the united states. ambassador anatov: you are right. of course, it is difficult to start working in the united states nowadays, frankly. as i mentioned to my new friends before our meeting, you said the first news i got when i left my plane was the decision of the united states regarding the seizure of the consulate general of -- my daughter has sent me a message saying, father, be prepared. there are a lot of journalists who would like to see you and get some remarks from you. instead of going to my house, i was forced to go to the embassy to start working. what to do under such circumstances? of course, frankly, it is difficult, but my official remarks, please, it is a lot of positive elements in our history. even during the cold war, we reached drastic agreements regarding nuclear arsenals. don't forget about the treaties like imf, start treaty. and you will see these treaties are still alive. and it's very important the united states and the russian federation consider important to sit together and

it is said that before the civil war, the united states were and after the civil war, the united states was. hold the simple declared of sentence in your mind as we go through this morning's lecture. there are certain premises that underlie my remarks as morning. the first is that world war ii was transformational in a true a dramatic way, both in the life of the planet. transformations that the united states was responsible for and participated in did not just happen to they considered decisions during the war. let's go back to that remark again. the united states stand at this moment at the summit of the world. improbablest how that statement would have been from the point of view of 1940, just five years earlier. year of the 11th great depression, which began in 1929. by extrapolating backward, the standards of poverty developed in the 1960's, historians reconstruct at a party line. we believe 45% of white households and 95% of african-american households were under the party line. 11 years of depression, one hoover administration and two roosevelt administrations had not lifted the

first, the involvement of the united states and the war with the united states. when we think of america's relationship with the first world war as being from 1917 to 1918, we are missing the main point. united states was deeply involved in this war in a variety of ways. much earlier than american entry in 1917. the other thing this poster is attempting to get across is it is part of the movement that began -- that was known as preparedness. but the united states should or should not do to change its own society. to change its way of thinking. in response to events with -- that were going on in europe. the question of how the united states interacted with the first world war before entry is something we have a lot of conventional wisdom on, half-baked ideas, but not really a lot of solid research. the book i worked on, "path to war," was an attempt to do this. to understand how a large, diverse, complicated society, like the united states, was responding to the events in europe, and how that response conditioned not only american entry in the war, but how america

possible threats to the -- threats to do the ambassador's visit to our compounds cause to the united states security? we still get a negative answer. to enter russian property, russian buildings, nobody cares to specify the reasons. what we heard from the state department is just only, you have no permission to enter russian property. it would be important to establish a joint working group on cyber security in order to dispel doubts regarding who interferes where, what was the goal and was intervention really happening, or was this just idle speculation? so far, the american side's failed to provide any evidence. we are just being told the united states cannot present the facts because there is a classified information. that way, one can come up with any charges so as to avoid speaking to the point. cultural and humanitarian ties, as well as social context that helped strengthen mutual understanding and trust among our citizens are of great importance. this area is less exposed to political environment, and it is definitely expected to bring positivity to bilateral relations. our common hi

of the united states. the values of democracy and rule of law and freedom and ability that your country has advocated is aor over 240 years beacon of light for everyone, including my people, because they also believe in these values, which i think are supreme values of democracy and freedom and rule of law. we're getting there. >> i'm hanging on your every word here come ambassador. -- here, ambassador. [laughter] >> of course i believe in voting. i voted last time and i will probably vote this time. >> can you vote overseas? option about ar month in advance and we are able to do that. to work it out because it is a big demand for it. i'm not sure if the election commission can manage that but certainly we are all excited about elections. it should happen. that's the only way it should go. >> i think we'll get to q&a in a second. two part question. to then your answer question about regional trade in response --is your or better put, what was pakistan's response to the withholding of aid? in the broader co

when united states grows, so does the world. the president will continue to promote their economic competition and will make it clear that there cannot be free trade if the countries are not held accountable to the rules. as the president said repeatedly, america and his administration support free and open trade but it is to be fair and reciprocal. we'll share about the present schedule and then i will hand it over to general mcmaster to discuss our national security priorities at the world economic forum. departs tomorrow evening. on thursday, he will have a meeting with schaub. the world economic forum will host a reception to honor the president. later at night, the president will host a small dinner with select european companies to share our economic success story and to encourage them to continue to invest in america. the attendees run companies that have sizable footprints in the united states. they have invested in our economy and we want them to continue to do so and encourage others to join them. the president looks f

