it's not a huge deal in the united states, frankly. the leaks stories that capture the interest of the american press relate to the russian investigation. the allegations of russian meddling in the 2016 election, allegations of possible collusion between team trump and the kremlin. so this hasn't been a huge deal here, to be perfectly honest. as you say, the new york times have not seen an apology, it said what it did was fairly routine, really. there has been some expressions of regret and concern on capitol hill, democrats and republicans saying it's unhelpful to the investigation. but no great outcry or outrage in the same way that there has been an your side. is that partly a cultural thing? early on in this investigation, the police here didn't want to release the name of the suspect as he was at that point, the suspect as he was at that point, the new york times did so, than the images that appeared. is this just the way the americans tend to do these things? i do think there was a cultural difference between the british press an

guard units were federalized, that unit became the 369th infantry religion -- religion -- regiment. they were not in a division at that time. but later became part of the 39th division. they gained quite a repetition from early on. and because some of them were most from harlem, they got the nickname of the harlem hell raisers. when they really got over in europe and they primarily fought alongside the french. they were under french command. they also got the nickname of the black rattle snakes or the black rattlers, they had a lot of nicknames and even though the insignia on the uniform here that's shown is post war it was their symbol during the war itself. and since they were american troops fighting with the french, they wore american uniforms but they used french equipment. >> why did they serve under the french? >> well, primarily because -- there were two reasons for that. one is that the french needed soldiers in a particular area to help bolster their defense. and general john j. pershing, he did not hold a lot of confidence in the african-american troops. and so he lent ou

would minister the oath of office to those being commissioned in the united it's marine corps. -- united states marine corps. [applause] lieutenant general walsh, i proudly present 260 midshipman of the graduating class to be commissioned in united states marine corps. [applause] within a general walsh: thank you, colonel, and vice president pence and mrs. pence for honoring us here today. just as important, thank you for first lieutenant michael pence, first lieutenant in marines. thank you. thank you to my naval academy classmate secretary shaun statically. admiral richardson and my good friend, vice admiral ted carter. thank you for all the wonderful things you do here at the academy every single day. we are so proud of you. >> as a result of this heroic during leading a company operation vigilant resolve in 2004. silver star and bronze star for valor. american people continued to crisis that when a emerges our naval forces will be present. in performance that that is dramatically successful. the navy and in our marine core continues to be an investment in the character people of this

united states troops must be warriors. what it means to be a warrior to embody courage, commitment, honor, trust, respect. all the services' core values. that what it means to stand up. we stand in the gap for others. we are not the perpetrators but supposed to be the protectors but leading in those values that we hold dear. this widespread problem is highlighted the difficulty in prosecuting active military members who share photos of their teammates without their consent. this action is harmful and destroys the bonds of trust. look at the uniform code of justice, we have a couple of articles, article 1 3 and 134 and that is conduct unbecoming an officer and what we call prejudicial to good order and discipline. as a commander we use as a catch-all article when we cannot prosecute someone under another article we go to article 134 because we knew their behavior was degrading. civilian law faces challenges. 35 states and the district of columbia have statutes against sharing media without consent. and marines recently crea

god bless you all and these united states of america. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> if we could remain standing, and i would just like to close this time with a prayer for the vice president. father, come today to say thank you, thank you for the vice president that you have given to this nation, vice president mike pence. and father, we pray for him, his wife, his family, that you would watch over and protect him and all that he does for our nation and for the people of the world. and father, we pray for our president, president donald i pray that vice president mike pence advises him, that you would give him wisdom in all that he does, lord. so father, we come with grateful hearts today to say thank you. thank you for this man. father, we pray that you would lead him, in jesus name we pray. amen. >>a amen. [applause] announcer: earlier this week, president trump suggested

we should make here the united states does not expect to trade solely with us. but allow them to establish a foothold in the region, to speak out and support pro-american leaders, responsible leaders who seek to deepen cooperation and to make clear america is not going to leave a vacuum in the region for others to fill. by to increase u.s. economic including by leveraging our allies and by assisting u.s. companies to bid for military sales in the region. increasing u.s. supporting on and monitoring of the activities of nonstate actors in the region. by deepening military and to military relationships with key lat last tin american partners and assist those such as a gener -- by working to build capacity of smaller states that face challenges in this area. and by prioritizing our engagement in organizations such as the organization of american states while at the same time standing up to organizations that exclude the united states. it makes it less likely they would come to the united states but helps build economies that would become consumer and trade partners

