have built beijing's manufacturing base, at the expense of its competitors, especially the united states of americaa's actions have contributed to a trade deficit with the united states that last year ran to $375 billion, nearly half of our global trade deficit. as president trump said just this week, in his words, we rebuilt china over the last 25 years. now, through the made in china 2025 plan, the communist party has set its sights on controlling 90% of the world's most advanced industries, including robotics, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence. to win the commanding heights of the 21st century economy, beijing has directed its bureaucrats and businesses to obtain american intellectual property, the foundation of our economic leadership, by any means necessary. beijing now requires many american businesses to hand over their trade secrets as the cost of doing business in china. it also coordinates and sponsors the acquisition of american firms to gain ownership of their creations. worst of all, chinese security agencies have masterminded the wholesale theft of american technology, includ

of the united states like never before. .. .. i couldn't be more proud of all the hoosiers he talked about from dan coats to seema verma to doctor jerome adams, surgeon general of united states of americadiana is doing its part. and the truth of the matter is this date has been testing has been doing its part. i didn't say much about them when it came out because i just want to say it. i couldn't be more proud of the job that governor eric holcomb and first lady janet holcombe are doing leading this state above and beyond. would you join me in thanking this great governor for the job that he is doing for the people of the state? [applause] i also mentioned are senator todd joan. thank you for your strong leadership. thank you for your principles, commitment and conservatism in the united states senate and also your partners in the house of representatives. you saw them onstage earlier but i want to thank congressman jim banks and congresswoman susan brooks for doing a principal job standing with this president and fighting for hoosiers. we couldn't be more grateful. and i'm looking forward to serving with two new members of congress from the great state of indiana. gm will serve this c

the president of the united states of america, greetings from president donald trump. we've gotten to be very close. good friends. it's the greatest honor of my life. serve as vice president to serve along the side of the president who gets up every day who fights to keep the promises that he made to the people of indiana and the people of america. [applause] we are winning. i got to tell you, just like the governor said, indiana had a lot to do, i really did. i'll never forget. one of our first conversations, he sat me down and said, tell me how you've done that in indiana. how did you cut taxes and rollback regulations and still balance budgets and record employment? he looked at the example that republicans forged in the state of indiana and he said, we are going to bring that kind of leadership to the white house and to washington d.c. that's exactly what he has done. the president's energetic was on full display over the last week or so. you all saw the news about a week ago. president signed the largest trade deal in america history, the united states, mexico, ca

united states senate, thanks to the president's choice and the strong republican majority in the u.s. senate, a week ago the u.s. senate confirmed justice brett kavanaugh to the supreme court of the united states of americalause] you know, justice brett kavanaugh is a principled jurist, and as the president said, we believe he's going to be one of the great justices in the history of the supreme court. he's going to interpret the constitution as written and uphold all of god-given liberties enshrined there. and we couldn't have been able to confirm, you deserve to know supportthe unwavering of senator todd young. senator, would you just stand up and take about? thank you so -- stand up and take a bow? thank you so much for your strong leadership. applause] you know the truth is, the way some democrats in the united conductedate themselves in that confirmation process was just terrible. the democrats literally traded advise and consent for search and destroy. they set aside fairness, set aside presumption of innocence just to drive a political agenda. and the truth of the matter is, indiana's other senator was there every step of the way. and it's one more reason why indiana needs to send mike braun to th

greetings from a friend of mine and a leader who i promise you has been fighting every day for the values that make america great. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united stateserica, president donald trump. [applause] it really is great to be back with all of you. the last time i addressed the values voter summit was in september of 2016. i just wanted to come by today first and foremost to say thank you. thank you for electing a president and majorities in the congress who have moved this country forward to a stronger, more prosperous future and on behalf of my little family, thank you for the extraordinary honor you've afforded me to serve as your vice president. [applause] it's hard to believe that it's just been two years since values voters delivered a great victory to the american people. i think there is only one way you can describe the last two years. it's been two years of action. it's been two years a result. it's been two years of promises made and promises kept. and we are just getting started. [applause] think about it. since election day, job creators large and small have created more than 4 million good paying jobs across this country. jobles

