not only has u.s. diplomacy not caught up with this leadership, the united states and many people in the policy area haven't grasped that power. many people are still moored in the old time period that, once again, it started ten years ago in terms of shifting, and are still thinking about that. diplomacy needs to change as a result of that. so how did this happen? how did we -- how did the u.s. go from the weakest power in the world when it came to energy posture to the strongest? that's a stunning shift. how did that happen? in my view, there were three drivers associated with that. the trigger, the first one, was significant energy technology advances. if you look at what's being deployed today, pretty much across the board in all the different energy types, in the last generation -- a generation ago, 20 years ago, it did not exist. it was not commercial. so what are some of the inventions that took place? 3d seismic energy, analysis of data, hydraulic drilling, the lithium-ion battery was a science

host: u.s. weapons to allies from the survey, 46% support giving weapons to allies, that is down 5% from la year with 54% sending weapons to israe 55 percent for sending weapons to ukraine. guest: the big story on military support to israel and ukraine is the deep partisan divide. notably when it comes to ukraine , harris voter support that at 74% were strong voters support by 42% so the overall average and the majority of american people but it's a partisan divide really bearing out. you must have a flipside when it comes to support for israel enters military assistance. that's critical because ukraine is at war right now trying to defend against russian aggression and restore over its territory great israel the same with the war in gaza continuing. folks talk what was happening in syria in this debility of gaza continues to be israel's focus. one thing i know and you have to delineate. in terms of their willingness to have u.s. security assistance, israel and ukraine, but overall the united st

the u.s. to along with airborne hockey activities network's magnitude scale and this is at minimum we need to come to an agreement. i would hope go beyond we are much more careful and dovish. >> can you tell us a little more about incident and as a member of congress dealing with these? to be careful because a lot of what we know is not in the public domain. we are in the early 20th century with the mechanisms respond to write every person in front of the committee and no requirement around critical infrastructure. the phone calls of the united states president and it will be a fight of companies will say we are victims. the government is in the airlines business. >> i'm going to be a little crisp on this in my opinion, probably the biggest terms of scale and persistent collection ability edward snowden was defending but this is about as big as anything we've ever seen. my job is oversight by look at new when a lot of. >> with your help the regulation? we will have commerce committee. 2011, 20

when u.s.icials discuss the potential launching earlier today, you just discussed at the podium, is that based on an intelligence assessment or what's prompting kind of this early warning? sabrina: this was based on an intelligence assessment that it's possible that russia could use this missile in the coming days. they have used this type of capability before. i know you reported on it then. i think the point of us getting out this information is to also ensure that this is not going to be a silver bullet, change the battlefield. the war is going to continue. and our support for ukraine is going to continue. reporter: does that intelligence include any assessment where it might -- what targets it might strike? sabrina: i'm not going to be able to give you more details on that. reporter: so commercial satellite photos came out yesterday showing that the russian navy kay cated their base -- vacated their base, their military airbase further south. is there any concern from the building or from y

the u.s., russia an china, dimming talks for nuclear arms diplomacy and modernization efforts by china, russia and the united states. and we could be on the precipice of a dangerous, unconstrained threeway nuclear arms competition. and since you said, since february of 2022, concerns about russia's nuclear posture and its intentions have grown. conversations with russia on risk production and arms control have been suspended and of course we have china now on a steady and some would say fast buildup of its nuclear forces with unclear tensions and unclear way it's headed. in our discussion with jon finer, proposals have been addressed in congress and elsewhere to expand the scope and cost of the u.s. weapons program and possibly to deploy more nuclear weapons on the existing systems or to build new nuclear weapons capabilities beyond those which we already have. others including those of us at the arms control association means adding more warheads on missiles and deploying more bombers and mor

you have such, the u.s. government is so large and the japanese government is very large, but what happens, if you are not conveying the same message and you are losing the trust of the other side, you have to work hard at that. general wright, we would have daily intelligence briefings at the embassy and we would share those, in general wright would come once a week or send the deputy commander tim larson in his place. we would have, we would adjourn the intel meeting and then we would go back and visit one-on-one. it really worked. it worked for both of us. because he really couldn't tell me what to do, i couldn't tell him what to do, and i thought it might be good to point out that if we said the same thing, the rising tide might lift both boats and it did. you have to have that coordination. you have to have the coordination within the government. one of the most difficult things that i think you have to contend with, and i see nick snyder back there, but you have to constantly keep washington updated as

