think citizenship on the basis of religion is problematic opposition parties including the international congress have said this however there is also a more complicated part of the question this is reaching out in the northeastern states of india in assam for example there's a national registration of citizens over there does a sub nationalism going on the people of assam are fighting this bill because they are saying we only want to keep people who were here before a certain cut off your and we do not care what the religion this that people align hindus and allowing other religions in will basically affect the demography of the northeast or criticism coming in from different sides but this government is standing strong on that support for the spill. on the jersey shore reporting for us from turkey thank you very much. the indian government is standing strong on another key issue identifying. muslims this against the odds of the united nations which are stressed repeatedly that conditions in me and my aunt safe to return to india is in prison to taking the line that the rohingya are not refugees

they came alone children in a foreign country taken into custody and now democrats in congress have released internal documents that say thousands of them made allegations they were sexually assaulted where they were being held by a us government agency from twenty fourteen in till last year a total of four thousand five hundred fifty six claims of assault were made one thousand three hundred three were deemed credible enough to be sent to investigators in all one hundred seventy claims were against a member of the detention staff the man in charge of the program was defensive before a congressional hearing those are not h.h.s. staff in any of those allegations that statement is false those are white house no no no no no sir those are not a chicken white king of allegations demanding way because again what i'm going to write play my time commander white i don't have a lot of time and you know what i've seen you know what i've seen in these reports that were delivered to us buried in stacks of documents this thick without any any notation i saw thousands of cases of sexual abuse if not by h.h.s. staff

they came alone children in a foreign country taken into custody and now democrats in congress have released internal documents that say thousands of them made allegations they were sexually assaulted where they were being held by a us government agency from twenty fourteen in till last year a total of four thousand five hundred fifty six claims of assault were made one thousand three hundred three were deemed credible enough to be sent to investigators in all one hundred seventy claims were against a member of the detention staff the men in charge of the program was defensive before who question the hearing those are not h.h.s. staff in any of those allegations that statement is false. those are house no no no no no sir no those are not a chicken or liking of allegations of mandalay because again whatever i'm going to write play my time commander white i don't have a lot of time and you know when i've seen you know what i've seen in these reports that were delivered to us buried in stacks of documents this thick without any any notation i saw thousands of cases of sexual abuse if not by h.h.s. staff

clinton and sent an enormous, unusually large amount of material to congress, the interview transcripts, reports of interviews, internal documents, that kind of thing. the democrats especially in congress will say there's a precedent here for you to give us more. and, of course, during the whole whitewater thing, there was a grand jury report that went to the house committee that was looking at possible impeachment. so there are precedents that give congress hope they can get more than the spar legislation the special counsel set out. >> so let me get this straight, having covered the comey press conference and clinton conference at the time i find this to be rather delicious. democrats were so unhappy about what jim comey did putting all of that out tlxt you're telling us it might be that very precedent that ultimately leads people to get more information about what mueller has to say about donald trump? >> yes, i don't know how much it's a legal precedent for the courts to lean on but as a political matter, it does seem -- and you're already starting to hear some of this -- you didn't prosecute hillary clinton but yo

they came alone children in a foreign country taken into custody and now democrats in congress have released internal documents that say thousands of them made allegations they were sexually assaulted where they were being held by a us government agency from twenty fourteen in till last year a total of four thousand five hundred fifty six claims of assault were made one thousand three hundred three were deemed credible enough to be sent to investigators in all one hundred seventy claims were against a member of the detention staff the men in charge of the program was defensive before who question the hearing those are not h.h.s. staff in any of those allegations that statement is false those are white house no no no no no sir those are not a chicken white king of allegations demanding way because again once emerson or i claim my time commander white i don't have a lot of time and you know what i've seen you know what i've seen in these reports that were delivered to us buried in stacks of documents this thick without any any notation i saw thousands of cases of sexual abuse if not by h.h.s. staff the

is 1 of hundreds of representatives who just happens to be speaker of the house, an internal decision of the congress, of the party. there is one person responsible for our safety, sean, and it's the president. president trump takes admission very seriously and on february 16th, i expect him to declare a d national emergency d to build the wall. >> sean: agreed. he is sending troops down today, dan bongino. let's go back to my hypothetical before. by the way, it's not beyond possibility, the president sending troops in light of three caravans, one with as many as 12,000 people. what if they all decide, we are going to brush an open section of the border? all at once? then we are going to have troops there, border patrol, i.c.e., they rush acrossh the border, what do we do then? what's going to happen under that scenario? i don'tt want anybody on either side getting hurt there. >> no, sean, no to nobody does. what you would have, to answer your question, and entirely preventable conflict that nobody wants. let's use nancy pelosi's own word. cost-benefit analysis, has she on?ally done as she spoke into

