the clerk: mr. king, aye. the presiding officer: is there anybody in the chamber -- is there any senator in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the ayes are 55, the nays 42. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the dongs of this amendment, the -- for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. young: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. young: i call up my amendment 230 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from indiana, mr. young, proposes amendment number 230. mr. young: mr. president, congress has passed annual defense authorization bill for the past 62 years. this body, both parties, take seriously the threats our servicemembers face and the sacrifices their families make. to date, the department of defense executed five audits, five audits. no uniformed service has returned a clean audit. nor have major offices and agencies within the office of secretary

mr. ryan. king mr. nick parker and. dr. shogren for bringing their wisdom and, expertise to help us figure this out. if any senators have additional for the witnesses or statements to be added to the record, the hearing record will be kept open for seven days until thursday, april the six. so thank you for participating today, both at the witness and in the audience. this concludes our hearing. for. the. for. good luck year. zero. back. before we could just hang out. yeah because i need to talk about my plans for my. tour. i know you mentioned i'm going go see. so. we're in the grand haven of the. crystal. river. the great. equalizer. and ice cream. yeah, i got.

so when i hear mr. kingabout walking, i am thinking, well, you know maybe i was cheating a little bit because i had my thumb in the air, but it was the early 70's. it was a different time. then when -- adolph the third it up a hitchhiker and was murdered by the hitchhiker everything changed. all the laws in all the 50 states changed. i am not sure if it is still legal or not, but you're supposed to be on the on ramp when you go to the washington bridge you cannot be on the roadway. i do not know if that is still the law or how effective that is. but yeah, it was a great time and it was a different time. i was in my teens. i'm going to be 70 now. i still remember those days like yesterday. like it just happened. i had the time of my life and it was a lot of fun. host: thank you for the call in brooklyn. neil king, it hitchhiking versus hiking. guest: i really appreciate what he just said. i am a big fan of brooklyn to buy the way. i write about that in the book, the demise of hitchhiking. i also hitchhiked ac

mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. cotton, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. ernst, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. mr. mcconnell, aye. mrs. feinstein, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. shaheen, aye.. mrs. britt, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. hawley, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the

mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no.

mr. king, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. mrs. duckworth, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. mickern looper -- mr. hickenlooper, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. carper, no. mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye.: : the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 13, the nays are 71. the amendment is not agreed to. the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the 60 atirmtive -- affirmative vote threshold be vitiated for scott numbered 510, romney 823, sinema 135, grassley 273, blackburn 224, moran 949 and baldwin 865. further, that the amendments be called up and adoption the seamedz all -- amendments all en bloc take place.

i asked if the fact that mr king is a soldier makes him different from detainees we've seen in the pasti think ithink so, i think so, not only that he is a soldier but because he voluntarily defected. it is a bit of a different story, north koreans, they are keeping him, right? this is a different story where he may not want to go back. i'm not sure how this negotiation will unfold. also, the us and north korea are completely at an impasse. there has not been a dialogue whatsoever for the last several years, since the deterioration of the summit, north koreans are expanding their nuclear missiles arsenal, there are some 70 tests last year, missile tests, 30 tests, they are modernising their arsenal, there is no talk between the us and north korea. so i am not sure things will unfold from here. , ., ., sure things will unfold from here. , . ., ., here. given that background, do we know how — here. given that background, do we know how he _ here. given that background, do we know how he would - here. given that background, do we know how he would be - here. given that background, do we kn

mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative, cantwell markey, and rosen. senators voting in the negative this braun, budd, cornyn, hoeven, johnson, lankford, ricketts, and wicker. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. featerrerman, aye -- mr. fetterman, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. reed, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. heinrich, aye.

the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye.the clerk: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are 2. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: could we have order, please. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: just for the information of members, we're speeding up the vote process. there's the whitehouse picnic tonight, and we're going -- two of get things done by then. so there will be 10-minute votes and we're going to call questions quite strictly. okay? thank you. thank you. mr. rubio: madam president? the presiding officer: the junior senator from virginia. mr. kaine: madam president, i call up amendment 429 and ask that at that be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report by number. the clerk: mr. kaine proposes amendment numbered 429. mr. k

