madeline selected by the senate armed services committee jack reed. chair of the commission with vice chair and former u.s. senator john kyles from arizona. the experience expands the decades that the senate armed services committees and at departments of defense and national security administration. dr. matt kronig who expands across many departments of defense, as well as academia. he's talked and much about nuclear strategic deterrents. and the atlanta center for strategy and security and the council's director of studies. we will also hear, very fortunate to have them with us today, from two of the senate armed services committee staff that helped instigate this review and were the recipients last fall of the bipartisan and officially titled america strategic posture, the final report of the congressional commission on the strategic posture of the united states. dr. jonathan epstein is counsel for senator reed on the senate armed services committee, responsible for oversight over the department of defense and department of energy program as well as

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republican senator markwayne mullin sits on the senate armed services committee.e idf withdrawal, that came as a surprise overnight that that is a reaction to the white house and to some and democrats who are calling for an end to the transfer of arms to israel? >> i've not spoken with idf. we have a pretty good relationship with them. i would say probably so. have the president of the united states putting pressure on them, which i don't think he should. you said this before no one told us what we should and should not do after 911 boo after the terrorist organization that attacked us we went wherever we thought they were at. hamas attacked israel they should have the right to do whatever they have to do to eliminate not to stop the threat to eliminate the threat so it does not happen again. and unfortunately biden has weighed in on it. has put pressure on israel we are a strong ally of them. a lot of the munitions through us that everyone wants to see the atrocities end. welcome they are not more calls for hamas cease-fire for them to surrender to but put the on

of israel's handling of the war, defense secretary lloyd austin yesterday saying in a senate arms services committee hearing that the u.s. has seen no evidence israel has committed genocide in gaza. this following accusations that they had done so. and earlier this year the international court of justice saying there is a case to be heard on the topic following south africa bringing a case to the courts. so all of this adding pressure on netanyahu, though no signs of a policy change by america in their support for the war, frances? >> okay, chapman, thank you. >>> the parents of michigan school shooter ethan crumbley were both sentenced tuesday. they got 10 to 15 years each for involuntary manslaughter. it was an emotional day in court as victims' parents took the stand. >> reporter: america's first parents convicted for their child's mass school shooting each getting the max mimum sentence. >> it is the sentence of this court that you serve 10 to 15 years. >> reporter: jennifer and james crumbley in prison jump suits appearing stoic as their sentences were read. both were found guilty of involuntar

defense secretary lloyd austin saying yesterday at a senate armed service committee hearing that the u.s. has seen no evidence that israel has committed genocide in gaza. this comment following accusations earlier this year that israel had done so. the international court of justice saying that there is a case to be heard following a case brought by south africa on this topic as pressure continues to mount up on netanyahu. >> okay, chapman bell for us, thank you. >>> the fbi says a teenager has been arrested for planning isis-inspired attacks. the suspect is 18-year-old alexander mercurio. the teen allegedly wrote text messages, saying he planned to carry out deadly attacks on churches in idaho. some of those were sent to an fbi informant. during the arrest, agents seized knives, a mashetchete and propa. >>> the parents of michigan school shooter ethan crumbley were both sentenced tuesday. jennifer and james crumbley got 10-15 years each for involuntary manslaughter. while both expressed remorse in court, here's what the father of one victim had to say. >> i'm sure they were sad peop

interesting details emerge like center tommy, to marvel, mentioned earlier this month of the senate armed services committee. hearing that, depending on the inspector general now has 50 open criminal cases related to potential misuse of ukraine. funding for me is my understanding the work that we've done. my staff, we have spent $300000000000.00 since 2014 in ukraine. right now we're, we're printing our bar and $80000.00 per 2nd. 4.6000000 a minute. we can't sustain that much longer. we gotta find the best way to spend our money. the d o d inspector general a said a as that there are safety criminal investigations going on right now for money sent to ukraine by one of the most corrupt countries in the world. collect us specifically as mentioned, the patriot missile systems. and they seem to be in the very top of his weapons wish list, whole as present on very do to said recently that he just can't give colin's patriot missile systems to care because only needs them over there. and they're owned and operated in poland by the pentagon. so you kind of kick the can down the road to the us and said, you know, ma

