and there's been this from the us state department...nd other muslim minorities are held in camps in xinjiang. china has responded to our report insisting that its camps are vocational training centres, designed to stop muslims living in the region from turning to extremism. and it denounced the bbc report as lies and misinformation. translation: there is no so-called - systemic sexual assault and abuse against women. china is a country ruled by law. 0ur constitution guarantees and protects human rights, and it is embodied in our legal system and the government's work. now we can show you new testimony. a former inmate who describes how regular rape was in the camp she was in and how it was used as punishment. translation: one day, they assembled - many people in a large hall. then they brought a young girl, 20 or 21 years old. she was forced to confess a bogus crime in front of everyone. she pleaded guilty to the made—up crime in flood of tears in her speech, in which she was forced to confess. after that, in front of so many people, th

arabia's offensive military campaign in yemen, the us house of representatives has voted to punish us state departmentin camps alleging rate. the bbc has been accused of making a false report. the us house of representatives has voted to punish a republican lawmaker over incendiary remarks she made — marjorie taylor greene had promoted baseless conspiracy theories and showed support for violence against democrats. 11 republicansjoined the entire democratic caucus in the vote. now on bbc news it's time to hardtalk.

state department has also announced _ surprise. the state department has also announced a _ surprise. the state department has also announced a new - surprise. the state department has also announced a new usw us envoy to yemen, an experienced diplomat. what do you make of that? the two parts of the announcement, the cut—off of support for offensive saudi operations and the appointment of tim as the us special envoy for yemen, the appointment of tim in my view is the more important step.— important step. that will hepefully _ important step. that will hopefully help _ important step. that will hopefully help martin - important step. that will. hopefully help martin griffith to revitalise and push forward on the political resolution of the conflict, something that martin, as you know, has been working on for several years. we have got a joint declaration that martin has been trying to negotiate with the houthis and with the government that call for, among other things, a ceasefire. if the us, by lending its way to the un effort can help to push that forward, i think that will be an extremely important and positive step.— an extremely important and positive step. and yemen has been described

and there's been this from the us state department...ties are held in camps in xinjiang. china has responded to our report insisting that its camps are vocational training centres, designed to stop muslims living in the region from turning to extremism. and it denounced the bbc report as lies and misinformation. translation: there is no so-called - systemic sexual assault and abuse against women. china is a country ruled by law. 0ur constitution guarantees and protects human rights, and it is embodied in our legal system and the government's work. now we can show you new testimony. a former inmate who describes how regular rape was in the camp she was in and how it was used as punishment. translation: one day, they assembled - many people in a large hall. then they brought a young girl, 20 or 21 years old. she was forced to confess a bogus crime in front of everyone. she pleaded guilty to the made—up crime in flood of tears in her speech, in which she was forced to confess. after that, in front of so many people, the police raped her in

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your introduction piece at what president biden said when he visited the state department will be important. what we have seen us chinese policies to move mostly in international policies and sometimes an domestic policy. i think there's an domestic policy. i think there's a large basket of issues from technology to human rights policy and xinjiang and hong kong to this much brighter struggle i think dick sullivan pointed to. —— jake sullivan. the chinese model and tiny system, one that liberal democracy needs to be worried about globally. how much damage they think it's been done over the past four years? —— the chinese ideological system. for the chinese ideological system. for the us to have influence on china. china could say we had a very different administration forfour different administration for four years different administration forfour years and will different administration for four years and will have different administration forfour years and will have a different one now and who knows what will happen in the future. this now and who knows what will happen in the future. $5 i now and who knows wha

i think by having presidentjoe biden go first at the state department, and putting his close placing emphasis on uss friends and adversaries that he speaks for the president. what about north korea? are we likely to see a return to the way things were before president trump? it is a good question. pyongyang seems to test new administrations when they come in. president 0bama and president trump had that happen. what i can say is the new state department and political appointees that came in with thejoe biden administration are extremely experienced in dealing with north korea. they brought back the ambassadorfrom indonesia. these are people who have negotiated with north korea and dealt with our friends and allies in the region so i think the us is in a pretty good position to handle surprises from north korea should they come up. a reminder of our top story. joe biden has said out his administrations plan to restore american global leadership by promising to rebuild long—standing alliances or confronting every theory such as russia and china. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbc maryam thank yo

