What's up everybody and welcome to another edition of the Falcons final whistle podcast We're coming to you with some good news after the Falcons beat the Miami Dolphins and yet another close contest This time the Falcons came out on top of it by a score of 30 to 28 here at Hard Rock Stadium. I'm sitting next to Tori McElaney Chris rim is back at home. We're staring at him through fancy technology and Chris watching this game seeing what transpired What what was your biggest takeaway from this Falcons victory that brought them to three and three on the season? I think Oddly enough it was that Cordell Patterson is here to stay I think when I was reading things and looking at much of the discourse on social media or or elsewhere There was the assumption that Cordell Patterson would have some kind of drop-off and that his first five games were Like some sort of anomaly that he was just playing well, but he got he got 14 carries today He didn't do as much as the receiving game But he scored a touchdown and I think today's game just showed me that he's he's going to be a part of this offense for The full 17 games he's in and whatever they do after that and the the first five games weren't just you know A spike in his career and Tori What what was your big takeaway after this one? I think for me it was that even though The Falcons didn't play a complete game And I know there are parts of this game that I'm Guarantee you that they would say that they wanted back that they still found a way to win in the end And I think they found a way to win Through the talents of their playmakers. So you take Matt Ryan's performance cow pits performance young waiku at the very very end I mean, these are all very specific People who really kind of changed the way that this ending happened And I think it's it's why we got to the score that we did It's why the Falcons are walking away at a 500 record right now instead of the alternative Yeah I think it's a good spot to sit here because we're starting to see the mindset that Arthur Smith wants to instill in this team And it's starting to come out and pay dividends late in the fourth quarter It's that winning mindset It's that belief that if we get the ball last we are going to win and that's going to be essential for this Team this season and on down the line when we're going to break all that down here on this episode of Falcons final Whistle you guys know the format by now And we're going to break things down over the coast of four quarters five minutes each and in this one We're going to talk about that fateful final drive. We're obviously going to talk about Kyle pits I mean duh and We were each going to pick an MVP from this game and as we always do we are going to look ahead to the two NFC South opponents coming up where the Falcons stand We may or may not use the word playoffs at least me And warning you guys we're gonna get to all that after we think our Sponsor Microsoft Windows 11 the official operating system of the NFL and the Atlanta Falcons the all-new Windows 11 is here to bring you closer to what you love Including yeah, that's right the Falcons final whistle podcast to learn all about the awesome new features of Windows 11 at Windows.com and now we're going to get started with quarter number one and The first quarter begins with five minutes talking about that final drive where the Falcons won it with a young waku 36 yard field goal They marched 57 yards on nine plays over the course of two minutes and 27 seconds the final seconds of this game to secure it without giving Miami the opportunity to Return fire and I think that was really important and really impressive with how they did it Tori what was your favorite part of that drive? What do you think was the was the catalyst there? So I think the catalyst was obviously the first two plays where you were Matt Ryan hits Cal pits for a gain of 21 yards and then turns around and hits him for a gain of 28 yards And it's like that what that was the moment that you're like, you know what they're doing this They're moving down with down the field with ease on it felt like and so That to me was a really important catalyst But I think what got the Falcons into the groove of the drive was actually something that Matt Ryan talked about postgame and he was talking about how they had the ball and they were inside, you know, probably the 30 and They started running the ball because they had a lot of time left on the clock still I mean, you didn't want to give Miami the ball back You really had to think about clock management and all that kind of stuff and they ran the ball They gave it to my Mike Davis for three yards Patterson I think had five yards and then three yards and they're just kind of Punching away and doing what you needed to do in that situation. So I think in terms of that drive It was both the catalyst of Kyle Pitts his first two catches of that drive But then also finishing that drive off with the run game being productive when it needed to be. Yeah, and Chris What was your take on that drive that the Falcons had a two-score lead early in that fourth quarter and we saw it slip away Now we've seen these Falcons come back against the Giants They had that offensive drive against the Jets to hold their lead, but they had a big lead lost it What was your takeaway if we include all the context of losing that late lead a fumbling of having that interception still finding finding a way to Get it done. I think this this this drive made me think about The Falcons drive against Washington when they ran the ball I think they ran I think they went three and out and they ran the ball and then they lost the game and After the game we were talking on here about, you know Should they have done something different in hindsight is 2020 and even Arthur Smith mentioned that maybe the following week Maybe they could have did something different But some day I still think about even this week in the weeks following is what Tori mentioned in during that podcast about You know execution and today the Falcons essentially did the same thing while they didn't start the drive Running the ball. It was with you know two passes to Kyle Pitts and then they ran the ball There was a lot of time left and they could have They could have you know went three and out earlier and then left a lot of time on the clock for the Dolphins But the difference between this game and the Washington game was that they executed. So I think sometimes looking at different games you can see how Play calls aren't necessarily bad. Just the execution didn't happen there today That I think the execution happened and that's what stood out to me on this drive Something that I'll add to that too is I think it's really interesting when you look at the game winning drive or the drive That ice the game in London against the Jets the very first play from from the line of scrimmage on that drive was a long Pass to Kyle Pitts same exact thing happened with this drive It's like the fact that Kyle Pitts is the guy that you go to when you need a big Jolt, I mean that says something a lot about Kyle Pitts And I know we'll get into talking more about Kyle in the second quarter But I think that's really important to kind of talk about if we're talking about Comparing drives the fact that it's a consistent thought that like, you know what we're gonna start these drives off with a big play from Kyle I think that's really really telling how much this coaching staff Believes in their number four overall draft pick Yeah, and they and they combined that with that hard-running and that tough first down that they didn't get against Washington I also think that if we're looking at this drive in a greater context and obviously We can't ignore the fact that in recent seasons the Falcons have not done well in the fourth quarter I tried to write on the website for for my postgame column that hey that it's Natural for you to want to go back to that instinct But you have to judge what this team has done and we're still it's a growing sample size but they've been in four close games they've come through three times and I think that that's a positive thing and it's because of the mentality that Arthur Smith is is Trickling down throughout the course of this team and it's Matt Ryan Projecting it outward to the other players I think it's a combination of good of good play calling of good Execution and a belief that even if things don't go right. It's not here. We go again. It's what can we do to reverse course? That's what we're gonna end with on the first quarter as The second quarter begins. We're gonna spend five minutes talking about the number four overall pick Kyle Pitts he had a pretty good day He did what I recall the tune of seven catches for a hundred and sixty-three yards on eight targets Several of those catches involved just one hand. Yes others came in massive moments This guy continues to build and impress more and more and more now There was a lot of hype about him coming out of the draft. He's starting to live up to it now He's been really impressive not only in what he's the the raw numbers, but in how he's been able to do it Tori, what's been the most impressive thing for you about Kyle Pitts in this game and Throughout the course of his first six professional games. Yeah, Kyle Pitts in the evolution of Kyle Pitts is going to be just a Marker of this season I think we knew that coming into this season But to actually see it happening live and to see the steps that he's taking as an individual But also to see the steps taken I guess when you think about like with Arthur Smith and with Matt Ryan Matt Ryan's trust in Cal pits Arthur Smith play calling for Cal pits all of these things kind of coming together in step with one another I think is so Crucial to the to this offensive success And so when I was thinking about all of this and post game my take away was simply that Cal pits is as advertised everything that we thought he was going to be through the draft process and through all of those Evaluations and all everybody talking about Cal pits He is what everybody said is that he was going to be and we're seeing that play out in real time And I think that's really exciting As you're going through this and I thought post game Arthur Smith I asked him because he was talking a lot about like the mindset of Kyle Pitts and I asked him I was like can you just speak more to that you keep bringing it up and he I thought he had such a good anecdote about how This is what you're seeing right now is who they expected Kyle Pitts to be and Even in their pre-draft evaluations and in those early conversations that they had with Kyle Pitts This was something that they expected from him and the fact that he's kind of taking all of this in stride And you see him getting better and better and building and building every single week as every game passes It's really fun to watch Chris what about this game in in particular? Did you like about about what Kyle Pitts did you have a favorite play favorite moment anything really stand out? Just whether they threw to him twice in that final drive anything at all. Yeah, I Think if there was like a Heisman moment or that People say you you have a Heisman moment That this was this this game for Kyle thought last week was the coming out party But this this was that today like he did everything From the way he ran routes to the difference the different way He attacked defensive backs and linebackers that you on the broadcast They talked about how he looked like a veteran in the way He would shove a defensive back and use his muscle without drawing a flag and then in the fourth quarter to start the drive 21-year-old lined up against a two-time or first team all-pro.  