== john kuhn that were made at that military parade?- that military parade? -- kim jong-un?at military parade? -- kim jong-un? first, it— that military parade? -- kim jong-un? first, it was - jong—un? first, it was announced after the day of the sun on the 15th of april, followed by the 19th anniversary of the military foundation in april, so kim jong—un had to send a strong message to his people on this special day. the second, also kim and's strong message was in response to the latest south korean president's earlier mention of the preemptive strike against pyongyang, and lastly it was also get the attention from the international community, especially the biden administration, whose eyes are all on ukraine.— all on ukraine. yeah, exactly. in terms _ all on ukraine. yeah, exactly. in terms of— all on ukraine. yeah, exactly. in terms of the _ all on ukraine. yeah, exactly. in terms of the fact _ all on ukraine. yeah, exactly. in terms of the fact that - all on ukraine. yeah, exactly. in terms of the fact that the l in terms of the fact that the west is now preoccupied with

now my colleague clifford kuhn in our resident, china expert joins me now in the studio. clifford, thanks so much for being with me to break this down. so it's a, this is state is a bit of a mixed bag. they're saying it's better than expected, but at the same time as we clearly just saw, growth is slowing. what's behind that? that slow down. well, i think the, the 2 main factors behind these as a better than expected figures, but still pretty weak when you consider the 5.5 percent growth target. the government has the, the main things we've seen has been a combination of the 0 coven policy, where there's been a clamp down people locked in their homes known and go out. and also then this is combined with the effect of the war in the u. cra in, in ukraine, which is also hitting growth. so what sectors are suffering the most right now? well, what we're seeing is hitting real estate exports, retail sales. it's, it's pretty much across the board. new home sales tumble by 29 percent last month, which is which is a pretty serious decline. given that the real estate sector is so important to the

increases the risk of escalation and potential conflict. joining us in the studio is d w 's clifford at kuhn in clifford tell us more about this proposed security deal. i thought australia had some kind of relationship with the solomon islands. it does. it already has a security deal. and it also is a very complicated and intertwined relationship with the solomon islands. you know, as, as we mentioned the report, it's a 2 hour flight from brisbin am and the south pacific is seen very much as australia's backyard it's sphere of influence. and it gives $1300000000.00 us dollars every year in development aid. and it has various other security guarantees when there was on rest, their november last year, they sent em security forces their tuition to shore up the unrest. so they do have this very complicated relationship. but am, it's also very, a difficult balancing act in many ways for australia, as we can see in a quote here from from scott morrison as a friend of solomon islands, we remain their 1st call for security. we remained the 1st call when it comes to the issues that concern them right

now my colleague clifford kuhn in our resident china expert join.

kuhn.t is your blood type calling on the united nations to do more on this upcoming international day for mine awareness. there are 17 sustainable development goals, and i called for the 18th the eradication of landmines worldwide and i spoke with -- just before she left for scotland. she's returning to her own roots for international day for fairness this monday and she'll be joined by one of her closest. allies. this is daniel uval 11 years ago inside the kgo studio explaining what it's like to lose a leg to a landmine. hey macon, it's not so so good like my own now 22 years old and still advocating. it's someone that really stepped on the landmine. my voice might be really really powerful that fateful step taken in. israel while playing in a snowball fight. it was really out overcome this this injury you need to to make a new life and to learn how to walk again. and every morning is a challenge and meeting that challenge head on going on to serve in the israeli army and ■continuingto rai

it is enough to send shivers down the spine of heidi kuhn. she has dedicated her life to ridding the world of landmines. children, she describes, so often are the victims. >> the horrors of the mothers, to see their children, boom, boom, boom. what are we going to do? look back and just watch? >> 25 years ago, she founded roots of peace. a nonprofit committed to clearing mines, replacing them with vineyards and orchards worldwide. in february, she was in azerbaijan, the country that borders russia to the south. she detonated eight anti-take mines -- antitank mines to raise awareness. >> that is a defining moment, walking into a minefield, being a mother of four children and six grandchildren. what is your blood type? >> calling on the united nations to do more on this upcoming international day for mine awareness. >> there are development goals. i called for the 18th, the embarked -- eradication of landmines worldwide. >> i spoke with her just before she left for scotland. she is returning to her own routes for international day for mine awar