that's why i'm in this unit. it's the gang unit. >> the first time i spoke with michael jones when he got out of seg and we brought him to a-1, he was just filled with ignorance. he's a smart kid who was just ignorant about a lot of situations. he didn't like anybody from any other race, any other religion. >> i was born into white supremacy. my family is mixed up in it. i was hustling, breaking into houses, i would beat people up. we was growing weed, we was selling weed, we was toting guns. we was doing a little bit of everything. >> early on, we did a room search, actually found a picture of ava brawn in his belongings that he had posted like a centerfold. like, he thought ava brawn was a supermodel or centerfold he would look up to because of the ties with adolf hitler. >> in a highly risky move, staff decided to place jones in pendleton's grow unit. a unit where rival gang members have to live side by side. >> the white supremacists are a small minority here. when he was in general population, he and one of

it's obviously a new direct threat to the united states. there has been testimony across the board in terms of our military intelligence officials, public testimony that it's no longer a matter of if, but when he is going to have the capability to hit, not just a state like mine, alaska or hawaii but the lower 48 continental united states with intercontinental ballistic missile at some point. so, i and a number of members of this committee introduced a bill yesterday looking at significantly enhancing and advancing our homeland missile defense, but i would like to get your sense, in terms of the estimates, what do you think the estimates are with regard to when kim jong-un will be able to have this capability. i think it's very important question. i know you don't have a precise date, but i think the american people need to know it's probably a lot sooner than most people anticipate. can you give us a range, a window on when you think that capability is going to exist for this very unstable leader who is threatened to shoot nuclear missiles

the guerrilla is putting down weapons at this precise time to the united nations. insecurity has gone down significantly. today we have the lowest levels of violence of the last 40 years. at the same time, we have had significant progress for our citizens on issues such as education, housing, health, and social services. millions of colombians have been lifted out of poverty. today, we continue next to you as partners in peace colombia, to consolidate peace in the most affected areas. with the robust support of your government, we are removing thousands of anti-personnel mines that murdered and mutilated children, women, and soldiers. we are healing the wounds of our veterans and we are embarking on a big social development program. such as we said today, we are working with your administration to take advantage of the unique opportunity peace offers so as to reduce permanently the production of coca leaf in colombia and fight more effectively the other links in drug trafficking, including consumption. we must continue and deepen the fight against organized crime,

diverse nations can unite around protecting us in life. upholding human dignity and promoting peace and stability in the region. my regime is pursuing a cup progressive coalition and we made substantial progress during this trip. both israelis and palestinians seek lives of hope for their children and peace is possible to put aside the pain and disagreements of the past and commit together to resolving this crisis which dragged on for nearly half a century or more. i repeatedly said i am personally committed to helping israelis and palestinians achieve a peace agreement, i had a meeting this morning with president mahmoud abbas and can tell you the palestinians are ready to reach for piece, i am telling you that is what i do. they are ready to reach for piece. in my meeting with my very good friend, benjamin, reaching for piece, he loves people, especially love the israeli people, benjamin netanyahu wants piece. making peace, however, will not be easy. both sides will face tough decisions but with determination, compromise and belief that

ist is why the united states the largest foreign investor in australia, and the united states is our largest overseas investment destination, that's been -- about to become even larger. this is built on the work of millions of australian and americans, many of whom are here with us tonight, creating thousands of jobs in the usa and australia. today, together, we condemn and we resist north korea's reckless provocation. we fight together in iraq and afghanistan to defeat and destroy the terrorists who threaten our way of light -- life. australian and americans stand shoulder to shoulder, defending our freedoms. [applause] recently, i traveled to baghdad to visit our troops and commemorate -- i brought the gratitude of our knowledge the certain that we best honor the service and sacrifice of generations past by supporting the service men and women, the veteran and their families of today. i commend the board of the australian american association for their initiative in launching a new veterans fellowship fund tonight. i thank you all for being so generous. the proceeds from this eveni

it has deployed troops there, including the united states. but so has germany, canada, great britain. all three are leading the diplomas into the balkan states. in order to demonstrate the reality of what article 5 is. the russia threat was barely mentioned in the statement the president made. it is that combination, and unwillingness to recognize the degree to which russia does pose a danger to nato and combined with an unwillingness to declare article 5 as a solemn treaty commitment of the united states. charlie: you used to be there. you know what member states and the nato representatives think. what would you say about the reception today to the president's speech? >> i think there is a great deal of anxiety. this is an alliance that works in one way and one way only, which is when the united states leads. to get 28 countries to agree on anything requires somebody like the united states, a major power, to bring these countries along, to be a leader. it does not help to be a scolder when you are not willing at the same time to be leading.

