as the pentagon continues to, shall ukraine's military with money and weapons, the u. s. inspector general say that he's on high alert for any security issues within the thousands of contracts with keith. we have developed a universe of thousands of ukraine related contracts that come in under $2000000.00 each. that's more than $7800.00 contracts valued at a combined $2200000000.00. yet nato officials said that the tracking unsecure to system should be tested, concerns of grown over the ukranian arms accounting system on the fidelity of key as governments, after some weapons have reported, they found their way onto the dock web, where ukrainian trade is also not only small arms, but javelin anti tank systems on phoenix and ghost drones. previously, your report warned that some of these weapons might be smuggled into the u. regarding the war in ukraine. euro pole has warned that the proliferation of firearms explosives in ukraine could lead to an increase in weapons and munitions trafficked into you. this threat might even be higher once the conflict has ended. earlier

and according to declassified pentagon documents obtained by the new york times in 2021. a lot of that has to do with flawed intelligence and trigger happy drone operators. the truth of documents, the military's own confidential assessments of more than 1300 reports of civilian casualties, lays bare how the air war has been marked by deeply flawed intelligence rushed and often imprecise targeting on the deaths of thousands of civilians. many of them children, i shan't contrast to the american governments image of war, waged by all seeing drones and precision bombs. all things considered at least the pentagon has somewhat of a plan to ease the suffering of those unlucky enough to accidentally walk into american cross hairs. right. while human rights groups aren't 100 percent on board . for the past 20 years, we have been saying the exact same thing he has never happened. then all of this sudden secretary austin says ok, we're going to do this and all of those things. most of those things that we wanted to have been saying for 20 years on this plan. we have been hoping that

talk to ease tensions on site to continue with the pentagon caves into criticism over its deadly drawn strikes on civilians and pledges to simply reduce the number of deaths from its bombings of other kinds. class pakistan declines. a state of emergency rewards being called the was humanitarian, dissolved out of the decade. of 1900 people die in devastating floods with welcome to you. this is asi international. with the latest world news update. it's good to have you with us. and we start with the latest on ukraine as rush as defense, ministry has condemned what it calls caves, ongoing nuclear terrorism. as over the shelling of those apples, g, a power plant in southern ukraine, which is controlled by russia. moscow say the stations territory has been bombarded by ukrainian forces 3 times in just the past 24 hours with radioactive waste sizes . nuclear feel storage warehouse is in the line of fire. despite several shell sporting in the area, the radiation level is said to be under control with the russian staff at the facility handling all the necessary maintenance across in don't bass

and according to declassified pentagon documents obtained by the new york times in 2021. a lot of that has to do with flawed intelligence and trigger happy drone operators. the truth documents, the military's own confidential assessments of more than 1300 reports of civilian casualties, lays bare how the air war has been marked by deeply flawed. intelligence rushed and often in precise targeting on the deaths of thousands of civilians. many of them children, i shall contrast to the american governments image of war, waged by all seeing drones and precision bombs. all things considered at least the pentagon has somewhat of a plan to ease the suffering of those unlucky enough to accidentally walk into american cross hairs. right. while human rights groups aren't 100 percent on board . for the past 20 years, we have been saying the exact same thing he has never happened. then all of this sudden secretary austin says ok, we're going to do this and all of those things. most of those things that we wanted to have been saying for 20 years on this plan. we have been hoping that t

to continue with the pentagon caves into criticism over its deadly drones flying song, civilians and pledges to simply reduce the number of deaths from it's coming from other countries. that pakistan declared a state of emergency either was being called the worst humanitarian disaster. the decade, often more than 900 people die and devastating floods with malcolm asi international with the latest world news update is good to happy with us. and we start this out with some news coming in from north africa. at least 7 people have reportedly being killed. i'm 30 wounded after clashes wrapped in libya's capital ah, intense fighting grow cows in tripoli, early on saturday with rival militia groups reportedly exchanging heavy gunfire. according to local media, the clashes were initiated by one of the libyan capital, strongest armed functions as rival force is life of power in the north african country. when it says that the nearby house is anne's cause we're badly damaged. the not the latest on the conflict in ukraine with russia's defense ministry condemning what a cause keeps on going nuc

