mr. austin searcy -- seriously. host: when you say wokeness, what are the specifics that the pentagon is doing? guest: i have a. april 2021, he was talking about how the united states military has to emphasize lgbtq rights in its relations with other governments. that is not something we have a lot of time to do and if there is time allowed, whatever, but this is the kind of thing -- the military doing things that do not increase lethality and readiness. the army's general neutral physical fitness test out the window. there is a lot of that going on. as mr. austin said, that the most important thing is climate change in diversity. that is not what a military commander needs to be concerned about. he is a mediocre commander. i don't think he is someone that the president even attempts to rely on. host: let's get back to our collars. edward is next up. independent lined -- line. caller: i was stationed in korea for 17 months and -- in the minefields and we were successful in keeping the enemy out of our area. relating

mr. austin ekeler. hey. i appreciate you having me on, man. last time we talked, you had just been promoted to the starting position of the la chargers. you went from special teams. now you're one of the best running backs in the league. how has that journey been for you? oh, it's been a climb. my goal every year is to continue to build, build, build, build. and i put literally everything in my power into my opportunity-- and that's what got me another opportunity. and it started to snowball from there. running back is the most dynamic position on the field. what would you say sets you aside from other nfl players? austin: i would say, as far as my style, i'm strong, which creates good balance, which creates good pad level, because i'm short as well. i'm also quick-- like, bursty, right? i'm not the fastest guy, i'm not going to outrun tyreek hill. but i'm going to be efficient. i'm going to get you 5, 7, 8, pop a 20 here and there. that type of play style lets me play for a long time, too, because i'm not taking all these hits. i'm not a bigg

mr. austin, i understand how even here visually.ll like that even in this meeting, the pro-reactive was for diplomacy, the prerogative was for cuba, the prerogative was for kuleba to meet with the russian foreign minister i wanted to hear this and i wanted to hear this from the american partners, what needs to be moved this line. when i see, it's not just a hug, when i see, then mr. austin's statement that we can win, we can win, like and if we ourselves can win no, that is, we can win only under the guidance and provision of completely us and american weapons. and i assure you, but we didn't . i assure you, no one in the pentagon has any possibility of your victory. why do i wake up in the morning and listen and watch how the railways of ukraine are bombed in one place in another. seven -fourth and i understand that the guys came, pumped us up and left. and then we remain behind the inalienable itself on the very do not give. yeah, don't let me lie last week. i told you directly text. do you understand what will lead statement for

mr. austin well, what are you fighting and vadim of the ardennes 40 days 60 days. that the destruction of german nazism and its satellite took us 1418 days. now, maybe the master should learn some history and think, what is the price and just what is her stubbornness and what kind of sacrifices should our people make if they are pressed against the wall, but another question is what price those who forced the people to make these sacrifices will have to pay? i would like to see not only the kiev regime pay. as for the kiev regime, then what people say on the street of the lord would be better for you not to hear in russia, because there is one question. and why are these people, as the master of the universe, as the master you are the rest of the gang. sorry why do they even have the opportunity to broadcast somewhere and go somewhere. it 's sorry eyes of the people. i understand that the diplomatic about the military plan. people should manage sober relations, but lord, look at people's opinions, your illusions that there is some kind of russia that does not agree

so antony, blinking and, and mr. austin visited the ukrainian capital a few days ago. so 40 different nations are invited to take part in this conference . housing. never candace it is highly significant because they want to find a common approach with their allies. and as you mentioned already, this is not a meeting under the nato umbrella. that's what the pentagon spokes person, sad as well last week. but as nato secretary general against oldenburg, is taking place as well as finland as well as sweden. of course, it will have wide range in consequences. what will be decided here today with of course, the germany of course making headlines already by announcing this is delivery of a lot of tanks of this special tanks to ukraine tanks that are not used anymore by their buddhist vessel. this gap attacks that are very specialized, also antiaircraft systems, something that is a huge paradigm shift for germany, but for the u. s. for ukraine and for its allies, it's long overdue. so it will be an interesting day today they will give it press conference afterwards to announc