it calls on them to unite into a fighting force. with the demands of the sla, death to the fascist insect that preys on the life of the people. >> we love you, patty, and we're all praying for you. i know those people. they have good ideals. they're just going about them the wrong way. >> initially, patty's kidnapping progresses exactly like you would expect, but then things start to get seriously weird. is. >> patty hearst claims she has now become tanya x, newest recruit in the symbionese liberation army. >> i've changed. i've become conscious and can never go back to the life i led before. >> at least initially there's widespread skepticism that patty hearst would join this group. it wasn't until she actually showed up in the middle of an sla bank robbery with a machine gun that suddenly all the country and all the world realize that this heiress was now part of an underground terrorist group. >> she held that weapon like she would use it? >> yes, absolutely. i thought she would any minute. >> people really didn't understand at t

eight city united. that was a hashtag that ran through the night. -- --a. hashtag that ran through the night. —— ——a. a classy tweet. it was a difficult and emotional night. a minute‘s silence before kick—off as a mark of respect for those who lost their lives in the terror attack. paul pogba gave united the lead inside 20 minutes last night. henrik mikataryan added the second after the break. the result means united qualify for next season‘s champions league. that is hugely important to the club and to the fans as well. and the swiss was at the game and joins us live from stockholm. —— andy. good morning what was the atmosphere like inside the stadium? it was a poignant night for the fans and the players. the players emerged at the start of the match wearing black arm bands. a minute‘s silence turned into an applause for a minute. chanting of manchester, manchester echoed across the stadium and inspired the players were powerful performance. paul pogba said the players had won it a

and theof my family prayers of the president of the united states. the suffering of christians in the middle east has stirred america to act. it brings me here today. president trump said not long ago that the christian church "nobody has been treated worse in the middle east." he has made it clear that america will stand by followers of christ in this hour of need. our administration is committed to bringing relief and comfort to believers across the middle east and the world. this president knows the terrorists will not stop until we stop them. under president donald trump we will stop them. [applause] v.p. pence: in president trump we not only have a leader who calls our enemy by name, we have a president who is confronting who confront them. president trump, i can promise you, the armed forces of the united states of america working with our allies in the region in iraq and afghanistan, we will not rest, we will not relent until we hunt down and destroy isis at its source. [applause] v.p. pence: because of the action of president donald trump isi

today the united states and saudi arabia are conducting new expenses from over seven decades. one of the real hallmarks of today is the economic cooperation. economicve strong engagements between two countries, that's foundational to a strong security relationship as well. as you heard the former -- the foreign minister mentioned, we have let up to $350 billion of historic direct investment. that is in arms sales to bolster the security of our saudi partners. these are going to result in literally hundreds of thousands of american jobs, created by these direct investments. and purchases of american goods, american equipment, american technology, but also investment into the kingdom of saudi arabia as well. that thistant to note is an indication of the confidence that the kingdom of saudi arabia has in the united states investment climate. as they evaluate the future investment climate in the united states, what they are seeing already is a positive impacts of president trump's actions to improve the business climate in the u.s. and investment in job creation and they intend to

that's an average compared to 1100 across the united states. slice it in half and divide it and shows the united states as a whole as far as the land area, about 10 million square kilometers of land. look at the fatality numbers across the united states for tornadoes every year. 72 versus five in europe. again, shows you the significance. land masses similar but again the conditions more favorable on the united states ends. there's a storm system that could spark additional water spouts across parts of the greek isles. no injuries or fatalities. far smaller than their u.s. counterparts. >> when do you see something like that? >> not often. >> thanks. >>> thank you for being with us this hour for "cnn newsroom." early start is next. for viewers here in the united states. >> for everyone else, stay tuned for more news with fax foster. you're watching cnn, the world's news leader. have a great day. sometimes you just know when you hit a home run. that's how i feel about blue-emu pain relief spray. odorless and fast-acting. it soothes all my muscle