interesting details emerge like center tommy, to marvel, mentioned earlier this month of the senate armed services committee. hearing that, the pentagon inspector general now has 50 open criminal cases related to potential misuse of ukraine funding. it's my understanding the work that we've done, my staff, we have spent $300000000000.00 since 2014 in ukraine. right now we're, we're printing our bar and $80000.00 per 2nd. 4.6000000 a minute. we can't sustain that much longer. we gotta find the best way to spend our money. the d o d inspector general, i said that there's 50 criminal investigations going on right now for money sent to ukraine by one of the most corrupt countries in the world. how speaker my johnson, a republican, was also asked whether ukrainian aid would be tied onto the much more bi partisan popular is really a particularly right now in light of the ronnie military spots to israel over the weekend. this would be for our house votes, and johnson did not want to get into whether israel would be used to investigate a suite in the new cash deal for ukraine, that they're having a hard time gettin

this month, the senate armed services committee hearing that defending against inspector general, now has 50 open and criminal cases related to potential misuse of ukraine funding is my understanding the work that we've done. my staff. we have spent $300000000000.00 since 2014 in ukraine. right now we're, we're printing our borrowing $80000.00 per 2nd. 4.6000000 a minute. we can't sustain that much longer. we gotta find best way to spend our money. the d o d inspector general, i said that there's 50 criminal investigations going on right now for money sent to ukraine by one of the most corrupt countries in the world. collect us specifically as mentioned, the patriot missile systems. and they seem to be the very top of his weapons wish list. whole is present on very due to said recently that he just can't give pollings patriot missile systems to kids because only needs them over there. and they're owned and operated in poland by the pentagon. so you kind of kick the can down the road to the us and said, you know, maybe just go talk to washington about it. and washington probably does.

armed services committee, okay? of all the news out there one item, i don't want to lose this item. important words of defense secretary lloyd austin. austin said at a senatermed services hearing today that there was no evidence israel has committed genocide against palestinians during the hamas war in gaza. now the question was asked by senator tom cotton of arkansas and mr. austin said, and i'm going to quote, we don't have any evidence of again genocide being committed. according to reports, cotton repeated the question, and secretary austin replied we don't have evidence of that to my knowledge. further cotton mentioned that austin has been accused of quote green-lighting genocide. mr. austin responded by saying this? do we have sound on this? all right. listen to this sound, please. >> what i would say, senator cotton, from the very beginning we committed to help assist israel in defending its, its territory and its people by providing security assistance. i would remind everybody that you know, what happened on october 7th was absolutely horrible and, you know, numbers of israeli citizens killed and then a couple hundred israeli citizens taken hostag

joining a senate armed services committee member and republican policy committee chair, o senator jonite of iowa. welcome, senator pure therd borders number oneer issue for voters and consequences of open border devastating.st and alejandro mayorkas will noat stand trial. you do you think the senate g.o.p.ke will make sure voters know how vulnerable senate democrats voted? >> absolutely, trey. thank you so much. this is a tragedy. this was our constitutional duty to take up the articles of impeachment that were sent over from our united states house of representatives on alejandro mayorkas.mo in the senate democrats refused to d do that. be didn't even hear any evidences . the democrats dismissed those articles before we were able to k attake a look at any level of evidence. so this is the number one issue in iowa, of all places. we are not a border state. physically touching mexico, but this might all states are border states because of the influx of drugs, human trafficking and so forth. this will be on voters top ofs mind come this november. no and i do think that the senate democra

. >> sandra: let's bring in joni ernst now a member of the senate armed services committee senator, thankou for your time. this is speaker johnson earlier on the party divides over support for israel, listen here. >> i think there's a lot of support for israel obviously on the republican side. clearly on the democrat side they have a real division over that. it has some pretty shameful actually leading democrats are turning their backs on israel at this most desperate and important time. >> sandra: can you add to that what we are seeing as far as the party divide on an issue? >> yes, i think there is some frustration out across united states of america but bottom line, sander, we need to step up and support israel. they are our close friend and ally in the middle east. as you see with this unprecedented escalation by iran against israel, we have seen arab nations come to the defense of israel, so we can say it is iran that is the aggressor. they are the ones sponsoring hamas, hezbollah, you name it but again unprecedented escalation by iran and this is a time when we all need to come toge

