story. of the program i'm richelle carey enough is enough is the message from the united states to the warring parties and yemen and the americans want a halt to the more than three years of combat between hoofy rebels and the saudi and u.a.e. led coalition supporting the many government troops yes defense secretary is calling for a cease fire by the end of the month the united nations is welcoming the u.s. appeal to replace combat with compromise but the american message to saudi an iranian allies could fall on deaf ears thousands of reinforcements have been sent this week to the rebel held city of three data it is the report from the massive amounts of food aid needed to keep millions of humanity's from starving to death. the special envoy will continue to work with all parties to agree on tangible steps to spare all yemenis the disastrous consequences of further conflict and to urgently address the political security and humanitarian crisis in yemen curators all concerned parties to seize this opportunity to engage constructively with the current efforts to swiftly resume political

want to be able to european army against the united states no against russia he says it quite openly and i think it's a disgrace aren't hundred years after the war in which france and russia were on the same site in which millions of russians date he says it russia which is know it all bought us he forgets to mention why russia is at the borders of the european union it's not because russia expend it is because nato and the european union expend that not paying any attention to any concerns that russia might might graze about it only mention russia did he also wanted to you know these days i said he's a writer and we all are fearing the imminent chinese invasion of europe on the other side of the world i know i am right you know trying to use troops or about the disembark and you know normandy pretty sure but he also mentioned the united states and even the united states he said that talking about the need to defend against this talk is simply trying to put on warhawk credentials come on france can't even pay two percent of its g.d.p. according to nato strictures and he's talking up

mexicans to and from the united states as well as to explore the diversity and contributions of a population that has always been deeply a part of the united states. so thank you again for coming. i would like to present our distinguished opening speaker, the honorable ambassador gutierrez, who is a friend of the wilson center. it's a pleasure to william him he he served as mexico's ambassador since 2017, previously served as managing director of the north american development bank, headquartersed in san antonio, texas, where his professional activity was focused on infrastructure, development and finance along the u.s.-mexican he he served in prominent positions in the areas of trade, finance, diplomacy, national security under four presidents. he has an extraordinary breadth of experience in his career. mr. ambassador, the floor [ applause ] yours. [ applause ] >> >> thank you very much for that very kind introduction. good morning to all of you. allow me first to thank the woodrow wilson's mexico institute and the migration policy institute for organizing this seminar and for i

the united states. good morning. a bit. about the policy institute for those who don't know, what is it? >> it's a nonpartisan think tank that studies the movement of people worldwide. and i specifically work in our u.s. immigration policy program focusing on everything that affects u.s. immigration. >> the process of asylum, what does it mean when someone want wants asylum in the united states? >> when a foreign national is requesting asylum, they are requesting protection. they are fearing persecution in their home country and want to seek protection in the united states. >> so when the government wants to question those who would come in, what are they look iing fors far as evidence or proof they need protection in the first place? >> not everyone who is fearing something at home necessarily qualifies for asylum. it's quite specific definition. it's someone who is fearing persecution based on their political believes, ethnicity or political opinion or membership in a particular social group. so the individual has to fit in that tight definition in order to qualify. >> there are tw

are able to enter the united states. to be sure, politicians are not the only ones who have taken action on the issue of refugees. there have also been instances of vigilante anti-refugee activism, some of it potentially violent, and much of it centered specifically on muslim refugees. for example, in shelbyville, there were rallies led by white nationalists and neo-nazis. but it's also hard to ignore the fact there has been a tremendous amount of public support for refugees. the january 2017 executive orders prompted thousands of americans to protest and facilitate legal aid at airports across the country. community groups organized rallies and service projects to raise awareness of the issue of refugees. people put signs declaring their support for refugees on their front lawns or above their church entryways, or even on stickers on their laptop. now, i'm a historian, and my job is to remind you we need to have some historical perspective. the truth is that in many ways, we have been here before. i've already pointed to this image of a boat. this is an image from 1975, but it co

