the movements by the wegner group -- will: inside russia.in russia, you can see on the map, just to the east of ukraine. within the map of russia. it has nothing standing in its way. let's do a quick review, we debate whether to pronounce it waggoner or waggoner, it is named after the german composer wegner. in 2014 during the annexation of crimea, it has evolved to become a private contractor for russia's military. it is not legally registered, i guess legally recognized by any government anywhere in the world. it is a shadow we contractor that is taken on the military responsibilities for much of russia especially in ukraine. rachel: the prisoners are promised you fight for six months, we will take away your sentence and you will be free if you fight on the front lines. you wonder why would russia depend on this group? one of the reasons is they want plausible deniability, if the war goes bad you blame the wegner group but mostly this group was accused of human rights abuses, involved in a lot of shady money laundering, they have operation

if wegner leaves the battlefield you leave a tenacious enforcer.hat puts and calls the armed rebellion against his rule it's more about prigozhin versus the defense minister. it will appeal to russians who are pro- ukrainian or anti- putin. it will appeal to the far right in russia who think putin has not prosecuted the war aggressively enough. and think about if wagner ends as an end to see, what it means for russia and beyond russia's borders in ukraine. wagner has a very big presence in africa, sierra, places like that. it's hard to see how exist like that anymore. given what's happened in the past 24 hours. this has multiple implications for its very serious it will be curious to see how this plays out. particularly as wagner appears to be moving slowly towards moscow. neil: what's interesting as well the wagner group of paid soldiers there mercenaries. her effective mercenaries and brutal mercenaries key aides to vladimir putin sometimes ruthless attacks but only within russia itself but in a lot of satellite countries. but it comes at a time

alix: is the question what happens to the wegner group?e headquartered in belarus but there are factions fighting on the ground in ukraine, or do they pull all the forces out? that will determine the fighting on the ground, no? >> significantly. the answer to that question is what i happened after the last couple days myself. i am not convinced of the so-called agreement that was talked about is actually going to come to fruition. we are talking about a gigantic mafia organization here and trust in any agreement will be pretty thin. if the agreement goes as described yesterday, we are talking about 20,000 or 25,000 troops coming off the board on the russian side. these guys will want to become -- these guys will not want to become regular soldiers after being a wagoner contractor. guy: what does ukraine do to take advantage of the situation? how would you describe russian morale after this? what changes are there that ukraine can use to its advantage? >> in addition to the loss of several thousand wegner troops, imagine if you are a russia

should we be concerned about a buildup of wegner troops in belarus?all along that vladimir putin absolutely needs the capability wegner presented him. they were the only entity really from a military standpoint that has been somewhat successful in ukraine as the broader army has completely failed but it is not just in ukraine. it is also in syria and africa, all over the world the weather is gold mines, lithium mines, zinc, or other natural resources, wegner has provided that force that cannot only secure those along with the cash that pumps into vladimir putin's economy but also influence those local governments in line with russia's interests. he has to have them. i think this was windowdressing in this deal. i keep having more questions than answers. ashley: it is confusing to figure out what is going on but i want to move on to the subject, china just unveiled a new foreign policy law, beijing says they will impose countermeasures against any action it deems a threat. i would imagine they would do that anyway but you are in the foreign relations c

military after this wegner episode? guest: in afghanistan the u.s. military used a lot of contractors, most were in logistics and administration. the number of contractors who were armed and went outside the wire were very small. that included what were called personal security detachments by companies like blackwater. that is where you had almost all of the incidents that occurred, the abuses. the u.s. clamped down on contractors. there were many scandals in the 2000s. there were a whole series of reforms to bring them under control. they have greater oversight over these contractors. since then we have not heard any stories about abuses with contractorsm, and i think that as a result of exerting much tighter control over them, something they would have been well advised to do. there is a major difference between the u.s. use of contractors and what russia has been doing with wegner. it is an army. u.acrs were mostly logistics. few had weapons, and even those that had weapons had light weapons designed to protect certain high-value officials. host:

