fareed zakaria starts now with a brand new interview with defense secretary lloyd austin. >>> this is "gps," the global public square. welcome to you from around the united states and the world. i'm fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin joins me exclusively. we'll talk about the war in ukraine and how it is going. putin's nuclear threats and the annexation of ukraine's lands. and fears of a chinese attack on taiwan. >>> also, just what is vladimir putin thinking? i will talk to one of russia's richest men who knew the russian president well before putin jailed him. >>> finally, the new term of the supreme court starts tomorrow. [ chanting ] i will give you a sneak peek of my newest documentary, "supreme power, inside the highest court in the land" airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. >>> but first, here's my take. italy and sweden are about as different as two european countries can get. one is catholic, mediterranean, sunny and chaotic. the other protestant, northern, chilly, and ordered. over the decades, they

exactly was reported that sergei shoigu spent telephone conversations with us secretary of defense lloyd austin. this is their second conversation in the last 3 days. prior to this, the ministers, who had not spoken since spring today, reportedly discussed the situation in ukraine. earlier, shoigu held similar negotiations with the british defense ministers of france and turkey, he brought to his colleagues concerns about possible provocations from ukraine with the use of a dirty bomb. but in continuation of the theme of the dirty bomb, a message about the preparation of such a provocation by kiev had previously appeared in russian information agencies with links to them and anonymous sources in different countries. according to this information, the task of producing low-yield nuclear weapons was received by the mining and processing plant, the dnipropetrovsk region and the kiev institute for nuclear research, and these works are already at the final stage of the details. anton podkovenko. kiev is preparing to detonate a dirty bomb or low-yield nuclear weapon to blame russia for this, ria novo

uninterrupted work and further weather espresso broadcast of the briefing of the us secretary of defense lloyd austin and the announcement about the start of negotiations between representatives of nato countries and representatives of ukraine regarding the supply of air defense systems, so let's see, please take your seats i congratulate all the heads of defense departments who gathered here today at the meeting of the so-called rammstein sixth we very much appreciate the presence of the minister of defense of ukraine, mr. oleksiy reznikov, i now give the floor to the head of the pentagon, mr. lloyd austin, it is very nice to see all of you here today on the sixth the meeting of the contact group of the prohibition of ukraine today we are all united by our determination to help ukraine defend its sovereign territory and its people. aggression by russia is brutally conducting its war. you see how all the rules of war are being destroyed. an international war against the civilian population of ukraine. we see that putin is not attacking the military . targets have recently recently mass attacked more

this was agreed the day before by us defense minister lloyd austin and great britain ben wallace. washington, where the head of the british ministry of defense arrived on an unplanned visit. they separately discussed the issue of providing ukraine with anti-aircraft weapons. defenses to fight against drones that russia bought in iran and during the last two weeks that were actively used in ukraine i will also note that according to the information of the british media, at the meeting of the two ministers on the doorstep, the head of the american defense department, lloyd austin , probably has some urgent information about what russia is planning there, and therefore decided to meet in person, meet to discuss and think about how they can help ukraine and prepare us for possible i don't know of any provocations, despite all the economic troubles in great britain, london will not stop helping ukraine, the head of the british government litras said today speaking in the chamber of the people's parliament, she said that after being elected to the post of prime minister, she guaranteed t

journal" in a great piece by barbara slavin from january of f 2015 our current secretaryf defense lloyd austin was a four-star general and the commander of centcom and he made a deal with the houthis. you guys like killing al qaeda? no problem and he was funneling them intelligence to target and kill al qaeda on the arabian peninsula in january at 20152 months later barack obama stabbed the houthis in the back and took al qaeda side against them in the war launched by saudi arabia in the united and are -- united emirates and their allies including nine states. obama gave the green light at the beginning and al qaeda has been a major part of the coalition this whole time. "cnn" did a story a couple of years ago about how the uae had given al qaeda camera personnel carriers that they were using not just to drive around in joey ride and that taken into battle. after al qaeda had seized it and this is embarrassing for the coalition the uae made a deal with them that they would integrate them into their galicia. and so obama and the trump government and now biden pretend they have a war against al

