john trump, president of the united states. the managers on the part of the house, will now proceed. mr. president, the managers on the part of the house of the representatives are present and ready to present the articles of impeachment which have been preferred by the house of representatives against donald john trump, president of the united states. the house adopted theth followig onresolutions which would with permission of the senate i will read. house resolution 798, appointing and authorizing managers from the impeachment trial of don and john trump, president of the united states. result to mr. shift in network and the smart, mr. jeffries, mrd are appointed managers to conduct the impeachment trial against donald john trump, president of the united states hathat a message be sent to the senate to inform the sentence appointments and that the managers so appointed in connection with the preparation and conduct of the trial, exhibit articles of impeachment to the senate and take all of their actions which may includee th

units. these projects will help with the severe under supply of housing in san francisco as well as contribute to the urban fabric through fought full -- thoughtful design. one oak was approved by the commission two and a half years ago. the conditions provide the entitlements expire in june. we are here to ask for a two year extension so the project can be built. since the original entitlement of one oak in june of 2017, we have made three separate attempts to raise capital for the project. formal offerings, going out to hundreds of potential investors. all of these did not -- none of these attracted a capital partner. one major problem is the increase in construction costs, which are making projects very difficult to pencil. we now have an investor in contract. one condition of closing is that we extend entitlements since we would not be able to pull the site permit prior to the june 2020 expiration of the existing entitlements. we ask for two years to complete design, complete site permit

led air strike against syrian and iraq he units military units that again led to the siege of the u.s. embassy again unprecedented in the green zone a fortified embassy that was that was besieged in. by the way to reign in. back proxies they were referred to the urge protesters to withdraw to need the embassy a little nevertheless the united states said that the threat presented by him was continuing that he had done plenty of bad things and that this was the united states this saying defending themselves at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel abroad to by killing qassam soleimani this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans the united states will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world reaction is very polarized to this both among us public society people are split some are saying this was a stupid escalation that you know pushed america and iran to the brink of war others are saying that they support president trump's d

and that's what the citizens united case did. the left completely controlled it before the citizens united case through the media companies, "the new york times" and washington post as well as hollywood. and we -- and the unions. and, basically, we leveled the playing field. david brock can go off and do anything he wants, but donald trump's going to win re-election in november because of people like david brock. lou: well, and hillary clinton and barack obama, and the list goes on. your thoughts. >> well, david brock has been all over the place, so he's not even worth sitting here having a conversation. lou: why do you always say that when i'm having a perfectly lovely conversation with david bossie? >> i think he more than took care of it. [laughter] he's made his great contribution with the citizens, which is probably as important a decision as the court's ever made. so so give him the credit, we'll basically -- lou: as we should. >> as we should. lou: and your thoughts about this impeachment. >> it's the longest, most tedious

articles of impeachment be exhibited to the united states senate. articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states of america in the name of itself and of the people of the united states of america against donald john trump, president of the united states, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. article i, abuse of power. the constitution provides that the house of representatives "shall have the sole power of impeachment" and that the president "shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." in his conduct of the office of president of the united states -- and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of president of the united states and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed -- donald j. trump has ab

states united states forces and that's if however if the united states respond then we will see a reaction from iran we've had a revolutionary guard commander with a few lines just just just moments ago and he said that that retaliatory measures were the most simple and the weakest scenario iran had to punish the united states and if they show a city reaction then there would be a bigger response there's been tough talk coming out of iran for the last few days but there's been popular support for revenge but right now where we stand right now is that as far as iran is concerned they have reacted if the united states carries out any attacks against iran that iran would be forced to escalate that's what the revolutionary guard is same diff sent warnings out to regional countries that host united states bases saying that if an attack is using those bases in those countries and become a target they sent a warning to israel saying that they don't see any difference between israel and the united states and iran lol. the united states has overwhelming firepower iran does have the ability to chang

iran seeks revenge, kill some americans, and in turn, the united states seeks to ta ke turn, the united states seeks to take its revenge through these 52 strikes or some other combination of relatively limited military action, but my belief is that if the united states took any such action, it would not end at that, and we would be infora would not end at that, and we would be in for a very, very long period of turmoil, which is not in british interests. it is time for britain to stand up in favour of british interests in stability and that means not endorsing the united states' current position. would you agree that donald trump has made a huge miscalculation by carrying out this assassination, and should allies of the us and the eu, is there a place for them to get involved? i think there must be a level of exasperation with the united states because the tensions which we see originated in part with the wholly unjustified, illicit american rejection of the iran nuclear agreement and the action that they have taken against the economic, the legitimate economic interests of european cou

