afghanistan where hundreds of thousands of civilians died, the second myth of nato is the alliance of democracyut over the last years of the war, the united states and its allies have claimed the lives of 4.5 million people. this is a commitment to international law. the third myth of nato protects human rights, but in a guantane, and they continue torturing prisoners, and the journalist assange faces 175 years in prison in the usa the truth is simple, who is a member of nato loses his democratic sovereignty, who is a member of nato sacrifices the interests of his population increases spending on arms each fifth child in germany poor, and the military budget of germany is growing and growing we need peace, not nato chances that the deputy will hear of course there are no german parliamentarians, di lyoshka is waiting for record military budgets. the most acute crisis is going through in such a far from the politics of art cinema in the united states from los angeles to new york is engulfed in the flames of the struggle of creative workers for their rights in the next few hours, the scriptwriter

of germany itself three myths the first nato defensive alliance but wasn't nato waging war against yugoslavia and afghanistan where hundreds of thousands of civilians died, the second myth of nato is the alliance of democracye last years of the war, the united states and its allies claimed the lives of four and a half million people. this is a commitment to international law. the third myth nato defends human rights continues to torture prisoners, and the journalist assange is threatened, 175. years in prison in the united states, the truth is simple, whoever is a member of nato loses his democratic sovereignty. who is a member of nato sacrifices interests of its population, increasing spending on armaments, every fifth child in germany is poor, and the military budget of germany is growing and growing we need peace, not nato chances that the deputy will hear of course, no soon germany and parliamentarians. a deal of record military budgets awaits, it is noteworthy that at the summit in vilnius, ukraine did not even receive promises to join nato. the alliance uses the fallow land only as a consumable hybrid war with russia. this opinion was shared with our tv channel by a russian political scientist . news

alliance of values. the third, and alliance of democracies. ake these three claims in reverse order, it is quite clear from the history of the alliance that the democratic character of member states was open to negotiation or perhaps deserved -- portugal, founding member. remained on good terms with the alliance. today i don't think anyone would argue that turkey, poland, hungary are great advertisements for the sort of liberal democracy touted by the alliance. on the question of values, much the same thing can be said, it bears mentioning i suppose as well when voters in member states or potential member states have shown signs of disapproving membership or lack of eagerness and listing in this american-led letter organization, their voices have most often simply been dispensed with stuff on the specifically defense or security-aggregating side of the equation, throughout the cold war, nato's claims conventional defense were always rather far-fetched and i think recognized as such. since the end of the cold war, the dissolution of the soviet u

afghanistan where they died hundreds of thousands of civilians, the second myth of nato is the alliance of democracyt in recent years the soldiers of the united states and its allies have claimed no more than four and a half million people. this is a commitment to international law. the third myth nato defends human rights continues torture prisoners, and journalist assange faces 175 years in prison in the united states, the truth is simple , whoever is a member of nato loses his democratic sovereignty. who is a member of nato sacrifices the interests of its population, increasing spending on weapons every fifth child in germany is poor, and the military budget in germany is growing and growing we need peace, not nato spain, apart from anti-russian sentiments, the main achievement of this summit is another obscene gesture to the side ukraine membership in nato here and now, they did not offer kiev moreover the very prospect of accession was discussed with numerous reservations, they say it is necessary to ensure democratization reforms, the final transition to the standards of the alliance well, and

specific nations like dependably visiting the nato summit as we try to hold together a global alliance of democraciesep this row going in the right direction. eric: japan at a nato summit says it all for doctor rebecca grant good to see you think you as always for your analysis. >> thank you. arthel: air, present biden is hitting the 'bidenomics' message heart hoping to winning over voters in 2024 but will it work? we will ask ohio republican congressman bill johnson of the house budget committee. that is coming up next. (sniff) still fresh. still fresh! mmm, still fresh! get 6x longer-lasting freshness, plus odor protection with downy unstopables. when moderate to severe ulcerative colitis keeps flaring, put it in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill. when uc got unpredictable, i got rapid symptom relief with rinvoq. and left bathroom urgency behind. check. when uc got in my way, i got lasting, steroid-free remission with rinvoq. check. and when my gastro saw damage, rinvoq helped visibly repair the colon lining. check. rapid symptom relief. lasting, steroid-free remission. and a chance to visibly r

