mr. sullivan, and jen psaki answered questions from reporters. >> hi everyone. the whole room. i hope everyone is cozy. we have national security advisor jake sullivan here to join us to give a preview of the president's trip and we will do a full briefing after that. >> thank you, jen. as you all know, president biden will head off to europe on the first foreign trip of his presidency. certainly not his first foreign trip but his first one is president of the united states. the trip, at its core, will advance the fundamental thrust of joe biden's policy to tackle the policies of our time. we believe president biden goes on this trip from a position of strength. dramatic progress against the pandemic at home, strong projected growth that will help power the global economic recovery. renewed american power and purpose, and a rocksolid foundation of alliances that will serve as multipliers for our global agenda. at the g7 he will join with this federal -- fellow leaders to lay out a plan to end the covid-19 pandemic with further specific commitments towards that end. he will also

mr. sullivan: this is not something unique to putin. meeting face-to-face is not just something you do with vladimir putin, it is something president biden will do, all told when you added up, with somewhere approaching 35 or 36 leaders just on this one trip alone. he will welcome the prime minister of japan and korea and welcome leaders over the course of the summer because face-to-face engagement is just a different order of magnitude better than doing it on the phone. second, on this notion of deliverables with the russia summit, what we're looking to do is for the two presidents to be able to send a clear signal to their teams on questions of strategic stability, so that we can make progress in arms control another nuclear areas to reduce tension and instability in that aspect of the relationship. second, being able to look president putin in the eye and say this is what america is about, we believe is an essential aspect of u.s.-russia diplomacy, because president putin is a singular kind of personalized leader, and having the oppo

mr. sullivan: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska is recognized. mr. sullivan: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. sullivan: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: mr. president, it's thursday, and it's that time of the week. i know a lot of our reporters in the senate like this because it's a signal of kind of the end of the workweek here, and of course it's also a signal that i get to come to the floor and do what is one of my favorite elements about being a u.s. senator and talk about someone who makes alaska what i believe is the greatest state in the country, and we call this person our alaskan of the week. and before i get to talk about our alaskan of the week, an extraordinary young man named michael martinez, let me tell you a little bit about what's going on in alaska right now. today in anchorage, the sun rose at 4:44 a.m. and will set tonight at 11:00 o'clock p.m. light almost al

mr. sullivan? >> no, i don't. >> i need you all, all of you tk address racial equity and what that means is understanding of our environmental racism and reversing decades of it and halting the damage that you all continue to invest in. please, i dare you all to come to my district and i offered this even to my members of congress, common smell what my neighbors mail, frequently breathe, tell me then whether or not you will continue financing for oil refineries because right now it is morally unacceptable if you truly believe in racial justice then you would make sure that you and your team understand racism in our country that has been a term used by black and brown and brown communities since the 70s and 80s. with that i just ask again chairwoman waters, please follow up and make sure these folks have the information they need to understand this term that it is critically important to communities they are directly impacting in a negative way. with that i will go back. >> thank you very much. the

mr. sullivan: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. sullivan: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i'm here on the senate floor this afternoon to call on president biden to withdraw his nomination to lead the bureau of land management, tracy stone manning. he should withdraw her for the reasons i'm going to talk about here on the senate floor. but let me stipulate while i have often spoken about what i consider far-left extremist environmentalists who are taking over many elements of the biden administration, often in the context of why i voted against hire confirmation, i have not yet called on, haven't in my entire senate career a nomination to be withdrawn before they even have gone through their senate confirmation hearing before a senate committee, but i'm doing it this afternoon. the reason i have never done this before, mr. president, is that's because we have not yet confronted so

mr. sullivan -- show then -- chauvin's family. it is my hope court follows the sentencing guidelines, and imposes justice. >> this is an opportunity if you wish to have any in put to the court. >> thank you, your honor, there are some additional legal matters at hands are not able to give a bold statement at this time. but briefly though, i want to give my condolences to the family. there is going to be some other information in the future that would be of interest and i hope it will give you some peace of mind. thank you. >> -- your comment on the investigation as well. >> we are going to take a 10 minute recess. let us reconvene at 2:45. >> we are back in session now. first of all, i would like to thank everybody for being here and for providing me with what you did. not just in the courtroom here but those who provided written statements, both from the floyd family and the show then -- chauvin family.

