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state owned enterprises. the c.c.p. has no rightful place in shaping the security landscape of our region. i want to thank our witnesses before appearing before the subcommittee take and look forward to a productive discussion on how to enhance america's security and the p.r.c.'s increasing presence and influence in the western hemisphere. i recognize the ranking member, the gentlewoman from new jersey, mrs. mciver for her opening statements. mrs. mciver: good morning. thanks for our witnesses and thank to you our chairman gimenez for holding our hearings. i'm proud to serve as the ranking member and look forward to working with my colleagues who advance the transportation of our marry time systems. i want to -- maritime systems. i want to extend my sympathy to those lost in aviation scents in washington, d.c. as well as -- accidents in washington, d.c. as well as alaska. we want to make sure people are able to board safely and securely. people's republic of china has aggressively pursued the ports across the globe. it

did it to such a degree as the united states. and that's what's, that's what, that's american exceptionalism. that brings me to the monroe doctrine. would you talk about in your forthcoming book america, america? this was a doctrine created under us president, james monroe in 1823 as a response to latin american independence movements. uh, talked about this doctrine. how does it continue to influence us policy in the americas 2 centuries later? yeah, the actual monro docs and it was just a couple of paragraphs. and in james monroe and state of the union address and you know, when it would, they weren't even continuous paragraphs. they basically said the united states was going to recognize the independence of, of latin america, a south american nation, spanish american nations. and that it wouldn't, it wouldn't allow that re conquests by european powers. the latin americans liked that part they, they, they read it, they thought they were hearing a kind of anti colonial sentiment. they would not be a recall on his ation of, of the

ultimately, that is the job of the state department. the state department doesn't fight wars. it ends them. it tries to end them. and that's usually, by the way, celebrated. i mean, throughout history, i've watched presidents that bring about an end to wars and conflicts, and people celebrate that. they applaud it. i think we should be very proud and happy that we have a president whose prime objective is not to get into wars, but to prevent wars and to get out of wars. that is a very noble, laudable goal. everyone should be applauding it, and he should be given the space to do that, not undermined by demands that he call putin names or that we say things that impede the ability to conduct real diplomacy. as the vice president said today. >> to follow up on on what you just said a moment ago, are you saying that you have doubts that president zelenskyy wants this war to come to an end? >> what i have doubts about is whether he's willing to say and do the things that we need in order to get a negotiation. again, you guys, this has been going on for ten days. and, you know, to s

if the united states pulls out and it, it looks very much that the united states is in the process. now pulling out the conflict is over. it's done. and this is something that you'll lensky either does not understand yet, or is not willing to accept. but this is today's reality, and it was laid out in the oval office this afternoon for all to see. all right, you have our lives, the grammar who has been shared support or of, of ukraine throughout the war has come out on the side of trump. best buy the speaker listed president trump was in a very good mood last night and somebody asked me, am i embarrassed about trump? i have never been more proud of the present. i was very proud of j. d, but standing up for our culture, we want to be helpful. when i saw in the oval office was disrespectful. and i don't know if we can ever do business with zelinski again. well, boy say now though, i'll ask the question now is ukraine the boss? this last now or is the landscape taking a huge gamble that the he things might ultimately pay off? what are you seeing? i think right now in these, in these ho

' words mattered more than the united states' actions. what makes america a good country is to engage in diplomacy. >> can i speak? >> yeah, sure. >> he occupied our parts -- big parts of ukraine, parts of east and crimea. so he occupied it on 2015. so during a lot of years -- i'm not speak about just biden, but those time was obama, president obama then president trump and then president biden and now president trump would stop him. but during 2015, nobody stopped him. he killed people, you know? pres. trump: 2015. >> 2014. pres. trump: was not here. -- i was not here. >> until 2022, the situation the same. people have been dying on the contact line. nobody stopped him. you know, that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, bilateral conversations. and he signed with me like with the new president in 2019, i signed with him the deal. i signed with him, macron and merkel, we signed cease-fire. cease-fire. all of them told me that he will never go. we signed him with guest contracts -- guest contracts, yes, but after that, h

