the navy. we lost 17 sailors, seven of whom, by the way, were born outside the united states. this was quite striking to me, to see the number of sailors who had emigrated to the united states who gave their lives at sea. the problem, as you said, is a combination of factors. but i would put exhaustion, the overdrive of these ships at the top of the list. and i want to make one powerful point in favor of the navy here and that is account tability. the navy has released the four-star, the three-star, the two-star, the one-star, the commodore, and the ship s captains were fired. that s really accountability. but we ve got so much work to do to get this right. it s real accountability, as you point out, it s unusual, obviously. but what about the recurring tours of duty and the time, the downtime in port for repairs, for training, for better readiness? you ve got it. and think of it like a dimmer in the dining room at home.
we ve got to turn that dimmer toward more rest, better equipment maintenance, a sense of giving the people a break from the mission. right now that dimmer is fired all the way to the left, and we re overdriving those ships. we ve got to get it right. and part of this is also getting more ships into our navy so the burden can be spread a bit more equally on the ships in the fleet. thank you so very much, it s great to have you here in person. thanks, admiral. coming up, the separation crisis at the border. house democrats are hearing from government investigators with shocking revelations about just how many migrant children are still separated from their parents. a border crisis the white house will not acknowledge. the inside scoop, coming up next on andrea mitchell reports. stay with us right here on msnbc. e on msnbc.
light up the neighborhood, brandon. 50,000 was of light. in about 20 minutes we will go in the house, knock on the door. we probably already woke them up. the guy across the street just poked his head out his door wondering what the heck is going on with spot news. you will meet him shortly. the reason we are coming today to his house is because he was deployed for the u.s. air force reserves. he halls amazing story. perfect for the week before christmas. brian: you will be his revelry, steve, you will be getting him up in the morning for breakfast and maybe stay for the holiday. see if it works out. ed: welcome home from steve doocy. i m going to make him a breakfast bunt, and christmas french toast casserole. brian: i hope you have your apron. i don t want you coming back with spatter. steve, that s great. he travels with a dimmer. jedediah: amazing. lit himself right up there.
officer at cia, she has the chops to stand and deliver in the glare of this kind of publicity. secondly, at the congressional we need congress to step up, continue to demand all the information come on the table, needs to be more public, and we need to stop thinking about this as kind of an on and off switch where our only choices with the kingdom are cut them off completely or do absolutely nothing and stand with them. we ve got to kind of treat this like a dimmer and we need to increase the level of penalty we apply, that can be diplomatic, economic, military. we should use this as a lever to force the kingdom to drop this blockade on qatar, to come out of this war in yemen. we have tools we can apply here, but we need to do it in an intelligent way that moves us forward. ambassador hill, if you are
said, his re-election prospects are getting dimmer and if he leaves office in 2021, he is at risk and that is one of the reasons why i think that there is a possibility that you would see the president as his prospects get dimmer perhaps engaging in back and forth that could result in him leaving office early in return for some sort of lenient deal. laura, senator chris murphy this morning called on the special counsel to get the investigation wrapped up as soon as possible because they want to look at the evidence which is typically something that we hear from republicans, not democrats. what do you think is behind this? i think everyone is a little bit antsy to see what mueller s got. and it is clear in the court filings from friday that he has got the receipts. he has the evidence. and they are circling closer and closer to formally accusing trump multiple crimes, money laundering, campaign finance violations, obstruction of justice, collusion with russia.