ben cardin and marco rubio react to the attack. ambassadorrks from to the united nations nikki haley. >> president trump and king abdullah held a news conference in the rose garden. the president condemned the deadly attack in syria and the regime of president bashar al-assad. this is 25 minutes. >> thank you very much. your majesty, thank you for being with us today. very much appreciate it. this is our second meeting since my inauguration but our first at the white house. very special place. i can tell you that. i've gotten to know it well. long hours. very special. it's really an honor to welcome you here today but before we begin let me say a few words about recent events. yesterday chemical attack, a chemical attack that was so horrific in syria against innocent people including women, small children and even beautiful, little babies. their deaths was an affront to humanity. these heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. the united states stands with our allies across the globe to condemn this horrific attack a

...awkward. >>> we're back with senator ben cardin of the senate foreign relations committee. want to talk to him about north korea. stand by. president trump pressed the issues of the security council at a white house luncheon. >> the is that theus quo in north korea is also unacceptable, and the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions on north korean nuclear and ballistic missile programs. this is a real threat to the world. whether we want to talk about trnt or not. north korea is a big world problem. it's a problem we have to finally solve. >> now north korea's is detaining an american prove so. cnn's will ripley is in pyongyang on his 12th visit to north korea. he has an exclusive report. will, europe learning new information. update our viewers. p. >> will, we know, wolf, that this american silt sen was detained over the weekend at the pyongyang airport. this is the main entry and exit point of the country but the status of his right wight now. we don't know where he is or the conditions he's being housed in, but what we do know is that this

senators ben cardin and john cornyn join us. we'll ask our sunday familiar how donald trump is handling his first big foreign policy task. our power player of the week, the former head of u.s. special forces on what we should do in syria. >> we cannot sit by and see this carnage occurring in syria and do nothing. the trump administration says it's prepared to do more after this week's missile barrage and a syrian air base meant to deter bashar al-assad from using chemical weapons against his own people. in a few minutes we'll ask one of the key figures who helped president trump plan the attack, general h.r. mcmaster. but first let's bring in kristin fisher live from palm beach with the latest from the southern white house. reporter: residents of the same syrian town hit in that chemical weapons attack said war planes have returned to bomb them, this time without the deadly gas. in a letter to congress he defended his decision to launch almost 60 tomahawk missiles without congressional approval saying he acted in the vital inter

with that i will turn it over to ben cardin. if some posters that showed job growth and loss of jobs going back a couple of decades. since 2010 we were off to the races. 16 million jobs in county -- counting. over here we have a great picture of the brooklyn bridge. congressman markey and i used to go running together and the air never look like that. it never look like that but that's the way it looks. i have run in a place in california where it looks almost that bad. ben, thank you. >> let me thank senator carper for his leadership, not just on this deletion -- this issue in dealing with the claim power plan but his leadership on the half of environmental issues and his leadership on the epw committee. i am pleased to be here so many of my colleagues to point out just how disappointing, how wrong the trump administration's action today is in reversing the clean power plan regulation issued by the obama administration. the other parts of the policies that they are announcing today on energy. it's wrong because it's now going t

senators john cornyn of texas and ben cardin of maryland, only on "fox news sunday." thus, mr. trump's sharp break with president obama as commander in chief. we will ask our sunday panel how donald trump is handling his first big foreign policy task. and a power player of the week, the former head of u.s. special forces on what we should do in syria. >> we cannot justify and see this mass migration and see the carnage that is occurring in syria and do nothing. >> chris: all right now on "fox news sunday" ." and hello again from fox news in washington. the trump administration says it's prepared to do more after this week's missile barrage on the syrian air base meant to deter president bashar assad from again using chemical weapons against his own people. the question is our is what happens next? in a few minutes we will ask one of the key figures who helped president trump plan the attack, general h.r. mcmaster in his first television interview since becoming the president's national security advisor. first, let's bring in fox news correspondent kristin fisher live from palm

