he is only known to an inside culture of state department and united states agencies for international development workers, essentially. some people in the cia. people inside washington know all about him. to a larger group, even to the human rights community in new york, they probably have not heard of him. if they have, it's been very incidental. for one thing or another. a story too good to refuse to tell, essentially. i in fact interrupted another book to break away and spent three years on this. someone from a wealthy jewish family in manhattan. his father did very well in business and the commodity trade nevertheless, did not go to college and did not graduate high school because he had a very mild reading learning disability that has since been cured, essentially. made it possible -- impossible for them to study in the usual way. he went into the commodity trade like his father. awarded a bronze star for service in vietnam. dropping out of high school with a bronze star in vietnam. after that, to make a long story short, he got his start doing refugee work during the great guate

stated simply, the department of state cannot fully represent america unless the workforce is fully representativeof america. we must make real gains in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion through concrete actions to dismantle structure all barriers at the department. meaningful change requires success tachbed focus on three key area, talent management, transparency and accountability. secretary blinken mass made mass made lear he will have such focus and so will i if confirmed. i also intend to devote attention to make sure we are allying our resources with our policies. for the last several years congress has on a bipartisan basis protected the budget from requested cuts which has provided a solid found foundation on which to build. i look forward to working with you to meet the challenges we face. i'm committed to ensuring the effective management of these resources, but we will need your help to make investments in our workforce and building safe and secure embassies. with that, i appreciate the opportunity to be here today and look forward to your questions. >> thank you both. we'll sta

the gao 2020 report on various diversity at the department of state found that minorities in the department are awarded fewer promotion than a white consequence even when education and years served. this is throughout every state of their career increasing the pipeline of minorities and women into the department alone is not enough we must ensure the bias and promotion that we are to retain a reverse workforce at the senior level, these trends may have worsened over the last four years but did not begin in 2017 in many incidents these figures have trended downward and stay relatively unchanged for three decades with this a administration state a priority to build or depleted state department and diversity we have the opportunity to work collaboratively in serving our diplomatic workforce both civil and foreign services. but the changes that promote diversity equity and inclusion at the state department wouldqu not be measured only in statistics and must be marked by a shift in the culture environment and attitude at the department we perpetuated discrimination, disturbingly you heard the st

the gao's 2020 report on barriers to diverse at the department of state found that minorities in the department are rewarded fewer promotions than white counterparts even when accounting for education and years served. this is throughout every stage in their career. increasing the pipeline of minorities and women into the department alone, though, is not enough. we must also ensure there is an end to bias and promotions if we are to retain a diverse workforce. these trends may have worsened over the last four years, but they did not begin in 2017. in many instances, these figures have trended downward or stayed relatively unchanged for nearly three decades. with this administration's stated priorities to rebuild our depleted state department and promote diversity, we have the opportunity to work collaboratively in strengthening our workforce both civil and foreign service. but the changes need to promote diversity, equity and inclusion at the state department will not be measured only in statistics. it must be marked by a shift in the culture, environment and attitudes at the departme

this is the 1st time that they've actually fleshed out some of these moves on camera with the state department spokesman appearing officially but one new factor has come in and that is the united states calling on saudi arabia to disband what is called that rapid intervention force which a cia report and a report made public by the department of national intelligence indicates is nothing more than a hit squad so certainly these details are being fished out $76.00 individuals have been served with sanctions by the u.s. government but significantly and very importantly it does not appear that the name of the crown prince mohammed bin solomon is on that list of those who have been served with sanctions the state department was asked specifically where the u.s. would consider a waiver this is something that would allow the crown prince to travel to the united states for diplomatic reasons the state department spokesman would not be drawn on that particular subject but the indications are that the crown prince is not on the list now this is going back to president biden's campaign in which he made

