aid programs but then i usaid has issues i wonder how much is interesting little history with the usa so a lot of things go sour can't prove that i'm just saying no when it's being used to do certain kinds of information gathering. then let's now jump over to a row or so these protests taking place another nowhere near as big as like what we saw back at the get two thousand and nine which i like to you know but but there are protests there of course mainstream media was like going crazy everyone's talking about it it was going nuts i just want to get to this quick quote before we move on to the next piece american or any other treat apart as i writes that when compared to the massive election protests in two thousand the current protests appear much more sporadic with no clear leadership and shipping objectives for c.n.n. he writes according to witnesses i spoke to the protests were initiated by in mashad by religious hardliners who sought to take advantage of the populations legitimate economic grievances to score points against the rouhani government which they consider too moderate

about that because it's the ideas that we're controlling it's going into us aid programs but then i usaid has issues i wonder how much is interesting little history with the usa so a lot of cia front things go sour can't prove that i'm just saying you know what it's being used to do certain kinds of information gathering you. know jump over to a row or so these protests taking place now they're nowhere near as big as like what we saw back at the get two thousand and nine which i like to you know but but there are protests there of course mainstream media was like going crazy everyone's talking about it it was going nuts i just want to get to this quick quote before we move on to the next piece american reading author trita parsi writes that when compared to the massive election protests in two thousand the corporate there's appear much more sporadic with no clear leadership in shifting objectives for c.n.n. he writes according to witnesses i spoke to the protests were initiated by in mashad by religious hardliners who sought to take advantage of the population's legitimate economic grieva

global health innovations in usaid programs and activities. the report must also include how the agency measures progress, investment and developments toward the health-related goals. i urge my colleagues to vote in support of h.r. 1660 to allow congress to exercise its oversight powers and ensure usaid research and development efforts reflect their priorities. thank you and i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from new jersey yield back? mr. sires: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized to close debate for the majority. mr. royce: thank you. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time. mr. royce: again, mr. speaker, i want to thank mr. sires of new jersey. he's the ranking member on the subcommittee on western hemisphere, and we thank him for bringing forward this timely measure. this is the global health innovation act. what it seeks to do is to accelerate usaid's work to identify develop and expand acce

where is it house today backs >> it is multiple agencies of government particularly the cdc and usaid. >> i think it is the usa and cdc directors. >> when the outbreak took place, and you refer to some of the places around the united states that have containment areas. from a modest standpoint, we were able to meet the threat at emory university and a couple of other places for the doctors who came back from the outbreak. that was enough at the time but how much do you think should be billed to anticipate something happening like that again, maybe not evil abou of some other infectious disease. >> emery was the national leader in the program if you stick to the leaders in the program they would say that it would be difficult to take care of more than one or two patients in the current unit. i think we need to get a better cost information about how much those units cost. it would be difficult to scale those by orders of magnitude by ten or 100 but i think we can build more capacities to the systems that share the lessons learned in the units and see if we can spread it responsibility

we talk about the eight, $60 million, usaid, being cut from unwra and they are by far the biggest donorat effort. erakat said to me that he worried because so many of the people are completely dependent on it, you talk about the huge number of people that are anti-worried, especially among the young people, if they lose those benefits and lifelines, that they will be more ripe for recruitment by the terrorists. is that a legitimate argument about that issue? >> they have been on notice for a while. previous israeli operations in the gaza strip, which came about because there were attacks on us, what do we find in various unrwa facilities? hamas weapons. that is unacceptable. there are standards for how organizations like unrwa should be run. meet the standards and get the money. >> shannon: all right, former ambassador dore gold, we appreciate you being up so early in jerusalem is spending your time with us. we appreciate it. >> you have good coffee. >> shannon: yes, you do. our thanks to everyone of the jerusalem bureau who made our trip possible. we appreciate all of your help. it was