secretary of defense lloyd austin and his russian counterpart.ut the importance of keeping lines of communication open during the war. it was the first conversation between the two men in aunts. for more, i have been speaking to the pentagon's press secretary. >> these two men have not spoken since may. is the u.s. concerned that president putin might use nuclear weapons? is that why the defense secretary called? >> we have seen no indication at this time that russia has made a decision to employ nuclear weapons. that is something that we obviously continue to monitor closely. clearly, the rhetoric we have heard from vladimir putin in terms of the saber rattling has been irresponsible and concerning. again, we have not seen anything that will cause us to change our own nuclear posture. in regards to the phone call, it has been since may since the two gentlemen spoke. secretary austen took today as an opportunity to connect the minister to have a conversation and keep those lines of communication open. >> was the assessment of the pentagon about w

s. secretary defense lloyd austin is in brussels for that nato defense ministers meeting. he said the us will stand by ukraine for as long as it takes this contact group. in a galvanized, we're all support ukraine, self defense for the long haul. we will stand together to the fin, the rules based international order. but strengthens, strengthens are, are common security. president buying has said, we will stand by ukraine's defenders or for as long as it takes at that a bottler has more now from brussels. lloyd austin said that her or he had gathered together 50 countries, us as part of this ukraine, a defense contact group, a group of 50 members that look at ways that they can best help and support ukraine . he says, look, the fact the we're all here shows that rules matter the rights matter. he said that sovereignty matters. or he said the contact group had a very interesting and opposite, very a significant meeting. they looked at ways in which they can try and send more weapons to ukraine as one of the main reasons behind this group that was set up after a putin's inva

street journal and a great piece in the monitor from generate 2015, our current secretary of defense lloyd austin was a four-star general. he made a deal is that you guys like killing al qaeda? no problem. he was funneling them intelligence to used to target and kill al qaeda in the arabian peninsula for those generate 2015. just two months later barack obama stabbed them in the back and took al qaeda side against them in the war launched by saudi arabia, united arab emirates and their allies including the united states which helped with the war from the very beginning obama gave the green light for them to begin it. and al qaeda has been a major part of the coalition this whole time. cnn did a story a couple of years ago about how the uae had given al qaeda armored personnel carriers they were using not just to drive around and joyriding but taking into battle. after al qaeda had seized the port town and a couple others this is really embarrassing for the coalition. the uae made a deal with them. they would integrate them into their militia. and so the obama and the trump governments and now int

defense. at the same time , the joint press conference of lloyd austin and mark milly, according to the interimwe have our expert in contact - this is anton mikhnenko, an expert of the defect express agency, mr. antona, i congratulate you. good evening. what are your first grades now and feeling after the conference of austin and millie can we talk about such a significant breakthrough in solving the issue, first of all, air is not defense in the interests of the armed forces. i would like to dwell on two points on the emotional side. as you pointed out, this is the first component and the second on the technical side. rammstein 6 he decided to differ from the previous rammsteins, with the reason that there is more emotional support for those countries that joined the anti-putnov anti-russian coalition . practically all the participants of this event were ready they were ready to help and provide weapons, which happens in the vast majority of three directions , this is artillery - this is argentina's volley fire systems and means of air defense, of course . many civilian infrastructure faciliti

consequences for the region and for the world, and here is the statement of the american minister of defense lloyd austin the pentagon also wants to strengthen its defense and modernize its army, the minister of defense of the country mariusz blaszczak, speaking in the parliament in the next year's budget, first wants to increase the financing of the army to 3% of gdp, i.e. more than two percent of nato's requirement, and poland is buying new weapons and also wants to strengthen own defense industry and what kind of support poland provides to ukraine, both militarily and politically, we talk with journalist oleg bilecki, a journalist of the polish tv channel tefound24 on to a direct connection from warsaw so oleg, i congratulate you on the air and poland is arming itself, it wants to strengthen its arsenal, how does polish society feel about it ? congratulations zhenya, well, it is worth saying from the latest news, at least from the latest statements from the polish political community, a meeting of the committee of the specialized sinac committee on armaments was held about the possibility to localize,

