the united states took the only responsible course. we withdrew from the human rights council and we will not return until real reform is enacted. for similar reasons, the united states will provide no support and recognition to the international criminal court. as far as america is concerned, the icc has no jurisdiction, no legitimacy, and no authority. the icc claims near universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country. violating all principles of justice, fairness and due , process, we will never surrender sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy. america is governed by americans. we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. around the world, responsible nations must defend against threats to sovereignty, not just from global governments but also from other forms of coercion and domination. in america we believe in energy , security, for ourselves and for our allies. we have become the largest energy producer anywhere on the face of the earth. the united states stands

the united states is committed to making the united nations more effective, and accountable. i have said many times that the united nations has unlimited potential as part of our reform effort i told our negotiators the united states will not pay more than 25 percent of the us peacekeeping budget this will encourage other countries to step up and get involved and also share in this very large burden. we are working to shift more of the funding of contributions to voluntary to target american resources with the best record of success. only when each of us does our part and contributes our share, can we realize the un's highest aspirations. we must pursue peace without fear, hope without despair and security without apology. looking around this hall for what has transpired think of the many before us who address the challenges of their nations and of their times and our thoughts turn to the same question that ran through all of their speeches and resolutions to every word and hope, what kind of world will be leave for our children? and what will they inherit? the dreams that fi

the united states pushes forward its ambitious project of a pan arab alliance against iran but there are deep divisions brought on by the gulf crisis so can washington's desire to rope in israel along with the arab states against a common enemy actually succeed and what does it mean for president trump's middle east peace plan this is inside stuart. welcome to the program today with me peter w. washington has begun putting together a plan to forge and iran alliance with the arab countries now the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei has met foreign ministers of the gulf cooperation council states and egypt and jordan they discuss the perceived threats posed by iran to peace and stability across the middle east however the g.c.c. is of course a house divided once the blockade imposed on by some of its neighbors lifted before the u.s. security plan can be considered credible husham. discussion today from new york. a gathering of gold fry vel's. this is the first time qatar's foreign minister has come face to face with his counterparts from saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt since the fou

it certainly has no consent whatever from the united states. as americans, we fully understand that consent to the government is a prerequisite to true legitimacy. we reject such a flagrant violation of our national sovereignty. to make matters worse, the court structure is contrary to fundamental american principles, including checks and balances on authority, through the separation of powers. our founders believed that a division of authority among three separate ranches of government would provide the maximum level of protection for individual liberty. the international criminal court melds two of these branches together. in the i.c.c. structure, the executive branch, the office of the prosecutor is an orbegan of the court. the framers of our constitution considered such a melding of powers unacceptable for our own government and we should not accept it in the icc. other governments may choose whichs reject the powers but not the , united states. there are no mechanisms to hold the court and its personnel accountable or curtail its unchecked

member to have signed by a lot of agreement with the united states to combat terrorist financing. let's bring in our panelists joining us from doha it will him for a hat associate professor of conflict resolution to high cities for graduate studies into holland hammett more so a professor of political science at the university of tehran and from washington d.c. hillary mann leverett former u.s. state department official and c.e.o. of the political risk consultancy strutter welcome to the program blame weather report talks about the decline in attacks and casualties. from terrorist groups is that an indication that groups for example like i said until qaida have lost the fight. well first of all the report talks about an induction and number of attacks by. by isis by about twenty three percent compared to last year so it's very obvious that the move of isis from. dakar has impacted the numbers of attacks launched by these by by isis this year however this leaves us with two major questions one is that with these numbers are sustainable with that there are continuing they're going t

member to have signed by a lot of agreement with the united states to combat terrorist financing. let's bring in our panelists joining us from doha it will him for a hat associate professor of conflict resolution the highest it's used for graduate studies into holland hammett more so a professor of political science at the university of tehran and from washington d.c. hillary mann leverett former u.s. state department official and c.e.o. of the political risk consultancy strata welcome to the program blame whether port talks about the decline in attacks and casualties. from terrorist groups is that an indication that groups for example like i said until clyde to have lost the fight. well first of all the report talks about induction and number of attacks by. by isis by about twenty three percent compared to last year so it's very obvious that the move of isis from. dakar has impacted the numbers of attacks launched by the byte by isis this year however this leaves us with two major questions one is that with these numbers are sustainable with that there are continuing they're goin

