, national affairs as a journal at the aei association and edited by heads our section on social, cultural and constitutional affairs at aei in that piece just came out in spring 21 issue and entitled the assault on trust in our election. i won't give it all away but it does look at issues related to the 2020 election with trust and belief in the election results but also begins in 2018 with the election that i just discussed with the stacy abrams and brian kemp and in fact, i think the one phrase that set out for me was that you felt a sense of dÉjÀ vu when you were reliving the 2018 election in 2020. tell us about your piece and why you wrote it and why you are worried about trust in our election. >> if you didn't live in georgia you saw the results of what happened after the november 2020 election and after president trump came up short in the election totals you saw that the beginning disinformation, misinformation campaign and that was a new strategy the people came up with but here in georgia we had seen this back in 2018. after stacy abrams lost in the by nearly 60000 now

he's written a new piece for "national affairs," a journal that has an aei association. that piece just came out in the spring 2021 issue. it's entitled "the assault on trust in our elections." and i won't give it all away, but it does look of course at issues relating to the 2020 election and trust and belief in the election results but it also begins in 2018 with the election that i just discussed, with stacey abrams and brian kemp. in fact i think the one phrase that stuck out for me was that you felt a sense of deja vu when you were reliving the 2018 election, in a sense, in 2020. so tell us a little bit about your piece, why you wrote it, and why you're worried about trust in our elections. >> if you didn't live in georgia, you saw the results of what happened after the november 2020 election, and after president trump came up short in the election totals. you saw the election disinformation campaign. you would have thought that was a new strategy that people have come up with. but here in georgia we had seen this back in 2018. after stacey abrams lost the election

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were seeing 1st female vice president come alive harris let's bring in john nichols he is the national affairs correspondent the nation magazine he's also the author of the fight for the soul of the democratic party joining us from madison wisconsin thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera your initial reaction to joe biden's speech. this was a classic presidential speech to congress joe biden touched on wall of areas that he needed to touch on he talked a lot about domestic policy talk about his do program played a significant foreign policy component to it and so he did it in the classic form but what was striking about this beach was frankly how progressive it was how he went again and again to he means and statements that really in many ways mirror it best use of really seniors. 2020 president. it was really a speech that showed the extent to which president biden as moved to lacked and frankly that is it ministration is attempting they may not succeed but is attempting to really kind of the new the the spirit of franklin roosevelt and lyndon johnson in the mid 1960 s. very big very bold go

can really for reporting from capitol hill let's i once again speak to john nichols who is the national affairs correspondent the nation magazine the and also the author of the fight for the soul of the democratic party joining us from madison wisconsin once again thanks for sticking around what do you make of the the republican rebuttal. it was very well delivered it was a powerful statement and i think that that at the heart of it was his declaration that america is not a racist country now that is something that many americans would disagree with. but in a sense jim static was not really speaking to those folks who were committed to being that america as a race country or that america must focus on addressing structural racism he was speaking to the base of the republican party and to those swing voters who might be attracted to the republicans this was a very political statement by tim scott but it was i think quite effective because he delivered it in a very personal style he spoke of his mother he did new people into a conversation and frankly again he is very conservative he is a potenti

our white house correspondent talking to us from capitol hill let's bring in john nichols he's national affairs correspondent at the nation magazine is also author of the fight for the soul of the democratic party is joining us by skype from madison a swim in wisconsin he's been with us for the last few hours as this speeches have been made good have you back on all jazeera bungalow as they were just telling telling kimberly halakhah that what she heard as a congresswoman from michigan when she was listening was a respectful invitation by joe biden to republicans and democrats who still need to to be convinced do you think there's going to be the response that he's hoping for . you know i don't. i think if the lines are very clearly drawn in this congress and well president biden will definitely reach out to republicans and while there are some republicans who will meet with him remember there was a group of republicans that met with him back when they were doing the american rescue act the relief plan hope it or early this year so they'll be meetings and they'll be discussions but there's a pr