mr. sullivan, are you available for questions? let me start with mr. miller then. some argue the harms are in the past and most of the victims and perpetrators are dead which is all true and there's no party responsible for the harm or the compensation for the attack. what is your response? >> we can see the ongoing harm of the tulsa massacre to the state. for the difficult financial loss for people in tulsa oklahoma. people fled the city. families were split apart and infrastructure was destroyed. that has continued over time as they try to prevent building back and continued to target greenwood for the racially divisive urban developments driving a three way through the middle of the community splitting the community apart and dividing it from the rest of tulsa. it's been a continuing problem and there's been no effort in the remediation. let me ask you this. one of the witnesses said that insurance companies had not honored claims. how did they go about the property casualty, insurance, homeowners insurance, how did they not get compensation, how did they get ou

mr. david sullivan for appeal number 21-034. mr. sullivan. you have seven minutes. >> hi, everybody. my name is david sullivan. i live on two houses away from the subject house on mountain spring. i have lived in this neighborhood for about 21 years. my parents were the original owners of this house. when they moved to san francisco in 1998, they spent about two years trying to find a nice neighborhood. initially didn't know about the heights. i was the one who discovered this neighborhood when i found houses on library. when i brought my parents there, it absolutely fell in love with this neighborhood. unfortunately the house that they wanted initially was sold by the time we found it. so, they went on looking spending another year looking at houses and they found this house on sale and in 2000 was when they bought this house. and they fell in love with this neighborhood. i mean, it's essentially located neighborhood within san francisco and amount houses here are very modest size and eclectic and next to us is a forest and you can walk two or three minutes and you are in the forest

mr. sullivan: madam president, it's thursday. it's my favorite time of the week. i get to come down to the senate floor typically every thursday and talk about an alaskan who's doing something amazing for their community, their state, maybe even their country. heck, this one is kind of world. what i refer to as the alaskan of the week -- love doing it. we have a really special alaskan of the week this week who i'm going to talk about. lydia jacoby, a very special 17-year-old who is from sue ward, -- from seward, alaska. we're so excited about this. those of you who have been following our alaskan of the week speeches might notice this is the first new poster board we've had ever. this is the poster board of the alaskan of the week for lydia, because we're so excited about her. but before i talk about lydia, i always like to say a little bit about what's going on in alaska. a lot of people always ask about the light, curious about the light in the summer, particularly as we just had our summer solstice. if you want to come up and really see, come on up. we're open.

mr. chairman. >> that's good. senator sullivan? >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, thank you. mr. secretary, thank you. the first panel went fast. maybe i will call you and give you an update on some of the issues i am focused on. one of which i was going to ask the secretary but i will ask our vso leadership. the v.a.-dod integration. we have that in chicago. it's a good way to save money and expand services. you don't have a lot of those opportunities throughout the country, really throughout the federal government. in alaska, over 40% of our residents are federal health care beneficiaries. that is v.a. or dod related which is really pretty big. i think it is one of the biggest per capita, if not the biggest, in the country. but we don't even have a full-service va hospital in the whole state. more vets per capita than any state. what is the general view from your guys' perspective on those opportunities? v.a.-dod integration in terms of hospitals and health care? >> one of the things we think is critical for v.a. is flexibility. hopefully the air commission is going to provide

mr. biden's national security advisor jake sullivan. >> if the administration were producing a bumper stickers trip, it would be, "america is back." that is what joe biden is saying and would like it to be seen. the trump air is in the past -- era is in the past and predictable america is back. the national security advisor speaking exquisitely to the bbc. >> when we show up in cornwall, we will be there to help lead the g-7 in ending the pandemic. we will be there with incredible domestic growth to help power a global economic recovery. i think we'll be showing through our deeds that the u.s. is capable, right now, of delivering bold and decisive action to help solve problems that afflict people everywhere around the world. >> isn't america lagging behind vaccine diplomacy? lagging behind russia and china who have been offering these vaccines in africa and other places? stealing the march on the u.s.? >> i believe profoundly when all is said and done, it will be the united states and the western democracies who did the lion share of the work from to develop world in terms of helping and this

mr. chairman. >> that's good. >> thank you. >> senator sullivan. >> thank you mr. chairman. gentlemen, thanks, mr. secretary. >> that. sorry i missed the first panel. man, that went fast. we had a bunch of votes. maybe i will call you and give you kind of an update on some of the issues i am focused on. one i was going to ask the secretary but i want to ask the vso leadership. it goes to the v.a./d.o.d. integration. we have that in chicago. it is a good way to save money but expand services. you don't have a lot of those opportunities throughout the country, really throughout the federal government. in alaska, over 40% of our residents are federal health care beneficiaries. that's v.a. or d.o.d. kind of related, custom is really pretty big. i think it's one of the biggest per capita, if not the biggest in the country. but we don't even have a full service v.a. hospital, in the whole state. more vets per capita than any state in the country. what's general view, your guys' perspective on those kind of opportunities -- v.a./d.o.d. integration in terms of hospitals and health care? >> senator, one of

