that bill that i mentioned that we passed out of the arms services committee, that would have passed the houseloor with probably 360, 370 votes. we would have lost a few, you know, the freedom caucus members and some of our folks on the left who don't vote for the defense bill typically, we had a strong bipartisan bill, but kevin mccarthy's made it clear, whatever the far right wants, he will give them. and no, no, we've never had anyone serve on the conference committee who's not a member of the committee. but, again, he will give away what he has to give away to keep them, you know, at least marginally happy, i suppose. >> congressman adam smith, ranking democrat on the house armed services committee. thank you for your time, sir. >> thank you, appreciate the chance. >>> now police say dna found on a pizza crust helped them arrest a suspected serial killer. stick around. at no upfront cost.ion res sometimes you need a second opinion. [coughs] good to go. yeah, i think i'll get a second opinion. all l these walls gotta go! ah ah ah! i'd love a second opinion. no. i'm going to get a second opi

i'm so honored to serve with so many newly elected members on the house armed services committee. one of our rising stars, you're going to hear from two today is, jen i canningens, who is a navy helicopter pilot, a former state senator and the representative for virginia beach. ms. kiggans: thank you so much for being here to celebrate the passage of the ndaa. one reason i ran for congress is to restore strength for our military. it's so important that we not only fight for our service members and their families every day but that we give them the resources and tools they need to get the job done, to defend our great nation. and this bill does a couple of things. it maintains a number of ships that the marine corps asked for which was 31. we pushed back against the biden administration, the number of ships they wanted to cut. we have to maintain that number of ships. we are behind when we look at our adversaries like china and where they are. so it's important to, again, protect our ship building and our ship repair industry. and to give these guys the tools that they deserve. ano

use of artificial intelligence in the military and its role in national security from the house armed servicesubcommittee on cyber information technology and innovation. during the hearing, witnesses from the field of ai spoke on the ethics of its usage and of the importance of collaboration in the sector. this is about an hour and a

you're on the house armed services committee. how widespread is that concerning congress?ys knew a counteroffensive would be difficult. it is always more difficult to take ground than to defend it but i think we have also consistently seen the ukrainian military be underestimated and i think we will see them have success as we continue on through this summer. sarahjacobs, the democrat from california, also a member of the house armed services committee. thank you for being with us. japan will begin releasing treated radioactive waste water from the fukushima nuclear power plant into the pacific ocean, some 12 years after a tsunami severly damanged the plant in 2011. the plan to release treated waste water from nuclear plant has been endosed by a united nations watchdog, but some scientists and activists have opposed the plan due to concerns on the impact of the oceanbed and marine life. fishing groups are also worried as they fear consumers will avoid buying regional seafood. live now to michael bristow— asia pacific—editor for the bbc�*s world service. micky, talk us thro

because it passed the house armed services committee 58-1. y how these bills go. but then it goes to the floor of the house and republicans' majorities voted to add more controversial amendments having to do with getting rid of the pentagon's office of diversity, having to do with stopping the pentagon from paying for transgender health procedures. and then there's that travel policy allowing individuals who are service members or married to service members who are in states where abortion is essentially illegal to travel. not paying for their procedure of abortion, but paying for the travel, as the pentagon does for other health procedus. i want you -- here's how a republican from a swing rict, congress bahama jen hiin explained the vote. quote, taxpayers should be the knot be paying for elective certainly. it was about taxpayers paying for travel for elekctive procedures. what do you make of this all? >> incredibly frustrating narrative coming from representative keegans. abortion care is not always an elective decision. and what's missing h

a republican chaired effort in the house arms services committee and that's the kind of approach thato see. that's the kind of approach that i believe most republicans in the house as well as in the senate would like to see in bringing forward a defense authorization act that as i said, year after year has commanded overwhelming bipartisan majorities precisely because it has not brought domestic, social debates into the middle of our national security. that's what a certain group of republicans are trying to do now. in the end i don't believe it will succeed because i believe wisdom will prevail. >> we keep talking about what most republicans believe. they showed you what they believe with your vote, but let's move on at this week's nato summit. the g7 countries agreed to provide, quote, security guarantees to ukraine. two months ago, president biden finally decided that he would allow european countries to give f-16 fighter jets to ukraine and to teach ukrainian pilots how to use those jets, but a pentagon spokesperson told politico this week that formal approval was, quote, still be

