and ejection seat. sean connery loved that car so much he bought one just like it and owned it until he died two years ago. that aston martin just sold at auction for $2.4 million. the buyer remains anonymous but whoever has it is hopefully having a martini, shaken of course, not stirred. that s how i like it as well. i should get that car. maybe i will. that s the news. reporting from washington, i m jim acosta. see you back here next saturday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. .007 here at cnn phil mattingly takes over the cnn newsroom live after a quick break. tech: cracked windshield? trust safelite. we ll replace your glass and recalibrate your vehicle s camera, so automatic emergency braking and lane depararture warning work properly. don t wait schedule now. singers: safelite repair, safelite replace.
mccaffrey. we watch every day, the horrific performance of the russian military. we have covered their failures on the battlefield, their withdrawal from kyiv. what is a u.s. secretary of defense who is rushing weapons assistance to ukraine say to his counter part? well, first of all, i think we re very fortunate we got lloyd austin as secretary of defense. he has enormous experience and good judgment on defense issues. one can argue this phone call has symbolic importance. we want to be in contact with the russian higher echelon, both military and political. they walled us off for three months, so having an hour conversation is a good thing. look, the russian minister of defense is in the ejection seat, and the chief of general staff is in the ejection seat. putin is locked up, put behind bars some of his intelligence chiefs, and he s locked a bunch of people trying to shove this