♪ >> antony blinken voices concern over the fate of civilians in afghanistan at the hands of taliban.he secretary state was speaking as a emerged that have been more violent incidentss as china hosts the taliban delegation. macron promises transparency ov the effects of radiation poisoning for french polynesia. but the president stop short of a full apology for the nuclear testing france carried out from the mid- 1960'sto the mid 1990's. france is to cover bars, ad-- d nd inter city trains from august 9. macron says it is a vital weapon against the spread of coronavirus. the united states said this wednesday it was deeply troubled by the reports of escalating attacks on civilians as the taliban sweeps across afghanistan and washington pulls out his last troops and ends its longest war. antony blinken on a visit to india said the only path to peace in afghanistan is through negotiations. the four parties must take seriously. >> on his first trip to new delhi as u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken met with the indian leaders to reaffirm bilateral cooperation. high on the agenda -- t

secretary of state anthony blinken could be a good thing.pentagon. >> a delegation of top taliban leaders were given a warm welcome in china by top chinese officials that are seeking to prevent the total collapse of afghanistan on its western border. also move in and perhaps fill the vacuum being left by the united states. china has invested billions in copper mining rights in afghanistan. this is the most high profile welcome of the taliban on the world stage by any world leader. the warm greeting stood in stark contrast to the top american envoy. the taliban visit provided an opportunity for china to take a swipe at the u.s. and nato. >> the hasty withdrawal of u.s. and nato troops of afghanistan marks the failure of the u.s. policy towards afghanistan and the afghan people have an important opportunity to stabilize and develop their own country. >> secretary of state anthony blinken traveling in india acknowledged that the taliban have taken over more and more district centers in the wake of the u.s. pull-out and committed atrocities. >>

it wasn't to stymie blinken. the iranians today are considering whether to return to the agreement. think they will. blinken will maintain his demands for them to do the other things the iranians won't do it, , and we will find a way to get around that, i'm pretty sure. steve: we will go to clifford joining us from new london, connecticut. good morning. caller: thank you for c-span. i am concerned and think a lot of americans are concerned about the lack of congressional involvement in the war powers act with respect to these wars in the middle east, specifically it sounds like your guest is ready to go to war with iran. what is to protect the american public from waking up someday to find out we are in a-scale war with iran, strictly on joe biden and the secretary of defense without any role of congress declaring war? we are performing war activities in iran, we are bombing them and assassinating military leaders. at what point does mr. jeffrey think we need to declare war on iran? he seems comfortable with the presidential movements like that we had the authorization for use of fo

that is how we live up to her values. >> harris: no blinken has formally invited the united nations.ublicans are angry. >> you have people being bullied and beaten in the streets of cuba. you venezuelans arresting political protesters. the united states is asking the united nations, a cesspool of violence, to come to the united states and investigate us in the united states? we look so ridiculous in the eyes of the world right now. >> 20 blinken like his boss joe biden is getting a kick me sign on abe lincoln's back here. they should tell them to pack his bags and go straight to china. >> harris: give us your opening argument. >> leo: i will tell you right now, this is an embarrassment. this is the greatest country in the world, harris. people are trying to get into this country. let's just be honest. they have weaponized that democrats on the far left, they have recognized the torchlight death for political purpose. i have said this on fox news a thousand types. there is no systemically sends him in this country. it is been eliminated, it is gone, it doesn't exist. but these are dem

judge jeanine: blinken urged all european union members to join in this effort.ded that the invitations of the united nations on contemporary forms of racism and minority issues was a first step in a plan to step a standing invitation to human rights experts. you invite people from the u.n. who head the united states to come here on our soil to judge us? without concern for their bias, their hatred, their prejudice and outright opposition and ability to a democracy to judge us? never in history has this ever happened. you invite china has has one million uighurs in concentration camps. ventilator -- venezuela who tortures her own citizens. and in russia, where people just disappear. who do you work for? you invite our enemies to come to the united states and investigate whether there are human rights issues and report back to the world? are you stupid or crazy. you "people with dirty land to judge the most freedom-loving nation in the world. and you invite them to address america's systemic racism against africans and people of african descent in the context of l

