nato s to russia s aggression, and to help ukraine defend itself. the united states is rallying the world to stand with ukraine. allies and partners around the globe are making significant contributions. secretary austin just brought together more than 50 countries, more than 50 countries, pledging new commitments. and this is a global effort to support ukraine. nearly 140,000 anti-tank systems, more than 600 tanks, nearly 500 artillery systems, more than 600,000 rounds of artillery ammunition and ad advanced multiple launch systems, and the united states is leading the way. we provided ukraine with nearly $7 billion in security assistance since i took office. the next few days we intend to announce more than 800 million more including new advanced western air defense systems for ukraine, more artillery, and ammunition, counterbattery radars, additional ammunition for the high mars multiple launch rocket system we already have given ukraine and more high mars coming from ot
rights. on his republican opponent focused on inflation and crime. in florida former republican governor turned democratic congressman charlie crist will challenge republican governor and potential presidential candidate ron desantis for the governor s mansion. chris will be here to talk about his uphill battle. the senate candidate in florida is congresswoman and former orlando police chief val demings winning the nomination to challenge marco rubio. and in new york s bitter feud between two powerful democrats for one manhattan seat because of redistricting, jerry nadler defeated caroline maloney. also on the political front, president biden is back from vacation today and will be announcing an extension on student loan forgiveness, a decision unlikely to please partisans on both sides. and a somber independence day in ukraine as the country also marks six months today since russia invaded with boris johnson showing up in kyiv and president so lent skit addressing the u.n. $
texas rangers and they re looking into the uvalde police department that responded here yet as we know we ve said in the past, this is jurisdiction of the school police of which pete arredondo is the chief. meanwhile, this week pete arredondo has been sworn in as a new city council member in uvalde despite some criticism because of the investigation, willie. gaud venegas, thank you so much. mike, you were watching that sound bite from the mayor and a bit of disbelief if you go back to the timeline and the misinformation and the bad information we received from police from the word go, since the shooting nine days ago. we had commissioner bill bratton on the show a few days ago who has run police departments from new york to l.a. and boston and said it was a disgrace to the police the way this story was being communicated and changed so much times. or miscommunicated. the level of misinformation dispensed from the get-go in this tragedy is astounding. and it began the day
police officials now say, i was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. i was misled. i m livid about what happened. texas governor, aiming his iron at law enforcement. my expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations, which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. after a damning new admissions from texas authorities they incident commander making the decision not to immediately enter the classroom the gunman was in. this was a barricaded subject there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and reach the door and take on the officials explained how the shooter got into the school. was propped open by a teacher. investigators clarified the timeline as police arrived. they went directly to the door and two received grazing wounds at that time from the suspect. while the door was closed. 11:37, there was m
dumpster fire. but we begin with the age of illiberalism, a movement proclaimed by hungarian prime minister viktor orban. they have elections of a sort but so hamper voters abilities to make informed choices and heavily control the outcome that the elections are essentially a show. these are the autocratic dreams of a far light leader obsessed with solidifying a christian mono culture and who in 2014 declared his intention to build a illiberal new state citing china, russia an turkey as role models. flash forward to today where cpac, the once conservative gathering that is a cesspool of the far right running amock in holding its conference it in budapest. speakers include tucker carlson and mark meddo and the hungarian prime minister who recently won a fourth term. orban made it clear he s an ally to the american right selling cpac that the u.s. must align troops for 2024 votes, to fight together and reconquer institutions in washington and brussels from liberals who threate