when barack obama came in on whether the pentagon was alternately going to be a veto on some of the things barack obama was trying to do and we know those struggles they've been documented as joe biden is coming in as come in we also know from the past. there's been some ambivalence among you know major leaders in. the pentagon i mean you know i just just remember afghanistan and others where you have generals that basically mocked joe biden when he was vice president what is your sense does joe biden going to have a pentagon under general lloyd austin now secretary lloyd austin that is going to execute his policies or are they going to become a constraint and a separate tour joe biden's foreign policy course. well as a very good question stephen let me back up just a 2nd to one of your comments or saying president obama did in his 2nd term if not both terms he was a military operation led into it by hillary clinton and samantha power not others but i had a conversation with him in the white house and he started the conversation with these words there is a my assume is down toward w

and that needs to be defined comprehensively and more laundry not narrowly like the pentagon likes to do usually is a 1st step you have to get that conflict stopped and then you have to get there on riyadh talking to one and all the rest in order to you and you have to get them convinced that the best way to bring payslips the building and ultimately prosperity to that region is for them to stop this constant by any grudge bearing that they have and get to doing things lead help all of them at the same time the code 19 pandemic is a case in point iran because of our sanctions is perving right now really hurting it was unconscionable what pompei always doing in terms of using unmanned tarion reasons to sanction iran just unconscionable they couldn't even get mask and basic ingredients the p.p.p. you need to go with one thing they couldn't get any of the stuff we need to stop that too that we need to take a different approach to the region steve and their approach needs to be more balanced needs to be more diplomatic than military and it needs to be as holding peoples hands as they nego

question the pentagon's deployment into competitive online gaming. you know to recruit young americans right now currently children armed factions to wage. linked to recruitment final forms that can be for my children as young as 12 years old it began back in 2018 after spending the better part of 2 decades mired in iraq and afghanistan beyond the missed its recruitment target by a distance. brother them rely on the methods of oh blitzing the american i always with t.v. ads the pentagon turn to a platform called twitter which estimated now. birthday uses 15000000 twitch is like a digital version of hanging out on the couch with your friends watching them play video games so there's one person that's kind of in control of the stream they're playing a video game and there's a chat room running on the side and talk to them this is new social media that's really taken over in the last few years in order to get into that space and talk to kids the army the navy the air force and the national guard have all started e-sports teams the sports people might be

when barack obama came in on whether the pentagon was alternately going to be a veto on some of the things barack obama was trying to do and we know those struggles they've been documented as joe biden is coming in as come in we also know from the past. that there's been some ambivalence among you know major leaders in. the pentagon i mean you know i just just remember afghanistan and others when you have generals that basically mocked joe biden when he was vice president what is your sense does joe biden going to have a pentagon under general lloyd austin now secretary lloyd austin that is going to execute his policies or are they going to become a constraint and a saboteur on joe biden's foreign policy course. was a very good question steven let me back up just a 2nd to one of your comments or staying for a little obama did in his 2nd term if not both terms he was a military operation led into it by hillary clinton samantha power no others but i had a conversation with him in the white house and he started the conversation with these words there is a bias in this down toward war a

of the pentagon and every part of the pentagon audited. we did that because an audit is a good oversight tool for this committee. an audit is a good accounting tool for the numbers folks at the pentagon. but we also did it because an audit should be a good management tool for folks like you. tell this committee how you will use the audit in your role should you be confirmed? >> thank you, senator. my understanding from the team that's in the defense department, based on my work on transition, is that the audit in fact has been useful as a tool of transparency, getting the data up and shared and known first of all points directions to some of these business process improvements that we can have, but then even operationally it's had the effect of revealing inventory, access inventory, things of that sort. that not only again is efficient but gets real capability out to the field, spare parts that exist in inventory that are needed in the needle but we didn't know we had them. so, the audit has revealed some of those very basic approaches as

