The aura ring im Arlette Saenz at the white house. And this is cnn trump allies, surrenders. Peter navarro becoming the first former white house official to be in prison for defying congress. What will his four months in . Isnt look like well talk to an expert on whitecollar crime and well discuss how the former president s legal problems may finally be catching up with him. And former top general in the hot seat on capitol hill as House Republicans hold a highstakes Election Hearing on the Biden Administrations botched withdrawal from Afghanistan Plus escaped from haiti, americans caught in the chaos consuming that country. Now, trying to flee. And just moments, were going to be joined by a Nonprofit Group working to bring them home. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central an infamous first for a once powerful trump ally this morning, donald prompts former white house trade adviser Peter Navarro arrived at a federal pris
Then? because house speaker john boehner has said we have to forge ahead with our commitment. president obama has that veto threat in case any of this is reversed. what did you pull out of your pocket there? a card, i just happened to have a card. you said the best card. when i went to congress about 19 years ago we had 172 army battalions, maneuver battalions. if this supercommittee because of the failure and the sequestration kicks in that would be cut to between 60 and 70. we had 546 navy ships. it would go down to 238, the smallest navy since before world war i. united states air force fighters, 4355. it would be down to 1512. strategic bombers, 282, down to 101. i think that is a very good card to play when you look at the
It kept my men safe. they took it to an investigative hearing. i continue to fight for men and women in uniform. how concerned are you that the super committee that has 10 days to come up with some type of agreement cutting over $1 trillion from the budget as well as other reforms, that they re not going to reach that budget and it s going to be some automatic massive cuts to defense? well, i m very concerned. what we saw last week was members on the house and the senate g.o.p. side were able to show them that you can get revenues, not by raising taxes but just by simply lowering rates and then, of course, eliminating loopholes in those segments within the tax code. and they walked away from it. so it s interesting we have this sheet that we carry around to talk about the impact of defense. absolutely. so you re talking about an army that goes from 569,000 to 426,000. you re talking about going from 288 navy war vessels down to 238. 100 army maneuver battalions down to 60 or 70