ambassador to the dominican republic. if confirmed, it will be an honor to be the second woman to serve as u.s. ambassador to this country. i am humbled that the president has entrusted me with this opportunity. with your approval. to represent the united states. if confirmed, i look forward to working with the white house, secretary tillerson and your talented and dedicated staff to lead our engagement with such an important regional ally and partner. i would like to take this opportunity to thank my family who are with me today. my wonderful husband richard, our children arthur, his wife karla, ariel, alexandra and julia and my mom carolyn. i would also like to acknowledge my late father, archie, whose lifelong passion was to host young exchange student ambassadors in our home and whose vision enabled me to go to high school in france as an exchange student and later to the school of international service in washington, d.c. my family sustained me throughout the many challenges and opportunities in my life, and without

the dominican republic voted for each of these 18 resolutions. we have also seen them at the oas to be less than cooperative on efforts to pressure the venezuelan government and in essence, efforts to allow the oas to function the way it's supposed to and to have the democracies in the region to protect democracy and that condemnations that are violating it and obviously one of the reasons potentially why this is happening is their membership is a group of countries that receive subsidized oil from venezuela in exchange for influence in their government. i would just ask do you commit to this committee that this is an issue that you will begin a dialogue at the highest levels with the government, both on their anti-israel votes at the united nations and also at their consistently not wanting to vote in favor of supporting democracy in the region. will you commit to this committee that that will be among the issues that you raise with the department of state at the high evaluate levels. >> yes, senator. i look forward to working with you on this i

how the people in the dominican republic cared for us during our need. as close neighbors, we share a mutually beneficial economic culture of sports and people to people ties enhanced by a sizable dominican american -- if confirmed i will work to ensure that trade opportunities continue to grow and deliver prosperity for both nations and to ensure that the economic engagement will continue to benefit the united states. over the years at dominican republic endured challenges to the health of the civil society. i pledge to continue to promote policies that advocate for the rule of law. strengthen democratic institutions and tackle corruption. fighting trafficking and crime is one of president trump's highest priorities. they are one of our strongest law enforcement partners in this hemisphere. continued strong bilateral security operation will help attack the drug related addiction and crime rerelated problems. i will work to facilitate humanitarian, cultural and exchange that is reaffirm to the people of the dominican republic, america's policy values of d

obviously, there were two invasions of the dominican republic.here was one of the early part of the century that led to the rise of -- and then there was one after the fall of trujillo to attend regime change against the president who had been elected into office. >> you have placed a very well. if we remember this operation at all, we remember the american beacheslanding on the in the dominican republic. at the cause of that intervention was the foolish mistake of the dominican people of a lifting a leader who was unpalatable to the united states. he was a figure little bit like zelaya has been a century earlier and nicaragua. he did not want the dominican republic to be under the thumb of the united states. he wanted to be an independent country. this is something the u.s. could not tolerate. all of these movements and the -- hasan basin have been had as a fundamental part of their political program, measures to limit the power of foreign corporations in their countries. and often measures to limit the amount of land that foreigners can own in

in the dominican republic, we had a dictator who ruled for 31 years. incredibly cruel, violent, sadistic. he had u.s. backing and a lot of dominican families were ter tro rised. the first wave of immigrants were fleeing from his regime. and he was someone of really -- he was like a terror that lingered over the entire community. when i was young, trujillo, he was already dead, yet you could feel the fear that he still emanated. he was like something from the undead, something that lingered on. and my parents and grandparents, when they would tell stories, they would tell stories that were scrupulously edited to us children, but we could always tell there was something really disturbing and problematic behind them. and of course, as we got older, being, the shadow behind these e stories was trujillo, this dictator that did so much harm. i know it was important for me to remind our communities that often we are the children who have suffered and overcome political monsters. this isn't just something in the past. this is a legacy that i think will serve u