the united states and the i.c.c. have had a rocky relationship since the court's inception the united states is not a member it doesn't it refuses international jurisdiction over its nationals but following the prosecutor's decision to open a case and to investigate alleged war crimes by u.s. military personnel and u.s. intelligence personnel in afghanistan that relationship has worsened and that's when we heard john bolton really use very harsh language against the i.c.c. it's not really the first time that john bolton has used such language he was an official in the bush administration and since then he has been trying to undermine the credibility of the court now the i.c. i c c did not react to following john bolton speech but when x. excerpts of his speech were released by the media they did send us a statement now in their statement of the courts of mentions that it benefits from the membership of of some one hundred fifty parties from from across the world trying really to defend its credibility even though the

the bank of the united states. this is the second bank of the united states. if you recall from earlier in the semester, there was a first bank of the united states. 1791, alexander hamilton pushes through congress a bank of the united states. this bank a private bank with stockholders and dividends. this bank, hamilton says, will benefit not only financial interests, but will benefit the country, the public. how will it benefit the public? because the u.s. treasury will deposit money in the bank coming in from taxes and the treasury can borrow money from the bank. it has a 20-year charter but lots of opponents. the chief opponent, thomas jefferson hates the bank. the bank, jefferson believes, is an imperils american liberty by elevating to power a wealthy financial elite. jefferson opposes it. jefferson comes to power in 1800, the first banks charter expires, but one year later, a war iraq with britain. a very expensive war -- a war erupts with britain, a very extensive war. thomas jefferson charters a second bank of the united states and this bank, much like

together with the united states hopefully. not having the nuclear deal in place would not put us in a better position toiscuss with iran the rest that we need to address. indeed, we have started to discuss with iran the last couple of months the situation in n,ye the situation in syria. i believe we are better hesitioned with agreement to discuss and address and achieve results on the issues than without. >> you have spoken over and t again about security, ab making sure you maintain the global security so far as you can. some said that maybe you shouldn't be using just that as your paradigm. for instance, eli lake of bloomberg, if she didn't exist, the oug autocrats w trying to create her. dictators should not aim to transition these countries to open societies but rather to prevent conflict at all cost. >> the? question is >> the question is, do they have a point? is there, for stance, a stronger way you couldr eit then or now be engaging iran on human rights as well as for instance ernon-prolion? >> we are the only one in t

states and north korea's very low to be fair to the north koreans united states has also cheated on nuclear treaties with rogue states most obviously with libya seven years ago are ten years ago right so there's low strategic trust on both sides which is why these big grand gestures are sort of denuclearization exchange for peace treaty these large things they're just not going to happen what we need to do is kick this back down to the working level and lead diplomats start making small steps and build toward something more substantial this is just not a big bang approach is just not going to work and once the american election said after the midterms the democrats take the house of representatives and trump is embroiled in investigations and scandal all this is going to disappear in twelve weeks the trauma administration is not going to be talking about north korea suing i mean if just robert talking about the domestic implications of the deal on my top annex do you think that. the south korean president is taking over those things into consideration and what would be the options a

not because of the united states. i came to the united states from the university which is -- built in 1953. that was the university i was working. it was built by united states. my first english teacher was a peace corps gentleman. i love him dearly, and they showed us the good of people. so i deeply thank the united states for their help, and thank you for that question. and now in the short past we've had some questionable support. it is not because of the united states support. it is our people who are bad on the top of the government who are using that support in their own direction. so i am thinking, you know, suggesting any help, even if it's bad, it helps somebody in that country which needs that help. so if united states support, we appreciate. i am thankful of that. thank you. >> thank you. mr. said, how do you think, or how do you view the united states but how do you think the people of ethiopia right now view the united states? >> take as much. it is a great question. let me start from this, from the memb

