mr. chairman. pompeo i'm concerned the so-called maximum pressure campaign against iran has not achieved what you promised it would. after all since january 2 there again for my coming attacks on american personnel. we've added a .6000 additional troops to the region and iran is once again on the path toward a nuclear weapon. the mecca people ever conflicting information from you and of the memos of the administration about the reason for the soleimani strike in the detail of its impact. because of dishonesty from the sequestration of this and many other issues the americans have lost trust in the government. now we're facing serious global health crisis in form of the coronavirus and trust is more important than ever. unfortunately we have heard conflict information will come to the ministrations response on this as well. we know if this is a threat that doesn't respect borders, but it packs its victims indiscriminately and start to show up in our own communities. we have now heard different expiration o

mr. pompeo, any entry any misinformation is bad. the pattern of misinformation undermines our entire system, when the president lied about the nr girl crown, it was embarrassing. it was hard to believe when he falsified the hurricane weather map. it was disgraceful when he told the american people that iranian bombs and 110 soldiers were scarcely injured and dramatic brain injuries are not just headaches. now we face coronavirus and the president tells us that the vaccine is almost ready and it is not. and then he tells us the warm weather will miraculously take care of this, take care of everything. and it won't. this does not just impact the president's supporters at his rally. and it does not just impact democrats voting in the presidential primaries, this impacts everyone in america. and it is more important than politics mr. secretary, the administration must do better. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, thank you for being here today, we very much appreciate it. the humanitarian situation in the province of syria is al

mr. pompeo. this is a hallmark visit that clearly demonstrates the consistent and across-the-board support of our country by the united states of america. the united states has been and will remain our key ally. we dearly appreciate efforts president trump and his administration on this threat. we are grateful for your personal, unwavering stance regarding the illegal annexation of crimea. today, i express hope that the united states of america will be more actively engaged in the east of ukraine and occupation of crimea thanks to the appointment of a special official of the department of state on this matter, and we are grateful for the role of the united states of america for cooperation with nato, in particular, the relationships iev and washington are invariably strong, because the ground work for them, long-lasting strategic influence. it is important that ukraine support inrtisan congress, in the united states, that is confirmed by the amount of aid for 2020, amounting to $700 million. i sh

simply by geo strategic maneuverings to reason in brussels is the language wrong here when when mr pompeo says the west is winning if you have a winner by definition you have a loser and that means that washington is framing beijing as being the loser here because that's maybe not the most nuanced approach to have towards the chinese government also the mindset that they always have as well it was very interesting because at the munich security conference food being brought up this issue of huawei and immediately in all the chinese press it was shown as a victory but we've seen you know while you're kind of was asleep but china was able to create a lot of leverage by buying companies and businesses in europe creating leverage and also co-opting elites so it's very difficult for europe to speak with one voice on a hallway and this is kind of a red line for the u.s. but this narrative of cold war 2.0 i don't think it really fits the situation that we're in we're really in uncharted territory we've never seen this before and some analysts have even said this is almost like a pre-war period b

i think of course he sees this as his while under his leadership of course in london clearly for mr pompeo he seems to see a heavy handed slightly predatory approach when it comes to how the government in beijing does what it does when it wants to carry through on its aspirations particularly for what way that's the key thing that we have to drill down into if you were distilling all that down and giving that to the foreign office in london would you be telling them that is factually correct or is just a a worry that shouldn't really be dealt with. it is it is both in and of itself it's a worry and in a in a wider sense it's a worry it's we haven't really come fully to terms with the implications of ai and technology technological change and what those will mean for foreign policy for state security and it is a very great risk in my view to commit. very strongly to. this to a chinese company like whoa way where there are. requirements by the chinese government for all chinese citizens and organizations to respond to the government on national security issues so i think we need to look at t

