kay bailey hutchison, former us _ that. kay bailey hutchison, former us representative l that. news coming up at the top of the hour right here on bbc news. hello. we had a sunny start to the week, but tuesday is going to be very different for many of us. extensive cloud, outbreaks of rain and drizzle, but it is going to be relatively mild, and indeed this is the outlook for the next few days. now, let's have a look at the big picture across our neck of the woods. weather systems gently streaming in from the southwest and the jet stream is generally just to the south of us. so the air hasn't been all that mild over the uk. but in the next few days we will see these warmer air masses streaming in almost from the subtropics. so temperatures are expected to rise, of course, not to subtropical values, but it will be milder. anyway, here's the early morning forecast, then. some wintry showers in scotland, pretty chilly as well, with a touch of frost in the highlands. and then the further south you are, the less cold it'll be in the morning. so around, say five or six degrees celsius

western allies are playing in ukraine, i was joined by two former us ambassadors to nato, kay bailey hutchison i want to start with the uk foreign minister lord cameron, saying it's up to ukraine on how it uses british weapons and that it is understandable why ukraine would hit target inside russia. we know the russians have hit back at this and ambassador hutchinson, i want to start with you to get your take because the us has been careful when talking to how ukraine uses us weapons. i absolutely agree with the uk. i think that we should not put parameters around the weapons that we are sending. we want ukraine to win and they need to be able to take out an air base where they are launching drones. they should be able to take them out. so that they are not losing people and equipment and infrastructure. so, i think the uk is absolutely right. if we want ukraine to win, we need to give them the weapons and let them do what they need to do to win. 0k, ambassador loot, you agree with that because that would of course be seen as a big escalation by russia —— lute. of course ukraine is already usi

and it was as i recall, it was secretary rice, steve hadley, senator kay bailey hutchison. and i'm the most junior insignificant member of the panel. so, of course, they asked me to ask tillerson all of the embarrassing questions that he would not foreign policy, not nationalists, security, paint him as an out of touch plutocrat, get under his skin. and i'm looking at this impressive gray haired figure, that titan of exxonmobil, like, how am i going to rattle him? and so i did my best. i didn't take the questions they gave me among the questions was and again, trying to paint him as an out of touch plutocrat, do you even know what the price of a gallon of gasoline is? i'm like, well, you know, i'm pretty sure the ceo of exxonmobil probably has a good idea what the price of a gallon of gasoline is. so i tried a different tack and i, i said to him, you receive the order of lenin from from the russian federation, from your friend vladimir putin. and was he wearing a shirt when he presented it to you? and why did he give you that medal? and so if you could have seen the look he

caitriona: kay bailey hutchison, former u.s.nd former ambassador to nato, thanks for joining us. the u.s. race for the white house is heating up. a new poll out today shows donald trump leading against joe biden -- joe biden in six of the seven battleground states that could decide the election in november, known as swing states. a wall street journal poll shows him leading, the only state where he is not leading is in wisconsin. president biden lead slightly on the multiple candidate battle but ties with donald trump in a head-to-head matchup. overall pose -- poll suggests unhappiness with joe biden. let's turn to some other important news from around the world. at least nine people have been killed and more than 1000 injured after an earthquake in taiwan. it was the most powerful quake for quarter of a century. it was in a mountainous region on the east coast, more than 60 miles away from the capital of taipei. more than 100 people are leaves still trapped inside a tunnel on the coastal highway. the former president of the spa

for more on this, i spoke with former us permanent representative to nato, kay bailey hutchison.s by former president donald trump essentially suggesting he would let russia do whatever they want to nato members who do not meet the spending guidelines. what do you make of what he said and how seriously do you think nato members should take the comments? well, i'm troubled by that kind of language, of course, and i think most people here are. first, let me say that congress is very much pro—nato and pro—ukraine help. congress understands that while there are a lot of political factors that are in the cross hairs but i do believe our european allies should know that we understand the commitments of nato and america as being the leader of nato, and we will continue to do that. there will be a lot of rhetoric and a lot of talk, but you have to look at what it's actually done and what it has done is increase the support for nato and increase the support for ukraine. ambassador, i have to ask you, because i recently saw that you met with jens stoltenberg, the head of the nato alliance

