. >> i've heard wonderful things -- [indiscernible] at the pentagon they honored 180 four people killed after a plane crashed into the complex. secretary esper and general milley at the ceremony at the 9/11 memorial. seats. >> ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the united states department of defense, we welcome you to the annual september 11th observance to honor and remember the 184 lives lost on american airlines flight 77 and at the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. on september 11th, 2001. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the arrival of the official party and remain standing for the national anthem performed by staff sergeant adam strube and the invocation delivered by deputy chief of chaplins chaplin brigadier general william green. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that

[no audio] american airlines flight 77 struck the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. eastern time 19 years ago today. it was the third plane to hit u.s. targets that day. we take you to this morning's ceremony near the west side of the pentagon, the side the plane flew into, killing 127 u.s. workers. , onadies and gentlemen behalf of the united states department of defense, we welcome you to the annual september 11 observance to remember the 184 lives lost on flight 77 and at the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. on september 11, 2001. >> ladies and gentlemen, please party.or the the invocation delivered by deputy chief of chaplains, chaplain brigadier general william green. oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave land of the free and the home

they lead off a wreath-laying ceremony at the pentagon's 9/11 memorial. gentlemen, on statesof the united department of defense, we welcome you to the annual september 11 observance to honor and remember the 184 lives lost on american flight 77 and at the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. on september 11, 2001. >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the arrival of the hundred part of and remain standing for the national anthem and chaplain brigadier green. o, say, can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave freethe land of the brave ♪home of the >> please bow with me on this important day in our nation's history. oh, mighty god, we gather in this sacred place to remember and reflect on a day unlike any other. help us with this endeavor of reme

at the pentagon, defense secretary mark esper joined the chief of staff chairman mark milley and other defense officials honored the 180 four people killed after a plane crashed into the complex. secretary esper and general milley lead off with a wreath-laying ceremony atthe 9/11 memorial. seats. >> ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the united states department of defense, we welcome you to the annual september 11th observance to honor and remember the 184 lives lost on american airlines flight 77 and at the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. on september 11th, 2001. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the arrival of the official party and remain standing for the national anthem performed by staff sergeant adam strube and the invocation delivered by deputy chief of chaplins chaplin brigadier general william green. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' re

live to where pentagon officials are marking the 19th anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks. >>> ladies and gentlemen, the ceremony will begin momentarily. please take your seats. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. >> ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the united states department of defense, we welcome you to the annual september 11th observance to honor and remember the 184 lives lost on american airlines flight 77 and at the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. on september 11th, 2001. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the arrival of the official party and remain standing for the national anthem performed by staff sergeant adam strube and the invocation delivered by deputy chief of chaplins chaplin brigadier general william green. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof thro

and on into the pentagon, part of the pentagon? host: when you say when they solved it, what do you mean? caller: find out exactly who did it and kill about 3000 people got killed? did they find out exactly where the flight came from, who was the cause of it? host: there was a whole commission dedicated to the work of 9/11 and the events on that day. they put a report together after many hearings, congressional hearings, which we featured here on c-span. if you want to look at those hearings, you can go to our website. if you want to read the report, it is still online. the conclusions of the commission back then. to the point about logan airport, wb ar, this article is old it says boston's logan are plainome tributes to see, but they go unnoticed to the flying public. those are american flags flying above the jetway where the planes departed. 32 honors the be flight. the neighboring toner -- terminal, it is for those who died on american airlines flight 19 -- 175. knoxville, tennessee. good morning. you are on, go ahead. caller: h

11th observance to honor and remember the 184 lives lost on american airlines flight 77 and at the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. on september 11th, 2001. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the arrival of the official party and remain standing for the national anthem performed by staff sergeant adam strube and the invocation delivered by deputy chief of chaplins chaplin brigadier general william green. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪ >> please bow with me on this important day in our nation's history. almighty god, we gather in the sacred place to remember and reflect on a day unlike any other. help us with this endeavor

when it comes to the pentagon and our lustrous war department the washington post and others are now reporting that the $1000000000.00 fund the congress gave the pentagon in march to build up the country's supplies of medical equipment has ansted been mostly funneled to defense contractors and used to make things such as jet engine parts body armor and dress uniforms yes my friends while the while most of the country was out of a job trying to make rent and just barely scraping by and trying not to get sick our good friends at the pentagon took our tax dollars our tax dollars given to them with the express intent to help us fight this pandemic and instead they splurged on themselves in their defense contractor buddies apparently the pentagon's top brass are no longer men of honor but in truth they're really just 16 year old girls on amazon with mom's amex card but it wasn't just our good friends in the war department splurging on taxpayer dollars want to be action hero but real life republican party hack and trump yes mad in the acting homeland security director chad bull well he's u

