we just saw that map the pentagon put up. the iranians put out a similar map that had one single dot on it as well showing where they said that this drone had landed and where it was shot down. now they say they want to take all of this to the united nations and make their own case. so they're probably speaking to their own audience here at home, but at the same time trying to drum up support for their side of things. but i think both sides are pretty clear about the fact that if this does get out of control, there is a war between the u.s. and iran. it's going to be a very, very messy affair and that's something the iranians have been saying again and again. the revolutionary guard commander said it as well, this is maybe a technologically more -- as far as the military technology is concerned nation. the abraham lincoln carrier strike group probably has more combat ready jets than the entire iranian air force but the iranians have ground forces and have shown that their anti-aircraft systems at least work. they also say the

amy: we talked about the pentagon papers and daniel ellsberg. we talk about you as the person who pushed "the times" to publish newspapers. but people don't exactly know what happened. if you can talk about what happen in 1971 when daniel is work approached the paper. what happen inside the paper? you are this young general counsel for "the new york times." >> yes, i was young then. what happened was the pentagon papers was consisted of the history, 40 plus volumes of united states relationships with vietnam, effectively brought into the main editors of "the new york times" and to me. i did not have any difficulty whatsoever to think that history could not be published. i really did not care. you looked at those sources of the study, "the new york times" was a source in the study. what was someone going to do, stop the paper from publishing what it had already published? that was basically my argument. when this argument and the desire of the news people to publish was brought to those who paper, they were not so happy about it. you can understa

what type of military options is the pentagon considering? >> well, jake, right now the pentagon has been focused on defense and deterrence against iran, but at this hour, all of that could change. >>> murky new video, it may be the moments that changes everything. it's hard to make out, but the smoke plume is visible as the drone falls into the waters of the strait of hormuz this map showing the missile more than 20 miles away from the drone, according to the pentagon. iran's revolutionary guard releasing its own video, showing what it says is the moment of the chutedown. when complained about a u.s. military response, president trump playing his cards close to the vest in the initial hours. >> iran made a big mistake. >> reporter: military commanders are not looking for a march to war, but they are not excusing the attack, highlighting the international nature of the iranian threat. >> this was an unprovoked attack on a u.s. asset that had not violated airspace at any time during its mission. >> reporter: but iran claims the american zone w

right now, the pentagon has announced that the pentagon will a joint enterprise defense infrastructure sometime two fiscal 2021. the may memo from the defense told federalo agencies to put current cloud contracts on hold until such department defense could assess the requirements for the joint enterprise defense infrastructure and other cloud programs. emily: competitors have challenge the fact that the pentagon is trying to awarded to a single player, most likely amazon. how strong is oracle's case? chris: oracle has made the case that the pentagon biased the solicitation toward amazon web services and specifically notes relationships between three former defense department employees, one of which had done consulting work with amazon web services prior to their stent at the pentagon, and to who had received officers of employment .nd had not recuse themselves however, the defense department is separating or attempting to rebut these criticisms, claiming has the defense department made these decisions later on in individual, that questions were not central to the decision-making here.

a pentagon spokesman tells cnn the report and the title speak for themselves. a former envoy says it's certainly fair for the pentagon to call out north korea's recent bad behavior. >> as we speak, north korea is producing more fissile material. they're weaponizing their fissile material. they launched some short ranger ballistic missiles. they're not stopping. >> a personal letter or call between trump and kim could reenergize the relationship. >> i think chairman kim would like to make a deal and i'd like to make a deal with him. i look forward to seeing him at the appropriate time. >> analysts are worried all of this tension and the rhetoric from north korea that seems to get more harsh with each new message from pyongyang, that it all comes with ominous timing. north korea has given the trump team an ultimatum to change its calculations by the end of this year. trump is facing re-election campaigns and can't be seen as backing down. if they don't figure out how to get pack to the table, that could play against the backdrop of serious military attention. >>

maybe it's the secretary of state, but the pentagon moves on. the pentagon operates, as bar ra starr always says, no matter who is in charge. but this is also a political he moment around the world, so the question is, who is the person at the pentagon deal with our allies about proportional response. it's a critical moment right now, the tensions escalating dramatically. >>> everybody stand by. there's more new. joe biden is pressing back against criticism. tonight, some lawmakers are defending him. i'm mildly obsessed with numbers. so, i started with the stats regarding my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. like how humira has been prescribed to over 300,000 patients. and how many patients saw clear or almost clear skin in just 4 months - the kind of clearance that can last. humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to symptoms. numbers are great. and seeing clearer skin is pretty awesome, too. that's what i call a body of proof. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal

and, again, the senior shakeup at the pentagon raising questions about leadership here. army secretary mark esper will fill the role. he will take over on sunday we're being told. again, he's had a fairly narrow portfolio as secretary of the army overseeing that one service, and he's currently getting a crash course in a variety of issues, including nuclear weapons, international security affairs, policy and he is an army veteran. he spent a lot of time on capitol hill so he is familiar with some of these issues, but, again, a real speedy transition going on as he steps into the most senior level role at the pentagon. back to you. >> sudden for him, too. thanks, ryan. >>> long-time trump aide hope hicks heads to capitol hill in a matter of hours. the president's former communications director will face questions from lawmakers behind closed doors, but the administration is asserting immunity for hicks insisting she cannot testify about her time in the white house. more now from manu raju. >> reporter: good morning. hope hicks, the long-time confidante, predates the time

on the left is pentagon video of it. on the right what iranian state tv is claiming to be the antiaircraft missile hitting its target. we should point out we have not independently confirmed that. nor is there any independent assessment of where the drone actually was, whether it was an iranian air space as teheran is claiming, or not, as the pentagon says. there is new reporting on that which we're going to

the pentagon released new video on iran's latest act of aggression in that region. i want to bring in brett velicovich, author of "drone warrior." also a strategic advisor, you are just the guy to talk to about this. good afternoon, learning along with our viewers about what it would take to bring it down, it was a surface-to-air missile, talk to me about what this drone can do and what it would take to bring it down in terms of power. >> brett: absolutely. this is an rq4 drone, i use this quite a bit during my service doing intelligent collection and this type of drone flies at very high altitudes and basically it has the ability to capture large amounts of imagery at once. what we do with that drone is we send it over a country or a particular airspace and we will basically blanket to the area, conduct snapshots of hundreds of different photographs, it can cover an area of up to 2,000 square miles of terrain at any given time but let me be the first to tell you, there is still confusion that we were operating in iranian territory. i can tell you firsthand we would

right now, the pentagon has announced that the pentagon will be moving to a joint enterprise defense infrastructure sometime in late 2020 two fiscal 2021. the may memo from the defense department cio told federal agencies to put current cloud contracts on hold until such time as the defense department could assess the requirements for the joint enterprise defense infrastructure and other cloud programs. emily: competitors have challenge the fact that the pentagon is trying to awarded to a single player, most likely amazon. how strong is oracle's case? chris: oracle has made the case that the pentagon biased the solicitation toward amazon web services and specifically notes relationships between three former defense department employees, one of which had done consulting work with amazon web services prior to their stent at the pentagon, and to who had received officers of employment and had not recuse themselves. however, the defense department is separating or attempting to rebut these criticisms, claiming that the defense department has made these decisions later on in the process,

i want to bring in cnn pentagon reporter ryan brown. he's live for us from the pentagon. the pentagon just held a press conference, ryan. what did we learn? >> reporter: well, we're learning new details about exactly where this u.s. military drone was when it was shot down by this iranian missile. the pentagon providing a map and additional information saying where it was operating. they said very clear lly it wasn international airspace. the top general who oversees air operations in the middle east says it's 34 kilometers, that's 20 miles, off the iranian coast, well into international airspace according to the pentagon. also the nature of this kind of drone, an rq-4, very large. it wouldn't be involved in any clandestine spy operations. it's hard to miss. so this thing according to the u.s. military very clearly operating in international airspace. the pentagon also saying this airspace is used as an air corridor so that this missile attack by iran could have potentially endangered civilian air traffic that regularly fly in this area. so the pentagon making it very cle

it should have come from the pentagon. pe pentagon should have been front and center. the president is erratically start of switching sides and making changing his mind suddenly. >> we're told that bolton, pence, pompeo, all of them were in favor of launching the strikes. ultimately the president went against it. >> i think we get in trouble when we start trying to think of donald trump making decisions the way most politicians make decisions. what i wonder about, i don't know this, but what i wonder is if you look at the way he behaved with north korea, with an mexico around tariffs. he likes to start a forest fire, threaten every's fire and be the only guy around with hoses to put out the house. what he's been doing is getting iran to the point where they would do something that would be provocative so he could be the one to save that. we've been told he went to the omanis to get a deal and get conversations started. the iranians said no thank you. is it possible they said if you want to start a fight and they started a fight and he pulled back. sgh intere >> interes

