a defensive mechanism, a defensive system.o today, i do applaud the democrats for finally standing up and admitting their mistake with this bill that is unnecessary in this format but has become necessary because it was stripped out of the major ndaa bill. so i will be strongly supporting this bill, this $1 billion for a defensive system, but more importantly today, before i reserve the balance of my time, let me say that as an american, as a republican, as a servant in this house, the united states of america must state its unequivocal support for the state of israel. israel has gone through a tumultuous history since its founding. the united states has stood with israel. we will stand with israel today on this important bill. we will fund the iron dome, and we will always protect the israeli people from terrorism wherever it comes from. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the

in defense contracts. i have seen this personally on my work on the oversight key and confronted them draining our resources. the $77 billion is not that hard to find. the pentagon could save $58 billion by eliminating obsolete weapons, like cold-war-era bombers and missiles that are completely unsuitable. we could find $18 billion by preventing the end of year spending fees that leads contract money being shoveled out the door. the congressional research service has documented these spikes and set your watch to it. each september as offices at the pentagon go on a last minute spending sprees, we have increased our spending year after year and during a time when we have ended two-decade war there is no reason for us to be increasing our military spending and defense budget. we are not funding child care, health care, housing priorities and environmental crisis here at home. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from alabama. >> we are investing in those items and we ar

this is a defense system.t's whole purpose is to stop violence and save lives by supporting his program. your promoting peace. i'm proud to have worked on a strategy with other democrats in the house leadership to ensure there is no question about our commitment to the safety and security of our closest ally in the middle east, israel. i urge the united states senate to take up this funding bill immediately to defend our ally and increase prospects for peace and avoid the cr debt limit. i think the >> the gentlelady annuals back. the gentlelady from texas. >> il-2 mr. hill for two minutes. -- i yield for mr. hill for two minutes. >> thank you for brains this measure to the floor. to paraphrase, there you go again. why are we here? this should have been in the approved, we should have had support for the motion to recommit. we are here for a supplemental appropriation for the iron dome. i support it. it is disgraceful we had to come back to carry on this mission. the iron dome is one of the most successful mili

this trend of uncontrollable growth is also present in the defense agency what we've gone from one defense agency 1952 to 28 defense agencies in 2021 with 170,000 people not including the tens of thousands of contractors spending in excess of $120 billion. any of these agencies or large business entities that would rank higher than the largest for-profit contractors in terms of how much business these defense agencies conduct with dod, , yet most do not incorpore applicable world-class business practices. regarding defense facilities, dod maintains one of the largest property books in the world will over $880 billion worth, over 562,000 facilities on more than 4800 sites in all 50 states, seven years territories and 40 foreign countries. the annual cost to operate and maintain the system was is estimated at over 30 billion a year but we know there's a significant room for savings. dod has consistently estimated that up to 20% of its facilities are excess but neither dod nor the congress has exhibited a political will to make any major improvements. mackenzie has been a real leader over the

a defensive mechanism, a defensive system. so today, i do applaud the democrats for finally standing up and admitting their mistake with this bill that is unnecessary in this format but has become necessary because it was stripped out of the major ndaa bill. so i will be strongly supporting this bill, this $1 billion for a defensive system, but more importantly today, before i reserve the balance of my time, let me say that as an american, as a republican, as a servant in this house, the united states of america must state its unequivocal support for the state of israel. israel has gone through a tumultuous history since its founding. the united states has stood with israel. we will stand with israel today on this important bill. we will fund the iron dome, and we will always protect the israeli people from terrorism wherever it comes from. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to t

