host: tyler koteskey, do you agree with the sentiment of that ad? guest: i think it is focused on the senator in particular when really what the conversation is about is how both senator tuberville and the white house are using the institutional pull at their disposal to advocate for values they strongly hold. senator tuberville being a member of the senate has the ability to hold up these promotions while the biden white house is unilaterally issuing new guidance related to access to abortions that many members of congress feel undermined a long-standing prohibitions on funding those. i do think what we are missing from the conversation is understanding both the white house and senator are using tools they have at their disposal, that is a fundamental feature of how the american system works. host: i want to show viewers with the senator had to say, defending his actions and have you respond to the senator as well. here he is on the senate floor. [video clip] >> democrats say my hold is unprecedented. there abortion policy is unprecedented. we are

host: tyler koteskey? guest: that is a good question. and a tricky one, particularly when we are looking at the ways we assess villages and benefits for our retirees and everything. it gets to a deeper question have not looked more comprehensively at, the broader priority groups for decades now, to determine how we look at this ability statuses and whatnot. let alone additional things like going to exchanges, things like that. it is certainly an issue that is right for reevaluating. host: the wall street journal recently did an article about recruitment for the armed services. it found that the u.s. army is 15,000 short of its 65,000 recruitment goal. u.s. navy, 10,000 short. u.s. air force, 3000 short of its 27,000 goal. in the u.s. marines, hits the target of 33,000. both of your thoughts, i will start with you, mary kaszynski, about recruitment. guest: recruitment has been an issue for many years. it is growing steadily worse for a number of reasons. for example, the policies on single-parent families,

host: tyler koteskey, do you agree with the sentiment of that ad?t: i think it is focused on the senator in particular when really what the conversation is about is how both senator tuberville and the white house are using the institutional pull at their disposal to advocate for values they strongly hold. senator tuberville being a member of the senate has the ability to hold up these promotions while the biden white house is unilaterally issuing new guidance related to access to abortions that many members of congress feel undermined a long-standing prohibitions on funding those. i do think what we are missing from the conversation is understanding both the white house and senator are using tools they have at their disposal, that is a fundamental feature of how the american system works. host: i want to show viewers with the senator had to say, defending his actions and have you respond to the senator as well. here he is on the senate floor. [video clip] >> democrats say my hold is unprecedented. there abortion policy is unprecedented. we are here

tyler koteskey? guest: i think a couple of things i agree with, and certainly on the afghanistan withdrawal i think that both president biden and president trump, you know, jointly -- [applause] >> good morning. my name is erica smith, and at 17 i became a soldier. in my career as a blackhawk crew chief i worked with many phenomenal people and was deployed to iraq in 2019. on the flights overseas we were constantly watching for threats, we did not know about the silent threats we saw on a regular basis. oil lead on fire, waste being burned, and the fuel and chemicals used on the aircraft. in 2022 during a scan for a separate injury and mass was discovered on my right kidney. i was just 23, with no family history of cancer. i-8 right, i worked out, and never smoked. nevertheless, it was cancer. and it was growing fast. shortly after a friend from deployment let me know he had cancer in his kidney as well. i filed a claim with the v.a. immediately. thankfully the pact act reduced my paperwork burden an