in a completely new direction and merkel was trying to forge a coalition with the pro-business free democrats and the green party which at the national level would have been something genuinely new a new political setup here in germany now that failed last moment because the free democrats pulled out they are suffering at the polls for it and then the only option that was left was kind of same old ground coalition which the social democrats now have to prove will not be same old what we saw and the lively debate that we saw to me is a sense that there really is people in the political scene we see a we enter reenergized political debate here in germany ever since that political earthquake the first one of course being the i'll turn to for germany the far right party entering the parliament in force in those september elections that changed the political landscape we saw more fragmentation and we're also seeing more heated debate so there really was a sense of reform of change in the country the bottom line to me and what i look learn from today is that when it comes down to the crunch even th

right now that's the alternative for germany they are in effect along with the free democrats. the opposition party. that will be questioning the policies of this new government moving forward to social democrats and the conservative alliance forming that pro grand coalition the left party of course will also be. one of the strong. opposition parties in this parliament one party will of course be jobs that's at the top of the agenda for this incoming government and the coalition will also be looking at migration and some of the strains it's putting on of german society at the local level and at the national level migration was a big issue in the elections that that created this government and will continue to be an issue as the session moves forward following the swearing in of the chancellor today some of the other issues will be in terms of foreign policy the german deployment in afghanistan which has been extended but which is not an controversy on of course today as well the firing of the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson figuring as a real foreign policy challenge to th

that long to to agree bearing in mind that transfer medical first hosted talks with the liberal free democrats and the environmentalist greens those talks failing in late november. it actually took just a number of weeks with the social democrats to seal this agreement. and it that signature. means that she is on the cusp of her first fourth rather fourth term in office. and she will need to strike up. a strong relationship with a man to her right or left schultze who is going to be the new finance minister and her deputy in this job. so the coalition agreement has been signed and you can feel the applause coming from what quantum intelligence watching this moment. perhaps i can just mention also the you can see the writing just above them so europe germany and the. cohesion the german words that's a key. priority for this government as a feeling that there are centrifugal forces in german society at the moment. due to . some people in germany suffering from poverty many people deciding to vote for the far right this coalition this grand coalition is going to be attempting to strengthen cohesi

and i'm going to merkel's party with the free democrats so infamously now dropping out at a very late stage just before christmas now even they are saying look it's time to get down to business here in germany germany has to be open for political business again they will go on to the opposition benches gladly it's interesting that we saw here in the industry one person who was just observing had to leave because he was holding up a poster and then of course we have the potential of issues on making their vote public so minor interruptions here but this feels a bit routine frankly german chancellor merkel being sworn in once again for a fourth time a bit routine michelle a bit still lawmakers only voted narrowly in favor of her appointment how much support does she have within her coalition government. while she has the support she needs that's what we learned today as she got nine more votes than absolutely needed a speech and again not as. expected to be she's the parliamentary party leader of the social democrats she's expected to be the party leader of the social democrats soon and

we won was heaping pressure on the free democrats for the us open on the topic because of the one time things suddenly got complicated for me and for all of us. the day after the election everyone was trying to get their bearings and every word could come back to haunt politicians. this happened what did the c.d.u. and us the candidate for chancellor do wrong what should have been different. if. i can just be i don't see that we should have done anything differently khalid by i thought the campaign through why i made it what it was in the day after i don't see that. i don't see it differently than yesterday or the day before that or two weeks ago and mr schultz says chancer candidate you kept open the possibility of serving under chancellor merkel's. sky didn't rule that out where did you get that. to you specifically kept the merkel cabinet option open. when. weeks ago i asked whether you like your predecessor would rule it out you didn't do so that's why i'm asking you now do you rule out serving as a cabinet minister under medical in a conservative government. if you ask me that her

