i would like to say there is a kosovo fference between and crimea. kosovo, the then dictator of to eradicate ned the people. genocide. and this is the reason why nato to stop him and help the kosovo people. and our mission was supported by united nations. in crimea, you have another situation. a part of ukraine. 1994, ukraine gave up her nuclear weapons, handed them received, in and exchange, certain guarantees from russia, from the u.s., from u.k., they, among other things, they were guaranteed borders, which included crimea as part of ukraine. nevertheless, putin took crimea illegally, in violation of international law, annexed crimea into the russian federation. so there is a very clear and rence between kosovo crimea. now, you also asked me why the u.s. engage in ukraine, because the united don't have interests, ukraine? in actually, i do not agree with you. i think it is of strategic importance for the united states to help ukraine. is, so to speak, the and e between russia europe. if the united states gives up russia, it wouldn't make america g

these are fresh bodies, victims of the war in kosovo, whose existence was meant to be covered up.eing investigated now, by serbian investigators. so why are mass graves turning up in batajnica, a suburb of belgrade, of petrovo selo in eastern serbia? if this is all manufactured, why are these graves turning up here now? mrs milosevic, these are vital questions. even the president says he is ashamed of some of the things that serbs have done. you don't share his shame? your husband... mrs markovic. .. your husband, mrs milosevic, faces some of the most serious charges on the planet, the charges of genocide. why are there no members of the united nations who are protesting at these charges, no members of the security council, russia is not protesting, nobody is protesting that he is held illegally? only you and your husband. why is that? the serbian prime minister, mrs markovic, says that you too are under investigation, and it is possible that you may be arrested at some point. what would you say to that? some people are suggesting that instead of denying everything, history would

it took horrible pictures of ethnic cleansing across—the—board in kosovo for him to get involved in the. every american president says they won't get involved globally but they end up having to do it. the difficulty is they look round and quite properly think that's what happening in the world of horrors, and america is ultimately more powerful than anyone else. all of us wish these atrocities were not happening and we wish there were magic solutions to stop them happening. america's record is pretty poor at getting it right, as we've seen in libya, iraq, afghanistan. none of those countries are ina afghanistan. none of those countries are in a good situation now. the problem is, our intentions, and any american president's good intentions very rarely end up with good solutions on the ground, because the world is complicated and there are tensions we don't understand.” think the point is they have to be seen think the point is they have to be seen to be trying. even if they get it wrong. that is true, but there is another thing at play, the law of the situation. very seductive, the idea

happened to bill clinton on dealing with kosovo. he earlier had stayed away from using force to save the rwandans and then a lot of -- nearly a million rwandans were killed so bill clinton thought about that and decided that the next time something like that came up, he was going to use force and he did in kosovo and it was well done. should presidents get to change their minds, i think. >> okay. tony, to that point, then, my last response and his, let's listen to the president's take on russia then and now. >> i think i'd get along very well with vladimir putin. i just think so. putin says very nice things about me. i got to know him very well because we were both on "60 minutes." we were stable mates and did well that night. right now we're not getting along with russia at all. we may be at an all-time low in terms of relationship with russia. >> well, that didn't take long, did it, tony? >> look, it's hard to ignore two things. first, it was impossible for the president to ignore this horrific chemical weapons attack in syria, an

i was on the ground in kosovo! i shot a flaming arrow at mike wallace's viking funeral!- - jeez louise, calm down! you're a graying old man, you're throwing a tantrum about a snack. the world's not gonna end if you don't get your little pizza bagel, which you don't need by the way. you hold your weight in your belly, and that is heart attack city according to "good housekeeping." okay? i mean, you're not like that, um-- oh, gosh, who was that actor who died? you know, mob show? come on, think. - uh, marlon brando? - no, no, no, he was in that movie i like with old christine. come on, you know it! - james gandolfini. - yes. - james gandolfini. - yes. yes. - it's james gandolfini. - you're not like him, chuck, but you could be. take care of yourself and stop getting so mad! okay, go to your office. - oh, all right. okay. - that's right. i'll make you a bowl of popcorn, okay? - okay. - go, go. - did i tell you the wrong time? - nice try, pumpkin. i can always tell when you're lying. - that was amazing. you got chuck to do what you wanted. can i...kiss you? - i don't think i

kosovo would remain top of the super league after a convincing 42—24 victory over wigan.lso today, salford red devils meet leigh centurions. —— beat recent trends. that's all the spot now, we will have more in the next hour. —— all the sport. the national union of teachers says it's prepared to take legal action against the government, over plans which it believes are being used to expand selective education in england. the union has said it's identified schools which it believes are bending the rules by introducing some selection in comprehensive schools, based on the results of a test. the move comes as ministers seek to lift the ban on new grammar schools. our education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports from the conference in cardiff. grammar schools have a long history. in altrincham, 100 years of tradition. then, almost 20 years ago, new grammar schools were banned. now, some comprehensives offer a grammar stream — for many, a way of stretching the brightest. but could this also be used to get around the law? so today, a warning of legal action. they fear ministers co

