our secretary of defense can be quite critical. ever told i must redact something because it is not flattering. most of the secretaries of defense, my predecessor said that he offered to let him read what was going to be a pretty critical volume. the secretary declined. he respected h historians. no, you write what you have to write. i don't know what else to say. >> there is ane balance there. being a government historian, we do take the oath of office. we do sign a whole bunch of things about not disclosing classified information. you know, for me at the fbi i also have an obligation to protect personal information that ends up in fbi files of somebody who is still alive. i have an obligation to protect and not disclose a number of our human sources who, you know, it may not be classified, but are still people whose identities, the fbies protects. when i tell a story, i cannot always put all the details in. that does not mean i cannot tell a truthful, complete story. you know, i put a lot of content up on fbi.gov. at this point, d

it's the office of the secretary of defense historical series. these books rank from six -- 800 pages of a focus on the secretary of defense but the larger context of the national security policy of any given presidential administration under which the secretary serves. called numerous classified materials across inner agency from cia and other agencies. we submit our manuscripts for declassification. we about to publish under reagan at first volume will come out so that might get us into kind of the challenges of classified history and the government so maybe i will leave it at that. >> i want to be mindful and leave time for the crowd here to ask questions. one of the grave challenges as we have heard work drowning with classified information. to declassify or not even close to catching up with it. many of us are thinking how to prioritize. and where to focus our limited resources to address the problem. it's got to be a question each of you asks as you carry on the new mission. as you think about what to write, what to tell what stories. for th

the 25th secretary of defense was a physicist at heart. his curiosity was insatiable. he loved visiting our state-of-the-art labs and testing new technology. i am told his staff had a name for the visits. ash carter looks at science. he was hands on, sometimes very hands-on. like when -- flew along with paratroopers from the 82nd airborne division for a training jump. the next thing they knew, the secretary of defense had strapped on a harness and wanted to jump out right alongside them. i don't know if he changed his mind or the jump master talked him out of it, but we are glad he did not jump. now ash's scientific mindset drove him to always face facts, especially painful ones. as the president noted, he took on the dod bureaucracy whenever it lagged behind. ash pushed relentlessly to better protect our troops in iraq, in afghanistan from iud attacks. i saw firsthand how many lives were saved because of his efforts. ash's powerful mind focused not just on current challenges but on the dangers still ahead. that meant driving to reduce the dangers of loose snoops and ca

the 25th secretary of defense was a physicist at heart. his curiosity was insatiable. he loved visiting our state-of-the-art labs and testing new technology. i am told his staff had a name for the visits. ash carter looks at science. he was hands on, sometimes very hands-on. like when -- flew along with paratroopers from the 82nd airborne division for a training jump. the next thing they knew, the secretary of defense had strapped on a harness and wanted to jump out right alongside them. i don't know if he changed his mind or the jump master talked him out of it, but we are glad he did not jump. now ash's scientific mindset drove him to always face facts, especially painful ones. as the president noted, he took on the dod bureaucracy whenever it lagged behind. ash pushed relentlessly to better protect our troops in iraq, in afghanistan from iud attacks. i saw firsthand how many lives were saved because of his efforts. ash's powerful mind focused not just on current challenges but on the dangers still ahead. that meant driving to reduce the dangers of loose snoops and ca

little bit about, and you can feel your interest as your second -- as you're secretary of the army and then secretary of defense, on dealing with force modernization. can you talk about your priorities while you were secretary of the army and then secretary of defense? i do want to come to a little bit of the current state of the army. mark: it's no secret the equipment we're using today in the army is what we bought in the reagan era, just updwraided. all the same systems. and great systems but not necessarily what we need to fight the future fight. so when i came into office, we knew we had to modernize our equipment, our doctrine, the way we train, everything about the army. so we went about launching the so-called renaissance is what i called it we identified a series of capabilities we needed. top six long-range precision fires, soldier lethality, network, c2. we knew what we needed. i had to establish futures command and do major reorganization within the army to make sure we could support that. i think futures command has been a success we reorganized basic training, made it longerring tougher, more rele

