MS NOW’s David Rohde joins Morning Joe to discuss covering 9/11 from Ground Zero 25 years ago and his reporting on Two Americans whose lives were forever changed on that day – a Marine who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a CIA officer who hunted Osama bin Laden.
Nick Bilton, the new executive producer, has begun to put his stamp on the show. Up first: an exclusive interview with an officer who was aboard the F-15 fighter shot down over Iran.
Max Lederer, the former publisher of the military publication Stars and Stripes, sounds off on the future of the paper under Pete Hegseth after getting fired by the Pentagon. “How can you be transparent if you don’t have the Pentagon’s voice?” This week, a federal judge declined to stop the Pentagon from dismissing Lederer and two other journalists from the newspaper. The journalists are suing Hegseth, claiming they were retaliated against over negative news coverage and speaking out against press freedom. Lederer tells Jacob Soboroff their lawsuit will “continue on.”
Publisher Max Lederer, editor-in-chief Erik Slavin and Middle East reporter Lara Korte were all fired by the Pentagon, which partially funds the military newspaper.
“It’s disheartening to watch years of journalists’ reporting wiped from the internet so easily and without warning,” said HuffPost culture reporter Njera Perkins.