equipment to protect troops against chemical biological and nuclear attacks. recently us and it's chris kuhn said that he wants to send not just arms, but troops to be a in defense of ukraine. however, some of the western supplied weapons are being seized by russian lead forces inside dumbass. ukrainian troops have been abandoned, they, whatever they can't carry. when being forced to retreat. a high ranking officer of the lou ganske public, public military showed all correspond, the latest wet west and trophies. they've managed to get their hands on you. so this is an american anti tank grenade launcher. so i am 72, a 5 most common of the ones we've got. this is a swedish 84 grenade launcher or an m 136 bytes. us classifications come with people. it's a good grenade launcher and we use it already works great. ideally at a distance of 300 meters, but it can be used up to 2 kilometers. we've seen a whole cache of them. thank you sweden here with you. this is a british and law missile. we carry it in these boxes. it's not so serious as half of them don't have a properly functioning batteries. t

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and children are reported to be among the dead and coast province was explosions, heard, and near by kuhn our province. pakistan has denied it, carried out the strikes which follow. recent fighting with the pakistani taliban is really police have released more than $400.00 palestinians detained during friday. prayers at look saw mosque. 30 remaining custody around a 150 others were injured. when is really police fire? a tear gas on rubber bullets at worshippers inside the mosque, neighboring jordan, the custodian of the holy site and the occupied is to resume condemns the raid as a flagrant violation. rescue teams in the philippines are continuing the search for a missing people. after tropical storm meggy struck the islands, heavy rainfall triggered land slides that devastated eastern and southern coastal areas. more than 160 people have died and at least a 110 are missing. jamila, dog and reports, we are following a government emergency team that's been in the village have been diagnosed for nearly a week. hundreds of families once lived here, but a major landslide reduced a once thrivi

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this is respected ethan ologist, iran yos, i will ibis felt, looked at it in many different cultures. kuhn, it happens everywhere you but i do a temporal dynamic that grounds us in nature. it in indiana to what name? oh, we feel time even more when nothing is happening, our attention is drawn to it, like at bo. time dragged by and we hear the ambient noise of our existence. but any restless person has the power to picture the future and the past. that means that any waiting room can become the scene of the greatest adventure as i am. so give us booklets to the one thing that really distinguishes humans from other creatures. is the ability to wait. that is to take a pause between wanting to do something and doing it that pause that ability to wait is actually what makes us human. like you so much room o. time is invisible. we only experience it indirectly as change. first this, this been not been something else. without the idea of succession, there would be nothing we could call time. not even a thought. we also can't conceive of a stillness before time. we are always on the way somewhere

she celebrating the occasion with the most beautiful heidi kuhn.ls didn't show up to her party. last year she tried to pin the tail on the donkey not to mention the bird brains she -- in which he played duck duck goose. she got a little upset and a happy birthday song when the others started singing you look like a monkey and smell like one, too. she said i am and eight. don't feel bad for her, it's just the beginning, she'll be totally hammered at the monkey bar later. topic number three. now an update on president biden's bishop attack dog and i'm not talking about jen psaki. new documents show major biden the german shepherd who once lived at the white house said this, various agents on eight consecutive days making him by far the most consistent member of the biden administration. commit show complaints behind the scenes including the white house downplaying the injuries and blaming them on the secret service. the white house says it's ready to admit the truth that no dog bites were vladimir putin's fault, it's the putin spike. severe dog bites

