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states in the year was 1924, calvin coolidge was president of theon united states. we had just seen the end of world war i and there was a growing fear that because of all the damage done in europe europeans would come tos the united states and there was also a concern that the wrong people were coming to the united states in thed, eyes of the members of some of congressman immigration act of 1924 past and it said quotas for countries and set quotas for peta people and it was expressly designed to exclude certain people from around the world from entering the united states of america. it is a notorious piece of legislation and those who were to be excluded excluded from america included people from italy,te eastern europe, japan, asia and jewish people. that was the immigration policy of united states of america because of that bill in 1924. that's the last time this chamber has made t such a dramac cut in legal immigration to america and it was a source of sembarrassment for decades in te united states has established quotas said we want america to look a lot diffe
states in the year was 1924, calvin coolidge was president of theon united states. we had just seen the end of world war i and there was a growing fear that because of all the damage done in europe europeans would come tos the united states and there was also a concern that the wrong people were coming to the united states in thed, eyes of the members of some of congressman immigration act of 1924 past and it said quotas for countries and set quotas for peta people and it was expressly designed...
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to some extent people would say that it has happened here in the united states. you see it in europe, and viktor orban in hungary, there are questions about poland as well. - those who won the cold war believe that their model had triumph and it just turned out that others didn't agree. they liked parts of it, they liked the capitalist part, they liked the trade part, they liked the technology part, they don't necessarily like the democratic part. they may not like the migration part. - i think the biggest rejection of the post world war world order is actually within america itself. - [narrator] the election of president trump came amid a rise of global populism that saw a surge of enthusiasm for far right nationalist leaders. - you take these four things together, economic stagnation, large scale immigration, unmediated social media, and creaky old sclerotic governants and what you have is a recipe for populism on a world stage. - one of the things that has been striking about the last 10 years is the rise of identity politics in the western liberal democratic
to some extent people would say that it has happened here in the united states. you see it in europe, and viktor orban in hungary, there are questions about poland as well. - those who won the cold war believe that their model had triumph and it just turned out that others didn't agree. they liked parts of it, they liked the capitalist part, they liked the trade part, they liked the technology part, they don't necessarily like the democratic part. they may not like the migration part. - i think...
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it's not fair to the united states and it's very unfair to the workers of the united states. very, very unfair. and even today, it's extremely hard on companies that want to do business in china, because the barriers are incredible, where as the barriers coming into our country are foolishly not. foolishly. i believe in reciprocal trade. if they do something to us, we do something to them. well, that never happened. and it's gotten worse and worse over the years but we'll correct it that can be the only thing that can get in the way of a truly long term great relationship, because we ever all the ingredients for our friendship. from the washington examiner -- gabby. >> your chief of staff has recommended ending the practice of granting temporary clearances. if that proceeds would you be willing to grant a waiver to jared kushner, or one of the senior advisers? president trump: jared has done an outstanding job. he gets zero, he doesn't get a salary. nor does ivanka, who is now in south korea, long trip, representing her country, and we cannot get a better representative. in f
it's not fair to the united states and it's very unfair to the workers of the united states. very, very unfair. and even today, it's extremely hard on companies that want to do business in china, because the barriers are incredible, where as the barriers coming into our country are foolishly not. foolishly. i believe in reciprocal trade. if they do something to us, we do something to them. well, that never happened. and it's gotten worse and worse over the years but we'll correct it that can be...
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that is the fixed policy of the united states of america. as president trump has said many times, he said i always believe in talking. we've made it very clear that we are open to communicating our policy to the regime in north korea. what north korea needs to understand, and as i made clear in an announcement in japan, when we announced a new round of sanctions that will be imposed -- the largest ever sanctions imposed by the united states, and we are confident our allies will join us, nothing will change. until the day comes that north korea permanently abandons its nuclear weapons and the stick missile programs and seizes -- ceases. like as you look at the tools in our belt, we may do more talking. i think it isce: accurate to say we want to make sure north korea understands us. if there is an opportunity for talks that can communicate the fixed policy of the united states of america to them, the president has made it clear. he always believes in talking. but talking is not negotiation. talking is understanding one another and when you th
that is the fixed policy of the united states of america. as president trump has said many times, he said i always believe in talking. we've made it very clear that we are open to communicating our policy to the regime in north korea. what north korea needs to understand, and as i made clear in an announcement in japan, when we announced a new round of sanctions that will be imposed -- the largest ever sanctions imposed by the united states, and we are confident our allies will join us, nothing...
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bad blood between iran in the united states is one of the reasons why the united states wants to keep a footprint there it really is quite amazingly doing the bidding of riyadh in tel aviv all the time because there is now absolutely no strategic interest of the united states or the anyone in the european union about syria and i think that it backs it all up in a in a it's always misguided the more they listen to riyadh in detail of the the opposite happens iran's influence continues to expand when are they going to learn go ahead in a year that's true iran has in some ways benefited from the disasters wreaked on the middle east by the u.s. in the last few decades but i would completely disagree that europe and the u.s. have no interest in containing iran or destroying syria the u.s. certainly does and the west in general and especially britain and the usa do are very concerned as i said the outset to destroy any independent or potentially independent force in the global south of. israel and saudi arabia the. bulldogs if you like of western power in the middle east the watchdogs keepi
bad blood between iran in the united states is one of the reasons why the united states wants to keep a footprint there it really is quite amazingly doing the bidding of riyadh in tel aviv all the time because there is now absolutely no strategic interest of the united states or the anyone in the european union about syria and i think that it backs it all up in a in a it's always misguided the more they listen to riyadh in detail of the the opposite happens iran's influence continues to expand...
