there are clear patterns from of the only fledgling peace corps has been at odds with the right wing government of uganda. a critic of the peace accord, the judges repeatedly questioned the government about the lack of effective measures. but officials say there's, it's an uphill battle when they're not being killed due to the negligence of the state or its lack of concern. all x. fighters need to understand that we are doing everything we can, and we want to do more. there's much debate about this killing the ex-parte combatants and by the government. you can see that these murders are not systematic in nature and respond to a number of both. but others are servers. thing says that these killings instead show that the conflict in the country is not over. and he said it is simply mutated the unwillingness of the convent government to recognize the system and to society of the killings basically ignores other experiences of transition to peace around the world in which this sadly is a common feature. and i believe it, it hampers their kombi in state's ability to provide the protection.

staying in the region, colombia's peace corps has summoned senior ministers to a public hearing over the deaths of former fark rebels. at least $243.00 have been killed since the government signed a peace accord in 201600 m.p.'s. he has more from bogota. 3 ministers deter any general and other high level officials were summoned for the 1st time by colombia's peace court. but in the end, mostly deputies arrived to respond to a thorny question with killing the mobilize fighters in the country and what can be done to protect them. x. fighter is being killed every 5 minutes by no doubt a truly alarming figure. more than 200 of them, 40 former fighters have been killed since the story of the colombian peace deal. 4 years ago. hundreds more have been tracked, and that means a worsening of security in areas where reciprocal criminal groups fight for control of drug trafficking routes and other illegal activities. the court ordered the government to increase protective measures back in april, but the killings continued visibly emotional fark sen victorious. and dina said the government is to

the establishment of the peace corps as an agency, certainly an inspiring legacy for the thousands who have served as peace corps volunteers and returned with an even greater sense of civic responsibility to leave this nation. i think the signing of the nuclear test ban treaty, and i would connect that in some ways with the peaceful resolution of the cuban missile crisis from which we learned a tremendous amount, and the subsequent putting into place things like a hot line between the white house and the kremlin to reduce the risk of nuclear escalation and other peacemaking efforts. i think his rhetoric, in so many ways, has inspired generations not only in america but around the world. he was a beloved president. i would say that the entire family,family comedy -- mrs. kennedy, as an example, his brother bobby, ted, the sisters as well, did so many things from the special olympics to fighting injustice and pushing in the civil rights era to senator kennedy's long-standing championing of universal health care. all those things i believe carry on the legacy of president kennedy and the

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and don't forget, no leader in our country has ever handed over peace corps, another leader or leaders that we have had in uganda since independence in 1600 to have bumped into office. and whoever has been bumped out of office. so their political discourse, their political power, is not to mediated through civic institutions. and the political parties that are all have been the victim of the military rule. since independence, you cannot have it a political party functioning when, for example, that political party cannot freely organize meetings, fundraise you know, engage in activities that promote their party. and all of those activities very restricted here. there is a law that was passed sometime back public owed the management act, which requires that you know, that i'll be a political meeting over 3 or more people. you're required to express by me short of the inspector general of police or your band. and of course, when you ask for that by musician, it's not a brand. so what you call plan to use a reality. i have very, very close train. and they are not political, but you are not

there is a miraculous effect and we have some that can do it and then there was a moment with the peace corpshad you think of national service and what it might take? >> america always does better when we have a national project and the moon landing have that spirit not even a war even though they were not participating directly. even with those extended existential ways in which, trying this pandemic and it's no less urgent but those that benefit from engaging in more ways that's part of the promise and it is the experience itself and leaving that aside those that would have some occasion to do with other americans in a collaborative way different background will show very different politics people i trust my life to in a heartbeat because of the pressures we were under and in front of us. thank you have to go to war to get that. and the funding for more voluntary service opportunities. but to make that such a norm and properly pay for it, then it gets to where it's not too close to universal and the idea i'm excited about because i think it would help us deal with the political estrangement