the united states state department had a press release. that is no longer there, but we did archived this. it said that there were peaceful, biological laboratories in ukraine. to me, it's kind of strange that they put the words peaceful as if they were trying to deny something. normally you do not expect normal biological laboratories to be not peaceful. the general is joan dubin visited one center of the board tree. it was very safe to wait storage and basically they were both of trials on on suspension, launched an investigation to shortly alter the us government once again, denied it. so the board res existed in ukraine. on march the 10th 2022 pentagon press secretary, john covey made a special statement on the mass. so we are not developing bio, logical, or chemical weapons inside you. crank is not avenue. now people were starting to realize how disingenuous and untruthful the united states has been with a lot of these vile, the biological labs that have been in ukraine. they've been getting a lot of coverage there is. now i do have o

the opposite of what the united states president has stated?having the people in place. >> this is not something. >> happening in washington. it's your neighbors. >> retired scientists for the national oceanic and atmospheric administration is sounding the alarm as new layoffs under the trump administration have hit. the agency charged with forecasting whether americans rely on noaa, which includes the national weather service, every day for forecasts and storm warnings. it also monitors dangerous weather like fires and hurricanes, with tornado and hurricane season coming up, the firings may jeopardize the ability for the government to forecast and respond to extreme weather events like hurricanes, wildfires and floods. meanwhile, on the back end of trump's proposed cuts to fema and hud may further harm communities trying to recover from these disasters. joining me now is meteorologist and climate scientist chris langer. welcome, chris. i'm so glad to have you here. look, the mission between noaa and fema are intricate and intertwined in many r

united states. uh, did not. uh, the uh, the on the europeans did not give an order to its vassals, to use your language, to make sure that they aligned themselves with the matter with the new american position. the united states has just changed if a position and is arguing uh with, with where do your p is about the wisdom of that position. so it's not, as it's not as simple as the does, it does it sometimes as, as, as it's something i knew sometimes it looks also let me, let me underline one important issue. many of the country is uh of the, with the bricks group, including china and india did not vote with russia on that very important issue. the chinese of the, in just abstain. they have their own reasons why they upstate, you know that, but they've always been abstaining on the, on the, on that issue of probably because of the issue of j tauriel integrity, a national sovereignty involved ability board as is a, is an issue that resumes very much in their own countries and their own societies. but the truth is

there is no into the lord means is rather still or the state of work with the palestinian. it means or we're going back to the genocidal acts on the ground. the many of this devastation of the people from serious people, the most deep sleep deep feel policy to the fire releasing the companies including the bodies on the inside the gulf stream alex simeon release it from is really not exact number. they've been agreed upon. many times and violated the agreement a lot of times compared to the. 2 sites that would lead me right now. these really are these really prime minister and his military are only interested in pushing for an extension rather than moving to freezing, which means going back door and doesn't have to be very consistent with the many statements by the other officials. and. and since that, as soon as the taxes are released, israel is going to redeem the war and that are that frightened people here still ahead on ology 0, the pain of exile will hear from the wife of the long as 7 palestinian prison of listed forces to egypt, the i had a lot of the weather turns

ohio state we were about harvard guys.eak customer good thank you preceptor the chairman we are over time it's up to you. >> you certainly may. >> thank youou very much. senator, the devil is always in the details. when i think of a light touch of think that's what weak countries are trying to do to pull business withha the strong countries that is what i saw happenul. we create basically a very good framework, smaller jurisdictions try to undercut us by having weaker rules. we basically had to work very hard to harmonize rules, which we did another swap market works pretty well. in the case of stable coins europe and japan are ahead of us they've implemented some very good frameworks. most of the things i'm suggesting today are in those frameworks. there may be a few things we can do a lot better currently before us with the genius act and stable act. >> thank you. thank you madame chairwoman for thank you for being here. anything from the internet to 5g digital assets and block chain particular in pennsylvania. it's our

the united states should not have allowed this to happen. the united states, run by a man that didn't know much -- i'm going to be very nice. run by an incompetent person, very incompetent person, should never have allowed this to happen. i have stopped many wars. i have stop the words nobody ever heard about. i stopped wars before they ever started. i could give you nations i will tell you right now that were probably going to work. i could tell you there's a nation thinking about going to war on something nobody in this room has ever even heard about. two smaller nations, but big -- still big.and i think i have stopped it. this should have never happened. pres. zelenskyy: just a second. about the negotiations. i want to tell you and i think everybody understands that ukraine, more than ukrainians, nobody wants to stop this war. it's understandable that two sides of the war, not russia and the united states, because this is not a war between russia and the united states but a war against ukraine and the ukrainian people, so these two sides

