is going to do once it understands where the united states or what the united states wants to do then it can everyone is not a man known for his patience go ahead joshua. well you're absolutely right that the kurdish problem it turns out to be a problem for everybody nobody really knows what to do with it not america not turkey not syria not iraq and and this is you know with the collapse of the syrian central state during a civil war us side in many ways handed off eastern northeastern syria to the kurds and to the wipe egypt and then america which had been helping the arab militias against a side hoping to overthrow the regime put in a pro-american regime that would make peace with israel this completely collapsed and so the united states was left siding with the kurds to fight isis these this very reliant sunni kayla full group that was trying to build this big kayleigh which and that that caused in a sense the united states to side with allies of us if you would but now that they're withdrawing everybody is no none of the regional powers want there to be an independent or autonomy

but the united states the united states is withdrawing forces from syria well they're going to try to. start a new war now latin american venezuela we're not going to give them that satisfaction. peace and stability and understanding will prevail in venezuela in spite of all the efforts of the countries present here who are trying to trigger. inside a war i also want to tell you. that this. deadline that europe tries tried to trying to give us we recall. back in eighteen eighteen the first time he had argument with the united states if you recall the united states did not support the the. fight for freedom of our countries. they had become independent by their own. strength by winning the war the revolutionary war against the british empire but when the colonies of south america confronted the spanish empire they declared that they were neutral interesting and then afterwards not only did they declare that they were neutral but they actually helped but clandestinely helped the royalists in. in. invent his way lead they they they they they they help they they. went against the presiden

but let's vote on not just what the president of the united states wants to. since when does the president dictate what we do here in the united states senate? that's a question for every member. so we're voting but i'm not for what appears to be about to happen, which is just saying we're about to vote on what the president wants, and again contracting out our responsibilities to the white house. now, what we're seeing every day, as i said, is the growing damage from this shutdown. and i mentioned that small businesses are really feeling the pain. there's a story in the "wall street journal" headlineed, small businesses' $2 billion problem. government shutdown leaves loans in limbo." and this is happening all over the country. what you're seeing is that businesses about and start-ups and the engine of our economy are not able to access loans through the small business administration. in fact, mark zandi of moody's athletics estimates that the shutdown sasse delayed the $2 billion in s.b.a. lending. jim emerson, the c.e.o. of an electrical components company i

the united states wanted sitting bull back in the united states on a reservation. sitting bull and cattle returned to the united states. was killed by lakota tribal police. was killed, strike the kettle was with him. sitting bull was surrounded by his friends trying to protect him. thisnt on to paint muzzlinmuslin. it's unique because of its size. the other thing is it does not represent one single event, which is usually what these paintings do. the museum brought up a life-size photograph of this to elders to try to understand what going on in this painting. what they say what they think is a series ofthat preparations leading up to a ceremony or an event is probably taking place. out pairs of pipes and the stems are close together, signifying a ceremony is about to take place. they point out that there are two pairs of wants. ceremony,used in the which very loosely translated is a relation ceremony. it's a ceremony in which an individual will adopt a non-kin member of the drive -- of the tribe and establishes relationship with that person. ist the people pointed

it poses very thorny questions about venezuelan representatives in the united states, to the united nations. and we to make sure we protect our diplomats there and they don't become pawns in this struggle. >> i was going to ask you that. obviously, president maduro said he wants to see all u.s. diplomats out. he's given them a 72-hour deadline. u.s. is not responding to that. he's done that to other countries also who have joined the u.s. in recognizing. what could happen? i mean, are you concerned about them being taken hostage? are you concerned about them being, i don't know, if there's some kind of military crackdown? >> i am very concerned about their wellbeing and i hope and imagine administration is taking steps right now to make sure that they're protected and they're safeguarded. again, you know, this is a state department that is dealing at probably only about two-thirds its strength. it's been hollowed out by the trump administration and this is the problem when you do that. you don't have the diplomatic resources that you need and when emergencies come along, you're not well pre