he u nsuccessfully attem pted to in the dominican republic.r the us open on three occasions and began his round with back—to—back bogeys. in a field which has ten major champions, he showed his own skills. halak at this for a putt. after a further bogey on seven, romo came right back to level par with a birdie on eight, but struggled to keep it together and finished 14 strokes behind the leader. now the tennis, and the world number one, halep, is through to the third round of the miami open. she was made to work hard for her victory, and had to come from a set down to beat a woman ranked 98 in the world. she qualified as a lucky losers and won the first set 6-3. lucky losers and won the first set 6—3. halep recovered from her sluggish start and levelled the match, taking the second set 6—3. she sealed the victory with an ace, and she will face radwanska in the third round. earlier, kerber defeated her opponent. she maintained her unbeaten record and came through 6—2, 6—2. the german, who is the 10th seed, will now progress. pliskova is also th

chews day and i think there's generally going to be a few more showers around parts of the dominican republic and haiti even as we head through into wednesday for south america a lot of heavy rain here particularly down through the southern parts of brazil it's staying where it. for the benefit. of. documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. toughest take a look at the top stories here at our sara more than twenty countries including the united states have joined britain in expelling dozens of russian diplomats as a coordinated response to the poisoning of a form a double agent in the u.k. . in northern yemen of warmed more missiles or decide to arabia if the saudis didn't stop the bombing raids on sunday they sent several rockets across the border targeting the capital riyadh one person was killed and several others were injured. there's been a low turnout on the opening day of egypt's three day presidential election for president abdel fattah el-sisi is widely expected to win a second he's running virtually unchallenged. that flagrant safety violations are being blamed f

he said the transaction had to be in cash and sent via western union to us contact in the dominican republic, and he gave us the details. that statement alone should have raised a red flag, but we were so caught up in the moment that we are simply acting on autopilot. he also said that if western union question the transaction, we should say nothing. he said they legally have no right to ask. as it turned out, no one raised an eyebrow. my husband will take it from there. >> when we made payment and nobody said anything, we came home but it didn't take long for us to say something is wrong. and i got on the phone and called the public defenders office in atlanta. they never heard of georgia die as, no such person, identified by them. and i knew right away this is -- there's nothing to about it. then we got really adventuresome and we did what we should have in the beginning and we called my sons house, and who picks up the phone but my grandson, kabo. he says i just got out of the shower and i've been here all along and i can tell you i was, even with the parting of the money we lost, a very

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chews day and i think there's generally going to be a few more showers around parts of the dominican republic and haiti even as we head through into wednesday for south america a lot of heavy rain here particularly down through the southern parts of brazil it's staying what. the consequence of. drug use are or. for that just doesn't go away. a little bit of true for the last couple years. in this whole mess. follows a group of the u.s. army veterans much are used by war. as they struggle to get their lives back shelter at this time on al-jazeera. and the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to full drive this one five years on the syrians still feel battered even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour more than twenty countries including the u.s. have joined britain by exp

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this is don't talk about the dominican republic. this is the only country that matters to you.tion of immigrants" being taken out of, you know, america's immigration -- the department. when you see the nation of immigrants being removed, when you are an immigrant, when you grew up in a community that calls america home and appreciates that journey, how does that make you feel? is that something that worries you or scares you? >> yeah. i mean, first thing, if they removed that to kind of give a more accurate description, america is a white settler colony nation, that would have been nice, but, really, they did it to sort of pursue this anti-immigrant kind of racist line. look, man, white people didn't just materialize in this hemisphere. >> trevor: right. >> all these folks, if you're not indigenous, you're part of this thing that we call immigration, and not wanting to recognize it, not only erases the bloody history of why we're here but also such a rank attack on the communities that have really powered this nation. >> trevor: when we go back to the story of lola, you realize

one day since last year we've been talking with the opposition we had today other protests in dominican republic it was working very well we had very important that vance's and finally when the opposition and the government had to saying we traveled to santo domingo the president maybe now was there former presidents about there are from spain was there as well and when the opposition arrived they said they were not going to saying there was no agreement that the date was to close the twenty second of april so we kept on having conversations and finally it was the sated to move the date to the second part of may the last two weeks of may we don't have the precise they are ready but it has been announced we have been as a government and the electoral institutions as well they are independent but we are thinking about the country about democracy about the future and we want all the parties to take part in the election and that's the reason why we have president has agreed and presumably were ready the candidate of the revolutionary forces so our candidate will wait for the candidates of the opposi