i'm very confident with our missile defenses against north korea, but the defensive capabilities we've been building tend to be very, very cost-prohibitive on us. we need to come up with defensive capabilities that are cost-imposing on the adversaries, not cost-imposing on us. and when -- but our interceptors cost more than the weapons attacking us. that's a bad place to be. not just on missile defense, but that's across the board. that's where technology like directed energy has a huge, huge potential to change the equation. because you have, once you build it, it's just energy. it's energy promulgated in the form of light. and if that light can be promulgated in a cost effective manner and take out targets, a ballistic missile on the way in, you can see any number of different capabilities that that changes. all of a sudden your ability to improve your defenses in a cost effective way for you are changed. the challenge of it is direct energy, and i've worked with direct energy for decades now. and i had a boss once who was a secretary who, in a briefing, said imagine a giant neon sig

i would to begin by asking you to explain national defense strategy, one level down. one of the main guiding concepts that are informing the way they try to prioritize modernization and innovation? a lot of us think about the command-and-control. this may be one thing your answer but i appreciate, it strikes me as little more specific. thank you for making this because it used to be -- doesn't tell you a lot because tom potter was provocative, access and maneuver and we killed it with an unmemorable phase and then in a multi- domain operation and it seemed more of an air force army so they roll into this and it seems like it ranges in all dimensions where jaz to is focused on command-and-control and information flows and resiliency network as well as the capacity and watching this evolution and jad c2 designed to be a little more focused and its predecessor concepts. >> it's about a quarter of a concept because it's born to realize the overarching structure. in the fall 19 will determine and we look however we were going and look at our capabilities in the future we s

i did want to inject at the beginning of defense reforms. we do have to recognize, do we not, that an all-volunteer force in 2021 is going to cost a lot more per service member than the force we had in let's say 1960 even adjusted for inflation because and, again, tell me, number 1, the skills required in modern mechanized superior military is so great. there really isn't anything as a grunt as there was at one time. number 2, we are competing with the private sector and number 3, this is a point -- i know that you understand and believe in this. in the old days we had a draft for basically of single men, now we have an all volunteer force of married men and women who have families and families cost more money. so, i mean, i don't want anybody in congress that we are all of a sudden going to be able to cut the service of cost per member. >> absolutely not and we shouldn't. we have to take into account the families. you recruit the soldier and you retain the family. we are no different than the military. helps spaces that basically have to mo

in defense spending relating to emerging technologies. from the brookings institution, this is just over an hour. >> greetings everyone. i had the distinct honor to welcome general john heightened -- hyten to speak to us today. he is into his final season of military service and in recent years, as we will discuss in a moment, congress has decided to essentially alternate the periods of transition for the chairman and vice chairman, they use to align and switchover typically every four years together, general hyten will be concluding his service this fall and wake it -- making way for a new vice chair, the identity of which we don't know. but he began as an rotc cadet at harvard university where he studied engineering. those of you who know the military know that he is often quite involved not only as deputy to the chairman but perhaps even more importantly, as the chief uniform technologist for the department of defense. it is in fact often the case that not only starting with the rotc experience but all the way through when he was comba

defense attorney. quote, your honor, the law clearly gives the court discretion to set a motion schedule in the interest and fairness of justice and i'm asking the court today to exercise that discretion, to set a motion schedule that, one, is not practically impossible for mr. weisselberg to meet, and, two, that is not patently unfair to his interests. mr. weisselberg was indicted only 80 days ago. since that time we received approximately 3 million pages of documents. just today we got 3 million more pages of documents. that's over 6 million pages. now, to review those in some orderly schedule would still require us to review 25 to 30,000 pages of documents every day, day in and day out, seven days a week. it is very, very difficult to imagine how we can do that. it is a herculean task made all the more difficult by the fact that i know as i sit here today more documents are being produced by various parties. we don't even know what we are shooting at. it is a moving target. then he says this. quote,