where hopefully in their view the united states will kind of let them be the policeman. theatoryatories in russia will come under the russian sway. trump because he's so not committed to democracy, not committed to western alliance and because they think he actually has a more pro-russian attitude, there's been a lot of praise of trump here. >> i want to also -- since you're there, i want to also get to the issue of possible russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and kind of get that perspective from russia as well. are you learning anymore about possible collusion? >> i'm not learning much more about possible collusion. this is not the kind of thing you would hear on the ground here. this would be very secret stuff. certainly the interference in the election is something that russian leaders will admit to you over a beer. this is something they're proud of, i mean the idea that russians are denying this happened is nonsense. of course publicly putin denies it, but when you get them over beers they'll say, yeah, we got you. some of putin's people regards

of the united states. several of us would call and threaten to withhold some of our funds supporting the united nations. of course the united nations has always wanted to be independent. they always wanted to be not accountable to anyone. so consequently, they put together these -- the best way for them to do that is if they could somehow be funded independently and not be accountable to other, to the various countries. not just the united states but any of the rest of them. so let me -- so they hold this meeting on december of every year, and they hold it at very exotic places and everybody gets real excited. they have 192 countries, mr. president. 192 countries come in, and what they tried to do was get them all to h limit their co2 emissions. they all come in because 99% of the countries of the 192 countries are ones who want to get money out of this deal. i read into it. i have a friend of mine from ben in, west africa. this was several years ago. i said why are you here? he said this is where the mone

heads of state from canada, france, germany, italy, japan, the united kingdom, and the united states are meeting in the sicilian resort town of taormina. the european union is also represented. the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent james landale is there with a look at what is expected to be high on the leader's agenda. theresa may arrived in sicily last night for her first g7 summit, a rare chance for her and just six other leaders to discuss the world's problems, face—to—face, around a table. and as they gather around the ancient coatal town of taormina they will be hoping for few dramas, above all from donald trump, who's made his doubts about multi—lateral groups like this well known. at this summit, as ever, they will discuss world trade, climate change, migration from north africa across these very climate change, migration from north africa across these very seas. but after events from recent days, almost inevitably, the focus will be on the fight against global terrorism. theresa may will sit down formally with the us president and discuss not justthose leaks from the ma

the united states is partly responsible for that refugee crisis. host: let's be clear on your point here it north korea be allowed to have nuclear weapons? if israel can have nukes, then north korea should be able to have nukes. india,ia, china, pakistan, united states can have nukes, then north korea should be able to have nukes. host: that doesn't bother you based on the unpredictably of kim jong in? caller: what about the predictability of the north -- u.s. government? north korea has never overthrow the government. they have not dropped an atomic bomb on anybody. the u.s. has. host: we will go next to texas. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. thank you for everything you do. i wanted to make a suggestion that instead of dividing your callers this morning on this issue by party, you divided by geographical region in the united states. i don't think people in florida are worried about a north korean missile attack as people in california or washington or alaska, places like that of the west coast. i think it would be better and h

the united states. ultimately, the final denial was in april. we have no choice. well, the choice would be to ignore a court order. so you can't pick and choose the laws that you obey and i can't pick and choose the laws that we're, by law, are required to enforce. and as i say, i've attempted to talk to senator casey, i mean, he's a busy guy too. he constituent get me yesterday but he did talk to the real person he needed to talk to, tom homan who's ice. i will try for the rest of the day and maybe for the rest of my life to talk to him, but i will give him the same message that tom homan gave him. this person exhausted all of the legal pro protections, the process that the united states laws as passed by the united states congress gave her and we had a court order to remove her and we did. we can't disobey the law. and with that, i gotta run. >> thank you, secretary, thank you very much. >> thanks so much. [ applause ] . >> as we reset the stage -- >>> the republican national lawyers association holds its annual policy conference friday in washington, d.c. this

franklin room that was named after one of our founding fathers also international diplomacy in the united states as the chairman of the council of america's society and of course, then eric will be before the subcommittee tomorrow so getting a good night's sleep rebuild really you hard. [laughter] i think this is an exciting time with regard to the western hemisphere it is an opportunity of policy outside of normal conventions. certainly since the end of cold war something that needs to be reversed because in the end of our future and securities is deeply tied to our region because we talk about the western hemisphere. we are a part of that. you know, full well culturally and socially and politically. i want to take an opportunity to share with you gather my thoughts from the senate that i am troubled by for policy in general and to be tactically as well as strategic lead proven but we spend a lot of time payment talking about tactics over sanctions or military action diplomatic engagement but if it does on have a strategy we still lots of time. i do not pretend to have the all milling st

