oh, there's more. 21 united states trustees. exactly 21 united states trustees. congress has devoted a lot of attention to figuring out what structure of the department of justice looks like. if you put all of those positions together, they account for a tiny, tiny fraction of the more than 100,000 people who work for the united states department of justice. that's because the vast majority of the people who work for the department of justice are not officers of the united states within the meaning of the appointments clause. they are employees. their appointments are not controlled by the appointments clause. congress can pick whatever mode of appointment is necessary and proper for carrying into execution government powers, and their positions do not acquire the specific statutory authorization of established by law that is necessary for officers. for those people, the 9900 50 or whatever of the rest of them, it suffices to provide, as congress has, not just for the department of justice, but for every federal agency that they may employ such numbers employees

united states, mike pence. one week ago turkish forces crossing into syria. president trump took a decisive action to call on turkish forces to stand down and the violence, agreed to negotiations. today i am proud to report, thanks to the strong leadership of president trump and the strong relationship between president erdogan and turkey and the united states of america. today the united states and turkey have agreed to a cease-fire in syria. turkish's side will pause operation peace spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of wide pg forces from the safe zone for 120 hours. all military operation will be paused. an operation peace spring will be halted entirely on completion of withdraw. our administration had been in contact with syria defense forces and we have begun to facilitate of their safe withdrawal nearly 20 miles safe zone area, south of the turkish border in syria. also includes in an agreement by turkey to engage in no military action against the community of cabani and in addition the united s

there are moments when the united states is more welcoming and moments when the united states is not welcoming at all. we watch this with great interest and try to identify the moments when these things are happening. susan: is the current period of turmoil and debate over immigration different in any important way from past times this country has gone through? dr. kraut: i would argue the current ways of nativism, of anti-immigrant sentiment, of xenophobia is not different in what we have seen in the past. while it seems to us to be peppered with acts of violence and ferocity, there have been other acts of violence, anti-immigrant riots before the civil war, anti-immigrant riots in the 1880's. there have been lots of moments in american history when the anti-immigrant sentiment has been translated into true ugliness. it has brought great harm to the foreign-born. i would argue the current wave, as unpleasant and offputting as it is, is not all that unusual in the history of our country. susan: what causes congress to ultimately act during these periods? dr. kraut: congress acts most

andy, the united states turkey have agreed to a cease-fire in syria. side will withdraw for 120 hours. underlitary operations operation peace spring will be paused and operation peace spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal. our administration has been in contact with syrian defense forces and we have already begun to facilitate their safe the nearlyom 20-mile-wide state some barrier south of the turkish border in syria. say, this also includes an agreement by turkey to engage in no military action against addition,ity and in the united states and turkey have both mutually committed to a peaceful resolution and future , working on anne international basis to ensure peace and security defines this border region of syria. in addition to the settlement today, with the cease-fire, turkey and the united states mutually committed to defeat isis activities in northeast syria. this will also include an agreement renewed today to coordinate efforts on detention facilities and internally displaced persons and formally -- in formerly isis-c

same page with the united states but. china is that kind of economic war with the united states russia is experiencing one of its worst periods of relations with the united states so everything is different that's political support with at least currency some kinds of stay really to the fore for the current situation so that you don't can build on that and continue to. translate it into more countries measures in terms of economic benefits mr is that we have to take a short break now we'll be back in just a few moments stay tuned. in the age of trump what has happened to journalistic standards and competence in the media not long ago it was generally agreed that politics was the art of the possible no one news near to must prevail and all others must be vanquished the state of affairs to serve the public interest. welcome back to worlds apart with time and that is as easy as system professor for a general studies that show he had been hashed to university in tech crunch that there is a day before the break you mentioned t