his death was a great loss for the people of russia who are fighting for a free and democratic society. i was lucky enough to have known boris and met with him several times over the years. i had the great privilege to work with him on getting the sergei magnitsky rule of law accountability act passed into law in 2012. in fact, i met with boris right after the house passed that bill. that day boris told me something that resonated with me, mr. speaker. he told me that putin had made stopping the magnitsky act his utmost priority. though that resonated with me, it did not surprise me because i was born in communist cuba and i was forced to flee my homeland with my family to get away from the castro regime. and i know that castro would have had the same reaction as putin because thugs fear the people, fear the people who are rave enough to stand up to their authoritarian rule and that's why putin feared magnitsky. that's why putin feared boris. that is why putin fears my friend and close friend of boris', vladimir karamersav, who the putin regime tried to kill on two occasions by poisoni

more difficult for her to make it just after the meeting had she gone into coalition with the free democrats and greens exactly so she i don't think she's that unhappy about having another grand coalition so she will be probably be able to to rob a stable government for for the next three and a have years so this district be fine for her i guess ok some are saying that perhaps this government will not go the full term they're calling for earth or suggesting there could be fresh elections before the end of the term or that chancellor merkel might hand off to a successor what do you think. i don't think so to be honest i think that. the coalition agreement builds a very stable foundation of this government and. i mean we always have to wait to see if something unexpected happens but if not i think the goal issue will be able to run the full legislative term and i thought so don't think that michael is going to call new elections to bring in her successor it's funny thanks for talking with us turn your calls from berlin's humble to university. now to china where the parliament the national peop

the leader of the liberal free democrats said this is a fresh sign of volatility.re is certainly a lot of worry. most of the reactions are pretty muted, but i think there is a tone of worry simply because rex tillerson was seen by german politics as a moderating influence in the trump administration. one of the adults you could talk to. brent: that's exactly right. when of the moderate voices is gone. we have mr. pompeo now. what can we expect from him? >> he is a west point graduate, he also went to harvard law school, he has all the credentials. he was sort of swept into office in 2011 with the tea party movement. he is a hardliner and he has been from the start of his political career. he has contradicted tillerson on pretty much every issue about foreign policy. he is certainly seen as a hawkish kind of state secretary. so probably a rougher stance. brent: is the biggest difference on the state of the iran nuclear deal or north korea, or both of those? >> probably both. overall we are seeing is the beginning we had reince priebus and steve bannon as the d party

critics even the green party that failed to form that coalition together with the pro-business free democrats when you hear them speaking now they're just happy that this deal is over it's been almost six months or three and a half years left to go really this and now we can put a government together what we hear from all sides is that now germany is stable again with stability of course having become the buzzword of this entire process of actually getting a government together after this period of uncertainty what happens next. what we saw in the process of. being really appointed signed into office spotted germany's president that's where she is right now she will come back here for her oath of office in the bundestag in germany's parliament then we'll see the appointment of the ministers and they will then in turn also be signed in to office by the german federal president to became such a key figure here when it came down to persuading the social democrat party to yet again go into another coalition with angela merkel something they had ruled out after that election defeat in september we

sympathizing with the use of torture in the fight against terror we also had the leader of the liberal free democrats christian lynn . calling this a fresh sign of volatility he was also critical all from germany's chancellor angela merkel though saying that she really needs to go and talk to donald trump calling donald trump a deal maker in some amount really needs to talk to face to face if you want to achieve anything did rex tillerson have enough time to develop any sort of relationship with germany well i think he was seen in here in germany as a moderating influence in the trumpet ministration as a first port of call if you want for much of german politics he built a relatively decent working relationship with the outgoing german foreign minister is it my gabriele and term of course that relationship now doesn't count for anything having said that of course germany will have a new government within the next couple of days a new foreign minister a hike a mass also a social democrats will have to see what kind of relationship he manages to build up with his new counterpart in washington but chris

