mattis: i have.id: so, that must be the most difficult thing to do, to write to the next-of-kin that their son or daughter has been killed. gen. mattis: it's difficult for me. it's nowhere near what the families go through. david: so, you've been very involved in meeting with gold star families since you retired, and that must be an emotional experience to do that. gen. mattis: i think it's necessary that we pay our respects and we never forget the sacrifices of those families. when you think this great big experiment that we have, that you and i call america, it's going to need to be defended, and we're going to continue to need this sort of commitment, this devotion to our country. ♪ david: your first time in real combat is when saddam hussein invades kuwait. when you got into kuwait relatively quickly, were you surprised at how, relatively speaking, it was easy to get there? gen. mattis: it was a lot of training, a lot of fire support. and it was -- i'm very proud of that campaign, because it was

mattis: you are a very bad man. [laughter] >> can you fix your tie please? david: people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed but ok. ♪ i don't consider myself a journalist. nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? ♪ games right?ays no ♪ have: most people i interviewed are people i have known for quite some time. in the case of jim mattis, i have never met the man before. i thought i better be careful when he -- i shook his hand but it was the opposite. i recognized quickly he has a certain reserve, a certain manner that would take someone want to follow him as a leader. i suspect had he never gone into the military would have been successful in business, politics as well. great potential to be a leader in our country. ♪ you are minding your own business after having spent 40 plus years in the marines. you are in your native

mattis: right. david: but then you're asked to go into another war in iraq. gen. mattis: right. you get in there, and then ultimately the fights between the sunnis and the shiites turned out to be much more than anybody anticipated. as you look back on the political problems that arose in iraq, subsequent to saddam hussein having been captured, what do you think was the mistake that was made, or what could have been done better in hindsight? gen. mattis: you know, it's interesting to get the question, look back in hindsight, but let me tell you what it looked like in foresight. we're in, basically, the summer, a very hot summer of 2003, and iraq has fallen. and in one of my briefs one day, a young officer who was briefing said, by the way, the enemy is picking this up that somehow we're going to disband the iraqi army. we were just bringing the army, the iraqis back into the barracks. we were starting to pay them, trying to talk with them that we weren't here to occupy or humiliate you. you worked for a jerk, he's gone, you're going to be the new iraqi army. and i dismissed it a

mattis: where is the source? michael: if self sacrifice is citizenship, to patriotism as i think you have perceived, why does it come from domesticry privileged society? gen. mattis: i think it starts, gratitude a sense of for all that we're given and an awareness of that. it's hard to have that when you're young and you grow up with something and it's always been there. you just getgen, to breathe it. as we heard, our education system is probably not putting a on showing people how fortunate they are. of ourd to see many privileges and all of our benefits of democracy, through other people's eyes who did not have those benefits. and i think if we could bring a dozen students from hong kong right now to the stanford aroundand let them walk and say what it's like, when you don't have it, that's when you really notice it. this room were born here, completely by accident. here by choice. responsibility to the next generation to turn over thee freedoms intact and country a little bit better. jefferson used this word

mattis: where is the source? michael: if self sacrifice is citizenship, to patriotism as i think you have perceived, why does it come from domesticry privileged society? gen. mattis: i think it starts, gratitude a sense of for all that we're given and an awareness of that. it's hard to have that when you're young and you grow up with something and it's always been there. you just getgen, to breathe it. as we heard, our education system is probably not putting a on showing people how fortunate they are. of ourd to see many privileges and all of our benefits of democracy, through other people's eyes who did not have those benefits. and i think if we could bring a dozen students from hong kong right now to the stanford aroundand let them walk and say what it's like, when you don't have it, that's when you really notice it. this room were born here, completely by accident. here by choice. responsibility to the next generation to turn over thee freedoms intact and country a little bit better. jefferson used this word

