to the united states are larger than the united states i mean trying to cripple one of the biggest economies in the world with an upward trajectory is a tall order i think you need more than just tariffs if you want to cripple economy i think you know what i'm getting at go ahead fred i think james have the right in terms of some of the i think will be president trump and you know his close associates trying to start this confrontation with another country which is china however you know all of the things between united's and china affects the whole world in terms of trade as well so you know they can try. even while we goes bankrupt it will leave $100.00 over 180000 very capable employees and they will start up tents of companies like the hallway and will be competing again so busy i think you know we have to realize ringback that this one is a very very complicated war it's not a very simple one just situation ok james i mean we're looking at western press reports see china walked away from the deal but if you look at the details of the deal that there was being proposed by the trumpet min

in the united states. we have some interesting trade deals going on. i'm sure you haven't read too much about it with others. last year for the first time in a decade, the united states was ranked the most competitive economy anywhere in the world. during that year, our economy grew at 3%. if the fed didn't raise interest rates, frankly, it would have been much higher than 3%. and the stock market as high as it's been would have been at least probably anywhere from 7,000 to 10,000 points higher. but they wanted to raise interest rates. you'll explain that to me. according to the world economic forum, our financial system and business dynamics and labor market all ranked number one, anywhere in the world. manufacturing and small business optimism have set all-time records and consumer confidence has just surged to a 21-year high. so, they do studies, they do polls, and we're literally at the top of every study and every poll, so that's good. the optimism is what it's all about, when you think about it. we s

because it could call into question the assurance in the eyes of our allies and partners that the united states will come to their defense in extreme circumstances. for nato, neither the united kingdom nor france have the full range of capabilities and associate the options that the united states possesses. they can not replace u.s. guarantees. our asian allies rely substantially on u.s. nuclear forces for they are deterrence needs and the adoption by the u.s. of a no first use policy could incentivize others to develop their own nuclear weapons which would seriously undermine our nonproliferation policy. in fact i would argue that our current policy is one of the great disincentives to nuclear proliferation today. conventional forces are also unlikely to provide the same deterrent effect as nuclear weapons as they may not be able to hold at risk what the adversary's or to deter aggression in vital regions. moreover allies might need to recalibrate how accommodating they might become to protect interests in the face of nuclear armed adversary's. adoption of a new first use policy would cause u.

than they import to the united states. they run out of american imports for tariffs. they are more exposed to our market than we are to theirs in that sense. so they have to look for other ways to retaliate. they can go for a much higher level of tariffs and they can really go back to companies or industries. general matters, apple, they make most of their profits in china. and china has various ways to make that business far harder for specific american corporations. china has been very hesitant to do that so far because it hurts china as well. it makes china seem like a bad pla place. china could, for. president trump wants to see a healthy stock mark. they want their design off the table for the 2020 elections. both sides want to wrap it up but neither donald trump nor xi jinping can afford to look weak. >> thank you very much for taking my call. i'm not an economist, but i was just wondering, no one seems to mention, what impact does china's erode initiative have on the economy, and also, china is prepared to open an a

what he wants to be announced i think there's an irony that you were pointing to earlier that the united states is now backing is now advancing a process that could very well lead in most to a by international society i mean there already is a bi national state is what i call in my forthcoming book paradigm last a one state reality between the river and the sea is not a solution but it is a reality there is one and only one state it rules of 13 f. 14000000 people but it rules them in different ways in different zones and that's not unusual for non-democratic states which israel has evolved to become let me ask you specifically about this one state configuration which you say is already a reality because israel effectively east controlling all the area between the jordan river and the sea without granting all the people who leave their. basic human rights not even equal we are talking about basic human rights why would israel under its current leadership want to change that what possible motive could it have to. addressing the problem and the suffering of the palestinians well i don't really thi