blinken's foreign minister. issue here is not only does this have a chilling effect on what we suppose might be a reuniting of the u.s. process to try to get to a bye communal -- which left him as a government i will worked along with then vice president biden. also has a negative effect on the ongoing conversation that turkey is having with the eu on what they wanted than what we had finally gotten insignificant talks about some kind of an economic community and frankly that is the bigger gain. that is a far more value for turkey. snag if i may madam secretary i agree with you but just reading to you president erdogan's words. he doesn't care what we say and what you say or what you said so i think our experience indicates that turkey will respond only when there's a price to be paid for their actions. sometimes that doesn't move the miter but certainly words alone will not and in fact it also turns to the hd issue because as you know this is turkey's third-largest political party. they have locked up a number

anthony blinken inviting in u.n. human rights inspectors, if you will, or investigators to take a look at our record on human rights and racism at the same time not doing much about what is going on in cuba in terms of human rights. not doing much about china, iran and russia and many other places. >> i'm so sick and tired of the left thinking everything that they have to do runs through the u.n. have we had racial issues? of course we have. that record has been examined far past any other country on the face of the planet. let's be clear. we're the freest, most tolerant nations on earth. it what happens when you have a free society and people do bad things and harm comes to certain people. let's be very clear. if the u.n. will investigate anything, start with venezuela, which has destroyed the value and liberty of its people the last 30 years. look what's going on in cuba right now. not just now, the last 62 years. what about china? what about iran? talking about these liberty movements that are uprising in cuba. pe

senator marco rubio tweeted to secretary blinken, quote: instead of asking the u.n.il socialist regime storms into people's homes, beats the crap out of them, and then drags them away? critics have also pointed to the makeup of the united nations human rights council. the result of secret ballots and backroom deals. the latest elections added notorious human rights violators, cuba, china and russia. >> the trump administration withdrew the u.s. from the u.n. human rights council calling it biased and hypocritical. in february, the biden administration restored u.s. membership, acknowledging the council is flawed though arguing the best way to fix it is through u.s. leadership. bret? >> bret: we'll follow this story. rich edson live at the state department. rich, thank you. stocks were mixed today. the dow gained 44. the s&p 500 was up 5. the nasdaq lost 33. protesters in miami are not letting up in their demonstrations against the communist government in cuba and crackdown on dissent. this comes as we learn one person was killed during sunday's protest on the island.

yet, these are the people that unvo blinken invited.fessor claiming it's impossible for her to be objective. she did not respond to requests for comment to the letter last year she called for a u.n. investigation into systemic racism and law enforcement in the u.s. writing, quote: the domestic legal system has utterly failed to acknowledge and confront the racial injustice and discrimination that is so deeply intrenched in law enforcement. a state department spokesperson defended the u.n. inquiry saying examination strengthens american credibility to advocate for human right around the world and that officials at state are capable of advancing human rights abroad while allowing a u.n. inquiry here. a spokesperson also referenced the secretary's repeated comments on the issue. >>what separates democracies from autocracies is our ability and willingness to openly confront our own shortcomings. not to pretend they don't exist. to ignore them, to sweep them under the rug. >> earlier this month secretary blinken set a cable to american diplo

secretary of state antony blinken.age when you have a rejection of the vaccine here at home that is creating a pandemic among the unvaccinated? >> first, it's great to see you and be with you. we are leading at both fronts and around the world. we have to do both. as long as this virus is out there anywhere replicating, we will see variants and they will come back and bite us as we are experiencing with delta. so as we are pursuing every effort to get every american vaccinated. we are at the president's direction. as you know, we had vaccines in our stockpile 80 million that we're making available to countries around the world. we started doing that about a month ago. 60 million have been distributed. and the president announced when he was in europe key g-7 the country would provide a half million around the world, no strings attached. to make sure we can within this race. the other thing that's happening, because of our leadership, other countries are stepping up, the g-7 partners, japan are committing additional vac

