1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,640 Speaker 1: Sir, we're off to America. A much McCann goodbarding to you. 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 2: Andrew, good morning. How are you good. 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 3: So this group chat thing goes on. I think I 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 3: watched the late night shows last night, and what everyone 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,239 Speaker 3: was amazed at is how the administration is doubling down 6 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 3: that this did not happen, that this is alone, that 7 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 3: Jeffrey Goldberg is a discredited journalist. Do we have enough 8 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 3: out there yet to say this really did happen. 9 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 2: Well, there has been a change this morning. Well, the 10 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 2: government firstly has acknowledged this is a real chat that 11 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: happened over Signal. But the question the administration has, while 12 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 2: it calls this a hoax, says that they don't know 13 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 2: how Jeffrey Goldberg got into the chat. Did he do 14 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 2: something that allowed himself into the chat? Really kind of 15 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 2: hard to believe sort of stuff. And for people that 16 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 2: are just starting to follow this, this is the story 17 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 2: where a prominent US journalist from the Atlantic was accidentally 18 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: added to a group on this messaging app called Signal 19 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: alongside some of Donald Trump's closest top cabinet officials. Now, 20 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: they weren't discussing what they were going to have for dinner, 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 2: they were discussing bombing Yemen, and the journalist were sitting 22 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 2: there watching this whole thing unfold. The latest development Andrew 23 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 2: this morning is that Jeffrey Goldberg has decided, because Donald 24 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 2: Trump says it wasn't classified, to release the entire chat. Initially, 25 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 2: he hadn't done that because he said some of the 26 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 2: information might be classified. He shouldn't be doing it. But 27 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 2: he has decided this morning to do that. And the 28 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 2: Democrats say the contents of these messages that he's released 29 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: today proved that it was classified information, and they're now 30 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 2: calling on Pete Higgsseth, the Secretary of Defense, to resign. 31 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: Wow, well that won't happen. Pete, seems very bold. Now 32 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: let's get to some real big stuff. Russia, Ukraine. Russia's 33 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: made some demands before they're going to start any ceasefire 34 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: in the Black Sea. 35 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. Both Russia and Ukraine have said that 36 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 2: they're committed to a ceasefire in the Blank Sea, but 37 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 2: it remains unclear if this is actually going to happen 38 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 2: and how it could work in practice. This is because 39 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 2: the Kremlin has said, yes, well we'll go along with 40 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 2: the ceasefire, but we have some things that we want 41 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 2: before this actually happens. It says it's not going to 42 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 2: agree to the ceasefire on the water unless it's agricultural bank, 43 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: it's State Agriculture Bank and other banks involved in sort 44 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 2: of trade and fertilizers and things are reconnected to the 45 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 2: international payment system known as SWIFT. And there are a 46 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: few other sanctions that it wants pulled back as well 47 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 2: before it's going to agree to this. Now, Ukraine says, 48 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 2: this is madness because you just forgiving Russia what it wants. 49 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: But the Trump administration is going to consider this and 50 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 2: they're going to come up with an answer in the 51 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 2: next couple of days. But it is movement, but Russia 52 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 2: here it seems really dictating the terms of how it's 53 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 2: going to move on this. 54 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:39,239 Speaker 1: Mitch, thank you so much. 55 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 2: For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge. Listen live 56 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 2: to News Talks it be from five am weekdays, or 57 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.