pakistan. the u.s. campaign of joint attacks there are responsible for taking out terror suspects. also the new york times reporting commanders in afghanistan will push for an even greater special ops presence. but nato now denying that the u.s. plans more raids in pakistan, so let s talk to the pentagon about this. jeff morrell is pentagon press secretary, and he s our guest now. jeff, is the pentagon pushing for greater presence whether it s overt or covert in pakistan? i think this is one of those where the new york times probably wishes it had had more than one source, and this one being an unnamed american official being the one who they hung this story on. and you saw isaf taking the unusual move overnight of putting out a press release saying the story is erroneous and that there are no plans to conduct any such operations. we do, jenna, have some u.s. forces in pakistan, have had them for some time, but they number fewer than 100. they are special operators who are conduc
trainer operation where we are training pakistani military trainers who then in turn will be able to train their forces in terms of being better able to operate in counterterrorism situations. but there are no plans as of right now for anything of that sort. we have signaled in the past, jenna, that we are ready, willing and able to work with the pakistani military in all manner of ways, but they are a sovereign country, so this is a partnership, and we ve got to work according to what their interests are as well. jenna: jeff, our viewers have so many questions about our relationship with pakistan, and the review that was given last week on afghanistan underscored some of those concerns about our working relationship with that country. if there is a real, direct threat coming from the tribal regions there, why wouldn t we send more troops? because, frankly, the pakistani military is probably best able to go after the threat in their midst. they recognize that now is an existential th
new york times not write about classified information? yes. but to put them in the same apple cart, i don t think is fair. geoff morrell on a range of issues today, appreciate it. thank you. that s a busy, busy man. indeed. still to come, the white house, the mess kind of kicking it up a notch today on soup. we ll tell you why there s something fishy going on there. kicking it up a notch. bam! oh, i get it now. i thought you were a big food network person? no. top chef, but i digress. this is an international wanted person s alert issued by interpol. you just heard geoff morrell talking about it. it s the world s largest police organization. a red notice was officially put out this morning for wikileaks founder julian assange, not related to wikileaks, but charges of sex crimes in sweden. it is not an official request for arrest. it is up to the individual countries to decide how to
inside. i wanted to go outside. look at mike, he s not afraid. i wanted to go outside, but mike said, by the way, bring a coat tonight, apparently. yeah, you know, i m not prepared. mike, thank you. thanks for visiting. reporter: sure! up next, with those wikileaks document dumps known for months, why is the government just now changing some of its security procedures? we re going to discuss that and more when pentagon spokesman jeff morrell joins us for the daily rundown interview. plus, meet the man who went to school with barack obama s parents, rarely wears a tie, and is now set to be governor of hawaii. but first, a look ahead at the president s schedule today. you re watching the daily rundown on msnbc. hey, he meets the new mayor. that s right. the new mayor of d.c. mayor-elect. that s right. vincent gray. and he will like the menorah,
89 percent, i believe it was, believe that in those units where they have served with someone who was gay, it had not adversely impacted the capabilities of that unit, but there clearly were concerns raised by the combat arms unit, those who had been fighting and dying over the past ten years, their concerns, though, are not insurmountable as we see in this report and with the proper education and training, we can do this but we need the time to do it right and that s why we re asking for the congress to repeal now rather than the courts pull the rug out from underneath us and have us do this immediately, which would be disruptive. megyn: jeff morrell, thank you very much for your time, always appreciate you coming on. a recent development in emergency response, he called 911 for help and two whrapbss ambulances respond to the scene and wait until you hear the reason for that second ambulance. nasa says it has a big announcement to make. something about extraterrestrial life!