i asked john kirby about that. he really tap danced a bit. it's not clear what nato's stand is in terms of the offer to ukraine and georgia. clearly that is something that has been dangling for some time. it's not clear the administration or nato is willing to take that off the table. right now we're in a very serious stand off on the border with ukraine. all eyes on what vladimir putin plans to do next. also at the pentagon briefing, there were questions about future twaining with the u.s. military and israel when it comes to military options should i ran -- the talk with iran fail in terms of the nuclear program there. kirby said that in fact those are routine exercises even though records from israel suggest there may be more than that. back to you. >> martha: thanks, jennifer griffin. let's bring in former secretary of state mike pompeo, a fox news contributor and former national security adviser, robert o'brien. great to have you with us, gentlemen. really big topics. secretary pompeo, start with you. you believe that vladimir putin will

amy: that is john kirby.ould explain more -- he also said that, you know, if you're known member of the ku klux klan, you will be fired. it is if you act on that. what exactly does that mean? >> first, i heard that interview he did, too. you know, it is notable that have gone to the level of prohibiting the use of social media to distribute or support extremist activities and that would include posting, liking, sharing, to streaming content -- just writing content and by stating the military personnel responsible for the content they publish on all personal and public domain, including their social media sites logs. one thing we were tracking was the way extremists were and those that were within the military were even using their military email addresses. all of the planning was happening right out in the open on major platforms. the devil will be in the details on the implementation step as you can see from that clip come he doesn't really have a good answer on what the plans are for implementation. the rul

pentagon press secretary john kirby jones is now to discuss. thank you for your time.e to be done to combat this. that number you gave us, as that actively in the military today those 100 that you noted or is that over a period of time that you found? >> that 100 is over the course of 2021. it includes active-duty troops as well as those in the reserves. >> you found about their extremist behavior and how are you planning to combat it? >> these are extremist activities. i want to make sure that it is very clear we are talking about activity, not what is going on between somebody's ears, what they are thinking or feeling. it is about what they act on extremist ideology that puts the force at risk and to some of it can lead to violence. there's a whole range in the course of the 100 that we talked about, whole range of activity, some more severe than others. the numbers are really small when you think about it, 3.5 million men and women strong, 100 cases over a year is not very much. we are certainly not surprised by that at all, but even the small numbers can have an ou

john kirby at the pentagon and head of the president's phone with vladimir putin tomorrow saying e don'tformer national security advisor to mike pence and keith kellogg. general, do you believe what happens in the next little while with vladimir putin from a rush and ukraine hinges a lot to a degree what happens this phone call between president biden and president putin? >> that phone call will be critical. look, we are losing the optics battle here. we have the spokesman from the pentagon not answering any question at all about what is happening. that means to me that they haven't got a real good plan yet. they haven't sits in the situation room with any hard decisions. they are relying on president biden to talk to vladimir putin. who is a very shrewd, strategic negotiator and his already got a plan in his edge strategically where he wants to go. what i'm watching with john kirby is we don't have a plan yet. the guy who should have been talking right now is mark milley. the chief of operations and joint chief of staff talking. he should be sending a very strong message to putin, you d

i'll ask the pentagon press secretary, retired rear admiral john kirby. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get straight to the breaking pandemic news. new york's governor just reporting that the state has seen an alarming rise in the number of new covid-19 cases in just one week. cnn's amara walker is working the story for us. there's a lot of fear out there that this is just the beginning of what one health expert is now calling a perfect storm. >> yeah, wolf. a perfect storm because this variant is gaining steam. the colder weather pushing people indoors and still a large chunk of the population still not vaccinated. but as you mentioned, new york is one of those states that's getting hit quite hard by the current surge that we're seeing right now. we just heard from the new york governor, kathy hochul, who just said that the state saw a nearly threefold increase in the number of covid-19 cases. and that it broke its own

the pentagon press secretary is john kirby. 45 minutes here in the studio. we will have a conversation about this and everything else going into the new year that has a lot of concern for folks who are watching these big stories. >> dana: he will be in town and willing to come in and see us and we'll bring it to you when it happens. parents are growing more frustrated with their children's education. teacher burn-out is forcing some school to cancel in-person classes and new covid restrictions complicating matters. ian prior, executive director of fight for schools. the study from the world bank and unicef shows the pandemic generation is at risk of losing $17 trillion in future earnings from knowledge deficits. and in iowa educators suffering -- education suffering 21 schools dropped to the lowest rating in that school's history. which is just terrible for the students, for our future, and yet looks like we might be going back into this, ian. >> it really is crazy. what are schools for? schools are to educate children. when yo

