Trump pardons and the United States hypocrisy on all things war crimes take a listen. Well he said he wants to give soldiers Going Forward a sense of confidence apparently confidence that they can shoot civilians that they can kill prisoners and these are the these are the crimes killing civilians without the use of a drone right if you if youre a president and you kill a bunch of civilians with a missile from a drone theres no prosecution but if you do it with a gun then very occasionally there is a prosecution and i think trump is stating quite clearly thats an acceptable parts of the war and in fact i would point out that its the majority of what these wars consist of civilians are the vast majority of the victims so that the problem is on the one hand that the higher ups and the vast majority of participants in these wars are not being prosecuted. But when a few people are trump is saying we wont have that we will have confidence that you can commit these sorts of atrocities with i
Degree murder back in 2013 for ordering his soldiers to open fire on 3 on armed afghanistan villagers and then according to the New York Times called in false reports over the radio to cover up what had happened he was a mediately turned in by his own men and finally trump reinstated the rank of chief petty officer Edward Gallagher the Controversial Navy seal who was recently acquitted of murdering an Islamic State detainees but but ended up being convicted of the crime of posing for pictures with a corpse yes with a corpse in selfies with an enemy corpse what a lovely trilogy of people in response to trumps pardons heena shams the director of the a. C. L. U. S National Security project tweeted with this use of his powers trump has sent a clear message of disrespect for law morality the middle. Terry Justice System and those in the military who abide by the laws of war i would include the victims of these crimes but i have no illusions he trump cares for them. And while many have a rig
Of china and Germany Europe is in the red tenyear yield near 1. 95 that moved 30 basis points since last weeks fed meeting. Our road map begins with disney and the streaming wars deals with amazon and apple and 52 surge in studio, shares up 5 ahead of the bell. Plus, billionaire battles Elizabeth Warren staying on the attack, saying theyre crying about her wealth tax this as billionaire Mike Bloomberg considers a run for president. As we said, closing out a big week for stocks, new records and reach as investors weigh more china tariff rollback talk first up, though, jim, a very special show coming up tonight. Yeah, look, were at the place, i think, epicenter of what i regard as being the new wing of our defense. That i say that because it was in 1959 they created this academy. It is a very special place and im glad i have that accompany music. We want to talk about not just what is going on here, but what goes on after service, why were bringing in Kevin Johnson from starbucks. Hes on
The public. It is titled stop the fire in the mission and spearheaded by a local youth organization. Half a dozen artists worked on the project. Stanford officially opened the doors to its new hospital today. The transportation of about 200 patients to this new facility. Staff carefully walked each one across the sky bridge connecting the old hospital to the new one. Once in the new facility, each patient was met with applause and fanfare. Hospital leaders say it is exciting and rewarding to see their vision turned into a reality. We know we are able to provide world class care. Whats wonderful is we can do it in this beautiful, healing space. We made all the private rooms. All the rooms have room for their families to speak, which is something we have never been able to offer before and even in the intensive care units. The seven story facility includes 368 patient rooms, 20 operating rooms and a level one trauma center. A warning for driving, dream forest will kick off this week in S
Nasdaq 15. Almost every day. Here is whats new at this hour. On the stump in georgia, President Trump making his way back to washington after delivering remarks at the black voices for trump coalition, an event held in atlanta. Well bring you breaking headlines coming from the president at the hour plays out. Private exchanges unveiled. The house intel committee, releasing Interview Transcripts from what National Security official hose testified about President Trump. As Democratic Leaders ramp up impeachment probe. What can investors expect during the first public phase of the inquiry next week. Were live on capitol hill with that. Brazing for freezes temperatures. Forecasters warning of a sweeping arctic blast expected to sweep the nation in the next 48 hours. What you need to know on that this hour. Oh, boy, it its winter. From washington to wall street, blake burman live at the white house. Gerri willis at the floor of the new york stock exchange. Blake, kick it off for us. Reporte