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states to say in syria because it's how we started out the program mean why does the united states want to stay in syria and not make peace in the leave like everybody wants them to leave everyone does including their sometimes on and off friends in iraq go ahead in london. peter i agree with you there phonetically that american military presence in syria and iraq actually is not the legitimate one now that syrians and the iraqi are calling for the americans to pull out their troops because they don't want them anymore simply because they where to fight the islamic state there is no more islamic state as they put it in that or as they were talking about now the situation is completely different about two weeks ago the israeli media was talking about some sort of agreement between the united states and israel to destabilize iran and syria and it seems that that downing of the israeli f. sixteen s on this on the syrian after the sit in that attack actually it means that it is a clear message from russia to the united states to israel that we are not going to go ahead with this plans to de
states to say in syria because it's how we started out the program mean why does the united states want to stay in syria and not make peace in the leave like everybody wants them to leave everyone does including their sometimes on and off friends in iraq go ahead in london. peter i agree with you there phonetically that american military presence in syria and iraq actually is not the legitimate one now that syrians and the iraqi are calling for the americans to pull out their troops because...
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this region is not only important to the united states it's essential for the united states. and it will continue to provide enormous opportunities as an export destination for u.s. goodies and services. most importantly it's an opportunity for u.s. innovation, where the united states clearly still has a massive economic advantage. within the next two years australia wants to have a network of free trade agreements and a forward negotiating agenda which covers 80% of our total trade. we already have in place, as i said, free trade agreements with seven of our top ten two-way trading partners. and obviously there's a big focus on the endo-pacific. having recently concluded negotiations of a bilateral free-trade agreement with peru we are currently negotiating a free-trade agreement with the pacific alliance. singapore, canada and new zealand are doing the same. the region is not standing still and it will not wait. we are also very engaged in the negotiation of the regional comprehensive partnership, which includes 16 endo-pacific economies including china and india. together
this region is not only important to the united states it's essential for the united states. and it will continue to provide enormous opportunities as an export destination for u.s. goodies and services. most importantly it's an opportunity for u.s. innovation, where the united states clearly still has a massive economic advantage. within the next two years australia wants to have a network of free trade agreements and a forward negotiating agenda which covers 80% of our total trade. we already...
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formation subversion and espionage the former russian ambassador to the united states long accused of using his post to interfere in u.s. affairs told delegates the indictments are nothing more than fear mongering and whatever league asians be remanded the. simply fent is is that they're being heels for political reasons inside the united states roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington. so here's what we know so far u.s. intelligence agencies believe russia wanted to ensure the twenty sixteen presidential vote was in favor of donald trump it's alleged russian hackers attempted to undermine the rival candidate hillary clinton by providing her campaign details to wiki leaks thousands of the democratic party's internal emails were leaked several congressional committees were set up to investigate including one led by the then f.b.i. director james comey he was later sacked by mr trump fueling speculation the president was trying to interfere with the inquiry robert muller was then appointed a special counsel to find out if anyone from the trump campaign team colluded with the russians it was
formation subversion and espionage the former russian ambassador to the united states long accused of using his post to interfere in u.s. affairs told delegates the indictments are nothing more than fear mongering and whatever league asians be remanded the. simply fent is is that they're being heels for political reasons inside the united states roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington. so here's what we know so far u.s. intelligence agencies believe russia wanted to ensure the twenty sixteen...
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in 2014, the company established a translator project focused on the united states. in july of 2016, more than 80 employees were assigned to the translator project. two of the defendants allegedly traveled to the united states to collect intelligence for their american influence operations. in order to hide the russian origins of their activities, the defendants allegedly purchased space on computer servers located here in the united states in order to set up a virtual private network. the defendants allegedly used that infrastructure to establish hundreds of accounts on social media networks, such as facebook, instagram, and twitter, making it appear that those accounts were controlled by persons located in the united states. they used stolen or fictitious american identities, fraudulent bank accounts, fraudulent -- and false authentication documents. the defendants posed as politically and socially active americans advocating for and against particular candidates. they established social media pages and groups to communicate with unwitting americans. they also purc
in 2014, the company established a translator project focused on the united states. in july of 2016, more than 80 employees were assigned to the translator project. two of the defendants allegedly traveled to the united states to collect intelligence for their american influence operations. in order to hide the russian origins of their activities, the defendants allegedly purchased space on computer servers located here in the united states in order to set up a virtual private network. the...
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we the people of the united states. let's check out the text, because it is so exciting to actually compare the evolution of the preamble. we are going to go back over here to this great interactive. you can check it out on line. this is a manuscript of the committee of detail. there is the original preamble. we, the people of the states of new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island and providence plantation, connecticut, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, delaware, maryland, virginia, north carolina, south carolina, and georgia, do ordain, declare and establish the following constitution for the government of ourselves and our prosperity. it doesn't have all that inspiring language about established justice to provide for the common defense and so forth. it just says do ordain to establish the following constitution for the government of ourselves and our prossperit. the name shall be the united states of america. the first time we see on paper the word, united states of america. let's see what changes are taking plac
we the people of the united states. let's check out the text, because it is so exciting to actually compare the evolution of the preamble. we are going to go back over here to this great interactive. you can check it out on line. this is a manuscript of the committee of detail. there is the original preamble. we, the people of the states of new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island and providence plantation, connecticut, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, delaware, maryland, virginia, north...
