you said rich, we need you to come back to the pentagon. and i had been my life for 28 years and i gave van. but as i will tell, many of folks, you know, i believe in divine intervention and somehow i ended up working in that number 3, spot, undefined. and then our job was at the time because of the fact that the i read war but still across the personal it was going down in history parkway, the biggest born policy blunder body united states. uh, we were told that we needed to start the classifying most of the pre planning, all right, word documents. and because of my background, i was uh selected uh for that change with the all those documents we felt under douglas by the time i knew little about the fight. but as i walked into the pentagon for 3rd time, there was a lot of just like a task done by in the past. and my peers attempted to kind of go beautiful. it's called a political wouldn't get into the political world. but as i went back to the kind of god, it was all political. we could talk about the open service. was this really 5? well,

you know, to be certain things that the pentagon just would not let out. so i wasn't surprised at all. now i will uh, here in a future date challenge those redactions, but i wanted to get the book out as soon as possible. so i did not challenger the meat late, but i think the american public and the world needs to know what was read that. i mean, the book is called deadly betrayal. the truth about why the us invaded iraq, could it equally be why the u. s. is attempting a legal regime change in iran, syria, so many other countries because of israel and not because of us national security. well, you're exactly right, but the reason i uh, i'm gonna say how i came up with a title of some 4500 military men and women were killed based on a lie. and that just really bothered me as a member of the armed forces. the united states for over 28 years said that those lives were lost based on a live. also all the 100000 or so more that will be wonderful life. and the, even worse, you know, sometimes in a 1000000 iraqis that release killed or displaced and the up instruc

it is rarely both one is getting it out of the pentagon. uh, at the time, i can also tell you that uh, the one the most, most most ready to go to run of the war. each capital visual uh had a, an individual who they would talk to in general to keep them posted on what we're doing in regards to planning or the invasion of a rep. and the point person that doug slide was keeping in touch with was at the time being that the yahoo was i think at the time of the finance minister, he was not at that particular time administered. but that's fine. which i can tell you do go back. none of the pages, none of the something was keeping the that the yahoo informed what was going on. like ha, if it was a spy, but i can tell you he had a lot of direct communication would be trying to bust the size of uh, you might have to explain what far is for an agent registration that would, would it not be? yeah, go unless, if someone was doing stuff with another government in that way and they'd be registering somewhere before they swimming around the well, this is yo

now we have many high-ranking females at the pentagon. certainly broke through those glass ceilings and has been studying war and what it takes to defend this country and the world for some time. it's a great strategic thinker i am grateful the center for strategic and budgetary assessment. tom is a navy reserve officer. spent 20 years teaching at the naval war college. he has been writing recently, think this is very interesting. a decade ago he focused on strategy and agent past, present, future. it will be interesting to look back on what you saw at that point. where we are and where we are going. two years ago he wrote could a miracle when a new world war? i hope are not facing a new world war but if we are, can we win it? then of course you've written recently the race protective security leadership. this to be asia and elsewhere. defense planning, does our defense planning match the challenges placed by russia and china at the same time? >> thank you, panel. what i would like to start with as you both spent time thinking about strat

but as i walked into the pentagon, uh before, 3rd time. uh there was a lot of dislike of best buy in the past with my peers lamps with the kind of gum we roll. it's called a political, we didn't get into the political world. but as i went back to the pedagogy was all political, we could talk about the open service was this is riley spy. well, here's what i always tell folks how i operate. i can give you an assumption. i can give you an opinion and i can give you a buzz back. now, i can't give you a fact, but i've been told by a number of sources that the date was a spot. now what i can tell you the time that i was in the pentagon and what we call the office that go to pittsburgh policy, which does like ran uh you had a lot of is rarely bulk runners, getting it out of the pentagon. uh, at the time, i can also tell you that uh, the one the most, most most ready to go to run a bidding war. each capitol visual uh, had a, an individual who they would talk to individual to keep them posted on what we're doing in regards to planning or the invasi

