now secretary lloyd austin that is going to execute his policies or are they going to become a constraint and a separate tour joe biden's foreign policy course. well as a very good question stephen let me back up just a 2nd to one of your comments or saying president obama did in his 2nd term if not both terms he was a military operation led into it by hillary clinton and samantha power not others but i had a conversation with him in the white house and he started a conversation with these words there is a my assume is down toward war and then when secretary kerry arrived inside him he began to talk about that in the way that it was the error that 'd it was so the pentagon was objecting to that bob gates did not sign up for that war so there is a possibility and with lloyd austin there and i think that's a reason joe biden want to put it in there there's an instinct possibility that the pentagon will be more amenable to glad president biden wants and then we might think otherwise now you're right there are certain people and i put at the top of the list general mckenzie the aggrandizing p

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now secretary lloyd austin that is going to execute his policies or are they going to become a constraint and a saboteur on joe biden's foreign policy course. was a very good question steven let me back up just a 2nd to one of your comments or staying for a little obama did in his 2nd term if not both terms he was a military operation led into it by hillary clinton samantha power no others but i had a conversation with him in the white house and he started the conversation with these words there is a bias in this down toward war and then with secretary kerry right beside him he began to talk about that in the way that it was the error that it was so the pentagon was objecting to that bob gates did not sign up for that war so there is a possibility and with lloyd austin there and i think that's a reason joe biden want to put it in there there's a distinct possibility that the pentagon will be more amenable to what president wants and then we might think otherwise now you're right there are certain people and i put at the top of the list general mckenzie the aggrandizing power seeking give

the nation's new defense secretary, lloyd austin, addresses growing concerns after a marine's emotionalk goes viral. >> i dedicated my life to the military. >> o'donnell: 35 capitol police police officers under officers under investigation. the new details tonight about their alleged actions in the assault. deadly police encounter: new video shows police shoot and kill a man they say was jaywalking. the royal split and the announcement tonight from buckingham palace about prince harry and megh marrtn's "on the road" with one man's frozen field of d >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight with breaking news. millions of americans in the south are heading into another night of freezing temperatures without clean water or enough to eat. at food banks and water distribution sites, lines now stretch as long as a mile. tonight, president biden says he'll sign a new emergency declaration for the state of texas, where half of the

>> reporter: david, it's one of the first big moves from the new defense secretary lloyd austin, proving fema's request to help speed up vaccinations. the first wave will arrive in california in the next ten days with more missions to come. david? >> whit, thank you. >>> with the news of this third vaccine, the potential new weapon, and of course also that concern over the variants already being seen in this country, we know a lot of you at home have questions. let's bring in dr. ashish jha. dr. jha, as always, great to have you. we know the fda is set to meet february 26th right now to discuss johnson & johnson's emergency use authorization. you have said right here on this broadcast this single dose vaccine will be significant, 85% at preventing severe disease, 100% effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths. you believe a true game-changer if approved? >> i do, and david, and thank you for having me on. this is important. we have to see the full set of data. the fda is going to do a careful review. once this vaccine becomes available it's easy to store, a single shot. it's go

the new defense secretary lloyd austin ordering what's called a servicewide stand-down over concerns over extremism within the u.s. military. what does this mean tonight? and it comes as prosecutors reveal nearly 20 suspects arrested for the deadly siege at the capitol are military veterans. martha raddatz with late reporting tonight. >>> the coronavirus here in the u.s. and news tonight on yet another potential vaccine and what's different about this one? could it not only he you, does it also help stop transmission of the virus? what dr. fauci is saying about that tonight. >>> the abc news investigation this evening. the black former nfl players accusing the league of discrimination. after filing dementia-related claims after suffering concussions on the field, they claim the nfl relies on different standards for black players and white players. and how the league responds tonight when asked about the very protocols those players cite in their case. >>> and america strong this evening, on the eve of the super bowl, the last-minute surprise from gronk and others. a super thank you f

