there is no guarantee from united states. i think many things can happen, so that's the big question. and also bilateral relations because south korea and japan there's always a danger of manipulating the national sentiment between the two countries politically so it's a kind of polarization issue. socially, as you know, south korea and japanese young population have a very good perceptions about each other and ai presents, has led a manager multi-year survey at a think we are, we could be very optimistic. last year gdp per capita between taiwan, south korea and japan, taiwan is of one of south korea's second and japan third because of exchange rate may be. so as former colony is more prosperous than former empire. that's one case. there's no reason for sense of -- as long as politicians refrain from manipulating this kind of sentiment, then we can cooperate rationally in terms of the situation. >> i just wanted to add one observation which is perhaps the statement of the obvious but tom and pipers question speaks to a discus

african countries that, and the control or the watch, or if you want the collaboration with the united states of america on the african. i use states in the event of war. when you are part of an arrangement over which you have no control, i you say, are you a target for those? because you collaborate that, that i use space from the i intelligence i use say from this quote to me, the answer is no. and that is why the, those one now saying that the time is now the cost of the umbilical cord between african countries that are part of the food come on to reconstitute africa into on of the chemical month. which is controlled by africans on the if there is any collaboration, a tool that collaboration must be between the continent of africa as uniquely constituted. and if it can be done with the united states of america, with the russia, with china on any other country, without, as a countries been told that you cannot collaborate with us with us. because this is all a sphere of influence. i look forward to that day and i look forward to there's a different nation of the relationship between the afr

one cannot choir with that, that they, united states of america being the hedge. i'm on as it was for a long time pause tool would one to stick to uh, strategic offsets on the idea of when did you cope with these sons? by being militarily present in different boxes of the was i've always taken the view which is subject to debate that hasn't not been a traditional colonized in that sense. and having been one of the gym ones that they might after this 2nd was well, the appetite of the united states of america to be the pointless model of the world, is one that we must never wish o x. it is indeed god that we know that in the united states of america is different in these present in different parts of the world on africa is no except, but she has land from history. so that high involvement with africa is not caught. it arise as being a domain and but is part of her eyes as more silly beneficial relationship. but is it, this is the question that we must suppose is if the relationship of you close is if the relationship that isn't what's really beneficial. and i rememb

of the united states of america.r. gary b leach, national vice commander, the american legion. mr. robert oliveras junior, national commander, military order of the purple heart. mr. timothy morgan, national commandant and chief executive officer, marine corps league. retired united states army major general, father william d has off, executive director, military chaplains association of the united states of america. mr. robert thomas, national president and chairman of the board, paralyzed veterans of america. mr. michael perry, national commander, legion of valor of the united states of america. retired united states air force, lieutenant colonel david j worley, commander-in-chief, military order of the world wars. retired united states navy chief petty officer, deborah. the enlisted association. retired united states army colonel paris davis, medal of honor recipient, congressional medal of honor society of the united states of america. mr. daniel contrary us, national commander, disabled american veteran. retired

the united states. i can think, i drove by the way out, we have the most beautiful country in the world and beautiful buildings because we want to citizens and people to be surrounded by a reminder we have the capacity and united states of america to do great things. from the people will rockets to go to the moon and build this beautiful building reportable structures and leaders like kamala harris have decided we don't make our own stuff in the united states of american anymore. we know americans have lost their job and people are struggling to get by. people like kamala harris have failed to do their job. send a message to those people, we don't want you anymore. that's what donald j trump offers. [cheering] we are both arriving in the loss vegas airport at the same time. i feel bad for governor tim walz, he's got the toughest job in american politics, maybe one of the toughest job in america. he's got to go around the united states of america and pretend kamala harris is fit to be president of the un

from ended the biden policy and a good way but they also i think policy in the united states and the dministration. we know the prime minister of russia and the collusion between the region is more united front including the nuclear system and the rise in china so there is trilateral as well even though the first trump organization and it was completely missing however emphasizing the credibility and it is simple in these investments and have a unique advantage. there is strong and commenting this will have positive ramifications. >> the 30 minutes. so i guess this question for andrew again and south korea particularly after trump on the election increasing voices from the right and the left to take a more independent approach you get from china america then one brand and go to the problem strategic basis and more emphasis in india and australia. what is your take in this community? >> there's this perception of south korea somehow has a commitment to the indo pacific has to do with economy so i don't think it's a choice between autonomy and alliance with the u.s. that is one central.