with the details that were fresh start in the course the one very new announcement made by the state departmentwas the fact that it had called on saudi arabia to disband that particular group now the cia report which was the basis of a report made public by the department of national intelligence made very clear that these individuals were involved in the murder of jamal khashoggi and to the direction the report contends of the crown prince mohammed bin salman but in that state department briefing the press spokesman dancing around that particular issue of why the crown prince is not among those served with sanctions it would appear and mike the biden administration's caught in a very difficult dilemma here i mean it's being criticized for not punishing the crown prince if it sees saudi arabia as an important strategic ally doesnt it. well it's very much that is the situation now where one goes back to the campaign. joe biden insisted that those responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi must be held accountable now he's president it appears that he is not going to take any action against th

the gao's 2020 report on barriers to diverse at the department of state found that minorities in the department are rewarded fewer promotions than white counterparts even when accounting for education and years served. this is throughout every stage in their career. increasing the pipeline of minorities and women into the department alone, though, is not enough. we must also ensure there is an end to bias and promotions if we are to retain a diverse workforce. these trends may have worsened over the last four years, but they did not begin in 2017. in many instances, these figures have trended downward or stayed relatively unchanged for nearly three decades. with this administration's stated priorities to rebuild our depleted state department and promote diversity, we have the opportunity to work collaboratively in strengthening our workforce both civil and foreign service. but the changes need to promote diversity, equity and inclusion at the state department will not be measured only in statistics. it must be marked by a shift in the culture, environment and attitudes at the departme

for decades, discrimination against dark farmers by the united states department of agriculture has been well documented, reports for the united states commission of civil rights month the government accountability office and even the united states department of agriculture, these practices enabled by laws dating back all the way to the 1930s, this is historic. we are working on this. in fact in 1997, a group of black farmers, including filing a class action lawsuit against the united states department of agriculture over the agencies discrimination against black farmers is now a program and other programs. investigate racial discrimination. it's before us today and this is so meaningful. he's given to us day for this purpose he's brought us together today to bring justice across the line. the united states department of agriculture in black farmers don't receive $50000. many of my colleagues think it is a lot of money but when a new tractor cost as much as a half million dollars, it is barely enough for down payment on a reasonably good used one. enough to make improvements, if it's eno

of fronts 1st you talk about that letter that was sent by the state department to. the afghan government sensually reminding them that there is a deadline that is imminent that may 1st looms very close on the horizon in terms of a possible withdrawal of some troops and so as a result there is an eagerness to see some sort of reconciliation or proposal for a possible power sharing agreement between the taliban and afghan leaders and you heard there the discussions of the united states in their efforts to try and facilitate that to include the visit to the region by the u.s. ambassador and also an outreach to pocket ston so critical in terms of seeking a commitment not only to work for communication but a commitment for peace so this is all something that is highly of great importance to the united states right now you heard here there the efforts to kind of try and facilitate that but also the reporters' questions obviously noting that the fact that net price was open about saying that they're seeking consultation from international partners they are looking for idea

he's only known for this book to an inside culture of the state department and the united states and or agencies for international development workers essentially and to some people in the cia, nationalsecurity council . people inside inside washington know all about him but to a larger group, even to the human rights community in new york, they've probably never heard of him or if they have to it's just been very incidental. and for one thing or another. it was a story too good to refuse to tell essentially and i in fact interrupted another book in order to break away and spend three years on this. imagine someone from a wealthy jewish family in manhattan of holocaust refugees, father did very well in business and the commodity trade who nevertheless not only did not go to college but did not graduate high school because he had a very mild reading learning disability that has since been cured essentially but which made it impossible for him to study in the usual way. and what did he do? he went into the commodity trade like his father which becomes crucial later on during his milita