speaker, as a proud member of the house armed services committee and the representative for critical military enat that laitions in -- installations in alabama i take seriously my responsibility to ensure that our service men and women get the tools and support that they need to keep our nation safe. this year's ndaa, as it is currently written, does just that. the bill will help modernize alabama's air national guard facilities and support leadership training at maxwell air force base in montgomery, alabama. it also includes record funding to support research at hbcu's and makes significant investments in the health and well-being of our service men and women and their families. while i voted to pass the ndaa out of committee last month, i remain very kerpd that my -- concerned that my republican colleagues are trying to push poison pill amendments. aldz focused -- amendments focused on culture wars and not unity but division. and not social security. or medicaid. or national security. for 61 years congress has passed the ndaa with bipartisan support. i implore my colleagues across t

i serve on the house armed services committee, and i am a mother of two. my colleagues want to ensure that the enlisted women in the united states military and their family members who live in republican states where abortion has been banned are forced to carry pregnancy to term even in the case of rape and incest. unlike my republican colleagues, i trust women. and unlike my republican colleagues, i believe women have a place in the united states military and it is our job to support them. i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman yields. ms. sherrill: thank you, madam speaker. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: you have the only time remaining. ms. sherrill: thank you. i'd like to yield 30 seconds to my friend and valued colleague, partner in this effort, the gentleman from colorado. the chair: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for 30 seconds. >> madam speaker, i rise today in opposition to this extreme and misguided amendment. mr. crow: in iraq and afghanistan, i fought alongside service members from every race, gender, and political af

in fact, it came out of the house armed services committee with one vote. it passed with democratic and republican support. that was not the case that happened just now. just four democrats broke ranks and voted for it. four republicans voted against it. among the democrats who voted for it, jared golden of maine. he's a democrat from a swing district. someone who is more moderate than many members. he voted for this plan. andy biggs, a conservative member of the house freedom caucus along with ken buck, republican as well. four conservative members on the house voting no, but the democratic support so little is because of the changes that were added to the bill. speaker mccar thi catering to the demands of his far right, which is threatening to hold up this bill, allowed amendments to go forward that would nix the abortion policy providing to serve members of the military that travel out of state to get ab abortion. also dealing with transgender health care, eliminating health care for transgender veterans would be part of the bill as well. it's eliminatin

most of the discussions in the house armed services committee were similar. again, we are going to have these differences. and let the chips fall where they may. with that i would suspect whatever product comes off this floor will be the product that the majority of this body chose. then we'll go, if my friends well know, to sit down with the united states senate. they'll have a different product. and the president will be part of that discussion. because he has to sign the bill. we are going to have a pretty good tussle here. to think this is the be all and end all today is a disservice to the process and how it unfolds and how it actually works. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: how many more speakers do you have? mr. cole: i'm prepared to close whenever my friend is. mr. mcgovern: how much time do i have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 6 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. mcgovern:: i'll close, m

he was also the only member of the house armed services committee to vote no on the new pentagon budget. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the international atomic energy agency says it's seen no evidence to back claims by ukraine's government that russia's military has planted explosives at the russian-held zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern ukraine. but the iaea said it needed additional access to all six of zaporizhzhia's reactor buildings to be sure. both moscow and kyiv have accused each other of preparing to sabotage europe's biggest nuclear plant. overnight, a russian missile attack on the western city of lviv killed at least four people and injured 32 others. in eastern ukraine, an airstrike triggered a massive fireball in the russian-occupied city of makiivka. video shows a smaller initial -- russian officials said the strike hit a hospital, killing one person and injuring dozens. ukraine's military says the video clearly shows it struck a russian arms depot. in minsk, belarusian president a