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would allow asylum seekers to wait in the united states.brian griffey / amnesty international so the asylum system that congressh us laws stayed the same way that its been for decades.alexandra limon / washington correspondentthe trump administration calls the new policy... migrant protection protocols. dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen says the immigration system is overwhelmed by asylum claims and many of them are without merit.on wednesday the white released a statement saying 25 members of ms-13 were identified among a group of 16-hundred asylum seekers currently waiting south of the us border.brian griffey / amnesty internationali think allegedly is the key word, because when the trump admin send out any press releases about asylum seekers its always trying to paint them as criminals.brian griffey from amnesty international says the lawsuit argues forcing asylum seekers to wait in mexico is dangerous and violates u.s. and international laws.it's likely the remain in will also be the subject of congressional hearings. in washington alexandra limon. ( james ) take a look at this... a driver didn't want to wait

going to face some stiff opposition to this move right i mean help give our international viewers a sense of why well congress is supposed to have complete authority over what money is spent on and so the idea that the president is going to be unilaterally deciding where what projects to fund really runs contrary to the basic structure of the u.s. government now the president is going to point to some vague statutes that give him the authority to. make certain actions were guarding border security. so it's definitely open to debate whether or not this will be stopped by the courts or not but it's definitely out of this spirit of the constitution when it comes to who should be deciding how money is spent under our constitution ok you meant to the little bit earlier that this is not you know a national emergency in the strictest sense of the actual situation that's on the ground there but you know whether it's an emergency or not let's just drill down into the situation for people who are living on the border because i mean illegal immigration it does cause some problems for communities there how severe are tho

jim congress got the international stage, was on par with the united states.nomic pressure was less centuried. all of that acrewed to his benefit and he didn't give anything in return. this is the thing. very little planning went into the initial summit. the president didn't really have a good game plan. he ended up basically giving away exercises in the region. he mused about pulling forces out. >> a surprise to south korean al lice. >> and japan. i hope this is better prepared wechl need to know what to get out of it. >> you wrote an on sed in the "new york times" where you wrote the trump administration hasn't faced a real national security crisis. in a way it's been lucky in terms of foreign policy. where do you see the greatest danger in the next two years of the trump mt si for a crisis? >> we have been lucky. we haven't had a major terrorist attack, a major cyber conflict. we haven't had a skid mark make-a-wish wi -- major skirmish. we haven't had ebola though that's raring its head. we haven't been tested. i worry this administration unfortunately is p

international studies is the host of that discussion. live coverage starting at noon on c-span. looking at congress, the house and senate will be back today. this week the house will take up a joint resolution determining national trump's emergency declaration allowing him to build a southern border wall with money congress intended for other purposes. measures to require universal background checks for gun buyers and closing loopholes. on the senate floor, senators will take heart in the annual reading of george washington's farewell address and then continue work on an abortion related bill. later, the nomination of andrew wheeler to head the environmental protection agency. the houses back at 2:00 for legislative work live on c-span. you can see the senate live on c-span two starting at 3:00. we mentioned the resolution in the house terminating the president's emergency declaration for the southern border wall. join us later today when the house rules committee meets to discuss that good you can see live coverage starting at 5:00 eastern on c-span three. >> tonight, on the communicators, christo

congress from both sides of the aisle, from the business community to left the tariffs. how is that playing into your hand with the trump administration on that. we are very respectful of the internal debate in the u.s.. say that went we tell them the mexican position. the same one we have been saying here. discuss to congress to with a specific branch of the u.s. to discuss how to deal with it. logic -- the regional logic, it does not make any sense. respect the internal debate. >> very diplomatic. your retaliatory tariffs and reshuffling the list. how far are you in going through the list and saying this product does not work, it is not effective anymore? to hurt this senator or congressman more. can you give us any scoop on where you are at on that process? >> we are working internally. at the end of the day, the through is proposed several other ministries. we have to present a proposal. we are working on that on the grounds of the main purpose of the measures. that whether we charge tears unilaterally, whether the purpose of them -- as the time passes, trade tends to get used to these additional cost in some cases, so we are analyzing whether they are effective. still aiming.

