never know cuba is now in the process of having a piss full transition of power and the united states department of statehas already described it in pretty derogatory terms. well they said it wasn't three it was unfair it was dictatorial in nature. they also believe that this is not really a change of power after all and you know just a change of a figure had but. there's no way of knowing what i'm going to ask you at this point of time there's nothing in their way of making it an educated guess but i'm going to ask you still. how do you think the relationship it's been transamerica cuba ended this new president is going to develop over the next few years how do you see it i would like to see it continue on the path to normalization that was started in the previous administration i think that was healthy look at the blood. caden the animosity for fifty almost sixty years did it change the regime in cuba no it was a completely unsuccessful policy if you get in your car to go see your bush every day and you turn the key in the car doesn't go any place when you get in that same car every day for fifty years

never know cuba is now in the process of having a pistol transition of power and the united states department of statehas already described it in pretty derogatory terms. well they said it wasn't free it wasn't fair it was dictatorial in nature. they also believe that this is not really a change of power after all and you know just a change of a figure had but. there's no way of knowing what i'm going to ask you at this point of time. given their way of making it an educated guess but i'm going to ask you still. how do you think the relationship it's been transamerica cuba ended this new president is going to develop over the next few years how do you see it i would like to see it continue on the path to normalization that was started in the previous administration i think that was healthy look at the blood. kate in the animosity for fifty almost sixty years did it change the regime in cuba no it was a completely unsuccessful policy if you got in your car to go see your bush every day and you turned a key in the car doesn't go any place when you get in that same car every day for fifty years no you go

united states funds that we have invested around the world. we congratulate united states on launching the asset recovery initiative which was spearheaded by the united states department of justice. we hope we can continue to count on the united states in this area. the government of nigeria remains deeply committed to the principles of human rights as the protection of people's freedoms. ensure that all documented cases of human rights . i thank you very much. [applause] mr. president, thank you very much, thank you, sir. steve miller of the washington times? thank you, steve. >> thank you, mr. president. i have a two-part question on immigration. courteek in the supreme case over the travel ban, the m said if hethe would apologize for some of your rhetoric during the campaign, the old case would go away. . >> i don't think it would, number one. there is no reason to apologize. our immigration laws in this country are a total disaster. they are laughed at all over the world for their stupidity. we have to have strong immigration laws. apologize, it wouldn't make $.10 worth of difference and is nothing to apologize for. we have to have strong immigration laws to protect

state department and unlike nikki haley and some of the other forces she is not ready to say who is to blame for this attack she says that the state department united states does not know who carried out this chemical attack this is heather nauert of the u.s. state department now we do know that some sort of a substance was used a chemical was use we're just not sure at this point today exactly what was what used. now at this point chemical inspectors from the o.p.c. w. chemical experts technicians are on their way to syria but the fifteen member body that leaves the united nations has not agreed on what their mission will be both resolutions the one from russia and the one from the united states have been defeated they've been vetoed so it's pretty clear that there is not unity in the international community about what the o.p.c. w will be doing now every country agreed that the use of chemical weapons was unacceptable and they also agreed that there needed to be an investigation to determine what exactly happened however the nature of that investigation that was the point of disagreement and there was not a resolution at this point there is not a unifie

. >>> the senate confirming mike pompeo as our new secretary of state in the united states of america. the state departmenting that he will get to work right away. he has already been at work. he plans to travel to saudi arabia, to israel, to jordan this coming weekend. joining me white house director of legislative affairs marc short. good to see you. thanks for being on the show. >> thanks, trish. >> good news. it took a while. maybe longer than some thought. >> director pompeo did a phenomenal job at cia. we're excited he is at the state department. just came back from the supreme court where he was sworn in. on a plane to brussels to the nato conference and he will do a phenomenal job for us. trish: he certainly will have his hands full. there is a lot to do. he has already gotten started to a certain extent. he has been to north korea, talking to kim jong-un. give us a sense where that is going? >> we look forward to the president having a summit with the north korean leader to make sure that north korea denuclearizes. that is what member of ad prince stations have been working for. -- administrations

state department. under the control of rex tillerson, the department that represents the united states around the world -- let me take a quick look at that. all right. the department that represents the united states around the world is in a state of decimation. seven of the top jobs at the state department are unfilled. and of the three people who hold the top jobs, two are in kt acting roles. the other already announced his retirement and is just waiting for his successor to be confirmed. the former deputy secretary john sullivan is now acting secretary as we await the confirmation of mike pompeo. health you are nower is the acting undersecretary for public diplomat that's and public affairs. she is still doing her old job as spokesperson and conducts the state department brief briefings. mike shannon announced he is retiring as unsecretary for foreign affairs. and 37 vacant positions including three places for us to have our diplomatic representation not to mention there are more than a dozen ambassadors who have been nominated and are waiting to be confirmed. pompeo acknowledged the problems at the state department during his hearing and what he plans to do to fix it. >> at the state departmen

