to democracy.” feel like we have very limited freedom of expression in burma.imited, you have to be direct. you can only protest in this way, or that way, only this issue or that issue. we cannot freely think. it is already gone. the bright future. she is already old, i fill the generations will change it. without making sure your present is ok, there is not going to be a future. and i think aung san suu kyi is making the future it is. we are quite similar, actually, regarding the military. 0ur opinions against the military. we have some common points. at the end of the day, we are both from myanmar. sir even when we have very opposing opinions we have to work sometimes hand—in—hand, and sometimes hand—in—hand, and sometimes quite opposite the, but at the end, it should be for the betterment of irma. —— burma. for more on the bbc‘s season bringing people together across divides, go to our website. we explore the power and possibilities of encountering people with conflicting opinions, across divisions of race, class, faith, politics and generation. that's all a

i feel like we have very limited freedom of expression in burma.rect. you can only protest in this way, oi’ you can only protest in this way, or that way, only this issue oi’ or that way, only this issue or that way, only this issue or that issue. we cannot freely think. it is already gone, the bright future. she is already old, i feel the generations will change it. without making sure your present is ok, there is not going to bea is ok, there is not going to be a future. and i think aung san suu kyi is making the future exist. we are quite similar, actually, regarding the military. 0ur opinions against the military. we have some common points. at the end of the day, we are both from myanmar. so though even when we have very opposing opinions we have to work sometimes hand—in—hand, and sometimes hand—in—hand, and sometimes quite oppositely, but at the end, it should be for the betterment of burma. the spacex dragon capsule has successfully docked with the international space station. nasa is hoping that it could be used to take people into space f

all of the books and where you could report something for being hate speech was in so people from burma simply couldn't understand how to reports and the and the hate speech that was put on the platform and what we found was that were there was the vilification of the rigging of muslims that led to a genocide and that is the power frankly of facebook now you know let's not bring our hands and say this is impossible the solution is this you need him and moderators rather than just algorithms you need people that can go and who read beings in this case or understand the nuance of it and they're able to take action the problem is and the reason these social media companies are so profitable is they're just relying on computers and artificial intelligence rather than having real people intervening and frankly that makes mark zuckerberg incredibly rich but we're also dogs. is the damage to society and i think if any of your views want to look into the connection between facebook and burma they'll find that really it's quite shocking a shocking situations appear that all this lies all this ha

those around him are by the way in small numbers but under colonialism the british empire became too burma in large numbers of course that created problems. one of the remarkable things about the want to be read it was that. the control by the authorities was very strict and very strong. so we had very little religious disturbances of course it was sort of pushed underground. but with the return of democracy and. a greater openness and of course at the same time manipulation it came out reemerge on a much bigger scale. in politics there are two emotions which are very strong one is greed and the others fear. because we are under the military dictatorship fifty one years. and then we have a civil war that's been raging between the central military and the ethnic on organizations. saw it's like. an ending. continuous fear. even educated people in your ma say that all you see the images they breed like cockroaches or insects and very soon you're hung stage will be full of was going religious and it was a buddhist will be swallowed so it's like we are defending our country our society and our

burma protesters in the streets of omdurman defying the new ban on public gatherings i think calling for president omar al bashir to step down saying that the state of emergency won't deter them by we will overthrow this regime they shot five across the country they have been anti-government marches for weeks that people first took to the streets in december when authorities decided to triple the price of bread inflation is running at more than seventy percent rendering normal life virtually impossible for many sudanese. the president's response to the wrist extending the powers of security forces this week he appointed army officers to top government posts justifying the move by saying quote they can address issues of salaries and services and create decent work opportunities for youth. the work i did for the us pronto. we praise allah that he has given us this opportunity and. if you go on today a new chapter begins in sudan's history. protesters are determined to see this chapter and quickly western powers including the u.s. britain and canada rebuked sudan for its return to milit