tony blinken like president biden is putting a kick me sign an uncle sam's back, they should say pack your bags and head to china where china is committing genocide against religious and ethnic minorities, where they are engaged in the systematic sterilization of minority women, or barring that the systematic rape of them so they produce in chinese to say nothing of what they've done to hong kong and christians were trying to worship god in their homes throughout china, that is where the un should be focusing on human rights abuses, they should not be telling the united states and it is disgraceful that president biden and tony blinken have asked them to do so. >> doesn't this affect our national security? the secretary of state, by allowing this to happen on us soil with the un and their track record on human rights, looking the other way on north korea and cuba and obviously china? how does this help our national security back to my angle? >> doesn't help us at all, the united nations often has things like cuba and north korea sitting on the human rights council. it is another way t

tony blinken, like his boss joe biden, is sticking a "kick me" sign on uncle sam's back. they should tell that person to pack his bags and head straight to china where china is committing against religious and ethnic minorities. where they are engaged in a systematic sterilization of minority women so they can't reproduce. or, barring that, the systematic rape of them so they produce han chinese, to say nothing of what they have done to hong kong over the last year, or to christians who are simply trying to worship god in their homes throughout china. that is where the u.s. should be focusing on human rights abuses. they should not be coming to the united states, and it is disgraceful that joe biden and tony blinken have asked them to do so. >> laura: but senator, doesn't this have an actual effect on our national security, our secretary of state, by allowing this to happen on u.s. soil, with the u.n. and their track record on human rights, looking the other way on north korea and cuba, and obviously with china, how does this help our national security, back to my "angle"

the secretary state of the united states, tony blinken, has invitaled the u.n. human rights council to come to america to help confront the scourge of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia here and elsewhere. remember, this the same council that the trump administration left in part because their membership accused human rights abusers like china and cuba. a short time ago,etoo pressed the white house on this. watch. >> why is the secretary of state blinken trying to address human rights in the u.s. by inviting experts from cuban and china here? >> he's believes responsible nations must not shrink from scrutiny of human rights records. they should acknowledge it with improve it and push and lift up and shine a light on other countries that need to do better. that's the role that we're playing from the united states. >> martha: here now, morgan ortega, tomi lahren, fox nation host and david tufori. welcome to you. great to have you here. morgan, what went through your mind? >> the goals of the biden administration laying out saying we don't want to shrink

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>> when i received a phone call from secretary blinken i was happy. him an example. i said as soon people in the streets found out that i contributed to fox news and cnn talking about me and american citizen being under threat, people were hugging me, sharing their love saying we are so blood you are safe here in america. but i said, it makes me feel guilty because i am coming from a country that my people are not safer in people are now facing live bullets. i said that to secretary blinken, right now that i'm talking to you i've had two or three people i do not know they shut down the internet, but shot in the head and shot in the chest just because of asking for water. why is the government killing people when you're trying to negotiate with such a regime. i said you have to recognize the voice of the people who are actually saying no to the whole regime but i know washington is full of uranium set has a strong language. but many mothers within the society. they're trying to say no to islamic poverty. guy: i want to say thank you, stay strong, we lo

ye steve: in january this man anthony blinken.trying to hide their client list through legal loopholes, they advertise their influence over the white house, this is from their web site. it is quite the roads to the situation room. how clearer and corrupt. but it is clear that is worst than we reported, not just blinken more than 15 west lobbyists have joined the administration in senior roles. cia, deputy director, national cyber director. and white house press secretary. that not half of the list. despite west exec's efforts to -- linked in, blackstone, bank of america -- look at the list. boeing, at&t, royal bank of canada. talk about revolving door between big business and government biden's group have turned into a spinning centrifuge, no one cares, that is how the swam works -- swamp works but we care, as promised e jason chaffetz is back with us. >> these are people they know if a democrat gets into the white house will be the senior administration official, form -- you normally hire a company like this to do the lobbying bu