in 2024, the pentagon reduced the army by 24,000 people. the reason is a lack of qualified personnel. the figure is small for an army of half a million, but the trend is dangerous. so the study of the same pentagon showed that only 23% of americans meet the minimum physical and mental requirements for military service. another problem for the american army is the unwillingness of young people to serve, the us navy has not been able to fill its units for several years in a row. this was greatly influenced by racist scandals, as well as abuse of power by senior officers. naturally, this has a rather negative effect on the social situation , these scandals in russia, they are precisely related to the fact that, in general, the officer corps there is old. the corps is faced with a rather multicultural, not always even well -educated contingent of soldiers, and this leads to numerous conflicts, hence the active efforts of american propaganda there by the state in order to level all this. incidentally, this can partly explain the popularization o

let's hear what pentagon deputy spokesperson sebri naskih had to say about it. its sovereign territory, which was invaded by its neighbor. so if we want to de-escalate tensions, as we've said from the beginning, the best way to do it will be putin's decision to withdraw troops from ukraine today. ukraine will do everything. opportunity to continue to reclaim their sovereign territory, and we see that this is what they are doing in kursk oblast. we will continue to support ukraine with the means and systems it needs. we don't think it is... in any case, ukraine is doing what it needs to be successful on the battlefield. ostap, actually about the policy of the united states, has the policy regarding the provision of attacks changed, regarding the provision and use of long-range weapons on the territory of the russian federation. maria, we heard calls from the ukrainian side for the united states to extend permission to use decoy attack missiles on the territory of russia, in particular for strikes deep into the territory of russia. we know that the us has such mis

moreover, the pentagon tried to justify the actions of the ukrainian armed forces, which resulted in the deaths of civilians, by stating that they were in line with us policy, this is what the deputy spokesperson for the us department of defense, sabrina singh, said. let's hear the direct speech. this is in line with our policy and we have supported ukraine from the very beginning in that, to defend themselves from attacks across the border in the need for crossfire. they are acting to defend themselves from attacks from this region. this fits into us policy regarding where they can use our weapons, our systems, our capabilities. john, do you agree with the opinion described in the bloomberg publication, because after a breakthrough yes on the territory of the russian federation of the armed forces. i noticed that the first day of august 6 our media is actually silent, there are short agency reports, but very restrained, very, it's weird, i expected such victorious statements right here, i think that i think that i'm now i think, i'll open the new york times now and there will be hea

in 2024, the pentagon reduced the army by 24 thousand people. reason is the lack of qualified personnel. the figure is small for an army of half a million, but the trend is dangerous. so, a study by the same pentagon showed that only 23% of americans meet the minimum physical and mental requirements for military service. another problem for the american army is the unwillingness of young people to serve. the us navy cannot get enough fill their units for several years in a row. this was greatly influenced by russian scandals, as well as abuse of power by senior officers. naturally, these scandals have a rather negative effect on the social situation. russian ones are connected with the fact that, in general, the old officer corps, the sergeant corps, is confronted with a rather multicultural, and not always even well- educated contingent of soldiers, and this leads to numerous conflicts, hence the active efforts of american propaganda there states in order to level all this, by the way, this is partly possible. "i dug the us army, mma lord, and

moreover, the pentagon tried to justify the actions of the ukrainian armed forces, which resulted ineaths of civilians, by stating that they were in line with us policy, this is what the deputy spokesman for the ministry of defense said. and we , in order to defend ourselves from attacks across the border , supported ukraine from the very beginning in the need for crossfire. they are acting to defend themselves from attack from this region. this fits into the us policy regarding where they can use our weapons, our systems, our capabilities. john, do you agree with the opinion described in the bloomberg publication, because? after the breakthrough of the ukrainian armed forces on the territory of the russian federation, there was a certain confusion in the responses of american officials and it was difficult to understand whether these actions were really coordinated with the united states of america by western partners or is this an exclusive initiative of kiev? you have to be very careful with any information from bloomberg they work under the control of the white house they are mai

