it is not just a veteran issue, not just a defense force issue, it is a societal problem. we can and must do more. i say, mr. speaker, i want to assure the house and australians listening at home, hope is available for veterans struggling or experiencing poor mental health. the government listened to concerns of the veteran community and have taken action with complete support of those opposite. introduced free mental health care for all veterans, invested in improvements in open arms, a free counseling service, and relaunched last year. we provide more than $230 million a year in terms of veterans mental health support. trying new approaches, use of psychiatric dogs a. i want to say, too, mr. speaker, working with the service chiefs in terms of important transition process, proven one of the most difficult aspects of veterans leaving the military, joining civilian life. make sure we're supporting veterans into employment. mr. speaker, i know and say the government knows and i'm sure there's more to be done. last week hosted veterans national health summit, brought togethe

now that defense force was a force that was established by the former president on what it was she who was ousted by the military council on the 11th of april it's now clear the reasons for one of the arrest and people are saying that the minute sources in the military are saying that there were coup attempts that was organized by the chief of staff along with several other top generals at least 18 people happen to rest have so far some of those have been forced into retirement and it's not clear to waiting for a statement from the military council to explain why these arrests took place but it is worth noting that the chief of staff for someone who was appointed by the military council after they came to power on the 11th of april so he's very much somebody of their choice and so clear if they would basically believe that he would try to stage a coup against the military council several officials as i said have also been arrested as well we understand that they are being investigated and there are concerns that what the military council is trying to do is to crank the consulat

along he was also arrested along with the head of the armored division and the head of the popular defense force that's a defense farms a force that was established by a former president almost a shoot to disband the former ruling party formerly for its official as well have been arrested the military council is yet to come out with an official statement explaining why these people were arrested what is happening but what we do understand from judicial sources and military sources is that they are currently being investigated for trying to organize a coup attempt and let's not forget that this is not going to be the 1st time the military council since taking power has said that there has been at least 17 who attempt against them the council the latest being are 2 weeks ago when 16 at least 16 army officials were arrested again a former statement is the top of the military council but we what we do understand among its resources and our sources is that the head of the chief of staff general of the metallic and several other officials are being investigated for trying to stage a coup attempt again

attribute blame as harshly or as clearly as it might in particular i'm thinking of the israeli defense forces they highlighted having been responsible for a larger number of palestinian child deaths last year than have been in the last 4 years and yet they don't appear in the annex yet the list of bad is they don't appear there at 0 so how much pressure is the un under when it's compiling a report like this to actually keep a certain balance if you like in terms of other political interests i think that's a really important point and it really gets to the fundamental problem with all the un toadies all un agencies that they have to balance the sort of the impartiality and and the interests of the particular body with broader chip political interests and so here you have a report that is trying to really get to the bottom of what's happening on the ground but it feels feels compelled to sort of cold but for fully naming and shaming the israeli defense forces the united states the united kingdom for their complicity in events and i think that gets to this this fundamental power of balance and t

please welcome lieutenant colonel amil avid and lieutenant colonel solo of the israel defense forces here in washington, d.c. [applause] >> it is an honor to be here tonight. colonelis lieutenant amil. i am 30 years old and the head of the underground water branch of the northern command. [applause] >> i am an officer in the israeli army, but i have a surprise for you. i was born in the great united states of america. [applause] >> doing a diplomatic service, it is always good to be back. my history with tunnels goes back several years. in 2014, i became the commander of the special unit in the ivf combat engineering whose main task is to locate and destroy tunnels. 2014,weeks later, in july operation protective inside gaza begin. during the operation, we were able to locate and destroy 30 tunnels along the border with the gaza strip. [applause] unfortunately, during the operation, we lost one of our own, a soldier. may he rest in peace. he was killed in a clash with hamas terrorists in the northern gaza strip. i spent 18 days inside the gaza strip with the sole purpose of disabling

for the attack but officials believe it was a reprisal 2 weeks ago villagers and civilian self-defense forces killed 11 boko haram fighters this is just the latest in the long series of boko haram. attacks in north eastern nigeria 10 years of violence has left the 27000 people debt booker harems attacks have displaced about 2000000 people. a spokesman for president. said his administration is quote determined to and the menace of terrorism. in the affected region the local government also promised act. up another layer with judge were just coming in and. thought i would have some certain. security mitten to discuss the willful that this attack was the deadliest so far this year in the region prove that 10 years after it started breaching his campaign of violence boko haram still has ability to remain and to devastate. for more on this i'm joined by day to show how it was when good to see you why has this insurgency been so difficult to wipe out 10 years after the fact. i think there are a lot of fact that make it so difficult number one most of the politician in nigeria will be happy to hear

