security council in april she spotlighted the grave security council north korea and nuclear proliferation and the threats it poses to us. she has cast gated iran and hezbollah for their role in sewing instability across the middle east. ambassador hailey made it clear that the u.n.'s record of protecting dictators cannot stand. indeed, as ambassador hailey declared the united states role at the u.n. is to show our strength, show our voice and have the backs of our allies. i think that's well-said, ambassador. the united nations is charged with the ambitious mission to maintain international peace and security and to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems. but unfortunately the organization all too often falls short. u.n. organizations continuously debate issues but too often make no meaningful action. as ambassador hailey has eloquently described, u.n. organizations like the human rights council give dictators and give human rights violators a platform to attack israel. in addition to calling for the u.n. to end its bias against israel, she has made chrystryst

because the human rights council would not hear the issue on venezuela, we had the emergency security council meeting in new york. then when i went to geneva, we had a meeting outside of that to just discuss venezuela issues to bring it home to the human rights council that they needed to do this. the region very much didn't want us to talk about it and said this would make things worse. as you saw with the oas, when they attempted to talk about it venezuela got out of the oas. recently the oas met again and they were unable to do anything. >> it's unbelievable. >> we need to keep the pressure on maduro. there are signs he's now going to start using his military and use weapons. >> he's been doing that. >> anything you see on tv, it is so much worse. it is a terrible situation. so as much pressure as we can continue to put on maduro that we're watching -- >> almost 80 people dead, thousands arrested, thousands in jail. he's acting with impunity. >> they just want to be heard. it goes back to any government that doesn't listen and take care of their people, conflict will follow. it is a direct

security council resolution 2231 bands or deters iran, testing ballistic missiles is the security council incapable of addressing iran's violations of that resolution? >> we're going to push hard to address it. they tested come to have launched ballistic missiles and now, but we are seeing they are sending off weapons and things too bad actors. and so yes, we have to continue to address that. the problem is russia will always veto it. >> thank you. >> we go now to chris smith of new jersey. >> thank you for convening the hearing. thank you for your strong and effective leadership. it's principled. i know and talking to many of the diplomats in new york how respected you are. you also made a mark and you are deeply respected so for that leadership in there's no better friend or diplomat or otherwise for israel and we thank you for that as well. yesterday rex tillerson secretary of state rightly designated china as a tier three country to chinese government. the worst violator for sex and labor trafficking. i want to than thank you, the administration for making that bold and i think long m

it is very much the reason they would don't want me to bring it up in the security council, but i will continue to do that. that is why we have a decision to make. we will see if they make any proactive changes to the human rights council, and then we will decide whether the u.s. is better to be in it or off of it, but that is the dilemma we are going for. rep. chabot: i agree completely. .et me turn now to korea we have 28,000, approximately, u.s. troops there, and as we all know, they had elections recently and they have a new president, who tends to be more on the left than the previous government was. one of his first acts was to suspend deployment of the fayette missile defense, which i think was a big mistake. but they have put, i think, our troops at risk. said as muchmp recently when he said he didn't feel that our troops or safe there -- were safe there. it would seem to me that we ought to give south korea a choice. they have the choice of having the most sophisticated missile-defense system, the fayette system, to defend them, and to defend our troops. so they get the missil

so they have not talked about that in the security council. during my presidency in april, i made it a human rights issue that needed to be talked about a lot of countries don't agree with what we think. we don't claim to be saints, but we're always trying to get better. and i thinkitis our job to always point out the values of what we think every country should do. because it really does go to security and stability. >> let me pivot back to what we have already discussed and that is the membership of israel in the united nations. was it an issue when you got there and is anybody raising it as an issue? and what is being done to create some fairness here in comparison to some of the other places in the world, like you have discussed already, syria and the like, what's the plan and what have you done and what do you think the prospects are moving forward? >> i really didn't know that much about israel and the u.n. i didn't know that much about what the history was there. i had heard a little bit about it, but really wasn't that involved. until