happened in the united states what is import. and is that these sanctions are not only equal and have no legal effect not no economic effect but they also won't have any political effect the success or failure of these sanctions is going to be who buy their on the oil so we are talking about countries such as china turkey and india who are your major oil importers are they going to continue to buy a new normal two points first world these countries have declared that they do not recognize u.s. sanctions for. their private companies may because of u.s. corage and because of their heavy hand that the united states is exercising on these issues may find it just prudent for themselves in the short term and i don't think it's prudent for anybody in the medium and long term to decrease but that doesn't mean that the government's agree and the governments have announced that they do not recognize what is your plan how are you going to make sure that the people of iran don't feel the crunch that the united states wants to well first of a

with a veto they lost faith in the united states to see the end of their suffering a little further out of reach. madam president, it's not, however, too late for congress to do the right thing. by overriding this veto, we assert this body's authority to support peace and human rights while making america safer and more secure. madam president, i would yield ficer: withoutsuggest the objection. mr. lee: madam president, over the past few months, the members of this body and the members of the united states house of representatives resoundingly have voted in favor of senate joint resolution 7 which would remove u.s. armed forces from saudi arabia's war in yemen. this unconstitutional, unjustified, and ultimately immoral war has repeatedly come up over the last year. and thankfully america's elected lawmakers in washington have taken a stand against it. now the president has vetoed our resolution. but today we have the opportunity and i believe we have the absolute constitutional duty to once again take a stand on this important matter. today we have the opportunity to override the veto i

the united states will have seen -- see rules-based order is in the interest of the united states. not that i speak for the united states. i am a canadian. [laughter] >> what happens if we end up in a situation in which trade disputes are settled between countries on a bilateral basis, which seems to be the preference of the u.s. at the moment, rather than by an international body or independent arbiter? are we entering a new world of thestrongest get to dictate rules of the system? what are the implications? min. carr: i can only speak for system.dian we have successfully negotiated with the europeans and recently with asian-pacific states. this is interesting. the process through the parliament of canada broke land speed records. never before according to people who have been around longer than i have has a bill gone through parliament, the house of commons in the because there was a consensus among the political parties that it was good for canada. why is it good for canada? it gives us preferential access nowmportant markets and that the trade results are available for the firs

, the united states congress. it is inappropriate for there to be saber rattling by this administration with iran, with no explanation, as to can why we send young men and women in harm's way. we should not use one approach to start a war. to overcome an approach dealing with the investigation of the rule of law. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: i oppose any such saber rattling and we need to understand what is going on in the middle east. we have to protect the men and women of the united states military though they fight for us. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa, seek recognition? mr. lamalfa: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker. sadly i rise today to honor fallen u.s. marine from my district in northern california. staff sergeant

oh by the united states to taiwan always fall on a deaf ear but the point is. what is a real use. to taiwan. the men in the china is becoming stronger and stronger no matter how many weapons to taiwan would have by their would not be useful. was the scenario i believe the taiwanese. is not to really buy weapons they're trying to buy you sure it's are you sure is that it could be filled with american blood are you sure it's not to could not to really guard he's a safety so what. is the safety of the taiwanese people their safety and security come from good relationship with them and then china that is where the security lie and even economically dependent so heavily upon men and china i know we have extended the good will time and again if you compare the previous. and the current to us r.t. you would find the difference so. and it won't be. across a strait utilizing the trust of china taiwan. now at the moscow conference on international security minister of aid said that china is strongly against the taiwan travel act that the united states adopt it is a blatant interference in c

will be able to guarantee the future life of the joint comprehensive plan of action while the united states has withdrawn from the j c p o a nuclear conclusion u.s. officials have stated as they have stated before that they would be open to renegotiating and coming up with a new deal that would be more favorable to the united states but at this point iran is giving the european countries sixty days they have partially withdrawn from the deal. i'm saying that with the u.s. pulling out a lot of damage has been done to their economy with banking and industrial sanctions and that they basically i want to be compensated for the u.s.a.'s withdraw ok thanks for that let's see what's been happening across the atlantic part which is an r.t.s. london bureau either the trap between the u.s. and iran right now what have we been hearing from europe where europe admits that so far iran has complied with the twenty fifteen nuclear deal but the trumpet ministration clearly think the opposite the germans they believe that the deal is there to be saved and they've urged iran not to take what they call any ag

