committee comes together and have one bill. and it goes back to the house and senate. it's odd because marjorie taylor greene is not on the armed servicesommittee to begin with but is going to be put on the conference committee for this. what do you make of that? >> what i make of it is the extreme maga republicans run the republican party. i mean, basically kevin mccarthy will do whatever he has to do to appease the most extreme, obnoxious members of his party at every turn. that bill that i mentioned that we passed out of the arms services committee, that would have passed the house floor 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 democr

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

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

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 that the i is to carry out. and of course, the i, a into authorization act becomes part of the larger national defense authorization act was december. and, and had it states that d a must conduct 360 degree feedb

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

nomination. >> so let's talk about the defense authorize eggs bill because it passed the house arms services committeety which is usually 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 and having to do with stopping the pentagon for paying for a tr transgender health proceedures and the travel policy allowing individuals who are service members or married to service members who are in states where abortions are essentially to travel, and not paying for the procedure, but here's how a republican from a swing district, congresswoman jen higgins explns the vote. quote, taxpayers should not be paying for elected surgery and it was about taxpayers paying for travel for military members for elective procedures. what do you make of this all? >> incredibly frustrating congress from congressman kigins. i think what's missing here is how we've just basically said to women in service and their families that their reproductive freedoms and reproductive health i

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 collect and report on other americans. and 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 i

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

this house armed services committee has done a good job. they have repurposed over $40 billion in the bill and redirected it more efficiently. this is a bipartisan collaborative process between chairman rogers and ranking member smith who have worked well together whether one was in the majority or one was in the minority. as alum of this distinguished committee is doing a pretty good job of trying to find the savings that my friend i know wants to find and redirect. i wouldn't say disagree but put things in perspective when we talk about spending. i have been around this stuff for a long time and my dad was in the cold war. the united states spent 50% of its entire budget on defense and 9% of its gross national product because it thought that's what the threat was. and then, you know cold war wayneed, we came down. reagan defense bill, at that point defense was a third of the total federal budget, not half and was about 6% of the gross national product. currently, it's less than 4%, 3.7%. i would say that is probably too low and only 15% o

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

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

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

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

armed services committee an ndaa for this year. i'm on that committee. we'll debate it on the senate floor and we'll meet with the houseal weeks to hash out a final bill. but it is really important that the house passed a strong bill. here is the thing. i agree with speaker mccarthy, what the ndaa should be doing and what i spoke us on the senate side, focus on what our military is all about, lethalty. the military is there to protect america's national security interests. that should be the focus of the ndaa. it has been the focus of my time on the armed services committee. >> harris: when i reported on the breaking news i said paid transgender care and required diversity and senator tuberville of alabama was against that. does that come back in in order to get this done in the senate? how big is the fight at this point for you? >> you know, it's an important fight. we had a lot of amendments in the senate ndaa when he marked it up three weeks ago that focused on some similar issues. remember, in the senate the democrats control that committee. so some of our amendments on those issues did not pass, right? so the conf

>> 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

adam smith, the ranking member of the democratic party on the house armed services committee, was floatinge idea publicly that the u.s. should send cluster bombs, cluster munitions to ukraine. almost complete silence. the intercept asked for comment from embers of the progressive caucus, from the house armed services committee, 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

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

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'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

. >> 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

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 for milit

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

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

' 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

back to the house it's going to look a lot like the bill that first passed out of the house arms services committeeple 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 guys. tha

to talk about there is congressman khanna, the california determine who serves on the house armed services committeeor 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 sure that

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

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 services committeepent 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 the vote

the bill that we passed out of the committee in the armed services committee, would have passed on the floor of the house with about 260 votes. chairman rick raptors who's republican chair of the committee agrees with me on this point. we had a bill that would've been enthusiastically embraced by the overwhelming majority of the republicans and democrats, but what kevin mccarthy had to have was a bill that was enthusiastically embraced by the freedom caucus. they are doing the same thing to the appropriations bills. , yes you are absolutely correct. you know the appropriations bill know the defense bill will pass the senate. and then the freedom caucus will do what they do which is if they don't get their way, even if the or holman majority of the house and the senate disagrees with them, they will shut the place down and what we have learned days, kevin mccarthy will let them. >> congressman adam smith, thank you very much for coming to the saturday show and i hope you will come back. >> i love the opportunity, thank you for the chance. >> terrific, up next bidenomics an action. congresswoman susan del

