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secretary of defense lloyd austin. both of them talked about the long term nature of the israeli u.s. relationship and indeed plans going forward in terms of military acquisitions of course united states gives in a $4000000000.00 a year of duty assistance to israel as well as that talking about the that the nature of the relationship going forward and the fact that it is as strong as it ever has been so you get you get that pretty typical kind of language but obviously we're talking at a time when the iran issue is the main issue and the issue of divergence between these 2 administrations very different from the trump era the biden ministration wants to try to engineer a return to the j.c. p. o. a the iran nuclear deal the government of benjamin netanyahu is very much opposed unless very serious set of of requirements from israel are met which are unlikely to be met in any such return so what was interesting was that any guidance in the comments that you heard earlier was talking about working closely with the united s

secretary of defense lloyd austin arrived in israel today, marking the first visit to the country by administration cabinet member. austin met with israel's defense minister benny gantzm and is scheduled to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. netanyahu has criticized the biden administration's efforts to rejoin the iran nuclear deal. he warned last week that israel will not abide by a new nuclear deal with iran that allows the country to develop nuclear weapons. in iran today, the head of the civilian nuclear program said there was a blackout at an underground atomic facility and he called it “nuclear terrorism.” iran did not directly blame a specific country or countries for the power failure. yesterday, president hassan rouhani announced new centrifuges at the natanz plant were beginning uranium enchment and said iran is testing new and faster centrifuges. the plant was the target of a cyber attack in 2007. that attack is believed to have been orchestrated by the u.s. and israel, and destroyed hundreds of centrifuges. last summer there was an explosion at the plant which i

secretary of defense visits israel lloyd austin strip is the 1st cabinet level visit to the middle east from the biden administration also is expected to meet with israeli counterpart and prime minister benjamin netanyahu then discussions will cover priority shared by both nations are of course it has more from west jerusalem. that pentagon statement talked about a range of priorities about reaffirming israel's military superiority in the region and the u.s. commitment to that which of course comes most notably in the form of nearly $4000000000.00 a year in u.s. military aid but the key issue of difference between the new by the ministration and that of benjamin netanyahu is continues as israel's prime minister now in this is caretaker role after the most recent election is the issue of iran and very different set of policy priorities on that front the biden ministration has said that it wants at least to get back to the j.c. p.o.v. the iran nuclear deal of course setting conditions on that iran is in a similar position while the very stark differences remain towards getting to an agree

katty: we have lloyd austin, in israel today, the u.s. defense secretary.w what impact this could have on the talks in vienna to try and get the u.s. back into the nuclear deal? >> the big question tonight is, will iran make a distinction between the united states and israel? the united states, the state department spokesperson said this has nothing to do with us. she said, i will not speculate anymore because it was not overdoing. there have been iranian officials interviewed on bbc who said iran and the u.s. our strategic partners, but they are beginning to diverge, and diverge dangerously. president biden during his election campaign, talked about returning to the iran nuclear deal. those indirect talks in vienna last week work described as constructive. th are supposed to meet again this week. iran's most important goal is to get those crippling sanctions lifted. both sides want to come back to the deal, but it has now got an awful lot harder. katty: ok. for us in london, thank you very much. biden administration also says, by the way, they had no role

defense secretary lloyd austin and now that the u.s. will not be pulling out troops from germany as the previous administration had threatened welcome news that. definitely will be welcome news that nato remember this was such a surprising announcement trump made it without any consultation with nato or the german government or the governments where he said he was going to send those 12000 troops he was going to pull out of germany so after that i know from follow up reporting there was no move made on the military's part to actually prepare for this transfer out of germany so it won't be so surprising that the by the administration has called that off but it will definitely be welcome along with the largely symbolic but still important deployment of 500 more troops to germany. reporting as ever thank you. let's bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making headlines around the world and kook protesters have again taken to the streets of myanmar as the united nations warns the country could be heading towards a massive syr

