ambassador to the united nations linda thomas-greenfield on how that u.s. can increase engagement and build long-term relationships with pacific island nations. she also talks about maritime resource sustainability how the united nations and congress can support programs in the region. this is 50 minutes. [background noises] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] cooks well, good afternoon. you can see have been slipping all debris good afternoon to all but welcome, we are delighted to have t you here. it is a real privilege to welcome ambassador linda thomas-greenfield. i will say just a word of introduction about charlie. i am glad to see all of you here. when i was talking with charlie i thought having a program on a monday afternoon that's about the pacific islands will we get anyone to come and they said yes people are interested. i am most impressed that you, ambassador are so interested. let him say a word of welcome to joann is a rear admiral for this isn't, not for response policy. for the coast guard. mario i

linda thomas greenfield called for pressure on hamas to accept the ceasefire. referring to the visit of the us foreign minister to the region, the zionist newspaper aharonot wrote in recent days that blinken sided with netanyahu and destroyed the prisoner exchange agreement. in the meeting of the security council of riyadh mansour, the permanent observer of palestine in the united nations , asked the members of the security council to visit gaza to learn about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in this region and to work to end the genocide and crimes committed against the oppressed palestinian people. but arbain headquarters meeting with the presence of the interior minister at arbain camp. faraji was held at the khosravi border. mr. momeni went to this border terminal this morning in order to check the flow of pilgrims visiting the khosravi border infrastructure. for more information , i will talk to the honorable minister of the country, mr. momeni , greetings. may god bless you with the situation of providing services to the pilgrims and make arrangeme

go from new york to london. mon. bizarre is that our senior political analyst, simone, and linda thomas greenfield, the greenfield, the usaa ambassador of the un told the security council of the deal is now insights . it might be insight but it feels out of reach does not it is uh there are still a lot of things to iron out and clearly, especially a greenfield is either misinformed or is misinforming the un security council. because while potentially there could be a deal, these right is continue to put obstacles to a potential deal in the united states. not terribly blinking. continues to appease these ratings and, and, and compress it for them. and, and then as the, some of these uses where the conditions of basically involve more is ready occupation instead of a withdrawal from guys all you say complicit, but will they will the us be accepting of nothing? yeah. whose position the all the delays, lake changes in red lines as you put it, as a he comes up with and you have ritual suggested he does not want to seize far. but the thing is that for the time being that there was a misunderstanding. bu

ambassador linda thomas-greenfield echoed that message at the u.n. yesterday. >> the united states' overall goal remains to turn the temperature down in the region. that starts with finalizing a deal for an immediate cease-fire with hostage release in gaza. >> reporter: all the while the pentagon is rushing more military assets to the region, and yesterday the u.s. announced a $20 billion arms sale to israel. that sale includes dozens of fighter jets, missiles, and other ammunition. they are not expected to get to israel any time soon. we're talking about 2026 for the earliest deliveries. the biggest portion, though, likely not until 2029. back to you. >> all right. jarred hill in new york. thank you. >>> there are reports that russia is pull something troops out of ukraine to respond to kyiv's military incursion into russian territory. ukraine says it controls 400 square miles of land since it had a surprise attack in the kursk region. ukraine says it's seized control of 74 russian towns and villages. russia has it has evacuated nearly 200,000 civil

as he was speaking and you know, the out to your investor was sitting right next to who linda thomas greenfield, which is the us ambassador united nations, a permanent representative as a seating arrangement around the security council. the algerian and bastard did not specifically say the united states and those remarks, but we all knew v we who he was referring to. that is the us that provides a political and diplomatic cover to israel on the security council for long before this conflict began. but particularly over the last 10 months or so, and this is the real problem and this is the real issue and the dynamics that you get on the security council. and that's why just on monday, the council was debating security council reform things such as a veto power, getting more countries from other parts of the world with permanent representing representation on the council this. and that's a long term project pro, debate to, to go on. that's not going to be fixed overnight, but the bottom line is this conflict clearly has once again opened up the divisions on the council and how there are certain m

we've just heard from linda thomas greenfield, who's us representative to the security council that i want to bring in a small one to show that he's all just here to senior political analyst. he's joining us by skype from powers to talk about this more one, linda thomas green field. i'm going through the statements that we've heard before from the us about the concern that they have for the number of casualties, particularly in gaza. and she did say that israel has the right to respond to threats, but how it does it matters. nevertheless, it seems as though she was, again, reiterating the us line that any fault, any delay when it comes to negotiations, a lives with home us rather than with the is really government. and i'm, it seems to be an encouragement to try to get homeless to the negotiations, but the course that may prove difficult as well. i'll tell you, i actually envy you for the capacity to repeat. all of that, when we all know is ground to harm day. every time that he wants to go to the council for deans and they might as repeat more of the site, the searching for the engli

israel has agreed to the frame won, an ambassador linda thomas-greenfield said counsel should to everythinghe sight. >>> and mexico is accusing someone of kidnapping another on board a airplane bound for the u.s. attempting to sweeten a plea deal for himself. mexico's attorney general says prosecutors are still waiting for the u.s. to share the flight's information. kelly? >> all right, bertha, thanks. >>> it's the final day of the democratic national convention. tonight presidential vice president harris will take the podium. her policy plans are on display from regulation to taxes. h with us is brian. big public reaction. if i'm on the public side who cares about if public gains and realized capital gains, big plans. what standing out to bhuch. >> the corporate tax rate, the unrealized capital gains tax. there's not been a lot of detail. the campaign has been about a vibe, an energy, a feel good mentality about specifics, not by design. as some proposals are coming out, is the vice president of the candidate of 2020 and the senator up from california or is she morphing into something diff

north koreans without preconditions we want to pursue planless c, us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfieldorean demilitarized zone this spring, telling out outfront at the time, and he top-level meeting like former president trump's summits with kim, would require lots of legwork before any meeting like that could happen. we have to have engagements at other levels. >> we met in singapore, we met also in vietnam, and i got along with him great trump touting close ties with kim in his conversation with elon musk we were not in danger with him and because of me, he got a lot of people yourself things that they can do plenty of damage vice president kamala harris taking a decidedly unfriendly stance during her visit to the dmz in 2022. and the norm we see a brutal dictatorship rampant human rights violations and an unlawful weapons program that threatens peace and stability him blasted south korean media for speculating about massive flooding casualties, calling it a smear campaign from a dirty the rubbish country. >> north korea even tried sending another round of trash balloons following so

ambassador to the united nations linda thomas-greenfield on how that u.s.se engagement and build long-term relationships with pacific island nations. she also talks about maritime resource sustainability how the united nations and congress can support programs in the region. this is 50 minutes. [background noises] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]