he wants to see companies moving to the united states to build their product in the united states. we are getting the outcome we want to get. on the solar panels, he left enormous amount of latitude in that decision that where we actually have a business, which is making the panels, not the actual cells, the cells can be imported, we are protecting our panel makers because we do make panels here in the united states and we should continue to make panels and hire more workers in the u.s. >> on having candidates take a lead on a big global trade deal and the united states pulling out of some. are you not concerned about giving up the united states? mr. cohn: the president said this through his asia trip, he said it in europe. are ven tery opfree, fair reciprocal trade. if you treat us one way we will treat you the same way. if you have no tariff we will have no tariff. if you have tariff we should have a reciprocal tariff. it is hard to argue against that, that we should treat each other equally. that's our trade policy and we are going to keep going on that. >> a year ago at davos p

companies, fostering job creation as well as stimulating economic growth in the united states, but also providing a tremendous boost to the global economy. davos is a place where leaders of states and industry can work together in pursuit of global peace and prosperity. we live in an interdependent world where decisions made by one nation, particularly by the united states, impact all other countries. i believe that today we need to strike the right balance between the necessary rebuilding of national social contracts, and at the same time, strengthening our multilateral system to address critical issues such as trade, investment, terrorism, and migration, to name just a few. mr. president, the role of the united states and your personal leadership is absolutely essential. for this reason, your message here has tremendous relevance. of course, i am aware that your strong leadership is open to misconceptions and biased interpretations. therefore, it is so essential for us in the room to listen directly to you. this forum, as it has done for nearly five decades, should create a basis for

of the united states. and i understand there is a nexus there with u.s. forces in those regions. but, the point is to reform the immigration system to protect americans. can you provide more information, more statistics that show doing so would have prevented people from coming in who committed more crimes inside the united states? do you have maybe better examples than what you are trying to say? >> so,. >> this is the first iteration of this report. we in working together with dhs certainly expect to have more statistics and address some of the issues we weren't able to address in this initial report in future iterations of this report. in terms of the cases that are reported, i mean, if you do look at the cases, some of which are included in this section 11 report, there are certainly cases that relate to conduct that has been committed in the united states. conduct that is in support of, for instance, al qaeda or isis. so there are plenty of examples of conduct that was actually committed in the united

the united states. listen. >> no longer can we compound the attacks on truth with our silent ak wee yes sense. no longer can we turn a blind eye or deaf ear to those assaults on our institutions. an american president who cannot take criticism, who must constantly distract and distort, who must find someone else to blame, is charting a very dangerous path. and a congress that fails to act as a check on the president adds to that danger. >> gloria, it was a very, very powerful speech. >> it was a powerful speech. it was something obviously that he's given now that he's not running for re-election, i might remind you. but i do think that he is trying to kind of zwrgin up some sense among republicans that's their obligation, as members of the president's party, to fight him when he does things like call the press the enemy of the people. we saw john mccain's op ed today in the "new york times" where he echoed that sentiment and talked about the importance of a free press in this country. i think it will fa

when the united states grows, so does the world. the president will continue to promote fair economic competition and will make it clear that there cannot be free and open trade if countries are not held accountable to the rules. as the president has said repeatedly, america and his administration supports free and open trade, but it needs to be fair and reciprocal. we will now share a little bit about the present schedule and the economic agenda, and then, i will hand it over to general mcmaster to discuss our security priorities at the world economic forum and the president's meeting with world leaders. the president to parts tomorrow evening and arrives thursday morning local time in switzerland. on thursday, he will have a variety of meetings with world leaders and a quick meeting with the founder of the world economic forum. on thursday night the world , economic forum will host a reception with world leaders to honor the president. later on that night, the president will host a small dinner with select european companies to sh

