♪♪♪ male: in beirut. live news.harvey: these were the shocking moments when a catastrophic blast tore through the heart of lebanon's capital, beirut. the cause: incompetence at the very top. talaortada: e whole political reigning elite, they allowed this to happen. whether it's by pure negligence or if it was evil, both cases, they are completely guilty. hala okeili: it's too much. it became normal to see people in this part of the world suffering. it's not okay. adam: in this city with so many connections to australia, the pain and grief are immense. sarah copland: i just remember i was just screaming, "my baby. my baby. help my baby." omar jheir: everything is really destroyed. the fabric of our generation and our time is really destroyed. it's really gone. adam: as the a's middle east correspondent, beirut was my city too. the blast wrecked my neighborhood, injured my friends and stole hope from those who had already endured so much. tonight, on "four corners," the extraordinary story of how this disaster unfolde

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they w spoke with johnny, how want known as the good center of beirut, johnny, how one takes christmas very seriously. every year for march onwards, he lets his glossy black beard crow and then he widens it in december. he loves to be santa, for the local children. to me, this is the most wonderful time of the year. her giving me her happiness and joy, dinos, and return, i would like to give her. the ceiling does happiness to the children and the people whose amid johnny has devoted his free time to making people's mind for more than a decade. his barber descent us little helper interest, warming the i t worker into a convincing father christmas. this is the 1st of the team. i have to reach my via my eyes and my head. i have to do it between 5 to 7 time to reach the perfect life. so i can be the center each time john, he has to cover his head with aluminum foil and brief throat. oh, oh. don't me in the life in the devastating explosion 2 years ago at the port of fatal. despite the tragedy, he remains full of hope. but things in lebanon have got a lot worse since them. just like johnny,

reportedly came on to small arms fire and yet sorrow found in the south while traveling to the capital, beirut, the un mission says it's launched a joint investigation with the lebanese army, france of books, their place in the world cup final against argentina, the defending champions, it beat rural her to no ending. a dream run for the atlas lions who became the 1st african infest arab team to make the final feel. well, those are the headlines i'll have much one use. will you hear off to witness they with us? ah, i let you watch. the old school goes both. the one that came out when i was jo. aids. oh boy i was jordan jose, the now was your age when you was my age. ventura. age. okay. i, you know, was on her and i her when she we read we oh oh, you know you, when i was you know, 5. yeah. 5 to what day? i get this work. august night is on learn about august 9th or something else happened on august and i was born. happy. i'll tell you. august 9th, on august 9th, on august the 18 year old michael brown was a white police officer shot a way to reach people. it is about the michael political over

and then it turns out that half of all the european institute of beirut take bribes, or so it seems toe, but maybe i'm right, but you know here to say something on thursday, yes, probably, it’s impossible because, uh, that’s the investigation that started by the belgian police, she hasn’t given all the answers yet, of course, it’s all three words, it’s very strong without the parliament . of a separate group by a group and in sparta and sosol, the group of democrats who worked er how strange with human rights er around a special committee and this group turned out to be er so organized er took er to pay bribes big bribes uh, from the side of qatar for now what is not clear. if there is already such an organized group, what it did for this, but i think that this will be revealed. on the prestige of the european parliament on the prestigio in the european union but on the other hand, it is good that this is done, that it is possible to open a tumor and do an operation, and for that i think that the european parliament will come out more, more прозрачный более слино i don't think that cor

syria this is reported by reuters with reference to the embassy of ukraine in the lebanese capital beirut only during this week of this year, the export of grain from crimea occupied by russia to syria has grown 17-fold to 500,000t, almost a third of the country's total grain imports wheat cargoes are usually moved to the syrian ports of latakia and tartus on three syrian ships, with all three ships under us sanctions since 2015 for their alleged role in the syrian conflict 10 million dollars per team, this amount was paid by the south american football conference to the football players of the argentine national team for the victory at the world cup, the president of the organization, alejandro dominguez, published a photo as players in the locker room receive a prize certificate for this amount in total for the victory argentina receives 43 million dollars, the french national team , which took second place, earned 30 million dollars, croatia 27 million, and the moroccan national team, which took fourth place, earned 25 million , the total prize fund of the championship this year was 44