announced, the head of the department also thanked the american leader joe biden, the minister of defense lloyd austin and the american people, the german air defense complex iris has also arrived, the american norwegian air defense forces on sams is also approaching, reznikov called it a new era of air defense for ukraine in the ivano-frankivsk drama theater they are restoring the charity art project oscar and the pink lady, the premiere of which took place 7 years ago, it is dedicated to terminally ill children, a production became the best domestic charity project according to the version of the weekly mirror of the week. what made the artists return it to the repertoire ? i think for today that i can be proud of this project as one of the best and i think it will remain so in my life as defining for my personality it is unprofessional that 7 years ago oscar and the pink lady , the performance, amazing in terms of the intensity of sensations, was sold out in kyiv, odessa, lviv, kharkiv with the specific aim of helping palliative children, the show caused a real sensation in artistic circles and hel

this, the head of the department also thanked the american leader joe biden, the minister of defense lloyd austin and all the american people in addition, the german anti-aircraft defense complex has arrived. the american-norwegian anti-aircraft missile system is also approaching. reznikov called it a new era of air defense for ukraine. the world goes on. to support ukraine like this in copenhagen, the community and ukrainian immigrants walked through the central streets of the city. under the sounds of air raids and the calls of putin the terrorist, half a thousand people moved in a single column and carried a several-meter-high ukrainian flag next to the danish one. activists went to a rally at the russian embassy in denmark after massive shelling of the civilian population. the same as on february 24, stop the shelling of ukraine, rasha, a terrorist, krashanka, and my heart is always with ukraine, i will see that so many have gathered here today ukrainians who are not indifferent to cars and support us in our country. these are the times and there are many of our internally displaced persons h

for your crane. us secretary of defense lloyd austin, is in brussels for that nato defense ministers meeting. he said the us will stand by you crying for as long as it takes this contact group in a galvanized world will support ukraine's self defense. for the long haul. we will stand together to defend the rules based international order that strengthens strengthens, are common security. as president buying has said, we will stand by ukraine's defenders or tore as long as it takes ukraine's energy minister says russia missiles have hit around 30 percent of the countries energy infrastructure. around $300.00 areas were left without power following the russian attacks. on monday and tuesday, the mayor of the west and ukrainian city of laverne says it'll take months to repair energy facilities there. on 3rd of the city has no electricity. let's join. i'm a jam, ju now, he's live for us from live. so they have actually rous stoled electricity in the western part of the country. is that where we stand now? how much is semi a what we've heard from local officials to day is that to all the

. >> defense secretary lloyd austin says that's why it is vital that the biden administration maintain a strong posture against president putin, including shutting down potential nuclear threats. washington, d.c., correspondent jessi turnure has that story. >> he understands what our capability is. president putin's war in ukraine remains top of mind for defense secretary lloyd austin as the pentagon plans for future national security threats from other adversaries, namely like china, russia can systemically challenge the united states a time but russian aggression does pose any immediate and short threat to our interests and values. there are growing fears across the globe that russia could tap into its nuclear arsenal. any type of use of a weapon of that's or even talk of the of the sword is dangerous. >> and they're responsible. but austin says american nuclear capabilities are the ultimate deterrent to these threats, inventory of nuclear weapons is significant. alston's warnings came during the pentagon's release of its national defense strategy thursday. >> it also highlighted con

fareed zakaria starts now with a brand new interview with defense secretary lloyd austin. >>> this islcome to you from around the united states and the world. i'm fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin joins me exclusively. we'll talk about the war in ukraine and how it is going.

s. secretary of defense lloyd austin, is in brussels for that nato defense ministers meeting. he opened the summit by saying the u. s. will stand by ukraine for as long as it takes this contact group. in a galvanized, we're all support ukraine, self defense for the long haul. we will stand together to the fin, the rules based international order. but strengthens, strengthens are, are common security. as president buying has said, we will stand by ukraine's defenders for, for as long as it takes an sco now to natasha bartlett, in brussels. the 1st of all, what have they decided when it comes to supplying air defense systems to train what he had lloyd austin, that the us defense secretary saying we read it for as long as it takes not seem to be the message the way hearing over and over again, here in a thought was interesting. lloyd austin remarks in the beginning of a meeting that he was saying that every time the vladimir putin, the russian president escalate the situation in ukraine. the recent missile strikes the, the illegal annexations of policy ukraine sham, referenda. ev

