and i was working in the pentagon on the war, pursuing the war. she was going to interview people in a nationwide interview program she had, and she induced me to carry her uher heavy phonograph around with her -- tape recorder, to interview people. and i marched up to the white house hoping -- carrying that recorder and hoping that i would not be in any picture of "the washington post," where my colleagues at the pentagon would say, "what? he's protesting the war?" on my one day off from the war during this. but the next day, i induced her to go to the cherry blossoms, and that was our first date. and we've been together ever since. so that was 57 years ago. amy: she really was the one who exposed you, is this right, to the antiwar movement by forcing you to carry her tape recorder? i mean, you were protesting right outside where you worked. you had gone from rand corporation to the pentagon. >> actually, it was outside the lincoln memorial where we heard the speeches, and then we marched toward the white house and around the white house. i went

you were still working at the pentagon for years later. so what does someone do now if they, cuz no one is saying anything, like what you said right now, they're saying that's a good deal. it most. and the vast majority of the people don't really understand. even if the people inside, depending on don't understand how the system is really working. it's basically uh, the product of a culture on the lucian. since since at least world war 2. and, and i did the con, all the incompetence job shortly. a fine. some of the mother, every lab, work hard working, but there are people that are embedded in the system or making the system is actually controlling their behavior. and they've adapted to it. and, and most of the people can see the forest of the trees and my, my experience, my experience working with people in the back ons, vast majority of lieutenant colonels, the majors and in, you know, most of the girls are very decent people and they're very hard work and these people are working, you know, 6070 hours a week sometimes. but they, they are

the pentagon lose $1 billion a year. they are audited every year, they never pass. i seem to be the only person raising hell about that, but it is ridiculous. i support the military, but they want bigger budgets and no oversight. it is ridiculous. host: we covered yesterday's hearing. guest: thank you for doing that. host: you can find it on our website, in case you missed it. let us go to the republican in ohio. new your television, please listen and talk through your phone. you ready? question or comment? caller: hello, am i on the air? host: you are. caller: congressman, first i want to say i am calling in on the republican line, but i absolutely identify as a conservative. it is very distressing to me that while i appreciate it is interesting and everything, my question to you is, representative, why are you not defending the whistleblowers who are trying to expose the corruption in the biden administration? why are so many gop leaders -- this ufo diversion story when the absolute most important story of the year is taking judicial committees? host: can i have th

you were still working at the pentagon for years later. so what does someone do now if they say, because no one is saying anything, like what you said right now, they're saying that's a good deal in most. and the vast majority of the people don't really understand. even the people inside, depending on don't understand how the system is really working. it's basically uh, the product of the cultural convolution since since at least world war 2. and, and i did, they caught all the incompetence job shortly to find some of the math or not every lab work hard working. but there are people that are embedded in the system or making the system is actually controlling their behavior. and they've adapted to it. and, and most of the people can see the forest of the trees and my, my experience, my experience working with people in the back ons, vast majority on the lieutenant colonels, the majors and in, you know, most of the girls are very decent people and they're very hard work and these people are working, you know, 6070 hours a week sometimes. but

okay, but if anyone's watching this program now, who works in the pentagon? not a scientist like yourself, maybe may be an accountant. who knows? so what's in that uh 5 sided building in the, in the east coast of america. i'm feels, look, i've just spotted something this is like overcharging. i know they're being cases a little bit charging for parts that are presumably down and ukraine. right now the us taxpayer got done for maybe $4000.00 defense. who knows what are they supposed to do? because they treated you pretty well. i know we're just ahead of the anniversary of the of chelsea mannings. a. you know, torture of, of being found guilty. but yeah, yeah. they listen to you didn't they, they, they gave you a good hearing. you were still working at the pentagon for years later. so what this i'm gonna do now if they, because no one is saying anything, like what you said right now, they're saying that it's a good deal in most and the vast majority of the people don't really understand. even the people inside, depending on don't understand how the system is rea

