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it is something i am talking about with colleagues on the foreign relations committee.e of us had conversations about it last night. i am not there yet on imposing sanctions on the icc, as opposed to looking to see if an offramp of a ruling by the judges of the icc that they will not proceed with warrants may, in the next couple days. suma: you wrote condemning the icc actions monday the you have long supported them including in their investigation of russian war crimes in ukraine and said, i hope to continue working with them as they -- as they return to their legitimate role. can you tell me what you consider not legitimate in this case? sen. coons: the icc is a court of last resort, designed for actions either where a state party has ratified the rome statute and agreed to its jurisdiction or where there is no other judicial path toward addressing conduct charged. that has been the case in the number of instances in other places around the world, one of the things a bipartisan group of us has worked on, to provide support for the icc in their investigation of russian

trip to ukraine the ongoing war and the president's budget request before the senate foreign relations committeetch the entire hearing tonight at 9:00 eastern it's also available on c-span or online at c-span.org. >> on wednesday, the house homeland security committee holds a hearing on how artificial intelligence can help defend and secure the united states. watch live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3 on app or online at c-span.org. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what's happeningn deman. keep up with the day's biggest events with and hearings from the u.s. congress. white house events, the courts,e world of politics all at your fingertips. yotay carrent with the latest episodes of journal d scheduling information s tan radio plus, a variety of compelling podcast. it's available at the apple store. scan the.rcode for free today. visit our website on c-span.org. c-span now your front row to an. >> nonfiction book lovers, c-as a number of podcasts for you. listen to nonfiction authors and influentialnterviewers on the afterwords podcast and on q&a hear conver

cup people ever have -- >> we will leave this here to take you live now to a senate foreign relations committee hearing on several state department nominees. you're watching live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. our hearing today is to hear from five of the president biden's nominees in dealing with career positions and ambassadorships. it's wonderful to have you all here. we thank you all for being here. thank you do senator ricketts for being here to lead the republican side of this hearing. it's not always easy to find members that have or willing to adjust their schedules in order to accommodate these hearings, and i think senator ricketts for always being available to this committee to carry out our important work. i want to add some opening comments and senator ricketts won't opening comments but first i want to recognize senator reed and allowed to make an introduction and thank him for being here in the committee. we sometimes have a friendly rivalry between ar

. >> senator chris coons, member of foreign relations committee, he talks about the situation in gaza amid israel-hamas war and discusses most recent meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu and stressed the importance of moving civilians out of rafa prior to any military action. >> madame president, iit come to the floor to speak for a few moments about the urgent, the pressing matter of americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad and specific positive recent development to make sure that when they are released and freed, they'red welcomed home in a positive and meaningful way 40 americans wro detained abroad and they range all over from the backgrounds to the countries of which they're held. i met repeatedly with rachel and john, parents of an american israeli attending a music festival when he was attacked, badly injured, kidnapped by hamas terrorists and dragged to gaza where he is still today a hostage beneath gaza in tunnels. ryan corbet has been held in afghanistan for years, an ngo worker who was abducted by the taliban, mike has been held in china on narcotics t

the foreign relations committee to order. our hearing today is to hear from five of president biden's nominees dealing with career positions and ambassadorships. it's wonderful to have you here. we thank you all for being here. thank you to the senator for being here to lead of the republican side of the hearing. it's not always easy to find members that are willing to adjust their schedules to accommodate the hearings ander i think the senator for always being available to the committee to carry out our important work. i'm going to have some opening comments and i want to recognize senator reid and allow him to make an introduction and thank t him for being here in the committee. sometimes have a friendly rivalry but since i will soon may need his help -- >> thank you very much, chairman and senator. it's my pleasure to introduce kristine, assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs. anyone who's had the pleasure of working with chris knows a a couple of things, one, she's o