and according to declassified pentagon documents obtained by the new york times in 2021. a lot of that has to do with flawed intelligence and trigger happy drone operators. the truth documents, the military's own confidential assessments of more than 1300 reports of civilian casualties, lays bare how the air war has been marked by deeply flawed intelligence rushed and often imprecise targeting on the deaths of thousands of civilians. many of them children, a sharp contrast to the american governments image of war, waged by all seeing drones and precision bombs. all things considered at least the pentagon has somewhat of a plan to ease the suffering of those unlucky enough to accidentally walk into american cross hairs. right. while human rights groups aren't 100 percent on board . for the past 20 years, we have been saying the exact same thing he has never happened. then all of this sudden secretary austin says ok, we're going to do this and all of those things. most of those things that we wanted to have been saying for 20 years on this plan. we have been hoping that the

president alexander views, which announced the movers talks to ease tensions on that to continue with the pentagon caves into criticism over its deadly drone strikes on civilians and pledges to simply reduce the number of deaths from its bombings of other countries . with moscow step stop is the military on human italian aids to the central african republic with the locals. now also gearing up to learn the russian language . i think it's very good to learn a 3rd language. it's an opportunity, seeing the joint efforts of russia without government, people from central africa, want russia to stay. as russia strengthens this position and especially in africa, change will come with a very welcome. this is nancy international with the latest world news update is good to have you with us. and we stopped at the latest on ukraine as rush as defense, ministry has condemned what it calls keeps on going nuclear terrorism. instead of the shelling of his approach, she a nuclear power plant in southern ukraine, which is controlled by russia and moscow stays the stations. territory has been bombarded by ukrainian

former pentagon chief of staff. according to a federal court filing, the pentagon and the army said that when an employee leeves the pentagon and turns in their phone, the phone is wiped and text messages from around the attack were, quote, not preserved and, therefore, could not be searched. the government watchdog group american oversight sued for the records and is asking attorney general merrick garland to open an investigation into the pentagon's failure. senate judiciary committee chair dick durbin has also called on garland to investigate wiped texts from the cbs seek and the department of homeland security. the investigation into missing secret service texts is now a criminal investigation. top democrats want the trump-appointed dhs inspector general to step aside from that investigation since he knew about the erased texts months, months he told congress. joining me now is former white house chief ethics lawyer during the george w. bush administration and professor of law at the university of minnesota and

the pentagon had also sheltered several german, fascist. the removal of nazi criminals from the country was code named operation paperclip. it were thousands overall by one estimate as many as 10000. not just the scientist, the scientists totaled about 1600 or more. but there were also concentration camp guards from load of medium levels. there were even carboned dance at concentration camps or who in eastern europe. nazis really of all stripes, from scientists to spies who worked for the cia. ah eric little blue, an american journalist and pulitzer prize winner wrote the nazis next door, a book revealing the harrowing story of how america became a safe haven for thousands of nazi criminals. i think a lot of this is it was really a stain on the united states. it was a shameful period in which we allowed thousands and thousands of nazi persecutors who we had just defeated. we had just gone to war. we had lost just lost on hundreds of thousands of menu and you asked ah ah, the tokyo tribunal began on may the 3rd 1946. by this time, churchill

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have denied that the pentagon is linked to bio labs in the country. ah, the me. since 2018, under order number 928, issued by ukraine's ministry of health international pharmaceutical companies have had access to the country's hospital patients as a testing ground, including children special safety measures in the handling of hazardous microorganisms are very expensive. it's a lot cheaper and easier to conduct that kind of research in countries where lives are of low value to the usa. the west, of course, does not care about the lives or the conditions of the ukraine or the population. it is also been historically either by people like adolf hitler and the german world war 2 strategic plans for defeating russia. ukraine was rich with oil and it was always i'd as a natural resource area that could be utilized. most of these to be was, would assume usually when we do it, we could do it was due to cost as well as the police. but then you where you can use cost as opposed to you and then you could use to paper. of course, when you, when you but the nation, yes, it's

and according to declassified pentagon documents obtained by the new york times and 2021. a lot of that has to do with flawed intelligence and trigger happy drone operators. the truth document, the military's own confidential assessments of more than 1300 reports of civilian casualties, lays bare how the air war has been marked by deeply flawed intelligence rushed and often imprecise targeting on the deaths of thousands of civilians. many of them children, i shall contrast to the american governments image of war, waged by all seeing drones and precision bombs. all things considered at least the pentagon has somewhat of a plan to ease the suffering of those unlucky enough to accidentally walk into american cross hairs. right. while human rights groups aren't 100 percent on board . for the past 20 years, we have been saying the exact same thing he has never happened. then all of this sudden secretary austin says ok, we're going to do this and all of those things. most of those things that we wanted to have been saying for 20 years, i'm this plan. we have been hoping that th

