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MSNBC host Brian Williams: In the Washington Post tonight, someone asked Rod Rosenstein what exactly was doing behind the scenes, including the tearful moment at the White House and the investigation into Trump's "landing plane", meaning Mueller.
In addition, there is a very ominous report tonight in the New York Times.
Every American should be afraid of it.
Here is just a title, "the Russian hacker got at least one Florida election network, but which one?
Joe Biden has clearly mixed his lead in fundraising during the campaign, and he is lagging behind in his ability to apologize for the past lack of sensitivity, as 11 hours start on Friday night.
Well, good evening again from our NBC News headquarters in New York.
It was 827 days for the Trump administration.
As we do, as we would like to say, this Friday evening aired, and we got two main stories from two great newspapers in this country, this brings us up to two things that we're going to discuss tonight.
One, who is Rod Rosenstein, and what exactly is he doing behind the scenes, except for someone who is engaged in extremely important work?
Second question, did Russia change the results of our country's election in the last presidential election?
We're both going.
The president insisted on the attack today and attacked Miller's report.
As you know, he, while claiming his innocence, is also alternating between the shock report and the promised revenge.
Today, within the friendly reach of the National Rifle Association, he launched the work of the Mueller team in an attempt to finally get him to leave. (
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DONALD TRUMP, (R)
The president of the United States: they tried to launch a coup and the result was not very good.
I don't need that gun, do I?
The highest levels of corruption, shame, spies, surveillance, trying to overthrow, we caught them, we caught them. (END VIDEO CLIP)
Williams: Before leaving the White House this morning, he attacked the efforts of Democrats to try to introduce witnesses and hold hearings, and again denied a key conclusion in the report. (
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Trump: I never told Don mcghain to fire Mueller.
If I wanted to fire Miller's squid, I would do the same myself, which is simple.
I have the right.
Did you get Dan McGahn to testify?
I asked White House lawyer mcghain to testify.
I want everyone to testify.
Man: I'm talking about Congress.
President, Congress
Trump: Wait a minute. Wait, wait.
With all this, with all this, with all this transparency, we have no collusion, no obstacles, right?
Then I went out on the first day they said "let's do it again" and I said "that's enough, we have to run a country.
We want to manage a very great country. ”(END VIDEO CLIP)
Williams: In fact, Congress will hear testimony from William Barr, Trump's select attorney general, next week, who has been attacked for handling Miller's findings.
The Judicial Committee of both houses will ask Barr about the situation next Wednesday and Thursday.
This shows us that the deputy attorney general of the bar succession, who gave us an investigation, and one was Rod Rosenstein.
The question tonight is about him, like how smart is he?
The professional federal prosecutor, a graduate of Harvard Law School, his first internship was at the University of Massachusetts. S.
Lawyer Robert Miller
The man whom the president laughed at privately.
Peeps, has he been courting the president in order to keep his job?
What are you asking these questions tonight?
Later today, the Washington Post reported in detail that Rosenstein told Trump something in order to continue to take charge of the investigation.
The post is concerned about the aftermath of the explosive article in The New York Times.
"You remember that we reported this extensively at that time on September 2018.
Reports said that after James Comey was fired 2017 times, Rosenstein suggested wearing a secret letter to keep a secret record of the president.
He talked about the 25 amendment.
The "post" now says that after Rosenstein was summoned, he was forced to explain himself to the Angry White House, who was reportedly tearful during a meeting with then-chief of staff John Kelly
On a subsequent phone call with Trump, he tried to "assure the President that he is a member of his team and make sure Trump is treated fairly.
"I gave the investigation credibility," Rosenstein said . " In the words of a government official, he provided his own description of the phone.
"I can land a plane.
It made us stop and recall the words we heard where we were. (
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William bar, United States of AmericaS.
Attorney general: I'm landing a plane now.
You know, I have always been willing to discuss my letter and the process of the future.
I will not discuss the process in detail until the plane lands. (END VIDEO CLIP)
Williams: Now, back at the Justice Department, the Justice Department would admit that on multiple occasions can is sometimes more like the airport quoting The Washington Post again, and Rosenstein told Trump that he was not the target of the Miller investigation.
"This is important because we know that listening is essential to this president.
