of the national assembly has made the president of the assembly that when there is a vacancy is thatot the reason however we did just juan guaido until the next free election. senator paul is no longer here but said the policy of replacing maduro, that is in the policy of the united states. the policy of the united states is a transition to free and fair elections with the people that choose who the next president is. >> that is exactly right. let me ask another thing. first of all i think it's fair to say the maduro regime isn't a government in the traditional sense of the word. it's an organized crime ring. is that a fair characterization? >> it is and it's what distinguishes it from the latin american cases of military that were replaced by democratic governance and as a criminal enterprise basically what it's comprised of as the individuals that allow maduro to remain, quote unquote, in power. much of the country they don't wreck debut to exercise this but they are heavily focused. to the extent they are in control of national territory some of the people allow them to do it. the

, hold a democratically elected members of the national assembly have made the president of that assembly. that under the venezuelan constitution fills the role of president when there is a vacancy in that office. is that not the reason why we recognize him? mr. abrams: that's correct. we do not choose juan guaido. the constitution chose him. senator rubio: as interim president in the next free and fair election. mr. abrams: yes. senator rubio: i also heard a comment earlier by one of my colleagues, senator paul who is no longer here, he said our policy of replacing maduro with guaido, that is not the policy of the united states. the policy of the united states is to try to promote -- >> we'll break away from program momentarily to fulfill our 40- plus year commitment to live coverage of the house. members meeting in a pro forma session today. no votes are scheduled. live to the floor of the u.s. house here on c-span. it states representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s

the leader of the national assembly declared himself president, and he won the backing of more than 50ountries, but today the socialist government is still in power, president nicolas maduro overseeing a deep economic and health care crisis. my guest today is vanessa neumann, the london envoy of the would—be presidentjuan guaido. has the opposition missed its main chance? vanessa neumann, in new york city, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me. it is a pleasure to be back with you, stephen. let's reflect on the big declaration made byjuan guaido some 18 months ago when he declared himself president of venezuela. he said that he was going to deliver freedom and democracy, and a better life to the people of venezuela. are you somewhat embarrassed when you think back to those claims? no, absolutely not. i think we have made a lot of progress. we have 61 countries now that recognise that our interim president, including the united kingdom, now, by active law, but in the british courts, and three international organisations, and what has happened is that it has become paten

even if they don't win or rather if they lose the majority that the opposition once had in the national assembly but he is arguing that to stop taking part at all is just handing it all over for free to the government and that in according to the son of the sources i haven't got access to believe that if somebody like that i like that pretty list can take part and then maybe there will be further concessions on the part of the government to try to make this as the image of an election as possible under circumstances that are still considered far from ideal. lebanon's major political parties have named the diplomats mr prime minister designate was appointed hours before the french president arroyo to beirut and model my call is expected to push for more reform in the country which was so devastating. by last month's ports explosion so who is the man now in charge of leading the recovery almost suffer a db is an academic who's not well known among the lebanese public he's been lebanon's ambassador in germany since 2013 he does have close ties to the former prime minister najib mikati serving as hi

and with all the legal places he should be the session of the national assembly and last of the government. being a human. body. we have no hatreds. because anyone from my country. thank god for service. apologies 1st of all i know the sound quality wasn't great they were having a foreign translation over the. french translation over the phone but that was abraham and now the former president of mali he has resigned he said we hold some of that i do not wish any blood to be shed and i thank the mali in people for their support over the years now this of course follows a coup attempt or at least a military out rising an army munition a which happened earlier in the day the president and the prime minister within detained by the army and now. it's about midnight it's about 1 in the morning in bamako now and these the latest pictures from mali and television of president abraham announcing his resignation well this of course plunges mali deeper in crisis months of protests demanding the president step down demonstrators had blamed him for corruption and for not doing enough to contain the fig

national assembly and also the government so finally. i'm most of the recent missions of for these 3 stations to which was also one of the river indications of what the reverse soldiers kaito was reelected only 2 years ago mamadou what made mali and turned on him. money. firstly when he's been elected said and people of the public because of money he's been elected in 2013 off that it would incite against the ex-president which is i've been paid and then muslim population had to be hauled off for the changing of the country which was mainly fights the terrorism in the county the judge isn't in the country and also the corruptions so those are the questions which has been brought into bad situations the ex presidents but it's 5 years later after the 1st monday did nothing change in the country and it's even get worse the problem in this you pushing a lot of security problem in the called free of corruption is in the country and school nothing was going on so finally people were kind of like. denying the presidents but then come the next e

