democratic institute for international affairs international republican institute human rights watch freedom house and other n.g.o.s are actively involved in the hong kong riots as to when it will end it depends on america's behavior. this comes hot on the heels of trump signing into law last week the hong kong human rights and democracy act the new legislation would sanction any chinese and hong kong officials believed to be involved in human rights violations in the special administrative region times decision was met with jubilation by protesters in hong kong they swarmed outside the u.s. consulate waving american flags and thing in the u.s. national anthem. dr pack known juan is a senior lecturer in politics and international relations at the university of bath and kearney joins me on the line now very good evening to you tube and what we're witnessing now donald trump's move china's countermove is this is all part of the dance of of an ongoing trade negotiations or is it a sign that things aren't going well. well i think i agree with your disses. tree in the tree is also a bold us china compe

and china has sanctioned several american and among them human rights watch and freedom house on top of that beijing suspended all u.s. navy visits to hong kong it's all in retaliation against new u.s. legislation targeting rights abuses people in hong kong those celebrated waving american flags to show their support. that brings you up to speed with the news from all around while there's plenty more on all our stories on our website com coming your way now though it's crosstalk. and we're going to fulfill your purposes of politics to the people come on you know we've all bots the truth. is really really what. you want to work. you know. for 5 the. coming. what hopes of institutions and. he put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to. have to go right to be cross that's what the before 3 of them or can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters in the hottest. place should. the world is driven by shaped by the curse of those great. new day or thinks. we dare to ask. in this community there are people wh

democratic institute for international affairs international republican institute human rights watch freedom house and other n.g.o.s are actively involved in the hong kong riots as to when it will end it depends on america's behavior this comes hard on the heels of trump signing a new law last week the hong kong human rights and democracy yeah the legislation and word sanction any chinese in hong kong officials believed to be involved in human rights violations in the special administrative region trumps the decision was met with jubilation by hong kong protesters who swarmed outside the u.s. consulate waving american flags and singing at the u.s. national anthem dr park known wang at the university of bath believes the outcome in hong kong will be the opposite of what the u.s. wanted. i think almost a trauma store and he's trying to increase. bargaining chips in this hand in trying to get a good deal with china and obviously ward china is doing is trying to tough on up more measures on the whole kong. unfortunately hong kong looks like toole increasingly become a battleground between u.s. and chi

and finally china has sanctioned south american and among them human rights watch and freedom house on top of that beijing suspended all u.s. navy visits to hong kong now this is all in retaliation against new u.s. legislation targeting rights abuses people in hong kong though celebrated waving american flags to show their support. that's how the news is looking for now. i'll be back at top of the hour in the meantime you can always check us out on our website or follow us on facebook twitter on instagram have a good day. one almost show seemed wrong. why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out these days to come out again and in detroit because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. thank you no because we need you to come the ones we got in here she was as he didn't know what to do he was trapped in this tiny little wired how much we don't need a crate with him he will just start freaking out and he won't want to spray them anywhere near. breeding dogs or caged in the in human conditions on puppy farm i mean 67 years you know t

nongovernmental organizations among them human rights watch and freedom house beijing also suspended all american navy visits to hong kong it's in retaliation for washington's new legislation targeting whites appearances people in hong kong they celebrated waving the stars and stripes to show their support. that's how the news is shaping up at the moment i'll be back with the latest in 30 minutes in the meantime sit back and enjoy going underground. the world is driven by shaped by those great. snow day or thinks. we dare to ask. trump on hong kong protecting democracy or more meddling in the internal affairs of china also can nato's european members we imagine the alliance and more terror on the streets of london. and his community there are people who believe that it's ok. it's really hard there are no jobs and you see that i've got kids ask me and as a parent. i can come up with an argument there's a lot of conflict within the game and between the teams most of the conflicts i would say are over balls around money and most of them money is made. close one on the children's clothes

china has functioned sub for us nongovernmental organizations among them human rights watch and freedom house beijing also suspended all american navy visits to hong kong it's in retaliation for washington's new legislation targeting whites abusers people in hong kong though celebrated waving the stars and stripes to show their support. that's all for now i'll be back in half an hour with the very latest bot to tide you over until bond has a documentary doping x. files. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to get a feel of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. thinking of getting a new book on the ones we got in here she's not proud was as he didn't know until he was trapped in this tiny little wired how much are you going to use a crate with him he was. freaking out and she will want to spray them anywhere near and thousands of breeding dogs are caged in the in human conditions on puppy farms i mean 67 years you know they've been locked up in cages outside you see no protection from the weather the heat you know the courtier the

