there's to be a changing of the guard today at the european council where the outgoing president, donalds to be replaced by the former prime minister of belgium, charles michel. the eu council is the institution which brings together the leaders of the member states in a decision—making body. mr tusk has used his position to make clear his passionate opposition to brexit, which he described as a symptom of a british longing for lost empire. gareth barlow reports. after five years in the job, donald tusk has left the building. it is time to say goodbye, he wrote on twitter, along with a video of himself running towards the european council for the last time. the incoming president, the former belgium leader, charles michel, officially begins is 2.5 year term on friday and the transition of power will be marked by a ceremony. donald tusk has been a central figure in brexit negotiations. the situation is quite complex, following events over the weekend in the uk, and the british requests for an extension of article 50. and there will be keen interest in charles michel's style when dealing w

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it is handover day a ceremony has taken place for the outgoing and incoming presidents of the european council current president is handing over the reins to shout of a former belgian prime minister will take up his new role december 1st praised his predecessor saying toasts can prove to be a true fighter for europe. is also leaving his post as the new commission president here's what he had to say. they are not much of a one for goodbyes i'm sure enough he is i have had enough of that. but i can tell you that i'm leaving my house at the head of the commission. with a sense an amount of satisfaction. to such folks. because of the. various regrets. but i am happy to leave because. being commission president is a topic that is not particularly easy. so you don't mind me of the title of the book i received recently. the most difficult job of do with. more on the story now with max hoffman in brussels hi max it's really an end of an era there in brussels with the both presidents of the european council and the commission donald tusk younger handing over the reins and you heard just held his very l

the line. 2 different institutions so 2 different challenges michele will be the head of the european council so that's the institution where you have all the heads of state and governments of the member states gathering together it will be a little easier for him because he knows all these heads of state and governments all these leaders because he was one himself the belgian prime minister until recently so that transition should be rather smooth and that was enough underlined different story huge administration with the european commission and it'll take her a while to shape this administration in a way that it works for her and her goals and her goals are quite clear she told them to us this week in the european parliament at the beginning or the middle of the week one is the digitalization where you're briley lags behind you know and it states of america and china for example but her biggest goal by far is fighting climate change and establishing what she calls green deal for europe she wants to do that within the 1st $100.00 days at least lay out the plan that is a challenge of a tall o

we begin with the guardian who say european council president donald tusk has given his implicit backinglection with a call for anti—brexit campaigners to keep fighting in the month before britain goes to the polls. meanwhile in the telegraph, uk pm borisjohnson was prepared to put up " paper candidates" in the labour—held constituencies, in order to give an advantage to brexit party rivals. however, the deal was turned down by mr farage, who insisted on the tories withdrawing their candidates altogether from the seats. the independent reports on a pledge from the labour government to eliminate the gender pay gap by the end of the next decade. the party has vowed to acheive the goal even as new research claims it could take 60 years to close the disparity under current plans. the mirror has gone totally green in an special issue of the paper dedicated to climate change. on the front page, the paper asks on behalf of new born babies if there will be a world healthy enough for them to grow up in. and finally the mail, the duke and duchess of sussex will notjoin the royal family for christm

ahead of the uk election, outgoing european council president donald tusk plays political football. don't give up. in this match, we have had added time, and now we are in extra time and perhaps it will go to penalties. and the risks of rebuilding notre dame. seven months after the fire, architects say there's still a chance of collapse. hello to you. the first public televised hearings in president trump's impeachment inquiry have got underway in washington after weeks of testimony behind closed doors. donald trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine — an american ally under threat from russia — to pressure ukraine's new president into helping him politically in next year's us presidential election. the impeachment inquiry has the potential to remove mr trump from office. he denies any wrongdoing. our north america editor jon sopel has been watching. history in the house... this is like the super bowl for politics — the day the impeachment hearings go public. and coast to coast, all the us tv networks are gearing up for the unfolding drama that could be the decisive m

well, he has regularly pined about brexit in his job as president of the european council, and it hasfan of it and he mourns the uk's loss or the european union's loss of the uk from its membership. but he feels the shackles its membership. but he feels the s ha ckles of its membership. but he feels the shackles of office slowly being lifted because he will be out of office in a matter of weeks. so he has given this lecture today in which he acknowledges he can be more candid than he was in the past because he may have been sacked if he had that this sort of thing in the past. and he is pretty directly intervening in the election debate. yes, he is saying stuff we knew was his established view, but groups that may delay or stop brexit support this. due to the election the government is not nominating a candidate to be part of the eu's next commission. how significant is that? i think it's inevitable, given where we are politically at the moment. conventions as if you are a member of the european union you have to be a european commission, thatis have to be a european commission, that

