reporters in the room about joint chiefs of staff about general milley. i have great confidence in general milley. thank you, thank you, clear the room, clear the room. thank you. momentarily in the meantime, let s bring in nbc s monica alba in the control room, and are we playing back the video, and monica, it is good to see you, friend. help us to understand why there is so much attention today on the president s perspective and his views on the joint chiefs of staff? well, that is a very, very brief spray, geoff, and those are the only words that the president uttered on the situation, and he did not say anything else, and he wanted to say i have great confidence in general milley were his only words, and jen psaki offered more comments, and she was pressed on whether the president has confidence, and then she called the man who the president respects very much, and working closely with, and when asked whether the white house would like to see more information
so little perspective on this moment, it s quite impossible to say. i think the perception that many people in the united states and of course also around the world have that this is an extraordinary unusual time something we are the time out of time, will be curiosity in the future people will look back and wonder about that very wonderment i think it s an interesting phenomenon. when you think about today do you compare it to any period in history? jill lepore: as a historian i m interested in analogies we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find d one thing to be like another all the time. just in the same way and the kind of person that sees likenesses and family members, and look at a new baby and say, that looks just like great grandma someone so. have the same time, even as they say i recognize a lot of that is minded perception, my need for familiarity. i think there has been for most of my career as a historian the question to ask historians is what t
foreign business dealings. we have evidence he was in meetings on a huge deal with china. we will break it all down, joining us with the exclusive details from her brand-new blockbuster book now on amazon.com and bookstores everywhere, but first, joe biden has simply turned the page. our account from afghanistan sadly continues. americans held hostage behind american lines, day 107. sean: abandoning americans behind enemy lines. it s been 120 days since joe promised to leave no american behind. he clearly lied to the entire country. sadly, dishonesty is the prevailing theme in this biden administration. he promised you could trust his word as a biden. in reality, nothing could be further from the truth. just take a look at his handling of covid-19 on the campaign trail, he promised to shut down the virus not the country. really? tonight s more americans, we can report, have died from covid-19 under joe biden s watch in 2021 then under donald trump in 2020. by the way, a
we will talk about the cooler weather that s open wait to start the week coming up. chris. lisa, thank you. developing news in lake county. the massive wildfire continues to grow and firefighters have been unable to stop it. two dozen homes are destroyed, thousands more are in danger and 12,000 people have been evacuated of the 21 major fires burning in california. the largest is the rocky fire. it s just 5% contained. 24 homes have been destroyed, along with 26 outbuildings. and at this hour another 6,000 buildings are threatened. abc7 news reporter felony woodrow has the latest. the rocky fire can best be summed up as unpredictable. one day it was blog to the west, another day blowing to the east. it s been a tough fight. as the fire makes its way toward a mainly thoroughfare in lake county, officials are stepping up an advisory for a mandatory evacuation for a dozen homes. always highway 20 to highway 26 to high bay 53 is closed. one who drove here to help her frie
destroyed. thousands more are in danger. 12,000 people have been evacuated. the rocky fire is the largest of the 21 major fires burning in northern california. the largest is the rocky fire. it s just 5% contained. 24 homes have been destroyed along with 26 outbuildings. and at this hour another 6,000 buildings are threatened. abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow has the latest. the rocky fire can best be summed up as unpredictable. one day it was blowing to the west, another day blowing to the east. it s been a tough fight. as the fire makes its way toward a main thoroughfare in lake county, officials are stepping up an advisory for a mandatory evacuation for a dozen homes. always highway 20 to highway 26 to high bay 53 is closed. missy clark, who drove here to help her friend pack up to get out, finds herself stuck. you can see the fire just at the crest of the hill. i tried to get back out in time and the fire was too quick. weather temperatures have not helped.