pompeo: three things.when president trump came into office, the iranians were growing their economy, doing so at 5%, 6%, 10% a year. and they were doing so with american wealth that was funneled through european companies doing business there, money shipped to them to get the deal done. this was creating wealth and capacity for kleptocratic and theocrat in charge of the islamic republic of iran, the capacity to foment terrorism was expanding. not the case today. simply not. they have reduced their ability. to underwrite has the law -- hezbollah, interact it has become more costly within, with real sanctions on iranian activity. we have diminished their capacity to threats to people inflict all across the world. from my time, you remember, i opposed that jcpoa. could start their centrifuges the iranianscould start their centrifuges anytime they wanted to. you have seen it. as they now think they may have a president coming to office that will do a deal again. they will raise their level of activity to threa

pompeo: undoubtably.t is a challenging job, but if you have a great team, you can do wonderful things to keep our nation safe. david: as you have now served two point five years as secretary of state and look back on what you have achieved, what are you most proud of as secretary of state? sec. pompeo: we made progress at the state department, creating an ethos, the right people in the right places, built a planning system that will have real value at the state department. the leadership challenge that the secretary of state, a big organization, handing that off to the next is an important one. we have taken on america first, based on strength, realism, respect for other nations and their sovereignty. it is a central understanding, american capacity to do good in the world, do it without putting lots of people in harm's way and deliver on the things that matter. david: as you look back, what would you say is the most frustrating thing for you? is there something you wish you had a chief that you have not

pompeo: three things., when president trump came into office, the iranians were growing their economy at 5%, 6%, 10% a year, and they were doing so with american wealth that was funneled through european companies that were doing business there, the same money americans shipped to them to get the deal done. all of this was creating wealth and capacity for the kleptocrats and theocrats in charge of the islamist republic of iran, and it was threatening america and our people. their capacity to foment terrorism around the world was expanding. not the case today. definitely not. they have reduced their ability to underwrite hezbollah. we have diminished their ability to inflict risk to people in the united states of america and people across the world. i oppose the jcpoa, and the deal was that if the iranians wanted to start the centrifuges up, they could anytime they wanted to. they think they have a president coming into office that will do a deal with them again. they will raise their level of activity to t

pompeo also announced more sanctions on iranian-based al-qaeda leaders.ing his feature, iran's foreign minister tweeted, quote: to fictitious iran declassifications and al-qaeda claims, mr. we lie, cheat, steal is ending a pathetically disastrous career. all 9/11 terrorists came from secretary pompeo's favorite middle east destinations, none from iran. officials are trying to solidify as much of the trump administration's foreign policy as possible before the handoff to the biden team. there have been more sanctions that the trump administration has put out against iran. the biden team says if iran returns to compliance to that 2015 nuclear deal, then the u.s. would also go back into a nuclear agreement, and the biden team would seek further negotiations on their missile program. lou, back to you. lou: rich, thank you very much. now to capitol hill where two house republican leadership sources tell fox news house republicans will not whip their members into voting against the radical left's use of impeachment to once again assail the president of the unit

in fact, mike pompeo wanted a final trip to brussels.an secretary of state was not welcome in brussels. he had to cancel the trip rather than face the embarrassment of not being met by our partners. >> i think it is an interesting test of the biden administration as to whether they will have the courage to do what they regard as diplomatically and sub stannively the right thing to do. before you go, i want to ask you one thing about russia. the one thing mike pompeo has not dealt with is the largest hack of american securities network in history by russia. russia also faces a particularly interesting moment tomorrow, right? >> well, that's right. actually right now this great drama is unfolding and aleksi any validity. they ( saved his work. pinned this work down to fsb agents acting at behest of the kremlin. he's on an airplane right now flying back to moscow. no one knows whether he will be arrested or not. such a contrast to here in the united states. you have this here i am in the capitol surrounded by 20,000 national guard having to

pompeo insists other countries must wake up to the danger. the iranians have dismissed american claims, the foreign minister tweeting that pompeo was pathetically ending his disastrous career with warmongering lies. relations between washington and tehran have deteriorated further in the last 12 months. in january last year, the u.s. carried out the targeted killing of kassem soleimani. a u.s. aircraft carrier is in the region, responding to what the americans call threats. pompeo has claimed links between iran and al qaeda in the past without providing evidence. one expert says this is more of the same. >> if there was evidence whatsoever, they would have rolled that out quickly and early in order to justify the maximum pressure campaign. alan: mike pompeo has been cranking up the pressure on iran and has announced fresh sanctions. those close to joe biden believe this is calculated, the intention to make it more difficult to reengage with iran when he takes over. alan fisher, al jazeera. >> let's hear from our correspondent with more on the

