, america first, america first, america first.s name was pat buchanan, and he shocked the pundits with a surprisingly strong showing in the new hampshire primary. god bless america. >> god bless the president of the united states. >> he scared the sitting president, george h.w. bush. buchanan would eventually fade, but he was the canary in the america first coal mine. >> maintain your sovereignty of your own country. >> why did his america first message fall short? then? and yet become a massive success years later? this is the story. >> we were with you then. we are with you now of how the party of ronald reagan. >> so help me god. >> so help me god became the party of donald trump. yeah, from this day forward, it's going to be only america first. >> america first. >> before trump. >> look out here. you can't tell a republican from a democrat or an independent out here. >> there was pitchfork pat buchanan. a former staffer with president nixon turned conservative cable star crossfire on the right, pat buchanan. buchanan long had

america must not waver. american leadership rallies are allies and partners to uphold our shared security and inspires ordinary people around the world to work together toward a bright future. the troubles of our times will only grow worse without strong and steady american leadership to defend the rules-based international order that keeps us safe. if we forfeit our position of responsibility, power rivals and foes will be glad to fill the vacuum. those beliefs were true when i said those words from this podium last year. they are true today and they will be true tomorrow. of course, there is far more work to be done. this you and this administration drawing to a close, america is positioned to stand strong. our alliances have been renewed and reinforced, how recruiting trends point upward, our investments in the future our vast, current military reflects the full strength of the great democracy it defends. the baton will soon be passed. others will decide the course ahead. i hope they will build on the str

it showed the best of america, the best of america exists. it exists in the smallest towns and in the biggest cities. the best of america is there on our farms, on our factory floors, and in tiny startups with big dreams. every day. students see the best of america when they're inspired by their teachers. we see it in our brave military, our dedicated police, and our selfless responders. it's there through the sleepless nights of new mothers and fathers loving their newborns and also in the loving caregivers who are taking care of those that are in the twilight of their life. when we take the time to look, we can see that we are surrounded by the best of america. working together, we will unlock the best of america in all of us. please join us on mission. with your support, we will improve every american life. thank you. god bless you. god bless america. please welcome business leader and north dakota governor. doug burgum, small town america with more work around this country. good morning, florida. let me begin with gratitude to the republi

this is the america we want. this is the america that we will now. we will go forward this convention with some differences of opinion for how but nevertheless united and. i'll come determination to make our country at and drive and generous in once again ready to embark on great national deeds and once again as and sisters, our hearts will swell pride to call ourselves americans. thank you very much.

that you will continue to fight for the promise of america. and i ask you to remember the context in which you exist. [laughter] yes, i did that. [laughter] i ask you to remember that the struggle is not new. it goes back nearly 250 years to lexington and concorde. generation after generation it has been driven by those who love our country, cherish his ideals and refused to sit passive while our ideals are under assault. and now this fight to keep the light of america's promise and to ensure it burns bright this fight now continues with you. you are its errors. we are its errors. so i will end with this, get some rest over the holidays. spend time with the people you love it. you know i believe family comes in many forms are's family by blood and family by love. i urge you then after you have had some rest, in fact i challenge you to come back ready. ready to charge our path to the future. chin up, shoulders back. forever impatient for change and ready to summon your drive, your energy, your passion to help our fellow americans and be ready t

i believe is to lead all america. and i believe the economy i'm leaving at the moment and others could do better than i did, i'm not saying i was perfect. but ends up at this moment the best economy, strongest economy in the world. and for all americans doing better. so we've got a lot to do and i'm leaving the presidency but i'm not going away. bad news for you all. because i think we've got to bring this country back together. when i asked my candidacy for president i said i was running for three reasons. one was restoring the soul of america, just decency, how we treat one another. i know you know that when i, back when pat was around and others, we had vicious fights. we had sit together and have time together. one of the things i realized when i was vice president. prauk wanted me because of my foreign policy and my ability to work in congress. so five years six years in, i decided to go up to the senate dining room to sit at the table where democrats and republicans sit together. and began to listen again, just

