corps. they were just given the title of nurse. no rank, because we understand male members of congress did not want them ordering men around. finally, in 1920, primarily for pay purposes, legislation was passed that gave them relative rank. it was like from lieutenant to major. again, they couldn't be ordering these men around. what is critical about that is that they were in place, actually, for the first time, women were actually in the military. we have world war i looming. the secretary of navy was so concerned about being able to man the force, because we were sending so many troops overseas, the fleet was growing, so they knew that they had to find another source of manpower. they didn't want to go to civil service, because it took too long, so he turned to his staff and said, can women serve? as an aside we understand his , wife encouraged him to do that. at any rate, he was really ahead of his time. initially, they looked at legislation that brought people into the navy. it did spec

the women's army corps. wac served in every feature of the war. including overseas. the other women in the other services were all stateside, except for the nurses. one of the pictures i like to point out here is eleanor roosevelt was a great advocate of women serving in the military. so, these are women in the four components who stepped up to be the leaders of each of the women's components. i think about them. they came on board. there were no uniforms specific to military women. there was no training base. what do you do with them, what do we do it -- how to reassign them? these women made possible for women to serve and contribute in ways that had never been done before. we have to be forever grateful for their service and their commitment to women's service and to the nation. >> women's army corps is an integral part of the army. its members are soldiers in every sense of the word. they perform a full military part in this war. there are hundreds of important army jobs which women can perform as effect

an armyary of 1901 nurse corps was established. in 1908 the navy created the navy nurse corps. they were just given the title of nurse, no rank. the male members of congress did not want them ordering men around. purposes,for pay legislation was passed that gave them relative rank. it was like from lieutenant to major. again, they could not order the men around. what is critical about that is that they were in place. for the first time, women were actually in the military. we have world war i looming. was soretary of the navy concerned about being able to the force, because we were sending so many troops fleet was the growing, so they knew they had to find another source of manpower. they did not want to go to civil service because it took too long. he turned to his staff and said, can women serve? his wifetand encouraged him to do that. he was really ahead of his time. they looked at the legislation that brought people into the navy. it did specify male. but the people that they could bring into the naval reserve just said citizen. thate quickly jumped on and brought women int

pilot fored to be a the marine corps. so, i joined, two of us, two other people joined o, one of them was a tribal -- that passed away not too long ago. and the other one is a doctor, the late president of the code talker association. those two were my buddies. i went with them. they were accepted. i was denied on account of my age. but after i walked outside, i came back inside and told the recruited i made a mistake about my birth year. so, he let me change it. and, but he said, he would let me finish the 11th grade. so, i did. all threeol let out, of us, we went, and we went down to san diego at the boot camp, which they said was pretty -- but it wasn't. the only tough thing about the sergeant was drill made me dry sahvhave in front of the platoon. that was the tough part of it. otherwise, it was pretty good. when we finished boot camp, we take tests and we are given a serve.to do -- we can so, i signed up for air wing. test.ed the aptitude but they came back, told me i ha d no diploma. thethat that denied me chance. a

that's why i chose the marine corps. i had seen a lot of newsreels that they were the toughest group. and they were. but there were other forces in training, the army ranger or paratroopers, but the marine is still the best. once a marine, always a marine. >> what about the marines who traveled with you? what kind of lasting experience was that for you? in the last year, you took two rather interesting trips. what long-lasting impact does that have on you? >> i didn't get the question. >> the impact of having made these two trips with your son. as you know, we were fortunate to get the funding to take a young companion with you from your family. i just want to know the impact it had on you and your son and your family generally. >> my son is a good marine himself. i'm proud of him. very much. he was the one that went with me on the first trip. i don't know what he got out of it, but i am glad he was the one that went. if i didn't, he would be the one to pass on my experience because he heard me in the interviews, most of