schedule, defense market that it has. >> on defense, i think the one thing that is important to ne ise had von de leyen's speech only yesterday, and she said there was going to be a defense summit planned, so i think we can see a bit more what is happening on that side. from a european perspective and a brussels perspective, i think if we want to see a stronger eu and stronger capacity to act at the european level, we also need to act because in defense, we have not moved forwardhat much. also because of german red is its -- reticence. mark: can i bring you back to angela merkel? clearly, we are talking about her exit. it is hard to imagine that someone with that stature, that kind of influence, that kind of knowledge and experience will ever really leave the stage. what you think she will do nt? >> that is hard to predict. she said she is going to retire, she does not tend to live too much -- to lie too much,s far as i see her. she has been in power for a very long time and i think that also has an impact on her personal life, so i can imagine she is quite happy to go back to civilia

does not stop with secretary of state. -- of defense, your secretary of defense said maybe he said somethingre that he said he didn't tell me he was having conversations with the communist regime. and that is a violation. the order of things. he said he should resign. >> absolutely, when is last time in u.s. history, you remember a chairman of joint chiefs of staff in media so much. his job is to advise the president of the united states on military matters when asked. and he reports to the secretary of defense. because that is national command authority. mark milley made a name for himself not just now with afghanistan and january 6, he constantly in the media, the crownies are leaking. here is thing that ticks off my military friends the most that i served with. the 3 million people that i lead, no one cares about their name. everyone signs up to do the mission and execute pro teg protection of this country, mark milley made the mission to -- serve the media, i say, why you are even talks to media, why is your name out there? and if you top clear up this matter, no problem, let me tell you

nothing to do with national defense but this actually hurts our national defense by empowering adversaries like russia with their uranium production while limbing our own domestic national production of uranium. so i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. pursuant to house resolution 667, the previous question is ordered on the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado. the question is on the amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. lamborn: i ask for a recorded and roll call vote. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 18, prinked in part c of house report 117-125. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the speaker pro tempore

in defense contracts. i have seen this personally on my work on the oversight key and confronted them draining our resources. the $77 billion is not that hard to find. the pentagon could save $58 billion by eliminating obsolete weapons, like cold-war-era bombers and missiles that are completely unsuitable. we could find $18 billion by preventing the end of year spending fees that leads contract money being shoveled out the door. the congressional research service has documented these spikes and set your watch to it. each september as offices at the pentagon go on a last minute spending sprees, we have increased our spending year after year and during a time when we have ended two-decade war there is no reason for us to be increasing our military spending and defense budget. we are not funding child care, health care, housing priorities and environmental crisis here at home. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from alabama. >> we are investing in those items and we ar

and i was directed by then secretary of defense esper. first, he directed his assistant secretary of defense for asia pacific affairs to make calls and then me. same thing. this is all done with oversight and i try to lay that out in the memorandum. i tried to lay it out in a timeline in an unclassified way that you can -- >> and we're going to -- i'm sorry. we'll have to leave it at that. >> i'll be happy to take it up at a later day. >> mr. courtney is recognized. >> thank you to the witness and for your service. over the last month, including yesterday's senate hearing, we heard a lot of over the top claims that the u.s. had lost all credibility with its allies in the wake of the withdrawal from afghanistan. last week, we saw firsthand in washington how mistaken that claim was. on wednesday last week, i attended a ceremony over in the senate where the australian prime minister, scott morrison, said that australia was proud to go into afghanistan together and leave together, degrading al qaeda and preventing a major terrorist attack. an

>> the defense is doinghigh-pow high-priced defense team. i'm sure the defense team is probably making 50 grand a day, if not more than that. so if they were going to call me, i'd send a bill similar to what they're billing her, and i'd be happy with that. but they're making a bunch of money doing this defense. >> okay, we appreciate your insight, paula canny and scott budman, who is in that courtroom almost every day. thank you both. this case returns to court on friday. scott will be back covering this trial every step of the way. you can follow the latest at nbcbayarea.com. >>> also tonight, a high level executive is stepping down from good samaritan hospital. this is in the south bay. the announcement was made this week shortly after our investigative unit exposed a lot of problems there at good sam. let's bring in our investigative reporter candice nguyen who joins us with major changes. >> hey, raj, the chief medical officer of good samaritan hospital is resigning. we confirm this today after learning another executive, an associate ch

