no one knows the issues surrounding our military and mac thornberry. secretary mattis has discussed it, come here so many times to hearings, the fundamental question is whether we're going to preserve the prime soif the american -- the primacy of the american military. we have the greatest force in the world but we have asked them to do so much more with so much less for so long. under the last administration, keeping a modern military force was not a priority and the result has been a staggering readiness crisis that's cost american lives. today we begin to reverse that damage. yes, this bill is critical for many, many other reasons. this bill starts construction on the wall. it turn the gateway decision over to the trump administration. it funds the war on open roads, funds school safety and mental health. what this bill is ultimately about, what we fought for for so long is finally giving our military the tools and resources it needs to do the job. just last week, your networks covered this, your networks covered this. you always get me there. just

thornberry: mr. gallego. mr. gallego: one of the things i have been advocating for is moving the e.d.i. from being based on the funds to the base budget. if you want to talk about a commitment and show of force to russia, that we are committed to europe, that would be the route to do it and also to assure our nato allies that we are with them in the fight. what would change from your perspective in terms of planning if we moved e.d.i. out of o.c.u. and into the base budget? general scaparrotti: first of all, i would support going to a base budget out of o.c.u. what would change in that, it would be under the services to then prioritize and fund and deliver the assets within their service. and that's my one concern is that the way we develop e.d.i. today between the department, is that we lay out the priorities from a commander's perspective and that is a bit different. because i'm looking at the combination of all the services and resources to get the best benefit in terms of deterrence and defense. so as we move

thornberry: mr. wilson is recognized for five minutes. rep. wilson: thank you for your successful service. ucom'sncerned about ability to successfully transport troops and equipment across europe. inconsistent border crossings impede our freedom of movement throughout the region. would you please describe what role the united states is taking , and what other organizations e.u. can address the challenge? mobility scaparotti: within the euro-atlantic theaters is important. it was not invested in through the years. russia was a partner. we are turning the corner on that in this past year, in the sense we are focusing energy among the european partners. ontrying to get a focus improving our infrastructure and capabilities to handle the movement of military forces. there is an assessment early. there is an infrastructure that supports it. we are working -- working closely with nato, as well as the european union. nato and the european union is one of their primary efforts -- mobility is one of their primary efforts. the otherto bear outlets of nat

can sell arms to any country as long as a use within the law mind you thornberry has slammed this week's visit it was in marked contrast to a previous de facto pro saudi statements on syria she has been quick to imply that syria used chemical weapons against so-called rebels seeking regime change in damascus and as the saudi prince lunched with the british queen then we have two more reports of syrian government chemical attacks there was soon discounted even in mainstream media those chemical weapons attacks allegations more generally and they are routinely broadcast as fact on media and nato nations joining me now is professor emeritus of science technology and international security at the massachusetts institute of technology theodore postol who has cast doubt on media certainty about syrian government chemical attacks on can shake and in the suburbs of damascus professor thanks so much for coming on going underground even this week as as the queen was welcoming the prince from saudi arabia the mainstream state mandated b.b.c. corrected or appeared to correct a suspected report of a

can sell arms to any country as long as a use within the north mind you thornberry has slammed this week'svisit it was in marked contrast to a previous de facto proof saudi statements on syria she has been quick to imply that syria used chemical weapons against so-called rebels seeking regime change in damascus and as the saudi prince lunched with the british queen then we have two more reports of syrian government chemical attacks there was soon discounted even in mainstream media those chemical weapons attacks allegations more generally and they are routinely broadcast as fact on media and nato nations joining me now is professor emeritus of science technology and international security at the massachusetts institute of technology theodore postol who has cast doubt on media certainty about syrian government chemical attacks on can shake and in the suburbs of damascus professor mosul thanks so much for coming on going underground even this week as as the queen was welcoming the prince from saudi arabia the mainstream state mandated b.b.c. corrected or appeared to correct a suspected repor

can sell arms to any country as long as their use within the north mind you thornberry has slammed thisweek's visit it was in marked contrast to a previous de facto approach saudi statements on syria she has been quick to imply that syria used chemical weapons against so-called rebels seeking regime change in damascus and as the saudi prince lunched with the british queen then we have two more reports of syrian government chemical attacks there was soon discounted even in mainstream media those chemical weapons attacks allegations more generally and they are routinely broadcast as fact on media and nato nations joining me now is professor emeritus of science technology and international security at the massachusetts institute of technology theodore postol who has cast doubt on media certainty about syrian government chemical attacks on can shake and in the suburbs of damascus professor mosul thanks so much for coming on going underground even this week as as the queen was welcoming the prince from saudi arabia the mainstream state mandated b.b.c. corrected or appeared to correct a suspe