secretary of defense lloyd austin visits israel tensions in the region have been escalating in recent weeks the to hear and of today poses a strategic threat to international security to the middle east. israel in the war closely american allies to ensure that any new agreement with iran would secure the vital interest of the ward of the united states prevent dangerous arms race you know our region and protect the state of israel. harry fawcett is in west jerusalem and we'll have more on the u.s. defense secretary's visit in just a moment but 1st we go to our tehran correspondent asaad big so what more iranian authorities saying about this incident accident at the natanz facility. well let me just update you with what the latest that we're hearing now a written statement has been given by the head of iran's atomic agency cheering in media here. now what he said is an admission that this is not an accident this is an attack and no he didn't use those words but what he said is today's act against enrichment facilities shows the failure of those to oppose iran's nuclear progress it also

defense secretary lloyd austin has announced the u.s. will not be pulling troops out of germany and that is something that the former president trump threatened to do how will that be seen at nato. that's right that's just breaking now as as we are as we're hearing this will be very welcome at nato it was extremely unsettling when president trump made the announcement he had not consulted with the nato secretary general before he he said that he had not consulted with the german government so that came out of nowhere but i do know in follow up reporting on that announcement that absolutely nothing was done nobody nobody followed up with with action about actually pulling troops out of germany there was no contact made with the belgian government about moving them here moving them to italy even moving them to poland which president trump announced so well this announcement will not come as a complete surprise to the german government it will certainly be welcome and the additional announcement that $500.00 more troops will be going to ger

secretary of defense lloyd austin visit israel he met with israeli counterpart benny gantz he said that any agreement with iran must undermine regional security are a false reports now from western resulin. flying into the major foreign policy issue confronting israel's alliance with the united states the divergence in approach to iran and its nuclear program u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin is the most senior biden administration official to visit israel since the new u.s. president was sworn in. after 4 years of a trump white house which favorite israeli line on iran these at different days as the u.s. explores options for reviving the iran nuclear deal as a major strategic partner for the united states are by light bilateral relationship with israel in particular is central to regional stability and security in the middle east and during our meeting i reaffirmed to mr grant's our commitment to israel is enduring and it is our inquiry austin's opposite number israeli defense minister benny gantz pledged cooperation in confronting what he called a threat to international security

secretary of defense lloyd austin lets us know that our peoples instinctively understand. as you know the u.s. israel defense partnership has continually expanded over successive administrations and our cooperation is crucial in dealing with the many threats confronting both the united states and israel threats that you're very familiar with from your distinguished service in iraq and by your command and sent off in the middle east there is no threat that is more serious more dangerous more pressing and that posed by the fanatical regime in iran iran continues to support terrorists around the world in 5 continents threatening civilians everywhere iran has never given up its quest for nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them and iran consistently consistently and outrageously calls for israel's annihilation and works towards that goal mr secretary we both know the horrors of war. we both understand the importance of preventing war and we both agree that iran must never possess nuclear weapons my policy as prime minister of israel is clear i will never allow iran to

secretary of defense lloyd austin visits israel now tensions in the region have been escalating in recent weeks. the to hear run of the day poses a strategic threat to international security. middle east. war closely american airliners to ensure that any new agreement. secured the vital interest of the ward of the united states prevent dangerous you know region and protect the state of israel well said that has this update for us from the iranian capital tehran and a tense nuclear plant is the main nuclear facility for iran under the 2015 nuclear deal there are allowed to enrich uranium there iran has a habit of downplaying. such incidents in last summer we were told that there was just a fire at an outdoor facility at natanz we were shown state t.v. footage downplaying it then we were told there was an explosion and then we were told that it was an act of sabotage and yesterday it was referred to by an official in the transplant as a terrorist attack also this takes place at a time where an iranian ship was targeted in the red sea by a mine we understand and israel is being blamed for th

defense secretary lloyd austin austin made a point to emphasize that president joe biden is committed to both israeli security and reviving the iran nuclear deal talks in vienna to restart that deal began last week it remains unclear what impact the blackout will have on those talks or on iran's ability to further enrich uranium this is what the head of iran's atomic energy agency said today. god willing we will be able to repair most of the damage caused by the enemy's attempt at sabotage and show a lot of wrong from what should be in that it did look cool suddenly we are building several sophisticated centrifuge who was right in the heart of the mountains. i should add that we have taken very serious security measures that. system i am near to our security systems have pinpointed the exact cause of a recent incident. i mean ruses day we activated the emergency power system and we will reconnect the main power system in a few days time. vast thought all right let's go now to trita parsi he is the executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible stay craft in washingto

