last week president ortega blamed usaid for the violence on the ground there. i wonder what your response is. >> nothing like starting off with an easy question. >> francisco marquez, first as an ex-political prisoner here in exile in d.c. i would like to thank usaid for everything they're doing for the venezuelan people and thank you eric as well for this event. very briefly we work with the venezuelan diaspora members here in the u.s. can you tell us what's in the radar for venezuela in terms of the usaid strategy? >> very interesting question. if you could pass the microphone, there you go. >> max blumenthal, i was a journalist recently in nicaragua. you recently met with the nicaraguan opposition leader who was filmed at the nicaraguan university in april alongside armed men, including a man identified by nicaraguan police as a member of an armed gang. given that the nicaraguan opposition has killed around 60 people, many for being sandinistas over 20 police officers, i wonder if you have anything to say about the violence of the nicaraguan opposition and a

to trump once more ahead of an official visit on the world's biggest women empowerment program by usaid in afghanistan did turn out to be a failure according to a report on washington's watchdog in the country. well i welcome just gone four pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international in our top story this hour the russian anti-doping agency could be reinstated it's been suspended since twenty fifteen amid allegations of state backed cheating and it comes after the compliance review committee of the world anti-doping agency recommended it's brought back the final decision will be made following a vote on thursday. the c.r.c. reviewed at length a letter from the russian ministry of sport to water and was satisfied that this letter is sufficiently acknowledged the issues identified in russia therefore fulfilling the first of the two outstanding criteria of responders road map to compliance it is important for us to reinstate the next world executive meeting we decision on september twentieth with hope believe me we did everything that we could and we are ready to further cooperate

the world's biggest women and power the program by usaid in afghanistan turned out to be an utter failure according to a report by washington's watchdog in the country. thanks for joining us very good evening this is r.t. international. the russian anti-doping agency could be reinstated it's been suspended since twenty fifteen amid allegations of state bank cheating and it comes after the compliance review committee of the world anti-doping agency recommended it be brought back the final decision will be made following a vote on thursday. the c.r.c. reviewed at length a letter from the russian ministry of sports to water and was satisfied that this letter sufficiently acknowledged the issues identified in russia therefore fulfilling the first of the two outstanding criteria every side has road map to comply and it is important for us to reinstate the next war the executive meeting we decision on september twentieth with hope believe we did everything that we could and we are ready to for the corporate with our foreign partners to continue to work in this direction and follow common rules

does this is kind of bell usaid behavior in afghanistan and in other countries big these ideas there something they would be done that would help afghanistan like in this case empowering women they don't really have a great idea how to even do that there's over ambition there's a tendency to over promise turn the rest so you ministration and there's also a tendency to simply nax care if things don't get done so long as there's temporarily the allusion they're tackling to route one if you read special inspector general reports on a regular basis you see that this happens all the time that these programs are are most only it's too expensive they deliver a little about things and then there's not much accountability and. facebook is under fire after the left wing think progress web site found itself censored by conservative fact checkers the fake news earned as part of facebook's publicly stated plan to prevent election interference and to exercise tighter control over what users see on the news feeds news outlets are the only players a risk under this system as a legal matter facebook

watchdog agency in the country joan sopo also said that usaid actually oversold the promote project and lie to american taxpayers when it started back in twenty fifteen back then the project was budgeted more than two hundred million dollars the organization hoped to to persuade other countries to contribute and to double the funding it was designed to help more women in afghanistan find jobs and other opportunities to ensure their inclusion in politics and business since two thousand and one the door has been reopened for afghan women millions of afghans have sent their daughters to school women joined the workforce they joined the police the army and entered politics but this is just the beginning for still hundreds of thousands of women across afghanistan ready to learn ready to work ready to help build your nation's future. that's what promote is all about so far the project has cost american taxpayers almost ninety million dollars but out of the seventy five thousand women it's only resulted in fifty five of them finding a job and the watchdog even said it's unclear whether the pro

trump once more the head of an official visit on the world's biggest women empowerment program by usaid is in afghanistan to turn back to the innocent failure apparently according to.