mattie, i don't think we'll see a payroll tax cut in the final bill.hink we'll see limited additional unemployment benefits. they will probably compromise at 300 bucks a week. liability for small businesses in particular is a must. aid for first responders. schools need money to reopen safely. maybe direct payments to americans. i want your thoughts on this because they have a short period of time to get this done, and a whole lot of different opinions. >> charles, i hope that someone up there is listening to you, because that was a pretty good list lay out if that is what the next package looks like. something i want your viewers to keep in mind. we'll hear a lot of political acrimony from both sides what each is proposing. the cares act included a lot of common sense relief which was supported by both political parties. a payroll tax holiday, not a payroll tax cut, but a payroll tax holiday allowed businesses to have liquidity for few weeks and months as they weigh into uncertain business future there are things that both republicans and democrats si

needed to respond and yet he couldn't get general mattis and donald trump to really bomb aggressively to really blow syria up he talks about is his frustration about not getting them to do that and how mattis was was to warning is efforts but of course what's never said in all of that and in all of the discussion i've seen in the mainstream media is that we're talking about a war criminal john bolton another war criminal general mattis and a war criminal donald trump all talking about how best to commit more war crimes based on reports of chemical weapons attacks that we now know were cooked up can you talk about that for a moment the idea that we just had to you know again humanitarian intervention we had to bomb syria based on these un verified reports of chemical weapons. yes and we've seen this a number of times we saw it under obama we've seen it under trump on several occasions there's been kline's of chemical attacks in syria as you note there's good evidence that some some of those at least were staged. and immediately people including the media including liberals and human ri

general jim mattis is the distinguished fellow at the hoover institution. we are happy to have general mattis return to hoover after serving as the secretary of defense. he commanded at multiple levels during his career as a infantry in 2013.fore retiring jim headed u.s. central command, directing military operations over 200,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and allied forces. he is the author of the recent new york times bestseller "learning to lead." joshua ober is the constantine chair of the college of humanities and sciences. he has a secondary appointment in the department of classics and courtesy appointment in philosophy. his most recent book is entitled "democracy before liberalism." it was published in 2017. his ongoing work focuses on the theory and practice of democracy and politics and knowledge of innovation. chiron skinner is the research andow at the institution director of the institute of politics and strategy at carnegie mellon university. prior to a recent return, he served as director and senior policy advisor for the secretary of

mattie, always appreciate it. thank you. >> thanks, charles.harles: all right, folks, we're staying on these reopening efforts as the biggest story right now. and we're talking about the economy, stimulus, all of that stuff. again you can hear the clock ticking. i want to ask congressman andy biggs if congress might actually fumble this golden opportunity? >>> it is like a game of pac-man, year after year gobbling up retailers. guess what, one retailer turning the tables ready to gobble up amazon. wait until you hear this story. ♪ - did you know that americans that bought gold in 2005 quadrupled their money by 2012? and even now, many experts predict the next gold rush is just beginning. so call us money reserve, the only precious metals organization led by a former director of the united states mint. as one of the largest us gold coin distributors in the country, us money reserve has proudly served hundreds of thousands of clients worldwide. there may have never been a better time to start diversifying your assets with physical gold and silver

matty here has picked out her candidates. [laughter] you've heard of the southern strategy, this is the pet cemetery strategy. but we don't want mattie going just yet, so we are not going to do that. this weekend, retweeted a story that for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, president trump has been seen by the white house press course wearing a mask. but they wore a mask during a visit to afford motor company back in may. >> laura: he didn't stop there. didn't he criticize the president saying that someday someone will do a study on how many lives have been saved if this happened in february or march -- has he ever asked that question about cuomo? >> the guidance from the cdc at that time, february and march, was not to wear a mask. in fact, someone will do a study on how he and late february was saying this. >> does wearing a face mask provides coronavirus from spreading? should people start stockpiling them now? >> now. if you are healthy and walking about, there is really no need to be wearing a mask. it