the outgoing european council president, donald tusk is urging british voters to not give up on stoppingrexit. brexit is the real end of the british empire. and england play montenegro tonight needing just one point to take them to the euros next summer, but they'll have to do it without star player raheem sterling who was dropped after his bust—up with liverpool'sjoe gomez. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the army is preparing fresh defences for flood—stricken parts of south yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. forecasters are warning there could be a danger to life in the village of fishlake near doncaster where hundreds have been forced to leave their homes and businesses. a yellow weather warning for rain is now in force around sheffield, doncaster and nottingham, and will last until the early hours of friday morning. tim muffett reports. the floodwaters are dispersing, but more heavy rain is expected here, so soldiers from the light dragoons cavalry regiment have been building barriers to try and protect fishlake. you've got sandbags here. yep. you

isn't going to stop donald tusk, as i say, nearing the end of his tenure as president of the european councilritain could reconsider leaving the eu and challenging the view that many senior eu figures now have that britain needs to leave the european union as soon as possible. it feels like a bit of a long goodbye at a train station, with donald tusk on the platform there, and the uk on board the train, waving through the window, waiting to see whether it is going to pull away or be delayed yet again. and jonathan, conservatives talking about immigration today. yes, i promise from the tories that if they win the general election, immigration would fall overall. and thatis immigration would fall overall. and that is a clarification, because so far in this campaign, cabinet ministers have been asked whether immigration would go up or down under a conservative government, and they simply haven't had an answer. but while the conservatives are saying what they want to happen to immigration, they aren't giving us any more detail on how they are going to achieve it. it was nine yea rs going to achie

the european council is made up of the heads of state and government of the e.u. member states as its president michel will have to see compromise between the national leaders and it's strong disagreements of immigration and growing populism that threaten to divide the block. then there's practice that. after his nomination for the job michelle described the child as immense. in this universe you. want to. look through project. which is very important to protect and to prove. your needs over diversity a specially all food. michelle takes over from donna just the plain speaking pole he grew increasingly outspoken during his term he once said there was a special place in hell reserved for those who complain for blacks that he's been equally blunt in his criticism of donald trump. but he brought a higher profile to the office of council president and he gained respect as a dedicated european. but afterwards my term has been about. without as a. human. life motif a tough. issue from the very beginning. the quest to bring a divided europe together is likely to be the b

british voters have been urged not to give up on stopping brexit by the outgoing european council presidentnald tusk said leaving the eu would leave the uk a "second—rate player" and that brexit would likely mark the "real end of the british empire". it is about half past three in the morning. now it's time for click. this week, is 56 really a health hazard? weather forecasting in danger. and back in time to the berlin wall. in towns and cities across the uk, a tech revolution is slowly being born, one antenna at a time. bit by bit, 56 is becoming a thing. and while all the infrastructure might look a bit dull, take a look at this. this is a speed test to this phone, which, right now, is getting data speeds of 390mbps. not bad! yeah, this new network is going to be so fast that we'll be able to download in a heartbeat and stream video to multiple devices at once. in order to allow this to properly take off, with high speed and minimal delay, we're going to see lots of new antennas, each serving small areas. and some of them may use much higher frequency radio waves than previous mobile netw

the outgoing european council president urges british voters not to give up on stopping brexit. second rate player. fresh revelations from washington — as the impeachment inquiry goes public. president trump says he remembers nothing about a key phone call. the risks of rebuilding notre—dame. seven months after the fire — architects say there's still a chance of collapse. and leonardo — like never before.

there is a changing of the guard at the european council in brussels later today, with belgium's formerlace outgoing president donald tusk. president trump has made an unannounced trip to afghanistan, telling us troops he believes the taliban are open to ceasefire. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the washington post, and afghanistan, where president trump visited for the first time, delivering thanksgiving greetings to us troops deployed here. mr trump announced he had resumed peace negotiations with the taliban. 0n the reuters news website, outgoing eu council president donald tusk has said us president donald trump poses one of the biggest challenges for the european union, because he is praying for the breakup of the bloc. former belgian pm charles michel, who will become the new president in a handover ceremony today, has said the eu also risks splits over the coming brexit trade talks. the telegraph, like many uk papers, looks at the fallout following a recent tv climate change debate. uk prime minster

donald tusk, the outgoing president of the european council, sends a message to british voters.ngland play their 1,000th match tonight. it has been 146 years, with one trophy and plenty of tears.