of the united states. ..mmitting more crimes inside the united states? some better example than what you are trying to say? >> a few points to that. this is the first iteration of this report and response to the executive orders directors and to working together with the hs expect to have more specifics and address some of these in the initial report in future iterations of this report. in terms of the cases that are reported, if you look at the cases, some of which are included in the section 11 report, there are certainly cases thatrelate to conduct that had been committed in the united states . conduct that is in support of for instance al qaeda or isis so there are plenty examples of conduct committed in the united states which would, in the way that we define it qualify as international terrorism investigation because it leads to a foreign terrorist organization or terrorist concepts. thirdly, of course we're trying to prevent through anyway we can the administration is tryingto prevent terrorist attacks

the united states will no longer turn a blind eye to unfair economic practices including massive intellectualtheft industrial subsidies and pervasive state led economic planning. these and other predatory behaviors are disturbing global market and harming business and workers not just in the u.s. but around the globe. just like we expect leaders of other countries to present their interest, as president the united states i will always protect the interest of our country, our companies and our workers. we will enforce our trade laws and restore integrity to our trading system. only by insisting on fair and resip trades to create a system that works not just for the u.s. but for all nations. as i have said the united states is prepared to negotiate mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreements with all. this will include the country's dpp which are very important. we have agreements with several of them already. we would consider negotiating with the rest either individually or perhaps as a group if it is in the interest of all. my administration is also taking swift with action in other ways

yet this is as i said in the beginning this is a formula for off and this is a formula for the united states to exercise its leadership by military offensive and this is quite outrageous and also the question that way we haven't had one thing that happens against states that don't have them chris or you want to jump in there go ahead sorry christopher jump in there is where is worse where is philip worse russia north korea missile testing in north korea threatening. and making these aggressive stances does russia support north korea's continued nuclear proliferation and i can watching i can't identify and i can answer that question very clearly christopher if you had watched the proceedings that the united nations security council when there was a vote against north korea in which china and russia did participate and did vote for the sanction they also offered in alternative a freeze for a freeze if you go back you can watch it it's on you tube it's very thoughtful it's very thorough but you had all of the other countries saying north korea bad ok well i'm sorry that's not very intellectual

what about here in the united states? is that breakdown still about the same, about an 80/20 that we're not seeing the r&d in clean technology and development? >> i need to come back to you for that, madam chair, but worldwide it was a surprising result. >> yeah, it is. >> i thought when i read the interviews of the business leaders and so on, i thought it was the biggest part was coming from the industry and less from the public. but public was the main driver of the r&d in clean energy. >> it's very interesting. if you learn otherwise, and particularly on the u.s. side, i'd be curious to know about that. because that is -- that's not what typically we would think. you have referenced energy security many times. you know, we think about the security that comes with abundance of supply and how we can provide security that way. you've also referenced the electricfication that we're seeing around the world. you highlight increasing digitalization of power systems that can assist with levels of efficiency that i think is imp

what about here in the united states?s that breakdown still the same about 80/20 that we are not seen the r&d and clean technology development? >> i need to contact you but for me it was surprising, as well. the intel business leaders and i thought the biggest part was coming from the industry and less from the private but public was the main type of [inaudible] >> if you learn otherwise in a particular on the assize i'd be curious to know about that because that is not what is typically we would think. you have referenced energy security many types and we think of this were copes with abundance of supply and how we can provide security that way. you have also referenced the electrification that we are seeing around the world. you highlight in your testimony the increasing digitalization of power systems and again that can assist with levels of efficiency that is important but i think we also recognize that with these opportunities it can bring challenges certainly when it comes to the issue of cyber security. you have no

other domestic and external problems of the united states. the expulsion of russian diplomats, seizure and search of our diplomatic property, along with the removal of state flags of the russian federation, infringement of rights of the russian media, all these actions are destroying the foundation of the russian-american federation. the russian threat is constantly used as a pretext to strengthen the solidarity -- which takes forms of military planning. a clear example is all the hype around military exercises in 2017 conducted by russia and belarus in september. we were accused of preparing for invasion of the baltic countries for occupation of ukraine. there were rumors that once the exercise was over the russian troops would remain in belarus. none of this happened. it was all fake news. [crowd noise] however, the united states, canadian, german and british contingents which were pulled up under the pretext of this have stayed and are still there in the proximity of the russian borders. comments are unnecessary. the fact we are not welcome

