chinese counterpart. it wasn t, you know, the hyperbol that republicans describe it as. it was steady, safe, and decolictin protecting the country from war. in som ways what was evenore sad was that the military has sort of bome thi last vtige of natnal secity wh o xic - aleasthe lt white house, this sort of toxic president who endangered everybody. which is the lasthing you want. you know, they will say this agai and again at the pentagon, that you d t want generals running you don t wan generals making decisions that the civilian commander in chief should be making, and general milley has really been confronting that. we all it was the last few months of the tmp presidency and the last few days as we all know were just an unprecedented time of chaos i this country, and for the mons leading up to the end of the trump presidency,
informed on military matters. what s extraordinary, the chairman of the joint chiefs didn t walk away from any of the really amounting to most startling passages and exchanges and moments that you report on in your book. i wonder your thoughts on hearing that. it is very important that word you just used, nicole, extraordinary. calls between military leaders can be routine on private secret back channel lines. these are calls that are not made public. but it is important to note this was a crisis moment based on o reporting, national security emergency. the speaker of the house of the house of representatives second in line to the presidency calling the senior military officer in the united states two days after an insurrection, anything but routine. saying to chairman milley, we needo make sure, you need to make sure that the nuclear arsenal is under control and milley assures her that he will
recommendations and he chose otherwise. courtney kube and robert costa, your reporting and context is so important, especially on a day liktoday. thank you both for sring wh us. rick is sticking around for the hour. when we come back, frustrated democrats on the hill in the senate and house at this hour, under pressure to pass any part of the president s agenda, not to mention pressure to keep the government open and avoid a debt crisis all because of you guessed it, republican obstruction. president biden s meetings with key senators, going to get the job done. and investigating the insurrection. new reporting on new subpoenas, who they re starting to interview. that reporting coming up. later, new details from insiders on how donald trump s actions in the final days of his presidency more closely resemble putin s russia than anything that the united states of america endured. all those stories and more when deadline white house continues after a quick break. don t go anywhere
to it, wt effect it had. it is one of the most nious documents ever created in american history, and we ve seen the light of it. that s what s been so regress i have about therump presidency, things that once hid under rocks are now proudly displayed. and i think again, as the congressman said, we have to takeome action for this. we can t just admire the problem as we have for awhile, we need to take some action, people need to suffer consequences of viating the law and attempting and promoting the commission of treason. we ll stay on it. thank you so much for spending time with us. thousands of health care workers in new york state lined up toet the shot, proving in most cases mandates work. a look at the outlook for the rest of the country next. the rest of the country next