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. >> bill: in the meantime, mark esper is here with us. >> sandra: mark, are you there?i keep moving back. >> sandra: that's ok, let's kick this off. what do you expect to hear from the pentagon and what do you want to know most? we'll try to reestablish connection with him. roll first on ro khanna last hour. making the suggestion, bill, that there needs to be a major crackdown on the social media sites, he says they are allowing this information to be posted. in this case, our nation's top-secret. here is ro khanna last hour. >> we also need to ask the social media sites where he shared this, and what was going on, and how we get a better handle on discord, some of these sites where this kind of information is proliferating. that needs to be monitored in some way. these sites can't just be places where you either have hate speech or you have the leak of classified information. >> sandra: all right, so mr. secretary, as we await this briefing, what do you want to hear most right now out to the pentagon? >> well, it's important to find this young man and find out what he

we will speak with mark esper. >> gillian: fox team coverage. aishah hasnie is live on the ground in taiwan. >> john: peter doocy is in the briefing room. expecting things to get underway any moment now. >> good to know if the president's comment still stands or that the policy has not changed. china, of course, is the big, big player in all of this, and we have been told for the last couple months that a biden-xi phone call was going to happen at some point, it has not been scheduled. with everything that you just read out, it doesn't feel like that call is getting any closer, but maybe we will hear differently here in a few minutes. something else to listen for in this white house briefing, anything about the other big news involving the former president. there was nothing at this briefing yesterday of substance from the press secretary or from the president himself, he was asked about this and he just smiled, so he did not comment but he did react to a question about this. and it doesn't seem like they said president biden talking about that

let's bring in former defense secretary mark esper.ple need rescuing. >> that's right, dana. there are 70 americans in the embassy alone as staff and 19,000 americans total in country. it's quite a mission to evacuate those people. there is a cease-fire now on allegedly for the next three days. i think it opens a window to evacuate the embassy personnel. >> dana: john kirby, the spokesperson yesterday. >> they are oaf trying to get them co-located together for their safety. they're sheltering in place where they are. as you probably saw the pentagon did announce they are moving forward to pre-position some military forces and capabilities nearby just for contingency purposes in case they would be needed for any kind of evacuation. no decision has been made on that. >> dana: chaotic situation, dangerous one. there had been peace in sudan for quite a while. that hasn't held. i wonder if you believe that will the two warring factions, two generals, respect that americans need to be rescued and keep a cease-fire so we can do it safely? >>

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. >> bill: mark esper joins us in a moment. the news and reporting from lucas tomlinson who begins in washington. >> good morning, bill. many here in washington are wondering how one of the lowest-ranking members of the massachusetts air national guard got access to briefings for the highest ranking officer in the u.s. military the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. john ratcliffe making the october sayings. >> some intelligence shows they have been dishonest with the american people about our activities in places around the world. >> many present and former members of u.s. military have been concerned of how many have access to the most secure server known as the intelligence communication systems which houses top secret and special information. secret materials is on a secure server called the sipper net. too many in the military treat it like the internet. on capitol hill the chairman of the senate armed services committee said it was a major security breach not allowed to happen again. anyone with a security clearance b

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mark esper joins us now.reat to be here. >> sandra: did that surprise you when word came out that president xi of china had a phone call with president zelensky of ukraine? >> sort of as a surprise. look, we know in the last few days, the chinese ambassador to france made these extraordinary remarks saiding that ukraine and other states of eastern urine have no sovereignty because they're former states. i think the blow-back of that because xi jinping thought it necessary to reburnish his international bona fides. >> sandra: meanwhile, you have nikki haley. he's thrown her had in the ring. a gop presidential candidate. she's sounding the alarm on china and its growing dominance on the global stage. where are you and how big is this threat getting to us as a country now? >> i've been watching china 25, 30 years. they have the world's largest navy and army and have capable spice and cyber forces. look, their goal is to undermine the international order and replace us by 2049 as the world's super power. we shoul