and a whole marine corps followed him. they followed that indian platoon. they brought their white horses. it was really neat to see a whole bunch of marines there in their blues, because he got his blues free. [chuckles] being the honor of the platoon. i'm proud of him. and he's the a lot of help to the group that is making the tour. in october, he was a lot of help. right now he is, too. i'm glad to -- and also, i never talked like this to my children. but he's learning what i did and, hopefully, he will tell his brothers and sisters some day. indians do not talk about wars and i found out that the white people don't, either. they do not talk about wars. i've got this info from other people that i have met on the trips anywhere. this division was called the and we didvision, the marshall islands first, and later iwo jima. we were based on the maui island in honolulu. since i am a volunteer, that short period, two years, nine months is all i served. i had enough points, enough battles to get out at v-j day, on october 3, 1945 was when i was sailed back to

marine corps reserves, 23,000. army nurse corps, 60,000. navy nurse corps, 14000 and wasps, 1000. wasps is, was of the least one recognized and least -- most important. women in the air force, air force service pilots. they tested planes, they moved planes. they did non-combat missions. in other words, they flew planes. people tend not to know that women were trained to fly planes in the 1940's. they needed to have these planes moved. -- wasphe first loss class of 1943. within the last 30 years, there was a recognition of what women did in the armed forces and in particular, the wasps. they were a small elite group of women. they had been particularly recognized for what they were doing. in this photo they look very much like male pilots. they are wearing those bomber jackets and trousers. i think i don't have to remind everyone in this room, there was once a time, not that long ago, women did not wear trousers. when i went to elementary, middle school, and really high school, you were supposed to wear skirts. i was in a public school in westchester. pants, trousers, genes were --

marine to join the corps. my mind was made up. , i joined same time when i went to this select right there.iter that was the reason they asked me me, they wanted some more boys and i went back to them. that is how recruited those guys. few of them are survivors. . think one or two three with me. most have gone on. guadalcanal and it was pretty well secured. we were still under fire all the time. later moved one, the ganville, which is in solomon islands just north of guadalcanal. that was my first front line duty duty. wasn't t tell me that i scared. i was. on't let anybody tell you that when you are in that situation you are not scared. and you me goes along get adjusted, you take it as it it is our duty to do the job. guam -- from guadalcanal to get my me again sea bags ready and head out again. iis time, i didn't know where on theng but on briefing sh hip, they said sam you are -- there isaudible] always a code talker, you are combat. washe meantime, guadalcanal our rest camp. we secured guam,e rest to move

that is the way it was in the marine corps. now we are going to the back room of the house where there are some more things to see that there. posted on the wall are the memories of the navajo. guam and i had a very of being where i 1944.landed in very cherished memory that i have your. i will show that to you. emotional.ory and this is the standard of guam and when we were pacing iound the shoreline that first stepped on in the evasion -- in the invasion. i wife and i talked about what happened on the island. it is the memory that brought me back. some of the tears that i saw when i landed looking back. this is the napkin that we used, , we went through emotionally and we wiped our tears with that and we saved it as the memory of a year ago today when we were there. george: i am going to ask you a question about cortez cultural center. you titled your speech using language as a weapon. tell us about what you do at talk to thehy your people who come to the cultural language as at weapon, ok? cortez talking about cultural center

who were recruited into the women's army auxiliary corps, and the women's army corps. women's place in war, here she is, doing office work, very serious, with her tie, tucked in like a man would, and here she is with a great smile of how she's contributing in the women's army corps, the message going out, you need to be part of this war. more propaganda, for your country's sake today, for your own sake tomorrow. advising you to go to the nearest recruiting station, of the armed service of your choice. they are not even channeling them into specific services. go and volunteer to be in the service. men did not have a choice. they had to go. but women had to be encouraged to go, and here is harriet west, the 1st black major in black, she was set the stage for other women of color to go into this. july 1942, they started training them in des moines, 125 enlisted, women, 440 officer candidates, included 40 black women, by 1943, they had become regularized and could be posted overseas. there's a lot of issues about posting women overseas, the majority of them are not posted

has formally designated iran's islamic revolution guards corps as a foreign terrorist organization. iran top security council designated the u.s. central command in the region as a terrorist group. more in the following report. donald trump took office in january, 2017. he has left no stone unturned to exact pressure on iran through sanctions and threats. trump road knows -- trump showed to achieve his anti-hereon goals. on monday, the u.s. president once again put the spotlight on his hostility against iran and designated the revolution guards corps as a foreign terrorist organization. trump accused the irgc of financing and promoting terrorism. his secretary of state also warned global businesses against any dealings with the irgc. >> businesses and banks around the world now have a clear duty to ensure the companies with which they conduct financial connections are not connected to the irgc in any way. >> political analysts say the trump administration has revealed the face of the u.s. by its move against the irgc. >> this administration actually states the reality of what americ