welcome to all of you around the united states and the world. i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the show. president trump spent much of his week at the united nations general assembly criticizing iran. >> the regime is the world's leading sponsor of terror and fuels conflict across the region and far beyond. >> iran's leaders sew chaos, death and destruction. >> i'll talk to one of those leads about the president's charges. iran's foreign minister javad zarif joins me in a moment. also, how to fight back against vladimir putin. lessons from petro poroshenko, the president of ukraine. his nation is literally on the front lines of russian aggression, and how to handle immigration from across the globe. i'll talk with mexico's president, switzerland's president and new zealand's prime minister on their views about one of the most divisive issues today. >>> but first, here is my take. president trump's speech on tuesday at the u.n. was an intelligent, at times eloquent presentation of his america first world view. he laid

the united states took the only responsible course. we withdrew from the human rights council, and we will not return until real reform is enacted. for similar reasons, the united states will provide no support and recognition to the international criminal. as far as america is concerned, the icc has no jurisdiction, no legitimacy, and no authority. the icc claims near-universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country, violating all principles of justice, fairness, and due process. we will never surrender america's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable global bureaucracy. america is governed by american americans. we reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism around the world. responsible nations must defend against threats to sovereignty. and not just from global governments, but from other newer forms of coercion and domination. in america, we believe strongly in energy security. for ourselves, and for our allies. we have become the largest energy producer anywhere on the face of the eart

we have had this debate in the united states before. for our younger participants, i want to remind you we have had this conversation more than once. this is not new to american politics. we talked about burden sharing with our allies in the 1960s. senator said, europeans pay up. there was a debate in our congress about amending our support on nato, based on how much europeans paid. these are consistent and continuous conversations that we ought to be having with our allies on alliance equities and i think we ought to make sure the american people support these alliances. they are important in that sense. i think this is what actually looks like one of our stronger relationships at the moment, because i think a lot of these indicators are shifting in a direction the american people should feel more confident about. we have also had economic reassessments of how we participate in the global economy, whether it is trade deals with japan or the plaza agreement in 1985. whether you go back to the 70s and think about the smithsonian agreemen

mostly the united states. the united states was always more global, far reaching and they have got along by agreements that set up institutions that take politics out of the management of the relationship. we sound a treaty that created an international commission that looks at management of the great lakes, water quality. invasive species and presidents don't need to worry about that at all. it is coming along below the surface. we have and air defense agreement set up in the early cold war to protect the shared airspace because we feared they would come over north america and we needed the institution. when it is needed it is not necessary to go back to the president -- of the united states as in 9/11 when we needed to do something because we did not know. the canadians ordered american and canadian fighters to secure the airspace. they were not trying to get around the politics. nafta is the most central institution in the relationship. what is unnerving them is shaking up of something foundational that the

europe was two to three years behind the united states. in the u.s. federal reserve two years ago, with the labor market having more confidence reaching full employment. europe is not there yet. if the ecb still has negative interest rates in a year with some improvement in the labor market. : i'm wonderingie how you are senior approach at the moment. seeing a strong participation by investors. just given some of the headlines, we have had somewhat outlook for two years. the u.s. equity market has been stronger than anticipated. valuation still have significant merit for investors trying to orient our portfolio the next several years. that marketseve outside the united states may have slightly higher expect it returns in the next several years. we are seeing and urging investors to have modestly lower spec tatian's, but you withdraw from the markets. we see a significant risk of a recession. vonnie: do you see a bear market bonds? no, we would need to see a significant selloff at the long end. there is always a risk of that, but we have fairly high co

