Race, but we start off with that breaking news. Investigators right now, trying to determine what brought down this russian passenger jet, packed with tourists. All 224 people onboard, including 17 children, were killed. The flight taking off from an egyptian resort, sharm el sheikh, it was headed to st. Petersburg, russia, and now an isis affiliate is claiming its responsible. But should that claim be taken seriously . Well talk to our experts momentarily. But first, abcs Alex Marquardt with the very latest on the investigation. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, martha. Egypts Aviation Authority tell us this morning, there was no indication that anything was wrong. Russian and egyptian investigators are right now combing through the crash site in the northern Sinai Peninsula where the field of debris stretches around five miles. The black boxes have been located and sent for analysis, which should give some clarity on what happened during those 23 minutes that the plane was i
Pamela come to defense news. Here and United States have slapped more sanctions on Russias Energy banking sectors but moscow doesnt appear to be bank appear to be backin down. All eyes are on the alliance and whether it can achieve the unified results necessary to counter Vladimir Putin. And more on hamas and gaza is seen civilian deaths are causing alarm worldwid what does this mean for defense spending here and abroad and what impact will sanctions against russias sector have against the Global Industrial base . Joining us are taught harrison of the center of strategic and assessment, mackenzie of the American Enterprise institute, andavid for the center for strategic and international study. Welcome back to the panel. David, europe and america have agreed to sanctions that are targeting russias sectoral sanctions. How likely are the change are they to change . It takes a long time and has to penetrate. That is theature of sanctions. Initial reactions, it strengthens thhand of the ta
[captioning performed by the naonal captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content t and accuracy. Vit ncap. Org] will come to defense news. Republicans have regained control of the senate and increase their margin in the housjust in time for a budget battle. To talk about the elections, sequestration, defense spending, isis and more, is a roundtable, todd harrison,ckenzie egeland, gordon adams and Loren Thompson of the lexington institute. Welcome back to the program. Thanks. To start f mckenzie, i would like to start with you. Is a perception that republicans will be good for defense. There areertainly some people in the pentagon who think the tod times will start rolling again. Therere e other people who warn there will be realities. Tell us a little bit, each of you, on what you think republblican control of bo chambers of congress will mean for defense. It is marginally better. The Republican Party gave away a Strong Defense of essential tentative, its core pla
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] welelcome to defense news. A new book on any marshall, one of the most influential minds in American National securityty. Two weeks after becoming defense the contrary, ash carter had his first Budget Hearing before a republicancontrolled congress. The Obama Administration was 35 billion more than current spending caps allow. There are disagreements between Republican House leade about how much the pentagon should get er Mac Thornberry says dod needs 541 billion to et i global obligatioions. Romney fielding highs in, the chairman of the House Appropriations subcommtee, one of the members that oversees the pentagons topline spending, says the law prohibits breaking spending caps that limit dods budget to 499 billion, and will trim the admininistrations reests accordingly. Here is our expert roundtable. Todd harrison of the center for strategic and bud
Infrastructure becomes more obsolete by the day. That means the cost of doing business in america rises. Other countries those at the gap and we become less competitive. Right now, it can take 15 years to study a single project. Nothing gets going. The cost of these studies keep going up and up. To top it off, this bill was bloated with earmarks, freeforall spirit it is the worst of all rose. Republicans turned the page. We are sitting hard deadlines and cost limits for cutting out the outdated projects. There are no earmarks. These things mean breaking down barriers to the worthy products worthy projects. This is progress. When you entrust republicans with majority in the house, we pledge to do some simple things. Important things. Focus on jobs. Change the culture to make government more accountable to you. This is a great example of how we are delivering on both accounts. With so much more to do, its an example of what we can accomplish when president obama and Senate Democrats work