war. reporter: an independent u.n. report found the syrianrnment guilty of several war crimes, including use of chemical weapons, cutting off the water supply around the , damascus, and delivery bombing a school in october. the u.n. also said the group allied with the rebels as well as u.s. backed kurdish groups were responsible for recruiting adolescent. on monday, the u.n. charter relief agency reported that 2016 was the worst year on record for syrian children. over 650 were killed in the conflict just last year. 850 were recruited by armed groups and forced to join the fighting. the u.n. commissioner accused the syrian government of waging war on its own people and suggested that russia has been complicit. they have pushed back hope for and into the senseless carnage and for the alleged international criminals to go to the international criminal court. governmenthe syrian has repeatedly denied accusations of war crimes. the u.n. rights counsel has made allied russia called a waste of time. is nowin most, fighting focused -- fighters are t

the syrian war is now in its seventh year.focusing on the day—to—day lives many have to live with violence all around. in syria, in a place which has seen some of the worst fighting of the war, now an ordinary day with children going to school and having fun. lyse doucet has returned to the syrian city of homs. the uk has begun the process of repealing a0 years of eu laws — it's not going to be easy. our laws will be made in london, edinburgh, cardiff and belfast.

over thely at odds syrian war, the two countries have been core donating their military efforts against the islamic state group. turkey and russia are the main organizers of the syrian peace talks set to resume next week. >> the united nations has slammed turkey over what it says are serious human rights violations in the country southeast. that is a report by the un's rights body. documents the deaths of 2000 people with a displacement of half a million. investigators condemning a series of of abuses. >> the government of turkey has repeatedly failed to grant us access but has contested the veracity of the serious allegations made in this report. the gravity of the allegations, the scale of the destruction and a displacement of more than 355,000 people mean that an independent investigation is essential. anchor: i'm joined from geneva by our correspondent. good evening. a standoff between the u.n. rights body and ankara. >> that's correct. the u.n. high commission of has been at heads with the turkish authorities. he requested the commission for monitors to go in and investigate back t

in considerable danger to their own team, mercy corps has assisted millions of syrians over the course of the war. they are one of the largest u.s. government partners, providing assistance to syrians affected by the war and neal's team continues to do all they can to alleviate the suffering of vulnerable individuals, vulnerable citizens. we look forward to hearing your testimony, neal. thank you so much for the work of your organization. senator risch: thank you, senator merkley. panelist is final david miliband, chief executive officer of international rescue committee. with that i am going to recognize all five of you to make statements. we're on a short string here, obviously, as we always are in the u.s. senate. we ask you to keep your remarks to no more than five minutes. however, your full remarks submitted in writing will actually be included in the record of this hearing. so with that i'm going to recognize the -- our three doctors from syria. and i'll guess i'll let you decide on who's going to go first to present their statement. doctor. >> good morning. chairman, ranking member cardin

. >> unicef says more people died in the syrian war last year than any previous year. there were 20% more for talent these than in 25th teen. children were said to the front line and some were used as suicide bombers. even those who managed to escape the fighting are far from say. to survive, some were forced to work or marry them off. child labor is increasing. in two thirds of syrian families, they worked very hard to earn money so their families can survive. until peace comes to syria, children continue to face and uncertain future. brent: we want to go back to the story of the lower house of parliament in britain voting to go ahead with brexit. our correspondent is in london now. we have lawmakers voting. they have said yes. does this mean the u.k. is about to start brexit? guest: it really does mean the u.k. is going to start brexit and theresa may has her favored timetable. there are still some things to take the house of lords has to give it back to the commons without their amendments. this seems to be happening. there were sounds from the house of lords that t

in considerable danger to their own team, they have assisted millions of syrians over the course of the war. they are one of the largest us government department assistant syrians affected by the. and the team continues to do all that they can to alleviate the suffering of vulnerable à thank you so much for the work of your organization. >> thank you senator. our fifth and final witness as president and chief executive officer of international rescue committee. with that, i recognized all five of you to make statements. we are on a short string here obviously as we always are in the u.s. senate. we ask you to keep your remarks to no more than five minutes. however, your full remarks submitted in writing will actually be included in the record. at this hearing. so with that i will recognize our three doctors from syria and i guess i will let you decide on who will go first to present their statement. >> good morning. ranking member, distinguished member. thank you for the fortunate to appear before you today. my name is -- i am from aleppo. i am here today not only as a dr. but as a wife and

