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are we ready to fight if we need to be. >> brian: 1.2 plus active military. >> pete: that's a big number but the lowest it's been in 15 years. part of the reason for that is not just recruiting, which we will talk about. but, also, a lot of guys getting out in the middle of their career because they don't like what some of the institutions have turned into. >> brian: for example, u.s. air force when it comes to recruiting only 89% of the number. that's the best. >> pete: that's the best. army at 77%. that means they are looking an entire division of new privates. 15,000. that's a huge short fall. >> brian: big change in tactics and formation. >> pete: they will say it's a strategic change. a lot of it is out of necessity because they don't have enough troops. the navy this year in 2024 only goods going to meet 70% is the projection. it's not even getting better. >> brian: marines are hitting their marks within the navy. >> pete: yes they are. we will talk about that in a minute. what are they focusing on instead got a lot of the troops saying i don't want to serve. the dei things is not what you heard mark milley say talk about
is in the western shore of delaware and let me put it this way remember when i was vice president things were going to will. i inherited an economy on the brink now it's literally the envy of the world. too many corporations raising prices charging more and more for less and less cracking down on corporations engaging in price gouging and deceptive pricing. wall street didn't build america the middle class build the country. keeps them going up inflation is coming down going from 9% to around 3% of the lowest in the world and can get even lower. >> most days you see joe struggling as democrats are saying it.
biden? yes. you had the war on drugs that was also very damaging to a black communities. all those things have contributed to that. and where we are today in america is trying to have the economic policies and the public foot policies so that all people can thrive. and if you're actually going to compare economic policies and public policies between the 45th president and 46 president. it's without question, they were better under the 45th if you're going to examine the whole lot sammy today in america as america, i'm going to enter, you have to have the right set of economic policies and a right set up climate arrested me i'm just trying to have a thomas i'm going to interrupt you on the facts. congressmen, the black unemployment rate was the lowest in american history under joe biden. lot just last year the poverty rate for black people is the lowest under joe biden's. so you cannot say empirically for black people that honore from a financial
back east, drinking over by the beer. well, steny hoyer lives in the western shore of delaware in maryland. and the thing about all of this,e pu when we put it this way, i remember when i was vice president and things weren't going to well, i inherited a country is on the brink. now our economy is the envy the world. too many corporations raise prices to pad their profits, charging more and more for less. less. that's our it's cracking down on corporations engageddecept in price gouging and deceptive pricing. wall street didn't buildivicing. america. they're not bad guys. they didn't build it, though. the middle class built trthe country and unions built the middle class. wages keep going up, inflation keeps coming down. inflation has dropped from 9% to 3%, the lowest in the world,e and ten even lower. >> so most days you see joe struggling. t.
india. the outcome of the worlds biggest general election is causing major turbulance for its stock markets. as the results began to reveal that prime minster narendra modi would not be winning a landslide majority shares began to slide on the bombay stock exchange logging their worst day in more than four years. narendra modi's bjp has secured a rare third consecutive term in office but modi's party will likely have to rely on a coalition — where consensus will be key for pushing through economic policies. live now to archana shukla in mumbai. you are outside the bombay stock exchange yesterday whilst it was sinking dramatically, i'm looking at it now up by one third of a percent, talk us through the reaction so far. well, those were two days, monday and tuesday, where the indian financial market saw the highest and record lowest and after that intense activity, now the markets are somewhere settling down to the reality
of security concerns. they did. and i wonder if that's part of the reason that both labour and the tories have been so slow in really getting in on tiktok as a way to campaign or get votes, because if you compare it, we heard about new zealand, but if you look at argentina, if you look even at in america and how the democrats use it, you know, it feels like we're a bit behind also some european countries on that, which might go back to security. i think it's a really interesting medium because in terms of length of time, when you speak to political strategists about how they rank the different social medias, i mean, twitter, ithink is really seen almost as the lowest of the lows, where you put your nastiest attacks and just try and, you know, drive the westminster bubble. perhaps i'd be accused of being a member of it, mad for a day on a media row, whereas facebook's much more targeted and there you can do paid targeting, and instagram, i think similarly. linkedln, rishi sunak's team really like, i think perhaps because they think he speaks
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tiktok from government phones not very long ago last year, ithink, because of security concerns. they did. and i wonder if that's part of the reason that both labour and the tories have been so slow in really getting in on tiktok as a way to campaign or get votes, because if you compare it, we heard about new zealand, but if you look at argentina, if you look even at in america and how the democrats use it, you know, it feels like we're a bit behind also some european countries on that, which might go back to security. i think it's a really interesting medium because in terms of length of time, when you speak to political strategists about how they rank the different social medias, i mean, twitter, ithink is really seen almost as the lowest of the lows, where you put your nastiest attacks and just try and, you know, drive the westminster bubble. perhaps i'd be accused of being a member of it, mad for a day on a media row, whereas facebook's much more targeted and there you can do paid targeting, and instagram, i think similarly.
very public about his lifelong struggle with alcoholism and his very, very serious struggle with crack cocaine addiction. he wrote a memoir about it in 2021, describing the depths and the grip of the addiction, describing this as one of the absolute lowest periods of his life. that is what's going to be scrutinized in this case. prosecutors, by the way, jessica, they are going to use some excerpts of that memoir against hunter biden to try to convince the jury that yes, he was using drugs when he bought that gun, and therefore, he should be convicted jury selection begins tomorrow. there are 250 delaware residents that are lined up to be examined to potentially serve on this jury. and once all is said and done, both sides think that this case could last one or two weeks jessica marshall cohen. thanks so much. tonight, police are investigating a mass shooting that happened overnight.
around him. they have decided they would run on this issue to motivate the base with anger for turnout and donations. and so far it appears to be working at least in terms of donations. they are flooding in to both members of congress and the trump campaign itself. he reported getting over 50 million in just one day after the verdict came down. >> yeah, that is a remarkable to see italy's we'll talk about that in just a minute. but bernardo, when it comes to potential jail time, of course, you've heard a lot of legal experts say no, it's not likely because he doesn't have a previous a record. it's a class e felony, which is the lowest in the state of new york. but when you put it all together, including these potential gag order violations where do you think the judge could land on sentence day? >> look, i've been practicing in new york for 17 years, 13 years as a prosecutor and the rest of four years as a criminal defense attorney. and what i can tell you that it is a possibility that judge