senate majority leader and middle east envoy george mitchell. >>> plus, reaction from damascus after president trump warns action over syria will be decided soon. >>> good evening, everyone. and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. international condemnation today and president trump says a major decision is coming on syria in the next 24 to 48 hours. following a suspected chemical attack near the capital of damascus on saturday which killed dozens of people. >> we are studying that situation extremely closely. we are meeting with our military and everybody else, and we'll be making some major decisions over the next 24 to 48 hours. we are very concerned. when a thing like that can happen. this is about humanity. we're talking about humanity. and it can't be allowed to happen. nothing's off the table. nothing's off the table. >> he was speaking during a cabinet meeting at the white house, and the president added whoever bears responsibility for the attack, whether it's the syrian government, the russian pesident, or iran, they're going to pay a price. they all d

those attending today include the former senator george mitchell. ator george mitchelllj feel former senator george mitchell.” feel great being here in northern ireland again. i love that place, i love the people. i enjoy coming back. this is a special day marking the 20th anniversary of the good friday agreement. i hope in a way it focuses public attention, notjust in northern ireland but across the uk and ireland, of the importance of the principles that the agreement represented. mutual respect, working together for a represented. mutual respect, working togetherfor a common represented. mutual respect, working together for a common good, overcoming deep mistrust and long—time period of hostilities. and i think that is needed now all across these islands and really around much of the western world. many societies are experiencing political dysfunction. i'm an american, we have ourfair share of it. in the uk, there are problems, every society has problems in change. the good friday agreement did not by itself guarantee a case of political stability

it took real energy as george mitchell said. people have to go the extra mile.s these things slip out of , and waleshe u.k. and scotland, people forget how hard that was to secure it. very people risk are being confronted with the possibility that it could unravel. vonnie: on the border issues with brexit, as a member of house of lords -- helena: i have to make it clear that i am on the european union commission and am a lawyer. a lot of my work is how the law would be impacted and the ways in which things are going to be serious and put in jeopardy. vonnie: do you see it happening and the u.k. being out by march 2019? the thing is, when you have the referendum and listen to what the people say, you can't be readily chucking it to one side. the question is -- what will it look like? what the european parliament is saying that we need time. it has to go in front of the british parliament. that is a concern during we will vote on it. -- concern. we will vote on it. issues, andl these it is not looking at europe will back off. issue,ue is the ireland a soft border

former senate majority leader george mitchell. thank you for being with us.s about the agreement on the 20 or anniversary and whether you thought it would hold this long. and announced the agreement, i said it was an historic achievement, but i said on the same day that by itself it did not guarantee peace, political stood really -- clinical stability. i recognize there would be for future difficult decisions to be made by leaders. as you know, there is a great deal of difficulty. the independent power has not function for the year. my hope is that the current leaders will summon the courage and wisdom that the leaders back in 1998 summoned, when after a lifetime of conflict, they took the dramatic, difficult, and dangerous step to enter into peace. it was largely held over the last 20 years. vonnie: what is the one ingredient that tips the scale from argument and stalemates to a place where you can move forward with something? i think there will be lots of books written about it. will bement of history that the political leaders of northern ireland and the p

the way were awarded the freedom of the city of belfast tonight, the peace talks chair, senator george mitchellave the freedom of a place which i did my small part to make free, do not give up the freedom that the peace agreement has brought. applause. two decades ago, politicians and paramilitary leaders struck a deal on good friday. the aim was to stop scenes like this... explosion. ..after 3,500 deaths, over 30 years. the people who designed the political agreement to end the political violence met at queen's university belfast this afternoon to mark their undoubted place in history. well, this 20 year reunion of the main negotiators is an extraordinary gathering. it's the first time they've come back together since 1998, and this may not happen again. but as well as reflecting on the successes of the peace process, they were also contemplating the current political problems, after the devolved power—sharing government at stormont collapsed last year. divisions must be overcome. chris page, bbc news, belfast. key brokers of the good friday agreement gathering in belfast for the 20th annivers