government michael wrote saying you know this doesn't improve things the leader of the liberal free democrats krista and lynn saying this is a fresh sign of volatility that there's certainly a lot of warre that most of the reactions a pretty muted by. i think that there is a tone of warre simply because rex tillerson was seen by german politics as a moderating influence in the trumpet ministration sort of one of the adults that you could talk to in washington that's exactly right i mean one of the moderate voices now he's gone we've got mr pohnpei now boars what can we expect from him. well he's been he's west point graduate also went to harvard law school has all the credentials hugh was sort of swept into office in two thousand and eleven two thousand and twelve with the tea party movement so he is a hard liner and he's been from the start from the beginning of his political career he's contradicted tillerson pretty much on every issue about foreign policy that that we saw in the last one and a half years he's certainly seen as a hawkish kind of state secretary so probably would see a rough

accepted that the grand coalition is what it's going to be now also this signals already from the free democrats and the greens who of course failed to form this so-called to make a coalition with machall i mean we saw a failed attempt leading up to this we tend to almost forget that now it is saying that they would actually be co-operative on key issues like education reform here in the financing of education so some signals that there will be a broader support for this on particular issues for foreign audience i think i think that the expectation that germany would stay this beacon of stability in europe is the correct one we're not going to see a complete change of course here after all but we will certainly see a more open arms policy towards europe europe which was the plans of a man on my call in france who of course had already mapped out his vision for a closer europe also of different speeds last summer and so many still owes him an answer the difference. between something that was dominated by the conservatives around machall would have been it would have been a warm hound handshake i

to him the struggle for a free and democratic syria is all but dead now the only victory is survival. yemen two has been torn apart by a civil war now entering its fourth year but despite the destruction and suffering some still perceive the chance to play football. a friendly match in the backyard of the national museum in the yemeni city of aden the professional players from. taking on an amateur third division side this dusty patch of land is all a long established club has left the stadium has been partly destroyed and is now in a restricted military area and occupied by soldiers. the league in yemen stopped operating when the war broke out. the only chance professional players get to play football is in friendly's like this. guys are not as fit as they used to be because we don't train regularly and because they have no competitive games. they only train three or four times a month and the club only pays them pocket money they struggle to make ends meet just like the majority of people in yemen. and basically unemployed i was able to live well from football but that's all gone no

attempts to form a government focused on a so-called jamaica coalition with the center right free democrats and the greens. but not all negotiators toed the line. yeah we talked first with the conservatives when you all and then with the greens. and there was a willingness to explore what was possible at. it. because in the tribe was never a big fan of jamaica and he had nothing made me change my mind on oppose it shown to. me and side i felt as though things were about to change that we could begin for tickets as a day things are starting to be no it's a curious to see myself on the go she will proceed in such a large group but i'm confident. if i am to thank you. it soon emerged that some of the negotiators couldn't resist the temptation of social media preliminary talks were held partly in full public scrutiny. individuals were trying to score points. that's pretty unusual when others publicize conversational situations and negotiations and publicly point out every concession or change in position to vote for. president in there got very upset every time he thought of pressley came from

really standing with israel in its battle to constantly stay independent, free, democratic and allowomen. ainsley: netanyahu is expected to invite the president to the opening of the new embassy in may. south korea and north korea are sitting down for talks today. the south korean president, his envoy is arriving in pyongyang overnight. meet with kim jong un to discuss the nation's nuclear program. if kim jong un shows a willingness to disarm, ha, it could lead to a restart of dialogue between the north and washington to diffuse the nuclear standoff. brian: ha was not in the teleprompter. ainsley: doubt it will happen. the uss carl critical condition son arriving in the port city of danang where troops landed during the war. meant to shoat country's grilling military ties. it's send ago message to china to counter its aggressive militarized -- militarization of the south china sea. brian: they are as nervous about china's growing expansion. and they're reaching out to us to help. steve: big stick parking it over there, obviously. brian: 11 minutes after the hour. a man watches a drun

