edward: good to be here with you.avid: if he pulls troops out right now -- what turns on that, what difference does it make? edward: i think you have noticed there is a tug and the administration as to what we should do. the president made it clear during his campaign that he would want to withdraw troops afghanistan,raq, and he was totally against nationbuilding and getting bogged down in these countries. that tendency on this part has not gone away. at the same time, his national security group, especially the military at the pentagon -- are arguing that the job is not done. even president trump has said 90% of isis has been defeated in syria. but there is that 10%. according to the press, about 3000 isis personnel that are east of syria in the the euphrates river going towards the iraqi border. the job is not completely done. that is one factor. the other important consideration debating within the administration -- at the end of the day it is the president who decides. should the united states withdraw approximate

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paris. >> reporter: lonnie edwards owns the dog agency. the name is a little misleading.resents all sorts of animal stars of instagram. >> this is atticus the hedgehog. >> reporter: lonnie edwards has gotten atticus the hedgehog starring roles in instagram ad campaigns for stainmaster carpet cleaner and olympus cameras. when each one of the 117,000 people who follow atticus logged on, they saw these pictures. >> he's camera shy. >> reporter: and stephanie zang and her hedgehog were in business. >> there were definitely a lot of benefits to getting an agent. the biggest thing is the fact they can read over the contracts for you and negotiate on your behalf. >> reporter: tens of thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands, and sometimes more than a million people follow some of the animals whose pictures are posted on the social network. a popular animal becomes what's called a pet influencer. and few pets have as much influence as diddy kong and yeti kong, two monkeys from miami. gabriela katya and her boyfriend matt crown started posting pictures of their monkeys for their

and edward lucas from the centre for european policy analysis., in terms of the sanctions today, what were they for and were they more than perhaps was expected? i don't think they were expected because it wasn't sure that president trump would allow such sanctions to be placed on russia but these are much more potent sanctions than one could expect in our political atmosphere and they are going at key, political figures, friends of putin and key economic institutions, so they are hitting very hard and close to the kremlin. and the timing, we are obviously very preoccupied with the skripal case. should we think the timing of it is related to the skripal case because the us treasury change and press release mentioned quite a lot of different parts of malign activity, to use their phrase. i think it may also be tied to the departure of mcmaster from the nsc and the effort to do something against russia in this critical period. so, yes, the us is being a supportive ally to britain but it is also expressing something that is deeply felt across parts

edward: it is a concern.ferent countries are in different stages of a positive outlook, and overall it is still positive, with growth still on the most countries. something we haven't seen for a number of years, and affect unemployment is still falling -- but we see coming behind is the trade issues, which we are concerned with. it is a concern because we have seen proud history that it is a loss for global trade and european trade -- for small countries who are reliant on trade, it is a concern. indirectlyy, but could lead to trade wars, which nobody wants. vonnie: there is a waiver on steel and aluminum tariffs, what if president trump decides not to extend the waivers? the point is you are going to expect a retaliation or reaction. europe has shown in no uncertain list has more. it is not the detail that matters, it is the concepts. that is why we have more global issues to go forward and grow, and keep financial stability. are playing games, because they are retaliatory. eachry has shown that country in t

host: chris edwards, how does that time line sound to you? uest: looks like the i.r.s. is make prog aggress here. if you look at their web page, they are issuing guidance to and individuals on how to deal with the tax new tax changes. mentioned, for example, small businesses will have a new 20% deduction. legislation makes how that deduction works, you know, a lgs obscure and not clear to a lot of businesses. ome businesses get deduction, other businesses don't. the i.r.s. will have to release giving instructions. william is our 1st caller. aller: yes, this new tax bill -- is going into effect eight different write-offs i had time.is country the tax plan will allow me to be ble to get a little better money at the end of the deal here for right now. however, over time the tax bill it fades ou once deductions, pe -- how is that supposed to be good for me? guest: the caller is right, the ax bill lasts a number of years, eight years through to 2025. as a small business owner, or an he's a lawyer accountant or a few other get a ions that do not new small business tax break,