we spoke about job corps and safety. it's important to note that while the safety of students should always be the most important concern for these centers, $700 million cut to the program does not ensure their safety. i quite honestly, mr. secretary, do not know what you were speaking about when you had the conversation with ambassador lighthizer with regard to eilab and enabling legislation. i think that what the severe cuts to ilab really does put us in a place where we are not really taking the opportunity to oversee a trade agreement. i might add that's forced labor, child labor. it was the -- ilab labor attaches and other ilab staff that completed a, an important four-year project that tackled the fire and building safety for buyingat bangladesh agencies ani don't know what you're making a reference to and at the moment are not sure where the renegotiated treaty is going. with regard to the overtime rule, i might note for the record that under the obama administration's overtime rule workers with new protections wo

but i am concerned on the job corps front. those are drastic cuts. if you had to do something like that, if we did, what would be the criteria to use to make a decision of that magnitude. clearly, you have to close down quite a few centers around the country. >> if we are to close them down, we'll look at the metrics and try to do this in a reasonably neutral way to see which job corps centers were performing less than others. let me also say one of the things we've been doing with job corps because some are not performing particularly well and some have issues. we try to think a little bit outside the box. i've briefed your colleagues both on the republican and the democratic side. there's a caucus that's been organized around this. because we've been working with some governors that have ideas as to how to make these more effective. so in one state the governor is interested in partnering the job corps with the community college. in another state, the governor is interested in partnering the job corps with the national guard program. i was just goi

but let me just ask about the need at that marine corps. general berger, we still need 38 amphibious ships indicated at the navy's current force structure assessment. >> that requirement is valid today, sir. but as mentioned earlier, the 2019 force structure assessment, we'll see what comes out of that. >> okay. but that's still valid. how many amphibious ships do we have today? >> 32, senator. >> 38 as compared to a requirement of -- 32, as compared to a requirement of 38. and do you foresee the marine corps mission eliminating amphibious operations at any point in the near future? >> ever no, sir, i do not. >> all right. that's very helpful. and let me ask you then, mr. secretary. congress appropriated $350 million in fy-'19 to begin procurement of an lha and an lpd. however, amphibious ship procurement was removed from the fy-'20 budget proposal, as you know. instead the navy has deferred lpd procurement to 2021 and lha to 2024. this move has the potential to disrupt amphibious warship industrial base. as there is a long lead time requir

. >> vice admiral william mertz, deputy chief of navy systems and david berger, for the marine corps combat and integration. congratulation on your nomination to be the next commandant, thank you for your time and effort. >> this is my first public meeting as chairman for the seapower subcommittee and i'm humbled to be leading the subcommittee will do all i can to support a man and woman in uniform. today we have the smallest army since world war ii, the smallest navy since world war i and the oldest and smallest air force ever. the same time we can face complex threats from china, north korea, russia and iran. the naval fleet is critical to deter aggression worldwide to support our allies. the subcommittee will provide vital oversight for the navy and marine corps as they work to work on increasing demand. i want to thank senator wicker and -- over the past four years. i hope the subcommittee continues to work in a bipartisan manner and i fully expect that. this month they received a classified threat assessment to learn how the navy marine corps plant to operate in the face of thes

corps centers. and we require that centers are chosen based on past achievements and outcomes. and that is a significant part of that evaluation whenan making those decisions. this aligns with your own priorities through job corps in the form of increased performance standards. yet one of the things i heard from operators and from constituents is that contract award decisions are no longer performance outcomes. that, in fact, the vast majority of the contracts are being given to new operators, regardless of the successful performance of the current contractth holder. are you purposefully moving away from focusing on student outcomes when selecting job corps centers? >> in fact, we are focusing much more on student outcomes in judging job corps performance and in job corps centers. so to the extent that's what contracts are saying, that is an accurate. >> i can give you an example within my own district with the los angeles jobto corps, which s an outstanding record, has been there for years, is some