. >> senator chris koontz is a member o the foreign relations committee. he talked about the situation in gazamithe israel-hamas war and dcusses his most recent mein with prime minister netanyahu when he stressed the importance of moving civilians out of rafa fo military action. he told the leade y don't have the right to defend the israeli people against ham, you have the obligation. you have to go after them. you have toinish the job. you have to go into rafa. here are his remarks. vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: madam president, i come to the floor today to speak for a few moments about the urging, pressing matter about americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. mr. coons: and about a specific positive recent development, to make sure when they are released and freed, they are welcome home in a positive and meaningful way. today there's somewhere between 30 and 40 americans wrongfully detained abroad and they range all over from the backgrounds to the countries of which they're held. i met repeatedly with rachel

after i left the cia, i became the chief investigator for the us senate foreign relations committee.tand it, it was hillary clinton who started the policy of church schism during her tenure. continued under the republican administration of donald trump and the democratic administration of joe biden. the split was seen as a way to weaken russia and spoil its relations with ukraine, although previously such a problem did not exist between the two countries. to be honest, i say this not as an american, but as orthodox, these machinations did not promise anything good at all. this was a serious mistake. i have no doubt that the cia carried out analysis and work. russia in the event of a split in the orthodox church. once the cia has prepared this document, they weigh the pros and cons and give approval accordingly. i know from a senior official of the greek orthodox church that there was corruption and then a schism was committed. to be honest, i don't know what the cia's role was in infiltrating others. sect or belief in ukraine, but i can say that this organization likes chaos because

speaking at a senate foreign relations committee hearing, us secretary of state antony blinken was critical. the extremely wrong—headed decision by the icc prosecutor yesterday, the shameful equivalents implied between hamas and the leadership of israel, i

the chairman of the foreign relations committee of the us house of representatives said in a meeting with the president of taiwan. he and his fellow trains are staunch supporters of taiwan. researchers warned about the negative effects of global warming on women's childbirth and the birth of babies. the results of a 25 -year study by scientists with 53 million births during this period of the adverse effects of heat waves on the birth of newborns and the impact on their health shows that more heat waves and longer hot weather lead to more premature births. access to housing with reliable air conditioning equipment, the possibility to avoid hard physical work in hot conditions and sanitary conditions may reduce the risks of heat to the health of pregnant women. the number of ships due to the storm rimal in bangladesh, india reached 16 people. the speed of rimal storm is reported to be 135 kilometers per hour. as a result of the storm, more than 2,000 electric poles were uprooted in parts of india. millions of people lost electricity in bangladesh. one million people in these two count

after i left the cia, i became the chief investigator for the us senate foreign relations committee. document, they are weighing all the pros and cons and give the appropriate permission, i know from the elder, after which the split was made. to be honest, i don’t know what the role of the cia was in introducing other sects or beliefs into ukraine, but i can say that this organization likes chaos because in chaos it can flourish, which happens with a culture that has been orthodox for a millennium, christian. in which suddenly mormons or seventh day adventists or scientologists or representatives here in the usa appear, they roam freely around the country with a thousand-year history orthodoxy. not only the cia, but the white house, the pentagon, and the state department believe that it is necessary to inflict so many different blows on the other side that it simply loses the ability to react and respond; subsequently, such a course weakens the other country. so in 2004. during the first maidan , he was often heard on the streets and denounced the refusal to associate with the moscow

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ceremony was also attended by veterans of the great patriotic war, representatives of the public relations committeeth politicians cadets. after a solemn march , a company of honor guard passed in front of the memorial. then sergei sabyanin. and veterans also laid flowers at the monument to marshal zhukov on malnezhnaya square. members of the ministry of defense colleague took part in commemorative events on may 8. they laid wreaths and flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the kremlin wall, and those present honored the memory of those killed in the great patriotic war with a minute of silence. we remember that representatives of the defenders of the fatherland foundation took part in the event of the victory museum. guests in the hall of fame laid flowers at the sculpture of the victorious soldier, we remember, dedicated to the courage and incredible heroism of soviet soldiers, the action has already brought together more than 300 people, the chairman of the a just russia party, for truth, the head of the faction in the state duma sergei mironov and deputies also took part in the festive e