that tension manifested itself in the united states in the second red scare. the first red scare occurred after world war i. in this talk, i explore an important element of the red scare, the effect of spies real and imagined, on the american political system and the fear of communist subversion of the american way of life. several incidents occurred to reinforce america's fear of communist spies. one of the chief reasons for this fear involved the atomic bomb, which was used during the -- to end the war against japan in 1945. this slide here shows the bond -- bomb that was detonated over nagasaki, japan on august 9, 1945. the first bomb was detonated over hiroshima three days earlier, august 6, 1945. for four years between 1945 and 1949, the united states was the only nation in the world that possessed the atomic bomb. in july, 1945, a few weeks before the end of world war ii, harry truman informed soviet leader joseph stalin at a conference in germany of the u.s. development of the atomic bomb. remember, this is just a few weeks before the bomb was actually

it centers the united states or the idea of the united states being a welcomed haven for people who were exiled. unfortunately, the history of the united states tells a somewhat different, more complicated story. the truth is, we have not always had a humanitarian impulse to welcome refugees. usually, we have only done so when it is in our humanitarian national interest. usually, we are more inclined to actually reject refugees than to accept them. and to brawl the words of -- borrow the words of historian eric king, refugees who have been accepted are not only resettled, but are also deeply unsettled by the experience of forced migration. -- migration and resettlement in the united states. to give you an overview of what i will talk about today, i will give you a little background about american refugee resettlement policy after the second war. then i am going to use that background to set up why the 1970's were such an important period of change. the ugandan asian refugees first arrived in united states and they were followed by an even larger group of refugees, southeast asian refugee

united states. a balanced trade relationship provides more exports than any other country from the united states. canada is a small country and cannot continue with the instability with investors keeping their hands in their pockets, with manufacturers slowing down. that instability is problematic and has been for quite a while. prime minister judo's political -- prime minister trudeau's opposition is stepping up and says they're concerned about what he is doing to the economy. the first time in this process that the prime minister is getting domestic push back at home. >> if you have questions about negotiations, give us a call, democrats at 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001 negots a. independents, 202-748-8002. outside the united states, we want to hear from you, especially in the --202-748-8003 is the number and you will join the discussion. remind viewers that the wilson center is? guest: a nonpartisan think tank created by congress in 1968. our mission is to advance understanding of the w

united states government does this all the time u.s. government officials make jokes all the time the president of the united states uses social media extremely effectively and makes lots of jokes on it in fact he probably would not be president if he hadn't used twitter extremely effectively so it's mystifying why anyone would say that this is somehow inappropriate the united states has it i've even seen jokes about things that are pretty grim for example the department of defense twitter account has made jokes about drone strikes and weapons that bomb civilians in afghanistan and elsewhere those are pretty tasteless jokes so i guess you could say that a terribly tasteless joke might be something that would cross the line but jokes themselves are why not they're an important part of dialogue. ok and i don't set return to that comes headline grabbing speech at the u.n. because it wasn't just foreign powers he attacked citation is an oversight came in for some steak and it's kind of muffin i reports it is an argument we've heard from him

and the united states. joining us now, commerce secretary wilbur ross leading the effort to implement the president's trade policies and all others. commerce and financial as well. it's great to see you, mr. secretary. good to have you with us. congratulations on the deal with mexico. congratulations to this point on implementing the tariffs, the next round tariffs. 10% tariffs on some $200 billion of chinese experts in this country that go into effect. and it appears, it appears that people are beginning to get the message in the u.s. national left wing media. so congratulations on that. they seem to be awakening. >> well, i hope so. they have been sumnal on this issue for a while. they are too busy with fake news. >> lou: somenal, they will be scrambling to the dictionaries to find and it will be clear slumber, i think. they will figure that out. it is, it's really impressive. as the president pointed out, the chinese market has dropped. it is well beyond a correction. it's approaching just about 20% decl

states citizen, a lawful permanent resident must reside continuously in the united states for five years prior to naturalization. for spouses that residency requirement is three years. h.r. 6580 waives that residency requirement altogether for the surviving spouse, child, or parent of a federal, state, or local first responder who dies as a result of injury or illness incur during the line of duty activities as a first responders. there's precedent in immigration law for such a waiver. the language is patterned on the current law whichways the same residency requirements for the surviving spouse, child or parent of a military service member killed while in active duty service in the armed forces. first responsers routinely place their lives in peril to help those of us in need. when they are killed or injured carrying out their duties we know their -- we owe their families a deep debt of gratitude. h.r. 6580 is a small price to pay in return for the sacrifice first responders make every day. he legislation was named after kerrie orozco, an omaha, nebraska, police officer killed while ser

