Defense secretary and the termination earlier this week. V a tweet from President Trump. . Hy did that happen guest there has been a lot of friction between secretary esper and the president over the last few months. There was some concerns from the white house that esper was not loyal enough, not telling the president what he wanted to hear and was not helping him. Hear and was not helping him. One of the friction points was the issue of the lafayette one of the friction points was the issue of the Lafayette Square the Infamous Press appearance where the president walked out of the white house after protesters were cleared out and posed in front of the church across the street. Of conversation about the military taking on a more active role in responding to those racial protests and finding some way for the military not just a guard but active duty military to be involved and there was pushback on that. It was not appropriate. Just burrow into some of problems the president had with e
Tweet from President Trump. Why did that happen . Been a lot ofas friction between secretary esper and the president. There were some concerns from the white house that he was not loyal enough, was not telling the president what he wanted to hear and was not helping him. One of the friction points was the issue of the lafayette square, the Infamous Press appearance where the president walked out of the white house after protesters had been cleared out imposed at the church across the street. There was a lot of conversation about the military taken on a more active role in responding to those Racial Equity protests and finding some way for active duty military to be involved in secretary esper pushed back on that. He says it was not appropriate. Apparently that started to burrow into some problems the president had with his performance and his attitude. I colleague megan meyers and got a chance to sit down with secretary asbury before he left, in his final days when it looked like he wa
and everyone knows that. especially the other side. but you have to go home now. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you re very special, you ve seen what happens. you see the way others are treated. that are so bad and so evil. i know how you feel. but go home, and go home in peace. that was donald trump s video response to january 6th, issues hours after the capitol had been stormed by a violent mob of insurrectionists. he is that moment once again repeat the very election lies that motivated the rioters to storm the capitol in the first place, and then told that violent mob that they were, quote, very special. that video, and another post denying the election where the straws that finally broke the camel s back over america s largest social media companies. for years, trump had been allowed to use websites like twitter and facebook to vilify immigrants and religious groups, to promote violence against media organizations and individual journalists, the spread
Im the chair of the special Investigative Committee and thanks for joining us for this very special book for him. What i want to do now is turn this over. As you know the American Veteran centers presenting the Andrew Goodpaster award and i want to turn it over to jim roberts. [applause] thank you very much tom peter. And officers of the army and navy club thank you for being our partners for this evenings lecture. Ladies and gentlemen on behalf of my colleagues at the American Studies Center i welcome you to the armynavy club for the presentation of the eighth annual Andrew Goodpaster award named after he read rate american and presented to another Great American Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters retired. Before her proceed further i would like to say that we are honored by the presence of Andrew Goodpasters granddaughter and her husband matt. Would you please stand. [applause] is great to have representation as we have always had from the goodpaster family here. I would also like to th
Shot down thursday on a flight from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. People are holding vigils to remember the lives lost. Katie reports from the netherlands where the country there is in mourning. Reporter in the Netherlands Church bells tolled for the victim, 193 from this country alone. We pray especially for the people who died in the recent tragic airplane accident. Reporter she lost her sister, brotherinlaw and 17yearold nephew. Its horrible to must die on these circumstances. Reporter john allen a lawyer, was traveling with his wife sandra and their three children. Robert ailey was flying home to his wife and two young sons. Families ripped apart. Parents, mother, brother. Kevin lost three members of his family. His patients, both chefs, were taking his grandmother back to malaysia. My mom always says, if we are not here one day, you are going to be a strong man. Reporter in australia, kristen is mourning her father nick norris and her niece and two nephews. I want to know whats going