the u.s. court of appeals upheld the u.s. ban which tes effect in a few wks on january 1 the lawsuit was brought by a chineseompany after congress passed the ban and president biden signed it in april. theourt heard argument in september. facing speech regulation and cannote justified. and the goal under inclusiveness of the data interest undermines stand-alone justification. and ts urt. no compelling reason justifies congress like an enforcement agency and targeting. >> foreign entity abroad is engaging that is causing the content manipulation that you ghlighted. how does that factor in? the government's point is sure you have gotten t pnt of content manipulation andhat comes up in a lot of cases but this case is differe because it involves something that is happening abroad and we e worried about something that is happening abroa foreign organizationhe don't have a first amendment right to object to a regulation. >> a couple of answers, tiktok is a u.s. entity that engages in speech. if there is third party content and enga

the u.s. achieved everything without that. the u.s. went from 4 million barrels a day in 2008 to now right around 13 million barrels a day and we accomplished that during the trump administration. so between 2008 and the end of the trump administration, we increased by 9 million barrels a day. for those of you familiar with the opec numbers, 9 million barrels a day is more than the total production of almost every country in opec. that's how much we added on a daily basis. so the power associated with what i just described is truly tremendous and that was kind of the drivers. so, thinking further bit about u.s. and canada combined. these markets evolved and the u.s. increased, canadian natural gas production. there was tremendous growth associated with a combined u.s.-canada footprint. obviously the u.s. as was mentioned was the target for the delivery of a lot of oil and gas coming from canada. the infrastructure was built. not all of it but a good amount of it was built to transport oil and gas production south so it could either be

armitage: my view is the u.s.-japan relationship far outpaces the u.s.-u.k. relationship. why would i say that? the political stability in japan , notwithstanding prime minister's changing with sometimes stunning regularity. military strength, which japan has, which great britain doesn't have. the anecdote that ambassador emmanuel told about japan calling folks to get them on board with the resolution of the u.n.. could the u.k. do that? no, they couldn't today. i think what we wrote in 2000 has been far surpassed today. chris: i want to ask a personal question, then i will open up to the audience for a question or two before we close this portion. to go back to what you said at the beginning, ambassador kato, you both began to assume international positions in the alliance at the same time. you became a director in the north american affairs bureau in 1981. rich, you were a deputy assistant secretary for east asia in the same year. did you meet at that time? talk a little about your relationship at that time, how you began to work together, and what the major issues of th

the u.s. maritime capabilities overall and it presented some pretty alarming pictures as the ambassador said, china has 230 times the capacity of the united states in terms of shipping orders. the united states had five last year. china had something like 1,700, so it's pretty stark. mr. brock, can you tell us a little about how the department is feeling about this problem? i know you have been and i know the department of the navy has several initiatives underway? >> yes, the secretary's maritime initiative at its core is intended to restore the maritime power of the nation for several reasons. the first reason, of course, is that our ability to build on naval combatants and the numbers we need in the time frame we need and for the cost that the american taxpayer can afford requires a broader industrial base, maritime industrial base to make that happen. you know, as over the last 30 to 40 years, as our maritime capacity, other than the naval, has almost entirely disappeared and china has ris

u.s. central command has advertised that three u.s. service members are being evaluated for possible trmt b.i. those numbers are fluctuate, i'm not aware of any other injuries at this time. again, we'll not hesitate to take appropriate action and protect our forces if they are threatened. finally, throughout his tenure, secretary austin has prioritized the development and rapid fielding of capabilities to counter the urgent and growing threat posed by unmanned systems. this week the secretary signed a classified strategy for countering unmanned systems to unify the department's approach to countering these systems that looks across domains, characteristics and time frames. unmanned systems, more commonly known as drones have the potential to pose both an urgent and enduring threat to u.s. personnel, facilities and assets overseas and increasingly in the u.s. homeland. as you know, the threats presented by these systems are changing how wars are fought. with this singular strategy for countering unmanned systems in conjunction with othe

