judy and josh weston, jpb foundation and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm chris yaristiahri christian. president trump's 35 day standoff with congress sucked up the attention at home. while abroad alliances rece s shaky grounds. author argues while america retreats russia and china arise and terrorist expand their reach. basically that chaos is the normal. the new book, new rules of war, victory in the age of durable disorder. as part of the 82nd airborne division his officer was one stanley mcchrystal. the head of u.s. and international forces in afghanistan and himself a brilliant military strategist. he even wrote the forward to miss book. i've been changing the changing face of war with them and why the west is playing catchup. welcome to the program. >> thanks for having me. >> i'm really interested it. here is a book, sean, you've written, general mcchrystal has done the forward to. i'm just learning you were both in the same battalion in the 82nd airborne but you, general, were the commander, his c

judy and josh weston. the jpb foundation. and by contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you. >>> welcome to the program. everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. two men are claiming to be the legitimate president of venezuela at this hour after the leader of the opposition and head of the national assembly, juan guaido, swore himself into office. it comes amid dramatic anti-government protests on the streets of caracas against the incumbent president nicolas maduro who many blame for the economic and humanitarian catastrophes that are plaguing their country. minutes after guaido declared himself interim president, he was recognized by president and a host of other latin american countries including brazil and colombia. they followed very quickly. ma daught maduro's regime is desperately seeking support from beijing and moscow who says the u.s. is simply pouring gas on the fire in caracas. in response, maduro ordered u.s. diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours. >> translator: i have decided to break

schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh westonthe jpb foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. with a tale of prison, psychological torture, life or death, that all began the morning of july 22nd, 2014, for an american journalist in tehran. jason and his wife were swept up in a police raid and they had no idea why. he had been working as the city's bureau chief for "the washington post" when suddenly he found himself jailed on trumped up charges of espionage and he was locked away for 544 days, or 1 1/2 years, in the country's infamous prison. but perhaps he was lucky. as his freedom was in part linked for it extraordinary diplomatic efforts around the u.s./iran nuclear negotiations, and he was released in 2016. there are still americans held hostage in iran right now, but relations between the two countries are much, much worse. jason zion is now suing the iranian government and he is retelling his grim experienc

schwartz, sue and edgar walkenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh westonthe jpb foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. venezuela is firing back after the united states imposed tough sanctions. $18 billion worth on the state oil company. making the announcement, national security adviser john bolton sparked talk of an even bigger threat, because his yellow notepad there had the words "5,000 troops to colombia" scrolled and exposed for all to see. in an address, president maduro lashed out at president trump. >> translator: i make donald trump responsible for any violence that might happen in venezuela. you will be the one responsible, mr. president donald trump, responsible for this policy of regime change in venezuela and the blood that could flow in venezuela will be the blood that will be on your hands. >> well, russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov, backs maduro. he called the u.s. sanctions illegal, while the u.s.-backed interim p

, sue and edgar walkenheim iii, the sheryl and philip mills team family, seton melvin, judy and josh westonntributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the program and i'm christiane amanpour in london. >>> the president refused to back down on his budget of $5 billion for a border wall with mexico and the government remains in partial shut down. the impasse has a dramatic impact on about 800,000 federal employees who are out of work or working without pay. tens of thousands more federal contractors are also out of work. the fall yoult -- the fallout for the country is immense and many national parks and museums are closed and the ones that are open lack basic services such as waste disposal. the agency that processes loans for small businesses isn't working either. home buyers seeking federal mortgage approval could have to wait and scientific research is disrupted by a lack of access to data and government support. and that is just a small sampling. president trump is warning that he could just declare a national emergency and take money from the militar

irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the sheryl and phillip milstein family, judy and josh weston, jpb foundation and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. security is deteriorating thanks to the government shutdown. that's what's in an internal e-mail by an official at the tsa, transportation security administration. publicly tsa insists security is strong. but hundreds of screeners across the country who aren't getting paid are simply calling in sick. and that is just a small piece of the very real crisis critics say the president has created to get funding for his border wall. no solution appears in sight. today the president said again he might end up declaring a national emergency to bypass congress and get that funding for that wall. >> we are all working together. i really believe democrats and republicans are working together. i think that something will happen, i hope. otherwise we'll go about it in a different manner. i don't think we'll have to do that but you don't