poverty the pull of migration and the brain drain for african nations key finding some that are for burma to survey the scene to point to a vicious circle but the research also provides a framework for the future. to make better decisions in. and also how to care for the migrants of this event across different does and what channels they need to open up to them so you know that's one hand the economic growth but we find in this highlighted pragmatic examples of migration on the ground but the middle east people are going there because they find jobs and because there are sectors which are filled in by migrants probably exclusively so so what we want to look at the long run are indeed these legal pathways where people have some sort of social networks and safety mechanisms with a third of africans considering leaving home new best practice urgently needed. i'm joined now by professor say emanuel g. a bloody the director off afro barometer that's the network that conducted the survey it's just been presented in nairobi welcome to the africa professor what were your most surprising findings.

handling rwanda and yugoslav atrocities and international evidence collection activities in syria and burma. the icc is attacking america's rule of law. it is not too late to change course and we urge them to do so immediately. thank you. >> the secretary has time for a few questions. associated press. reporter: very briefly on the icc decision, are you doing this because they have not closed for -- closed or dropped the pending afghanistan investigation, or is there some other reason? secondly i'm wondering if you , had a chance to see and if you could respond to what the north korean deputy foreign minister said overnight about the u.s. giving up a golden opportunity by walking away in hanoi and blaming you personally and mr. bolton for creating this atmosphere of hostility. sec. pompeo: with respect to the reason for the actions we are taking today, it is part of a continued effort to convince the icc to change course with his -- with its potential investigations and potential prosecutions of americans for their activities and our allie'' activities in afghanistan. stop them trying to pr

and shipped out over time to go jobbers period out there we have of dollars in concessions to build burma will lead to plant and none of those are operational today most are put grid plugged into what are you so exactly over seventy percent of the country blacked out and this has happened before dr wachter such a marxist city has been weeks without electricity in the past year and outages like this one have been happening all over the country for years but never of the magnitude we've seen in the last few days where the whole country was wiped out today marks sixty years since the spiritual leader of tibet the dalai lama fled his homeland amid a failed uprising against chinese rule he's been living in exile in india ever since for many tibetans today's anniversary is a bitter occasion standing in the rain in delhi this group of activists chant free tibet and sing traditional songs and buddhist chants the gathering was also to commemorate the many thousands of tibetans killed during the sale revolt in one nine hundred fifty nine. after that uprising an estimated one hundred thousand tibeta

because and donovan penn who go charges being down there years of dollars in concessions to build burma will lead to a plant and none of those are operational today most of the grid is plugged into what are you so exactly old seventy percent of the country is blacked out and this has happened before not a drive over such a margin city has been weeks without electricity in the past year and outages like this one have been happening all over the country for years but never of the magnitude we've seen in the last few days where the whole country was wiped out. that was davies also speaking to me a short while ago from the venezuelan capital caracas that in algeria has seen the biggest demonstrations against president abdelaziz bouteflika since protests began in the country two weeks ago the eighty two year old has ruled out geria for the past twenty years and is in poor health but he wants to run for a fifth term in upcoming elections the demonstrations were mostly peaceful bought police used tear gas to block the road to the presidential palace and in several other areas of the capital st

of dollars in concessions to build burma lector plant and none of those are operational today most of the grid is plugged into forty so if that failed seventy percent of the country is blacked out and this has happened before not a drive all the second largest city has been weeks without electricity in the past year and outages like this one have been happening all over the country for years but never have the magnitude we've seen in the last few days when the whole country was wiped out that was the w.'s also shrank in caracas for us officials in algeria have rescheduled spring break for its university students moving it forward to sunday more than a week earlier than planned it's being seen as an attempt to quell the growing protest against president bush to speak up students have been at the heart of demonstrations against the president's bid to extend his two decade rule friday's protests saw hundreds of thousands marching in the streets of the capital algiers and other parts of the country. protests have started peacefully thousands marched analogy is against president do to free