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the and they made the same argument in the united states. and there was a line of what i recall anti-capitalist criticism that comes out of the south, that some of it is kind of debating points but some of it is a genuine argument, claiming a kind of paternalistic slave system is actually better for people. like a factory owner, when a worker is old and useless they just throw them out, where a plantation owner is responsible for a slave forever. i think it's a bogus argument but your underlying point is true, exploitation under both systems and in both regions with both races is pervasive. do i think conditions are worse in factories than slavery? no, because there is a unfreedom. there's a different human condition in slave system that transcends simply the material issues, that's profound in so many ways. to me it is not a convincing argument, even though there are good points made along the way about the exploitation and terrible conditions a lot of emerging industry has. >> hey, i'm halfway through the book "portlandia," about henry for

so the united states leaving reallyeally does -- it does scare syrians. universities in every major syrian city. the 32,000lize syrian fighters. iranian.n't been because iran doesn't want to have to necessarily pay the high that it would -- that would were bring if they ing iranians directly from iran to fight in syria. they are bringing the foreign fighters they are promising werg ing advances.d other it is more than the isis fight ers in syria. syrians, especially those opposed to the assad regime, what they are engineer is not aria short term plan. a propoa sal they fear. theo your point about numbers. a reserve in iraq. we just had the recent estimate. we're talking about the security backslide here. isis saw iran and iraq has two bases. states has two distinct places. differently in the north and south. east of thee policy euphrates and one west of the euphrates. data point at 20 to 30,000 strength again across syria, we're seeing an attacks.in isis these were places that were empowerd, but never by ing sineny -- sunni to liberate. they empowered the

he has no right to be on the united states supreme court. it is a privilege of extraordinary magnitude and significance. the positionos is one of the mot most important, the highest in the land. our responsibility is not to approve just anyone for that job. we should be seeking the best person. a person of intellect, integrity and temperament. who will w be objective and consider it. i concluded well before the hearing yesterday, it's no secret. that i woulds oppose judge bret kavanaugh for the united states supreme court. my opposition was based on his extreme ideological views and judicial philosophies. they were amply demonstrated the previous year, hearing we had. my concern that he would be a fifth vote to cut back row be weighed and stop women, stop people from airing. and exercising the right given so with the person they love. cutting back on consumer rights and workers rights and environmental objections. and permitting prejudice. a president who could decide that he believes the law is unconstitutional and therefore should not be i

beijing calls it terror of tyranny trying to accuse the united states of starting the largest trade war in economic history this after washington slaps a new round of terrorism chinese goods from handbags to rice and with threats to ban the diesel vehicles from german city centers bakers of vans and trucks are increasingly looking towards electric power. i'm christopher come to the program market jitters around the globe investors are increasingly bracing for a prolonged tariff war starts in asia europe and the united states senate on monday washington's latest import duties have kicked in for two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products beijing a striking back targeting sixty billion dollars of u.s. goods with extra. workers in a chinese factory making flags and banners for donald trump's reelection campaign in twenty twenty if you want an idea of the irony and complexity of the trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies here it is in a nutshell the dispute has escalated dramatically since this meeting between the american president and his chinese counterpart xi