attack on israel but spring in south dakota senator mike rounds is also a member of the senate armed services committee. what does this change if anything on capitol hill senator. >> hopefully it'll bring additional pressure to get our supplemental package complete. we needed for ukraine and is israel. it is critical that we get something done as soon as possible, hopefully there will be a discussion about it and we will move forward united. jon: there are politicians on capitol hill who have been anti-israel in the last weeks and months. especially given the destruction in gaza, do you think this may be changes their mind in some way. >> time will tell. we need to stand with israel, i think the president indicated our support for israel was ironclad but i would've liked it better if he would not have publicly suggested to them that they not respond to this attack. i think that part was a mistake. israel's decision should have been a private discussion that he could've had. i think it sends the wrong message to iran that they can get away with that. they have been attacking american forces and we've be

attention off the vulnerable senate democrats are back onto themselves had joining us the senate armed services committee senator joni ernst in the state of iowa thank you senator and welcome the borders the number one issue consequences of an open border devastating and alejandro mayorkas will not exempt trial do you think that the senate gop is going to make sure the voters know how vulnerable senate democrats voted. >> absolutely tray thank you so much and this is a travesty is a constitutional duty to take up as articles of impeachment that were sent over from our united states house of representatives on alejandro mayorkas. in the senate democrats refused to do that they did not even hear any evidence press dismiss those articles before we were able to take a look at any level of evidence and so this is on the voters points of this the number one issue in iowa of all places and were not a border state physically touching mexico but this point, all states are border states because of the influx of drugs, human trafficking, and so forth. so this will be in the voters top of mind of this november. and

joining me now, senator tim kaine, democrat of virginia, he sits on the foreign relations committee as well as the senate armed services committee, and he joins me now. thank you so much for being with me tonight. i really want to dig into what can happen to end this war, but i want to start with this new reporting today about the concerns in the white house about iran striking military targets inside israel. is that something you've been briefed on, are you concerned as well about that threat you mark >> i'm very concerned about it. we are in the end of a two week easter recess and i haven't had classified briefings since this alert was posted. however, as soon as israel struck iranian officials in damascus, we knew the likelihood that was that iran would respond. that's just what happens, and i'm sure the israeli military also expected there would be retaliation if they did that. this is a dangerous moment, where we don't need more escalation. we're already seeing not only a war in gaza but hezbollah attacks into israel from the north, iranian militia in iraq and syria taking action against israel and u.s. positions,

previously mark served as policy director for the senate armed services committee, coordinating policy efforts on national security strategy, capabilities and requirements and cyber policy. he served for 32 years in the u.s. navy, returning as a u.s. admiral in 2017. a few words. for more than 20 years, it has operated as a fiercely independent, nonpartisan research institute exclusively focused on national security and foreign policy. as a point of pride and principle, we do not accept foreign government funding. for more on our work, please visit our website and follow us on x. that's enough from me. congressman gallagher, over to you. >> well, thank you, brad. thank you for hosting this critical conversation today. for the work your expert does every day. your research and analysis and the solutions you articulate are some of the best i've seen and the topic that brings us together today is the readiness of our military forces to conduct cyber operations. we ask a lot of our military cyber operators. these men and women in uniform secure operating networks and weapons systems, they

i actually testified in front of the senate armed services committee a little over year ago, the republicanl. when you -- committee as well. when you look at what they're doing with this administration, it's whistling past the graveyard. over a year ago they had the russians on their heels, if we provided the correct supplies, aircraft, defense system, arrest tillly, they probably would have changed it. right now russians are on the move. i will say candidly, this is the way russians normally fight with attrition, they throw more people, equipment, ammunition, armor, arrest till youl artillen handle. if you get in an attrition fight, the ukrainians are on the back foot what is thend stage? donald trump said everybody take a deep breath, figure out how to get to the next steps and if necessary negotiate. negotiate doesn't mean you give up something. that means you get everybody together, slow it down, take a deep breath. they're not doing that because there's no plan to do et. again, i made that comment earlier and i believe this. the plan the biden administration doesn't have a plan. again,

shannon: of senate armed services committee has a memo out thing is not just about the u.s. plus other countries contributing and the map does not add up. >> it is interesting senate armed services memo i makes my argument for me. if the european step up production by the end of 2024 and if the russians do not radically increase production from where they are right now than at russia will still have a three -- one advantage over the ukrainians. again that's not now that's by the end of the that's almost a full year from now. i find when these guys try to rebut the argument they often end up making it for me. it's quite simple. if not we did not admire the courageous notice of it is america stretched too thin. we do not of the industrial capacity to support a war in ukraine. a war in israel, potentially a war in east asia if the chinese invade taiwan. so america has to pick and choose. by the way some of the very people who shipped america's manufacturing base overseas to china and the first place, who weakened our ability to manufacture weapons are the same people who are sa