state department has compiled and submitted a report to us congress kind of detailing the measures they have taken so far in this direction and how effective these measures have been this report by the way also comes at a very sensitive timing because the biden administration has been accused of world inaction of not being keen enough on preventing nordstrom too from coming to fruition this report is not yet available to the public but ned price the spokesman for the u.s. state department has revealed of that some 18 companies european companies have decided to pull out of the nord stream to a med u.s. pressure and when i say pressure i mean sanctions so far the united states have been sanctioning the russians while the e.u. firms have remained in the clear but that's only so far this constant threat of sanctions coming from washington while it has always been and is still hanging over european firms so well 18 of them have decided that better safe than sorry and while they decided to cut ties with the project now when it comes to russia moscow as always been saying that north that nort

arabia's offensive military campaign in yemen, the us house of representatives has voted to punish us state departmentas called for serious consequences for china after a previous investigation showed harrowing accounts of whig women in camps alleging rate. the bbc has been accused of making a false report. the us house of representatives has voted to punish a republican lawmaker over incendiary remarks she made — marjorie taylor greene had promoted baseless conspiracy theories and showed support for violence against democrats. 11 republicansjoined the entire democratic caucus in the vote. now on bbc news it's time to hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. the roll—out of covid—19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if it's to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. while tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the world's poor are facing a very long wait — the phrase "vaccine apartheid" has already been coined. my guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr soumya swaminat

the us state department has assessed the military takeover in myanmar constitutes a coup and will therefore country. this comes after the country's leader aung san suu kyi was detained on monday — and as people in myanmar�*s biggest city, yangon, have banged pots and pans to protest. president biden has signed three executive orders seeking to reunite migrant families split up by a trump—era policy and to order a review of his predecessor's wider immigration agenda. mr biden�*s orders will set up a task force to try to reunite the estimated 600 to children who are still separated from theirfamilies. the prosecution and defence in donald trump's upcoming impeachment trial have been laying out their cases. house impeachment managers say that mr trump has �*personally responsibility" for inciting the insurrection on capitol hill last month. his legal team plans to argue that the trial is �*unconstitutional�*, since he's already out of office. talks to rebuild italy's coalition government have collapsed and the president, sergio matterella, is beginning talks about setting up a new administrati

representatives has voted to punish a republican lawmaker over incendiary remarks she made — the us state department called for "serious consequences" for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured in so called re—education camps for the uighur muslim minority. china has denied the allegations and accused the bbc of making a false report. the us house of representatives has voted to punish a republican lawmaker over incendiary remarks she made — by expelling her from two committees. marjorie taylor greene had promoted baseless conspiracy theories and showed support for violence against democrats. 11 republicansjoined the entire democratic caucus in the vote. now on bbc news, britain has one of the highest death toll from covid—19 in the world. this film follows staff at the royal hospital in london as they try to cope with a second way. and a warning, this programme contains content which some of may find it distressing. she's young. she's someone�*s relative. this is something precious that we're holding and we're trying to do. my wife lost her fight for life. nobo

the us state department has officially assessed the military takeover in myanmar as a coup and so it country. myanmar�*s leader aung san suu kyi was detained on monday. many people in the biggest city, yangon, have banged pots and pans in coordinated protest. talks to rebuild italy's coalition government have collapsed, and the president, sergio matterella, is trying to set up a new administration. he's summoned the former governor of the european central bank, mario draghi, for talks on wednesday, probably about leading the new government. two fbi agents have been shot dead and three others wounded as they tried to search an apartment in florida. they were trying to seize a computer and other evidence in a child pornography case. the suspect later barricaded himself in his home for several hours before killing himself. they're the first fbi agents killed on duty since 2008. a new study from oxford university suggests the coronavirus vaccine it developed with astrazeneca not only protects from severe disease, but also reduces transmission of the virus significantly. researchers found