doesn't see them as road they see them arrest people who would work with the united states right one of the you know one of the one of the things i think people don't quite grasp you know it with everything going on is you know all you hear about is this great threat. but as well on the threat they pose to the united states and you know why are we so bent on removing the leadership of that country that we would try to recruit their military to do why as well as whale is such a threat to the united states it seems ridiculous to me. right will it represents no military threat we need to start there you know latin america has never represented no country there is represented a military threat to the united states these are countries that rarely in a get involved in any military adventures outside of their own borders and that's true of venezuela the threat to venezuela has represented since hugo chavez was elected in. nine hundred ninety eight was the danger of a good example in the words of noam chomsky you know chavez work quickly to eradicate poverty in their country to create social

what can think the united states should stop meddling in the korean peace process these are all great through steps you know. the united states would frankly get out of the way which is unfortunate you can see the incredible efforts and be incredible craving for peace and reunification that we saw in the eyes of the family exchanges recently we've seen the hopes for peace on so many levels with president moves and chairman kim jong il and so consequently those are being thwarted now all. as a quite a reminder that the u.s. still holds quite a military draft in the region the are there are people within living ministration who frankly benefit from instability gives a certain kind of an edge it allows us your level of military spending salon's us to have our bases paid for by south korea in the south korea it allows us to export billions of dollars of weapons there so consequently there are always people who are going to fight against pietz but in this period at this essential time when we're about to have another summit between north and south in september it seems to me that this is a

you know the united states is undermining the w.t. you very unwisely by the third word of course is one that surprises the west i advice the west to be machiavellian. to calculate its own interests so for example europe europe's problem is that africa's population which used to be half that of europe is now double that of europe by twenty one hundred would be ten times the size of europe. so europe should focus on africa. and who can help europe never go trina so europe is going to work with china instead of opposing china because america is china if you don't mind we're going to go through all three of those adams step by step but we'll start with trump. you mentioned w t o he wants to pull america out of the w here he was skeptical of their concessions from the very beginning when he became president if that actually happens if america is out of there and ization what would that mean for w t o and for the global economy here actually are some good news for you the good news is the rest of the world won't carry on with w t o. with or

other countries the united states itself is ahead in terms of those aspects so i do not see why iran should be concerned and the iranian officials have over and over repeated that if anyone is to be concerned about the situation and trump himself. authorities in paris are increasing the number of special safe houses for drug addicts but people who live close by say it's made life in the area much more difficult. investigates. behind these and gates stands the sour dish shoot the fixer in france's first illegal venue especially for addicts the idea was to give addicts a safe space to get clear needles to prevent the spread of disease as well as to be able to seek help but since it opened almost two years ago people living and working on this street say it's turned the lives into a nightmare and despite gangs diety about the south to shoot many locals were too afraid to speak directly on camera so that if you see if you see the boy be to see if we. have the law. of the city where you have been. if if if if. this is. where the boy didn't see the obvious but. if you. see. what locals cla

united states u.n. envoy has called for regime change in venezuela during a street protest outside u.n. headquarters in new york. i was was. was. was. are right venezuela has come in for some extra attention from donald trump over the past week as he announced the sanctions against of the president's inner circle over corruption allegations nicolas maduro is accused of causing hyperinflation and presiding over human rights violations trump said millions of people have been turned into refugees and washington could use its military to oust material if needed. it's over hema the breitling could be toppled very quickly by the military as the military decides to do that i just want to see you this is. great yeah you are the. ones and the lessons are all in every out there you know a bicycle that israel is a mess and it's got to be cleaned up and people have to be taken care of the united states has the longest the longest history of any country in the entire globe meddling with other people's. affairs and w

this is the united states of america. donald trump has not lived up to those standards. >> and still ahead, a second set of leading voices on diplomacy, defense and national security. our interviews with madelineal bright, leon panetta and jeh johnson are straight ahead. we will be right back with those conversations and much more. conversations and much more. ♪ oh, look... another anti-wrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® works in just one week. with the fastest retinol formula available. it's clinically proven to work on fine lines and wrinkles. one week? that definitely works! rapid wrinkle repair®. and for dark spots, rapid tone repair. neutrogena®. see what's possible. how much more does congress need to see? donald trump has now been implicated in two felony crimes, and he's all but confessed to them on fox news. no one is above the law, so we have to make sure this president doesn't use pardons to cover up crimes. if you agree that a president should not be allo

