the pentagon -- on the market. the pentagon scrapping the contract. that was pretty controversial in 20. the defense department plans to devise the work between microsoft and amazon. amazon was arguing that interference from then president trump cost its deal. is microsoft going to be upset like this? or were they expecting this? >> i think microsoft said, we are happy to continue working for the government, obviously they don't get that entire $10 billion pie that they were originally slated for. but the alternative was to extend the contract term, the court battle that was waging to defend this project. and that has delayed this process even more. so in this case the pentagon gets a void for the court date battle. microsoft gets to avoid having lay its work on the contract to get a piece of the pie. caroline: if it's in practice, how little work with microsoft and amazon on the same project? naomi: essentially, they are going to decide based on unique attributes that microsoft brings to the table and wet amazon brings to the table. so the pentagon i

implementation, what does it mean for the pentagon? naomi: essentially the pentagon decided a number of years ago that it needed to transition to the cloud. the idea was that it would have this big data repository, and it was just one company, giving it up to $10 billion over a decade. a lot of big tech companies fought hard against that. initially, it was seen that amazon was the front runner of the deal because i got a similar deal from the cia. then you saw oracle, microsoft and ibm team up to lobby against the contract. then microsoft unexpectedly got the deal, and amazon filed a lawsuit saying that interference by donald cost them the deal. this has been a long road for the pentagon to implement technology it has considered critical for our work. caroline: and it still continues. hopefully they get up to speed by early 2022. we thank you. we are hearing from the other key top story, china issuing a warning to its companies vowing to tighten oversight of data security. this comes days after didi listed itself in the united states.

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we know now that the pentagon was taking claims like that from civilians.pecifically after all of the military sightings and videos were made. i'm not qualified to comment on that. what i can comment on is where venture capitalism invest their money and what the international tech races looking at. i am telling you now that we, the chinese, even the russians and other countries like india and israel are developing technologies that are the next generation level of technology that we already the civilian population are not yet cute into. we will be in another 20 or 30 years. there is a possibility these systems being seen are actually human in origin and are actually ours are enemies. if they are in enemies, that is the thing everybody should be focused on. focused on, avoiding another pearl harbor are another 9/11 with exotic technology. host: you talk about private industry and what you think the approach should be. do you think the biden administration shares that approach? guest: i've spoken with people from the administration at the start of their time

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this as the pentagon says the withdrawal of forces is 90% complete. humanitarian agencies are warning of a rise in school kidnappings in nigeria, disrupting the educations of hundreds of thousands of children. nearly 150 students are missing after the latest attack on a boarding school on monday. indonesia is bracing for another search in coronavirus cases. as hospitals are struggling with the weight of infections, oxygen is flown in from singapore to treat patients. jakarta's health care system is at 90% capacity. indonesian airlines are suspending all flights for one month to support efforts to contain the spread of the virus. after months of criticism that covid vaccines were not rich in developing nations, inoculation drives around the world are picking up. the role outcome as expiratory about the impact of the delta variance. reporter: vaccine drives are gathering pace around the world. this is 1.5 million doses of the moderna vaccine flown into el salvador. el salvador has administered just under 3 million doses, enough to fully inoculate 22% of

it was meant to be a safety buffer for the pentagon name. yes, we taught them how to kill maim and bomb, but whatever they do with that knowledge is on their slate. but lately, all that boomerang back on the agency still, when 7 of 18 presidents assassins turned out to be former pent against trainees. this far we've identified 7 individuals who were former members of the columbia military that have received some sort of us funded and provided education and training. not like the pentagon ordered the hit, of course, it may have just taught them how to carry one out properly. probably during one of the lessons on human rights and one place where all of this theoretical knowledge translated into real action. the most is africa from murder plots similar to that one of haiti's to military coups the continent has seen it all. and american trained fighters were spearheading many of them. the the the the train and assist program in syria was nothing short of a sham, largely because it inadvertently assisted the enemy taken ideological. you turn by f