he was mr pompeo in kaza khsta n himself.elling the truth and being honest. it is a perfect message about press freedoms, they were free to ask questions, a reporter from that very business was at a press conference just yesterday, it is wide open in america, i love it. i hope the rest of the world will follow our press freedoms. there were lots of people around the world following the american example. they people last year were jailed because of fake news so they are using that american term. the highest record number of journalists ever jailed. highest record number of journalists everjailed. the npr journalist did in fact follow the rules, there is an e—mailtrailto in fact follow the rules, there is an e—mail trail to follow she —— to show she followed the rules. he just didn't like the question she was asking about the ambassador in ukraine who were sacked by donald trump. one of the founding pillars of democracy is freedom of the press and are concerned at the moment, both in the uk and the us, that is being impinged up

mr pompeo told the belarusian president alexander lukashenko that it was not about choosing between washingtonmp is a step closer to being acquitted in his impeachment trial after the us senate voted against calling witnesses. he has been accused of abusing his power and obstructing congress. 0ne senior democrat accused republicans of being accomplices to a presidential cover—up. from washington, ben wright reports. are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are a9, the nays are 51. and with that vote, the beginning of the end of president trump's impeachment trial. just two republican senators broke ranks with their party, and joined democrats demanding more evidence. it was their last chance to try and trip up a president who left the white house for florida last night more confident than ever that the senate will acquit him of obstructing congress and abusing his power. democrats had been desperate to hear testimony from this man. donald trump's former national security advisor, john bolton. according to the new york times, mr bolton writes in

so — leaving aside russia and iran — what are we to make of mr pompeo's comments on china?stility between beijing and washington in areas such as cybersecurity, technology and trade. and china is also building huge infrastructure projects — including the belt and road initiative, and even offering to build the uk's second high speed rail line in just five years, and at a much lower cost than estimated by the british government. isabel hilton is an expert on china. i asked her what she makes of the security concerns over china and the warnings given by us diplomats. well, i think undermining nato, you might also ask president trump how committed he is to nato. one of the things that makes mike pompeo's case difficult is that if you are looking at what is attacking old alliances and global order, you know, the united states has not played a terribly constructive role under the trump administration. that's not to say that they are entirely wrong about china, because, you know, china is a leninist state, it has a strategy, it had an industrial strategy, it had an industrial str

mr pompeo told the belarussian president alexander lukashenko that it was not about choosing betweenesident trump is a step closer to being acquitted in his impeachment trial, after the us senate voted against calling witnesses. he has been accused of abusing his power and obstructing congress. one senior democrat accused republicans of being accomplices to a presidential cover—up. from washington, ben wright reports. are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are a9, the nays are 51. and with that vote, the beginning of the end of president trump's impeachment trial. just two republican senators broke ranks with their party and joined democrats demanding more evidence. it was their last chance to try and trip up a president who left the white house for florida last night more confident than ever that the senate will acquit him of obstructing congress and abusing his power. democrats had been desperate to hear testimony from this man. donald trump's former national security advisorjohn bolton. according to the new york times, mr bolton w

mr pompeo went on to attack chinese and russian influence. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyseo of the munich security conference, a conference whose theme this year is westlessness — a world where the west is either absent or increasingly irrelevant. day two has started off with duelling narratives and the us secretary of state says that is not true, the west is winning and we are winning together. the french president talked about the west weakening. where does the truth lie? with us to discuss this is the former secretary of defence from the us. you have been listening to these, is the west winning, is it still in a leading role? i think the discussion has been about western values and western values still are the dominant values through the world. the aspirations of all people to be free, for that kind of liberty to express themselves. so in that context, if you balance that against the autocratic systems, china or russia or turkey, or any place else, you would say that the western values are still dominant. on a military level, what you are not seeing in the rhetoric is to

mr. pompeo visited ukraine last month, he was urged to appoint a new special envoy. will that happen? more pressure in washington, d.c. this week? mr. prystaiko: i talked to mike pompeo and had a meeting with him. we were pushing him, one, to appoint a special rep on the new envoy of the united states to ukraine. i hope we will see that in the near future. guy: when do you think your president is going to be visiting the white house? mr. prystaiko: he has been invited. that it was not the date in the letter itself, so a date is needed. we have different lines of communication, different on --ts going right now the global issues all of us have to deal with. a $5.5 billions outstanding loan with the imf that is currently being negotiated. we have a staff level agreement. we are waiting to see when that deal gets fully ratified. when do you think that is going ?o be, and what is the problem mr. prystaiko: many are worried that we are cumulative so much loans from imf and world bank and individual partners, but i trust in our minister of finance saying that this is the way for us to go an