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have denied that the pentagon is linked to bio labs in the country. ah, ah. since 2018, under order number 928, issued by ukraine's ministry of health international pharmaceutical companies have had access to the country's hospital patients as a testing ground, including children special safety measures in the handling of hazardous microorganisms are very expensive. it's a lot cheaper and easier to conduct that kind of research in countries where lives are of low value to the usa. the west, of course, does not care about the lives or the conditions of the ukraine or the population. it is also been historically i'd by people like adolf hitler and the german world war 2 strategic plans for defeating russia. ukraine was rich with oil and it was always i'd as a natural resource area that could be utilized. most of these to be was, would assume usually when we do it, we could do it and it's good as well as the police. but then you know where you can, you can course, that's what it is. but then, you know, you could take a look at when you, when you, but don't let u

the pentagon had also sheltered several german, fascist. the removal of nancy criminals from the country was code named operation paperclip. there were thousands overall by one estimate as many as 10000. not just the scientist, the scientists total about $1600.00 or more. but there were also concentration camp guards from low to medium levels. there were even carboned dance at concentration camps or who in eastern europe, nazis really of all stripes, from scientists to spies who worked for the cia. ah eric little blow, an american journalist and pulitzer prize winner wrote the nazis next door, a book revealing the harrowing story of how america became a safe haven for thousands of nazi criminals. i think a lot of this is it was really a stain on the united states. it was a shameful period in which we allowed thousands and thousands of not see persecutors who we are just to feed it. we are just gone to war. we had lost just lost hundreds of thousands of men in battle and then allowed the them in despite their obvious ties to, to war crimes a

the pentagon had also sheltered several german, fascist. the removal of nazi criminals from the country was code named operation paperclip. it were thousands overall by one estimate as many as 10000. not just the scientist, the scientists totaled about 1600 or more. but there were also concentration camp guards from low to medium levels. there were even carboned dance at concentration camps or who in eastern europe, nazis really of all stripes, from scientists to spies who worked for the cia. ah eric little blow, an american journalist and pulitzer prize winner wrote the nazis next door, a book revealing the harrowing story of how america became a safe haven for thousands of nazi criminals. i think a lot of this is it was really a stain on the united states. it was a shameful period in which we allowed thousands and thousands of nazi persecutors who we had just defeated. we had just gone to war. we had lost just lost hundreds of thousands of men in battle and then allowed the them in despite their obvious ties to, to war crimes and persecut

it is coming from the pentagon. this is military money. the state department will certainly put something out. it will be more, i understand, around congratulating ukraine on its independence day and stepping up the criticism of russia. we have another big, international story going on. if there is a briefing, i would lead the briefing with the iran nuclear negotiations. that said, this package for ukraine is significant. it is a big deal and it is extremely important. host: matthew lee, diplomatic writer with the associated press. you can follow him @ap whether he's running for president in 2024, saying he was focused on supporting candidates in the 2022 middle terms. >> you don't need any introduction. i'm going to introduce vice president pence to the iowa state fair, the greatest of all the state fairs. but he doesn't need an introduction to that because he's been here and he knows how great our state fair is but i want to thank him and compliment him because he's come to

have denied that the pentagon is linked to bio labs in the country. ah, ah. since 2018 under order number 928, issued by ukraine's ministry of health. international pharmaceutical companies have had access to the country's hospital patients as a testing ground, including children. special safety measures in the handling of hazardous microorganisms are very expensive. it's a lot cheaper and easier to conduct that kind of research in countries where lives are of low value to the usa. the west, of course, does not care about the lives or the conditions of the ukraine or the population. it is also been historically either by people like adolf hitler and the german world war 2 strategic plans for defeating russia. ukraine was rich with oil and it was always i'd as a natural resource area that could be utilized. most of us would have few missing when we do it, we could do it was due to cost as well as the police. but then you know, we need to list and you can course that's what it is. but then, you know, you could take a look at when you, when you, but don't let us

so the pentagon has received the money and the pentagon and its contractors are shipping their materials pretty much as soon as they can over to ukraine. but it's not really connected. i don't think to a strategy as much as it is a domestic spending program. none of what the u. s. is providing will assist in any reclaiming of territory. it's simply, in fact, increasingly is defensive on what's left of ukraine. and i think as long as there's money to be made between the ukranian elite and the, the military industrial establishment in the united states and, and some of the other european countries as long as money is, is it long as this war is profitable? it's going to continue for them, so they're not going to acknowledge anything. this is the, your parker see is astounding. here. i think in many ways ah, turkey is threatening to scrap an agreement that would let finland and sweden join nato. a stock home as not time today for to anchor a single person involved in terrorist activities, but instead extradited a man convicted of credit card fraud. if they think that by extra adding ordinary