defense secretary lloyd austin austin made a point to emphasize that president joe biden is committed to both israeli security and reviving the iran nuclear deal talks in vienna to restart that deal began last week it remains unclear what impact the blackout will have on those talks or on iran's ability to further enrich uranium this is what the head of iran's atomic energy agency said today. god willing we will be able to repair most of the damage caused by the enemy's attempt. and show a luxury of wrong for what should be in doubt a didn't we are building several sophisticated centrifuge who was right in the hearts of the mountains. i should add that we have taken very serious security measures that. our security systems have pinpointed the exact cause of a recent incident. ruse today we activated b. emergency power system and we will reconnect the main power system in a few days time. vast thought all right let's go now to trita parsi he is the executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible state craft in washington d.c. he's an authority in america on u.s. radian

defense secretary lloyd austin austin made a point to emphasize that president joe biden is committed to both israeli security and reviving the iran nuclear deal talks in vienna to restart that deal began last week it remains unclear what impact the blackout will have on those talks or on iran's ability to further enrich uranium this is what the head of iran's atomic energy agency said today. god willing we will be able to repair most of the damage caused by the enemy's attempt at sabotage and wrong for what should be in that it did look cool we are building several sophisticated centrifuge who writes in for the hearts of the mountains. i should add that we have taken very serious security measures that. our security systems have pinpointed the exact cause of a recent incident. ruse today we activated the emergency power system and we will reconnect the main power system in a few days time. vast thought all right let's go now to trita parsi he is the executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible state craft in washington d.c. he's an authority in america on u.s. ira

secretary of defense visits israel lloyd austin's trip as the 1st cabinet level visit to the middle east from the by demonstration austin is expected to meet with his israeli counterpart and prime minister benjamin netanyahu and frantic and says discussions will cover priorities by both nations high force that is in west jerusalem covering this visit and harry plenty to be discusses the 1st official visit from a senior biden ministration official but no question that the main issue is going to be iran. that's right i mean as you say that that pentagon statement talked about a range of priorities about reaffirming israel's military superiority in the region in the u.s. commitment to that which of course comes most notably in the form of nearly $4000000000.00 a year in u.s. military aid but the key issue of difference between the new by the ministration and that of benjamin netanyahu is continues as israel's prime minister now in this is caretaker role after the most recent election is the issue of iran and very different set of policy priorities on that front the biden ministration has sa

defense secretary lloyd austin austin made a point to emphasize that president joe biden is committed to both israeli security and reviving the iran nuclear deal talks in vienna to restart that deal began last week it remains unclear what impact the blackout will have on those talks or on iran's ability to further enrich uranium this is what the head of iran's atomic energy agency said today. god willing we will be able to repair most of the damage caused by the enemy's attempt at sabotage. joke on how it should be and out of there look cool so we are building several sophisticated centrifuge who was right in the hearts of the mountains. i should add that we have taken very serious security measures that. system i am near to our security systems have pinpointed the exact cause of a recent incident. ruse today we activated the emergency power system and we will reconnect the main power system in a few days time. all right let's go now to try to parse he is the executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible state craft in washington d.c. he's an authority in america on

defense secretary lloyd austin saying the u.s. will not be pulling troops out of germany that's something that the former president trumpet threatened instead the u.s. will deploy an additional 500 forces i imagine that that is welcome news that nato . certainly sumi in any case that would have been welcome news but with tensions rising very close to nato as borders it will be even more so now this announcement came as a surprise to nato officials and to the german government when president trump said it but we know from reporting afterwards that actually nobody moved on this the pentagon didn't think it was a good move to pull out of its very comfortable and well established german bases nobody wanted to do with the belgian government did not get a follow up call from the u.s. about the troops that were supposedly moving here so it's not a complete surprise that the current administration would reverse that decision but as you said a very welcome one nonetheless. our correspondents teri schultz in brussels and emily sherwin in mo