the truth to the congress of the united states. that's a crime. reporter: speaker pelosi, what are you considering for members of the administration who don't comply with congressional subpoenas? ms. pelosi: i have great confidence in our committees. we have six committees that have -- five of them have subpoenas. so far, we don't have one from the foreign affairs committee. but five of the six committees of jurisdiction have the potential for subpoenas. they haven't all should subpoenas. but that's where we see some of that activity. as you probably know in the articles of impeachment for president nixon, article 3 was that he ignored the subpoenas of congress, that he did not honor the subpoenas. this is very, very serious. but my judgment will spring from the judgment of our committee chairs. and in terms of -- i'm looking at mr. nadler's statement, in the close of his statement today relating to the attorney general he said history will judge us on how we face this challenge. we will be held accountable one way or the other. if

president trump of the united states, the floor is yours. >> prime minister abe, the first lady and ire profoundly honored to return to this very beautiful nation as japan's first state get following the enthrownment of his majesty, the emperor. on behalf of the united states, we want to thank the imperial family for this gracious invitation and warm welcome. it was really wonderful. melania and i are thrilled to be back in the land of the rising sun. it is a true privilege to take part in the splendor of this historic moment and witness an ancient japanese tradition as you begin the new imperial era. we look forward to seeing the new imper ror continue his father's extraordinary legacy. yesterday, melania and i were delighted to join you, prime minister, in attending a sumo tournament. i've always wanted to see a sumo tournament, so true. and they are bigger and stronger than i even thought. and your very impressive and new national arena where i presented the first-ever u.s. president's cup to the sumo grand champion. that was something. this morning, we participated in a mag magnif

top diplomats from the united states and russia have tried to mend fences in a meeting in sochi you're sexual states and the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov emphasized improving relations but major differences differences still remain over iran. for more on that meeting between proper number of joining us here on set is nicholai cause enough visiting associate professor at cass university's golf study center welcome to the program. tell us more about this meeting despite the usual niceties very little agreed on it seems well. nothing should be expected from this meeting because it's the 1st meeting in. the reset russian locus so its main priority was to determine actually the point of divergence and convergence so from this point of view this meeting this goal. tensions in the region re iran very different positions that. russia and iran strategic allies united states an escalating things there if you like what's your sense of how important it is that this this triangle. russia the united states and iran are going to play out well i would say 1st of all we need to use the word a

a decision, are they conforming with the constitution of the united states as interpreted by the unitedtates supreme court or not? if they are not, then that law will be invalidated and it will not be able to be applied to the women of that state. [ applause ] >> the supreme court that decided this case -- >> yeah -- >> -- includes neil gorsuch, who has that seat because mitch mcconnell held it open, refused to even allow confirmation hearings for merrick garland. >> right. >> president obama's last choice. >> right. for nine months. >> and mitch mcconnell at the time said of course you don't confirm supreme court justices in the last year of a presidential term. let's listen to what mitch mcconnell said today about that question. >> if a supreme court was open before next year, what would you do? >> we'll fill it. >> he'd do what? >> he said i'd be filling the seat, if a supreme court justice were to die in the last year of the trump presidency, what would he do? he would go against what he said was the principle he was using in the last year of the obama presidency. >> well, he also s

is pulls out of the nuclear agreement and the 2nd is that the united states as a negotiating proposition has not been able to put forward in a similar relationship with the north koreans any kind of run arrangement which could lead forward to a peaceful resolution of the problem of iranian of north korean nuclear ization the 2 are quite different in many of their details but the substance of those i think is casting a shadow from the far east right into the middle east and into the gulf region and do you think the u.s. is heading for another middle eastern war. well i hope not and i think most americans who would join me in that feeling there seems to be no jingoistic approach here with some rare exceptions perhaps in the white house with mr bolton and perhaps in the state department was secretary pump aoe but it is very clear the american military has no appetite for moving in that direction and it's quite clear the president who ran on a platform which was basically no more wars he was himself reaching out to see if he could find a way to get over the barrier which i think it his self

