please welcome general votel. >> it's great to be here. you're highnesses, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting me to speak with you this afternoon. that included a warm salad, bred with butter covered with mushroom sauce on a bed of warm mashed potatoes and a chocolate cake that has no less than six layers to it, so i know my work is cut out for me. in any case i'm very, very glad to be here. and i sincerely appreciate the opportunity to come mere. your excellency, thank you very much for the very, very kind introduction. and more importantly thank you for your personal and your country's great partnership with me and the with the united states central command and more importantly with the united states of america. dr. john duke anthony, sir, thank you very much. appreciate it. dr. john pratt, others here, appreciate the opportunity to participate in this conference here today. especially our young people that had a chance to share their experiences with us. and i'm encouraged by the opportunity at events like this g

here we are decades later where i have the honor of introducing general votel today. it's made the region safe. but the point that gets overlooked far too often is that partnership also made the u.s. safe. there's much more to do and we have to make progress despite our best efforts against isis and al qaeda. as we do another has been gaining strength and that threat is iran. we welcome president trump's new strategy to address the full range of iranian interference and destabilization. this includes its growing ballistic missile program, support for terrorist organizations, cyber attacks, interference in each others domestic affairs and threats to freedom of the navigation. the nuclear deal offered iran an opportunity to engage responsibly with the international community. instead it only emboldened iran to intensify its actions. in this late challenge, we can count on the uae along with other responsible countries to meet the growing threat. as we engage in these critical efforts, emirates sleep more comfortably under general votel's command in helping to keep the r

[applause] joseph votel: it is great to be here. your highness is, excellency -- your highnesses, excellency, thank you. you know, you have really made it as a keynote speaker when you get selected to come and speak after a very heavy lunch. that included a large salad, bread with butter, warm, baked chicken on a bed of mustard sauce, on a bed of four masked potatoes, and a chocolate cake that had no less and six layers to it. i know my work is cut out for me. i have great confidence in my ability to keep you going this afternoon. in any case, i am very very glad to be here. i sincerely appreciate the opportunity to come here. thank you for the very, very kind introduction, and thank you for your personal and your country's great partnership with me and with united states central command and the united states of america. dr. john duke anthony, thank you very much. appreciate it. mr.er john pratt, others -- john pratt, others, thank you. i am impressed by the accomplishments of all who are here today, specially our young people. they

and here we are many decades later, where i have the privilege of introducing general votel today. this partnership has made the uae safer. it's made the region safer. but the point that gets overlooked far too often is that that partnership also made the u.s. safer. now, of course, there's much more to do, and we still have to make much more progress, even despite our best efforts against al qaeda and isis. and as we do, another extremist threat has been gaining strength the entire time, and that threat is iran. we welcome president trump's new strategy to address the full range of iranian interference and destabilization. this includes its growing ballistic missile program, support for terrorist organizations, cyber attacks, interference in each other's domestic affairs, and threats to freedom of the navigation. the nuclear deal offered iran an opportunity to engage responsibly with the international community. instead, it only emboldened iran to intensify its provocative and destabilizing actions. so in this latest challenge, the u.s. and centcom can count on the uae along with

votel's lower house was to on if the president with standard the country's supreme court.in brady says before a final tax plan is presented, he expects to deal with republicans from high tax states who expressed concern over local and state tax the directions. state -- state tax deductions. coming up in a few minutes, we will speak with new york congressman tom reed, who sits on the house ways and means committee. canadian finance minister says that the canadian finance the canadian -- finance minister says -- we have the u.s. as our largest trading partner. we do need to have a continuing strong relationship. many things we trade with the thatd states are things are at a fairly low tariff rate. mark: he says nafta is incredibly important for canada. domino roll pioneer fats is dead. diedoroner says he tuesday, of natural causes. he was best known for his hits, blueberry hill and ain't it a shame? news, 24 hour was a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. shery: thank you. >> are showing in the grand old party, increasing concern