senator and a member of the senate armed services committee, tommy tuberville, parroting russian disinformation. senator tommy tuberville is a far from the only official setting this. last november, a russian disinformation website disguised as a local news outfit called "d.c. weekly," pushed the, again, explosive, but entirely false claim that ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy had bought two luxury yachts. totally false, incredibly specific. and, again, thoroughly debunked. that did not stop the republicans. >> there are people who would cut social security, throw our grandparents into poverty, why? so one of volodymyr zelenskyy's ministers can buy a yacht. that is not happening. >> that with senator jd vance of ohio parroting russian disinformation. congressman marjorie taylor greene published a story pushing this same specific lie on twitter. it feels like republican elected officials have started taking russian disinformation and propaganda and just going with it. don't just take that from me. here was the republican chair of the house intelligence committee, mike turner, this sunday.

time now for our "common commonground seeing actual of te senators on that committee joining us tonight. two members of the senate armed servicesblican you just heard there dan sullivan of alaska. senators, thanks for being here. >> great to be here, bret. >> bret: the reason we played that you are talking about the supplemental and you said in that questioning it should be called the fighting authoritarian aggression or the defense industrial base enhancement act besides something called ukraine aid because you're fearful that it's going to run into trouble. >> well, i'm fearful it's been mischaracterized which it has been. it's not really a ukraine aid bill, bret. it is really focused on our ability to produce weapons for our own country. 60% of this bill goes directly into the industrial base of america, which is dramatically at throw if id in terms of our ability to produce weapons i toe chairman of the joint chiefs hey give it to the correct description, which is this is about defending ourselves our industrial base atrophied. get us back where we need to produce weapons for america. >> this is something you seek common gr

senator and a member of the senate armed services committee, tommy tuberville parroting russian disinformation. he is far from the only republican official saying this though. last november, a russian disinformation website disguised as a local news out fit called dc weekly pushed the explosive but entirely false claim that ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy had bought two luxury yachts. totally false and incredibly specific and debunked. but that did not stop the republicans. >> there were people who would cut social security, throw them into poverty. so they can buy a bigger yacht? >> that was jd vance of ohio, again, parroting russian disinformation. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene pushed this very specific lie on twitter. it feels like republican elected officials have just taking russian disinformation and going with it. here was mike tuner the sunday. >> it is absolutely true. we see coming from russia attempts to mask communication that's are anti-ukraine and pro russian messages. some of which are uttered on the house floor. >> how about this from the republican leader of the

tim kaine, democratic virginia, he's a key member of the senate foreign relations and senate armed services committee, senator. thank you so much for joining us. first. you heard are mj lee at the white house report that the us is now on what's described as high alert for what's being called a significant potential attack within the next week by iran against israel or the united states for that matter, how serious is this risk right now of an all-out regional war exploding? >> will the the, it's a very serious risk that would put us lies and others at risk. you've seen the war in gaza spillover into attacks from hezbollah in the north of israel, attacks from iranian-backed militias in iraq and syria. and the houthis firing missiles into the red sea to interrupt shipping from all over the world. so this is already escalating in a dangerous way iran taking any action against israel or against the us would be very, very damaging. and it should not happen. we do not need more escalation now, we need more effort to find a way to de-escalate and that's why it's so important to push and promote more humanit

and carl levin, of course, was longtime chair of the senate armed services committee, i believe. did you work for us? did you work for him on the hill? well, i worked for him on the permanent subcommittee on investigations for nearly 30 years. now, doing that, can you imagine holding a hearing for days after a tragedy today that would be so difficult? i think back then this was very early in the country's history and they used hearings a lot more for fact finding. today, what we tend to do, the fact finding off stage, and then once we figure out what happened, we then convey that information to hearing. but back then, they had 18 days of hearings, usually we only have one or two days of hearings on a particular topic. in 1912, did congress have permanent committees on investigations at that point? well, they didn't have a permanent committee that did nothing but investigation. but all the committees back then then and now were authorized to do investigations. that authority is not recited in the constitution, but the supreme court has decided that if congress is going to do its j