in the past the united states, the u.s. policy sought to whether investing in the situations or through regular government contact. these things are not there anymore. the president is the key figure. and you would think this should make things easier because you're dealing with one man. but 30 is not saudi arabia or egypt, despite centralization of power and authoritarianism it's public opinion and election still matters in turkey. you're dealing with the public that is anti-american. they think the u.s. is in decline and become irrelevant. so you combine that very anti-american public opinion with a very personalized system in which there is no one that can put the brakes on his worst instincts. so you get turkey where the worldview and domestic electoral consideration becomes decisive and foreign policymaking. in the second thing i want to talk about is the change in turkish military. the turkish military has been an asset in this relationship. and despite the marginal progress for, it's always been very tornado for the

same page with the united states but. china is that kind of economic war with the united states russia is experiencing one of its worst periods of relations with the united states so everything is different that's political supports with at least currency some kinds of. food for the current situation so that you don't can build up on that and continue to. translate it into more countries measures in terms of economic benefits mr is that we have to take a short break now we'll be back in just a few moments. when lawmakers manufactured you sentenced to the public. when the ruling closes a project. the final larry go live to be the woman. who ignore middle of the room sit. in the real news room. the brain does not. in the way. the brain damage of the word. inserted into the brain is integrated be sent. down read some go to the brain you can kill the patient those damaging you want to lead to the brain to. welcome back to worlds apart i mean that as as easy as system professor for original study at shea he had the hashtag uni

states and i say united states instead of america because with south america and north america. we have been here in a be demonstrated and recognized and people can actually go and find our history and the national museum for latinos. i think it's a very important part. especially today by others, today we need this very desperately. and just the announcement itself would go a long way because the only way that we can erase racism is by understanding and by knowledge and this is what the latino museum would do it would create an understanding and knowledge in the history of people can go to and speak for themselves. we are not making it up. it is there and they can find it. >> thank you. they can madam chair. >> thank you. they can madam chair. >> i thank the witnesses so much for the valuable money and for coming and traveling here and be with us today, your voices are so important in a very grateful that you are in this committee room. the members of the committee may have additional questions for all of you and we will ask you to respond to these in writing. under committee r

in the united states of america. the today the united states and turkey have agreed to a cease fire in syria. the turkish side will pause operation peace spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of why p.g. forces from the safe zone. for $120.00 all military operations under operation piece spring will be pause in operation peace spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal. our ministration has already been in contact. with syrian defense forces and we have already begun to facilitate their safe withdrawal from the nearly 20 mile wide safe zone area south of the turkish border in syria. let me say this also includes an agreement by turkey to engage in no military action against the community. and in addition. the united states and turkey have both mutually committed. to a peaceful resolution and future for the safe zone working on an international basis to ensure that peace and security defines this border region of syria in addition to the settlement today with the ceasefire turkey in the unite

people can enter the united states. different data have shown we have already lost billions of dollars, and that hurts big and small businesses. >> thank you. >> the gentleman from new york is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you to all the witnesses for being here, especially the stories of people impacted. today's hearing is always helpful. the man from new york, for the new yorker. i've been giving you the assumption you are a great guy, have a great wife, have two beautiful, amazing kids, and the goal is to pursue the american dream and escape conditions in yemen, which we know here in america, we may not know to the extent your family does back in yemen, but it is a really bad situation back there. we do know that here in the u.s. that you might not take comfort in, because the ultimate goal is for you to be with your family. that is what you want. you is what you would make happy, nothing short of that. what is interesting as i hear your story, and as a ranking member of the investigation subcommittee, we hav

the question really gets at the core of the centrality of latinos to the united states. and whether we can properly and adequately represent and address the history of latinos in the united states through the dispersed approach that we currently have. i have grade admiration for so much of what the smithsonian has done through the energy and wisdom and professionalism of the curatorial staff that exists. and so it can be understood in its fullness and energy and richness. we're talking about 500 years of history and historical developments that, you know, really do touch upon and help to shape important critical patterns in american history more generally. i'm thinking of everything from, you know, colonialism and colonization at the beginning of 500 years of recent history through the period of american revolution, the latin american revolutions of the early 19th century and how the united states and latinos played roles in those histories. the u.s.-mexico war, reconstruction and the way that-- i'm limited on time. i'm going to reclaim my time. before i end my line of q

