But lets start tonight with the resignation of the secretary of defense james mattis. This is a Resignation Letter. Its dated today, december 20th, 2018. Its on Defense Department letterhead. Dear mr. President , i have been privileged to serve as our countrys 26th secretary of defense, which has allowed me to serve alongside our men and women of the department in defense of our citizens and our ideals. One core belief ive always held is that our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and partnerships. While the u. S. Remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies. We must use all tools of American Power to provide for the common defense, including providing effective leadership to our alliances. Natos 29 democracies demonstrated that strength in their commitment to fighting
Ainsley absolutely. I know every player on their team. Brian dont go over this now though. Ainsley i will save that for you later in the show. Thats a tease for you. Im the expert on soccer, right . [buzzer] brian you are looking forward to this. Ainsley i am. I am not going to be doing anything at 3 00. Dont call me dad. I will be watching team u. S. A. Steve it is pouring outside in new york city. Currently 6 01 eastern time. We are hoping its going to dry up because brian, you have a special guest. The most capped player in history. Keeper tim howard from new jersey, since gel parent family brought up in the area became a selfmade super star. Star of the Mls Manchester united. Feared. Back in the mls maybe the best goalie america has ever produced most appearances for the u. S. National team. 39 years old call it quits. Whats he doing next . He is going to be joining us. Also, he halls tourettes he believes that plays into his story and gives him extreme concentration. Both on posit
Show. Were also tracking a wild day of developments. And also the president , his administration, and his tax returns. He is lashing out and we have fire works involving a areaing and he is refusing to testify. And they are refusing to answer questions on an array of questions. Also i will be joined later in the hour by the only latino running for president right now Julian Castro. Jam packed show. Lets start with the democratic party. They are trying to harness a shift in politics. The 2020 debate about electability, they may seem like different fights in the democratic party, but they arguably all come back to the same struggle. Hitting the old guard against their young rising scars. Joining me now today is alexandria ocasiocortez. Some of these tensions, what is happening in virginia, what i were seeing with the back and forth frankly with what youre trying to do with Climate Change, how much of this, do you think is generational or si or idoelogical. I dont think the emergency arou
The announcement came after days of contentious wrangling as whitaker threatened not to show up unless the committee promised not to subpoena him. The faceoff a prime example of democrats asserting their new control of the house for oversight of the trump administration. Democrats vowing to press whitaker on two subjects today, first his decision not to recuse himself from overseeing Robert Muellers russia investigation despite his past criticism of the probe and second his conversations with the president about the russia investigation. The president recently told the daily caller there have been no such conversations. Yesterday the president was asked whether he thought whitaker should testify. He is an outstanding person. I would say if he did testify, hed do very well. He is an outstanding person. Very, very fine man. This may be whitakers only congressional testimony as the head of the Justice Department. William barr is on track to be confirmed as permanent attorney general next
Right before the testimony started there was a new layer of intrigue to it. And, of course, the democrats were trying to show that barr was in cahoots with, get this, the president of the United States to somehow block a report thats already been out. Ainsley new this morning, he is supposed to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee. He says he will not do that he is not going to comply with that and not going to supply with the subpoena because these lawmakers want staffers to ask questions. He said i didnt agree to too that. Steve look, the democratsen the House Along Party lines voted yesterday and they changed the rules. They voted to add an extra hour at the end of the hearing which was going to be today so that house judiciary lawyers could question mr. Barr. Heres the questions that a lot of people are saying why would they need to have lawyers do it . On the House Judiciary Committee on the democratic side there are 24 members. 18 of them have law degrees. So why do