from the usaid program. you mentioned administrator power had a statement highlighting important progress usaid has made to inclusive development policies and also the power of partnerships, which is at the core of what usaid dies. can you tell us more about how you arrived to this point, what is contributing to the increased buyer rotation we are seeing. -- we are seeing? >> one thing is the incredible staff we have at usaid, in our bureaus here as well as missions around the world. those lgbtqia plus focal points are at the heart of what we get done. our work is centered in countries, so we are dependent on local focal points to do that . it is my priority to reengage with those local focal points. in the last administration, it was very difficult to be working on these issues if you were committed to them, but did not have political leadership to do that. i happen working to reengage with local staff, foreign service officers, giving them a place to come together to talk about the work we are doing, to sh

what did you find on behalf of usaid?thank you so much for having us here and hosting this and all the work you are doing. i saw the incredible generosity i mentioned in the speech up close, moldova struggling with energy, energy crisis, very high spiraling food, diesel prices, and took the highest per capita, and frontline states with vulnerability it was facing and every house opening up its doors, asking what you need, how can i help and even though some of that initial wave has receded, things become more complicated over time sustaining that support for ukrainian families coming across, that was a moving feature of the response, refugees anywhere, to go home, but many looking for conditions to exist, or have temporary housing or means of getting through the winter as we start to face winter conditions. the european union shifting attention to supporting initiatives inside ukraine. to humanize it a little bit, met with a group of female small-scale farmers incrementally every year, producing much, working with us and

we are so lucky at usaid. mariana oversees the life-saving humanitarian assistance that far too many hungry people in niger depend upon. thank you for your more than 11 years of service at usaid. all the years of service you did for other organizations and for everything of done for the people of your country. thanks for being here. we are really lucky. thank you to csis for hosting us today and for their continuous thought leadership on strengthening food systems and nutrition and to caitlin, who i look forward to speaking with later, to my friend henrietta fore, caring for individuals in need is the stuff of legend and her pioneering legacy across decades of public service is unmatched. as the first woman administrator at usaid she certainly paved the way for me to be here today. she left incredibly big shoes to fill, something i know cathy russell can relate to. kathy, to you, we in the biden administration miss you more than words can convey but we also know how incredibly blessed the world's children are

>> one thing is the incredible staff that we have at usaid. we have a network, focal point across h d.c. and our bureaus he at usaid as well as in missions around the world, and those lgbtqia+ focal points are really the heart and soul of how we get this done. at usaid a lot of our work happens in country and so we are really dependent on those local points to do that. it's in my priority to up reengage with those focal points. in thehe last administration it was very difficult to be working on these issues if you're committed to them didn't really have political leadership to do that. so i've been working to reengage with those local staffer for their, foreign service officer or foreign service nationals and giving them a place to come together to talke about the wok that we're doing to advance this come to share lessons learned come to share successes and challenges. so that's been one way that wewe been able to do this. another way is in terms of focusing not only in certain places are regions around the world but focusing around sectors an

working for an agency like usaid it is really hard. there are tons of safeguards to fight against fraud, waste, and abuse that have developed over a long period of time. if you are local ngo in ukraine or any place of the idea that you're gonna have a general accounting office, and accounting from -- you know, the rules we are have in place are not meant to penalize local organization but of course it will have disparate impact on those organizations. well, yeah, i didn't say how far under 10%, it's even worse. we set a goal of getting that number up to at least 25%. one thing we can do much more quickly which gets to the free for your question, as well, we have a goal of 50%, at least, of what we are doing in other countries being co-designed, co-evaluated with local actors at the table, centrally involved in deciding what we are trying to do actually happening? do we need to adjust, it said era? in a way we can move more quickly to get towards that integration, even as we try to cut down the sludge inherent in working with usaid. on

