senator risch: mr. sullivan, i think my friends on the other side in your discussion have kind of sharpened the question that the jury in the senate will have to answer. that is having to do with the corruption in the ukraine. you would agree with me this corruption in ukraine has been going on since they left the soviet union and has been of great concern to virtually every administration, republican, democrat over that period of time. would you agree? mr. sullivan: absolutely. the fact it's been so long-standing and ingrained is what makes it so difficult to change and eradicate now. sen. risch: would you also agree with me that every time we discussed this, and when i say we, all of us, talk about the ukraine, it's almost impossible to talk about conditions. without talking about the corruption in the country. over the many administrations they have had in the ukraine since they got out from under the soviet union, is that a fair statement? mr. sullivan: it affects the entire society. sen. risch: hav

i was deployed to afghanistan i was a member of the idaho army national guard in our governor jim risch was the commander in chief and we had a hard time getting supplies in afghanistan and so i climbed to the top of the hill in the pressure of a valley in afghanistan with a satellite phone and i called governor richardson explained our problem and within 48 hours so governor ridge worked his magic and our supplies were on the way and so i always held him up as kind of a hero of mine and a supporter of the troops and then when senator risch became the chairman in the senate of the senate committee on foreign relations i saw an opportunity 14 years later to reach out to him one more time in asking for help and i had grown tired and weary of the wars and i was tired of seeing my friends deployed back to back to back to back to these conflicts in afghanistan and so i asked senator risch with his powerful position as the chairman to support a movement to end the forever wars and to bring our troops home from afghanistan and iraq and yemen and syria and initially he agreed but then he came b

senator risch notified the white house which then asked manchester to withdraw.e officially pulled out last month, citing personal reasons. >> i love our president. i love our country. >> reporter: so how painful was it to have to withdraw? >> hey, listen, politics is politics. >> reporter: in a statement, the r.n.c. told us "the chairwoman did not suggest to mr. manchester in any way that it would more quickly advance his confirmation if members of his family made a political contribution." the r.n.c. tells us it has returned the money his family donated earlier this year. norah? >> o'donnell: all right, jim. thank you. there is still much more ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." a ground-breaking new study could change how doctors treat heart disease. and later, washington can't bear to say good-bye to its beloved bei bei. bei bei. or psoriatic arthritis. when considering another treatment, ask about xeljanz xr, a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. it can reduce pain, swelling, and significantly

risch: this is an important step we're taking here. this is a matter that we've been discussing for a long time. there's been a lot of action on this. i want to thank senator rubio and senator cardin, who are the lead sponsors of this bill and who have on behalf of the committee done yeoman's work getting it together and getting the bipartisan compromise to get the language here. also on virtually all members of the committee have had fingerprints on this bill, and so in that regard, i think it's going to pass quite handily. i want to thank the banking staff, particularly my colleague from idaho, senator crapo, who of course has the expertise in the banking committee and has the expertise on these kinds of things, on sanctions. they were very helpful in hammering out the language that we needed for the sanction. i want to thank the banking committee staff that was helpful. i want to thank the staff of the foreign relations committee who worked for us, both the minority staff, senator menendez's staff, and mesa, the majority staff, for

chairman risch. you. (applause) (applause) (applause) >> thank you for that thank you for that kind introduction. i really appreciate that. say hello again to idaho's former first lady. vicki stand up and say hello. (applause) doc, you forgot to tell me who is in charge of my safety. what about me? you are i'll take that. thanks for having me here today.. gosh. this is a speech i've wanted to make some time. and i have some prepared remarks. before i get to those and i got them prepared so that they won't be misinterpreted as time goes on. but before you do that i want to talk just briefly about about the relationship between the united states and europe. and then more importantly what i'm specifically talking about here today, and that is ours. united states and europe's relationship as far as china is concerned with china. being in the position i'm in, i get lots and lots of visitors every day from europe. and it's always an interesting experience. i view them as my cousins. my grandfather immigrated on

it's a pleasure to have chairman risch here today. and let me just say some questions today are off the table. we're not talking about impeachment or any of that stuff. this -- dsh we are here to talk about foreign policy today and especially to talk about america's role in leading in a country where we have a major challenge like mc, the rise of china and important alliances. that's going to be the focus for the chairman's presentation. i'd ask you all to honor that as we go through the process of question and answer dialogue with him. he is under a short time. so i without taking more time i would ask you with your warm a applause to please welcome the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. chairman risch. [ applause ] you. >>> thank you for that -- thank you for that kind introduction. i really appreciate that. say hello again to idaho's former first lady. vicki stand up and say hello. [ applause ] >> doc, you forgot to tell me who is in charge of my safety. what about me? you are i'll take that. thanks for having me h