pompeo: i'm afraid it is. i'm hope i'm wrong about that.thing we have seen over the past year has indicated that hong kong will become nothing more than another communist run city. it had a special status. the chinese communist party committed to that, they broke their promise halfway through. now the people of hong kong are living under threat from the national security law which you referenced, where actions they take pose the risk that some of the people who were just doing the bold acts, what we would consider our first member right to protest have been put in child -- jail. there are -- there were a group of people who chose to flee hong kong and they have been imprisoned and tried inside of the mainland in china. that is a bad sign. we know what happens when countries begin to jail people who want to leave the country. it is very telling. we saw this history in europe. borders,le close their not from people -- from keeping people out but keeping their people in, that is telling about the fragility of regimes and the threats they feel

>> we are getting reaction from secretary pompeo to the confirmation of tony blinken, so we will talk about that. one of these days, i need to hear the alligator story for sure. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to fox news prime time. the biden administration today continuing its executive order spree getting ready to work on stuff that really matters like banning the use of the phrase china virus on government documents. but what will he do about blacklisting, censorship, and social medias dominance. joining in later tonight to discuss the left's quest to shut down anybody who does not get in line. big tech censorship obsession is making social media feel more and more like communist china every day and nobody knows china more like mike pompeo. joining us exclusively coming up to face the real threats america faces under a biden administration and whether he will be there for republicans in 2024. all of that, plus an informed opinion on the news of the day coming up. nothing to see over here, the democrats are using impeachment drama has a cover to keep your eyes off of an ambitiou

as the trump administration enters its final days in office, the secretary of state, mike pompeo, hasing restrictions on its relationship with taiwan. the state department said the regulations had been imposed decades ago to appease the mainland communist chinese government. let's get more on this from rachel esplin odell. she's a research fellow in the east asia program at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft and joins me from washington. ten days to go until the jump administration ends. what is the motive behind this? first of all, it is important to note that contrary to what secretary mike pompeo has said about these restrictions, these are actually quite fundamental to the nature of the us one china policy, which is the policy that stabilised us—china relations ever since the us shifted its diplomatic recognition from the republic of china government on taiwan to the people's republic of china government on the mainland. what secretary pompeo was trying to do is really cement his legacy is an anti—china crusader, of sorts, which has been central to his approach to for

mr pompeo.inted as a commissioner to the us commission on international religious freedom. very good to talk to you. how significant would you say that statement is from mr pompeo and agreement from his successor? this is a huge development, and also this shouldn't surprise those who have been following the development here in washington, dc. it shows the seriousness of the us government. we have been looking into the evidence, we have been looking into the open source information put out by the chinese government. we also have a credible witness and survivor testimonies. the evidence is overwhelming that the chinese government is committing genocide, crimes against humanity in daylight. we have been, as a government entity, been asking the us government through the facts and legal tools to evaluate this, at least as early as may of 2020, but it requires some time, quite some investigation, deliberation to come to this conclusion today. when somebody commits a crime, they should know that the cr

here's what mike pompeo said.department has created internal -- to regulate our diplomats interactions with our taiwanese counterparts. no more." it is no clear if this is a nudge to move on essential u.s. taiwan -- to unofficial sides. this would absolutely be a big issue in beijing. the trump administration in recent months has said to help the hhs secretary alex azar in the man you see, the under secretary of state for economic -- has made trips to taiwan and also the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. expected to visit taiwan this week that would be the first such visit to taiwan since taiwan was excluded from the united nations in 1971. not surprisingly we are getting lots of response from chinese state media as well as china earlier with -- saying the trump administration and pompeo is staging a final show of madne ss. stay tuned to this story. haidi: even as we had this conversation we get the statement from the u.s. national security advisor robert o'brien talking about, blaming china again over their

