Control the president , and he said the president s tweets do not make his job more difficult. I would just offer to you always i read it all of the time, i read it pretty consistently, im not quitting today. I dont believe, and i just talked to the president , i dont think im being fired today, and im not so frustrated in this job that im thinking of leaving. I would tell you this is the hardest job i ever had. This is, in my view, the most important job i ever had. I would offer that it is not the best job i ever had. The best job i ever had as i said many times is when i was an enlisted marine sergeant and infantry man. That was the best job i ever had. Unless things change, im not quitting, im not getting fired, and i dont think theyll fire anyone tomorrow. Received by some laughter in the room. Just before he left the press briefing room, he also made notes on north korea saying americans should be concerned about the threat of nuclear war, and that the country, you know, he is ho
Intermediate Ballistic Missile like the one they launched last week or an intercontinental Ballistic Missile like the one they launched twice in july. South korea also believes the north may be following through on a promise it made last week to fire these missiles into the ocean as their target. North korea was saying this Missile Launch over japan last week was a prelude for future military options aimed at containing guam and promising to fire more moyes sills towards the pacific. The question, where would the missiles go and how would the United States be forced to react . If this proves to be true, north korea not backing down. They have a major holiday coming up on saturday, the countrys Foundation Day. Last year on Foundation Day, they conducted a nuclear test. Will they launch yet another missile trying to defiantly send a message to President Trump and the United States. Alisyn . Will, thank you very much for all of that reporting. South korea responding to north koreas threat
Biggest combat loss in trumps administration. The ambush that killed four american soldiers. Kellys own son was killed in afghanistan. He used every ounce of breath he has for the handling of phone calls to the families of four soldiers. Here he is. He said to me, what do i say . I said to him, sir, theres nothing you can do to lighten the burden on these families. But, let me tell you what i tell them. Let me tell you what my best friend told me because he was my casualty officer. He said, kel, he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. He knew what he was getting into by joining that 1 . He knew what the possibilities were because we are at war. When he died, in the four cases here and my sons case in afghanistan, when he died, he was surrounded by the best men on this earth, his friends. Thats what the president tried to say to four families the other day. Kelly said he couldnt believe it that Fredricka Wilson listened in on the president s call to the family. I w
Whom . Much more on that in just a moment. Then theres the news that on any other night would be our top story. Thats about Jared Kushner, denied access to topsecret intelligence. The president s soninlaw and senior white house adviser, who was operating on an interim clearance had his access downgraded last week after the chief of staff, john kelly, made changes to the security clearance system. And were learning that officials from at least four countries officially discussed how they could use kushners business dealings, his inexperience, and his financial troubles to manipulate him. That is according to the Washington Post, which also reports that those countries, israel, mexico, china, and the uae, the united arab emirates, acted on those conversations. The report goes on to say that a source said Top White House officials were worried that kushner was, quote, naive and being tricked by foreign officials. And then theres another member of the president s inner circle, White House
Some more traditional christmas activities, as you pointed out, yesterday. But over the weekend he could not help but air his grievances on twitter. He was lobbing attacks at the fbi, specifically Deputy Director andrew mccabe, who is set to retire in a few months. He also took aim at the media and insisted hes not getting any credit for the hard work hes done since he took office, clearly an airing of grievances from the president as we head into this holiday season, dana. What do we know about how the president is spending this Christmas Day . Reporter the white house hasnt given us a lot of details yet on how the president will be spending this day. He doesnt have any public events. When youre president , youre never really on vacation, youre always juggling these duties. The one thing we know from sarah sanders, White House Press secretary, is the president was briefed today on the Suicide Attack in kabul. Hes still being kept up to speed even though hes at his vacation resort in m