They re either lowered close to the ground or they don t fly at all. this year we think it will be blowing around 41. i think it will be a problem. the last time we didn t have balloons in the parade, 1971. norah. o donnell: lonnie, thank you. now a cbs news exclusive. es extraordinarily blunt message from the outgoing navy secretary in his first interview since being fired. richard spencer was ousted yesterday after going against the president and the secretary of defense. in the case of edward gallagher, a navy seal at the center of a war crimes case. spencer s last day was today, but david martin tells us he s not going quietly. reporter: leaving the pentagon after being fired, secretary of the navy, richard spencer told cbs news he is not the only casualty of president trump s decision to intervene in the case of navy seal edward gallagher. what were the ramifications of intervening in that review process? what message does that send to the troops? reporter: well, what mess
Fire is injured but expected to make a full recovery morgan chesky, nbc news. tonight, president trump is defending his order to the pentagon not to strip a navy s.e.a.l. of elite status in a controversial war crimes case instead, it s the navy s secretary who is out of a job. miguel almaguer has the latest. reporter: tonight, defense secretary mark esper says the order came from the president, do not remove embattled navy s.e.a.l. edward gallagher from the unit a clear directive from the commander in chief who became entangled in the review>n i said no. you re not going to take it away he was a great fighter one of the ultimate fighters. reporter: with gallagher keeping the try trident pin, signifying being a s.e.a.l., the navy secretary was forced to resign richard spencer who publicly disagreed with the decision resignation letter reading, i no
Meanwhile, we re weighing in on the firing of richard spencer following a controversial war crimes case. speaking to reporters yesterday, secretary esper explained he was, quote, flabbergasted to learn that spence her tried to make a secret deal with the white house concerning embattled navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher. secretary esper said he demanded spencer s resignation after learning he approached the white house about an arrangement to let gallagher retire as a navy s.e.a.l. if the president stayed out of the case. esper also said monday president trump gave him a direct order to drop disciplinary action against gallagher. in his first tv interview since being fired, spencer told cbs he spoke with white house counsel pat cipollone about the proposed arrangement on the november 15th. he says cipollone called back the same day to decline the offer saying the president would be involved. spencer acknowledged not telling esser about that proposal. i will take the bad on me for not let
Conclusively, it isn t a surprise that longstanding precedent overrules what the d.o.j. says is really just its internal conclusions and decisions. danny cevallos, thank you. appreciate it. we will talk to you again in a little bit, danny, thanks. a federal judge yesterday issued a preliminary injunction ordering the department of defense and the white house office of management and budget to release records relating to trump administration s hold on military assistance to ukraine that is at the heart of the house impeachment inquiry. now, according to axios, the decision follows a lawsuit by the nonprofit journalism organization, center for public integrity, over a freedom of information act request, for more than 200 pages of records that include communications between the pentagon, the pentagon comptroller, and the white house budget office. now, the judge ordered the release of half of the documents by december 12th. and the rest by december 20th. and mark esper is weighing i
As to this because his chief of staff was briefed on it. a spokesperson for the pentagon disputed spencer s statement telling the washington post no one on esper s staff was aware of spencer s pro posed deal. in that came deal, he also argued he was trying to head off an order from the president which he said he could not in good conscience obey? what i do stand for for the u.s. navy some of that s a prime tenant. this erodes that. what s wrong with following a lawful order from the commander and chief? nothing, everyone should follow a lawful order, that s good order and discipline. i could not, in my conscience, do this. speaking to reporters yesterday, donald trump defended his involvement in the war crimes case. i have to protect my war fighters. i ve been gotten a lot of people, a lot of war fighters and people in the military have thanked us very much. with eddie gallagher, you know that story very well. they wanted to take his pin away, i said, no, you re not