and tonight, the new defense secretary lloyd austin has signed off on more than 1,100 active duty troops to help at vaccination sites across the country. and tonight on that new johnson & johnson vaccine, the fda has set the date for public review later this month. as we have seen before, authorization can come hours afterward. so how soon before we see those single shots? more vaccination sites are opening up. yankee stadium in new york just today. aiming for 15,000 shots a week. and on this super bowl weekend, authorities are asking americans to celebrate with those in their immediate household. dr. ashish jha answering your questions on this new single shot vaccine and on the variants seen in the u.s. are we doing enough to make sure these vaccines will be effective in the coming months against any mutations? what the doctor says in a moment, but we begin with whit johnson at yankee stadium tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the pentagon deploying troops to the front lines of the pandemic. more than 1,100 active duty service members, mostly medical personnel -- >> all right, here's the po

not long ago the new secretary of defense, retired general defense general lloyd austin ordered it. >> we encourage the iraqis to investigate and develop intelligence, that was helpful to us. >> it was today. >> was it this morning? >> it was this morning. these strikes come a week after the white house signalled its willingness to renew talks on a nuclear deal. our richard engel says tiept's military response while startingsyrian's soils it was a message sent to iran. >> it is a message president biden sends straight to iran. negotiations does not mean it is open for u.s. personnel. >> of course amid all this the president is trying to convince congress to pass his almost $2 trillion covid relief bill which the house is set to vote tomorrow. the senate parliamentary biden's increase $15 could not be granted. it will be stripped out the bill when it goes the the senate side. president biden meeting with the governors virtually trying to build support for the bill. despite public support for it, republican senate opposition to the measure seems to be holding together. >> this is on a c

lloyd austin was the commander of u.s. forces in iraq.of central command in the obama administration launching the war against isis in iraq and syria. he knows this part of the world. henese knows these considerations. and joe biden based on reports did not pick the most aggressive option here. he wanted to send a response and try to end the cycle of escalation. the risk, of course, is always when you take a shot like this there could be a reprisal and you could face escalation. >> the reports are that president biden chose the most minimal of the military responses. but my question about a meeting like this in deciding how to respond to this. is there someone in that room advocating no military response a response other than a military action? >> well, lawrence, what you would have is a military that probably worked up three different options and the more robust option probably would have targeted other infrastructure associated with this militia, perhaps in syria. and usually there's a lot of momentum to do something, particularly when

just tonight defense secretary lloyd austin announced each branch of the u.s. military will schedule a 60 day stand-down to allow each service to have "needed discussions on extremism in the ranks." we will talk about this in same course of action with ron desantis and newt gingrich and moments. but first, no ransom for hostage takers. that's the focus of tonight's angle. this week, i reminded why a record number of americans turned out to vote for donald trump in november. like tens of thousands of people would show up at his rallies and wait for hours and extreme heat and bitter cold. they stuck with him during shame impeachments and the mueller investigation. they did all this because to them, he was a lasting standing between their families in the left-wing mob. before trump, conservatives had become used to milquetoast establishment republicans whose first instinct is to buckle when criticized in "the new york times" or "washington post." even though it's perfect, donald trump rightly refused to scrape and bow to the nastiest characters inside the boat wer

. >> the new secretary of defense lloyd austin was the us forces in iraq. and any of the proxy groups. we know the foreign minister met with the syrian counterpart and we expect to hear what came of that meeting sometime today. todd: the house will vote on a relief bill today. jillian: it comes as the senate parliamentarian deals blow to democrats ruling against the $15 minimum wage hike. todd: what happens next? >> elizabeth mcdonagh delivered a hard punch to the crowd, senate parliamentarian backing the minimum wage increase under special budget reconciliation rules. that was met with disappointment at the white house but also termination to move forward. >> the only way to contain this pandemic and help the american people as quickly as possible is passing the plan as quickly as possible. >> reporter: speaker pelosi said the minimum wage provision will stay in today's bill, house democrats believe the minimum wage hike is necessary, therefore this provision will remain on the floor tomorrow and also on the bill, $1,400 stimulus check, the unemployment be

