Bin laden raid. Of course we should have captured Osama Bin Laden before we did. Why is the president talking about bin laden right now . Well, the reason is, because he was asked about criticism from the man who oversaw the capture and killing of bin laden. Instead of addressing the criticism that he got from admiral mcraven. The president pivoted, lobbing insults instead. William mccraven was a navy seal. He oversaw the capture of bin laden. Just a couple things he did in his. Years in the military. And then he said this about donald trump. The president said the news media is the enemy of the American People. This sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. The greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. He said that in 2017, it was yesterday when President Trump was specifically asked about them in his interview with Chris Wallace, heres what he said. Hes a Hillary Clinton backer. And an obama backer. And frankly hes a navy s. E. A. L. Wouldnt it have been ni
Jonathan miller is live near the cave entrance at the center of the rescue mission. Matt rivers is at the hospital where those rescued boys are being treated. Jonathan, give us an idea of what is happening right now at the entrance of the cave. Do we have any idea when the rescuers xprekt rescuers are expected to go back in . As you can see, ryan, from behind me, its a dank gray dawn here in thailand. And the morning broke just about a half hour ago to show the hills around the cave complex. Completely shrouded in low cloud. It has been raining heavily overnight. This is very bad news because when it rains like that in this area, all the water will flow into that cavern system and raise the water levels. So the governor here who has been in charge of the operation over the past two weeks has always declared this to be a war against water and a race against time. And it is still both of those. Four boys are out. Theyre safe. Theyre in hospital. Eight more remain below with their coach.
Journal, which has for some time, the editorial page at least has at times dvenefended President Trump when few others have. They editorialized about trumps syriairan retreat. The Islamic State is not defeated, says the wall street journal. And the molas are delighted. Retreat in syria is a sign of weakness, the wall street journal concludes that friends and foes will notice and who is celebrating more about their early Christmas Present than Vladimir Putin and russia. And theyve said as much. This is a massive geopolitical win . For putin and russia. And weve just gone through the season of fire fight in california. And weve watched this massive devastating blazes. What the president is doing is the functional equivalent of weve gotten the fire contained, prosecute were all arou were all around it and now the embers are smoldering. Were going to leave. What do you think is going to happen . Theres a prehigh chance of what we call in the navy a reflash where the fire comes back. Thats
Deciding to pull out of a reagan Era Nuclear Arms Treaty with russia and the pentagon will withdraw thousands of troops from afghanistan as a potential deal with the taliban hangs in the balance. Bill kevin corke begins all of that from the north lawn. Good morning. The u. S. Has long contended that that treaty tied its hands with respect to china. For that matter the russians were not in compliance. I want to share part of a statement from the secretary of state mike pompeo. It reads in part dating back to the mid 2000s. Russia developed and tested and fielded multiple battalions of its noncompliant missile. The u. S. Will not remain a party to a treaty deliberately violated by russians. It dates to the cold war. Reagan and gorbachev signed that treaty in an effort to deescalate Nuclear Tensions but it has changed says u. S. And nato allies with the russians consistently violating the terms of the deal. This decision is supported by all nato allies because no International Agreement i
Given whistleblower protections. This morning, the president and republicans are trying to show a united front. How long is that going to last . Were watching all of this from both ends of pennsylvania avenue. I want to start with jeff bennett. Kelly odonnell is at the white house for us. Jeff, as we come on the air, i want to start with Chuck Schumer. Hes going to be on the senate floor introducing something to try to protect alex vindman. Were going to talk more about what vindman said in this testimony in a second but whats schumer supposed to say . Hes prepared to announce that hes sending a letter, hallie, to the Army Secretary and the army chief of staff trying to get whistleblower protections for Lieutenant Colonel alexander vindman. Its important to point out that vindman in his testimony makes clear that he is not the whistleblower, but schumer says that he wants guarantees that vindman is protected from reprisals given his testimony, his bombshell testimony before congress. S