. >>> the pentagon wiped the phones at the end of the trump admini administration. i'll get reaction from a member of the january 6th select committee. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, wolf blitzer is off, i'm pamela brown and you're in "the situation room." ♪ we begin with house speaker nancy pelosi's controversial trip to taiwan and the added strain it's putting on already tense u.s. relations with china. cnn selina wang has a report from beijing. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi staying overnight in taiwan, ignoring relentless warnings from beijing that there would be grave consequences. speaker pelosi touching down in taipei just before 11:00 p.m. local time, becoming the most senior u.s. official to visit taiwan in 25 years. but the high-stakes, high-risk visit also comes at a delicate moment for u.s./china relations. speaker pelosi expected to meet the taiwanese president and members of parliament on wednesday in an op-ed she wrote, we cannot stand by as the ccp proceeds to threaten taiwan and democracy itself. by

so a stern statement coming today from the pentagon. >> oren lieberman at the pentagon, thank you so much. also, the death toll from russia's attack on a train station in ukraine has risen to 25, including two children. that's according to ukrainian officials. while russia's defense ministry is claiming to have killed more than 200 ukrainian soldiers in the same attack. cnn cannot independently verify russia's claim. meanwhile, the power line to the russian controlled power nuclear plant in zaporizhzhia, ukraine has been cut off twice today because of nearby fires. all of the reactors at the plant remain disconnected from the power grid now. cnn's sam kylie has more on a region on edge. >> reporter: a test for radioactive fallout. it's an essential ritual repeated several times a day. it's safe for now. but the war and the shelling that puts this city on the frontline of a potential nuclear disaster continues. the pattern over the last month is that this city has been hit mostly at night. in the last week, the locals are telling us there's been regular attacks during the daytime. mor

and i think the pentagon is quite concerned about it. there is no defense against it. and if you have a submarine launch right off the coast that your, your reaction time is going to be virtually nil. we're talking here about conventional weapons or are they able to be armed as nuclear capable muscles that the 0 con is new killer capable. and that makes it even more intriguing it's, it's initially going to be developed for ship and for submarines. it is developed for those, but it is still under development from land. so it basically makes the ballistic missile obsolete. in fact, this missile would probably be much faster in terms of velocity in terms of velocity. and then then even a ballistic missile. so this is quite a formidable weapon. you mentioned that there is no defense against them. certainly with no thing that not the united states and the european countries have such weapons. how does it affect the balance of power to it? affects it tremendously. that's why i said at the start that this has gotta be looked at as a political, as well as a military's problem

so the pentagon has received the money and the pentagon and its contractors are shipping the materials pretty much as soon as they can over to ukraine. but it's not really connected. i don't think to a strategy as much as it is a domestic spending program. none of what the u. s. is providing will assist in any reclaiming of territory. it's simply, in fact, increasingly is defensive on what's left of ukraine. and i think as long as there's money to be made between the ukranian elite and the, the military industrial establishment in the united states and, and some of the other european countries as long as money is, is it long as this war is profitable? it's going to continue for them, so they're not going to acknowledge anything. this is the policy is astounding. here, i think in many ways another example of hi marcy hughes occurred in the don bass city of bethel. darcy, however, a western report has a completely different take on the shelling. the daily mail published a video claiming that the recent shelling of svetlana darcy was carried out by russia. yet the people in the footage it

vets poisoned by the pentagon's use of toxic and pets in iraq and afghanistan. we will talk about the impact of these burn pits on both u.s. vets and on a rackis -- iraqis. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "waiting for the crisis" by kate fagan. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. sent republicans reversed themselves again and passed a bill to say not with democrats to aid u.s. veterans poisoned by toxic waste from u.s. military burn pits in iraq and afghanistan. the measure would require the department of veterans affairs to remove the burden of proof from vets who say their health problems are linked to the pentagon's use of these burn pits. expanding health care and benefits to some 3.5 million former u.s. service members exposed to the burning toxic waste. the legislation passed with a bipartisan vote of 86 to 11. just days after senate republicans last week blocked the bill known as the packed act, triggering outrage for military veterans and supporters who led around-the-clock prote

jennifer griffin has more on that warning from the pentagon. hi, jennifer. >> the pentagon says this is an urgent national security issue. five years ago, panama under pressure from beijing shifted their long-term policy of recognizing taiwan. severed ties and now only recognizes china. a hong kong-based company book and took control of two ports on either end of the panama canal. america's general issued this warning two weeks ago. >> worry about -- they look like civilian companies, state-owned enterprises that could be used for duel use. could be quickly changed over to a military capability because they needed that, too. looks like agai -- >> 6% of the world's commerce passes through the canal. 66% of cargo that passes through the panama canal. 5.16 million tons of goods passed through the waterway this year alone. a recent report raised alarm bells about china's rising influence on america's door step. >> martha: china's increase interest in panama is something that the united states has to pay attention to. we had a conflict in the south

