american leadership rallies are allies and partners to uphold our shared security and inspires ordinary people around the world to work together toward a bright future. the troubles of our times will only grow worse without strong and steady american leadership to defend the rules-based international order that keeps us safe. if we forfeit our position of responsibility, power rivals and foes will be glad to fill the vacuum. those beliefs were true when i said those words from this podium last year. they are true today and they will be true tomorrow. of course, there is far more work to be done. this you and this administration drawing to a close, america is positioned to stand strong. our alliances have been renewed and reinforced, how recruiting trends point upward, our investments in the future our vast, current military reflects the full strength of the great democracy it defends. the baton will soon be passed. others will decide the course ahead. i hope they will build on the strength we forged over the past four years. thank you very much. may god continue to bless the united stat

there's a technician for american interests, the american secure, american prosperity to be preserved it can't be done simply by that, america's lead in the world i think that's the contribution of the survey certainly in this question. >> we'll get more into the survey. roger zakheim, call in, republicans 202-748-80001. democrats, 8000 and independents 8002 and a special for active and military, 202-748-8003. i want to hear from you, especially in topics related to the second part of the survey. the u.s. military, confidence in the military and 31% say some confidence up and pointed out the results of a historic low of 45% who had a great deal, high confidence in the military after the withdrawal from afghanistan late 2021. >> yeah, this is actually one of the more important discoveries we've had since we've done our survey as far back as 2018 and we started the survey in 2018. 70% of those surveyed had trust and confidence in the military and we divide that up between somewhat or a great deal. total count was 70% and we saw this precipitous decline and that bottomed out in 2021. and

he is constantly drawing connections between one threat and the other, an external threat to american security, and whatever problem he has with the biden administration or democrats at the moment, all of which circles back to a kind of personal threat against donald trump, who he sees as really the linchpin of the american republic, at least in the way he talked about things on this podcast. >> the overwhelming impression is that patel is a man whose entire world real -- view revolves around conspiracy theory specifically american conspiracy theories against americans and trump, i thought this was a really interesting observation. i am reading the beverly gage pulitzer prize-winning biography of j edgar hoover right now, in some ways printed by what is going on. he said there is a specific kind of session that reminds me of the fbi's first director, j edgar hoover, a man who infamously abused his power to persecute political enemies. tell me more about that? >> so, hoover basically built his worldview after this kind of fear, post-world war ii fear of infiltration, attacks on american soil. h

security work. until quite recently, many of america's closest allies mistook american-led security cooperation as self-sustaining. and neglected their own responsibility to share the burden. but here in washington, others have convinced themselves that the institution of american leadership is actually self-enforcing. members of my own party now contend that somehow the stability of markets and the deterrence of adversaries are achievable without tending to the requirements of american hard power. this is a fanciful delusion. and it has flared up periodly cleut american history -- periodically throughout american history. 85 years ago it was resoundingly overtaken by reality. winning the second world war meant surging investments in defense to 37% of g.d.p. at the height of world war ii. 37% of g.d.p. during korea, p 17% of g.d.p. the reagan buildup that won the cold war, 6% of g.d.p. history makes it all too clear that fighting a war is far more costly than deferring one. preventing it in the first place. but today, in the face of the gravest array of threats since the 1940's, we spend less than 3% of g.d.p. on

there is a recognition that from american interests, american security, american prosperity to be preserved, it can't be done simply by fortress america. to preserve those equities, i think that is the contribution to survey this question. >> we will dive more into the survey. roger zakheim is our guest. go ahead and start calling in, our phone numbers are split this way. democrats 202-748-8000. independence, 202-748-2002. and a special one for active and retired military, 202-748- 8003. especially want to hear from you in topics related to the second part, confidence in the u.s. military was one of the subjects that was polled with 51% of respondents with a great deal of confidence in the military with another 31% stating that they have at least some confidence, that is up, as you pointed out the results from a historic low 45% who had a great deal high confidence in the military after the withdrawal from afghanistan late 2021. >> this is actually the more important discoveries we have had since we have done our survey. we had it as far back as 2018. when we started in 2018, 70% of those s