i started the process of usaid which i started here, we had our launching event in october, last year with rachel kite from sustainable energy for all and we are working right now in a few different geographies. our focus is mostly ont intersection of energy and environment so we are interesting in solving the problem of sustaining development in emerging economics and we work in india and china and active projects in myanmar and vietnam as well. and the challenge that we see here is that the center of gravity in today's world, energy and environment, is really shifting away from the industrialized countries to more of what the emerging economies. their populations are larger and most of the economy growth is now coming from these countries and as a result energy demand is growing. at the same time, over 1 billion people still don't have electricity at home and 3 billion people work with traditional firewood. so how do we solve these problems without in the process cooking the planet. that is the fundamental challenge that we face. and in doing this work, we are very grateful for all

forced to shutdown herefore sit out zero refugee camp in the occupied west bank dave harden is a former usaid assistant administrator who worked in the west bank and gaza he says that cutting funding will mean a loss of influence in the region for the u.s. . there may be additional done urse that put in money it could be the e.u. it could be coughed honors it could be a variety of others. but when the united states seeds this political space we will be less influential simply the bottom line and when we do this we are undermining our capabilities. across the middle east when we leave and we are no longer a part of the equation and if we're just backing one party over the other we are going to be less influential and for sure it will be felt by by others i i think as an american diplomat for twenty two years that this is not a good thing and by the way i don't think it's good for the israelis or good for the or good for the palestinians either what i would like to see is a return to american power and influence and credibility and fairness in the region and and then we would be able to serve t

the rescission in the state department and usaid budget of two to $4 billion.don't know yet because we haven't seen where that is going to come from. we know that they intend to do it in a way that will prevent us from using those funds because it will be at the end of the year when those funds will expire. i expect that we will see an impact on virtually all programs within the department of state in a way that will be challenging. ambassador yamamoto, talk about if you would how you would continue to help our partners fight against terrorist groups that we are seeing in somalia. you talked about some of the aid. what else can we do? >> thank you from a senator you continue to support the amazon forces and continue to work with our partner countries of the european union. also other like-minded countries to support and assist somalis after to address the security needs of the country and that means working in coordinating what the president from russia and the regional state. and in that context it is exceptional will make an exceptional conference. spent a gr

this this is kind of bad usaid behavior in afghanistan and in other countries they get these ideas that something would be done that would help afghanistan like in this case empowering women they don't really have a great idea how they could even do that there's over ambition there's a tendency to over promise to the rest of ministration and there's also a tendency to simply next care if things don't get done so long as there's temporarily the illusion that they're tackling the problem if you read special inspector general reports on a regular basis you see that. this happens all the time or i'm sorry almost only it's too expensive to deliver a little bit about things and then there's not much accountability to. facebook's on the far off to the left wing think progress website found itself censored by conservative fact check is the fake news hunt is part of facebook's publicly stated plan to prevent election interference and exercise tighter control over what used to see on the news feeds. news outlets on the only plays a risk under the system as a legal matter facebook is treading on v

this this is kind of better standard usaid behavior in afghanistan and in other countries they get these ideas that something would be done that would help afghanistan like in this case and power women they don't really have a great idea how they could even do that there's over ambition there's a tendency to over promise to the rest of ministration and there's also a tendency to simply next care if things don't get done so long as there's temporarily the illusion that they're tackling the problem if you read special inspector general reports on a regular basis you see that this happens all the time that these programs are almost only it's too expensive they deliver a little bit about things and then there's not much accountability here and. u.s. officials say at least five people have been killed since tropical storm florence made landfall on the east coast and beyond battering north and south carolina florence was downgraded from a category one hurricane on friday afternoon but is still causing widespread devastation bringing with it strong winds and heavy rain currently six hundred tho

does have a robust program on this but by dunford a usaid and the first dozen days.i hope all of us while working on the political side continued to emphasize as well. we will do an additional hearing on this in the near future. but to get that on the record he was very empathetic to those goals obviously. the first thousand days is transformational. i've never seen in my entire career one program that can do so much. the pep talk program, all of those do enormous good in mortality, morbidity, really stopping aids and the like. but this fun, the kids are stronger, the mothers are stronger in the next 25 or 30,000 days of their lives without much improved when you get the first correct. >> thank you. i does have one final question for all the panelists. starting with you, mr. alemayehu, and that is how do you think that given the history of the united states in ethiopia, sometimes positive, sometimes not positive, but how do the people of ethiopia and you feel about the united states right now? >> thank you, congressman. it is a really good question and it touched me

because usaid has a very robust program on this led so ably by beth dunford at usaid on the first 1000days. while we work on the political side and i know you all do this, continue to emphasize the humanitarian and health side as well. we would do an additional hearing on this in the near future but a just want to get that on the record. the prime minister seemed very empathetic to those goals, obviously. so first 1000 days is transmission. i've never seen in my entire career one program that can do so much. the pepfar program, almost a enormous good in mortality morbidity, you know, really stopping the death attribute to aids and the like. but this one, the kids are stronger. the mothers are stronger and the next 25 or 30,000 days thousand days of their lives are that much improved when you get the first 1000 correct. i'd like to yield to mr. coffman. >> thank you. i just have one final question for all the panelists, starting with you, mr. alemayehu, and that is, how do you think that, given the history of the united states in ethiopia can sometimes positive, sometimes not positive,