secretary of defense lloyd austin has defended the move. toward whatever we do we. were bad but it. sure. sure. that's her attention now to some other stories making headlines at this hour. in myanmar local media say a woman was shot and killed during a crackdown on protesters escalated their pov dispersal measures on saturday firing rubber bullets tear gas and water chance to inspirations have been taking place since the military arrested elected leaders and seized power 4 weeks ago. in chile hundreds of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of the capital santiago riot police used water cannons and tear gas against the crowds friday demonstrations have become a regular event as campaigners of speak out against inequality in one of latin america's most developed nations. up. to 1400 prisoners have escaped in a jail break in haiti they claimed the lives of 25 people witnesses told reporters they saw gunmen shoot at guards before the inmates fled over media say the jails director and a powerful gang leader are among those killed authorities say some 60 prisoners have n

secretary of defense lloyd austin. with. a record of it we were there you know. you were pretty good or did we read you the story about lucia good good good good good good history. ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making news this hour i mean miles u.n. ambassador opposed the military coup in his country during an emotional speech to the u.n. general assembly on friday ambassador shore moton the international community to condemn the coup and refuse to recognize the military regime that comes as protests continue across me and mom. in chile hundreds of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of the capital some 2 jago nice used water cannon until gas against the crowds friday demonstrations have become a regular event as campaigners speak out against inequality in one of the latin america's most developed nations. 400 prisoners have escaped in a jailbreak in haiti that claimed the lives of 25 people witnesses told reporters they sold gunman shoots of gods before the inmates fled local media say the jails director and a powerful gang

secretary of defense lloyd austin. with. a record of it we were there we go. you were good or didn't read you lose sorry she ever lose your good good good good good good good. all right let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour the u.s. house of representatives has passed president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollars current virus for the coronavirus relief package if approved by the senate next week it would give $1400.00 and most americans a bronze billions more to businesses schools and regional governments the house approval comes just days off of the code 19 death toll in the u.s. supposed 500000 people. i mean mons u.n. ambassador is calling on the united nations to use any means necessary to return elected leaders to power in the country ambassador sure moton made an emotional plea to the international community leaders not to recognize the military regime that seized power this comes as process continue across me and ma. in chile hundreds of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of the capita

secretary of defense lloyd austin. with. the target that we were there bill you know we did. hear you would talk about it or do you. believe sure good good good good good good good. ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making news at this hour i mean mons u.n. ambassador is calling on the united nations to use any means necessary to return elected leaders to power in the country. and made an emotional appeal to the international community the urged leaders knots to recognize the military regime that seized power comes as protests continue across spain mom. in chile hundreds of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of the capital some giago riot police used water cannon and tear gas against the crowds friday demonstrations have become a regular event as campaign is speak out against in quality and one of latin america's most developed nations. 400 prisoners have escaped in a jailbreak in haiti that claimed the lives of 25 people witnesses told reporters they saw gunman shoot at guards before the inmates fled local media say the jails director and th

secretary of defense lloyd austin said it was his recommendation and biden gave the final authorization on thursday morning. they said up to a handful of militants were killed in that airstrike. they come after a series of rocket attacks against u.s. and coalition attacks in erbil and then the green zone in baghdad itself. austin said it's part of the messaging here and john kirby backed this up. there will be a response and second to deter future rocket attacks. they made it clear it was iranian backed shia militias that struck the u.s. air force and it was the same militias responsible for the rocket attacks. up until now the u.s. hadn't attributed it to anyone and now pinpointing it on iranian backed shia militias. this comes at a crucial time for the biden administration when it comes to iran when it tries to figure out what to do and how to work diplomatically about iran's nuclear program. oren lieberman, cnn, the pent gone. >>> cnn's ben wedeman is live in erbil, iraq. a small calculated strike. what do you make of the size and scope of this response? >> reporter: i think there is

