CHERYL: YOU BET.
MARIA: MEANWHILE, GENTLEMAN
ABPAN URGING -- JAPAN URGING
RESIDENTS TO TAKE SHELTER AFTER
NORTH KOREA FIRED A BALLISTIC
MISSILE OVER THE COUNTRY, THE
FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IN FIVE
YEARS.
THE U.S. CONDEMNING NORTH KOREA.
A SPOKESPERSON CALLING THE TEST
DESTABILIZING.
TODAY GENTLEMAN BAN’S PRIME
MINISTER -- GENTLEMAN PAP’S
PRIME MINISTER -- JAPAN’S PRIME
MINISTER WILL SPEAK WITH JOE
BIDEN.
WITH US NOW, GENERAL JACK KEANE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS MISSILE
FROM NORTH KOREA.
>> THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST
ACTIVE YEAR OF FIRING MISSILES
IN NORTH HE KOREA’S HISTORY, FIV
IN THE LAST 10 DAYS.
AND CERTAINLY THEY FIRED AN
INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC
MISSILE BACK IN JANUARY AND THEY
ALSO FIRED ICBMs SO THEY’RE
GOING BACK TO THE FULL RANGE OF
TESTING.
ACTUALLY, MOST ANALYSTS BELIEVE
THAT THEY’RE PLANNING TO TEST A
SEVENTH NUCLEAR WEAPON DEVICE,
SOMETHING THEY HAVEN’T DONE IN A
NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON HERE,
WELL, NORTH KOREA’S CLAMORING
FOR ATTENTION AS THEY ALWAYS
HAVE BEEN BY THESE TESTS.
AND THE PROVOCATIVE LANGUAGE
THEY USE ALONG WITH IT, NOT AS
PROVOCATIVE AS IN THE PAST IN
TERMS OF THEIR RHETORIC.
BUT NONETHELESS, THEY WANT
ATTENTION AND THE OTHER THING
THAT’S HAPPENING HERE IS
PRESIDENT YUN HAS TAKEN OVER IN
SOUTH KOREA HE HAS RESUMED THE
FULL REGIMENT OF TRAINING
EXERCISE WAS THE UNITED STATES
AND AS WE SPEAK AND LIKELY THE
REASON FOR THIS TEST IS THAT
THERE’S AN ANTI-SUBMARINE
EXERCISE GOING ON WITH SOUTH HE
KOREA, THE UNITED STATES AND
JAPAN AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING
THESE TESTS FOR SOME TIME AND AN
AIRCRAFT CARRIER PARKED ITSELF
IN SOUTH KOREA, THE FIRST TIME
IN A NUMBER OF YEARS, JUST
RECENTLY.
SO, YES, AND THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION I THINK HAS TAKEN
A CORRECT PATH HERE.
THEY’VE CERTAINLY NOT GIVEN IN
TO ANY OF THEIR CLAIMS TO RELIEF
OF SANCTIONS AND ACTUALLY
DIPLOMATICALLY THEY’VE KIND OF
STIFFOFSTIFFENED THE NORTH KOREA
HERE AND WE KNOW FULL FULL WELL,
YAY, THE CHINESE WILL NOT LET
THE SITUATION GET OUT OF HAND.
WE LIKETHEY DON’T WANT -- THEY D
WANT THE PENINSULA DESTABILIZED
THEY IN ANY WAY AND CONFLICT TO
COME OUT OF THAT.
THAT WOULD BE HORRIFIC FOR CHINA
WHO IS THE ONLY ALLY WHAT THAT
NORTH KOREA REALLY HAD HAS.
MARIA: VERY PROVOCATIVE, ALSO
WE SHOULD MENTION A COUPLE DAYS
AFTER KAMALA HARRIS WAS IN THE
REGION AS WELL.
OFPROVOCATIONS COMING FROM RUSSI
OBVIOUSLY OF.
PUTIN CONTINUES TO TAUNT NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
THE CIA DIRECTOR HAS DECLARED
IT’S HARD TO SAY IF PUTIN IS
BLUFFING ON THESE NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
RUSSIA HAS BEEN REPORTEDLY
MOVING THE NUCLEAR ARRESTS A
NAIL TOWARD THE FRONT LINES IN
UKRAINE, MOSCOW DEPLOYING THE
BIGGEST SUBMARINE, CAPABLE OF
CARRYING THE SO-CALLED
APOCALYPSE DRONES.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
MIKE TURNER TOLD ME ON SUNDAY WE
SHOULD BE BELIEVING OUR
ADVERSARIES.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY THEY ARE
THREATENING THE USE OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
I STILL BELIEVE THE PROBABILITY
IS LOW BASED ON WHAT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES ARE AND WHAT PUTIN
IS FACING IF HE EVER USED A
NUCLEAR WEAPON, HE’S FACING
DESTRUCTION OF HIS MILL HE TRI
INSIDE -- MILITARY INSIDE OF
UKRAINE.
