ali: brandon smith, thank you for your time. hank you for having me. ♪ geoff: the battle for bakhmut in eastern ukraine has been notable for several reasons. its length -- nine-plus months. its savagery -- tens of thousands of ukrainians and russians, mostly soldiers, may have died there. and for the man who's pressed the fight for the kremlin, the mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin. as stephanie sy tells us, prigozhin and his wagner paramilitary group are now the tip of the spear for russia in ukraine. stephanie: in russian occupied bakhmut, one man has stolen the spotlight. days after declaringictory, wegner group chief avenue guinea prigozhin orders them to leave. >> we are pulling units out of bakhmut. we are transferring munitions to the military. the military are in a tough situation. stephanie: prigozhin's private military group has led the fighting in the month-long bloody battle that turned bakhmut into a ruin. most of wagner's fighters are convicted criminals. this video went viral of a man recruiting personals from a p

but savvy as president, alexander village has addressed the violence, i'll just say it was brandon smith has moved now from bell. great. among the nato peacekeepers injured in those confrontations with ethnic stubs and northern costs of, of hum gary ins and italians in that government say some of them have been seriously injured on more than 50 subs have been injured according to the government ahead. 3 of them seriously. so being present, alexander, who changed his calling themselves to protest peacefully instead of it. of course we went to his mom, i know during the serbs and costs of a and i know how they feel and how difficult it is for them. not to get into a conflict from night to not because on a friday, you know, because any of us are afraid, we, none of us personally have anything to lose. but because that's what cookie wants. most police voltage is referring that to. albin could see the cost of in prime minister and he blames in full this escalation and violence. solutions says he will be visiting his troops that remain on highlights and will be moving closer to the boulder wit

brandon smith's reports so much of the russian military war. this was a scale down victory, day parade, etc. but on or at least 20000 russian soldiers, most unreason volunteers have been killed since by the way approved in order the invasion of ukraine. 15 months ago. but the figures from independent monitoring groups counting each report a death. the real finger may be much high to present the automated boots and says the russians are in a sacred fight against the west, which wants to talk about the territory of mixed up. and they globally see lead to the western global as the leads to preach about their exceptional is their bidding people against each other and dividing society, provoking bloody conflicts and cruise. so we hate for it. first of all, the aggressive national is destroying the traditional family values that make people, people even mean that somebody who can catch the invasion of ukraine as a defensive move. saying the expansion of nato to its board is, is a security threat. the key, but its allies must goes, waging an unprovoke

brandon smith was a teacher in 2019 and knows the implications of a strike. with many oakland students behind academically because of the pandemic, he says students are the ones who suffer the most. >> 180 days of teaching and to lose even one, is not something we want to do. >> i should also mention every teacher regardless of where they are on the tier will also get a $5,000 signing bonus. keep in mind the oakland teacher salaries have been among the lowest in alameda county. >> not paying teachers enough, that has to be impacting the district's ability to retain teachers. >> the union has said time and time again a we cannot pay teachers higher wages in oakland they are going to go. they will not. stay the district has a knowledge that and oakland has a high turnover. ears the problem with that. that affects the ability to have fully credentialed teachers. in oakland only 57% of teachers are assigned to classrooms they are credentialed to deitch== -to tea to if there is a strike and it seems there will be, the hope is it will be a short one. school is supp

matt: for brandon and jessica smith, their three children, and almost their entire family, swept out sea. it was a rip current. this morning they are speaking out. >> the four kids and my mom was out there, and then all of a sudden they started to get a little too far. i looked at brandon and said, they are out too far, we need to start calling them in. next thing i know brandon is handing me his hat and sunglasses and going into the water to get them. >> coming up, we will tell you how the successful rescue unfolded, and then we are going into the water. >> you start to exhaust yourself, and that is when it is harder to stay above water. >> to show you the life saving tips to survive. kumasi: the selection process for the navy seals is under scrutiny this morning. the internal report putting a spotlight on the nation's most elite war fighters. reggie: writer still on strike are getting some support from former president barack obama. first we check in with greg -- with drew tuma. drew: bottle rockets underway today. we have that morning cloud cover, but since the clouds are slow to