that is what the united states has done. you know, since the beginning of these unilateral and measures that are in breach of nternational law in venezuela, december of last year, you know what the cost has been? 23 billion. due to the blockade and to the persecution, to undermining our resources, and would the venezuelan economy be in this state if they had these resources? $20 million were offered through the o.a.s. then taken away. the ambassador of belgium. $1.2 billion are froze than belgium. we can't conduct any banking transactions. this is what is being done against the venezuelan people. the representative of russia was quite clear. there's no such thing as -- here's no blockade, they said. there have been 18 rounds of sanctions but there's no block cailed. we really need to think of this as a true ideological wall being put up against venezuela. as upport the guide lorks was proposed earlier by the dominican republic. from scratch. i was appointed in august as foreign minister and -- last year and two days later, i

list united states -- with the imperialist united states. signed in a name of the people of venezuela. amy: the european union and the lima group have joined the u.s. in recognizing opposition leader juan guaido as interim president. cuba, andina, turkey, bolivia are among nations expressing support for maduro. the united states has been ratcheting up pressure on venezuela ever since guaido became head of the national assembly and let an effort to usurper touro a remove him from office. usa could of state mike pompeo called guaido to congratulate him on his election victory to head the national assembly. then national security advisor john bolton announced "the united states does not recognize venezuela dictator nicolas maduro's illegitimate claim to power." on tueuesday, vice president mie pence posted a video message to the people of venezuela. vp pence: hola. i'm mike pence, vice president of the united stateses. let me express the unwavering support of the united states as you, the people of venezuela, raise your voices in a call for fre

because if you want to help the united states, it becomes very hard to figure out where the united states is going and what is considered helpful. >> bob, i got a and two things to this. one is, the trump administration now has two years under its belt from january 2017, now to january 2019. and i think it's worth asking with two years gone by what sort of a trump document for the foreign policy? and what is increasingly looking like is a foreign policy that looks a lot like, not isolationism, because i wouldn't call it isolationism but it's much more one of what you might call restraint. and that is a foreign policy that minimizes the use of military forces in some areas and for him, the middle east and i think south asia are areas where he does not see a strategic interest, at least at this point. china represents slightly a slightly different situation where i think the president, and you can see both with the trade wars and the way he speaks about china, is an area where he sees some competition. and so i think that since, we see a deployment of military forces in the asia-pacific reg

with the united states. honduras it was not even suspected that the united states was behind it until hillary clinton in a book recognized that she gave the order to overthrow the president. to call the people to an assembly. other presidents in central america were elected without being candidates. there were organization like the organization of american states that claimed that there was fraud. is not recognized by the government of the united states, or the government of trump makes unilateral decisions like moving the embassy to jerusalem. i wanted to show you this graph. this is from twitter. this is the official spokesperson of the united states, see how in january the trend is increasing. on the 23rd they were expecting d'etat which did not happen because the armed forces defend the constitution. they could not through militaryt convince our to overthrow our president, and they will not be able to do it. it was in vain. erroneous incident. it is amazing. , this is inump recognition of his statement.

. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. one certificate to fill another term at one certificate of appointment. all certificates in the chair are advised to. all certificates suggested by the senate contained essential requirements of the form suggested bysu the senate. if there be no objection to the reading of the certificates will be waived and printed in full in the record. if the senate is to be sworn and we will now present themselves at the desk in groupss of fours their names are called in alphabetical order the chair will administer the oath of office and the clerk will read the names of the first group. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully

the thing is, here in the united states can -- not in the united states, not the people of the united states, but the elite that is in power that is ruling the united states, they believe that latin america -- they want to impose their model. they want to have this presidents were also businessmen and follow the orders of the president of the united states. but we are not, so we're trying to build our own society in new terms, with equality, with access to health, to education, housing, to culture. and that is our struggle. of course, what happens is in those terms, the u.s. elite and other countries, satellite countries of the united states, they are trying to isolate venezuela, trying to stop this from happening. it is not going to happen. but this is a difficult struggle, amy. we are really looking and pressing desk president maduro has looked for dialogue. we had a dialogue process last year with the opposition in the dominican republic, hosted by the dominican republic in the former president of spain. when we reached the agreement, we were there to sign the agreement, the opposi