ball message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america. but that doesn't appear to have been the reaction well no unity one would argue is a rare state found in the united states of america right now and. it's less than two weeks before the midterm vote so that isn't helping at all basically both camps the conservatives and the democrats they have been trying to spin the whole situation in their own favor now we don't know trump he's already talked a lot about this he has tweeted blaming the media for spearheading the hades he said that they are hateful beyond description that was in in a tweet but that was not the only thing that he had to say as part of a larger national effort to bridge the divides and bring people together the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories have to do it. i'm not one who sees equal blame spread all around our president cannot escape special scrutiny he is at the head of the hate parade and way too often clearl

of america. the ideal of the united states of america in 2018, 2017, you would see a group of people slinking outf fields with torches, chanting the same anti-semitic bile, the same bile that was chanted in the streets of nuremberg in the 1930's, carrying swastikas, accompanied by white supremacists, supported by the david dukes in the ku klux klan, and having other people oppose them, and the president saying there is good people in both groups. my god. no president has ever said anything like that since the civil war. and ladies and gentlemen, referring to refugees as animals, propping up immigrants as the source of all the problems is a chicanery used by every oligarch around the world. you have a problem? blame it on the other, it's that immigrant, that black guy, that black woman, that minority, that's the reason for your problem. that's what is happening. it's a conscious effort to divide the country. and it worked in part, but we -- it is deliberate and it worked in part, but we can't let it work again. as i said, i traveled the world a lot because of my role in foreign policy. they look a

stand up for the vision of the united states of america, the vision of a we the people nation, not government by, and for the people. that is exactly what his decisions stand for. stand up for the vision of a president and a republic instead of a vision of a king and a kingdom which is what his view of presidential power turns into. a president above and beyond the law. colleagues, do your job. that means we do not vote until we have the documents review his entire record and that he is still the nominee, we reject him because he lied, because he demonstrated intense partisanship, because he is angry under stress, because he threatened retaliation, because he is unsuited to serve on any court let alone the supreme court of the united states of america. >> senator from missouri. >> mister president, my colleague just talked about standing up for the senate, standing up for values, that traditionally have been our values, one of those is innocent until proven guilty, not innocent when you have that presumption that that is where you are. what we've seen happen in the last week is something that

of penalty long - - felony currently to be stated under oath which aligns with the testimony of hundreds of witnesses who have known him over the years. for goodness sake this is the united states of america nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent in the united states of america the senate should not set a fundamentally un-american precedent here. judge kavanaugh's rights to basic fairness does not disappear just because of this judicial philosophy. our society is not a place were uncorroborated allegations of misconduct from nearly 40 years ago, allegations vigorously disputed can destroy the reputation or their career that is what the set is known for? a nomination comes up here and we destroy your reputation. is that with the senate will participate in? so above the partisan noise with that shame for the shameless spectacle to the senate what will endure are the actual factss, before us? and then upon reviewing this only one question is left to answer is judge brett kavanaugh it's qualified to serve on the united states supreme court? mister president there is a good reason politicalne opponents don't want to litigate that issue. no. they don't want to talk about that. th

unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind, have no place in the united states of america. joining me now from new hampshire is daniel benjamin, who was the coordinator for counterterrorism at the united states department of state from 2009 to 2012 under president obama and secretary clinton. how secretary clinton. alarmed duping the authorities and how alarmed duping the authorities and intelligence agencies will be over this series of attacks being sent out? i am sure they will be very alarmed and i am sure that the fbi is right now searching in a lot of different resources into both examining the devices and also seeing if they have any intelligence on extremists who might want to carry out attacks like this. we have

of the united states. i believe, and i think the last couple of weeks are demonstrative of that, that i helped create an immigrant movement in the united states of america, and in the democratic caucus and the democratic party, and in many areas and spaces, economic, business spaces, educational spaces, and most importantly, in this political space that is the congress of the united states, a genuine support and majority for immigration reform. so i thought, now i have done that, now let me elected president that will implement that immigration reform. secondly, the tragedy of puerto rico. there is always something special about the birthplace of your parents, just something. i wasn't born in puerto rico but my mom and dad were, and it has always held a very special place in my heart and the hearts of my children. and i saw the devastation. i saw the terrible, poor, miserable, lame response of the federal government, the richest, most powerful, most technologically-advanced nation in the world. and we now know about the people who died from hurricane maria, and still the suffering continues. hundreds of thousands of people have fled the island with no o

migrants i and the group is growing of the united states of america intervenes and prevents 10 terrorists or suspected terrorists from coming into our country every day. so it's -- it's

