becker of the parks alliance.d is going to move forward. and i look forward to hearing more about that. thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you. >> clerk: next speaker. >> caller: hi there. i'm calling in from s.f., and i'm calling on behalf of myself as an individual. i just wanted to support this m.o.u., and thanks parks alliance with their work with rec and parks to improve our city. again, just supporting this m.o.u. and thanking everyone involved. thanks. >> clerk: okay. is anyone else on the line? if anyone would like to speak, please dial *3, and paul will let me know if there are any other callers with their hands raised. >> yes, ashley, one more hand popped up. >> clerk: okay. you'll have two minutes. >> two hands. >> caller: hello. hello. >> clerk: you have two minutes. go ahead and speak. >> caller: this is james cortney with the labors union. and i just wanted to call today about this m.o.u. what we wanted the listeners to know is that we probably represent the most workers, field workers, at recre

becker of the parks alliance.d is going to move forward. and i look forward to hearing more about that. thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you. >> clerk: next speaker. >> caller: hi there. i'm calling in from s.f., and i'm calling on behalf of myself as an individual. i just wanted to support this m.o.u., and thanks parks alliance with their work with rec and parks to improve our city. again, just supporting this m.o.u. and thanking everyone involved. thanks. >> clerk: okay. is anyone else on the line? if anyone would like to speak, please dial *3, and paul will let me know if there are any other callers with their hands raised. >> yes, ashley, one more hand popped up. >> clerk: okay. you'll have two minutes. >> two hands. >> caller: hello. hello. >> clerk: you have two minutes. go ahead and speak. >> caller: this is james cortney with the labors union. and i just wanted to call today about this m.o.u. what we wanted the listeners to know is that we probably represent the most workers, field workers, at recre

alliance.cate over 4 million visitors here each year on the cost of freedom and the cost of war and, most importantly, it will honor and pay homage to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, their lives for freedom. i personally wish to thank president moon for his unwavering support of this project. i want to thank the ministry of patriots and veterans affairs, the rock national assembly, the korean veterans association, the national park service, and the generous contributions of the citizens of the republic of korea and that many american and korean individuals, organizations and corporations that donated so generously to make this happen. without your continuous generosity, the dream of our korean war veterans could not become a reality. as you can see, the wall of remembrance is under construction. this symbolic groundbreaking turned the concept, a dream into reality. we are hopeful to have the dedication of the completed renovation and wall of remembrance in may of 2022. thank you all for

russia does not have strong alliances like the united states in building such alliances is not in the, but i do think if we in the united states are not careful, we could create temporary agreements between china and russia, but there was no alliance between hitler and stalin. we have to be careful not to repeat the situation in the nuclear age. anchor: a lot of people frame russia as a moderate or small economy, and oil or gas superpower, but i know that russia as the ability to destroy the united states and has more deployed nuclear warheads than any other nation on earth, but another element of power out in the world exists and what nations can do in the cyber world, and we have had a lot of debate about what russia as done meddling in the elections. i am interested in your insights into this new arena, information , disinformation, which as you have written, russia as particular -- has particular expertise in. does this give russia another dimension of power much of the world is underestimating? >> first, i would not underestimate russian economic power. it is not the same with th

we have lost the sense of alliance. the european alliances, the asian alliances that we've had and we have not strengthened over this period of time. they have weakened if anything. i think churchill if he were alive, and if truman were alive, they would be working as hard as they could to repair those alliances, because that is what will defend us against people who do not have our best interest at heart. >> can this, do you want to kick in on that? >> i agree with what crosby said, i think it's about values and hopefully a global view, a world view and it's always you know there's always strength and alliances and we need to be careful to respect and listen to all different kinds of points of view, but we also need to keep our friends close by. and i think it's fair to >> say when we are talking about these 75th anniversary's and this sequence of events that were going to mull over the coming years, it was not all guns and tanks and bombs, it was humanitarian aid, the marshall plan which proposed as or will mark the p