finland and sweden to join nato - finland mastered this road by becoming a member of the april fourth alliance. but swedish democracy took a different path. now all hope for the americans, the united states fully supports sweden's nato membership and the essence of the prostate sweden will make our alliance stronger and will have the same values ​​as we in nato and thoughts of patience. looking forward to your next membership. children's example once again designated who actually decides this issue. we both understand that the meeting in vilnius in a week is a very good time for sweden to become a member, but only turkey can make turkish decisions, and then everyone, of course, remembered the amazing ability of the turks to bargain to the last. what will for turkey, the price of swedish membership in nato that's the question, experts recalled one of the deal that the turks lobbied for, and the new york hints that ankara, along with kursk activists, are waiting for another gift of american f-16 fighters, the newspaper quotes biden's recent conversation with erdogan . i spoke with erdogan and he still wants to work on

publications about how undemocratic the turkish regime is and how good it is for nato, as an alliance of democracy china, they completely forgot and erdogan really got everything he needed, another illustration of the immutable and eternal the rules that the actual american presidents formulated he son of a bitch, he our son of a bitch is true, not about erdogan. this, of course, is not about turkey. but again, this is an illustration of a world order based on rules. now a small ad, then we will continue. channel one, with the support of the state corporation roskosmos, is holding a unique campaign, everything. it's just that you're going to the cinema for the film the challenge from june 28th to july 30th. send your ticket along with contact information to the site 1tv.ru slash ticket. if you have seen the movie earlier and you still have a ticket. you are also in business, 20 lucky ones will have the opportunity to visit the cosmonaut training center in star city, and five more will be able to go to baikonur to see the launch of the spacecraft with their own eyes. challenge in the cinemas of the

of foreign policy. strong world alliances, being leaders of a democracy in the world. all of that is out the window.n party is now a national security threat to this country. they despise the military, they disrespect their service with these types of antics, by this traitor, senator tuberville. he just put out an ad being played on certain military bases, and in the d.c. area, pointing this back out from quantico to alabama. with this guy is doing is despicable. what the republicans are doing by letting him get away with this and letting him get caught up in this culture war is personal grievance culture war. these draconian positions the republicans are taking, analyzing women and everything else. this is a national security threat to the country. besides that, tuberville is also a racist. that is another conversation. but the republicans are doing here, they have lost all moral ground, any type of credibility when it comes to saying that they support lloyd forsman or the military, as long as they continue to do these antics. we should call it out, and democrats should capitalize on this. don't le

immediate dissolution of nato in order to carve out money to solve the economic problems of germany itself . democracy allianceears of the war between the united states and its allies claimed the lives of four and a half million people. this is a commitment to international law. the third myth nato defends human rights continue to torture prisoners and journalists, 175 years in prison in the us the truth is simply whoever is a member of nato loses its democratic sovereignty. who is a member of nato sacrifices the interests of its population by increasing the cost of arms every fifth child in germany is poor, and the military budget of germany is growing and growing we need peace, not nato chances that the deputy will hear of course, no soon germany and parliamentarians. a deal of record military budgets awaits, it is noteworthy that at the summit in vilnius, ukraine did not even receive promises to join nato. the alliance uses the fallow land only as a consumable hybrid war with russia. this opinion was shared with our tv channel by a russian political scientist, head of the news agency balt news andrey starik

fresh experience of cooperation with various members of the alliance, our soldiers were able to use the weapons of nato countries, that global democracy is stronger than any terrorist threats against us by anyone, at the same time, even at the time of full scale . these security guarantees can be confirmed by the big seven, and i think that if this happens, we will to work on this. it will be really important for us. as a concrete success, we can state that the results are good, but if there was an invitation, they would be perfect, and i would like to thank lithuania once again separately and not simply for this summit and for the energy that you are really full of, what we see on the streets, all these flags, this is not some kind of artificiality, this is such a human relationship, and i want to thank you all for this, for us, it is such a great support, great energy and while we are not in nato yet but this is already a reality , this is our protection, this is such a great support of the societies of the world . security and as faith faith in ukraine as the winner of the entire war for freedom and people's rights, thank you once