from our studios in moscow this is our national i'm john thomas certainly glad you're with us or the pentagon has announced it is sending 1000 additional troops to the middle east citing the hostile iranian behavior in the region earlier on monday u.s. central command released new images purportedly showing iran removing an unexploded mine from a tanker that was attacked last thursday in the gulf of oman and takes a closer look. the u.s. navy has released photos of the incident that took place thursday in the gulf of oman just off the shores of the islamic republic of iran the incident happened and we now have these photos from the united states navy and these photos are in full color and they purport to show the same as what earlier black and white footage released by the pentagon also showed they intend to show a centrally we see in the image a speedboat approaching the ship and removing an unexploded limp in mine now this matches the earlier footage and according to the pentagon this shows that iran must be responsible for the attack because they say that the iranian speedboat was on the s

at the pentagon, the leadership is in limbo. you've heard it. it's not like the hugist crisis in the world. we'll guest through this. tensions rising with iran and the united states is very serious. we're a mistake away. imagine a big mistake. imagine a big mistake in the strait of hormuz and what could happen. the u.s. is sending more troops to the region. we know that. secretary state mike pompeo says the president does not want war. iran says we do not want war. all say we do not want war. yet the war drums are beating. we're moving in the direction of higher hostilities. a live report from the state department as our reporting continues this tuesday afternoon. if you're a veteran homeowner and need money for your family, call newday usa. a newday va home loan lets you refinance your home and take out 54,000 dollars or more to pay credit card debt, or just put money in the bank. it even lowers your payments by over 600 dollars a month. as a veteran, you've earned the powerful va home loan benefit that lets you refinance up to 100 percent of y

. >>> the pentagon orders troops to the middle east as iran warns under estimate us and you'll be sorry. >>> president trump kicking off his re-election campaign today and tweeting about deporting millions of undocumented immigrants starting next week. >>> fbi agents investigating why would an army veteran open fire on a federal building in downtown dallas? >>> no, mitch mccome, i am not bent out of shape. >>> jon stewart slams the senate majority leader in a late night cameo. speaking of late night, the president tweeting at 1:10 a.m. not too worried about his campaign kickoff. i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. welcome to "early start." >>> amid escalating tension in iran, the pentagon saying they will send 1,000 more troops to the middle east along with military resources. the defense department released 11 new high resolution photos taken after the attack on two tanker shifts in the gulf of oman. these show what the pentagon says is a small iranian revolutionary guard crew that removed an unexploded mine from the hull of one tanker. iran strongly denies any involvement in the

it is tied to those images coming in that the pentagon says further proof that the pentagon says further proof that revolutionary guards were involved in what appears to be mine damage on tankers. in the gulf of beaumont. —— 0man was to lieutenant colonel daniel davis is retired from the us army. i know you were deployed four times in active combat zones in the middle east. what you make of this images and the earlier video? you have to get down to the bottom line of the united states is trying to a whole thing about maximum pressure and bringing pressure to the regime and pointing all these fingers and things happened, the fact is, whether we rounded this not, is conflicting information, it could have gone either way. at what is clear that when you put too much pressure you could cause the very things were trying to prevent and the objective should be stability in the middle east, not pushing it towards war and thatis east, not pushing it towards war and that is what we are getting close towards. would you say what is likely? it hasn‘t started so as i was possible to change that,

full color and they purport to show the same as what earlier black and white footage released by the pentagon also showed they intend to show essentially we see in the image a speedboat approaching the ship and removing an unexploded limp in mine now this matches the earlier footage and according to the pentagon this shows that iran must be responsible for the attack because they say that the iranian speedboat was on the scene fast enough and removed the unexploded limpet mine with such precision that therefore that proves that somehow iran must have been responsible for the attack this is what we've heard from u.s. officials iran is responsible for the attack based on video evidence and the resources and proficiency needed to quickly remove the unexploded limpid mine the pentagon took the very unusual step of identifying the aircraft that actually took this footage apparently these are still from footage taken from a m h 60 our surveillance helicopter that was flying above the scene and apparently the imagery at lower altitude drones were involved we have p. 8 maritime patrol craft also invo

evidence and the resources and proficiency needed to quickly remove the unexploded limpid mine the pentagon took the very unusual step of identifying the aircraft that actually took this footage apparently these are still from footage taken from a m.h. 60 our surveillance helicopter that was flying above the scene and apparently imagery at lower altitude drones were involved we have p. 8 maritime patrol craft also involved in the surveillance so essentially on thursday june 13th about 40 kilometers or 25 miles off the coast of iran we have this attack taking place roughly at dawn the 1st ship that was hit was a norwegian craft the other craft that was hit was a japanese own petrochemical tanker and apparently the craft from norway that was hit was can to it was carrying a flammable hydrocarbon mixture that it was traveling between the united arab emirates and taiwan and the japanese craft that was hit was apparently hit twice into. 3 hours now the united states has said based on its photographs and video that iran is responsible for the incident however job he'd zarif the foreign minister o