the sign itself is a red pentagon, inside there is a stylized image of an inverted letter k with thescription belarus. the five corners symbolize the five indicators for which a product will be tested before it is allowed to be labeled with a quality mark: safety, environmental friendliness, innovation, manufacturability and aesthetics. certification commissions will check whether the product meets the declared qualities at the request of the manufacturer, and this process is divided into two stages: regional and republican. at the first stage with the content of the application and properties the product will be assessed by regional commissions, they will be created in each region, and will include employees of industry expert divisions of regional executive committees and specialized organizations. if they see that the product is worthy of being called a reference, the application will be submitted to the republican certification commission, and it will be headed by the country's prime minister. the composition of this commission will be approved by a resolution of the council of m

by the generals in the admirals, the pentagon. but i'm also read by the little old ladies in south dakota. right. and that warms heart, because i am trying to take very calm blacks seemingly calm blacks issues and make them accessible to all us. and i think helps same with poetic help or anecdotes when you really hear a detail that, you know, describes the color of paint on the wall or that there's not enough parachutes and the guys running back and forth between the white house office to try to find another you start to be able to use your own imagination to use your own thought process, and you become involved. yes, yes, yes. well, you do. you paint a new world. i mean, you really draw it in i am i am in the situation room. i am in the command bunker. i'm in marine. when you just you just didn't tell me what color the the headphones were but you just about it's just an excellent and on that i'm going to -- in for a second because one of my favorite parts about being in a journalist is asking questions you know, i'm usually in yo

a yeah, that is a tricky line that the pentagon knowledge is, it is towing here. how can it increase the military posture in the region while the same time be trying to advocate de escalation? but they said that again, if things are necessary, measures in order to not only defend israel were a wrong, or it's proxies to launch a retaliatory attack, but also to defend us troops that are already in the region. but it is certainly something that is being consider the, the, the, the potential that there's, looks like an escalation. in fact, this came up in the phone call between austin and a lot this morning. and austin emphasized that all countries he said in the region would benefit from de escalation. and of course we know that the official white house line and in a phone call between president biden and benjamin netanyahu on thursday. i didn't again, pushed for israel to accept the ceasefire deal saying he is very concerned at the current state of tensions in the region. thanks very much, a heidi folded update as tensions escalates. is heidi jo castro in washington

about all this, the fact it has risen to the pentagon commenting on it.pact did you think it might have? >> there were a lot of questions about this in the press conference today, it self interesting. one of those was about, first of all, the army has said the employee will press charges over a potential assault charge. and, therefore, the army regards the matter is closed. the other point here is, that to use arlington for political campaigning is actually against federal law. the question was asked, while -- well, the scepter of defense can overrule the army on this if there is a breach of the candidate using arlington and properly it can be taken up by the pentagon. they still regard the matter is closed. i think this gives you a sense in which this story has already become significantly escalated since it was first reported by npr at the beginning of the week. i think what will really determine it now is whether or not to harris campaign decides to get further involved. they may choose not to. donald trump's essential campaigning charge here has alway

the g222 cargo planes were bought by the pentagon from an italian company for 486 million. but six years later, as spare part production was discontinued, the planes were bought back by the company at the megager price. of just $32,000, just as pieces of metal. the us department of justice could not be held accountable for the loss, but it wasn't only the military planes that were inefficient. in total disbelief, the uniforms issued by the us were inappropriate for the weather conditions in afghanistan. the uniforms that were issued to uh the afghan national army uh have been deemed inappropriate for 97% of afghanistan, but it wasn't only the design of the uniform that was bizarre. the expenses asked by the pentagon for the uniforms in afghanistan were unbelievable, from 28 million to $93 million were the variable costs of the military uniforms, but based. on the release documents, $93 million seem to be correct. it's completely obvious the cost for military uniforms is ridiculous and shows a large scale corruption at the us defense department. eod spend approximately $93.8