states and undermined the integrity of the united states' democratic process. he ignored and injured the interests of the nation. present trump engaged in this scheme or course of conduct through the following means. number one, president trump acting directly and through his agents, within and outside the united states government, solicited the government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations into a political opponent, former vice president joe biden, and a discredited theory promoted by russia alleging that ukraine rather than russia interfered in the 2016 united states presidential election. number two, with the same corrupt motives, president trump acting directly and through his agents within and outside the united states government conditioned two official acts. the release of $390 million of united states taxpayer funds, that congress had appropriated on a bipartisan basis for the purpose of providing vital military assistance against russian aggression, and donald trump had ordered suspended. and a head of state meeting at the white house, whic

of the united states of america. in maintenance and support of its impeachment againsthim for high crimes and misdemeanors . article 1: abuse of power. the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and that the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. in his conduct of the office of the president of the united states and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, donald j trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his eye office, president trump solicited the interference of a foreigngovernment, ukraine , in the 2020 presidential election. he did so through a scheme or course of conduct th

into the foreign interference in the united states elections. through these actions, president trump sought to himself the right to determine the propriety, scope and nature of the impeachment inquiry into his own conduct as well as the unilateral prerogative to deny any and all information to the house of representatives in the exercise of its power of impeachment. in the history of the republic, no president has ever ordered to complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct so comprehensively the ability of the house of representatives to investigate high crimes and misdemeanors. this abuse of office served to pe sr up the presidents own repeated misconduct and to seize and control the power of impeachment and bus to mollify the vital constitutional safeguard vested solely in the house of representatives. in all of this, president trump acted in a manner contrary to his trust as president and subversive of constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the peopl

so, as everyone knows we have all been sworn in by the chief justice of the united states to serve as judges and jurors in the impeachment trial of president trump. when the chief justice walked in you could feel the weight of the moment and i saw members on both sides of the aisle visibly gulp. the weight of history sits on shoulders and produces a sometimes result you may never know what will happen. for some of us here this is the first time we've done this and for others, like myself, it is the second time but i assure you there ise no difference. even if i have gone through this before for all of us the solemnity, gravity of the moment in our history hits you square in the back when you take that oath. a separate oath designed by the senate to only four senators who will serve on the court of impeachment. the feeling in the senate chamber in the solemn, serious and profound. the weight of history in the eyes of history, you feel it, are upon you. i know everyone of my colleagues felt it. i hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle felt it. you all heard the reading of the

can play a balancing all visibly the united states now with the fate of the j.c. a the way the united states is treating its allies and the way they european very modestly very you know slowly in their reactions and if there is any reaction at all they are telling they were indians that we don't have that balance going i see a world so i think their leverage in iran is really we can't nowadays that leverage has been weakened what do you think should be the incentives presented by the e.u. for iran to be able to say you know what with it we should join the talks with you about in a future agreement. well i mean in that sense we have to go back and look at what's happened in the last 18 months and the europeans have quite some time to come up with new innovative solutions and so far not come up with much because they're so dependent on the united states so i don't think this has a national cost them so money makes that much of a difference in terms of what the europeans have in terms of capacity of course it makes it more urgent but for now the reactions have been rather tepid and i thi

united states of america. in maintenance and support of its impeachment, against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. articlesd one, abuse of power.th the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and that the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. in his conduct ofti the office f the president of the united states, and in violation of his constitutional oath, faithfully to execute the office of president of the united states, and in the best of his ability preserve and protect and defend the constitution of the united i states, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, donald j trump has abused the powers of the presidency and that using the powers of his eye office, president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government ukraine, and 2020 united states presidential election. he did so through a sch

