i want totalk about how the united states got involved in the awwar and what the united states did to set the situation genitjennifer talked about. jennifer and i were trained by the same dissertation advisor and look at things from the ground up. that is not saying politicians are necessarily representative of what american is doing. and this is especially the situation with wilson who only won because the republican party split and won the next election by a decision so raiser thin wilson went to bed that night thinking he had lost. what i want to do is talk about the pre-war period. i don't know what any of you learned. but i learned nothing of consequence about this time period in high school, in college, or graduate school. i was taught it sinks and we go into the war two years later. obviously there is something more going on. what i want to do is show what that something more is. i want to do one prelude in response to jennifer's talk which is to say that once the war begins i think there is a very different dynamic going in the united states. some of the things jennifer talked

does this mean that the united states should be present in asia, or does it mean that the united states should be absent, and let the revolutionary forces take their course? i think these are more important questions that could be asked, and i'm sure, for example, that mr. singh from india, if we asked him if the chinese happened to attack india, to whom would he first go for help? would he go to the soviet union, or would he go to the united states? i think that there are certain considerations here about stability in asia that haven't been answered. mr. collingwood: well, let's see. i called on mr. delvaque of france before. delvaque: bill has mentioned recently the necessity of the presence--or the . . . choice of the presence of the united states in asia--i think the best presence of any country in any other country is a diplomatic presence. and president johnson has mentioned the necessity of, say, normalizing the relationship between the united states and china. governor reagan, do you think this normalization is desirable? reagan; well, the only objection that i've had with some

what it shows is that the united states is very, very good at imposing sanctions. lifting sanctions, however, is something we have far less experience with. so that the process of lifting the sanctions turn out to be far more complex than any party had expected. and that's resultd in a situation in the people are very disappointed. even though that was seen as the biggest weakness that they had not done as well as people had hoped for. they fltnofment because they were endorsing everything he did but because they were terrified that iran would go back to the direction of those much more hard-lined policy. host: how long is the presidential term? guest: four years. host: let's hear from new york. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a couple of comments here. my first comment is let's not kid ourselves. we negotiated the iran deal with the conservative regime in power. he was not in power. second of all, i would like to point out that in order to negotiate this deal which you find to be a triumph in allowed 3.5 allowed 3.5 million syrian men women and children

navy and in the united states marine corps.oday, when the boards and bars are placed on your shoulders, you will become the next link in a chain that stretches back unbroken into the mist of american history. the links before you were forged by heroes from john paul jones, stephen decatur, bull halsey, tim stockdale, and michael murphy. because of them, and through the bravery of all who have called themselves marines and sailors in our nation's history, america's freedom endures to this very day. and we honor all who have gone before you. [applause] but now, it's your turn to assume the watch. and remember it's not just , america that your predecessors protected. think today of what the world owes the united states navy and marine corps. here at the navy marine corps stadium, the stands are emblazoned top to bottom with the names of lands and seas they -- lands and seas that were consecrated by the sacrifice of american marines. -- i seela would bella wood, where troops defended western europe i see , the battle of the atlanti

it was the united states, britain, soviet union, and china. if you know anything about the united nations, you know there are five powers. france is also one of the permanent members of the security council. ,he way this was arranged churchill was always exciting that china was not a great power, it is riddled with civil war, not a power at all. roosevelt said no, it is a power or is going to be a power. churchill said france is a power. roosevelt said in effect, stop pestering me about china and france will be a great power. on this basis more often than you might think great decisions are made. this would be the post world war world. the key to it was to get the soviet union involved. without the soviet union, then of course this system would not work. roosevelt worked hard on stalin, conferences in tehran and later -- he worked hard with stalin. she knew he was a hard case. -- he knew he was a hard case. stalin stolen -- knew was concerned about a security boundary. roosevelt's dream was at least these countries dominated by the soviet union