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if i were chairman risch, i would call the state department officials in, who expressed concerns aboutonflict of interest with hunter biden, and see where that takes you. >> sean: can you maybe talk to your colleagues in the senate and make that happen? >> well, the first things i want my colleagues to do is step up and say what is going on in the house is unfair, unamerican, and they are not going to bless it. i would like my colleagues in the senate to say there was no quid pro quo because the aid was given. i would like republicans to step up and say this is a bunch of garbage. >> sean: by the way, the president has a duty to faithfully execute the laws. on both issues, there were laws that were broken, and they never mentioned any aid money, did they? >> not 1 penny. and they got the money! [laughs] >> sean: circus is coming to town. buckle up. thank you, senator. when we come back, members of the mob and the media openly pushing for donald trump to be impeached, and they're not even hiding it. and later, wow, lawrence jones in philly, getting ready -- they are going to make a supe

senator jim risch, thank you very much. senator ted cruz, thank you very much. lindsey graham. lindsey, thank you. and wr and rick scott. thank you, rick, very much. joni is here someplace, joni ernst. these are people who want to see peace in the middle east. they came over to meet the president and we had a very frank discussion. we're dealing with a very big subject, a complex subject thar that's been going on for centuries in many cases, but we're making progress, tremendous progress in the middle east. a couple of questions. oan, go ahead. thank you. >> first i would like to start getting your general reaction today to the impeachment hearings on the hill. do you feel that the democrats made their case and how did you feel about the republican performance? >> you're talking about the witch hunt, is that what you mean? is that what you're talking about? i hear it's a joke. i haven't watched. i haven't watched for one minute because i've been with the president, which is much more important, as far as i'm concerned. this is a sham and shouldn't be allowed. it was a situation

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national defense authorization act according to the senate foreign relations committee chairman jim risch who told the defense news the reason for the push is that this window is closing a lot of nordstrom is done already it will cost them dearly i think if the those sanctions passed the companies will shut down and i think the russians will have to look for another way to do this if they can do this the robust legislation still faces debate on what will be done to include it prior to the coming up for a full vote meanwhile a german politician alexander lands to our who is the deputy head of the german free democratic party weighed in on the situation during the berlin foreign policy forum on tuesday telling our eye where ossie we need to wait for a solution the discussion in washington on north stream too has been going on for a long time and in a very controversial tone i consider it harshly incorrect in terms of the argument put forward adding that they must wait to see what the legislative process will stop. argentina's president elect obrador fernandez said on tuesday he plans to wai

led by senators rubio and cardin, foreign relations chairman risch and ranking member menendez, and a supporting cast of colleagues, this bill is intended to spur hong kong officials and pro-beijing constituencies to protect hong kong's autonomy and its special relationship with the united states and to hold those committing human rights violations in hong kong accountable. it builds off of the 1992 united states-hong kong policy act which asserts that the united states has a strong interest in the continued vitality, prosperity, and stability of hong kong. i'm grateful for the leadership of the senators who worked to advance this bill. madam president, the issue at hand is hong kong's right to an independent judicial system and its unique status in a one-country, two-system construct. the bill that spurred the june protests in hong kong, a bill pushed by the communist chinese central government that sought to impose extraditions from hong kong to mainland china would have directly undercut this judicial independence. this bill has been withdrawn, but a number of other grievances have

they happen to be here, senator jim risch, thank you very much. ted cruz, thank you very much, lindsey graham, lindsey, thank you. and rick scott, thank you, rick, very much, joni is here, joni ernst someplace, these are people that want to see peace in the middle east and i thought it would be appropriate for them to come over and met with the president and we had a lot of frank discussion and we're dealing with a very big subject, a complex subject. it's been going on for centuries in many cases, but we're making a lot of progress. tremendous progress in the middle east. okay. a couple of questions, go ahead. aon, go ahead. >> thank you, mr. president. >> thank you. >> first i'd like to start getting your general reaction today to the impeachment hearings on the hill. do you feel that the democrats made their case and how do you feel about the republicans' performance. >> you're talking about the witch hunt, is that what you mean? is that what you're talking about? i hear it's a joke. i haven't watched, i haven't watched one minute i've been wit