i'm announcing our intent to designate the islamic revolutionary guard corps, including its quds force, as a foreign terrorist organization. according to the nationality act, this designation will take effect one week from today. this is the first time that the united states has designated a part of another government as an f.t.o. we are doing it because the reigning regime's use makes it different from any other government. this historic step will deny the leading state sponsor the financial means to spread misery and death around the world. businesses and banks around the world now have a clear duty to ensure that companies with which they conduct financial transactions are not connected to the irgc in any material way. it gives the u.s. government additional tools to counter iranian-backed terrorism. this designation is a direct response to an outlaw regime and should surprise no one and it builds on the more than 970 iranian individuals and entities that the trump administration has already sanctioned. for 40 years, the islamic republic revolutionary guard corps has actively engage

in my service in the marine corps, we don't have space capabilities in the marine corps. we do have personnel that are trained in capabilities to take advantage of space, so where i see us going is, the preponderance of space capability would be in that single service for space force. each of the services, because space is integral to a fighting capabilities, will have to have expertise inside those services to make sure space is properly integrated into the war fighting capability and they will have to have some capabilities to take advantage of space, ground systems and so forth. ofs would move on the order 95% plus of the capabilities in the department of space into a single force. in theuld be residual other services would be minimal and it would be designed specifically and only to make sure they could take advantage of space. senator, if we can brief you, we have done the architectural and broker agency., service, and today, we you where have 10 different organizations working on similar architectures. this is really not about the systems we have in place. wholesale

i am announcing our intent to designate the islamic revolutionary guard corps including its good force as a foreign terrorist organization accordance with section two nineteen of the immigration and nationality act this designation will take effect one week from today i got more of monday's developments from our correspondents kellam open in new york and in tel aviv. still be the first time that we've seen the u.s. government designate part of another country's government as a terrorist organization now donald trump in the statement he accuses iran of being a state sponsor of terrorism financing promoting terrorism as a tool of state craft and we heard those words echoed by mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state he said this designation of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps as terrorists is intended to send a message to iranian leaders the leaders of iran are record piers not revolutionaries the radio people deserve better than to be governed by this kind of hypocritical and corrupt officials with this designation we are sending a clear signal a clear message to iran's leaders

i had been at the peace corps. even lyndon johnson who had been in ma of those meetings with president kennedy, what did he know about them? and suddenly decisions were being made about issues for which there was very little time to collect the evidence. you know lyndon johnson kept saying to me, y in all thors, "a man is no better, aand i really believed that, band that has guided metion." in my journalism career the last 44 years. my opinion i't if you don't mind my saying so, un ss i can back it up with evidence. - you said in a couple of places, in some of the books that you have written - you said in a more than a dozen books. and the thousands of hours of television that you produced. i found three references to the word atonement. where you talked about a personal need to atone. when you sfid to william sloane c in one of the very last conversations you had with reverend ffin. you were saying you were glad that you had grown old enough to begin to acsiunt for in essence th of the past. , and he said to yill

and you've been watching these press briefings from the mainstream press corps in the press corps and we know that most of the time it's pretty softball stuff of course we got to worship at the feet of the military industrial complex but you still would at least like some. blows my mind is so ridiculous about this three hundred days. it's very odd and what's actually kind of interesting this is brought up a while ago but i came back i. started looking like oh wow so apparently kingly united yes gerard butler has actually briefed the pentagon press corps and. taken questions from the press of the press. rather than an official defense. so he was in the room just you know as he was in the room full of pentagon reporters during this p.r. tour for his latest film hunter killer which. the pentagon helped work with because you know it's a war movie but i think what's really funny is that the last time that there was an actual official press conference at the pentagon was on may thirty first of last year. and it was when dana white spoke on camera. and what's really interesting about that is