but they've literally taken over towns and cities of the united states. they will be gone very quickly. i look forward to working with president santos as we target drug trafficking. both the united states and colombia have strong law enforcement and security relationship. we've had it and especially over the last fairly short period of time. together we will continue to fight the criminal networks responsible for the deadly drug trade that our people have a really strong commitment to getting rid of because they want a much brighter future. president santos and i also discussed the deteriorating situation in venezuela, and it is really in a very bad state, as you see, as we all see, through the media. the stable and peaceful venezuela is in the best interest of the entire hemisphere and america stands with all of the people in our great hemisphere yearning to be free. we will be working with colombia and other countries on the venezuela problem. it is a very, very horrible problem and from a humanitarian standpoint, it is like nothing we've seen in quite

united states didn't do much. they're only involved in the last months of the war, essentially, 47 days of combat, depending on the big push and how you're counting but, america doesn't do much. well that is not totally true. we're the biggest supplier of the british in world war i. britain spends most of its war budget in the u.s. in fact one of my favorite hobbies on battlefield walking if you walk out on the somm you will find a nose cap in the field of an 18-pounders because of number of shells fired there. i will give you even odds you pick one of those up when you look at it, it is stamped alcoa or made in the u.s. that shell was fired in july of 1916. we didn't have americans that far north. we had them slightly south but no american fired that round. so that is proof positive that americans supplying the allies. and she's leaning toward that way. so, there is this huge risk gamble needs to be taken, you can cut the ally supply lines, okay, my slides don't want to cooperate. you can either cut the allied su

united? >> so this was a horrible incident that was terrible and shameful to all of us at united. for the most part everything out that united is going really well. that is one of the things that is also disappointing to us. because operationally united is running the best airline in history that we have ever run. >> how is your, how are your boardings? have you had as many bookings as before? >> ,it is impossible for us to see in the data. >> how has the stock been the last three weeks since the incident? >> our stock initially went down but has recovered since. >> in fact is higher now than it was the day of the incident. is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> what do you think that says? i think it says that you've got the passenger where you want him. i think it says there is not enough competition in the industry and people that had to play with united before still have to play with united if they want to get somewhere. and there really is no choices of business is really back where it was. i

while standing up to the organizations that deliberately exclude the united states. that is the first pillar of security but that alone will not be enough. i will not be possible until we do the other two things. second would be expanding economic prosperity because it isn't a zero sum game. economic opportunity for the neighbors not only makes it less likely that they would come to the united states in the way that is irregular but also helps the economies that become trade partners with us. in the absence we need robust trade and economic agenda for the hemisphere that makes clear china and other actors are not an alternative to the u.s. market. so this talks about things like forging closer economic ties including those that prioritize the market reform and tackle corruption to help the partners when they connect and deepen their economic relationship in the region by modernizing after but ensuring the process doesn't send the message that the united states is closed for business prioritized the strengthening of the property protection and strict labor standards.

the united states has 2000 more strategic nuclear weapons and the soviet union. admiral jean larocque suggests, the pentagon has such warnings to continue the arms building. >> they want to suggest that there is a cap and the size of our forces and the soviet forces. this suggests that if we can explode more nuclear weapons, we can close that gap. this whole business is as phony as a three dollar bill. >> many congress members i agree that increased spending will not make us more secure. jim leach, cosponsor of the house resolution for a conference of test ban treaty. >> as a republican member of congress, i've become increasingly impressed at how many conservative americans, particularly of republican families, are now saying that common sense, business sense dictates greater concern about the defense budget command greater concern about arms control itself. the test ban symbolizes it's all. it's the logic of our times. if you can't have a test ban, you can't have significant arms control. you are saying he will give up on the issue of nuclear proliferation. the

is currently paying much more than any other nations, that's not fair for the united states or the united states' taxpayers. we'll work on it. i will tell you a big difference over the last year. money is actually starting to pour into nato from countries that would not have been doing what they're doing now, had i not been elected, i can tell you that. it is only fair to the united states, we want to be treated fairly. we are behind nato all the way. all of us will be more safe and secure if everyone fulfills their obligations, the way they're supposed to, right? look at this man, he's over there, he's agreeing with me 100%. >> most people agree. next, i attended the g-7 right here in sicily and made great progress towards very, very vital goals. i laid out my vision for economic growth and fair trade and supportive of good paying jobs and even great paying, middle class jobs and more. i called for much greater security and cooperations on matters of terrorism and immigration, migration, to protect our citizens. from saudi arabia and israel and nato to g-7, we made extraordinary game on

