And immediately thereafter. And we know it was fraught and dangerous. We had our national capitol come under violent attack. But the thing that is so bracing and nervewracking and important about this new book is what it reveals about how much worse it was than we knew, how much closer we came to real disaster than we have known before now. So, again, this comes out next week. We have obtained a copy of it. This is how the book starts. Quote, two days after the January 6th, 2021 violent assault on the capitol by supporters of donald trump, general Mark Milly, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff placed an urgent call on a Top Secret back Channel Line at 7 03 a. M. To his chinese counterpart, general lee, chief of the joint staff of the peoples liberation army. General milley knew from extensive reports that li and the chinese leadership were stunned by the unprecedented attack. Was It Collapsing . What was going on . Was the u. S. Military going to do something . Milly said in respons
Surrounding the 2020 election, and immediately thereafter. And in the broadest possible structure, we know it was fraud and dangerous. We had our national capital come under violent attack. But the thing that is so bracing in nerveracking, and important about this new book, is what it reveals about how much worse it was than we knew. How much closer we came to real disaster, then we have known before now. Again, this comes out next, week we have obtained a copy of it. This is how the book starts. Quote. Two days after the January 6th 2021 violinists on the u. S. Capitol by supporters of president Donald Trump, general mark milley, the national security Military Officer in chairman of the joints of staff placed an urgent call on top secret black Channel Line at 7 03 am to his chinese counterpart, general li, chief of the joint staff of the liberation army. He knew from extensive reports that lee and the chinese Men Leadership were stunned in distorted by the televised images of the unpr
Its title, its just how thought and dangerous it is, the period for the country. Surrounding the 2020 election and immediately thereafter. And in the broadest possible structure, we know was fraught and dangerous. We had our national company come under attack. But the thing that is so bracing and nerve wracking, an important about this new. Book is what it reveals about how much worse it was and we knew. How much closer we came to real disaster than we have known before now. So again this comes out next week. We have obtained a copy of it. This is how the book starts. Quote, two days after the January 2021 Violent assault on the united States Capitol by supporters of president donald trump, general Mark Milley, the nation senior military Officer And Chairman of joint Chief Of Staff, placed an urgent call on a Top Secret back Channel Line at 7 03 am, to his chinese counterpart, generally, chief of the joint chief, excuse me chief of the joint staff liberation army. General milley knew f
Closer we came to real disaster than we have known before now. So, again, this comes out next week. We have obtained a copy of it. This is how the book starts. Quote, two days after the January 6th, 2021 violent sought on the united States Capitol by supporters of president donald trump, general Mark Milley, the nations senior military Joint Chiefs of staff placed an urgent call on a Top Secret back Channel Line at 7 03 a. M. To his chinese counterpart, general lee, chief of the joint staff of the peoples liberation army. General milley knew from extensive reports that li and the chinese leadership were stunned by the unprecedented attack on the american legislature. Lee fired up questions to miley, was the Capitol Collapsing . What was going on . Was the u. S. Military going to do something . Milley said in response, quote, things may look unsteady. Quote, but thats the nature of democracy, general li. We are 100 steady, everything is fine but democracy can be sloppy sometimes. Quote,
The Joint Chiefs was personally involved in the signoff as called for by pentagon protocols. Details of the top secret Pentagon Meeting among many of the startling revelations about the final days of trump in peril, a book. Our cnn Special Correspondent obtained an early copy of the book. John, Woodward And Costa, as you say, report that general Mark Milley took top secret action to limit President Trumps ability to make a Military Strike or to use nuclear weapons. Let me just set the stage from the book. According to Woodward And Costa, milley is deeply shaken from the assault on the capitol on the 6th. We believes trump, to your point, is unstable, unpredictable, and Woodward And Costa write, milley believes that trump is in serious mental decline. He also has been talking Back Channel to the chinese. He is aware from intelligence that the chinese are on edge, because of January 6th. And because of trumps behavior. So hes trying to reassure them behind the scenes, and milley tells hi