and they want to know the truth you know as johnson early and folks know david davies normally thornberry and learn from corbin's benj diligence not like you know they frightened to be around rather just hated their visit with the brags that story but so we had we had the prince michael of kent who is the patron of the russian british jumble of commerce we had the. if you m.p.'s who are really heavily involved in the russian british relations and they wanted to send the messages to be to the people who go here so basically. we heard the messages but what is most important is that we had the bridge of business here those who are really doing this is not just the big one like us to seneca they just sign there in the agreement with the others down but this is also. the small business we see this context here which is theresa may appeared to be saying you're a dangerous country a rogue country that is destroying elections all around the world and certainly that's going to inspire business confidence is a well you know britain is the country of the pluralism and if you if you look at the figur

i want to think german -- thank chairman thornberry. fantastic job. in recent years our military has undergone a series of deep budget cuts that have severely impacted our readiness, strong our capabilities and placed financial burdens on our war fighters and great war fighters they are. history teaches us that when you weaken your defenses you invite aggression. the best way to prevent conflict of any kind is to be prepared, and really be prepared. only when the good are strong will peace prevail. today with the signing of this we accelerate the process of fully restoring america's military might. senatorant to thank john mccain for the work he has done on this bill. he has fought very, very hard to make it just the way he wants and that we all wanted. this legislation will enhance our readiness, expand our modernize -- and modernize our forces and help provide our service members with the tools that they need to fight and win. we will fight and win, but hopefully with this we will not have to fight because people will not want to fight with us. it a

[applause] representative mac thornberry of texas. [applause] senator thad cochran of mississippi. [applause] senator gary peters of michigan [applause] >> senator joe manchin of west virginia. [applause] >> and of course, our great friend and later, chairman pat roberts of kansas. [cheers and applause] >> with us today, we also have two presidential appointed commissioners. [applause] >> when a commission has been in business as long as this one, we have some who are no longer serving or sadly no longer with us. i want to introduce to special people whose husbands inspired his memorial many years ago. [applause] >> thank you for joining us. this is a special moment today for many of us. we are honored to be joined by the eisenhower family. -- by members of the eisenhower family. susan, anne, wolfgang, david, adriana, and nicolas. [applause] >> we also have some impressive brass with us today. general px kelley, former commandant of the marine corps and cochair of the advisory committee. [applause] >> representing the uss eisenhower, captain craig stickola. [applause] >> and brigad

i want to thank chairman thornberry is here today for his tireless efforts. fantastic job. in recent years we've undergone deep budget cuts that have severely impacted our readiness and trucker capabilities in place burdens on our war fighters. and great war fighters they are. history teaches us that when you weaken your defenses you invite aggression. you need to be prepared and really be prepared. only when the are strong will peace prevail. today with the signing of this defense bill would accelerate the process of fully restoring america's military might. i want to thank john mccain for the work he has done. he is five very hard to make it way he wants it. this legislation will enhance the readiness and modernize our forces and provide service members with tools they need to fight and win. fight and win. hopefully with this we won't have to fight because people will not be wanting to fight with us. it authorizes funding to obliterate isis, we have one in syria and iraq, they spread to other areas were getting them as fast as they spread. we've had more success with isis

notably you see congressman thornberry and the other republicans there. i'm not seeing, but i may not be witnessing everyone in the room, whether there are any democrats there. the president was just ducking a question about kirsten gillenbrand, which brings us back to the alabama race and all that we've been discussing. gabe gutierrez, i rudely interrupted you to go to the white house. do you want to pick that up and then bring in ron hilliard on the other side of this equation? gabe right now is chasing after doug jones. bring us up to date on the horseback ride to the polls today. >> reporter: well, andrea, roy moore rode on horseback to go vote there along with his wife kayla moore. he rode the horse named sassy, we've been informed. this is from his hometown of gassy where he will give a speech of some sort. if roy moore in fact wins this race, he would have effectively won it without having much of a robust campaign at all. they've had little in the form of canvassing and phone banking compared to his democratic opponent doug jones, but this is also

chairman thornberry and the speaker has been talking to a lot of his members. we've all been talking to the members of our conference that make sure we get something done before we leave. it also includes the supplemental spending bill for those affected by hurricanes and wild fires. section 2 of anwar, you don't see caribou running around with people trying to pursue it. it's a lot of rich reserves that we can explore for more american energy. president trump had it right. this will be about energy dominance where we can stop relying on countries that don't like us. we can export to other countries and make more money. that's what this bill was about. it's about great jobs and getting the economy back on track. i'm proud we were able to get it passed and president trump is going to sign it. look, he's been a champion of this from the very beginning. it will be a big win for the president that he will deliver to the american people for christmas. >> dana: i don't want to be the one to make you late for the white house. congressman steve scalise, thank you. repu