you were still working at the pentagon for years later. so what does someone do now if they, because no one is saying anything, like what you said right now, they're saying that's a good deal in most. and the vast majority of the people don't really understand it . and people who sign, depending on don't understand how the system is really working. it's basically uh, the product of the culture on the lucian. since since at least world war 2 and, and uh it did, they caught all the incompetence job shortly. a fine, some of the math or not every lab work hard working, but there are people that are embedded in the system or making the system is actually controlling their behavior. and they've adapted to it. and, and most of the people can see the forest of the trees and my, my experience, my experience working with people in the back ons, vast majority of lieutenant colonels, the majors and in, you know, most of the girls are very decent people and they're very hard work and these people are working, you know, 6070 hours a week sometimes. but t

power. >>> tonight, the pentagon confirms that u.s. cluster bombs have now arrived in ukraine. neral tells cnn the bombs could quote, radically change the battlefield. i asked defense secretary lloyd austin about the decision to send these controversial weapons to kyiv. here's more of that exclusive interview. >> let's talk about cluster bombs right now, while i have you, mr. secretary. president biden made the very controversial decision to provide these cluster munitions, these cluster bombs to ukraine. will ukraine be able to achieve -- what will they be able to achieve on the battlefield with these cluster munitions, these cluster bombs that could potentially justify the risk that is out there. kr you're familiar with cluster bombs, the risk to civilians down the road? >> this is an artillery intensive fight, wolf. we've seen large amounts of artillery being deployed on both sides of the defense. that puts a strain on the international side of munitions, artillery munitions. what we did early on was we engaged our industrial base and asked them to expand their capacity, and

and while the pentagon said the target was that top, i'll tie it. a lead to the washington post disagreed saying, no, it was a 56 year old strep throat and a father of 10. so it washington is now adjusting the initial statements. we're no longer confident what killed a senior, a q, official, very we believe the strike did not killed the original target. we believe the person to be tied to or the un general assembly has approved the creation of an independent body to investigate a she which number of cases of missing people in the countries since the conflict and syria, again, we understand that number is nearly reached 150000 civilians. and while washington does seek to justify as miss all strikes inside of silver and country, we discussed the situation with a pair of guests in the hills published. and the washington boys will find that this is a not the 1st time they are speaking about systematic, systematic wrong. so errors and incidents like that. ok, they would open investigation, but what is our results anyway? the password is already a kim. he

cnn's oren leiberman is live for us at the pentagon. we know whether tuberville is planning to hold up this nomination seeking brown to be chairman of the joint chiefs as well as in addition to all the other flag officers. >> jake, what we heard from senator tommy tuberville over the last couple of days this long list and growing list of nominations that are on hold because of tuberville, and that creates a situation in the joint chiefs of staff where you don't have a senate confirmed chief. the vice-chairman will step in as the acting chairman. cq brown is in this sort of limbo and will no longer be the air force chief of staff and he can't yet be the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. you have this problematic position. tubberville has assisted there is no risk and that's despite brown himself saying it'll affect readiness and general smith nominated to be commandant of the marine corps and as has defense secretary lloyd austin said that just yesterday. brown was asked about the effects of the military and he went on quite a bit at

now, my 3rd question is why the pentagon has decided to make this statement. now, full months of to the incident has happened, isn't it because that the goal is trying to coordinate ways, the white house effort to respond it's dialogue with by aging following secretary or state or blank guns, recent visit to china, or china's and bass. so the to the u. s. has made some progress coming down. the patient between the 2 countries or secretary gentlemen is planning to visit the by going to ask about, you're going to buy more us treasury bio bonds. but then, why are they still calling the believe a spine, but the most ago was calling to get yet another example of religious suppression. ukraine. cold water has extended the house, the rest of most of pilots. in pebble, the leader of a monitoring po for 2 more months or ukraine has been seeking to take. he has a chat, a screwdriver of from the russian orthodox church, arresting priests and harassing people. the goal is to replace the local clergy with its own government approved religious administration, despite numerou