Now, in the New York Times, tonight is a very scary story about our last presidential election.
The Times focuses on Russian hackers getting the convenience of at least one Florida electoral system in 2016, although state officials initially thought no computers were compromised.
Miller's report said, "the FBI believes that the operation has enabled theGRU, the Russian military intelligence agency, to access a network of at least one Florida county government.
Again, under this heading, "Russian hackers get at least one Florida election network, but which one ? "?
"The Times reported in a fresh report tonight," says inTallahassee, Florida's Office of State Secretary, who has no way of knowing which county it is.
The Florida governor will meet with the FBI in the coming weeks.
Today, the FBI director was asked about the Russian threat and the security of our next election. (
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FBI Director christopher wray: the rather aggressive campaign described in our sawin 2016 and special committee reports has been going on a lot of invading (ph)
It's almost a 365-day threat a year, and it's definitely going on.
We recognize that our opponents will constantly adapt and improve in their games.
So, we see 2018 as a rehearsal for the 2020 show. (END VIDEO CLIP)
Williams: With that in mind, Susan Page joined us in the leading discussion on Friday night, a veteran of the US secretary of Washington, who has just become a biographer of former first lady bababbush.
The book in The New York Times best-selling book is called "female parents".
"Josh Gerstein, political Senior Legal Affairs Writer.
There are also former CIA and Pentagon chief of staff, former chief adviser to the House Intelligence Committee, jeremesh.
Jeremy, I want to start with the news tonight.
We saw the president today claiming he was the victim of the failed coup in this country and you couldn't help but watch the story against the backdrop of the Times landing with the mob tonight.
Story about Florida's hacked electoral system, how do you think about this story, given your background in smart business?
Jeremy Marsh, FMR
Chief of Staff of the Central Intelligence Agency: very worrying, Brian, I think we are all concerned about hacking the voting machine.
But what the story suggests is that this is actually the possibility of hacking the voice list system.
Where is the ballot count and how the results are transferred.
Of course, in Florida in 2016, I think the gap between Trump and Clinton is just over 100,000 votes, which is not much in a big state like Florida.
Of course, given that there are enough voters there to vote, a single hack of a county voting list system might make a difference.
Williams: people will be concerned about these stories, Josh, and they should be upset.
Can you assure the people watching tonight that the good people in the government will work very hard to investigate the matter in order to calm down the mood in the next 2020 incident?
Josh gustein, politico sr.
Legal affairs contributor: No, I can't guarantee this to people, it's because there seems to be some tension between the two things you mentioned, Brian.
I mean, it seems that our investigation has been quite thorough by the FBI to understand the situation of the Russians in 2016, but there are some obstacles to the problem of applying this technology in the future.
One is that some election officials don't take the issue seriously, or think they can solve it themselves even if they represent a small county in Florida.
Another problem is that some officials of the federal government seem reluctant to share the details found by the fbi with people who can solve the problem locally.
There is some tension there and it seems to be a bit of a stand-off at the moment, and there is concern that if they reveal details of what the FBI has found, perhaps it will expose sources of some intelligence methods.
But if they don't tell these specific people, they may not be able to get people to take this issue seriously for the next time.
Williams: Susan, we all agree, even sober witnesses to what has happened in the last two years, and Russia has always been a representative of this administration.
For Russia, there are strange exceptions to each round, and the Russian lies are constant.
Susan, talk about this time story tonight as a huge trigger for a story about legitimacy.
Susan Page, president of USA Today's Washington branch: Yes.
You know, we don't think President Trump has made a response that other presidents might have to keep disclosing Russian secrets, and in some cases successfully intervened in the election that brought him to the White House.
One of Josh's views on creating obstacles to a serious solution to the problem is the White House's response, where the president has at some point denied the conclusion of believing in his own intelligence services.
Introduce you to the owner of a country responsible for the attack on the most basic aspects of our democracy, which will be a free and fair election free from foreign interference and put it at the top.
Williams: Jeremy Marsh, let's turn this corner into other news reports we're covering tonightRosenstein.
During the public appearance of the attorney general, we heard that the American people, not the president, should be clients of the attorney general, deputy attorney general and the Justice Department.