all this humanitarian aid from the united states granted that's coming in the form of things like usaid which we know is not exactly a and when you know as i spoke about in the beginning you have people who are living on strictly on humanitarian support and i don't see sort of any diplomatic solution for this or anybody even saying and diplomatic solution do you think that's even possible at this point what we saw the the u.n. recognize the president of yemen saying there is no diplomatic solution earlier but i think this. is essentially what i would do and what the trumpet ministration want to say is that there's only a military solution that the only thing to do is continue this war that's killed as many as fifty thousand yemenis that has eighteen million people on the brink of starvation and is essentially cannon fodder for a larger war eventually against iran where they're going to suppress this insurgency in yemen and try to tie it to iran and we see you know the hawks agitating for war against iran whether that's you know through direct war or through creating such difficult condi

even when pakistan was receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from the usaid and even after it became obvious that the taliban were prevailing or certainly working up a pretty bloody stalemate in afghanistan because of the sanctuary and the training in the aid that they enjoyed overtly from pakistan and pakistan's intelligence services or isi. the title of the book refers to the call that -- covert action with the american sometimes called the covert action arm of isi. it works with groups like the taliban groups in kashmir to carry out what pakistan's armies used as foreign policy in the region. americans knew all the isi because we however did with him during the 1980s along with saudi intelligence. we pumped billions of dollars into the afghan rebel forces based in pakistan. that prevailed because it enjoyed a physical sanctuary with covert aid. so why did we fail to recognize isi and why did it turn out to be so flummoxed thing? something we can talk about. that is the principle narrative -- narrative of the book. the eve of the 9/11 attacks about the history between the soviet in

usaid you should reimburse for this protection. why are we protecting you? you want to know what they said? after about two minutes of talking, they agreed with me. you can ask this group of very talented people. they agreed with me. but one of them said, mr. president, nobody ever asked us that. nobody has ever said you should pay. these are really wealthy countries. i'll be honest, i just asked japan. i said we are defending you, you are wealthy country, your sending us millions of cars, you are making a fortune. have a tremendous trade deficit with you. we are defending you and subsidizing your military. i said to south korea. they are very wealthy. great countries, very wealthy countries. i said why aren't you reimbursing us for our costs. a look at me and they cannot answer it because there is no answer. if they are a poor country and they need protection in the going to die, i'm all for protecting them and i don't want $.10. but when wealthy countries that have massive trade surpluses with us, and on top of that, we are paying for their military or a l

the department and usaid also continue to administer u.s. government-funded programs to promote democracy and support critical work of human rights defenders on the island. despite the cuban government refusal to engage with us and he was in human race we speak out and raise the issues with the government. on november 8 last year, the department published the cuba restricted list be the department of commerce and treasury made regulatory changes on the same day to generally prohibit direct financial transactions with any of the 180 entities and subentities on the list.these changes redirect economic activity that once supported the cuban military toward the cuban private sector and the cuban people. third, the department conveyed a tax force for technological challenges for expanding internet access in cuba.they held a meeting on february 7 and following subcommittee meetings are following for the role of the media and unregulated flow of information to cuba. number two, expend internet access in cuba. the task force will review the recommen

usaid you should reimburse for this protection. why are we protecting you? you want to know what they said? after about two minutes of talking, they agreed with me. you can ask this group of very talented people. they agreed with me. but one of them said, mr. president, nobody ever asked us that. nobody has ever said you should pay. these are really wealthy countries. i'll be honest, i just

the usaid disaster resistance, food for peace and we will continue to monitor and help whatever way we can. and let's see, the last one was the traffic in person and again, i think you have a situation with ethiopia where you have a transitioning government with the enlightenment that wants to change things and their problem is they want to change things in so many critical areas and the security forces again, they want to improve. we want them to improve and would love to see nothing more than to see them get up to the tier 1 status and we want to work with them on specific recommendations and we'll work with them to help them get there. it's very rarely that you have a government with so many good intentions. >> it might be worthwhile to configure a trip with the office. >> yes. >> because they are experts and they have a wealth of best practices they can share. >> ranking member beth? >> thank you very much. and again, assistant secretary, i appreciate you being here today and i look forward to welcoming you on friday with the africa brain trust, and i know the public will look forw

in the fact that he has three places he has never changed his mind and it was on the front page of usaid today -- usa today that they. i said what was wrong with the story? anything inaccurate? he said no, i said what did you want? he said nothing i guess. well, 3 o'clock in the afternoon comes, he calls again, he says the president is still mad about that story. i said i knew what was going on. so, i said well, what do you want? he says tonight, tell him you have been admonished. >> [ laughter ] i do go back, he probably went back and said i told him. >> not to talk about the clinton's administration or not, but -- during these periods where we would have this process going on, i remember one time going over there and having an interview with the senior political advisor, i got down with him and he paused and said am i supposed to be mad about something? i said well -- and he couldn't remember. >> did you remind him? >> no, but i mean we have all had these i think, the chief of staff president, many times, at rogers who would do the calling and complaining, there's always that kind of a

