the chairman of the national housing fund announced the allocation of more than 6300 billion tomans of credit for the construction of residential units of the national housing authority. it is the duty of this government to close the semi-finished housing units of mehr and in fact the remaining projects of the previous governments, and we have a commitment to this issue that as soon as possible, the people who spent the resources to implement them in the past years and now for any reason facing a problem god willing, with the help of our colleagues, their jihadi efforts will be resolved, god willing, and alhamdulillah, the resources have been allocated to this route through the circulation of the fund, and i think, god willing , that we will see the reports in the coming months by the president, god willing, and very good things will happen. let us have very good events for the people , and god willing, you will create for the people the remaining mehr houses and semi-built projects, considering that the number is limited, we do not set a ceiling for it. and our goal is actually to summarize the project so that it will be completed sooner and it will actually be remo

the white house. accuses texas authorities of worsening the situation on the border with mexico. the texas nationalrd has been ordered to keep federal border guards out. state governor greg abate, in an interview with tucker carlson, said that he was ready for conflict with washington. according to him, texas supported by 10 more states that sent the national guard to the border, and before that , the governors of 26 states signed a joint statement on the right to protect their borders from migrants. the trigger was the decision of the supreme court, which... biden ordered the removal of barbed wire from a section of the border, about 4 km along the rio granda river, where illegal immigrants enter the united states. elizaveta khramtsova found out what the confrontation between individual states and the biden administration in washington is leading to. a problem that has been simmering on the us southern border for decades. 9 months before the presidential election, it turns into a confrontation between the state leadership and the federal government. in texas, without waiting for decisive action fr

red sea, that will continue and will continue to present the president, the white house, the national command authority, the secretary of defense, with very difficult choices. >> ambassador, as referenced, there have been at least 164 attacks -- 164 against bases with u.s. troops just since mid october. and now we have deaths. this seems to be quite an escalation. dozens more injured. what does it tell you? >> it tells me three things. first, the equation of deterrence has been lost by the united states. number two, we're engaged in analysis by paralysis. that is that we seem to be caught in this fear factor that an escalation of conflict with iran is inevitable. the fact is that all of the proxies that iran controls directly, and let's make no mistake about it, all of these attacks are well known by the irgc by iran, and there's no deniability by that no matter what the iranians sa you have two choices here, a military choice and a political choice. i'm not interested in so-called escalation for the sake of escalation. but there are drone factories inside iran that are provided by iran to russia to at

house armed services committee, meantime, does want secretary lloyd austin, the defense secretary, to testify at their committee hearing. austin was hospitalized recently, put under general anesthetic without telling the national command authority. not just a risk to national defense, an embarrassment to the white house as well. the president didn't know the secretary was missing. people who know austin say he's an incredibly private person. he was in the hospital for a procedure and later complications for a routine procedure involving prostate cancer. now this incredibly private person is going to have to discuss something in public on tv and in front of congress. >>> the house has passed a continuing resolution that will keep the government open all the way until march. this is not the first time lawmakers have kicked the can down the road instead of deciding on a budget. here is a congressman from arizona who says, we've got to stop deciding not to decide. >> congress considers no budgets, legislation never hits against cost limitations, and every bipartisan disagreement is solved simply by spending more on the programs of the opposing party. this continuing resolution is a perfect example of how we arrived at this unsustai

nation for almost a week. the us defense secretary lloyd austin has now resumed his official duties from hospital that's according to the white house national security council spokesperson duncan, she has already resumed all his authorities. he's already doing all the functions you would normally do. he's just doing it right now from the hospital use present. joe biden is looking forward to having him back at the pentagon as soon as possible . he was hospitalized on the journey. the 1st of the complications from an operation. according to the pentagon, the countries told me that you officer didn't tell any one which caused misunderstandings upon in the chain of command. us present bite in building tense, keep boston and his position according to the white house or the we spoke with a scott, ben, it's a for me, us on the officer who says that could be most of the story. as well as a former united states army officer who l. a top secret clearance i can tell you. ready without violating any security codes that the secretary of defense and the high ranking officers, independent, gone, are intimately connected every day with the personnel of the state department, the c i a, the f, b i. the national security council, the direc