i want to thank general lloyd austin for his nomination of rear admiral boyle for the rank of two flag star officer in the u.s. navy. i want to personally thank rear admiral michael boyle for his service to this country and his steadfast duty in defense of our constitution. congratulations, admiral. semper fortis. madam speaker, i rise today to honor the distinguished assistant of assistant -- service of assistant chief police jock. he worked under three police chiefs, four town managers and has become a valued member of the force in our community. starting as a patrol officer for the oppd in 2006, he received his master's degree in the process. he graduated in 2011 and served on the clay county swat team for over a decade. mr. jock has been on the frontlines of law enforcement for a quarter century and in that time has investigated and solved criminal cases, provided disaster training and communication and has been a valued community leader. as a citizen of orange park for the last 22 years, assistant chief jock enters retirement -- entered retirement earlier this month after 25 years

security situation as you are reporting it is still very precarious a terry defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state anthony blinken are in brussels meeting with nato allies mr blinken earlier essentially said mission accomplished we've reached our goals i mean how will this decision impact coalition forces in afghanistan. yes the u.s. forces are now only about a quarter of the 10000 international troops in afghanistan but the thing is they possess all the best capabilities necessary essential capabilities for the rest of the more than 30 nations who are there alongside u.s. troops so basically even if some countries wanted to stay they couldn't they would not be able to operate safely for for their own efficacy and their own protection without the u.s. capabilities and so when president trump former president made this deal with the taliban which was conditional on several things at that point he also said that nato troops would leave because everyone acknowledges they want to have the choice to stay even if they wanted to i'm not hearing that they would want to later frankly

lloyd austin is on a tour visiting allies and expected to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahund israel's defense minister. this is an important trip. what is the message? >> reporter: well, robyn, right now we're expecting any minute secretary austin to receive a ceremonial honor guard welcome he arrived in israel in just the last few hours. and a significant visit not only because it's the first cabinet level visit from a biden level official to israel but also because it comes at a time of rising tensions in israel especially in regards to iran. the u.s. of course is trying to renegotiate the iran deal that the trump administration pulled out of. the israelis are vehemently against returning to the 2015 deal and actually prime minister netanyahu in a speech on wednesday seemed to be sending a speech to the americans on this saying a deal with iran that threatens us with annihilation will not obligate us. u.s. officials traveling with austin told reporters on the way to israel that the biden administration is committed to consult with israelis over iran, they have mutual inte

defense secretary, lloyd austin, is in israel where he's expected to meet with benjamin netanyahu. earlier mr. netanyahu slammed it. >> the situation that exist today doesn't mean it will be the same situation tomorrow. it's very difficult to explain what we have done here, in the transition from nothingness, complete helplessness to being a world power. yes, world power, which we built here. definitely a regional power but in certain areas a world power. >> we are joined live from jerusalem. israel's army chief seemed to hint possible israel involvement, and we are hearing about the defense secretary in israel at the moment. what is the timing and what does it tell us about this? >> very interesting timing, robin. we are seeing israel reports in the media reporting the finger at israel, and there's hints that fred was talking about from the army chief and from that comment that you just heard from netanyahu as you noted the timing of all of these comments are coming at a very interesting moment here because as we speak the u.s. defense secretary, lloyd austin, is in israel on a ve

defense secretary lloyd austin reaffirmed washington's allegiance to israel our commitment to israel is enduring and it is our employee and i pledge to continue close consultations in order to ensure israel's qualitative military edge and to strengthen israel should curate at least 70 people have died during fighting in yemen's mara bridge and in the past 24 hours according to government forces a battle for control of the oil rich region intensified over the weekend with more than 50 killed on saturday iran backed truthy rebels launched an offensive on maher back in february the us and un have increased automatic efforts for a cease fire deal to end yemen's 6 year civil war. voting is underway in chad where president idriss deby is looking to extend his 3 decades in power by seeking a 6th term in office the opposition has called for a boycott of the poll it accuses the government of repression and of cracking down on anti-government protesters on saturday the interior ministry said it arrested several people for planning attacks. some families and man law say security forces are forc