why the pentagon seemed to not get what they were being asked to do and why. why didn't they immediately respond when they got these urgent calls about the need for the national guard to come supplant the defense of the capitol while the attack was underway, while the violence was in fact heading toward its apex. this is a call taking place in the 2:00 hour as the capitol is being overrun. they're being begged to send in the national guard. the response as the chief just said, was not an immediate yes. yes, the national guard is responding. yes, the national guard is on the way. one thing that did not come up in today's hearing but has still not been explained about that desperate phone call the d.c. police described, that the pentagon initially lied about one of the military officers who was on that call. the "washington post" reporting last month that after trump's disgraced national security adviser mike flynn told president trump he should use military force and martial law to seize power despite election results, mike flynn's brother was at the pentagon a

the pentagon is confirming tonight that u.s. military forces conducted air strikes against what they say is infrastructure utilized by iranian-backed militant groups in eastern syria. the strike authorized by ut president biden is the first military action of this administration, and it comes in response to a series of rocket attacks on u.s. targets inside iraq. according to the pentagon, the strikes destroyed multiple facilities located at a border u control point used, they say, by a number of iranian-backed militant groups. for the latest, i want to bring in msnbc news white house correspondent mike memoli by phone.e mike, what can you tell us about what just happened? >> reporter: well, chris, this c is interesting when you consider several things we've been nt talking about a lot in the last few days. one is a call that we also learned just happened tonight between the president and the king of saudi arabia, king salman.en there was an interesting momenta at the white house today where press secretary jen psaki

hicks, she was described to me as someone who grew up at the pentagon. given that she began there as a civil servant in 1993, i think that is in accurate description. she served as the deputy under secretary of defense for strategy plans and forces and as sipple deputy under secretary of defense for policy from 2012 -2013. as we heard from secretary gates, he gave i think about as glowing an introduction as i have heard on this committee for anyone he has served with. before taking a lead role on the biden transition team, dr. hicks served as the senior vp at the center for strategic and international studies. i had an opportunity to see her management experience and the knowledge and her wrath of national security experience firsthand when we participated in several panels together at the reagan national defense forum and we discussed topics ranging from everything about assessing our footprint in the middle east to nuclear weapons. i also had a chance to see directly her leadership capacity at csis when she played an incremental -- instrumental role in

let john kirby at the pentagon handle the announcement of it. so, i think it's somewhat reminiscent of no drama obama. i think it's entirely appropriate. and of course i have to say this. i assume we had good intelligence on both the source of the attack as well as the targets that were hit in syria. >> it was just last week, director, that the biden administration said the u.s. was willing to talk with iran on a nuclear deal. so, how will iran react to this now? >> well, actually i think -- i don't know, obviously, but i think that the iranians will view this as a sign of strength and resolve on the part of the united states. and whether this will influence their return to compliance with the jcpoa, the nuclear deal, because they're out of compliance with it right now. that remains to be seen. >> what is this -- what about biden's overall strategy in this region? what does this reveal about it? >> about our strategy or theirs? >> about the administration's strategy in this region. >> well, i think first this clearly conveys a message that we ar

. >>> the developing headline, meanwhile, from the pentagon tonight. the new defense secretary lloyd austin ordering what's called a servicewide stand-down over concerns over extremism within the u.s. military. what does this mean tonight? and it comes as prosecutors reveal nearly 20 suspects arrested for the deadly siege at the capitol are military veterans. martha raddatz with late reporting tonight. >>> the coronavirus here in the u.s. and news tonight on yet another potential vaccine and what's different about this one? could it not only he you, does it also help stop transmission of the virus? what dr. fauci is saying about that tonight. >>> the abc news investigation this evening. the black former nfl players accusing the league of discrimination. after filing dementia-related claims after suffering concussions on the field, they claim the nfl relies on different standards for black players and white players. and how the league responds tonight when asked about the very protocols those players cite in their case. >>> and america strong this eveni

and to have every function of the pentagon and have every function of the pentagon audited. we did that because the audit is a good oversight tool for the committee. the auditit is a good accounting tool for the numbers tool at the pentagon. but we also did it because the audit should be a good management tool for folks like you we tell the committee how you wille do the audit if you are confirmed to question work thank you senator my understanding from the team that is in the defense department based on myst work that is transition it has been that it's a tool of transparency often shared and known. and it points in some directions to us and even operationally it has have the effect of revealing inventory, excess inventory and things of that sort. not only again is that sufficient but gets real capability out to the fields. this is needed in the field but we didn't know that we have them. so the audit has revealed some of those very basic approaches thatat every business has to abide by and is advantaged by. i think it is pointed more generally to the value of data. as we m