He's here Yeah, that was really cool, too And I think what Matt was talking about post game was also really interesting where he was talking about how May Amy was playing a lot of man-to-man coverage and I just can't help but think like You know coming in what Kyle Pitts is you know how hard he is to guard in a man-to-man situation and I think Atlanta just loved it as we can see from the 163 receiving yards that Kyle Pitts has if you're gonna put Kyle Pitts in a one-on-one man-to-man situation like That's that's tough. It is I think too though if you're I mean if you're Miami, you might be thinking, you know This is our guy and this is not that is true And then our guy is not any guy. This is our guy is one of the best defensive backs corner backs in the league And I believe there was there was safety help, too So they helped them out and it still wasn't enough so it said like you said Kyle is just he I think I think like you said They underestimated him and he's just more than advertised Yeah, he's been incredible and as we wrap up this second quarter We can leave you with a quote from Matt Ryan post game when he just said I think he's getting more comfortable and he's showing that in the way that he is performing I give him a lot of credit. Here's the part that I like There's no blink in his game when the game's on the line or it's an important situation He just goes out there and executes the same way. He does every other snap So not only is he talented freakishly so but the guy can perform in the clutch and that is what makes you a next level talent and man We could talk forever about about Kyle pits, but it's time to move on We're on to quarter number three and it's time to pick our MVP's There are a couple of options. Everybody knows what one of them is the guy that we just talked about Kyle pits But a lot of players contributed to this victory MVP's where are we at here? Anybody want to go first? Sure, I'll do it You slid in there real quick, you know what I'm gonna go first and you know what and it's not to take Kyle pits Which seems like the obvious move right and we didn't discuss these ahead of time But I'm gonna go ahead and take the quarterback even though Matt Ryan wasn't perfect This afternoon he was 25 for 40 for 336 yards to touchdowns and a pick We know he had the lost fumble. He was cruising early and had a little he had a bit more trouble late But what I like about it is quarterbacks make mistakes But this guy was unfazed and he talked about that post game that hey man bad things happen He went back to his rookie year where he threw five picks and the Falcons still won Yeah, so he's got that basis of Knowledge but he came in confident if he's not confident in that final drive They don't win right and as Chris pointed out that the guy threw some dimes So was he perfect? No, but was he good enough to get the Falcons a win today and did he help them respond? Late yes, he did that's why he gets my trophy also the quote one of the quotes of the night What came from Arthur Smith when he was asked about Matt Ryan and he legit said he's criminally underrated Wow What a turner back in this league and I loved that quote Fantastic quote from Arthur Smith and then I was selfish yet again because I'm gonna steal it for my Monday call I didn't offer that to anybody else. I'm just Other MVPs Chris. Who do you got? Uh Stuff for me to choose, but I think I'd probably say maybe Jaylen Hawkins just because I thought or I'm kind of torn between him or or at it because I think they just both What they both of their plays in the game were just momentum killers like Miami was moving down about to score about to take extend their lead I think it was extend their lead made it 10 10 at 3 Yeah, when two went through that pick in the back of the end zone to Jaylen and back to back weeks for him With interceptions, then I loved his post game interview. He just kept saying I did it for the squad For the squad he said I asked him a question I swear he said I do it for the squad like three times in a row. It's great Yeah, I'm gonna send me time to sell like a rap song That was great. And then you know at a blocking blocking the kick that that's big time You know that the the Falcons one by two that the kick, you know, you get three points for a field Oh, so that was big time and I thought I thought those two plays were momentum killers I'm sure being there the energy was probably sucked out of the stadium when those plays happened So those two would be my MVP's Tori what you got? Well, the guy who won the game for the Falcons mr. Young way coo I mean, I feel like you can't talk about this game and not bring his name up and Here's the thing and I'm gonna get into this in my notebook tomorrow because I like wrote Literally when coo ran out there for the 36 yard field well It was 31 and then it turned into 36 after the fall start, but we I digress When he ran out there, I legit wrote in my notebook Coos got this like I felt really good about the Falcons winning that game when they got it into like, you know That around the 30 yard line. I was like, all right. Yeah, this is happening. It was great because after The game we're talking to Arthur Smith and he made the comment that I thought was so great Arthur Smith was on fire after the game. He had a lot of really good quotes But he said he was like, you know sending young way out there. He was like I my heart rate wasn't Skyrocketing I wasn't nervous. He was like it was like just calling Another boring play in like the middle of the second quarter that you know may not mean all that much He was like I my heart rate was not up when I had to send him out there And I think that is so awesome when you have that opportunity to send out your kicker and feel as confident as you do when you send a guy Like that out there and the fact that it's young way and we all so many Falcons fans like know his story And I just think it's it's just really nice. Why do they know his story? Somebody wrote some feature about yeah, that was a Chris Shameless plug for the the long-form feature about young Waikoo But I mean he did it against the Giants. He did it again today. I just think it's it's really really great And I know Matt Ryan said after the game he's had in the over the course of his career He's had many many kickers that he has felt confident Getting into field goal range and being able to come out with the win and he said young way is no different I'm so proud of all three of us that nobody chose Kyle Pitts after spending five minutes talking about We gave him an entire quarter right so technically if he's like MVP one everybody else is like the next run down, right? That's what we're gonna say choose someone other than Kyle Pitts, but we didn't do it. We didn't do that We should have should have it's fine Aaron The rundown Definitely all right. We are we are over time. We are moving on to quarter number four And we're looking ahead in quarter number four Now that the Falcons are 500 at three and three they have two Huge divisional games coming up next week at home against the Panthers where Arthur Smith has said they have got to play better At Mercedes-Benz they haven't done that this year followed by what could be a Shockingly huge game against the rival Saints in New Orleans the following week if the If the Falcons continue to win and here's a crazy thing that nobody did about the Falcons in 2020 We just typed in NFL playoff picture in reference to the Falcons I know it's we're not even at mid season We get that it's too early and all those types of things that you can say but they're on the bubble guys that Somehow they're on the bubble somehow they're in it now Yeah, we can run that that Jim or quote playoffs. Yeah, look, we're not going down that road But they're in better position. They're in decent position and it can get better if they continue to play well Yeah, how pivotal is this stretch coming up? Oh my gosh, these next two weeks are very important for the Falcons I think that One I do think that the Carolina game is a is a winnable game and I think if you're the Falcons and you can You're playing at home. You're coming off a win You know, you're arguably playing The best that you have, you know, it wasn't going to be any worse than it wasn't week one So there you could only go up So I do say I do add the caveat of that but you go into this game coming up on Sunday against Carolina and if you Beat Carolina and then you're looking ahead to the Saints that game and the narrative around that game changes Immensely then I think what we were looking at even two weeks ago So this is really this is a really really important two-week stretch for this team Do you think this team Chris is kind of ready to keep this good thing going? I think the obvious argument Against what the Falcons have done recently is look at who they've played right and there has been a lot of inconsistencies And these are you know one possession games, right? So you do take all of that with a grain of salt Yeah, so how do you Chris evaluate what you've seen over the course of the last three slash four games and then And then how this team can kind of build on that and move forward against I know Carolina struggling, but still a better competition coming up Yeah, that's what I was going to say I think it's hard to assess where they are as far as how how good the Falcons are just because of who they Just because of their schedule The they played I think the Buccaneers are the the only team that they've played so far who I think is considered you know a better team in the league and I thought they did all right in that game and the score doesn't really reflect how well they played So I think these next two games I think specifically more so against the Saints because without Christian McCaffrey the Panthers are a much different team I think specifically against the Saints like Tori mentioned if they do get the win Next week the narrative around that game will definitely be Become more important and and I think I think against the Saints and then even following those games I think we'll learn a lot about how good this team really is because so far you've beaten the Dolphins who have one win The the Giants who have two right? Jets who have one win and just the Patriots just put 54 on them today. Oh, gosh so it's I Think we have to I think we'll learn about them through because just look at past those games the Panthers the Saints the Cowboys the Pets So yeah, this is a big run. So you'll we'll learn a lot. Yeah, and I think that that's why It's fair to be excited. It's fair to temper it and continue to try to evaluate this team logically The one thing that I would say about it is that each time you win one of these close games I think you build an element of confidence that you can perform now I'm sure that they're that they're hearing just exactly what what what we're saying is that they haven't beat anybody big yet But they're not one in six right now They're not where the Dolphins are and they're in a spot where they have Executed well at times with still so much more left to accomplish if you look at it And I think Jalen Hawkins said it well that they know Maybe it was a foy it like yeah, Jalen was like we were well aware that we have things that we got to clean up Like and I think Arthur Smith has said it a bunch and I know Matt Ryan even said this past week in his Availability before this game was he was like we're striving for more consistency They're well aware of the consistency issues And I think the fact that they're aware of it and they're like this is something we need to get better at in I think that's that's really good that they are Verbalizing that I think yeah, and if they're continuing to as Arthur Smith says get one step better and one step better Then they should be competitive in these games They can they have performed well in the clutch three out of the last four games And I think all those things are key as we move forward and we are moving forward here with the end of the fourth quarter And that's gonna do it for another episode of the Falcons final whistle we are getting out of here. It's getting late It's freezing cold in this here's the thing stadium press box the freezing We're in Miami Gardens, Florida right now and outside It is Swealtering like just so hot but in this room that we are in it you could hang meat in here It is freaking freezing in here. I'm shivering Chris. How is it at your spot a nice 72? 