then a holder explains from beirut. many lebanese now use motorcycle and the absence of a well organized public transport system and the rise in global fuel prices. it's the most affordable way to get around. the sharp evaluation of the local currency has made the situation worth a tank of fuel costs more than the minimum wage, which used to be the equivalent of $450.00. now it's not even worth $20.00. basic necessities are out of reach for many, especially since the nearly bankrupt state lifted subsidies on food and medicine. last year. there is no work. we try to sell whatever we can so that we can eat and drink. life is unbearable. authorities blame global inflation and the fall out from russia's invasion of ukraine. but levon on also has its own problem. while we have an inflation living on of 160 percent as per recent figures, so you have 90 percent related to the been use inflation while 10 percent maybe related to the word by the patient. this is mainly because of the color of the phone. we have been thinking jus

the body of an irish soldier killed on a un peacekeeping. patrone lebanon has been repatriated from beirut. sean rooney was shot dead late on wednesday on the 2nd soldiers left in a critical condition after hostile crowd surrounded the armored vehicle. rooney was killed in a stronghold of his belong, but the group has denied involvement. investigation is ongoing. today we can't get, i don't remember rely on series of our final piece, keyboards, private, sean conrad rowley, who made the hardest sacrificing soldier can do meaning his life quite serving for lasting peace. in milan. together we mourn for the loss of private rony. we thank his family, colleagues, his country for giving us that village, an honor to set up with him, contributing to the maintenance of the peace and stability in south lavano. ukraine says russian forces have shell the heart of her song, wounding, at least 3 people. the southern city has been attacked relentlessly since ukrainian forces we captured it in november. meanwhile, battles are raging in the eastern city of buck. mood. last week, president lamesa lensky sai

so there, osha zita, beirut says if any rom booker has been confirmed as fiji new prime minister, ending days of political deadlock parliament narrowly voted in favor of the former coolie, the officer and inconclusive election of this month, and has served this prime minister twice. his last government was toppled by outgoing leader frank by new rama who had been in power of 16. the is what i'm book and now has a 3 party coalition. we say, marvell know is the fiji correspondence. abc use astray via g explains what people's expectations are now from the new government. the hope now for most people is that this will be a stable government given that the last 2 years has been one of the one that most people here in p g as having been with human rights records that were not exactly admirable. and with a history of not really comes out to the public or the other side of parliament. so there is a lot of hope amongst the genes here in the country as well as outside that this will be a government of national unity. one that has more than one party, which already makes it very different from the

anna foster, the bbc�*s middle east correspondent, monitors the war from beirut.ve president erdogan�*s desire, he says, to secure the turkish borderfrom kurdish militant groups. in the main, the pkk, the kurdistan workers�* party. and what they want is a state for these around about 30 million ethnic kurds who have no state to call their own. some of them are in turkey, some of them are in northern syria, northern iraq, and some of them are in western iran. and they are concentrated in these small areas, one of which borders turkey. and so president erdogan says he needs to keep his border secure, but the kurds say that, as he continues to try and push them away, push them south, away from the border and take more away from that very sliver of land, small sliver of land, that amounts to ethnic cleansing. so, this war continues. every now and then, turkey push in with ground troops, but very regularly they will bomb areas, they will use their warplanes and they will use drones to bomb areas in northern iraq and northern syria. and is president erdogan using the fa

country, details in our exclusive material from lebanon, customers of this bakery in the center of beirut choose from a wide range of pastries for the holiday table, but a few months ago everything was different and the bread and flour disappeared had to stand in long queues to get at least one loaf of bread the war in ukraine started at a time when most lebanese could no longer afford basic things pay the rent buy water you can't even afford to pay your electricity bills you are sitting in the dark there are no basic jobs food, the only thing people had was bread and even this has now become something that is taken away from you. the full-scale russian invasion in february 22 affected the food situation in the country of lebanon in the middle east are 80% dependent on ukrainian grain supplies. the embassy of ukraine in lebanon says that lebanon's monthly need for grain is about 50,000 tons of grain , i.e. 600,000 tons of it per year. % of grain needs in lebanon, grain imports, infusions in march, april will burn lebanese supermarkets, flour has disappeared, was it possible to buy it? was