we all know as a fact that a plane hit the pentagon and it is real. wefr lost a good friend of ours show that day. you might remember, barbara olson. she was on the plane where the terrorists crashed into the pentagon.r apparently said that california wildfires were started by a space laser. controlled by some kind of evil corporate cabal which my mind, not exactly true, i have no earthly clue whatsoever what would cause someone to believe such a thing. also recently disturbing, a video surfaced of greene chasing down and raiding a kid who survived the parkland school shooting machine he lost friends thatday, i'm so. i don't go there. kids are off the table. the poor kid had been through hell, lost loved ones, they are all watching this. adults, i don't care if you are a republican, democrat, liberal, conservative, i think we leave the kids alone and the people of this country are allowed to have different views and, frankly,

and this, the pentagon has hit the pause button on a very controversial plan. the pentagon was going to give guantanamo bay detainees the covid-19 vaccine before most americans would get it. and the backlash is fierce. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". the biden administration for now has halted a plan to offer coronavirus vaccines to prisoners at gitmo possibly as early as next week. after accusations that terror suspects were getting priority over americans waiting for their vaccinations amid this pandemic. >> they can overlook first responders, 9/11 family members and the people who are really sick now who have these existing conditions because of their participation in 9/11 rescue efforts and the co-morbidities. people look right past them and go straight to ksm and his ilk at guantanamo speaks volumes of the priorities of this administration. >> harris: pentagon press secretary john kirby tweeted no guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. we are pausing the plan to move forward and we review force protection protocols. we remain c

it's good to be back in the pentagon. i wish i could meet more of you in person today but i look forward to spending more time with you in all the places you serve around the world. i know this is the honor of the honor of my lifetime is to serve as your commander-in-chief. thank you for what you do for this country. may god bless you and protect you and may god protect our troops, deployed around the world, every single one of you. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> mr. president, any interest in punishing china about not being truthful -- on not being truthful about covid last year? >> covid came from an animal? announcer: coming up tonight on c-span, next, the federal reserve chair, jerome powell, talks about monetary policy and the pandemic at an event hosted by the economic club of new york. then the house ways and means committee, members meet to discuss and debate covid-19 relief, as part of the fy 2021 budget

are you going to get it from pentagon officials next week? >> so hopefully people who are of good conscience will step forward and tell us what they know. at the end of the day we can also issue congressional subpoenas. what we realized over the last four years is they're essentially meaningless because we cannot enforce them. that's why i have a bill that would impose monetary fines using congress' inherent contempt power for people who ignore congressional subpoenas. but if we want to get the actual facts of what happened and we need people who were there next to the president come and tell us what they know. >> d.c. statehood came up a number of times with the argument that if d.c. were a state, then muriel bowser might have more power in that position or somebody above her, would be able to call on the national guard more immediately. what do you make of that argument? are you in support of it? >> i fully support d.c. statehood. the other is simply equal protection for all. you shouldn't be having people who have taxation without represen

it's a new day here at the pentagon after 4 years of republican negligence the obama boys are back in town to clean up america. it had gemini's tarnished image the pentagon has been decked out with hundreds of gay pride recycling big black lives matter firearms and now they're adding human rights back to their laundry list of excuses for invading foreign countries speaking of invasions the new defense department is even truck of all shocks thinking of drawing down u.s. support for a war in the middle east in his 1st foreign policy address as president biden announced an end to u.s. support for office of operations in yemen including relevant arms sales we do have a transcript of the speech but show waiting on an official translation of what exactly he meant by offensive operations according to many people this is been an imperialist war of aggression from the beginning and an offensive operations would mean everything done to them by neighboring countries in the u.s. no more drone strikes arm sales or bombing campaigns but then again if you ask our allies the saudis they consider thei