going to a place like sweet water oros roscoe, being number one in the united states of america in the generation of wind power. we are a state that you may know, for the discussion around sb-6, this idea that we try to scare parents about transgender kids coming into their child's bathroom. though we know that transgender children are far more likely to be the victims than perpetrat perpetrators. you can be fired for being gay. what you may not know if you live outside of texas, this state is fully committed to the full civil rights of each and every single one of us. wants to stand up regardless of your sexual orientation, to make sure that you can do everything that you're intended to do in your life. this is a state defined by its ambitions. last in the country in health care, and making sure you can see a doctor, we will lead to be the first in quality health care. teachers who, by our state constitution, cannot effectively organize or strike for better conditions or wages, we will organize for them. and insist that they are paid a living wage, work only one job, the most importan

migrants and group is growing after the united states of america intervenes an prevents 10 terrorists or suspected terrorists from many coulding into our country every day. so it is inconceivable that

immigration is the surest way to obtain the better life you are looking for here in the united states of america. from a security standpoint, there is no proper county of who these individuals and the caravan are. this poses an unacceptable security risk to the united states. moreover, many of these people are right targets for human traffickers and others who would exploit them. we don't want that to happen. i've spoken twice in the last two days to my counterpart. foreign secretary, peter. we trust the mexican leaders know with the best times are to resolve the situation. we urge timely action on their part. united states also has a message for those who are currently part of this caravan or any caravan which follows. you will not be successful at getting into the united states illegally. no matter what. i repeat, the caravan will not cross the second order under under any circumstance. if you seek to come here, go through the normal refugee process. if you apply for refugee status, a permanent solution in mexico or in a third country, but i can tell you, with certainty, we are determined, ill

for goodness sake this is the united states of america. nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent in this country. nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent in the united states of america. the senate should not set a fundamentally un-american precedent here. brett kavanaugh's right to basic fairness does not disappear just because some disagree with his judicial philosophy. our society is not a place where uncorroborated allegations of misconduct from 40 years ago, allegations which are vigorously disputed, can nullify someone's career or destroy their reputation, is that what the senate is going to be known for? a nomination comes up here and we destroy your reputation. that is what the senate is going to participate in. so above a partisan noise, beyond this shameful spectacle which is embarrassing to the senate, what will indoor are the actual facts before us. the actual facts. upon reviewing them only one question is left for us to answer. is brett kavanaugh qualified to serve on the united states supreme court?

to be political and lethal acts with threats of political violence have no place in the united states of america u.s. president promising a full investigation new york's mayor says that the bomb sent to see it. was an act of terror we'll get the latest from new york in washington also coming up with all eyes on. makes his first public comments on the killings speaking at a business conference today. he also said that we'll cooperate with investigators. it's good to have you with us the u.s. president donald trump is promising to get to the bottom of a string of suspicious explosive devices that were sent to top democrats today just days ahead of crucial midterm elections the u.s. president says that the perpetrators will be punished to the full extent of the wall but in an unusual move to trump's wife the first lady. was the first to deliver her condemnation of the bombings at the white house. we cannot tolerate those cobley attacks and i strongly condemn all hutus violence i'm grateful to the secret service as well as the local and federal law enforcement for all they do on a daily basis to kee

nobody unifies in the united states of america and the populace in the united states of america the politically active populism there in america within two weeks. that is not going to happen in political fights and divisiveness will not cease to they will not to seize they will exist still and will be happening definitely w.'s just a fun cmos reporting from d.c. and i also want to thank our correspondent in new york who was talking to us earlier about the situation on the ground james arayan all thank you both and next up we're going to shift our focus to saudi arabia where the crown prince there mohamed been some on has described the killing of dissident journalist. as quote a heinous crime he said everything would be done to bring the perpetrators to justice after coming under intense international pressure riyadh has acknowledged that he was killed inside the country's istanbul consulate but the world family denies that the crown prince was involved in any way. it was supposed to attract investors to the kingdom instead the crown prince was forced to say he denounced the murder of writer and

this is an important bill to make sure that america does not repeat the mistake of world war ii and develop and expand internment camps here in the united states of america. now, you may think that this is something that is far-fetched. of course the united states would not establish internment camps, but the fact is we already have three and we have the house having passed a bill to greatly expand those internment camps. we have 35 sponsors of a bill here in the senate to expand internment camps. we have the president issue an executive order asking congress to expand internment camps, and most recently the president putting forward draft legislation to expand internment camps without congress. where does this story begin? it begins as far as public awareness on may 7, when the attorney general jeff sessions, gave a speech. he called this his zero tolerance policy. i listened to his description of zero tolerance policy about arresting people on the border. i said, you know, you take away the fancy rhetoric, and it sounds like he's criminalizing families who are fleeing persecution from overseas. i thought that's a pretty stunning situation be

