also, lloyd austin remarked that italy before'. another sempt system, often referred to as essentially a patriot counterpart, which is also quite effective at taking down serious targets and defense, air defense. loydostin also noted the efforts of sweden, which, as we recall, announced a fairly large-scale unified aid package, which included aircraft, aircraft that can observe and engage in aerial reconnaissance, which in turn will also strengthen ukrainian forces against air defense , what was being said now, lloyd austin was also saying about the fact that the topic of drones and the development of this, these capabilities and means on the part of the ukrainian army were touched upon, britain, in particular, is involved in this issue too, well, of course, they coordinated with yuliu regarding the long-term perspective, long-term plans to support ukraine. we know that allies usually talk about plans and their efforts to strengthen their own production in order to help ukraine in the coming months and years as well. ostape, we have heard about the help of other partners from the point

let's start with lloyd austin, the us defence secretary. what did he have to say?is speech earlier this _ did he have to say? yeah, his speech earlier this morning i did he have to say? yeah, his i speech earlier this morning was the first item for day two of this summit. his trip and his speech was really about reassuring smaller nations in the region that they are a priority for the united states. even with conflicts going on in ukraine and gaza. he said, we are all in, and as you mentioned, he said a secure asia means a secure us. it's really interesting because of those concerns around the other conflicts that the us is involved in, lloyd austin listed out all the initiatives the us has taken on in the region in the last three years. as proof that the region is a priority for the us.— priority for the us. how did the other— priority for the us. how did the other countries - priority for the us. how did the other countries in i priority for the us. how did the other countries in the l the other countries in the region feel about those relationships between the u

it's my pleasure toce secretary of defense lloyd austin iii and chairman of the joint chiefs of staffary will deliver opening remarks and time to take a few questns moderate those questions and call on reporters and ask you to limit your follow-ups and give your■a- colleagues to ask questions. >> gdon everybody. thanks for joining us. we have come highly productive meeting of the■: gro. this is our 23rd meeting. ry time we gather, i am impressed by the of more than 50 countries helping to■ support ukraine's self-defense. today thect group heard directly about the battlefield d his forces are holding the line in the face of russissaultd in inflicting significant cost on the kremlin's invaders. president biden signed the national security supplemental, renewed u.s. assistance is reaching)■c ukrnedy pace. and last week, president biden assistance security package through another stocks. th package provides ukraine with interceptors, armored vehicles, ant thy tank weapons and military systems and meunanythis stand up to aggressions. this coalition remains strong. and the contact group rem

in a moment, part of my interview with secretary of defense lloyd austin from normandy. but first, here is peter alexander. >> reporter: 80 years later where youthful bravery landed, today these last surviving heroes returned. [ "taps" playing ] just above the shores where 150,000 allied troops wade into the surf and were met by an endless barrage of nazi bullets, from the president a solemn tribute. >> it's the highest honor to be able to salute you here in normandy once more, all of you. god love you. >> reporter: fewer than 200 of america's sons who stormed these beaches on d-day to help reclaim the continent from nazi germany are still with us. the commander in chief today greeting many of them, most wearing their uniforms, some in wheelchairs and over 100 years old. president biden touting the unified front of western allies that succeeded on d-day. >> it was a powerful illustration of how alliances, real alliances make us stronger. a lesson that i pray we americans never forget. >> reporter: on this anniversary, the president also harnessing the heroism of that day

defense secretary lloyd austin. afterward, joining me for an interview about the lessons of d-day, against the backdrop of today's threats to the world order. >> it certainly is a reminder of how important it is to contest aggression and to contest tyranny. we can never forget to be grateful to those men and women who gave their lives here. we can never allow the memory to fade, because if we do, i believe that we'll be headed down a very dangerous path. >> you're on the european continent where a war rages in ukraine. we saw recently the u.s. congress begin to show signs of wavering support for ukraine. what does that portend, and what's the message to american allies? >> i've seen bipartisan support for ukraine throughout. ukraine matters. and you've heard us say this a number of times, not just for ukraine and not just for europe, but it matters to the world. it certainly matters to our security. >> but u.s. support has been incremental. why not just untie ukraine's hands and give them everything they believe the

