transformative for the practical diplomacy and i'm determined for the home office to be a pioneer, foreign officeneer. an updated great data science team will sit at the core of this office bringing more empirical rigour to everything that we do. this is not a far—fetched division. the capability exists in use by our friends in the usa and even some departments already. now is the time to mainstream it liberating more diplomats from their desks in the uk and getting them out into the global network combating irregular migration in driving growth delivering the hard work this country has had its mettle tested there have been many who have written us off but the british leaders saw potential in their plans for change but they pulled out strength and depth in 1946 amid the ruins of the war bevan and his colleagues build nato and the nhs. in the 1960s, howard wilson embraced technology and in the 1980s, margaret thatcher unleashed the city of london and as i entered politics, it was tony blair modernising britain at home and abroad. in 2025, we need to look within and see how power and our potential.

we will go back to the foreign office very shortly we see mr lambie here. what we are waiting list take a look at the wildfires burning across los angeles. firefighting teams are reporting that they are running short of water and they are resorting to using swimming pool water in some cases because fire hydrants are running very, very low. firefighting teams in los angeles are reporting that in affected areas are binding supplies for drinking and cooking. in many cases this is the most destructive of the fires that we have seen in many years and this image was taken on wednesday and it shows the area around the pacific palisades. those brighter areas show where the fires are burning and giving an idea of the firefighting teams and there have been warnings and in some cases some of these fires are 0% contained and not contained at all. despite the efforts of firefighters and thousands of supporters who have been trying to bring them under control. let's return to the foreign office and hear from david mack won from breaking up smuggling gangs. i want to than

after having been invented by the foreign office, they had signed a 3 year contract. but shortly after that, they had been deep funded. we are under enormous pressure all the time from before act and as role. but ok. what is the german government's business? imposing? yeah, ideological demands of these early government on these right. we citizens, what is the german government's business? trying to silence descent, not even inside its own country. the decision was made by the gym and for an office . and the book, it has repeatedly emphasized germany's commitment to human rights. the ministry confirmed that the funding but didn't provide the w all the energy else was any official reason. just the foreign office examines old projects for which federal funds are used in accordance with legal requirements. the funding didn't just happened to new profile. we know if at least one of the east riley human rights organization that had been supported by germany for years and several posting in ones, but also not driven funding. recently. this comes at a time when a news france,

just the foreign office examines old projects for which federal funds are used in accordance with legal requirements. the funding didn't just happened to new profile. we know if at least one of the east riley human rights organization that had been supported by germany for years and several posting and once that also lost the german funding. recently. this comes at a time when a news france, the space for criticizing the government is printing, says lawyer michael sward. he has been advising these riley and palestinian human rights organizations for years. we're in unprecedented, severe, crack down and targeting or is there any can rice are gonna institutions and, and human rights activists. it's a trend that begin at decade and a half ago, but came to speak with the current government and especially after october 7th, i did re share this experience. she's the director of so hot. the as us radio varies ation. it was funding was cut by the gym and government. so how does it when's rising activities like this to in his rent? the group advocates for the recognition of the displacement and

i pay tribute to the foreign office ministers in the last government for their work to deliberate to they work now i'm in this role. and this intense effort must continue in the days and weeks ahead. much remains to be done. it is critical there is final approval of this agreement, and the israeli cabinet meets as the israeli cabinet meets as the israeli cabinet meets, i urge them to back this deal. now is not the time for any backtracking. both sides must implement each phase of the deal in full and on time. the history of this conflict is littered with missed opportunities. it would be a tragedy to let slip the chance before us. we must grab it with both hands, the chance notjust it with both hands, the chance not just for a ceasefire, it with both hands, the chance notjust for a ceasefire, but for a lasting peace. the chance to break the cycle of violence which has inflicted so much suffering on innocent people on both sides. the government is committed to sustaining momentum, howeverfragile the momentum, however fragile the process momentum, howeverfragile the process at first ma