youaw ben cardin said -- saw ben cardin say the only answer had to be a rejection of this.his may come some tensions -- some tensions.lm david: you spend a lot of time bottom, what did the report have to say from when the report first came out? nick: the state department was not touching this. secretary tillerson has recused himself of anything having to do with exxon for two years. they would not get near this, said sanders is a sanctions matter, please go directly to treasury -- except for saying this is a sanctions matter, please go directly to treasury. this is not the first time they and hadied for a waiver done so in this case under the obama administration. there is a timing issue that is interesting. this is a hot potato for state, and they did not want to get anywhere near it. david: nick wadhams, you wrote us -- wrote a great story this week or walk us through what the policy is toward north korea. there are three policies the public -- the trevor administration is pushing back on drawing redlines. is northria, another korea, and the third is a rant. i would not n

lauren: ben cardin, top democrat also saying the president needs to come to congress before committing >> in regards of going against syria, there is no authority to use force. the president has some inherent article ii powers, but as he consulted with us by notice on this attack, it's incumbent upon him to consult with congress and if there is a use of force on a continuing basis, he needs the app there is a shame. >> president trump has spoken with japanese prime minister over the weekend about the missile strikes in syria as most north korea. lea: as his fame and responsibility for the deadly bombing attacks targeting to coptic orthodox churches in egypt. 50 people were killed and 100 injured on palm sunday. we caution some of what you're about to see is very disturbing. a surveillance video shows a suicide with a blue sweater outside historic st. mark's cathedral and the city of alexandria. the bombers turned away and direct it to a metal detector. the bomber then walks past the police officer talking to another woman and detonate the bomb causing a huge fireball outside the cathed

after that, senators ben cardin and marco rubio discussed human rights abuses in russia. r guest on c-span's "newsmakers," is congressman ben lujan. he is president of the democratic campaign to

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." >>> senators ben cardin and mar cue rubio spoke at an atlantic council discussion on human rights abuses by the administration of russian parking light vladimir putin. after their remarks, a prominent russian dissident swho survived two poison assassination attempts. [ indiscernible chatter ] >> one, two, three. one more. one, two, three. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to the atlantic council. i'm paula dobriansky. i'm on the executive committee of the atlantic council board, and i really want to commend the council's center for today's program, which is entitled "the state of human rights in putin's russi russ russ russ russia." today's forum is particularly timely. russia has experienced the worst crackdown in human rights in decades, and we have three keynote speakers who will be up first and all of whom are making a difference in their own way. they're strong outspoken advocates for freedom and basic human rights in russia. i'm going to introduce the first three. then we'll be having a panel afterwards which will be moderated by dr. polykova of the atlantic council. first

. >> now senators ben cardin and marco rubio. this atlantic council event is 1 hour and 35 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the atlantic council. i'm paul awe dobriansky i'm on the executive committee of the atlantic council board and i really want to commend counsel's center for today's program which is entitled the state of human rights in putin's russia. as many of you know the center has been extremely active and a vigorous voice on a range of issues from russia's disinformation to the issue of ukraine, the scale and scope of the aggression in ukraine and the illegal annexation of crimeya. russia has kperned the worst crack down in human rights in decades and we have three keynote speakers who will be up first, and all of whom are making a difference in their own way. they're strong, outspoken advocates for freedom and basic human rights in russia. i'm going to introduce the first tleend then we'll be having a panel afterwards which will be moderated by dr. alina polyakova of the council. but first we're going t

joining us is senator ben cardin.orning, senator. >> alisyn, good to be with you. >> good to have you this morning. i want to ask you about a phone call you got last night from the white house. who called you? >> it was a member on the national security council to let me know that an attack was taking place in response to the chemical weapons use by syria. and told me the specifics and when the president would be addressing the nation. >> and how do you explain that the -- with all due respect -- that the white house called you individually rather than taking this to congress as a whole? >> the president has certain discretions under article ii. it does require consultation with congress. there is requirement to submit to us what he wants to do in regards to force. the question is what comes next. if he is going to continue to use force, he really needs to consult with congress and tell us what authorization he would like to have on the use of force. then we need to consider that. we need to see what the broader polic

