leon panetta, thank you as always. good to see you, mr. secretary. >>> and mask confusion. keeping tabss on where do you go and what doio you do? wear it? not wear it? what is the white house going to do about it. confusion everywhere. this is "andrea mitchell reports." n everywhere this is "andrea mitchell reports. wealth is shutting down the office for mike's retirement party. worth is giving the employee who spent half his life with you, the party of a lifetime. ♪ ♪ wealth is watching your business grow. worth is watching your employees grow with it. ♪ ♪ maybe it's another refill at your favorite diner... or waiting for the 7:12 bus... or sunday afternoon in the produce aisle. these moments may not seem remarkable. but at pfizer, protecting the regular routine, and everyday drives us to reach for exceptional. working to impact hundreds of millions of lives... young and old. it's what we call, the pursuit of normal. ♪ ♪ let's do it. we already hit the bank, the museum, the jewelry store. the pursuit of normal. where to next? next, we save hundreds with xfinity mobile. huh

, who was my congressman at the time i grew up in a navy family and we were in leon panetta's district in monterey. and so i saw the california men in the california delegation, leon panetta, george miller chuck schumer, and he's not on the california delegation marty russo chuck schumer. there was john worth a cabal of men that sounds weird, but you know, i mean that i was like wow this nancy pelosi. it's like boom. she's all the appropriations committee. boom. she's chair of the california delegation. boom. she's rising in leadership people that helped her and but i'm never clear that's interesting. and then also did she have an ambition to be speaker when she got there or like it was just like i also can imagine no one else can do this job. i'm doing it. i think she looked at how the what the democratic leadership was doing, and she thought they were doing it very well. that's what i think too. i don't think she came to washington thinking gee i want to climb this ladder. i think she looked at it and said boy are these people in apt? i don't think and i don't think it was gender-dri

shery: leon panetta speaking with david westin.bove the seven dollar level after surpassing eight dollars for the first time since 2008. gas supply concerns with oil also continuing to rally on the asian sector. libya shutting down the biggest oil fields and that has sent prices higher. we have corn nearing the highest on record. not only because of the war in ukraine and needing to conserve supply, but also because fertilizer prices are rising and that is hampering production here in the u.s.. gold is under pressure but it is under a high rate it is being factored into the market and inflation concerns rising. iron or rallying to the eight month high because we have seen data in china where we could see some stimulus measures coming out of beijing. haidi: more tightening ahead for the rbn. we heard from the governor out in -- you should expect more tensioning measures to come after the biggest rate hike in 22 years. the move by the fed was about tensioning as opposed to the level of the end rate. when it comes to the two years and

for example, if we look at former ca, director turned event secretary leon panetta, he used one of his many, many recent appearances on the and then to talk about how the u. s. just is not sending ukraine enough weapon and that no point or is it mentioned that i also reportedly has ties to raytheon, which is one of the largest defense contractors here in the u. s. and yet with all of this, talk about the need for the us to send more weapons to ukraine. it never is mentioned that this trend of supplying weapons to a country only leads to instability and chaos, which then creates more refugees. this is the u. s. policy always to make great promises and come through on nothing when it comes to the people themselves. so with millions of refugees, once again, us policy is to give assistance to almost none of them. and to instead, impose on the surrounding countries an enormous dislocation. at this point, the biden administration has managed to process, they managed a process in march 12 ukrainians who had refugee status. and by the way, this happens all the time. look at the hundreds of tho

for example, if we look at former ca, director turn defense secretary leon panetta, he used one of his many, many recent appearances on cnn to talk about how the u. s. just is not sending ukraine and the weapon and that no pulling wasn't mentioned. and that i also reportedly have ties to raytheon, which is one of the largest defense contractors here in the u. s. and yet with all of this, talk about the need for the u. s. decide more weapons ukraine. it never is mentioned that this trend of supplying weapons do a country only leaves you instability and chaos which then creates more refugees. and the trillion government minister has arrived on the solomon islands for talks, amid concerns encumbered over a proposed security deal between the country and china. the ministers are ready urge the islands pm, not to sign the deal, alleging beijing's presence cut to stabilize, which we have asked solomon islands respectfully, to consider not signing the agreement and to consult the pacific family in the spirit of regional openness and transparency. consistent with our region security frameworks,