to the pentagon.scrapping the exclusive cloud computing deal with microsoft opting to split the contract with amazon instead. our senior editor in singapore has been tracking the return of the jedi. what is the jedi? >> well, the jedi contract is a giant cloud computing contract. the pentagon wanted to move to a cloud computing environment. they thought that would be a better battlefield management system for them. they put out this $10 billion contract over a number of years and it was going to be a one-shot wonder. one company was going to win. it was going to be a giant boost to the arm. market moving, game changing. it did not go to who everyone thought it was going to go to. everybody thought amazon was the frontrunner for this. to the point other companies were trying to split the deal in parts to get in on it with them. it went to microsoft. amazon charged that the trump administration did not like jeff bezos because jeff bezos owns the washington post, had gotten in the way somehow. this has b

is the pentagon prepared to send u.s.ere, first of all, to deal with if situation and secondly, now that we've had the assassination of haiti's president, is the situation there and the disarray, is that a matter of u.s. national security? >> well, chris, as for your first question, we are aware of their request by the high sahn government. -- haitian government. we're analyzing it. it's going through a review. i'm not going to get ahead of that process. and today an inner agency team largely from department of homeland security and the fbi are heading down to haiti to see what we can do to help them in the investigative process and i think that's really where our energies are best applied right now, helping them get their arms around investigating this incident and figuring out who is culpable, who is responsible and how best to hold them accountable going forward. that's where our focus is right now. chris: and real quickly, is what's going on in haiti, is that a matter of u.s. national security? >> i think we are watch

with the pentagon admit, at least 7 people implicated in the murder of haiti's president, had been trained in america as his private funeral. under heavy guard was shaken by mass protest. ah, i was good to happy with it since the weekend. well news from our team here in moscow. my name is colleen bray. first for you, then this britton's prime minister risks a major split within his conservative party. with m p. 's furious over the countries, latest coven restrictions, totally members of parliament. and now declaring that the boy called the upcoming party conference, after emerge the vaccine. passports will be required to get in. i'm booked for the conservatives party conference. i'm double chopped. i wouldn't be going to the conference if we're excluding people on the basis of the vaccination status with a heavy heart and apologies to event organizers. likewise, i'm afraid the same will apply to me while the debates around vaccine possible if have indeed re stuff is boris johnson, the prime minister being rather keen on introducing the idea of crowded places later in the, in the autumn. no

office having the pentagon admit at least 7 people implicated in the murder of haiti's president. early this month, what train did america as unrest mars his funeral news, but russia his latest single engine fighter jet. the check made this while the crowds of the marks 2021 internationalists show near moscow. ah, good morning here with the we can watch yard into nicely with me, kevin. oh, in see today live from i will these h q scope 1st and the you case prime minister boris johnson is facing a major split with it is conservative party this weekend with m. p 's up in arms over the countries latest cove restrictions. so remember, the parliament said they're going to declare a boy called to their upcoming conservative party conference after emerged vaccine . passports will be required to get in. i'm booked for the conservatives party conference and double jabbed. i wouldn't be going to the conference if we're excluding people on the basis of their vaccination status, with a heavy heart and apologies to event organizers. likewise, i'm afraid the same will apply to me. while the deba

but they also literally try to surround the pentagon. have you guys ever seen the pentagon? it's like really, really big. it's really hard to surround. but they had a lot of people there and they sort of symbolically trying to stop the heart, the brains you could say, of the war machine, by literally blocking the pentagon. now, there are some characters in this protest who kind of try to change the rules of the game. we've been doing these marches, these rallies, around the pentagon, it's clever, but people are kind of bored, we have to do something cool to catch people's attention. this guy who thought of the troop blockade thing, a guy james jerry rubin, he's hooked up with some long haired guy in new york city named abby hoffman. they come up with a goof, a scam, where they announce to the press that the purpose of linking their arms and encircling the pentagon is not just to block people from getting in and out, it's actually part of a magical rite and if done properly, they can levitate the pentagon, because the pentagon, everybody knows, is the ancient symbol of evil,

