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linda thomas-greenfield. ambassador thomas-greenfield, welcome back to the newshour.t heard one description of what these refugees that you've been speaking to are running from. what did they tell you? >> they tell me that they ran because they were afraid. they ran because they saw their neighbors, their friends, their family members killed in front of their eyes. they were raped, as some of the women shared with us, and they were afraid for their future and they only their only hope was to seek refuge here in chad. nick: as we said, much of this violence in darfur is being committed by the rcf, which is a descendant of the janjaweed militias who committed genocide 20 years ago in darfur. if the state department today has evidence that this is the same group committing similar violence in the same place, let me ask you directly. is today's violence also a genocide? >> today's violence is very reminiscent of what we witnessed in 2003 and 2004. we are gathering data and gathering information now. as you know, we have already issued sanctions against one individual and

nick: ambassador linda thomas-greenfield, thank you very much. ou. ♪ geoff: democracy in tunisia is under pressure. the north african country was long considered a trailblazer for democracy in the arab world. now, as special correspondent malcolm brabant reports, the country's president has launched an authoritarian crackdown that has jailed political rivals, wrecked the economy, and caused people to flee. malcolm: this is the alluring official self-portrait of a north african nation attempting to bolster post-pandemic tourism and stave off financial collapse. but for many tunisians, the happy images contained in this promotional video are a mirage. this is the side of tunisia that tourists won't see, investigating judge bechir akremi, filmed by his wife, after what supporters claim was his arbitrary arrest in february and subsequent torture. aziz: the whole psychological pressure, it definitely weighs on a person. so i would say my father is slowly dying in prison. it's a horrible situation to be in. malcolm: aziz akremi hankers after happier tim

the estimate linda thomas-greenfield here tonight with us on set for the interview very much looking forward to that conversation in just a moment. but that dynamic that i am describing at work in the news today, that indication that well for ella were false, we must be doing something right. if even the people of other countries suffering from our prison through diplomatic negotiations nevertheless want to stay here after they are sprung, i feel like that dynamic is also a reminder that what we do have in this country is unique. and, it is not inevitable. what sets us apart as a country is loose-able. it is fragile. it needs protecting. and you can see that in the other headlines in today's news. headline, threats melt against prosecutors and fbi agents working on hunter biden probe. prosecutors and fbi agents involved in the hunter biden investigation have been the targets of threats and harassment according to government officials and congressional testimony obtained by nbc news. quote, it is part of a dramatic uptick and threats against fbi agents that is coincided with the tax o

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it's happening. >>> back with us now is the interview with linda thomas greenfield.den you ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is speaking at the u.n. general assembly. i think they're speaking tomorrow. >> the president is speaking tomorrow. >>ioalso expect president biden and zelenskyy will meet and talk on this trip. one of the things we've learned in the news in the past week or so is that as america is supporting ukraine, a single american citizen has business of such a type he's been able to make decisions to constrain the military. in mr. musk's case we've got somebody an american businessman who effectively has foreign policies and for whatever reason has effectively decided to conduct competing and i would say operational foreign policy to the united states, a country which he's a citizen. who does president zelenskyy come to complain about that? mr. musk appears to be competing with his own country in whu his foreign policy is and he has the technological resources tuesday do it in a materially significant way. you know, i would assume president zelensk

linda thomas-greenfield. mitchell. 0 years later and it's still the same. >> reporter: it is shocking and ambassador linda thomas-greenfield acknowledges that. she's been pressing for change. the reason she came here, katy is because this was reported to the u.n. in june, that for months it was escalating and it was approaching, you know, a real danger point seeing mass atrocities. so, she as the head of the security council in august convened a security council meeting on it as the president of the council because they rotate every month and had them in and reported again the same problems, but there was no action being taken, so she decided to come herself and she brought three reporters. i'm the only television reporter and npr was with us and reuters and what we saw was just horrible. the accounts that she was getting from these people, so i asked her about the fact that history is repeating itself. >> you know, it did change, but now we are seeing the evidence of it starting again, what we see happening