so there, osha, zita, beirut, hong kong is fully reopening its borders with the rest of china for the 1st time in 3 years, despite the mainland surgeon, cobra, 1900 cases. media in the city of ching dow quoted health official saying there are around half a 1000000 infections a day. the report was quickly censored, the official figure for the region is only 31 time this health ministry recorded 4100 case of nationwide on friday. there are reports of medicine shortages packed hospital wards and backlogs, had crematorium and funeral homes. passengers in the u. k of had to scramble to catch their last trains as further strikes caused commuter disruption. on christmas eve. people are being urged to travel only if absolutely necessary as thousands of rail and transport worker staves to walk out on saturday night rail operators or warning travelers to avoid trains until january. the nice christmas festivities are likely to be subdued in peru after 2 weeks of political and social turmoil, the violence is affected sales, especially small businesses, and millions of people who wants their jobs

the body of an irish soldier killed on a un peacekeeping patrol. lebanon has been repatriated from beirut. sean rooney was shot dead late on wednesday and the 2nd soldier was left in the critical condition after hostile crowds surrounded their armored vehicle. brittany was killed in a stronghold of his bernard, but the group has denied involvement. mitigation is on day to day. we can't get, i don't remember the live on series of our fellow peacekeepers. private, sean conrad rowley, who made the hardest sacrificing soldier can do meaning his life quite serving for lasting peace to learn together. we mourn for the loss of private rony. we thank his family, colleagues, his country for giving us that village, an honor to set up with him, contributing to the maintenance of the peace and stability himself to live on. the climate crisis is being tackled in an unusual way by scientists at university of california and focusing on changing what the cows eat in order to reduce the greenhouse gases. the animals produce roberto's report. ah, when you think of global warming, you probably picture cars,

syria, reuters writes about this with reference to the embassy of ukraine in the lebanese capital beirutduring this year, the export of grain from crimea to syria increased 17 times to half a million tons of wheat cargoes are usually moved to the ports of latakia and tartus , by the way, during the past weekend spirits of greater odesa as part of the grain initiative , bulkers continue to leave, seven ships with 182,000 tons of agricultural products are on their way from ukraine to africa, asia and europe, the news is long-awaited today, an important decision adopted in the european union the upper limit of the price of russian gas, they agreed and set it at the level of 180 € per megawatt-hour. well, to put it a little more simply, it is almost 2,000 € per thousand cubic meters still looks like a lot, but if we take into account that at the beginning of march this year the price of gas from the aggressor country reached €3,350 per thousand cubic meters and the reluctance of representatives of some countries to set a limit price, then today's decision can be considered a huge victory in

instead, lebanon has become a failed state. santa hood or al jazeera beirut passengers in the u. k. a that to scramble to catch their last trains as further strides caused commute a disruption on christmas eve. people ebay engaged would travel only if absolutely necessary. after thousands of rail and transport workers staged to walk out on saturday night, christmas festivities are likely to be subdued in peru after 2 weeks of political and social turmoil. the violence is affected sales, especially for small businesses and millions of people who lost their jobs during the pandemic are still struggling. our da 0 is marianna sanchez reports la capital, lima. oh, what one go new is trying to attract customers and given to the festive spirit, he hoped to sell his robot with some divine intervention. ah, sales are very low. they've gone down. but with god's blessing, everything is possible. ah li must chamber of commerce as christmas. sales are down 33 percent. it's a blow to the economy in the biggest shopping season of the year. how many people blamed the wave of protest that spread acr