>> we know quite a bit but not really from the pentagon. e saw there was the extent of whathey said, which is fairly little. the u.s. military has confirmed that this is travis king, private second-class, has served since january 2021. we have spoken to officials who say he spent some time in detention in south korea and that he was heading back to the u.s. to face separation from the military. as things stand, he would still be serving. it is understood he said goodbye to his escorts within the airport, made his way to enjoy the tour of the dmz. he has made his way, along with we believe 42 other people on a bus and this crossed willfully, says the pentagon, into north korea, where they believe he has been detained. >> what is the pentagon doing to secure his release? >> what happens in all of these circumstances is there is the official site. the military says it is working with its counterparts. they were trying to "resolve" what they call and incidents. the behind the scenes, there will be all kinds of back channeling. to understand what

this is a program that allows the president to simply transfer the pentagon's staff. in the event of the most important in my opinion, because these weapons arrive very quickly, that is, the president makes the decision, turns on, arranges logistics and these weapons arrive immediately. well, sometimes within days, how quickly could they put it, and the problem with that program is that it is necessary to reimburse the pentagon's stocks, that is , what we gave. we need to buy it later . money is allocated for which ukraine can order from the military production complex the production of some kind of weapon, ammunition, etc. weapons according to this program, according to the same program, the training of the military is carried out, that is, there is a lot of everything, this is also a very important program, and i argue that this is a waifanishin that we help ukraine to buy weapons, that is, we either financed it through e-e loans, whether preferential or through simple taps, you know the three main programs of landlizzotos can be said to be a backup program. that's why. because it

the pentagon should not have gone there. we asked them last fall to not do this. conveniently they did it right before the midterm elections when the administration knew that abortion was a key hot issue and a political issue. but i can't get any data and i would hope you would ask the pentagon how many women out there are like this? how many are pregnant, seeking abortion and living in a place they don't feel they can get one? it's an issue that's impacting the force. it's a violation of the height amendment and by the way, senator tuberville has said let's have an up or down vote on it. he'll live with it either way. the pentagon can't just abrogate existing law because it disagrees with it. >> on the issue of gun laws, you're talking about someone leaving a state maybe permanently. we're talking someone going temporarily for a service. these are different things. >> no. i'm sorry. i'm talking about the pentagon starting to pay for soldiers travel and lodging because they don't like an existing local law. and we've also had the pentagon suggest -- >> can you answ

matthew worked on the afghanistan and iraq moore's on police and operations issues at the pentagon and at the state department interspersed during that period. matthew was an active duty member of the us military. he took part in the american occupation of iraq 1st and so heading province with a state department, reconstruction and governance team. and then in unbar province, as a marine corps company commander in 2008. he was assigned to afghanistan, but in 2009 he resigned in protest of the american escalation of the war there. since then, he's been a senior fellow with a center for international policy. matthew, who is bravery in standing up to the might of the american military industrial complex has been recognized repeatedly by his peers. he's the recipient of the written our prize for truth telling. and he was named as a defender of liberty by the committee for the republic. matthew ho, welcome to the show. thanks so much for being with us. hi, john. it's good to see you. thank you for having me. i'm. i'm very happy to see you matt. i, i want to begin by telling our viewers that

in light of these new threats from north korea, the pentagon is blasting the defense minister.ling his rhetoric incredibly dangerous. this morning, nuclear tensions between the us and north korea escalating as the us shows its military support for south korea. the north blasting the us for, quote, reckless military moves after this. us nuclear armed ballistic submarine docked in the korean peninsula. north korea's defense minister threatening a possible nuclear retaliation. >> rhetoric like that. it's incredibly dangerous. we're not there to instigate. >> this is the first time in four decades an american nuclear submarine has docked in south korea. abc's martha raddatz boarding the uss kentucky for an exclusive look. >> this is where the missiles would be launched from. >> yes, the kentucky is capable of carrying up to 20 nuclear tipped ballistic missiles, each of them carrying up to a dozen nuclear warheads. the us military says it's a reflection of american security commitments to south korea as it fights back against north korean aggression. >> are you worried about the pos