mr. king previously served as chairman of the house homeland security committee in the 109th and the 112 congress. he is a well-known commentator on national security and world affairs. and former congressman jim laundrymen, who was a leading voice on cybersecurity issues, he chaired the armed services committee on intelligence and one and 16th congress, and mr. langevin served as the chair to my being his ranking member on the strategic subcommittee of armed services. we appreciate the each of you are here today, we know, the preparation you are asked these basic questions, what are the most critical threats facing our nation, what is the proper role of the intelligence community in our nation's response to these threats? what was the unfinished business of this committee while you served in congress, that he believed that this committee needs to continue, and any other advice or thoughts that we might have for us, we welcome you here today. i recognize current ranking member. >> thank you, m

the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk:collins, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. booker -- ms. warren, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hyde-smith, aye. mr. menendez, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. y

mr. king: i'd like to ask that my defense fellow nick oldman be granted privileges of the floor until the conclusion of the 118th congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. king: thank you, madam president. madam president, chairman reed has spoken eloquently in the last few minutes about the personal impact of this hold on general officer nominations and what it means to families, what it means to careers, what it means to people that are coming up through the ranks, because make no doubt, this is not just affecting those people that have been nominated for general officer positions, but it ripples all the way down through the ranks. it is an unprecedented attack on the integrity of our military chain of command. as i say, senator reed talked about the impact on individuals, and tonight we're going to be talking about a lot of those individuals. but i'd like to talk for a moment about the impact on the readiness of our force. the first thing to observe is that china and russia ha

mr. kingd, he made the same crossing in the same area it's very likely his footsteps and the sprint that he had to go pretty quickly before taken back by security officers and he would have taken the same path as the former president donald trump. mr. king is likely in north korean detention and perhaps in isolation and he's one of the outsiders to go into north korea since the start of the pandemic and they've had the borders sealed and they're afraid of covid-19. most of the population remains unvaccinated and after a period of quarantine, he could last who knows how long? and he'll be asked about his military background. he is active duty and he has a limited time in the military according to court records, maybe less than two years. if the north koreans decide that his intelligence is not of special value to them then they might basically try to get him back as quickly as they can or he can sit around and wait for quite some time because right now the u.s. and north korea do not have offic

in this case, you know, mr. king wasn't in the army very long.n't have a lot of intel he would be able to share with them aside from where he was stationed and doing as a private. so once the north koreans assess that they couldn't gain a lot of military intelligence from him and perhaps not much propaganda value either because they haven't really used americans for propaganda in a number of years, the last time in the -- the sons of a u.s. defector, a military defector that they put in a propaganda video to dmiens the united states. but we don't know think of this right now. he it's speculative because the north koreans haven't mentioned the fact that mr. king is in their custody. and so -- and there is no official communication between the united states and north korea. so really until we hear something from the u.s. or north korea, we don't know where he is and how long he going to be there. >> i am not sure what the plan would have been going into north korea. sounds like it may not be going to what this individual was trying to do. thank you

let's hear what mr. king has to say. and it was like, tell us what you're doing?and i started to talk to them they were kind of taken aback by my commentary about just seeing their part of, the country. and then one of the young women stopped for it. and she said, mr. weaver, could we sing for, mr. king? and he said, you have time. and i said, i've got time. and so i went into their school. we went down the basement. they got on the risers there, about 30 of them. and they these two incredible hymns of the afterlife, which was so bizarre because. these are like, you know, 14 year olds on a beautiful spring day and they're singing about their longing for having but anyway. and was the as spontaneous like that saying a thanks me that i had that i was there and that i had come and was interested in them. basically it was extraordinary. and one last thing, when i was leaving that this hullabaloo occurred and then i went up and i was going to fill my water bottle out of there drinking and mystery goes back into the class and. instead of saying anything about me or anyt

you see, mr. king. they will deport him. therefore, he will not get into gorky.chieved a lot in processing these two girls. it's time to finally put the last point matinelli in their eyes will become a foreign agent. this will scare them into accepting our offer. in the meantime, we will receive information about mister and directly from the family hearth. a dubious adventure has given you more visible health becomes. good luck. how are you? i'm hungry. where can you eat you know the way, i'll show you, i need to talk to you face to face, what kind of mystery? and then he died, and i was not accepted to the institute. like this. what did you want to tell me, olenka, we got into a very unpleasant story. i am partly galya her mother. but mostly you and me. i do not understand to explain. but they themselves said that deal with his company firm. how to understand you? how much did my earrings cost? bought. why lie so naively? i was at 5 they took on a commission for four. and speaking of gifts, how many parcels do you received from peter dve do you know how much the