military after this wegner episode? guest: in afghanistan the u.s.ilitary used a lot of contractors, most were in logistics and administration. the number of contractors who were armed and went outside the wire were very small. that included what were called personal security detachments by companies like blackwater. that is where you had almost all of the incidents that occurred, the abuses. the u.s. clamped down on contractors. there were many scandals in the 2000s. there were a whole series of reforms to bring them under control. they have greater oversight over these contractors. since then we have not heard any stories about abuses with contractorsm, and i think that as a result of exerting much tighter control over them, something they would have been well advised to do. there is a major difference between the u.s. use of contractors and what russia has been doing with wegner. it is an army. u.s. contractors were mostly logistics. few had weapons, and even those that had weapons had light weapons designed to protect certain high-value officials

it is almost like they were tested this weekend with the rebellion i the wegner group. guest: that is right. putin is facing the most dangerous moment he has faced any time in his presidency. his rule is at state -- stake and the fate of the war in ukraine is at stake. host: what you think russia might do in ukraine following this insurrection? guest: the biggest danger that putin faced was that elements of the russian military or intelligence services might throw their weight behind him. that is something he was counting on. i think that forced him to make a deal with putin to get out of the situation he has put himself in. the other danger was that the russian military would have to divert its attention and resources from the war in ukraine to try to deal with internal unrest in russia. that did not happen either because putin was able to orchestrate this settlement quickly. but i think this situation leaves him wounded politically. russians first and foremost look to their leader in the kremlin to maintain order inside russia. a lot of russians have got to be asking

vladimir putin needs the wegner group.n the bud in ukraine for 16, 17 months and showing the leadership of the russian military that has been sipping tea back in moscow and being incompetent and that was the real reason behind the rebellion. wasn't so much true against putin even though he called it that. it was really a march on the compound of the ministry of defense and prigozhin had enough, his troops being shelled, not getting approved, not getting the ammo they needed to sustain combat operations and so he turned around and marched on the ministry of defense and they cut a deal and putin defused that situation quickly to get to the task at hand which is prosecuting the war in ukraine illegally. that's my assessment. 50,000 troops from prigozhin in the wegner group. neil: vladimir putin is not winning any badges of honor this past weekend, coming back when normal conditions were clear but should he do that these days? >> i think so. i think between him and -- remember that prigozhin was vladimir putin's chef and that

group hasjust the russian side, the wegner group has just committed 200,000 troops, where they're goingi don't know, but things are not looking good for the russians at all. ., �* , ., looking good for the russians at all. ., �*, ., , ., ~ all. now, let's turn to breaking news, because _ all. now, let's turn to breaking news, because we _ all. now, let's turn to breaking news, because we have - all. now, let's turn to breaking news, because we have been l all. now, let's turn to breaking - news, because we have been expecting it through the course of the day, the former prime minister boris johnson recognition honours list has just been published. there has been a huge amount of controversy surrounding this honours list. 0utgoing prime minister is, there is a tradition that they create honours, peerages, knighthoods, and there is a list that is usually of supporters of the outgoing prime minister. but this one surrounded in more controversy than most in terms of borisjohnson. his behaviour in office, some of the names that have been rumoured to be on the list, but that list just been ru

calculated that would have been a bloodbath and it would not have been the legacy he wanted with wegner another day, i do not believe he will have that opportunity, however. mike: thank you so much. >> all right. thank you. mike: several high-profile cases still left to be released before the end of its term. we will have a preview next. ♪ and minerals. enter the $10,000 nourishing moments giveaway. to see my ancestors' photos was just breathtaking. wow, look at all those! what'd you find? lorraine banks, look, county of macomb, michigan? oh my goodness... this whole journey has been such a huge gift for our family. how to grow delicious herbs: step one: use miracle-gro potting mix. that's it. miracle-gro. all you need to know to grow. every day, more dog people, and more vets are deciding it's time for a fresh approach to pet food. they're quitting the kibble. and kicking the cans. and feeding their dogs dog food that's actually well, food. developed with vets. made from real meat and veggies. portioned for your dog. and delivered right to your door. it's smarter, healthier pet food. g