the pentagon has announced it is sending $1000.00 additional troops to the middle east citing the hostile iranian behavior in the region earlier on monday u.s. central command released new images purportedly showing iran removing an unexploded mine from a tanker that was a time last thursday in the gulf of oman artie's takes a closer look. the u.s. navy has released photos of the incident that took place thursday in the gulf of oman just off the shores of the islamic republic of iran the incident happened and we now have these photos from the united states navy and these photos are in full color and they purport to show the same as what earlier black and white footage released by the pentagon also showed they intend to show a centrally we see in the image a speedboat approaching the ship and removing an unexploded limp in mine now this matches the earlier footage and according to the pentagon this shows that iran must be responsible for the attack because they say that the iranian speedboat was on the scene fast enough and removed the unexploded limpet mine with such precision that theref

a pentagon statement said the deployment was for defensive purposes. let's stay with that story now. we've been hearing very different perspectives from two american analysts with a lot of military experience between them. first, i asked retired lieutenant colonel daniel davis if he thinks war is now inevitable. you have to get down to the bottom line of what the united states is trying to accomplish the whole thing about maximum pressure and bringing pressure to the regime and pointing all these fingers and things happened, the fact is, whether we rounded this not, is conflicting information, it could have gone either way. what is clear that when you put too much pressure you could cause the very things were trying to prevent and the objective should be stability in the middle east, not pushing it towards war and that is what we are getting close towards. would you say war is likely? it hasn't started so as i was possible to change that, but we're going to have to change the way do business and one -- iran the way do business and one —— iran will

full color and they purport to show the same as what earlier black and white footage released by the pentagon also showed they intend to show essentially we see in the image a speedboat approaching the ship and removing an unexploded limp in mine now this matches the earlier footage and according to the pentagon this shows that iran must be responsible for the attack because they say that the iranian speedboat was on the scene fast enough and removed the unexploded limpet mine with such precision that therefore that proves that somehow iran must have been responsible for the attack this is what we've heard from u.s. officials iran is responsible for the attack based on video evidence and the resources and proficiency needed to quickly remove the unexploded limpid mine the pentagon took the very unusual step of identifying the aircraft that actually took this footage apparently these are still from footage taken from a m h 60 our surveillance helicopter that was flying above the scene and apparently imagery at lower altitude drones were involved we have p. 8 maritime patrol craft also involved

full color and they purport to show the same as what earlier black and white footage released by the pentagon also showed they intend to show essentially we see in the image a speedboat approaching the ship and removing an unexploded limp in mine now this matches the earlier footage and according to the pentagon this shows that iran must be responsible for the attack because they say that the iranian speedboat was on the scene fast enough and removed the unexploded limpet mine with such precision that therefore that proves that somehow iran must have been responsible for the attack this is what we've heard from u.s. officials iran is responsible for the attack based on video evidence and the resources and proficiency needed to quickly remove the unexploded limpid mine the pentagon took the very unusual step of identifying the aircraft that actually took this footage apparently these are still from footage taken from a m.h. 60 our surveillance helicopter that was flying above the scene and apparently imagery at lower altitude drones were involved we have p. 8 maritime patrol craft also involve

the pentagon acknowledged two things. they are not sure all the damage was caused by mines and the case against the iranians still will have its doubters. >> we have not stepped -- >> reporter: iran ambassador with a scary prediction today about a possible clash with the u.s. >> unfortunately we're heading towards a confrontation which is very serious for everybody in the region. >> reporter: in an interview with cnn christiane amanpour, the ambassador claiming iran isn't responsible for the attack that left two oil tankers damaged last week. >> i didn't know about this strategy of the u.s. on this. but i'm sure that this is a scenario that some people are very forcefully working on it. they would drag the united states into a confrontation. >> reporter: president trump's national security team now discussing sending more military force to the region. >> the united states is considering a full range of options. we briefed the president a couple of times and we'll continue to keep him updated. we're confident that we can t

jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon. jen? >> after harsh words from president trump and criticizing how california prepares for and combats wild fires in the wake of the paradise fire that left 85 dead last year, california's governor gavin newsome says there's been a break through with relations with the trump administration and the pentagon as they try to find ways to battle wild fires together. the pentagon has used cold war era satellites to spot-week-old fires as they rage out of control. >> we finally got a break through with the pentagon without getting into details about that. we've been acknowledging that. finally making some progress as it relates to those relationships. >> governor newsome spoke at an emergency management preparedness summit in sacramento. patrick shanahan has given blanket approval to use predator drones to map the fires and spot survivors. used to take several days for the california national guard to field such requests. adding to delays that could cost lives, shep. >> shepard: jennifer griffin

