. >> next a discussion on south sudan. and marco rubio on ways to combat transnational crime in the us. after that the senate intelligence committee hearing on motion interference and democratic elections. now, a discussion on the famine crisis in south sudan and violence against humanitarian aid workers in the region and the need for more international support in helping to find a political solution.this is just over an hour. >> as we watch the last of the few the brave come in, i see lots of familiar faces in the audience. come on in. do not be shy there are seats up here. i was fine i had to convince my colleagues to sit in the front seat. you can sit there. all right. so we are going to get started here today. first of all i want to note a couple of things. this event and teacher ones that we will be doing are under a new initiative here at csis on bringing different perspective, new voices and representation that reflects all of the united states in discussions in foreign affairs. today we have with us, for fellows. t

and in south sudan, it's not like here. you spend your time talking to people, that's how you get public opinion. south sudanese are very different. the way -- [inaudible] refugees in northern you taliban da, northern -- you ghana, northern kenya -- [inaudible] i was raised by ngo, i was educated by the u.n. welcome to me personally, i appreciate that. but two, there are things that need -- [inaudible] i thank my colleague for, you know, bringing up all the things.in when the conflict broke out, my -- [inaudible] people ran to northern uganda, ran to kenya, and some crossed the nile. there's a place called juarez where my friend benjamin come from. these people -- i used to live in the village. they don't want to come back simply because the ngo, the u.n -- [inaudible] is telling them not to go back. one, to do so they were never qualified for the benefits. the food items and -- [inaudible] and seeing that the government of sudan is impossible for people to grow up with abilities. it's what i have seen. part of my family mem

were enthusiastic and hopeful an independent south sudan could develop the infrastructure and work together to build a nation. a run-up to the referendum for those groups that aree educating the south sudanese but they were never realized with a continuation of what was happening beforeappen was khartoum was once again being blamed for any lack of infrastructure and then they continued to use violence to achieve their goals in incidentally that median society became enemies of the state and advocated for more inclusive and transparent government. and recently in speaking to a former colleague that he felt the leadership intentionally pulled global over their eyes and felt there were given limited options but that was really all about the leadership to maintain control. looking back to those referendum's i feel that solution laid out before the deadline was an important step of reconciliation to identify that unity on a national scale did not have been with of will and the desire although there was a great deal of investment not enough was done on the front end of what was implied o

continue support for south sudan. on south sudan and the border -- [inaudible] with the international community as a whole, i would love to support the peace and reconciliation. the one thing for the committee to do with the enemy is. we have seen this in congo. congo is seen as a mess. [inaudible] so we welcome intentions and also prayers. one would say it would be a violation of sovereignty that ethiopians, sudanese that last. they need to be advised. but the iranian army -- [inaudible] it's not very democratic on its own. you can night not invite mankind to tell you what to do. >> thank you for that, mario. that allows us to close almost at 10:30 on the dot. thanks to our panelists. thanks for joining us. thank you for csi as for joining us morning. [applause] sound sound back -- [inaudible conversations]

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yes, we will continue to work on south sudan. i'll be visiting there in the fall to deal with it head on. israel, i will continue to call them out every time that happens. i hear you on the state department and what you told secretary tillerson. we have worked really hard too -- really hard to fill the roles on u.s.-u.n. and are almost there. in terms of the peacekeeping budget -- rep. sherman: peacekeeping and -- ambassador haley: peacekeeping and -- rep. sherman: my question was we have our general u.n. dues, the line item for that and the president's proposed budget cut 27%, peace keeping 37%. ambassador haley: right. rep. sherman: does that diminish your ability to do your job or does it make your job easier? ambassador haley: no, i am -- so my job has worked well because i've used that as leverage. with every single renewal, what we did was we looked at the political solution. we looked, is it working, is it actually helping the people on the ground? what they have done in the past is challenged areas, they would just send m

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famine in south sudan has been created by conflict. famine was declared formally in two count yoifs unity state. hundreds of thousands would be in jeopardy of die from famine. it's come about because of the conflict between the president and his former chief of staff or his former vice president. we need to have the engagement to save lives. i thank the support of this amendment. likewise the north korea icbm, as i was in europe during the fourth of july, my amendment in particular supports upholding the goal os of this e1963 treaty banning nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere and outer space, under water, addresses the fact that our nation should take the next step in preparing for nuclear north cree and -- north korea and establishes that the states may be far greater. we have all been discussing the question of north korea and icbm's. we have to be studious in assessing it. let me also say, however, that i am disappointed that the amendment dealing with the aumf on north korea did not get in. i do believe it is an important issue

