I hope everyone in had a good lunch or is busy finishing up an excellent lunch. Im joined with two Close Friends of mine. And im probably the only person who can say this in the entire world. I work with and for both of them. I want to make sure i disclose my conflict of interest to start with. So general shana han went to michigan. Go blue. Rotc. Entered the service of our country in 1984. Hes been promoted a ga zillon times. Hes been promoted on a whole bunch of activities and eventually we needed somebody operationally to implement ai and he was the perfect choids. I worked with him in my role as chairman of that. Kent walker was a federal prosecutor. Law and order federal prosecutor who then chose to come to Silicon Valley and i think worked at ebay for awhile. We being google snagged him maybe 15 years ago. Coming on. Every day together. And during that time, not only did he set up our Legal Function but hes now in charge of all of global policy, pr, all those sorts of things toge
Good morning, id like to start by welcoming our witnesses who appear today to provide information on the support that the department of defense is lending to the department of Homeland Security at the u. S. Mexico border. The d. O. D. s presence on the border is not new. Their support of d. H. S. Operations has indeed evolved over the past year. Right now, it would appear that this administration is testing the limits of that relationship. Since the first large group of migrants began traveling north from Central America in late april of last year, fleeing violence, persecution in their home country the president and d. H. S. Relied heavily on d. O. D. To support their Border Security operations. It is important to note here that the april, 2018, caravan the president caravan, the president s principal reason for deploying the National Guard, shrunk from 1,500 migrants to approximately 300. Nefrl, the president issued a memorandum at that time directing the second retear of defense to
Roger stone due in court again today. A day after the special counsel says they seized voluminous and complex evidence from last weeks arrest. And the growing contender. Senator cory booker is throwing his hat into the 2020 ring. Announcing his campaign for president on the first day of black history month. Together, america, we will rise. Im cory booker and im running for president of the United States of america. And jobs, jobs, jobs. The u. S. Economy adds 304,000 jobs in january. Smashing estimates. This, despite the 35 day shutdown. All right, we have to start with breaking news. Secretary of state pompeo announcing the u. S. Intends to withdraw from the inf treaty. Well provide russia and the other treaty parties with formal notice that the United States is withdrawing from the inf treaty effective in six months. Russia has jeopardized the u. S. Security interest. Joining me now live from the state department is nbc news chief Foreign Affairs correspondent and anchor of course of