if you could talk about the potential role of the current or potential role of the osce. we often talk about nato and that the flashpoint of russia. osce is a broader organization as you know that includes many european nations that are not members including russia. it struck me during the last administration we started to notice a little bit more activity in osce. share with me is their value to that institution is bringing a answer to this difficult problem? >> thank you senator. the osce is the institution formed around the values of the west and in this conflict it has allowed us to clarify what it means to be a member of the rule abiding group so the osce has a set of institutions and standards that are very important as we move forward. i know the secretary is attending to ministerial in democratic elections nextc week. that will be a key placek. to highlight some of the important steps government can take to reinforce the ruleser of law by having free and fair elections. that is very important particularly through central asia and i met yesterday with the visiting

we often talk about nato and that is a flashpoint with nato, but the osce is the broader organization that includes many european nations that are not members of nato, including russia, and it struck me that during the last administration, i started to notice maybe a little more activities in the osce, associate with me, -- so share with me, is there value that that institution is bringing or can bring to this very, very difficult problem? >> thank you, senator. the oh sce formed -- the osce formed around the values of the west, and in this conflict, it has allowed us to clarify what it takes to be a member of the rule abiding group, so the osce has a set of standards that are important as we move forward. i know the secretary has been looking at the democratic elections in the next week. that will be a key place to highlight some of the important steps government can't reinforce the rule of law, having free and fair elections and taking steps against corruption. that is very important, particularly through central asia and i was just meeting yesterday with a visiting minister. this w

we often talk about nato and that is a flashpoint with nato, but the osce is the broader organization that includes many european nations that are not members of nato, including russia, and it struck me that during the last administration, i started to notice maybe a little more activities in the osce, associate with me, -- so share with me, is there value that that institution is bringing or can bring to this very, very difficult problem? >> thank you, senator. the oh sce formed -- the osce formed around the values of the west, and in this conflict, it has allowed us to clarify what it takes to be a member of the rule abiding group, so the osce has a set of standards that are important as we move forward. i know the secretary has been looking at the democratic elections in the next week. that will be a key place to highlight some of the important steps government can't reinforce the rule of law, having free and fair elections and taking steps against corruption. that is very important, particularly through central asia and i was just meeting yesterday with a visiting minister. this w

security in europe with the basis of equal and indivisible security enshrined at the highest level in osc documents. according to this principle, no one has strengthened their own security at the expense of others and their very last proposal is to make these agreements legally binding, something introduced in 2021. the reaction was an arrogant rejection of that. the incapacity to negotiate and a continued war by the kyiv regime against their own people and that was no choice but to recognize the independence of the people's republic of donbass and protect the russian and others in the region to remove threats against our security that nato has been consistently creating in ukraine and at our borders. the operation is conducted in pursuance of the agreements on friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance between us and on the basis of the articles of the u.n. charter. i am convinced that any sovereign self respecting state would do the same in our stead and understand their responsibilities to their own people. westerners are throwing a fit because of the referenda which are being cond

you have the osc group co. chairmanship which was the negotiating format. can have a positive impact on this. one thing that needs to be said is the model azerbaijan is behaving by invading a neighbor forcing to sign a humiliating agreement, asking for concessions is what the u.s. and e.u. promised to stop in ukraine should just because armenia is not able to resist and cannot get aid does not mean this is ok. azerbaijan's behavior is like what we are seeing in ukraine. it is more than time for the western capitals to actually start even talking about possible sanctions if this behavior continues. >> thank you for your views on the subject. >> thank you. ♪ >> sweden's prime minister has announced she will resign handing the right wing party opposition bloc the first go at forming a government. with 99% of the vote counted, the centerleft alliance has secured 173 seats in parliament. . her social democrat party is the largest with 30% of the vote. the moderates, sweden democrats, christian democrats and liberals are expected to win 176 seats. sweden democr

it can't because western professional observers, for example from the osc are not allowed in these territories and there actually no western journalists on that side of the frontline. this is already pre— bag. the kremlin knows exactly what the vote will turn out to be. even if they are very few people left, there are some areas where the only remaining areas where the only remaining are elderly. they will go ahead and declare victory. then i think what will happen is mr putin will go ahead, annexed these territories and declare this as russian federation territory. should the ukrainians or anyone else attacked them, he will use that as a basis to retaliate with harsh measures. it is a chilling thing to say, but i think also with those tactical nuclear weapons, we are at a very bad place at the moment. do you really believe that? usually when people say they aren't bluffing they probably are, and surely the use of a tactical nuclear weapon would take this into a spiral or escalation of having to go further as well? is president putin capable of something like that? would he be allowed to do