resonated with leaders in congress it's generally accepted that for the united states congress to act or not act in an international manner is the prerogative of the united states congress foreign officials government officials ambassadors in the like foreign ministers can make statements and opinions and they're taken into consideration but usually congress is going to make their determination based on the facts and it congress votes the same ssion a foreign government or its officials by way of targeted economic penalties such as the freezing of assets the suspension of travel. whether this is acceptable or not is usually a matter for their constituents to decide and that decision is usually made in the democracy at the ballot box. also spoke about these two senior aides to the crown prince but couldn't say if one is even still alive how is the saudi investigation itself into the matter being perceived in washington and on capitol hill. well on capitol hill the actions by the saudi government taken in response to the investigation and response to the killing of mr khashoggi have not been seen as very high in meri

international investment? let's move on to this story about the mobile world congress under way in barcelona at the moment.ory cellan—jones, he was finding out all about foldable phones and 5g and all sorts of things. this article is really interesting, two of our colleagues who are also there, just talking about how they have really notice the lack of men. women, sorry. the lack of women. i have not into this pacific conference, i do go to a lot of these, there are less women then there are men, we know that about there are men, we know that about the tech industry. -- specific conference. this is really more of a message for the industry of mobile. 85% of all consumer purchasers are by women, from auto to healthcare. 45% of gamers are women. by women, from auto to healthcare. 4596 of gamers are women. that is really surprising, actually. 4596 of gamers are women. that is really surprising, actuallylj 4596 of gamers are women. that is really surprising, actually. i am really surprising, actually. i am really surprised by that as well. if brands really wants to shift and make the most of their advantages,

the country's political crisis and testified last week when congress leader one declared himself interim president has been gaining internationalsupport but the military remains i'm a duros side scores of people have fled venezuela as the country grapples with food shortages and hyperinflation. a rallying cry from venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president one why do is determined to overthrow nicolas maduro and hold new elections. both of them on saturday venezuelan brothers we invite you to protest points in every city around the world we need to send an important message and thank those countries that have already recognized does and to ask them to help us with humanitarian aid as you know the u.s. and several latin american nations have recognized why don't as the country's leader and six e.u. states including spain and germany say they will follow suit unless president maduro call snap elections by sunday. may be gaining international support but the duro is backed by venezuela's powerful military. and on the streets loyalty to the socialist regime is still alive. and motors we have a former leader chavez to thank for t

i think all we could look at in 2017 was a tax law and there were internal constraints within congress about what could or couldn't be considered. now there's an argument okay, republicans tried and didn't succeed in repealing or replacing and there's a broader political context. i will address that second. the first is i don't think you can draw the inference that the congress had said, well, we will leave it the way it is. we think that's best. i think the most you can say is congress didn't address that issue. it did what it could under the rules and what it could do is it eliminated the tax. and that has the effect of making the rest of the law mandate unconstitutional. now what one can determine from political failure certainly this is not a frivolous argument but i think it's not a persuasive argument at the end of the day. what can point to young sound steel in the concurrent opinion of justice frankeler which he talks about congress is a consideration of seizure and not voting for it was tantamount to prohibiting it. if i were writing a brief, i would cite that. but ultimately

of going through the sanction route, there is international criminal could be -- at least agreed-upon or at least we should take the legal even in congress to have an international investigation or whatever investigation. turkey itself, by the way, called for such a thing. so i think protecting journalists, probably the legal approach with international law -- it's more, probably acceptable internationally than sometimes the selective application of sanctions on certain countries. to be perceived as selective morality or selective justice. >> i can take that. i think when i was a u.s. diplomat, the prime example that critics of the united states pointed to, to argue that america was selective in its use of time human rights tools was saudi arabia, so i think if we use a strong human rights tool against saudi arabia, actually a fairly good example of the united states placing its values ahead of its relationships. it would not be seen as selective. that said, if there were an international judicial or legal mechanism that could be applied here, i would be very strongly supportive of that. my guess is it would be harder in practice to put

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the war in yemen president trump is opposed congress's efforts to stop u.s. involvement despite international calls for an investigation into crown prince mohammed bin solomon's role in the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi the us president says relationships with saudi arabia that's not the undermined and trump has ignored a one hundred twenty day deadline for a report on his murder requested by the senate a member of the iranian foreign minister he has weighed in on the debate in a tweet he said first to dismember journalists now illicit sale of nuclear technology to saudi arabia ever abia fully exposed u.s. hypocrisy. now the leader of pakistan administered kashmir has told al jazeera that he fears there's a risk of war with india after last week's attack in the disputed region forty one indian paramilitary soldiers were killed in the suicide bombing the pakistan based group jaish e mohammed claimed responsibility our correspondent has a whole bara sat down with mustard can just a short while ago. we reject the allegations that the indian government has made and we all saw denounced