china is nearing a milestone in their nuclear arms buildup according to a pentagon report that we are expecting. their annual report on china's military capabilities, saying china has met or surpassed the u.s. in shipbuilding and other areas. still havemilitary major shortcomings according to this report, but they are said to double their nuclear weapons stockpile over the next decade. the big take away, the pentagon says china is on the cost of having a full nuclear triage, they would be the third country after the u.s. and russia to have nuclear capabilities, it is nearing that milestone in the nuclear arms according to the pentagon. i want to get market reaction from abigail doolittle. we were much higher before this report. how are we thinking? abigail: we are right around where we were before those headlines. the s&p 500 about .25%. the risk on rally we have seen in august, the s&p 500 in august up about 7%. itre we are really seeing for tech stocks, the nasdaq 100 putting in another all-time high. at this point the nasdaq 100 up almost 1%, .9%. not surprisingly, this has everyth

bush walking through i believe it's the halls of the pentagon on september 17th. he became a war president on that day, and you were in those halls probably nearby at that moment. >> we all remember that day vividly. we put people out in the hallways to see our president, to see our commander in chief. so he could pat them on the ba back. and we knew he was going to step up as a leader in a moment like that and respond very effectively. i think what he did is what most presidents would do to be frank, take the politics out of this thing and to respond strongly to such a horrific attack on the american people. we were gratified by his response and the team the united states military put together to go after them. it was a remarkable operation that was conducted and is still being conducted to this day because they have the power of their ideology and we have to stay involved in what they are pursuing. >> martha: general jack keane, a great leader for this country. thank you so much. that is "the story," for friday september 11th. the story goes on, will next see yo

goodness gracious to me is that the pentagon took a $1000000000.00 of character money money that was supposed to go to the defense and safety of everything that could be done to keep us from getting sick with covertly or help us through this pandemic and really just kind of splurge got it a lot of fun stuff there should be a lot of outreach i mean we're still counting the numbers of those who've been impacted as well as those who have died from coal but 19 and looking towards this next phase of the. what it might look like in this country and to think that there were so many people deny people to think that there were so many organizations that had no place to turn and the money was there the supplies were there and just see what it was used but i think that there should be a lot of outrage and a lot of upset people but also this goes to show trump's you know draining the swamp montra absolutely nothing because we see it's just a swampy now as it's ever been you know you're actually you're you're not alone in the dr emily porter a medical doctor who also is related to katie porter th

washington post and others are now reporting that the 1000000000 dollar fund the congress gave the pentagon in march to build up the country's supplies of medical equipment hasn't. been mostly funneled to defense contractors they used to make things such as jet engine parts body armor and dress uniforms yes my friends while the while most of the country was out of a job trying to make rent and just barely scraping by and trying not to get sick our good friends at the pentagon took our tax dollars our tax dollars given to them with the express intent to help us fight this pandemic and instead they splurged on themselves in their defense contractor buddies apparently the pentagon's top brass are no longer men of honor but in truth they're really just 16 year old girls on amazon with mom's amex card but it wasn't just our good friends in the war department splurging on taxpayer dollars want to be action hero but real life republican party hack and trump yes mad in the acting homeland security director chad wolf well he's under fire this week as n.b.c. news reports that the consulting firm or h

taxpayer funded care package and at the pentagon for mosques and swaps the fight over it was apparently funneled into the hands of private defense contractors that's according to a new report to congress this year gave the defense department a $1000000000.00 to battle the coronavirus that money though seems to have run instead into ship building maintenance army dress uniform fabric as well as drones surveillance of the cash was supposed to address funding gaps in the country's coronavirus spots the u.s. of course for the world's worst writes this comes amid serious. anti kona virus shortages in the country the center for disease control has already said additional $6000000000.00 would be needed just to distribute backs in the next year though to the severe lack of high spec facemasks the pentagon officials that have doubled down on the movement system that national defense comes 1st. we are thankful that congress provided also and resources that enable the executive branch to invest in domestic production of critical medical resources and protect key defense capabilities from the conse

i lost someone at the pentagon. i worked at another agency and we had a small office at the pentagon. i remember like it was yesterday but i also want to say this, which is very important. a lot of people don't leave the story, i am one of them. i refuse to believe they were walking up and down mountains and sandals. an electric grid orwa something and he was finally killed. i agree with one gentleman, he is onto something before you cut him off. i leave it at that. a lot of us don't believe. >> why do you not believe it specifically aside from what you said. >> there's too much evidence to refute the official story the way the buildings camee down, i don't believe, whatever hit the pentagon, which i don't believe was flight 77, there's too much evidence to refute it in the people in power on that day had papers specifying we need the country, another world harbor for them to go into iraq. to me, it is a scam. >> okay. one of the things referenced by one of the editorials this morning was how here in washington d.c.