is carried out an airstrike in syria targeting iranian backed fighters the pentagon says is in the spawns to recent attacks against u.s. personnel in iraq for more on this let's go to shihab rattansi in washington d.c. what more do we know about this attack she had when we had a statement from the pentagon confirming that yes this was in retaliation to those attacks on u.s. troops and coalition forces it was a border checkpoint facility used by what the u.s. they are iranian backed militia groups but this is the key sentence in the statement this proportionate military response was conducted together with diplomatic measures including consultation with coalition partners the operation sends an ambiguous message president biden will act to protect americans and coalition personnel at the same time we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to deescalate the overall situation in both eastern syria and iraq clearly trying to draw a comparison with the previous administration under donald trump who in response to attacks on coalition forces in iraq used the most disproportionate force by

her worlds on the pentagon. and also suggesting the parkland and newon the school massacres were staged. today, greene saying she regrets her, quote, worlds s words of t past, but there was no apology in front of the cameras. republicans deciding overnight not to strip greene of those assignments, so now the democrats forcing a full house vote so that every member of congress will be on record about what she has said and whether she should be on any committees. rachel scott with reporting from the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight, embattled congresswoman marjorie taylor greene facing the judgment of her colleagues, after a last-ditch effort to defend herself. she's under fire for promoting a wide range of racist and anti-semitic conspiracy theories, raising questions about whether the 9/11 attack on the pentagon happened and whether school shootings at parkland and sandy hook were staged events. today, on the house floor, she tried to brush it all away. >> none of us are perfect. none of us are. >> reporter: g

>> reporter: no public comment from the pentagon.my colleagues at the "new york times" who were observers of this, it really doesn't come as any surprise. so sad, two incredibly accomplished military officers beginning and end of story. accomplished, highly qualified military officers, and the two top officials here at the pentagon were apparently so afraid of the president of the united states and his attitude about women that they would not proceed. they would have had to have proceeded, found their courage and did it, after the election, had mr. trump won. with mr. biden president of the united states, presumably, he feel much more at ease pushing for promotions and nominations to be confirmed by the senate of the most qualified people that they can find. i think, really, one of the underlying, under lying this, all of this, military men and women who serve everywhere will have to decide what they think about this. a good idea to hope to get these women through, hold back, under a different president, or should esper and milley ha

every one at the pentagon agreed on that.igs and called ted cruz wife ugly and carrying a couple dozen assault allegations might object to elevating women to high end roles. trump stuff. esper and milley held back the nominations after the november elections betting if biden won he and his aides would be more supportive which seems logical. the decision to delay the promotions to qualified women is, shall we say, a vivid commentary on trump's leadership or lack thereof. it is the worst. it's is tip of the iceberg when it comes to the chaos trump installed at the department of defense. that's coming up next. machine defense. that's coming up next. machin ♪ ♪ (kids talking) pnc bank believes that if an app can help you track your pizza... come on cody, where are you buddy? ...then your bank should have the technology to help you track your spending. virtual wallet® was designed to change what people expect from their bank. easily see what's free to spend... ...and where you can save, so you can budget even better. ok, he's gott

the pentagon says the strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in iraq earlier this month.o debra alfarone is in washington. what more can you tell us about this attack? >> reporter: well, i can tell you that this was basically carried out arend e ssage at president biden ll not t usedy irbackedias. it's the first military action taken by this commander in chief. >> we're confident in the target that we went after. we know what we did. >> reporter: the pentagon said it was retaliation for a rocket attack in iraq last week that killed a civilian contractor and wounded an american service member. >> we're confident that that target was being used for the same shia militia that conducted the strikes. >> reporter: the united states says it consulted with coalition partners before action was taken. >> we allowed and encouraged the iraqis to investigate and develop intelligence. and that was very helpful to us. >> reporter: last week's attack in the iraqi city of erbil also wounded several others. >> one of them got brain injury and operated here. and now on the ventilator. >> re