and was funded by usaid and soros. the default position in any information war is to believe what she wants to hear the western press as a few zero stickley tried to tie vladimir putin into the panama papers for example an economist cliff gabby an expert frequently quoted by the washington post wrote this inflammatory suggestion and offering up salute lee no supporting evidence. if the russians and the bottom up a bit as we know two things elbows come back to putin personally. the number one card in a sense was russia that famous headline could be next fact the billion dollars in panama you lasted for a few days then it disappears completely because nobody could prove it. we all willingly accepted the real sick of being shot wounded taken prisoner but noone signed up to be friggin poisoned by our own people i've seen stuff that was nuclear biological and chemical products the said do not truck tires all types of styrofoam will polystyrene these batteries trucks there was a complete denial i think at all levels of gover

and was funded by usaid and soros. the default position in any information war is to believe what you want to hear the western press as a. we try to tell anybody who tuned into the panama. for example an economist cliff . frequently quoted by the washington post wrote this inflammatory suggestion and offering up salute no supporting evidence. if the russians. as we know two things come back to putin personally. the number one target in the sense was russia that famous headline putting this back the billion dollars in panama you lasted for a few days then it disappears completely because nobody could prove. some animal rights activists are just upset that we eat meat period which makes no sense by the way because animals eat other animals and we're supposed to be equal with animals but suddenly they don't want humans eating other animals so in a sense they're saying that animals have the right to eat other animals but humans don't have a right to eat other animals even though they think we're all equal so some of there'

empowerment stands throughout the globe through incredible initiatives in the state department, the usaid and other agencies for which we launched the entrepreneur finance initiative last july to support the entrepreneurs in the developing world. it's an honor to be here today to talk about the deep commitment to empowering women and their families and i thank you for joining me and engaging in the conversation. [applause] linda serves as the administrator of the small business administration and has one of the more glamorous jobs which i know she loves and we are so proud and think to have her. she played an important role in the process in getting the tax legislation passed and we will continue pushing for that. as a member of the cabinet she strikes on behalf of the 30 million small businesses in america and makes short entrepreneurs have the tools they need to start, grow and succeed in business and prior to joining, she had the perfect job to prepare her to wrestle with the media and fight on behalf of the small businesses as she was the founder and ceo of world wrestling entertainme

and was funded by usaid and. position in any information war is to believe what you want to hear the western press as if you tried to put into the papers for example economist cliff an expert frequently quoted by the washington post wrote this inflammatory suggestion and offering up salute no supporting evidence. if the russians. as we know two things elbows come back to putin personally. the number one target in a sense was russia that famous headline putting this fast a billion dollars in panama you know lasted for a few days then it disappeared completely because nobody could prove that. the two thousand and eight economic crisis turned some countries into pigs these are the countries with weaker economies that needed austerity policies if you are in a situation of even the recession austerity is a very bad idea it doesn't work and it makes millions of people very unhappy those who are unemployed see their wages decline. decade how good are the results. by the. i mean a legal. challenge nothing more. think it'

cuts and you can see clearly at the top the one which gets the biggest cuts almost thirty percent is usaid it is well ahead of agriculture which is about twenty percent and down here in orange you see the things veterans affairs one and security defense the types of things we've got increases but right at the top of those cuts twenty nine point one percent was eight and as if to hammer home the point the united states is also vowed to withhold a quarter of a billion dollars of aid to pakistan that announcement follows a series of tweets by president donald trump that accused pakistan of harboring terrorists and of not showing any appreciation for u.s. funding roselyn jordan has more from washington. the u.s. president doll trump used his first tweet of two thousand and eighteen to attack the pakistani government accuse the pakistanis of not doing enough to crack down on groups such as the hunt khan the network or the talabani say that these groups are destabilizing not just pockets but also afghanistan to the west on tuesday the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley made it pla

has been pretty adamant in terms of what it wants to see what will happen in the future, it wants usaido an independent investigation into what has happened —— usa gymnastics. there are questions over this case. did anyone else know about this abuse? were warning signs missed during the course of the past few months and years? and they want this organisation to agree to a significant opposition moving forward about how to combat abuse in sport. yes, how does this particular sport. yes, how does this particular sport move forward after we heard so many powerful, very distressing testimonies? they really have to start from the beginning. i think thatis start from the beginning. i think that is what the olympic committee want. they want new people in the posts. they want acknowledgement and agreement that they will look back over the last few years in considerable detail to see what went wrong and then potentially to learn from those mistakes. but this isn't just gymnastics. we have heard from the senate and the house of representatives, the department of education in the us about investig

