pompeo has been sort of the center for security policy. that's not the only public of the care if you could figure. are there other cohorts in which his company is notable that you might be able to mention for us to? >> i would say the center for security policy and act for america are two of the most effective lobbying and advocacy organizations that have a very clear anti-muslim agenda and there are local organizations that sort of branch off from those two. they are strategies and tactics. so having mike pompeo is problematic and is incredibly concerning because he isn't just using their talking points to formulate policy he's also effectively legitimizing and lending credibility to the organizations as prior year members of congress and now the cia director and hopefully not, but as he would lead the state department. >> you mentioned his support of some of these notions. the secretary of state with his record but he also potentially be the target of the legal action on the part of the organizations like muslim advocates? >> many have b

don't believe that's the case i think thank you so much less and frankly there director at the center for security and intelligence studies in oxford thanks for talking with us. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today italy's president said joe has begun crisis talks with political party leaders hoping to break political deadlock inconclusive elections were held one month ago antiestablishment five star movement made large gains in the poll its leader we due to my zero said during the campaign he would not share power. and in sierra leone opposition candidate julie is model has won the runoff election to become the country's next prez he received nearly fifty two percent of the vote defeated candidate and former foreign minister kamara says the poll was marred by fraud and he plans to challenge the result. facebook says eighty seven million people may have had their data access to in the privacy breach involving cambridge analytic that's tens of millions more than previously admitted the company says it will restrict the sort of user data outside parties can access

pompeo has been the center for security policy spirit he is not the only public feet -- figure elected. are there other people in whose company -- another cohort in which his company is noticeable that you might mention for us? say that frank forney's group, sent security policy and the act for america are two of the most ive advocacy organizations that have a clear anti-muslim agenda. there are certainly local organizations that branch off from those. they used talking points and strategies and tactics. as a darlingompeo of these organizations is incredibly problematic. it is incredibly concerning because he is not just cavorting with these organizations and using talking points and using those to formulate policy, but he is also effectively legitimizing and lending credibility to those organizations as an elected member of agra's and now a cia director and hopefully not, -- of congress, and now a cia director and hopefully not, secretary of state. >> you did mention mr. pompeo support of some of these notions . the secretary of state with his record could also potentially be the targ

don't believe that's the case i think thank you so much less and frankly there director of the center for security and intelligence studies in oxford thanks for talking with us. headlines around the world today in sierra leone opposition candidate julius model b o has won the runoff election to become the country's next president he won nearly fifty two percent of the vote supporters celebrated his victory in the capital frito b.-o. prevailed over some more of a former foreign minister and candidate of the current governing party out police in sweden are investigating a suspected arson attack at the portuguese embassy in stockholm after a large fire broke out their building also helps us several other embassies a spokesman said fourteen people suffered minor injuries police have arrested one man in connection with the case. brazil's former president luisa not so little of the silva could soon be behind bars the nation's top court has narrowly denied his request to remain free and even appeal for a bribery conviction he faces more than a decade in prison the decision has split the nation is the big

to believe that's the case i think thank you so much less ethnically there director of the center for security and intelligence studies in oxford thanks for talking with us. now some other stories making headlines around the world today brazil's former president louisa not to live a syllable is facing the start of twelve years in prison the brazilian supreme court rejected his bid to stay out of jail while appealing a corruption conviction the ruling makes it almost impossible for a loop to seek a third term as president in elections later this year. in sierra leone opposition candidate junius. has won the runoff election to become the country's next president he won nearly fifty two percent of the vote supporters celebrated his victory in the capital freetown be prevailed over some more of a former foreign minister and candidate of the current governing party. and in sweden police are investigating a suspected arson attack at the portuguese embassy in stalk a home after a large fire broke out there the building also houses several other embassies a spokesman said corteen people suffered minor