has more. >> bob menendez is accused of using his authority of chairman of the senate foreign relations committeegifts for helping new jersey businessmen. the senator says he is innocent. >> all i can ask of you is to withhold judgment until his justice take place very. prosecutors allege menendez scored a mercedes-benz and more than a dozen gold bars which were found stuffed into a coach it. the senator it relinquishes gavel as chairman of the foreign relations panel and is running for reelection as an independent. some democrats might ignore the trial. >> are not going to fall the day today. i will be waiting for the verdict. books have not talked to him lately about the trail or anything? except not discuss the trail in any detail or depth treatment menendez refused to resign after the indictment disappointing and many of his colleagues. democrats cling to a narrow senate majority. majority leader chuck schumer regular gives the same pat answer when pressed about menendez. >> should there be a formal ethics investigation against him and should he be expelled? >> the senate has standards as to

at a hearing before the senate foreign relations committee, the secretary of state said that the unitedl condolences, does not mourn the death of the iranian president. the unwritten rules of good manners turned out to be apparently unfamiliar to the american senators and anthony. washington's hypocrisy is noted in tehran; a local university professor in an interview with a british journalist emphasized that the image of reisi that the west paints is very different from who the iranian president really was and what he did for his country. not at all like the description you gave, he worked very hard for the disadvantaged. i would say that the butchers who destroyed iraq, afghanistan, yemen, are in london in washington, people, the time of the shameful genocide there, the dirty war in syria, the destruction of libya, sanctions against venezuela and cuba, i think that the real monsters are much closer to home. turkey calls on the un to conduct a thorough investigation into the crash of resi's helicopter; ankara does not rule out the possibility of sabotage. after all, iran is one of the l

conference of presidents of leading american jewish organizations. and aiics, the us-israel public relations committeeions. each has its own specialization. the first works in christian communities in the united states, the second in jewish communities, and the third primarily in congress. aikos was founded in 51 by the canadian actor, journalist and foreign agent according to the american version, issaiah kenon. for the first 3 years, the organization was called the american zionist committee and initially did not have much success. everything has changed. after the arab-israeli war of sixty-seven, the committee began to organize trips for american politicians to israel, returning home, and republicans and democrats received arguments that israel is the only parliamentary democracy in the middle east, and america's natural ally in the region. in the seventies , the situation in the middle east also contributed to the success of aiks. terrorist attacks, arab oil embargo, spread of ideas. population of the country, many of them are confident that the second coming of christ will occur as soon as the je

for two congressional committees to discuss his departments proposed 2025 budget and the statof american democracy and global instability on tuesday before the senate foreign relations wednesday before the house forei affairs committee. there is they, northwestern univerty president michael , je block and jonathan holloway give an account for the antisemitic protests on thr campuses before the house education and workforce committee. friday, live

chairman of the congressional foreign relations committee i remembered ukraine more than once. today,ey are fighting on land, taiwan will fight at sea, and that, just like for kiev , the americans will push the supply of weapons from europe to taipei, that up to 4 billion dollars worth of american modern weapons, the bill still needs to be pushed through congress , and here now it’s just a souvenir from texas. in it, leitsend became even more like the cowboy from the joke who shot himself in the leg, and he continued to do this from the podium. i hope that with your support in the future the us congress will pass laws that will help taiwan strengthen its capabilities in the field of self-defense and expand cooperation with the united states, so as not to say in washington that they do not maintain official contacts, the american government system is by no means the last person, which means biden’s promises that xi made in san- francisco about chinese unity is not worth a cent. we urge us legislators. taiwan and stop actions that undermine china-u.s. relations. beijing has already adde