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not aggressive that they have peaceful intentions and that their goals around the world for the defense forces are really about guarding against their national interests and their sovereignty and they do not seek expansion but of course incidents like this will be raising concern. that those words are not true from the chinese defense ministry and any sort of miscalculation like we saw unfold on tuesday could lead to something more serious and when with the release of this defense white paper and officials also talking more broadly about tensions in the region. yes well there are a number of flashpoints at the moment again they are saying that their intentions are not about being aggressive they don't seek help germany or expansion they are just trying to defend their sovereignty one of those flashpoints of course is in the south china sea right now we see a standoff of sorts between the chinese and the vietnamese of course china claims almost all of the south china sea but there are territorial disputes in or involving vietnam and other southeast asian countries in releasing this white paper

concerns thatt of the japanese self-defense forces.s been saying japan needs to take bigger -- a bigger role to protect itself. the security umbrella that the u.s. provides to japan does not necessarily come for free. there is that always hanging over japan. he is in a tricky bind. most of the public here in japan does not want a change to the constitution. shinzo abe needs to do the job and say we are going to put in this section three, article nine of the constitution that was written by the united states postwar. that would, in his estimation, legalize the soft defense force within the constitution. that is the job he has to sell to the japanese people, and lawmakers. paul: how about foreign relations closer to home? we have had a rather dreadful export numbers for the first 20 days of july out of south korea. shinzo abe- does have motivation to have a talk to south korea and end this spat? he has: perhaps now that won a mandate, he can back off on the rhetoric. key and moon jae-in have gained popularity and poll numbers by taking h

including the head of the armored division and the head of the popular defense forest now that that defense force was a force that was established by the former president on one issue was ousted by the military council on the 11th of april it's now clear the reasons behind of the arrest and people are saying that the minute sources in the military are saying that there were attempts that was organized by the chief of staff along with. other top generals at least 18 people have been arrested so far some of those have been forced into retirement and it's now clear that we're waiting for a statement from the military council to explain why these arrests took place but it is worth noting that the chief of staff for someone who was appointed by the military council after they came to power on the 11th of april so he's very much somebody of their choice and so clear if they would basically believe that he would try to stage a coup against the military council several officials as i said have also been arrested as well we understand that they are being investigated and there are concerns that what the m

occur if it has declared war or statutory authorization for such use of military force and if some is enacted in the defensef the allies a national emergency is created upon the attack of the united states and armed forces. we get intelligence if iran is under attack this language prohibits the united states from getting that kind of attack to save the lives that would otherwise be lost. i urge this committee to vote against it. >> mister chairman. two points i agree the 2001 aumf to apply to iran but to be clear the 2,012,003 we keep it that simple in the second part is to go with this wording something about allies. saudi arabia missile defense forces allies under attack to be used to interdict this just talks about so this this to be simple that aumf does not apply. >>. >> here we are 17 hours after starting this hearing. i have been scratching my head looking for ways to overlook the issues that they can fix the problems but we have an amendment with centcom and the joint staff to make america less safe preventing us to protect our allies like israel. that's where i draw the line and enough is enough if

attribute blame as harshly or as clearly as it might in particular i'm thinking of the israeli defense forces they highlighted having been responsible for a larger number of palestinian child deaths last year than have been in the last 4 years and yet they don't appear in the n x yeah the list of bad is they don't appear there at 0 so how much pressure is the un under when it's compiling a report like this to to actually keep a certain balance if you like in terms of other political interests i think that's a really important point and it really gets to the fundamental problem with all the un bodies all un agencies that they have to balance the sort of the impartiality and and the interests of the particular body with broader chip political interests and so here you have a report that is trying to really get to the bottom of what's happening on the ground but it feels feels compelled to sort of cold but for fully naming and shaming the israeli defense forces the united states the united kingdom for their complicity in events and i think that gets to this this fundamental power of violence and

because it's not safe it's been 24 hours since the minister of police announced that the national defense force would be deployed to areas of the cape flats the army is going to target at least 10 areas here that are infested by gangs where there's a high crime rates especially murders and this is what's led to this decision by government the minister of police says things are out of hand and this deployment is expected to stabilize the situation years so that police can do their jobs people here say that they live in fear and even as that announcement came from the minister of police this evening we've continued to hear gunshots people here telling us that it's likely gang violence and perhaps a lot of that coming ahead of this army deployment people here are scared they say that they have difficulty sending their children to school people often keep indoors because the streets are unsafe we have seen homes that are riddled by bullets people here say that this deployment by the army is a long time coming out of a normal day would be a day with these noble islands that would be normal though ev