journal" and "the new york times" both publishing reports that governor's aides changed a state health departmentto hide higher death toll among nursing home residents. the initial report not made public at the time listed deaths at long-term care facilities in the state at nearly 10,000, a stark contrast to what the cuomo administration was publicly saying about those deaths, putting the count at about half that number. the administration's public count only included residents who died at long-term care facilities, not residents who got sick and later died at hospitals. special counsel to the governor saying the administration followed guidelines saying the out-of-facility data was admitted after doh, department of health, could not confirm it had been adequately verified. this did not change the conclusion of the report. vivian zayas is not buying the explanation of how the numbers were reported by the administration. her mother was a resident at a nursing home who contracted covid-19 and later died at a hospital. >> we felt insulted. all these months of hearing him talk about a book, going on

we know from state department cables in 2018 that the us was concerned about biosafety standards at the wuhan institute of virology. lack standards for a level four lab dealing with highly contagious and dangerous viruses. the state department released a declassified fact sheet mid-january laying out more interesting details. data function research conducted at the wuhan lab. secret military experiments. the wuhan lab apparently collaborating with the chinese military. and the lab itself apparently was in possession of two study covid-19 closest known genetic relative as well. so circumstantial evidence to be sure and certainly not proven in any way. but that's sort of evidence does suggest it is a plausible hypothesis worth investigating further. it is interesting and disappointing the who team would say it's not worth looking into further. >> why would they say an accidental release? >> that's a great question. the community did weigh in on this in a rare way last may. they basically said the intelligence community largely agreed this was not a man-made bio weapon but they were taking

joining the now former state department spokesperson morgan ortagus.organ, great to see you again. it has been a while. i just want to —- >> thank you for having me back. steve: just comment on the safety issues around the lab and the confidence with which your former boss, former secretary of state pompeo was speaking then about the idea that the virus leaked from the lab? what can you add to that from your perspective having been inside the state department? >> so, secretary pompeo wrote about this in the maastricht journal and we learned that one of the safety directors at the lab, at the wuhan virology institute talks about his concern and he was in charge of the level for lab and talked about his concern of the lack of proper procedures and protocols and if you look at the cables that josh rogan wrote about mike pompeo wrote about them in the journal and part of what the state department diplomats do, part of their job is to right back and assess and say we have u.s. government funding going into this lab and we are concerned about a number of saf

the state department has clarified steps taken on friday after the release of an intelligence report accusing saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salmond of approval an operation to kill or capture. however no direct action has been taken towards the future saudi king at the white house says it reserves the right to sanction him in the future if necessary instead the biden administration impose sanctions on saudi agents believed to be involved in the killing including the former deputy intelligence chief mohamed el siri for the state department is also urging saudi arabia to disband the rapid intervention force that's the elite unit believed to be behind the murder. we have urged saudi arabia to disband this group and then adopt institutional systemic reforms and controls to ensure that our anti dissident activities and operations cease and cease completely we have made crystal clear and will continue to do so that the brutal killing of jamal khashoggi current 28 months ago remains an acceptable conduct at the same time our relationship with saudi arabia is important it's import

-- state department, if i'm confirmed and the secretary -- we need to make sure we're using that role to ensure that everyone's rowing in the same direction on our programs and are aligned with the president's priorities and strategies. you've given us great tools with these agencies. the d.f.c. being the newest one. but we need to put them to greatest affect and i'd like to talk to you more about it as i dig into it if i get into the job. senator young: while i move to our diverse array of agencies tasked with for assistance. i became a member of this committee, the constellation of different agencies, one avenue to explore is how we can task some of these agencies with operating in countries with lowering incomes, or worse, health outcomes, while directing others to specifically address more developed economies and societies rather than throwing our resource from the various agencies at the same countries. for instance, how can the united states better utilize our more independent development organizations like the millennium challenge corporation