, who would go on to become edwards vii of england. but prince it ward came out and the full congress came out in that moment, and although he was the head of state it was an incredibly important moment because you have a visiting prince of the country america broke free from and that was important. in the 20th century, it was common for visitors of dignitary to come to mount vernon to plant trees or lay wreaths at the tomb. so there is a visit after world war i where we had numerous of the generals from world war i, the french marshal, as well as other important visitors. the most famous visit by a head of state and the state dinner was during the kennedy administration. jackie kennedy had been riding out in mount vernon with the then-head of mount vernon, the superintendent, and she really came up with a great idea of trying to host a state dinner here on the east lawn at george washington's house and they did that on july 11, 1961, for the president of pakistan. so in some cases was referred to as the pakistani george washington bec

advisor to the former israeli prime minister ariel sharon and here in doha with me beverly milton edwards a visiting fellow at the brookings doha center and author of the book the palestinian israeli conflict a people's war thank you all for being on inside so we appreciate your time today if i can start with you mostafa barghouti in ramallah as we head towards may the fifteenth what is it that palestinians are trying to achieve with these demonstrations what is the end game it's a simple masses we the people who have been on the israeli military occupation for fifty one years we the palestinians who have been displaced from our homeland since seventy years are demanding over rights demanding to be free from. from the apartheid system. and we are the after the right of the return for the palestinian refugees which was affirmed by un resolutions and by international law but also it is. a way that palestinians are also expressing their rejection of the administration of the minister action of president trump decision about moving their embassy to jerusalem and recognizing the regime as a ca

edward snowden welcome. thank you more than forty years after daniel has been n.s.a. employee edward snowden emerges as a whistleblower the usa now has a new public enemy number one. thanks to manning and now to you and getting more favorable publicity. and in forty years is already had. because suddenly people who were all for putting me in prison for life before now realize that i was really a very good guy i was the. i was the good whistleblower and so i'm i'm totally of course i rejected this from the beginning that i didn't want to be a foil for. showing a badly to people that i totally admired there was a moment of hope x. hobart's conference in july in new york city. ellsberg was having a live conversation with snowden we have a front as a mayor and as members of the global community and know the broad outlines of the policies that have a significant impact on our lives and i think that's something that tom grant showed me how to do the right way. there was a moment where he said. very clearly very distinctly that i showed him the right way. i had always hope t

. >> host: the subtitle of "the road not taken" your book is edward lansdale and the american tragedy. was it helpful in your research? >> guest: it was a little bit helpful but it was deliberately defective because he didn't want to come clean about his work for the cia revealed in the pentagon papers and he didn't come clean about the most important arguably pat kelly who was this filipina lady who was his longtime mistress and eventually after the death of his first wife would become his second wife but when he wrote the book his first wife was still alive so he didn't talk all about pat kelly in the book also ended in 1956 when he left vietnam at the end of his first two his first two or three doesn't talk at all about his experiences in the pentagon and his experiences trying to overthrow fidel castro or his subsequent experiences from 1965 to 1968 so the book was somewhat helpful but only a tiny portion of the larger and more interesting story about lansdale. let's go some of the research you did, you did in vietnam. how difficult was that? was it accessible? >> guest: there wer

the king edward vi!that he should have a hip replacement. but obviously with anaesthetic at that age, this is always a serious issue, and would be for somebody significantly younger than the prince. a man throughout his life, who has been very busy and physical, still enjoys his hobbies, including being out riding. huge frustration for him, and that's probably behind this decision is. i think we can probably imagine if a stray from the duke of edinburgh would feel. a very active person, used a carriage driving in the past, riding regularly. it's fair to say he is somebody who has always put physical fitness of very high on his list of priorities. so i am sure he will be frustrated, frankly, at the idea that he will have to undergo further surgery that he will have to undergo further surgery and he has had experience of surgery surgery and he has had experience of surgery in the past. nothing new to him about that. he is somebody who clearly doesn't like in any sense his activities being curtailed. 90 six

