situation stands, and i think the very direct wanting by the communications communications direct to the of the national security council that somebody could get hot soon more than alludes to the fact that the communication is not good between both sides. but the same time there's intense trade going on. so at this committee is a disconnect between economic dependency and the political tension that we are seeing play out almost physically and increasing the threatening me physically. so, me to stay with us for a 2nd because there's more big news coming out of the us today because former us vice president mike pence has declared his candidacy for the 2024 republican presidential nomination this pitts pence against his former ally, former president donald trump, the current republican front runner, the to have been bid arrivals and spends refuse to support trump in the final days of his presidency during the january 6 capital interaction and now joins a growing list of high profile candidates. alright mikayla, how high profile is the, can he actually be donald trump? what are the policy? well, the very short answer right

ahmad and tike were a guest of the united nations security council meeting in the form of video communication from this organization. demanding to confirm and ratify the formation of an independent palestinian state with quds sharif as its capital. sheikh al-azhar criticized the suffering of the palestinian people in the face of zionist aggression and demanded global support for the palestinians. the highest religious authority of egypt asked the arab countries. by ending the war in the arab region should unite against the zionists. from the bahraini journalists, they shouted death to israel. according to the local media, the worshipers at the imam sadiq mosque in al-draz region , chanted slogans against the occupying regime of al-quds and condemned the crimes of this regime against the palestinians . the participants of the meeting the palestinian international in tunisia reviewed the coordination mechanism of the arab media to deal with the policy of misleading the zionist media about the developments in palestine. according to al-alam network, this meeting was held at the request of the pa

joining us now is john kirby, national security council coordinator for strategic communications at the white house. good to see you. i thank you for being with us this morning. i'm wondering, what do you think role india plays when it comes to the united states foreign policy? >> india is a key factor in our foreign policy around the world, jose. this is a strategic partnership that is only deepening and growing. and india is not just important in south asia and the indo-pacific, which they are, but they're important around the world. they're part of the a multilateral arrangement we have working in the east and they're part of the indo-pacific quad. and what you're going to see today, when the two leaders come out after the meetings and talk is really a very optimistic bright future for this bilateral partnership. one of the most consequential partnerships that we believe exists and will be important for the next 10, 15, 20 years. >> just this morning, china's ambassador, meanwhile, to the u.s. called remarks where president biden described xi jinping as a dictator as erroneous, absur

on wednesday, the coordinator of strategic communication of the national security council in washington kerby , said that washington does not confirm the use of american weapons to target targets on the territory of russia, but in fact those all types of weapons that ukraine now has are already ukrainian weapons and they can use them at their own discretion. are these some sanctions from washington in order to launch a counteroffensive? a counteroffensive does not need of any washington sanctions. a counteroffensive is a serious operation, a very serious operation, which your military will soon begin, apparently in the summer, it is also a coordination with your political leadership. and that depends on the decision of the government, the decision of the president, and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, and therefore i think that you do not you need some kind of american permission to use it, to go to the counteroffensive and to win back your territories, you enjoyed the constant support not only of the united states, but also of the collective action, and you and i

with jerusalem as its capital ahmad al-tayeb, who in the form of a video communication as a guest of the united nations security council, asked this organization to confirm and approve the formation of an independent state of palestine with the capital of quds sharif sheikh al-azhar from the silence of the international community he criticized the suffering of the palestinian people in front of the zionist aggression and called for global support for the palestinians. the highest religious authority of egypt has asked the arab countries to unite against the zionists to end the war in the arab region. the participants of the international meeting palestine in tunisia established the coordination mechanism of the arab media to deal with the policy of misleading the zionist media about the developments in palestine and according to the al-alam network, this meeting was held at the request of the palestinian embassy in tunisia. administrative automation for the palestinian media is a practical and practical document that at the international meeting entitled "palestinian position in the media, one of the private media is n

joining us from the white house, the national security council coordinator for strategic communicationsthanks very much for joining us. i know you're very busy on this day. president sezelenskyy, as you know, has said he's shocked by the slow international response to the devastating flooding that's going on right now. what more can the united states do to help? >> we are helping quite a bit. within hours of the breach of the dam, wolf, we were working with our usa id, humanitarian partners on the ground to get buses available to people could moo move. thousands of them were left homeless without power and water. we were able to get water purification on the ground, as well as boats and rescue gear. we have been at this really since just a couple of hours after the breach, and we are going to stay committed to that. we've got good eyes and good partners on the ground there, and so we're going to keep doing that. there will be more support coming from the united states as needed. >> as you know, video now shows ukrainian rescuers are facing shelling. would it be plausible for ukraine and