so, leaving aside russia and iran, what are we to make of mr pompeo's comments on china?een growing hostility between beijing and washington in areas such as cybersecurity, technology and trade. and china is also building huge infrastructure projects, including the belt and road initiative. and even an offer to build the uk's second high speed rail line linking london to birmingham, manchester and leeds in just five years and at a much lower cost than estimated by the british government. and that came on the same day that senior australian mps have cancelled a planned trip to the uk as tensions heighten over the role of huawei in building britain's 56 network. to talk more about the security concerns over china, isabel hilton joins me in our studio. strong words today from mike pompeo and from the defence secretary talking about how if you don't understand the threat from china and huawei, you can undermine nato even. it is so stark, their warnings from the us, what do you make of what has been said? i think undermining nato, you might ask president qiang how committed he

mr. pompeo whoe can get the merger done between the bureau of public affairs and the bureau of international programs in about what we are doingng oversea overseas. >> but they have done that they called the bureau of public affairs which is a bigger mandate. and the other thing is when i took the podium at the state department to see all these wonderful think we are foreign service officers are doing when to open my briefing with that that's a great answer. and then to say no. you can't say that you can't talk about it we want the host government to own this program. it was very frustrating for a military spokesperson. thato is what we do. but it was more difficult at the state department but i dlso respected this work was about advancing other people's interest and to take a backseat. i don't know if there is an answer for that if culturally that is acceptables to foreign service or keeping their mission to be. >> but the impeachment inquiry so if you know anybody that is young and considering the foreign service. >> to look back as and unusual. don't you think quirks how we get back to le

mr. pompeo after it happened, and i really feel -- we met many times, and he is very -- a new level of our relations. i don't know what he answered and in what conditions. frankly speaking, we have contracts now with the united states, and we got the speed belts, and we are purchasing javelin arms systems. even now we are talking not only about armaments, one should not just imagine that. every day ukraine is talking to believe us, we have one of the strongest and i would like to thank our military servicemen, this is the strongest in europe, 200,000 servicemen. but we want peace on our terms. on the terms of the strong -- i want to say that it's not only the story about war in ukraine we're talking about, the gas extraction, about the l&g supply contracts, and we have many good ties and investment programs for ukraine and business its m-- busine businessmen, european customers, and i see that we have good relations. one day there was the north stream, and the united states imposed sanctions and united states sided with ukraine. it seems to me that it's not about words on the whole. someti

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mr. pompeo. that's about what happened then. i traveled with - - in the early 70s. the "washington post" and the baltimore sun weren't allowed to go with him. so that part has not changed. >> i will never forget mcgovern's plane. it was called for the kota queen 2- - dakota queen 2. he flew bombing missions during world war ii. the dakota pulling away from the tarmac in cleveland and everybody waving bye-bye out the window. [laughter] >> for a lot of younger people today, it must be just difficult for them to fathom what it was like for us to file articles when they were no computers, no internet, no email, no cell phones but not even fax enmachines. >> we had a technologically advanced person covering the general bit it was the ap gone. carl had more gizmos than anybody else. >> it shows what a different world it was. i remember coming back from south dakota in the summer where senator mcgovern and senator eagleton, mcgovern had announced or told anyoneanyone going to dump eagleton. >> but this is story about technology. oh Ãhad written the story for morning papers

mr. pompeo in tweets over the weekend from the u.s. countries went ahead technology,huawei and they could be threatening their alliance with the united states. this is going into a new level of tension. last week, we saw the u.s. ring some charges against huawei, a statute from the past used to prosecute mafia leaders. ofhave seen a succession tensions rising on huawei. -- thely threatening u.s. threatening european countries, saying if you go ahead with this technology, don't expect the u.s. to treat the slightly. -- to treat this lightly. haidi: what are the implications for nato? obviously, it has been a rocky time for the alliance. there are structural issues still there. jodi: this is not only about .uawei these tensions with nato have been rising from the u.s. side. obviously president trump has had an america first foreign policy, a go it alone policy, and he has done things in the past that make it clear that he is not so sure the u.s. should have such close ties. now, this is another chapter in that. there are real concerns ab