can sound arms to any country as long as a views within the law mind you thornberry has slammed thisweek's visit it was in marked contrast to a previous de facto proof saudi statements on syria she has been quick to imply that syria used chemical weapons against so-called rebels seeking regime change in damascus and as the saudi prince lunched with the british queen then we have two more reports of syrian government chemical attacks there was soon discounted even in mainstream media those chemical weapons attacks allegations more generally and they are routinely broadcast as fact on media and nato nations joining me now is professor emeritus of science technology and international security at the massachusetts institute of technology theodore postol who has cast doubt on media certainty about syrian government chemical attacks on can shake and in the suburbs of damascus professor thanks so much for coming on going underground even this week as as the queen was welcoming the prince from saudi arabia the mainstream state mandated b.b.c. corrected or appeared to correct a suspected repo

thornberry: the committee will come to order. committee welcomes general scaparrottii back today to testify on the threats and posture in the european commands area of responsibility. there, he faces the full range of security challenges from russia's constant modernization of its nuclear weapons and

griffiths the shadow defence secretary has come out in a scathing attack onjeremy corbyn and emily thornberryeed with the official stance. his quite important speech. and this is going to run. we have heard rumours of a resignation from the shadow cabinet and jeremy corbyn has said, this is a despicable act, but he did not condemn russia or blame russia. he says there is not enough evidence yet. and his chief of staff said, remember the wmd, it was never proven, how can we prove this? corbyn is a pacifist but it will cause so many ruptures in labour. we need to talk about stephen hawking before we run out of time, who died today and people talk about him is possibly the most famous scientist since newton. it is incredible. he had this populism which not many scientists have. he is one of the national treasures, the national treasure‘s national treasure. he was so loved across the country by people who probably did not understand the first thing! —— we are amongst them. but he was much loved. on personal grounds, we know that when he was 21, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and was

thornberry: no.one of the reasons i asked to that at the end is there has been significant success in iraq. have withdrawn people and capabilities from iraq as a result of that success. i think that is appropriate. not wanther hand, i do to leave completely, because we saw what a disaster that was when it was done during the obama administration, so continuing to engage with partners to ensure that we do 3.0 ise an isis important, and i think, you know, an all or nothing approach is not wise and we have seen that in the past. >> what about in syria? there were a lot of questions about the u.s. role in syria. rep. thornberry: syria is such a difficult situation that i think there are a lot of legitimate questions about what our objectives are there. militarynment from a force standpoint has been to defeat isis, but obviously you have that larger u.s. policy goal of containing and limiting iran, maybe not necessarily with military force at the moment, -- we are going to have to there is a lot more disc

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. >> sandra: chiming in is mac thornberry chairman of the house armed services committee.hank you for being here this morning. what message is president trump sending with this action? >> well, i think he is sending a message that what russia has been doing across the board is unacceptable. and a similar message is conveyed because of the targeted assassination in britain where the president stood with our allies and made it clear we're not going to accept that. a stronger message beyond the sanctions and other things is what we're beginning to do with our military and as the tragic report emphasizes we need to do more with our military to support them and at the same time it sends a strong message to north korea and others that we'll stand up and defend ourselves. >> sandra: some say they don't go far enough. to that you say what? >> it's a step. it's not a total answer. i think there are more sanctions that could be considered but we also shouldn't lose sight of what else the administration's been doing. finally, they have provided defensive weapons to ukraine though man

expensive stuff and i know the you may find this shocking but according to representative mack thornberry out of texas was the chairman of the house armed services committee a hit with seven hundred billion is not enough i mean if not enough max says it's isn't enough to completely reverse the shortfalls in readiness modernization stating quote it is not enough to fix our problems but it's probably the right amount to be spent this year zero grade mack really how is when and what weird under upside down world is seven hundred billion dollars not enough money i mean that is over half of the entire on the spending bill goes right into the military to kill people with oh guess what. it's going to get bigger of course it's already decided they're getting going yeah it's going up to seven hundred sixteen billion and that's in. the twenty one thousand festival under the so it's a two year spending military spending bill so it's going to go up to seven hundred sixty and also nothing to help people are starving but the other thing that the world food program that they had found was that the numbe