. >> joining me now, democratic senator ben cardin of maryland, ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee. what did you make of today's meeting with lavrov and then with putin? >> well, good. first it's going to be with you. the meeting left a lot of questions. i didn't hear secretary tillerson talk much about russia's attack on the united states on our election system. that seemed to be a subject that was not talked about directly. i'm curious to see how strong he was in regards to the chemical weapon attack where there were russians on the airfield on which the aircraft took off. i didn't hear much about how russia could have been colicitous in the chemical weapon aack last week. so there's a lot of questions about this meeting that i really don't know. >> let me ask you this, senator cardin. obviously this is a very fraught time in terms of u.s.-russia relations. i think what happened in the election is a huge part of that. obviously the support of assad and syria, the continued occupation of crimea, the rebels sort of agitating in eastern ukraine. do you fear, howe

i spoke just a short while ago with its ranking member, democratic senator ben cardin of maryland. i began by asking him if he was concerned by president trump's call last night to president erdogan to congratulate him on his apparent victory. >> well, turkey is a very vibrant democracy, and, of course, one of our nato allies. they had a referendum. the referendum, according to local officials, did pass. we are certainly concerned about some of the powers that are being consolidated by mr. erdogan, and about the checks and balances in their own system. there's also been questions raised as to the legitimacy of some of the votes that were cast. so there are still issues i think need to be addressed by turkey. as far as president trump calling president erdogan, that's a personal decision he made. i think it's important to recognize this is an important ally. >> woodruff: so you are watching the way ballots were cast. i ask because european observers are saying some 2.5 million ballots may have been cast fraudulently. >> yes, i'm very concerned about that. there's been some legitimat

maryland senator ben cardin weighs in on president trump's immigration crackdown.enator held a town hall event in bethesda last night. speaking to a packed house at "beth el" synagogue, cardin said the administration's policies are wro he cited the revised travel ban -- which remains held in up in the courts -- and the border wall with mexico. unlike recent town halls around the country -- there were no disruptions or outbursts. thats becuase most of the crowd was supportive of cardin's position. the state department has taken down a blog post promoting president trump's mar-a-lago resort. the post, which featured photos of the resort was featured on share-america dot-gov as well as the website of the u-s embassy in london. these are images of the post before it was taken down a few hours ago amid mounting criticism from ethics watchdog groups and congressional democrats. the post had been online for three weeks. it's xx and we're just getting started. a five alarm fire, in college park. a multi-million project- now destroyed. why firefighters say they were battlin

announcer: senate foreign relations ranking member ben cardin and marco rubio criticized syrian president bashar al-assad and the russian government following a chemical attack against the syrian people. the attack left dozens dead including at least 30 children. the lawmakers spoke with a news conference during a press conference on capitol hill. this is 20 minutes. >> morning, it's a pleasure to be here with senator rubio. i think senator rubio is one of the great leaders in the united states congress on human rights. he speaks with moral clarity, which is something i believe is extremely important. and he's done that with human rights issues around the world. and yesterday we experienced the latest in an atrocity under the direction of president assad of syria, the use of gas against civilian populations. this is the latest, because this has been going on for six years. the barrel bombing, the targeting of humanitarian workers, targeting of hospitals, the use of chemical weapons. this is not an isolated example. but it is now in the front pages of our paper. and we must act. and that's

ben cardin and marco rubio react to the attack. ambassadorrks from to the united nations nikki haley.

and that is something that on january 4th, i called for with ben cardin and elijah ycummings and adam schiff. let's have a public independent commission. >> you can't rely on the house anymore, can you. >> no, but you can rely on the senate. >> can you rely on the committee led by nunes? >> i have called for his recusal very clearly. but i do think we want to allow the senate process to continue. i thought both snar warner and burr did a very good job this week and there is no reason at the same time you can't have an independent commission. they will be look at it from a different angle. that is a panel of experts just like after 9/11 that would be coming forward with ways that we would he cou could prevent this from happening again. this is not just an assault on one candidate, it is an assault on all democracies. >> we've had problems in our history whether joe mccarthy back in the '50s and in watergate, we're very partisan. i know a lot of people who watch this show are passionately progressive. but when we work together, this country is somber off. thank you senator for coming on