has been undercut by a lack of resources significant staffing shortages at the lack of the robust usaid presences limiting to balance our security programs with next route causes of extremism. i appreciate the help to help with the committee on the strategy in the wake of this hearing we will provide you with the approach. and with the republic of chad and it demands those that release the protest and supports african unions push organize elections by october 2d and with the transition timeline in the secretary of state to identify cool leaders and their accomplices to target with visa restrictions and sanctions. the 2021 which is sponsored in the senate. this legislation aims to ensure we have a strategy to address the political governance and those challenges the north and west africa. and today's hearing i expect our witnesses to share the approach that have yielded the results that we expected and if not what do we need to change. >> thank you mr. chairman it is a pleasure to serve as the ranking member and us policy. this topic is important and i appreciate the chairman prioritizin

usaid plays a direct role also. but we have nongovernmental partners that help us. i'm proud of the catholic relief service, headquarters in maryland, for the role they play. can you tell me how you are developing a strategy to recognize this is not just a traditional problem of food insecurity which is an area we have to deal with, but we have to be mindful that we're working in a war environment with russia using this as a tactic, how do we organize our allies around the world to respond in a way that is commensurate with the problem russia is creating? ambassador thomas-greenfield: let me start, just to say we have worked hard to mobilize a broad coalition of allies and countries using diplomacy. it started in new york with secretary blinken calling his first min sterile to bring -- ministerial to bring the world together in may he laid out very, very clearly the russian objective and the false narrative that the russians have been pushing forward. 100 countries then signed on to the road map that we put together. we extended that diplomacy in the g-7. in the g-2

and through usaid and i'll also be asking mr. beasley about his particular brand of effective and forceful personal engagement with those who still sit on the sidelines. ms. thomas-greenfield: thank you. let me just say i think president biden took advantage of his trip to the middle east to engage the saudis, the emiratis, the qataris, i think there's a lot of room for growth in terms of those contributions. ms. power: and particularly in fulfilling pledges that have been made publicly. but not yet delivered upon. and money is fungible for an organization like the world food program. so if, for example, gulf countries were to concentrate their resources, for example, on yemen, that would free up resources for other countries to be able to use in the horn of africa or in south sudan and so forth. so too it has to be said again that european commitments and contributions inside ukraine are very important and it's very important that the u.n. appeals for inside ukraine be met with the same kind of urgency and the same kind of resou

we worked with usaid, for example. we requested in this particular package supplemental appropriations $5 billion. we requested about $2.6 billion, $2.8 billion to begin immediate movement. we received as of today i think about $1.4 billion. out of the 68 countries we received out of that $2. -- that $1.4 billion, that will go to 31 countries. that still leaves about 37 countries, 36 countries that we've not received additional supplemental appropriations for. now, what we're trying to do is working with germany, the e.u., and other donor nations. i was just in japan and korea trying to convince their parliament to step up with more money to fill in those gaps. obviously, we would like to see the united states do as much as possible. where there are gaps, talking to germany, european union, donor states and others that have great alliance with particular the united states to fill those gaps. senator menendez: senator risch. senator risch: i know you have a hard stop and we got a vote, too. i want to give a shout out to

similarly, usaid's great utility and further conversation on flexible hiring mechanisms, and veterans incentivizing to positions where they're needed often side by side with the department of defense and department of state colleagues. our missions and offices in the region are chronically understaffed, even though the work is critical to our national security. for all the enthusiasm of an integrated approach to departments and agencies here in washington, the greatest difference comes in the field. alongside colleagues and international partners, tackling these complex challenges together. thank you again for convening this important hearing, look forward to your questions. >> thank you. secretary blyden. >> thup, senator menendez, senator rounds and the committee. discussing the department of defense's dod's policy and how dod is working to align its strategy. three security priorities in africa, namely, countering violent extremist organizations and beo's that have a threat to the u.s. homeland and interests. two strengthening partners for security objectiviy and concerns in the un

society platform, where the minister of decentralization, chernyshov, was also representatives of usaid raised the issue and even directly said, why are we in this hall when we we are talking about inclusivity, about the involvement of mayors, there is no mayor of chernigov and mayor of mykolaiv, who planned to come here and are listed in the program , so it is very important that the representatives of the communities and these are elected by the people, the leaders of the places, they were present here regardless of whether they are loyal or not are loyal to the government but they were elected by the people and during the full-scale invasion they were with their citizens and now they are rebuilding the cities and some of them planned for example here to sign contracts in order to get more funding therefore, i believe that the authorities should draw certain conclusions and not prevent the mayor of the city from participating in such events, and i even told usaid of the european union to organize a separate event, a separate conference, where all mayors would be involved in the discus

visit ncicap.org] >> we'll take you live to a hearing taking a look at global food security, usaid administrator powers and linda thomas greenfield are testifying before the senate foreign relations committee. we'll join this hearing in progress.