the country and leaving and essentially those that are left, allah what happened in venezuela, the kuhns of the -- the cubas of the world, those that are left have to support him because there is no other choice? >> russia at this point is a totalitarian society. that is a society that, where the regime survives by terror. it is meaningless and irresponsible to be conducting opinion polling, and especially through reporting on opinion polling in that country. i mean the question, do you support the war, should really contain a second part which is do you support the war or would you like to go to prison for 15 years for not supporting the war, right? i want to say something important about totalitarian societies. it is not that people are hiding what they're actually thinking. it's that in conditions of terror, people can't even form their own opinions. >> after putin, first of all, do you have optimism that this, you know, that the history, particularly even in russia, the history of overreaching has led to the eventual demise of that leader that overreached, do you forsee that? and if

reported to be among the dead and coast province, while explosions with explosions heard and nearby kuhn our province. augustine has denied it carried out the strikes which follow recent fighting with the pakistani taliban. the french president is campaigning, and maxine ahead of next week's election run off and menu macros hoping to win over the left wing voters who bags all new commercial on the 1st round in the tape race for the presidency. micron has right wing rival marine le pen face off in 8 days. the yeah, that was the scene in paris where police use your gas and pepper spray on demonstrators who are marching against the far right. they're protesting against marina pens, campaign, and they hope to prevent her winning the next round. 1000 turned out for similar protests and dozens of other french towns and cities. climate change activists also help protests in paris blocking a major road. the latest demonstration by the extinction rebellion group was sitting near the arc de triomphe. the group is urging both presidential candidates to focus on climate change. one of the biggest ca

with explosions here heard in nearby kuhn, our province. pakistan has denied it, carried out the strikes which follow. recent fighting with the pakistani taliban. what part of fun has some playing a balancing act between similar different taliban factions. the proctor find itala by known as that. it's either been or t, t p has been carrying out a tax and the countries northwestern belt for decades. they predominantly target politicians on public areas. the t t. p. objective has been to overthrow the pakistan states and oppose shutting law. recently, however much like the afghan taliban, the t t p are trying to project a saucer image. they now say they will only want to take over pakistan's tribal areas and make them independent or focused on governments has made it clear that their fight is with the t t p and not the afghan taliban. but experts have been critical of this strategy saying the 2 groups do share common allegiances ideologies as well as finances. let's speak about this with the she's who's a journalist and foreign policy specialist. his books include taliban militant islam, o

mister paul is the president and ceo of uw credit union, mister kuhn has led uw credit union for nearly 19 years and formerly served on the board of directors of the filing research institute, a credit union industry think tank focused on issues impacting consumer financial well-being andeconomic empowerment . mister santiago's while is a senior policy analyst you need us us, he serves as us institutional expert on policy solutions related to reforming banking and lending policies and consumer finance policy. finally mister todd's wiki is professor of law at the admin scalia law school at george mason university. he is also senior fellow of the cato institute and former executive director of the george mason university law and economic center. i'd like to welcome all of our witnesses here today. thank you for being here. you're reminded your oral testimony will be limited to five minutes. you should be able to see a timer that will indicate how much time you have left and without objection your written statements will be made part of the record. so let's start with you, mister greer. yo

when senator kuhn who is very close to president biden says this. it was the white house saying go out and float this trial balloon and see how we'll do with trying to not end title 42. what do you think? >> i agree. no one closer to fellow delaware democrat. if he is saying this there may be a sign they'll reverse this. this is political kryptonite for democrat. the poll came out last week and showed 56% americans oppose lifting title 42. the most unpopular decision joe biden made as president. we're talking about afghanistan withdrawal, everything else. this will be the most unpopular decision he has made. you have the vulnerable democrats like mark kelly in arizona, one in nevada and hassan is concerned about it in new hampshire. it's because of fentanyl. not just a surge of illegal migrants but fentanyl. they reached record level of deaths in 2021 now exceeding up murders and homicides and gun shootings across the country as cause of death. the border disaster has an impact across the country and have an impact across the country at the polls. >

our goal is not to sit still and then kuhn called the kleptocracy asset recovery reward program the laws come from the presumption that everything is more or less. stop running. haven't they run into their homeland more reliably, more safely and more honestly. if anyone has not yet understood, then right now for everyone.