." >>> next, remarks from senator ben cardin on legislation targeting anticorruption efforts. he currently serves as a member of the foreign relations committee, held by the council on foreign relations, this is an hour. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the council on foreign relations and welcome to our symposium here on the future of anticorruption in u.s. foreign policy. i'm shannon o'neal, a senior fellow here for latin america studies at the council on foreign relations, as well as the director of the civil society markets and democracy program that is hosting this event. now, we've seen in recent years an increasing recognition of corruption, serious and wide ranging consequences, both for the nations in which it occurs, and also for u.s. foreign policy. corruption towards investment and commerce, it intensifies economic and social inequalities, it drains development dollars, and it presents major obstacles for democracy and rule of law by undermining the functioning and also legitimacy of institutions in countries. erodes citizens' trust in their governments and it

visit ncicap.org] [inaudible] announcer: senate foreign relations ranking member ben cardin and marcoubio criticized syrian president bashar al-assad and the russian government following a chemical attack against the syrian people. the attack left dozens dead including at least 30 children. the lawmakers spoke with a news conference during a press conference on capitol hill. this is 20 minutes. >> morning, it's a pleasure to be here with senator rubio. i think senator rubio is one of the great leaders in the united states congress on human rights. he speaks with moral clarity, which is something i believe is extremely important. and he's done that with human rights issues around the world.

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the ranking member of the foreign relations committee ben cardin said this shows the u.s. will stand up against the use of chemical weapons. members of congress were briefed before the missiles rained down, they were briefed as the barrage was happening, this shows that the white house is willing to work with congress on this, reaching out to them, going forward though senators say if any escalation happens beyond missiles or air strikes that congressional approval will be needed. >> for now it seems more of a united front out of washington. edward lawrence for us, thank you. >>> i want to bring in nbc news military analyst and congressional medal of honor recipient colonel jack jacobs. i appreciate your being with us. you had the question that so many of asking now, that what next question that applies to this administration it applies also to the assad regime. we got to look at the end game. what are we looking at? >> we're not looking at much. i think it's not entirely clear what our strategy is indeed i think a lot of people are convinced that there is not necessarily

. >>> and a short time ago in the capitol, senators ben cardin and marco rubio held a news conference on the alleged syrian war crimes. a syrian monitoring group says the death toll from a chemical attack the previous day has now increased to 72. new air strikes have been reported near where the suspected chemical attack occurred in the syrian town. this briefing is about 20 minutes. >> morning, it's a pleasure to be here with senator rubio. i think rubio is one of the great leaders in the united states congress on human rights. he speaks with moral clarity, which is something i believe is extremely important. and he's done that with human rights issues around the world. and yesterday we experienced the latest in an atrocity under the direction of president assad of syria, the use of gas against civilian populations. this is the latest, because this has been going on for six years. the barrel bombing, the targeting of humanitarian workers, targeting of hospitals, the use of chemical weapons. this is not an isolated example. but it is now in the front pages of our paper. and we must ac

." >>> next, remarks from senator ben cardin on legislation targeting anrr

after that, senators ben cardin and marco rubio discussed human rights abuses in russia. r guest on c-span's "newsmakers," is congressman ben lujan. he is president of the democratic campaign to elect democrats to house of representatives. thank you for being with us. rep. lujan: thanks for having us. susan: the me introduce my reporters. -- simone pathe. and sean sullivan. sean: thanks for joining us. we are coming out of health care debate in the house that didn't end well for republicans. we heard members of your party express confidence. is the house and play early on in the trump administration? rep. lujan: the republican paull bill was pulled by ryan was a victory for the american people. it's all people that have been america were responsible for having that bill being pulled. before letting people may be thrown off of their health insurance, according to the congressional budget office. increased premiums and deductibles, stopping people -- slapping people 50 years old or older with an age tax. there is a reason the republicans were saying they didn't know which wa

we're going to here from ben cardin, ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee who just this week condemned the arrests of hundreds of peaceful demonstrators in moscow. he is a cosponsor of the global magazine any of sky human rights accountability act which impowers the united states to deny human rights abusers and also those corrupt officials entry into the united states and access to our financial institutions. following him, we'll be hearing from florida's senator marco rubio, also a member of the senate foreign relations committee who earlier this ear on february 27th, the day that the former deputy prime minister of russia bore russ people sauf was bunned down right in front of the kremlin, senator rubio introduced legislation that would designate the street in front of the embassy has bore russ any of so's boulevard plaza. they said it would permanently remind putin's regime and the russian people that will their disa dent views live on and the defenders of liberty will not be silenced. and then we will hear from vladimir kara-murza who is known to everyone in th