there is a recognition for american interests, american security, american prosperity it can be done simply by fortress -- to observe those acnes require americans leading the world. >> we will dive more into this. go ahead and start calling in, phone numbers are split this way. republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents 202-748-8002 and a special line for active and retired military, 202-748-8003. especially want to hear from you especially in topics related to the second part of the survey, confidence in the u. military was one of the subjects that 51% of respondents had a great deal of confidence in the military than of the 31% saying they had at least some confidence that is up as you pointed out from the historic low of 45% who had a great deal of confidence in the military after the withdrawal from afghanistan late 2021. >> this is one of the more important discoveries we've had since we've done our survey we had it as far back as 2018 and we started the survey in 2018 70% of those surveyed had trust and confidence in the military. someone or a great deal

when our european allies rely on american security, europe is america's largest trade and vestment partner have really began to take that approach. they have scenarios for everything. scenarios to try to not have those tariffs be imposed by an incoming trump administration. offering some incentives. our european allies are also quite prepared if weo down that road to remind us that painful tariffs can go both ways. it will certaly impact the american economy. >> there are signs that the european leaders have learned lessons and learn how to deal with mr. trump from the first administration. >> they certainly have. they understand that personal relationships are incredibly important. they know to make sure that they are constantly reaching out to mr. trump, to his closest advisors, to help shape policies. they know mr. trump is disruptive. he may say as shape a policy one day and contradict himself in a 24 hour period. you are constantly trying to shape a more positive policy outlook. th are reminding mr. trump that should ukraine fail or nato fail, that is actually a massive failure for hi

one of the senior fellows here at the hudson institute, and director of the initiative on american energy security. hudson is a research organization promoting american leadership for a secure, free, and prosperous future. since 1961, we've been challenging conventional thinking, and helping to manage strategic transitions through interdisciplinary studies in defense, international relations, economics, energy, technology, culture, and law. hudson seeks to guide policymakers and global leaders in government and business. and through our recommendations, we hope to make a difference and believe we have. we're thrilled to have you join us today for the north american energy pre-eminence forum, co-hosted by our friends at the mcdonald institute in canada. thank you to those in the audience for attending and for the large number joining us online, as well. for anyone who maybe hasn't heard, america got together and held a family meeting earlier this week. but in all seriousness, though, this program was set in motion well before the election. because our two institutions thought it was of vital import

taylor, senior fellow and director of the transatlantic security program at the center for new american security here in washington. so please join me in welcoming our panel here today. [applause] >> i want to start with you. i think for someone who isn't in europe it's easy to miss all the isolated acts of sabotage. was there one act in particular that make people realize they were connected and maybe russia was behind them? >> it's a great question. the one i really would go to is one where we are not 100% clear the russians were responsible. and that's the destruction of the nord stream one and partially the nord stream ii pipeline. it still contested over responsibility for their spend reporting may be the it. i could see the ukrainians perhaps taking action but what happened i think if you sort of take a step back, that was i think the real transition where suddenly the war in ukraine came to europe. if you look back at the sanction regime that has been set up, russian gas was never sanctioned by the europeans because it was such a crucial, vital energy supply for europe to keep its homes h

over 70 million americans rely on social security. for more than 35 million americans, it is the only retirement benefit that they have. and americans are getting concerned by the day. why? because 10,000 baby boomers a day become eligible for social security. i come to the floor to plead for congress to take action. have a vote. if you've got a better idea, put it forward. president trump at least has called for tax cuts. most people don't realize that when they retire all of a sudden they're being double taxed because their social security is taxed. that's a good idea, but president trump doesn't pay for that. and when you don't pay for that, the money comes directly out of the trust fund. therefore hurting everybody in the program because it would reduce social security benefits by 36% as soon as 2031. that is not a long way off. and this body of congress has been woefully negligent in making sure it's speaking out on behalf of the american people and the citizens that were sworn to serve. this is capitalism's safety net. the reason

they said we were fundamentally to reassess our national security in the whole big picture of american security, foreign policy and national and the entirety of u.s. grand strategy, essentially. and he said that during the drafting of nsc 68 at that time, the pillars of our postwar foreign policy were failing. so basically we were in a moment we're having emerged victorious from the world war. we were nonetheless losing the entire for what really do we do with the post-cold war, with the post-world two moment, with the early cold war? and then, you know, if you zoom very out, nixon, his colleagues came together and put together a us grand strategy that arguably set us up to win the long cold war and later was, as reagan saw it, set up, the first principles that we ultimately use for victory and contribue therefore to two enormous american success in the toughest contests we've had so if we're now in an era where those at hudson believe we're facing something like a new cold war, at the very least, a sort of axis adversaries worldwide, i mean, a tremendous foreign policy changes. i mean, everybo

