so, i agree, there's a tremendous number of lessons learned and research and efforts at the department of defense na can be learned by the domestic agencies like the department of homeland security and usda. i will say this though, while the technology, i think, would be helpful and the coordination would be great. applying some of these technologies in the homeland is actually, i think, one of the biggest challenges because while basic research is part of the solution, when you apply these technologies to train stations and subway stations and crowded places in this country. it's very, very different in terms of the way it needs to work and, for example, you know, you just can't have false alarms. that doesn't work. if you have to evacuate a subway station, so, it's a very technically complicated issue here in the homeland and i degree with you, the department of defense has a big role to play. >> thank you. with various agencies focused on biosecurity initiatives and the broad requirement for response in an emergency. do you believe they're prepared to prevent or respond to an attack, if not, w

i want to commend our dedicated spence community, the department of defense, and members of our national security team throughout the government whose mi particular two will yous work over the course of many months ensured that this mission succeeded. this operation is testamentle to america's reach and capability to take out terrorist threats no matter where they try to hide anywhere in the world. i'm determined to protect the american people from terrorist threats. and i'll take decisive action to protect this country. and will continue working with our close allies and partners, the syrian democratic forces, iraqi security forces, including the kurdish peshmerga and more than 80 merms of the global coalition -- members of the global coalition to keep pressure on isis to protect our homeland. we remain vigilant and prepared. last night's operation took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield. and sent a strong message to terrorists around the world. we will come after you and find you. once again today we continue our own ceasing effort to keep the american people safe and strengt

first one directed the department of defense to seize the machines. irected the department of homeland security to do so. >> let's discuss with cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. we did not know the degree to which the president was involved. we know how much he directed or pushed for those seizures potentially through the dhs just could be easy for people because there's a consignitant flow to it's more of the same. >> it's stunning and serious. it's unprecedented. you have a president of the united states trying to figure out a way to over turn a free and fair election using every lever of pow r he thinks that he has. he thinks or thought. now we know he have more directly involved than we ever thought that he could go to the department of homeland security and say seize voting machines. have the department of defense do the same thing. whoever thought to rudy giuliani would be the voice of reason saying you can't go to pentagon and have them do that. according to the new york times, rudy giuliani did call the department of homeland security.

government accurately acknowledged the numbers and what can the department of defense do tomp improve reportig of members casualties? i will submit that for the record. >> without objection. >> thank you for each of you being here today, presidents about both political parties probably expanded beyond any reading i believe is permissible based on the text of the 2001 and 2002 authorizations use of military force. i've consistently heard 2001 au mf referred to as the cornerstone of u.s. counterterrorism this despite the fact that careless the u.s. battles from time toth time didt exist in 2001 when congress provided this and in some cases may or may not be fairly considered offshoots. i'd like to ask about this, could you share the major flaws youaw see in these existing authorities for purposes of future u.s. counterterrorism efforts? >> certainly may i begin by thanking you for the bipartisan legislation you've introduced with respect to congress' reassertion of power and authority to declare war. i would like to start with that because it's incredibly importantib because as we've be

six longest crs history of the defense department --. this should be unacceptable and not the new normal. it is hard to see this full impact was a -- and the inefficiency from looking from outside because the organization has of course adapted to its circumstances just as organisms do. nobody plans to enter into contracts in the first quarter of a fiscal year now because the odds we would actually be able to do so are so low. therefore no significant contract delays to report to you when we're under a cr. in addition to direct consequences of a cr, including the inefficiency and disruption to our people, and operations and reduction in the resources i have described, we should not forget that inflation is also eating into our funding while our funding remains on hold as mr. calvert noted. for example, i've had to approve two increases in fuel price this is year already. first on october 1st and second on january 1st forward to keep our working capital fund solvent. this has created a buildup billion and a half dollars to services for fy 2

at 11:30 eastern today senators will vote to limit debate on two of president biden's defense departmentions and also coming up this week, senators will vote to extend government funding through march 11th to avoid a shutdown on friday at midnight. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. mighty god, the refuge and strength for all who trust you. come close to us as we lift our hearts in prayer. lord, help us to love you as you deserve. inspire us to love one another as you have loved us. today, bless our lawmakers in their work. warm their hearts, increase their faith, and make them more conscious of your transforming presence. lord, breathe your peace into their hearts as they strive to build a better nation and world. please, do for us more than we can ask for imagine. we pray in your merciful -- merciful name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the p