online statement we hear this in public protests in india that's what i don't hear if you think freedom house is the latest report which says that despite a vibrant media indian journalists risk harris meant death threats and physical violence in connection with their work such attacks are rarely punished and some have taken place with the complicity or active participation of police. i think it is shameful whenever any journalist is attacked indeed there have been some attacks and maybe there are people complicit at the lower level but prosecutions do happen to happen and i can you know i can tell you very comprehensively it is not the indian state it is not the indian government and it is not the b d p which condones this what is telling is that your latest annual crime report which is more than a year late leaves out some rather important categories like attacks on journalists nothing about human rights violations by security forces or attacks by vigilantes when asked about these gaps your home affairs ministry said the data for these categories had been withheld because it was unreliable

international human rights watchdog group freedom house registered global declines in political rights and civil liberties for 13 consecutive years. this is the context in which to consider america's impeachment crisis. the fact of the case are blindingly clear. president trump pressured the new ukrainian government to investigate the bidens as has been described in sworn testimony by 17 witnesses. many of them sitting senior government officials with each person's account confirming the others and emails, texts and the rough call transcript documenting it. the republican's defense is that this elaborate campaign to help trump's reelection was actually a big misunderstanding. trump had never asked for it. all the officials working feverishly for months across contents for all simultaneously diluted. call it the walter mitty defense. in fact, the real defense is offense. this week the president called members of the fbi scum and attorney general william barr dismissed the con krugss of his own justice department's inspector general. the president and his followers routinely attack the f

we went out to sign the building in freedom house. hundreds of people, in a big, unairconditioned hall, on the hottest day in the history of time, and, you know, you squeeze in to get to this thing, just euphoria because people are excited. we sign the bill and i'm on the way out, and this guy hands me his cell phone. and he says, governor, talk to my friend, and i take the cell phone and i said, and the guy on the end says, governor, thanks for signing the bill. i know it will make a difference in my life. it's a true story. i handed the phone back, i spoke to him and i said, look, i hope you make the most of it. four years later, i'm in the western part of the state, and, to do an event and we stop at this restaurant, relatively new restaurant downtown to grab lunch, to take out. and i'm standing there in front, after we place the order, waiting for this guy, he walks by and he does a double take, which i always attribute to the fact that i'm taller on tv. and he says, are you governor patrick? i said yes. he said, do you remember s

beijing is announcing sanctions against a number of human rights groups, human rights watch, freedom houseturn to this quickly, now what is happening, china is now partnering with russia on a 55 billion-dollar pipeline bringing russian energy and fuel to china. i mean, general, your assessment of this? the u.s. now for the first time in 70 years, we haven't seen this before, a net exporter of oil due to fracking. your take what is going on with china and russia there? >> certainly the fact that they're getting closer together economically and militarily has got to be of concern to the world. russia, while it doesn't have the economic engine that china has, it does have a significant capability and, in terms of military capacity, and china, is the fastest growing military organization in the world and at some point will largely catch the united states in that endeavor too. so that has got to give us concern. their authoritarian regimes for sure in china. democracy in name only in russia in terms of where putin is taking that country. so yes, that is a foreign policy national security concer

you jim freedom from your house would usually be in there. and all countries should pay close attention to establishing their own digital sovereignty superintendents and it since. we have some other big elections coming next year in the united states what do you risk for. just. one to make janet we don't pay much attention to elections in other countries because many of these elections happen every 4 years woman. humans are the machines you put the elections in other countries won't have much impact on our business strategy or operation even the cina you say only. so you would say prison from is not so important for hawaii now which i'm so cold would soon for the us what happened with the trumpets ministration it has some impact on us i see we are not young woman but we are not very concerned about which government will be elected in the future. so for me when we would have a question. one last question d.w. the broadcast i'm working for is banned in china wouldn't it be great if people could watch this interview on the huawei mobile phone fo

groups that are being sanctioned are national endowment for democracy, human rights watch, and freedom houseagain, there is no specifics on what kind of sanctions. global times is out -- baystate media tied to the people's daily, a mouthpiece for the communist party -- global times is reporting they may release an unreliable entity list which could include u.s. companies and also some sort of blacklist on individual sanctions on u.s. individuals. there is rumor that perhaps could include u.s. lawmakers, preventing them from visiting china. shery: all of the issues in hong kong, we were talking about this, we were expecting the retail numbers out of the city to be pretty bad. yeah, that did not disappoint, did it? stephen: it did disappoint, but it did not disappoint of the expectations. the financial secretary alluded to it before the numbers were out yesterday in an address to the legislative council. he said retail sales drop was going to be enormous. we have seen for consecutive months of double-digit decline. not surprising since the violence really started escalating through the summer,