>> i think you would say usaid and directors. >> who are integrally involved. when the ebola outbreak took a rockyou referred to areas around united states that containment areas. from a modest standpoint we were at nih meet the threat and a couple of places. backirst doctors who came which is where broke out. how much of that, that was enough of that was enough of the time, but how much should be built in preparation for and anticipated the need of having that again? maybe not for ebola but some other infectious disease. >> i think if you speak to the leaders in that program, they would say it would be difficult for them to take care of more than one or two patients in the current units. i think we need to get better cost information about how much those units cost. it would be difficult to scale or 100, but i think we could build more capacity in the systems, share the lessons learned and see if we can spread that responsibility out a bit further. right now it is a small number of units. , death most cases >> capital money and training. >> you talked about th

about that because it's the ideas that we're controlling it's going to get us aid programs but then i usaid has a place another no where near as big as the media was like go crazy everyone's talking to a producer for c.n.n. he writes according to witnesses i've spoke to the protests to take advantage of the population's legitimate economic grievances to score points against the rouhani government which they consider to be much the cia's bird species are declining and popular and of the total population being sensitive to environmental and habitat changes birds are an important tool for ecologists project an impressive comeback on a stance and due to conservation efforts over the last two then migrates to the bahamas turks and caicos between october and between august and october but due to predators like the brown cowbird it is going to take more effort in order to invigorate the species as a constant state department of natural resources conservation biologist dave and lopez put it you never want all your eggs in one basket no pun intended which is where golf course developer michael kaise

eastern syria with support from our colleagues and the department of defense, the state department and usaid lead recovery efforts and designed to help consolidate our military gains and provide life-saving assistance to conflict-afflicted civilians and stabilize the liberated areas. as this committee well knows, unlike in iraq, we do not have a trusted government partner to work with. we are not working and we will not work with the assad regime. until there is a credible, political process and by credible, we mean supported by the syrian people that can lead to a government chosen by the syrian people without assad at its helm at the end of the process, the u.s. and our allies will not support large-scale efforts to reconstruct syria. on july 9, over six months ago, the u.s., jordan and russia made an arrangement and the principles in its initial form to reduce violence in southwest syria. on november 8th, the u.s.-russia and jordan signed a memorandum, and this memorandum further defines our efforts and most importantly enshrines the commitment of the u.s. russia and jordan that non-syria

the nonmilitary defense, nonmilitary spending that goes to the department of state for diplomacy, usaid for development. he has written about it, spoken about it. the fewer dollars you put in the state department means the more dollars you have to put into a munitio ammunitio. not because we are tying our diplomats and developers with one hand behind their back, so there is another threat that they face and that is a continued resolution. pilots cannot fly. naval vessels that need repair will not be repaired in a time when the navy is asking for more vessels. the inability to fund the next generation defense system. those are the systems that protect us in outer space and cyberspace. that allowhe systems our war fighters to communicate on the battlefield to defend and do the things they need to do. this ever evolving technological battlefield, we cannot hamstring our war fighter with a continuing resolution that inhibits us from improving and modernizing our force. secretary mattis stated earlier today that the greatest threat that our servicewomen and men face in the field is not the t

