joining me now is pentagon press secretary john kirby. john, cnn confirmed that u.s. intel shared with ukraine was used to sink the russian flagship "moskva." i want to get you on the record here, you say what to that? >> when i say, brianna, we routinely and have now for weeks been sharing information and intelligence about russian units, both at sea and ashore, to help the ukrainians defend themselves against this invasion. and we're going to continue to do that. it is manifestly unhelpful for sources to be out there talking about the specifics of that intelligence. so unlike them, i'm not going to do that today. what i can say is what i said last night. we did not provide specific targeting information about the "moskva" to the ukrainians, we weren't involved in their decision to conduct that strike and we certainly weren't involved in the actual execution of that strike. and, again, i want to just stress that in order for us to be able to help ukraine defend itself, it is not just about the weapons, it is not just about the training, it is about some of the inform

john kirby is now headed to the white house joining the national security council. >>> the latest from ukraine where the donbas region in the east is, quote, completely destroyed and resembling hell according to president zelenskyy. this as ukraine is about to get nearly $60 billion more in aid from the u.s. and from g7 nations. >>> in oklahoma, the most restrictive abortion law in the nation approved by the legislature on thursday. banning the procedure from the moment of fertilization. the first of the growing challenges facing the white house. >>> joining me now is senior white house correspondent. >> kyle: -- kelly o'donnell in seoul, jonathan lemire, and former white house press secretary robert gibbs. we have former undersecretary of state richard s this engle. kelly, why this trip to asia and why now? what's going on with this distraction here of the two secret service agents sent home? >> there are many layers to this. part of the reason for now is because both south korea and japan have new leaders. it's a way for the president and the u.s. partnership to extend and reinforce

earlier this week, peter doocy was in the briefing room and john kirby went in. he said what are you doing here? he said i'm on a tour. and then he said something that was extraordinary. he said i have never been to the white house which is hard to believe. but apparently true. >> dana: wow, i could actually see that. if you've been at the pentagon and days go by fast and the weeks go by even faster, i think this decision by the white house is probably its best personnel decision on the communications team. but this role on foreign policy is so important. >> steve: it's smooth. >> dana: you know what? he goes on any show. he is a consummate professional and public servant and cares deeply about people. if you saw when he gave his briefing about what's happening in russia and how upset he was for the ukrainians, that was the day that i sent him a note and said, you're showing a little heart and a little emotion when things are like this, that's what people need to see. that you actually have feelings. >> brian: is he replacing anybody or is he trying to fix -- >>

pentagon spokesperson john kirby joining us this how. also this hour, last little bit of voting. testing the power of donald trump and the big lie. the team's here with what you need to watch for when the results start coming. >>> what elon musk said about twitter and the most infamous former member. we got a lot to get to this hour. i'm hallie jackson in washington. joining me is matt bradley there in ukraine. colonel mark is with us, too. matt, you are at a location that's a target for the offensive by russia in the east. what's happening in odesa, too? hit by a number of russian missiles, apparently. >> reporter: we are in kharkiv from indoors complied with the blackout and curfew. kharkiv is still very much a target but the ukraine forces despite the fact the russians said they'll focus on the east of the country where i am now the ukrainians pushed back the russian lines. but going to odesa we heard that there were seven i believe cruise missile strikes. denied some really advanced weapon that the united states is worried that the russians would be using. it looks like norma

john kirby denying that the u.s. provided ukraine with specific information. >> what i can tell you is we didn't provide you specific targeting information for that ship and we were not involved in their decision to strike that ship. >> joining me now is kelly cobiella and courtney kube. kelly, just bring us up to date as to what's happening on the ground there. >> reporter: well, we haven't heard anything from the united nations yet on this latest attempt to rescue civilians from that besieged steel plant, but we are hearing a report out of the russian news agency r.a.i. that about 12 civilians were evacuated from the plant earlier today. again, haven't had confirmation on that yet. president zelenskyy says that that plant was under almost constant shelling through the night. so today perhaps just a brief break in order to get some of those people out. he also was asked today about whether or not mariupol would fall. take a listen to what he said. >> translator: mariupol will never fall. i'm not talking about -- the