expensive stuff and i know the you may find this shocking but according to representative mack thornberry out of texas was the chairman of the house armed service committee hit with seven hundred billion is not enough i mean if not enough max says it's isn't enough to completely reverse the shortfalls in readiness and matters ations stating quote it is not enough to fix our problems but it's probably the right amount to be spent this year ok mack really how is when and what weird under upside down world is seven hundred billion dollars not enough money i mean that is over half of the entire on the spending bill goes right into the military to kill people with oh guess what. it's going to get bigger of course it's already decided they're getting going yeah it's going up to seven hundred sixteen billion and that's in. the twenty one thousand first goal under this so it's a two year spending military spending bill so it's going to go up to seven hundred sixty and also nothing to help people are starving but the other thing that the world food program that they had found was that the number o

difference is he wasn't unequivocal and his front bench were, we heard from neil griffiths and emily thornberryontrast to him, very clear that they should be aligned with the government on this and they had no hesitation in pointing the finger at russia. jeremy has been on the right side of history for the last 35 years, on the right side of history on libya, afghanistan and in relation to iraq. which side of history is he on now? is he on the russian side of history? no. it's not about being nice to russia, it's about taking a measured, statesman—like approach and making sure we get our ducks in a row and get our facts straight. it looks pretty clear that this nerve agent came from russia. but what isn't clear is whether the russian state was involved, or indeed some mafia element was involved. the soviet union comprised a number of different countries... that's exactly what the prime minister was saying — all parties have dissidents from time to time but they are irrelevant and not in keeping with the vast majority of the british public and labour party members. his point was the opposition a

he was referring to his labour opposite number, emily thornberry.en name. say no says the noble and learned lady baroness — whatever it is... what an extraordinary thing. that provoked a furious reaction from the speaker. we do not address people by the titles of their spouses. the shadow foreign secretary has a name. and it's not lady—something. we know what her name is and it is inappropriate and frankly sexist to speak in those terms. and i am not having it and this chamber. that is the end of the matter. no matter how senior a member, that parlance is not legitimate, it will not be allowed and it will be called out. the foreign secretary seemed mortified. just to prostrate myself before you and to apologise for any inadvertent sexism or discourtesy that you may have deemed me to have been guilty of. i heartily tender my apologies to the right honourable lady. boris johnson insisted that he‘d meant no harm. and on that conciliatory note, that‘s all we‘ve got time for. so from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello. temperatures on the way down in the le

was reprimanded by the commons speaker, john bercow, after describing his labour shadow, emily thornberrye to her husband, the high court judge sir christopher nugee. no, says the noble and learned lady the baroness, whatever it is... i can't remember whatever it is... lady nugee. i don't want to be discourteous to the foreign secretary, but i say in advice as the clerks as the clerks swivel round to me, two things. first of all, we don't name—call in this chamber. and secondly, secondly... i'm dealing with the matter, if the honourable gentleman will listen and benefit from listening. secondly, we do not address people by the titles of their spouses. the shadow foreign secretary has a name. and it's not lady—something. we know what her name is. and it is inappropriate and frankly sexist to speak in those terms. and i'm not having it in this chamber. that is the end of the matter. no matter how senior a member, that parlance is not legitimate, it will not be allowed... in just a few days' time, on april the ist, the royal air force will celebrate its 100th anniversary. to mark the occasio

, both uneasy with the sta nce thornberry, both uneasy with the stance mr corbyn has taken.come of course through the morning. annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. the labratory where scientists helped identify the nerve agent used in salisbury is to get more funding from the government as part of a defence modernisation programme. an extra £48 million for a new chemical weapons defence centre at porton down, will be announced by gavin williamson in his first major speech as defence secretary later today. the brexit secretary, david davis, has said he's prepared to accept the eu's offer of a shortened transition period, after the uk leaves the european union in march, 2019. he said he would agree to a call for the transition to end in december, 2020, if that helped to secure a deal at next week's eu summit. ministers are being called on to introduce a faster phase—out of petrol and diesel cars, currently set for 2040. the mps have also demanded a new clean air act, and they say the motor industry should finance a clean air fund.