we are expecting a briefing from the pentagon anytime now. se announcement that the us is going to the sending cluster bombs ukraine. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. 1400 feet above sea level, the fish are being hunted to be counted. this stream had everything a young fish could want. it really is the lungs of the river. mark walker started fishing for salmon here on the x at the age of six. you can't guarantee to see a salmon on the axe any more. it's happening everywhere, in every major river in the country. salmon numbers are in catastrophic decline. he blames global warming and exploitation at sea, but at a local level, water quality, deteriorating weirs and fish passes and bad planning. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. here, the man convicted of murdering a young woman outside a pub on christmas eve has been sentenced to life in prison. elle edwards was an innocent bystander caught up in a gangland shooting on the wirral in merseyside last december. jayne m

for the pentagon to makes that state. but also if an seems to you to pilot that was flying on top of the blue or ray to confirm that they did not collect any information while flying over canada and the us for a week. why the white house still decided to shoot? now, my 3rd question is why the pentagon has decided to make this statement. now, full months of to the incident that's happened, isn't it? because the bank, the goal is trying to coordinate towards the white house effort to re spelt its dialogue with by aging following secretary or state of lincoln's recent visit to china or china's and pass it up to the us as make some progress coming down the patient between the 2 countries or secretary gentlemen, is planning to visit by james to oscar by you're going to buy more us treasury bio bonds. but then why are they still calling the balloon a spy? but the follow up drive mess, but it still doesn't have lent support to a controversial scheme by pm, but she soon acts expel asylum she goes through. and so that says that the

up next, we discuss what's really going on with aliens at the pentagon. booking.com, ♪ i'm going to somewhere, anywhere. ♪ ♪ a beach house, a treehouse, ♪ ♪ honestly i don't care ♪ find the perfect vacation rental for you booking.com, booking. yeah. when you're ready to go but static and wrinkles are like, nooooo! try bounce, it's the sheet. less static. less wrinkles. more softness. more freshness. bounce. it's the sheet. ♪ >> did the military make friend with little green men? lawmakers are taking the pentagon to task for allegedly coming up information on ufos. starting next week representative on anna helena luna. okay. she is going to chair congresse next round of ufo hearings featuring whistleblower, david gresh freight now that is a bad name you can't sing that. that yet he's another whistleblower. i'm hearing more whistleblowing and congressmen when i walk three times square and a speedo. he's the former intel officer who last month claimed the pentagon was hiding a top-secre alien program complete with nonhuman vehicles and even bodies freight he

we are trying to teach them that you cannot legislate from the pentagon. it is a tough situation, there is nobody more military than me, caitlin, my dad was a military, career military. i'm all for the military. we need a strong military, but we also need to go by the rules and the constitution, and represent the people and taxpayers. taxpayers are not supposed to pay for anything has to do with abortion. >> your father was in the military, but when you talk about who is hurting, hair and you said you were going to do this, you are not directly hurting secretary austin or president biden here. this is a real impact on the families of these officers. they cannot move or resettle their families. they cannot enroll their kids in schools, their spouses can't take new jobs. wherever they are going to be station next. the scripts members of the military who are getting promoted from getting that pay raise. you realize that, right? >> first of all if i thought it was hurting -- recruiting i would not be doing this. it is not doing that. i've spoken to jentleson a

it seems to be what is needed for demining, in addition to what is shared with journalists in the pentagon. well, as they say, not on camera, that is, we cannot talk about it there are ethers the information is completely public, and just today faynan sheltimes starts referring to metalon officials and writes about it, that is, you and i can also discuss it on the air, and they report that the minefields created by the russian army have become the most difficult obstacle for the armed forces during a counteroffensive, because it slows down the advance of troops - it disables western armored vehicles and, of course, it affects morale, and as pentagon officials said, the release of many mines barriers e-e russia created specially for that they arranged and such in order to reduce the effectiveness of the equipment for demining that is provided. well, that is why there are now very serious consultations between ukraine and the united states, between ukraine and the allies, they are looking for the right equipment, they are making plans. well, in particular, they are even discussing that there