the us state department has announced a ban on $76.00 saudi nationals saudi arabia says it completely rejects the report and its warning against any measures that infringe on its sovereignty or judicial system riyadh maintains the killers were a rogue group and censors done all it can to punish them president joe biden says washington's relationship with saudi arabia will change. price spoke yesterday with the king prince made it clear to him that the rules are changing and we're going to be announcing she live we can change is this today and on monday we are going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses and we're going to make sure that they fact you know if they want to deal with us they have to deal with the way the human rights abuses are dealt with and we're trying to do that across the world but particularly here i mean mars ambassador to the united nations in new york has appealed to the un general assembly to do everything it can to reject the military coup your more told told the assembly he was representing the ousted elected government protest against the coup have

and over the atlantic, the us state department was equally concerned, expressing its concerns also aboutn media freedom. we absolutely condemn the prc's decision to ban bbc world news. the prc maintains one of the most controlled, most oppressive, least free information spaces in the world. it's troubling that as the prc restricts outlets and platforms from operating freely in china, beijing's leaders use free and open media environments overseas to promote misinformation. we call on the prc and other nations with authoritarian controls over their population to allow their full access to the internet and media. so, james, what are the likely consequences moving forward? in practical terms, it's not clear how much impact this will actually have in china. already, it's very hard to get bbc content in china. you can't see the bbc website, you can't get the bbc app. a lot of bbc world television only got through to international hotels and places like that, so the practical implications are hard to determine. in the longer term, this will obviously, i think, add to tensions between the uk an

the us state department has urged the houthis to cease all military operations. barrier for the first time. it continues an upward trend that's seen it rise almost 900% since march last year. bitcoin has been given a boost by news of large firms, like tesla and mastercard, showing support for the currency. the lower house of the french national assembly has approved legislation to combat extremism, which the government says threatens national unity. president emmanuel macron�*s flagship project is meant to nurture republican values and has militant islam as its prime target. conservatives say the bill doesn't go far enough muslims in general. it includes closer scrutiny of religious associations, tighter controls on home schooling and a new offence of posting personal details online to endanger others. the senate will debate the measures next month. the night—time curfew in the netherlands could be in doubt after a court ruled that the government hadn't shown why it was necessary to stop coronavirus spreading. the challenge to the curfew was brought by an anti—lo

and over the atlantic, the us state department was equally concerned, expressing his concerns also aboutedia freedom. we absolutely condemn the prc's decision to ban bbc world news. the prc maintains one of the most controlled, most oppressive, least free information spaces in the world. it's troubling that as the prc restricts outlets and platforms from operating freely in china, beijing's leaders use free and open media environments overseas to promote misinformation. we call on the prc and other nations with authoritarian controls over their population to allow their full access to the internet and media. james, what are the likely consequent is moving forward? in practical terms, consequent is moving forward? in practicalterms, it consequent is moving forward? in practical terms, it is not clear what effect this will have in china. already it is very hard to get bbc content in china. you cannot see the bbc website, you cannot get the bbc app. a lot of bbc television only got through to international hotels in place like that. the practical applications are harder to determine for 70

the us state department has offically assessed the military takeover in myanmar as a coup and will thereforeeign assistance to the country. this comes after the country's leader, aung san suu kyi, was detained on monday — and as people in myanmar�*s biggest city, yangon, have banged pots and pans to protest. talks to rebuild italy's coalition government have collapsed and the president, sergio mattarella, is beginning talks about setting up a new administration of technocrats. he's summoned the former governor of the european central bank, mario draghi, for talks on wednesday. mr draghi is expected to be asked to lead the new government. two fbi agents have been shot dead and three others injured as they tried to search an apartment in florida. the shooting happened as they were trying to seize a computer and other evidence in a child pornography case. the suspect later barricaded himself in his home for several hours before killing himself. they're the first fbi agents killed on duty since 2008. more than 1,000 people have been arrested following the jailing of the russian opposition leader