this was reported by the coordinator of the strategic communications chief of the national security councilthe white house, john kirby, at the same time we see the aggressive behavior of russia and belarus regarding the placement of nuclear tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of the republic of belarus. as a former ambassador of ukraine to belarus, you know how this system works in belarus. i mean the system in general security is it possible to say that this nuclear weapon is for lukashenka a belt that will protect him from any attacks from inside the state and from outside, and he perceives it as a certain protective talisman mascot for personal, for themselves, why are they doing it first and whether the reaction was strong enough and the appropriate reaction was the institution regarding the deployment of nuclear weapons in belarus , let's start with the main russian nuclear weapons for lukashenka - it's a shaheda belt on him and on his regime, nothing else, he himself and he also framed the whole country of all belarusians, he wants to put , you know, as hostages of the nuclear t

communications chief of the national security council of the white house, john kirby, at the same timethe aggressive behavior of russia and belarus regarding the placement of nuclear tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of the republic of belarus. as a former ambassador of ukraine to belarus, you know how this system works in belarus. i mean the system in general of security or is it possible to talk about the fact that these nuclear weapons are for lukashenka a belt that will protect him from any attacks from inside the state and from outside, and he accepts it how is it like a certain talisman, a protective talisman for the personal, for themselves, why do they do it first and whether the reaction was strong enough and the corresponding reaction was the measure regarding the deployment of nuclear weapons in belarus, let 's start with the main russian nuclear weapons for lukashenka - this is the martyr's belt on him and there is nothing else in his regime, he has framed himself and the entire country, he wants to put all belarusians , you know, as hostages of the nuclear threats

the united nations security council is accusing peacekeepers of feeling tensions between communities. the runs money representative says operations are becoming nearly impossible at least 25 people have been killed and an attack on a school in western uganda, it happened an important way, a few kilometers from the border. but the democratic republic of congo, police say fighters from the allied democratic forces are responsible. the army says it's pursuing the attackers to rescue those they've abducted us secretary of state and to the blank claims traveling to china. on a long delayed diplomatic visits, he's going to be the highest ranking us official to visit china since president joe biden took office. a trip planned for earlier this year was postponed. officer, a suspected chinese bible and entered us. aerospace indian officials say a sites on the kill. 2 people has weakened after causing extensive damage. the coastal time of months. the remains under water. strong winds blew shipping containers into the sea, the troll roof self houses, and the offers of trees and goes to that stat

nuclear weapons in ukraine, said john kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the white house national security councilording to him, washington does not observe threats to undermine the zaporozhye nuclear power plant by russian forces. what ukraine accused russia of earlier kirby reminded reporters that the united states has the ability to monitor radioactivity near the station, the interception of aircraft of violators of the state border is working out in the course of large-scale tactical flight exercises, the fighter aviation of the baltic fleet is taking place in the kaliningrad region of the main goals, checking the readiness of the flight personnel to perform combat and special tasks in the sky 10 su-27 fighters over a hundred servicemen are practicing preparations for the departure of relocation to operational airfields firing from airborne weapons at winged missiles to get out from under the blow of a mock enemy, as well as new tactics , the exercise will last until the end of the week. 160 children from the belgorod region arrived in artek tam they will bring a whole shift and get to know th

nuclear weapons in ukraine , said john kerby, coordinator for strategic communications at the white house national security council him, washington does not observe threats of undermining the zaporozhye nuclear power plant by russian forces. what ukraine previously accused russia of, terbin reminded reporters that the united states has the ability to monitor radioactivity near stations in the united arab emirates last night, a skyscraper burned down, the incident occurred in the emirate. ajman in the north of the country, the fire quickly spread to the entire height of the building. one the side of the house is completely burned out the exact cause of the fire is still unknown, it is believed that it is most likely. it has to do with the heat. something easily flammable caught fire in the sun. now in the emirates would become a thermometer. even at night, they practically do not fall below plus, 35 °. , the strongest flood in india , the water level in the loons river, rose so strong sharply that the stormy stream washed away several cars. in one case, right along with the hostess. this is the rescue footage of ca