development has been usaid. we don't really have an agency focused on --'s that's a big area where we need to improve. the military has a role to play. special operations can play certain room but there's an issue of scale. there's so much else they need to do. in terms of long-term capacity within made the most differences when they taken a role in leadership development special operations wing in and worked with special training institutions and so you develop a cadre of leaders. it's when you can affect culture which is critical. if you train guys on the rifle range which we do a lot of. i think we need to think more strategically and more in the long term. it's easier to change the regi regime. where things stand in the middle east will be in that business for a while. there's a temptation to continue the whack a mole approach. policing that you can do that over and over but unlikely you will solve the problem. you need to come up with ways the security. it will ultimately allow countries to fund their own g

aid programs but then i usaid has issues i wonder how much is an interesting little history with the u.s. a lot of that a lot of things go sour and can't prove that i'm just saying you know what it's being used to do certain kinds of information gathering you. know jump over to a row or so these protests taking place in other nowhere near as big as like what we saw back at the get two thousand and nine which i like to you know but but there are protests there of course mainstream media was like going crazy everyone's talking about it it was going nuts i just want to get to this quick quote before we move on to the next piece american running off there trita parsi writes that when compared to the massive election protests in two thousand the corporate there's appear much more sporadic with no clear leadership and shifting objectives for c.n.n. he writes according to witnesses i spoke to the protests were initiated by in mashad by religious hardliners who sought to take advantage of the population's legitimate economic grievances to score points against the rouhani government which the

usaid to provide humanitarian aid to the people of venezuela. bill also aims to fight widespread corruption among venezuela government officials, colleagues in the senate will take action and we can get asure so the help to these individuals rapidly. mr. speaker, brazil, another country that has important elections this year, with public opinion at an ll-time low, increasing public debt, and high-profile corruption allegations reaching he highest levels in brazil, the country is at a crossroads. in december, 2016, the reached a of justice a brazilian t with conglomerate for at least $3.5 billion in global penalties to resolve charges of brazilian conglomerate for at least bribe hat has amounted to be the largest case of its kind in history. last january, i wrote a letter then attorney general lynch disclose d.o.j. to e names of the officials referenced in the case. i again followed up this month, but unfortunately justice will not disclose the names of america that atin it knows to have been referenced in the case. i again involved in these corr

>> multiple agencies of government particular ac/dc and usaid. >> what is the quarterback? >> the quarterback is the directors. >> when the ebola outbreak took place and he referred to some places around the united states. from a modest standpoint we were able to meet with every university and nih and a couple of other places and doctors who came back from liberia. >> how much of -- that was enough at the time but how much should be dealt simpler preparation in case anything like that happen again. maybe not for a bowl up at some cases? >> every national leader in that program and you speak to leaders in a program they would say would be difficult for them to take care of more than one or two patients in the current units. i think we need to get better cost information about how much the units cost. it would be difficult to scale those by orders of magnitude by 10 or 100 but we could build more capacitance systems share the lessons that have been learned in those units see if we can spread that responsibility a bit further because right now it's a pretty small number of uni

it is bigger than the cdc and usaid. and that is the model they are trying to get other countries to represent, as well. >> mr. macgregor. mr. macgregor. does north carolina manufactured the flu vaccine? still have enough, given the current epidemic that is going on? >> yes. we've been constantly enhancing the capability of that plan. so from a seasonal perspective, we more than tripled our capacity into the market this year. that plan is also responsible as i mentioned, and delivering one third of the requirement in the event of a pandemic, and responding within a six month period. >> what is the shelf life of that vaccine? >> from a shelf life perspective, the antigen is five years. unfortunately we do have an , antigen that is in our stockpile that is older than that from a cell perspective. that is the state of affairs as far as our cell-based vaccine is concerned. there's the potential of being a better match in the event of a mismatched strain. so as an alternative form of manufacturing and the initial reason for t