of the united nations, nato and the g20. [speaking in native tongue]. translator: we have been enjoying" operations in all of these platforms around the world and in the future to come we will focus on making sure we will expand our close cooperation and build on the outstanding we enjoy. [speaking in native tongue]. translator: we are determined to expend our relations and i believe the united states will mark a historical turn. [speaking in native tongue]. translator: whether it be throughout our bilateral discussions or the discussions we shall have between the delegations, i think we will enjoy further gains in terms of the future of our relations. [speaking in native tongue]. translator: we seem to agree on expending further relations in the field of economy, trade, reciprocal investments, energy and defense. [speaking in native tongue]. translator: it is going to be very important for us to forge up close solidarity and cooperation in the field of fighting terrorism with -- and all the other terrorism in the nation. [s

the united states marine corps, lt. general jack bergmann, and colonel al cook. >> representing the united states navy, commander tim murphy and lieutenant commander peel olsen. -- pete olsen. representing the united states air force brigadier general donald bacon and major adam kinzinger. representing the united states coast guard, ralph abraham and seaman steve blainye. to represent those held captive or still unaccounted for, command sergeant major tim walls and colonel joe wilson, united states army. ladies and gentlemen, we will now observe a moment of silence, followed by "taps." [moment of silence] detail, attention. [playing of "taps"] ♪ ladies and gentlemen, that concludes today's sorry money. thank you for attending. -- ceremony. >> thank you, ma'am. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [applause] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudib

the united states has not made up their mind yet. sara: they did manage to present a united front on terrorism but what are they going to do about it? >> it is not surprising they could find some agreement. the german chancellor spoke about this. >> our document on terrorism also aims at terrorism in other countries and not those here today. we agreed on three points, first, a better exchange of information among our countries. we have already made considerable progress but this is essential. plus of the drying up of resources for fininancing for terrorists and to make sure the internet cannot be used to spread islamist, terrorist propaganda. correspondent: g7 leaders were rather detailed and committed themselves to have the private sector have more control over the internet. this row between the united states and great britain, this seems to be contained or now. sara: were there any surprises this time around? correspondent: not really, we saw the signs coming that this would be a very difficult g7 summit. some major points arare st

,nd some of the mills especially the united peace and -- the united piece dye works in lodi, who are mostly black workers, had no agreement at all. but from the point of view of the workers, this was an orderly retreat, better than being totally smashed. but what happened over the next several months is the companies began to violate the agreement pretty much whole scale. the conditions of the workers did not dramatically improve, and workers who were known as militants found themselves unemployed or not hired back. in 1928, the united textile workers washed its hands of the entire situation by expelling its passaic local, because the passaic local, on the pretext that passaic workers supported a strike in new bedford, massachusetts, in which the communist played a prominent role. if you read the history of the united textile workers in the 19's -- written in the 1950's, they do not mention the passaic strike at all. so how does one evaluate the passaic strike at the end of it? the question of trade unions, on a narrow economic basis, the strike was lost. that is to say, there was no

oscar munoz, chief executive officer of the united airlines accompanied by the president of united airlines. mr. joseph sprag, a senior vice president for external relations for alaska airlines. mr. bob jordan, executive vice president, chief commercial officer for southwest airlines. ms. carry, senior vice president of the customer experience for american airlines and mr. william j. mcgee, aviation consultant consumers union. i look forward to hearing your testimony and working with you in the coming months. i ask consent all witnesses full statements be included into the record. without objection, so ordered. since your written testimony has been made part of the record would request you limit your oral testimony to five minutes and with that mr. munoz you may proceed. >> thank you. >> thank you. and ranking member, thank you as well. all members of the committee. we thank you for the opportunity to address the committee on this as equally important matter to us as you said. my name is oscar munoz, ceo with united airlines and with me is our president scott kirby. the reason i'm sitting h

united has knowledgacknowledged. the united incident in chicago has not been the only airline incident to gain national attention recently and we need to look at the policies and procedures across the entire industry to help address and improve the experience for the flying public. you need to ask yourselves as providers are you prioritizing those shareholder profits over the basic needs of consumers. the airline industry as a whole needs to explore sensible ways to fix the traveling experience for our passengers. as our commercial air system continues to grow, airports are more congested, travellers have fewer options, the flying public understands because they see it every time when they fly. the seats are fuller, and becoming smaller by the way. tempers are flaring and if you run into trouble if your flight is canceled or you miss is a connection you're out of look. airplanes are flying full and seats aren't available to accommodate displaced passengers and capacity in many cases is rising slowly if at all as a co