it's a big difference because american house, strong defense commitments. and in that course the world's teacher pounding more importantly to well. but for your, there is still a threat from china and that's seen very clearly. i thought lines best line in her speech yesterday was that the you should not be trapped into building wonderful roads that are still from a chinese mine to a chinese own portion. in africa or wherever. so i think it's, it's seen as real some in the you would say defensively. there's actually they have loads of initiatives already which added up together would make would be equivalent to. ready chinese belts and rosena. ready ship, that's not the public reception. i attendance of the china eastern europe so much in sophia 3 years ago as which of the chinese prime minister, astonished to everybody by saying that china favors european integration, a strong european single currency. which i guess just shows sometimes you can be nice to your, to the people who are missing. so i think we, it's a complex situation. but for your not a hard s

they welcome more efforts on defense but that cannot replace data.ve one set of forces and scarce resources. earlier this month, their debate created a 5000 troop force to deploy during emergencies. that faces opposition from some countries that are also members of nato. particularly, those bordering russia. battle groups of 1500 soldiers from each state were created but never actually use. low defense spending among these countries is seen as a major obstacle to their military independence. they spent 1.64% of their gdp on military. that is well below the 2% target. germany and france are among the biggest spenders, increasing their budgets last year. ♪ natassia: let us bring in our guests. the director of the center for russia, asia studies. in d.c., associate professor at the national defense university and also a former nato operations director. also in brussels, an international affair strategist and senior director for global solutions at a poc worldwide. i want to start with the practicalities here. how realistic this always. this obviously, i

it's going to be less defensive. how does that change the calculation if you favor europe over the united states? matthew: it's marginal to be honest. at the end of the day, when we look at the difference between europe and the united states, it is related to sectors. the u.s. is overweight. overweight financials in the industry. it won't change that meaningfully. at the end of the day, what is crucial for europe are two factors. we anticipate that next year toward the end of this year, it will rise. also, the fact that despite the activities that will take place at the end of this year, growth will accelerate next year. this acceleration will lift those old-school cyclicals versus the health care. kaley: we have to leave it there. thank you so much for your time today. common up, the saga continues. beijing taking a writing share company under state control. we will break down what is going on and get the latest next. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: the payroll story is front and center. there is big news, a week of big n

it doesn't even stop with the secretary of state -- of defense.ssing or so forth but before that he said no he didn't tell me this, that he was having conversations with this communist regime, and that's a violation of the order of things and said he should resign. what do you make of this? >> absolutely. when was the last time in u.s. history do you remember a chairman of joint chiefs of staff being in the media so much? you hit it on the head. his job is to advise the president of the united states on military matters when asked. he reports to the secretary of defense. that's the national command authority. mark milley had made a name for himself, not just now, not just with afghanistan, not just with january 6th, but he's constantly in the media. these cronies are leaking to the media because here's the thing that ticks off my military friends the most that i served with, that i led, the 3 million people at the department of defense, no one cares about their name. everyone signs up to do the mission and execute the protection of this country. a

off the cambra signed the defense packed with the u. s. u. k. for the indo pacific, sparking a diplomatic route with paris, addressing the route for the 1st time publicly, my girl said australia as action would not alter the fact that from because they enjoy pacific nation with citizens and troops in the region. he also emphasizes really held belief that when it comes to defense and start to g, you can no longer rely on the u. s. and he's hoping europeans must stop being naive when we are under pressure from powers who harden their approaches, reacting and showing that we to have power and the capacity to defend ourselves does not mean giving way to escalation means making ourselves respected. we must admit that for more than 10 years us focus is a loss on itself and has strategic interest. that of pivoting towards china and the pacific is micro regards the aka steel. as a wakeup call for europeans, athens clearly agrees the us and u. k. had also bid to build war ships, the grief, but mid so talk is said frances vessels were chosen not only for