the united states is stronger now than ever before. we have the highest stock market that we've ever had. if you invested in the stock market on average we're up over 45% on the various markets. you have to be quite happy about that. but i view it differently. i view it as jobs, i view it as a strong economy, i view it as as record-setting unemployment. we have unemployment at the lowest levels we have ever had and in particular with certain groups, african-americans, asians, hispanic, they're the lowest levels in the history of our country. we have been doing well, we appreciate the big investment and the confidence that you have in the united states. thank you very much. >> mr. president are you happy bout the kavanaugh hearings? president trump mplet i'm happy with the kavanaugh hearing. i watched a little while today, i saw some great answers. he's an outstanding intellect, he was born for the position. i heard people saying as long as 10 years ago that he should be a supreme court judge. i didn't know him, but i was hearing from f

i'm very excited about that in the united states. i really believe it's good for both countries but the, the numbers that we're doing in the united states, whether it be unemployment

this is a direct order of the president of the united states. we have not heard yet from the department of justice. we have not heard yet from the dni, director of national intelligence. there should be at least a response acknowledging that the commander in chief has given them an order. >> if i was the commander in chief, which obviously i'm not, or adviser to him, i would say mr. wray, i want those documents tomorrow morning and if not, your letter of resignation. lou: they already started the nonsense to produce the documents which they are intimating are voluminous and would take quite a long time. >> they have had a long time. this thing has been going on forever. from a historical perspective, his presidency will be over before they get the documents. lou: i'm just praying the american people understand the constraint, the restraint of this president in dealing with the deep state and a democratic party that mean to defy him, mean to obstruct justice and also, his presidency in every way. it's subversion by any other name. it is subversio

not the civility should expect from the united states senate. but chairman grassley has done then best anybody could do under difficult circumstances. this hearing was notot easy for doctor ford or judge kavanaugh. it has been painful for everybody involved. but looking closer to a resolution on this nomination. today with the judiciary committee i'm glad we could pass that nomination to the senate floor. summer saying we are moving too fast. to them i would say it is clear what the objective of the opponents of the nomination is. the objective is delay. delay. delay. some have said their goal is to delay the confirmation past the midterm electionso to hope it turns out well for them and essentially defeat the nomination to keep the supreme court vacancy open until president trump leaves office. first there was a paper chase that they needed more documents or perhaps they said you have too many. but if you have already announced your opposition to the nominee why do you need more information unless you are open to changing yourin mind? but that

the united states undercut its allies and secretly violated. those charges are utterly false. >> he ob fuss skates and misrepresents what he notes. >> a lot of the american people just simply don't believe you. >> there was pandemonium. >> top officials of the reagan white house go into complete cover up mode. i mean destruction of evidence. >> north scrambled to destroy all documentation of his clandestine efforts. >> oliver north decides he was going to have what he called a shredding party. >> his assistant fawn hall stayed at his side. >> she helped north with his famous so-called shredding party. >> falsifying documents to make it seem like things didn't happen. enlists fawn hall to ferret them out of the white house. >> one document survived. and it detailed the entire plan to divert profits from the iran missile sales to the contra war. >> november 25th is when it came together as a major scandal. >> the president is in the hall waiting for his cue to come out here. >> somebody said you have got to turn on the television and listen to th

they stay in the united states. at one juncture, it was up to the 1970's, 90% or more stay in the united states. they are mostly coming to the united states. but something happens in the 1970's, because by the 1970's, taiwan's economy has started to develop and it is moving into an advanced economy stage. now, part of it has to do with the trickle of taiwanese students that go back to help set taiwan on this path toward development, another significant component is that the united states, between 1950 and 1965, investing a lot of capital in taiwanese agriculture. and with infrastructure, it is sending experts over to advise taiwan. the united states is deeply committed to taiwan's economic development and eventual political stabilization. though -- so in the 1950's, 1960's, there were not that many jobs for highly trained technicians, engineers, and scientists. but by the time you get to the 1970's, it has changed. so there is more and more incentive for people to go back. again, this is something to think about in