agency for palestinian refugees is warning of usaid will threaten security across the region it follows an announcement by the trump administration that it will withhold the financial assistance of how to allocate to the body catalonia its newly elected parliament is meeting for the first time since last year's vote from spain where some of the members at the ceremony because they're in jail in self-imposed exile being investigated for their role in the october referendum. twenty countries have agreed to push for tougher sanctions on north korea over its nuclear program after a summit in canada russia and china weren't invited to the meeting they say could jeopardize improving relations with. let's get more now on our top story and the u.s. decision to slash aid to the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees col schembri is the middle east regional media adviser for the norwegian refugee council he joins us via skype from jordan good to have you with us so first of all what will this funding cut mean do you think in practical terms for the very many palestinian refugees and internally disp

have been debates here in the united states about cutting the budget for the state department and usaid. i think that is crazy. , i'm buster crocker always said that if you have more wingtips and humps on the ground, you prevent boots on the ground. which we saw -- which is why we say aggressive the helps. invadingy that we are russia, but we do need diplomacy. i can use iran as an example. to be supported iranian people, not the iranian government. when we have these issues, we should make sure to separate the two. a lot of times we say, we have to stop russia. stop the russian government specifically, s,adimir putin, initiative that matters. chertoff: yes, over here. fius earlier.ned ci we have two reform bills that are picking up steam. to what extent do you believe that investment in our social media platforms in particular poses a national security threat that should be subject to a cif ius review? >> i think when it comes to that review we need to do a deeper dive to find out who exactly are the people involved. , due diligence matters. i do not care what kind of deal it is. art,n

in an email received by bloomberg news, reflecting a rising frustration at the state department and usaid. they are aiming to eliminate inefficiency and overlap, but they are facing in-house resistance, as well as in congress. european union citizens will remain free to settle in the u.k. for two years after they leave the block in 2019. davis says that the government has a moral responsibility to ensure that eu nationals can continue their lives as they are now after brexit. >> there will never be a circumstance where we are deporting people, unless they commit a serious crime or become a threat. we will find it other way around it, if we have to. -- one way or another, we will resolve this issue. mark: once britain pulls out, the right will be ended of those in the block to live and work there. the trump administration has imposed a new round of sanctions on north korea, targeting the kim jong-un oil companies and shipping companies. china forioning supporting north korea. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. crumpton, this is bloo

in eastern syria the state department and usaid lead recovery efforts to help military gains, provide life-saving assistance to civilians and stabilize areas. unlike in iraq, we do not have a trusted government partner to work with. we are not working and we will not work with the assad regime. until there is a credible process, supported by the searing people that can lead to a government chosen by the syrian people without decided it sent, the u.s. and our allies will not support large-scale efforts to reconstruct syria. the u.s., jordan and jordan made an agreement to reduce violence in southwest syria. on november 8 we signed a formal memorandum codifying principles that strengthen this effort. this further defines our efforts as shrines the commitment that non- syrian foreign fighters must withdraw from areas within the cease-fire lines delineated by this agreement. president trump and president putin announced a joint statement on syria. and they reaffirmed the u.s. and russia commitment to a pluralistic and free syria. they urged all syrian parties to participate genuinely and

eastern syria with support from our colleagues in the department of defense, the state department and usaid lead recovery efforts designed to help consul date our military gains, provide life saving ouro help consolidate military gains, provide life saving assistance to conflict-afflicted civilians and stabilize the liberated areas areas. as this committee well knows, unlike in iraq, we do not have a trusted government partner to work with. we are not working with and we will not work with the assad regime until there is a credible political process -- and by credible we mean chosen by the syrian people -- that can lead to a government chosen by the syrian people without assad at its helm at the end of the process, the u.s. and our allies will not support large scale efforts to reconstruct syria. on july 9, over six months ago, the u.s., jordan, and russia made an arrangement, menmorandum of principles in its initial form to reduce violence in southwest syria. on november 8, the u.s., russia and jordan signed a formal memorandum codifying principles that built on and strengthened this earli