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anyone in the united states. campaign or indeed any american it was they themselves said there is no evidence that any of the americans involved had any idea that they were involved with these alleged russians nor is it being alleged as far as i've seen that this was. this lynch activity was directed by russian government supposed to russian private citizens again this is an enticement not only prediction of the u.s. system it means that a threshold has been met for. taking a case to trial doesn't even. prove. but the key thing isn't that in the broader story there's no there's no indication for the russia sold election story there's no indication that. these activities had any great impact. in also one thing i think is missing from context in the in the broader media here . you know yes there are. trolls electronic trolls in russia there's also electronic trolls in saudi arabia it's not obvious why there should be such an exclusive focus on russian trolls or attempts of russian to influence us elections or u.s.
anyone in the united states. campaign or indeed any american it was they themselves said there is no evidence that any of the americans involved had any idea that they were involved with these alleged russians nor is it being alleged as far as i've seen that this was. this lynch activity was directed by russian government supposed to russian private citizens again this is an enticement not only prediction of the u.s. system it means that a threshold has been met for. taking a case to trial...
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yes, the united states is very concerned. but have the same time, it also part of the is not zone of influence, as it were, so they are not in a position to intervene. the kurds disagree come and feel like the united states should be doing much more to end this campaign. in fact, the united states on the one hand expresses concern, but has not actually said stop, of course. this has sharpened kurdish anxieties about commitments of the united states to their security. sayingthe united states -- well, secretary tillerson pointed out at stanford recently that they are going to be staying on for a number of reasons, and my colleague just ran through some of them. i think saying that, but actually not matching that with any real action and particularly set against what we just witnessed in kurdistan would seem to flight in the face of u.s. claims of wanting to counter iranian influence. it raises questions in kurdish minds and put them in a difficult position, because by presenting them as allies against iran come against the regi
yes, the united states is very concerned. but have the same time, it also part of the is not zone of influence, as it were, so they are not in a position to intervene. the kurds disagree come and feel like the united states should be doing much more to end this campaign. in fact, the united states on the one hand expresses concern, but has not actually said stop, of course. this has sharpened kurdish anxieties about commitments of the united states to their security. sayingthe united states --...
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rightly concerned bowl as well three hundred seventy five billion dollars a year united states half of that is done by american multinational companies that have set up in china so we train our wrist enemy i don't think so i think their arrival also an opportunity but i think america's number one threat is itself all right dan you've touched on a few things there stuff mercantile is basically a is the strategy of winner take all. goes back to the nineteenth century and when the world is on the gold standard and that the over the air people had to make good on their. gash and and there was some elegance too and some balance to it that there was some competition but in a world of pure free i've currency or these countries are able to print without any backing like gold you have a different strategy emerge and of course china has been pretty cagey and pegging their currency to the dollar which has allowed them to export their way to becoming this huge global dominating economy at the expense of american jobs but the americans are insulated by this because the prices of stuff keep going
rightly concerned bowl as well three hundred seventy five billion dollars a year united states half of that is done by american multinational companies that have set up in china so we train our wrist enemy i don't think so i think their arrival also an opportunity but i think america's number one threat is itself all right dan you've touched on a few things there stuff mercantile is basically a is the strategy of winner take all. goes back to the nineteenth century and when the world is on the...
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if you follow at the cato institute and then making it easier to reunite in the united states. with this focus that gets away from the core issue. >> the most common form of legal immigration to the united states in 216238 was a family sponsored 560,000 came of spouses and kids or parents between 60 and 70% over the past decade. anything you want to tell us? >> the vast majority and the spouses and it is important american want to create immigration laws with racial origins and ethnicity feel respected with family reification and migration. >> referring to unlimited numbers are there caps currently or rules armaments lung -- or limits? >> no. making sure you are note a criminal or not a national security threat but in terms of a family sponsored system there are numerical caps. unmarried daughters and sons 21 years older so spouses and minor children of a lawful permanent resident for the unmarried sons and daughters with 26000 per year and also u.s. citizens 23400 per year. and the results with the country caps very long wait time so that is a lot of people basically getting t
if you follow at the cato institute and then making it easier to reunite in the united states. with this focus that gets away from the core issue. >> the most common form of legal immigration to the united states in 216238 was a family sponsored 560,000 came of spouses and kids or parents between 60 and 70% over the past decade. anything you want to tell us? >> the vast majority and the spouses and it is important american want to create immigration laws with racial origins and...
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otherwise give the united states what it wants. and even to begin ok well that's just great bryan i mean the north koreans saw what happened to libya they saw what happened in iraq and why in the end a lot of people have speculated that's why they have gone down the nucular road ok i mean why in the world with the north koreans give up this program and expose themselves when they're being threatened with blood. he knows you know seven ways to sunday i mean the the it's absurd what's coming out of washington and if they haven't thought it through as usual go ahead brian your question answers itself in fact and north korea won't give up its nuclear program and the united states knows the u.s. won't korea won't give up its nuclear program. and maximum pressure just for our audience to understand what this these these euphemistic terms mean the united states is trying to create famine in north korea when you deprive people of trade in deprive them of food and deprive them of medicine you're trying to create famine to weaken the governm
otherwise give the united states what it wants. and even to begin ok well that's just great bryan i mean the north koreans saw what happened to libya they saw what happened in iraq and why in the end a lot of people have speculated that's why they have gone down the nucular road ok i mean why in the world with the north koreans give up this program and expose themselves when they're being threatened with blood. he knows you know seven ways to sunday i mean the the it's absurd what's coming out...
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states united kingdom even europe. china or wherever but it does it in a tax efficient way on the understanding that the investments that are made in those jurisdictions will pay tax in accordance with the laws of those jurisdictions it's efficient structuring that is the basis of the cayman island success story well but i'm not suggesting that this became a law islands or any other destination for example in the caribbean i doing anything illegal i'm just asking whether you think they're essentially capitalizing on the inefficiency of others is it just a matter of tax competition for you that they certainly do capitalize on the inefficiency with regard to the ability to create efficient legal structures for onward investment that's the key point came a lot of has a common law system which is very very well respected and is very attractive to international investors who wish to find a jurisdiction in which they can pool their money for on what investment well let's explore the attractiveness of those investments a litt
states united kingdom even europe. china or wherever but it does it in a tax efficient way on the understanding that the investments that are made in those jurisdictions will pay tax in accordance with the laws of those jurisdictions it's efficient structuring that is the basis of the cayman island success story well but i'm not suggesting that this became a law islands or any other destination for example in the caribbean i doing anything illegal i'm just asking whether you think they're...
