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"Wearing gray across the sky 65 at fort belvoir 64° in foggy bottom, hello Silver Spring, you are at 64°. Three 41 now on WTO now to the latest from Ukraine, which today is marking 9 months since the Russian invasion began. The U.S. and two of its allies are accusing Russia's defense minister of making false allegations after he claimed in a series of phone calls that Ukraine was planning to use the so called dirty bomb on its own soil. In the meantime, security experts from around the world are trying to figure out what Russian president Vladimir Putin is planning. WTO national security correspondent JJ green caught up with one Eastern Europe one leader in European and Eastern Europe over the weekend. JJ. Yes, Sean, right now, Russians and Russian president Vladimir Putin is really concerned about the high level of U.S. support for Ukraine. I suspect in Putin's calculus. He is actually wondering whether he has to wait out. The Biden administration. Mick Redman is editor in chief and director of analysis at Oxford Analytica. So why is he saying that? It's because of winter. He's aware that winter will be a great test to Europe. It as a result, some in Europe might want to pause the war. Then go say calculate however that even if west Europeans were to ask for a pause, Poland would remain in the fight, others would remain in the fight, crucially the United States would. Redmond and other experts gathered in Riga for the last four days and Latvia seemed to agree the outcome of this war which could still take years might depend on what happens this winter. And what happens in the U.S. elections. Sean and Hillary. Hey, JJ, many Republicans have been soft on Russia by wanting the U.S. to pull support for Ukraine. Does the apparent disinformation from Russia about a Ukrainian dirty bomb threatened to further hurt U.S. efforts to fund this war? Well, the fact that most of us know that this Russian allegation that Ukraine is going to use a dirty bomb on its own territory is absolute disinformation and even nonsensical. I'm pretty sure that U.S. officials that are getting classified briefings about this know that as well and that includes U.S. legislators. They know that this is and will probably be used as a political tool. Russia is going to try to do that anyway. They can. But it's not clear that that would be an advantage to them. What does bear worrying about though is what happens between now and the midterm elections. Russia is watching very closely very carefully. The U.S. political scene and they're trying to find anything at all any way they can to chip away at the U.S. resolve to help Ukraine. So yeah, I mean, they're going to be some that are going to think about this this dirty bum business. But it probably won't be useful as a political tool. JJ, thanks. You're welcome. It's a WTO national security correspondent JJ green. Three 43. Republican congressman Denver
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"Ronan, Alicia abelson is our producer, the top stories that we're following tonight, Russia has retaliated in a deadly way for what it claims was a Ukrainian terrorist attack on a critical bridge. The Russians unleashed their biggest and most widespread attacks against Ukraine in months. The lethal barrage came during the morning rush hour, it smashed civilian targets, knocking out power and water and shattering several buildings. At least 11 people are reported dead dozens more are injured. WTO national security correspondent tells us that all of the Russian fire and fury is only serving to make the Ukrainian people dig in further. They have cohorts. Cowards is how you have hanging your crab chuck. A member of Ukraine's parliament describes Russia's military. They're not fighting with military on the matter field because we'll keep their ass on the battlefield. So they sent missiles. Half of those missiles were shot down and crab chuck says, if they get the right kind of help, they could do better than that. The very modern air defense system. This number of shutdown missiles could go up to, I don't know, 80%, 90%. And that's exactly what it might take because now there's talk that this bombing campaign or this missile strike campaign today may become a pattern in the days to come. That's our WTO national security correspondent JJ green. President Biden had a call with the Ukrainian counterpart today after the morning missile attacks. The White House is President Biden and volodymyr zelensky spoke by phone before mister Biden left Delaware to return to Washington. Zelensky said in a tweet that the two discussed air defense and that he urged U.S. and G 7 support for a UN resolution condemning Russia's purported annexation of eastern Ukraine. Russia can't veto measures in the UN General Assembly, the way it can in the Security Council, that vote is expected later this week. That CBS White House correspondent Stephen portnoy, a former D.C. police officer who spoke with the top White House who spoke with the top House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy about the January 6th attack after that attack on Capitol Hill is revealing new information about a secretly recorded phone call WTO's Mitchell Miller on Capitol Hill. Michael fanone recorded a phone call with McCarthy months after the attack in which he pressed the House minority leader about former president Trump's inaction during the rioting. McCarthy said the president wasn't watching television, as has been widely reported, and that he doesn't believe he was aware his supporters were leading the violence, even though he spoke with mister Trump that afternoon
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"Home estimate. It's four 11 now on WTO. It's being called a highly unusual incident. It happened today over the Korean Peninsula. North Korea flew 12 warplanes near its border with South Korea prompting the south to scramble 30 military aircraft in response, all this according to officials in Seoul. It happened hours after North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea in its 6th round of missile tests in less than two weeks. Joining us live, WTO P national security correspondent JJ green, JJ, what is the latest on this clearly people in that part of Asia are really concerned? Well, this is emerging to be another geopolitical quagmire, North Korea's condemning the U.S. for redeploying a U.S. aircraft carrier to the waters east of South Korea saying this poses a grave threat to stability in the region. And this comes after, as you mentioned, multiple missile launches from North Korea in recent days, including one that flew over Japan, then those jets you talked about, Sean. 8 fighter jets and four bombers staged a formation flight north of the inter Korean air boundary and they were thought to have conducted air to surface firing drills, drills in this clearly is designed to elicit a response. So yeah, this is developing into a potential serious geopolitical situation because there are all these countries involved and of course the U.S. being a Pacific power wants to stay on top of it. Do we know what North Korea's objective is here? Well, the bottom line is North Korea wants sanctions relief, but it had an opportunity some years ago under president Trump and essentially threw it away. And then got angry, I suppose, with the U.S. and said it wouldn't talk. But it's trying to get these sanctions relieved and it's craving international recognition as well for its nuclear possessions. It wants to be recognized, but that's not going to happen at all. So what's the word from The Pentagon on this? General pat Ryder, who's a spokesman for The Pentagon said to us a little earlier today. They're going to watch weight and remain ready. And he said in response to this situation, they have positioned the Ronald Reagan carrier group, which is joined by two Japanese Navy destroyers and one Korean navy destroyer in the sea of Japan to conduct trilateral ballistic missile defense exercises. These exercises are going to send a message of allied unity to North Korea, but at the same time what it's going to do most likely is North Korea will probably try to do some type of match. Do something even more provocative. So we're in a situation ambassador Joe Dini who used to be, he was the special envoy for the 6 party talks with North Korea. He said, we know that North Korea does this. We know that it happens periodically, but we can not get complacent and think that this is just another thing. North Korea is going to do and then stop. They may go too far one day and cause an accidental war. Something to be monitored closely thanks to Jack. You're welcome. WDT open national security correspondent JJ green. Talk in commanders in a minute