not saying much about that at the moment, simply saying in the words of the pentagon spokesman john kirby, there's no need to come to blows over. this diplomacy is the preferred option. kimberly, but won't come to us. you might say, threaten russia waves, if this threat from russia over ukraine continues, now, it continues to be a real worry about those. yeah, there's no question that there already is a plan in place. should russia escalate things further? and that is the fear of the united states based on us intelligence, the united states, in our partnership with its european allies and tends to a level very punishing sanctions on russia economically financial sanctions that would be designed to isolated from the global financial system. in other words, make it hard to convert rubles into dollars or other currencies. so this is the goal of the united states saying that if you do not as do as we ask and that is to respect ukraine, its sovereignty, its territorial integrity. this is the consequence that you will face. kimberly, how could i force a white house correspondent in washington d

and according to the pentagon spokesperson, john kirby, there is no need for this to come to blows. was we'll check in with you as the day progresses, and we got more news from d. c, that's cross over to bosco rebecca smith is standing by for us. unburnt of the russian president taking that coal an insult she, we believe, but obviously he's calling all of us just us hysteria. but he said he does want to try and find a way through this impasse at the moment. yeah, the russians is that they have no intention of invading ukraine, but that belies the very significant troop of build up on the board as there are a lot of may, putin once is mutual recognition from the state from the u. s. and joe biden, really, to be treated for the russians, and putin to be treated on the same level on russia is getting increasingly aggravated by what it sees as american and nato activity on its front door. the long historical connection between the ukraine and russia ruptured, say the russians when ukraine declared independence no longer after the breakup of the soviet union. and in recent times that rus

so then to hear john kirby say a few days before the taliban takeover that the afghan army could hold up if they just tried hard was hard to know. why see, easy being serious? >> why doesn't he pick up a rifle and go there himself and find out? why should they fight for him? >> yeah. so in the context of trying to cut through distractions and better understand the truth, i wanted to ask you to return to someone you've mentioned, and that's donald trump. the republican party that he's kind of taken over in large part and also the january 6th insurrection. so that "washington post" article that you pointed out about the interview with bush was very interesting because it said basically bush may have invaded iraq on false pretenses but at least he didn't inspire and insurrection. as you said at least he didn't call his domestic adversaries evil. you talk in the book, "consequences of capitalism", about robert jackson in the u.s. prosecutor in nuremberg and his reference to the metaphoric poison chalice been handed to the defendants, and you explain if we sip from this we are guilty of si

pentagon spokesperson john kirby says there have been no final decisions on the matter. he says the secretary of defense is encouraging people to get the booster if they qualify, but right now there is no requirement for it. santa clara county announced its first case of the coronavirus macron variant today, officials say the person was vaccinated and began to feel ill november 30th after traveling out of the state. ktvu as an rubin tells us how the variant was detected and the role booster shots could play in keeping it at bay. it's santa clara county's first known ah macron case, a person who had just returned from a trip to florida they were fully vaccinated, but not boosted, and their illness was mild. health officials see this as a wake up call that battling this new variant will take boosters right now, just 39% of the eligible population is boosted in santa clara county. in the 18 to 49 age group. that number is just 20% having just that primary series. the two doses it's not enough. it's just not enough. some counties like marin are making changes using hospitali

yesterday, the pentagon spokesperson john kirby said more people there, that's a good thing.rld is he living in? >> the issue is that as we have proven successful at getting more out, more and more are now becoming comfortable in saying we want to go too. again, we don't think it's a bad thing for the number to have increased. we think it's a good thing, and we are going to continue at this even though the military mission is over, they should help americans leave afghanistan. >> sean: we learned that this week that they are not able to get any more people out. if they were willing and able to get americans, our allies, military families, green card holders out, what happened? joe biden said we have all the leverage. he said we have all that leverage. the snotty comment from jen psaki, oh, we don't keep trackers on people. jen, what if that was your family member? and the tragedy of the treadmill. according to reports, extraction efforts are now extremely limited, even for private groups because of the conditions on the ground in the islamic emirates of afghanistan. the talib