voting declines, right it's been like this throughout united states history. been opening and closing. opening and closing. and that's because we still let the states do whatever the heck they want, except for this handful of that the federal government prohibits. so to me we could stop that level of state theft, right. if we a federal amendment like all constitutional democracies in the globe now have it is now normal live for that to be the case. and we as a nation have never quite caught up to that democratic evolution. and i would love to see us now. it's not easy and it won't fix everything, but i think it would be a great my personal sense as a citizen is i think it would be a great addition. and if you want to know more about it, read rick hasen, richard, a real right to vote, which is argument, a book he just wrote about, creating a constitution. oh, here it is right here on my desk. and, you know, he goes through how difficult that's going to be, right? because who gets included? who doesn't get included? like do people who have felonies still merit be

climate envoy told the cop 25 summit that work to fight global warming will continue at the united states the election of donald trump, a known climate change denier. secure star has been meeting with french president emmanuel macron to discuss ukraine amid deep uncertainty whether the unit it states will continue to support them after donald trump's electoral victory. it is the first time a british prime minister has stood alongside his french counterpart on armistice day. they stood side-by-side at the tomb of the unknown soldier before meeting veterans. as well as the flicking on the past, they discuss the future of the conflict in ukraine after mr. trump's return to the white house. the u.s. president-elect said he could end ukraine's war with russia in just one day, although his precise plans on the conflict are still unclear. >> beneath the iconic art to triumph in paris, two men sending a powerful message of solidaty. the national commemorations. not since the end of world war ii has a british prime minister done this. grainy images show the french wartime leader standing beside wi

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it's been like this throughout united states hour, opening and closing, opening and closing. ecause we still let the states do whatever the heck they want except for this handful of things that the federal government prohibits. so to me, we could stop that level of state theft if we created a federal amendment like all constitutional democracies in the globe now have. it is now normative for that to be the case. we as a nation have never quite caught up to that democratic evolution. it's not easy, and it won't fix everything, but my own personal sense as a citizen is i think it would be a great addition. if you want to know more about it, read richard hasan's "a real right to vote" which is a book he just wrote -- oh here it is right now on my desk. you know, he goes through how difficult it's going to be, because who gets included, who doesn't get included. do people who have felonies still merit being disqualified, do they not? it's not straightforward but it is, i think, a useful effort, and i think it would at least help curtail, if the courts upheld the amendment, this cy

.— united states. the party versus the president. he - united states. rob, the party versus the president. he has| versus the president. he has quite a strategy when it comes to the economy certainly, and many are arguing he got into the white house on inflation. it was the economy, it was inflation that americans wanted to talk about. short term, not long—term. what is the difference between the party and the president and how aligned are they really? well, this remains _ aligned are they really? well, this remains to _ aligned are they really? well, this remains to be _ aligned are they really? well, this remains to be seen, - aligned are they really? well, this remains to be seen, it. this remains to be seen, it is a great — this remains to be seen, it is a great question. trump is coming _ a great question. trump is coming into office promising broader— coming into office promising broader tariff policy, protectionism. that runs counter— protectionism. that runs counter to still a lot of mainstream

the united states has to think carefully how we approach this. host: what do you make of elon musk's involvement in this? he joined the call with president zelenskyy and president-elect trump. and of course he has been involved because of star link, which was a product that a lot of -- that allows internet access through space. what do you think can happen in a trump administration? with elon musk? guest: clearly, he is going to have a role at this point. it has been announced that he and vivek ramaswamy will be heading this new nongovernmental organization that will provide outside advice on government efficiency, waste, fraud, and abuse. host: but ukraine? guest: he is going to have a role. is he going to have a voice in ukraine? he is somebody whose advice -- he has been someone who has clearly come out in favor of a compromised negotiated settlement in ukraine. i expect he is going to continue to have an influence. is he going to have a formal role in trying to forge a negotiated settlement in ukraine? i don't have an answer to that. i'm not