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jeanine: now blinken even went beyond that urging u.n.in effort to con to attribute surge of a rich racially scrimmages xenophobia added invitation on contemporary forms of racism u.s. special republic repertoire first to issue a standing invasion to all u.n. experts will report on human rights issues in the united states let me see if i have this straight. you inoversight people from u.n., who hate united states to come here, on our soil, to judge us? without concern for their bias their hatred their prodigious? and their outright opposition ability to a democracy to judge us? never in history has this ever happened, you invite china one million uighurs in concentration camping to judges us cuba arresting journalists killing demonstrators who want food liberty, inventories torches citizens russia run by he were former intel agent, poise enemies who disappear why? what is in this for you? who do you work for? you invite enmez to viest united states elevate when human rights issues stemming from george floyd murder compile information quot

. >> haley's comments come after anthony blinken said he would invite experts and hopefully ask them human rights issues in the us. would you want your kid taking a course called abolish the police this fall? davidson college so the class will look at the relationship between black people and police in the us and use, quote, black political and feminist theories to critically examine issues of race criminalization and incarceration. carley: despite a year of violent protests and dangerous crime portland, oregon has been named one of the best places to live in the united states according to a new report from u.s. news & world report which touts the city's quote shameless wild side. the writer for townhall.com visited portland many times to cover those riots and he joins us now. very good news from portland, one of the best places to live. we recommend moving there? >> know i wouldn't. i have been going to the city pretty consistently since 2019, no city is perfect but every time i've gone back to portland it seems it has gotten worse, not just because of the riots but even with the ho

you saw, i think, as you referenced the strong statement from secretary blinken yesterday that we, and as i also repeated in my opening statement before you came in, that we consider the move yesterday to be inconsistent with u.n. security council resolutions, provocative, unacceptable, incan compatiblece with past commitments. -- incompatible with past commitments. i spoke to my turkish counterparts this morning, this will be ongoing conversation with the turkish government. before this happened, ambassador satterfield also spoke with key members in the palace, and secretary blinken talked to foreign minister of cyprus this morning. the issue here is not only does this have a chilling effect on what we hoped might be a reigniting of the u.n. process to try to get to a bizonal -- which the last time i was in government i worked intensively on personally along with then-vice president biden, it also has a negative effect on the ongoing conversation that turkey is having with the e.u. on what it has long wanted and what the, we had finally gotten themth back into significant tas about so

that is what they did with secretary blinken. they lectured us on human rights. it is seriously pathetic that we would even allow that to go on. it is the difference in leadership. some of your viewers might not like trump, but that would not have happened under him. they are allowed to berate us, for quite a long while, actually. host: news reporting that china had been involved in hacking a u.s. pipeline from 2011-2013, chinese backpackers targeted and breached two dozen companies that own such pipelines. the fbi and dhs unveiled this yesterday. how do you think the administration should respond? guest: when we are negotiating, when he was negotiating with russia, he said, those are issues you have to keep your hands off of. we did not see this type of activity and i question their ability to negotiate. obviously, we are in some serious trouble. the bully pulpit, my gosh, that is where you have to hit them, economic. we are not talking about bringing troops into the picture. we are a bunch of addicts to chinese goods. covid showed that time and time again, our

antony blinken made his way there to discuss the refugee program with his counterpart, grover. >> sadly many people have to leave their homes and countries because it isn't safe for them. they are called refugees. many refugees are children and they need opportunities to learn and play just like you and your friends on "sesame street" have. >> we have to leave our homes because it was not safe for us there. >> why do two or 3-year-olds need to know about refugees? they don't even understand the concept of countries or borders yet. what about a human trafficking discussion with oscar or a food desert expose with big bird? what is next year? >> laura: wealth inequality, raymond, we have to talk about that next. sally took my cookie and i didn't give it to her and they accused me -- just adding and distracting. >> dr. jill biden also made her way to "sesame street," new racial literacy targeted towards military families. >> i'm so proud i have a papi who served in the military. i am so proud that i am a mexican-american. >> if we see someone being treated unfairly, we should stand up for t