now john kirby has confirmed over the weekend in the "washington post" that there are talks to send some form of u.s. military there to secure the diplomats who are there. it's usually u.s. marines guarding all u.s. embassies. do we know what their needs are? >> reporter: no. but this is a very unusual move. traditionally around the world embassies are guarded by marines. but i think there seems to have been a calculation that the diplomats in kyiv right now face a unique threat and that in order to prevent another kind of massive diplomatic incident that they would need a higher level of security. there's talk about sending elite special operations forces to protect the diplomats at the embassy. i don't know the calculations. perhaps they're political, perhaps they're practical, maybe a little bit of both. maybe the memory of benghazi is still playing on people's minds when there was an attack on a diplomatic facility that turned lethal. but it is an unusual step. what we're seeing is the u.s. trying to message it both ways, saying, yes, they could be sending these extraordinary securit

joining us now at the pentagon press secretary is john kirby. thank you for joining us. with president biden poised to sign this latest $40 billion aid package for ukraine into law, the pentagon is preparing to send an additional $100 million in earlier approved military assistance to ukraine. is this new package targeted to the specific new challenges ukraine is facing on the battlefield right now? >> it absolutely is. you'll see in this package we just talked about today, a full battalion of vehicles to move them around. as well as counterartillery radars. but they are very useful to helping ukraine defend itself against the kind of artillery attacks that nick paton walsh was just reporting. so yes, this is very much tailored to the fight they are in today. >> let's turn to nato. very dramatic developments unfolding. turkey is trying to block to prevent what finland and sweden from joining the alliance. are you 100% confident that turkey will eventually agree to let those nations join the alliance. you need every nato ally to support new members. >> we're work ing with

now here's how pentagon press secretary john kirby described the mission. i want to remind that those forces, as they have been, will continue to be used in training advising, and equipping partner forces to give them the tools that they need to disrupt. degrade and monitor our bob. our forces are not now, nor will they be directly engaged in combat operations. the purpose here is to enable a more effective fight against our bob by local forces which and bob has increased in their strength, imposes are heightened right. yeah. parties interesting. they to pull out as you were talking about there, they didn't pull troops out of germany. they have of course pull troops out of, of janice town as part of this trying to avoid forever wars policy that they had what is the relationship between somalia and the us that would encourage the us to actually put a fixed group of troops and they're not well i think this, it probably has a lot more to do with what they see is the counterterrorism threat. it could be a vague reference to what we now know from the predator, h

john kirby is answering questions. there's a lot of questions about may 9 and what will happen in russia on victory day, which is the day when they celebrate the victory over hitler in world war ii. you also have this question of what's going on in the devastated city of mariupol. an adviser to the mayor says that russian forces are clearing away the wreckage of the theater that they bombed. remember when that happened in march? ukraine's president telling fox news what he thinks will happen when russia celebrating that victory day marking the end of world war ii in europe. watch. >> a parade. this is that city. he's going to show some sort of victory. but they don't have victories. the loss of people is not a victory. maybe even they want to conduct a parade in mariupol. as a city that is temporarily occupied. they want to show what kind of czars they are. >> martha: let's go to pentagon press secretary john kirby and listen in. here we go. >> we'll consult with allies and partners and continue to assess what happened

now here's how pentagon press secretary john kirby described the mission. i want to remind that those forces, as they have been, will continue to be used in training, advising, and equipping partner forces to give them the tools that they need to disrupt. degrade and monitor our bob. our forces are not now, nor will they be directly engaged in combat operations. the purpose here is to enable a more effective fight against our show, bob, by local forces, which her mom has increased in their strength, imposes heightened right. and really all of the discussions from the pentagon in the white house, the focus wasn't so much on helping the somalia, somalia, it was about counter and al bob, which john kirby said was growing in strength that their emissions were not just in the region, but they wanted to target american interest as well. and so they're really just focusing on the fact that in this time they believe that they've lost situational awareness. and that al shabani has gotten stronger and they need to counter that in the region. now one thing i think it'