going american businesses in creating american jobs and supporting american consumers and increasing our country's economic security. in america's economic future however, also depends on the tackling the challenges across the border to affect equal economies around the world. including the american people in the u.s. economy. also the pandemics pretty and no matter what we do at home, without addressing critical gaps in the global health infrastructure to strengthen the global preparedness preparation and response for the future could make it natively impact many economies the significance. so the aftermath of the covid-19 pandemic it, i worked with health ministers to take actions like launching the pandemic fund braided and what was set up and skill in record time and out allocating desperately needed resources in response for proposals to support countries across the globe into making america's safer more secure pretty climate change is another example. we see the destruction from the hurricane season in the united states of latest reminder of the need for action in a home our actions included the transitions t

but intelligence on these threats and other concerns is the frontline of american security. we have not had an in-depth intelligence conversation about the reforms and the capabilities and what would bring to the table for over a decade. it's long past due. today we have an incredible opportunity for a great conversation with two unbelievable to unbelievable professionals who understand this issue are actively than anyone. so to lead the conversation that i like introduce david, are longtime visiting fellow at the heritage foundation before coming to heritage he had a long and very distinguished career in the intelligence community including central intelligence agency and serving as director of the defense intelligence agency. no one better qualified to guide a conversation today on arguing the most important thing that we are not talking about. so david come over to you. >> thank you, jim. it is a delight to be here and greeting to the audience out there as well and to have former dni john ratcliffe with us. most recently john was principal intelligence advisor to the pres

it has to comply with american security standards and has to be -- can't be a national security threatnt trump understands all of that and he'll examine it and be in communication with these people unlike joe biden and try to resolve the issue in way that works for americans. >> brian: sell to an american company, kevin o'leary has money to buy it, sell it to an american company would be effective. talk about the confirmation hearings in a few weeks. r.f.k. jr. appears on hill for meetings over last few days and senators are warning pete hegseth will be less about what he would do as secretary of defense, they are making it about personal stuff. what is new administration plan to help guys like pete keep it to the job description? >> president trump has a mandate, these individuals are not lone rangers, they will follow the trump mandate. distractions by the media about people's personal lives, they did it to president trump in 2016 and we saw those cases were dropped, they did it to brett kavanaugh, they are attacking people that are going to come in and be disrupters in a good way. a

[ stopwatch ticking ] >>> tonight the story of two americans with top security clearances, and how they spied on behalf of cuba, which bartered and sold america's secrets to its enemies around the world. >> do you think there are other ana monteses in the government right now? >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. >> that's chilling. >> there's no doubt that the cubans are still penetrating our government with individuals who are loyal to them and not to us. [ stopwatch ticking ] >>> nvidia has had a blistering ride to the top of the stock market. >> bill, look at this. >> how does nvidia's technology make artificial intelligence possible? >> who are you? i am fiona, a representation of mother nature. >> it does quadrillions of calculations a second. it's just insane numbers. >> and medical researchers and high-tech companies tell us this technology will affect our lives in ways we can only imagine. >> this is wild. >> yeah. [ stopwatch ticking ] >>> 5,000 miles from hollywood, "oppenheimer" star cillian murphy prefers a beach to a red carpet. >> but his oscar win brings a blinding light to an

it has to be -- has to comply with american security standards. it has to be -- can't be a national security threat. >> such a ban won't sit well with millions of young americans. republicans who railed against the platform say they want to strike a balance and dramatically reduce the risk of chinese spyware in data mining. >> none of tiktok's ownership should actually be related and directly connected to the ccp. we know that tiktok has been utilized as a tool for manipulation. >> the long histories of the new trump appointees who call tiktok dangerous are singing now a new tune. >> my view is the president's view now. my own view is members of congress don't apply here. the president is a fan of tiktok. he wants to save tiktok. >> all of this after tiktok ceo met with trump here at mar-a-lago earlier this week. we will see where it's going to go. >> trace: let's bring in conservative commentator alicia krause and the author of what's killing america jason rance. think you both -- both for coming on. trump acknowledges he's got a soft spot for ti

