Of america, the commander in chief, the honorable donald j. Trump. [cheers and applause] President Trump well, thank you very much. Thats a great honor. Great people. Thank you. Sit down, please. Thank you. And i want to thank commander riley. Truly thrilled to be here with thousands of americas proudest and toughest and most extraordinary patriots, the incredible veterans of amvets. We love our veterans. Amvets. [cheers and applause] President Trump thank you very much. You are special people. You fought courageously for our country, and now my administration is fighting courageously for you. That is for sure. And you know we have accomplished a lot, we have done a lot, and one of the things we have done is you get that medical care quickly now when you go into those doctors, and you used to have to wait for weeks and weeks and weeks, and you do not wait anymore. You go out and see a private doctor, we pay the bill, and people are really happy about it. The vets are very happy about i
For war. Plus the High School Student who fled from home with her High School Soccer coach is safe this morning. The family opens up about the emotional reunion. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 tweet at your own peril. Id be careful, if i were in thefbi probe. In the case of obstruction of justice. Touse res]ckonheifference bill hoping to get the bill to the president s desk by christmas. This is going to affect american business, the economy, every for decades. It could be the largest corporate deal of the year. The United States and south korea have zbrun their Largest Air Force drill. Theres a real grave danger to all nations. The Kennedy Center honors took place. President trump and Melania Trump became the first president ialgala. The Pontiac Silverdome did not implode. You hate it because youre putting all these women in aategory who could care less about your body youre insecure you have no of thisorning. Its going the wrong way. Its really goi
Area. The airliner was filled with citizens from many countries, so there has to be a credible International Investigation into what happened. The fbi and the National Transportation safety board are sending experts to assist in the investigation. It wont be ease where i. The crash site spans over ten miles and is controlled by rebels who may have blown up the plane. This should snap everybodys heads to attention and make sure that we dont have time for propaganda. We dont have time for games. We need to know exactly what happened, and Everybody Needs to make sure that were Holding Accountable those who committed this outrage. The u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Says america cannot rule out russia ws help in this tas. The white house says separatists have blown up planes before, but never a passenger airline. If indeed separatists were responsible, they and their backers would have good reason to cover up evidence of their crime. Reporter most of the passengers were dutch. The plane orig
From the president s remarks today on the crash of malaysian flight 17 is that the white house now believes at least one american was on board. That american has been identified as quinn lucas shantsman. He was also a dutch citizen and a Facebook Page for a man with the same name listed he was a student at a Business School in amsterdam, although the school has not confirmed that. We are also told chanceman, at one point, may have had family working in san mateo. It was just about 24 hours ago that Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was apparently shot down by a groundtoair missile, who the president said came from an area of Eastern Ukraine controlled by prorussian separatists. 298 people on board were killed. And while the president stopped short of say direct that prorussian separatists were the ones to take the plane down, he did call for an immediate ceasefire in that area. This was a global tragedy. An asian airliner was destroyed in european skies filled with citizens from many countri
Washing over the darker portions of a war. The vietnam war bitterly divided america. We must admit past mistakes. And we must learn from past mistakes. Because that is how we avoid repeating that mistake. Chuck hagel talks about mistakes made in the vietnam war. Retired threestar Lieutenant General Daniel Bolger, author of the new book why we lost a generals inside account of the iraq and afghanistan wars. Up. That and more coming welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. And china, the worlds two largest polluters, have agreed to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions over the next decade. President obama unveiled the details with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. Also announce the United States has produced a new goal of reducing our Greenhouse Gas emissions by 26 to 28 below 2005 levels by 2025. It is an ambitious goal but an achievable goal. Whichl double the pace at we are reducing carbon emission in the United States. It put