there's no mandate for the united states to assert thing.hat you're going to continue to see is sanctions being increased more pressure on the regime, hopefully coordinated with the international community, but as you said, the situation is fairly dire, the water supplies are blackouts. there's no internet connection, whenever there's something that the government doesn't want people to see, they shut down internet connections, airways for statesmen media, really fquite a close society when the regime wants it to be. so this is a society that's in whole-scale collapse and the question is, you know, what can the venezuelans do about that and that's what people are discussing right now. >> host: let's take calls, first one from minnesota, independent line, jack, you're with eric, go ahead. >> good morning, gentlemen, you just had a quote lovely president trump here on venezuela, the usual bs, like the bs we are hearing from our guest, here is a quote from andrew mccabe's recent book, trump is quoted as saying, why aren't we at war with venezue

united states know how to. take a step back from this destructive policy. for raaz we have always committed. political and diplomatic dialogue. the diplomatic approach jag always civilizational. tens of thousands of years. of being religious people we have not been looking for a conflict or a war we've been trying to solve issues through dialogue as well as the united states or a much smaller timeframe has existed it created more wars that we have been participating in history that spans over towns of us i was in this years. we've just been listening there to a joint media conference between sergei lavrov fund zarif the foreign ministers respectively of russia and ran a lot spoken about over the last thirty minutes there but as you could hear the big topic being to ron's announcement earlier of a gradual scale don of the country's nuclear commitments in essence the twenty eight fifteen nuclear deal the joint comprehensive plan of action is a refund indeed surrogate lavrov saying that signatories to the deal. fa

have increased flows to the united states because the united states has a good economic situation.hich is not the case in central america. >> should i ask you in spanish or english? in eppinglish. ok. - english? i was wondering if mexico is willing to support actions regarding the persecution of people linked with the maduro regime. according to our investigations, there are many eople linked with crimes against humanity trying to hide themselves, trying to see mexico among many other places as a safety haven and trying to use this neutrality, or leverage on this neutrality policy. to my mind, as desmond tutu said, when you are neutral in situations of oppression, you choose the side of the oppressor. i was wondering and there are many specific cases i can talk to about one. i was selected by a former major of a district elected in mexico. i don't know if you guys are going to do something about it. hanks. >> the mexican position is not about no position. we have a position. we present our idea and our proposal with 15 countries o have a dialogue. excuse me. i listened to you. than

right behind president donald trump but they also know that the people who are hurting in the united states at the moment include farmers in some of those swing states who may not be able to endure a 2nd year of losses and may not be so supportive of president from now that we're entering the electoral cycle in the united states an age in these growing tensions is it possible to gauge how the chinese people are reacting. well you know one thing to make clear nic is that there's no panic a don't see sort of queues outside the shops near the china u.s. trade war is not a big talking point i have to say among chinese people that you speak to but the trade issue is is a symptom of of wider conflict between china and the united states right now the irony is that probably trade is the one area that in the past china and the united states had fairly good relations the more intractable problems remain things like you know the south china sea dispute taiwan and walk away you know but trade is is potentially the one area where they will do a deal. origen lieberman thanks very much indeed reporting fr

right behind president donald trump but they also know that the people who are hurting in the united states at the moment include farmers in some of those swing states who may not be able to endure a 2nd year of losses and may not be so supportive of president trump now that we're entering the electoral cycle in the united states saudi arabia says 2 of its oil tankers has suffered significant damage in an attack on cargo ships off the u. easy eastern coast the u.s. government says 4 commercial ships were subject to sabotage early on sunday it says this happened close to the port fujita authorities say there were no casualties has been no independent confirmation of the incident when george lakoff hero is a fellow with gulf state analytics and he says the incident raises the stakes in an already tense region. as the white house is intensifying its so-called the maximum pressure campaign on the islamic republic officials in tehran are also considering what options they have to put pressure on iran as adversaries for a long time and people have speculated about as soon ario whereby the hero ro