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"War, this morning, Russia has this week officially annexed four regions of Ukraine, doubling down on its war against Ukraine. And word that Bohr and more people are leaving Russia these days because of it. This morning, WTO national security correspondent JJ green with more on this exit. The war has created a massive problem for Russia's neighbors like Georgia. 800,000 Russian citizens entered Georgia from March to August. A research associate at the Atlantic council's digital forensics research lab in Georgia says many of them are legitimate, others are not. And this is a horrific number in terms of national security perspective of Georgia. And here's what some of them are doing to threaten George's national security. Corruption. More specifically. Some people were asking, how they can buy driving license in Georgia. And this is what is the biggest threat for Georgia's national security. Georgia is not doing anything to limit immigration, even though other countries have put limits on Russian immigration. So JJ Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that makes it easier for foreigners to get Russian citizenship if they join the army. What have you learned about that? Yes, Sean, this is really interesting. This decrease has foreign citizens or stateless persons who sign a contract to serve in Russia's armed forces for at least a year and take part in military operations for at least 6 months will be eligible for the simplified applications procedures. And it says the foreigners who are injured in combat before 6 months of fighting are up and can not return to the battlefield will also be eligible according to this decree. But here's the thing. The way this war is going, these folks may not last that long, because thousands of Russians are dying almost every week on the battlefield in this war against Ukraine. But the latest of the war between Russia and Ukraine will be so national security correspondent JJ green, talking with Hillary and Sean, you are listening to 103.5
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"You're with WTO. Van dien lane. A couple of major stories this morning from Russia first the Kremlin is admitted now that errors were made during the mobilization of reservists for the war in Ukraine. But says no decision had been taken to close, Russia's borders. This party WTO national security correspondent JJ green, with more force. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry peskov told reporters indeed there are cases where the mobilization decree was violated. He said, in some region, governors are actively working to rectify the situation. What he's talking about is basically a jailbreak where draft age man rushed the borders to try to escape. He said, instances of non compliance with this degree are decreasing. That seems to refer to the crackdowns of people and arresting those who don't comply. Peskov said he hopes this will speed up the process and then all the errors will be corrected. Russian president Vladimir Putin said last week that he was announcing a call up of thousands of reservists for the conflict in Ukraine. And that sparked protest all across the country. JJ, the Ukrainian government says it is investigating yet another mass burial site that allegedly contains the bodies of Ukrainian citizens. What have you learned about that? That's right, John. This site is an industrial chicken farm outside of kosaka lopan, which is about two kilometers from the international border, about a mile, I think, once used by Russian troops to shelter their tanks. And Ukrainian officials and soldiers are talking about up to a hundred bodies discovered so far, not clear how they got there to that number earlier this month, Ukrainian forces recaptured that area and pushed Russian forces back over the border in a very quick offensive to liberate the northeastern region of harkey from occupation. But this suspected grave site is still within range of Russian artillery and soldiers protecting the plant are telling journalists and they told AFP specifically that demining teams have to go in there to sweep the area
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"This early morning to WTO for the time now is 1212. A couple of major stories this morning from Russia first the Kremlin is admitted now that errors were made during the mobilization of reservists for the war in Ukraine. But says no decision had been taken to close, Russia's borders is 40 WTO P national security correspondent JJ green, with more force. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry peskov told reporters indeed there are cases where the mobilization decree was violated. He said, in some region, governors are actively working to rectify the situation. What he's talking about is basically a jailbreak where draft age man rushed the borders to try to escape. He said, instances of noncompliance with this degree are decreasing. That seems to refer to the crackdowns of people and arresting those who don't comply. Peskov said he hopes this will speed up the process and that all the errors will be corrected. Russian president Vladimir Putin said last week that he was announcing a call up of thousands of reservists for the conflict in Ukraine and that sparked protest all across the country. JJ the Ukrainian government says it is investigating yet another mass burial site that allegedly contains the bodies of Ukrainian citizens. What have you learned about that? That's right, John. This site is an industrial chicken farm outside of kozacha lopan, which is about two kilometers from the international border, about a mile, I think, once used by Russian troops to shelter their tanks. And Ukrainian officials and soldiers are talking about up to a hundred bodies discovered so far, not clear how they got there to that number earlier this month, Ukrainian forces recaptured that area and pushed Russian forces back over the border in a very quick offensive to liberate the northeastern region of Hakeem from occupation. But this suspected grave site is still within range of Russian artillery and soldiers protecting the plant are telling journalists and they told AFP specifically the demining teams have to go in there to sweep the area for mines
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"We're here because we refuse to live in a world where big powers triple borders by force. The latest military package of $675 million will include howitzers and anti tank systems, but the U.S. is also looking ahead. The face of the war is changing. We will work together to train Ukraine's forces for the long haul. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is announcing even more U.S. assistance today to help Ukraine's neighbors protect themselves. That additional U.S. Military assistance announced by blinken would total about $2 billion for Ukraine in 18 other countries in the region. We also learned this morning that blinken arrived in Ukraine this morning for an unscheduled visit. In addition to meeting with Ukraine's foreign minister, he was also he is also visited children's hospital. That aid to European countries comes amid new concerning developments. Countries bordering Russia are increasingly concerned about the influx of Russian citizens into the European Union through what they call the Schengen area as a result, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Estonia have all announced that they're suspending visas. EU visas for those coming from Russia into their countries. This is a significant development suggesting they expect trouble. That's national security correspondent JJ green. The Senate's top Democrat is vowing to force Republicans to codify gay marriage with a vote on legislation to protect it. Mitchell Miller is on Capitol Hill. A vote will happen. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer. Vote on marriage equality will happen on the Senate floor in the coming weeks. Schumer wants it to be a stand-alone Bill, but Democrats need at least ten Republicans to get that vote to move forward and are still trying to secure enough GOP support. That led to some suggestions to attach it to a continuing resolution. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell doesn't want a lot of amendments attached to such a short term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, but he's letting the process play out for now. We'll have to see what they're requesting. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller, WTO, news. Stick around in case you missed it, Apple has announced its latest gadgets. We'll hear what's changing and whether it's worth your money after traffic and weather. It's 1136. Hi, I'm Patrick Bengals owner, a new look on design. Trying to buy things right now is crazy. It's either unavailable or it'll take months. It's twice as much for the interest rates double. They call it volatility. And it's everywhere. Not in New York. We make roofing easy and we always do it the same way, a same day estimate detailed measure report, 3D rendering of your home, plus line by line pricing. So you know exactly what you're paying for. And most roofs can be installed within a week. While interest rates in the world go up, new look holds strong at 0% and right now save 50% on all roofing materials
