is used by the united states government not to provide schools or hospitals or roads but simply to pay interest to the people's republic of china which receives this financial benefit every year even as the politicians make statements critical of china we as a nation because of those politicians decisions are funding the people's republic of china well it's a good thing professor that they don't have either the chinese or the corporations latitude to hike our interest rates because we give this or that terrible tweet or say something nasty about them i want to shift to talk about the global business we're a global business finance program so let's look around the world that debt as a share of gross domestic product and the chart we have here shows the percentage of debt versus g.d.p. since two thousand and seven and it shows japan in the u.s. and the u.k. is so. the leaders with a high debt to g.d.p. ratio in germany has a low debt as a share of g.d.p. what's your take on these numbers professor. well you know the answer is

stand as a nation and as a senate on day 28 of the longest shutdown in the history of the united states government -- in the history of the united states government. following my comments, i will offer by u.c. to pull one of the house bills up, and i understand the senator from oklahoma will be here to respond to that. we were not scheduled to be in session today. we were supposed to adjourn yesterday and then reconvene on monday, january 28. but i objected to the adjournment because our government is closed, just as i did last weekend, and so we'll be in today and tomorrow, off sunday and monday in honor of martin luther king jr., and then returning on tuesday, january 22. i offer a partial apology to my colleagues and to our professional senate staff for any inconvenience they experience because we will be in session during a time where there had been a scheduled recess. i have never objected to the normal weekly adjournment before last week, and i cannot imagine doing so under normal circumstances. but my apology is only partial because the inconvenience experienced by anyone in this chamber --

engines for some of the new manned spacecraft that the united states will send into orbit at a time when we were shutting down the united states government, china was putting a spacecraft on the dark side of the moon. we should be so embarrassed about that. that is one area, nasa is such an important part of alabama and our history in this country for what we can accomplish and for what we can do good. the leaders in the country, and while we were shut down and those poor nasa employees laid off and the contractors dealing with nasa, china -- china was jumping ahead. i was so proud today when we broke ground because we're going to reclaim that right. we're going to get this government open and we're going to reclaim america's role in space, in technology, and the human imagination that we can have that will take us beyond our borders here, beyond where we are. i visited a number of folks in huntsville this past weekend and heard firsthand the stories of families, and it was heartbreaking. members of our coast guard missed paychecks. for the first time in our nation's history members of our armed forces were not paid due to a government s

movement and as long as the pressure is on the maduro government, as long as you have this ongoing kind of aggression on the part of the united states also what political scientists call a disloyal opposition, an opposition that does not thegnize the legitimacy of government -- which has practically been oppositions position almost from the beginning -- these differences havista movement are not going to come to the floor. their slogan is unity, unity, unity. that is perceived as necessary, given the political context. but if the situation were to loosen up, if there were to be greater stability and less threats to the overthrhrow of te government, it is quite likely that you would see more diversity and more debate within the chavista movement. alejandro velasco, who is guaido ? four major opposition parties in venezuela, let visibly by lopez who was jailed after leading a series of protestss in 2014. and this party has really sort of grown from a position of significant confrontation with the government. it has been known largely is one of the more radical opposition wings, as steve mentioned earlier.r. what is interesting about g

the united states government is pressuring its neighbor to the north to extradite her now the united states government house and so when's the to request an extradition for in the united states. and the chinese side though acted very very quick and has now pressuring for this whole time to be released and sent back to china and the chinese side also is hoping that the canadian traditional system would not turn a blind eye and that justice were we will prevail now government is saying. anybody that has a normal judgment would make such remarks as the canadian bastard that here in china. we have seen the statement made by the canadian ambassador to china jon mccallum i believe that everyone with normal judgment can see the nature of the incident we hold to canada can have a clear understanding of the problem make the right choice and not try to profit through the canadian side made a serious mistake. at the start of this situation. and there's more and more tension building between these two countries and allies and business partners. the relationships between them is hitting a low. ind