he's saying i did not know about what happened on the call when i was defense secretary. does this change anything for you? >> not really. obviously, the f call was done pursuant to the approval of secretary esper and i think that certainly makes that clear as to what general milley was doing. on the second call, it was obvious at that point that the president was appointing political people to key positions at the defense department and it was coming at a time when there was a tremendous amount of concern about the role of the military as you'll recall every secretary of defense signed a letter that indicated that it was very important that the military not be used for political purposes and we were concerned about what the president might do. so general milley understanding that same kind of concern i think tried to make sure that others understood that there was not going to be any kind of sudden attack or that we would not find ourselves in the middle of a nuclear war. i think he was doing what he felt was right as chairman of the joint chiefs. >> so secretary panetta

s. defense chief in south gamma sounds. war wasn't full thin vein that they found to keep an eye on. on the bon rule. this is a ruthless group from the past, and whether or not they change remains to be seen. casa pushes diplomacy to bring stability to afghan assignments. pressure grows for an inclusive audubon government facing a financial squeeze, increasing desperation of guns at a time of economic uncertainty. the launch business as usual. indeed, the afghan city of july, the bog. we gather ragland of life. the you, lulu, don, jim nash with sports. now me a thought advances around 3 of us. i've been tennis off to her opponent withdrawals and a huge be to, to ask a cricket with a ton about approving a historic test, much against australia, and they to the ship me out 20 years of war over but sacrifices not forgotten. who taught us? defense chiefs, the spoken about the countries long conflict in afghanistan, it ended in what was at times chaos scenes on monday, after trillions of dollars spent and devastating civilian casualties. now with a thought, bon bank in control, the u. s. c

who want to see a strong european defense. and those, his national approach has been a bit more cautious and perhaps been a bit more un focused thus. and then the other issue, and again, you've mentioned that france is very keen on this. germany is less team, i'm germany, of course, has an election very, very soon. the german government does, emerges from that selection is going to have a very important port. germany as has historically been very reluctant to make any moves that are too strong in the military domain. for perfectly understandable historical reasons. and i think a combination of german reluctance failures convinced neutrals and fear of duplication with nato. have been the reasons that we have not seen this progress since david told us 4 year old son appeared. you're someone 19, by the way it was. i wonder if he's tried and he has a beard and he has a beard. well, we'll see if a manager may get a better. i do want to ask you all about the timing of this, right? because as you just alluded to that, nicholas, they'

a defensive mechanism, a defensive system. so today, i do applaud the democrats for finally standing up and admitting their mistake with this bill that is unnecessary in this format but has become necessary because it was stripped out of the major ndaa bill. so i will be strongly supporting this bill, this $1 billion for a defensive system, but more importantly today, before i reserve the balance of my time, let me say that as an american, as a republican, as a servant in this house, the united states of america must state its unequivocal support for the state of israel. israel has gone through a tumultuous history since its founding. the united states has stood with israel. we will stand with israel today on this important bill. we will fund the iron dome, and we will always protect the israeli people from terrorism wherever it comes from. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to t

more, less, $7000000000.00 of the defense defense funding. of course, with the minor european invocation. not more than 186000000000000000, sorry, of euro's but to be honest with you, we can compare some elements. first of all, the only 3 major military hours in the western or what have to have the full spectrum of me to capacity. and that is fonts, that is great britain and that is united states. we build submarines, we have nuclear deterrence. we are deployed around the world and we have a full spectrum capability of deploying troops. we are great troops in africa. we are going to be in syria and iraq, and we still are playing some truth in iraq. so i think not to bullying on the great britain side. we have to take in consideration that there's a lot of political agenda both, both in france and both in great britain. a certain number of australia leaders are not very happy about this decision made by scott madison, previous prime minister, kevin rod, or malcolm toward one or 20 habit, decided to get to be very precise thing. it was a politi