68 It's 74 Good God, that's hot I have the the window open so it's like right. It's not I don't think that's correct I think it's like this area is 74 Try like 68 gotta be so cool calm collected just like the Falcons. 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Mr. Fisher, question, please. No question. Senator Murkowski? Given the overlay that we have heard, the interconnectedness between what is happening in Ukraine with Putin's war, what we are seeing truly explode now in Israel by Hamas, with the support of Iran. Given what we have all been discussing here with regards to the tension in China and Taiwan, we're not talking about North Korea today, but we should always be thinking about North Korea's intentions. This is a simple question that I was going to ask both of you. Given the situation globally and what is at play and how it all intersects, are we at a time and a place where, from a national security perspective, we are as vulnerable as we have been as a nation in your professional estimation? Mr. Secretary, your responses, please. Thank you, and I very much appreciate the accommodation. I want to try to quickly answer at least address initially the questions that were raised before I leave. Senator Rubio, thank you very much for the question about Venezuela. As you know, following the agreement that the unitary platform, the opposition, reached with the regime on a way forward toward elections, we wanted to support that. And part of supporting that was to encourage that to move forward, including by lifting some sanctions with the ability, of course, to snap them back or to put some licenses in place that can be revoked very quickly. If the regime has, in fact, violated the agreement that it reached, then, of course, we'll take the necessary action. We've been very clear about that. They're not getting a free pass for actions that they take that are in contradiction to the commitments that they've made to move toward free and fair elections, which is a shared objective that we have with the opposition with the unitary platform. So we're tracking that very carefully and happy to come back to you further as this moves along. Senator Van Hollen, with regard to the West Bank, we very much share the concern that you've expressed. Palestinian Authority is doing everything that it can to keep security, to keep stability in the West Bank. It's vastly under-resourced. This is another aspect of the problem. And we've urged the Israelis, for example, to provide the authority with the resources that it needs that are being held back, tax revenues, and other fees that it collects and then normally gives to the Authority so that it can do its business to release those. And at the same time, the President himself has been very clear, very direct and very explicit about our concerns about extreme settler violence and the impact that that's having on the West Bank, including adding fuel to the fire. We've seen that people have been, in effect, forcibly displaced from their communities as well as killed. So this is something that we are in direct communication and conversation with the Israeli government at the very highest levels and something we're tracking very carefully. Tony, if I could add, just to, you know, I mentioned earlier I talk to my counterpart nearly every day. And this is something that I bring up every time I talk to him. As you mentioned, Senator, I'm watching these reports and some of the things that we're seeing are fairly disturbing and it will work against them going forward if they don't make a decision to control this better. Thank you. Really needs to stand. And then Senator Murkowski, I think I would say this. We see the challenges that we've been discussing today. You also mentioned North Korea, another challenge that we take with dead seriousness. That's on one side of the equation. The other side of the equation is this. There's never been a time in my own experience where we've had greater unity of purpose, greater unity of action, greater convergence with our partners in Europe, our partners in Asia, and indeed in other parts of the world than we have now in facing exactly those problems. We built a coalition of more than 50 countries to help deal with the aggression that Putin is committing in Ukraine, an extraordinary coalition that is supporting Ukraine in so many different ways, as well as dealing with broader problems that Russia poses. At the same time, we built much greater conversions than I've ever seen on how to deal with and approach the challenges posed by China. And we see that in Asia itself. We see that in our relationships with everyone from Korea to Japan to the Philippines to Vietnam to India, countries wide and far, as well as in Europe. So I'm very comforted by the fact that because we've revitalized, re-energized, re-engaged our core alliances and partnerships, our greatest strength, and built new ones, and brought them together in new ways, we have tremendously effective groupings of countries that are prepared to deal with these challenges. Thank you, and thank you. I understand you have a meeting with the speaker and appreciate your answering those questions. I will go back to the senators who have not had a chance now. Secretary Austin, thank you for your willingness to stay and answer the final questions. Senator Rubio. Thank you, Secretary Austin. I wanted to ask you, and really I'll just be, I guess, very quick respect for all the people's time here. These attacks from these, we continue to call them proxies. They're basically agents of the IRGC and the Iranians. They would not be occurring without the Iranians not just permitting them, but frankly, facilitating them. And the Iranians would not facilitate or permit them because in fact, there was a pause in those attacks for some period of time. They would not facilitate or permit them unless they calculated that these attacks do not cross some threshold in their mind that if they cross that threshold, they would trigger a price, a response, a price they don't want to pay, a response they don't want to see. At this moment, I do not believe that we can argue that we have a deterrence in place with these attacks. And this is more of a comment than it is a question, although you're obviously free to comment and I think we're very interested to hear what your response will be. But it is my deep belief that I hope is shared by the department that if we do not, I don't want to brawn a war with Iran. None of us have talked about it. I'm not one of those people that have been talking about airstrikes and starting a war with Iran is a tender box to begin with. But if we do not have a credible, not just a deterrence, a credible deterrence with Iranians, these attacks are going to escalate. They're going to come faster. They're going to spread beyond Syria and Iraq and they will involve weaponry of increasing sophistication and lethality. And that is my biggest fear is that we will find ourselves if we do not soon establish a credible deterrent, they will begin to cross lines that will require, not just a defensive posture on our front, but imposing a cost on them. One of the biggest, obviously I share all the comments that have been made here about the horrifying incident involving Hamas and everything they've done in the past and moving forward, the need to stand with our allies. But I think this is the one that really, this is the one that has the threat to quickly spiral out of control, is that these groups escalating these attacks to include more places at a faster clip with more lethality and sophistication if we do not establish a credible deterrent quickly. That's right. I agree with you that if they're not convinced that we will do what's necessary to protect our troops, then they will continue on as they are. But I've been clear, the president has been clear that that's something that we won't tolerate and we will do what's necessary to protect our troops. You saw me move another carrier battle group. Actually, it's in the Med now, it's headed to the Gulf region. That gives us more capability, more strike capability. We have additional aircraft in the region now. We have the punch that's necessary to protect our interests and we're gonna do what's necessary to do that. Well, I have no question that we have the assets positioned in the region to impose a cost on Iran that they do not wanna pay. I hope we never have to do it. I guess the fundamental question really becomes, do they believe we would actually do it? I'm not, again, I understand the complexity of the situation where something could trigger and suddenly this thing begins to move in a direction that spirals out of control. What I have real concerns about is their perception of what we are willing to do. This may not match up with what we're actually willing to do. Hence, at this moment, we do not have a credible deterrent. And I just, I sense from your answer that you share that concern. Sometimes, even when we say things, they may not believe us even if we have the capability to do it. So it's one of those situations where we don't want there to be a shooting war, certainly, and seeing this thing escalate, but I think one of the things that guarantees escalation is the lack of a credible deterrent. It's a complex and serious matter and one that I hope sounds like you share my concern about it quickly spiraling here, primarily because of Iranian perceptions of our willingness, not our capability, but our willingness to take turn action. Senator Van Halen. I thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. Secretary Austin, thank you for your service. And I agree that we have to provide the people of Ukraine with military assistance that they need to defend themselves against Putin's aggression. And President Biden is right to stand with Israel in its hour of need. All of us have been repulsed by the horror and brutality of the Hamas terror attacks that left over 1,400 innocent Israelis murdered, including women and children, including those massacred at Kibbutz, Qafar, Gaza, which I visited in June. When scaled to the size of the U.S. population, that is comparable to over 40,000 Americans killed, a horror that will never be erased. All of us agree that Israel not only has the right, but the duty to defend itself and eliminate the threat from Hamas. Hamas must immediately release all the hostages and as Israel conducts its operations, many of us believe it should prioritize returning the hostages safely home. Also, as President Biden has said, it must conduct its operations in accordance with the laws of war, not only because taking all possible measures to avoid civilian casualties and human suffering is morally and legally required, but that it is also in the best strategic interests of the United States and Israel to do so, something both you and Secretary Blinken have affirmed today. The President has been very clear about the need to distinguish between Hamas and the overwhelming number of Gaza's over 2 million Palestinian civilians who have nothing to do with Hamas. But some members of Prime Minister Netanyahu's coalition have indicated that all Palestinians in Gaza are responsible for the horror visited upon Israel. And Israel has imposed, as you know, a full siege on the people of Gaza, cutting off most water, food, medicine, electricity and fuel shipments. Secretary Blinken described the desperate humanitarian situation in his testimony today, but today we have only seen a trickle, a trickle of the needed humanitarian aid crossing the Rafa border. I saw the readout from your conversation today with Minister Galant where you indicated, and I quote, that humanitarian law requires that there be unfettered humanitarian assistance. So, Mr. Secretary, simple question, we've got a trickle going, you would agree that in the interests of humanitarian law and helping innocent people in Gaza, we have to do a lot better. Simple question. I agree, Senator, and as I said earlier, it's a moral and operational and strategic imperative. If you fail to do that, then I think we're gonna create a problem that, they will create a problem, a bigger problem for themselves.  