this morning, the pentagon is ordering the uss georgia to the middle east. the nuclear powered submarine is capable of holding more than 150 tomahawk missiles. tensions in the region have been building after the former leader of hamas was assassinated in iran's capital last month. hamas blames israel for the killing and iran has vowed revenge. the pentagon typically keeps the movements of submarines classified, analysts say. this rare announcement is a clear message to iran to back down the website, axios reports. israeli intelligence believes iran has decided to attack israel within days, israel's defense minister telling u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin that iran is preparing a large scale attack. israel says if iran does launch an attack, iran can expect a, quote, blow unlike any other. in return, hamas and israel were set to resume ceasefire talks this week. those talks now in question. >> hamas is indicating it will not attend, saying there is no need for, quote, more rounds of negotiations or new proposals because hamas says there is a previous fram

following the massive protests of the people, the pentagon has withdrawn 100 of its soldiers from this country. this flight is carrying the last american soldiers present in niger. they leave here forever. a total of 100 people. but with the intensification of popular protests in this country, western military forces such as the americans and the french were forced to leave niger. there are people who can guarantee an agreement with the niger government. there have been massive public protests up to the pentagon , where the military bases under occupation in this country of 26 million people are in 25 cities. now, after the complete withdrawal of the american military from niger, the pentagon is thinking of removing its equipment from the 11th and 102nd bases, the equipment whose deployment in niger has cost the americans about 100 million dollars. reflecting on the news of the withdrawal of the last series of american soldiers from niger, the washington post writes: this is a moment of strategic failure for the united states, in the context of russia's influence in niger, we need alli

you just heard what the pentagon officials had to say, phyllis and.als say iran in the proxies could launch a major attack anytime, the concert at the pentagon could come from three different from the hezbollah to the north which lebanon borders israel and not give a lot of time to react. of course u.s. satellites and watching iran putting missiles and drones into place but that is what officials are saying, officials also fear that the houthis in yemen could get in on this attack and launch the third from the northeast and south that's where things stand. as you mentioned that's why lloyd austin has ordered the uss abraham lincoln strike group to increase turns from the pacific as you can see ten days ago austin order the strike group from the pacific to the middle east but this photo is from friday and this is lincoln doing an exercise with the eye italian playmates and also defense secretary austin after speaking to israeli counterpart ordering the uss georgia a guided missile submarine force recon greens on deck, daca missile submarine this is bal

there's that and there's also the mocha beneath the pentagon. and then there is a bunker beneath stratcom which again it's one off the most significat military organizations almost on his part of, , right, strategic command. you've been to the former. that is in nebraska. there's a bunker beneath there. her weight was described to me, cheyenne mountain is the brainstem. the pentagon is the beating heart ofar nuclear war. stratcom is the muscle. that pretty much as you a great sort of poetic sense of those parts are now going to work with the president to get the counter attack going. >> host: so launch on warning is one of the villainous concepts. again there's nois validity. there was a debate in your book between one, welcome the secretary of defense who is in favor of waiting, and it at the strategic command who's in favor of going, but neither one is evil, right? this no j jack ripper, no generl jack ripper here who is mad. these are people logically following the system and the policies we set out and that's was so chilling about your book

any moment now we are expecting a briefing from the pentagon as u.s. officials warned that iran and its proxies could hit israel within the next 24 hours. right side of your screen, northern israeli port town of haifa, that is a direct shot from lebanon to the north of the hezbollah terror group located there. from new york, i'm bill hemmer, and aishah, good afternoon. >> aishah: bill, good to see you. i'm aishah hasnie in washington, sandra and john are off today and this is "america reports." here is where the lay of the land is at this hour. the last couple of hours, iran rejected europe's calls to refrain from any retaliatory attacks. they said please don't do it, and iran called it a "excessive request." >> bill: then the pentagon is bracing to beef up military assets in the middle east, and there are many -- and more coming, by the way. guided missile submarine and speeding up the arrival of another aircraft carrier. >> aishah: the question at this hour, bill, our american troops now in direct danger? at least more danger? and how should the u.s.

