programs of the department of defense and energy, the state department and intelligence services, the amount exceeds $886 billion, which is 28 billion more than last year. for military assistance ukraine is provided with $800 million with tightened control over the use of these funds. the budget also provides for the allocation of $11.5 billion to contain china in the indo-pacific region. the un security council adopted a resolution on the gas sector. the document provides for the immediate and unconditional release of hostages held by hamas. the resolution also requires all parties to urgently ensure safe and unhindered access of food, medicine, fuel to the gas sector and calls for the creation of conditions for long-term cessation of hostilities. russia proposed replacing the language with a ceasefire to ensure safe access to humanitarian aid, but the united states used its veto power and rejected the proposal. previously, safbes was unable to agree on five texts of the resolution. in early december , antonio guterres said that the gas sector does not have the conditions for the eff

the department of defense, the department of state. defense contractors, employees, department of energy facilities throughout the united states victims include politicians, civil servants, journalist, ngo's and other civil society organizations. although these individuals are not currently in custody as u.s. attorney ramsey said the fbi's along regional member. >> criminal hackers will not evade our investigation. we will find them and we will hold them accountable. >> prosecutors think the 2 russians use fake emails to people into handing over account information they s and say they stole information used to influence the 2019 elections in great britain. the poster indicates the reward for tracking those 2 men down is 10 million dollars we'll probably be very hard to do. the men are believed to be in russia and since they were apparently working on behalf of russia, no one expects them to be handed over. well, the time here we take a live look outside on this thursday night, almost to the weekend. there's the san mateo bridge is. >>

the department of defense, department of state. defense contractors, employees, department of energy facilities throughout the united states victims include politicians, civil servants, journalist, ngo's and other civil society organizations. although these individuals are not currently in custody as u.s. attorney ramsey said the fbi's along regional member. >> criminal hackers will not evade our investigation. we will find them and we will hold them accountable. >> prosecutors think the 2 russians used fake emails basically to fool people into handing over account information. there were co-conspirators. they say they stole information, used to influence the 2019 elections in great britain. and as that posters indicating the reward for tracking them down is huge, 10 million dollars, a low. that will probably be really hard to do because the man are believed to be in russia. and since they were, prosecutors say working on behalf of russia, nobody expects them to be handed over. ken and vicki. all right, catherine, thank you for tha

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the department of defense, the department of state , late defense contractors and employees at department of energy facilities throughout the united states. >> authorities say the group also targeted foreign nations and hacked into the computers and email accounts of politician us civil servants. journalists and others in the uk. a $10 million reward is being offered for information leading to their arrest and conviction. >> turning now to weather, showers fell across the bay area today and in some parts sometimes it was pretty heavy. this is a look at conditions this afternoon near tilden park's little farm in the berkeley hills. >> got to get used to driving in the rain again. live look now outside this afternoon. you can see some areas appear to be clearing. in fact, i saw some blue skies on the way in. >> that's right. abc7 news meteorologist sandyha patel is here with a first look at the forecast. you know, i didn't get caught in the rain because i watched your newscast or meteorologist forecast. i'm glad you rain attention, kristin. >> well, you know what? you were all so lucky prob

the department of defense, the department of state, defense, contra, actors and employees at departmentenergy facilities throughout the united states. >> authorities say the group hacked into computers and email accounts of politicians, civil servants, journalists and others in the uk. a $10 million reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction. >> residents of one of san francisco's neighborhoods are planning to sue the us navy and the epa over cleanup efforts at the hunters point naval shipyard. super fund site. this comes just days after the navy announced it discovered small amounts of radioactive material at that site this year. activists have long demanded more oversight of the cleanup effort, and they voiced concerns of a cancer cluster impacting people who live in that area. >> it's time that we start caring about not just the old residents that stay here, but the new ones that are coming in that do not have an idea of what the travesty and the inhumanity that has happened here for this discovery raises concerns about plans to build thousands more

the ministry of defense, energy, state department and intelligence, as well as the national security, almost 887 billion dollars, 28 more than last year, the money will also be used to contain beijing, support taiwan and ukraine, little has been promised to kiev, 800 million, while 300 will remain in the united states, this is money for contracts with weapons manufacturers. i will add that the law provides for the introduction of new oversight mechanisms over the kiev-controlled military. 109 years of guarding their native country , the professional holiday is celebrated today by the pilots of our long-range aviation, they solve problems in all strategic directions, sometimes spending not even hours in the sky, but a whole day, thousands of kilometers from the border, and long-range aviation is one of the components our nuclear triad, power, endurance, the highest professionalism, today in service are the mighty tu-160 and tu-95 supersonic missile carriers. new combat vehicles will arrive after deep modernization. on red square, with various modifications, while continuing on a histo