the final long term goal of such a strategy is to have russia, free, democratic, rule of law based onhat do we actually do? we know the goal. what do we do? you don't know yet, because there is no consensus in the western world. there is not even discussion about what the long term goal is. there was not much discussion about the strategy itself. that is why it is firstly necessary to come to an understanding among the western countries of what the west wants from russia. that is the main question new post at the beginning. what kind of russia would you like to see? lets hold that there. andrew mitchell, it does feel as though we don't have a strategy here. while lurching after a headline that will work on thursday. is there actually a strategy for a medium—sized country like britain to have sanctions that work against someone like russia? i am sure there will be. it is comparatively early. we have the statement yesterday from the prime minister. there will be another tomorrow, but the most important thing is to gather the evidence. we must find out where culpability lies and put it i

is there something about discord and conflict in a free, democratic, open society? then maybe talk a little bit about, what we've had in the past. we'll get to what we have today. tim, you want to start us off? >> gladly. i think i might have been invited to this panel, jamie pointed the finger at me, you're the problem, because i've had some self-reflection about this, because i started right after the 2012 election, what is basically the largest republican opposition research operation called america rising. and what we did, basically the purpose of our organization was to disseminate negative information, fact-based negative information about democrats and liberals into the media and i enjoyed that a great deal. [laughter]. into i just have to say, as only other person with known political affiliate, i didn't. >> but, what happened, fast forwarding about three years when, now president trump entered the political sphere is he took, kind of a lot of, what i felt was a, within the bounds of civility, within the bounds of discourse, within bounds of some imaginary l

parties unchanged at fifteen percent of the greens would fall to eleven percent the pro-business free democrats would get nine percent and so would the left party and let's bring in right hard shrink he's the head of the german polling institute in for a test the map mr shanker thank you for joining us looking at those numbers for the social democrats tell us what you make of their freefall in the approval ratings. well they have been worse it may look very but they're only eighteen percent but they had been worse they had been down to sixteen and you remember the last federal election last september they were twenty point five so it's the moment it's just the other way around it's for the first time in seven months that we that we feel good that they're not going for the done but a little bit up. well let's take a look at some more numbers mr schlink radical america's conservative bloc and the social democrats have really taken their time to negotiate it seems as if the so-called grand coalition that they've been negotiating hasn't really gotten more popular in this process of the poll asked h

mack on the conservatives were reelected but negotiations to form a coalition with the liberal free democrats and the greens failed germans had to wait nearly six months for a new government. finally funneling drawn out negotiations the social democrats agreed and now i'm going to matt who stands on the verge of a fourth term as german chancellor. our political correspondent you know haas is with me in the studio to talk about this more good morning you know the political appointment or approval in parliament is expected in a couple hours about nine o'clock one and a half hours all special coverage of that today with us here in the studio as well why did it take so long to get to this point today. it's actually the longest time it's ever taken to form a government in post-war germany it's exactly one hundred seventy one days since the election and let's be honest this is not a marriage of love all the parties involved have even said that it's a marriage of convenience angle a machall was very well aware that a vote to support had plummeted and all the parties lost extremely in the election so

we don't know what the next time the free democrats could get a bigger boat this time. get a bigger v ote this time. it will be interesting to see if they have the numbers to form a grand coalition this time around. that thebase case is spd membership base will vote in favor of the grand coalition. i think it was very -- [laughter] would be veryit close, but i think it is the most likely outcome because there are particularly terrified of going into another election, so there is a bigger question about what does this mean for them going forward? there's questions about whether or not merkel will stay to serve the next four years. but when it comes to eurozone reform with the spd be more pro- european, there is not that much difference on policy. if this coalition goes forward, the finance minister of course -- we are losing our fiscal hawk, mr. schauble -- so the spd that somehow an governed finance ministry would agree to eurobonds or anything like that is for the birds. that's not going to happen. matt: what's the possibility, nina, that we get no definitive outcome i

the third strongest party of fifteen percent the greens fall to eleven percent the pro-business free democrats would get nine percent so would the left party. ok let's break it all down how did have you political correspondent simon young good morning simon simon what's what's behind the steady downward trend for for the social democrats a party that we have to imagine one thousand nine hundred eight took forty percent of the vote that's right well a lot of people put their fighting fourteen's down to the fact they seem to be locked in this permanent clinch with then actual political rivals angela merkel's christian democrats in this upcoming grand coalition government if it happens of course we start to put that cabinet and we have to do that we're waiting for the vote that's right on sunday this will be the third such grand coalition if it comes together out of the last four governments so you know what that means is social democrat votes is worried that you know that social democrat ideas have got lost in a sort of mishmash of mechanism the other point there are fewer industrial jobs in ger