that statement is just common in to us from the uk foreign office as it comes from the prince of walesleased a statement. this is on the death of his former nanny�*s stepson. 31—year—old edward pettifer from west london was among 1a people killed in the new year's day attack. he was the stepson of alexandra pettifer, previously known as tiggy legge—bourke, who was nanny to prince william and his brother prince harry. prince william said: earlier, buckingham palace announced king charles was "deeply saddened". the bbc understand prince harry has also been told. vigils are taking place in new orleans today for all the victims of the attack.0ur correspondent frances read reports. another victim of what the fbi says was a premeditated and evil act. edward pettifer, from chelsea in london, was 31 and one of 1a who died in new orleans on new year's day. the bbc now understands he was the stepson of a former royal assistant, alexandra pettifer, known as tiggy. legge—bourke worked for the royal family when prince william and harry were children. she was often seen playing with the young prince

the uk foreign office says it's supporting his family. before being killed by police. an american college football player, a young nurse, and a mother of a four—year—old were also among the victims. simonjones reports. described by the fbi as a premeditated and evil act. a pickup truck driven into crowds with people running for safety. 14 with people running for safety. 1a were killed and at least 39 others injured.

host: some $4 million from the federal foreign office of germany. $3.1 million from the ministry of foreign affairs. 2 million dollars from norway. $2 million from the united states agency for international development. just a few minutes left with ben freeman this morning if you want to get your calls in, the numbers we put on the screen for you. included in this report is recommendations for think tanks for congress, the media, what would you like to see done here to change this process that we have talked about? guest: since we are talking on tv, one of the things we are hoping or is media will use us as a resource. they could quickly look up the funding of that think tank and let the viewers know. if they are talking about the united arab emirates, an organization that receives funding, we are hoping our friends in the media will let the viewers a or readers know about that potential conflict of interest. as i mentioned, think tanks are working directly with congress and we are hearing from congressional staff that a lot of this came as a surprise to them. they had no idea about the fin

it's little wonder the foreign office were keen to involve prince william on a trip to france.g a fantasticjob. thank you. the president—elect, donald trump, seemed delighted to spend time talking with the prince of wales. this was soft power in action. how are you? back in the uk, during the year, the prince returned to check on the progress of the six locations he'd chosen for homewards... did you think a lot of people just think. _ "give people a house. and it's sort of fixed"? yeah. ..his ambitious project to tackle homelessness. homelessness is a - complex societal issue and one that touches the lives of far too many people - in our society. however, i truly believe that it can be ended. i and on a sunny trip to cornwall in may, as well as some beach volleyball, he visited a site on duchy of cornwall land which will be used to build 2a homes with wraparound care, specifically for people who would otherwise be homeless. they cheer november and, in south africa, the green carpet was rolled out for the earthshot awards ceremony. its founder, prince william, in a sustainable b

we have got to fight on all fronts and in terms of the foreign office, whether it's returning those who, and returns are up 23% since we have come to power. 0r whether it is with using the tools at my disposal to freeze the bank accounts of companies and individuals that facilitate this, or impose travel bans on them, working with other allies to make it harderfor them to do that, that is what i'm announcing today in a speech in a few hours' time. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman has more on the government's new measures to tackle people smuggling. well, i think it's basically about trying to use every lever possible to disrupt these smuggling gangs. we know that the small boat crossings across the english channel is one of the biggest policy challenges facing this government, as it was the previous government. the previous government's approach was to try to find a way to deter people from making that crossing. they went for the eye—catching rwanda scheme, which they spent several years trying to get into operation and never managed. this government has always taken the

the uk foreign office says it's supporting his family.k—up truck drove through crowds on the city's bourbon street before being killed by police. an american college football player, a young nurse, and a mother of a 4 year—old were also among the victims. a warning this report from simonjones does contain some disturbing pictures. described by the fbi as "a premeditated and evil act," a pick—up truck driven into crowds. people running for safety, but 1a were killed and at least 39 others injured. among the dead was edward pettifer, who was 31 and from chelsea. in a statement, his relatives said: the metropolitan police in a statement, his relatives said: the metropolitan police said officers from its counter—terrorism command were supporting mr pettifer�*s family. the new orleans coroner gave his cause of death as blunt force injuries. the driver, named by the fbi as shamsud—dinjabbar, was shot dead in a gunfight with the police. an islamic state flag was found inside his vehicle. he was a us army veteran. others who were killed include m