sue and edgar walkenheim iii, seaton melvin, judy and josh weston, the jpb foundation and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone, i'm christiane amanpour in london. consequences long delayed but not denied. congressman steve king of iowa has a well established history of racist views, but it's what he told "the new york times" this week that's finally spurring some action from republican leaders. quote, white nationalist, white supremacist, western civilization, how did that language become offensive? well, house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the comments unamerican and stripped king of his coveted spots on the judiciary and agriculture committees. here's what president trump had to say about it. >> mr. president, what about steve king's remarks? >> who? >> steve king. congressman king. >> i haven't been followi it. i really haven't been following it. >> so what could possibly stand in more stark contrast to king and trump's brand of politics? look no further than fellow midwesterner, ilhan omar. she was born in s

judy and josh weston. the jpb foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. as the longest government shutdown in history enters its fifth week, hundreds of thousands of federal employees remain without work and pay, including nearly a quarter of a million veterans who work for the government. one union says the former service personnel are among the hardest hit by the furlough. morale-sapping news at home and abroad in the field. after four americans were killed in a suicide blast in syria last week. at the very moment the president is rallying to with draw u.s. troops from the country. the decision sparked several high profile resignations from the administration. first, james mattis. then brett mcgurk who was the presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat isis. mcgurk's work spanned three administrations. now he's written an op-ed. trump said he's giving it new life. everything the administ

schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston. the jpb foundation and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. you could be excused for not quite getting brexit or frankly not beginning to understand. in a turbulent world, it is a slow moving story about beaurocracy, back room dealing and how to honor a referendum that was held in 2016 which offered no facts about the future. right now the uk remains in the european union. in less than 70 days it leaves. the problem is britain has in exit agreement with the european union. experts say if it leaves like that on march 29th, hurling itself off a cliff, the economic impact will be disastrous. the british parliament has roundly rejected prime minister may's deal. and the plan b she property forward on monday looks an awful lot like plan a. the drama in parliament, some say the soap opera, has made this story oddly compelling around the world, even in the united states where this gove

schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, and by the jpg foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program everyone. i'm christine amanpour in london. is american government broken? consider this. the generosity of the celebrity chef jose andres was once reserved for victims of natural disasters. he fed the people of puerto rico after the devastatingly 2017 hurricane. but now, he's helping out in a manmade disaster. feeding people who have good, jobs, full-time work, and good pay. but they work for the federal government and they've gone unpaid for nearly four weeks. so they're lining up at food banks and on the brink of financial ruin. >> there will be no back pay for this. this is unpaid time off for me. so that's definitely not ideal right now. just coming off of the holidays and also i recently got engaged. so was trying to save for the wedding. > i don't understand why we as government workers are being penalized for a wall that we have nothing to do with.

the cheryl and philip milstein judy and josh weston. ask by cob trntributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> polls show americans are largely blaming president trump for the largest government shutdown in american history. here is what some of them had to say at a food bank in new york. >> the country as great as this country is, and we should be more intelligent, and thinking more intelligently. the whole world is looking at us like we are kids. this is what kids do. i had to get some type of help from other family and friends to help me out as well as food run here. >> now in an attempt to end the shutdown, the senate will take two votes. they are both expected to fail. we will wait to see. the former vice president and presidential candidate al gore lived through his own fair share of government shutdowns. he is telling me that the world economic forum that we are running out of time. he says that president trump is out of step with his own young republicans on this issue and he is in danger of being the wor

schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and phillip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, the jpb foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. the government shutdown is about to be the longest in american history, surpassing the 1995 standoff between house speaker newt gingrich and president bill clinton. it's important to remember that this is not only a political fight over whether to fund president donald trump's southern border wall but a personal punch in the pocketbook for the many thousands of americans who work for the government and who are now going unpaid. either furloughed or forced to work without compensation. one such is mark munoz. he's a firefighter in california working for the u.s. forest service, and he puts his life on the line to protect his fellow americans including in this latest wild and deadly fire season. the government shutdown means that he's sitting at home without pay, waiting for his representatives to sort out their mess, an

schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvyn, judy and josh westonfamily, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone, i'm christiane amanpour in london. now in week four, and no end in sight. some 800,000 federal employees continue to be affected by the government shutdown. many face financial hardship, and possibly even ruin, amid this political game of chicken, the latest headlines underscore the remarkable state of play in this white house. fbi officials reveal that when president trump fired director james comey of the fbi, the agency says it explored all options trying to figure out why trump seemed to be be-holden to russia. from investigating whether there was nothing out of line at all to whether he might have fired comey at moscow's behest. the president says he is insulted by the accusation. >> i never worked for russia, and you know that answer better than anybody. i never worked for russia. not only did i never work for russia, i think it's a disgrace that you even ask t

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