. >> now defense secretary lloyd austin releases the unclassified defense strategy while updating reporters at the pentagon he says while he considers russia a continuing threat he sees no indication that president putin is planning on using nuclear weapons. >> good morning, everyone, thank you for being here today. it's my pleasure to introduce lloyd austin the third. he will have opening remarks about today's defense strategy and will have time to take questions. we will call in the journalist and i will have -- i will monitor the questions. i appreciate your assistance in monitoring the time constraints. >> good morning, everyone. on the offset, let me offer my deepest condolences to the carter family for the loss of ash carter. as you know, he was a great patriot who contributed in significant ways to this department and he will be sorely missed. as you well know, back in march we delivered our classified national defense strategy to congress. since then, the nds has been the departments of northstar as we tackle the centuries greatest security challenges. i am pleased to announce that

sergei shoigu spoke by phone with us secretary of defense lloyd austin, according to the ministry of issues of international security were discussed, including situations. sergei shoigu presented the medals of the hero of russia to the participants of the special military operation in ukraine, the ceremony was held by the national defense control center . the highest title of hero of russia has been awarded to each of you for absolutely specific deeds. and speaking more precisely, for your feat i am sure that you will continue to serve the left of truth in our country. to the struck forces for the benefit and prosperity and of course i wish all of us a speedy victory i congratulate you from souls. and the soyuz 21 launch vehicle was launched as a secret military satellite on friday evening from the plesetsk cosmodrome in the arkhangelsk region. what is known is that the satellite was assigned the number space 2561 with telemetry communications not being maintained steadily. light carrier rocket angara 1-2 with a military spacecraft, which was assigned the serial number cosmos 250. di

we know just a couple of days ago, secretary of defense, lloyd austin had a phone call with the russianefense minister. we got a slight read out from that conversation saying it was important to keep conversations going. surprisingly, just three days later, you have the defense secretaries of the uk, france, and loud austin again, and the turkish defense minister all calling and talking to sergei, at their own request. so clearly something in that first conversation with lloyd austin and sergei a few days ago led to a level of concern that we haven't seen before. russia's accusation that ukraine might be about to use a dirty bomb, president zelenskyy says simply and we've seen this before with russia, if russia is making these accusations up now, this can mean only one thing that russia itself is potentially preparing to use a dirty bomb. there is no evidence of this presented by either side yet. a dirty bomb, remember, not as bad as a tactical nuclear device. this would be a bomb that has radio active components, maybe from medical use that would disperse radio active components over t

in a call with secretary of defense lloyd austin, russia's defense minister, shoigu alleging that ukraineplanning to detonate a so-called dirty bomb. a russian general adding to the claims. >> translator: the provocation is aimed at accusing russia of using weapons of mass destruction at the ukrainian theatre of operations that would launch a powerful anti-russian campaign, in order to undermine the confidence in moscow. >> reporter: kyiv sharply rejects the allegations, even asking the international atomic energy agency to inspect its civilian nuclear sites. the iaea already has staff in the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant trying to prevent an atomic disaster there. ukraine's president hurling the allegations back at moscow. >> translator: never again will russia be able to dictate anything to anyone. it no longer has the potential to dictate. the world sees that. russian potential is being wasted now on a war against our state and the entire free world. >> reporter: the russians continued to hit ukraine with long-distance missiles and drones this weekend in miykolai and else where. >> report

coordinate with allies on any decision regarding cubes request for jim and battle tanks. us defense secretary lloyd austin has joined his australian and japanese counterparts in hawaii for security tools. the 3 are discussing their support for ukraine and stability in the in the pacific region. in light of china's increasingly assertive behavior, their military officers who toppled bikini foster as the to pull henry de me. but on friday say he's now planning a counter attack process denied accusations of hoping to meet with protesters reported to have attacked. the french embassy products could, has been condemned by the united states, the united nations. and the african. you won't be algerians holding their 4th general election in 18 months. voting is taking place amid concerns about soaring consumer prices and energy costs. turn out is expected to be low, with no party on cost to win. the majority, which means populist parties could benefit. now brazilians also go to the poles after a highly polarized presidential election campaign that prompted fees of violence. opinion polls give a clear advantage to