saying that because of what we saw from republicans on abortion-related expenses, trying to get the pentagon to change its policy there on being against transgender surgeries and healthcare in the military, on hormone treatment, things of that nature, these amendments made it so most democrats could not vote for it. according to our friends, our producers in the chamber, i believe that there were two democrats that voted for this bill along with republicans as well as three republicans who voted against it, which means it was bipartisan in its passage. one of those democrats that did vote for it is a front liner in new mexico, gabe vasquez, just a reminder of the fact for a lot of the members, this is a district by district vote and it does really play back in their home state. you have to think about front line politics of this as well. now that this passed the house, it goes to the senate where the same problems exist there for democrats and some republicans who don't like some of the amendments that are more controversial in nature, that house republicans pushed to include. we don't expec

but there is another reality, and that is reality of the pentagon and military spending peer and that, madam president is a whole other story. every year with seemingly little regard for the strategic picture facing our country, this body, house and the senate, vote to increase the military budget. just happens. we don't worry about people were entered sleeping on the street, we don't worry about people who can't afford prescriptions peer every year military budget, pay, more money. or that iraq and afghanistan desperate wars and iraq and afghanistan are over tens of thousands of american troops entered home yet the pentagon budget continues to go up. every year despite partisan, sometimes very contentious partisan fights on all manners of things, you name it, fights going on, congress, comes together very quietly, little debate, to vote for the one thing that they agree on, and that is more and more money for the pentagon. and right now despite all of the enormous needs facing working families in this country, over half of the federal discretionary budget goes to the military. got it

to put it mildly, the contradictory activities of the pentagon still get into the media , including thankssian ministry of defense. we publish information, despite strict western censorship, was heard by foreign media. such as the times guardian new york post channel scannews. published materials on the most resonant topics of safety violations in american biological laboratories strengthening the function of pathogens at boston university, and the transfer of unfinished ukrainian projects to other countries. due to a thunderstorm in moscow , more than 30 flights were canceled or delayed and large-scale flooding was recorded. previously, the city services of the capital were put on high alert due to bad weather. let's talk about this in more detail with the leading specialists of the phobos centers evgeny chizhkovets, he joins the facts evgeny hello, the impact of the elements turned out to be spectacular and for how long, and thunderstorms and showers will linger in moscow good evening natalya in moscow really covered the first, but not the last portion of tropical showers. showers with s

no, it means that the pentagon stole there and doubled the cost of the chair. to what all these children of the cross were , pure people, in comparison with what we see now and what is interesting, how society changed then there were proceedings about this. well, yes, with the exception of some things there, they did not reach court verdicts, namely the corrupt aspect, but nevertheless, american society was talking about this now. well, you'll excuse me, this is an absolute criminal black hole. i don't even know what to compare it to. well, uh, if only with our nineties and then, i think that in our nineties there were still some more or less rules, there and so on. well, what is called the possibility of being killed and buried in the forest settlement held back the financial ambitions of some people, this is not here. this is the most amazing thing, and we must understand that from the endgame of the vietnam war, when all these showdowns took place until the formation of this black hole in the historical perspective, well, not so much time has passed 50 years

back to the european continent and this announcement by the pentagon. ink it's important to keep it in context. we've already increased by 20,000 the number of troops on the european continent. we have been able to keep that rotational presence there. more than 80,000 troops in europe. that's a lot. what we'll do with these small number of 3,000 national guardsmen. these are people specialists in things like administrative, logistics supply, medical, dental. the functions to support and sustain a large troop presses for a long time. what this is, a realization of the fact that we know, the president knows, the security environment in europe is changed. not has changed and will changed. it has changed now and make sure we have the proper force posture to be able to support an additional eastern flank presence for the long haul. >> dana: for people here at home watching the summit and the president coming back and saying look, we had a great meeting and a good trip. what can you say was decided there amongst the leaders about how to actually bring this war