saudi arabia would like the united states remain there israel would like the united states to remain there to cut down assad's government and to deny the syrian government oil water and agricultural land that's what chopping syria into two and a bella ping a long term relationship with the kurds in the north helping them it to develop greater independence will ultimately do it'll keep syria very weak this is a way to night iran the fruits of it's a victory in syria and also to bring russia down a notch so i think the united states is seeing this as a way to hurt its enemies russia and it won and to help its allies. both israel and saudi arabia the trouble is is that turkey is collateral damage here the united states' relationship with turkey is going from bad to worse and this dependence on the kurds is in a sense underlining that the united states unfortunately i believe has looked at turkey as a last partner that it's moved towards dictatorship greater islamist i'm less democracy is not something that's going to be reversed and that america can't reverse i think the united states t

much of it is in the united states. we need to make sure the banking system is not available when you transfer funds. >> thank you very much for this brilliant report. what the relationship between u.s. and russia so the last report was the enemies of russia it was 68% of russian people think they are an enemy. so you said we should make a distinction with the administration or the people. so do they come back from the spirit of cold war? to make as much people to people exchange as we can because the more information we can share the better off we are.re one ofne the curators is that i have no argument or complaints against people of russia. they are good people with a proud history and a bright future. but the soviet union decided to join that was a voluntary decision that they made. certain fundamental commitments that russia needs to comply with. basic fundamental rights for citizens in h the helsinki document they have the obligation and opportunity and i question that the conduct is not what it needed to be. but r

course during that time included the investigation into the 9/11 attacks that occurred while i was united states attorney in organized crime and terrorism unit for the southern district of new york. i appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today about the release of the department of justice and department of homeland security section 11 report. of the executive order 13780 protecting the nation from terrorist entry into the united states was a collaborative effort between the doj and dhs to respond to the directive to provide information to the american people regarding the number of foreign nationals charged with or convicted of terrorism related offenses were removed from the united states based on terrorism related or other national security reasons. the justice department's national security division maintains a list of individuals convicted of internationa interl terrorism related charges in u.s. federal courts between september 11, 2001 and december 31 of 2016. as indicated in the report as of december 312016 there are 549 individuals on the list of convictions of triggers on intern

that india now is a strategic partner for the united states and is expected by the united states to play a larger role in the region and since pakistan is not on good terms with india, therefore, perhaps pakistan is not to maintain relationship. and sometimes it's also viewed purely from counterterrorism lens, or security lens. i believe this is a very narrow approach to a country the size of pakistan and the potential of pakistan. the topic that dan has given me beyond the lens or broadening the lens, i think, is so apt and relevant because pakistan should be seen for what it is and not through the four lenses that i talked about. and that would of happen if the relationship is deemed for what actually it is. there are two levels to see how pakistan has built their relationship. one is the government to government level and other is people-to-people level. i think while the relationship h , g to g has been ups and down, p to p has-- the people of pakistan and united states have remained connected regardless of the relationship between the two governments. yes, it helps enormously the p

which has given the united states priority and identified a level of threats to the united states. and then it goes to iran and north korea and jihadi organizations. it is presently liberated by a national defense last week where it was revealed that interstate competition and not terrorism is the primary concern for the u.s. administration. and identified china and russia as the original powers antithetical to u.s. interests and trying toissipate the united states as a power inertia. also porsche rehm worse is that iran and north korea are pursuing weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. it appears that the major rivalry is an intensifying and picking up has happened steadily and these announcements made are the u.s.'s own calculations and was part of my dynamic. i believe this was already in the making and in the last couple of years especially in the last two years considerable literature appeared suggesting that the unipolar world led by the united states is giving way to multipolarity. the world was in disarray meaning the second world war, post-second world war world orr w

position on iran i have a solemn promise to israel to all the middle east and to the world the united states of america will never allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. he said the u.s. would back a two state solution if both israelis and palestinians agreed and israel's security could be guaranteed and put the onus on the palestinians to come to the table mr trump gave them jerusalem i mean what an honest broker that is the deal of the century in which jerusalem plays a major role above all this speech threw into sharp relief the different realities which the united states in israel on one side and the palestinian leadership on the other an operating in the palestinians this was further damage after donald trump's december declaration further evidence the united states could not be an honest broker for israeli ministers they were calling it emotional inspiring even zionist netanyahu later added his voice calling it a magnificent speech in particular complimenting its focus on what he called the evil regime in iran it was a powerful explosion of the enduring bond between our two countries