our conservative agenda will create more jobs, keep more money in american spock is kept secure borders, lower crime, make him more efficient and cost-effective and support families and much, much more. the edges of the american people will be at the heart of everything we can't wait to get started. without a turnover to our whip, mr. emmer. >> the end of this congress marks a turning point in history. in this election cycle americans overwhelmingly rejected a democrat party that puts illegal immigrants over american citizens. a commander-in-chief who doesn't know which way is up. a vice president who thought she could awkwardly laughs off her role in breaking everything from the economy to the border. and the senate majority leader who will not house republicans historic commonsense legislation to collect dust on his desk. americans chose a new era. our 47 president will make his triumphant return to the white house in 34 days and he's ushering in a new golden age of america. under president trump's leadership are republican trifecta with the ground running on day one to undo the damag

conviction on the part of the incoming and national security team that we are dealing with including by successor. where it is our job on behalf of the americansure this is a smooth transition we are committing to discharging that duty as relentlessly and faithfully as we possibly can. see success in current national security adviser jake sullivan on the hand over to the incoming trump administration as this transition unfolds and national security leaders are the annual reagan national defense form in southern california. they are discussion military defense strategies and what changes he trump administration might bring. chief national security correspondent is there life outside the reagan and simi valley, california latest. national defense form as a backdrop and a lot of talk of peace through strength defense secretary lloyd austin took the opportunity to announce another $988 million in security assistance for ukraine. this package includes more high mobility rocket systems, unmanned aerial systems or drones and spare parts. >> from this library, from this podium, i am confident that president reagan would have stood on the side of ukra

the makeup of the war has expanded, and you kind of put it back in a box, not only for american securitywell. so i don't have a problem with what they've done. it's all based on leverage. the president understands that he's going to use it to his advantage. >> sandra: general, if i could get you to respond, i only have about ten seconds left. this russian tycoon quoted in the "financial times" talking about whether putin will engage with the u.s. on certain conflicts. apparently it's only on broader conflicts. this tycoon says kellogg comes to moscow with this plan, we take it and tell him to screw himself because you don't like any of it. that would be the whole negotiation. for the stocks to be constructive we need to talk not about the future of ukraine but the future of europe and the world. real quick final reaction. >> he better understand who donald j. trump is, because it's a big mistake to underestimate donald j. trump. the world has done that before he made a massive mistake. this is not keep kellogg. we are talking about the united states of america and president trump, and he

truly doing the work, they are not being honest with the american people and truly it doesn't seem like they care about putting our safety and security first. they're willing to gamble with american lives. this is just another tick of the column to add to the list. >> sean: mary catherine pam, all of the examples i gave, the biden administration just out of spite, trying to sabotage the incoming administration. really? they have to sell off the border wall that they know donald trump will be using so they are not really hurting trump because he is going to buy a new border wall. but he is really hurting out of spite, the american taxpayers. why would they do that? >> it seems weird how comfortable they are doing it. but as tommy notes, this is a pattern. you and i were there watching back in the day in 2001 when they sabotage was removing the w keys from the keyboard in the executive office building. so we moved on from the missing w in 2001 until the missing free hundred million dollars of rusty border wall equipment that they are going to auction off. the missing millions of illegal immigrants, many of whom have criminal activity o

he is constantly drawing connections between one threat and the other, an external threat to american securityd whatever album he has with the biden administration, with democrats at the moment, all of which circles back to a kind of personal threat against donald trump, who he sees as really the linchpin of the american republic at least in the way he talks about things on this podcast. >> the overwhelming impression is that patel's worldview revolves around conspiracies against both american trump which for him are one and the same. i am reading beverly gage-- prompted by what's going on, he says specific obsession that reminds me of the fbi's first director a man who infamously abused his power to persecute political enemies. tell me more about that. >> so, hoover had basically built his worldview after this kind of fear of infiltration and attacks on american soil. he was worried about kamikaze attacks happening inside the united states after what happened on the pacific front during the war, and he believed the soviets were responsible. and this sense the soviets were infiltrating america

