mr. risch: mr. president, today we again consider senate joint resolution number seven, which is a joint resolution that directs, and i quote from the resolution, removal of u.s. armed forces from hostilities in yemen. this is the second time, of course, that we have -- that we have considered this, we passed it, the house passed it and the president has vetoed it, and it is now in front of us under our constitutional responsibilities to consider the -- whether or not the resolution becomes law notwithstanding the president's signature. i'm going to urge a no vote on this, that it does not become law and we sustain the veto that the president has made. as i have stated before, the premise of this resolution is fundamentally flawed. i believe a mischaracterization of the actual facts on the ground today in yemen, so i want to start basically by once again making it absolutely clear what is and more importantly what is not happening with respect to u.s. engagement in yemen. what isn't happening is the

mr. risch: mr. president, today we again consider senate joint resolution number seven, which is a joint resolution that directs, and i quote from the resolution, removal of u.s. armed forces from hostilities in yemen. this is the second time, of course, that we have -- that we have considered this, we passed it, the house passed it and the president has vetoed it, and it is now in front of us under our constitutional responsibilities to consider the -- whether or not the resolution becomes law notwithstanding the president's signature. i'm going to urge a no vote on this, that it does not become law and we sustain the veto that the president has made. as i have stated before, the premise of this resolution is fundamentally flawed. i believe a mischaracterization of the actual facts on the ground today in yemen, so i want to start basically by once again making it absolutely clear what is and more importantly what is not happening with respect to u.s. engagement in yemen. what isn't happening is the

mr. quite is the official leader. sen. risch: from the beginning, the venezuelan people.hey used their constitution to make a change in their regime in venezuela. and juan guaido was the president of venezuela. he is recognized as such by us, by americans. mr. maduro is not. as a result of that, what we want to the is a peaceful thatition of power, and has been, so far, to a large degree taking place. have mr. maduro being directed by a foreign power out of this hemisphere, he needs to really reevaluate what that does for his own personal health and welfare. so far hasguaido been free to move around in venezuela. what are the risks to him, his personal freedoms that even his safety? sen. risch: as these things go, obviously there are risks for him. was here in the united states capital. we met with her and she explained what they had been through, and she brought some others that have had personal difficulties there. these people are real heroes and patriots in venezuela for what they are doing. again, these things are moving very quickly, as you have said, it is very flu

mr jermyn street. this week conflict zone is at the annual security conference in munich i mean plenty of recriminations and bad blood between europe and washington my guest here is jim risch chairman of the powerful senate foreign relations committee how damaging is this transatlantic divide and how committed is the trumpet ministration to nato.

sandra: let's bring in idaho republican senator jim risch who shares the foreign relations committee and also serves on the intelligence committee. mrou here this morning as we kick things off talking about iran and what's viewed as the growing threat there. what about the missiles? what can you tell us what we're seeing? >> well first of all i would caution, there is a widely reported that these missiles are what is triggering everything. there is a wide range of intelligence information gathered from many different sources in many different ways that have encouraged the president to take precautionary action. so i would be very cautious about saying look, we have a picture and it is all based on a picture of some missiles. that's not the case at all. it is wide ranging information and it isn't something that has just happened. it is something that has been building as iran has come under more and more and more pressure as much domestically as internationally. >> sandra: so as john roberts laid out at the white house, mr. chairman, the question is whether those missiles are a provocation or a reaction to warnings coming from the un