the united states government is pressuring its neighbor to the north to extradite her now the united states government house and so when's the to request an extradition for in the united states and the chinese side also is hoping that the canadian traditional system would not turn a blind eye we have seen the statement made by the canadian ambassador to china jon mccallum i believe that everyone with normal judgment can see the nature of the incident we hope to canada can have a clear understanding of the problem and that is there is more and more tension building between these two countries and allies and business partners the relationships between them is hitting a low. thanks for choosing r.t. international desk monday morning my colleague in the now will be with you at the top of the hour with the latest. seemed wrong. to me. to shape out just to become educated and engagement equals betrayal. one of the many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. us veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. we're going after the people who were killin

the united states government is pressuring its neighbor to the north to extradite her now the united states government house and so when's the to request an extradition for in the united states and the chinese side also is hoping that the canadian traditional system would not turn a blind eye we have seen the statement made by the canadian ambassador to china john mccallum i believe that everyone with normal judgment can see the nature of the incident we hold in canada can have a clear understanding of the problem and there's more and more tensions building between these two countries and our allies and business partners the relationships between them is hitting a low. one here dotty we'd love to hear your thoughts on all of our stories so do get in touch by following us on social media and sharing your comments that you have been having a great start to the week wherever you are whatever you're doing we'll be back with more on the lay on the latest at the top of the hour. breaking a promise trump wants regime change in venezuela old habits die hard also the trials in tribulations of

they donated the land to the united states government, and did much of the work to develop planning the building, landscaping, all that. arcadia was known to go there and visit the soldiers. though he was away a lot, his family was very active in santa monica. his wife was known as a supporter of the suffragette movement. she was active in local social causes. from theirecord guestbook at home that has the signature of susan b anthony. senator jones, because of his involvement with the comstock lode, fat of a way to bring all of that silver to market. he built a railroad from nevada to los angeles. it was the los angeles and independence railroad. he ended up going into business with huntington to develop a railroad and wharf in santa monica bay. wharf intomile-long santa monica bay, which is called the mile-long wharf were mile-long pew. it essentially allowed the trains to go out into the bay to meet ships to transport cargo. they both have discrete idea that santa monica could be the official port of los angeles. congress, there is much work behind the scenes to get this through. san

that isn't the way that isn't the proper way in order to try to get what you want in the united states government. and others shut down the government for two weeks because they want to repeal the affordable care act and this time it's president trump who couldn't get congress to approve $5 billion for his wall in the budget so he decided to shut down the government. this is not how we should conduct the debate about legitimate public policy issues, the future of the american healthcare system was a legitimate issue as is the security of the borders, but we shouldn't be having that discussion amid a government shutdown inf trying to use the nation's security and all these federal workers and the work they do and cost just to try to achieve a political result. and of course we were all on the same page just a few weeks ago this body voted unanimously to open up the federal government, and now senator mcconnell says that piece of legislation that all ofot us voted for can't pas. what changed in each one of your states that causes so many members of this body to now say that they cannot vote for a c

for specifically. >> so when i would be working with someone, providing information to the united states governmento had a common interest to provide investigation to the united states government so we could make informed decisions. so detecting u.s. citizens that might be doing the opposite, there was not necessarily signs that we were looking for. our primary goal as a case officer was to meet with individuals that had valuable information, talking about why the addition of that information was an asset to us. >> i want to get to the shut down, when you read the articles over the week. there was an investigation opened to find out if donald trump was working with russia, and he took the interpreters notes during that meeting with vladimir putin, as a lawmaker and a former cia officer, what is your reaction? >> my reaction to all of this is because it is very concerning. it is concerning to me that members of the fbi would be so worried about what they might have seen and have significant actionable items that they focused on and saw that they may be interested in works a case. they don't open cas