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this is a parting shot from european council president donald tusk. what did he have to say?eresting. he is looking at here, his opinions, or he gave his opinions on trump, and as you have said, he has suggested he poses one of the biggest challenges to europe, and trump, he is saying, is praying for the breakup of europe. again, vocally trump has been very, very forward in saying his support for brexit and for borisjohnson saying his support for brexit and for boris johnson and saying his support for brexit and for borisjohnson and the breaking up. so tusk is basicallyjust saying trump is determined to weaken the eu, and breakup europe. it's quite an extreme vision. yes, charles michel, also, the man who is going to be taking over today, talking about the future for the next few yea rs, about the future for the next few years, in brexit and the difficulties that the eu may face over future trade talks. ella back that's right, the focus has been so much on sort of brexit, will he get it done, how will he get it done? but let's not forget that there is 110w but let's not forge

like iran and but many others but you have for instance you have child michel who's the new european council president he wants. he says that no deal is better than a bad deal you have from the line is going to be the new commission president she wants to extend the deadline for britain so she would be willing to extend the article 15 and go sheesh so you do have divisions here you have 2 divisions minor one maybe that's a mild this is for us for us it's also important that if you wants to extend. the period for negotiations and there are good reasons for that presented by by westminster let's consider it. are you content to blame britain put all the blame on britain if the negotiations because that's what russell's is leading towards that's what. has already said if things fail it will be the british british fault do you share so i would blame for this. 1st of all i think that the blame game is something that is not contributing to face negotiation but the player that's is playing. the game has been there let's try to limit the demi. that has been already caused by it is blame game it is no

anti-semitism commissioner felix klein and the head of the european council visited the holocaust memorial in berlin today. the memorial is dedicated to the holocaust's 6 million jewish victims. we want to extend a very warm welcome to the secretary-general of the council of europe. so good to have you with us. important issue that the authorities here are trying to tackle. these anti-semitism on the rise across europe-- is anti-semitism on the rise across europe? >> unfortunately, it is. it is visible elsewhere and it is really raising concerns for everyone and especially for us in the council of europe who have invested years a lot to work on combating the hate speech and anti-semitism. we are aware that what is happening around needs another level of involvement not only on the national level but on the international. we are watching very carefully what the german government has done really quickly and also some other governments, and we believe there is certainly a need that we on the level of the council of europe do more and you something together with member states, because it is re

the european council has a new president.m, charles michel, is taking over from donald tusk. mr tusk had been a passionate and vocal opponent of brexit. the eu council brings together the leaders of the member states in a decision—making body but does not negotiate laws. the families of those who died in the 1989 hillsborough disaster have reacted angrily, after a jury found the match commander on the day not guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. it had been alleged that david duckenfield had a "personal responsibility" for what happened, as our correspondent judith moritz reports. david duckenfield has been a blame figure for 30 years, in charge at hillsborough when disaster happened. that he failed isn't in dispute but his trial ended with a not guilty verdict, and with tears for the hillsborough families. 96 people have found to have been unlawfully killed to a criminal standard by an inquestjury, and somebody has got to be held responsible for 96 deaths. the families have struggled to reconcile the two different court

the outgoing president of the european council, donald tusk, has intervened in the general election,ot to give up on stopping brexit. speaking in the belgian city of bruges, mr tusk said the uk would become "a second—rate player" outside the eu. labour has announced a target for closing the gender pay gap by 2030. the party says it would achieve the target by fining companies who fail to report the difference in average hourly pay between men and women. the conservatives are accusing labour of "overpromising" something it could not deliver. the army is preparing fresh defences for flood—stricken parts of south yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. the village of fishlake near doncaster has been cut off by flooding, with hundreds of people being forced to leave their homes and businesses. a yellow weather warning for rain is now in force around sheffield, doncaster and nottingham and is expected to remain in place until the early hours of friday morning. that's a summary of the main news so far today. back to you, chloe. accident and emergency units in england record