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"The weekend, everybody. One 22. Glad you're with us here at WTO P this early hour. Now to the latest of the war between Ukraine and Russia, just how long will this war actually go on this morning, WTO national security correspondent JJ green with the latest for us. Russia has lost more than 900 special forces, soldiers paratroopers, marines, and pilots over 6 months of war in Ukraine. The according to the BBC. And this is problematic because those types of troops are very costly to replace. Russia's lost more than 80,000 troops in 6 months plus a few days of war according to western intelligence. And that is a staggering toll. Ukraine says 47,000 were killed, tens of thousands have been injured. Ukraine has lost close to 10,000 troops. They launched an offensive this week in the south and are making limited progress, but Russia continues launching attacks in the south and east, and more civilians are being killed. The UN says more than 6000 are dead, 8000 have been injured. JJ, they're complaints now that the Kremlin is trying to manipulate that situation at that nuclear power plant into a strategic political win that seems like a very dangerous game to play. There were situations where the inspectors were going through the facility, but they were not allowed to talk privately with the Ukrainian workers who worked at the plant that they were being shadowed. Essentially by Russian troops and now Ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is accusing Russia of intimidating the nuclear inspectors allowing as well only Kremlin funded journalist into the zap region nuclear power plant to document this and what basically we're hearing is that they're hoping to use this for some kind of propaganda campaign back at home to say we're doing the right thing. We're
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"Starts, it would be hard to stop it. JJ green, WTO news. Double DT will be at three 38 Saturday morning. Throughout taking weather or the 8th and what it breaks over to Ian Crawford this morning in the NADP traffic center. Virginia bell weighs still watching the cleanup in the work zone, crash activity. As you travel the outer loop after exit 47 for route 7 heading toward I 66, single left through the work zone and so with the flashing lights over there, the last to clean up underway now, hopefully that will be gone soon and then it'll just be a plain old work zone. Not much like getting past this one now though. On the outer on the inner loop, I should say, heading toward route 50 Arlington boulevard to see the cones over on there on the right you're getting by the work zone two lanes to the left. 66, the westbound work after the fair and fast county Parkway and after 29 Centreville, single right to get by and that eastbound is you'll find the work after the principal Parkway left lane getting by there the ramp to go south on Virginia route 34 Prince William Parkway exit 44 that ramp shut down. And then as you get closer to the capitol, bellway, two left lanes past that work zone, the ramp to the outer loop from eastbound 66, that is also shut down. That is it for Virginia. I should say, but that is plenty. In the district on the freeway, the east bound were continues. After Potomac park heading toward the third street tunnel, single left lane getting by and all of those off ramps apparently still shut down. Maryland 95 BW Parkway blessed, no check that. Now 95 looking for a new crash, northbound between 32 and one 75 with caution for what may be in the roadway. The jaw dropping musical Hamilton is coming to the Kennedy Center opera house come join this captivity performance now through October 9th information at Kennedy Center dot org Ian Crawford WTO traffic. Pretty quiet start to the day weather wise temperatures into the upper 60s and 70s, and by this afternoon, with plenty of sunshine, it looks like we'll see high temperatures in the middle 80s. A couple of showers
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"In at 81. We are at 79 in Reston. WTO P news time three 40. Now let's turn to Ukraine where the security of the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe is in question, fighting is taking place very close to the zapper Asia nuclear power plant, and there's word Russia has launched a cyberattack on the organization that operates it. National security correspondent JJ green joins us with more on this concern JJ what do you know? Hillary, if the cooling system of this plant is damaged, it could lead to a nuclear meltdown. Escape of radiation and a lot of people across Europe could get sick and die. But despite this enormous risk, Russian troops continue to occupy the plant and use it as a shield to launch missile strikes on villages and towns in the region. This concern is not just something nuclear experts are worried about. It's risen to the presidential level. French president Macron spoke today with Ukraine's president zelensky. And the French embassy here in Washington tells WTO P Macron underscored his concern about the threat pose to the safety and security of that facility by the presence of Russian troops there. Also, if that isn't enough of a problem, Ukraine says today, Russia launched a cyberattack on the agency that operates the plant, reporting live, JJ green, WTO being news. JJ, today for the second time in a week there was a series of massive explosions at a Russian military base in Crimea. Give us an idea of what exactly happened here and how it impacts the war. Well, Sean, it's believed that a small drone attacked an ammunition depot down in the sim Ferro pole area in Crimea today, which is where Russia has a significant air base. It happened about 6 a.m. local time and these explosions were heard and felt almost 20 miles away. It triggered a massive evacuation from the region, but in terms of the damage, it's not yet clear, but we know that some of Russia's most sophisticated aircraft are located at that base. They're unconfirmed reports at this moment that it doesn't supersonic all weather fighter jets, aircraft, and another dozen close air support aircraft were there at that base during this explosion in this round of explosions. This is a significant blow to Russia's military because they don't know where the attacks are coming from. Will it be a long range missile? A sabotage team or something as small as a two and a half foot long inexpensive and expendable suicide drone, like what happened today? JJ, thanks so much. You're welcome. WTO national security correspondent JJ green
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"Springfield. That will be moving into Alexandria here and even southern Arlington county over the next 15 to 20 minutes. We'll have more details on the aids coming up in a bit. All right, thanks so much, Ryan. 5 33. WNBA star Brittany griner has been convicted of drug smuggling in a Russian court she's been sentenced to 9 years in prison. National security correspondent JJ green joins us live with more on this changing. Yeah, that's right, Sean and Hillary, griner was convicted and sentenced to a long prison term and she may have to serve some or all of that term. It really depends on the whims of the Russian government. Grinder's legal team is going to appeal. They have ten days to do it. It's not likely anything will change because the appeals process is subjected to the same pattern that other trials are there. Usually what the prosecutors ask for, the prosecutors get. We know the U.S. government has made at least one offer to the Russian government to swap griner and former marine Paul Whelan for a convicted Russian arms dealer, but tensions between the U.S. and Russia being what they are, which is pretty high. At this point, we're not clear where this situation goes. Russia hasn't responded to that, and it's not clear if and when they will, reporting live, JJ green, WTO news. JJ, let's talk about Ukraine for a minute. A top Russian commander was killed today and it was the first woman commander. But there is a backstory to this too, so can you tell us about that? Yeah, this is a woman was a Ukrainian. She defected to Russia in 2014 after the Russian invasion took over parts of the eastern part of the country. And she joined the Russian military and worked her way up and became what is now a lieutenant lieutenant colonel and recently she had bragged about how much she liked killing Ukrainians and she had ordered numerous strikes on Ukrainian civilians. Well, today her car was struck by a missile as she drove in an area of Donetsk. It appeared as though she was perhaps the only target. I've asked Ukrainian officials about that. They say no, she was a part of a unit that was moving, but her car was struck, and she was killed. JJ, thanks. You're welcome. WTO's JJ green