this is the first time they have actually fleshed out some of these moves on camera with a state departmentpokesman appearing officially. but one who factor has come in, and that is the united states calling on saudi arabia to disband what is called that rapid intervention. a cia report and a report made public by the department of national intelligence indicates as nothing more than a hip squad -- hit squad. the details are being fleshed out. 76 individuals have been served with sanctions by the u.s. government. but significantly and very importantly, it does not appear that the name of the crown prince, mohammad bin salman, is on the list of those who have been served as sanctions. the state department was asked specifically whether the u.s. would consider a waiver. this is something that would allow the crown prince to travel to the united states for diplomatic reasons. the state department spokesman would not be drawn on that particular subject. but the indications are that the crown prince is not on the list. this is going back to president biden's campaign in which he made very clear

then join the state department as a staff assistant with the trump transition team. according to the affidavit as of january 6th the day this all went down, the insurrection, klein also had an active top secret security clearance. that same 16-page fbi affidavit published today by "the new york times" reveals that klein was present in some of the most grisly, violent, upsetting scenes at the capitol at january 6th. this image captured by surveillance cameras shows klein in the red maga hat along with other members of that insurrectionists mob entering a tunnel that leads to the doors of the capitol building. you might remember that police were stationed at that entrance desperately trying to use their bodies to keep the mob out. and body camera footage shows that klein himself pushed his way to the front of the crowd. that is a trump administration official in the mob pushing his way to the front of the crowd, physically and verbally engaging with officers attempting to stop the invasion. it also captured klein violently shoving a riot shield towards the officers, pu

congress to advance legislation the committee once again task a bipartisan management focused state department authorization bill but of course the operations of the department will also be a reflection of its personnel and personnel is policy. in a recent speech mr secretary we are so pleased to hear you say quote we are operating in a diverse world and our diversity is a unique source of strength that few countries can match we don't have we don't have a diverse team it's like if we don't have a diverse team it's like we're conducting diplomacy with one on tied behind our back unquote as chair of this committee made addressing the lack of diversity at the state department a central focus of our work recent data shows that african-americans constitute only 3.8 percent of senior executive service members and only 3 point one percent are hispanic similarly our foreign our senior foreign service members only 3 percent are black. point 9 percent are hispanic and 32 percent are women too again to use your words mr secretary we are conducting diplomacy with one arm tied behind our back the g.a.o. 2

madeleine albright former secretary of state under the clinton administration joined a former state department official and activist from south sudan, burma and hong kong for a discussion on democracy. this is two hours and 15 minutes. good morning, everyone. this hearing on the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. thanks, everyone for coming and especially to the witnesses who we will hear from shortly. for the purposes of this specific hearing, we are going to pursue, as we get our technology under control in terms of understanding when people come in, we will do it by seniority. buto we will ultimately try to work towards whoever appears at the time of the gavel. but we are not there yet, so with my apologies for those who made it earlier, hopefully you will still be in the rotation and others won't jump in in front of you, but for today, as we figure out how when we have a hybrid how we can make sure that we understand where the seniority is and a the end time appearances, we are going to do this for today's purposes byit seniority. given the state of the world and our ow

made a message to the state department when he talked about democracy in hell that is going to be the very center of american foreign policy which only people inside the beltway believe that certainly people around the world don't believe it but well that they live with their illusions here but let's look at the record let's look at the record of support of democracy like in the pose a soviet space we could actually draw in venezuela if we want to so let's look at. georgia let's look at ukraine i'm looking at saakashvili poroshenko and zones because i said in the part when they started the program. the american backed president in ukraine. is shutting down independent media and the american state department is cheering that's democracy promotion. well the latest news from ukraine are really alarming because at least 10 people were killed in the last few weeks on the line dividing the cell declare republics in the east and the ukrainian army the russian representative in the control commission is saying that the ukrainian side basically exit in their peace agreements from 2000 to 15 th