the department of defense, department of state. defense contractors, employees, department of energy facilities throughout the united states victims include politicians, civil servants, journalist, ngo's and other civil society organizations. although these individuals are not currently in custody as u.s. attorney ramsey said the fbi's along regional on memory. >> criminal hackers will not evade our investigation. we will find them and we will hold them accountable. >> prosecutors think the 2 russians used fake emails basically to fool people into handing over account information. there were co-conspirators. they say they stole information, used to influence the 2019 elections in great britain. and those that posters indicating the reward for tracking them down is huge. 10 million dollars a tplow. that will probably be really hard to do because the men are believed to be in russia. and since they were, prosecutors say working on behalf of russia, nobody expects them to be handed over. ken and vicki. >> and we are following breaking

nuclear security administration of the department of energy and assistant secretary of defense globaltrategic affairs. senator kyle represented arizona in the u.s. senate from 1995 to 2013 and he serves as the arms services committee for many years and was ansley influential voice for nuclear modernization. bob scheier served as defense for pentagon and is now head of international affairs for bp america. we will then proceed to a second panel in which we seek reactions to the report from outside experts. are outside experts will include senior fellow here at the atlanta counsel and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear missile defense policy, lynn rustin, vice president of the global nuclear policy program at the nuclear threat initiative and the honorable walt slocum, board director here at the atlanta counsel and former undersecretary of defense for policy. this session will be moderated by pentagon correspondent. we are grateful and excited for you all to be here with us today. both panels will include audience question and answer in which attendees both in pers

the department of defense, department of state.tractors, employees, department of energy facilities throughout the united states victims include politicians, civil servants, journalist, ngo's and other civil society organizations. although these individuals are not currently in custody as u.s. attorney ramsey said the fbi's along regional member. >> criminal hackers will not evade our investigation. we will find them and we will hold them accountable. >> prosecutors believe the 2 russians used fake emails to fool people into handing over account information. they say they stole info used to influence the 2019 elections in great britain. and as the poster indicates the reward for tracking them down is huge. 10 million dollars now probably be very difficult to catch, though. the men are believed to be in russia. and since they were apparently working on behalf of russia, nobody expects them to be handed over. 2 people were killed in a head-on crash that happened in pablo. we have some video of the aftermath and here is a map of where

at the department of energy and assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs.enator kyle represented arizona in the u.s. senate from 1995 to 2013, and he served as -- on the armed services committee for many years and was an influential voice for nuclear modernization. bob share served as assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities in the pentagon and is now head of international affairs. we will then proceed to a second panel in which we seek reaction to the report from outside experts, including a senior fellow here at the atlantic council and the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear missile defense policy, vice president of the global nuclear policy program at the nuclear threat initiative, and the board director here at the atlantic council and former undersecretary of defense for policy. this session will be monitored by the pentagon correspondent at the associated press. we are grateful and excited for you all to be with us here today. both panels will include audience question and answer in which attendees in

the department of defense, department of state. defense contractors, employees, department of energy facilities throughout the united states victims include politicians, civil servants, journalist, ngo's and other civil society organizations. although these individuals are not currently in custody as u.s. attorney ramsey said the fbi's along regional member, it. >> criminal hackers will not evade our investigation. we will find them and we will hold them accountable. >> prosecutors think that the 2 russians used fake emails to fool people into handing over account information and they say they used some stolen information to influence the 2019 elections in great britain. as this poster indicates, the reward is 10 million dollars. but the odds are. >> it's going to be hard to recover that money because the men are going to be hard to recover. i mean, they're believed to be in russia because there are russian and they were apparently working on behalf of russia. so nobody expects them to be handed over. >> the labor department releas

the department of defense, department of state.ense contractors, employees, department of energy facilities throughout the united states victims include politicians, civil servants, journalist, ngo's and other civil society organizations. although these individuals are not currently in custody as u.s. attorney ramsey said the fbi's along regional member. >> criminal hackers will not evade our investigation. we will find them and we will hold them accountable. >> prosecutors believe that the 2 russians used fake emails to fool people into handing over their account information. and that they stole information, used to influence the 2019 elections in great britain. as the poster indicates get the reward up to 10 million dollars. odds are though it's going to be tough to find them because since they are russian, they believe that they are in russia now and working on behalf russia. so the idea they're going to be handed over found is pretty slim. >> happening today, san jose state senator dave cortese hosting his annual community heal

