We will not talk about numbers of troops. That is new for the american presidency. At no point tonight did the president clarify anything about what would actually change militarily for the United States in afghanistan. If this speech is meant to be interpreted as an increase in Troop Strength in afghanistan, its the first time a president has announced an increase in Troop Strength without actually announcing an increase in Troop Strength. As commander in chief, i have determined that it is in our Vital National interest to send an additional 30,000 u. S. Troops to afghanistan. After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home. These are the resources that we need to seize the initiative while building the afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible transition of our forces out of afghanistan. And here is how president george w. Bush described the Military Surge that he ordered in iraq. So uch committed more than 20,000 additional american troops to iraq. The vast majority of t
Nomination today. House Speaker Paul Ryan felt the need to declareirmly that he will not be the gops ringer if the race goes to a contested convention. I do not want nor will i except the nomination for our party. Let me speak directly to the delegates on this. If no candidate has majority on the first ballot, i believe you should only choose from a person who is actually participated in the primary. Count me out. I simimy believe that if you want to be the nominee for our party, to be the president , you should actually run for it. I chose not to do this. Therefore, i should not be considered, period, end of story. Ryans remarks were designed to squash growing speculation he would be the republicans white knight. Coming to the rescue as he did last fall when he accepted the speakership and head off conspiracy theories of back room deals. A new report emerged that ryan is due to attend a secret donor meeting in manhattan. A paper owned by trump soninlaw. The event turns out to be a fun
Ive been there. Plus, what exactly is john kasich doing, and why the man who smacked a trump protester in the face is only the second worst surrogate in the world today. Going to start yelling about some bleep. When all in starts right now. Good evening if new york. Im chris hayes. Amid increasing protests from donald trump, the fix is in to stop him from winning the republican president ial nomination today. House Speaker Paul Ryan felt the need to declare firmly that he will not be the gops ringer if the race goes to a contested convention. I do not want nor will i except the nomination for our party. Let me speak directly to the delegates on this. If no candidate has majority on the first ballot, i believe you should only choose from a person who is actually participated in the primary. Count me out. I simply believe that if you want to be the nominee for our party, to be the president , you should actually run for it. I chose not to do this. Therefore, i should not be considered, p
When all in starts right now. Good evening if new york. Im chris hayes. Amid increasing protests from donald trump, the fix is in to stop him from winning the republican president ial nomination today. House Speaker Paul Ryan felt the need to declareirmly that he will not be the gops ringer if the race goes to a contested convention. I do not want nor will i except the nomination for our party. Let me speak directly to the delegates on this. If no candidate has majority on the first ballot, i believe you should only choose from a person who is actually participated in the primary. Count me out. I simimy believe that if you want to be the nominee for our party, to be the president , you should actually run for it. I chose not to do this. Therefore, i should not be considered, period, end of story. Ryans remarks were designed to squash growing speculation he would be the republicans white knight. Coming to the rescue as he did last fall when he accepted the speakership and head off consp
Following statement, president obama went outside the chain of command and didnt use the nsa or fbi or department of justice, he use the gchq, what is that . The initials for the British Intelligence spying agency, by having two people say to them the president needs transcripts involving the conversations involving donald trump and hes able to get it and no american fingerprints on this. All right, well britain has reacted putting it mildly and we just got word that the u. S. Has apologized to u. S. Officials. The president could face questions on this with he holds first News Conference and made his own evidence about wiretap claims and hell be side by side with ang la merkel in a few hours. We have a lot to cover. Lets begin with the overseas reaction in london, nic, quite a night. Absolutely first we heard from gchq and i have to stress how absolutely rare it is and almost unheard of that they would comment on anything sort of allegations. The fact they came out and then called thi