The bad thing about it is we had the police at our house the night before. We also had the team that was in place here in san berd i o coaching us and telling us what they had available to us, which was they wouldnt come out to see us because they were staffed with the amount of people needed. They were offering to talk to my son on the other phone to try to talk him out of his psychosis, which is ridiculous. Wouldnt happen. So the next best thing is they offered to send a Police Officer to our home. What the Police Officer did, which was a young layman officer with with no still capable of manipulation answered his question, no. He wouldnt hurt himself or anybody else. Six hours later, he woke up with a bat and a knife in his hand and attempted to kill me in my bed as i slept. Host anthony, first of all, how old is your son caller he just turned 19. His name is aaron. I talked about him with Duncan Murphy friend. So, i am pretty sure you are familiar with my story. My son is still in
When i took office, more than a 180,000 people were serving in afghanistan. Today all of the troops are out of iraq. More than 60,000 have come home from afghanistan. Our troops have moved to a support role. Together with our allies we will complete the mission and americas longest war will finally be over. [ applause ] president obama after 2014, we will support a unified afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future. If the Afghanistan Government signs a security agreement, a small force of americans could remain with nato allies to train and assist forces and to train people to pursue al qaeda. Our relationship with afghanistan will change, but our resolve with terrorist that do not launch attacks against our country. [ applause ] president obama the fact is that danger remains. When we put al qaedas core leadership, the path evolves in other parts of the world. We have to keep working with partners to disrupt and disable those networks. In syria, we will support the opp
Mourns, president obama reminded people to keep this in mind during a speech at the nato summit today in warsaw, poland. The demented individual who carried out those attacks in dallas, hes no more representative of africanamericans than the shooter in charleston was representative of white americans. Or the shooter in orlando or san were learning who the shooter was. 25yearold Micah Johnson had a troubled pass. While in the military. Memorials held today. On the hold the demonstrations have been peaceful in rochester, new york a protester last night continued into the morning and more than 70 people were arrested after throwing rocks at police. Ahead this hour, well hear from witnesses who saw the tragedy unfold on the streets of dallas and well hear from local leaders as well as elected officials who are now tasked with helping this city and this country move forward. So let us begin this hour here in dallas with new details emerging about the shooter micah xavier johnson. Including
Matthews in washington. This afternoon in the white house pressroom general john kelly spoke to the country about how this country shows its respect for those who give their life for this country. Kelly told the steps the military take to preserve the body of those fallen, how it honors and respects the beloved ones who feel the loss most greatly. Most americans dont know wh what happens when we learn our soldiers, sailors, marines and cost guardsmen in combat. Let me tell you what happens. Their buddies wraps them up in whatever passes a shroud, puts them on a helicopter as routine and sends them home. Their first stop along the way is when theyre packed in ice, typically at the air head and then theyre flown to usually europe. General kelly spoke in some detail, including the account of the words his fellow officers spoke in consoling him, john kelly, on the loss of his son in combat. And those he said today were the words he advised trump to use in consoling the loved ones of the fo