and the game from mike pompeo and the rest of the administration.of course, at midday on the 20th. what might the biden administration do? this complicates the biden administration's plans right out of the bat and they will have to really figure out fast how to respond to this. i do think it means that the biden administration is going to have to be even more careful that they don't look soft and dovish and like they are having a reset with beijing so i hope that they will find a way to thread the needle of vocalising strong support for taiwan without escalating tensions in a way that is ultimately bad for both taiwan and the united states. professor, thank you so much. let's get some of the day's other news. at least one person has died in a fire at the headquarters of mexico city's subway system. six of the city's railway lines stopped running because of the fire. around 30 people were injured. the blaze is thought to have been caused by an electrical fault. electricity is gradually being restored in pakistan following a nationwide power cut. majo

we know that joss allbaugh who is the luxembourg foreign minister who was due to meet with might pompeo has been very critical of what he saw happen in the capital just last whedon's the in fact he described donald trump the president of the united states close. as a criminal and pyromaniac so he was very unhappy with what he saw clearly understood this to be an attack on democracy we know that might pompeo of course famously said that there could still be the possibility of a 2nd trump terram when he was asked that question and so i saw bomb has decided that he wasn't going to meet my pompei or my pump it was going to go from luxembourg all the way over to belgium not that far he was going to meet the belgian foreign minister and he was also going to have a private meeting with the secretary general of nato no it appears that suddenly there was going to be no public events on the number of senior officials were very reluctant to meet by pompeo given that it appears that the state department then decided it was going to cancel the trip completely and so luxembourg brussels both off canc

this as secretary of state mike pompeo lays roadblocks for the president-elect around the world. on saturday, removing restrictions on u.s. relations with taiwan that had been in place for decades. the most sensitive issue with china which has furiously condemned the move monday pompeo declaring cuba a state sponsor of terror, reversing an obama decision from 2015 that was critical for establishing diplomatic relations and yesterday pompeo accusing iran of ties to al qaeda without citing any evidence. >> you now have the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism the islamic public of iran as the home bas for al qaeda >> reporter: a major barrier to biden's hopes of rejoining the iran nuclear deal that trump abandoned in 2018 the president-elect vowed to freeze or undo any of these last-minute orders that he can, but unwinding the foreign policy decisions may be a lot harder. there is no sign that president trump is done yet. lester >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> in just 60 seconds, lowering the threshold for who can get the covid vaccine this the pandemic's epicenter plus, w

next, iran's foreign minister has responded to a claim condemning pompeo.e said fictitious al qaeda claims to like him at you, steel, he is ending his disastrous career in more warmongering lies. pompeo is soon to leave office with trump, accusing the iranians of helping al qaeda operatives fleeing iran. >> there are far fewer al qaeda operatives today, and that remains true. this is to american leadership, ingenuity, and raw american military strength. that effort drove al qaeda to search for a safer haven. and they found one. the islamic republic of iran was the perfect choice. >> mike pompeo, u.s. secretary of state, accusing iran of sheltering al qaeda fugitives who led from afghanistan. next, the french government is to provide daily updates on the number of people vaccinated against covid-19. this comes after increased criticism of the slow pace compared to other european countries. it was pledged at the national assembly. january 18, the vaccine will be available to senior citizens older than 75. a city in eastern france, this is already happening. -

and yesterday pompeo accusing iran of ties to al qaeda. without citing any evidence. >> you now have the world's largest state sponsor of terror as the home base for al qaeda. >> reporter: a major barrier to biden's hopes of rejoining the iran nuclear deal that trump abandoned in 2018. the president-elect vowed to freeze or undo any of these last-minute orders that he can but unwinding the foreign policy decisions may be harder. there is no sign that president trump is done yet. lester >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> in just 60 seconds, lowering the threshold for who can get the covid vaccine this the pandemic's epicenter plus, what you can do to get the vaccine as quickly as possible >>> we are back now with the miguel almaguer is in california, the nation's current epicenter and spoke to governor gavin newsom about why it's been so slow. >> reporter: southern california's most iconic landmarks like disneyland and dodgers stadium are becoming mass vaccination sites after a slow start, the governor promised 1 million more residents woul

pompeo decided to announce such a determination on the last day of his office.d set an agenda for the biden administration. because his determination would trigger a legal process, which will come p up with some punishments to undertake. katty: spell that out for us a little bit. the outgoing secretary of state on his last day has made quite an important policy to commission that means what in legal terms? what does it mean the biden administration has to do or not do now? >> there is no immediate policy impact as far as i know. but this obviously will compel the biden administration to come up with a policy. while it is worth noting the biden team has used the term genocide to describe china's action, however, this might not be one of the prrity issues at this moment after this determination. the biden people have to come up with a solution. at least some policy to spell out their stance. this is a difficult balancing act. this is exactly why we have not heard from pompeo until today to use the term genocide, because it ian rits and ecomic ties with china.s oka