the parties plan to get support, but will it be enough to kosovo? a closer look next. >> we are having most important member to member conversations. is our priority to the health care bill out of the house for what is the failing law. >> we are going to give the freedom to purchase the health care plans they want, not the health care forced on them by the government. and i will be so angry at congressman kelley and congressman marino in all of our congressmen in this room if we don't get that thing passed quickly. [cheers and applause] they'll get it done. we know them. they'll get it done. molly: president trump has passed 100 american is still fighting to repeal and replace obamacare. the president remains confident, but while he has once some other republicans, they still say they will vote no. a lot of them say they vote no. joining us now, chief congressional correspondent for the "washtington examiner." thanks for being here. suzanne, looking ahead, they have a big long-term spending bill as well. they can bring the health care bill to make 1

. >> they were indirectly in kosovo, and they stood by and let us take charge, and we did. lou: looking at what is happening here to north korea. carl vinson strike force in the sea of japan. where are we headed? there does not seem to be any clear outline of either an agreement or even ain suggestion of one of what to to with north korea between the trump administration and xi jinping. are there red lines in north korea? >> i think what the carrier strike group is largely about is anniversary of kim -- kim sunil. they believe that kim jong-un will fire his 6 nuclear test, and i think that carrier strike groups going up to reassure our japanese and particularly south korean allies that the united states is here, this is not the obama administration with strategic patience, this is not by accident that mattis made his first visit days after taking office to south korea and japan, tillerson followed that up a few weeks later, and also visited with china. i think that president trump made a decision to do what three other presidents have done and failed, try to leverage china

kosovo and afghanistan and iraq where we have poured so much effort and so much blood and so much treasure to try to help them develop a legal system that can be comparable to ours. it is not easy. what we have in this country is special and it is unique, and very, very few places in the world can come close to replicating it. and part of that is, we are able to make sure our corporate wednesday follows the law consistently. we have a situation where people voluntarily pay their taxes. that is pretty good. grumpy they pay it for the most part, honestly every day. , if we ever lose this, it is a big deal. i don't believe that we are guaranteed to have this kind of rule of law forever. i think every generation has to protect it, defend it and work , at it. that is what we in the department of justice will attempt to do. thank you all, i am honored to be with you. i appreciate you. [applause] >> earlier, before we came in i was telling the attorney general that we would have a q&a. he said, pat, you are in charge. i thought, let me bask in this moment of power. because it is fleeting. thank y

you look at the president, clinton in kosovo, the president has the authority to do this. i think the supreme court doesn't want to touch it. i think the equitable point in terms of what charles has said, charlie is saying about the notion of, what did trump do, interesting that we have u.s. army rangers in the north. what are the ranges tasked with doing? seizing airfields. i'm sure one of the options presented was an incursion by that regard. if he didn't do that, that suggests he wanted the response that was least likely to inflame some of those. >> this is my two chuck panel here, by the way. >> what he wanted to do here or send a message. he sent a message. he didn't attack all six airfields. he could have shut down the air force, but he just wanted to say, it's not that there's a new sheriff in town, there is a sheriff in town. there was an absence for eight years. america is back and you are not allowed to do whatever you want. that in and of itself is going to have a big effect. >> bret: next step, the friday lightning round. lightning round. job num >> if you trul

people in the early 1980's, whether it was successive waves of refugees fleeing from eastern europe, kosovore. there has been a story of success for immigran and refugees coming to canada where within a few years, they get integrated, they get good jobs, their kids become fully canadian while still proud of their own culture. and canadians know that that path works. and the limit we have on how many people we can bring in is not related to some arbitrary number, but how well can we support the newcomers and integrate them effectively and quickly? and if we do a good job of making sure that there is a path to success for people who come here, then public support will continue. john: what is different about canada is that when you look at america, when you look at britain, they were both , at least statistically fantastic examples of immigrant , success stories, and yet they both elected or supported people who have been less prone to immigrants, if i can put it that way. p.m. trudeau: it comes down to identity and values. canada is a country that has always accepted, from the very beginning,

like serbia and bosnia and kosovo. we did not make regime change a foreign policy goal. his own people unseeded him and ended up in a war times trial before his death. there's a number of ways to think this through that allow you to be tough on assad and know it's tough to overthrow him. >> shepard: it's hard to know what has changed. it's without question that the syrian regimes to use barrel bombs to kill babies in their beds by the hundreds of thousands in what is unquestionably a series of war crimes. now there's video of this as horrific as it is, there is no change in action and attitude. this is a continuation of a theme. >> i agree with that 100%. i think what you're seeing is the education of an american president. all of us has been hardened by the wars of the middle east to the point that it was easier to frankly turn off the television and not pay attention to these tragedies because we began to doubt if we can do anything about them anyway. of course, for many republicans, it was president obama's policies that were causing the problems previously. we've hea