saying the department of defense. it's a one page memo that claims that that crew, former d. o. d. an i.c. analysts collected evidence of involvement in election fraud, quote, and their involvement in altering the vote counts in the 2020 election. the memo then cites current department of defense involvement in the memo saying, inquiries against the nsa unprocessed raw signals data under the existing authorities of nspm 13. those targeted inquiries will likely identify hard evidence of foreign involvement in d. o. d. data which will support all other efforts to reverse the fraud. if evidence of foreign interference is found the team will generate a classify do a deal legal funding to support next ups to defend the constitution in a manner superior to current civilian only judicial remedies. in other words, in a matter superior to the legal methods. that memo refers to a still classified presidential directive. it is against the law for the nsa to analyze unprocessed raw signals data like intercepted phone calls captured within the united states without a court order. republican sena

i agree there is a tremendous number of lessons learned and efforts at the department of defense thatomestic agencies like department of homeland u security and sba. while technology would be helpful in the coordination is great applying these technologies in the o homeland is one of the biggest challenges. while basic research is part of the solution when you are fighting technologies to train stations and subway stations and crowded places is very different in terms of the way it needs to work. you just can't have false alarms. that doesn't work if you have to evacuate a subway station it's a technically complicated issue but i agree the department of defense has a bank role to play. >> and those considering the broad coordination with the quick response, do you believe the federal workforce will respond to an attack? and other specific steps that we are hiring and retaining the correct staff quick. are much better off today in early 2020 or 2019. so most departments and agencies in the workforce are accustomed to this being a part of the mission they didn't think they had a role in

following a series of new york times investigations revealing systemic flaws and department of defense the department of defense mitigates and tracks the civilian casualties, secretary austin issued a memorandum directed department to develop a hard action plan within 90 days. it comes in response to recent study mandated by congress which found the department of defense is not adequately organized a resource to sufficiently assess reduce in response incidents. at this point i would like to turn to ranking member grassley for his opening remarks. >> this hearing will cover issues related to the department of defense use of force and war on terror. this will include target killings in the use of drones. this hearing explores the matter that a factor on services under safety as americans. these are important issues and issues more appropriate to the senate armed services committee. and if a chairman knew what i did in the 1980s before he got here, he would say here you've done a lot of investigation of the defense department leading to the passage of the false claims act. i am being a li

dthere would be a lot of investigation by the defense department leading to the passage of the act solittle inconsistent. there are a lot of people who know -- okay, thank you. there are things within the heart of our jurisdiction that we should be holding hearings on and they know the chairman and i and many members of this committee are concerned with the growing spike in violent crime including murders and attacks on police. the administration has acknowledged violent crime is up and has tried to pivot the gun control is the only response of the top priorities of the administration and the justice department will include targeting legal gun sellers with thno evidence that they contribe to the illegal gun positions are crimes. ghost gun's former significant cornerstones of the presidents policies. ghost gun's are connected to a fraction of a% of the murders occurring in this country. the president strategy is woefully inadequate to address the spikes in murders and police attacks and they will do nothing to stop people from being pushed into the front of a subway train or to stop tr

s. department of state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of the united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of colin powell. although the val just referred to that was used as a prop for the u. s. made this case to attack his rank, which the white house claimed was creating chemical weapons claims that later turned out to be unsubstantiated. we want the latest allegations of left, not just the russian side, concerned journalist that the media conference were unimpressed by the lack of evidence. what is the evidence that you had that suggested that the russians are even planning with matt? and i mean, i'm not saying that they're not, but you just come out and say this and expect those just to believe it without you showing a shred of evidence that it's actually true. other than when i ask, or what anyon

absence of any evidence that there was anything wrong with that voting machinery, including the department of defenser the department of defense to do things in connection with law enforcement or elections in the country. that's what happens in banana republics, not in the united states of america. >> let's talk more about the d.o.d. because we're seeing these draft orders that would have pressured the d.o.j. and the dhs. he had allies in the doj to do his bidding. he was telling pence to overturn the election in congress. was there any part of the government that he didn't want to use to overturn a democratic election? >> no. in fact, he's the head of the federal government. we have a federal system in this country. you have the federal government, then you have state and local governments. there's also evidence that not only was trump trying to pressure federal agencies that are presumably under his command and control to do things that were unlawful and unpatriotic and un-american but also making calls to georgia state officials and also trying to get other law enforcement agencies within states,

s. department of state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of the united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of colon poll. we now have us intelligence officials who are coming forward and saying that russia is planning to develop a prop again to video. now the state department's spokesperson was pressed on this specific evidence supporting the video claims. ned price said that once the white house is sure this information is accurate, then they will disclose what evidence they have. now, there has been a barrage of headlines and accusations from western leaders against russia over the last several weeks. and russia has responded with com to many of these allegations . now at this point, we've got kremlin spokesperson dmitri past gob who has pointed out that there had been just been so many claims over