alliance and confirmed the common vision of strengthening it. during our visit, the trust that has been built up between president biden and i will foster deeper friendship between our two people and lay a firm foundation that will undergo the development of the alliance. i say this with confidence. a most urgent common task that we must achieve is complete denuclearization. the biden administration completed its review relying on past agreements while taking a calibrated and practical approach to seeking diplomacy with north korea. it is a welcome direction of the biden administration's north korea policy. during the review, our two countries coordinated with each other in lockstep which i note with much appreciation. i welcome president biden's appointment of ambassador kim as special representative for korean policy. this reflects the firm commitment of the u.s. for exploring diplomacy and its readiness for dialogue with north korea. i have high expectations all the more as such a man of high caliber has been appointed. president biden and i

it's a pretty dangerous world out there and we have lost a sense of alliance the european alliances the the asian alliances that we've had have not strengthened over this period of time they've weakened if anything and and i think churchill we're alive and if truman we're alive they would be they would be working as hard as they could to. those alliances because that's what will defend us against people who do not have our best interests at heart who are all over the world right now. candace do you kick in on that? i agree with what crosby said, i think again, it's it's about values and it's about you know, hopefully a global view a world view and and there's you know, it's always there's always strength and alliance and you know, we need to be careful to respect and listen to all different kinds of points of view, but we also need to keep our friends close by and i think it's fair to say when we're talking about these 75th anniversaries and the sequence of events that we're going to mark over the coming years that it wasn't all guns and tanks and bombs. it was also a humanitarian aid t

the five eyes alliance is a security alliance. frank gardner.a but have really different approaches on how to deal with the country. it is really difficult when you have seven economic ties with china how you also set berries as well. stay with us here on bbc news because still to come in the programme is information is fans around the star wars day we talk about the surprise crossover that has got the whole fandom talking. —— how you also set barriers as well. professor neil ferguson, whose modelling led to the first lockdown in march last year, has told the bbc that it's "highly unlikely" there will be any further lockdown in the uk. he explained that a number of steps taken to slow the spread of the virus meant there was now a clear path out of the pandemic. masks and social distancing. strict limits on gatherings and socialising. there have been unprecedented restrictions on everyday lives for much of the pandemic, but their�*s an increasing sense that things could be much closer to the old normal by the summer. one of the key scientists inv

that we face or the alliances phase make the - the jeopardy that we face or the alliances phase make- alliances phase make the tour itself more _ alliances phase make the tour itself more significant. _ alliances phase make the tour itself more significant. and _ alliances phase make the tour itself more significant. and obviously- alliances phase make the tour itself more significant. and obviously the| more significant. and obviously the opportunity— more significant. and obviously the opportunity more _ more significant. and obviously the opportunity more special _ more significant. and obviously the opportunity more special this - more significant. and obviously the opportunity more special this year. | so what does it mean to get called up by the lions. this the gloucester team watching the squad announcement together at lunchtime. keep an eye on the scotland centre, chrtis harris in the mask on the left hand side there. so harris is going on his first lions tour, as is his teamate louis rees—zammit, the welsh wing. the youngest to be called up on the day for over 50 years or so

that we face or the alliances phase make the - the jeopardy that we face or the alliances phase makeiances phase make the tour itself more significant. and _ alliances phase make the tour itself more significant. and obviously- alliances phase make the tour itself more significant. and obviously the| more significant. and obviously the opportunity— more significant. and obviously the opportunity more _ more significant. and obviously the opportunity more special _ more significant. and obviously the opportunity more special this - more significant. and obviously the opportunity more special this year. | so what does it mean to get called up by the lions. this the gloucester team watching the squad announcement together at lunchtime. keep an eye on the scotland centre, chrtis harris in the mask on the left hand side there.

the freedom alliance party was formed — speech. the freedom alliance party was formed in _ speech. _ speech. the freedom alliance party was formed in a short time - speech. the freedom alliance party was formed in a short time in - was formed in a short time in response _ was formed in a short time in response to the government restrictions that have gone on over the year— restrictions that have gone on over the year since the covid pandemic was pronounced. and freedom alliance has come _ was pronounced. and freedom alliance has come together from business people. _ has come together from business people, health professionals and caring _ people, health professionals and caring individuals who are interested in human rights who make a difference to stop the restrictions on peoples lives affecting people in an adverse way. next up — reform uk. an outfit that began its life as the brexit party. michelle ballantyne is their leader in scotland. she's been an msp for the past five years — though she was elected as a conservative back in 2016. welcome to the programme. your party is pro—