charles, we will discuss the economic impact of the syrian war.harles: syria has been in a state of unrest since march 20 11th. the conflict has killed over 28,000 people, and since 5000 peopleore than have fled the country. in addition to representing a itself,anitarian crisis on thursday, the one called for over $4.5 billion to support the displaced population. it is also proved to be an economic burden for the population. of overhas a population 4 million people come over one million people of which are syrian refugees. here to tell us more about this topic is the deputy director for .he middle east thanks for joining us again. how would you say the influx of discs -- of displaced people affected the economy of serious neighboring countries? >> these three countries -- turkey, jordan, and lebanon -- have already been facing difficulties because of the international financial crisis since 2008. on top of that particular they've seen a major influx of refugees. unlike refugees to europe, have been a much larger proportion of the population of the

. >>> a group monitoring the syrian war is reporting a deadly air strike on a school sheltering civilians. it says at least 33 people were killed near the islamic state-held city of raqqah. the britain based syrian observatory for human rights believes the air strike was carried out by u.s.-led coalition forces. it says about 40 families who fled fighting were taking refuge at the school. coalition officials told nhk they have no indication that an air strike hit civilians, but they say they have carried out several strikes in the area and they will investigate. the coalition is part of an ofoffensive with syrian governmt troops aimed at retaking raqqah. the city is the de facto capital of the islamic state group, but human rights groups say the coalition's campaign is resulting in a large number of civilian casualties. >>> the associate the press says u.s. president donald trump's former campaign manager secretly worked for a russian billionaire. it says paul manafort was paid to support the interests of president vladimir putin. the aim was to benefit putin's government. it says that ma

a save the children study that warns of serious ptsd affects on children who have survived the syrian warre talking about things like bedwetting, a loss of speech, distress at noises, that kind of thing, but also children as young as 12 attempting suicide or self harm as a result of the realities that they witness in syria. there is also increasing drug use and mental illness. that until all areas likeattacking schools and hospitals, we risk condemning a generation of children to a lifetime of mental and physical health problems. host: let's move on now to another story out of asia where diplomatic tensions between malaysia and north korea are beginning to fester after the expulsion of citizens from both countries. guest: that is linked to the assassination of the north half-brother. bidh korea has for diplomats from leaving. malaysia is reporting that they are doing the same in a tit-for-tat. they're banning north korean embassy officials from leaving the country. the malaysian government is meeting this friday and they are going to decide whether they will sever all ties with pyongyang.

advocated in anything, and of the -- i believe -- 82 terror-related cases since 2011, which is when the syrian war started, just over half of the people involved were u.s. citizens born in the united states. so, that leaves just under half foreign-born individuals of various immigration statuses -- be it current refugees or -- my understanding is there was nobody who was a current refugee within that year who was advocated, but, again, it is not fair to say no one from these countries is ever been involved in anything, because there are cases. certainly, thankfully, ohio state was not successful. the individual was killed in the act, and that was one of the things this internal dhs intelligence analysis that highlighted the 82 cases discussed. it was either arrested or killed in the attempt. it is a little bit, sort of, in the middle, but certainly there has been a couple of cases. host: alicia caldwell from the associated press joining us to talk about the revised travel ban from the trump administration. elizabeth, long island, new york. republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i am

the syrian war is now in its seventh year. today the bbc is focusing on the day—to—day lives many have to live with violence all around. in syria, in a place which has seen some of the worst fighting of the war, now an ordinary day with children going to school and having fun. lyse doucet has returned to the syrian city of homs. the uk has begun the process of repealing a0 years of eu laws — it's not going to be easy. our laws will be made in london, edinburgh, cardiff and belfast. and not byjudges in luxembourg but across the united kingdom. we'll be live in westminster to discuss the great repeal bill — and we'll be live in malta, where there's been more comment on brexit from senior eu leaders. if you want to get in touch, you can e—mail us, find us on social media. i want to begin by showing you some of the copy coming into the bbc newsroom in the last hour. this is from the associated press telling us the south korean court has approved the south korean court has approved the arrest of park geun—hye over corruption allega

it marks success years since the start of the syrian war which has claimed at least 320,000 lives.octors along with david mill band testify about the ongoing conflict. this hearing is an hour and 45 minutes.

