Program. President trump saying a short time ago that the story is simply not true. I think its fake news. Okay . Now, would i do that . Absolutely. But we have not planned for that. Hopefully, we wont have to plan for that. If we did that, wed send a hell of a lot more troops. Where was that story the New York Times . Well the New York Times is fake news. Dana Jennifer Griffin is live at the pentagon. In doubt people saying we got to hear more about this. What do you know about the New York Times report . Well, dana, it was one of several options that was presented to the white house last thursday by acting defense secretary patrick shanahan. As the president mentioned, was first reported by the New York Times. A top british general, the Deputy Commander of strategy and information for Operation Inherent resolve said point blank from baghdad he has seen no increased threats from iranian backed forces in iran or syria. There have been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in i
Russian probe. Listen to what the president told reporters just a short time ago. No, i didnt ask him to do that. I didnt know it. I didnt know it, but i think thats a great thing that he did it. I am so proud of our attorney general that he is looking into it. I think its great. I did not know about it, no. Justin moreno is a former Justice Department prosecutor, and you hear the president saying he didnt ask him to do it and hes happy he did it and he made it clear ahead of time where he stood on this. Hes been tweeting and talking about this. He wanted this done. Is this problem at all with the assertion . This is a struggle of how the system works. The president appoints the attorney and the leader of the Justice Department and they can set general Justice Department poll tis and priorities. However, on the other hand, we dont want a president reaching into the Justice Department and telling them what to do, who to investigate, what to investigate and who not to the investigate bec
As i said on the phone, i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a political campaign. We have one of the Top Republican senators on the issue of ukraine ron johnson now saying he was told there was a quid pro quo and he confronted the president about it. We have newly obtained testimony from the recent u. S. Envoy to ukraine debunking the president s conspiracy theories specifically on joe biden. Quote, the suggestion that he would be influenced in his duties as Vice President by money for his son simply has no credibility to me. Said President Trumps former special envoy to ukraine. That testimony also revealed the degree to which Rudy Giuliani was peddling those conspiracy theories at the highest levels of our government. I even mentioned the intel committees testimony today on the whistleblower complaint itself and the handling of it which is largely irrelevant now because of all of other evidence we have. That was the allegation. We now have the evidence tha
Internationally while at the same time gaining time to continue to develop his weapons. And show me the money. With just over a month before the first votes take place in iowa, the money race heating up, topped so far by a huge haul from Bernie Sanders. You set the tone, you set the pace for this entire election system. And i have no doubt, no doubt, that with your support, were going to win here in iowa. And good day, everyone. Happy new year. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington has the twoday siege of the u. S. Embassy in baghdad is over, finally, after proiranian militants retreated for now. The big question is what will happen next between the United States and iran. The flashpoint over the holiday centered around the assault against the u. S. Embassy, only ending after a massive show of u. S. Military force. Apache helicopters firing flares from the sky. Marines from kuwait dropping from ospreys to fortify the compound. Nearly 700 more u. S. Troops deploying from ft. Bragg. The milit