alliance, president biden decided to provide vaccines to the servicemen in korea.s soon as the u.s. is ready, i understand there will be an announcement to be made by the u.s. side. pres. biden: 550,000 korean soldiers, sailors, airmen who work in close contact with americans in korea. we will provide full vaccinations for all 550,000 of those korean forces engaging with american forces on a regular basis. both for their sake as well as the sake of the american forces. in addition to that, we have talked about the ability to have vaccines produced with working with one of the major vaccine producers in the united states. where korea is incredibly sophisticated and with the help of that particular company, we will be able to make significant numbers of vaccines for themselves. lastly, it is my hope and expectation i cannot commit to it, because we don't know for certain, but we think that over the remainder of 2021, we will be able to vaccinate every american. we have enough vaccine to vaccinate every american. right now. we will be able to do that by midsummer. we'

an undemocratic effort to create their own military alliance to get rid of the united nations which as you say because of the security council who don't control i want to mention one other thing when we were talking about the military budget it's my understanding the last couple of years russia has actually cut their military gets a house yes they have to deal with poverty more i wish the province. yeah well i wish it were christmas every day to david you know i know you have a good good historical knowledge if you think about this it's ever growing military alliance around the world i think you remember what happened in august $1014.00 so the entire world is going to be put at the mercy of a border dispute and then we have world war 3 i mean this is pure insanity and what it is is it is ignoring diplomacy how to resolve problems because the problem is these miele constitute not recognized peers and there can be no country we can be a peer because once you admit that then the exceptionalism dice and that's what's about what's in play right now go ahead david. absolutely right i mean th

this is replacing the united nations ok that this is going to be this is going to be a military alliance that will replace or they can ignore the united nations and there is no security council there's only one head honcho and we know who that is that's the u.s. go ahead bruce ingo you hit the nail on the. u.s. so i know you know. religion and mongolia as partners and listen to exactly what the plan is to get rid of the united nations and have a global alliance united states claim look we have the support of the entire world as they then go work regime change her relations countries around the world so this news indeed the strategy and undemocratic effort to create their own military alliance to get rid of the united nations would just because of the security council who don't control i want to mention one other thing when we were talking about the military budget it's my understanding the last couple years russia has actually cut their military gets a house yes they're going to deal with poverty more i wish the. other yeah well i wish it were christmas every day to david you know i know

like the united states in building such alliances is not in the cause but i do think that if. 'd the united states a no careful with can create some kind of talk then put out arrangements between china and russia which would move because right on the lens but you know there was no lens between hitler and spun but arrangement of this book on his mate cultism to spot weld what to go with up to but it careful nobody believes this you patient in the nuclear age now dmitri a lot of people frame russia as a you know moderate or even a small economy they may look at it as an oil and gas superpower but i know that russia. it has the ability to destroy the united states and has more deployed nuclear warheads than any other nation on earth and i think it's something that's forgotten but another element of power out in the world exists in what nations can do and muster in the cyber world and we've had a lot of debate in this country about what russia has done meddling in the elections and i'm just sort of interested in your insights into this new arena of information dissin from ation wh

sustaining this alliance was a theoretical construct or modus avendy that came to be known as fusionisms a fusing or merging of the competing perspectives of the libertarianses and traditionalists. never without its critics, fusionism as a formula for political action proved to be a considerable success. it taught lib be tareans and traditionalists they needed each other, and that american conservatism must not become sectarian or doctrinaire. from a historical perspective, fusionism held up pretty well during the cold war era, and for a time thereafter. what five years ago the fusionist alliance and its institutional manifestations inside the beltway, came under blistering attack, from the populist nationalist eruption as it came to called associated with donald trump. since then the conservative movement in america has been a house divided, with contentious factions engaged in an often ran corious tug of war. now different observers use different terms to characterize the contending factions. elitist versus populists. the establishment versus outsiders, institutionalists inside the be