as well i mean diplomatically but now the united states apparently are moving this into these so to speak the military realm and once there's that modernization of the doctrine was this all about well indeed matt is former general mad. he spent a lot of time talking about how the united states military is out of date and how they need to improve to be able to react to what the united states see as a threat and so mostly mostly he's going to the united states apparently are going to focus on investing into space defense into cyberspace defense i think they will be creating a whole new unit that will be designated just with that just with this cyber defense and also nuclear the nuclear program they're going to invest more money in that because washington apparently believes that russia and china are improving and working only on advancing their own nuclear programs that they see it as their cutie to respond to that and there's all these new programs are not going to come cheap are they what do we know about how much the u.s. is putting into this now of course no we don't have th

businesses to the united states. hiring american workers. changing the direction of our economy to be one of the best, most efficient economies in the world. the president has done that, as i said, as he has gone around the world, that is what he talked about. he is firmly committed to doing that, being the best salesperson the united states has to drive economic growth and drive prosperity and drive a better quality of life for american citizens. reporter: you talked a great deal about some of the positive economic numbers. can i get you to drill down on workforce participation rate, dol, gave it a 62.8% back in june of 2017. what can or is the administration doing to get number up 70, 75, higher. >> so i talk about it, the first friday of every month, sometimes the second, when unemployment number comes out. we had two really disappointing components of the unemployment rate, of the unemployment report, not just this year but for the last three, four, five years. we had no wage growth in the united states and our p

general of the united states. conferrednstein was -- confirmed, he became director of the national security division of the united states of america now he will be assuming a critically important role as chief counsel of the fbi. dana has been a great friend and great contributor. i want to thank our state and local law officers for what you do. and weships that we have like to believe we can make better. we will be working at it. today, we face a number of serious threats. 13 group vicious ms -- with, to thet deadliest drug epidemic in american history, we have never seen anything like it before. to radical islamic terrorism that the stick district has confronted. they are determined to confront each one of these threats to give every american safety and peace of mind. that, we have to have the right policies in place. it is fair and reasonable to ask more from law enforcement while at the same time undermining their efforts through harmful or ineffective policies. i will talk a little about immigration policies

a bomb shell from the president of the united states. also in a separate interview with the wall street journal, the president of the united states said i probably have a very good relationship with kim jong-un, the north korean leader. ben cardin is with us, the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee. your reaction on this description for people who to want come to the united states from countries like haiti, el salvador, african countries to the united states, these are s-hole countries. i won't say the word. he did say why can't there be more people who come to the united states from countries like norway. he did meet with the prime minister of norway yesterday. >> well, america's strength is in our values and we stand for how we represent to the global community democratic principles, inclusion, et cetera, the president's comments damaged us greatly. now i think our responsibility to say that his comments do not represent america. we've got stand up and say that we won't tolerate that type of characterization as to

for the united states. so may overall view of the iran deal was if you go back and you look at what obama administration officials said that was necessary for a good deal, and compare it to the deal we have now, it doesn't come anywhere near what the officials, themselves, said was necessary for a good deal. if you don't believe me, you can go look at senator schumer's press release when the deal was completed. he opposed the deal. he is a democrat. he laid out all of the reasons he thought the deal was bad and i agree with every single one of his complaints. ok. we have the deal now. i am actually supportive of the administration's, the u.s. administration's approach now which is to say you don't certify the deal if we don't know for sure they are complying. there are reasons we believe they aren't complying including the fact that we don't have access to some of the military installations, the iranians complain the deal didn't include the military installations. my reading of the iran deal was it was purp