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enjoy fresh, any time, with febreze. >>> the pentagon moving to address the issue of extremism in thethe defense secretary lloyd austin ordering a staggered pause in operations known as a stand-down. stand-down, so military leaders can get a handle on the level of extremism among the troops. officials call the capitol insurrection a wake-up for the pentagon over the number of current or former military members facing charges. i want to discuss now with shawn turner. shawn, thank you. appreciate you joining. >> thanks, don. >> austin held a meeting today with all the service secretaries in the chairman of the joint chiefs to discuss extremism within the ranks. do you think this move is warranted? >> absolutely, don. look, i think that secretary austin, what he is doing is he is sending a strong message that he understands that what we're seeing across society with regard to violent extremism is somewhat a reflection of what we're seeing in the military. everybody knows that the military is somewhat of a reflection of society. so when we see these trends, we expect to see them on the mi

jayme me, you worked at the pentagon. walking the national guard mobilization, how long it took, how they resisted on the calls with chief contee and talking process. i don't know how to describe it, but there were people who were telling in general, telling the secretary of the army don't approve it, why they stood up the night before because it took so long to get there. how can that be? >> i agree with frank that there is something really fundamentally wrong here. we saw a little bit of this in the run-up to 9/11 where people at the lower levels were talking to each other, but it was never raised up in people's minds, the national security council was never convened even though there was intelligence in the intel community. i mean, the cia director said his hair was on fire and yet the hair of the national security council, the hair of the attorney general, they were not on fire. so i do worry that, a, there was a complete bureaucracy asleep, and, b, i think that frank is right, that this -- my suspicion is from my tim

let's take to the pentagon where we are expecting a briefing we're getting a briefing rather on the u.s. air strikes in syria let's listen in part to throughput but where a lot. of the of the of multiple boxes that. it's going to hold much of the detail we're confident that these were legitimate targets. that were utilized by groups associated with these recent attacks. structures housing capabilities that they that they utilized. to help perpetrate attacks on our troops and on our coalition partners in iraq we're confident in that i'm not going to get into the specific intel of that and as for the again you know your question about were there weapons hit again our battle damage assessments ongoing i'm just not going to get ahead of that and to the degree we are able to provide more context in time when we know more i certainly will. syrian observatory for human rights 17 were killed in this operation i know you still do in the desert. where you are of them or from what you know right now it also did you communicate at all with the russians did you did you flirt with them before this op

. >> the so-called plane that crashed into the pentagon. it's odd, there's never any evidence shown for a plane in the pentagon. >> kennedy getting killed in the plane crash. that's another one of those clinton murders. right? >> q is a patriot. we know that for sure. again, i don't have any proof of this, but we're talking about who is q. so i'm going to tell you what he says. many in our government are actively worshiping satan. or they call moloch. q is saying that they participate in pedophilia and spirit cooking. we already saw there was an e-mail, came out of the wikileaks e-mails where was it cheryl mulls? and she told hillary clinton in an e-mail that she was going to sacrifice a chicken to moloch in her back yard. >> saudi arabia, the rothschilds and soros he says are the puppetmasters that fund this global evil. there's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal of satan-worshiping pedophiles out. >> she's also pushed the conspiracy theory that california wildfires were started by space lasers controlled by the rot

launches an airstrike targeting iranian backed militia in syria the pentagon says it's in response to attacks on american personnel in iraq. hello again i'm watching al-jazeera live from the also coming up fears in brazil that a more contagious covert 19 strain is pushing the health system to the verge of collapse as the death toll exceeds 250000. to speed up the blocks back scene rollout but one of the difficult weeks ahead. and the song calling for change in cuba that's gone viral and has the government's fighting back. the u.s. has launched an air strike in syria targeting structures that belong to iranian backed militia it's the these strike targets at the military base near. the pentagon says it's in response to the recent attacks against american personnel in iraq. we're confident and the target that we whatever we know we did. and we're confident that that target was being used by the same shia militia. that conducted the strike. she had pretend she is following developments from washington. we understand joe biden authorized this on thursday morning the attack took place 23 g.

what she said about the pentagon. also suggesting the parkland and newtown school massacres were staged. what the congresswoman said today to try to explain why she said all that, but no apology. the vote just as we're coming on tonight. >>> the senate impeachment trial of former president donald trump just days away and tonight, house democrats now calling on the former president to testify under oath. tonight, the president's response to testifying and jon karl is here. >>> the growing debate tonight over opening more of our nation's schools. the new head of the cdc now saying the science shows that we can open schools without vaccinating all teachers first. she's asked to explain this, and many teachers and teachers unions now fighting this. >>> a former police officer now under arrest, facing a murder change. authorities say he fatally shot andre hill, who was holding a cell phone. as charged with failing to start his body camera until after the shooting. tonight, the family responding. >>> massive pileup tonight