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mark esper, former secretary of defense, good seeing you again. >> thanks, neil.to see you as well. neil: want to take you to paris right now. again, a high court, their supreme court, if you will, has effectively ruled that president emmanuel macron just ramming that new push to the raise the retirement age in france from 62 to 64 was, indeed, constitutional, and it is the law of the land. and these protesters who have never liked the idea recognizing the as their last, desperate attempt to put it down, are now out of options. the president has anticipated, that is emmanuel macron, that he'd love to the meet with them. the union is saying, no, we don't want to meet with you right now. i wish i knew the french words to say, but it goes something like -- [background sounds] if we'll have more after this. or excuses to unplug. ♪ ♪ and you ca moments that matter. but you can invest in them. at t. rowe price we believe your investments should work harder for the future you imagine. and that's where our strategic investing approach can help. t. rowe price, invest with

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now with mark esper.e's a former defense secretary under president trump and the author of a sacred oath. memoirs of a secretary of defense during extraordinary times, mr secretary. it feels like we're in extraordinary times when it comes to classified documents showing up where they shouldn't be. i'm curious to get your thoughts, your major concerns about this most recent discovery with jack to share of the 21 year old well, good afternoon, boris. it's good to be with you. look, it's a very damaging release with all these documents that that young airman put online and hurt us tactically with are your current in partners at her to strategically with the russians and our ability to gain insights about what they're doing in ukraine and around the world. and of course, it hurt us politically with our allies ranging from seoul, korea, too. israel to other places, so it's very damaging, and i don't think we know the full extent of it yet either. wanting to get into some of the content of what was uncovered sp

former secretary of defense mark esper said in internal security systems failed.eason for a 21-year-old to have access to this information? >> no, i cannot think of a compelling reason, and i assume secretary austin and chairman of the joint chiefs milley are asking some questions. to be two days before kyiv's arrest, questioned user of that gaming platform. among the first records posted, and intelligent status report about the war in ukraine, billing information revealed username behind the post was the address. house speaker kevin mccarthy criticized the white house, saying they were asleep at the switch. jim himes, the senior democrat on the house intelligence committee, responded. >> these things happen under all score political points, fine,- but let's really focus on the problem here which is an institutional problem, not a partisan problem. >> reporter: court documents do not shed light on intent or motive as teixeira was being handcuffed and taken out of the courtroom. his dad, setting in the front room, said "love you, jack." teixeira is being held until

air force said in leaked memo he's prepared invasion to be two years from now and mark esper said earlier china's ambition go well beyond taiwan. >> they have made clear that by 2035 they want to have a modern military and their goal is to move indo pacific and project power around the world and we should be concerned about that. lucas: president biden has not spoken to chinese counterpart in months not since the fall and not since the 4,000-pound chinese aircraft made fall in february. molly. molly: excellent reporting, thank you, lucas tomlinson. griff: conflicting federal court decisions coming down yesterday putting the future of abortion pill in due question. federal judge in texas put a halt to government approval of the drug miyfestone and later judge in washington ordered fda to not make changes that would restrict access in 17 states in dc that sued in an effort to expand access, the texas judge gave government 7 days to appeal the ruling which fda has already done so access will remain unchanged for now. molly. molly: chaotic intense moments unfolding in tennessee's capital this

mark esper, the former defense secretary under donald trump. good to have you, secretary.s like they could add charges, sir. i understand that. it could be more than a combined 15 years in prison. but the record on this is spotty. i mean, we've had these cases, julian assange and so many others where you wonder where it goes. usually veers out of control. what do you think? >> a couple of things here. first of all, you're right. as i understand it and i'm not a lawyer that he could be charged based on each document's release. the other thing is, we still don't know the scale and scope of this release. that's one of the things we find to find out soon to plug the holes and the gaps and take great care of the matter going forward. >> neil: then you have to wonneder who else last this information. obviously in this game, social media group, a lot of people with whom he was sharing this. if they start leaking this information out, is there culpability on their part as well? >> yeah, those are good questions. first of all, my assumption would be that everybody has this. our adv