we have done that at least once in the past in kosovo.lmost earned that's the argument the white house lawyers were giving to president trump as they went through this. then they had to pass it through the filters of necessity and proportionality. i think they did a pretty good job with that. the legal side is covered. the domestic legal side will be interesting as it plays out. the white house will have to submit within a certain time limit a report to congress as to why they did it. there is a clock that starts running. that is a well-known process between the white house and congress. sayingsenator bob corker he expects that a little later today. my last question is the balance between hard power and soft power. i will quote bassador nikki haley. she said, "we don't do soft power." how important is balancing the soft with a hard power? james: to be honest with you, any serious military person i think does believe in both soft power and hard power to we should use all instruments of national power when we are trying to solve a problem.

foreign policy in kosovo and iraq and libya, and sudan, to say that the u.s. seems to have this fixation with ousting dictators and countries end up in much worse shape afterwards. tillerson giving brief and not nearly as aggressive answers as lavrov did. he didn't seem to want to come looking for a fight. lavrov was very comfortable looking for a fight and taking the argument very much to the u.s. >> melissa: yeah. >> i thought lavrov was noticeably more aggressive and, frankly, dominated the news conference. >> melissa: he did hit very hard, especially on that point. he went through the litany of history of what has happened when secular deck taters have been deposed and how badly that has worked out for the u.s. tillerson was clear on what he thought assad's future role was. let's listen to that an get your reaction. >> we did discuss at length the future role for assad, whether it be in a future political process or not. clearly, our view is that the reign of the assad family is coming to an end. it is possible that the threshold necessary to charge indivi

you do what -- for instance, clinton did in kosovo, or the first president bush did in the first gulfressional authorization, around the united nations, among our nato partners. that's what being president is, okay? and the sooner people like that stop talking about these missile launches and other sort of military actions, as the proof of the -- you know, the masculine presidency, the country will be a lot better off. they need to get a grip on themselves and go lie on a couch and talk to somebody about it. >> and the second thing i was going to say is that as journalists, i think we really need to understand that the only evidence we have that donald trump had this epiphany, this emotional moment, is statements from donald trump's people. we have no objective evidence of anything. we just know he changed his mind. we need to stop projecting as to why and saying it's because he suddenly grew a heart. because we don't have journalistic proof of that. eric bolllard and conson. >>> up next, how the resistance movement will react. stay with us. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost every

similar situation years ago when you advised former president bill clinton on his range of options in kosovond syria. what is that moment like? what do you think took place behind the scenes? >> well, the pentagon is always in the process of refining military operations. they have been given an assignment to plan for contingencies and identify those places in the world that we're required to act on a relatively short basis. this is not a one-shot propositi proposition. before setting forth those options secretary of defense mattis would have to say, mr. president, here are some of the options. we've also taken into account if we take each one of these options and there is a response, we have plans for that. so it's not just we're firing a shot and then see what happens. if we wait to see what happens and have no plan, wre in trouble. so that's why it's important to have a strategy and then to make sure that the tactics you're using fit into the strategy. i assume they've got many plans they're reviewing and rehearsing what might take place if there's any kind of an escalation on the part of

we created in southern and northern iraq after the first desert storm war or whether it's like the kosovopaign that was designed to produce a negotiated solution we thought would take days and instead took weeks, or whether it could be like the libya intervention where we were nominally protecting citizens but crated a bigger terrorist threat throughout the region. >> woodruff: and general allen, we don't know how effective this is do, we? we're waiting to find out. >> well, i'll say a couple of things, judy, to the other points that have been made. the administration is going to have to give us a sense of what their policy is. this is obviously a change from the previous administration and military action without political context is often just ineffectual, there's no purpose for it. it's a dangers road to get on, as the other commentators have indicated. so it would be very helpful for us to understand what policy changes have created this strategy within which military action like this can occur. but i think it's been an important event because it's not just a very important signal to

for montenegro for i would like to hear your thoughts on that and to update us on your decision on kosovo and bosnia, and also, would you like -- up withre going to just all the questions. >> yes. are you going to attend un security council meeting with because of l and bosnia are on the agenda since your predecessor was mainly absent on those? amb. haley: we will get you answers to all of those questions on one sheet of paper and johnson will take your vet. thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> had secretary ben carson said today that the trump intends to include housing funding in its infrastructure spending bill. secretary carson's remarks are next on c-span. then a look at some of the challenges facing the medicaid program. and the egyptian president meets with president trump at the white house. >> the senate judiciary committee voted supreme court nor such out of committee by a vote of the 11-0. so the full senate is taking up the nomination this week. senate democrats have said they will try to plot the vote -- block the vote if the republicans are short of the votes to move th