the united states experience with china shows this. it is largely do to the nonmarket base practices of china and the nonmarket structure of china's economy that the united states has encountered so many problems with china. the one that i mentioned that have been intensifying in recent years and is largely in recognition of the special challenges posed by nonmarket base economies that the united states, japan and european union are having this trilateral discussion about reforming the pto rules . the discussions are focused on topics like industrial subsidies the state owned enterprises, forced technology transfer and other nonmarket base practices. so the form of government of countries is absolutely critical. a model of progressive liberalization the united states pursued after world war ii of gradual reductions in tariffs, that's extremely important but when it comes to an economy like china's , it's insufficient to break down the trade investment barriers that pose a threat to us companies and workers. >> was moved to the audience

forces the establishment in america believes that the united states actually by betraying. actually is giving a very bad message to its allies in the region. this is something not good for america blossoming don't look at the united states if it withdraws from syria it will not be party to this conflict anymore it will not have any leverage and the syrian conflict and some actually also see that russia is winning in this case because america is actually pulling out so that something of the gun is actually dealing with 2 different americas this is actually what makes his position very very difficult and this is what mixed actually the thrust also with the united states is very low now as we are recording this program on friday afternoon and there are already news coming in that at least in one like this suppose that cease fire has been breached and that there are there are direct military confrontation between the turkish military and some of the kurdish groups speech leads me to my next question as part of the deal struck last thursday the kurdish military units they why b.

the united states captured them. some were released for effect to make us look a little bit like we have to get right back in there. you have a lot of countries over there that have power and that hate isis very much. as much as we do. i think we are in a very stranlly good position. -- strategically good position. we have removed all of our as we said 50 soldiers, but much less than 50 soldiers. they are now in a very safe location. heading into an even safer location. and we will help negotiate. we have tremendously powerful sanctions. our country has become economically much more powerful than frankly it ever was. we picked up trillions and trillions of dollars in work. market was up big yesterday. it's going to be up big today it looks like. the trade deal with china just having to do with what we have done with the financial services, with banks, with the farmers has been incredible. far greater than anyone ever thought. i agree it hasn't been papered yet, but it's being papered. in the meantime as you know and

the united states out of syria. what they don't realize is the next step takes the turks out of syria. completely, all of syria, couldn't have done it as long as the united states was there. this was to be expected. the next move is for bashar al-assad to take over. i don't know, russia is a real agreement. all these lobbyists have been trying to get that expedited. the problem, the file that is one that you can use because they want to get everything they want into those files and it makes no sense. >> sorry we have run out of time but i want to thank this terrific panel. [applause] >> thank you for coming. [inaudible conversations] >> here's a look at what is live tuesday on the c-span network. on c-span the house is back at 10:00 eastern for general speeches with legislative business at noon. it would impose sanctions on turkey for its recent incursion into syria and other actions. on c-span2 the senate returns to continue work on a 2020 bill with agencies including agriculture, transportation and housing. on c-s

the united states is committed to achieving that. >> reporter: mr. vice president, can i finish my question. >> harris: they are shouting questions in ingres turkey. i want to go to general jack keane, retired four-star general, fox news senior military analyst. with a couple minutes until the top of the hour, you are joining me by phone. as you look at the situation. 120 hours. are we sending troops back into facilitate the safe zone? >> no, we are not. this is really erdogan's concern about the sanctions. the president heard that in his voice when erdogan called him on tuesday and the president was very emphatic. i'm going to impose the sanctions unless you abide by a cease-fire. he said we can achieve the same buffer zone used in diplomacy, we are trying to do in the first case before you introduce this violence. that's why we have the cease-fire and why we have the withdrawal and why we are finally going to get a buffer zone without any additional killing. >> harris: it is 20 miles wide, the safe zone barrier. 120 hours. they are hoping for a lon