because in two thousand and ten who go java's gave out their only as of dollars in concessions to build burma lector plant and none of those are operational today most of the grid is plugged into forty so if that failed seventy percent of the country is blacked out and this has happened before not a cry of all the second largest city has been weeks without electricity in the past year and outages like this one have been happening all over the country for years but never of the magnitude we've seen in the last few days where the whole country was wiped out not to some other stories from around the world. full of pain people have been killed in a plane crash in central columbia a local man and his family were among the victims emergency service and suggestion suggested engine failure could have caused the propeller plane to crash. in syria the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces have caused military operations against a so-called islamic state in babu's to allow more citizens to be evacuated more than sixty thousand people have been displaced by fighting there as syrian regime forces prepared

he visited yugoslavia, burma, india and egypt to plead the case for malaysia. india was especially friendly. yugoslavia apologized for criticizing malaysia. burma agreed that it would allow singapore -- time, british and indonesianers kept forces on the back foot. the irony is that the indonesian economy went into a freefall. diplomats, then point is for me to expand what is happening in the african continent, indonesians could not match what a team did in 1964. a team of malaysians went on a tour of africa to say that aggression was unwarranted and malaysia was a fulfillment of the self-determination aspiration. lee found himself on a roll. many agreed with him. the leaders of ghana and ethiopia agreed and called him a hitler's. what is critical is that the kenyacoast and enya -- supported. bys helped lock in malaysia 19 65. months before, in egypt, afro asian nations had come didn't condemned the empty malaysian campaign. this is what it said in its memoirs of 19 65. there was something else he did not see coming. pro-u.s. indonesian army was trained and equi

this is due to your news live from burma a surprise twist in the kim jong non murder case prosecutors withdraw charges against an indonesian woman accused of assassinating north korean leader kim jong un's house brother so where does this leave the investigation. also coming up the weather was clear the plane was new but something went wrong investigators search for answers in the crash of an ethiopian airlines flight that's killed all one hundred fifty seven people on board. venezuela's catastrophic blackout reports of a spike in looting and people dying in hospitals without electricity tempers are flaring just the country enters its fourth day of a power outage. plus a new offer of get gets provocative in more ways than one has updated thirty classic takes on europe for a few cheap prices but the director just opening that he was stuck in moscow and not by choice. i'm so much calmer thank you for joining us we start in malaysia where an indonesian woman held on suspicion of killing the half brother of north korean leader kim jong un has been freed after charges were dropped citi is

fundamentalism to impose cultural taboos on burma and that's happening in india now and it's very scary even in the united states i would think if you think about it are the radical right radical religion radical islam days this is what i always say and you think about it the right is not pro women it's not pro choice it's not pro freedom it's very oppressive definitely i would say that there is a tendency even in the west towards this you know backlash we're yeah i guess that our god of war also i am. who i am very interested in the fact that you have some women who are claiming their religion to find sources in religion to to empower themselves so that's interesting that they wouldn't you know give the religion away in the hands of men but saying no we we have to claim it and she said that you to have been interpreted for centuries for every you know more than ten trees by a man and now if we read the whole history we can have a feeling for minister female interpretation of it and be at the center of the. history ellen you know i think there's really no lack of women's artistic output

representatives of burma nearly sixty countries are there to honor the fifteen people gunned down during friday prayers to mix into. the at. the haka thank you so much for joining us everyone where we begin with those dramatic developments in the u.k. where british lawmakers have dealt yet another defeat to prime minister theresa may over breaks it on me was trying to pass a motion approving only part of the droll deal she agreed with brussels while she tried to circumvent resistance to her plan from parliament and get a short deadline extension on breaks it from brussels but instead a deal was rejected by a vote of three hundred forty four. two hundred eighty six a margin of fifty eight votes well now it appears a much longer extension might be required from the european union as may hinted in her statement to m.p.'s after the vote to close. to speak rising to should be a matter of profound regret to every member of this house the once again we have been unable to support leaving the european. the implications of the house's decision. the legal force now is the united kingdom is due to