university has claimed the pentagon with the pentagon rather is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions it's now put in some cases surpasses that of whole countries broken down the findings here's our quarter with commentary. forget single use straws and plastic bags there's a much bigger problem wreaking havoc on mother nature its war the pentagon's wars to be exact i 59000000 metric tons of greenhouse gases that's how much the u.s. defense department spewed into the atmosphere in 2017 alone brown university says the d.o.d. is both the largest oil consumer and institutional polluter in the world there are entire countries that don't emit as many fumes portugal finland and sweden to name a few how is that possible while the u.s. military does have a presence in over $150.00 countries it's $560000.00 buildings worldwide make up 40 percent of its greenhouse emissions the rest is from military operations which in 2016 used up 86000000 barrels of fuel that's in afghanistan pakistan syria you get the picture and it's not like americans are electing people who understand wars en

drone had been targeted versus the coordinates we got from the pentagon which say where this drone was shot down so it's still so many unanswered questions here we know that the u.s. president has a tendency to punch back harder when he feels that he is under attack however he also promised voters who elected him to the white house that he would try to disengage and avoid foreign conflicts involving the u.s. . castro thank you well let's take a closer look at the 2 conflicting versions as heidi was saying the pentagon has released this video right there the u.s. military insists the incident happened over international airspace in the strait of hormuz 34 kilometers away from the iranian territory then iran's foreign minister on the other hand says the drone took off from the u.a.e. and violated iranian airspace and it was shot down near. the hormones gone province in southern iran. iran's ambassador to the u.n. has called for the international community to demand that the u.s. and what he called its unlawful and destabilizing measures in the goals get more from our diplomatic edge of j

cnn barbara starr is at the pentagon. but let's start with kaitlan collins who is in orlando ahead of the president's rally. orlando a crucial swing part of a vital battleground state where supporters have been lined up for hours and even overnight for this evening's festivities. >> our friend shanahan is a good pan and he's done a great job. >> reporter: president trump announcing his pick to lead the pentagon will withdraw before even being formally nominated writing that patrick shanahan who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process to devote more time to his family. trump said he'll name army secretary mark esper as the new acting defense secretary. but declined to say whether that would become permanent. shanahan is the former boeing executive who had been running the defense department since james mattis resigned in protest in december but only in an acting capacity until trump announced last month he would make things official. but the paperwork was never filed. raising e

days later, the pentagon received intelligence of a possible threat against u.s. forces in the region, and they sent a carrier strike group to the middle east may 12th, four international commercial shifts were attacked off the coast of the uae they suspect iran is behind the blast one day later, a major escalation. two oil pumping stations were attacked by armed drones. the iranian backed militia claims responsibility for that. president trump delivers an intensified threat. if iran wants to fight, that would be the official end of iran. which brings us to last week when two oil tankers were attacked in the gulf of ohman. it shows an iranian boat retrieving an unexploded mine from one of the ships which iran dismissed as unfounded. the u.s. navy allowed one of our cnn correspondents to get an up close look at it. >> the americans say -- they can't say, however, with any certainty that it was put there by the iranians, nonetheless, it blew both the outer hull and the inner hull of this ship, penetrating the fuel tank area, some experts say that is deliberate, it w

this is the pentagon. the briefing room will holden audio briefing, there was a screen off to the right. they say it will be a statement, and they do not believe they will take any questions at this point. so this is an audio briefing. we could see the screen just a moment to go. we may see that pop back up here to air force central command will have an audio briefing only with response. let's watch together. >> thanks for joining us on short notice. we just want to get some information out to you guys. we have a lieutenant general, joseph, who is the commander of u.s. air forces central command. he is calling us from the center. he is going to make a brief statement on last night shoot down, and he is not going to take any questions, but we hope to come back to you with more information later today. [indistinct question] >> hello. hello. good afternoon. this is the commander of u.s. air force central command. i am prepared to give a statement, but i won't be answering questions at this ti time. the u.s. n

pentagon officials say that is not true. they report it was an unprovoked attack and that the drones at least 20 miles from iranian airspace when it went down. pentagon officials say this was a deliberate act from tehran. we have team fox coverage. hillary vaughn reporting from capitol hill with lawmakers reaction. first, to rich edson reporting live from the white house. rich? >> shep, it's unclear how, when or if the administration will respond to this attack on a u.s. drone yesterday. what the administration says is international waters. more on that conversation that the president has on nbc news in which he details a little bit more about the hesitation he had about going forward with this attack. >> never gave a final warn something. >> no, no, no. we had something ready to go subject to my approval. they came in about a half an hour before and said we're about ready to go. i said i want a -- >> planes in the air? >> no. about ready to go. no, but they would have been pretty soon. things would have happened to a point