s. defense minister lloyd austin said you cranes, victory and lemon would be a strategic headache for russia. seeks to hold off a counter offensive elsewhere. we are very courage by what we're saying right now. we've and sits astride the supply lines of the, of the russians. and they've, they've used those routes to, to, to push men and material down to the south to the west. and without those routes, it'll be more difficult. so this presents a sort of a dilemma for, for the russians going forward. new w correspondent, ne connelly and key of told me that the loss of the mom is a major blow to russian president vladimir putin. not only is it a crucial strategic point in terms of the logistics of russia's invasion of ukraine's. we heard from lloyd austin there. it's just about the optics and the timing. you know, this is just a day after a couple of days after this huge event in moscow in the kremlin, with vladimir putin saying that russia is here to stay, that russia is not gonna budge. and he, we, he, we've seen, you know, the opposite being proved. we've seen ukraine successfully rol

ukrainian police appears to show their forces tearing down russian flax. meanwhile, us defense minister lloyd austin said that ukraine's victory and lemon would be a strategic headache for russia. as it seeks to hold off the counter offensive elsewhere were very courage by what we're saying right now. we were and sits, are astride the supply lines of the, of the russians. and they've, they've used those routes to, to, to push men and material down to the south and to the west. and without those routes, it'll be more difficult. so to present a sort of a dilemma for, for the russians going forward, we can now speak to w, a correspondent connelly who standing by in the ukranian capital key of hello to you, nick. so just how significant is the recapture of lee mon, for the ukranian counter offensive? not only is it a crucial strategic point in terms of the logistics of russia's invasion of ukraine's. we heard from lord austin there. it talks about the optics and the timing, you know, this is just a day after a couple of days after this huge event in moscow in the kremlin, with vladimir putin saying that

coordinate with our laws on any decision regarding keeps request for german battle takes us defense. secretary lloyd austin has joined, is australian and japanese counterparts in hawaii for security tools. the 3 are discussing their support for ukraine and stability in the in the pacific region in light of china's increasingly assertive behavior bulgarians having their 4th general election in 18 months. voting is taking place and it concerns about soaring consumer prices and energy costs. indications are that it will be a low turn out with no party on course to win a majority, which means populace parties could benefit l. last month's death of a 22 year old mazda omni, while in police custody in iran, a sparked anger and grief around the world. despite a government crackdown that's left dozens did and severely restricted internet access protests in iran continued. and they've been joined by supporters rallying across the world, demanding justice for martha and equal rights for women in the islamic republic. oh, an emotional act of defiance. ah, nearly any reigning woman living in spain says she did it to s

s. secretary defense lloyd austin is in brussels for that nato defense ministers meeting. he said the u. s. will stand by you train for as long as it takes this contact group in a galvanized, we're all support ukraine, self defense for the long haul. we will stand together to the fin, the rules based international order. but strengthens, strengthens our, our common security. as president buying has said, we will stand by ukraine's defenders or for as long as it takes natasha. butler has been following that meeting in brussels. lloyd austin said that her or he had gathered together 50 countries, us as part of this ukraine or defense contact group, a group of 50 members that look at ways that they can best help and support ukraine . he says, look, the fact that we're all here shows that rules matter the rights matter. he said that sovereignty matters. or he said the contact group had a very interesting and or perceive very a significant meeting. they looked at ways in which they can try and send more weapons to ukraine as one of the main reasons behind this group that was se

in a call with secretary of defense lloyd austin russia's defense minister alleging without any evidence that ukraine is planning to detonate a nuclear laced improvised device a so-called dirty bomb. >> russian general adding to the claims>> the provocation is aimed at accusing russia of using weapons of mass destruction at the ukrainian theater of operations that will launch a powerful anti-russian campaign in order to undermine the confidence in moscow. >> reporter: sharply rejects obligations even asking the international atomic energy to inspect his civilian nuclear sites. the ia already has staff in the -- nuclear plant trying to prevent an atomic disaster they are. ukraine's president hurling the allegations back at moscow. >> never again will russia be able to dictate anything to anyone. it no longer has the potential to dictate. the world sees that. russian potential is being wasted now in this madness on a war against our state and the entire free world. >> reporter: the russians continue to hit ukraine with long-distance missiles and drones this weekend. the russians are contin

coordinate with allies on any decision regarding cubes. request for german battle tanks. us defense secretary lloyd austin has joined his australian and japanese counterparts in hawaii for security talks. the 3 are discussing their support for ukraine and stability in the in the pacific region. in light of china's increasingly assertive behavior, their producers have rallied across britain over the u. k spiraling cost of living crisis. thousands of demonstrators protested against rising energy prices in skyrocketing inflation. the government is facing a major backlash over plans to slash taxes for the wealthy, which has caused the british pound to fall to record lows. iranians and their supporters have rallied in cities across the globe, solidarity with protests, sparked by the death of money in police custody in tehran activists. the demonstrations are taking place in nearly 160 cities around the world. i mean, he's death at the hands of a runs the tories morality police as 4 weeks of unprecedented unrest and iran. burkina faso military officers who toppled the countries leader paul henry the me ball on