he did with the united states department of justice was to highlight what it means to truly be a voice for the people as a prosecutor. it was he who sent officials from the united states department of justice to protect the freedom riders. let's remember that. it was he who as the leader of the united states department of justice sent united states marshals to protect james meredith when he was enrolling at ole miss. it was he who helped push for the appointment of a young lawyer by the name of thurgood marshall. circuit and who of course want to be a great leader in the united states supreme court. that was the vision of the prosecutor who was robert kennedy. and then we know that as a leader in our country, understanding the beauty of who we are and who we can be, he had a vision he spoke of 50 years ago. when he spoke out against, and i will quote, "the inexcusable and ugly deprivation which causes children to starve in mississippi, black citizens to riot, young indians to commit suicide on their reservations, and proud and able-bodied families to wait out their lives in empty idleness in eastern kentucky." kennedy understood, he understood that the fight for justi

he did with the united states department of justice was to highlight what it means to truly be a voice for the people as a prosecutor. it was he who sent officials from the united states department of justice to protect the freedom riders. let's remember that. it was he who as the leader of the united states department of justice sent united states marshals to protect james meredith when he was enrolling at ole miss. it was he who helped push for the appointment of a young lawyer by the name of thurgood marshall. that was the vision of the prosecutor who was robert kennedy. and then we know that as a leader in our country, understanding the beauty of who we are and who we can be, he had a vision he spoke of 50 years ago. when he spoke out against, and i will quote, the inexcusable and ugly deprivation which causes children to starve in mississippi, black citizens to riot, young indians to commit suicide on their reservations, and proud and able-bodied families to wait out their lives in empty idleness in eastern kentucky. kennedy understood, heed understood that the fight for justice is the fight to connect all people, understanding we all have so much more in common

of united states imports. john sullivan related -- reiterated the need to restore economic ties. reportrt: behind the tough rhetoric, there is intense diplomacy after talks of the u.s. state departmentina's abbasid or to the united states said beijing was willing to negotiate a solution. we always tend to go political on negotiations. if someone does something in one direction, we have to respond. acting secretary of state john sullivan reiterated the need to restore fairness and balance in their economic ties. the diplomatic efforts came afafter both sides announced an important tariff. while washington'n's targeted china's tech sector, and even bigger threat to be looming on the horizon. >> the treasury secretary of the united states is looking to restrict chinese investment into the u.s., and we would expect under the current tit-for-tat system that china would reciprocate. i think that would take us a long way down towards an unfortunate trade war if both countries started to actively disrupt supply chains. reporter: no date has been announced as to when it will come into effect. businesses hope the two sides will talk themselves out of the quagmire. strongr: today we've got gai

connection we congratulate the united states government can learn chin left talk or say i said the recovery initiated which was spearheaded was a united state department of justice said full feature and money laundering we hoped that we could continue to count on united states support in this area the government on nigeria remains deeply committed to the principles of human rights as well as from motion and for people's freedom even in the process of fighting terror we commit to ensure that all due to mental cases or human rights abuses investigated insoles responsible for where lucian held responsible i thank you very much willacy thank you mr president thank you very much thank you sarah. steve miller of the washington times place washington times thank you steve thank you mr president. had a two parter on our immigration last week in the supreme court case over your travel where the lawyers for the opponents said that a few would simply apologize for some of your own rhetoric during the campaign the whole case would go away and i was wondering if you i don't think it would number one and there's no reason to apologize our immigration laws in this coun

united states of america against richard nixon. it was not the justice department against the united states of america. sident trump is not the united states of america and he's not above the rule of law, and that's the important thing everybody needs to keep in mind. we have to have a fair process but the president can't be above the law. >> pete williams, as elizabeth points out, that was different legislation. it's not the same statute under which robert mueller has been appointed. but would a court not look to the intent behind that, that it is supposed to be designed so that the president can't mess with somebody in that position to suit his own political ends. or legal ends. >> well, right. that's clearly the intent. but the drafters of it, including the former acting solicitor general in the obama administration at the tail end of the clinton administration when the independent counsel act that elizabeth is talking about lapsed, they realized the limitations they had and they were trying to put as much protection for the special counsel that they could but they recognized the threat here and they

