there are quirks within the states but it's important to note that 14 of the 20 states are part of our coalition today and have signed on to urge the court to leave the decision and those types of policy considerations to the states that are already act of legislating, take the commonwealth of virginia. the commonwealth of virginia generally bars the prosecution by the state when the federal government has already brought the prosecution based on the same conduct but recently, following the 9/11 attacks, virginia amended its law to make an exception for terrorism cases. other parties have spoken about potential exceptions and i think the virginia example shows that states are capable of recognizing the fairness concerns and policy concerns that is raised appropriately . >> i'm asking the court not to overturn its long standing interpretation and would like to emphasize a couple points. the petitioners petition would create a litany of problems that could harm state interest and i'd like to go through a number of examples of those, first imagine a situation in which state aid has a toug

by the state, well, i foresee the future. and it wouldn't be that hard. it wouldn't have been for a state government -- look, was actually bothering me is yes, i know you are convinced on history. i also know that, it may be less clear than you think, maybe not, that this court several times has looked at the history and they have said it's inconclusive and, therefore. and now we have rule that's been there a long, long time. if were going to go back and look to whether this court at the history right in cases, i have my own candidates. >> i don't agree that the court has several times looked -- >> my problem isn't is that. is this the basis for going back, the same question. but i haven't heard the answer that justice kagan started with. >> so two responses. if i i could finish on the civl rights issue. i just wanted to add the federal government can take control in all manner of ways. in a a particular case they can take custody of someone via an ad process quinto moritz. if congress, estates becoming uncooperative in the civil rights and this was really

he called the state department's bluff. through multiple hearings in the house and the senate, the state department has rejected your calls, congress' calls to use the tools. clearly demarshes, rising icpa cases with foreign officials and empty threats are not bringing children home. and what are these demarshes? what's in them? does anyone really know? i'm still waiting for a response to a foia request that our organization submitted in february. what is it going to take beyond demarshes? what are the interests of american children that have been kidnapped going to be put first, and when will decisive efforts be made to bring kidnapped abductedhome -- children home? based on multiple discussions with state, it is clear that japan anticipated being cited in 2018. it started at least six months in advance. there was a demarsh in november of 2017 and december. japan knew what was coming, and they were prepared to spin their -- preparing to spin their way out of it. on may 15, 2018, as japan was about to be cited for internatio

he called the state department's bluff. for multiple hearings in the house and senate, the state department has rejected your calls, congressman's -- congresses calls to use the tools. clearly demarche raising cases with foreign government officials and empty threats are not being children home. and what are these demarche? what is in them? does anyone know? i'm still waiting for response that our organization submitted in february. what is it going to take beyond demarche? when are the interest of american children who've been kidnapped going to be put first and when will decisive efforts you made to bring abductor children home? based on multiple discussions with state, it is clear that japan anticipated being cited in 2018. it started at least six months in advance. there was a demarche in november 2017 and december . japan knew what was coming. and they were preparing to spend their way out of it. on may 15, 2018 as japan was about to be cited for international parental child abduction by the united states, they held a p

the export narcotics to the united states. we export drugs -- partly, we export guns and laundered money back into these cartels. we wonder why they are so powerful? according to the latest dea drug threat assessment, the amount of bulk cash seized has been steadily decreasing over the last eight years. dea report quote, large amounts of cash continue to be interdicted along major highway corridors with the cash typically concealed and hidden in vehicle compartment or among legitimate cargo. again, there would be strong bipartisan support in congress for more resources for outbound inspections if only the administration put as much priority on this effort as they do on a wall. there is more that congress can do. in 2013 when democrats controlled the senate we passed bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform. do you know how much was included in that bill for border security funding? $40 billion, and over 60 senators senators voted for it. no lack of will it comes to border security. sadly, republican leaders in the house refu

it's the rule in at least 20 states. it's the rule in 37 states with respect to certain crimes. and it also seems to have worked out ok. i did want to return to the issue of stare desigh cisand respond to what they were -- stare decisis and respond to what they were saying. we have a legal framework for answering stare decisis questions. it's a law of stare decisis. and i think it provides some pretty standard guidance on this. we have to be right on the merits, that's true, but if we're right, if we're assuming we're right on the merits, then the question is what else do we need to show? and i already told you about one key factor under the court's jurisprudence, which is a juris prudential change. and i think incorporation is a pretty significant one. second, a massive expansion in federal law as this court has recognized. and that was recognized by this court in murphy and elkins as the kind of changed factual circumstance that would -- that would justify revisiting an issue. another issue is reliance. and reliance isn't really a relevant issue where you're talking about an un