s. defense secretary lloyd austin has joined his australian and japanese counterparts in hawaii for security talks. the 3 discussing their support for ukraine. instability in the in the pacific region in light of china is increasingly assertive behavior. their ratings and their supporters have rallied in cities across the globe and solidarity with protest, sparked by the death of money in police, custody, and to run active stadiums. free shoes are taking place nearly 160 cities around the world. i mean, he's death while in custody by iran's, the tories morality police as 4 weeks of unprecedented arrest in iran between of us was military officers who toppled their countries leader paul henry dunbar on friday. so he's now planning a counter offensive. the military also accuses france of helping to amoeba. in a televised address, the army said that the former leader had taken refuge at a french military base or france, which denies the accusations. protestors attacked the french embassy in the capital, the u. s. united nations and the african union and all condemned the 2nd to bring a faster th

s. defense secretary lloyd austin and joint chiefs chairman, mark, milly, referred to these attacks as potential war crimes and atrocities. the death of noncombatants is something that bothers military officials a lot. so this is certainly a galvanized the members of this ukraine defense contact groups to, to increase the air defenses being sent to ukraine. it has them talking about long term air defense. possibly even creating an integrated missile defense structures in the long run. but yes, absolutely. i the, the leaders here today, we're very much heating, ukraine's warning that every day without more air defense is a day that more civilians who could die. ukraine obviously needs weapons, particularly those air defense systems right now terry, but we're also hearing promises of support for the long haul there at that meeting in brussels. what does that mean? absolutely. that means a lot of things. it means a lot of high tech assistance. it also means low tech assistance. so as i mentioned, they're talking about possibly creating in the long run, integrated missile defense and air d

coordinate with allies on any decision regarding here's request for german battle tags. us defense secretary lloyd austin has joined us really in the japanese counterparts of hawaii for security towards the 3 are discussing their support for ukraine and stability in the pacific region. in light of china is increasingly assertive behavior. their protests across britain over the u. k. spiraling cost of living crisis. thousands of demonstrators protested against rising energy prices in skyrocketing inflation. the government is facing a major backlash over plants as lash taxes for the wealthy, which is called the british pound to fall to record lows. bertina fossils military officers who toppled the country's leader paul henry deborah on friday. so he's not planning the counter offensive. the military also uses france of helping to me, but in a televised address, the army said that the former leader had taken refuge at a french military base or france denies the accusation. protestors attacked the french embassy in the capital, the west, the united nations and the african union have condemned the 2nd breakin

coordinate with allies on any decision regarding keeps request for german battle tanks. us defense secretary lloyd austin has joined his australian and japanese counterparts in hawaii for security talks. the 3 are discussing this support for you. crime and stability of the end of the civic region in lot of china is increasingly asserted by bulgarians having their 4th general election and 18 months. voting is taking place. me concerns about soaring consumer prices and energy costs. indications are that it will be a low turnout with no party on cost to win a majority, which means populace parties could benefit now became fossil military officers who top of the country's leader, paul henry dum, eva on friday. say he's now planning a counter offensive. the new jointer also accuses france of hoping to amoeba, whose urging the rebellious soldiers to come to their senses. in a televised address, the army said the former leader has taken refuge at a french military base. well, france denies the accusation protest this attack, the french embassy in the capitol, u. s. the united nations and the african union have

secretary of defense lloyd austin saying that they have not seen specific indications that russia is preparing to use nuke weapons. so, clear messaging from the u.s. trying to calm the fever atmosphere around that particular threat but at the same time, too, we're also hearing from ukrainian officials that the director of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant may have been detained in russian-occupied areas so the backdrop of the threat of some nuclear incident always in the background here. ahead of that, all of the rhetoric, heard from the ukraine forces continuing to move forward, of russia's conventional army, despite the recent mobilization still isn't holding ground here. nick paton walsh, cnn, crema tour sk, ukraine. >>> and the push back against the mobile mobilization, as matthew chance reports he says still, though, his military will win on the battlefield. >> reporter: victory will be ours. president putin vowing success in ukraine, soon after announcing a significant escalation in his war. the invited crowd yelled their support back. but this carefully kochoreograpd fervor