at the pentagon. the russia has revealed the identities of some of its prisoners exchanged and a multi nation swap. redeemer across the golf is a hit man for russia security service. he was sentenced to life in prison for killing a chechen revel in berlin. back in 2019 pablo reps off, also known as pablo gonzalez. a journalist working for spanish media was arrested for espionage in eastern poland near the ukrainian border. rome on so elizabeth is the son of a russian politician. he was sentenced to 27 years of prison in the u. s. for hacking more than $500.00 businesses and stealing millions of credit card numbers, which he sold online. and then husband and wife are tim and on the old civil are under cover intelligence officers who were arrested in slovenia in 2022 for spying and incentives to 19 months prison. and let us love the question. the was the sentence to 9 years in a us prison on charges including wire and securities fraud, and a scheme worth nearly $100000000.00. and 3 russian political pri

barbara starr, former pentagon i starr, former pentagon correspondent for many, many years, it is greatce in england say eight people have been arrested and three police officers taken to hospital following rioting in the northeastern city of sunderland. a police building there was attacked, and the property next to it was set on fire. police have been trying to contain several hundred demonstrators, in what's been the latest in a series of violent protests in a number of english towns and cities this week after three children were fatally stabbed in southport on monday. dozens more protests are planned for this weekend in the wake of the stabbings. our correspondent mark easton, was on the ground as protesters caused chaos. yelling. as darkness began to fall in sunderland tonight, there were fears a violent far right protest could turn into an all—out riot. large numbers of police have been deployed across the city to deal with a wave of criminality. a police car in a side street — vandalised. around the next corner, a taxi overturned and set alight. about 400 or 500 protesters here in

moreover, the pentagon tried to justify the actions of the ukrainian armed forces, which resulted inf civilians, by stating that they were in line with us policy, this is what the deputy official representative of the us department of defense said, sabrina singh. let's hear the direct speech. it is consistent with our policy, and we have supported ukraine from the very beginning in defending themselves against attacks across the border in the need for crossfire. they are acting to defend themselves against attacks from this region. it is consistent with policy. statement right there, i think that i think that i now, i think, i will now open the new york times and there will be headlines like this, here is ukraine, kiev won, and no, absolutely no loud statements, the second day our media writes, what a mistake, what kiev is doing, i'm shocked, i'm shocked, that our, for the first time i see that our media, which are under the control of the pentagon, under the control of the white house, they even scold kiev, i think, what's the problem, i listen further very interestingly, the first

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this morning, the pentagon is ordering the uss georgia to the middle east. the nuclear powered submarine is capable of holding more than 150 tomahawk missiles. tensions in the region have been building after the former leader of hamas was assassinated in iran's capital last month. hamas blames israel for the killing and iran has vowed revenge. the pentagon typically keeps the movements of submarines classified, analysts say this rare announcement is a clear message to iran to back down the website, axios reports. israeli intelligence believes iran has decided to attack israel within days, israel's defense minister telling u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin that iran is preparing a large scale attack. israel says if iran does launch an attack, iran can expect a, quote, blow unlike any other in return, hamas and israel were set to resume ceasefire talks this week. those talks now in question. >> hamas is indicating it will not attend, saying there is no need for, quote, more rounds of negotiations or new proposals because hamas says there is a framework deal

