breaking defense editor-in-chief aaron mehta shares how military conflicts in ukraine and israel are affecting the u.s. defense policy. california democratic congressman brad sherman also talked about the house speaker contest in the israel hamas conflict. c-span's washington journal, join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. ♪ c-span now is a free mobile lab featuring your unfiltered view of what's happening in washington come alive and on demand. keep up with the day's biggest events with live streams of hearings from the u.s. congress, white house events, the courts, and more from the world of politics. all at your fingertips. the latest episodes of washington journal and scheduling information for c-span's tv network and c-span radio, plus a variety of compelling content. c-span now is available at the apple store. download for free today. c-span now, your front row seat to washington, anytime, anywhere. president biden announced new federal regulations that would require businesses to be more transparent about

we are joined by the editor-in-chief of breaking defense, aaron mehta. welcome to the program. guest: thanks for having me. host: there is an initial tranche of u.s. military support heading to israel, some has already arrived. can you walk us through what those things are? guest: the biggest thing that israel has asked for and the u.s. is kicking their way already is iron dome interceptors. iron dome is israel's missile-defense system primarily aimed at things like rockets, which you see hamas using significantly over the past couple weeks. iron dome has a pretty high success rate, considered the gold standard for this kind of interceptor. host: explain iron don't, how it works. is it an american system or israeli system? guest: it's an israeli system with american funding. there are different layers to this. it was co-funded by the u.s.. u.s. has taken some of that technology back, put that into our own military. the system is linked to a different networking tools, different radars, sensors. primary floor intercepting smaller weapons. israel has different layers for higher-l

breaking defense editor-in-chief aaron mehta shares how military conflicts in ukraine and israel areecting the u.s. defense policy. california democratic congressman brad sherman also talked about the house speaker contest in the israel hamas conflict. c-span's washington journal, join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. ♪ c-span now is a free mobile lab featuring your unfiltered view of what's happening in washington come alive and on demand. keep up with the day's biggest events with live streams of hearings from the u.s. congress, white house events, the courts, and more from the world of politics. all at your fingertips.

we are joined by the editor-in-chief of breaking defense, aaron mehta. welcome to the program. guest: thanks for having me. host: there is an initial tranche of u.s. military support heading to israel, some has already arrived. can you walk us through what those things are? guest: the biggest thing that israel has asked for and the u.s. is kicking their way already is iron dome interceptors. iron dome is israel's missile-defense system primarily aimed at things like rockets, which you see hamas using significantly over the past couple weeks. iron dome has a pretty high success rate, considered the gold standard for this kind of interceptor. host: explain iron don't, how it works. is it an american system or israeli system? guest: it's an israeli system with american funding. there are different layers to this. it was co-funded by the u.s.. u.s. has taken some of that technology back, put that into our own military. the system is linked to a different networking tools, different radars, sensors. primary floor intercepting smaller weapons. israel has different layers for higher-l

invite the listeners to participate in the conversation with the breaking defense editor-in-chief aaron mehtacan call us on our lives slid up by party. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8000. we also have a line if you are active or former military. (202) 748-8003. you can also use that same line to text us. it looks like israel is getting ready for a ground war in gaza. the president has promised unwavering support for israel. what would that mean as far as military support for israel? guest: i think you will see two things. it has been reported there are some special operations advisors on the ground in israel from the u.s. that is most likely because there are reports of u.s. citizens having been taken as hostages. it seems unlikely that those special operations forces will involve actual operations. acting as advisors, monitoring the situation. i think that is already happening, will continue to see that. in terms of material, munitions for the iron dome. that needs to be replenished. precision guided munitions used in these airstrikes that we

aaron mehta shares how military conflicts in ukraine and israel are affecting u.s. defense policy. brad sherman also talked about the house speaker contest and the israel hamas conflict. c-span's washington journal, joining the conversation live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. ♪ c-span's campaign 2024 coverage is your front row seat to the presidential election. watch as we follow candidates on the campaign trail with meet and greets, speeches, and more as you make up your own mind. campaign 2024 on the c-span network, c-span now, or anytime online at c-span.org. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. ♪ house republicans have chosen majority leader steve scalise as the party's nominee for speaker after a secret ballot in which he received the majority of votes. he will still need to be formally nominated on the house floor before a vote can take place. house have unanimously nominated hakeem jeffries as their choice for speaker. the vote to fill the speaker chair is expected in the coming days and will require 217 votes. >> what i