the us state department has urged the houthis to cease all military operations. which the government says threatens national unity. president macron�*s flagship project is meant to nurture republican values and has militant islam as its prime target. conservatives say the bill doesn't go far enough while those on the left—wing argue it risks stigmatising muslims in general. it includes closer scrutiny of religious associations, tighter controls on home schooling and a new offence of posting personal details online to endanger others. the night—time curfew in the netherlands could be in doubt after a court ruled that the government hadn't shown why it was necessary to stop coronavirus spreading. the challenge to the curfew was brought by an anti—lockdown group although the government has appealed the decision, as paul hawkins reports. protests which turned to riots. this was the reaction in eindhoven three weeks ago, when the nighttime curfew was introduced. scenes that were repeated across the netherlands, but with little impact on the government — only last week

companies have quit russia's nord stream to gas pipeline project after american threats the us state department has acknowledged that america is undermining the principles of free trade and competition subjugating market laws to its own geopolitical interests and acting in spite of the will of sovereign nations . it is a correspondent who goes down off with more on the growing scandal around the u.s. response. from the very outset the u.s. has been hell burned on do you really ignored stream to me so this time the u.s. state department has compiled and submitted a report to u.s. congress kind of detailing the measures they have taken so far in this direction and how effective these measures have been this report by the way also comes at a very sensitive timing because the biden administration has been accused of world inaction of not being keen enough on preventing nordstrom too from coming to fruition this report is not yet available to the public but ned price the spokesman for the u.s. state department has revealed or that some 800 companies european companies have decided to pull out of nor

the us state department has urged the houthis to cease all military operations.eader, aung san suu kyi, has begun, behind closed doors. she appeared in court via video link, accused of violating the natural disaster law, on top of earlier charges of possessing illegal communications. protests against the military coup have continued across myanmar. a military spokesman has claimed aung saan suu kyi is being confined for her own safety. the lower house of the french national assembly has approved a new bill to combat extremism. president emmanuel macron�*s flagship project is meant to nurture republican values and foster national unity. but not everyone agrees this is the right way of doing it. ever since the beheading of a school teacher last october, french president president emmanuel macron has made clear he has extremism in his side and a pillar of that project has passed its first hurdle. the lower house of parliament has approved a new bill to combat extremism stop new measures would include tougher over sighted masks. tougher controls on homeschooling and

ready to join talks with iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2050 nuclear deal the us state department will accept an invitation from the e.u. to attend a meeting of the signatories to the original agreement the former us president will withdrew in 2018 iran has been reducing its complaints ever since printing repeated warnings from britain france and germany the best. the best and safest path is to ensure that iran does not get nuclear weapons we want to discuss this with our u.s. partners and to find out under what conditions they would be prepared to rejoin the deal but in regards to tehran one has to say that the way iran is acting out regarding its commitments which it is discarding bit by bit and has now even threatened to reduce any transparency tara is playing with fire will complicate this process even more and it's complicated enough as it is christine salumi joins us now from washington christine how significant is this u.s. reengagement. well it is a step towards a reengagement with iran the 6 was the 2nd meeting between secretary of state anthony blinken and his european c

the us state department said the atrocities they describe shock the conscience and tonight president parliament today, the treatment of the women was condemned by the foreign office. the evidence of the scale and the severity of these violations is now far—reaching. it paints a truly harrowing picture. if china wishes to dispute this evidence they must allow unfettered access to the region for the un high commissionerfor human rights or another independent fact—finding body. china has responded to our investigation, insisting its camps are vocational training centres designed to stop muslims living in the region from turning to extremism. it accuses the bbc of lies and misinformation. translation: there is no so-called systemic sexual assault _ and abuse against women. china is a country ruled by law and our constitution guarantees and protects human rights and it is embodied in our legal system and the government's work. these women have spoken out about rape, which in their culture is an unspoken crime, because they want their stories heard. it seems much of the world is listening.