i am in fear of, of being deported of losing everything that i've worked so hard for the united states is now an occupied country, but it will soon be an occupied country no longer. we have to keep reminding people of our humanity that we are human to and that we're here that's we contribute. we pay a lot of money in taxes. under the trump administration, we will end this migrant invasion also on the day, the biden administration gave israel a deadline to increase a deliveries to gaza. time is now, what has a benjamin netanyahu delivered? there is no, there's not a, there is not enough supplies. people are stopping people very hungry. they are fighting over bags of flour. there is just not enough supplies. welcome. we began in germany where chancellor all off schultz and the main office they should. conservatives have now agreed on a date for early elections. february 23rd. the staff election was prompted by the collapse of the coalition government last week, when folds fired his finance minister as old as bowed to political pressure and agreed to hold the election a month earlier than

and in the united states that sold is biting food. and that somehow, even though and people don't know anything about the war because of the media, doesn't tell them the origins of the war. they don't tell them that this has been provoked by nato. and that we wanted this war. they don't, they don't tell them that we blew up that north string pipeline, but thing that is really the most shocking to me. aspen is that europe goes along with this. that why would you, why would germany, you know, the economic engine of europe? what, why would they allow the united states to blow up there the pipeline which gives them cheap power, whereas, uh huh. i don't know what it serves that i just don't understand. i was, i was in germany earlier this year in april and the people in berlin, the same, the people who i but any way you come to my shows, i seem to be pretty awake to what exactly going on. and that their government is just under the some of nato in the united states, for whatever reason. i really can't figure it out as so hopefully we have

united states and china. uh china has the natural resource, the people, the population, and most importantly, the money to challenge the united states on a global scale. if you look back when i was, i was commissioned in 1980 i did 44 years of service. during that 44 years, the russian military or the chinese military transitioned from a foot infantry, peasant based foot infantry army with no satellites, no navy, no significant air force, no missile force. then in 1979 deng xiaoping reformed their economy and you know that the chinese economy had a growth rate of 10% or so. for maybe 30 years, it came down to seven now down to four. and they've got internal challenges, but china became an enormously powerfully rich country, second only to the united states. and like most countries throughout history, when they earned that level of wealth, when they, when they developed that amount of financial throw weight in the system, they also embarked upon a military program to develop their military to be world class. s

the united states support towards fiji's priorities. it's also very timely given that the fiji government recently launched the fiji national development plan and our own foreign policy white paper in september of this year. with these policies in place, we welcome the active engagement of the united states and look forward to continuing to work closely with the u.s. going forward, including with the new incoming trump administration. later today, we will see the signing of an agreement that will open doors for logistic support between fiji and the united states department of defense. the u.s. is one of our longest standing defense partners. that agreement is a positive step towards a strengthened partnership. the indo pacific is our priority theater and strengthening our partnerships with fiji and other pacific island countries is vital to a free and open indo pacific. in our meeting today, we have discussed the security environment and fiji's role as a regional leader. we discussed how we are deepening our bilateral cooperation. this

they don't just received the balls thrown by the united states, we lead the united states -- come to the middle of the plate. no, don't, less is more. low down, offspeed pitch. in between the pitcher and catcher, we welcome the game strategy together with our teammates. we are a good regular catcher. i am very interested and strongly hope and believe that there is no limit to human ingenu and the u.s.-japan alliance can go further ahead. chris: thank you. i love the baseball metaphor. i find myself thinking of o htani shohei, a japanese baseball player who can both hit and pitch. let's talk about where we have been. there have been profound changes in the international system during the time you all have been involved in the relationship from the end of the cold war, collapse of the soviet union, war on terror, conflicts in iraq and afghanistan, great power competition between the united states and china. the war in ukraine of course. when you think about the evolution of this alliance and where we are today, how important do you think structural factors were in driving us? the backd