hate crimes against jewish people anti semitism commissioner felix klein and the head of the european council maria burch visited the holocaust memorial in berlin today a memorial is dedicated to the holocaust 6000000 jewish victims. no one except a very warm welcome to the secretary general of the council of europe maria burch so good to have you here with this important issue that the authorities here are trying to tackle is anti semitism on the rise across europe unfortunately it is it is visible not only in germany through this really terrible attack too in how the just a month ago it's it's visible as were and it's really raising concerns for everyone and specially for us in the council of europe who have invested since years a lot to work on. combating the hate speech and to semitism so we are bear that what is happening around needs another level of involvement not only on the national level but also on international so we are watching very carefully what to german government has done really quickly and also some other governments and we believe there is certainly need to tweak on the

a new name in charge at the european council, but will the appointment of charles michel signal a shifthe footage from this can be uploaded onto your phone in seconds and within minutes is on the internet. in business: black friday — or green friday?

is he handover day a ceremony has taken place for the outgoing and incoming president of the european council current president donald tusk is handing over the reins to shine michel the former belgian prime minister will take up his new role on december 1st on michel appraised his predecessor saying had proved to be a true fighter for europe. is also leaving his post as you commission president and here's what he had to say. not much of a one for goodbyes i'm shutting off 2 years and i've had enough of that. but i can tell you the time leaving my post at the head of the commission. with a sense an amount of satisfaction most of us have. the kid a summer in paris regrets. but i am happy to leave because being commission president is a task that is not particularly easy. if you don't mind me of the title of a book i received recently. the most difficult job of the work. there at soccer news now for your english premier league club arsenal have sacked head coach knight emery after a run of 7 games without a win while former player freddie lynchburg is set to take over temporarily and we joined t

the outgoing european council president donald tusk has urged british voters not to "give up" on stoppingxt month's general election, he warned that leaving the eu would leave the uk a "second—rate player". in a speech, he also said brexit would likely mark the "real end of the british empire". the uk election takes place in one month. can things still be turned around? had the higher end thought things become irreversible only when people started to think so? so the only words that come to my mind today are simply don't give up. in this match we had added time, now we are in extra time, perhaps it will even go to penalties. the world health organization has approved the world's first ever vaccine against ebola. the vaccine is already being used in the ongoing outbreak in the democratic republic of congo, which has so far claimed more than 2,100 lives. it comes as health authorities in the country get ready to roll out a second experimental vaccine as part of a major clinical trial. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar reports. for more than a0 years, ebola has been one of the w

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italy multan or cyprus do often face a disproportionate burden that reform has been stuck at the european council for years however i would say there is a small glimmer of hope because some smaller measures of adhoc responsibility sharing have started to gain a little bit more traction in the past few months so there is room for hope but certainly it's an urgent situation and member states really do need to step up and alleviate the pressures on greece and an asylum seeker some reason particular ok livia so joining us there from brussels thanks very much indeed thank you for having me. 41 people are confirmed dead following jesus powerful earthquake in albania rescue workers are trying to find survivors in several countries have sent teams to help and this was the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in decades john psaropoulos is at one of the worst hit cities of duress he says most people there have fled for fear of aftershocks. i'm standing among a group of apartment buildings and hotel buildings along the beach front of the resort town of buddhists and as you can see these apartments a

coatbridge. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg is on the campaign trail — the president of the european councilnot actually happen? that's right, our viewers will be familiar with donald tusk as somebody who has been the top official in brussels over these last tricky few years. he is standing down and gave something of a farewell speech in which, as you suggest, he made it pretty clear that he believes brexit could still be stopped, and he said he wanted to give hope to people on that side of the argument. it's hard to see that as anything other than backing for one side in this election. 0n as anything other than backing for one side in this election. on that other side, though, i understand that the government is to make it clear to brussels that, despite repeated requests from the eu, they are not going to put forward a british name to be the uk commissioner when there is a big change of all the teams in brussels that are in charge of the important decisions. now, brussels has been asking the british government to do this for some time now. boris johnson promised that he would not. but i un