dates. -- united states. many of the refugees are in camps. one of the key aspects in being a refugee is you are facing persecution and unsafe conditions in your homeland, you cannot go back. but refugees, before they come to the united states, have already been vetted and authorized. they already have an immigrant visa. as i said before, you can go through all of these processes, but if the united states has hit the annual cap of how many refugees they will admit, you have to wait. asylum-seekers, i will add this, you can see the way the united states gets to control refugee admissions. you just have that number. we are only going to admit this number of refugees. one of the tensions and concerns around asylum-seekers is that you don't have the same control. the international law and u.s. law is that asylum-seekers can come to the united states and request asylum. their case is supposed to be evaluated. this is the law. but the united states can't control them, the number that apply, you are just supposed to

states is a hostile unwelcoming place which promotes the extremist narratives that the united states as hostile to islam, hostile to people of different ethnic and religious backgrounds coming here. so we would do well not only to raise the cap to historical norms but to increase our commitment both here and overseas to protecting refugees. >> one of the things you mentioned that he think is important to confront head-on in a little bit more detail is this very pervasive idea that refugees pose a serious risk to americans in the form of terrorism. despite the fact we know they're vetted more thoroughly than any other immigrant that comes to the united states. but that's not to say that there is no risk pics i asked the panel and perhaps scott wants to take this on, what makes a national security community so confident in our vetting systems, and are refugees the population of people we really need to worry about with regard to terrorism? >> great question. first, let me just say what an honor it is to be on the internet and thanks for having me. you might imagine that my politics are

to the united states. honestly, he was in my office so quickly from europe that i do not know they had airplanes that flew that fast. i said, where did you flop -- find this plane? we have the semblance of a deal. because it is to a large extent, economically i'll about cars. -- economically all about cars. cars is a big factor. they send millions of bmws and mercedes into our country. we are working on trade very hard. it is important for me. it has been for 30 years. i have been saying for 30 years, started with japan. i talked about japan. i was right. i talked about china. i was right. it is what i do. i like doing it. but i like doing it for the people. because our country has been abused and taken advantage of by virtually every country that it does business with. and we are not letting that includes what i said previously about the military. please. reporter: president duda, welcome back to the u.s. as it relates to the eu relations, the president mentioned that poland is the proud member of pulp --

other governments, but not the united states. there are no mechanisms to hold the court and its personnel accountable or curtail its unchecked powers when required. icc proponents argue that corrupt or ineffective judges can be removed by a two thirds vote of parties to their own statute and that a prosecutor can be removed by a majority ote however, i ask everyone in the room today, would you consign the fate of american citizens to a committee of other nations, including venezuela and the democratic republic of the congo, entities that are not even states, like the palestinian authority? you would not appear i would not. this administration will not. the icc is an assembly states party and cannot supervise the court anymore than the united nations general assembly can't supervise bureaucracy. recent allegations of mismanagement and corruption among icc personnel make this perfect clear. the first prosecutor elected by the states parties attempted to protect a high-ranking government official from prosecution, assisted a busines

we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news tonight. the first former member of the trump campaign sentenced in the russia investigation. after appealing for leniency, george papadopoulos ordered to serve 14 days in prison for lying to investigators about his russia connected contacts. also breaking. a new call by president trump for the attorney general. he loves to berate in public to do his bidding. he says he wants jeff sessions to investigate who wrote that anonymous op-ed about a resistance movement within the trump administration. this hour, i'll speak with former u.s. attorney, preet bharara. first, let's go to sarah murray with more on the papadopoulos sentencing. he got two weeks in prison and a fine. >> that's right, wolf. it seems the judge did really believe george papadopoulos felt bald for lying to investigators and so he will be incarcerated, but not for long. tonight, george papadopoulos, a former foreign policy