we also just saw the us secretary defense lloyd austin take to the stage will be hearing from him as well. kayla, let me bring in on this christiane was talking about that president biden will be speaking commemorating this day and also, we'll be offering a message to folks at home back at home as well. what is that message? >> well he's going to be highlighting common themes for the president, kate service, sacrifice, and the importance of learning from history, which in president biden's words, it can repeat itself we expect them to talk about the mission. the mission on d-day mattered. the mission was a noble one and the mission send that allied countries are fighting around the world right now is also a noble one at home though this message is going to be received by a war-weary electorate who heard from president biden back in 2020 that he planned to end forever wars like the war in afghanistan, where the us withdrew in 2021, albeit in a chaotic the way. and since then, two new hot wars have begun. the war in ukraine that is now inching toward the three-year mark. and the war be

>> ainsley: lloyd austin you saw him on stage. >> steve: he will be speaking in english. >> ainsley:ng of the watch. the taps. gun salute and flyover. >> steve: somebody there right now is our own martha mccallum, the host of "the story" you see in the afternoons martha, as we watch this, and we are reminded what happened 80 years ago today, there in normandy, where so many thousands of americans just ran into essentially a buzz saw. 50,000 germans waiting for them. and killed so many. >> martha: absolutely. i would just point out you were talking earlier about the ronald reagan speech which happened at the 40th anniversary. this is a real book end. they recognized at the white house then this would be the first time a 40th anniversary many of these men were retiring from their jobs and might be likely to come to this reunion. and now you have 80 years after the. >> steve: martha. >> martha: after the storming of the beaches. yes. >> steve: pardon the zuption interruption. emmanuel macron has shifted to english. >> martha: absolutely, let's hear it. >> great generation. [speaking fre

defense secretary lloyd austin held a news conference in brussels, belgium. they brief red porters about ukraine's progress and using u.s. weapons. this is about 25 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. it is my pleasureo secretary of defense lloyd austin iii and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general c.q. brown jr. the secretary and chairman will deliver opening remarks and then have time to take a few questions. oderate those questions and call on reporters, i would ask you to limit your followups to give your colleagues a chae to ask their questions. mr. speaker -- mr. secretary, other to you, sir. >> we have just come from a productive meeting with the ukraine group. this was our 23rd meeting. every time we gather i'm impressed by the resolve of the more than 50 countrs helping to support ukraine's self-defense. the contact group heard directly about the battlefield situation from minister kumerav and his delegation. ukraine's frors holding the line in the face of russia's assault near car keve. ukrainian troops continue to inflict sign

in turn, us secretary of defense lloyd austin, who gave his press conference after the nato secretaryattitude towards these proposals on the part of the russian president. putin illegally occupied sovereign ukrainian territories; he is not in a position to dictate to ukraine what it needs to achieve peace. we don't want to see this kind of behavior. we do not want to see how, waking up one day, the leader of some country decided that he wanted... according to him, the role of nato is of course great, but at the same time, in his opinion, it is necessary to get countries to accelerate the strengthening of the assistance they provide to ukraine. however, according to the document that the defense ministers discussed today, in this way the north atlantic alliance wants to protect the volume of assistance that is currently being provided to ukraine from the decisions of the new washington administration if donald trump wins the elections in the united states, nor sec nato, nor the head of the pentagon. did not disclose details of who exactly pledged to transfer additional air defense syst

as its chairman, the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, not without pride, said that since twenty-twooup have delivered problems to the kiev regime weapons worth the amount: take courage to hear it. 98 billion dollars. you can imagine how many people there are in the world. it would be possible to cure, feed, educate, by the way, how many people could be given a chance to get their own housing, by the way, to create workers... this is good news for the kiev regime, well, good. from the point of view of lloyd austin , ended, despite the fact that the main topic on the agenda of the meeting included quotes from strengthening ukrainian air defense and the transfer of the first f-16 aircraft to the ukrainian armed forces in the summer, no breakthrough decisions were made in this regard. novyk, new installations of the patriot system, which zelensky insists on, will not be given to the khunti. moreover, the americans had to refute reports that appeared in the media about washington’s plans to purchase. as for the supply of f-16 aircraft, stoltenberg said, from his point of view this means