national assembly and also the government so finally he's on most of the recent missions of for these 3 stations which was also one of the river indications of what the reverse soldiers the coalition behind the protest movement says that what we saw today was not a military coup but a popular insurrection who exactly is behind this who are these rebel soldiers. the rebel soldiers are actually at the beginning they were missed any clearer milk joe joe was in the front of all these movements but behind that there are some generals like i generally. how you call. this in general. from the money don't believe there is a general fund somebody don't believe will seems to be like the. main leader of these organisations and also he's been out by joe was fiercely names it was heard by all the populations and everybody and also by not of course. at cato was reelected only 2 years ago what made my hand turn on hannity i think we lost you there for a 2nd can you tell me kato was reelected only 2 years ago mamadou what made millions turn on him. money instance i mean b

these are new members of the national assembly, the highest governing body in the land.the japanese congress, called the diet, was nothing more than a rubberstamp of the rulers of the empire. these men faced two major jobs -- overcoming the economic crisis and making preparations for concluding the peace treaty. american advice is given when needed. members of the house of representatives wear a button in their lapels, the chrysanthemum, an emblem of old japan, today symbolizes the holding power. citizens torage hold office. in the old days, the diet was an organization without much power. the emperor acting on the advice of his ministers. the building that once housed the old diet and now the meeting place of the elected assembly is a new symbol of freedom in japan. in the years before the occupation, a man with so-called dangerous thoughts could be thrown into jail by the secret police or the thought police. a citizen today no longer lives under this. he has the same freedom of speech that exists in the united states. in the shadow of the imperial palace, the people ta

in trump's first address to the united nations general assembly he made a big point you can't live up to these principles without reforms, fill us in on what you have been doing in this regard. >> i go back to my predecessors, the fact that she first acknowledged that there was waste and we need to reform the united nations, then i go to negroponte who took upon her words and opening the doors to reform and to actually acknowledge the fact that the institutions need a lot of help. we need to institute transparency, accountability, cost out areas where there is a lot of financial waste, we have an obligation to the american taxpayers to not only modernize the secretariat and the un as an institution but to hold them accountable for our dollars in the tax dollars of the countries and contribute in countries. we are the largest contributor to the united nations and it is important to build upon my predecessors and make certain we hold them accountable because accountability only results in actions that are going to initiate positive reinforcement. >> how do you hold un bodies that are an

former muted celebrations from the national assembly officially changed its title.he 60 elected members are now of the senate.s an estimated the new name will cross around 290,000 pounds over five years. the change was not just cosmetic , the laws of voted in and lowered the voting age from 18 to 16. at whatever age were not the answer for 100,000 antiracism demonstrations who took to the streets across the u.k., following the death of african-american george floyd, killed by u.s. police. one of the biggest gatherings was in london. after mimi peaceful protests, officers faced unacceptable scenes of riots and disorder. 27 police officers were injured. 17bristol, a prominent century slave trader was ripped down. the attack on police were strongly condemned by the home secretary. >> throwing bikes at police officers, attempting to , or vandalizing the statue of which injured chill. secretarye home recognize various structural inequality, discrimination and racism in our country? do you recognize people want to see action from the government? my son turned three yester

or ministry offices just like they did on the 10th or the 11th of july where they stormed the national assembly they're angry with their leadership they feel like the leadership of mali isn't representing the people kim thanks so much for that nicolas talk there live from dhaka. the trial of sudan's former president omar bashir has been postponed indefinitely bashir was due to appear in court and consummate tuesday in connection with the 989 military coup that brought him to pa his lawyers launched an appeal which has delayed the case and they're calling for him to be released on bail to share saddam for 3 decades and was removed from power by the military last year following mass protests the iraqi military says a turkish drone strike has killed 2 members of iraq's border guards and the driver of the vehicle they were in the attack took place. in northeastern iraq near the turkish and iranian border is the military is calling it flagrant aggression greece has called for the mergence e.u. summit on its growing dispute with turkey of oil and gas drilling rights turkey began exploration on monday