during an event hosted by foreign policy magazine and speakers included michael mccaul and kay bailey hutchison who served as u.s. ambassador to nato during the trump administration. this is about two and a half hours. [applause] >> ok. good morning, everybody. madam ambassador. nato is about to celebrate its 75th anniversary. we will hear speeches about its virtues and continued importance. what type of shape is nato in today, given there are voices raising doubts about its future and how does this look from your perspective? this look from your perspective? >> i think it's very strong. >> i think it's very strong. i think that people will see that we are buildi not only the longest serving, best

live now to kay bailey hutchison — a former republican us senator and former us ambassador to nato. aious do you deem the situation to be?— the situation to be? thank you. i am very _ the situation to be? thank you. i am very concerned, _ the situation to be? thank you. i am very concerned, of- the situation to be? thank you. | i am very concerned, of course, that there has been such a russian offensive. i am hopeful that what our supreme allied commander has said is that russia really does not have the troops to do the necessary events to take over kharkiv however i do hope that america will get its weapons to help the ukraine and nato is certainly doing that and i hope that we will be able to allow the ukrainians to attack the areas in russia that are lobbing the bombs and the missiles into ukraine from the russian side. i think that is the next step that needs to be taken. ., . ., ~ the next step that needs to be taken. ., ., ., ~ ., taken. you are talking about the us providing _ taken. you are talking about the us providing weapons i taken. you are talking about l the us providin

i got more on what trump's election might mean for the alliance with kay bailey hutchison, a former usow do you think nato allies are feeling right now about a second trump administration? well, of course, i think the european allies know what president trump did in the first administration. they've been watching the election very carefully, and i think that the europeans will be able to work with president trump as an ally. i think they have now begun to see how he communicates, and they've also stepped up to do the things that he's asked them to do, which is increase their own defence spending so that we are a true alliance. that is for our total security umbrella — canada and america and across the atlantic. we heard there the former nato secretary general, stoltenberg — a bit optimistic about a second trump administration, but he has been pretty sceptical. we know thatjd vance, the vice president—elect, doesn't really want to send more military aid to ukraine. how do you think donald trump might approach this? i think that secretary general stoltenberg worked closely with president

earlier, my colleague, caitriona perry, spoke with ambassador kay bailey hutchison, a former us permanentato potentially bringing ukraine military funds under its control. well, i think it's a good idea. that was the format used for our nato mission in afghanistan, and i think the us has taken the mantle early in this war, thank goodness they did, because we have 50 members of that contact group that all contribute arms that will go to ukraine, and then we made sure that they were delivered. now i think turning it over to nato, where the us general is always the supreme allied commander is also very helpful and i think will work very well.- also very helpful and i think will work very well. does the ro osal will work very well. does the proposal mean _ will work very well. does the proposal mean in _ will work very well. does the proposal mean in any - will work very well. does the proposal mean in any way i will work very well. does the i proposal mean in any way that nato partners no longer see the us as a reliable partner anymore, given, isuppose, the failure by congress so far to agre

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. >> nasa administrator bill nelson joined former texas republican senator kay bailey hutchison for aversation at the lbj presidential library in austin, texas. they discuss space exploration, research and development and foreign policy. >> now onto tonight's program. in 1967, president lyndon johnson said when we ask what expects to find from exploration in space, the answer is one word -- knowledge. knowledge we need to maintain earth as a habitable environment for man. if that was trunasa, which lyndn helped to catalyze when he was e boundaries of space and increase our knowledge of the universe. tonight we will get a view of our space efforts from the very top of nasa. senator bill nelson has served as the 14th administrator of nasa 2021. prior to his appointment he represented florida for 18 years in the senate and 12 years in the house of representatives. during his time in the senate, senator nelson had an impact on nearly all space, including lank nasa reauthorization act of 2010, which he our moderator this evening, senator kay bailey hutchinson. senator nelson has also been

national with lords yoga, kitty, clyde ober sweater and a lady by the name of kay bailey, who became senator kay bailey hutchison of texas. it was the most thrilling experience working with those women in in a position that because they were, they were it was a heady experience it was early in nixon administration. they were determined to get much accomplished. the energy and the the substance that these women brought to the to their various positions was thrilling to be a part of. i, i went to the national convention with mrs. armstrong, her staff in 1972 and just to revert it to an earlier panel this morning. i've been to five national conventions. there has never been applause for such as that for pat nixon. mrs. nixon approached floor. and even if you go back and look the video now i have fairly recently it doesn't begin to to take into account the sustained nature of the applause and the camera keeps going back to the same space in the in the crowd in the audience. if you could have scanned that crowd, she mrs. nixon was just loved and it dated far back. it went back to 52 and 56. and all the years that she

