Joining us now, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. He's a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Senator, thank you for joining us this morning.You just heard there members of uh President Trump's cabinet now expressed views in the past that members of the military should not carry out cannot carry out illegal orders. The same sentiment that six Democratic lawmakers said in that video a few weeks ago that riled up the president so very much. So give us the latest if you will with ...

We remember the video that the Democrats put out that uh told members of the military just reminding them of their oath and that they don't have to follow and they should not follow illegal orders. And we've shown you a lot on this show. Pete Hagathth himself saying that um and believing that uh apparently um but here is more of that.Some more examples of Pete Hagsth talking about what troops should do. Uh this is from back in 2016. >> Military leaders saying you could not possibly kill the families of woul ...

There's growing concern that the administration may slowwalk the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Attorney General Pam Bondi appears to have ignored a bipartisan request to give a group of Congress members an update on the release of the Epstein files this Friday, fueling skepticism over whether the administration will produce those documents by the December 19th deadline. And in yet another transparency fight, Defense Secretary Pete Hexath is now distancing himself from President Trump's agreement to ...

Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, who appeared in that video telling troops not to follow illegal orders, joins me now. Senator, first I want to get your sense if you do have a clear sense or a clear story from the Pentagon about what happened here, or do you need to know more. >> Oh, we need to know a lot more, Chris, and thank you for having me on.I went back and listened to some of the tape where I was asking some questions uh in the secure facility about those strikes and there was uh you know a ...

here, but there's not a story that I've more desperately wanted to talk to you about since this this post story just blew this unbelievable fact out into public view. And I wonder your thoughts on all of it. I am um disturbed by this, I think, as everybody is.I taking a step back from this, Nicole. I don't understand why we're going to war with Venezuela and I'm not sure the administration has even bothered to try to come up with anything even internally coherent in terms of explaining why Trump has proclai ...

Should Kash Patel be sending out resumes. Oh, yeah. I mean, they appointed him.The head of the FBI is like, you know, appointing a lifetime truant to the, you know, lead the Department of Education. I mean, it never was qualified. And, you know, all he does is fly around and see his girlfriend and, you know, other weird things get press releases out.And now he's trying to appeal to the president by attacking members of Congress for doing their duty and reporting the truth, which is what the U.S. Military Co ...

Donald Trump's vengeance and retribution campaign has a new target. Six of them actually. The lawmakers who served our country honorably and bravely and dared to tell members of the United States military.Something that would in normal times be totally normal and totally obvious that it is their duty to refuse to carry out any illegal orders. this afternoon, one of those lawmakers, Senator Alyssa Slaken of Michigan, who before becoming a member of that body served as a CIA analyst. And as a CIA analyst, she ...

The Defense Department says it is now investigating Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, for quote serious allegations of misconduct. >> This is related to the video of Kelly and other Democratic lawmakers where they encouraged members of the military and intelligence community to defy illegal orders from the Trump administration. When you're a senior officer in the military, you are subject to being recalled.And that's why they're going after him in this case. If in fact they find there is e ...

We have breaking news from the Pentagon. The Department of Defense says it has received quote serious allegations of misconduct against Arizona Senator Mark Kelly. Now, it's important to note Kelly is one of the six Democratic senators, all of whom served in the military or intelligence community, who now say they're facing heightened threats after President Trump accused them of sedicious behavior punishable by death because they posted a video encouraging service members to refuse illegal orders from the ...

Also breaking right now, the Defense Department says it is now investigating Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, for quote serious allegations of misconduct. >> This is related to the video of Kelly and other Democratic lawmakers where they encouraged members of the military and intelligence community to defy illegal orders from the Trump administration. NBC News senior national security correspondent Courtney QB joins us now.So, Courtney, tell us more about what the Pentagon is saying and t ...