and, so, they have not talked about that in security council. during my presidency in april i made it a key issue that human rights needed to be talked about. a lot of those countries don't agree with what they think, but they can't disprove with what we say. so we need to continue to be loud about it. the u.s. has always pushed human rights. and we don't claim to be saints. but we're always trying to get better. and i think it is our job to always point out the values of what we think every country should do because it really does go to security and stability. >> let me pivot back to something you have already discussed, and that is the treatment of israel, the unitd d natio nations. describe for us, was there a sense this was an issue? was anyone else joining you as raising it as an issue? and what are the prospects of creating some level of parody here, some level of fairness in terms of the disproportionate amount of attention, compared to syria and the like? what's the plan and what have you done? >> so i really didn't know that much about

we reaffirmed the commitment to implement in full all relevant un security council resolutions. for example we agree that companies should not do business with any designated entities in accordance with these resolutions. china understands the united states regards as the top security threats. they have a diplomatic responsibility to insert much greater despotic pressure on the regime. they help fund a weapons programs. we must step up the efforts to help to curtail the sources of revenue. we hope china will do their part as well. the united states remains committed to building and is committed to holding north korea accountable for multiple violations of the security council resolution which expressly prohibits its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. we regret that people suffer when they have these prohibitive programs and urge the regime to choose a better path for its people. the status quo of the past through the millage positio motf the outposts in the south china sea and excessive maritime claims unsupported by international law that we arose at the freedom of

so basically the security council is all yearlong. it's typically four days a week. 15 members meet, five of the permanent members, u.k., france, russia, china and us. then you've got the five elective members that rotate out every two years. we pick and choose when i should participate, when she should participate but we're always negotiating what is going on at the time. >> that was ambassador nicky hey le -- nicky -- ni

regular meetings at the security council or general assembly? i've understand there is no typical day. >> we tried to bring order into chaos because it is fast moving in a lot of things are happening but basically the security council is all year long four days a week 50 members meet u.k. france much of china us and then the 10 elected members that rotate. >> you meet four times a week? to make it could be my deputy ambassador as well as we pick and choose when i should participate or she should participate but we always negotiate at the time it is a team effort. and the general assembly starting in september and december but negotiating a year now renegotiate a budget that happens separately. then you have to beat -- make relationships have to be 193 ambassadors to make sure they know the you were there is not ignoring them while trying to do the work with washington d.c. so the idea we can decide how to move with the country to change the dynamics is important so washington d.c. york is busy but i can still do video conferencing but we're all

to the oval office to monitor the exchange of statements on the floor of the united nations security councilhe council had been called to urgent session. it was through this forum that the united states would now concentrate all its energies to bring about an immediate cease-fire. the major obstacle to agreement lay in the question of troop withdrawal. under the leadership of the security council president, a draft resolution would be drawn up the following day. as in the agreement to contain and limit the conflict, the key to the unconditional cease-fire lay in the joint and parallel action of the united states and soviet union. newsflash is clarified situation. it soon became apparent the middle east power patterns of the last decade were being changed in a matter of hours. military analysts called it a lightning war. although the fighting would continue for six days, the verdict of the battlefield had been rendered during the opening round. the road to a permanent peace in the middle east would be a long one. more issues were raised by the fighting that were settled. to coordinate on prob

following the 1967 war, the security council adopted the all important resolution 242.hise plo resolution objectionable. nations security council resolution 24 two is not accepted by palestinians for the following reasons. thet of all, it ignored national rights of palestinians. the second thing, it did not mention about the national rights of the palestinians and spoke to the matter is if it is a conflict between the arab .tates although the crux of the problem in the middle east is the .alestinians >> geneva, december 1973. thee the first session of geneva peace conference, several significant developments have taken place. united nations general assembly resolution 3375 requests the participation of the plo and all please efforts on an equal footing with all other parties. israel remains opposed to this on the ground that, among other things, 242 calls for negotiation among states in the plo is not a state and also because they have always refused to deal with groups which they see as bent on destroying israel. and 1975, the general assembly proclaimed its and 337 fi

