the bill is about the coast guard, the men and women serving in the coast guard. and every year, as i mentioned, we passed the ndaa, army, navy, air force, marines, which is great, but we always forget about the coast guard, and we shouldn't be doing that. they are heroic young men and women. we can send a bipartisan signal today. we care about you. we recognize the heroic work you do for this country, the lives you save every day. we've got your back. i ask -- urge all my colleagues, particularly my colleagues who know this issue and who voted for this bill to come out of committee many, many times. there's well over 60 of us. i ask that they vote yes on this important bill when it comes to the floor in a few minutes. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. booker: thank you very much, mr. president. i rise with my colleagues in advance of the congressional review act vote. we are here for a c.r.a., congressional review act, vote, that is on agency guidance from 2013 that seeks to protect consumers from

we'll also vote to confirm the coast guard authorization act. today, as ever, the united states calls on our coast guard to carry out critical safety and security missions with little room for error. just last year coast guard personnel stopped over $7 billion in illegal drugs and contraband from crossing our borders. they guarded and maintain shipping lanes and they risk their lives to lead heroic rescues after hurricanes half i have and irma. in addition to authorizing funding for the coast guard, this legislation includes a bipartisan measure that is particularly important to states with navigable inland waterways. i'm very proud to have worked with senators wicker, sullivan, and thune to make sure this was included n kentucky, 1,900 miles of navigable waterways are used to ship products. they support 13,000 maritime jobs. and those jobs support countless others throughout america moving food from the fields, energy to homes and businesses, and exports to market. but our vessel owners and operators have been saddled with uncertainty. they've

coast guard ship. the u.s. government the trump administration is not considering naval worship to taiwan and there's a strong reaction to beijing. we expect more harsh criticism that's one thing. but i think we can take more indirect way to engage with taiwan. in 2013 the agreement with taiwan, i think that was very effective approach we would take it could send a political signal to beijing so rather than make it for taiwan i think we can find a more indirect approach with taiwan. that would be my answer. >> thank you. i could not look at morris in this is indicative of problems around the debate, last friday, the day we had the announcement we also did the third -- in the year. we have a giant underscoring of our asian partners of how good were doing. what are the tools that we should be doing that can bring pressure on the chinese. if in ten years no one else can operate and that's a win for beijing. >> it's a complex thing on the response would need to be calibrated to each country. i go back to the old sa

i would ask the senator to revise his request that the senate resume consideration of the coast guard legislation, that the amendment to strike the vida provision be made pending, and the senate vote on the amendment prior to the vote on the motion to concur with further amendment. so would the senator be willing to modify? mr. schumer: i will not. the presiding officer: is there objection to the original request? mr. mcconnell: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today senate democrats have filibustered legislation to reauthorize funding for our coast guard. in a dangerous world, the brave men and women of the coast guard are always ready for the call, whether it be to interdict drugs, secure our ports, or conduct daring maritime rescues. they citizen our support. they don't deserve a filibuster for the sake of political posturing. so let's have a little plain talk about why the bill failed. democrats filibustered this legislation because it contains an eminently sensible biparti

it makes for the japan coast guard to monitor and follow the chinese coast guard ships more difficult. basically japanese coast guard ships maintain three ships, but the chinese coast guard ships are now spread into two groups. so, the japan coast guard is also into two and of course it is said to have one chip combination. so it is more difficult for the coast guard to deter the chinese coast guard from entering the territory water. so, the situation seems calm, but china is continuing the increase of the challenge in the east china sea. plus, we witness the pla activities becoming more active. you know, previously the chinese navy maintained the operation inside the east china sea. more recently they conduct operations from east china sea to the western pacific and from the east china sea to the sea of japan. and also, the chinese military aircraft also showed for the east china sea to the western pacific to the sea of japan. sometimes, the pla aircraft seems like their capability to launch cruise missiles vis-À-vis the mainland japan. so you know, showing a threat is coming from th

in one way or another, the coast guard affects every american. even in my home state of south dakota. we may not have a coastline but the work of the coast guard helps facilitate the export of agricultural products that drive our state's economy. the coast guard also provides boating safety classes and outreach to tens of thousands of my fellow south dakotans and that outreach saves lives every single day. this past year was the deadliest for boaters in the past five years with a 12% increase in deaths. many of those deaths could have been prevented, and this legislation seeks to make improvements to boater safety, such as requiring the use of an engine cutoff switch for certain recreational boats. maybe you have seen the videos of boaters falling overboard and their boat continuing in circles and hitting them, often seriously injuring or even killing them. this change supported by the recreational boating community will prevent these types of incidents in the future. this legislation also provides certainty to our mariners. it streamlines regula

