the basis of domestic political pressures. and that's what's happening now. and of course, to undo that that would take some political effort in the future. but right now, washington, the white house of the congress, particularly the democrats in congress. don't care about anything other than looking good for the midterm elections in november this year. and particularly sunday came, what difference would it make if russia were to be labeled a state sponsored terrorism by the u. s? well, it just for the defense, the divide between she was a east and west. what we're saying is a creation of a new cold war, which has a lot of similarities with, with the last one. the difference being today that the rest of the world does not necessarily subscribe to everything that the united states says. the united states has lost tomorrow high ground over the recent years, and really struggling to define itself and struggling to build a new coalition of allies. and it does have some very strong allies, very supportive allies in the democratic states like the britain and the like. but the reality is that it is just saying the same by much of the developing world africa, middle east, and lot of asia as just another

the basis of domestic political pressures. and that's what's happening now. and of course, to do that that would take some political entity in the future. but right now, washington, the white house of the congress, particularly the democrats in congress. don't care about anything other than looking good for the midterm elections in november this year. plus it for now, for mall on any of those stories. do you head over to our website r t dot com all telegram channel? i'd be to start somebody back with another rundown at the top of the allen in blue. ah, ah ah, ah. ah. letter you no one? no, sir. no, no. hon laguna little more shrill than what they shin up unit 73. 1 was a unique organization in the history of the world. what they were trying to do was to simply do nothing short and build the most powerful and most deadly biological weapons program. that the world had ever known real and you know, took production issue or she'll book a dinner. good, good. good, good on you, son. new rochelle. he unmoved monica. she no longer thought this meant new again, the more i'm no am i got older marcell. i don't know. i wonder thought i wish to know about joy. oh, new i know you didn't or guzzle more or les

the basis of domestic political pressures. and that's what's happening now, and of course, to undo that would take some political as an in the future. but right now, washington, the white house of the congress, politically, the democrats in congress don't care about anything other than looking good for the midterm elections in november. this year and finally, a new bill paving the way for puerto ricans to vote for independence from the us. next year is currently navigating its way through congress in washington. or despite voting against the bel law, make cases. garcia says it's an initial steps with the self determination of puerto rico. while today marks an important 1st step in the d colonization process of puerto rico. i could not in good faith support the passage of puerto rico status act in its current form. the colonization of puerto rico is a shameful part of our country's history. from the moment the u. s. took control of the island to a century of limited citizenship, the imposition of pro mesa and our failures in disaster response. puerto rico's relationship with the u. s. is rooted in a history of racism, exploitation, and oppression. the time is now for the process of d. coloni

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nixon had announced that he would take make a selection the evening of october 12th in the east room of the white house. both houses of congress were to meet there at 8 o'clock to hear the announcement. we had the usual quiet family dinner planned, you know, so that jerry could get through early and be in place in the white house with his colleagues at that appointed time. but during dinner the phone rang. and it was president nixon justice susan knew it would be. and the call came from the white house, but unfortunately the call came in on our private child-proof line, which had no extensions. and by childproof, i mean that it came with a kind of death threat to any child who dared to use it. circumstances naturally sprinted upstairs to the phone and called her father and then things began to get really confused president. nixon told jerry he wanted to speak to both of us and as my husband to have me please pick up the extension. that is the non-existent childproof extension attempting to remain cool and controlled jerry explained the problem and as he said to dig, you know, well he said to president the president, please can

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president nixon had announced that he would make his selection the evening of october 12th in the east room of the white house. both houses of congress were to meet there at 8:00 to hear the announcement. we had that usual, quiet family dinner plan, you, know so that jury could get through early and be in place at the white house with his colleagues at that point in time. but, during dinner, it wasn't president nixon. justice susan knew it would be, and the call came from the white house. but unfortunately, the call came in on our private, childproof line, which had no extensions. and by child proof, i mean that it came with a, kind of, death threat to any child that tried to use it. under the circumstances, susan naturally sprinted upstairs to the phone and called her father, and then things began to get really confused. president nixon told jerry, he wanted to speak to both of us, and as my husband, asked to please pick up the extension. that is the nonexistent childproof extension. attempting to remain cool and controlled, jerry explained that problem, and he said, you know, to the president, please, can you call back, giving him