we have seen the iranian advisors helping the american trained iraqi army unit or counterterrorism unit in the fight against isis. in the same sense we have seen an american airstrikes on whoats to these -- two isis are threatening these militias. that coexistence, did not only, from both having a shared enemy, buth is isis or daesh, these were the rules of the game in which qassim suleimani could travel openly and iraq. remember, qassim suleimani arrived in baghdad airport. qassim suleimani could travel openly in iraq. people took his pictures. that did not happen in secret. he was now baghdadi hiding in a cave. this movements -- all of happened because there was an understanding between the americans and the iranians. americans wanted to keep the bases in iraq, they would have the freedom to move. with the killing of suleimani, the rules of the game have totally changed. now i think the first victim of the assassination will be the american bases in iraq. i don't see anyway way where the americans can keep their presence as they did before the assassination of suleimani. the people in

of congress by the president of the united states, repeatedly saying that the president of the united states engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors, which the u.s. constitution says is the reason for our president potentially to be impeached. and if convicted in the senate removed from office. >> that's right, and dana talks about the distidistillation of in a way that the american people can understand, right? there are really two juries here. there are 100 people making the decision. there is some indication we know what will happen, that they won't get enough republicans to come over and kick the president out of office. that seems to be a certainty. what is still uncertain is where the american public will fall. we've seen some polling, maybe it's split in terms of what should happen, should this president remain in office or should he be removed. that's why it's important that nancy pelosi pick who has experience in the courtroom, and adam schiff particularly is very good at that. >> she picked courtroom lawyers, essentially, plus val demmining is a former police chief. so as th

the united states congress. when a president gets out of bounds and doesn't do as he or she should do constitutionally, i would argue that every president and every citizen has a constitutional duty not to cheat another citizen, especially the president. they get out of bounds, it is up to us to put them back in bounds or declare it a legal, and how do we do that? how do we regulate presidential misconduct? when it isthrough the laws and f impeachment. that is why we're here today. it is going to take teamwork on our part to get this right, because i will argue to you in a moment that the president of the united states, through his conduct, flouted judicial authority and decision-making over him. when he chose to lie, when he chose to manipulate the evidence, the witnesses against him, and get his friends to lie for him, he in fact, i think, vetoed that decision. it's worse than if he hadn't shown up at all. is that out of bounds? that's what we're going to be talking about today. we have got some guidance as to

i could still be chairman of manchester united. europe trade asa of manchester united. europe trade as a chancer. how do you feel about that? looking back, how can you blame them? -- you are portrayed as a chancer. no one believed what i had said. what do you think of the current owners? clearly, they have certainly made a brilliant investment for themselves. manchester united hierarchy. i am not impressed by the executive management. i would not impressed by the executive management. iwould personally not impressed by the executive management. i would personally never put a chartered accountant in charge ofa put a chartered accountant in charge of a football club. you need a real football man. michael knighton, do you remember the ball juggler football man. michael knighton, do you remember the balljuggler had tried to take manchester united? michael knighton has been away from football for the last 20 years. now he is back. there is a new book that has been written about him and he has been written about him and he has a new blueprint for football's future. you do not

in the united states. thate lacks the charisma soleimani had. he had a unique relationship with the supreme leader. directly reporting to him. it was a very clear and affectionate relationship. go back and look at the pictures . nobody else i think in the leadership with whom he felt as close. whose judgment he trusted. they are going to continue their work but it won't be as effective, i think, as it was, because of the personal aspect. again, the parliament just yesterday increased the budget for the brigade to the tune of 200 million euros. but increased budget isn't going to mean that is all it takes. they have crossed some of their ability because of the personal contacts and personal relationships. is viewed asimani a martyr, the set increase the potential for intensified attacks? -- does that increase the potential for intensified attacks? guest: i would be surprised if it does anything other than what the supreme leader suggested. was the executor of this policy, the architect of the policy was and

., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 226. the nays are 193. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the request on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal which the chair put de novo. the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. and the journal stands approved. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. engel: madam speaker, to house resolution 781, i call up house concurrent ask for its and immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of resoluti

my focus today is on what should unite all of us in this body, that should unite all 100 united states senators, and that is that we should all agree that it's outrageous for any foreign power to interfere in an american election the way russia interfered in our elections in 2016. and that it would be equally outrageous for us knowing that that is russia's intent in 2020 to sit here and not do anything to protect the integrity of our democracy. look, we all know what happened in 2016. just to refresh our memories, it was the unanimous conclusion of all u.s. intelligence agencies that russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. that was the unanimous conclusion of the leaders of intelligence agencies appointed by president trump. it was also the bipartisan verdict of the senate intelligence committee who painstakingly documented the fact that election systems in all 50 of our states were targeted to one degree or another by russian hackers in the 2016 elections. in fact, we know from the outcome from of the mueller investigation that led to the indictment of 12 russian military

people of this region want the united states out and the united states cannot stay in this region. with the people of the region, not wanting it anymore. >> would it be worth speaking to him? >> well, he doesn't need speaking. he has to realize that he has been fed misinformation and he needs to wake up and apologize. he has to apologize. he has to change course. he cannot add mistake upon another mistake. he is just making it worse for america. he is destroying the u.s. constitution, he is destroying the u.s. political process, he is destroying the rule of law in the united states, but that's not for me to say, that's a domestic affair of the united states. he has enraged the people of our region. he has killed people of this region. he has spent a trillion dollars. he said that u.s. had wasted $7 trillion in our region. he has added another trillion. is the united states more secure today because of that? >> reporter: guys, i also pressed the foreign minister on the fact that the trump administration obviously said there were clear provocations coming from the iranian side before

states largest exports to china historically a lot of those producers you know in the united states while they were sitting idle were losing business to brazil and other countries are providing those products and those trade relationships that have been established will continue to exist and so united states companies and farmers will be less competitive over the long run because china is sourcing those those supplies and components elsewhere so do you think farmers will see it that way that that that this really perhaps doesn't benefit them the way that donald trump has tried to present it in clearly during this trade war the farm industry has been subsidized because they have been losing phil. yeah they've been they've been subsidized but you know it not not entirely i mean plenty of farmers have been hit very hard by this a lot of logistics companies have been hit hard and with the agreement itself it provides 2 years of commitments and even those commitments are called into question vice premier lou said that you know china would only buy what the market demands and there is que

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ambassador to the united states. the quds force, a little more background on that, has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization itself, even though it's part of the iranian government. they are responsible for supporting pro-iranian regimes and militias. soleimani led most of the operations of iranian-backed forces during the iraq war, during that time period. the state department has blamed iranian forces for the deaths of at least 603 u.s. service members in iraq since 2003. now, taking you to 2017 here, behind the seizure of a city. the pentagon blamed soleimani for attacks in allied bases in iraq and claimed he was developing plans to attack u.s. diplomats and service members. his replacement has been deputy commander in the quds force for the past 20 years working alongside soleimani. meanwhile, here's what president trump has had to say about soleimani and what it means. >> last night at my direction, the united states military executed a flawless strike that terminated the terrorist ring leader resp

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we of course to see the impact in the united states. our fed has pushed back against the idea of negative yields and get our yields are much lower than they would be because of what is happening in other countries. goodfriend, his criticism of professor goodfriend's work is that people of you are in the ethereal of economics, talking to chairman powell and the rest of us are out here with negative interest rates. it does not work. his chairman powell aware that in 2020, there is almost a social need to normalize rates back to be -- the incentives that we knew? abby: i have great confidence in chairman powell and did team that he has -- the team that he has. i think they see the pragmatic aspects of what is happening right now and i think they would like nothing more than to be and an environment where we have tol interest rates returned positive levels. it is something they know how to use as a policy lever. there in a very awkward position right now in terms of having very limited policy tools. tom: this goes back to work in academics

i'm tiffany muller, president of in the citizens united not to be confused with citizens united. our name is her mission. we want to end citizen genetic want to overturn citizens united. i like is in lifechallenge and so why not go for the biggest and the boldest? and we were formed in response to the truly awful supreme court decision. so we're coming up on the ten year anniversary of citizens united. also coming up on the five-year anniversary of the end citizens united. so we are foreign fighters go there were grassroots powered. we have 4 million members across the country, and folks chip in five dollars, $10, $15, whatever they can to try to make sure that we have the resources needed to support great champions like the folks who are sitting up here with, and have the resources needed to make sure that we can push an agenda that will actually start to undo the damage caused by the citizens united ruling. so i actually get the fun if i have a nice little deck and a i will not bese going about it but we get to go through a couple of highlights, which is great. so first, who we