, somalia and the chad la ke south sudan, somalia and the chad lake region and the number of people affected, that has helped. translation: madame chancellor, i would like to come back to the climate subject. there was an argument about some wording and how the americans could get their reservations into the communique. why has there been no improvement in the communique, because are you condoning that and are the 19 others condoning that and are the 19 others condoning that? is thisjust not a major concession to the americans you are making. the british prime minister expressed the hope that the usa might return to the paris agreement. do you share that optimism? translation: at this present time, i do not share that optimism which is why we agreed on the american position and one that describes the other countries. we took this up in the communique in the passage that describes the american position. it becomes clear that this is the american position. the united states of america clearly shows they are not in on this and there is a second and a third which shows the position of t

organizations are now joining forces to get the word out that urgent help is needed in somalia, south sudana and yemen. more than 20 million facing starvation. actor george clooney lending his voice. >> americans are the most generous people on the planet. helping others is engrained in our spirit. >> reporter: so many at home already proving that. giving nearly $2 million in donations after our report. now creating a hunger relief fund saying $2 can provide water at school for a month, and $1.30 can help a child recover in south sudan. you're sounding the alarm. >> we need people to realize what's going on across these four countries. we can make a difference for these kids if we act now. >> reporter: children being helped by so many of you. thank you for watching here on a wednesday night. i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. extra local state and flederal units are on their way to help. threatening more than 1500 structures. >> one of the bigger fires we had had this year. this just another reminder of the conditions we're facing this year. >> reporter:

just mention in april i traveled with the chairman to draw the attention to conflict and famine in south sudan. i went on to juba and had time to spend with the foreign services officers at an unaccompanied post. i'm concerned they face -- i'd be interested in whether you are working to improve the conditions at embassy and other posted around the world and interested whether you would consider renewing -- the south sudan envoy position beginsy staff meeting with a question and that is, how are our people abroad today? we have included in our redesign effort, and executive steering committee of which i chair and five working groups i described. among them, the working groups would address all of the items you brought up. treatment of foreign service officers, the support we provide. the most significant aspect of input issign is, this all coming from our career foreign service and civil service officers. all of the working groups -- there are very few noncareer participants. in fact, for the working groups there is only one noncareer participant. all of the other members are either from state

it's about documents pertaining to the deployment of japanese troops in south sudan as peacekeepers laste in much greater danger than they were confessing to or admitting to and that the defence ministry somehow mislaid these logs, actually they we re mislaid these logs, actually they were never mislaid but it is alleged that the top bureaucrats, it up so that the top bureaucrats, it up so that these documents could be presented to parliament at a time when japan was presented to parliament at a time whenjapan was debating whether or not to change its constitution to allow japanese troops to be deployed overseas on combat missions. so it's a very sensitive subject injapan, but a sort of complex and obscure scandal. it may be skua but in terms of the implications and the impact, they are pretty catastrophic questions. the timing is dreadful. he is politically insecure and also defence wise japan needs to be strong at this moment in time, especially due to north korea. yes, it is very unfortunate for mr abe, although the commentary here is that tomomi inada is reallyjumping before she was

scandal as the americans would say, documents pertaining to the deployment of japanese troops in south sudanarently show that the japanese troops were in much greater danger than they were confessing to or admitting to and that the defence ministry somehow mislaid these logs. actually they we re mislaid these logs. actually they were never missed leg but it's alleged the top bureaucrats covered up alleged the top bureaucrats covered up so these documents couldn't be presented to parliament at a time when japan was presented to parliament at a time whenjapan was debating whether to change its constitution to allow japanese troops to be deployed overseas on combat missions —— mislaid. a controversial subject in japan but as a an obscure scandal. it maybe so but the tough timing for shinzo abe is interesting. —— but an and secure. it's unfortunate for shinzo abe. —— but an obscure. mr abe is going to have a cabinet recycle as early as next week and she was expected to go them —— reshuffle. his government is beleaguered by a number of scandals, the other two directly aimed at mr abe and his own