the united states will brook no criticism of vladimir putin in the oval office of the united states. the american president is only interested in dictating to ukraine the terms of its surrender to russia. and oh, by the way, give us half of your mineral rights on the way out. and what this means for europe and ukraine is that they are now on the other side of the negotiating table from the united states and russia. they are going to have to figure out what ukraine is going to try to live with. they're going to have to figure out what european troops might be a part of a security guarantee for ukraine. but more broadly, chris, as you were alluding to very accurately in your lead in the united states is now a part of the club. russia, china, the gulf arab autocrats. donald trump wants to live in a world of pure transactionalism in which might makes right and big and powerful and rich countries make deals over the heads of democracies, over the heads of vulnerable people. it's the mirror image of what he does at home. he's a bully. he doesn't pick on people his own size. he picks on peo

than the president of the united states actions.kes america the good country is america engaging in diplomacy. that is what president trump is doing. >> what kind of diplomacy are you speaking about? what do you mean? >> i'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that will and the destruction of your company. mr. president, with respect, i think it is disrespectful for you to come to the oval office and try to litigate this in front of the american media. right now you were going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. you should be thanking the president for coming into this conflict. and you think it's respectful to come to the oval office of the united states of america and attacked the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country? >> a lot of questions, let's start from the beginning. first of all, during the war, everybody has problems. even you. but you have a nice ocean and don't feel it. but you will feel it in the future. >> you don't know that. >> god bl

and to the states still facing is false and striving for a prosperous future. also, the roller coaster will say, is widespread. the station, especially in the completely destroyed village of chopra in the north. the resilience of charles residence. they rebuild the village from the ashes, exemplified the new found energy and also it's in the kitchen garden. let's see, the non useful nice. because the look gene screen, the math almost on the screen, we call in a book in march, 2004 treasure destruct again. 13 children drowned over on the security situation to postables is too highly stable the deliberate target to help churches, demetrius and monasteries shame from an excused list. so this became the capitalist sort of the largest trouble since the end of the war. 19 people died . 9 hundreds were injured in 5000 were displaced. i went back to shaw bro, this summer i met many of the villages lions film just 5 years earlier. i was shocked when i found off the site of the leaves. some had been killed. elizabeth fun, but most of you will tell them of them. maybe see

you know, not only i think about my state where, yes, we have over 160,000 federal employees in the state of maryland, and that doesn't even include the uniformed personnel. that does not include the contractors. and i was standing with many of them today where we had a press conference about executive action that i was taking to make sure that our federal workers were supported. and we're talking about people, some of which who have been working and being public servants, true patriots now for decades, working for both democrat and republican presidents. and we're doing it not because of an affiliation to a political party, but we're doing it for a love of country and to watch how they are being disrespected and disregarded in this fashion is just deeply disrespectful. when we think about the patriotic nature that they bring to work every single day. >> and now you're announcing, governor, help on the way for some of the fired federal workers in your state. what exactly are you doing to help them? >> well, we've actually assigned five different pathways. uh, so not only are we increasing

why is the united states -- we have an ocean in between -- why is the united states in for so much more money and other things as europe? with that being said -- and as you said they've been very helpful. but we have put in far more than they have. and i think they should equalize. >> mr. president -- president trump: what changed between the first time that the secretary gave zelensky the agreement and today? president trump: we made a deal. i'm just -- i'm a business person. we made a deal, that's what changed. i didn't think we were going to make a deal. and we ended up making the deal. so that changed. >> how do you envision a trilateral -- >> well, they don't like each other, i can tell you that. they do not like each other. this is not a love match. it's unfortunate. the united states should not have allowed this to happen, ok? the united states run by a man that didn't know much. i'm going to be very nice. run by an incompetent person, very incompetent person should never have allowed this to happen. i've stopped wars. i've stopped many wars. people will tell you, i've stopped wa