IT WOULD GUARANTEE A RESPONSE
FROM THE UNITED STATES AND NATO.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR A
NUCLEAR WEAPON GOING OFF IN
UKRAINE, IN EUROPE, AND STAND
IDLY BY AND SIT ON OUR HANDS AND
LET PUTIN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
REST OF EUROPE IN TERMS OF
NUCLEAR BLACKMAIL.
BUT IN THE SAIL RESPECT -- SAME
RESPECT, YOU’VE GOT TO TAKE IT
SERIOUSLY.
I’LL TAKE THE ADMINISTRATION AT
FACE VALUE.
THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE TALKED
TO THE LEADERSHIP IN RUSSIA.
THEY HAVE LAID OUT WHAT THE
CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES ARE IF
PUTIN USED A WEAPON.
I’VE ALWAYS HAD SOME CONCERNS
ABOUT THE SPINE OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR ABILITY
TO CONFRONT ADVERSARIES IN A
RESPONSIBLE, YET DETERMINED WAY
AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THEY
HAVE SAID EXACTLY THAT WITH THE
DEGREE OF HE SPECIFICITY TO THE
RUSSIANS SO THE RUSSIANS KNOW
FULL WELL WHAT IS THE POSSIBLE
GAIN THEY COULD GET FROM USING
YOU FEW CLEAR WEAPON.
THEY WON’T -- NUCLEAR WEAPON.
THEY WON’T END THE WAR WITH IT.
THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AREN’T
GOING TO GIVE UP.
WE KNOW THAT.
TO BRING THE UNITED STATES AND
NATO INTO THE WAR CERTAINTY
GUARANTEES THAT PUTIN LOSES
EVERY.
SO YES, I THINK THERE’S FEAR
MONGERING GOING ON MANY.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BE STEADY
HERE IF IN DEALING WITH THIS AND
ALSO DO WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION
IS DOING AND THE CONGRESS SHOULD
BE REINFORCING IT, THAT YOU’RE
GOING TO PAY AN EXTERNAL PRICE
THAT YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO PAY IF
YOU USE A NUCLEAR WEAPON IN
UKRAINE AND LIKELY WOULD BRING
DOWN YOUR VERY REGIME ITSELF AS
A RESULT OF IT.
MARIA: SPEAKING OF ALL OF THAT,
BIDEN FINALLY CONDEMNED THE
VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PROTESTERS
IN IRAN.
THE ADMINISTRATION ISSUING A
STATEMENT WHERE HE VOWED THAT
THE U.S. WILL BE IMPOSING COSTS
AGAINST VIOLENT PERPETRATORS AND
THAT HE WILL HOLD IRANIAN
OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE, GENERAL.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE’S STILL
PURSUING THIS IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL.
WE’VE BEEN SEEING THESE
PROTESTERS ON THE STREET.
THEY’RE CHANTING DEATH TO THE
SUPREME LEADER.
WE UNDERSTAND HE’S ON HIS DEATH
BED.
HOW LONG HAS THE SUPREME LEADER
BEEN ON HIS DEATH HAD BED SH?
>>?>> THAT IS A MATTER OF WEEKS.
HIS HEALTH HAS BEEN FRAGILE AND
DECLINING FOR SOME TIME.
LISTEN, I’VE BEEN VERY CRITICAL
OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
NOT ISSUING A CLARION CALL HERE
AND CONTINUING TO REPEAT IT AND
WHAT HE DID YESTERDAY WAS A REAL
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
HERE’S WHAT I LIKE WHAT HE SAID.
THE UNITED STATES STANDS WITH
IRANIAN WOMEN AND ALL THE
CITIZENS OF IRAN WHO ARE
INSPIRING THE WORLD WITH THEIR
BRAVERY.
THAT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT REAGAN
SAID TO LES WOLENZA WHEN HE
AND THE WELDERS AND THE UNIONS
STOOD UP AGAINST THE COMMUNISTS
HAD IN POLAND MANY YEARS AGO.
WE HAVE TO REPEAT IT AND WE HAVE
TO GET OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD.
THE VOICE OF AMERICA TRULY
MATTERS AND THE IRANIAN REGIME
IS NOT GOING TO BE OVERTHROWN BY
GUNS, IT’S GOING TO BE
OVERTHROWN BY PEOPLE.
SO THERE’S DEMONSTRATIONS IN 100
PLUS CITIES NOW AND WE SHOULD BE
REINFORCING THAT WITH EVERYTHING
THAT WE CAN.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT -- IT IS AN I
MOMENT INSIDE OF IRAN.
THEY PUT THE IRGC, THE NUMBER
ONE MILITARY FORCE IN THE
STREETS TO CLEAR THE STREETS AND
THEY’RE KILLING THESE PEOPLE AT
RANDOM AS THE THEY HAVE DONE IN
THE PAST.
STEP IF THE RIGHT DIRECTION HERE
BUT WE’VE GOT TO CONTINUE HE IT
CONTINUE IT.
WE MUST SUSTAIN IT AND WE’VE GOT
TO T GET OTHER COUNTRIES
INVOLVED, DOING THE SAME THING.
MARIA: IT’S A GREAT POINT.
I’M GLAD YOU READ THE STATEMENT,
GENERAL.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING,
GENERAL JACK KEANE JOINING US ON