the pentagon contests this characterization. they say we told the afghans everything they needed to know 48 hours ahead of time. they just left out the exact moment the americans would depart for security reasons. you can see why the afghans would be a little upset about this and how this would add to the optics they were abandoned. the pentagon says this was for operational security reasons and they had all the knowledge of everything they needed to upgrade the base after they left. host: you can see her latest story on politico. she covers the defense side of issues for politico. thanks for your time this morning. guest: thanks so much for having me. host: we will start with rachel from florida on our support line. go ahead. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i support withdrawing our troops. i feel we should not have been there to begin with. they knew ahead of time we were going to leave. they knew that when president trump was talking about it when he was president. i commend president biden for doing that.

that first started on the pentagon. she was literally my first port of call to try to get smart on the issues. welcome to you both. i am really happy to be with you both this morning. i think, or at least i hope, we are in the waning days of zoom panels. we can start doing stuff like this in person. michael, i am sure that you definitely feel that way. what is it like talking outside your book, virtually, for instance. >> it would be a lot more fun in person. i am thrilled that we wind up getting people from all over the world and the various events. we will try to continue that even as we try to get back to face to face. to my favorite people in the national security field. you are both very kind to do this event. more generally the question of u.s. grand strategy, national security strategy at a crucial moment. >> okay. let's go ahead and get started. really high. the american prosecution of war. can you walk us through some of the main arguments that you lay out here? both learning to limit even while it is defending

on tuesday, it seemed the decision making was finally back with the pentagon itself. the secretary has secretary defense was obviously final approval of this decision that hadn't always been the case in the past 4 years. says amazon, that company has long accused former us president trump, of having played a role in denying them the contract back in 2019, out of spite, as trump was known, not to be too fond of amazon boss jeff base us. so jed, i the joint enterprise defense infrastructure cloud went to microsoft, a major player in the cloud computing field, but not consider the market leader. the pentagon didn't comment on amazon's claims that trump ever played a role in the selection process. it's simply stated with a shifting technology environment, it has become clear that the cloud contract, which has long been delayed, no longer meets the requirements to fill the d o d capability gaps. jet. i will be replaced by a new program called joint war fighter cloud capability, and both amazon and microsoft are seen as likely partners as are the 3 other large cloud service

have you seen the pentagon? it's really, really big. really hard to surround. they have a lot of people there. and they sort of symbolically are trying to stop the heart -- the brains, i guess you could say, of the war machine, by literally blocking the pentagon. now, there's some characters in this protest who kind of try to change the rules of the game. they say, we've been doing these marches, rallies, it's cool, we're around the pentagon, that might get some tv coverage. that's kind of clever, but people are bothered, to tell the truth, of marches, rallies and protests. we got to do something cool to catch people's attention. and this guy who thought of the troop blockade thing in berkeley, he was a guy named jerry ruben, and he's hooked up with a long-haired guy in new york city, abby hoffman, and they come up with a goof, a scam where they announce to the press that the purpose of linking their arms and encircling the pentagon is not just to plok block people from getting in and out, it's actually part of the magical rite. and if done properly, they can l

meaning, the pentagon has no explanation for them and kept them secret for years. the trick proposes a different approach, i would hope to contribute to the reductions of stigma and to promoting or encouraging a deliberate and thorough collection and reporting process. so that those individuals who are qualified to make the analysis have the information that they need and that they can conduct that thorough investigation and analysis to come up with some conclusions. beatrix please, for scientifically standardized data collection on a piece designated an absolute must in the future by ness. our research scientists, robbie coo, marco products, and go from its scientists while spec to my take on the year for ease. we don't know what they are. we cannot speculate what they are without having proper data collected on them to find out the nature of the z o force. and my hope is we would focus on the same spot of the scientific study of your force and avoid any speculation and be agnostic about investigating them. back on the extraterrestrial highway in nevada, we finall

