[MUSIC] >> Hey everybody, it is Wednesday of July 10th, you're listening to the Mode News Podcast. I'm most of what you're doing. >> And I'm Jill Wagner. This is the place where we bring you just the facts. >> And we read all the news and read between the lines so you don't have to. Jill, we had a big day yesterday, a very long day. We were at the White House, we were at the State Department, we were at the Pentagon, talking to top officials, getting a sense of all the major conflicts around the world. And what this administration is doing about it, especially in light of fact that this week, is the NATO summit. So we have three dozen world leaders here in Washington. >> Very cool, it is a front row seat to history. And I might add, I have never gone through so much security in my life. >> Jill, rest assured, we definitely made sure you did not have a weapon on you yesterday. >> [LAUGH] It makes the airport look like child's play. >> Yeah, many layers at all those major institutions. But a great opportunity to talk to some of the key players in person. We were able to speak to the new Pentagon chief of staff, effectively running that operation for the Secretary of Defense. The 3 million people who work over there all report up into him. So we'll bring you a bit of that conversation today and throughout the week. Also Admiral Kirby over at the White House. And we heard from Tony Blinken of the Secretary of State. And looking forward to more coverage today at the NATO summit, which in earnest begins today and goes through tomorrow. >> It's also been very cool because we're kind of traveling with a group of international social media influencers and journalists. And it's been really enjoyable to not only get to know them, but hear their perspectives and hear what they're asking. John Kirby and some of these leaders because they are coming at it just from a different perspective than we have in the United States. >> Yeah, these creators from around the world. And also here in the US, Jill, between all of us, we must have tens of millions of followers on our various platforms. And what we love about these platforms is that we actually have a direct link to the audience. We're actually able to tell these leaders, this is what people are saying. These are the questions they have. And so it's great to actually see governments, NATO, various organizations embrace this and realize that you do need to ensure that the CNN has good information. The New York Times has good information and the BBC has good information. But you also need to be reaching out to these folks on YouTube, on TikTok, on Twitter, on Instagram. So it's great to see that they're giving us the same access that they're giving traditional media. >> All right, and with that, let's get to the headlines. President Biden welcoming NATO leaders to Washington, DC, promising unwavering support for Ukraine, including new air defense systems to help in its fight against Russia. >> And at the same time, some of those NATO leaders want to talk about Biden's political situation here in the U.S., Joe. >> Yeah, plus Mo News sat down with the new Chief of Staff for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, what he had to say about the American hostages in Gaza, and how the Pentagon views China. So politics, as you just mentioned, Moshe, is the tide turning in Biden's favor. After his disastrous debate performance, we'll tell you what happened when congressional Democrats met in person on Tuesday. >> One quote, Joe, that struck me. One Democrat said it was like a funeral at our meeting. And then another Democrat, when asked about it, said that's an insult to funerals. >> To Texas, where millions of people are still without power after barrel, how long it could take until the lights are back on. And now to Republicans at Donald Trump's insistence, they have changed how they'll oppose abortion ahead of their convention next week. Top U.S. intelligence officials say Iran is trying to covertly organize anti-Israel and anti-U.S. protests in the United States, posing as activists online, and in some cases, providing financial support to protesters. Many countries pushing for a four-day work week will tell you where in Europe some workers could have a six-day work week. >> The country may surprise you. >> What we know about the devil wears Prada sequel in the works at Disney, plus Moshe's on the stay in history. >> Jill's some interesting factoids when it comes to a U.S. currency, and what changed about the dollar on this day in history. >> All right, let's start in DC, where we're on the ground covering the NATO summit. On Tuesday, just as world leaders are set to begin this 75th NATO conference, President Biden welcomed them with an energetic speech, saying NATO is more powerful than ever, 32 nations strong. And he says it's important because this moment in history calls for our collective strength, notably helping Ukraine fend off Russia. And to that end, Biden announced that NATO countries will provide Ukraine with five new strategic air defense systems, including long-range defenses. >> Ukraine will receive hundreds of additional interceptors over the next year, helping protect Ukrainian cities against Russian missile, Ukrainian troops facing air attacks