shouldn't they act quickly and also is there any connection between the deep state or the shallow state from those that try to control the president? >> having worked with congress over a decade the interesting thing about staff is they do have the ability to help shape the agenda the bureaucracy has the ability to do this also every time somebody makes a decision about what goes into the presidential daily brief which i hear he doesn't read that much anymore but they are making a judgment call with a think is important to the president or what he ought to know. is w that qualified and there is no question into shape those choices that's why you do have to be worried ultimately who gets through that position i think we have time barely for one more. >>. >> i am a federal government retiree. the question that i had talking a little bitre about with the bureaucrats and the federal government are civil servants and they don't really affect public policy that is not true at all have seen people in senior management positions that do affect public policy so there is information out there wit

feigin: well, your honor, the people have vested the sovereignty in both the state and the united states. justice ginsburg: is there such an example? is there such an example, other than double jeopardy, where the individual has a double whammy, both the state and the federal, usually federalism, as justice gorsuch just pointed out, are protective of the individual? mr. feigin: well, your honor, it is a common fact of life that everyone is subject to both state and federal regulation. it's why everyone in this room, except maybe my friends from texas, pay both state and federal taxes. [laughter] mr. feigin: it's why businesses are regulated by both the federal and state governments, and why everyone knows that an act, and even petitioner agrees, the same act can be both a state and federal crime. justice alito: but what about the adoption of the black -- the blockburger rule as opposed to the same -- same transaction test? mr. feigin: so, your honor, i think -- justice alito: that -- that's a -- that's a rule of federalism, in a way. and yet it exposes defendants to prosecution for the s

in short, to strengthen themselves and to weaken the united states. and while we welcome fair competition we cannot and will not tolerate illegal hacking, stealing, or cheating. we're not talking about the chinese people as a whole. we're talking about state-sponsored actors engaged in illegal behavior. these aren't just chinese officials employed by the chinese government. they can be hackers, businessmen, researchers or front companies, acting on behalf of state actors. and often they're recruiting or co-opting insiders, employees of american companies, trusted, as noted, the actors named in this indictment were members of a hacking group operated in china, and associated with the chinese ministry of state security, a group known as apt10. the members of apt10 conducted major computer intrusion campaigns targeting u.s. government agencies, and companies, both around the country and across the world. and stealing hundreds of gig abites of intellectual profit and confidential business information. the list of victim companies read like a who's you. fro

applying that theory to the united states and the evolution of the united states government, since the truman administration. my thesis in the book is, that the united states also has developed a system with double-government, in which the public institutions congress, the presidency and the courts have gradually over the course of the last 70 years, transferred power to the national security bureaucracy, and the united states is moved from democratic accountable in the opposite direction. towards -- i should use the term double government in the past tense because it's essential bagett's theory that the two sets of institutions public and private remain on the same page. that they project an in of public harmony that the pj not distinguish between the two and continue to believe that the decisions and definitions of national security policy is made by the public institutions. once a rift occurs of the sort that has occurred in the united states an epic development in american constitutional history bagett's prediction is the whole system of double government falls to earth in his phra

of nevada here in the united states senate. so i, too, am going to miss him and his voice and his work, his excellent work and that of his staff on the senate commerce committee, but like those who have spoken before me know that his contribution is not only to the people of nevada but to the fema of this -- the people of this country will continue because he is someone who not only has great talent but tremendous character. and i think that -- as i think about the future that he and lynne are going to enjoy, hopefully a little more time together and more time with those grandkids, which we talk about all the time. but the other thing i appreciate about dean heller is no matter how tough the going was, he always has a smile on his face. people talk about his optimism. and that's a virtue that to me around here really matters because we deal with weighty and serious issues, but it's important that we see the lighter side and that we appreciate the humor in what we do, too, but that we approach it with a sense of purpose but also