every single year they had $1 billion for medical research it is not requested but by the pentagon. the national guard reserve and equipment account about $1 billion every single year not requested by the defense department they get a lot of money for the f-35 fighter jets for $2 billion per year on average the last seven years that's a staggering amount of money above what was requested but this year they did not add that. we will see if it changes going forward. >> there was a report out today the house appropriations committee issued their report on the spending bill they will consider this week so i can you tell us about what was in the report. >> first of all talking about racial equity and gender equity we see those handprints all over the defense still as well maybe of demanding reports from the pentagon like the growth is extremism that is not clear but definitely there are elements of extremism in the ranks and those violent extremist groups seek to recruit from the military. they want to know about racial equity and the fact minorities make up such a large amount of the de

tae: the pentagon argues that there is technical merit. capabilities of microsoft and amazon, with their cyber security defenses and all the services they have. the pentagon will argue that it's based on merit. shery: bloomberg opinion columnist, thank you. this has moved to be a very good payday for jeff bezos. that 4.7 percent rally in amazon stock price, sending his wealth to a record of $211 billion after the pentagon announced it was canceling that cloud computing contract with microsoft. the rally boosted bezos fortune by a $.4 billion -- $8.4 billion. the last time anyone on our bloomberg ranking came close was elon musk back in january. that was when his wealth briefly hit $210 billion. we know tesla has had some growing pains since then. shery: not surprising, given that we have seen those gains for tesla stock, but those growing pains are continuing now. we are seeing tesla under pressure and china. there has been a huge onslaught of negative news when it comes to tesla, software flaws, and so on. we will watch what happens to th

the pentagon says the us withdrawal is more than 90 percent complete. a lot can happen on the battlefield between now and then enter chappelle al jazeera sculpture was in jordan in washington, d. c. well, this tell us what the state department is saying about homeless. while the state department is saying that really the success of this change from nearly 20 years of war led by the us and a western based coalition to afghans being and in control of their government really does nail come to how the tall a bond behaves. this is ned price, the state department spokesperson. it is not just the government afghans then it is not just the united states. it's not just a broad swath of the international community that recognizes that there is no military solution to this conflict. the fact that the taliban continues to engage in doha to engage in inter ask and dialogue is itself most likely a reflection of the fact that the tall onto understands that only through diplomacy, can they garner any sort of legitimacy. now are you getting any sense from any of the u.

the pentagon admit really 7 people implicated in the murder of haiti's president had been trained in america. this mass protest took place on the day of his funeral. ah, hello, good evening. just go 9 o'clock in the russian capital. you're watching arte international . now police in paris to fire water. cannon protest is against plans for mandatory health passed in france satisfies and gathered in central parish to vent their frustrations against the co with restrictions the news mm. the okay, well let's get the latest known head to the french carpet and speak to our correspondent charlotte davinsky. charlotte. we saw a lot of tension at these protests throughout the day. what's the situation like now? yes, that's why tensions throughout the day. and although the days coming to an end, they're all still being reported scuffles around the country as these anti health pass demonstrations have been taking place. we've had figures from the ministry of the interior that say there were a 161000 individuals who decided to send on to the streets to protest these new restrictions left thousan

credibility will continue to wayne and the pentagon will have the same competency rating as right now the cdc so think about this, china is preparing to take our allies don't i, down and aggressively promoting economic influence around the globe, but what keeps our top military leaders up at night? >> the job of the defense of defenses to keep america safe from our enemies but we can't do that if some of those enemies lie within our own ranks. >> biden's state department is staffed by big thinkers who downplay china's brutal crackdown on human rights as they decry our own track record in the us. the even invited the un to come in and grade their antiracism efforts. this is completely insane but again they are a bunch of self loving idiots, they are happiest when america is on her knees begging for approval and cooperation from europe and others. our intelligence agencies also risk running into the same credibility buzz saw. remember obama's director of national intelligence jim clapper claimed they were not monitoring domestic communications and we found out they were. >> when i too t