then to thomas greenfield, linda thomas greenfield, us and basset, cuz the nice nations thank you for talking to out you 0 before i speak to you about what's going on here. and perhaps not a coincidence. some say, it isn't the coincidence that there's a military operation going on in the color box. once the us is responsible, but we have call for uh, the escalation. we have bass that, uh, the military action sees. and we're looking to continue to pressure them to stop this action. now, this is not something that we wanted to see happen at any point. we need to find a solution and find a way for both foreign ministers, the armenian and the, as about john foreign minister here in new york. do you think you could get them together? get them around the table. we're certainly engaging with them individually and we will look for opportunities to have them set uh at the same table with each other. another issue this emerge just as this general assembly is convening, is of course, a wrong. i'm what was good news for the us with this presented exchange in the last 24 hours. does that mean now

ambassador linda thomas-greenfield, who wanted to hear firsthand what they've experienced. >> and thesere her two grandchildren. >> no food, no drinks. >> reporter: this woman fled with her family after her older brother was killed by the militias their home destroyed what do you hope for >> we need the peace. >> reporter: she feared being targeted because she is a lawyer, so she fled. >> i'm afraid. >> you're afraid >> yes >> reporter: this doctors without borders hospital care for the sick including a recent measles epidemic and starving children. >> it is overwhelming. i see those little children. i saw a 6-month-old who looked like a newborn, and i was told by the doctors that actually she was doing better >> reporter: you can hear the pains and the terror they've experienced. many of the women in this makeshift camp tell of being raped by the marauding militias, who kill the men and steal the boys to recruit them. it has led the u.n. to start investigating a possible genocide. humanitarian officials are reporting mass graves. i went to the darfur region of sudan in 2005 with secret

speech, my colleague caitriona perry also spoke to the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas—greenfield general assembly. ambassador, thanks forjoining us. if we could just look back at what the us presidentjoe biden has said there. he had some very strong words to the international community, really, about the russian aggression into ukraine, saying the fundamentals of this whole organisation, of the un charter, had been put under threat, put at risk. is there broad support for that message, do you think? i think the president's message was actually much broader than that. i think what the world was waiting to hear from the president was what we thought of the sdgs. they also appreciated our views on ukraine, but he really talked about our commitment to reaffirming the goals of the sdgs and i think that message went over quite well. on ukraine, he was strong and he was clear, that this is a brutal attack on a smaller nation, it is an attack on the very values of the un charter, it is an attack on the united nations system, and it is something that we have to stand together to fight. he

and from the us earlier i spoke to the us ambassador united nations linda thomas greenfield. but we have called for uh, the escalation. we have asked that the military action sees and were looking to continue to pressure them to stop this action. now this is not something that we wanted to see happen at any point. we need to find a solution and find the weight for both foreign ministers. the armenian and the as about john foreign minister here in new york, do you think you could get them together? get them around the table were certainly engaging with them individually and we will look for opportunities to have them set uh at the same table with each other. here in new york, the foreign ministers are both on media and as a by john are attending the un general assembly. the un secretary general is planning to meet with both of them. he will speak to both delegations as schedule them no doubt that this will be a raised a sooner rather than later. in addition to the urgent goals for restraint, there's also been an emergency meeting of the un security council, which is being cold

linda thomas greenfield, the us ambassador, we asked her about this.two different things. we expect president biden to talk about this, but so many people are saying the united states has to commit to a new form of multilateralism. 0therwise, you're going to have again russia and china on one side, the us and europe and everybody competing for attention from the global south trying to get them on their side, but without any real unifying force to combat expositional crises like climate change.— climate change. that is certainly true. climate change. that is certainly true- nada. _ climate change. that is certainly true. nada, thank— climate change. that is certainly true. nada, thank you _ climate change. that is certainly true. nada, thank you very - climate change. that is certainly| true. nada, thank you very much indeed. with all the turmoil in ukraine, libya and morocco, at the moment, we have perhaps taken our eye off the worsening situation in sudan, which threatens instability across five different countries in east africa. this weekend there w

