welcome back to worlds apart that with katrina mark you had the authorized mechanism for the investigation and assessment of evidence of crimes committed in syria since march two thousand build up and madam markey the mechanism was created by the un general assembly in the file days of the barack obama's a. and it was allows the month before the inauguration of donald trump has this change of power in the united states a fact that the development of this body in any way i don't think so the general assembly. gave us this mandate the secretary general. shortly thereafter appointed. requested assistance from the high commissioner for human rights to appoint a star to. the secretary general define very quickly the terms of reference and then we started operating shortly after my my nomination so i don't think politics in the us or elsewhere have really affected the development of the budget as far as i know as of late may this year the trumpet ministration was still holding out at the funding. for the mechanism and according to the washington post they may be wrong but this is what i was usin

katrina. had of the un international impartial and independent mechanism on investigation and prosecution of persons responsible for the most serious crimes under international law committed in syria since march two thousand and eleven when the mark you know it's great to talk. thank you very much for your time and i've been interviewing people in positions of power for quite some time but i have to say this is the longest title i've ever come across twenty one awards not counting articles and positions all to express the idea that this is not exactly the.

mark shields and i saw it on livwee tv, wre appalled. when we see what's happening with the kids that literally reminds me of katrina, and it niouldn't be hap in this country, it's abhorrent. but with katrina, we've seen a big lift in the president's approval rating. there's slight decline in the president's approval lating last week. to me the tribal warfare h become so rigid it's almost as if nothing can movye anthing. while we see images which should be horrific of anybody of any political persuasion, it doesn't seem to move politics. i think that's right. the place where i want to push i this -- and it's not about the politics, b's about the false choice we are being offered. what the trump adminion said is we have two choices, one is we can treat families c unimaginabuelly by separating them from their children or detaining the whole familynor as long as they t to, or we cannot enforce our laws. both to have the fir options are illegal. courts ruled against the indefinite detention of the family and separating children from the family, at ths point. they're doing something we know is not allowed by the courts. they're saying, on th