i would argue to a great extent the edwards aquifer was a model. not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but a model for how those interests could be brought into alignment and we all know how that happened. that happened because the one thing that unites texans is the fact that they do not want the federal government to do anything and it was the threat of federal action that turned around and created the opportunity for the edwards. taking it one step further, it has been 50 years since texas last really took a top-down approach in trying to address the water problem. you know about the texas state water plan. that was water plan that would have replumb and the entire state of texas. that was a water plan that would have channeled the mississippi river all the way across the northern part of the state and all the way down to the rio grande valley, it would have created a system of reservoirs, required phenomenal energy, the waters of the mississippi would have reached out of the curtain to mexico. governor connolly was an advocate of that

our correspondent charlotte gallagher is at the king edward vii hospital in london.rlotte, what more do we know about when the prince was admitted and what condition he is in? we know buckingham palace have said that prince philip was admitted today to the hospital behind me for a plant operation and they've been very keen to stress this is a planned procedure and there is no real need for alarm. we know what he has had this condition for about a month and it's been causing him considerable pain, and that's what he's decided to have this surgery now. as you say, we haven't seen the duke of edinburgh at events we would normally expect him to be at, for example, the easter sunday church service and monday thursday. we did see him on christmas day and he seemed in very good health attending church and we have also seen photos of him and the carriage which he really likes it. the queen is not here. she is at windsor but of course she is being kept informed about condition of her husband. there has been some speculation the duke of edinburgh wanted to get this procedure b

prince philip, who's 96, is being treated at the king edward vii hospital in london.tood he was absent from this year's easter service at st george's chapel in windsor castle because of his hip problem. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph is at the king edward vii hospital in london. buckingham palace very keen to stress this is a planned operation. yes, that is right. a planned admittance and operation is the phrase buckingham palace is using. that is very carefully worded there to make sure that there's no sense of alarm, i think, around the admittance of the duke of edinburgh to the hospital here in central london. we are told there is a problem with his head and has been ongoing for the past month, causing him some pain. —— with his hip. the operation will take place tomorrow. the duke of edinburgh had missed the number of events over the past few weeks. even though he has retired from public life we see him alongside the queen and it'll thought we would see him perhaps on maundy thursday at the service at st george ‘s chapel with the queen. again at winston. it

centralized platforms like steam at mines and mastodon reward whistleblowers like edward snowden and create new fifty k. laws protecting privacy because otherwise privacy protection is going to consist of nothing more than octogenarians talking about how they want your chocolate doesn't even wash d.c. the days there is a. welcome i'm late candelas take the news from behind. the us russia china saudi arabia israel iran they all seem poised for world war over what's happening in syria rather than tell you what to think about this i do want to go through a quick timeline of events here about two weeks ago from said in the speech that we would withdraw all very soon from syria surprising the pentagon and the state department the pentagon was i. will really do withdraw all from anywhere i have heard as it's not really in our skill set per se. then just nine days ago instructed the military to begin planning for withdrawal from syria again the military industrial complex is like i know he keeps saying it's over but you know i think there's a lot in this relationship there is that sometimes

edward lawrence is live in d.c. with the very latest. edward, what have you got?according to "new york times" communication that was taken does include communication between the lawyer michael cohen and president donald trump before the election, before the inauguration took place in this. now the fbi according to fbi sources they're looking into a number of different things including the payment that michael cohen made to stormy daniels, the $130,000. because of the raid, michael cohen's attorney released a statement today. his name is stephen ryan. he says the decision by the u.s. attorney's office in new york to conduct their investigation using search warrants is completely inappropriate and unnecessary. it resulted in unnecessary seizure of protected attorney/client communications between a lawyer and his clients. these government tactics are also wrong because mr. cohen cooperated completely with all government entities including providing thousands of non-privileged documentses to congress and sitting for their deposition under oath. the attorney for michae

so insane that the whole nation is just now waking up to privacy fears has everyone forgotten what edward snowden revealed a let's go over it again all right even if you're not doing anything wrong you're being watched and recorded the n.s.a. routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in america we collect more digital communications from america than we do from the russians we hack everyone everywhere do you have any idea how much data google facebook and apple have on every single one of us privacy consultant dylan khurrana went through this on his twitter feed and dissected every piece of info google and facebook had collected on the businesses you bought from the products you bought every app and extension you've ever used every photo you've ever taken on your phone every photo on my phone what the hell is google going to do with that many photos of back penpals. you know just people go and i figure what the house i thing is if i did this in a photo of it i could be going to be sitting around a fire and put. but that's not all your google han