then usaid administrator submit the power addresses global food security and child hunger.ater, house lawmakers consider a resolution in support of finland and sweden joining nato. >> democratic senator chris murphy talked about his efforts to pass gun legislation through the senate. during the discussion, hosted by the center for american progress, he talks about the grassroots effort and recalls the momentum of the civil rights movement, which led to historic changes in legislation. >> good morning, everyone. i'm the president and ceo of the center for american progress. welcome to today's event. the last several days have been daunting. over the last year, they passed a bill in congress that would make common sense to investments to reverse a climate calamity. this is contributed to the legislative process is broken and powerful interests will block the will of the people. it seems one can only get something done in washington if you are either incredibly naive and have no sense that it is going back toward you or if you have a condition -- conviction you are on the righ

usaid has an incredible mission dedicated. they can be even more effective with some additional authorities and flexibilities to add much more quickly. thank you for your time and attention and including me in these very important hearings. i look forward now to answering any questions that you may have. >> thank you, chef. that was very, very instructive and that's exactly the type of information that we want to hear. we see all the good work, but behind the scenes we don't have to grapple with the bureaucratic difficulties that you've just described, so, let me just say i'm not surprised because of the-- i think, i think the situation here is extraordinary and we were not prepared for it. however, with your help, with the help of the private sector, with the advice of people who are actually doing the work, i think we can make the adjustments that you recommend. chef andres, as you noted i did need a bipartisan delegation to poland, three republicans, three democrats, and thankful for the participation of my republican colle

ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield, and usaid administrator some at the powerestifying on the global food security crisis. they touch on several factors, including droughts on the covid-19 pandemic that contbu

i am the deputy director for technology and innovation technology research hub at usaid. my question is how do you respond when bilateral, what that little partners express discomfort when we call specific countries by name as being undemocratic or authoritarian? >> great question. one question, too. ks. cooks food security question. you quickly mention some parts of the toolkit for increasing domestic production. you talk about seeds come he talked about fertilizer but you cannot say think about the toolkit for increasing regional and global trade? and my question is, how we learn some things of the 2000/2008 food crisis to balance those toolkits? >> great and yes. >> thanks. next on the auditor comes and can i say you called it sludge? [laughter] might question us to pick up on the other thing is that as a journalist we all felt getting the information out was a thing that would make the difference in a world of social media but disinformation. you guys are doing a lot we're working with you to do more and how we can help journalism part is journalism enough to make a d

ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield, top usaid officials, and even the surgeon general session. we had a chance to see president biden surprised ukrainian first lady by dropping in on her arrival ceremony. president biden providing her with a bouquet of flowers as he tried to signal his solidarity as well as the ongoing u.s. efforts to help with the humanitarian crisis in ukraine. >> josh, thank you very much. and the house plans to vote this afternoon on a bill that would codify the right to same sex marriage nationwide. though the timing is a bit fluid the respect for marriage act would be a big deal and make same sex marriage legal nationwide under statute and bolster protections for the married couples. perhaps most importantly, it would repeal the defense of marriage act which is technically still on the books. all of this is just in case the now conservative supreme court reverses the 2015 decision legalizing same sex marriage, something justice clarence thomas said the court should consider. another bill guaranteeing access to contraception is set for vote later