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let me, before i riffed a little bit, let me command chairman risch. held up a vote at a business meeting we had in the foreign relations committee. i agreed on the substance. rarely do i do that but i said mr. chairman, you're not going have my vote on this one if we don't have a hearing on war powers. he wanted my vote. he's a pragmatic man. he's also a man of his word andy held a committee hearing on assessing the various aumfs we have out there. this is really important to me, but sort of, and maybe we will strike some people as an opting to bring but we have passed a full authorization bill when authorizing new authorities and changing existing legal authorities under foreign relations committee jurisdiction since chairman -- any guess? >> jesse helms. >> he nailed it. walter is just -- >> i grew up in north carolina and jesse helms was a very thorough guy. >> my former boss for a couple of years, chairman richard lugar, an incredible statesman for whom i have incredible respect, came very close. he asked what we now call and authorities bill. see

senator risch notified the white house, which then asked manchester to withdraw.iting personal reasons. >> i love our president. i love our country. >> reporter: how painful was it to have to withdraw? >> hey, listen, politics is politics. >> reporter: ronna mcdaniel declined our interview request, but in a statement the rnc told us the chairwoman did not suggest to mr. manchester in any way that it would more quickly advance his confirmation if members of his family made a political contribution. the rnc says mr. manchester's decision to link future contributions to an official action was totally inappropriate. they said they have cut ties with him and returned the money his family donated earlier this year. >> you wonder if the mistake was putting it in an email or if it was an actual violation of policy and what people think -- >> as you point out, there's a history of, you know, particular benefactors getting ambassadorships. >> democrats, republicans. it's usually been about 35%. now it's closer to half. >> it doesn't sound like draining the swamp when you he

did we pass the risch-menendez bill on turkey? no. did we pass the house version of that legislation? nope. day after day, week after week, we sit on our hands, too timid to act on any legislation that might upset erdogan while he is in town. whatever happened to standing up for our american values? this weekend, national security advisor robert o'brien declared that, quote, there's no place for ethnic cleansing for war crimes in the 21st century, close quote. will president trump deliver that message to erdogan on wednesday? will he seek to maintain any shred of dignity and u.s. credibility on human rights issues, or will he let erdogan engage in these horrific human rights abuses without consequence? question number four, will our president stand up to turkish aggression against its neighbors throughout the region? turkish naval ships routinely violate the exclusive economic zones of cyprus and may take measures in formagusa that would set the peace process on the island back even further. turkey also routinely violates airspace tha

in climate, especially for middle income countries that argue that the historical missions for the risch countries mean they have to wait per person. john: a carbon tax is the way to secure that? you pointed to the political difficulties of that, but that is the fairest way to do it? bill: that is a way to do it. if you look at the u.s. in particular, i don't think it is likely to happen. we have tax credits on renewables, renewable portfolio standards. you can get there in a way that is less neutral. there is a variety of regulations to help nascent sectors. in the industrial sector, people have gotten excited about the low hanging fruit. the electric part is the easy part. you still have to do the grid. various things including industrial are very difficult. nuclear, you get a million times the energy per reaction than by burning carbon, so it is advantaged if you do the design right, cannot say it would succeed but it would be good in this innovation portfolio. we have to have a lot of bets knowing some of them won't succeed. john: you think you have come up with a new design which wo

on c-span3, risch speaks about china's europe.e in announcer: this week the house intelligence comealtlds the first public impeachment hearings. top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, and deputylor assistant secretary of state george kent will testify. friday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2, former u.s. to ukraine, marie yovanovitch will appear before the committee. read testimony from the deposition. transcripts at c-span.org/impeachment. the fall of look at the berlin wall next. spokesmanr 9, 1989, a for east berlin's communist party announced that for the first time since the dawn of the cold war, citizens were free to cross the border. this series of nbc special reports covers the breaking culminates in a 20-minute special summarizing wallistory of the berlin and historic events of that day. >> we interrupt this program for an nbc news special report. here is garrick utley. >> good afternoon. a late and truly sensational report coming in from east germany. which endednference just a few minutes ago in east berlin, government officials announced that communist east germany has now declared

eastern, idaho senator jim risch, chairman of the foreign relations committee, speaks about china's growing economic and political influence in europe. >> watch the c-span networks live this week as the house intelligence committee holds the first public impeachment hearings. the committee led by chairman adam schiff will hear from three state department officials starting wednesday at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3. william taylor and deputy assistant secretary of state george kent will testify. on friday at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span2, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie jovanovich will appear before the committee. the head of the hearings, read wetness testimony -- witness testimonies on c-span.org/impeachment. iraq,t, veterans of the afghanistan and vietnam wars discuss the complexities of america's roles in those conflicts. this event was hosted by the nixon library, chapman university in the orange county navy league. >> good evening, everyone. i'm director of the program at chapman university. i want to thank you again for coming out tonight. over 40 years ago, i came to chapman unive