the u.s.. futures pointed to the gains of 0.7% looking to add 157. let's look across assets with a focus on the u.s. 10 year you -- 10 year given the adjustments, pricing and a few more basis points in terms of cuts for 2025. at the markets on the back of the data, 452 on the rest benchmark 10 year, the euro back above 1.04 but for how long is the current, is the question is some come out -- call out parity for the euro, currently 1.04 on the single currency. the u.s. dollar 0.1% up. brent, looking at the tensions, verbal and rhetoric around the panama canal, we will see if that is resolved in terms of trump's thinking on the question. a bit of a lift on the back of that story. bitcoin over 95 thousand, below the 108,000 it reach last week taking a bit of a breather. crypto's up 0.5 percent. checking in on asian markets, getting a bit of a lift on the back of the cooler inflation picture in the u.s. certainly taking the hand and the baton from the u.s. picture on friday, the benchmark currentl

the first volume of u.s. battle tanks was published in the spring of this year, 2024, and the follow-up will be released in november. so without anymore from me, joe holtsinger, please. >> well, thank you. joe, thank you for inviting me to present today. i'm happy to present on patents tactician. it's good to see those of you all here that are so interested in military history. for many of us, it's a lifelong pursuit. so i'm pleased to discuss the -- almost there. >> the tactician, the war diary of lieutenant general geoffrey keyes. he's a close friend of patton jr., who called him the finest tactician in the u.s. army. general keyes has remained virtually unknown in world war ii history, even though he was the longest-serving core commander during the war. no biography has been written, and according to his family, he would not write an autobiography, saying such would be only a puff piece. so there's been no history of the second world war written. now, my family has an interesting connection with the keyes

the u.s. to lead in writing global rules for technology. yes, where we should be leading on technology rules america's retreating. or we should be arguing for our values in the face of digital authoritarian we are silent. where we should be working with allies, we are leaving like-minded partners out to dry. even more concerning it's been almost a year since ustr announced policy change at the administration has gone radio silence on what our digital trade policy should look like. predictably wto partners have moved on without the united states it. at ustr's insistence digital trade is also off the table in ongoing negotiations with kenya despite the fact to stand set a gold standard of this important partner in developing nation. at the same time it seems like our administration is out to lunch as foreign government treat american compass by piggy banks bight new digital services taxes it is unacceptable, canada one of our closest trading partners is now collecting with little response by the

the u.s. and china among other developed countries have collaborated to solve issues surrounding disease, climate and agriculture. this is from the brookings institution in washington, d.c. >> good morning everyone. i'm the director of institutions our conversation today is part of multiyear collaboration with the center for strategic and international studies. our collaboration with csi to determine whether or not might be benefit to coordinate within china during an era of strategic competition. the project to look backwards but also look forward at the purpose and common cause between the united states and china in the future have benefited from the insides of members of congress. we had congressman now senator elect andy kim join us last year to tackle these issues and today we benefit from having congressman himes with us. congressman himes has representative connecticut's fourth district since 2009 and he's at the forefront of addressing our most pressing national security challenges pro

the u.s. economy and inflation. on the other hand he is pointed towards james baker conservative the role of secretary of state. it's interesting it wasn't like hiser and grenell its folks that i would characterize it as james baker republicans and of course the ambassador designate did business so i allowed myself and i never do it on domestic issues but i allowed myself a notice optimist and in foreign policy in the trump administration. if that adds up to i guess if that adds up to is going to say the opposite of what teddy roosevelt said that it was a good idea. if that adds up to a fairly hawkish approach that a skepticism of conflict that would be all right. >> congressman we were talking a moment ago their abs imposed in the u.s. china relationship and their ben ayres where there has been more corporations more cooperation and you look back at the u.s. china relationship and is there historical precedence you find appealing or ones you think we should avoid? >> a super interesting quest

in both the u.s. and canada can look close to home and think about ways different exchanges good better facilitate -- could better facilitate getting funding for processing and mining. canada his degree has been a major place where junior mine rs from around the world come for investment and their are changes that have made it less attractive of late. we are talking today about what the u.s. and canada can do together, but i think it is really important in this space that there is space for a lot of their countries, not only places like australia that share some of our values and business practices, but also other countries that are looking for investment in themselves to move up the value chain. north america is blessed with many of these key resources, but there is some in other countries and it is very important in the goal of increasing security to make sure that these rules can be a platform. that was way more than five minutes. brigham: no problem at all. thank you for your thoughts. tom? thomas