that was very much one of the themes of the release of the white paper saying that the chinese defense forces are about promotion piece they do not seek expansion or germany they are really focusing on protecting china's interests overseas and protecting china's sovereignty it was inevitable therefore that the issue of taiwan would come up particularly in response to the latest arms sale by the united states to taiwan totaling more than $2000000000.00 worth of weapons and other hardware from the united states to taiwan the chinese government condemned that deal when it was announced and in releasing the latest white paper the ministry of defense said that the united states is undermining global strategic stability and there was also a warning to the united states and their allies that china is ready for war if there's a move towards independence for taiwan and china rescue operations are underway after 2 landslides in the south western province of occasional at least 11 people died in church and county and one person must killed in john county now according to the chinese state broadcaster th

as she approached a disputed island, defense forces say their ian boats tried to force the tanker to change course. when the briti warship came to the rescue and escorted her to safety. >> obviously very concerning developments, but also proud of the royal navy and the role they played in keeping british, asseitish shipping safe. we are continuing to monor the situation very carefully. jonathan: iran's revolutionary guard regularly patrol what is one of the busiest sea lanes. in the past they have threatened to block it.1/ 5 of the world's oil supplies travel through the strait of hormuz. tensions have been rising ever since president trump pulled out imof an international deal at curbing the nuclear program. last month the u.s. accused iran of targeting two tankers in the region with mines. one week later, iran shut down a -- iran shot down a u.s. surveillance drone. nest week british royal ma seized a tanker off gibraltar carrying iranian oil teasyria in of eu sanctions. it is that incident which prompted iran's president to issue this warning just yesterday. pres. rouhani: you, br

that's the whole purpose it's been interpreted as certainly you can never deprive our armed forces of self-defense. it's been interpreted as it doesn't alter any of that. so again it is just a statement from congress that there is no authorization today to introduce the armed forces in iran. i yield back, mr. chairman. >> the question of clarifying. >> i like the spirit behind this committee attempted to insert into the war powers and i think that my colleague successfully has done that on a related issue recently. but is there a precedent and maybe this is a question for the staff for any sort of proactive like this that you could point to? where they sit proactively we are not authorized to go to war with this country? that isn't really a staff question. it's been for the author of the amendment. >> it's more of a policy called. >> it would have saved us a lot of blunders in the last 15 years. >> on a well concealed. >> there is no precedent. there hasn't been a time when congress is so aggregated authority under the constitution to make these decisions and where we have had repeated conflicts u

rule gunfire was heard at a protest in the town of casella forcing demonstrators to flee in the capital khartoum protest is marched to the defense ministries headquarters as the 1st major demonstration security forces violently broke up a protest camp on june the 3rd saddam's military overthrew president bashir more than 2 months ago but tensions are high between the opposition and military as they remain divided over how the country will move forward. donald trump has become the 1st sitting u.s. president to set foot in north korea during an impromptu meeting with kim jong un the leaders met in the demilitarized zone between north and south korea after trump suggested it in a tweet during the g. 20 summit the u.s. president said both sides would set up teams to push forward talks and getting north korea to give up its nuclear weapons but trump also said there's no rush to strike a deal. step thinking of course that it's agreed on a lot of there are. a lot of friendships and it's ridiculous richard so i just thank you very quickly notice that i want to thank you just as i believe looking at this action this is an expression of h

but it feels feels compelled to this sort of cold but for fully naming and shaming the israeli defense force says the united states the united kingdom for their complicity in events and i think that gets to this this fundamental power of balance and the structural organization of the united nations which means that the powerful states wield a great deal of disproportional influence across the united nations particularly in the security council and we see this of. in that the human rights council as well where there are particular human rights agendas that are suppressed by members of the council who are sitting on this council and don't want these to be articulated so it is power the troyan. normative concerns such as human rights such as children's interests right ok all right so simon raises an important point i think know her and empower in terms of the security council i suppose resides with the permanent 5 and there is pretty much paralysis isn't there on the security council but i mean the saudis again i mean they are allegedly responsible for dangling substantial amounts of money befo