frank gaffney is the head of the center for security policy. he spoke a year ago at the invitation of a citizens group i attended. community and the muslim society, including a woman, a mother in the community, and activist in the community who wears a hijab. after hearing mr. gaffney talk about his belief that sharia law is a threat to the united states , she raised her hand and asked him the question, are you telling me that because i pray five times a day i am your enemy? mr. gaffney looked her straight in the eye and said, i can tell you whether you are my enemy, i can tell you that i am yours. introduce the next speaker, scott. thank you. andk you, rabbi moline, thank you to my colleagues. as rabbi moline said, mining is got simpson. -- my name is scott simpson. we are working on the frontlines of civil rights to guarantee read him and justice to americans of all fates. a civil rights group that works exclusively on domestic issues, we have never in our 13 year history weighed in for a secretary of state nomination. but that changed the mo

names like the american islamic form the investigative projects and terrorism the center for securitypolicy, society of americans for excellence. if you take a look at what they do they preach intolerance. they try to tell americans that all muslims are out to get them. that makes us less safe. it's not coincidental that these groups sprang up or began to receive substantial funding after barack obama became president. it wasn't coincidental that is donald trump is going to cable news casting doubt whether he is really an american citizen to seek incidents implanted in the united states that these organizations took root. they are able were members of congress like mike pompeo into their web. mike pompeo went on these radio shows that allow for his name and office to be associated with their causes. at one point he accepted an award from a group which is the largest anti- muslim group in america. they gave him own reward saying he has been a steadfast ally of ours since the day he was elected to congress. this is the group they classify as a hate group. the founder said practicing mus

don't believe that's the case i think thank you so much less anthony glee there director of the center for security and intelligence studies in oxford thanks for talking with us. now to some other stories making headlines around the world today brazil's supreme court has rejected a bid by former president luisa not seals of the sylva to stay out of prison while he appeals a corruption conviction ruling makes it almost impossible to seek a third term as president in elections later this year and it likely means he must begin serving his twelve year sentence. opposition candidate surely is made up b.-o. won the runoff election in sierra leone to become the country's next president he won nearly fifty two percent of the boat supporters celebrated his victory in the capital freetown prevailed over some more of a former foreign minister and candidate of the current governing party. facebook says eighty seven million people may have had their data access to in the privacy breach involving cambridge analytic that's tens of millions more than previously admitted the company says it will restrict the sort o

names like the american islamic form the investigative projects and terrorism the center for securitypolicy, society of americans for excellence. if you take a look at what they do they preach intolerance. they try to tell americans that all muslims are out to get them. that makes us less safe. it's not coincidental that these groups sprang up or began to receive substantial funding after barack obama became president. it wasn't coincidental that is donald trump is going to cable news casting doubt whether he is really an american citizen to seek incidents implanted in the united states that these organizations took root. they are able to were members of congress like mike pompeo into their web. mike pompeo went on these radio shows that allow for his name and office to be associated with their causes. at one point he accepted an award from a group which is the largest anti- muslim group in america. they gave him own reward saying he has been a steadfast ally of ours since the day he was elected to congress. this is the group they classify as a hate group. the founder said practicing

middle east forum, the investigative project on terrorism, jihad watch, act for america, the center for securitypolicy, the society of americans for national excellence. those sound like things that i might before, but if you really take a look at what they do, they preachea intolerance. they try to kill americans that all muslims are out to get them and that we are better off if we just shelter ourselves from people of the muslim faith. that makes us less safe. it morally weakens us as a and it's not? a bill that all are groups sprang up or begin to receive substantial funding after barack .obama became president of the united states. it wasn't coincidental that as donald trump was going on cable news casting doubt as to whether the president of the train was really an american citizen or whether he was a secret kenyan citizen planted in the united states, that all of these organizations started to take root. and they gained legitimacy because american political leaders associate themselves with their cause. because they were able to lower members of congress like mike pompeo into their web. mi

i direct the cyber citizen -- the cyber center for security at george washington university -- let me welcome our viewers watching at home from c-span. you're in for a real treat. i have the great privilege of welcoming back dr. daniel kaniewski, the deputy administrator for fema. dan has gotten his phd from george washington university. a masters from georgetown university and his undergraduate here at george washington university. for complete transparency, i have known him for 20 years now. i can tell you, without a doubt, he has been preparing for the job he is in today for the 20 years. i may be jumping to counterterrorism hot issues, dan , has always made sure when he was my deputy at george washington university, we remember not only the mission of fema, but preparedness, response, recovery, the core missions fema provides for the enhancement of the resilient of the security of the american people. every time we jumped in another direction, he pulled me back to remember our roots and the critical role fema plays in it. 2017 was a major year in terms of natural disasters. it is