senator sullivan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i share your views and i know most of the members of the committee do, on keeping faith with those who support us in afghanistan. and gentlemen, i appreciate you running the gauntlet today. it's a modern element of our constitutional oversight responsibilities. i have one final question. a growing and critical area of great power competition with russia certainly but also with china is our strategic interests in the arctic. and mr. secretary, as you know, and general, each of the military services, in some ways prompted by this committee, have now published an arctic strategy. i think all of this view this as a positive development. and both of you, during your confirmation hearings, had committed to focus on this area of our national security, to fully resource each of the service arctic strategies. deputy secretary hicks through her confirmation process did the same. in a strategic forces subcommittee hearing yesterday, i had the chance to ask general van herr, in his role as design

life back if it wasn't for detective goodwyn and detective snyder and supervisory special agent sullivan. and mrthe d.a.ss, it is amazing what the d.a.s, it is amazing what they have given me. >> reporter: sara, 30 years old, and emily, 23, are now trying to move on still reflecting on the shocking abuse. and your mother knew nothing about all of this, do you think? >> now, looking back, she -- she had to have known. >> reporter: you'd think. >> but she must've lost her mind. there's no way that my mom would allow that to happen to her children. >> reporter: the sisters are now closer than ever, and closer to their dad too who was anguished when he heard his daughters' stories for the first time. >> there are many, many times that my dad could have given up on me. and he never gave up on me. >> he cried. and he wanted to know why i never told him. >> reporter: because in your mind you were protecting him. you were keeping him from the demon. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: sara is now married to daniel, and still lives in wichita. emily got married, too. both sisters want to help others through their st

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sullivan. >> thank you for your service and mr. secretary, you know how much respect to have her both of you. you have a hard job to defend the budget you don't like or did not support it but you have to do it now and that is tough. but let me mentioned budgets are a reflection of the administration's priorities. take a look at this chart the biden administration in the 6 trillion-dollar budget blowout clearly prioritizes defense and homeland security deadad last. if you look at inflation adjusted it is a cut democrats and republicans think national security should be prioritized first, not last. i thank you gentlemen probably believe that but how can you tell the troopse that you are leading we are prioritizing their mission to defend america when it is clear the biden administration priority of their mission is last with the declining defense budget went almost every other agency and the federal government is getting a massive double-digit increase? mr. secretary do you want to take that on? >>>> thank you senator. what i will te

sullivan. thank you for joining me. biden offered putin the benefit of the doubt he should know better. the rhetoric so sounded like th past three u.s. presidents and mr there is no reason to believe the outcome will vary of various attempts with mr. putin. do you have any optimism that the timeline this time will be different? >> i am not sure if "the washington post" watched the conference of the summit meeting. in the press conference he ex p specifically said -- the fruit of the meeting -- he's not taking anything for granted and when he was asked whether he was confident, he said that's not the right word. confidence is not the right word. the right word is verification. being able to test and see whether in fact the relationship does get onto a more stable and predictable basis. let's get some specifics in here. bob menendez criticized -- i want you to listen to what he sads. >> the trump administration regularly missed congressionally mandated deadlines. i expect better from this administration. president biden and his team must announce these ansanctions for this week. >> russia taken no steps to rectify it. >> this is your fellow democrat, ar

sullivan converted storage closet, because evie is here. and also, for the first time in 14 months, i will have an actual in-person guest tonight-- mr.ski, who's here to talk about his new movie, "a quiet place ii." well, he's come to the right spot, because for the last year, there has been no quieter place on earth than this room. ( evie laughing ) i've got to tell you, there's nothing like telling a joke and then hearing your own heartbeat. anyway, thank you for being here, john! >> it's so good to be here. >> stephen: thank you for being in the second chair. when they said, do you want to have john krasinski be your first live, in-person guest, i said, sure, that would be great. and evie said, what are you talking about? >> that's right, back off, buddy. >> yeah, no, i knew, i could feel the competition. there's a wall of tension. >> stephen: exactly. we were going to sit you in that chair, and she's obviously a lady, she said ( bleep ), that's my chair. >> what? ( laughter ) >> stephen: that's my chair. krasinski can get in the rumble seat. >> i haven't seen a switchblade since 1976, and she pulled one out. >> yeah-- >> it was r