the only time the collective defense article, the treaty, was formerly invoked. that meant a great deal to us. we also remember how australia's parliament very swiftly past the motion offering support the united states after the 911 attacks. simply but we will always be deeply grateful for australia, solidarity for friendship. at one of the darkest moments in our history in afghanistan, australian and american troops serves side by side for 20 years. as part of the nato led multinational missions more than 40 australians lost their lives as part of those missions will never forget their courage. and their sacrifice and we'll continue to work together as we look to the future and afghan stand to insure the terrorist groups. never again use it as a base for external operations that could threaten australia, the united states or our allies. yesterday, present by the announced a historic new chapter in our security partnership with australia and the united kingdom. it's called us and it reflects our country's shared commitment to work together to safeguard patient st

with the united states and defense policy. so there's really something of an arms race going on here. and the actual implications for this, this part of this region, which britain wants to hopefully get more trade from as part of its post breakfast situation. this is all a new policy, the u. k. following. and it's not, not going to be backed by everybody by any means in the house of commons, anderson and slot for us in london. now let's hear more about what the french have to say about australia, turning its back on their submarine. you know, once we sign a deal a deal that is not simply an industrial commercial deal. foster tejas partnership, and we bought a truck on a well, it's back truck in on one's wed. and in terms of jo, politics and international politics, it's serious. none of us, today's news had hope at last. how a few shipment from iran aims to be the fuel crisis in lebanon, also me one giant leap, a space tourism, and all amateur cruelly circling the earth on space axis. first private trip into albany. ah hello. g

was one of the biggest defense providers. and they were trying to think of a way for the e, u and u. k to continue to work together. but because of what just happened, it's clear that the u. k is working far more closely with the u. s. and australia. so i think that was kind of reeling from that as well. and today at the account touted europeans endo pacific strategy. all of the questions. all of them were about the new strategic because the u. k. u. s. so it seems that they're picking me that on the international stage when it comes to defense issue. teresa, i do want to dig into some of the pacific stuff in just a moment as plenty to discuss that. but nicholas, i want to bring you in here because we're talking about you political well, not just in terms of finding money to do all of this, but also in terms of spending it on the right things and also dealing with the whole nature issue. so in your mind, nicholas, what's actually holding this hold on there are a couple of things. one of them has been mentioned by both my coll

weisselberg defense tierney sets that, or who those other might apply to.osecutors have reportedly been investigating other senior trump organization executives, but who knows. whatever is going on right now in the case against weisselberg and the trump organization, the former president certainly appears to be upset about it, firing off an incoherent statement this weekend, attacking the manhattan district attorney by name, and the new york attorney general by name, going after one of the district attorney's lawyers by name. objecting to how many documents from his company you are it some. saying people will not stand for this. i think they will. we will see. joining us now is danny goldman, former assistant u.s. from the seventh district for new york, he was lead counsel for the -- mr. culminates icu, thanks for making time. tonight >> great to be with you rachel. >> as you look at these revelations in court today, as a non lawyer i look at the assertion that new -- have been found in more conspirators baseman, and been handed over to the dispense. the pr

will -- launch a defense alliance. this beefs up military capabilities in the indo pacific to counter china's growing power in the region. also coming up, foiled attack. police make multiple arrests after a threat of an assault on a synagogue in the city. and bidding adieu. angela merkel makes her last trip as chancellor. how she has shaped paris and berlin. thank you for joining us. we start coverage with a security alliance. the country's leaders said they thought they would help them save defense giving voters. france was also left fuming, describing the pact as a step in the back. quick slide by the british and is trillion liters -- >> flagged by the british and australian leaders, we are taking note of a historic step to deepen and formalize cooperation among all three of our nations. we all recognize the imperative to ensure peace and stability in the in the pacific over the long-term. >> we have an opportunity to enforce written's place. strengthening our national expertise. the u.k., australia and the u.s.. the