supporters of palestine waylaid the us secretary of state for hearings in the senate foreign relations committeeony blinken has arrived there to tell him why the state debt was asking for another 60 billion dollars, but he was interrupted. the need for american global leadership and cooperation with our allies and partners has never been greater. people's republic of china, brother was 6 years old, you are israeli. the demonstrators were indignant that the us authorities supported the operation in the gas sector, although the protesters were taken out of the hall by the police, but not all of them turned out to be as soon as blinken again uttered the phrase chinese people's republic, as if behind the back of the public sector, shouts were heard again, you are a war criminal. western countries are outraged by the decision of the international criminal court in connection with the arrest warrant for the prime minister and minister of defense of israel. they are accused of war crimes due to the operation in the gas sector. details from natalia solovyova. the humanitarian crisis in the gas sector ha

the chairman of the foreign relations committee of the us house of representatives said in a meetingh the president of taiwan that he and his other colleagues they are staunch supporters of taiwan. the american side has broken its promises not to make official contact with taiwan. we have already given a serious warning to america. china will take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity. on the eve of the european parliament elections , the competition to identify fake news began. in the last two weeks of the european parliament elections , eight european news media to verify the political statements of the candidates. compete with each other , according to the deputy spokesperson of the european parliament, alleging fraud in the election, providing misleading instructions regarding the way of voting and polarizing the atmosphere by highlighting issues such as the corona, the ukraine war or the migration of citizens and distrust in the european governance are the three main patterns of disseminating false information about the european parliament e

te foreign relations committee yesterday that you denounced the arrest israel's leaders and committed to working with congress on a bipartisan s to find an appropriate response . i have been working with the speaker and the ranking member and others in the senate on potential proposed legislation todrissue. will you commit to working with this committee to find a bipartisan bill that would place meaningful sanctions on th&, international criminal court? >> first let me say again at the decision was totally wrong in any ply between hamas and israel and its leaders were shameful. we commit to engaging on a bipartisan basis and finding an appropriate response. >> i completely agree with you on that. earlier this month the president stated on cnn that if israel conducted a major military operation in rafah at we are not going to provide weapons and artillery . is this still the st what to you plan to withhold? >> first, nobody's done more than president biden and nobody willmore to make sure israel can defend itself. he was there days after the attack, the first president to go to israel

senator menendez who chaired the powerful foreign relations committee is not just accused of corruptionery, fraud, extortion. he's accused of essentially selling his office to benefit two foreign governments, including the government of egypt and prosecutors say he provided egypt's sensitive non-public information, including the names of u.s. embassy personnel. that, if true, is a profound betrayal. we can expect that prosecutors will hit that point hard in their opening statement. as for his defense, we learned yesterday one thing he can't do, he wanted to call a psychiatrist, who was going to argue that the reason the fbi found nearly $500,000 in cash and gold bars in his house had to do with his family's history of having assets confiscated in cuba and the trauma that that visited on senator menendez and led him to want to accumulate cash. the judge is excluding that testimony. we may hear to what extent senator menendez plans to blame his wife, nadine menendez for this conduct. she's not on trial today. she suffered an unspecified medical ailment, she'll go on trial later. a lot of

in the framework of the work of the commission and the foreign relations committee, most of the reportst were given were that the level of trade exchanges, for example , let me give an example to the ambassador of oman, the meeting i had last year, he said that this was almost at the same time as mr. raisi's trip to oman and his saying that level our relations have increased from 20 million 250 million dollars to almost over 1 billion dollars. well, this actually requires work, that is, it requires planning . mr. safari's foreign minister put economic diplomacy on the agenda, and maybe the result of these actions was the shanghai economic union , brics, ecowas, west africa and all of this . well, now we want to exploit these achievements, what actions should be taken? be it in the twelfth parliament and in the future government look at the priorities, one of the obstacles to our cooperation is the issue of sanctions, which we were able to talk about in the regional area with new definitions that we created in the creation of common banking systems, especially with syria or iraq, or in t

more criminal. >> the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. cretary blinken, welcome. we very much appreciate your being with us today, back in the committee room that you are very familiar with. we thank you for your extra ordinary effort on behalf of the united states. we know that you have been doing a lot of traveling. a lot of talking, promoting american diplomacy based on our values, and we thank you for all of your service. we look forward to this hearing every year. as we go over particularly the fy25 budget. i often speak of the importance of adhering to our values and our foreign policy. that is because i believe are values are the core of our american power and key to achieving of our -- our foreign policy goals. this country was built on a unique basins on in the words of our declaration of independence, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. we have sought to live up to these ideals at home and abroad. i think there would be bipartisan agreement that we don't always a