the foreign office said it was supporting the family stopped during the attack a man in a pick—up truckthrough busy crowds before being killed by police. the suspect named as shams lucinda bar is believed to have acted alone in what the fbi described as a premeditated attack. they also says an islamic state flag was found inside the vehicle he was driving. donald trump has dismissed as an �*illegitimate political attack�* a manhattan judge's order for him to be sentenced onjanuary tenth in the hush money case, ten days before his inauguration. mr trump was convicted in may on 3a felony counts. his lawyers had argued the president—elect was protected by presidential immunity. justicejuan merchan rejected this, but indicated he was not inclined to impose a jail sentence and he would likely give donald trump an unconditional discharge. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports donald trump and stormy daniels — the adult film star with whom the president—elect is accused of having a sexual encounter in 2006. a decade later, in the final days of the 2016 election campaign, the then

tiny bit of artistic license, just out of my eyeline and definitely out of earshot, there was a foreign officeg chinese very, very loudly, instructing the driver, the pilots, as i think they were called, of that particular boat to move slightly back or slightly forwards, or slightly left or slightly right, in order that the chancellor remained framed up in a beautiful interview shot with said golden boat in the background. well, it's a very, very nice vignette. well, it's a ludicrous thing. it's a sort of ludicrous little picture of sometimes how our trade works. well, rachel reeves has gone to china. it would be very funny to see if anything she does there is in front of the same golden boat. well, certainly it's creating as many headlines, this trip, as that one you're talking about. so we'll discuss that on saturday's newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's laura in the studio. and it's paddy in the studio. and it is saturday, and we are talking about china for a good, serious reason, because rachel reeves is off on her travels, trying to, you know, warm up the connections in

the foreign office said it was supporting the family.urse, during the attack a man in a pick—up truck ploughed through busy crowds before being killed by police. the suspect, named as shamsud—dinjabbar, is believed to have acted alone in what the fbi described as a premeditated attack. they also said an islamic state group flag was found inside the vehicle he was driving. funeral services honouring former us presidentjimmy carter will begin in the next few hours following his death on sunday aged 100. carter served as the 39th us president from 1977 to 1981, and is being remembered with a national day of mourning and state funeral onjanuary 9th. a number of tributes will take place before then, starting today with a funeral procession from his home town of plains, georgia to the state's capital, atla nta. thomas higgins, who was deputy cabinet secretary in the carter white house, told me more about what it was like to work for the late president carter. it was the privilege of my life, of course, to work for him, to serve him in the whit

and that part of the rationale for creating theiss was that he thought that the foreign service office, foreign officers, particularly during the interactions with them during world war, let less so in the late forties because he has you know what skews the example here is that that it has the opportunity to to say give me your best. so he brings the kind of five or six what he considers to be the best foreign service opportunities and they come work for me. so he gets the most talented folks but you know writ large he he firmly believed that the way the state department was training its officers in the 1940s, did not prepare them for the challenges of the world. they out to and the original plan precise kind of dot dot dot over time for understandable reasons was that you know private industries electric ibm would send to sites to be trained they're kind of best incoming employees sites we train them into how to be private sector diplomats to the world and in a way that nitze himself had done a little bit in the 1930s but then the hang up was that nobody wanted to send their best thei

the uk foreign office also confirmed a uk national was one of the victims.m badawi, an 18—year—old, was in the city celebrating with friends. tom bateman has the latest. allahu akbar. an american community brought together in grief, seeking strength in prayer. allahu akbar. one of the 1a families left shattered on new year's day, now among the first saying the goodbye no parent ever should. kareem badawi was just 18, a college student from this louisiana city of baton rouge. he left that night with a simple goodbye, a promise to be careful, and went to celebrate in new orleans. his family's future now emptied of their shining star by a single act of hate. his father, belal, told me they went to the city to search for him. we all just couldn't believe and live with it and we couldn'tjust understand why this happened, you know, that somebody took our loved one. he is my little son, my little son, and, you know the little son, just, like, the most beautiful that we love in the house, so kareem was just so close to us and we all got touched, you know, by him, no