on their front lines. Make no mistake, Russia is failing in this war. And it comes after that massive Russian missile bombardment that we mentioned on yesterday's podcast, it killed dozens of Ukrainians and struck a children's hospital in Kyiv. Biden saying more than two years into Putin's war of choice, there are hundreds of thousands of Russian troops dead or wounded. Young Russians, he says, are leaving the country. And two and a half years later, he reiterates that Kyiv is still standing. Biden pointing out that most analysts, including the ones that we interviewed here on Monuse, thought Kyiv would fall in less than a week, but most still a lot of questions about what's next. >> What's next, how long this will take, how expensive it'll be. Those are among the questions we posed to White House National Security spokesperson, John Kirby, as well as officials at the Pentagon. We asked them what they would say to Americans who are wondering about how this war will end, and why US taxpayers should be willing to keep sending tens of billions of dollars over to Ukraine. The bottom line, Jill, is they said they don't know when this war is going to end. But the argument is that if you don't stop Putin in Ukraine, he will continue. And so this is much less costly as far as they're concerned than a full-on war between NATO and Russia, which is what would happen, they say. If we stop supporting Ukraine, let Russia bulldoze Ukraine and then move on to the next countries, Poland, etc, that all fall with NATO, given the NATO alliance, that would then bring us into wars. The argument is this is much cheaper than in a lot war, both in money and blood. I pushed back and said, are you talking to Zelensky about making compromises? And they said, listen, it's his country, he was invaded, and ultimately it's up to him as to when he wants to begin ceasefire talks, and potentially it looks like in a compromise, have to concede parts of his country that were invaded and now occupied by Russia, a reminder that Russia occupies a 20% of Ukraine. And so there's no timing here, but they're all adamant that this is important, that they've been able to stand strong against Russia, and the alliance needs to remain strong in the months, in the years to come, that Russia has been isolated, they're off to begging for weapons from Iran, from North Korea, their industrial system is down, they're barely surviving when it comes to their economic issues. And so those are among the themes that we heard, both at the White House and the Pentagon today. The big question I also brought up, and they were reluctant to really address it because they're national security officials, not campaign people, they're like, listen, Donald Trump says he's going to make a deal between Ukraine and Russia before he even is inaugurated. If he's elected in November, he says he's going to have a deal done in 24 hours. He hasn't explained exactly what the deal is, or how he would get it done. But that's what Trump claims. And there certainly is a body of thought among a certain number of voters in this country that fully support that. But White House officials maintain that it's not the way they go, that they have to stand strong against Russia here and continue to stand up for a fellow democracy. At the same time, Jill, we've been talking a lot about American leaders. This is the NATO summit. There are three dozen leaders here. And what's interesting, there's some good reporting from PAC, and we'll have an opportunity to talk to foreign officials at the summit today. But all the chatter right now is all about our domestic political situation. European leaders mesmerized by what is happening right now, and very concerned about a return of Trump. Remember, Rewind to 2016, they were all in shock that Hillary Clinton lost and led to a very complicated relationship for four years between Trump and Europe. This time around European officials, they believe right now that Biden is cooked, that they still don't like Trump, but they're getting ready for him. They're figuring out ways that they can start to adjust their policies, anticipating a Trump victory. And we've said this before, but ultimately, Americans underestimate how much impact we have abroad, and how closely foreign leaders watch every single move here in the US. And it appears right now, while Biden gives the speech and talks about the importance of NATO and Ukraine, European officials are saying, well, that's all well and good. But what happens in January, when it looks like Donald Trump will be present again? You mentioned this briefly. Almost everyone we spoke to today, reiterating that Ukraine will inevitably become a member of NATO, but no real timeline there. And I mentioned at the beginning of the podcast that we're traveling with members of the international media, one of whom is from Ukraine. And he asked John Kirby a question that he said came from his grandmother, who is currently living in Ukraine, and wanted to know why Ukraine can't join the bloc. Now, her thinking is that it would be a major deterrent for Putin, to which Kirby pretty much said, this just isn't the time, not only is joining NATO a process that requires a series of steps, but in reality, it's also because of article five of the