final days, and it was received probabl we have nothing else to say. we re fortunate we had this patriotic, talented combat veteran in that position during the last month of the tru administration. a proper final word to end this segment. with our thanks to our staing line, eugene daniels, a.b. stoddard, general mccaffrey, greatly skbreeshtd we heard of giving the vaccine to young kids could be a thing that finally gets this pandemic under control.
military leader, his counterrt as being prompted by intelligence indicating beijing s concern about a possible u.s. strike. inow, i am certain that president trump did not intend to attack the chinese. and it was my directive responsibility by the secretary to convey that intent to the chinese. my task at that time was to de-escalate. my message again was consistent, stay calm, eady, and de-escalate. we are not going to attack you. shortly after my call ended with general lee, i personally informed both secretary of state pompeo and white house chief of staff meadows. on 8 januar speaker of the house pelosialled me to inquire about the president s ability to launch nuclear weapons. i explained to her that the president is the sole nuclear launch authority, and he doesn t launch them alone.
word. i know you are an admirer of general milley s badge on his chest. shows the wider world he does not scare easily. do you think he did a good job of defending his actions, after january 6th, in explaining his phone calls and motives? brian, i ve been touched by the senate many times over the years. and they are frequently character assassination hearings. this was relatively civil given the acrimony involved ithe withdrawal from afghanistan. i thought mark milley made a straightforward, completely honest presentation. that explain the situation that happened. did not delve into the craziness of trump s final days. and it was received, probably, with, well, we have nothing
digenova, his wife, they are tv lawyers and these tv lawyers are expected to do on a government salary what they used to do for fox news, which is to go on fox and explain crazy conspires, craziness of trump and try to sell that to trump s base. and that s what trump is readying the country for. chris whipple, you ve written a book about white house chiefs of staff, and here we have the president today reporting by nbc news, the president thinking of not just getting rid of john kelly but also not replacing him because trump is starting to think he doesn t need a white house chief of staff. imagine for us the trump white house without a chief of staff. you ve spent a long time talking to reince priebus about how it works. try to imagine. the thing is, it s no surprise that donald trump wants to get rid of his chief of staff and be his own because he doesn t want any grown ups in the room. he s tired of being told what he
salary what they used to do for fox news, which is to go on fox and explain crazy conspires, craziness of trump and try to sell that to trump s base. and that s what trump is readying the country for. chris whipple, you ve written a book about white house chiefs of staff, and here we have the president today reporting by nbc news, the president thinking of not just getting rid of john kelly but also not replacing him because trump is starting to think he doesn t need a white house chief of staff. imagine for us the trump white house without a chief of staff. you ve spent a long time talking to reince priebus about how it works. try to imagine. the thing is, it s no surprise that donald trump wants to get rid of his chief of staff and be his own because he doesn t want any grown ups in the room. he s tired of being told what he can t do. but history is littered with presidencies who tha tried to do that. it s never worked. john kennedy tried it until he