. >> dana: texas republican math thornberry is here. you're from texas.ou know about the cooperation between the federal government, law enforcement and the local folks in texas? >> i think the local folks in texas have pulled in the relevant federal expertise dealing with bombs, dealing with the fbi and so forth to help work on this case. from what i've seen, they've all done a very good job. the other thing is, this reminds us all that one or a handful of really committed individuals cannot only affect a lot of lives, they can engulf the attention of the nation. this is part of what we deal with terrorism and so forth. we've seen it come to play in this incident in austin. >> dana: in washington d.c., you are probably just chomping at the bit to vote on the omnibus bill. from your perspective, the increase in military funding has been a long time in coming. do you think it's enough to deal with the needs with all our military has right now? >> it's not enough to fix our problems but probably the right amount to be spent this year. people don't realize w

congressman mac thornberry, the chairman of the armed services committee, floating the idea this couldfirst step in the economic squeeze against russia, saying the u.s. should consider helping european allies wean themselves off russian energy. saying that could stall a key part of russia's economy that would put even more pressure on putin and some of his friends. as the white house continues these negotiations with allies over tariff, both russia and china are expected to be the center of the conversation. sanders saying that the deadline hits at the end of next week. so what comes out of those negotiations david, could be key to our strategy overseas. david? david: hillary vaughn, thank you very much from the white house. melissa. trish: are president trump's promised tariffs on china a negotiating tactic? i wrote about this in my op-ed in the "wall street journal." so sweet, david. the art of the steel tariffs. here so react, steve forbes, forbes media chairman. basically the argument was, president trump doesn't love tariffs. you slap them on to get somebody's attention and it is

mark: emily thornberry, thank you for joining us. still with us, jeffrey.e talked about geopolitics when it comes to trade and terrorists. tarfiiffs.d this point.itics at it is difficult to have a is tailored for a binary event. stressely, we diversification. your equities may suffer, but that is where your bond portfolio will come in. that is the time when the d correlation should come into effect. mark: take us through the various asset classes. geoffrey the facts have not changed. valuations, no longer cheap. excessivelyt elevated. trade wars, north korea, could impact emerging markets. the fundamentals are healthy. we have added a position on the s&p and other trades. negatively correlated. the yen has been benefiting. mark: thank you. wealth and management. francine. trade wartrump's threats have triggered global reaction. china, europe, and car dealers in america have said there will be no winners if we impose tariffs on aluminum and steel. joining me, the chief executive of soda stream. we woke up to this news, gary cohn leaving. the white house seem

i want to show viewers a story in the god —— the guardian written by emily thornberry, and it was anody has paid for it, and if you drive from heathrow to central london today, all along the route of the mfor, you could see billboards, bringing change to saudi arabia, and they have gone to some effort to make sure it looks good. they were aware there would be billboards saying the opposite, and when i went to the saudi embassy earlier this week, they had reinforced security measures and there was a fan going around the embassy with a picture of mohammed bin salman and say he should not be welcomed. the fact remains that he is popular at home. he is ofa remains that he is popular at home. he is of a generation, and the vast majority of saudis are of the same age as him, 30 or under, and he is bringing change, he is determined to push, to pole, to drag his kingdom into the 21st century, and it is things that we take as bog—standard, allowing women to drive and goodison on mars, allowing women to sit in sports in a mask, and we think, is that it? he wants to make economic change. he wan

it's congressman matt thornberry and then john mccain from arizona. the senate and house armed services committee chairs. and they are writing them basically saying we need jr. rotc out of our schools because they are killing machines. pete: war machines. this is what code pink said. i hate to give them any time but we will. they said nic lazarus cruz, the shooter in florida, was an expert marksman because he was trained by the u.s. army jr. rotc program. tell take violence and war out of our schools end the jrotc program. steve: something they do not mention on their web page is colton haab. we told you his story. 17 years old. a jr. at parkland high school. pete: member of that program. steve: he and other members of the jr. rotc program ushered 50 kids in a classroom and took down kevlar pads they used in training exercises and put them up against a big table so if the shooter came into the room they would have some measure of protection. ainsley: a hero. steve: then have you peter wang. 15 years old. he actually died. he was wearing his uniform. h

you heard chairman thornberry talk about the good, the bad and the ugly the good is good but the badis bad and ugly as well the trillions is a problem for many of us. >> eric: $1.3 trillion. how do you address that when we heard a fellow colleague talking about the debt we're leaving to our children and grandchildren. >> it's very concerning for many of us here. even if you look at the first several years with the obama administration you had deficits of 35% and we're looking at something close to 17% this year, 21% next year. the defense funding needs to go up. i get that. i've stood in the empty missile silos but $63 billion for non-discretionary spend saying major problem for in of us. we have to do better than that. >> eric: what's your advice? >> once we heard at this moment we'll look at entitlement reform and welfare reform and washington must be more fiscally responsible. it's about doing what's best for the next generation. >> eric: so when you're dealing with the wall, the $1.6 billion, is that too much? should that be pared down? what would you suggest concretely to do wit