jon, what's the pentagon saying about this tonight? pentagon is saying, essentially, that it is standard operating procedure to erase cell phones when an employee stops working for the department of defense. this all came about because a group called american oversight sued to get access to these text messages and was told there are none because, quote, when an s plso presee s f communications, which are then stor it is unclear how text messages on government-issued cell phones would not be included in that, especially messages sent in and around such an historically significant date as january 6th. linsey? >> so many questions there. jon, thank you. >>> next tonight, critical primaries under way in arizona, michigan, missouri, kansas, and washington state. former president trump's influence is being put to the test, endorsing several so-called election deniers. republican candidates who support his false claims of a stolen election. and targeting republicans who voted for his impeachment. abc's whit johnson is in arizona. >> reporter:

jon, what's the pentagon saying about this tonight? >> reporter: linsey, the pentagon is saying, essentially, that it is standard operating procedure to erase cell phones when an employee stops working for the department of defense. this all came about because a group called american oversight sued to get access to these text messages and was told there are none because, quote, when an employee separates from d.o.d. or army, he or she turns in the government-issued phone and the phone is wiped. but linsey, there is a federal law called the federal records act, which requires federal employees to preserve their communications, which are then stored in the national archives. it is unclear how text messages on government-issued cell phones would not be included in that, especially messages sent in and around such an historically significant date as january 6th. linsey? >> so many questions there. jon, thank you. >>> next tonight, critical primaries under way in arizona, michigan, missouri, kansas, and washington state. former president tr

thank you for having me on, david and, yes, in retrospect, having been in the pentagon when it was hit by 0sama having been in the pentagon when it was hit by osama bin laden, it is pretty personal and termination of ayman al—zawahiri is a very significant event, from my perspective. it highlights the fact that terrorist leaders will ultimately be held accountable for their actions. it is not the first time that has been an attempt to remove him, ifi has been an attempt to remove him, if i can lose that sort of language. —— use. are you surprised at the timing? hat surprised at the timing? not reall . it surprised at the timing? iirrt really. it highlights a couple of things that generally get assumed or taken for granted. the first one, it demonstrated the value of airpower with global reach and precision, as well as the excellent intelligence in the precise targeting that went into this event. his whereabouts had long been a mystery so i am sure ayman al—zawahiri's followers took lessons from 0sama ayman al—zawahiri's followers took lessons from osama bin laden �*s hiding

. >> next, a news conference at the pentagon on announcing that ukraine will receive $2.9 billion in new military aid. the announcement came on the six month mark of the russian invasion as well as ukraine's independence day. this runs about 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. >> it is good to be back with you again. last night at president biden's direction u.s. military forces conducted precision airstrikes in eastern syria. our forces accomplished their mission of destroying several infrastructure facilities used by groups used by iran's irgc to protect u.s. personnel in syria, the targets of several recent attacks by several iranian backed militia groups including the most recent ones on august 15. our response was proportionate and precise, designed to minimize the risk of casualties. it responded to the nature of the attacks by iran backed militia groups. that being said, we cannot accept further attacks on our personnel. this operation is a demonstration that the u.s. will not hesitate to defend itself against iranian and iran backed aggression where it occurs. now, nazmi turned to

the pentagon's suggested that 10 switchblade 600s we're going to be going into ukraine. have any of those arrived in theater. and will this package include any switch 600. >> yes. so this package doesn't, it includes uh puma us systems and then also some additional parts for scan eagle. um but it does not include switchblade 600 as it relates to the actual delivery of the switchblade. i'll have to get back to you. i don't have that information in front of me. you had a question on taiwan, >> we've seen this week that the p. l. a. is still maintaining an aggressive tempo. um flying close to taiwan has the pentagon seen any indications that this is going to slow down? and should we view this as the new normal over in taiwan at the taiwan strait? yeah, so ouressment, i mean i think we're still we'll still have to see what settles out and what the new normal looks like. i'll tell you what we've seen thus far. um the tempo of their activities is less than it was in the immediate aftermath of speaker pelosi's visit, but it's still higher than historical norms. uh and they have