usaid, your comment oversightcontrol and begs the question of north korea selling off their nukes to terrorist organizations. it seems like a hard question to answer, but has that been thought of and are their ideas on how to mitigate the problem? >> great. takebout our two panelists the first and then richard will take what kim jong-un might be thinking, and we can all wait and on the final question about the broader risks. if you have something you want to add, feel free. is a rhetorical question, but my own sense of -- of whereic is the public is -- the public would generally say that will do not want war. war sentiments still hold and they do not think that war solves problems. is whether they want to spend american money to develop other countries. on public is really divided this along partisan lines. in three, they are open to it but they are posted to foreign aid -- in theory, they are open to it that they are opposed to foreign aid. one of the big things that we tried to get at in the poll is what people think is motivating the north korea. isit insecurity, it aggression, is

bill, retired foreign service usaid., your comment regarding control and oversight begs the question with regard to north korea selling off their nucleus to terrorist organizations, terrorist cells -- nukes. it seems like a hard question to answer, but has that been thought of and are their ideas on how to mitigate the problem? >> great. i suggest, why don't that shibley and kudosahn, that on polling. and then richard will take what kim jong-un might be thinking, and we can all wait and on the final question about the broader risks. >> if you have something you want to add, feel free. i know it is a rhetorical question, but my own sense of where the public is -- the justc probably would say, in general, people don't want war. still anti-war. the post-iraq war sentiment still holds and they do not wars are solving the problems. the question is whether they want to spend american money to develop other countries. the public is really divided on this and along partisan lines. ii think in theory, they're open to it. but i can see how they're opposed to foreign aid and they to getie it --

empowerment of women dams throughout the globe through incredible initiative with state department, usaid, and other agencies as well as domestic and international partners such as the world bank group with which we launched the women entrepreneur finance initiative last july to support women entrepreneurs in the developing world. it's an honor to be your today to talk about our deep commitment to empowering women and defense and i thank you for joining me in engaging in this conversation. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, ivanka. linda mcmahon serves as the administrator of the u.s. small business administration and like ivanka she has one of the best of one of the more glamorous job which i know she loves and we're so proud and thankful to have her. she played an important role in the process of getting the tax legislation passed and will continue pushing for that. as a member of president trump's cabinet she advocates on behalf of of the 30 million small in america and make sure entrepreneurs have the support and tools you need to start, grow and succeed in business. prior to doing t

have been debates here in the united states about cutting the budget for the state department and usaid. i think that's crazy. my friend ambassador ryan crocker always said that if you have more wing tips and pumps on the ground, you prevent boots on the ground. so basically saying aggressive and strong diplomacy prevents having to bring the military in. i'm not saying we're invading russia. but we've got to have a strong state department and one of their key responsibilities is that public diplomacy piece. i can use iran as an example. and i was saying we need to be supporting the iranian people, not the iranian government. when we have these issues, we should make sure to separate the two. because a lot of times we'll say we've got to stop russia. we're trying to stop the russian government specifically vladimir putin's initiatives. and just something that simple and that distinction i think matters. but this is a hard -- i'm open to ideas. if you have some, i know you've been following this. let me know. >> over here. >> amanda brown. you mentioned sophius earlier. we have two reform

that money, $259 plus is being withheld and pakistan's foreign minister said his nation does not need usaidill see where this goes next. >> thank you very much. keep in mind, the protest in iran, not too far away are heating up right now and a lot of this from an iranian regime which is funding the fall back from some of the sanctions that have been imposed, even some of them lifted for this nuclear deal. not enough to dissuade iranians thinking they are still in a world of economic heard and they are protesting to former deputy assistant, to george w. bush. happy new year. >> what you think of this? they're not going quietly into the night. protests that have been the case in the past are usually 24 hours and done. people mysteriously disappear and that's the end of it. they are not going away and i cannot going away and these are the elite. these are the rank-and-file average joe citizen's in iran and we can't leave them behind. we have to show solidarity. we missed an opportunity during the green revolution when obama decided to prop up the dictatorship of bureaucracy instead of being wi

