the times we were not. >> turning the topics regarding foreign affairs particularly to your position as the chair of the foreign affairs committee there were reports this morning that base housing thereof troops in iraq were hit by missiles. do you have anything to add as far as the cause or at least the impact of this action? >> well, i think that there will be further conversation. i don't have any comments at this time. i do expect to be briefed in talking to the administration in that regards. but i know we've got to make sure that we are protecting our troops and our interests in the region, but i don't want to comment further until i have an update and talk to the administration which i will do as chair of the house foreign affairs committee. >> let me turn to another topic concerning updates when it comes to the decision by the biden administration for the strike in syria. were you informed of that, and what did you think of the decision? >> yeah, look, i'm going to be honest with you that initially when i heard about the strike i had not been informed and i was very upset about that. i immediately got on the phone to the

here is a member of the house of representatives foreign affairs committee seeking information about from the director of this service. a congressman wants more facts about a recent government report so that he can draft the bill more intelligently, and participate more effectively in the deliberations of the foreign affairs committee. ch this particular request for information is one of thousands, some can be answered with a word, and some require weeks of research and book length reports. regular or special congressional committees like the armed services committee often start fireworks, the committee works -- before they are debated upon, this is another way in which congress decides to get all the facts before deciding on a bill. hearings can get very tense. sometimes they're used to air political views which are embarrassing to one of the parties in congress. congressional committees have the power under law to compel the tendons of witnesses and to have them tested by under oath. the chairman and members of the committee may question witnesses. open hearings often attract large

here is a member of the house of representatives foreign affairs committee.ormation about china from the director of the service. the congressman wants more facts about a recent government report, so that he can draft a bill more intelligently and participate more effectively in the deliberations of the foreign affairs committee this particular request for information is but one of thousands, received each month some of them can be answered with a word and some of them require work weeks of research and book length reports. regular or special congressional committees like the armed services committee often start fireworks the committee works over bills before they are debated or voted upon it is another way in which congress seeks to get all the facts before attacks on a bill. some committee hearings can be very tense, and sometimes they are used to air political views which are embarrassing to one of the parties are congress congressional committees have the power under law to propel the attendance of witnesses and to have them testify under oath. the chairm

mcgovern: we had a hearing in the rules committee, the house foreign affairs committee had a hearing yesterday. there are multiple steps. there will probably be an attempt to repeal or come up with new aumfs for existing conflicts. my hope is that in the coming weeks and months that we work on legislation and move it forward. the original war powers resolution was vetoed by richard nixon, and congress overrode that. i don't want to invite of vito, but i just point that out for historical fact. the deal is that we need to do something. tom and i, we have different political opinions. we represent constituents who, when in times of war are called to serve, and we have an obligation to make sure that they are being deployed out of hock -- if they are deployed in harm's way it's absolutely necessary and we have a responsibility to prevent that. there is a constitutional responsibility and a moral responsibility to our constituents. we are still in afghanistan. i said yesterday that in the hearing a couple of years ago that i visited afghanistan and met with troops from massachusetts. one

anthony blinken testifies on the biden administration foreign policy agenda watch the house foreign affairs committee hearing live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3 and thursday morning a look at the reliability of the u.s. electric grid the senate energy and natural resources committee hearing begins at ten eastern also on c-span3. the house began debates on the senate version of the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill a final vote in the house is expected tomorrow republican senator marsha blackburn of tennessee spoke against the bill on the senate floor. >> thank you, mr. president, this past saturday senate democrats signed off on the largest and most partisan transfer of wealth in the history of the united states congress, in the weeks leading up to the boat they insisted that the $1.9 trillion giveaway would bring the relief, the american people were seeking, they quoted suspect pulling in antidotes to support their ridiculous claim bipartisan and chose to use the reconciliation process they did that on a partyline vote in the claims of bipartisanship and necessity began to show almost immediately