mr. austin and mr. in ukraine, the situation a lot has changed.e are already talking about a new package of 30 billion dollars and uh, this is fantastic help. in addition, we are talking about new weapons. previously, we were talking about soviet-made weapons. now we are talking about howitzers, uh, artillery with uh, long range . actions and i am very grateful to them. for this i am i actually applaud them for this. and as for the sanctions, i am also grateful to the biden administration. these are the most comprehensive sanctions against russia that there have been, but they are not enough, and that is why the ukrainians, americans and europeans are working to overcome them , especially with regard to the oil sanctions here you can do much more and i will write a website center in the chat where people say that more can be done and we understand that against and very strict stations were applied early and this can be done and in relation to russia, more must be applied of individual sanctions, personal sanctions, and now there is a massive list

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mr. austin the chief of the pentagon an assessment of our soviet from the walls, air defense s-300.says that the best systems are needed for the most efficient ones, but there are already 500 on austin a little behind the times, no matter how they start heading to those regions that are very, very disturbing. austin right now. let's fast forward to the donbass, uh, our military commander alexander sladkov a. daily they go to mariupol, they know the situation from the inside, impressive shots. we saw your sasha just now, it's just such a live war , of course, no one has ever seen anything like it. this has never happened before, very conflicting information comes about possibly. either evacuation, or the surrender of people who are in bomb shelters. azov steel means, zelensky well , we do not pay attention to what he said, he says that the azov people will come out and the peaceful hutters said that there is an agreement. let me not let's break it, people should come out now, so reuters says that almost today, this operation will take place peskov the day before. let me remind you, i

mr austin committed to supporting ukraine's resistance against russia's invasion "for the long haul" to move "heaven and earth" to make sure ukraine was victorious. i'm joined now from washington by douglas lute, the former us ambassador to nato and a retired us army lieutenant general. it's great to have you on the programme, douglas. just to say, listening to what the security of defence from the us has just said, about the fact that it will move heaven and earth to help ukraine, what does that mean in your view? i think that means that conferences like secretary huston hosted today in germany, so some a0 nations, not just the 30 alleys and the nato alliance but other nations, joints to co—ordinate the supply of military weaponry, and increasingly heavy weaponry, to the ukrainians as long as it takes, so as much as it takes, as long as it takes, i think is the message coming out of secretary austin today. and is the message coming out of secretary austin today. and what do ou think secretary austin today. and what do you think rush _ secretary austin today. and what do you think ru

mr. austin, let's fast forward to the donbass donetsk in direct communication eduard basurin, deputy head of the donetsk people's militia eduard sanych well, today you blew up the information space. many, of course, the whole world, without exaggeration, follow the situation in mariupol. but today you said that the main battles in the center cities are completed. what does it mean? how soon this city will be finally liberated good afternoon. well , at the very beginning, probably, after listening to, uh, my grandfather from america, i wanted to say the dog is barking, the operation is underway. this is with regards to mariupol, including before that i said that there were three main centers of resistance. this is the central part of the city of mariupol, this is a seaport and an industrial zone. azov steel also there or what? here is the central part of the tak grouping that was located there e. nazis it was actually destroyed. small pockets remained, which are now practically cleared, we also entered the port area and begin to squeeze out to clear this territory from these bandits. they

mr. austin when he said that uh, any talk now on the topic here means future membership.speculation, which a wild water here means propaganda of russia, therefore, do not talk about it anymore, answering all questions. but yes. we are ready, in principle, to observe all this in the future. but in principle, i think that in itself, uh, this is an event that took place at the rammstein airbase, but, well, it says that, of course, nato perceives very, very painfully what is happening in ukraine on this extraordinary timer . it even, in fact, despite the fact that it took place, as if within the framework of nato, uh, it’s not just such another stage, which i constantly remind you, will be held in june, they have a big one. well, i understand that there is an understanding, because until june. in general, already the ukrainian release can be resolved in a completely deplorable way. in general, for here it is conditionally nato, the usa and so on, therefore, we decided to do something such a hasty event in advance. eh, at the same time. what is probably the most interesting th