the center for new american security fellow there as we await the retaliation from the u.s..l bearishness has translated the bullishness, and androught headlines sanctions against russia. remy.g us is ramy: you can check this out at gtv . take a look over all at bloomberg commodities index. that is here in the white line. in the past week is risen i the order of 13.5 and almost 14%. this has been happening on the back of reporting from missiles and the possible strike on syria, and also sanctions on russia. is thing that is interesting looking at the blue and he lines here. dayblue line is the 50 moving average and the yellow line is a 200 day. when this happens, it is called the golden cross. we can see the index has been rising relative, especially in the past half year prior. and we can see it is below the 50. two my second, let's hop specifically into oil. percent for half the bloomberg commodities index. has been rising on the order of the highest in the past three or four years or so. we also see volatility rising in the past week. and the white line representing th

middle east forum, the investigative project on terrorism, jihad watch, act for america, the center for security policy, the society of americans for national excellence. those sound like things that i might be for, but if you really take look at what they do, they preach intolerance, they try to tell americans that all muslims are ar -- are out to get them ad that we are better off if we just shelter ourselves from people of the muslim faith. it morally weakens us as a nation. and it is not coincidental that all of these groups springing up were receiving substantial funding after barack obama became president of the united states. it wasn't coincidental that as donald trump was going on cable newscasting doubt as to whether the president of the united states was really an american citizen or whether he was a secret kenyan citizen planted in the united states that all of these organizations started to take root. and they gained legitimacy because american political leaders associated whelm they was with their -- associated themselves with their cause, because they were able to lure members of c

paul is a senior fellow and director of technology and national security program at the center for new american security. a former pentagon official and an army ranger. he's the author of our army of none. we'll start out by giving the authors a few minutes to talk about their book and their view and how they framed artificial intelligence. >> thank you. it's wonderful to be here. it's my first time in its wonderful city. as far as the motivation for the book, what i wrote the book the concern i had is i cannot see much in literature that approached artificial intelligence from a philosophical perspective. there's many scientific aspects one must consider. at the same time artificial intelligence could be seen as a mirror to society. many of the problems and concerns we worry about will these machines will they be able to do us? will they kill us? beyond that, will these machines that can outperforms most all forms of labor that humanity has taken to master does this mean the economy will crumble there will be jobs? in many discourses the reaction was one of these machines are taking s

paul is a senior fellow and director of technology and national security program at the center for new american security. a former pentagon official and an army ranger. he's the author of our army of none. we'll start out by giving the authors a few minutes to talk about their book and their view and how they framed artificial intelligence. >> thank you. it's wonderful to be here. it's my first time in its wonderful city. as far as the motivation for the book, what i wrote the book the concern i had is i cannot see much in literature that approached artificial intelligence from a philosophical perspective. there's many scientific aspects one must consider. at the same time artificial intelligence could be seen as a mirror to society. many of the problems and concerns we worry about will these machines will they be able to do us? will they kill us? beyond that, will these machines that can outperforms most all forms of labor that humanity has taken to master does this mean the economy will crumble there will be jobs? in many discourses the reaction was one of these machines are taking s

he is senior fellow and director of the technology and national security program at the center for a new american security and also author of a forthcoming book army of not autonomous weapons and the future of war and in san francisco alex he is a writer and futurist and the co-author of the driver in the driverless car welcome to all of our guests we could have a book club with just you three a good to have here so we asked our community their thoughts laws which is lethal autonomous weapon systems and what some are calling killer robots this is what one person tweeted us back and that's because this is what's in the public imagination it's a gif and it's from the black mirror and it depicts a robot designed to kill this robot in fact is taking a knife and it's going to pursue a woman but paula how far from reality is this what's your definition of a lethal autonomous weapon. the kinds of intelligent robots that are in that black mirror episode which is a great episode. are quite a ways away still they're still in science fiction and it would be possible to build weapons today that h