present, and they are hoping for something here at the united nations, but yet, we saw the linda thomas greenfield walking with the president, the ambassador there, and she let him know that there is frustration with the rest of the world with the frustration with ukr ukraine, and you will hear about the global south, and brazil is saying that they can be a leader of the global south, and he has been lobbying president biden for a permanent seat on the u.n. cou council, and is there a bigger question of what the world order is looking like and how the world sees it. >> and we will take a quick break, and president biden is going to take a quick moment with a very important address coming up after this. proferred ,by this pro who won the superbowl twice. and this pro with the perfect slice. and if we profer it, we know america will too. what about spaniards? and i i guess spain. my brain. so i choose new neuriva ultra. unlike some others, it supports 7 brain health indicators, including mental alertness from one serving. to help keep me sharp. try new neuriva ultra. think bigger. your shipping mana

ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield. i'm so grateful you're here tonight.sia should lose its veto power. do you agree with that? >> look, they're a permanent member of the council. he understands they're a permanent member of the council. there are no procedures to strip russia of its permanent membership or of its veto power. we have, however, created a mechanism in the general assembly that requires russia or any country who use this is veto power to come and explain that before the entire u.n. membership. and russia will always be called upon to do that. and it's -- i think it's a very powerful reason not to use that power. >> we just -- he had such harsh words for the united nations just as a body today. he said, humankind can no longer pin its hopes on the united nations saying, basically because of that matter there, it's a deadlock on dealing with aggression. given that, in your view and where you sit and what you see, what can the united nations do to help stop this if there's not that reform that's going to happen? >> first, i really understand his

ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield.n you heard, you are there is president-elect he was giving this forceful speech today. he says russia should lose its veto power. do you agree with that? >> look, they're a permanent member of the council. you said that. he understands that they are a permanent member of the council. they are are no procedures available to strip russia of its permanent membership, or of its veto power. we have, however, created a mechanism in the general assembly, that requires russia, or any country who uses its veto power, to come and explain that before the entire u. n. membership. and russia will always be called upon to do that. it's, i think, a very powerful reason not to use that power. >> i mean, he had such harsh words for the united nations, just as a body. today. he said humankind can no longer pin its hopes on the united nations. saying they are, basically, because of that matter, there it's a deadlock on dealing with aggression. given that, in your view, in from where you sit and what you

linda thomas-greenfield is visiting sudan's border, calling for more funding. that donor fatigue has pushed wfp's afghanistan funding shortfall to $1 billion. that's particularly challenging when wfp had been reducing the numbers of acutely hungry and now needs to preposition food before the winter. >> what we need to avert is people who find themselves without any food in the winter. by then it is too late for us to be able to help. we need to avert children from being malnourished and having to seek malnutrition treatment that they can't even access in the winter. that is the catastrophe we need to avert. reporter: years of drought and economic crisis mean afghanistan's catastrophe is not only a lack of food. 29 million, nearly three quarters of the country, need assistance. and those who are most powerless are the most hungry. more than a million mothers and children are malnourished. including those treated at this wf p supported clinic. >> the women who come here say that their husbands don't have jobs. they are poor and vulnerable and say that they can't

. >> of course linda thomas-greenfield with evan gershkovich's family, washington continues to demand russia, lynn tracy visited with both high profile detainees this week, paul on wednesday, evan just this morning, but more than four years into his imprisonment in russia, the family of former u.s. marine and businessman paul whelan is now calling him a hostage. the state department uses the term wrongfully detained, which the family says feeds russian propaganda. paul's sister elizabeth whelan is here in washington to keep pressure on the biden administration and congress to secure paul's release. and elizabeth whelan joins me here right now, and it is so good. we've talked on the phone. i've talked to your other brother, david. but it's so good to see you and to find out what you know about paul's condition. >> well, i think that he is -- i would say he's hanging in there as best as he possibly can. we finally saw him a few weeks ago in a russian propaganda video that was placed, and we were really surprised to see how good he looked considering, and he sent the message back through