he'll make affordable america make america strong again.vents together, they will make america great again. this week digs into its archives trump nominees in their own worth discussing policy, politics and relationship of president-elect homeland security secretary. friday prisonlike nominee for education secretary, linda mcmahon marathon continues on monday december 30 with toasty covid and then on tuesday december 31 will hea from doctor oz and nominee for fbi director kash patel pit watch trump nominees in their own words this week at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. ♪ democracies unfinished creation. >> democracy is worth dying for >> democracy to belongs to us all. >> quickly or here in the sanctuary of democracy. >> great responsibilities fall once again to the great democracies. >> american democracy is bigger than any one person because freedom and democracy rests because the guard and protect it. except. >> we are still at our core a democracy. >> 's is also a massive victory for democracy and for freedom. ♪ ♪ ♪ all week, cspan2 i

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that impacts the heartland o america, urban america, rural america, small town america, appalachia. why do you cut off funding for that? that's why we are opposed to this legislation. why would you cut funding for nutritional assistance for children in america, for seniors in america, for veterans in america? why would you do that? this bill cuts funding for nutritional assistance that had previously been agreed upon and that's why we are opposed to this legislation. this legislation actually cuts a program that was designed to help children and their parents detect cancer, cruelty is the point. why would you eliminate that program? we are going to fight for the children of america. so the reasons are too numerous to articulate, but with my magic minute, i could do that, but we've laid out the challenges with this bill, the phonyness in claiming that extreme maga republicans are about working-class americans, or the party of fiscal responsibility, nothing could be further from the truth. when you run up the debt and the deficit, middle-class families pay, working-class families pay

of america. we believe in the promise of freedom, of justice, of opportunity and dignity, not just for some, but for all. we know that, fighting for the promise of america takes hard work. now, you all can help me finish this. many of you heard me say it, but we like hard work. hard work is good work. hard work is joyful. work. and in the new year, we will continue our work with hope, with determination, and with joy. so i'll close by saying this holiday season, like any time of the year, let's really be conscious us of all the blessings we have let us celebrate the blessings we have let us celebrate in advance the blessings we have yet to create and let us always remember our country is worth fighting for. and our spirit will not be defeated. and i promise you, i will be with you every step of the way. thank you. and with that, it is my great honor. to introduce and incredible leader who i have had the great blessing and honor and joy of working with for the last four years, spending time with t

but we can succeed only if we tap our greatest resources-america's people, america's values, and america'sfidence. i have seen the strength of america in the inexhaustible resources of our people. in the days to come, let us renew that strength in the struggle for an energy secure nation. in closing, let me say this: i will do my best, but i will not do it alone. let your voice be heard. whenever you have a chance, say something good about our country. with god's help and for the sake of our nation, it is time for us to join hands in america. let us commit ourselves together to a rebirth of the american spirit. working together with our common faith we cannot fail. thank you and good night. announcer: 2024 was a momentous year for c-span. for continuing over decades old tradition of providing gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house and said that, the key committee hearings and personal visits, until landmark supreme court cases enter a historic presidential election including both the republicans and democratic national convention's , here is a look back on the year as we prepare for what is

and become king of the united states of america, washington responded with north america is done with kings and went back to his beloved mount vernon there to tell the story of when called upon to become president not once but twice he readily agreed to me. my dear, a man offered power would take it readily, but the greater man is willing to give it up in the service of its fellow citizens. that is washington, and that is why i love him. one. thank you. i'm not your lover. so in your anecdote, general washington, you also mentioned alexander hamilton. i'm now i know there's been great buzz about alexander hamilton lately. what was your relationship with him? indeed, alexander hamilton, as i had mentioned, i had met him the same night i met washington, the fifth day of august 17 and 77. city tavern in philadelphia. we became fast friends with john laurens of south carolina for a cost as part of the military staff of washington. we traveled everywhere together. eventually, washington would give me more and more responsibility independent command. so i had left that military family. and