. >>> in israel defense secretary lloyd austin has declared the u.s. ironclad commitment to our key middle east ally, reinforcing support and questions about the biden administration's efforts to provide nuclear talks with iran. austin met with israel's defense minister today in tel aviv. the u.s. is looking to leverage progress made by the trump administration which brokered deals to normalize relations between israel and several arab states. >>> tehran's natanz underground nuclear facility lost power today with iranian officials calling it a terrorist cyber attack. it's just the latest incident to strike the site amid ongoing nuclear a power talks with world leaders. trey yingst has more from our jerusalem bureau. >> reporter: iran says an electrical issue overnight at the nuclear facility was actually an act of terrorism, expect country reserving the right to respond. just hours prior to the incident, natanz started to enrich uranium using new advanced centrifuges that allow the process to be done faster. this led media here in jerusalem to speculat

defense secretary lloyd austin is in israel as we speak meeting with the defense minister.be meeting with the prime minister in a few hours. he was actually asked about this incident just a few hours ago by reporters that were traveling with him. he didn't necessarily engage directly with him but he said that in terms of their efforts to engage diplomatically with iran on the iranian nuclear deal, he said the efforts would continue. he was asked if the incident will be an impediment to the process and he said they'll continue to focus on what president biden wishes it achieve. president biden wishes to achieve some sort of iranian nuclear deal known as the jcopa. israel is against the return to the deal saying that doing so will only give iran a green light to a nuclear weapon. we are expecting lloyd austin to be speaking alongside prime minister netanyahu in a few hours. i think the tone of the meeting will be important to watch. >> yes. very revealing, for sure. thank you so much. >>> it's that time on a monday morning. let's get a check on cnn business this monday. looki

netanyahu would exceed to and he didn't mention that deal at all during the public comments alongside lloyd austin he didn't talk about natanz austin didn't even mention iran at all in his comments during that briefing he was asked about it earlier when he was alongside the israeli defense minister benny gantz during a visit to israel he airbase and he said that he wasn't going to comment on the times he had nothing on that but that he did support obviously the efforts of president biden to negotiate on resuming a nuclear deal so it's clear now that there are 2 very different. was being forged by the u.s. and israeli administrations after 4 years under president trump when they were very much cleaving to the same line harry thank you for that harry fawcett live for us in west jerusalem let's cross over to tehran correspondent big aside iran is threatening retaliation for the incident in a ton so what can we expect and what could this mean for the negotiations with the u.s. over the 2050 nuclear deal. with iran has said that the have the right to retaliate although we don't know what shape or form

the president says troops will be removed by the 20th anniversary of 9.11 defense secretary lloyd austin says troops stand ready for any attack during the draw down. we will respond forcefully. >> should the taliban attack any forces or senate majority leader chuck schumer is optimistic about the plan. >> i've been assured by the white house that the september 11th they will stick. and that president biden will not kick the can. >> down the road. however, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell calls the withdrawal a big mistake a democratic administration is going to script the negotiations. and just to render an entire country back to the taliban on the very same day in wyoming. republican congresswoman liz cheney says it sends the wrong message to our enemies. the notion that on the day that they attacked >> we are going to mark that anniversary by withdrawing our forces. >> now following the president's announcement. republicans continued their strong opposition against the president's decision to pull those troops out of afghanistan. we even heard from south carolina republican senat

. >>> secretary of state tony blinken touches down in brussels today, he will be joined by lloyd austinbuild partnerships that dee rated during the last administration. iran will be a primary topic. a blackout at an iranian nuclear facility is posing a threat. fred flight again joins us live from ber minute. what more are you learning? >> reporter: we're getting new information, the iranians haven't officially commented on how bad the damage at that natanz nuclear facility is but it does seem like the damage to be considerable. we got comments in from the head of iran's parliamentary research committee. he said that several thousand centrifuges inside that research center had become obsolete following that incident. that of course would be a lot. again, no confirmation so far from the iranian government but certainly does seem as though there may have been extensive damage to that facility. one of the things that the foreign minister said that night, he said repairs at that facility were already ongoing and an emergency power supply was up and running so there is no threat of any sort o

defense nksecretary lloyd austin's visit to israel, where he met benjamin netanyahu. >> we both knowhe horrors of war. we both understand the importance of preventing war. we both agree iran must never possess nuclear weapons. my policy as prime minister of israel is clear. i will never allow iran to obtain nuclear capability, carry out its genocidal goal of illuminating israel. -- eliminating israel. >> joining us from iran is the chair for american studies at the university of tehran. in tel aviv, the iranian politics lecturer at the interdisciplinary center, and in washington, d.c., a former u.s. diplomat and the co-author of "going to tehran." thank you for your time with us. hillary, american and israeli intelligence officials, the u.s. and israeli media, are pointing to an israeli role when it comes to this attack in iran. if so, what do you think the purpose is behind it? is it to setback the nuclear program or setback diplomacy as talks are set to resume this week? >> i think it is to setback diplomacy. there is no evidence anything israel has done over the years has setback