mattie duppler, your reaction?nt ant someone who lives near the site of rfk stadium, i think it was the first and crucial step to getting the washington redskins back into washington. they haven't announced the new name. i think we all know they're going to call them the washington lobbyists and get on with the game. i'm excited to see the team has finally made progress on the debate so we can get back to the business of playing football. cheryl: next up, japanese baseball getting new fans. since fans are limited there, one team put robots in the stands, the robots they sing, they dance. lee carter, what do you think? lee: i think i don't know why we didn't think about using robots to help us social distance sooner. we can do all kinds of things with robots. i think it's an interesting idea. i think whatever it takes to get sports back on. people are hungry to watch baseball and football. if it helps teams do it better, let's do it. cheryl: if it makes it more interesting on television, i'll take it. finally, ameri

mattie. >> thank you, mr. chairman. appreciate that. thank you. thank you ranking member reed as well and the rest of the members of the committee. i'm delighted to be back with you even if it is from a social distance. and i also want to thank you for holding this hearing today to discuss covid-19's impact on social security and its beneficiaries. as we have heard from my other colleagues on the panel, like many aspects of the fiscal environment the trends that were worrisome before the pandemic has been accelerated by the nature of today's crisis. it is my belief that the bipartisan problem solvers of this community could address pressures through thoughtful and deliberate action and it is great privilege to be lear to share thoughts with you on that today. as you mentioned my name is mattie duppler, from the national taxpayer's union, the oldest add advocacy firm dedicated to defending the right of taxpayers in the nation's capital and in capitals across the country. the pandemic's effect on social security is pressing because without a robust

yesterday, trump's former secretary of defense, four star general james "mad dog" mattis, gave the presidentne star yelp review. he lambasted his former boss, saying, "we are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership." and that trump is a threat to the constitution. of the united states. the president, of course, fired back right away. tweeting, "probably the only thing barack obama and i have in common is that we both had the honor of firing jim mattis, the world's most overrated general." didn't he call meryl streep overrated too? "i asked for his letter of resignation, and felt great about it. his nickname was "chaos", which i didn't like, and changed to "mad dog." which, not only is that not true, he had that nickname for years. it's -- what a strange thing to lie about. so easily disproved! remember that movie "romy and michele's high school reunion" where they lie and say they invented post-it notes? it's like that, but from the president. and this is interesting, someone came up with a very clever way to debunk the president's claim that his free speech is b

the crucible of citizenship and includes a panel discussion with the following participants. " jim mattis is a distinguished fellow at the we are happy to have general mattis returned to huber as after serving as secretary of defense. general mattisancommended at multiple levels during his illustrious 43 year career as an infantry marine . before retiring in 2013 headed us central command erecting military operations over 200,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and coast guard marines and allied forces across the middle east . he is the author of the recent new york times bestseller callsign chaos, learning the lead. joshua over is the constantine chair in the school of humanities and sciences. specializing in the areas of ancient and modernpolitical theory and historical institutionalism .we as a secondary appointmentin the department of classics and currency appointment in philosophy . his most recent books is entitled there marvelous, democracy before liberalism in theory and practice published in 2017 . his work focuses on the theory and practice of democracy and the politics of knowledge a

but mullen and especially mattis i'm surprised at.either earlier this year, late last year, and a lot of people were disappointed. because, remember, he resigned because of a policy disagreement over pulling troops out of syria. and it was clear he was not very happy with the president. and when he wrote his memoir, a lot of people-- including myself-- were disappointed that he didn't say what he had to say about donald trump. and he said, "i think i owe him the duty of silence," which i understood as kind of a military honor that "i served him as the secretary of defense, and i'm not going to undercut him in the middle of his presidency, especially the term that i served with him, during." and that broke this week. and it broke because he was just fed up with what he felt was the president's divisive nature. he said that, "i've been in service to the country for decades." i guess probably half a century for him, too. and he said, "all presidents have tried to unite us, and this one" he says, "tries to divide us." and that was pretty