every single day for the last four years, america has been adrift america has been weak and when america is weak, the world is a far more dangerous place. but help is on the way. the because in less than 30 days, donald j. trump is moving back to 6000 pennsylvania avenue. republicans will control the house republicans will control the senate, and by god, america is going to be strong again. you know, a lot of people ask, chairman, how did we get here? how did we win this race? the fact is we had a pretty simple formula. get out the vote, protect the ballot, win the battleground states in order to win a battleground state, you need three things. number one, you need to get out the vote. number two, you got to protect the ballot. and number three, you need a great campaign run by a great candidate. let's just get the easy part out of the way. donald trump is not just a great candidate. he didn't just run a great campaign. he is the single greatest leader of this party that we have had in the history of this party in generations. and when it came to getting out the vote, we were there. and

>> made in america! >> david: good evening, and it's great to have you with us on a very busy wednesday night here. we begin tonight with a number of storms we're tracking at this hour, just as millions begin their holiday travel. because of when christmas falls this year, the faa saying tomorrow will see the most flights in the air this holiday season, passengers and cargo planes in time for the holiday. and tonight, look at this. back-to-back storms heading to the northeast. one storm stretching from the south all the way up to maine, heavy rain along i-95. turning to snow inland in pennsylvania, new york, and parts of new england. snow already falling tonight in northwest pennsylvania, beginning to pile up in downtown meadville, of course, it's right outside erie. low visibility and treacherous driving on roads including interstate 79 in pennsylvania. and then a second storm right now across the upper midwest heading right into the northeast after this. so, let's get right to ginger zee with us live t

i represented corporate america. i, my state has more corporations than register my state than every other state in the union. so i'm mildly accustomed to corporate america and to see it grow as useful and helpful and necessary. but to make the most of the opportunities ahead, if i want to share key pages from our middle up bottom up economic playbook and lay down what i believe to be a new set of benchmarks to measure against the next four years and see whether this theory is more than just a phenomena. four years ago, when i came to office, 3000 americans were dying per day from the pandemic and infected and then had a profound effect on our economy, not only ours, but around the world, millions of americans lost their jobs were at risk of losing their homes, hundreds of thousands of factories and businesses. i'm sure, yes, hundreds of closed and creating despaired communities. i remember when i was campaigning, i say my dad used to work at that factory. my grandfather worked at that factory. he's gone. people lost

[applause] welcome to the golden age america, it starts right now. it starts right now because of you. the work you did. i recognize faces in this crowd. the people who knocked on doors, who handed out campaign flyers for me and other campaigns across the country, people who put on miles of walking to help president trump. this is your victory. thank you for bringing president trump back to the white house. [applause] i love this is called the golden age. it is. it started a decade ago when many of you were 10 years old. now you are going to reap the benefits. a man with golden hair came down a golden escalator. the summer of 2015. it has culminated to what we have been waiting for. we will no longer see a two-tier justice system anymore in america under the golden era, a weaponized government going after we the people and we will no longer see open borders in the golden era. i think you are happy about that. [applause] think about what president trump accomplished. he's brought down the obstructionists, the fake news media. he revealed what they are

america itself is on the line.d the most secure border in our nation's history when president trump left office. joe biden took executive actions leading to the most wide-open border in our nation's history with over 8 million illegals invading a country, an amount greater than the population of 36 states. biden halted border wall construction. he ended trump's remain in mexico policy and implement it catch and release. in joe biden's america every district is a border district. every state is a border state. the southern border is being invaded, and even on the northern border in my district, illegal crossings are up over 1400% including individuals on the terrorist watch lists. crime is spreading from cities to small towns. cartels process of the border with zero consequences. illegal immigrants come to our cities, assault our brave law enforcement officers, rob our neighbors, and if they are in new york city, democrats give them a taxpayer-funded debit card. fentanyl is pouring into every crevice of the country

