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You heard secretary state blinken talk to this. we do need congressional relief to be able to expand and accelerate this program. right now given the numbers that were working with, we think the best solution is some overseas locations where we can have either the d.o.d. owns or that we have access to or we will be able to support to get them temporary location while they work through this process. we think thats the most efficient way and safest way to handle this. and again after they get thro...

Warning? >> well, we certainly hope not. the president was very clear about how seriously we take these threats. and that these certainly these ransomware attacks are emanating from russia and that there is a sense of responsibility that moscow should feel over that. and that if they dont, there will be consequences. i think the president has been crystal clear about how seriously were taking this and about the potential repercussions for moscow if they dont do something about it. >> is the nati...

That is obviously proportional. an example would be if we take down the destruction of americans, how would we respond? you mention a few examples, but it does seem challenging, especially when they cant actually say anything about what theyve done to make it clear that there have been repercussions. i mean what are the ways we can hit back against them for these kinds of things that also the administration can turn around and show as examples to the american public of whats been done? >> yeah. ...

Draw down. >> right. so, for months now the biden administration has been reviewing the rules, the standards that the cia and the dod have to operate under in order to use lethal force in afghanistan once u.s. troops have departed. what do i mean by lethal force? im talking about drone strikes. even potentially commando raids. part hof this review is looking at whether or not to raise the bar, tighten up the rules that the cia and dod have to operate under when the united states is no longer off...

Yet. what that means in the short term, status quo continues. dod and cia continue to operate under essentially the same rules theyve been operating under but it does leave them in a little bit of a position of limbo as they sort of wait to find out what the rules that theyre going to be playing by in the long-term or in the long run once again u.s. troops are gone and biden is saying this thing is over. now, why does this sort of rule setting, policy process matter in afghanistan? it really hig...

Missions, et cetera? because you have two components of that, the u.s. military but also the cia. and if so, how is that possible that they havent worked it out? >> yeah, so for months now the biden administration has been reviewing what it calls its lee lethal force authority in afghanistan after this withdraw is complete and the war is declared to be officially over. now that does include both d.o.d. and cia authorities but what were talking about here is drone strikes against suspected terror...

Effectively tighten the rules that the cia is operating under in afghanistan to essentially raise the bar for launching drone strikes for using lethal force in afghanistan once the united states leaves and the war is declared to be -- considered to be officially over. now, this kind of review expected given that the united states is moving to a completely different footing in afghanistan that it has been for the last 20 years. but it is notable that even as this withdrawal has accelerated, as th...

State -- secretary of state said to leave personnel, something mr. biden campaigned on. whew is he doing -- why is he doing this? >> i think its political. it just all boils down to politics. you talk to anybody in the national security realm or in the defense department, you know, you mentioned secretary austin, the held of the dod -- head of the dod, nobody thought this was a good idea. a residual force of 2500 troops is not a whole lot of a footprint to provide stability in the region. and im...

Hearings? the capitol police. she wont let capitol police testify. and heres why. the fbi has given intel to capitol police before january 6 talking about threats to the capital. on january 3rd or january 4th, 1 of those two days, president trump talked to the head of dod and mr. miller testified an oversight that president trump authorize national guard troops, as many as they needed, to secure the capital of washington, d.c. the day before, there was a rally up on capitol hill. president trump...

Its going more extreme every year. so the question was, how do you we work together? the president brought together those governors and all of their related cabinet. everybody was there. secretary vilsack from usda, secretary holland from the department of the interior. we had administrator regan from epa, d.o.d., arm assistant secretary hicks there, every -- everyone was there and how we can work together. we are facing heat and drought. we have to figure out with these wildfires, how do we get...