and it makes the japanese coast guard to monitor the cheney's coast guard ships and more difficult. you know, basically they maintain three ships all the time. but they are full and they are now split into two groups. so, it's some of japan's coast guard is split into two and it is a two in one combination. it is more difficult to deter the chinese coast guard from entering. so, the situation seems calm, that china is continuing the increase of the challenge in the east china sea. and plus, we witnessed the pla activities becoming more active. you know, previously the chinese navy maintained its operation, but more recently they conduct operations from the east china sea to the western pacific and from the eastern china sea to the sea of japan. and also, the chinese military aircraft also showed for east china sea to the western pacific to the sea of japan. and sometimes, the pla aircraft seems like testing their capability to launch cruise missiles vis-À-vis the mainland japan. so it is, you know, showing the threat coming from the pla. and perhaps behind those new changes, i think

i strongly support the coast guard bill. in fact, i strongly support the coast guard. i think we have the best and the brightest anywhere in the michigan coast guard. i'm very proud of them. but i am deeply opposed to attaching a bill to that critical legislation that would undermine our ability to fight invasive species under the clean water act and to take away our rights of our states to be able to protect our waters. this new version of what's been dubbed vita, the vessel incidental discharge act, requires the coast guard to set ballast water standards in consultation with the e.p.a., that it's always been in the reverse. the coast guard is not responsible for the protections. they do fantastic work, but it's not their job in terms of water quality. that's the e.p.a. it removes the authority. unfortunately this legislation has been attached to the coast guard bill. it removes the authority to regulate ballast water -- under the clean water discharge act. that's a problem for a lot of reasons. first of all, it means states like the great lakes state in michigan will

this is the coast guard. this is vida. vida was referred to the commerce committee by the parliamentarian. we have worked -- we've worked with the commerce committee. we have worked with the e.p.w. committee, the e.p.a., the e.p.a. is supporting the solution, and this is not the political level of the e.p.a. this is the career folks at the e.p.a. who support the solution that we've come up with, and yet we run into these objections that are all of a sudden -- all of a sudden -- coming up out of thin air. so, mr. president, i object. the presiding officer: objection is noted. can't cams mr. president, i see my colleague -- ms. cantwell: mr. president, i see nigh colleague from the midwest is on the floor. i'm sure he has something to say about this. but i would just say to the chairman of the commerce committee that you're right. years and years of discussion about ballast water has been a challenge. so the question tonight is whether we're going to hold up other legislation just to get that language or to push through a pr

the coast guard is working to have it removed. we will have a live report coming up at 5:00. >>> did you feel them? a series of small earthquakes struck the east bay. five small quakes hit in the danville area. the most recent quake reported just before 3:30. a small quake caught the attention of a lot of people there in the danville area. >> yeah, at 10:30. i was doing paperwork. it was a boop. >> big, small? >> medium. it scared me. >> no damage or injuries reported. >>> a live look outside at fremont. the spare the air smog season begins tomorrow. they are urging us to limit driving, find other ways to get around. smog season starts as the weather gets warmer. they will issue an alert. with more on air quality and someh some showers -- as i was driving on 101 it rained and i thought of you. you told me it was going to. >> right now, clear skies. the breezy conditions helping out the air quality. unusually good for this time of year. tone, no probl tomorrow, no problem. our temperatures in the low 60 s in san francisco. unlike l

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maktoum was fleeing on a yacht when it was boarded in international waters last month by the indian coast guard, and she was taken back to dubai. a storm has destroyed two sandstone pillars that decorated entry gates to the taj mahal in india. officials said the world—famous mausoleum in the northern city of agra was hit by winds of 130km/h. work has begun to restore the damaged structures. and it is a moment they will never forget. 13 elephants in laos who were sold illegally to an animal park in dubai have been saved by an animal sanctuary. the conservation project alerted the laotian government about the deal, and then the prime minster personally blocked it. the animals have now left the sanctuary, and are staying in laos. let's return to our top story now,

al—maktoum was fleeing on a yacht last month when it was boarded in international waters by the indian coast guardand that she was taken back to dubai. the princess royal has visited her father, the duke of edinburgh, in hospital in central london. the duke, who is 96, has been recovering from a hip operation. princess anne is believed to be the first member of the royal family to visit him. the international chemical weapons watchdog, the 0pcw, has confirmed the uk's assessment of the nerve agent used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the english city of salisbury. the british government says the russian state must have been behind last month's attack. moscow denies any involvement. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner reports. investigating every possible site of last month's nerve agent poisoning in salisbury has been exhaustive. now, britain's findings have been backed up the chemical weapons watchdog, the 0pcw.