watch the house foreign affairs committee live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. thursday a look at reliability of the u.s. electric grid, the senate energy and natural resources hearing begins at 10:00 eastern also on c-span 3. >> white house chief of staff ron klain talked about the chief administration's coronavirus responsible with punchbowl news, this about a half hour. >> i'm joined by fellow founder, jake, and we're thrilled it kick off punchbowl's focused on president biden first 100 days. a big thank you for edelman for making this possible. we want to bring you close to a key decision maker

watch the house foreign affairs committee hearing live at 1:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span3, online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight the lincoln forum hosts a discussion among current and former college professors on their approaches to teaching about abraham lincoln and the civil war era. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> next congresswoman nancy mace talks about her life and career. elected toth the u.s. house in november, she was the first woman to graduate from the sit cell and first republican congresswoman from north carolina. the reagan institute hosted this event. >> congresswoman nancy mace, just terrific to have you at the reagan library. first, congratulations on your recent election, your recent victory. >> thank you so much. it's really the honor of my lifetime. i never thought i'd be alive at the age of 43 and

affairs issue. it's all around the world. multiple committees will have juristic. clearly the foreignairs committee does also and it is a way that we need to sit down and talk with other nations and those that may be violating carbon emissions etc. that we can make sure we are in compliance. it didn't help that it was the united states that pulled out of the paris climate accord. it helps that we are back in it so that we can work collectively with others so that we can save our client and make sure we are helping those who are violating emissions and earth is warming. we've got to work together. our committee defensively has a voice and we will utilize our voice in that regard. host: in california. we will hear from wanda. caller: why do you worry and care what happens in israel when you don't care about chinese slave labor? every phone, tv an article of clothing that you are wearing was made by slaves in china. you are benefiting from slave labor. biden cares about reparations and now you are benefiting from slave labor. guest: i care about everyone around the world. so i care about

foreign affairs seeking information from china. the congressman wants more facts about a recent government report so he can draft a bill more intelligently and participate more effectively in the deliberations of the foreign affairs committee. this request for information is but one of,ands received each month. some of them can be answered with a word and some of them require weeks of research and book-length reports. regular or special congressional committees like the armed services committee start fireworks. the committee works over bills before they are debated or voted upon. it is another way in which congress seeks to get all of the facts before it acts on a bill. some committee hearings can be tense. sometimes they are used to air political views which are embarrassing to one of the parties in congress. they have the power under law to compet the attendance of witnesses and have them testify under oath. the chairman and members of the committee may question witnesses. open hearings on important questions attract large attendance. and, of course, the newspaper reporters are there. there are some high ranking naval officers that have been called to testify. they are checking over the statements which they are going to

host: congressman mcgovern, you mentioned the foreign affairs committee is taking up the legislation as well. i will ask both of you if you have heard from leaders in the military on this legislation on how they feel about it and they -- how they feel about the continued use of these authorizations for military force. tom cole, do you want to start? rep. cole: i have not heard much since the hearing, but i remember asking jim mattis when he was secretary of defense, i was and still am on the defense appropriations subcommittee and asked him if he needed aumf. he said they do. we never got a proposal out of the trump administration, i'd be unfair to the formal president i didn't say he wanted to get our troops out of afghanistan and he did not initiate major military operations overseas. obama and bush did much more of that than president trump. in some areas i disagree with him, like trying to reduce troops in nato i think was a mistake. his instinct was broadly not that different in terms of not being involved in these things. i think the military wants a new aum -- that means we ne

. >> martha: a house foreign affairs committee hearing is in recess. a as one of the biden administrations foreign policy priorities. >> managing our relationship with china, the biggest geo political test of the 21st century. >> blanken heads to japan and south korea next week. in moments, mike pompeo joins us. first, rich edson live at the state department. rich? >> the secretary state anthony blinken has confirmed a face-to-face meeting with jake sullivan, they'll be meeting with top chinese officials and their counter parts in alaska next week. the secretary says they will discuss a range of issues where they're deep disagreements between the two countries. the house foreign affairs committee is hosting the secretary of state for a hearing about president biden's foreign policy priorities. blinken says managing the relationship with china is the biggest geo political challenge for the united states. this is on top of the pentagon saying that china may be accelerating plans to overtake the united states world leadership role by 2050. the top commandn