we're going to be hearing first from maryland's senior senator ben cardin, ranking member of the senateoreign relations committee, who, just this week, condemned the arrest of hundreds of peaceful demonstrators in moscow. he is the cosponsor of the global human rights accountability act, which empowers the united states to deny human rights abusers and also those corrupt officials entry into the united states and access to our financial institutions. following him, we will be hearing from florida's senator, marco rubio, also a member of the senate foreign relations committee. who earlier this year, on february 27, the day that the former deputy prime minister of russia, force them solve -- boris nemtsov, was gunned down right in front of the kremlin. senator rubio introduced legislation that would designate the street in front of the russian embassy boris nemtsov plaza, in honor of the former deputy prime minister. the senators said "the creation of the boris nemtsov plaza would remind putin's regime and the russian people that their dissident views live on and the defenders of liberty

then senator ben cardin on global anticorruption efforts. after that, house speaker paul ryan on the new health care proposal and the house investigation on russia. washington journal, life every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, cnbc senior contributor will discuss the effort by republicans at the white house to reform the tax code. then a talk about grassroots activism trying to engage legislators at town hall meetings. what is next for u.s. china relations? trump meets with the chinese president, we have commentary. watch washington journal, live on c-span friday morning. join the discussion. the 13th amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. on friday, a discussion about the relationship between the 13th amendment and the constitution and the massing castration of african-american men. we will have live coverage of the hill center at the old naval hospital sorting at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. the senate holds a final confirmation vote on supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch tom

senator ben cardin says the u.s. needs a strategy to change north korea's calculus on its economy and security. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. caroline: i'm caroline hyde. this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, the trump administration unveils, quote, "the biggest tax cut in u.s. history." but what's in it for tech? the fcc chairman officially out with a plans to kiln that neutrality as we know it. ajit pai joins us for an extended interview. and a bloomberg scoop. dropbox hits akil moscone -- hits a key milestone on its way to an ipo. first, the trump administration lays out sweeping proposals to reform the u.s. tax system. the plan proposes to cut the corporate tax rate more than 1/2 to 15%, business is big and small. cut to the also be a top tax rate. be a 1% -- one time tax on moneys currently over sure -- overseas. why there needs to be tax reform -- >> argentum is to make u.s. businesses the mo

we turn now to senator ben cardin of maryland joining us from capitol hill. good to have you. , the president met with senators about north korea. that has been very much in the news as you know. did you hear from the president or others in this administration of a plan on how to deal with north korea, which has been a problem for presidents going back sometime? thetor cardin: i thought briefing by his national security advisers was helpful. it did inform congress on the thinking of the trump administration, the tools they have at their disposal, and how they plan to work with the international committee, particularly china to increase pressure on north korea and change the way they are behaving. we need toline is change north korea's calculations that, for the sake of their economy and the sake of their security, they need to move away from their nuclear program. confident that economic pressure can get the job done? know military: i option is not desirable at all. it would have horrible consequences. we've got to do everything we can on the atlantic side. f

. >> joining us from baltimore, democratic senator ben cardin.enator, thanks for joining us. >> wolf, it's good to be with you. >> the president says he won't telegraph his strategy on north korea. but has congress, and you're the ranking democrat on the foreign relations committee, have you been briefed on what that emerging strategy is all about? >> i'm not aware of anyone in congress being briefed and i agree with the president, we don't telegraph our moves, but it's important that we have a strategy. that strategy is shared with congress. he has not done that. it raises questions as to whether we really do have a strategy in regards to north korea or we're just reacting to the current situation. the young leader of north korea is extremely dangerous. no mistake about it. you see how he takes out members of his own family. we cannot assume that he'll make rational moves. that requires the united states to enter size global leadership on this issue. >> in an interview, a senior official says he could conduct weekly missile tests and all out war