in ten states. what your family needs to know. lester holt joins us ♪ ♪ >>> tonight, the jaw dropping oval office clash between president trump and president zelenskyy. >> you don't have the cards right now. with us you start having cards. >> i'm not playing cards, mr. president. i'm very serious. >> lying to millions of people, gambling with the lives of millions of people, with world war iii. >> the president and vice president complaining zelenskyy wasn't thankful enough. president zelenskyy pushing back forcefully and things went downhill from there. his motorcade leaving as the conference was abruptly canceled. the minerals deal president trump demanded unsigned days after trump basically called him a dictator. as the war rages on, three years since russia's invasion. >>> new details in the death of gene hackman and his wife, what what happened with his pacemaker and what authorities are ruling out. >>> cdc's first advisory on measles, new states with cases and rush to vaccinate children, as the disease more contagious than c

he disrespected the united states of america and its cherished oval office.ack when ready for peace. president zelenskyy expressed gratitude to the american people after his class with president trump, writing on x, thank you america, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. thank you potus, congress, and the american people. ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that. with me to discuss this is our state department correspondent, tom bateman. tom, you have covered many visits of world leaders to the oval office. have you ever seen anything play out quite like today? >> absolutely nothing. it was unprecedented. i think it shows that what was already a very vulnerable and precarious position for volodymyr zelenskyy has deteriorated now into an unprecedented golf, a rift between his country and its superpower sponsor up until now, supporting it during this war into utterly unknown territory. i think at the moment, -- i think the moment that clearly rankled mr. trump the most, and when you saw these recriminations floo

i wonder what are nato member states and their leaders?rica's treaty allies are thinking tonight, after this display in the oval office. >> yeah. let's start actually, in moscow, where they're not popping champagne because they're under sanctions from france, but they're breaking out the best bottles of vodka. everybody is very, very happy in moscow. and you see that across russian television. now let's shift to brussels, where the greatest pool of allies, partners and friends the united states could possibly have in the world are fellow democracies across this. transatlantic bridge. there is despair. there is deep, deep concern and sadness over the way vladimir zelenskyy was treated in the oval office. the way he was, um, simply, i think, ambushed by the president and the vice president in a display that really does shame to the oval office of the united states. i think the question now, jim, is what happens in europe? let's face it, the spotlight will now go to europe. donald trump has made it clear he wants no part of helping ukraine go

he disses back united states of america in its cherished oval office.ack when he is ready for peace." let's go back to the start of that meeting, which began in friendlier circumstances with both leaders saying they were ready for an agreement that could help to bring an end to the war in ukraine. let's have a listen back. >> your soldiers have been unbelievably brave. we have given them great equipment and somebody has to use the equipment. they have been unbelievably brave. we give them credit. this was supposed to be over quickly. here we are three years later. i give tremendous credit to your generals and your soldiers and yourself in the sense that, it's been very hard fighting. very tough fighting. great fighters. you have to be very proud of them from that standpoint. pres. zelenskyy: i am very proud. pres. trump: but now we want to get it over with. it's enough. it's an honor to have you here. thank you for coming. pres. zelenskyy: thank you for the invitation. and i really hope that this document will be the first step to real security guarante

as a 1000000 tons states at least 57 construction work. as a dropped off to another line swept over roads, they were working on official se 16 workers have been rescued and are receiving medical attention. recovery efforts of being hampered by poor weather and limited phone reception. trafficking victims have made it back home to indonesia. after being forced to work in online scam centers in myanmar, they're part of the hundreds of thousands of people in southeast asia being controlled by criminal gangs, some victims of traffic for years and described being tortured and beaten. jessica washington has a story from jakarta, exhausted and overwhelmed these young nations of finally back on home soil of to be traffic in to me. and we also happy to be back in indonesia, the conditions in the young model of the toner. but i felt like our lives were not following you to. they made me pretend to be a woman online to get some money from. to hundreds of thousands of people have been translated into criminal compounds in the southeast asian country a