the authorities still allegedly have not connected the heating to the house in mariupol, writes one of the publications. well this is with support center of nationalities of the city of mariupol continue to destroy the city, still significantly. the number of surviving houses is not connected to the heating system, we came here for the first time when azovstal had just been liberated, these nationalists began to give up, crawling out like rats, people just ran up on the street when they found out that we had come from moscow and they said: look at the atrocities that the listeners committed, they retreated the goats stood up, launched rocket and bomb strikes, and mortars. in order to eliminate these alien shellings from the ukrainian armed forces, now, well, i think, more than 90% of buildings already have a connection to the heating circuit. by the way, i suggest that all questions about what to do with heat in mariupol should be discussed with alexey alekseevich tsyubka, first deputy general director of donbass teploenergo. we are glad to welcome you. good afternoon, alexander. heat is supplied to all consumers who... scheduled for connection of

national security reporter and the proprietor of the most read daily newsletter from politico. he was the white house national security reporter and he worked on military issues and u.s. foreign policy. he is the author of a cryptically not yet named book on policy no chair. senator, thank you for joining us. [applause] >> good afternoon everyone. it is emblematic of how difficult this issue is that i was basically here at years ago talking about the same issue. this issue of wanting congress to take its article one possibilities over war, peace and the policy or seriously. we are on the verge of doing something the senate has not done since 1971. the last time the senate that this was 1971 to repeal the gulf of talking resolution and it was not a full-fledged. the gulf of tonka resolution was repealed. the last time tenant had a stand-alone debate on a single war repeal was maybe never or never during my lifetime, but we took a step toward that today. the vote was 68 to 27 to move on to the bill. two yes votes were absent. let me thank cato for the support. cato has offered intellectual support along the way. i live closer so i don't have to race so much after the last vote of the day. let me tell y

mission authorization remains businesses and nasa press for a clear and efficient authorization framework. the white house nationalpace council released draftft legislation in november to extend existing responsibilities of the department of transportation commerce while dividing mission authorization authority between them. i am heartened that the administration is working on thisen critical issue but the proposal contains numerous ambiguities, new undefined terms, and broad grants of open ended authority. unfortunately the council declined to attend today's hearing and answer questions under proposal, but i hope to from them soon and can further clarity in future discussions. one thing that is clear is that we can assume to continue with the status quo that results in licensing delays, regulatory uncertainty, and inefficient use of taxpayer dollars and private resources. the proper regulatory framework will both remove unnecessary burdens and provide the necessary certainty for the space industry to prosper safely now and into the future. for this to happen we must give mission authorization fully distinct from

the national defense authorization act includes a lot of replenish the defense department stock houselike artillery and munitions but can't be any restart because of the spending bill. is the defense department still on a continuing resolution mean it hasn't been able to replenish any of its stocks of shells or missiles or at least get started on new contracts? general ryder: thanks, jeff. you're talking about in terms of ukraine or just in general? reporter: for each of the services as funding for shells and missiles, especially considering that so many have been given to ukraine. this isbuildup for the u.s. military? general ryder: i'd refer you to each of the services to talk about their current status. but as you highlight during a continuing resolution, we are limited in terms of -- in many in being able to extend contracts and it disrupts training and delays maintenance and imposes uncertainty on the work force. again, each of the services can talk about their individual impacts. let me go to bill stewart, reuters. reporter: at the white house today there was some talk about a t

involved in governance, and the role of municipal authorities in the implementation of national projects has increased, including on the safety of roads, housingan environment. these issues were previously discussed on the forum. small homeland power of russia, which took place in moscow. the president met with representatives of municipal authorities from all over the country, the development program includes several important points, and they concern not only cities. an equally important area is the state program for the integrated development of rural areas. it was approved in 1919, and what is important, it was also extended at the initiative of the president for this year, it is aimed at the territories. development of rural areas directly, the zemsky doctor program, it has been in effect since 2012, its essence is that one-time payments are provided to doctors, felchers, midwives, nurses if they go to work in small settlements points with a population of up to 50 thousand people. at the end of the past year, when the results were summed up, the president took the initiative to increase allowances under this program, both for doctors and

chief of law and history review, which is a leading journal of legal history and author of national duties custom houses and the making of the american state. he is now at work at a new project which uses the west as a lens into american history. and we're going to hear more about that today. next to him, we have eric lesser, who is a senior counsel at wilmerhale, a leading law firm previously was a fourth term member of the massachusetts state senate. and and an obama white house aide. he has worked for seven sessions as a consultant. the hit hbo series veep, and then have trevor parry-giles, who is a professor in the department of communication and the associate dean, faculty affairs and research at the college of arts and humanities in the university of maryland. he is the award winning author and editor of four books, including the prime time presidency, the west wing and u.s. national ism. so let's dig in. and to start, i'm wondering if each of you could talk the unique perspective that you have on popular culture in popular television, entertainment and the white house. and just in general overvie