rolling coverage here on al-jazeera of a major breaking news story the lightest of course this hour the united states has killed iran's most senior military come out it seems all the body was assassinated in an airstrike in the iraqi capital baghdad he was the leader of the elite al quds force that's a division of the revolutionary guards corps which has far reaching influence in iraq syria lebanon and beyond that is read you the pentagon statement the pentagon has released this statement confirming that the strike was carried out on the orders of the u.s. president on trumpet says the statement reads at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel the broader by killing solomonic the head of the iranian revolutionary guards could force a u.s. designated foreign terrorist organization that's important that it is designated a terrorist organization it also goes on to say donald trump after authorizing that tori's has also or that strike is also tweeted no woods just a big picture of the american flag well it wasn't just the man w

the third unit was not illegal. rm-1 zoning allows for three units. plan check letter number one states the revised plans showed three units on the property with independent access kitchens, bedrooms, and baths. why is the planning department saying the third unit was illegal? error number two. removal of a third unit -- excuse me, removal of the legal third unit was not permitted under permit. you have a copy of the original permit. that's not the case. the permit application prepared by the original architect does not include removal of the unit of housing. the planning department discretionary review analysis commenting that the permit allowed for the removal of the unauthorized dwelling unit is doubly inaccurate. the removal was illegal, and the unit of housing removed was totally illegal. the architect's claim that cfco allowed the removal is also false. you have a copy of the document. the demolition of the document at 2820 leavenworth meets the antment to demolition requirements. the planning analysis only addressed excavation. it does not addr

they talk about citizens united. nobody out there knows who funned citizens united,'ll bet. nobody. it sounds nice. citizens united. we want to be people for a better america. people for a better neighborhood. people for the puppies, as you pointed out. that all sounded very good, but we need to know. we need to know who they are. who is talking to us? who is trying to influence us? who is trying to make a difference? are the russian trying to influence? now, it is illegal for them to contribute, so what did they try to do? they try to give us information that we did not know where it was from. so this is a critical issue for our country and our democracy, i thank you for all working towards making the democracy better for all, for the people. thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [indistinct conversations] >> c-span's "washington j

united states is different. other than the native americans, we are all immigrants, some forced through slavery but we are all immigrants. so we have had over the last 200 years, cycles, in terms of immigration policy. sometimes extremely welcoming and sometimes perhaps, when there is perceived economic duress or some political advantage to be taken, that is when we see the restrictions. what we have seen now that distinguishes our history from ourselves has been the attitude we are taking toward refugees. the united states previously had was been one of the most welcoming nations toward refugees. and now not so much. tom: abby joseph cohen of goldman sachs, love doing this. it is the year ahead. and we have done this with abby joseph cohen of goldman sachs. we hope all of you a wonderful 2020. i cannot promise you that equity returns of last year but perhaps you get half as much this year. this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ ♪ lisa: i'm lisa abramowicz. welcome to bloomberg "money undercover," a show that p

president trump says the united states has a list of 52 iranian sites which will be hit "very hard and very fast" if there's retaliation for the killing of qasem soleimani. iran's most senior military commander was killed on thursday in a us airstrike in the iraqi capital, baghdad. the iraqi prime minister has called the killing a "political assassination" and its foreign ministry has summoned the us ambassador. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins. tens of thousands of iranians are mourning general soleimani and apparently getting behind their leaders in promising revenge. the chants are familiar, including "death to america", but the circumstances are radically changed. the war of words is intensifying. president trump has tweeted, this threat of massive retaliation if iran strikes any americans or american assets, he says, we have targeted 52 iranian sites. some at a very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture. those targets and iran itself will be hit very fast and very hard. the usa wants no more threats. under enormous american pressure, britain is

president rouhani has had some strong words for the united states he said the united states should know if they commit another crime even if it is a threat that they would receive a decisive action from the armed forces also we've had. enough for many speaking in the rare live broadcast usually they're recorded and then put out on state t.v. but had a live broadcast are you speaking to followers he said that yesterday's missile attack was a slap in the face for the united states but military action alone wasn't enough and that the u.s. presence in the region needed to end but we've also had a response to what the nato secretary general secretary general who condemned iran's missile strikes against u.s. forces devolves raef the foreign minister said that those those attacks were an eagle and he said that nato had done nothing in the region except for destruction and instability but also the foreign office spokesman has said that the nato had become a tool to justify u.s. u.s. crimes and terrorism so we're still having some very strong language come out from iran despite donald trump sayi