we hear first from congressman mike mccall, the lead republican on the foreign affairs committee . >> you opposed the measure that just passed in the house that would provide a pathway to citizenship for the so-called dreamers, why shouldn't undocumented children who were brought this country as children, no fault of their own be given some rights toward citizenship? >> we try to pass it, had the majority, had the legalization from the daca kids. we have a guest worker program as well. unfortunately, immigration is a very difficult topic. the point is another one of those bills, they have nothing to do this and they won't solve his problem. in fact, it sends the exact wrong message. >> you say we are on pace to have one of the largest migrant surges in 20 years. why are you not prepared for this? >> let me be clear. we have seen large numbers of migration in the past. we know how to address it, we have a plan, we are exit cueing on our plan and we will succeed. this is what we do. one thing is also clear, it takes time and why does it take time now? why is it especially challenging an

troops from afghanistan let's bring in mark than in tallinn he's the chairman of the foreign affairs committee at the a stony and parliament many thanks for speaking to us on out is there a double trance presidency brought the u.s. relationship with nato and europe to near breaking point what does the u.s. have to do to repair that relationship. actually not much that goes as lincoln said already and then president biden the united states is back and back to this very white the relationship which is france a blanik alliance transatlantic relationship and i guess the meeting in brossel will start from the agenda which is pool of challenge and already like it like you are right now message said that in your program the unity among western nations is growing and growing bank to the change in the u.s. administration you say that but it's interesting isn't it that the e.u. pushed through a new investment treaty with china just in december that despite protestations by members of the incoming biden team at the time that's a clear indication isn't it that the e.u. is not wholly ready to trust the u.s

the european parliament for the reason you euro group she also sits on the parliaments of foreign affairs committee welcome to be w. hungary so far is the only a new country that's accepted china's a sign a farm foxy is richer all right to go to living this way. well. indeed administered many many doses of the chinese that seem viewed as the enemy a frugal but less the for a good so many under due to the fact scenes are. granted to hungry as is your concern about the use of the chinese vaccine purely on medical grounds or do you do favor the idea that china is using a vaccine as a sort of lever for influence around the world. while i think the the general population is is a generally concerned about the the whole situation about the unfolding of this new disease which is still very new to many many of us and also the trust in these new vaccines that still has to be gained and i think in the face of such a difficult road to walk down a split decision i think the best way to establish this trust is to rely on scientists rely on experts rely on the european medicines agency so that everybody can say t

massachusetts and she succeeded her husband, john rogers, who was a high ranking member of the foreign affairs committee. the ranking republican. she actually had a lot of experience helping him to, with administering the committee and administering his personal office and so she knew what his legislative agenda was. she knew the rhythm's and the contours of life here on capitol hill. one of the things that happens when a senior member passes away, the house has to have a special election. no one could be appointed to the house. depending on state laws, that election has to happen a fairly short amount of time after. so what would happen is local party leaders would often turn to the widow, and say will you run for the partial term. you have name recognition. rodgers will be on the ballot. the expectation was, is that the wife would serve out this term, and then she would retire and the party leaders would find a suitable male candidate to succeed her. but rogers had a different idea. she actually ends up staying in the house, for 35 years. she is the longest serving woman in the house. and she was for

i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from new york, the distinguished chairman of the foreign affairs committee, mr. meeks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. meeks: as chair of the house foreign affairs committee, i speak in support of the international provisions of the american rescue plan. pandemics do not respect international borders. covid-19 won't end in america until it is brought under control around the world. the $10 billion included in this package for international support are a small, yet critical investment, in fighting covid, and its effects around the world. this portion of the bill prioritizes global health. providing more than $4.6 billion to relieve overburden health care systems and medical workers and helping governments and multilateral partners develop and distribute vaccines. to address the humanitarian crises exacerbated by this pandemic, the american rescue plan provides funding for lifesaving assistance, including shelter, food, clean water, and basic medical care. it also provides covid-related relief to refugees who are already