Do you think this raises reasonable questions about who Rosenstein thinks he works?
Well, I think so.
Rosenstein bought himself an invitation letter in front of the House Judiciary Committee, and I think Brian should consider the role of the DOJ leader in submitting the Miller report to DOJ, in summing up the news conference and the revelation of tonight's "post" report on appeasing the investigation objectives, he will be fine and he will let the plane land.
Look, I think if Rod Rosenstein says something about the objectives of the investigation, the president, or I should say the subject of the investigation, and rather, he should say "Sir
President, I won't discuss this investigation with you.
The appropriate way to discuss the issue with the Department of Justice is by Bob Miller's witness.
Williams: Josh, is this just adding questions and troubles about the fair deal in this investigation?
I mean, I think the explanation for charity, and frankly, the general view that I have spoken to many current and former Justice Department officials is, rod Rosenstein walked here with tight ropes.
He tried to keep the investigation going without the disaster of additional dismissal from the White House.
This is not only bad for the president, but also for the country and for the Ministry of Justice, but also for him to handle it well.
It is puzzling that some of his people-who may seem to be some sort of fantasy of the White House from the outside-do not seem to work overtime.
A lot of people think that when Rod is ready to leave the Justice Department, you start to hear less untrustworthy wording like raising the white house or praising the president as someone who is committed to the rule of law.
In fact, however, this talk has continued over the last few weeks and last night.
So, I should say, that's what led many people to reconsider-in Rosenstein's assessment of how he handled it, they might be too generous.
Williams: Susan Page, where you live tomorrow night, everyone can call the White House Correspondents Dinner, and first of all, the president continues not to attend.
In fact, he held an anti-rally tomorrow night in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
This is Aggie, who claims today that the coup failed, as we said in the friendly area of NRA.
Susan, anything tomorrow night, he can say that impressed me.
He can and can.
Of course, neither the president nor the former president chose to attend the White House press dinner.
There is no crime in that.
What President Trump has done this time is different from what any former resident is directing all his officials to actually boycott dinner.
You know, I think that's just another step in this deterioration-some of the norms that keep the capital operating.
You know it's not great to have dinner with someone, but it's a respect for news agencies and democracy.
We have not heard much from this government.
Williams: Susan, if I remember correctly, the dinner was first a toast to the president of the United States, whether he was present or not, do you remember?
You know, I think at the end of the dinner, you can always have a uniform Cup.
This is, of course, a toast to the president and the president.
So, I think it's going to move forward like in the past.
Williams: I was told that toast will not be returned in kind from Green Bay, Wisconsin, but we will see it.
We had a lot to talk about when we came back on Monday.
We thank our big three for starting our work on Friday night after the following week.
Susan Page, Josh gustein, jeremesh, thank you for coming.
Next is what we, the Miller report, have to say about Trump's public statement.
What we can see and hear about the possibility of pardon and the possibility of obstructing justice.
Later, Joe Biden entered the competition at millions of pace on the first day of the competition and encountered some obvious problems the next day.
11 hours this Friday evening. (
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Peter Alexander of NBC News: Will you forgive Paul Manafort?
Trump: I don't talk about this right now.
I now don't want to talk about this
I think the whole Manafort trial is very sad when you see what's going on there.
I think it is a very sad day for our country.
He worked for me for a short time, but, you know, he happened to be a very nice person.
I think what they did to PaulManafort was very sad. (END VIDEO CLIP)
Williams: That's an example of what we're starting to discuss right now, Paul Manafort is the president of the campaign.
Again, in the Miller report, one of several examples is there, and President Trump did not rule out a pardon for someone.
Paul Manafort's case
Tonight, as part of our series, what we call discovery, goes deep into parts of the Miller report that have not yet received extensive news media coverage.
We will look closely at what the special advisor team thinks of Trump and whether he is trying to imply or convince emanafort not to work with the government.
Manafort was found guilty in a Virginia trial on August 21.
He later admitted the charges in Washington. C.
Both of them are from the FBI.
He signed a plea agreement with the federal government.
Later, the agreement was torn up after the Fed determined that Manafort lied to them.
Miller reported that "there is evidence that the president's actions have the potential to influence the decision on whether Manafort works with the government.
