in the former yugoslavia, the border between the two regions was never defined.se boundaries that once had very little impact on day-to-day life are now creating new obstacles for the inhabitants. >> a landscape full of rugged beauty -- the rugova mountains in western kosovo. for generations they've been home to kosovan farmers like the dreshaj brothers and their neighbor drition. but these days they're worried. a part of this mountain range will be ceded to montenegro. that's the deal between the two states. the farmers are outraged. mr. fitim dreshaj: everyone here is against the new border. we're not going to accept it. it's bad for the rugova region and all the citizens of kosovo. there was never a border here in the past. that's the whole reason our parents and grandparents moved here. >> back then, fitim dreshaj says this land was part of yugoslavia. after the bloody balkan wars of the 1990's, an exact border was never set. but now there are plans to place a new one between kosovo and montenegro. both states would like to join the e.u. for that, they need t

thought it was a good idea because it would come out of the war crimes tribunals of the former yugoslavia and rwanda or the land mines treaty or any number of things where we begin a process and then for some reason don't follow through, and so it puts us in a weak position in believing in rules based, setting up some of the rules and for a variety of reasons not following through and i think that's something that needs to be -- >> we have an couldable insistence on sovereignty and not letting international organizations tell us what to do, but we are then also surprised when the absence of an international order puts us at greater risk and makes it harder for us to marshal our allies. how does our support for organizations like nato and the eu actually increase the security and prosperity of the average american? for my voters, for constituents of every member of the house and senate, it's sometimes hard for them to see a connection. why are you going to singapore, senator kuntz? why are you going to ukraine and to estonia? why would you be going to brussels? what's the point? some see o

also yugoslavia. i think reading those discussions is interesting. did they have really input on what they decided in the soviet union? no. and they didn't have a large input either, you know, in 1968. this is one of the reasons that the eastern bloc fell apart. it was never integrated enough. >> final question. malcolm burn, over here. >> thank you. actually final two if you'll allow it. first is that there's a really interesting human element to this story which is the state of mind of many of the key players, especially the israeli leaders. and we already know about rabin's state of mind at the start of this episode. and i wonder if by any chance you were able to gain any more insights into what was going on there. and the second question is you're clearly breaking a lot of dishes here. [laughter] at least one of the reviews that i read calls your account something like deeply discouraging -- [laughter] and i wonder what the reaction has been in israel and generally to, so far to the book. >> ah, your second question is easy. no response. they don

. >> reporter: as refugees from the wars of former yugoslavia alen and andrea kevric are used to leavinge in a hurry. the council gave them $7,500 for temporary accommodation during repairs, but a private rental agency rejected them. >> they actually realized who we are-- that we are plebs from social housing. and they don't want us there. this is reality about how people are treated in this country. >> reporter: according to local council officials, the fire department recommended evacuation, but hundreds of residents refused to move. the kevics, who have four children, are uncertain about their immediate future in a country that has become their home. in common with many immigrants, they have low-paid jobs and are priced out of london's expensive housing market. >> to make some kind of decent living, i have to be in social housing, which i'm very lucky to be in because it's so rare and hard to come by. i was lucky to get it and my rent is considerably reduced, but even with that, we just make ends meet. >> the divide between rich and poor unfortunately only gets exposed with the worst

it took like nine years for yugoslavia, which was smaller, smaller than russia, to see sanctions working. i can imagine in the case of ussia we have to endure, persevere, and sanctions will start bearing fruit. i don't think that we should stop or rethink this strategy. on top of it someone mentioned i think ambassador mentioned importance of nato. because nato is not only military organization. nato is security and political organization. since it was formed in 1949, u.s. has seen nato as a pillar of euro-atlantic bond. and the countries who are members of nato are there because of their share. which means we have to keep ourselves together and strong to nato, which includes number of measures. not only deter reince, which is taking place right now in europe, but also number one -- it's not only that europe is under attack. values are under attack. values of democracy, values of parliamentary democracy, liberal democracy is under attack. russia is backing those groups in europe, leftist or rightist, those who challenge a very core values of liberal democracy. because those who challenge