vice president of the united states and the president of the united states. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the house of representatives. the honorable paul ryan. [laughter] [applause] please be seated. good afternoon everybody. it is a privilege to welcome you to the greatest hall in washington for an even grander occasion. we will award the highest civilian honor that this body can the stove. i am honored to be joined today by president donald trump, and vice president mike pence, as well as senator elizabeth dole and second lady karen pence. i would also like to welcome all of our congressional leaders and some in a familiar faces that i see in the audience. today, it is my honor to say -1616, weuant to s awarded the congressional gold medal to the soldier, the legislator and the statesman from kansas, senator bob dole. [applause] rep. ryan: the congressional gold medal is one of our oldest traditions. since its founding, our country has been ushered beyond the threshold of greatness by individuals of unrivaled courage. bob dole is one o

we recognize that peace will require compromise but you can be confident in this the united states of america will never compromise the safety and security of the state of israel and any peace agreement. must guarantee israel's ability to defend itself by itself now there are those who believe. that the world can change that we're destined to engage and loose violence that age old conflicts can't be resolved and that hope itself is an illusion but my friends president trump doesn't believe it i don't believe it and neither do you. i stand here today in a city whose very name means peace and i stand here i know that peace is possible because history records that israel has made the very difficult decisions to achieve peace with its neighbors in the past over the past two days i've traveled to egypt and jordan to nations with them israel has long enjoy the fruits of peace i spoke with america's great friends president sisi of egypt and king abdullah of jordan about the courage of their predecessors who forged an end the conflict with israel in their time and those two leaders prove ever

look it's not as quite frankly there's some of the people of the united states that are questioning this president's fitness for office he's not a rational and to call u.n. security council over and over people processing unit process in a different country is just mind boggling i think he wants to use everything he can in his power and prior to this un security has been used by the united states this is an open secret they have contributed to it and behind the scenes they will twist arms to get it be to god we're towns this president trump is doing it out of the open which is a good thing because if anybody did go along with the united states well it would frankly show that's not how decadent they are and they can be bribed easily with is a european country or a smaller country but isn't it you know think about it if it does were a normal man who wouldn't be called as an axiomatic or out of there was a genocide taking place in rwanda and the united states fail to act so it doesn't consider genocide in fact as that time you know that they want trying is calling trying to make him a link

it has deep reach into the united states.not simply about the physical structure but about the very nature of society that the united states wants to live in. the wall as the president embraces it, with his attacks on muslims and other communities, with his resentment towards nafta, is not simply about creating a physical structure , but creating barriers and divisions in one's mind and promoting politics of exclusion and bigotry, the very opposite of the american dream. [applause] >> thank you so much for being here today. we're hoping it's going to be an exciting panel, it is certainly timely. it has been in the news all week long. the will probably be in the news as the debate gets going on all the different bills for a daca six. a lot of things get intertwined here, and we're hoping that will shed some light on the deeper underlying the discussion over issues that are the border wall or border security, and then we want to hear from you guys, what your concerns are, what your questions are. and hopefully the congressman w

interest to displace the united states as a preeminent power. of course reinforcement from iran and north korea to have weapons of mass distraction. it appears that they intensify from what these two announcements need from those calculationsns from that dynamic that was building up. i believe this was already in the making and especially the last two years suggesting the world led by the united states giving way to polarity. and to remember that it came up in disarray. with the second world war. and did not know what it would come out to be but edison came out with the prediction unless they come up with a painful decisionon but then to talk a great lake -- length but before that the longtime statesman from singapore suggested that china could be perhaps the biggest threat in the history that would require a whole new rebalance. the former australian prime minister said something similar to that like industrial evolution simultaneously combusting in 30 years. and that would require accommodation. but you have that that the time had come for the

around the world [speaking in native tongue] [applause] [applause] [applause] 70 years ago, the united states was proud to be the first nation in the world to recognize the state of israel. as you all know, the work we began on that day was left unfinished. while the united states recognize your nation, one administration after another refused to recognize your capital. just last month, president donald trump made history. he righted a 70 year wrong. he kept his word to the american people when he announced that the united states of america will finally acknowledge that jerusalem is israel's capital. [applause] the jewish people's unbreakable bond reaches back more than 3000 years. it was here in jerusalem that abraham offered his son isaac and was credited with righteousness for his faith in god. : a [applause] [applause] in the weeks ahead, our administration will advance to open the embassy to jerusalem, and that united states embassy will open before the end of next year. [applause] our president made his decision in his words in the best interest of the united states, but he also made it