have the senate or house to arms or arms services committees. done anything at all to fix these problems? have you been in touch at all with the oversight committees? yes. are engaged to primary oversight committees, both the house armed services, committee hat, committee, unintelligence, or hips, the commonly referred to as a house and tele committee from the hast i received nothing. substantive was carried out however, from the hip. and i think one of the issues that i brought to light, which we haven't to file a sions of executive order. 12, triple 3 year 1233. and that is the explicit prohibition with exceptions, of course, of collecting. there were multiple. busy allegations in that report to congress about violations of the 12th triple 3. but validations that as intelligence agency brought to collect. and reuben, i, i surmise that is what really caught the attention of the house and talk committee because they did act on it in fact. and they passed into law via the fiscal year 2023 intelligence authorization act, several remedial measures t

have the senate or house to arms or arms services committees. done anything at all to fix these problems? have you been in touch at all with the oversight committees? yes. are engaged to primary oversight committees bought the house armed services committee ask and then the house permanent select committee on intelligence or hips . the commonly referred to as a house intel committee from the hast, i received fairly tepid response. nothing substantive was carried out. however, from the hip see that the story was different. and i think one of the issues that i brought to light, which we haven't discussed yet, was the potential violations of the executive order. 12, triple, 3 year 1233. and that is the explicit prohibition with exceptions, of course, of collecting and reporting on us persons. there were multiple. busy allegations in that report to congress about violations of the 12th triple 3 and not only reporting and collecting but the allegations that managers and leaders within the defense intelligence agency tasks americans are brought to coll

along with what happens next, when congresswoman sarah jacobs from california, who's on the house arms servicettee joins the conversation. and, republican presidential candidates lean into that our culture war issues at the conservative summit in iowa, with one notable exception. front runner donald trump missing in action. why he skipped it, and whether it helps his competitors who want to win over evangelical voters. plus, hollywood on strike. why screen actors are joining rioters on the picket line. how long might it take for the industry to get back up again? and when might you start to notice that your favorite shows and new movies won't be there? i've charles coleman junior. we have a lot to talk about. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> republicans are drafting u.s. service members into their culture wars. the national defense authorization act, or ndaa is a yearly defense spending bill passed by congress. for decades, its passage has been bipartisan, and mostly routine. it includes military pay raises, and says defense policies among other things. but on friday, the ndaa only narrowly made it through the house

a member of the house armed services committee -- and will get her reaction to some of tommy tuberville's blockade on military proposals, a move that leaves this country less safe. i a. am michael steele in for my good friend ayman my heady. be careful. if you're claustrophobic. tonight, we begin with the walls closing in on donald trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. as investigators at this federal state livers move toward the final stages of their probes. now let's start with the special counsel, jack smith's inquiry. according to reporting for the new york times and cnn, federal prosecutors recently sat down for hours, apparently, with both trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, and his former longtime aide hope hicks. and nbc news confirms that prosecutor spoke -- former white house communications director alyssa according to the times, what could the commission was asked quote, a according to four people briefed on the matter. that line of questioning suggests prosecutors are trying to establish whether mr. trump was acting with corrupt intent as he sought to rem

as the speaker pointed out, chairman rogers and all the members of the house armed services committee spent weeks and months putting together a bill that refocuses our military on their core mission, the mission that under the constitution we as a congress have an obligation to go out and fulfill and protect and fund. that's what this ndaa does. it refocuses on the real threats to america as a free nation and as the leader of the free world and allows us to get back focused on that role. yes, a shame that democrats walked away from that. it's shame that democrats walked away from a 5% pay raise to our men and women in uniform who deserve it because they wanted to defend the far left woke indoctrination ideology. that's not the focus of the department of defense. i'm proud of what our members did coming together in a difficult time to say let's get that focus back where it needs to be on defending america and protecting our friends around the world and standing up to the bad actors, which there are and are getting more and more aggressive. we need to be more and more focused. that's wh

various military academies testified on their admissions process and curriculum before the house armed services subcommittee on military personnel. they discussed the role of standardized testing and the importance of diversity on the heels of the supreme court's decision to end affirmative action at public universities and colleges.

