and so, you know, i don't underestimate the challenge that china poses tohe the united stas in the region think that this issue of animal sovereignty over the panama canal is existential for the e panamanians. this is critical for their own national identity. and i do use the word bullying because that is a tactic that unfortunately the president elect tends to want to use in trying to negotiate with international partners. and i think in this case it is going to be counterproductive.e and i think the better way of dealing with this is to deal with panama on a narrative of friendship and mutual cooperation here after all, panama has a government that is friendly to the united states. there president is a conservative. he is pro-u.s. the panamanians are generally pro-u.s. panama is critical to the migration issue which is so central to the united states and to the president elect. the gap has been a source of my quick transit, hundreds of thousands of migrants transiting from south america and from the rest of thero world through the gap, , cooperation from the pana and security forces fro

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now, despite the fact that the united stas d great b were at war, charles bernard and the americans decided to do the humanitarian, the right thing. they offered to save all of the castaways, bring them back to a south american port, or possibly even the united states. and all that they asked for in exchange was the right to salvage what was left of the isabella. take the cargo minus personal effects. now, the reason that barnard argued that this was a good deal is that by doing that, the americans were giving up the rest of their sailing voyage and they had already killed many, many seals. so they were losing an opportunity to profit. and they felt, since they were helping the british, they should be able to recoup some of their costs. this is an engraving from 1829, supposedly showing their little settlement called newtown, providence. i can guarantee you it did not look this neat. now, the castaways greatly outnumbered the american sailors. remember, even with the six men gone, there were still. 48 british, including all of the armed british marines. they could have easily overpowered th

company operating in the united sta but the ultimate company that controls it, bytedance, was foun cs to beubject to chinese laws that requiret to assist or cooperate with the chinese governments intelligence work and ensure that tnese government has the power to cess and control private data mpany holds. so are we supposed to ignore the fact that the ulti parent is in fact subject to doing intelligence work for the chinese government? >> i dont think you are supposed to ignot at all, but i don't think it changes the analysis for a couple of reasons. >> you begin by saying this is a united states and it seems that you are ignoring the major concern of congress which was chmanipulation of the content and acquisition and harvesting of ntent. >> sure and i will start by saying that tiktok inc. is unitedtas subsidiary operating in the united states. >> do you dispute that bytedance has ultimate control over tiktok and its organizati >> yes, i do dispute that, but i don't think that ters. even if china could execute overwhelming power, i don't think it changes the analysis. d take the wash

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when you have had t speak truth to power, in particular, if it has involved the president of the united sta rep. ratcliffe: sure. senator, i appreciate the question. the reason i said a good rapport is, i think trust is important. i think it's one of the things that is important and can strengthen the relationship between all parties, intelligence community, congress, the president. one of the reasons i indicated before you were in the room they wanted this job was because it is apolitical and i have held positions before. as u.s. attorney, that is an apoltical in those instances, i frequentl had to speak truth to power. from the standpoint of, there were many occasions where people wanted me to exercise my discretion in a way that considered something other than what the law was. >> can you give a particular example? rep. ratcliffe: so-and-so is you know -- i don't want to give examples that would give away a specific case -- but if someone was, for instance, a good republican or a good democrat and held a position and maybe deserved some special consideration, those kinds of t in addition

sta in you that year. we are going to stay in the _ you that year. we are going to stay in the united _ you that year.going to stay in the united states - stay in the united states because the japanese steel giant nippon steel and the american rival us steel have launched legal action to try to save their billion dollar merger deal. after president biden blocked it on friday. they're accusing the administration of illegal interference. the japanese take over the us —based us steel became a major issue on the us campaign trail with both presidents promising to stop it overfears presidents promising to stop it over fears for presidents promising to stop it overfears for usjobs. presidents promising to stop it over fears for us jobs. if given the go—ahead it would have created one of the biggest peaks d —— the biggest steelmakers in the world. they have blocked it on national security grounds. despite... let's speak to our correspondence standing by new york. just talk us through what the allegations are here because these two firms are very unhappy with the biden administration for blocking this deal, w