at the time is gaston the turbosnaillj wonder why i did not know that, thank you.re five days to christmas, will the minister promised me no more austerity? musical challenge for the minister, penny walkmans, who also had a list of what you are seeing it? i am not. -- but was she up seeing it? i am not. -- but was she upforsinging it? seeing it? i am not. -- but was she up for singing it? i would not inflict that our members opposite that she is right to raise the important issues she has on her list. pen wardens giving some ground in the battle to be parliament christmas number one. —— penny mordaunt. and that ends this week in parliament and the end of the parliamentary term. he is an lords will be back injanuary and so will i. until then, look will be back injanuary and so will i. untilthen, look out for parliament in review, looking back at the last 12 months. but from me, merry christmas and a happy new year. hello there. on thursday, most of the showers were across western areas, many eastern areas did manage to dodge them and actually had a fine end to the d

black titan, ag gaston and the making of an african-american mentor.from the american association black caucus winner. founding of the women's media center. the countries largest advocacy organization fighting sexism and exclusion of women in the media. the wmc began as a conversation among leading feminists and women in gloria steinem 's living room. and this is amy quote - back in 2005 the women's media center forced launch with carol as president. she took me under her wing and taught me the importance of collaboration and community and the need to champion women. all women. she filled me with unimaginable courage. her heart was and is so huge, so mighty. she encouraged me to write, to use my voice, to be loud and bold and speak the truth. thank you, carol for womentoring our amy. following the presentation the authorsand their books will be available . literary friends, silence your cell phones, put on your imaginary pussy hats. susan faludi and carol jenkins. [applause] >> thank you so much for the introduction. my goodness! susan and i do not have our hats. [laughter] we don't fee

and i think, i go back to gaston seeger and wolfowitz dating what, 130 advanced fighter kits to taiwan in 1983. even the china was just absolutely very strict against no fighter aircraft to taiwan and yet they did it. and then george w. bush in the first term, and his first few months in power come he gets on television and says united states will do whatever it takes to protect taiwan if it is attacked by china. no president ever said this or can both these cases i'd like to go back and look at what did beijing do. in those two circumstances. beijing did nothing under those -- in each one of those cases. the point i'm getting at is the are possibilities to do this, to move it with taiwan. i think we all rescinded in whole range of smaller ways that the u.s. will continue support for taiwan as well. thank you. >> i'll just say one thing about on the specials on southeast asia but i would just observe one impact of china-u.s. bribery that is increasingly salient is the likelihood wedded with a southeast a southeast asia that is divided and i think that poses in and of itself a different

and i think the -- i go back to gaston seeger and armitage and wolfowitz getting, what, 130 advanced fighter kits to taiwan in 1983, even though china was just absolutely very strict against no fighter aircraft to taiw taiwan. yet they did it. and then george w. bush in his first fewve months in power, he gets on television and says the united states will do whatever it takesre to protect taiwan if it's e attacked by china. no president ever said this. and in both these cases i would like to go back and look at what did beijing two do in those two circumstances? beijing did nothing under those circumstances, in each one of those cases. so the point i'm getting at is that there are possibilities to do this to move ahead of taiwan. we're seeing it in smaller ways that the u.s. will continue support for taiwan as well. >> i'm'm not a specialist on southeast asia but i would observe one impact of china/u.s. rivalry that a is increasingly salient is the likelihood that we'ree dealing with a southeast asia that is divided and i think that poses in and of itself a different doing from the o