is now the official policy of the united states russia hates isis as much as the united states and pkk is a bigger threat than isis these are all things the president said today. anyone who wants to assist syria is good with me russia or china or napoleon bonaparte we know the second third order consequences can be catastrophic now right now turkey massacres the kurds we know with their alliance with the asad regime that will have protection i'm more worried about the asad regime moving to eastern and northern syria which is populated not just by the kurds but i'm worried about the inevitability of turkey now deciding in order to deal with these problems it no longer has any interest because it's not our problem. we saw putin in the uae in saudi arabia. that you can't trust the united states but i have seen loan - - some things i will offer. and worst of all closer to get a world he wants where powerful countries and leaders can do what they want america you do your thing and russia does its thing that makes me incredibly sad and what can we do about it? i'm struggling with certain thi

not a single united states service member was killed in this operation. despite baghdadi's death, the security situation in syria remains complex. nonstate actors continue to vie for control of territory and resources within the country. as we have learned from our recent history in the middle east, it is very easy to get drawn into continued conflict if our objectives are not clear. acting as a police force is not our mission. our mission in syria remaining the same since 2014, to enable the enduring defeat of isis. it is intended to posture us to continue this mission and give the president options while returning the balance back home to the united states. those who remain will continue to execute counter terrorism operations while staying in close contact with the syrian democratic forces who have fought along side us. the united states will retain control of oil fields in northeast syria. these oil fields provided isis with the bulk of financial resources used to fund its terror. u.s. troops will remain positioned in this area to deny isis access to

you mentioned that the united states -- you mentioned the united states opposed turkey's incursion into northern syria. that erdogan had always wanted a sort of safe zone here. what concessions did you actually get out of president erdogan, number one. number two, have you gotten specific assurances from the ypg that they would comply with the terms of this agreement, because this is something that they have said that they would not do. and finally, with the kurds moving south and now with the u.s. sanctions in terms of them moving south, how would you address critics who would call this essentially a second abandonment of the kurds? >> well, i think you'll be able to see from the agreement itself what concessions were made. president trump, in his telephone call with president erdogan earlier this week, and in the directive that he gave us to deliver, was very clear that he wanted a cease-fire. he wanted to stop the violence. turkey's engaged in an active military operation. i can tell you that as our discussions began over the course of the five-hour period of time, we reached a place

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a century after we established diplomatic relations, the united states and finland remain united by those same to cherished values, central to this effort is our nations' close cooperation on matters of security and defense. although finland is not a member of nato,. save a lot of money. fillon participates in a lot of nato missions and exercises, and i am pleased that finland is substantially increasing its military budget. america and finland are working stability, advance freedom of navigation, and respect for national sovereignty in the arctic. both nations are committed to a secure arctic region free from external intrusion, interference, and coercion. simply put, we believe the affairs of the arctic should be governed by the actual nations of the arctic. as you know, there are other people coming into the arctic, and we don't like it. we cannot let it happen. and we won't let it happen. the united states and finland are likewise partnering to ensure the security of 5g networks. it is critical that we use safe and trustworthy technology, components, supply chains. we welcome the esta

states in the defeat of eisel working alongside the united states for almost 5 years even holding out hope that with that will come the promise of some sort of autonomy control government region nation all of that has been abandoned and number of lawmakers including senator marco rubio rip. public and have said this is going to leave a moral stayed on the united states that the reputation with u.s. allies will be harmed not just in the eyes potentially of the european community that has registered deep concern about this but but others expanding even wider that the united states has moved ahead impulsively for political reasons perhaps motivated most of the words of donald trump in his effort to win reelection in 2020 years very clearly from the white house on monday that he made a campaign promise in 2016 to get the united states out of endless foreign wars and it appears that not just the underscoring of the relationship with turkey but also keeping that campaign promise is at the forefront of donald trump's mind as he made this decision on sunday that has now led to these breaking