>> jake, you're skipping over there that chairman of the house armed services committee in congress and many others practically begged the pentagon not to politicize this issue of abortion, not to dive the pentagon headlong into it where they're paying for the travel and paying for the lodging of military members to travel wherever they want to go, whenever they think the state laws are most favorable. i mean they really should not have politicized this issue. and oh, by the way, it's illegal with the hyde act. that's his issue. i think right now, yes, we have an acting commandant of the marine corps. he's doing the job, but we need to resolve this issue, and it's a broader issue of the pentagon basically saying to service members if you don't like state law whether it's on abortion, maybe it's on the second amendment, maybe it's on some other issue, education policy that you don't think is favorable that we'll relocate you or we'll pay for you to go somewhere else, and that is a pandora's box that i wish this pentagon hadn't opened. >> the hyde amendment says you can't use federal fund

the intercept asked for comment from embers of the progressive caucus, from the house armed servicesmmittee, democrats got almost no response. this is a bit late. yes, the statement is good. they should have been screaming bloody murder weeks ago as the biden administration moved toward this decision. i think this decision should be put in a context, a context that ever since the biden administration withdrew the last troops from afghanistan almost two years ago, it has been moving more and more to recalibrate its militarism around the planet. for instance, the military budgets, through the roof. a year ago almost exactly, fist bumping the defector leader of saudi arabia while his country was continuing to slaughter people with u.s. help in yemen. we had just last month the red carpet treatment of prime minister modi from india at the white house and capitol hill, 70 with egregious, terrible human rights violations, particularly its muslims and others in india. what is the common thread? i willing to sacrifice human beings and human rights on behalf of the strategic interest of the u

i'm ember of the house armed services committee will respond. and we will get her reaction to some of tommy tub reveals blockade on u.s. military promotions, a move that leads this country less safe. i am michael steele, in for my good friend ayman mohyeldin. be careful if you are claustrophobic. tonight, we begin with the walls closing in on donald trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, as investigators at both the federal and state levels move toward the final stages of their probes. now, let's start with the special counsel, jack smith's inquiry. according to the near reporting from the new york times -- with both trump's son-in-law, jared commissioner, and his former longtime aide hope hicks. and nbc news confirms that prosecutor spoke -- former white house communications director alyssa farrow griffin -- ex presidents intent in the -- after the election. according to the times, commissioner was asked, quote, about whether mr. trump had privately acknowledged, in the days after the 2020 election, that he had lost, accor

she's a member of the house armed services committee and sits on the military personnel subcommittee. you. let's start with the defense bill vote. the house now really passed a bill that would ban the secretary of defense from paying for all reimbursing service members for abortion will it'd expenses, and gender affirming care, what is your reaction to seeing these attempts, these ongoing attempts, to strike down reproductive health care, and health care at large from within the military itself? >> it is another example of how irresponsible republicans have become because they are afraid to stand up to the most extreme elements of their party. in our committee during marca, we passed a bill, 58 to 1. it had broad bipartisan support. and with the national defense authorization act, that is typically a bipartisan effort. but after the amendments were added on to it, these things democrats could not vote for. taking away women's right to choose. trying to disco destroy diversity, equity, and inclusion, saying that the military should never preserve those things on promoting people. and s

i'd also like to thank the house armed services committee for including my amendment to perform studies to direct more resources to remote and isolated military bases like the five that exist in my district. civilian contractor services are critical for providing the services that make life bearable on bases like the ones that i represent. this study will be a meaningful improvement in the quality of lives of the service men and women that serve in my district. i'd also like to urge adoption of an amendment that i have offered to increase permitting flexibility for the 29 palms air marine combat center for the permitting of a joint exercise that allows the annual king of the hammers event to take place in my district. this is one of the largest off-road racing events in the world. it is beloved by residents of my district and by marines alike. it brings over 80,000 people annually to the johnson valley in my district. it's a major economic driver. we want to continue to see this event take place in the future as a joint exercise between the king of hammers event and the marine corps. th