he says -- jeff merkley from oregon -- senator ben cardin from maryland -- richard blumenthal, a democratrom connecticut -- one more from tom udall from new mexico -- currently according to the latest counts on this vote, four democratic senators are voting for gorsuch in his nomination. the question senators, joe manchin, heidi heitkamp, joe donnelly and michael bennet's. "the wall street journal" with their list. arthur is up next. good morning. caller: you are one of the best ones. you let the speakers get their point across. this is my first call since november. my first want to congratulate president trump for keeping this atheist queen of the status quo, a.k.a., hillary clinton. the precedent is established by gorsuch, it comes time for ginsburg or kennedy to hang up, and that is very likely, the republicans need to announce that this is our nominee, there is nothing you can do about it. [indiscernible] sicknk many americans are of the same political posturing on the grounds of protocol. the trump era will be defined by ask of presidents -- act of precedence. this always dishonest m

senator ben cardin said he only found out when missiles were launched.is unclear whether allies were told. we have off the record quote from u.s. diplomat who did not know. some are noting that russians knew but u.s. diplomats didn't know. in terms of legal rationale it is just not clear to me that it is a clear cut case the president has the authority to do this. >> no. it's not at all. the striking against the regime is not authorized under any previous statutes passed to allow the president to strike terrorists who attacked us on 9/11. we don't have authorization from u.n. security council. it is hard to make a case that chemical weapons strike is a direct threat against united states in a way to claim us claiming self defense. he is on thin legal ice. a lot of people feel like a response for what syria has done is appropriate. >> and it is striking to me as someone and i want to bring you in in a second. it is striking to me someone who worked on the hill, if i am not mistaken, you were a staff on the senate -- when almost identical situation happene

i just had ben cardin on. a democrat against iran deal. he's saying, it's in and you have to do it. at the point of saying you didn't like obamacare but it is in place. as much as would you like to repeal, it can't be done? >> this is about fixing our health care system. the president says sometimes, oh, we should walk away and let it implode. there is part of that it would implode. throws the insurance exchanges. and i think we have an obligation to fix it even if it is just a stand alone bill. it's unfair to use it as political weapon. >> should the appeal rhetoric be dropped? >> well, the reality is, we're talking today about preserving pre existing conditions at the national level. so it is not a full repeal. we're trying to fix health care system. and this is now the health care system. i think that's what we ought to focus on. if we do that, i think we'll get some bipartisan support. >> in the town hall, you are broke the president in a few places and it garnered some applause. do you think the president should release his tax returns. you think sean spicer should go. we start

he along with ben cardin, angus king, bob menendez from new jersey, those are the four senators we have yet to hear from. but the one on this committee is chris kuhns. this has been a highly politically charged couple of hours so far, breaking very severely down par lines. on one side, you have the republicans who say there's never been anyone more qualified, that he's a judge's judge. on the democratic side, not only concern about the way that this came to be, of course, the rejection of marriage gek garla president obama's nominee to the supreme court, but repeatedly bringing up cases that they say he ruled in favor of the big guy and against the little guy. almost every democrat bringing up the case that a truck driver who abandoned his rig in subfreezing temperatures because he feared for his life, and it was neil gorsuch who said that the company was right to fire him. and we just heard from al franken, who said there's not a single person sitting here who wouldn't have done the same thing that that truck driver did. and so right now, the big drama is waiting to hear from chris kuh

. >>> and maryland senator ben cardin is the top democrat on the foreign relations committee joining me now. senator, in the rare position where the lavrov spokeswoman, maria's comments might mirror some from members of the senate about a lack of strategy that is. >> andrea first, it's good to be with you. rex tillerson has to be very clear about america's concerns about russia's engagement in syria. the complicit in committing war crimes and the use of chemical weapons. their failure to bring the syrians to the peace talks, to end this civil war. he also has to be very clear that about russia's enxwangment in ukraine and in and neching crimia, that we will not accept. he needs to be clear about what happened in the united states elections in and our concerns about russia's engagement in european elections. it's going to be the first visit for our secretary of state to russia and he's got to be very clear about our certains. yes, we want to have a more constructive relationship with russia. but it must be with a clear understanding that we won't allow that type of conduct to continue