us diplomacy. the united states will again lead, notjust by the example of our power, but the power of our example. meanwhile, the us state department says it's concerned by the content of a bbc report alleging the systematic rape and abuse of uighur women in chinese camps. also in the programme — former president donald trump refuses to tesify under oath at his impeachment trial next week after house impeachment managers asked him to do so, to look at his role in the lead—up to the events of january the 6th. the most expensive 30 seconds of television — this year's super bowl ads feature some of the biggest names in hollywood, who have spent most of this year sitting on the sidelines. hello, i'm christian fraser in london. laura trevelyan is in new york. rolling back the america first agenda has been the hallmark ofjoe biden�*s first two weeks in the white house. he has already returned the united states to the paris climate accord and the world health organization. this week, he renewed the new start nuclear treaty with russia and signalled he'd like to return to the nuclear agreement with iran. part of his challenge will be resto

use to communicate with all our members. we have a website here, several associations throughout the state, that is how we communicate what each departmentties. todd: carley: i find some of the talking points you sent us, the page that was removed, they were about a retirement lunch, make a wish event and a post about an officer who received deputy of the year award, doesn't sound like any of those posts are controversial, you did say you had some posts about some political post about not wanting to defund the police, could that have led to the page being removed? >> you are absolutely right. those were our last three posts, they were great posts. we have 800 members we represent. our page has 7000 followers. we love to be engaged with the community and those were our last 3 posts, positive posts. >> as a law enforcement officer you are allowed to see you don't stand with defunding the police, that's not something that should be removed in any way. thank you so much for joining us, we appreciate it. we contacted facebook for comment but have not heard back. thank you, appreciate it. >> now it is gripping time. the confirmation of merrick

and there has been this from the us state department. and abuse against women. china is a country ruled by law. our constitution guarantees and protects human rights and it is embodied in our legal system and the government's work. now we can show you new testimony. a former inmate who describes how regular rape was in the camp she was in, and how it was used as punishment. translation: one day, they assembled many people in a large hall. _ then they brought a young girl, 20 or 21 years old. she was forced to confess a bogus crime in front of everyone. she pleaded guilty to the made up crime in a flood of tears in her speech, in which she was forced to confess. after that, in front of so many people, the police raped her in turns. despite the huge international outcry that these women's testimonies have provoked, it is unlikely that china will act and allow independent scrutiny of what is going on inside their re—education camps. responding to accusations by the chinese government that the report was false, the bbc issued a statement, sa

. >> reporter: the us state department is reiterating the need for iran to return to compliance with nuclear deal before economic sanctions would be lifted. the stalemate has continued since president biden took office and since regional tensions have increased. yesterday we saw 3 rockets fired at the us embassy in baghdad by iranian backed militias. another example of the destabilizing activity that president biden will have to address in the larger agreement. todd: thank you. let's bring in muslim scholar doctor ahmed. great to have you as always. the posture the biden administration demonstrated over the first month of its time in office, leverage to iran and lead to the situation we were just talking about? >> reporter: the report is spot on and it is very tragic what is happening with the new administration, shocking reports coming out that iran was in backroom deals with people like senator john kerry during the trump administration undermining the previous administration's approach. iran is clearly not participating in any kind of fictional deal from 2015. the enrichment that

, the moment they pulled out, it was thejudgement of the international atomic energy agency us state department iran was complying with the agreement, giving us confidence they will not be able to acquire nuclear weapons. that was the most important metrics, it was working. sure, there are other issues we have with iran but the nuclear agreement is a nuclear agreement, and for good reason, one of the most important national security threats to the west, and on that support it was a success. you might antony blinken be speaking to in the iranian government? —— who? mr speaking to in the iranian government? -- who? mr is a wreath may — government? -- who? mr is a wreath may be _ government? -- who? mr is a wreath may be his _ government? -- who? mr is a. wreath may be his counterpart, with negotiations with the p5 plus one, but i think this will start at a lower level. the us has a special representative for iran who has deep experience with the first iran nuclear agreement —— mr zarif. so i think it will start any working level and proceed up, but i don't think it proceeds quickly. i welcome the