carter signed the united states refugee act. that law that amended the immigration and nationality act from 1962and an act was intended to offer permanent and a systematic procedure for admitting refugees to the united states. the main objective was to create a new definition within american law for refugees. based off of the human definition and to raise the limit on refugee admissions from 17,000 250,000 per year. and to establish the administrative mechanisms for managing rep easy -- refugee assistance. as most of us remember, the definition of "refugee" refer to individuals who are outside of their country's residence or nationality and were unwilling or unable to return. because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on the top of race, religion, or nationality or political opinion. at the time it was passed, there were some americans who fear a flood of refugees. ofaccounted for only 10% immigration in the united states. it allowed for only one refugee per 4000 americans. over the years, the number of refugees accepted as and and ebbed and flowed. 1980, average, sin

ambassador to the united states and others. this is about 2 1/2 hours. >>> good morning from the wilson center in washington dc, we have many in attendance as well as those participating via c-span. the wilson center and today's event, mexican migration flows from great wave to gentle stream could not be more topical. i would like to thank the migration policy institute for hosting this event and i would like to thank everyone for coming out on this soggy day in washington, d.c. it is not lost on us that we are holding this event on midterm election day. i think having this event, on this day, in some ways feels appropriate given that the topic of immigration migration has been at the forefront of america's midterm elections. the flows of migration from mexico have reflected and reduced from a great wave to a smaller stream. mexican migration to the u.s. is currently at zero with more mexicans leaving them coming to the u.s. many americans have an outdated perception of what a mexican migrant looks like today. there are two fuse -- two fuse stories about who is coming to the u.s. from m

:00 p.m. eastern. here on c-span2. mexico's ambassador to the united states now, on migration through his country into the u.s. if, on the start of several panels by the wilson center and migration policy institute. talk about how to handle central americans trying to get into the u.s. this is just over two hours. >> good morning. i like to welcome all of you here. in attendance as well as those participating by c-span. the wilson centers senior vice president. today's event, mexican migration flows from great waves to gentle stream. it could not be more topical. i like to think the migration policy institute for cohosting this event. i want to think, again, everyone for coming out on this day on washington d.c. we are holding this event on midterm election day. i think having this event on this day, in some ways, feels appropriate. given that the topic of immigration and migration has been at the forefront of america's midterm elections. the flows of migration from mexico have reflected and reduced from a great wave to a smaller stream. mexican migration to the u.s. is currently at z

interesting was the history teacher allies such as the united kingdom and the united states pointedly make reference to the jamal khashoggi murder and to criticize a broad raft of other problems that they see with saudi arabian human rights record . united kingdom is great be concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in saudi arabia progress on women's rights has been overshadowed by severe constriction of political space mass arrests of human rights defenders increased use of terrorist courts to political dissidents and continuing extensive use of the death penalty but most concerning is the murder of her mouth and it was indicative i think of a greater willingness here to hold saudi arabia to account for a whole raft of issues that the international community is concerned about on the back of the murder of jamal khashoggi and the final report when it comes we're very interested to read in the. still to come a. jury selection begins in the trial of the man known as el chapo one of mexico's most notorious drug lords thus. i'm for me in madagascar where this week's presidenti

send in time in the meantime it's safe thank. you. sophie shevardnadze the united states has announced a tall from the historic nuclear arms treaty with russia how serious of a setback is this for two countries relations and global security. contributing editor of the nation magazine professor emeritus at princeton university and author of the book war with russia stephen cohen. the latest clash over the nuclear missile treaty. congress the leaders of russia and the usa are on course for a new face to face meeting with. the. way out of the. will the nuclear security cold war. how will change if it doesn't. seem a con contributing editor of the nation magazine professor emeritus as a christian university welcome to the show great to have you with us as usual it's been a while but things change so we've got a lot to talk about i mean last time trump and putin met in helsinki. there were such big hopes there really really big hopes. that something would come out of that relations will improve but not much really came out of the summit and got a lot of flack at home for a meeting