that we the what we can the venezuelan we must not stop working until we see once again a free and open democratic venezuela, free of the socialist and communist regime. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill, for five minutes. mr. hill: i rise to reck michael blakely of little rock who passed away at the age of 67 just before the new year. mike served as director of the little rock zoo for 17 years prior to his death. next to his family, mike's greatest love was for animals. from the smallest of snakes ott largee of elephants. as a teenager he began working as a zoologist in portland, yerg, and oklahoma city, before finally joining our community in little rock. in little rock he became the director of the little rock zoo and held that position from 1999 until 2016. his work at our zoo enriched the lives of of the thousands who visited each year as well as the staff he mentored so well. he was dearly loved by his wife nancy work whom he shared 34 years of marriage, and his two kids, thomas and elizabeth. mark and i

the fighting and that there won't be massacres after the city falls to him the struggle for a free and democratic syria is all but dead now the only victory is survival. now donald trump's talk of tariffs is drawing fire from his own party gak transferrin what can be seen as a public confrontation house speaker paul ryan and other republican allies of president donald trump pleaded with him monday to back away from his threatened international terrorists which they fear could spark a dangerous trade war republican congressional leaders even suggested they may attempt to block the tariffs but strong remains adamant and retorted we're not backing down all this comes as the u.s. kind of mexico are attempting to renegotiate the nafta trade deal which could also be impacted over the decision by the dispute over tariffs. the nafta partners were all smiles in mexico city but then the u.s. repeated its warning it could walk away from the longstanding free trade agreement . talks and we would. go there was clear anger at trump's new tariffs and a warning that there was more than just trade at stake. in ca

and he denied any dirty tricks of being used before but it ups the election is a completely free and democratic process therefore crimean people go to the polling stations and make the choice they want we think turnout will be quite high so much what we saw the referendum because crimea and people don't see it as an obligation it's a celebration for us. as the home of russia's black sea fleet crimea has always been strategically important for moscow this year and selects a really important to reach allan's how does iran running. well still ahead on al-jazeera why lawyers in australia have filed a private prosecution against the leader of me and mom and son sue jean. one year before elections in nigeria people are demanding changes to the struggling economy from sitting president mahmoud abbas hardy. how we may well be just a week and a half away from the summit type as it's now but the british isles will see some very wintry weather they speak to one through the next couple of days at the moment is not too bad now area of cloud shielding its way in here but now the winds coming in from the atla

free trade. he was a democrat. he's gone. >> democrats largely in the big state -- tend to be protectionist right now the. >> the people in the rust belt cheering these tariffs, as well. >> i don't know what bob casey and sherrod brown are saying about this, but they can't be attacking it. up next, these people tell me something i don't know. you're watching "hardball." thank you so much. thank you! so we're a go? yes! we got a yes! what does that mean for purchasing? purchase. let's do this. got it. book the flights! hai! si! si! ya! ya! ya! what does that mean for us? we can get stuff. what's it mean for shipping? ship the goods. you're a go! you got the green light. that means go! oh, yeah. start saying yes to your company's best ideas. we're gonna hit our launch date! (scream) thank you! goodbye! we help all types of businesses with money, tools and know-how to get business done. american express open. >>> we're back with the "hardball" roundtable. ken, tell me something i don't know. >> the white house has tri

