effort peacefully to resolve the situation through negotiations under the auspices of the organization of american states and latin american leaders. general noriega has rejected all of these efforts. last friday, noriega declared a state of war with the united states. the next day, the pdf shot to death an unarmed, american serviceman, wounded another, seized and beat another serviceman, and sexually threatened his wife. under these circumstances, the president decided he must act to prevent further violence. our troops will use only the force necessary to achieve the objectives and will be withdrawn as quickly as possible. at approximately midnight tonight, the democratically elected leaders of panama, president endara and vice presidents calderon and ford, were sworn in and assumed the ir rightful positions. they welcome and support our actions and have stated their intention to institute a democratic government immediately. the united states has recognize that government and will restore normal relations and will cooperate to rebuild a free and prosperous panama. pres. bush: i, today, directed the se

regional multilateral organizations too like the organization of american states and the lima group are members of a treaty called the rio treaty. they've taken the lead. they've allowed america to be the supporting effort in helping the venezuelan people move towards achieving their desire for freedom, liberty, and to simply take care of their own families. it was the summer just a few months ago when the organization of american states put out its first ever statement affirming the right to religious freedom, something this administration has taken to heart and worked on tirelessly. and bolivia, as i said before, appointed the first ambassador to the united states in over a decade. there is more democratic cooperation in our hemisphere today than any point in history and we're proud of the fact that we've been a part of helping them get to that place. we do this for a couple of reasons. this gets to how president trump thinks about the world. we support it because people should be free to exercise their unalienable right to self-government. we support it because political freedom goes

him because the united states was no good i mean i don't think that russia china angle plays of fact there. were almost as mistake was was the trust the organization of american states ok and that was his big mistake here and then robert one of the things that you know one of the broad brush issues of 200-1000 is really the middle classes around the world revolting against neal liberalism against the neo liberal model we see it from in the middle east we saw it in the areas they import the yellow vests is a perfect example there is a look at the european one but you know you can go all through south america it is very broad here in this is a reaction to that i always hear a page from demus script here against this neal liberal economic order it is not helping the. no classes it's helping the very very you know it's getting awards well yeah it's just corporate corporate power taking over if you look at the united states the unions you know it's not not not necessarily the answer but union membership has been down by like 30 percent since the 1980 s. so you have this movement towards and i blame it on corporate power the politicians just aren't able to get get

going to work we're a to set it up it's already we already signed the agreement with the organization of american states we have some agreements in the united nations the offices are already open the really they are in the i'm a commissioner. they have already signed. agreements with us with the executive branch with the attorney general there they are very it's already set up and it's going to start investigating cases soon and i think it's not it's not only the commission but it's also the government i mean people are people there is working with us we have a minister of public works 29 years old we have a half hour a camera the room and so you say it's going to start and when will it start proper investigations do you think you're going to start judicial action cases that's going to take probably 6 months to a year but it's very ready the fact that the commission is already there that their way is his name a commissioner that the offices are open that they are signing the agreement that they are hiring the people that they are starting to look at the cases just that fact has a very as a really pride

were fraud in elections as i said that narrative completely at odds with obviously the organization of american states but also obviously nature governments like britain like washington who say it was evil moral. as for the on going to do usually do you think one of the one of the context we should understand the coup is that bolivia has the largest sources of lithium which is used in the every phone battery every laptop battery in the world i think there are a number of elements certainly the model is government was always nationalist and sovereign to defend its national resources it nationalized its national resources particularly its gas resources. years ago so i mean listen may have been an element. but i think more generally this bolivia. morales government was a part of what was often known as the pink tide of left this governments in latin america during the 1st decade and a half of the 21st century and if you look around in the hemisphere all those governments have been heavily punished by. you know industrial states and that sort of countries from the global north for having dead to question

by the way is an accord between these members of the organization of american states that promises a mutual defense among them but while there were bans being dropped on venezuelan political officials bans were being lifted in the name of baseball is writers also reporting that the u.s. treasury department has created an exemption from its venezuela related sanctions allowing for transactions with the country's local baseball league this moved out paves the way for players under contract with us major league baseball teams or their minor league affiliates to participate in the venezuelan league known as the l b b p so baseball good socialism bad and all the venezuelans are trapped in between joining us now to discuss is a coordinating committee member of the black lines for peace now for freeman knepper always a pleasure having you on sir thank you so did you recently returned from venezuela what do you think the effects of this travel ban will be for those $25.00 that is wayland's affected by it and the president nicolas maduro so again is going to it's . going to. increase the isola