viewers might not remember that it was charles and then edward and andrew, aaron went to the back.omar queue jumping. inside of the sun, the question is we get £8. we don't have a name yet. they are speculating on what the bookies favourite name lies. that is right. arthur is doing quite well in the sun is very pleased about this because they've got the tail of the royal photographer arthur edwards who says column arthur arthur. it is quite charming the minute the birth with a baby boy, boy, all of the betting companies were outside st mary's hospital with their boards advertising god. what a big deal. people betting on the baby day. —— advertising the name. a new generation, certain things that don't change. you won't get prince ned or... this is a royal family. the armada but paid 5000 quick to have a baby in hospital and most of go forfree. have a baby in hospital and most of go for free. —— they are paying have a baby in hospital and most of go forfree. —— they are paying £500 to have a baby. the self—appointed town crier basically ran out from the steps wearing her proclamatio

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they have three children, kara, edward jr.rick. >> ted kennedy and his first wife joan had a very difficult relationship. >> ted is known to be reckless. even more so after bobby's death. he was drinking too much. he was sieeing too many women. in many ways, he was self-sabotaging. >> a year after bobby's death, ted attends a reunion of his brother's old campaign team in massachusetts. >> ted felt it was important for him to go to represent bobby. so he went over with his chauffeur. >> this is a party. there are a lot of women there. he takes the keys from his s chauffeur and gets into the car with a young woman. >> mary jo had worked for bobby in his 1968 campaign and teddy was going to, according to his story, take her to the ferry that would take her back to the hotel. >> but he took a radically wrong turn. a very improbable wrong turn because. the road was paved straight to the ferry. >> when you make a sharp right turn on a gravel road up the road tt teddy wenon, there's no way you do that by mistake. ♪ ohh ♪ crawl inside

, buckingham palace said the procedure had been planned and would take place tomorrow at the king edwardrespondent daniela relph reports. police officers at the entrance — the sign that there is a royal patient behind the doors of the private king edward vii hospital in central london. the duke of edinburgh was driven here this afternoon ahead of hip surgery tomorrow.

ante amenazas los padres de edwards han recibido medidas de protecciÓn y confÍan que tarde o tempranotificar los mensajes falsos que tienen malas intenciones. >> todos recibimos correos electrÓnicos diariamente pero podrÍa ser enviado por un hacker, distinguir de uno verdadero o uno falso no es difÍcil >>> a simplemente parece un correo oficial sin embargo, hay algo que lo dalatan. >> el nombre estÁ mal escrito. >> es la primera mala alerta una manera sencilla es mirando el remitente si tiene una palabra mal escrita es falso tenemos que tener cuidado con correos que tienen un links pidiendo que actualizar la informaciÓn. >> mucho debicuidado con los res y premios por ejemplo si recibe un mensaje que ganaste algÚn bono, fÍjate que tengan los Últimos 4 numeros de su cuenta, es muy probable que sea una estafa, recuerda que duplican casi exactamente los correos de compaÑÍas legales. >> en temporada de declaraciÓn de impuestos hay que tener cuidado el aÑo pasado. >> asÍ que mucho cuidado con los e-mail, julio. >> gracias, al regresar en noticias telemundo los Ángeles azules llevan con Éxit

trish: thank you, i will try, edward. i'm getting some reaction from former atta congressman, jason chaffetz. that is coming up ahead. first of all the president was out there saying no, on tpp, over and over and over again. in fact, i want you to see this clip of him talking about tpp and how bad it would be along with nafta for our economy right here. >> we are going to stop the tpp, totally, renegotiate nafta, one of the worst trade deals ever made by mankind. tpp, hopefully i'm there. i will end it so fast. we'll make deals with individual countries, not this big web of complicated stuff over 5000 pages that nobody from our country even reads. trish: you know it is interesting what he was saying there because there was a lot of criticism, in fact even hillary clinton during that campaign came out and said, maybe we needed to fix parts of tpp. she would be willing to do that, but at issue here is really how we negotiate these trade agreements. whether it is tpp. whether it is nafta. whether it is simply an agreement wi