so we can assume it by that statement of the national security council spokesperson saying that they are communicatingon this morning, and we'll be continuing to communicate over the next few days. and so we will be watching what developments come out of that, as well as whether any sort of u.s. security posture changes if at all in that region. how is this instability affecting the uss position there? no public statement yet from the president, but that does not mean that by days end, we don't hear from him. he is expected to leave in just a few hours to camp david for the rest of the weekend, jonathan. >> okay, nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa. thank you very much. joining us now is evelyn farkas, former deputy assistant secretary defense of russia, ukraine, and asia. evelyn, thank you so much for coming on this morning. you know this area and it's history very well. what are your thoughts on this current unrest in russia. what are you watching? >> yeah, jonathan, this is incredibly serious. i'm watching to see how much resistance prigozhin faces, military and politically in the kremli

national security council spokesman . john could be explaining to the us use diplomatic channels to communicate with moscow during the mutiny. he also said the us was, quote, not taking sides in what you've described as an internal matter. we also made clear to all around us in partners that the united states was not involved and would not get involved in these events. and that we view them as internal russian matters. we delivered that same message to the russians themselves through appropriate diplomatic channels. i'll emphasize as the present day just a little bit ago, but it's too early to speculate on the impact these events might have or to reach any definitive conclusions except one course. and that is that no matter what happens next, we're going to stay closely coordinated with those allies and partners. and we're gonna continue to stay in with ukraine now about the to out. so fund associate professor at the national defense university. he's in washington dc. thank you very much indeed for joining us. and we just have that she confirmation and the last few minutes of it to present pretend is holding the meeting wit

community needed to hold russia accountable. zelensky immediately convened the national security and defence council of ukraine.nt and emergency services are working hard to mitigate the consequences and save lives. ukraine calls an emergency meeting of the united nations security council and brings the issue of the russian terrorist act to the international atomic energy agency�*s board of governors. we will also cooperate with the eu civil protection mechanism and other international mechanisms to mitigate consequences and bring russia to account. in light of developments on the battlefield, russia�*s deliberate and long—planned terrorist act turned the man—made flood into a weapon. andriy kostin is the prosecutor general for ukraine he joins us live from kyiv. thank you for being here on bbc news. i wonder if you could start by confirming that you have opened a war crimes investigation after what has happened. war crimes investigation after what has happened-— war crimes investigation after what has ha ened. . ~' ,, , ., has happened. thank you. the geneva conventions — has happened. thank you. the geneva co

as for the international community — so far, it seems, they haven't found any conclusive proof. here'sjohn kirby, from the us national security council reporters at the white house. we've seen the reports that russia was responsible for the explosion at the dam, which i would remind, russian forces took over illegally last year and have been occupying since then. we are doing the best we can to assess those reports and are working with ukrainians to gather more information. but we cannot say conclusively what happened at this point. nothing conclusive gets out of the us. i want to go back to the us officials telling the us bbc partner network cbs news that the ukraine counteroffensive is in its opening phases but the main thrust has not yet begun. with me now is a defence and is, former bbc correspondent jonathan marcus, wassup thanks for coming on programme. what do you make up this announcement is under way but not the main thrust? i make up this announcement is under way but not the main thrust?- way but not the main thrust? i think that's correct _ way but not the main thrust? i think that's correct. i _ way but not the main thru

what house way to live with national security council spokesman john cubby explained that the us used diplomatic channels to communicate with moscow during the mutiny. he also said the us was not taking sides and what he described as an internal matter. we also made clear to all our allies and partners that the united states was not involved and would not get involved in these events. and that we view them as internal russian matters. we delivered that same message to the russians themselves through appropriate diplomatic channels. i'll emphasize as the president did just a little bit ago, but it's too early to speculate on the impact these events might have or to reach any definitive conclusions except one course. and that is that no matter what happens next, we're going to stay closely coordinated with those allies and partners. and we're going to continue to stay in would you crane or she have better times is a lot in washington dc. so it's gonna be much reaction. so fall into the basis from, from oscar or i think that's they'll try to close this down. what, what happens this really does seem to have been them all g