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let's start with pentagon spokesman john kirby's comments. the u.s. appears to be sensitive about this issue, about being seen as playing a direct role in either the sinking of the muskova or in the killing of russian generals, as "the new york times" reported earlier this week. isn't it fair to say the u.s. intelligence has contributed to russian deaths? >> i think it's definitely contributed to the ukrainians being able to defend themselves and then combined with other intelligence capabilities and gathering other insights, i think that they then conduct their own strikes. but i think it's really important to say very clearly that the u.s. is going to help them to defend themselves and then what they do with that information from there is really up to them. >> kirby said that the u.s. shared information about the location of the muskova without knowing ukraine's intent. do you buy that? we all know what the intent was. i'm not saying i have an issue with it, but i mean, there seems to be a dance going on that i don't really fully understand. we're g

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we'll have an update from john kirby. >> if you can't win a battle. you can't an ex an area and there is no evidence that things are going any better for vladimir putin and just a sorry russian army in eastern ukraine than it did up near kyiv. >> we'll continue our coverage this morning of the bombshell breaking news out of the supreme court. an unprecedented leak from the highest court in the land. that may upend nearly 50 years of federal protections for abortion rights and decades of precedent, by the way. >> and we learned this through a leaked draft opinion published last night by politico. a majority of the supreme court now appears prepared to overturn the landmark roe v. wade decision. the leak of the 98-page document is unprecedented in the court's modern history. the draft opinion reportedly was authored by justice samuel alito and circulated in february. nbc news has not obtained or been able to verify the authenticity of the document. the supreme courts that declined to comment. this morning we spoke with josh gerstein who broke the news a

yesterday, pentagon press secretary john kirby clarified how the u.s. shares intelligence with ukraine. >> we do not provide intelligence on the location of senior military leaders on the battlefield or participating in the targeting decisions of the ukrainian military. the ukrainians have quite frankly a lot more information than we do. this is their country. their territory. and they have capable intelligence collection abilities of their own. ukraine combines information that we and other partners provide with the intelligence that they themselves are gathering on the battlefield. and then they make their own decisions. and they take their own actions. >> the pentagon spokesman will be a guest coming up on "morning joe," so be sure to stay tuned for that. >>> on the ground in ukraine, fierce fighting is raging on in that steel plant in mariupol. as russian forces mounted a final push to take the last bastion of resistance in a devastated city. the ukrainian commander said yesterday that quote heavy blood fighting is taking place inside the factory. a

courtney, i think we just heard from pentagon spokesperson john kirby. tell us what he said, bring us up to speed on this. >> reporter: we just got a little more information about this visit. carlos del toro visited but also went with the chief of naval operations. the two knave leaders went to the ship today and conducted a number of small group meetings. some were with the enlisted sailors. they met with the chiefs and then met with the leadership of that ship and the people who are assigned to helping the sailors through this difficult time. so chaplains and the people who are involved in their welfare. but as you mentioned, we heard a little about this from pentagon spokesperson john kirby and about the issue of suicide the pentagon has been trying to tackle for some time now. >> it's very clear that the navy's taken the conditions seriously and the concerns of the sailors seriously. they're beginning to move -- like i said, most of them are off the ship now, and they're making available to them mental health counselling and support. >> reporter: so,

yesterday, pentagon press secretary john kirby clarified how the u.s. shares intelligence with ukraine. >> we do not provide intelligence on the senior military leaders on the battlefield or participate in the targeting decisions of the ukrainian military. the ukrainians have, quite frankly, a lot more information than we do. this is their country, their territory. they have intelligence capabilities of their own. ukraine combines information that we and other partners provide, with the intelligence that they, themselves, are gathering on the battlefield. then they make their own decisions. they take their own actions. >> as mika mentioned, admiral kirby will join us this morning at the top of our third hour. let's bring in co-authorclusive moskva, carol lee. great to see you. how did this come to pass? i guess the question for you on the reporting side of it is, why do you suspect that american officials are so interested in getting the word out publicly that they are helping directly in this war effort against russia and perhaps providing vladimir put