attribute blame as harshly or as clearly as it might in particular i'm thinking of the israeli defense forces they highlighted having been responsible for a larger number of palestinian child deaths last year than have been in the last 4 years and yet they don't appear in the annex yet the list of bad is they don't appear there at 0 so how much pressure is the un under when it's compiling a report like this to actually keep a certain balance if you like in terms of other political interests i think that's a really important point and it really gets to the fundamental problem with all the un toadies all un agencies that they have to balance the sort of the impartiality and the interests of the particular body with broader chip political interests and so here you have a report that is trying to really get to the bottom of what's happening on the ground but it feels feels compelled to sort of cold but for fully naming and shaming the israeli defense forces the united states the united kingdom for their complicity in events and i think that gets to this this fundamental power of balance and the s

now that defense force was a force that was established by the former president on that issue was ousted by the military council on the 11th of april the minute sources in the military are saying that there were coup attempts that was organized by the chief of staff along with. other top generals at least 18 people have been arrested so far some of those have been forced into retirement it is worth noting that the chief of staff or someone who was appointed by the military council after they came to power on the 11th of april so he's very much somebody of their choice and so clear if they would basically believe that he would try to stage a coup against the military council several officials as i said have also been arrested as well we understand that they are being investigated and there are concerns that what the military council is trying to do is to crank the consumer did its power to keep only the loyalists people who are loyal to the military council for positions of power in the military now iran's president is saying he's ready to negotiate with the u.s. and european n

might come to a halt like there's nothing that donald trump likes better than bashing german defense forces thank you very much to all of you for being with us and thanks to you out there for being with us as well we do go into our summer break now but we look forward to seeing you back here with country when we start up again at the end of the summer see you down. in. sherman classic. new v.w. passat. this is more than just a faceplate. and a newcomer from japan a lexus yes $300.00 hybrid finally comes to europe. trying . to double. back. on. the quiet melody rizzo's model light of the mood. and it soon repeat resonate within its soul. the mind and the music. token 1st 12019 from september 6th to september 29th. a forest area equivalent to the sucker fish is cleared every. hour consumerism is causing a radical depletion of forests. was for 25 years to come as a crash. or has it. forests and money hatched the tragic reality behind the exploitation starts july 24th one w. . imagine being born in this. you are alive to comprehend it since you want to look for no school to. you want to use it

syria now it's been described as the offensive but government forces leading the campaign against rebels in the north west are now on the defensive more than $120.00 soldiers and fighters have died in heavy fighting over the last 48 hours in hama province and as in the heart of reports from neighboring lebanon president bashar assad's forces are finding it hard to make substantial gains. syrian government forces and their allies are struggling to take ground from the opposition their offensive in northwest syria has been costly and difficult instead of advancing they have been defending their territory in the face of a coordinated and fierce counter offensive launched by rebel factions but both sides have suffered heavy casualties in the battle for one town how many at a village in northern hama more than 100 soldiers and rebels are believed to have been killed according to the syrian observatory for human rights it says that in more than 2 months of fighting nearly 900 soldiers have died on the government's side while nearly 1000 were killed on the rebel side and yet the russian backed campaign has yielded little for president b

example as a necessary or a navy that's actually consistent or is set up to be anything other than a defense force so can they provide anything coming legally provide anything to support is another question so yes they will be looking at all of those questions themselves and also i guess of the back of what you're saying about the japan i mean the japanese military constitutionally the japanese military cannot be an aggressor is not allowed to because of world war 2 it cannot be seen to go to war but this idea of a security force it has to operate surely within the strictures of maritime law and international law but if you have a very small very localized potentially combustible situation where you've got military commanders who are tooled up and ready to go and you've got people who are tooled up and ready to react to that the potential for a very bad situation does it increase exponentially. we don't have a reputation not the chorus the actual so where that was a fairly defines right here we've got a geopolitical i don't misstate potential states aggress that's right so yes absolutely but poten

might come to a halt like there's nothing that donald trump likes better than bashing german defense forces thank you very much to all of you for being with us and thanks to you out there for being with us as well we do go into our summer break now but we look forward to seeing you back here with country when we start up again at the end of the stuff i see them. in. chicago crime or. there's been an explosion of violence in america's 3rd largest city. in some parts of town try to answer fighting over territory and innocent bystanders are caught in crossfires. many local residents say it's time to stop the bloodshed. chicago. says jane it's. earth. home to millions of species a home worth saving. and those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like news has approached the climate boost green energy solutions and reforestation. the cream to interactive content teaching the next generation about environmental protection and were determined to build something here for the next generation bloodline ge

