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
After the capitol riot. Both times, suggesting china believed the u. S. Was preparing a an attack. Their fears, according to the authors of the book, based in part on the rhetoric toward china coming from the former president. Here is how the president responded. Sir, in your opinion thank you. Thank you. I have great confidence in general milley. Now, 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 laterthis month. The woodward and costa book goes into further details about milley s concerns about the president possibly launching an attack. Reportedly, telling his subordinates that he must directly be involved in any discussion involving military action or nuclear strike. As the book describes them, quote, if you get calls, no matter who they re
Standby. Protective fencing outside the capitol began to be reinstalled overnight. We got an inside look on what s going on the streets from shimon prokupecz. Police are preparing with the possibility that protesters may arrive with weapons. It s unclear how large this rally will be. But security officials say they want to avoid the mistakes on january 6th when officers were unprepared and overwhelmed by the siege that was really filled with president trump supporters. Even though transportation security administration is ramping up security. The agency says that it is monitoring and positioned to deploy in response to any issues that might prop up in the d. C. Area. We begin with cnn s pete muntean live for us at ronald reagan washington national airport with more. This is really a testament to just how widespread they re trying to make of the safety net, pete. That s right, brianna. The tsa says it s always on high alert you ll see more canines and law enforcement officers at airport
Dana: federal workers won t be able to opt out of the shot. Bill: it could affect 100 million americans. Republican governors calling it a severe federal overreach. I don t think it actually helps to get more people to ultimately do it. But i do not believe that people should lose their jobs over this issue and we will fight that. We live in america. You would expect words like that from the president maybe of communist china or north korea. You don t expect words like that coming out of the mouth of the president of the united states. Business owners are calling me telling me how it will make it hard for them to run businesses. This is not a power delegated to the federal government. It is a power for states to decide. It is unbelievable to me what he is doing. I knew he would wreck this country. Dana: brandnew reaction from senator tom cotton in a moment. Let s go to mark meredith live at the white house. The white house knew this was going to get a lot of reaction and they were i gu
When the delta variant spread has discourageded some people from flying, shopping and eating out. The president mentioning the delta variant the key reason why job numbers are coming out like this today and assuring middle class americans their taxes will not go up so long as you don t make over $400,000 a year. He said the rich, billionaires can stay rich and continue to own the two or three homes. He said that two or three times. Those taxes will go up. But assuring the american people that things will get better once we get through this pandemic and we ll continue to watch and hear from the president later if he does comment on afghanistan. You heard a reporter there asking him a question about that. He did not answer and he walked away from the podium. Anyway, we will continue our coverage here. We begin with a fox news alert. President biden heading to louisiana today. A packed afternoon. He will be touring the damage inflicted on the gulf coast by hurricane ida, some 900,000 peop