kirby. john and i go way back. he has always been the kind of teammate you want at your side. since the earliest days of this administration i've been fortunate to have his judgment, his insights, and his leadership. john has been a trusted counselor and a clear and eloquent voice for this department, this mission, and its values. he has always understood how central a free and independent press is to our democracy. even when the questions were tough, even when the findings were uncomfortable, when john stood behind his podium, he always committed to truth, trust, and transparency. john, thank you for your extraordinary service. i know you are not going far, but we wish you fair winds and following seas. thanks for everything you have done. i will turn it over to the chairman for his remarks and then we will be glad to take your questions. gen. milley: thank you secretary and i would like to publicly thank john for his professionalism and expertise over the years. he has done tremendous serv

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stay safe. >>> and joining us now, the pentagon press secretary, retired admiral john kirby. russia claims to be focussing their war efforts in ukraine on the eastern part of the country. so why are they attacking targets all across ukraine including in lviv in western ukraine, which was so far from what they suggest is now the front? >> they have been doing this sporadically over the last couple of weeks and what we believe this is is an attempt by the russians to try to hit targets that they believe are affecting the ukrainians ability to respupply themselves. we've seen them hit weapons productions facilities in kyiv. we've seen them in central ukraine go after what they believe are weapon storage facilities and they've also beagain to try to hit transportation hubs because they know they're using the rail line to move equipment. we think this is a piece of their attempt to try to limit the ukrainians ability to refen force themselves. >> so the u.s. assessment is that is russians will continue to launch their attacks not only in eastern ukraine, but western ukraine as wel

or pentagon spokesman john kirby couldn't confirm the strike on the ship. but neither would he say whether the action was result of us supplied intelligence, provide them what we believe to be relevant and timely information about russian units that co allow them to adjust and execute. 3rd, their self defense to the best of their ability. the kind of intelligence that we provide them, it's legitimate, it's lawful and it's limited. and i would also add, and this is not an important point. we are not the only sole source of intelligence and information to the ukrainians. they get intelligence from other nations as well . we don't get heads up about their day to day operations, nor, nor do we expect to mean that they're, they're in an active fight. and you state emergencies come into effect and trying, giving security forces greater powers to crack down on anti government, protested earlier, please find voice a cannon and tear gas at crowds outside parliament, demonstrations of part of a nation wide strike on friday. the anger stamps from the countries, it was

to target their military leaders, and john kirby said the u.s. is giving ukraine information to defend themselves. talk more about that and the risk assessment being made by the u.s. government here. >> the white house, i think, is agitated by the news reports fearing that they will be seen by russia as escalatory and will draw further russian escalation in response. i am told that president biden is angry, is calling members of the cabinet and saying speak more softly, we're carrying big sticks but we don't need to talk about that. i think the distinction that the administration is trying to draw and described it accurately, they are providing intelligence to the ukrainians but they are not specifically targeting this ship or this general. it's like the distinction where you say, i am handing him a gun but not pulling the trigger. whether that's going to be convincing to the russians is another question. today there is an effort, you heard it from kirby, and you are hearing it across the government saying while we are providing intelligence, we

kirby. that's not a good thing. then you've got the other thing with the open borders. you can see it's not working and the fact that they made it up priority. that's the problem. he has to get qualified people in there. you can't put people in there because of color. the vice president is a disgrace. host: let's go to brian in tampa, florida, republican. caller: good morning. i was hoping to get on. i'm here. host: you are hoping to get on with the previous guests? caller: yeah. i wanted to ask him on his idea that what wrong with humans on this earth is we have a worship of money and their perception of money gives them power. that's obviously why politicians talk about ideology as a point to knock out the other side and say they are that because they want to grab the money so they have power. it's sad. if you took money out of the occasion of our interaction of humans on the earth, there would be a whole different behavior of everybody. i just want to make that point and ask that question