enda: what they are doing is targeting a couple of groups, including human rights watch and freedom house, for sanctions, and putting a stop on u.s. navy ships coming to hong kong. but we don't really have many more details beyond that. we know that there are already some restrictions on ngos operating within china anyway, but the big take away is they steered clear of any economic issues, anything that would upset the trade talks, which are , by all accounts, still on track. . there was better news on china's economy today. but the official and private sector pmi's pointing in the right direction, hinting at perhaps some stabilization for the manufacturing sector and a bottoming for the export sector. that would be good news, and would strengthen china's hand as the trade negotiations continue. much.thank you so germanynt to go now to and berlin, where german chancellor angela merkel's after her coalition partner -- angela leadership is in doubt after her coalition partner elect a new leader. thister: i think that shift to the left is an existential risk for this government. the two lead

power, we realized that the united states is not immune to the trend around the world, and the freedom house around the world, and what it is showing is that democracy spread through the latter half of the 20th century, and improved in the countrieies they were n and then you can see the retreat from autocrats of turkey, hungry and brazil, and the united states trying to dismantle the democratic organizations and so we formed to protect institutions around the world. >> we will have you back to discuss these matters. thank you very much. >> coming closely to the inner circle that the president is saying that the impeachment will help his campaign, but do voters across the country agree? that is next. ry agree that is next. for what's next. (man) we weave security into their business. (second man) virtualize their operations. (woman) and build ai customer experiences. (second woman) we also keep them ready for the next big opportunity. like 5g. almost all of the fortune 500 partner with us. (woman) when it comes to digital transformation... verizon keeps business ready. creais back at red lob

the mary and elija freedom houses. tuss kooegy university, the august wilson house in pittsburgh and beyond. we just closed our second year proposals, and we received 462 this year. requesting nearly $30 million. this year we will award nearly $2 million, are hoping to invest in 20 preservation projects. and again, we are looking to support 150 projects across the country, because we want to amplify the stories of african-american struggle and achievement. we want to foster truth, healing and recognition, but most importantly we want to highlight and share the full contributions of african-americans to this nation, from 1619 to today, we're celebrating black perseverance. thank you [ applause ] >> spencer crew, in 1903, the great scollour and activist, w.e.b. dubois, spoke pro fetically that the color line would be the problem of the 20th century. how did the migration of african-americans during the 20th century contribute to making that statement true? >> well, i think as we listen to and read about dubois, we have t

what role should this committee play in defending freedom? the house is a separate and co-equal branch of government. we don't work for this president or any president. we work for the american people. we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out of control executive branch. that is not the democratic party playbook. that is the playbook in a democratic republic. james madison once wrote in federalist 51 that the house should serve as a rival to the executive branch. why would madison use the word rival? it's because the framers of the constitution did not want a king. they did not want a monarch, did not want a dictator. they wanted a democracy. the house judiciary committee must defend our democracy, because in america no one is above the law, not even the president of the united states. we must hold this president accountable for his stung abuse of power. we must hold this president accountable for undermining america's national security. we must hold this president accountable for corrupting our democracy. we mu

what role should this committee play in defending freedom? the house is a separate and coequal branch of government. we don't work for this president or any president. we work for the american people. we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out of control executive branch. that is not the democratic party play book. that is the playbook in a democratic republic. james madison once wrote in federalist 51 that the house should serve as a rival to the executive branch. why would madison use the word rival? because the framers of the constitution did not want a king, did not want a monarch, they did not want a dictator. they wanted a democracy. the house judiciary committee must defend our democracy because in america no one is above the law, not even the president of the united states. we must hold this president accountable for his stunning abuse of power. we must hold this president accountable for undermining america's national security. we must hold this president accountable for corrupting our democracy. we must