In just the first six days of the war, Israel dropped 6,000 bombs in the densely populated Gaza Strip. Israel has stopped reporting the number of bombs being dropped, but the intense pace has continued. Last night, my wife and I learned that someone we know well lost two family members and four of their children killed in bombing in Gaza. So they are not yet included in the most recent death toll reported by the United Nations yesterday, which says the number of dead is risen to over 8,300 people, 70% of them women and children, including 3,457 children. These are UN figures. According to UN figures, that is about six times more children killed in three weeks in Gaza than the number of children killed in Ukraine during the entire war there. And if you scale the death of those Palestinian children to the United States population, it's comparable to over 230,000 American children killed. The executive director of UNICEF, Catherine Russell, said at the current rate, more than 420 children are being killed or injured in the Gaza each day. A number she said, which should shake us to our core. I agree. Now, Secretary, Mr. Secretary, I know that people on opposing sides of this conflict provide different reasons for why the death toll is so high. And you are right about Hamas's despicable practices of operating among civilians. But regardless of the explanation, we must not look away from these terrible facts. You and the president have repeatedly said that Israel must comply with the rules of war. But as we consider additional American military assistance to Israel's fight in Gaza, don't we have an obligation not only to state that expectation, but to ensure that our support is used in a manner that complies with the laws of war and U.S. law? That's my question, Mr. Secretary. Yeah, we will continue to emphasize to our allies here the necessity to account for the civilians that are in the battle space. They are a part of the battle space. They must account for them. They must do the right thing in terms of taking that into consideration as they do their targeting. They must create. Mr. Secretary, with respect, my question is a little different. My question is now that we're talking about... Senator Van Hollen, I apologize. Secretary Austin has just a few minutes left. We still have four senators to... All right, additional assistance. Don't we now have an obligation, not just a stated expectation for that to be the case? Thank you. Senator Fischer. Thank you, Madam Chairman. While I appreciate Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken testifying today, I will echo my colleagues' sentiment and say that I'm disappointed Secretary Mayorkas is not here. However, I am very, very pleased to hear that he will be before this committee next week because there is a national security crisis at our southern border. And this administration must make serious policy changes to address the crisis. I look forward to hearing from Secretary Mayorkas on how the administration intends to address that crisis. 24 days ago, Israel suffered the worst terrorist attack in its history. Israel has the right and the responsibility to respond to these barbaric attacks. We can best help them by giving them the time and resources they need to eliminate Hamas. The atrocities committed by Hamas demand nothing less. The administration's request included over $14 billion for Israel, including $5.2 billion to replenish their iron dome and David's sling systems and accelerate development of their iron beam system and $3.5 billion in foreign military financing. I strongly support the full inclusion of this request in the supplemental funding bill that this committee will draft. The administration has also requested significant funding for Ukraine. I would note that while many of our allies and partners are capable of providing generous humanitarian and economic assistance packages, only the United States can provide Ukraine with lethal aid at the scale that it needs. That is where we should focus our efforts as a country. But we can only continue to provide lethal aid if we aggressively expand our munitions production capacity. And we do that here at home. And that's a point that's being lost by many. A significant portion of the funding request is to replenish and build out US capacity. The United States faces threats from around the world, from Russia, China, Iran. Earlier this month, the bipartisan bicameral congressional commission on the strategic posture of the United States released its final report on America's strategic posture. The report unanimously endorsed by the commissioners found that we will soon face a security situation that, quote, the United States did not anticipate and for which it is not prepared, end quote. I'm working with my colleagues to turn many of the commission's recommendations into law. But fundamentally, we simply do not have the workforce, supply chain, or infrastructure necessary to meet the coming threats. Building out this capacity, it's going to take time and resources. But we can start now by making targeted investments in our munitions production base. The administration's supplemental request includes over $18 billion to replenish our own weapons stockpiles and over $4.6 billion to expand production capacity for those critical munitions. This is a step in the right direction, and I will support its inclusion in the supplemental funding bill. Secretary Austin, what would be the impact of not including replenishment funding in the appropriations package for this supplemental? Thanks, Senator. We would lose the ability to do the kinds of things that we've done with Ukraine and Israel in support of our allies in a time of need. And what does it do to our own national security? Well, it certainly, as I said earlier, we will maintain the ability to defend this country and protect our interests. But this additional capability gives us the ability to address emerging crises. And so I think, without that, we would be challenged to do the kinds of things that we've done here in the past. You know, I know it's important that we continue to do that for our allies and partners. But it helps our own stockpile requirements. And that includes expanding the production lines for long-range precision-guided munitions as well. Is that correct? That's absolutely correct, Senator. And you know. Which we need for the Pacific, right? That's right. And you know that some of these munitions are a long lead time in terms of what it takes to produce them. And so we're looking at ways to shorten some of those time lines, to increase capacity, to automate production lines, to address some of the issues that you raised earlier. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Madam Chair. Senator Peters. Thank you, Madam Chair. And as chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, I know how important it is for us to secure our northern and southern border and provide law enforcement with the resources that they are going to need to complete that mission. And that's why I'm very pleased to see substantial funding in the supplemental to support border operations as well as security for our country. But I also believe we can't stop there. We also must work with international partners to understand some of the root causes of the increased migration that we're seeing show up at our border and commit adequate resources to addressing those challenges. I know Secretary Blinken had another engagement that he had to leave. But I have a number of questions for him that I will be submitting to the record as to how that we work internationally to deal with border security here and in our country. But Secretary Austin, thank you for staying for additional time. You've been very generous with your time. The question is with the recent escalation of violence and attacks that are aimed at US personnel in the Middle East now. I remain concerned about the Air Force's decision to divest the A-10 aircraft. Notably, the DOD recently deployed A-10s to further deter Iran and their proxies that may seek to attack US forces and in the process destabilize the region even more than it already is. As you know, my home state of Michigan is the home of the 107th Fighter Squadron, a unit certainly capable of providing air support to our troops and allies should they be called upon. My question for you, Secretary, is clearly the Department of Defense has recognized the need for this aircraft's very unique capabilities and are deploying those fighters right now in support of operations related to this contingency. So my question for you is this current conflict causing the Department to reconsider A-10 divestment or at a minimum perhaps delaying some of those divestitures given the fact that there is a mission today and will very likely continue, at least in the foreseeable future. Well, thanks, Senator. I have personally benefited from the capability of the A-10, so I have great respect for the platform. And the A-10 will be with us for the near term. But I've asked you for $61.1 billion in my FY24 budget to invest in air power so that we can remain the dominant force. And so we're going to have to transition over time to address the new challenges that we'll face with peer competition. And we're making an effort to do that. And we'll have to make some choices down the road. But we're going to have to continue to make that transition. But they will be with us for the near term. Good. Well, as you talk about the future, certainly we have to be focused on warfare is changing dramatically. But I believe that the very close working relationship in security cooperation that we have with Israel is incredibly important to that task. The US and Israel have some of the world's most innovative technologies, as you're well aware of. And now more than ever, we need to continue to develop those. This Congress I introduced along with bipartisan support from Senator Fisher, the US-Israel Future of Warfare Act, which authorized $50 million to create the US-Israel Future Warfare Research and Development Fund to increase collaboration in areas of artificial intelligence, drone and cybersecurity, directed energy and automation. That is a $50 million authorization given the current conflict, given the rapidly changing nature of warfare. How important is that we make those investments? And should we be prepared to make even more investments and may have an even closer cooperative agreement with Israel and the IDF? Well, thanks, Senator. Thanks for your work. Certainly won't comment on pending legislation. What I will say, though, is that we are great partners. We have done a number of things together. And Israel, as you pointed out, is a source of innovation. Excuse me. And our work together, I think, will continue to create advantages for us in the future battle space. So we look forward to that. Great. Thank you, Mr. Secretary. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you. Senator Mikowski. Thank you, Madam Chairman. I think this is probably the most important and most significant hearing that we have had here in the Congress this year. This is not only about the United States and our national security. It is about food security, as we heard earlier. We haven't really talked about energy security, but there is a dynamic there as well. This is significant that this committee is weighing in to evaluate this supplemental request. My hope is that we are able to take the contours of this, which is absolutely the imperative and the support for Ukraine. Absolutely the imperative and support for Israel. Also recognizing that we need, we must do more when it comes to our own border here in this country, but also a piece that we haven't really talked much about here today. And that's the Indo-Pacific piece. There is a small increment here or a smaller insignificant in relative terms to the other areas. But recognizing that we will be doing some adjustment within those contours, those four pillars and how they intersect and how they allow this proposal to move forward, I think, is so very, very important. I was reading something this morning. Madam Chairman, as I'm coming in, it was a statement that said something to the effect that in the United States we lead through the power of our example, but we also need the example of our power. And that example of our power is manifested through our defense appropriations. And so as we're talking about the need for replenishment of our own stocks and then what that can do to help Ukraine, what we must do then to help Israel. Mr. Secretary, can you speak to the Indo-Pacific piece? There's $2 billion included for state, for foreign military financing. In your view, why is it imperative that we also include in this package an increment for the Indo-Pacific? Well, thanks, Senator. As you know from our strategy, our national defense strategy, China is our pacing challenge. And as we look at China's behavior in the Indo-Pacific, we are increasingly concerned. So we must have the ability to continue to be able to deter China and to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific. And so we're going to continue that work. In this request, we've asked you for $3.3 billion to invest in our submarine industrial base. And that will help us with our efforts up with AUKUS. And as you know, AUKUS is a generational capability that I think will do great things in enabling us to promote security and stability in the Indo-Pacific. We've also asked for $3 billion or so to build more capacity in our industrial base so we can produce greater quantities of munitions and weapons. And so I think that investment is going to apply to the Indo-Pacific as well. I appreciate that, Madam Chairman. A question has not yet been asked in this hearing about the impact, the implication of a long-term CR. I know we're talking about an emergency supplemental now, but our reality is in 18 short days we will once again be beyond where our budget is now. Mr. Secretary, if we were to go to a long-term CR, given the state of the world right now and the role that we play in it, what would that mean? It would make things much more difficult for us, Senator. You can't buy back time. And this takes away the time we have to conduct, to affect new starts, the time that we have to go after specific projects, to invest in capabilities. And you just can't buy that back. Our budget is directly linked to our strategy. And so if we don't have the full budget, we're not able to execute the strategy to the degree that we planned it. And so I think this is critical. And I think it's really, really important that we get an on-time appropriation if possible. Thank you very much. Senator Sinema. What better time than now to show our committee's unity and Congress's commitment to advancing our shared values? America's adversaries are watching how we act and how we react while actors across the globe that stand against everything we as Americans believe in actively try to destabilize and destroy democracies. We must pass legislation to support Israel, Ukraine against Putin, and Arizona's border. Each of these three are urgent concerns and should advance together as they are all critical for both my state and for our country's national security. China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are strengthening partnerships to undermine America's interests and create chaos while Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East and Ukraine, a critical supporter of Americans values, continue to be attacked. At the same time, at home in Arizona, we know there's a clear crisis on our border and cartels are using the porous border to smuggle migrants and dangerous drugs into our state, weakening our national security. So the supplemental request includes resources for Ukraine to fight against Putin, to support Israel in her time of need and border security all in one package. And I encourage my colleagues to join me in doing the bipartisan work that's necessary to address all of these priorities. Secretary Austin, the request includes additional appropriations for Iron Dome and David's sling replenishment. I agree we need to quickly surge production to support significant replenishment in Israel as soon as possible. Now we've been talking about capacity shortfalls and revitalizing the defense industrial base for years. This request, however, only includes $200 million to mitigate industrial base constraints to allow for faster production of weapons and equipment. Can you speak to the impact of this funding in the context of supporting multiple conflicts? Thanks, Senator. That $200 million that you're speaking of is focused on our PDA efforts. And the larger amount that we're asking for to invest in the industrial base is $3 billion. And so that's a component of the bigger number. And again, I think all the things that we're doing to replenish our stocks, to enable Ukraine to purchase new equipment from the United States, all those things also contribute. But we specifically asked for $3 billion in this request to focus on the industrial base. And again, that $200 million is a component of that, not the total amount. So the request includes provisions for the, quote, expansion of facilities for the purpose of increasing production of critical munitions. How quickly will these investments lead to increased capacity? It'll vary. In some cases, you know, industry can move fairly quickly. In other cases, for more sophisticated items like javelins and stingers and those kinds of things, it will take a bit longer. But we're working with industry each and every day to do everything we can to send the right signals so that they can invest in the right things and be able to expand where required. So we've been supplying our Ukrainian allies with munitions to push back on Russian aggression for almost two years now. There are numerous reports that suggest that the manufacturing of those munitions and supplies is not yet keeping pace with demand and that we're depleting our own stockpiles at a fairly significant rate. Of course, now we're gonna send some of that inventory to Israel as well, which I am supportive of. But as we look to support Israel and Taiwan, in addition to Ukraine, against the aggression that all three of them face, are you worried that this could put too much stress on inventory and if so, can targeting software that improves the accuracy of our munitions help and is that software investment reflected in the supplemental package? Well, we have the most accurate and lethal weapons in the world and in terms of our targeting, we're always looking for ways to do things better and more efficiently. But the specifics of those things, I'll leave to my great airman who again are the best in the world. In terms of the depletion of our stocks, again, as I said a number of times here today, we will make sure that we maintain what's necessary to defend this country and protect our interests and I won't change that direction of travel. Thank you. Thank you. I wanna thank all of our colleagues for a really thoughtful discussion. Secretary Austin, thank you for sharing your time and knowledge with us. You know, if there's one takeaway from this conversation today, it should be that these global challenges that we face, the war in Ukraine, terrorism in Israel, humanitarian needs for those who are caught in the conflict and the posturing of the Chinese government in the Indo-Pacific region, these challenges may be distinct, but they are all connected and they all are urgent. We have to respond to all of them in a comprehensive way that sends an unmistakable message to the world that American leadership is still strong and our resolve has not wavered. So I'm gonna make sure we take what we have learned today into account as we continue working together to craft a comprehensive security package that meets this pivotal moment and lives up to our promises to stand by our allies, stand for democracy and stand up for civilians. I hope all of our colleagues will continue to work with me and Vice Chair Collins to make sure we avoid insufficient half measures and get all of our allies the robust support that they need. And of course, I do believe we need to continue to work to address our domestic priorities like the childcare crisis, situation at the border and more. That will end our hearing today. For any senators who wish to ask additional questions, questions for the record will be due in seven days on Tuesday, November 7th at 5 p.m. The hearing record will also remain open until then for members who do wish to submit additional materials for the record. With that, committee stands adjourned.


What's up everyone it's your girl Kenzie here from Layton Sports Guards and I'm ripping a personal for Justin S. We've got a 2022 Penina Penini Elite Extra Edition Baseball All right best of luck Justin thanks as always for hopping in. 10 hits coming your way already. We haven't even opened a box yet. Eight autographs coming your way. First we've got two 999 Jet Williams and a Henry Bolte out of 195. First auto up we've got a Drake Baldwin for the Braves. Drake Baldwin nice looking autograph there. Braves Future Threads Patch of Owen Murphy and a Silver College Ticket of Max Wagner. Got Hunter Barcode of 499 and a Tyler Lockley or to 122. Blue Jays Autograph of Cade Dodry Daughtry another Blue Jayset here hidden gems of Ricky Teedman and Base of Walter Ford Mariners. Hey Sin how's it going?  Okay so they're Angels Nito Otto and we've got Future Threads Patch of Spencer Jones. Finish Strike on that one. And Silver Michael Kennedy for the Pirates. Any big hits lately Sin? Got die cuts to 10 on the gold of Orion Kirkkering, Phillies. And we've got to 349 Anderson Furman from the DPL. Nice one here Judd Fabian, Orioles. Nice Judd Otto there Justin. And we've got Rangers Hidden Gems Otto of Tommy Speck Hidden Gems College Ticket of Parker Messick. That's still crazy. Yeah Jim what's up? I can't remember what product he said I was from. Where's the Brady Otto out of Sin? To 499 Palmquist and we've got a Marcus Johnson to 999 but yeah Jim the Sunday Funday Football Mixer tonight is loaded. We've got Patch Otto of Eduardo Beltre from the DPL, Royals Otto of Hunter of Paterson and last hit here for you Justin is a Henry Bolte for the A's. All right Justin that will do it for your Elite Extra Edition Baseball. Thanks as always for helping in and we'll get these right out to you.