with us right now, john kirby. john, as some of you might know, he's a retired admiral from the navy. that's why he is comfortable explaining military matters that go over my head. very good to have you. >> good to be with you, neil. >> neil: where do we stand on the russian attacks in kharkiv? suddenly we're told they have territory and then we're told they don't. now reports ukrainians are taking towns outside of kharkiv. where is this? >> yeah, kharkiv has been surrounded almost since the very early days of this war. the russians were never able to take it. the ukrainians have mounted a very stiff resistance in kharkiv. it's geographically very important to russia, particularly if they're trying to cut off the donbas. it's a big industry city, which is clearly placed to help them do that. what we're seeing is not only are the ukrainians continuing to resist any russian efforts and we do think the russians want to take it but they're pushing them back out. you're seeing this to the east of kharkiv, neil, where th

number, one and number two, john kirby, the spokesperson for the pentagon completely agree with. this what way overstates. we are not in the business of targeting. and ukrainians are the ones doing the report on that front. >> are you worried that russia is going to take this reporting and then escalate their aggression against ukraine, or the situation with you and also russia. will this make us more susceptible to a cyberattack? >> it's a delicate balance and i am all in because the stakes are so high. if putin is able to succeed in this, and the devastation that the ukraine will experience will be even greater than it is right now. the threat to the broader neighborhood and crushing poland, armenia, the baltics, other countries. if he's able to succeed, here it just has horrific implications. china will interpret that as, this is unacceptable way to conduct foreign policy. so have to give them everything we possibly can. from the very beginning. the biden administration has been very clear. we are here to help ukraine in any way you can, and we cannot go to war with russia. th

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we'll ask pentagon press secretary john kirby when he joins us live. >>> and in the southeastern ukrainian city of mariupol this morning -- [ she wlling ] >> that is shelling of the azovstal steel plant it is believed 200 civilians are sheltering there at the plant. women, children and wounded soldiers. at this moment the next stage of evacuations are underway. the united nations is hoping that a joint effort with the international red cross would be able to get more people out of that plant today. a medic on the inside says that people are dying in agony. bullets, hunger and a lack of medicine. now elsewhere, the pentagon is saying the russian forces made some small progress in parts of the eastern donbas region, but clearly not as much as the kremlin expected and hoped by this stage. >> let's bring in analyst kimberly dozer and former special forces operator mark hayward. he just returned home after volunteering with the ukrainian armed forces since nearly the beginning of the war. a lot of interesting stuff that you have to share with us here. first, i want to talk about these reports.

listen to an interview i had with john kirby. is there a way to use any leverage by the white house to get more domestic production which hopefully we are never in this position again. >> not only can it get suppliers and manufacturers of baby formula the kind of ingredients they need faster to make formula but can also boost production by helping an industry to create the actual machinery used to make baby formula. charles: we saw from that clip why john kirby is being promoted in the white house but not the answer i was looking for. these extreme emergencies we had since the pandemic, we need to be making things like a baby formula in the united states, we should be importing this stuff. >> you are right about that and the house has passed my bill twice, the save act, pharmaceutical ingredients, medical supplies and things of that nature have priority in strategic planning. the democrats put a bill on the floor for $28 million to give administered of expenses to the fda. that's not going to stop this crisis, the crisis they kne

a spokesman john kirby is responding to that "new york times" report about the ukrainians using u.s. intelligence shared to target and kill russian generals, ukrainians say they have killed 12 thus far in the invasion. here's what john kirby said. >> we do not provide intelligence on a location of senior military leaders on the battlefield or participate in the targeting decision of the ukrainian military. the ukrainians have, quite frankly, a lot more information than we do. this is their country. their territory. they have capable collection abilities of their own. >> i want to get your reaction to that. but also the hardware and the intel have been important to the ukrainians, obviously, to defend themselves, should something change based on what the ukrainians are doing with it. >> okay. we have provided important hardware and important intel support but not enough of either and we have been slowing late with both. but it's gotten better late with me. ukraine has performed bravely and greatly, with our support, we have not been as effective. if we provide more support, ukraine wi