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>> well, listen, i asked chairman risch, the chairman of the foreign relations committee back in may, to conduct an investigation into rudy giuliani's shadow foreign policy. we all knew something was really amiss in and around ukraine back in the spring. there have been requests to the chairman for months now to try to get to the bottom of all of this. as you mentioned, nobody around the world is going to ally themselves with the united states, is going to partner with us in fights against dictatorships and terrorism if they think they'll get pulled into u.s. domestic parents as the ukrainians did or they'll be double crossed as trump did to the kurds. there's a meltdown of american credibility around the world which is of course an important topic for the senate foreign relations committee to talk about yet we're doing nothing. this week the senate foreign relations committee will have no hearings. we will have no questions about what is happening. at least the house is going forward, i'm glad they're taking their responsibilities seriously. you're right, there are important nonpolit

it started in an effort to encourage our elected leaders, specifically the idaho junior senator jim rischsenate committee on foreign relations, to use their influence and power to find a political solution to the endless wars. secondarily we're asking congress to reclaim their authority under the constitution to be the only authorized body to declare war and to properly declare war before they send troops back into foreign conflicts. charles: there is no doubt congress has abdicated a lot of its power i think, that were originated under the constitution to the executive branch a long time ago. you know, some people believe they have done that to be quite frank with you, they would rather not take responsibility. put it on the shoulders of who the current president is. to your point, we've been in afghanistan a long time. we've been in the middle east a long time. still more recently when president trump said he would pull out 50 advisors in syria, a lot of people became hawks, including people i never even knew cared about the military? >> correct. strange bedfellows. whenever the preside

idaho senator jim risch, chairman of the foreign relations committee, speaks about china's growing economic and political influence in europe. >> watch the c-span networks live this week as the house intelligence committee holds the first public impeachment hearings. the committee led by chairman adam schiff will hear from three state department officials starting wednesday at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3. william taylor and deputy assistant secretary of state george kent will testify. on friday at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span2, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie jovanovich will appear before the committee. the head of the hearings, read wetness testimony -- witness testimonies on c-span.org/impeachment. iraq,t, veterans of the afghanistan and vietnam

they happen to be here, senator jim risch, thank you very much, ted cruz thank you very much. lindsey graham, thank you very much, rick scott, thank you very much. joan sy ernst is here someplace. these people want to see peace in the middle east. i thought it would be appropriate to have them come over. they met with the president. we had a lot of very frank discussion. we're dealing with a very big subject, a complex subject. it has been going on for centuries in many cases but we're making a lot of progress, tremendous progress in the middle east. okay, couple questions. go ahead, oan. go ahead. reporter: thank you, mr. president. >> thank you. reporter: first i would like to start out getting general reaction today to the impeachment hearings on the hill. do you feel that democrats made their case and how did you feel about the republican performance? >> talking about the witch-hunt, is that what you mean? is that what you're talking about. i hear it's a joke. i haven't watched, i haven't watched for one minute because i've been with the the president which is much more im

come and we'll keep them apprised but some of them joined us they happened to be here senator jim risch thank you jim very much ted cruz thank you very much lindsey graham lindsey thank you and rick scott thank you very much joni is here joni ernst someplace. these are people who want to see peace in the middle east and i thought it would be appropriate to have them come over and they met with the president and we had a lot of very frank discussion and we're dealing with a very big subject a complex subject it's been going on for centuries in many cases but we're making a lot of progress tremendous progress in the middle east ok a couple of questions go ahead go ahead. thank you 1st i'd like to start out getting your general reaction date to the hearing on the l. do you feel that the crowd made their case and how do you feel about the republican form are. you talking about the witch hunt is that what you mean is that what you're talking about i thought here it's a joke i haven't watched i have a watch for one minute because i've been with the president which is much more important as fa

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risch: mr. president, first of all, i don't question the sincerity whatsoever of my good friend from new hampshire. indeed, she is quite correct that the united states has been a leader as far as developing methods by which we clean up the air and clean up the water. there's nothing that's happening here today at this moment that is going to affect that at all. american companies are going to continue to be on the front edge of this on a very innovative basis, and i have every confidence that american businesses will rise to the occasion and will continue to actually be the world leader in this regard. what i object to is making an agreement with other countries that truly bind the united states, binds united states citizens but doing it without going through the constitutional process of submitting the agreement that is between our country and others as it specifically, very specifically provided in article 2, section 2. i think if we did that, i think we would wind up with a better agreement.