under crean disrupting chemicals in the united states. produce disease cost at that twice as much as in europe where the regulation is much tighter i wonder if you faced any pushback on that under study not only from the industry but also from the political class because ultimately these results are a comment on the role of the government. we know that policy predicts exposure exposure predicts disease and disease costs us all as a society what's striking about the difference in our cost estimates between the european union and the united states is the differences in policy that drive those differences in costs so in the united states we proactively required brominated flame returns to be put into furniture and carpeting among other things and that's resulted in extremely higher levels of those flame retardants in the human bodies of americans as opposed to europeans and that ultimately has affected the cognitive outcomes of literally a generation of american children whereas europe proactively acted to ban those flame retardants from mus

relationship an ongoing relationship with kurds who were with united states side by side in battling isis and what about the role of russia is it looking to avoid complications with turkey over its syria strategy or do you see moscow having a longer term interest in improving ties with. look i think russia's interest lies in and trying to recover all of syria from mr mr assad and maintaining its influence in syria i can't really think of an instance where russia has played a positive peacemaking role anywhere on the globe and that includes syria and i think this should be of real concern too as it builds on this relationship in syria as it looks to potentially fill fill in where the u.s. is leaving that creating a relationship with russia based on mutual trust and reliance is one that they should not rely on and the track record of mr putin in these situations usually leads to russia trying to assert its own interests and a negative way that destabilizes regions and peoples and what about america's allies the kurds in syria can the u.s. choose them over turkey in the long term. look

states already of course the united states has recognized the leadership of the interim president but they are calling on other nations to do the same so it appears the united states is taking this action in order to achieve that so not only have they announced this sanctions against the state owned oil company in venezuela but the reason they say they're doing this is to further prevent nicolas maduro the official venezuelan president from in the words of john bolton further looting the assets that belong to the venezuelan people. what do we know about possible talks the might take place if that's even a possibility obviously the u.s. is imposing these sanctions but only just speaking to one venezuelan just a little bit earlier and he was saying that there are two choices here this could be the end of the madeira government or he might have to get involved in some kind of dialogue and negotiation. i think that there certainly is the hope that this can be peaceful that is why we saw the national security adviser john bolton strongly urging the members of the military to support a peac

pro tempore of the senate of the united states. the vice president: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. the senate will proceed. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the vice president: without objection. if the senior senator from iowa will present himself at the desk, i will administer the oath of office. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will swear and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? mr. grassley: i do. the vice president: congratulations. the vice president: the president pro tempore is now in

the president of the united states. [applause] president trump: thank you very much, my fellow americans. i'm proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government. [applause] president trump: as everyone knows, i have a powerful alternative, but i did not want to use it at this time. hopefully it will be unnecessary. i want to thank all of the incredible federal workers and their amazing families, who have shown extraordinary devotion in the face of this recent hardship. you are fantastic people. you are incredible patriots. many of you have suffered far greater than anyone but your families would know or understand. and not only did you not complain, but in many cases, you encouraged me to keep going because you care so much of our -- so much about our country and about its border security. again, i think you. all americans, i think you. thank you. you.mericans, i thank you are very, very special people. i am so proud that you are citizens of our country. when i say

united states army. you went on to become a successful private entrepreneur. thereafter, the people of kansas elected you four times to the united states congress. you now serve in your second cabinet appointment by the president of the united states. sir, we wish you success as you how older the heegest responsibilities to advance america's national security and prosperity in a world that's posing unprecedented opportunities and challenges. thank you for choosing egypt. thank you for choosing the american university in cairo as the venue to communicate your very important message today. please join me in welcoming secretary pompeo. [applause] mr. pompeo: thank you, frank. thank you for your service to america as well in addition to the duties you perform here. i've had the good fortune to be a frequent visitor here to egypt and the middle east as secretary of state. in my prior role as c.i.a. director -- director i was here with some frequency and i came here too as a member of congress. every time i co