and i think we reported back to the security council on this, because the security council was also anxioushad got on. i think we have addressed many of the issues. but look, it is an ongoing thing. we have to be more robust. and i think we are. and we need to be more prepared. we need to have a great degree of looking forward and trying to anticipate what is happening and be ready for that. and so i think there is a, certainly within the mission, now, we are better placed than we were last year. but with respect, if you look at the timeline, after the terrible events of last year, the un decided it needed to beef up its military and police presence with at least 4000 extra personnel. salva kiir mayardit, and you refuse to take sides, earlier on, when i invited you to ascribe responsibility to different players, salva kiir mayardit has over the months blocked and thwarted your desire to expand your military presence. we have had difficulty getting people in. there is no doubt about that. a lot of it has been bureaucratic. you wonder how much of what is bureaucracy or something else. so why

i see the country, the sticking points for people who criticize the security council of not being able to do anything people have criticized -- also making it somewhat impossible for even russia to potentially cooperate. it you have something to that, again the idea of the refugees they came out of syria i think it's time some countries could get to a solution. other outside the box. >> let me start with syria that is clearly one of that if you will more immediate acute priority agenda my office has at the moment. and in you what i have been emphasizing already is that this is actually, corsets about syria, but it's not about just about syria. if this file continues to be politicized and seen from different positions that different note of security council have on syria conflict, the we might in fact, start to lose part of very important disarmament regimes called opcw. there is a reason why the international community created a technical agency such as opcw. that if those entities are, in fact, politicized, then we were really start to lose the capacities of the nonproliferation regim

the role of the un security council in unanimously condemning and sanctioning these acts the illegal missile and nuclear programs of gr today is a prime example. the differences process of course over specific measures but unequivocal condemnation of these brazen acts is a clear signal of the unity in the belief that mass destruction poses a threat to regional and global security. >> with this in mind, the un should be the venue for efforts to bring about other measures to achieve and maintain a nuclear weapons free world as this includes negotiations on the f in ct and bringing the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty into force. first, the un is a useful forum on new issues of critical importance, the enduring concerns related to conventional weapons have been exacerbated by rapid advances in technology. new issues have emerged that threaten international stability, and cybersecurity are valuable to humanity's future prosperity, if used for malicious purposes produce global programs that require global solutions. likewise, conversations among all stakeholders are required if we ar

problems,ate on president johnson established a special committee of national security council.e asked george bundy to serve as a executive secretary. the war involved far more than governmental concern. deep-seated sympathies made themselves felt virtually to the doorstep of the white house. [indiscernible] by the eighth of june, only the arab state of jordan had agreed to accept the cease-fire. as president johnson was drafting a resolution, word was passed to the white house that egypt had agreed to a cease-fire. >> on the 10th of june, syria agreed to a cease-fire. the fighting was now stopped. at his 102nd news conference, the president advised the best action was to let things clear up. the tensions that had built during the first 10 days in june were dissolved. returning to austin, texas, lyndon johnson was greeted by incumbent congressman jake pickle. it was a good time to meet a whole new generation of constituents, including one who seemed unsure have this literal convictions. persuasion from the number one party leader was all that was needed to bring him into the fol

mister glawe is supporting the national security council as a special assistant to the president and senior director of homeland security. david, you've been asked to leave the department of homeland security's intelligence and analysts component at a time when we are facing complex evolving and continuous threats in the homeland. the intelligence community is tracing threats from the state and nonstate actors to our cyber and critical infrastructure and we continue to debate the scope and scale of our us intelligence collection and legal authorities. expect to hear a forceful advocate for the intelligence community on those discussions while maintaining a steadfast respect for the rule of law. as i mentioned to our nominees before this committee, i can assure you that the senate intelligence committee will continue to faithfully follow its charter and conduct vigorous and real-time oversight over every intelligence community entity. its operations and its activities. we will ask difficult, probing questions of you and your staff and i expect honest, complete and timely responses. tor

security council committed to spending 0.7% of national income on international development my government will continue to drive international efforts for increased global security and protect british families around the world. my government will find sustainable political solutions across the middle east conflict. it will work to -- terrorism by continuing the united kingdom's leading role in the international military action to destroy da'ish in iraq and syria. it will also lead efforts to reform the international system to improve united kingdom's mass migration alleviates poverty and end modern slavery. my government will continue to support international actions against climate change including the implementation of the paris agreement. we look forward to welcoming their majesties on a state visit in july. my government will host the commonwealth in april of next year to cement future generations. members of the house of commons effective services will be laid before you. my lords and members of the house of commons i pray that the blessing of almighty god may rest upon your counsel.