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defense secretary lloyd austin saying the u.s. will not be pulling troops out of germany that's something that the former president trumpet threatened instead the u.s. will deploy an additional $500.00 forces i imagine that that is welcome news that nato certainly sumi in any case that would have been welcome news but with tensions rising very close to nato as borders it will be even more so now this announcement came as a surprise to me to officials and to the german government when president trump said is but we know from reporting afterwards that actually nobody moved on this the pentagon didn't think it was a good move to pull out of its very comfortable and well established german bases nobody wanted to do with the belgian government did not get a follow up call from the u.s. about the troops that were supposedly moving here so it's not a complete surprise that the current administration would reverse that decision but as you said a very welcome one nonetheless. our correspondents teri schultz in brussels and emily sherwin in

secretary of defense or lloyd austin visit israel he met his israeli count any chance he said the any new deal with iran must undermine regional security high force reports now from west jerusalem. flying into the major foreign policy issue confronting israel's alliance with the united states the divergence in approach to iran and its nuclear program u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin is the most senior biden administration official to visit israel since the new u.s. president was sworn in. after 4 years of a trump white house which favorite israeli line on iran these at different days as the u.s. explores options for reviving the iran nuclear deal as a major strategic partner for the united states. bilateral relationship with israel in particular is central to regional stability and security in the middle east and during our meeting i reaffirmed to mr ganns our commitment to israel is enduring and it is our employer. austins opposite number israeli defense minister benny gantz pledged cooperation in confronting what he called a threat to international security and region and isra

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defense secretary lloyd austin made that announcement earlier today after talks with the german defenseinister. this is austin's first tour of europe since coming to the pentagon. the move is a stark contrast to the trump administration's plan to withdraw some 12,000 troops from that region. >> forces will strengthen deterrence and defense in europe. and they will augment our existing abilities to prevent conflict and if necessary to fight and win. >> the u.s. currently has about 35,000 troops in germany. the prosecution has rested its case in the derek chauvin murder trial with the defense now calling witnesses to the stand today. a use of force expert testified and says that chauvin's actions were justified. >> i felt that derek chauvin was justified was acting with objective reasonableness following minneapolis police department policy in current standards of law enforcement is interactions with mister floyd. >> showbiz lawyer has argued that george floyd died last may because of his illegal drug use and underlying health problems. but prosecutors say the former police officer caused

the president says troops will be removed by the 20th anniversary of 9.11 defense secretary lloyd austin says troops stand ready for any attack during the draw down. we will respond forcefully. >> should the taliban attack any forces or senate majority leader chuck schumer is optimistic about the plan. >> i've been assured by the white house that september 11th they will stick. and that president biden will not kick the can. >> down the road. however, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell calls the withdrawal a big mistake a democratic administration is going to script the negotiations. and just to render an entire country back to the taliban on the very same day in wyoming. republican congresswoman liz cheney says it sends the wrong message to our enemies. the notion that on the day that they attacked us. >> we are going to mark that anniversary by withdrawing our forces. >> now following the president's announcement. republicans continued their strong opposition. the president biden's decision to withdraw troops from afghanistan. we saw earlier today south carolina republican senator

lloyd austin has arrived in berlin ahead of high-level talks planned for tuesday.is e to meet with his german counterpart and other top officials here in berlin. austin is the highest ranking member of the biden administration to visit germany so far. ukraine says russia has not answered its request to start a dialogue over the russian military buildup on its border. kiev says moscow has amassed more than 40,000 troops on its eastern border and the same number in crimea. russia says the troop movements are defensive. in the united states, protests have broken out in minnesota after police fatally shot a black man. srelatives have identified him s 20-year-old daunte wright. the state governor says he is closely monitoring the situation at a time tensions there are already high. the incident comes as the tribal -- trial of white minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, charged with killing george floyd last year, is still underway. >> protesters versus police in the suburbs of minneapolis. teargas and rubber bullets, fired at an agitated crowd, an all too familiar s