that was america first. but more importantly for president trump, who was bold, who was persecuted, who was attacked relentlessly. and now americans who were on the verge of being democrat, some were democrat, are coming over to the side of america. it's really not a maga movement. it's an american movement. and they love our country. we are tired of divisiveness, and we want to bring unity in 2024. that's the truth, alina. >> and yet joe biden is playing the blame game now. he's blaming blaming merrick garland. he's saying he wasn't tough enough on on donald trump. what do you make of that? >> oh, he wasn't tough enough, was it? not tough enough when we spent three and a half years with indictments, shams and hoaxes with cases, and the man had to go all night to go campaign while other people like joe biden were asleep on rehoboth beach. he had it rough. he had it so rough. but he came out on top because america saw what they did. you know, merrick garland, he should be ashamed of himself. what he did. send

an america strong and free. an america at peace.n america with equal rights for all citizens and for women. guarantee in the united states constitution. and america with jobs and good health and good education for every citizen. an america. a clean and bountiful life in our cities and on our farms. an america that helps to feed the world. and america secure and filling its own energy needs. an america of justice tolerance and compassion. for this vision to come true. we must sacrifice. but this national committeeman will be an exciting and a prize that will unify people together as one people. let us work. build our strength at home and together as one indivisible union. let us seek peace and security. the world. together, us. make this time of challenge and danger. a decade of national resolve and our brave achievement. thank you very much much. >> 2024 was a momentous year for c-span, from continuing our decades-old tradition of providing gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house and senate to key committee hearings and press conferenc

i see in america. on the move again, united, a diverse and vital and tolerant nation entering our third century with pride and confidence. an america that lives up to the majesty of our constitution. and a simple decency of our people. this is the america we want. this is the america that we will now. we will go forward from this convention with some differences of opinion, perhaps, but nevertheless, united and i'll come. determination to make our country large and driving and generous spirit. once again, ready to embark on great national deeds. and once again. as brothers and sisters, our hearts will swell. pride to call ourselves americans. thank you very much. for. what you know. senator frank church. governor jerry brown. governor card, one. terrorist by. car driver. governor milton sharp. ed muskie. eric coughlin. and -- cheney. make. baker barbour. senator. never age free. to baker. senator george mcgovern. governor terry. governor. you can air air. governor. romney. robert draper. and other. gov

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america needs people who will stand up for the fundamental. america needs conservatives.sy to look back on 2020 and her number all the issues we had with covid. culvert is only one piece of a very problematic puzzle. it certainly showed us how deep a divide really is how thin the barrier is between freedom and tyranny. but there is a worse movement happening in 2020. it is an ongoing problem. across america these last several months we watch and organize coordinated campaign to remove and eliminate all references to our nation's founding and many other parts of our history. rather than looking to the past to help improve our future, some are trying to wipe away the lessons of history. lessons we should be teaching to our children into our grandchildren. this approach focuses exclusively on our forefathers and it feels to capitalize on the opportunity to learn from their virtue. they have many of those. by discrediting the individuals who performed founding principles they create doubt and then they can remake america into a very different political image. it is our job to

of the america first work. series is a mutual platform for elected representatives, business leaders, intellectual pioneer and policy champions. to present important policy matters. as we prepare for today, i couldn't help but think of our founding fathers specifically ben franklin. after the constitutional convention of the 1787, he was asked what kind of government did our founding fathers give the nation? his reply, well -- a republic if you can keep it. you see the founding fathers had a vision of a government that was efficient, streamlined, and above all accountable to its people. they rejected the overreach of distant monarchies in a power yet today, we face exactly what ben franklin and founding fathers feared in the form of a bureaucracy for power and decision making is often removed from the very people it's intended to serve. from the unfounded russian collusion hoax and baseless impeachment trials to the shackles of the covid-19 mandates and beyond. the playbook of the unelected elite beurre carrots