the department of defense, department of state. defense contractors, employees, department of energy facilities throughout the united states victims include politicians, civil servants, journalist, ngo's and other civil society organizations. although these individuals are not currently in custody as u.s. attorney ramsey said the fbi's along regional member. >> criminal hackers will not evade our investigation. we will find them and we will hold them accountable. >> prosecutors believe that the 2 russians used fake emails to fool people into handing over account information and stole information used to influence the 2019 elections in great britain. and as the poster indicates the reward for tracking them down is huge. >> 10 million dollars. >> it's probably going to be hard to get that a reward and to find them because they're believed to be in russia. and since they were apparently working on behalf of russia, nobody expects them to be handed over. >> the california water service is warning 8 fire departments in the state with mo

. >> victims included current and former employees of the department of defense, energy, as well as private sector defense contractors and the department of state. >> the group uses spear phishing, a tricky way to get unauthorized access by sending emails by whom you think is a trusted sender, like someone within your organization. but the goal is to get confidential information or access to a network by the hackers. >> we will find them and we will hold them accountable. >> national secrets regarding energy technology and research at nongovernmental organizations have been the targets. according to the feds, the case filed here in the northern district of california, due to the density of technology and intellectual property located here and in silicon valley. the fbi reports they believe these suspects are in russia thanks to the state department. there is a generous reward of up to $10 million for information and the arrest and conviction of these suspects in san francisco, alice wertz, ktvu fox two news new at six. >> the boyfriend of a woman found dead inside of her san francisco home

. >> victims included current and former employees of the department of defense, energy as well as privater defense contractors and the department of state. >> now, the two men are not in us custody. they're unlikely to be handed over by the russian government. the state department is offering up to a $10 million reward for information about this global cyber hacking network. time now for 26 california's budget deficit has ballooned to $68 billion. now, the previous estimate from the state was $32 billion, and most of that budget shortfall comes from lower than expected tax revenue, as revenues for the current budget year ended up at $26 billion below the previous estimates, the state will likely make budget cuts now, while trying to protect people who are considered most at risk. >> we're unfortunately going to be in a position this year where we're probably going to have to say no to a lot of things that otherwise, if we if there were no constraints, we would want to do. >> now, governor newsom is due to present the first version of his proposed state spending plan next month. it is 427

in the united states, victims included current and former employees of the departments of defense, energy as well as private sector defense contractors and the department of state. >> neither men are in the united states and in custody right now and are unlikely to be handed over to by the russian government to the united states. the state department is offering up to a $10 million reward for information about this global cyber hacking network. there is a new reminder out for people about a possible scam involving those qr codes you might scan to see a menu. the federal trade commission warning that scammers can replace the original qr code to redirect you to a site to steal your information. the agency says you should only scan those codes from a source you trust and double check any websites you get sent to make sure that they're the website you expect it. well, a california teacher accused of drugging preschool students, the outrage parents and how the school discovered that routine. plus, this weekend, the 49 ers will take on their rival seattle seahawks as they try to keep their winn

in the united states, victims included current and former employees of the departments of defense, energywell as private sector defense contractors and the department of state. >> the case was filed right here in the northern district of california. due to the density of technology and the intellectual property located here and in silicon valley, the state department is offering up to a $10 million reward for information about this global cyber hacking network. >> new at ten, the ceo of x says that more than 10 million people have signed up for the social platform this month. ceo linda yaccarino posted the news on x and this comes as the company formerly known as twitter, risks losing as much as $75 million in ad revenue after major brands paused their campaigns on the platform in july, elon musk said x had 540 million monthly users, 60 years later and the bond between a national championship high school football team could not be stronger. coming up, how that team from san francisco is remembering their big season that came during a very dark time in us history. >> also, a freeze warning

of defense, military construction and defense activities for the department of energy, to provide military activity strength, signed by 17 senators as followings. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to recommit the conference report to conference with instructions. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new york, mr. schumer, moves that the conference report with respect to h.r. 2670 be recommitted with instructions that the conferees on the part of the senaten instructed to insert language that makes the effective date of the measure one day after the date of enactment. mr. schumer: i ask further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: i ask for the yeas and nays on my motion. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there is. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. schumer: i have an amendment to the instructions at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from