general including its strategy its object of its current status and also the challenges that the defense forces are commissioned to deal with solve this is truly a milestone report issued every year about china's military situation and i think it's very transparent everyone can read it and i think it reflects the realities on the ground in china i think it also emphasizes that the chinese defense is very much self defense in nature and it does not constitute a threat to any neighboring country or any other country in the world and i think it also outlined the gradual process of the military buildup in china the chinese military budget right now is number 2 in the world next to the united states but compared with the u.s. military budget it's still a fraction of that however the challenges that the chinese country is faced with. china after all is the 2nd largest economy in the world and the largest a trading nation in the world and it has to deploy maturity forces in many quarters in the world to make sure that the chinese legitimate economic interests are fully protected and this white paper o

article number 9 in the constitution which really announces war and defines the status of the self-defense forces many of japan's neighbors they're worried about this change if it takes place and they are board changing the pacifist constitution they're afraid that it could mean that japan is heading again to the militarization. is known to be a close friend to. tokyo many times but it's more in guaranteeing the security and stability of the region through military cooperation so all eyes now are on the results of this important elections. ukraine's president is facing his 1st major test as voters go to the polls in a snap polman trail action volodymyr zelinsky dismissed parliament 3 months ago following his landslide victory the former comedian on a promise to get rid of corruption in what is one of your poorest countries so the power with the cabinet and politicians who are mostly loyal to his predecessor say he wants to change that. thousands of people in the russian capital have been demanding a free and fair moscow city council elections the electoral commission has refused to allow 30 oppos

" but it does show you that anti-semitism is only beneath the surface, supporting the israeli defense forces for him. >> so the title of the article is baseball hall of fame. i didn't see politics he is christian evangelical and he has gone to israel a lot. he's very fond of israel and, he's given to charities that support idf. but he is not come out and said he is pro-trump. they are making that connection and the leap. as we went through, it's like show me where he is politically conservative. i see he is religious but they just go ahead in this article and make that leap. he supports israel but so do a lot of them. pico clearly, the person who wrote this article is a red sox fan. >> may be they are onto something here. i have no idea of who this person is. >> it's a real bootstrap to say that someone is very religious. those bullet religious beliefs translate into some kind of political ideology. >> politics is creeping in. we've got young baseball players out there going maybe i should take my own picture to israel. it may be that is the correlation there. >> it goes both ways. we have m

article number 9 in the constitution which are announces war and defines the status of the self-defense forces many of japan's neighbors they're worried about this change if it takes place and they are both changing the pacifist constitution they're afraid that it could mean that japan is heading again to leave militarize. prime minister shinzo abe is known to be a close friend to president from who has also talked your many times through what's rates morning got into being the security and stability or very pro-military cooperation so all eyes now on that is all of this important elections. as a professor of asian studies at temple university and he says that even if they spotty get a big majority has proposed constitutional reforms that will be difficult to pos. poll show he's going to win a solid victory l.d.p. is you know on track to get a majority but it's going to be tough maybe to get that 2 thirds but more importantly is coalition partner. is opposed to constitutional revision and the leader of that party made very clear during the campaign that they don't support base west or revise t

because it's not safe it's been 24 hours since the minister of police announced that the national defense force would be deployed to areas of the cape flats the army is going to target at least 10 areas here that are infested by gangs where there's a high crime rates especially murders and this is what's lived to this decision by government the minister of police says things are out of hand and this deployment is expected to stabilize the situation here so that police can do their jobs people here say that they live in fear and even as that announcement came from the minister of police this evening we've continued to hear gunshots people here telling us that it's likely gang violence and perhaps a lot of that coming ahead of this army deployment people here are scared they say that they have difficulty sending their children to school people often keep indoors because the streets are unsafe we have seen homes that are riddled by bullets people here say that this deployment by the army is a long time coming every normal day would be a day with these no violence that would be normal though everyb

use of force and that is exactly why the taiwanese feel they need to continue upgrading their defense forces and feel that they need to have the united states as a supplier and an ally when it comes to that potential threat from china i mentioned the timing as well this of course comes amid a trade dispute between china and the united states we saw a truce declared when donald trump and his chinese counterpart xi jinping met on the sidelines of the g. 20 summit in japan last month negotiations face to face talks between the 2 trade delegations possibly restarting next week so interesting timing and it seems certain that the chinese will bring up this latest arms deal if those talks to restart next week ok weigh in here with the latest from beijing wayne thank you after weeks of mass rallies and pressure from protesters hong kong's chief executive has announced a controversial extradition bill is now dead kerry lamb admitted her government's work on the proposed law had been a total failure but pro-democracy activists aren't convinced that's actually the end of the bill brian mcbride reports