involved in governance, the role of municipal authorities in the implementation of national projects has grown, in particular the safety of roads, housing. we talked about all this the other day during the work of a large-scale forum small motherland strength of russia, which took place in moscow. vladimir putin met with representatives of municipal authorities from all over the country. in a programme. at the end of the past year, when the results were summed up, the president took the initiative to increase the allowances for this program, and for doctors and paramedics, well, up to 2 million to a million, respectively, who chose to work in new regions. russian presidential candidates traveled to the regions, visited dozens of cities, monitoring particularly pressing problems in each meeting with local residents, pensions, salaries, ecology, economy, all this is in the spotlight of politicians, where they have already been and the main points of their program, varvara nevskaya found out. the best academic economists from all over the country, their prices, ideas and ready-made developments are the main goal of this. 44,000 rub. per mo

however, democrats and the white house accuse the authorities in texas of extremism, where an armed confrontation almost broke out between the state’s national, contrary to the demands of the white house , decided on its own. to close the border began to install barbed wire where illegal immigrants had recently passed through. texas even disobeyed the decision of the us supreme court, which demanded that the wire be removed. in response, only more barriers appeared on the border. we install barbed wire wherever we can and will continue to do this. we won't stop, if they cut it, we will replace it. i was at the border on friday to thank our soldiers, to support them in case the biden administration sends. army of god. we express our support for texas and oppose lawlessness in our country. we are already tired of the biden administration and are defending our country as patriots who. and they love her. the convoy of several dozen vehicles expects to reach texas by the end of the week. there the participants plan to hold several rallies, they said, to draw attention to the problem of border security, as if there was not enough of it. to give us

authorities. in the contract that was signed by the ceos of the national development fund and housing bank, this funds to contribute to the progress of the national housing movement plan. the amount of 2 billion dollars from its resources with this bank. made a deposit this is the first time that the national development fund deposits 2 billion dollars in a state bank. signing a contract to support the national housing movement. according to this contract, the national development fund deposits 2 billion dollars with maskan bank and receives 2% interest . housing bank through this economic activity and we to the difference. the profit that is provided to him can acquire resources that he can use to reduce the profit of riyal resources that he gives to the people. bank maskan has also been authorized to deposit the amount to spend in the form of facilities with a conventional interest rate for the development of transportation and spend the resources obtained from this profit for the facilities of the national housing movement. for the first time in the fund. through the efforts of our loved ones in t

good morning, i'm wondering who's in charge of the pentagon, the white house et cetera we have a chain and the national command authorityt is a-wall when you look at what's happened over the last couple weeks and fighting men and women out to see and in the air and whose providing policy oversight to them and when you really look at this this stems from when anthony blinken invited a few weeks after they took office removed the houthis from the specially designated terrorist watchlist and i assume that it was a stick in the eye to saudi arabia because if you remember back then it was a big deal and this was anthony blinken and biden's way of saying you take this and will remove the houthis that even shooting at you from the terrorist watchlist. this again is exactly wrong instincts that this administration has, 180 out from america first from putting american men and women that are serving our country first. what they do is authority to the un that tells them and asked them to remove the houthis from the terrorist watchlist. it's really, really bad to know my brothers and sisters in uniform are led by these people that

nation. >> if we provide a proper neighborhood, proper, affordable housing, then definitely young people will come here. >> the authoritiesnsidering a proposed regional housing bond for the november ballot that could raise 10 to $20 billion for the bay area. the total number of homes we could build or preserve is up to 80,000 new homes. the housing authority plans to make a decision by june as to whether to put that bond measure on the november ballot. and as for these homes in hayward, the deadline to apply for the lottery is february 5th. we have details on how to qualify on our website ktvu.com. just click on web links in hayward, jana katsuyama ktvu fox two news. >> a school district in the south bay is named one of the best in the country. niche, a school ranking website, ranks the palo alto unified school district as the 16th best school district in the u.s. the rankings are based on several factors, including data and reviews. >> all right, thanks for watching. the 11:00 news, everyone. our next newscast, mornings on two, kicking off, kicking off very early. throwing that in there. the old kickoff. well the niners