nonetheless, he said emergency of the national affairs rendered it necessary for the president to consult frequently with all the constitutional advisers for the friendly council. senator charles who chaired the senate foreign relations committee claimed that the secretary of state had statements were offensive in the presence of foreign ministers. among other wrongful actions, sumner charged that seward had written offensive dispatches which the president could not have seen or ascended to. after three hours, the meeting ended without any resolution. the next day, lincoln asked for another session that night, which was agreed to by the committee, the caucus, that meeting, lincoln had every cabinet member but seward to join him in the meeting. the president opened the discussion according to an account with a speech admitting that the cabinet had not been irregular in its consultations but excusing it for -- however, he said most questions of importance had received reasonable consideration, and he was not aware of any decisions of unity in the cabinet. lincoln acknowledged actions were t

china who have other powers coming up and are taking a bigger hole of america's attention in its national affairs and u.s. really has a lot on its hands to really deal with such a such complex relationships that i think it's very early in biden's presence the release date anything concrete as to what you do or what is mark on your side to be or i will this segues nicely into a finger point we have to raise and that is whether we're going to see glenn do you think we're going to see tensions now increase on a number of issues in a number of flashpoints around the world that involve the u.s. and russia whether we're talking about ukraine to syria or i don't know importing gas into europe and arctic shipping. well i think the simple answer to that is yes russia has sought for years since this years of include an. international system where what allow me to draw the line but hasn't the us all the same i'm sure dimitri would could easily point out the same of us and many other countries right now i guess i would say yes no i'm not claiming that nice this is an innocent choir but the us has on the whol

. >> i am joined by national affairs correspondent for the nation john nichols, former colleague of mine expert, someone who knows his way particularly around the evolution of progressive thought in the united states. walk us through why some stuff that used to be called out there seems right in here in the mainstream right now. >> well, this is the 21st century, for one thing. so we have a big, broader definition. and that broader definition respects the fact that roads and bridges are part of it, but so, too, is a care economy, an economy that makes sure people that care for our elderly and our disabled get a fair wage, get respect on the job, and this intersects with many of the racial justice components of the struggle of recent years because the people who provide care are overwhelmingly women and disproportionally women of color. so you see within this infrastructure plan many of the successes of years of efforts by progressive activists, by unions who convince planners that if you talk about infrastructure, you just can't do it the way they did in 1930. you now have to talk about

this very story about the feds getting gaetz's cell phone and joe walsh, a friend of ours and national affairsrespondent for "the nation." mark, what did you find in your reporting? >> well, what you said. we also have more details on the bahamas trip, who went along. there were two private planes. the commercial plane and at least five women who went along on the trip. one of the women who went on the trip we spoke to that there was no prostitution that happened. that's what investigators are investigating in relation to the bahamas trip. but she also said everyone was 18 or older. that has particular salience in the case of this teen who is the alleged victim of sex trafficking by gaetz's ally and let's just probably say former friend joel greenberg, the local florida county tax collector, who is charged with that act in july or back in august. yes, july. excuse me. the dates are whooshing around in my head. that's the big 10,000 foot view of what we were able to uncover. the phone thing was of particular salience. >> yeah. it's a big problem for matt gaetz if the feds got his phone and that

washington post" columnist with republican experience in the party pre trump and joan walsh, national affairs for "the nation." good to have you both here. >> thanks, ari. >> joan, i quote stephen stills with no disrespect to the transmutation of the original song because it is dangerous to be a trump supporter. it is actually dangerous to your pocketbook and a lot more, whether you realize it or not. what do you make of just the sheer scale of this fraudulence and about the fact that you can do this in american politics. is that fair? is it a good idea? >> it's not fair. it's not a good idea. we all know that sitting here. i have to say, this makes me so relieved he's gone, ari. because i can actually feel outrage at this story, whereas i fear six months ago it would have been another case, well, what do you expect? con the one you're with, trump university, nothing else matters. it does matter. ethically it matters. it matters as the republican party is making this alleged turn to embrace its blue collar roots. we need to call out at every moment that they have this blue collar set of lies,