please do not move any further on taiwan because we are standing with this alliance and aligned in democracies. and is there any kind of reaction we can expect from china on this? i mean, they're not going to be happy as you've been saying. of course they are not going to be happy, but let's not forget the china is dealing still with a lot of is with themselves the teen young. fair the yeah for me. so that changed back to one e and also now one of those major security guards just died. we don't know of what, so i'm pretty sure they will have a reaction. they are not happy about it and they will strength their position. it's a and the contradiction, they will not be able to solve easily. china will strength from the one china principal, a gender, and will say that they are not happy with it. however, the us will stay on that strategic and equity by these role symbols and all of this the actions to support tie ones and especially tie one's self defense. knowing that they will have a problem with it. i'm waiting for a long well, a to come to the wrong study, says 90 days. china wants to attack and $48.00 out. so i think w

of interfaith alliance. that does it for our show. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] ron) we're in the middle of the channel. but is it the uk, or is it france? actually, france is just a stone's throw away. you see it on clear days. you think you might be in france when you just look at the signs on the british channel islands. they're british, but they're not english. it's an important difference. they're known all over the world for being a tax haven. and it's one of those islands, very rare, that in the summertime, you see more people in suits than in shorts.

of the armistice agreement, as well as throughout us, mutual defense treaty, i renew my commitment to build and strengthen our alliance so that we may continue to promote the universal values of freedom, democracy and human rights together. and i express my deepest and most profound gratitude to all korean war veterans and their families. it is their service and sacrifice which created our alliance to begin with. thank you very much. mr. ambassador. really appreciate the korean embassy's hard work for the alliance. thank you, sir. ladies and gentlemen, our next speaker is the republic of korea, minister of defense acquisition program administration. minister arne duncan. we really appreciate the minister traveled all the way from korea to represent the korean government at the ceremony. the korean government invited all u.n. standing states to korea for a week of commemorative events in remembrance of the korean armistice agreement. so we are very honored to link this ceremony with all the events going on in korea, sir. so, mr. minister, thank you. welcome. korean will veterans and their families of veterans who are killed in action. distinguished guests. i'm john donvan, the minister of defens

of road map for finland and sweden to join nato . finland mastered this road, remaining on the alliance on april 4th. but swedish democracyk a different path. now all hope is in the hair of the americans, the united states fully supports sweden's membership in nato and the point is simple, sweden will make our alliance stronger and will have the same values ​​that we have in nato and we look forward to. looking forward to your next day swedish premier membership it's just that we both understand that the meeting in vilnius in a week is a very good time for sweden's membership, but only turkey can make turkish decisions . what for sweden, which does not fulfill its promises, to expect nato membership? just a pipe dream, and then everyone, of course, remembered the amazing ability of the turks to bargain to the last. what will be the price of swedish membership for turkey? nato that 's the question experts recalled the grain deal that the turks lobbied for, and new york the times hints that in ankara, along with kurdish activists, they are waiting for another gift of american f-16 fighters. the newspaper quotes a recent con

of interfaith alliance. that does it for our show. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] , and welcome to nhk "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in new york. >>> leaders in russia and ukraine were engaged in a war of information even before the beginning of the invasion. now they're trading allegations that carry the weight of a potential global disaster. they're accusing each other of plotting attacks against the largest nuclear plant in europe. ukrainian commanders have seen russian troops occupy the

of the alliance? normally, countries that want to get in need to prove their democracies, they have a market economy, they are corruption-free, their militaries operate independent of political power and these kind of things. those are the kind of things they normally look for in countries. finland and sweden, for example, basically met all the requirements upon their asking to join, so it is very murky and not at all to the satisfaction of president zelenskyy who feels that the ukrainians fighting and dying on the front line protects nato allies, and he feels they should have been enough to get his country in the alliance already. that is important for ukraine because, of course, it is running out of ammunition and needs to replace its weaponry. it always once upgraded, more modern weaponry. everything that allies are willing to give is really important for ukraine, but the other thing allies are going to give and which stoltenberg presented to ukraine as a win is they are going to make an agreement for multiyear contributions, both of military equipment and of money, and that is meant to assure ukra

