and see what all mongers have gained office in america a member of germany's foreign affairs committee has told us here at. it's off the president biden moved to hire a special envoy to kill the construction of the north stream to gas pipeline the m.p.i. that it's impossible to stop the pipeline from bringing billions of cubic meters of gas from russia to europe. a party of war mongers has come to power in the us this will aggravate the problem on the european continent this fits into biden's concept but we have no other choice the project has been approved by all the authorities and it is fully financed if we don't finish it for whatever reason we will lose billions of euros we will also not be able to guarantee our energy security the project will be finished but it's not clear what compromises will have to be made i know that the resistance is also commercial because the us wants the liquefied natural gas market for itself and wants to supply liquefied natural gas to europe even though american liquefied natural gas is much more expensive and environmentally unacceptable it is to se

human services >>> the texas congressman, michael mccaul now top republican on the house foreign affairs committee, congressman, thank you. there's clearly a problem on the southern border. nobody can deny that the video of the toddlers being dropped from a 14-foot barrier, i mean, it's another example, and it's horrifying. how should the country be addressing this? >> well, first of all, i watched that video, and it shows you how bad the situation is we do have a humanitarian crisis to drop these children have no idea where they are in the middle of the desert in new mexico, miles away from any civilization so i'm glad they're in, you know, were picked up by border patrol thank god i think this whole situation really comes down to two things. one is deterrents, a message of dete deterrence, which was not given. the message was by the secretary, if you want to -- we're not saying don't come. we're just saying don't come now, and that was a bad message but on inaugural day, the president, president biden signed an executive order rescinding these policies that actually, you know, whether you liked

chair of the europe energy, the environment and cybersubcommittee, the teamsed member of the foreign affairs committee -- the esteemed member of the foreign affairs committee and the author of this bill, mr. keating of massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for three minutes. mr. keating: madam speaker, i rise in support of house resolution 124, and i want to thank my friend and chairman of the foreign affairs committee, gregory meeks from new york, for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. i want to thank my friend and colleague, the ranking member, mike mccaul from texas, for his support and leadership, long-time leader of this cause, representative chris smith, for his support and thank them both for their bipartisan support. today marks the -- over eight months since an openly fraudulent presidential election took place in belarus. in that time belarusians had made it clear by marching in the street en masse, with pronounced leadership of brave women, that they want and need democracy in belarus. despite the peaceful nature of these events,

as a member of the foreign affairs - member of the foreign affairs committee and some who has previouslytime working in national security, i know that the us is— national security, i know that the us is positioned as a trusted partner— us is positioned as a trusted partner is— us is positioned as a trusted partner is vital to our own national security— partner is vital to our own national security and — partner is vital to our own national security and certainly to our partnerships. my expectation is that president _ partnerships. my expectation is that president biden will demonstrate over the — president biden will demonstrate over the next four years he real commitment to leading on the issue of addressing global climate change as well— of addressing global climate change as well as _ of addressing global climate change as well as a many other spaces. but ithink— as well as a many other spaces. but i think notablyjust this week, i served — i think notablyjust this week, i served on— i think notablyjust this week, i served on the subcommittee for europe's— served on the subcommittee fo

serving on the talks foreign affairs committee mr lester thank you very much for being with us germany is sending a letter to be received mr martin great to have you germany is sending some emergency aid to india to help battle to cope with 19 crisis do you think the government is doing enough. well actually you'll see that the u.k. and u.s. a it's already doing things that they already send. medical supplies to india and we still organizing it that's not the correct on such and such a critical situation like in india so in the past you've accused german government of being too slow and bureaucratic in delivering aid in emergency situations it sounds like you're saying the same thing now why do you think that is well actually as they are watching out of supplies now in india and we all know of oughts a critical situation in the fall the health system down down the no what it means how system it's under pressure we have that and john many not 2 but actually what's going on in india is the crisis well all democracies on the books have to have asked so when that's possible. you're calling

your chair of the house foreign affairs committee. you saw not only the u.s.eaction to this but the international reaction. do you feel there has been a seachange, not just from a community level, but also from a corporate level? has corporate responsibility up its game as well? congressman meeks: it needs to. this is why i made reference to the voting rights act and the civil rights act. when we see the pain inflicted upon african-americans like my late colleague john lewis by the police department as he tried to cross the edmund pettus bridge and various times in which they were peacefully demonstrating, the fact that the cameras were there, and now we have seen instant after instant on camera where it becomes clear to the american public of what african-americans have said all along, when you see them from being abused and/or killed by police. yes, i agree with the vice president wholeheartedly. this will not ease the pain. george floyd, no matter what the verdict is, will not be brought back. therefore, we will continue to grieve and continue to work and c