washington post and others are now reporting that the 1000000000 dollar fund the congress gave the pentagon in march to build up the country's supplies of medical equipment hasn't. been mostly funneled to defense contractors they used to make things such as jet engine parts body armor and dress uniforms yes my friends while the while most of the country was out of a job trying to make rent and just barely scraping by and trying not to get sick our good friends at the pentagon took our tax dollars our tax dollars given to them with the express intent to help us fight this pandemic and instead they splurged on themselves in their defense contractor buddies apparently the pentagon's top brass are no longer men of honor but in truth they're really just 16 year old girls on amazon with mom's amex card but it wasn't just our good friends in the war department splurging on taxpayer dollars want to be action hero but real life republican party hack and trump yes mad in the acting homeland security director chad wolf well he's under fire this week as n.b.c. news reports that the consulting firm wher

point about how much money is being spent in the government i think it's important to note that the pentagon's overall budget is $700000000000.00 the funding allocated for stars and stripes is $15500000.00 obviously it's the average american $15500000.00 is a lot of money but it is literally a drop in the bucket when we're talking about overall defense spending again the pentagon's budget is $700000000000.00 and feel like that that number is unfathomable to the most to most people so even if it is being put forward as a cost savings measure. certainly more critical analysis that could take place if cost savings was really at the root of what was going on here when this issue came to a head again the house had stripped this provision out we see senators speaking out but they have not passed anything formal as far as the pentagon's budget so again it is interesting to me that as much as everybody wants to hit on the trumpet ministration for proposing this congress is never under any obligation to accept what the administration sends to it in its budget proposal that is their job to go through an

you guys ever see the pentagon? it's like really, really big, but they had a lot of people there and they are symbolically trying to stop the heart or the brains i guess you could say of the war machine by literally, you know, blocking the pentagon. now, there's some characters in this protest who kind of try to change the rules of the game. they say we've been doing these marches, rallies around the pentagon, that might get some tv notice, that's clever but people are kind of bored so we've got to do something cool to catch peoples attention. this guy who thought of the troop blockade in berkeley he's hooked up with a long haired guy and they come up with a goof, a scam where they announce today the press that the purpose of linking their arms and incircling the pentagon is not just block people from getting in and out, it's also part of a magical rite. and if done properly they can levitate the pentagon because the pentagon everybody knows is the ancient symbol of evil. kind of a goof. but the press is like that's

point about how much money is being spent in the government i think it's important to note that the pentagon's overall budget is $700000000000.00 the funding allocated for stars and stripes is $15500000.00 obviously it's the average american $15500000.00 is a lot of money but it is literally a drop in the bucket when we're talking about overall defense spending again the pentagon's budget is $700000000000.00 and shit like that that number is unfathomable to the most to most people so even if it is being put forward as a cost savings measure. certainly more critical analysis that could take place if cost savings was really at the root of what was going on here when this issue came to a head again the house had stripped this provision out we see senators speaking out but they have not passed anything formal as far as the pentagon's budget so again it is interesting to me that as much as everybody wants to hit on the trumpet ministration for proposing this congress is never under any obligation to accept what the administration sends to it in its budget proposal that is their job to go through an

that is what i'm doing and that's of the pentagon is doing. it is important we be clear in our thinkingg. >>host: a call from michigan. >>caller: thank you very much. a question of chinese nationals that live and work in our c a country. i have colleagues that work in the country. they are chinese, some of them live on the border of canada. so should we have any concern as citizens about espionage? is there any potential concern of these citizens that work in our country with access to data? >> first off we want to be careful and selective if we are to suspicious that can be unfair. i know that's not what you mean but especially we want to make sure we are fair to people of chinese background obviously who some are american citizens. i say that up front but chinese nationals are citizens of the people's republic of chin china, there is a security concern as have been made clear particularly in the areas sensitive data. i wouldn't want to contribute to any kind of paranoia but it seems the people'sle republic operates with a comprehensive vacuu