the first one directed the department of defense to seize these machines. e second one directed the department of homeland security to do so. had those orders been issued, it would have been an unprecedented use of military and federal agents. "the new york times" reports that donald trump himself was directly involved. quote, president trump directed his lawyer, rudolph giuliani, to make a remarkable call, to ask the department of homeland security if it could legally take control of voting machines in key swing states. end quote. sources say the idea was the brain child of two retired military officers, former trump national security advisor michael flynn and army colonel phil waldron. >> it's not clear who wrote those orders. we do know that at one point, giuliani approached ken cuccinelli, second in command at dhs at the time, about seizing voting machines after the election. cuccinelli pushed back saying homeland security had no authority. cuccinelli has said the conversation never developed to the point of talking about an executive order. cnn has also

s. department of defense spokes person claims there are quote, strong, strong indications. american forces cause no civilian that we spoke with julia tumor from the u. n's children's agency about the cost of ongoing violence in syria . when we have seen an escalation and violence in that area, what this means is that children pay 1st and they pay most. and if we compare the number of casualties of children during the month of january in comparison to, let's say, december last year, the number is so it's in the higher. and this has been the case since the beginning of the year. and this has got to stop children continue to be the 1st and most to pay in this 11 year long conflict. we call an old fight and all parties to the conflict in syria to stop the fighting for the sake of serious children and its future. also, i want to show you this video has emerged of what's said to be the helicopter that us commandos were forced to blow during the rate. here you can see what's left of the vehicle. american officials deny that it crushed or was shut down and say, the crew is safe figh

i was the senior legal official for the department of defense for four years and way before that, i was a federal prosecutor prosecuting public corruption cases. there is no legal authority that i know of for the department of homeland security to seize voting machines. there is no legal authority for the department of defense to seize voting machines in this country. the only legal authority i can think of in theory for seizing voting machines is if they were evidence of a crime and there was a search warrant issued by a judge. a judicial warrant. which did not occur in this case. this is a very troubling scenario that we've apparently uncovered. it wasn't just some crazy idea floated by lawyers. it was an idea reduced to draft executive orders, which is very dangerous. very troubling. and is yet more evidence of how a we're ago in january 2021 our government, our democracy really did teeter on the brink. >> does this potentially contradict the crime? >> it could potentially constitute a crime in my view. certainly conspireing to seize voting machines, conspireing to hijack our electio

. >> in the story it indicates trump was presented with this idea of using the department of defense which most people have we've spoken to experience with the department of defense would know it's not possible. finally he calls rudy giuliani and giuliani says unless there's evidence that a power interfered in the election there's no chance the military could have any role in this whole thing so according to this article it makes the case that she thinks the chinese and the venezuelans and others were involved, but in the end, donald trump then direct giuliani to call the homeland security department and even -- the dhs says we can't do this. the bottom line is this is all stuff that donald trump is still talking about. he talked about it last night in texas, he talked about it on saturday night. he's not creating a lot of space between himself and its narrative. >> yeah, on the one hand it's not terribly surprising that trump is acting this way because today or yesterday he was saying the former vice president of mike pence should have overturned election but on the other hand when y

following a series of new york times investigations revealing systemic flaws in department of defense, that the department of defense miigates and tracks civilian casualties, secretary austin developed a civil harm plan in 90 days. at this point i'd like to turn to ranking member grassley for opening remarks. >> this hearing will cover issues related to the department of defense use of force in war on terror. this will include targeted killings and the use of drones. these are important issues that are more appropriate to the senate armed services committee. now if the chairman knew what i was doing in the 1980s before he got here, he'd say here, here. you did a lot of investigation of the defense department leading to the passage of the false claims act. i'm being a little inconsistent. there are, i want people to know -- okay. thank you. there are things within the heart of our jurisdiction that we should be holding hearings on. ghost guns form a significant corner stone of the president's policies. address spikes in murders and police attacks. it will do nothing to stop people from

and i directed the department of defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. unicef confirms that at least 6 children were killed and one girl was badly injured overnight in the border town of ad in the northwest of syria due to heavy violence. meanwhile, the pendulum says 2 children and a woman would kill steering the rage when the isis leader blew himself up. a u. s. department of defense spokesperson claims there are quote, strong, strong indications. american forces, schools know civilian deaths. i think though, the pentagon was willing to investigate with juliet to man eunice as advocacy and communications chief in the middle east. who told us the surgeon fighting 2nd and deadly toll, especially on the most formidable. when we have an escalation and violence and bad area, and what this means is that children pay 1st and they pay most. and if we compare the number of casualties of children during the month of january in comparison to, let's say, december last year, the number is so it's in the higher. and this has been the case since the beginning of the