0ne senator george mitchell who chaired the talks.rning, we were waiting for the final draft to appear. and then it occurs until half past four in the afternoon to go through that draft and to satisfy ourselves that this was something we could go with. so it was slow to start with, but plenty of things to do and think about afterwards. a lot of the discussion has been around you and the pressure you are under. how did you feel under pressure to come to an agreement, to bring a dilbert?” got a phone call from from bill clinton and he started to make a general spiel to me about how important it was and i said, let me bring you up to date, we have a problem and the problem we have is related to decommission. i said we have a possible solution, i've just been speaking to tony blair, and i suggested some things to him and i'm expecting a letter from suggested some things to him and i'm expecting a letterfrom him. i said to him,i expecting a letterfrom him. i said to him, i would like mr president if you could speak to the other parties and

the way were awarded the freedom of the city of belfast tonight, the peace talks chair, senator george mitchelluse though i'm glad to finally have the freedom of a place which i did my small part to make free, do not give up the freedom that the peace agreement has brought. applause two decades ago, politicians and paramilitary leaders struck a deal on good friday. the aim was to stop scenes like this... explosion ..after 3,500 deaths, over 30 years. the people who designed the political agreement to end the political violence met at queen's university belfast this afternoon to mark their undoubted place in history. well, this 20 year reunion of the main negotiators is an extraordinary gathering. it's the first time they've come back together since 1998, and this may not happen again. but as well as reflecting on the successes of the peace process, they were also contemplating the current political problems, after the devolved power—sharing government at stormont collapsed last year. this agreement is worth preserving and building upon. don't cast it aside because where we are may not be where

later the chief negotiator for the united states senator george mitchell and former president bill clinton were honored with the freedom of belfast i will always be grateful that i came to belfast when peace of been made but the city was still troubled when was it good and decent people had to actually make a decision to do the right thing to be the right sort of person to give children the right sort of future. it was a fortunate woman that blew in the hear one of the things that the good friday agreement with the outside pressure was needed to bring the world. that's been celebrated. with the goal the other day. and i think that each one is no longer bad and that brings. us. it was a time when as the irish poet seamus heaney wrote hope and history rhymed and elusive harmony that can never be taken for granted was bought to be philip's al-jazeera belfast. united nations says more than fifty seven thousand people from eastern democratic republic of congo have fled to uganda since december many leaving because of attacks by militia in the northeastern province of a tory has caused an unprec

that they are successful in doing so later the chief negotiator for the united states senator george mitchell and former president bill clinton were honored with the freedom of belfast i will always be grateful that i came to belfast when peace of been made but the city was still troubled when was it good and decent people had to actually make a decision to do the right thing to be the right sort of person to give children the right sort of future. it was a fortune in. the year one of the best things that the private. outside pressure is going to bring to the world and. it's being celebrated. by the people and all the other day. i thought i did great i no longer buy that brings. it was a time when as the irish poet seamus heaney wrote hope and history rhymed an elusive harmony that can never be taken for granted. barnaby phillips al jazeera belfast. this is as the top stories a military plane has crashed in algeria near bullfighting airport south of the cattle algiers the defense ministry says at least two hundred fifty seven people have been killed most of the victims military personnel ther

later the chief negotiator for the united states senator george mitchell and former president bill clinton were honored with the freedom of belfast i will always be grateful i came to belfast when peace of been made with the city was still troubled one was in good and decent people had to actually make a decision to do the right thing to be the right sort of person to give children the right sort of future it was a fortunate. that blew me here one of the good friday agreement that outside pressure needed to bring peace to the world and i. would still end up breaking down i don't think the world the modern day i sure about writing poetry is no longer a bad thing for me. it was a time when as the irish poet seamus heaney wrote hope and history rhymed and elusive harmony that can never be taken for granted. bobby phillips al jazeera belfast was mourning everything we're covering including of course analysis that takes you behind that lines al jazeera dot com. just a quick look at the top stories now rival russian and u.s. proposals at the u.n. over chemical weapons use in syria have both fail