. >> joining us now, john heilemann, nbc news and msnbc national affairs analyst, host and executiveof showtime's the circus. also with us, zerlina maxwell. she's the host of the program "zerlina" that airs on peacock. and, zerlina, i just feel like all i have to say is, zerlina, matt gaetz, go. >> yeah. i mean that's pretty much where we are, lawrence. but i think i always go back to this. you know, the republican party is in disarray, and they don't stand for anything, and they have really prominent and loud supporters of donald trump who are finding themselves in a lot of trouble. and matt gaetz is smart. i'll give him credit for this. he's following the donald trump playbook of what to do when you are accused of incredibly serious allegations. and i think, you know, i don't know how long kevin mccarthy thinks that innocent until proven guilty is going to work, but certainly they need to review his committee assignments because he's on one of the committees that oversees the justice department, the judiciary committee in the house. and so i think those are the kinds of decisions r

along with joe, willie, and me, we have nbc news and msnbc national affairs analyst host and executive producer of showtime's "the circus" and host of "the hell and high water" podcast from the recount, john heilemann. >> good background. >> also, elizabeth b. miller and pulitzer prize-winning columnist and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson joins us this morning. >> and of course, you know, willie, i'll never forgive gene robinson for the nasty biting column he wrote about me after i won the '87 masters. >> i don't think that even happened. >> it's because you cheated, joe. i had to -- when you kicked that ball out on 12, i'm sorry, i just couldn't -- i had to tell the truth. >> thus the headline, rosie ruiz, get your golf clubs. who remembers rosie, cheating in the new york marathon in, what, '78? >> is the whole morning going to be like this? let's get to the news. we're following new developments in the justice department investigation of republican congressman matt gaetz. nbc news has learned that joe greenberg, a former florida tax official and associate of gaetz is expecte

deputy white house press secretary and also served as a special assistant to the president's national security affairs he says the outcome could have been fall was. there's still a lot we don't know but it could be that what we find out is that you have an individual attack you know involving some sort of mental instability some sort of perceived grievance against government and the use of a car as a lethal weapon this is actually the kind of threat that we've understood for decades and the barricade itself you know worked obviously we had we grieve the loss of one officer the injury of another but but obviously didn't get in a position to threaten the capital that makes this a a very different kind of threat than what we saw in january 6 i don't think you know there's a connection other than the fact that that now the u.s. capitol is seen as a target for people across you know with a range of of political views if somebody is determined to in this case perhaps you know enact a murder suicide u.n. die walking across a busy street somewhere would be vulnerable if someone wants to use a car as a as a we

white house press secretary and also served as a special assistant to the president for national security affairs he joins us from alexandria in virginia p.j. good to have you back on the program so what's your response then to this incident that happened today at the capitol because as mike was saying even though it sets off a major security alert the lockdown and the response did seem to work. i think that's right there's still a lot we don't know but it could be that what we find out is that you have an individual attack you know involving some sort of mental instability some sort of perceived grievance against government and the use of a car as a lethal weapon this is actually the kind of threat that we've understood for decades and the barricade itself you know worked obviously we have we grieve the loss of one officer the injury of another but but obviously he didn't get in a position to threaten the capital that makes this a a very different kind of threat than what we saw in january 6 yeah p.j. how difficult is it to prevent these lone wolves style attacks on unwilling f.b.i. been looking

i would also like to welcome the blinded veterans association, national association of -- affairs, military officers association of america, student veterans of america, minority veterans of america, national coalition for homeless veterans, and who will will hear from -- who will hear from on today's second panel. i especially want to welcome two groups who will be testifying for the first time at our yearly legislative presentations. inviting groups that specifically advocate for minority and underserved veterans is a crucial first step in our goal to create a more welcoming v.a.. i also would like to specifically welcome any members from my home state of california. normally we have a room full of veterans and we would hear a raucous cheer from our home state. we may not be in the same room like years past, but i want to welcome you and thank you for joining us today virtually. the opportunity to hear from our vso partners is incredibly important to me. our bso partners represent veterans and families. hearing from them provides an opportunity to hear directly from you about what is most

nbc news and msnbc be national affairs analyst, host and executive producer of showtimes "the circus" and host of "the hell and high water podcast" from the recount. jon hileman is with us, and alina plott. joe will be back on monday. we're following a number of stories this morning. another day of dramatic testimony in the trial of derek chauvin, the former police officer charged with the murder of george floyd. >> -- floyd had this great, deep, southern voice. raspy. he was like, sis. you okay, sis? and i wasn't okay. i said, no, i'm -- i'm just waiting for my son's father. he -- sorry. he said -- um -- well, can i pray with you? >> chauvin defense team argued that floyd's underlying health conditions and drug use killed him. what do jurors think? we'll talk about that coming up. >>> plus, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says president biden's infrastructure package won't get any support from republicans. interesting. >>> and texas lawmakers advance a sweeping elections bill that places new restrictions on the voting process. major corporations are voicing opposition to the m