and regional multilaterals, too, like the organization of american states ap lima group are part of the rio treaty. they're taken the lead and allowed america to be the supporting effort. helping the venezuelan people move and achieving their desire for liberty and to take care of their own. and they put out the first statement affirming the right to religious freedom and something this administration has taken to heart and worked on tirelessly. and bolivia has appointed its first american ambassador in had decades. >> we've been a part of helping them get to this place. we do that for a reason. this is how president trump ports this. people should be able to exercise trar rights to self-government and because freedom goes hand in hand with economic freedom and flourishing and it benefits the people in kentucky and across america and we support it simply because it's the right thing to do. authoritarian regimes don't go easily. take a look at maduro. he's hanging on today. he rules venezuela, but will never again govern it, but make no mistake, he and other dictators like him to continu

of american life was the last straw , there must be something we could have done. there must have been papers we could've filed. we could've gone to the world court. the organizations of the american statery because of this, absolutely ridiculous. >> the excuse that the invasion ,as to protect american lives the fact is there are 35,000 american citizens. is simply no evidence. i don't think the administration has ever bothered to give any evidence to that. the united states has been to safeguard lives of americans to defend democracy in panama. bush said to restore democracy in panama. how in the world you restore that of which has never existed. panama has never been a democracy since we created for our own purposes in 1903. all we did was go down to restore american control and dominance in panama. >> the new government installed by the invasion was headed by the u.s.-backed candidates from the aborted national election. hours before the invasion they were taken to a u.s. military base where they were sworn in as president and vice president. enjoyedgovernment has little popular support within panama. antigovernment demonstration occurs regularly and there have been numerous attempts

we could have gone to the world court, the united nations, the organization of american states, but invadery because of this? it's absolutely ridiculous. ♪ the americans didn't want noriega, they wanted to destroy the panamanian army. ♪ >> learn more about the 1989 panama invasion, this weekend on american history tv. >> next on history bookshelf, susan cheever talks about her america" ining in which she provides a history of alcohol consumption in america, beginning with pilgrims, and she explains how there beer supply -- themay flower mayflower influenced their decision to land at cape cod. we are honored tonight to welcome susan cheever, best-selling and highly esteemed and biography as she launches her newest book, "drinking in america: the >> "drinking in america - our secret history". he will tell us the secrets.

state senate voted to designate mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. the resolution demand the federal government do something about the cartels because of the direct threat those cartels pose to americans and to the state of ohio. the mayor of jersey city says he believes the intended target of the shooting this week was a jewish school and synagogue with children inside. the two gunmen are believed to have turned to an attached kosher grocery store instead because police police were so quick to even gang them. investigators say the gunmen were driven by anti-semitism and anti-police sentiment. joining us tonight, steve rogers, former trump advisory. and let's start with the terrible shooting designated now as anti-semitism and anti-police motivated shooting. why does it take so long to get to the statement, it's a terrorist act when we knew on its face that that's what it was? >> they should have come out immediately with the ammunition, weapons and knowledge they gained pretty quickly into the investigation. it was a terrorist attack. in this case a terrorist attack against the jewish community. lou: the president signing the executive action, absolutely combating anti-semitism at le

of sanctions both before and after the war with iraq we know how to run our country despite any american sanctions. tradition of the holiday season for world leaders heads of state and major organizations to deliver their annual greetings usually wrap up the passing year and then generally express hope for a prosperous and happy future but this year it seems of a few peculiar messages out there that tells but taking a look. christmas the time of year when people gather together to celebrate the bonds of friendship and family as a side note also a very awkward period for the brits have to regular engage an eye contact except well wishes and feign merriment all at the same time sorry this is not my weekly therapy session but anyway we've all grown tired of repeating the same old merry christmas and in a bid to keep good old yuletide going and make it all trendy in 21st century all the world over people are getting creative with the traditional greeting sometimes though they know how to best put it misjudged the mood while some gingerbread houses we do so i get to go with them $35.00 jet merry christmas to christian soldiers and to those celebrating around the world i'm a big fan of ginge