right now it's one sided but george. mitchell. is that we are. grateful to some odd. governments so much. of the last couple of months. heck even the most modern life for us there in santa thank you jacki. ah still ahead on al-jazeera a u.n. delegation heads to re-inject can seem bangladesh to get a firsthand view of the refugee crisis. german chancellor angela merkel meets donald trump over their differences on trade any of iran's nuclear deal. from long flowing on in winds to an enchanting dance it please leave. because some lovely spring sunshine into central and eastern parts of europe last a clear skies here looking at that little cloud further north when it will really go downhill as we go on through the next couple of days actually active areas of low pressure spilling into that western side of europe so we are going to see some heavy burst of rain at times only ten celsius in london basin pieces right across at least the side on england some rain there down towards that western side of fronts to into the sky across the pyrenees eighteen celsius from interest i

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they are successful in doing so later the chief negotiator for the united states senate said george mitchell and former president bill clinton were honored with the freedom of belfast i will always be grateful that i came to belfast when peace of been made but the city was still troubled when was it good and decent people had to actually make a decision to do the right thing to be the right sort of person to give children the right sort of future. it was unfortunate. that here one of the things that the private. outside pressure to bring to the world and. that's the kind of break that i think the role that i think. i played i think no longer but i think. it was a time when as the irish poet seamus heaney wrote hope and history rhymed and elusive harmony that can never be taken for granted. barnaby phillips al-jazeera belfast the deployment of thousands of u.s. national guards to the mexico border is under way they were ordered there as part of president donald trump's crackdown on illegal immigration so far at least one thousand six hundred guard members have been sent from arizona new mexic

later the chief negotiator from the united states senator george mitchell and former president bill clinton were honored with the freedom of belfast i will always be grateful that i came to belfast when peace of been made but the city was still troubled when was it good and decent people had to actually make a decision to do the right thing to be the right sort of person to give children the right sort of future. it was unfortunate. that here one of the best things that the private. outside pressure is going to bring to the world and. it's being celebrated. by the people and all the other day. i was writing poetry i no longer than i that brings. it was a time when as the irish poet seamus heaney wrote hope and history rhymed an elusive harmony that can never be taken for granted. to be philip's al-jazeera belfast. he says al-jazeera is going around and now the top stories an algerian military plane has crashed neighbor photic airport in the capital algiers civil defense is reporting one hundred five military personnel on board were killed survivors have been sent to hospital russia's ambass

to say were not sure we want to be here anymore 92, 94, 96 so politics changed around the '90s george mitchell when he retired he got out at the right time. >> you use the term the permanent campaign and i think that is such an accurate description of what has happened and then it triggered a further devolution away from a legislative experience to a political one where there was political consequences and strategy was preeminent less legislative and more political to revolve to what you describe as the permanent campaign even for purposes of those listening what is a permanent campaign and what are the ramifications as we look at the senate and the legislative response abilities? >> i think that was quoted by blumenthal and one of his books but in the senate that we grew up in as a political body but they were governing and governing went on all the time. people were running for office the last four months they would be out campaigning election is over they come back and govern again. votes would be casted could be used against you but they weren't framed to put you in the past for a difficul

