the former president and the state s attorney general inside the courtroom state s attorney g the courtroo and also ahead the latest from capitol hill a pressure campaign. we begin here where the united states and its allies launched military strikes against the iranian backed houthis in yemen. officials say they struck over 60 targets at 16 locations last night using more than 100 precision guided munitions. those targets include command and control nodes as well as production facilities, munitions depots, and air defense radar systems. the houthi s militant group claimed at least five people were killed. now, this action was done in response to the more than two dozen attacks that the houthis have been launching at commercial ships in the red sea since november. earlier this week the group launched its largest attack yet directly targeting american ships. a statement president joe biden explained the houthis have ignored warnings to stop the attacks. writing, they ha, quo
a letter to austin asking for a briefing following the review. so do you what do you think, congressman? did the secretary handle this appropriately? and do you think there should be any repercussions he would need to face? he did not handle this appropriately. it s totally unacceptable. you can t have the highest levels of our military chain of command unaware that a senior official is indisposed. look, i served as a united states marine lieutenant, a platoon commander at it lowest level of the office or chain of command. and i cannot imagine this happening at that level. i mean all of us who just work in jobs where we have a reporting chain, we know if we don t show up, we ve got to let our boss know. i mean that s just common sense. so we all care about secretary austin and his family. i mean my grandfather died of prostate cancer. we all are concerned about his health, but he has a responsibility inherent in his job, a national security
brought up the different aspects to this. in reading the termination letter if you will of secretary spencer, there was a whole lot more to this than what s being reported right now. it s certainly understandable secretary spencer went behind the president behind secretary esper, the defense secretary s back as he, secretary esper and general milly were petitioning the president to back off of this case and let it go through the administrative processes of determining whether or not chief gallagher should retain his pin. that s understandable. you don t go to your boss boss and petition without letting your boss know. if that all happened, that s true. i can understand esper being pissed. but the other piece of this is for the last three days there has been reporting, good reporting about the fact that secretary spencer is prepared to resign, prepared to offer his letter of resignation because he s defending the navy
us and overwhelms our brains is multitasking. we can t stop. i m basically texting while talking to you. we can t end that. what we can do is create islands in the stream. we talk about zones in the stream of communication because if you can close a door or go somewhere, let the people know you work with i m going to have some concentration time things get faster. this is a zone to do whatever you need to do. let your boss know. and it s basically about stealing yourself and these are the little thing that prepare you. prepare you so when you fall down you get up faster than the other woman . exactly. this is so helpful. thank you. great to see you. this week s your biz selfie comes from lori kaplan. she s been providing beneath the
the president learned about the i.d. report when we all did if you were watching the cycle, but the head of the white house counsel was told weeks earlier and didn t let her boss know. jay carney was grilled on it again last hour. the white house counsel did and she informed other senior staff and with that in informing she also made clear it was her view and others shared this view that there was not a need in a situation like this with an ongoing investigation or audit that the president should be notified. plus the deputy treasury secretary knew last summer before the elections, and also kept mum. let s start with someone you can t keep mum, washington post political columnist dana willbank or as they call him on snl, diana. what is this about? once again, they re taking a real problem and attacking unreal political motives about