America Now - August 31, 9 PM EST

Unaffordable war: US army secretary resigns while assessment warns America could ‘break itself’
Breaking news – US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns amid reports of disagreements with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over the Iran war. Meanwhile, “America can no longer afford to fight this conflict with Iran without breaking itself” – this warning is not coming from us, it’s coming from a classified Pentagon assessment warning Hegseth that extending the war could leave the US “dangerously weakened.” America Now anchor Ben Swann discusses this assessment with Weichert Report host Brandon Weichert. Also, is AI making humanity dumber? America Now correspondent Olivia Flynn has more on what the latest research says. Plus, is this real? Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shares an AI video in which he sends Palestinians to concentration camps and makes them starve. And while the video is not real, the policies he promotes are.