he met the secretary of defense. he also had a phone call with his french counterpart and to morrow of course, will be a big day for a politician that has known this topics for several weeks. he has been following all this evolution is interior minutes of lowest sacks and he also dealt with many of the security topics. and that's something that the german chancellor will actually said when he announced that boys to stories will be germany's new defense minister. no doubt the most pressing issue, whether germany should provide battle tanks to ukraine. the pressure on germany is clearly growing benjamin both from outside the country and were then where did the talk stand between washington and berlin at the moment? definitely, and that's one of the biggest topics. it's a dilemma between both countries between germany and that you as the german chancellor has been dodging the questions on sending tanks. he did the same also yesterday the world can nomic for us in a divorce. and what germany is saying according to a germa

the united states will support the defense of ukraine as long as necessary . the contact group on the defense of ukraine is held under the chairmanship of the secretarydefense of the united states lloyd, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states participates in the meeting u.s. army general mark milley, minister of defense of ukraine, oleksiy reznikov, deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, yevgeny moysyuk, minister of defense and higher military officials from ukraine's allies and partners well, i would like to add a guest to our vet serhiy nikitenko, editor-in-chief aga volodymyr molchanov, political scientist with us yazku p volodymyr, we congratulate you, i welcome you back, i am glad to see and hear. first of all, i will ask about kherson. well, i see in the reports that the shelling does not stop, the explosions do not stop, the enemy continues to fire again today kherson please tell me the information as of this hour, the most important, the most recent data that you have, the enemy continues not just to shell, but it seems that he is again looking for social infrastructure, first of all, this medical an

well, the us secretary of defense came to persuade the german government. was immediately after the new minister took office. defense of germany i wonder what the media boris pistorius is suspected of sympathy for russia why did evgeny chirochkina find out? while the new german defense minister is taking the oath of applause to the bundestag, german magazines and newspapers are competing in the headlines. he, come in handy of the day, everyone suspects history of having close relations with russia , the new minister of defense is in trouble, sensitive russian past istoriosa, putin's former friend boris istoriosa has to defend himself because of russia's course, criticized the sanctions against russia, met with russian diplomats participated in negotiations on the creation of twin cities between our countries , advocated the development of relations and, according to some reports, even studied the language, and all this over the past few years, the track record of the new head of the bundeswehr has caused tension in the political circles of germany instead of

i want to use another quote from south korea recently that us secretary of defense austin said let's listen. our commitment to the defense of the republic of korea remains unwavering the united states stands firm in its commitment to extended deterrence, which involves the use of the full range of us military assets, including conventional and nuclear weapons, as well as missile defense. obviously, if i understand the minister correctly, and i know a little about the minister, and he is also a kind of experienced diplomat, because he led very large groups of american troops in the people's groupings, and in general knows how to clearly express his thoughts in the international arena, when he when he says the use of the full range of us military assets including conventional and nuclear weapons. he actually says that the united states can use nuclear weapons against north korea in response to any attack from outside, and north korea against south korea not necessarily with the use of nuclear weapons. is this new or something wrong, got it? and dmitry i think that there is nothing new h

uh, in his other hand he is holding a phone talking to schultz at the very moment when the secretary of defensef the united states of america is talking about bad germany, among other things , well, he just spoke a little there, but it would be clear that it was not possible to agree, but then he comes to the story with a group of journalists and begins his speech with such a phrase. well, you are all dressed in this. see, i'm without a coat, yet. i walked here. i have someone spertu. well , as it were, yes, this is the word history, that is, he played gerhard schroeder who taught to joke. e with journalists who loved to win the sympathy of journalists. with such an informal approach, yes. what did he say a few phrases that will not be repeated? all of them are already well aware that yes , there are countries that adhere to that including our position, we have not yet decided. after that, there were already several statements of history that, probably, he would go to ukraine in the next 4 weeks. but did you pay attention, dear colleagues, that in fact it is not the supply of tanks, at the mome