i think lloyd austin and i think many americans would agree that the secretary of defense, lloyd austinhis salary should be reduced to $1. that is the exact job performance that he's given to america and our national security. also, it is absolutely embarrassing that young people today do not want to serve in our military p. having the lowest recruitment numbers in probably history is appalling. it's embarrassing. and i urge my colleagues, i urge this house to pass my amendment. i yield the remainder of my time. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. calvert: i yield back. the chair: all time for debate having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia. those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? mrs. greene: i ask for recorded vote. the chair: further proceedings offered by the gentlewoman from georgia will be postponed. it's now in order to consider amendment number 57 printed in

let's hear what lloyd austin said. you know, war, or confrontation with china, is not inevitable or inevitable, so the leaders of the major powers must continue to work together to make sure that we do everything we can to reduce the opportunities for miscalculations and misunderstandings. not every conversation will be pleasant, but it's important that we continue to talk to each other, and it's important that we continue to support our allies and partners in theirs. official washington is still trying to find the right words and certain appeals to sidney pinya so that he does not participate economically or even emotionally support putin in his aggression against ukraine, and biden is now trying to convince. all that is better than its good cooperation with the united states of america, rather than some temporary preferences that china is currently receiving from the fact that russia trades with beijing, and tries to sell cheap energy resources and other goods produced in the russian federation to beijing. of course,

s. military deal in just x and 2023 pentagons. lloyd austin, and the head of the bench again. lloyd austin said just the other day. that is going to be increased military coordination with india. what is behind is american indian military partnership, just as a brick shanghai cooperation organization. all these different groupings are very thrust aware of the dangers posed by the united states, and it's about so states and west from your yes, i'm not just one but 7 or strategic slash and then the 3 agreements with the united states is beeping and styles. the last part of the same time in there is also a leading. it's a long standing relationship and body shop with the rest year off of that you can walk again back to the solutions. tried to blame. yeah. deciding with the us. but i'd say the fact is an engine, foreign policy is fiercely independent and that independence has only strengthened demo the it will not change. certainly not. americans have reloaded the hard way. that's how much pressure they can apply in your will not shipped from is strategic autonomy maintain an independent forei

s. military deal in just x and 2023 pentagons. lloyd austin, and the head of the band again, lloyd austin said just the other day. that is going to be increased military coordination with india. what is behind is american indian military partnership, just as a break, shanghai cooperation organization. all these different groupings are very thrust aware of the dangers posed by the united states and it's about so states and west from your end. yes, i'm not just one, but 7 or strategic slash and then the 3 agreements with the united states. it is deepening it style with the list of the same time. it is also a shooting. it's a long standing relationship and bond for sure, but the rest year after that you can walk again by for this patients tried to blame . yeah. deciding with the us. but i'd say the fact is an in foreign policy is fiercely independent. and that independence has only strengthened on demo the it will not change. certainly not the americans have learned the hard way that to cover much of pressure that can apply in your will not shipped from is strategic autonomy. you can maintai

if you don't have lloyd austin anymore, you don't know what's going to happen with that group. and there are some 50 countries way more than the, you know, the nato allies, the 32 working on the so uh, cemetery general still number one and 2 to cement as much as he could. basically before november we have to be honest. so in order to get the deal through, i basically have to agree to allow hungry, which is so pathetic to moscow to draw a hours of this new mechanism is hungry, trying to re define its membership of the lines. oh, i think this has been the definition of hungary inside both nato and the european union for, for quite a while. it usually does more of this stuff on the east side. but remember, we saw hungry hold up sweden's membership, becoming the last country to, to approve sweden joining the alliance so hungry his has been an outlier for a long time on ukraine. it is particularly adamant that that no a go forward from hungry that, that no soldiers would be used in any kind of support and basically still number and had to go personally to hungry earlier this week to