the united states government is pressuring its neighbor to the north to extradite her now the united states government house and so when's the to request an extradition for in the united states and the chinese side also is hoping that the canadian traditional system would not turn a blind eye we have seen the statement made by the canadian ambassador to china jon mccallum i believe that everyone with normal judgment can see the nature of the incident we hold in canada can have a clear understanding of the problem and that is there is more and more tension building between these two countries and allies and business partners the relationships between them is hitting a low right thoughts are a lot for peter guests though have got regime change in venezuela on their minds the latest in our debate show cross talk starts in moments. us. veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. were going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either they're already several generations of them so i just got this memo fr

the united states government is pressuring its neighbor to the north to extradite her now the united states government house and so when's the to request an extradition for in the united states and the chinese side also is hoping that the canadian traditional system would not turn a blind eye we have seen the statement made by the canadian ambassador to china jon mccallum i believe that everyone with normal judgment can see the nature of the incident we hope to canada can have a clear understanding of the problem and there's more and more tensions building between these two countries and our allies and business partners the relationships between them is hitting a low. visitors to one of moskos top galleries have been left stunned by an old dayshift robbery thieves apparently dressed as employees it took a masterpiece by a russian artist. in broad daylight well the gallery was open well by the nineteenth century artist rarely a pen on the market or in private. actions a similar sized picture to the one stolen was sold for a million dollars a few years ago it's unclear if it's a coincid

this is not fair to you or to a career professional like me who works for the united states government. i ask you to consider a c.r. which would fund our government through a short-term solution and tell you and your bipartisar bipartisan colleagues can fix a long-term problem. my family and i are out of funding now. i ask that you publicly announce what you will do and help lead the bipartisan change to help virginians. a family from loudoun county, one a 20-year government employee. i'm scared not knowing when i am get paid. our two young children should be signing up for spring sports this week, but we're cutting out optional spending. we're eating out of the food pantry instead of going to the grocery store. real people are hurting, working and not being paid. it's 800,000, but the broader fear and economic impact is tremendous. opal from hampton, my name is opal and my husband kenny is an inspector with the f.d.a. as you know, he has been unable to go to work for the past few weeks. i'm writing to you to keep our story and our situation at the forefront of your agenda. please cont

united states has a lot of leverage. with the with the with the egyptian policies i think that. i'm i'm literally the living example i'm a living testament of the leverage that the united states governmentdoes have whether it's congress or the u.s. administration has with egypt that it simply has not used to advance human rights and democracy and i think that that's there is definitely leverage there and that's you know i don't think that the united states government has been using that leverage properly well let's take a very short break now we'll be back in just a few moments stay tuned. in twenty forty you know bloody revolutionary to crush the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just the war here but i mean you are liz put video through me in the new bill is that i new school in the middle of the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. of those who took the kite invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be s

cfo and other executives and employees to deceive global financial institutions and the united states government about huawei's business activities in iran. the scheme was designed to allow iran to evade sanctions imposed by the united states and to allow huawei to profit from those evasions. beginning in 2007, huawei employees misrepresented huawei's relationship to sky com, a de facto subsidiary operating in iran. over the course of years, huawei through its executives and others, repeatedly claimed to the u.s. government officials in various banks that the company, its subsidiaries and partners operated in accordance with u.s. sanctions in export laws and in accordance with eu and un sanctions. as charged in the indictment, those claims were false. employees made false statements to both the fbi and the united states congress. as part of huawei's schemes, ms. mong personally made statements to huawei's major banking partners about the company's operations in iran. as alleged in the indictment, those statements were false. it is important to understand that ms. mong has been charged based upon

forget about a quarter of the united states government inactive, we could have the entire united states government inactive. if you don't find a way to raise some money and fast. mike emanuel on capitol hill, what's happening behind the scenes. doesn't look like much, maybe i'm missing something. >> good afternoon. sounds like that latest white house meeting with bipartisan congressional leaders was a complete waste of time. >> it's cold out here and the dep wasn't much warmer in the situation room. our meeting did not last long. but it is so sad, that in a matter of hours, just a few days, many people -- federal workers will not be receiving their paychecks. what that means in their lives, is tragic. >> this hour house lawmakers are debating the bill to fund financial services such as the irs, during tax season, bottom line leading house democrat made this appeal for republicans to get onboard. >> yes, we are going to be able to work together on a lot of good legislation. but why don't you join with us and talk to the president, and tell him to open up government. that we cannot contin

