from politicians in mckinley s home state of ohio. that s right. jake. a different kind of warming here in alaska. president obama began this trip with a splash by renaming mt. mckinley denali in honor of the native people this state. it was announced ahead of the three-day jurn toy alaska. it s aimed at sounding the alarm on climate change. jake, there s no controversy here in alaska. the state s two republican senators as well as the governor have all endorsed renaming this mountain alaskans have fought for this to happen for years, knowing that it was a gold prospector who named it after president mckinley who never set foot in the state. members of congress from mckinley s home state of ohio don t see it that way. house speaker john boehner released a statement saying, there is a reason president mckinley s name served atop the highest peak in north america for more than 100 years. that is because it is a testament to his great legacy. i am deeply disappointed in this decision. j
there are differences of opinion. basically, it s a slippery slope. absolutely. no question. what s the pentagon saying about the drones it s deployed in latvia right next to russia? latvia, it s a baltic state and a nato ally. the u.s. nato is required to defend it if russia were to invade or in any other way threaten it. this is part of a series of military steps the u.s. has been taken. there were f-15s deployed to the baltics. doing exercises western ukraine to reassure the allies that the u.s. and nato is watching. they re watching russia and will defend against further iowe these are tightly calibrated. these drones are going to be there for 15 days, until september 15th and then they ll leave. they re trying to calibrate something that reassures without antagonizing. this is the way they re responding to fears that russia,