please identify yourself. >> i worked for television and as an advisor to the state department for a time. i often wondered why we are not producing shows through your agency, like what's cooking in united states, regional dishes, or jazz in each state. i'm sure people would tune in. any comments? >> of course. we do, this is where i will pull in my, it's day 11 so cut me some slack card. i have not gotten my head around all the different types of content, 60 different language services creating and disseminating. i know we do softer sides of news, including documentaries. i don't think we do cooking shows, and i am happy to be corrected on that. the answer has to do with in the general impression in the current era of accusations of fake news, there is so much need to report empirical facts, that investing in softer news might not be the best bang for our buck. that is the impression that guides us. there are huge opportunities for us to intervene in markets where there is a need for content not purely entertainment or purely news, but can draw in audiences and educate them on cookin

he has been at the state department as the head the state department advisory mission on diplomacy and publishing highly detailed reviews of american public diplomacy, and also one of the best andassified works on bots other additional tools used to penetrate u.s. institutions, which got a somewhat cheeky title of how it survive the internet. you, adam, and a few friendly faces. there is a lot going on. when adam asked me to speak, he did not give me a topic, which is my favorite kind of speaking invitation. i thought i would talk about a soi thought i would talk about a couple of issues that are probably of interest to folks but maybe not the most coherent of sort of talks, so i'm going to reflect a little about my time at the advisor commission on public diplomacy and say a few things that i probably should've said more vocally while i was there and feel more comfortable saying now. and then i will talk a little about my transition to the broadcasting board of governors and some of the work we are and mayber -- there speculate if i can manage to keep my job what the network will look

at the state department, and second, the only commission at the state department that is governed by a board of senate confirmed commission members, which seeks to the importance congress and the white house give the commission, and the influence it has within the building and throughout town. it is the go-to stakeholder for congress when they want to discuss legislation relating to the state department, public diplomacy issues. the commission is where they go to get help in drafting actual legislation, probably the most interesting part of the job from my perspective. the national security council relies on the commission to understand how public diplomacy operates through the interagency, which is crucial if -- function if you think about the role the council place. internally, the council helps leadership make key decisions on where funding should go, the structure of public diplomacy bureaus, and personnel, and it is well respected inside the department. a lot of this is of course because of my predecessor, who i do not see in the room today. i know many of you know her well. she

and outside the state. -- bureaus inside the state department and outside the state. the challenges it gets worse as it moves forward. the kinds of foreign-policy issues the government is going to face in 2025 is that we have worked on unofficial intelligence and public diplomacy. the u.s. government has to be able to move quickly and robustly to address threats in real-time. bureaucracybout the is having seen how slow we have been able to adapt to threats that are in our face, how are we going to be able to use these institutions and move quickly to address threats as they become more smaller, nimble, isolated, and targeted, which is the future of the public diplomacy apparatus? a couple more stories about bureaucracy. taking it to the structural level, i think one of the challenges the state department has is how complex it is as an institution and how much work it does and how complex its operations are both for members of congress and the american public to understand. that theear ago, asked commission does for quarterly meetings a year and these are open to the p

with the new deal and it's the same people in the same aristocratic with the state department officialso that amazing ways. and that is the treasury department. and they have actively reflected on it. >> thank you for this compelling work. is there any speculation theret? is a a movie about this story? >> i would love that. my agent is over there. >> thank you for being dcription articulate in your description.h jewishr research any fragmentse or events leading to the middle eastern communities? >> because getting public support for the board for in palestin lithuaniae but he is big in thea u.s. during the war. do taking out the beautiful newspaper ads. i don't get fully into what into the book except the white paper web how many jews could enterl s palestine is inundated by thehe british. that supposedly limited how many people could come to limit the number of jews. those that convince the british government not to tell anybodyln but to get them to land in turkey and into palestine. and with the middle eastern politics topoli reverberate with those messy origins act then. and trying t

in other words, nothing to seeit here, says mike pompeo's state department.t's totally okay for south africans to steal property for racist reasons because there are "a strong democracy" and held "public hearings." criminals take note, startt rubbing state department employees on the way to work, by their logic they will be okay with it because it's democracy. marian tupy spent a lot of time