. >> that reminds us of rwanda and kosovo, that reminds us of nazi geany, that bad things are happening and we know they're happening. what role do you believe the united states should have in dealing with that? >> well, i think what's important to do, a one-time show of force against assad for gassing his own people. we need to deter that behavior. i think the statement was important because it sent a signal to russia, china and north korea that we have a different president and we don't have the red lines that are shifting around. however, we just have to know that regime change in syria, as much as we dislike assad and he needs to go, but we saw what happened in libya and we've seen what happened in iraq. it would be unsure what would happen after the regime change. we could have an isis controlled country, too. we have to be very cautious. i've seen firsthand the unattended consequences of using force. i think we have to be very careful. i don't really see a clear strategy. there's not an easy strategy here. >> i hear ya. i hear you, and i hear you on unintended consequences. but th

for montenegro for i would like to hear your thoughts on that and to update us on your decision on kosovo and bosnia, and also, would you like -- up withre going to just all the questions. >> yes. are you going to attend un security council meeting with because of l and bosnia are on the agenda since your predecessor was mainly absent on those? amb. haley: we will get you answers to all of those questions on one sheet of paper and johnson will >> the head of the strategic heightened command -- 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today meyer cable or satellite provider. >> next, housing and urban secretary ben carson talks about housing programs. carson was asked about digital budget cuts to its guests to his department. he talked to the national coalition of housing conference. >> in case you missed it on c-span, the foreign policy research institute have the hearing. >> to the end of 2015, the russian influence system begin wishing things seeking to influence the outcome of the u.s. presidential election. opponentso s

i would like to hear your thoughts on that and also positioned to update the opposition on kosovo and also -- would you like -- are you going to attend u.n. security meeting thound the coast of though on the agenda as your predecessors mainly absent on those. >> will get you questions to all those answers. jonathan is going to take care of it. thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> this morning, the head of u.s. strategic command testifies on russian and chinese nuclear threats and defense budget issues. we will join live coverage of the senate armed service committee at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> now, debate from the senate floor as members declare whether they will suor

my first war was bosnia, kosovo.t to make it clear to the public what's happening on the ground, why this came to pass and in explaining that sometimes solutions emerge. in bosnia, that war was ended by a ten-day nato air bombardment that stopped the genocide and started the process of peace. journalists would say we should do that. when you explain the things on the ground things like that start to emerge as a solution. >> we did act in bosnia. we did act during that time. bill clinton and air strikes. but what are the syrian people saying about the united states, about the west? do they feel abandoned? do they feel bow tretrayed? do they feel begotten? >> just amazed that this amount of suffering can happen. >> 500,000 deaths. >> the world doesn't do anything. i remember hearing the same thing in sarejevo. they couldn't believe it. they're like, look what's happening. the world isn't doing anything. that's what the syrians feel. >> in this documentary you have an unaired interview with general mike flynn you did in

have seen tactical missile strikes and air strikes can have a real impact on dictators it worked in kosovoed troops into -- i think it's going to have an impact in syria not because so much of the strikes we did already but because asat is whord what weir will do next. e. is not get going to let us take their entire air force. you had they was gates. secretary of state hagel all lobbying and vu got to take action. he says i don't know about these preps revment the longer we're waited the more they are infiltrated by dirsst it makes difficult situation right now. >> i agree with you. rice of isis wa syria and happened because no one was supporting the moderate rebels in syria. they had no one tolls turn to to try to protect them from assad. they were will to accept isis in that case because the situation was so extreme because they were not getting any support. that really is tragic the rise of islamic radicalism in syria came out of the fact that the international community was not acting in syria. in part. brian: finally, would you say assad has to go? we know he is evil. 400,000 dead. ma

the precedent of international law is clear just like nato's bombing of kosovo in 1989.es against humanity of this scale such that they effect regional stability, member states are entitled to move against to take action against the perpetrators to restore international stability and bring those who are committing those crimes to justice. steve: just a second ago the iranian foreign minister zoo zareef as the only mass use of chemical weapons in the 80's. iran condemns the use of all weapons of mass destruction of begin next begin. let's hope he is referring to mr. assad and the weapons of mass destruction he used on his own people. >> steve, i think that's one of the key issues here. look, john kerry declared in july of 2014 all chemical weapons were gone. and that was an agreement between the united states and russia which clearly was either a ruiz or more importantly the russians may have allowed the syrians to manufacture more. either way it's a direct violation of that look, i support my liberty caucus friends and rand paul. we need to bring this to congress and hav