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the department of justice to, quote, just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressman. according to white house visitor logs obtained by the committee, members of congress present at the white house on december 21st included congressman bryan babin, andy biggs, matt gates, louis gohmert, paul gosar, andy harris, jody hice, jim jordan, and scott perry. and then congresswoman elect marjorie taylor greene was also there. we heard testimony in an earlier hearing that a pardon was ultimately requested by congressman moe brooks and other members of congress who attended the meeting. we've asked witnesses what's happened during in the december 21st meeting. we've learned that part of the discussion centered on the role of the vice president during the counting of the electoral votes. these members of congress were discussing what would later be known as the eastman theory, which was being pushed by attorney john eastman. in one of our earlier hearing, you heard in great detail that president trump was trying to convince vice president pence to do something illegal. his white house counsel confirmed all that in testimony last week. >> in your view, mr. cipollon

of this visit by the u. s. military. but given the fact that the members of congress are co equal branch of government, in other words, the white house and congress have the same amount of power at the white house can suggest what nancy pelosi does. but ultimately the decision is her own. south africa's presence room on a poser has promised to focus on helping the poor and his party's policy conference . the african national congress has been losing photo support or facing criticism for corruption and failing to address in quality. these is the 3 day conference have discussed ways of ending poverty, inequality and violence against women. angelo fake, who spoke to al jazeera correspondence from the miller earlier today, he says the n c must make a huge effort to alleviate the challenges. many south africans are facing. so this is a 110 year old organization that has have control over the countries covenants for the last 28 years. and it now faces the challenge of having to drag itself from the 20th into the 21st century. many of its leaders are really in the sort of sixty's and older their governing over country. that has the majority

of this visit by the u. s. military. but given the fact that the members of congress are co equal branch of government, in other words, the white house and congress have the same amount of power. the white house can suggest what nancy pelosi does, but ultimately the decision is her own. police arrested an italian man on suspicion of killing a disabled nigerian st vendor attack, which is triggered outrage and protests in italy. video shows an assailant wrestling, alika gore to cool to the ground, and beating him with his crunch. i stand is in the town on italy's adriatic coast called the police, but no one intervened. victims, wife and members of the nigerian community are calling for justice. i wanted joseph one holds one, the one with just the thought. what did i give you? i want that little boy, that was what i want. hamilton indians have been making the perilous journey to europe as rising unemployment and the coven 19 pandemic. and that's taking a toll on their economy. but leaving fear can also mean risking your life as a restful sir to reports from tunis. at 1st glance, they seem to be rusting under the shade of trees, but love

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the chinese have only been very upset with moves in congress made to support taiwan. the correct statement be made by the white house is that the taiwan, the potential defence of taiwan gress. if nancy pelosi does not go to taiwan because she is urged not to do so by the president, we are likely to see much more pressure coming out of beijing against the white house, for whatever moves, statements or legislation come out of the us congress. mil out of the us congress. all this comes _ out of the us congress. all this comesjust before the out of the us congress. all this comes just before the 20th congress, at which mr xi is expected to extend his role. the timing is unfortunate to put it mildly, isn't it? i think right now there is no good time in us china relations, there is a list tensions, ways windows of military —— are always opportunities, we can do is find something either side as i was going to be upset by. thank ou ve was going to be upset by. thank you very much _ was going to be upset by. thank you very much for _ was going to be upset by. thank you very much forjoining - was going to be upset by. thank you very much forjoining us. . the united states says

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march of 2021 of the american rescue plan is being debated. cons, congress, $1.00 trillion dollars in us spending and tasked us a big stimulus. and at that moment, the posture of the white house and the democrats in congress is this economy needs a lot of help. and we need to give it something very big. and, and the motto you heard was better air on size being too big than too small and, and they pushed har. i testified about the american rescue plan at the time. and all the data indicated economy is growing at 6.5 percent as, as indeed it turned out did. in the 1st quarter of 2021. there was no need for stimulus. so this was a political call that they were going to get try to take credit for the recovery by having this big stimulus. and they made a big policy here. larry summers to his credit, set it at the time. so this gonna cause a lot of inflation. other people were worried about it. i didn't think because what a flashing full disclosure i thought was a big boom, an asset prices because people wouldn't be able to spend money and they go buy criptos and houses. and we'd seen some of that already. but either way, we were gonna force the feds hand to do something and i thou

washington now the first lady of ukraine olena zelenska this morning she met with the us secretary of state anthony blinkin in the following days she will be received in the white house and the us congressre about the details of her visit and not only let's talk with ostap yarosh who joins the broadcast from the us state department ostap i congratulate you, do you know what first lady zelenska agreed on or i spoke with the us secretary of state blinkin and what is the situation in general and her visit to washington, yes, yulia olena zelenska will be in washington for three days, as you correctly said. today she met with the secretary of state antony blinken, for tomorrow we expect her to meet with the first lady of the usa angel biden and later on wednesday also olena zelenska is scheduled to speak before the united states congress regarding a meeting with the state department, so we expect more details from this department on the subject conversations between anthony blinkina and olena zelenska, but as the state department spokesman emphasized today at the briefing, this was an opportunity for the secretary of state to once again reaffirm the commitment of the united states to the peo