they have one million refugees from south sudan. the average income is $952 per year.ganda is saying we will take them and look after them until they can go home. there is an important lesson there. wilfred: in terms of something i've seen you talk about recently, the level of the issue you feel is underestimated because the length of displacement people experience has risen sharply. david: that's a good point. the average refugees out of their own country now for 10 years. suddenly issues of employment , and education become absolutely central. the humanitarian sector does not invest in education. less than 2% of the global humanitarian budget goes to education. you have millions of kids displaced from their homes by conflict, become refugees, and they are not able to get education. one of the things we argue for is we need more aid but we also need a better aid system. i think it is important to say those together. wilfred: david, president macron has said he intends to keep an open dialogue with president putin and has had meetings already. do you see the tone impro

if you look at south sudan, somalia, the south lake region, the sheer number of people who are affected. >> i would like to come back to the climate. was an argument about how the americans could get there reservations into the communique . why has there been no improvement in the communique? ? e you condoning that are the 19 others condoning that ? is this not a major concession to the americans you are making? and there was hope the prime minister might return to the paris agreement. do you share this optimism? >> at this time, i do not share this optimism. we took this up in the communique in the passage that describes the american position. it becomes clear that this is the american position. the united states of america its own position. that clearly shows they are not in on this. second, it shows the position of all of the others, which is clearly stated, namely that the paris agreement is irreversible, so i think it became very clear. unfortunately, we were not able to come to a compromise. it is very clear that there is a disagreement. >> thank you very much, madame chancellor.

south sudan recently had its famine declaration downgraded from the u.n.untry still faces high levels of hunger. a woman watches over her daughter. drought and nearly three decades of internal conflict, most recently the government's war on al-shabab persist. 32-year-old nema and her children are among the displaced in somalia. >> translator: i came here with 250 goats. all of them are dead except for two. i have seven children who i am struggling to feed and i'm forced to gifr them this black tea without milk as all the animals i used to milk are dead. >> reporter: in nigeria northeast, a war boka horam forcing them to go elsewhere for food. >> translator: what we want is the government to help us. we don't have wood to cook, we don't have anything in our hands. even soap to wash. >> reporter: across africa and across the red sea, images show how desperate food shortages are there. nearly half a million children in yemen are suffering from severe malnutrition. as the country battles a cholera epidemic with over 200,000 people infected, according to the u.

we talk about places like south sudan, that's a place where private investors usually do not go.an: yeah. still, i think the compact should regionally be extended do those fragile and least developed countries as well. it is going to be difficult and will probably have more investment from the public sector in order to make it more attractive. but it is extremely necessary. we see on the african continent, we will have over the next 30 years a doubling of the population. and it will be the youngest continent. we need jobs, perspectives, opportunities for those young people on the continent, especially in fragile countries. christoph: trade and trump are dominating the headlines before the summit. what issues need to be discussed in hamburg for you to say this is a worthwhile event? stephan: i think the g 20 needs to bring something to the table, which is their genuine input for a partnership with africa. so far they have not offered anything they will bring to the table. i think the g 20 should make measures to curb illicit capital flight from africa. this should increase transpa

launched, we had 750,000 visitors from literally every state in all but four countries of the world -- south sudan, north korea. there is a global interest in this kind of thing, although our data is only focused in on the united states. offthe interest has dropped from our initial launch. we get about 4000 visitors a day. some of that has to do with us needing to make the website easier, more navigable, more relevant. some of it probably has to do with marketing. it is kind of crazy to me that you market a public service, but we will do some marketing, search optimization. that is a problem with government websites in general. they are hard to find even if they are in good shape when you get there. the other problem is to suss o ut and understand what citizens want in terms of the facts. harris andll with asked a bunch of questions about what citizens are interested in. they preferens said facts to anecdotes. and yet a lot of what we read in the paper is anecdote. i think anecdotes are great way to get color and texture, but need to be anchored in real numbers. i am not an a typical citizen. thre