i am formally announcing my administration's plan to designate iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps the i.r.g.c. including its qods force as a foreign terrorist organization. let's go live to the u.s. now into artie's caleb moore can find out more caleb good to see you could you give us more details please. well this designation will actually be the first time that the u.s. government has maimed and especially named part of a government as a terrorist entity will be designating a century one of the key military organizations in iran as a foreign terrorist organization now the statement from donald trump that basically accuses iran of not only being a state sponsor of terrorism but it says that the islamic revolutionary guard corps actively participates in finances promotes terrorism as a tool of statecraft now these accusations were that echoed by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o m and he said that this designation was essentially a message to the iranian government this is mike pompei o. the leaders of iran are record peers not revolutionaries the iranian people deserve better

captain of the marine corps rifle and pistol team. the only real failure in his life, the picture shows he is wearing marine corps naval aviator wings. he had them. but he was taken off flight status because he had in her ear problems and physical things. he regarded that as a tragic failure on his part. he was a very driven person. and very high standards and he decided to commit suicide because he couldn't do it as well as he used to. i think he was about 80 years old. there is a very good book by john hoffman, i recommend it. >> we have a question of stair somewhere? >> i have two quick questions. one is in addition to food being short, what about munitions and water. that is question. the other question is what did both sides do for mosquitoes and malaria and other diseases and how well did it work for both sides? >> both sides were short on munitions and water as well. in a defensive battle like that, munitions are your friend. we always have a shortage of them. we have to always be, those are the two things you have to get ashor

now it's important to note that a number of members of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps were actually key in fighting against the i still terrorists in syria however at this point this organization the islamic revolutionary guard corps of iran that was key in defeating the i still terrorist is now being labeled terrorists by the united states. thanks for outlining that for us let's go to tel aviv now and talk to a middle east correspondent paula i guess there's one happy albeit a bottle of prime minister where you are. this seventy one happy prime minister here the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he's hoping that this comment that comes just hours before polls open here in israel will boost his election chances he has thanked the american president donald trump for these comments. now at the same time the israeli prime minister is facing tough competition not least of all from a former israeli defense forces chief a military man who is also positioned politically on the same to many guns the competition between the two has become quite intense in recent weeks partic

park is cutting the air corps door. part could be the funding. part of it could be what are the transit hubs, the companies providing with men, money and munition to deliver these things. who are the people at the waiting lines? what is the pushback against iran strategy? this is a thing for year two the administration needs to solve. now is the time to translate into clinical wins. >> on that note and going back to the tea leaves, if you can tell us about an interesting op-ed that has come out. the suggestions that iran should negotiate with trump and perhaps curb its activities in the region. >> for those of you who do not a former ambassador of iran to germany. he is now in princeton. he is a resident scholar at princeton university. of being ach a part factor of the rouhani government in the u.s. op-ed today in the iranian news, very close to the irgc, printed on the first, that he of the page, basically argues the time might have come that they sit down and newtiate with trump about a agreement. further, that the time might have come that th

he joined the navy in 2000 to medic a corpsman, a assigned to several marine corps victory battalionss a platoon dog. ine served a tour afghanistan and two in iraq. you can only a man -- imagine the a difficult part of this message when jose was deployed .ultiple times -- he wass hit with hit by a rocket and it caused stating damage. despite his injuries he was not only able to direct a fellow servicemember and applying a tourniquet to his arm, but continue to assist other wounded personnel before he was medevac. he thankfully recovered and retired from the military in 2005. amazingly, within months of his injuries, he ran and completed the new york city marathon. jose is a former member of the u.s. para-triathlon team, and a former appointee to the president's commission for the care of returning wounded warriors. he is a steadfast advocate for his brothers and sisters in arms and his joined -- and is joined by his wife and children. let us give him a big round of applause. [applause] jose: first and foremost, i want to say thank you to the general for the kind remarks, and for recog

corporal oscar de la rosa, united states marine corps. petty officer second class fernandez, united states navy. first lieutenant john fernandez, united states army. petty officer first class, united states navy. staff sergeant jeremiah, united states army. [applause] commander thomas olivera, united states navy. [applause] lieutenant junior grade jordan lowe, united states navy. [applause] william --, united states army. [applause] sergeant samantha monodun, united states army. senior airman justin day, united states air force. [applause] staff sergeant john bennett, united states army. [applause] sergeant rory cooper, united states army. [applause]