watch the house foreign affairs committee live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. thursday a look at reliability of the u.s. electric grid, the senate energy and natural resources hearing begins at 10:00 eastern also on c-span 3. >> white house chief of staff ron klain talked about the chief administration's coronavirus responsible with punchbowl news, this about a half hour. >> i'm joined by fellow founder, jake, and we're thrilled it kick off punchbowl's focused on president biden first 100 days. a big thank you for edelman for making this possible. we want to bring you close to a key decision maker in joe biden's washington. we're going to be joined by chief of staff ron klain to discuss the covid relief package and what's on the agenda and more. and the edelman's ceo will join us for a fireside chat. a reminder we'd love you to share any insights or big moments on twitter. we'll be taking questions, feel free to tweet us at punch bowl news. >> anna, thank you for having me. >> thank you mr. chief of staff for joining us. a quick 15 seconds, maybe more depending

capitol hill where secretary of state antony blinken will be testifying before the house foreign affairs committee about u.s. foreign policy priorities. congressman gregory meeks chairs this committee. live coverage here on c-span3. >> taking a look at some of the spending that it's in this package. $123 billion dedicated directly to covid-19-related policy which includes 47 billion for disaster relief funds and funeral expenses, 50 billion for testing and contact tracing, using the defense production act to buy and distribute medical supplies. and vaccine distribution and confidence in supply chains 16 billion. taking a look at the state and local money, it would provide 195 billion to state governments. it would provide money for local governments, territories and tribes. that cost 155 billion. 10 billion for infrastructure and it would create paid covid relief for federal workers and other policies, that price tag $400 million. the paper version of the chart highlights some of the other spending there as well. $246 billion for extended unemployment programs, 143 billion for expanding tax credit

affairs issue because it's all around the world. and so we're going to have a voice because multiple committees that have jurisdiction, but clearly the foreign affairs committee does also and in a way we need to sit down and talk with other nations and those that may be violating carbon emissions, et cetera, that we can make sure we're in compliance. now, it didn't help that it was the united states that pulled out of the paris climate accord. it helped that we're back in it. >>> good afternoon, everyone. i'm so excited i just can't hide it. the rules committee just finished its work and now will make preparation for bringing this important american rescue plan to the floor of the house. it is so exciting as you know because of what it does. vaccines in the arms of american people, money in their pockets, children safely in school, workers safely back to work. it's a remarkable, historic, transformative piece of legislation which goes a very long way to crushing the virus and solving our economic crisis. it's interesting to me to see what i'm hearing on the floor during the proact debate how republicans are talking about their tax scam, $1.9

as he testifies about the biden administration's foreign policy agenda before the house foreign affairs committee. and there is more live coverage on our website. the senate environment committee is looking at ways to address climate change in the energy sector. that's live at 10:00 a.m. eastern and the house small business committee meets to consider next steps for the paycheck protection loan program which was established by congress one year ago in the early stages of the pandemic. at 3 p.m., a senate judiciary subcommittee examines whether special interest groups have influence on the federal courts. you will find those hearings streaming live at www.c-span.org . >> white house chief of staff ron klain talked about the coronavirus response with punch bowl news. this is about half hour. ut half an hour. anna: good evening. i'm anna palmer, a founder of punch bowl news. i'm joined by cofounder jake sherman at we are pleased to take part in a three-part virtual series focused on joe biden's first 100 days. a big sponsor to edelman for sponsoring these events and making them possible. we want to

helped to write it off the chinese communist party, or ccp, the top republican on the house foreign affairs committee, says quote a report censored by the ccp is worse than no report at all, because it allows the ccp to continue to spread misinformation about the virus and cover up the role they played in allowing it to spread. earlier this month, more than two dozen scientists wrote that the chinese god moment hampered the w. h o team that traveled to china and the inquiry quote has, unfortunately proven opaque and restrictive, greatly compromising the scientific validity of the investigation. the w h o report also says it is extremely unlikely that the virus leaked from a lab. former cdc director robert redfield said last week that he believes the virus did escape from a lab in wuhan. in january, the trump state department claimed the wuhan institute of urology was testing a similar virus starting in 2016, and that several researchers became sick in the autumn of 2019 the one thing that i wish that the wh o had done is to pick up their megaphone and starts screaming through it to demand that china