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government, what they've done is go after think tanks into the united states, going after freedom housean rights watch, all the think tanks that have been speaking about human rights abuse in hong kong and i think that's an effort to try and put some pressure on the think tanks but avoid putting any pressure on the administration while they're in the middle of the trade talks. maria: seems to me that if the united states will start including china's behavior in terms of the way it treats its people, they're going to be in for a long and tough fight because this is a culture and doesn't look like china will stop tracking citizens any timezone or reversing course on the uyghurs by the way. >> they don't want anyone to messing around in china's own business, what they are doing is interference in domestic affairs, they are trying to interfere in our laws and interfering in what private americans are citizens, we see that with the nba and now with private think tanks. >> let me ask you a question from a perspective of an investor, do you think it has or makes a lot of sense to get in countr

some of the first members to get on to the floor for this morning's debate are members of the house freedom caucus. that tells me that we are expecting a bache oig bare knfi. we'll see an hour of debate to open the debate and then six hours of debate time. but it is more like watching a basketball game, the clock can stop and start for votes, it can stop and start if the speaker takes the floor. they would like to make the argument that republicans -- or the democrats voted to impeach this president after dark in the night of washington, d.c. democrats much as we saw during the markup want to happen during the light of day. i expect to see a lot of constitutional arguments from democrats to try to expand the time line here beyond just that july 25th phone call. and expect to hear republicans parroting a lot of the president's talking points. they will call that 25th phone call perfect and they will say that vote against -- or a vote in favor of impeachment stains the legacy of all the democrats involved in this especially speaker pelosi. >> thank you so much. and let's bring in claire mccas

he is a longtime leader of the house freedom caucus whispers hard-line conservative policy. low list and talks with them often. in 2015 meadow stunned his republican colleagues by filing a motion to oust the house speaker john banner which eventually led to banners resignation >> here at home in east bay city it is closer to building a second comprehensive high school. it has approved up $38 million land purchase to build a new school near dublin boulevard and grafton street. the property is being acquired through eminent domain through developer james tom. they could not agree on a price until tuesday. construction is expected to begin in the summer. the school should be ready to open in the fall of 2022. >>> san francisco officials considering another homeless navigation centers they get ready to open a controversial center right along the waterfront. the embarcadero navigation center is near peers 30 and 32. it will start accepting people at the end of the month. the chronicle reports a similar center is being proposed for the lower hill neighborhood if it is approved, th

joining me with a reaction to all of today's news is ohio congress min jim jordan and house freedom chairman andy biggs of arizona. congressman jordan, i want to start with you. i guess we forgot to ask or somebody forgot to ask speaker pelosi if you actually pass it at lightning speed this impeachment, are you going to send it over to the senate? is that something you're supposed to ask along the way? >> again, it's laughable if it wasn't so serious. the idea that nancy pelosi is going to try to negotiate with mitch mcconnell and tell him mitch mcconnell how to run the senate? that is laughable. here's what happened to him as number 24th when pelosi announced they go down this crazy impeachment road commission never thought she'd lose support across the country and she never expected to lose support in our own congress. had one democrat vote for us, another democrat voted president, and a third democrats which parties because everyone sees the facts are on the president's side. she doesn't know what to do because they had been had in the american people see through it. >> jason: congressman

is a longtime leader of the house freedom caucus which pushed conservative policies.s with him often. in 2015, his son was a republican colleague by following a motion to oust john weiner which eventually led to his resignation. >>> here's a look at some of the top stories this morning. tonight, seven of the top candidates will debate in the primary debate. they will all be on the stage in loyola marymount. that debate is due to begin at 5:00 pm.>>> the panel ruled yesterday that the requirement that most americans. the question is whether that causes the rest of the affordable care act to follow part. that goes back to a district court in texas for a decision.>>> today we are expecting a decision on if i ought will face a retrial. >>> the hanger was used for a number of movies including.fire and bicentennial man. but nine years ago, production stopped and it has been used by construction companies to prepare for large projects. they are they say having a dedicated space will be more convenient and create jobs for people in san francisco. the first project will be a m

congressman andy biggs on house judiciary committee and co-chair of the house freedom caucus.appy new year to you, sir. congressman biggs, where do things stand at very moment? >> where we are where we were a week 1/2 ago. nancy pelosi is basically holding on to the articles. she is not transmitting, she is softly backing away from her original reason why, she wanted leverage, wanted to control the u.s. senate trial which she cannot do. so, question is, and you have asked it, framed it right, is she going to transmit? if so, when will she transmit? what impact will that have? unlike any other time in the history of this country. where you have the speaker of the house trying to control the senate doing its constitutional duty. charles: beyond the hubris of speaker of the house trying to dictate how things go in the senate, it feels like the democrats, particularly nancy pelosi, grappling as this thing lingers on. hasn't served them well with respect to public opinion polls, fund-raising things like that. i feel they enter into an area and they're not sure how to get themselves