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later the chief negotiator from the united states senator george mitchell and former president bill clinton were honored with the freedom of belfast i will always be grateful that i came to belfast when peace of been made but the city was still troubled when was it good and decent people had to actually make a decision to do the right thing to be the right sort of person to give children the right sort of future. it was a ford. the year one of the good friday agreement was the outside pressure to instill in our. kids the place to be judged by the people in the world the military. sure about how to gauge which is no longer there and there. it was a time when as the irish poet seamus heaney wrote hope and history rhymed that elusive harmony that can never be taken for granted. the body phillips al-jazeera belfast. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court says she should be allowed to bring a case against myanmar for forcing muslim rangar to flee more than six hundred seventy thousand rangar of crossed into bangladesh since myanmar's military launched a crackdown in august the

that they are successful in doing so later the chief negotiator for the united states senator george mitchell and former president bill clinton were honored with the freedom of belfast i will always be grateful that i came to belfast when peace of been made but the city was still troubled when was it good and decent people had to actually make a decision to do the right thing to be the right sort of person to give children the right sort of future. it was a fortune of. the year one of the best with private. outside pressure to bring to work in our. lives being celebrated down by the people of northern ireland that. i think basement is no longer back and that brings. it was a time when as the irish poet seamus heaney wrote hope and history rhymed an elusive harmony that can never be taken for granted. be phillip's al-jazeera belfast the daughter of a former russian spies being discharged from hospital in britain as she recovers from being poisoned script has been taken to a secure location but russia's embassy in london says any plans to resettle her and her father saying gay will be seen as q

they are successful in doing so later the chief negotiator from the united states senate said george mitchell and former president bill clinton were honored with the freedom of belfast i will always be grateful that i came to belfast when peace of been made but the city was still troubled when was it good and decent people had to actually make a decision to do the right thing to be the right sort of person to give children the right sort of future. it was a fortunate when. the only here one of the things that they look for are they are the outside pressure needed to bring down the world. that's been celebrated here. i think the all the other day. turned out of the basement is no longer there and that brings. it was a time when as the irish poet seamus heaney wrote hope and history rhymed and elusive harmony that can never be taken for granted was. bought to be phillips al-jazeera belfast. still coming up. funny you should legalize abortion in argentina is sending people to the streets. and in sports a record run by south africa's cast as a man yeah i think commonwealth games have the details.

george mitchell, and tom are truly bipartisan, republican and democrat.are not pedalling republican democratic positions, we are trying to, if you like, pedal those particular we think can -- will help the country address some major challenges it has a bipartisan way going forward. have to say that i think trying, y a role in working with a number of congressmen, senators, democrats to d better, to improve the policy making process, as i said, we do release this afternoon called the evidence-based policy making, help congress think through provisions. i can't comment on your individual position on his votes or not. host: jacksonville, texas, democrat's line. bob, go ahead, you're last call. caller: yes, thank you, pedro. lucky that time. guest: good morning, bob. caller: i want to ask a question. know why and sir, you air.t when you came on the why everyone talks about the medicare, s being social security and medicaid? it's my understanding that in the that is written law is an entitlement and that retirements for god knows how many federal employees, po

mitchell... the rookie throws down the monster jam at the end of the 3rd to get the jazz within five it all fell apart for okc in the 4th, westbrook, anthony and paul george 0-for-14 in the final stanza... while mitchell went of for 20 of his 28 points in the 2nd half.. the jazz tie the series at one-all with a 102-95 win... game 3 is saturday in utah moving on over to the stanley cup playoffs-- the sharks...looking to complete their sweep of the anahiem ducks. here's an update from the shark tank... marcus sorensen scored a 1st period goal... sharks looking good... up 1-0... now in the 2nd period the a's drew in 47- thousand at the coliseum last night thanks to free tickets. today-- fans got a second helping of free baseball. -- we pick it up in the 4th innning--oakland in a 9-5 hole...after an rbi single from matt davidson. -- in the bottom of the 8th... a's close it to 10-9... and jed lowrie... is there anyone in the game hotter right now... 2-run homer to put the a's up a run... 11-10 -- unfortunately the white sox tied it to send the game to extra innings... but in the bototm of the 14th matt olsen with the drive to deep left... marcus semien scores