dion: the wegner group is led b a man who at one time was one of putin's closest allies.he kremlin says that no one will be prosecuted. new develop and snap in the investigation following the deaths of five people aboard a room earlier this week. the coast guard says that the marine board of investigation is now conducting interviews to determine if criminal charges should be brought. all five passengers were killed when that submersible imploded while on a mission to view the wreckage of the titanic. investigators are in the initial phase of collecting evidence and once that is complete a formal hearing will be scheduled to collect additional witness testimony. officials are investigating the fatal rollover into the crash in hayward. officers arrived on scene saturday afternoon and detected -- initiated life-saving measures but the rider was pronounced dead. the 37-year-old man was speeding when he lost control trying to make it turn from petermann avenue. the writer's identity has not been released yet. -- the identity of has not been released. a man is facing dui charg

we've heard from the fed of the wegner group.'t want to topple russia's government and his rebellion over the weekend. we are due to hear from the russian president, vladimir putin, and the next few hours. we will try to work out what it all means. a chinese spy balloon, flying over the u.s., the bbc has found evidence of more flying over japan and taiwan. a new development in the most notorious racist murder, the killing of stephen lawrence, the bbc is naming a suspect. and elton john closes this year and a record-breaking way. we have all the reaction. we will start in russia after those extraordinary events over the weekend. in the last half an hour or so, we've been told to expect statements from vladimir putin. that information, coming from various news agencies. we will keep across that for you if and when he does speak. we will of course bring them to you. we have already heard from the head of the wagner group. in his statements, that he made in an audio message, he shed some light on what happened over the weekend. he sa

however, the soldiers all the a wegner groups, i'm now collecting their belongings, are now getting prepared. really, you can still, you can see that there are a lot of 5 civilians here on the streets taking pictures. we can see that the wagner group have turns on their equipment and they're getting ready to see you. i've seen them collecting their ammunition to all the things that they that have arrived here with. and it looks like the situation has now completely, the escalated or the kremlin did announce that the criminal case against the wagner found a huge guinea pig ocean will be dropped. and he will leave russia to go to bellas ever since both of us and to meet your best golf out of the button. his fights as will not be persecuted. taking into account the f. it's on the front lines of the ukraine conflict, the bellows, the president's press office, underlying the importance of the escalating tensions. the negotiations were held throughout the day. we came to an agreement on the end, admissibility of unleashing a bloody massacre on the territory of russia. the head of the wagner pmc ac

snister oleg nevidovskyi details tv channel inter marathon only news and it is known for sure that wegner's army is not the only private army in russia, but how many of them are still fighting in ukraine, our international columnist svitlana chernetska found out the wagner military company is one of the most popular mine houses in russia, but it is far from the only one, despite the fact that mercenary business is prohibited by law. during the war in ukraine last year , at least five more anti-tank missiles were spotted, in particular , russian security systems, and they had mercenaries of the red army next to them. anti-terror is one of the oldest private companies, created in 2008, in terms of size, it is already approaching the scale of wagner, it is financed by oligarchs gennady timchenko and oleg deripaska, both associates of pavutin and are under western sanctions also marked the battle of bakhmut in the battle of bakhmut, the pwc patriot is owned by the minister of defense of the russian federation, sergei shoigu, and consists of military servicemen. in recent months , conflicts have

if we take a potential threat that wegner’s attack aircraft may pose, according to theories , let’s first even if there are several thousand of them, not all of the 25,000 or not all of the thousands of bayonets that took part in mazepit even if there are a couple of thousand. it will be a very large convoy of motor vehicles that will stretch for several tens of kilometers and which will clearly be visible from space, but until something like this was noticed, there are some stories from the russian so-called of the opposition media, is there any end to rejecting the telegram card in tina because it is an outright lie, then there are some unique conditions on the basis of which the wagner pvk could demonstrate combat effectiveness well, they could only exist in the words of putin's russia, that's when there , as much as 80 billion rubles were allocated for the existence of these structures , just money, not to mention exclusive access to the resources of the russian nuclear power plant. churches well, there suddenly appeared the latest t-90 tank, which was supposed to be shipped to india