it was certainly a disappointment to the men and women in the coast guard who are serving our country all over not only america but the world, exceptional service. this body was unable to get the authorization bill that sets the policies and funding and spending for the coast guard, and that's, that was sad, in my view. a big disappointment. we have principled differences here in the senate, but on this we had been working hard. we had been working really hard across the aisle. i chair the committee, the subcommittee on the coast guard to try and make sure we had plenty of senators who would support this. so my team and i worked for months on accommodating my colleagues' concerns about the bill. pretty much every request for an amendment, every request for fixing the bill, in certain ways we abg come tkaeulted. so i -- we accommodated. i thought we were going to get to the point where we had way more than 60 votes to pass this votes for the men and women of the coast guard to make our waterway, economic opportunities more efficient, put more maritime workers to work. but at the end of

first question, general mattis, secretary mattis, you have a joint program office with the coast guard and navy right now for ice breakers. there's no joint strategy on ice breakers. coast guard has their own arctic strategy, the navy has thain ore arctic strategy, i wondered if it entered your mind to combine those into a joint arctic strategy? >> we work very closely. i don't hold a meeting with the chairman and four stars about the -- without the commandant of the coast guard in the room. we intend to stay collaborative. we have different authorities, different missions, but they need to be integrated in the arctic, certainly we have not prioritized the arctic right now due to other situations from korea and syria to the situation vis-a-vis russia, south china sea. mr. hunt: wouldn't russia be a reason to increase our presence in the arctic? >> i think what we increase there, what we would look at what type of forces. clerly search and rescue in the arctic is a high priority. environmental protection is, some of these things are not best done by the u.s. military. but i would have n

the coast guard says the currents are strong in the delta. there's a bass fishing tournament happening in the area but it's not clear if the missing man was involved with that. neither man was wearing a life jacket. >>> the first of its kind summit. community members in the south bay looking for solutions to the rising gun violence in the bay area and across the country. supervisor david cortez organized the discussion today. people talked about school safety, gang violence, and suicide prevention. the goal was to have a fair and balanced discussion about guns. supervisor cortesi encouraged people from all sides the issue to join. >> i don't believe that continually adding more laws places a burden on law-abiding citizens, you know. it's going to solve these issues. >> the conference was held at the santa clara county fair grounds. it is the site of a biannual gun show that supervisors are trying to ban. >>> a warning tonight for college students in the east bay. berkeley police say this man tried to rob a uc berkeley student at gunpoint. you

a coast guard helicopter circled above the water by the antioch bridge helping out the contra costa countye and fire department in a search for two fishermen who fell overboard. the sheriff's marine services unit reported the men were preparing to anchor when a wake knocked them over. ella: "what are some things you would say a boater should look out for before they start fishing?" sot: divonn thornton, fisherman// "berms. big boats, definitely big boats because once you got the shipping containers come through they make a big wake and that will flip your boat." one was saved by a passing boater...while the other remains missing. neither was wearing a lifevests. sot: lt. david cook, contra costa sheriff's office marine services unit// "very important that anytime people are on vessels out in the water absolutely. it's the number 1 saver of lives in the water."the seven hour search came to an end at 3:30 in the afternoon.sot: ella sogomonian, @ellasogomonian// "the boaters weren't identified. officers with the marine services unit here say this doesn't happen often.but another boater fell i

this is video from the coast guard. a good samaritan on another boat rescued all five after they abandoned ship. the coast guard is monitoring the water for pollution. 1500 gallons of diesel fuel was on board. >> bart police looking fora a man captured on cell phone video committing lewd acts on himself on a pittsburgh bound train. the rider showed this photo of the man on abc7 news. she tells us the man propositioned her and touched himself last friday. the victim called bart police, but officers couldn't locate the man. he was last seen leaving the train at the daly city bart station. >> new developments in the ghost ship fire civil lawsuit. sky 7 was over the scene today. abc7 news i-team reporter dan noyes reports that lawyers were going through debris at the warehouse looking at the fire's cause an origin. the fire in december of 2016 killed 36 people, as you may recall. two men charged in the fire, master tenant derek almena and creative director max harris are due in court friday for a hearing to reduce their bai