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former secretary of states told members of the house foreign affairs committee they were worried abouter fatma faizi. she was born and raised there. >> what is your biggest concern with the united states withdrawing or troops and support staff? >> when president biden announced troop withdrawal from afghanistan everybody was worried about another civil war or the taliban take over again and we talked to different people in afghanistan when it comes to women, they are really concerned about the situation. also about their future. nowadays we hear that a lot of people have guns in different provinces and getting ready to fight the taliban again. >> dana: the taliban talks about sharia law. do you think they would try that again? >> they definitely if they take over they are going to reestablish that but they have never said they're not. that's the thing. i don't know what the taliban mean by sharia law. for me i understand a lot of people understand sharia law means banishing women on the street. beheading people on the street and also -- >> dana: you don't expect the united states to st

republican congressman from california, darrell issa member of the house judiciary and foreign affairs committees, and on the judiciary committee congressman, that so-called court packing proposal came across your desk did it not? >> yes it come os my subcommittee first, where we're looking at expanding candidly expanding a lot of judgeships that do need to be expanded but nobody except for political purposes believes we need four more justices after 159 years of doing just fine with nine. now, we heard -- i'm sorry senator ed markey from massachusetts there saying that too many americans don't trust the supreme court. they think it is ideological. but the surveys that i've seen say most americans don't want to expand the number of justices on the supreme court. he seems to be just making that up. >> he is completely making it up. both the lefts and the right are frustrated that you cannot predict the decisions of the court in advance based on who put them there. president trump was repeatedly told by the supreme court in a number of key areas that he couldn't do what he wanted to do as it was pr

serving on the hawks foreign affairs committee mr lector thank you very much for being with us germany is sending a letter to be received mr martin great to have you germany is sending some emergency aid to india to help battle the covert 19 crisis do you think the government is doing enough. well actually you'll see that the u.k. and u.s. aid already doing things. they already send. medical supplies to india and we still organizing it that's not correct on such and such a critical situation like in india so in the past you've accused german government of being too slow and bureaucratic in delivering aid in emergency situations it sounds like you're saying the same thing now why do you think that is well actually as they are wanting out of supplies now in india and we all know about sequential situation the fall of the health system down bambino what it means how system is under pressure we at that in germany not to but actually what's going on and yet it's a crisis well all democracies on the books have to have when that's possible. you're calling for germany to lead the way in donati

with criminal justice reform in regard to george floyd to passing congress into chair the foreign affairs committee. the challenge that we can stand up to anybody. talking democratically. as well as militarily. so talking about the tremendous importance in general not to democrats or republicans or independents. host: in your capacity with the foreign relations committee you pointed out president xi of china and vladimir putin and allegations of their role in the 2020 election. did you hear from the president how we will deal with the potential aggression while also working? >> he said he will stand up to them. talk about civil rights violation. and not to agitate things. but also many areas of which to work together when we talk about, for example to make sure we have the reduction of nuclear weapons. talking with russia and trade. and the climate change issue. those are the areas we have to work selectively together to do that. we can do both. to make sure we stand up for our values as americans. as well as deal with the issues that we can move together on. host: how to pay for all of this we did

the head of the house foreign affairs committee in the u.s., gregory meeks, responding to cnn's investigation, now starting to call for an internationally-led investigation. it's the "led" bit that is crucial, paula. he's essentially saying that ethiopia should not be allowed to lead an investigation into atrocities that now we have real compelling evidence, we have complicity of ethiopian state actors. we're waiting to hear back from the secretary of state in the u.s. and others, whether this is now going to be their call. that's going to be a big distinction for the international community. can ethiopia be trusted to investigate atrocities that it is culpable in? >> definitely an open question there. we'll see what their next steps are. thank you for your report. it was extraordinary, but also very chilling. >>> now the u.s. capitol police officers union is calling on congress to hire hundreds more police in the wake of friday's deadly attack on the capitol. the chairman of the union warns the dep is understaffed and struggling to meet existing mission requirements. authorities say the susp

cuban americans are the chair of the house foreign affairs committee.re getting a lot of pressure and they are not interested in changing policy, at least so far. amy: i want to thank you both for being with us. reed lindsay, journalist and founder of belly of the beast, an independent media organization that covers cuba and u.s.-cuba relations. also the director of "the war on cuba" series, which is executive produced by danny glover and oliver stone. and dr. rolando pÉrez rodrÍguez is the director of science and innovation at biocubafarma and founder of cuba's molecular immunology center and a member of the cuban academy of science. coming up, we stay in the americas. we will be talking to the director, the americas director of amnesty international about how the pandemic has exacerbated inequality and driven aggression north across the hemisphere. stay with us. -- driven migration north across the hemisphere. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] because the song is dedicated to the cuban doctors. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman. we turn now to take

i can tell you as someone who served for eight years on the armed services and foreign affairs committeesa soldier i signed a document and i took an oath promising that i would not release any classified information that i received. if i had gone home and talk to my husband, abraham, about a briefing i had or if i tweeted information out i would be subject to federal prosecution for a crime up to punishable within up to ten years in prison. and so, the incident that you are talking about here is one where cricket entity within an intelligent agency worked with the media to release information which, by the way, was not accurate or credible with the intent to influence our foreign policy. this is what is at stake here. this is why it is so dangerous. we're not talking about a whistleblower who is releasing information about corruption or illegal activity and our government to serve the public interest but we are talking about activists within our intelligence agencies working with the media to release classified information in order to serve a specific politician, political party or specia

the house foreign affairs committee, how widespread are these concerns among those in washington?eyond just washington. we heard from former commanders, general petraeus spoke out this week, and they really center on two things. one is the security information there. will the taliban try to take over the government? will al qaeda and other groups try to find safe haif therein. . the second is the domestic issue there around human rights for women. there is a lot of concern that all of the advances made there in the past two decades. women and girls going to school learning to read and write, that those will deteriorate. as you mentioned the taliban and the u.s. came to an agreement in 2020 for all u.s. troops and international troops to leave by may 1st. the biden administration announced they will extend that until september, but the first troops, dozens of troops and some equipment have started to leave. sfwli want to ask you about something that came up in kaig melvin's interview. whether or not a service member should be mandated to receive the covid-19 vaccine. >> are you lor