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the tokyo airport trying to enter japan on a fake dominican republic passport he said he wanted to visit disneyland. in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's north korea abducted a number of children and young adults from japan so they could teach japanese to it spies decades later a few were allowed to return home. in two thousand and two north korea finally revealed what it had done people in japan were aghast journey to a cause rumi was prime minister of japan at the time he and his diplomats had persuaded north korea to make that admission and to apologize as a precondition for moves to start normalizing bilateral relations. but laying the groundwork took a lot of preparation this process highlighted the tricky moral issues involved in dealing with despots itoshi to knock out a senior advisor to koizumi held many secret talks with the north to have all been seen five to thirteen times. new and. newish ational time took place in the weekends there are a couple of gifts me that one is the trip by the japanese prime minister to north korea. because in the eyes of kim jong il. the

talks to sell its international wholesale voice to your business in france, portugal, and the dominican republiccord levelscted of investment for venture capital last year to help fuel its tech economy, and its leaders are hoping that 2018 builds on that. just last week, the london mayor spoke at sxsw to outline his ambitions to make his city a global tech hub and let's get to caroline hyde in london for more on how london is bringing in big tech. thank you very much, and i will speak to the man whose job is to do just that. he is the first of london's cheap officers effort. he is touring the west coast as he speaks and joins us now on "bloomberg technology." great to have you on "bloomberg technology." talk to us about how much trade and investment you are managing to her in from big tex into london. have you found any big deal is yet? >> we are here for two purposes. one is to bang the drum for the u.k. tech sector and particularly london's tech sector. london is a city of convergence with over 40 tech sectors located there from artificial intelligence to cleantech, financial capital, obviousl

the silence on dominican republic's remarks are a little bit deafening within it comes to this, becausejust a joke, it's just a joke. but his behavior and rhetoric and antics dictates something else beneath that, i think it is why people were alarmed within they heard him say it, even though, yes, it may have been a joke, your jokes, sir, are taken much more seriously than some other politicians in this town. >> it was joking but not joking, right? because a lot of things this president has done has resembled as sort of evidenced his desire for a more autocratic form of government, right down to wanting a military parade. >> something i forgot about that. >> he invites north korea to his frustration that he couldn't just go into the white house and implement policies or direct the congress to repeal and replace obamacare and he couldn't walk if and institute a ban on mostly muslim countries. >> he has by congress, i will say that. >> he has this idea the pretty was sort of like being the ceo of his own company, it's not. he's expressed frustration about that from the beginning. >> what

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code of regulations is a miftdry and a plaq -- a mystery and a black hole for donald trump u dominican republic's- donald trum brain. he says, i did it. it's done. that's like saying i threw the laundry in the washer and it's sitting there soaking went. it's not dried and fomded. it's not the same thing. so even the smallest accomplishment seem to him something he can market and go pitch. >> that second lie is not understanding it, sort of bsing it way past the question. >> i don't understand, maybe he can't help himself. stay with me. we'll talk more. president trump taking the credit for rosanne's big ratings. does he have a point? >> >>> president trump appears to have a new b.f.f. ton, goating the gangster -- gang bufrt ratings. the president called roseanne barr. back with me mark preston rick wilson, april ryan. it says gang bufrt not gangster. the president was extremely excited in ohio talking about the big ratings numbers the roseanne revival got. let's listen. >> look at roseanne. i called her yesterday. i got a call from mark burnett. he did the apprentice. he said donald i a called to

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big area of cloud is working its way just towards the northern parts of cuba and towards the dominican republic but it breaks up a little bit there all monday and it's not bringing us too much in the way of heavy rain for the north and across parts of north america we've had some very destructive weather here thanks to this area of low pressure that that's now moving away and behind it it's a little quieter if a now we're looking at a top temperature just six in new york the next system there is already pulling itself together and this is going to bring us a lot of heavy rain and snow. there with sponsored by qatar race. the only nation ever hit by an atomic bomb once again braces for the worst. one of many six. lor's life in japan under north korea's nuclear threat at this time on al jazeera. they watch us. they gather evidence but so can we. an american cyber activist develops and used in brazil to monitor police. we have more cameras than they do because we're the people. to go to the. rebel peaks. this time. this is al jazeera. and welcome to the al-jazeera news hour live from my headquarte