it has been under a week since mr. king, a u.s.private serving in south korea, sprinted into north korea while on a tour. the dmz marks the border between north and south korea, and is one most heavily fortified areas in the world. this is what the u.n. said a short while ago. >> first is the primary concern is private king's welfare. a conversation has commenced with the kpa through the mechanisms of the armistice. that process has started, but forgive me because of the very delicate nature of these negotiations if i don't go into any more detail about that. sumi: now the u.s. justice department is suing texas over floating barriers installed by the state to block migrants crossing from mexico after they failed to meet a deadline to remove them. the lawsuit comes after texas governor greg abbott sent a letter to the biden administration on monday directed to biden that said "texas action is a side issue. the fact is if you would just enforce the immigration laws congress has on the books, america would not be suffering from your r

so when i hear mr. kinghinking, well, you know maybe i was cheating a little bit because i had my thumb in the air, but it was the early 70's. it was a different time. then when -- adolph the third it up a hitchhiker and was murdered by the hitchhiker everything changed. all the laws in all the 50 states changed. i am not sure if it is still legal or not, but you're supposed to be on the on ramp when you go to the washington bridge you cannot be on the roadway. i do not know if that is still the law or how effective that is. but yeah, it was a great time and it was a different time. i was in my teens. i'm going to be 70 now. i still remember those days like yesterday. like it just happened. i had the time of my life and it was a lot of fun. host: thank you for the call in brooklyn. neil king, it hitchhiking versus hiking. guest: i really appreciate what he just said. i am a big fan of brooklyn to buy the way. i write about that in the book, the demise of hitchhiking. i also hitchhiked across the country. the

as far as the defense ministers, discussions and viewed advancing klein, mrs. king energy plans, but it's regional security. that's really the domination of these tools. especially raised with my colleagues just underscores the absolute imperative of working to maintain the status quo when it comes to taiwan and making sure that no one engages and actions unilaterally. that could disrupt that, that status quo. that's what all of us are. our focus on the correspondence era clock joins us now live from brisbin. sarah moore pushed back to beijing. now from blinking. he annoyed austin. have been there now for a few days. they've got plenty of ground to cover the uh, they have no entity. banking is a boarding, a plane as we speak um on his way to honolulu. yeah, there's always been meetings have wound up but was all about regional and bolstering regional agreements and notary cooperation across the entire pacific. now the us is expanding its footprints in australia heavily. uh they'll send more troops will be deployed here. they're talking about more marines, 5 digits an

the white house says it is working to get mr king back but haven't received information about his wherabouts us have plummeted in recent years, as it has tested dozens of increasingly powerful missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. a new study shows that if all those in the uk who eat a lot of meat this burger is half beef, half mushroom. meat this burger is half beef, half mushroom-— meat this burger is half beef, half mushroom. what we want to do is reduce our — mushroom. what we want to do is reduce our impact _ mushroom. what we want to do is reduce our impact on _ mushroom. what we want to do is reduce our impact on the - mushroom. what we want to do is - reduce our impact on the environment and emissions. by reducing that by 50% without compromising on flavour or quality, it enables us to do that and drive towards net zero in an effective way. the and drive towards net zero in an effective way-— and drive towards net zero in an effective way. the firm also offers 100% beef and _ effective way. the firm also offers 100% beef and 100% _ effective way. the firm also offers 100% be

partners of different races, and i have always talked about how you just seem to have the spirit of mrs. kingied martin. we talk about that off air. you are inactive listener and a leader in her own right. do you see this march as one of the tributes to the kings have left us? but wants to continue, electricity, tell us why this march embodies that whole family commitment. >> well, as providence would have, it on the day that she went home to be with god, it was the day that the supreme court struck down affirmative action, so on a very real sense, on that day the mountaintop got a lot steeper for too many of us. there were rocks thrown in our path. and so in a very real sense i see it as a moral obligation in time for us to come together, even now more than ever to make real the dream of martin luther king junior, and caretta scott king, and christine king faris. a very real sense of the torch truly has been passed to a new generation. and now it is time for each one of us to take our place, to continue the drumbeat of peace, justice, and equity. >> we will be doing that and i'm excited that

mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. rosen, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. president manchin, no. -- the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. duckworth, aye -- ms. duckworth, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the presiding officer: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of