he sees as delivery of illegal immigrants to america app store step without concern for national security. the centeror immigration studies is the caravan's arrival will be a major test for the administration. >> a group of 1000 or so illegal immigrants mostly from honduras organized by us-based organization that is basically an anti-borders group so what we are seeing here is a kind of test or challenge of the administration's willingness to enforce the law. the administration needs to make clear these people will not get past the border or if they get in they will not get into the interior of the country. we need the law to change so anyone who passes through a country that has its own asylum system like mexico doesn't get to apply. >> according to the un refugee agency there are no international laws saying the refugees have to seek asylum in the first so-called safe country they reach. donald calling out the department of justice for being too slow tweeting, quote, so said the department of justice and fbi are slow walking or not giving the unredacted documents requested by congress. and embarras

as a visiting fellow not him university center for conflict security and terrorism he joins me live now thanks very much for coming in to speak to us so a year ago the u.s. response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in syria involved some fifty nine chris missiles being launched at the shariat syrian ad base what will a potential strike involve now well according to the words coming out of washington may least through president trump it would involve missiles small missiles to use his words that it has to be seen in the context of mr trump's personality in particular style ordinarily military commanders don't like to declare what they're going to do and how they could do it beforehand so the d.o.d. the defense department and the u.s. military may decide to use a different method but what does appear to be coming out is it's going to be what is known as a standoff attack so involving cruise missiles probably some other forms of missiles to avoid the possibility of engagement between russian and u.s. or u.s. back to craft russian. warplanes and ships coming into direct contact is what

center for new american securities. similar question, do you have concerns about fiscal year 19 portion of his recent budget deal falling apart and what that would mean for prototypes in the field in fiscal year 19 or 20 from futures command? sec. esper: as you allude to, there is a 19 budget deal. my experience is was a deal is reached, members abide by it. we will continue to message our needs to the hill. again, we have been very clear that the 18 and 19 appropriations bills are very generous, very appreciative, helps us get back to level readiness we need to be. begin,o helps us to making investments in modernization. i will assume for now that we will see the 19 come out the way it was planned and then will start working on 20 and 21. [inaudible] bloomberg. what example -- advantages do you see to this cloud initiative that dod is pushing, this multibillion-dollar contract? sec. esper: i am not totally flew in on that right now, so i will have to get back to you on that. you enter the army in 1986 after the major sp

she's now with the center for a new american security. e ed frants is spokesperson for the former president obama and an msnbc national security analyst. ned, start with you. what do you think so far of mike pompeo and the answers that he's given? is he going to be able to convince those democrats to vote for him so he can get out of this committee? >> mike pompeo has really done an admiral job running away from the record that he has established for himself both as cia director and prior to that, as a member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence and the congressman from kansas. on every issue that he's been asked, or just about every u that he's been asked, mike pompeo has given somewhat evasive answers and answers that don't really comport with his record. whether it is his stated desire from 2015 and before to tear up the iran deal, or his willingness to use military force preemptively against north korea or his extreme social agenda. at cia he was known for bringing in the head of a group that various other non-govern

sarah hirschberg where she directs the center for asia-pacific securities. she is a noted expert on chinese maritime affairs. second, we have the japan international is to to this international affairs, maritime security in the u.s.-japan alliance. and third, we have john watts, who is a senior fellow here at the atlantic council. in the grid from australia, has a foot on both sides of the pacific. and it's also a noted expert on asia-pacific security. i think we have a great line up the law for very different perspectives and approaches to the challenges in the east and south china sea. so with that, but i'll launch into discussion. i want to start with you, sarah. he spent a lot of time studying and thinking about the chinese approach, in particular south china sea. how does this all look from the chinese maritime perspective? >> well, i am not chinese and can't speak, but thank you very much for the opportunity to present some ideas that i've gathered from reading chinese analysis when talking with chinese experts. i was specifically focused on the chines

