well we have a speech given by the new secretary of state appointed by joe biden anthony blinken in which he talks about how it is the duty of the united states to preserve democracy to restore democracy around the world and how he feels democracy is under threat he talks about the need to prove authoritarian regimes to be wrong what's interesting though is during his remarks he said that no more force would be used by washington to break governments they disapprove of here's what he said we will incentivize democratic behavior. but we will not promote democracy through costly military interventions or by attempting to overthrow author terry regimes by force. we've tried these tactics in the past however well intentioned they haven't worked quite an interesting use of words but the pattern from the united states of intervening in the affairs of other countries destabilizing and overthrowing governments around the world is quite well known one looks at the history of iraq of libya afghanistan one looks throughout south and central america one can see many examples of the united states inte

military contractors that have been involved in those military coup attempts so having anthony blinken you know you know voicing support for one great oh the unelected individual who claims to be venezuela's leader kind of flies in the face of his claim that the united states won't be using force now if there was one loophole you could say in anthony blinken remarks he did create a pretext in which the united states would be continuing to use force against governments of course we will never hesitate to use force when american lives and vital interests are at stake now what exactly would constitute such a threat he did not lay out any specific criteria so it seems that though the united states through its new secretary of state is announcing that no more force will be used many wonder if this will see. embley bia a changing of rhetoric looks like the united states will most likely be continuing its foreign policy activities but only time will tell he did leave that huge loophole where he said vital interests vital interests can mean almost anything are the moon you name it it could be

military contractors that have been involved in those military coup attempts so having anthony blinken you know you know voicing support for one great oh the unelected individual who claims to be venezuela's leader kind of flies in the face of his claim that the united states won't be using force in fact in recent years we've heard many calls from u.s. leaders for governments around the world to be overthrown and for leaders to step down here's what we've heard. nicolas maduro must go dickless material must go the time has come for nicolas maduro to go his days are numbered the brutal repression of the venezuelan people must stand and it must and soon because this material must go now there was one loophole you could say in anthony blinken remarks he did create a pretext in which the united states would be continuing to use force against governments this is another comment from the speech of course we will never hesitate to use force when american lives and vital interests are at stake. now what exactly would constitute such a threat he did not lay out any specific criteria so it seems

202)748-8002, pose a question by text, (202)748-8003, weifeng zhong let's take a listen to what anthony blinken the secretary of state had to say that alaska meeting how the u.s. plans to engage china. >> our administration is committed to leading with diplomacy and to advance the interests of the united states and to strengthen the rules -based international order. that system is not an obstruction. helps countries resolve differences peacefully and coordinate multilateral efforts effectively and participate in global commerce with the assurance that everyone is following the same rules. the alternative to a rules -based order is a world in which might makes right and winners take all and that would be a far more violent and unstable world for all of us. today we will have an opportunity to discuss key priorities both domestic and global so that china can better understand our administration's attentions and approach. we will also discuss our deep concerns with actions by china, including in hong kong, taiwan, cyber attacks on the united states, economic coercion toward our allies. each of the

secretary of state anthony blinken lincoln will be pressuring china on a range of security and human rights issues he says the country has to address before relations can improve but beijing says washington must lift what it calls on reasonable restrictions in the form of sanctions and tariffs to encourage further cooperation well the diplomatic editor james bays is live from that summit in anchorage in alaska so quite a lot of difficulties between the 2 parties and the talks they are going to be holding away expecting anything concrete to come out of the summit. no we're not expecting any concrete decisions to come out of this summit or concrete agreements or even a joint statement but that does not i think affect the importance of this meeting here we are in anchorage just over 6000 kilometers from beijing just under 6000 kilometers from washington d.c. these 2 countries that 2 biggest powers in the world are so far apart on so many issues and relations have certainly got a lot worse under the 4 years when president trump or was in power and so the idea of this meeting which starts

and secretary state anthony blinken touches down in alaska ahead of the first face-to-face meeting with chinese counter parts where beijing is expected to press for a reversal of president trump's tough posture. also breaking right now, house republicans take aim at democrat eric swalwell for his ties to a chinese spy known as fong-fong. she spent four years trying to infiltrate elected officials. in moments, republican mike turner on the intelligence committee efforts to remove the democrat congressman, but we kick things off with our chief washington correspondent mike emanuel live in d.c. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. the vote in the house could come any time now. kevin mccarthy is pushing to have eric swalwell removed from the house intelligence committee. >> i want all members to ask this one question, should a member that can't get a security clearance in the private sector sit on the house intelligence committee? think about that for a moment. >> the house judiciary chairman fired back saying this could happen to any politician. >> we all have hundreds of people in our campa

all right and the 3 seconds that we have left together in terms of you have anthony blinken is there to shore up alliances in asia what kind of reception do you think he will get. well he's going to be meeting with the chinese and alaska in a day or 2 south korea and the u.s. are in a different position so korea's largest trading partner is trying so it doesn't want to antagonize china or joining necessarily in a strong contingent of china and it's a different position with north korea as i mentioned it once he's building in engagement there so in south korea there is this sort of structural dissonance between the u.s. and between the south korean positions at the same time relations between south korea and the u.s. may be getting smoothed over with the by the ministration being a little bit more predictable at least than former president donald trump correspondent frank smith reporting from seoul thank you for your reporting. starting today right hailing company where will treat its thousands of drivers in britain as contract employees instead of independent contractors on the decis

secretary of state anthony blinken has landed in south korea on the 2nd stop of a tour to reset relations with asian allies blinken arrived in seoul from japan pushing the biden ministrations agenda to keep a lid on the growing power of china he also reaffirmed washington's commitment to the complete denuclearization of north korea but ahead of his trip the powerful sister of north korean leader kim jong un warned washington not to interfere in the reach of the secretary of state anthony blinken however in a recent interview gave a broader assessment on the relationship with all the korea and he said that north korea is a bad problem that has gotten worse over time and he's certainly referring to the north korean nuclear program that continues to be a big concern for the united states. joe biden of course now blinken also said that the biden administration has been trying to reach out to north korea via diplomatic channels since february and those attempts have been ignored by the north korean regime north korea now with their remarks of communal one system of showing some force by issuin

secretary of state anthony blinken says america is aiming to revitalize ties with its nato allies lincoln told foreign ministers in brussels that trust between the partners have been shaken and needs rebuilding he says the transatlantic alliance needs to confront threats from china and russia lincoln also accused china of undermining western democracy this is d.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website w dot com. for almost 48 hours people in germany thought easter would be a repeat of christmas another casualty of the pandemic no travel no easter egg hunts no families coming together that was the plan until this morning america told the country the decision to shut down over easter was a mistake her mistake and she asked for forgiveness tonight a mayor kopel from europe's most respected head of state the most powerful woman in the world says i'm sorry i bring gulf in berlin this is the day. and he was a mistake must be acknowledged as such and above all it must be corrected technically it's a terms of catastrophe it's incomprehensible i'm well aw