mr. austin in one sentence said that we would finish it off.tory on what the strategic defeat of russia and the other says that, but there shouldn’t be a nuclear war, i remind you, that is the most famous common expression we have, and the desire to eat fish and do some other operation. you see, this does not happen on german television, the former military adviser to angela merkel, just the day before, asked himself a question. and how can one wish for a strategic defeat for a nuclear power, dear friends. what are you even going for? no, it's completely understandable. and when i do not want to assume and interpret the supreme commander-in-chief, but it was said that we simply will not allow the strategic defeat that we are talking about. and if mr. johnson, god, doesn't understand what that means, well, you'll have to understand. fairly clear and transparent. want to continue in the same spirit. well guys, in my opinion, you played in the casino, you can be left without pants and without the state, when from 200 meters you will light up from

at the heart of will by mrs. austin is his foreign policy. he is a 2nd pharmacy and i feel focus on after $970.00 that he tried to demonstrate an independent foreign policy. he wanted to have a closed, dies that he wanted to have close to the china. at the same time, he wanted to maintain a fairly lucian with the u. s. c. i think the reason the promise of wandered election, the reason he dissolved the volume, it was a simple. she knew he can still come back to block and, but the military and the opposition parties, certainly the upholstered and he has not been able to manage it as we speak, the willing, the former ruling party is preparing to go find him off. rarely in, in buckets on today fell off from not not to the war in ukraine where captured nationalist soldiers have described how they brutally killed civilians, including women for refusing to follow them or not knowing nationalist code words. and a bit of a warning. you may find this footage disturbing. in this video, you can see the body of a woman allegedly murdered by a ukrainian mi

mr. austin, to kyiv, american high-ranking officials such arrived in kyiv and as we know, next week the unitedaine is returning to ukraine, so there is a lot of news and additional, of course, financial and military aid . with regard to ukraine, with regard to military aid to ukraine , more than 20 countries, not only nato countries, but other countries have been invited, and here it is, on the eve of this important meeting, the state secretary and also the minister of defense were supposed to discuss all these nuances with by the ukrainian leadership in order to clearly , so to speak, ensure the urgent needs and requests that the ukrainian government has to the international community regarding military aid, do you know how much in the last few days, several decisions have already been made regarding the provision of this aid, what amount of aid all this information is also already available well, it is clear that secretary glinkin is simply this is also a visit of coordination between countries, well, accordingly, the question of the consolidation of the western world in the ukrainian issue

. political analysts, java ronna weighs in on what he sees behind the asta at the heart of a by mrs. austin is his foreign policy. he is a 2nd pharmacy in those field pockets on after $970.00. that he tried to demonstrate an independent foreign policy. he wanted to have a closed dies that assure he want to have a close to the china. the same time, he wanted to maintain a fairly lucian with the u. s. c. i think the reason the primacy wandered lecture, the reason he dissolved the volume, it was a simple, she knew a gram stairs come back to bark and, but the military and the opposition parties certainly the upholstered. and he has not been able to manage it as we speak, the willing, the former ruling party is preparing to go find him off. rarely in, in buckets on today from us from now now to ukraine, where captured and nationally, soldiers had describes how they brutally killed civilians including women for refusing to follow them or not knowing nationally as code words, a warning you might find this following footage, incredibly obsessing in this video, you can see the body of a woman allege

well, at the heart of will by mrs. austin, is his foreign policy. he is the 2nd pharmacy in those field barcus, on after $970.00. that he tried to demonstrate an independent foreign policy. he wanted to have a last died that assure you want to have a close to the china. at the same time, he wanted to maintain a fairly lucian with the u. s. c, the usa, which has the habit of having a pro american leaders and pockets on they did not put up the situation. and according to the former prime minister de launch off conspiracy in league with opposition parties and some analysts, she had also believed that welcome on the blue creek of at least some of the journals they had to bear, give me a signal or to the pollution parties as to which the allies parties the redo of their sport, and many members of the ruling party, they switched over the law diesel law pieces office parties that according to the ruling party, happened after their fall. bombs were these, they were, they were feared, millions of us dollars. even the ruling party claims that opposition was f