and carl levin, of course, was longtime chair of the senate armed services committee, i believe. did you work for us? did you work for him on the hill? well, i worked for him on the permanent subcommittee on investigations for nearly 30 years. now, doing that, can you imagine holding a hearing for days after a tragedy today that would be so difficult? i think back then this was very early in the country's history and they used hearings a lot more for fact finding. today, what we tend to do, the fact finding off stage, and then once we figure out what happened, we then convey that information to hearing. but back then, they had 18 days of hearings, usually we only have one or two days of hearings on a particular topic. in 1912, did congress have permanent committees on investigations at that point? well, they didn't have a permanent committee that did nothing but investigation. but all the committees back then then and now were authorized to do investigations. that authority is not recited in the constitution, but the supreme court has decided that if congress is going to do its j

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now is democratic congressman john gear menu of california has a senior member that how senate armed services committee, congressman. thank you so much for joining us. how are you now feeling after voting on these foreign aid package? i can just yesterday, you voted in favor of funding for ukraine and the indo-pacific, but against the israel funding well, i'm very, very pleased about the ukraine funding. >> this is a long, long time candy coming the president. six months ago asked me that money be made available for ukraine and the dithering that went on with speaker johnson and the republicans was almost tragic for the success of the ukraine. now, going forward as you just heard, it's not only the munitions, but it is the psychological support that comes from this particular funding source now the package had four different elements. three of those four elements, ukraine, taiwan, the pacific as well as dealing with russian assets and tiktok. i voted for those. i did not vote for the assistance for for israel because of the way in which israel has been conducting the war in gaza, i fully support israel

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they testified before the senate armed services committee about military investment, readiness and the in israel-hamas war. this is about three hours. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [chanting "stop the genocide"] >> stop the genocide in gaza. stop the genocide in gaza. stop the genocide in gaza. stop the genocide in gaza. stop the genocide in gaza. 2025 budget request for [gavels] >> committee will come to order. >> the committee will come to order. good morning. the committee meets today to receive testimony for the governor's request for the fiscal year of 2025. witnesses this morning on secretary of defense lloyd austin. and general cq brown junior. i would like to take a moment to recognize that this is the first hearing before the committee as chairman and joint chief. we thank you to the witnesses for their service and their testimony today. this is a critical moment for national security. among congress and the white house about the threats to our safety. china seeks to chal

such data was presented by an american senator at a special hearing in the armed services committee.ccording to him , there is no such unsuccessful use of taxpayer funds in american history. and in germany another scandal broke out because... more than thirty german politicians in an open letter to the chancellor to help kiev scholz was called upon to stop arms supplies to ukraine. they say they fear further escalation and insist germany must do everything possible to help end the conflict through diplomacy. in estonia, prices are rising faster than in neighboring countries in the eurozone as a whole. the cost of food has increased by an average of 20%. in conditions of a severe economic crisis , taxes are raised and the number is growing. unemployment and a sharp increase in thefts and robberies. according to recent surveys, over 60% of estonians dissatisfied with the work of the government. a similar situation is in poland. according to opinion polls, almost half of the country's residents are dissatisfied with the current composition of the cabinet of ministers, headed by prime mi

secretary of defseichael mccourt in the cir of the joint chiefs of staff testify before the senate armed services committeeor the defense department's fiscal year 2025 budget and future defense programs. on wednesday house managers will deliver articles of impeachment against homeland security secretary mayorkas at the same day the secretary will testify before the house and senate subcommittees. and on thursday the japanese prime minister will address a joint meeting of congress. also fbi director christopher wray testifies before the house appropriations subcommittee for his departments fiscal year 2025 budget. watch live on the c-span netwks or c-span now. also hit over to c-span.org for scheduling information or to watch live or on-demand any time. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. get information on members of government in your hand when you preorder your copy of c-span's 2024 congressional directory. with bio and contact information for every house and senate member of the 118th congress. important information on congressional committees, the president's cabinet, and state governors. the c