>> alumni of. >> the. >> united states army. that's what i'm an alumni of. and millions of veterans around this country saw that today on our outrage of all backgrounds, because of the there. >> are millions. >> who saw. >> it. >> because there. >> are. >> people like you. who are from our president. >> standing with putin instead of with america, standing. >> with putin with that. >> zelenskyy shouldn't have opened. >> his mouth to. why did zelenskyy, our ally in a trench fight. so i don't want to go into a fight with any of you by my side. but why did he jump into a conversation just like no one asked any gentlemen? no one asked about lewinsky today, jen psaki interjected himself into it. and you. >> are selling out. >> jen psaki. >> please stop talking, okay? everybody is talking at the same time. >> i'm fine with. >> my statements, guys. >> everybody is talking at the same time. that does not work, okay? we cannot hear a word you are saying. i understand there are, you know, a lot of very high emotions about this topic, but

under donald trump, the united states will abandon an allied democracy.ort the autocrat. we will support vladimir putin instead. do you see it that way? and can you help us understand the broader implications of what we saw today? >> tragically, i see it that way. and you just presented a lot of evidence to support that hypothesis before the commercial break. and i just this is such a sad day for me personally, as somebody who cares about democracy and finds autocracies and i know american history, we haven't been perfect. we haven't always been on the side of the democrats, but we have a long standing tradition of standing up to autocrats. think about it. all of our enemies, throughout all of our history have been dictatorships. our most enduring allies. our strongest allies have always been democracies. and today our president wants to switch sides in the struggle between autocrats and democrats. he doesn't want to be the leader of the free world. he wants to join the autocratic club. and i just think it's sad on a kind of ethical and moral level. but i

i don't think you would be without the united states.r people are very brave. >> thank you. >> you're either going to make a deal or we're out. if we're out, you'll fight it out. i don't think it is going to be pretty. but you don't have the cards. once we sign that deal, you're in a much better position, but you're not acting at all thankful. and that's not a nice thing, i'll be honest. that's not a nice thing. i think we've seen enough, what do you think? this is going to be great television, i will say that. >> reporter: minutes later, a white house official tells nbc news that zelenskyy was asked to leave a private lunch and joint press conference canceled. the president posting zelenskyy disrespected the united states of america in its cherished oval office. >> i would say it didn't work out very great from his standpoint, i think he very much overplayed his hand. that was not a man that wanted to make peace. >> reporter: zelenskyy responding. >> i'm very thankful to americans for all your support. you did a lot. thankful to preside

he disrespected the united states of america. he can come back when he's ready for peace. tonight as he was boarding his flight to mar-a-lago, the president with this message to zelenskyy. >> he's got to say, i want to make peace. he doesn't have to stand there and say about putin this, putin that. all negative things. he's got to say, i want to make peace, i don't want to fight a war any longer. his people are dying. he doesn't have the cards. just so you understand it, okay? >> reporter: moments ago, zelenskyy saying this to fox news. >> i'm speaking like a president of a people who are in this struggle three years. and they just want to hear that america on our side and that america will stay with us, not with russia, with us. that's it. >> reporter: now tonight we've learned the trump administration is considering cutting off all ongoing shipments of military aid to ukraine in response to zelenskyy's comments today. now, no final decision has been made, and it's not clear what impact this would have on the battlefield. but it would certainly send a clear and strong mes

the vice president of the united states lit into him. j.d.t deliberately. >> this was really -- i have never been embarrassed to be an american and today was embarrassing. it was awful. layer. >> laura: he is embarrassed. adam kinzinger is embarrassed. do they realize they're hurting their cause being on television. any positive outcome for ukraine? >> yeah, the america last crowd has always got something to say. i think today was telling. i think people should pay attention to the people defending zelenskyy, versus the people defending america. so it's kind of a defining day. i think a fault line that had existed for a while is now out in the open. and it's very, as you said, it's very educational and instructive. the truth of the matter is we are americans. that's our president. and no foreign leader comes into the oval office and disrespects us that way. >> laura: never. >> especially when we are trying to help. >> could you ever imagine joe biden in any sense of the word he would just basically sit there and nod and hold those cards in hi

can you talk about that impact on your state, a state donald trump won by 100,000 votes. >> good to. the appropriations committee, and i do. >> remain on. >> the foreign affairs committee. so i'm. >> watching watching very closely. >> what is. >> going on. >> with doge elon musk and the. >> incompetent wrecking. >> ball approach. >> but if you don't mind, jonathan, this has been. >> just an extraordinary. day with. the president and the vice president in the oval. >> office with. >> president zelensky. >> a man three. >> years at. >> war, losing. >> citizens every day. >> the united states standing b. >> him. >> and yet. >> a vice. >> president egging. >> on a. >> president to bully. >> president zelensky. my constituents. >> and they. >> are calling. >> me off the. >> hook, are dismayed. >> and disgusted. >> by what. >> took place today. >> in the oval. >> office, by the vice president and the. >> president disrespecting. >> that location. >> a. >> place that is. >> nearly sacred in. terms of diplomacy. and yet they had no measure of diplomacy. >> they were just bullies. >> let me g