mr. sondlandmp e-mails of pompeo and mulvaney at the state department. dod and omb also have records about president trumps hold on military aid to ukraine in the justification and about hiding though hold from congress and to justify after-the-fact and about why the hold was lifted. they are at dod and omb. why haven't we seen them? because the president directed all the agencies. this trial should not reward the unprecedented obstruction by allowing him to control what evidence and to ask on behalf of the american people and and just come back to the issue of the day and to make the trial take too long they would be to link the court battles that would invoke executive privilege with the entire impeachment process. it would be better to skip straight to the final verdict through centuries of precedent to the trial without hearing from a single witness and reviewing a single document and respectfully that should not happen. house managers are not interested in these proceedings but they are interested in the full truth and the fact the president's couns

mr. trump said secretary of state pompeo wilin attend assi -- a signing of the agreement on saturday, with a phased withdrawal forre troops n rn for security guarantees by the taliban. ourt in san francisco ha blocked a trump administration immigration policy that has senp nearly 60,000 back to mexico, many of them children. thcourt said the migration protection protocols conflicted with u.s. immigration laws. many of the migrants have faced of violence in dangerous border cities as they await court dates. a massive fire in the center of paris forced the partial evacuation of one of the capital's busiest train stations. the fire has been brought under control. demonstrators reportedly set fire to ooters and bins during a protest against the congolese singer. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program -- tensions in syria worn, as turkey has back at syria after 30 turkish soldis are killed. laura: israelis will vote on monday in a third election in a year for people living close to gaza, security is a huge issue. recently, 100 rockets we fired by the pales

mr. kudlow: thank, secretary pompeo, ivanka, lots more work to do but we appreciate everything you have done. thank you to the two senators for supporting bipartisan legislation, which can be a wonderful thing. we are a little short now, but if you can boost that, that would be a heck of a good thing. i want to say, success in leadership starts at home, and in the administration we often talk about the blue-collar boom that is going on in labor markets, but there is also a women's boom going on in labor markets, and if you just bear with me for some numbers, the women's unemployment rate is 3.6%, a 66-year low going back to 1953. 72% of jobs created last year went to women. 59.1% of the jobs since the 2016 election went to women. in december 2019, the share of women working hit 55.7%, several percentage points ahead over the past couple of years, the labor force participation rate for prime age working women hit 76.8%. that is up several percentage points in recent years. women now account for er 50% of the workforce, so men are once again a minority group. over the past three years, median

mr. sondland's e-mails with pompeo and mulvaney and peary but we have not seen them. they are sitting at the state department. dod and omb have records about president trump hold on military aid to ukraine, about the justification of the hold, about hiding the hold from congress and trying to justify the hold after-the-fact. and about why the hold was lifted but we have not seen them. they are at dod and omb. why have we not seen them. because the president directed all of his agencies not to produce them. this trial should not reward the presidents unprecedented obstruction by allowing him to control what evidence you see in what will remain hidden. you should ask for these documents on behalf of the american people and you should ask for these documents to get the truth yourself. let's come back to the issue of delay since the presidents wars has suggested having witnesses and documents would make this take too long. there will be lengthy court battles they say. the president might even vote executive privilege for the very first time in this entire impeachment proc

prosecutors said mr pavlensky was being questioned about an alleged fight. the us secretary of state mike pompeolks with president macky sall about security ties and economic cooperation. his visit is taking place as the united states seeks to reduce its military presence in africa. as we've been hearing, the television presenter caroline flack, host of some of the uk's biggest reality tv shows has been found dead at her home in east london. her family says she took her own life. ms flack who was 40, was on bail awaiting trial next month, accused of assaulting her partner, an allegation she denied. she fronted programmes that garnered many millions of viewers, including itv‘s the x factor and love island. she won strictly come dancing in 2014. here's our media correspondent, david sillito. it's the return of the flack! love island, x factor, i'm a celebrity, caroline flack was a presenter on some of the biggest programmes on british television. she was, until a few weeks ago, the face of love island — the glamorous, escapist fun. let's talk love. who's looking for the real thing? but everything