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tour at an event in the dominican republic. i feel comfortable you know in venues with size and people around them that part of it probably won't be that much different i do feel like. the fact that. you know it's a two or even i understand you know how important this week is it's i took people earlier it's like a free agent football you're only afforded so many chances you know if you're the first pick of the draft you've got a few years before they're cast aside so you know when you get an opportunity in life you want to be prepared and be ready for it and that is all useful for now more later. thank you very much joe and that does it for this al-jazeera news out but do stay with us because funny is here with another full news bulletin in just a couple of minutes thank you very much for watching. the scene for us there on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is almost possible but not what happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that there a

tour at an event in the dominican republic. i feel comfortable you know in venues with size and people around them that part of it probably. won't be that much different i do feel like. the fact that you know it's a b.j. tour event i understand you know how important this week is it's and i took people earlier it's like a free agent football you're only afforded so many chances you know if you're the first pick of the draft you get a few years before they cast aside so you know when you get an opportunity in life you want to be prepared and be ready for it and that is all your sport for now more later. thank you very much john just before we go on line of that you can always keep up to date with all the news on our web site that said al jazeera dot com and that does it for the news out but i'm back in just a couple of minutes with another full of news about us and. our listeners. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al jazeera. in syria citizens are collecting evidence go up about it bui

football team has given burundian refugees array of hope in the largest refugee camp in the dominican democratic republiccongo. the squad has few resources t that has not dampened the enthusiasm of all the players. >> meet the morning stars. [cheers] these young girls were forced to flee burundi in 2015 and have found the love of football in their to much of a slice. now, in the democratic republic of the congo they have founded and all-girls football team in a refugee camp. >> we forget we are refugees when we are playing. we could be anywhere in the world. >> despite lacking football shoes or even their own ball, the girls are making the most of what they have. >> we are the best football team in this camp read everyone has their -- this camp. everyone has their own style of playing and their own nicknames. this is lewis, this is ada. with a severe lack of funds, the girls rely on volunteers. >> i got to b see the girls encouraged to blame get the equipment they need to play sports. >> the refugees continue to face hardship in neighboring companies -- in neighboring countries. the morning stars provide

quarterback tony romo picks up three birdies on the front nine of his page a top deb you in the dominican republic but the former dallas cowboys' player came home in forty one's a finish on far over. that is life force looking for now let's get back to mary and london lanny thanks very much that's it for me for this news hour but i will be back in just a moment with much more of the day's news in meeting of course a full round up of the day's top stories see in a couple minutes. in syria citizens are collecting evidence not an awful lot of it bill has shot of crimes committed against civilians we've moved out of syria and there are bold six hundred thousand pages of material so that one day they can bring the assad regime to justice it puts a she will face on the charges it's a dead human face but it's a human truce syria witnesses for the prosecution at this time on al-jazeera. conservation ease helping kids to recover its snow leopard population to see the results i traveled up to the remote nature reserve of saudi chat at a touch camera traps have identified a healthy population of up to twenty

quarterback tony romo picks up three birdies on the front nine of his top in the dominican republic but the former dallas cowboys' player forty wants to finish on five of. that is always fall for now. more news on the web site of course al jazeera dot com when we come back top of the hour we'll get to live updates for you out of washington as we continue our coverage of john bolton getting a job at the white house sees. right . outside that western senate tricks fair of influence where i want to bring a different perspective to global events when you peel away the lists of cove the military and the financial dog and you see the people in those words and those policies are affecting see the emotion on their faces the situation they're living in that's when all the us can identify with the story. as the u.s. has withdrawn from the trans-pacific partnership deal others has stayed committed to it but first small countries countries with small populations such as yours is this actually a better deal without divided states signatories of the world's newest trade block talks al-jazeera. we und