organization of american oversight. he previously served as senior counsel for the state department and oversight and transparency mattersslator's notes of the putin/trump conversations, but there's lavrov basically offering you the russian notes of the conversations. but the trump administration is not agreeing to that. >> no. it's absurd and it's actually rather striking that maybe that's a good deal for the american public that we should rely on probable russian propaganda to find out what our president said to vladimir putin. the bottom line is when the president snatched those notes from his translator, he not only violated all sorts of norms for how presidents should act, he also violated the law. our group called democracy forward tries to get those notes back in the custody of the state department. so hopefully they can be ultimately produced to the public and we can check what the president's saying. >> do you have any indication that the notes, the trump translated version of the notes still exist? >> we just don't know. there's been a lot of rumor and speculation in the media, which is actually what triggered

that unique mail exchange arrangement was carried out by three american women with the women's organization of the "enemy state." in august of 1972, dave bellinger and i were called to come to paris and were told the vietnamese wanted to make a peace gesture, and would we go to hanoi and bring home three detained pilots? with the mother and wife of two, the wife and parents of the third, were persuaded by the military not to have anything to do with us, dave bellinger, theard faulk, chiles, mother of one, and i invited peter arnett of the associated press and took off for hanoi. "wagingut it in the peace" book. i recommend it. i tell the story because of the importance of civil society in making peace during conflict. jody williams,s the nobel laureate, who called civil society "the third world power." policy, mere mortal people make change. look at the civil society uprisings around the world today that all started as nonviolent calls for democracy, economic decency, and against corruption. the violence that is happening is because of repressive measures by police, but i maintain there is a conscience in this

authorities of our respective agencies to bear against a transnational criminals and transnational criminal organizations that threaten american interest in our people. there is one particular state department tool we are applying today. that is the transnational organized crime awards program. through this program, we are pleased to announce a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of russian cyber criminal yakubets. cost,ering the staggering cyber crimes are significant national security threat to the united states. transnational organized crime awards department is one of the tools the state department uses to bring cyber criminals to justice. as my counterparts have stated, today's action is one step two sure cyber criminals like yakubets cannot hide from justice. we will continue working together to protect americans from these threats. now i would like to turn it over to our u.k. colleagues from the national crime agency, robert jones. >> thank you and thank you to colleagues from the united states for inviting me here to talk about this investigation, which is a landmark in the nca and tackling cyber crime. there is a long story that

we organized through our special operators and 2200 american troops, we organized the capacity for the kurds to fight. the kurds defeated the main force units of the islamic state. 11,000 kurds were killed writing this people. i think we had five of our troops were killed. one is tragic, five is awful. in the context of who is doing the fighting it was the people we empowered then after one phone call, we walk away from that. the turks come pouring across the border and start blasting our allies and their families and 200,000 kurds are taken a foot. you cannot do anything about that, i cannot do anything about that. the only thing we can do is follow our orders as long as they are legal. there will be voices that will attempt to shape policy in a way so we don't make a decision that looks like we are being routed from the battlefield just what that looks like. we had russian troops occupy the american battle position within 24 hours of our special forces leaving them. if i sound like i am mad as hell about this, i am mad. our great soldiers follow their orders and they moved to the east and they are headed into the kurdish regional government in iraq. there wil

state senate voted to designate mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. the resolution demand the federal government do something about the cartels because of the direct threat those cartels pose to americansd to the state of ohio. the mayor of jersey city says he believes the intended target of the shooting this week was a jewish school and synagogue with children inside. the two gunmen are believed to have turned to an attached kosher grocery store instead because police police were so quick to even gang them. investigators say the gunmen were driven by anti-semitism and anti-police sentiment. joining us tonight, steve rogers, former trump advisory. and let's start with the terrible shooting designated now as anti-semitism and anti-police motivated shooting. why does it take so long to get to the statement, it's a terrorist act when we knew on its face that that's what it was? >> they should have come out immediately with the ammunition, weapons and knowledge they gained pretty quickly into the investigation. it was a terrorist attack. in this case a terrorist attack against the jewish community. lou: the president signing the executive action, absolutely combating anti-semitism at least

americans. you have them building a biracial line in little rock. the greenback party disappears by the end of 1870. state of0's, the whole native arkansas farm organizations are formed. the brothers of freedom, northwest. initially these organizations were all white. at the same time, they are being organized, african-american farm groups are being organized as well. monroe county, african-american farmers form the sons of the agricultural star. the same kinds of white organizations are being formed. 1886, they drop to the ,embership requirement nevertheless, all these chapters chapters, wheel segregated, they go to the same state meetings. you have white and black together for these agricultural meetings with a membership of 50,000 in arkansas by the 1880's. suppose these farm groups were nonpartisan. they are all picking up where greenback left off, nominating candidates for local offices and state legislator. 1886, national comes to arkansas. [indiscernible] they are massive in terms of their importance. a labor strike, the great southwestern railroad strike, 1886, supposedly begins in texas, it is called the southwest reich, south midwest reich -- str

