A growing scandal rocked the White House over the Thanksgiving holiday. The Washington Post reported that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave an order to kill two people who had survived an initial strike on their alleged drug boat. 

If true, it would clearly violate the language of the laws of war and treaties the US has signed. 

Grant breaks down what Hegseth and the White House are saying, the fact that they haven't been able to get their story straight and a new revelation from the Pentagon that the strike orders may have come from the Oval Office. 

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