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

institute aims to present information of the flow of mexicans to and from the united states as well as to explore the diversity and contributions of a population that has already been deeply a part of the united states. thank you again for coming and i would like to present our distinguished opening speaker who is a friend of the wilson center. it is a pleasure to welcome him back. he served as mexico's ambassador since 2017 and previously served as managing director of the north american development bank headquartered in san antonio, texas focused on infrastructure, development and finance. he previously served in prominent positions in the areas of trade, finance, diplomacy and trade. he really covered a extraordinary breadth of experience. we are so delighted to welcome him back to the wilson center. [ applause ] >> thank you very much for that kind introduction. good morning to all of you. allow me to thank the woodrow wilson axa can institute and the migration policy institute for organizing the seminar and inviting me to be a part of it. these two institutions have consistentl

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

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

ahead now i think do united states has technically drawn a red line around the ports don't attack the ports but the united states has given saudis and roddy's defacto permission to do all kinds of things around the data all kinds of things on the west coast all types of violence that are significantly exacerbating the humanitarian situation the united states could have exercised as leverage to stop this offensive before it ever really got going and stop the what oxfam i think recorded in september as the four hundred seventy thousand that have been displaced the united states is also and this was a publicly by state department officials the middle east institute not too long united states is also fine with. the saudis sort of exercising military leverage and had data to push the who these two a political solution i'm not whether that will work is to be fully up in the air but it's undoubted there's going to be significant civilian penalties for that and cost to civilians so i don't think the united states redline iran had data has really held and i don't think the united states re

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

threatened here if you want to build a european army against the united states no against russia he says it quite openly and i think it's a disgrace one hundred years after the war in which france and russia were on the same site in which millions of russians that he says that 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 this is a series of russia china 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 on normandy i pretty sure but he also mentioned the united states and even the united states he said that talking about the need to defend against now 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 an

congressional declaration aboard, the united states could not and should not be involved in a disastrous civil war in yemen. this is as important a vote as we will take here in the senate. lives are at stake, lives are in the balance. i don't need to repeat everything that senator sanders and others have said about the humanitarian catastrophe that exists inside the country but this is different than other famines. this is different than other outbreaks. this is different than other humanitarian nightmares in which tens of thousands of children are losing their lives because we are not just a spectator in yemen, we are a participant. the bombing campaign it's causing the worst humanitarian nightmare in the world today is caused by a military campaign of which the united states is a major player and participant. so we have something to say here today about whether or not arthis civil war ends. we have something to say here about whether this congress is going to allow the administration to continue to perpetuate a war that has had no debate here in the united states congress. let me take

united states and hawaii. carter sent an agent out there who may contact with the office of naval intelligence, with the fbi, who went and interviewed scores of japanese-americans. he produced a series of reports for the president and said there are about 150 japanese spies on the west coast. in case of conflict the fbi can arrest them overnight. other than that the japanese do not pose a threat. in fact, they are more at risk from the americans who are living around them than americans are from them. in case of conflict, what you should do is protect the japanese. roosevelt did not pay attention to that intelligence. once the war started there were hundreds of different things that carter and his operation did. you would have to read the book to find out. the most spectacular one was that he sprung a leading nazi , who was in an internment camp in canada, secretly brought him to washington, set him up in a decrepit mansion in alexandria with an alcoholic cook and a servant and a guard and had him work on counterintelligence and counter propaganda activities and writing reports fo

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 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 leaders of russia. iran calls for a new face to face meeting. out of the. nuclear security cold war. 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 they were russian leader i mean it's hard to expect a major breakthrough this time around in paris what do you think. well there's a big struggle everybody knows about it going on in was

huge impact in europe. but the united states have done in entering the war was to shift the balance of the forces in europe from what had been at most a stalemate and possibly a stalemate favoring germany to where germany was overwhelmed by american economic and ultimately american demographic power and they changed the balance of where america decided it wasn't going to participate any more of the balance had been created and the balance upon which the treaty was premised was then removed. the americans were pulled out of the equation and now you have once again an unstable balance in the treaty that reflected one balance now have to be carried out in a different balance. so the withdrawal of the united states, and we can talk about all of the economic and military aspects of fact, but the bottom line was the treaty that was so discredited by so many historians was never meant to work without the united states. with the united states i think it's a chance oit is a chance oa stable peace in europe. without the united states there was no chance and so we always think about what happened