laws as passed by the united states congress gave her and we had a court order to remove her and we did. we can't obey -- disobey the law. and with that i gotta run. >> thank you very much. >> thanks so much. [ applause ] >>> this week is infrastructure week in washington. up next on c-span 3, the head of amtrak and ceo of the association of american railroads talk about the state of the u.s. rail industry. after that, a federal aviation administration hearing on the nextgen project, the satellite-based air traffic control system. then president trump and the supreme court, that's from the seventh circuit judicial conference. later we'll hear from trons poretation secretary elaine

on the coast region support network across the region under the japan leadership japan and the united states together with also need to ramp up the capacity of the individual states in southeast asia mostly the philippines and vietnam to be constantly challenging and to the of modern town thank you very much. [applause] >> thanks to each of you for the concise and precise observations on the challenges and possibilities for the allies going forward copper co know a few questions for the statement on the stage then open a progressions. first off i appreciated about the two-stage approach of fourth correa because like you i am skeptical we will get much out of it. there was some help on the nsc staff pet that we cannot even expect a new pressure will change kim jong-un calculation he has a nuclear weapon. enacted do more harm than good with the deterrence and the credibility in particular. >> so your comment and others all have the one question i want to ask the panel, you said we have to be prepared to create a nuclear program then you mentioned post regional support and then to share that re

now, the united states disarmed, the united states made no efforts to impose its will on the rest of the nation. can you honestly say in your heart that had the soviet union been in a comparable position with that bomb and today's red chinese in position with that bomb that the world would not today have been conquered by that force? >> which part of the war jaut the soviet union. there is no comparison really. how can you -- >> i am saying this as an evidence of the proof. we are talking, we were supposed to be talking about the image of america. i would like to point out how consistent this was with our past of no aggressive intent at a chance when for the first time perhaps in all of world's history there was a nation with the power to -- perhaps one day history might -- that was the time when the united states should have said to everyone lay down your arms and we will lay down ours. >> we have a representative from soviet union. >> it seems to me that it is very strange to hear from you that america, the only country who used to -- and didn't use it against another country. it s

the fact that united states involved in a war does not make united states correct. the idea that we are involved in this kind of a struggle, if there are those within the united states feel that the struggle could be and in more rapidly with less loss of life, that the terror and the destruction would be met if we took a different course, isaac that they should make their views known. i'm a big they are less patriotic because they fear that. i think they are less patriotic if they did not state their views and give her ideas. just because the united states is involved in this kind of a conflict at the present time, not the state or the opposition, because of the fact that we are involved in the struggle. error. it is an period of difficult time, but the fact that we are shooting each other does not make the united states right. at the could should be examined. it does not make the course we are following at the present time automatically right, automatically correct. i think that those who have a different point of view, no matter what their point of view or whether

we ought to want the united states senate to be able to accomplish its work. this is a -- it's a challenge all the time, but learning what transpired this morning on the senate floor in my view reaches another low for the united states senate. it is hard, i suppose to explain, but it takes unanimous consent for committees to meet while the united states senate is in session, and that's a request that's made on an on-going basis when the senate convenes, and it happened again this morning. and almost without exception, it's routine. the rules require that two hours after the united states senate convened, which we did at 9:30 this morning, no committee can then meet unless there is agreement. and so the majority leader today requested that that unanimous consent be granted, just like almost every other day in the united states senate. but what was different today was objection was raised by the minority whip. and apparently the explanation is the firing of the director of the f.b.i. last night. now, how the senate is functioning or not functioning seems to me t

so between japan and united states, looking at trade and economic relationships have evolved hugely, and i've explained to president trump, and i believe he understands this. and after united kingdom, when it comes to fdi and investment in united states, creating jobs and united states, japan is number two. we are making huge investments in the united states. and i have told president trump on this. and how we should expand and develop our relationship? we should create a framework. vice president pence and the deputy prime minister will have a dialogue. the other day, vice president pence visited japan. free and fair rules should be --ated together between together with the united states, and as the trade rules in the world, we have agreed on this. in the infrastructure for railways and other infrastructures, for individual projects, we have the will to move forward with collaboration and cooperation. we have agreed on this count as well. within this year, there will be a second-round of the deputy prime minister and vice president pence, a dialogue will take place. i believe without