indians become a signifier for the united states. something people often look for, and something we always knew was going to be in this hall of over 300 objects and images, was something about the local nfl team here in washington. washington redskins. we weren't really sure how to present the objects because we felt it would be a little boring. we would just have a football helmet or something. what we chose to do was, in multiple places, really show how these mascots are in everyday life rather than show them by themselves. here we have a photograph of robert griffin the third, a sensational quarterback for the redskins. what we are interested in is to really appreciate why people support teams. very few people say which team has the coolest mascots or best name. you almost always support a team because you're from a region, because your family and friends support it. the teams are chosen by rich guys, usually from another century, and it is a determinative thing. we wanted to respect that sports plays a huge role in civic life, bri

this will send the equivocal message to the world and the united states that the united states of americans business when it comes to bringing back the its abducted children. so specifically, the executive branch should consider taking the view that america children's are being illegally obtained in foreign countries as a result of kidnap. with implementation of economic sanctions, noncompliant countries will soon start complying with the hague convention and american children will finally be rescued and protected from the harmful effects of international parental abduction. economic sanctions may have a huge impact almost overnight. the united states is ecuador's principal trading partner. conversely, ecuador is the 42nd largest trading partner of the us. currently, ecuador benefits from tariff-free entry into the united states for many of its products under the generalized system of preference, gsb. in ecuador the annual renewal of the gsb with the us is celebrated as a major victory. and the current president of ecuador, reino, ecuador is now expressing interest not only in negotiating

local level and the state level? the key to disaster resiliency is not a bigger fema and bigger budget. the key to disaster resiliency is smart development in areas that are susceptible to known disasters we have known about for years. if we continue to build a bigger fema, it puts an unrealistic expectation on the agency that we will never be able to meet. coming into the job, there are 20,000 dedicated employees who serve their country and serve others. the average deployment is 136 days out in the field. and they get stomped on. they get ridiculed. they are never doing it fast enough. the only way we overcome that is if all four of the legs on the chair get stronger. not just fema. ms. dechalus: the former fema chief michael brown stated in august that he feels the u.s. has not learned from hurricane katrina. do you agree with that assessment? mr. long: i do believe that what i call hazard amnesia is alive and well. we went many years of rebuilding communities after disasters without making them more resili

and in those cases, the state fills in the gap to create that blue layer. so there are multiple sources that meet that state established guarantee, and the first sources are local property taxes, and eraf, and the state. in the case that's represented on the right hand column, the local property taxes plus the eraf exceed the state established minimum for the district in question. and when that happens, the amount in excess of that minimum guarantee actually stays with the county rather than coming to the school district. so this is what has happened as the city and county was closing its books for last fiscal year, for 17-18, that was determined to be happening, really, for the first time. this is the first time that this has come to light, and that's really the circumstance behind this wind fall that's been reported over the last couple of weeks. so just important to note that there's no net change in funding to schools, so we're still getting funded at that minimum guarantee, where that red bar is, that red line. it's just coming from different sources. a

the states the way that it applies to the federal government. but 50 years of incorporation precedent holds that incorporated bill of rights protections apply to the states, the exact same way that they apply to the federal government. to adopt theason so-called two-track approach at this late stage of the incorporation doctrine, especially -- the nonunanimous jury in criminal cases? the courtginsburg, as recognized in mcdonald, the criminalous jury in cases is an anomalous decision that results from a one-justice in the apodaca case. the court reason, as recognized in that, for that to control. years ofver 50 precedent. again, in mcdonald, rejecting that two-track approach. two-track approach at this late stage would only further litigation about rights that are already incorporated. when thishe court -- court interpreted the fourth amendment right to be flee from your -- free from having your cell phone tracked in the carpenter case. argument were correct, we would have to relitigate whether that right applies to the states. the bill ofl of ri

on that commitment so many things on behalf of the great people on the state of nevada working with critical infrastructure and with the low income families also have common ground and also to introduce bipartisan legislation also to prioritize that approach in our communities i alsoe watched him working on domestic violence prevention so not just here in washington but in our homee state side by side to be introduce bipartisan legislation with the secretary of energy so as you have heard and then octobe october 1st in las vegas we were on the ground with our entire delegation to do everything that we could and dean was everywherey talking to people thinking the first responders hospitals, families and then continues to be so today. itir is about putting that state firstre to come together to make sure we are coming together with that partisanship it's about what we can do and we thank him for that commitment to bring in the junior senator to have that conversation to work together to the benefit of our community thank you for everything he has done on behalf of the state of nevada f