hit some fresh bumps in the road, former israeli and lassiter to the united nations is here live on the current state of affairs and his nation's view on the biden of administration. all right, so much of the opening trade depends on the rate of vaccination which leads us to johnson & johnson at this hour j&j stock is trending slightly lower now it's pop to the upside of a third of 8% the pharma giants waits a decision on whether the covid vaccine is safe after half a dozen people reported blood clots last week. doctor anthony fauci saying we will know in just days. >> hopefully by friday we will get back on track one way or the other but i would imagine what we would see it would come back and it would come back in some sort of warning or restriction. what i'm sure, i hope we don't see anything extended beyond friday. we need to get friday some decision one way or another. liz: with the dow jones industrial down 118 points regardless the j&j pause is a reluctant in some parts of the country to get the shot, let's take you live to a vaccination site in livingston new jersey. it does not look that busy granted p

out right at the beginning that this state of the nation address would be mostly about domestic affairs and indeed it's has been there's been a lot about the various the various issues the things russia of the russian exhausted to the public you know what with the pandemic. with the world economy being in crisis mode but there's also much devoted to the health care system of the russian federation that includes that mia putin saying that you know the challenges that we face are tremendous we weren't ready for the pandemic in the early days but it was thanks to medics thanks to frontline doctors that we managed to beat back that pandemic in the now we have 3 vaccines. mr. moxon nation is of immense put importance right now i'm asking the government regional hands to tackle this everyone people should have the chance to get vaccinated which will allow us to have had immunity by the autumn i once again call on all our citizens to get vaccinated. we've made a breakthrough funks while scientists are now we have 3 reliable vaccines. we compared to other countries russia hasn't been struck qui

preamble, article 1 and article 2 also provide that there should be no intervention by one nation in their internal affairsother. i do not know what senator kennedy suggests when he says that we should help those who oppose the castro regime. both in cuba and without. i do know this, if we were to follow that recommendation, we will lose all of our friends in latin america, we would probably be condemned in the united nations, and we will not accomplish our objective. i know some thing else, it will be an open invitation for mr. khrushchev to come in to come into latin america and to engage us and what would be a civil war and possibly even worse than that. host: what role did questions about castro in cuba play in the 1960 presidential election? nicholas: is such a bizarre situation because nixon is arguing exactly the opposite of what he believes. i mean, kennedy is attacking nixon from the right on cuba, saying the cuban revolution has to be quarantined and that its opponents have to be supported. they kennedy campaign had put out the campaign statement that the eisenhower administration does not help,

national security determinations. the constitution, all of our laws, our history contemplated that the president is the sole organ of foreign affairsn or hampering that operation of these national security privileges to the president has by a bunch of laws that require lawyers to get in and interfere with the national security of the united states. elizabeth: so trump says travel ban on terror hot spots. pelosi that's it's a religious ban because it is muslim countries this has proven to be erroneous what pelosi's thinking is here. but she wants to undo all of that. so by the way the president biden already stopped that part of the trump travel ban but here's the thing, president obama issued about 18 travel bans on individual from the middle east, iran, countries in africa, libya, ukraine, venezuela, north korea. would pelosi go after obama's travel bans too? this would fail at the supreme court. the supreme court already rejected this. >> we won at the supreme court in the trump administration. i don't think as a political matter she would not criticize a democrat who did a travel ban but certainly would for a republican presiden

affairs of any other american country. they, as well, have agreed to do likewise. the charter of the united nationss preamble, article one, and article to also provide that there shall be no intervention by one nation in the internal affairs of another. i don't know what senator kennedy suggests when he says we should help those who oppose the castro regime, both in cuba and without. but i do know this. if we were to follow that recommendation, we would lose all of our friends in latin america. we would probably be condemned in the united nations, and we would not accomplish our objectives. i know something else -- it would be an open invitation for mr. cruz check to come into latin america and to engage us in what would be a civil war and possibly even worse than that. host: so what role did questions about castro and cuba play in the 1960 presidential campaign? guest: it's such a bizarre situation, because nixon is arguing the exact opposite of what he believes. kennedy is attacking nixon from the right on cuba, saying the revolution has to be quarantined and its opponents have to be supported. t