s. military deal in just x in 2023 pentagons. lloyd austin, and the head of the bank again. lloyd austin said just the other day. that is going to be increased military coordination with india. what is behind is american indian military partnership? just as a break. shanghai corporation, organization, all these different groupings are very thrust aware of the dangers posed by the united states and it's vassal states and west from your yes, i'm not just one but 7 or strategic slash latree agreements with the united states. yes. beeping at styles the rest of the same time is also a shooting. it's a long standing relationship and body shop with the rest year off of the you can walk again by for this patients tried to blame. yeah. deciding with the us, but i'd say the fact is an foreign policy is his main defendant and that independence has only strengthened on them all the it will not change. certainly not. the americans have learned the hard way that to cover much of pressure that can apply in your will not shipped from is strategic autonomy maintain an independent foreign policy. that is

if you don't have lloyd austin anymore, you don't know what's going to happen with that group. and there's some 50 countries way more than the, you know, the nato allies, the 32 working on the so the secretary general still is number one and 2 to cement as much as he could. basically before november we have to be honest. so in order to get the deal through, i basically had to agree to allow hungry, which is subject to moscow to draw hours of this new mechanism is he's hungry, trying to really fine it's membership of the alliance. oh, i think this has been the definition of hungary insight, both nato and the european union for, for quite a while. it usually does more of this stuff on the east side. but remember, we saw hungry hold up sweden's membership, becoming the last country to, to approve sweet and joining the alliance. so hungry has, has been an outlier for a long time on ukraine. it is particularly adamant that that no a go forward from hungry that, that no soldiers would be used in any kind of support and basically still number and had to go personally to hungry earlier

judging by. well, the stage washington could not have noticed the escalation, i don’t know, maybe lloyd austinow conveyed greetings from bilousov’s ex-wife, who is in the usa, who knows him, it’s hard to say, but you know, it’s not enough, you see, to please the russian propagandist, it’s enough just call someone from the west, and that's it, and there are already pants full of joy, well, how about... they always have schizophrenia, on the one hand they shout, the americans were scared of something and something like that, they will now be afraid, and on the other hand they say no they will use this for their... their purposes and it will be even worse for us. well, of course, schizophrenia, i say, of people who are somehow very worried that they are not spoken to in the west. why did the americans decide to call immediately after shelling the sevastopol beach? it is absolutely logical, not based on emotions, but rationally to wait for an answer. it seems that the united states of america is very afraid of this answer. what answer are they afraid of? i think they are afraid of the answer that

us secretary of defense lloyd austin announced an additional military aid package for ukraine after the 23rd session of the format. in brussels. the head of the pentagon said that such support from partners is vital in order to ukraine continued to stop putin. yes, ukraine is strong, and together we also remain strong in order to be loyal to ukraine and help it deter the aggressor for decades to come. we continue to increase our efforts in order for ukraine to receive what it needs and exactly when it needs it, so air defense systems and the ability of ukraine to cover its skies remain a top priority. ukraine is waiting for positive decisions during the nato summit in washington, said the minister of defense of ukraine rustem umyerov during a joint briefing with nato secretary general jens stoltenberg. he also thanked the head of the alliance for supporting ukraine. stoltenberg stated that... the current struggle of ukrainians is important not only for ukraine, but also for europe, because it is a struggle for common values. we and our allies have already announced new aid packages that

also present was united states defense secretary lloyd austin, who was asked by cnn reporters about theails of the decision of the united states to allow strikes on the territory of the russian federation, austin believes that the permission to strike with american weapons for military purposes in russia will be, and i quote now, very, very useful, but he clarified that the permission refers to firing back at troops and artillery installations, which shelling ukrainians. we will try to figure out what loyt austin meant... together with oleg katkov, military expert, chief editor of defense express. mr. oleg, congratulations. good day, thank you for the invitation. mirage, mirage. well, france has voiced its opinion willingness to transfer these fighters to us. so, what are your predictions, what are these aircraft, how many do you think france can transfer, what will the training of the pilots mean, and of course, how long can this all last? continue as appropriate. the president of france has already officially announced, it will be until the end of this year, that is , the training of

one of them was with us defence chief lloyd austin, and he did say that they discussed limits on us aid within russian territory. the bbc asked if the limits were loosened enough. he said they were not sufficient and pointed to airfields because russia knows that ukraine cannot fight back and effectively defend itself. now it's time for a look at today's sport. iam sure i am sure we will be discussing the champions league final? that is where we are going to start, yes. real madrid will parade the champions league trophy through the streets of the spanish capital later after winning european football's premier competition for the 15th time. and the party started after the match in madrid with fans gathering at cibeles square following real�*s 2—0 win over borussia dortmund at wembley thanks to goals from danny carvajal and vincius junior. it means head coach carlo ancelotti has now won five champions league trophies, three whilst in charge of real. this competition gave to me fantastic happiness, as a player, as a manager, and my target is to try to repeat the same emotion that we had t