security risk management issues for over a decade. she first developed expertise in voting technology cyber security and founded and directed the center for election integrity at cleveland state university. to training at carnegie mellon university for a masters degree in information security. she was a cyber security engineer with the cyber risk and resilience team before returning to cleveland marshall, where she is now. to her right is dean logan, who needs no introduction in the -- honestly,unity none of these panelists do. logan is the registrar and county clerk for los angeles county, california, serving more than 5.2 million registered voters, which is more than some states. envision -- in addition to surviving elections, -- to dean doesg elections, a lot of other things. one thing that is very interesting, he served currently as the president of the california association of clerks and elections officials. he has more than 25 years of experience in election administration and records management at the local and state government levels. finally, to mr. logan's right is ofl kelly, the registrar voters for orange county, californ

for the participation of the people of the means. a big. challenge because people fear that afghan forces will not be able to. secure these centers and now the water that just ration has kicked off a week ago. there is still low turnout for example in helmand in soudan not gonna stand we see a lot of people turning out for them to the station in central afghanistan in kabul but in parts of afghanistan in the south or in the north the turnout is very low after the thank you very much for that for now that's up and i showed what the latest live and a couple thank you. let's move on to other news now and several armenian opposition figures have been held by police after leading mind days of mass protests against the prime minister the most high profile protest leader in the cult was among those seen detained by police denying this well earlier televised talks between passion and promise this broke down after this than two minutes the opposition accuse assad a sea of. calling on him to resign he became prime minister with more government control after serving a maximum of ten years as president but let's get more on this now we're jo

will be arriving in syria shortly russians are going to nation center is ready to provide for their security and for their work and this to me we with the open c.w. mission will basis we're not on some anonymous. evidence pseudo evidence but to actually have an objective investigation to find out the truth we're going to. the w position will allow to reduce the tension in the region and to maintain the fragile peace we enjoy in the region with another thing as we see normal life return to is some good i would like to join your attention to the fact that there's an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in this city of raka. destroyed five months ago by the u.s. led coalition and. the w.h.o. has. published a report. recently saying that people are turning to rocka are constantly threatened to their lives are being threatened because of. all kinds of explosives still. remaining in the city and according to the w h o m shoes just over six hundred sixty syrians have been harmed and over one hundred people have died because of that because of the mines and other people other bombs exploding in the city

for aid to beef up their election security. >> bill really does offer the key steps that congress should be doing to protect our elections. >> bernardin, expert at the center justice is the author of the report covers securing elections from foreign interference. he wishes the new measures were in place right now. >> there's a vulnerability they are. when you talk about the plan for a state act are, whether it is russia or china or korea or every in and the intelligence agencies tell us we've got to worry about all of these guys, then there is a vulnerability. eric: while congressional proposals are a much-needed step, of machines need to be replaced. a survey of more than 200 election officials and state tony they want to buy new machines by the next presidential election, but right now do not have the money. >> that concern not only because older machines are more likely to break down, they are also more likely to be vulnerable to cyberattack. you were talking about systems that haven't gone through the more sophisticated certification process that we have now and often run on outdated software like windows 2000. >> and 2016 russia knock stirs targeted s

according to the brookings center for 21st century security and intelligence, it would take a small attack on our ports to grind u.s. commerce to a halt within days. that's the need for port security cannot be understated. for this reason, we need to protect our maritime infrastructure. the port security grant program assists large and small ports with chemical. biological, nuclear and explosive detepntiodetention. it can implement transportation work rer information card systems. my question is i have three first in your opinion, do you believe that the port security grant program has been b a valuable tool in combatting terrorism. to me, it implies that our ports and their vul ner bableties. three, double our ports are being built r for sea levels and storms. >> so, when it comes to port security it's my understanding that we built a baseline cape bability. what we don't do a good job of when it cops to the return on investments is what point do we build that baseline and have a hand off to the port authorities and to the state and local governments and should grants start to graduate an