i represent him as a citizen, not as president of the united states, this is common under united states law, duties and privileges of a president and private citizen are not the same. he's mackiking a clear point, h not representing the interests of national security, he's representing the interest of donald j. trump. >> he always made it clear that he doesn't represent, wherever we went, he said i don't represent the government, i represent the president of the united states. >> so anything rudy giuliani wanted the government of ukraine to do, that wasn't official u.s. policy, that was a personal benefit to the president of the united states. >> well, you know, when i was doing it, i thought it was all in the same, but obviously now as i can see with the situation the way it is, it was strictly for him, but again, i thought he was our leader. he's the chief, he's the president, and it was all about 2020 to make sure he had another four years, and. >> but that's how you personally viewed it. this is about 2020 to help him get the next four years. >> that was the way everybody viewed it.

what is at stake here is the constitution of the united states and this is what an impeachment is it that this is a test of the constitution the president's conduct violates the constitution every single word it will close in and out of corroboration. of. the abuse for the hoaxers of total this is a decency check on our government it's a petri dishes and shout i took an oath to uphold the constitution of the united states of america it says that no one is above the law and that includes the president of the united states. also coming up crimes against its own people 30 years ago tonight in east berlin crowds stormed the headquarters of the secret police just in time to stop the shredding of a dark past. in the fight to save the files was far from one that took a hunger strike and huge effort to convince west german elites and politicians who want to keep a lid on this for various reasons. as you our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the vote that sets in motion the trial which could mean the end of the trump presidency last

action by the united states concerning if they were us embassy and but it does i think u.s. president has sent the message very clear and loud that if the iranians are going to are thought to get us and to us and the region there will be serious consequences for and dire consequences actually for the iranians so i don't really know how they get on ian's will be responding iran has proven to be a very irrational and very careful actor in dealing with the united states and i know i think when they decided to attack the u.s. embassy in baghdad i think the the over the step actually at the alliance which had been drawn by the americans i think they had with the american president in a very difficult position that that is how i see it because they as president in a in an election year he doesn't want to be seen as a week president he doesn't want actually to have a debate titian of but he has he seen audio when the u.s. embassy was attacked and the u.s. ambassador was killed so he was he criticized the obama administration at that time for being very weak and reacting to that and

justifying the myth while the united states is saying that. he was the ultimate bad guy this is this is from the state department this is in american press that we just killed the world's number one bad guy this is this is simpson in modeling he was at the forefront of the fight against isis in iraq when it seemed like isis the job this would go to take the whole country was he who helped organize the p.m.s. the popular mobilization forces the iraqi civilians banding together to resist ties us and successfully while the army was in shambles as they got their things in order help by the coalition but they defeated isis what the united states has been saying is that he is responsible for the deaths of 517 americans over the years that he was complicit that he had a rule to play in recent in the recent spate of attacks on u.s. bases. draw some indications that they may be planning additional attacks if that happens the act and by the way we get word of attacks or some type of indication will take preemptive action as well to protect american forc

general secretary of the united nations and i'm going to america germany's chancellor. merkel is very involved in these talks because germany has an interest in controlling the flow of migrants from africa into europe that's in fact been held my can question has been a very significant issue and i'm going to america a. term of government. rule as it were in the last few years here so it's an issue that is very close to her heart at the same time germany has not been that see we see another big trade have to this is the head of the european calm so michel. from from belgium he's. the head of the heads of government of the of the european union. so germany has not been deeply involved in libya with its own interests in fact at a time when gadhafi was to be deposed germany abstained on a vote in the united security not a state 6 nights of nations security council. vote. that implemented military intervention in libya and this abstention on the part of libya on the part of germany the fact that it's stayed back from getting deeply involved in libya is not part of its credib