as the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee representatives mccall has also been an important leader on policy towards the people's republic of china including our human rights. committee representatives mccall has also been an important leaderon policy towards the people's republic of china including our human rights , us intensifying many facets of strategic rivalry with china's own communist party. i'm also joined by my colleague and fellow here at hudson, laurie is additionally a commissioner for the us commission on international religious freedom appointed by house speaker nancy pelosi as well as chair of the uighur human rights project. congressman mccall we are honored to have you back at the hudson institute. first off let's discuss the chinese communist party's campaign of systematic oppression against the uighurs and others. the china attacks called on the department of state to issue a determination that the communist parties crime against uighurs about the genocide. last january we welcomed the state department that it would officially designate the chin

watch the house foreign affairs committee hearing live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> this we can come of the senate passed the nearly $2 trillion covid-19 relief plan. the legislation passed a partyline vote of 50-49. it is expected to be taken up on tuesday. the house returns for legislative business monday. the senate tuesday is expected to work on the nomination of congresswoman marcia fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development. other nominations being considered this week include epa administrator and judge merrick garland to be attorney general. live coverage of the house when they return on monday at noon eastern on c-span. you can watch live coverage of the senate when they return tuesday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> monday night on the communicators, sally hubbard talks about the efficacy of antitrust laws and if they should be reformed. >> we have these antitrust statutes, the sherman act was passed way back in 1890, the clayton act in 1914. the sherman a

tarnished over the course of the past weeks thanks for joining us from the european parliament's foreign affairs committee. and now for some other stories making news around the world to european lawmakers this trip to catalonia former president economist who's tomorrow and 2 of his associates of that parliamentary immunity they could not face extradition to spray over the 2017 catherine independence referendum which the madrid constitutional court ruled illegal. police in mexico city have used tear gas against a march is that an international women's day rally a several police officers demonstrators were injured all sorts his barricaded the national palace. hong kong has announced plans to overhaul its electoral system authorities say the plan promoted by china is to put more what they call patriots in charge other reforms will target schools to encourage loyalty among young people critics maintain the changes are aimed at destroying protests the pro-democracy movement. in sports a big news in german football national coach rockin love will step down after this summer's european championship the 61 year

watch the house foreign affairs committee hearing live at 1:30 p.m.c-span 3, online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> representative gregory meeks. he serves the state of new york, the fifth district and also the chair of the foreign affairs committee. we appreciate your time this morning, sir. >> good to be with you. >> reverend meeks, representative, before we start talking about matters o

foreign policy amid questions over tensions with china and iran the house foreign affairs committee also brought up one of its favorite topics the north stream to pipeline a thorn in the side of the trumpet ministration republicans have accused biden of allowing the project to be used as a political win for russia in a letter a bipartisan group of representatives argued that if completed nordstrom's to would enable president putin to further weaponize russia's energy resources to exert political pressure throughout europe however blinken noted to congress that the biden ministration will likely be limited in trying to stop the north stream to as it is already over 90 percent complete it violates the european union's own energy security principles it jeopardizes the economic and strategic situation for ukraine for poland as well and so he opposes it we oppose it will continue to do so . i've been on the job i think 5 weeks the pipeline is 95 percent complete it started construction started in 2018 so i wish we didn't find ourselves in the situation with a pipeline that's virtually complet

secretary of state antony blinken has been facing questions at the house foreign affairs committee outlining how the biden the ministration will rise to the global challenges of the day on the issue of china link and intends to investigate alleged human rights abuses against ethnic minorities i think it would be very important if china claims that there is nothing going on that it give access to the international community to the united nations if they have nothing to hide show it to us show show the world and so we'll be calling for that and then i think there's a series of practical things that are very very important for example we should make sure that we are not exporting and others are not exporting to china any products that can be used for the repression of their people and their minorities similarly we shouldn't be bringing into this country products that are created by forced labor including from changing well rosen jordan is in washington d.c. and she says the u.s. has identified china as its number one rival. we've heard secretary blinken say it several times now in the past week