trump of thet united states, the floor is yours. pres. ump: prime minister abe, the first lady and i are profoundly honored to turn to this very beautiful nation as japan's first state guests following the enthronement of his majesty, the emperor. on behalf of the united states, we want to think the imperial family for this gracious invitation and warm welcome. it was really wonderful. melania and i are thrilled to be back in the land of the rising sun. it is a true privilege to take part in the splendor of this historic moment and to witness an ancient japanese tradition as you begin the new imperial era. we look forward to seeing the new emperor continue his father's extraordinary legacy. yesterday, malala you and i were delighted to join you -- melania and i were delighted to join you at a sumo tournament. always wanted to see a sumo tournament. so true. they are bigger and stronger than i even thought. very impressive. a new national arena where i presented the first ever u.s. president's cup to the sumo grand champion. that was someth

ultimately primarily on the invs.ments we make here in the united states. as my colleagues on this panel have stated, it is undeniably true that they have benefit interested a variety of unfair and at times illegal state financing, economic espionage, and other illegal practices, we also need to recognize away competitor. as is china. they spent $15 billion last year in r&d spending, ranking number five among all technology companies globally. it has 15% of the standard essential patents related to 5-g technology, an issue that senator coons brought up earlier. it offers a a product that has come through today many foreign companies -- boat the lead and development of the technologies that sort of will be built around 5-g as assistant secretary can krebs said, we are not going to win this race. it is important we confront china internationally, we need to focus at least as much on the investments we make here at home. on that note, i would like to commend recent steps by the fcc and the trump administration to try to speed the deployment of 5-g technology he

the constitution of the united states is the organizatiarchety constitution. britain has historically been the archetypal political state. in britain, as in many other countries, including the united states, we have witnessed a mounting tide of hostility to representative politics over the past three or four decades. this has naturally been accompanied by a growing interest in the legal constitutional model, especially among the judiciary. this is, therefore, a good time to be assessing its attractions, and washington is a good place in which to do it. for the legal model raises dilemmas in a democracy of which the united states has a longer and more varied experience than any other country in the world. the prime purpose about any constitution is to provide a framework of political rules for making collective decisions. in its original form of 1787, the constitution of the united states did almost nothing else. the protection of rights came later with the ten amendments of 1791, which together constitute the bill of rights. 12 years later in 1803 came the deci

the attorney general of the united states declined to appear voluntarily before the united states house of representatives committee on the judiciary. i think there is good reason in that the attorney general is uncomfortable coming before the committee and answering questions. we intend to ensure that we have the ability to get both the witnesses to testify under oath before the committee and the documents that are necessary to do our oversight work. that is the -- there are other members here. i think they want us in a group. and i think we will do whatever is necessary to get the documents we need to complete our work and bring witnesses before the committee under oath. our oversight responsibility is directly dependent on our ability to bring witnesses before the committee and compel the production of evidence and if we allow the executive branch to decide what they are going to give us, they will have extinguished congressional oversight. mr. raskin: the executive branch is out of face here. in the past, the president and the congress could disagree and go back and forth. what we h

exclusionary areas of privacy that they can push the united states out. why? thout the states you can intimidate countries like singapore. so how does your government feel doing business with the chinese communist party's policies in the region? because officials sound much different than you do. so we have to recognize that all free and open societies it is time to have a conversation with china to explain to china that its activities to establish hegemonic control over the indo pacific region and to challenge the united states, canada any free or open societies and what we stand for globally has got to stop. and china and teethree in the chinese party has to recognize china is risking those gains lifting those people out of poverty all that is in jeopardy dow. is not just a military issue. all of these are integrated so now let's ask a country in our hemisphere like ecuador how is that going for them? and 19 billion-dollar dam built at the base of the active volcano that was claimed immediately for the first time it blew out the entire country's electrical sy