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

>> reporter: house speaker kevin mccarthy defended his decision to name marjorie taylor greene as part of the conference committee even that shows not a member of the house armed services committee, and she is now advocating to try to restrict the united states support for ukraine in its war against russia. a position that does not have much support within congress. he said, quote, what i firmly believe in any conference is that you have to be reflective of your entire conference so there will be a number of people, he said, who will serve on the committee. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. >>> joining me is former army ranger adrian lewis, now professor of military history at the university of kansas. thank you so much for being here with us. so the military being at the center of the nation's culture wars isn't new. how different is what we're seeing now from the fight over desegregating the services, admitting women, later gays and lesbians? >> there's a social change, the vietnam war the country was deeply divided. you had the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, of course you had the anti-draft movement. so social change and social issues during war is

we're going to talk to a congresswoman who is a military veteran and a member of the house armed services committeefferently. with capellala university's game-changing flexpath format, you can earn your nursing degree without putting life on holdld. you founded your kayak company because you love the ocean- not spreadsheets. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. deed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates tching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire directv has two ways to get the tv you love: satellite or internet and that show you pretend not to love. look, if you want to watch people eat bugs in the woods, that's your thing, baby. switch today for a $200 reward card. >>> moments ago, senator tommy tuberville responded directly to president biden. . he did so to cnn's manu raju. you tracked him down because you did. what did he tell you? >> he's not backing down. he's rejecting the claim that tuberville has a ridiculous position and there's probably no point in talking to him because of his position. his position is for the pentagon to scrap its abortion policy, provi

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 particular, i want to thank the staff, certainly our staff on the house armed services committee that has done an outstanding job and the rules committee staff and also the floor staff and the parliamentarians who have to put the amendments together. from the very start when the original bill was introduced to all of the amendments and we run through these numbers it's in the ideas that are submitted from the moment we put it in the initial bill, in committee and we are talking about thousands of different pieces of legislation that have to be brought together and we members don't do any of that. we spout out the ideas and the staff work really hard to get that done and i thank you very much for that to make this process go forward. and it is a good robust bipartisan approach. we have the amendments, we have the debates. one thing i want to make clear, i'm not thrilled of the rules committee. when you are the majority what the rules committee does and that's the way this place. i might have done it differently but at the end of the day, i don't have any process objection here. the ame

i ran the policy shop for the house of armed services committee nearly 20 years ago or so, and clearlytling with these cult. >> caller: -- cultural issues. both parties are torn, and it tends to come out in these situations where you see policy issu initiatives as you discussed, come out. i think at the end of the day t defense policy bill will pass this year. it has to move through the house and the senate has to do the work, and the leadership of both sides get together to work it out. it's part of the process and it's the role of the congress to sort out these types of policy issues for the military when -- when there is divisiveness within the country. >> on that point though, look. i mean, i've covered congress for 12 years. there are always amendments. most of them are germain, but a lot of them always have ideologies, whether it's left or right, but they always have a center. that's what is different about other pieces of legislation over the last decade or so, is the house of armed services committee, which you were on always had a bipartisan approach to this, and then there wa

congressman, you serve on the house armed services committee. what do you think? do you agree with the president on including cluster bombs in this aid package to ukraine? i was talking with the former u.n. ambassador bill richardson in the prior hour, and he thought that this was not the right move. what do you think? >> i think the president did make the right move. i also recognize how difficult this decision is. however, when you consider all the factors, as the president has done, it is the right thing to do. the fields in ukraine where this war is taking place are currently littered with duds of all kinds of arms, 4 million rounds of artillery have been fired across both lines and there is considerable number of duds already in the field. these cluster munitions are very effective. the problem with them is that there are a certain percentage, perhaps 1 to 2% of these small bomblets that do not explode, they are littering the field and seriously a danger for the future. the president took all that into account, he also took into account the effectiveness of t

with what happens next, when congresswoman sarah jacobs from california, who's on the house arms service committee 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 after a la