pancake, there is such a man kirby john kerry coordinator for strategic communications of the council of the national white house securitywering the question, like, guys. well, ukraine is financed well. do you have the parameters of success. here it is, as they say, and the parameters are success. what do the answers look like kills on the floor please. what ukraine needs to achieve during its counter-offensive for the us to consider it a success attend. our goal is to ensure that he and his troops have all the tools and training they need to succeed , that's what we're focused on. listen, and as you will understand, zelensky will determine the effectiveness of the addition and the effectiveness of the investments. but you must have some parameters . where you invest money, we invest in a good cause. thank you next question will determine the course of success, and he pretends, of course, success or not, indeed. uh burning leopards western armored vehicles, and this was all in the first few hours, and since the counteroffensive happened, they made an impression discussing them all, uh, at first they even tried to say. ye

nations in afghanistan said in the meeting of the security council about the ban that the afghan government created for the female employees of this agency in kabul about a month and a half ago, and the international community called for effective action against this action of the afghan government , and from this point of view, it has the biggest crisis. humanitarianism is in the world. the american representative's claim that his country continues to support the people of afghanistan as the largest humanitarian donor in the world was met with the sharp reaction of the russian representative, who said that the westerners, contrary to his claim , have no time for afghanistan and its people. and relative to it they are completely indifferent and the rest of the western countries destroyed afghanistan for 20 years under the pretext of fighting terrorism and then left the people of this country alone and even now they have no interest in rebuilding afghanistan. the unilateral sanctions of brazil criticized this country when it asked the international community to fulfill its humanitarian obligations towards the suffering of the afghan people. the international community has failed to form an inclusive governme

nations to remove its peacekeepers as soon as possible. i do lie, do you all made the request of the un security council is accusing peacekeepers or fuel intentions between communities that you, as molly representative says, operations are becoming nearly impossible in the country. truly, as president has called for a stronger anti terrorism laws to deal with violence. and the south on friday group said to be from the indigenous, my project community burned down the homes of farmers that they say have occupied their ancestral lands. no injuries were reported. those are headlines, algebra, 0 earth, why there's rise next on alpha 0, the cheap and faster tile. plastic is used for everything. furniture, tools, storage containers, clothing, even tea bags and glitter on best. they cards. it's hard to imagine modern life without it so much as being rated that scientists to calculate the total amount estimated $8300000000.00 times. and most of these items are used for only short periods of time, or even just once before being discarded, to let to land and see if nothing is done, we're heading towards the planet. so foot of plastic, the health of plants, animals and humans a

nations to remove its base keepers as soon as possible. a delight deal made the request that the un security council is accusing peacekeepers the fuel intentions between communities. but you, as molly representative says, operations are becoming nearly impossible. you as mandate is due to expire at the end of the month. king charles, the 3rd is taking part in the annual trooping, the colored parade, and on horseback. it's the 1st time a british monica has written at the event since 1986 the parade march, the british solver, and the so called official birthday. charles is the actual birthday that is celebrated in private is on november, the 14th indian officials say a psych loan that killed 2 people has weekend after causing extensive damage. the cost of the town of monday remains underwater. strong winds blew shipping containers into the sea for roofs of houses and uprooted trees in good or right state. many people are still now without electricity. the rental rainfall has flooded parts of bolivia as largest farming region. at least one person is dead. the downpour of the valleys of santa cruz, swamp fields of grain and turn streets into rivers. people trapped in

national security agency. yeah. was calling on gchq, the british communications intelligence agency, for the nsa to tap the office and home phones of all the members of the security council. a war of aggression like iraq. that was iraq. and actually, i think the very good movie about her did not bring out the fact that she did succeed in keeping the security council from voting in favour of that war. what i'm saying is that if you put it out in time, you have a chance to do something. she should have been able to stop that war, but blair wouldn't allow that. the flip side of that is if you leak information in real time while conflict is continuing, the danger is you put people's lives in danger. and the us government's case againstjulian assange to this day is that with his leaking of information provided by chelsea manning, a raft of information which we've actually discussed with chelsea manning on hardtalk... good. the accusation remains that theyjeopardised key us national security interests, but they also jeopardised the lives of not just us personnel... i'm smiling because what i'm hearing is "they lied". that's what it's all about. they said at the beginning that

