Representative john larson reviews republican tax reform effort. Finally, lisa monaco talks about preventing future terrorist attacks. Join our conversation now. Host good morning, it is wednesday, november 15, 2017. The senate is in at 9 30 while the house meets at 10 00 a. M. And noon for legislative business. This is the day after jeff , fromns latest testimony everything to Trump Campaign contacts with russia to allegations against Hillary Clinton and Sexual Assault accusations against Alabama Senate candidate roy moore. Did you watch . What did you think . The phones lines are open phone lines are open. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7488002 you can also catch up with us on facebook and twitter. A very good wednesday morning to you. You can start calling in now. I want to show you some of the headlines coming in off of the attorney generals testimony yesterday before the house judiciary committee. Here is the front page of the wall street journa
Asia overnight, next actions. The hang seng the hang seng and Changi Airport minicam kospi are down. North korea threatening a Nuclear Attack against the United States if provoked. The latest on the escalating tensions coming out. The manhunt for a cop killer in this area intensifies. A rookie officer at army veteran was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop. Extreme weather causing major damage from the south to the northeast. Cars flipped, buildings destroyed and we will have the latest. The hbo hack gets worse. North east, east to west, and the south and in the north. Would stand in our way, we will defeat it. Posted online at demented game of thrones script details. Hackers are looking for a massive ransom team. Mike trout marked his birthday with a career milestone. He knocked his 1000th hit. Its how he celebrated making all the headlines. All of that coming up this morning. Well could politics political reporter caitlin joey burns. Kelly and partner in wall street journal wa
Respond accordingly to the rogue nations next move. Will this be more sanctions . Will this be Something Else . Were going to ask Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters. News today that Loretta Lynch used an alias to send top secret emails when she was attorney general including one about the now infamous tarmac meeting between her and former president bill clinton. Not unusual for federal officials to use email aliases for security reasons but you have got to wonder here, was there something in those emails that she was trying to hide from reporters . We are on it for you. First i want to go to blake burman. He is in washington with the very latest on the north korea situation. Fill us in, blake. Reporter hi, there, trish. This is a potential gamechanger from reporting at the Washington Post. We report solely from the Washington Post which reports that the Defense Intelligence agency concluded last month that the north korea is able to produce a minute a miniaturized Nuclear Weapon to fit in
I think the president again, as commanderinchief, i think he felt it necessary to issue a very strong statement directly to north korea, but i think what what is the president was reaffirming the United States is full kay capable of defending ourselves from any attack and our allies and will do so so americans should sleep well at night. Connell sleep well at night. We have a show of force of u. S. Bombers flying over the Korean Peninsula. Group of south dakota airmen are ready to fight in guam if needed to. With that as the backdrop, lets turn to our expert. Former advisor to Vice President dick cheney, john hannah, and Hudson Institute fellow, Rebecca Heinrichs is here. The secretary of states choice of words we all should sleep well at night. What do you make of that . I think clearly the secretary is trying to tone down heated rhetoric from yesterday to reassure allies and reassure the American People but ive got to say we cant avoid the fact that this crisis is escalating. That no
For years and his family has been uttering for years, or if he does anything with respect to guam or any place else thats an american territory or an american ally, he will truly regret it. And he will regret it fast. Earlier today the president tweeted that military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. Hopefully jongun will find another path. Trump then retweeted the u. S. Pacific command which said u. S. Air force b1 lancer bombers on guam stand ready to fulfill usfks fight tonight mission if called upon to do so. North korean state media has dismissed the u. S. As, quote, no more than a lump we can beat to a jelly any time. Director of defense studies at the center for the national interest. Jim lan sen is president of the hansen is president of the Security Studies group. They both join us. Harry, most of us accept that north korea would have quite a job beating the United States towns a lump of jelly. Lets consider it the other way a