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Bases. carter and bush didnt have a real base. biden has that in common with them. its also why bush got 91% approval at one point. >> health and wellness. >> exactly. >> that 91% approval rating, thats what that is about. >> he went after it strongly. in a weird way, biden might want to emulate that. >> you want that 91% to last. >> didnt work out for george h.w. bush. >> didnt help with the midterms actually. >> no. >> appreciate you guys coming in. happy first day in d.c. that we can do this....

Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. russia and belarus are extending theirjoint military exercises close to the border with ukraine, as western leaders continue to warn of a possible russian invasion. the french president emmanuel macron discussed the continuing tensions in a phone conversation with the russian leader, vladimir putin. mr putin accused the ukrainian military of provoking an escalation in the east of ukraine, where there is a conflict with russian—...

The ukrainians took it back the russians are now in control of it its about 20 miles as the crow flies from downtown. our guys in that hotel as they look north its the obolon district. a lot of fighting in this area. as you look at how the russians are getting the support. they have a lot of bases. one is in belarus and the other is belogrod. its massive. attack helicopters. military trucks a field hospital. tents. just yesterday 18 attack helicopters in this one base just over the border. so th...

>> what with the course correction be in your mind? >> the first for whats going on right now in europe is to bolster militarily the baltic states, nato members, as well as remaining in poland, these are the border countries that confront russia day-to-day. united states needs to be a leader in that regard and bolster the presence militarily along the borders. a much more significant naval presence in the north atlantic as well as the baltic sea. the second is absolutely to not diminish the mili...

Lets go now to producer who is in moscow what is the russian defense ministry saying this morning. were starting to see now a counter narrative emerged, to what we heard from the defense retraining defense ministry this is been not described as a war, it is a special operation. theyre particularly emphasizing several points, but they are using precision strike weapons, but they are not targeting civilians that they are, at the moment, already claiming to have suppressed ukrainian air defenses, a...

Toxic substances and burn pits while serving in iraq and afghanistan. this could benefit up to 3.5 million veterans if it passes. during a house veterans afairs committee round table, jon stewart tokspoke as an advocate >> there is a great deal of suffering through the veterans community, based on toxins we exposed them to. and they cant go after the contractors who put the burn pits in place when they could have used incinerators because they have sovereign immunity. they have nowhere to turn. ...

But theyre new, theyre still untrained. a lot havent started training yet. in the military to be frank, major general, they havent welcomed us to come on to their bases and see preparations, maybe its bureaucracy, certainly not, hey, come look what we are ready to do. let me ask you, is ukraine prepared for a full invasion? >> the simple answer is no president zelenskyy came off as cool, calm, collected, didt want to provoke russia or get his people excited. but now they havent prepared. so, the...

Radification. theyve already been signed by vladimir putin, and theyre 17 pages. i have not had time to read through them all yet. but one of the articles would allow russia to develop military infrastructure and bases in those two states that they now recognize as independent. so were seeing a substantial change to the situation on the ground. this, of course, de facto invalidates minsk agreements, because russia can no longer say this is an internal issue. we dont know where this is going. but...

Happen if russia does not invade its neighbour. president putin is also due to hold what the kremlin has called a large, extraordinary meeting of the russian security council later. explosions have been continuing in ukraines eastern donbas region this weekend. there have been increased clashes between the ukrainian government forces and rebels backed by russia. mark lobel reports. military drills in belarus that were meant to end with russian tanks going back to their bases. not any more, leavi...

Republic that vladimir putin has just recognized. what we saw on the ground there was really an army, i mean a lot of russian soldiers pretty much in every village you saw the soldiers. then the other thing we saw was a lot of military technology, a lot of military gear, a lot of military hardware there on the ground from troop transporters, from a lot of soldiers on the ground, to also pretty heavy-duty hardware as well. we came across a big column of tanks, armored vehicles, and also self-prop...