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six terry of state mike pompeo denouncing china's crackdown on uighurs as genocide, escalating tensions ahead of joe biden's inauguration. bruce, now outgoing secretary of state pompeo says china is engaging in genocide, what does biden's team do? bruce: we know biden's team supports this idea. in a statement in august, the vice -- [indiscernible] genocide, he used that word and said biden stands against it in the stockist terms. in his confirmation hearing, the pick for six terry of state said h -- secretary of state said he agrees china's -- said he agrees china's crackdown of uighurs is genocide. there may not be as much difference as one might think between the two administrations. rishaad: is there anything we learned about china policy from janet yellen's testimony? it does seem there were -- does seem there were hints it could be a continuation of what donald trump has been doing. >> it is unlikely we will hear any big changes based on janet yellen's testimony. she told senators we have to take on china's abusive practices, her words, and said the u.s. is prepared to use the full

i've just been speaking to someone who said it's interesting that my pompeo is using the 911 stick to beat iran with when of course one of his favored nation seems to be so many arabian a number of the hijackers on 911 actually came from there and they have faced no sanctions whatsoever tensions between the united states and iran certainly go back many many years all the way back to the 1950 s. and the coup in iran at that point at the go wash with the hostage crisis during the time of jimmy carter but particularly over the last 4 years things have not been great donald trump said on this 1st day in office he would remove the united states from the union clear deal actually resigned twice but then in 20000 pulled out that led to what was called the maximum pressure campaign of the united states putting sanctions on turn around and they were pressure on other countries to follow the american ideal at that point to try and force iran back to the negotiating table and we know that it's a year ago almost exactly a year ago that kassam still a money who's head of the al could force of the

as the trump administration enters its final days in office, the secretary of state, mike pompeo, hasg long—standing restrictions on its relationship with taiwan. the state department said the regulations had been imposed decades ago to appease the mainland communist chinese government. margaret lewis is a professor of law at seton hall university in the us and a visiting professor at academia sinica in taiwan. she says this is a bold move by the trump administration. it is dramatic in that for now decades, the us and taiwan have had an unofficial relationship, albeit a robust one, and the trump administration has strengthened that relationship over the past few years. but to have this come in in the last few days, it is definitely a ramp—up in that already strong relationship. what difference will it make in practical terms? we're still sorting that out. it could mean differences, for example, in where representatives from the us and taiwan governments meet, which officials meet, what passports us officials travel on when they to taiwan, the details are not clear yet but it is taking

as a reference to mike pompeo, this is lining up and saying mike pompeo's crazy actions, i am quotingkened china's name. here on the front page of the china daily, you have this hope, this aspiration you are going to get a reset in relations. will they? that may be wishful thinking. we have heard from biden administration officials that suggest they will continue to take a hard line. china is looking at the very least for a dialing back of the aggressive rhetoric deployed by the trump administration. less volatile rhetoric under biden. potential windows of opportunity to cooperate on things like climate change and possibly tackling the pandemic. haslinda: reassessing the relationship tom mackenzie in beijing and kathleen hays in new york. let's get the first word headlines for you. the chinese premier is calling from more government support for the economy saying huge challenges and uncertainties remain. addressing the faith counsel, he said policymakers must maintain backing to ensure sustainable development. he added china aims to give growth within a reasonable range in the five-ye

pompeo said waivers will be able available but there is concern about the humanitarian crisis and the economy. >> it is extremely high and import companies are dealing with this in the face of these sanctions. [indiscernible] >> i can't begin to tell you. we are on the brink of famine right now in yemen. >> there may be hope that biden's team is against the move and there may be a change once he is in office. >> u.k.'s health system is under pressure. the health minister said more than 32,000 people are in hospitals with covid-19 and the government is prepared to introduce tougher restrictions. reporter: we are at the worst point in this pandemic and you can see it from the slide and increase from people in this hospital. so the n.h.s., more than ever before needs everybody to be doing something right now. and that something is to follow the rules. and now i know there has been speculation about more reare strickses and we don't rule out taking further actions but it's your actions now that can make a difference. stay at home and please reduce all social contacts that is not strictly