there are two million words in the pentagon papers, richard nixon's name does a single time. so in theory, this should be a great scandal for him. it's about tearing down lyndon johnson and john f. kennedy two democrat presidents. yeah. he he becomes afraid that this this chenault affair is going to become public so he orders a break-in of brookings to try to retrieve these papers, which he thinks exist, which don't really exist the plan that they come up with is that they are going to buy a fire engine staff it with the same. cuban emigraves who are later caught breaking into the watergate a year later dressed as firefighters. they're going to fire bomb brookings then have this fake fire engine respond these burglars run up burglarize the safe get these papers out and flee in the chaos of the fire at brookings. yeah and gordon liddy. explains the plan fell apart not because it's actually like an incredibly criminal and awful thing for the president of the united states to try to order by the way completely crazy as well, but completely crazy in addition to being criminal but

there was an announcement yesterday that the pentagon was - yesterday that the pentagon wa5 scentingly rare for the pentagon to give details about the deployment of 5ubmarine5, so i think it sends a clear message of how serious the situation is and sends a clear message to iran and to hezbollah will support israel at the country come5 hezbollah will support israel at the country comes under attack. there was a phone call yesterday between the us defence secretary and the israeli defence minister and the americans are telling israel that the us will do everything to defend israel. 0bviously the us will do everything to defend israel. obviously the backdrop to all of this is the current tension5 all of this is the current tensions between israel, iran and hezbollah here in lebanon. there is an expectation of an attack on israel from high mass almost two weeks ago. what is very significant here as we haven't seen any indications of what iran might be planning to do. the americans the beginning that they were planning a wide5cale attack on israel. la5t were planning a wide5cale attack on

the pentagon says that kiev did not announce its intentions in advance. cold, as well as hurricanes and storms, what is happening to our climate and should we expect drastic changes? the results of the country's socio-economic development for the first half of the year are on the government's agenda today. the meeting of the council of ministers is a reconciliation of the opposition and who still has to work towards the planned targets. our film crew is currently working in the government house. what indicators are in the green zone and what industries are among the drivers, we will find out from alina lopo. hello, colleagues, the results of the first half of the year are the best time to calculate how much we earned domestically, abroad, that is, on export. the meeting of the council of ministers is precisely to understand in detail where, perhaps, they did not work up to the target parameters, and most importantly, what is the reason. in general, the government evaluates the past half of the year positively, the gross domestic product has increased by 5% with a target of 3%. the drive

the pentagon may ask congress for a new means for kiev, and israel will also get some. in the meantime , the white house is reviewing the composition of military aid packages to the ssu. instead of watercolors and oil stone. an exhibition of unique marble mosaics, the magic of ancient rome, has opened in zhodino. the great pecsovet will be held today in minsk. plans for training young specialists, new textbooks, all this will be discussed in the palace of the republic, where teachers, education officials, and representatives of the executive branch will gather . september 1, the end of this week, we all return to school. katerina krutalevich will tell you the details. katerina, good morning, what time is the start planned? good morning, olga, literally just a little more than in an hour, well of course, guests are already starting to gather in the palace of the republic. first of all , these are teachers, there is a stage being prepared behind me, you can look, and there in the hall, everyone is already chatting, except for the teachers, these are the heads of the educa

the pentagon had to justify the kurdish adventure.ss secretary of the us department of defense, ryder, said that washington supports the ukrainian armed forces' offensive in the kursk region, and promised zelensky to speed up work on the supply of weapons and shells. ryder said that the pentagon right now focused on the kursk direction, the operation itself, which, as you understand, was planned by the americans, was called creative in the pentagon, but they immediately clarified that it would not solve long-term problems. something more than supply troops travel along this road, the hopes of the nation pass through it, this is a vital supply line connecting ukraine. with its offensive in the russian kursk region. our path to the border reveals the high price of war. if you just look at the horizon, you can see clouds of smoke from different directions. when we as we approach the final checkpoint, we are told that a russian glide bomb has exploded in the distance. we are right on the russian border, and judging by the amount of milita