assess the situation in terms of the defense secretary lloyd austin's moves.ing me, maria. at the defense department like any department in the united states government, when you stop trading in logic and fact you stop trading in politics. this is a prime example of what's been done at the defense department. by their own spokesperson and their own secretary of defense, they have said they do not know the problem and whether it exist and they don't have a name for it. they don't have a solution for it but they will label it anyway. they have self-admitted that the problem doesn't exist to their knowledge. that's because it doesn't, maria. in my two tours at the department of the department of defense, white supremacy is not ramped at the department of defense. that's offensive to men and women of the uniform. maria: doesn't this continue the narrative that nancy pelosi have to be afraid of within? kash: absolutely. it's the continued politicization of the defense department at the expense of our national security. under president trump we put the men and women

secretary of defense lloyd austin has made the fight against domestic extremism one of his top priorities>> this tears at the very fabric of cohesion and it's important for us to be able to trust the men and women on our left and right. >> extremism has been a problem in the military for decades. austin says he believes the number of extremists in the military is low. there is no data to back up his assertion. austin has revealed a policy. heidi byron said this will take time. >> this is a massive management task and it's not going to be something that's done very easily at all. >> reporter: the military has strict legal limits on screening and background checks it can do of applicants and service members. deeper, more intrusive investigations require working with the fbi, a key recommendation of the d.o.d. report. they say they need a better process to screen out people. >> i would say you need to fix your screening policies. social media accounts need to be taken a look at, not just voluntarily, but seriously. you need a functioning tattoo database and they need to be trained in the sig

reporter: completely different topic, which is that different secretary lloyd austin --defense secretary lloyd austin wrote a memo that i wonder if you could talk about if it is a white house commission, defense commission, who picks the commissioner. ms. psaki: i believe it is a commission at the department of defense that is an initiative the president of the united states supports, but i would send you to the department of defense for more specifics. go ahead. reporter: [indiscernible] you have got covid, 400,000 americans dead. january 6, the attack on american democracy. there have been calls for 9/11- style commission to write the official history of those events. is that something the present with support? ms. psaki: covid commission? determination of that kind would be made by congress. his focus at this point in time is addressing the crisis at this moment, which is ensuring that more americans get shots in their arms, that we are getting the pandemic under control. there has been a report by hhs looking at the prior administration's handling of the covert crisis, and we have to

defense secretary lloyd austin ordering a service-wide standdown for 60 days to give military leaderscame after the pentagon was surprised to find veterans and active duty service members among the capitol rioters last month. leo shane, how big of an issue is it? >> that's the question, the military hasn't done good surveys up to this point to find out how many folks are affiliated we've done it at our paper, 1/3 of all service members and half of minority service members reported seeing some signs of extremism or white supremacy the military thinks that's high but never looked at data whether or not we're right, we think they are, or whether or not they're right and it's a very small problem. >> based on your reporting at military times, is extremism new, always an issue, growing? >> this has been an issue for some time. especially white nationalists groups like to recruit military groups because of the skills they bring proficiency in firearms, planning skills and military assault skills these are desirable things if you have crazy ideas of waging a revolution we know they're target

secretary of defense lloyd austin's first big move when it comes to domestic extremism is noting that military-wide standdown or review of policies and procedures in place already to deal with extremism. crucially that also includes discussions at all levels of the military. for example, the navy has already put out some guidance on this saying it has to review the navy's core values. the oaths of office as well as the rules that are already in place. in terms of the discussions austin has said it's also an opportunity for military leaders to listen to what their troops have to say to them about either experiences with domestic extremism or about ideas on how to tackle it. but one of the parts of this that's also obviously very necessary is the data, which is fundamentally lacking at this point about how widespread this problem is and where specifically it exists. don? >> oren liebermann. thank you so much for that. i really appreciate it. i want to bring in now mike german. he is a former fbi special agent and a fellow at the brennan center for justice. mike, good evening. thanks for

that's all i'm going to say, guys. >> defense secretary lloyd austin. that was tonight. we just got in the tape moments ago speaking about the first military operation of the biden administration, these air strikes on iranian-backed militias in syria. the administration says they are in response to rocket attacks that targeted u.s. and coalition forces in iraq. you just heard defense secretary austin there say it was president biden who authorized these strikes, and he did so this morning per the defense secretary's read out to reporters tonight. joining us for more is nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, i didn't expect to have you back on the show so soon after talking with you last night on a totally different matter. thanks for joining us on short notice tonight to help us through this. >> not a problem. and i was speaking a short while ago with a senior u.s. official with direct knowledge of this. this was a message to iran and iranian-backed militias according to this official. and the message was that the united states will no longer tolerate