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kurdistan allied to the united states and the united states has just announced they will continue fun. doing to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars peshmerga forces and iraqi kurdistan so there are actually patients of iraq created on the ground both u.s. presence and iraqi forces which are allied to them or our proxy forces to them so any iraqi government is subjected to this massive u.s. presence they still have the biggest embassy in the world by the way and baghdad so there is that u.s. employers are obviously the other countries have influence in iraq as well through . all our neighbors if you like ok but if he's president or term hasn't acquiesced to tory's amazed to say bomb damascus in the border in iraq would bring syria well terrorism may obviously what they sometimes do successive british governments actually is is really behave more royalist time they came to feel like if that is a metaphor or a back could that i could use when it comes to us foreign policy they often have us policy they go beyond these very badly to justify it this has been unfortunately britain's
kurdistan allied to the united states and the united states has just announced they will continue fun. doing to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars peshmerga forces and iraqi kurdistan so there are actually patients of iraq created on the ground both u.s. presence and iraqi forces which are allied to them or our proxy forces to them so any iraqi government is subjected to this massive u.s. presence they still have the biggest embassy in the world by the way and baghdad so there is that...
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to use was turkey ends everything east of the euphrates the united states. mendacious a sore point but that's still to be decided on but that's the way it's been and the united states has been giving a lot of weapons to the y.p. to now it's obviously telling a white peachy do not attack turkey with these weapons because the moment you do that you will justify everything that aired or that says is going to happen that you're connected with the paper and so the united states is sitting on the kurds and in essence is telling the white peachy you have to sacrifice your brothers and i mean to preserve us out east of the euphrates and a different element to this story russia's foreign ministry has said that several dozen citizens of russia another former soviet states were killed recently in syria and it's believed to have been in a u.s. airstrike and there is or would you anticipate any repercussions from that. well it's clear that lavrov and others are very upset they've told america not to press their luck there is some demand by russia that the united states h
to use was turkey ends everything east of the euphrates the united states. mendacious a sore point but that's still to be decided on but that's the way it's been and the united states has been giving a lot of weapons to the y.p. to now it's obviously telling a white peachy do not attack turkey with these weapons because the moment you do that you will justify everything that aired or that says is going to happen that you're connected with the paper and so the united states is sitting on the...
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states reacts when it attacks opponents of the united states the united states allows that to happen in even facilitate that trumps policy by the way the only thing that changed was that when the tide had turned with the help of the iranians and the russians and has for law and others when the tide had turned in the favor of the syrian legitimate government and they were regaining their territory the americans wanted a piece of the cake and they wanted a place at the negotiating table and that's why they started helping. allied forces to take over. the syrian. oratory from isis just finally and briefly britain's minister resume's minister alistair burt in cancun treat everything you've been saying says that iran should avoid actions of threaten regional stability what do you think he means by that while the british are deeply involved in the rise of isis just as they've been helping the saudis create massacres in yemen and they helped the saudis create starvation in that country that the british intelligence. agency has been facilitating extremists in in britain to move toward to mov
states reacts when it attacks opponents of the united states the united states allows that to happen in even facilitate that trumps policy by the way the only thing that changed was that when the tide had turned with the help of the iranians and the russians and has for law and others when the tide had turned in the favor of the syrian legitimate government and they were regaining their territory the americans wanted a piece of the cake and they wanted a place at the negotiating table and...
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want to nuclear war now the united states or russia one nuclear terrorism neither the united states or russia want a nuclear proliferation so we have areas where we have strong and important areas where we have important agreements we ought to be working together in those areas just to solidify our views of which we agree and the come to agreements there so that's a that's a potential this open force that we're not now it's exploiting so i fault both the russian government and the american government for not taking advantage of those opportunities and moving in so that we work together through the effect of creative diplomacy to make progress in those areas but then there are certain steps that the defense. department takes i would like you to interpret them for me because maybe i'm not understanding i think according to the defense strategy the great power competition with russia and china is outlined as number one concern for the united states not terrorism anymore and i think that's a judgment that they make and they stated i don't agree with that but it is i understand where they'r
want to nuclear war now the united states or russia one nuclear terrorism neither the united states or russia want a nuclear proliferation so we have areas where we have strong and important areas where we have important agreements we ought to be working together in those areas just to solidify our views of which we agree and the come to agreements there so that's a that's a potential this open force that we're not now it's exploiting so i fault both the russian government and the american...
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kurdistan allied to the united states and the united states i was just announced they will continue funding to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars peshmerga forces and you know arctic air does so there are actually patients of iraq created on the ground both u.s. presence and iraqi forces which are allied to them or our proxy forces to them so an iraqi government is subjected to this massive u.s. presence they still have the biggest embassy in the world by the way and baghdad so there is that you asked them flown obviously the other countries of them for. and iraq as well through thing all our neighbors if you like ok but if he's president all term hasn't acquiesced to tory's amazed to say bomb damascus in border in iraq would ring syria well terrorism may obviously what they sometimes do successive british governments actually is is really behave more royalist time they came to feel like if that is a metaphor that could that i could use when it comes to us foreign policy they often the us policy they go beyond these very badly to justify it this has been unfortunately brita
kurdistan allied to the united states and the united states i was just announced they will continue funding to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars peshmerga forces and you know arctic air does so there are actually patients of iraq created on the ground both u.s. presence and iraqi forces which are allied to them or our proxy forces to them so an iraqi government is subjected to this massive u.s. presence they still have the biggest embassy in the world by the way and baghdad so there...