one of the issues and job corps centers has been a lack of safety. so, when i say the focus has been on outcomes, let me amend it if i could and also say that safety is incredibly important and this has nothing to do with this particular job corps center. for the record, where there's a safety issue, i think the safety issue has to be considered alongside performance outcomes . >> let me talk more about this so i can understand the decision better. i just want to make more of a statement than a question, with regard to where congressman harris was saying in the beginning, and you mentioned the fact that you were hoping that the supreme court would rule in the administration's favor when it came to aca. i just want to point out that if they were to rule . >> the impact and decision would be immediate. the impact would be over the first year that people would be losing their health insurance and the states could not afford to cover the individuals that are newly enrolled and would not be able to offer coverage in the following years. . >> what is the p

s designating iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps, a foreign terrorist organization, and the u.s. has never used the designation for an entire foreign government entity. iran has threatened to retaliate. secretary pompeo answers questions before turning the news conference over to the u.s. special representative for iran and the state department counterterrorism coordinator. this is about half an hour. secretary pompeo: good morning. i'm here to make an important foreign policy announcement concerning the islamic republic of iran. today, the united states is continuing to build its maximum pressure campaign against the iranian regime. i'm announcing our intent to designate the islamic revolutionary guard corps, force, as s k quds a terrorist organization. this designation will take ffect one week from today. this is the first time that the united states has designated a part of another government as an f.t.o. we are doing it because the regime's use makes it different from any other government. this historic step will deny the leading state sponsor the financial means to spread m

we think in the next couple of years, all of them will become c-corps.he math is very easy on apollo. they already pay a very decent amount of taxes. it is a little more challenging for carlisle. amanda: what effect do we think this has on the broader market implications. these are big names that will be in court -- included in etf's. will that have a broader impact? >> when you look at the size of blackstone and how it's growing, $60 billion market cap down the road. if they want to become that size , they had to make it easier for long only passage to own them. this is part of the evolution since going public. when you look at where money is moving, money is leaving traditional funds, moving into passives and alts. are aes sense the alts bigger part of the public markets and indexes. inry: how important is size this market now, will he continue to see more consolidation, what does it mean for the markets? >> basically two secular trends going on. big institutional investors, your sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, pension plans, are raising t

i did say i was a corpsman with the marine corps, right? (laughs) number two, going downhill full speed with one arm is not easy. did not realize that. and, oh, by the way, if you're going to go on long bike rides, make sure you're wearing cycling shorts and make sure they're not inside out. [laughter] and number three -- the most important lesson of them all -- is no matter how difficult the challenge is, whether you fall down or crash, whether you need to get off the bike or walk -- right? -- or if seems like the miles never end, if there's someone holding you or helping you get back up, walking along your side with you, if there's someone supporting you and helping you realize the finish line is just a little bit further, anything is possible. right? those days grinding it out on those roads made me realize -- it made us all realize - that recovery takes time and it takes hard work. but at the same time, if you're willing to put in the time and with the support, you can overcome everything. you might fail, but you will eventually succeed

and our navy and marine corps defend our nation. to learn that we, the navy and department of leadership have not stepped up to provide quality housing was embarrassing and alarming to us. it was embarrassing because it reflects poorly across our entire naval institution to include those thousands of people who actually extremely hard every day to ensure those goals and objectives are met. alarming it raised systemic issues we need to correct, that should have been addressed long ago given the service members and their family that we take care of them to the very best of our abilities. in the end it's not so much about property management as leadership. we've recommitted ourselves to fix this problem so our people, the housing they deserve and focus on the jobs we asked them to do. therefore, we're comprehensively looking over governing the way that issues are report in housing. we are a striving to make contact with every sailor and marine who lives in a ppd housing unit and to date i'm proud to say the navy is 100% complete on tha