. >> sandra: you heard john kirby today. we carried it live. he said that conflict is not inevitable. they believe they can lead through it with diplomacy. the "wall street journal" editorial board writes about the rogues on the march around the world and so many allies in fact questioning president biden's own judgment after afghanistan saying that this is going to be an ultimate test of joe biden's leadership and how he responds will be telling to the world. do you believe he's up to the task? >> i would hope so. i would hope that the president will have a very blunt and very focused conversation with putin tomorrow. i understand he will have a call with him, the senate armed services committee will be having a briefing with the administration tomorrow on this issue. i think we all need to be aware that putin respects strength. so i want the president to come out and be very, very -- show resolve in his conversations with putin and let him know that the united states is not going to sit back. there's many options that are available to us. we

john kirby said this this morning to "america's newsroom."t because as you know, we don't require american citizens to register their presence in afghanistan. most of them are duel nationals. they were struggling with whether to leave or not. more are more are comfortable saying hey, we want to go, too. we don't think it's a bad thing the numbers increased. it's a good thing. >> martha: lindsey graham here with us. welcome. so the way that is being presented is, if you raise your hand and you're in afghanistan and you want to go home, we'll get you home. is it as easy as that for people that want to leave still? >> no. the bottom line is a lot of members of congress, to the compton, myself, so many of us, we're trying to get people out that we knew. i did my reserve duty in afghanistan. i've been working with the state department working to get them out. they couldn't move. they couldn't get to the airport. they were using people as hostages to get leverage against us. so the idea that people decided recently to get out so a lie. they set num

. >> also with us here at the table, pentagon press secretary retired rear admiral john kirby, greatl, isn't it, at the pentagon? >> it is. across the active duty force, about 90% now are fully vaccinated and we have the reserves and guards in, we're about 75% fully vaccinated. it's working well. we mandated it, as you know, right after pfizer got fda approval, and we have seen the vast, vast majority of troops step up and do the right thing. >> so the mandate actually did move a lot of people toward getting the vaccine. >> it certainly increased our percentages of vaccinated troops in a significant way. >> this is part of the culture, which is why they never really understood. i've got a friend who's such a big trump supporter. he's got the trump flag flying 24 hours a day 7 days a week. i asked him about mandates for the military, what do you think about when they're coming in. they're the military. you follow orders, he goes, my god, how many vaccines did i get, which is so funny. it's a part of the culture, people acting shocked by a vaccine. how many vaccines do they have to get

pentagon spokesperson john kirby said monday that, among other rule changes, soldiers may now be disciplined for liking white nationalist and other extremist content on social media. >> the vast majority of men and women in our armed forces served honorably while extremist activity and the forces is rare come in is this could happen outside effect. amy: the southern poverty law center welcomed the changes, saying in a statement -- "the commitments made today are especially important considering the outsed role people with military experience played in the deadly violence surrounding the january 6 insurrection at the u.s. capitol. more than 80 of the 700 individuals charged by the justice department in connection with the capitol breach have ties to the u.s. military." the house committee investigating the january 6 capitol insurrection has asked republican congressmember scott perry to voluntarily submit to an interview. it's the first time the committee has publicly asked a sitting member of congress to testify about their role in the plot to overturn the results of the 2020 election. inves

john kirby saying this. >> secretary austin has emphasized the department is focused on prohibited activityideology, thought, or political orientation. the vast majority of men and women in our armed forces serve honorably. >> joining me now, retired brigadier general steven anderson, who served in the u.s. army for 31 years. also with us, melissa murray. general, why are you so worried about a coup? >> first of all, this is really hard for me. i was raised in the army to be apolitical. i'm a conservative republican, at least i was until donald trump came on the scene. the republican party has lost its soul, so no more. and i swore an oath to protect our country against all threats domestic or foreign. and we have to think hard about the domestic threat. what is going on now is shameful. when you see all of the former soldiers, marines, sailors that were involved, it chills me to the bone. general michael flynn, it's disgraceful. and evidently, they think the pillow guy is their source for authoritative information on election integrity. a junior officer in oklahoma who is refusing national

john kirby, the dod press secretary was asked about this yesterday, didn't dispute it was a potentialsibility, but wouldn't engage on that question and said, look, let's just let this call play out before we talk about those types of possibilities. of course, military action always a last resort, and that is how this administration is viewing it as well. but, chuck, this is a key test for this president. it comes after, of course, the messy withdrawal from afghanistan which opened up president biden to a lot of criticism, that he mishandled that foreign policy matter, and so the pressure is on in this instance, and you do have some republicans saying, look, he hasn't been tough enough on putin, and the fact that the withdrawal from afghanistan was rushed sent a message to russia that it could be emboldened in this situation. so that is the backdrop against which this critical call has taken place, chuck. >> kristen, what do they -- i know that president biden believes that putin is just ultimately extraordinarily transactional, meaning he is somebody you can deal with. what do they --