and he denied any dirty tricks are being used for what it hopes the election is a completely free and democratic process there for crimean people go to the polling stations and make the choice they want we think turnout will be quite high since what we saw the referendum because crimea and people don't see it as an obligation it's a celebration for us. as the home of russia's black sea fleet crimea has always been strategically important for moscow this year it's elects a really important to. so let's assume the ready made putin with all the autocratic tools he has at his disposal he's going to win this election and he's going to win it comfortably what does that actually mean well barring a revolution what will get is six more years of putinism and we know from our experience that putin basically responds to the vulnerabilities that he sees in russia's position with very forceful aggressive behavior so i think we're probably going to see more flashpoints with the west like what we're seeing at the moment i don't think either side wants a full scale confrontation let's hope for for all our sakes

prime minister and he denied any dirty tricks of being used before the election is a completely free and democratic process therefore crimean people go to the polling stations and make the choice they want we think turnout will be quite high some us what we saw the referendum because crimea people don't see it as an obligation it's a celebration for us. as the home of russia's black sea fleet crimea has always been strategically important for moscow this year and selects a really important to reach alan's how does it run. let's go back to those latest developments on the deteriorating relationship between the u.k. and russia and also specifically we're going to talk about the mysterious death of a russian ex-pat in the u.k. barker following that story for us neve was the focus the main focus of the investigation there. well peter on friday the police are looking into the death of nicholai klitschko said that they were launching a murder inquiry and he was founded his house here behind me on monday with what police described as a compression marks on his neck and you can see the scene here there are

and he denied any dirty tricks of being used before but it upset the election is a completely free and democratic process therefore crimean people go to the polling stations and make the choice they want we think turnout will be quite high seumas what we saw the referendum because crimea and people don't see it as an obligation it's a celebration for us. as the home of russia's black sea fleet crimea has always been strategically important for moscow this year it's elects a really important to reach allan's how does it running. now the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions says five the f.b.i. his deputy director andrew mccabe less than two days before you could retire with full pension mccabe had been a frequent target of criticism from donald trump the u.s. president took to twitter to cheer the sacking saying andrew mccabe fired a great day for the hardworking men and women of the f.b.i. a great day for democracy sanctimonious james komi was these boss and made mckay look like a quiet boy who knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the f.b.i. rules when jordan ha

very many things but the basics are very very good nordic welfare model we are having a free country very democratic country equality they're called education which is free for all it's similar equality for all as well. called health care system also very very. not completely free but with very very low costs and then maybe equality starts equality between men and women but equality in the society as well there is a hope and opportunities for people to sort of explore the possibilities and then of course incredible nature and maybe this hour or so yes that's what we all like a good sort of is the thing to do fill in this when we were ok that the country has topped the list but to finish generally sort of walk around with big smiles on their faces all days of gotta get up and go to go to work miserably on a monday morning like the rest of us i think the latter very much so if you are walking especially when it is raining or when it's dark or so you you see people moving quickly from one place to the other but basically i think we are quite satisfied with life somehow this sort of welfare we have conv

, this voice in the white house, many people saw it as a stabilizing voice, gary cohn is a democrat, he's a freeocrat, he's someone who's been a counter balance to president trump in so many different instances, someone who can say he disagrees with the president when it comes to economic policy. so there are real concerns about who will fill that void, steve mnuchin is not seen as filling that void, not having that counter weight to the president. and also ari, this announcement was made after the markets closed, that was likely done on purpose. this white house is bracing for a response in the markets. they're going to be watching the asian markets closely. >> unless the markets don't open tomorrow. you can always hope as a c contingency plan, you don't have to answer that. kristen welker, thank you for running to a camera and joining us with your special coverage. >>> as promised, we turn to the other big news, roger stone, breaking his silence, a potential witness, i have my legal breakdown, a special report in his defense of wikileaks, that's next. take this left. if you listen real hard yo

foreign policy that's a very heavily militaristic policy rather than one that's based on free trade us a democrat or republican parties you know the libertarian party that is trying to shrink that down now here's the thing you have defense contractors you have all these people who benefit from a warmongering foreign policy and they want to see not just the democrats republican stay in power in the libertarian stay out of power they actually want to see that expand as much as possible in terms of the of a militaristic foreign policy so there are people that have a lot of money to gave in the united states taking more fights with the libertarian party wants of the opposite obviously we want to shut down foreign big military bases bring the troops home stop being involved other countries civil wars but that's obviously some that's going to make some very moneyed interests in the united states very nervous so let's look at some of the circumstances outside of the u.s. right now russia is preparing for a presidential election this weekend the world cup rapidly approaching we are under one hundred days