weapons by the united states to taiwan damages china's sovereignty and security interests that. beijing sees china and taiwan as two parts of a whole two chinese entities same culture this is the same languages with two separate governments communist capitalist the end goal is to reunite into one state there are differences of course currency preventing that and about one hundred kilometers of c. that separate the two and trump always a fan of sticking it to the chinese he's been through seeing his warships right between the two chinas i see. we have expressed our concerns to the u.s. side the taiwan issue concerns china sovereignty and territorial integrity and is the most important and sensitive issue in china u.s. relations. for starters how about you express your concerns about these important and sensitive issues to someone who cares a little more because that in trump we worry about. i don't worry about things. let's be great never worrying about anything unfortunately others are there are those in china who believe that america wants taiwan to declare independence and th

, commanding general of the headquarters national capital region and the united states army military district of washington. [applause] miss karen durham and cure a lot, executive director, arlington national cemetery. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable robert l will q junior, secretary of veterans affairs. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for our nations -- for the procession of our nations colors and those of our veterans services organizations. as we march on the colors, the united states marine band will play the national emblem march. please place your hand over your heart or render a hand salute. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please remain standing for the prayer for all veterans delivered by the director, via a chapel services -- v.a. chapel services. pray, eternal god, you alone rule the destinies of nations. we come this veterans day to invoke your presence in this sacred garden on this 100th anniversary of the ending of world war i. we realize it is only through your hand that our country has remained free by your gift and dedication of our na

greenspan. the most pressing question is one can the united states to other less democratic powers. tonight they will be in conversation that was awarded a pulitzer prize for history. and add a community college cambridge and harvard university. head of the investment division please welcome them. [applause] . >>. >> welcome this is a privilege so for his detailed knowledge of the us economy and the ability to cite the most arcane statistics as a business historian, how did this book develop? who had this idea? how they work together? but the interesting history of the united states and i said i'm not a historian he said quiet. and how did you organize the division of labor? that's hard enough to write a book alone but jointly. . >> i used to work in washington d.c. around the corner from doctor greenspan when i did not know him at all. and now i work in london. than we would exchange things over the telephone or over the internet. and then to be worried about. >> but before we get into the book we cannot have you here without asking you questions and about your career. you made hi

united states talks about the relationship between mexico and the u.s. following the recent trade agreement between the two countries and canada. >> good morning. i'm the vice president at the workings institution. thank you for being here this morning. ofm pleased to welcome all you, as well as to extended members of the community who are watching the live webcast of this event. my job is a simple wanted it. it is to welcome you and to welcome our distinguished guest here to brookings. we are pleased to welcome mexico's ambassador to the united states, geronimo gutierrez hernandez. the us served with distinction since 2016, he chose that timing to make his life as hard as possible. prior to his appointment, he served as the managing director of the north american development bank and before that, he held several positions in the government of mexico, including as undersecretary for latin america and the caribbean and was responsible for the normalization of mexico cuba relations and the establishment of diplomat ties with venezuela. handlingl trained at difficult relationships. w

purple. we haven't elect add republican to the united states senate since 1972, the longest streak in my state in america not to elect a republican to the u.s. senate so it's a tough state. now, what happens-- >> i would be curious if bob menendez, if you think he's in trouble. >> we can get to bob menendez. there's a pattern in new jersey, not one two term democratic governor in years, but-- participating by c-span. i i'm wilson center's senior vice-president. today's event, mexican migration flows from great wave to gentle stream could not be more topical. i would like to thank the migration policies institute for co-hosting this event and i want to thank, again, everyone for coming out on this soggy day in washington d.c. it's not lost on us that we're holding this event on midterm election day, but i think having this event on this day in some ways feels appropriate, given that the topic of immigration, migration has been at the forefront of america's midterm elections. the flows of migration from mexico have reflected-- reduced from a great wave to a smaller stream. mexican mi