happening and getting on the public record, of what happened and recently the office of the us state departmentroduced a new volume of foreign relations of the united states, and the official documentation of the us foreign policy. that offered a much more transparent, and complete accounting of the us role in organizing the coup against the ruler of iran in 1953. and professional historians are doing that important work of insisting that documents be released and be made as transparent as possible for historical researchers and students. another interesting point about that era, is that even before he was overthrown iran was under economic sanctions. so it is a kind of precedent for the current moment of maximum pressure on iran through its economy. and the reason that iran was to a certain extent, embargoed so successfully, was that this was a moment back in the 19 fifties, when a handful of major oil companies control the oil industry. and that really is no longer the case. so it's much more difficult to impose that kind of successful sanctions regime, then it was more than a half a century

also said he would stop support for saudi arabia's offensive military campaign in yemen, the us state departmentas called for "serious consequences" for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured — in so called "re—education camps" for the uighur muslim minority. china has denied the allegations and accused the bbc of making a "false report." the us house of representatives has voted to punish a republican lawmaker over incendiary remarks she made — by expelling her from two committees. theories and showed support for violence against democrats. 11 republicansjoined the entire democratic caucus in the vote. now on bbc news: the week in parliament. hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. is good news breaks out at westminster. our nation, madam deputy speaker is getting safer every day as more and more people get protected by the biggest immunised pro immunisation programme in the history of our health service.— health service. boris johnson is want he — health service. boris johnson is want he picked _ health service. boris johnson is want he picked t

today, the us state department said the military takeover constitutes a coup and has ordered a reviewhonest, briefly it didn't work. it didn't work because many of the asian neighbours didn't comply by the sanctions. what we could see on the ground, poor people got poor and some of the reckless racketeers and smugglers grew richer. so we tried in a short term, as our european partners in communique at the time, to modify and abolish these sanctions. and as of today, i would say the same still applies. there are many ways to measure economic success — but almost all of them entail showing some form of growth, whether that's growth in profits, or growth in businesses or how much is produced. but what if that growth comes at the expense of the natural world? a landmark report out today — the dasgupta review — calls for a new way of calculating economic success, taking the value of nature into account. and it warns, if we don't, there is what it calls an "extreme here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. here's the problem. amazon the company is worth about $1.6 trillion

the us state department looks part serious consequences for china after women say they were raped andintensively to sort out problems with post—brexit trade in northern ireland. days after staging a coup, myanamar�*s military leaders have blocked facebook, the main source of internet access for people in the country. officials say it was shut down to boost stability. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, has pledged to mobilise international pressure to ensure, as he put it, that the military coup in myanmarfails. there's been no word on the whereabouts of the country's de factor leader aung san suu kyi and president win myint since monday. for a second day protesters banged pots and sounded car horns in the country's largest city. our reporter nye—in chan aye filed this report from yangon. this is where people are showing their frustration and anger against the military coup that has taken place on monday. this is the second night in a row people in yangon have been banging pots and pans, honking their car horns, in protest against the military coup that took place on monday. e

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. >> john: another in "the new york times" story, this idea of governor cuomo not using state departmenton friday in the press conference, he said that he does not trust that experts revising guidelines without consulting the health department. did the governor no more than the health department did? >> no, and it is insane to think about that. even early on when we started the vaccine rollouts, we heard from you know, counting executives, from eva mayor de blasio and a bunch of health leaders that said they had worked long and hard on plants with the state department of health on vaccine rollout. it went to pot. it did not go very well. i know we find out that the governor actually sidelined his own people. these are the kind of things that really need accountability. and in my opinion, the state legislature has to immediately convene some hearings and get to the bottom of it. >> john: on the other front he is facing a lot of criticism over the nursing homes and putting patients who were covid positive back into nursing homes that were not equipped to handle them. in new york congresswo

my home state of west virginia went to the nursing homes first. used their state health departments. alaska is using boats and planes and snowmobiles. whatever it takes to get the vaccines to citizens. lessons that could be learned by states across the country as we try to get past this pandemic. >> harris: it's interesting, mary anne, when you talk about lockdowns and comparing california and florida just as an example, and the lockdowns that happened in one and didn't in the other. andy said he has had a hard time answering the question why it was the case. why do you think that? >> let me help andy here a little bit. i think it might have to do with the data that has been submitted. we now have questions about the data being reported by new york state. new york looked like it was doing a good job for a long time there. now big questions about the nursing home issue. florida has had a lot of questions about the data they've been submitting going back to last spring including not only the number of cases but specifically the reporting of the numbers of deaths because they aren't in