one of them was with us defence chief lloyd austin, and he did say that they discussed limits on us aidlimits were loosened enough. he said they were not sufficient and pointed to airfields because russia knows that ukraine cannot fight back and effectively defend itself. officials in the indian state of uttar pradesh say at least 33 people working at polling stations died of heat—stroke yesterday, the final day of voting in the country's election. at one point, a temperature ofjust under 47 celsius was recorded. 0ur correspondent nitin srivastava has more from delhi. critics have been saying since the beginning that there was no need to have a polling process which extended up to 40 process which extended up to 45 days, especially when this is the worst summer time in north india, every year, and every year due to global warming and climate change, we have been seeing the temperatures rising above the previous normals, and this is what has happened. the day before yesterday there was a scare of temperatures crossing 50 degrees. but yes, it is massive, massive hot out here in north indi

earlier he held talks with the us defense secretary lloyd austin.ward". however, mr zelensky also expressed disappointment that some world leaders had not signed up to a ukraine peace summit in switzerland later this month with china signalling xijinping would not attend and with joe biden yet to commit. he also accused russia of trying to disrupt it by threatening other countries with a blockade of agricultural and chemical goods and energy. here's some of what he said. we are disappointed that some world leaders have not yet confirmed their participation in the peace summit. unfortunately, there are also attempts to disrupt the summit. we do not want to believe that this is a desire for monopolistic power in the world to deny the global community the opportunity to decide on war and peace and to leave these power in the hands of one or two. ukraine proposes peace through diplomacy and inclusive and fair form of global peace summit. and i invite your region, your leaders, countries to join so that your peoples are involved in these global affairs a

lloyd austin, we see, he currently has certain doubts about both the scale of support for ukraine andmission. in ukraine and so on, well jake sullivan, sorry, it was just bullying, given his doctrine of control, escalation, so we have basically two positive options, both of which are possible, it's either anthony blinken, the secretary of state, or president biden, still i would until the very end, until the very last hour before the summit, i wouldn't write him off, because after all, he's going to be there a few days before, at the g7 summit. well, look, i want something. to discuss with you, well, first of all, the vice president of the united states, as far as i am i remember the legislation of the united states works on the authority of the president, if ms. harris, the president does not assign something, then she cannot do it on her own, and nowhere in the constitution, nowhere in the legislation is it written that the vice president is responsible for such, such, such, such a branch, the president said, go to kambuchi, she should go there, or to ukraine, and secondly, this is

at a press conference following another ramstein this week, defense minister lloyd austin avoided answeringn of whether ukraine could use american air defense systems to shoot down planes that bomb. kharkiv kabami from the russian territory. the us continues to play a dubious game called de-escalation. according to some military experts, it was because of this strategy that ukraine and its allies missed the chance to inflict a strategic defeat on russia in the fall in 2022. as president zelenskyi noted, the military decisions of the event are delayed by a year. and these delays cost ukraine human lives. and territory. see this week in the judicial control program with tatyana shustrova. judicial reform and ukraine's path to the eu are under threat. if there is a failure of any european integration for us, then we will be in this limbo for an infinite number of times. but why does the supreme court leave unscrupulous judges in their positions? i bought it for what, but i sold it. greetings, this is a program of judicial review, and as always we are talking about basic reform, on which... our

he'll be meeting at defense secretary lloyd austin, kind of like meantime the video that we have been reporting extensively on open ended, palestinian mine strapped to the front of an israeli military vehicle in the occupied westbank. there's been a response to that video. a. this indeed is the state department spokesman. matthew miller was specifically about that video and he described it as shocking. he continued to say that the practice was absolutely unacceptable. human. it should never be used as human shields the idea as he calls the israeli army, should certainly investigate what happened. hold people accountable. so a strong reaction from the us state department. at the same time, he did acknowledge the use riley on the statement that these soldiers would not operating according to po, to go. they would not operating under orders. the action is being investigated and a prop and measures will be taken and they will be held accountable in the secretaries of the the state department spokesperson. i thought i'd be satisfied with these is really assurances that the state department

