thank you so much for joining us, professor professor mary ellen o'connell from the university of know today. thank you. a staying in the us. that's a growing concern of a loan mosques role in federal spending, decisions, us president donald trump housing power, mr. must add his team to make drastic cuts. in the last 2 weeks. he shuts up several government programs and move to close the us agency for international development. most recently, he's gained access to closely health financial systems, including the us at treasury department, payment system. democrats say the situation is dangerous, unconstitutional, and a power grab hundreds of protest as a rallying in washington, dc against billy. and that the law must take over on the federal payment system. raising alarms that it could be one of the largest privacy and security breaches in us history. with the we feel like our country's being stripped away. we've got the elect on the elected official who's added as a share of every view on much. he's taking control of the finances, all of a sudden we've got orders to hold up funding for

or mary ellen o'connell as a professor of law and of international peace studies at the university of notre dame and the united states as to if there's any legal way for the us to take a gaza it. yes, it could do what president trump has suggested legally with the consent of the palestinian people. but i've seen no indication that there's any interest pest, pest, and even people in transferring their sovereignty in their territory to united states as president trump calls in ownership. it would be great, it was a conceptual agreement in which the us provide substantial aid to rebuild garza and to even rebuild the west bank and create the riviera and the least. i'm sure everyone would like that. as long as it's under the wishes under the control of the casting people, right? so they could be a catalog and all stake in this couldn't, that could be, well, if you don't let us do this, we'll just let you live with the rubble around you. or perhaps if you do agree, we'll give you certain inducements as well. i hate to say to this particular situation as that kind of a bargain. although i th

it's as has the united nations mary ellen o'connell is a professor of law and international peace studies at the university of notre dame and the united states. we asked her if there's any way for the us to take over gaza legally. yes, it could do what president trump has suggested legally with the consent of the palestinian people. but i've seen no indication that there's any interest test on the house, giving people in transferring their sovereignty in their territory to united states as president trump called the ownership. it would be great. it was a conceptual agreement in which the us provide substantial a to rebuild godsa and to even rebuild the west bank and create the riviera and the least. i'm sure everyone would like that. as long as it's under the wishes, under the control of the casting people and staying in the us where there is growing concern over even must power as an unelected advisor to the president, trump is empowered must, and his team to make drastic cuts the federal spending and in the last 2 weeks, he's shuddered several government programs and moved to close the