and crist edwards gives an update -- and chris edwards gives an update on new income tax rules. ♪ hostgood morning, it is tuesday, april 17, 2018. the house meets at 10:00 a.m. in the senate convenes at 10:00 a.m. we are with you for the next three hours on "washington journal,'and on" this -- washington journal, and on this tax day, do you think you pay your fair share? give us a call. if you think you pay too little, (202)-748-8000. if you think you pay your fair share, (202)-748-8001. if you think you pay too much in taxes, (202)-748-8002. you can also catch up with us on --ial media, on twitter @cspanwj. and on facebook, facebook.com/c-span. there are about 22 million and income tax payers and we went to hear the amount you pay. do you think you pay your fair share? you can call in as we show you this gallup poll out on the question. less than half in the united states say their taxes are too high. likely thane less any time to say that the federal income taxes they paid are too high. 45%hold that view and the say that their taxes are too high, down from 51% last april, shortly aft

nobody said edward. her father was edward. >> reporter: yes. >>> president trump and emmanuel macron will stand together and take questions from reporters in the next few hours. more next. >>> president trump hosting a state dinner for french's president macron with policy differences first up on the menu. >>> he is hitting people one by one going down hard. it's a nightmare. >> the man who killed ten people with a rented van in toronto. why did he do it? >>> and president george h.w. bush fighting a life threatening infection in the hospital days after burying his beloved wife. >>> britain waits as the new baby is still yet to be named. >> and i said queen elizabeth's dad's number was edward. it was george. i'm sorry. >> welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. 31 minutes past the hour. day two of french president emmanuel macron's visit to washington. macron's visit to watch. president trump hosting a state dinner. he will have a series of meetings where the two leaders are e

blowers like daniel ellsberg thomas drake william binney and edward snowden. hackers and activists like the wiki leaks founder julian assange and the former british secret service agent an emotional they warn us about the complete surveillance of our society they oppose intelligence agencies governments and corporations and for this they are threatened hounded and imprisoned. why are they so committed what drives them. the intelligence services enough the only ones monitoring communications and processing massive data. also private corporations like google amazon facebook and apple collect millions of pieces of information about us to analyze and monetize. tax i think is a self sort that's not on sacked that i am a person mentioned data center washed off this i don't since they want it's this earth and nine v.h.f. and a slick not a sit down or stuff tiger suit us all school had to be honest. we don't really know what exactly happens with their own digital trails our data is transferred invisibly to huge data centers. sublimating into a complex new identity cre

the revelations by edward snowden provide detailed insight into the relationship between intelligence services and private companies. telephone metadata and web browsing histories of great interest to the intelligence community. see that's really industrial relations. they were tapping the fiber lines between the google servers. they didn't even know this is going on google the dot ok so i mean that's the point they can tap lines anywhere in the world and when they do that they can get it between the servers of any but any company. from my perspective i think there's been massive collusion between the big corporations and big government with. the military security complex they have agreements between them where they will pay money for data if they produce data for n.s.a. or they will also pay for access and like for example the the room in the eighteen t. facility in san francisco that has the n.s.a. . it's the n.s.a. room that has the tappan on an hourly fee data and it's really eighteen t. that has them maintain that room facebook is evil in my view have been saying as he is it's th

edward lawrence outside of the u.s. district court in washington. edward? reporter: melissa, at&t ceo randall stephenson still on the stand right now. he testified this morning that they're trying to drive engagement and to do that, they need to create content. he also said they're trying to create, compete with those huge tech giants of google, amazon and facebook. randall stephenson or the department of justice in this case trying to show the merged company is so large, it can set prices, control flow of shows and create barriers for others entering the market place. at&t and time warner lawyers are saying tech giants in the future will control prices and set flow of shows. at the will have all the information about the consumer and they can target direct ads to those consumersing stealing ad dollars. they own the platforms that those direct digital shows are on like hulu, amazon and net flips. consumer advocacy group says that may be true but -- >> actually not going to deny when you look online there are a lot of companies very powerful. you have your g