nations to remove its peacekeepers as soon as possible. i've delayed the off made the request of the un security council. is a case of peacekeepers of feeling tensions between communities. and you, as molly representative says, operations are becoming nearly impossible. at least 25 people have been killed and an attack on a school in western uganda. it happened in m pond. wait a few kilometers nevada with democratic republic of congo. a police, a fighters from the allies of democratic forces are responsible. you are a secretary of state and to me, blankets traveling to china on a long delayed diplomatic visit is going to be the highest ranking us the official to visit china since president joe biden, to cough as a trip planned for earlier this year was postponed after the suspect of chinese 5 of them entered us aerospace, ending officials say a cycle and the killed 2 people has weakened after causing expensive damage. the coastal time of monday even means under water. strong winds blew shipping containers into the sea, the to roofs of houses, and i'm losing the trees and goes to that state. many people are still without a dollar. tricity. torrential rain falls flooded.

communications. the white house national security council, kirpia, journalists, asked him to somehow comment on lavrov'sinute. derby declined to talk about the nuclear capabilities of any us weapons , saying that washington was allegedly not seeking escalation. the head of the german foreign ministry, history, in an interview with deutschevel, said that berlin could reconsider its position on western combat aircraft. and yet to pass them to the sun, at the same time f-16. the luftwaffe has a rebellion. no. so, apparently, we can talk about fighters of the fourth generation of eurofights, finally , germany to decide within two weeks, said the story australia, however , thought about transferring 41 special forces american fighters to kiev, the carnet hornet reports the war was reviewing the sources of the australian, newspapers, they write that the aircraft will be removed preservation will be put in order in 4 months. but part of the fighters. we'll have to use spare parts to restore the rest, and all these countries, of course, also seek no escalation. australian-made hukai light armored vehicles may s

nations mission in afghanistan told the security council meeting about the ban that the afghan government created for the female employees of this mission in kabul about a month and a half ago and called on the international community to take effective action against the action of the afghan government to provide humanitarian aid and united nations support they need and afghanistan has the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world, in the continuation of this meeting of the security council, the us representative's claim that his country continues to support the people of afghanistan as the largest humanitarian donor in the world, added that the russian representative should face a sharp reaction. westerners and their opposites have no time at all for afghanistan and its people and are completely indifferent to it, and the rest of the western countries destroyed afghanistan under the pretext of fighting terrorism , and then left the people of this country alone , and even now they have no interest in reconstruction. afghanistan iran's representative criticized the continued seizure of afghanistan's foreign assets and brazil's unilateral sanctions when he asked the international community to fulfill its humanitarian

national security council benan social cultural group one subgroup of the pension fund for the future welfare and comfort of broadcasting organization employees one subgroup of the imam khomeini relief committee one expediency system 14 studies ninth world communityapproximation of islamic religions one subgroup of the institute according to the statistics provided by the treasury of the whole country , a number of institutions in the sada system refrained from organizing and publishing the works of imam khomeini in a set time , and it was decided to implement this law , therefore, in order to accelerate the completion of the mentioned system. everyone is given a month to fulfill their legal duties, and after the deadline , they are forced to submit a system performance report to the ministry of economic affairs and finance to the commission, so that this authority can take legal action regarding possible negligence. peace be upon you and mercy. may god bless you, peace and muslims, pajmanfar, the honorable chairman of the principle 90 commission, arrived at 11:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon, from 10:00 to 12:00 and 13:00, peak electricity consumption starts at 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. until the peak consumption of the daily mantle. until 9:00 p.m. e

uh, john kirpie is the coordinator for strategic communications at the national security council.em advice and recommendations. damn it. we even do tabletop exercises with them to help them plan their moves, but ultimately president zelensky and his superiors decide what they 're going to do militarily. and they're deciding what they're going to do with the equipment we've given them, and which they now own, as far as the issue of counteroffensive is concerned. again, you should give president zelensky an opportunity to speak out, therefore, about where you were, when the ukrainian military was there, you weren’t ready to get down to business they really have to talk about it and comment on everything. i would just like to tell you that in the last few weeks alone, there have been many fights and clashes. and i think i'll stop there for now. well, here is the actual position of the american leadership. well, at the same time, a new package of assistance to ukraine for 300 million dollars has been announced. let 's see, it also consists of attracting attention to the fact that ahea