it's good to be back in the pentagon. i wish i could meet more of you in person today.ut look forward to spending more time with you and all the places you serve around the world. i know this is the honor of my lifetime. the honor of my lifetime is to serve as your commander-in-chief. so thank you for what you do for this country. may god bless you and protect you and may god protect our troops deployed around the world. every single one of you. thank you, thank you, thank you. >>> weeknights we're featuring "american history tv" programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span 3. tonight from "american history tv"'s history book shelf series, ray talks about his book the 500-year legacy that shaped a nation. the book is a companion volume to the 2013 documentary series. watch tonight beginning a at 8:00 eastern and enjoy "american history tv" every weekend on c-span 3. this saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, author edward acorn talks about his book every drop of blood about araham lincoln's second inaugural speech considered one of the gre

launches an airstrike targeting iranian backed militia in syria the pentagon says it's in response to attacks on american personnel in iraq. again i'm peter told me you're watching out to 0 life my headquarters here and also coming up the world bank stops payments to some projects a 1000000 mark as pressure mounts on the militant. fears in brazil that are more contagious could 19 strains pushing the health system to the verge of collapse as the death toll exceeds 250000. e.u. leaders to speed up the block specs in rollout of one of the difficult weeks ahead . the u.s. has launched in a strike in syria targeting structures that belong to iranian backed militia it's thought the strike targeted the in the military base near al book of all the pentagon says that's in response to recent attacks against american personnel in iraq the strikes karmas tehran and washington continue to discuss what happens next with the 2050 nuclear deal. the target that we would you know we. were. being you. shia militia that conducted the strike she is following developments from washington we understand joe

launches an air strike targeting iranian backed militia in syria the pentagon says it's in response to attacks on american personnel in iraq. hello and welcome i'm peter told me you're watching on 200 live from doha also coming up fears in brazil that more contagious courbet 19 strains pushing the health system to the verge of collapse as the death toll exceeds 250000. e.u. leaders to speed up the blocks vaccine rollout but warn of difficult weeks ahead. and armenia's prime minister calls his supporters on to the streets and accuses the military of an attempted coup after said he should resign. our top story this half hour the u.s. has launched an air strike in syria targeting structures that belong to iranian backed militia now it's thought the strike targeted the a military base near album kamaal the pentagon says it's in response to recent attacks against american personnel in iraq the strikes calm as tehran and washington continue to discuss what happens next with the 2050 nuclear deal. the target that we were you know we. were. being you. shia militia. conducted the strike well sh

what has the pentagon been saying about these attacks. we've had lots of lots more detail now coming in from various sources the defense secretary actually is is on the press junket to california right now which is why we're getting comments almost immediately from the defense secretary himself that we understand joe biden who authorized this on thursday morning the attack took place 23 g.m.t. and we understand that biden has been presented with several options and it's been reported that he picked the smallest targets of all the options presented to him by the pens again and we have not was this this facility which the u.s. claims was used by quote iran backed militias on the border between syria and iraq and we have this statement which is seems to be the key message that the u.s. is trying to get out that this proportionate military response was conducted together with diplomatic measures including consultations with coalition partners the operation sounds and big u.s. message president biden will act to protect american and coalition

also former department of defense chief of staff kash patel on the wish hunt underway in the pentagon to root out trump loyalties and how it's distracting the military from real adversaries from china and islamic terrorists. all that and more as we look right here right now on sunday morning futures. but first this morning accountability for the january 6th capitol attack on tuesday of this upcoming week the senate will hold its first hearing into what safety precautions were taken ahead of the fateful day with current and former security officials expected to testify. will they find out what nancy pelosi knew in advance as speaker of the house she is in charge of everything involving the capitol? wisconsin senator ron johnson has been demanding answers and so far he's gotten crickets. senator, good morning to you, thank maria: i have here your letters that you sent to the acting sergeant at arms and door keeper as well as the current sergeant at arms where you ask questions about security. let's talk about upcoming hearing. robert canty, the third, metropolitan police department. mic