in my own services, the marine corps, we don't have space capabilities in the marine corps.do have personnel trained to take advantage of space. the. each of the services because it space is integral too war fighting capability, is going to have to have expertise inside those services to make sure space is properly integrated through their war fighting capability. this would move on order of 95% plus on the capabilities of the department of space into a single force. what would be residual in the other services would be minimal and it would be designed specifically and only to make sure they can take advantage of space. >> secretary, you want to add everything? >> we've done the architectural and programmatic analysis so was and agency so i could show you where today we have 10 different organizations working on similar architectures. this is really not about the systems that we have in place. wholesale they stay in place, but the department is about to embark on new command and control for all the services. we have an opportunity here to have all domain command and control

ethan sanctus did not finish the son of corps program. today he says it's his family that keeps him focused on staying clean. and i mean i granted it's better in prison but if you try to go for actual help for a drug problem you're not going to get it there i've never been in a situation where like i felt so little of a person. i was nothing. you're wrong nothing. so they tell you. people have to weigh your own record on this trouble in fact a few years ago there was place only for one state on the land of israel i do not believe in a two state solution the official story is that there are no i'm sure we all still are you i don't care about the official story if you were to go visit today you would say what has the media been telling the world isn't black and white there's lots of graves in here join me mad the hot sun on the front of my guests from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories on the big issues here on al-jazeera. americans are struggling to pay their rent the problem isn't just limited to place

they are reporting -- your parents, on our country and that is the white house press corps. the report. we aret you know how doing and often times, they report correctly. actually, most of the time. your parents come all the time. all the time or most of the time? all right, all of the time. i agree. for purposes of this speech, i agree, but they are and they are protecting all of your families and they are getting the word out, and they want to get the word out fairly and honestly. are serving our entire nation and i'm sure you'll agree with me that they are doing it to make a better future for you. it is all about you. it is no longer about us. it is about you. they work so hard for you and our country works so hard for you. for the rest of your life, you "my momproud to say or my dad worked at the white house." i'm going to ask you, most of your parents are with you and i am going to ask you to look around, give them big applause and give them all a big fat kiss right now. [applause] mr. trump: isn't that nice? you are proud of them, and i am proud of them soto. i really

>> this would be a huge step, fred, because the guard corps is effectively the iranian state.in iraq, syria, lebanon. it has hezbollah under it. if we were to go to war against irgc, we would effectively going to war against iran. this better just be posturing or there would be a general war, that is a certainty. >> you talk about these places in proximity, iraq, syria, lebanon. so then given that, what's the foe potential risk for u.s. military forces? >> it's huge, especially in iraq where you have militias under iranian control. they're surrounding u.s. troops. they're facing off with hezbollah and international guard corps and frankly we don't have enough troops in the middle east to take these guys on. >> this decision falling under the state department's per view, yet we have not heard from the u.s. state department officially or from the white house, national security counsel. does that make a difference if this message were to be conveyed by whom? >> well, it is. if it's by the military and they start taking steps to enforce it as we do against al qaeda in the islamic

indiscernible chatter] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> the white house press office released a statement later that called the infrastructure meeting with democrats quote, excellent and productive and said they'll have another meeting in three weeks to discuss specific proposals and financing methods and agreed to a meeting in the near future to discuss prescription drug prices. meanwhile, president trump tweeted this afternoon that he's monitoring events in venezuela very closely saying the united states stands with the people of venezuela and their freedom. john bolton stepped outside the white house to talk to reporters about the situation in venezuela where a protest erupted today against the government of resident maduro. olt bolt mr. bolton: mr. bolton: good afternoon. i wanted to say a few words about the situation in venezuela. obviously we are seeing the people of venezuela strive to get a government, not have a go

, medical corps and everything in between. where we landed from a war-fighter's perspective is a recognizable place to have a service that stands up within the department of the air force. that decision was made just prior to the legislative proposal coming forward. and since then we've been directed by the secretary of defense to do the detailed planning associated with what this force looks like. and that detailed planning is weeks old. >> more use of the passive voice. you said the decision was made. so i want to know whether the air force will be enthusiastic about the space force proposal or are you being dragged kicking and screaming to support this? >> i think the fact -- i think the fact we're having a national debate about space is absolutely necessary. it's needed. and i give the president and the administration a lot of credit for raising this level of conversation to the one we're having. >> i'm not hearing anyone being dragged, but i am hearing some gritting of teeth. >> sir, there's no gritting of teeth here. thi