hope the communication somehow improved your question a little bit, the last question for today, here you go they started talking about the un security council, the action of the united nations organization was very interesting, today's reaction to what is happening, first on their main page on twitter they congratulated on the day of the russian language, then on another page they a-a said that m- m they call on all parties to refrain from shelling. well, in the end, antonio kotje, the secretary general of the united nations, finally said in the evening, but he did not name anyone who could be behind this, that is, russia, he just again he still said that they are monitoring what is happening and urge the parties to refrain, mr. volodymyr. how do you comment on such a reaction or in fact its absence, but if you can very briefly, somewhere around two minutes at most, well , first of all, the hotel is really a person who is trying to balance, in fact, on well, on the wire, that is, he is like a willibrist in this sense. he never personally goes to any escalation, but here it is important that a council meeting is held and that we listen to the voices of partners, this is a mo

zelensky has called an emergency meeting of the national security council, after the destruction of a major dam sent a torrent of water towards communities the dam "only confirms for the whole world corner of ukrainian land." but the two sides are blaming each other for blowing up the dam near kherson, with potentially deadly consequences for communities downstream. these images from korabel downstream show flooding of houses and garages in a residential area. also agricultural land in this area. the russian—installed mayor of the town immediately next to the dam says the water level there could rise by up to 12 metres. former prime minister of ukraine, arseniy yatsenyuk, gave us his reaction to the unfolding situation around the dam on the dnipro river. this is another part of the russian military tactics and strategy against ukraine, comprising several things including humanitarian disasters and catastrophe. the man—made disasters that russia inflicted on ukraine. to me it resembles the nazi leader himmler, in 1943 he was then sending a letter to the so—called governor of ukraine when they were retreating from the ukrainian territory,

zelensky has called an emergency meeting of the national security council, after the destruction of a major dam sent a torrent of water towards communities blowing up the dam near kherson — with potentially deadly consequences for communities downstream. these images from korabel, downstream, show flooding of homes and garages in a residential area. the russian—installed mayor of the town immediately next to the dam, says the water level there, could rise by up to 12 metres. let's speak to our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, who's in kyiv for us. james, what do we know about the water levels? there had been warnings they would continue to rise, peaking around midday local time. . . rise, peaking around midday local time. . _ ., , rise, peaking around midday local time. . ,. ., , ., time. that is certainly what ukrainian — time. that is certainly what ukrainian officials - time. that is certainly what ukrainian officials are - time. that is certainly what l ukrainian officials are saying, time. that is certainly what - ukrainian officials are saying, in around the next hour or two water levels could become critical. they are evac

nations to remove its peacekeepers as soon as possible. and the lady of nathan requests that the un security council, which is discussing the future of its mission named molly, is accused peacekeepers of feeling tensions between communities. the runs money representative says operations are becoming nearly impossible for us instead of making reports from un headquarters. saying that the security situation and molly had only worse and since the un is arrival there 10 years ago. foreign minister of do a d, of called for the removal of the un peacekeeping mission. they're known as a new sma sets us young. this situation is be getting this trust among the molly in population and also causing a crisis of confidence. these between the mailing and authorities and the new smug in light of all of the above, the molly and government. as for the withdrawal without delay of the new smell, molly and officials have denied accusations by the office of the high commissioner for human rights suggesting that government forces, along with foreign military forces were behind the killing of some 500 people during a military operation. in the village of more, a russia which has been providing unilateral security assistance to the molly and go

community, at the white house, and that the department of defense. during president obama administration he served on the national security council staff as special assistant to the president and senior director for intelligence programs. following some opening remarks, assistant secretary holmgren will be joined by her very own glenn gerstell, nonresident senior advisor here at csis in the international security program, for a fireside chat. prior to joining csis, glenn served as a general counsel for the national security agency and social security service from 2015-2020. prior to that he practiced law for almost 40 years at the international law firm of milbank. before turning it over to assistant secretary holmgren i want to note that we will be taking audience question at the end of the program. if you're in the room you have the qr code out there. or if you're watching this online you can find it come see us and form by clicking the submit questions button on the csis event page and you will be directed to the question form. and with that, please help me welcome assistant secretary brett holmgren. [applause] >> suzanne, thank you for that kind introd