number we are going to unleash america again. energy. america is the world's energy superpower or the number one producer of oil in the world, the number one producer of natural gas in the world and america will be energy dominance. if you're fed up with high prices, high prices at the gas, pol pot, prices at the grocery store, high prices when you pay your bills, energy feeds into every one of them. the american people. this election said enough is enough is enough, and we are going to lower energy costs and life more affordable for everyone. number three, we are going to unleash small business. the regulators descending from washington. we are going to repeal the rules. their using to kill small businesses. and i'll tell you what, we are also going to unleash crypto crypto. i'm proud to stand with crypto. i'm proud to stand with bitcoin, and i am the only member of the united states senate who is in a bitcoin miner miner. i've got three miners hashing in west texas right now? and it is beautiful. and let me say to all of crypto at all

folks, this only happens in america. it only happens in america that around headed black boy from orangeburg, south carolina, born to a teen mom, raised by a grandparent with a fork -- with a fourth grade and eighth grade education, getting the opportunity to share the oldest party on the face of this planet. that only happens in america. [applause] and partly it happened because of joe biden. our president. and so folks, it is indeed my honor and my pleasure to introduce to you all, and i hope you will join me in thinking our president joe biden and first lady jill biden. and our vice president kamala harris and the second gentleman. ♪ >> all right. thank you. not only for your stewardship but for your friendship. the holidays are an important time to come together and build community. it's also a time to extend gratitude and that's what we are here to do today. before i married kamala harris, i was a donor just like a lot of you. so i understand the sacrifice and the commitment and all the things that you do. i used to

that you will continue to fight for the promise of america. and i ask you to remember the context in which exist. i did that. i'm. i ask to remember that this struggle is not new. it goes back nearly 250 years to lexington and. generation after generation. it has been driven by. those who love our country and cherish its ideals and refuse to sit passive while our idea ills are under assault. and now this fight to keep the light of america's promise and to ensure it burns bright. well this fight now it continues with you. you are its heirs. we are its heirs. so i'll end with this. get some rest over the holidays holidays. spend time with the people. love. you know i believe family comes in many forms. there's family by blood and there's family by love. i urge then after you had some rest. in fact, i challenge you to come back. ready? ready to chart our path to future. chin up. shoulders back forever for change and like sasha. ready? summon your drive. give your energy, your passion to help our fellow americans and be ready to get back to work f

can we still return to that. >> it's obvious america wants to return to george bailey's america.ar vote. i think that's the sign. right now we have overregulation, monopolies, america last visa policies destroying the middle class. look at covid. covid was the greatest transfer of wealth in american history. you had amazon and walmart open, and main street closed down, and the question of what is america, are we profit margins, gdp growth, or are we a physical place, a nation of real people who have a shared identity in christianity, and this is not collectism, communism is theft, capitalism without christian morality is also theft. we want to return to george bailey's america. >> i want to return to bedford falls. >> let's watch that movie. >> it's the great christmas movie. into and a great new year's eve movie. >> aveda, thank you for joining us. us. >>> and day one agenda, straight ahead. tario, canada. stable and secure when the world around us isn't. you can rely on us for energy to power your growing economy and for critical minerals crucial to new technologies. we're here

we watched america first policy institute and america first works. .... are so grateful to be in this battle with so many of you. everything that moved our creation back then, just over two years ago, it remains true today but perhaps even more so. the need for what we deliver animates our decision in our purpose. homeme of the america first movement, we do with the arbiters of opinion and policy almost never do. we listen to americans. that is how we know contrary to the current administration immediate narrative that america first has never been more popular, more needed and more urgent than today. speakingng of listening to americans, what a joy it is a to be with you today. we believe over 100,000 viewers online for this our very america first speaker series. this will serve as a neutral and nonpartisan platform for elected representative, visionary business, trailblazers, intellectual pioneers and dynamic policy champions to discuss and present important public policy matters. though we may not all share the same views i'm willing to bet the majority