>> well, i think in cortez and blinken we have two different versions of worthless american voices.mbargoed food and they have all over the hemisphere, somehow cuba can't take care of the woman, is false. it's a ridiculous comment and blinken's comment as equally ridiculous, they didn't have enough on the food. there wasn't the fact there want food in the country. they had a government that siphoned the resources through their hands and took the best pieces for themselves ap left nothing for the people and neither one of them are a real voice of clarion clarity about what is good for the people of cuba and what is good for the people of america. freedom is good for people, choice is good for people, and to excuse and enable these regimes whether you're excusing it the way blinken is or cheerleading for it the way that cortez is. jacqui: we're out of time and we'll have this conversation another time. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. griff: britney spears' message on social media slams people who never put a hand out when she was drowning. more after this. wel

recognizing congresses voice on these issues is important, and the blinken meeting of the other day, both ministers said they wanted to reestablish the kind of alilance, bipartisan domestic balance on these issues. how can you see congress being helpful in fostering a more reasonable, realistic conversation domestically about the israel e-palestinian issue? rep. malinowski: will see. this will be our first hearing since all of the drama. there are still plenty of folks who would use an opportunity like that for short term political advantage. we have some folks on our side of the aisle who sometimes make it easy for them, who give them big and easy targets. but i do think it is helpful that we don't have a prime minister in israel whose answer to every question is iran and who isn't actively trying to deepen divisions in the united states and even in the jewish community over u.s. policy toward his country. so i hope most of us can engage in a more pragmatic conversation which, the biden ed bettis ration having established it is pro-israel and will be there when israel needs it, even

it is one that's completely false of secretary blinken.is something that never should have happened. what moral authority does the united nations have? tom there is accountability, okay good for accountability. then there is performative self-flagellation but i kinda feel this might be more of the latter from the biden administration. >> i agree. the truth of the matter is the united states is the least racist, most open, most tolerant site on the planet reveal the sight of that because we are so busy running ourselves down. richard is right. we do have to have conversations. we have been having conversations. not just for the last two years but for the last 50 years about race and how we can do better. we have made a lot of progress. that also gets lost the debate. to see your point, the united states genuflect before the world and say look maybe -- would need to be scrutinized by you even though all across the globe there are hundreds of countries that are much more racist than the united states. guy: meanwhile somewhat relatable black l

amy: that is secretary of state tony blinken. daniel montero, if you can respond?do you know what happened with the person who died in the protests, those reports of that? >> yes. first of all, with what the secretary of state just said, i think you know. polite but i think -- i know weigh come uncomfortable for us as cubans to listen to any american plantation wishing as the best while at the same time applying policies that is exactly the opposite. sure, the idea of a government listening to its people and everything working out for the rest. that is ideal. but at the same time, is hypocritical to t mention the biggest problem to our economy. we're talking about a moment in which we are living in crisis. people are taking to the streets because we are in a crisis. that crisis is largely due to the united states sanctions. so to come out and just support people, no. the biggest support the biden administration could offer the people is to lift the sanctions, especially during the period of the pandemic. now, when it comes to the protester that died, a lot of detai