days since we got the stunning statement from former defense secretary and four-star general jim mattisccused trump of being a threat to the constitution. mattis' decision to speak out made an impact on alaska senator and "mortal kombat" character whose finishing move is being troubled, lisa murkowski. murkowski made a vague statement about not being certain she would support trump in 2020. and that set donald trump off, who tweeted, "few people know where they'll be in two years from now, but i do: in the great state of alaska-- which i love-- campaigning against senator lisa murkowski." "get any candidate ready, good or bad, i don't care. i'm endorsing. if you have a pulse, i'm with you!" just a pulse. so, alaska, get ready for your new senator, racist narwhal. well, riding to trump's defense is none other than former trump lawyer and alfred hitch-dick, john dowd. yesterday, trump shared a rambling letter by dowd, which dowd totally wrote himself, responding to general mattis's sharp criticism of the way trump is dividing the country. again, dowd definitely wrote this. so let me try m

wrote following the weeks of protests after the unlawful murder of george floyd, general mattis wrote i've watched this week's unfolding events angry and appalled. that is what the protesters are rightly demanding. do you agree with general mattis and i'm concerned about the general direction of the most senior levels of the state department. this has been raised before. i won't go through the gao report. but of 189 ambassadors representing us abroad, only 3 are african-american, 4 hispanic, and i recognize that diversity in the department has been a long-term challenge, but i would be interested in hearing both do you agree with general mattis' comments and what are you doing to mentor the next crop of senior leaders and diversify the seventh floor leadership team? >> i think the seventh floor leadership team, my communications secretary, undersecretary from management and political affairs are all part of diversity groups. i'm proud of what our team has done but that doesn't begin to accomplish what we need to get done in the state department to get this right. diversity inclusion i

i was struck by a comment by former secretary-general mattis, covering weeks of protest, the unlawful murder of george floyd. i watched this week's unfolding events angry and appalled, the word equal justice under law, hard to impediment the supreme court, that's what protesters are rightly demanding. do you agree with general mattis, concerned about the general direction of the most senior levels of the state department. i won't go through the gao report, 189 ambassadors representing us abroad only three were african american, four were hispanic. it is a long-term challenge. do you agree with general mattis's comments and how human to the next crop of senior leaders and diversify the leadership team. >> they are all part of diversity groups, proud of what the team has done on the state department. it is diverse city and inclusion broad-based, people from all across america with all viewpoints, we have been very narrow from a certain set of institutions and certain universities with the spectrum of understanding of america or the world with diversity in collusion. we built out the sta

return us to the days even worse than the days of sequester, a time in which secretary of defense jim mattis said no foe in the field has done more damage to the u.s. armed forces than the united states congress has. because of arbitrary, across-the-board cuts. we would -- with this amendment -- undermine the readiness of our troops on air, on land and at sea. we are asking our men and women to go into harm's way to defend all of us. and we must always do that ensuring that they have the absolute best equipment and resources necessary. this amendment is a stunt, mr. speaker, it will be dangerous. we have to ensure that the united states of america maintains a military force that is second to none. i urge my colleagues to defeat this irresponsible and reckless amendment and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from wyoming yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. pocan: i'd like to yield one mind and 45 seconds to my distinguished colleague and co-lead on this amendment and strong voice for peace and justice, congresswom

mattis graduated from princeton undergraduate and nyu law,re rahman went to fordham law.oth are charged with tossing a molotov cocktail at a marked nypd squad car. in an interview taped in brooklyn, rahman declared violence was the only way forward. "the only way they hear us is through violence. through the means that they use. we've got to use the master's tools. that's what my friend always says." when asked about police officers who'd been hurt in this violence, rahman blamed the mayor for not pulling police back and letting the mob rampage, as they did in minneapolis. speaking of minneapolis, 25-year-old montez terrill lee of rochester, minnesota, is accused of burning down a a pawnshop there during the riots. he was identified thanks to a video received anonymously at the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. in that video, lee says of the pawnshop "f this place. we are going to bring this f-er down." authorities say that the arson of the pawnshop was methodical. he poured flammable material throughout the entire store before torching it. jessica white is being c