culture of cancellation due to blocking your channel, and what did they do to the british secretary of defensethe planet became on the ears? they called him on behalf of the prime minister of ukraine denis shmal and actually asked him about the supply of weapons. there was such an interesting phrase of his, what did he say? that we, and already so many weapons have been sent to you, for example, ufo complexes, that we ourselves have practically no more of them left, and just this one is there, including history there, then pro-power weapons. she upset the department of defense the most. they posted an official letter to themselves on youtube , which means that we are a threat to national security, everything must be demolished. and youtube and e by the way still tried to resist. oddly enough, minister. there they say, wildly indignant, as so why are we not listening to my order. e in california a. they mean, they said they have the data, that's all, and russia's largest disinformation company. there's something involved, intelligence. russian well, that's all. youtube has given up. they comple

on the very first day of the inauguration, he meets with the secretary of defense of the united statesstin , in order to discuss nothing else, namely, how to put ukrainians on the most effective weaponry, what is it? this is so to say, you can’t call it otherwise than the military activity of the western bloc against our motherland. kherson region is restoring houses after shelling by the armed forces among civilians, kakhovka has some dead and wounded, and the consequences of their shelling will be told by margarita semenyuk ya i heard terrible screams in the yard. it was just the people who were standing in the tenth entrance and hit, you see, the fragments of two residents of the house tore off the legs of people, urgently, another one was hospitalized. the woman died as a result of another shelling of ukrainian militants. from the right bank. from here you can see the dnieper river with the naked eye, it is obvious that they were hit straight, that's how the peaceful people reached the hall. uh, take your coat. uh, the fact that i have clothes prepared there for the basement. i jus

s. secretary of state and city blinkin, and that u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin are hosting their japanese counterparts in washington. d. c of sine new agreements, expanding their military ties and discussing the growing threat from china's ambitions in the region. lincoln has commended japan's decision to double its defense spending by 2027. japan has been a key american allies since the end of world war 2, productive in japan. strategies align closely with our own national security strategy. both of the key challenges that we identify as well isn't how to effectively address them. we're committed to upholding shared values of democracy in human rights, defending the international rule of law. continuing to lead the world and tackling global challenges that no one country can solve alone, like the climate crisis and the reverse. article haine has more from washington, dc on the new agreements that have been signed. one of the things that the japanese officials say they're going to be doing is they're going to go to an, an inhabited island

mr. secretary of defense. my question is many of us thought that today we would have a breakthrough in the discussion about heavy metal tanks. you didn't mention that at all. he didn't talk about to dupont to upgrade his thanks. so did you talk about that today? i think you heard, you may have heard the german minister defense say earlier that they've not made a decision on the provision of a lever tanks. and what we're really focused on is making sure that ukraine has a capability that it needs to be successful right now. so we have a window of opportunity here, you know, between now and the spring when i, you know, when, whenever they commence their operation, they're kind of offensive. and that's not a long time. and we have to pull together the right capabilities. and you heard the chairman walk through some of the substantial combat power that we and some of our allies have a offer offer to provide. there are tanks in and in those offerings, poland, for example, it continues to offer tanks and will provid

draymond green was like the secretary of defense. om the white house, nbc bay area. [ laughter ] >> can you give a technical foul? >> secretary of defense? that's cute. >> okay, jessica, what's coming up next? >>> well, right now it's about cleaning up after the storm. an auto body shop picking up the piece after getting hit hard by flooding. >>> financial relief for the homeowners and businesses left with storm damage. >> we hit a tree and there were a bunch of dirt. >> widespread damage taking a toll on the morning commute. we'll hear from the train passengers who were stuck for hours. look at this video. after a landslide blocked the track. >>> the sun has set this evening after making a much-awaited appearance in the bay area today. we're tracking some showers about to make a comeback. >> good evening. thank you for being with us on this tuesday. >> day two of storm clean-up mode with so many mayor to go for so many homes and businesses. one san francisco car repair shop is reeling after 40 cars were damaged when water rushed into

and it comes from the secretary of defense. in this case, it was the secretary of the navy, and i'm sure other service secretaries feel the same way they're seeing that that's in addition to what they're also seeing in their recruitment processes. so those are going down. so the, the attention and the, and the potential for not having sufficient supplies in, in readiness. look, we're even deploy grievance to plead in the united states as even depleting. it strategic for stocks of oil. and, you know, and we're, well, we're well below half already. and that strategic supply is meant for war time and we're not, we're, we don't, we even have a half full right now. so this is becoming the policies by this administration or are crippling the united states in many ways in terms of readiness, in terms of the ability to defend ourselves and then going off and, and trying to protect of the world. it can't be done, just cannot be done. we, we cannot, we continue to strain our resources which are limited and, and given all the other constra