pentagon officials say that is false. they report that this was an unprovoked attack, that the drone was at least 20 miles from iranian airspace at the time of its downing and that it never entered iranian airspace. pentagon officials say this was a deliberate act from tehran aimed at interfering with u.s. surveillance in the region. still, the president is pushing back on both iran and his own pentagon. saying the shoot down may have been the result of human error. >> i have a feeling that it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldn't have been doing what they did. i think they made a mistake. i'm not just talking the country made a mistake. >> shepard: will the united states respond? when asked that question, the president says you'll find out. overall, analysts say president trump's morning comments suggest that washington may not immediately respond. though the president said it would have made a big difference in his words had this been an attack on american personnel rather than on an american machine. jennifer g

try and regain pentagon influence. well keep in mind the pentagon given its overall budget given the level of support that we have seen from the president it's not that the pentagon has been pushed to the side it's just that right now because you don't have someone who is in that permanent position they're not able to influence the level of authority and influence over decision making and that gives the president's national security adviser john bolton an enormous berth in terms of his ability to influence and shape the direction of national security and military policy with someone in that role now on a permanent basis you're able to actually implement and have a voice and actually push back on some of these decisions also i think it would go a long way and working very closely with our diplomatic game particularly with secretary of state might pump aoe to actually shape decision making because also keep in mind not only is that position at the pentagon at an acting role right now there's still no one permanent at the

the usa denies this the pentagon says the drone was shot down in international waters and has released this video as evidence for its claim in the face of escalating tensions with iran u.s. democrats urged president trump to show restraint. the president may not intend to go to war here but we're worried that he and the administration may be. all right let's get you now reaction from washington to the correspondent oversell it is covering events there for you all of her we just heard chuck schumer saying that there is this danger that the trump administration might bungle into a war how likely is it that this conflict with escalates even further now. well officially no one here wants to bumble into a war but it's a volatile situation and us at the the us administration in the pentagon to particular just deployed $1000.00 additional troops to the middle east to carry out surveillance operations there and that will mean more presence and certainly will also raise the risks of further incidents like the one with the drone that these incidents could be repeated so there is a certain risk i

now you have a changing of the guard at the pentagon. it seems like that will be seamless, but take a listen to mike pompeo first. >> since the beginning of may, there are now over half of the dozen instances of iranian attacks in the region. not successfully afforded. but i saw, just as i walked in, she said she thought there was strong evidence that iran had engaged in this activity. we will continue to work with partners all around the world. >> dana: both the iranians and the united states, nobody wants were here. they are both seeking leverage and the situation. >> they are. the u.s. is seeking to stay with the allies and hold the line against before iran, as they fee sanctions inside their country. i do think that they are trying everything that they can to prepare for any contingencies. one little side note about the army secretary. graduated in the same west point class as the secretary of state mike pompeo, so they know each other from back then. >> dana: and that can work wonders, knowing somebody like that from west point. tho

was in the pentagon briefing room last month. for the last year, no pentagon press secretary has appeared on camera to answer reporters' questions. >> general -- >> reporter: a former military spokesman says televised briefings are vital for the military's credibility. >> there's a huge difference in having a person on camera where people cannot only hear the questions asked but listen to the answers, see the individual delivery those answers. >> reporter: the last televised briefing was may 31st last year. then press secretary dana white was asked about everything from syrian chemical weapons to the military's involvement on immigration. >> we are very open to providing facilities. >> reporter: several senior officials say televised briefings stopped because of worry tv watcher-in-chief president trump would get angry if he saw something he didn't like. >> the people who have been trained in public affairs or the military commanders or whoever is standing up in front doesn't want to cause any disruptions and cause the wrath of t

this is one of the dynamics of the white house under the trump administration is that the pentagon is very concerned about russia and we hear different rhetoric from the president. although today, the president's rhetoric is matching up with the pentagon and they are sending more troops to the eastern part of the nato. >> thank you, my friend. i appreciate that. one of the things when you look at a map these days is you don't see germany as two parts. when you click the button to color germany, you get one choice just like canada or the united states. despite calling himself the most transparent president, donald trump's escalating his feud against congressional oversight. trump asserted executive privilege to block information requested by the house oversight committee on the administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the