however, the soldiers all the wegner groups, i'm now collecting their belongings, are now getting prepared. but certainly you can still. you can see that there are a lot of 5 civilians here on the streets taking pictures. we can see that the wagner group have turns on their equipment and they're getting ready to be you. i've seen them collecting their ammunition all the things that they that have arrived here with. and it looks like the situation has now completely the escalated funds a little. see of course what's happening in the morning and it rolls off to the people here and that gauge their opinion about what happens. vermont calls are of artsy, real stone ones on this. so it is, you can see the moment the volume with chief hymns of leaves, the headquarters of the movie district, which hadn't been early captain advised me. any of his orders is now said to be heading to buy the roofs. the brother dressing, president press service, said, mince had succeeded in broken the peace deal. the negotiations were held throughout the day. we came to an agreement on the end, admissibility of unlea

if we take a potential threat there, which theories can be composed of wegner's attack aircraft for atart , let's even if there are a few of them thousands of it, not all of them are declared there, 25,000 or not all , in fact, all of the thousands of bayonets that took part in the mozaklot even if there are a couple of thousand it will be a very large convoy of motor vehicles that will stretch for several tens of me kilometers and which will clearly be visible from space, so far something like this has not been noticed, are there any stories from the russian so-called opposition media, or is there some end of telegram channels, in principle, it should be rejected in the cinema because it is an outright lie, then there are some unique ones the conditions on the basis of which the wagner pvk could demonstrate combat effectiveness there. well, they could exist only in the slums of putin's russia, that is when as much as 80 billion rubles were allocated for the existence of these structures there, just money, not to mention exclusive access to the resources of the russian air defense sys

however, the soldiers, i'll be a wegner groups, i'm not collecting their belongings, are now getting prepared. but certainly you can still. you can see that there are a lot of 5 civilians here on the streets taking pictures. we can see that the wagner group have turns on their equipment and they're getting ready to see you. i've seen them collecting their ammunition all the things that they've ever arrive here with. and it looks like the situation has now completely de escalate. it's 5004. so what's happening in the morning and 0 talk to the people here and engage their opinion about what happens. vermont calls are of artsy and rust on. that is the issues and see the moment the chief himself of these are headphones is of the movie. this is hadn't been done. and captain, why his group is getting because it is now said to be heading to the roost. the russian president press service said miss castle, seated in brooklyn, of the steel. the negotiations were held throughout the day. we came to an agreement on the end admissibility of unleashing a bloody massacre on the territory of russia.

he said of 8000 wegner mercenaries there. 0ur correspondent in warsaw, sarah ransford has details onion in russia. if the wagner group was relocated from russia to belarus, which of course is a big step closer towards a country like poland and to the baltic states. the president here has been talking about that being a security threat, the government is talking about increasing security at the belarusian border. the president was saying, "what's the reason for the move? what are the intentions of the move? what are the intentions of the wagner group?" which of course means the russian military coming to belarus, "it's a potential threat to this country into nato." so could a concern in poland and others that they would have to reinforce, it's western flank. now we've been looking into what's happening on the ground with wagner and it's still a bit of a? question mark, there's no proof that they've been moving into belarus, but it's true that the wagner group is still an active entity, its recruitment trip to micro and russia are still taking phone calls, telling people to sign up pho

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lisa: the news over the weekend was the right man of vladimir putin, the head of the wegner group, hen mark -- moscow. he came to some agreement may be to go to larusso not be charged. understand all of the uncertainty and what this means, how important it may be amid our questions. we are lucky to have with us someone who has extensive experience in the army and as a teacher at the u.s. air force academy. a board member for academy security and seven with a storied history throughout the years. >>, and lisa, thanks very much. what i would tell you, we've seen something incredibly significant. it's an opportunity for the ukrainians from a military and psychological warfare perspective. particularly if wagner's is out of ukraine. that could tip the fight in ukraine's favor. there is so much uncertainty regarding what is happening out there. mr. vladimir putin is still in power. his priority is staying in power. he sees a chang in his armor. now he wants to avoid a spark that weakens public opinion against him. that has gone into this notion of what happened over the weekend. there are