oversight in the united states and whereas the e.p.a. updated its regulation very recently the food and drug administration still operates on a framework that assumes that the do is prove makes the proverbial poison and the reality is that even the f.d.a. own science suggests effects at low levels of exposure one thing that absolutely astounded me and that i didn't know before is that the f.d.a. does not have the authority to up to date or or reassess the safety of chemicals we are already on the market which is quite scary knowing how much both the bio chemical and medical industries have progress doesn't mean that once the chemical is on the market it will be on the market for ever unless the producer wants to replace it with something safer well fortunately we're seeing a lot of attention to what we call the generally recognized as safe or grass loophole there are a lot of proposals underway to modernize the food drug and cosmetic act in the united states so that we can have a framework that's clearer and more protective of human heal

senate, has taken the government of the united states hostage. and the president of the united states is asking for a ransom and that ransom is to accept his policy or go home. nd stay shut down. i will tell the gentleman, mr. speaker, that i have been in this body for a long time. i'm in my fourth decade. i have never supported shutting down the government of the united states. now, the gentleman may point out that i voted from time to time against bills that would have opened it up because of things that were in the bills and these bills passed the house of representatives when you were in charge. they did not pass the senate, of course. i believe that shutting down the people's government is an acceptable, unacceptable when one democracy is discussing differences that need to be resolved. unacceptable. . furthermore, as i said on the floor the other day, mr. speaker, i can find no government, free government in the world that shuts itself down other than the united states of america. now, we have a relatively unique system of government, but i

states that's not what happened was he was in the united states she was taking in an tunnel flight from st louis to denver where she was detained and then she was transferred to washington d.c. the only the only information and contact the family have had with matters here is a telephone call to her daughter on tuesday where they received information from him as he told her daughter that she had his job she is a muslim woman who was his job a veil covering such as will time wearing at the moment that that was taken off against her will. was taken without her job on that she was given only a short sleeved t. shirt in contravention to her own islamic dress code that she that she was and that she had to gain another t. shirt just to be able to cover some of her head she also. told her daughter that she wasn't in athens given adequate food because she was not given muslim option or a vegetarian option on tuesday the only conversation they've had with her she told her daughter that she only been able to eat a cracker or some bread that came with that food since being detained on sunday so as

i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one god or the president of your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers declare madeira or your syrup or and call for the establishment of a transitional government now is the time for more direct action get all your friends on board as many nations to recognize one go edo as president quickly as possible as no going back now alone bia columbia recognizes one quite as president of venezuela and will assist in the transition to democracy to liberate the venezuelan people from the dictator rather brazil has just issued a note recognizing one why do as venezuela's president. will support this realization in a democracy alongside other countries in the immigrant we recognize and express our full support for the presidency of venezuela assumed by the president of the national assembly one though it is clear that nicolas maduro is not the legitimate leader of venezuela so the united kingdom believes that plan is the right person to take on his way to forward there'

states, and soon the united states will begin negotiations with japan on this as well. i think the point that i would make is that the u.s. forces in the region in japan and korea are there probably for the defense of japan and korea, but they are also there to promote peace and security in the region, which is in the interest of the united states. it is in our own interest for the united states to have troops in the region. in the case of japan, japan faced the united states $1.6 billion per year as its contribution that covers the salary of 24,000 workers, like electricians and plumbers who work on u.s. bases in japan, and 60% of that utility calls for electricity and water. if we was actually to bring our forces from japan home to the united states and maintain the same capability, the u.s. taxpayer would have a higher bill. it is not a burden on the united states, but actually a cost-saving measure and you can make the same argument for u.s. troops in korea. it is important for people to understand it is in our interest fundamentally to be there. >> if i may, it is

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but in reality, i cannot envision the united states, and i strongly would oppose the united states seeking intervening militarily in venezuela. >> but you could imagine them going to friendly countries like colombia next door to support, could you? i mean, could that be what's afoot potentially? >> i don't think that the colombians or any of venezuela's neighbors will want to seek its military engagement in venezuela. they have been doing a tremendous service in dealing with the humanitarian crisis and the flows of venezuelans fleeing venezuela. i think that as we ratchet up the sanctions, you know, sales to the united states from venezuela, about $28 million a day, those monies should be used to help the humanitarian relief that is necessary to help the venezuelan people as they seek to restore democracy in their country. >> why is it, you brought it up, that president trump wants to tail back or scale back military interventions overseas? what do you think it is, why he has decided to get so active in this regard? i know it's in the hemisphere, but immediately recognizing, as we know alm