we have had 750,000 visitors from literally every state and all but 4 countries and the world, south sudan, north korea, we are missing one other. there is a global interest in this kind of thing although our data is focused in the united states. the interest has dropped off from our initial launch. we get about 4000 visitors a day. some of that has to do with us in making the website easier, more navigable, more relevant, day-to-day. probably has to do with marketing, kind of crazy you market a public service, but dormant, we will do -- darn it, we will do optimization. that is the problem with government websites, they are hard to find. understand what citizens want in terms of the fact. we ran a poll recently, the harris poll people and asks a bunch of questions about what citizens are interested in. , 88% saytizens said edit thoset faxed to in a lot of what we read in the paper is an adult -- say they say theyhat -- 80% prefer facts in relation to anecdotes. most people say most of the information they receive about finances is biased and the number one, search query on our website is

we have had 750,000 visitors from literally every state and all but 4 countries and the world, south sudan, north korea, we are missing one other. there is a global interest in this kind of thing although our data is focused in the united states. the interest has dropped off from our initial launch. we get about 4000 visitors a day. some of that has to do with us in making the website easier, more navigable, more relevant, day-to-day. probably has to do with marketing, kind of crazy you market a public service, but dormant, we will do -- darn it, we will do optimization. that is the problem with government websites, they are hard to find. understand what citizens want in terms of the fact. we ran a poll recently, the harris poll people and asks a bunch of questions about what citizens are interested in. , 88% saytizens said edit thoset faxed to in a lot of what we read in the paper is an adult -- say they say theyhat -- 80% prefer facts in relation to anecdotes. most people say most of the information they receive about finances is biased and the number one, search query on our website is

in islamic countries after the wave of the arab spring revolutions that's it for this edition of south sudan call see you next. yes this is how the. whole. here's what people have been saying about redacted a knighthood to us exactly just pull along awesome the only show i go out of my way to launch you know what it is that really packs a punch at least yampa is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than blue best that i see people you've never heard of love redacted tonight my president of the world bank hates him because he really meant it seriously he sent us an email. that's a very rough road to write so it's rough climates and you have to fight to be able to the fact. it was gunshots on top of them and so many friends ok what happened and may have made even. back up. you know i don't want. to see a better body in the trouble in the city to participate in the good. old to me but wouldn't. you don't think about these if these soldiers are not you guys treat you like and you know another patient. i'm. saying. that it. cruises the b.b.c. coverage of the b

country from which i was exiled 45 years ago, in the last year has taken 500,000 refugees from south sudanuganda is one of the poorest nations in the world. uganda has given groups of them, or family groups, a plot of land. the idea that we europeans, and i will always be a european, brexit or not brexit, i consider myself part of an extraordinary continent with an extraordinary history. if what is going on is a failure, it's a massive failure to understand libya wasn't the place it is before the french and the brits went into libya. i'm not a friend of gaddafi, but surely we are intelligent enough to know that we went there and created the situations which has made some of this possible. which is why people want to leave. i would be really interested in finding out about this conference. it is partly the fault of african leadership that is creating this misery for their people. having spent some time in libya during the uk, french, and sometime american military operations that toppled gaddafi, i think it's fair to say that gaddafi played a role in this by opening libya to the northward m

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unaccompanied posts around the world and interested in whether you would consider renewing or extending the south sudan envoy position, one of the 70 some that i see value in given the famine, conflict and regional context. >> sure. the welfare of men and women who serve a broad both foreign service and civil service, is our highest priority. every staff meeting that we have begins with a question and that is our our people okay? that is the highest priority. my highest priority. you just issues you have raised, we have included in our redesign efforts, the redesign consists of an executive steering committee of which i chair. in the five working groups that i described. among them, the working groups would address the conditions abroad, allowances, treatment of the foreign service officers. and this redesign, all of the input is coming from our career, foreign seer and civil service officers. all of the working groups, there are very few noncareer participants. in fact, for the working groups there is only one noncareer participant. all of the other members are either from state or aig with proportion