the head of the wegner group ordered troops to head towards moscow, but then ordered them back to theirases. we are following the story. reporter: mercenary group has reportedly ordered troops to retreat. they were going north towards moscow. a major oil depot exploding as troops advanced. military helicopters being fired on by wagner forces. putin warning >> it is the first time his control has been challenged. so's control has been weakened. reporter: but then his troops, less than 200 miles from moscow, announcing a halt, yevgeny prigozhin saying he wanted to avoid bloodshed. decision was negotiated by the belarusian president, a putin ally. an intelligence agency had opened a criminal case against yevgeny prigozhin, but charges quickly dropped. ukrainian troops pushing those occupying forces in the east and south of ukraine. a spokesperson for putin. >> given what we have seen happening in russia, do you believe we are at the beginning of the end of the war in ukraine? >> without a doubt it is the beginning of the end, for the problem is it could last for quite some time. we have to

president vladimir putin has broken his silence about saturday's aborted muni by mercenaries from the wegner group —— micro —— wagner group. but prigozhin, the man who met the mutiny, mr prigozhin said he had not tried to overthrow the government but was instead resisting attempts to bring the wagner group under control of the russian defence ministry. our russian correspondent reports. the last time we saw prigozhin, under a deal with the kremlin on saturday, the chief had pulled back his fighters in exchange for immunity from prosecution. and he agreed to move to belarus. it is not clear where he is now. belarus. it is not clear where he is "ow-— he is now. but today, mr prigozhin _ he is now. but today, mr prigozhin posted - he is now. but today, mr prigozhin posted this - he is now. but today, mr - prigozhin posted this message. he had tried to he did not try to overthrow the government he just wanted to stop wagner group from being disbanded and those made mistakes in the special military operation against ukraine. to reassert his authority, president putin had security chiefs at a late

ashley: the president was carrying a cheat sheet on the wegner rebellion but it was iraq.he shot down chinese spy balloon was using american technology. we have the details on that. do you know what bidenomics actually is? role it. >> you said you didn't know what bidenomics is. can you tell us today what is? >> president biden: first time i heard it used was you guys in the press. ashley: a new fox news poll shows the economy isn't mister biden's strong suits. david mcintosh will take that on next. ♪ ashley: this justin, the us supreme court has ruled on the affirmative-action case ruling against continued use of racial preferences in higher education policies. that the ruling. edward lawrence joins us to break it all down. >> reporter: justice john roberts wrote the decision saying it violates the fourteenth amendment, the equal protection under the fourteenth amendment for this and the supreme court striking down this case. this was brought against the university of north carolina and harvard university by two asian students on each case, students for fair admissions th

we know that the wegner group has agreed to go into exile, so the long-term application pretty uncertain. haidi: so much even with the sudden diffusing of the threat to vladimir putin's will, and russian officials have met with allies including in china and north korea i day after the mercenary group halted the advance toward moscow. that sudden turnaround being the biggest threat to president putin's grip on power for now, but let's you and sullivan who joins a set of -- bring you greg sullivan who joins us. we see calm and no great deal of communication from either side at this point. >> that is exactly where we stand. it was a dizzying weekend where the events were at time it will during, things developing quite quickly and all of the sudden we have a sudden calm it evolved. after the deal was announced and confirmed by the kremlin, we have seen a mostly solid gremlin since then. we have not seen president vladimir putin publicly since he gave his saturday tv address in which he called the group's actions treasonous. he is often boisterous in public, and he has been largely out of pub

francine: an advisor to ukrainian president zelenskyy says there have been no indications that the wegnerroup is retreating from conflict areas in the country. after leader yevgeny prigozhin agreed to go in exile. russian officials met with partners in china after day after prigozhin halted his advance to moscow. joining us to talk more about this is orysia lutsevych, debbie director of the eurasia program at chatham house. it is pretty incredible tournament fence. what do you think happens next in the war? is this an advantage for ukraine? orysia: what has happened was a challenge to russia's leadership. it has exposed the vulnerability of kremlin's system which is succession. this is something markets and experts are pondering. what comes in the moment of russia, when its leadership that seems invincible is challenged? obviously, this is an advantage to ukraine. partially because it's clear that president putin himself can't actually retreat from his position, which he did, between the statement he made and the deal they reached with prigozhin. it means for ukraine that it has to be arm