news from burma reports by ethiopian state media say both black boxes from a crashed airliner have been found they could provide answers to why the ethiopian airlines flight went down killing all one hundred fifty seven people on board the weather was clear the plane was new so what went wrong. also coming up prosecutors with drug charges against an indonesian foreign accused of assassinating north korean leader kim jong un's half brother so where does that leave the investigation . plus a new offer against provocative in more ways than one at this updated varity classic takes on europe's refugee crisis but the director missed the opening night he was stuck in moscow and not by choice. i'm sorry so much god it's good to have you with us ethiopian state t.v. is reporting that both black boxes from an airliner that crashed there on sunday morning have been located the boeing at seven thirty seven max eight jet went down six minutes after taking off from addis ababa on its way to nairobi all one hundred fifty seven people on board were killed the crash has raised concerns over the safety o

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they play a crucial role and all the things that you can blame the government for you can also blame burma. giving away food has been the government's way of winning times in the middle of economic trouble but the political crisis is not over and nobody really knows how long it will last. he said will. pass the democratic speaker of the u.s. house of representatives nancy pelosi says her chamber will vote on march twenty sixth to override a presidential veto on efforts to terminate the emergency declaration president donald trump issued the veto the on the first day the first of his presidency on friday to block a bipartisan measure in congress to end the emergency which would secure funding for his border wall congress is unlikely to muster the votes to override trance veto but a bipartisan vote on thursday did pass despite the house being a public and majority it's part of his crackdown on migrants trumps administration has already stopped providing care for asylum seekers one church in san diego which provides shelter for migrants has been overwhelmed with people needing help is now bee

for burma and so that's happening in china but actually this process is occurring in many other places in the world and in various forms that we might actually recognize it very easily but you know in america and europe you're finding many of these types of carrot and stick eyebrow gotta cut around. aero carry over to a second segment thanks for being on the kaiser report all right that's going to do it for part one and this edition of kaiser report with bay max kaiser and stacy i would like to thank our guest bret scott easy all star of the heretic's guide to global finance if you want to catch us on twitter it's kaiser report until next time. passes more considered and the most to be against india encouraging and the most vehement it's national against any one of its neighbors as a good state policy right this is where pakistan is very different. then india right now if they go on this trajectory unfortunately even not being able to be responsible players in this region this region this stuff for far too long because of this ongoing conflict between these two giants in the region. th

releasing a flood of mining waste and killing as many as four hundred eight people in your town of burma deano the group was first charged in january but since then internal company documents showing more realistic wrist risk assessments have been revealed leading to the expert exit of members of valley management including a temporary suspension of. fabio schwartzman more broadly in light of the deadly consequences of those faulty audits brazilian prosecutors are reexamining or perhaps examining for the first time more than one hundred other similar precarious piles of mining waste according to the wall street journal the business paper reports that affected companies include arcelor mittal and company sooner or as you know. there is also energy news out of an unlikely location in the middle east as exxon begins exploring for hydrocarbons in offshore territory controlled by israel exxon would be the first major in their sector to do business in israel other companies or soon would be reluctant to risk jeopardizing business in countries that officially take strong stances in favor of pal

releasing a flood of mining waste and killing as many as four hundred eight people in your town of burma deano the group was first charged in january but since then internal company documents showing more realistic wrist risk assessments have been revealed leading to the expert exit of members of valley management including a temporary suspension of. fabio schwartzman more broadly in light of the deadly consequences of those faulty audits brazilian prosecutors are reexamining or perhaps examining for the first time more than one hundred other similar precarious piles of mining waste according to the wall street journal the business paper reports that affected companies include arcelor mittal and company sewer as you know. there is also energy news out of an unlikely location in the middle east as exxon begins exploring for hydrocarbons in offshore territory controlled by israel exxon would be the first major in their sector to do business in israel other companies or soon would be reluctant to risk jeopardizing business in countries that officially take strong stances in favor of palesti