today i am commending franklin marshall for organizing and contributing to the recognition of 400 years of african-american history in the united statesars, events across the u.s. have been produced and -- an honorable legacy and contributions of african-americans since a very first recorded groups of slaves from africa can put this shares -- to our shores in 1619. today i want to recognize someone who was central to the production and success of the series of events that took place in the historical fillmore district at the fillmore heritage center. thank you, franklin marshall, for your work, for the last 400 years, to really bring people's attention, of the history of the last 400 years by organizing these events. the series that franklin organized started with a launch party and a lecture back in january of 2018. he organized a storytelling our also at the fillmore heritage center, showcasing african-american heroes and leaders. this took place each and every saturday from january through march. finally, this series commences with an event at the war memorial theatre on august 25th for a book reading and signing gala for the publi

of personnel in france, but think about the publicity efforts in the united states that led to so many donations. another important organization was the society of friends, or the quakers. this was an anglo american operation. the relief committee began working in 1940. this is acdf, still. one of the chauffeurs. the quakers started in 1914 and continued their work until 1924. they helped with reconstruction of destroyed homes and villages. they led projects, including medical aid, refugee assistance, sewing workshops, child resettlement schemes, soup kitchens, and a maternity hospital. they expanded quite a lot in 1970. there are also methodists and mennonites and other american conscientious objectors and pacifists who were part of the unit. in 1917, a lot of americans who were conscientious objectors decided to work for the quakers. one of the things that was difficult is that these areas had a number of refugees. so, there was kind of a moving population. lots of displaced people in the region. the quakers were trying to build housing for all of these people. as one of the quaker workers explained to his family, ours is a small, compact, inexpensive unit and composed not of officers, but most

the united states and mexico canada trade agreement consistent with our commitment to the american worker and to organized labor and to do it in a way that would have the overwhelming support of the labor movement in this country for the first time in history and we kept our promise to the america people that we would we would fight for every day americans consistent with our for the people agenda this week alone sows the difference between the democratic majority in the house and a republican majority which we had in december of 2018. in the prior congress, the signature legislative accomplishment was to pass the gop tax scam where 83% of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1% in america. it was a sham, scam and a shakedown. this week we will move legislation on the floor that restores some fairness to everyday americans, to middle-class folks and to those who aspire to be part of the middle class. by beginning the process of restoring the state and local tax deduction which was stripped away to give a tax increase to the wealthy, well off and the well connected. that was unconscionable but the house democratic majority will begin to reverse the damage that was done by house

organize because of the united states of america. it would have been impossible. reunitedould not have the two countries again. it was because of the american president. it was very important. i was very young and the russians came into the czech republic because the czech republic wanted to get out of the warsaw pact. there was a little village about 15 miles from what was called the iron curtain at the time because the world ended for us, it was a really bad cold war. they came in and we could hear the thunder from the tanks. i was a little boy and i was really worried. my grandmother who was basically raising me because my mother had to take care of family, my ,randmother said, don't worry the americans will help us. they will help us. so this is how i was growing up. and country leads the world is bringing the world into a civilized sort of place. so you need to understand, this is how we look at the united states of america from germany. and then if you see this type of take them home and this kind of stuff, because it happened before. you two things because it is important. the whole social ceos and what have you, is not just about va

of virginia, american evolution 2019, the city of hampton. the grass roots organization project 1619 and hampton rhodes community, the fort monroe authority and the united states armed forces who are supporting this event. i'd like all representatives of the national park service who are here to please stand briefl briefly. and i'd like to remain standing. terry, this is a hallmark day for the national park service. this is what our mission is about and you as the superintendent of the fort monroe national monument have brought us to this day and i commend you for your efforts and leadership to bring us to where we are today. i salute you, superintendent. he represents the best of the national park service and, governor, i'd like to say that the national park service accepts your challenge to tell these stories as we move towards the 250th anniversary of our declaration in 2026 and that we tell the stories as you say we need to with truth and the knowledge of our past. thank you all very much. >>> with a voice towards our future, please welcome mr. bryson -- school at larsson middle school in virginia beach. >>> good morning, everyone. my name is bryson dildy.