we brought this to the chair of the house armed services committee, congressman adam smith. owners who are purchasing land near military sites or national security sites should be required to identify themselves? rep. smith: absolutely. i think we need greater transparency on that. stephanie: there was no clear reporting structures from sensitive basis to federal agencies responsible. congressman john garamendi is working to change that, adding new language in the national defense authorization act, or ndaa, that would streamline communications to the proper authorities to review these cases. rep. garamendi: if you are not and operation, why are you keeping a secret? stephanie: last year, 300 acres of farmland was purchased near an air force base in another state. rep. garamendi: to build a 400-foot silo that could look directly into the base. wait a minute. what is going on there? stephanie: flannery associates told the i-team no group holds any significant control over the flannerys. congressman smith said that is charmingly nonspecific. if it is determined that this is co

. >> i would add, we learned in the house armed services committee for every dollar that we spend on gender reassignment on the military we have to spend four additional dollars on appending psych medical that goes along with that. why we would engage in an activity that causes, that even accelerated cost structure around psych is strange for me and i'm glad we've got amendments to stop paying for those surgeries. another issue on the trans issue, the exceptional family program, my colleague may want to address this, but in someone in the military had a family member with unique heart ailment for something that requires intense medical treatment they could use that and that pot of money was getting robbed for people to get gender blockers and embrace radical gender theories. >> the last person willing to take a child of a veteran who has down syndrome and ailments, they're willing to assign those dollars to transgender surgery. sometimes, you don't want people on the battlefield who are deciding whether they're a man or a woman. decide that before you go. we want you to protect the f

forces subcommittee, i have had the distinct honor of working closely with my colleagues on the house armed services committee on this year's ndaa. this bill fully funds modernization of our nuclear triade, establishes the nuclear sea launch cruise missile as a program of record. prevents the biden administration from attempting to retire any element of our nuclear arsenal, and prohibits them from sharing nuclear information with russia until the russians reciprocate. additionally, the bill removes out moded missile defense policy limitations and c crucially requires and funds hyper 1234eubg capabilities. it advances our organization in military space including with the establishment of a space national guard. my colleagues in the house will be pleased to know that this bill also takes significant steps to end wokeness in the military by banning critical race theory and ending d.e.i. overreach. our military is not a social experiment. it is a fighting force that should be empowered to prioritize these missions. to this end the bill includes a 5.2% pay raise for service members, expands opportunities

i applaud chairman rogers and ranking member smith and the house armed services committee and their stafffor crafting the fiscal year 2024 national defense authorization act. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation. this is not an easy process but even as a freshman member of the committee and as a veteran of over 20 years, i always felt my voice was heard, as well as my colleagues'. and that we were heard and considered. this ndaa secures the future of our military and our nation. it makes critical investments to improve the lives of our service members and give our war fighters the tools they need to meet tomorrow's needs. h.r. 2670 also combats another concerning trend, which is on the mind of every american, particularly those who serve the politicalization of our military. in the military, we may be different shades of green, but we all bleed red. i'm pleased to support the ndaa that ensures our military is squarely focused on the missions set outlined in the oath of office that my fellow service members and i swore to uphold. once again, i thank chairman rogers for bringing

a house armed services subcommittee heard testimony on the risks and barriers the us department of defenseogy. they discussed how china is developing ai for its own military use. earlier, i spoke to congressman ro khanna, who was at the hearing today. thank you forjoining us again on bbc news. we saw technology and ai leaders raise the alarm, saying that the us military needs to move faster and try to integrate ai because that is what the chinese government is doing. what did you make of that? i thought they were optimistic of what we had done better, we had better datasets in our military, we have combined, when you look at the private sector and the department of defence, more spending, but they are saying that china is doubling down of the strategy and obviously has a lot of public data and we have to be intentional about making sure that we take the lead and keep the lead in the military applications of hacker0ne. precisely on the question of data, alexander wang, the ceo of scale ai, responding to a question that you asked him, he says the military needs to be able to develop ai quick