he served on the national security council staffs in both the george w.h and barack obama administrations, where he focused on afghanistan, iraq, and south asia. for the past four years, he served as u.s. ambassador to nato, and he's now a senior fellow at harvard university. welcome to the newshour. >> good to be here. >> this decision by the president to hand secretary of defense james mattis the decision making for troop levels. how unusual is that? >> well, it is unusual, but i think we should first appreciate that we should have confidence in the entire pentagon chain of command, starting with secretary mattis, but all the way down through central manned, and then ultimately to general nicholson, mick nicholson, who you mentioned, who is our four-star commander in afghanistan. so this is a very experienced team, responsible individuals. they're going to take this new authority seriously. i also think there is a logic. there is a rationale to providing the pentagon some flexibility. it gives them more ajilt to fit the number of troops to the task in a

security council resolutions, imposing international sanctions, the government of north korea continues its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. today treasury's financial crimes enforcement network has found the bank of dandong to be a foreign financial institution of primary money laundering concern under section 311 of the usa patriot act. this bank has served as a gateway for north korea facilitating millions of transactions for companies involved in north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. the united states will not stand for such action. this will require u.s. banks to ensure that the bank of dandong does not access the u.s. financial system directly or indirectly through other foreign banks. this action reaffirms the treasury department's commitment to ensure that north korea is cut off from the u.s. financial system. in addition, the department of treasury's office of foreign asset control has sanctioned two individuals and one entity for their continued support of north korea's activities. while today's actions are directed at chinese individuals and entities, w

support of the international community stipulated by the decisions and resolutions of these un security council. but it will still be paralleled by the uncompromising fight against a better looser ice is another organization this ignited terrorist organizations by the united nations we also told her about the work within the. for the over a morgue where we try to formulate certain parameters and modalities of the discoloration zones in order to put an end to the has to consolidate the cease fire agreement a cease fire in june this ensuring free access all through terror and a. created favorable environment for this political process syria would you understand. that we pay special attention. to your ship or a shelter for the in a syrian negotiations. uproot what you do which is going to be sort of by staff and that is to reign that on the tab so you july in geneva and before that on the fifth or sixth or july there will be another meeting and. certainly we talked about hugh crane. come one position is that the means could raymond's should be complied with and they abided by by all parties there

as a permanent member of the united nations security council, committed to spending 0.7% of national income on international development, my government will continue to drive international efforts that increase global security and protect british families around the world. my government will work to find sustainable political solutions to conflicts across the middle east. it will work to tack they will threat of terrorism by continuing the united king dm's leading role in international litary action to destroy daesh in iraq and syria. it will continue efforts to reform the system to continue the ability to tackle mass migration, alleviate poverty and end modern slavery. my government will continue to support international actions against climate change, including the implementation of the paris agreement. prince phillip and i look forward to welcoming their imagine -- majesties queen felipe -- king fee felipe and the quine of spain in july. we will host the summit in cement next year to its regiments to this and future generations. members of the house of commons, estimates for the pu

and a permanent member of the united security council permanented to spend 0% on national income, my government will continue to drive international efforts and project british values around the world. my government will work to find sustainable political solutions to conflicts across the middle east. it will work to tackle the threat of terrorism at source by continuing the united kingdom's leading role in international military action in iraq and syria. it will also lead efforts to reform the international system to improve the united kingdom's ability to tackle mass migration, alleviate poverty, and end modern slavery. my government will continue to support international action against climate change including the implementation of the paris agreement. prince william and i look forward to welcoming their majesties of spain on a state visit in july. my government will host the commonwealth summit in april of next year to cement its relevance to this and future generations. members of the the house of commons, estimates for the public services will be laid before you. my lords and m