within the borders of the state of turkey. but the, it's also important to really realized that the audio on message was quite general . and in some ways also a cryptic which allows a lot of room for interpretation. it can be a stretch in terms of what it contains, what it applies and what a, you know, things to achieve. and we have already seen signs of that. for example, you know, the 3rd case, a government and the ruling party officials in turkey have said that, oh, jones, coal for disarmament. and there's a lucian of the p k. k should also include the sd if that is also uh, you know, important to note here that the following the pros conference or the event to yesterday were or july announcement was a read out that the one of the damn party, which is the pro curtis part in $31.00 of their m p is the service already on there . that all gilan had also told them verbally, that this announcement can not really, you know, be realized without a democratic and legal framework to support that. and so there will be a lot of detail

there is no into the lord means is rather still or the state of work with the palestinian. it means or we're going back to the genocidal acts on the ground. the many of this devastation of the people from people the most deep, deep, deep feel policy to the fire releasing the company, including the bodies. on the inside, the gulf stream alex simeon released it from is really not exact number to being agreed upon. these really military need many times and violated the agreement a lot of times compared to the sites that would lead me right now. these really are these really prime minister and his military are only interested in pushing for an extension rather than moving to freezing. which means that one doesn't have to be very consistent with the many statements by the other officials . and. and since that, as soon as we go into resume door and that are that frightened people here, i hope process has itself, but it's a research re crisis. i'm just now receiving oxygen from a vend slicer according to the back to can thousands of faithful la hosing vigils for the 88 year old he

the crate ukraine dilemma for both the united states and russia here. and, and one of the criticisms i would have of the approach here is there to, it's too many voices or too many people talking in the us on the west side here. it's very confusing and donald trump is his own worst enemy when it comes to this because he says conflicting things, thomas: yeah. think of everyone else. i'm feeling positively bipolar these days. actually between for optimism and, and pessimism. so as the, uh, you know, i guess upset, of course, having an american president on the other as american officials acknowledged that the back yard use of this war. and that this was provoked by nato. and i would add even deliberately provoked, and it's of course, a huge deal and a big step forward towards achieving a piece. because only wants to acknowledge that the other side is not motivated by a rational, crazy impulse is, but actually has actual concerns that need to be addressed. the create an environment where you can sit down around the table and try to address the concerns of

any single state. this is truly something that is going to impact the entire nation and we either have the ability to help defend our food and fuel supply or we have the ability to acquiesce and allow somebody else to fill the void. it's not only a national security threat, but puts us directly depend on foreign entities and how we feed our families. i know we've been short on time so i want to get straight to it. we're going to drive like a combine driver with an ice storm coming up during harvest season. a couple of direct questions. i feel obligated to come to you first as a fellow midwerner here. you have planted corn, soybeans, you know this in illinois like here in iowa, row crops are a big deal. the importance of access to foreign markets here in the u.s., in your testimony you highlighted the u.s. is facing its fifth consecutive annual trade deficit. in fact, we're up to about $100 billion now, largest in the world. what will happen if our corn and soybean farmers fail to pass a farm bill that

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so for largest reservoirs across the state are at 81% of capacity. lake oroville is at 84%. shasta is at 78%. so we're doing okay numbers wise. but it always starts to kind of dive into the concern when we see the warmer months popping up. and also, how active is the remainder of march going to be also comes into play as well. now, another thing that i wanted to point out, janelle, is, in addition to the snowpack data and the streamflow forecast that these scientists work on day in and day out, the sierra snow survey also provides water supply management, flood control, also climate modeling and recreation. and also a lot of the research goes into conservation planning. so it extends beyond just measuring the water depth, which is very important for the state of california. but really all of these com into play, especially during the summer months when we start to see, you know, a decline in the storms and things like that. but we do, of course, have a colder storm coming in this weekend. so we'll see how that kind of hopefully adds a little bit more as far as inches to our