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announcer:earlier today, president biden, vice president harris and secretary -- defense secretary lloyd austin, delivered remarks to the military. >> it is a tremendous privilege to welcome president biden and vice president harris to the department of defense. their visit to the pentagon shows the importance that they place on our national security and the deep value they place in the men and women of our department. i've had the privilege of working closely with president biden to tackle tough issues under intense and often high-pressure situations and i know firsthand his commitment to defending our nation and steadfast support of the men and women that he now leads as our commander-in-chief. he knows the necessity of making tough choices with regards to our scarce resources and the importance of revitalizing our alliances and our partnerships. and he knows we in this department will always be ready to fight and win should he call upon us. but he also believes that his first call should be to our diplomats with us in full support. and when the president talks about leading from a position o

. >> earlier today, defense secretary lloyd austin held a briefing at the pentagon where he talked about recent meetings with nato allies. he discussed challenges including climate change, terrorism threats, and policies toward china, russia, iraq, and afghanistan. this is about half an hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i will turn this over to the secretary in just a minute. he'll have a few opening comments and then we will get to your questions. as you know we're going to be doing questions from the phone and in the room so i will go two room. the secretary has 30 minutes so we will try and move this

secretary of defense lloyd austin. he is ordering a pause of operation in the next 60 days to let each branch deal with extremism and white supremacy within its ranks. kevin, big news overnight. right. it's extraordinary. it's triggered, in large part, entirety, by the january 6th insurrection and the reports coming out, extremism, some of the people who showed up with ties to the military. >> reporter: yes, this is a buildup not just of january 6th, in the last year, the black lives matter protests and face-off with proud boys and the more we learn about them, the more we see there are higher numbers of veterans and military and experience with knows groups. so you know, extremism is the ranks is not a few issue. neither is extremism in the general population. i was looking back at a story i wrote in 2009 about a facebook for fascists that was created about the law center had found where even back then you found people boasting about their open extremist views, while in uniform. it was like a fake facebook for extremi

defense secretary lloyd austin talked to reporters briefly about the target and why they made the decisiongo ahead. >> we're confident that that target was being used by the same shia militia that conducted the strikes. we allowed and encouraged the iraqis to investigate and develop intelligence and that was very helpful to us in refining the target. >> so what you have here is this first action by president joe biden and the world watches anytime an american president, especially a new president, orders military action. there was a very definite message in mind. the pentagon press secretary, john kirby, aissuing a statemen saying in part, and i quote, the operation sends an unambiguous message, president biden will act to protect american and coalition personnel. act to protect them against these iraniani ianiranian-backe but a very narrow strike also aimed at not escalating tensions with the iranian regime. john, alisyn? >> barbara, thank you very much for all of that reporting. >>> so how is the middle east responding to u.s. air strikes this morning? we have a live report for you from

secretary of defense lloyd austin promised to take additional steps tstop such violence.hifrin reports, sexual assault in the military continues to rise, and individual families continue to be ripped apart. nick schifrin: when asia graham graduated from high school in 2019, she hoped the military would give her and her mother nicole a better life. >> she wanted to go into the military, make me her dependent, and have me staying in with her for the rest of my life. nick: anthony graham is asia's brother. >> even though my mom was a mom, my sister tried to act like a mom. nick: where do you think that sense of responsibility in her came from? >> we just raised a wonderful girl. nick: that girl became a woman in uniform. in december 2019, she arrived at fort bliss in texas, an 18-year-old soldier. >> she was a very, very proud soldier, and her basic training's 1st sergeant loved her and praised her. nick: but she left the military draped in a flag. she'd been found dead on new year's eve 2020 in her barracks at age 19. an initial army press release said -- "the iron eagle te