experience of cooperation with various members of the alliance , our soldiers have already proven that they are able to use the weapons of nato countries global democracystronger than any terrorist threats against us by anyone, at the same time, even during a full-scale war with russia, ukraine continues reforms and within the framework of our path of integration into the eu, it is clearly defined what exactly we have to do and we are doing it so we really appreciate this acknowledgment that nothing is needed. i would very much like today to have success at the summit for all of us, for ukraine, for our soldiers, for our citizens , for our children, and for everyone, absolutely and in particular, security guarantees are so important for people, security guarantees for ukraine on the way to nato, not instead . we can state with concrete success that the results are just that good, but if there was an invitation they would be ideal and i want to thank lithuania once again separately and not just for this summit and for the energy that you are really full of what we see on the streets, all these flags, this is not some kind of artificiality, this is such

we have demonstrated through american leadership the strengths of alliances that democracies in the world link arms. and when we do our alliances allow us to defend ukraine and promote democracy throughout the world. i think it is important to recognize the u.s. and the cause of global democracy is stronger today because of this decision announced yesterday sweden would now be greenlight for nato membership. the bad event that happened yes it was the retirement of general david berger it was not bad he retired he had a distinguished career and served very ably as we all know. but for the first time after that retirement and 164 years of the united states marine corps does not have a commandant confirmed by the senate of the united states i am the father of eight united states marine. i am unaware of anything the marines have done that would warrant being punished in this way. i am unaware of anything the marines have done that would warrant being disrespected in this way. having their leadership hobbled in this way. one of my colleagues is exercising a prerogative to place a hole on it 25

where president biden will be facing pressing questions about the war in caravans, about democracy, and the alliance ofo. >> priscilla alvarez for us there. thank you. let's get perspective on the trip. josh rogin a columnist for "the washington post," author of kayou chaos under heaven. let's start with the nato relationship. priscilla talked about cluster munitions that the u.s. has approved. banned by nato members, uk, france, germany, italy, others. is there any residue of that decision on what we'll watch the next dawood few days potentially? >> well, yes. it's no secret, victor, that some of these european and even nato countries that president biden will be interacting with this week were against the u.s. decision to provide cluster munitions to the ukrainian forces. but i have to tell you, victor, i have been speaking with ukrainians about this for many months. they said they need them and, you know, we will clean them up later if we live that long because for the ukrainians it's a matter of short-term life and death, not long-term live and death. so i think that the administration made this de

leave a member of the alliance april iv. but swedish democracy took a different path.ope is on the americans, the united states fully supports the member with sweden in nato and the point is simple, sweden will make our alliance stronger and will have the same values ​​as we are in nato and we look forward to. looking forward to your membership the next day w. weds we both understand that meeting in vilnius in a week is a very good time for sweden membership but only turkey can make turkish decisions turkish parliament speaker numan , courtois, husband in an interview with the newspaper miles for what for sweden, which does not fulfill its promises to expect nato membership just a pipe dream, that's all , of course, remembered the amazing ability of the turks to bargain to the last. what will be the price of swedish membership for turkey? nato that's the question experts recalled the grain deal that the turks lobbied for, and the new york hints, that in ankara, together with kursk activists , they are waiting for another gift of american f-16 fighters, the newspaper qu

context of reforms, which political reforms should ukraine complete at the moment, so that we can say that this factor is no longer important. nato is not only a military alliance, it is also about democracyis is also about human rights, about freedom of speech and about many factors that should be in democratic countries , first of all, we need to do a lot in this area. we can definitely say today that our army already meets nato standards and our actions of our army meets nato standards, there is no question of anyone who does not have a transition to technical weapons according to nato standards. there are more and more such units , and this is what we will say. we will define the question precisely in the near future . constitution, i think that the issue of the doctrine, which today will be actively considered at all levels of our country, will give an answer to the question that you asked me today , you mentioned that nato is not only a political transfer first of all, the alliance. well, it is a political event, first of all, yes, and actually , does it affect what is happening on the front just now, because there are also hellish battles going on in different areas of the front ,