democrat from california, also a member of the house armed services committee. us. the whereabouts of wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin have been a mystery since he led a short—lived rebellion in russia last month. under the deal to end the stand—off, charges against him were dropped and he was offered a move to belarus. but yesterday, belarus leader alexander lukashenko said prigozhin was in russia after all. last week, bbc verify revealed these satellite images that appeared to show activity at a disused military base around 64 miles from the belarusian capital. the area has been reported in russian media as a place that could house wagner fighters. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg has visited that site — and he's sent this report. this is an abandoned soviet military base. about 1.5 hours from minsk. and this is one place that the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko belarus, alexander lu kashenko has belarus, alexander lukashenko has offered to the wagner mercenary is as a camp, a base, if they relocate to belarus. and we have been brought here today by the

a house armed services subcommittee heard testimony on the risks and barriers the us department of defencew china is developing ai for its own military use. earlier, i spoke with massachusetts congressman seth moulton, who sits on the committee. great to have you back on the show. when he spoke to you last time, you expressed hope congress could move quickly to prevent some of the dangerous uses of ai in warfare. some of the worst scenarios for that congress is closer to doing that? ., . ., , ~ , that? to clarify, i think it is that? to clarify, i think it is that congress _ that? to clarify, i think it is that congress should - that? to clarify, i think it is that congress should focus | that? to clarify, | think it is - that congress should focus on, they should move quickly on anything for them a basic argument is because congress moves to slow these days, when not going to be able to regulate the whole ai industry very effectively. we won't be able to keep up with the pace of technological change. we should do is focus on the most dangerous cases. some of these educators like using ai

to question the mode vegas of those raising issues, i think it is to bring it to the senate armed services, housevices. are we ready or not? are these programs of diversity and inclusion something that we treasure above equality and are they undermining readiness? otherwise it is whipping back and forth. it is not the way to treat our men and women serving our country and putting their lives on the line. >> what do you have to say to these far right republicans saying the u.s. military has a, quote, wokeness problem? >> well, i would ask them, i'm asking you what is wokeness? what does it mean? i said earlier today that it was harry truman, was he woke when he said we can no longer tolerate and accept the segregation of our military? that black men and women have an absolute equal right to serve in our military and serve together and not segregated? we don't want black people to drink at different water fountains, stay in different hotel rooms, et cetera. he decided we had to integrate. was that awoke decision or a reality decision based upon our principles. equal opportunity under the law. no di

' travel across state to get an abortion, that should have been put to the senate armed services committee and the house services committee as part of the national defense authorization act and get their decision on this. representatives of the american people. whether the american people are going to pay for that or not. get that out of the hands. it is such a politically charged issue. >> dana: it is. they maintain it is not a change but it looks clearly on the face of it that they did change without that kind of permission or oversight. we might see you again as we wait for the press conference. thank you. >> bill: that is vermont and that could be a potential catastrophe inching closer as we speak. there is a dam dangerously close to overflowing amid historic flooding. we'll go live and check it out where we stand at this hour. fireworks on the hill. the f.b.i. director will face cuff questions over the hunter biden investigation and much, much more. stay tuned. it is all coming up. i was told my small business wouldn't qualify for an erc tax refund. you should get a second opinion from innovation r

here's what's the ranking member of the house armed services committee told me yesterday. >> neither the appropriations bills nor the defense bill will pass the senate. the freedom caucus will do what they do, which, is if they don't get their way, even if the overwhelming majority of the house and senate disagrees with them, they will shut the place down. what we've learned is kevin mccarthy will let them. >> joining me now, california congresswoman, sara jacobs, a member of the house democratic steering and policy committee and the foreign affairs and armed services committee. congresswoman jacobs, welcome to the sunday show. as you well know, the nba has historically been a must pass bill. but this time around, it was learned with meg agenda amendments. your thoughts on your colleague's actions? >> i am incredibly disappointed in how the nda turned out with the horrible things they put around gender-affirming care, trans rights, around abortion access for service members. the reason the united states is so powerful is because we can build these international coalitions, that's bec