. >> you testified before the senate foreign relations committee yesterday that yo denounced the arrestnts against israel's leaders and committed to workin to find an appropriate response speaker and the ranking member and others in the senate on potential proposed legislation to address the issue. will you commit to working with this committee to find a bipartisan bill thatace meaningful sanctions on the e decision was totally wrong in any equivalents that apply between hamas and israel and its leerwere shameful. mmitto e bipartisan basis and finding an appropriate response. >> i completely agree with you israel conducted a major military operation in rafah that we are not going to provide weapons and artillery . is this l the stance and what to you plan to withhold? >> first, nobody's done more annobody will do more to make sure israel can defend itself. he was there days after the go to israel when it was under attack. in the time after that he made assets to deter any further aggression from other borders which was very much a threat. >> we all know the history of it. withhold weapo

president biden served as chairman or ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee for 12 years, where he was at the forefront of the fight against terrorism and weapons of mass distraction. -- destruction. in his speech a few years ago, president biden reminded us of the responsibility of the u.s. as the oldest and largest democracy on earth. he said, and i paraphrase, america is an idea. an idea stronger than any army. bigger than any ocean. more powerful than any dictator or tyrant. it gives hope to the most desperate people on earth. guaranteeing that everyone is treated with dignity. those words are a reminder of our role in the world, spoken by a man who has lived the standard. in 2008, joseph biden made history once again, this time, as vice president to the country's first black president, barack obama. together -- [applause] together, president obama and vice president biden changed the way americans experience health care through the affordable care act. [applause] reducing the number of uninsured americans by 20 million people by the time they left office. when

the head of the congressional foreign relations committee about ukraine more than once recalled todayhting on land there, taiwan will fight at sea, and that, just like for kiev, the americans will push through the supply of weapons to taipei from europe, as for american modern weapons worth $4 billion, the bill still needs to be passed. through congress, but here now it’s just a souvenir from texas. the light in it has become even greater looks like the cowboy from the joke who shot himself in the leg, he continued to do this from the podium. with your support, i hope that in the future the u.s. congress will pass legislation that will help taiwan strengthen its self-defense capabilities and expand cooperation with the united states. so that they don’t say in washington that they don’t support it. lists of 12 american military-industrial companies of their leaders, and this, as stated in the chinese media, is a response not only to the supply of weapons to taiwan, but for ukraine, when accusing beijing, in cooperation with moscow, the united states has cut off the oxygen to chinese bu

the head of the congressional foreign relations committee does not talk about ukraine i just remembereding on land, taiwan will fight at sea, and that , just like for kiev, the americans will push the supply of weapons from europe to taipei, that up to 4 billion dollars worth of american modern weapons, a bill is still needed push through congress, but here... in the system of american power is by no means the last person, which means biden’s promises that he made in san francisco about the unity of china are not worth a cent. we urge us lawmakers to stop playing the taiwan card for interference in china's internal affairs, stop supporting pro-taiwan separatist forces, and stop actions that undermine sino-u.s. relations. beijing has already added 12 american ones to its sanctions lists. military-industrial companies of their leaders, and this, the chinese foreign ministry said, was a response not only to the supply of weapons to taiwan, but for ukraine, when, accusing beijing of collaborating with moscow, the united states cut off oxygen to chinese business, saying that following the le