socialalist parties here in t the united states and the communist party of the united s states were powerf. they had a lot of people, and they worked together with the c.i.o. and together, they went to the government at that time, and they saidid 2 things: "we represent the mass of working people, and we don't wwant to sufferr the way we'e're suffering in this breakdown n of capitali. you gotta do something." and they addressed themselves to a kind of middle-of-the-road dedemocratic politician who o hd just gotten elected president on a program of a balanced budget-- franklin roosevelt. and they said to him, "you've gotta do something for the people." and the socialists and communists said, "you gotta do something for the people," but they added a little barb, "because we think that there's a better system, an alternative system, to capitalism. and if you keep performing as badly as you're doing in the depths of the depression, we're gonna try to establish that alternative." and they pointed across the ocean to the soviet union, said, "see? like them.m." that scared folks. and mr. roosevel

i think that is why i should yield to the distinguished vice president of the united states. the vice president. [applause] pence: thank you guest.of our honored on behalf of the president of the united states, today will be my great privilege to administer the oath of office to the 18th united states trade representative, robert lighthouse or -- robert light -- robert lighthizer. and with this appointment, donald trumps cabinet is finally complete. occasion.special it is an honor to have a couple of people very special. joiningelcome me in robert lighthizer and his family here. including here, it his grandchildren. thank you so much for coming. [applause] vice president pence: i am delighted to be joined by a friend and colleague of so many years. senator pat roberts. thank you for your representation of the great people of kansas. let me tell you by the response of the crowd a few moments ago, it is always an honor to be the -- with senator bob dole. one of the greatest of americans of the last century. [applause] pence: to hear bob tell it, he learned everything he knows f

we're all united in that struggle. i hope that he will talk a little bit with them about this africa problem that you mentioned earlier. what ways might be available to stem the tide of refugees cross libya and algeria into italy and i guess also out into the canary islands. it's a huge humanitarian crisis that affects europe. host: congressman rooney, francis rooney, republican of florida, member of the foreign affairs committee, and also the former u.s. ambassador to the holy see, thank you, sir, for your time. guest: thanks for having me on. host: we'll bring you now to the floor of the house. they're about to gavel in. we'll bring you gavel-to-gavel coverage here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god we give you thanks for giving us another day. the members of this people's house will be leaving for the memorial day recess. as they meet with their respective constituents, give them the gifts of wisdom

the 45th president of the united states of america, donald trump. [applause] >> since the first day of our administration and the great tradition of this college are president has been freeing the economy by rolling back the heavy hand of big government, expanding education opportunities for the most disadvantaged children, and restoring safety to our streets and i can't tell you how proud i am to be a vice president to a president who understands without apology for the sanctity of life and all the god-given liberties in the constitution of the united states. the president said a week ago in a ceremony just like this, quote, nothing worth doing ever came easy. following your convictions means face criticism from those who lack the courage to do it right. i say to the graduates here today don't fear criticism, have the humility to listen to it, most importantly push through. persistence is the key, never quit on your dreams. dreams may be deferred but they can never be abandoned. let my own small life be an example to you graduates. my calling from

it's not just united, though. just last week -- >> my baby, just give me my stroller please -- >> reporter: a mother with two toddlers crashed with an american airlines flight attendant over a double wide stroller that was supposed to be checked at the gate. >> he was very upset, grabbed and it yanked it, vie lently yanked it. >> reporter: another passenger on board stepped in, setting off sparks. >> hey, bud? hey, bud? you dth you flat. >> you stay out of this. >> reporter: american airlines upgraded the woman and her family to first class for the rest of their trip. they also refunded the full price of her ticket and gave her $1,000 travel voucher. at that congressional hearing today, an american airline executive addressed the incident. >> we did not handle that situation as it should have been handled. and we take responsibility for that. we should have helped her to gate check her stroller before she brought it on board. >> reporter: if things seem to be soaring out of control, some experts say there are ways

beef with the president of china during his visit to the united states. and it's vital that we work to ensure that u.s. beef is traded fairly and trade barriers are eliminated there as well. >> i agree wholeheartedly. i want to be able to serve beef, american beef specifically iowa premium beef at the embassy and at the ambassador's residence. i don't think it's fair that right now we have to serve australian beef or argentinian beef. and this issue goes back to mad cow disease. 13 years ago, as you've said, they've announced they're going to do it but it's still not been done and that's one of the areas that i feel very strongly about. in fact, the trade mission i went on in november to both china and japan we did have a great press conference and beef tasting in tokyo. and our beef sales, i was on the early stages of opening that japanese market many years ago to american beef. and that now is really flourishing and we need the same access in china, mad cow disease has not been in this country for i think 13 years and besides that, the mad cow came from