knows that he will not come, but the ukrainian authorities and their american sponsors do not take all this into account, employees of the white house nationaleadership of jake salvan held a closed meeting with representatives of military companies industrial complex, discussed what else to supply to kiev. the conversation focused on a range of systems that include drones, how to counter incoming drones, and addressing the issue of mine clearance. it is known that on at the meeting were representatives of the anduril company, they produce attack drones that are launched from helicopters or from pickup trucks from the ground, and also design automatic radars and unmanned interception systems. representatives of skydio also participated; the company specializes in all kinds of reconnaissance drones. on the promo videos, as always, everything looks epic, how it will actually happen and whether it will happen is the question. the supply of equipment directly depends on whether congress approves the allocation of $60 billion for armaments to kiev, where they are already literally praying to washington. helping ukraine is not a subject for discuss

joining me tonight is john bolton, trump's former national security advisor and the author of "the room where it happened a white house memoir." it's out today with the new forward and eye opening details. ambassador bolton, it's great to see you here. as i was reading this forward you were saying he would cross lines that you believe would cause a constitutional crisis, and you say that essentially it would end up with him not departing voluntarily this time. >> well, i think what he would do in terms of seeking retribution through the justice department, what he would do potentially through the defense department and some of the other agencies of government as well would produce constant constitutional agitations to the point where i think it would -- it could cause government functions almost to break down. and when other mechanisms were applied, state, criminal prosecution, the federal cases, congressional oversight, we would be embroiled in litigation and controversy that -- that could make it almost impossible to get back to normality after he's gone. this is because as i think we saw beyond question in the firs

house, representatives of the national assembly. in france , the blockade of paris announced by trade unions and farmers began. the authorities stop her, but so far without results, peasant roadblocks are popping up in the most unexpected places. the police simply do not have time to prevent the erection of mobile tractor barricades on the roads. farmer riots in europe are becoming increasingly widespread. they have already covered the largest and influential countries of the old world. the authorities prepared with all seriousness for the blockade of parisian highways announced by the peasants. 1,500 police officers were mobilized, most of whom were deployed to prevent a transport collapse in the capital. the farmers did not set out to completely isolate the country's main city. according to them, they are fighting the government and not the citizens, so they chose rungi as the main target of the attack. this largest trading platform provides food supplies to stores in markets throughout the country. at in this case, only minor roads remained free for travel, so the french capital was shackled by monstrous traffic jams. to d

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prompted concerns that this episode endangered the pentagon transfer of authority and it national security. the pentagon and the white house say they are conducting a full review. heidi jo castro, alta 0, washington. instead of head hearing out 02023 as much as rec. holds the world's funniest. yeah. and it's all linked issue and cold climate change. no way on the path to becoming the 1st country in the world to start deep sea mining on the commercial scale, the color we do still have flooding concerns across i faced impossible. straight victorian particular is now low c drive. but the thoughts as we'll take some time to receive you can see plain to your shower cloud right up at east the sort of australia right up into the north, down towards the south. mary, apply pressure which will produce some outbreaks of right. she fades of the south side of the visa and of new zeta. not very too badly actually over the next couple of days. so it's a white mistake. we got more heavy rain coming into the northeast of new south wales, right up into a good pots of queensland right across the gulf commentary out into the top and it was a

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nationally. illinois is deferring and saying they don't have the authority. >>> on capitol hill, house republicans bipartisan border bill after mr. trump slammed it calling it unnecessary. joining us now is former ohio governor john kasich. he was a republican presidential candidate in 2016 and a former member of the house. don't you miss the house? i know you miss being there. you could have a different speaker every couple of months. motions to vacate. >> i was there in 1986. i hate to take people back. i was just a kid then. that's when we passed a bipartisan bill to deal with the immigration problem. it seemed as though we could have cooler heads and we could figure out how to have border security and let people have the ability to come in here legally. we got that done. it was done under ronald reagan and involved some form of amnesty. it was good for a while. in recent years, it has become completely and totally politicized. that's why we're not making any progress down there. they can say, well, trump had it all figured out. no, he didn't. part of the reason why we didn't have the flow is b

what would have happened had there been a national security emergency at the white house on that day? >> it is speculative, but the idea of delegation of authority, you need a process for delegation. no different than a warship. a captain in a second in command, sometimes second-in-command has to take over. there is a process. i hate hypotheticals but for the sake of argument let's run that through. had there been a need by the commander in chief to seek greater clarity about a specific issue, deputy secretary kathleen who had that authority, who had a full communication suite while she was on leave would have been more than capable of being secretary of defense. >> the white house would have learned on that day. >> i don't know how i can prove that is the case, but it did not happen. she had full authority. >> now that the pentagon shared secretary austin underwent surgery for cancer, does the president believe he should have been afforded privacy to not share with the medical procedure was? >> president believes he should have been afforded privacy to not disclose. the president believes that transparency is important and he knows being a publ