. >> next, a news conference at the pentagon announced in ukraine will receive 2.9 billion dollars in new military aid. the announcement came on the six-month mark of the russian invasion as well as ukraine's independence day. this runs about 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. >> it is good to be back with you again. last night at president biden's direction u.s. military forces conducted precision airstrikes in eastern syria. our forces accomplished their mission of destroying several infrastructure facilities used by groups used by iran's irgc to protect u.s. personnel in syria, the targets of several recent attacks by several iranian backed militia groups including the most recent ones on august 15. our response was proportionate and precise, designed to minimize the risk of casualties. it responded to the nature of the attacks by iran backed militia groups. that being said, we cannot accept further attacks on our personnel. this operation is a demonstration that the u.s. will not hesitate to defend itself against iranian and iran backed aggression where it occurs. now, nazmi turned to

so we saw across the world we saw in washington, knew the pentagon had no idea this was happening. however, what the us learned the hard way was i just because it spent nearly $90000000000.00 training. the afghan defense and security forces did not mean that their army of around $300000.00 would be able to take on the taliban without the u. s. military there to support them. and yes, that's despite the claims made by the biden administration, that they just needed to strengthen their unity and political will in order to succeed. ultimately, the african national security defense versus had the equipment numbers and training to fight back they of what they need. what they need to determine is if they have the political will to fight back. and if they have the ability to unite as a, as leaders to fight back, and that's really where it stands at this point. as it turned out, the 20 year long reliance on the u. s. military proved to be much more than the white house expected. and after they were abandoned by their allies, the will of the afghan forces to attempt to fight back against th

half of all of that money goes directly into the pentagon. so the pentagon has received the money and then i got and its contractors are shipping the materials pretty much as soon as they can over to ukraine. but it's not really connected. i don't think to a strategy as much as it is a domestic spending program. none of what the u. s. is providing will assist in any reclaiming of territory. it's simply, in fact, increasingly is defensive on what's left of ukraine. and i think as long as there's money to be made between the ukranian elite and the, the military industrial establishment in the united states. and, and some of the other european countries as long as money is, is it long as this war is profitable? it's going to continue for them, so they're not going to acknowledge anything. this is the parker see, is astounding. here. i think in many ways another example of hi marcy hughes occurred in the don bass city of smith law. darcy, however, a western report has a completely different take on the shelling. the daily mail published a video c

so we saw across the world we saw in washington, knew the pentagon had no idea this was happening. however, what the us learn the hard way was that just because it spent nearly $90000000000.00 training, the afghan defensive security forces did not mean that their army of around $300000.00 would be able to take on the taliban without the u. s. military there to support them. and yes, that's despite the claims made by the biden administration, that they just needed to strengthen their unity and political will in order to succeed. ultimately, the african national security defense versus had the equipment numbers and training to fight back. they have what they need, what they need to determine is if they have the political will to fight back. and if they have the ability to unite as a, as leaders to fight back. and that's really where it stands at this point. as it turned out, the 20 year long reliance on the u. s. military proved to be much more than the white house expected. and after they were abandoned by their allies, the will of the afghan forces to attempt to fight back against

half of all of that money goes directly into the pentagon. so the pentagon has received the money and then i got and its contractors are shipping the materials pretty much as soon as they can over to ukraine. but it's not really connected. i don't think to a strategy as much as it is a domestic spending program. none of what the u. s. is providing will assist in any reclaiming of territory. it's simply, in fact, increasingly is defensive on what's left of ukraine. and i think as long as there's money to be made between the ukranian elite and the, the military industrial establishment in the united states and, and some of the other european countries as long as money is, is it long as this war is profitable? it's going to continue for them, so they're not going to acknowledge anything. this is the poker see is astounding here. i think in many ways another example of hi marcy hughes occurred in the don bass city of smith law. darcy, however, a western report has a completely different take on the shelling. the daily mail published a video claim

so the pentagon has received the money and the pentagon and its contractors are shipping the materials pretty much as soon as they can over to ukraine. but it's not really connected. i don't think to a strategy as much as it is a domestic spending program. none of what the u. s. is providing will assist in any reclaiming of territory. it's simply, in fact, increasingly is defensive on what's left of ukraine. and i think as long as there's money to be made between the ukranian elite and the, the military industrial establishment in the united states and, and some of the other european countries as long as money is, is it long as this war is profitable? it's going to continue for them, so they're not going to acknowledge anything. this is, your policy is astounding. here. i think in many ways another example of hi marcy hughes occurred in the don bass city of smith le darcy. however, it western report has a completely different take on the shelling. the daily mail published a video claiming that the shelling of smithville darcy was carried out by russia. yet the people in the footage its