the united states has been deprived going back decades and you remember the reason for the gulf war in 1991 with saddam hussein occupied kuwait and we were protecting saudi arabia for possible invasion from the south. we were using airbases that we established years before that to launch our. us wants to dial down our involvement in terms of how much it's costing us to defend countries in this region and by selling saudi arabia these arms it could take some of the pressure off the united states according to rex tillerson, secretary of state appeared at a press conference here in our hotel earlier today foreign minr three. three said this is a historic point in a turning point in relations between the saudi arabia and united states. it increases the partnership between the two countries. in terms of what saudi arabia is looking for from the united states is a greater commitment and a firm commitment to reign in iran. there were problems in the administration with the signing of the nuclear deal that saudi arabia really believes that the policy of the obama administration was more contai

people that had to fly with united before still have to fly with united if they want to get somewhere. tanned there really is no choice, so business is really back where it was. i re-marked to my wife when i heard -- saw on tv how much the stock had dropped. if i didn't mind disclosing it and if i weren't a public official, i would have seen it as a mying opportunity, because it was obvious to me that the passenger has nowhere else to go, so it's not surprising to me that your stock has returned, because basically your boardings are going to be about the same. if the passenger -- if the traveling public wants to boycotts united as a result of this outrageous incident which you say you've corrected, they really don't have a way to boycott you, do they? >> sir, there's lots of competition. i'd like to think that our stock recovery is that we're truly going to fix the airlines and make customers at the center of everything we do. and that commitment that we've adopted is going to help us not only improve for customers it's going to help us improve for our employees and this that will lea

when he was in vladivostok, his unit was there to protect the hospital mainly. upon his return from one of the battles, and there were people killed outside of that town, his motorcycle ran off the road, and he was in an accident, which caused him severe damage. he spent some time in the was not in combat , at that time, and recuperating. he wrote many letters home about his impressions of the red army and the coming of communism. his exposure to that part of the world, which was completely different than san francisco or redding, gave him some insight. there was an international group of people in the expedition that went to vladivostok. there were japanese there, french people there, army people, so he had their point of view to contemplate. so i would say it influences his understanding of the world. so the multinational force left vladivostok and he returned to the united states. back to the great area, where he had his connections to stanford, one of which he and become , was with theh hoover commission. that would be herbert hoover, later president of the

we begin with the news that manchester united have won the united league after defeating ajax in stockholm. it was played in the backdrop of the tragic events in manchester less than 48 hours beforehand. 0ur sport editor was in sweden for the match which saw manchester united claim their second major trophy of the season. after the dreadful events on monday

(united we let's start with this article in the arab news. ( united we will not ba il" arab news. ( united we will not bail". this is about donald trump's visit to saudi arabia, which seems to have gotten off to a good start. there was some concern that he might ta ke there was some concern that he might take a similarline there was some concern that he might take a similar line to barack obama when he visited the middle east. effectively as the arab news says, lectured middle eastern leaders on how to behave. what donald trump is doneis how to behave. what donald trump is done is do the opposite. he has gone in theirwin an done is do the opposite. he has gone in their win an olive branch and has said, we are here to help to want to ta ke said, we are here to help to want to take action against terrorists. and i want to do a few trade deals as well. he has done the trade deals come of billions of dollars' worth of trade deals. he's come out of it well. two thumbs up, mr trump, of trade deals. he's come out of it well. two thumbs up, mrtrump, they say. when you said you were going to put am

crucially also, the united states has no refugee policy. we only have an immigration policy so people fleeing racial and religious persecution have to go through the same deliberate immigration steps as anyone else. in 1929, the stock market crashes. five years after the new immigration act. and the u.s. and a lot of the sens -- deens -- the scends into an economic depression and as a result of that president herbert hoover issues and instruction to the state department to deny immigration visas to anyone who would likely become a public charge. anyone who they perceive would at any point need any sort of assistance from the united states once they immigrated. so if you did not have an indefinite stream of income, you are no longer eligible for a visa. immigration numbers drop significantly. in march 1933, roosevelt takes the oath of office and he promises his countrymen in his inauguration speech that the only thing they have to fear is fear it self. for americans looking around at that time, that will ring hollow. they are seeing 25% unem