Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington. We begin with breaking news with new scrutiny on President Trump's already in battle defense secretary Pete Hegseth.

Right now, President Trump is holding an event in the Oval Office, and we expect him to take questions from reporters.

We will bring that to you live when it happens.

But this all comes amid a new report by the Pentagon's top government watchdog.

The office of the Inspector General has concluded that Secretary Higgs's use of a group chat on Signal back in March about a pending military operation in Yeving could have imperiled American troops.

That's according to two people who have read the report.

The Inspector General's report also finding that the Defense Secretary violated military regulations by using his

personal phone for official business. That report so far has been shared within the administration

and with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. A redacted version is expected to be released publicly by

tomorrow. The findings concluding an eight-month investigation into Hegzeth's use of signal

to share details of planned strikes in Yemen in a group chat that also included a journalist mistakenly.

The Pentagon reacting to the news, claiming it's a, quote, total exoneration of Secretary Hegeseth

because it proves that no classified information was shared about the strike.

Now, we should note the report's conclusions do not address whether Hegset was able to share the

information he did. That's according to the people have seen the report. Now, taking a step back,

this all comes as Hegset already faces questions from Democrats and Republicans about the legality of a second

U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat off the coast of Venezuela in September.

Joining me now at Senior White House correspondent Garrett Hake as well as NBC News, senior

national security correspondent. Courtney QB, thanks to both of you for starting us off.

Garrett, let me start with you at the White House. Take us inside your

conversations there in the West Wing. What has the reaction been to this IG report?

Well, so far there's been no public reaction from the White House or from the president, although he's

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