relationship that the president has with the world leader with stern words for palestinians representing usaidspect has to be shown. of course, on monday the vice president said the u.s. embassy will open in jerusalem next year mike, my apologies you were going to ask a question gary kelly, southwest, you mentioned fuel costs being up this year perhaps is an emerging concern. you also said maybe not too concerned about aid ed capacity and price wars in the past when fuel has been more expensive, the market took it as an opportunity to say, well, maybe it's going to take the pressure off some of the price wars do you see that dynamic playing out, or if not yet, at what fuel price might that happen? >> well, i think that is an excellent point. it puts a lot of pressure, especially on our competitors, because they don't have the low cost structure that we do, they don't have the hedging program that we have, and they're just a lot more exposed to increased prices you know, energy prices are up 20% over the last several months so, yeah, that could translate into more capacity restraint, who knows.

>> i think you would say usaid. ebola outbreak took of places that had containment areas, from a modest standpoint we were able nih and ae threat at couple of other places for those doctors who came back from liberia. -- how much oft that should be built in preparation to anticipate something like that happening again? every national leader in that program, they would say it would be difficult to take care of more than one or two patients in the current units. we need to get better cost information. it would be difficult to scale .hose we could build more capacity, share the lessons that have been learned, see if we can spread that responsibility out a bit further. a strong -- small number of units can be cared for. >> capital and money is the secret. >> and training. >> you talked about a contingency fund. do you have any recommendations how much that ought to be? >> if you base contingency funding on what we have spent another infectious disease emergencies we typically have a billionmillion to dollars in response

the united states trade representative to coordinate with the millennium challenge corporation and usaid so that their aid dollars are focused on projects that will help prepare them for free trade agreements with us. these provisions have passed and been signed into law. so we're making that headway. still the bureaucracies have all the tools they need, but they aren't willing to use them because they don't take africa seriously. they don't view them as peers. they look down on them because they're small. but this is a shame because the economies in africa are growing faster than any other region in the world. then there is diplomacy. our focus should be on building relationships on alignments with countries that we can trust, who share our values, and who help us influence the rest of the continent and the world, and to be favorable to the united states. for too long we've ridden a high horse through africa. we have been quick to chide them for the mistakes they've made and we've been slow or completely neglect in recognizing their accomplishments. i've already articulated the miracle

. >> well usaid, well-said. where is my christmas gift? >> it is in the mail.ter. >> he is retired police officer. my oldest son is air traffic controller, my daughter is flight attendant. it is security at a mother. wants to protect their children, wants to protect their family. so i too am a deplorable. i am a if fobic, hillary, i am a fobic, very educated, very loving person. so -- pete: as he lived up to your votes as someone who voted for first time? >> yes. i get that question all the time with family. family has been broken up because of it too but, yes, not everything i like about him but i feel safe. pete: you feel safe with him at the helm. there you have it. we have the table of knowledge which we'll not get to. all trump supporters. they voted for him. get a hand would you vote for him if you had a chance? folks you see it, undeterred trump supporters at riverview restaurant on "fox & friends," "breakfast with friends," we talk to people, not pundits. more "fox & friends" on other side of the break. so, how's it going? well... we had a vacation earl

scrapped funding for human rights and democracy programs and even removed the word democracy from usaid's mission statement. meanwhile, iran continues to increase its presence in iraq, maintain support for the terrorist organization hezbollah, and take credit for bah shar al-assad's murderous grip and power on syria. the united states must be able to work with its allies if we are serious about hostledding iran accountable. we should be corralling our allies in europe to begin streeting all of hezbollah's entities as a terrorist organization. we should be moving our allies towards a development of a comprehensive international strategy for addressing iran's nuclear ambitions once the jcpoa expires. finally, this administration must prioritize the release of american citizens, unjustly arrested and detained in iran. today princeton university student shuway wang, a scholar from one of the most renowned academic institutions in my home state of new jersey remains in prison under resick louse charges of espionage -- ridiculous charges of espionage. similarly, a former student of rutgers univ