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Stand on the ground here, you did just mention that a source in the israeli defense structure said that right now, these operations are over if there are no new rocket launches from gaza and from south lebanon, what we're seeing right now here on the ground on the edge of gaza and the lights that you see behind me, that is already gaza is the israelis, obviously having some pretty tense, calm here on the edge of gaza, there are still drones in the air all the time. so clearly the israelis watching the situation very closely at the same time, obviously right now it is calm here on the edge of g...

That does involve an entire new security infrastructure up there that they have been working on for years. also want to point out something that secretary austin said after meeting with the defense minister in washington just yesterday. and that he referenced the increasing assertiveness of china. now while they were talking about china because of the spy balloon that was shot down off the carolina coast, at issue is that they know they have other actors in the arctic, russia being just one. and they do see a more robust defense structure that needs to be put in place there. but i thought that...

Threat ep. they took parts of the east and crimea and then launched this attack an he we have to make russia think they cannot successfully launch an attack against ukraine so you have to build a defense structure around ukraine once this war is over that can deter any future if russia thought about attacking them again. >> when it comes to the battlefield, the pentagon acknowledged the reporting yesterday that russia is in the process of buying millions of rockets and artillery shells from north korea now to use in ukraine. i want to play how the pentagon reacted to this. >> certainly as has ...

To be suggesting that there is a problem with nato. they seem to be drifting away from supporting the alliance. how worrisome is not to you? >> it would be very worrisome of the united states were not able to ratify trades in the treaty, which you would need in order to get finland and sweden to join. these are two really, really capable militaries. they fill a gap in the nato defense structure. but more importantly, they also provide real capabilities to nato, to the defense of the baltics, to the very exposed parts of nato that are now under potential threat from russia. so it is very much i...

Has nominated mark esper. >> it's tragic it's taken six months for the president to put this name forward. we were all bewildered as to why it took so long to put shanahan's name forth. esper has much more practical experience. yes, he does come from the defense structure and i'll be willing to take a look at his nomination. i'm glad the congress put it in perspective. his twitter feed exposed to the entire world how absolutely out of control the decision-making process is inside the white house. frankly, a new secretary of defense is not going to change that reality. the president does not co...