george herbert walker bush, the mother of the second president bush. one of the most remarkable lives in american political history. andrea mitchell, your thoughts at this moment. >> great sadness, great appreciation for all she did for the grace, for the courage, her loyalty to her family. for the way she chose to die because she went through this passage with tremendous faith. and also sending a message about individual choice. she did not want more treatment. she had been in and out of the hospital. any of us who know what it's been like to nurse your own parents or be with your own parents as they go through these stages now how complicated it is. so she made -- she made these choices for herself and her family supported her. her husband was with her as she was going into her final sleep. her children had been in and out of houston, neal bush was very emotion in an interview this morning and others in the family deeply ached. our own jenna bush hager expressed her thoughts about the woman that she called affectionately the enforcer the "today" show yesterday morning. they knew she had been very ill for a long time. although th

william arrived back at the hospital with his two children, george and charlotte, to meet their new baby brother. ♪ >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchelln washington. i should have been wearing blue today, not pink. it's a boy. but first, foreign policy. trump's north korea tweets raising questions whether he's really too eager for that upcoming meetinging with kim jong-un, after lauding kim's offer of a nuclear test freeze as progress and good for the world. the president claiming the kim regime had agreed to de-nuclearization, tweeting that only time will tell if any long-term solutions can be reached when they meet face-to-face. joining me now is kristen welker and mark mazetti. mark, congratulations on the pulitzer for you and your team. >> thank you. >> let's go to kristen, as we prepare for the arrival of president macron from france, who is really concerned about the iran deal. may 12th is the deadline on that, trying to talk the president out of blowing thated against the european union. but front and center today is the nomination of the presumptive secretary of state and north korea, the north korean summit. >> reporter: andr

mitchell who scored a game high 33. the thunder couldn't get the 3 ball going, shooting just above 19%. paul georgen scoring with 32. westbrook was limited after getting his fourth foul in the second quarter taunted by none other than mitt romney. the jazz would go on to win 113-96 and now lead the series three game to one. meanwhile in minnesota the timberwolves looking to even the seri series. then game the third quarter. james harden and chris paul and company blasted off to score 50 points like they were at the johnson space center. harden would finish the game with a high of 36 points in the 11 119- 119-100 win. >> it's the end of the road for the blue jackets after the 6 hfr 3 game six victory last night. they now look ahead to the second round series against pittsburgh. meanwhile the first round series between the bruins and the maple leafs will be decided in game 7. the win or go home series finale is tomorrow night in boston. so a lot of exciting sports out there, guys. >> i'm sure mike is going to be leading to boston to watch game seven. >> he's there already. >> all right. still ahead,

george herbert walker bush, the mother of the second president bush. one of the most remarkable lives in american political history. andrea mitchellhis moment. >> great sadness, great appreciation for all she did for the grace, for the courage, her loyalty to her family. for the wa

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mitchell wrote to was afe that dolley secret weapon in the election of 1808. she contracted -- contacted james madison who said makes dinners and generous displays with another democratic whoblican, george clinton keeps aloof from captivating exhibitions. the secretary of state has pretensions and clinton has nothing. the other great quote of that race was when the federalist candidate lost to james madison, he said, i was be in by mr. and mrs. madison. chance've had a better colleges face mr. madison alone. [laughter] 1809,inally in march of dolley find yourself centerstage as wife of the president. she knew how to put her skills and sociability to use in all these causes. she also knew what it was like to face unwarranted criticism simply for being in the public eye. now it is time for her to put these lessons to good work. all she did with the amazing, unique style. style was very important to this young nation. what we had done was unprecedented in the world. we set up this republic protecting the natural life of the citizens. we have this entirely new way of working together as a political in a world where most power was held by very few people. how we did things would define how w