mr. president. >> all hands on deck and hail the president. mike pompeo who has got a key role coordinating between countries, working with international aimsies, did take time to brief lawmakers this morning but there was someplace else he had to be. >> are you speaking at c spak at 12:15. >> yes. >> so you can only give two hours to this bipartisan group of members of congress, and instead of answering questions on life and death issues from a bipartisan group of america's representatives you'll talk to a special interest group? >> yes. >> cpac is the conservative action committee. he was not the only one there. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney was there talking about the stock market which suffered its worst week since the 2008 crisis. something he did not attribute to the virus's potential impact on companies and the global economy. he says it's all about the media. >> the reason you're -- you're seeing so much attention to it today is they think this is what's going to bring down the president. that's what this is all about. >> it's actually about

mr. vice president, that the british decided to grant access to huawei to their 5g network? >> well, i think the president has been very clear. secretary of state pompeo reiterated it this week. the united states is very disappointed that the united kingdom has decided to go forward with huawei for a portion of their information technology >> tone report said the presiden was apoplectic with fury is the gist of that correct? >> i never comment on the president's private conversations with me or others but we were profoundly disappointed look, when i went at the president's direction in september and met with the prime minister johnson, i told him the moment the uk is out of brexit we were willing to begin to negotiate a free trade arrangement with the uk. now the uk is out of brexit. our teams have begun that process to work, but we just don't believe that utilizing the assets, the technology of huawei, is consistent with the security or privacy interests of the uk, of the united states, and it remains a real issue between our two countries. >> is it a deal breaker on a trade deal >> we'll see we'll see if it is we'll continue to make it very, very cl

mr. secretary, for your leadership on this initiative. you have our full support. >> thank you, secretary pompeo, thank you ivanka, for hosting. thank you to the two senators for sponsoring bipartisan legislation, which can be a wonderful thing. it was the last time i was in this town. we're a little short now, but if you can boost that, that would be a heck of a good thing. i agree with lindsey. i want to say that success in leadership starts at home and in the administration we often talk about the blue collar boom going on in labor markets but there's also a women's boom going on in labor markets. if you'll bear with me for some numbers, women's unemployment rate is 3.6%, a 66-year low going back to 1953. 72% of the jobs created last year went to women. 59.1% of the jobs since the 2016 election went to women. and december 2019 a share of with women working hit 55.7%, the labor force participation rate for prime age working women hit 76.8%, up several percentage points in recent years. women now account for over 50% of the workforce. so men are, once again, a minority group. the past three years, median weekly earnings up 3.

mr. secretary, or your leadership on this and you have our full support. >> thank you secretary pompeo. thanks for hosting, ivanka. great job. lots more work to do but we appreciate everything you have done. thank you to the two senators for sponsoring bipartisan legislation, which can be a wonderful thing. was the last time i was in this town. where a little short now but if you can boost that. heckuva good thing, i agree with lindsey. i want to say success and leadership starts at home, and in the administration we often talk about the blue-collar boom that's going on in labor markets, but there's also a a women's boom going on in labor markets. and if you just bear with me for some numbers, women's unemployment rate is 3.6%, that's a 66 year low going back to 1953. 72% of the jobs created last year went to women. 59.1% of the jobs since the 2016 election went to women. in december 2019, the share of women working hit 55.7%, several percentage points ahead over the past couple of years. the labor force participation rate for prime age working women hit 76.8%. that's up several percent

mr. trump said a deal with the taliban could be very close. secretary of state mike pompeo said there's been a "breakthrough." d in brussels, defense secretary mark esper suggested a temporary truce could be immint. >> the united states ave the taliban negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction in violence. we've said all alongthe best if not only solution in afghanistan is a political agreement. progress has been made on this 13ont. >> woodruff: som00 american troops are stationed in afghanistan. the world health organization reyrts there is no sign of surge in coronavirus cases outside china. that word comes as nbers in china show 60,000 cas and 1,367 deaths, after officials chand the way they test for infections. meanwhile, a 15th case has now been confirmed in the united states. we'll return to the outbreak, later in the program. back in this country, the trump administrati is transferring another $3.8 billion in military funding to build a southern border wall. the pentagon notified congress today that the money will come from the national guard and funds to buy a