mr. austin said, in order for ukraine to be a regime that, in general, let's be honest, until february, iope so that this regime would survive for the sake of the survival of this risk mode. well , actually, they don’t want national interests, and once again they do it under duress, so that the main thing is what they do. there is a difference because you do it. this is enthusiastic - this is one efficiency, if you, i left the stick, all of a sudden it turns out that the german leopard tanks. sorry guys, well, only a few months later we have such a thing in germany, you know, there is such a term as the italian strike. uh-huh, how is it implemented? it's not that it's not not mistresses of arms. it's just to say so, i'll explain to you the term italian state formally do everything that is supposed to be said so. you don't go beyond your duties for a second no pro no no no no enthusiasm no show no. so to speak, inventions are creative and so further. this is called the italian east. that is, you formally perform very formally. perhaps you have the duty to dig into you, so to speak, there i

mr. austin instructed the head of the american pentagon, following the results of the meeting, there will be a certain document that will list everything that will be sent to ukraine, i’m not sure that this document will become public , perhaps there is a high probability of part of the armament. ultimately, it will refuse to be hidden for the russian federation as far as the germans are concerned. just about relationships. i would like to show you a very tiny episode, how do they think about tech the most beautiful pretty pretty ukrainian girls who are now in germany . what do you want, this is not a cheap goods store could stay? sorry, we're already taken. hey glory to ukraine glory to ukraine ukrainian refugees are now a priority. they ran away from putin's bombs with ukraine, i want to help. i have a free bed for refugees and a young thin ukrainian christina there is a nice old gentleman here who wants to help. call natalia and bring the work permit form. if we are even given work permit. this is only for real refugees from ukraine. and these are the people you pester our women here.

mr. austin, i would still like to hear your opinion and what do you think was discussed during these negotiations, some time ago i promised myself, at the request of our ministry of defense, not to talk much about the sensitive issues of the supply of weapons or even if it is public information or there are my assumptions, so i will not answer here for a long time, but i want to say that after this meeting, there is no longer any doubt that we will win , because the world community is no longer in words, but in deeds, because it was not intended the diplomats gathered for the minister of defense once again understand that ukraine is not fighting for itself, it is fighting for itself and for the whole of europe and for the entire civilized world and this is the awareness of all these countries that they understood that this and their war also gives to me the certainty that right now there is a very serious evil in geopolitics, including the insertion into the war in ukraine, as a result of which we receive much more support than we have received so far, mr. serhiy. have the officials understood th

and mr. austin also said that he referred to these changing requirements by ukraine when he visited keith, when he visited ukraine's capital a few days ago. and he spoke to ukrainian president to lensky, also with him worse and there miss m the state department. so em both ministers where saying that they want to have this coming approach by alice, that is so important for them to show ukraine desolate therapy and also to look behind what nato is doing. this is not a formal nature meeting. this is not a meeting that is taking a part is part of the nature alliance. is there many members that were invited that are not part of nato or not yet? part of nato, as a finland and sweden as well. they a meeting here. they give a short em press conference, a few short statement in the morning saying that it's important for them to show solidarity it with ukraine. also, when it comes to heavy weapons. and those are the news that we got, that germany is now open also to deliver this anti aircraft systems. and defense minister christina lambert said that is important. germany is taking this step and it