this morning we spoke with pentagon press secretary john kirby and i asked him about those media reports including our own about u.s. sharing intelligence with ukraine. >> it is not helpful. it is hard to see how it is helpful for sources to be talking to reporters about intelligence that is being provided to ukraine to help defend themselves. on that report and you saw me at the podium, again we provide them what we believe to be useful information, timely information about russian units but we're not giving them targeting information for senior military leaders on the battlefield. again, i think it is unhelpful, in fact unconscionable for some of the leaks, for some people to be out there talking about specifics on the intelligence that we are providing the ukrainians. we want to continue that process, to help them defend themselves and part of that is not just the materials and the information, we wouldn't want to protect that going forward. >> do you think this vladimir putin is showing that we're not fighting just the united states or the war, this is a proxy war for the united stat

so pentagon press secretary john kirby has taken the podium. because of this talk of nuclear war and what is going on, i want to listen to this. >> to better defend their sovereignty. as you saw the secretary and the deputy secretary met with defense contracting ceos a couple weeks ago to talk about production lines. when we many ramstein, the secretary dedicated a whole session of that afternoon to talking about the defense industrial base not just of the united states but all of those nations. so many other nations are contributing systems and weapons to ukraine. of course, we'll continue to do that going forward. let me take a couple from the phones here. >> now we're two months into the war, can you talk about when the last time the secretary tried to reach out to his russian counterpart and what happens when he reaches out? is it the protocol that they reach out to the russian side, they don't respond or they said no thank you? you talk us through that. >> normally you reach out through the policy channels and also used the defense attache

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john kirby, good to talk to you, sir. >> thank you. >> martha: okay. let's take you live to lviv, ukraine where the mayor said there was a new missile strike. matt finn who was just under an active air raid alert there. hi, matt. >> hi, martha. about two hours ago, shortly before sunset, our crew heard loud blasts from inside the building from where we are. we looked to the horizon and saw thick black smoke billowing across the city. some of the smoke settled in the air behind us. the mayor and governor here said three electrical power plants were hit. power has been knocked out across the city and water supply is interrupted. one person reported injured. the ukraine national railway reporting six stations hit with severe damage to infrastructure. train stations and utilities have been major targets here. the air raid sirens were going on and off today. this is the third week in a row that there's been missile strikes here in the lviv region killing people. the city of lviv is swelled with an estimated hundreds of thousands of refugees, many of those p

in the past hour, press secretary john kirby calling u.s. intel legitimate, lawful, and limited. reports just ahead from the pentagon, from the white house, and on the ground in ukraine. later this hour, we're going to be hearing from president biden after this morning's better than expected jobs report. but it wasn't quite enough to lift the stock market after thursday's sell-off. we're going to get an update as the markets close out a roller coaster week. i'm hallie jackson in washington on this friday afternoon with our nbc news team, carole lee covering the white house, matt bradley in ukraine, courtney at the pentagon, also joined by jason beardsley, national executive director of the advocacy group the association of the u.s. navy. carole, start with you, with the first lady's first day in east europe, it's a busy and significant stretch for her overseas now. >> it is. the first of a four-day trip and she started in romania where she visited with u.s. troops serving them dinner and bringing them ketchup, learning there was a ketchup shortage there and so she brought gallons

the pentagon spokesperson john kirby said that's not an immediate concern thus far. we have not seen any negative impact on our ability to defend this nation. >> and from the state department cited a officials did outline russia's next steps for the eastern part of ukraine, which could include plans of abducting mayors and teachers and also replacing the local governments with groups that have been loyal to moscow live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> thank you, jesse. a 3 year-old boy rescued by his grandfather from ukrainian war zone. he's been reunited with his family in placer county. the grandfather who found him is now headed back to help more people impacted by russia's violence. there. ben andrew grandfather, flu ukraine last month to bring him to the u.s. ben's mom passed away from covid a year ago. his family in the states applied to get their visas but they faced more difficulty with the consulate and the border closed for men ages 18 to 60 once in poland, bends grandpa drove back and forth 15 times to ukraine helping deliver food. the family says it wa