pompeo. >> thank you to qatar in the valuable hole as hosts for these historic talks. the support of you mr. foreign minister, in support of both sides in helping to reach this momentous day. the united states and taliban have endured decades of hostility and mistrust. previous talks have faltered. this effort only became real for the united states when the taliban signaled interest in pursuing peace and ending their relationship with al qaeda and other foreign terrorist groups. they also recognized that military victory was impossible. i then asked embassy khalilzad to serve as our negotiator to gauge the taliban's sincerity. the agreement that we will sign today is the true test of this effort. we will closely watch the taliban's compliance with their commitments and calibrate the pace of our withdrawal to their actions. this is how we will ensure that afghanistan never again serves as a base for international terrorists. the negotiation process in doha, with all of its twists and turns, has shown it is possible for us to take this step together. over the past seven days, violence levels

. >> reporter: mike pompeo tweeted lisa simpson ripping up her civics essay, then he got ripped by a former "simpsons" producer, saying, mr, please do not ever, ever, ever use simpson's material. both fans and critics dubbed pelosi nancy the ripper, unlike their previous run-ins when she famously pointed a finger at him and clapped back at the president. this time, he didn't see it coming. of course, when nancy pelosi went on a tear, others couldn't resist following suit. >> it was very clear. >> i'm moving on from this. >> wraps up the show. >> we got radio talk show host. >> speaker pelosi told house democrats he shredded the truth, so i shredded his speech. >> it was the courteous thing to do, considering the alternative. >> reporter: the shredding, even eclipsed the snubbing, if that's what it was. >> it looked like he blew her off with the handshake. some people say, no, no, she just didn't see it. okay. >> he saw it. >> and then there was all of that head shaking. >> i keep my promises. we did our job, by nancy. >> the big pharmaceutical companies, we have approved a record number of -- >> reporter: and other democr

pompeo was testifying before the city. it was about how iran was being dealt with by the administration. it really ended up covering a number ofover t other topics. this happened. >> mr to take the opportunity here today to apologize to those service members for trivializing their injuries? >> mr. congressman, i've never trivialized the injuries -- >> do you want to apologize based on half the administration for trivializing their administration. do you want to apologize for the administration trivializing the question. >> do you want me to answer the question? we take seriously every american service member's life. that's why we have taken the very policies in iran that we have. >> i wonder your reaction to that. >> you are a veteran. you are an air force reservist. mike pompeo also has a military backgrou background. what is your reaction to this moment? >> i previously served on active duty. i'm very disappointed that many. -- >> over 100 service members have been diagnosed with a brain injury. president trump has trivialized it. it could have serious effects on quality of life, and i think he should own up to what happened. secretary pompeo did answer a question

president trump enabled secretary of state mike pompeo to appoint a special envoy, to negotiate peace talks with the taliban, and the afghan government. mr. sopko, last time you were here we discussed the 2019 high risk report and in that report, of, course it is released at the beginning of each new congress, identifying eight high risk program areas that are vulnerable, so waste, fraud, and abuse. so i hope today that we are able to get some updates on how the administration and afghan government are making progress in those areas. a month or so after the 9/11 attacks, the u.s. mission in afghanistan was clear. that was to root out al-qaeda, and those that harbor and protected them and then to ensure that afghanistan would not be a safe haven for future terrorist attacks. obviously, that is not an easy task. it required the u.s. to invest in the afghan national events to protect people in their nation and will equip the defense forces, and i would appreciate an update on how effective that money has been spent. i think it is important that we add some context to your testimony here today, as the chairman referred to, last december, we