mcconnell: yesterday afternoon i filed cloture on s. 1129, the coast guard authorization act, a comprehensive package that equips an adaptable force to meet a variety of important missions. i hope my colleagues will join me in ensuring its swift consideration and passage this week. but first the senate will consider yet another chance to use the congressional review act and repeal yet another of the last administration's runaway regulations. thanks to senator moran and senator toomey, today's effort will protect consumers from a brazen attempt by the past director of the consumer financial protection bureau to stretch his authority and interfere in the auto industry. now, the dodd-frank act of 2010 got a lot of things wrong, but one thing dodd-frank got right was protecting auto dealers from meddling by the cfpb. our democratic colleagues are usually fans of federal regulations. i guess even they had a hunch that left unchecked the federal bureaucracy would find way to put the brakes on this key industry. and how right they were. in 2013, federal regulators concocted a loophole. they bypassed

the coast guard has called in helicopters to search for a missing boater in antioch. the missing man was in a fishing boat with a friend in the delta when the boat hit a wake. both men were thrown in the water. it happened about 9:00 this morning. one man was rescued by a nearby boat but the other still hasn't been found. the coast guard says the currents are strong in the delta right now, and there were a lot of boaters in the area due to a bass fishing tournament that's taking place there. it's unclear if the missing man was taking part in that tournament. >>> well, a cool and breezy day across the bay area and according to the script i have in front of me, it says a chance of showers in the forecast. now, rob mayeda joining us now. is this from a week ago or something? >> no. it's that carryover weekend trend where you keep having rain showers at times. right now if you look closely on the san francisco camera lens, yes, there is a chance of some brief passing light showers. a few earlier. in san francisco, breezy and cool. wind speed at 15 miles per hour. emeryvil

the problem is assets particularly the coast guard.meriquest is simply that you think creatively in a cooperatively with the coast guard to see if there's a way to improve that miserable record. >> senator cno and i have been working on this for a couple of months to see what we can put down their as usable resources. we are painfully aware of the situation. it's not a quick and easy fix and that you have the difference between our responsibilities and we will gladly cooperate with the coast guard and the department of homeland security. >> i understand the limitations but since we have been talking for the last hour for people in america have died. we are under attack henneses a place where we should be of the sure apparo dense so thank you for initiating that. >> thank you mr. chair and secretary spencer senator king brought up some great questions about incidents and collision at sea and i'm going to move that up a little bit. i've been closely following the incidents that have plagued airports and the navy aviation platform. just y

also the libyan the so-called libyan coast guard is. acting very aggressively on the water not always. taking the safest way let's say like this but i think they want to say to point that they are in charge there at this moment and if you look at the risk is that have taken place in the mediterranean have been by private n.g.o.s so what is this judgment need what kind of signal is it sending beef if you can fit it well if you look at the numbers of the international migration organisation the death rate is still quite compare of the comparable to the one of two thousand and seventeen of the first quarter. so we see high needs of n.g.o.s or on says by the e.u. to the situation dr phillip cook from the aid organization you can visit thank you very much for talking to us and coming in to us today is indeed thank you. here watching the news here's a recap of the top story the main field the suspect in a van attack in toronto is due to appear in court later today ten people were killed and another fifteen injured. on a busy city street polic

i'm concerned about the coast guard being underfunded.ct of the matter is, the coast guard confiscated 200 tons of contraband, heroin and so forth at the border, they collected 20 tons, so if you want to go where the problem is fund the coast guard. if you want to deal with these issue -- >> if you're concerned that you're going to lose the house based on where these polling trends are going? >> the democrats are concerned about public policy. we want a better way to deal with these issues, a better plan. we want to comprehensive immigration reform. we want a transportation, infrastructure program that is actually funded, that doesn't reverse the burden and put it back on the small communities that couldn't even beginning to afford a sanitation system or transportation system. we want to make sure that the military is not only well funded, but is able to operate smart and effectively around the world. we want a policy internationally that is effective, not the headlighter skelter policy we now see in syria with this president. we've won t