political and lethal acts with threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america that is reaction from u.s. president donald trump he is promising a full investigation of the suspicious mailings new york described the bomb sent to c.n.n. offices in new york as an act of terror will get the latest from the u.s. plus all on its own riyadh saudi arabia's crown prince makes his first public comments on the killing speaking at a high profile business conference mohamed bin salma calls the show his death a heinous crime he also says it is cooperating with turkish investigators. good to have you with us and we begin tonight in the united states where the circle of prominent targets were sent suspected explosive devices continues to why. police are currently investigating a suspicious package at the office of senior democrat lawmaker deborah wasserman schultz in florida in why pedia back you wait at the time warner building in new york city today after a suspect parcel was found at the c.n.n. offices there the secret service has also intercepted packages sent to former se

not stand by while any nation assassinates a journalist that is a legal resident of the united states of america. this is just the beginning of a very, very dark episode. elizabeth: what is message then that the u.s. sends? >> i think message that we send is, you know, with this arms deal we need to look at taking it off the table. we already see many people that are pulling out of this davos in the desert economic forum, i think that sends another message. and we need to be serious about producing, consuming and exporting our own energy resources so we don't have to be dependent upon the saudis. and we need to look at restructuring better alliances with other actors in the middle east so the saudis don't think they can act with disrespect and disregard toward us. elizabeth: saudi arabia is in a bind, it's trying to bring saudi aramco to the markets in an initial public offering, trying to diversify away from being an oil economy. this is a shocking development that comes at the wrong time for what saudi arabia's trying to accomplish with its economy. let's get to this development, terror preach

there are problems with every medical facility in the united states of america. e is a problem when we spend twice as much per personal health care as do people of any other country. in terms of health care, what we need to do our two things. number we have got to agree that one, health care is a right, not a privilege, guarantee health care for all. number two, we have to do away with the bureaucracy, the waste, and the dysfunctionality which costs so much money. jane: we will stop there and move on to questions our listeners have sent us. and we will be doing that after this break. this concludes the second segment of our program. you're listening to the vpr-vermont pbs u.s. senate debate. this is the vpr-vermont pbs senate debate on "vermont edition." with us today are two candidates for the position, the incumbent independent senator bernie sanders and republican challenger lawrence zupan. now for questions from vermonters, and i want to thank everyone who submitted questions in advance of the debate. in this case, please limit your answers to 60 seconds, and

is this person fit to be a justice of the supreme court of the united states of america? that's the term that alexander hamilton used when he was writing about the fundamental goal of the founders to decide if an individual by experience and character was fit or unfit. so that's our job here. and throughout our history it's a clear separation of powers. the senate cannot intervene in terms of who the president nominates, and the president cannot intervene in terms of the review process of that nominee. well, now we have something that's happened in an extraordinary fashion that's never happened in the united states before as far as we're aware, and that's that the president of the united states, president trump, has violated that separation of powers, and he's done so in three fundamental ways. after nominating, he did not leave the senate to review the record. he, instead, had his team calm up senators who lead the judiciary committee and said don't let the senate get their hands on any of the records for three years in which the nominee served as staff secretary. that's

stress, retaliation and unsuited to serve on any court let alone the supreme court of the united states of america. >> mister president. >> the senator from missouri. >> my colleague just talked about standing up for the senate and standing up to the values traditionally that were our values one of those principal values is innocent until proven guilty not innocent that used to be that presumption what we sod didn't need to happen certainly the way it happened they hearing and the hours of questioned and at numb all of that if we lould've followed this process the right way with a significant part of the majority before he has the hearing and several senators say they are against the nominee before he is even nominated no matter who it would be but with the normal background check the information available to the committee and democrats and staff would be turned over at the time. how would the fbi have handled that on july 30th? or august 30th? by going and talking and with judge kavanaugh and the people that they mentioned that they also talked to interviewed by the fbi. that would have been put