my colleague brianna keilar asked the pentagon press secretary john kirby about that very thing just yesterday. take a listen to what he had to say. >> it's important that we continue to try -- i mean to take mental health seriously here. there's still a stigma in the military about seeking help when you're struggling, and we've got to do a better job getting rid of that stigma. >> john kirby and his boss, the secretary of defense lloyd austin, have talked about this subject extensively about how seriously they're taking it. what do you think the military can do to try to kick that stigma? >> well, i think it's going to be a collection of things, and more than likely, it's going to be some of these smaller things. it's not the big things. it's the smaller steps that we need to take. it's things like a six-month waiting time to get a mental health appointment. there is a natural conflict between department of defense values, warrior culture values, and when people -- when people demonstrate normal human vulnerability, and it feels like a failure in that context. you know, if you look

now here's how pentagon press secretary john kirby described the mission. i want to remind that those forces, as they have been, will continue to be used in training, advising, and equipping partner forces to give them the tools that they need to disrupt. degrade and monitor our bob. our forces are not now, nor will they be directly engaged in combat operations. the purpose here is to enable a more effective fight against our ship by local forces, which and bob has increased in their strength, imposes a heightened threat. and really all of the discussions though, from the pentagon and the white house, the focus wasn't so much on helping the somalia, somalia, it was about counter and al bob, which john kirby said was growing in strength that their emissions were not just in the region, but they wanted to target american interest as well. and so they're really just focusing on the fact that in this time they believe that they've lost situational awareness. and that al shabani has gotten stronger and they need to counter that in the region. now one thing i thi

i think the role they're creating for john kirby makes a ton of sense for the white house. they have so many national security issues on their plate all at once and he can come and be a strategic person to look across all those issues and maybe raise for them say we have to pay attention to these other things that are happening. that's my thought. she will have a chance to be back at the podium next week. all this news out of the michael sussman trial. i thought it was huge news but hillary clinton is now to be the one who said go out and spread this information, get it to the f.b.i. and the media and yet no one in the media covered it. we have a little here. no coverage from nbc, cbs, msnbc and then on may 15th, 11 minutes on cnn. that the stunning when you have hillary clinton who got so much coverage beforehand now are silent? >> it's amazing. remember, the abc and nbc and cbs evening newscast attract 20 million people. the bias is readily apparent saying we covered it online. it doesn't cut it. can you imagine for five seconds if the names were switched and it was inste

pentagon press secretary john kirby says it will last until the 3rd week of may. we continue to urge congress to pass the president's supplemental request as soon as possible. but you know, because i'm in moscow, russian president vladimir putin celebrated the anniversary of the end of world war. 2 and defended the russian invasion as a preemptive step to defending his country from western through, at that he talked about this being justified the military operation. it's not. kirby criticized the message from putin and says what the world needs to hear is how putin will end the war and how he's going to finally respect ukraine as a sovereign state and nation that borders. he's a nation that posed absolutely 0 threat. the president's bill he signed is separate from the request to congress. any problems the u.s. will continue to send support reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. president biden is prepared to give a major speech today to address inflation. >> well, the white house says he will contrast his plans to lower costs for american families. with those o

kirby says, the new package must be passed. quote, quickly, by may 19th to avoid any interruptions. when it comes, as many americans are struggling with their basic needs, the countries, annual inflation rates. it's sitting close to a 40 year high. their producer price index, which trucks so much manufacturers, gifts for products at their initial sale has risen by 11 percent from a year ago, according to the bureau of labor statistics. while the american automobile association reports that gasoline prices have increased by over 40 percent in one year ortiz rachel blevins house. the story all additions are supposed to represent the people who elect them and put their interest 1st. but many us lawmakers appear to be promoting the interest of an entirely different country, as congress refused to approve around $10000000.00 in kobe 19. really, previously i had recommended the congress take over due action on much need liens and tests as part of the ukraine. supplemental bill, however, only needed ukrainian aid. so congress is makin