when the election results were coming down, i went and sat down next to mrs. king the return. barack obama won ohio, and therefore would be the first black president. reverend raphael warnock was now the senator for the state of georgia. i think about the pain and suffering the king family has gone through, the assassination of dr. king. the abuse, the media attacks. with dignity and a regal bearing, some of the kings were not out front. but they all stood shoulder to shoulder, martin luther king gave the world a dream. they would all salute that day christine king ferris, if it wasn't for those who were the backbone of the movement. there would never have been a movement. we will be right back. right back. after advil. feeling better? on top of the worlddddd!!! before advil. advil targets pain at the source of inflammation. when pain comes for you, come back fast with advil liqui-gels. right now get a free footlong at subway. like the subway series menu. buy one footlong in the app, get one free. for freeee. that's what i'm talking about. order in the subway app t

us presidentjoe biden is at windsor castle for talks with king charles. earlier, mri sunak in downing street — describing the us—uk relationship as "rock solid". this is bbc news. for talks with king charles. earlier, mr biden met prime minister rishi sunak

mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative, baldwin, bennet, blackburn, brown, budd, cassidy, cornyn, cortez masto, cotton, cramer, cruz, daines, ernst, feinstein, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hassan, hickenlooper, hirono, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, king, lee, lujan, marshall, menendez, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, reed, ricketts, risch, romney, rosen, rounds, rubio, schatz, schumer, scott of florida, sh

know is that our petition to the king passed to the continent of congress has been graciously no sufficient time has passed for a reply come to us. so you well know that mr. lee has received a reliable report that the king will reject all requests that is merely hearsay. mr. lee. mr.. henry that is merely hearsay. i cannot ask for a french and liberty as any man in this, and indeed you are. and as little disposed to submit, but national stability and filial respect demands that we do nothing hastily. i offer no provocations. i speak as a plan indeed for the farmers of charles city county, and i deplore steps that would stop the production of tobacco and corn and reduce the people of virginia to starvation starvation. indeed, sir. and about the brave people of boston, i represent charles smitty, not boston. mr. president. sir, virginia is bound by both honor and self-interest to share one faith with our sister here. i recognize. i know one be just the part of it only the king. and i the colonies are tied to through their ties to the crown. virginia is a self governing domain in within the british empire. the gentleman virginia should be prepared and i con

>> well, first of all, we're all thinking about mr. king and his family.to receive mor information about him. with regard to these missile tests, this is the latest in a string of missile tests recently. i think they fired cruise missiles into the ocean early morning saturday in korea. and so we're going to learn more next week when we go back to washington and i receive a classified briefing about it. >> and on putin's war in ukraine, a top french official tells cnn that china is providing military equipment to russia. has the u.s. seen evidence of that? >> i haven't seen evidence of lethal aid being provided. i think that, quite frankly, after the rebellion by prigozhin recently, i think that the ccp, the chinese communist party and chairman xi jinping are probably re-evaluating the whole situation with regard to russia. all that being said, i think that the biden administration has made it very clear that any provision of such lethal aid would trigger even more consequences for the ccp, and it would be done on a bipartisan basis, certainly out of congre

returning to him and but again, it the marriage was doomed and obviously, after that point, you know, mrs. king filed for divorce, which was quickly granted. the judge ordered child support payments, which predictably, the husband never made ever. well, two years later, now, again, dorothy king ford, or anyone who knew her attested to her christian virtues. she was incredibly generous, kind of matriarch of the neighborhood, always writing, you know, notes to people, baking goods, you know, very active in our church. but in the 1930s, when her son was at yale law school, she decided to take her former husband to court over all of the unpaid child support. and at one point, actually, her lawyers, they again, they won, repeated court cases and and when he didn't pay, she had him thrown in jail overnight. but it made the point. but in any event, it was that kind of her only wife. today, we would say gerald ford, you know, was from a broken home. and the miraculous thing is that he turned out the way he did because he took to heart the lesson of his mother and not the example of his birth father. no