along with the secretary of state national security adviser jake sullivan as well as victoria nuland. steve: here comes mrputin down the gang plank. brian: easy to see, easy to spot that saunter. eric green will be there. the director of russian relations. what's also interesting is not only has vladimir putin behavior been belligerent so was his actions, one thing he just did sell iranians sophisticated antimissile satellite system. that's in israel face and that's in our faces a we are looking to somehow beg our way back in to that deal. but that's not to anyone's advantage. except iran. >> i would like to see mr. biden asked about that particular deal. and, look, made the point before. here is vladimir putin showing up decidedly late for this meeting forcing the president of the united states to actually wait in the situation. brian, you know watching enough heavyweight fights. the challenger is forced to weight in the ring many minutes on end while the champ takes his time coming out because that's the impression that putin is the more powerful one here. you're going to wait for me, mr. optics mean a

mr. biden says he told putin cyber attacks by russia will not be tolerated. putin refused to commit to stopping the attacks in the future. the president's national security adviser jake sullivansay the summits were unusually productive, but the president as we pointed out, did not get concessions from mr. putin on the issue of cyber attacks and cyber security. my question is what is the u.s. prepared to do if these attacks continue? >> well, first let me say that we didn't set the measure at a verbal commitment from vladimir putin that russian criminals would stop hacking. we set the measure at whether over the next 6 to 12 months attacks against our critical infrastructure decline coming out of. we believe we set the basis for that. as the president said, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. so we will see over the course of the months to come whether this was, in fact, a productive session that the president spent with vladimir putin. on the question of consequences, the president was direct with president putin and was direct publicly. he said that we have significant capacity, and that we're prepared to use it if the cyber attacks continue because ultimately the pre

mr. brzezinski, so many years about the russians, about dealing with them. i'm hoping that with jake sullivanecretary tony blinken a similar process of thinking, what do we want strategically? how do we want to get to where we would be in a better position down the road can happen. because that's crucial, successful presidents have done that. >> dr. brzezinski, don't trust, verify, still don't trust category. >> what he would spend a lot of time doing is really understanding the psychology of the person he was dealing with, whether it was at camp david he would spend many times walking in the woods with each leader and really understanding them fully as a person. and psychologically where -- meeting them where they are, to understand how to act strategically with them, you have to know them. >> what separated your father from so many other leaders is he did not take the fdr approach where he thought the personality meant anything. he would try to figure out strategically what was going to happen, but he understood at the end of the day being buddies, it was the last thing he was interested in

mr. secretary for joining us here today. i have repeatedly said that vladimir putin is not our friend. in addition to last year's sullivan sack, he and his cronies are responsible for three additional cyber attacks in the last two months, including two on u.s. companies which seriously disrupted our supply chain. he continues his illegal occupation of crimea. he arbitrated the poisoning of alexei navalny. he publicly reports and supports the illegitimate despot in belarus even though he is holding two americans hostage. late last month, the biden administration made the baffling assertion that waiving sanctions on nord stream 2, a russian gas subsidiary and its corporate officers is somehow in the u.s. "national interest." let me be clear. allowing a russia project to be built that will enrich putin, give him further strength in europe, further endanger ukraine, is absolutely not in our u.s. national interest. president biden is rewarding who'd been with a summit in geneva next week. this is a powerful and dangerous message. it is my hope the summit will provide at least some good. i urge you and the president to call fo

mr. sullivan: first, i think it is important for your viewers to understand that we have sanctioned russia for the visiting of alexei navalny. we did not just do it ourselves, we rallied european allies in a joint effort to impose costs on russia for the use of a chemical agent against one of their citizens on russian soil. we are preparing another package of sanctions to live. we have shown along the way that we will not pull our punches. whether solar winds or election interference or navalny, when it comes to responding to russians activities. the president also took the extraordinary step of signing a new executive order that took standing authority when it comes to sanctions for russia's activity. we will take a backseat to no one. it will come as soon as we have developed the packages to ensure we are getting the right targets. we do that, we will impose further sanctions with specter chemical weapons. joining us from massachusetts is chris matthews, his newest book my life in politics. guest: happy father's day. big day for all of us. host: what did you learn about chris matthews in

mr. sullivan: first, i think it is important for your viewers to understand that we have sanctioned russell for the poisoning of alexei navalny. we did not just do it ourselves, r

mr. sullivan: first, i think it is important for your viewers to understand that we have sanctioned russia for the

mr. sullivan: first, i think it is important for your viewers to understand that we have sanctioned russia for the visiting of alexei navalny. we did not just do it ourselves, we rallied european allies in a joint effort to impose costs on russia for the use of a chemical agent against one of their citizens on russian soil. we are preparing another package of sanctions to live. we have shown along the way that we will not pull our punches.