united states of america, mr. trump, not our guy. he appointed. that the misses special -- he's now a special prosecutor, but i forget exactly what his title was. in any event. wasn't a special prosecutor. but he did in fact find that there was reason to believe that there was obstruction of justice. mr. scalise: he had authority. he filed no charges. he found nothing that rose to the level of filing charges. that he had the full authority to do. mr. hoyer: that is inaccurate. mr. scalise: that is accurate. mr. hoyer: that is inaccurate. mr. scalise: did he file a charge? please name. it i haven't seen the charge -- name it. i haven't seen the charge. mr. hoyer: why didn't he file a charge? if you read the report, as i'm sure you did -- mr. scalise: you're acknowledging he didn't. mr. hoyer: he said, i didn't file a charge because i cannot file a charge against the president of the united states. mr. scalise: the department of justice disagreed with that. mr. hoyer: under justice department rules. he was an employ

there is a strong belief from the united states that russia hates democracy. you will hear this a lot. putin is authoritarian and russia's authoritarian state, they hate our system and they hate democracy and want to make the world safe and the train to wipe it out everywhere. ukraine, georgia, that you, the united states but i think this is a misperception that is driving them. i think the russians don't care about democracy one way or the other and they don't regard a lot of the states that we think are democratic like ukraine and georgia. and they have very good relations with a number of states in the world that are democratic. india, japan and israel. who has met more often with putin than any other leader? met in yahoo, who is walking beside putin at the last victory day parade on red square, benjamin, a very good relationship and a lot of complexities in this relationship. israel and russia do not agree on a lot of things but there's also areas where they have things in common, common interest. iran is a very difficult issue within russian is really bil

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people who have real skills that they either learned in the united states or earned in the united states, i want to be part of the growth of our economy in the future, part of america. when it comes to diversity, count me in. my mother was an immigrant to this country, brought here at the age of two. her son stands right here with a full-time government job, the american dream, right? i basically believe in immigration, and i believe in the diversity of america. but what will not work, what will not succeed is the notion that we can somehow just favor one group from one country at the expense of every other country. what has happened, we found, since senator lee started moving forward with this, is we've got people from a variety of different countries around the world saying, you mean you're going to cut us off entirely? we can't have any eb-2 visas for ten years? you're saying that's going to apply to canada and mexico and the european nations and all of asia as well? that's unfair. why would you cut us off to give an opportunity for those from i understand yacht? that -- from india. t

in the production of minerals in the united states. yet, this bill would permanently lock up about one million acres of public land in arizona, hampering the economic potential of my state. the area impacted by this bill lso contains the largest tract of uranium deposits in the country. restricting access to these deposits puts our national security at risk because we have to rely on foreign countries to provide us uranium. it is also important to note that much of the lands affected by this bill are in arizona's fourth congressional district, represented by my good friend, ongressman gosar of arizona. yet mr. gosar has expressed very clear on stoigs this bill. these three bills ignore the economic benefits of domestic energy production, energy development brings high paying jobs. facility -- facilitates manufacturing and investment and prvidse government revenues. energy development in the united states also makes energy more affordable for everyone. the average salary paid in the natural gas and oil development fields is $113,000 a y

united states are. these turkey who agreed to cease fire. all right more on that tonight we've got coverage from turkey and the united states g.w. correspondent story of jones and public joining us from istanbul in washington gentlemen good evening dorian let me start with you what more do we know about this cease fire slash suspension slash temporary stop in fighting. detail full details of this agreement and how it actually worked there are really many of them and that is really fueling growing concerns about whether this deal will actually work how it is that there will be 120 alex cease fire during that time syrian kurdish forces will withdraw to 32 kilometers away from turkey's frontier now we have had reactions from the commander of those kurdish forces of the syrian democratic forces general muslim cavani he welcomed the decision but crucially he said that the forces will only withdraw from those that are currently fighting the turkish forces now that will cause concern in ankara because there understand the deal is that kurdish force