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states to say because of that we started out the program in why does the united states want to stay in syria and not make peace in leave like everybody wants to leave everyone including their sometimes on our friends in iraq go ahead in london. peter i agree with you there finitely that american military presence in syria and iraq actually is not a legitimate one now that syrians and the iraqi are calling for the americans to pull out their troops because they don't want them anymore simply because they where to fight the islamic state there is no more islamic state as they pretended or as they were talking about now the situation is completely different about two weeks ago there is there any media was talking about some sort of agreement between united states and israel to destabilize iran and syria and it seems that that downing of the israeli f. sixteen s on this on the syrian out of a city in that attack actually it means that it is a clear message from russia to the united states to israel that we are not going to hit you or go ahead with this plans to destabilize or it's nice
states to say because of that we started out the program in why does the united states want to stay in syria and not make peace in leave like everybody wants to leave everyone including their sometimes on our friends in iraq go ahead in london. peter i agree with you there finitely that american military presence in syria and iraq actually is not a legitimate one now that syrians and the iraqi are calling for the americans to pull out their troops because they don't want them anymore simply...
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but for the united states i mean this issue is about long prisons in syria which is what the united states tried to achieve by you know what's beyond isis if you devices is trying to have military force on the ground. which is part of an important part for the united states of a larger strategy to confront iran russia and the regime so all it is also vital for the united states larger security strategy is to have this military. for since the united states cannot afford to have troops on the ground american troops so they need the white b.g. to fight on their behalf i mean how is the united states going to balance its relationship trying to keep a good relationship with a nato ally turkey and its strategic security interests in the middle east including a presence and seven year this is not working out so far will there come a time when they'll have to choose are they actually choosing already by what they're doing in the region while the relationship this good question actually the relationship between the two party is the u.s. has been actually having a very tense relationship issues you
but for the united states i mean this issue is about long prisons in syria which is what the united states tried to achieve by you know what's beyond isis if you devices is trying to have military force on the ground. which is part of an important part for the united states of a larger strategy to confront iran russia and the regime so all it is also vital for the united states larger security strategy is to have this military. for since the united states cannot afford to have troops on the...
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states and that as they population of the united states. 74% are male and 82% are white which means that 61% of all adults that own guns are white men into this accounts for 21% of the total population. the top reason is for protecti protection. what are the majority of men so afraid of? does anyone believe that the centuries of racial and economic domination to the united states have left their traces in the cultural views or institutions it's not likely given the evidence to the contrary. it is compounded by the lack of acknowledgment of violence across the continent that continued such as the legal segregation and institutional racism, criminalization of incarceration. another countr contributes to te firearms so that is one of the chapters. thank you. ask him if we [applause] it's been something that's concerned me more and more. what other countries or just in your scholarship and studies of other countries have you looked at and what would you suggest for solutions to bring down the gun violence problem? >> european countries are people who always wonder why you're there so ma
states and that as they population of the united states. 74% are male and 82% are white which means that 61% of all adults that own guns are white men into this accounts for 21% of the total population. the top reason is for protecti protection. what are the majority of men so afraid of? does anyone believe that the centuries of racial and economic domination to the united states have left their traces in the cultural views or institutions it's not likely given the evidence to the contrary. it...
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, the united states of america. [applause] i recognize the significance of the movement as being the first leader from the continent to speak at this meeting. i hope that my country, ghana, and indeed the african continent will not be judged by any deficiencies of mine. [laughter] those are purely personal to me and not at all representative. let me also express the gratitude of all freedom -loving peoples of the world, to the men and women of this great country, the united states of america, the land of the free and the home of the brave. in the 20th century, the united states was largely responsible for seeing that the threat to freedom posed by totalitarian ideas such as fascism and coming communism were defeated. america's responsibility in the 21st century is to remain the shining city upon the hill, the force of whose ideas inspire greater chapters in man's development and freedom. the space for democratic engagement, importantly in africa has certainly widened. in my country, we have decided to make a full fi
, the united states of america. [applause] i recognize the significance of the movement as being the first leader from the continent to speak at this meeting. i hope that my country, ghana, and indeed the african continent will not be judged by any deficiencies of mine. [laughter] those are purely personal to me and not at all representative. let me also express the gratitude of all freedom -loving peoples of the world, to the men and women of this great country, the united states of america,...
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that is the fixed policy of united states of america. as president trump has said many times, i always believe in talking. we have made it very clear that we are open to communicating our policy to the regime in north korea. what north korea needs to understand, as i made clear in an announcement in japan, when we announced a new round of sanctions that will be imposed, the largest ever. we are confident our allies will join us in it. nothing will change until the day comes that north korea permanently abandons its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs and seizes to threaten -- ceases to threaten the united states of america. mike: it does not sound like those two things are preconditions for any conversation. it sounds like you are looking at the tools in your belt and do more talking. vice pres. pence: it is accurate to say that we want to make sure north korea understands us. if there is an opportunity for talks that can communicate the fixed policy of united states of america to them, the president has made it clear. he alwa
that is the fixed policy of united states of america. as president trump has said many times, i always believe in talking. we have made it very clear that we are open to communicating our policy to the regime in north korea. what north korea needs to understand, as i made clear in an announcement in japan, when we announced a new round of sanctions that will be imposed, the largest ever. we are confident our allies will join us in it. nothing will change until the day comes that north korea...