defense secretary lloyd austin said to weaken russia. isn't ukraine and russia by itself. it is also the united states and russia. when the united states withdrew from the intermediate nuclear forms range treaty in 2019, that was the end basically of most of the arms control treaties between the united states and russia. in fact, since 2019, we are living without a security guarantee arrangement between these major nuclear powers. the united states and russia. no wonder there's a bulletin of atomic scientists has brought the doomsday clock to it than 100 seconds of midnight. it began at seven minutes to midnight. we are now at 100 seconds. the reason the bulletin of atomic scientists gives for this is the unilateral withdrawal by the united states from basically the entire architecture of arms control with russia in particular. so there has got to be pressure on the biden administration, not only to back off and allow zelenskyy and putin to talk, to allow them to have some kind of peace agreement that is filled with dignity for all sides

stuart: secretary of defense lloyd austin, ordered nine u.s. military bases to be renamed. why? because they have confederate ties. austin believes they should commemorate the best of america. let's show you the nine posts renamed recall fort benning around gordon in george, lee, a.p. hill, in virginia, fort bragg in north carolina, rucker in alabama, polk in louisiana and hood in texas. two navy ships and more than 1100 items commemorated confederate officers will be renamed at a cost of 62 1/2 million dollars. all this starts september 18th. stuart: i'm absorbing $62 million. thank you, lauren. 17 states are planning to send out inflation relief checks. there is concern all this extra cash would ruin the labor market keeping workers on the sidelines. grady trimble will have our report. >>> one economist says the u.s. is at risk of damaging recession. we could have steered clear of it. watch this. >> there is a possibility that the federal reserve makes another mistake and that that bumpy journey actually changes the destination. i fear that we risk a very high probability of a

other biden officials have been more cautious about this, including the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, who you recently spoke to. is this a disconnect? >> it is not a disconnect, but i think they're looking at it much more from the point of view of, look, at a tactical practical level, what would happen if you could use a, you know, tactical nuclear weapon on the battlefield in ukraine? would it be used against the united states, the ukrainians wouldn't stop fighting. we wouldn't stop supporting them. so how do you think about that. i think what biden is doing is pulling back and saying, look, the norm of no use of nuclear weapons is incredibly important. it is a fundamental norm that borders the global system right now. and he is putting incense, he is upping the ante. but he is doing implicitly, to say to putin, look, if you use a tactical nuclear weapon, we may have to respond. we may not be limited to, in other words, this can get, this would always be the danger of nuclear weapons. that what keeps the peace with nuclear weapons is what people call mutually assured destruction. yo

will: here is what defense secretary lloyd austin had to say on friday.ames of installations and facilities inspire all who call them hopefully reflect on history of united states and commemorate the best of the republic we all are sworn to protect. as to matter of priorities very apropos the world sits out on the brink of at least nuclear, nuclear brinksmanship and at at same time, we're not meeting our military obligations in terms of recruitment as you pointed out. pete, look at this. here is where we are, fiscal year as of now. pete: it -- will: not a completed year. pete: it is both. the army fell 15,000 troops last year. the national guard has dropped by 7500 troops. combination of recruiting an covid. if you look at navy, marine corps, air force, next year, normally they're way ahead of goals at the beginning because they already sign people up for the next fiscal year. navy and met 10% of goal goal, ma reason corps met 30%. possible they will continue to fall behind their recruits efforts. rachel: is this go woke go broke? the military going woke

secretary of defense lloyd austin speaking with his russian counterpart, three days ago, and then justhe same. the french defense secretary, the turkish defense secretary all doing the same, and then today general mark milley speaking with his russian counterpart as well, and the british military chief of staff also speaking with that same russian counterpart. it is absolutely out with the context to of this war so far that russia's military top brass have had so many conversations. it's impossible to know what it means. it certainly shows the determination of ukraine's western partners to make sure russia understands not to escalate at the moment, but the real concern here is in ukraine that russia has cried wolf before, and when russia has cried wolf as president zelenskyy has said, when russia says ukraine is going to do this, president zelenskyy, that generally means that russia has already prepared for such an act. >> yeah. the warning from the u.s. and from western leaders has been staunch. >>> he killed four people at a michigan high school last year. now the 16-year-old shooter