they start buying assets in the united states that are dual use technologies. dual use civilian and military. correct. exactly so it has military implications they buy this precision tool company, creates anti-vie celebration technology called hangus in michigan that transaction is required approval by sifuo subpoena it is a federal government committee ont foreign investments in the united states. >> different cabinet officials or surrogate approval these deals. because their militarily sensitive and look i think it is pretty clear, if you have the son of the vice president involved with thes invest. firm that is making this invest. , even though it is the chinese government doing it, that's pretty darn goodd cover . there's another investment they make in china general nuclear cgn had is a company based in hong kong, they become shareholders in this. again, the son of the vice president's on the board of directors of this company, they buy part of cgn within a year our fbi is charging cgn with stealing nuclear secretses in the united states so these are kinds

the president of the united states can should not be using his position as president of the united states to ask a foreign power to get involved in something that could affect the u.s. elections. that is asking for help in the 2020 elections. that is not appropriate for the president. it compromises his position on behalf of the united states on national security. and it is clearly wrong. >> senator, what are you looking at in terms of the impeachment process? because at some point it may come to you in the senate. how are you thinking about it and talking about it? >> well, clearly it is up to the house of representatives in its impeachment inquiry to determine whether the president's conduct rises to the level of an impeachable offense under the constitution. that is solely within the discretion of the house of representatives. i think we all want to see a more thorough investigation and conclusion. if they decide it does not, that tends it. if they decide there are articles of impeachment, then it comes to the senate and each is basically a juror. what we urge is that members of the ho

the united states and the madness it gets covered in. the united states and the madness it gets covered in the news but it's not a major topic of interest to most russian in news but it's not a major topic of interest to most russians about the only time it really comes up is when i. was about do only time it really comes up is when i. try talking about the united states to one of the local liberals they do it try talking about the united states to one of the local liberals they do exist there are few in number something of an endangered species they do exist but other exist there are few in number something of an endangered species but they do exist but other dramatic just really doesn't register with the people here that you know the united states has gone mad so mad it just really doesn't register with the people here that you know the united states has gone mad they're just it's not on the radar let's you know you wrote a best said today if that's not on the radar spend a while let's you know call the. lapse of gap an essay and spend

people who worked for the united states. this in some ways was your first experience of personal attacks. >> explained the files and why you came under criticism? >> i'm not sure i can explain. i talk in the book but let me -- these are two different things. i really was never attacked with the embassy bombings in effect the accountability was legal in the state department appointed the board that is set up anytime there's an attack on u.s. personnel overseas and diplomatic services. they found nothing wrong with my conduct or anything of the sort. >> it was the aftermath? >> this is not us about about the embassy bombing as it was 9/11. fast-forward almost four years later, when 9/11 occurred. i was at that point a private citizen whose home in private life, not even really working full-time. in two or three months after 9/11 there was an article published in vanity fair that alleged that i as well as former secretary of state madeleine albright and former national security advisor were in effect responsible for 9/11 . . .

united states accountable. and it is important for people to cooperate with that inquiry. whether you're a democrat or republican, we ought to be able to find the truth. that's what an impeachment inquiry is all about. but when they resist cooperating, when they resist subpoenas, all they're doing is sending a message to the country that there's something to hide and they don't want to be truthful with the congress in this inquiry. that in and of itself can become an article of impeachment. >> leon panetta, thank you very much, on a very tough day in washington. thank you for joining us. >>> let's go to nbc's kelly o'donnell. we're awaiting from the joint news conference, but we certainly heard from the president today. now there's more and more testimony, mike mckinley, former top adviser to mike pompeo, an ambassador to three different countries, is up there testifying. we understand that the politics of the state department have now become something that he could not continue to participate in, or at least o