they were writing a report detailing on the recent state department had given and they discovered evidence they had been actively trying to reach the united states, to stop the public pressure. if americans don't know about it, they will not put any pressure on the state department to do any thing. they specifically told the u.s. litigation in switzerland not to send any more report about atrocities. so one of the best things about putting the treasury department is henry morgenthau junior, f. or as treasury secretary all his meetings. i was able to use the department's own words and express their frustration. you can read through the transcript of what they're saying. at the end of december 1943, a lawyer at treasury said, and this is a quote, mr. secretary the only question we have in our mind is that has to be taken by the horns in dealing with this jewish issue and get this out of the state department to sub agency's hand that is willing to do it differently. for instance, take the complaint what are we going to do with the jews? another staff member quietly added, we are seeking a cit

state department. this committee operates in a very bipartisan way. thate you will be aware of and also constantly, as you meet with people, bring out the concerns all of us have here relatively to trafficking persons and the fact that we have more people living in slavery today around the world than at any time in the world history. you make a very compelling case, mr. chairman. i look forward to working with you and others to do exactly what you described. >> i know we met yesterday and our staff has met with extensively, and i want to second the ranking member's comments. i will say the people that are coming in the leadership positions by secretary pompeo to me have been almost uniformly it is reallyand heartwarming to see the kind of thatt and professionalism is being brought into this state department from the outside. it's even more heartwarming in many cases -- in this case -- to see someone from the inside who have been there for so many years, ascending to this position, and i hope you have a

the undersecretary for political affairs is the number three person at the department after the deputy secretary of state. the p undersecretary also serves as crisis manager for the department and serves as an adviser to the secretary for all major personnel decisions, department policies and interagency communication. in addition to those duties, the undersecretary oversees all of the geographic bureaus in the department as well as the bureau for international organizations and must, therefore, manage our financial and personnel resources between the bureaus themselves and our diplomatic footprint around the globe. in the past it has often seemed that the undersecretaries for political affairs and management would make these decisions together without much of a methodology and very little transparency. it is my belief that the department would benefit from a methodology that allows decision makers to assess the cost and benefits of allocations while also providing more transparency so that congress can adequately exercise its oversight role. i want to thank you again for your willingness to serve, and j

top priority of my bureau of political military affairs at the state department, is maintaining the united states as security partner of choice for our many friends and allies overseas. that is just one example of the effort. really, i month ago attended the air show in the u.k. where i met with the defense industry representative from u.s. companies of all set -- all sizes to discuss the implementation plan and receive feedback in real time. those companies were both small and medium as well as large. we try to hit on the array of companies represented, all of which were present. i also met with counterparts from strategic partners and allies, europe, other parts of the world, to brief them on the president's new policy and advocate strongly for ongoing and prospective sales. in years, u.s. embassies consulates have been committed to reporting u.s. companies efforts to grow their global exports. our diplomats have long worked to ensure that roddick's and services have the best possible chance to compete abroad. through participation in key forms like farm -- the administration's defense t

is that something that the state department believes or you believe will continue under mike pompeo, w secretary of state, or is he going to try to rebuild this vital bureaucracy? >> rex tillerson is on the record, like all of the former secretaries of state in war on peace, and he's really as candid as he's ever been before. he says for the first time that he may have just been too inexperienced for this job, that he didn't know how to do budget advocacy. he lays a lot of blame at the feet of the white house. a pretty extraordinary set of confessions from him. >>> look, mike pompeo is less likely to be out of his depth in precisely the same way because he is a politician and a washington operator and is apparent from the first rounds of back and forth in his confirmation hearing that he knows how to say the right thing. that said, there was a lot of excitement about the opening salvo statements from rex tillerson, too. and while the rhetoric sounds good now, we have to wait and see if mike pompeo will pull out of this nose dive as so many career officials hoped that he will. >> so, y

we have an elite team of foreign affairs professionals here at the state department and across the administration. the iran action group will play a critical role in leading our efforts within the department and executing the president's iran strategy across the inner agency. the administration will also build, continue to build the broadest level of international support for our strategy. just yesterday, i was in london meeting with senior officials from germany, france and the united kingdom for productive discussions on iran. we will continue to build on those areas where we are in agreement with our allies and partners around the world, and we will work to find consensus on those areas where we are not. i have worked on iran throughout my career in foreign policy beginning in 2006 on the u.n. security council serving as an adviser to u.n. ambassador bolton. i thank secretary pompeo for this opportunity and the confidence he has placed in me and my colleagues to execute this strategy. i'm glad to answer a few questions. >> this was 3 but they are so brief, it will seem like just one. you talke

