we have yet to hear from john kelly orjim matus. do you expect and despicable in this matter? to?|j don't think we will hear from them. i think they have tried to make a point of being silent at all times so point of being silent at all times so that when you get something that is as commercial as this, they are not breaking ranks with what they have done in the past. i think they wa nt to have done in the past. i think they want to keep what they discussed with the president when they were in the administration as something that stays between them there because to do otherwise... 0k, lieutenant jerry butler, unfortunately just lost the end of your conversation there but thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. a leading opposition activist in belarus has arrived in the polish capital warsaw after fleeing the country. 0lga kovalkova recently spent ten days in jail. she's a seniorfigure in the belarussian opposition coordination council. she says she was told by the authorities that she would face further arrest if she didn't leave the country. she's not the first oppositi

>> with that strategy under jim matus continued including the secretary of defense esper. so we need to laser focused in asia. and then they began to vector but with that requisite urgency and then to be much more economical and the middle east. europe is our second priority but it is much less severe and the allies are much stronger to play a larger role. long-term you will see more focus on asia-pacific and china and in other theaters in the middle east and europe. >>host: our guest is elbridge colby formally with the defense department d former defense deputy assistant secretary our first caller from pennsylvania. >>caller. >> i was wondering about the border dispute on the himalayan's with china? >> something that president mentioned at the news conference what kind of battles does china have with india recently that's a -slong-standing issue? >> a great question and it is striking. it goes back when they had a border war in 1962. what is striking is china is pushing out in all directions following the old model of by your time they pull in their horns and build their

some hard realities that the public could be facing there could mass with him from london game of matus in brussels for us thank you so much to both of you. well as we've just heard from our london correspondent there is lots of uncertainty in the u.k. as negotiators work on a withdrawal deal here get also sent us this report on british businesses who trade with the e.u. many worry that they will be forced to compromise on the prices and products that keep their customers coming back. 2 whoever shops at barro market in south london is looking for the best quality tasty treats from across europe. 2 dominate court sell scouted cheese from the netherlands. dairy cooperatives in france deliver conti and more p. and the some of this fetid cheese from the greek island of lesbos but briggs' it poses a threat to its little cheese paradise. the massive lorry the i me and has been very since the referendum and already we're on our 3rd stockpiling plan here. to make sure we've got enough stock and at the prices that we're currently paying and we don't have to incur any higher prices that might be

—— james matus.here are no big names because now we've gotten to the core of people who are extremely loyal to the president at senior levels. a couple of them are family, as ivanka and jared, couple of them are family, as ivanka andjared, and couple of them are family, as ivanka and jared, and kaylee machen ne, whose incredibly loyal to the president, and mark meadows. it'll be lower level people, but watch general matus if he comes out and says anything else. a battle is brewing over donald trump's nomination for the us supreme court. this weekend, mr trump announced judge amy coney barrett to replace ruth bader ginsburg. confirmation hearings start two weeks from today, with many republicans hoping to have her confirmed before for the november election. judge barrett's nomination is a contentious one. she aligns herself with conservative values, and her devout catholic faith has raised concerns about how she'd rule from the bench. in the past, she's said that abortion is "always immoral", and that

matus in brussels thank you. the u.s. president donald trump is due to visit california on monday to meet heads of emergency services who have been supervising efforts to battle the president in wildfires there there is a dry windy conditions affect dozens of blazes across california oregon and washington state at least 35 people have been killed and officials are warning there could be more fatalities as washington bureau chief in his poll reports from northern california where thousands of people are returning to what's left of their homes and scenes of utter devastation. nothing but destruction this is all that is left on the 5 acres of farmland in northern california where sorrow hawkins and her husband have created a little paradise over the last 17 years to go only 4 hours before everything was destroyed left are only shards of memories programmed mother's good china items they collected over decades the fire was coming across short grass it was coming across dirt. there was no place that we knew for sure would be s

in extensivegh detail in the book his national matus, theams, ki defense secretary, dan coats the director of national intelligence, that they can't get through to him. he won't listen. it's tragic. it's particularly tragic in the context of the virus and the 200,000 people in this country who died. by telling the truth the president could have averted some of those stats. norman in amherst, massachusetts. the house is gaveling in at 9:00, so i need a quick question. caller: i was in journalism school in the mid-to-late 70's. i'm worried about the future of freedom in the press as in the julian assange case.what do you think would happen under trump, and would it be different under biden? guest: i am always worried about freedom of the press. , trumpite in the book always accuses the press of being fake news. and attacks them. the marshals or the fbi agent's to break into reporters homes or arrest them. my conclusion is this is on a happy note. democracy has held. we still have a democracy in this country. trump often threatens it as something to worry about deeply, but the problem is, and