we have considerable investments in the united states. attempted to give dynamism to these flows of trade, of investment. i believe the foundations have been laid. we have the free trade agreement which is working well. the number of colombian businesses that export into the united states has grown. and we both believe that we can take greater advantage of those agreements in order to increase flow in both directions for the benefit both of the colombian and american people. president trump: thank you very much, everybody. thank you. thank you. >> at his weekly briefing, house speaker paul ryan took questions from reporters focused on the appointment of robert mueller to be the justice department's special council overseeing the russian investigation. the speaker says the unfolding situation distracted from his wants togenda, and he pass the overhaul of the nation's tax code by nations and. this is about 10 minutes.

we always enjoy a good relationship between japan and the united states and the united states and south korea but i think this is a good opportunity for japan with the further cooperation with north korea -- south korea and we hould add australia and india. , 10 years, $7.5 billion investing that money is strengthening the presence of the united states in the asia pacific. that was proposed in the united states and i am looking to see how this will develop. and in japan -- if the trump administration asks japan to further build up our capability or increase the budget for the a different dget could be raised up to 1.2% of g.d.p. and then that additional -- the budget can be used to increase the capability and increase the infrastructure capability. o support the u.s. presence. by doing so i believe that japan should take leadership in structuring the network in asia. the first, i would like to talk about the relationship with south korea. when the missile was launched y north korea and that was considered as the exercise to attack u.s. bases in japan so they shot the four missiles so th

having been appointed second the united states 26ine core, direct from may 2017. you accept such appointment you willu swear that support and defend the constitution of the united enemiesgainst all foreign and domestic? that you will bear true faith, you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation of evasion. that you will well discharm the duties of the office which you are about to enter so help you god? >> i do. marines, congratulations and seats.ur i proud torichardson the graduation class of the states navy. >> mr. vice president thank you today.ng with us fellow and distinguished guests. friends and families of the of 2017. the mid shipmen here class of 2017. now?ou feel it happening let me hear it, can you feel it happening now? i want to say congratulations to secondour newest lieutenant. a the class of 2017, we had conversation about my expectations for you. at are joining the fleet time in our history when you will be tested. when you must be ready for that test, and when you will lead your teams and you will pass and yout and you can must

we look at the data that's not only huge regional contrast within the united states, it's also a contrast out of partisan level nationwide. even conservatives in blue states tend to take a very hardo line position on broad range of issues and the perfect examples are rudy giuliani and the christies yi blue state republicans who have a supported donald trump even though they took a very hard line stance on many issues during campaign. >> mugambi jouet. here is how you can do it. 202 is the area code. our phone numbers are on the screen, and they are 748-8200 ie you live in the east and central time zones. 748-8201 for those in the mountain and pacific time zones. we will begin taking your callse just in a minute. it is that liberal america is closer to europe and other parto of the west that conservative america on many of its political social and moral valls. -- values. it is conservative america that's an exception in the modern western world. >> exactly. conservative america are outliers in the western world because of a very different -- the role of government and human rights. and in

this is not a problem of colombia only, or a problem of the united states only. it's a world problem. and we have to all work together. we declared the war on drugs 40 years ago. the world declared the war on drugs. and it's a war that has not been won. so, we must be more effective and more efficient. now, we are doing a very big effort because of the peace process to have a new strategy, carrot and stick. stick, by force, we have already eradicated this year only 15,000 hectares, which is the whole volume that we eradicated last year, and we are starting to eradicate, to substitute voluntarily through a program where the peasants, and we have 80,000 families already in the program, that they are going to substitute for legal crops. and this is the first time this could be done because of the peace. before, the conflict did not allow us to build roads and to give these peasants an alternative. now we have. so we have to take advantage of this opportunity and continue reducing the production of coca. in the meantime, we will work together, with the u.s. and other