then probably the odd pentagon slash whitehouse would step in. but how step in with advice with telling the speaker of the house this is not right, this is not good and you are endangering. actively engaging life. this is here not the case. it is not the case that miss philosophy made this decision to go. finally decided to go to taipei and advice. there were conversations between pentagon, whitehouse and the staff off the speaker of the house all through the last few weeks and month and yes, she was told the white house wouldn't advise on her. go in there, but i didn't went so far then go so far that anybody told her your should really not go because you are endangering the lives of americans or other or, or taiwanese or, or would wretched up. for example, a conflict with china, that is not the case here. and cabby was also very clear that this does not change the u. s. position on the one china policy. so where does that leave things well, on the, from the perspective of the americas are from this side here, at least with the hope that the chin

barbara, you're at the pentagon for us. so what are the military and national security implications here? >> well, look, wolf, in the last year since the u.s. pulled out of afghanistan and the taliban tack over. there has not been a lot of public attention to the security picture inside of that country. but make no mistake, the u.s. intelligence community, the u.s. military has been watching inside of afghanistan intently to the best that they can with no troops and no aircraft on the ground. what they have said for the last several months is they see evidence, intelligence that al qaeda and isis are regrouping inside of afghanistan and are on the rise again. so, this is something that the intelligence community, especially when it comes to al qaeda, of course, has been watching very closely. how could this strike, if you will, this mission against a significant al qaeda target have taken place. well, almost certainly, wolf, it was done by an air strike, not by the u.s. military. the other government agency that carries out

this new revelation involving the pentagon. in court filings a watchdog group american oversight said it had tried to get the records of officials including former acting secretary of defense kris miller, former chief of staff kash pa tell and ryan mccarthy. there's no suggestion the officials themselves erased the records. d.o.d. and army conveyed to plaintiff that when an employee separates from d.o.d. or army, he or she turns in the gove government-issued phone and the phone is wiped. the text messages were not preserved those not with the agency still and cannot be searched. it's possible particular text messages could have been saved into other record systems such as email. a short time ago january 6th committee member zoe lofgren called it concerning. joined by andrew mccabe, former deputy director of the fbi. i'm wondering what your reaction is to this news, especially coming on the heels of similar revelations about the secret service and the department of homeland security. >> so anderson, you know, we are now looking

so we saw across the world we saw in washington, knew the pentagon had no idea this was happening. however, what the us learned the hard way was that just because it spent nearly $90000000000.00 training, the afghan defense and security forces did not mean that their army of around $300000.00 would be able to take on the taliban without the u. s. military there to support them. and yes, that's despite the claims made by the, by an administration that they just needed to strengthen their unity and political will in order to succeed. ultimately, the african national security defense versus have the equipment numbers and training to fight back. they have what they need, what they need to determine is if they have the political will to fight back. and if they have the ability to unite as a, as leaders to fight back. and that's really where it stands at this point. as it turned out, the 20 year long reliance on the u. s. military proved to be much more than the white house expected. and after they were abandoned by their allies, the will of the afghan forces to attempt to fight back aga

half of all of that money goes directly into the pentagon. so the pentagon has received the money and the bank on and its contractors are shipping their materials pretty much as soon as they can over to ukraine. but it's not really connected. i don't think to a strategy as much as it is a domestic spending program, none of what the u. s. is providing will assist in any reclaiming of territory. it's simply, in fact, increasingly is defensive on what's left of ukraine. and i think as long as there's money to be made between the ukranian elite and the, the military industrial establishment in the united states and, and some of the other european countries as long as money is, is it long as this war is profitable? it's going to continue for them, so they're not going to acknowledge anything. this is the parker see, is astounding here. i think in many ways ah, turkey is threatening to scrap an agreement that will let finland and sweden join nato. a stock car has not handed over to encore, a single person involved in terrorist activities, but inste

been running the one scott to, although that claims firmly rejected by the pentagon, live reaction on coming off with us out for 8 in the evening in nairobi in bucharest. and here in moscow this wednesday august the 31st welcome to the news lock on arthur. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev. house died. the 91 year old passed away in moscow central hospital after a prolonged illness. let's take a look through his legacy now in our special coverage here on our team. the who's mikhail gorbachev. overhaul the soviet union foreign policy by introducing the new political thinking doctrine, which thought relations with the west and brought up by the end of the costly cold war. gorbachev called for the world to be seen as united, interdependent, instead of divided into communist capitalist countries. though he saw the balance of interests of different nations as a way of solving international problems. universal values had to be recognised above all others, whether they be religious or national. the soviet leader also wanted to see the world free from all nuclear weapons

