Session. Im trish regan, welcome, everyone, to the intelligence report. As we await the briefing to get underway i want to bring in senior fellow for American Progress and undersecretary of defense for ronald reagan, larry korb. Good to have you here, sir. What would be given your approach, given the rhetoric every day gets ratcheted up and up between us and kim jongun. I think you have to tone down the rhetoric, talk calling him rocket man and things like that, particularly doesnt help. Trish it doesnt hurt, larry. Why is that such a bad thing . He is a little rocket man with rockets he wants to shoot off, i know donald trump likes nicknames . Well, yeah, but he might take what trump is saying literally about blowing them up and doing all of this. I thought steve mnuchin, the secretary of treasury yesterday, when he was on the sunday morning talk shows, put great, we got to work. I have authority to put more sanctions on banks and countries that do business with him. Trish i agree wit
Said yesterday was giving information to reporters is like feeding seagulls at the beach. We have our eagle on capitol hill, nancy cordes, with us, as well. Unanimous circumstance how did g. O. P. Senators react to this idea that comey had leaked information . Interestingly, scott, they were not really up in arms about it. It is what the president s private lawyer has really chosen to focus on and the president tweeted about it as well, this morning, but lawmakers by in large seem to take it at face value, and one g. O. P. Aide explained to me later that they didnt really feel that comey is in any jeopardy for what he did, because after all, he was merely sharing his side of conversations that the president himself has talked about publicly, has tweeted about, has even threatened to release tapes that include the content of those conversations. So theyre saying the president cant very well exert executive privilege over these conversations and say comey cant talk about them when the pr
You can let us know in the first hour on the phone lines. You can also post your thoughts on these latest calls for action in afghanistan on our social media channels. And the lead up to the speech he gave last night in front of military personnel, the president said he went on to say i heard decisions that are much different when you sit behind a desk of the oval office. Adding ton post in that speech yesterday, he hlighted three points three kind of goalposts when it comes to activity in afghanistan and highlighted those. Here is part of that. I arrived at three fundamental conclusions at americas core interests in afghanistan. First, our nation must seek an honorable and enduring outcome worthy of the tremendous sacrifices that have been made especially the sacrifices of lives. The men and women who serve our nation in combat deserve a plan for victory. They deserve the tools they need and the trust they have earned to fight and to win. Second, the consequences of the rapid exit are
In court, skew in court today, pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter facing six months to five years in prison, sentenced at later date. In virginia outside consultant being brought in to the Fairfax County Fire Department. One official on leave for posting leud sitings, other members gathering for 7 30 meet to go discuss bullying within the department. Melanie has more. Guys, yes, the reason we are here, thats group of female firefighters, once to publicly say theyve never been bullied or harassed within the Fairfax County Fire Department. But it is clear, that there is culture problem going on, that officials you talked about actually internal Affairs Investigators, the person in charge of investigating workplace complaints, that investigator also ned recent lawsuit filed by another female firefighter claiming workplace harrassment and hostile Work Environment saying investigator basically ignored other womens claims, so all of this together, is what led Fairfax County board of s
Year. I recently introduced h. R. 225, the firearms safety act which would close the loopholes which prevents the Consumer Products Safety Commission from creating rules regarding the safety of firearms. If the Consumer Product Safety Commission can regulate teddy bears and car seats, it should firearms. They will save thousands of lives. Senseless gun violence and it is unacceptable in the United States of america that gun violence is the leading cause of digit for people under 24. Its time for us to come together to end the gun violence that is taking the generation of young americans. How many and just who has to die before we take action. I urge my colleagues to attend a funeral to feel and see the hurt. Our standing of moments of violence. Lets take action and save lives. I yield back. Mr. Jeffries i thank the distinguished gentlelady from illinois. One of the reasons we believe that members of Congress Need to act is that state laws are inconsistent from one jurisdictioto the oth