It's Thursday, December 4th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today, the show that, like Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsteth, would not let White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller watch its kids, or dog, or apartment, or can of Celsius.

And actually, I'm trying to think of something I'd let Stephen Miller watch and my answer is not appropriate for this episode.

On today's show, convicted felon, President Donald Trump pardons a Democratic congressman indicted on white-collar crimes because game recognized game.

And hello silence, my old friend.

No one is talking to House Speaker Mike Johnson again.

But let's start with Secretary of Defense.

I mean, war.

Pete Higzeth.

As we've mentioned before, Hegseth has been under fire for his continually evolving explanations

and blame shifting

regarding a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

Following a report from the Washington Post, the Associated Press found that the Pentagon

was indeed aware that there were two survivors after the initial attack on the boat,

and still carried out a follow-up strike.

At the same time, the Trump administration has

gone from denying a second strike ever happened to blaming the second strike, which did happen

on an admiral. And the boat? First, it was headed to Trinidad, or another Caribbean country,

and then it was, quote, an immediate threat to the United States. Hmm. No wonder Republicans like Nebraska representative Don Bacon and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul

aren't having any of it.

Here's Bacon speaking to CNN on Wednesday.

If what is being reported is true, someone is wrong.

They should be held accountable.

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