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citizens outside of the united states have to report all accounts that they maintain outside the united states to charis it's not just about american citizens our residents reporting on those accounts i want to understand that but it's about the making non us financial institutions essentially be responsible for implementing that reporting and turning the branches of foreign financial institutions essentially into subsidiaries of the i.r.s. don't you think that's a bridge too far now or go i agree with you i was describing what fact was intended to do what you just said is absolutely correct the way it is implemented is to to effectively make known u.s. banking organizations or u.s. banking organizations operating ever sees as effective tax collectors for for the i.r.s. and there is worse legislation that has now come out of europe called the coma reporting standard which does exactly the same thing as between about ninety countries now that are signed out to it including incidentally russia which requires those ninety countries to make automatic reporting to the home jurisdiction of ev
citizens outside of the united states have to report all accounts that they maintain outside the united states to charis it's not just about american citizens our residents reporting on those accounts i want to understand that but it's about the making non us financial institutions essentially be responsible for implementing that reporting and turning the branches of foreign financial institutions essentially into subsidiaries of the i.r.s. don't you think that's a bridge too far now or go i...
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our human trafficking prosecution unit, or htpu, partners with the united states attorney's offices to prosecute labor trafficking, sex trafficking of adults, and trans - national sex trafficking. hcpu leads our act team initiative which brings together federal agents and prosecutors in competitively selected districts. brooker whoey is with us today is a valuable teams, and hee will be presented today on some of the successes he has had in his district, including obtaining substantial restitution for survivors. we also work in partnership with the department of homeland teams security and our partners in mexico through a bilateral, anti-trafficking initiative aimed at dismantling trans national trafficking networks - because human trafficking, of course, is often a trans -national crime. the day i was sworn in as attorney general, president trump sent me a memo to -- an executive order to these transnational criminal organizations. it is a high priority of ours. you can be sure that this includes human trafficking rings. these this is another reason why we must finally secure our bord
our human trafficking prosecution unit, or htpu, partners with the united states attorney's offices to prosecute labor trafficking, sex trafficking of adults, and trans - national sex trafficking. hcpu leads our act team initiative which brings together federal agents and prosecutors in competitively selected districts. brooker whoey is with us today is a valuable teams, and hee will be presented today on some of the successes he has had in his district, including obtaining substantial...
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states does in this region is about israel the only real ally of the united states is israel and even saudi arabia the only reason why it's considered to be a us ally is because it moves it in a way in which it is within the framework of the interests of the israeli regime and. if we go back to the beginning of what the crisis in syria and the famous two thousand and twelve defense intelligence agency documents. there was an attempt to salvage a salafist and extremist regime between syria and iraq in order to isolate syria and. that and that those extremists they were being supported by u.s. allies in the region and as general michael flynn who was the head of the defense intelligence agency at that time admitted on al jazeera the united states took a willful decision to support those extremists so the united states back then was supporting an attempt to take over the east of syria later on when the tide turned when the tide turned with the help of russia iran hezbollah the iraqis. on the volunteers and isis began to lose ground and territory it was only then that the united states ch
states does in this region is about israel the only real ally of the united states is israel and even saudi arabia the only reason why it's considered to be a us ally is because it moves it in a way in which it is within the framework of the interests of the israeli regime and. if we go back to the beginning of what the crisis in syria and the famous two thousand and twelve defense intelligence agency documents. there was an attempt to salvage a salafist and extremist regime between syria and...
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not just in the united states. the united states is an extreme example. even in western europe, we retreat with the social democracy, you rightly present militarymuch more alliances and military powers, as the basis of the western competing ideologically with the soviet union. what happens now? when the whole structural basis of this is now very much in question. thisthe recent defense of just a few days ago, this is the sort of thing that framed since the beginning of the 1970's. very quickly, my view of the clinton administration is a little bit different, i see destroyer being the of failure. we had this incredible business you name theving, self-determination, as the croatians expel 400,000 people, i no a single word about that. there is not one index mention of ukraine. this apparent inconsistency which bothers -- borders on in poverty. is the basis of the clinton administration and the aspects of american foreign-policy which has indeed been magnified with the passage of time. mel: the first point about the structure of social democracy which were p
not just in the united states. the united states is an extreme example. even in western europe, we retreat with the social democracy, you rightly present militarymuch more alliances and military powers, as the basis of the western competing ideologically with the soviet union. what happens now? when the whole structural basis of this is now very much in question. thisthe recent defense of just a few days ago, this is the sort of thing that framed since the beginning of the 1970's. very quickly,...
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on average, tps recipients in our state have lived in the united states for an average of 21 years. they are our neighbors, our friends and our coworkers. i recognize this hearing is not about tps, but i recognize a republican-controlled congress doesn't want to negotiate so i have to use every platform to address this issue. i yield back. >> the chair thanks the gentlelady. the chair now thanks the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul. >> thank you, chairman perry. transnational criminal organizations are a serious and growing threat to the american people. they disregard the rule of law of all nations and use their networks to smuggle struggles and traffic human beings for sexual exploitation and slave labor. they resort to brutal violence and intimidation tactics to carry out their illegal deeds. these networks of vile individuals and gangs line ms-13 have been known to kidnap, torture and behead their victims. top officials at dhs are very alarmed by their actions. before becoming white house chief of staff, secretary of homeland security john kel
on average, tps recipients in our state have lived in the united states for an average of 21 years. they are our neighbors, our friends and our coworkers. i recognize this hearing is not about tps, but i recognize a republican-controlled congress doesn't want to negotiate so i have to use every platform to address this issue. i yield back. >> the chair thanks the gentlelady. the chair now thanks the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul. >> thank you,...