so then the united states can install a puppet. so then united states, economic had been and corporations can steal their natural resources. you know, i tried top to, well, i tell my audience that there's more oil underneath that as well as, than there is in saudi arabia. and when i found out out, i knew that there was just a matter of time before we had to bring some democracy to venezuela because that's how they always do it. they always dressed it up as brain democracy or saving democracy, which is what they're talking about in ukraine, even though there isn't any democracy in new grade as the landscape ruling as an unbelievable authoritarian dictator. so hopefully, you know, it's not a fluke that he pointed. chelsea gilbert, i think that's, that's real. i think mag gates, i think bobby kennedy. so he definitely has the ability to, if he doesn't understand what's causing this immigrants coming to united states are immigration problem. if he doesn't understand what the, the, the consequences of marco rubio type of foreign policy

with the united states.— would be so inflationary with the united states.et's game out what would _ the united states. let's game out what would happen - the united states. let's game out what would happen here | the united states. let's game | out what would happen here in asia if he was to carry through — even if the percentages were lower. what is the impact? there's a couple of ways to look at it. the first is — what would china do? china in the past years with the trump—first and the biden administration did not retaliate in kind. right. it would actually have some responses but they were measured but never equal to nor exceeding what the us would put on china. the difference is — let's see what happens from a retaliation point of view. they have the infrastructure in place there. they have their own export control laws and the reliable entities list which they've started to implement. so i think that it is number one, watch to see what sort of retaliation they might do. not excessive, but to do it. and number two, then look the at some other countries

the strengths of the timeframe for the case is possible thanks to the incredible support of the united states. millions of americans united against you also coming up to the latest from the you in climate conference where china is a leader in green technology and greenhouse gas emissions. in the past year, 2 or 3 years, we still see new approval, soft coal power plants is starting to slow down fetch, single absolutes, 10, it's increasing which of our viewers watching on tv, as in the united states, into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with how to win a war in ukraine when the clock, the russian military and most likely the next us presidents are all against you. when russian forces began their full scale invasion of ukraine and february 2022. cape was counting on support from us president biden in the form of money and weapons within a $1000.00 days and $60000000000.00 later ukraine is bracing for all of that to change. in just 2 months, donald trump will return to the white house as us president. it will mark the end of jo biden's time in the office, and if trump keeps

machine run these all united states. a more to happen to that support now is anyone's guess. it could have come with it was time for you. great, because events on the ground all entirely a favorable russia is advance of you to foster face that it has in 2 years since the beginning of this complex, every single day sees a good that a village cap figured of a towel or 50. i d, the z, the above the show dropped today. the plan where i buy a deputy, a parliamentary, who was on the on services committee has come out and said that the chief of stuff of you, craig, mississippi ski is now plodding on the how to pull your credit. info's is out of the sally and that they formed into close region, seeing it has a loss whose fuels the roof, but there is no justification for. busy incredible losses suffered by you right? in that region. why russian forces in the don't the product of puddles you beautiful the offensive, she all to how much territory was the last full, the ritual misadventure, including the region. of course, donald tr

the news coming out of the united states is face pharma. you as president under public and candidate donald trump, has been declared the official window of the us election. the associated press gold prompts victory after he won the key battleground states of wisconsin. putting him over the necessary 270 elect total votes, especially even before that trump address supporters in west palm beach, florida, promising a new golden age for america because of the country to unite and said he will put a medic uh, 1st drum to him the republican policy success in the senate would have gained a majority throughout the night of juvenile some supporters took to the streets to celebrate from all, let's go across to the news of washington bureau chief n s f o n s. what's a long night and a long day it's been for you. what is your take on election night as well, that's a huge victory for donald trump. it did not only uh, kind of clear big stage each states easily. uh, he won, probably also the popular will with his party one the senate which is extremely imp