Okay, I actually did shave my head, but isn't that a great title? How crazy would that be if I actually did that? If I actually came on here and my hair was still long and I was like, yep, the whole thing was a farce. I faked my own Instagram photos. I got my friends to fake their wedding photos just for a video. I somehow have like the best filter on any video ever that's like the most convincing head shaved filter. I come on here, my hair is actually longer than it was before. It's like down to my shoulders. That's right, I actually got my hair lengthened. I'm like putting my hair up into a little bun at the start of the video. Well, everyone, welcome back to another video on this very fine day on the second channel. Got a little bit of sparkling water here, which I will be blurring. No free promo for you, vague sparkling water company. I have to say a lot of people probably saw I was just in Europe for a couple of weeks and I think possibly one of my favorite parts of the whole trip, aside from like my friends getting married, was that like every restaurant just like automatically served sparkling water.   I was getting goofy and wacky, quite frankly. We are going to be doing another subreddit video here today. So let's go ahead and click on top and let's click on of the month. I don't remember the last time I did a subreddit video, but I feel like it was like a month ago. So let's fricking get into it. Oh, and the very first post is about how me and Laura ran a marathon. Wow, thank you guys. Yeah, it's just a picture of us both holding our medals and I'm sure the caption is also congratulating us. So, oh yeah. Danny ran so fast his hair is still at the starting line. I actually broke the world record for a marathon, not for the speed or anything, not my time. I just broke the record as the first person to run so fast that my hair was actually shorter at the finish line than it was at the starting line. No one's ever done that before. At this point, we need a hair mega thread, lol. Yeah, so it's my understanding that after I posted pictures of my newly shaved head, the subreddit was just in disarray. People like could not stop posting about it. Every single post was just being like, why do you do that? What's wrong, what happened? It's been an interesting couple of weeks to see how people have reacted to me cutting my hair. Not just on the subreddit, but like every single social media I have, the comments are quite frankly, they're unhinged. If we go to this TikTok I posted with my freshly shaved head, the top comment is, Danny, you better be joking. Hell nah. And that has 38,000 likes. We have no Danny. Danny why? No. I mean, just scrolling down here, you can see the reception was lukewarm at best. Please tell me it's just a prank, bro. I need to know it's just a prank. Danny why? That seems to be the overwhelming sentiment as people just like wondering why I, why I did this. So look, do you want me to tell you why I shaved my head? Do you need an explanation? Do I even want to give an explanation? Honestly, it's my hair. Do I need to explain every like minor change to my appearance that I make? All right, I'll tell you. Honestly, there's not really any big reason to it. I think I got the idea because last time I got my hair cut, I was talking to my barber. I was telling him I was running a marathon soon and on the way out, he was like, well, if you want to, you know, shave your head or anything right before the marathon, I'll let me know.  And I think he was just joking but it kind of got me thinking like, huh, maybe I do want to shave my head before the marathon. It also got me thinking like, is that a thing? Like why did he say that? Was it to be like more aerodynamic or does he think I would look good with a shave? I don't know. I to this day, I still don't know what he meant but it did get me thinking and I was like, I never have shaved my head before. I wonder what it would look like. I don't even know what the shape of my head is. My hair's always been pretty long. What if I shaved my head and I have this like insane shaped head? What if I look like one of those like ancient Mayan skulls they find that are shaped like alien skulls? It's possible. Yeah, I kind of just wanted to see what it would look like and I also wanted to do something kind of crazy for the marathon just to kind of like match the intensity of the marathon. I wanted an intense haircut. I just wanted to do something crazy for the marathon. Also, I thought it would be kind of funny. I thought it would be funny to see how I would look with a bald head because I thought I would look pretty goofy and I thought it would be funny to see how people reacted to me shaving my head and it was pretty funny. I mean, most of the reactions are pretty funny. They're just like people being like, oh, whoa, like super surprised. I will say, even though I did do it a little bit just to see people's reactions, some people's reactions were too much. There were definitely people that I did not realize were a little bit too invested and like what my hair looks like. So that is, you know, that's good to know going forward. You guys are haters. He looks good. Yeah, no, for real, I was pleasantly surprised. I think he looks fire. No, he doesn't. Don't give him any ideas. Nobody say anything nice about him. He might keep it. Next video, I tricked everyone into thinking I cut my hair. That is going to be the title of this video. So kind of an epic comment moment. I was looking at my grandpa's army company photo from 1957 Fort Dix, New Jersey and found Danny. Okay. Yeah, I see it. Honestly, the smile I think is what's throwing the off a little bit like that doesn't really look like how I actually kind of do smile like that sometimes as a joke. I kind of like, but it looks like he smiles like that for real. I don't think he's doing it ironically. I don't think he's doing like an ironic army photo shoot. If I was really in the army, I'd probably smile like this. Unless I was really scared. I feel like I would probably be pretty scared in the army that I might smile like this. That does kind of look like how he's smiling. He's like me, but scared. This has got to be one of the best ones I've seen lol. 95% of the time I never see the correlation between the Danny clones and the actual Danny, but damn, this one is spot on. Okay.  If everyone else sees it, I'll agree. You could literally post a picture of like an otter and say this looks like me and if it got enough upvotes and enough people agreed, I would probably get on here and be like, I guess I see it. Yeah. Sure. Of course. I also am like a little water weasel. I hold hands with my wife as we float down the river together. I'm an otter. I'm, yeah, I forget. I guess I always forget about that. Thank you. We're getting some critical thinking in the subreddit. I saw some people when I posted my most recent main channel video being like, look, he didn't really shave his head. He didn't really shave his head. Look, I know we just got back from vacation like two days ago. So he probably filmed this video before vacation, meaning before he shaved his head, but this means he didn't shave his head. Y'all got to use some critical thinking, man. Junior Sean, you are critical. You have a critical brain. My praying mantis loved Danny and he just died, so I'm posting this to honor him. Oh, wow.  There he is. There he is. Well, I'm sorry about your praying mantis, dude. It looks like he's been, you know, following me for a while, honestly. He's been kind of a Greg since whenever I posted this video, like two years ago. How long do praying mantises live? Larger species may live four to six months. I guess it is an insect. I assumed he's been alive for years and he's been like following me all this time. He's kind of a newer fan, all things considered. Four to six months. Yeah, honestly, he hasn't even really been with me through thick and thin. He hasn't really like seen the ups and downs of my channel.  No, I'm sorry about your praying mantis. That is sad. I hope that you're able to buy a new one that is better. I hope that your next one is better. I'm sorry for your loss. He was a true Greg for on your face. It did seem like he was a Greg, to be fair. Actually, all the videos are full screen. I wanted to look to see if he had notifications on, but RIP Danny. I hope the praying mantis is doing well, though.  I did. My praying mantis loved Danny and he just died, so I'm posting this to honor him. Damn, I'm sorry for your praying mantis that his favorite creator just died.  Literally any white guy. Is it just me or does he look like Danny? That's me, too, honestly. Any white guy or, you know, otter that the subreddit posts? This is me. It looked just like me. It's like looking in a mirror. Guys, Danny was in Europe for a wedding. Let's go. That's right, folks. I was in Europe for Curtis and Jenna's wedding. It was the most beautiful wedding in the world, holy cow. I'm so happy for them. Honestly, they're the best. I'm honored that I got to be there. It was literally like the best trip of my whole life. So Curtis and Jenna, thank you for inviting us. It was the coolest thing ever. We went to Paris and Nice, and then two different places in Italy. It was like the most beautiful trip ever. It was so pretty. I haven't been to Europe since I was a little kid and the Lord never been before, so it was very cool to explore and travel because we haven't gotten to do that in a while. Yeah, it was super cool.  So much has happened since the last time I did a subreddit. We haven't even talked about the ghost video either. But yeah, Watcher, who if you don't know, is a channel run by Shane and Ryan from BuzzFeed Unsolved. Asked if I wanted to do a ghost hunting video with them because of my ghost hunting videos. So maybe that's going to happen at some point. We're still kind of like working out the details, so we'll see if that happens. But honestly, that sounds incredible, dude. I would love to do that. It was really fun doing the ghost hunting stuff, even though like I don't particularly believe in ghosts. Really? I'm open to them, obviously. That's kind of why I did the video, because I was like, I wonder if I'll see anything. It's just kind of fun to do it and experience it because people do have some like insane stories from ghost hunting. So let's just say I'd like to create some insane stories of my own. Why is Danny's hair back in his newest video? Critical thinking alert. Critical thinking alert. You need to think critically alert. My sister's birthday cake. It slays. We ate around the face and now it's in my freezer. Oh my God. Holy cow. I like this. Honestly, I love it. The dedication. The craftsmanship. This is a beautiful cake. I am kind of wondering, did you alter the colors of this picture at all? Why do I have like red bags under my eyes? Am I? Do I just look like that? Is that just how I look? And they said they ate around the face and now it's in the freezer. Oh God. That's terrifying. What the hell, dude? I take it all back.  Terrible idea. It's weird. All of the things that you don't think about when you're an influencer, like statistically at any given time, there's probably like X amount of people watching one of my videos somewhere in the world. But this is definitely a new one. Like at any given time, there could be like my face in someone's freezer. Just one of those things you don't really think about. I can't get over this ghost hunting angle. Yeah, honestly, shout out to whatever, what's this dude's name? François Bourgeois. I think maybe out of all of the ways I could have pronounced that, that was maybe like the worst. No, wait, why did I say François? His name's Francis.  Francis Bourgeois. He's a train tiktoker and he uses this angle all the time in his train videos. I was like, this is like the perfect angle I feel like for this video because Jake was holding the camera no matter where he is. I can always have a camera angle of my face to show like my reaction to things. Also, one of the top 10 moments in the video, me like sniffing the pee, that camera angle came in so clutch, dude. That might be the best shot I've ever gotten in a video. Me just sniffing pee. What's better than that? Just Danny bent over sniffing a pile of piss. Oh baby, now this is a meme, dude. When I say, can we get some memes in the subreddit? This is what I mean. New, fresh meme format straight out of the oven. Look at this. It's me opening a drawer with me in it. And I say instead of no Bible, no hair. That's a meme format right there, all right? This is what I'm talking about. Upvote this more. How many upvotes does this have? A thousand? This should have at least, how many people are there in the subreddit? 122,000? This should have at least 122,000 upvotes. This is a good meme right here. Dear Danny, my birthday is today. You're invited. Time right now. I posted it 24 days ago. Shit. Danny looks like Dream or is this another prank? I've seen people saying that. I don't think I look anything like Dream. Yeah, I mean, I don't, I don't really see it at all. Like, we don't even have the same color hair. It's like a different shade of brown, drastically different faces. We're both just two normal looking guys, all right? And if being normal makes you look exactly the same as someone, then I look like every one. I look like everyone then. Guys, I think all of Greg should stop posting RIP Danny's hair type post. He likes his hair. I just, I like it, but I do agree. And I feel like it could be hurtful with all the negativity that people are putting on. That's a very nice comment. And I do agree. I think that maybe it's too many comments about my hair. You know, I don't really think it's gotten to me that much, but I would just urge people to think about like, if you made a change to your appearance and you like posted it on Instagram and then you got like a comment that was just like, no, and it got like 37,000 likes. What does that do? What does that do to you? Again, people are mostly just joking and like kind of in shock. So I get it. I think generally I probably commented a little bit too much on my own appearance in videos. I make videos talking about doppelgangers and like having a young face. So I feel like to an extent, I've probably like invited it a little bit. But I think going forward, I'm probably not going to react to as much stuff about my appearance because you know, it's just, it's just my face, man. Pay attention to the content, you know? Pay attention to the memes. Pay attention to the jokes. I should be able to have like nutes for hair and nobody comments on it. People just listen to what I'm saying, all right? That's the point of the videos. Danny got to update his profile picture. Honestly, should I? I do need a new profile picture, honestly. I'm not going to make it this, but at some point I'm going to need a new profile picture. Not that I'm committing to this hairstyle. That's not why. I just think that I need a new one because I've had this profile picture for so long. I'm wearing one of these like scoop neck t-shirts. Those aren't even like a thing anymore. It's like a t-shirt made for Squidward. Says I'm not going to comment about my appearance anymore and then immediately reacts to something roasting my own shirt. The bald trinity. Yes, the prophecy is coming to fruition. Now I just need to get the other two to shave their heads or I'll do it myself. The prophecy will be complete. Okay, I think that's enough for the top of the month. Let's see if there's anything hot right now. Anything good that people have been talking about lately. If I introduced my girlfriend to Danny's videos, does that make our relationship incestuous because all Greggs are blood related? Technically, yes. As long as she wasn't related to you before you introduced her to the videos, I'll make an exception just this once. I can tell you really like her, so you're good. All right, well, I think that's it for all the memes and goofs and wackiness for today. Thank you guys for watching this video. I hope you enjoyed it. Bye.