for example, if we look at former ca, director turn defense secretary leon panetta, he used one of his many, many recent appearances on cnn to talk about how the u. s. just is not sending ukraine enough weapons. and at no point was it mentioned that i also reportedly has ties to raytheon, which is one of the largest defense contractors here in the u. s. and yet with all of this, talk about the need for the us to send more weapons to ukraine. it never is mentioned that this trend of supplying weapons to a country only leads to instability and chaos, which then creates more refugees taken us through that story from washington d. c. r t corresponding rachel blevins. ah, russia and india have reiterated their strong co operation and partnership of the country celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations. this wednesday. the anniversary though comes against the backdrop of increasing pressure from washington. which once india to join us led sanctions against moscow, new delhi has so far maintained neutral stamps on the conflict. then you, following a somewhat earlier this week, washington is

joining us under president obama, leon panetta. many secretary, welcome back. start with the missile defense system moving into ukraine. how would that change the dynamics in ukraine. >> that is is incredibly important right now. because when something like what we saw happen today at this railroad station, where a missile struck innocent men and women and children, and using intelligence came abilities, you could identify with that missile came from and the ability to respond would be very important right now to make clear to the russians that they are not free to do this kind of wanton attack without getting hit back. >> if it is true what we just reported there, that a senior defense official is seeing the same resupply problems and sustainment proek problems with the russian troops that they had seen at beginning of this onslaught, how could the ukrainian side capitalize on that. now that the russian troops are amassing in the east, and preparing by our accounts for this onslaught, how could the ukrainians capitalize on their weaknesses. >> well frankly thi

we heard last hour from former defense secretary leon panetta said this is the most important moment the ukrainians to hit back. do they have all they need to defend themselves at this moment in. >> they are ammunition whether it's small arms, javelin, medical medical equipment, whatever it is. they are extending that throughout the fight. do they have everything they need? it's a yes or no. they have their force. it's trained force. it's a well led force. well commanded force. employ well. this is where they need help. they need to replace those systems in the am mie in addition -- ammunition that's been extended in fight. >> john kirby started this briefing by talking about the attack on the train station there. at least 50 people killed. we heard announcements from around the world of increase sanctions. this is after bucha. is this a different moment after the attack on this train station? >> we had es indicationlations of entirety to the west. that's continuing this week. we now have an agreement in the last 48 hours from europe is they will cut off coal over the coming months.

former defense secretary l leon panetta, always appreciate the insights, thank you very much. >>> coming up, a family's desperate search for their relative who they say was abducted by russian troops, that story next, you're live in the cnn newsroom. ♪("i've been everywhere" by johnny cash) ♪ ♪i've traveled every road in this here land!♪ ♪i've been everywhere, man.♪ ♪i've been everywhere, man.♪ ♪of travel i've had my share, man.♪ ♪i've been everywhere.♪ ♪ ♪ if i could be you and you could be me ♪ ♪ for just one hour ♪ ♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ ♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ ♪ ♪ we believe there's an innovator in all of us. ♪ that's why we build technology that makes it possible for every business... and every person... to come to the table and do more incredible things. at xfinity, we live and work in the same neighborhood as you. we're always working to keep you connected to what you love. and now, we're working to bring you the next generation of wifi. it's ultra-fast. faster than a gig. supersonic wifi. only from xfinity. it can power hundreds of devices with three times the bandwidth.

let's bring in leon panetta. mr. secretary, welcome back. let's start with the claimed successful launch of the ballistic missile. president putin says it should give thought to those trying to threaten russia. u.s. assessment is that it is not operational in their sars natural. what is your reaction and put it into context. >> well, it is pretty typical of putin to basically do something like this and then issue a threat with it. but i think as pointed out, we were alerted to the fact that it was going to take place. we have the capability to bring that kind of missile down. so i don't think that we have to be worried about the particular missile itself. i just think that it is very important for the united states and our allies to continue to do what is necessary now which is to provide the weapons the ukrainians need in order to push the russians out of the donbas. >> we're trying to stay highway focused on what is happening in mar mariupol. unlike bucha, this is happening in real time before our eyes. hundreds are trapped in this steal f

. >> that was leon panetta from the panetta institute of public policy. up 0.2% on the nasdaq 100.n the s&p 500, up about 0.1 percent. yields higher by three basis points to 2.88% on the best 10 year. 12 minutes away, we will catch up with mike mckee and get some housing data. building permits, housing starts for mike mckee, for the u.s. in about 10 minutes. tom: they may not show a 5% mortgage rate, but there we are with a new high mortgage rate. jonathan: it is going to hurt a lot of people. tom: it is tangible now, certainly the talk was a new york city as well. this is a joy because if you grew up in the plains of kansas and you go east over to washington to the foreign service of this nation and truly serve for decades, that describes the former ambassador to india, robert black will -- robert blackwill, who joins us now. thank you so much for joining today. you alive at this moment are the defenders voice -- the definitive voice on the hope we have of force reductions in europe. you were there not in the 1970's, but in the 1980's. the warsaw pact and the allies trying to figu