The president and advisers issued a statement saying that manafurad may receive a pardon, and also made it clear that the president did not want manaffort to cooperate with the government.
"Now, we add here that the Miller report also refers to the communication between manafut and his former business partner, Rick Gates, at January 2018, Manafort told gates, he has spoken to the president's private lawyers, who are not named here, and they "will take care of us.
Manafort told Gates that the defense was stupid and he said he had been communicating with the president's private lawyers and repeated that they should sit together and take good care of them.
If there was a mention of pardon, Gates asked Manafort directly, who said no one had used the word.
"A lot of things are excessive (ph).
For more pardon, let's invite former American assistant Nelson Cunningham. S.
Lawyers in southern New York also happen to be former lawyers on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Nelson, talk about the use and suspension of pardon, which is actually only one person who can act as a tool at the end of the day that could hinder justice.
Nelson Cunningham of FMRASSISTANT U. S. ATTY.
Southern District of New York: Look, the power of presidential pardon is in the Constitution, which is absolute-The Constitution has no restrictions on the power of presidential pardon.
On top of that, he was not allowed to pardon impeachment.
On top of that, it is power that rests on the president.
However, this does not mean that the president cannot be challenged in other forms (ph)
He exercised his presidential pardon.
Let's assume, for example, that someone has given the president a $2 million pardon for someone, and does anyone rationally think it's not a crime? Is it not wrong to accept bribes to provide services to someone in topardon?
Look at the actions of the president, exercise his powers, and see if the exercise of these powers constitutes and over, which is exactly the role of Congress.
It is clear that it did in this case.
Williams: I want to read something else to you.
It's a bit legit, people at home will be comfortable and we will try to take it slowly.
This is our report.
"Many of the president's actions are directed at witnesses, including blocking cooperation. e.
In the public's view, do not be dissatisfied with the government and the proposals that may be forgiven in the future.
While it is more difficult to determine that the conduct faced by the public is driven by corrupt intentions, the power of the president to influence actions, characters and events has been enhanced, and the important part has come, his unique ability to attract attention through mass communication.
The principles of law exclude public conduct from the scope of the statute of obstruction.
If the possible effect of these acts is to intimidate witnesses or change their testimony, then the integrity of the justice system is equally threatened.
"Nelson, if the helicopter is waiting on the South Lawn to talk openly and in real time about the wrong behavior on twitter, because skulldugery is not after closing the door, is this an illegal act?
Cunningham: No, the legal language you read is clear from Miller.
But that's Donald Trump's approach.
The more brazen he was, the more public his actions were, and later he said, "well, but you see what I did there, didn't you?
I did it publicly.
"This is how the helulls system and the acquittal (ph)
Everything he did
Well, I talked about the pardon for Paul Manafort, but I said it on TV.
The point is, did Paul Manafort hear that?
Does it affect PaulManafort's behavior?
Did Donald Trump say it was to shape the behavior of Donald Trump-the behavior of Paul Manafort?
The answer is clear, yes.
Williams: Nelson Cunningham, that's exactly what we're asking you to broadcast on Friday night.
We thank you as always for doing so.
Thank you very much for your time.
Now that he's officially running, Joe Biden is collecting campaign donations in a big way and showing up on the talk show.
So far, the results have been significantly different in both areas.
We will explain when we come back. (
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Biden, former president of the United StatesS.
The vice president: I have to be a private space where everyone has to know more about men and women, which is not primarily women.
I know more about this.
Happy Bihar, common view
Host: Nancy Pelosi wants you to say sorry I violated your space.
Biden: I'm sorry I violated your space.
I'm sorry this happened but I'm not sorry because I think I did anything that was meant to be wrong or inappropriate. (END VIDEO CLIP)
Williams: former Vice President Joe Biden spent most of his first television interview as a presidential candidate, answering how he used to treat women and how he treated them.
He received a very warm reception this morning, and the host urged Joe Biden to apologize to Anita Hill for her testimony at the Clarence Thomas testimony hearing on 1991.
But Biden refused. (
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Biden: I'm sorry she was treated like this.
I hope we can come up with a better way to get this done.
I do what I can to do what I think can stop things in my rules.
You know, I feel like what she wants you to say is that I'm sorry about the way I treat you.