george washington's mother, who is fascinating and completely never in other words and nothing has ever done a definitive biography who was america's first first lady and i'm just enjoying this so much mitchell next book after that is probably going to be in search of reagan and i got the idea from the old friend, mar it gilbert who did a buick in search of churchill. this book is to address the misapplication, miss understanding and mischaracterization of what reagan really was who at his core was a child of the enlightenment, was in many ways at least a small l libertarian because he championed individual rights and privacy and dignity, and this has been misunderstood in the 30 some odd years since the left the president say. that's why i write these becomes i've written, why i continue write the books i writes today. >> thank you, craig. >> thank you. >> want to show -- [applause] >> want to go deeper into the content of your books. kathy, one of he most interesting thing but our founding fathers and founding documents was they built into the nation they created some intense conflicts. one of those was rural and urban. which has changed over the centuries but is still deeply with us. clea

mitchell and dave. he only played 26 games as a giant. but his story is memorable. >> reporter: they mentioned dave. i saw jt snow right from these seats. it will be a great day. georgehow where we are. there are mike and gasia down on the field. wave, please. let's toss it back to you. and joe too. >> thank you, sal. >> that's right. we're joined right now by ktvu's sports anchor joe fonzi. you think about this ballpark, joe. and i remember when it was being built and watching it come up and walking here today, it looks exactly the same. >> yeah. >> like she hasn't aged. >> just spruced up a little bit. that is a great point that sal brought up. when he bought the tickets back in 2000, you being a native of this world, we wondered if it would ever get done in san francisco. many people moaned about candlestick. would it get done and would baseball turn out to be the type of sport that san francisco proved to be a baseball town. i'm not sure that anybody knew that before that because candlestick was a miserable place to watch a game. hard to believe this is the 19th opening day in this place, which was called pac-bell park when it opened. and the dodgers were the opp

mitchell suggesting the comedian apologize, saying she was the worst since don imus needled the clintons in 1996. others compared it to stephen speech inlivering his colbert report" character for george. bush. her jokes were not scre ened. the dinner and monologue come everything associated with the white house correspondents dinner, is available at www.c-span.org. you can see and judge for yourself as far as its content. from ohio on the independent line, this idea of your level of faith in the democratic system and the united dates. go ahead. caller: i appreciated. unfortunately it is pretty bad. i think democracy originally the concept was actually born in slavery. throughout american history, i don't think there has been a "odyssey" that have -- "democracy" that has lasted more than 300 or 400 years. it is really a political philosophy. we don't have a political doctrine of democracy. we are a republic. that requires everyone to understand your civic duty and do their part to know what is going on. unfortunately the way the system is, it doesn't facilitate that. we get the kind of government we deserve. most people don't appreciate the ,act that the rules of the game if you don't

george mitchell, when he retired he got out at the right time. he left it for you to deal with this feedback you use the term permanent campaign and i think that's such an accurate description of what has happened each one of these events triggered a furthered evolution away from a leftist experience to a political one where the political consequences and political tactics and strategy around those consequences became preeminent, legs-- less legislative and more political to the point we evolved to what you properly describe as a permanent campaign, but baby for purposes purposes of those who are listening let's talk a little bit about what is a permanent campaign and what are the ramifications of a permanent campaign as we look at the senate and legislative responsibilities that are held there. >> i think the phrase the permanent campaign was coined originally by sidney blumenthal in one of his books. when in the senate we grew up in obviously political body, but they were governor, governing went on all the time. people were running for office

and it wasn't close. thought, thank god i'm not running against george mitchell. against george mitchelln has lost his mind. he has set me out here. by the end, they didn't want to leave. end, they didn't want to leave. with more contradicted issues, the deeper things can get. deeper things can get. —— complicated issues. complicated issues. there are only two things the united states can do to help other people. states can do to help other people. now we may need you to come and help us, but in the end... us, but in the end... the risks of those who are brave enough to seek peace. enough to seek peace. caring ear to all the interests, and do your best to close the gaps. do your best to close the gaps. that's what george did. and he was a genius at it. genius at it. and i'm very grateful to him. to him. told me he was going to leave the senate. senate. special economic convoy to northern ireland. ireland. which led to him being the peace negotiator. peace negotiator. nine, i was lecturing and he said, you gave me this part—time job. you gave me this part—time job. now you have to help me