the u.s. homeland is very small. and they tend to be adversarial to the united states, russia, north korea and china. candidly, it's hard to see pakistan's actions than anything other than an emerging threat to the united states. leaders across our administration, myself included, have raised these concerns repeatedly with senior pakistani officials. we've been a long time partner with pakistan on development of counterterrorism and other security issues, including quite sensitive issues. we've provided support to islamabad during difficult times and continue to desire a cooperative relationship in these areas of shared interest. that makes us question even more why pakistan would be motivated to develop capability that could be used against us. unfortunately, it is our sense that pakistan has failed to that these concerns and frankly, the concerns of others in the international community seriously and continues to advance these capabilities. as a result, the biden administration has implement

but for u.s. businesses the elections in iraq and five days in the region whenever that occurs will probably be more consequential for u.s. business decisions, investment opportunities to grow u.s. commercial footprint and iraq. largely because the reform agenda is going to be driven out of baghdad at the provincial level and keeping back on track and seeing what we have seen today will be incredibly important. these elections will perhaps be more impactful for u.s. business. the last thing i would say is often times people think about iraq, they think and economics of the business lane they tend to focus rightly so on energy through it is an important area of focus. lately would give an increase attention to recommendations how to make things more attractive for u.s. and western companies. an untold story is a diversification of u.s. companies during this period you have everything from agriculture and food, to healthcare, to check, and financial services and many others. and i do think there is

u.s. iraq relations and how they're going to evolve. we'll start with you. you're the head of the iraq initiative in the middle east programs and the iraq expert and the author of reclaiming iraq in the 1920 evolution and the founding of the modern state. you are a former assistant professor of national security for middle east studies at the naval postgraduate school in monterey. you've held a senior graduate position in washington. i could go on. i think i'll keep it truncated at that. and then to his left we have dr. macine al shamari. you're a scholar of the middle east and your primary focus is on religious institutions, civil society and protest movements and you teach courses on religion and the state in the middle east. and welcome to the atlantic council. vice president and deputy head of middle east at the u.s. chamber of commerce. steve is also president of the u.s.-iraq business council. the only organization focused exclusively on the bilateral relationship. you've been travel

for example, the u.s. mandate that the u.s. military ships must be built in america, which has limited the ability to ex-pend defense collaboration with foreign partners. this issue is particularly salient right now, as the approaching election increases the call to protect american manufacturing and the associated jobs. nevertheless, this is a moment, and we must recognize that cooperation is better benefit than protectionism. while the u.s. remains unmatched in its ability to produce the most technologically advanced naval force, expanding ship production and strengthening the industrial base cannot be accomplished overnight or by itself. we can first enhance our capabilities and accelerate innovation to ensure a secure future at sea, only by working together with a trusted partner, whose strengths complement our own. we recognize this and introduced a regional sustainment framework, or rsf. it's a creative way to expand the cooperation within the boundaries of current u.s. law. it provides opportunities for allies and partne

u.s.upreme court case pushes gender affirming care for transgender minors back into the national spotlight. >> being like a trans youth member is like hard enough and you are hearing all of these sayings that lawmakers are saying about you and it makes you feel like there is no purpose. >> pete hegseth meets with senators in a bid to salvage his troubled nomination for u.s. defense secretary. >> on an historic trip to angola, president biden pledges more investment in african nations but is the u.s. effort to counter china and russia on the continent too little too late? ♪ >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by. >> in 1995, two friends set out to make wireless coverage accessible to all with no long-term contract, nationwide coverage, and 100% u.s.-based customer support. consumer cellular, freedom calls. >> a successful business owner sells his company and restores his father's jazz club. a raymond james financial advisor gets to know you, your passions and the way yo

the u.s. and korea. i traveled with sitting ambassadors across the country as part of a signature program called the ambassadors dialogue. what i learned during the trip is along with k pop and k drama, there is something called k diplomacy. i think we will earn more about that because that tore into this volume has helped me to see diplomacy in its essence as a person-to-person exchange between representatives of their countries that also is a personification of the relationship. i think this book, an inside view from the ambassadors covers many decades of conversations between representatives of the u.s. and south korea who have managed the relationship through thick and thin. korea will change how one looks at how the relationship is managed because investors views are highly personal interactions supporting the relationship. i also want to say this book, we are giving freep copies to people here we also are making available for free to anybody who contacts us at keia.org, if you want to or