pompeo being asked about what his role is on the global effort as well as. watch this. >> what precisely falls under your set of responsibilities as secretary of state? >> sure. so, mrrman, just so you know, we agreed i would come here today to talk about iran and first question today is not about iran. >> well, make it about iran. let me make it easier. we learned there's been an outbreak in iran of 245 cases is the latest number. have you or any other senior level american official been in touch with anyone inside the iranian government to coordinate on this response to the virus and to mitigate the further spread of the virus? >> we have made offers to the islamic republic of iran to help. >> he seems a little agitated there. what do you think the american role should be when you see what is happening around the world, what has been decimated in terms of an internal infrastructure by the obama administration that was built to combat these types of global outbreaks? >> i hope the president and vice president will put the word out to the entire administration it's all hand on deck. every agency has to look to what they can do to help us deal with this. i hate to dw

pompeo to appoint a special envoy. ambassador kalezad to negotiate peace talks with the taliban and afghan government. mr. sopko, last time you were here, we discussed the 2019 high-risk report. and in that report, of course, it's released at the beginning of each new congress. it identified eight high-risk u.s. reconstruction program areas that are vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse. so i hope today that we're able to get some updates on how the administration and after gghan government are making progress in those areas. a month or so after the 9/11 attacks the u.s. mission in afghanistan was clear. that was to root out al qaeda and those hat harbothat harbore protected them and ensured af d afghanistan would not be a safe haven for future terrorist attacks. obviously, that's not a very easy task. it required the u.s. to invest in the afghan national defense and security forces so that they can protect their people and their nation. my understanding is that the majority of the money appropriated for reconstruction has been for training and equipping the afghan defense forces and i would appreciate an

mr. giuliani on behalf of the president, end quote. in addition, park that is onas testify that all the following individuals were involved. president trump, vice president mike pence, secretary of state mike pompeo, then energy secretary rick perry, attorney general william barr, and get this, south carolina senator and trump super defender lindsey graham as well as former house intel committee chair devin nunes and his adviser derrick harvey. john solomon and attorneys joe digenova and victoria tensing as well as the pro trump america first super pac. no wonder the white house didn't want witnesses especially wol ton bolton as it seems that it would directly refute this defense by the trump team. >> not a single witness testified that the president himself said that there was any connection between any investigation and security assistance, a presidential meeting or anything else. >> so here is where we stand now. on monday, along with the iowa caucuses, there will be four hours of closing arguments in the senate. on tuesday, senators will begin deliberations on the articles and donald trump will deliver his state of the union address. then on wednesday, more open deliberations and then, clear

mr. secretary what is the state department's opinion on the blank slate review on africa. >> they supported, i've had a number of conversations with secretary pompeo in regards to the process and going through, my aim -- >> that's illuminating because i was in east africa and every single motor officer and state department official i spoke to on the ground said that we should both increase state department and dod funding and effort for africa. your blank slate review is not really a blank slate because only options on the table are reducing our commitment to africa. is that correct? >> that is not correct. i approved an increase for recently for security forces at mandalay bay. if her looking at a variety of options and predominantly one to make productions right now. >> is a fundamental disagreement between you and the commander. he briefed me there reducing the presence. >> if they ever propose of increase i would look at anything. it is a blank slate review and i cannot speak to what state department is doing with regard to how they look at the situation. >> the state department says i have not been asked. you might suggest, secretary pompeo a

pence, rick perry, pompeo, barr, senator graham, congressman devin nunes, and that is just the tip of the proverbial evidentiary iceberg. the senate may have decided not to hear what mrwn way begun speaking out. and unlike mr. bolton, he is speaking out pivotally right now, joining me tonight, lev parnas joins us by phone from florida. and joseph bondy, mr. parnas' attorney is here as well. thanks to both of you for being here. thank you, mr. parnas. >> thank you for having me, ari. >> the letter makes several interesting sets of topics available to everyone. right on page 1 you talk about the team of people trying to oust the ambassador, and you mentioned both attorney general barr and senator lindsey graham, both obviously current officeholders. what can you say about their role? >> well, each individual that i mentioned had a different role. some agreed with the situation. some disagreed with it. but some were just hooked into it, and some were against it, like ambassador bolton. i want to also make it clear that when i gave my interview to rachel, i wasn't aware that these clips of ambassador bolton's book were going to come out, and i stated very strongly that a