democracy. i can give you specific examples of that. but i think it's important to understand. it's not just that she's ruling side by side with this right wing alliance, but this right wing alliance is literally dismantling. perused democracy before our very eyes. and when the either in the are in your initial segment, there was a protest. her who said, you know, we're here demanding democracy, we're here demanding respect for our vote. we're these, this is the politically is or pro democracy protests. people are upset that this ruling click has basically taken hold of their institutions and are destroying it. and a lot of what's behind all this are corrupt interest. all right, so it's pretty clear from what you've all said, that congress is a major issue here. of course the president matters, but president is one person. congress is a system. and paula, you started our conversation, in fact, by saying that congress currently is controlled by people, want to keep themselves in power against the will of the people. how does that? how does that get changed? the next selections for the moment are in 2026. so 3 years from now, and i know that's at the he

of other countries . whereas nato is a military alliance that has done just that despite claiming to spread democracy and freedom to other countries, it's only, it's only spread pain and suffering essentially is a round up of what my vehicle said on that. and our closing words were this base. she said that russia and china are countries that again will not threaten other countries, but they will respond to threats from the west against their own sovereignty. during that many thanks, fitful, the updates on correspondent don't look forward to speaking to his live from badging. many things to give to don't to get paid on, on the international web, back with more of the very latest in about 30 minutes saving the whole thing. she wants to extend its sphere of influence and exploit other nations . that's always been the case of centuries. couples not loading this politician, so a 123 years ago. so we perfectly aware of what's happening. so that's why we defend ourselves. sales custom consequence here was the monthly i'm a part of skin issues about, you know, a developer shown. so if it's nice to go to court, pe

of defense and visit with their troops and look at their capabilities. they will bring value to the alliance right away. it is a strong democracy. that is what is most important. >> the defense secretary was very up beat about the unity of the nato alliance right now, saying that all of the countries of the nato alliance are working together to help make sure that ukraine remains free and that ukraine, that this war against the russians that invaded ukraine -- that they will eventually win. he was very up beat about what the nato allies are doing as far as spending for defense purposes to relieve some of the pressure on the u.s. it was all very sick vacant, pamela, and it is only going to be getting better. they are competent for now, the defense secretary thinks things are moving in the right direction. >> what did they tell you about that controversial decision, looking at cluster munitions being sent to ukraine? >> he defended it very strongly, saying ukrainians really need these cluster bombs right now and that they will be able to deal with them in a safe and secure way. he said he personally has been involved in deploying c

of other countries. whereas nato is a military alliance that has done just that despite claiming to spread democracy and freedom to other countries, it's only, it's only spread pain and suffering essentially is a round up of what might vanco said on that. and our closing words were this face, she said that russia and china are countries that again, will not threaten other countries, but they will respond to threats from the west, against their own sovereignty. when your country is surrounded by one of sanctions, it forces you to know closer to home, full solutions, and innovation can photo as exactly what a major new petro chemical plants as being the recipients off in southwest a wrong way of equipment made in the country. now such a spine more than 80 percent of its needs all the easiest of july, the reports, and it was in the, in the sector with even baker plans to stop 30 or read to their can use of things for our trip. we can sort on for technical plans, has finally come on. st. louis moved on projects and the phone for a start, a warning and for our business, or from do to you on board or not much

a breath of democracy and courses left the oceans and those who made a promise surprisingly , it was the frg that, a few years later, became the godfather of the first expansion of the allianceo the east, including poland, hungary and the czech republic gorbachev's mistake there was a misunderstanding in washington that the american president could conclude an agreement that his successor would refuse, even if there were signed ones. and in in the absence of such, the corrupt clinton regime was able to claim that the agreement not to advance nato to the borders of russia never existed, but a blatant deceit after a while, not without regret. gorbachev will remember them in a conversation with german journalists. the germans very accurately complied with. all agreements were treated with great respect for our troops, but one bill. i have kohl with them , us foreign secretary james baker and others have assured me that nato will not move an inch to the east. the americans did not fulfill this promise, but the germans showed indifference, maybe even rubbing their hands . i am not me and the hut is not mine, they did not promise anything, which means they did not violate anything