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"In to the U.S. drone strike that killed the leader of Al-Qaeda on this week's episode of the hunt with WTO national security correspondent JJ green, doctor Hans Jacob Schindler, senior director of the counter extremism project, says the strike was a counter terrorism coup on many levels. If you remember a couple of weeks ago, we were joking about the location of Ayman zawahiri. I'm pretty sure he's in Afghanistan. I did not expect him to be in Kabul. So taking this man out is indeed a counter terrorism on many levels. It is quite astounding that the American administration seems to have an information network not only to identify him, but also to identify him as they set in April. And then decide for the perfect moment for the strike, this means if you have a high profile tag, usually you strike immediately because you don't know if the target is moving, whether you can track it, they knew they had an information network that was reliable enough that they could continue to track even if it does move. So that is very impressive. I have to say. Who is in line? Most likely to be the next leader. Yeah, I mean, the person that everyone is talking about is the individual called safe Al Adel himself, Egyptian again. Apparently, according to my former colleagues at the UN, currently in Iran, which is a quite an interesting development. And he is the one that everyone seems to assume that is going to be the next one. He's also while being Iran if the under control and would let him leave, this would be a very interesting development on the Iranian side as well. But he's close, at least he could come to
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"Think of the family the Friends the communities that are grieving because each of these flowers is planted Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer says they'll vote on new gun control legislation soon some proposed measures are red flag laws The gun rights supporters argue those laws get due process would allow judges to revoke rights without a conviction from a jury Democratic senator Chris Murphy has been leading the charge on new legislation We are only going to move forward with a piece of legislation that saves lives Luke luker WTO P news In Ukraine Russia is losing its grip on the war It's losing territory that it's captured it's lost a lot of troops and now it appears one of its leaders is apparently losing his grip and that's apparently a very dangerous thing national security correspondent JJ green joins us live with more on this JJ There was a time when western leaders used to think of Dmitri Medvedev as the rational one at the Kremlin He was once prime minister and served as president for one term And maybe he was ten or 12 years ago rational but clearly right now he's not Since the war in Ukraine started he spoken off at about wiping the country of Ukraine off the map and of his disdain for western leaders But today he crossed a red line in a post on the social media app telegram he said today people often ask me why am I a telegram poster so harsh He said the answer is I hate them They have bastards and scum They want death for us for Russia and as long as I'm alive I will do anything to make them disappear Reporting live JJ green WTO news Well JJ why is this so dangerous for western leaders Pretty much This threat pretty much guarantees he's going to get a very close look from the International Criminal Court in The Hague Considering that he's the deputy head of Russia's National Security Council Dangerous for a number of reasons This is a dog whistle It's a call for people to go after western leaders And this is a very serious statement especially because it's coming from inside one of the most corrupt countries on the planet A country that invaded a neighbor because of its deep hatred and the hatred that Vladimir Putin has for Ukraine and western leaders and that country is the same country that's assassinated people they've considered enemies and tried unsuccessfully to kill others Italy's foreign minister said today Medvedev's statements are a threat and seriously dangerous JJ thanks so much You're welcome That's our own JJ green Keep it here on WTO after traffic and weather we get a progress.
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"The WTO P up Good morning The fighting goes on continuing And Ukraine has intensified its request this week for weapons from the west This morning WTO V national security correspondent JJ green spoke with The Pentagon President Biden promised on March 16th to send $800 million in new weapons and munitions to Ukraine And deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen hicks told WTO those deliveries are taking place right now Our ongoing assistance has delivered hundreds of stingers thousands of javelins helicopters radar systems and we're also working with the Ukrainians to help them acquire additional longer range systems that they are already trained on namely those that come from the former Soviet Union And then munitions for those systems Another important point that hicks made is that the blame for this war rests squarely with Russia And it's united the world against Russia and Russia is now going to have to deal with the consequences Several members of the Ukrainian delegation that's involved in the peace talks were allegedly poisoned What are you hearing about this That's right several media organizations have been reporting it and I've spoken to several sources and it looks like this indeed happened Three members of the delegation attending the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia between the third and 4th of March experienced symptoms consistent with chemical weapons skin peeling eye irritation pain in various parts of the face and other parts of the body One victim was Russian entrepreneur Roman Abramovich who is the owner of the Chelsea football club in the UK All of them have gotten better but speaking to one of Ukraine's members of parliament yevgenya.
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"Jennifer Kuiper For more now double DT of these national security correspondent JJ green discovery Ukraine is looking at its future It's looking at a very serious problem that's taking place And one of the real concerns is what happens tomorrow What happens over the weekend this meeting between President Biden and Chinese president Xi Well that is going to weigh heavily on this China needed to do that call because they knew they were clearly in Russia's corner in the early days in the early parts of this war They were on record and disastrous played out They're facing the fact that Russia's economy was essentially destroyed in two weeks Their connection to Russia and support for Russia is going to mean China's economy is going to suffer as well But at the same time they're afraid to abandon Russia because of what Russia will do to them How Russia might retaliate And we hear now that Russia is sending a thousand Syrian fighters to Ukraine to fight So what are they going to do there It's urban warfare It's house to house combat And they want these foreign fighters from Syria to do what they're good at The thing here the advantage that the Ukrainians have is that they know their territory And the foreign fighters don't There's way more Ukrainians there than there are foreign fighters in one final thing to note 5 Russian generals are dead 6 colonels are dead In terms of the generals that's more than a quarter of Russia's military leadership on the ground in Ukraine Close to more than 10,000 Russian troops are dead But they're showing no signs of giving up And this is where the problem comes in As they continue to press as they continue to try there's a concern about them using chemical weapons or other methods to try to achieve their objectives JJ I know we're in this three weeks heading into four It doesn't seem like things are getting better anytime.
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"Kuiper The security service of Ukraine claims this week to have apprehended an enemy of the state This morning WTO national security correspondent JJ green with that Ukrainian authorities made a big arrest they ground a hacker who was helping Russian forces communicate These forces destroyed the three G cell towers in parts of the country when they came in and doing so They destroyed their own encrypted phone system So they needed that help This was a big blow to them I spoke with a prominent Russian living in Moscow about how Russians feel about this war Well I feel that this catastrophe for both Ukraine and Russia that was also my feeling before and that was the reason for me To think that this kind of open conflict between Ukraine and Russia would be impossible Sergei utkin is the head of the strategic assessment section of the primakov institute of world economy and international relations at the Russian academy of scientists That is owned and essentially operated by the government a big hint as to what message Russians are sending to the government about this war JJ the level of Russian shelling is staggering especially in the civilian areas How is the Ukrainian military managing to hold the Russians off Well it's remarkable They have an underground resistance of very public show of force their cleverly hiding their weapons their ambushing Russian forces They're also confronting them publicly and fighting fiercely They have the entire world behind them except a few countries and they've shown a fighting spirit that simply that simply won't quit We know that the men have not been allowed to leave the country and are there fighting.