lloyd austin is chairing this meeting and he's talking to various secretaries of defense somethe chiefs of defense general millie meek the chief will sit down with them and go over the details each country will contribute to this i don't want to speak for another country but i think you will see how it was after many other states. in this meeting, british intelligence released information that the ukrainian armed forces have probably withdrawn from soledar and are almost certainly continuing their defense against russian forces on the approaches to the city of bakhmut how would you assess this situation and in terms of its impact on the further deployment of forces on the frontline. yes, this is one of the places that i mentioned where there is still a fairly high level of violence. i saw what the uk said, but i also saw what the ukrainians said last time. they emphasized that they are still fighting, and this is what has become clear over the past 11 months, if the ukrainians say they are fighting, they should be believed correctly, so at this stage i am following, first of a

of western defense chiefs out of a u. s. or a base in germany on friday voiced by washington's defense secretary. many of us for that today's, we will have a break school in the discussion about heavy metal pence. you did mention that at all. don't have any announcements to make on your launch. and you heard the, the german minister of defense say that, but not made a decision, a leopard. so no shiny new toys, just a lot of the hand me downs that had already previously been announced. now all eyes were also on nato defense ministers as they met at this ramstein airbase, near frankfort tom on friday. secretary lloyd austin, basically just use the opportunity to ask america's allies to toss more cash into the pot for the u. s. military industrial complex. oh, i mean ukraine military support spoken like a true board member temporarily. recused for 4 years by the way. and stockholder that he is now canada actually did that. by the way, canada bought a u. s. made miss how the veg system as a gift to ukraine. so they're basically throwing money at the u. s. military industrial complex for ukraine. and n

secretary lloyd austin spoke at a memorial service for former defense secretary ashton carter held at the washington national cathedral. the former defense secretary opened the way for women to fight in combat. mr. carter died of a heart attack at his home in boston in october. he was 68 years old. pres. biden: this is beyond my capacity to accurately assess what it incredible man ash was. he was a force, a force of nature. his genius is evident, his integrity unfailing, and his commitment to service before self was inspiring. i know we can still picture ash as he was until the very end. professor carter packing students into his classroom at cambridge, guiding them forward for a life of service. secretary carter, advising me and secretary austin on technology and innovation. austin got it quicker than biden. dr. carter harnessing his incredible intellect to sharpen our cutting edge as a nation and make sure america always leads the world with our power and also our purpose. i wish show deeply ash head live to enjoy the new honorific he was looking forward to, being a grandfather. he is smiling right now and looking down. he will be there. will, ava you were his heart. he filled every office i was ever in with

somehow to the west continues to supply ukraine with the new weapon, us deputy secretary of defense foricy colin kohl said that washington understands the need for kiev to hit targets further behind the front lines. than current systems can do this, however, questions about the potential transfer of long-range missiles are thin. he then replied that at the moment it is only in an appropriate dialogue with the ukrainian side. but british defense secretary ben wallace said that the country would send ukraine not only 14 challenger 2 tanks, but also hundreds of other armored vehicles, in including an armored personnel carrier, a bulldog, speaking in the british parliament. he called the latest package of assistance to ukraine about the most significant during the conflict. however, with western politicians , it is worth being more careful with the transfer of assistance to kiev, it is not known where we may end up so 50 off-road vehicles transferred to ukraine by general motors disappeared after arriving in the country, it was planned that the cars would be used as sanitary vehicles, but n

let's bring in mark esper, former secretary of defense under president trump.this? i don't understand. the officials are trying to down play the tensions in nato. it's spilling over. the polish prime minister criticizing the german chancellor. why won't they allow the other countries to give the leopard 2s? >> no one knows. it still seems to be a lack of leadership. it's the ukrainians who are paying the price. >> one of the arguments that the germans are making is they don't want to go into this alone, they want the americans to send some tanks which the ukrainians aren't asking for because the fuel is different, they're bigger, they're older. what's the downside of the u.s. sending a few of these tanks just to satisfy the germans? could that actually -- the russians don't think of germany as a threat. they certainly think of the u.s. as one. does that play into it? >> the biden administration is right that the leopards are a better tank. i've been critical of the biden administration in the past. on this one, if the key is to send a dozen abrams to unlock the

