That is. Im sure the pentagon will do so. If not, certainly congress will prod them to do so and that is appropriate. We should have those answers. Im asking for a classified briefing about exactly what happened in niger. And right now, answers are hard to come by. The scene on the ground only described by multiple u. S. Officials as confusion. At the same time, there are more and more questions over why the white house hesitated in even talking about these soldiers deaths. Kaitlan collins is at the white house and Barbara Starr has the latest from the pentagon. What are you hearing over there today . Well, lets be clear, secretary mattis is not trying to rush the investigation, but he does want some answers and is going to begin to get them in the coming days about what exactly happened as they look into this in greater detail. Theyre trying to establish a timeline, hour by hour, about how this all unfolded. What we do know, according to initial reports, is the team led by green beret
That former president george w. Bush will sound here in just a few minutes from now with a special emphasis at this event on the crisis in north korea. Lets take a live look inside the event. We expect the president to speak any moment now. The event is called freedom in the world and hope. The spirit of freedom. Im told the president will address the crisis of north korea, china and russia and the special emphasis here on the north korean crisis because the former president met with north korean escapees earlier this morning. The Bush Institute happens to help fund the north korean Freedom Scholarship Program that gives scholarships out the north korean escapees and refugees to attend colleges in the United States. Some were honored this morning. The president met with several of them. Among other officials who spoke besides Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright was u. N. Ambassador nikki haley. During her appearance she said the threat of kim jongun is at the top of the list. We do
The legal team may try to paint mike flynn as not trustworthy. If he accuses the president of behaving badly. Msnbcs Garrett Haake is here in west palm. Garrett, fill us in on whats happening here. I know youve been reporting this out this morning as well. Reporter sure. The Washington Post has been if Michael Flynn were to roll over on the president or other Senior Administration officials, the Washington Post sources say the response would be to try to discredit him, paint Michael Flynn as a liar, an untrustworthy person. The white house attorney, john dowd, has been pushing back at this report calling it complete nonsense and more fake news. On the one hand, it would make sense. Youve got Michael Flynn who admitted to the fbi as part of his deal with the special prosecutors office. On the other hand, youve got comment after sympathetic comment from the president himself all on tape. Listen. Well, i feel badly for general flynn. I feel very badly. Hes led a very strong life. Michael
Austin and his buddies ducked under their table. The shooters arrived and firing. Shooting eubanks in his hand and knee and killing his best friend instantly. Medicine helped austin deal with the pain but not the scars or the drug addiction that would follow. He spent the wrist of his life battling addictions and made it his mission to help others. Whether they involved prescribed medications that were never enough or painkillers that never did enough. Austin knew their pain and he would help them with their pain. Never too far removed from his own. This chat with me a little over four weeks ago proved. I recalled everything that happened that day. It was like i was watching it on television. I wasnt present in my own body. It was a surreal experience that took me in years to process and heal from. Neil you had a lot of pain and addictions to go through after this. Youve since then pride to turn this tragedy around for other kids and families that deal with it and more. Tell me about t