continue through the weekend in washington as the partial united states government shutdown enters its third week eight hundred thousand government workers are currently not. paid as a stand off of our president border wall with mexico needs to mandate over five billion dollars for congress is not willing to pay up is threatening emergency powers to get it built had a kahane house the latest from washington. the two sides emerged from both sides of the white house with very different impressions of how their meeting went and they had a very very productive meeting a lengthy and sometimes contentious conversation with the president. with democrats now in charge of one chamber of congress they came to the white house to try and find a compromise to reopen the government the president says he won't sign a bill that doesn't spend five billion dollars on a wall the democrats say they simply will not spend a penny to build it they only seem to agree on one thing in fact he said he'd keep the government closed for a very long period of time months or even years absolutely i said that i don't

united states. first business of this senate should be to reopen the government of the united states. take any other action or focus on any other issue, we have bipartisan bills pending in the senate, that have supported by our republican colleagues that would reopen by those , to skip bills and push them aside, what, longer, her 18 days or makes absolutely no sense. o i'll be opposing the motion that's on the floor this evening because the first business of reopen y should be to government. i think of the question that lincoln raised at gettysburg. e talked about this nation dedicated to the proposition that all are created equal and any uestion about whether nation dedicated to that proposition can long endure. lincoln,hink president the founder of the modern epublican party, would have supported a government shutdown for a year, for a week, for a minute. for a this issue that's on the table enduranceis about the of the united states government and giving people confidence in the at we support government's operation. we should not take up other the until we take up bipartisan propos

i'm proud to shut down the united states government. and that there are not honest republicans in the senate saying, mr. president, that's not the way we should do business. so you're raising the right question, but in a democratic society, in our form of government, the republican party should not be -- trump is the leader, but he is not the dictator of that party. and we should have members standing up and representing their constituents, and not just the whimsical approach that this president consistently takes. >> the president told senator schumer today that according to our reporting, that he would look foolish if he backed down. is he right about this? this is something that he vigorously campaigned on and promises were made. >> this is what drives the american people crazy. 800,000 workers today, including the fbi, including the tsa, including very decent people who are trying to support their families. they go to work every day. imagine the feeling that they have. they go to work and they're not being paid. they're being humili

you can't walk away from the united states government. s something that he really just discovered. the question i have the democrats have something they could lose here too. they don't want the government to shut down again either. maybe that's little more motive. >> he met his match in nancy pelosi. elections have consequences. everybody stand by. we will have more on the breaking news. >>> roger stone has been indicted by the special counsel, robert mueller. stone is charged with witness tampering, obstruction and making false statements. brian todd has a closer look now at the man who may be at the center of mueller's russia probe. tell us more. >> reporter: there's so much of roger stone's history that you couldn't make up in a hollywood script. it's his connections with donald trump and richard nixon which tonight seem to define stone's reputation as a dirty trickster. look familiar? it's meant to. roger stone is so proud of his association with richard nixon, he has an image of nixon tattooed on his back. stone was still a teenager w

were organizations like the organization of american states or you that claimed there was fraud but that is not recognize build the government of the united states or the government of trump making unilateral ecisions like moving the embassy to jerusalem, etc. i just wanted to show you this graph from twitter. of the official spokespersons of the united states -- see how in january the trend is increasing. 2 and 24. see, on the 23rd, they were expecting a coup d'etat, a military coup, which didn't happen because the armed forces in venezuela defend the constitution. they could not, even through financing or exstartment or incitement convince our military to overthrow president maduro and they don't be able to do it. it was in vein once again. it was aner roane thousands move once again. it's just amazing. hen president trump -- this is -- is in recognition of a state when president trump tweet had in he recognized a member of parliament as a dictator of venezuela, immediately, colombia, argentine, everyone followed suit so they were waiting for the order and as soon as the order was given they started recognizing him. it's too obvious, it