the united states is trying to be in a region. when they are there the only job thier doing and they have shown that they do is creation of interest groups who are risking tone during the time his tenure in the foreign ministry he. has so a meeting the. she. has dissipated in the creation of the terrorist group in syria and iraq if you recall in the. states. then trump. choose into the you who are the people who are these terrorist groups here ultimately agree with mr trump in the in these coalition he wanted to again change to the only change you followed the same policy that. created do you think you may have other things in common with mr trump and at least in the way how he conceptualizes there is no newcomer in purposes a common policy between us and the search. and there could be no more overlap of of us on how the region develops we're not. because we know that. he. has you know any policy you know or the war you're against any kind o. expansionism and any kind of his unit where you notice it or any other country now as the

states can pull out from the united nations altogether accessible i mean let's let's be clear the united states plays a very important role in the where i sit is a founding member like the russian deflation. and of course used to be out of one or two areas that are more i would say the other thing is to be of course involved in the sensitivity of it is of the when and i believe these will go on more true believer that when one looks at united states and the russian federation those two countries in many aspects common interests sometimes they are fighting but they have common interests and they for a look at the middle east. that we have been that was mentioned. about the decision of the global middle east in this area where i'm strongly believe that the jews the of the humanity. as you say it's in the russian federation and also in tony on the contrary well seems the jews are similar and i strongly hope the divisions that have existed will be overcome and that the two countries will be able to have very strong cooperation a lowing the international system to work there is no way in whic

the united states, not least of which is cuba. some call the country cubazuela, reflecting the grip the force haves forces have on the maduro regime. there are others, including iran's interest in venezuela's uranium deposits. >> let me just comment, this is a country that is very rich in oil resources. there is no reason why these resources shouldn't be used for the economic benefit of the people there. there's no reason for the poverty and the starvation and humanitarian crisis. reporter: can i ask both of you, the united states has talked a lot about potential embargo on sales of oil and also stopping the selling of oil products to venezuela. why haven't those been considered? >> there will be, as part of this, limitations on selling oil products as part of the sanctions. as regards to an embargo, we are not going to make any comment on that today. we don't comment on future actions. reporter: mr. maduro seemed to anticipate the actions that you have announced today in the briefing room. he warned that citgo is the property of

i talked about both the united states and china. with china, there is clearly they need to move much much quicker. erik: specifically on what? hank: first of all, opening up their economy. here we are, the united states was critically important in the wtochina exceed to membership, and now 17 years later, they still have not opened up in so many areas. we are talking about a $13 trillion powerhouse, and so, this is the situation where many u.s. companies have given up hope. i have seen u.s. businesses go from being an advocate of u.s. policy test skeptic, and now being opponents of u.s. policy. haslinda: still ahead on this special edition of bloomberg the, more sessions on bloomberg new economy foreign what some of the biggest names in global finance and investing. withext, my conversation the malaysian prime minister. he speaks frankly about accountability and scandal. >> they must understand to be complicit to the excessive crimes is inexcusable. ♪ haslinda: you are watching a bloomberg best special focusing on the bloomberg ne

the united states also is working to keep our bilateralun relationships strong. over the next few days, i'll hold in-depth discussions with the leaders of bahrain, the uae, qatar, saudi arabia, oman, and kuwait. we'll talk about our shared goals, just as i did in jordan and iraq this week, and as i did today with president sisi and foreign minister shoukry. and as we seek an even stronger partnership with egypt, we encourage president sisi to unleash the creative energy of egypt's people, unfetter the economy, and promote a free and open exchange of ideas. the progress made to date can continue. i also applaud president sisi's efforts to promote religious freedom, which stands as an example for all leaders and allo peoples of the middle east. i was happy to see our citizens, wrongly convicted of improperly operating ngos here, finally be acquitted. and we strongly support president sisi's initiative to amend egyptian law so that this does not happen again. more work certainly needs to be done to maximize the potential of the egyptian nation and its people. i'm gl