. >> john kirby said the task force found about 100 cases of extremism in the ranches out of 3.5 millionrs and defined extremist behavior as anything leading to an act of violence but would not list what groups are considered extremists. >> there is no federal list of extremist groups. so we didn't think it was appropriate for the department of defense to establish one. >> so if a member of the u.s. military likes a post that says that joe biden is not the president, is that considered extremist behavior and punishable? >> nothing about this has anything to do with who a service member votes for or doesn't vote for or their personal, political views. we encourage the men and women of the military to vote. >> but if the service member is advocating violence or overthrowing the government on social media or by displaying flags or insignia of groups calling for the same, that would be punishable according to kirby. service members can go rallies but if those rallies turn violent or toledo looting, they must leave. the military is also updating its counseling for those who are transitioning

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also, the pentagon spokesperson john kirby saying no military and world works as hard as we do to avoidilian casualties? start off with the bulldozing of the site, clearly to destroy the evidence. >> of course. first of all, the bulldozing of the site is just one piece of the larger puzzle. reagan, every aspect of what was supposed to happen failed. the site was bulldozed. records were apparently -- strike logs were also falsified or incorrectly registered. the strike was reported but no serious investigation happened. this is not the case of one little mistake, one extraordinary incident, one unique case where one thing went wrong. this really points to a crisis of accountability in the pentagon. you see that by the fact the strike -- the area of the strike was bulldozed. in the control room, the reportindid not as it ould hav ge. in tms otheecord-eping, that also did not go the weight was meant to go. the way we are told those. we are told, and sheaid, ts mitary doemore tn any other miliry in th world to event cilian casualts, and ye -- ain and ain, thais not what we se we connue to s

this is pentagon spokesperson john kirby. >> what we saw here was a breakdown in process, in execution in procedural events not the result of negligce, not the result of misconduct, not the result of poor leadership. amy: the pentagon initially said the strike avert an imnent threat by the islamic state and made other false claims about the attack before beingord to walk ck thoselaims an offer ndence paymes to the viims famies bause a pss exposes. to seeur cerage ofhis story, go to democracynow.org. in sudan, police fired tear gas and rubber-coated bullets at crowds of protesters who gathered near the presidential palace monday to demand the military hand over power to a civilian government to lead a transition to democratic rule. dozens of protesters have been killed by sudanese police and soldiers since the military toppled caretaker prime minister abdalla hamdok in an october 25 coup. sudan's military rulers reinstated hamdok in late november amid popular pressure, but the military is maintaining oversight over hamdok and his cabinet. in colombia, an independent investigation backed

john kirby said in part this. it wasn't an outcome that we came to without careful thought and consideration. there was not a strong enough case to be made for personal accountability. the strike was launched three days after a deadly suicide bombing outside kabul airport that killed 13 u.s. military members and more than 150 afghan civilians. a pentagon review of the drone strike found that u.s. intelligence had tracked and hit the wrong vehicle but did not violate any laws of war. >>> still ahead, after an uptick in coronavirus cases, the nfl puts new rules in place for booster shots. >>> and the nba and nhl are facing their owner challenges when it comes to keeping players protected from covid. sports next. id sports next. antly clear everyday congestion with vicks sinex saline. for fast drug free relief vicks sinex. instantly clear everyday congestion. and try vicks sinex children's saline. safe and gentle relief for children's noses. entresto is the number one heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists a

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john kirby is a flack. absolute flack.other data points, recently the white house, pentagon state department acknowledged that 900 american citizens have been returned from afghanistan since we left. so horrifically. yet they said only 100 were there at the time. so they have known all along there were thousands more americans still are today that have been left behind that want to leave. that number, 60,000? 30,000 of which have gone through the special immigrant visa process meaning they were translators for us like guys i served with who were vetted to leave? then who is on airfield? who got on the air planes? who did we let out so we could juice the numbers 120,000 biggest airlift in american history? they are sitting still on our bases across america. some in wisconsin, rachel, some in new jersey, some in texas, across the country, they were not vetted. they never worked with americans, and what are we going to do with them now? these type of acknowledgments are acknowledgments of the utter, i mean the cascading effec

. >> bill: john kirby from the pentagon was with me in new york.and the money continues to go to ukraine as of october. on a different front we asked kirby about afghanistan and the number of americans that were said to be there. turned out how many more there actually were there and what the status is of getting out and here is how the exchange went. >> the number was a bit of a moving target. what i sthi encouraging, though, now almost 1,000 since august 31st since we left have been brought out and we're continuing to look for others that want to go. >> bill: the problem with the numbers that you were off by 90%. >> again, it is not a signs, bill. it is not like they register on some sort of list that we have that static and permanent. >> how do we get the 90% number? we were told there are 100 and 200 americans there left behind and there were a thousand. that's not even close. are you still with me? >> i'm sorry, yeah. look. i have to be honest with you. >> bill: you have been working day and night to help the people who helped us in that count

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