you see that in front of the senate armed services committee on c-span3 and online at c-span.org.omorrow commend the impeachment triahe homeland security sey is at 4:00 wednesday when the house managers will deliver the two articles of impeachment to the senate which will charge the secretary with willful refusal to -- to comply with the law areach of public trust for his handling of the u.s. southern border. a trial will proceed on the senate floor but it is possible senator's may vote to dismiss the charges immediately or referred the matter to a special committee. a lot could happen wednesday. see that play out on c-span2 and our app. let's hear from doug in minnesota, democrats line. caller: i want to say how much i appreciated the words from the woman from pennsylvania just now. my hometown human rights -- what would you call it? organization has a great statement on israel and gaza about the eclipse. it would make a great name for a barbershop that only accepts appointments online. the other thing is i once read astronomers are embarrassed about the eclipse. this is the reas

they testified before the senate armed services committee about military investment, readiness, and the israel-how must war, and they emphasized the importance of passing additional aid to help ukraine, taiwan, and the indo pacific. this is about three hours. [audience chanting] >> stop the genocide in gaza. stop the genocide in gaza. stop the genocide in gaza. stop the genocide in gaza. stop the genocide in gaza. stop the genocide in gaza. stop the genocide in gaza. stop the genocide in gaza. [gavel banging] here on >> the committee will come to order. good morning. the committee meets today to receive testimony on the budget request for the department of defense for 2025. i would like to take a moment to recognize that this is general brown's first time being before the committee as chairman of the joint chief. we are grateful to our witnesses for their service and forth there testimony today. this is a critical moment for our national security. there is broad consensus among congress and the white house about the threats we face. we know china seeks to challenge the security and econ

there is no this video yet, some interesting quotes: dick senate of the us congress, tommy taberville, a republican, in the armed services committeeowing: my understanding of the conclusion of my apparatus is that since the fourteenth year we have spent 300 billion in ukraine, now we are printing or burning. in ukraine 80 thousand dollars per second, 4.6 million dollars per minute, we can no longer maintain this rate of spending, we must find better ways to spend our money, the conclusions were challenged for the minister of defense on financial shirts and cords, who took part listen, for me this estimate sounds too high, we spent about 300 million a year on ukraine for a number of years, and only in the last 2 years we spent about 40. about the children, so to speak, who is raising them, and so on , you see, i am very understanding of the initiative to really show them our good movies, old, new, well, can you imagine how this show will take place, well, the children will sit in this thing, they will look at the screen, at school , everyone is sitting here, go, try, take the phone, go, try, take the phone, no problem at all, oh, t

testify before the senate armed services committee for the fiscal year 2025 budget and future defensegrams. wednesday, houseman a jurist event -- deliver articles of impeachment against alejandro mayorkas to the senate. on the same day the secretary will testify before house and senate appropriations subcommittees for his department's budget. on thursday the japanese prime minister will address a joint meeting of congress. also, fbi director christopher wray testifies before the house appropriations house -- subcommittee for his budget. watch next week live on the c-span networks or c-span now, our free mobile video app or c-span.org for free scheduling information or to watch live or on-demand any time. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is happening in washington, live and on-demand. keep up with the biggest events with live streams of floor proceedings and hearings from congress, white house, campaigns and more from the world of politics, all at your fingertips. you can also stay current with the lat

testify before the senate armed services committee for the fiscal year 2025 budget and future defensegrams. wednesday, houseman a jurist event -- deliver articles of impeachment against alejandro mayorkas to the senate. on the same day the secretary will testify before house and senate appropriations subcommittees for his department's budget. on thursday the japanese prime minister will address a joint meeting of congress. also, fbi director christopher wray testifies before the house appropriations house -- subcommittee for his budget. watch next week live on the c-span networks or c-span now, our free mobile video app or c-span.org for free scheduling information or to watch live or on-demand any time. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is happening in washington, live and on-demand. keep up with the biggest events with live streams of floor proceedings and hearings from congress, white house, campaigns and more from the world of politics, all at your fingertips. you can also stay current with the lat

joining us to react arkansas senator tom cotton an army veteran who serves on the senate intel and armed services committeeswelcome. what do you make of iran's response and is at the beginning or the end of the direct engagement with israel and especially the reporting that biden advised benjamin netanyahu not to respond. >> thank you trey. that's not the beginning or the end of iran's work in israel. they have been waging the war for more than 40 years like it's been waiting proxy war and chatter were against the united states. i want to command the bravery and skill of american and israeli pilots and others troops from friendly nations like saudi arabia, jordan and great britain who helped intercept almost every single one of more than 300 and drones and missiles shot at israel. but of course president biden is wrong telling israel that they should not respond. imagine america getting 300 drones missiles shot at her homeland and have it country tell us not to respond. it's up to prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the workout in the elective government of people of israel of how they respond. it's hard t