. >> what needed celebration from the national assembly to take its title to the welsh parliament, the 60 elected members of the senate i don't geestimated it will cost around 290,000 pounds over five years, the change was not just cosmetic, it was also the voting age for senate election from 18 - 16. elections at whatever age were the answer for 100,000 antiracism demonstrations who took to the street across the uk following the death of african-american george floyd killed by u.s. police. one of the biggest gatherings was in london where the police set up for a peaceful protest to face entirely in violence and disorder. 27 police officers were injured, and brussels edward a prominent 17th century slave trader was ripped down and thrown into the dark. the attacks on police were strongly condemned by the secretary. >> there is no excuse of the officers, during fights at police officers. attempting to disrespect the senate and vandalizing for statue of winston churchill. >> is behind do they recognize their structural inequality, discrimination and racism in our country, behind secretar

with immediate effect and with all the legal consequences this entails the dissolution of the national assembly and of the government to. choose this uprising began with a shoot ourself a kelty military camp close to the capital the group of soldiers the tane their senior officers before marching and bamako and storming the president's residence the uprising has been condemned by neighboring african countries who have closed their borders with mali and follow several months of protests over economic hardship on alleged government corruption. people here jump for joy to see a final farewell to mr clarke a time he's no longer our president. nothing is going well and i live in europe and we're all suffering at the coup time does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. historian gerald horne claims the roots of mali's latest insurrection can be traced back to nature his intervention in libya 9 years ago. this coup attempt was basically a result of the 2000. tragic overthrow and murder more khadafi libya engineered by the united states of america and its nato allies particularly britain

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with immediate effect and with all the legal consequences this entails the dissolution of the national assembly and of the government. to say is uprising began with a shoot out at the military camp close to the capital a group of soldiers detained their senior officers before marching on bamako and storming the president's residence to meet me was fully condemned by the african union the e.u. and the head of the un neighboring countries have closer borders calling for sanctions against the revolutionaries who fall several months of protests in mali which saw the opposition demanding the presence resignation of a corruption allegations and a deteriorating security situation there. people here jumped for joy to say a final farewell to mr walker kate he's no longer our president. nothing is going well in mali we are all suffering but the 2 term does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. historian gerald horne claims the roots of mollie's latest insurrection can be traced back to nato intervention in libya 9 years ago. this coud accept was basically a result of the 2011 tragic overth

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these efforts have been led by the president of the national assembly and interim president of venezuela, juan guaido, who is recognized as that j med -- who is recognized as the legitimate leader of venezuela against the illegitimate regime. i salute the bravery of juan guaido as a member of the national assembly as well as journalists, medical professionals, students, and others fighting for change. earlier, the united states presented a plan to resolving venezuela's crisis, the democratic tradition framework, a peaceful, democratic transition to venezuela in the interest of all venezuelans, its neighbors, and the united states. if confirmed, i will work with my team to ensure the transition is successful and look forward to raising the american flag above our embassy in caracas. i place to continue to work with to international partners uphold the democratic principles we hold dear and to proudly represent the american people. mr. chairman, ranking member, rumors of the community, just members of the committee, i welcome any questions you may have. >> thank you. thank you all for your

those right hand man or of the man who was his right hand man but about 25 deputies from the national assembly many of them who are living in exile at this point others who have been staying in embassies where they had sought political asylum some for you have been there for years in fact and so really all of the most important members of the opposition including those considered political prisoners have been released except on that list does not. he will he is still being considered a traded to the nation and his another very very important opposition leader who is now in in either in colombia or in the united states he goes back and forth so practically everyone is free now and this has been one of the conditions that the opposition had been making in order to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections that are shared jeweled for december but that is certainly not all of the conditions that were made it's a would be only the beginning. so you see if the idea is to actually have the opposition supporters take part in the vote is that a strategy but slightly to work do you think. well

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nearly 8 months since government forces literally knocked out one by the often when israel is national assembly this even though he was the leader of parliament now president nicolas maduro is preparing to make good on his vow to regain control of parliament the country's only independent democratic institution in upcoming elections in response why though is issuing an urgent call to opposition parties for action. because i propose a commitment to discuss and agree on a common strategy in the next 10 days i will expect a public and active answer from each of you showing a united commitment to freeing venezuela. why those plan calls for denouncing and rejecting what he calls an electoral fraud i.p.y. we must activate an agenda of domestic and international action and mobilization to obtain the necessary responses from our armed forces the international community and all of our allies. why though is appealing to the fractured opposition to join forces and call for a total boycott of the elections arguing that fraud is a foregone conclusion participating we did to them as a dictatorship he says a

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