time and again this is how battles have ended over the course of the syrian war. a local deal.er and their families who are being forced to leave. children carrying all their worldly goods that they can bring with them. infants in their arms. the elderly, the injured in wheelchairs. many of the fighters carrying their automatic weapons. these buses will take them further north close to the turkish border where they'll continue their battle against syrian government forces. the process has been supervised by the red jacketed officials of the syrian red crescent. syrian military police as well as police from russia who helped negotiate the deal. it's a deal the government calls reconciliation, part of the process, they say which will bring syria closer to peace. but for the fighters that amounts to a surrender and forced departure. many of them are leaving their homes. once this process in al—waer is complete all of homs, the country's third largest city, will be back in the government's hands. a city that the opposition once called the capital of their revolution. today, in al—w

recaptured from the city had been recaptured from the militants in the course of the six years syrian war correspondence around the world. —— from our correspondents around the world. good morning. saturday was a day of mixed fortunes. sunny for some, wet for others. let's have a look at some of the weather watcher pictures that we have to illustrate the point. a pretty miserable day across parts of aberdeenshire. the rain relentless all day. further south, some lovely spring sunshine and warmth to go with it. highs of 13 degrees close to london. yes, it was beautiful here, but the rain continued with over an inch across parts of northern scotland and plenty of showers piling in around the low. as we go through sunday, the rain will clear into the northern isles and that will allow this weather front to push into the south—west. so, a change. looking at 9am in the morning, some sunny spells. a few showers across much of scotland, but on the whole an improving weather story. not bad into northern ireland and northern england as well. sunshine from the word go. we might see rain pushing int

syria has been implicated in anything of the i believe 82 terror related cases since 2001 since the syrian war, just over half were u.s. citizens born in the united states. that leaves under half foreign born, be it current refugees. my understanding is there's nobody who was a current refugee within that year who has been implemented. it isn't fair no one from these countries has ever been involved in anything. there are cases. certainly thankfully ohio state was not successful. the individual was killed in the act and that was one of the things that this internal dhs intelligence analysis that highlighted the 2i68 cases discussed. it was either arrested or killed in the attempt. so it's a little bit sort of in the middle, but certainly there's been a couple of cases. >> alicia caldwell from the associated press talking about the travel ban. elizabeth, from long island new york, republican line. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i'm very frustrated because i don't believe that the majority of people out there get it. the problem here is 9/11. the majority of the people that are out there

house was bombed in aleppo — her suffering particularly harrowing even by the standards of the syrian war who operated on her and then watched her leave for asylum in turkey, didn't know if she would survive. now, several months on, he's returned to find out what happened to her. our correspondent quentin sommerville reports. so much of aleppo's pain is anonymous but maram's suffering was unforgettable. an air strike killed her parents and left her gravely ill. inside syria dr david nott worked to save her leg. there was shrapnel inside her hip. from here and only five months old she was evacuated to turkey, lost and alone. but after months of searching the bbc tracked her down and reunited the two. oh my goodness me. well, well, well. hello. gosh. gosh, she looks beautiful. you look beautiful. absolutely beautiful. look what i've got for you. it's a dolly. dolly. is her leg healing? translation: the final surgery was nearly too much. maram almost didn't make it. that's not bad at all, actually. her wounds are healing but then they will be work to reconstruct her bones and repair damaged

. >> geraldo: i think it all goes back to president obama's failure to stop the syrian civil war. had stopped the syrian civil war, if he had been aggressive there and not allowed libya to be imposed and destabilized the whole region, setting loose this huge tidal wave of refuge and immigrants, that's what he's talking about, because europe now is responding -- i don't know if it's the redline. >> abby: i don't know if president clinton has a lot to fall back on when he ties about your coming together. the big take away from the election was a huge disconnect that the clintons had to the american people. i don't know how much credibility has to fall back on that statement. >> meghan: it seems americans are finally fed up with the partisan strike is a new poll shows they want their lawmakers to him together and compromise. why that may be easier said than done. ♪ >> meghan: more outnumbered in just a moment. a spew and enter next hour, the number of americans hitting the labor force has a record high and stocks are way up, what does that mean for interest rates? plus, the white hous

you recently said that any resolution of the syrian civil war should not leave iran in any control of territory or influence in territory where it could pose a threat to america's allies including israel. so from your perspective at the u.n., what is the attitude about the enforcement of the iran deal and how to hold iran accountable? most importantly, how to hold iran accountable for the deal and for the threat it's posing? >> it's concerning. and the reason it's concerning is because when the iran deal took place, all it did was empower iran. and it empowered russia. and it emboldens iran to feel like they could get away with more. it is -- you can put sanctions on a country. to take sanctions away, it's very hard to go back and put sanctions back on. so what we have said is we're going to watch them like a hawk. we're going to make sure that every single thing they do is watched, processed, and dealt with. but my concern is, you're seeing a lot of love for the iran deal in the security council. and that's unfortunate. and why that was ever allowed to go through, why that was ever p

