collective security arrangement needs an alpha. the united states needs to step up and be that alpha within this group of martha: you think we can do that with the current leadership? you know what we ve got is a team that has learned from afghanistan, if even if they have not publicly acknowledged that. the moves that i see with the command and control, the logistics and the troops moving to nato, i see some of the right steps being made from the department of defense stand points. it should have been happening three or four months ago. now is not the time in my view to be hyper critical. right now as a country, we need to recognize this is a serious threat. we need to give way together and put the oars in the water and find solutions through public
martha: it is. john kirby talked about the problems that the pentagon witnesses that russia is having with morale, supply, food, fuel. so it s interesting that you benoit that we re sending these additional resources over to nato countries to basically make sure that they don t have problems with the same things with regard to refuelling and command and control that you talk about. however, it raises the next question. i thought about poland, the question of whether or not they want to send their jets. they don t want to be seen as an aggressor in this. they ve accepted many refugees coming across their border. what is your read on how mouch poland wants or doesn t want to get involved with this by suching their jets? this is ph.d. level stuff. i m sure my former colleagues from the pentagon are working 24/7 with secretary austin trying to provide the best
statement if you don t you ll have it correctly the secretary of the navy in coordination with the indopacific command to defuel and close the facility in hawaii. many of you are tracking the importance that leaders across the department of defense have placed on that november leak and the contamination that resulted from it. the secretary, the deputy secretary, leaders from across the department of defense and navy as well as indopay com remain focused on this issue and the impact on families, community and our responsibilities in both national security and being good stewards of our resources and the environment. throughout this process, the department s approach is provided by a commitment to protect the population, the environment and the security of the country. goals that are mutually supportive. as the secretary outlined direction to the department of the navy, the department of
0 there for this white house. that could mean more high prices to come. john: it s stunning from a lot of americans that we would rather buy oil from iran and venezuela than doing the former. sandra: we re going to dig into a lot of what she said today. thanks for joining us. i m sandra smith. john: i m john roberts. the story with martha stars right now. martha: thank you, john and sandra. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. as russia escalates the bombing of civilians in ukraine, they re being accused of committing war crimes, russian is, in places where russian tanks roam the streets and people are running for their lives. so today president biden speaking with macron of france, boris johnson of the u.k. and shots from germany. you heard the back and forth with peter doocy and jen psaki to cut all off oil imports from russia. this is a major means of funding this war and the killings that we re seeing with many asking why is it okay