of siphoned funds in banks around the world. in this connection we congratulate the united states government on launch iing a kleptocracy recovery effort which was headed by the united states departmentd money laundering. we hope that we can continue to count on united states support in this area. the government of nigeria remains deep will you committed to the principles of human rights, as well as of promotion and production of people's freedom, even in the process of fighting terror. we commit to ensure that all cases of human rights abused are investigated and those responsible for violation held responsible. i thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. president. thank you very much. thank you, sir. steve miller of the "washington times," please. "washington times." thank you, steve. >> thank you, mr. president. had a two-parter on immigration. last week in the supreme court case over your travel ban, the lawyers for the opponents said that if you would simply apologize for some of your rhetoric during the campaign, the whole case would go away. i was wondering if you -- >> i don't think it would, number one. and there's no reason to apologize. our immigration laws in this country a

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sectarian agenda this should be the stuff of a national scandal in the us the united states government has provided at least twenty three million dollars to the state department to the white helmets while the white helmets work hand in glove with jab it allness row which is the syrian affiliate of the organization that attacked the united states on nine eleven al qaeda and that is considered a conspiracy in the united states although it's well established so you know i hope that this is that rogers broken the ice here but western media appears to be completely closed off to the facts about the white helmets a joint strike on syria led by the u.s. came not long off the president promised me promising rather to pull american troops out of the country however there are now reports of a new force being assembled in the event of a u.s. withdrawal but i guess different points to leave with the state it's a tough one. i want to get out i want to bring our troops back home i want to start rebuilding our nation we are in syria fight isis that is our mission and the mission isn't over and we're going to complete that mission america says it wants out of syria but not b

of the public in the united states. >> reporter: russia, north korea, eastern europe? >> absolutely. even people within the united states. >> reporter: here at darpa the secret of department of defense agency that helps to develop siri and driverless calls, dr. david dorman is running a new program to fight against fabricated news saying it's being produced all around the world. they're building new software and artificial intelligence that allow government agencies and tech companies to scan any image to see if it's been altered. >> you might be able to look at the shadows here. >> reporter: like this photo where a plane was added. the program scans it and detect the doctoring with a heat map. this airplane has been placed in this photo. >> it's been spliced. >> reporter: the goal develop technology for the u.s. government along with facebook, google and other tech companies that will be ready in a matter of two years. how quickly can you figure this out with your machine learning that there's something wrong here? >> some of the indicators work in fractions of a second, some take ten, 15 seconds. >> moving forward we need to be more vigilant with what we trust from the

sectarian agenda this should be the stuff of a national scandal in the us the united states government has provided at least twenty three million dollars to the state department to the white helmets while the white helmets work hand in glove with jabot illness or which is the syrian affiliate of the organization that attacked the united states on nine eleven al qaeda and that is considered a conspiracy in the united states although it's well established so you know i hope that this is that rogers broken the ice here but western media appears to be completely closed off to the facts about the white helmets when we asked the white house mistake comment on this issue and why waiting for a response. meanwhile a correspondent from the russia twenty four television channel says they found a syrian boy seen in the white helmets video that claims to show the aftermath of the alleged chemical attack in duma in an interview the child and his father recall how events unfolded on a police seventh's artie's morag as the of as the details. these harrowing scenes panic fear terror soaked trembling children screaming adults and strange as it may seem many of them had no idea

the state department produces all un member countries and all countries that receive from the united states, the second achievement was congress passed legislation regarding the credit organization of the state department and the secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs and the bureau had the same name, why did philip habib, joseph eldridge or others take action in support of human rights? harry frankfurt has written there are occasions a person realizes what he cares about matters to him not nearly so much but in such a way that is impossible for him to forbear from a certain course of action. transnational connections made it impossible for each of these activists to forbear from a certain course of action. habib served as political entrepreneurs involving other americans to work alongside them, pressing greater attention to human rights in foreign policy and these activist efforts became part of a broader transnational social movement devoted to human rights. although at the time jimmy carter's inauguration in 1977 seemed to represent the combination of human rights activist efforts, the longer view from selma to moscow offers a something other than a triumph

think he will fight for the state department because he wants as powerful a tool, as powerful a weapon as he can have to do the business of the state department and the united states. >> and then looking forward, we've been talking in this hour about the possible action against syria for chemical weapon attack, amongst other things, complicated political situation there with different countries having their interests sought out on this small piece of land, you're an expert in the middle east. i'm curious what you think the state department and mike pompeo, in particular, if confirmed, need to do because after the attack, if there is one, there has to be some sort of political or diplomatic solution? >> you're absolutely right. again, one of the aspects of this attack that has not been talked about is what are the objectives? what are we trying to accomplish by this attack? i would also point to one other aspect of the issue that hasn't gotten a lot of coverage, which is the coalition that we're building. i mean, look, crawl said they will go into it, theresa may had a meeting with her cabinet today. the president talked to turkish prime minister which shares large