he spoke about leaders at the pentagon. currently in their post today. >> yeah. >> it doesn't add up. >> it's a great point, jim. and john harwood to you. we haven't heard -- not only have we not heard from esper, but from the top brass at the pentagon responding. what does the white house make of that? >> well, look, there are multiple layers to this. first of all, if the president was so terribly concerned about the military industrial complex why would he have placed a former raytheon executive mark esper as his defense secretary? secondly, his remarks about the troops being in love with him, there's a recent military times poll that showed that a plurality of active duty service members actually support joe biden. third, and when you think about these wild claims about top pentagon officials being in effect warmongerers, remember as barbara's pointed out earlier in the morning it's the president of the united states who sends troops to war, not military commanders and anybody who knows military people knows that they're

you have pieces of limestone part of their pentagon. you have a miniature statue of freedom, which as people were -- the architect of the capitol at the time showed up that morning a little before 9:00, i believe, and his story -- he is tuning into this news footage. he is also preparing that morning for a meeting to raise funds for u. s. capitol visitor center. that is what his morning begins like. as things unfold, they learn about the pentagon being attacked and there is a rogue plane inbound for washington, d c he later learns the immediate threat has passed because this plane has crashed and pennsyvania somewhere. he later comes here in 2012 and this specific statue of freedom, this desk model of freedom, was on his desk that morning. he leaves the statue of freedom at one of the corners found at memorial plaza. he left an official letter and in a letter, we have a copy of that, this model of the statue of freedom that stands atop the dome of the u.s. capitol building is left with deep respect, at the final resting place of the her

but wait there's more the most hopeful thought of course is that a move the move by the pentagon and the broader society it might influence to bore sustainable energy supplies could not only reduce the risk of all out climate chaos but it could also remove the most persistent justification for an outsized us military the protection of oil supplies in the middle east. that's the most hope full thought that the completely bloated outrages out of control you ask organized human death machine will use a few more alley do you lights and move to sustainable energy so that they can then do their killing by wind power which will require us to kill fewer people in the middle east. that's your best case scenario you shall see i'll pass this this is also the the most circular logic i've ever heard it's like you have to you let's say you had the anger it's yours you raised it you pay to keep it around it starts eating a bunch of people because it's me and it's angry. and rather than try and stop it or even say this is a bad day or maybe put a rubber band around. instead doing that you say i'm su

but military publications have largely been left out trumps full scale of journalism until now the pentagon recently delivered an order to in stars and stripes a newspaper that has been around since $861.00 the publication is as old as the american civil war and has existed across presidencies of multiple political parties serving as a go to source for military news and issues concerning the armed services. truck gets his way stars and stripes will be effectively dissolved by september 15th but military service members past and present their families and current members of congress like combat veteran and senator tammy duckworth in addition to a small group of republicans are calling on defense secretary marc esper to do something before the publication is up and it even republican senator and trump ally lindsey graham is pushing against the imminent threat to funding for stars and stripes he said quote as a veteran who has served overseas i know the value stars and stripes brings to its readers. there are signs that trump might be succumbing to political pressure and he appears to be backt

the pentagon recently delivered an order to in stars and stripes a newspaper that has been around since $861.00 the publication is as old as the american civil war and has existed across presidencies of multiple political parties serving as a go to source for military news and issues concerning the armed services. if true gets his way stars and stripes will be effectively dissolved by september 15th but military service members past and present their families and current members of congress like combat veteran and senator tammy duckworth in addition to a small group of republicans are calling on defense secretary marc esper to do something before the publication is up and it even republican senator and trump ally lindsey graham is pushing against the imminent threat to funding for stars and stripes he said quote as a veteran who has served overseas i know the value stars and stripes brings to its readers. there are signs that trump might be succumbing to political pressure and he appears to be backtracking support for killing off stars and stripes the tweeter in chief offered this comme

the pentagon recently delivered an order to in stars and stripes a newspaper that has been around since $861.00 the publication is as old as the american civil war and has existed across presidencies of multiple political parties serving as a go to source for military news and issues concerning the armed services. if truck gets his way stars and stripes will be effectively dissolved by september 15th but military service members past and present their families and current members of congress like combat veteran and senator tammy duckworth in addition to a small group of republicans are calling on defense secretary marc esper to do something before the publication is up and it even republican senator and trump ally lindsey graham is pushing against the imminent threat to funding for stars and stripes he said quote as a veteran who has served overseas i know the value stars and stripes brings to its readers. there are signs that trump might be succumbing to political pressure and he appears to be backtracking support for killing off stars and stripes the tweeter in chief offered this comm