on behalf of the afghan security forces may be exceeding the afghan needs and of meeting other requirements identified by the afghans. they also found that the defense department missed opportunities to provide the afghan security forces with more appropriate or cost-effective equipment. for example, the u.s. continues to provide humvees to the afghans without upgrades to protect the primary gunner that has been available for the u.s. forces in afghanistan for over a decade. without these, the afghans have been forced to improvise with scrap parts from destroyed humvees and have likely suffered unnecessary casualties. the provision of the armored ambulances provides another absurd example of what's going on in afghanistan. they have the arm ambulances for the force of 352,000 authorized personnel. the afghan ministry of defense has repeatedly requested that they provide additional armor amulets. while the u.s. army has a surplus of them and while congress has legislatively supported the transfer to the u.s. partners, the u.s. army has sent 287 surplus armored ambulances to be destroyed in 2017 alone rather than provide them to the afghan military. s

changing article number 9 in the constitution which renounces war and defines the status of the self-defense forces many of japan's. neighbors there warning about this change if it picks pace or boards changing the pacificist constitution they're afraid that it could mean that japan is heading again too but even if i was asian prime minister shinzo abe is known to be a close friend to what is then from who has also tokyo many times through cuts rates more in got into being the security and stability or very little military cooperation so all eyes now are on the results of this important elections but we've been speaking to jeff kingston who's a professor of asian studies at temple university he think shinzo of a mind to indeed win the election but his proposed constitutional reforms will be difficult to get through. the whole show he's going to win a solid victory the l.d.p. is you know on track to get a majority but it's going to be tough maybe to get that 2 thirds but more importantly is coalition partner. is opposed to constitutional revision and the leader of that party made very clear during t

soldiers in armored cars are on patrol to help restore order the units of the south african national defense force began rolling into 10 precincts on july 18th as part of a 3 month deployment called operation prosper it's hoped that the army's presence will give overworked police breathing space to investigate crimes but detectives have an overwhelming caseload $43.00 people were murdered across cape flats in the weekend preceeding the deployment here's what residents said as soldiers rolled in i'm not really. a oh yeah oh me oh yeah. and i want to thank the government will make a good decision. the because on me the children people studying every day i don't study this new thing that is if. it's from cities we. feel like i should. find another place to be. too much. to eat even. so low in this situation we are joined from cape towels from st by henrietta abrams she is a community and social justice activist but it is the me ma'am and community activists who joins us from cape town's manenberg precinct from amsterdam we have the on the thurman she is a visiting fulbright scholar who has studied po

three of article nine of the constitution to basically legalize in the constitution the self-defense forces which is not in place now. let me run through the math. getou said, they did not the super majority but here are the numbers. 124 seats were up for contention yesterday. seats, nhk, --servative production projection, saying 169 -- they needed 85 for the super majority, so short but another mandate for the shinzo abe coalition. you did mention the sales tax increase. that is a lock. what about the rest of his policies? looks as though it is a lock. shinzo abe did speak to the press late last night saying the tax hike, it is needed to maintain the country's confidence, no need to hike more. they will go from 8% value added tax, consumption tax from 8% to 10%. he says another hike will not be needed for 10 years. no more will be needed if they have success in the economic reforms shinzo abe has promoted. kathleen: 57% opposed the tax hike, but he managed to keep his seat and move ahead. are we talking about a possible snap election? looking at the powerful lower house -- what would shinz

mission, and that is to , tose the constitution basically legalize in the constitution the self-defense forcesright now. ♪ >> let's focus on turkey. the nations new central bank governor delivering the biggest interest rate cut, 17 years of putting the president's policy goals into practice. he has a different view of economics than many of us. he believes that high rates contribute to high inflation. how much pressure is he going to put on the new central bank governor to deliver a series of rate cuts? >> the president thinks that if turkey lowers interest rates, inflation rates will fall. that's an unusual view on how the cost of money in the cost of goods interact with each other. how far he will go i think will depend on how the lira reacts. he may have certain ideas about the economy, but he's a pragmatist, and he will look at how the lira reacts, how it is taking a toll on the rest of the economy, including inflation and unemployment. ♪ >> germany's industrial crisis seems to be getting worse. manufacturing fell to its deepest slump in seven years as trade tensions we can demand abroad,