change one thing we want to update you on that's quite interesting in this is something that the state department focused on in the united states and that is obviously what's been going with the violence the treatment of the protesters but also journalists we're hearing now that at least 6 journalists have been charged with something called $55.00 o 5 a and this is kind of like a defamation. law that has been put on at least 6 journalists inside myanmar so obviously that is concerning now because that is going to obviously be something that news organizations need to think about putting their obviously these journalists on the streets during these protests are putting themselves at risk but now they can be detained and they have some have been charged we'll get more details of that as it goes but that were just coming out in the last half hour or so yes scott thanks for that and also what can you tell us about the foreign ministers who are meant to meet in a couple of hours time with the military do we expect all the regional nations to be speaking in one voice. well there will be it's the 10 nat

state department is imposing sanctions on two iranian officials, accused of human rights violations. tate antony blinken says the two members were involved in the torture and punishment of peaceful protesters in 2019 and 2020. he says that two interrogators and their families will be banned from the united states, coming amid efforts to bring the u.s. and iran to the negotiating table. let's bring in an expert on iranian and gulf affairs by skype from washington, d.c. good to have you back. washington is now sanctioning these two interrogators. what mis messages washington trying to send? >> thank you. it is important to emphasize that even though these two individuals will be banned from entering the u.s. because of the sanctions, this is not what is essential, because they were unlikely to travel here anyways. what is important is defined in administration -- the joe biden administration is signaling it would not lift sanctions imposed on iran by the previous administration until discussions with iran is broadened to include human rights and including iran's foreign policy, and this

state department is threatening further sanctions against me in mars' military for its crackdown on protesters. there were street battles between security forces and antique demonstrators in cities across the country on true's day that's this by security forces using increasingly violent tactics to disperse the crowds at least 18 people were killed on sunday. we condemn burmese security forces brutal killing of unarmed people its attacks on journals and activists and ongoing unjust detentions the united states in close coordination with our partners and allies we have made clear to the burmese military that violence against the people of burma is a horror and the recent escalation in tactics by security forces is reprehensible the united states stands in solidarity with the 10s of thousands of people in burma who once again came out peacefully across the country with courage and determination to reject this military coup and to voice their aspirations for a return to democratic governance peace and the rule of law well let's bring in scott high learn he's covering developments from bangkok in

report that it made public does hold the crown prince responsible state department spokesman continuing to walk around this particular issue continuing to press the administration line that the u.s. does not impose sanctions against heads of state with whom it has diplomatic relations well some reporters in that news conference pointed out that that is simply not true there are more than 80 nations in which the u.s. has taken action against the leaders of those nations impose sanctions on them including some with whom the u.s. does have diplomatic relations so certainly this is something that is going to unravel in the days ahead remembering that president biden made the issue on his campaign that the crown prince or anybody involved in that murder would be held accountable by the actions but basically outlining in the state department today briefing out all fleshing out the details on those acts that will be taken and denethor what is called a coup shortly ban which will imply impose vs. the restrictions on those imposed on human rights abuses not only in saudi arabia but in other part

federico klein worked as an aide in the state department. in court documents it is alleged that he was seen on video assaulting police officers that day. let me bring in nbc's pete williams on this one. pete, this seems to be so far the most direct known link yet between the trump administration and at least one of the rioters that was there. what more are you learning from the documents? >> he was a low level campaign worker, worked on the trump campaign and apparently as a reward for that he was given a low level political job working on south american affairs at the state department. frederico klein, 40 years old, came to the state department right after strump took office and resigned the day before the inaugural. he was working for the united states government at the time of the rally -- or the riot, rather. what the court documents say is that he repeatedly fought hand to hand with both u.s. capitol police and washington, d.c. police using a riot shield that he had taken from a police officer to try to keep them from shutting the doors

state department says it's repulsed by the mere militarism creasing use of lethal force against protesters dozens of people have been killed since the coup on february 1st. brazil's supreme court has adjourned their decision on throwing out more evidence against former president lula da silva on monday his conviction for corruption was overturned the verdict blocked him running for a 3rd term next year. a report by 15 leading human rights experts is accusing china of genocide it says the government has breached every single act of the un genocide convention and its treatment of week has ensured it's believed around a 1000000 people have been imprisoned in camps. and the u.s. state department is imposing new sanctions on 2 iranian officials accusing them of human rights violations secretary of state blinken says they were involved in the torture of peaceful protesters so those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after if you find the asian station thank so much buffalo. teaching you found just the right english streaming night all night the channel. plus thousands of ou

