Because you cannot do thejob for eight people, you have 96 of your entire conference, but eight members can partner with your whole other side. How do you govern . As of now, theres no clear candidate to replace him. Republicans are now going home for the week, effectively shutting down the house. They say they may have a candidate by next tuesday with a possible vote next wednesday, but that all remains very fluid. It was all brought on by congressman matt gaetz of florida. He launched the vote to oust the speaker. After some debate, lawmakers voted 216 to 210 to remove mccarthy from the leadership position. Gaetz and seven other republicans joined all 208 democrats present in the room. One of the eight members of the Republican Party who voted to oust mccarthy is congressman ken buck, of colorado. Earlier i spoke with him about his decision to remove mccarthy as speaker, and What Happens Next. Can you tell us more about what went into your decision to oust Kevin Mccarthy. Went into y
wretch revolutionary thinking. it is still mired in the rhetoric of the past that ukraine has certain hoops to jump through in order to get there. in fact ukraine should be able to join even in the context of war, there are probably paths to it. even in the context of the midst of the war. i heard blinken say that he doesn t think that even zelenskyy thinks that in the midst of a war that they would be joining. there is a bit of old think here. there is a prohibition on ukraine joining because it automatically triggers a nato article v and collective defense response. i think that is probably certainly there is no appetite for it, but i think that is still old think. there are paths to do this where ukraine gets unlimited support, where nato extends collective defense, territory that ukraine currently has invitation is a difference and distinction from actual mbership. that s right. zelenskyy said.ad for you what
united states was not involved. the white house is also appropriately careful about naming names in these situations. we have of course a situation right now where the dam was destroyed. the ukrainians are saying it was the russians. the white house is being very careful until we know for sure you know, no such statement is going to be made. bret: some things you can talk about is the situation in ukraine currently. mr. chairman, your assessment of where things stand and whether the support from the u.s. is as strong as you think it should be? well, i was in ukraine just a couple months ago and jim and i were in ukraine just before the election making clear of our strong support. i was there learning from the about the plans of their upcoming offensive and today the armed services committee has received a briefing. and i can tell you that from the u.s. perspective, i think we are very confident that ukrainians are ready, that they have the equipment that they need. ithey certainl
so it has a boring name, but it is a fascinating piece of equipment. it is called an mrl, it is short for multiple rocket launcher, and as you probably guessed, as the name suggests, it is a type of weaponry that will spit out multiple rockets in a single go, and it sounds pretty basic now, but it really did revolutionize warfare when the soviet union first trotted them out during world war ii. the american version came off the line in the 1980s, much, much later than the russians, and it is still an important part of the american military arsenal, till this day, it has two launchers that can hold up to six rockets each, it can all be fired in under a minute, and with just a three-person crew, hitting targets close to 200 miles away makes it a very