Not because of the treatment you received.
I think it's closer.
Biden: but I'm sorry for the treatment she received.
I 've never heard such a thing-if you go back to what I said and didn't say, I don't think I'm bad for her. (END VIDEO CLIP)
Williams: According to our recent report, Joe Biden told Cheryl guy Stolberg in The New York Times that her conversation made her feel very dissatisfied.
To discuss the topic with us tonight, White House political reporters Nancy Cook and Susan page kindly agreed to stay for the conversation.
Susan, I want to start with you.
Yesterday, John Harris reminded us that Joe Biden had a year more political career than John F.
Kennedy was able to consume on Earth.
It's been about half a century.
It should be noted that Joe Biden told this morning about the losses he suffered in his life in a affectionate and emotional way that brought him tears, Megan McCain and a lot
But the question about women and Anita Hill.
Susan, the question is whether he doesn't have a good answer on the "point of view.
"On the first day of his media campaign, when will he have a good answer?
Susan Page, president of USA Today's Washington branch: it's impossible to be surprised that these questions were raised in this interview, by the way, in the foreseeable future, every interview he's going to do.
How could he not have a clear, disciplined and convincing response.
Instead, he has a winding, no one is satisfied.
This is a sorry answer.
For passive speech.
The mistakes we make have never been a satisfactory response.
He will not stop the problem.
This is the problem he will continue to face.
We talked about his strength in this interview.
Hecan is convincing and true.
He can talk about the compassion that comes from the grief he suffered in his life, but he also needs to be able to answer these questions in a better way than today.
Williams: Biden and Nancy Cook highlighted the Charlottsville issue in his statement, which resonated with many people.
I think before seeing the images inherited in his words again, they have forgotten how dark that period was and how hurt they were as citizens.
Then, with some stimulus from the news media, the president chose to talk about age, Trump 72, Biden 76, and today, the president made all these remarks on the White House lawn. (Start Video CLP)
Man: Sir.
President, how old is president?
US President Donald Trump: Well, I think I just feel like a young man, I'm too young.
I can't believe it.
I am a young man. I am a young man who is full of vitality.
I looked at Joe and I knew nothing about him. Idon`t know.
BIDEN: Look, if he looks younger and more energetic than I am, I might have to go home. (END VIDEO CLIP)
Williams: Nancy, I think we can learn from this, at least Joe Biden was infected with Donald Trump's skin very early on.
White House political correspondent Nancy Cook: he is, Joe Biden was covered by President Trump's skin even before the midterm election.
That's what I 've been talking to his political advisers and people at the White House, and Biden is the most concerned Democrat for the Trump campaign and the president himself for months.
They see him as someone who can easily cut into Donald Trump-part of his key election map for success in 2016, so like Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin"
They think he is a person who can attract white working-class voters, who may get most of the presidential base.
They just see him as someone with years of experience in office, something President Trump has to learn at work, and it's not something he brings to the table.
As we can see in this video, Biden posted another video.
Biden will be very active in calling for some of the low points in the Trump White House, including the Charlottsville incident.
He shouted out directly.
It is very positive just outside the gate.
Williams: Susan, what I want to say is that Trump may think Biden is most likely to threaten his re-election.
Then there's another mess of 19 years, including other Democrats, and we're eight months away from the first primary.
It's not a straight line, you know.
Joe Biden won't-Joe Biden is now in a strong position to be strong at $6 in polls.
It was very impressive that 3 million people were nominated in the first 24 hours, but it would not be a slide for the nomination, especially in such an area.
We have candidates who will make the opposite of what Joe Biden is putting forward.
Biden emphasized his experience, eight years as vice president.
Some other candidates can highlight the fact that in some cases they have made very detailed suggestions on future issues, to address where the party should go, where it needs to go, make more progress and be younger, and more women's parties are more diverse than when Joe Biden ran for president last time-running for the presidential nomination.
So, it will be a roller coaster.
We will see other candidates emerge to challenge the two of our current leaders, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
Williams: Nancy Cook, if I ask you to draw a pie chart of energy inputs, how much energy has been consumed in the White House by the concept of 2020 alone?
Cook: Well, I 'd say, you know, maybe 20% at this point.