so, my focus is on the united states. i want to get those companies to come back like so many are doing into the united states. i want apple to make their iphones and all the great things they make in the united states. and that'll take place. please, go ahead. reporter: thank you, mr. president. i want to ask you two questions. one as you talk about the wall, eminent domain. many of those who own property on the southern border will lose their property because of this. and once this happens, they say that they could go to court with you for years, it could take years. also, what is a safety net for federal workers, you're saying months and possibly a year for this shutdown? do you have in mind a safety net for those who need their checks, those who need medicaid, what have you? president trump: the safety net is having a strong border, because we're going to be safe. i'm not talking economically but ultimately, economically. i really believe that these people, many of the people we're talking about, many of the people yo

states that they're trying that the united states respect to venezuela and sovereignty some venezuelan officials are saying that the united states it's trying to overthrow directly the government doesn't equal i'm a little staged a coup and that it's trying to repeat in venezuela what happened in syria and in libya. administration is also to keep pressure on the chinese telecom giant huawei the justice department has called the series of criminal charges against the company and its chief financial officer among the accusations of fraud theft of trade secrets and conspiracy reynolds has. top level government officials lined up to announce the u.s. will prosecute huawei china's biggest most influential telecommunications company for a broader array of alleged crimes the criminal activity alleged in this indictment goes back at least ten years and goes all the way to the top of the company to grand jury indictment charge while way with theft of corporate secrets evasion of u.s. sanctions on iran obstruction of justice and other offenses officials singled out joe while ways chief financial

the united states -- if a united states company case and divest from israel, they have a legal right to do so. it does say that if a state or local government decides that it is not going to do business if the government is not going to issue contracts for goods or services with any company that is boycotting israel, they have a right to do that. i have are the argument that this is about free speech. it is not about free speech. it is not about free speech but it is about form policy. there are court cases out there that talk about that this is not an effort to influence a domestic political debate or to speak or take action in the form of speech that influences a domestic political debate. it is about influencing the behavior of a foreign government and foreign policy and the courts give broad discretion to congress and the president in the setting of foreign policy. i have already told you this does not prevent anyone from participating in boycotting or divesting from israel. all it says is that if you do, your state and local governments can boycott or divest you in return. it ma

united states, not least of which is cuba. some call the country now cuba zuela. we think that's a strategic significant threat to the united states and there are others as well including iran's interest in venezuelan's uranium deposits. secretary mnuchin: let me just comment. this is a country very rich in oil resources. there's no reason why these resources shouldn't be used for the economic benefit of the people there. there's no reason for the poverty and the starvation and the humanitarian crisis. reporter: can i ask both of you -- the united states has talked a lot about a potential embargo on sales of oil and also stopping selling of oil products to venezuela. why haven't those been considered yet? secretary mnuchin: will thereby part of this limitations on selling oil products as part of the sanctions. with regards to an embargo, we won't make any comment on that today. we don't comment on future actions. reporter: thank you, mr. secretary. mr. maduro seemed to anticipate the action you announced today in the briefing

new condition as the united states has placed on the troop withdrawal from syria the u.s. says the pullout on hold until i correct the security to fight. and the us russian plan for a space station orbiting the moon is under threat after a visit by the head of the russian space agency is blocked at the request of american senators. monday the seventh of january twenty ninth here i'm calling bray in moscow with the world news from r.t. international first off for you a u.s. destroyer has sailed near disputed islands in the south china sea at the same time an american trade delegation is trying to find a solution to the ongoing trade war being waged currently between washington and beijing here's where we're talking about the peristyle islands which is claimed by china but also by vietnam and the taiwan a longstanding u.s. ally a spokeswoman for the u.s. pacific fleet says the move wasn't about making a political statement however china's reacted with fury calling it a provocation and stressing it was in violation of international law last month the world's two largest econo