a month later, not unrelated of element, secretary of state tony blinken posted a video extending that the realities of racism and hatred and home. if we can't sweep our shortcomings under the rug or pretend they don't exist. we need to face them openly and honestly. even if that's ugly, even if that's painful. that's how we live up to our values. >> tucker: so he's not including himself in that. of course, the problem is you, now tony blinken, has now invited united nations to investigate this country for systemic racism. james craig is the former police chief of detroit, michigan, he joins us tonight. chief, thanks so much for coming on. so there are a lot of problems in the world. i wonder if we need, say, the representative of zimbabwe showing up to investigate our sins. do you think? >> it's absolutely wrong, tucker. it's misguided, it's irresponsible. they should go to cuba. that's what they should do. go to cuba and find out what's going on over there. we don't need this. it's divisive and it really benefits status quo and the liberal elite. that's exactly what it does. >> tucke

. >> shannon: secretary of state blinken said this.m their human rights record, should acknowledge it with the intent to improve." why do you think this is a bad idea? >> he also said the united states should stand in judgment of the rest of the world, and frankly, he should be a little ashamed of himself. we are getting lectured in the united nations by the likes of north korea, china, russia, and cuba, all of which have been on the united nations human rights council, so it's just -- it's sad, it's laughable if it weren't so sad, but ask yourself, why is the entire world banging down the doors of america to come here if this nation is so bad? we are a beacon of light, an exceptional nation, we of course have our flaws in our past, but the united states will continue to leave the world. the problem, shannon, very quickly, with blinken and those around biden, they believe fundamentally in two things: that america is part of the problem around the world and it is the solution, and that if we apologize enough, give enough, that the rest

china has hit out against the united states after antony blinken met with muslims in the northwest shenzhenason -- region. afghan special forces have been deployed to push tell event fighters out of the north and provincial capital. fighting reached the city's outskirts. this all comes since western forces have largely withdrawn from the afghanistan state. the european commission chief has warned hungry it will face legal action if it fails to reveal a new law that critics say is from nate against the lgbtq community -- discriminates against the lgbtq community. european leaders have described the shooting of a prominent dutch investigative journalist as an attack on our values. peter was gunned down in answered dam on wednesday. he remains in the hospital. authorities are examining possible leaks in his role in a court case against a major gang described by police as a well oiled killing machine. >> a day after one of the netherland's most famous journalist was gunned down, people are gathering where he was shot. he was shot five times, including once in the head and it was an incomprehens

secretary of state blinken says it would be a grievous mistake for the cuban regime to blame what's happeningre as a result of anything the u.s. has done. notably most left-leaning democrats were quiet on cuba today including representative alexandria ocasio-cortez. however, senator bernie sanders did make a short statement saying he supports the right to protest in every country around the world and stands by what he said last year and a "60 minutes" interview that not everyone in cuba is bad. on the streets of havana today and tonight, things were pretty quiet. no demonstrations as the internet and social media have largely been shut down. >> the hour freedom has arrived. >> miami's cuban-american of mayor joined the call for change. >> people are suffering and starving. it's been happening too long. >> phil keating, fox news. >> mike: first up and tonight's real news roundup, california governor gavin newsom cannot be listed as a democrat in his upcoming recall election. a judge ruling tonight. the democrats sued to have his party affiliation on the ballot after his office missed a deadlin

i'm proud to see secretary blinken and the administration make that happen. i applaud those governments that joined secretary blinken, but i also note the absence of those, including canada and spain and the european union, does spain care more about spanish hotel investments than it does about the human rights of the cuban people? [speaking spanish ] does canada place more priority on mining investments than it does on fundamental freedoms? i would hope not. these universal principles should unite all of us. the administration is convening a working work to study some remittances. for too long the cuban military has managed the remittances that cuban americans send their families on the island, using fees and currency conversion to enrich itself. the united states would never allow the spanish, the mexican, the arrange teen military to -- it is time that we insist that cuban americans freely and directly support their loved ones. [speaking spanish ] the steps taken thus far by the biden administration are important, but we must do more. today the senate fore