of course, that includes other government agencies beyond the department of state some of whom are represented here, usaid, or military colleagues, etc., commerce department, foreign commercial service, i previously served of the commerce -- at the commerce department. and innocent bystanders all of whom were affected by the devastating attacks on the day. i spent time earlier this morning with some of you , speaking to the survivors and the family members of those who perished. many of us, i included millions of americans, will never understand the ultimate sacrifice made 20 years ago by those who perished in the attacks. it's just a fact of life. the pace of life in modern america, trying to remember what happened 20 years ago, i remember, but it's difficult i think for most americans thinking about something that happened 20 years ago and it seems like an ancient memory. it's not for this department and it's not for those of you gathered here. the leadership of this department will ensure that americans remember. this department certainly will remember. we recognize the depth of you and you

department of state and as a senior adviser to u.s.representative randy forbes, who was senior member of armed forces committee and someone who i worked for when i was in staff, alex, great to see you again, great to have you with us and we appreciate that the white house saw fit to bring its -- voice to the session today. he's responsible for guiding development of the defense and aerospace efforts to strengthen u.s. defense and aerospace exports including advocacy and analytical work on behalf of council members and their work, putting their positions in front of government broader business community. before joining the chamber keith with department of defense where we were colleagues and once upon a time office of acquisition technology and logistics and his office has survived, his old office survived transition as part of under secretary of us -- prior to that deputy assistant secretary for army for these kinds of issues. deeply knowledgeable about this and government service and also now in private-sector capacity. to his left is

billingslea: that is the state department's call on the designation. however, it is important to know that if we have any evidence that a russian actor is supporting a terrorist, we will go after them regardless of the state-sponsored level designations. sen. gardner: what additional sanctions would russia face if such a distinction were made? sec. billingslea: state sponsor? i would say that there would not be an immediate wave of actions. we would have to work with the department of state to identify which prongs in the russian government would be viewed as the enablers of those behaviors. much the way we have done in other cases. >> thanks, mr. chairman. sen. gardner: thank you. senator corker: senator rubio? senator rubio: i want to lay out the framework embedded in your testimony. one of the things, we are struggling with two things as we debate it probably and even here on the committee and beyond. the first is that we haven't fully accepted yet that we are back to historically normal power a great competition. 125 years, we have been in a unipola

state department?afterthought for years we've been growing and we have managed the people in place to apply for that. so now that we know the state department -- >> you are hopeful. u.n.ou seeing the development projects take effect in sinjar for example? is there water, electricity, is the rubble gone? has that basic infrastructure aid gone into a region? if theythe many we hear want to rebuild there is not a chanceprocess. that is a big issue. this will take many years. it will not be in one or two days. when we have not finished the ied's we cannot start the rebuilding process. >> our most of the yezidis in camps? 400,000. >> they just want to leave iraq. much -- we will shift our aid directly to the ngos. we have not seen so far a large-scale aid coming to those areas. we've seen grants given to seed foundation and others. but this is not only the thing we are waiting for the u.s. to support. we believe we need to bring private sectors in the area. we want to build special secure .conomic zones thi

action group will be responsible for directing, reviewing and coordinating all aspects of the state department's iran related activity. they will report directly to me. for nearly 40 years the regime in tehran has been responsible for a torrent of violent and destabilizing behavior toward the united states, allies, partners and the iranian people themselves. in may of this year, president trump withdrew from the iran nuclear deal which failed to restrain iran's nuclear progress or its campaigns of violence abroad. in its place, president trump has instituted a campaign of pressure, deterrence and solidarity with the long-suffering iranian people. our hope is that one day soon we can reach a new agreement with iran, but we must see major changes in the regime's behavior both inside and outside of its borders. the iranian people and the world are demanding iran finally act like a normal nation. the iran action group will drive daily progress on these objectives and i hope, do much more. we are committed to a whole of government effort to change the iranian regime's behavior and the iran action gro

was nominally headed by the sectors of wars, state and treasury but was housed on the third floor treasury with almost all the staff were treasury department lawyers and 35 -year-old assistant secretaries john served as the war refugee board director. for the first time in january 1944 the united states as an official policy about the holocaust and by the end of the war in europe, 17 months later, they saved thousands of whites. rescue board is the first non- self published book about the war refugee board. who they were, what they did, they did. this seems strange given the tens of thousands of books that are published about world war ii and the thousands about the holocaust that are published every year and for the decades that i was writing the book i expected someone to come behind me and get their first and the self published books have all come out last five years and they are relying on similar, older scholarships of why we watched the abandonment of the jews while 6 million died in many of these books tear at each other or play the selected game of hidden stories and telephones were one finds the document and others cites a citatio