american warship visits to hong kong and sanction several organizations. it is unclear what all this means for the other big point of friction between china and the united statesht now, the trade war. for ans warn that hopes agreement before christmas have been lowered after president trump said there is now no deadline for a deal. and a win say, china said it doesn't have a deal for -- a deadline for a deal now either. in guatemala said government program allowing them to make money from the forest has helped protected, but it could be under threat, with big businesses looking to take over. we went to the reserve to meet the people living off the land and guarding it. >> deep inside the rain forest in this guatemalan region, he searches the forest floor for riches. harvesting ofing palm frond used in floral arrangements used in asia, europe, and north america. it's part of the prize in a unique conservation strategy. nine communities won the right to make a living from the forest, as long as they do so sustainably. she said that her peoples dependence on the forest gives them a powerful incentive to protect it. >> there have been many changes to our quality o

organizations. unfortunately the united states is not yet an obstacle. for the sake of the security of american citizens, those around the world endangered de-escalating of the attacks online, microsoft continues to encourage the united states to join this landmark multi-stakeholder commitment. the private sector and government must work together to invent 21st century solutions to the uniquely >> 21st century threats. microsoft stands ready to do our part. thank you and i look forward to your questions. >> distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to participate on this important topic. threats remain one of the most important risks facing the nation. companies that collect and use data face threats from malicious cyber actors and restrictive government policies. the lack of u.s. leadership on global issues of cyber cybersecurity, data governance into digital law enforcement has been in a difficult position caught between the need to secure data against lawful and unlawful of use and demand of access to data. they are growing fast. the attack is more of their liv

20 national organizations and more than 50 state and local organizations representing pediatricians, consumers, and consumers throughout the united states, including the american academy of pediatrics, consumer federation of america, consumer reports, kids in daycarer -- danger, among many others urging strong support by members of the babies act.or with that it i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from yields back the balance of her time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 3172, as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid pon the table. without objection, the title is amended. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to the bill h.r. 150, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 150, an act to modernize federal grant reporting and for other

of the united states, the americans for prosperity, the national association of state departments of agriculture, the committee on migration, and included in the letter to leadership, a list of over 300 agricultural organizations across this great country in support of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. newhouse: thank you, mr. speaker. i urge my colleagues to take the step, do what we can to improve the labor situation for farmers and ranchers across this country, and thank you for your time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lofgren: mr. speaker, i recognize the gentleman from california who has worked so very hard on this bill and represents an area where agriculture is king, the gentleman from california, mr. kosta, one minute. mr. costa: i thank the gentlewoman. today is a monumental and historical day. this bipartisan farm worker work force modernization act will truly help people throughout the country. i want to thank chairperson did he do lofgren and dan newhouse for their -- zoe lofgren and dan newhouse for their work. chairperson lofgren with congressman pa net', cox and myself --

non-profit organization f literature and eedom of expression, released a report detailing the loss of local news coverage in communities across the united states. the findings ned that as a result, americans are not likely to engage in political and civic life. i recely sat down with viktorya vilk, manager of special projects for free expression programs at pe america and the co- authors of the rort: viktorya, lay out the local news problem for us. >> we spent the last year, my colleagues and i at pen america, journalists, elected officials, community activists, and media scholars, and we were hearing o the same refrar and over again. local news outlets across the country are shrinking and shuttering at an alarming rate, and it is very bad news for our communits. if you look at some very powerful studies that have come out in the last o years, what they found is that if you look at just newspapers over the last 15 years, they've lost $35 billion in ad revenue and nearly 50% nearly half of staff. over 2,000 newspapers have shut down acre country, local newspapers and over 1,000 more are ghost papers, so they're just shells of their formerse es. they're producing very little and the reason

how truly thrilled i am to become the president of the united states and to address the fastest-growing jewish organization in the nation, the israeli american council. thank you. great job. great job. fastest-growing in the nation. wow, that's big stuff. but i know some of the people in this audience. many of you i know, and i'm not surprised to hear that. thank you for the invitation to address you today, and congratulations to your outstanding chief executive officer, shoham nicolet - shoham, thank you - (applause) - as well as your entire leadership, and all of those incredible people that work so hard. naty saidoff. naty? where are you, naty? thank you. thank you very much. great job. and shawn evenhaim. thank you. i don't know if that was good, but not bad. we wanted to put a little extra spin on it. thank you, shawn. great job. we're also grateful to be joined by a group of incredible people that are with you all the way. a friend of mine, a man who's done a fantastic job for this country, secretary ben carson. ben? where are you, ben? ben. thank you, ben. incredible job. and we have two warriors, and they are congressmen, and they're