the defense secretary lloyd austin ordering a service wide stand down for the next 60 days. the goal, give military leaders the chance to address extremism in the ranks this comes after the pentagon was surprised to find veterans and active duty service members among the capitol rioters last month. leo shane now, he's deputy editor of the military times leo, thanks for coming how big of an issue is extremism in the ranks, do we know >> that's the real question. the military hasn't done good surveys to find out just how many folks might be affiliated our paper has done one for the last four years. we have seen a third of all service members, and half of minority service members report seeing some signs of extremism, white supremacy. the military says they think that's high, but they can't refute it. this 60 days will give a chance to assess that, and give a sense of whether or not we're right, and we think we are or whether or not they're right and it's a very small problem. >> based on your reporting at the military times, is extremism in the military new, has it always been

that president biden will speak to the king and the crown prince as defense minister spoke with lloyd austin secretary of defense. >> this won't affect his status within the establishment, will it? >> i don't believe that this will impact his status in the royal family or in the government. the crown prince is in line to be the next king of saudi arabia. i don't see this is going to change. he is also the minister of defense, a very powerful position within the government and he will continue to be leading -- for the foreseeable future until he becomes king. >> he's has a successful operation, undergoing leofric office -- laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis that means he is off the media stage. as a report is about to come out, you and i are on the grounds of speculation but we understand this report will point towards the very top of saudi establishment regarding the horrific fate of jamal khashoggi, the journalists murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. it is rather inconvenient that the crown prince is off the radar right now. >> we do know what is the content of the report. as yo

secretary of defense lloyd austin and defended the move. it was good that we were there but you know we. were packed with it or did we. lose sorry. good good good good good good restraint. secretary of defense lloyd austin there let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines at this hour in myanmar local media say a woman was shot and killed during a crackdown on protesters. well he's escalated their crowd dispersal measures on saturday firing rubber bullets tear gas and water cannons and stray sions have been taking place since the military arrested elected leaders and seized power 4 weeks ago. 400 prisoners have escaped in a jailbreak in haiti that claimed the lives of 25 people when he says told reporters they saw gunmen shoot at guards before the inmates fled local media say the jails director and a powerful gang leader are among those killed authorities say some 60 prisoners have now been recaptured. and thousands of pro-democracy activists have taken to the streets of algeria demonstrators are calling it the retur

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take a look at the secretary of defense lloyd austin who spoke overnight. >> we're confident that that target was being used by the same shia militia that conducted the strikes. we were very deliberate about our approach as you would expect us to be we allowed and encouraged the iraqi to investigate and develop intelligence and that was very helpful in finding the target. >> reporter: now in a statement, this was conducted with diplomatic measureh coalition partners he also adds the operation sends an unambiguous message, president biden will act to protect. an observatory said overnight it killed at least seven iranian pro-fighters these strikes come just about a week after the white house voiced optimism and willingness to restart the iran nuclear talks. guys >> focus on the middle east. molly, thank you. >>> more than 46 million americans have gotten at least one dose of a covid vaccine, and by the end of the day, they could give approval to a third vaccine option tom costello has more on the big push to get shots in arms. >> reporter: with the countdown now to a matter of hours, an

. >> reporter: secretary of defense lloyd austin approved the deployment of 1,100 troops to five vaccination sites to help fema build vaccines sites. the first of these teams of 220 will deploy in the next ten days or so to one of two vaccines sites in california, either in oakland or in los angeles. that's up to fema, and it's unclear yet where those troops will be helping out. each team of 220 will have nurses, vaccinators, command and control, as well as clinical staff, general staff, and others to build up what are intended to be these mass vaccination sites. now, 1,100 troops is still far short of the full fema request for 10,000 troops. but at this point even fema has acknowledged that buildup to those sorts of numbers that could deliver up to 450,000 vaccinations a day would be incremental. so this, it appears, is just the beginning. one of the key questions here, how much vaccine supply is there and is there enough to put out so many troops. and that is a key question we'll be asking as this process moves forward. how long will each of these vaccination teams remain in place? that wi