in the country. producing over 20% of the real christmas trees in the united states. representing over 95% of all species grown in the state, the north carolina frazier fir christmas tree is the most popular in the u.s. -- christmas tree in north korea. it is shipped to every state in the u.s. as well as the caribbean islands, mexico, canada, bermuda, japan, and all other points all over the world. congratulations once again to mr. smith and thanks to thanks to christmas tree growers across the country for contributing to our economy and providing the joy of having a real christmas ree to families worldwide. mr. speaker, i rise today to share some good news with the house. over a year and a half ago we passed a small business health fairness act. small businesses were hit hard by flawed mandates, soaring cost, and limited choices under obamacare. the education and work force committee worked hard to produce the small business health fairness act which expanded health care options and lowered costs for working families by encouraging small businesses to come together through associ

. midterms in the united states are held every four years hoff way through the presidential this year americans have a lot of choosing clitic all four hundred thirty five members of the house of representatives thirty five seats in the senate and thirty six state governors but this time around it's really all about one man and he's not even on the ballots kellett more pain details. usually the midterm elections in the united states are about as exciting as watching the grass grow low public interest and low voter turnout and the ads have a very amateurish quality to them. for the agenda a vague and. then mr trump said you're right. that part. so why is the biennial snooze fest suddenly turned into a political extravaganza well it's apparently about one man i'm not on the ticket but i am on the ticket because this is also a referendum about me so let's go over what's at stake. the big one is impeachment if the pollsters are to be believed the democrats could regain control of the u.s. house of representatives with a majority they could then gain the ability to bring formal charges agai

institution held a discussion on the role of the united states and the world and the trump administration's approach to global politics. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> thank you for joining us. i am delighted to moderate this discussion on the topic of though desk of that -- and what it means they can and what followed world war i, the period, and bob have written fascinating books on this topic, so we would like to look and ask those lessons, but also take it to today what it means for the role of europe today, american leadership, u.s. and china. it would be appropriate to talk about the history. if i could start with you and ask, what do you think the main lesson is of the time after world war i for world politics today to take away from your scholarship and work. thank you. it is a pleasure to be on the panel. his new book is making a big sensation i -- and i strongly ask that you read his book. time,ers an interesting 1960 to 1931. how did you pick those exact states, but it is clear from the book, which is perfect. when i was listening to john talk about armistice

as the vice president of the united states , right? then you lost an election, lost in the southern united states, lost an election in california, and today the republican body -- what is the differs between the ixon and old nixon? governor monroe, the new nixon is a little older. he does not have quite as much hair, as my wife points out. but i think the best answer to that question is when an individual whether it is in politics or education, when he ceases to grow, to change to meet changing conditions, then you can be sure he no longer will be living with the generation of which he is part. i would have to say at this point, and i'm very proud of this, over the last eight years, i have had a chance to travel through the world, study the problems of the world. and not as a participant, but someone sitting on the outside looking at them. i believe i have found some solutions. they are new solutions for the new world. they are not the only solutions of 30 years ago, most of which mr. humphrey is advocating. their new approaches to those , just as i answered the question to mr. arne

talked about the united states efforts to contact -- combat extremism in the middle east. >> good afternoon. i direct the middle east settings of the united states marine university. it is a pleasure to be here and speak in front of all of your excellencies, scholars, and students. i want to make one point before myself and colonel to hook are here on our personal pleasantries. if you look at your program, the names have changed. i think we have a wonderful, i daresay a fuller panel, instead of two, we have three very good individuals. what i will do is i will not spend a lot of time on introductions, instead of one of the panelists who is -- whose biography is not available in your booklet. we will be discussing on how to best understand arab culture and defense, and encountering terrorism. very briefly to introduce our speakers, i will now read what is on there, he currently serves as the senior military advisor to the bureau of the affairs at the united states state department. he served for about four years, almost 4 years, -- he and i share one thing, we both wore the uniform