next one can goes earlier, i heard the thoughts of former senior security list for the us secretary of defense, mike maloof on the navy officials warning normally they're supposed to all be in lockstep and it comes from the secretary of defense. in this case, it was the secretary of the navy, and i'm sure other, a service secretaries feel the same way. that's how you go above your commanders and go directly to members of congress to send up the alarms when they resort to that approach. you know, that the situation is a very serious, probably more serious than what they're expressing. i think they're going to be complaining a little more about it there. and then they're going to be talking to members of congress very, very discreetly. you got to ask yourself, whereas all this coming from and how well can you sustain it? and what's intriguing is that the by the administration has not answered that question. how long do we intend to sustain this level of our supply until the ukrainians and the russians to decide sit down and, and finally negotiate a settlement. a chain of crises in the world toda

clearly there are no doubts any more to think about the new secretary of defense, and the secretary ind, does this even fit in the head of a representative of a generally sovereign state, what do you say about it you yes , indeed, literally 2 hours ago, the new minister of defense accepted. uh, he said the words of the oath. uh, in the bundestag. i was a witness, that is, i swore an oath to protect the interests. ah, the german people. well, it's unknown, of course. uh, how long will he be able to keep his vows, because literally from day to day a decision is expected, including his decision on supplies. uh, tanks, german tanks, leopard willow in the conflict area in ukraine and which, of course, goes completely against the interests of the people of germany, we know that the majority of the german population is against the supply of tanks, but nevertheless, we also know that e is being carried out very hard pressure. that is , the us secretary of defense also flew in today to process our new minister. that is, uh, so we expect from day to day that he will nevertheless make a similar

a secretary of defense announced a further round of military aid for ukraine. this new security of socials packages work up to $2500000000.00 and it's one of the largest yet. it brings total u. s. security assistance to ukraine to more than $26700000000.00 since rushes unprovoked invasion by february. our new package provides even more air defense capabilities to help ukraine defended cities and it's guys. and that includes may, sam's, munitions, and 8th era to, for our vendor air defense systems. this new assistance package also help helps meet ukraine's urgent need for arma and combat vehicles. the german made leopard 2 tanks are at the core of the discussions ampersand air base. last in 1979. they've been upgraded several times. currently 13 european armies a using them, a leper to is valued for its maneuverability. it's lighter than other comparable models, such as brickman challenge to the tanks of recent battlefield experience. nato forces use them in afghanistan. other nations that have received leopard tanks from germany require approval from berlin bef

as we heard from the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff the , goal ofpons packages that the u.s. and allies have announced in the last day or to conduct what the u.s. calls combined arms in order for ukraine to liberate occupied territory and yet the key , component of combined arms is the tanks. are you tying one of ukraine's arms behind its back by not providing western tanks? >> thank you for having me on. i think the main message coming out of the ukraine defense contact group, which was more than four dozen countries, was unity and solidarity in ukraine. we announced a package in the last 24 hours of $2.5 billion of additional assistance, which brings the total close to $27 billion since russia's invasion last february. allies and partners have provided enough armor for several mechanized brigades. so as the secretary of defense made clear, we do believe we are providing ukraine capabilities in combination with the training to allow them to change the dynamic on the battlefield and really move away from the kind of trench style warfare that we are

priest delegated that authority to secretary of defense who delegated to the secretary of the army. now, who in that circle was preventing the resources for coming to me? a ledge of their all involve the secretary of defense wrote the letter, first of secretary the army restricted they all somehow to have their hands in the pie that createde this. i could think of a couple keywords that created this delay in getting resources to us. i do not know who one person. again i do not want to point individual fingers. it just was a disaster about how it played out. >> hybrid different accounts from differentll people at the same meeting and people are telling completely different versions of events. one person said one the other person said i didn't say it. w set is in the room, somebody said i wasn't. you contribute some of that to the fog of war. but what needs to be changed to have a more streamlined process to get the guard or get resources during an s emergency? >> some of those meetings i've heard some of the same. general had talked about the fog and the pentagon is in a tactical comm