takes the lead for you this hour a pentagon document shows the u.s. military does believe a nuclear war is winnable would have a look at that among other stories take just off the broad. strokes seems wrong. but all wrong just don't call. me. yet to seep out of this thing as a kid and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. you know world a big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. welcome back the u.s. military claims that the use of nuclear weapons could create decisive results and also restore sanity check stability comes from a document recently made public but then was suddenly classified on quarter as more on the story. bombers submarines and ballis

the pentagon has announced it is sending $1000.00 additional troops to the middle east citing the hostile iranian behavior in the region earlier on monday u.s. central command released a new images purportedly showing iran removing an unexploded mine from a tanker that was attacked last thursday in the gulf of oman artie's come up and takes a closer look. the u.s. navy has released photos of the incident that took place thursday in the gulf of oman just off the shores of the islamic republic of iran the incident happened and we now have these photos from the united states navy and these photos are in full color and they purport to show the same as what earlier black and white footage released by the pentagon also showed they intend to show essentially we see in the image a speedboat approaching the ship and removing an unexploded limp in mine now this matches the earlier footage and according to the pentagon this shows that iran must be responsible for the attack because they say that the iranian speedboat was on the scene fast enough and removed the unexploded limpet mine with such preci

and again by total coincidence call of duty and the pentagon have almost identical perceptions of who is good and who is bad what i meant by coincidence is the opposite of coincidence not only a pentagon employees boardin to help design the game but cool of juji writers then go on to advise that the pentagon started thinking about how to change we brought in a lot of outside help military advisors futurologists we got together with a scenario planner from the department of defense who is active in the pentagon which of course means nothing it's only a game for kids i just wonder when will we get a modern warfare in starman where the protagonist is patriotic middle eastern. and fighting to read his country of an occupying american army what do you think those pentagon advisors would have to say to that. john is to put out tariffs on us made goods have come into effect the import tax on over $5000.00 items is now 25 percent beijing's responding to the hikes u.s. tariffs on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese goods also earlier in may double to a banned chinese take giant huawei pressuring

and again by total coincidence call of duty and the pentagon have almost identical perceptions of who is good and who is bad what i meant by coincidence is the opposite of coincidence not only a pentagon employees board in to help design the game but cool of juji writers then go on to advise that the pentagon started thinking about how to change we brought in a lot of outside help military advisors futurologists we got together with the scenario planning from the department of defense who is active in the pentagon which of course means nothing it's only a game for kids i just wonder when will we get a modern warfare in starman where the protagonist is patriotic middle eastern and fighting to rid his country of an occupying american army what do you think those pentagon advisors would have to say to that. we spoke to joe lombardo koch or nader at the united and national anti-war coalition he claims the u.s. military uses video games as a propaganda tool but i think it's just part of the down propaganda that comes out in various forms to get people used to war and to get people to take

. >>> pentagon bombshell. the acting defense secretary steps down as cases of domestic violence in his past resurface. this morning, new questions about the vetting process. how did the white house not know? >>> the drama in court as a decorated navy s.e.a.l. goes on trial for murder. the prosecution saying he was out for blood. why his lawyer claims it was mutiny, not murder. >>> plus, the $1 billion cocaine bust. what we've learned about the two suspects. >>> a suspected mob hit at mcdonald's. an alleged murder for hire involving father and son. >>> and from this painful blooper in the big leagues to the bear that went on the attack after scratching an itch to the fishermen who got up close and personal with a great white. >> oh! >> all the best video to jump-start your wednesday. >>> good wednesday morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. we begin with president trump kicking off his re-election campaign by turning to his old playbook. >> the president bragged about the economy and his other accomplishment

treaty effective february 2nd and it's no secret the pentagon's long been on the anti russia bandwagon and 2018 its nuclear posture review accused russia of producing more non-strategic and i n f banned weapons. but a recent article by the american federation of scientists about d.o.d. exaggerations pointed out something interesting that the nuclear posture review contradicts itself their own statistics indicate that russia had between 3 and 5000 nukes in 200-922-4000 in 20112000 are less than 2018 exaggerating the threat from russia only justify spending more money on weapons that can annihilate humanity and with the risk of nuclear war and a tie if since world war 2 there's no time for war games seeming double standard is to present trump as someone who is reluctant to go to war the i believe was a message you know fear not only to probe the current belligerent rhetoric oh the trumpet ministration but it is a will to buttress his foreign policy which is aggressive aggressive. in south america in the middle east aggressive in. the back with the latest in 30 minutes. you spend 5 minute

and again by total coincidence call of duty and the pentagon have almost identical perceptions of who is good and who is bad what i meant by coincidence is the opposite of coincidence not only a pentagon employees boardin to help design the game but cool of juji writers then go on to advise that the pentagon started thinking about how to change we brought in a lot of outside help military advisors futurologists we got together with a scenario planner from the department of defense who is active in the pentagon which of course means nothing it's only a game for kids i just wonder when will we get a modern warfare in starman where the protagonist is patriotic middle eastern. and fighting to read his country of an occupying american army what do you think those pentagon advisors would have to say to that. china's tit for tat tariffs on us made goods have come into effect the import tax on over $5000.00 items is now 25 percent beijing's responding to hike to u.s. tariffs on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese goods also earlier in may donald trump banned the chinese tech giant while way pre