Hello everyone, I am Devesh, a PLB research scholar at the educational department of IAP Bombay. Today, we will talk about a tool called Orange. Orange is an open source, visual programming software package for data visualization, machine learning and data mining. Orange uses common Python libraries such as NumPy, SciPy and Skykit Learn. You can download Orange by visiting this particular layer. This is the welcome screen of Orange. The white blank space here is called the canvas. These icons on the left are called widgets. These widgets are actually the computational units of Orange. They help in reading the data, processing it and visualizing it and building predictive models. The widgets have input-output channels. You just have drag and drop it over the canvas. So this particular widget has only the output channel. A widget in particular may have input-output or both channels. Now these particular widgets have been mainly classified into five categories. The first category is data. The second category is visualize. It also has a couple of widgets, third being model, fourth is evaluate and fifth is unsupervised. These widgets actually communicate with each other with the help of these input-output channels. Now if we double click the file icon, a dialog box will appear. This gives us a choice to use our own dataset or we can also use the dataset that is provided by Orange. This also provides us a description about the various features that are involved. So these are the names of the features. These are the data types. It can be numeric, categorical and the role. So role is basically it is categorized into three categories.  And these are some of the values that these variables take. Now we are choosing this particular file. So now that particular file has been uploaded. Now let's briefly describe the various categories. So the first category of widgets is data. Widgets in this category allows importing the files and pre-processing of the data. The second category is visualize. This has widgets that gives a pictorial representation of the data. The third is model. In model the widgets provide us access to various machine learning models that we can use for regression and classification tasks. We will touch upon some of these models in the course. The next category is evaluate category. So it helps us in the assessment of the models. That is it gives us an idea about how well our model is performing. This is demonstrated through the use of various metrics that we will talk about in the course in the coming weeks. The last category is the widgets in supervised. So these provides us unsupervised models along with some widgets that help in feature transformation.


The bridge was brought to the top of the bank That's where it occurred to me that there was a different concept of what the top of the bank was but The DRB approval condition 11 Really doesn't make sense if it's to the top of the bank far away from where the bridge connects because they're approving the project from end to end They're not approving You know Partway through the and because if they did then you'd have a sidewalk to nowhere and that's Makes no sense so I think that's Looking at that way, I think I came to the conclusion that the Intent was for it to be built from end to end and Again, the DRB does not determine who does that That's a whole separate discussion And I would simply say that was not our understanding and there was lots of communication that would would have been inconsistent with that and the person from the DRB who happened to be the same person from the Planning Commission that approved both the Both the administrative permit and also signed on the Schedule C9 Where there was very little change other than in this part of the property from the previous one So we simply were trying to accommodate What the town of Williston had requested? Paid many many thousands of dollars in the engineering to get this in the plans get it through Act 250 get it so we could actually fulfill our The obligation and what we felt was important to do and we also built agreed to build it way ahead of schedule because that was It seemed the right thing to do so that's So if there is an inconsistency in between Between the planning You know what was approved by the DRB and what was and The concept of end to end on the property I don't believe that that is should really be Construed against us when we have the plain language of the DRB approval So I mean that's and that's where we are we appreciate the town of Williston and appreciate very much the Cooperative approach that we have felt and have also tried to take with the town of Williston in the development of this property And we certainly hope that While we have a disagreement or a Difference of understanding of this Initially, we hope that that does not change our overall Approach and relationship together because that's very important to us Yep Maybe mad or Bruce. I'm not sure The sheet C9 which is labeled the permit set, you know, and it gives the application number. I Don't know exactly how to ask this. I'm a little bit tired. So I guess maybe I'll be a little bit blunt Should I read anything into that it was I assume it was approved or somehow accepted with that note on it and that note being New retaining wall and railing by Williston I've already stated that the DRB approves what's going to be not done not who I Mean, I get that but I guess We also we the town would have had the opportunity to say, you know, we move that, you know It either doesn't make sense or it's not what we agreed to or whatever But we I don't want to say we chose not to we may not have even known it was or Recognize that it was there. I'm just wondering if there's If there's something I should know about this is the permit set with that note on it First one is obvious. They express what permission is being given for what what activity are you allowed to take? You can build what's on the plan The other thing they sometimes do is they show things that you have to build if you want to build what you want to build in other words You can build what's on this plan or what's identified on this plan, but you have to build it in this way You can build that street, but you have to have a stop sign to it and that needs to be showed on the plan so The the approval is You know binding on the town to honor it going forward once it becomes an unappealed permit The plan set that comes with a permit may also show things that need to be done in order for the applicant to do what they really Want to you submit a permit to build a house you happen to show on that permit Planset also that you're going to build a driveway to that house And it's going to be in conformance with public work standards for a haircut If you build that house without a driveway or with a different driveway You have to follow your plan and you you could create complications for yourself down the road but as as Riggs advised you a couple times that's that's as close as it ever gets to saying who's going to do it Who's who's going to do it is important if there's something that needs to be done in order for The rest of the permit to be able to be acted on in other words I'm going to finish this bike path so I can Do the rest of my project But who it's not really about who's going to do it It's that who has the benefit of this permit and under what conditions need to build the things that are required In order to build the things that you want to build. I hope I'm not complicating You're reinforcing that the note on there the town's position. It's a note on there has no bearing on I Can't as well as sense responsibilities sitting in zoning administrator for the town today I Don't have the power to obligate a certain person to build something I have the power to say certain things need to happen in order for the permanent work to go Any thoughts on how we proceed I'll give you this it's it's not going to be a helpful thought, but it is the truth that is I read one We have two two documents that were to read one from the church one from the town I'm not going to say which one I read first or which one this place it but I read the first one And I'm like it seems pretty clear cut to me. I know what to do Then I read the other one Same exact conclusion. So I'm You know, it's kind of one of these odd situations where It's both appear to be have defensible positions But they're different positions. So how do we choose between the two? So would this qualify for an executive session at some other time to discuss this I think so Because it's potential contract and I suppose even potential litigation that doesn't seem it But yeah, I think it's an executive session thing So we can put this on the agenda for another Night to talk about it in the executive session and see what conclusions we can accomplish So thank you very much. We appreciate your thank you So let's do a quick manager's report In your package you have a financial report The first financial report of our new finance director At the end of February thing to note is that Continue to lag behind in some expenditures particularly in the police department staffing and We just learned that the situation is going to get worse We have one officer who is resigning Soon and weeks we are anticipating a second officer We'll be resigning which will leave us three down Yeah Okay, I had one quick question. It's under expenditure highlights the third bullet. It says Transportation to GMT for bus service have been for the fiscal year and is $16,000 over budget, which is a timing issue and I didn't understand the connection between over budget due to a timing issue I don't know exactly what that meant other than When things are received and posted may not necessarily coincide with the percent of the year that we're through And I but I that's just a general statement. I don't know specifically I can Yeah, we can check on that specific item or if you would just have Email me would be great. Well, you'll email the full board. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Thank you All right moving along Let's see You'll recall a while back January you received a letter from Emma rather from Bob Mets chair of the Recreation Committee concerning Disparity about how much the town pays Facilities I Recently met with James Emerson who's the operations officer from the school district and she is currently working on Trying to develop a key schedule that would be applicable to all this town within the district. I Believe that once she does that there'll be a Time where we will have a discussion with the school district about some of the services that we provide the district Some fields which we generally don't use what they do Like Babe roof leak I think may use there's some softball field those fields are used more run school and very little by the town yet We do all the mowing and lighting and everything else, which is fine, but you know, we we're gonna have to work out How much consideration we should be given for doing those kinds of things and and then they do some things So, you know, we just have to sort through the various issues. So this will be Once they come out with the great schedule that would be the start of the discussion rather than the end of it, I think We did have the closing on the property for the catamalic community forest March 25th There's going to be a celebration on May 11th. We are looking for a town official to speak at that event and There'll be other details coming out in the coming weeks As a final reminder, we have our substance abuse and prevention community discussion and forum week from tomorrow night April 10th starting its Dinner at six is Eric. Yep. There's six we have programs been finalized and we as of Just last day or so we have about a hundred people who signed up for it And we're expecting more so that's that's a good sign Not at all You know, I think having a good turnout is a really important This is such an important topic And I think that hopefully I'm confident the program we've Develop will be People find interesting and thought provoking and that's really what the goal is Is to educate but also provoke some thoughts and ideas on what we can do better what we can do to prevent Substant use amongst the young people in our community Another item I want to touch on we had a legal case decided in the town's favor. This is a lawsuit that involved an incident Happened in which happened in 2013 the suit was filed in 2016 and We went through a process. This involves suit against several of our police officers we Thought there were some errors in the logic Against the people who are filing the appeal and so we submitted a motion for summary judgment that would dismiss all the charges and the judge granted so Now there's still a chance of this at this point, but We're optimistic that this may be close to the end of that process and Got rid of it. Oh one item that we I did not put on here just slipped our minds was the issue about trapping and I will give you the After tonight the Email we had from our legal counsel In that email though he basically confirmed what staff had already said that the town does not have jurisdiction The question I have for you is I Have a reporter that has asked for this legal opinion Typically legal opinions are the property of the select board and do not have to be released But the judge the select board can't at your discretion release them So the question is Should I just go ahead and release it or do you want to look at it first and then I release it? What's your preference on that? I would say release it. I think I know what it says. I haven't read it But I agree with the release it Okay, all right, well that makes sense. I would hate to get a call saying I read it And I'm like I haven't even I haven't seen it yet, or I didn't have time to Know we had intended to include it here and it putting everything that it would just slept themselves So then if you send it out tomorrow Within 24 hours we need to read it so it can be released. Okay, okay That's all I have for the season Other business I just have one quick one and that is the bill has been introduced for the charter changes It's h540 they heard it in governor or government operations committee This morning with it. They now have a different process. They're doing a subcommittee and the subcommittee met and Reviewed five charter changes one of them was ours The information I get is that they the full committee will probably look at these on Friday of this week and hopefully Voted out and it should be on the floor of the house the following week So is there any other business that we need to talk about tonight? Appeal use the most yeah


Now that you've got flash operating properly, so you can see the Lunar Phase Simulator, and if you're still having troubles with that, go back and watch the video that shows you how to open the simulations and contact me if you have questions. This is what I've called the Earth Sun Moon Simulator, or the Sun Earth Moon Simulator, the actual website called it a Lunar Phase Simulator, but it's able to show several different aspects. You're going to be using this on both parts, one and two of lab number seven, and there's a lot of different things here, so I wanted to take a minute to go over that. This is what I call the main view, and this is the view from space sort of up above the North Pole of the Earth. This is your little person on the Earth, and this is your Moon, and the sunlight is coming in here from the side, so the Sun's way over here off the side. It's not really fully to scale here, showing you the distance between the Earth and the Moon, and the person is definitely not to scale, but it's in order to show you things. Down here in this corner, we have the horizon diagram. It's going to show it to you more from the person's perspective. We don't notice the Earth rotating, but we notice the Sun and the Moon moving across the sky. Up here in this area is the Moon phase view that you'll be using mostly in part two. So there's a few controls that you want to have. So first of all, to start the animation going, you can rotate through here, and it's going to show you things, and you're going to have things moving in all of these different views at the same time. You can speed the animation up, or slow the animation way down. You can also increment it one day at a time, or one hour at a time, or one minute at a time. You can also go backwards in time using these minus buttons. Now there's some things over here we're really not going to be using. You can also come up here and you can actually go straight to a particular phase, or all the way at the top, you can reset it back to the way it was at the very beginning of it. If you have any difficulties understanding how to use any of these controls or where to look for specific information, please contact me. As you work through the lab you'll be doing several different things, but if something's not making sense, feel free to contact me to get some additional help.


was responsible for the capture of any dozens of al-Qaeda, quote unquote, fighters. Most of them were children. They had no hopes of a job. These guys were not born terrorists. They weren't ideologues who ran to al-Qaeda. They went there just because they were desperate. I know several of the officers who were involved in the torture program. Not only were they not punished, they were all promoted. That program had exactly the opposite effect of what it was supposed to have done. It turned people against us. It reduced us to the level of the people that we were trying to fight. The CIA actively seeks to hire people who have sociopathic tendencies. We've got a Democratic president surrounding himself with those same sociopaths who had served the last president.


Well, somebody's ready for a vacation. That I am. Today on The Journey, we're gonna talk about ways to detach from your business when you're on vacation.  So I think this is gonna be a beneficial topic to talk about. Yeah, vacations are so important. They're good for your mind, body, and spirit, but it can be very difficult to detach and to give up that control while you're on vacation. So we're gonna talk about ways that you can do that. Tip number one, prepare.  You have to be set in your mind, I'm not opening it up. It's just gonna be me time. Yeah, if you're used to always answering emails, being in your business, being invested in your business, it's gonna be difficult. So set a plan that, hey, I'm on vacation, things are gonna be okay. So tip number two is meditate. While you're on vacation, you don't want all these things running through your head, things that you forgot, invoices you forgot to pay or forgot to send. There's so many things you could be thinking about, but you just need to meditate to let it go. Yes, being in the moment is so important because you'll be able to even decrease a lot of the anxiety that you would feel by just being present. It's so interesting to see how many people, if they're out on a date, you may have seen this too. They're at this table, not looking at each other, not engaging, but constantly just on their phones. But being so present and in the moment, you're able to just take them a minute back and actually take it all in and see things that you wouldn't normally see. And maximize your vacation time by putting that energy toward the vacation. So another thing to do is prepare your clients. Make sure that they know that for a certain length of time, you're just not gonna be available. Yeah, I know when I go on vacation, you can send an email out a few days or a week before, depending on how long of a vacation it is, and just letting people know that, hey, I'm gonna be out, I will or will not have access to email, that's important to let people know. Because if they know that you're not gonna have internet access, then they're not going to contact you. Play it simple. But if you want them to contact you or as emergencies, provide your phone number, great. But prepare them, and then when you're gone, put your out of office on, in case other people start emailing you, they know, hey, this person's gone, and hopefully they'll respect the fact that you're on vacation. We all like vacations. If it's not a total emergency, it can wait. So the next tip is, you wanna sign some deadlines. Make sure that people know when they need to get things to you so that you can finish it all up before you take that time away. Yeah, you need to stick to your guns. You give them a hard deadline, and you say, this is when it is due, it's not going to fall later, and that's what it is. Exactly. It'll be better for you, be for your business, and for your clients. Our next tip is stay on top of your workflow. So whether it's a few days before or a few weeks, depending on how big your projects are and everything that's in flight, you wanna make sure that you know where all those balls are, so that way you can tie off those loose ends and make sure everything is done and ready to go, so you can be ready to go. Automation is another thing that you can do as Morgan did mention earlier, setting up that email auto responder, letting people know when you're on vacation and till when so that they'll know when to expect, setting the proper expectations. And who doesn't like getting checks when they're on vacation? So setting up features like auto deposit will be beneficial and it'll take something else off of your plate. Our next tip is ease back into work.  My mom actually, whenever she goes on a week long vacation, she takes anywhere from two to five days just to kinda get back, to do some errands, it's amazing and I need to be more like my mom. And lastly, it may be impossible for some of you to just totally check out, I get it. So just maybe set a small time limit, maybe an hour a day so that you can do what you need and then get back to that relaxation. Hope you enjoyed this video on how to unplug from your business while on vacation and speaking of vacation, I need to take one soon. So let me know in the comments below what your favorite vacation spot is. And make sure you like the video, subscribe to our channel and don't forget to ring the bell so you're notified when we have new content. This is The Journey, thanks for watching. See you next time.