american lloyd austin, who is at a meeting of the united states senate committee on armed services forces advised ukraine not to attack russian oil refineries, but to focus on military objectives. let's hear what... lloyd austin said. of course, these attacks could have consequences for the global energy situation. i think it is better for ukraine to focus on strikes on tactical and operational targets that can directly affect the current hostilities. mr. alexander, what is lloyd dostin afraid of? i don't think that he personally, these theses that. were formed and agreed upon in the white house by strategists, actually lloyd austin was and remains one of the biggest, most powerful such engines in the administration, who understand the dangers of ukraine, want to help, and what he voiced, well, in principle, this is a truism, it is clear that russia is a quite important country for the global market in terms of energy, and of course any fluctuations in the price of oil globally can of course affect. on the ability or willingness of our partners to help us, and most importantly now during

joining me now oklahoma senator markwayne mullin member senate armed services environment public works committeejohnson is doing what we need to do as leader keep in mind a lot of idea started with president trump a truth social post should give ukraine, money through a loan process called land lease act from 1941. so my job he is not just bringing ukraine aid working a package a deal that we can support ukraine we have a federal obligations to from 1994 also looking at simple things we can do on border, and also looking at aid for israel, taiwan this is a package that not one thing will be able to positives pass congress but all four you can mike has been tough speaker johnson very tough situation it isn't easy with slim margin in the house. maria: i understand that, and, unfortunately, you are hanging on by a thread in terms of the majority, built there is one thing that is not being discussed that is border security. how longs have republicans been saying we need to secure the border? we've got continuing resolution after continuing resolution spending conversations about ukraine, about israe

joining me now is oklahoma senator markwayne mullin, member of the senate armed services and environment and public works committeesmuch for being here this morning. you've been on the ground responding to this devastation. how's the recovery effort going? what can you tell us? >> well, what we refer to this, maria, is that this is an oklahoma standard where we all a come together as a community and family. this hit rural oklahoma which means it touched almost everybody yesterday when i was town on the ground, we were in holdenville. and right before i landed, i was told that one of the infants that was killed was actually the niece to my veteran affairs caseworker who's been working for me for 12 years. and so it all hits family. when you looked at sulfur, which is what your pictures are showing right now, that's downtown. that took out an entire town which employs literally hundreds of people down there. one of the main employers which was a manufacturing company completely lost their business. there was a bar down there that had over 30 patrons in it, a roof collapsed on 'em. it's amazing that all but one made i

joining us to react, the senator tom cotton, army veteran who serves on this and the intel of armed services committeelcome to you, senator. what do you make of iran's response or was that beginning or the end of direct engagement with israel and especially the reporting that biden advised benjamin netanyahu not to respond?pond >> well, thank you, trey.rey. unfortunately the beginning towards the end of the war in israel and waiting for more than 40 years just like waging proxy wars against the united states. first i want to commend the bravery and skill of american israeli pilots andnt t otherrael troops and troops from friendly frinations like saudi arabia ad jordan, great britain who help intercept almost every singlehep one of more than 300 drones and missile shot at israel. but of course, president biden is wrong telling israel they i shouldn't respond. imagine america gettinsr g 300 drones and missiles shot aica tr homeland and telling a country not to respond. it is up to benjamin netanyahu and war cabinet and ultimately i the elected government of the in tbull how and when they resp. it is har

ukraine since 1914, republican senator tom tuberil said at a hearing of the armed services committee, head of the pentagon explain, why are such gigantic sums being allocated to one of the most corrupt countries on the planet? we print and burn 80 thousand dollars per second in ukraine, 4 6000 dollars per minute, we can’t do it anymore. we provide military assistance in the form of weapons and ammunition, and then we replenish our own arsenals, our industry earns money from this, including businesses in your state of alabama. just since the beginning of the conflict, in 2 years, american aid to ukraine has exceeded $113 billion, and europe has added almost 90 billion euros. all this is to ensure that ukraine under no circumstances agrees to peace negotiations. as a result , kiev is now. on the verge of collapse. zelensky is waiting for new handouts. few people want to fight with the russians, in donbass the ukrainian armed forces are simply despised, this one of the polish mercenaries told a journalist in warsaw. it is absurd that there are no artillery shells at all, and ukraine itse