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>> a central question isn't just what the white house would do but the entire nato alliance. ukraine's interests in formally joining nato has been growing over the past three decades. when my next guest was the supreme allied commander for nato, u.s. forces were under his command. james stavridis is also the author of the sailor's bookshelf, 50 books to know at sea. admiral, welcome. here's my first question. does ukraine stand a chance against russia in armed conflict? >> depends how you define a chance, michael. i think ukraine could make it very painful for russia. the vast majority of ukra...

They isk undermining unit cohesion and morale and mission effective necessary and that becomes a real serious issues potentially for very critical units that the united states depends on. >> that's concerning when you talk about this impacting mission effectiveness and you also have the reserve of the national guard with different vaccination deadlines. they don't have to be vaccinated until june of 2022. you think that's a mistake >> that's right. i think it's a big mistake because the national guard, especially the army natural, is really something that -- a unit that we depend on, a bunch o...

And riveting history but a lot of things have changed. do we even really know how top commanders are chosen today? i think a cursory review of recent history would find that getting promoted through the ranks today has to do with one success on and off the battlefield than it does with how one plays the current political game. the pentagon is under the spell of corporate america. contrary to what austen said in adhering it has gone totally woke. we need a military led by men and women who stand above the political fray and focus on the mission of defending our national interests. certainly not...

Easy needs to think again. it is going to be long, drawn out. i worry that the bureaucratic thrashing that will go on will just take away from the more important issues, which are how do we improve war fighting capability, how do we do new technology investments. >> there is a history in the united states of civilian cooperation for certain space projects, the international space station. we have had joint ventures with the russians, chinese. how does that fit into this newer, more adversarial view of what's going on in space? >> as you point out, we have always had scientific civilian endeavo...

Making her the first living woman since martha washington to be the namesake of a naval warship. a young graduate of the u.s. air force academy already making a significant contribution to her nation's war fighting capability. fox's correspondent alicia acuna has more. >> this is what we have been using. >> it doesn't look that intimidating. >> no. >> it is really unassuming. >> unassuming is part of the brilliance of a concoction made by air force academy cadet and her instructor dr. ryan burk. this could one day save the lives of those in combat. >> the concept of going out there and stopp...