because following the tweet, which included a criticism of pride parades, mr king found himself suspendedtion . but he also investigation. but he also claims to have been forced to resign from his job at a nursing and care business removed as a trust trustee from local local charity and to have been suspended as an academy council leader from a local , state leader from a local, state secondary school. well now king luke miall joins me now. king thank you very much for coming in. it's horrible . time for you. in. it's horrible. time for you. absolute you put out this tweet actually , you said to me earlier actually, you said to me earlier because you were angry. so you were suffering from the sin of wrath, anger. the wrath, righteous anger. but the bible says that pride cometh before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. so you were only quoting a biblical authority? >> i was indeed. it was all biblical truth. i took to twitter wanting to express my in my beliefs. and you know what my position is on what the bible's position is on what the bible's position is. i hasten to add on si

mr. kingi'd like to ask that my defense fellow nick oldman be granted privileges of the floor until the conclusion of the 118th congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. king: thank you, madam president. madam president, chairman reed has spoken eloquently in the last few minutes about the personal impact of this hold on general officer nominations and what it means to families, what it means to careers, what it means to people that are coming up through the ranks, because make no doubt, this is not just affecting those people that have been nominated for general officer positions, but it ripples all the way down through the ranks. it is an unprecedented attack on the integrity of our military chain of command. as i say, senator reed talked about the impact on individuals, and tonight we're going to be talking about a lot of those individuals. but i'd like to talk for a moment about the impact on the readiness of our force. the first thing to observe is that china and russia have

mr. colonel gatsave the king god save the king and heroes glory they really need it now well, dear mr.and in general how do you assess the degree of readiness of our fighters to take sub-fire control-south first of all, this question is strategic and the answer depends on the progress on the battlefield, because if the ukrainian forces manage to break through in the south and possibly reach melitopol, or even better, berdyansk, then of course it will be a powerful gain. if they do not succeed, the questions will arise it was worth resorting to attacks in the direction, because we know that this is the most fortified and mined area at the front, however, i think that your fighters will cope, there is no doubt that they will break through the defensive echelons , but how much will they need for this and what there will be losses on this path. it is one thing if the plan succeeds on the other hand, is such a success worth the depletion of resources, because if the losses are too great, then from a strategic point of view such a success can be a defeat. therefore , we must keep in view the

mr. john king in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." i'll see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, president biden and nato allies hold their high stakes summit as tensions flare over ukraine's bid to join the alliance. president volodymyr zelenskyy taking his fight for membership directly to the summit and calling the uncertain timeline for ukraine's entry "absurd." >>> also, a grand jury just selected in georgia to consider potential indictments against donald trump and others. the investigation of 2020 leaf interference heating up as the donald trump legal team seeks to delay the former president's trial in the federal classified documents case. >>> cnn on the scene of catastrophic flooding in the capital of vermont. the governor there warning the crisis is far from over amid fears a dam could bust after record rainfall. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment. i'm john king and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the nato summit and the growing pressure being placed o

poisoning was behind his recent visit to hospital in neighbouring as with teeming, a spokesman for king, mrs. you know, cause well, tany says he went for a medical checkup as a precaution. well, visiting expertise monarch, somebody, the miller reports from your hands, but there's certainly a lot of confusion around some of these rumors. and the initial story came out from the king of the seas who lose uncle principal to lizzie. oh, who he has a good relationship with. oh, so he has had in the past that he had travelled, he's and if you can, this is who do i travel to is what do you need for medical attention and that's off to one of the king's aid seems to have been poisoned. that's apparently the thinking because he had thought he died quite suddenly, quite unexpectedly. so there was perhaps some concern about what was going on within the dwell household. but the following is acting. this is really travel to use what you need for medical attention. now that's according to principal to lazy his uncle of following that. so there's been a statement that's been issued by a king. this is who los

mr. john king in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room."allies hold their high stakes summit as tensions flare over ukraine's bid to join

mr biden is now with king charles at windsor castle, after skipping his coronation in may in line withractice of us presidents. a beverage company launched by two high—profile influencers is facing scrutiny from lawmakers and health experts over the high levels of caffeine in one of its products. us senator chuck schumer called on the food and drug administration to investigate prime, claiming its energy drink is being marketed to children and poses a risk to their health. courtney bembridge has more from the newsroom. prime is a sports drink owned partially by youtube influencers logan paul and ksi. it's hugely popular amongst kids and these are images from a london supermarket last year. you can see people rushing to try to buy the drink when it first went on sale and there were even limits about how many bottles each customer could buy. there's no caffeine in this drink, but not long after it was launched another product came out looking quite similar. now these are the two products side by side. this is the hydration drink we were talking about. this one, as you can see by the labe