then in the united states senate for almost eight years. nevada, thank you for granting me the privilege of working every day for a state that i am so proud to call my home. and, of course, i'd like to thank my immediate family, especially my wife lynn, for being at my side for nearly 30 years of public service. to my children, hilary harris, drew, and to their spouses, thank you for your patience, your understanding and your tolerance of this process. i would be remiss if i didn't thank my parents, jack and janet heller, setting the right example in our home growing up. to my father-in-law, richard brownback, all of my wife's family, thank you for raising such a wonderful daughter, sister, cousin, and aunt. madam president, i have five brothers and sisters, they all played a vital role in my upbringing. thank you to jack, tammy, sarah, mack, and brian. all of these individuals i mentioned gave me their steadfast support, made my journey from the nevada legislator to the to the u.s. house of representatives and to the united states senate an

in the next ninety days china and the united states will carry out. on important issues relating to each sites and make an effort to reach a consensus with the ultimate goal of removing all the increased tariffs this will be done in accordance with the principles of mutual respect equality and mutual benefit. well despite that trump has also expressed his willingness to impose more tariffs on chinese goods should the two countries fail to reach a deal that has caused enormous volatility in the financial markets konami's professor richard roth told us the u.s. president risks destabilizing the american economy and there is the crazy up and down of the tensions with china one day we're on the verge of a breakthrough the next day were threatening one another again the next day we're friends the next day we arrested the executive in canada and the biggest problem about all of that is the uncertainty this kind of crazy uncertainty may be good politics for him but it's crime goes up the economic life part of the united states let's be clear what's being done

he didn't for six years pay the state. a lawyer, state attorney sued and he ignored it, and they eventually relented. he had been, become one of the most powerful men in the state and was essentially untouchable. states were making tons of money from this system of convict leasing through slavery. the u.s. commissioner of labor reported estate using convict leasing was making average revenue, four times the cost of running a prison. alabama was making 10% 10% of s entire state budget them convict leasing. so they were very invested in it. probably at all of the historical research i did, the thing that really shocked me the most was learning that convict leasing was more deadly than slavery. it was as deadly as soviet gulags that would come. the death rate throughout the south, , depending on the state, ranged from 16-25% per year. so in four prisoners were dying every year. in louisiana under james is least in the 30 years he had the lease, least 3000 prisoners died. now, during the time of slavery, there were very few pla

-- contraband out of the united states. however in 2017, a cbd spokesperson says outbound inspections are only conducted quote when resources permit. why on earth doesn't this administration request more resources for outbound inspections to stop the export of deadly firearms from the united states to these mexican cartels? one thing congress should do is finally prohibit straw purchasing and gun trafficking under federal law. right now, u.s. attorneys office, have to prosecute those crimes as paperwork violations which means most of them won't spend any time doing it at all. i have joined with senator leahy and senator collins on a bill that would create real offenses with real teeth for this effort. during my hearing ten years ago, we heard testimony about the smuggling of bulk cash and laundered money from the united states back to cartels. it is the circle. they export narcotics in the united states. we export drugs, pardon me, we export guns and laundered money back into these cartels. we wonder why they're so powerful.

the only three states that have not. recent polling from quinnipiac shows more than 60% of the american people support legalized marijuana and 93% support medical marijuana. 93% support medical marijuana. the american people have made up their minds, this is happening. let's be clear, this isn't just happening in blue states like california or massachusetts, or purple states like colorado. it's happening in bold, deep red states like utah, oklahoma, and west virginia. and it's happening in swing states like florida, ohio, pennsylvania, michigan and missouri. the bedrock principle of our government expressed in the declaration of independence, as the government loses respect for the people, people loz lose respect for the law. congress must respond. the act is a simple, straightford plan. within certain basic federal guardrails, conduct in compliance with state marijuana law will not violate the controlled substances act. this legislation is the embodiment of federalism our founders envisioned, it allows each state to move