trump can achieve that through sound diplomacy both personally and through the offices of the united states state department. >> i appreciate your opening statement and your comments about your commitment to human rights around the world, because if we don't, who will. secretary of state, again, your commitment to promoting these important principles around the globe, i think, are key, so i appreciate your comments. >> thank you, sir. >> senator markley. >> thank you very much. earlier it was noted that the office was involved and you've taken the oath of office several times to defend the constitution. recently president trump has talked about a domestic enemy, saying that the execution of a search warrant by the u.s. law enforcement authorities on michael cohen's office constitutes an attack, and i quote, an attack on our country in a true sense. do you agree with the president's evaluation that that is an attack on our country? >> senator, i have always believed that the rule of law matters. i continue to believe that. multiple times individuals have asked me to comment on statements that others have mad

of over $500 million united states -- are in banks around the world. and this connection we congratulate the united states government on launching asset recovery which was spearheaded by the united states departmentt forfeiture and money laundering. we hope that we can continue to count on the united states' support in this area. the government of nigeria remains deeply committed to the principles of human rights as well as protection of people's freedom even in the process of fighting terror. we chit to insure -- we commit to insure that all the -- [inaudible] on human rights abuses are investigated and those responsible for violation hell responsible. i thank you very much for listening. >> well, thank you, mr. president. thank you very much. [applause] thank you, sir. steve miller of the washington times, please. washington times. thank you, steve. >> thank you, mr. president. air got a two-parter on immigration. last week in the supreme court case over your travel ban the lawyers for the opponents said that if you would simply apologize for some of your rhetoric during the campaign, the whole case would go away. and i was wondering -- >> i don't think it would, number one. and there's no reas

i think there is an enormous amount of support and interest inside the united states in washington in the department of defense and the stateria, to keep that little 2,000 man force in the northeastern corner of the country. i think it's foolish, i think it's self-defeating and unnecessary. it actually raises the stakes down the line. i think we should get out, i agree. >> tucker: it also raises the question of who's in charge? you find out that the person you voted for is ultimately uncharged. of course, there's a lot going on and we are going to relinquish this show, but fox coverage will continue. bret baier, jennifer griffin, the entire fox news team will be here throughout the night for developments in syria. it looks like we are about 20 seconds away from what we think will be a live address from the president of the united states from washington, d.c. you heard bret baier say the vice president is traveling in peru and he was pulled back to his hotel. we'll find out very soon. good night from washington. >> sean: welcome to hannity. this is a fox news alert. we are waiting for a statement from president trump. 90 sec

of the united states advising him of an investigation. that's a crime. it's a crime to convey any record of the united states or any department or agency to another person. and your fbi employment agreement bars the disclosure of files electronic or paper. remember when barack obama hired you you signed you will not reveal by any means any information acquired by virtue of my official employment to any unauthorized recipient. so now mr. slick, you tell us your friend dan richmond is a special government employee. pray tell, who made him that. who did his background check? like mccabe and lynch you just throw him under the bus. federal regulations require an employee, even he, should not allow the use of private information to further his own interests. and he had to be trained and agree to this. he had to recognize this responsibilities regarding unauthorized documents. you know, jim, you say it's not a leak and we should believe it because you said it. and you are so brazen you think you can change the rules a we go along and we'll follow like fools. >> jim comey has a definition of the word leak that no one else has. what h

said that on this question of space situational awareness we have to decide is that the united air force or the united states department of defense or is it the united states department of transportation or department of commerce and should manage this? there's a clear contrast between the global and domestic and the domestic saying the conflict is between the private sector and government and they have to work that out and if there's india and china and japan and dozens of countries that are putting to be up there. the question i have is does anyone on the panel that the issue or the problems of space situational awareness and going to bury campus optimistically by unifying billy america's approach and secondly if anyone says no it can't be dealt with domestically and i assume we don't have years to come up with a global solution is there any aspect of international organization that manages space surveillance or i don't even know what the answer is but maybe it's in nato or un or some multi national undertaking that will do with it. thank you. >> comment on that and i think to build off the first question, too. there are a lot of new activities coming an