its different because of the safety factors. >> it's testing an on board drone for the coast guard. it gave the crew eyes in the sky as rescue teams pulled three people to safety from three different vessels. >> some fishermen that were injured ended up using the from kodiak. they took them into shore for higher level care. >> on this day, the crew was mostly concerned with pulling their loved ones close and holding thaem tight. until the next time they're called out to sea. dan ashley, abc 7 news. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. kind of reminded me of deadliest catch going out to the bering sea. interstate 80 about to get a lot of puddles, so is 680 and 780 on the north side of the delta as you cross over into vallejo and be benicia. that's going to be developing. uptick and downpour south of san mateo right now. that will keep heading to the west. temperatures, look at this, very uniform in san francisco. just about everybody 56. we've got sunny side and the sunset at 55. the temperatures everywhere in the mid to upper 50s. definitely a

dozens of ranger refugees arrived in malaysia it was intercepted in a joint operation of by the coast guard and brought to the malaysian mainland most maritime and the director general said the refugees would be allowed to enter on humanitarian grounds in refugee agency has praised the decision around seven hundred thousand range of being forced from their homes as men launched the military crackdown in rakhine state in organist. tributes are being paid to winnie . mandela as one has gathered outside her house and saw the anti-apartheid campaign a pale and leading role in the battle against white minority rule in south africa so be honored with a state funeral the fourteenth of april an official memorial service three days earlier. and go perfect and look back at the life. winnie mandela the former wife of nelson mandela spent years in the public eye as an anti-apartheid campaigner my first big has been fighting for the liberation of the african people for the weekend when you speak of all the racial groups in this country she'd been suffering from a long illness for which she spent much of

a few months ago we have a confidant of the coast guard speaking. his testimony 2016580 ships that he knew were carrying drugs cannot be stopped because they didn't have the assets in the coast guard to interject as they are coming in from latin america. 580 ships could not be stopped that we knew were heading to our shores. as we look as the effectiveness of the wall in a proven tool how does it compare to additional border agents at ports of entry. the biggest entry in the biggest port and that cross-border port in the world. i've talked to those agents and what they told me as give us more docs give us more x-ray machines give us more trained personnel we can do a better job. you can see them smiling from one end of their face to the other. when ask them about tell me. how is it that you were able to spot that big shipment of drugs coming through. it was about trained agents been able to spot something irregular in that vehicle coming across the border. as we look at the american taxpayer. in looking at how much we need to spend and we need to sp

senegal and mauritania are threatening plans to exploit a giant offshore gas fields mauritania coast guard shot and killed a cynical fisherman and this has led to violent retaliation on shore reports in the city of san luis appearances can sometimes be deceiving fourteen in shopkeepers. may put a friendly smile when a customer walks in but they fear being attacked again. for my own customers who are trying to kill me they stole goods and destroyed the shops some of them i've known them since they were children they were so angry this is mobile phone footage of the attack in february a crowd of senegalese fishermen gather around more italian owned businesses. they chant arabs out go home you don't belong here they're protesting the killing of five to enjoy a sudden fall that he was shot dead by morton in coastguards they say he was fishing in mauritania waters. i want justice and someone needs to pay for the death of my son this is how the fisherman delivered justice for father's death. the shopkeepers call the police station across the street for help to take them an hour to show up the da

but they absolutely need a coast guard. they have a 2,000 mile coastline. they've got a lot of fish. they've got oil. they've got a lot of things. and they have absolutely no ability to patrol anything and put down piracy when that occurs. >> fantastic. thank you very much. vanda? a couple of the questions for you. >> i want to add one comment on the issue of agriculture. agriculture obviously is immediately source of employment for the vast predominant number of the population. but right now most people are employed or at least participate in armed conflict in one way or another, whether they are formally paid or not. that clearly needs to change if somalia is to move towards peace. so agriculture will be very important. however, i don't believe that kit be treated as a political technical exercise. agriculture permeates the difficult political divisions and contest stations crucially. and much of the fight, much of the clan discrimination, much of the displacement of clans has been over who controls the rivers. so the politics of accountability and inclus