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and again by total coincidence call of duty and the pentagon have almost identical perceptions of who is good and who is bad what i meant by coincidence is the opposite of coincidence not only a pentagon employees boardin to help design the game but cool of juji writers then go on to advise that the pentagon started thinking about how to change we brought in a lot of outside help military advisors futurologists we got together with the scenario planning from the department of defense who is active in the pentagon which of course means nothing it's only a game for kids i just wonder when will we get a modern warfare in starman where the protagonist is patriotic middle eastern and fighting to rid his country of an occupying american army what do you think those pentagon advisors would have to say to that. respected joe lombardo co coordinator of the united national antiwar coalition he claims the u.s. military uses video games as a propaganda tool i think it's just heard of the. propaganda that comes out of various forms to get people used to war and to get people to take sides especial

and again by total coincidence call of duty and the pentagon have almost identical perceptions of who is good and who is bad what i meant by coincidence is the opposite of coincidence not only a pentagon employees boardin to help design the game but cool of juji writers then go on to advise that the pentagon started thinking about how to change we brought in a lot of outside help military advisors futurologists we got together with the scenario planning from the department of defense who is active in the pentagon which of course means nothing it's only a game for kids i just wonder when will we get a modern warfare in starman where the protagonist is patriotic middle eastern. and fighting to rid his country of an occupying american what do you think those pentagon advisors would have to say to that. acting u.s. secretary of defense has lashed out at chido while speaking at an asia pacific summit and single paul patrick shanahan accused beijing of military aggression. some in our region are choosing to act contrary to the principles and norms that have benefited us all they destabilize

and again by total coincidence call of judy and the pentagon have almost identical perceptions of who is good and who is bad what i meant by coincidence is the opposite of coincidence not only a pentagon employees board in to help design the game but cool of juji writers then go on to advise that the pentagon started thinking about how to change we brought in a lot of outside help military advisors futurologists we got together with the scenario planning from the department of defense who is active in the pentagon which of course means nothing it's only a game for kids i just wonder when will we get a modern warfare in starman where the protagonist is patriotic middle eastern and fighting to rid his country of an occupying american army what do you think those pentagon advisors would have to say to that. we spoke to joe lombardo coordinator of the united national antiwar coalition he claims the u.s. military uses video games as a propaganda tool. they think it's you just heard of the. propaganda that comes out in various forms to get people used to war and to get people to take sides

against iran with just 10 minutes to spare it was despite the unanimous opinion of his advisors on the pentagon that the attack should go ahead. they came in they said sir we're ready to go we'd like a decision i said i want to know something before you go how many people will be killed. in this case the remains they said came back said sir approximately 150 and i thought about it for a 2nd i said you know what they shot down a man and. a drone and here we are sitting with 150 dead people and i didn't like it so donald trump decided alternately not to go ahead with the attack against iran now the unmanned drone he was referring to was the u.s. drone that was shot down over the strait of hormuz now iran says that this drone violated their territory in the south of the country and that it was in their waters when it was shot down the united states maintains however that the drone was in international waters and was unprovoked only attacked by the iranians at this point we've got donald trump saying that he essentially called off a strike now prior to donald trump's announcement we did see him spe

and again by total coincidence call of duty and the pentagon have almost identical perceptions of who is good and who is bad what i meant by coincidence is the opposite of coincidence not only a pentagon employees board in to help design the game but cool of juji writers then go on to advise that the pentagon started thinking about how to change we brought in a lot of outside help military advisors futurologists we got together with the scenario planning from the department of defense who is active in the pentagon which of course means nothing it's only a game for kids i just wonder when will we get a modern warfare in starman where the protagonist is patriotic middle eastern and fighting to rid his country of an occupying american army what do you think those pentagon advisors would have to say to that. the latest chinese tariffs on u.s. goods have taken effect the import tax on more than $5000.00 items is now 25 percent in follows several rounds of u.s. tariffs which now cover most imports from china and have made donald trump escalated matters further effectively banning the chines