wager in afghanistan was top of mind here of course this is the secretary of defense lloyd austin comingoff of his 1st meeting with the nato ministerial meeting in which he spoke with allies about the recommitment of us to these alliances afghanistan of course was a major source of concern coming from those allies given former president trumps unilateral move to draw down u.s. troops in afghanistan to 2500 now of course we have this looming deadline under the peace deal negotiated between the afghan. government and the taliban for may 1st being the date for the remainder of u.s. troops to leave and it's still unclear whether or not the u.s. will keep to that deadline secretary austin said that he would not divulge where the thinking is on this but it's something that certainly he tried to appease the allies during his meeting go to syria as hard as you castro live in washington but he thanks heidi. just ahead here on the news hour in sports the slip across this french skeer of gold medal of the world championships. or. elegant type of sport has gemma. thanks adrian rushes down on medvede

strikes in syria targeting facilities used by militia groups backed by iran secretary of defense lloyd austin said he was confident they had hit the correct targets syrian authorities say at least 17 people were killed. a british born woman who left the u.k. as a teenager to during these so-called islamic state in syria has lost her high court bid to return to her country of birth the british government revoked shamima big arms citizenship back in 2019 are you she was bangladeshi by descent begun who is not a bangladeshi citizen challenge the decision which left her state ice. a boeing triple 7 cargo plane has made an emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport due to an engine problem the plane had a difference engine to the one that caught fire last week prompting boeing to ground all triple sevens using that engine type. the european union has agreed to develop a cool of it 19 digital vaccine certificate that could ease border crossings and allow people more freedom to travel again it was one of the measures up for debate at a virtual summit of e.u. leaders aimed at better coordinat

the 60-day stand-down will give troops and commanders to focus on the issue defense secretary lloyd austin delivered the order yesterday. it's a wakeup call for the department current and former members of the military took part in the riot. >>> wisconsin plos cuters are urging the kenosha court to issue an arrest warrant for rittenhouse. prosecutors argued he should be arrested again and his bond increased by $200,000. in november supporters paid $2 million bail for rittenhouse in the homicide for shooting and killing two people last summer. >>> so far nearly 26,000 acres have burned in western australia. authorities say 81 homes have been destroyed and thousands have been urgetod leave the devastation was, quote, almost too much to comprehend. we remember this time last year when the wildfires devastated the area and koalas as well. >> that's right. >>> we have a busy winter weather week and it's not showing any signs of slowing down let's get right to meteorologist janessa webb good morning. >> good morning. the nor'easter has pushed offshore and now it goes to the great lakes as a smal

big surprise and you heard him just speak in the sound but called on his secretary of defense lloyd austin to analyze all global troop deployments and in the end that will mean it's very unlikely that this plan will succeed so the troops will stay in germany very likely that's a strong signal for transatlantic partnership budget joe biden will certainly also continue to ask for more money from its european partners and in that sense continue the line of donald trump his predecessor and what else did biden focus on in his speech. well he said america is back diplomacy is back so we're certainly witnessing a big major shift here in foreign policy he called for an end of the war in yemen said the u.s. would stop supporting the saudi let offensive there he called on a russian president vladimir putin to free election of all need to respect human rights so really a tougher stance here on russia he already entered the paris climate agreement on day one of his presidency so we are looking at a return of multilateralism and a strengthening of the old to the transatlantic partnership and quickly wh

. >> earlier today, defense secretary lloyd austin held a briefing at the pentagon where he talked about recent meetings with nato allies. he discussed challenges including climate change, terrorism threats, and policies toward china, russia, iraq, and afghanistan. this is about half an hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i will turn this over to the secretary in just a minute. he'll have a few opening comments and then we will get to your questions. as you know we're going to be doing questions from the phone and in the room so i will go two room. the secretary has 30 minutes so we will try and move this crisply given the restriction of time and his schedule, i would ask you to limit your follow-ups if you can, meaning limit them to zero. with that, mr. secretary, over to you. sec. austin: good afternoon, everyone. thanks to all of you for being here today. before i start let me just say that i deeply appreciate the work that you do on behalf of the public. i respect the way you cover our military and i respect the role that you play in holding us accountable for how we defen

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