possible membership. it s interesting, colonel, the nato summit will focus, we are told, on long-term security assistance for ukraine, including f-16 fighter jets. what should be prioritized right now based on what you know about ukraine s capabilities, at least at this moment? i think, wolf, one of the key things is what in military speak is called interoperability. that s the idea that ukrainian weapon systems should be able to talk to nato weapon systems. anything that can be made to work together in a technical sense, that is exactly what the nato meeting should actually result in. if they can do that with f-16s, that will allow a great deal of
importantly, what ukraine needs right now in the very close fight they re in, in three different fronts. i feel like you made that as comprehensible as possible. and that we all now got a crash course in the acronyms of military speak. so, retired lieutenant mark hertling, thank you very much. if you don t have a headache, then i ve accomplished my mission. thank you. mission accomplished. thank you very much. okay. so president biden set to in minutes from puerto rico. he s meeting with residents there so many of whom are impacted by hurricane fiona and gegetting briefed on recovery efforts and what thehe u.s. cano we ll take you there live. and we ll speak to two florida residents who are picking up the pieces after hurricane ian wreaked havoc on their homes and cities. now s the time to call bath fitter to get a beautiful after. with our unique tu over tub process, thers no mess or stress. spend smart on a beautiful new bath done right,
also an nbc analysis affairs analyst. i know your work for the committee wasn t something you talked about, so we missed your voice in these conversations but i wonder if you can start with today s hearing and then if we could talk about what s been presented so far in your view. what stood out to you? for me, i will never forget this testimony and the lives that are destroyed by donald trump to this day from these lies. you know, first of all, nicole, it has been a while. it s good to be back. and as far as the witnesses stay, i would think that rusty and shaye were two of the strongest witnesses we ve seen. i have looked at a lot of this. it s good john is on the panel. i just talked to him about some of this. but it seemed like there were multiple levels of intimidation and bullying that were happening at all times. if you look at military speak, nicole, it s kinetic and nonkinetic, nonkinetic, being physical threats and intimidation and then nonkinetic, using social media
i think in part that s true because, you know, they ll go after easy targets. they re lashing out in anger at, you know, civilians who have been known to fight them or at least taunt them. that is something they don t take kindly to for obvious reasons. but they re also not very well disciplined in many cases, and, you know, that has an impact where these forces are not fighting military elements, they re fighting ing civilians, of course civilians are easy targets, the proverbial soft target as we call it in military speak. when the ukraine defense chief says the russian military is regrouping, say in the east before any kind of advance, what does that regrouping mean? so usually what it means, in this case i think it is the case that they are going to get new troops in there, they are going to fix their equipment. they re going to patch up things that need to be patched up such
deployed aaron to the kitchen. before he diffused bombs, he was a chef in the navy. his mission on the home front went viral on tiktok. aaron s signature dish candies. so popular with neighbors, he launched a candy company. in military speak, aaron was eod, explosive ordinance disposal he scrambled the letters, added and subtracted, now has a candy business, extra ordinary delights. happiness, success, achievement maybe just an end to the pain is just one step beyond what you think is the most you can take reporter: kerry sanders, nbc news, santa rosa beach, florida. that s nightly news for this thursday thanks for watching. i m lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night