to people in the united states.e agents and officers asking more questions and prosecutors prosecuting more cases. will lead to a safer united states. i firmly believe that. in support of isis-related philosophies engage in ask. talk about engaging in committing acts here in the united states that were able to prevent that makes the americans safe. >> i'd like to ask about national security as it relates to the arrest of the agents. talk about the significant of that arrest and why? >> i will say that that is demonstrated in the complaint that was unrelated to the case that former officer retained classified information. as that case proceeds through the courts, i would expect to have more information about the conduct that underlies those charges and the complaint will come out. but as of now, that case was investigated before i came to the national security division. it's an important case. it goes to illegal retention of classified information so it's going to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. >> yeste

even though international tourism surged 7% last year, trips to the united states fell about 4%. that is from the united nations world tourism organization. my partner, ali velshi, is back with us, live from the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. ali, part of this is being blamed on what is called the trump slump. >> reporter: right. so remember, some of this started after 9/11, when extra security concerns caused a lot of people who were traveling for vacation or holding con veferen in the united states to do something else. they didn't want the hassle. while travel went up for several years, it's been declining in the united states. it got really serious after the election of donald trump. here's what i found out. from our famous national parks to our equally famous theme parks, foreign tourists are checking out of the united states. the latest data from the national travel and tourism office shows a 4% decline in visits from foreign travelers and a 3.3% drop in travel spending. it's costing the u.s. economy more than $4.6 billion in spending that's gone. with it, an es

again, surprisingly, the united states opposed this move. finally, in eurasia, we have been working closely consolidating our efforts for integration. china has its own initiative. the president of russia and the chairman of china have agreed to promote couplings of eurasian integration and the one belt, one road initiative. members of the eurasian economic union have been working together on a treaty -- on a trade deal with china. simultaneously, we see context between them. also open for asian country and -- countries to join in, they have signed agreements with the eae you, for talks. on the whole, this is what president putin calls the greater eurasia project. this looks very promising. of course, we have to consider a number of important factors because there are a lot of economic interests at stake. but, everybody -- this initiative looks so promising because it is based on real-life. it doesn't set up specific frameworks in advance and moves on to practical things. no. the way we do it is -- i can give you a metaphor. you know how the

but regarding the point about the chromosomes about the united states i mean you know whetherwe can trust united states there is a different dimension of the same question existing in the minds of conservatives that is if north korea reaches the point where they have a well capability of delivering nuclear weapons to us cities will us come to rescue south korea when the north korea tries to subjugate south korea with their military means if that means north korea could actually hit back. you know and destroy u.s. cities is united states going to still be willing to help south korea so that's the fear of the collapse so extended that there is on the side of the united states the lone help the decades long security guarantee and that's the fear of nuclear weapons here about north korea's nuclear weapons capabilities so we do have that trust issue in a very different kind of dimension regarding u.s. capability and willingness to help so korea so that's a very important point to keep in mind that while keeping those concerns in mind conservatives at the same time also advocate per

the recall, the recent the united states went into korea because it was elevated. and so if we had just given up at that point and left the north korean state would've dominated. to give you an idea what it would be like go on google and google the creative slot at night. in the north there's a single point of light. everything else is black. if we had not stayed the bottom half would be unilluminated as well. are about to sign some books for you thank you. he talked about his book at the heritage foundation in washington, d.c. this is one hour. >> good morning. welcome to the heritage foundation. we welcome us for joining us on the website and on c-span

to peacekeeping on the continent in the fight against terror and we believe that of course the united states has a great role to play not least being a member of the united nations security council and its current position on grid wanting to reduce contributions to peace the operations around the world would negatively impact not only me the nation around to help africa europe but also the entire thank you very much from thinkable does i think and the calendar thank you leave that alone to a spokeswoman for the african union joining us there from our to sanctify a timely appreciate it. and u.s. president donald trump is expected to reluctant to extend sanctions relieved to iran the way various part of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal was brokered by world powers but the u.s. congress requires the president reaffirmed the agreement every ninety days during the last headline in october declined to certify iran's compliance but congress didn't act to re-impose sanctions and while the president is expected to sign off on the nuclear deal on friday his treasury secretary says new u.s. sanctio