foreign and domestic. [inaudible] and you take this office freely without any reservations and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help me god. congratulations senators, congratulations. [inaudible] reddy, one, two and three. >> you are welcome, see you later. >> do solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservations or thoughts of evasion and you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help me god . congratulations. >>. [inaudible] reddy, one, two, three. >>. [inaudible] >> do solemnly swear to support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic and you will give true faithand allegiance, that you take this office freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion . and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you areabout to enter ? so help you god. >> reddy, right hand up.

no finer foreign service officer. in this generation than john banks. -- john bass. and if you'll allow me the privilege of just mentioning a few people as we get started. people who've been with me every step of the way. starting with the heart and soul of this institution, my chief of staff, your chief of staff, suzy george. tom sullivan, my extraordinary policy partner, every step of the way these last years. jess wright, our unflappable problem solver every. single night. to two extraordinary leaders, our deputy secretaries kurt campbell, rich verma. and their extraordinary predecessors, wendy sherman and brian mckeon. to our remarkable undersecretaries and assistant secretaries and all the leadership of this department. to my executive assistant paul norain and our special assistants. to juliet, to tina, to all the oms who have kept us going. and probably to everyone in this room today. 32 years ago i walked through those c street doors. i took the elevator up to the 6th floor. to the front office of what was then the bureau of european and canadian affairs. i w

united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic but you will bear true faith and allegiance the y same without ay observationwe will discharge the of the office upon which you are about to enter so help you got with congratulations. [applause] the clerk will call the name of the next group. call] please raise your right hand. against all enemies, foreign and domestic and you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that you take this obligation really. you will discharge the duties to the office of what you are about to enter. [applause] the clerk will call the next. [roll call] inyou swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic that you will bear true faith and you take this obligation really without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon you are about to enter so help you god? [applause] theyou solemnly swear you defendig against all enemies foreign and domestic and bear true faith and y allegiance and take the obligation freely without any mental reservation evasion? >> i do. >> congratu

things but number one are lying to the mission that's critically important whether theyin be foreign servie officers,vi not talking about political alignment i'm talking alignment with the mission with outline for american foreign is one of the things has hurt the state department. under numerous administrations sometimes it's the mission of the court mission of the department has not been well defined. that is on us it's our obligation to define it number one aligned to the mission but number two, the capability to do the job. which spans 14 years we always have fellows from the department state, all of whom are still in the service of our country. i intend because i know them and work with them to utilize her skill set and the department. and in fact a couple who we hope will be returning home soon from foreign postings to work at the state department closer to myta office. the point is to want people highly capable those who would bring from political appointees those promoted from within the foreign service. and then third, are people we can get to the committee. time is of the essence. on this

they've got 400 offices around the country, 60 foreign offices.d their training academy, etc., it's a very complicated organization. they handle a criminal and an intelligence mission, so i think what kash is going to have to do at the hearings is demonstrate competency in those areas, that he knows how the intelligence world meshes with the criminal world, how, you know, the multimission of the fbi and how to motivate and, again, get the core, the rank and file back to the core mission without breaking the agency. because, you know, anybody can come many and just destroy, you know, tear things down. what you need to do is build it bag up. you can weed out the bad apples, you can get rid of the idealogues and the nonthe performers, get -- nonperformers, get rid of them quickly, but then quickly get back to the mission of the fbi. that's his task. charlie: so, you know, obviously, there are a lot of problems in our intelligence agencies, and you saw the report out that the cia has just finally arrived at the idea that maybe covid came from a lab le

