volunteerism, enlistments in the army. my own son graduated from harvard that june and joined the army. that spirit seems to have been lost. one of the questions fdr asked in the middle of world war ii when people are grumbling about rationing, only five gallons a week, one cup of coffee a day. he said what is a nation? a nation is when we feel like we re doing something for the common purpose, the common good, we re willing to sacrifice because we believe in the nation. we re at a war. we re at a war with this enemy of covid. where is the national spirit that we re in this together, the collective identity we ve shown in so many other crises in the country. that s what i keep waiting to emerge. what do you think, george. we re exhausted from warness, war on poverty, wore on drugs. martial law means we get in line and obey orders. that s not the way we are
you. again, we ll always be here for you. you know, we saw so much courage on that day, in new york, shanksville, here at the pentagon on that day. it inspired so many americans to go out and commit themselves to the military, to public service, to do good deeds as a result of what they saw. you saw that, as well. we did. we did. it s fascinating to me that if you look across all our services, we ve had ups and downs in terms of numbers of enlistments, it s been fairly steady. young people have continued to sign up to support their country and to defend their country. what s sad the o me, and i m sure for you, as well, 20 years ago today, the taliban was in control of afghanistan. we went to war, spent 20 years there, lost thousands, spent trillions. 20 years later, the taliban is
gregg: this monologue is for those born after 9/11 or born a few years before. have you ever asked you re parents what it was like on that day. i was born 23 years after pearl harbor. but every anniversary after that attack resulted in the same discussion. there was a rush to enlist after that attack. including my dad. the say thing happened after 9/11, enlistments. today probably isn t time to give advice, but what the hell. we have it so good we forget we have it good. keep your nose clean you can be president unless you use the
done with china, we ve lost our shirts with china. reporter: mr. trump is defending his salute to the military on the national mall with the unproven claim that his speech is leading to a jump in new enlistments. it is really a recruitment situation. a lot of people are going to be joining our army and navy and air force and marines, coast guard. reporter: and explaining why he mistakenly said george washington forces seized airports during the revolutionary war. our army manned the air and it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports. and i guess the rain knocked out the teleprompter so but no, it is not that. i knew the speech very well. reporter: the president s comments as he zee parted the white house over shadows another strong jobs report, numbers that he insist could have been better if only the federal reserve would follow his instructions and lower interest rates. if we had a fed that would lower interest rates we d be like a rocket ship. but we re paying
new enlistments and likely a halt to medical transition related care during this period where the matter is being further litigated. but to pick up on a point that was made earlier, this is such a shame. there is absolutely zero evidence that this is a harm thats that service of transgender is a harm to readiness. there s zero credibility. deborah, i appreciate you joining us on the phone to talk through that. thank you very much. we are going to keep an eye on this story as it develops and the second we get any word from the pentagon we ll bring that to you live this hour. we also want to talk about the other three big stories this morning that are all happening, all connected to russia. you ve got first a russian judge denied bail to paul whelan accused of spying. his attorney said his client was misled when someone gave him a