yet this is as i said in the beginning this is a formula for off and this is a formula for the united states to exercise its leadership by military offensive and this is quite outrageous and also the question that way we haven't had one thing that happens against states that don't have them christiane you want to jump in there go ahead sorry christopher jump in there is where is worse where is philip worse russia north korea missile testing in north korea threatening. and making these aggressive stances does russia support north korea's continued nuclear proliferation and launching i can't i can't i can answer that question very clearly christopher if you had watched the proceedings that the united nations security council when there was a vote against north korea in which china and russia did participate and did vote for the sanction they also offered in alternative a freeze for a freeze in a go back you can watch it it's on you tube it's very thoughtful it's very thorough but you had all of the other countries saying north korea bad ok well i'm sorry that's not very intellectual it's not v

the recall, the recent the united states went into korea because it was elevated. and so if we had just given up at that point and left the north korean state would've dominated. to give you an idea what it would be like go on google and google the creative slot at night. in the north there's a single point of light. everything else is black. if we had not stayed the bottom half would be unilluminated as well. are about to sign some books for you thank you. [inaudible] >> this weekend, the city's tour takes you to springfield, missouri. work with media come to explore the literary scene in the birthplace of route 66 in missouri. >> at noon eastern on book tv jeremy neely talks about the conflict occurring rather kansas missouri border in his book, the border between the. >> john brown begins a series of raids into western missouri. during which his men will liberate and help escape to freedom. the legend is really part of the struggle that people understand is the beginning of the war. >> on 2:00 p.m. we visit the nra national sporting arms museum. >> roosevelt was

he declared the defense of saudi arabia as vital to the defense of the united states. the us soon began selling arms to the saudis, a trend that continues today. - the purpose of the hearing is to assess the executive grant proposal for a 3.1 billion sale, dollar sale of 315 n182 tanks and other military equipment services to saudi arabia. the equipment is some of the most sophisticated in the united states military arsenal. - oil was transitioning to becoming the life blood of modern civilization. if electricity is literally the circuitry, without which, modern life is impossible. oil is the life blood. - it's both vital to our economy and it's vital to our military, and that became true once we switch to an oil-based military. - 15% of our oil imports still come from saudi arabia. and saudi arabia is the key country that sets the international hydrocarbon's price for all the world through it's petroleum production. it produces 10 1/2 million barrels a day. it has 259 billion barrels of oil. - [narrator] the alliance was further cemented during the cold war. in the 19

>> it means that the united states is in chaos.t means, if i'm vladimir putin and i look at donald trump and i see donald trump paying me one compliment after another and i see donald trump going out of his way to insult, do worse, the pand one politician after ess, another. if i'm vladimir putin and i'm trying to reassert russian power and influence in the world, trying to bring stability, trying to get rid of sanctions, i'm delighted. >> david remnick, thank you so much. your insight's always so valuable. >> great to be here. thank you. >> and that's it for our program tonight. thank you for watching "amanpour on pbs," and join us again tomorrow night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> announcer: "amanpour on pbs" was made possible by the generous support of rosalind p. walter. >>> you're watching pbs. katty: you are watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs. america celebrates the birth of dr. martin luther king as donald trump denies he is racist. christian: he says he is the least racist person to ever be interviewed. katty: pr

katz versus united states. and these cases the supreme court changes its tune and said wiretaps have to follow the same procedures for a warrant. must be probable cause, the people initiating have to specify the crime they're investigating and the place to be searched, specify the conversation to be seized. in 1968, congress follows suit and sets specific standards for obtaining wiretaps. this will not stop them. cointel pro will go on to target other groups including black panther party. which it helps to destroy within informants, misinformation, and violence. and the american indian movement, which ends with a violent 1971 siege in south dakota. the fbi will also go after the new left and the ku klux klan successfully undermine both in some disagree. then in 1975 watergate. revelations in the "new york times" that government spying prompted the creation of a special congressional committee lead by frank church, democrat from idaho to investigate the intelligence community. someone managed to break into an fb