midnight, when he told thousands of students that he was going to be proposing something called the peace corps. it remains today and it is an enduring legacy of john f. kennedy. one last person with a vision that he tried to follow through on was linden johnson, who followed kennedy upon his assassination, and he talked about something called the great society. johnson was never a great speaker and we're going to talk about the importance of being a good speaker as president. but he, too, wanted very much to improve the life of citizens and during his time in office we get medicare, civil rights act, and the voting rights act of 1965. johnson's reputation, unfortunately, is always associated with the vietnam war, which he was mired in, couldn't get out of, and it forces him in march of 1968 to say in a radio address, i will not seek, nor will i accept, another term as your president. he realized that he had lost credibility and things were just not going to go well from that point on. okay, a second point that professor dallek talks about is charisma or dynamism. what is being charismatic? i t

midnight when he told thousands of students that he was going to be proposing something called the peace corps. it remains today, and is an enduring legacy of john f. kennedy. one last person with a vision that he tried to follow through on was lyndon johnson who followed kennedy upon his assassination. he talked about something called the great society. johnson was never a great speaker. when i talk about the importance of being a good speaker as president. he too, wanted very much to improve a life of citizens. during his time in office we get medicare, civil rights act and the voting rights act of 1965. good johnson's reputation unfortunately is always associated with the vietnam war, which she could not get out of and forces him in march of 1968 to say in a radio address, i will not see pour except another term as your president. he realized that he lost credibility, things were not going to go well from that point on a second point that professor dallick talks about is charismatic. what does it mean? it means it makes things exciting for people. certainly, we have had presidents that have

there was a moment before the peace corps and i wonder how you think about national service, why it'sortant and what it might take to reach that new phase. >> america always does better when we have a national project of some kind. it isn't always a war or moon landing somehow had that same spirit even if not as many americans were participating directly. right now we have no shortage of demanding urgent or asked us to eventually important projects ahead of us which conquering this pandemic might be the most immediate, but something like conquering climate change. a lot of these would benefit from engaging more americans in more ways and that's part of the problem but it's not just because there's good work waiting to be done but it's the experience itself even if it were not quite so urgent but even leaving that aside just the fact they would have an occasion they might have nothing in common besides being american. there might be nothing besides the uniform we are wearing and the flag on our shoulder to connect with someone with a different background or racial background or very di

. >> reporter: also witnessing the incident founders of the peace corps.victim and jumped in themselves. >> we chased him down to turk murphy ally and we teamed up together and chased the thief down. >> reporter: thanks to community team work, sfpd arrested a suspect across from the china town police station. this image taken by one of the good samaritans. police tell me they are appreciative of the community working together, but. >> we don't recommend citizens approach or confront suspects on their own accord. >> if he would have had a gun and turn and shot, it would have been bad. i don't know, i didn't think of it at the time. >> reporter: both groups of good samaritans have this request to others who might one day be witnesses to crimes themselves. >> we have seen so many of these cases that just go unnoticed, unarrested. >> what we all should do as a community, if you see something, say something or do something. >> reporter: in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> that is foranytitunate it tu out the way it did. >> good of them to get involved bu

there are clear patterns from of you know, the fledgling peace corps has been at odds with the right ing government of uganda . a critic of the peace accord, the judges repeatedly questioned the government about the lack of effective measures. but officials say there's, it's an uphill battle when they're not being killed due to the negligence of the state or its lack of concern. all x. fighters need to understand that we are doing everything we can, and we want to do more. there's much debate about who's killing the ex-parte combatants and why the government things says that these murders or not systematic in nature and respond to a number of both. but others are servers. thing says that these killings instead show that the conflict in the country is not over. and he said it is simply mutated the unwillingness of the convent government to recognize the system and to society of the killings basically ignores other experiences of transition to peace around the world in which this sadly is a common feature. and i believe it, it campus convience states' ability to provide the protection t

there was a moment before the peace corps. wonder how you think about national service and why it's important and what it might take for us to reach that new phase . >> you know i think america does better when we have a project, national project of some kind and in some ways the world war ii month to such a thing. the moon landing have that same >> even if not as many americans were participating directly in it. i think right now we have no shortage of demand urgent or even existential way important important projects that have a vessel which conquering this pandemic might be the most immediate but something like conquering climate changes no less urgent that a lot of these would benefit from engaging more and that's part of the promise of the national service. i believe there's good work waiting to be done but really as you tdap in your question is the experience itself even if the work words quite so urgent. it is but leaving that aside just the fact that more americans would have some occasion to deal with other americans