in america, millions of people, including children, are facing hunger.be okay. i at least have food because of this pantry." donna from washington. the feeding america network of food banks helps provide over 6 billion meals to people in need each year, like donna. together, we can end hunger. learn more at feedingamerica.org. mark: welcome back america there are very few people that are clear eyed when it comes to understanding with the direct overseas and who the good guys are in the bad guys are and what we the united st states has to o about it. that is my friend who drew me to discuss it. >> we are here with douglas murray, this is unique and brilliant man, great humanitarian we have this massive election of donald trump, we can see the effects in iran, china and russia and so forth and so on, how do you see this playing out for the better. >> as a whole range of things that we can feel already change, first of all among other western governments that have been ones from britain to across europe in recent years been so undiplomatic and rude about do

and if america ever ceases to be good, america will cease to be great. just as greatness follows goodness -- [applause] -- just as greatness follows goodness he reminded us of another principal no less important. peace through strength. the value of these lessons is timeless. but as we know, their endurance is hardly certain. at the reagan library -- i am preaching to the choir, i know that -- but in washington as we face down a new era of competition, influential voices want to leave the lessons of the past, competition, just leave it at the door. at bothat both ends of our poli, dangerous fiction is taking hold, than america's primacy in the fruits of our leadership are self-sustaining. even as allies across nato and the indo-pacific renew their own commitments to hard power, the interoperability and the collective defense, some now question america's own role at the center of these force multiplying institutions and partnerships. the party ronald reagan once led so capably, it is increasingly fashionable to suggest a sort of global leadership he model

i have a vision of america.at has grown and ripened as i traveled and talked and listened and learned and got to know the people of this country. i see in america poised not only at the beginning of a new century, but at the brink of a long new era of more effective and efficient and sensitive and competent government. i see in america that has turned away from scandals and corruption. in america -- an american president who governs with vision and affirmative leadership. a president who is not isolated from our people, but who feels your pain and shares your dreams. i see in america on the move again. united, its wounds healed and america entering its third century with confidence and competence. and compassion. and america that lives up to the majesty of its constitution. and the simple decency of its people. this is my vision of america. i hope you share it and i hope you will help me fight for it. ♪ >> ♪ i heard a young man speaking out just the other day. so i stopped to take a listen at what he had to say

we've got to get back to that in america. journalism, journalists are not trusted in america.ess. and so we have to rebuild our reputation, both of us. just one more quick question on another pick. this isn't one that needs to go before the nomination process, but it is a very significant relationship. that is elon musk and his relationship with the white house and with donald trump. trump's made him the key tsar of delivering government efficiency. trump's promising... sorry, musk is promising to cut up to $2 trillion from the us federal budget. but the truth is, there's a very strange conflict of interest here. musk�*s businesses are worth many billions, and they are reliant, some of them, on a relationship with the federal government. he also has huge amounts of money — up to $50 billion worth of business — tied up in china. how can musk be allowed to be so close, so influential on donald trump when he clearly has those conflicts of interest? well, he is a success story, notjust for america, but for the world. he is the alexander graham bell, ithink, or the thomas edison of

. >>> the new study on obesity in america. for the first time in a decade, obesity rates in the u.s. are down amid those popular weight loss drugs. >>> and our made in america christmas is back tonight. your one thing made in america this year. >>> the farm you can buy your own christmas tree and they'll mail it to you and you can watch it grow. viewers tonight sending in the proof. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news. law enforcement sources telling abc news that the spiral notebook belonging to the suspect in the ceo murder case offers chilling new details leading up to the crime, that notebook recovered after his arrest. tonight, authorities telling abc news luigi mangione's writings reveal increasing malice toward unitedhealthcare and its cle executive. tonight there's also news a florida woman now faces charges after making threats against her own health insurance company after her claim was de