society and to be part of what we in america see as an alliance of values ​​between those of us who believe in freedom, a free market economy and democracye able to take responsibility for their own lives, that is, the hypocrisy on the forehead of each of them is hypocrisy, that is, the nose of prison monuments. for a t-shirt forced deportation of people rewriting history prohibition of the russian language closure russian schools of persecution of people, simply for nationality. this is now called a free estonia, in fact, of course , an anti-russia project, i can only say that nothing will come of them, and in the past, as history has shown, russia has stood and will stand for the truth. stay with us with you was maria butina the doll of the tuti heir, look now at the program time. attention speaks and shows, st. petersburg. every year on the last sunday of july, russia celebrates the day of the navy in accordance with the decision of the president of the russian federation will host the main naval parade. i congratulate you on the day of the navy . solemn parade for the day of the navy on sunday, july 30 on the first

>> in the midst of a war, membership can't happen, but they made real progress and the alliance will lay out the further reforms, both in terms of their security work and their democracy that are necessary to keep moving down that path. >> elizabeth, how do you weigh nato's clear desire to protect ukraine but also try not to antagonize putin to the point where he may do something extreme? >> well, that seems to be what is the debate is focusing on a lot. the point we're missing is whether it is in ukraine's and nato's best interest, irregardless of the response by russia, for us to ukraine on a specific and clear path toward membership. from the ukraine perspective, we know there is very strong interest, i think there would be a big morale boost to be saying, yes, when the war is over, you will be on a path and here is the criteria and here is how it will work and there are a number of nato members who are interested in that. i think if we're considering now, we're not in the position where we were in 2008 when nato membership was first dangled in front of ukraine and georgia. the idea was how do you prevent a war. right now we're in a war. the question is what would

couple of authoritarian ones stuck, but still the main trend is democracy and the protection of democracy, and we were convinced in vilnius that nato is first of all a political and then a military alliance, and it is precisely in the political sense that they actively support us. i think they will continue to support us, but simply if it was an exclusively military alliance, then of course ukraine in the current situation would receive much more , but i would say that there is no need to look for a dark cat in some vilnius corner in the uzhupis area no, it is absolutely not necessary we just need to work within the country, er, strengthen our stability, which is called different in the west, and communicate competently our successes that ukraine is achieving in the confrontation with the russian aggressor. for example , no matter how much i looked, i did not see. maybe if we had communicated this, the question of extending the grain agreement would have persisted, but somehow it would have been implemented by the forces of the nato navy. we are a freemason and we are the headline of mykhailo tkach’s column and journalists of ukrainian pravda are investigative journalists, this phrase is

of other countries. whereas nato is a military alliance that has done just that, despite claiming to spread democracy and freedom to other countries, it's only, it's only spread pain and suffering essentially is a round up of what might vanco said on that. and our closing words were this space . she said that russia in china or countries that again will not threaten other countries, but they will respond to threats from the west, against their own sovereignty. many thanks for your company here and on the international web back. it's helping me out with more of the very latest. we'll see you then the because that's the standard he's able to do any kind of a scale shift. i personally, i got that gotcha packages you would have thought of. i should have been an easy let's go back to mr. additional escape. when he was 16, his father became a pa design and potent gentleman occupied territories towards camille pro. or for these boxes on the case that from georgia, the nazis destroyed his punches on unit. the young man was saved by red army soldiers. the origin simple. yeah. that was a little you sure. the who w

of this, we go to louisville kentucky. we are joined by tamarra wieder, kentucky state director for planned parenthood alliance advocates. welcome to democracyy don't you begin with this first story of attorneys general's, republicans attorneys general demanding medical care records of people who have gone to other states for abortion and what exactly is happening in your state of kentucky. >> thank you so much for having me. it is really troubling, daniel cameron, along with 18 others, have demanded they turn over medical records, entire medical records, in states where abortion is legal to hostile states. this is deeply troubling. this goes against hippo laws. this is your private medical records being turned over to hostile attorneys general. what else are they going to do with it? it is likely they're going to look for a case to prosecute, either providers, patients, or those helping people trust state lines who are -- where abortion is legal seeking care. juan: are they looking for blanket records or are they wanting the right to look at individual records that they somehow suspect somebody may have violated the abortion bans? that is a