take the pentagon money to build a wall, all of that. and when they balk he doesn't like it and he lashes out. >> yeah. there has been two other stories i keep coming to. one is the pardons that he offered for several service members who were either convicted or accused of war crimes, which ultimately led to the resignation to the secretary of the navy. i mean, you can barely remember that story. but again, this is one of those situations where you know, all this stuff is taken seriously and the clash with even the highest levels of brass over there is remarkable when you line it all up. >> it's extraordinary. i mean, remember when general mark milley and defense secretary esper walked across lafayette square with president trump right after they tear gassed the protesters? they got a lot of grief for it. they had been clashing with president trump anyway because they didn't want president trump to invoke the insurrection act. they didn't want to put active duty troops on the streets of america to quell protest that's were largely peacef

in the pentagon's defense, we've all been there. i mean, who hasn't spent money on stuff that was supposed to go towards something else? you know, like when your mom sent you out to buy milk but instead you just watered down the milk left at home and used the money to buy a pet hamster from the kid down the block who just had a litter. in the pentagon's case, people could end up dying instead of just a hamster. fenwick, i'm so sorry. i guess i wasn't ready for the responsibility ( crying ) i'll miss you, buddy. i mean, think about it, america's infrastructure is literally falling apart. schools are a disaster, millions of people don't even have basic healthcare. what's the point of having a defense if there's nothing left to defend? the united states spends so much money on weapons i'm starting to think it would be cheaper to bribe other countries not to go to war. why does the u.s. need more fighter jets? coronavirus has killed way more americans than any terrorist group. i bet i.s.i.s. is looking at covid like, damn, i know we sai

down the side of the pentagon. remember it was pentagon -- it was american airlines flight 77 when 115 pentagon employees were killed when it crashed into the side. 10 were contractors. 53 passengers and crew on american airlines flight 77 and famously defense secretary donald rumsfeld was in the building. he felt the shake and ran toward the chaos. he was told to stop because of the danger. you know rumsfeld being rumsfeld. he went right into the trouble oea mid the bodies and debris all around him and famously he bent down to pick up a part of the plane and he said this is from an american airlines jet. and he kep remind of the evil 1s ago today. >> all right. today we remember the heros who ran into the towers 19 years ago like stephen siller. he was finished with his shift when the planes hit and carried 60 pounds of gear on his back as he ran toward ground zero. his brother frank honors his memory with the tunnel 2 towers foundation. that's where they got the name. frank suspect with pete coming up next right

his recent book the doomsday machine, confessions of a nuclear war planner details his three pentagon papers work as a teacher analyst for the rand corporation -- strategic analyst for the rand corporation. he talks about the role of whistleblowers in the 21st century. all right, good evening, good afternoon, good evening. thetings and welcome to 21st annual friends of the umass library's fall recession. i am the dean of libraries here. today i have the honor of welcoming you to a special program, planning to celebrate the acquisition of daniel bysberg's personal archive the university. this represents an important addition to the umass library archives and the university. the library special collections are nationally recognized for our strength in documenting the protest,f unrest, advocacy and ultimately change in our society with an emphasis on the individuals and groups who are champions of change and social justice. ank our many friends and donors. with their continued support and our commitment to preservation and public access, daniel ellsberg's archives will be available for t

point about how much money is being spent in the government i think it's important to note that the pentagon's overall budget is $700000000000.00 the funding allocated for stars and stripes is $15500000.00 obviously it's the average american $15500000.00 is a lot of money but it is literally a drop in the bucket when we're talking about overall defense spending again the pentagon's budget is 700000000000 dollars and feel like that that number is unfathomable to the most to most people so even if it is being put forward as a cost savings measure. certainly more critical analysis that could take place if cost savings was really at the root of what was going on here when this issue came to a head again the house had stripped this provision out we see senators speaking out but they have not passed anything formal as far as the pentagon's budget so again it is interesting to me that as much as everybody wants to hit on the trumpet ministration for proposing this congress is never under any obligation to accept what the administration sends to it in its budget proposal that is their job to go throug