whether it be foreign service officers, i'm not talking about political alignment. on a talking about alignment we outlined for american foreign policy, which ask one of the things i think hurt the state department. under numerous administrations. sometimes the mission. what it is the core mission of the department has not been well defined. that's on us and it's our obligation to define that. number one any line to mission. number two capability to do the job. and i can tell you now, that my entire service on this committee, which spans 14 years, we always had fellows from the department of state i believe all of whom are still in the service of our country. i intend because i know them and worked with them to utilize their skill sets in the department. and in fact a couple we hope will be returning home soon from foreign postings to work with us at the state department closer to my office. but the point is that we want to have people highly capable both those we bring from what they call political pointees but promoted within the foreign service and third are peopl

whether it be foreign service officers, i'm not talking about political alignment. on a talking about alignment we outlined for american foreign policy, which ask one of the things i think hurt the state department. under numerous administrations. sometimes the mission. what it is the core mission of the department has not been well defined. that's on us and it's our obligation to define that. number one any line to mission. number two capability to do the job. and i can tell you now, that my entire service on this committee, which spans 14 years, we always had fellows from the department of state i believe all of whom are still in the service of our country. i intend because i know them and worked with them to utilize their skill sets in the department. and in fact a couple we hope will be returning home soon from foreign postings to work with us at the state department closer to my office. but the point is that we want to have people highly capable both those we bring from what they call political pointees but promoted within the foreign service and third are peopl

foreign and domestic. you take this obligation freely without any mental reservations and you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of office of which you are about to enter, will help you god. good. ready? one, two -- [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] against all enemies, foreign and domestic, you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation. you will discharge the duty of the office of which you are about to enter. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> ready? one, two and three. >> hi, how are you? good? [inaudible] [inaudible] do you solemnly swear -- [inaudible] you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? congratulations, guys. [inaudible] >> let me see. this is so good. you even have e-mail address. now i can stay in touch. this is so good. [inaudible] [laughter] i can tell. i'm honored. [inaudible] >> hello. congratulations. [inaudible] >> . [inaudible] >> one, two, three. >> congratulations. congratulations. tak

david lammy is arguably not seen as a friend to israel in that the foreign office.s licenses to israel, the arrest warrant as well, the arrest warrant that went out. and, you know, they've tried to play and, you know, they've tried to play both sides on this, by the way, just so no one shouts at the tv, isn't humza yousaf the guy that went through a whole list of people going white and was like furious that white people existed, now using a gay accent. >> now he's talking about racism, bro. >> and he's still the first minister and he's talking like this. >> i have a pointless party anyway. >> still to come, liberal hollywood finally finds something deserving of cancellation. and do you want a buying? sorry, i see that's what i said. this one. do you want to buy a cheap portable toilet? no. what's that about? come back to find out how that works. mike. >> you're looking happy. >> you're looking happy. >> well, the forecast looks good. >> so you've sorted the travel insurance, then? >> allclear travel insurance sponsors, gb news travel destinations forecast. >> storm

but talk as to what we've heard from china is foreign affairs office. the i think china overall has been pretty positive, but subdued when it comes to trump taking office again. we had presidency, did things big trunk on friday. and we had the same messages reflected by china as foreign ministry choose. and also on monday, those messages are that this is an important relationship, both sides one to strengthen dialogue and trying to very much once when, when corporations with the trump administration. i think it's also very clear that the aging is holding its cards very close to its chest, wasting very much for trump to make the 1st move and especially wasting when it comes to tyrus. of course we've heard president trump say that he's threatened 60 percent tire of onto old chinese impulse. that's yes. engaging and. and is there no, she shouldn't types on old chinese goods that that use for china. chinese economy is slowing, trying to does not need those tabs. and it signals that it's opens, doing a deal with president trump, to avoid those hairs. and lik

foreign and domestic. [inaudible] will discharge the duties of the office. [inaudible] congratulations. ready? one, two, three. everybody comes in. hi guys. [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] everyone say cheese. cheese. just the family? >> just the family. she want to stand up? [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] [background noises] [inaudible conversations] >> these are five of our six daughters. >> let's do this then we will take all kinds of pictures. enemies foreign and domestic? that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same? you take this it freely without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion. he will well and faithfully discharge the duty of the office upon which you are about to enter so help you god. congratulations. thank you. >> it takes the whole family. >> thank you. thank you. thank you. [inaudible conversations] look at me. one, two, three. >> thank you. there. come on. correct ready? one, two, and three. take care guys. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] you so much for your support and defend the constitution of the united states against

