Think these are dangerous people. They need to be removed from their position of power. General milley needs to resign. If he does not resign, he needs to be fired. There is got to be accountability. The nations top Military Officer feared trumps mental capacity. One of them just two days after the deadly January 6th riot. We are 100 steady. Everythings fine but democracy can be sloppy sometimes. Today the pentagon said they have full confidence in milley backed up by the president. Did General Milley did the right thing . I have great confidence in General Milley. Milley denies this reporting. He stated, he regularly communicated with chief of defense around the world. The pentagon was worried trump would execute a coup. The chairman should be put on trial for treason. My goodness. Joining me now is congressman ted Lu And Daniel gibbs and julio castro. Thank you, for your question, i see it as a jab. What General Milley was referring to was a nuclear bomb. That would be a legal order.
and houston rushes out. the country that put the first man in space is quitting the international space station. the impact on future missions just ahead. but first, your money and cnn business reporter matt egan is here with us. today s consumer confidence report was the first major data point in this critical week for the u.s. economy. what did it show? simply put americans are not happy with this economy. consumer confidence dropping for a third month in a row in july. to put this into context, the lowest level for consumer confidence since february of 2021. not only is confidence well below the peak of last year, it s not even close to the pre-covid levels, closer to the covid lows, which is pretty amazing. this is a telling stat despite the very strong jobs market, just 17% of consumers said business conditions were good. 24% say conditions are bad. now this is a big deal because consumer spending is the biggest driver of the economy. if people slow their spending, a
evening, shooting incident occurred here with multiple casualties. in the city lewiston. police are currently searching for a robert our car. four for 1983. he s considered armed and dangerous. he s a person of interest however and that is what we will label at moving forward. until that changes. if people see him they should not approach or make contact with him in any way. let s talk now with cnn security correspondent josh campbell. i will lean in early to your fbi shops as well because your experience is so vital right now is an ongoing manhunt. we do not know where this suspect is. we ve been told where he is. this is a very fluid situation and everybody is trying to assess people injured. tell me about this identification of a person of interest. how significant is this now? it s interesting, because for a period of time that went by, authorities were not releasing the name of the suspect or identifiers. cctv footage where he allegedly opened fire inside of the bowl
It tells me there was probably someone giving this to the new york times way prior to pelosi s office being able to coordinate with people like the secretary of the state and defense and the president. i think, again, a member of congress can go anywhere they want. no foreign government should interfere with that. the administration may now be wanting to walk carefully with china but at the same time there needs to be that coordination before any kind of these decisions are made. bigger picture, senator chris coons says china has been watching russia s invasion of ukraine and may be preparing for a confrontation. general milley said the military action in the region was significantly more and noticeably more aggressive. what do these tactics signify to you? first of all, john milley is in the area so is getting the most up-to-date information. he is in the region.
Think these are dangerous people. they need to be removed from their position of power. general milley needs to resign. if he does not resign, he needs to be fired. there is got to be accountability. the nation s top military officer feared trump s mental capacity. one of them just two days after the deadly january 6th riot. we are 100% steady. everything s fine but democracy can be sloppy sometimes. today the pentagon said they have full confidence in milley backed up by the president. did general milley did the right thing? i have great confidence in general milley. milley denies this reporting. he stated, he regularly