ben carden, from the senate foreign relations committee, agreed that it said no evidence and said thatiden was wrong to impose this defact or arms embargo on israel. they are doing more than any military in history to prevent civilian casualties. if hamas did not hide behind under civilians, but for that matter if hamas surrendered and pulling over the hostages, there would be no more suffering in gaza. >> you went to army law and you deployed to iraq and afghanistan. it has to trouble you when the israeli prime minister said himself that they killed more civilians than terrorists. thousands more civilians thar tastes. >> it troubles me deeply that hamas is using them as human shields because that is their strategy. >> so should -- but to that point, because the united states provides billions of dollars in weapons to israel, should it have a say in how those weapons are used? because the needle blinken seemed to be trying to thread here was to say it was very specifically tailored in terms of with holding these large bombs. the 3500 bombs. >> well the reason israel needs these larger

or committees and commissions to study race relations in. their spaces like that's the case in june of 1943, when edward kelley, of course, the mayor of chicago, establishes the mayor his committee and conference on race relations relations. and this committee simply form to prevent a race riot from happening in chicago. sort of preventative in nature. can i don't go over the details of how many of these committees and commissions there were it is significant. let's go ahead and turn the corner. we have a few more slides to get through here. this will be the last slide. i'll i'll stuff on this slide. okay. in addition to these changes or there's actually one slide after this that i just have mention a few things in addition to the of those social considerations, there also academic considerations that happen at this time as well that suggest that the race relations were changing or need to change. in 1944 gunnar tomorrow gunnar myrdal, who was a swedish social. working alongside african-america social scientists. from hbcu was. how university

help egypt get more military aid, and abusing his position as the chair of the senate foreign relations committee by allegedly helping a new jersey han man ge multi-million dollar deal. this wasn't politics as usual, this was politics for profit, the prosecutors said. menendez has pleaded not guilty. his attorney saying he was not an agent of the egyptian government but an american patriot who took no bribes. he says the money they found was just money he took out of the bank over 30 years. >> i have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account, which i have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in cuba. >> reporter: and the menendez defense suggesting his wife nadine was responsible for the gold bars found in their home, saying they were in her closet. he didn't have a key to the closet and did not know of the gold bars in that closet the defense attorney said. >> our thanks to jonathan dienst for that report. >>> new this morning, another twist in the battle over voting in louisiana. the supreme court is allowing the state to

. >> federal prosecutors allege the former chair of the powerful senate foreign relations committee conspiredes from a trio of wealthy businessmen in exchange for political favors to help the governments of qatar and egypt. >> the powerful senator allegedly pressured the department of agriculture to help an associate maintain a monopoly on the importation of halal meat to the united states. [laughter] >> jon: i don't mean to get sentimental here, but in what other country in the world can a cuban-american senator work hand-in-hand with an egyptian-born businessman to corner the halal meat market? [laughter and applause] ♪ living in america ♪ but yes, senator menendez is accused of using his access and influence as senator to illegally help a variety of shady governments and clients. but what evidence do we really have? >> federal agents searched the menendez home in june 2022, finding over $480,000 in cash. >> two bags filled with $100,000 each. >> $100,000 worth of gold bars. >> payments toward a mortgage. >> a mercedes benz convertible. >> furniture, exercise equipment, even an air purifier

on tuesday before the senate foreign commission -- relations committee and on wednesday before the house foreign affairs committee. thuray northwestern university president michael schill, ucla chancellor genblock, and rutgers university president jonathan holloway give an account for the antisemitic prests on their campuses before the house education and rkforce committee and beginning friday live covera of the three-day libertarian party conviction. friday speakers include 2024 independent presidential candidate robert f. kennedy, jr. and saturday speaker include former president donald trump. watch this week live on e c-span networks or on c-span now, our free mobile video app. head to c-span.org for scheduling information or to watch live on demandrnment.>> nd austin on the helicopter crash that killed the iranian president and foreign minister over the weekend. secretary austen gives an update on the war in ukraine alongside joint chiefs of staff jared general charles brown, jr.. >> the secretary and the chairman will deliver opening remarks, and then we'll have time to take a few q