also provide that there shall be no intervention by one nation in the internal affairs of another.i do not know what's senator kennedy suggest when he says he's we should help those who oppose the castro regime. both in cuba and out. but i do know this? but if we were to follow that recommendation and lose all of our friends in latin america that we would not accomplish our objective are rejected. and i know it would be an open invitation for mr. khrushchev to come in and to come into latin america and to engage us in what would be a civil war and probably even worse than that. >> so what role did questions about castro in cuba play in the 1960 presidential campaign. >> it is such a bizarre situation because nixon is arguing the exact opposite of what he believes. kennedy is attacking nixon from the right on cuba saying that cuba revolution has to be quarantined and that its opponents have to be supported. the kennedy campaign to put out a campaign statement that the eisenhower administration was not helping. providing virtually no help. so in this debate which was the fourth of th

tension, whether it is the social class arrangements, their petition series avielle the nation states, international affair, the question of african independence, but then the big issue always at home, what is going on with police brutality and of course i think that's also in brown girl brownstone but williams wants to get at this with one of the first novels of 1961, night song, which is a -- feature as protagonist based on charlie parker, and the thing but the jazz musician who is declining because of self-inflicted abuse but abuse at a form of coping with racism in america, culminates when the hero, eagle, called eagle in the novel, is assaulted by the policeman in a very random encounter near a university, and what is fascinating to our sensibility would be that this encounter is one that is portrayed as utterly predictable and imminent, and the nuance that he shows with both the expectations from the policeman and the victim in the encounter, and the -- both are seeking in some ways certain kind of recognition from the other, gives you a sense of the power of williams as a writer, and taking somethin

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the united nations are humans human rights chief affairs the situation in myanmar will turn into a full blown conflict much like the one in syria. is urging for stronger action against man miles army saying targeted sanctions are not enough protests against february's coup have grown across the country despite a military crackdown more than 3000 people have been arrested in several cities and 600 people have been killed since the coup. japan's decision to release more than a 1000000 tons of contaminated water into the sea from its ruined fukushima nuclear plant has been criticized by china and south korea they jane says it's extremely arest sponsible south korea has promised to take the necessary steps to ensure the health of its citizens robert bride reports from seoul for years this has been the only solution to the increasing volumes of contaminated water build ever more tanks at the plant site to store it crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 water has been used to cool the damaged reactors becoming radioactive and now totaling one and a quarter 1000000 tonnes the japanese g

. >> well, i heard you last november when you spoke to the national convention of the world affairs council. and of course i've also read david rubenstein's book where he interviewed you. and you said, would you be able to achieve in today's politics the kinds of things that you did during your hay day in washington from 1980 through 1992, you the ultimate principled pragmatist, and, now as you mentioned a few minutes ago, this unbelievable political dysfunction? is there a place for somebody with your skillset and principled pragmatism in today's washington, d.c.? >> well, i would hope that there would be. i don't know. you know, nothing i accomplished could ever have been accomplished without the presidents whom i served. and so, today, i mean, leadership has to come from the top. and we need presidents today who want to see that whole paradigm re-established where people go to washington to do the nation's business, not to fight and squabble and argue all the time. and, by the way, we need a press that views that as the objective. you know, the press today, when i was there, the press we

affair. this is our ginger national on a so use rocket has taken the 3 man crew to the international space station almost exactly 60 years after the 1st manned flight from the same launch slide it is among our stories ahead after a short break and i have to say space is cool. talks are underway in vienna to save the j.c. peel away the agreement the trump administration unilaterally walked away from making the deal whole again is relatively easy for iran but that cannot be said for the united states does the buy didn't ministration have the political will to say yes if you put out. is your media a reflection of reality. in the world transformed. what will make you feel safe. high salacious community. are you going the right way or are you being so. direct. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or inmate in the shallows. welcome back this is our chance for national now israel has ruled out any cooperation with a probe into alleged war crimes into the palestinian territories the israeli prime minister office accused of the international crim