i mean the trump administration is under a great deal of pressure from congress and from the international community they missed a deadline on friday on the magnitsky act which requires the president to answer a specific question that question whether it was where the saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin sound man was directly responsible for ordering the death of jamal khashoggi that deadline passed that led to some pretty senior democrats accusing the trumpet ministration of turning a blind eye and in essence covering up jamal khashoggi murder you heard mike. speaking there in budapest saying that is not the case the trumpet ministration will continue to investigate all avenues and hold people accountable of course the saudi arabians are saying there are eleven people that have already been accused and indicted five of whom face the death penalty at the same time you've got a special rapporteur from the united nations carrying out her own investigation the results from which will be available apparently in june so the pressure is all around on the trumpet ministration to keep investi

back with r t international double trumps this creased former lawyer michael cohen testified before congress on wednesday on failed to provide any evidence trump russia collusion he didn't get the warmest of welcomes at the hearing with congressmen accusing him of being a liar while cohen himself. the punches to and speaking about his old boss. today i'm here to tell the truth about. he is a racist. is a con. and he's a cheat mr trump knew i directed the trump moscow negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it and i have never asked for nor would i. president. ladies and gentlemen how on earth is this witness credible he's a fake witness the presence here is a travesty and you have a history of lying over and over and over again he said we were in charge of the truth i don't believe that michael coleman is capable of telling the truth he lied to congress through false statements and written statements to congress through his testimony amplified his false statements by releasing him refuting his lies to the public with. well colin was a trump confidant for more than a decade after

are becoming an important focus of the mobile world congress and all the billiard tables and football tables and of course the food vans. an international trade center program helped fund for african startups from senegal and uganda to come here they include a service provider for mobile companies from dhaka and solar plant specialist in a vixen from kampala. if we were big business i would definitely pay for myself to come to bus elena i mean it is wonderful and up in new was but most importantly. the technology is that affecting the wilds. globally. but given our situation. it was not said business parity but thanks to support from the international trade center we hear a program like that it is meant to develop capacities into connect tech start ups from emerging countries especially for as in all that down there and sending out to global into a general markets. it's nearly time for emmanuel quinta to go on stage just a year ago his company received a grant from the british government's development organization u.k. aid and his travel to barcelona was sponsored by two he's clearly got it when it comes to what investors want to hear a

congress tonight but this speech is also meant for a global audience what is the international community listening for tonight well it's very interesting the u.n. came out today with a big warning about especially trade this trade war going on between the u.s. and china possibly expanding to other places saying if china in the u.s. can't settle their differences and in a result manner sometime soon this could cause major economic instability all around the world have some major rippling effect i think people around the world are really going to be listening hard to what he has to say about tariffs we have this looming deadline in march first coming up with china and here in europe many european leaders feel that they're just the next ones on the chopping block once he's got through with mexico and canada for this renegotiating nafta and once he gets through with china it's going to be the e.u. that he's going to take on with trade and tariffs so there there's a lot of concern around the world why does this speech matter beyond the borders of the united states or does it now borders is a

the executive branch like all branches mass to be abhas to ru policy internally without interference every time. so while congress can issue subpoenas for testimony and documents, it is not as certain that they can sue the executive branch for its enforcement of the law. >> matt, let me get your thoughts on a word that garrett also talked about, the i word, impeachment. if as some have suggested that the president can only be impeached not indicted while in office, although the law is still ill defined on that, doesn't congress have to see all of mueller's findings in order to determine what they should and can do next? >> i think that is exactly right. look, if the theory behind doj's opinion, and we've heard a lot about the opinion, that the president can't be indicted and the only way to police presidential misconduct is for congress to do that, then congress has to have access to august the information they need to make an informed decision. that didn't mean that they need to rush into impeachment or start hearings the moment this report is delivered. what it means is 234e need to be able to conduct their own

there was an internal struggle between the executive and the congress and usually republicans and democratsr and try to retain some of our authority. but regardless, the president's going to veto it so it doesn't really matter. if he does it's going to go to the courts. they're going to decide what the guardrails are. but the congress in 1976 gave incredible authority to the president under this act. >> but not necessarily to appropriate funds. you know there are is the president. what he's doing is breaking a precedent. so from 1976 the funds are what's at issue, that he is going to use funds that have been appropriate 8 for other things. he's going to dip into those pots. >> for national emergencies it always costs money, right in the fact that the president can declare marshal law under this act, he can take land under this act. there's incredible power. and so if the congress doesn't like the act, they should change the act. >> i hear you. but when you say that you have a difference of opinion from these national security officials, do you respect maddin all bright? >> i do. >> do you r