united states has immigrants. is the only time the united state government makes an exception outside of our immigration policy to admit a mass of refugees. this is a piece of a fence that has been led to us, the barbed wire fence that surrounded those refugees. they published their own newspaper called the ontario chronicle. you are seeing a cartoon from the ontario chronicle showing the before and after, the excitement of the refugees as they arrived in new york harbor, seeing the statue of liberty. one year later they are still held behind us barbed wire fence and the promise of liberty seems to be at such a distance. this is an illustration that appeared in the newspaper in august of 1945. this speaks to the contrast we want to get out through the exhibition between the promise of liberty and the idea of america as a land of refugee and the political reality on the ground that made it difficult for americans to make good on that progress. we end the exhibition with a number of contrasts in april and may of 1945. april you see here that american soldiers and counter nazi concentration camps. you will see eisen

and are today even more so concerned about the fact that the president of the united states has taken hostage the government of the united states and shut it down. as a result, what we have asked for before we get into serious negotiations, let us open up the government. after all, when we're -- border security being a focus, nobody that is protecting the borders for the united states of america is getting paid. morale is low. apprehension is high. we believe very strongly that the first step we ought to take is open up government. then as the gentleman well knows, we have articulated on numerous occasions and i hope the gentleman believes we are honest and when the gentleman reviews the record of when we were in charge of the house and the senate that we made very substantial investments in border security. as i think probably the gentleman knows. urthermore, we have been ready to support and offered the bills that the republicans have passed. and in fact, i think the majority leader at one point in time -- the minority leader in the senate said that he would accept the number that the president suggested.

we're not just offering aid to states and a local communities to renew, we're reopening the government of the united states so we can actually send this aid so we can offer the expert technical assistance these communities need so we can use the full apparatus of our government, including the currently closed down department of homeland security and the coast guard where our hardworking personnel are not being paid to get america moving again. the national governor's association, bipartisan group of government -- governors from the 50 states called for an immediate reopening of the government that will allow for the release of $85 billion in federal aid and loan assistance that is being held up because a third of the government has been shut down. that is the governor's of our states, the people closest to surveying the damage on the ground. indeed, by reopening the government of the united states of america, we're not just helping to address the disasters that have befallen our people across the country, we're ending the man-made disaster of the government shut down. and when i say it's man-made, d

stand as a nation and as the senate and a 28 of the longest shutdown in the history of the united states government. following my comments, i will offer u by you seek to pull onef the house those ups to understand senator from oklahoma will be here to respond to that. we were supposed to adjourn yesterday and reconvene on monday january 28. but i objected to the adjournment because our government is closed just as i did last weekend. we'll be in today and tomorrow, off sunday and monday in honor of martin luther king jr. return tuesday january 22. i offer a partial apology to my colleagues and professional senate for any inconvenience they experience because people be in session during a time where there had beenav a schedud recess. i have never objected to the normal weekly adjourned before last week. i cannot imagine doing so under normal circumstances. but my apology is only partial because the inconvenience experienced by anyone in this chamber, senate or professional staff, is not in comparison to the pain what is t infected up n workers not getting paid. citizens, were not being served. and a

this president, who is the leader of organization, which is the executive branch of the united states government, and owes a duty to those workers to let them do their job, that he's holding them hostage based on this idea of building a massive border wall. we need a leader. we don't need a demagogue in the white house. we need a president. we don't need a grandstander. and so, mr. president, we beseech you. open the government. democrats and republicans alike have reached compromise on measures that can reopen the government today if the president would sign that bill. so we ask him to do that. stop holding these federal hostage to tage to unreasonable demands. be the commander in chief. be the president. do your duty to the country. make sure that the services that these workers can provide to americans all across the country are delivered starting tomorrow. i want to thank all of my colleagues for their representation of federal employees, and i want to thank those employees who are sitting at home today wanting to do their job, for tuffing it out. we're -- toughing it out. we're going to mak

