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military promotions by senator tuberville. what does this say about u.s. military readiness? would you talk with tuberville to work out a solution? >> i would be willing to talk to him if i thought there was any chance of him changing this ridiculous position. i expect the republican party to stand up and do something about it. its within their power to do that. the idea that we dont have a chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the idea that we have all these promotions and we dont kn...

between president biden and governors to discuss plans to protect access to abortion. this morning the trial of wnba star brittney griner began in moscow. well bring you the very latest. we start this friday morning with the holiday rush. if you hit the road or the skies this weekend you will not be alone. far from it. according to aaa nearly 48 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more. thats almost at 2019 pre-pandemic levels. if you thought high gas prices would slow ...

and all of this is against the back drop of our response to natos -- to russias aggression and to help ukraine defend itself. united states is rallying the world to stand with ukraine. allies and partners around the globe are making significant contributions. sect austin just brought together more than 50 countries, more than 50 countries pledging new commitments and this is a global effort to support ukraine. nearly 140,000 anti-tank systems, more than 600 tanks, nearly 500 artillery ...

hello and welcome to the programme that brings together the foreign journalists who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline — london. its been a convention—busting week, this one — a queens speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other than the queen. two countries strictly neutral for 80 years, preparing to take sides. in northern ireland, a party in favour of reuniting the island of ireland topped the poll for the first time in the ...

Accept finland and sweden as new members and its a striking change. think about that. we know this. you are a great student of history. they didnt feel moved to join nato for 40 years. they dont think its safe. it does indicate the miscalculation that putin made. >> swedens neutrality is going out the window. look at the conflicts between soviet union and finland and the finland-ization of ukraine early on. now with that reality of this hundreds of mile border with nato countries in the future, ...

Controls everything look at north korea, venezuela, cuba. we hope the situation will be solved. i want to turn to president biden telling reporter that is the nato alliance is as strong as its ever been. >> putin thought he could break the transatlantic alliance. he tried to weaken us. he expected the resolve to fracture but he is getting what he did not wanted. he wanted the finlandness of that i to. >> what do you think about the presidents comments? >> finland-ization means that they wanted, ...

Alongside that, our allies are stepping up and doing the same thing. when you hear about germany increasing their military spending, as well as all of the countries committed to the 2%, that is a success and accept and it is good to see this alliance come together and contribute this way. >> professor serrot, as someone who studies and teaching about europe and written a book about the relationship between russia and the united states after the cold war, what is your reaction to what we saw just...

To the western alliance. they became members of the european union. theyve been reforming their armed forces in a way that make them completely compatible with natos. so its been quite a slow process, but since the annexation of crimea in 2014, these countries have started to prepare and theyve started increasingly... including to invest in their armed forces because they started to feel, well, that russia was becoming quite unpredictable. and for finland also, finland accepted the famous finlan...