>> we have proposed the international pricing in text in the program. the president called on congress to take this up and address it by legislation. they can do it faster than we can with regulation. >> dana: the president talked about preexisting conditions. in the midterm this was a big concern. people concerned about preexisting conditions. yet the united states through the justice department are still in the lawsuit. how do you square that circle? >> the president is adamant anyone with preexisting conditions should be protected th*fplt iprotectedthis is one of obamacare. if you're one of the 28 million americans priced out of the market you're not protected. >> if you're in the market having insurance you can't afford with coverage so limited you can't use it, does not protect you against preexisting conditions. the president has said if this goes forward and strike down provisions of obamacare we need to work together to create real protections for people with preexisting conditions. >> dana: do you have draft legislation ready to go? >> it's premature it will take a long timing

international pressure tested this but what to step down. but will transform a boy michael cohen who's testifying before congress for this time behind closed doors. he's giving evidence to a panel investigating bashes interference into his sixteen presidential election or wednesday he made damning allegations against the u.s. president accusing him of breaking the law surgeon's trumps rejects it with the current testimony as lives so that you don't have to take my words i mean well donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un have ended their highly anticipated some to vietnam early and with no agreement they'll be all positive sentiments from their historic first summit last year this latest encounter was able to bring a path to north korea's denuclearization and bring peace to the korean peninsula mr trump says talks broke down after he refused to lift all sanctions against pyongyang in exchange for only partial denuclearization. there was no lunch and no signing ceremony instead president trump's motorcade headed away from the summit venue after talks broke off prematurely. the hanoi meeting was the second he's had with kim jong un after

international trade expert told me what to expect. because this has been such a contentious year and because congress is divided, the issues around the think, in particular, building this wall along the southern border with mexico, i think is going to be a big part of his speech. and i also think probably domestic issues will probably domestic issues will probably dominate. again, what is going to happen with the next government closure? i think what is also going to be very interesting is the optics of this particular speech, with nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, literally sitting behind him and looking over his shoulder. at two thirds of the global population is here in asia, and the us— china trade dispute is very important to many of us. that's right, so whether or not mr trump ‘s spends very much time on that topic, i think, remains to be seen. i think because of this inward looking focused on america and america first, i think it's likely that we hear much about china, maybe just a passing mention. but in your view, are we getting closer to a deal?” think the latest rounds of meetings in washington would indicate that at

congress. it's seven o'clock here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international live from a studio with me. welcome to the program. a leading global human rights group is being accused by its own staff of bullying discrimination and the abuse of power amnesty international is one of the world's oldest humanitarian groups but her view of its work place. actress's has revealed a toxic culture. there are multiple reports of managers belittling staff in meetings deliberately excluding certain staff from reporting or making demeaning menacing comments like yours or you should quit if you see in this position your life will be misery the wellbeing review was launched after two amnesty employees committed suicide within six weeks of each of the last year. as an intern and is said to have developed acute anxiety tearing her time with the humanitarian group. to amnesty for more than thirty years and blame the organization for pressures at work before taking his own life with more on the review to see a joke and. we're facing a situation where this world renowned human rig

organization, for example, were to hire somebody who previously had been an intern, paid intern for a member of congress, that organization would then be prohibited from making any communications that were deemed to promote attack, support, or oppose that candidate. and that term could apply to almost anything. praising the candidate for introducing a bill. criticizing the congressman for opposing a bill. whatever. mr. jordan: that puts the whole consultant business in town out of business. mr. smith: it puts out of business all of the interest groups and all the civic groups and people belong to. mr. jordan: i appreciate it. i yield back. mr. cummings: thank you very much. i'm going to yield myself a few minutes. mrs. the things that hobart and mr. mehrbani, give me chills when i read it, was the 2016 opinion of the fourth circuit court of appeals it it sitting t it we're around here acting like not it's an unalienable right to be able to vote. to be said ething it's chilling. we can argue back and forth all we want. and they talked about the legislature down there in north arolina. before acting that