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. ♪ antony blinken has warned afghanistan will become a pariah state if the taliban don't respect the those inside the country. bbc has more from couple. -- kabul. reporter: the taliban's demand forces. there are not a great deal of talks left. one of the areas is this promise of international legitimacy, or withholding that. the la time the taliban were in government in the 1990's, only a handful of countries recognizehem. we heard the u.s. secretary of state say if you want international recognition, you have to engage in peace talks, and short people in the territories you are taking over are treated in line with international human rights. laura: britain's prime minister and the president of kenya cohosting a global education summit. the two-day event aims to raise billions of dollars to educate children across the developing world. it will go to programs like catch-up who help teenage mothers who dropped out of school. our women's affairs correspondent reports from kenya. reporter: she was married at 13 and has little formal education, but now has an opportunity to go back to sch

with statements like we've seen from president biden and secretary of state tony blinken, the u.s. state is obviously no longer calling the press the enemy of the people. which is a nice change. the u.s. government is now trying to both insist on the rights of journalists around the world, and to a certain extent, they're trying to model that behavior within the u.s. government itself. the justice department, just this, week putting out new rules that limit the ability of u.s. law enforcement to go after journalists and their communications and their sources. that new rule put out by attorney general marlin garland this week. but if we are once again trying to lead the world and standing up for those kinds of freedoms, it's not working. we but else can we do? hong kong democracy activists are now asking for the united states to once again offer them asylum in the united states, to offer hong kong democracy activists asylum in the united states. which is not an unprecedented thing. the u.s. did that after the ten against square massacre. yes we now democracy activists and the free p

well, it's a problem and i think, you know, tony blinken also expressed some regret, i guess, in hisi think in his confirmation hearing where he expressed regret about the, you know, what he saw as a major short coming of the obama administration in not doing more to resolve the syrian conflict. as you say, the number of ideas for resolution are not great. if we can move a little bit farther to the west, i know you're also planning a hearing in the next few weeks about lebanon and, you know, again, this was a country close friend, partner of the united states for many, many years, going through terrible political, economic, social upheaval right now and what's the way forward and what do you think will be the focus for the hearing? >> well, you know, we're going to -- sometimes the focus of a hearing is to learn about what's going on and try to figure out what to do, believe it or not. occasionally i go into a hearing not knowing the answers to those questions. we don't like to admit that. but as you say, it's a very close friend and partner of the united states in its own way a vict

secretary of state blinken announced the department would fly the progress flag during a conversation including the importance of flying flags, not just here but also abroad. >> our ambassadors, whoever is in charge, have the authority to fly the pride flag. this is, again, the strength and power of our own example, the willingness to speak up, speak out to show the strength of our own diversity, including at our embassies shows an important message. >> visibility is more than symbolic at the state department. ned price is the first outgay spokesperson for the state department serving under secretary blinken. as recently as 1995 members of the lgbtq community were ineligible for security clearance. that year then president clinton reversed the ban ending government-sanctioned discrimination against queer people. now ned price is america's voice to the world, speaking out on all areas of international policy and diplomacy as a critical member of the biden state department. >> ned price, thank you very much for having us here at the state department. >> you're welcome. glad to have you.

the state department yesterday she told my colleague jennifer hansler that the meeting with tony blinkeno that indicates, yes, there were tangible further actions that the united states could take with regard to belarus that were discussed. we don't know the precise nature of any commitments or any promises made. but she is here in washington and she's seeing a number of folks. she's up on capitol hill this week and also visiting the white house. she'll be seeing national security adviser jake sullivan and there are some questions about if she would see president biden, the white house has not committed to that. and she was asked about that yesterday also. would it be something that she would want, to see the president and she said of course it would be. but ultimately she is essentially extremely happy that she's been able to see such a number of senior officials in the biden administration and she is clearly getting her voice out here in washington. i mean she spoke to cnn yesterday, she's talked to a number of other media outlets, and speaking with think tanks here in washington. so s