Words matter. And today the words changed at the top of United States command. Iraqi troops are losing ground to isis by the day. It is no better in syria. And with that as a backdrop in a briefing at the pentagon, the joint chiefs chair, general martin dempsey, said there is shut lay possibility well need Ground Troops to wipe out isis but that does not mean american troops on the ground. He and the defense secretary, chuck hagel, briefed reporters an hour ago. Last week general dempsey made beg headlines when he said he may recommend that president obama put american Ground Troops on the ground in the fight. Now a week later he says American Forces would not be as effective as the foreign fighters already on the ground. In fact, ideally, for the kind of issues were confronting there, the ideal force, in fact the only truly effective force, that will actually be able to reject isil from within its own population, is a force comprised of iraqis and kurds and moderate syrian opposition.
Its already great. Thank you, appreciate it. This is nooit. Im don lemon. Almost 11 01 here on the east coast. Senator john mccain in a not so veiled message calls on americans to stop fighting about Sergeant La David Johnson. One former president says were being harder on trump than anyone else. He even says he worked for the current commander in chief. Here to discuss now frank bruny, a the New York Times oped analyst, keirsten powers, a usa today columnist. Quite a night . Every night of my life. Another slow news day. I started my newscast with another talk about the president. Sergeant la davids widow was on this morning on good morning america. She was asked about the now infamous phone call she had with the president and her claim the president couldnt remember her name. Watch this. That made me cry even more because my husband was an awesome soldier. He did what it takes other soldiers like five years to do in three years. So imagine if high husband was here now . It took my hu
Fair enough. So it is very interesting that they would have a bullying campaign coming from her office. And she announced it of course on twitter, which is even more interesting because we know that donald trump often uses his platform not just to bully black women as we talked about in the last segment, but also to the attack nfl players. Instead of dealing with real issues. You would think with 21 Million People following him on his platform, he would use it for generating support for legislation he wants to add into law. This month alone the president has continued to tweet his derogatory nickname for the congresswoman calling her whacky. He also mocked senator bob corkers height, dubbing him little bob corker. The New York Times even has a list of 382 people, places and things donald trump husband insulted on twitter. And does melania need to square her bullying campaign with her husbands behavior . First of all, i commend her for having this antibullying effort. But there is an in
American leadership around the world. But trump may pull off a peace deal yet. Howie a leaked audio shows a white house aide conducting background briefing. President trump pushes his Justice Department to investigate an informant being put town his campaign. Donald trump is trying to destroy this investigation. Thats whats going on here. Donald trump should be grateful for obamas fbi that spied on him. People who wrote this crap should be ashamed. Why be cant people say the fbi investigates people. Thats what we do. If we think a foreign power is involved with one of our president ial campaigns, thats our job. We sent the informant in to protect donald trump. We are stalking you as a favor. Howie the media lionized Elizabeth Holmes as a superstar and her blood testing theranos as groundbreaking. Elizabeth holmes is part of the new time 100 list just out. Howie it all came crashing down on charges of fraud. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. White house correspondents were preparin
American leadership around the world. But trump may pull off a peace deal yet. Howie a leaked audio shows a white house aide conducting background briefing. President trump pushes his Justice Department to investigate an informant being put town his campaign. Donald trump is trying to destroy this investigation. Thats whats going on here. Donald trump should be grateful for obamas fbi that spied on him. People who wrote this crap should be ashamed. Why be cant people say the fbi investigates people. Thats what we do. If we think a foreign power is involved with one of our president ial campaigns, thats our job. We sent the informant in to protect donald trump. We are stalking you as a favor. Howie the media lionized Elizabeth Holmes as a superstar and her blood testing theranos as groundbreaking. Elizabeth holmes is part of the new time 100 list just out. Howie it all came crashing down on charges of fraud. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. White house correspondents were preparin