international so donald trump has announced a national emergency in order to bypass congress and get funding for a wall on the border with mexico. we would make up for the cost of the wall just at the cost of the fact that i would be able to have fewer people we would need all of this incredible talent and when i asked president xi. i said you have a drug problem no no no i said why death penalty if you're going to have drugs pouring across the border then. very hard to make america great again well folks will recall that we just had the longest government shutdown federal government shutdown in the history of the united states as congress and the president could not agree on the issue of funding for the border wall that trump has been talking about building ever since his campaign for president so as there was a deal reached recent signing of an agreement for funding that did not include the border wall we now see donald trump coming out and announcing a national emergency and this national emergency will enable him to build his border wall and secure funding for it without the appr

as you listen to this reminder, this is an international audience, yes, but there were also about 50 members of congress made the trip to munich, republicans and democrats in the room. >> i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. last august -- >> that's about how it went. with us to talk about it tonight, michael mcfaul, the former u.s. ambassador to russia, who was in the room during vice president mike pence's remarks in munich. his latest book is titled "from cold war to hot peace: an american ambassador in putin's russia." mr. ambassador, the speech by mike pence that gathered as much news as the crickets in the room there was an admonition to our oldest allies in europe to get out of the iran nuclear deal. as i heard someone say this past weekend, if you didn't think we were blowing up the standing world order, this weekend made it quite clear, and a buddy of mine in this line of work said mike pence is its willing executioner. >> brian, it was a stunning speech all around. the vice president was doing very little to try to explain why it's

only us as different people on different sides of the aisle here in this united states congress but the international communities are weighing in on this. they said enough is enough. bad enough it's happening in other parts of the world. but in the 21st century, 2019, this is happening right here in the united states of america and americans need to be aware. they need to be informed. the medical practitioners need to be informed and law enforcement needs a tool, they need something to ensure that the people that are contemplating doing this will contemplate not doing it. that people who think it is culttrally acceptable, that it's not. and they must do this to their little girl and then force her into some marriage and will be acceptable to the partner that she is forced into. that is no longer acceptable. it neither was and not acceptable in the united states and make sure it is not acceptable anywhere and starts right here and starts right now. we have waited too long and it's just been my privilege to speak up on this issue. it is sensitive and that's why people don't want to speak. it is embarra

congress is compliant. not just with the international humanitarian law regarding civilians but also, with the saudi led coalition's, regarding the arms deals. we reached out to secretary pompeo for comment. the state department didn't get back to us. but even as we're reporting this, we're hearing of another saudi-led coalition air strike. they say it is to hit the houthi militia. it is clear the timing isn't helpful for the secretary of state. >> and the humanitarian crisis that you reported on, and you were there in yemen under very dangerous circumstances. the crisis continues. so many people, especially young kids. they're being starved to death right now and we'll stay on top of this story together with you. thank you for your excellent, excellent reporting as usual. thank you very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room. erin burnett starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, a clash on capitol hill. democrats sparring with the acting attorney general for president trump over the mueller probe. a congresswoman who led the charge against matthew whitaker is out front. plus the white house blowi

instead of going through the sanction route, there is international could be at least agreed upon or at least we should take the legal in the congress or whatever investigation, turkey by itself or the way called for such things. protecting journalists, probably the legal approach for international law is more probably acceptable internationally than sometimes they select to have application of sanction on certain countries to perceive as really select this morality and selective justice. >> i think when i was a u.s. diplomat, the prime example that critics said the united states appointed to argue that america was selective in its use of humans rights tools for saudi arabia. so i think if we used a strong human rights tool against saudi arabia, with it's actually fairly good example of the united state's place and its values of its relationships. that said if there were an international judicial or legal mechanism that could be applied here i would be very strongly supportive of that. .. >> with response to the questi question, the journalist, we don't believe there's only one path to justice for the murder. we have called for inte

accountability office, the non -partisan, fact-based investigative arm of the congress where he works for an international affairs and trade team. full disclosure, he is not representing the gao here today. so, patrick's going to speak to us about the relationship between dan sickles and vinnie ream, the sculptor. frankly, i know a fair amount about dan sickles, but this particular episode of his life i do not know too much about, so i'm really looking forward to hearing patrick's presentation. without any further ado, let me welcome patrick hickey. [applause] patrick: i'm not sure i'm going to be able to hold this microphone and manipulate the mouse and everything at the same time. is there another holder? >> there's no other holder. patrick: all right, well. i'm irish and quite loud. so, maybe -- ok. i want to thank john o'brien and my friend and neighbor and lincoln group of d.c. member for giving me this opportunity. tracy will be appearing as vinnie ream in the dramatic portion of this presentation. as mentioned, yes, i have been working for gao for the past 30 years. prior for that time, i worked in