british voters have been urged not to "give up" on stopping brexit by the outgoing european council presidentusk said leaving the eu would leave the uk a ‘second—rate player', and that brexit would likely mark the ‘real end of the british empire'. now on bbc news, electioncast. hello. just finishing in the louvre. why are we having this election? borisjohnson why are we having this election? boris johnson wants a why are we having this election? borisjohnson wants a majority in parliament to gettysburg cyst deal through and then every other party decided it was in their interest as well. can be done by the end of january? in theory, yes if there is a majority for the deal in parliament but then when there will be more negotiations after that. why are you walking backwards? doesn't everybody do this? what is the best thing about election cast? it is so easy to find. how are political parties targeting people online? tweets, instagram, whatsapp groups, screen grabs of tweets on instagram, you name it and you get targeted ads which means you may see something others do not. what is (bleep) posti

today the committee is holding two hearings starting with testimony from national security council european affairs director lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, jennifer williams and eight to vice president mike pence. later lawmakers will hear from kurt volker former u.s. special envoy to ukraine and ten morrison, national security council director for russia. watch live coverage of the impeachment inquiry hearings on c-span3 and online at c-span.org. >> earlier today at a cabinet meeting at the white house president trump talked about today's impeachment inquiry hearing and he spoke to reporters on border security and his recent hospital visit over the weekend. >> before i start i just want to say thanks to sonny perdue for allowing us to use his facilities over there at usda over the course of every wednesday when we had our cabinet bible studies. thank you for doing that. for those of you would participate in that bible study, it's been, mr. vice president, i know you've always been there in absentia because we are glad you didn't, , frankly just because you're such a

dramatised in a few weeks, when charles michel takes over from donald tusk as president of the european councilg in mind back in the mists of time, when we were discussing a brexit extension for the first time ever, belgium was one of the countries saying, maybe there shouldn't be an extension at all. oh, yeah. so how does that translate when he becomes the ringmaster for the summits? 0h. then, of course... but then, on the other side, there are some people who are definitely going to be staying around. michel barnier... mmm. ..as the head of taskforce 50, will become the head of the uk taskforce. and so, that starts on the 16th of november. and so the european commission, the technocrats, they're going full steam ahead with the preparations for the future relationship negotiation. mm—hmm. but the big thing, of course, everybody's got their eye on — as katya was saying — is the result, and just whether that is a sustainable basis for everything that has got to come next. so, not only is that whoever wins — quote, unquote, air quote — do they have a big enough majority to get the deal through? t

the president of the european council donald tusk says britain will be a 2nd rate player once it leaves the e.u. he also questioned the u.k.'s role on the global stage after brics it during his speech in what is now his last month in his job i have heard repeatedly from brevity of that they wanted to leave the european union to make the united kingdom global again believing that only a long it can be truly be great you could you could hear in the voice of a longing for the empire but the reality if exactly the opposite. if part of the united europe can they are ok play a global role after 8 parcher they are the u.k. will become an outsider effect in the great player. much of the italian city of venice is still underwater after the highest tide in 60 years officials there are blaming climate change local people are angry that more hasn't been done to protect the unesco city from high tides the government is expected to declare a state of emergency on thursday those are your headlines up next it's witness i'll have more news in about 25 minutes hopefully see that. if you survey people bef

committee members heard testimony from national city council european affairs director of senate lieutenant colonel and jennifer williams who was an aide to vice president mike pence. they are expected to reconvene at 2:30 p.m. eastern and we will hear from kurt voelker, special envoy to ukraine in timothy morrison initial socratic counsel director for russia. you can watch live coverage of the impeachment inquiry hearings on c-span3 and online@c-span .org, also listen with the free c-span radio app. the senate about to reconvene here and we will have live coverage. now live to the senate. vote:

institutions or what you thought of the european parliament or the european commission or the european council family of nations and also in our european union. it‘s about whether you think it makes sense to tackle the climate emergency is 28 countries together, agreeing and acting in unison, to have more power and more influence to make the changes we need, to save our planet for future generations. it's our planet for future generations. it‘s about whether you think we are better working together to rebalance the relationship between business and society. when you have a power of 500 million consumers together. it's of 500 million consumers together. it‘s about recognising that all four nations of our country are better when we are standing strong together! applause when we are standing strong together! applause scotland, england, wales, northern ireland, our wonderful united kingdom, and i will never stop fighting for it because we are stronger together and it is precious and we must not let people wreck it. here, here! it's about recognising that immigration is good for our country, it hel