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"13 Double DT will be national security correspondent JJ green this morning explains how despite the dozens of civilian casualties Ukraine's military and its civilians are really putting up a fierce fight that's taking a steep toll on Russia's military right now For the second time in a week Russia has lost a top general major general Vitaly Garza mov chief of staff of the 41st army was killed outside kharkiv along with other senior officers Last week its deputy commander major general Andrei zhukovsky was confirmed by Russian media to have been killed He was killed by a sniper Both of these generals being killed will suggest this war is not going well because major generals are not expected to be dying in fighting unless something is going wrong The loss of top ranking officers has come at a time when much of the Putin invasion force has become bogged down by logistical problems Poor morale and Ukrainian resistance And there's another thing Seems as though they're encrypted communications system is failing as well JJ we know that the Kremlin is putting up a fierce disinformation fight abroad but they're also fire hosing Russian citizens with it as well Give us an idea of what you learned about this So we know that the state government Russian government has essentially banned all of the independent media in that country and that includes radio and television So what they've decided to do is to replace all of that independent media with state run media So basically they're using those frequencies to blast out to people in Russia who were supposedly relying on those other stations and frequencies for independent and true and real news They're basically using those very same frequencies to blast more propaganda out to them leaving Russians in the dark about what's really happening and we're starting to see how that is playing out on the global stage because many people say folks inside Russia when they try to tell them what's.
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US Sending 3,000 Troops to Help Evacuate Some Embassy Staff in Afghanistan
"Key cities in Afghanistan. Kabul could fall within 30 days. As many as 3000 troops being sent in to help evacuate the embassy. Here's Deputy Opie's national security correspondent JJ Green 3000. Troops are on the way to Kabul. The first troop movement will consist of three infantry battalions that are currently in the Central Command area of responsibility. They will move to Hamid Karzai International airport within the next day or so. Two of these battalions or Marines won his army. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby made it clear this is not a combat mission. I want to stress that these forces are being deployed to support the orderly and safe reduction of civilian personnel at the request of the State Department and to help facilitate an accelerated process of working through s. I V applicants. This is a temporary mission with a narrow focus. Another 1000 army and Air Force troops are being moved to facilitate the processing of special immigrant visa applicants. There are thousands of Afghans and their families who have helped the U. S military during the war who need to get out because if the Taliban captures them, they will surely be killed. J. J Green W
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Pentagon Sending Troops to Kabul to Help Evacuation of U.S. Embassy
"That the U. S Embassy is not closed. But the U. S will draw down to accord diplomatic presence in Afghanistan soon. It's very important to say that our embassy remains open in our diplomatic mission will endure. This follows word from a U. S official who says the Pentagon is sending in troops to Afghanistan, Afghanistan's Karzai International Airport to help with the evacuation of the American Embassy in Kabul. The U. S embassy is urging all Americans to leave Afghanistan immediately as the Taliban captures key provinces in that country and US troops continue their withdrawal. The Taliban claims they have seized Afghanistan's third largest city, Herat and another key city is about to fall, which could be too much for the fledging fledgling democracy to survive. Get more from w. T o p national security correspondent JJ Green. The speed of Afghanistan's meltdown is staggering. A week ago, Kandahar was thought to be a place that Taliban would not be able to take. There's word today they've broken through the front lines. Kandahar is Afghanistan's second largest city and the birthplace of the Taliban, so taking that city is a key objective for them. But while all this is unfolding, there is a perception The world is standing by hoping the Afghan national forces can step in to fight them off. But the reality is, according to sources, many of the Afghan national forces are deserting and cutting deals with the Taliban just to stay alive. So Afghanistan's days as a democracy may be numbered in single digits. JJ Green w T o P news and we'll stay on top of the breaking developments all through the day here on W T O P
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Beyond Pandemic’s Upheaval, a Racial Wealth Gap Endures
"It's a 10 corporations across the country say they're making big investments in diversity, equity and inclusion. But are they really Bank of America launched a $1 Billion.4 Year campaign in 2020 on this week's edition of of Colors, a dialogue on race in America, with Chris Korn and JJ Green, Ebony Thomas, the racial Equity and economic Opportunity Initiatives executive at Bank of America, explained what it's all about on the podcast. We made this commitment back in June of 2020. And I think this commitment really enforces the connection we have to our community the importance of this in our community and what we know for generations is that Simen Systemic racism has created a racial wealth gap in America, and one of the elements of this billion dollar, commitment or billion dollar plus commitment is it's just support those communities of color and to close that help support to close that. Racial wealth gap. Today. White family has eight times the wealth of black families and five times out of Hispanic Latino families. And so we want to make sure that we are doing work in the space around entrepreneurship and innovation, housing, small business and quite honestly health to be able to support and close that wealth gap. If there were no pandemic, would we still be doing something like this? I think that the pandemic has definitely laid bare for us. The equities that we see particularly Communities of color around health. And so you know, I think this is a place that we we've had some work in that we've done some some elements of health. But the way that we've doubled down in health is really definitely connected to our response and wanting to support these
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Facebook Moves Against ‘Evil Eye’ Hackers Targeting Uyghurs
"Down hackers inside China who are targeting supporters of weaker Muslims, a group called evil. I used Facebook to distribute malware and hack accounts belonging to activists, journalists and dissidents, predominantly among leaders from things Yang, China. Facebook says their targets primarily live in the U. S. Turkey, Kazakhstan, Syria, Australia and Canada. What they were doing was posing as activists and journalists and used social engineering and other tactics to persuade people to click on bogus links, thus losing control of their devices. Why pick on the weak ear's? The Chinese government is being heavily criticized. For human rights violations of weaker populations. JJ Green w
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First North Korea national ever extradited to U.S., Mun Chol Myong faces money laundering charges
"Extradited a North Korean spy to the U. S, which could increase tensions with the North 55 year old man was caught in a third country and detained He's been there since May of 2019. Oh, my Post two years. He appeared in federal court in the district on Monday. Facing federal charges of money laundering to benefit the North Korean government, Munch told Myung is alleged to have defrauded US banks and violated both US and United Nations. Sanctions is a part of money laundering schemes that brought in more than $1.5 million. North Korea has not responded to this arrest. But given the nature of it, it's not expected to take this news. Well, JJ Green w T O P
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Washington DC Under Curfew Amid Capitol Hill Chaos