western europe and the united states, just as the hunk arian revolution in 1956 meant the expulsion of a large number of hungarians. the significance of these communities and in our countries, during the cold war cannot really be overestimated. i went to school with boys with polish names, the sons of polish soldiers. it is true to say that in the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, maybe later, as somebody on the left you could not plausibly mount a defense of the soviet union or its allies if there was a hungarian or pole, or czech in the room. they were a rebuke to appeasement or equivalents. i would like to welcome you particularly today. having said that, we have to begin our discussion by asking anna maria and then lee to respond to the remarks of president klaus. they were powerful, but they were pessimistic. they recognize great achievements but describe a world in which those achievements were decaying or had been overthrown. we have to deal with that first and then we will go on to other questions. ms. anders: let me begin by saying how grateful i am to have this opportunity to be here tod

powerful nation on earth, the united states of america, that produced an extremely powerful force. diplomacyly changed ,n the way we organize military and i think as important, perhaps more importantly, it change the hearts and minds of millions. that change of heart more than anything, was why the policies of reagan were an example of and the example of john paul ii were successful. our task is to understand what we have learned and use that knowledge to move forward. we face a different world today. the legacies of reagan and john paul ii can still help us answer the questions of the day. should we still have universal goals in our foreign policy? some say no. they think we should not raise moral issues in foreign policy. they think we should focus on material interests. are they right? what would reagan say? what with the pope say? some countries in eastern central europe are facing new challenges to freedom, from russia and from nondemocratic political forces. how should they be handling these challenges? some of these countries are facing challenges and threats of contradicti

united states and the period isolation. when we think of the world war being from 1917 to 1918, we are missing the main point that the united states was deeply involved in this war in a variety of ways as i hope to show here. much earlier than american entry in 1917. the other thing that this poster is getting across is that it is part of the movement that became preparedness. what should the united states do to change its own society and on military in response to the events that were going on in europe? the question of how the united states interacted with the first world war before entry something we have a lot of wisdom on, lots of ideas, but not a lot of solid research. the book that i worked on was an attempt to do this, to try and understand how a large diverse complicated society was responding to the events in europe and how that response conditioned not only american entry but as i hope to show you here, how americans responded to what it wanted to accomplish in the war and what it wanted to do with the postwar. i'm aware that in about a 45 minute lecture i have to generalize

europe. the impact was inevitable because what the united states had done in entering the war was completely shift the balance of forces in europe to from what had been at most a stale mat though she stalemate and possibly favoring germany, to a situation where germany was completely overwhelmed by american economic and ultimately demographic power, added to that of france and britain. so, the american role in the war completely changed the balance but when america then decided it was not going to participate anymore, the balance it had -- that had been created was then removed. the americans were pulled out of the equation, now you had once again an unstable balance on the continent and a treaty that reflected one balance, now had to be carried out in a different balance. the withdrawal of the united states essentially -- we can talk about all of the economic and military aspects of that, but the bottom line was, the versailles treaty which was so discredited by historians was never meant to work without the united states. with the united states, there was a chance of achieving a

. she was confirmed by the united states sentence on october 16th the lecture and sworn by president trump and vice president pants on october 24, and credentialed by pope francis on december 22. she has been serving our country over there ever since. she is also a new york times best-selling author and former president and ceo of a multimedia production and consulting company. while many talk about childhood education, she has worked to educate our children. she is the author of a children's american history series and co-author of rediscovering god in america. she has worked to educate adults. as produce of historical documentary films including nine days that change the world and ronald reagan, rendezvous with destiny. an excellent link to the program today in this afternoon. she has worked in the u.s. congress. she is blessed with many gifts and she has also shared those in singing for two decades in the choir of the immaculate conception here in washington dc. as you know, she is married to former speaker and 2012 presidential candidate newt gingrich. please welcome ambassador c

leadership in space is the vice president of the united states, as the son of a korean war combat veteran, and the proud father of a united states marine, the vice president is a strong defender of our uniformed men and women who wear the cloth of our nation. so clees join me in welcoming to the national defense university, the chairman of the national space council and the 48th vice president of the united states, mikechairman of the national sp council and the 48th vice president of the united states, mithe chairman of the national space council and the 48th vice president of the united states, minational space council and th 48th vice president of the united states, mike pence. >>> thank you all. and thank you to vice admiral roegge for your kind introduction. and for your leadership here at this storied institution. will you join me in thanking him one more time for his hospitality and his extraordinary leadership? members of the cabinet, congressman babin, members of our armed forces, distinguished guests, and the men and women of this storied institution, dedicated to educating, dev