states, to live in the united states pending your immigration court proceeding. that could be months, that could be years in the united states. many, many people have done that in recent years and it's one of the policies that president trump obviously is very unhappy about. >> okay. joshua, as i was reading your article and i have to admit it came out after i already was on the air and i was reading it during commercials and it was pretty long, but what i have yet to figure out, what is mexico getting out of this deal? >> i think mexico is a larmlarm the new government, leftist government, takes over in about a week. they're very concerned about preserving a good relationship with the united states. so they're worried on one hand about these caravans crossing mexico. it's also a problem for them. it's a huge group of people. bad things can happen to them along the way. it also causes constant news and pushback from the united states. so they don't want to get in the situation where one caravan after another after another crosses mexico on the way to the u.s. border. i think they're

denouncing russia's aggression against ukraine. the united states, the european union, and its member states and many other countries have imposed sanctions against russia for its unacceptable conduct in crimea and eastern ukraine. ofday's outrageous violation sovereign ukrainian territory is part of a pattern of russian behavior that includes the purported annexation of crimea and abuses against countless ukrainians in crimea, as well as stoking conflict that has taken the lives of more than 10,000 people in eastern ukraine. it shows no sign of decreasing. witnessed this weekend is yet another reckless russian escalation. let's be clear about what is known. ukrainian ships set sail from one ukrainian port to another ukrainian port. they attempted to do so by the only possible way to go, through the kerch strait. both russia and ukraine used the routinely, but this time russia decided to prevent passage of the ukrainian ships, rams them, and then opened fire on them. this is no way for a law-abiding, civilized nation to act. impeding ukraine's lawful transit through the kerch strait i

washington it doesn't have the u.n. support it doesn't have the support of even the united states close allies like the europeans that have stated their opposition in defiance china turkey or russia and many others have defied the u.s. sanctions against iran and many are worried in washington that this could make this sharp tool or weapon blunt and make you know take it off the menu even for future u.s. administrations if it goes ineffective. despite pressure from the u.s. the opinion has confirmed its commitment to the iran nuclear deal brussels will say about to protect you companies that do business with iran but despite all the tough talk washington may be more flexible than its letting on. we ask all nations to isolate iran's regime. as long as it's aggression continues we do not intend to allow our sanctions to be invaded by europe or any body else. we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran looking at the latest decision so for the cha cha i want to see that the fool with frie

has shifted its attention to the united states waiting and seeing in fact a shift in power they are tuesday was the most closely watched midterm election in modern u.s. history voters chose a do congress with all seats in the house of representatives for grabs and a majority of seeds in the u.s. senate as well it would take a look now at the standings in the house of representatives with the votes still coming in particularly from the west coast of the united states that we see right there the democrats there making games they are predicted the call is out that they will regain control of the u.s. house of representatives as we said ending eight years of republican rule in the house we can take it over now to the u.s. senate and the hopes of the democrats to retake control there were dash to early in the evening in fact the republicans not only maintaining control of the u.s. senate they have also taken extra seats now surpassing the fifty seats needed to control the u.s. senate in texas republican ted cruz he has survived what was considered the most serious challenge to his seat i

have a job for you. we would like you to write a book on the economic history of the united states. wait a second, i am not a historian. we decided we were going to ask adrienne to write a project so when the publisher says that, you are mute thereafter. >> how did you organize the division of labor? it's hard enough to write a book alone, writing one jointly. >> what was even more is i used to work in washington, d.c. around the corner from doctor greenspan and i didn't know him at all. i spent quite a bit of time in washington and talked through the arguments and the material of the book. it's not as difficult as it has been worried about the. you've made history and now you are writing about history did you have an added perspective for having been such a singular figure in the economic policy history making of the country? i worked in government for almost 20 years and that believes in free enterprising. anything that was appointed by a president i decided it's worth a try. heyou criticized those decisions and have strong views about what went wrong in the 1970s and the economy which