america is the last place where you can find liberty. if liberty disappears in america, that's it. it's over. another letter he writ in 1774 also revealing is written to charles militia, a member of the house ofcommons between 1774 and 1784 and in this letter he criticizes taxi in defense the boston tea party and there quite a few americans uncomfortable with the boston tea party and they thought it was a step too far. britain's response is ridiculous with someone like george washington didn't really endorse the boston tea party because it was considered beyond the bounds of appropriate behavior of resistance. gates defends it. he predicts that one day north america will be independent in this letter, which in 7074 -- were not near were most of americans are in support of independence but he is predicting it in 1774. and in this letter he says however politically and artfully princes may endeavor to distinguish man from man, true merit with the discerning few will ever be preferred to mere nobility. he never really gets past this idea of the fundamental corruption in british societ

and that is america first, make america great again. let's expand this country can. what's wrong with having an empire? we've been great for 250 years. let's go and secure it for the next 250 years, and donald trump and his cabinet can get us there. >> you know, for me, grant, i mean, one of the defining characteristics of the american spirit was the ability to bravery, the risk tolerance to push west, to push across the atlantic ocean, to seek a better life. and if it's expansionist, if it's manifest destiny, so be it. it's america. that's what i see a little bit in this idea of greenland, canada, the panama canal. what do you like as we go out here? what do you like about the idea of coming in like he is saying, hey, greenland, canada, panama canal, you could be america? >> he wants to expand. and he wants to expand places where he knows he can actually make a difference and a change. not just here in america, but expand our borders out. why should we just stay the same size? nil company that stays the same size will continue to strain. he will also i believe in th

today, i believe you know me for a in america. -- i believe you know me far better in america as marquisee you all here on this magnificent day of celebration. the 10th day of december of the year 1824. the last time i set foot up on american soil, it was 40 long years ago. i returned to set up at the signing of the treaty of paris that occurred in september ending that great war for american freedom. now that i return, even though 40 years have passed, we must never forget how independence was, in fact, achieved for all of the soldiers, sailors, and marines. those of color, the native americans who fought for american freedom. let us applaud them all. [applause] dear friends, as you are well aware i have been invited back to america thanks to your own president of the united states mr. monroe to be what he is calling a guest of the nation to tour all 24 united states. 24. the last time i was here you had but 13. at this rate you will have as many as 51 day. could you imagine? my friends, now that i have returned i take part in this noble crusade. i first heard of this call in 1775. i wa

the of big threats from china and america, isn't it?— america, isn't it?f trump's — america, isn't it? the threat of trump's tariffs _ america, isn't it? the threat of trump's tariffs is - america, isn't it? the threat of trump's tariffs is a - of trump's tariffs is a downside to the uk and eu economies, it appears that this has hastened along negotiations between the uk and the eu in order to club together and minimise any risk from changes to global trade patterns.- to global trade patterns. thank ou. to global trade patterns. thank yom now. _ to global trade patterns. thank you- now. one _ to global trade patterns. thank you. now, one of— to global trade patterns. thank you. now, one of the - to global trade patterns. thank you. now, one of the key - you. now, one of the key reasons why they are keen on closer relationship is because of the threat of protectionist america under donald trump. 0n america under donald trump. on sunday, the president elect gave his first major interview since winning last months election. speaking to nbc news he talked abou

america, america's practicing double containment is trying to contain north are trying to contain south korea as well and the thing that changes is that stalin's decision and that then unleashes this into a much bigger and i think a key part of all of this is role of nuclear weapons. right. that this is the dawn of the nuclear age and so a conflict that may or may not have remained local to the korean peninsula is part a concern of the world because. the superpowers have nuclear weapons. so could you speak to the role that nuclear power plays in all of this? i think one of the interesting things as both the way in which america views the cold war in that year before the korean war is that big things happened. one is that china goes communist and the second is that the soviets test the atomic bomb. both of those things, from the administration's perspective, seem to give starting the confidence, to unleash act of aggression. that will be how they would view it. but the thing from america's perspective america had a nuclear monopoly until 1949, although the soviets tested the bomb, they w