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we do not expect the united states to return to the tpp any time soon. but by keeping this important trade pact on foot we have created a live option which would otherwise not exist for a negotiated u.s. return in a possibility which the president himself has referred to. late last year, my government released a foreign policy white paper which commits us to a far more active role in shaping the future of our region. we'll work with all our partners and friends to promote an open, inclusive and prosperous indo-pacific in which the rightu of all states are respected. and on december 7, i introduced into our parliament far reachine reforms to protect the integrity of our political processes from foreign interference. now whether it is terrorism, transnational crime or foreign interference the primary responsibility of government, all our governments, is to secure the safety of our people and our way of life. security and freedom are frequently presented as binary opposites as if there exists a universe which you could have one without the other. these two
we do not expect the united states to return to the tpp any time soon. but by keeping this important trade pact on foot we have created a live option which would otherwise not exist for a negotiated u.s. return in a possibility which the president himself has referred to. late last year, my government released a foreign policy white paper which commits us to a far more active role in shaping the future of our region. we'll work with all our partners and friends to promote an open, inclusive and...
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yes united the united states is very concerned. but at the same time it also said it is not part of their implements as it were. they are not really in a position to convene. because they disagree with that view and they feel the united states should he doing much more to end its campaign and the united states on the one hand expresses concern has not said stop. there are kerger's anxieties about the commitment of the united states to their security. as for you know the united states saying well secretary tillerson said recently they are going to be staying on for a number of reasons and my colleagues just ran through some of them. i think saying that but not matching that with any real action and specifically what we just countered a rainy and influence of course again raises questions. that puts them in a very difficult position because by presenting them as allies in its i ran against the regime without permitting the resources for doing any of that really makes them extremely vulnerable. in fact we are not just talking anymore
yes united the united states is very concerned. but at the same time it also said it is not part of their implements as it were. they are not really in a position to convene. because they disagree with that view and they feel the united states should he doing much more to end its campaign and the united states on the one hand expresses concern has not said stop. there are kerger's anxieties about the commitment of the united states to their security. as for you know the united states saying...
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states and it's very unfair to the workers of the united states. very, very unfair. even today, it's extremely hard on companies that want to do business in china. i think the barriers are incredible. the barriers coming into our country. our foolishly not, foolishly. i believe in reciprocal trade . if they do something to us, we do something to them. well, that never happened. and it's gotten worse and worse over the years but we will correct it, that can be the only thing that can get inthe way of a truly long-term great relationship because we have all the ingredients . for friendship. from thewashington examiner, . >> thank you mister president. your chief of staff general kelly has recommended ending the practice of security clearances to members of the trump administration. if that proceeds, would you be willing to grant a waiver to jared kushner, one of your senior advisers? >> jared done an outstanding job, he's been treated very unfairly. he's a high-quality person. he works for nothing, nobody ever reports that but he gets zero. doesn't g
states and it's very unfair to the workers of the united states. very, very unfair. even today, it's extremely hard on companies that want to do business in china. i think the barriers are incredible. the barriers coming into our country. our foolishly not, foolishly. i believe in reciprocal trade . if they do something to us, we do something to them. well, that never happened. and it's gotten worse and worse over the years but we will correct it, that can be the only thing that can get inthe...
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i don't think the united states can be blamed for nine eleven and i don't think the united states can be blamed for creating this problem i think that there are regional players and regional dynamics that play afghanistan as a victim of geography and that means jus political. movements in dynamics play a huge role in have an impact on what is happening inside afghanistan if you look at afghanistan history it's all about is geography now. as you question my. creative means that we have to set up an end goal the end goal is peace the end goal is to belittle the insecure. rooty therefore it means that we how do we reach that goal so far we have tried as i said before a lot of different options have been put under mr bush and. mr obama is a new set of options with mr trump. so how do we reach the law i want guests we have a live online community as well in this conversation so just pause for a moment so i can bring them back in but when you mention the end goal being peace of course before we get to peace so there are people living their daily lives and struggling with that and so we want
i don't think the united states can be blamed for nine eleven and i don't think the united states can be blamed for creating this problem i think that there are regional players and regional dynamics that play afghanistan as a victim of geography and that means jus political. movements in dynamics play a huge role in have an impact on what is happening inside afghanistan if you look at afghanistan history it's all about is geography now. as you question my. creative means that we have to set up...
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we have a very strong relationship with the united states and we have also a relationship with other countries. nothing yet on signing a deal or not. >> there is a concern certainly in washington about president putin's own intentions in the region which doesn't frankly always aligned with the united states and other golf allies like in terms of welding regional cooperation with syria and i imagine there are quite a number differences between doha and in moscow and other issues. such as creating an environment. >> the conflict in the region is continuing. everybody would have a different interests. that's why we need to call for a genuine security dialogue with forces in the region. let us reach an understanding that keeping all other interests aside is in the interest of the people. we are just going to think about which countries influence which countries we will never --. >> we will open to questions. >> i'm gardner harris from "the news york times." you seem to be having a moment in washington d.c. right now with the trump administration particularly the 2 x 2 meetings this week
we have a very strong relationship with the united states and we have also a relationship with other countries. nothing yet on signing a deal or not. >> there is a concern certainly in washington about president putin's own intentions in the region which doesn't frankly always aligned with the united states and other golf allies like in terms of welding regional cooperation with syria and i imagine there are quite a number differences between doha and in moscow and other issues. such as...
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states and turkey especially in the aftermath of an announcement from the united states that it intended to create a thirty thousand strong border force to protect syria's border with turkey now u.s. leaders backtracked from those comments but that hasn't stopped turkey from being quite upset by these remarks now we've recently seen the beginning of operation olive branch and this is turkish forces moving into syria to fight against the kurds two allies of the united states clashing with each other in syria as the tensions escalate we're even hearing calls to rename the street on which the u.s. embassy in turkey's capital is located there are calls to rename the street olive branch after operation olive branch the turkish operation to go into syria and fight against the kurdish forces armed by the united states there seems to be quite a bit of contradiction in the words and statements of u.s. leaders and there seems. to be rising tension between all three parties the usa turkey and the kurdish forces. the rift between turkey and the us could deepen further over another region in northern
states and turkey especially in the aftermath of an announcement from the united states that it intended to create a thirty thousand strong border force to protect syria's border with turkey now u.s. leaders backtracked from those comments but that hasn't stopped turkey from being quite upset by these remarks now we've recently seen the beginning of operation olive branch and this is turkish forces moving into syria to fight against the kurds two allies of the united states clashing with each...