army veteran and rob low, founders of the united peace corps. a neighborhood watch group formed at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. they stood by to console the victim and then jumped in themselves. >> we chased him down all the way to murphy ally and the police officers and robert and i teamed up together and we chased the thief down. >> reporter: thanks to community team work, sfpd arrested a suspect across from the china town police station. this image taken by one of the good samaritans. police tell me they are appreciative of the community working together, but. >> we don't recommend citizens approach or confront suspects on their own accord. >> if he would have had a gun and turned and shot me, that would be bad but i don't know, i didn't think of it at the time. >> reporter: both groups of good samaritans have this request to others who might one day be onese witnesses to crimes themselves. >> we see these cases that go unnoticed, unarrested. >> what we all should do as a community, if you see something, say something or do some

that was the peace corps. in peace corps veteran. host: ok. i will try to get some more voices.ext messages. from alan in huntington, west virginia, democrats and republicans need to compromise on relief. at this point, i am in favor of the more narrow package favored by republicans. unfortunately, irresponsible tax cuts republicans have left the country deep in debt and unable to responsibly and adequately deal with emergencies. another, not if we are allowed to live our lives. kennedy, people are losing jobs. yes, he says, two more covid financial relief. -- to more covid financial relief. niceer says, it would be because the company i work for it does not give me any kind of pay when it comes to potentially being subjected to covid-19. my husband's company gives him 10 days of pay while being tested. i think that is solid. one from richard in florida. "c-span needs to start a discussion about how this debt will be paid back by our grandchildren. i have not heard one politician seriously address this." brian in zanesville, ohio. brian, you are unemployed. caller: yes, ma'am. h

coons: i will close by saying how pleased i was to see the range of engagement from the peace corps, doing community-based activities all over the world. what you are testifying about in terms of what investors are doing, to what some of the largest most globally integrated companies that have an american footprint are doing. please, note my passionate interest in the field and in working with both of you and with your offices to help advance it, and with the chairman. mr. chairman, thank you for holding this hearing and your interest in this important subject. sen. graham: thank you. you have been terrific to work with on this. senator shaheen, i will be very quick. here is my take away -- is it $12 million we allocate for this? ms. bekkering: yes. sen. graham: okay. that's going to end. we're going to give you a lot more money. [laughter] ms. bekkering: the answer is yes. sen. graham: we're going to give you a lot more money. the basel agreement, is that what you said? mr. moore: yes, mr. chairman. sen. graham: okay. how old is that? mr. moore: it dates from around 1990. sen. graha

peace and happiness. this we ask, in your name, lord, amen. >> i will ask our marine corps veteran sergeant to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. may everybody join in. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> to our president-elect and first lady elect, joe and jill biden. [applause] if there is anybody that understands what veterans go through, it is this family. their son, think about it, joined the military. who does that now? a veteran in this family here. it's my honor, i will be presenting the first wreath. >> in their memory and all those others that did not come home, since the beginning of our country a moment of silence, , which will be followed by "taps," led by john halligan of the philadelphia police department. then a gun salute from the honor guard from the police department. again, join me in a moment of silence. >> ready, aim, pull. ready, aim. ready, aim. ♪ [playing "taps"] arms.er >> retire the colors. left, right. [sound of marching]

corps. complete recovery of the patient in war or peace depends not only on the use of drugs, but on the skilln which they're administered and the care that follows. the nurse must be capable of recognizing at once any symptoms in her patients which demand immediate treatment. if serious consequences are to be avoided, medical treatment must be on hand the moment any symptoms appear. professionally skilled and capable, in her, there's the tenderness of all women, of mother and sister and friend. her voice and touch lend encouragement, instill hope. it's the surgeon who saves the man's life. it's the nurse whose tender care helps him to live. the crisis passed, patients begin to sleep again. the pain is just a bad memory. the field hospital, a stopover to give them immediate surgical treatment as soon as possible, had done its job. the evacuation hospital was another stopover on the trip back through the medical chain. here facilities for treatment for more complete than those of the field hospital and here to the nurse played an increasingly important part in the vital period of treatment and