edward lawrence is live at the white house with the latest on all of this. i can assure you though, edward, the market isn't too concerned because we're up almost 500. go for it. reporter: exactly. the president known for those long rants when he is angry on twitter was remarkably short as you saw there on twitter. we're told he is still very upset here inside of the white house. the president referring to that evidence taken from those raids by the fbi and it included communication between the president and his personal attorney michael cohen. an attorney for cohen says that was privileged information. well senators on capitol hill are talking about those raids. >> i don't believe they fire mueller. if he does, it will be a terrible mistake. mueller would be replaced by someone else would continue the work. the best thing that can happen for the president and mueller would be for mueller to finish his work. reporter: we're waiting for the u.s. reaction in syria to the chemical attacks that happened this weekend. democratic senators on capitol hill are sayin

let's get your business flash with edward ludlow.ment has said dominated -- violated a settlement and has imposed a seven-year ban on crucial american technology needed to keep it competitive. securitytional cyber center warned the country's telecom companies and regulator ztenational risk from using services cannot be mitigated. netflix has posted its strongest subscriber growth since going public 16 years ago. the company added 71.4 million users in the first quarter of the year, topping projections. that is in spite of raising prices for most customers the last few months. netlist shares rose in after-hours trade. anna: thank you, edward ludlow with business flash update. announced hisas intention to nominate richard clarida as vice-chairman of the federal reserve. joinadvisor at pimco would join jerome powell at the bank. monique wong still with us. not someone we know personally, but someone bloomberg knows very well. an academic record and real-world experience. have you view the overall path of the fed right now? gradual seems

edward lawrence thank you so much.mes comey now that congress has copies of those memos. maybe i don't know, but i know who has a good idea. "digital politics" editor, chris tire walt. there is so much breaking news day it's hard to shift through it all. the comey book release has shown us much more than this white knight story he was hoping to put forward. >> i hate to say it, but i'm frankly very bored with the whole thing. kennedy: how dare you. >> comey is trying to structure a narrative -- i thought you and dennis had an insightful conversation on the topic. everything he's saying he already said. he's expanding on it, he's doing that for. and i don't understand why the republicans were in up a lather about getting these memos. he already testified about the memos. i understand part of the racket they make about the memos is to provide air cover for trump and keep the pressure on the department of justice so they drag these memos out. mueller said i don't care, put the memos out, it doesn't matter to me. his inves

let us go to edward lawrence live at the white house tonight. edward?for the toasts to happen. it seems the bromance is blossoming so much between president trump and president macron that they are taking their time getting to it. a lot happened today with the two world leaders. but one of the reasons the french president came here is because they wanted to talk about trade. he did try to get the president to back off some of the tariffs against the european nation. there is a trade balance between the u.s. and france. there is a trade imbalance between the european union and the u.s. tomorrow the french president has a huge day. he'll be speak to a joint session of congress. this will be the first time a world leader has spoken to a joint session of congress. they are having fun with the dinner in there. 130 people in the room. 28 of them are french guests. it's the first one president trump is hosting. kennedy: other notables at the continuer? >> tim cook. and the ceo of louie vuitton. the friend' president's wife is wearing a louie vuitton dress. the

rashid khalidi, edward said professor of arab studies at columbia university. he's the author of several books, his most recent is titled "brokers of deceit: how the u.s. has undermined peace in the middle east." when we come back, we will also be joined by moazzam begg who was held by the u.s. military for several years. he also spent time in syria over the last few years, and we will talk to him about what he found there. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "i don't have freedom" by palestenian hip-hop group dam. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: we turn now to syria. international chemical weapons inspectors are still attempting to enter the town of douma where an alleged chemical gas attack killed dozens people earlier this month. inspectors with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons arrived in damascus on saturday, but have been unable to reach douma and have accused syrian and russian authorities of blocking access to the town. on wednesday, gunshots were fired at a u.n. securit

edward teller. edward took me under his wing. he arranged for me to get a scholarship to harvard.xactly what i was doing. i didn't have to is going to him when antimatter was, what an accelerator was, what a bitter try was. he knew immediately. he arranged for me for to get a scholarship so that started my life as a physicist. brian: how did you meet him? michio: he came to mexico -- our for the national science fair. he was in the habit of recruiting young scientist. he went to the national science fair. i was actually on television with him. this was in 1963 in albuquerque as a national science fair. when i graduated from harvard he interviewed me for a graduate fellowship but at that point he was very clear. he said i am looking for people who want to design hydrogen warheads. your physics will be very valuable designing new and better hydrogen warheads. he offered me a scholarship. he said little more, you name -- he said loss alamo's, livermore you name it, we can , arrange for you to work there. but my interests began to veer off in the direction of when i was a child, wonde