and the pentagon admit that at least 7 people implicated in the murder of cities. president had been trained in america that as mass protests took place on the day of his funeral. ah, my broadcast, you have direct from studios in moscow. this is art international on sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. right now, parish police have fired water cannons and people protesting plans for mandatory health passes in france. thousands gathered in central pears to vent their frustrations over covert restrictions. ah me the they're all being reported scuffles around the country as these anti health pass demonstrations have been taking place . we've had figures from the ministry of the interior that say there were a 161000 individuals who decided to stand onto the streets to protest these new restrictions. 11000 of those were here in paris where you saw the tensions with that water cannon being fired at the protest is also kick as being used up. so i just wanna explain a little bit about what the health passes. this is something this already in use has been in you since wednesday. a

welcome to the school of the pentagon. you'll never joined the i v li, group of elite universities. but you may very well start your own assassins. odom, or at least a my feel like most, you're going to get more of this fear, today's going underground show and ti talked to hate is busted to the u. k. who admits the caribbean nation is paid in america's sphere of influence. since it was founded, the un troops going to remain as it is the core group, still going to be running hazy and not the government is being said by some critics . of course you have the quote, you know haiti has been part of the world. the history for, since since our appreciation, we went and we are part of the international community. we been helped by, by our friends for a long time. i knew in, you know, some of some of our friends once more please. and then the thought is, but we can leave rose to our self. we have to be open to our friends. and that's, that's what it always be. it has always been a b, as always been an interest to wear different countries see their own interests. we we get to the live, the, t

how is the pentagon responding this morning? these reports that there are those in afghanistan who are troubled, felt like it was rude, as engel pointed out there, that this exit was hasty and poorly communicated, in their view. >> so what this entire withdrawal process is shown, the u.s. does not trust the afghan government, the afghan partners they've been there, heard for years, standing shoulder to shoulder and hand in hand. it's clear they don't trust them with information like specifics when the u.s. is leaving specific bases, so if you look back to several weeks ago when the u.s. turned over the base at southern kandahar in afghanistan there were a series of small rocket attacks and mortars that came in on base that set a tone. there was a lot of concern about providing any specific information when the americans and nato allies would be leaving some of the bases. bagram as richard was showing there is this enormous sprawling base and there were tens of thousands of u.s. troops, nato troops, contractors there at one point

the pentagon says the u. s. withdrawal is more than 90 percent complete, a lot can happen on the battlefield between now and then enter chappelle al jazeera . it goes to rosen, jordan in washington, dc. what's the state department been saying about this? while the state department is saying that the usaa was very clear when president joe biden made his decision to withdraw us forces from afghanistan after a war that's been nearly 20 years long. he also said that this is a situation where the owners is now on the taller bond to show good faith. he does not just, the government can stand. it is not just the united states, it's not just a broad swath of the international community that recognizes that there is no military solution to this conflict. the fact that the taliban continues to engage in doha to engage in intra ask in dialogue is itself most likely a reflection of the fact that the taliban to understands that only through diplomacy? can they garner any sort of legitimacy? and is there any sense from us

so very worrying picture presented from the highest levels and the pentagon. will james, if the end came in, i've gone a son is or appears to be very unclear from military standpoint. what should we be looking out for in the days and weeks ahead? what he heard in talk about the mental of the taliban. that's clear in the games they've made the territory. they've taken the board posts they've recently taken, which is very difficult for landlocked country. we've seen a lot of fighting in the last few days. we think because of the ead religious holiday, one of the taliban going to do off the eat all they going to look at some of those district centers. some of those provincial capitals were 17. he mentioned what taliban all around the edges. are they going to try and take those sort of provincial capitals or at least some of them? on the other hand, what all the african government force is going to do, they how number, the telephone all they can come up with some new sort of plan. also on the diplomatic front, you have talks in doha adjourned, but like to take pla