i remember both of us trying to wave to them and call them and they would >> matt: brandon and jessica smitht dear to them were swept out to sea. three children, a grandmother, a friend. it was a rip current. brandon, an avid surfer, said he rushed in to speak at the waves were definitely 6-foot plus waves. they were beating down. at some point in there, i realized that i can save all five. >> matt: thankfully, jessica's is back on sure she was able to flag down to other surface to help. because it's still hard, you will play every decision that we made, wondering if we could have done something different. >> matt: with warnings starting up the east coast, officials on high alert. >> we've already this past week in, we rescued about 160 people out of the water. >> matt: a father of a young son pulled from the water of florida's anna maria island. after being pushed far from assured by a rip current period so how do you spot one comment from an elevated position on the beach, experts advise looking for this. dark, flat areas by the waves aren't breaking. in 2022, i parted with the huntington

i would like to welcome jason smith and representative mike thompson from the committee on wasted needs. and brandon boyle from the committee on the budget. german smith, will come back. i welcome your testimony. pardon? let's take a brief pause and see if we can get this solved technically. >> okay. we will resume. german smith, your opening statement. >> thank you, chairman cole and ranking member mcgovern. i want to thank you all for the opportunity to say a few words before this spending binge that got us here. let's talk about why we are here a few days before default. it's because the biden administration refused to come to the table until 100 days after speaker mccarthy said let's talk. even though polls showed the a majority of americans want a debt ceiling agreement where congress can cut spending. the refusal to negotiate was a deliberate decision on the part of the white house. it wasted a lot of time and stoked a lot of fear. i should note for my colleague that democrats could have raised the debt limit last year, when they controlled the house of representatives. the fact is, we are her

i would like to welcome jason smith and representative mike thompson from the committee on wasted needs. and brandon boyle from the committee on the budget. german smith, will come back. i welcome your testimony. pardon? let's take a brief pause and see if we can get this solved technically. >> okay. we will resume. german smith, your opening statement. >> thank you, chairman cole and ranking member mcgovern. i want to thank you all for the opportunity to say a few words before this spending binge that got us here. let's talk about why we are here a few days before default. it's because the biden administration refused to come to the table until 100 days after speaker mccarthy said let's talk. even though polls showed the a majority of americans want a debt ceiling agreement where congress can cut spending. the refusal to negotiate was a deliberate decision on the part of the white house. it wasted a lot of time and stoked a lot of fear. i should note for my colleague that democrats could have raised the debt limit last year, when they controlled the house of representatives. the fact is, we are her

brandon fought pitch that one not coming back home number seven of the year for conforto. one nothing that would have to be enough for logan web web on his game, fanning pavin, smith and the 17 innings, allowing just one run on three hits. still 11 in the bottom of the ninth, tyler rogers walked the leadoff batter , christian walker, then lourdes gourriel line, wanted to be open spaces down the left field line while blake sable digs the ball out down there walker comes all the way around and scores with no throw arizona wins and walk off fashion 2 to 1 make it three out of four with the giants this weekend, the giants managed just three hits against four arizona pictures. at the oakland coliseum, with 49ers quarterback trey lance taking in the in then 3 to 1. she langoliers gets all of jonathan hernandez pitches, seventh homer of the year ties the game at three. but there would be no happy ending for the aids and this one 33 game in the eighth. jonah heim hits one to right center that goes through estuary. ruiz and then ramon laureano that allows a dollars garcia to score the lead run as heim will slide in at third. and it got worse after that. it was 7 to 3 the rangers h

brandon found pitch that would not coming back home number seven of the year for conforto. it's one to nothing that would have to be enough for logan web web was on his game, fanning pavin, smithm of the fourth web went seven innings, allowing just one run on three hits. still 11 in the bottom of the ninth, tyler rogers had walked the leadoff batter christian walker than lourdes gourriel lined one into the open spaces down the left field line while blake sable digs it out down there, walker comes all the way around and scores with no throw arizona wins and walk up fashion 2 to 1 , making three out of four over the giants this weekend. giants manager just three hits against four arizona pictures. well, at least it was a beautiful day at the oakland coliseum, with 49ers quarterback trey lance taking in the game against texas nice moment for the aids here in the seventh are down 321. then she langoliers gets all oven. jonathan hernandez pitch is seventh homer. the year ties the game at three that there would be no happy ending for the a's in this one. 33 game in the eighth. jonah heim hits one to the right center that goes right through estuary. ruiz and then ramon laureano that