edward: obviously the president wants to respond to the use of chemical weapons.is a year ago with the tomahawk strikes that was really a one-time military action. i think what he needs to determine now is, what would assad fromdeterring continuing to use chemical agents against his own people and targets in syria. the strike would have to be more consequential than the one last be sustainedshould military actions over a certain period of time that will do great his capabilities to the point where he is really deterred from using chemical weapons. joe: you think that is a plausible strategy, specifically that there could be a run of attacks that is finite but longer than a one day of attacks that meaningfully the assad's ability to continue his actions? edward: the safest and most risk-averse action would be a consequential one strike. once you go into sustained or more prolonged strikes -- not only missiles but perhaps aircraft -- then the once you gd or more prolonged risks are highly -- are much higher. therefore you have to think about the day after. this is o

edwards, beautiful church in the heart of palm beach. had a beautiful mass. we have traditions at home. i grew up in a italian household. we have wonderful tradition. my grandmother made homemade ham pies and spinach pies and great fees on easter. for us, every religious holiday jesus is at center of that. yesterday was no different. >> you have beautiful girls. you have pretty good mom. >> you like her. >> she is okay. >> my mom. >> you guys have a great time. >> thank you so much. congratulations to the new mom. >> any quick tips, with all these girls? >> [inaudible]. >> it is a blessing and every single day. i highly recommend it. keep going. your mom had seven. >> that's true. >> god bless you. >> ainsley, brac to you guys.

rashid khalidi, edward said professor of arab studies at columbia university. he's the author of several books, his most recent is titled "brokers of deceit: how the u.s. has undermined peace in the middle east." when we come back, we will also be joined by moazzam begg who was held by the u.s. military for several years. he also spent time in syria over the last few years, and we will talk to him about what he found there. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "i don't have freedom" by palestenian hip-hop group dam. this is s democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: we turn now to syria. international chemical weapons inspectors are still attempting to enter the town of douma where an alleged chemical gas attack killed dozens people earlier this month. inspectors with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons arrived in damascus on saturday, but have been unable to reach douma and have accused syrian and russian authorities of blocking access to the town. on wednesday, gunshots were fired at a u.n. secur

host: go ahead, edward. caller: good morning. i just wanted to say that as far as trump, he couldn't get good morning. caller: a for the daca program. he doesn't care about anything. happening.at is donald trump knows he's going down. e's going to make as much trouble as he can in the united states with other countries, our people here. he knows. he's going to go down. so someone needs to take him out. okay. johnstown, ll in pennsylvania, independent line. caller: good morning. my call.r taking first, hear about people saying, a wall and end the drug problem. ell, that's not going to deter the problem, only thing that nds the problem is the demand for it. people quit wanting drugs, there no drugs. anybody that thinks that is a moron, disgusts me to say that. folks, just don't believe everything you hear, especially from the white house. thank you. pennsylvania, from the a section of the "new ork times," refugee caravan heads north, trump rails against president trump blaming democrats and mexican government for flow of illegal im

edward: it depends how far it goes.ble than the trump administration believes. if the u.s. had done this 10 years ago, it would have had more leverage because china was more dependent on the u.s. market. but, they have a fast-growing domestic market and there are a lot of ways in which it can cause pain in the u.s. you can target soybeans or boeing aircraft. trade wars are not particularly easy to win for the u.s. i think china is in a stronger position than a lot of people in the administration believe, and therefore more likely to stand up to these u.s. threats rather than backing down easily. yvonne: everyone keeps saying, if the markets are down, president trump might backtrack trade policies. i have to wonder if that is still the case. now that we see despite the volatility in the markets, trump's approval has been improving for much of last month. he is not going to be deterred. edward: being tough on trade is genuinely -- generally popular, here in the u.s. and china. there are political incentives to keep ratche