bryan: the nation s national security leaders have gathered at the ronald reagan library outside los angeles this weekend to discuss challenges here at home and abroad. the ongoing war in ukraine and america s military capability are just some of the issues on the agenda. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live in simi valley are, california, with the detail thes. hi, jennifer. reporter: hi, bryan. it s been a busy day here at the reagan library for the 10th annual reagan martial defense forum. national defense. the theme of peace through strength has run throughout the panels today. here s defense secretary lloyd austin. our job is simple, we don t lose focus because of poll or pollices. the u.s. military is here to fight and win our nation s wars. and we will always work to deter conflict whenever we can, but if we are forced to defend ourselves, we will win. reporter: greg hayes of raytheon, who makes the javelins and anti-tank missiles and
governor kathy hochul in new york said week biden white house needs to take ownership of the migrant crisis. so i think the politics on this could be changing, paul, in a way that might force the government after the elections to address what is really a nationalities grace. paul: another issue, jason, you wrote about this this week, president biden taking the opportunity to essentially pardon many marijuana defendants, but you criticized that decision. why do you think he did it, and what impact will that have on the election? well, i think it was more a gesture of pollices, paul. as you politics. as you know, on the left big issues about mass if incarceration and the racial imbalance when it comes to our prison system, and i think he thought he would get at folks who care about that issue. and my critique is drug offenses are not driving the incarceration in america, it s
some concern a moderate, oh, you re out, you need to be out. what s the second word there? choice. what do the democrats and the hard left want to remove? your choice. this is about the lie that we ve talked about, the pushing narrative. to your point, they didn t ban abortion. there s a 151-week limit 15-week limit before them x states will decide. stacey abrams is one of the biggest frauds in this, but she s an example of this constant lie that s being pushed out. she s gone from i was governor of georgia, i should be governor of georgia to being a leftist organizer who s made herself rich at the expense of georgians while lying about hair choices. they have chosen in georgia, that s how our system works we re a constitutional republic and from that people make a decision that their legislators represent. we delegate that power to them. that s why this country works well, not mob rule. yeah. and while we re on pollices here, i know this person, the former president, it s
he said yes. what do you think? i think pence is a loyal aide to the president for years. i think he has spoken out on this and pence s action by not stopping the certification of the elect college votes is impressive in my mind and took courage. i think we ll hear not just what the president said in action but the inaction while this happened and speaks a lot but the truth is we need answers and find out what s responsible and at the end of the day with the pollices of this people heading into the midterm elections are focused on the midterm elections and beyond. it is worth noting that trump is more popular than ever. right? in the wake of january 6 according to the polling that s been done and the front-runner
process. if the american people knew about it, they d get more in tune with pollices and start watching a lot more closely. maria: yeah. i mean, look, it s clear that voters are getting smarter about everything, don. look at this advantage in 2022, congressional midterm graphic. republicans with 47%, they saw say democrats have 44%. do you think anything has changed as a result of this most recent supreme court draft opinion leaking? has anything changed in terms of the advantage that the gop holds in 2022? as the biden administration comes out with disinformation board to try to get ahead of free speech, frankly. yeah, i mean, i think it s more of a panic tackic, right? they can t run on the economy, they can t run on jobs, they can t run on energy, we re on the brink of war with russia, china s flying sorties over taiwan. this is democrat policy. everything that you re seeing