>> founding member of the house freedom caucus. he was once very good friends with mick mulvaney. i don't know when and how the breakup occurred. he is fiercely conservative and a constitutional who left the party over issues about -- >> a lawless president. >> separate and co-equal branch. >> right. >> the idea that she could open her mind, there's obviously a long line, maybe 75 people, who are saying that they deserve to be house managers, and she's going to obviously tend to party pressures and reward lieutenants who have been loyal on all of that stuff. i think it would be very shrewd to have amosh in the mix. >> here one of amosh's tweets. he takes on the republican propaganda. here is what he wrote. republicans are making a concerted effort to mislead, high crimes and misdemeanors is not about statutory crimes. in fact, the constitution doesn't provide for impeachment for ordinary crimes. they must be high. impeachable wrongdoing must relate to abuse of office. you don't look to statutes. you look to whether his behavior involves abusing power. violating the public trust or

charles: well, you had the house freedom caucus who opposed this, heritage foundation opposed it butof commerce endorsed the bill. they endorsed both of these bills. you know, is this the reality that the only way we can get bipartisanship in washington, d.c. is to squander the future of this country? >> it sure looks like it. it's like -- it's like a big, big christmas tree. take the obamacare taxes. i'm for tax cuts. i cut almost 100 taxes and fees while i was governor. i'm all in. look what we are doing with obamacare. we cut all the taxes but we keep all the cost. how does that make any sense? i mean, there's -- we have all these tax extenders and tax breaks, no conversation about it. it's an unbelievable amount of money for u.s. aid. are we getting a return on spending that money? what's america getting for this? our taxpayers are paying for this. i think this bill is $4200, i think it's $4200 per family. twhaps that's what we are spending. no conversation. if you did this with your family budget -- charles: i take it obviously you won't be supporting it but most folks think it

freedom. and taney renders this opinion to, in his view, keep the property rights of slaveholders protected. ash achieves a stunning victory. after all, he takes on the yellow house, william h williams, he wins his freedom at trial, and it is upheld at the supreme court level. why? how? ash'ss opinion says freedom, and he says this without a hint of irony, took affect the moment he was sold. the moment he was sold, he is free. which seems like a contradictory argument. but what is he really saying? doese one hand, what taney is he is recognizing that the property rights of slaveholders like himself, and that he , andved in pointed one-way the principles of the intent of the will pointed another. one is a public policy matter about constitutional property rights and how they take effect across united states, and the other is a private civil matter, but nonetheless, extremely important in the law for how wills are administered. ok. he clearly wants to protect the property rights content of the slaveholding class, and he doesn't want to do anything that would affirm the idea that we just mentioned that ash presented, that african-americans were rights bearing person

mcconnell says he'd be okay if the senate ever received the mark meadows moving on the freedom caucus in the houseeportedly may take on the role with the chopper ministration over campaign and china putting pressure on countries to ban huawei, the ambassador in germany warning of economic consequences if huawei could not participate in the 5g infrastructure in germany, china's ambassador to denmark also warning there will be no economic access without a 5g contract for huawei. the house economic director with larry kudlow explaining how the united states will enforce china's trade deal. >> here's the bottom line, if china does not abide and we have a lengthy process crafted by the great bob lighthizer, if they do not abide by the rules and the commitments, then there will be a snap back on tariffs among other things. lou: among other things. joining us now doctor michael pillsbury, director of the center for chinese strategy at the hudson institute and author of the bestseller 100 year marathon leading expert on china and great to have you with us. let's start with phase one, snapback's and such.

brutal violence can maybe read integrated into societies that uphold human rights freedoms and bobby knight paris houses the files of all the children who have returned to france from previously held i asked territories. about 20 come back each year most of them are not yet 12. on their return french authorities immediately arrest the parents and place the children and state cat. s. is just sick we don't ask these children what did you do what did you see or hear we don't ask questions we just observe them they have to learn to adjust naturally they feel somewhat lost they've been separated from their parents suddenly they're alone it's brutal to see your mom and dad handcuffed and taken away by police. we give them time to process it all then we let them tell us their story. our primary focus is finding the best conditions for their reintegration and protecting them as it as. every child is treated as an individual case and is given a chance even of some politicians or prosecutors quote former child soldiers a security risk and describe them as a ticking time bombs. maybe some children really are ticki