united states which provided him with a grant of nearly twelve thousand dollars now this is under a program that supports private sector development and wants to help his production company in gaza the u.s. state department does not deny the claims my understanding is that he was that it according to u.s. government guidelines but i don't have anything more what kushal was shot last friday and died early on saturday morning he was buried later on saturday and at his funeral the harassed political leader ismail haniya spoke saying that he was a martyr and threatening as well that there would be a thousand more martyrs who would rise up to take his place all of this comes amid growing tensions on the ground we expect that this friday yet again there will be clashes between israeli soldiers and palestinian protesters. french president emanuel micron has defended what the sales to the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen despite the thousands of civilian casualties in the four year conflict. the you can flee since the start of the conflict in yemen france has adopted a very specific process whereby all seals of military equipment are analyzed on a case by case basis and on the basis of reinforced criteria t

one of my questions i also have is was the state department consultant at all and consulted in this decision on the airstrikes? i am the mother of united states war veteran who went to two wars. i came to this congress purposely because i i wanted to weigh in on decisions of war and peace. and so i can tell you that in my humble opinion i think this president should have come to this congress for a military authorization before these airstrikes. because, you know, it's not like it was a surprise. the president tweeted this out days before, so i mean it wasn't exactly, he surprised anybody with these airstrikes. and i think it's a dangerous precedent that he is setting. back on question number one is, was the state department consulted on these attacks? why are we not allowing refugees? are we going to allow some more refugees? and if you know, to determine what the cost of these airstrikes were? >> yes. the state department was involved throughout the deliberative process that led to this decision, as we were and all prior considerations of use of military force in -- >> was there any recommendation from the state department or any member of

sectarian agenda this should be the stuff of a national scandal in the us the united states government has provided at least twenty three million dollars to the state department to the white helmets while the white helmets work hand in glove with jabot illness which is the syrian affiliate of the organization that attacked the united states on nine eleven al qaeda and that is considered a conspiracy in the united states although it's well established so you know i hope that this is that rogers broken the ice here but western media appears to be completely closed off to the facts about the white helmet well this weekend a mission from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. visited touma to investigate the alleged that the team collected some poles which will be sent to a laboratory in the netherlands the o.p.c. w. is also planning another trip to the city. however the u.s. britain and france chose not to wait for the official probe so i think media reports on controversial activist groups the countries accuse the assad government of gassing civilians on this month launched against syria us state department spokesperson heather nauert explained that

state department in washington d.c. and she said and basically admitted that the united states did not know who carried out the alleged chemical attack in duma this is heather nauert representative of the u.s. state department. now we do know that some sort of a substance was used a chemical was use we're just not sure at this point today exactly what was used. and now everyone in the u.n. security council was absolutely clear that they are opposed to the use of chemical weapons in syria and they want to investigate the matter and get to the bottom of what has actually happened whether this attack in duma took place who carried it out if so they they want to find out they want to thorough investigation the facts however there is clear disagreement among countries about how that should be done russia insists that if there is an investigation it needs to be done properly they need to visit the site where this alleged chemical attack happened they need to need to interview people they don't need to rely on n.g.o.s and forces that may have a specific agenda in order to come to their conclusions however there is not agreement about that from the united states there is clearly disagreement among the co

from here this should be the stuff of a national scandal in the u.s. a united states government has provided at least twenty three million dollars to the state department to the white helmets while the white helmets work hand in glove with jabot illness or which is the syrian affiliate of the organization that attacked the united states on nine eleven al qaeda and that is considered a conspiracy in the united states although it's well established so you know i hope that this is that rogers broken the ice here but western media appears to be completely closed off to the facts about the white helmets that's who the white helmets really are they're the civil society wing of the turkish jihad is mercenaries and the al qaeda affiliate in it live it it's time for western media to just admit this fact and stop denouncing it all as russian conspiracy we have of course that a response from the white helmet will bring it to just as soon as we get it now in the meantime a correspondent. russia twenty four t.v. channel claims to have found a syrian boy seen in that white helmet footage said to show the aftermath of that chemical incident in duma in an interview wh

united states which provided him with a grant of nearly twelve thousand dollars now this is under a program that supports private sector development and was to help his production company in gaza the u.s. state department does not deny the claims my understanding is that he was that is according to u.s. government guidelines but i don't have anything more i was shot last friday and died early on saturday morning he was buried later on saturday and at his funeral the harassed political leader ismail haniya spoke saying that he was a martyr and quickly as well that there would be one hundred thousand more martyrs who would rise up to take his place all of this comes amid growing tensions on the ground we expect that this friday yet again there will be clashes between israeli soldiers and palestinian protesters. diamond and silk say that they still have not been told why they're viral pro facebook page was suddenly restricted. yeah. yeah. this media question your idea that we the people want the star because we have a man that's what you want the people and this here is going to be decided by the people and i see these two on talent i say they are the greatest who i don't buy ok i need to get that we don'