"Capitol Hill with 20 minutes to go before the curfew sets in, and the protesters are forced to leave the Capitol grounds. Let's go live to W. T. O P s Can Duffy who joins us on Skype? Hey, guys Moments ago. They are taking this curfew very seriously. The authorities they're clearing people back away from the Capitol building, and they have had success doing that. Now The largest crowd we saw is on the western side of the Capitol building. Moments ago, they were still hundreds of people still packed at the entrance there along the steps we saw thousands before, but the crowd dissipated greatly that said they had to get them out of there. So they started to deploy Flash bangs empty any officers joining federal authorities as well chanting, movable back getting everybody back. All the way down the lawn. So now we're about I would say 100 yards away now from the Capitol building. The same thing happened on the northern side as well and the eastern side on the front steps of the Capitol building as police. Also, you stun grenades to drive back the crowds. There were still seen some violence. In fact, we witnessed some trump demonstrators. Spotting a media section and just completely trashing cameras and equipment attacking the media as they're reporting there, But we have seen all day long. Just Lot of chaos and a lot of what happened inside the Capitol Little Day itself, and it's just been an insane day. Never seen anything like this happening before. But as you said, the curfew is now approaching 6 P.m.. In D, C and We'll have to see what happens if this crowd dissipates and goes away. If they police are going to try to get them out of the streets completely or start making arrests can have to wait and see what happened. Can if I can ask you from your standpoint are the people aware that there's a six o'clock curfew tonight? Oh, yes, People are talking about a lot of chatter about 60 em Kirky in such but some people don't want to go home. They want to stay here they say hold your ground. We're not going anywhere. Who knows what that means. But they do not want to leave the streets and the real diehards are still here outside the Capitol building. They have been driven back, but they remain here tonight in D. C. And we know if police are intent on arresting everybody who doesn't abide by this curfew, Hillary, we don't know. I mean, take for example, over this summer with the George Floyd protest. We had those curfews did not know if any arrest or meant going to be made. And then they did. They arrested hundreds and one night. In fact, we were out there on smaller street. So this could happen tonight as well. It depends on what these people want to do. Do they want to stay here or go home? The majority of people have left gun out into other areas of the district. But there's still a sizeable crowd here. I would say in the hundreds now. What remains to be seen what police will do to get them to go home and she will buy by the curfew. All right, w T. O p s Ken Duffy on the scene outside the capital as we're just 17 minutes away from the city wide curfew in the district. Now, let's go live to double D. T. OBY. Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller, who was inside the Capitol as all of this started, but then had to be evacuated from the capital. Mitch, What's the latest? You have Well right now, Shawn. There's an uneasy tension here at the capital and in the Capitol complex as they try to figure out exactly what was just explained. I can. I mean, what are the demonstrators going to do? So We're really kind of in a holding pattern here. I have been personally evacuating with other reporters and people to the Rayburn building in a secure area. On dime. Sure, staff members are also spread out across the Capitol complex in various areas just to take people through. Who maybe just joining to find out exactly how this all went through. I won't go through the entire day, but Suffice to say it was early in the afternoon. The counting of the electoral college votes had just gotten underway. And suddenly it just happened so quickly that these protesters were up on top of the steps at the U. S Capitol and I can't tell you How rare are I've actually never even seen that happen before on. I've seen many, many protests here before And when they went to the Capitol steps. We knew that something was inherently very, very different about this demonstration. And then it was just a short time later that these people were literally walking all through the capital itself. And and then, shortly thereafter, we found out about a woman getting shot inside. There was a chaotic scene surrounding that in a hallway. Apparently, these people had gotten through a window. They basically just broke the window. It came through and then various things happened, including people going through the Senate chamber and trying to get into the House chamber where they were blockaded from getting in. But people had guns drawn there. People were hearing doors closing that wonder wondering whether or not that was a gunshot, or whether something else everybody wondering what was happening behind the doors that were outside of us in the area that I was in. We were actually basically locked into a small area, basically hoping that nothing would happen where we were, but where we were was right by the House chamber, so Clearly there were a lot of demonstrators making their way through the capital. I think, basically to put a quick rapid on this, though I think we're gonna have to find out what is going to Either case of security moving forward for the U. S Capitol. Because this was clearly untenable. There's no way anybody to be able to have dozens on perhaps even more trespassers go right through the U. S capitol on a day like today, especially when they knew there were going to be protest. So Certainly a lot of troubling questions ahead. That will need to be answered, and he can bet lawmakers will be trying to get answers to those Welsh on Hillary. One other I answered question, Mitch is what happens now, with the tallying of these electoral votes. I mean, we don't even know when the capital's going to reopen for lawmakers. Right? Exactly. I mean, they were Wistfully moved out as you can imagine, and move to secure areas and then those chambers were empty very, very quickly, and it's good that they were because who knows what happened to have these people confronted them personally, which they had been known to do on the ground? I think right now, if I had to guess I just don't think that the lawmakers will be coming back into Chamber this evening. Now, I'm sure some people some would like to make a statement and say You're not going to allow this to happen, but there are so many logistical issues that JJ Green has pointed out. And others have mentioned that you have a security sweep that has to be done. You have no idea whether people left things behind. There's been all kinds of issues related to, of course, the usual suspicious packages they had to evacuate the cannon building earlier today. No, I just don't think it would be a safe thing to do to bring lawmakers back tonight. And then, of course, you still have the question of what? What are the demonstrators going to do if they know that the lawmakers are back in session? Is that only going to encourage them to stay longer? So I think it'll be really interesting to see what the House and Senate leadership decides to do. Moving forward because I don't think they want to be feeling like they can be intimidated by these demonstrators. But at the same time, let's face it. These are older, many of them lawmakers, and we have a pandemic, which we haven't really even mentioned today. Uh All of these people that were demonstrating today except for a very few did not have masks on. So that was a whole another health issue. But it's just yet another thing that compounds all the health safety issues that we're dealing with here at the U. S. Capitol complex tonight, right Double D T OBY, Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller on the scene will will have have our our continuing continuing
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Washington DC Under Curfew Amid Capitol Hill Chaos
"Capitol Hill with 20 minutes to go before the curfew sets in, and the protesters are forced to leave the Capitol grounds. Let's go live to W. T. O P s Can Duffy who joins us on Skype? Hey, guys Moments ago. They are taking this curfew very seriously. The authorities they're clearing people back away from the Capitol building, and they have had success doing that. Now The largest crowd we saw is on the western side of the Capitol building. Moments ago, they were still hundreds of people still packed at the entrance there along the steps we saw thousands before, but the crowd dissipated greatly that said they had to get them out of there. So they started to deploy Flash bangs empty any officers joining federal authorities as well chanting, movable back getting everybody back. All the way down the lawn. So now we're about I would say 100 yards away now from the Capitol building. The same thing happened on the northern side as well and the eastern side on the front steps of the Capitol building as police. Also, you stun grenades to drive back the crowds. There were still seen some violence. In fact, we witnessed some trump demonstrators. Spotting a media section and just completely trashing cameras and equipment attacking the media as they're reporting there, But we have seen all day long. Just Lot of chaos and a lot of what happened inside the Capitol Little Day itself, and it's just been an insane day. Never seen anything like this happening before. But as you said, the curfew is now approaching 6 P.m.. In D, C and We'll have to see what