tour at an event in the dominican republic. i feel comfortable you know in venues with size and people around them that part of it probably. won't be that much different i do feel like. the fact that you know it's a b.j. tour event i understand you know how important this week is it's at to people earlier it's like a free agent football you're only afforded so many chances you know if you're the first pick of the draft you get a few years before they cast aside so you know when you get an opportunity in life you want to be prepared and be ready for it and that is it was for now but only in london so thank you that's about us news hour but i'll be back in just a moment with much more of the day's eighth thanks again for watching the buy. a scandal that's rocked the nation to its core and exposed hundreds of calls official of accepting bribes just to show the most dangerous commodity one and sometimes take a spot to go in a difference to blow up a personal finance case judicial corruption as in my family i have been i think i com

quarterback tony romo picks up three birdies on the front nine of his page a top dead view in the dominican republic but the former dallas cowboys' player came home in force he wants to finish on five over par. ok but is always for fun out more lighter. ok we are done richelle carey is in the seats going to couple of minutes i will see you from twenty three g. a little later. the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who is an activist and has posted a story joining the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. the street is quiet the signal is given young members out so it's safe to walk to school last year there are more than thirty meters in this community in one month the police say this area is a red zone one of several in some townships and kept our children sometimes a quarter in

settled fine and sunny a chance of wanted to showers yes as always a possibility maybe into dominican republic you could see a few showers just rolling in here easterly winds driving showers over towards panama like a regular costa rica but to the north of that it's going to find dry presently woman sunday twenty six ounces for guatemala and for mexico city over the next day you'll see the showers continue across the western side of the caribbean but we want to show is creeping towards jamaica but by and large is dry. i am doing this for the benefit of people. so they see me important. witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. we here to jerusalem bureau covered israeli palestinian affairs we covered this story with a lot of intimate knowledge we covered it with that we don't dip in and out of this story we have a presence here all the time apart from being a cameraman it's also very important to be a journalist to know the story very well before going into the fields covering the united nations and global the policy for al-jazeera english is pretty incredible this

as we go on through sas day a similar page we just wanted to shout was heading towards the dominican republic america generally try a few showers there into nicaragua costa rica but for the most part again the fine dry and sunny dry sunny to into central parts of the us not a little system just making its way across the rockies that will make its way further east with us live snow. the weather sponsored by cattle and nice. this is live from doha with ongoing coverage of a developing situation in the southwest of france where a man claiming allegiance to eyesore has taken people hostage at a supermarket in the town of to. caucus on this incident began several hours earlier at ten thirty in the morning when a man shot at a group of police who were out jogging is reported claimed allegiance to i saw as we say we think it's the same man who were a couple of miles away then took hostages at a supermarket in the town's mayor telling french media that two people have been shot at that supermarket there are reports quoting the french interior ministry is saying that two people died early as we said i

football team has given burundian refugees a ray of hope in the largest refugee camp in the dominican democratic republic of congo the morning stars squad has precious few resources but that has not dampened the enthusiasm of all of the players. the morning stoss. these young girls were forced to flee burundi in twenty fifteen but have discovered a love of football in their to march was lives now in the democratic republic of congo they have formed an all girls football team in the us and a refugee camp oh me forget we are refugees when we are playing we could be anywhere in the world. despite lacking football boots or even their own bar the girls are making the most of what they have. we are the best football team in this camp everyone has their own style of playing in their own nicknames. or this is louis rara as that is packed a. business are to run at this are via lack of funds the girls rely on volunteers coach and fellow refugee eric in town is their biggest fan i'd like to see the girls be encouraged to play and to have the equipment they need to play sports. refugees continue to face hardships in

he was a stou away all the way from the dominican republic. bananas, so they made air holes in the plastic, got water going for her, helped her out for a little bit. she's now at an animal sanctuary. >>> and speaking off cute you know bats love mangos. here is the proof right here. take a look at those bats chomping down, enjoying the sweet treat. >> oh, yum. >> these adorable orphan and rescue bats in australia. that's their favorite snack there, were smack dang in the middle of mango season and they are are a welcome addition to the daily diet of our bats in care. >> mangos are delicious. they could probably use bananas, too. i wonder how well they get along with try frogs? they could make new friends. >> you think they can could be friends. >> do bats eat tree frogs? >> that's weird science there. >>> this morning on "world news now", breaking news. tensions are rising in sacramento. >> protestered blocked the entrance to an arena and went to a counsel meeting. california's attorney general is looking into the investigation of the shooting.