be some kind of free and open democratic fall. having said that of. any attempt to amend the constitution to abolish armaments. to return to the situation where the president for life may be met with a lot of domestic opposition. made it countless that far of for opposition groups to organize and run the people around. see how that plays out. some of our. when he tried to groom his sons a succession of because a lot of. medical organizing around us which eventually led to his downfall. up to see what happens but as of now sure s the rebels the rebels h have vowed to find a more missiles on saudi arabia. it doesn't stop its bombing campaign of barrels of missiles fell on the end of the weekend closing the first casualties on the saudi side. is mean three years n n since we endorsrsd a devastating offensive on the world's poorest arab country fishing millions to the brink off famine kind of honor has its rules. most twenty six two thousand and fifteen saudi arabia launched operation decisive storm. is able to drive helps you rebels known as the who fees

today, colombia is a free and democratic nation. the rule of law is legitimate. it has one of the strongest and largest economies in the region and it is among our strongest allies in the hemisphere. no longer just a recipient of support but providing it themselves in places like honduras. still, it faces challenges, and given the internal and regional issues its government is facing, especially with narc owe trafficking, anyone in consideration for this position should dim straight a deep understanding of political, economic climate as well as opportunities for the united states in partnership with colombia and the region at large. the assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs oversees some of the u.s. government's most popular and prominent programs like scholars named after the longest serving chairman of this committee and exchange programs that expose people from all over the globe to america. these are soft power tools that could very well help decide whether this century is also an american one. the dominican republic and the united

it is also from important that -- these things are regional orders that are free and democratic. including the japan and united states. prime minister shinzo abe also identified the relationship of the taiwan. >> perhaps you can give us a lens from the taiwan the message point of view. we have had several democratic elections now and changes to the dpp position. but it is interesting to see and all taiwan governments, it has been a very warm feeling and in general to whether relationship. not onlyu see that from the taiwan perspective but how would you must that in your sense of the strategic environment russian mark >> thank you very much for the opportunity. i think the first thing to say is that taiwan sees itself as an island nation. it is a very big difference which is someday that china will get its act together. we will be there. the thai administration says hello, we developed ourselves as a significant sovereign independent country. that is the intention. i think what the difference is that he went west to china whereas the other looks north to japan. this is a really di

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engaged in efforts to support the syrian democratic forces and other allies who believe in a free democratic and independent syria. without u.s. leadership, the carnage will continue and we will be left with meaningless resolutions. we must stand with our allies to stop this devastating carnage that is tearing apart families and ruining countless lives. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman om north carolina seek recognition. >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. butterfield: recognition. >> madam speaker, it is with sadness that i rise today to honor the life and work of a young 24-year-old deputy sheriff who was tragically killed during a traffic stop in his community on sunday, march 11, 2018. deputy david lee lee sean manning lost his life when his patrol vehicle crashed while engaged in the traffic stop. the elected share of the county, my friend, informed me that this loss has resulted in tremendous sadness for the manning family and entire law e

very antithesis of the liberal and democratic values that define the united kingdom the rule of law freedom of speech the toleration of dissenting a minority views a free press fair and democratic elections a thriving civil society these are the foundation stones of human freedom they don't come about by accident and they're certainly not the default setting for any society they take years of patient work to build up they face constant threats and they must always be defined they are the values which unitas as a country and it is about values that i want to speak to you today because just as our country is defining values underpin our response to the sauls be attack so our party is commitment to conservative values defines our whole approach to politics and government we in this party are the heirs of a proud tradition underpinned by enduring principles. first our belief in security we want everyone to have the economic security of a good job a decent wage and a home to call their own we want people to have the personal security of a great national health service that is there for us when we need it and we are the party of national security backing our