the united states. ultimately, the final denial was in april. we have no choice. well, the choice would be to ignore a court order. so you can't pick and choose the laws that you obey and i can't pick and choose the laws that we're, by law, are required to enforce. and as i say, i've attempted to talk to senator casey, i mean, he's a busy guy too. he constituent get me yesterday but he did talk to the real person he needed to talk to, tom homan who's ice. i will try for the rest of the day and maybe for the rest of my life to talk to him, but i will give him the same message that tom homan gave him. this person exhausted all of the legal pro protections, the process that the united states laws as passed by the united states congress gave her and we had a court order to remove her and we did. we can't disobey the law. and with that, i gotta run. >> thank you, secretary, thank you very much. >> thanks so much. [ applause ] . >> as we reset the stage -- >>> the republican national lawyers association holds its annual policy conference friday in washington, d.c. this

the united states could not pretend that the war would not affect america or the united states would not get involved. she wrote a beautiful, lyrical letter i will show you later about this process. and fourth, by the time she came back from the united states, from europe to the united states just before the sinking of lusitania, she determined this war was a war of high principles and high ideals. it was a war of democracy against autocracy. those articles help to make her an even bigger celebrity. she came back to the united states just before the sinking of the lusitania as i noted. that sinking did not lead the united states to want to declare war on germany. a survey done of 1000 american newspapers shortly after the sinking of the lusitania found only six had editorials arguing for american entry. very few americans wanted to go to war. my daughter brought home the history textbook, the textbook said sinking of the lusitania led the united states into world war i. nothing could be further from the truth. the sing sink led americans what do you want to do about this war? what sh

betweens a historic day the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united states and the beginning of a turning point between the united states and the arab and islamic world. -- hisesty, the custody messy and president donald trump signed a joint strategic operation which sets the stage for a truly strategic relationship between our two countries. our relationships will evolve into a more strategic ownership, it will deal with ways to cooperate in terms of violent extremism, financing of terrorism, increasing defense capabilities, working on a defense architecture for the and then looking at how other countries can join the strategic vision that also includes trade and investment education and working in all to enhance our common interest and deal with the challenges that face both of our countries. this is unprecedented, we've not had an agreement signed by the kingdom of saudi arabia and the president to codify the relationship. this is a great compliment. in addition to the signing of this strategic vision declaration, the two countries signed a series of agreements, but commercial and gove

from them as much as i can, but i also want to work directly with you and other members of the united states senate and your staff. >> thank you. >> thank you. senator young. >> governor, thanks so much for your willingness to serve. i thank your family for their years of service as well to the state of iowa. we're glad to have someone who has a personal relationship with the president of china who's put themselves forward as well. >> i enjoyed our visit together. one of the things we talked about was north korea and you've also touched on this very important topic in your prepared statement indicating that china could play a critical role in convincing north korea to dismantle its nuclear missile programs. what more specifically do you think that china could or should do to push north korea to take the necessary steps with respect to its missile and nuclear programs? china, as you know, is a neighbor of north korea. they are major trading partner with north korea. they have recently put some restrictions on importing coal from north korea. i think there's other things they can do diplomatic

fully concur with you and what you said earlier that the relationship between vietnam and the united states is entering a new state of development and opening up new opportunities for advanced corporation. [speaking in native tongue] i also took the opportunity of my visit to celebrate the 40th anniversary of our membership to the united nations in new york and i have with me today ambassador from the public representative of vietnam to the united nations. [speaking in native tongue] let me start by thanking you for giving me the opportunity to speak here at the world renowned heritage foundation on the topic of opportunities and challenges for peace and security development in asia-pacific and the development of vietnam-us partnership. [speaking in native tongue] in 1776 declaration of independence in the united states of america president thomas jefferson wrote all men are created equal but they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. [speaking in native tongue] halfway around the world and more than a c