defense and for military construction, and for defense activities of the department of energy to prescribe military personnel strength for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. griffith: parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his inquiry. mr. griffith: i ask the speaker if now is the appropriate time to make motions -- points of parliamentary inquiry and motions relathed to the properness of h.r. 2670, conference report being before this house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state an inquiry at this time if he has one about the measure. mr. griffith: mr. speaker, i would inquire -- parliamentary inquiry, i would inquire as to whether or not when originally filed h.r. 2670 complied with the requirements of the rules of the house to have a single purpose stated, and if so, what was that single purpose. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will not provide an advisory opinion. the chair would advise the gentleman that consistent with prior clarifica

secretary of defense someone with brains and brawn.e department of energy and go with somebody with loads of it. and for vp go with the best looking. some other options too. attorney general, judge jeanine. she could do all of her own executions. secretary of education tyrus because he is the only man that can pin randy winegarden. >> [cheers and applause]. >> and nothing inspires kids to learn like a folding metal chair. and the secretary of virginity. only one credible choice. kt, you saw the debate. thoughts and prayers? >> donald trump won that debate. they are not ready for prime-time. the axios article, trump has a list of nasty people will who do terrible things on day 1. that's baloney. i know all of these people. every administration has a transition team. i was on the trump transition team. you have a list of dozens, hundreds, thousands of people who will come in. axios says this is sinister. the trump people are looking at these names. they will take over the government. come on. >> greg: you know who should run the transiti

of defense and military construction and dense activities of the department of energy for such fiscal year and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: i appreciate those. we had more people than just two of us on the floor. it was a great night in the house chamber. we had a great audience. not just speaking to the echo chamber. we had a couple in the bleachers up there. look, here's the things. republicans passed a responsible national defense authorization act. you can see here house g.o.p. bill. all of the green check marks. we ended president biden's taxpayer that enables and gender surgeries and biden radical and carrying out of his executive order that will push his agenda into our military and have a forced migration into electric vehicles. it would protect servicemembers who were discharged who refused the covid-19 and ban the drag queen shows and create an inspector general and rate based and eliminate the officers and all these positions. here's the thing. senator schumer and the democrats created a bill that did none of

according to the document, the money will be used for the needs of the military and energy departments, the state department and intelligence. the united states also plans to strengthen its position in the indo-pacific region and increase arms supplies to taiwan to contain china. almost 15 billion from the treasury will be spent on this. the americans will spend another 800 million to support the ukrainian regime and now the chinese... you will have to report to washington for almost every dollar spent. at the same time, the head of the white house did not support a number of provisions in the document, which he himself signed. he criticized the requirement to report the president's plans to congress. biden stressed that this could limit his powers. the un security council adopted a draft resolution on the delivery of humanitarian aid to the gas sector. according to the document, israel and hamas must facilitate this. however, in palestine. under pressure from the united states, which actually intercepted the authorship and usurped the work over the text on the sidelines at different l

and department of energy. he spent over three decades in the u.s. marine corps, active in infantry, artillery, civil affairs officer, and oversee tours in vietnam, and operation desert storm, twice. he has an mba and harvard business school. he is with us here this morning until the top of the hour to answer your battlefield questions and budget questions as well. douglas. ohio. independent. good morning to you. >> hi. my question is, if you are worried about defense overseas and everything well right now the biggest threat this country has is insight. we have an ex-president who wants to be a dictator and there ain't no way we should support this man at all. we are working on defense and if he is going to try to take it over, it is crazy. i mean, he is wanting this country to be in chaos so he can go in and be a oligarch. that is crazy. 82 years ago today, the japanese attacked pearl harbor. and we thought criminals then would try to destroy democracy. and now have got it. you know? we just get me that a man

we need subsectors and there needs to be a department defense of a sector for defense, intelligence issues probably managed by the department of ed, as they do the defense industrial base that subsector and then i think you need a subsector for communications because the fcc's already got a very strong relationship in there. so i think with that, you could do it. if i could say one other thing. the government has to do, they've got to set up a supporting ligature around that and that's the the gtc, the government coordinating and the center for training councils and they sound boring and bureaucrat and they are a critical the sectors that are run well and i put the department of the energy sector have great sex and gcs where the participation or the ceos of companies no tom fanning you know for years was the chairman of the electrical sgc deeply involved with the government and brought, you know, a commitment from his company and got the commitments of the other ceos that were there alongside him. and so, in my mind, you know, setting up naming in a sector is a national infrastructure, put