us make sense of it all. tired colonel lawrence wilkerson worked in the leadership of the state department during the george w. bush administration and before that surfer decades in the united states army colonel wilkerson it's great to see you again thank you so much for joining us today as i open it the me beginning joe biden has spoke on at the state department on february 4th let's listen to this clip defending freedom champion opportunity upholding universal rights respecting the rule of law and treating every person with dignity. that's the ground meanwhile our of our global policy our grow will power that's our and exhaustible source of strength that's america's abiding advantage. though many of these values have come under intense pressure in recent years even pushed to the brink in the last few weeks the american people are going to emerge from this moment stronger more determined and better equipped to unite the world in fighting to defend democracy because we have fought for it ourselves colonel wilkerson what are your reactions to joe biden's initial scaffolding in framing on american engagement i

i think you could argue that there were policy that came through the state department, some that did try to usees, but not as effectively as they would have been if they were in sync with the white house and this is mething mr. biden stressed, that he was in sync with the state department and his secretary of state and that he said this is us coming back to the world stage. anchor: thank you so much for joining us. the biden administration says it will restore america's role as a multinational leader, but after the insurrection on capitol hill last month, is the u.s. in a position to criticize others for not supporting democracy? joining us is the president of the council on foreign relations and author of "a brief introduction." president biden saysmerica is back and democracy is back, but it is not that simple, is it? gues if only it were. it's going to take us quite a while to establish our credentials and as an advocate of democracy. but even when we can and i hope today will come sooner rather than later, there is limits to our influence. the chinese, the russians, everybody can push back

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laura: joining us now is our state department correspondent. there, without china joining in sanctions, can the u.s. really have any effect by itself if it imposes them? guest: no, it would need to have a strong international response to effectively isolate myanmar, and joe biden has made that a big part of his statement. he urged the international community to unite and said he would work closely with countries in the region and the world but yes, china is a particular factor and is a strong ally of the generals, although there has been a lot of friction along the way. and china's influence has been somewhat diffused with the transition to democracy we saw in myanmar, which the obama administration supported, and started to open up myanmar to other influences. but in recent years when you saw the campaign against the rohingya muslims, there was an international backlash against that, and china's relationship with the generals strengthened. so if there is an attempt to isolate it by other countries, especially in the united states, perhaps chin

us on kron 4 news at 6. i'm vicki liviakis imus in austria in 4 grant lotus. >>today the state's department of health gave us updated numbers on the coronavirus more than 6.2 million vaccines have been administered. and there's been a 39% reduction in hospitalizations across the state. one month ago. if you remember reported more than 40,000 cases in today. there are 5600 confirmed a new case is a drastic difference from just one month ago, and during his briefing today governor newsome said it's likely california counties will be able to move out of the most restrictive purple reopening tier by this time next month or even before don't we hope it is a positive sign for businesses but it also requires cases to continue to drop our first anchorman live for us in san francisco tonight with more on that dan. >>well the governor isn't giving any guarantees. he's hop

supportive of irish-americans would gone over to england and been arrested he would be glad to use the state department to help them get out of difficulties and the irish catholics remembered that. this is a person that had taken this thing seriously some of them may also have remembered that if i'm not mistaken, i don't remember whether his sister was in a convent. i think she may have been and i think his mother is buried in a catholic graveyard, which means that there are catholics in the family and and this is something that you know can inclined people your way, but that's of course another reason why the tariff is such an important wedge issue. it doesn't just appeal to the south it appeals to irish catholics because the whole language of the protective tariff is our big enemy in the world in trade is england you bring in a low tariff and the english will under sell us in everything. you want to strike a blow it england you need to protective tariff to do it. and striking a blow at england and that kind of rhetoric boy. that sounds like music to irish catholic years. they love the sound of that.