words mattered more than the president of united states actions.t makes america a good country is america engaging in diplomacy that is what president trump is doing. >> he killed our people and he did not exchange of prisoners. we signed the exchange of prisons but he did not do it. what kind of diplomacy, j.d., you were speaking about? what do you mean? >> i'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that will and the destruction of your country. mr. president, with respect, i think it is disrespectful for you to come into the oval office and tried to litigate this in front of the american media. right now you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. you should be thanking the president. >> jesse: what is zelenskyy doing giving us a history lesson like we don't know that putin is a snake? he has violated goes before under democrat presidencies. with the -- what good does it do zelenskyy to call us naive? if anybody is naive it is zelenskyy he did not think that russia was going to invade even

it's now in ten states. what your family needs to know.♪ >>> tonight, the jaw dropping oval office clash between president trump and president zelenskyy. >> you don't have the cards right now. with us you start having cards. >> i'm not playing cards, mr. president. i'm very serious. >> lying to millions of people, gambling with the lives of millions of people, with world war iii. >> the president and vice president complaining zelenskyy wasn't thankful enough. president zelenskyy pushing back forcefully and things went downhill from there. his motorcade leaving as the conference was abruptly canceled. the minerals deal president trump demanded unsigned days after trump basically called him a dictator. as the war rages on, three years since russia's invasion. >>> new details in the death of gene hackman

including here as we've experienced some severe weather recently here in the bay area and across the state. and we're told that national weather service offices are already short-staffed as it is and that these cuts will impact the live from tornadoes. hurricanes floods and wildfires. >> the latest federal cuts by the trump administration include hundreds of employees of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or noaa and the national weather service kron. 4 has learned at least 2 people, a meteorologist and administrative support assistant at the national weather service is bay area office have been let go. we're told the 2 employees were relatively new to their jobs and received e-mails, notifying them of their termination before their supervisors were where the weather service provide so much value to the american people. craig clements is a meteorology professor who runs a wildfire interdisciplinary research center at san jose state university. >> national weather service provides instant meteorologist who the largest wildfires in the western u.s. and without these forecast

. >> the united states is effectively abandoning ukraine.s going to have to look to the europeans. the europeans have already put in more money than the united states in terms of supporting ukraine, are going to have to, you know, perhaps put in the whole lot, which is going to be a strain on their economies where they've been used to this american security umbrella. >> you got to be more thankful. >> professor zunes goes on to say that europe may be the only hope for ukraine if it wants to continue the struggle against russia. well, some california lawmakers are weighing in. senator adam schiff, a longtime critic of president trump, posting on x there was only one person acting presidential in the oval office today, volodymyr zelensky. he stood up to the bullies in a kremlin style shakedown. what will it take to awaken the conscience of the country after such a shameful display? and bay area congressman john garamendi, describing today's events as a, quote, shocking new low to turn our back on an ally when they need our support. well, now t

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data from the state shows the northern sierra snowpack stands at 104% of average for this time of yearhe central sierra is much less at 80% in the southern sierra is even worse at 70%. that's a problem because to reach average. >> we need to have more snow in southern and central regions. that's why he'll be carefully monitoring the coming weeks. weeks rising says will be crucial for california's snowpack. we certainly would like to see the storms that perhaps out there in the next couple weeks come to pass and >> and drop some good snow for us. anytime we get something, it's better than nothing. right. and next month, the california department of water resources will conduct what it describes as its most important snow survey of the season. the results then should give us a much better idea about where the state's snowpack stands heading into the spring. >> and summer months reporting in the sierra nevada elevation, 6800 feet 8 on wallace kron. 4 news. >> all right. i'm great job as always. i will see you. you're 6800 feet andres you to 9100 feet as we look here. this castle peak alon

paul, he has to do is flip the switch and he has an authoritarian state divided opinion. you can listen to a person's words, but you should judge that by their arch international conflicts. is there a split in? is to take with jeremy t or any weakness their workshops, and the urgency of climate action, which i'm pretending to be kind of consensus leak and we'll kind of takes on the big issues one out 0 the the the, you're watching out, just a reminder of all top stories this hour, the modem is and then he says his relationship with donald trump can be salvaged. officer, he's his arguments in the oval office, ukraine's president was austin div without to find that only thing the minerals still, he was thus assign. european leaders were quick to reiterate, to that ongoing support for keith and to the war friendship present, a monument. my crawl says ukraine is fighting for its dignity and security of the entire confidence. a protest is, have a fault with police in the greek capital on the 2nd, on the 3 of the countries west route as all stuff the accident has become a natio