the u.s.ent says a chinese state sponsored actor hacked the u.s. treasury department earlier this month, gaining access to staff workstations and some unclassified documents. relatives of those killed in sunday's plane crash in south korea demand answers from the government, as the anxious waste continues for the recovery of their loved ones. u.s. congress and leadership say jimmy carter will lie in state u.s. capitol rotunda for two days before his state funeral, after the former president died at the age of 100. and edinburgh's world-renowned new year's eve celebrations are canceled due to extreme weather forecasted across scotland. ♪ >> hello and welcome to bbc. the u.s. government has said a state sponsored actor in china has hacked the treasury department, gaining access to staff workstations. a spokesperson set unclassified documents were compromised in the attack this month. treasury said it had worked with the fbi and other agencies to determine the impact of the breach, adding that th

for example, u.s. low mandate that u.s. military ships must be built in america which have limited the expands with foreign partners. this is salient as approaching elections, increase the core to protect american manufacturing and the associated jobs. nevertheless, this is a pivotal moment and we must recognize that cooperation creates benefits than protection. while the u.s. remains unmatched in its ability to produce the most technology advanced military force, strengthening the military base cannot be accomplished overnight or by itself. we can best enhance our capabilities and innovation to ensure a secure future at sea only by working together with trusted partners with the strength to compliment our own. recognized this and introduced a regional sustainable framework. it's a creative way to expand cooperation within the boundaries of the current u.s. law. it provides opportunities for allies and partners to help maintain and repair u.s. military system closser closer to the point of their name. korean companies have

as the u.s. that familiar with this? does the u.s. have any ability to reason thanks howard. i first? when you have any information to provide for sensor data other than again as i highlighted earlier, we are employing a variety of passive and active sensors and a quarter to detect as it pertains to dod installations. and of course we are not the only ones in this business might come see u.s. civil airspace i would do for you to dhs and faa on that front. as far as co- bonnie goes in the cease-fire discussions between groups that are there, the sdf and others, that something were obviously monitoring closely as i highlighted to your colleague will have a vested interest in ensuring that groups in the region capitalize on the situation to enable the people of syria to be able to have a better life than they did under the regime. with use of force presence in syria, its focus on defeat isis mission. so that continues to be our focus and i will leave it there. >> but the strikes took place yesterday giving more of that? >> what i can tell you is, talk about the counter isis, def

the u.s. congress, white house events, the courts, campaigns, and more from the world of politics. all at your fingertips. stay current with the latest episodes of washington journal and by cheduling information, plus a variety of compelling podcasts. c-span now is available at the apple store and google play. download it free today or go to c-span.org/c-spannow. your front row seat to washington, any time, anywhere. defense industry representatives discussed naval ship building priorities. the panel was part of a hudson institute event on strengthening the defense industrial base among the u.s. and its allies. >> oh, good, great, jim, good to see you. perfect. mr. lee, the center vice-president and >> good, great, jim. how are you? perfect. the senior vice president and head of design and engineering in the naval and special ship building, and mr. jim schirmer, senior vice president and deputy managing director of american vehicles. so thank you so much, everyone. look forward to the conversa

u.s.sident. the carter center says he was surrounded by family when he died on sunday after being in a home. in home, hospice care for nearly two years. jimmy carter was known for his dignity and devotion to service, dedicated his life to fighting for human rights, and brokering peace in many parts of the world. president joe biden has declared january the 9th as a national day of mourning, calling on americans to visit their places of worship and pay homage to the late leader what i find extraordinary about jimmy carter, though, is that millions of people all around the world, all over the world, feel they lost a friend as well, even though they never met him. >> and that's because jimmy carter lived a life measured not by words, but by his deeds. just look at his life. his life's work. he worked to eradicate disease. not not just at home, but around the world. he forged peace, advanced civil rights, human rights, promote a free and fair elections around the world. he built housing and ho