and in the united states in the mid-d- seventies. but in terms of understanding erdogan's actions that this was the wife the k security threat but so they never engaged but what you mention is here erdogan realizes that one.and then had emissaries the head of the pkk in jail to if he could convince erdogan of the turkish kurds. and then to turkey and syria. and in syria. and then in the process to create that functioning autonomous region in syria. and then once it is over and those kurds get autonomy that in of itself. so in that environment as they are seen as the enemy over time of what they really really want to do. but for many people that is an organizing principle. to stop the syrian kurds. so what about the future of the kurds? they have been here before. and they will come back. it is always to step forward and one step back. over the years and they have made slow improvement. and yes theyce are displaced but nowur that the main and single most problem is a kurdish problem. and then not where it really focusess on. but also

states but trump has said that the united states really had nothing to gain by supporting these kurdish forces now it's being reported that the turkish ministry of foreign affairs spoke to mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state and that they have reached a common understanding regarding their operation against the kurdish militias in northeastern syria now there has been a strong reaction from a number of european countries that do not approve of turkey's recent decision to assume. to the street and to scope. pollutions. as we are speaking on the weight this action is looked leading to good results and we have to say. to turn sion of. friends the secretary general is very concerned by the recent developments in northeast syria. any military operation must fully respect the un charter and international humanitarian law the turkish offensive in the northern eastern syria is a danger he danger to the safety of the currents it danger because it helps dies who have been fighting for 5 years it needs to stop so france has brought the matter to the security council now there's been a strong

states very few people question why the united states is testing the nuclear deterrent if you will . all right ecuador's a president has declared a national emergency following a wave of protests over the cancellation of fuel subsidies the move which came into effect on thursday is expected to cause the price of petrol and diesel to double and transport workers launched a nationwide strike in response with drivers blocking roads in major cities students also took to the streets in the capital quito demonstrators clashed with riot police fired tear gas and made hundreds of arrests and despite the turmoil president lenina moreno has said that there is no chance that the 40 year old subsidy scheme will be reinstated. that there is no possibility of changing those things related to the subsidies are causing so much harm to the countries they were distorting the economy but above all else allow for important national resources to fall into the wrong hands to try to ensure the safety of our citizens and avoid chaos i have declared a national state of emergency and. ecuador has slashed stat

at that., the six largest city in the united states, and united states forces first started by bombarding it. but arming it. aiming for japanese military targets but aware that bombs can't always discriminate friend from foe. and then the united states army, came in on the ground hoping to dislodge them from the city or japanese had set up and fortify their positions. i started by doing it this artisanal weight by entering these buildings, trying to dislodge the japanese from where they were pulled up. leaking out the cost to soldiers site. not huge, nothing compared to what was was suffering. behind is it too high for the army to tolerate. so the army on the 37th infantry division switched tactics and decided that instead respond in the industrial way. by shelley inabilities that contains it suspected to contain hostile japanese sailors and soldiers. in the way the head of that the matter that division put it, to be the thought of losing in american live to save a building, was unthinkable. does that make sense. live his versus architecture. until you understand the building lease discus

the ambassador to the united states and now the conservative member of the united states parliament. this is about them. this is about the legacy of senator helms, as brian said so so eloquently. i want to go back to the 1970s. not in this country but in the united kingdom. the aircraft carrier of freedom. the place where democratic representatives of government began. in the 1970s. when sandra helms came to the united states senate, the united kingdom was on the eve of destruction. i saw it, as a young american who was stationed on the british military base. what we now know as the sylvie in, the welfare state to the life out of the people, and the socialist labor government accepted the united states devolution into throat was status. at the depth of this time, truly remarkable leaders. one was a methodist grocery store, the other was a baptist sheriff's son, they became united and unapologetic defense of the belief that western civilization was celebrating and defending. it was britain and her progeny, the united states that created the notion of a limited government in which demo