we are not going to attach you at secretary defense as far as direction. i made a call generally on thursday, october 8. people sat in the call with me and i read out the call within 30 minutes of the call ending on 31 december, the chinese requested another call with me deputy assistant secretary defense for asia pacific policy up coordinate my call, which was then scheduled for 8 january and he made a preliminary call on 6 january 11. people attended that call with me and read out to this call were distributed to the inner agency that same day, shortly after my call ended with general lee. i personally informed both secretary of state, palm pale and white. i was chief of staff meadows about the call among other topics . soon after that, i attended the meeting with acting secretary miller. i brief him on the call. later that same day on a january speak of the house below. she called me to inquire about the president's ability launch nuclear weapons. i sought to assure her that nuclear launch is governed by a very specific and deliberate process. she was c

c and former state secretary to germany's defense minister. thanks so much for coming on the program here. when we're grateful to have you with us, how do you feel about the u. s. u k and australia essentially forming a defense packet against china. the company they did normally both. i live on the phone, you're really in the blog and the, the final point of the call really like how many phone tongue i went on your wall and we live in excellent corporation was how i bought and i in china and on it, it's complicated for us because we just globally and our allies, the united states. if you were to confront asian and even conflict when they got the china and know what's going on, how do i love to watch mr. been a 5 year straight. china has been germany is biggest bilateral trading partner. as you say, germany has a good economic relationship with china. you do find it alarming. i suspect that your allies taking, as you said, a confrontational sons with china. here we go, the some of the easy. we lee a decision was they got the the last 5 phone pr

now it is the defense's turn. forgot terral took her life was because she did. the defense attorney was concerned. >> it was called a suicide, because their own investigators, whose job it is to go and see what kind of death it is called it a suicide. >> assuming what he knew the jury must have been thinking they admitted that levi was a failure of a husband, but they said they did not make him a murderer. >> he was completely unfaithful to her. >> in just about every way, every opportunity? >> absolutely! but, you know, he talks about tara being his partner. she was his partner because they had gone through so much, had children together. >> all along, levi's family for the investigation into tara's death was flawed and futile, by a successful detective. >> one theory came out, it did not pan out, then he had another theory. i think the police were looking for evidence. you have to have something that you could hold on to. >> in a series of testy exchanges, the defense tried to describe tara jones on the stand. >

at secretary of defense esper's direction, i made a call to general lee on 30 october. eight people sat on that call with me and i read out the call within 30 minutes of the call ending. on 31 december, the chinese requested another call with me. the deputy assistant secretary of defense for asia-pacific policy hemmed coordinate my call, which was then scheduled for 8 january, and he made a preliminary call on 6 january. 11 people attended that call with me and readouts of this call were distributed to the interagency that same day. shortly after my call ended with general lee, i personally informed both secretary of state pompeo and white house chief of staff meld dmeld does about the call. soon after that, i attended a meeting with secretary miller and briefed him on the call. late they're same day on 8 january, speaker of the house pelosi called me to inquire about the president's ability to launch nuclear weapons. i sought to assure her that nuclear launch is governed by a very specific and deliberate process. she was concerned and made various personal references c

esper first he directed his assistant secretary of defense for asia pacific defense to make calls andn me. this is all done with oversight and i tried to lay that out in the memoranda and time line that you can use. >> we'll have to leave it at that. >> happy to take it up at a later today. >> mr. courtney. >> thank you to the witnesses for your service and testimony today. one comment mr. chairman before questions over the last month including yesterday's senate hearing we heard a lot that the u.s. had lost credibility with its allies. last week we saw firsthand in washington how mistaken that claim was. on wednesday last week i attended a ceremony in the senate where the australian prime minister scott morrison said that australia was proud to go into afghanistan together and leave together degrading al qaeda and preventing a major terrorist attack. heart felt terms thanked the united states the 11 marines, one navy coreman and one soldier who -- boris johnson last week who was also in town when asked about the u.s. standing post withdrawal said what i said to joe biden is how grate