blinken as he testifying about biden administrations foreign policy agenda before the house foreign affairs committee. and those more live coverage on our website, the senate environment committee looking at ways to address climate change in the energy sector that's live at 10 a.m. eastern. at the same time the house small business committee meets to consider necks steps for the paycheck protection loan program established by congress in early stages of the pandemic at 3 p.m. a senate judiciary sub committee exams whether special interest groups have influence on the federal courts. again, you'll find hearings streaming live at c-span.org. the health

the foreign affairs committee is not actually condemned china in any way. the abuses china is conducting here in the uk. we have spoken about china's attempts to interfere in academic freedom here interfere in academic freedom here in the uk. we have spoken about china's attempt to organise protests against british government policies here in the uk. we have spoken about the attempt to silence different chinese voices and indeed british voices speaking about things we are allowed to speak out because this is allowed to speak out because this is a free country here in the uk. we are talking about britain's of sovereignty. there has been a lot of talk about what sovereignty means. if it doesn't mean the rights of the british people to choose who speaks for them and what they say, it means nothing at all. 50 for them and what they say, it means nothing at all-— nothing at all. so to pick up on my last question _ nothing at all. so to pick up on my last question to _ nothing at all. so to pick up on my last question to you, _ nothing at all. so to pick up on my

when we went there on a previous codel led by the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, eliot engel, when he was there, they canceled that money. but that was problematic. so in order to keep people home, we have to address the root cause -- root causes of the migration. that's not a big price to pay to have the impact that it will have and i wish, as i said earlier, you could see the impact of usaid and organizations. not that they were fully funding but they were helping, gave an imprimatur to attract other help, and devoted to the justice system in those countries. yes, it will take some resources. a small prize to pay for people to stay home. there are cases of well-founded fear of persecution in terms of the personal security of people. this is an issue that i've worked on for my whole time in congress. and that's harder. they have families that, well, it's so sad to just describe the situations that families found themselves in. hence moms taking their daughters north. how we can deal with that in some cases these children were in places that were safe havens for them. that we

that was tom, who chairs the foreign affairs select committee speaking to me a little bit earlier.mic... the european commission has, for the first time, banned an export of coronavirus vaccine. it comes after italy requested that a quarter of a million doses of the astrazeneca jab remain in the country, rather than be sent to australia, to fulfil a contract. astrazeneca has not commented — australia says its domestic vaccine production is on track. meanwhile germany has approved the use of the astrazeneca jab in people aged over 65. it had previously approved it for under—65s only, citing insufficient data on its effects on older people. it had led to some people refusing to have the vaccine, leaving many doses unused. france is to extend the weekend lockdowns it began imposing at the end of february, to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. the area around calais will be added on saturday and sunday. france already has a national evening curfew in place for every day of the week. a process familiar to many countries over the past half century, is replacing old colonial names

anthony blinken testifies on the biden administration foreign policy agenda watch the house foreign affairs committee live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3 and thursday morning a look at the reliability of the u.s. electric grid the senate energy and natural resources committee hearing begins at ten eastern also on c-span3. the house began debates on the senate version of the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill a final vote in the house is expected tomorrow republican senator marsha blackburn of tennessee spoke against the bill on the senate floor. >> thank you, mr. president, this past saturday senate democrats signed off on the largest and most partisan

as ranking member of the foreign affairs committee asia and pacific subcommittee, i rise today in support of h.r. 134, legislation that congressman levin and i introduced condemning the burmese military's february 1 coup against the civilian government. the military's decision to seize control and detain top political leaders including awning sung sune chew was a brazen assault on their democracy. it was not a gift from the military, burma's generals cannot back out of democracy when it no longer serves their purposes. and the situation has only gotten worse since the coup began. to date, the military has killed hundreds of people, has detained thousands of innocent people, as political prisoners and the conditions in many instances are horrible and what the military is doing sun conscionable. these murders and detentions are blatant violations of the rights of the burmese people who after all only want to have what so many other countries have across the globe and that's the ability to determine their own leadership and course of action for their own families and their children and grand