. it is probably the largest trade deal ever made also. in the united states the new trade pact will support high-praying manufacturing jobs and promote greater access for american exports across the range of sectors, including our farming, manufacturing, and service industries. as part of our agreement, the united states will be able to lock in our market access to canada and mexico and greatly expand our agricultural exports, something we have been wanting to do for many years. this is an amazing deal for our farmers and also allows them to use cutting-can edge, biotechnology and e -- cutting-edge, biotechnology. our nation vs. also agreed to innovate new measures to ensure fair competition and promote high wages and higher wages for u.s. and north american auto workers. the auto workers are tremendous beneficiary. under the usmca, 75% of our automobiles' content must be manufactured in north america. and 40% to 45% of automobile content must be manufactured by north american high-wage labor in order to gain preferential access to our markets. this will help stop auto jobs from goi

staff writer, jill lepore on her book, "these truths" a one volume history of the united states. pulitzer prize-winning historian, doris kearns goodwin with, "leadership in turbulent times". at the 18th annual national book festival in washington. and cultures book, resistance is futile offers her observations on the political left resistance to the trump presidency. booktv here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> all right. good evening everyone. thank you so much for joining us this evening. my name is meghan bedsted, on behalf of harvard bookstore i'm very pleased to welcome you to this evenings event with jill lepore. discussing her latest book, "these truths" a history of the united states. harvard bookstore is busy full event series is now in full swing. in the coming weeks will have stephen johnson, steve -- stevie robinson, and many others. for details, tickets and a full schedule visit us online at harvard online. we will get as many questions as time allows. we are proud to have the span booktv here. when asking questions in the q&a please know that you will be recorded. wh

sound but with iran and the united states using iraq as a competitive arena can baghdad stay out of the term around washington cold war forever does the new government risk being torn apart by the foreign players rivalry or is the profit to be made from trying to play both sides. dr. swarmer 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 there are needed there earlier the pentagon said that u.s. troops would withdraw when diaster is decide it do you think that will happen. yes i think so i mean there really is no need for them militarily on this resurgence of the isis. activity there seems to be some. incidents taking place along the york city and frontin which seems to indicate that there is the possibility of dice regrouping in that area so unless and until that threat is removed i think the united states will find a reason to prolong its presence in iraq and also there are those small pockets of isis and car

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 pena nieto, he's become a great friend of mexico and prime minister justin trudeau who has also become a great friend. this has been a battle and sometimes -- and battles sometimes make great friendships so it's been terrific. with our signatures today we'll formally declare the intention of our three country to replace nafta with the usmca a truly groundbreaking acheevement, modern day agreement. i want to thank you and trade representative bob lighthizer and 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 reasury steve mnuchin, and irector larry kudlow fo

the united states senate. [applause] thank you all for coming out tonight. it's really great to be with you all. it is especially great to be here with a friend of mine. and a man who loves the state of mississippi, and the man that mississippi voted overwhelmingly to make the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] president trump and i are proud to stand with cindy hyde-smith, because she stood with us. we know that senator cindy hyde-smith is going to continue to be a champion for mississippi and our agenda when you send her back to the united states senate. [applause] you know, when you think about the past two years, it's just amazing. i think there's only one way you can describe the last two years. it has been two years of action. it has been two years of results. under president donald trump, it has been two years of promises made and promises kept. [applause] mississippi and we are just getting started. [applause] think about it. think about it. under president trump's leadership, we are rebuilding our military and restoring our d

perspective, a side benefit of hopefully forcing the united states in to some kind of political dialog with russia at a time when, you know, a year and a little bit after the annexation of crimea, the political dialog 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 additional interests there and i would point particularly to i guess a couple things -- 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. 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 situations. there had to be an exit strategy. in russia's case, as in most of these cases, that required a political settlem

headquarters national capital region in the united states army military district of washington. [applause] karen durham aguilera executive director, arlington national cemetery. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable robert l. wilkie jr. secretary of veterans affairs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the procession of our nation's colors and those of our veteran service organizations, as we march on the colors, the united states marine band will play the national march, please put your hand over your heart or render a hand salute. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please remain standing for the prayer for all veterans delivered by chaplain michael mccoy, director va chaplain service. >> 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 that it is only through your hand that our country has remained free by your gift and dedication of your natio