er, well, i can tell you, recently there was an independent survey which is commissioned by usaid independent 70% of the court users, according to that survey, are stating that the court service has improved in many ways and that the court is at this point providing a service independently and impartially. if ijust give you one important data, this year, the court has disposed 80% of the cases within one year. and this shows that the efficiency of the court has improved, and we are working on the effectiveness of the judiciary, not only on the effectiveness but also on the efficiency of the judiciary. and we have concrete data in terms of the progress that has been registered. meaza ashenafi, chiefjustice of the federal supreme court of ethiopia in addis ababa, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you very much. hello. we've seen a bit of a lull in the heatwave conditions over the past 2a hours or so. it was a little bit fresher on thursday and into friday, too. but intense heat is on the way, particularly by sunday into tuesday. the met office have issued an amber warning

we support from the leadership to implement the strategy and we're doing that in partnership with usaid. >> so that is an area you'll brief the committee with respect to the long list and we would be happy to start that conversation and the way we got to that as a full partner at the table working on this together. and that we have the strategy that is shared we are all committed to we have seen a lot of the leaders and organizations and individuals and had a previous relationship and that is probably what drove some of the new strategy to rethink how we go about doing that. today we are introducing legislation that is called upholding human rights abroad act to expand the requirements to also include a couple of other dod based programs is not an effort to tie people's hands but to accomplish what i think is the goal that we are not unwittingly supporting and funding those who turn around and undermine democracy and development. could you talk about lessons we have learned in these countries where despite what we thought were the best efforts we had the boomerang hit us in the head? >>

meetings, there is also a need for consulting, in particular, our organization, with the support of the usaidr the economy of ukraine to soon start such comprehensive e-e consulting for blocked enterprises regarding those issues that primarily concern them. i think that all these efforts together by the public and business authorities which is also open to its colleagues from other parts of ukraine, it gives a certain result that we can see on those infographic materials and which are developed in particular by forbes ukraine and others statistical data that we received, mr. taras, mr. yulia, i just want to leave you with us for a minute. more precisely, to comment on the actual crazy fall, for example, in the value of the assets of the same akhmetov, should we not also see a new window of opportunity in this crisis? i was very impressed, for example , the data indicators which were made public by the it-community of lviv, which says that they have increased by 28% since the beginning of the war against the background of the general decline of the economy in ukraine. that is, it business grow

internationally to nine countries including my solo trip to africa where our pie i partnered with usaid to visit beautiful countries of ghana, malawi, kenya, and egypt, to speak with children about be best and also educate myself about the different cultures and challenges with each community. while in africa, i found it was important that people throughout the continent and world understand that the united states cares. it is the fact that our own country is safer and stronger when people across the globe have opportunity, when our trading partners are flourishing, when nations around the world could withstand crisis and when societies are freer and more democratic. >> this is american history tv, and you're listening to melania trump in her own words. as part of her efforts on behalf of the nation's youngest children, the first lady hosted a white house meeting of the presidents task force on health services for native american children. >> here. i know that many of you have traveled far good morning, everyone. thank you, all, for being here. i know that many of you have traveled far,

. >> on monday, usaid administrator talks about global food security, inflation and high gas prices. live at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. you can also

clear that there is a serious danger from russia, and the united states also, with reference to the usaidy, stated that they they are still developing plan b regarding the transportation of grain, which will involve the use of land routes and river transport, that is, no one believes in it. three were signed, and two of them must be absolutely identical to the public version that we saw, signed by the ukrainian side , it seems that there should be an absolutely mirrored identity signed by russia, however, during the briefing to the deputy spokesman of the un secretary general was asked whether these agreements are absolutely identical to those signed by the ukrainian and russian sides with turkey in the presence of the un secretary general and the deputy spokesman said that i can say literally that the agreements have no significant differences, but he did not was able to affirmatively say that they are absolutely identical, this is the third agreement to be signed, it was signed as a memorandum between russia and the organization of the united of nations in the person of the secretary ge