general votel, overseas the wars in iraq, afghanistan, and syria.who made two parachute jumps into combat under fire. you'll never hear him talk about it. general tony thomas, overseeing delta force, s.e.a.l. team 6. never going to hear him talk about it. general milly, is skap relly, two general who have been commanding troops in combat in afghanistan. i've been with him in afghanistan. my eyeballs were rotating. these are the two of the calmest guys you will ever find. i think the question is what do they think about what the president had to say. >> yeah. general hurtling, you have been in the room briefing four star generals as they go into a meeting like this. and the president treated it like reality television. >> this is the combat and commanders conference. they are all commanding forces in an area that are prepared for war for contingency operations. they are calm guys. they come once a year to washington to discuss can anything from personnel, budget, contingency, forced deployments. it is a couple day meeting. in the middle, they have di

votell, this confidence is a test of the validity of the government and so far, it has won.ted to win this last confidence vote and then surprisingly, we have a secret vote, which could come tomorrow morning at the latest. that would be a test for the government, though different interpretations for lawmakers, as to whether or not this would force the prime minister to quit are not. given that he's won, or what have won several covenants votes, -- would have won several confidence votes, the thinking is he would stay through to at least get the budget through. matt: i am not surprised that an italian vote would include a secret vote as well. is there any chance this would improve the stability 6 in a country that has had about 60 -- is there any chance this would improve the stability in a country that has had about 60 regimes in 60 years? >> it could make it easier for the establishment parties to win more votes, but the problem is, we have three different blocks that are neck and neck in the opinion polls. >> we have the democratic party, the five stars and the right coali

central command, general joseph votel talked about the military campaign by isis. this is a

central command, general joseph votel talked about the military campaign by isis. this is a half-hour. >>> thank you. i'm conscious that i am the second introducer and the final act before the main event, so i promise i'll be brief. but let me start with bill, and thank you for that lufblly grukz. but i want to give a special thank you to dr. john duke anthony. he's been one of the most active prow ponents for people who care about this region together. not just in this conference but all the time. and the er

later, centcom commander general joseph hotel on the mid -- votel on the middle east. >> testifying before the senate judiciary committee today, attorney general jeff sessions defended president trump's position to fire fbi director james comey, and the decision to rebecca obama administration criminal justice reforms. while serving in the senate, jeff sessions previously sat on the

later, centcom commander general joseph hotel on the mid -- votel on the middle east. >> testifying before the senate judiciary committee today, attorney general jeff sessions defended president trump's position to fire fbi director james comey, and the decision to rebecca obama administration criminal justice reforms. while serving in the senate, jeff sessions previously sat on the judiciary committee. senator chuck -- chuck ensley chairs this five-hour hearing. [indiscernible] [gavel pounding] [indiscernible] >> attorney general sessions, welcome. for all the people in the audience, we welcome you as well. i thank general sessions were being here that attorney general sessions were being here for the oversight hearing. his is an opportunity for congress to investigate and question the policies and actions of any executive branch. it is an opportunity for the executive branch to take responsibility for any of those policies and actions, and an opportunity for congress to defend its constitutional powers and check any abuses by an overreaching executive branch, and it has been that way for

central command joseph votel speaks. that is about 2:05 eastern. it is online and on the free c-span radio app. that's live at 2:30 eastern over on c-span. >>> sunday night an after words. >> over 90% end up in settlements. what does that mean? that means that the woman never works in her chosen career ever again and she can never talk about it. how else do we solve sexual harassment suits? we put in employment cracks which make it a secret proceeding. again, nobody ever finds out about it if you file a complaint. you can never talk about, ever. nobody ever knows what happened to you and in most cases you're also terminated and the predator is often left to still work in the same position in which he was harassing you. this is how we decided, to gag women to fool everyone else out there related pro tests in their jurisdictions tapd lessons they learned. it's an hour and a half. >> let's get ready for this next panel which i'm really excited about. first i want to introduce our next speaker and my good friend to the stage. i have known her for almos