the pentagon a short time an, . ., ., 4' ~' ., this is the pentagon a short time ago. we are working with ukraine to minimise risk associate _ ago. we are working with ukraine to minimise risk associate with - ago. we are working with ukraine to minimise risk associate with the - minimise risk associate with the decision— minimise risk associate with the decision the ukrainian government has offered assurances in writing on the responsible use of dpicm including that they will not use the rows in— including that they will not use the rows in civilian populated urban environments and that they will record — environments and that they will record where they use these rounds which _ record where they use these rounds which wiii— record where they use these rounds which will simplify leader de—mining efforts _ which will simplify leader de—mining efforts. ukraine has also committed to post—conflict the mining efforts to post—conflict the mining efforts to mitigate any potential harms to civilians _ to mitigate any potential harms to civilians. the you us is already investe

at this moment the two departments are working in collaboration, but defence and the pentagon are thosekoreans because they believe, they said, that he is in their custody at the moment. looking at the situation from above, you know, what might have motivated him to cross there is still rather unresolved and whether he still wishes to be there. you can bet us authorities and pentagon officials will be working on doing all they can to secure his release, hoping that is as short ——a short time, not a long one. earlier i spoke to massachusetts congressman and veteran seth moulton, and he said the first priority is to secure the soldier's release. we should get him back. this is a soldier who had disciplinary problems to begin with. apparently that is how this all started. but this is a very bad thing to do. it puts at risk not only his life but the lives of other americans. turning back to the us where former president donald trump is facing new legal woes. mr trump says he expects to be arrested and indicted again. he posted this statement on truth social saying he received a letter infor

the pentagon says u.s. forces killed at least 10 al-shabab fighters in overnight airstrikes in a remote area of somalia saturday. separately, the pentagon said sunday, a u.s. drone strike killed islamic state leader osama al-muhajer in eastern u.s. central command said in a statement that no civilians were killed in the drone strike but said it was assessing reports of a civilian injury. the claims could not be independently verified. centcom said the u.s. strike was carried out by the same mq-9 drones that were harassed by russian military aircraft in separate incidents last week in syrian airspace. in mexico, another journalist has been found dead. luis martÍn sÁnchez iÑiguez, a staff reporter for the newspaper la hornada, had been missing since wednesday. his body was found saturday near the city of tepic in the state of nayarit. local officials said his body showed signs of violence, with two handwritten signs affixed to his corpse -- though they didn't reveal what the messages said. the net their lens

going to transfer weapons to taiwan for the first time after deliveries to ukraine directly from the pentagon's stocks more than ten residents were killed were injured as a result of the morning shelling of donetsk from the side of the such data lead local authorities to fragments of one of the missiles. in the very center of the city, they hit a passenger bus from the scene , amar magomedov reports in the center of the board , they hit the american jet system. highmores fire hall speaks of this and the specific fragments found at the site of the funnel with a pale yellow color. well, the power of the rocket can be judged by this funnel, its depth. about three meters, the shelling of residential areas began at about 10:00 in the morning of the inhabitants of this part of the city. they recited two loud pops on a rocket fell on the road part of the fragments on the glass, three cars started a fire. they won completely there are fatalities injured among random passers- by drivers of passengers. the second rocket hit the garage of a residential building. dmitry shows the consequences of the arriva

it requires the pentagon to maintain a laser focus on readiness. and it ensures appropriate oversight of our investments both at home and abroad. mr. speaker, this is unfortunately a dangerous time in the world. american adversaries are on the march. threatening global stability and territorial integrity of our friends and our allies. these threats range from russia's invasion of ukraine to communist china's continued pressure on taiwan and our pacific allies, to iran's quest for nuclear weapons. and to north korea's continued testing of intercontinental missiles. the united states does not seek armed conflict, but we will be prepared to meet should it seek us out. i would remind this house of the words of ronald reagan, quote, peace is the condition under which mankind was meant to flourish. yet peace does not exist on its own will. it depends on the courage to build it and to guard it and to pass it on to future generations. in taking up h.r. 2670 we are continuing that tradition. we are continuing to build our armed forces to meet and confront an