that's just ahead, plus a major meeting in singapore over night, us secretary of defense, lloyd austin met with ukrainian president is lenski just hours ago. >> what president's loves, you had to say about president biden's greenlighting limited strikes within russia using us weapons is an isis k targets the us. what we know about a terrorist threat on the cricket world cup, which is expected to bring tens of thousands of people to meet your we begin breaking news out of atlanta, the city declared a state of emergency saturday after trying for two days to repair two major water main breaks across the city. this massive disruption is leaving businesses and homes with little to no water. it's resulted in a boil water advisory for a majority of the city these people, hospitals in downtown and midtown atlanta were forced to transfer patients and divert ambulances to other hospitals atlanta mayor andre dickens has apologized and he says that teams are working nonstop to repair the water main break we take this matter very, very seriously and our whole team takes it very seriously. as you se

his success a dollar has agreed to meet lloyd austin. so there is a bit more optimism that alongside be separate, resumption all of us joining another tree dialogue around the re resulting bab industry to not treat hotline to diffuse any pets. actual tensions of mike arrives around the philippines around. so i was treatment of treatment needed specifically i think that's a little bit more expensive than there was 12 months ago. and that kind of thing. so i was really what the driver logged on the dialogue allowance is. it gives you an annual stop take as to why the policy is relationships. and of course, allows the defense ministers and best offer up you were attempting to meet that contemporaries from other countries where the, where the allies were right. and i think it's always good to know who's in the same room and take them out and do you think they'll take an agreement with you that david click, i'm a to you and washington dc could help you with us. hopefully a chance to reset the button and i think that some, it touched on the fa

french president emmanuel macron and defend secretary lloyd austin also spoke at the ceremony.is about one hour and 15 minutes. ■v >> june 6, 1944. d-day. france has been occupied by nazi germany for almost four years. some countries have suffered under their sinister yoke even longer. unfathomable crimes were committed against whole peoples. but the burdens of nations can only be lifted by the efforts of individuals. early that morning, lieutenant john spalding, a 29-year-old sportswriter from owensboro, kentucky, assisted by 25-year-old sergeant philip, a truck driver from new jersey, commanded 32 men in the company sixteenth infantry as part of the first wave on to omaha beach, where more than 2400 men would be killed or wounded that same day. navigating rough waters, they took machine-gun, mort, and artillery fire, but were able to make it out of the water and across the beach, bypassing german machine-gun emplacements 100 yards to their left. that was mercilessly cutting down men from f company. qlthe radio not working, and cut off from the rest of e company. , they led th

available on the apple app store or android here we go absolutely incredible hitting on gev lloyd austineeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy today at an annual defense conference in singapore, the two reportedly discussing the state of us aid to the ukrainian war effort in the face of russia's heightened offensive over the last few months. natasha bertrand has more from singapore jessica president zelenskyy made a surprise visit to the shangri-la dialogue in singapore earlier today to try to rally asian leaders around ukraine's fight against the russians. >> but he also met here on the sidelines with secretary of defense lloyd austin, where the discuss ukraine's most urgent battlefield needs at the moment, including their desperate need for additional air defense systems. but importantly, zelenskyy also wanted to take that opportunity to thank secretary austin, as well as president biden for that very important decision that the us made just last week to finally allow ukraine to strike directly inside russian territory in order to help defend itself against russian strikes

and yoav| gallant is said to meet with secretary events lloyd austin on tuesday and national securityiser jake sullivan on security adviserjake sullivan on wednesday. —— secretary of defence lloyd austin. this is against the backdrop of continued hostility in different parts of the middle east. in gaza, medics said israeli strikes on monday killed 11 palestinians. israel has not commented on that strike, but did say an overnight strike killed a senior hamas commander. further north on israel's border with lebanon — tensions are growing between israel and hezbollah. prime minister netanyahu says israeli forces may shift its focus to the north — warning of a full—blown war between the two sides. 0ur middle east reporter sebastian usher has more on those tensions and mr gallant�*s visit to washington. there were perhaps three issues that the israeli defence minister yoav gallant will discuss with senior officials, senior us officials, tonight, and over the next couple of days. they are what happens nextin days. they are what happens next in gaza. we have heard from benjamin netanyahu, is