jennifer griffin has more from the pentagon. jennifer? >> hi, neil. learned more details about the adult male intruder that breached security at joint base andrews, home to air force one outside of washington d.c. the man that the air force says had several warrants for his arrest was seen leaving a c-40 plane. he was caught yesterday afternoon. the 737-style plane has an exterior that looks similar to air force one. we learned that the air force has launched an i.g. investigation and worldwide review of security measures apartment air force bases following this alarming incident. in the south china sea for the second day in a row, the u.s.s. john mccain, a guided missile destroyer conducted a freedom of navigation operation has gotten the attention of beijing. china immediately denounced the u.s. move and sent air and naval units to follow the ship and warned it to retreat. all interactions were safe and professional. this is the first freedom of navigation operation since president biden took office. >> we're in international waters. we like every o

there is zero talk at the pentagon of that happening.ynn's brother -- mike flynn retired as a three-star general. his brother is now the head of the u.s. army in the pacific, a four-star command. his name pops up associated with the wrongs of his brother which is just an association. did anybody know mike flynn held these views wealthy was in the service? but almost all accounts the answer is not really. he was once technically fired -- he was stopped from being promoted further. he reached a level of a three-star commander of a defense intelligence agency. that is a major command. that's an important intelligence community command. the story was mike flynn was a revered field operator. by the time he became a commander of the entire agency he was past his skill set. then he became a private citizen and his extreme views came out. that is a question a lot of us reporters deal with. pentagon officials, we talked to four stars and three stars. that is mostly where we live. how do you know somebody who has been in the military for 20, 30 ye

the pentagon is confirming tonight that u.s. military forces conducted air strikes against what they say is infrastructure utilized by iranian-backed militant groups

somebody who suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying school shootings were prestaged, and that the clintons crashed jfk jr.'s airplane, is not living in reality. this has nothing to do with the challenges facing american families or the robust debates

. >> earlier today, defense secretary lloyd austin held a briefing at the pentagon where he talked about recent meetings with nato allies. he discussed challenges including climate change, terrorism threats, and policies toward china, russia, iraq, and afghanistan. this is about half an hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i will turn this over to the secretary in just a minute. he'll have a few opening comments and then we will get to your questions. as you know we're going to be doing questions from the phone and in the room so i will go two room. the secretary has 30 minutes so we will try and move this crisply given the restriction of time and his schedule, i would ask you to limit your follow-ups if you can, meaning limit them to zero. with that, mr. secretary, over to you. sec. austin: good afternoon, everyone. thanks to all of you for being here today. before i start let me just say that i deeply appreciate the work that you do on behalf of the public. i respect the way you cover our military and i respect the role that you play in holding us accountable for how we defen

the read right now, john kirby, the pentagon press secretary. any administration response to this? >> well, i won't get ahead of decisions that the president may or may not make on this, neil. from the pentagon's perspective and the secretary talked about this last week after he called the crown prince. i mean, we have a military-to-military relationship with saudi arabia. there's security commitments to help defend them. clearly as a government, we're unafraid to deal with issues overrules after law, civil rights. i won't get ahead of the white house on this. they made it clear that our relationship will be different than it was in the previous administration, but that's really for the white house to speak to. >> neil: all right. the president did have a phone call, you know, with the royal family. i'm just concerned. is there any push on our part, you have to switch guys, you have to do something, this is not palatable? >> we all share the concerns over what happened to jamal khaishoggi and for his family. as we made clear, the bilateral relat

>> the pentagon report is troubling. what kind of national security risk does this pose? >> quite a serious one. i mean, it's a risk not just to communities that they're serving in but also to their fellow soldiers and marines and sailors. this is a problem that has existed in plain sight and been tolerated for far too long. and it's going to require a constant vigilance. i'm the son of a west point graduate. i was raised in the military. i have great respect for the military and it's true that this is a very small percentage of people. but it presents an ongoing threat. and that's what needs to be addressed because there's a military time survey, for example, that a third of the people surveyed said that they saw signs of white supremacy while on duty. so that shows that it's prevalent and it's visible and it's tolerated. >> cnn's analysis has -- at least 27 current or former members of the u.s. military have been charged in the capitol hill insurrection, in the riot. how do we root out this problem? listen, 27, that's a lot, especially considering what happened at the c