for the united states government and politics exam? saturday at 9:00 eastern, a live discussion with high school government teachers in lincolnshire, illinois. .> our question is >> it is one of the words that our students struggled with. the idea is if you are trying to get a big bill passed, you have some quid pro quo, this for that. sometimes we call it your marks and if you have that, you will get more supportive votes. >> watch the cram for the exam on saturday 9:00 eastern on c-span. up next, house speaker nancy pelosi with her weekly news conference discussing the democratic legislative agenda and attorney general william barr. she is followed by house majority leader mccarthy. ms. pelosi: good morning, everyone. yesterday was quite a day. i lost sleep after watching over and over again the testimony of the attorney general of the united states. how sad it is. how sad it is for us to see the top law enforcement officer in our country misrepresenting, withholding the truth from the congress of the united states. i think it's -- a

united states. senate committee on foreign relations have just entered into negotiations further negotiations with the intelligence agencies to get the to get more information on that look there's there's there's nobody i hope you're not thinking that there's somebody that that is soft on this the thinks that this is all right this is not all right the saudi arabia is a strong allies are saying that but we heard the president say maybe he did it maybe didn't there. look i'm not going to defend the president here you know if you wanted to interview him i can line me up probably with some people who can in d.c. who you can do an interview on and you can cross-examine them all day long on a statements that the president has made tweeting an otherwise and you'll have a long long interview and fine and that will be great asked me what we're doing and how we look at this you should have lindsey the kind of denies responsible lindsay's a really really good friend of mine recently and i have had fun. i have

on january 20, 2017, he took the oath of office as the 48th vice president of the united states of america. vice president pence's home state is referred to as the crossroads of america because of its central location in the country's heartland. mr. pence, this conference in many ways sits at the crossroads of the americas as a convening forum that addresses the most important policies that shape our hemisphere. as the theme of this year's congress suggests, the americas are undergoing historic moments of disruption and transformation. mr. vice president, we are delighted that you are here with us today. ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to welcome to the 49th washington conference on the americas, the vice president of the united states of america, michael pence. [applause] vp pence: thank you all. thank you very much. thank you chairman gluski, thank you for that wonderful introduction. to president-elect kelly, vice president ramirez, to all the leaders in public and in business life gathered here today. it is an honor to be here at the u.s. state department, at the crossroad of the

supplying lethal weapons to ukraine we have the united states going to the south china sea as remarkably in the middle of trade negotiations here we have a hyper aggressive foreign policy but where is the anti-war movement other than places like this and people like yourselves go ahead medea in washington. unfortunately i think people are so consumed by domestic issues and there are so many important issues in the mainstream media in this country is super hyper focused on domestic issues and on partisan issues and there is very little coverage of what's going on in the world i think for the most part people are unaware of all of these global wars that are still going on 2 decades afterwards and the new threats that are happening so we have an educated public and those who are educated in terms of being active and wanting to get involved tend to be involved in issues related to the environment to the terrible issues of racism. the issues around things like homophobia is. i'm a phobia and partisan politics ok but walter is the lack of knowledge the ignorance an intentional ploy

this whole russia gate is this is why i warn people who consider themselves on the left in the united states from pushing russia gate because it's going to be used to ramp up a cold war it's got it's been used as expand the security state inside the united states to use the security state's control over social media so the reason why this keeps going is because even though the moeller report came out and he said there was no collusion or conspiracy between the drum campaign and russia to influence the election and the reason why this keeps going is because it serves so many different interests one is people like the carlyle group who he's a mouthpiece for they make a lot of money off of the budget that we're spending or we're spending seven hundred fifteen billion dollars a year on our military which is a two hundred billion dollar increase since the height of the iraq war we never had a debate about this there was never no there is no town hall meetings about this this just happens because our government has been captured by corporations if you want to see the people who are really influenc