growing in your ma by the way in small numbers but under colonialism the british empire became too burma in large numbers of course that created problems. one of the remarkable things about the want to period was that. controlled by the authorities was very strict and very strong so we had very little religious disturbances of course it was pushed underground. but with the return of democracy and. a greater openness and of course at the same time manipulation it came out reemerge on a much bigger scale. in politics there are two emotions which are very strong one is greed and the others fear. because we're under the military dictatorship fifty one years. and then we have a civil war that's been raging between the central military and the ethnic on the organization's. saw it's like. an ending. continuous fear. even educated people in your mass either or you see the inches they breed like cockroaches or insects and very soon your hind state will be full of was going religious and it was the buddhists will be swallowed so it's like we are defending our country our society and our religion s

the same day, japanese forces then commencedn a campaign that would drive allied forces from burma cuttingff the last land like to china. during the same months, u-boats reveled off american shores sinking ships and giving american citizens the visions of burning vessels and degrees across the coast. in april, japanese naval forces rampaged across the indian ocean. on april 18, rate responded japan. they gave a boost to allied morale but it was just a one-off stunt. bracketing the raid was more gloom. in may 1942, rommel set a much superior british commonwealth army back in defeat. may, the u.s. navy suffered a actical reverse but achieved temporary strategic victory in repelling a japanese effort. the u.s. navy did secure a victory in the carrier battle at midway and this restored naval parity in the pacific. before the month was over, rommel captured the north coast of africa with 35,000 british defenders. bys town withstood a siege rommel for nine months in 1941. it became a symbol of allied resistance and now it's fall underscored the point that there was no allied success to date that

the free burma rangers provide basic medical assistance to those who desperately need it, but for thest part it is very cold at night and during the day it can get very hot. and as you can see, it can be very dusty as well. i'm going to try to get our cameraman to bear with us now to pan over to where some of the men are waiting to be processed. i spoke to many of them this morning. until now access has been difficult. we managed to speak to some of them. many of them of course deny any connection whatsoever to isis. they say that they were just there it buy and sell goods or they were cooks or they were mechanics. i spoke to only two who actually told me he that they were fighters with the islamic state. but the circumstances that they describe in there are pretty dire. they say that those who were with isis are provided with food but anybody when has no connection with isis is left on their own. one young moroccan man told me he made a big mistake coming here and said that he saw women and children begging isis fighters for food but they refused. so the situation here is bad. but th

i would think the collapse of our southern border is a higher priority than civil unrest in burma. think president is on sound legal ground. i was urging him to do this for months leading up to his decision, and support it. guest: the house -- host: the house disagreed. it looks like the senate, there will be republicans -- guest: i was shocked that nancy pelosi's house -- host: are you shocked republican colleagues in the senate will also vote against the resolution? guest: there are some who object to the law itself, that the law gives too much authority to the president area that is a separate question, an entirely separate issue. the central question is, is that law in place? it is. does the president have the responsibility to defend our borders? he does. remiss in thee charging those responsibilities if he failed to use it. host: republican senator rand paul, from kentucky, says that congress clearly expressed its will not just bend more than $1.3 billion, and to restrict how much of that could go to barriers. therefore, president trump's emergency order is clearly in opposit

presidents have invoked this authority to address such matters as civil unrest in sierra leone and burma. only when this president invoked his authority for the 59th time, to address the most serious national security risk our country has faced in our lifetimes, the collapse of our southern border, do we now hear protests from the left and its fellow travelers. madam speaker, under our constitution the congress appropriates money but cannot spend it. and the president spends money, but cannot appropriate it. he spends it according to laws given to him by congress. in this case, congress appropriated funds and delegated to the president precisely the authority to spend those funds that he is now exercising. whether congress should have delegated this authority is a separate question that no one has raised in 43 years. but while that authority exists, the president has both a right and a duty to use it to defend our country. we also hear protests from the -- that the president's act will divert money from our military projects. listen to what these people are saying. they care more about d