ukraine, that they do a principled issue where the united states stands up for democracy in the face of aggression by an authoritarian neighbor, but one where this kind of transactional deal of one kind, you know, involving, you know, for example, the. the minerals or, or something else in return. so, yeah, it was, it was, it was rather disturbing. >> yeah. can we talk about this deal for rare earth minerals in ukraine? and president trump essentially has said that he believes that if this deal were to be signed, it would effectively end the fighting in ukraine. can you help us understand why the president believes that would be the case? >> well, i mean, in the fighting, if zelensky agreed to a cease fire and have russia remain in control of 20% of the country and but zelensky, understandably, and the overwhelming majority of ukrainians are with him, is that they that is unacceptable, that they are willing to fight for every inch of their land. and so now there is reasonable debate. there is reasonable debate among those who would argue that, yes, russia is clearly in the wrong, but

. >> throwing up his hands and kissing the ring of the president of the united states who is behavingself as an incipient authoritarian. >> most of us when we saw this we said what the hell. like something we have never heard her. august the opinion pages can go their own direction but to say we don't publish opposing viewpoints i'm seeing it shocking at best. >> greg: you know what it shocking? he still has a job. it is not what he said, you bozo, and suddenly the papers of the opinion editor quit in protest. it is funny you would thank the media would embrace the idea of freedom but they are not. why is that? why are they against so many things that make sense like cotton waste, deporting and giving justin trudeau and massive yg? it is because trump is for those things which to the left makes a more toxic than brian stelter's boxers after taco tuesday. true if trump found a cure for cancer of the media would call it an attack on cellular democracy. trump is so hard to deal with the media has now come out against the freedoms periods personal goals aligned with the countries. that is

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the secretary of state marco rubio sat stone-faced. the disastrous meeting ended.nned press conference canceled. and zelenskyy and his entourage were told to leave the white house. "come back," they were told by the secretary of state, "when you are ready for peace." trump later left for a weekend in florida, having said his piece. >> this is going to be great television, i will say that. >> reporter: so zelenskyy left here today without signing an agreement to give the u.s. access to ukraine's rare earth minerals, and no guarantee the u.s. will continue defending his country. white house officials say that is partly because trump felt disrespected and didn't like how zelenskyy shrugged and rolled his eyes during that oval office exchange. >> maurice: okay, ed, so zelenskyy left the white house, walked out of there, then what happened? >> reporter: well, cbs news has learned ukrainian officials called the white house this afternoon after zelenskyy's departure trying to restart the talks, but they were told trump didn't want to talk to him again today. multiple euro

and it's going to be a big difference with the united states backing out. one thing we see on our screen right now, the u.s. and european countries support for ukraine. you know, the president trump has been very vocal in his opinion about how the support has been. how does that match up to reality? it doesn't, because what the president has said is the united states has spent 350 to $400 billion. okay. this is an independent organization in europe that has gone ahead and monitored everything for three year period ending in december. look what you see here. europe's actually spent more. even if you tweak tweak a little bit, it may be there even $350 billion that just comes out of thin air. and that's part of the problem. you your your reputation depends upon your word. and your word depends upon your honesty. and this is a problem with president trump over and over again, especially for foreign countries on display for the world to see today. larry gerston, thank you very much. we appreciate it. let's move on. the ceo of a bay area tech giant says machines

>> well, you know, as a former chief of staff to a president of the united states, the last thing you want is what happened today in the oval office. to have that kind of shouting match take place before the cameras and to show the disruption that obviously was present. >> we got a chance to talk to "face the nation" moderator margaret brennan about how the world is responding to that oval office meeting. >> this explosion in front of the cameras really did cause reverberations around the world when it comes to allies in europe concerned that the americans are walking away from the commitment to defending this democracy against -- the democracy of ukraine against the aggression from vladimir putin. remember, it was earlier this week that the trump administration changed the u.s. policy and told diplomats not to acknowledge russia was the aggressor during proceedings at the united nations. so there is a big concern here that this isn't just a clash of two personalities, that this is a change in the alignment of the united states. >> coming up at 5:30, we'll hear from a former u.s. amba