so we the national security council which advises the president on national security matters, about themasking about the dnc hacking, russia collusion, everything you think you would want from susan rice's files over at the national security council, and we got a letter back from the national security council saying all documents from the obama administration have been turned over to the presidential library, and they helpfully gave us the address of the library. >> sean: really? you want to go over, mr. obama, can i please has -- have those? >> now we can get the records for the presidential library, under the presidential records act, the freedom of information act which is what we typically use to get documents, does not apply until five years after obama leaves office. but something can be done in the meantime. to the president can get the documents. president trump can bring them back in. subpoenas can be issued to get them, and certainly there are other litigations as well. >> sean: sarah, you and sullivan investigated that there was in this last 2016 election season, a 350% -- 35

and the last circle, which is roosevelt'sice, is conception of what became the security council of the united nations. the four police rosa had in mind when united states, great britain, the soviet union, and the fourth country was going to be china, which he felt was an up-and-coming power and deserving of being among the four policeman, or the security council of the united nations. there come he brought stroked the idea that he is kicking in his mind for this postwar organization. i think it is very telling that those about us thinking so far ahead. this is 1943 and the war is far from over, but he is our rethinking the on the horizon and what comes after the war. midst of world war ii, fdr runs for an unprecedented fourth term as president of the united states. you can see in this photograph, the president by this time is in ill health. he is suffering from heart disease, and he's really slowing down, although the public isn't quite aware of how ill he is. 1944, and ats in the democratic convention, there was a big fight over who was going to be his running mate. his sitting vice p

the role of the un security council in unanimously condemning and backfilling, in fact, the illegal missile and nuclear programs of the dpr k is a prime example. differences persist, of course, over specific measures to pursue but unequivocal condemnation of these brazen acts is a clear signal of the unanimity and the police that weapons of mass discussion posts a threat to regional and global security. second, the un is a forum for inclusive negotiations engaging all stakeholders. this is not to say that other forum do not play a role, regional negotiations produce valuable nuclear weapons free zones and negotiations have nuclear arsenals by 85% in some cases. only universal forums creates universally binding rules and norms. with this in mind, the un should be the venue for efforts to bring about other measures to achieve and maintain nuclear weapon free world. this includes negotiations on the fnc t and bringing the comprehensive test ban treaty into force. third, the un is a useful forum for dialogue on a new issues of critical importance to us all. the enduring concerns related to wmd

it is any penetration by the security council. we fully respect the independence, but the head and i fully coordinate we see the situation in very much in the same way, although we play a different role but we try to maintain the nonproliferation regime as it was created and designed intentionally. so this is something that for us will be very important. and it's actually, it goes be on syria. and i hope that our country's, sufficient number of countries, i think there are sufficient number of countries who understand this point, which is a long, and beat him term strategic point, not just about syria conflict. on your first question, i want to emphasize the point that a mate in my remark, which is that disarmament really is an integral part of any solution to political conflict. if you look at, if you study all peace agreements, and i've worked in many different parts of the world in peacekeeping in particular, there is always some element of disarmament involved in these sort of peace treaty package. so perhaps it is not been se

and we got a letter back from the national security council saying all documents from the obamaistration have been turned over to the obama presidential library and they hopefully give us the address of the library. >> sean: really? mr. obama, can i please have those please? >> now that they are at the library with the archivist that gathers records for the presidential library, under the presidential records act, the freedom of information act, which is what we typically used to get documents doesn't even begin applying so five years after obama leaves office. something can be done in the meantime. the president can get the documents, president trump and bring them back in. certainly there's other possibilities as well. >> sean: sarah, you and john solomon had reported as part of your ongoing investigation that there was in this last 2015-16 election season 350% -- 350% increase in unmasking. unless we have greater security threats that they never told us about that seems to be weapon i think the intelligence agencies to go after political opponents. >> that is certainly what o