mr austin committed to supporting ukraine's resistance against russia's invasion "for the long haul"heaven and earth" to make sure ukraine was victorious. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is here. what have we learned from these exchanges today? this what have we learned from these exchanges today?— exchanges today? this was the [arc est exchanges today? this was the largest single _ exchanges today? this was the largest single expression - exchanges today? this was the largest single expression of. exchanges today? this was the - largest single expression of support for ukraine that we have seen so far. more than a0 countries answered that call from lloyd austin that you just refer to to move heaven and earth to make sure ukraine has what it needs. they really calculated display of international solidarity. some countries are moving towards supplying much heavier, more sophisticated equipment. he talked about and praised the uk, germany and canada, who have all pledged armoured vehicles in the last day or so. sergei lavrov, as we have heard, calls this a proxy war. clearly, i

mr austin thanked britain, canada and germany for the latest contributions. the words of sergey lavrov is a proxy war. it isn't, ukraine isn't fighting for somebody else, it's fighting for itself. but we are seeing the west else, it's fighting for itself. but we are j support e west else, it's fighting for itself. but we are j support and est else, it's fighting for itself. but we are j support ai want to achieve vladimir putin will want to achieve much, much more on the battlefield before he seriously contemplates an agreement to stop the fighting. that's it from me in a very rainy kyiv. the dj tim westwood is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by women who say he abused his position in the music industry. the 6a—year—old is accused of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour and touching. in an incident between 1992 and 2017. the bbc and guardian have heard detailed accounts from seven women in a joint investigation into the former bbc radio1 dj. we've protected their identities. tim westwood strenuously denies all of the allegations. this is n

mr. austin. he is indicating a change in town by the. color that tone for us this morning.: the town of ukraine winning which is a fascinating shift over the past couple of days. this so-called clandestine visit , they got in and got out and the message is russia is doing worse than you ought. by looking at the hardware on the side of the road, the human laws here, austin is suggesting that russia is down and we need to keep them down with this new shipment of weapons and a big conversation and it will have a lot to do with the way this ends. we are waiting for the number that the biden administration is expecting from congress. austin is holding a meeting with military leaders from 40 countries. the chairman of the joint cheese will be there following their conversation directly with president zelenskyy to find out what you need. what are the actual pieces of hardware? tom: what is the difference of a kid out of west point whose first assignment out of west point is the third division, third infantry division of the united states army? how much critical mass does he have w

mr. austin who said about the range, in fact, the list of those weapons is included, and the multiple launchat is interesting about this system, it can fire tactical missiles with a range of up to 300 km, such regional centers of the russian federation fall into their zone of destruction. no, but as if in northern crimea they have no problems can shoot. and if from where to shoot, if from those territories that are now controlled by federal kiev on the territory controlled by aga, it’s clear that they won’t reach voronezh just a little bit, but these are very serious opportunities, firstly, they can strike at a tactical airfield aviation, from which the russian troops work. this is a very important essential point. that is, either aviation needs to be moved back by 300 km, respectively, and this will drastically reduce the number of sorties, which in itself in itself is important for kyiv that is. eh, here. uh, you know, this hat to throw it in yes, it doesn’t mean anything in this case, i think this is a very serious fact, everything possible must be done to ensure that this flow of weapons

mr. austin's description of america's strategic goal is bound to reinforce president vladimir putin's off-stated belief that the war is really about the west's desire to choke off russian power and destabilize his government. and by casting the american goal as a weakened russia military, mr. austen and others in the biden administration are becoming nor explicit about the future they see. years of continuous contest for power and influence with moscow that in some ways resembled what john f. kennedy termed the long twilight struggle of the cold war. right now we have an ambassador going back to ukraine. we have the foreign minister of ukraine standing in of our cameras talking to us saying, we're going to pay the price for the safety of the world. it is a an incredible statement as people are suffering and hiding in basements across the country. i just wonder where this is headed strategically in the short-term? >> in the short-term, this is all about getting ukraine to the point, the biden administration and the pentagon in particular views the next four weeks with the fight in the donbas as c