or the united states taxpayer.o, we are working on it, and i will tell you a big difference from last year -- money is actually starting to pour into nato from countries that would not have been doing with they are doing now had i not been elected. money is starting to pour. [applause] pres. trump: it is only fair to the united states. we want to be treated fairly. we are behind nato all the way, but we want to be treated fairly. all of us will be more safe and secure if everyone fulfills their obligations the way they are supposed to, right? there, he is agreeing with me 100%. g7 rightttended the here in sicily, and i made great progress towards vital goals. forid out my vision economic fair trade and good paying jobs and more. i called for much greater security and cooperation on matters of both terrorism, immigration, migration, to protect our citizens from saudi arabia to israel to nato to the g7. danes on -- wec made extraordinary gains on this historic trip. paved the way for a new era of cooperation among th

the united states marine corps, lt. general jack bergmann, and colonel al cook. >> representing the united states navy, commander tim murphy and lieutenant commander peel olsen. -- pete olsen. representing the united states air force brigadier general donald bacon and major adam kinzinger. representing the united states coast guard, ralph abraham and seaman steve blainye. to represent those held captive or still unaccounted for, command sergeant major tim walls and colonel joe wilson, united states army. ladies and gentlemen, we will now observe a moment of silence, followed by "taps." [moment of silence] detail, attention. [playing of "taps"] ♪ ladies and gentlemen, that concludes today's sorry money. thank you for attending. -- ceremony. >> thank you, ma'am. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [applause] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible

raw material in the united states. in wyoming specifically with, the green river basin is the world's largest area for the naturally occurring element. soda ash is a key component for manufacturing glass, soaps, chemicals. china is seeking to capture the global market share from the united states through unfair trade practices. china has given the synthetic ma makers a rebate. will you continue to highlight market subsidies like the market ash on the exports that harm -- >> thank you. the answer is yes. i look at this very much like the steel issue where they're being unfair and where they're providing unfair subsidiesubsid. this is the kind of thing that we have to strenuously object to and try to do everything we can to correct. >> we did raise it with the premier when we were there. in regard to brief, senator gardner asked a lit about that. child china lifted its ban on u.s. beef last september, technical barriers have prevented the u.s. beef from gaining access to the chinese market. in april i signed a letter on

the question now is what we will do is united states senate. there have been moments in history were senators from both political parties have been called on to put country of our party. to stand up together for the good of the nation realizing the oath of office that we have taken binds us to the constitution to the law of the land and the integrity of this institution. this is one of those moments. we need to come together to have a special prosecutor so there's no question the person who is conducting this investigation on a criminal basis is one who is trusted. we need to make certain we have a commitment a member together a person with strong bipartisan support to head up the federal bureau of investigation. we need the transcript of what occurred in the oval office meeting that iker too. most of all we need to stand together, senators from different political parties but committed to the same nation. when he pretty good of this country for the senate to come together. >> i have been extremely concerned with the administrations ties with r

that says members of congress to support the constitution of the united states. today we are called to fill that both regardless of what -- to -- to that both fulfill that oath. in othersn ambassador have information they should not have. tomorrow.wait until what we need his courage and patriotism from the republicans and what we cannot have as mumbling in the election of being concerned or troubled or wanting more information. all we need is true patriotism from the republicans and that comes from actions, not words. >> president trump is tearing down our national security and intelligence protections 140 characters at a time. tosident trump us decision relay some of our most sensitive intelligence to members of the russian government betrays an judgment. lack of president trump may say his foreign-policy is america first, but his actions really say "russia first." bite reviewing code word to russia, president trump may have exposed key intelligence sources, and danger fight against isis, and undermined the trust of our international allies and partners. which w

eclipsing even the united states. i urge you to compliment them on their significant leadership in pledging to shut down the illegal ivory markets and find ways we can explore the africa continent and that you continue to advocate for our values in china and in how we both engage in africa. >> i appreciate your bringing that issue up. and i think they have made a commitment now to stop this illegal trade in ivory. i think that is critically important. before i came back as governor, i was president of a medical school. and i actually went to africa and we have a number of doctors and medical people that volunteer and even our medical students from the university provide healthcare in africa. i think it's critically important that we work together. i will be glad to compliment them on what they're doing in africa. i think we need to look at opportunities to collaborate wherever we can. i'm appreciative of the americans who donate their service and time to help improve drinking water and to help improve conditions for p