thing united states will be as well. and i am equally sick about our decision to sort of view canada as an economic irritant. we have legitimate economic issues with them that often force us to take some tough actions but, you know, they still are our most important trading partner. they could be a much better security partner than they are today. we manage somehow to get that elationship wrong. mr. mead: i guess you're kind of a ball con head in some way, know the area pretty well. what do you think are the implications of the french decision to block the accession talks for north macedonia and albania and is there a role for the u.s. in this? what can be done? what needs to happen? senator murphy: listen. whether or not the e.u. has officially been closed or not, they've been closed for the last half a decade. they've been managing through sort of exiss ten rble crisis after exiss ten rble crisis. that comes at great cost to stability in the ball cons. i remember parachuting into bell grade, the very night that a drone

and i hope that the united states even though the clips and i hope that the united states even though there was that this has not been coordinated with those traders whether or. this has not been coordinated with those traders whether or. not it can but as it can be decisive and if that happens we hope that somebody the american president can be decisive and if that happens we hope that the american president will be decisive on day sure that comes through but is seen as a president who will be decisive on day sure that comes through but is seen as living. over commission but is seen as living in freedom but is it being. over commission by the seen as living in freedom but it's seen as living in 2 states. living free and independent living in 2 states. living in a free and independent sovereign state now unfortunately the president has taken us into a state now unfortunately the president has taken us into a totally different that action but the message from syria is that if the medical literature on that action but the message from syria is that if the american press . i don't want s

and the united states among other positions you hold in the united states senate. we have this document that came out, president's phone call, a transcript of it. with the president of ukraine. back in july. people are trying to democrats in media in particular, say that president was seeking a quid pro quo. i don't read this in here, you have some back ground on this. you had a meeting with president and others in may this year. >> in just that transcript, i read, that i think it is a gracious phone call on part of the president. i went to ukraine in may 20. to attend the inauguration of president zelensky, i went with secretary perry, gordon sondland and kirk volcker. we were the delegation. we felt it was important coming back, we were impressed with zelensky, he thought it was important to meet with the president, get him supportive of ukraine. we had a meeting in oal office may 23, this year, making a cup points. and appoint a ambassador that could get strong bipartisan support, we were encouraging president to show strong support for the people of ukraine. i

schumer, democratic leader of the united states senate. senator schumer: in his first speech in congress, elijah famously quoted maryland congressman mitchell extolling the virtues and deficiencies of the one minute. the 60 second limit of speaking on the house floor. this morning i feel the deficiencies of having only one minute to honor our friend, elijah cummings, because he exuded such a rare quality. he was strong, very strong, when necessary. but also kind and caring and honorable. universally respected and admired in a divided time. his voice could shake mountains, stir the most cynical hearts, inspiring us all to be better. his authority came not from the office he held, nor from the timber of his voice, nor its sometimes thundering boom, it came from the moral force of his life. a sharecropper's son, born and raised in baltimore, elijah cummings never forgot where he came from and never lost sight of where he wanted his country to go. that's why no matter your politics if you knew elijah you went to him for guidance. i often did.

in the past, the united states, u.s. policy thought to weather the storm during the turbulent times by investing in institutions or through regular government context. but these things are not there anymore. erdogan is the key figure. you would think they should make things easier because you didn't with one man, but turkey is not saudi arabia. turkey is that egypt. despite the centralization of power and authoritarianism, public opinion and elections to match the turkey. you were to do with the public that is deeply anti-american. they think the u.s. is in decline and it has become irrelevant. you combine that very anti-american public opinion with a very personalized system in which there is no one that can put the brakes on erdogan worst instinct. so you get a turkey where erdogan worldview and is electoral considerations becomes decisive in foreign policymaking. the second thing i want to talk about is the change in turkish mr. kirk the turkish military is been an asset in this relationship. despite the very marginal