. $3.3 billion in annual usaid to israel, and a measure that would ban the sale of dogs and cats forhuman consumption. when the house is back in session, we'll have live coverage here on c-span, back at 2:00 378 eastern. also today, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg talks about diversity in the legal profession in a discussion hosted by george university law school and the national asian pacific american bar association. that's at 5:00 pp eastern. you can see it live on our panon network -- companion network, c-span3. g with legislatures across the united states. particularly in the states that are in the direct path of hurricane florence. tom price, republican of south carolina joins us.

international development administrator mark green discusses the recent trip to latin america and what usaidis doing to provide humanitarian relief and democracy in the region. and at 4:10, a form up on u.s. relations with japan. >>> american history tv is in prime time this week on c-span 3. tonight historians look at the role of espionage in u.s. conflicts over the past century and a half. and on friday the world war ii film series "why we fight" about the outbreak of world war ii to pearl harbor and the rise of authoritarianism in germany, italy and japan. watch this week in prime time on c-span 3. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on real america. >> we're privileged to witness tonight a significant achievement in the cause of peace. an achievement none thought possible a year ago. or even a month ago. an achievement that reflects the courage and wisdom of these two leaders. >> the 1978 film framework for peace on the camp david peace accords and sunday at 6:00 p.m. on american artifacts, looking back on the 1988 bombing of the embassies

-israel cooperation in areas of mutual interests, including authorizing usaid to partner with israel to aid low-income countries. by leverage israel's innovations in water, food, security, energy and health sectors. increasing polarized washington, israel can never be a partisan issue and that's why i'm so glad this is not a partisan issue. i urge my colleagues to support it. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: jafflet new york reserves. -- the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i reserve the right to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i now yield to the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, for unanimous consent request. mr. hastings: i thank the ranking member for yielding to me and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in support of this measure that i think is most deserving for my dear friend from florida. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: i'll close, i guess, now. let me, again, applaud th

stuart: well usaid, young man. well-said.ou remember when serena williams tangled with the you will fire at the u.s. final? the umpires may unionize because of that clash. what else, liz? liz: there may be boycotts, that is what the reports indicate. umpires feel abandoned by the usta, wta, came out in support of serena williams, we could be in that chair, faced that, hung out to dry for 48 hours. that's what they're saying. reports they're talking about unionizing. major league baseball has umpires mlb have a union? you know what is really interesting is what other stars are saying like martina martina navratilova. he had to make the calls. we can't measure ourselves what we think we should be get away with. anybody who engages in this behavior is unacceptable, men or women. so it is an interesting debate happening right now. serena williams faced a lot of racism and a lot of problems. she has stood up. she is a brave corageous woman. right now looking at those moments in that match. stuart: you're a great star. don't lose y

the state department and usaid already engage in excellent work, in partnership with groups like the national endowment for democracy, national democratic institute, international republican institute, and international foundation for electoral systems supporting democracy worldwide. this bipartisan bill augments those efforts, allowing the secretary of state to support exchange programs with other countries to promote best practices in election administration. when we bring folks over here to show them how we do things and send americans to other nations to see how elections are conducted overseas, we can have candid conversations on how all of us can improve. i'd like to thank, again, congressman meadows, for working with me on this bipartisan bill, and for all of his insight in making this bill and this legislation more effective. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. royce: prepared to close, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields his time. mr. royce: mr. speaker, to wrap up, i'm g

. $3.3 billion in annual usaid to israel, and a measure that would ban the sale of dogs and cats for human consumption. when the house is back in session, we'll have live coverage here on c-span, back at 2:00 378 eastern. also today, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg talks about diversity in the legal profession in a discussion hosted by george university law school and the national asian pacific american bar association. that's at 5:00 pp eastern. you can see it live on our panon network -- companion network, c-span3. g with legislatures across the united states. particularly in the states that are in the direct path of hurricane florence. tom price, republican of south carolina joins us. he serves the seventh district. myrtle beach, good morning. guest: good morning. figure for having me. about the federal involvement in your state right now when it comes to hurricane preparations. fema cord knitting agencies, they are staging to face thisparing onslaught. this is a storm that the carolinas have not faced probably since floyd. category fourive storm that is larger than the