repositioning that protects r fighting men and women and diplomatic corps and our allies that are critical to rebuilding iraq and afghanistan for lasting peace in troubled lands. just this morning, i spoke with key leaders in congress as well as our allies and partners abroad to update them on our plans. we went in together, we adjust together and when the time is right we will lead together. i met with the attorney general and president general of afghanistan who expressed his gratitude who fought for peace and extended the long standing friendship. he president highlighted the troops which has been more important. we continue to stand with him as his government works towards a negotiated settlement for peace. meanwhile, let us remind those who question our resolve or may seek to interfere with this coordinated transition. the united states armed forces remain committed to protecting the safety and security of the american people in supporting our like-minded allies and partners worldwide. if the forces of terror, division and hate begin a campaign to disrupt our efforts, we stand ready to have the capabilities to thwart them. as a veteran

intelligence community and diplomatic corps, and our superb allies that are critical to rebuilding afghan and iraqi security capabilities and civil society for a lasting peace in troubled lands. just this morning, i spoke with the leaders in congress as well as our allies and partners abroad to update them on these plans in light of our shared approach. we went in together, we are just together, and when the time is right, we will leave together. my first call was to secretary-general stoltenberg and my other call was to the afghan president ghani, who expressed gratitude for every servicemember who fought for peace and extended the long standing friendship. the president highlighted the troops which has been more important. we continue to stand with him as his government works toward a negotiated settlement for peace. let us remind those who question our resolve or may seek to interfere with this prudent, well-planned and transition. the united states and/or or forces remain committed to protecting the safety and the security of the american people in supporting our like-minded allies and partners worldwide. if the forces of terror, instability, division a

intelligence community and diplomatic corps and superb allies that are critical to rebuilding afghan and iraqi security capabilities and civil society for lasting peace in troubled lands. >> coming up wednesday on c-span the house is back at 10 am eastern for general speeches, legislative business at noon. never take up several bills from the foreign affairs, they also vote on whether to go to conference with the senate to work out differences on legislation that since defense programs and policy for fiscal year 2021. on c-span2 the senate returns at 10:00 am eastern to consider judicial nominations. the same time on c-span2 a confirmation hearing for nominees to serve as members of the federal election commission. later in the day, senate governmental affairs subcommittee, how federal agencies are handling telework during the coronavirus pandemic. that gets underway at 3:00 pm eastern. >> listen to c-span's podcast the weekly talking about women in the recent elections with kelly dittmar for the center of our american women in politics at the university, what changed this election cycle for women and why, where you get your podcasts. >> theenate rul

the techniques and methods by which peaceful change can be maintained in a great democracy. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corpby the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: you can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series reel america, saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, here on american history tv. announcer: sunday on the presidency, university of mary washington history professor william crawley talks about franklin roosevelt's personality, new deal programs, world war ii leadership, and his admirers and critics. here is a preview. >> one of the main obstacles in the path of the new deal as it proceeded in roosevelt's mind, and he had some justification to think of this, was the supreme court, because the supreme court up until that time, a notably conservative body, continued to be through the early new deal -- and the supreme court was destroying roosevelt about his new deal. and indeed, in nine major cases that reached the supreme court involving new deal legislation, t

intelligence community and diplomatic corps, and are superb allies that are critical to rebuilding afghan and iraqi security capabilities. and civil society for a lasting peace in troubled lands. and just this morning, i spoke with key leaders in congress, as well as our allies and partners abroad to update them on these plans in light of our shared approach. we went in together, we're just together and when the time is right we will leave together. one of my calls was to nato secretary general stoltenberg. another was to afghanistan's president danny, who expressed his gratitude for every american service member who has fought for peace and strength in the long standing friendship between our countries. president ghani, highlighted the caliber of our troops, which he noted has always been more important than the quantity we continue to stand with him as his government works toward a negotiated settlement for peace. meanwhile, let us remind those who question our resolve or may seek to interfere with this prudent well planned and coordinated transition. the united states armed forces remain committed to protecting the safety and security of the american peop