susan sachs from the state try to do a good job. y: didn't they go to the saudi ambassador's home, sent by the bush and administration, even of the bush and administration was sending soldiers into saudi came -- when it came to the press getting permission i said, you have to get permission from saudi arabia. folks this was the way to cooks the feeling wasn't among the networks, if we can g get te prints to cut us -- givive -- do customs like,or us, d maybe he can use his influence with the bush and administration for us to get better competition. this brings us back to the present day. we are bed with the saudi arabians, going back a long way. the idea of the american media begging for favors s from the saudi prince,e, well, it is an ugly image. it also speaks to the hypocrisy of the american media back then and stilll today about the first amendment. there were a group of us that over this.ntagon we lost. over the censorship plan. but for the most part, wolfsburg the graham, t the heads of network, they did not do anything. that is

africa is important to the united states. if we didn't understand it before, the competition posed by china and russia among others, should highlight it for us which is why i do thinks this is a potential turning point in american understanding of what's at stake for us, not just for africa, but for the united states in african affairs, so that as we address this, i think there should be a new openness on both sides to understanding what's at risk here and why it's to our advantage one of the main -- our advantage to update our understanding. >> one of the main themes of your speech and the president makes this point time and time again, is that the american foreign policy should serve the interests of the american people. the interesting thing that struck me about the way you were laying out the strategy is that, yes, it suits our interests and suits our values, but it's also good for africans too. it's more effective in combatting the problems the africans themselves face, whether it's terrorism, economic development, or a l

the state department leading efforts to review a u.s. government strategy to address the campaign of repression in xi jan. preventing china's use of u.s. goods and services to perpetuate its egregious activities and strengthen our public policy efforts throughout the world to attract like-minded individuals. department officials continue to meet with members of the uighur diaspora and coordinate to prevent the harassment of uighurs in the united states. the department has conducted outregion to u.s. and china companies to draw attention to the risks to their exposure of chinese abuses and to underscore. u.s. memberses around the world are providing assistance to survivors of xi jan camps. whose lives or freedom would be threatened. if we are to fundamentally change china's behavior in xi jan, the international community must act together. department of state officials i and others have met with the wives and family members of those who have been detained. we press for the release both publicly and privately of all political prisoners. man

perez, section 404 of the department of state authority's act 2017 required the secretary of state to establish a three-year pilot program for lateral entry into the foreign service that targets mid career individuals from civil service and the private sector, this was something we pushed for and we think can enhance the department. and in a very positive wag. this is months overdue. as the statute requires and i just want to have your commitment that you'll implement this program as required by law. >> thank you, senator. yes. my understanding is because of the hiring freeze, this program is, has not been implemented. i look forward to working with you and the committee about, what this program might look like. we need to get the best people we can find. it's a very complex world we live in and i think we need to look creatively. and innovatively how hon we staff. i look forward to further discussions on this. >> what we'll do is keep the record open until the close of business on thursday. i would hope that there twob some miraculous way to have a mark-up before we leave here. i don

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name the state department had not as his nominee for u.s. ambassador to the united nations the president said she's small and she's nice she's all of the things which make a good candidate. and they're now or will be nominated. you're going to work with the daily to. replace united they will be ambassador to the united nations very talented very hard very quick and i think she's going to be respected by also head there now or will be nominated for the ambassador to the united states so we've got heather nauert slated to replace nikki haley nikki haley trump's ambassador to the united nations is stepping down now heather nauert has been at the state department and it was highlighted when she was confirmed for that position as the spokesperson for the state department that she had no previous foreign policy experience now she's been holding that post for a little while here some of the highlights of heather nauert at the u.s. state department briefings i don't know if you all are working for r.t. today or what but i remember to get a monitor so

but not the united states. this is another example of the united states stepping back on the world stage and allowing countries like france to fill the void. recently, the u.s. government and the state department in particular, have renewed efforts to advance norms and norms discussion. the efforts must be elevated and strengthened. but norms on traditional cyber attacks alone are not enough. he we also need to bring information operations into the debate. this includes building support for rules that address the internet's potential for censor hope and reforgets. we need to present alternatives that explicitly embrace a free and open internet. and we need that responsibility to extend not only to governments but to the private sector as well. we need multilateral agreement will key alloys just like we have done with international treaties on biological and chemical weapons. that discussion needs to address mutual defense commitments. we should be linking consensus principles of state behavior in cyber space, ex