there, osha, zita, beirut, the now at least 5 people have been killed in a russian strike in southern ukraine. 20 others were also wounded in that attack, and on the city was retaken by ukrainian trips last month. a major setback that russia suffered in its war against ukraine. while your call russia launched its invasion of ukraine back in february 10 months on, there's still no end in sight to the fighting, and many ukrainians are enduring. a dark and cold winter for we challenge takes a look back at the events that shaped the conflict. the february, the 24th 2020 to the day everything changed for ukraine through the chaos. one thing was clear. months of military filled up. be no blood. this was a russian invasion from batteries, southern russia and crimea troops, tanks and aircraft poured across the borders, fleeing the russian blitzkrieg civilians, crowded train stations and highways. hundreds of thousands of women and children headed abroad. men had to stay devised my house being torn apart. but i'm sorry, it's tough. when families separated, it's very hard. ukraine was fighting

so there, osha, zita, beirut worship has a gathering to attend midnight mass at the church of the nativity in the palestinian town of bethlehem. thousands of pilgrims and terrace, of descended upon the biblical birthplace of jesus christ as it rebounds from. for the past 2 years, the towns economy has been badly hit as kind of kept the visitors away. this year though large numbers of terrorist and local have been to manger square to celebrate christmas. and to him joins us live now from beth m. so very different kind of vibe and atmosphere this year. off to several years of coven restrictions. yes, this was the year that palestinians were looking forward to because this is the 1st year that the christmas season with happened without any cove in 1900 restriction. but it's been a year that has been marred with losses. those has been a lot of tension here in the occupied bank more than 230 palestinians were killed by israeli forces across all the occupied territory, including the besieged, gaza strip. so of course, that political situation, that tension the fact that palestinians feel that th

instead, lebanon has become a failed state senator there. osha zita, beirut, 50 veney. ram booker has been confirmed as fiji is new prime minister, ending days of political deadlock parliament nowadays voted in favor of the former crew leader after an inconclusive election earlier this month. and who has served this prime minister twice. his last government was toppled by outgoing the the frank miranda, who had been in power for 16 years. and lucas now heads a 3 party coalition. well, they say move, know is the fiji correspondent for a b c. news, australia, she explains what people's expectations are from the new government. the hope now. so most people is that this will be a stable government given that the last 2 years has been one of the one that most people here in fiji. see, as having been, dictate your, with human rights records that were not exactly admirable and with a history of not really comes out to the public or the other side of parliament. so there is a lot of hope amongst the genes here in the country as well. as outside that this will be a government of national unity

while traveling to the capitol beirut un mission says it's close a joint prob, with a lebanese army. the arm group has, the law says it wasn't responsible, and the locals were involved in an unintentional incident. well, for to with the family to because this is the worst possible news for them. and at this time of the year or peacekeepers, i think distinguish ireland overseas. i think that bring great great dignity to the country. and i am at it is very, very sad that we have this morning that in a very serious instant, i wonder peacekeepers has been killed. the european parliament has voted to suspend work involving cattle. it follows allegations the gulf states tried to influence members decisions which cut out denies. parliament's president says she also wants to strengthen rules against corruption and outside influence. as of today, i am putting together a wide ranging we form package to be ready in the new year. this will include the strengthening of the parliaments, whistleblower protection systems, a ban on all unofficial friendships groups. a review of the policing of our co

goldman sachs and citi group he did not never, ever, george santos claim that he received a grief from beirut clot and nyu he never graduated from either of them. he said he lied because he was embarrassed about it george santos claimed that h had jewish heritage, but h told the new york post that he quote, never claimed to be jewish i am catholic. according to the jewis publication, george santos claimed that he was quote, a proud american jew in hi campaign position paper. folks, those are clearly not embellishments, they are lies. he lied repeatedly and about a lot of things. so far, has republicans ar silent over the lies of george santos, lies that helped him win an election. including leader kevin mccarthy, who welcomed george santos as member of the jewish republica caucus at a republican jewis coalition event. >> they really want to tal about who is the makeup of thi new majority you heard from some of u already, max miller in ohio, george santos in new york. do you realize that we have th largest republican jewis caucus in more than 24 years that's not bad >> the republican jewish co