now, this weekend, pompeo declared the houthis a terrorist organization. quickly and widely condemned by humanitarians, who say it will only make the world's worst humanitarian crisis worse. take a listen just this morning to world food program head and former republican governor david beasley briefing the security council. david beasley: it's going to be catastrophic. it literally is going to be a death sentence to hundreds of thousands, if not millions of innocent people in yemen. it needs to be reevaluated, and, quite frankly, it needs to be reversed. nick schifrin: all of this has been happening as iran has taken major steps to advance its nuclear program just in the last few weeks, including enriching uranium to 20%. critics of these moves describe them as an attempt to tie biden's hands ahead of promised diplomacy with iran. administration officials say they're finally making policy decisions they have been pushing for months. william brangham: nick, the secretary of state also put cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. what is the rat

people have wa nted administration and pompeo.e in taiwan who are actually increasingly wary about the unprecedented tensions between beijing and taipei since trump came into office. and under the president in taiwan they see the trump and tyler love affair if you want to, that has created bad relations between beijing and taipei. it has untie committed —— antagonise china to the point where they are flying aircraft on an almost daily basis. when the coronavirus was still in its early stages, one of the theories about its origins involved a rare animal — the pangolin. they're among the most trafficked mammals in the world. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports on south africa's efforts to rein in the illegal trade. get on the ground! a sting operation by south african police. they've lured a gang of suspected smugglers to this car park in order to arrest them. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven arrested. inside the car, still alive, a strange and precious victim is rescued. whose animal is this! this is a pangolin —

. >> i called mike pompeo last night, let him know, tell him i'd be resigning. i can't do t i can't stay. we didn't sign up for what you saw last night. we signed up for making america great again. we signed up for lower taxes and less regulation. the president has a long list of successes that we can be froupr of. for example, you can go and talk about the lowest in i in history. talk about the fact he's the first president in recent memory not to start a war overseas during his term. there are great successes there we can take pride in. all of that went away yesterday. i think you're right to ask the question as to how did it happen? >> yeah. gosh, how did it happen? mr. mulvaney? perhaps you should look in the mirror because whenever the

we heard from mike pompeo. tensions in the strait of hormuz are rising as the iranians have captured a ship. bob mcnally said there was a red line-- the risk of a red crossing kinetic strike. is the market cognizant of that risk? are we pricing any of it? should we leave it and not worry? error on the side of caution. a few escalations in the past year. the last one was a year ago when we talk about almost having world war iii. or the tension has been reduced somewhat since then. i think we just need to get through the next two weeks. there are a lot of worries about what donald trump may do in the last few days in the white house. if we get past -- if we get into presidency, there will be more caution on that front. i think we should be aware but from the trading perspective, it is not something i want to take into account. at the same time, you have to realize that the market is long already. there are not that many shorts left in the market. annmarie: thank you so much for joining us this morning. and good l

it includes mike pompeo and others.hey are banned from entering or doing business with china, hong kong, and mikal. the chinese premier is calling for more support, saying challenges and uncertainties remain, meaning policymakers must maintain backing to ensure continuous, sustainable development, and added china aims to keep growth within a reasonable range. the chinese premier greg: is calling --li ka-shing is calling for support, addressing the state council saying policymakers must maintain backing to ensure sustainable development. he adds china aims to keep growth within a reasonable range and within the five-year economic plan. exports rose for the first time in more than two years as shipments to china were climbing despite the coronavirus. the value of overseas deliveries snapped a 24 month losing streak and a series of traits that. even so, it is slightly below expectations with a 2.4% gain. hong kong police have arrested bank staff over a money-laundering case involving $810 million over four years. the five

mike pompeo regrets the u.s.more progress in what he calls the hard issues with china. speaking on bloomberg television, pompeo says he believes china will deliver on a stage one trade commitment. you have been tough on china and human rights issues that they have been involved with with respect to hong kong and a new security laws there. do you have any hope that china will ease up on its constraints on hong kong, or do you think that is a --? i hope i am wrong about that, but everything we have seen for the past year has indicated that hong kong will become nothing more than another communist run city with special status. they broke the promise about halfway through. now the people of hong kong are living under threat with the national security law, which was referenced that the actions they take those to limit what they are ready had. some people were doing what we would consider our first amendment rights to protest and put in jail. it is very telling to the group of people who chose to flee hong kong and the