I think when I spoke to White House officials and political advisers last week, they were very happy that Miller's report finally came out because there was a feeling that it was hanging over the president, now he can really go to 2020.
We have seen that this has not happened completely in the past week.
The president still appears to be very concerned about Mueller's report, the religious investigation, all the oversight investigations, and the potential subpoenas of his former aides.
He was very worried about it.
So I don't, you know, they're definitely focused on 2020, and I think Trump is particularly focused on personal candidates who are threatened like Biden, but there's so much to do in the White House at this point, as Susan said, the election is very far away.
Williams: two great journalists, covering politics with lines that everyone should look.
Nancy Cook and Susan Page, thank you for joining us on Friday night.
Trump claims to know many generals, who call it Robert E.
Lee, their favorite general.
We just have a retired 4-
Stargeneral stood by and talked to us.
We will ask him other questions when we come back. (
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Trump: We didn't pay or pay for our great Otto.
This is a fake news report about the money being paid.
I haven't paid for any hostages, and I think I have about 20 or 21 people already.
We don't pay for the hostages.
Otto's case is very unusual, but I just want to tell you that Otto is not paid at all. (END VIDEO CLIP)
Williams: this is the president's response to the report, and the North Korean special effects company submitted a medical bill before releasing the late Otto warmbill, asking for a payment of $2 million.
Trump denied payment online at 7: 12 today. m.
To be precise, Eastern time, his next question is more than the answer, including who he refers to, and why the strange spelling of the title of the mysterious official is clearly on our payroll.
"President Donald J.
Trump is the greatest hostage negotiator in American history.
The hostages have been released in the past two years.
Nomoni was paid.
According to the "chief representative of the US hostage negotiations!
"We are searching for this title on the federal payroll.
More information on US-US relationsS.
Then North Korea and some.
Let's move to retirement four. star U. S.
Army General Barry McCaffrey, a veteran in Vietnam, a former battlefield commander in the Persian Gulf and a former US naval officer. S.
The drug czar, who served as four presidents, is now a military analyst at MSNBC.
General, let's start with North Korea. is the ransom story credible to you? go?
Barry mccaffrey, military analyst at MSNBC: Yes, by the way, what I think of it is ,(INAUDIBLE)
Understanding North Korea is essentially a criminal regime.
I mean, their embassy sells counterfeit money and drugs.
They assassinated their families and senior officials.
The survival of the family is what is happening in North Korea.
In this case, I think they did submit a bill of $2 million to US. S.
Let's get the poor Otto warmbill out.
They found that he was basically in a coma.
He had to sign a document and we owe them $2 million to get them out of the county.
I think this is the case.
It is not clear whether they paid the money subsequently.
But again, this emphasizes talking nonsense about KIM JONG-UN --
The United Nations, the person you fall in love with, the person who doesn't know the status of wambill, I mean, it's just a fantasy way to understand the regime in North Korea.
Williams: imagine that the two friends of our President Kim and Putin held their own summit this week.
I want to ask you, what do you think happened there?
These days, Kim just likes the relevance of his desire.
He took the photos home where people saw him with the leaders of the words?
He is very beautiful in this respect.
He held four summits in China.
He had three meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
He and Mr. Trump.
He continues to produce missile materials for nuclear weapons and has produced up to 60 nuclear weapons.
He continues to build IRBM missiles and works on his prototype ICBM.
He did a good job.
We got rid of it? Nothing.
I think it is worth noting that can he overcome economic sanctions?
Russia is a poor country.
They can't help anything.
China is the key. What will China do.
I have to send you to Robert E. Lee.
You heard the president say today that the generals he knows, he may have said that the generals stationed or sent to the White House have talked about their favorite Li Feng.
Yesterday, when your alma mater published the regulations of Ulysses S, I couldn't help but call them because they might have made a huge mistake. Grant.
General, are we sure they didn't pick the wrong general?
You know, General Stanley McChrystal wrote a very thoughtful work.
Ed, you may have read it a few months ago, why he no longer has photos of Robert E.
Li is in his office.
Williams: Yes.
Obviously, the officer who was very good at tactics.
He extended the civil war and killed 800,000 people. he was the master of a slave.