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they went on with their lives. >> 900 of them enlisted in the united states military. undocumented, in america willing to hold up their hands to take an oath that they would die for america that is how much they love this country. 20,000 went to work as school teachers across united states perhaps they are your child's or grandchild teacher today. doing important things of this country the president trump another lastgr september philip of program that protects them and challenged us to say do something about it and pass a t law. the president is right that is our job and this week we will try to pass the law to end this crisis that will reach ahead on march 5 of this year when the daca program when they lose their protection. lesso than three weeks we will move today or tomorrow or this week at some point to consider alternatives to solve this problemhe. i'm sorry to say there is no plan in the house of u.s. representatives to even address the problem. none. they know what hangs in the balance and overwhelmingly the american people want to give these dreamers a chance
they went on with their lives. >> 900 of them enlisted in the united states military. undocumented, in america willing to hold up their hands to take an oath that they would die for america that is how much they love this country. 20,000 went to work as school teachers across united states perhaps they are your child's or grandchild teacher today. doing important things of this country the president trump another lastgr september philip of program that protects them and challenged us to...
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the united states respects the people of afghanistan, but we condemn the taliban regime. by sponsoring and sheltering and supplying terrorists, the taliban regime is committing murder. they will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate. - [narrator] us troops have been in afghanistan for more than 15 years, making it the longest war in american history. the september 11th attacks prompted washington and nato to send forces to neutralize the al-qaeda terrorist organization and the taliban regime that sheltered them. the architect of those attacks, osama bin laden, is dead, but the taliban has rebounded. as washington and nato pivot away from afghanistan, the ability of the government and security forces to maintain stability will be tested. afghanistan, next on great decisions. - [announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. - [narrator] afghanistan sits at the crossroads of the middle east, russia, and south asia. for c
the united states respects the people of afghanistan, but we condemn the taliban regime. by sponsoring and sheltering and supplying terrorists, the taliban regime is committing murder. they will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate. - [narrator] us troops have been in afghanistan for more than 15 years, making it the longest war in american history. the september 11th attacks prompted washington and nato to send forces to neutralize the al-qaeda terrorist organization and...
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states these are people, young people, brought to the united states by their parents in a very early age and they were going to be given a chance to stay here two years at a time and not be deported and able to legally work. who are these young people? 91% of them are currently in school or working and we know as well 20000 of them have graduated from college and are teaching inls our schools, great schools, high schools and we know that 900 of them even though they are undocumented volunteered to serve in the united states military and are currently in uniform willing to risk their lives for this country that has not accepted them as citizens. the list goes on and there are premed students and in first responder'r status and they're doing extraordinary things but president trump announced last september 5th that allow them to stay in the united states was coming to an end when -- in three weeks. march 5, this year. what happened if congress fails to do anything for march 5th. if we fail to do anything to resolve this crisis created by president trump we will see 1000 of these young
states these are people, young people, brought to the united states by their parents in a very early age and they were going to be given a chance to stay here two years at a time and not be deported and able to legally work. who are these young people? 91% of them are currently in school or working and we know as well 20000 of them have graduated from college and are teaching inls our schools, great schools, high schools and we know that 900 of them even though they are undocumented volunteered...
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is this the united states tough competition as well and that's again why the u.s. is insisting that in order to have this before it's on the ground which of course you know conflicts sharply with the relationship with turkey and i think the united states at some point of this continuous would have to choose between their need to ally turkey and all of the conditionally shows the white b.g. in syria right mr fay had thank you very much for that thank you. let's move on to other news now south africa's new president obama policy is set to give his first state of the nation address and expected to appoint a new cabinet from the prize a pledge not to disappoint south african took over from his predecessor jacob zuma problematic reports from johannesburg. it's taken more than nine years but several roma pose a finally when he wants the leadership of south africa and his nomination members of his party the ruling a.n.c. have been dancing and cheering i do believe that when one is elected in this type of position you basically become a servant of the people of south afric
is this the united states tough competition as well and that's again why the u.s. is insisting that in order to have this before it's on the ground which of course you know conflicts sharply with the relationship with turkey and i think the united states at some point of this continuous would have to choose between their need to ally turkey and all of the conditionally shows the white b.g. in syria right mr fay had thank you very much for that thank you. let's move on to other news now south...
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can use this hour the united states indicts thirteen russian nationals. in america's twenty sixteen presidential election moscow points out the absurdity of the accusations. on a visit to ankara america's top diplomat attempts to improve worsening relations with. turkey the tensions grow in syria over washington support for the kurdish. terrorist. spirit is being embraced by competitors from around the world at the winter games in south korea with rivals helping each other around. specific russian athletes he offered me technical help he was willing to reach out and help me in such a desperate time shows that sport can bridge cultures it can bridge politics. international ok our breaking news story this hour the u.s. just indicted thirteen russian nationals over alleged meddling in america's two thousand and sixteen presidential election r.t. correspondent philip morgan joins us from new york. bringing us up to date the latest on this story. well we have an indictment now from the u.s. department of justice now it's thirty seven pages and if you read the
can use this hour the united states indicts thirteen russian nationals. in america's twenty sixteen presidential election moscow points out the absurdity of the accusations. on a visit to ankara america's top diplomat attempts to improve worsening relations with. turkey the tensions grow in syria over washington support for the kurdish. terrorist. spirit is being embraced by competitors from around the world at the winter games in south korea with rivals helping each other around. specific...