i could be anything i want including president of the united states, secretary of state, whatever i want to be. the way they did that was interesting because they have two important mantras and i repeat these to my students. no one is going to be able to throw you off your horse. secondly, they said there are no victims. the minute you describe yourself as a victim, you've given control of your life to somebody else. my father would say somebody doesn't want to sit next to you because you're black that doesn't matter as long as they move. after co- [applause] don't let somebody else's prejudice bring you down. so i say to the young women and minorities don't internalize somebody else's prejudices about you or the views about you. i think by the way, social media has contributed to this. i heard somebody say once to a group of young people, don't compare your actual life to somebody else's virtual life cosby read on social media and everybody is perfect on social media. i think they are internalizing this sense of i can't succeed, and we need to say to them life is not so easy but if you

the united states, france, britain. they dragged the dutch republic into it, and the kingdom of mysore in india were all fighting britain. in summary, during this battle -- during this war, 200,000 french and spanish soldiers and sailors fought, as compared with about 250,000 to 380,000 americans. they were as invested in this war as we were. so i want you to know that america could never have won the war without france, and france would never have fought the war without spain. and what i hope all of you take away is this -- that america did not achieve independence by itself. instead, it was borne at a centerpiece of an international coalition which, together, worked to defeat a common adversary. that is pretty much who we are today. we are the centerpiece of international coalitions striving towards a common goal, and that is why we remain, today the indispensable nation. , thank you. prof. zagarri: thank you. [applause] now, we will have professor talk aboutrstenberg his book, "when the united states spoke french." p

. >> ladies and gentlemen, on behalf the united states house of representatives 115th congress, welcome to today's wreath laying ceremony. mr. collins: eternal god, we are thankful for this moment of remembrance for it is in the silence of this hall that we remember the sacrifices of those who have laid their life down in service to this country. we remember the brothers and the sisters in arms who willingly took on the responsibility and the burden of the defense of this country. we are thankful for their sacrifice and remembrance of their families. who saw them leave but did not see them return. i pray that we will always remember that measure of devotion and that in every moment of silence we remember that we are here in great part by their sacrifice that we honor in this place on this day. for you have given us strength. always let us have the courage to act upon it. as these we remember from every branch of service. we thank you, for it is in your name we pray, amen. >> since its founding after the civil war, the observance of memorial day has served as a solemn reminder of the cos

something that is dedicated to undermining the united states and israel. host: elizabeth is up next in las vegas. democrat. caller: good morning. good morning, congressman. it's just a pleasure to be on and speak with you. what i wanted to suggest is at when you talk about nding or giving saudi arabia $110 billion moneys to build a military and you talk about taking all of the money from globally from supporting human rights, which is what america is a beacon of light for the world and they count on us, they look to us for that kind of support, for that kind of love and guidance. when we are speaking to building the border wall and spending $100 billion on a border wall, and taking money from seniors in the health care bill, my mother is legally blinald, worked all of her life, has gone through her savings. is 85 years old. gets $1300 a month and barely can make it without her children supporting her. i am legally blind. i am on disability. i do work but without both incomes i would be out on the street. the president wants to send people back to work. the

you can be at this point too brown to enter the united states and become an immigrant. the quotas are maximum and not -- maximums not goals. ,crucially for understanding the american responses to the holocaust, the state department decides in europe or in your country whether you can qualify for an immigration visa to the united states. so you are not coming to ellis , island and presenting your papers. you're doing all that in europe. once you have your visa, then you can come and immigrate. crucially also, the united states has no refugee policy. we only have an immigration policy so people fleeing racial and religious persecution have to go through the same deliberate immigration steps as anyone else. in 1929, the stock market crashes. five years after the new immigration act. and the u.s. and a lot of the sens -- deens -- the scends into an economic depression and as a result of that president herbert hoover issues and instruction to the state department to deny immigration visas to anyone who would likely become a public charge. anyone who they perceive would at any