Thank God he abused his slaves and chased the fugitives, he lost the war, mainly because of the United StatesS.
Grant and Sherman
So, I think the bottom line is that we shouldn't respect Robert. Lee.
From a military point of view, he is worth studying.
There is no doubt that he is a respectable man, but that war was all about slavery, and in many cases he was the main reason, and he would laugh as long as it died.
Williams: General, the reason we have a rest is to be with you.
When we come back, we will talk to you about the uncomfortable role of the United States. S.
We have troops stationed along the southern border.
When we came back(
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Welcome back.
The Pentagon is reportedly preparing to expand our military involvement on the southern border.
That's what we're talking about.
The Washington Post got documents detailing the need for more of the following-military lawyers, chefs, drivers to help Border Patrol officers cope with the influx of migrants. U. S.
As you may know, the policy prohibits the military from interacting with immigrants, so special exemptions need to be approved, and we are lucky to still be with our retired US ArmyS. army four-star genera;
BarryMcCaffrey.
General, I got the word uncomfortable on the premise of rest.
This is a kind of Meek (ph)
This is the case, but many people think it's a real crisis on our southern border, which makes the U. S.
An army in a very uncomfortable position.
Yes, I think it's a fair description.
I have a lot of experience with these border issues as well as Mexico and Central America.
We now have about 5,000 soldiers at the border, active in the National Guard.
Fiscal 19 is half a billion dollars.
In many cases, this is nothing new.
Over the past 20 years, we have deployed troops on and off there.
When I still object in uniform, I object to the United States. S.
Army on the border
We do not want to militarize the border.
We want the main responsibility of Customs and Border Protection law enforcement officers.
Now, whether engineers are building roads, the National Guard is helping to unload trucks in order for law enforcement to carry out searches, which are legitimate tasks.
Now we are crawling.
We have just had a conflict with two National Guard soldiers, who were caused by six Mexican army soldiers and have apparently been disarm.
But the president's response was essentially an aggressive, bellicose statement.
This is not what we want.
Mexico is not a military threat to the United States, nor is it intended to do so.
So, we have to cool it down. It's a law enforcement responsibility, not the United States. S. Armed Forces.
Okay, General Barry McCaffrey.
Thank you very much for attending the broadcast tonight as always.
We are very grateful for that.
For us, his role in America. S.
History has been consolidated.
He is one of only 45 Americans. S.
The president, it's interesting what he said about the president of the United States. S. history.
We will give it to you when we come back. (
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Start video clip Trump: We have absolute right to fire Miller.
In the meantime, I did not.
I study history.
I know what you get when you fire someone, it's not good. (END VIDEO CLIP)
Williams: The last thing before we come here tonight, these words and the president's comments on Robert E. Lee.
This reminds us of his past in the United States. S.
World History.
Along the way, we saved some special moments. (
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Trump: I have noticed that Frederick Douglas is an example of someone who has done a very good job and he is getting more and more recognized.
Few people remember it, but the Republicans are the party of Abraham Lincoln.
Many people don't realize that the great Abraham Lincoln is a Republican.
Most people don't know he's a Republican, right?
Does anyone know?
People forget that we need to embrace it.
I mean, if Andrew Jackson was a little late, we wouldn't have a war.
He was really angry because he saw what had happened in the civil war and he said there was no reason for that.
He said that he saw what happened in the civil war, which is unreasonable.
People don't ask this question, but why is there a war?
Why can't this problem be solved?
France is the first and oldest ally of the United States.
Many people don't know.
France helped us gain independence.
A lot of people forget.
It is not realized that the Korean War is not over yet.
Unidentified male: Yes, that's what I think.
400 square feet.
Who has the courage and generosity of such a big pole?
A closed patriot, who reluctantly agreed to speak to us on condition of anonymity.
My name is Donald Trump.
I like to fight for the flag.
That's all he said.
Trump: the number one golf course in California.
Yes, it's a good course, but it's important that the flag, it's the message of freedom, for Donald Trump, it is important to have information about the original 13 original colonies.
I don't know what these 13 represent.
M: of course, this is a good course.
Trump: the best gold course in California is better than the cobblestone beach. (END VIDEO CLIP)
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History, let this week end.
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