..and whose best—known film is probably american honey. security, aisle number 4. .. nd young people who are trying to make themselves heard in the great rabble of society. this one's set in the south of england. it stars barry keoghan as a father, playing bug, and his daughter is a 12—year—old who's of mixed race. and as the film transpires, it turns into a social realist fantasy that plays on imaginary friends. at cannes, bird has played really well. the impact is that people really liked it. it got enjoyable reviews, but people did feel it was a kind of lightweight andrea arnold. there is a big change in the british films that we're seeing at cannes this year, and it comes down to what i believe is a new generation of film—makers. and this generation has come in from different backgrounds, they're using their britishness, but also their heritage. santosh is completely set in india, and it's the tale of a widow who is told that she can keep her pension and her late husband's salary by becoming a policewoman herself. and then the film develops quite fantastically into

however, it has to comply with american security standards and have asked to be a national security threatexamine that. >> republicans hoping to clarify what they hope happens. they claim they don't want to prohibit americans from using tiktok forever about spyware and data mining here. >> none of tiktok's ownership should be directly related to the ccp. we know tiktok utilized as a tool. here is a secret, china does not allow american companies or international companies on a social media platform in their country. >> new appointees calling tiktok all outdated. >> my view is the president's view now. my own views of congress, don't apply here. the president is a fan of tiktok and he wants to save tiktok. >> even though his closest civilian advisor, elon musk owns tiktok competitor, x, guys. >> john: so enjoy the time in the bureau. >> thank you. >> john: enjoyed the snacks. >> if you see somebody walking away with laptop full of chips, just don't tell anybody. >> john: i don't know how many times i put a dollar into the machine stead of feeding the machine. >> responding to the associatio

security. i think the american people would generally say yes, that is right and they would do it. we need to do a better job of explaining to the american people what is at stake in the world than they might think. it is their security all the help we can get on that would be appreciated. >> ambassador would you like to add any thoughts questionto. >> my hope,. [inaudible] then japanese receiving with meant for making. the japanese system is not particularly good for coming up with a good idea. but i think in the past 10 years or so we were able to come up with an idea. so maybe individual contributions we hope they can make the suggestions that would make this a global path and u.s. has to take care of everything in the world. [inaudible] so that together we have a better idea. i could not agree more the intellectual contributions i could not agree more the intellectual contributions coming from tokyo but also the embassy of japan here in d.c. to really explain why the alliance is so important u.s. public audiences. it willwi be distinct power fors within the united states the co

to go back to your question, that is not a crucial american national security interest. more of a human rights concern, pro-democracy concern. the top two security interests are preventing iran from reestablishing a land bridge to hezbollah in lebanon and also making sure that an extremist violent terrorist group does not take sanctuary or power inside the new syria. host: john in the faller ville, michigan, independent. good morning. caller: i was wondering with what is happening in gaza and lebanon and syria, can you tell the american public about the greater israel project and how many more people have to die for israel to achieve their goals. guest: i will say this that i understand after the unbelievable tragedy of october 7, 2020 three why israel had to take very stern measures. but i do think israel has been indiscriminate in the use of a large weapons inside of gaza and i think some of the casualties that have ensued could have been prevented and should have been prevented and i would also say and you and i may agree more strongly that there needs to be a vision

for the american people if you're wondering where the next social security check will come from or whether or not their kid will get a cancer treatment or whether they can travel because of f.a.a. people forget all the ways that government operates. is so that is the real harm that the republicans are doing with the shutdown. reporter: how important is it to be in line with jeffries? ms. jaypal: mike came in with me and i feel bad for the guy because he was trying to be speaker of the house. he got his power completely undercut by two outsiders including who are billionaires who never had to -- this is the thing that really galls me. they never had to worry about where their rent check is coming from. they never had to worry about whether they can put food on the table or if they'll afford their critical medicine but at the last minute wants to yank a deal to allow americans to feel secure about it. this is the problem with billionaires running the government. reporter: is including debt limit suspension a red line? ms. jaypal: the debt limit -- let me go back in history a bit. the debt li

most preparedbi for but it also teacs us that when we galvanized the collective power of american national security and defense communities american workers and american businesses and american ingenuity we will prevail. thank you for listening to me on what can be a subject. life believe the subject of profound consequence on the outlet of what we have done what many to do and i look forward to taking questions. thanks very much. [applause] thank you and for those who have not read the str speech on the arsenal of democracy it is well worth going back and reading that from the early days of world war ii or thanks for coming to csi. i want to start actually not with our industrial base but with the chinese industrial base. part of the need i think for a strong industrial base is that we have adversaries that are building their own so i wonder if you could start off with your sense of where the chinese are or add on their defense industrialnd base, what is the particular concern, where do you see vulnerabilities in the dod report on china highlights the disruption within the chinese government so ho