cycling the majority to the united states. ncreasingly, mexican cartels suppressing fentanyl and clandestinely produced in china and the prescription filled smuggling across the southwest border. mexican cartels also produced the majority of the methamphetamine consumed in the united states and they facilitate the colombian trafficking of cocaine which is also increasingly affecting ours communities. the two previous mexican presidentiapresidential adminiss attempted to confront the threat posed by the mexican cartels in their own ways. however, despite mexico's best efforts, the cartels exploited vulnerabilities in governmental institutions at all levels allowing the economic expansion even beyond drug trafficking. the profit earning potential of the mexican cartels exceeds the mexican government's annual budget allocated to its homeland security which amounts to less than 1% of mexico's annual budget. the governments of the united states and mexico have developed a common understanding of the impact of the mexican cartels on

she is currently the spokeswoman for the u.s. state department and nomination would need to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate the oil producing cartel opec is trying to reach an agreement with russia on how much it will cut its output of crude oil ministers from member countries meeting in vienna have agreed to reduce production due to an oversupply but russia which is non opec has opposed massive cuts on thursday oil prices tumbled as a result of the deadlock the last migrant rescue ship operating of the case of libya is ending its mission doctors without borders say a smear campaign by european governments is false the aquarius to stop saving asylum seekers in the mediterranean sea right inside story is coming up next. no where in the world is growing reforest disappearing fast. inside all our. lives we have been called. out it's terrorists and traitors i was a knowledge that sign was followed into the fast flowing river into nazi. one man's fight for the rights of indigenous heritage a time to swim a witness documentar

take back to the state department, we would like an answer. has the secretary raised the issue of the imprisoned journalists families directly with his counterpart? are you aware of if he has or hasn't? >> on that specific issue he obviously has raised it, you can see and the dialogue press conference. if he has raised that particular case, can i take that and get back to you? >> there are at least 100,000, probably up to a couple of million folks in these facilities, hard for us to get precise data because we don't have full access to that region. but that's our current -->> that's staggering, but i think you're right, it's hard to get a fix on the exact number. press reports also indicate that they've been recruited to forcibly occupy the homes of leaders, so those who are not in a detention camps are having that chinese placed in their homes so that they are studied to make sure there's no karen visible, they are not praying during the day, we have the constitution that prohibits government troops in people's homes. it's never been used, bec

that he's sending these cases to the state where they kid me don't pardon this is all a deep state plot take get trump and to show anybody in the future if you're not one of us you better stay away from us or look what's going to happen to you this is a tragedy that's happening to this country and the media will look at it a vast left wing conspiracy thank you steve malzberg in new york and i q mitch caesar in florida merry christmas to both the and exactly is the big picture you know if you see a somewhere else r.t. america is now streaming live at youtube dot com slash r t america i'm holland cook in washington back here same time next week and in the meantime i'm at holland cook on twitter where if you follow me i follow you merry christmas and question. i had a great education a good job and a family that loved me. i never had to worry about how i would eat and where i would sleep. but i'm facing christmas alone on the streets of london. you know the snow still give out food for the. city to be feeling next to the big you know. and then. the guy just came over to me soon gave me a c

god save the united states of america and this honorable court. please remain standing for presentation of the colors, playing of the national anthem. [the star-spangled banner] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please be seated, come to order. this honorable court is now in session. >> how are you all this morning? welcome to the museum of the national archives. i'm chief judge howell of the district court of the district of columbia. today is a memorable and important milestone for each of the people who will be our new citizens today. it is my privilege and pleasure to preside over the ceremony this morning. the ceremony began this morning with joint armed forces color guard, presenting the nation's flag and the flag of different branches of the us military. we stand for these flags to show our pride in our country and respect for the military service men and women who helped defend its security. the flag is an important symbol and we are fortunate to stand in this rotunda next to the foundational documents that give meaning to this flag. the court now recognizes norm

best interest of the child. these states believe it is better to remove a child from his biological parents, rather than let the child be educated at home. other participating states such as norway, regularly remove children from their homes because the parents quote - lacked parenting skills. norway has an extremely high level of children being removed from their parents. especially immigrant parents. living in norway. even where there has been no evidence of violence or drug abuse in the family. between 2008 and 2014, norway doubled the number of children being put into emergency care. the most common reason for this was quote - lax parenting skills. in 2015, the situation of children being removed from their parents in norway was so dire that nearly 300 lawyers, psychologists and social workers wrote a national notice of concern to the government of norway. they said that a long list of children are exposed to serious failures to understanding and infringement of their rights by the low level of evidence required for remo