defense secretary lloyd austin are giving a news conference about this very topic joining me here in. i'm very grateful for your strong commitment to. return so. your presence here today is a continued demonstration over the importance of the concept that the bomb and not the states is commitment to consulting with its nato allies. today we decided to get there on the future or persons in afghanistan. we have enough go on this on for almost 20 years ofter we invoked article 5 of our founding the for the 1st time in support of tonight that states off to do rethink $911.00 terrorist attacks standing shoulder to shoulder we have paid a high price in both logged on in treasure thousands of troops from allied on many partner nations and from afghanistan have paid the ultimate price. many more have been wounded we are grateful to all who have served and the owner all those who have sacrificed so much for our shared security. together we have prevented buffed on the stone from serving as a safe haven for terrorists attacked us against our own countries since 911 that have been no terrorist a

security situation as you are reporting it is still very precarious a terry defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state anthony are blinken are in brussels meeting with nato allies mr blinken earlier essentially said mission accomplished we've reached our goals i mean how will this decision impact coalition forces in afghanistan. yes the u.s. forces are now only about a quarter of the 10000 international troops in afghanistan but the thing is they possess all the best capabilities necessary essential capabilities for the rest of the more than 30 nations who are there alongside u.s. troops so basically even if some countries wanted to stay they couldn't they would not be able to operate safely for for their own efficacy and their own protection without the u.s. capabilities and so when president trump former president made this deal with the taliban which was conditional on several things at that point he also said that nato troops would leave because everyone acknowledges they want to have the choice to stay even if they wanted to i'm not hearing that they would want to lay low o

defense secretary lloyd austin saying the u.s. will not be pulling troops out of germany that's something that the former president trumpet threatened instead the u.s. will deploy an additional $500.00 forces i imagine that that is welcome news that nato. certainly sami in any case that would have been welcome news but with tensions rising very close to nato as borders it will be even more so now this announcement came as a surprise to nato officials and to the german government when president trump said is but we know from reporting afterwards that actually nobody moved on this the pentagon didn't think it was a good move to pull out of its very comfortable and well established german bases nobody wanted to do with the belgian government did not get a follow up call from the u.s. about the troops that were supposedly moving here so it's not a complete surprise that the current administration would reverse that decision but as you said a very welcome one nonetheless. our correspondents teri schultz in brussels and emily sure went

. >> defense secretary lloyd austin defended biden's decision saying, the u.s. will continue supporting the afghan security forces by paying their salaries and offering humanitarian aid. >>> time now for a look at your thursday weather. more hail and heavy rain along the gulf coast today. this was the scene in southern louisiana where thunderstorms today could produce flash flooding. someone got a little too close to this lightning strike in louisiana bayou country, and more lightning is on the way. elsewhere rain and snow, some snow today in parts of the northeast and another foot of snow is possible in the rockies. checking today's high temperatures, 42 in denver, mild in the pacific northwest. below normal readings for the midwest and new england, 74, albuquerque. >>> coming up, the new debate over whether airlines should leave middle seats empty due to covid concerns. >>> but first an army sergeant under arrest accused of assaulting a black man walking through this neighborhood. what we're learning about the confrontation and protests at the sergeant's home.

defense secretary lloyd austin. >> we both agree that iran must never possess nuclear weapons.policy as prime minister of israel is clear, i will never allow iran to obtain the nuclear capability to carry out its genocidal goal of eliminating israel. reporter: earlier, austin toured an israeli air force base with defense minister benny gantz, who unlike netanyahu, talks with working with the americans to revive the nuclear deal. on the incident natanz, austin did not say much. >> i am aware of the reports. i really don't have anything to add on natanz. in terms of, you know, our efforts to engage iran in diplomacy and the j.c.p.o.a., those efforts will continue, and i am obviously supportive of the president's efforts. reporter: but those negotiations are further complicated by the natanz incident the eu warning against any efforts to derail diplomacy. it may also have undermined iran's leverage by setting back its efforts to accelerate uranium enrichment. for its part, iran is insisting the damage can be quickly repaired. anchor: white house correspondent kimberly halkett has