border security and immigration system and includes blocking the fentanyl, increasing information sharing and under limiting unnecessary border traffic candida is proposing 913 million americanthe new majors in hopes of avoiding trump's.and 25% tariff on all exports into america, your congressman nicole malliotakis the northern border security caucus. it is good to see you, thank you for being here. it's incredible that these threats in these leverage are having an impact, how do you see things. >> that's the difference between a tough president it was no nonsense like donald trump versus what we had for the last four years where you have seen for an adversary over us and take advantage in our neighboring countries not be serious about the problems affecting americans. i think this is great news and what we've been waiting to hear president trump is making a difference and he's not in office yet. it's great news we have more cooperation from the countries to the north and countries to herself we met with tom homan who is borders are yesterday and i will tell you the way that he has told us that president trump is making progress with so many other countries in central americ

and i can't think of a single instance where trump acting crazy led to a positive outcome for american securityterests. moreover, i think we have to weigh the damage as well. think about denmark, from time to time. they're a major contributor to ukraine. we want our european allies to contribute to the effort in ukraine. president-elect trump has said that as well. why are we harassing one of the biggest -- per capita they're the second largest contributor to ukraine right now. why are we harassing them? why are we making them think twice? same for the canadians, same for the people of panama. it doesn't serve our long-term strategic interest. >> does it open a bit of a pandora's box where other leaders who do say these things whether they mean it or not feel embodened to do the same. we do live in a world where expansionism is a real problem, countries going into other countries and taking people's land. >> i think that's a great point. we benefit from a rules based international orderch when countries like russia invade their neighbors and annex territory, we can invoke to the rest of the wor

we had to pay simultaneously to secure american hostages. since then had more american hostages taken. call it an agreement and asked for his signature on the agreements of secretary respond to me onset political commitment. the ap has reported iran is responsible for collecting samples. in the sanctions so if you want to deal with activities right now talking about anything in the news today when you go home read with the iranians are doing with america iran's aggressive behavior don't have them to bring forward which is unfortunate. >> a poor sheet on iran's compliance has been kept and agreed to by the international community and oversight oversee. they have removed and placed in a two thirds of the 19000 for your enrichment. your phone and removed all in the road. and needs to be heavily monitored. the experts on girls international israelis soil it was the only really to move forward. >> mr. selden, we are talking about this agreement. >> you do have the use of one more credit card. we have enemies testing us right now watching each oth

the white house you part of security of that is making sure the wrong people don't just walk in but right now president biden is selling off that making sure that the american taxpayer has to pay more to secure their own country. that's that's the contrast. and now while four years colleagues on the other side of the aisle went and cried about, the poor people that came here, the children being separated, it was their policies that separated children. it was their inhumanity that have put, i don't know, 230 to 300000 lost children, lost children, the united states of america to be. can you imagine the horror. and they know what's been going on known all along when they send these children to post office boxes or warehouses or something like that, that no one in their family is there to greet? they've known all along that the contrast between humanity and inhumanity and it is time for legacy media, for the press in general to tell the true story about the horror of just wide open borders and the inhumane ity of it. and we're here to say that. we stand for our country, the american citizens, because we all want to help. we all know people want to come to amer

he lived to see american independence secured, to see the ratification of the constitution, to see georgengton elected as a first president of the united states. and when the revolution war was over, samuel whitmore would go down in history as the oldest, perhaps even the bravest, colonial militiamen here that's how the american people want the revolutionary war. they continentals challenge the infantry of the british empire with the same firearms that they use to hunt squirrels and dear and to feed their families. then like samuel whitmore did not ask for permission from their government to own their own firearms. they didn't need it. god gave them that right. samuel defended his own personal property with his own personal weapon. he defended his own freedom. ladies and gentlemen, we don't have any idea what heart is. we don't have an oppressive foreign government that's marching across our land and threatening to take everything from us. but we all have our part we need to play to defend our liberty. god gave you those liberties. god gave you the right to defend yourself and your family