the coast guard is on another risky mission. a call has just come in that a small dingy has been spotted in the middle of the strait of gibraltar. no time to lose for the coast guard and their colleagues at the rescue center. last year instead of having to rescue seventeen hundred we had to rescue seventy six hundred people that that number pushes us to the very limit of our capabilities for a fourth on this at the ball and then. the strait of gibraltar is a special area here the worlds of africa and europe a separated by just thirteen kilometers strong winds attract water sports enthusiasts here from all over and increasingly migrants choose the strait as their entrance to europe like the occupants of this damaged risk you just in time by the spanish coast guard despite the dangers people continue to take the gamble. and. the wind is very strong here on top of that there are strong currents that can also lead to bigger swells added to that there is marine traffic freight chips and container ships create waves that could cause b

the more tin coast guard shoot on sight fishermen caught in their territory dozens of fishermen have been killed hundreds arrested and their haul seized in these boarding waters mauritanians illegal have still not found an agreement over fishing rights. they say it's menacing this isn't just about a fishing dispute it's about who controls these waters and the precious resources that. the largest field ever found in west africa was discovered here last year it contains over fifty trillion cubic feet of resource potential sufficient for thirty to fifty years of production both countries have agreed to share their resources politicians promise this new wealth will bring the communities together but with no fishing agreement in sight and growing resentment towards mauritanians in san louis the fight over the oceans well is for sowing distress after five generations of shopkeeping and. mauritanians no longer feel welcome. nicholas hawk sounded. a french company says has come up with a possible solution to the global water crisis using the sun to still water that's unfit for consumption co

we are looking at the mix of coast guard cutters and lcs right now. we also have coast guard cutters elsewhere in the world with those missions be best carried out by the coast guard or navy lcs shifting more, for example, cutters into the caribbean. into the latin american area. do we want to put some of the lcss into that region. we're looking at this issue as we speak. the chairman owes me some feedback here in the next couple weeks as we try to sort out the right mix based on the mission, is it primarily law enforcement, do they need to have people with badges which would immediate coast guard cutters we're going to have to shift and go to the department of homeland security, or is it lcs' because of the nature of an evolving threat. we don't have the answer yet but we're working it and have it sorted out very soon. >> thank you. did you want to respond to that? >> the one i have to tell you, congressman, in the national defense strategy, the secretary has directed me to do something called dynamic force employment and what that really means is in

it authorizes the coast guard's funding as well as pay and benefits for coast guard personnel who play a vital role in maintaining national security and law and order in the waters around the united states. mr. president, it will be nice if democrats would consider dropping their partisan objections and working with republicans to pass this essential piece of legislation. and to work with us on helping get confirmed, particularly critical national security nominees at a time when we face an array of threats across the entire planet. nominees like secretary of state, particularly well qualified ones, are not to be tripled with. it's not a time to play politics when you're dealing with america's vital national security interests. so i would hope that this chamber, this body would return to the tradition that we have had in past administrations where we've approved secretaries of state, as i said earlier, by votes of 94-3, 94-2, 85-13, and unanimously. those are the last four secretaries of state. this has turned into a partisan game, if you will, at a time when our country really can't a

they need a coast guard. catfish, oil -- they have a lot of fish, oil, and do not have anything to fight piracy when it occurs. agriculture isn: thediately employment for predominant member of the population. most people are employed or participating in the country in one way or another. it needs to change. agriculture will be important. i don't believe it can be theted, it permeates difficult political divisions. and much of the fighting, much of the clan discrimination has been ceded control to --. inclusion are and therpinning the effort in culture. on the issue of strikes the u.s. military needs to be given credit for being very cautious with airstrikes. they are not rushing into the authorization from president trump. they have seen significant intensification of bombing by al-shabab. these allegations have been linked to various attacks. the reality is that most of those bombings that take place are unacceptable for any independent observer, for somali and somali journalists. i want to very much undersc

now to some other stories making news around the world the malaysian coast guard has intercepted a boat carrying more than fifty. violence and mark authorities say the asylum seekers will be allowed to enter malaysia on humanitarian grounds some seven hundred thousand muslims have fled mean more since last august after the military launched a crackdown saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon says israelis have a right to our homeland it's a notable shift in the kingdom's position towards the jewish state saudi arabia does not recognize israel but ties between the two countries have improved in recent years. and a truck driver in the u.s. state of georgia made a lucky escape just moments before his vehicle was struck by an oncoming train. a passer by capture the moment of impact on his phone both a truck driver and train crew are said to be ok. the u.n. has called it the world's worst humanitarian crisis and today donor countries have pledged two billion dollars in aid for a war torn yemen getting closer to its target the three billion dollars at the fundraising conference in ge