speak to senior military leaders, you know, like when i travel with secretary jim mattis or -- then secretary jim the current chairman oint chief of staffs, mark milley, it's to pretent attacks on the homeland. the -- prevent attacks on the homeland. the americans is not allowing al who would then use it as a safe haven to launch attacks on america like we saw 9/11. that's the basic argument is don't -- stay over there now, fight over there to keep the there as opposed to allowing terrorists to bring united ht back to the states as they did in 2001. obviously, there's a lot of about that view. you have lawmakers, very say, ent lawmakers who look, we've been there long enough. degraded -- iently we've sufficiently degraded the ort of capabilities that allowed -- did allow al qaeda to carry out that attack in the place. if we need to we'll go back in. the intelligence will help us something is coming. we've essentially gotten better what's going on compared to 2001. that's an active area of debate at the you can look president and see that he comes down very much on the side of long, this here

today and in his interview with jonathan, he is affirming the judgment that we've gotten from jim mattis, john bolton and his senior former aides and his niece, president trump is not psychologically of doing the job of president right now. you saw it. other misinformation. him asserting in that talk with reporters just now that germany has not paid its nato fees. there is no such thing as nato fees. he said we've protected germany. the u.s. troops in europe are there to protect the united states as well as the free countries of europe. the president does not understand his job and it is not clear that he is particularly interested in doing his job in protecting the american people. either with the pandemic or with respect to national security. >> dr. yasmin to you and very important point, jo knohn harwo thank you for that. >> it appears to be a doctor that the president is listening to, her name is dr. emanuel. dr. stella emanuel. i bring this up because she is in one of the videos that the president re-tweeted touting hydro hydroxychloroquine and the president was asked about her and

i'm going to stay with you matt, the front page of the sun, mattie secrets ellen found.german police have dug up a secret cellar used by the prime suspect of this ongoing case. it's alleged that he lived in the cellar in germany. this is front page on the metro as well, i believe. do readers still follow this case very closely? is that why this case very closely? is that why this is being splashed again? sadly, in sucha this is being splashed again? sadly, in such a tragic story but it really in the uk really sees the attention of the attack nation. not just the uk but i think across europe as well. i think any clues that might lead to an answer to such a mystical story, such a tragic story, good for us. the sun is definitely of still interest. this story is incredible just to see the pictures of the rubble being carted off by police in germany. from an allotment. hundreds of miles away from where madeleine mccann was disappeared from in portugal. it's an astonishing story andl portugal. it's an astonishing story and i think, let's hope there's some good news at the end

is a distinguished fellow at the we are happy to have general mattis returned to huber as after serving as secretary of defense. general mattisancommended at multiple levels during his illustrious 43 year career as an infantry marine . before retiring in 2013 headed us central command erecting military operations over 200,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and coast guard marines and allied forces across the middle east

but you saw monica and tommy and daniel indicate that when people like mattis or others come forward,does have an impact over time. >> i'm interested in that as well and the other thing that i hear is that we have always heard the great passion from really dedicated trump supporters like you heard bianca in the middle and dimani, now you're hearing that same level of passion from the people who vote for him in 2016 but now regret it. so all of the people in the lower row could match bianca's passion and that was just new for us. so thank you. thank you to everyone for watching. >>> meanwhile, justice brett kavanaugh is the newest member of the supreme court. so an inside look next at the supreme court in a cnn exclusive series. when we started carvana, they told us that selling cars 100% online wouldn't work. but we went to work. building an experience that lets you shop over 17,000 cars from home. creating a coast to coast network to deliver your car as soon as tomorrow. recruiting an army of customer advocates to make your experience incredible. and putting you in control of the who