you recently said that any resolution of the syrian civil war should not leave iran in any control oftory or influence in territory where it could pose a threat to america's allies, including israel. from your perspective at the the, what is it about enforcement of the iran deal and how to hold iran accountable. most important how you hold iran accountable for the threats it is posing? amb. haley: it is concerning. the reason it is concerning is because when the iran deal took place, all it did was in power empoweredand -- it iran and it empowered russia. it emboldens them to think they could get away with more. .ou put sanctions on a country to take sanctions away, it is hard to take sanctions away and put them back on. we are going to watch the mic a hawk and make sure that every single thing they do is dealt with very my concern is you are seeing a lot of love for the iran deal in the security council. that is unfortunate. why that was ever allowed to go through is beyond me. it is terrible. [applause] >> i want to quote from your first remarks, you first public remarks as a messen

i will be reintroducing the syrian war crime accountability act. i urge my colleagues to help us get that done so we make it clear to all who are participating in atrocities in syria they will be held accountable for their activities. and third, let me mention the refuge policy of the trump administration. the most recent executive order. there has been over a hundred republican and democratic national security experts that have sent a letter saying that the president's executive order is harmful to u.s. national security interests and beneath the dignity of our great nation. i couldn't agree more. it is counterproductive. let me just share with the members of this committee the conversations we had with the king of jordan. jordan has accepted 650,000, 650,000, syrian refuges. the king has made it clear that is not presented a security challenge for the country of jordan. the united states has accepted a few thousand refuge and there has been no example of any security threat. these individuals are vetted as extreme as we have for anyone coming to

recounts the horror of the syrian war, featuring interviews with journalists, activists, and children have experienced the brutality firsthand. here is a look at the trailer. >> ♪ >> syria is a very ancient and beautiful country. it is called the cradle of civilization. but we have been living under dictatorship for 14 years. but we were so optimistic that this revolution would -- >> anyone who talks about him, he will just disappear or he will die. >> it started the revolution. more than half a million people joined it. >> our job is to save their lives through destroying the terrorists. >> we created -- he called us terrorists. >> this regime -- they are supposed to protect us, but they are not protecting us. they are shooting us. > >> things are getting worse every day. >> we syrians are the people who are suffering most from isis. >> there are people who give us hope, a group trying to save lives. terrorists.t we are people like everyone. we still have dreams. roger: the hbo documentary film, "cries from syria" will debut march 13 on hbo. i'm pleased to have the film's director an

announcer: this week marks six years since the start of the syrian civil war. wednesday, two syrian doctors and former british labour party member testify about the ongoing conflict. we will have live coverage from the senate foreign relations committee starting at 11 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> anyone working at any hedge fund involved in short-term trading, meaning they are trading in stocks, all of those people want a. that is a common -- one edge. that is a common term in the industry. is a gray zone, and there is black edge. announcer: sunday night on "q and a," talking about the insider trading case against hedge fund manager stephen cohen and his firm sec capital in her ."ok "black edge >> the two consensual characters at the heart of the story are these two former portfolio four: --for collins -- for cohen's fund. one is serving a fairly lengthy prison sentence, and mr. steinberg was convicted, but that his conviction was later overturned after an appeals court made a ruling that made it much harder to convict someone for insider trading. 8:00ncer: s

six years after the outbreak of the syrian civil war, a new report by save the children looks into theting effects on the smallest and youngest victims. it says that constant shelling and bombardments have traumatized syria children and it warms that the risk of a broken generation lost to trauma and extreme stress are huge. reporter: this orphanage in turkey provides the syrian children with something rare. a sense of normality away from the war. argument is part of a -- achmed is part of a generation terrorized by violence. >> i'm afraid by blood and i'm afraid to see a dead body or someone who has been beheaded or someone shot dead with bullets. that is what i'm afraid of. reporter: large parts of syria look like this. these buildings were once homes. children's bedrooms have been smashed to pieces. bombing causes what save the children calls toxic stress. the organization says millions of children in syria are exposed to such attacks. even schools have been hit. in turkey, child refugees receive schooling. that is crucial for putting the past behind them and focusing on the future.