it's one of the most successful alliances in the history of the world.roblems that are there have always been there. it's the nature of a coalition. ukraine is not a member of nato. i wish it would... ..wish it was and i hope it will be one day, same for georgia. but until the united states and ukraine have worked out the bilateral relationship between us and our ukrainian friends, and also once we have figured out what our strategy with. .. ..0ur strategy for dealing with the kremlin is, we can't have any expectation that very reluctant nations like germany and france would be willing to take on ukraine as a member of the alliance. this is the first thing, we have got to get our own strategy straight. how are we going to deal with russia? how do we figure out how to deal with them while maintaining a position of strength that holds them forsure, berlin and paris, and london, should be doing a lot more to hold the kremlin accountable for its routine violations of international law, the killing of ukrainian soldiers during a ceasefire that was put into pl

south korea alliance. commend the biden administration for very quickly moving to solidify the u.s. south korea relationship by agreeing to the cost-sharing formula and the special measures agreement. they did this in the first two weeks in office but that's never the issue. the issue is transforming the u.s. rok alliance so it as part of our indo-pacific strategy and our shared interests in the indo-pacific strategy. and here lies another challenge i think that is out there for this administration or any administration, is that many countries in the indo-pacific are not clear they want to come down and, frankly, uncomfortable getting drawn into the middle. we've heard it from new zealand . we have heard it from the singaporeans. two years ago at the shangri-la forum in singapore. the prime minister of singapore pleaded do not have to pick sides between the u.s. and china. we hear very much coming from seoul today as well. our policy should not be pick a side. our policy should be to systematically build o

alliance, president biden decided to provide vaccines to the servicemen in korea. as soon as the u.s. is ready, i understand there will be an announcement to be made by the u.s. side. >> by the way, there are 550,000 korean soldiers, sailors, airmen who work in close contact with american forces in korea. we'll provide full vaccinations for all 550,000 of those korean no, forces engaging with american forces on a regular basis, both for their sake as well as the sake of the american forces. in addition to that, we've talked about the ability to have vaccines produced with our working with -- and this is in the offing, working with one of the major vaccine producers in the united states where korea is incredibly sophisticated and with the help of that particular company, we'll be able to make significant numbers of vaccines for themselves. lastly, it is my hope and expectation -- i cannot commit to it because we don't know for certain, but we think that over the remainder of 2021 we're going to be able to vaccinate every american. we have enough vaccine to vaccinate

which country is the biggest threat to democracy well according to a new poll commissioned by the alliance of democracies foundation it's neither china or russia so who could it possibly be artie's alex myla bitch has that answer . the land of the free. home of the break was the world's biggest threat to democracy america is on the move again we're choosing hope over fair shoot over lies light over darkness never working for work again we're dreaming again we're discovering again i want to do the world again i got probate democracy can deliver for the people and it's that delivering of democracy that scares a lot of people around the globe in a poll known as the democracy perception index which is commissioned by the alliance of democracies foundation and was conducted by the la 10 a polling company between february and april 50000 people in 53 countries were asked which country threatens to mark recy in their country nearly half of the respondents who took the survey named the u.s. as the greatest threat while fear of chinese influence came in at 38 percent and russian at 28 percent it's

sustaining this alliance because the theoretical instructor that came to be known as fusionism. that is a fusing or merging of the competing perspectives of therg libertarians. although with never without its critics and is and has political action proved to be considerable success. it taught libertarians andha traditionalists that they needed each other. an unmerited conservatism must not become sectarian or doctrinaire. from a historical perspective conservatism as a modus, held up pretty well during the cold war era. and for a time thereafter. about five years ago the alliance and its institutional manifestation inside the beltway came under blistering attack from the populist national eruption as it came to be called associated with donald trump. since then the conservative movement in america has been a house divided with factions engaged in an often languorous tug-of-war. no different observers use terms to characterize the contending factions elitists versus populists, the establishment versus outsiders, institutionalists inside the beltway that wish to govern versus trum