the honorable kay bailey hutchison, and brittney, chief public policy officer of hp.] >> good morning. it's great to be here at meridian and thanks to stuart holliday and the entire team that puts on this amazing weekend every year. were going to start advocate with the previous panel with the framing question were going to ask you to take again and vote. it's www.menti.com. and the code you can see up there qr code 87465132. here's the question. how to see the role of nonstate actors, including the private sector come in the security domain changing in the next decade? how do you see the role of nonstate actors including the private sector changing? dcf increasing, remaining the same, or decreasing? i don't know i think this is kind of an easy question. but i don't like them, i just read them in. keep providing her input to this question as we turn to our panelists. you know well the experience of these three distinguished individuals. madam ambassador i would like to start with you. in the previous segment the deputy national security adviser said that the biggest,

commercial parts of nasa happen to go back to the 2010 nasa bill of which kay bailey hutchison of texas and i had something to do with. >> could you explain how china uses space as a foreign-policy tool? >> how china does for all of us do? let me say that, when we fly a foreign astronaut, that is a part of a foreign-policy tool. when we do a foreign experiment , when the university of edinburgh is a major principal investigator on the james webb space telescope, that is all foreign-policy as well. likewise, china does, tries, but is not nearly as successful as we are because they are much more secretive in their space program. >> how do we counter that announcement that they will invite international astronauts to fly on their space station? we have done that. >> we are not going to counter it. we will see if they do it and to what extent did just like they say, they want to put international contributions into an experimental place on the south pole of the moon. of course, my concern, they don't get their first and say this is our area, you stay out. the south pole of the moon is an im

i spoke to kay bailey hutchison, former us and former democratic congresswomanjane harman. and i served at the same time in congress, we have a great friendship and bipartisanship was alive and needs to be alive again. let's hope the trump administration, the trump 47 administration embraces that, especially in foreign policy. i think the middle east did play a role in both affecting the poets israel vote and affecting the ellipse like i don't know if you recall at anti—israel, but the vote in michigan dollar try told neta nyahu, dollar try told netanyahu, do ever you need to do so you would think the muslim community which be much more partial to joe community which be much more partial tojoe biden, but it did not play at that way. there are other issues which were more important in the race than foreign policy, certainly immigration and the high price of food in markets. indeed. the economy was — of food in markets. indeed. the economy was a _ of food in markets. indeed. the economy was a top issue. ambassador hutchinson, i want to see your take on some of these foreign p

summers at the national with lords yoga, kitty, ,iclyde ober sweater and a ladyy the name of kay bailey, who hutchisonthe most thrilling experience working with those women in in a position that because they were, they were it was a heady experience it was early in nixon administration. theyined to get much accomplished. the substance that these women positions was thrilling to be a part of. i, i went tonal convention with mrs. armstrong, her staff in 1972 and just to revert it to an earlier panel orning. i've been to five national conventions. there has never be ala for such as that for pat nixon. mrs. nixon approached floor. and even if you go back an look the video now i have fairly to to takenature of the applause and e cameraoik to the same space in the in the crowd in the audience. if that loved and it dated to 52 and 56. and all the years to national conventions. it and she handled it so and ronald reagan were seated right on the islp her. she was trying to get them to help. and they even e veñugigantic gad to gavel the crowd. silence some kind, and they wouldn't have anything to do with that.

presidential administrations where he worked as a republican stafford or mike phil gramm, kay bailey hutchisongel. please join me in welcoming secretary chad wolf to the stage, with michelle bekkering, who will moderate the session. please give them a round of applause. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon, everyone. this is a lot of pressure because this is about coffee break time. i hope you got your caffeine. i think this will be a robust conversation we are glad you are here. secretary wolf, welcome, pleasure to have you on the stage. >> thank you. >> thank you to senator norm coleman for his support. i will address the elephant in the room, that is definitely a pun for our republican friends. thank you, i need a chuckle. we have all the signage, the leadership coalition, you are executive director in an organization with america first in the name. let's start out with this. let's get into what america first means. you will not be surprised that it means a lot of different things to a lot of people. some who say, america first is america alone, isolationism. you and -- you look at it differe