you said any resolution of syrian war should not leave iran in any control of territory or influenceterritory where it could pose a threat to america's allies, including israel. from your perspective at the u.n., what is the attitude about the enforcement of the iran deal and how to hold iran account accountable. how do we hold iran accountable for the deal and for the threats it's posing? >> it's concerning. the reason it's concerning is because when the iran deal took place, all it did was empower iran and it empowered russia. and it emboldened iran to feel like they could get away with more. you can put sanctions on a country. to take sanctions away, it's very hard to go back and put sanctions back on. what we have said is we're going to watch them like a hawk and make sure that every single thing they do is watched, processed and dealt with, but my concern is you are seeing a lot of love for the iran deal in the security council and that's unfortunate and why that was ever passed is beyond me. it is terrible. [ applause ] >> i want to quote from your first remarks, your first pub

still going on and remember also that the syrian wariterally byes a sad releasing a heavy vengeance on children who as pranksters started putting innocent things on school wars. they were arrested and tortured and sent back to their parents mutilated and that started the first load of protests against the regime six years ago this week and that's how this war started and assad released all the al qaeda and islamic people from jails to fight this war and now he calls it a war against terrorism and it's complicated and still going on chris. >> thank you very much for all of those headlines. when we come back, protests overnight in ferguson, missouri, this is all after new video comes out. it's part of this documentary that is certainly make a lot of headlines and raising questions about what happened before michael brown was fatally shot by police there in ferguson. we'll have the documentary maker who moved to ferguson and live there had for two years to make this film, we'll have him join us next. there's nothing more than my vacation.m

he recounts the horror of the syrian war, featuring interviews with journalists, activists and children who have experienced the brutality firsthand. here is a look at the trailer. >> ♪ ♪ -- >> it is a very ancient and beautiful country. it is called the cradle of civilization. >> >> -- trained as a doctor. >> he will just disappear or he will die. >> ♪ >> we demonstrate -- he called us terrorists. >> they say they are protecting us but they are not protecting us. they are shooting us. >> >> we syrians are people who are suffering the most from isis. there is a group of people who give us hope who are trying to save lives. >> we are people like everyone. >> the hbo documentary film "cries from syria" will debut march 13 on hbo, i am pleased to have the film's director, evgeny afineevsky and journalist kholoud helmi at this table for the first time. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> cohen: evgeny, syria is unconscionable abomination, it is a stain on all humanity but this war has now been going on for almost six years. half a million dead, 5 million refugees, other millions displaced. in a lo

with the senate foreign relations committee looking at the syrian civil war and its effects on civilians. docts working in the country among those testifying this morning. and this afternoon at 2:30 p.m., the senate judiciary committee looks at russian attempts 20 undermine democracies around the world and some of the tools they use to interfere in government perations. president trump will be visiting the detroit area today. ahead of that "the detroit news" is writing the white house said the president will talk up his priorities of bolstering the manufacturing industry and taming the outsourcing of american jobs. the president, they write, is expected to visit the american center for mobility at willow run in yips lanny township around midday to announce the reopening of the midterm review of fuel economy standards. chief executives from major auto makers are expected to attend. the news writes, the american sent for mobility is a nonprofit testing site for future connected and self-driving vehicles. read more at detroit news dot-com. later the president heads to nashville, tennessee,

as the syrian civil war entered its seventh year this week, the american military presence is higher than ever before, with the trump administration sending 400 more troops to join 500 already deployed. for more perspective on what's happening on the ground and the role of the u.s. military, i am joined from washington by doug ollivant of the new america foundation. doug, half a million people dead, getting into seven years now, millions more displaced. any end in sight? >> unfortunately, no. it doesn't appear that we really do have an end in sight. we see talks of cease fires and talks of truces, and, you know, the occasional peace talk, but nothing seems to have come from this. the russians are very much vested in the survival of the assad regime, so that seems to be a simple fact on the ground. and yet the rebellion hasn't gone away, and neither have either al qaeda or isis. it's complicated >> sreenivasan: and he has time on his side. he doesn't seem to feel any pressure to try to resolve this any sooner than neededded? >> that's right. he's very secure in damascus, so the battle

there you go back to the fact you are in the middle of the syrian civil war.ave heard that isis, whose unique selling proposition is the caliphate, will be weakened and although it has a great deal of propaganda capacity which is mobile, it can take it with it, and on the whole there are other groups. you should look at the al-qaeda affiliate 's bands successor organisations. who hold territory. it's of territory, and they have capacity and they have not at the moment as is will, the reputation of being defeated. they are extant in syria. as you raise the question of people coming back. terrorist events in the west. i tend to think that will carry on as it did before. i do not think it will be significantly worse as a result of the end. most of the big questions about isis are in the region. you have written about the digital caliphate, the idea and means of communication will continue. it is much cheaper for them to go underground. it is less problematic. they do not need to run a bigger state or cities like mosul and raqqa. if you say you want to have a cali

