the sudanese government has been directing chemical attacks against civilians in darfur. business with kate moody. starting with the long-awaited signing of the hinkley point nuclear plant in the u.k. kate: two months later than scheduled at a low-key ceremony. very rare. press were not allowed in. the contract with the british government signed after months of delays and concerns about security and financing. it gave final approval to the complex in southwest england. in this building, hinkley point was finally given the green right -- green light. a deal signed to build the first new british powerstation in a generation. >> it's a good deal. i know it has raised questions, but it represents an opportunity for an entire industry. reporter: there have been many questions concerning the feasibility of the project. ceo vows the deal is structured to work. >> the role is twofold. we will construct the reactor and operated over a 60-year period. the british government is guaranteed a fixed price during this period and this will ensure it is profitable. reporter: company finan

host: you mentioned darfur, the darfur region of sudan, 50,000 people have died, more than one million are homeless and labeled an act of ongoing genocide, neither one of you that i can find has discussed the possibility of sending in troops. why not? senator kerry: i'll tell you why not but i want to say something about those sanctions on iran. only the united states put the sanctions on alone and that's what i'm talking about. in order for the sanctions to be effective, we should have been working with the french, british and germans and that's the difference between the president and me and he slid by the question. with respect to darfur, yes, it is a genocide. and months ago, many of us were pressing for action. the reason we are not saying send in american troops. number one, we can do this through the african union providing we give them the support. all the president is providing is humanitarian support. we need to do more than that. they have to have the capacity to go in and stop the killing and that's going to require more than what is. ask the people in the armed forces toda

while in the senate he called on the united states to condemn the genocide in sudan failed darfur region. sponsoredrownback legislation in the senate to establish this museum. please join me in welcoming governor sam brownback. governor brownback: what a great honor to be with you, mr. president, mrs. obama, john lewis, or colleagues who are here. this is an immense location and i am delighted to be part of it. we have a sense of our state's history and destiny. we are one of the few states in the union that was formed for a cause. our cause was to in the barbaric practice of slavery. john brown was one of our most famous residents. the president was also a resonant kansas at one time. his cause was the undoing of the enormous crime of slavery. before he was executed for treason, he spoke these haunting and prescient words. brown, are now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but by blood. a great deal of blood was shed evene years that followed, after the civil war. the nation have a long way to go before we could realize the goals laid forth in our

insurgents for hire, they are associated with the genocide in darfur that claimed almost half a millionlives and displaced more than a million people. ruggiero: they've been raping and pillagining, killi elephants,s, being brigands on horseback for 150 or 200 years or maybe longer. as long asas there is recorded history in the arerea, they've been doing this. kalron: there's an obvious link to the fact that they are able to ride thousands of kilometers and pass countries, obviously having some sort of local support in some way, either paying them or actual accomplices. ruggiero: i saw and witntnessed personalally in the central african republic that the janjawaweed were going farar ouf their way to accumulate as much ivory and rhino horn as they could to support them, to make moneney. kalronon: everyone''s talking about them, about these horsemen riding through the sahel reaching areas thousanands of k kilometers from their h hoe and coming back with their loot. we have seen clear evidence of that happenining. we've colollected casings linkig specific scenes of poaching in three differe

he covered zones in darfur, blue nile and eastern sudan for the e boston based i hadcation centers and sudan radio service project in nairobi, kenya. prior to this he served as project and publications coordinator at the think tank, center for international governance innovation in waterloo, canada. he is representing the enough project. ambassador, please proceed. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and let me begin thanking you personally for all the support you and the committee provided when i was. when i was special envoy and you and congressman bass and members the committee to continue to focus attention on these set of issues. it is very important and it is very much appreciated. i'm not going to go over the background of the situation. i want to address some key questions you raised and raised in the previous exchange. let me start with the peace plan itself around which the various activities are organized. the egad peace plan signed in 2015 on paper is a very comprehensive agreement, but it has a fatal flaw to it. and that is, it rests very largely on the willingness and ab

record on humanitarian intervention, from the holocaust to rwanda, from darfur to congo, with the exceptionetty poor. this is not just a barack obama problem. this is a problem that the united states has confronted for the last 50 to 60 years, trying to figure out how to deal with these humanitarian catastrophes, when their interests -- our interests were involved, and even when they're not. and frankly, given our track record among republicans and democrats, we still haven't found the right prescription to deal with internal events like syria. >> aaron david miller, thank you for your insights and your perspective, sir, and good day to you. >> always a pleasure. thank you. >>> a former defense secretary who served under eight presidents slamming donald trump as, quote, with beyond repair. his argument against a republican nominee and what trump tweeted about him, coming up. >>> plus, a massive sinkhole swallowing part of a waste water pond and possibly contaminating drinking water in the process. remember here at ally, nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. who's with me? i'm

was advocacy for victims around the world was his most recent legacy he tcheemped cause of saving darfur he defended the people in sri lanka. he was outspoken against the iranian nuclear program. and he spoke out for people around the world who were being mistreated. most reclent -- most recently he dedicated himself to the stopping of the mass coffer the syrian people. he called for an international criminal trial against assad, calling him with -- charging him with crimes against humanity. we on the foreign affairs committee have seen documentation of the crimes against humanity what assad has done to his own people he was said his use of gas against the response toe -- our his use of gas against the syrian people was inadequate and i agree. we must take it upon ourselves to live wiesel's legacy. anti-semitism is rearing its ugly head around the world and we have to speak out and condemn it, condemn all other kinds of discrimination as well. so never again, not to jew, not to syrians, not to african-americans, not to anyone. this resolution honors the legacy of elie wiesel and fleekts