and that is that the united states involvement in this war is clearly unconstitutional. now i hear many of my republican friends claim that their strict constitutionalists. well, if you are a strict constitutionalists, voting to override trump's veto should be a no-brainer, because this war has not been authorized by congress, is unconstitutional. let me remind my colleagues who may have forgotten what is in the united states constitution. article one section eight states clearly, and i quote, congress shall have power to declare war, end of quote, while the president has the authority over the conflict before once it has been declared. the founding fathers day the power to authorize military conflicts to congress, the branch most accountable to the people. mr. president, under the war powers act of 1973, the assignment of a member of united states armed forces to, quote, demand, courtney, participate in the movement of or a company can end quote,du another countries military during a war constitutes the introduction of the united states into a conflict. our military inv

court tomorrow via video link on extradition charges to the united states for violating the espionage act i think ringback the united states government made a foolish tactical blunder by indicting him and the espionage act merely publishing material that was classified and stolen by busy others had they maintained their original indictment for helping to break into a password and helping to steal classified information i think the extradition would be open and shut and britain would under the tree extradite but now they raise the problem of whether this is a political prosecution whether it's prosecution that could not occur in great britain whether it's a prosecution that great britain in its discretion would prefer not to be part of so i think they made it harder to extradite by this. 2nd indictment which was utterly unnecessary they could have given him a one sentence if he had been convicted under the 1st indictment so why did they go forward with the 2nd one a foolish mistake or in fact part of a grand conspiracy involving a russian agent as your president and wiki leaks a russia

we thank you for the rich diversity of the 61st graduating class of the united states air force academy all of the states and territories of america, as well as our allied nations from around the world. of solidarityple and perseverance, through the challenges of their academy experience, remind us all of the rich rewards gained from loving our neighbors near and far. and encourage us to afford dignity and respect to all. we are proud of our rich military heritage, and the heroes and heroines who have led the way. 2019eil armstrong class of has lived up to their exemplar, as well as the gold standard of their class colors and the challenge of their motto, conquer mind, conquer all. we give thanks for all who have supported their accomplishments, family, friends, benefactors, academy staff, faculties, professors, supervisors and peers. bless and give them your love, mercy, and wisdom always. we are grateful to the members of the legacy class of 1969, and the many sponsors who inspired our cadets along the way. this day culminates a well-deserved return on extraordinary efforts expended.

russia offers strong backing to tehran saying irresponsible behavior from the united states prompted the tension over the nuclear deal. clone forty back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up so darren's opposition leaders warn of more on braced accusing the military of delaying the transfer of power to civilians plus donald trump involved say executive privilege to block the full release of special counsel miller's report into russian interference in the twenty six thousand election. thank you for joining as iran says it will roll back two of its commitments to world powers under the twenty fifty nuclear deal president has on ronnie's announcement comes exactly a year after u.s. president donald trump withdrew from that. mark agreement tehran is now threatening further steps in sixty days if european leaders fail to keep their promises to protect tehran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions poorly domi improves it juliet's lomie you don't we will stop selling two items as of today we will need this so and boost your in him no will be so a heavy water from

so there's a contradiction there if you can purchase them in the united states foreigners come to the united states purchase them and read them and we really did assume that statute has a huge loophole which would suggest that. someone at some level of prosecution has done so titian co was charged in absentia here back in 2016 although he was none the wiser and after traveling to ourselves. festival in neighboring georgia earlier this year he was swiftly detained and extradited at the u.s. government's request eagle dynamics the software company were a leg work for many years have distanced themselves from the whole story eagle dynamics confirms that it was not involved in any way in the actions of its employee who acted in a purely private context and his own personal interests the company develops all of its d.c.'s aircraft again modules exclusively on the basis of publicly available information and has never used nor tried to taint any classified information at least the computer whiz isn't entirely alone the russian embassy in the u.s. has been following the case accusing u