well this pentagon report saying that china is likely looking to double its nuclear arsenal within the decade that's not a surprise we've heard that claim made by top pentagon officials in the past but this is the 1st time we're seen that in writing in this official report delivered to congress the pentagon says in this report that it believes china has some $200.00 nuclear warheads at his disposal right now half of which are capable of attacking the united states now even when double those numbers would kill in comparison to the nearly $4000.00 active nuclear warheads that the united states currently operates this report also says that china is looking to modernize its people's liberation army by the year 2049 making it what the pentagon calls a world class military and already china has surpassed the u.s. and now becoming the world's largest navy operating some $350.00 ships and submarines now china according to the support is also trying to expand its foreign military bases with the short near term goal of replacing the united states as the dominant power in the asia pacific region

as a pentagon report warns of beijing's plans to double its nuclear stockpile. also the camaro rouge commander who oversaw the torture and killing of thousands of cambodians dies in hospital. and colombia lives a months long travel ban and allows restaurants to reopen as it is one of latin america's longest coronavirus lockdowns. back into the program it's a visit officials in the u.s. state of wisconsin didn't want to happen but president donald trump ignored their pleas and went to the city of connection it's been the signs of protest since police shot a black man called jacob blake 7 times in the back a week ago during his trip trumpet double down on his law and order campaign message as john hendren reports. the rubble is still piled high in the streets of can no ship buildings boarded in tempers flaring president donald trump's arrival in this battered city pitted his hardcore supporters against the demonstrators protesting the shooting of another black man by police. was he came to praise police but must give far greater support to our law enforcement it's

the people but military publications have largely been left out from school journalism until now the pentagon recently delivered an order to in stars and stripes a newspaper that has been around since $861.00 the publication is as old as the american civil war and has existed across presidencies of multiple political parties serving as a go to source for military news and issues concerning the armed services. if truck gets his way stars and stripes will be effectively dissolved by september 15th but military service members past and present their families and current members of congress like combat veteran and senator tammy duckworth in addition to a small group of republicans are calling on defense secretary marc esper to do something before the publication is up and it even republican senator and trump ally lindsey graham is pushing against the imminent threat to funding for stars and stripes he said quote as a veteran who has served overseas i know the value stars and stripes brings to its readers. there are signs that trump might be succumbing to political pressure and he appears to be ba

here to talk about this rift between the president, the military and the pentagon. great to have you on. i feel like vindman's reemergence puts a spotlight on a whole slew of stories that showed there is, it seems to me, tremendous amount of tension right now between the sort of institutional pentagon and this white house and this president 50 years ago. >> it has been building for four years now. the interesting thing about alexander vindman, we all know what happened because we saw him testify before the house on donald trump and the phone call with president zelinsky who you didn't see on the video after president trump fired him from the nic and went back to the pentagon. he was then put on a list to be promoted from lieutenant . because of the pressure that the white house put on the pentagon, they kept sending this list forward with alexander vindman's name on it to go to the next grade, and the white house kept calling the pentagon back and saying you got to find dirt on this guy because trump doesn't want to have him promoted, which is why he ended up resign

or ago he wrote a column discussing the role of the pentagon in climate change most people know the pentagon is one of the largest causes of climate change in the world but mckibben said it's the pentagon does indeed use a lot of energy maintaining an enormous military machine produces about $59000000.00 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually which is more than most of the nations of the world still this is not a particularly large share of the world's or even our nation's energy consumption schorer don't worry folks even though our war machine expels more greenhouse gases than most nations it's ok because it's not that much compared to the largest most aggressive polluter in the world the entire united states just goes on to write that the military has decreased their energy use in a variety of ways quote ele daylight's for instance make everyone more efficient. did you just of. a trillion dollar a year pollution and death machine by saying. but they usually delights. he acts and ted bundy recycle has a lot of parents jeffrey dahmer put the parts of the victims that he didn't feel

so flight 93 and american airlines flight 77 that hits the pentagon are both this model aircraft. the planes that crash at the world trade center are 767 so they are twin-aisle aircraft, but it was important to give visitors the sense of being at the back of the aircraft where a lot of those phone calls took place and at this space we give visitors the opportunity to listen to three of the four recorded phone calls that were placed from onboard flight 93. >> passenger, lauren grant, phoned her husband, jack, at 9:39 a.m., about 11 minutes after the hijacking began, leaving this message on their home answering machine. >> honey, are you there? jack, pick up, sweetie. okay, well i just wanted to tell you i love you. we're having a little problem on the plane. i'm totally fine. i just love you more than anything. just know that, and you know, i'm -- i'm comfortable and i'm okay for now. there's a little problem so i'll -- i just love you. please tell my family i love them, too. bye, honey. >> this is the answering machine in california that is capturing the message that she's just le