it's my pleasefense lloyd austin iii and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. the secretary and chairman will deliver opening remarks and time to take a fewplease note i wille those questions and call on rt you to limit your follow-ups and givyo colleagues to ask questns every. thanks for joining us. we have comehly productive meeting of the ukraine defense contact group. this is our 23rd meetingd everym impressed by th resolve of more support ukraine's self-defense. today the contact group heard directly about the battlefield d his delegation. ukraine forces are holding the line in the face of■? russia's assault near kharkiv and troops are inflicting significant cost on the krems invaders. president biden signed the nationalec renewed u.s. assistance is reaching pace. and last week, president bidente security package through another drawdown of our stocks. $225 million package provides ukraine with9j more interceptors, armored ant thy tank weapons and military systems and mn ukraines stand up to aggressions. this coalition remains steadfast and strong. and the

it's my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin and chairman of the joint chy and chairman will deliver opening remarks and time to take a few questions. please note i will moderate those questions and call on reporters and ask you to limit your follow-ups and give your colleagues to ask questions. >> good afternoon everybody. thanks for joining us. we have come from another highly productive meeting of the ukraine defense contact group. this is our 23rd meeting. and every time we gather, i am impressed by the resolve of more than 50 countries helping to support ukraine's self-defense. today the contact group heard directly about the battlefield situation from the minister and his delegation. ukraine forces are holding the line in the face russia's assault near kharkiv and ukrainian troops are inflicting significant cost on the kremlin's invaders. president biden signed the national security supplemental, renewed u.s. assistance is reaching ukraine at a steady pace. and last week, president biden announced a new assistance security package through another drawdown of our st

the situation in ukraine was discussed by defense minister andrei belousov and pentagon chief lloyd austinone; this was their first conversation, it took place at the initiative of the states. as noted in our military department, andrei belousov pointed out the danger of further escalation of the situation in connection with the continued supply of american weapons for... large-scale exercises of the russian military, crews of our formidable yars of the irkutsk missile formation camouflaged themselves in the forest, removed special equipment from the conditional chemical zone. a new life after many years of imprisonment, now officially julyan asanj has been released, the proceedings in his case have been terminated, the american court has put an end to it, this was the last formality in the deal between the wikileaks founder and justice, to partially admit guilt in exchange to freedom, and the meeting, its results and reactions in the states, mikhail's report. the charter plane carrying juliana. from london landed on the american island of saipan a little over an hour before the start of t

now i also understand that you're a secretary of defense lloyd austin, has also been at this conference meeting with china and other countries more aligned and allied with the united states. any significant results from any of that engagement. i think of interesting part was that he really emphasized of the importance of alliances in that region. and he did so because he made clear that despite the fact that ro, currently everybody's looking at ukraine and the middle east, of course, the conflict between by the students and he's raised the raging war there. he's, he made clear that the in the pacific remains our pri priority theater of operations. and that he particularly emphasized on the south china sea here and, and made clear that this is important business, whether us wants to provide a security of for the region a to avoid the major comes conflict. here, there was a side kick at china, which of course is in a major rivalry for influence. a competition for influence is key in the region with the united states. and then i think it, what is interesting here is i talked to a number of

now i understand us secretary defense lloyd austin has also been at the conference and meeting with china plus other countries more aligned and allied with united states. any significant results from that engagement i think even part and part of the speech of austin really was that despite the conflict in the middle east, despite the importance of the conflict of ukraine for world security, he said uh the we, uh, the u. s. is primarily uh, a priority of photos off in the industry since the in the pacific at remains the priority theater of operations. where's works? so uh, in particularly for instance of the south china sea and i had the chance to talk to a number of security experts on the, on the sidelines of the security conference. and many emphasized that the ssl is trying to see where flash, what's happening happening between a filipino and the chinese coast guards is, is a potential threat to of security that has to be taken seriously. a claims president vladimir zalinski is also in singapore. i don't believe he's headed this far east since the start of russia's invasion of his coun