there will be more on the covid crisis and other pressing global affairs tomorrow on "face the nationests include the president of france, emmanuel macron, and the new u.s. ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield. divers returned today to the waters off the louisiana coast. they are searching for lost crew members aboard a lift boat that capsized on tuesday. two more bodies were recovered yesterday, bringing the death toll to four. nine others are still missing. a safe landing today in khazakstan... >> touchdown. touchdown confirmed at 11:55. >> diaz: a soyuz capsule returned two cosmonauts and an american astronaut, kate rubins, to earth. they spent 185 days on a mission to the international space station. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," "eye on earth." the unusual fight over sand on a california beach. also, racket giveaway. meet the teen getting the game into new hands. and later, large-scale love. one woman's quest to save hippos was more than she bargained for. . if i have something to help me breathe better, everything would be fun and nice. but i still have ba

warning from the russian president to the rest of the world but stay out of our affairs is his annual state of the nation address vladimir putin has made it clear that moscow will respond in a quote swift and harsh way to any foreign provocations it comes as tensions with the west are rising over russia's military buildup along the ukrainian border the u.s. and european union have also developed to hold putin responsible if his main political rival alexina volley don is in prison the mony is in his 4th week now of a hunger strike. we could be doing if it must be we really do not want to burn bridges well it is someone perceives our good intentions as indifference or weakness and themself intends to finally nor even blow up these bridges. that he should know that russia's response will be asymmetrical quick. and tough. 3 of them on us we will have enough patience responsibility professionalism self-confidence moral steadfastness and common sense when making decisions. but i hope that no one will think of crossing red lines regarding russia. and what that red line is in any particular case but it will be d

is the way to learn to stand in solidarity ensure that we're not you know with an affair because some of minnesota national guard already deployed for the trial have been sent to brooklyn center. skills enough to do that to vittie said be counseled as a precaution and investigation has been promised the community is water. out to sea the brooklyn center the mini apples. in other world news israel's prime minister says iran is the greatest threat in the middle east and he won't allow it to obtain nuclear capability his comments come as iran branes israel for sabotaging its key nuclear facility tehran describe sunday's incident which knocked out a power grid at natanz as an act of terrorism it happened a day after iran and veils new advanced uranium centrifuges. that iran must never possess nuclear weapons my policies prime minister of israel is clear i will never allow iran to obtain the nuclear capability to carry out its genocidal goal of eliminating israel and israel will continue to defend itself against iran's aggression and terrorism harry foster in west jerusalem has more on what the israeli prime mi

host: matt rosendale represents montana in the house, republican , on the national resources veterans affairsmittee. come back again. guest: thank you, john. host: after the break, we will be joined by congress emanuel -- congressman emanuel cleaver. stick around. we will be right back. >> booktv on c-span2 has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend, sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwards," in his book "children under fire, and american crisis," the author looks at the effects of gun violence on children in america. he is interviewed by an epidemiology professor sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, former speaker of the house john boehner talks about his book "on the house: a washington memoir," which recounts his career in the house of representatives on the future of the republican party. sunday at 10:50 eastern, an investigative journalist on her book "high conflict: why do you trapped and how we get out," which looks at how people can engage in healthy conflict resolutions. watch booktv on c-span2. ♪ >> "washington journal" continues. host: congressman emanuel cleaver joins us now, t

course, are familiar with jake sullivan and is the currently assistant to the president for national security affairs after having already a distinguished career in government previously and served as the national security advisor for vice president joe biden and before that he was the director of policy planning at the u.s. department of state and the deputy chief of staff to secretary of state hillary clinton. of course, as many of you know and many of you worked with him he also was a senior policy advisor for secretary clinton 2016 presidential campaign. jake clerked for justice steven breyer on the supreme court and the u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit so he's really an underachiever and all of us who known him for a long time also note that he is incredibly kind and approachable person. let me pause here, right, before i introduced jerry and make sure that we have jake. spirit can you hear me? >> hey, yes, i can pretty welcome. thank you for being with us today. jake, you have an enormous portfolio, of course. you are serving a president who is made really bold promises about transf