more realistic common cohesive approach is now to follow through talking to you thank you both go matus in brussels to richard walker. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world bites down to the parent company of a popular video sharing tic toc says it has chosen oracle as its new u.s. technology partner though it won't sell the app part with its source code a u.s. president trump has threatened to ban tech talk unless its chinese parent company sells its u.s. business. david cameron has become the 5th former british prime minister to speak out against the new british government bill attempting to override the president withdrawal agreement the u.k. of the european union signed the agreement this year and the new post gregg's it will go before the u.k. parliament on monday. the a user has added its voice to an international outcry over the execution of iranian wrestler naveed after cari iranian state media reported his execution on saturday he was convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during anti-government protests in 2018 this sort of ca

and her more i am joined from brussels by correspondent gave our matus tell us can the u.k. just read it was for all a brave man. why an international law of course the u.k. has an obligation to honor any agreement that it has signed and it would be really taking things to a new level if that were not to be the case so it wasn't on the line the head of the european commission here in brussels trusts that the u.k. will honor this agreement that has specifically been made in order to make sure that northern ireland does not become a bargaining chip but trust actually is the issue now something that is evaporating if you want by the minute and if the u.k. a wants to achieve a deal with the e.u. it is trust what it needs also by the way for other trade deals it wants to achieve with other countries throughout the world so given the circumstances where does that leave the e.u. well on the positive side we have to acknowledge that the feeling to push things so there's so these feeling for speed in the negotiations is something the e.u. very much shares michel barnier the chief exi

spoke out against him represents foreign-policy communities invoices like former defense secretary jim matus and john kelly, both retired four-star generals. the list goes on, and so i do think that doeshave an effect . even though it gets missed in this broader foreign-policy discussion because we don't have the language to distill that but these are going to be voters issues for people on the fence >> that's an excellent point. it almost reaffirms something that i've felt very important for many years and that is that politics on many issues, critical issues, the image of the nation shouldn't stop at the water's edge and we point out that a fascinating construct. it's the kind of backdoor analysis of why foreign-policy actually does matter and could in reshaping voter attitudes. that's a fascinating point. charlie, on to you. >> thank you erin and i want to thank you and bill burns for the invitation to be on such a prestigious panel with these other folks that know so much more about this stuff than i do. i just a political hack but let me put up a slightly different construct. it's not d

in extensivegh detail in the book his national matus, theams, ki defense secretary, dan coats the directortional intelligence, that they can't get through to him. he won't listen. it's tragic. it's particularly tragic in the context of the virus and the 200,000 people in this country who died. by telling the truth the president could have averted some of those stats. norman in amherst, massachusetts. the house is gaveling in at 9:00, so i need a quick question. caller: i was in journalism school in the mid-to-late 70's. i'm worried about the future of freedom in the press as in the julian assange case.what do you think would happen under trump, and would it be different under biden? guest: i am always worried about freedom of the press. , trumpite in the book always accuses the press of being fake news. and attacks them. the marshals or the fbi agent's to break into reporters homes or arrest them. my conclusion is this is on a happy note. democracy has held. we still have a democracy in this country. trump often threatens it as something to worry about deeply, but the problem is, and we've

this story and adding the guiding thought since 2018 is a formulated secretary matus that identifies china's americas printable adversary and that is likely to carry over to the next administration no matter who is in charge of the american enterprise institute. more on those different -- differences that we will highlight. starting off with calls on military matters and veterans on these issues leesburg, virginia, tom supporter of joe biden. when it comes to military why do you think that the candidate biden is better? >> caller: i think he has lived it with his family and with all the things he had to deal with when he was vice president. i think trump has been in a bubble since his youth and he did not serve and went to some kind of military school which is a lot of marching around but i also think that he had to disregard and a disrespect for, not only the people in the field but the generals and just the way he dealt with some of the departures with these generals that were serving his administration was totally disrespectful and you know, i have six uncles in world war ii, six