government shutdown. we are now tied with the longest shutdown in american history. a few weeks ago, the president of the united states, president trump, said he would be proud, quote, proud to shut down the government if he didn't get his way. mr. president, this is nothing to be proud of, and the harmful impacts of the shutdown are growing by the day, growing on people throughout this country who are being denied important government services, really impacting every american. we just heard the other day from the food and drug administration that they are no longer going to be able to carry out some of their food safety inspections, putting at risk the american food supply for every american. we heard from e.p.a. that they're going to be suspending their monitoring of some toxic pollutants, also every day having a growing harmful impact on the country and putting the help of american citizens at risk. so that is nothing to be proud of, mr. president. nor should any of us be proud of the fact that today marks the first full pay period in this shutdown where federal employees are going to get no pay. these are civil se

all, weall -- first of cannot allow the united states government to go down the path of the president just between an emergency, and then re-channeling money that is been legislated for specific purposes. the provisions that exist in federal law offer real national security emergencies. hurricanes, or earthquakes. i would help that might conservative friends would be very suspicious of a process with the president decides he can act in a manner of, you decree aautocrat and national emergency. but there is no guarantee that the president coming even if he defined an emergency, let's reopen the rest of the government. but i do think it would give political cover to the republicans who have grown very tovous about the clamor reopen the government, and would allow them to say, the president can deal with the border emergency, and we can work on it through administrative means, and let's vote with the democrats reopen the government. i think that is what would happen. i think they are looking for a way out. and your point is also correct when you say they are now, theuse of the intense --

government as well. but it is part of the cycle. i must say the united states focused on the middle east after 9/11 and they invested all of this money and suddenly, the progressive governments became a minority in latin america. when they turn her head they said, hey, what is happening here? we had to do something, could a they'rehonduras because trying to have a progressive government. have to find the candidates of the right. they've had s success until now but t the people of latin ameria are witnessing this and they will change the conditions. they will change because the peoples have the right to be in power in latin america. amy: jorge arreaza, venezuelan foreign minister. he was here in new york to meet with the u.n. secretary-general, former vice president of venezuela and the son-in-law of the late president hugo chavez. that does it for our broadcast. happy birthday, edith penty! democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o

saying that every federal worker will get back every penny that he or she is owed by the united states government. . we need make sure that if this ever happens agai >> that bill passed in the house. we'll take you live to the capitol, speaker pelosi is set o sign it. ms. pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. i'm honored to be here to sign this legislation which is about fairness to our federal workers and public employees. it should not be necessary. we shouldn't have a shutdown but since we do, we want to ensure that our public employees, some of them are working without pay, some of them are shut down from -- shut out from working, we ant to ensure they'll be paid. we hope the incentives some in the financial services sectors and some in the credit union will help people who can't pay their bills because they don't get paid. with that, i'm happy to welcome members of congress, one of our eleanor holmes-- norton. mr. beyer from virginia as well. congressman mr. chairman, mr. defazio of oregon. all of them have worked very all of them value, worked hard to make sure that this legislation came to the

government shutdown. we are now tied with the longest shutdown in american history. a few weeks ago the president of the united states said he would be proud "proud to shut down the government if he did not get his way. mister president this is nothing to be proud of them that horrible impasse of the shutdown those impacts are growing by the day on people throughout this country who are denied important government services and we heard the other day from the fda that they can no longer carry out food safety inspections putting at risk the american food supply for every american. we heard from t the epa they will be suspending theg monitoring of some toxic pollutants every day having a growing harmful impact on the country and putting the health of american citizens at risk. that is nothing to be proud of. nor should any of us be proud of the fact that today marks the first full pay. of this shutdown where federal employees will get no pay. these are civil servants who will work when they are allowed to to provide fundamental services and i know you cannot read it from there but their payhe stubs today where their nor