business empire and its financing arrangements with capital the alliance owns hundreds of companies across the world it's the family business of steel tycoon sanjay gupta steel aluminum mining financial services and real estate those are just some of the interests of the companies owned by the group the family group alliance sanjeev gupta empire employs 30 $5000.00 people around the world that accounts annual revenues of $20000000000.00 now it's under investigation by britain serious fraud office charges include suspected fraud and money laundering in connection with invoices sent to its major finance or the now bankrupt greensill capital. green says implosion has rocked britain's business and political classes former prime minister david cameron was grilled by lawmakers about his lobbying for the company this week right i said there's a strong argument that having a fool of prime minister you gauge on behalf of any commercial interest no matter how laudable motives and cools can be open to misinterpretation perhaps that's especially so when the communication systems we will use in

alvarez, let me point to you and ask you about a point that was already made about regional alliances about global cooperation. is there a unifying approach right now against covid at least in the region? >> not as far as i can see. neither in the region nor in the other region fortunately that it has been each country left to its own devices and let me just tell you, in october of last year we contracted with astrazeneca for the 10 million doses and the time the kovacs facility was quite upset with us that we were not trusting them in the delivery of what they were supposed to bring about. unfortunately, so far i think we received from kovacs may be a 91000 doses so far. i don't see it. excuse me. and we need much greater ordination. i will move into what the future in terms of cooperation in terms of economic cooperation, particularly with the several pieces of either legislation that are pending in the united states or executive orders that the new administration has issued and there is an important piece of or a bill that was moved forward by senators menendez and rubio called --

minority muslim population in new zealand has been reluctant to sign up to statements from its 5 eyes alliance partners the center left government even suggested its partners were not showing enough respect for china new zealand's biggest trading partner and urged australia to be more cautious in their wording when dealing with the chinese government this prompted an outcry from their allies prime minister. it's making what looks like a significant u. turn. and it will not have a sky anyone here that is china's role in the world grows and changes the differences between our systems and the interests and values that those systems are becoming harder to reconcile. new zealand's exports to china and worth more than to the next 4 largest trading partners australia the u.s. u.k. and japan combined tougher stance shows the rising challenge of balancing trade concerns and human rights commitments as china's influence expands more thank you i'm joined by our china analyst cliff couldn't cliff it why the sudden policy shift i guess it has something to do with a straight it because history has been stan

alliance and confirmed the common vision for developing it into an even stronger one. during my visit this time, the trust that has been built up between president biden and i will foster deeper friendship between our two peoples and lay a firm foundation that will undergird the sustainable development of the alliance. i say this with confidence. the most urgent test we must undertake is complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. recently the biden administration completed its policy review building on past agreements including the singapore june statement while taking a calibrated and practical approach to seeking diplomacy with north korea is a welcome direction of the biden administration's north korea policy. during the course of the review, our two countries closely coordinated with each other in lock step, which i note with much appreciation. moreover, i welcome president biden's appointment of ambassador kim as special representative for north korean policy. this reflects the firm commitment of the u.s. for exploring diplomacy and its readiness for dialo

alliance rooted in the sacrifices of our heros. our two nation also usher in a new future together without a doubt. today's meeting between president biden and myself and between the u.s. and korea will mark another milestone for bilateral cooperation towards a new era. president biden has extended such warm hospitality and i express my deepest from the tuesday once again. i look forward to our frequent communication and continue close consultation. last, but not least. yesterday israel and hamas agreed on a cease-fire which is, indeed, a relief i appreciate president biden's hard work and leadership in this regard. thank you. >> thank you. well, first question i'm told is mary alice parker of abc? >> thank you, mr. president, i appreciate it. what is your message to democrats who want you to be more confrontational with israel and specifically to those that are saying that there should be an end to arm sales? i mean, do you recognize that there has been a shift, an evolution in your party, mr. president, in the last 20 years on th

those are some the things i'd like to see but obviously our values-based alliances are important. we just can't say okay we are back and we are all together again. we have to build that but these are some good opportunities because i agree with the congressman on nord stream. we passed the senate foreign relations committee and we have bipartisan support. that's a powerful message to the russians at the end of the day and i hope the administration will finally do in my view the previous administration waited too long so we need that to be done and i also think we on the question of cryptocurrency as it relates to how we avoid circumvention and not only do you have to do this domestically but cryptocurrency in china are developing their own and not only is it a concern of the capital of the world but secondly it can be used not only for tax evasion purposes but more portly frontline that vivid these and whatnot. i hope to get back together and correct it treated the tricky regime but as a member of the senate banking committee and looking at that because i think it's the next front