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these show you with members of congress, including steve scalise, as well as the white house, with lida, kevin mccarthy, and jim jordan. others show you with the president and members of congress, or air force one. before you worked in the white house, you worked on capitol hill for representative steve scalise. republican whip -- the republican whip. and senator ted cruz. than in 2019, you moved to the white house and served until the end of the term administration -- trump administration in 2020. when you started at the white house, you served in the office of legislative affairs. we understand you were initially hired as a staff assistant. but soon was promoted to a position of greater responsibility. can you explain your role for the committee -- with the committee -- can you explain your role for the committee? >> when mr. meadows became the fourth chief of staff, it is difficult to describe the day. i was special assistant to the president and advisor to the chief of staff. the days depended on what the president was doing that day and that is how my portfolio was reflected. had a

of the world that the u.s. is still focused on climate change. there are questions, of course, after the lack of action in congress. so clearly, the white houseg this is the first step of many. the question is, will anything in congress ever move? we're now three and a half months before the midterm elections. >> jeff zeleny in massachusetts, thanks. let's bring in former obama senior adviser, david axelrod. these executive actions fall short of the legislative package that senate democrats were hoping to get passed. senator jeff merkley of oregon tweeted this. inaction isn't an option. climate chaos is an emergency and the president should declare a national emergency and pursue bold climate action. i feel like i have seen this movie before. the president, we're told the president is going to do something and it might even be super bold step a, and then he doesn't do super bold step a, and he ends up looking cautious. i sit here thinking, why is this -- this white house does seem kind of cautious. >> well, i think it reflects him. he is an institutionalist, and he doesn't move, you know, precipitously. that is his nature. i think they do cre

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at the close of today's hearing, we will see video testimony by three members of donald trump's white house staff. they will identify certain of the members of congress who contacted the white house after january 6th to seek presidential pardons for their conduct. thank you, mister chairman i. yield back. >> thank you, thank you mister chairman. thank you to our witnesses for being here. i would like to start with a personal story. in may of 2009 our turn from service interaction i announced my intention to it run for congress. a big reason to run for congress with my motivation to ensure freedom and democracy are defended overseas. i remember making a commitment out loud a few times and in my heart, repeatedly, that if we are going to ask americans to be willing to die in service of our country, we as leaders must at least be willing to sacrifice our political careers, our integrity, when our oath requires it. after all losing a job is nothing compared to losing her life. within the halls of power and a face of a president, that commitment can easily be forgotten. presidential pressure can be really hard to resist. today we will focus on a few offic

of course just before _ white house. and all this comes of course just before the - white house. and all this comes of course just before the 20th i of course just before the 20th congressected to extend his role, the timing is unfortunate, to put it mildly, isn't it?- put it mildly, isn't it? right now there _ put it mildly, isn't it? right now there is _ put it mildly, isn't it? right now there is no _ put it mildly, isn't it? right now there is no good - put it mildly, isn't it? right now there is no good time | put it mildly, isn't it? right. now there is no good time in us—china relations. there's all this tension and windows opportunities whether it is military manoeuvres on the part of china or the part of the united states. we can always find something that either side is going to be upset about. the united states says it's offered russia a deal aimed at freeing the american basketball star brittney griner and a former us marine, paulwhelan. secretary of state antony blinken says he plans to discuss the matter in a phone call with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov. it would be the first such contact since russia's invasion of ukraine. barbara plett—usher rep

of 1948-1952 was first lady jacqueline kennedy who spearheaded a restoration at the executive mansion. her hiring of the first curator of the white house lorraine waxman pierce as well as the support of congress through public law 87286 and act concerning the white house in providing for the care and preservation of its historic and artistic contents specified the need to preserve and interpret the museum character of the ground floor corridor and the public rooms on the state floor. it also codified that furniture fixtures and decorative arts of the white house are inalienable and considered the property of the white house mrs. kennedy supported the creation of the white house historical association as a cooperating organization with the national park service, and we are proud to maintain that today six years 60 years later while mrs. kennedy's time at the white house was tragically cut short her successor lady bird johnson and her husband president lyndon johnson further institutionalized these roles and are ongoing relationship president johnson issued executive order 11145, which officially created the position of white house curator and the committee for the preservation of the white hou