united states of america. it is my honor to be with you here today at the pentagon as our president unveils his vision for our renewed commitment to american missile defense. as commander in chief, president trump has no higher priority than the safety and security of the american people. it's frankly the greatest honor of my life to serve as vice president to a president who cares so deeply about the men and women of our armed forces and their families. today, along with all of you, our hearts and our prayers are with the families of the fallen american heroes who were lost in syria yesterday, as well as those service members who were wounded. we honor their service. and we will honor the memory of the fallen. and the families in our armed forces should know their sacrifice will only steel our resolve that as we begin to bring our troops home, we will do so in a way that ensures that the remnants of isis will never be able to re-establish their evil and murderous caliphate. [applause] it's in that same spirit

the united states have painted a picture between a confrontation of the united states and the people of venezuela. in spite of everything, the leader of venezuela obviously has broad support among the people and in surveys conducted in 2018 by an organization close to the opposition. the national assembly, the leader of which is currently being positioned in washington as almost a president is not supported by almost 07% of the people of venezuela. once again, about the elections informed. eing the distinguished executive of the united kingdom spoke about stuffed ballot boxes in venezuela, suggesting that the ballot boxes were rigged. there are no ballot boxing in venezuela. it uses a -- system of voting. provisions of the u.n. clearly condemn any interference by independent states. further for, american leaders are talking about the possibility of even using force, aying evening is on the table. does that mean the united states is ready to use force? we need to hear a clear answer on whether the united states declares to once again violate the unl charter. secretary of state pompeo

that role has historically been played by the united states and i believe united states, even with the changes in the distribution of power, even with the rise of other act remains the only actor in the world today capable of continuing to play that role. and in order to do so, it cannot be seen as just a normal great power looking out only for its own interest. to effectively play that role it has to be an unusual great power, a great power that looks out for the common interest as well as his own interest. and so exceptionalism comes into the picture in that important way. and then secondly, at a moment when the debate over the future of american foreign policy within the united states is being shaped by this what i believe to be a false and some ways dog whistling choice between nationalism and globalism, with the idea of exceptionalism can contribute to is the idea that there is no inconsistency between american patriotism and american internationalism, which is to say that for the american people, they can see a larger purpose that goes beyond simply looking out for the us at the

agnew: -- the constitution of the united states -- sen. dirksen: -- against all enemies, foreign and domestic. vice pres. agnew: against all enemies, foreign and domestic. sen. dirksen: that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same -- vice pres. agnew: that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. sen. dirksen: that i take this obligation freely -- vice pres. agnew: that i take this obligation freely -- sen. dirksen: without any mental reservations -- vice pres. agnew: without any mental reservations -- sen. dirksen: -- or purpose of evasion. vice pres. agnew: -- or purpose of evasion. sen. dirksen: and that i will well and faithfully discharge -- vice pres. agnew: and that i will well and faithfully discharge -- sen. dirksen: -- the duties of the office -- vice pres. agnew: -- the duties of the office -- sen. dirksen: -- on which i am about to enter -- vice pres. angew: -- on which i am about to enter -- sen. dirksen: -- so help you god. vice pres. agnew: -- so help me god. [applause] mr. cronkite: that oath of office i

they come into the united states because we have the money. that's true with the drugs and everything i said for human trafficking is also true with drugs. so we got to get the politics out of this and go back to common sense, they say it's a medieval solution, a wall. that's true. it's i had evil because it worked then and it works even better now. israel put up a wall. 99.9% successful according to benjamin netanyahu. he came up in my office a couple of months ago. what's up with the wall, we put up a wall with 99.9%. can i use that number. they'll say it was actually only 99%. the president told a fib. no, he told me 99.9, maybe he'll change it and make it 99. they put up a wall and they don't have a problem anymore. we have to do the same thing. the united states must not incentivize or enable these evil crimes. instead, we should do everything we can to fight them and that's what we're doing. i call on congress to send me a funding bill to secure the border, build the barrier and help end this horrific assault on innocent life, not to men