when the wegner group made its march on moscow, he loyally towed the line. >> i urge you to stop.he enemy is just waiting for the internal political situation to worsen in our country. >> question now is whether he knew more than he was letting on. >> retired brigadier general who served with the u.s. air force, i asked him whether putin has started cleaning house. >> i think the biggest surprise in this is we have not seen more harsh measures by putin. i think he's been detained and being investigated. what putin needs to do to reestablish his authority is something that is far more grandiose than just a couple of interrogations and the rest -- and arrests. i'm surprised we have not seen that in the last four days were so. >> if it is true that one of russia's top generals knew about the mutiny and did not try to stop her, what does that tell us about putin's grip on power here? >> if you're going to be an authoritarian, you need to have authority. it is interesting to see there are probably many that sympathize with the thoughts about frustration and how the war in ukraine has p

alex wegner, assistant secretary of the air force. again, thank you all for appearing here. under the secretary i understand you're going to deliver an opening statement on behalf of the first panel. is that right? then you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. chairwoman warren, ranking member scott, members of the subcommittee, then q for the opportunity to discuss the department of defense's greatest strength, our people. on behalf of the entire team i think the committee for your support of the 2.3 million active and reserve component service members and over 900,000 civilians who defend our nation and the families who serve alongside them. this year is a momentous year as the department celebrates the 75th anniversary of the order to integrate the armed forces as well as the 50th anniversary of the all volunteer force. both of these events are responsible for creating the most unrivaled fighting force in history. near the beginning of his tenure, secretary -- laid out three priorities to ensure our military is capable of defending against threats. taking care o

this hurts pertinent it helps ukrainians to some extent the wegner force will be weakened by this.s as well. >> here's former signature saint condoleezza rice on the channel earlier today. >> he really set this emotion by allowing this back and forth between goshen and the defense minister and the chief of the general staff. by allowing an armed militia within the state that was not controlled by the state. and then sending them off into ukraine and syria and other places taking advantage of their brutality but now, having them turn on him it's like frankenstein, doctor frankenstein having created this monster. >> frankenstein, the question is what comes next if pollutant does somehow go down? what does that look like? is it more dangerous for the us? >> it would be more dangerous if russian was a man in charge. he is a brutal man that's all about money willing to follow mercenaries to produce a different information form for the prussians that is been disrupted to the world. their impact on africa has been terrible. it's all about money. looking at pollutant, they're giving that s

the suspects fled the scene in first shot lieutenant james wegner during a confrontation in pennsylvaniaved was taken to an area hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries. as this was happening police say they were in contact which they said attempted to play a game of cat and mouse with negotiators trying to pinpoint his whereabouts. >> there were attempts to try and negotiate with him the phone calls from him providing a location and then he would not be there. he seemed to be setting our people up for potential ambush. >> troopers did eventually track the suspect onto the parking lot of a restaurant where there is a shootout between the two sides killing both stein and trooper jacques rougeau. in a process that will mentor the chaotic scene took this video you can hear dozens of shots being fired off in the distance, listen. i've let the shooting? >> i don't know. so much shooting. let's pennsylvania governor josh appear have this to say that tweet. he says quote i just left the hospital where the injured troopers being treated for pennsylvania state police commissioner chri

it is almost like they were tested this weekend with the rebellion i the wegner group.right. putin is facing the most dangerous moment he has faced any time in his presidency. his rule is at state -- stake and the fate of the war in ukraine is at stake. host: what you think russia might do in ukraine following this insurrection? guest: the biggest danger that putin faced was that elements of the russian military or intelligence services might throw their weight behind him. that is something he was counting on. i think that forced him to make a deal with putin to get out of the situation he has put himself in. the other danger was that the russian military would have to divert its attention and resources from the war in ukraine to try to deal with internal unrest in russia. that did not happen either because putin was able to orchestrate this settlement quickly. but i think this situation leaves him wounded politically. russians first and foremost look to their leader in the kremlin to maintain order inside russia. a lot of russians have got to be asking themselves today