barry c blatt, chaplain of the united states senate. >> let us pray.al god, who holds the whole world in your hands, thank you for this congressional gold medal ceremony in honor of the 13 servicemembers who lost their lives in kabul, afghanistan. we thank you for these 13 heroes and heroines, proved in liberating strife, who more than itself, their country loved and mercy more than life. inspired by their vigilance, vision, and valor, may we support their willingness to give the last full measure of devotion by never forgetting the ultimate price we must be willing to pay for freedom. continue to sustain and comfort the families who have made incalculable sacrifices for freedom. help us, mighty god, to go beyond words and medals, to live lives that truly honor david, nicole, aaron, ryan, hunter, riley, dylan, kareem , joe honey, humberto, jared, maxton, and dagan. we pray in your merciful name, amen. >> please be seated >> please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable lisa mclean united states representative from the 9th district of of michiga

and adamant just in the united states.n, i think this think this is an issue everywhere, and it doesn't mean that everybody is terrible. that is not my point. but it means we didn't guarantee our children and grandchildren a better world than we grew up in. that's too negative. okay so i wanted a positive thing so we can sleep well tonight. >> there is a ball tonight. >> just get drunk and the ball and go to sleep. >> no, not -- i'm saying there are still things to celebrate. there are still organizations like this one that care about building a better world. there are still, you know, optimists idealist in this audience, plus you. >> well, let's give jane around of applause. [applause] >> i can't think of another persons both plainspoken, knowledgeable, and doesn't hold back, so thank you. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> is welcome jeremy bash, founder and managing director of global strategies, elbridge colby, cofounder of initiative. the honorable kay bailey hutchison, and brittney, chief public policy officer of hp. [applause] >> go

and when i talked to emmy, he was adamant that there was a great deal of cooperation between the united states and, and israel a to a unit, 8200. the relationship between that as a and you know, a 200 is the closest relationship for a relationship. that is a house and a uh, the n as a has a, a liaison officer imbedded with unit 8200 and unit in and a 200 as a liaison officer imbedded right of for me the we're in a say is headquartered. and so there is a norm's cooperation and what the documents that came from snowden showed was that the israelis were pressing. and i say to get actual location of jill location of people that they were attempted to assassinate the liaison officer. and as a liaison officer pushed back saying that under us law were not allowed to give you information that will allow you to assassinate somebody. and then another document came back saying that the is really 8200 have worked out of some kind of a cooperative agreement with the the and i say to sort of overcome that problem. in other words, basically as they gave him the information they needed to help with the assass

versus canada, the united states, the world. i treated metals in part, i did go through this far too long, but you get the gist. anything about tariffs, i think it is very clear that there is a predatory country out there which is hurting the united states, canada and others. and putting europe especially right now, so i think taking very carefully about predatory natures associated with china in particular and how tariffs might change. obviously, president trump put a massive tariff rate which protected the united states that europe kind of wishes has a better moat around it from china. and the biden administration did not remove it. so i will address tariffs, maybe not the topic you wanted me exactly to talk about, but that is one that having run a lot of national security issues with china i did quite a bit and technology development. maybe one more? we are already over. >> thank you for excellent remarks. you mentioned the norway -canada-u.s. being friendly, but you have the whole nato alliance being friendly, and you think

the united states has an important role. what has made us so strong is our allies and our ability to put together a coalition and work together. that clearly is going to weigh in prominently to what happens in ukraine and taiwan and the middle east. those of us who care about democracy who believe that's the right people to be free and enjoy freedom, working together are able to address these kinds of conflicts. >> do you think if the conflict were to come to an end with some territory staying in russia's hands, does that risk emboldening china. how risky is that? >> there's no doubt adversaries are watching ukraine, to see if we make a good on our commitments. we know president xi in china has already looked at his timetable and taiwan based on ukraine. one of the things that's most concerning that's happened as a result of the war in ukraine is this development with iran and china and russia and north korea where they are now all supporting putin and his effort in ukraine. make no mistake, they are looking at the outcome.

