John im John Roberts in washington. New book claims milley placed two separate calls to china, one just days before and the second on January 8th following the capitol rights. Milley believed china could feel at risk from unpredictable president. If the u. S. Decided to attack. Another allegation describes Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling General Milley after the capitol riots pleading for him to protect the nuclear code from former President Trump. Migey agreed and took steps to limit then President Trumps powers. John were learning General Milley didnt go alone and Mark Esper made steps, too. Jennifer griffin is live with more on this unfolding tale. Jennifer. Jennifer Defense Officials say the two claims in the Woodcard And Costa book are not accurate. The two calls made to the chinese by General Milley were not secret, they were done with Defense Secretary at the time, general Milley Spokesman for the joint staff, dave butler, issued following statement moments ago. His calls with the
THree u. S. Senators announced today that they have tested positive John Hickenlooper of colorado, independent Angus King of Maine And Roger wicker of mississippi all say they are fully vaccinated. That comes as parts of the country, particularly the south, are being pummelled by the delta variant. Alabama has no, zero Icu Beds left. In fact, its in negative territory. With some patients being treated on gurr. Alabamas Republican Cover declared a State Of Emergency last week as her states hospitals face this nightmare scenario, but still, she stood her ground on saying there will be no new statewide mandates. Her fellow republicans have been actively declaring war. Not on the virus, but on virus protections. Like in Neighboring Georgia where hospitals are also running out of Icu Beds. Governor Brian Kemp is banning local governments from requiring businesses to adopt Mask Mandates and in texas, where Health Officials warn the current surge could be worse than anything the state has yet
My question for you is this true as we go on and if yes, why is it harder for people in d. C. To get it . I dont want to blame either side of the equation but there are different considerations. I think the national Security Establishment including current end former national security officials will always look at Pre 9 11 afghanistan and looking at the history of afghanistan. Regardless of all of that, The American people lost enthusiasm for this effort more than a decade ago and so rallying public support for the far away effort, there is always a little bit more for afghanistan than iraq. This was viewed as extremely difficult place to put our men and women and i mean i said it there, i standby exactly what i said, if it is anything, it is more now and sure you see on so media. Responding to just those reactions is the gateway of something resembling Fox News, we stand the story and we cover the facts. The White House understands that. The White House feels this dynamic is very true
Week. This reflects between some republicans are waking up to bidens popularity. A break between those republicans and the rest of the Maga Base who continues not to only oppose. One major political party continually lies about and defend the attack of the government. There are real world impacts. That brings us to the top Story Tonight because we are seeing news that it is sad and disturbing and you need to know about, a new Government Bulletin Warning of racially and ethically motivated violent extremists who are pushed by Conspiracy Theory Election fraud as well as alleged reinstate of Donald Trump. Thats from the u. S. Homeland security department. It is Non Partisan and that term there, perceived Election Fraud is sort of clinical. Dhs by the way dont love putting out politically related bulletins, they do it when it hits the bar of u. S. National Homeland Security being pushed by politics, in this case, prominent republicans. We are seeing reports on the ground showing the kind o
Governments role in supporting role. The key step has come at a dramatic time. It was super early this morning in the senate, 4 00 a. M. Eastern time there in washington on this crucial Test Vote for the democrats, 3. 5 trillion safety net plan. Biden add the democrats winning the party line vote. On this vote, the yas are 50. The nahs are 49. And the concurrent resolution as amended is agreed to. [ applause ] you can hear the smattering of unusual applause on the senate floor. The mix there of people being obviously quite tired, having pulled basically an all nighter to 4 00 a. M. But also some jubilation from the democrats who carried the vote. It comes hours after the senate passed something we reported on yesterday that is a big deal that would be a multiweek story by itself, something that didnt happen in the past four years, despite much talk about it. Joe biden getting an Infrastructure Bill and getting it on a bipartisan basis. Today the president saying this. In the past 24 ho