s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, a while he was in a dat, that conference and he bit, he did say that he didn't think the 2 decisions were linked, but behind the scenes they likely were. now the us just to be clear, has not announced that there's a deal yet, but i can tell you a source of mine from within. the government has told me that we can expect on wednesday at the white house in announcement that a new deal has in fact been reached and that the us will be supplying ukraine a one m. abrams taxed very powerful tank. now this comes after weeks of the top brass at the pentagon, the secretary of defense, the chairman joint use, the staff really casting doubt on whether or not that this could really help ukraine. they said that focuses on the upcoming spring offensive. there wouldn't be enough time to get that done. and then they had all, all other reasons why they didn't think it would work. they said, okay, it's a 4 man crew. the drives, the 8 m one abrams tank. it's a really modern machine. that training takes a lot of time. the bigger piece is the tank needs a whole lot of m

the secretary of defense austin has said we're still working it, and i hope that they do it quickly becauseime is of the essence, but i would say whatever it takes to get the leopards there, if it takes some abrams to go, i would say do it. >> if you're the secretary of defense right now, would you say accepted two or three abrams tanks over there if that's what the germans need as cover even if -- i mean, they really need a lot -- it sounds like ukranians are saying we need dozens if not hundreds of the leopard two which are more aguile than the abrams. >> shower. they are more agile. they are more modern, and they use fuel which is easily obtained. they need the fuel from the abrams, basically jet fuel that you have to have. you have a whole supply chain problem with the abrams, but would i say under the circumstances what they need are tanks and we can help get the germans to say it's okay. if you're -- if we're in it. the most important thing is saving ukraine from russian extermination as such. what the russians are doing, they are engaged not only in what they call the depopulation of

the current secretary of defense lloyd austin was a four-star general of centcom.nd then to target until the arabian peninsula january 2015. and then and that were launched by saudi arabia by united arab emirates and their allies and then al qaeda has been a major part of the coalition the whole time. and those that they were using and then to take in the battle. and then with a couple of others this is embarrassing so the uae made a deal and that was the arabian prince not that that's not true. and then acting asng a coalition with the bin laden -ites against the enemies just because they are friends with iran. >> c may see this as a question but had you protect american interest abroad if we end the war on terror? >> the first thing we should do is stop supporting terrorist groups they say we can't leave afghanistan because we can't leave the safe haven behind but through the churcher still supports the war this horrific war of genocide proportions and then to target with brutal sanctions and so the first thing for his regime change stop supporting terrorism. we

not anticipate the facts and we are now watching a press statement from you as defense. secretary lloyd austin and chairman of the joint, his staff, mark, lady, secretary austin. well, good afternoon everyone, and thank you all for joining us today at ramstein. we've just concluded the 8th ukraine defense contact group meeting. and it was great to start the new year by deepening our coordination as we worked together for ukraine's self defense as programmed by no said this is a, a decisive decade for the world. and this is a decisive moment for ukraine struggle to defend itself. so this contact group will not slow down. we're going to continue to dig deep. and based upon the progress that we've made today, i'm confident that ukraine's partners from around the globe are determined to meet this moment. united states remains committed to leading in this coordinated effort. and this morning i was pleased to announce another major around of u. s. security assistance designed to me ukraine's urgent battlefield requirements . and this $2500000000.00 package is one of our largest, yet it helps ukraine meet its air de

on the so-called help to build up about this at the american base rammstein in germany , us secretary of defensenvited representatives of about 50 countries to a meeting via video link , vladimir zelensky spoke to the participants, as usual, asked for more weapons, and here, in continuation of the topic , news from finland that announced new deliveries worth more than 400 million euros. and this, as emphasized, is the largest package from helsinki to date. well, earlier there was an official statement from america that she plans to transfer to ukraine, in particular, there will be air defense systems of dozens of bradley armored vehicles with hundreds of missiles for them, and an impressive number of ammunition, tens of thousands of shells, 120 and 155 caliber armor-piercing missiles of more than 3 million rounds. for small arms. the cost of this entire arsenal is estimated at $2.5 billion. meanwhile, the media are paying attention, the pentagon has failed for the fifth consecutive audit of the us defense department can not report for the year the property for 220 billion dollars. well, washingt

descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallow ah, former us secretary of state con to lisa rice and former secretary of defense. robert gates. never the smartest people in the room warned, but time is not in ukraine side. they're actually right. but for the wrong reasons, they are perfectly happy to see the conflict in ukraine. continue with georgia, it is typically in those desired, but they do it still. and when you do it, that you will give this new or then you go for any other was 3rd, is that your phone? so nobody in with that mo. mcleana, but in the hospital, but a lot of the girl said don't put it on this show. but of also i had medical news recently and with me here can you know, so and this year just sounds good. thank you one. it's just because it is like i did set everything up with follow up with him. we're always good luck. i'm always love when or use nieto stylish to sunnyville, or it's a star when you commit i. c. e. when you become neely ego at either store, we use a price you. i don't my through the shipping museum calling. right, i'm a dog every man you buy your list 1st by net just eating th

but, you know, and there were as when the secretary of defense came to visit, there was a test of a new stealth air that the chinese did at that very when the secretary defense was there, the delegation came are leaving before meeting president hu because it seemed of a slap in the face to test your new plane at the time the secretary of defense from the united states was there. he decided not to, but he did raise the issue with president harry. and he said, you know the the press is going to me in the press conference when i leave here was this the chinese trying to send you a message by testing this plane a military jet at this time. and so president who was surprised to learn that the test had occurred and he said he turned his left and said is that true? and it went down the line, up the general and so that was very embarrassing tells a very revealing very revealing that had not just told him but not him because for sure. there was going to be a question about it. so they were basic, clearly undercutting their civilian leadership. and there were a number of similar examples of the o

now this comes after weeks of the top brass at the pentagon, the secretary of defense, the chairman of george, use a staff really casting doubt on whether or not that this could really help ukraine . they said the focus is on the upcoming spring offensive. there wouldn't be enough time to get that done. ukraine's government is and i great anti corruption efforts after a string of resignations, a prime minister dennis smell, made the promise during a cabinet session. a top adviser for deputy ministers and 5 regional governors, all left that post on tuesday. the biggest shakeup in countries leadership since february's invasion by russia, at least $67.00 journalists and media workers were killed last year. that is the highest number since 2018 and an almost 50 percent rise over the previous year. and now 2021 will than half of these killings occurred in just 3 countries. mexico, haiti, and ukraine. 18 of those killed were local or forces. who am i did in retaliation for their work covering politics, crime or corruption. lebanon's had of security, major general abbas abraham in the former

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you're a secretary of defense, lloyd austin says washington is committed to supporting ukraine. defense ministers from 50 countries met in germany to coordinate military support for key if they promise more weapons. but germany has not made a decision about whether it will provide tanks. today's meeting focused on ukraine's needs for air defense and armor. we also pushed hard on how to synchronize those donations and turn them into fully operational capabilities. and that means every step from donation to training to maintenance and then to sustainment last anti government process. the continuing for 3rd day in peru, demonstrators and demanding the resignation of president. dina brought him on thursday . she accused protested of wanting to overturn the government. now, some of the demonstrations in the capital, lima turned violent protest being held in 47 provinces across the country. marianna sanchez reports from lima. these people were very angry out at the government. they say that the government is treating them like tepper is that the r o testers and, and that they are here to stay

of state two weeks. >> brian: wanted to make you secretary of state and secretary of defenset that would be a first. >> that was a nutty idea i concur. a passing moment but sheet metal said, what do you think? it was towards the end of the time. we have gone through the secretary of defense and the president had come to trust me. i write in a story staying mission focused and i think that is what the president was saying, maybe you can do a book. that would be nuts. >> brian: talking before, my opinion only, on that stage debating against the former president of the united states. i believe mike pence will be there too. would you be reluctant to debate your former boss? about the future of the country and how you are a better option as president? >> this is about explain to the american people the rationale to be president of the united states. it will be a great debate and exciting conversations the republicans will have. i hope the american people will listen to everybody who steps forward to make the case and then make informed judgments and then we will see what happens.