that's going spokesman, john kirby could not confirm the strike on the sheep no ship, nor would he say whether the action was the result of us intelligence. we provide them what we believe to be relevant and timely information about russian units that call them to adjust and executed their self defense to the best of their ability. the kind of intelligence that we provide them, it's legitimate, it's lawful and it's limited. and i would also add, and this is not an important point. we are not the only sole source of intelligence and information to the ukrainians. they get intelligence from other nations as well . we don't get heads up about their day to day operations, nor, nor do we expect to mean that they're, they're at act to fight so long as president has declared a state of emergency for a 2nd time in 5 years as his government faces escalating protests. but he sees tear gas and moist calendar despite students attempting to storm a parliament. you are says north korea could be preparing to conduct a new test as early as this month. estimates pyongyang, we'll use the pony re nuclear

today, pentagon press secretary john kirby announcing that another 10,500 u.s. troops will deploy from the united states into eastern europe. these are one-for-one rotational deployments. that means it won't be an actual increase in the u.s. footprint in the area. they'll still be somewhere in the neighborhood of about 100,000 total troops there. but these soldiers will be coming from here in the u.s., about 5,000, just under 5,000 will be coming from ft. campbell, a headquarters unit, and a brigade of the 101st air born. and one brigade combat team both from texas, from ft. bliss and ft. hood. they'll deploy some time this summer with several months deployment, most likely for all of them, garrett. >> going to be there a while. thank you both for starting us off. coming up, an exclusive interview with the gop senate hopeful making a late surge in pennsylvania. >>> how she's gone from a virtual nobody to a virtual front-runner. and why former president trump is not a fan. >>> plus, the move putting mike pence at odds with his one-time boss. who the former vp is

pentagon press secretary john kirby says it will last until the 3rd week of may. we continue to urge congress to pass the president's supplemental request as soon as possible. but you know, because i'm in moscow, russian president vladimir putin celebrated the anniversary of the end of world war. 2 and defended the russian invasion as a preemptive step to defending his country from western through, at that he talked about this being justified the military operation. it's not. kirby criticized the message from putin and says what the world needs to hear is how putin will end the war and how he's going to finally respect ukraine as a sovereign state and nation that borders. he's a nation that posed absolutely 0 threat. the president's bill he signed is separate from the request to congress. any problems the u.s. will continue to send support reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> coming up, the warriors boy, they got to block out all the noise and stay focused tonight. game 4 starts in a couple of hours and we've got a preview of the match up. and comedian dav

kirby sees the new package must be passed quote, quickly by may 19th to avoid any interruptions. what comes as many americans struggle to make ends meet us? the country's annual inflation rate remains close to a 40 year high. the producer price index, which tracks how much manufacturers get for products at their initial seal, has risen by 11 percent from a year ago. that's according to the bureau of labor statistics. while the american automobile association reports that gasoline prices have increased, if you do the sums here 40 percent in one year, your chart tease ratio 11. all additions are supposed to represent the people who elect them and put their interest 1st, but many us lawmakers appear to be promoting the interest of an entirely different country. this congress refused to approve around $10000000.00 in cobit 19 relief funding for americans. previously, i had recommended the congress take over due action on much needed funding for coal, the treatments, vaccines, and tests as part of the ukraine supplemental bill. however, i have been informed by congressional leaders in

its flagship moscow vessel with sunken april pentagon spokesman john kirby could not confound the strike on the ship. nor would he say whether the action was the result of us intelligence. we provide them what we believe to be relevant and timely information about russian units that call allow them to adjust and execute 3rd, their self defense to the best of their ability, the kind of intelligence that we provide them. it's legitimate, it's lawful and it's limited. and i would also add, and this is not an important point. we are not the only sole source of intelligence and information to the ukrainians. they get intelligence from other nations as well . we don't get heads up about their day to day operations, nor, nor do we expect to mean that they're, they're not active fight. sir lang as president has declared a state of emergency for a 2nd time in 5 weeks, as his government faces escalating protests. and he sees tear gas and water cannon to dispel students attempting to storm the parliament. the u. s. says north korea could be preparing to conduct a nuclear test as early as this month