. >>> tonight, the pentagon confirming ukraine is using cluster munitions on the battlefield, and what the u.s. believes russia might do next. >>> here in the u.s. on capitol hill, robert f. kennedy jr., who is challenging president biden for the nomination arguing tonight he is not a biggot. he now says his opponents are trying to silence him. >>> there is also news coming in tonight after a in a hospital parking lot. >>> the big question tonight, who won that $1 billion ticket? just one winner. you still have a chance. what mega millions is now up to. >>> and the valet at the hospital called into action not once, but twice, delivering babies. this is incredible. >> announcer: from abc headquarters in new york, this is world news tonight with david muir. >> david: good evening. it's great to have you with us on a thursday night. as we come on the air, nearly 70 million americans on alert for hail, destructive winds, and possible tornadoes. all fueled by this triple digit heat and this new threat tonight comes after that powerful ef-3 tore day doe struck north carolina. 115 mile an hou

live now to our correspondent sean dilley who is at the pentagon. in the next few minutes?— expecting some sort of briefing in the next few minutes? that's right, and xp minutes, _ the next few minutes? that's right, and xp minutes, the _ the next few minutes? that's right, and xp minutes, the challenge - the next few minutes? that's right, and xp minutes, the challenge of l and xp minutes, the challenge of the joint chief of staff will be up on stage here, theoretically another to do with ukraine, that will be a hot topic here, the us army have confirmed or the military and north korea have a nice time 15 minutes that us service member has crossed without authorisation and without authorisation into the military line. our respondents in the us have said that they have been going on between buildings and laughing and details are meant to be announced by chart leak and including the identification and which are us partner, cbs, have indeed already identified as a private second class travis king. 50. identified as a private second class travis king-—

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new at 2:00, the pentagon is set to brief this hour after russian fighter jets buzz u.s. mander in the middle east says russia's aggression is a dangerous habit. >> they have been flying through air space they've agreed with us over a period of years not to fly into. sometimes it's just one pass through the air space, deservingly close to the garrisons on the ground, other times surveillance aircraft comes through and basically spying on us. >> gillian: how should the biden administration respond if at all? we will get into that this hour. great to be with you, bill. >> bill: nice to be with you again today. we also have some bi

they're still in the pentagon, they're there, they've got a government, a, an eagle or stars on their shoulder as you know, or they work for the defense industry. so i think most people, if we know there's a tolling, we know that the majority of veterans of the rock and ask em worst, think those wars were a mistake, think they should not even slot a higher percentage of veterans. think that and do the general population in general population by ward my wide margin believes that so we can, you can see see that those of us who went there and saw and experienced it to pardon it. and i think a lot of people don't speak out because there is a shame there is regret, but there's also to a, a, a false patriotism, a junior wisdom that exists in this country that does not allow for descent. that does not allow for patriarch uh, descent uh you know, you go to a football game, you go to a hockey game and you know that the spectacle, the, the jingle isn't that exist there. but it makes people feel as if they can't question. and i think that's a lot of what we do with our work. you know, i work wit

you, i, i could tell you that one of the things the pentagon did through central command, which general data patrice has been charged with the time they hire a student communications firm to discredit me. you know, and this is all, you know, so when you have a whistle blower, someone who's speaking out against, you know, the established authority that establishes authority, uses all the resources, it has to clash them. so as i was speaking out and i was getting a lot of media attention, i was getting on cnn and i was being interviewed by, you know, big newspapers and so on, so forth. the sheet of communication from hire by journal portray us would bad mouth me and then they've got to the point where they would say things such as, look, if you're a type of journalist, your type of media organization that wants to work with someone like mount, how we don't think you're the type of organization that we want to work with. so basically, uh too many, and i had this happen where producers, booker tankers, would show me these documents, where the pentagon was se to the media organizations. you