we will start off this morning hearing from senator ben cardin, he has been instrumental in driving anticorruption administration for many years and has been a longtime advocate of a more assertive approach to addressing corruption issues abroad. i want to thank all of you for coming. we look forward to an excellent discussion. join me in welcoming the senator to the stage. [applause] senator cardin: thank you. good morning. hannon: here we are. everyone obviously knows the senator. i don't need to go through the bio. he has been thinking about these issues for many years, first at the state level in maryland and then at the house and now at the enate. let me start off asking you, in your 30 years or close to 30 ears in washington, you have dealt with a lot of foreign-policy challenges. you have dealt with wars, economic collapses, refugee crisis, nuclear threats, all sorts of issues. amid all of these, where does corruption rank? how important is it and why? senator cardin: thank you very much first of all. a keeper holding this series of discussions about corruption. you have to be careful becau

next marilyn senator ben cardin talks about his work on targeting global anticorruption efforts. he also talks about president trump's business holdings and whether they present conflict of interest for the u.s. foreign-policy agenda. senator cardin is the top democrat on the foreign relations to many. this is an hour. [applause] shannon: good morning, everyone. welcome to our symposium on the future of anticorruption in u.s. foreign-policy. everyone knows that the senator, we know he has been thinking about these issues for many, many years. let me start off by asking you in your time here, 30 years are close to 30 years here in washington, you have dealt with a lot of foreign-policy challenges. you've dealt with wars, economic classes and refugee crisis. all sorts of threats and amid all of these, where did corruption link? >> thank you very much. take you to the council on foreign affairs for holding this series of discussions of dealing with corruption. you have to realize there are forces working against us. we scheduled this over a month ago and we had snow. here i am tryin

and that's something that on january 4th i called for with ben cardin and elijah cummings and adam schiffe four of us stood together stood together and said yes go on with your investigation but let's hav an independent commission. >> you can't have a bipartisan investigation, can you. >> i called for his recusal. but i do think we want to allow the senate process to continue. both warner and burr did a good job this week. there is no reason at the same time you can have an independent commission. they would be looking at it from a different angle, that's a panel of experts just like after 9/11 that would be coming forward with ways to prevent this from happening again. this is not just an assault on one candidate, one election, one country, it is really an assault on all democracys. >> we have had problems in our history, joe mccarthy back in the 50s, republicans put him away. in watergate it was democrats and republicans putting him away. when we are bipartisan and work together, this country is so much better off. thank you senator for coming on tonight. there has been a theme by the w

thank you for cfr for hosting and ben cardin for your thoughts this morning. we've been debating since the election, soon after and continuing into this year, is what strategy we pursue for anticorruption. we continue to fight aggressively or is that a riskier strategy and things to be rolled back? we should instead hunker down and try to lay low and hope and hope that we can hold onto the status quo until there seems to be a more favorable attitude in washington, whether that's white house or capitol hill. second question is within congress, one of the things we talked about is going go at the republican side and from a security perspective that tends to play better maybe even a pure moral development argument and i'm not sure what your thoughts are on that from your time with your fellow members. >> i have a very easy answer for your. get behind the bill that i put out yesterday. i want to underscore this, that legislation would evaluate how every nation around the world in fighting corruption. i passed over quickly the analogy to trafficking in persons. it

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. >>> senators ben cardin and marco rubio now in a news conference on syrian war crimes. a syrian monitoring group says the death toll from a chemical attack the previous day has increased to 72. new air strikes have been reported near where the suspected chemical attack occurred in the syrian town. >> to both of you, what are your thoughts about president trump's statement on the syria chemical weapons attack that included some blame on president obama? >> well, let me start with the second question. we're not looking backward right now. we're looking forward. we've got to be able to deal with what the current situation is. he is the commander in chief, he is the president of the united states, need to know president trump's policies for countering these atrocities and the challenges we have. i agree completely with senator rubio. it's not only against the humanity values of the world. it's against our national security interests and what is the president of the united states suggesting, what is this policy, how can we make it clear that we will not tolerate that type of