one i spoke to just outside the senate foreign relations committee in the last couple hours saying that backed what president biden was doing because she said the numbers of women and children killed by the israelis in gaza. in the end, what this goes back to his a call that president biden made it to prime minister netanyahu a month ago in which he effectively threatened to withdraw arms supplies if that operation into rafah went ahead. remember the numbers of civilians, many of them living in tents there, and the u.s. has reached a point where it is try to stave off a foreground offensive, and so it has to look -- a full ground offensive, and so it is delivered on that one in the phone call, to start miting some arms of life that said, those in the administration say they believe israel has everything it needs and if it wanted to go into rafah, it could still do that. this is trying to pressure mr. netanyahu into changing or modifying his decision. christian:, bateman and frank gardner giving us their reaction. back with us tonight, a former hostage negotiator and the director of forw

i was outside the relations committee earlier and we caught up with some of the senators during the meetingthey do not need to fight with their fingernails, this is more political rhetoric from the prime minister. they will and should fight with modern weapons systems that they have developed, and in many casesjointly with us and are provided in many cases buy us but they should do it in a way that minimises civilian casualties. the president is absolutely wrong, he has been - wishy—washy and contradicting himself in terms of his - commitment to israel- and subsequently his saying that we will not send weapons. he lobbied for the passage of the bill, it passed, - now he says never mind. he says it is to influence the behaviour of israelis not to carry ground offensives into rafah. to me, he has mismanaged this whole thing, it is wrong, - they have a right to - defend themselves and do what they need to do - to protect their sovereignty, and i support the people of israel in that. - benjamin netanyahu's spokesperson told us on this programme last night the withholding of the shipment would n

i'm sure you could tell he goes before the senate foreign relations committee and then he is a sales and it's repeated and repeated. then you're going to see it. i'm rick sanchez. let's do it. the alright, let's talk a little bit here about anthony blink. and i showed you a video of them. do you remember playing the guitar at a club in ukraine as the war continued there? i still can't believe that he actually did that. i mean what the hell was he thinking? right. i mean talk about incense activity, but then again that's his whole stick. like many of his predecessors at the state department, from henry kissinger to madeline albright and i could go on some good ones. he's essentially paid to and i'm just going to say these pay the lie and kill and start wards. much of it at the highest of large military contractor who he has worked for in the past and will likely work for him when this temporary dig that he has now at the white house is over. he'll go back there, they all do. of course, he won't get that $1000000.00 pair of shoes. if, while he's at the what else he goes against the sta

help egypt get more military aid and abusing his position as the chair of the senate foreign relations committee by allegedly helping a new jersey man get a multimillion dollar business deal approved by the egyptian government. this was not politics as usual. this was politics for profit, the prosecutor said. menendez has pleaded not guilty. his attorney telling the jury today, "he was not an agent of the egyptian government, but an american patriot who took no bribes." menendez previously said that over $400,000 in cash the fbi found in his home in suit jackets, a safe, and shoes was just money he took out of the bank over 30 years. >> i have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account, which i have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in cuba. >> reporter: and the menendez defense today suggesting his wife nadine was responsible for the gold bars found in their home saying, they were in her closet. "he did not have a key to that closet and did not know of the gold bars in that closet," the defense attorney said. >> and jon

happened, the secretary of state anthony blinking when he appeared before the senate foreign relations committee a few days ago. the need for us global leadership and for cooperation with allies and partners has never been great in the people's republic of china showing the service saying the people's republic of china the that happened like 9 times wilmer maidens more. what's interesting thing is the interesting thing as i see it and pardon me for giving my opinion here before yours, but he's never going to be criticized by the media because they're afraid if they do, they'll be fired. he's never going to be criticized by or politicians because they're all corrupt as hell. and he'll always kind of be doing and saying the things that are necessary for military contractors. so my thinking is these folks don't get up and say that to him. nobody else. well, you're absolutely right, we're seeing this play itself out on our college campuses. let me make a quick point about victoria new and it's also important to remember that she was the cookie lady in 2014, during the my down. yeah. so a lot of a lo