. >> and leon panetta was saying to us the other day, another former cia director, that time is so criticalit's now or never, really to get, he thinks tanks in fact and more artillery pieces to get more now because it's now or never if they're going to really get to the russians, hold them down, push them back and getputen to decide it's time to leave. >> i think it's critically important to increase the quality and quantity of weapons going in and have an uninterrupted supply of weapon systems, as well as ammunition. ukrainians need this capability to withstand concentrated efforts in the east. the terrain is more conducive to the type of military campaign the russians are hoping to be able to fight. >> you saw in the list of weapons, the 800 million last week was announced and has to get in their hands. and another 800 million this week. is that the quality they need? the number of artillery pieces? the amount of ammo? and can it get from the deepos actually into their hands? >> i think they're trying to expedite the delivery of the weapons cyst isms. the types of howitzers and other type

. >> yes, leon panetta, mike morrell, john brennan, james clapper and 51 other people put their reputationthe line in humble opinion and they needed to use their logic to make sure donald trump wasn't elected. if there are things in there and business dealings with the former vice president, how do i stop it? for the good of the country i'll sign a letter i can't possibly believe this is classic russian disinformation. how can it be? how about calling somebody on the email chain and saying is that you? did you write, devin archer did you write hunter on april 11 and start authenticating. they put their reputations in the canister and dumpster and should be forced to answer those questions. >> harris: you can look at the d.o.j. right now and you can say special counsel. i know some on our team here at fox, mark levine have called for that. and ask yourself what you trust more or less. the d.o.j., which is part of the biden administration, do you want somebody separate, and who else do you want to hear from? because reporters are now not just our network but all over starting to sniff around

campaign an event with -- i thought it was reasonable to have me as moderator, it was john kerry and leon panetta. they were democrats for biden and yet there were former secretaries of defense and secretaries of state. all they wanted me for was to moderate, and i was told no, you can't moderate that because it's a democratic party event. but when i want to have my own view on something personally, if i want to say, you know, we need to have a climate coordinator to fight climate change, i'm allowed to say what i think personally, i can't get involved with that party game. >> i don't know if you agree, people who watch cnn or msnbc or fox, have absolutely no problem understanding where they're coming from. people that watch cnn think they're left of center. people who watch msnbc, left of center. fox, right of center. and therefore, i mean, that didn't used to be the case, at least people didn't admit it. what about that? why has that happened? do you believe it has happened? >> it has happened. it's hard to be neutral in this so the right now, it's hard to navigate a centrist course. and part o

. >> let's listen to what leon panetta, former cia director, said today about the situation. >> i thinkukrainians so that they can stop the russian advance in donbas, if they can successfully stop that advance. that will be another defeat for the russians. and a real signal to putin that it's time to leave. i think that's the primary mission right now. >> and that's someone who has advised presidents from the position of being the white house chief of staff, the defense secretary, cia director. he's been focusing on this for a long time. what's your reaction to that, to what he had to say? >> i think that's exactly right. what matters of mr. putin's mind is symbolism. and the only way to have symbolic defeats is to have real defeats on the battlefield. unfortunately. -- he can be reached some other way. the failure to take kyiv in 72 hours, the withdrawal from around kyiv. the sinking of the flagship the moskva. all of these things are symbolic defeats. and if they fail to secure some 99th, that's another big symbolic defeat. and at some point, the symbolic defeats accumulate to a point

it was like john kerry and leon panetta and there but they were democrats for biden and yet they were former secretaries the defense and is a state all they wanted to be to moderate. great people in american history to be the historical moderator and i was told no. you can't you can't moderate that because it's a democratic party event, but when i want to have my own view on something personally if i want to say, you know, we need to have a climate core to fight climate change. i'm allowed to say what i think personally but i can't get involved with that party game. but i don't don't really agree this or not, but people who watch cnn or msnbc are fox have absolutely no problem understanding where they're coming from people that watch cnn think they're left of center people watching msnbc left of center fox right of center and therefore, i mean that didn't used to be the case at least people didn't admit it. what about that? why is that happen? and do you believe it has happened? it has happened. it's very hard to be neutral. in this society right now. it's very hard to navigate a cent