i want to commend our dedicated intelligence community, the department of defense and members of our national security team throughout the government, whose meticulous and tires work over the course of many months insured as this mission succeeded. this operation is testament to america's reach and capability and take out terrorist threats, no matter where they try to hide anywhere in the world. i'm determined to protect the american people from terrorist threats. and i'll take to city decisive action to protect this country and will continue working with our close allies and partners. the syrian democratic forces directly security forces including the kurdish press, margaret, and more than 80 members of the global coalition to keep pressure on ices to protect our home. we remain vigilant. we remain prepared. last night's operation took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield and sent a strong message to terrace round the world. we will come after you and find you. once again to day. we continue our on see she'd effort to keep the american people safe and the strength and securi

ambassador to germany and many other highly qualified men and women to serve in the department of defense the export import bank and the u.s. international development finance corporation. we are going to work until we confirm all of these crucial nominees. and i look forward to working inhe good faith with the other side to get them done. finally, madam president, this work. -- in this work. the senate will also work on the vital task of passing an omnibus package to fund the federal government for them to shut down and make sure the federal government is well equipped to serve the american people. i'll sit out the number of democratic appropriators tomorrow to discuss the state of negotiations. and i want to thank all of the appropriators for their hard work in bringing the funding packageni together. we are going to a day and night to bring a funding package together, avoid a shut down, and make sure congress fulfills this basic duty to the american people. : : n. mr. mcconnell: senators spent mr. mcconnell: senators spent >> that we all represent that it was especially glad to return

the department of defense will continue to support diplomatic efforts, led by the white house and the state department to press for resolution. we do not believe conflict is inevitable. the united states in lockstep with our allies in partners has offered russia a path to de escalate. but we will take all prudent measures to assure our own security and that of our allies, a white house corresponding kimberly house. it has more now from washington dc. certainly there is, are many that feel this is a provocative step on the part of the united states that insist that the best path for resolving security differences with russia when it comes to the west is through diplomacy. it seems very odd to be suddenly in advance of any sort of nato vote on this to put together a reactive collective force that the united states is putting together and positioning troops to defend nato allies. in fact, this is something that was brought up at the pentagon briefing and number reporter saying, is there new intelligence that would suggest that countries, nato allies, beyond ukraine, or in any way at risk

s. department of defense both spots and claims . there are, quote, strong, strong indications. american forces cause no civilian deaths. we did speak with juliet tumor of unicef, about the cost of violence, in general, in the country. when we have seen an escalation and violence in that area, what this means is that the children paid 1st and they pay most. and if we compare the number of casualties of children during the month of january in comparison to say, december last year, the number is so it's in the higher. and this has been the case since the beginning of the year. and this has got to stop children continue to be the 1st and most to pay in this 11 year long conflict. we call an old fight and all parties to the conflicts in syria to stop the fighting for the sake of serious children and its future. meanwhile, videos are most of what said to be the helicopter. the u. s. commanders were forced to blow up during their rate. he can see what's left of it. american officials deny a crash job or shot down, adding that it was a mechanical failure that led to the job of being blo

of ukraine and russia? pres. biden: does the defense department? >> india is one of your major defense partners. is india fully in sync with the united states on russia? pres. biden: we are in consultation with india today. we have not resolved that completely. thank you very much. >> ukraine, while briefing reporters at the u.s. capitol. his remarks are about 10 minutes.

defense partner of the united states. is india fully with you on the issue of ukraine and russia? pres. biden: does the defense department? >> india is one of your major defense partners. is india fully in sync with the united states on russia? pres. biden: we are in consultation with india today. we have not resolved that completely. thank you very much. [shouting over each other] >> are you sanctioning president putin? [camera shutters] >> 10 minutes after 5:00 here

s. department of defense spokes, boston claims. there are, quote, strong, strong indications that american forces didn't cause any civilian deaths, that we spoke to julia tumor of unicef about the general cost of violence. when we have seen an escalation and violence and bad area, what this means is that children pay 1st and they pay most. and if we compare the number of counties of children during the month of january in comparison to say, december last year, the number is so it's in the higher. and this has been the case since the beginning of the year. and this has got to stop children continue to be the 1st and most to pay in this 11 year long conflict. we call an old fight and all parties to the conflicts in syria to stop the fighting for the sake of serious children and its future. meanwhile, video is a most of what set to be the helicopter. the u. s. commanders were forced to blow up during their re. you can see what's left of it, right? that american officials say it didn't crash. it wasn't shot down. they say the cruise, ok