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general jim mattis is the distinguished fellow.e are happy to have general matters return to hoover after return -- general mattis to hoover after serving as the secretary of defense. 43 year career as an infantry marine before retiring in 2013, he headed u.s. central command, directing military operations over 200,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and allied forces. he is the author of the recent new york times bestseller "learning to lead." joshua ober is the constantine chair of the college of humanities and sciences. appointmentondary in the department of classics and courtesy appointment in philosophy. his most recent book is entitled "democracy before liberalism." it was published in 2017. his ongoing work focuses on the theory and practice of democracy and politics and knowledge of innovation. skinner is the research fellow and professor of international relations and politics and director of the institute of politics and strategy at carnegie mellon university. prior to a recent return, he served as director and senior

in cases on saturday thousands protested outside the parliament building in the capital mattie's despite by the government which banned gatherings of more than 10 people the measures were introduced earlier in the week causing even more discontent protesters say that the government has handled the pandemic badly and. calling for the president to step down. there's no clear reaction here because it's a conglomerate it's a false also thinks and the worst thing is that those protests are supported by those who destroy our country still not see what this is we want to make a life we don't care who is in power and you want just to work in seeing the rest of the citizens and all of us watching what the box under which a shot we demand the resignation of oleksandr of the situation in the country is simply not good we don't have a government it hasn't been formed yet we have 2 parties in the parliament and a 3rd that is legibly oppositional so nothing is right nothing is right. well with the tensions there continuing to rise the president of serbia has criticised the protests. that he searched s

the mercury news reports former secretary of defense james mattis and former secretary of state henry kissinger may be held to testify. both served on the board of directors for failed blood testing startup. also on that list, former u.s. senator sam nunn and robert shapiro. this is all according to a court filing. holmes faces dozens of felony fraud counts. >>> san francisco is getting ready to get help from sacramento in trying to keep peoplemake it in the bay. $130 million is coming from sacramento for affordable housing, transportation and infrastructure projects. $80 million will support affordable units. the other $50 million will finance improvements at sunnydale and potrero hope sf and treasure island and yerba buena island. >>> the nfl plans to play the black national anthem ahead of each game of the upcoming season. this is the league's latest effort to show increased awareness about systemic racism. last month the league pledged $250 over ten years to social justice causes. the songzed as the black national anthem. it will be played along with the star stapang elled banner

they were asked to remove peaceful protesters from lafayette square, people like jim miller, jim mattisple like general milley. where are those voices in law enforcement? they must not be comfortable in asking to police the streets of american cities. >> nor should they be. look, let me talk about normal. i miss normal, but normal might add context here. when federal law enforcement agents go into cities it's always cooperatively. we're wanted. they asked us to come. they need our help. that's when we're most effective. can they protect federal property? sure. they don't need an invitation to do it. but that's a narrow mission. to the extent this mission has expanded and you have federal agents doing things they're not trained to do, like riot control and arresting protesters, that's deeply, deeply problematic. now, there are voices speaking out about that. i've heard them. i do it myself. i can't stand what i'm seeing. the problem, nicole, is when we need to be somewhere and the city wants us to help, it gets politicized by this president who has the uncanny ability to break everything

wrote following the weeks of protests after the unlawful murder of george floyd, general mattis wrote i've watched this week's unfolding events angry and appalled. that is what the protesters are rightly demanding. do you agree with general mattis and i'm concerned about the general direction of the most senior levels of the state department. this has been raised before. i won't go through the gao report. but of 189 ambassadors representing us abroad, only 3 are african-american, 4 hispanic, and i recognize that diversity in the department has been a long-term challenge, but i would be interested in hearing both do you agree with general mattis' comments and what are you doing to mentor the next crop of senior leaders and diversify the seventh floor leadership team? >> i think the seventh floor leadership team, my communications secretary, undersecretary from management and political affairs are all part of diversity groups. i'm proud of what our team has done but that doesn't begin to accomplish what we need to get done in the state department to get this right. diversity inclusion i