migrants being rescued in the mediterranean sea sixty three people were pulled out by the italian coast guard after their boat capsized on monday the u.n. says around eight thousand two hundred refugees have arrived via sea crossings to italy so far in two thousand and eighteen. convicted a war criminal and radovan a color church has insisted he sought peace in the balkans conflict the former bosnian serb leader is in court on the final day of his appeal against convictions for genocide and other atrocities and he's asking about his forty year prison term be overturned by the u.n. war crimes trial buna. and the baby name guessing game is on a royal watchers are placing their bets on what the duchess of cambridge and her husband prince william will name a bit new baby boy arthur and james are leading the bookmakers favorites the new prince is first in line to the throne. turning out of the conflict in syria which has ended its eighth year it's taken a heavy toll on the people of the country although it's difficult to get exact numbers the london based syrian observatory for human rights estima

the malaysian coast guard has intercepted a boat carrying more than fifty were hendra fleeing violence and me and mark authorities say the asylum seekers will be allowed to enter malaysia on humanitarian grounds some seven hundred thousand three hundred muslims have fled me in march since last august after the military launched a crackdown. on saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin psalm on says israelis have a right to a homeland it's a notable shift in the kingdom's position towards the jewish state saudi arabia does not recognize israel but ties between the two nations have improved in recent years. and staying with israel or that country has counseled a deal with the united nations to relocate african migrants to western nations well that comes just hours after the israeli government unveiled the agreement some hardliners had attacked the deal because it allowed some migrants to stay in israel under the agreement with the un about sixteen thousand of them were to be sent to western nations some of these migrants mostly from eritrea and sudan have been living in israel for a decad

the problem is assets marley in the coast guard. my request is simply that you think creatively, cooperatively with the coast guard to see if there's a way to improve that miserable record. >> senator, timely observation requests, the cno have been working on this for a couple months to see what we can put down there as useable resources because we're painfully aware of the situation. it's not a quick and ess fix in that you have the difference between our titled responsibilities and we will have to cooperate and gladly cooperate with not only the coast guard but with the department of homeland security. >> i understand limitations. but since we've been talking for the last hour, four people in america have died from drug overdoses and we're under attack. and this is a place where we should be able to shore up our defenses. so thank you for take that initiative and i'll look forward to updates. >> yes, sir. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator ernst. >> secretary spence, he are senator king brought up great remarks abou

dramatic pictures of been released of migrants being rescued in the mediterranean sea italian coast guard say sixty three people drowned after a boat capsized on monday the u.n. says around eight thousand two hundred people have arrived via sea crossing to italy as yes or five. hundred firefighters are fighting more than fifty wildfires that have broken out across russia the worst situation is in the country's far east where fires usually flare up as winter snows melt. and the baby name guessing game has begun in mr royal watchers in britain placing bets on prince william and the duchess of cambridge's new baby boy and james are the bookmakers favorites prince x. the fifth in line to the british throne. the united nations has told a donor conference in brussels that a fresh humanitarian crisis in syria must be avoided delegates were told that the rebel held region of labor is likely to be the regime's next target un syria and voice stuff and de mistura e.u. foreign policy chief for the record warned that the water the region is not a chessboard and that peace has to be built by the syrian

not to some other stories making headlines around the world the malaysian coast guard has intercepted a boat carrying more than fifty rodin just fleeing violence in the anbar authorities say the asylum seekers will be allowed to enter malaysia on humanitarian grounds some seven hundred thousand range of muslims have fled me and maher since last august after the military launched a crackdown. a truck driver in the u.s. state of georgia made a lucky escape just moments before his vehicle was struck by an oncoming train. passer by capture the moment of impact on the phone of both the truck driver and train crew are said to be ok. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salma says israelis have a right to a home leg it's a notable shift in the kingdom's position towards a jewish state saudi arabia does not recognize israel but ties between the two countries have improved in recent years. meanwhile israel has canceled a deal with the united nations to relocate african migrants to western nations that comes just hours after the israeli government on veiled the agreement some hardliners hav

dramatic pictures have been released of migrants being rescued from the mediterranean sea italian coast guard saved sixty three people from drowning after the boat capsized on monday you would have said i was around eight thousand two hundred pardons have to italy by sea so far this year. hundreds of firefighters are fighting more than fifty wildfires that have broken out across russia it was the worst situation is in the country's far east where five usually flare last winter snows melt. the united nations has told a donor conference in brussels that a fresh humanitarian crisis must be avoided in syria delegates were told that the rebel held region of it live could be the regime's next target un syria and voice staffan de mistura and e.u. foreign policy chief federica marini warned that the water own region is not a chessboard and that peace has to be built by the syrian people tensions escalated after a suspected chemical weapons attack in duma this month western states blamed damascus the regime denies responsibility and has suggested the incident was staged stuff in the mistook as recent