happens if this crowd dissipates and goes away. If they police are going to try to get them out of the streets completely or start making arrests can have to wait and see what happened. Can if I can ask you from your standpoint are the people aware that there's a six o'clock curfew tonight? Oh, yes, People are talking about a lot of chatter about 60 em Kirky in such but some people don't want to go home. They want to stay here they say hold your ground. We're not going anywhere. Who knows what that means. But they do not want to leave the streets and the real diehards are still here outside the Capitol building. They have been driven back, but they remain here tonight in D. C. And we know if police are intent on arresting everybody who doesn't abide by this curfew, Hillary, we don't know. I mean, take for example, over this summer with the George Floyd protest. We had those curfews did not know if any arrest or meant going to be made. And then they did. They arrested hundreds and one night. In fact, we were out there on smaller street. So this could happen tonight as well. It depends on what these people want to do. Do they want to stay here or go home? The majority of people have left gun out into other areas of the district. But there's still a sizeable crowd here. I would say in the hundreds now. What remains to be seen what police will do to get them to go home and she will buy by the curfew. All right, w T. O p s Ken Duffy on the scene outside the capital as we're just 17 minutes away from the city wide curfew in the district. Now, let's go live to double D. T. OBY. Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller, who was inside the Capitol as all of this started, but then had to be evacuated from the capital. Mitch, What's the latest? You have Well right now, Shawn. There's an uneasy tension here at the capital and in the Capitol complex as they try to figure out exactly what was just explained. I can. I mean, what are the demonstrators going to do? So We're really kind of in a holding pattern here. I have been personally evacuating with other reporters and people to the Rayburn building in a secure area. On dime. Sure, staff members are also spread out across the Capitol complex in various areas just to take people through. Who maybe just joining to find out exactly how this all went through. I won't go through the entire day, but Suffice to say it was early in the afternoon. The counting of the electoral college votes had just gotten underway. And suddenly it just happened so quickly that these protesters were up on top of the steps at the U. S Capitol and I can't tell you How rare are I've actually never even seen that happen before on. I've seen many, many protests here before And when they went to the Capitol steps. We knew that something was inherently very, very different about this demonstration. And then it was just a short time later that these people were literally walking all through the capital itself. And and then, shortly thereafter, we found out about a woman getting shot inside. There was a chaotic scene surrounding that in a hallway. Apparently, these people had gotten through a window. They basically just broke the window. It came through and then various things happened, including people going through the Senate chamber and trying to get into the House chamber where they were blockaded from getting in. But people had guns drawn there. People were hearing doors closing that wonder wondering whether or not that was a gunshot, or whether something else everybody wondering what was happening behind the doors that were outside of us in the area that I was in. We were actually basically locked into a small area, basically hoping that nothing would happen where we were, but where we were was right by the House chamber, so Clearly there were a lot of demonstrators making their way through the capital. I think, basically to put a quick rapid on this, though I think we're gonna have to find out what is going to Either case of security moving forward for the U. S Capitol. Because this was clearly untenable. There's no way anybody to be able to have dozens on perhaps even more trespassers go right through the U. S capitol on a day like today, especially when they knew there were going to be protest. So Certainly a lot of troubling questions ahead. That will need to be answered, and he can bet lawmakers will be trying to get answers to those Welsh on Hillary. One other I answered question, Mitch is what happens now, with the tallying of these electoral votes. I mean, we don't even know when the capital's going to reopen for lawmakers. Right? Exactly. I mean, they were Wistfully moved out as you can imagine, and move to secure areas and then those chambers were empty very, very quickly, and it's good that they were because who knows what happened to have these people confronted them personally, which they had been known to do on the ground? I think right now, if I had to guess I just don't think that the lawmakers will be coming back into Chamber this evening. Now, I'm sure some people some would like to make a statement and say You're not going to allow this to happen, but there are so many logistical issues that JJ Green has pointed out. And others have mentioned that you have a security sweep that has to be done. You have no idea whether people left things behind. There's been all kinds of issues related to, of course, the usual suspicious packages they had to evacuate the cannon building earlier today. No, I just don't think it would be a safe thing to do to bring lawmakers back tonight. And then, of course, you still have the question of what? What are the demonstrators going to do if they know that the lawmakers are back in session? Is that only going to encourage them to stay longer? So I think it'll be really interesting to see what the House and Senate leadership decides to do. Moving forward because I don't think they want to be feeling like they can be intimidated by these demonstrators. But at the same time, let's face it. These are older, many of them lawmakers, and we have a pandemic, which we haven't really even mentioned today. Uh All of these people that were demonstrating today except for a very few did not have masks on. So that was a whole another health issue. But it's just yet another thing that compounds all the health safety issues that we're dealing with here at the U. S. Capitol complex tonight, right Double D T OBY, Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller on the scene will will have have our our continuing continuing
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It Turns Out Those 'Sonic' Attacks On U.S. Diplomats In 2017 Might've Been Microwave Attacks
"You've been following the past few years about sonic attacks, making US diplomats sick and Cuba and China. A National Academy of Sciences report says the diplomats head injuries were likely caused by microwaves, something the intelligence community has long suspected on. While the report doesn't fix blame, wt up, national security correspondent J. J. Green tells us there's growing suspicion Russia was behind the attack for years, U. S. Intelligence officials have expressed almost certainty that the symptoms were caused. By a microwave type weapon. This is not, you know, individuals in these code words, making things up. Former CIA operative Mark Polly miraculously ought to know because he got sick with the same symptoms around the same time Just as we sat down for dinner at a fancy restaurant Moscow I started experiencing the same kind of dizziness and nausea that to him, and numerous other intelligence experts is the key. It was Moscow, not Cuba or China. Is this historic reporting and evidence that the Russians actually do have this weapon and they may have been using it for decades. JJ Green
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Coronavirus may never go away, World Health Organization warns
"What is covered nineteen was here in the U. S. long before we thought well a noted forensic pathologist says that is likely the case Dr Judy Melnick thanks it was here in November or maybe even earlier some of my clinical colleagues are saying oh yeah in late fall early winter we were having lots of cases of people with pneumonia and A. R. D. S. and they were testing negative for influenza a and B. but here's what's got them thinking about deaths that took place last year we have called a nineteen testing at the time Santa Clara California is the place for the first known code nineteen deaths from communities spread happened as a result some of those people a significant number of them in Santa Clara county may have died and not have been certified correctly details on the target USA podcast JJ green WTOP
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U.S. intelligence community says COVID-19 was "not manmade or genetically modified"