there are ongoing lessons learned here in the pentagon and elsewhere in the government. there has obviously been media coverage, that secretary austen commissioned out a number of months ago. that review is completed. it remains classified and the secretary is looking at it. when we have more to report on the status of that, we will. i do think it is an obligation to look not just at the final days of a -- afghanistan but 20 years of the conference. it is important to the white house and members of congress and i hope to the do v -- degree it's possible, we try and take that assessment out of politics and the desire to score points, and just reflect on the lessons from america's strongest war. let me conclude on this. the fundamental driver of the president's decision to complete the withdrawal from afghanistan under the doha agreement was a recognition that america's strategic priorities had shifted and united states had to prioritize the pacing challenge posed by the people's republic of china, that we had to be prepared to focus most on the threat to european security

the pentagon had been considering leisure time realty advisors war against withdrawn on this timeline. they wanted to keep about 2500 to know they did. that was split, though that wasn't true. and it wasn't just the u. s. the u. k. foreign office admitted last month and it made a number of mistakes in its own exit from the country and quit it on that list was the fact that the u. k. foreign secretary at the time was on holiday and didn't take the afghan foreign ministers call when he reached out for help with with the benefit of hindsight, of course, it's easy to say, but i wouldn't have gone on holiday, let alone. and we've come home on the government for you as had been propping up for nearly 2 decades, was also supported by an embassy that housed around 4000 diplomats contractors and staff who provided a false sense of confidence even though they were relying on the intent security provided by the u. s. military. but then again, they didn't invade afghanistan looking to learn about the country. instead, the mission they claim to half was to force american values on the people. and

you know, the pentagon had no idea this was happening. but for people who signed up to serve their nation, they're now looking at their commander in chief as a national disgrace is a national nightmare. however, what the us learn the hard way with that, just because it spent nearly $90000000000.00 training, the afghan defense and security forces did not mean that their army of around $300000.00 would be able to take on the taliban without the u. s. military there to support them. and yes, that's despite the claims made by the biden administration, that they just needed to strengthen their unity and political will in order to succeed. ultimately, the african national security defense versus had the equipment numbers and training to fight back. they have what they need, what they need to determine is if they have the political will to fight back. and if they have the ability to unite as a, as leaders to fight back. and that's really where it stands at this point. as it turned out, the 20 year long reliance on the u. s. military proved to be

so we saw across the world we saw in washington, knew the pentagon had no idea this was happening. however, what the us learn the hard way was that just because it spent nearly $90000000000.00 training, the afghan defensive security forces did not mean that their army of around $300000.00 would be able to take on the taliban without the u. s. military there to support them. and yes, that's despite the claims made by the biden administration, that they just needed to strengthen their unity and political will in order to succeed. ultimately, the african national security defends versus had the equipment, numbers and training to fight back. they have what they need, what they need to determine is if they have the political will to fight back. and if they have the ability to unite as a, as leaders to fight back. and that's really where it stands at this point. as it turned out, the 20 year long reliance on the u. s. military proved to be much more than the white house expected. and after they were abandoned by their allies, the will of the afghan forces to attempt to fight back against

you know, the pentagon had no idea this was happening. however, what the us learned the hard way was that just because it spent nearly $90000000000.00 training, the afghan defense and security forces did not mean that their army of around $300000.00 would be able to take on the taliban without the u. s. military there to support them. and yes, that's despite the claims made by the biden administration, that they just needed to drinks and their unity and political will in order to succeed. ultimately, the african national security defense versus had the equipment numbers and training to fight back. they have what they need, what they need to determine is if they have the political will to fight back. and if they have the ability to unite as a, as leaders to fight back. and that's really where it stands at this point. as it turned out, the 20 year long reliance on the u. s. military proved to be much more than the white house expected. and after they were abandoned by their allies, the will of the afghan forces to attempt to fight back agai

ah pentagon is facing questions about whether u. s. troops may have shot afghans civilians following a devastating suicide bonding last year. with a dental mm hm. although i have been living in albania for less than a year, we are in a tough situation. we abandoned our lives and came here. we worked in afghanistan, we had jobs, but now we don't. we do not know what to do, what will happen to our lives in future. i urge the americans to pay attention to afghan citizens living in 3rd countries. we are waiting for our cases to be processed, but in the past 11 months we have not received any answer but to give so excited of a return to our country depends on the economic situation in sick already issue again, a stand must be in contact with the international community and people must be assured that they are living in a secure, economically good situation. that is not the case now. thanks more details on our website on dot com will be back in about 30 minutes with the buy like a .