sales at the state department is maintaining the united states as a security partner of choice for many friends and allies overseas. as is one example of our effort, not even a month ago i attended the airshow in the uk where i met with defense industry representatives from u.s. companies of all sizes to discuss the cat, quality implementation plan and express feedback in real-time. those companies were small and medium as well as large so we tried to hit on the array. we also met with counterparts from strategic partners and allies, some from europe and other parts of the world to brief them on the president's new policy and advocate strongly for ongoing sales. for years the u.s. embassies and consulates have been committed to supporting u.s. companies efforts to grow their global exports. our diplomats have the long worked to ensure u.s. products and services have the best possible chance to compete abroad. the focused initiatives build upon this tradition of economic by strengthening our advocacy for defense sales that are obviously so critical to our national interest. the state dep

>> if the state department were to determine that there are a state sponsor? i would say there would not be an immediate wave of actions. we have to work with the department of state to identify which prongs within the russian government would be identified, much the way we've done in other cases . >> thank you, senator rubio. >> thank you for being here, i want to lay the framework but i think it's embedded in your testimony. one of the things, certainly two things we debated broadly on the committee and beyond, the first is that i don't think we fully accept yet that we are back to a historically normal era with power competition. we've been in a polar world and we have difficulties with certain countries, now we have a competitor in china and we have at least in the military realm a near competitor in certain spheres deal politically in russia and in that realm, the second thing we struggle with is that informational warfare is not warfare, it is warfare by different means . the difference now is propaganda and efforts to divide, demoralize, confuse the enem

the state department projects our power and our values around the world. they also do things like help you out if you need a visa or you lose your passport when you're traveling or, you know, someone you know dies and you've got to get the body back. there are a lot of nuts and bolts, practical work, that is also carried out. and i'm distressed, in fact, i'm just really deeply worried that in the last year and a half we have driven from the state department some of the most qualified foreign service officers and civil service officers. we have sort of shut down the pipeline for young people, and why does that matter? well, because there are certain language skills. when i became secretary in 2009, we were still desperate to build up our arabic language skills, our erdu, our pashku, places we were fighting wars and we didn't have enough people who understand what was happening in the countries where we were putting our military and our diplomats. so when you just wholesale try to purge the state department not with any thoughtful reform, because i have the

gun plans from being posted online putting it out all it's with the state department the reason that the state department got involved our only act would be in the us is because of our role in controlling foreign access to u.s. defense technology in simpler words the state department wants to prevent the wrong people from acquiring weapons overseas. this is an extraordinary story so we need an extra three months to put some meat on the bones of it and we have got one legal analyst on commentator lionel welcome back lionel does it surprise you that these two key departments of government aren't even on the same page and such well let's call it as it is an emotive issue guns for the american people has not happened before even. happens all the time and no it does not surprise me and what will perhaps surprise you or shouldn't is that there has always been provision on the internet for blueprints to make plastic guns via three d. printing let me repeat it's always been there nothing new so what you ask is the source of this brouhaha next trump is doing nothing new it's already been ther

state department. the krg has observed the august 3rd anniversary and continue to do so, and we will continue to support everyone's right to practice their faith. we also commend the commitment of president trump's administration to promote and defend religious freedom as a human right around the world. the krg values the united states' financial assistance to restore the nineveh plain, and we fully support the u.s. commitment to promote stability and security in iraq through religious freedom. but looking at ourselves, it's long overdue for us in iraq and our international lies to find -- international allies to find a way to put an end to the repeated cycles of violence in our country. insuring stability, security, economic opportunity across iraq is the only way to the enable every citizen, including those from minorities, to live a reasonable life. without these ingredients, reconciliation and trust cannot be achieved. the steps that need to be taken are many. i made a list, and i read out the list

gun plans from being posted online putting it at odds with the state department the reason that the state department got involved are only aqua t. in the us is because of our role in controlling foreign access to u.s. defense technology in simpler words the state department wants to prevent the wrong people from acquiring weapons overseas legal analyst and commentator lionel told us that he is not surprised by the apparent lack of cohesion between various branches of the u.s. government we have right now a department of justice and its subsidiary the f.b.i. that is acting completely independent of the president and is in a parallel universe there are what is referred to often times some may say too much is this thing called the deep state i'm not suggesting that's here but this dissociation this this sketch so oid connection between the president or the department of justice is is typical. sportswear giants seem to be losing their appetite for the iranian market with germany's adidas now saying it will no longer work with the country's football federation the decision is thought to stem f