united nations general assembly the majority were there to discuss substantiative global issues like nuclear disarmament there was one person who had his own agenda. donald trump president of the united states of america. we are doing great that was a big big problem and you know the interesting when i did it and i was really being tough and so was seeing how we love back and forth and then we fell in love ok no really he wrote me beautiful letters and they're great letters so i mean when. you see the continuing sanctions deepen our mistrust of the u.s. the u.s. heavily relies on coercive measures that are lethal to trust building without any trust in the us we have no confidence in our national security and under such circumstances there is no way we will unilaterally disarm ourselves not so long ago washington in pyongyang appeared to be on the brink of war and now the u.s. secretary of state claims both countries are are at the dawn of a new day martinelli a potential comments now on an eventful past twelve months. it's only been a year and then boom donald trump's second u.n. general assembly just listen to it i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the steps he has taken a lot

for goodness sakes, this is the united states of america. nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent in this country. nobody is supposed to be until proven innocent in the united states of america. the senate should not set a fundamentally un-american precedent here. judge kavanaugh's right to basic fairness does not disappear just because some disagree with his judicial philosophy. our society is not a place where uncorroborated allegations of misconduct from nearly 40 years ago, allegations which are vigorously disputed, can nullify someone's career or destroy their reputation. is that what the senate is going to be known for? a nomination comes up here, and we destroy a reputation. is that what the senate is going to participate in? so above the partisan noise, beyond this shameful spectacle, which is an embarrassment to the senate, what we will endure are the actual facts before us, the actual facts. upon reviewing them, only one question is left for us to answer. is judge brett kavanaugh qualified to serve on the united states

unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america. >> reporter: however, the president has often inflamed the political rhetoric. his crowd in houston on monday broke into a cnn sucks chant. >> i don't like 'em either. >> reporter: tonight officials are urging members of the public and politicians to stop the hateful rhetoric for the sake of safety. >> to all public officials of all partisan affiliations, don't encourage violence. don't encourage hatred. don't encourage attacks on media. you could disagree, but you have to show respect for people. and air your disagreements peacefully. >> reporter: the fbi, the new york police department, the joint terrorism task force, they are all continuing the investigation as we speak. the primary concern is, will the person or persons behind these multiple explosive devices, do they have more to send? do they have more targets? that is a real concern. they have an advantage now, though, that including that device found at cnn, they did not have to detonate it. they have it intact. that provides

when we lose exit to the-- access to that it's a threat to the united states of america. does nasa get involved in national to-- security and defense? no and we are not going to. do we have hundreds of billions of dollars of assets that could be under threat cracks-- under threat? yes. we are the only agency that has humans. do they need to be protected? absolutely. in my view space is a domain of warfare not because we wanted to be but because there are countries out there calling space the american achilles' heel because they know that it is an existential threat to the united states of america. what is our response? you think about what a space force is and does. they would just organize train and equip professionals that can be deployed for war fighting capabilities. all of that already exists so when you think about the space for us it is not something that should take a lot of time or money. it has to compete for capabilities in the cyber domain and in my view it should be separate. i feel like i can talk about this freely because i was in the house of representative

democrats to end their charade before they do more harm to the senate, the supreme court and the united states of america. thank you, mister president, i yield before. >> the potential of being a historic week in america. the last we 10 days have been very troubling to me as a united states senator, as an individual citizen, husband, father, son. i'm very troubled today by the extreme measures that we see being made right now about a case that my colleagues across the aisle are trying to make today. i'm outraged actually. after a personal incident involving my wife and myself this week we have seen firsthand the lengths to which members of the other side of the aisle will go to distract us away from the truth. this body, the united states senate, has become nothing more than a bully pulpit for someone's special cause when it should be a deliberative body. we should be finding the truth here. my democratic colleagues claim they want to work with republicans. they talk all the time about working in a bipartisan way and yet when you get into the heat of the battle, nothing could be further from the truth. t

so again, if we lose those capabilities, it is an existential threat to the united states of america. and the enemies of the united states, without going into details about what they're doing -- >> not including canada. >> right. let me just say, not the enemies. i want to rephrase that. the potential adversaries of the united states have looked at space and declared it the american achilles heel. because they know if it is destroyed, it will wreck the united states of america. now, all that being said, what we have to do as a country, and you know, the wilson center is a great institution to help us get out this message, we have to make it such that the potential adversaries of the united states look at space and they see that there is no possible way they are going to get an advantage by destroying it. >> right. >> and if we can do that, we can preserve space for generations to come and improve the human condition for everybody on the globe. but if we neglect our responsibility to make sure space is secure, then it will be a vulnerability. and that in itself is provocative. so that'