and the beginning of a turning point between the united states and the arab and islamic world. -- hisesty, the custody messy and president donald trump signed a joint strategic operation which sets the stage for a truly strategic relationship between our two countries. our relationships will evolve into a more strategic ownership, it will deal with ways to cooperate in terms of violent extremism, financing of terrorism, increasing defense capabilities, working on a defense architecture for the and then looking at how other countries can join the strategic vision that also includes trade and investment education and working in all to enhance our common interest and deal with the challenges that face both of our countries. this is unprecedented, we've not had an agreement signed by the kingdom of saudi arabia and the president to codify the relationship. this is a great compliment. in addition to the signing of this strategic vision declaration, the two countries signed a series of agreements, but commercial and government that involve trade investment, that involve infrastructur

we are facing this opioid crisis in the united states. just today, as part of my appropriations role we continue to seek full funding for programs to prevent addiction which often begins with scription meds, but to also treat people as a medic medical condition. the research is as clear as i possibly can be. if you are addicted to opioids, you're your ability to break free from it without medical intervention is almost none. the problem is, for most people, those resources don't exist for it we try to work from the ground up in florida because ultimately where these problems are manifesting are at the local level. people become addicted, they're in the emergency room and they save your life with narcan and you're back out on the street. we see people six, seven times a week, sometimes multiple times a day of people who are overdosing on street heroin would absolutely, we have to cut off the demand part of it but the supply part is important to because of what breeds. as soon as you cut off one substance, it breeds another. this will be an

yet, the policy of neutrality best suited the united states. its european immigrant population divided among themselves. many southerners and westerners firmly believed that they had little or nothing to gain, and lives to lose in a conflict that would benefit primarily northeastern industrialists. then why did woodrow wilson, after promising for so long to keep america out of the war, change his mind? he was convinced he could not negotiate the peace without victory with them. after backing away from unrestricted submarine warfare after sinking the lusitania in 1915, declared unrestricted submarine warfare again on january 31st, 1917. in a desperate effort to drive britain from the war, the u.s. government responded by severing diplomatic relationship with germany on february 3rd. on march 1st, wilson made public the zimmerman telegram, which the german foreign secretary proposed a german alliance with mexico, which would reward the mexican government with the return of territories lost in the mexican-american war of 1846 to 1848. on april 2nd

the united states has a comparable interest. because the balance much risks are greater for us, it really behooves china to do whatever they can, to push the north koreans, at least in the near term, to the negotiating table and then give diplomacy a chance to figure out what can be put in place to at least buy some time until we can get our hands around more permanent sorts of solutions. >> you know, senator, the only thing i would add to these very good comments is you mention said in your question the role that potentially greater economic interdependence could have in mollifying state's policies in the region, and i think while many of us teach those theories in the classroom, what's been very clear in asia is that china's growing economic interaction in the region has not had a mollifying impact, but it's actually made them leverage economic tools to their benefit in very draconian ways, whether it is economic sanctions against south korea over thaad, or tropical fruits from the philippines, or rare earth minerals to japan.

through mexico mostly and transported up into the united states. this is still relatively early in this epidemic because people are dying at very small fraction right now in the country as they are in massachusetts and new hampshire and other states but it's coming. preview of coming attractions. could you talk a little bit about your commitment to raise the profile of this issue at very highest level to make sure the chinese government understands that we expect them to crack down hard on fent nil exporters. >> actively discussing these issues. and i agree with you. this is a dangerous poison. it's a less costly narcotic than heroin and it's becoming a huge problem in many states. not just yours. it's going our direction as well. we're concerned about it. if we can stop it at its source in china we'll do that. it's human lives lost needlessly. this is a poison that needs to be prevented from going on to the world marketplace. >> thank you. again, this has to be elevated to the same level as nuclear nonproliferation, copyright, trade. has to be the