so with mike pompeo and jim mattis who were also there in brussels, john kelly, white house chief offf, we all worked in various ways and i recount the stories in the book to -- to help persuade the president not actually to withdraw and turned out he didn't withdraw. that whole incident which played out over perhaps a 48-hour period was very unnerving to me and i think as i indicate probably the first point after i joined the white house that i thought i was going to have to resign and it was the -- but i do think there's a responsibility on people when you go into a position like that, the president makes the decision, nobody has ever under any allusions on the contrary, in that case, i actually thought maybe this is some confirmation that i can make contribution and despite the narrow miss that actually helped encouraged me to stay on longer. >> you write throughout the book as you just said about your alarm about the president's policies positions and statements both publicly and privately. did you ever speak up and confront the president about the conduct and the behavior that y

so with mike pompeo and jim mattis who were also there in brussels and john kelly the white house chiefaff, we all worked in various ways and i recount the stories in the book to help persuade the president, not actually to withdraw, it turned out he did not withdraw. the whole incident which played out over a 48 hour period was very unnerving to me. i think as i indicate the first point after i joined the white house that i thought i would have to resign. but i do think there is a responsibility when you go into a position like that, the president makes a decision nobody is ever under any allusion to the contrary that you keep trying to provide advice and in that case i actually thought maybe this is some confirmation that i can't make a contribution. despite the narrowness that actually helped encourage me too stay on longer. >> you right throughout the book about pure alarm about the president's policy position in statements both publicly and privately. did you ever speak up and confront the president about the conduct in the behavior that you write about testing legal bounds? >> we

them for us here it's appalling to think that such a man could live here freely and that maybe mattie was here to like your. i don't know i think it's horrible and. this holiday resort is where the search for mccann began in 2007 the 3 year old disappeared from the family's apartment while her parents were dining at a nearby restaurant the mccann's spent years publicizing the case urging authorities to keep looking hoping to find their daughter alive finally last month investigators announced the suspect a german man who was in the vicinity when mccann disappeared the suspect is already sitting in prison for a separate crime a prosecutor has said they are still lacking critical evidence to bring murder charges against him. our ideas are so she is standing by next to the garden in hanover where the police excavation neck continues as we speak. what's happening right now where you are. well the excavation and the investigation continue police officers are here they're using shovels rakes they also have the help of a small bulldozer to start uncovering and digging to see if there's any p

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people that would like to have seen an intervention into iran there's no question the general mad dog mattis would have liked to go out and bomb iran right along with john bolton they said right there in the situation room and have a cigar enjoy themselves and that's unfortunate. we don't have to bomb iran agree with us if bunty right twice within the best 10 days advantage severely to the time it's nuclear facility it's going to say take years if if they can get it back in operation so holo our military doesn't want to get involved with iran for very good reason straight on how long us now but let's let the let the israelis do it now trump is happy to let the israelis do it what i'm saying here is trump is the president after all ok and we can say well if he's the president he should act like the president and the best thing he could do was what senator grassley just asked them to do yesterday led john bryant the u.s. attorney in connecticut publish the stuff that he or any has on the miscreants at the top of our intelligence and us national strategic with its enemies are going to blow me i

in current fact that mattie. al-jazeera. men thought to be us federal agents make their way into the chinese consulate in houston all threats ordered to close. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up australia further closes ranks with the u.s. over the south china sea declaring beijing's territorial claims all have no legal basis. and other nights of protest and on rest on the streets of portland oregon in the u.s. where demonstrators have been challenging federal agent sent by donald trump. for. and speaking out against the silencing the hungry and media thousands accuse the government of crushing up popular news website. star for the u.s. consulate in chengdu in china packing up and getting ready to leave off to beijing ordered its closure in a worsening diplomatic standoff that's in response to the u.s. ordering the closure of china's consulate in houston texas and shortly after everyone left that building several men thought to be u.s. federal agents were