of people. but when you are the western alliance and the big mantra is, this is authoritarianism versus democracyen democracy must win. democracy must have all of the tools possible. >> the u.s. stopped using these in 2003. >> apparently there are more munitions to send. i understand why they made the decision. why did they have no other munitions to send? what was wrong with our supply chain said that we do not have normal artillery shells? it says that the ukraine advances not going great. in part because of the lack of munitions and because the areas are mind -- mined up. if you look at the history of war, people make terrible decisions. they have been fighting a war that is largely an artillery war. why should we think artillery warfare was going to yield any advance for either side? i hope they are asking these questions behind the tough decision. >> we have already seen opposition from within the president's own democratic party. sara jacobs put out a statement opposing the u.s. sending these munitions, saying our international coalition is strong because we are united and living up to our

of inserting its south under the guise of being conservative, of christian values by the oregon playbook. the alliances are not with democracyoblem. >> lots to discuss here. and there will be a lot to discuss what this war is over, to see how this world is unfolding in a way that isn't entirely aligned with western values are what we know to be western values. thanks to both of you for being with. this terrell jermaine starr, ruth ben-ghiat, they were being with us. in the presidential primary there was one decisive rebuttal to florida's new education standards under florida republican ron desantis. we'll discuss that, next. ♪ helps you stay connected, ♪ safe ♪ and charged. ♪ the all-new chevy trax starting at $21,495. the possibilities are endless. after advil. feeling better? on top of the worlddddd!!! before advil. advil targets pain at the source of inflammation. when pain comes for you, come back fast with advil liqui-gels. age-related macular degeneration may lead to severe vision loss and if you're taking a multi-vitamin alone, you may be missing a critical piece... preservision. preservision areds 2 contains the only

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matters like made out and other important matters about ukrainian alliance with western democracies. shannon: the president said part ofng them to send these cluster munitions you've seen a backlash, a lot of folks out there not happy including many of our allies. a cup of your senate colleagues one form at one current both democrats write about this they think is a terrible idea. they say sending cluster munitions ukraine would not only reverse decades of u.s. policy in practice it would also kill more civilians and exacerbate the very problem we are seeking to address when we provide millions of dollars for ordinance clearance talk about the duds that are left later that may later activate. where are you on this? a lot of our allies include two thirds of native do not want us to do this. >> and shannon, look i share this concern. there is an international convention against use of these cluster musicians it dates back to 2008. the recent prohibition was put in place as you have described is that these are kind of munitions that can lead to some downstream risk to civilians. now, let's acknowledge we would not even be

of defense, visit their troops, look at their capabilities. they will bring value to the alliance right away, and it's a strong democracy, wolf, and that's reallyhe most important point. >> there's much more of any exclusive interview with secretary austin. that's coming up just ahead. also coming up, there's breaking news in the multiple criminal investigations of donald trump. his son-in-law jared kushner now testifying before a federal grand jury. we're live here in vilnius, lithuania, and you're in "the situation room." ya know, if you were cashbacking you could earn on everything with just one card. chase freedom unlimited. so, if you're off the rackg... ...or crab cracking, you're cashbacking. cashbackn flapjacks, baby backs, or tacos at the taco shack. nah, i'm working ony six pack. switch to a king suite- or book a silent retreat. silent retreat? hold up - yeeerp? i can't talk right now, i'm at a silent retreat. cashback on everything you buy with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? chase. make more of what's yours. >>> much more of my exclusive interview with defense secretary austin coming up here in "the

of their troops, look at their capabilities. they will bring value to the alliance right away. and it's a strong democracy, wolf, and that's really the most important point. >> and cnn anchor and host of the "situation room" wolf blitzer joins us now. such an important interview with the defense secretary. he talked to you about the controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. what stood out to you? >> he thought it was really important that the united states provide these cluster munitions or these cluster bombs to ukraine. the russians have been using these cluster bombs against ukrainians and they have been devastating. the russians invaded ukraine. he points out that ukraine needs these cluster bombs to defend themselves, defend their territory, to defend their people. the russians have been hitting civilian targets, residential apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, and these cluster munitions will help the ukrainians defend themselves. so he was very supportive. and he said even when he was an active duty military personnel before he became defense secretary he dealt with cluster m