media is completely integrated into the united states. the straightest possibly the only country where generals and admirals can come and give all sorts of scare warnings and they'll be given front page treatment we've had here recently hillary clinton warning us about the perils of china china is going to take a side of absolute nonsense. nonsense but it gets media attention and because america's agenda or in the pacific is to confront china hillary clinton started that with her pivot to asia or in two thousand and eleven in fact barack obama came and announced it before the australian parliament in two thousand and eleven and that was hillary clinton's policy and you now have bases that go all the way from one of the most important u.s. spy bases set up designed and set up by the cia at pine gap right next in iraq springs all the way now darwin there's a marine base in darwin there are other u.s. bases around the country astray there has no quarrel with china and in fact this trader has no enemies no one once we invade a straight a stran

like china yes it will be terrible if your political opponents control the one party state but all of you have to do it then to make sure you control it and direct your politics towards that. a little convoluted at the end there they gave it a go but there already is a government of national unity it's called the deep say yes it is you know this i mean you see that whether the democrats or the republicans or you know in the u.k. the tory or new labor is elected you know foreign policy is almost entirely the same and even domestic policy you know it's fractions of percentages on this program or the other and largely distraction with with you know identity politics that comprises the left the rest of the political system and trump is this aberration that managed to slip through his own his own party one of the two parties because you know it's the end hubris of his opponents and you see the entirety of the political establishment right laughed for the state media deep state bureaucracy they're all working to either contain or bring trump down you know for good and bad writing

the united states of america. and so vladimir putin, of course he is celebrating this decision, because america basically walked away, gave up its seat at the table. we have no presence there any longer and we have just turned over this country and its future and its meaning in the region to vladimir putin and iran and assad. another reason why putin is a big winner is because you can just imagine those meetings now. when putin goes to the middle east and meets with the egyptians and the saudis and jordanians, frankly even the israelis, us know what he's going to say? i don't know why you are counting on america. i don't know why you are relying on america. they are unreliable. vladimir putin is going to say, look at me. i stood by assad, even after the whole world came after him. i stood by him. i didn't retreat. look at america. they abandoned these kurds to be slaughtered by the turks and maybe by the regime, and you are going to put the future and security of your country in the hands of an unreliable and errat

the u.s. secretary of state my pompei it says the missile launch violates a u.n. security council resolution iran says its missile program doesn't breach international laws. has more from washington. in a release put out by secretary of state mike pompei oh iran has launched a ballistic missile and by a lation of a un security council ban now very little details were put out by the state department for example exactly when this alleged missile launch took place and exactly where however the state department is saying that it was a medium range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads with a range where it could reach parts of europe and all of the middle east according to the state department that would be in violation of u.n. security council ban two two three one which you bans iran from undertaking any activity related to a ballistic missiles designated to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons including launches using such ballistic missile technology and now according to the state department iran's ballistic missile testing is actually on the

onf of the states celebrated the democratic thanksgiving which was roosevelt's thanksgiving, and the other states celebrated on the traditional thanksgiving or the republican thanksgiving. although there were a couple of states that just said, who cares? and texas celebrated on both thanksgivings. [laughter] i don't know if anybody here is old enough to remember that, but my late mother who was living in buffalo was going to college in boston at the time. for three years, she could not, for thanksgiving. the holidays were on different dates. >> i hope it won't surprise the audience that south carolina declined to change the date. [laughter] >> thank you. >> i am curious. haleentioned that mrs. wanted a nationwide thanksgiving in 1862. to what extent did she get her way, to what extent was thanksgiving celebrated in the southern states that year? well, there were 28 states 23, if i remember the numbers, that celebrated. >> so some states that would go on to become part of the confederacy did celebrate thanksgiving evening that secession winter year. >> yes. thanksgiving celebrations we

just like it is for every single president of the united states. there is no classes, no degree. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. >> we are at the watkins history museum, where c-span is learning about the city's history. the painting behind me did takes a central air raid on the town that was a significant turning point in the city's history. we take you around the museum to learn more about the raid. >> the civil