corp. is still provide consumers with peace of mind by developing risk solutions. as this committee and conquer scope out the important work ahead of plan for future pandemics, however it is imperative we understand a core principle. not every risk is insurable. the reality is that insurers and insurance regulation across the country understand the global pandemic risk is generally uninsurable in the private market. this was true before covid-19 and it will be true after covid-19 for a number of reasons including it is impossible to diversify pandemic risk and to spread losses across different groups which is a fundamental part of interest or covid-19 is affecting millions of businesses simultaneously and a number of businesses need protection greatly exceed the capacity of the insurance industry to provide that protection. understanding the global pandemics are uninsurable, an alternate mechanism will be necessary to protect businesses from future pandemics. whatever that mechanism looks like he should be focused on providing real, efficient and effective finance

peaceful transfer of power. that is how the nation has been founded. today is the 245th birthday of the united states marine corpswe have great institutions in the country and donald trump is undermining it. joe biden needs to get to work and the folks at hhs is deal with the covid crisis, how we deal with testing and distribution of vaccines. donald trump is coming out like he went in. it is a disaster. he had no transition when he came into the office. now he is trying to fool with joe biden. let's get on with it. it is about america. it is bigger than donald trump. big challenges. job creation. economic development. dealing with the covid crisis. >> yeah. >> joe biden is ready to take the leadership. >> listen, governor kasich. i want to play this. i want to hear what you have to say. >> they call me to say, you know, congratulations. please convey my well wishes to the president-elect. but i can't say that publicly yet. >> really? >> i don't know, don. maybe they are afraid of the very intense trump voters if they were to try to say no. he didn't win. they don't want to get the blow-back from them. i don't kn

intelligence community, and diplomatic corps and superb allies critical to rebuilding afghan and iraqi security capabilities and civil society for a lasting peace in troubled lands. just this morning i spoke with key leaders in congress as well as our allies and partners abroad to update them on these plans in light of our shared approach. we went in together. we adjust together, and when the time is right, we will leave together. one of my calls to secretary-general stoltenberg, another afghanistan president's ghani who expressed gratitude for every american service member who fought for peace and strengthened the longstanding friendship between our countries. president ghani highlighted the caliber of our troops, which he noted has always been more important than the quantity. we continue to stand with him as his government works towards a negotiated settlement for peace. meanwhile, let us remind those who question our resolve are may seek to interfere with this prudent well-planned and coordinated transition. the united states armed forces remain committed to protecting the safety and security of the american people and supporting our like-m

peaceful transfer of power. that is' how this nation has been founded. today is the 245th birthday of the united states marine corpswe have great institutions in this country, and donald trump is undermining them. joe biden needs to get to work. he needs to get his folks, specifically over at hhs, to deal with the covid crisis, how we deal with testing, distribution, vaccines. we need to prepare for a new government. donald trump is coming out like he went in. it is a disaster. he had no transition when he came in office, and now he's trying to fool with joe biden. so let's get on with it. this is about america. it's bigger than donald trump. you are right. it's time for this nation to move forward. big challenges. job creation, economic development, redoing education in dealing with the covid crisis and joe biden is ready to take that leadership. >> listen, governor kasich, i want to play this. i want to hear what you have to say. i want to play senator chris coons and what he has to say about republican colleagues, what they're telling him. listen to this. >> they call me to say, you know, congratulations, please

intelligence community and diplomatic corps, and superb allies which are critical to rebuilding afghan and iraqi security capabilities and civil society freight lasting peacer a lasting peace. host: that was the defense secretary yesterday. reactions hill, mixed . the leader of the republicans in the senate, mitch mcconnell, kentucky, telling reporters that the drawdown is a mistake. here's what he said. [video clip] mcconnell: let me start by saying it's extremely important in the next couple of months not changesany earthshaking with regard to defense and foreign policy. i think a precipitous drawdown in afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake. so i said publicly yesterday. that's precisely where these discussions end up. host: we turn to you to get your take. in las vegas opposes this. caller: it's the wrong thing for him to do. he's doing everything he can because he lost. he don't care. he's going to jail, i don't know why people don't know this or see this. all he has done since he has lie, lie,fice is lie, and do bad things. he's going to jail. when he gets off the plane in florida he's going to jail. they will be waiting for him. it?: do you oppose