so flight 93 and american airlines flight 77 that hits the pentagon are both this model aircraft. the planes that crash at the world trade center are 767 so they are twin-aisle aircraft, but it was important to give visitors the sense of being at the back of the aircraft where a lot of those phone calls took place and at this space we give visitors the opportunity to listen to three of the four recorded phone calls that were placed from onboard flight 93. >> passenger lauren grant call phoned her husband jack at 9:39 a.m. about 11 minutes after the hijacking began leaving this message on their home answering machine. >> honey, are you there? jack, pick up, sweetie. okay, well i just wanted to tell you i love you. we're having a little problem on the plane. i'm totally fine. i just love you more than anything. just know that, and you know, i'm -- i'm comfortable and i'm okay for now. there's a little problem so i'll -- i guess live you. please tell my family i love them, too. bye, honey. >> this is the answering machine in california that is capturing the message that she's just le

have you seen the pentagon? it's really, really big. really hard to surround. they have a lot of people there. and they sort of symbolically are trying to stop the heart -- the brains, i guess you could say, of the war machine, by literally blocking the pentagon. now, there's some characters in this protest who kind of try to change the rules of the game. they say, we've been doing these marches, rallies, it's cool, we're around the pentagon, that's kind of clever, but people are board, to tell you the truth of marches, rallies and protests. we got to do something cool to catch people's attention. and this guy who thought of the troop blockade thing in berkeley, he's hooked up with a long-haired guy in new york city and they come up with a goof, a scam where they announce to the press that the purpose of linking their arms and encircling the pentagon is not to just block people from getting in and out, it's actually part of a magical rite. and if done properly, they can l levitate the pentagon. we have to do counter magic -- it's a goof. the press is like, that

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this was from a short time ago at the pentagon 9/11 memorial. general mark millie saying 3 million americans have deployed since the 9/11 attacks and roughly 6,000 have laid down their lives at the altar of freedom. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff saying that a few moments ago as we dip into the ceremonies happening in lower manhattan, the pentagon, now shanksville, pennsylvania, where the president and joe biden will be visiting a bit later today, trace. >> trace: it's interesting because we talked to general jack keane earlier who was at the pentagon and the general kind of recounting how he got within 100 yards of the plane flight 77 that crashed into the pentagon and he couldn't go any closer. he wanted to help those hurt and couldn't get closer because of all the heat coming off the plane. he would see people who were desperately trying to get there and save those people and as you watch here in shanksville, pennsylvania, it is important to note that, you know, flight 93 was a regularly scheduled flight from newark, new jersey, to

china rejects a pentagon report which warns of beijing's plans to double its nuclear stockpile. the commander who oversaw the torture and killing of thousands of cambodians dies in hospital. 14 people accused of helping gunman attack the french that area week it's a typical weekly charlie hebdo going on trial security has been tight as police convoys carrying the accused arrived at court a short time ago it's been 5 years since armed men stormed the paris office of shot he had 012 people were killed a police woman and 4 people inside a jewish supermarket were killed over the following 48 hours the gunman was shot by police in separate standoffs shot he had always targeted after publishing controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad. natasha buffalo's joining us on the line from paris natasha this is a case that's going to be watched very closely tell us what's going to be happening at the court. yes and we want very closely by many people in trials because of course the attacks that generate 2015 show so many there was an enormous outpouring of grief now 3 common at the cente

but they also literally try to surround the pentagon. have you ever seen the pentagon? it's like really, really big. it is really hard to surround, but they had a lot of people there, and they sort of symbolically are trying to stop the heart or the brains i guess you could say of the war machine by literally, you know, blocking the pentagon. now, there are some characters in this protest who kind of try to change the rules of the game. they say you know, we've been doing these marches, rallies, ok, it is cool, around the pentagon, that might get some tv notice, but people are kind of bored to tell you the truth of marches, protests. we have got to do something cool to catch people's attention. the guy who thought of the troop blockade thing in berkeley named, jerry ruben, he hooks up with a long-haired guy in new york city named abby hoffman. they come up with a goof, a scam, where they announce to the press that the purpose of linking their arms and encircling the pentagon is not just to like block people from getting in and out, it's actually part of a magical rite,