dramatic pictures have been released of migrants being rescued from the mediterranean sea the italian coast guard saved sixty three people from drowning after their boat capsized on monday the u.n. says that around eighty two hundred miners have arrived in italy by c.s. so far this year. mexican authorities have arrested a man they suspected of involvement in the killing of a renowned mexican journalist javier valdez condé nast was gunned down clue. as to his office in signal though a state last may well deads was known for his reporting into drug trafficking and organized crime police say that his killing was linked to the cartel. the united nations has told a donor conference in brussels that a fresh humanitarian crisis must be avoided in syria tensions have escalated there after a suspected chemical weapons attack in duma earlier this month and with international stakeholders in the crisis at loggerheads the u.n. says more needs to be done to ease the suffering of ordinary sieves syria its feet . the war in syria has claimed an estimated half a million lives according to monitors as hopes for

going to talk about hers and some categories i'm talking about is there real competition you face coast guard companies face a lot of competition that they make a defective car it gets out in the world people stop buying their car they have another one is in an alternative to facebook in the private sector yes senator the average american uses eight different apps ok communicate with their friends and stand touch with people ok ranging from tech which he hopes to email to your service you provide what we do provide a number of different there's a clipper saying this which you do it overlaps with a port you don't think you have a monopoly. it certainly doesn't feel like that to me ok. well there you have zuckerberg trying to play down the power of his social media some people would say empire i mean is this how he is trying to avoid stricter rules and regulations from the federal government. i think this could be a part of his strategy there i mean he said repeatedly that facebook is an idealistic company that has the goal of connecting people locally and globally and that basically it's all i

the coast guard and other agencies, the border patrol will be involved. giving the president the latest. they're doing some tremendous work with drones off of the florida coast. keeping an eye on smuggling vessels and the coast guard and the navy have seized a lot of cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, other drugs. the president will hear about that. we will have more for you as the day progresses. >> melissa: houston celebrating the life and legacy of barbara bush. tonight the city will remember the former first lady at city hall. the public is encouraged to wear pearls or the color blue in a tribute to her. that's sweet. it is the latest remembrance to happen this week. houston city hall building lit up blue last night. take a look at that. it was, of course, mrs. bush's favorite color. >> we're all so very much aware of how they have operated in the past, what they have done using chemical weapons, using the pause like that to clean up the evidence before the investigating team gets in. >> jon: that's jim mattis talking about syria. while investigators

kid village in the in the summer the key in the south of there will be as you well know down the coast guard t.v. cameras so you can also really i don't want a lot of the scenes at all of the view of a lot of becoming a pseudo was eleven. and then i'm unclear. how i'm going to behave when i come along. in our fall that. unless they come with no money. senator. welcome. to me now. for me i mean but i love them. that's why i started to work for wildlife moments in this in the in the study. when i started. with the right tools to make it as more the result before it was looking over you know it is six caused cases and all designs. and for use kids or old names inside and all the work zoo is changed so. the law could change in this book. but. ultimate was designed. for this the minimum standards. it's neither of those things. one. of. them. look who. was in these meetings. to. work up. on. the. chrome's foreign policy could be described as double speak the president doesn't have a defined policy approach even goals are difficult to discern is this what the art of the deal means is trumps foreign

currently, the coast guard is the only service providing maritime security in the region.i also believe to meet the requirements and provide the necessary supporto provide theny perform their missions is imperative that maybe play an active role. understanding that we need to invest in the capabilities across the globe, what would your solution to get the most capability for the low-cost and specifically how can we provide additional necessary resources that are ideally situated for the mission requirements in that region lacks >> it has been a priority as asian issue he laid ou you laide accurately as has the commander. we are looking at the mix of the coast guard cutters and we also have them elsewhere in the world. what does this to be played out by the coast guard or the navy should be more for example into the caribbean in a latin americathe latinamerican area oo put some of them into the region we are looking at this issue as we speak. the chairman was some feedback in a couple as we try to sort out the right mix is it primarily law enforcement, do they need people w