attempt to answer can united states reserve it sovereignty or will we see the leadership past two other less democratic powers? the authors will be in conversation born in kenya educated at berkeley school in england at trinity college in cambridge university he was head of the investment division of the head of the royal bank a director at aspen insurance holdings and at the brookings institution please help me to welcome alan and adrian and ahmed. [applause] . >> this is a real privilege to be at conversation with these two gentlemen. let me start by asking about the origins of the book alan is and economist renowned for his detailed knowledge of the us economy and the ability to cite those statistics and adrian is a business historian. how did the book develop? who had the idea? . >> and my publisher. >> yes to write a book with the economic history of the united states and to say i am not a historian he said quiet and we will decide we will ask adrian wooldridge to help. so here we are. >> how did you organize that division of labor? . >> it's hard enough to write that book alone. >

russian perspective, a side benefit of hopefully forcing the united states into some kind of political dialogue with russia at a time when, you know, a year and a little bit after the annexation of crimea, the political dialogue between the united states and russia had really broken down. of course, once russia got into syria in a significant way, then i think the russian government and the russian military developed some addition interest there, and i would point particularly to, i guess, a couple of things and one is the russian military presence became increasingly significant and particularly the basing arrangements became far more developed than they really were prior to russia's intervention. i think the base and the future of the base or bases became a much more significant issue than i really think it was in advance, and secondly, i would say having gone into the whole situation in syria, russia needed to have a way out like the united states and others who get involved in those kinds of situations. there had to be an exit strategy. in russia's case as in most of these cases th

howard united states army military district of washington. >> miss karen at regular, six -- executive director, arlington national cemetery. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable robert l -- junior. secretary of veterans affairs. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for our nations colors and those of organizations. the united states marine band will play the national emblem march. over yource your hand heart and rendered -- or render a hand salute. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you alone rule the destinies of nations. come this veterans day to invoke your presence in this on this 100th anniversary of the ending of world war i. we realize it is only through your hand that our country has andined free by your gift dedication of your nation's veterans. thanks to -- thanks be to you oh lord for those whose lives paid for freedoms we now as a nation enjoy. we pray their examples influence daily actions in relation to respect to them but decisions relieving the peace for all people may your divine grace be upon those not to return home and upon your families, who guid

allowed into the united states until their claims are individually approved in court. we will only allow those who come into the country legally. other than that our strong policies catch and detailed, no releasing into the us. all will stay in mexico. if for any reason it becomes necessary we will close our southern border. there is no way the united states will after decades of abuse put up with this costly and dangerous situation anymore. us officials, a new asylum agreement, for future migrant caravans. and as verifiable cases, and they cheat the system. and a sense of urgency with a legislative challenge left this year and given the fact that he is going to face a democrat controlled house, the president not only shutting the government similar to december 7th until he receives money for the border wall but he's talking about shutting down the entire border between mexico and the united states of the migrant caravan issue is not dealt with soon. >> the clock is ticking. >> fox team coverage, on the southern border, let's go to jeff paul, west in the newsroom. >> a group within

the with draul of the withdrawal es -- the of the united states and we ould talk about the economic aspects of that, but the bottom ine is the treaty which is discredited by so many never meant to work with the united states and there wasnited states a stable chance of -- a chance of having a stable europe no chance.there was we always think of what happened after world war ii and the united states playing this role.cal the united states had the opportunity to play that and cal role after 1918 chose not to. on i think it falls heavily the united states the disaster that then unfolded over the next years. deluge "you in" the take a similar role that you are critical of president wilson than the domestic sort of political situation. i understand it, your argument is that the u.s. had power and looming that ial from 1916 on and the u.s. basically failed to take sort of a constructive role with britainorking and france to construct this order. see things of similarly to bob, and also address, if you have a different that period as well, please talk about that. trying tonterested in teas