friday revealed his involvement in the murder of jews journalist jamal khashoggi al-jazeera state department correspondent was in jordan and this report. 3 days after the bike ministration declassified an intelligence report on the murder of journalist jamal 2 officials say they're taking a hard line regarding the mastermind named in the report saudi arabia's crown prince and de facto ruler mohammed bin solomon we have also conveyed very clearly and candidly through diplomatic channels that this absolutely can never happen again that our relationship will be different from what it has been in the past and that we are going to be of course hold the option of holding saudi arabia to to their commitment to to take reforms in place and make progress moving forward but critics aren't buying it they say the u.s. should have imposed the same punishment on the crown prince that it has imposed on $76.00 saudi individuals whom the u.s. believes have sought to threaten dissidents overseas including those implicated in these murder at the state department spokesperson argued the u.s. considers king solo

state department you're there in his 1st congressional testimony since becoming u.s. secretary of state antony blinken made it clear to legislators his upcoming meeting with top chinese officials in alaska won't be a social call we intend to raise and we will raise the host of issues some of which have already been touched on today that concern us we'll also explore whether there are avenues for cooperation and we'll talk about the competition that we have in china with china to make sure that the united states has a level playing field and that our companies and workers benefit from that blinken and white house national security advisor jake sullivan are meeting senior chinese foreign policy officials. and one year at a time when the biden administration has declared beijing the u.s. is main global rival state department officials say the problems washington has with beijing are many hong-kong shinji on tibet's pressure on taiwan broader human rights abuses the south china sea the meat kong. economic pressure arbitrary detentions and the origins of 1000 other issues.

we have lost lot of land due to discrimination as united states department of agriculture. amy: for generations, black farmers and other farmers of color have faced widespread discrimination and have lost much of the land. now the federal government is finally taking steps to address the crisis. president biden's massive covid relief package includes $5 billion for farmers of color. we will speak to john boyd, a fourth-generation farmer and founder of the national black farmers association. then we go to steve donziger, the environmental lawyer who sued chevron for ecological devastation in the ecuadorian amazon. after chevron was ordered to pay billions, chevron went after donziger personally. he has now spent nearly 600 days under house arrest in new york. >> chevron committed what probably the world's worst envinmental crime ever by mping deliberately dumping, causing anpplicant cancer. rather than pay r cleanup, they spent billions of dollars to try to attack the lawyers who tried to hold them accountable. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, de

saudi arabia to disband the rapid intervention force on yemen he said that the state department was as says it's to making progress on peace. will have to change too so condemnation of the who thiis in their operations in yemen as well as an attempt to consider continue the pressure on saudi arabia that spring in jordan is on the phone from washington d.c. and their spokesman their take it taking quite a lot of vigorous questioning on the issue of her mother had been sound man in particular. prize isn't just taking a lot of vigorous questioning he's also getting a lot of pushback from reporters in the state department briefing room a lot of these points which you just outlined were points that the administration was trying to make on friday after the release by the d.n.i. the director of national intelligence on the murder of the journalist jamal hush alexey and it did note that at the time that $76.00 people believed to be actively involved in the planning and execution of mr hasse showed she would be barred from coming into the united states their relatives would be barred from comin

