pro-american meritocracy still standing was the u.s. military. from the progressive perspective, the military was too masculine and had way too many republicans and a dangerous knack of turning minorities into patriotic, self-reliant conservatives. this could not stand. michelle obama s decision to make military spouses her top initiative as first ladies was the first clue that they have their sights set on the u.s. armed forces. by obama s second term, a stealth takeover of top brass top military brass was underway. officers who were aligned were promoted. a general who obeyed and advanced the woke progressive agenda could expect a lucrative afterlife on corporate boards, already populated by the obama-clinton world. one of the first whistle-blowers was james stephane, who wrote stand down, documenting the obama-era changes to military call culture and its negative impact on national culture. the military s job is not to be woke or sensitive. simply, it is to defend th
sakkari now serving to stay in the match and the olympic champion belinda bencic is also in action right now. she s up against the russian kamilla rakhimova and a set up there, winning the first 6 2. the second, she s 5 2 on bencic s serve going for the matchrakhimova is playing under a neutralflag for this tournamernt though because of the ongoing conflict between russia and ukraine. later on tonight, the three time champion novak djokovic is on court as he looks to win a record extending 24th men s grand slam title. he plays the frenchman alexandre muller in the opening round and djokovic says he s excited to return after a two year absence from flushing meadows. he missed last year s event due to his covid vaccine status. i see this every grand slam that i play right now is really a golden opportunity to make more history. so, of course, there is a big significance to that. i mean, i wouldn t say, you know, it adds a bit more to the fact that i have not played here
forecasters say that it s expected to intensify to a dangerous category three hurricane. the national hurricane center warned that it could bring life threatening conditions to parts of florida as soon as tuesday. and in anticipation of the storm, tampa international airport will be closed starting midday tuesday. the airport plans to shut down until at least early thursday to secure its planes and prepare equipment on the ground. us presidentjoe biden spoke with florida governor ron desantis and approved an emergency declaration for the state in preparation for the storm. mr desantis declared a state of emergency in 46 florida counties, saying the storm will have major impacts. evacuation orders, i urge floridians to heed the admonitions and heed the directives from your local officials. there are going to be evacuation orders issued in all these gulf coast counties in the a and b zones. all the barrier islands, places that are low lying on the coast, you are going to be t
i believe in the american people, and i believe in the fact that jurors will listen fairly and impartially. and for people who say they won t, dana, those are people who believe only in themselves, like donald trump and not the american people. former vice president mike pence says he has no plans to testify in a federal trial of trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, but he says he will comply with the law if called to be a witness. the day before january 6th, if memory serves, they came back, his lawyers did, and said we want you to reject votes outright. they were asking me to overturn the election. i had no right to overturn the election. you can say right here that you will rule out voting for donald trump again for president? dana, i will tell you, i don t think we ll have to make that decision. what if you do? i m confident i ll be able to support the republican nominee, especially if it s me. let s get some reaction now from one of the contenders
counsel jack smith s other big investigation into former president trump as federal grand jurors hear more testimony that could possibly lead to new indictments. good day. i m garrett haake in washington. andrea is traveling to lithuania to cover the nato summit where russia s invasion of ukraine will continue to dominate the conversation for our allies. united states has made it clear going into this summit that a fast track for ukraine s entry into the alliance is off the table for now as the president and his diplomatic team work to sell turkey on agreeing to allow sweden to become the next nato member. the president may have to cruise use some of the nato meetings about his decision to provide ukraine with the deadly cluster munitions that his own administration has denounced. mr. biden spent the first leg of his trip solidifying the relationship betweening first with the british prime minister when traveling to windsor castle to meet with king charles where they met with