for now, dig in burma and jackson set aside the issue of a book by stone called "the myth of russia collusionincludes what is billed as a new explosive introduction. the issue before the court today was whether stone and his team misled the judge about the book, and that the new edition ineffective violated the gag order. as of the court, a former trump aide subpoenaed by the special counsel for records from ten members of the campaign and transition team questioned whether the judge, judge jackson, could be neutral after handling former campaign chairman paul manafort, giving him another three and half years in jail and criticizing his defense from the bench at yesterday's sentencing. >> i do happen to think, once again -- i don't know why this judge has not recused herself. but that's just me. i don't get it. i don't get how it -- especially yesterday with what she said at the manafort sentencing. it seems to me that she can't be nonbiased if they get to a sentence. >> harris, that's all it got for you. [laughs] 's be when you have done so much the last couple days on this. great job, cathe

according to the state of burma, the navy seals sees letters from usama bin laden's compound after killingtters, intelligence officials found proof that bin laden was grooming his 30-year-old son to replace him as leader of al qaeda. it's notable that hamza was the only son missing on the ninth of fill rate, according to his three wives living on the compound. it is not clear where hamza is hiding today. fighters have found a safe haven in the ad lib providence. they say afghanistan affect center also likely hiding spots for the emerging leader. there is a 1 one bounty on on the side for information leading to his capture. but it's a far cry from the bounty on the heads of the isis leader, the current leader of al qaeda paired both of those leaders remain at large in addition to bin laden's son, harris. >> harris: jennifer, thank you very much. we want to get back to a story we provoked on michael porter lives are. michael cohen will return for yet another hearing before the house intelligence committee next wednesday. he has been asked to bring some documents to back of his testimony. we

they are being treated by a group called the free burma rangers which is an american-led group that we saw also operating around mosul and raqqa as well. this is coming at a high cost. what you are seeing behind me here is it was 6,000 in the last 48 hours. this morning, more people, many more, several hundred at least, have arrived. they are being assembled in this spot behind me. we have spoken in the last 24 hours so women from belgium, finland, france, turkey, turkmenistan, russia and elsewhere. most continue to insist they remain loyal to the islamic state. i heard one woman shouting that someday the islamic state will return and take revenge on all of you -- you being the enemies of the islamic state. whether it is the u.s.-backed syrian democratic forces, the british, american, and french intelligence over the hill behind me interrogating the men who are separated from the women. yes, they are leaving what's left of the islamic state. the problem is what happens to them next? >> these are such important questions. we are only asking them on cnn because you are there as a witness

the reality is that after one am on the fifteenth of march i will change forever and so will some burma was absolutely. on. yeah here one of the horrific things that i of course have live in a very short period of time around events that other countries have experienced before is that this is a trend that it has a could in regions that have experienced these kinds of horrific attacks we are looking to the lease instead of being learned in other jurisdictions around the passions that team to follow me. messages or suggestions of copycat activity these patients are. so we agents he's alive to that you'll see the police taking a precautionary approach with the presents and narrative it is it's also one of the reasons that we remain with it's really full of high just to ensure that our agencies live to some of those patents we see internationally. i don't i don't have anything that quantify it's that certainly the. agencies are taking all the information seriously they are taking a precautionary approach they're focused on ensuring the safety of new zealand as it is our number one priority.

they play a crucial role and all the things that you can blame the government for you can also blame burma. giving away food has been the government's way of winning times in the middle of economic trouble but the political crisis is not over and nobody really knows how long it will last. and tourism is joining us live from now on as the humanitarian crisis continues to raise a windows thing stand politically how is the opposition planning to further undermine the government. well the opposition is also taking to the streets this saturday one why you saw the opposition leader is going around the country challenging the government of nikola muddled up calling on the people to take to the streets but let me tell you where we are right now the donovan has called on the venezuelan people i'm very supporters to also take to the streets today this is a message to the united states to the european union they're saying hands off venezuela the past few weeks it has been that's been difficult for the government of nicholas cowdery specially because of a power outage that has affected all of this cou