mr austin said something interesting in a press conference following this visit.e in invading ukraine. that's the first time i've ever heard a us official or anybody in the west saying it is now a war aim to now we can rush and notjust support ukraine. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has contacted the opposition labour party's deputy leader, angela rayner, to make clear that he views claims about her in a newspaper yesterday as misogynistic. the mail on sunday said one conservative mp had suggested she tried to distract the prime minister in the commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. the claims have led to a wider conversation about sexism expereinced by women working in the house of commons. here's our chief political correspondent, adam fleming. it was in the mail on sunday yesterday and it claims that angela rayner, labour's deputy leader, who is often on the front bench in parliament, sometimes she is standing infora keir starmer up against borisjohnson at prime minister's questions, and it quoted an unnamed conservative saying she had a tactic

mr. lloyd austin lloyd said that we must move faster must go faster we must act as fast as it works how fastere is a war going on. by the way, the deputy head of the russian security council, the ex-president of russia, dmitry medvedev, compared the bundestag to his nazi predecessors because of his support for the supply of heavy weapons to ukraine, because we know that germany, too nevertheless agreed to the delivery of heavy weapons of heavy equipment to our country. well, you see , mr. medvedev should translate, as i say, into the language of the hop-stop. well, in principle, as he always does this is translating, i mean, here is what putin's article came out in the summer, and we remember when he translated medvedev's article, well, and i also want to mention about the article of another such person well, i wouldn't even call him out loud is one of the russian political scientists who believe that such concentration camps should be created for ukrainians a nation like ukraine should not exist at all, and this is all actually prescribed, mr. snegyryev is now joining our broadcast, and i t

mr austin said something really interesting on this in the press conference that followed this visit.l, or anybody in the west, saying it is now a war aim to weaken russia, notjust support ukraine. aim to weaken russia, not 'ust support ukrainei aim to weaken russia, not 'ust support ukraine. thank you very much, support ukraine. thank you very much. james- — support ukraine. thank you very much, james. james _ support ukraine. thank you very much, james. james landale, . support ukraine. thank you very i much, james. james landale, our diplomatic correspondent. a ukrainian man whose his wife and three—month—old daughter were killed in a russian missile strike has said he wants the world to know how they died. at least six other people were killed when their residential block, in odesa, was hit. caroline davies reports from there. three—month—old kira was just learning to laugh. in her short life, most was lived under the cloud of war. but in their flat in odesa, their family thought they were safe. her family thought they were safe. they were wrong. yesterday their building was hit b

afterwards, mr austin said he wanted russia to be weakened so that it can't repeat its actions in ukrainer correspondent, danjohnson has sent this report. this is the result of a strike on a substation providing power for the railway near krasne in the west of ukraine. firefighters had it under control by the time we arrived. they confirmed nobody was hurt, but the damage was significant. ukraine's military says it also shot shut down a missile this morning. we found some debris close to the attack. this is one of the main routes between lviv, kyiv and the rest of the country. attacks on the railway network were expected because these tracks have become the vital arteries maintaining the flow of weapons into ukraine, over to the east and onto the front lines, and the trains are still running. there were five strikes on the railway network across ukraine. disruptive trains also mean delays for people trying to get away from the fighting in the east, and the timing of these attacks could also be significant. the us secretary of state visited kyiv yesterday, promising more support. the botto

scotland, a touch of austin patching mr around which would clear by the morning rush hour.verall a lot more sunshine around wednesday compared to tuesday but a few showers will pop up through the afternoon across some of these western districts. most of it dry, a bit more of an easterly breeze, making it feel cooler almost north sea coasts especially, nine or 10 celsius, but a bit warmer than tuesday, simple western areas around 16 or 17 degrees, 17 also possible around the moray firth. wednesday night into thursday, continue with a predominately dry story, cloud drifting in on the breeze with the breeze continuing to pick up and notice how the temperatures don't drop as much as we should, with frost going to thursday morning. dry and sunny weather into thursday, greater chance of some mist and low cloud, coast of north—east england and scotland, cloud drifting to england and wales but sunny spells for many and still pleasantly warm where you have that sunshine but it is going to start feeling cooler down these eastern coasts and you got to bear in mind these easterly winds