united states government did not call somebody a dictator lately. we labeled muduro he was only the fourth living in the state a dictator it was kim john young in korea. not a late moment for the united states government. so sure enough a few months later, nine months later in 2018 the illegitimate elections take place in the opposition doesn't take car into them but he believes are going to be fair and honest. in the election still take place and even if you believe his numbers again, which we know from time again they are deflated and not real. but even if you believe his numbers, 6 million people show up to vote for him in 2018. nine months earlier as a referendum that had seven-point to million show up against him. so again democracy. what do the people actually wa want, the people do not want muduro. so what happened yesterday with this inauguration was a combination of this moment that has destroyed to market street in venezuela. he is a dictator and there's no doubt in my mind in the united states government has recognize that. the internation

organizations like the organization of american states or you that claimed that there was fraud but. that is not recognized by the government of the united states or the government of trump. makes you know little decisions like moving the embassy to jerusalem etc and that are recognized by everyone i just wanted to show you this graph. this is. from from twitter i'm not even mentioning other social media the official spokespersons of the united states. see how ingenue in january that trend is increasing twenty three and twenty four you see on the twenty third there were there were expecting a coup d'etat military coup which didn't happen because because the armed forces in venezuela defend the constitution they could not even through extortion or financing or incitement conventions our our military to overthrow our president because then they won't be able to do it they won't be able to do it they was it was in vain once again it was it was it was it was or it was it was an erroneous move once again it's just amazing when president trump. is. this is a recognition of a state when when president trump tweeted that he recognized as a membe

attract immediate attention is highlighting this notion, this truth, that no one in the united states government that deals with those prisoners. and deals with how they are looked at or not. but also, whether they pose a security threat to the united states on the republican side of things, i think they need to be on as well. i think if we can get a presence back in the united states government, that is something we can work towards. more fundamentally than that, let's keep hammering away. we have to. i am sure that most know we have to. we know the significance of this dreadful place. thank you. >> thank you to our panel. >> thank you david. >> thanks david. >> thank you. >>> it is day 25 of the government shutdown, and coming up on c-span three, virginia governor ralph delivers the state of the commonwealth address. and in wyoming governor mark gordon delivers his inaugural address followed by his state of the state address. later idaho governor brad liberal delivers his first state of the state address in boise. >>> c-span's washington journal, live every day, with news and policy issues tha

states that called it fraud. but that is not recognized by the government of the united states or the government of decisionss unilateral moving the embassy to jerusalem. i just wanted to show you this graph. from twitter. the official spokesperson of the united states. trend isy, the increasing. on the 23rd, they were expecting a military to date top -- a military coup d'État. the armed forces could not defend the constitution. they could not convince our military to overthrow our president and they will not be able to do it. it was in vain once again. erroneous move once again. it is just amazing. -- when heent trump tweeted that he recognized a member of parliament as a dictator. they were waiting for the order. as soon as it was given, they started recognizing him. it is obvious. it is too shameless. this can not be accepted. in fact, it should be condemned. willhe security council convene a meeting to evaluate who is behind this coup d'etat and to punish those who remember behind it and you wouldn't need a lot of intelligence because the evidence, the evidence is abundant in social media and the statements and comm

united states. we can't see totally got on the public record what's going on here. safe to say those in u.s. governmentd the state department are trying to piece together the puzzle seer. >> it happens to be his twin brother talked about the process in dealing with this. our ambassador in russia has visited. here is his brother, david talking about the process they hope continues. >> he hopes to see them next week, but still very early stages as far as helping them -- i think it's going to be a slow process and i understand secretary pompeo is both engaged in the difficulty and also whether there's not a lot of detail yet. >> so what is the process like? what are secretary pompeo say to the prime minister of russia dealing with this case? >> is very likely saying whether he's a spy for the united states or not, so you listen, you've got a release the sky. he doesn't have anything to do with espionage. what is your game here? i know you don't want to provoke the united states said that we have to take similar action here although certainly i think we would do it on a more ethical basis than with the rus