interact with the ministry of defense and other departments. the protection of state borders requires increased attention, especially those areas that are in close proximity to combat lines. in recent years, more than 300 medical institutions have been updated, said sergei sobyanin. the capital's mayor presented an annual report on the government's activities in the moscow city duma. according to sobyanin, half of moscow’s clinics have already been reconstructed, the remaining part will be updated in the next 2-3 years, the mayor of the capital stipulated support from muscovites and svo participants. from the first days of the northern military district, the efforts of the moscow government were aimed at supporting the army. and muscovites who went to the front, we took their families under special care and, together with the russian government, we provide constant... assistance to all sectors of the country's economy in the fraternal donbass. and at samleon she adopted a russian resolution to combat the glorification of nazism. moscow calls fo

only energy, defense and industrial facilities, and military communications departments are attacked. in the southern donetsk direction, fighters from the vostok group effectively destroy armored vehicles and units of the armed forces of ukraine, and hit targets with santsep heavy flamethrower systems. quickly arrives within 3 minutes literally work and we leave. orenburg rocket scientists put into service the new avangard complex for their professional holiday and the day of strategic missile forces , which is celebrated tomorrow, the regiment has completed work on equipping the launch pad. an intercontinental ballistic missile was loaded into a silo launcher. the most complex technological process took several hours. now the vanguard is completely ready for combat duty. let me remind you that the missile system is equipped with a hypersonic unit, capable of flying at a speed 27 times higher than the speed of sound, while maneuvering, successfully bypassing missile defense systems. all this significantly expands the group’s capabilities missile forces. american authorities are lookin

according to the document, the money will be used for the needs of the military and energy departments, the state department and intelligence. the united states also plans to strengthen its position in the indo-pacific region and increase arms supplies to taiwan to contain china. the local government will spend almost 15 billion on this. americans will spend another 800 million. this is what hamas called the actions of tel aviv. wing officials said the us worked diligently to strip the resolution of its essence, allowing israel to, quote: complete mission of destruction murders and terrorism in the gaza strip. the same was stated by russia's ambassador to the un, vasily nebendya. he named. the adopted document was commented on by the israeli foreign ministry, where they emphasized that they will act in accordance with international law, but intend to check all humanitarian aid for the gas sector for security purposes. meanwhile, israel continues to attack the gaza strip. the day before, idf forces attacked the nosirat refugee camp, a residential building came under fire, 18 people were

on air or head to theto the department of energy d, go with someone with loads of it. g did a lot of work for bp. loen in doubt, just go with the best looking. here's some other option s toodge attorney general judge jeanine. shjeane could do all her ownn executions. >> secretary of education tires because he's the only man that can pin randi weingartenn d oh, oh, and nothing inspires>> leds to learn like a folding chair to the cranium. and of course, obviously for the secretary of virginity, there's only one credible choice right? >> all right, katie, you saw the debate. >> thoughts, prayers likeyers? donald j. trump won that debate. i mean, none of them are going to they're not they're not ready for primetime in the sense of running for president. they and know the other thing is that this access article. >> yeah. oh, this is so sinisteaxior trump has this list of nastyst people who are going to come in and do terribley peop on day. but such baloney. i know all of these people. >> everybody was talking to each other. now, the half the people that h oe mentioned are n

and nonproliferation activities in the department energy. he served as infantry, artillery, civil affairs officer, oversee tors in vietnam , desert storm to he has a ba at harvard business school, and he is here with us this morning until the top of the hour to answer your questions, battlefield questions and budget questions as well. that was an ohio, independent. good morning. caller: good morning. hi, my question is about, you know, we are worried about defense overseas and everything, and right now, the biggest threat this country has is, i'm sorry, we have got an ex- president who wants to be a dictator, and there ain't no way we should support this at all. if we are going to build up defense and he is going to try to take it over, it is crazy. i mean, he has wanted this country to be in chaos, so he could come in and be in all of our. it is crazy. 82 years ago today, the japanese attacked pearl harbor. we fought criminals then that tried to destroy democracy, and, you know, a man like that would try to destroy democracy, and we are wor

