these people exist and they are real, not saying the majority but the ones that raise theon money andderstand it because they are crazy. >> sean: you sent out a tweet this week, and i really thought deeply about it. you said what if vladimir putin sent 1,000 troops to cuba to squash this liberty movement that is going on down there? i thought deeply about it. doesn't sound like an impossibility to me. actually, i wouldn't be surprised. what would he do? >> i think some of these people have their way, they would set the russians remittances too that's their thought process about all of this is what's the big deal? the russian presence in cuba is real. it's a signal station that collects intelligence and special operations command, they are already there, wouldn't surprise me if they sent these military contractors they use all over the world but in the end, this regime has been mortally wounded, lost its legitimacy. i'm not saying it's going to be quick and it is going to be easy . it is a dying animal and we need to do everything we can to expedite its passage. >> sean: coming up, hig

and that includes those that are on theon land route over to europe. also pushing them.e porous borders. i went and reported on it. and that includes walking with the afghanistan through the greek isles and the balkan states. i was inclined to say that the these were refugees. and who can forget the syrian civil war. >> but a lot of them, many were iraqis, iranians y and lots of afghan people. and hundreds of thousands of afghans were fleeing afghan and as refugees. and hundreds of thousands are going to be on the move now. , by the refugees? how many are actually economic migrants? and that includes this as well, the media calls all of them refugees, refugees from the refugees. forcing countries like turkey, browbeating turkey, who is now doing the right thing because people arere fed up. none of these details makes it in places like "the new york times." tucker: i'm sure that they didn't understand what a your but it turned out to be. when the distinct culture, it's like, that is over in someur places. >> they found an expression one excuse in the crisis. and again, th

six charter planes from great americans around theon country, including retired special ops, officers on the ground risking their lives and other private organizations are now on the tarmac in an airport in northern afghanistan. they are ready to take off, caring americans and/or allies to qatar. according to various reports, the planes are blocked by the taliban and others and i have been blocked, in some cases, for six, long days. even the u.s. state department is not helping. the taliban is apparently demanding a ransom payment from the u.s. government, the state departmentde reportedly refusing to grant approval for private evacuation flights to land in other countries. that is insane. not only is the biden state department doing nothing to rescue our fellow americans that they abandoned, and now they are reportedly obstructing private rescue missions by a lot of retired ops guys, special forces, willing to put their own lives at risk to help the americans that he abandoned. the americans supposed to board these planes and showed up at the airport. they forked over their papers to

virtues and that is because the government and to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt and when theonnment knows it has to do that they have to decide which cases are worth it or not. but and now world of mass incarceration with mass convictions prosecutors don't need to give much thought to cases at all and sadly they don't. they turned them out without much care. the framers knew they were putting up an architecture it was not conducive and that was the point. it is supposed to be hard for the government to put people into cages and stigmatize them as criminals. but all it took was five justices was more importantnt that commitment to the jury. even worse and i think it is bad but the supreme court dismantles this protection but doesn't insist and those are excepted with very little thought as a plea to document how judges go alongng to ease the burden of their docket they are focusing on the caseload and then defendants are not getting governmental oversight you don't have a right to go up the chain of command prosecutors are not obligated to let defendants present evidence before

importantly, they asserted that anc's would not be held liable for t prior contamination and reinforced theon circle of law that requires the federal government to clean the abandoned contaminated properties left behind by federal agencies of the united states.o in 1998, the department of interior agreed to take the leadership role to facilitate the clean-up of anca contaminated lands. 2016 emupdate proposed that the alaska departmentt of environmental s conservation an environmental protection agency oversee clean-up of the sites. this 2016 update also stated that blm does not, i repeat, does not have the authority to provide liability relief for previous land owners that consisted of federal agencies occupancy during that period. contaminating the properties that also detailed in my written testimony is this report. in detail on historical failure of numerous government agencies to semithe leadership role, to take the lead, to clean up our contaminated by the united states government and their agencies. i am here today to share my firsthand knowledge as a lifelong alaska resident. proudlyst