respect to the story is one that resembles princeton origins roberts collagen in turkey university of beirut. what's really unique about the story is the constitutional contract. one aspect is being a border city. a city that is pivotal in the competition between the british and the russians for influence. iran is another aspect of the city you describe. on the want to go back in just a moment. the presence of militarization is almost described as being something immediately legible coming from the west of america and all the sudden these guys who are armed recognize for. >> that look like an old west town. you would expect john wayne to step up the saloon at any moment. that is what it looked like. and itra had its own cowboys. and iran those cowboys are referred to as blue tea. it's a very difficultt concept. it is a deep tradition and iran. a gentleman and bandit is how you refer. it was the law and lawless times. he was very, very dapper he was well dressed. that's he told themm apart. he was not a peasant. he might not know how to read but he could spout persian long. all day he always

victims of state-sponsored terrorism funds coverage to the american victims of the beirut bombing. this matters a lot to rhode island. because october 23, 1983, the day when a truck full of explosives drove into the marine barracks in beirut and exploded killing 241 american service men was probably the bloodiest day for rhode island in any war at any time in our history. there was unusually high deployment of rhode islanders there. nine were killed that day, including two brothers-in-law. so some families took a terrible, terrible blow. and i'm just very grateful that senator cotton put the relentless initiative into making sure that that happened and to chairman menendez for supporting that and allowing it to happen. and i hope in my own way i've also been able to clear some of the obstacles and difficulties to make sure we have this vote. and i strongly urge all of my colleagues, let's get together on this, let's pass this amendment, and let's make sure that the victims of the beirut bombing of the marine barracks are not forgotten. there is a -- two things happened on this anni

his biography said he received degrees from nyu and beirut college, and worked at citi group and sachsdman sachs told cnn they had no record of his employment. joining us now is criminal defense attorney joey jackson and anchor audi corniche. joey good morning to both of you. you're the legal expert here. we have been saying this is discrepancies in his resume but there's also the law and this ethics in government act. failure to file or filing false disclosure statements that are consequences for it. are we at that point yet? >> we'll see. there are a couple of issues, obviously the political issues. i think there's political trouble here with respect to lying to voters and obtaining your position under false pretenses but then we get into the legal realm. in the legal realm we're about facts and content and what you did. so i think there's two points to be made here. number one in terms of the law, people lie every day, unfortunately. what is the nature of that? did you lie on a federal form? did you otherwise indicate when you were signing a form you were swearing under the penalty

presbyterian schools, roberts college in turkey or american university of cairo american university of beirutlly whattu is unique abot the story is the constitutionalist context. one aspect of tabriz being this border city and the city that is pivotal in the influence of iran as another aspect of the city that you described in t the boo. i want to come back to these religious narratives in just aow minute, which is the presence of militarization in the area of looting the city almost describe the seed of tabriz is been something that is immediately legible to someone like baskerville coming from the west of america and all of a sudden seeinge these guys who were armd and recognizing something in them.we >> tabriz and they can intercept look like an old west down. i mean, you would expect john out of a saloon at any moment. that's what itan looked like. it had its own cowboys, but and i ran cowboys are referred to as -- and it's a difficult concept but it's a deep tradition in iran. is basically a gentleman bandit, cuts have you refer, it was the law and lawless times turkey was always a very,

their elders eda beirut, who has more extreme weather in other countries in iraq. heavy rainfall is caused flash flooding in several cities. the capital bank that is among the areas effective. the government is facing criticism for failing to prepare for the weather. and in japan, a record breaking snow storm is blanketed parts of the north west, leaving at least 8 people dead, sled to traffic chaos, disrupted railway services and comp power to thousands of homes for cost as are expecting more storms in the coming days. city ban here in boca has been confirmed, this. fiji is new prime minister ending days of political deadlock parliament. now they voted in for more of the qu, leader after an inconclusive election earlier this month. and boca has served the prime minister twice before. the last government was helpful by outgoing lead, a friend of mine, and my rama who had been in house and 16 years now. heads a 3 policy coalition of a future of fiji relations with china will be in the spotlight from book and takes charge during his freed assess his reign, begging sign, trade and security de