the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said the pentagon's main concern was for the soldier's welfare believe that he is in brk custody and so we are closely monitoring and investigating the situation. we are working to notify the soldiers next of kin and engaging to address the incident. in terms of my concern, i have absolutely foremost concern about the welfare of our troop. and so we will remain focused on this and, again, this will develop in the next several days and hours. earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent sean dilley, who was at that press conference, and asked what the white house and the pentagon were willing to divulge at this point. the pentagon themselves said as much and as little as you would expect they could. at that time in the afternoon, as it was, it was 1230 eastern time, the pentagon wasn't even naming this soldier because they were engaged in discussions with the next of kin. they were saying they were monitoring the situation closely. of course, travis king has subsequently been named by the military, 23 years old, as you say, joined the milita

i also want to ask what the pentagon confirming today that a us soldier on tour in south korea crossed we spoke earlier to somebody who served as an analyst for the cia. she said north korea can use this as a propaganda tool, saying that an american soldier defected to their side. are you worried how this could be used? we need all the facts. we need to understand why the soldier ended up in north korea. we need to prioritise our service member's life and safety and do what we can to secure his release. but i supported president trump when trying to engage with north korea, and president carter, who had a whole framework of what we can do to try to move beyond the 1953 armistice. we still don't have an end to the korean war. this heightens the need for the world to engage in a place that is still full of conflict and concern. great to speak with you, congressman. thank you. stay with us here on bbc news. that's all from us here in washington. we leave you with these live pictures of london, as we hand off to our colleageus there. hello. for many of us, tuesday was decidedly cool for a

the state department is really pointing to the pentagon right now. s of sharing with us information about how this incident evolved, but it's important to note that this soldier on this tour presumably wasn't with a group of other americans, a group of other american soldiers. so therefore, the u.s. is going to be heavily reliant on the command in this area. which tries to preserve the stability in the area between north and south korea. these tours happen to show folks that what there is there is some sort of stability, even though there's tension between north korea and south korea. it's also important to note that before today, before this incident occurred, there weren't any americans that we knew of who were detained in north korea. there was one who was released in 2017. and then there were three other americans who were detained by north korea released in 2018. and then we saw the trump administration really engage with north korea between president trump and kim jong-un with those series of summons that we saw. that has not been the situation

at a decision made a long time ago by the pentagon. the fact that abortion is such a third rail and political issue in the united states. before the pentagon made that executive decision which they are capable of doing in paying for their soldiers' travel across state to get an abortion, that should have been put to the senate armed services committee and the house armed services committee as part of the national defense authorization act and get their decision on this. representatives of the american people. whether the american people are going to pay for that or not. get that out of the hands. it is such a politically charged issue. >> dana: it is. they maintain it is not a change but it looks clearly on the face of it that they did change without that kind of permission or oversight. we might see you again as we wait for the press conference. thank you. >> bill: that is vermont and that could be a potential catastrophe inching closer as we speak. there is a dam dangerously close to overflowing amid historic flooding. we'll go live a

the pentagon themselves said as much and as little as you would expect they could. hat time in the afternoon, as it was, it was 12:30, eastern time, the pentagon wasn't even naming this soldier because they were engaged in discussions with the next of kin. they were saying they were monitoring the situation closely. of course, travis king has subsequently been named by the military, 23 years old, as you say, joined the military in january 2021. now, us military officials had been speaking to our us partner, cbs, describing some of the detail that may be sort of newish at this point. we know that, according to their sources, that he had been detained for a time in south korea, that he'd been released, that he had been due to return to the united states for disciplinary reasons. we understand that he was to be terminated from the us army. now, clearly, there are many questions that need to be asked, in terms of how he's then gone from the airport, 3a miles away, on a tour of what's described as the demilitarisation or the demilitarized zone, in this particular case, be

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