NATO treaty, which says that if an armed attack occurs against one or more of its member states in Europe or North America, all other members will consider it an attack against them. Which means that if Ukraine were to join NATO now, NATO would essentially be a war with Russia. And Moshe, I would say Tuesday was a whirlwind of events from the White House to the State Department to the Pentagon. And that is where you sat down with Derek Shole. He is the new chief of staff for the defense secretary, Lloyd Austin. Yeah, so we talked a lot about NATO, Ukraine. He just came from state. He's two days into the job. So we appreciate him already sitting down with us talking about the big priorities over there at the Pentagon. We also spoke to him about other issues around the world. I asked him what keeps him up at night. When it comes to national security threats, we talked about China, the Middle East. I said to him, you sit here at the Pentagon, where we have the most powerful military in the history of Earth. And why is it that there's still five Americans being held hostage by Hamas nine months in in Gaza? How have we not been able to get them out? He basically said that the US is doing everything that it can, that even the Israelis have had a very tough time. They've only had two successful operations to rescue hostages. It ultimately, this depends on diplomacy. And while Hamas continues to say no to a deal, that they haven't been able to get them out. So that's where things stand. It's not for lack of effort, he says. I also spoke to him about what kind of threat China poses. Do we view them as an adversary, especially in light of the fact that China, while it's out there in Asia, is now being discussed at the NATO summit, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, because of the impact it's having on our European partners and what we're seeing here, take a listen to what he had to say about China. In the lexicon here at the Pentagon is considered the pacing challenge for the United States, in that China's military, in terms of its modernization, its capabilities development, the investment that China is putting into the PLA, the People's Liberation Army, is quite significant. And it is meant directly to challenge the United States and our partners, challenge our interests in the Indo-Pacific and increasingly beyond. So it is something that is atop the list of concerns that we have. And one of the things I've seen over the last several years, which is a market change from where things were five or six years ago, is increasing recognition around the world, not just in the Indo-Pacific, not just here in the United States, but also in Europe and the Middle East for the growing challenge that China is presenting. And it used to be at NATO summits. For example, 10 years ago in 2014, I was at that summit when I was previously working in the Defense Department. It was in Wales and the United Kingdom, and China didn't come up much at all in that summit. And for many years, European partners didn't really want to talk to us much about China because they thought, well, maybe they could have a different relationship with China than one that the United States seemed to be trending towards. That's changed dramatically in the last several years. And that's partly because of China's behavior, which is just further underscored the concern that many have. And it's due to the conversation we've been having, we, the United States have been having with our European partners about China and the multidimensional threat that China poses. So, Joe, there's always been talk going back 20 years now of a pivot to Asia and understanding that China is our big adversary, that they're looking to make the 21st century their century, like the 19th century, belong to Britain, like the 20th century, belong to the US. And China believes it's their turn to exert influence around the world. And so, here we are, while Russia remains the sort of more acute threat, China, the more long-term threat. >> And most back to how we started this podcast, Biden's speech Tuesday night was as much about NATO and Ukraine as it was about convincing voters here in America and foreign leaders, that at 81 years old, he's still up to the task of leading the 32-member military alliance and the United States. And it looks like at least on that front, he definitely had more pep in his step. On the political front, Democrats had a closed-door meeting Tuesday to talk about Biden's political future. It was a two-hour meeting. Some have described it as feeling like a funeral. Others said though, that would be an insult to funerals. >> Jill, you had senators at their meeting, Democratic House members at their meeting, sharing polling data, very concerning numbers from a number of states Biden has to win, where they're like, this is disaster four months out. >> All in all, though, it seems like they offered support for Biden. There were voices that are concerned and still are concerned about him remaining at the top of the ticket, but it appears, like perhaps at least as of this moment, the tide has started to turn in his favor. >> Yeah, definite vibe shift here in DC. Despite it all, it appears that the defiant Biden, I mean, it's interesting. He actually sort of