american journalist john kirby, nobody but the coordinator for strategic communications of the white house national security councilwer, please. it seems plausible to you that russia blew up the dam, thereby flooding the settlements where ethnic russians live and at the same time cutting off the water supply to crimea, it seems even less logic in this than in undermining their own gas pipelines. we have not yet come to any conclusions on this matter. we work with ukrainians to get as much information as possible. this is generally, well, a new word for jurisprudence, that is, one of the main suspects. uh, turns out they 're working with him to get even more information. they won't give that information. yes, my team will not seem like you like to say. now you can , please, precisely because the beat house has not yet come to a concrete conclusion of this pipe analyzes the situation. that is why it was the publication of the source that turned to its source inside. uh, intelligence agencies yeah and asked, well, the people want. who made this explosion, who benefits from everything and they ask these questions in ru

national security council spokesman john kirby said the reporting from the "wall street journal" was not accurate. but according to the "wall street journal," eavesdropping facility in cuba would allow chinese intelligence services to scoop up electronic communications in the southeastern united states and monitor ship traffic. >> i said on july 11th when you saw the protest in cuba that the united states had to act decisively. this is another biden failure and another consequence of no coherent policy. now cuba has become a national security threat. >> china's reported presence in cuba is not the only alleged effort to spy on the u.s. house republicans have said details on spying risks posed by cargo cranes in u.s. ports. they flew a spy balloon across the united states earlier this year and f.b.i. investigation chinese cell towers near air bases capable of getting sensitive communications and chinese land purchases near critical infrastructure like military bases. >> this biden administration has been asleep at the wheel. from spy balloons to spy outposts both in cuba and in cities around america. i see it each and every single day on house foreign affairs and we need to make sure in congress we hold this administration accountable to put the amer

lavrov's words that the coordinator for strategic communications could carry nuclear weapons at 16, john kirby to the white house national security councilently the largest exercise in nato history. as regards the deployment of aviation, the west also holds peace from the us ambassador to germany , amy goodman, and said that the air force exercises are peaceful and definitely not a signal for russia to maneuver and r defender 23 will take place in germany, they attracted 10,000 military 250 aircraft. of these , about a hundred americans in total, 25 countries are participating in the exercise, in addition to nato members, this is sweden japan only over german territory, but also in the airspace of the netherlands and the czech republic, such air maneuvers will also be reflected in the schedule civil flights aircraft a4 m. held by fighter jets. in the air. this is just one of the few exercises that will be practiced during the mouth exercise. in addition, serious attention is paid to the installer , which states that in the event of aggression against one member of the alliance , all planned air operations will be forced to attack the att

nations to remove its peacekeepers as soon as possible. i'm delight deals made the request that the un security council, which is discussing the future of its mission in molly, he accused peacekeepers if you will, intentions between communities. but you ins, molly representative says operations are becoming nearly impossible for us to salumi reports from you in headquarters in saying that the security situation and molly had only worse and since the u, as arrival there, 10 years ago, foreign minister of do a d up called for the removal of the un peacekeeping mission, they're known as a new sma sets us young. this situation is be getting this trust among the molly in population and also causing a crisis of confidence that is between the malian authorities and the new slot. in light of all of the above, the molly and government ask for the withdrawal without delay of the new sma. molly and officials have denied accusations by the office of the high commissioner for human rights, suggesting that government forces, along with foreign military forces, were behind the killing of some 500 people during a military operation. in the village of mora, russia, which has been providing unilateral security assistance to the molly and gove

council, a convening organization that works in partnership with other federal agencies to protect the security and resilience of these sectors. mr. gray xia served as the nation's first department of homeland security for cybersecurity and communications under president george w. bush. previously, he held executive positions with the bank of america and served as professional staff on the committee on science, space, and technology in the house of representatives. welcome to the committee. you may proceed with your opening comments. >> thank you for inviting me to testify today. i am the executive director of the coordinating council. we are an industry led advisory council of more than 300 50 health cap organizations and government agencies working together as -- more than 350 health care organizations and government agencies working together. we are working collaboratively together against evolving cyber threats in the health system. our government is doing the same and can be doing more. the industry is regulated for cybersecurity in various ways. more is being contemplated. there are ways hhs and other government offices can improve coordination in programs and funding to facilitate the security of the health system. what matters