"That the corona virus outbreak started in Wuhan China but even as U. S. intelligence agencies are debunking a conspiracy theory that the virus was man made or genetically modified the office of the director of national intelligence is out with a statement saying analysts are looking into a searing put on by president trump and others that the pandemic instead got its start in a lab in Wuhan flesh this out we turn to WTOP national security correspondent JJ green with gold they said that they concur with the scientific consensus and widely believed to cope with nineteen was not man made or genetically modified which seems to be a very mainstream approach but then they say later on in their statement the intelligence community will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan so they're saying yes okay we go along with what you say in the scientific community right now but there's a possibility we may change your mind later on if we find something which we are still looking to see if there's anything that says something different now you reached out to the White House what they have to say about this not surprisingly nothing in this particular situation they didn't have any comment on this matter in a part of the reason for that I think is because there's been some significant reporting in the last few days not just from the new York times within several outlets that have reported questions about what was going on in the trump administration as it relates to getting to the bottom of this situation and there were reports that there was pressure from senior trump officials being put on people in the intelligence community to find some intelligence that matched up with their theory that this was started in a lab in Wuhan why is this question still around part of it is because the Chinese have not cooperated from the very beginning and instead of saying okay right out of the gate when some thing was wrong Hey this is happening they sat on it for a while and then there's at least one level for research labs in Wuhan that does research on bats and has been doing research on it for a while and there is in fact one particular strain if they have that matches this one by about ninety six percent so there are these doubts about what
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US conducts airstrikes in Iraq in retaliation for attack that killed 2 Americans
"Two you'll see we have some new details now about a story that we have been following for you recently the U. S. has apparently launched airstrikes against Iraq we get more from WTOP's national security correspondent JJ green this morning R. U. S. airstrikes under way I'm told at this hour in a rock and they're targeting the Iran backed militia could tried as Bala this is the same Alicia that was involved in that earlier attack that led to the U. S. killing I'll be running in general Qasim Soleimani so it's my understanding that there is a string of air strikes under way at this point in retaliation for the rocket attack on camp Taji that killed two Americans and one British soldier so this is a service some kind of retaliation for the U. S. and it's unclear how long this is going to last so how will big that's WTOP's JJ green officials said multiple strikes by U. S. manned aircraft at five locations and mainly targeted weapons
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National security adviser says China "covered up" coronavirus
"A top US official says China's deliberate mis handling of the virus is going to cost the world's significantly speaking at the heritage foundation national security adviser Robert o'brien was blunt unfortunately rather than using best practices this outbreak and and will on was covered up he said there was ample evidence China tried to silence or isolate the doctor's sounding the alarm and as a result it probably cost the world community to months and those two months he said would have given the world time I think we could have dramatically curtailed what happened both in China and what's not happening across the world it's important to note that this comes up as China and the U. S. are fighting over trade and allegations of espionage JJ green
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U.S. national security agencies gather to combat potential election interference
"Double duty of these national security correspondent JJ green tells us on this super Tuesday law enforcement officials meantime are warning us to beware of election meddling from foreign countries eight U. S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are warning Americans to be aware that foreign actors will continue to try to influence public sentiment and shape voter perceptions on super Tuesday and beyond they say in the statement these actors will spread false information and propaganda about political processes and candidates on social media in hopes of causing confusion they also encourage voters to go to the polls to check your voter registration and no head of time when the vote where to vote and what's on
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Trump nominates John Ratcliffe to be the new Director of National Intelligence
"President trump announced his nominee for director of national intelligence this evening this is new on Twitter this afternoon the president says he wants congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas to take the role it's the second time he's been nominated for the job WTOP national security correspondent JJ green has this is the second time around and a part of the problem the first time around was there was bipartisan concern about him padding his resume and so him being back in this situation again begs the question what's going to be different what is the change after his first nomination for the post some Democrats and Republicans also criticized Radcliffe for having little experience in the
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U.S. counterintelligence chief warns of broadening cyber threats
"Two now the nation's top spy catcher has intensified the warning about cyber intrusions election interference in data theft and he has a message for you the nation needs your help unveiling the agency's new strategy to address espionage cyber and other threats eleven the inner director of the national counterintelligence and security center said in his own words the lights are blinking faster and brighter referring to a warning from former D. N. I. danh codes in twenty eighteen Russia China and Iran are ramping up their efforts to steal data recruit spies and interfere with the election everything a says this is no longer a problem the US government can address alone you can read more at WTOP dot com search national security JJ green
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Hackers may be after 2020 voter registration databases
"American intelligence bosses say this morning there are no indications hackers may try to manipulate the results of the coming twenty twenty presidential election but as WTOP is national security correspondent JJ green shares with us this early Tuesday morning they might try to cause trouble in different other way changing vote totals it is frankly very difficult to do this Shelby Pearson is the election threats executive in the office of the director of national intelligence she says that's because of the redundant layers of security on the local state and national levels so it seems what they're after is voter registration data bases so they can fine tune their influence campaigns but Pearson says interestingly what they're doing may not be specifically to antagonize the outcome of the twenty twelve election there are signs they're looking down the road you can read more W. T. O. P. dot com search national
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14 more U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries
"Pena rising number of US troops suffered traumatic brain injuries after around January eighth attack on a US base in Iraq WTOP is national security correspondent JJ green has the very latest the new number sixty four fourteen more than they were on Wednesday today the Pentagon announced they were fifty cases an increase of sixteen from the week before so the thirty new cases this week many of them have returned to duty but many questions are circulating about how the injuries took place sources tell WTOP those injured were in close proximity to a ballistic missile explosion the Pentagon's continuing to look into the situation which may take awhile and joint chiefs chairman general mark Millie says we'll continue to monitor them the rest of their lives and provide whatever treatment is
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64 U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries
"A rising number of US troops suffered traumatic brain injuries after Iran's January eighth attack on a U. S. based in Iraq WTOP national security correspondent JJ green with the latest I know number sixty four fourteen more than they were on Wednesday today the Pentagon announced they were fifty cases an increase of sixteen from the week before so they're thirty new cases this week many of them have returned to duty but many questions are circulating about how the injuries took place sources tell WTOP those injured were in close proximity to a ballistic missile explosion the Pentagon's continuing to look into the situation which may