we have much stronger alliances certainly than the chinese are other adversaries like russia or north korea working together on domestic legislation to make this more competitive with china is an important bipartisan opportunity. where the grade is incomplete the obama biden administration at 25 percent president xi and they said in 2016 we will not militarize the south china sea. but yet when they started to do that secretary said john kerry and others when you do freedom of navigation readiness plummeted we rebuilt that during the trump administration. the big issue, we are not there yet fully you cannot cut by 25 percent four years and thank you have a strong military. where will they be on the military? you have members of the democratic party chuck schumer, sanders who put bill on the floor. 14 percent across-the-board. that's part of the democratic party. where is joe biden? and secretary austin be to put forth the military budget? so that's out there one final one a huge comparative advantage that the trump administration supplier to the pandemic we were the world's energy supe

ecohealth alliance is the mechanism where dr. fauci, u.s.nction research, specifically zoonotic diseases originating in bats that were for the covid-19 virus. we have to show the world that china mismanaged this laboratory. it was a bl-4. there were safety concerns. even france called it into question. the coincidental, the circumstantial evidence is staggering that virus originated from this lab and liz, i can go into it but just the fact that the media has not covered it, just the fact that the world health organization and the world said there is nothing to see here, look the other way, move along, folks, is very shocking. elizabeth: how much support do you have for our bill to cut funding for this frankenstein super virus research until. >> well the china task force which is comprised house republicans. the democrats won't join, they are strongly behind my efforts to fund ecohealth alliance. i think you would see a lot of support with republicans across the conference. unfortunately the democrats failed to call out china. they will not c

alliances aren't just for show. they aren't just empty statements or blindly money to support vague goals. these relationships are built on mutual interests. they benefit us as much as our country. look at the billions of dollars some of our allies have contributed to u.s. bases in their country. the national defense strategy, this -- this book is the one -- it was put together in 2018. it was put together by 12 people, six republicans, six democrats, all experts in their field. in fact, one of them just this morning was in a committee hearing before our committee and this -- this document has been our blueprint for a long period of time. and so this is what we have and this is what we feel is going to be a something that will stay with us for a long time. now, in this book it says that -- and i'm quoting from it now. mutually beneficial alliances and partnerships are crucial to our strategy providing a durable asemitic advantage that no competitor can priefl or conscious -- rival or match. but that requires more th

for the sake of alliances, we have alliances for strategic purposes and in the asia-pacific region we have to have a greater presence, participation in the tpp would have been an area for that and secondly the trump administration imposed aluminum and steel tariffs on our allies causing counterterrorist at the same time he had a strong tariff policy against china also causing counterterrorist, the first set of tariffs on our allies weakened their will and resolve to help us address the burial problems with china and while a lot of american companies were willing to endure the tariffs for some time they didn't make any progress toward correcting the bad behavior around it and other things that we just got more swinging purchases. i think they correctly identified the problem, didn't make much progress on actually affecting and changing the bad behavior. >> i will note quickly the it didn't come through, we didn't get that much. we've heard some praise and some criticism of the trump administration's approach, very appropriate to go to former secretary mark esper was an integral part of

again, doing so truly committed to what he saw as a religious alliance, a moral alliance, between people who shared faith in monotheism and the book. eddie subsequent career testified to the potency of this liberal internationalist vision. as a higher consultant for the chevron texaco owned ram co-, and in arabic and political sympathy, he promoted peace between western and saudi interests by way of mutual ambition and shared respect for the divine. through aggressive proliferation of corporate promotion, as well as practical and -- destruction in how to live and elaborate in a land saturated with god and black gold, and eat not only wrapped the myth of capitalism and corporate benevolence. he also animated ground level operations on cultural sites and in the oil camps with a tenor of intercultural and [inaudible] exchange. one of the more i think fascinating lines of work that my research took me into was looking at the kind of interior lives, the internal workings of ram co-, especially in the 19 forties, 19 fifties and 19 1960s. there, william eddie and several other managers, many of