population will survive the fighting and that no massacres will ensue to him the struggle for a free and democratic syria is all but dead now the only victory is survival. and. moving on to yemen now another country ravaged by civil war for more than three years sport has also become a casualty the football league is shut down after fighting broke out but as the w correspondent all of a rama made the difficult journey into yemen he found professionals whose passion for the game can't keep them off the field even in the midst of civil war. a friendly match in the backyard of the national museum in the yemeni city of aden the professional players from. taking on an amateur third division side. this dusty patch of land is old a long established club has left the stadium has been partly destroyed and is now in a restricted military area and occupied by soldiers. the league in yemen stopped operating when the war broke out. the only chance professional players get to play football is in friendly's like this. the guys are not as fit as they used to be because we don't train regularly and because they hav

the fighting and that there won't be massacres after the city falls to him the struggle for a free and democratic syria is all but dead now the only victory is survival. more news in sports coming up in the next thirty minutes. a village becomes a bordello in the spanish community of luxury care and prostitution is a flourishing trade. the reason is sex tourism from neighboring france. the locals are demanding stringent laws against this corner profession. borderline business six for sale in leisure cannot. chew suck in forty five minutes on d w. hijacking the news. more i come from the news is being hijacked journalism itself has become a scripted reality show it's not just good versus evil us versus them black and white. in countries like russia china church if people are told lives that's enough and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond it you are facing scare tactics intimidations and i wonder is that where work headed is well. my responsibility as a journalist is to give me on the smoke and mirrors it's not just about being crazy or from balanced or being neutral it's about

the fighting and that there won't be massacres after the city falls to him the struggle for a free and democratic syria is all but dead now the only victory is survival. here washington is we sell a lot more to tell you about including. the over. there german national anthem is sung that praises amongst other things the fatherland but for how much longer we look at efforts to make it gender neutral us. but first fears of a trade war appear to be easing for now daniel was a free man donald trump says there won't be a trade war but who knows what he's thinking when he says that it's crunch time for trump has members of his own party call for clarity on new steel and out of many i'm tariffs those he said would come as soon as this week some have dismissed his comments as bluster and a bargaining tactic but for america's neighbors the timing could hardly be with us mexico and canada are outraged that trump would threaten them just as trade talks were making progress. the nafta partners were all smiles in mexico city but then the u.s. repeated its warning it could walk away from the longstanding free

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and he denied any dirty tricks of being used before but it ups the election is a completely free and democratic process therefore crimean people go to the polling stations and make the choice they want we think turnout will be quite high so most what we saw the referendum because crimea and people don't see it as an obligation it's a celebration for us. as the home of russia's black sea fleet crimea has always been strategically important for moscow this year it's elects a really important to reach allan's how does it running. but he appeared cover from al-jazeera dot com has put together this handy little info graphic on who is running against vladimir putin informationally each of the candidates from the anti semitic ultra nationalist with jewish roots to the daughter of putin's former boss to the stalinist communist it's a fascinating field and all handily put you in one place it's in the features section if you just look for russian elections and you get in touch with us as well contact details coming up on screen for you right now twitter facebook and whatsapp all up and running we're goin

and he denied any dirty tricks of being used before but it ups the election is a completely free and democratic process therefore crimean people go to the polling stations and make the choice they want we think turnout will be quite high since what we saw the referendum because crimea and people don't see it is not legation it's a celebration for us. as the home of russia's black sea fleet crimea has always been strategically important for moscow this year and select a really important to. like a world let's assume the uprooting with all the autocratic tools he has that is disposal is going to win this election and win it comfortably what does that actually mean well of course barring any kind of revolution what it means is six more years of putinism and from what we know of putinism he responds to what he views as as russia's vulnerabilities with aggressive behavior so we're likely to see more flashpoints emerging with the west the kind that we're seeing right now and there is i don't think much of an attitude on either side for a full scale conflict but let's hope for all our sakes that that