according to the document. will be directed to the needs of the military energy departments of the statetes also plans to strengthen its position in the indo-pacific region and increase arms supplies to taiwan to contain china. almost 15 billion from the treasury will be spent on this. the americans will spend part of the money to support ukraine and now kiev will have to report to washington for almost every dollar spent. at the same time, the head of the white house did not support a number of provisions of the document, which he himself signed. he criticized the demand for reports of the president's plans to congress. biden stressed that this could limit his powers. russia seized the initiative in most of the field. in the middle east and other geopolitical squiggles, it would seem, too pressy. but, apparently, these are the people who sit on the supreme court of the american state of colorado, because it is they who have added a lot of fire to this very information agenda. and now the american, and indeed all world media, are already on fire. so, on wednesday, by four votes to three,

of defense. they don't want to sit down and work with us to ensure that we are able to have the energy that we need to power our homes affordably. all these things that i'm rattling off are actual ex-o extensionily threats that our country -- exostential threats that our country is facing. we're $4 trillion in debt. no one knows what it means. but i can tell you what it means in terms of annual interest. we are now about to be spending more in interest in our debt than to fund the national defense of the united states. imagine that. how can a country succeed. how can we sustain if we're paying more on interest on our own debt for irresponsible spending than on defending our country? yet that's what we're doing. we're spending $2 trillion more than we take in. and we're doing nothing to stop it. republicans are trying to hold the line on spending. we get no support from our democratic colleagues. speaker johnson is trying to hold the line against the senate that wants to keep spending more money.

according to the document, the money will be used for the needs of the military energy department, thees also plan to strengthen their position in the indo-pacific. region and increase arms supplies to taiwan to contain china. almost 15 billion from the treasury will be spent on this. the americans will spend part of the money on support for ukraine and now kiev will have to report to washington for almost every dollar spent. at the same time, the head of the white house did not support a number of provisions of the document, which he himself signed. he criticized the demand for reports of the president's plans to congress. biden stressed that this could limit his powers. russia has seized the initiative in most of the battlefield, according to the new york times. as the publication writes, russia is achieving success at a difficult moment for kiev, when the provision of military and financial assistance was blocked due to political instability in the united states and the european union. the newspaper notes that russia's successes have forced the ukrainian authorities to consider the

and nonproliferation activities in the department energy.e served as infantry, artillery, civil affairs officer, oversee tors in vietnam , desert storm to he has a ba at harvard business school, and he is here with us this morning until the top of the hour to answer your questions, battlefield questions and budget questions as well. that was an ohio, independent. good morning. caller: good morning. hi, my question is about, you know, we are worried about defense overseas and everything, and right now, the biggest threat this country has is, i'm sorry, we have got an ex- president who wants to be a dictator, and there ain't no way we should support this at all. if we are going to build up defense and he is going to try to take it over, it is crazy. i mean, he has wanted this country to be in chaos, so he could come in and be in all of our. it is crazy. 82 years ago today, the japanese attacked pearl harbor. we fought criminals then that tried to destroy democracy, and, you know, a man like that would try to destroy democracy, and we are worri

energy policies, economic policies, funding for the defense department, that i thought were importantainly times i disagreed and i spoke out when i did, especially on issues of national security, but i think that once we saw -- certainly once we saw january 6th but increasingly after that election and the lead up to january 6th it became overwhelmingly clear that he was actually willing to do whatever it took to stay in power and i think although i certainly regret my support for him, there's no question now that anyone could say we don't know what he'll do. maybe we can trust that he'll uphold the constitution. every day he tells us what he'll do and we watched it all unfold in realtime. >> rachel had a great, i thought, term about your sight lines, right, like you have access to pockets and places that as a former person that worked in the administration that i don't have. some of those are people that left for cause over national security issues. i mean, mattis leaves over cause, john bolton fought with donald trump because he wanted the taliban to go to camp david, bill barr thoug

it established a new revolving fund at the department of energy to be used for uranium procurement. i'm proud that lawmakers in both chambers recognize this issue is so important to our security and been included in the ndaa. and when we get back we will ensure that the new deal is appropriately funded and paid for. so today, again, i'm asking my dear friend, we've got to take the second step, banning russian uranium imports to provide a signal to the russian market so they will get in the game of increasing the fufl that -- fuel they walked away from. uranium ban has had the strong bipartisan, as you know, the house over here and then today we have the opportunity to send the commonsense legislation to the president's desk and move closer to realizing our energy independence from russia by passing this. i ask all of you to consider this. i ask my good friend from texas, senator cruz, if he would consider other ways that maybe we could help. i'm committed to helping you and i think i know what your concerns are and it doesn't have anything to do with this. i know what i can do to he