The recently fired secretary of the u. S. Navy has published an oped for the ages. This man, former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was pushed out by the president on sunday over the disciplining of a navy s. E. A. L. Who had been convicted of posing with the corpse of an isis fighter, which is against military policy. The president had intervened to stop the ces. E. A. L. From being demoted and losing his status as a s. E. Al. In this remarkable oped tonight in the Washington Post the former Navy Secretary delivers his side of the story. Secretary spencer calls the president s intervention shocking and unprecedented. He continues, quote, it was also a reminder that the president has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices, end quote. Now, thats not the usual thanksgivingeve message but welcome to 2019. Today we saw a slew of new impeachment related developments as well as new legal de
Kentucky and a new book on Nancy Pelosis politics. High tensions between the u. S. And north korea ahead of a yearend deadline and concern over the Christmas Gift kim jongun promised the United States. And religious on this sunday morning. Questions the House Speakers prayerfulness the late dean of the house of representatives reaction from al sharpton. Senior fellow for the center of american progress, Deputy Assistant secretary of state and contributing writer. And the White House Correspondent for pbs news hour. You saw her moderate this weeks democratic debate. My colleague was there for that debate. Still there. Still in los angeles. John allen joins us this morning from california. Well, President Trump began his winter break the a conference for Young Conservatives in south florida where he made the case for his reelection and railed against his impeachment. They have nothing. Theres no crime. Theres no nothing. How do you impeach . You have no crime. People said theres no crime
Former Navy Secretary delivers his side of the story. Secretary spencer calls the president s intervention shocking and unprecedented. He continues, quote, it was also a reminder that the president has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices, end quote. Now, thats not the usual thanksgiving eve message but welcome to 2019. Today we saw a slew of new impeachmentrelated developments as well as new legal developments concerning the president s advisers both past and current. This morning, a federal judge overseeing the case of President Trumps First National security adviser, michael flynn, agreed to delay his sentencing. Flynn, you will remember, pled guilty in 2017 to lying to the fbi about his conversations with the russian ambassador. He had been scheduled to be sentenced on december 18th. Today, at the request of both flynns lawyers and prosecutors, d. C. District judge Emmitt Sulli
For the u. S. Viewers, early start continues right now. Stop the aid, 91 minutes after trump calls zelensky, and said keep it hush hush. Newly released emails give the strongest proof yet the white house knew of the perils and backlash over pausing ukraines security aid. Millions on the road for the holiday, running into weather trouble. Well tell you who gets the worst of it. And breaking overnight, another victim in americas longest war. A soldier killed just days before christmas. Good morning, and welcome to early start. Im alison kosik. Im joe johns. Happy hanukkah. Good morning. Its the first day of hanukkah. Heres the National Menorah Lighting Ceremony near the white house. We wish everybody a happy holiday. Even as President Trumps impeachment by the house is going on, new details are emerging that could damage his Eventual Senate trial. Newly released documents show the effort to freeze aid for ukraine. That began 90 minutes after the infamous call between trump and the leader
Im ayman mohyeldin, we begin this morning with democrats who are using newlyreleased emails about the holding of military aid to ukraine in pressuring of witnesses in the trial. And 90 minutes after the president s controversial phone call with the president of the ukraine, the white house fired off an email to the pentagon to hold off on releasing the aid. The white house also wanted to keep it quiet, with budget official mike duffy writing quote, given the sensitive nature of the request i appreciate you keeping that information closely held for those who need to know to execute the direction. Duffy is one of the white house officials who refused to comply with house subpoenas to testify. During the impeachment inquiry. Now, democrats are hoping that the emails will help bolster their case in the standoff with Mitch Mcconnell. This email is explosive. A Top Administration official, one that we requested, as saying stop the aid, 91 minutes after trump called zelensky, and said keep it