their elders, eda, beirut, the travelers across the u. k. o, being warned about disruptions, israel workers, and to the secondary strikes, military personnel were called to provide services at train stations in airports to minimize it in a well, this will count as part of a nationwide movement which has seen workers across all sectors striking throughout the month of december. the union, boston, u. k, is one that strikes by a border for staff could go once a month. hundreds of thousands of airline passengers are facing holiday disruption and delays a security stuff begin 8 days of action pulled, brennan has more. why don't we san jose, why does it weigh right now in a torrential rainstorm? just after dawn, the picket line took shape as an insight into how determined and desperate these work is our willingness to stand. the protest in these condition speaks volumes. you k price inflation is 10.7 percent. the government is offering these work as a pay rise of just to we are marginally above the national minimum wage margin in lake. just a has

but even before that the economy and currency were in free fall, st hotter explains from beirut. many lebanese now use motorcycle in the absence of a well organized public transport system and the rise in global fuel prices. it's the most affordable way to get around. the sharp evaluation of the local currency has made the situation worth a tank of fuel costs more than the minimum wage, which used to be the equivalent of $450.00. now it's not even worth $20.00. basic necessities are out of reach for many, especially since the nearly bankrupt state lifted subsidies on food and medicine. last year. my visual mother let us know work. we try to sell whatever we can, so that we can eat and drink. life is unbearable. authorities blame global inflation and the fall out from russia's invasion of ukraine. but lebanon also has its own problems. while we have an inflation live of 160 percent as for recent figures, so you have 90 percent related to the been use inflation while 10 percent maybe related to the word by the patient. this is mainly because of the color of the, of any form we have

there, osha, zita, beirut, a city bennett i'm book has been confirmed as fiji is new. prime minister ending days of political deadlock, palma narrowly voted in favor of the former cooley. thereafter the inconclusive election. earlier this month. and on book has served as prime minister twice. last government was toppled by outgoing leader frank viney mama, who had been in the house 16 years when i'm book and now has a 3 poppy coalition. the future of fi g relations with china will be in the spotlights as run book takes charge. during his predecessors reign, beijing signed trade and security deals hoping to extend its influence in the pacific. but because previously signal that he could give it away from china. earlier this year, china signed the security packed with the solomon islands. a move that alarmed australia. and this month camber assigned a similar agreement with venue ought to least say more of ona is the fiji correspondence for a b, c, news, australia. she explains what people's expectations are from the new government. well, the hope now, so most people is that this will

instead, lebanon has become a failed state. santa hood, their elders, eda, beirut, allan minium and zinc smelt as a cross here at the cutting production all closing down altogether. the global energy crisis has made electricity to expensive power hungry factories, france and germany, government subsidies, a kicking in to save the metals industry from collapse. that's not happened in greece as john's rock las now reports from athens. this is one of europe's biggest ella, minium producers, but it's days could be numbered. greek heavy industry will receive electricity at fixed prices for a few more days. on january the 1st contracts expire and prices will float at market rates of more than $300.00 per megawatt hour. compared to half that in northern europe, which is being subsidized. this plant may have to close unless the government steps in the industry association says factory closures would also be a setback for the fight against climate change. if we lose methods in europe, these metals are going to be important. the important metals will be produced mostly by countries that use cold a

philby in beirut about his years that is james hong.bout somebody who was around a long time ago? let's face it , still continues to peek face it, still continues to peek interest all these years later ? interest all these years later? yeah, it is amazing. is about it isn't it. it's extraordinary. so getting for . on well it's what getting for. on well it's what thirties . 30 something years thirties. 30 something years since he died and we're still talking about him. it's an astonishing human story i mean when i did my research on his time in beirut, which was the time in beirut, which was the time just before he went to russia, i spoke to a lot of people who'd known him, and they just said we could not believe it. he was the lovely , kindest, it. he was the lovely, kindest, sweetest tinge, this guy you could possibly meet. he was also a bit of a drunk. and so they just couldn't this fire of any sort because they thought, well, nobody can drink that much and keep keep your secrets . and yet keep keep your secrets. and yet he did. and i