in response, i inserted a strong reporting requirement to manning the state department be more .orthcoming and transparent i hope the state can convince me otherwise. finally, i want to end with a note of thanks. i do understand that there are many within our government or dedicated to a more assertive approach with respect to russia that is clear eyed and well-intentioned. at the risk of making their jobs thoseifficult, i suggest individuals fall into that category. thank you for calling the hearing. >> thank you for your comments. our first witness is wess mitchell. we thank you for being here and appreciate what you do for our country. our second witness is marshall billingslea. we thank you for the same. we appreciate the fact that you are sharing your thoughts and the points with us. gslea, i understand you have returned early from travel to be here. we thank you for that. we were asked that chris be available to testify before the senate banking committee. hearinga simultaneous happening. we allowed chris to go over to the banking committee. he likely will be before us again the futu

as a result of the attacks the state department says having made the determination that the russians were responsible sanctions were required to be imposed on the u.s. law governing chemical and biological weapons the sanctions mean there will be what's called a presumption of denial on exports of goods to russian companies owned or funded by the states that the u.s. deemed to have a significance for national security the state department gave examples of gas turbines electronic equipment integrated circuits and calibration equipment and efficient said that over fifty percent of commerce department export licenses include at least one such national security item so hundreds of millions of dollars of goods may be affected over the u.s. will still export items on a case by case basis deemed to be of foreign assistance for the russian people related to space flight currently the americans are entirely dependent on the russians to transport its astronauts into space and passenger aviation. is moscow doesn't prove within three months that it's not using chemical or biological weapons has

at the state department officials who were at the embassy that day and the deputy and assistant secretary of state for africa, to mark the anniversary. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests. we are delighted with the turnout. thank you very much. good morning. my name is t-bone irish, secretary of state for african affairs and i'm honored and humbled to be with all of you as we remember those who lost in the 1998 bombings of the embassies in my robie, it is my privilege to introduce deputy secretary of state john j sullivan. john j sullivan was confirmed by the united states senate sworn in as deputy secretary of state on may 24, 2017, and later served as acting secretary of state from april 1, 2018, until mike pompeo joined the department. deputy secretary sullivan brings a wealth of experience to the state department family. he spent decades in the private sector, most recently as partner, mayer brown llp and cochair of the national security practice. he has held senior positions in two prior administrations at the justice, defense, and co

state department the two departments in the federal government don't seem to agree about this issue let's take a listen in that the state department got involved our only aqua t. in this is because of our role in controlling foreign access to u.s. defense technology in simpler words the state department wants to prevent the wrong people from acquiring weapons overseas now the bottom line is regardless of the court's decision while these plans were available on the internet thousands of people downloaded them they were downloaded thousands of times and as we all know once something goes up on the internet it doesn't for the gun debate in the age of digital and. what city of who data on confirmed that media reports suggest that a hospital was struck in the alleged attack. commented on the reports riyadh however has repeatedly denied killing civilians that is a story will be closely following throughout the hours here on our to international . stay with us now for more programs one former scottish first minister grows another next on the alex salmond show this is art international. is like t

at the state department, officials who were at the embassies that day as well as the deputy secretary of state and assistant secretary of state for africa took part in the ceremony to mark the anniversary. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, but everybody please find a place. we are delighted with the turnout. thank you very much. good morning. my name is pete were nausea and i'm the assistant secretary of state for african affairs than i am honored and humbled to be with all of you today as we remember those who lost in the night to 90 amens in the embassies of nairobi. it is now my privilege to introduce you to secretary of state, john jay sullivan. john sullivan was confirmed by the united states senate, sworn in on may 24th 2017 and he later served as acting secretary of state from april 1st 2018 until secretary pompeo. deputy secretary sullivan brings a wealth of experience to her state department family. he spent decades in the private sector and cochair of the law firm's national security part is. also

state department as phatic al haynes reports from washington d.c. . fairly muted criticism from the u.s. state department in regards to this latest attack in yemen keep in mind the u.s. is part of the coalition that is led by the saudis and the united arab emirates still the state department said they think it's up to the saudi government to conduct what they said would be a credible transparent investigation they rejected the idea that anyone from the outside of saudi arabia should be involved in that and they did point out that they have criticism for those that are opposing saudi the who do rebels let's look at some of the things that have been happening in yemen you have the who the rebels who continue to attack saudi arabia they continue to do that with a rainy and weapons missiles and rockets and they continue to try to attack civilian infrastructure in saudi arabia for example and that is part of the reason why these actions are being taken this is been a week for the u.s. state department to defend saudi arabia they refused to come out and say