most distinguished public servants ever to serve in the united states senate. it's my distinct privilege to stand here today to pay tribute to my good friend and colleague from utah, orrin hatch. he is a man widely known for his integrity, character, and temperament. he's devoted to his family, his constituents, and his country. with overwhelming support from the good people of utah, he has served his state and all of america in the united states senate for 42 years. in those four decades of service, he has brought honor, humility, humor, and heart to this institution of the united states senate. he has honed his legislative experience on a broad range of public policy. in fact, none of his peers has led more laws to final passage than my friend, senator hatch. he has built successful bipartisan coalitions to enact laws that make a difference in the lives of everyday americans. as former chairman of the senate judiciary committee and currently the senior member there, he is a champion of religious liberty and the rule of law. he is an advocate for entrepreneurship and free ente

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

strategic role of the united states senate and your unfolding providence for our beloved land. help us all to be faithful to the destiny you intend for our lives. we pray in your great name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington d.c., november 14, 2018. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable shelley moore capito, a senator from the state of west virginia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: i'm going to say a word or two about the coast guard bill which is coming up soon. i assure my colleagues that when the leader comes to the chamber to make leadership remarks, i wi

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

striking and here's what's key about it. it's a phenomenon that is unique to the united states. there is no other country in the world that is so fixated with one portion of its population that it is constantly creating images of those people. in the united states, this started before the country was even founded. it started with the country's most ardent patriots. and it has continued unabated up to the present day. but there is something else that's significant about the phenomenon in this country. and that is the fact that although imagery of american indians is pervasive with american life, it does nothing to bring non-natives closer to understand who american indians are or closer to understanding the history this they have shared with american indians. this actually masks who native americans really are and this shirped history. so what we do in the exhibit is we open this curtain and we look at what stands behind in imagery because in many yaste ways this imagery is the intersection between native and nonnative but it is an intersection that is not actually a thruway, so the american

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

war ii economic significance testimony. these nations led by the united states and informed by lessons regarding the causes of world war ii sought to create institutions that would categorize economic growth and promote financial stability. the international monetary fund and international fund for redevelopment which is now part of the world bank group. at risk of ruining the surprise let me say this, the u.s. should not be neutral when it comes to the success of these institutions. the u.s. helped create these multilateral institutions for good reasons. while the imf world bank are not perfect they have promote and sustained the economic order that is facilitated decades of extraordinary economic growth for both americans and people around the world. they help lift americans out of poverty, doing good creating international customers for american companies and promoting peace, stability and prosperity. that's why i believe we should continue to support these institutions, and implement reforms where necessary. if we remain even galgd in these not doing anything, we will be replaced m

wait in mexico while their cases were processed in the united states. instead, mexico's interior secretary telling nbc news talks of such a deal were premature. what's the latest? >> reporter: we're in the middle of a stand off between these protesters that want to cross into the state and the federal mexican police. it's turning into a stalemate. these migrants are fed up with squalor conditions inside of their shelter. it's a makeshift shelter. they have walked about a half a mile here but they are prevented from doing what they want to do which is make an asylum application at the point of entry. they almost want to surrender themselves but standing in between are these federal police from mexico. there's been no violence. we have a lot of police surveillance. we have some of those black hawks from the military flying up above. a lot of drones. we have a gentleman who went to high school in the united states. we'll have a brief conversation with him. tell us what's happening here. what do you want? >> we want what the borderline is. when we talk to them they don't give a fair

-span across the continental united states to cbc radio ideas. a warm hello also to our on-line audience who is watching this debate right now via our social media partner facebook, on facebook live and on the munk debate website www.munk debates.com. finally hello to you the over 2800 people and counting who braved some protests tonight to be here in this hall for the important debate on this vital subject. all of us at the munk debates thank you for standing up for serious conversation on the big issues changing our world. thank you. [applause] >> and thank you also to the foundation who has the courage to support this series year in and year out for over a decade. let's have a warm round of applause for the munk family and the late and great peter munk. [applause] >> well, tonight's debate is happening. we all know just days before the critical midterm elections and it will tackle one of the most important issues facing the western world, the rise of populist politics. we're going to ask tonight from these two debaters to answer some important questions. is the west living th