. we were not really expecting the united states to withdraw from the treaty and the president decided over the weekend that that is probably a good idea and apparently didn't tell our allies but that is what he was going to do, but that is what he is going to do. >> it is a threat like threatening to terminate nafta. >> we will see if that is the case. the other part of it, we don't know how much more is coming down the pike and i'm not sure that anybody does. the second piece is to take nafta and the process he goes through that by threatening to withdraw by going after in a very strong language used against the mexicans which he did during the campaign and continued against the canadiens, what have they ever done to us by the way, the canadians, it's creating a climate of distrust and creating a sense among our allies and stuff, you know, maybe we can't rely on the united states would work with the united states great maybe we need to find alternatives to the united states. they have now created a department of trade diversification. why would you do that unless you think it's impor

. here's a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. the president of the united mexican states. and the prime minister of canada. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. we're gathered together this afternoon for a very historic occasion. the signing ceremony for a brand new trade deal, the united states-mexico-canada agreement. so important. i'm honored to be here with president enrique nieto, become a great friend of mexico, and prime minister justin trudeau, who has also become a great friend. it has been a battle and battles sometimes make great friendships so it's really terrific. with our signatures today, we will formally declare the intention of our three countries to replace nafta with the usmca. a truly groundbreaking achievement. modern day agreement. i want to thank u.s. trade representative bob lighthizeand his entire team for their tremendous effort and the efforts that they have made all throughout the last almost two-year period. thank you as well to jared kushner, secretary of state mike pompeo, secretary of the treasury steve mnu

the united states has announced as was told from the historic nuclear arms treaty with russia how serious of a setback for two countries relations and global security. contributing editor of the nation magazine professor emeritus at princeton university and author of the book war with russia stephen calling. congress. for a new face to face meeting. out of the. cold war. it doesn't. seem uncommon contributing editor of the nation magazine professor emeritus as a christian university welcome to the show great to have you with us as usual it's been a while the things change so we've got a lot to talk about i mean last time trump and putin met in helsinki. there were such big hopes there really really big hopes. that something would come out of that relations will improve but not much really came out of the summit and got a lot of flack at home for a meeting there were russian leader i mean it's hard to expect a major breakthrough this time around in paris what do you think. there's a big struggle everybody knows about it going on in washington over trump's policy tour. russia. it wo

sound but with iran and the united states using iraq as a competitive arena can baghdad stay out of the teheran washington cold war forever does the new government risk being torn apart by the foreign players rivalry always the profit to be made from trying to play both sides. dr allawi rocks were minister of trade stefansson finance welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us today dr levy the spokesman for the u.s. led coalition in iraq has said that american forces will remain in the country as long as they're needed there earlier the pentagon said that u.s. troops would withdraw one diocese decide it do you think that will happen. really is no need for the military. resurgence of the. activity there seems to be some. incidents taking place along the york city in front too which seems to indicate that there is the possibility of dyce regrouping in that area so unless and until that threat is removed i think the. reason to prolong its presence in iraq and also there are those small pockets of vises in kirkuk and on barre provinces and given iraqi army's considerable succ

economics this week why the united states continues to weaponize and what impact that is having outside its borders. also this week breaks it budget the cost of a disorderly u.k. exit from the european union plus there's no question it is the right thing to do. walking out on google thousands of workers around the world protests declaring time is up on sexual harassment. it's a long lived and this stablished industry that likely won't be going anywhere anytime soon we're counting the cost this week of the weaponization of america the latest atrocity on october the twenty seventh eleven people were killed when a heavily armed gunman opened fire at a baby naming ceremony at a synagogue in pittsburgh police said he used a legally purchased assault rifle and three handguns in a previous investigation into this industry we noted how gun manufacturers themselves rarely give interviews dozens of companies have ended partnerships with the national rifle association or n.r.a. the pro gun lobby by the u.s. president donald trump immediately directed attention to the lack of an armed guard at the