what we are talking about programs, and here he was talking about his program, which is financed by usaid, we need to demand quick money from our international partners and donors, because this quick money gives those people a greater ability to find their way and create new jobs, this is a question, the money will definitely be used more effectively. i absolutely support this opinion. thank you very much for this conversation. taras havunka, a lawyer , the head of the lviv arreatory, was with us. yuliya lutsenko is staying for the next round of the conversation, but which will already be held with maria gurska. now a small block of important information, the war in ukraine is the main topic for ukrainians, victories and losses, analysis and forecasts, politics and geopolitics , all this will be discussed by serhiy rudenko and the guests of his program, people who have information and shape public opinion, people who defend ukraine and create the future right now, the main interesting thing in the program verdict serhiy rudenko from monday to thursday at 1:00 p.m. repeat at 9:30 p.m. mari

funds were exchanged for hryvnias and spent, we provided not only to the administration, not only to usaid, the world bank, through whose account these funds enter full reporting, but the same the reporting is sent in full by the world bank and we send it to the congress on our behalf, and if we are talking about weapons, then here it is simply a question of the weapons themselves, and here we very clearly conduct an exchange of information, and we, for our part, more than once declared that we are actually ready not just for greater transparency, we are also ready for all our partners to apply not only to the united states, it is a pleasure, we are ready to show them to open everything, including on the spot in ukraine , on the ukrainian side, there are definitely no delays here we will not only be grateful to our partners for all the help that is provided. we also understand that transparency in the use of efficiency is a guarantee that this help will continue to be provided on our part, there is complete openness of what now the ukrainian embassy understands how the loan lease program w

facilities needed to implement the deal and send the grain out but i spoke with a senior official at the usaidn a plan "b" if the grain deal does not hold getting the grain out by other means by road or barges over rivers. >> thank you. that will do it for me. join us every weekday 1:00 eastern time. don't go anywhere. hallie jackson will pick up our coverage next. will pick up our will pick up our coverage next.w, i can disrupt eczema with rinvoq. rinvoq is not a steroid, topical, or injection. it's one pill, once a day, that's effective without topical steroids. many taking rinvoq plus, they felt fast itch relief some as early as 2 days. that's rinvoq relief. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal, cancers including lymphoma and skin cancer, death, heart attack, stroke, and tears in the stomach or intestines occurred. people 50 and older with at least one heart disease risk factor have higher risks. don't take if allergic to rinvoq, as serious reactions can occur. tell your doctor if you are or may become pregnant. disr

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>> i'm or they might not accept usaid. i urge the government to accept u.s. aid, and from the entire international community right now while the needs of their people are so critical. >> mrs. bush, is there any evidence that the sanctions the u.s. and other nations have imposed on the leaders in myanmar or burma have had an effect? >> only anecdotal. we have heard, and can't really confirm about some of the leaders who are targeted. actions that they've taken that make us think they don't like those targeted sanctions on the leaders themselves. >> madam, do you have any strong message for the dictatorship in burma, and for this democracy and foreign concern? do you think they will have a change of heart and mind because of this? >> i hope so. i hope there will be one good thing that comes out of such huge destruction, and that would be the government realization that that people of burma need help, and they need more help than we can give them. >> mrs. bush, why such a historic interest? this is the first first lady to come to this podium and talk about this.

well, i'm worried that they won't even accept usaid and i urge the government to accept aid from the united states and from the entire international community right now while the needs of their people are so critical. this is bush. is there any evidence that the sanctions the us and other nations have imposed on the leaders in myanmar or burma have had an effect only anecdotal we have heard and not probably can't really confirm about some of the leaders who who's who are targeted actions that they've taken that make us think they they don't like those targeted sanctions on the leaders themselves. you'll have any strong message for the dictatorship for military detectors of enormous as far as this democracy and this like clone is concerned and you think they will have a change up for heart and minds because of this repetitive i hope so. i hope that there will be one good thing that comes out of such huge destruction and that would be the government's realization that the people of burma need help and they need more help than they can give them able why such a historic interest. this i