. >> gillian: complete coverage right now, former defense secretary mark esper on how president biden should respond to beijing's volatile moves. >> john: first coverage around the globe. our political panel here to react in moments. plus, aishah hashny, and william from simi valley, california, why did the president make the trip now? >> you know, number one, growing hostility here in the u.s. about china, and of course trying to shore up support for taiwan, dwindling support around the world, only 13 nations support or recognize taiwan as an independent nation. the tension is playing out behind me, you have pro taiwan protestors back there who are obviously saying they are an independent nation and here pro china saying well, no, you belong to us. now, the taiwanese president arrived just a few moments ago, and she's here because of the dwindling support and saying on this ten-day tour she's been hounded by pro china protestors, not just here but new york as well. she met with three u.s. senators in new york and now meeting with speaker mccarthy and a bipartisan group of 18 members

.>>> the speaker of the house meeting with taiwan, former defense secretary mark esper. artificial intelligence and could it as we explain. an entire race of machines. the good, the bad, the ugly of ai. the republican presidential field. former governor asa hutchinson. come join jillian turner and me for america reports. >>> oh, i'm a monster. anyway. michigan state university is out with a new language guide. get your mouth ready for all this. so, we can enunciate together. the word america, apparently is now offensive. the guide also discouraging the use of words like founder and minorities. it also flags positive words surrounding traditionally christian holidays like christmas tree, merry, reindeer and even -- well because of easter coming up, bunny. the guide is meant to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. explaining it this way, origins of seemingly innocuous idioms or words may be racist, sexist or ableist in nature. consider the origins of every day language before freely using it in communication. i am not going to use the words popping in my head now. >> i

former defense secretary mark esper said china's ambitions go well beyond taiwan.hey made clear by 2035 they want to have a modern military. their goal is to move beyond edna pacific and project power around the world. we should be concerned about that. looks pleasant by this not spoken to his chinese counterpart for months this includes fd giants ivy spy craft conducted the weeklong odyssey across the fence about a week in february i know you well arthel, we covered on your show. >> yes we did, yes we did lucas tomlinson, that report live there from the white house. thank you. eric: the chinese believe as i don't think they are doing print beijing ramping up military drones of near taiwan after u.s. lawmakers paid a visit to the island for plus good american troops intentionally enter any possible conflict of the top house republicans say that is possible. we are live in taiwan when "fox news live" returns okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we provide nutrients to support immune, muscle, bone, and heart health. yaaay! woo hoo! ensu

mark esper and former secretary of air force beverly james. thank you very much.applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. it is great to see such a filled room, so much interest in what is a really important topic so i think you all for joining us here today. i want to thank fred and the atlantic council team for all they have done to bring us to this moment over the past year. i especially want to thank stephen rodriguez, clint starling who has been introduced, and our great -- great author experts, whitney mcnamara and pete for their hard work, diligence, patience, and inclusiveness. i want to thank my capable cochair for leadership and insights and for all the other commissioners and experts who contributed to the study over the past year, it has been a great team effort. last month, secretary james and i wrote an op-ed on this topic that begin -- begin with this assertion, the era of great competition is fully underway and it is transitioned to a more dangerous level. russia's unwarranted juve -- invasion of ukraine and china's increasing tensions with washington

earlier mark esper says that chinese' ambitions go well beyond taiwan. they're global. >> they have made clear that by 2035 they want to have a modern military and their goal is to move beyond the indo-pacific and project power around the world. we should be concerned about that. >> here at the white house, john kirby tried to calm down tensions. >> communication with china remain open, we have communicated to china privately, we've certainly done it publicly here with you all, there's no reason for them to overreact to this transit. it's not uncommon for these transits. they're private, unofficial, we'll urge them not to overact. >> it was the hasty withdrawal from afghanistan, after the white house released the summary report largely blaming the trump administration. they say that 19,000 afghans are waiting for visas to come to the united states and many in refugee camps, some after helping the u.s. military for years. some democratic lawmakers, including a marine combat veterans are joining republicans in saying part of the chaotic withdrawal comes wi

