Today he briefly responded to questions about revelations in the book. According to the authors general milly twice called his counterpart in china. Both times prompted by u. S. Intelligence suggesting china believe the u. S. Was preparing an attack, their fears according to the authors of the book based in part on the rhetoric toward china coming from the former president. Asked by general milly today here s how the president responded. Did general milley do the right thing by according to a defense official who spoke with cnn these calls were not done in secret without anyone else knowing. They were according to this official attended by 15 people including a representative from the state department. General mark milley is scheduled to testify on capitol hill later this month. The woodward and costa book goes into further details about milly s concerns personally launching the attack. Apparently telling his subordinates he must be directly involved in any discussions regarding milita
You now need to add another key fact they re ignoring. Milley did what he did with the consent of trump s secretary of defense, mark esper. So much for milley going rogue. So now what? again, i still think milley has to testify. In the open, no national security vail, no closed meeting, open meeting, why? because then we re going to have to hear interpretation from politicians. We know he s scheduled to speak in two weeks but we re told part of it is going to be closed. They ll stay there s national security, i m telling you it s problematic. Even better, he should come here. I ll give him the full hour to explain. And there won t be competing agendas going on. We can get after the truth. Without that toxic two side play going on. But either way if he s going to go to congress don t get distracted. That woodward book peril it s not about milley but trump and his enablers, specifically confirming trump was as bad as reported and suspected. And that was known likely by many in the admini
Be the first chance to ask them about what they re not moving forward with charges. As we heard repeatedly throughout this hearing what these women want is accountability. Appreciate the reporting. Thank you. The news continues right now. Let s hand it over to chris for cuomo primetime. I am chris cuomo and welcome to prime time. Bolo. Be on the look out. You need to be aware the people calling for milley s head. One, they re distracting from the real headline from this book. Confirmation for how out of control president trump was. That many knew perhaps including those calling for milley s head. They knew what was going on with trump. And there are real questions about why rubio and others never spoke about trump the way they are talking about the man who protected the democracy from him. Second, even if you do want to keep the spotlight on milley, you now need to add another key fact they re ignoring. Milley did what he did with the consent of trump s secretary of defense, mark esper
And we have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders, but from violence that gathers within. There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But in their disdainful pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit and it is our continuing duty to confront them. Those who seek to maim and kill members of our duly elected government are children of the same foul spirit as those who try to destroy america s institutions 20 years ago. A stark message in how anyone feels about president george w. Bush, you may think a message that condemns extremists abroad and at home is something everybody can agree on. Even though george w. Bush mentioned no names, one person clearly heard something that sounded familiar in the phrase disdain for pluralism or maybe it was the foul spirit. Because based on his response, t
Will inspire us to be who we know we could be. That was true in the civil war era when emerson said it, and it is just as true now. That s a leader, that s the leadership we need, and we need a lot of leaders. Because we can t stay where we are. You all know it. You tell me all the time. For the sake of our economy, our kids, our health, our status in the world, we can t keep getting weaker from the strains of division. And 9/11 20 years on is a window into who we once were during hard times and how we are now. And the man who led this country 20 years ago told you the truth to mark the 20th anniversary. We have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders but from violence that gathers within. There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But then there s disdainful pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols. They are children of the same