however, the pentagon noted that the operation fits in perfectly with us policy. the detached position of america and the european union, which refused to condemn ukraine's sabotage, speaks of the true authors of the invasion. this opinion was expressed to our tv channel by russian military expert viktor boronets. according to him, the military provocation by the ukrainian armed forces was on the orders of overseas curators. anything that harms russia from ukraine, all this is encountered. ukraine is in the most careful coordination with the white house and the pentagon. terrorist attack in syria: nine people were killed, 11 were injured as a result of an explosion in the north of aleppo. according to local sources, a mined truck was blown up on the highway, and soon a rocket attack on the city began from the kurdish, syrian, democratic forces, which are supported by the forces of the international coalition led by the united states. a fire started in the area of ​​the double attack. the prime minister of japan urges not to allow a repeat of the tragedy memorial c

the pentagon is the beating heart of nuclear war. strat comm iss the model. that gives you a poetic sense those parts are not going to work with the president to get the counterattack knowing production launch on warning was working villainess concepts there is debate at some point in your book the secretary of defense was in favor of waiting on the head of the strategic command is in favor of going. neither one is evil. there is no jack were brothers note general jack ripper here. these are people logically filing the system and the policies and that is what is so chilling about yourno book. there is no crazy person of the possible exception of kim jong un. this is the process we set up. we then get to the next concept to discuss in detail which is sole authority. there's two sides of that. want to just what sole authority is. >> so authorityjuik again is jut like it sounds up with the president of the united states has sole authority when it comes to launching a nuclear weapon. he does not ask anyone. at the secretary of defense, not the chairman of the joi

already this week, the american pentagon announced a new package of military aid. visit of two americans was equally important. from the democratic republican party. this is a clear signal from the white house administration that there is a clear bipartisan consensus in the us congress regarding support for ukraine. except moreover, it should be noted that the topic of ukraine remains one of the central ones in the discourse of the american election campaign. both candidates, donald trump and kamala harris practically. every time they mention the war in ukraine. in the aforementioned interview that elon musk conducted with donald trump, the ex-president of the united states separately focused on the war in ukraine, accusing in his traditional manner of resolving it, no, not vladimir putin, but joe biden. the latter, according to donald trump, did everything to force putin to attack ukraine. as i see this ... war, trump himself promises to end it literally in one day, forcing zelensky and putin to sit down at the negotiating table. however, even the closest associat

live from the pentagon tonight. here to discuss the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, democratic congressman gregory meeks, also a new yorker and so what's your reaction to hearing that secretary austin has revoked this plea deal for me. >> i just think that he apparently didn't know by relieving the person that struck the deal it did not was not cleared by him. and i think that because of some of the reactions, et cetera. he's decided to utilize his authority and step in and revoking let's something that i was surprised about. the state department with reference to the foreign affairs committee, not with the armed services when they have jurisdiction over dod, but it was shocking to me, also, well, in the house armed services committee was going to launch an investigation into this place the deal they were asking for documents. do you support this move tonight to revoke this deal? >> well, i think that secretary austin has to review it and make that decision for me. one of the things that i'm j

>> and we alone or not, a former top pentagon ufo hunter. >> yeah, i said it makes us stunning claim as he takes us inside the secret program that he once lead. tonight on laura coates live 67 days to go until the general election and donald trump is struggling to confront, let alone resolve an issue that he created for himself the end of roe roe v. wade. we find exhibit a in his very home state of florida. now, there there is a six-week abortion ban that amendment on the ballot overturn that particular ban yesterday, trump appeared to suggest that he blinked be willing to vote for overturning that ban. when he said this well, i think the six week is too short it's has to be more time now that caused panic among his base. conservative erick erickson win as far as to put it like this earlier today and if he loses in november yesterday august 29 in the year of our lord, 2024 will be the day he lost. >> if he doesn't do some damage control pretty quickly. >> well, the damage control, it wasn't far behind trump told fox this afternoon that even no, he's still things that six weeks is too