was firm and that the united states will stop that by all means necessary. i don't think that when barack obama was president our enemies really feared the united states. i think donald trump has an opportunity, whether or not he will fulfill it, it remains to be seen but he has an opportunity to restore credibility of the united states in the region. julie: he also has an opportunity strengthen relationships with america's allies like israel, arab palestinian state. how does this further isolate iran while doing that by sealing the deal, if you will, with our allies. >> visiting, participating in these ceremonies, that we see. the dancing a couple moments ago. really expressing american support for the aims that all of our allies have which is we want to have stability and peace in the middle east. the main threat to that, right now, and has been for many years, is the revolutionary regime in iran. it does not like the status quo. it is involved in yemen, it is involved in libya, is involved in a civil war in syria, it is involved in iraq, over the past sev

it was a precursor if we are looking at from the united states one of you on how the united states itself went to war within six days and created the first and only ministry of information the united states has ever had, the committee on public information coul. rob: before we get to monique, i have to make a comment that there has been a lot of new scholarship around the zimmerman telegram. one of my young scholars, who recently published a book on that, found that everything that was going on down in the mexican border, the u.s. intelligence services were convinced long before the zimmerman telegram that the germans had a hand in it. it played into some of the racial stereotypes of the era. they felt that the mexicans couldn't pull off a massacre on u.s. territory. that had to be coordinated by germans. the germans were already advising poncho villa, which we all know they weren't. about how that propaganda played into the story that the intelligence services are pitching that nobody believed. it was kind of a collision of multiple elements where, at some point, they presented the germa

from our own jim acosta, so far there isn't a scheduled briefing involving the president of the united states while he is there in saudi arabia, however, you're looking at live pictures there from riyadh, the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson will be speaking in part of a briefing, still unclear whether he's going to make a statement and leave out of the room, but reporters are likely to ask some kind of question as it pertains to russia. clarissa, the president, however is focussed on delivering a speech to majority muslim audience tomorrow. some of them representatives from countries listed on the president's initial travel ban. and furthermore, the speech is largely written by steven miller. who has gotten a lot of credit or blame, whichever way you want to look at it for some of the language that president has used in terms of, you know, islam not being a friend of the u.s. so, given all of that, what is the reception of the muslim country leaders and how does that differ from the audience of citizens of these mostly muslim nations who are part of this meeting? >> well, fred, i think

, austr austria-hungary has decided to break off diplomatic relations with the united states and the n any hostilities between the two countries, america's entry into the war and its subsequent diplomacy contributed greatly to austria-hungary's demise. >> the belgium prime minister and minister of war sent the following message by cable to president wilson. the belgian government decided in august 1914 to make an unprecedented application to your excellency. it was an act of faith and hope in the moral blunder of a republic friendly to belgium. our moral leader strong in number foreseen that in the american people and in you were its noblest expression -- we would find support for its honor and avenging arm for its martyrdom. it has clearly distinguished between those groups that have directed the assault against the rights peoples and those who have deemed is necessary to follow them, moved perhaps by a false understanding of solidarity that had been accepted for other objects than the gratuitous aggression of which civilization was the victim in 1914. the royal government has contra

russia alerted its military forces and warned that the united states is playing with fire. >> at a specialions security council, the united states, cuba and russia offered separate resolutions and traded bitter charges. >> do you, ambassador, deny to the ussr has placed and is placing medium and intermediate range missiles and sites in cuba? yes or no? don't wait for the translation. yes or no? >> i am not in an american court room, sir. therefore, i do not wish to answer a question that's put to me in the fashion in which prosecutor does. in due course, sir, you will have your replay. >> i'm prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over if that's your decision. >> each side didn't know what the other side was doing and there was a lot of room for miscalculation. >> we believe there are about 25 soviet ships moving toward cuba. if the vessel does not stop, refuses to heed the instructions, force will be applied to assure that it does stop. >> nikita khrushchev says soviet ships will never submit to the united states blockade. >> the next few days are critical. who is going to blin