>> first, this is not, i was in the state department. obviously the state department it's not the responsibility and i'm a little bit worried about classified information here answering this. i think what is known is that hezbollah and the revolutionary guards sort of two organizations that are deeply tied together, have assets around the world, and i think anybody in the intel community would tell you they have assets in the united states, so it's something that every administration through homeland security, to the t fbi has to keep a very close watch on. >> that's it? >> that's it. [laughing] you know, they will have to decide what they can say about this sort of thing. >> let me close off with a big question. for decades now there have been expectations of a counter revolution in iran, that the government is weak in so many ways, so unpopular. i myself have compared to the soviet regime in the 1980s, threatening abroad but hollow at home. there's no need for that stuff anymore. the conversions to christianity are many. the appeal of

state department's condemned sunday's attack by the who these in saudi arabia and urged the armed group to work towards a cease fire the who these in our view and in the view of our allies and partners have to demonstrate their willingness to engage in a political process they need to quite simply stop attacking and start negotiating an update on the world where there is next and then the january riots at the u.s. capitol that led to a dramatic increase in security you are going to hear about your recommendations to make sure it doesn't happen again. and as women around the world mark international women's day we'll hear why the fight for their rights is intensifying in latin america. hello once again the weather's lotty set fair across much of north america we have got space bases of cloud a little bit of snow that is sliding across the eastern and central parts of canada we face some very warm weather recently just spilling out of the gulf of mexico easing up across the plains temperatures will receive a little bit for the northern plains over the next day the out bad for the most par

even when you worked at the state department. but it's something you've been reluctant to speak up about, to speak out about. that is changing for you. i'm curious, how is the message for you different this morning? >> well, it's so personal in terms of what we're experiencing. what each of us is bringing to the table. and i have been hearing from asian americans all over this country, each of them sharing their own stories and how this has affected them. i think this is important. i think that this is something we feel has been invisible. hard to see and part of that is on me and others to speak out

details that were given were in fact given in writing by state department last friday but this is the 1st time that they've actually fleshed out some of these moves on camera with the state department spokesman appearing officially but one new factor has come in and that is the united states calling on saudi arabia to disband what is called that rapid intervention force which a cia report and a report made public by the department of national intelligence indicates is nothing more than a hit squad so certainly the details are being fished out $76.00 individuals have been served with sanctions by the u.s. government but significantly and very importantly it does not appear that the name of the crown prince mohammed bin solomon is on that list of those who have been served with sanctions the state department was asked specifically where the u.s. would consider a waiver this is something that would allow the crown prince to travel to the united states for diplomatic reasons the state department spokesman would not be drawn on that particular subject but the indications are that the crown

maybe even fingerprints but 2 months saw and that has led them nowhere but your state department says this repulsed by the 1000000 mom military's use of lethal force against protesters. surging the army to exercise maximum restraint dozens of protesters have already been killed hundreds of demonstrators were trapped in a late night stand up with security forces and young guns sunshine district of the monday and tuesday they've now been allowed to go home. a senior official from the time leader and sang some cheese party has spoken to large as they are about his dramatic escape from me and after last month's cool dr sassa has now been chosen as the special envoy of the committee representing the elected government for safety dr sassa spoke with our diplomatic editor james pays one undisclosed location. one man miles election was held in november the campaign manager for unsung soon cheese national league for democracy party was dr sausage in an interview with al-jazeera he tells me that when the will of the people was subverted by the military in a coup on the 1st of february he like o

contracts had been entered that were unlawful or against the interests of the united states' department of justice, and that's just the tip of it. and i must tell you that it pains me profoundly to say this today on march 1, the 18th anniversary of the u.s. department of homeland security. it takes time to rebuild an entire system and to process individuals at the border in a safe and just way. that is especially true when we're in the midst of a pandemic and are obligated, of course, to adhere to the restrictions and procedures that have been promulgated by the c.d.c. to ensure public safety, including the safety of the individuals who arrive at our border. it takes time to build out of the depths of cruelty that the administration before us established. what we are seeing now at the border is the immediate result of the dismantlement of the system and the time that it takes to rebuild it virtually from scratch. we have, though, already begun and to design and in fact have begun to implement a new innovative way to address the needs of the population that was forced to remain in mexico