it was like john kerry and leon panetta and there but they were democrats for biden and yet they were former secretaries the defense and is a state all they wanted to be to moderate. great people in american history to be the historical moderator and i was told no. you can't you can't moderate that because it's a democratic party event, but when i want to have my own view on something personally if i want to say, you know, we need to have a climate core to fight climate change. i'm allowed to say what i think personally but i can't get involved with that party game. but i don't don't really agree this or not, but people who watch cnn or msnbc are fox have absolutely no problem understanding where they're coming from people that watch cnn think they're left of center people watching msnbc left of center fox right of center and therefore, i mean that didn't used to be the case at least people didn't admit it. what about that? why is that happen? and do you believe it has happened? it has happened. it's very hard to be neutral. in this society right now. it's very hard to navigate a cent

coming up on balance of power, leon panetta will be joining david westin on bloomberg television andd of politics to the world of business, this is "balance of power" with david westin. david: from bloomberg's world headquarters in new york to our tv and radio audiences worldwide, welcome to "balance of power." we start in washington, where officials from ukraine are attending the imf world bank meetings asking for more economic support even as president zelenskyy is inviting president biden to visit. we turned to joe mathieu, a host of sound on on bloomberg radio. what is the response to the invitation from president zelenskyy? joe: likely the same we've been getting as we've been asking of president biden might go to ukraine. the answer has been we have no plans to make a trip like that. not saying no, but nothing is in the works. the secret service would likely not take kindly to the idea of putting the c

at him and say, here are things i've never seen on the public record, can you -- or here's what leon panetta told me, and you said this in your book, explain, there are two different versions going on here. you know, and that way, yes, you are trying to relationship-build. >> name your favorite biographies besides those that you've written yourself. >> well, they wouldn't be mine. there are so, so, so many. but obviously -- there are just a lot. i right now admire a lot of a book by linda larry that wrote "witness to nature" about rachel carson because i'm writing about it, she did an incredible book. i've enjoyed recently a new biography of andy warhol and a new one of malcolm x. but in my field of presidential history, david mccullough remains my gold standard. >> why. >> i justified loved "truman." and truman is not my favorite president, but i thought the way he dealt with truman was great. i thought the way edmund morris dealt with theodore roosevelt was great. also the way mccullough dealt with truman." doris kearns goodwin's "no ordinary time" about the relationship between fdr and el

there was leon panetta, who is director of omb, the national economic council, president clinton and his chief of staff. and we were trying to find just the right spot of tax increases, reduction, just the right spot for the economic plan. i think we found it in the hole and president clinton went around the group there are saying, do you agree and i said, yes, i think this is the right place. he said, i think so too. with that we put the plan forward and we pass it by one vote in the house of representatives. one vote in the senate when the vice president voted for us. wednesday think about the campaign against president bush 41, why have enormous respect for, have we not pass that economic plan, that would have been a significant setback to president clinton and what we were trying to accomplish. and that is the most consequential decision, the most difficult decision i think, for any president, the most sacred responsibility is the security and safety of the american people. and that is sending troops in harm's way. we were fortunate we didn't have to commit troops in that regard,

how did 51 people, including brennen, clapper, hayden, leon panetta, how did they come to this conclusion elected jason, thank you. >> thank you. >> brian: meanwhile check in with janice dean for the fox weather forecast. >> janice: i have to confess, brian, i just ran out here so i might be out of breath for this forecast. let's take a look at it here in the northeast cooler temperatures prevail. more rain in the forecast. 46 degrees the temperature right now. we are going to kind of stay average i would say for the next couple of days as we have this front that's going to bring more rain for the forecast. snow across the upper midwest and the great lakes. forecast across the new york city area. we could get two to three inches of rain north and west of the city maybe higher amounts. snow across the midwest and great lakes. it's still winter in some areas and then let's take a look at the severe threat today. large hail, damaging winds for parts of the mid-atlantic and florida. brian, over to you. >> brian: i couldn't even tell. >> janice: yes, you could. >> janice: i'm so out of shape.

when the far left wanted president obama to slash military spending, secretary leon panetta wage campaignedstick up for our national defense. but if secretary austin is advocating for the military's bottom line, he is not doing it very effectively. the administration's proposed defense increase of 4% before inflation doesn't come anywhere near meeting our military's requirements to compete with china and preserve peace well into the future. yet the same budget lavishes a gigantic 14% increase on domestic discretionary spending. if our colleague, senator sanders, wrote a budget and gave the pentagon zero input or influence, it might not look much difference than the administration's actual product. so, madam president, the world is a dangerous place. china, russia, iran, north korea, and other adversaries remind us of this basic fact every single day. our commander in chief needs to get with the program. now, on one final matter, the last few weeks have confirmed a pattern that has played out repeatedly in recent decades. when republican presidents make supreme court nominations, the far lef