harry truman gets the message he has to engage a republican house and the chairman of the foreign affairs committee arthur vandenberg is the isolationist. so truman once vandenberg but also the republicans it was a constant effort to pull them into explain to them they could no more appease joseph stalin's designs on western europe then chamberlain had appeased hitler is designed earlier. so for anybody that has a history of that. republicans after riverside 1919 woodrow wilson came back and tried to get the united states involved in the league of nations with henry cabot lodge and other isolationist to follow wilson's efforts to get involved in the league of nations. the country retreated back into the fortress mentality that allowed adolf hitler to build strength and that we know world war ii began in the consequences of that. so one of the reasons i go into such detail with the efforts to compromise is because he showed how to do it he also showed how to do it by surrounding himself with the best and the brightest of his time the wisemen is isaacson call them. george c marshall of course is an o

he made the same points about pressure in his recent testimony to the house foreign affairs committee. he made points about looking at russia point in response to japanese -- in the region. , this seems to point to a policy that is very similar to the previous administration, which is used pressure, but also engagement, but really, relying on pressure to coerce north korea back to the negotiating table but on the u.s.'s preferred terms. it is a little bit disconcerting. i can't find empirical evidence to suggest that pressure works on north korea or china. in fact, if you look at the six year period between 2012-2018, the longest period of the last 30 years in which we did not engage with north korea, that was precisely the period when a north korea advanced its nuclear weapons program. resolve foreign nuclear tests of a greater yield, and over 80 missile tests, including intercontinental ranges. all that leads me to believe that we may be seeing a repeat of the policies that were adopted in the past. of course, there has been some mention about looking at diplomatic incentives. i wil

i spoke with mike mccall, top republican on the house foreign affairs committee.hen i was speaking with him about china policy there was a lot of agreement between the republicans on the committee and democrats. especially in the 5g and quantum space and emerging technologies, there is a lot of cohesiveness out of washington on how to deal with china. lisa: on the national sphere we have to talk about some of these warnings we got yesterday from law enforcement about the militia threat to the d.c. region today due to a disagreement over when the true inauguration date is. what do we know about that militia? kevin: they are a fringe conspiracy group. yesterday i spoke with the former white house director of communications. she has been very critical of her former boss for his actions and handling communication strategy on january 6. she urged former administration officials to come out and disavow this before today. anecdotally speaking, there definitely is a palpable sense of angst. not like what we saw with 25,000 troops but there are still 5000 national guardsme

the european parliament for the reason you euro group she also sits on the parliament's of foreign affairs committee welcome to the don't you hungary so far is there a new country that's accepted china's assign a farm foxing is rich right to go it alone this way. well richter are indeed administered many many doses of the chinese that seem a bit out of the e m e approval but let's not forget that so many others are due to the fact scenes are . granted to hungary as a result of the health of the european union says of course vaccine diplomacy is useful for china but let's not forget our own efforts as the european union and i think we have to make a better job of branding our efforts both within the union and. as part of the global vaccine corporation that the e.u. is contributing hundreds of millions of euros to we will address that single day in the course of the next few minutes but sticking with that was he right to defy brussels and accept china sign a farm foxey. i think is always a gamble to pursue back scenes and administered them to the population before they received the m.e. approval sue i

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pennsylvania who represents the state's 7th congressional district and is a member of the house foreign affairs committee. thank you for being with us, good to see you. >> now that congress passed the covid relief bill, one of the next issues you're looking to tackle is immigration. yesterday the department of homeland security announced they would use fema. tell me what you make of this? >> i'm glad to see the administration is treating the immigration situation and the situation at the border with the humanity it deserves. i think it is incredibly important that fema get involved and that we get these children out of detention as soon as possible and families put back together as quickly as possible. so i applaud their efforts to do this. >> let's talk about what things are like in congress right now. one might have thought that it would have resulted in a sheared experience of you and your republican colleagues and brought everyone together in the way that so many other tragedies in american history have done. there was zero republican support in either chamber for the relief act, and we're seeing som