in fact, a couple who we hope will be returning home soon from foreign postings to work with us close to my officee are not going to exclude someone because we could perhaps they will have a rougher confirmation process and somebody else, but i think is important we have people in these positions as quickly as possible and, having served for 14 years, i understand that one of the things we can do to help expedite that is to bring people will do a good job, who are qualified for the job, but also that can move through this process quickly and be impotent and begin to fulfil their duties. if i have to wait a year to get them in place, i'm not sure we have a year to wait. i not sure we have a year to wait. . . not sure we have a year to wait. ., ., ., , , . ., wait. i agree and i appreciate our wait. i agree and i appreciate your focus — wait. i agree and i appreciate your focus on _ wait. i agree and i appreciate your focus on mission - wait. i agree and i appreciate your focus on mission and . your focus on mission and qualifications, _ your focus on mission and qualifications, because i. your focu

aligned to the mission, i think that's critically important, whether they be foreign service officers. i'm talking about alignment with the mission that we've outlined for american foreign policy, which is one of the things that i think has hurt the state department. under numerous administrations. >> while his hearing was conducted and a mostly bipartisan matter, pam bondi was a bit more contentious but she was having none of it. she hit back and hit back hard and democrats including the conspiracy theorist himself adam schiff attempted to try to bully her and wouldn't let her answer questions while also slamming the weaponization of our current department of justice. >> it confirmed i will fight every day to restore confidence and integrity to the department of justice and each of it's components. the partisanship, the weaponization will be gone. i'm not familiar with all the comments, i have not discussed those comments. >> i'm asking you for your view. >> mr. patel was a career prosecutor. he was a career public defender. >> i'm going to. [simultaneous talking] [simultaneous talki

enemies foreign and domestic , and bear true faith and allegiance to the same without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? congratulations. >> one, two, three. >>. [inaudible] do you solemnly swear to support and protect theconstitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, bear true faith and allegiance to the same , without any mental mental reservations or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully confer the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help me god . thank you, congratulations. reddy, one, two, three. thank you very much. >> congratulations. alright everybody were going to turn to my colleagues here. >> take care everyone happy new year's. what is your name? raise your right hand. ready? do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic and you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that you will faithful

foreign and domestic. [inaudible] that you make this obligation freely without reservation and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter. so help you god? congratulations. you solemnly is where you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic that you take this obligation freely without any reservation or purpose of evasion and discharge the duties of the office upon which you are to enter so help you od. [inaudible] >> congratulations. tv on c-span2 historic speeches eat weekend. on every natural. >> what you can do for your country. >> i will do the best i can. >> our wealth can be transferred from the destruction of war to the urgent needs of our people at home. >>ric and natural speeches :-( on cspan2 the scan to. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> student camp documentary this year. it's your inspired impact. what is most important to you for your energy what you are passionate about politics, the environment community stories student camp is your platform for sharing your message with the world, $100,000 in prizes including a grand prize of $5000.

secretary of state marco rubio is expected to visit panama on his first foreign trip in office in washington. i'm maggie beer temple. >> still to come, andre iguodala undeniably. a warriors legend. still ahead, the basketball great is going to get fans and clay a reason cheer him on one more time. >> all right. let's get a guy with it. the dubs will be retiring jersey number 9 to honor franchise legend andre dollar he could fly and he could strip you anybody. it won. 4 titles with the warriors was the 2015 finals mvp. that was the first championship they won with this group dubs owner joe lacob said it could go down as one of the smartest, most unique and successful players in team history. the warriors will retire the jersey next month right after the mavericks game, which means clay will be in the house to help honor his old teammate. this is the first jersey too, be hung in the rafters from those dynasty teams. all right. really nice guy, too. >> that's it for kron for news at 5 in the news at 6 is next. coming up. >> showing support to the immigrant community. the message from san franci

