Particular course, but the sea will come, the wind will come, youll lose, ultimately youll move, ultimately, in a differentic direction. More prosaically, it comes from a period in my career when i was a fourstar admiral. I was finishing up down in u. S. Southern command, peter, and i was in charge of all military activity south of the United States. Andi i was very hopeful of going to the pacific next as the end of u. S. Pacific command which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. Gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. So from the nato perspective i was at the dental admiral who became the supreme allied expired but the navy was an accident as well, one it, as a career . Guest somewhat. So, lets go way back. I grew up in a marine corps family. My father, george stavridis, proud colone
Lifestyle is questionable. You remember those comments, allegedly from the mayor of latta, South Carolina. This afternoon a new effort to curb his authority after firing that towns openly gay police chief. Meanwhile here in new york city, some families of 9 11 victims are angry over the decision to move unidentified remains to the site of the attacks. Ill talk to one fdny lieutenant whose brotherinlaw died that day. What about this idea, pot for schools . Well, not pot exactly but tax dollars from pot sales to support schools. Its an idea thats seriously being floated. Well talk to the woman behind that proposal. Good saturday afternoon to you, im craig melvin. Youre watching msnbc. All of that, plus a big idea about how to get farm fresh food to americas biggest city. So much to get to, but lets start here. That developing story out of virginia. Take a look at these dramatic pictures right there showing a hot air balloon in flames. Three people were on board, including a pilot. We jus
The chinese leader and praised him for taking advantage of the United States. I dont blame china. After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. I give china great credit. Who can . He did as a candidate. President trump markedly different in language and tone from candidate trump who accused china of being a currency manipulator, a thief and worse. We cant continue to allow china to rape our country, and thats what they are doing. Its the greatest theft in the history of the world. Why did it change . Well, its a question that reporters probably would have asked a president had they been allowed to ask questions. Disappointing to say the least that both president s did not allow any questions from reporters, the first time that has happened in decades. Why the shift in tone . Reporter thats right, poppy. Another sign that the newly empowered chinese president xi jinping was running the show during the president s