. >> linda thomas greenfield said the violation is a violation of international law. wouldn't common on prisoner swap negotiations. >> i cannot get into the details of what ney be happening on that front other than to say that we are working around the clock, we're working diligently. >> now, this comes as gershkovich's lawyers allege vladimir putin is holding gershkovich hostage for political gain writing that the detention is designed to chill all journalists willingness to exercise their freedom of expression. so strong words there. their letter requests a united nations group declare gershkovich arbitrarily detained and make an amile to russia for his release. the journalist is accused of espionage, which has been denied by the wall treat journal manned the u.s. government. neil, in less than a week, the moscow city court is expected to hear an appeal against gershkovich's pretrial detention was which was extended to november 30th. back to you. >> neil: thank you, c.b. c.b. cotton. meantime, it's safe to say that georgia's secretary state brad raffensperger is pro

ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield, and he will be going into the general assembly and will be taking the stage very, very shortly. i want to get michael crowley also into our conversation here. michael, axios is reporting that the absence of some of these other members of the security council could, quote, allow biden to present himself as what one of his close advisers called the president of the world. is that the goal for the u.s. administration? >> well, you know, the american president is always the star of the u.n. general assembly. his speech tends to set the tone. president biden might appreciate less competition, but i don't know that it makes a measurable difference. i hope he feels secure in his status as the leader of the free world and on balance, you know, i agree with what people have said already that i think president biden, u.s. officials will probably prefer the participation at least of the uk and france, because, you know, i think the point that i would make, you guys have covered the basis really well, but just consider the context of this speech, okay

linda thomas greenfield is urging member states to join the call for their release. the line for the pennsylvania fugitive, the harrowing story of his capture is next at least 56 people are dead in an apartment fire in vietnam's capital the building's location at the end of a alley made rescue operations difficult. first responders working around the clock trying to dig through the wreckage from last friday's devastating earthquake. authorities report more than 2900 deaths so far. morocco has limited the amount of aid allowed into the country to just four countries, spain, the united kingdom, the united arab emirates and qatar along with nongovernmental organizations. >> this is a live look at london. one of the big stories there tonight britain prince harry and wife meghan attending the invictus games. they were seen in the stands as they watched a wheelchair basketball game. prince harry opened the game saturday. he founded the competition for wounded, injured and ill service personnel and veterans around the world. these are the stories beyond our borders tonight.

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earlier, i spoke to the us on bassett, united nations, linda thomas greenfield. but we have call for the escalation. we have asked that the military action sees and we're looking to continue to pressure them to stop this action. now this is not something that we wanted to see happen at any point. we need to find a solution and find a way for both foreign ministers. the armenian and the as about you on foreign minister here in new york, do you think you could get them together? get them around the table. we're certainly engaging with them individually and we will look for opportunities to have them set uh at the same table with each other. here in new york, the foreign ministers are both on media and as a by john are attending the un general assembly. the un secretary general is planning to meet with both of them. he will speak to both delegations, to schedule them, no doubt that this will be a raised a sooner rather than later. in addition to the urgent goals for restraint, there's also been an emergency meeting of the un security council, which has been cold. it

ambassador linda thomas-greenfield and james cleverly. ambassador let me talk with you.y are back. they are with their families. and this is a commitment the biden administration has been clear about since the beginning, that we would do everything, everything possible to get american citizens who were wrongfully detained back home. and i think that's the story here. i think if you talk to the family members of these individuals, they feel the same. as well as other americans who are being held wrongfully, we're continuing our efforts to do what is necessary to get them released and brought back to their families. >> obviously it's great news. these images are wonderful to see this morning. that is those americans held for too long back on american soil. you have heard the criticism that the united states perhaps gave up too much, let tehran off the hook with unfreezing $6 billion of oil assets and giving up prisoners here. we heard similar criticism around the deal that brought brittney griner home. what's your response to that? >> the president would have been criticiz