during an event hosted by foreign policy magazine and speakers included michael mccaul and kay bailey hutchison who served as u.s. ambassador to nato during the trump administration. this is about two and a half hours. [applause] >> ok. good morning, everybody. madam ambassador. nato is about to celebrate its 75th anniversary. we will hear speeches about its virtues and continued importance. what type of shape is nato in today, given there are voices raising doubts about its future and how does this look from your perspective? this look from your perspective? >> i think it's very strong. >> i think it's very strong. i think that people will see that we are buildi not only the longest serving, best curitylliance in the history of the wor, but i think we are now going forward to look at our common threats, our mmon risks and looking at a way that we can unite like-minded, security likeinded, security minded, freedom loving people. i think it is strong. i think it' getting stronger and consideri the internal oblems that so many countries are having right now, ours for sure, europe for re. nato is

commercial parts of nasa happen to go back to the 2010 nasa bill of which kay bailey hutchison of texas and i had something to do with. >> could you explain how china uses space as a foreign-policy tool? >> how china does for all of us do? let me say that, when we fly a foreign astronaut, that is a part of a foreign-policy tool. when we do a foreign experiment , when the university of edinburgh is a major principal investigator on the james webb space telescope, that is all foreign-policy as well. likewise, china does, tries, but is not nearly as successful as we are because they are much more secretive in their space program. >> how do we counter that announcement that they will invite international astronauts to fly on their space station? we have done that. >> we are not going to counter it. we will see if they do it and to what extent did just like they say, they want to put international contributions into an experimental place on the south pole of the moon. of course, my concern, they don't get their first and say this is our area, you stay out. the south pole of the moon is an im

[applause] >> latest engineman, please welcome senators bill nelson and kay bailey hutchinson. [applause] ms. hutchisone. i want to add a couple of things for our texas audience and i am so happy all of you are here, to just do the amendment to what bill said about the kennedy speech at rice university, because what he said in full was why do we want to send men into space? why play texas? [laughter] not because it is easy, because it is hard. [laughter] that's the quote that we all know. [laughter] i want to say before we start that bill and i are soul brothers. when he was the senator from florida and i was the senator from texas, we bonded over nasa. there were a lot of people that said it is time for us to stop the shuttles, and -- end the shuttles, we should go full private and end nasa. that's where we were. bill and i felt it was important to have the private sector for the investment and creativity, but we knew the bases had to be nasa. it had to be the people who had built the first space stations and the people who knew that background to work with the private sector and that would be the bes

joining me live is kay bailey hutchison, former us ambassador to nato.nk nato allies are feeling right now about a second trump administration?- about a second trump administration? well, of course. _ administration? well, of course. i _ administration? well, of course, ithink_ administration? well, of course, i think the - administration? well, of- course, i think the european allies no what president trump did in the first administration. they have been watching the election very carefully, and i think that the europeans will be able to work with president trump as an ally. i think they have now begun to see how he communicates, and they've also stepped up to do the things that he's asked them to do, which is increase their own defence spending so that we are a true alliance that is for our total security umbrella, canada, america and across the atlantic. ., ., ., atlantic. you heard that the former nato _ atlantic. you heard that the former nato secretary - atlantic. you heard that the - former nato secretary general, stoltenberg, a bit optimistic abo

in 2003 -- i don't know where i've got it at -- i had an amendment with senator collins, kay bailey hutchison and a couple of others to make the reconstruction of iraq, in 2003, a loan, not a grant. pass back when you can, get back on your feet. get your oil industry up and running and try to pass back within reason as much as you can. that was defeated by a single vote. here's where i think the american people are at. very much supportive of israel. very much understanding, i think of the consequences of failure in ukraine. there is an element in my caucus that wants to pull the plug on ukraine. these are pretty much many of the same people who wanted to pull the plug on afghanistan. my friend rand paul, i don't know where his statement is. he's been consistent, you've got to give him that. wanted to pull out of everywhere, still does. you may be tired of fighting islam, they're not tired of fighting you. our border is our last line of defense. when you pull out of afghanistan after the passage of time and expect it all to turn out well, you missed what happened in 2011 in iraq. and the reas