mr. chairman, and thank you to our witnesses. secretary austin, it's my understanding that the air force intends to submit a legislative proposal this year requesting expanded usage of the nevada test and training range located in my district. this new proposal would come amid the ongoing effort by the navy to reach an accessible compromise with local stakeholders regarding modernization of the fallon range training complex. i am deeply concerned and i want to bring to your attention that the nevada delegation has still not been consulted on the nevada test and training range proposal or been given details regarding the air force's plan. so my question is, when will the air force share their proposal with the nevada delegation and our constituents, and can you commit to ensuring that the department works collaboratively with our delegation as well as our local state and tribal leaders to develop an accessible proposal for joint use in the nevada test and training range? >> on the first part of the question, in terms of when they intend to share,

mr. austin on this defense. i know at my age that there are whole congressional districts that are dependent on defense spending. and the bottom line when all is said and done, a lot of this is all about good paying jobs. when you cut defense in the long run, you are putting perhaps hundreds of thousands of people out of work. and i think in times of war and times of peace or in between, we are always going to have high defense spending. it was proven since the day after pearl harbor when roosevelt asked for $50 billion from congress how our economy went through the roof by the end of world war ii. and that is the way i feel. i think if we don't keep defense high, we are also inviting a rehash of 9/11 in this country because it gives our adversaries the psychological effect that we want to cut back at a time when we live in a very dangerous world. that is what i wanted to comment on. host: that is mike in massachusetts. let's hear from john in ohio on our not sure line. hello there. caller: hey, how are you? hos

mr. austin on this defense.nd i know at my age that there are whole congressional districts that are dependent on defense spending. and the bottom line when all is said and done, a lot of this is all about good paying jobs. when you cut defense in the long run, you are putting perhaps hundreds of thousands of people out of work. and i think in times of war and times of peace or in between, we are always going to have high defense spending. it was proven since the day after pearl harbor when roosevelt asked for $50 billion from congress how our economy went through the roof by the end of world war ii. and that is the way i feel. i think if we don't keep defense high, we are also inviting a rehash of 9/11 in this country because it gives our adversaries the psychological effect that we want to cut back at a time when we live in a very dangerous world. that is what i wanted to comment on. host: that is mike in massachusetts. let's hear from john in ohio on our not sure line. hello there. caller: hey, how are you? h

mr. austin very fiercely. host: when you say wokeness, what do you mean?some specifics on what you think that pentagon is doing , the secretary of defense is doing? guest: i look back at his memorandum and i have been a copy right here. 12 april, 2021, he was talking about how the united states military has to emphasize lgbtq rights in its relations with other governments. frankly, that is not something we have a lot of time to do. if there is time allowed, whatever. but this is the kind of thing, and again, the military doing things that do not increase lethality and readiness. again, the army's gender-neutral physical fitness test is out the window. there is a lot of that going on. when mr. alston said, as he has many times, that the most important things are climate change, diversity, and so forth, that is not what a military commander needs to be concerned about. he is not the kind of guy to do it. he was a mediocre commander. again, i just don't think he is someone that the president even attempt to rely on. host: let's get back to our collars. edward

we have with us or the former governor austin province. mr. mohammed's barrow mer, thank you very much for being with us. enron han was able to bring out thousands of people across pakistan. it's a narrative that an alignment of corrupt politicians, the judiciary, the military is all out to get him. and he's going to come back to power. how do you come to that? i think this, the most important point is licked or missing in this link. there's no one else has sponsored for the downfall of him. brown can put him round on himself. you've brought it on himself. i mean, no. you know, if he heard went up or of stronger cabinet, which was her, which included competent people are responsible to deliver on the economic for. and that's the keyed most important objective. and he totally missed that. and this, in spite of the fact that he was the 1st prime minister, who got the kind of support from all stakeholders, including the military and unprecedented support of the judiciary, the media. he was the darling of the media when he came in part. so all th