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see all that is the situation in south sudan. somalia. libya that if the central african republic. that the fragile relations between two pc and ever try out. the difficulties in the application of peace accords in mali. which hardest terrorism is active meant you had is that is the view of us. also up for discussion financing of the group. at the moment two thirds of funding comes from outside of africa. posing a problem for the credibility and independence of the union. it. at least eighteen people have been killed and thirty injured after that tour bus collided with a lorry and burst into flames on my story in germany the bus was carrying a group of german pension is in the cause of. the fire is unknown traffic was reportedly moving slowly at the time of the collision between the two vehicles was not described as a major crash. some two hundred emergency crews were on the scene with five helicopters taking the injured to nearby hospitals charge and good medical has thanks the emergency services for their prompt response. what time of four update on the day's top business use net

somalia, south sudan, ethiopia and kenya, these countries are facing a drought.illions of people that encounter the problem of hunger and famine every day. they facing the risk of death. we should intervene to help such problems. through the red crescent and the official agencies of turkey, and that the same time, n60s from turkey are working hard to help these people. and particularly, when it comes the development of humanitarian aid, looking at 2016, the us provided $6.3 billion. turkey has provided $6.2 billion. the uk has provided $3 billion so far, as far as developmental aid and humanitarian aid are concerned. when you compare this with 6dp, turkey ranks the first on this list. during our summit here during 6ermany‘s term presidency, we discuss climate and energy related issues. when it comes to climate and energy, in these areas as well and i have to say this openly, in previous times where negotiations where being conducted, we already signed. but the then president of france, president hollande, had given a promise. now, according to the promise, becaus

she has repeatedly denied claims she helped cover up internal records in south sudan.the grenfell tower fire say there are "reasonable grounds" to pursue corporate manslaughter charges. the announcement means that senior executives from kensington and chelsea council and the tenant management organisation running the building are likely to be questioned under caution. at least 80 people died in the fire. iran says it has successfully tested a rocket that can put satellites in orbit. the united states criticised the launch and described it as a provocative action, saying it was an example of iran's continued ballistic missile development. the phoenix rocket was launched from a new space centre in northern iran. donald trump's new communications director has launched a foul—mouthed attack against two of his senior colleagues. anthony scaramucci used obscene language to describe the white house chief of staff reince preibus and chief strategist steve bannon. it's the latest drama to hit mr trump's west wing and suggests change could be on the way. from washington, laura b

she helped cover up internal records that exposed the danger that japanese peacekeepers faced in south sudan investigating the grenfell tower fire say there are reasonable grounds to pursue corporate manslaughter charges. the announcement means that senior executives from kensington and chelsea council, and the tenant management organisation running the building, are likely to be questioned under caution. at least 80 people died in the fire. the political crisis in venezuela has prompted the us state department to order family members of its staff at the embassy in caracas to leave the country. it also warned american citizens against travelling there. venezuela is banning protests that could disturb or affect sunday's controversial election for a new constituent assembly. the opposition sees it as a move towards dictatorship. sarah corker reports. in this deeply divided nation, running street battles have become the norm. for four months there have been mass protests over president nicolas maduro‘s attempts to rewrite the nation's constitution. 0pponents say it is a move towards dictatorshi

i'm interested in where you would consider extending the sudan, south sudan envoy position, one of the 70 some i see some value in given the famine, the conflict and the region alcon text? >> sure. well, the welfare of our men and women who serve abroad, both foreign service and civil service, is our highest priority. secretary, every staff meeting we have begins with a question, and that is are our people okay abroad. it is his highest priority, it is my highest priority. to address the issues you have raised, we have included in our redesign effort both -- the redesign consists of an executive steering committee of which i chair, and then the five working groups that i described. among them, the working groups would address all of the issues you raised about conditions abroad, allowances, you know, the treatment of our foreign service officers, the support that we provide to them. the most significant aspect of this redesign is this is -- all of the input is coming from our career foreign service and civil service officers. all of the working groups -- there are very few non-career p

i have been to venezuela and seen what is happening in south sudan.he president supports me on that. so, when you talk about different views and the things that are happening -- we are on the same team. for me to talk about it, he is supportive of that. >> you said it, but the president has not. >> i work for the president. iso not go rogue what he doing. i can tell you that, on all of these issues, we are not a part on it. he believes in these things as strongly as i do. i invite you to come to the united nations to see the strength that the u.s. is showing her. it is strong and reliable. all of that video can be found online at www.c-span.org. we are asking about u.s. global image declining under president trump. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8002 for independents. if you live overseas, the number is 202-748-8003. some comments from the dallas morning news. out the flag, the stars and stripes for the fourth of july. this decision was made before a generous neighbor offered to put a watermelon outside the home of e