the deployment of the wegner group in belarus does not pose a direct military threat to the europeanit can lead to the penetration of fighters into the countries of association with unknown goals. this potentially poses a threat. perhaps it will not be direct and military, but there will be a threat of an attempt to penetrate europe with unknown goals , it is necessary to strengthen the security of the border. latvian of course himself it seems to me that he does not fully understand what he is saying, but he is somewhere balancing on the verge of not being too much on the one hand. uh, it means to intimidate their fellow citizens, but on the other hand, they broadcast that somehow it comes to him that , in general, well, it didn’t become better and safer for them after the events that they uh applauded so much and this is just a continuation, but stories that, uh, when we were talking about kerry, how the world works, that here it is, because uh. well, here, they think it should be, and what if they chose, and here the other day, uh, one of the experts in the studio gave me a good t

the infighting thatis, distrust as well as the infighting that is, between these two forces, the wegner and months. what does that mean for the _ the coming days and months. what does that mean for the forces? up and see them weekend and will be watching all of this and what could play out? watching all of this and what could -la out? ., , , watching all of this and what could -la out? . , , ., play out? perhaps, if their leader now is gone _ play out? perhaps, if their leader now is gone and _ play out? perhaps, if their leader now is gone and they _ play out? perhaps, if their leader now is gone and they pretty - play out? perhaps, if their leader| now is gone and they pretty much rallied around their leader and we do not know what was going to step forward and lead to now put the new leader of this organisation has been around for a while and fought in 2014 and they fought in syria and africa they have a lot of experience, a lot of professionals within that organisation but they also have prisoners within that organisation as well and so, we do not know will happen over the coming da

the key point when it comes to wegner today is they have now decided or agreed according to the russian mod to hand over their weapons. vladimir putin yesterday said either you joined the russian army or you go to belarus or just go home. yesterday, the defense minister was back in the picture so the objects around this is this is now the russian army and they will deal with the operation in ukraine. the plot up -- the problem for putin is wagner has operated better than the russian army in ukraine. tom: we will go to anne-marie porter and and little bit. h --ordern and a little bit. i love your note which goes to the heart of my thesis for 2023 which is corporations will adjust to the cards they are dealt. you talk about a new corporation, a new constituency. our corporations adjusting to 2023 and the potential recession? >> i believe they are. they are certainly not holding the cards they once were during the globalization move we had had from 1980 through 2012. what we are finding is that their clout in congress is not as strong as they had in the past. we see that with activision an

along with what secretary wegner mentioned, we aren't looking up as i am bringing my lengths of this and thinking about all of the complaints that i have heard over the years from service members. and a lot of it is that it's too hard to serve in many instances, that's what i keep hearing. it's modernizing these systems. we have a post industrial personal system. and it's those annoying things, right. that people are sort of working through. and we want to make sure that we do not lose people because of those annoying things. so that we can bolster and keep that retention piece high. as we tried to bridge this gap, across the civil-military divide on the recruit side. >> thank you. chairwoman. >> senator blumenthal, i'm promoting your today. -- you today. senator blumenthal. >> thank you. secretary parker, i had a discussion with secretary cisneros, i don't know if you're in the room. but you know i asked about the failures on the uss washington in particular, xavier sandor. a connecticut family from elsewhere in the united states, there have others -- and others they committed suici

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wegner. >> i think you mr. chairman, and i think you, sec., for your service and time today. mr. secretary, yesterday the house passed the taiwan measurements implementation act. this is my bipartisan legislation i worked on with mrt requires the state department to provide robust reporting on an engagement with taiwan and ask askedthat the u.s. remove self-imposed barriers to engagement. i am urging my colleagues in the senate to take up my legislation and send it to the president's desk so we can work towards tangible and sustained progress in the u.s. and taiwan relationship. the united states must demonstrate resolute and unflinching support for this important democratic partner as it faces increased bullying and coercion by the people's republic of china. in the meantime, i hope that you will help us understand how the state department's budget will lose this critical partnership in the right direction because i am worried frankly that states current approaches are overly concerned with avoiding even the slightest chance of offending beijing. mr. sec., i hope that we can all

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