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the footprint is we've been working close partnership to get a critical decision zero foreign investment in office space infrastructure so we can build up a little bit and much more efficiently use our size and bring our weapons program teams closer together so we can foster, collaboration, for important work we have to do going forward. it's been an interesting journey. we have beenn working on our infrastructure plans with our partners at thehe production sites. also trying to build out production development capabilities that allow us to study the site off production ad help bring new capabilities for production of polymers, explosives, and other key components to aid this process of modernizing in the production facilities. >> thanks. we talked earlier today and it's a great thing to celebrate 75 and 80 years at our facilities. the real celebration we all want to happen you hear this from plants and sites to mark is where you and roger and eric and rich and kelly when you guys commission those new facilities you are buildingti now, that's n be something to celebrate. dj, but that down for your

three service members, the three soldiers, a young captain, staff sergeant, and the cw 2 chief foreign officerme sort of an elevation issue that we have immediately begun investigating at the d.o.d. and army level. army cid is on the ground investigating, top-tier aviation assets inside the d.o.d. are investigating, sir, to get to the bottom of it so that it does not happen again because it's absolutely unacceptable, but i want to echo what the transportation secretary and you, mr. president, said, because it pertains to the d.o.d. as well. we will have the best and brightest in every position possible. as you said in your inaugural, it is color-blind, and merit-based. the best leaders possible, whether it's flying blackhawks or flying airplanes, leading platoons, or in government. the era of dei is gone in the defense apartment. we need the best whether it's in our air traffic control, or our government. thank you, and i will stand by you on that. >> jd, please. >> well, thank you, mr. president, for your leadership. i just want to reemphasize something the president said, and you've heard fr

the first year i was in office, i met 68 foreign leaders. some came to the white house on formal occasions. others i met in large groups but individually when i visited the u.n. in new york. in the other three years, i met a number of others. i am a professor at emory university. this is my 16th year. i have given a lot of lectures earlier. i do not do it anymore. one of the most popular questions i get is who is the greatest leader you have ever met in your life? i have only had one answer. [applause] i first met him a few months after i became president. i taught sunday school for many years. i have a deep religious interest in the holy land. the importance of the middle east personally and to those who share faith in god and to those concerned about the integrity and the future peace about my own country. there was an alignment of forces in the middle east, very disturbing, with the powerful soviet union and the depths of the cold war, aligned with certain groups, and with our country aligned with others. i felt it incumbent on myself to

we have hired the largest foreign service officer class in more than a decade. we've grown our civil service corps at the fastest rate in more than 20 years. it was gratifying to me and i think to everyone in this department that among the first and last stops president biden made in his tenure was right here at the state department. i think that is powerful evidence of the trust he placed in us to carry out this country's foreign policy. our diplomats represent this country with exceptional skill. with professional. i. with heart. they often do so at great personal sacrifice. with little fanfare in some of the world's most channeling environments. it has been, simply put, the greatest of honors to be able to work shoulder to shoulder with them. these past four years, there have also been moments of disappointment. of hardship. of heartbreak. but i leave this job knowing that we spent every day thinking about and working toward what we believe is best for our people. citizens we have the immense privilege of representing. i'm confident we leave office with our c

treasury department targeted the office of foreign assets control so this is the office that issues sanctionsd the office of secretary janet yellen. all of this is in a washington post piece. congressman john mulinar who chairs the house select committee on china, he's demanding beijing pays for the hack, saying it's time for congress and the incoming trump administration to imposes crimpose spe escalating costs to deter the ccp. how big of a threat are these hacks? the chinese hackers are still emboldened. >> yes. well with, they certainly are. you know, we have seen one major chinese hack after another for decades. >>> we are on defense only and our defenses are not that good because the federal government doesn't mandate telephone companies, nine of which have been hacked recently, that they are adequate defenses. also, we don't impose costs on china and that's an issue. you know, costs don't have to be cyber attacks back on china. we shouldn't do that. we don't want to reveal our capabilities except in the time of war. but we can impose asymmetric costs like tariffs or other measures for