i've lived in the former ewing yugoslavia.here's a difference when there's big government that's mean and bureaucrat and takes over people's lives. we're talking giving people freedom and a chance to thrive. charles: what about even scott pelley, cbs news, and he made the comment essentially that representative scalise brought this on himself. do you believe that? >> it's terrible. and some who should be leaders in our community doing the same thing. the media, moral rell vichl, it's different when a republican stands on policy. and let me liken this. i'm a lawyer and when you have a winning case you're talking about policy of your good case. when you have a losing case, you're talking about distracting, resisting, stalling and that's what the democrat movement is about, it's resisting trump, the trump agenda. it's resisting the republican agenda. they're not advancing policy. they're trying to shut down the policy of the republican side. look at college campuses. they're shutting down the exchange of ideas. charles: i think y

also yugoslavia. i think reading those discussions is interesting. did hey, - do they have input in 1968? this is one of the reasons that the block fell apart. it was never integrated enough. final question. over here. >> thank you. i have two if you allow it. first is that there is a really interesting human element to the story which is the state of mind of many of the key players especially the israeli leaders. we already know about the state of mind and the start of this episode. i wonder if by any chance you are able to gain any other insights into what was going on there. the second question is you are clearly breaking a lot of dishes here. at least one of the reviews that i read because you something like deep - deeply discouraging. >> your second question is easy. no response. they don't know the book exists. it's in english! the spokesperson of the - tried to convince the daily news show they try to convince them to interview me about the book. it is yale university press. i said we don't do items unknown hebrew books. okay so nosy sponsor i

also yugoslavia. i think reading those discussions is interesting.did they have a really input on what they decided in the soviet union? no. they didn't have a large input either in 1968. this is one of the reasons that the eastern bloc fell apart. it was never integrated enough. >> final question. malcolmburn -- malcolm burne over here. >> the interesting part of the story this state of mind of the key players especially the israeli leaders we're know about ranin's state of mind, and esckol and i wonder if you were able to gain anymore insights into what was going on there second question is you're clearly breaking a lot of dishes here. at least one review i read calls your condition something like deeply discouraging and i wonder what the reaction has been in israel so far to the book. >> your second question is easy. no response. they don't know the book exists. it's in english. the spokesman of the university tried to convince the daily news show, trying to convince them to interview me about the book. yale university press. supposed to impress t

we will begin in 1961 at belgrade, yugoslavia, the founding of the non-alliance movement. conference at belgrade signaled that nonaligned had become a fact of national and international life to which the west must adjust. a different attitude band that displayed by the secretary of state just a few years earlier. belgrade posed a delicate pr challenge to the new kennedy administration. the belgrade organizers each have their own reasons for championing nonalignment, some domestic, some regional, some aspirational, and their reasons, though they differed in particulars, were nonetheless broadly and sufficiently agreed-upon to constitute a transnational persuasion. the kennedy administration debated how to approach this founding meeting of nonalignment, really sort of entrenching nonalignment is a feature of the cold war landscape. there was broad internal agreement and's team on the importance of the nonaligned nations and the importance of having good bilateral relations with each one, amounting to kind of an unspoken strategy of divide and conquer, but there were disputes

in quite an unusual portion of my background, i had the opportunity to spend time in the former yugoslavia. ms. ten nee: i also was the -- ms. tenney: i was the only employee at the yugoslav they broke up in the 1990's. i was instrumental in helping to bring a number of yugoslav refugees to utica, new york, and i'm pleased i was able to have the opportunity with my family business to create the first bosnian newspaper in utica. today the bosnian refugees make up one of the largest bosnian, if not the largest bosnian refugee community in the nation. they've done a wonderful job in utica in successfully starting businesses and contributing greatly to our community along with many other refugees. i want to take this moment to recognize utica and thank our tremendous bosnian refugees for their contributions to our nation and especially to our communities because without them we would never see the prosperity an growth we've seen in our small business community, from their ingenuity and kindness and generosity to us. for that, mr. speaker, i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for w