in a major reversal in america's policy on the syrian civil war, today secretary of state rex tillerson signaled that the u.s. will no longer insist on the removal of syria's dictator, bashar al-assad. assad's war on his own people has killed 400,000 and triggered a global refugee crisis. secretary tillerson spoke today after meeting with turkey's president and elizabeth palmer is in ankara. >> reporter: in a brief photo op, secretary of state tillerson wore his best diplomatic smile, and so did president recep tayyip erdogan. but behind closed doors, turkey has some serious bones to pick with the united states. top of the list, the war against isis in syria, right on turkey's border. with few soldiers of its own on the ground, the u.s. has teamed up with a battle-hardened kurdish force called the y.p.g. but to turkey, the y.p.g. is a bitter enemy and a terrorist group. it is demanding the u.s. cut off its support, something mr. tillerson would not promise to do. >> what we discussed today were options that are available to us. they are difficult options. let me be very frank. these are

you can imagine all of this is -- is of the year is going to arrangement to and the syrian civil war?will be ally ourselves with russia in the geneva negotiations in seeking a practical outcome that stops the killing and institutionalizes a cease-fire? or will we succumb to turkish pressure and insist on some other formula that is unknown and untested? and just to add a point, turkey has offered its armed forces to take raqqa, but they haven't given us any indication of which armed forces would be deployed, how reliable they are. turkey's army is degraded by the crackdown against armed forces after the two. and when turkey invaded and moved on, it took weeks and weeks, 100 turkey special forces were killed. the ypg has shown enormous battlefield metal. turkey's army has shown enormous battlefield cowardice. so what are we going to do, who are we going to ally with? are we serious about destroying isis or are we going to play geopolitical gains and go to ankara and kiss the ring. i think destroying isis will be the priority. >> you've taken us to all these complex layers and the syrian

reporter: carrying out airstrikes over syrian territory, something they have done on a number of occasions during the war in syria. this time, the syrian government used an antiaircraft defense system. in turn comes the israelis diploid and interception system of their own. then the story diverges. the israelis shot down one of the three air defense missiles fired at their airplanes. none of their airplanes were hit. the syrians said they shot down one of four of the israeli planes. such that the air defense system used by the syrians was fired after the israeli jets returned from syrian territory. that is what the israelis say. the incident is unusual so far that israel does not normally talk about airstrikes in syria or the targets. it is understood they are .argeting hezbollah it is unusual for the syrian side that they have not normally to these airstrikes over their territory. there have been reports of them using air defense systems. they ordinarily haven't responded, and they haven't claimed to have shot down israeli jets in the past. host: why are we seeing a change in response from israelis and

. -- yearsear marks since the beginning of the syrian war. ongoingng about the conflict, we will have live coverage from the senate foreign relations committee starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> a senate panel will investigate how russia tries to undermine democracies across the globe but can't the totals they employee. will have live coverage of the senate judiciary committee on russia at 2:30 eastern on c-span3, c-span.org, and on our free c-span radio app. >> this week's sunshine week, an annual campaign for greater public access to the permit. it is also c-span's anniversary onk will stop 38 years ago march 19, 1979, the house of -- esentatives >> mr. speaker, on this historic day the house of representatives opened the proceedings for the coverage. to televise i would like to congratulate you for your courage on making this possible and the committee that has worked so hard under the leadership of congressman -- to make this a reality. television will change this institution mr. speaker, just as it has changed the executiv

and, syrian refugees fleeing war face new challenges in turkey where political and economic upheaval offer few a stable home. >> they have no real access to state services and are treated

need to pass legislation that sender review has been actively engage with me on, and it is the syrian war crimes. mr. putin is committing war crimes in syria. he is using humanitarian targets as a way of advancing his support for assad, and that type of conduct needs to be held accountable. let me just conclude by quoting a person who i have a great deal of respect for, and that's vladimir. vladimir testified before a committee in 2015. and he said then that he did not ask that the united states come to the support of russia. he wasn't asking for the turkey wasn't asking for our economic or military support. what he was asking us to do was not to make it easier for mr. putin to carry out his ideals. don't give him credibility. don't acknowledge what he is doing is right. just the opposite. stand strong on u.s. global principles because that's what the russian people need. they need america to be clear, strong, about the values that are universal that it made us the great nation that we are. i want you to know, vladimir, that you have our commitment that we are going to just that, that we'