they're born in the united states. you know, why should they, should they vote along demographic lions when really their interest to live in the economy? which in these, in these 2 states specifically, nevada has been badly battered. you know, the, the, the pen demik really was felt there personally, you know, we have those 22 big cities, las vegas and reno who of course, live off, you know, the, the leisure industry towards them and, and hospitality. they did not bounce back well from the pandemic. they have the, the highest unemployment numbers of all states. i mean. c that states, and that is something that, that, that donald trump has been hammering hard. really during this, during his campaign that she's the one who will turn the economy around. and that is, that is a worry, frankly, to any demographic in the united states right now. i just want to, uh, my, the, what you think about these, i mean, is the story of a string states in america, essentially a case of what we thought as voting blocks being potentially tu

united states doesn't want that. most americans, strategist, leaders, military officials, no, would be a catastrophe. it would also be an election loser. anybody who gets united states into a war with the wrong will lose the next. oh, absolutely. yeah. i mean, you run, sorry, you're the rock or proved that was in the middle east. and as did afghanistan's are extremely unpopular with american public opinion. so the, to get back to your, your, your basic question. the strategic thing is part of it. the other thing is think about it. going back to woodrow wilson, where was the support for the posting is where with adults that they didn't exist. there wasn't none. where was the support for us? it was robust among angelic goals in the jewish community, among politicians from wilson right up to the last decade or 2. there was no support whatsoever, anywhere in american public opinion, for the post dance they did not exist. now that's changed. most americans oppose this war. just democrats, republicans, independence. most a

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in the united states if they follow the law. they gave -- that in the law is on a case-by-case basis. they took away the remain in mexico policy. the wall said if you are asking for asylum, you remain in a third country, mexico or other country or your detained in the united states. that did not happen. when the migrants knew that they were going to get entry into the united states, here they came. i expect the migrant flow is going to slow because donald trump is in office at he has indicated the policy is going to change so the migrant flow is going to change. and we are going to take a much more aggressive posture when it comes to those that already came in. the ones that you say. the ones that would not qualify, they would need to be deported. that is what the law says. marianna: i want to talk to you about our home state of florida. obviously trump did incredibly well. that was expected. what was not was how much of a sweep he did have across the state obviously winning the miami-dade area for the first time in over a dozen

if it didn't do something to control migration flows to the united states. and since that time, mexico has actually worked with us government 1st with the trumpet 1st during the shop administration and then with the buy in administration. and just in the last year since december, uh, the flow of migrants, uh the, the, the apprehensions of the board are have dropped by 78 percent. so what we need to remember is that there are these threats that are happening. there is stress about closing the border, but this is these 2 countries are very integrated economically. so this is going to be a huge challenge. and we can expect that there could be the potential during this next semester. asian term has already threatened to slot 25 percent tariffs on mexican goods. again, i'm and to have this sort of as a negotiation tactic. but as the mexican government has already said, it's already working with the united states on trying to stand immigration. so what does that look like in practical terms for migrants? who do make it up to the us mexico border with the mexican g

especially the united states. it's, it's something to be investigated more deeply now, why the us pays and that way. what, why? i mean, uh, that's a curb to for change to do that. how do you understand this ultimate motive to come and, and pull some conditions on the country that do not only facilitate the actual, you know, human mystic development, but also oftentimes do not produce the results desired by the west itself, us as a militaristic society, as this militaristic mindset and so for example, the design data to live in washington dc was very unpleasant. all sort of electrician, even i'm talking outside of the, the math in the math. one thing i noticed, which amazing me even when brazil had agreement with the us on certain positions i agreement was difficult to work with them because they always think that they don't need that support. they don't need alliances. they need, they need fast health feeding satellites. that's the way they they think, unfortunately. so cooperation with them has become, i would sa

it came from the united states and canada. when iran attacked the saudi arab facilities in 2018, prices barely moved. why? they thought the united states would fill that gap. when the united states decided to move its embassy to jerusalem, the trump administration knew that opec could not retaliate like it did in 1973. that was actually discussed in the situation room. during the late 2010's, the united states helped organize the central european three seas initiative to get it ready for the potential conflict with russia. this was discussed, that there was risk. and everyone -- i don't know if everyone remembers, i certainly remember when president trump got up at the u.n. and lectured the germans and said you are stuck on russian natural gas, and you are going to regret it. and they panned to the german delegation that was laughing at him. i would love to meet the three people today. obviously, the u.s. was the key stabilizer when covid hit. there was a giant reduction in the demand for energy. we used the strategic reserve