took a page from Trump's book, which is go on offense, be super aggressive, and change the subject, and challenge your opponents. And that's a bit of what he did in the past 72 hours and appears to have worked here, including Jill, you now have some people who called on him to get out a couple days ago, backtracking. That includes Congressman Jerry Nadler from New York. Just a couple days ago, he was telling his colleagues, it might be time for him to get out. He needs to step aside, and yet, yesterday morning, he comes out of that meeting and says, whether I have concerns or not is beside the point. He's going to be our nominee, and we all have to support him. Not exactly a ringing endorsement from Jerry Nadler. He had some other members walking out, Jim Clyburn, a key ally, senior House Democrat. He repeatedly told media as he came out of the meeting, "We're riding with Biden. We're riding with Biden." And media were like, "Well, do you still have concerns? Can you tell us more?" And he just kept saying, "We're riding with Biden." And then you had Chuck Schumer, who also was getting a bunch of questions. And all he would say was, "I'm with Joe. I'm with Joe. I'm with Joe." That's it. So, the tide has shifted here. But it's not exactly like they're not standing up being like, "He's going to be incredible. This is going to be amazing. We're totally going to win." They're just lending him support right now. So, his defiance appears to have paid off here. There still is a drip drop. You still are seeing a handful of members every couple hours. I think yesterday about two people turned on him. So, we're up to like nine House Democrats, but not a huge tide of support. There are people who are purely concerned about being burned by the party, burned by Biden, if he somehow pulls off a victory, looking like they're just loyal at the same time privately. They're still freaking out, Jill, because there's a lot of polling data they're getting that is showing a historic defeat for Joe Biden. I know some of you are skeptical of polls, but I will say, if you look at some of the most reliable polling data going back several election cycles at this juncture, whereby Niz is where Gerald Ford was in 1976, where Jimmy Carter was in 1980, where George H.W. Bush was in '92, and where Trump was in 2020. What do all those guys have in common? They were all running for reelection. They all lost. And that's where Biden's numbers are. And you had some numbers come out from the Cook political report. Over the last day, they moved six states in Trump's direction, based on all the new data they're getting. So, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, all leaning towards Trump, New Hampshire and Minnesota, safe Democratic states, not so safe anymore for Biden. So, with some of the data coming in, Democrats not willing to speak out publicly, freaking out privately. 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More than 2.1 million people throughout Texas were still without power on Tuesday afternoon in the coastal city of Galveston. Officials there have estimated it could be as many as two weeks before electricity is restored. Texas Utility Centerpoint Energy has borne the brunt of the outages here. Nearly two million customers in the dark as of Monday. The utility company does expect 1 million impacted customers to see their power restored by the end of today. That still leaves another million that need their power restored. They are looking at the mobile generation units to provide temporary power for places like cooling centers, health care facilities, police and fire stations, senior centers, so clearly getting ready here for what could be a prolonged outage, especially in light of the fact that the heat index in Houston surpassed 100 degrees. And so the the heat, the humidity, no AC, a challenging cleanup in that part of Texas. From Fox News ahead of next week's convention, the Republican National Committee adopted a platform with new Trump backed party priorities, which for the first time in four decades did not include a national ban on abortion. It is a major shift for the party, which has been trying to figure out a way to soften a political blow at the polls driven by reproductive rights issues. Republican leaders have said abortion laws should be left to the States and touted support for in vitro fertilization and contraception access. Abortion is one of the most contentious and vulnerable issues for Republicans. This election cycle, they have suffered a string of losses at the ballot box since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. Yeah, this has been a big thing for Trump, you know, in conservative audiences, he takes credit for turning over abortion by appointing those three Supreme Court justices. But then in other audiences, he's not super aggressive on the abortion front. So he's been telling his party, like, listen, we overturn Roe v. Wade, it went back to the States. That's it. I'm not signing a federal abortion ban. And so they've taken it out of the official platform. Now the official platform is a document jail. It typically is dozens and dozens and dozens of pages, sometimes 100 pages long. It lists the priorities of the party, not always executed by a president, but still