in tehran or roberts college in turkey or, you know, university of cairo or american university of beirut. what's really, you know, unique about the story is, is the constitutional is contact. right. and, you know, one aspect of tabriz being this border city and, you know, a city, you know, is pivotal in the competition. and between, you know, the british and the russians for influence in iran is, you know, another aspect of the city that you that you describe in the book. i want to come back to these kind of religious narratives in just a minute, but which is, you know, the the the presence of, you know, of militarization in the area of looting, as you almost describe, the city of tabriz being something that's immediately legible to someone. baskerville coming from the west of america, you know, and all of a sudden seeing these guys, you know, who are armed and, you know, recognizing something in them. tabriz in 1907 looked like an old west town. i mean, i, you know, would expect john wayne to step out of saloon at any moment. that's what it look. and it its own cowboys. but in iran, tho

there is in 85 when beirut was bombed. they called 101st out. we lost in the infantry unit when the plane went down when the alert came up, we were all jumping around and getting gear and stuff ready. and they looked and like, where is tex. tex was the soldiers that was with us. worked [inaudible]. [inaudible]. and like where is tex? and opened up and found tex in the [inaudible] and -- [laughter]. hello. come on. the locker that is i good one >> [laughter]. >> so i asked everyone if you could bring something to share with the group and share why it has significance to you. what is special and share a store beit and stuff. how about we start with alex? can you share with us when you brought today. >> so i receive third degree coin [inaudible] my commander because i was playing an important role in the operation we did. in 2019-2020. wow. got this for if will a great role there. >> how does this make you foal. >> i felt great because it was not expected. and you know it made mow feel i was a part of the 82nd at that time. it felt great to receive

and you know we are black folks we beirut better than of the issues. how many times can you hear that every where you go and not feel enraged and frustrated and it also not try to -- we have leaders of color black leader in the city. our mayor a black woman. she is touched by issues and want to think as well a lodgist cal stand point how do we move the needle on this. and like to hear from the reparation task force. i don't know where they are at with their process. yea. this is just continues to be every space ends to ends and weather health or equity or educational or homelessness is a burdened by black folks employmented say this tired of it. frustrated. i can't seat participate list if people want to raise handses we can have more of a conversation. i want to second what chair williams said around that stands out the racial disparities on the different level and i irrelevant like the idea of over compensating for that. and so i don't think we can catch up a disparity unless we make sure there is a larger proportion of folks that are off of that and

there is in 85 when beirut was bombed. they called 101st out. we lost in the infantry unit when the plane went down when the alert came up, we were all jumping around and getting gear and stuff ready. and they looked and like, where is tex. tex was the soldiers that was with us. worked [inaudible]. [inaudible]. and like where is tex? and opened up and found tex in the [inaudible] and -- [laughter]. hello. come on. the locker that is i good one >> [laughter]. >> so i asked everyone if you could bring something to share with the group and share why it has significance to you. what is special and share a store beit and stuff. how about we start with alex? can you share with us when you brought today. >> so i receive third degree coin [inaudible] my commander because i was playing an important role in the operation we did. in 2019-2020. wow. got this for if will a great role there. >> how does this make you foal. >> i felt great because it was not expected. and you know it made mow feel i was a part of the 82nd at that time. it felt great to receive

out on the ability to get some of the compensation as well as the families of the victims of the beirut marine barracks bombing and the khaibar -- khobar tower attack. many families waited for years, in some cases decades, for relief. that's what we seek today. i believe that we can take a voice vote. i turn to senator whitehouse, yield to him for a moment. i know he wants to speak to it. mr. whitehouse: colleagues, i want to say on behalf of senator reed and myself that we urge a yes vote from rhode island in memory of the nine rhode islanders who perished in the beirut bombing blast on that deadly day. a yea vote and a voice vote. the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i want to thank senator menendez and senator cotton, another good example of bipartisan progress. families have been left out in several different instances who are victims of terrorism, who had relatives victims of terrorism. we are saying we stand by you. let's vote, let's vote by voice. mr. cotton: our amendment achieves a goal desired by all of us, equal treatment for all the 9/11 victims, beir