victoria nuland, former assistant secretary of state for european affairs, now ceo at the center for a new american securityieve and confused about this because i don't see how you can add these three new elements on regional interference, on ballistic missiles and on the length of the iran nuclear deal, without going back to the iranians and saying you have agree to these new things. the most important thing is that president macron has convinced president trump that whatever we are going to do with a run, we have to do it together. there are many ways to skin this cat. we can have a us european agreement but our expectation is we will work on a follow—on to the nuclear agreement and we will have separate agreements on ballistic missiles and on regional issues. when we have our own act together, on those other two we could take it to the russians, chinese and the iranians. what is most important here is that the us not take unilateral action and break out of this without an agreement with our allies. so you're reading of all that has taken place, it sounds to me like you think that on may the 12th, which i

for the bipartisan policy center. and former department from the security official. thank you for being here, teresa. >> thank you for having to request a reach the border and there standing by essentially about to file paperwork. they will walk up and start the process. how challenging is this and how difficult is it to be granted asylum in the united states? >> it can be very difficult. assignment of something very much misunderstood by a lot of people. it is actually very narrow the criteria for asylum. you have to have a well-founded fear of persecution on account of your race, religion, membership, membership in a social group. it is very limited. there are ways you can commence if you feel threatened due to crime.they are pretty now. yet, for a lot of people that are desperate to lead very difficult situations, they are willing to take the chance and try to get asylum in the united states. >> these seekers have been send out lawyers and advocates on the ground.they have made a long journey and we have been warned that they could be separated from their loved one

she is now a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies. elliot abrams was a national security adviser for george w. bush. now senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. tony blinkin was a national security adviser, as well as deputy secretary of state in the obama administration. he's a cnn global affairs analyst and the managing director of the penn/biden cent center. how do you make sense of kim jong-un? this is a guy who a year ago was threatening war, taking actions that seemed to suggest that. and now seems to be thinking of every way he can to make peace overtures. he's just reunified the time zone, so north korea had deliberately chosen a different time zone than south korea. south korea was on the same time zone as japan. and he wanted to make the point that the north was different and independent. he has even reunified that. so is this all symbolic overtures, or is there more to it? >> well, that remains to be seen. certainly, he has made a tactical shift. and we have seen that. and i don't want to minimize the historic moment that this was between the two kor

we work with the department of homeland security's national focalnating center, our point for all things communications related to the government, when there is a hurricane or a tornado. providers workon with fema. event, there is a major we are on the phone with them talking about their needs and our needs and things we can do to critically restore service in hurricane territory. planning is ongoing and continues to evolve. have 35 years of experience on the physical side, the cyber site is still fairly ber side is fairly new. we have decades of experience to be able to develop a plan. we can develop a instant cyber plan, to work with other sectors as to how he would respond -- we would respond with a major cyber event. interviwer: you are embedded at mbedded at one point. what does that mean? there arelo: companies embedded with the national coordinating center, people who were on call for the government in the event of a major event. the government can reach centurylink at any time, they know where i am. mbarviwer: you have been -- an mba. how did you get into this line of work? it is

security issues so. in march of this year the center for american progress the policy research and advocacy organization for the democratic party establishment released a report that outlined the ways in which creating a fair process to combat sexual harassment is essential to women's progress noting that when any part of the process for. soaring sexual harassment claims is flawed it undermines the credibility of and trust in the process overall and according to documents obtained by buzz feed news the center for american progress needs to take its own advice on the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace allegedly junior staffer quit due to sexual harassment and then retaliation for reporting it creating a hostile work environment that many confirmed to buzz feed was simply part of the culture of their management was accused of failing to promptly take action on numerous complaints not making a process available to staff or complaints and for failing to take reasonable steps to prevent incidences of sexual harassment in the workplace and the words of one of the accusers quote i surely expected bett

according to the brookings center for the 21st century security and intelligence, it would take a small attack on our ports to grind u.s. commerce to a halt within days. thus the need for port security cannot be understated. for this reason, we need to protect our maritime infrastructure. the port security grant program assists both large and small ports with chemical, biological, nuclear, and explosive detention. funding can also go towards bolstering cybersecurity capabilities and implementing transportation worker identification credential card systems. my questions, i have three. first, in your opinion, do you believe the port security grant program has been a valuable tool in combatting terrorism? to me, a cut to this program implies our ports have -- and do you believe our ports are being built for resiliency against rising sea levels and storms which are increasing in intensity and frequency. >> when it comes to port security, it's my understanding that we spent quite a bit of money through grants to build a baseline capability. what we don't do a good job of in the federal gover