we communicate with lloyd austin. in april it was meeting of from stein club. i call the club.n in seven from the united united s, 155-millimeter caliber. and we got it in may. artillery 155,t' changer in this war. somebody thinking that -- verse can change him not. october 155 is a first game changer. like himars come into 70, l you and mars became the second game changer in july july 2022. and my idea was to deliver to partners for what reason wew. and i used formula, everyone i tried to deliver them and before ram stein meeting on a bilateraz discussions here personal meetings, virtual meetings. i used different for you, like we need organic union. it means not only artillery systems from poland. artillery systems plus why i uav reconnaissance plus counter battery treatment. or if it's from france, these give us drones and counter battery systems. if it's americans, houma, drones and counter b with different complicated names. after that i used mission operated approach formula. so we need, for example, to stop russians, the threats in black sea trying to grab odessa. we nee

lloyd austin called our minister of defense andrei belausov, this happened immediately after the americanfirst such direct conversation over the line department of defense and the pentagon over the past year, the last time communication on this line was in march 2023, an official representative reported about the conversation between lloyd austin and andrei belousov. who made the rocket, who handed it over, that’s it, but who issued the flight mission, and the worn out and black hawk over the black sea, yes, but i don’t think the belarusian listed all this, what ’s the point. uh-huh, well, yes, that’s it, but that was just a trigger, because this is not the key reason, we must all understand that the key reason for all this kind of events is on the battlefield, yeah, this is a key position, i said here in this studio a couple of months ago that i know when the white house calls the kremlin, there will be a call to the kremlin, that’s what i’m in this place he said that as soon as they... see our big offensive, they will instantly call the kremlin with the sole purpose of somehow stopping,

the pentagon noted that lloyd austin stated the importance of maintaining communication between the russiannflict was mainly discussed. this is austin's first conversation with andrei belousov after his appointment as minister. vladimir putin awarded orders of courage to police officers who took part in repelling a terrorist attack in dagestan. the presidential decree was published on the official portal of legal acts. for courage, bravery and fidelity to duty, 20 employees of the ministry of internal affairs were recognized, 15 of them posthumously. at the cost of their own lives, the document says, they saved citizens from... the history of the prosecution of the journalist, which began back in 2010, has come to an end. this morning, a deal with american justice was legally formalized, assange partially admitted guilt, in exchange, the us attorney's office withdrew its claims. the hearing took place in the mariana islands, this is an american jurisdiction; the journalist left the court building , refusing to comment, and immediately went at the airport and immediately flew home to austral

at the same time, american defense secretary lloyd austin issued an explanation: washington was allegedly some types of short-term military assistance to the jewish state in connection with the situation around karafakh. in particular , supplies of high-power aerial bombs have been temporarily stopped. a couple of days later at the white house again. clarified that we are talking about a pause, and not about stopping the supply of shells. the states will be forced to be drawn into they are not interested in a regional conflict in this, naturally, especially now, when the election campaign is taking place, that is, the tanyahu government is not creating a single situation that could allow the american administration to declare the success of its diplomacy in the middle east, hence a punitive action will follow, so we call the quotation mark, of course, a refusal for certain types of stands. continues to prepare for the start of the next international rally marathon, silk road 2024, on the eve of the start, the full composition of all crews with details from the scene where the kamaster tea

[laughter] pete: whoever it is, who's -- lloyd austin has gone along with all the woke garbage lock,nd barrel. and and milli -- milley did it with him, and he doesn't like the book at all. all the other four-stars, many south america if they're focused on women and lgbt leadership issues in south america while china's gobbling up resources, totally distracted. our pentagon can get back to that with the right leadershipping and the fact that that donald trump knows that and is prepared to take that on is important because we've got a dangerous world with, a really dangerous world. when you dig into china, will, they are building a military to take us on in 5-7 years. if not sooner. rachel: here in our hemisphere. pete: scarily. will: what institution are you going to take on next? pete: let's go. [laughter] rachel: because he already said he was going to get rid of the education department -- will: i told him which one to go for. >>> california governor gab newsom's proposing a new plan to defund the police just as the state faces a surge in crime. rachel: and we talk to a former san