and taking the role ofjeremy corbyn was emily thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary.u can get the references. and congratulating prince harry and meghan markle on their engagement. that is one anglo—american couple we on this side will be delighted to see holding hands. laughter. i'm sure that prince harry... i'm sure that prince harry, the patron of rugby football league will be joining all of us in supporting the england team in the world cup final on saturday. and i, for one, will be waving my st george's flag. laughter. that was a reference to the tweet she sent in 2014 about a terraced house flying three england flags for which she was sacked by ed miliband. and the hand—holding was of course donald trump taking theresa may's hand at the white house. but it was her first question which raised eyebrows. damian green is currently being investigated by the cabinet office over allegations about his past behaviour. can i ask the first secretary a simple point of principle? is he happy to be held to the same standards in government that he required of others when he wa

i especially want to think thornberry, who is here with his tireless efforts. fantastic job. in recent years, our military has undergone a series of deep budget cuts that has impacted our readiness, capabilities and substantial burdens placed on our war fighters. great war fighters they are. history teaches us that when you weaken your defenses, you invite aggression. the best way to prevent conflict of any kind is to be prepared and really be prepared. only when the good are strong will piece prevail. today with the signing of this defense bill, we accelerate the process of fully restoring america's military might. i also want to thank senator john mccain for the work he has done on this bill. he has fought very, very hard to make it just the way he wants it and we all want it. this will enhance our readiness, expand our modernized forces and our forces members with the tools they need to fight in win. we will fight and win back, but with this, we will not have to fight, because people will not be wanting to fight with us. it authorizes funding for our continued campaign to

appropriations, former member of the committee, for co-sponsoring the bill, as well as chairman thornberry on the committee on armed services and i extend thanks to chairman kay granger of the defense appropriations committee and representative ken calvert. all of these members who serve as nonvoting members of the intelligence community all for co-sponsoring this bill. finally i'd like to thank the ranking member of the committee for his work incorporated in this bill particularly the idea of a warrant rirpte for the -- of a permissive warrant for the f.b.i. to review section 702 query returns. at this point i want to yield to the remainder of my time to mr. rooney who chairs the n.s.a. and cyber subcommittee. mr. rooney: as the chairman mentioned this bill re-authorizes fisa 702 a critical intelligence gathering program targeting foreigners overseas. this was carefully crafted based on our extensive outreach to members of the house, the senate and the administration over the last two years. we provided information sessions both on the hill and at the n.s.a. we've also reached out to memb

i especially want to thank chairman thornberry who here with us today for his tireless efforts. thank you. great job. fantastic job. in recent years our military has undergone a series of deep budget cuts that severely impacted our readiness, shrunk our capabilities and placed substantial burdens on our warfighters and great warfighters they are. history teaches us when you weaken your defenses you invite aggression. the best way to prevent conflict or of any kind is to be prepared and really be prepared. only when the good are strong will peace prevail. today with the signing of this defense bill we accelerate the process fully restoring america's military might. i also want to thank senator john mccain on the work he has done on this by he has fought very, very hard to make it just the way he wants it and we all want it. this legislation will enhance our readiness, expand, and modernize our forces and help provide our servicemembers with the tools that they need to fight and to win. we will fight and win but hopefully with this we won't have to fight because people will not be

i spoke to the current chairman of the house armed services committee, max thornberry, who describes the situation this way. >> something is wrong and part of what's wrong is that we have been stretching our military thinner and thinner, asking them to do more and more, but not giving the resources they need to do what we ask them to do. it is a crisis when we have an increasing number of accidents, some of which, unfortunately, take the lives of our military personnel. i think it's a crisis when more than half of the f-18's in the navy cannot fly today because they're waiting on maintenance. >> and gillian, i'm joined by the former chairman. house armed services committee, congressman buck mckeen, thank you for joining us, why did you start this forum? >> jennifer, next week we'll it the pearl harbor memoriam day. and it would live in infamy. we could be on one of these right now. if one of those, north korea, russia, china, wants to test us, it would not be good for us. when i was in congress we had the strategy to be in two major conflicts and win and then one and now it's we can

we also heard from emily thornberry. and palestinians. gabriel gatehouse explains why. in 1948, when the jewish state was gatehouse explains why. in 1948, when thejewish state was born, israel proclaimed jerusalem its capital, but on the ground, the city was divided into western and eastern sectors. israel controlled the west, jordan administered the largely palestinian east, including the old city. then came the war of 1967, in six days, the same time it took the god of the old testament to create the world, israel redrew the map of the world, israel redrew the map of the middle east. the shape of the current conflict has its roots in that historical moment. israel seized the eastern part of the city and expanded the city limits. under international law, eastjerusalem and expanded the city limits. under international law, east jerusalem is occupied territory and the palestinians want to see it become the capital of a future independent state. in 1995, congress passed an act requiring the us government to move its embass