resident fellow in law and policy for the center for immigration studies with a distinguished career working as a trial lawyer and later acting chief for the security division in the office of the general counsel of a former immigration and naturalization service. in 2006 he became an immigration judge serving for eight years in new york, pennsylvania and after his service as an immigration judge he came back to the hilt l to be the staff director of the national security subcommittee of the house oversight and government reform committee before retiring from federal service in 2016. he is a graduate of the university of virginia and george washington school of law. the final but this is the immigration judge ashley who serves as the president of the national association of immigration judges previously served as the western regional vice president from 2012 to 2015. adjunct professor at ucla law school and served as an adjunct faculty for a number of other law schools. before becoming an immigration judge, she was an assistant u.s. attorney and a trial attorney in the civil division of the department of justice handling and appellate litigation. t

for reuters. he co-authored the reuters expose headlined "arming the world: inside trump's 'buy american' drive to expand weapons exports." william hartung is the director of the arms and security project at the centeror international policy. his recent piece for the nation is headlined "donald trump is america's number-one weapon salesman." we go first to mike stone. lay out what you found. signal to the embassy in kuwait that it wanted to get this transaction through, what it occurred was in november of 2016, right around the time of the election. the state department approved this arms transfer. 40 f-18s for total of potential cost of $10 billion. what was occurring was kuwait was slow to finish the contract negotiations, slow to send the check, as it were. so over the course of the year, boeing pressed and then this pressure moved up the chain of command throh the white house through various offices at the white house until it finally reached the oval office. january 17 telephone call between the president and the president pressed on a few different issues. in a way that has been to be by my sources, he really liked -- the president really likes to talk about specific arms deals on calls and ha

for reuters. he co-authored the reuters expose headlined "arming the world: inside trump's 'buy american' drive to expand weapons exports." william hartung is the director of the arms and security project at the centeror international policy. his recent piece for the nation is headlined "donald trump is america's number-one weapon salesman." we go first to mike stone. lay out what you found. signal to the embassy in kuwait that it wanted to get this transaction through, what it occurred was in november of 2016, right around the time of the election. the state department approved this arms transfer. 40 f-18s for total of potential cost of $10 billion. what was occurring was kuwait was slow to finish the contract negotiations, slow to send the check, as it were. so over the course of the year, boeing pressed and then this pressure moved up the chain of command through the white house through various offices at the white house until it finally reached the oval office. january 17 telephone call between the president and the president pressed on a few different issues. in a way that has been to be by my sources, he really liked -- the president really likes to talk about specific arms deals on calls and

for free and prosperous center. we do work on international affairs on u.s. national security and economics as well. >> when it comes to mike pompeo you had not been called him possibly the most significant candidate in years past. >> he has a chance to be a transformative secretary of state. he has complete confidence of the president this is a man that if you know him is a strategic thinker, he has an impressive background and graduated first in his class was a successful businessman and served three terms in congress and the house of representatives he served on the intelligence committee has a great grasp of has strong convictions but knows the president is the one calling the shots. they've developed a terrific relationship the cia director. they spent time together in the briefings and the president entrusted him with a secret trip to pyongyang. having watched him closely i have a sense he has a three-dimensional sense of management. he knows how to work and has great relations in the house, someone who thinks not just about military issues as a west point graduate but a

added police and military troops to protect polling centers but this attack is one of several in recent days that underscores the concern for security leading up to the poll. nicaraguan president daniel ortega has announced his scrapping controversial pension reforms that have sparred days of anti-government protests and looting activists say at least twenty five people have been killed in the central american country this week as thousands of people took to the streets are taken as proposed reforms would have increased social security contributions for workers and lowered pension payments the government introduced the measures to reduce a growing budget deficit. police have arrested over two hundred demonstrators in armenia during rallies against the country's government authorities also detained three prominent opposition politicians including the call passion in he has been leading anti-government demonstrations in the capital yet of on approach has been ongoing for a week now demonstrators are calling on newly appointed prime ministers sarah sarah's case in to resign with critics accusing him of making a questionable power grab