but we have to look at the other departments including the pentagon to get the full picture. lou: well, the full picture is a little askew if we look at esper at dod in which he starts cooing his communications with beijing rather than standing firm and being tough-minded about u.s. national security interests. >> secretary esper does seem to be a little bit out of alewinment with the rest of the cabinet and the president, but i can guess the reason why, lou. he could be worried about a real shooting war breaking out with china. our forces are getting closer and closer together. these maneuvers used to be separated by hundreds of miles, now they're quite close. there have been a number of incidents. so the pentagon wants to fight and win a war if it has to, really has to think about deterrence and maybe being a little bit too much on the polite side. i did not agree that secretary esper should try to visit china this year. i think the president is trying to crack down on the chinese, what i would call tighten the noose around xi jinping's neck area by area, so the pentagon ne

the washington post and others are now reporting that the $1000000000.00 fund the congress gave the pentagon in march to build up the country's. applies of medical equipment hasn't. been mostly funneled to defense contractors they used to make things such as jet engine parts body armor and dress uniforms yes my friends while the while most of the country was out of a job trying to make rent and just barely scraping by and trying not to get sick our good friends at the pentagon took our tax dollars our tax dollars given to them with the express intent to help us fight this pandemic and instead they splurged on themselves in their defense contractor buddies apparently the pentagon's top brass are no longer men of honor but in truth they're really just 16 year old girls on amazon with mom's amex card.

here at flight 93, at the pentagon, and in new york. i would invite you all to please stand for the pledge of allegiance. please remain standing following the pledge for a moment of reflection led by stephen mcewan, who served as the chaplain for the fbi pittsburgh division on september 11 and continues to serve in this role today. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> please remain standing. >> let us pray. most merciful god, as we gather passed sinces has the sacrifice of those we remember today. with all of the agencies and people involved, and we pray too for those who have become ill from being here, and those whose time has passed. we commit to your care all of the families who lost someone that day. -- whose life was forever changed and whose faith was deeply challenged. those of us who were present on our hearts something of that pain and suffering. manye years passed, families here and

bret. >> bret: jennifer griffin of the pentagon, thank you. robert o'brien is cited in the bob woodward book. we want to talk about that but also other issues. he joins us tonight from the white house. thank you very much, welcome back to "special report." >> thanks, good to be with you. >> bret: is a quote in this book about the threat, generally 20th in the oval office, your quoted to say to the president "this will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency. this will be the roughest thing you face. it is not true? >> it is true. one of our oval intelligence briefs and it was something we were concerned about. our job is to look around the corner and see threats that may be the ic or other folks aren't seeing, it was a threat we saw and we conveyed it to the president. either way, he took very prompt action. within 48 hours of that warning and at the time there were no deaths in the u.s., very few cases. he banned travel from china within 48 hours of us giving that advice and there were very few people that thought

as the dominant power in the asia pacific region china has some $200.00 nuclear warheads that the pentagon says about half of which have the capability of threatening the united states again that is a number though that pales in comparison to the nearly 4000 nuclear warheads that are in active status in the united states this pending defense authorization bill is more than $700000000000.00 notably that's 3 times the amount of money that china spends on its defense budget and currently this bipartisan bill there are $2.00 versions of it and there pending in congress republicans want some of this money to cover potential nuclear testing democrats who pass another version in the house of representatives do not want money spent on nuclear testing so you can certainly see how useful this new pentagon report may be to republicans and giving them leverage as now the debate and the negotiations continue to find a compromise between these 2 versions of the bill. cyprus is now allowed to buy non-lethal equipment equipment off of the u.s. lifted a 33 year old arms embargo turkey has expressed anger a

taxpayer funded care package that at the pentagon for mosques and swabs the code was apparently funneled into the hands of private defense contractors that's according to a new report to congress this year gave the defense department a 1000000000 dollars to battle the coronavirus of that money seems to have gone instead into ship building maintenance on the dress uniform fabric as well as satellites drones and spy of surveillance world of the cash was supposed to address funding gaps in the country's coronavirus response would be united states suffering the world's worst pandemic writes well this comes amid serious. shortages in the country and the center for disease control's warned that an additional $6000000000.00 would be needed just to distribute vaccines next year though the severe lack of high spec folks were asked pentagon officials though have defended their move insisting that national defense comes 1st. we are thankful that congress provided offshore a.t.'s and resources that enable the executive branch to invest in domestic production of critical medical resources and protect