comes back to the house it's going to look a lot like the bill that first passed out of the house arms servicesttee a couple weeks ago. >> i like how it becomes a law on capitol hill. i want to ask you real quickly, i was talking to a senator last night who literally was, like, if they want -- a republican senator, about house republicans saying if they want to go down this path in terms of breaking way from the bipartisan committee product that came out, that's their choice. that just means that they are going to have to eat what we pass. paraphrasing a little bit. eat what we pass was definitely in there. true? >> yeah, i think that is always the risk. kevin mccarthy and steve scalise would argue if you are going to have a conference with the united states senate, then you want to show the strongest conservative bill you can pass in the house, that gives you a stronger negotiating hand, but it can also put you in a position where you look unreasonable when you come to negotiating with the u.s. senate, and i think that's what that member is incinerating to you. >> senators don't like the house

joining me to talk about there is congressman khanna, the california determine who serves on the house armed services. thanks for joining us. as you know, speaker mccarthy is accusing democrats who voted against this of putting politics over the servicemen and women. what is your response? >> chairman milley disagrees with speaker mccarthy. chairman milley said in the military, we have to educate folks about reading all the different books. it would be shameful for the military not to do that. what the republicans are doing is disregarding the advice of military officers, putting in very divisive amendments they can't read certain books, they can't have reproductive rights. you had all of the democrats -- many voted for the bill in committee -- now say we can't vote for the bill because it's too extreme. >> congressman, how concerned are you about republicans eliminating diversity initiatives in the military? what impact could that have if the amendments were to become law? >> the military has historically been the leader in building a multiracial society. they led in integration. they led in making

stuart: congressman mike walz joinings now, and he's a member of the house armed services committee.ongressman, the president says welcome to nato but you join later and gives him $3.6 billion of weapons. what do you say? >> the administration made the right call and not the right time for ukraine to come into nato. number one would directly put us in the war and number two, i'm not for expanding nato any further until the current nato members, stu, pay up. right now we're sitting at 9 out of 32 nato members are living up to their decades-old commitment for 2% of gdp, and i'm sick and tired of the american taxpayers subsidizing european defense. we pay for their defense, they pay for their goody social programs. it's unfair, and it's wrong. i think that's the right call at least for now. stuart: president trump demanded that they pay up and things they don't like. >> they actually started to. stuart: that was a real success for the president in my opinion. what about cluster bombs. do you support that? >> look, as long as russia is using them with a 30% dud rate, we're talking about

parties are's going to be a fracture over certain things progress was a partyline vote and house armed services weeks ago. at two weeks ago the ukraine surprise for counteroffensive china breakthrough and southeast. the wagner group is poised to march on moscow at opportune moment to be on the offensive re-house gop about partyline vote and armed services markup of the defense budget to cut half a billion dollars of funding for ukraine rethink about the message that sends to our allies fighting on the frontlines of the free world nikki haley says nothing about it. she claims she is sweet should support ukraine the real test is whether going to stick up term party and say you are wrong, we're going to be with ukraine all the way to crimea. shannon: let's talk about afghanistan you serve there, thank you for that. you've seen the problems of close to how complex and wouldn't disaster it was for many decades. so, with after action report. you said in a piece in late august before the bombing kabul airport the cost 13 line suppressive snake in the right moves a very difficult decision to pull out.

joy to me cory mills a member of the house armed services foreign affairs committee, great to see youry under oath actually lied whether he owned or utilized a private jet. he mocked me in the middle of the hearing and the climate czar he wants every individual to utilize 6000 pounds as a carbon footprint, him and his family alone have a 325 cubic ten carbon footprint, they came back and said he don't personally own a aircraft. my wife owns one. that'll be interesting to find out whether the file jointly or separately in the irs taxes that will state whether he had a utilization or ownership. whether my time was done by colleague congressman mike waltz went forward and question the former secretary once again and he says i may have taken one flight, the bottom line the climate hypocrisy that's been going on by former secretary john kerry must come to an end we have to hold people accountable for their own actions. maria: so much hypocrisy it reminds me of the news this week that the ceo of blackrock larry fink announces he's putting the ceo of saudi on his board. how hypocritical coul