region of disagreement between russia and the united states and its allies i often hear from your american and european colleagues how russia hates the liberal democratic order and i personally find it extremely perfect indistinct because what russia hates is not so much the people democracy but divac lists and sometimes very bloody foreign policy that the west allows itself on dead the banner of a liberal democracy do you think that may have figured in russia's decision making and russia over nato moving ever closer to its borders and nato having. discussions with neighborhood countries not the democratic factor not the night eligible factor but the simple security factor russia fearing nader and fearing that it will bring the same logic. and leave that to be partially saw in afghanistan closer to russia there may have been some concern on that and certainly nato geographic reach and expeditionary military capabilities were not there in one nine hundred ninety but by two thousand and ten were considerable so there was a big transformation in nato. many westerners are not as consc

presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: there was a classified meeting that the united states senators were invited to on a bipartisan basis. democrats and republicans. it's rare. we don't do it very often. we do it when there is something of important national security. what we came to discuss today was saudi arabia, and that discussion really focused on our guests, the secretary of state, mr. pompeo, and the secretary of defense, mr. mattis. and they talked to us about our relationship with saudi arabia for obvious reasons. hardly anyone in the world could have missed what happened over the last several weeks when a man named khashoggi went into the consulate in istanbul and never came out. we have the video that shows him entering that building. for the longest time there was a debate as to what actually happened to him, all sorts of stories were manufactured and fabricated. it turned out that the turks had access to audio recordings of what actually happened inside that consulate. they eventually made them public, released them to the governments of saudi arabia as well as to the u

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institution that week the united states, largely created after world war ii. those of the basic goals. the believe is, if you can make the world look like america, the end result will be, number one, you are eliminating human rights violations all around the world. as you well know, liberal democracies don't violate human rights or individual rights on a massive scale. if the world is complies with only liberal democracy, the problem is taken off the table. second, the was comprised of nothing but liberal democracies, you will get peace. liberal democracies don't fight each other. according to the liberal story. once you get peace, the terrorism problem is taken off the table. the information is taken off the table. the third benefit is, make the world safe tomography. as you know, inside any liberal state, you have elements that are unhappy with liberalism. they have become the cold war, what have you. those people who don't like liberalism, seek allies in other countries. communist looking for the soviet union to help them. the world is comprised of only liberal democracies so this

underwriting lebanese hezbollah presents a threat to united states of america and to israel underwriting the hoodies in yemen causing an enormous conflict to take place there in that country the efforts in iraq to undermine the iraqi government funding shia militias that are not the best interest of the iraqi people their efforts in syria the list goes on the difference in behavior between those two countries is remarkable. that on some perhaps need some fact checking the u.n. says there's no evidence iran has recently supplied the who feeds with weapons while the saudi led campaign has been responsible for the majority of civilian deaths in yemen saudi arabia certainly has its own destabilizing role in the region just look at the blockade of cats and if you're criticizing iran for its human rights then saudis appalling record also needs to be scrutinized particularly in the light of the murder of jamal khashoggi in istanbul james baez al-jazeera washington. still has hair on al-jazeera turned selection begins in the trial of one of mexico's most notorious drug lords. how i was still got

emphasis on the united states. trying to describe where we are in terms of understanding data about this, what are some of the drivers and implications and talk a little bit about the future. i want to share with you a few highlights that come from this. so one of the starting points is going to be to describe just how important immigration has been to our country over the last four to five decades. if you'd gone back to 1975, few would have predicted how strong the growth would have been. i want to take throughout this very short presentation one particular example, which would be about invention. back in 1975, one out of every 12 inventors was foreign born. it probably would not have made the headlines of the magazines. come forward four decades, and today one out of every three and a half inventors is foreign born. what you'll be able to pick up a little bit from the chart on your left-hand side is a depiction across the six principle areas we group patents in. you may not pick out every single one of these, but this is showing you the ethnic shares going up in the six categories