peaceful purposes only jeremiah is deputy head of the middle east and north africa program at the european council on foreign relations she joins us now from london elie jeremih welcome to the news hour can this decision by the iranians actually be reversed. well that's certainly what president rouhani has claimed now one of the things that i would point out new reports is there is that president rouhani this morning didn't actually now what type of gas is going to be transmitted into the centrifuges at cordele facility it will be up to the international monitoring agency the i.a.e.a. to report on this and their findings will be made available in private to members of this deal in the coming weeks ahead and so that will really define to what extent iran has actually stepped out of the commitments out of the me play deal and to what extent they can be reversible what iran is certainly saying that it is with percival and in my view that's an indication that this is a measure are intended to crush of the europeans and the united states to provide iran with some economic relief the full iran begins to

a guy who oversys national security on the european council. he was on the call. he said he was concerned with what happened. he did not think it was proper to demand a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen. he said it undermined u.s. national security. he said the call strayed from material he himself had prepared. and he said there's no doubt in his mind the president was asking for a deliverable. and get this, immediately within an hour the phone call happens, vindman's on the phone, listening and like yikes. and within an hour he goes to the top lawyer of the national security council in his office and for backup he brings along his twin brother. this is a real detail. his identical twin who also works for the national security council as a lawyer handling ethics issues, that is them, by the way. both of them. i don't know which is which. so not only did he raise alarms with the lawyer, vindman also notices as he's going through the document that's circulating that the rough transcript was not correct, actually. so he made substantive edits to the call

the outgoing european council president, donald tusk, is urging british voters not to give up on stoppingt. ..brexit is the real end of the british empire. good morning. it's thursday 14th of november. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm annita mcveigh. accident and emergency departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 2004. other targets covering cancer and routine hospital treatment are also being missed. let's take a look at some of those targets and the latest statistics published this morning. the government target is a maximum four—hour wait for those in a&e. but today's figures show only 83.6% of patients, that's one in six patients, were treated or assessed in a&e within four hours in october. that's a sharp drop on september and down from 89.1% in october last year. the number of patients waiting for routine operations in england was 4.42 million in september — the highest ever. the nhs target is to have all patients start routine treatment within 18 weeks. but today's figures show more than 672,000 people were waiting more than 18 we

the president of the european council donald says britain will be a quote 2nd rate player once it leaves the e.u. he also questioned the u.k.'s role on the global stage after breakfast during a farewell speech in what is now his last month in his current job repeatedly from brevity of that they wanted to leave the european union to make the united kingdom global again. believing that only a long it can be truly be great you're cooked you could hear in the voice of a longing for the empire but the valley thief exactly the opposite. if part of a united europe can the u.k. play a global role after the parts are they the u.k. will become an outsider effect in the great player. sri lankan presidential candidates are wrapping up their campaigns ahead of the vote on saturday but whoever wins the tight race will face tough challenges the country is still recovering from easter bomb attacks a sluggish economy and political instability and as has more now from colombia. $35.00 candidates are running for president in sri lanka dream of the us is one of 2 main contenders he's a cabinet minister with

the committee holding two hearings with testimony from national security council european affairs director colonel alexander vindman and jennifer williams, an aide to vice president mike pence. lawmakers will hear from kurt volker and tim morrison, national security to route director for russia. watch live coverage of the impeachment inquiry hearings on c-span3 and live at c-span.org. over the weekend, former massachusetts governor deval patrick spoke at an event in las vegas hosted by the nevada democratic party. this was mister patrick's first major speech since announcing his candidacy for president. prior to the event he spoke with recruiters about his campaign strategy and his position on various policy issues. >> hi everybody. i said it right, please make notes. this is i think the fourth, fifth city we've been in in the last few days since announcing. it's been an exciting entry into the race, i've been meeting wonderful people and geg

this is a problem whereby you have waited majority voting as in the european council, you don't have majority voting. in this situation you are essentially asking for trouble. my term is what i call middle income trap. a middle age trip. the kind of decision-making process that allowed the asean to create peace among ourselves on the past 50 years is a longer effective in terms of creating peace among major powers and that is also affecting is very much. this is related to the discussion. now, this is where asean is moving from centrality to -- the realities that while asean struggle with the 30 it's centrality, china is change its facts on the ground. let's be very clear about that. over the past three years times approached -- the great wall of sands. electronic jamming equipment, bombers, the chinese coast guard is extension of the navy. we see more and more militia forces from china pushing the envelope and engaging in aggressive action to against countries across the region. the level of diplomatic dynamism of asean is not catching on with the facts of greater when my frustratio