lists the priorities. Trump has taken that document down to 20 pages, a lot of bullet points, a lot of all caps words. He literally rewrote parts of it himself, according to advisors. And so the key part here that's existed for a while about a federal abortion ban has been taken out. At the same time, the text still says that states are free to pass laws protecting the rights granted in the 14th Amendment, which hardcore conservatives view as a way to ban abortion. So not totally out, but explicitly out. Social conservatives very upset about this. Actually, his former VP, Mike Pence, among those who are like, this is outrageous. We should be calling for a federal abortion ban here. So they released a minority report saying that this should be back in jail before we leave the Republican Convention, which starts on Monday, someone you will not see there, not see speaking there, Nikki Haley. She has not been invited to the Republican Convention after running for the nomination. She's still releasing all 97 of the delegates that she earned in votes throughout the states, encouraging them to support Trump. A spokesperson for Nikki Haley says she's not invited. She's fine with that. Trump deserves the convention that he wants. From CNN, a top U.S. intelligence official said this week that Iran is attempting to covertly stoke protests in the United States related to the conflict in Gaza. U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Avril Hayne, saying in a statement that the Iranian government is posing as activists online, and in some cases providing financial support to protesters. She says, I want to be clear. I know Americans who participate in protests are in good faith expressing their views on the conflict in Gaza. This intelligence does not indicate otherwise. She went on that Americans who are being targeted by this Iranian campaign may not be aware that they are interacting with or receiving support from a foreign government. Joe, this would explain some of the protests that we've seen, the waving of Hezbollah flags, the burning of American flags in some protests. As we've said, we've seen a mix of it. And in some cases, you see praising of the Ayatollah. And so this would make sense. This comes out from, as you mentioned, Avril Hayne's. The U.S. Director of National Intelligence is the Director of All Intelligence above all the intel agencies. So there's nearly two dozen of them across the U.S. government, including the CIA. Avril sits above all of them. And what they're saying here is that Iran has become increasingly aggressive in their foreign influence efforts. They are looking to take advantage of these ongoing protests regarding the war on Gaza. You've heard the same warning from British intelligence. They're seeing indications the Iranians have infiltrated the protests there as well. There was an intel assessment that was released in December that reported that Iran tried the same thing in the 2022 midterms. Tehran here trying to undermine confidence in U.S. Democratic institutions, trying to divide Americans win support for the clerics in Iran. And so you've seen operatives who are working for the Iranian government also prepared fake AI generated content as part of the campaign here. Jill, this all comes as we also heard in the last day of a U.S. effort to take down a bunch of Russian bots that had infiltrated X, formerly Twitter, with a bunch of anti-American content looking like it's coming from Americans trying to divide Americans. So your latest warning today, who you may be talking to on the internet or protests you may be seeing organized, may not be real people. And most certainly, in this case, based on this intel, may not even be Americans. Most of many countries, including the United States, have seen a push to go to four day work weeks. The opposite in Greece, at least in a couple of industries from CNBC, the Greek government is defending its new six day work week policy, saying it is an exceptional measure that would only be applied in specific circumstances. In early July, Greece introduced new regulations that give employees in some businesses the option of working an extra two hours each day or adding another eight hour shift to their schedule, meaning that they could work 48 instead of the traditional 40 hours a week. The only type of businesses that fall under that regulation are those that operate 24 hours a day between five to seven days a week with rotating shifts, outrage about the policy spread on social media as the regulation was met with backlash from labor unions and political observers, criticizing the move. Yeah, so the issue they're facing in Greece right now, the prime minister there, Mitzotakis, he's a pro business guy, and he says they have a shrinking population, not people being born, and a shortage of skilled workers. So they have to do something. Now, at the same time, it's unclear whether this will be implemented. The policy package contained the bill was announced last September. Thousands have protested. They again, the government says this is only limited to certain industries here. But interesting data from the organization of economic cooperation and development shows that on average, workers in Greece already have been working longer hours