former defense secretary mark esper said the following and i'll get your response. >> like most people i don't understand why a 21 year old national guardsman had access to some of the most highly kept secrets in the united states and in particular finished products from the joint staff ear the cia operations center. >> yeah, and i'm the same way. i don't get it either. how does a 21 year old have access to this? how do we have a system where you have 21 career olds running around with highly classified documents? what are your thought on that? >> we loosened up the screws. we gotta get back in the fight senior enlisted officers should have access to that. there should not be lower guys that have that stuff. it is scary stuff. we got a woke ideology going on in our experiment going on in our military right now and it shouldn't be. we're more worried about making sure that everyone's getting their not getting their feelings hurt, making sure that everyone's included instead of making sure we have a fit to fight military not palm pom pom squad. >> as you look around the world and see som

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let's go to the former defense secretary of the united states, mark esper with us right now. secretary, good to see you. obviously tensions have kind of revved up. that's putting it mildly, sir. but they did say our actions and the taiwan president meeting up with the speaker of the house and other prominent american politicians goes beyond a typical meet and greet type of thing with leaders in the past and our actions in the past. so we provoked this first. what do you think? >> well, it's completely not true, neil. of course, the taiwan president has been to the united states 16 times. they have met with speakers of the house before. congressional delegations have been travelling to china for decades. one of my first trips was a congressional staffer over 20 plus years ago. none of this is unusual, this is all about the chinese bluster, domestic politics back in china and the ratcheting up of tensions across the taiwan strait. >> neil: i'm wondering what happens now. there's not a lot of margin for things that could go very wrong as you know, secretary. these additional bat

. >> that's right, neil, former defense i get a mark esper told you the pentagon has a problem with howhandles the nation's most sensitive secrets and who has access to them. >> you are the so-called i.t. specialists, those types of things, you need to be able to have that clearance, but that doesn't mean you should be granted access to the information. particularly finished products coming out of the joint staff, the cia, to me, that is a fundamental issue. >> president biden tacitly admitting there is a problem in a statement, "i have directed our military and intelligence community to take steps to further secure and limit distribution to sensitive information." current and former members of the u.s. military have long been concerned with how many people have access to the military's most secure server, known as the joint worldwide intelligence communications system, better known by its acronym, which houses top-secret, sensitive information. secret materials found on a separate secure server called the severn net. the accusations, too many people treat these platforms like the inter

joining us now is former defense secretary under former president trump mark esper secretaries for i mean, how devastating is something of this kind of a magnitude where they don't know yet? if it's even been contained. it's pretty bad, caitlin, you're right. we don't know how big or how bad it can get. i mean, you look at at the tactical level would affect what happens on the ground between russia and ukraine at the strategic level, and it affects our ability to get more information. it affects our our sources and methods. and then you have a political level between us and our allies and what it means about the relationship there and then finally, it does impact confidence within the united states government itself between departments and people about our ability to keep seeing it's i think it was striking how much we heard from john kirby yesterday we heard a little bit of it. they're saying how much they don't know. they don't even know if it's over at this point , and you dealt with not the same thing but similar leaks. it was 2020 or, you know, defense secretary. this was about

we spoke to defense secretary mark esper yesterday. for this job that feels like an i.t. job, the support of the space, have access to this kind of sensitive material? jonathan: u.n. joe mathieu have done wonderful coverage of this. i watched that interview with esper. i think a point the three of you made, it is too early to draw conclusions. is the president drawing conclusions publicly? annmarie: i think what he is trying to do is downplay concerns. politically, this is damaging. it is not the biden administration's fault this 21-year-old had access. this is an issue the u.s. has been grappling with. more people in the u.s. government have access to information since post 9/11 world. the idea is you cast a much wider net, more intelligence to more people, you can catch more threats and issues. now, the pentagon has a problem on their hands and they need to figure out what went wrong. the pentagon spokesperson said we have issues in place, this was an individual, this was a criminal matter that he took misinformation. everyone is ask