there's an attack on a nuclear plant an attack on the iranian sub his vessel in the red sea and yet lloyd austin biden's pentagon boss he's been in israel declaring. his absolute support for the israeli government. yes that's right i think what we're seeing is in fact there's something of a division within israel about what to do about this netanyahu has been stuck along on one track on iran by 20 years saying iran is only a few months away or 2 years away at most from a nuclear weapon and he's his policy is basically been one of containment compay forever containment not just containment but forever and that policy is not working and hasn't been working and israeli officials have started to question it and for the 1st time we've heard explicit public pushback from senior security and intelligence officials saying you know actually we'd like to go back into the j.c. . and what's more we want to go back and we suggest we go back without adding anything to it no questions including missiles or other aspects into the negotiation. j p p o if we want to go back to that israel was safer at that time t

enough the 1st visit by a biden official to berlin was something of a love in defense secretary lloyd austin tore up donald trump's plan to cut american troops in german bases and even announced an increase but while america is back is resonating here in europe in afghanistan it's the opposite biden has ordered u.s. troops to pull out this september many afghans now fear a taliban takeover biden always says that he is with the people of afghanistan they have a low to the american and nato forces in the country for 20 years and by withdrawing unconditionally from of kindness and the people there are being abandoned that afghan move could backfire for biden but he seems to have bigger fish to fry like russia and china his next message is for them america is tough i'll ask march 18th biden's top diplomats use their 1st meeting with their chinese counterparts to call them out on a litany of issues and wrong hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states economic coercion toward our us it was a 1st taste of the tough line that biden wants to show on china but is far from clear how effective

defense secretary lloyd austin has arrived in berlin for high level talks he will meet with his german counterpart on a quote prompt karam hour and other top officials austin is the highest ranking member of the biden administration to visit germany so far. japanese government has given the go ahead to a controversial plan to release massive amounts of radioactive water into the sea the water has been stored in tanks at the fukushima nuclear power plant says the 2011 earthquake and tsunami wrecked the plant the operation began in to hear. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has insisted that iran will never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons tehran has blamed israel for causing a power failure at its biggest nuclear facility media reports of also linked to the incident to an israeli cyber attack world leaders are trying to revive a stalled international deal limiting iran's nuclear program. world leaders have condemned russia's most recent military activity in and around ukraine the g 7 group of advanced nations says that it's deeply concerned by what it calls russian provocat

. >> o'donnell: cbs news has learned that defense secretary, lloyd austin, has received initial recommendationsthe independent commission looking into the pentagon's handling of sexual assault and harassment cases. >> he obviously will be taking all those inputs seriously as he weighs next steps. >> o'donnell: among them, a potential change that would move critical decisions about prosecuting these cases away from commanders to an independent body outside the chain of command. >> i take the issue of sexual assault seriously and personally. >> o'donnell: secretary austin launched the independent reviewd the full recommendations are due in 60 days. rn wh the program itself is that there are some bad actors and commanders that have found a way to sweep these things under the rug. >> o'donnell: in the course of our own investigation, whistle- blowers, hired to work for the military's sexual assault prevention and response program, told us these changes are long overdue. arill-equipped to make these exs.es ad advise them, but they do not listen. each day they allow these things to occur, there's no

corbyn was brought down about accusations of anti-semitism when he brought up palestine and as for lloyd austin joe biden's pentagon was just declared a. commitment to israel in the face of accusations like the ones you're making about child attention. we are talking about special courts for children of israel holds and abuses under strain in children and children who are prisoners but in many ways if you want to look at the journey called for for instance on the one hand yes it is a successful. policy by the lobby to destroy his political career. on the other hand it means that there are now people in positions of importance leaders of opposition parties and so on who are now such talking. about their support for the palestinian cause and of course the opposition will do all it can to silence them and stifle the debate but i think it also shows that something is changing just shows that the campaign is not over people are going to look up what you've been accused of obviously i mean. central to the debate about palestine is probably being toward schools right across the european union is this