than those in the UK across the EU, and even here in the US where we know we take very little vacation and are overworked Greek employees on average work 300 hours more a year than the EU wide average, which sort of cuts against the stereotype you sometimes hear about Greece. But it appears they're already working more than most of their neighbors, and eventually could be working even more. And finally, from deadline, a sequel to an iconic film is reportedly on the way. Meryl Streep may return as the iconic Miranda Priestley in a sequel to the Devil Wears Prada. The writer of the original film has been tapped to script a sequel. It's said to be in development at Disney. The original Devil Wears Prada starred Anne Hathaway, Streep, and Emily Blunt. It was nominated for two Oscars. It grossed over $326 million worldwide. It debuted in 2006. The new film is said to see Priestley at the end of her career with the publishing industry in decline. Oh, Jill, they're going to have to have TikTokers, Instagrammers at the state of the media, celebrity journalism, etc. It does provide for an interesting opportunity, even though we know that many sequels don't live up to the first film at the same time. So who's going to be in? Who's going to be out? It's still pretty early here. But some of the reporting from Pock and some other outlets are saying that Meryl Streep allegedly back in Emily Blunt, who played one of the assistants, is also said to have signed on to the film or agreed to work on the film. And Hathaway, though, has expressed skepticism as recently as a few months ago in an interview that a continuation of the story was ever going to happen. Now, whether that means she's in or she's out is unclear. The original film's producer will be back. The director isn't talks to return. This, of course, was based on a book back in 2003, a novel believed to be based on Anna Wintour of Vogue. Again, peak publishing back then, death of publishing today. And Jill to quote the K.T. Tunstell song from the film. Suddenly I see this is what I want to be. Jill, people, that was a terrible rendition. People on the Internet's on Instagram, the comments were exploding. People re-sharing this are very excited about the prospect of another devil wears Prada. I wasn't expecting you to sing that song. I was expecting maybe one you could have gone with everybody wants to be us. That's one of the well-known ones. All right, everyone, gird your loins. Tons of just classic lines from that movie. I'm going to work on my K.T. Tunstell. Until the sequel comes up. All right, with that, now it's time for On This Day in History. On This Day in 1929, American paper currency was reduced in size as the government began issuing bills that were 25% smaller. So it turns out our bills were a much larger, more than 100 years ago. They had artistically created themes, designed historical events depicted on them. Really, currency was some really nicely done work. In fact, some of those old bills from more than 100 years ago, highly sought after and highly valuable as collectors are still looking for them. All right, On This Day in 1962, the first satellite to transmit a live TV signal and telephone conversations across the Atlantic was launched on This Day 62 years ago, inaugurating a new age in electronic communications. On This Day in 1991, Russian politician Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as the country's first elected president. What we thought was a new democratic era didn't last very long. Boris Yeltsin had a lot of issues, including being a drunk, very corrupt. A man named Vladimir Putin would take over less than 10 years later. He is still in charge. He's returned the country to an authoritarian government. All right, a bit of music history before we end here on This Day in 1965. British rock band Rolling Stones topped the charts for the first time with I Can't Get No Satisfaction. And 43 years ago today, Rick James released his first hit single, Super Free. And Jill, I will take a point of personal privilege here on This Day in History, 2021, three years ago. I married the love of my life, Alex. I'm the luckiest man in the world. I love you, Alex and Olivia so much. And I can't wait to celebrate when I'm back in New York later this week. So thank you for making me the happiest man in the world. Oh, I'm a happy anniversary motion, Alex. That's so sweet. We wouldn't be doing this podcast. My news wouldn't exist without her shell. She was the one who encouraged me to keep this going after I did it for a couple of months in 2020 and was like, that was fun. Time to find another job. She's like, no, this is a thing, though. She needs to make this happen. And so I appreciate her support. And I appreciate her patience through it all these past few years. Absolutely. And she gave you Olivia, the best gift of the most important gift of all. All right, before we get too sappy here on the podcast. Oh, we got sappy. Thank you for listening to the Mo News podcast. If you like what you hear, please share this with your friends. It will help us grow. Follow us, subscribe so you don't miss an episode and review us in the App Store. Thanks, everyone. We'll see you back here tomorrow. Bye. Thanks for listening to the Mo News podcast. [Music]