police in several u.s. states are searching for a person of interest in the killing of a u.s.re company ceo in new york city. officials told the bbc's partners u.s. news the searches ongoing across new york state, etiquette and new jersey. local media reports the man sought by police have left the city on a bus to atlanta. video appears to show the suspect moments before he shot united health care chief executive brian thompson on wednesday. here is what we know so far. police say the suspect was first seen on manhattan's upper west side two hours before the shooting. more than 90 minutes later he walked to the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan where he waited to launch his attack. thompson walked from his hotel to the health a five minutes later. the suspect shot thompson at least twice before riding towards central park on a bike. let speak to our north america correspondent who is in new york city. what is the latest with this investigation? >> as you say, the very latest from police sources via our partner cbs news is the suspect may have left new york on a greyhound bus b

u.s.resident jimmy carter. the carter center says the 39th president was surrounded by family in plains, georgia, when he died sunday at the age of 100. he had been in home hospice care for nearly two years. jimmy carter, known for his dignity and devotion to service, dedicated his life to fighting for human rights and brokering peace in many parts of the world. it was also a key message during his inaugural address. >> i believe america can be better. we can be even stronger than before. our commitment to human rights must be absolute. our laws. fair, our natural beauty. preserved, the powerful must not persecute the weak and human dignity must be enhanced. our nation can be strong abroad only if it is strong at home. and we know that the best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation. >> the american flag is at this hour, flying at half staff at the white house, where jimmy carter served from 1977 to 1981. president joe

and the u.s. is essential for afghans both in the country and diaspora to heal and move forward. >> the failure to prevent or mitigate the double standards, this was probably one of the most significant diplomatic failures of the last two decades. that warrants further study. the commission's work can help families of war victims and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to understand what happened and why. after two decades, despite all the sacrifices, they ended up under the same brutal regime that they were living under before. leaving the afghan populace traumatized and angry at their own political leaders for their profound failure. they embraced the view that their lives and faith, once again, did not matter when decisions were made in washington, d.c.. i urge the commission to review two additional areas as they look into this momentous work and undertake it. first, diplomats managing complex relations with partners. both presidents began as close allies of the u.s.. within a term in office

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the u.s. public policy. >> how long has the foundation been around? how are you funded? >> 405 c3 since they started the library back in 1991. the institution has been around six or seven years and we have our presence across from the white house. >> when and why did you start surveying their views on international engagement and these defense issues that we're going to talk about? >> president reagan had strong legacy in terms of advancing legacy in the world and particularly on peace through strength and we for sometime have been engaging with america's thought leaders and elected officials on these issues and we found that it really was a gap in the discussions, where the views are of the american people. and oftenteams you hear the elected officials hear about the american people believe why, but it's not backed up by a lot of evidence so what we sought to do with our survey is to make sure when it comes to foreign policy and national security against issues, it was a pretty deep dive into

president, the u.s. dafna yoran middle east. >> what should the us know about where austin tice might be and if he's safe the lady's alive. >> we think we can get her back, but we have no direct evidence to that yet and assad should be held accountable. >> have you directed an operation to go get him mr. president? >> is this andrew mccabe get who austin tice we want to get him out. >> yes, sir we have to identify where he is. >> thank you. >> thank you sir so you heard the president as he was going through that door. >> answer a question about austin tice, the american who's been held prisoner in syria for no reason at all for 12 years. we believe he's alive, the president says, and we and the united states will try to get him out there trying to find out where he is and he's been in touch with his family as well. on the more substantive issue right now, the overall situation in syria. the president of the united states promised that the united states will remain vigilant and will work very, very closel

u.s.eems to be -- the alternative. jonathan: the u.s. looks like a bastion of stability compared to the rest of the world. we are trying to figure that out this hour. over in europe, france facing a real possibility of their government toppling by the end of today's session. annmarie: the u.s. even at this point potentially leading up to the election, people are talking that we might be in a state of chaos. it actually came and went without a lot of fanfare but right now around the world there are these can turn. something you've talked about for months, countries around the world punishing incumbents, whether that is because intractable long gems in places like france or germany or for other issues like and south korea. the global order is changing and people are looking for new ways and maybe that means leaning into more populist voices. lisa: in 2016 donald trump was considered the chaos agent and people were wondering bastion of stability, the united states is no longer. and now it is