but has also helped everyone in particular pentagon funded lab in thailand to detect the first case in china january of last year. the biden administration proposed cutting the program and the report from the defense appropriations subcommittee said no. not a good idea. that is one interesting element. the defense department has been involved in every step of the effort to have the medical research facilities to be extremely involved. it's horrible to think about but this is not the last pandemic. experts have warned there will be more going forward but because human beings are in closer proximity to animal diseases because of the spread of human civilization. not a nice thought but what people are thinking about. >> so when is it expiring? when does congress have to deal with it? is it part of the appropriations package? >> that expires the end of july after that the treasury department can use extraordinary measures for the delivery day so either congress takes action or they have a date of default so that option of treasury which has never happened in american history the impact not

the pentagon says the u. s. withdrawal is more than 90 percent complete. a lot can happen on the battlefield between now and then . enter chappelle al jazeera lebanon is speeding for international help with a can't take a prime minister warning. the country is just days away from a social explosion. currency is last about 90 percent of what it was worth in late 2019 i sunday i'm says global help is needed to prevent outright economic ruin. and when ashley to come by play today to all the kings princesses, presidents leaders and ally and friendly nations. and i call on the united nations and all international agencies in public opinion to help save to live in a people from death and prevent the destruction of the country sleeping on. is it a short distance from a social explosion? and the liberties are facing the stock site on their own? humanitarian agencies, a warning arise in school kidnappings. in northwest nigeria is disrupting the education of hundreds of thousands of children. around a 1000 students have been abducted since december malicious attack

the pentagon says the us withdrawal is more than 90 percent complete. a lot can happen on the battlefield between now and then. and her chappelle al jazeera as close to and fishers in washington, d. c. eleanor. so they just from the state department, while they're still continuing their regular briefing, we have had from the state department talking about what's going on in afghanistan and really nothing and whitening from them. they continue to part of the lines essentially, that they are committed to the afghan government. we've also had from the pentagon in the last hour saying that the decision to pillow to buy graham was passed to the afghan authorities if it was not sent down the line to local commanders. that isn't really something that the us can do anything about. we have also had from the state department saying that they are going to continue to keep troops in the country. and we know that that's going to be somewhere between 652002 protect the compound there at the american embassy and also the international airport. but the also reiterated

and then he comes to the pentagon in 2001. we have $911.00 and he goes on to make some incredibly poor mistakes just for choices. big mistakes, pantano or what have you. and i think that's what the world is going to remember him for nothing that came before they're going to remember what he did after 911. that's a lovely timeline that you've painted for us. he was also a deeply pancreatic man. how would you assess his influence in terms of being quite whole kish and that nature itself of the american government and subsequent tone reverberated across the republican party and later into the administrations of reagan, bush and trump. if we were having this conversation tenant years ago, i think to be a much different context with which to look at donald rumsfeld and again as a historian by training, i recognize a times of change. i mean, he was a deeply paid tray out of person, despite all his flaws. i have memories of him on the morning of 911 out helping with the wounded on the grass outside the pentagon. we also know that the

what does the pentagon say about the taliban's advance in. >> the pentagon is monitoring the advancef how quickly it's moved through the afghanistan country side pushing back afghan forces. they well aware how quickly and the amount of force the taliban is moving. it's a concern here and because of that advance that military fi officials are watching it and warning a civil war is possible. the head of u.s. forces in afghanistan said this about the future of the country. >> we should be concerned. the loss of terrain has to be concerning because it's a war but a psychological and moral component to it and hope matters. >> reporter: in recent days, the administration have the authority to carry out strikes on the taliban in support of afghan forces. the decision was made that military leaders could carry out strikes in support of afghan leaders. that will give them much needed support in and when the strikes are carried out and perhaps it will give afghan military forces what the general talked about. a bit of hope knowing there's still u.s. support. the withdrawal pretty much complete