the jim crow law that was practice in the southern united states was implemented in panama by the united states government. >> after the canal was completed, the united states continue to expand its military presence and tighten its grip on panamanians politics. violent confrontations between panamanians and the u.s. military grew in the decades that followed. tensions peaked in 1964 when students tried to exercise their right to fly the flag in the canal zone. 21 panamanians were killed and hundreds were wounded in the confrontation. in 1968, the panama government was overthrown in a military coup. the colonel in the national guard emerged as the new leader of panama. although he used repressive measures, he became immensely popular. he introduced social reform that benefited the majority population of black, indians. >> it created a populist reformist process. >> an administrator at the state university of new york served as the panamanians diplomat to the united nations. he was educated in panama. >> for the first time we had participation of the nation, people like myself could go to

rules protecting the people of the united states. you are not writing the rules anymore, what we are writing the rules. for our sake. [applause] >> mark, i am concerned with these career politicians. how do you get there with a copy she term limits? mr. steyer: it's actually true, mark. look, we have to break this corporate stranglehold. i want to step back for one question -- one second before i answer your question. the problem i like to talk about in terms of corporate stranglehold his gun violence. no one thinks it has to do with corporation. americansly, 90% of want background checks on every gun purchase. republicans want background checks on every gun purchase. an ra members want background checks on every gun purchase. if you have to ask why don't we have background checks on gun purchases to keep them out of the hands of people who would be especially dangerous owning guns . the answer is, the gun manufacturers actually control the nra through their money and they don't want background checks on guns. partially because they

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all of them want to work closely with united states army. it is important we work closely with allies and partners to innovate and realize transformational change, but ensure that we have maintain stability, security, and interoperability around the world. we need to pursue the high payoff initiatives that build strong relationships with our allies and partners. these initiatives include the international military education and training program. i can't count the number of chiefs of army and senior leaders that have been exposed to our military and country through this program. another, i have found the foreign military sales program was a great opportunity for partners to improve their own capacities and capabilities, while increasing interoperability with us. also a great opportunity to reduce costs and maintain our organic industrial base. finally, the implement of our security force assistance brigades to advise, along with combine exercises with allies and partners, it has increased capacities and capabilities, along with building inter

laura: so we are looking at the united states senate. we are looking at senator chuck grassley and senator majority leader mitch mcconnell could the sent from the house ofhas been representatives to the senate. that means that the trial of presidentan trumpegin. majority leader talking aboutte how it is going to be the united states supreme justice, john roberts, that he will preside over that trial. he will have to preside over all of the senatorbeinsworn in. this is a dramatic and historic moment because the articles of impeachment against president donald j. trump had been transmitted from the house of representatives to the senate. elizabeth, do you think the senate is going to feel its responsibility to have a deliberative trial that is rather different from the partisan atmosphere in the house? elizabeth: certainly as idenced by what we just heard, this is an historic, solemn moment. i certainly hope that the senators feel the weight of that constitutional responsibility. for only the third time in, american histo a president has b

now i don't does that include the united states i think the united states in the sense initially and i think frankly the problem in syria how it started and who became exacerbated is probably because the united states and the russian federation both of them decided to deal with it at an arm's length they allowed their regional allies to take care of sticks. and that's where things got complicated there were a number of opportunities like you said earlier there were a number of opportunities to resolve the conflict there were a number of opportunities. if the. were seized and there were serious attempts by moscow and washington to solve the problem and i was witness to a number of them and it could have been possible and would have shortened the war and would have saved a lot of lives there's no don't now unlike other countries be it the russia or turkey for example the united states was not actively involved in different nation of the constitutional committee and i think as a result some of its partners on the ground war specifically kurdish groups in this in syria are not represente

states and we all know that even the president of the united states said they they they they united state any iran forward in the speech that was given just a week ago and we know that hezbollah was able to take the fight to die in lebanon and throughout the region and my ass that made it wasn't for hezbollah that would have been and be huge problem for the region and for your brand for the united states in the end who did $911.00 were the same elements that actually hezbollah forward in lebanon and throughout the middle east so that's why a thing. the british were concerned in lebanon to have a back channel because they have important intelligence on the operation and they have experience how to fight dosh chris let me ask you this and go back to something that you touched on a bit ago does the u.k. have a point that there is no real distinction between the political and military wings of hezbollah. hizbullah doesn't really make a distinction between that i think that is one body it was a very convenient ruse that came up with britain decided on this in 2008 european union and foll