as a member of the house arm services committee, how do you see that? >> first of all, nobody can trust russia. nobody can trust putin. i believe that most russians want to end this war just like ukraine. you know, if joe biden had been president in the 80s, the cold war would still be going on. at the end of the day, most people don't trust the propaganda that russia is putting out. >> so the wagner group make the progress that they saw in ukraine with the brutal tactics, levelling towns. you think the ukrainians now that they're gone can turn the tide and push the russians out of that contested area? >> i'm hopeful as much money as the united states and money and equipment and defense, lethal defense that europe has provided ukraine, i hope that they can finish this war, that they can end this thing. everybody wants peace. everybody around the world wants to see this thing ended. and i'm hoping that they will do it in short order. otherwise, who knows how long this will go on. >> the former russian president, medlevev says western support for ukraine

focused on, and as the speaker pointed out, chairman rogers and all of the members of the house armed servicesommittee spent weeks an months putting together a bill that refocuses military on the core mission, the mission that under the constitution that we as a congress have an obligation to go out and fulfill and protect and fund. that is what this ndaa does. it refocuses on the real threats to america as a free nation, and the leader of the free world to allow us to get back focused on that role. yes, it is a shame that the democrats walked away from that, and a shame that the democrats walked away from a 5% pay raise to the men and women in uniform who deserve it, because they wanted to defend a far left woke ideology, and that is not the focus of the department of defense. i am proud of what the members did coming together in a difficult time to say, let's get that focus back to where it needs to be and protecting the friends around the world in standing up to the bad actors which there are and they are getting more and more aggressive and we need to be more and more focused. that is what

decision up on the hill, some people praising the president's order but even a democrat on house armed services not happy here saying she was, quote, incredibly disappointed by the president's decision to send these weapons. bret. >> bret: mark meredith live on the north lawn. mark, thank you. >> treasury secretary jan he et yellen is meeting with chinese officials today focusing on easing economic tensions between washington and beijing. edward lawrence of fox business is in beijing again tonight with the story. >> reporter: a big meeting in a grand room. the chinese premier, lee chang impressing treasure secretary janet yellen while offering no real changes a senior treasury official says they talked about broad strokes and how to avoid miscommunication followings policies the u.s. put into place. >> both the economic competition, it is not winner take all, but with a fair set of rules will benefit both of our countries. >> reporter: a senior treasury official called the meeting candid and constructive but that official could not tell me any specific area the secretary pushed back on chinese

it got sorted out in the house armed services committee. they get to vote on it.l struggles going on in the halls of congress. tuberville better change his ways. he is harming u.s. national security. not just families moving, this is higher than that. when you go to a conference and you don't have a t accelerating now soon we won't have a chairman of the jcs unless they push tuberville into pulling back on this ridiculous -- >> milley's term is going to be up, and you've got an approved nominee, but least got to be confirmed by the senate. >> some 32% of nominations apparently right now are held, and it's not just lesser quality officers, it's the impermanence of it all. we just don't want the uniformed military to be part of these political struggles, and that's where they're taking us. >> it's always great to see you. come more often. >> good to see y >> good to be with ouyou, andre >>> and on the arrival, how more airlines are trying to use ai to cutto down on flight delays. that would be welcome, right? as weather-related disruptions seem to be becoming the no

i'll ask a black member of the house armed services committee, who was there on the floor, for his reaction in just a minute. meanwhile, a true national road global security threat is being ignored by the right. extreme temperatures, and weather on the rise, due to climate change, with communities of color being hit the hardest, and several weeks of a summer that is already broken global records. i had of them, has been heated up. a former epa advisor explains why climate justice, is a civil rights issue. we'll talk to him later in the show. and, not even a month after -- the supreme court's ruling on affirmative action, gop attorney generals are already going on the offensive, against diversity in the workplace. and it doubling down on college campuses. can it be stopped, and how? all of this tonight, on politicsnation. but first, here's jessica layton with our top news stories. jessica. >> hi reverend al. and thank you. a lot that we are looking at this hour, starting with following a press conference of hampton county georgia, where officials unidentified the suspect responsible for kill