this as secretary of state mike pompeo lays roadblocks for the president-elect around the world.turday, removing restrictions on u.s. relations with taiwan that had been in place for decades. the most sensitive issue with china, which has furiously condemned the move. monday pompeo declaring cuba a state sponsor of terror, reversing an obama decision from 2015 that was critical for establishing diplomatic relations. and yesterday pompeo accused iran of ties to al qaeda without citing any evidence. >> you now have the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism, the islamic republic iran, as the home base for al qaeda. >> reporter: a major barrier to biden's hopes of rejoining the iran nuclear deal that trump abandoned in 2018. the president-elect has vowed to freeze or undo any of these last-minute orders that he can, but unwinding the foreign policy decisions may be a lot harder, and there is no sign that president trump is done yet. brian? >> it's unbelievable, all of it. andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> coming up for us, we'll take a visual stroll from one end of washington to t

we know that joss allbaugh who is the luxembourg foreign minister who was due to meet with might pompeo has been very critical of what he saw happen in the capital just last whedon's the in fact he described donald trump the president of the united states close to home white pompeo as a criminal and pyromaniac so he was very unhappy with what he saw clearly understood this to be an attack on democracy we know that might pompeo of course famously said that there could still be the possibility of a 2nd trump tower and when he was asked that question and so i saw one has decided that he wasn't going to meet my pompey or the my pump it was going to go from luxembourg all the way over to belgium not that far he was going to meet the belgian foreign minister and he was also going to have a private meeting with the secretary general of nato no appears that suddenly there was going to be no public events and a number of senior officials were very reluctant to meet by pompeo given that it appears that the state department then decided it was going to cancel the trip completely and so luxembourg

. ♪ >> a big move by mike pompeo today.ide among muslim minorities. pompeo will be joining us. less than 24 hours before president-elect joe biden will be sworn in. a number of his picks. how will they change u.s. policy. ari fleisher will be here to talk to us. and katie couric saying republicans need, quote, reprogramming. bias in america growing. join sandra smith and me at the top of the hour for america reports. see you then. >> harris: a black lives matter demonstration turned violence in new york city. dozens of people were arrested. 11 officers were hurt. hundreds of demonstrators were blocking traffic, vandalizing property, throwing bottles. one of the bottles hit a police captain in the helmet. protests came after a new york times article described last year's black lives matter protest as, quote, the summer's isolated incidence of moving and property destruction. governor huckabee, your thoughts? >> i don't know how "the new york times" can say a police officer being hit in the head is property destruction unless

why are we surprised by mike pompeo. for a lot of people, that is a blind spot.is using racism as political currency. people are trying to fill the lane. the best thing they have is the diversity. you know, we talk about that. we don't give it enough credit because people like mike pompeo have bastardized it. i am going to shed a tear because kamala's sister and mother will be there looking down at her. >> that is true. also you are just a big softy. >> i am a softy. don't judge me for that. >> i'm sorry, i have to run. >> we will be right back. thank you all. thank you both. we will see you. >>> the pandemic will be one of the many challenges facing joe biden as he starts out his term. joining me now is a campaign manager for barak obama. jim, it is good to see you and here we are at the end. you worked with president obama on the transition, entering office after a republican president. what is it like and how will he jump start things quickly since he needs -- he still needs some cabinet approvals. >> well, it feels like 2008 again. i remember that after we wo

amy: in his final full day in office, secretary of state mike pompeo denounced multiculturalism saying it is "not who america is" and that it "distorts our glorious founding." pompeo's comment comes a day after the white house marked martin luther king day by releasing a report by trump's 1776 commission that called for "patriotic education" while justifying slavery and defending counting enslaved black people as three-fifths of a person. historians denounced the report. boston university professor ibram x. kendi said -- "this report makes it seems as if slaveholding founding fathers were abolitionists, that americans were the early beacon of the global abolitionist movement, that the demise of slavery in the united states was inevitable." trump formed the commission in response to "the new york time'' 1619 project" which examined how slavery shaped the nation. on tuesday, pompeo also accused china of committing genocide and crimes against humanity by imprisoning and repressing uyghur muslims in xinjiang province. biden's nonee for seetary of state, tony blinken, agreed with pompeo's a