notifications that are sent to senior national security and military leaders as well as the white house when the secretary of defense needs to transfer his authoritieso the deputy secretary of defense. it's also going to involve a review of how the deputy is notified because we first reported that secretary austin's office did not notify the deputy secretary that he was actually in the hospital when they asked her to assume his responsibilities until days after he had actually been admitted to walter reed. so what we are learning from this memo is that, quote, this review will help to ensure one, clarity and transparency when a determination has been made that certain authorities have been transferred, and two, that proper and timely notification has been made to the president and white house and as appropriate the united states congress and the american public. as y'all ou recall the u.s. con and the public were not notified until four days after he was admitted to walter reed. this process is going to help ensure that all relevant parties are notified when the secretary of defense is otherwise indisposed. importantly, this memo makes no mention of

he wants to try to blame house republicans in some way for the national security and humanitarian catastrophes that he caused. it seems the new authority to shutdown the border would kick in only after as many as 5,000 illegal crossings happen each day. the goal should be zero illegal crossings a day, not 5,000. >> joining us now washington-based nbc news producer julia jester. julia, thanks for joining us this morning. let's talk about this bill. i saw senator cornyn last night express dismay about that. but even if it gets through, is speaker johnson even going to put this up for a vote in the house? >> well, that is the question, jonathan. as you noted he has not been shy in his disdain for the bill, but he has a razor thin majority, and several members who are going to be vulnerable in 2024 who might want something to run on and, is so it remains to be seen who will win out here. the senate negotiators which include democrats, republicans, and independent kyrsten sinema or president trump and his ardent supporters. now, there are still key policy issues with this bill text. chuck schumer said yesterday that they are still working o

housing and communal services, the authorities will pay attention to those segments in the system of support measures that remained unaccounted for, the president indicated that they will return... will direct the nationald. infrastructure loans and bonds are also provided for the modernization of housing and communal services. we talked about domestic tourism. there was a proposal to include cafes and restaurants in its development program, with which vladimir putin agreed. this issue will be discussed in the government, the president said. let us tell you how this day in history is remembered right now. hello. on january 12 , 1816, the french government issued a decree banning the family of former emperor napoleon bonaparte from the country forever. he himself was already in exile on the island of st. helena in the atlantic, but in paris they were still afraid that he might return. by that time , almost none of napoleon’s relatives were left in france. after his defeat, the former emperor's mother maria and her brother fled to rome. elder brother joseph, former king of spain, to north america. two more brothers lived in exile for a long time and were not going to return. the second wife, marie louise

nation. >> if we provide a proper neighborhood, proper, affordable housing, then definitely young people will come here. >> the authoritiesnsidering a proposed regional housing bond for the november ballot that could raise 10 to $20 billion for the bay area. the total number of homes we are projecting we could build or preserve our is up to 80,000 new homes. the housing finance authority also is partnering with google on a new affordable housing portal that lets people search for all the affordable housing options in the bay area. it is online now and will be fully functional in april. now back here live. the authority is also planning to decide on that bond by june as to whether that should go on the november ballot, and these homes are set to be up and running for the lottery by next month. the deadline is february 5th. if you want to apply, we put the details on how to qualify on our website ktvu.com. just click on web links. julie >> all right. jana katsuyama reporting live tonight in hayward jana thank you. governor newsom says the state has created 15,000 housing units since the start of project home key. that progr

nation. >> if we provide a proper neighborhood, proper affordable housing, then definitely young people will come here. >> the authority'ssidering a proposed regional housing bond for the november ballot that could raise 10 to $20 billion for the bay area. the total number of homes we could build or preserve is up to 80,000 new homes, the housing authority plans to make a decision by june as to whether to put that bond measure on the november ballot, and as for these homes in hayward, the deadline to apply for the lottery is february 5th. we have details on how to qualify on our website ktvu.com. just click on web links. in hayward, gianna katsuyama ktvu, fox two news, ktvu, fox two news at five starts now. >> it's winter. it's supposed to rain. >> squeeze a little more time into your schedule for the road. >> now, at five, a winter storm has arrived. rain is hitting the bay area during this evening commute. you can expect thatrillionain to stick around all weekend. good evening. >> i'm greg lee and i'm cristina rendon. flooded roadways, overflowing streams and downed trees. all of it a concern tonight we have live team