>> the security council. amy: in the countries in particular? >> there are five countries. doubt, the most influential country in the united nations is the united states. it is really amazing. the most warmongering country in the history of mankind is put there in charge to make sure there is peace. in: died at the age of 84 nicaragua. we do that interview in bolivia. to see the whole interview, you can go to democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. in yemen, medical groups are warning an outbreak of cholera has in fact it more than 116,000 people. the world health organization says the water-borne illness has claimed the lives of at least 859 and oxfam estimates cholera is claiming one life every hour in yemen. children under the age of 15 account for 46% of the cases. the who says the number of cases could reach 300,000 as the outbreak has now spread to 20 o

he is currently supporting the national security council as a special assistant to the president and senior director for homeland security. david, you have been asked to lead the department of homeland security's intelligence and an list component at a time when we are facing complex, evolving, and continuous threats to the homeland. the intelligence community is tracing threats from state and nonstate actors to our cyber and critical infrastructure, and we continue to debate the scope and scale of our u.s. intelligence collection and legal authorities. i expect you'll be a forceful advocate for the intelligence community in those discussions while maintaining a steadfast respect for the rule of law. as i mentioned to prior nominees before this committee, i can assure you that the senate intelligence committee will continue to faithfully follow its charter and conduct vigorous and realtime oversight over every intelligence community entity. its operations and its activities. we'll ask difficult and probing questions of you and your staff and expect honest, complete, and timely respons

again, i have had the opportunity to discuss these issues with him, the national security council. i will not comment specifically, but let me make it clear, the safety of the american public is our utmost concern, and we will never, ever put economic issues, ok? where we will risk the lives of the american public. reform, are you going to be revenue neutral, and if they say you do not get the growth for the revenue, what are you going to do? there me first say that will be complete transparency when we come out with a plan. we are in the process of listening sessions, we met with hundreds and hundreds of ceos, think tanks, various different groups. i was over at the house twice today talking to people at the house of representatives in groups. we have been at the senate, and we are listening. as we developed this plan, we said we are going to have a responsible plan that is paid for, and we do believe in dynamic scoring and will take that into account. secretary, the gdp for the first quarter came out today at 1.47%, slightly better than we anticipated, but during the campaign, th

according to politico, his national security council said that he was going to include that in his speech. it was in his speech. and then suddenly when he was delivering it, wasn't there. there's some suspicion out there among the government that that was something that was deleted by the president himself. does it concern that you the president is not supporting our full throated allies on the world stage? >> well, we are defending our allies. we're doing a much better job than they were doing before during the obama administration. >> how so? >> well, the obama administration said at one time he would be drawing the line, if they crossed the line, he would get tough action. and then backed away from that. he refused to allow to us send equipment in, defensive equipment to the ukraine when they had been our best ally for the first time in 96 years. did not have, they don't have one communist in their parliament. so he is standing up for a strong america and in a way that we didn't get out of president obama at all. >> i want to get you on the record about climate -- not climate change. i

and there is derek harvey who is the top middle east advisor on the national security council this is according to for an article in foreign policy last week now supposedly opposed to them the one who is fighting for the u.s. to stay focused just on fighting isis is actually the secretary of defense mattis the chairman of the joint chiefs general brett mcgurk who is the u.s. ambassador to this so-called anti isis coalition so once just like the obama administration and cia pentagon battles between proxies in syria this administrating is divided and has no strategy it hasn't decided whether it's one word department mission or not it seems to me and the brookings idea of a few years back is that i'm convinced that once the u.s. creates a military footprint it just gets bigger and they don't believe that's at least the president obama so the word partition comes into play and given what marc said about iran i think partition is the new plan here. and you're absolutely right that once they get them to something the program is the congo at the out and we have seen at them to get al

would imply that the president's national security council isn't even discussing this issue. >> yes. the initial reaction people would have is, wow, someone in the attorney general has not even been briefed on russia's interference? then you realize the reverse, if he had been briefed, what we would be talking about today is whether that was appropriate because he's recused from having anything to do with the 2016 election in russia. it's kind of a catch-22, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't in regards to that. as far as russia hacking the election, the president doesn't believe it, i don't believe it, almost everybody else does. >> think about what you just said, the president doesn't believe it. you believe it, you've seen the evidence. how stunning is that to you that the president of the united states disputes the evidence of 17 intelligence agencies in this country? >> again, ultimately, at the end of the day, he has a right to his opinion on these issues. bottom line is we're going to continue to do our work. you saw this week that the senate voted on sanctions, a