we're also trying to get the very latest right now on the president's push the get relief on theone surpriseuncement a little over 45 minutes ago, the notion of opening up the strategic petroleum reserve the get more oil out to folks, maybe forcibly open up gas stations because they can't get their hands on gas that has caused long gas lines, particularly in louisiana. although that's toned down a little bit. edward lawrence on what the president's other plans are including a visit scheduled to louisiana tomorrow. >> reporter: hey, neil. the people at the white house are watching those unbelievable pictures out of the northeast, seeing the death and destruction, the flooding that has happened there. president biden saying that the administration will do everything that needs to be done, and hay will stay there until -- they will stay there until it is actually finished. listen to this. >> we know that there is much to be done in this response on our part. we need to get power restored. we need to get more food, fuel is and water deployed. i get hourly updates on the progress we fema well int

other survivors to confidentially receive information the independent commission has acquired about theon troubles related deaths o their relatives. any information acquired by the independent commission will not be disclosed to law enforcement or intelligence agencies and will be inadmissible in criminal and civil proceedings. there currently is no consensus in northern ireland among the political parties or the more than four dozen victims groups as to how these legacy bodies should function.o one reason is because it's unclear whether information about past criminality provided to the historical investigations unit will take precedence over information provided to the independent commission with pr respect to possible criminal prosecutions. this resulting uncertainty detersar paramilitary members from engaging with any of the legacy bodies or participating in any type of transition process for fear of criminally implicating themselves.es finally, i want to endorse the e appointment of a special envoy l for northern ireland. i believe, like my two fellow testimonies today, i believe the

it is a strategic leverage over the taliban to continue to pressure them to honor human rights and theonhts of women and with those terrorist concerns however given what we understand about those resources, they will have continued b humanitarian suffering the world food program is estimating 40 percent of afghan crops willin be lost there will be a tremendous hunger the price of wheat will go up 25 percent those who own food stock is expected to run out by september so this is tremendous suffering that will come it will be exacerbated by climate change we can see issues of starvation heading the population that i guess if you give me specifically what assurances b has the biden administration been able to secure for humanitarian access and how does the state department work with international partners? is not our responsibility to have near-term and long-term assistance for those afghans who ended up in locations without the proper support mechanism. >> you are right to draw a distinction between the basic humanitarian assistance to respond to a crisis among so many afghan people it's w

it is a strategic leverage over the taliban to continue to pressure them to honor human rights and theonhts of women and with those terrorist concerns however given what we understand about those resources, they will have continued b humanitarian suffering the world food program is estimating 40 percent of afghan crops willin be lost there will be a tremendous hunger the price of wheat will go up 25 percent those who own food stock is expected to run out by september so this is tremendous suffering that will come it will be exacerbated by climate change we can see issues of starvation heading the population that i guess if you give me specifically what assurances b has the biden administration been able to secure for humanitarian access and how does the state department work with international partners? is not our responsibility to have near-term and long-term assistance for those afghans who ended up in locations without the proper support mechanism. >> you are right to draw a distinction between the basic humanitarian assistance to respond to a crisis among so many afghan people it's w

chairman nadler, chair jackson-lee, ranking member jordan, ranking member biggs, and members of theon subcommitt, this concludes my remarks. i'm happy to answer any questions you have. >> thank you for your testimony. i'm now pleased to recognize professor barry friedman for fiveve minutes. >> chair jackson-lee, chair nadler, ranking members jordan and biggs, members of the subcommittee, i want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify today. our mission relates directly to i am the founding director of the policing project at the newark university school of law. my mission relates directly to what you're doing today. we work in impacted communities, communities impacted by law enforcement. we also work closely with law enforcement agencies with the goal of bringing to policing democratic accountability, transparency, and equity, particularly around issues of race. i want to stress two parts of that because i think they relate directly to this hearing. first, the issue of democratic accountability. it's our position this is one of my key points that i would like to make to

i would like to focus a little bit on theon agreement that was pard in 2020. and the agreement that the taliban was most prevent terrorism from threatening the u.s. and allies and the sport given the attacks we saw taking place over theiv course of - unr the agreement how many were released in the conditions in negotiations from the taliban.on >> we prevailed upon the administration on the afghan government to release about 5000 prisoners. the taliban released about 1000 prisoners predict. >> did any of this play a leadership role in the takeover of afghanistan. >> it appears to be the case in some of them played a significant role in leading military operations and risk parts of the country. yes. >> so jumping forward, from the agreement, as you said it left you an agenda without a plan in the previous administration left an agenda without a plan and based on the 2020 agreement what would've been the invocations of previous trips inen afghanistan beyond the deadline set. >> three clear congressman, had the president not made good on the agreement by the previ