. >> chairman thornberry, ranking member smith, distinguished members of the committee, good morning ang thank you for the opportunity to be with you today. let me say up front that the army's ready disacross formations is improving and if called upon today i'm confident we would prevail in any conflict. this is due in part to increased funding congress provided last year. for this i would like to say thank you. the army's mission to defend the nation has not changed but the strategic environment has. following 17 years of sustained combat, we now face a future characteristiced by the reemergence of great power competition and continued challenges by rogue states and nonstate actors making the world ever more complex and dangerous. to address these challenges, the army is changing, we have a comprehensive plan to ensure our long-term dominance but must have predictable, adequate, sustained, and timely funding. fiscal uncertainty has done a great deal to erode our ready disand hamper our ability to modernize. while the army must be ready to deploy fight any time anywhere against any a

. >> chairman thornberry, congresswoman davis, distinguished members of the committee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to appear today to discuss the current posture and state of readiness of the united states central command. i come before you today on behalf of the over 80,000 members of the command, it's a dedicated team of military service members and civilians along with our coalitions and partners representing 70 nations and four international organizations, many of whom are forward-deployed across some of the most dangerous areas in the world. they sacrifice and risk on a daily basis. in many cases for the benefit of not only american strategic interests but also the world's. our people are the very best at what they do and they -- and especially their families -- deserve our admiration and gratitude. it's my sincere honor to lead and be a member of such a fine team of dedicated professionals. i am approaching the two-year mark of my time in command. this period has been both incredibly challenging and immensely rewarding during what has arguably been one of the mo

chairman, chairman thornberry, ranking member smith and distinguished members of the community, thank you for the opportunity to update you on africon. i would like to begin this morning by remembering the soldiers and sailor we lost on the continent during operations this past year. these brave men died valiantly in the service of our country. we honor their dedication to duty. i offer my sincere condolences to their families. mr. chairman, i have completed my review of the niger investigation and forwarded to it the chief of staff. once the secretary completes his review and families have been briefed i intend to provide a comprehensive detailed account of the investigation to you as soon as possible. this morning, i would like to talk to you about africon's strategy for the continent and updated you on priority regional efforts. the interest in africa are reflected in our mission statement. africom with partners strengthens security forces, counters transnational at threats and conducts crisis response to advance u.s. national interests and promote regional stability and prosperity

. >> chairman thornberry, ranking member smith, distinguished members of the house armed services committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you as the commander of the united states european command. it's an honor to represent more than 60,000 men and women. our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coast guardsmen and civilian workforce continue to demonstrate selfless service and dedication in an increasing complex and competitive security environment. our adaptation to this environment is made significant process thanks to resourcing provided by congress. particularly under the european deterrence initiative. ucom deeply appreciates congress's support, which has supported the largest reinforcement of the eu a euro-atlantic defense in a generation. the nato alliance are remains critical to our national security and the rules based international order. every challenge we face as a nation is best addressed with our allies and i'm proud to report that nato alliance is strong, it is united, and it's committed to being fit for purpose. our european allies in canada and turned a

got from the speaker, when he he responded to a question from the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberryeferred to her as lady..ly thornbury is married to a high court judge but she chooses not to go by his name and used her maiden name. as you will hear the foreign secretary's words got him in deep water and the speaker was not impressed. say no says the learned lady, the bar innocencelj impressed. say no says the learned lady, the bar innocence i don't want to be unkind, or discourteous to the foreign secretary but i say on advice as the clerks swivel round to me, two things, we don't name call in this chamber, and secondly, secondly, i am dealing with the matter, the right honourable gentleman will listen and benefit frommen willing. secondly we do not add press people by the titles of their spouses. the shadow foreign secretary has a name. and it is not lady something, we know what her name is, and it is inappropriate and frankly sexist to speak in those terms. lam not terms. i am not having it in this chamber. that is the end of the matter. no matter how senior a member, that pa rla