meeting with anthony blinkin meeting with samantha power from usaid, like her husband elena zelenskayaefers khaki, came according to her words by invitation. all the same jill biden. she and her husband will be hosting a zelenskaya talk at the white house , and it will probably also talk about military aspects. and then colonel douglas mcgregor writes in an article for american conservative to brag about the white house there is nothing full of determination to bring his war with russia by proxy to the end, biden is losing the war in ukraine to his beloved horse of nato on its last legs. the only thing that is falling faster than biden's ratings is the american european economy. however, switch attention from one lost conflict. you can always inflate another with this and speaker nancy piloshi, who is going to visit taiwan next month without the consent of beijing, where these dangerous geopolitical tours have already warned of nothing but an escalation, will take care of it. lead valentine bogdanov ivan utkin and yevgeny kononov lead the united states, then still ukrainian journalist

in 2009, the united states federal agency for international development (usaid) launched a governmentmerging pandemic threats . virus slogan, program, read pandemic risk reduction strengthening global health at first , the program extended to many countries of the world. however, in the twelfth year, the united states increased funding for the project and began to pay special attention to southeast asia in particular. in china , the program operated on a five-year funding cycle. the first cycle lasted from the ninth to the fourteenth year in the announcement of the second phase of the program was said. yeah, our work is focused on more accurately determining the ability of viruses to pass from animal to human in this the american program in the description for the second cycle already includes not only the study of areas of accumulation of bats, but also places with a high risk of disease, in particular chinese wildlife markets, the so-called wet markets. however, the second stage was unexpectedly curtailed in september of the nineteenth year, a couple of months before the discovery o

she already met with secretary of state antony blinken and usaid administrator samantha power.et to speak at 8:00 this morning. >>> good morning to you and good morning to the sunshine that decided to join us on this wednesday morning. jessica, what are we looking like for the rest of the week? >> you can see behind us it is foggy. we are blanketed with the ma lean reen layer. >> none of the sun will creep down for us. >> eventually. we'll break that town in a second, too. right now we're waiting for the sun to officially rise at 6:02. daytime highs are sitting in the 90s in our inland areas with 60t san frsco is sitting below average tafnks the very, very dense marine layer we're waking up with. it stays strong in the morning hours and creeps back around 10:00. san jose is left with more clear conditions, so is napa and concord. we're left with gloomy skies near san francisco, sausalito, oakland into noon. san francisco is split today. the coast side and the bay side as we extend into the afternoon hours we're dealing with coastal fog, too. that keeps us cool and breezy today.

government, samantha powers of usaid is saying there are plan bs to ship grain if russia continues torainian sports. >> ivan, thank you so much for that. >>> the u.s. agency for international development says there's just no way to trust what russian president vladimir putin says after moscow launched those missiles at the port city of odesa just a day after that grain deal was brokered. i want to bring in cnn's larry madowo live in kenya. the russian foreign minister says that the military will escort ships containing ukrainian grain. >> reporter: that's right. and why am i talk about this? what's happening half a world away? because the greatest impact is being felt in kenya and somalia, the horn of africa has been suffering through some of the worst drought on record. there have been four failed rainy seasons and projected to be a fifth. that is why last week the u.s. announced an extra $1.3 billion in emergency humanitarian and development assistance to stave off mass starvation and deaths but this has been exacerbated by russia's invasion of ukraine has led to a rise in commodity

meanwhile, when it does come to that grain agreement, we're hearing from the head of usaid, samantha be trusted and that's a criticism that's been echoed by the ukrainian government and if this grain deal may fall apart amid more attacks on some of the very ports that the agreement has stipulated to allow the export of blockaded ukrainian grain, then there will be a plan b and that was already being worked up and implemented, which is to try to ship grain on river barges up the danube and on trains and by trucks. these could only handle a fraction of the capacity of the normal cargo ship transport through the black sea which existed until russia invaded this country on february 24th. christina. >> and we will get more on that plan b with larry in just a moment. ivan, thank you for now. i want to turn to clair in london. interesting, clair, that sergey lavrov has chosen this strategically chosen this moment to conduct a four-country tour of africa. >> reporter: yeah, africa the content most affected, africa and the middle east by the blockade of grain exports from ukraine's black sea