added police and military troops to protect polling centers but this attack is one of several in recent days that underscores the concern for security leading up to the poll. in armenia police arrested over two hundred demonstrators german rallies against the country's government authorities also detained three prominent opposition politicians including nicola peshmerga now he has been leading the anti-government demonstrations in the capital yet of on the protests have continued for over a week. or demonstrators a calling on the newly appointed prime ministers said circassian to resign with critics accusing him of clinging on to power and failing to address economic problems. a tenth day of protests on the streets of yet of. their anger to hard to contain. the political deadlock opposition leader nico pushing only prepared to discuss circassians resignation. this isn't. these aren't talks. this is an ultimatum and blackmail. you don't have the power you've reported to have. authority and mania has come into the hands of the people. under the glare of the media their meeting lasted just several minutes prime minister circassian abru

added police and military troops to protect polling centers but this attack is one of several in recent days that underscores the concern for security leading up to the pole. in armenia police have arrested nearly two hundred demonstrators as well as three prominent opposition politicians including nicola passion ian he had been leading anti-government demonstrations in the capital yet of on his arrest came just hours after prime minister said sarkis yan walked out of a televised talk with him media has seen ten consecutive days of protest since saturday became prime minister he had just served his ten year term as president protesters have been demanding he step down. well on the line that now we can speak to and not a casus said he an independent research in yet a van the capital of netiquette several position leaders have now been arrested on what grounds and what will this mean for the protests. the opposition leaders were first taken into custody and after a while the police issued a statement alleging that they are organizers of illegal protests that have been deemed illegal before but until today the police was showcasing muc

added police and military troops to protect polling centers but this attack is one of several in recent days that underscores the concern for security leading up to the pole. in armenia police arrested over two hundred demonstrators during rallies against the country's government authorities also detained three prominent opposition politicians including nicole peshmerga he has been leading the anti-government demonstrations in the capital yet of an army has seen ten a consecutive days of protest since prime minister says the circus circus t.n. took office he had just served a ten year term as president purchases have been demanding he stepped down. when i spoke to independent research and that a ferry and yet a van and asked him for more on the situation that. all the major opposition figures have been detained or arrested and the union members are calling on the people to continue with peaceful civil disobedience they have set certain hours starting at eight fifteen in the morning until ten pm at night they're calling on people to take to the streets blocked roads and move from place to place in the centralized manner and continue

added police and military troops to protect polling centers but this attack is one of several in recent days that underscores the concern for security leading up to the poll. now some of the other stories making news around the world in china seventeen people have drowned during a boat race practice on a river near the city of queen it official state media said two drunken boats packed with cutler's overturned in an area of the river where the current was strong local media also say that the paddlers were not wearing life jackets in syria chemical weapons inspectors have finally taken samples at the site of a suspected chemical attack in the town of duma experts from the chemical weapons watchdog wants to determine if internationally banned substances were used to attack residents that earlier this month several western nations have blamed syria for the suspected attack which syria denies. and nicaragua funerals are underway for those killed during days of deadly protests against social security reforms authorities say at least ten protesters died but one human rights group says twenty six have been killed since wednesday now presid

added police and military troops to protect polling centers but this attack is one of several in recent days that underscores the concern for security leading up to the pole. in armenia police have arrested over two hundred demonstrators during rallies against the country's government of already has also detained three prominent opposition politicians including nichol a passionate man he has been leading the anti-government demonstrations in the capital yet a run on the missing ten consecutive days of protest since prime minister says sarkozy and took office he had just the ten year term as president protesters have been demanding he step down. well joining us now is not accept an independent research in yet a van the capital of armenia not a protest as have called for a large rally in the center of yet a valid what is happening there. the rally began moments ago and at present it is being addressed by junior members of the political party some of them led by me russian you know all the major opposition figures have been detained or arrested and these union members are calling on the people to continue with peaceful civil disobedien