states needs to this also that would affect the united states the people in venezuela and the military prison trump has tweeted that all options are on the table interviews as well. we rule out u.s. military intervention in venezuela we can't i'm afraid to say that i mean i can't really imagine how the united states would really intervene and have been as i with the with the with military but the steam that we're hearing from the united states from president and also this speech from russia they are again provoking the united states so that might end up in the scenario we don't want to see there the german foreign minister hard to moscow has been in washington and he's laid down germany's position is very clear on that as well an exclusive interview with the w mission or target we're not neutral on the question of venezuela we're on one glide to side because we have serious difficulties recognizing mcdougal's reelection is this is a feat it's obvious that there were so many irregularities in the election process that we can only speak to a limited degree of a democratic election that's

we, the united states, command each of these efforts. and for all nations to continue the work for the full array of the regimes activity. the work to curb the regimes deadly ambitions is not confined to the middle east. america's friends and partners from south korea to poland have joined our effort to stop the wave of regional destruction and global campaigns of terror. countries across the globe have cut iranian oil imports to zero and are working toward that goal. private companies in france germany britain and elsewhere have all calculated enriching themselves through work with the regime is bad for business. and bad for the people of their own countries. in yemen, we have assisted our coalition partners as they take the lead in preventing and arranging expansion that would be disastrous for world trade. and regional security. as is always the case with america, our engagement has also been coupled with robust humanitarian aid. he supported the un talks to put yemen on the path to peace. in lebanon, hezbollah remains a major presenc

he was a united states senator. he had views on all sorts of things. the fact that he had this view i don't think is disqualifying at all. what it tells you is that this is someone who has at least some skepticism of the mueller investigation, and the senators will certainly want assurance that as he has said before his hearing that he will allow mueller to proceed and even more importantly, at this point, allow his report to be made public. but the fact that he expressed this opinion i don't think is a problem in -- >> he previously was attorney general and he emerged with a pretty good reputation as a result of his earlier term as attorney general. he worked closely with mueller then. he worked closely with pat sipalone, one of the president's lawyers right now. he's pretty well known. >> i think that's an advantage here. in a city of turbulence where you have a celebration of partisanship on the hill, you have sort of a lack of judgment, i think a lack of character at the white house. you have three guys, that is the incoming attorney general, the w

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states the united states to leave. and now we withdraw but also this constant from a very good sized ministration a very extreme one one i have to point out that lost the election by three million votes and based on the midterm results is not likely to be around it after twenty twenty five and so very likely these decisions will then be reversed so my advice to the rest of the world is take a deep breath and america will be back. french president mcclellan has used his traditional new year's eve speech to slam extremist elements in the country. mina's of all see we have perience great division and anger broke out anger against injustices against the course of a sometimes in comprehensible globalization against an administrative system that's become too complex and lacking in empathy there was also anger against profound changes that call into question our society's identity and direction this anger has shown me one thing no matter how excessive or overflowing it is we will not quit. opposition leaders have criticised m

united states is much. like bomb peo is the new kid on the block without very much experience as head of the cia he tried to get the authority to conduct drone strikes in afghanistan without the pentagon's oversight and he worked day and night to rip up the iran nuclear deal at the center of it is not interested in a campaign of economic pressure to visit to starve the really regime of the revenue it uses to fund vital interest it was six of these throughout the middle east and indeed around the world now back in the spotlight after years of obscurity meet convicted criminal elliott abrams he was tied to massacres in el salvador any help to funnel weapons to the contras in nicaragua he was convicted for his role in covering it all up and he received a presidential pardon now he's a special envoy for venezuela it seems that his record in latin america has really impressed certain people so it appears to be an incident which is at least being significantly misused at the very best by the guerrillas so america

states is going to do but when it comes down to it the united states has always been here when it mattered in world war one and world. war two in the second world war in these discussions about the middle east the united states doesn't have a very large presence in syria me we would be pulling out. very many people to begin with and i think there is a debate that you know has to happen in the united states as well how long are we going to be in the middle east because there's always an isis there's always an al queda. and is always going to be this argument you know well if you pull out now then you know they're going to come back and well then you need to decide we gonna be there forever look how long the us has been. in afghanistan now you know it's going not. would you say about this ray out politic ladies. well i feel like i feel like you have a point i think that the germans always -- always it was quite easy for them to be like our passes. because obviously you have - the us in the us army that you know it is said to push come to shove -- they they were going to step in and i think t