to stand trial in the united states this is a threat to any journalists covering u.s. war crimes or national security issues around the world do you think as the u.s. intention in throwing the book at us songs too would also any other journalists and publish says from. revealing classified information there's no doubt that's part of that they want to frighten the media into not covering us activity around the world the u.s. is often involved in activity that could be characterized as war crimes certainly atrocities and certainly often corruption of our transnational corporations that was all the kind of thing that wiki leaks was reporting and they obviously offended wiki leaks i was defended the united states by challenge the military industrial intelligence complex here and they want revenge and they want to send a message to any other journalist who dares tries to expose us workarounds remember the international criminal court was threatened when they said they started to investigate us potential war us workers in afghanistan and force the i.c.c. to back down to the

diehl the united states saying no that isn't enough the united states saying adding additional additional basically fact is that the iranian nuclear deal it isn't just the nuclear weapons it's also iran's behavior support for groups that the united states doesn't like interferences they said meddling in local affairs in local come conflicts the united states wants that to stop not just to be able to verify that iran is abiding by its nuclear commitments but again they've said that they will continue to work the united states stressing that it doesn't want a conflict war with iran regardless of all these rumors about 120000 american soldiers potentially being sent an entire army being sent to the middle east to think against iran they also spoke about north korea both sides much closer here than on the other issue saying that with regards to north korea they remain committed to seeing the peninsula denuclearized they want to see north korea give up its nuclear weapons give up its nuclear ambitions and to be able to verify that that is happening and on that topic they said that. in comparis

it has the clear and demonstrated intent, if you read xi jinping's words, to displace the united states as the world' largest econd the world's superpower. so there's no doubt that china is the main threat we face goin forw a nation-state to nation-state environment. now, that doesn't mean that russia is not a threat. we saw what they can do through their intelligence capabilits, which are top notch anywhere in the world, in 2016, just like they did throughou cold war. they still have the only nuclear arsenal in the worldhat is capable of destroying our way of life. >> many people suspect that tom cotton will have a career beyond being a u.s. senator from arkansas. >> like be an author? what do you say to those who suggest you have presidential ambition >> i say that i'm running for re-election in arkansas in 2020, and i'm hoping to tell t story of the old guard in "sacred duty," and i'll let the chips fall wherehey may. look, one thing i've learned is it's great to have a plan, but it's even better to your plan in pencil 'cause you never know what kind of obstacles u'll have to overcom

in fact, museums are among the most respected institutions in the united states. and for good reason. they earn it every day. i don't know about you folks, but i don't want to ruin that. i want the museum that i'm associated with to be a part of that same civic good, to be the place that you can go and know you can trust it. that people are showing you the full story. now as we have seen in recent years, memory lives outside of museums. memory lives in families, in communities, in churches and organizations. it lives online. it lives in demonstrations. people with a vested interest in their own memories, which often happen to serve purposes beyond historical understanding, don't seek out scholarship that challenges those memories. they seek out -- or they don't seek out scholarship at all, frankly. they often look for other people to tell them you are exactly right. don't pay any attention to the people who studied this for decades. you know what is right. and few of us, as paul was saying, ask me to explain anything other than the civil war, and i will give you a

yemen that is in the best interest of the united states madam president. not in the slightest or even by a shred. to have our support especially when our own security of the american people on us soil is not on the line. of course, there was the killing of jamaal khashoggi. february a report came out suggested the united arab emirates actually transferred american-made weapons to al qaeda and other military groups it is a saudi led coalition is getting our old weapons in violation of her own and user agreements with them.y to get to the terrorist groups we try to fight those that pose - - with the majority shia muslims. five gay men that were suspected to have been tortured into a confession. perhaps we ought not be supporting that regime at all, matter president or give unflinching or unwavering unquestioning devotion to a regime that treats its own people that way. and has harmed others in its own region. but add a bare minimum we should not fight an unjust civil war half a world away without congressional authorization article one section eight of the c