people listen to it are state department says and it feels like it would be low cost is a united statesoesn't think that you should punish people on the basis of their appearance. >> also we can just tell a very topical historical lesson if you will. without the military, intelligence, just be honest about this, what is going on in south africa happened next door nearby in zimbabwe. beginning around 2,000, robert will grab a lunch around white farmers, a combination of blood glued to predation and violence by thugs. they pushed more and more white farmers out but has led to food shortages. spirit it became the poorest country on planet earth because of that. with the president going to keep up with this issue? >> across the board the president has been very good about the forgotten people, not only in the united states but people around the world. christians in the middle east, no one aside from trump is speaking up for them. not even the pope. i think they're going to see this. pompeo has been very focused, north korea, iran, syria. this is not an area where there are fundamental u.s.

state department saying moscow have use of chemical weapon in violation of international law a charge the crime one denies. the argentinean senate has narrowly rejected a bill to legalize abortion thousands of anti-abortion activists cheered the news outside the congress in buenos aires but others launched angry protests. or don't forget you can always get news on the go download our app for example from google play or from the apple store that gives you access to all the latest news and information from around the world as well as push notifications for breaking news and you can also use that have to send us photos and videos. this is the news live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us. what we were. when we were. the first american to someplace in our lives really experience hardship.

you were at the state department. tell us what you witnessed. >> i'm in the office of international religious freedom at the time. was the head of our middle east team. august 3rd was a sunday, i believe, and on august 3rd, we received an enormous number of phone calls, text messages and e-mails from yazidi friends all over the country and all over the world. our offices had close relationships with yazidi community for a very long time as well as with the syrian community and with other minority communities in iraq. and actually we had been tracking -- as with many other people at the state department, many people the audience today, my colleagues from the near eastern affairs bureau and usaid and the dod, all been watching the sort of crisis and the horror unfold ever since the fall of fallujah earlier in the year and have been meeting with gentleman -- yazidis to understand what is going on. we understood the daily disenfranchisement and the struggle of being a member of a marginalized community we report on that i

eastern. >> makes, state and treasury department officials testified before the senate foreign relations committee about the state of u.s.-russia relationships -- relations. they talked

state department in regards to this latest attack in yemen keep in mind the u.s. is part of the coalition that is led by the saudis and the united arab emirates still the state department said they think it's up to the saudi government to come . what they said would be a credible transparent investigation they rejected the idea that anyone from the outside of saudi arabia should be involved in that and they did point out that they have criticism for those that are opposing saudi the hoodoo rebels let's look at some of the things that have been happening in yemen you have the who the rebels who continue to attack saudi arabia they continue to do that with arraigning in weapons missiles and rockets and they continue to try to attack civilian infrastructure in saudi arabia for example and that is part of the reason why these actions are being taken this is been a week for the u.s. state department to defend saudi arabia they refused to come out and say anything negative about saudi's response to canada's concerns about its human rights record saying only that both co

in other words, nothing to seeit here, says mike pompeo's state department.to steal property for racist reasons because there are "a strong democracy" and held "public hearings." criminals take note, startt rubbing state department employees on the way to work, by their logic they will be okay with it because it's democracy. marian tupy spent a lot of time studying that country in the region. now looks at the center for global liberty and prosperity. we talked with him about this recently. here's our conversation. >> tucker: i thought the whole point of the new southre africa and the reason the rest of usve were excited to see it in 1994, take shape is because it rejected racial discrimination, and get the government is now embracing it, or am i missing something? >> no. in a free and civilized society we don't take people's stuff on the basis of the color of their skin. it was wrong when it took place in the apartheid. it is wrong now, and it be a tragedy if south africa were to repeat the same mistakes it did in the past. >> tucker: so there are really two

state department accuses the kremlin of breaking an international chemical weapons ban with an assassination attempt on a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. we'll go to washington for the latest also coming up. mornings about climate change as a record drought turns vast areas of get into a dust bowl the country's worst dry spell in fifty years and across the globe it raging wildfires in extreme heat and scientists raising the alarm they warn that rising temperatures could irreversibly disrupt the earth's climate turning our green house into a hog house and lawmakers in argentina are voting on whether abortion should be legal the issue has been highly controversial and divisive in the homeland of pope francis'. golf it's good to have you with us the united states says it will impose new sanctions on russia in connection with the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in britain the. department says that moscow used a chemical weapon in violation of international law all former russian spy sergei screwball and his dog are believed to have been exposed to a military gr