s. secretary of defense lloyd austin, is in brussels for that nato defense ministers meeting. he said the u. s. will stand by ukraine for as long as it takes this contact group in a galvanized, we're all support ukraine, self defense for the long haul. we will stand together to the firm the rules based international order. but strengthens, strengthens our, our common security program buying has said we will stand by ukraine's defenders work for as long as it takes go to natasha butler in brussels for us now to so when they take ministers have been meeting for quite a while. now. are there any indications over the progress of, of what's being discussed yesterday to the defense ministers have been meeting for a while. of course, they are talking about ukraine, the situation then how best they can support you, crane, and it's a fight against russia. but of course, they're also looking at russia itself. the situation of moscow finds itself in. we know that russia has made significant losses on the battlefield. i just want to tell you a few things that come out of the meeting was s

with, not to mention the priceless lives that were left, this is the priority of secretary of defense lloyd austin. when just yesterday or just this past week our president said we might be, you know, in a new nuclear situation with the soviet union. this is, it's outrageous. it's demoralizing. pete: he could not lead his way out of a paper bag. he's our secretary of defense. we're losing wars, we're embarrassed in afghanistan. he wasn't fired, nobody if underneath him was fired for that debacle, and and now here we are not just renaming bases, but we can't even fill the ranks. here are the shortfalls in recruiting in our military as well. the u.s. army fell 15,000 soldiers short of their recruiting goal. that's a division that they can't staff with new privates. rachel: wow. pete: the national guard lost 7500 service members not to mention people pushed out because of covid vaccine. now, the navy, marine corps and air force, usually they're way ahead of their goal even when the year begins because they've already got recruits stacked to come in for that fiscal year. the marine corps has only mean

defense ministers. just to take it back on friday, lloyd austin, initiated a call with the russian defense minister. and this was the 1st time they had spoken since mid may. so this was a very significant advance in the level of communications, according to several sources saying that there had been great concern within the us about the possibility of mistakes being made with no open lines in place between the opposing entities. at this, they hope the call this morning was a follow up call. ours, followed by the russian defense minister. and so saying that they hoped this becomes part of a regular communication platform between the defense ministers of russia and of the united states. as we saw with the call being made by ca, shogun, to other you prepare and counterparts in the course of the day, there is an element to this of russia attempting. it seems to spread the concept that in some way ukraine is building a dirty bomb. but at the same time, it's also indicative of opening lines of communication. and this sources at the pentagon insist is absolutely critical, particularly when the time is so t

secretary of defense lloyd austin this is certainly not exactly the answer that his ukrainian counterpart zelensky signed an application for accelerated entry into nato in front of cameras a few days ago, but at least some consolation after reciprocal statements about that now is not the right time for a direct military conflict with russia in the north atlantic the block is avoided by all means. let it be better ukraine somehow itself. yes, and it is necessary to be more modest so that the kiev representative in brussels this time did not even stutter about joining nato. what do you expect from nato today? air defense systems here's to this request for objections in the alliance. no more than that, an urgent meeting of defense ministers was just convened in order to talk specifically about the supply of air defense systems, which have so far been limited, mainly only to man-portable air defense systems. yes and slovakia donated one s-300 battalion to the allies already providing air defense, but we need to do more, we need different systems. short and long range air defense against balli

defense secretary lloyd austin calling it a significant loss. >> lyman sits astride the supply lines of the russians. so this presents a sort of a dilemma for the russians going forward. >> reporter: but as russian troops reposition, the defense ministry released this video claiming to show multiple rocket launchers firing on the battlefield. and these images parading apparently well-equipped new recruits running drills before they're sent to fight on the front lines. to defend the region putin now calls his own against ukrainian forces determined to claw every inch of it back. we were among the last to visit the town of lyman just before it fell to the russians in the spring, jericka. recapturing it is a major victory, but as far as putin is concerned that is now an attack on russian soil. >> charlie d'agata for us. thank you. >>> at least 125 people were killed in a stampede following a soccer game in indonesia. the tragedy occurred after a game between two teams on the island of java. fans on the malang field after their team lost the match. cbs's elizabeth palmer has more. >> rep