the texas national guard and other texas personnel are acting on that authority to secure the texas border. this morning the u.s. speaker of the house and six other republican governors from various states are backing texas governor greg abbott. speaker of the house says it will do whatever it can to support governor abbott. the showdown continues. >> bill: rubber will meet the road somewhere. thank you, matt finn, on a foggy rio grande. >> dana: s.o.s. in massachusetts. dozens of migrant families camping at logan airport. the democrat governor is pleading for help from the federal government. local taxpayers are picking up the tab and state police working overtime at the airport. let's go to chicago and check this out. officials are stripping neighborhoods and taxpayers of resources to make room for my granulitis. not sitting well with a key part of the democratic base there. garrett tenney is in chicago. >> we are here where migrants continue to be dropped off on a daily basis, nearly $800 million that chicago and illinois have put toward taking care of the migrants who arrived over the last year, healthcare, housing, education. t

national defense authorization act. unfortunately, i believe as republicans in the house objected to it. we have to get it done.ation is so critical and how it would be helpful. >> first of all, i think ion i extremely helpful, because it is stopping the core of supply. it is stopping the supply chain and doing everything we can to put a kink in that. but equally, i think that any bill brin attention, i think, the most brilliant thing set up here, is with my friend next to me said, what does it take to make it a crisis? will it be half 1 million people per? i tell you what, we are pretty close. >> thank you, mr. yoes ? >> the end re we are no questio front of us. no matter, every minute we take to discuss and argue about what is the proper path to go, we are losing lives and we are losing this war. and the reality is, we newly -- need to pull together and realize this transcends political parties. >> now, from the perspective of the police on the street. you see that dimension, but there is another possible dimension, that china's interest is not just to make money but really undermine the social fabric, in the

his authority to deputy defence secretary kathleen hicks, but it would not be until three days after his hospitalisation that the defence department officially notified hicks and the white house nationalisation. four days after austin's visit, the pentagon notified congress and the public. 0njanuary 6, austin released a statement taking full responsibility for the delay, saying he "could have done a betterjob" of informing the public. president biden is not considering firing the defense secretary according to reporting by the bbc�*s us partner, cbs. nebraska congressman don bacon told the bbc why he believes the top us defence official failing to communicate a serious hospital stay poses a national security risk. thank you forjoining us. you are a former air force general and aware of the chain of command. what is your view of this apparent communications reach down? —— breakdown. it was a failed judgement by the secretary of defense ata minimum. to be out of pocket for three days where the white house did not know he was unavailable for any kind of emergency, command and control communications, and that his own deputy did not know he was really unavailable. she was on vacation in pu

house. section 2c of the war powers act is clear -- potus may only introduce the u.s. into hostilities after congressional authorization or in a national emergency when the u.s. is under imminent attack. reporting is not a substitute. this is a retaliatory, offensive strike." of course potus is president of the united states. similarly, the prime minister of britain is facing opposition questioning, demanding he come before the british parliament to explain why he did this without authorization. professor, your response? >> absolutely. there are laws that prevent u.s. presidents -- the constitution itself and the war powers active 1973 prevent presidents from launching airstrikes, launching war without congressional authority. the houthis were not attacking the u.s. they were preventing shipping toward israel. this is not a defensive war by any means. not informing congress of this is a violation of the constitution. we know biden understands this. there are tweets going around from 2021 when he was criticizing trump for having gone or potentially attacking iran without going to congress, say no president should do this without congres

expert to committee members and house leadership on us missile defense and nuclear weapons policy programs. congratulations for getting the national defense authorizationct passed last week. the office served on the national security council deputy assistant to the president and senior director for europe and russia. he's also an intelligence officer in the navy reserve and has extensive knowledge from his time on the intelligence senate committee and senate homeland security and government affairs committee. masao dahlgren needs no introduction, we just heard from masao dahlgren, fellow in the international security program and excellent scholar who is here today. thank you. i would like to turn the floor over to thomas karato. >> thanks for coming out today. we are grateful you joined us to talk about where the department is on this important mission set. i've got a lot of questions for you and we will have a great conversation but also emphasize so you can take questions online on the event page and through low latency data feeds through space will come here so i can present them to the panel. so let's start off with policy perspectives. this topic