i'm shocked that our, for the first time i see that our media, which is under the control of the pentagonder the control of the white house, they even scold kiev, i think, what's the problem, listen further, it's very interesting, the first such positive articles came out only on monday, this is very strange, why did they give up so long, my conclusions are that the white house and the pentagon really weren't aware, this is kiev's activity, but who was aware from the american side? well, only one player, obviously, who? ceru, this is operation absolutely, it is a cia operation, we have known for a long time that they are working very intensively on your border, on the border of russia, ukraine, they are working very intensively, we know that the cia has been dealing with ukrainian nationalists since 1946, they have had deep connections with ukrainian nationalists for a long time, that in general i understand that. but the pentagon, you know, is busy, very busy in the middle east, and asia, china, taiwan, i have a feeling that they handed over this whole case, ukraine handed over to the ci

. >> aishah: the white house expected to take questions any moment now as the pentagon is sending a guided missile submarine to the middle east. we are told president biden just got off the phone with our allies but we do not expect to see him for the rest of the day. it has now been 22 days since vice president kamala harris became the presumptive nominee and still not a single formal interview. hello and welcome. i'm aishah hasnie in washington. spewing great to see you. i'm trace gallagher in los angeles. john and sandra are off and this is b5. harris may not be giving interviews but she is still getting glowing covers. time magazine devoting its newest issue to the vp calling this "her moment." >> aishah: the time journalists writing "harris has pulled off the swiftness vibe shift in modern political history." whatever that means. senator cory booker has said that she has gone from being a paddle wand to a jedi master. i'm not sure what that means. spewing me either. they are equating her energy to taylor swift tour. let's say what it is. these have transcended politics and gotten into

so the pentagon's looked at this pretty exhaustively. and we know and they've said so phil, that if additional information comes to light in weeks and months ahead, that that would compel them to take another look and then they'd be open to doing that. >> before i let you go, you received blowback last year for comment that you made after one of the administration's reviews came out. i want to give you a chance to respond but first this is what it wants proud of, the fact that we got more than 124,000 people safely out of afghanistan you bet proud of the fact that american troops were able to seize control of a defunct airport and get it operational in 48 hours. >> you bet. >> proud of the fact that we now have about 100,000 afghans, our former allies and partners living in this country and working towards citizenship. you but it does that mean that everything went perfect in that evacuation? of course not for all this taka chaos. i just didn't see it. not from my perch it was that last line that drew some criticism. >> capitol hill from

let's go to louis tomlinson in the pentagon to do all that. >> good afternoon, neil. u.s.icials say they can see -- thanks to u.s. spy satellites iran moving missiles and drones into firing position that could launch into israel if ord ordered. so far there not been ordered and those lodges have not taken place but the concern here in the pentagon is that it does attack it come from three different directions. from has more light in lebanon of norse, from iran and from there houthi's down south in yemen. here is john kirby earlier from the white house about this threat that could come at any time. >> we share the same concerns and expectations that are israeli counterparts have with respect to potential timing here. it could be this week. we have to be prepared for what could be a significant federal tax. >> for a second time in ten days defense secretary lloyd austin ws abraham lincoln strike group to the middle east. she's currently in the pacific, austin telling the strike group to increase speed and expedite that trend along with her escorts. despite being ordered to t

afghanistan, but wasn't only the design of the uniform that was bizarre, the expenses asked by the pentagon for the uniforms in afghanistan were unbelievable, from 28 million to $93 million were the variable costs of the military uniforms, but based on the release documents, 93 million seem to be correct, it's completely obvious the cost for military uniforms is ridiculous and shows a large scale corruption at the us defense department. dod spend approximately $93.81 million dollars to procure x number of uniforms etc. that means a pattern of issues and almost a 10-year span of period, which would lead me to believe rather than stupidity or corruption. the corruption tainted reconstruction by the us and the afghan army had its roots in the human resource management of the army. in order to put a show of success in reconstructing the afghan army, the us promoted some of the afghan military officers to commander posts in a short period. it takes what 20 some years for us to train a cornel in the army. do we really think we're going to turn around a general officer in? the afghan military in s