burma yes, it works, we have worked with many children. we have not asked for any money. from the education system. he is now a few weeks away from doing his gcses and his behaviour as he runs out of lessons. he is not taking part in his lessons and he is failing in that sense. what happens to him from dan? he is limited for a couege to him from dan? he is limited for a college education and what happens when he goes out into employment? that is one of the things for us. definitely by myself, education has beena definitely by myself, education has been a big factor in creating low self esteem. not everyone learns the same way. we know there are no intelligences and in school there are two. it is not one size all approach. it is also about listening. certainly making sure that the parents come together and they do not have things done to them, they have things that they work with the councils, with the authorities. we could talk for much longer, but thank you, all of you. we really appreciate it. thank you for your company today. have a good day. we have got a little bit o

i would like to move on at this point to burma. a year and a half ago, the the rohanlitary drove got out of their state through a campaign of killings and rapes and burning of villages and some of the most horrific and unspeakable crimes we have seen on this globe in a long time. it when theciate then secretary tillerson, your predecessor, dubbed these atrocious acts as ethnic cleansing. as you know, cleansing is a powerful message, but it does sinceve legal weight and 2017, overwhelming evidence has come out that clearly shows the burmese military committed crimes against humanity. even the department's own investigation into these atrocities came to similar conclusions. several entities, including the house have concluded that these crimes constitute genocide. the state department has not made any legal pronouncement at this point, beyond ethnic cleansing. given all the evidence available , could you comment today, if you are ready to conclude or where you are in determining whether the crimes committed ohingya by the parties mil

presidents have invoked this authority to address such matters as civil unrest in sierra leone and burma. only when this president invoked his authority for the 59th time, to address the most serious national security risk our country has faced in our lifetimes, the collapse of our southern border, do we now hear protests from the left and its fellow travelers. madam speaker, under our constitution the congress appropriates money but cannot spend it. and the president spends money, but cannot appropriate it. he spends it according to laws given to him by congress. in this case, congress appropriated funds and delegated to the president precisely the authority to spend those funds that he is now exercising. whether congress should have delegated this authority is a separate question that no one has raised in 43 years. but while that authority exists, the president has both a right and a duty to use it to defend our country. we also hear protests from the -- that the president's act will divert money from our military projects. listen to what these people are saying. they care more about d

i'd like to move on at this point to burma. a year and a half ago, the burmese military drove the rohingya out of the state through a campaign of killings and rapes and burning of villages, and some of the most horrific and unspeakable crimes that we've seen on this globe in a long, long time. we all appreciate it when the secretary tillerson, your predecessor, dubbed these atrocious, these atrocities as ethnic cleansing. now, as you know, ethnic cleansing is a powerful message, but it doesn't have legal weight, and since 2017, overwhelming evidence has come out that clearly shows that the burmese military committed crimes against humanity. even the department's own investigation into these atrocities came to similar conclusions. several entity, including the house, have concluded that these crimes constitute genocide. the state department has not made any legal pronouncement at this point, beyond ethnic cleansing. given all the evidence available to you, could you comment today if you're ready to conclude or where you are in d

like prohibiting the importation of blood diamonds from sierra leone or prohibiting new investment in burma. this is not a constitutional crisis, in my view, as some point are painting it to be. but i am concerned about the process, for a few reasons. one is a number of our colleagues have pointed out over the last few weeks that it does set a precedent, a use of these powers under which a conference committee has already come up with a dollar amount for border security that was ultimately signed by the president, and he declared a national emergency on top of that in order to gain access to additional money. and i do worry that this sets a precedent whereby a future president could abuse this authority. these 123 congressional grants of authority to presidents -- any president -- are broad, and they cover everything from the military to public health to federal pay schedules. some are pretty unremarkable, like the one that allows the secretary of transportation to waive vehicle weight limits on a stretch of i-95 in maine. that's one of the congressional delegations of authority. some's oth