after that reform to replace the osc program. we did not get to this because of time but this is very much on us. the magic of place-based is because you approach a location. at the end of the day, it is a legally defined patch of dirt in a holistic way. shame on us at the federal level for not being better about coordinating the educational investments, the job training, the nutrition, the housing in an integrated way. because we do not do that, you waste an awful lot of money, creating housing where people either do not want to live or they do not have access to transportation or creating a really good magnet school in a community where people have two dress or don't dress. i did not want to let my time pass without saying we need to tease out the process of integration of resources. sarah: i do know and i am excited that there are lots of conversations about how the federal government can be as effective at that. as you know, congress'not make that so easy for all the programs -- congress does not make that so easy for all the

., the osce and civil society organizations that russia is systematically detaining, processing, and deporting ukrainian men, women and children. with chilling echoes from european history. as we have heard, civilians reportedly faced interrogation, body searches, stripping, invasive data collection, ill-treatment and torture while passing through filtration. those who are deemed most threatening are reportedly held indefinitely in detention centers, while others, including unaccompanied children, are forcibly deported to russia. some simply disappear. though we call on the russian federation to allow the u.n. and other relevant international organizations immediate, full, and unhindered access to those held and filtration camps and detention centers and these reports to be fully investigated, to ensure that those responsible can be held to account. we are concerned too, that russia may be using forced deportations and displacements in an attempt forcibly to change the demographic makeup of parts of ukraine. what does this tell us about russia's war? first, it tells us about their me

former ambassador to the osce former governor of virginia. this question is for you admiral. can you tell the u.s. military assessment, so sensually the total withdrawal some kind of u.s. presence that could have remained in afghanistan and prevented this outcome? >> governor, thank you for attending the webinar. thanks for a great question. the shortest answer, yes i think there was an alternative. obviously the biden administration disagrees with tithat view. just to kind of do the numbers for people, when i commanded this mission for four years we had 150,000 troops there. byoo the time we get close to te withdrawal we are down to 15000 for it here i'm talking about coalition troops about 15000. we'd already withdrawn 90% of the troops before we start to chip away both the trump administration and the biden administration comes in and pulls out the very last punch. my own view, this is arguable. my own view is we should have maintained i would say ballpark 10,000 troops coalition. i think the year old would gladly have put up 5000 -- 7000. we could've made up the bulk of t

and the litany of russian violations of international humanitarian law documented in the osce's moscow mechanism reports. and other human rights reports. however, no report can adequately capture firsthand experience. and that is why we are so grateful that you are with us today. before i turn into hofko, who is joining us for a more fulsome introduction of taira -- and the ngos that have worked in regards to these humanitarian efforts, we welcome all our international guests that are with us today. i also want to acknowledge senator shaheen a member of the commission, is with us. i will now turn -- and we are joined by the co-chair of the commission. i'm going to give him a chance to catch his breath for one second, before i turned him. senator shaheen, would you like to make any opening comments? >> i would just like to thank you for appearing before us, with members of the commission today, and your heroic efforts in ukraine. >> -- thank you, mister chair, appreciate you calling this meeting, this important meeting, and i apologize for being a little late. i think all the raw member

support the osc. support, we at usaid support ukrainian ngos on the ground who are now, they've set up 22 offices across the country just painstakingly documenting case after case and there are 15,000 incidents of war crimes that have been documented so far. >> yeah. i think ukraine's top prosecutor said they have identified 34,000 potential war crimes which is just a staggering number. i think that, i mean, that number alone can i think cause some people to be defeatist. i know you're hopeful. you're pragmatic as well. time marches forward. regimes change. but i wonder how much you think disinformation and the current russian posture is a different calculation than, you know, the sort of posture of genocidal leaders in the late '90s right? we are living in a time where the russians can literally take the stance that none of this is happening. all of this talk about whether it's war crimes or food insecurity, grain shortages caused by putin's war in ukraine. that is a confection of the west. that's no

take when kobe bryant like one, the osce, you know, won an oscar. that sort of things like that is not the type you know, that's not who i wouldn't sends what they typically do. yeah, exactly. very cool. i. >> we are both. i mean, not at all close. so, you know, he's it from even know what he got until tonight. so award for and i was like what? what he does like national parks that have used would like it? yeah, definitely check it that's all the time we got here for kron. 4 news at 9. yeah. been just a few minutes. we'll be back here at 10 o'clock. >> we hope to see that. >> when fun time from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news. >> because was running in. >> colin off in the water, wherever they can find it as scorching temperatures, unhealthy air quality and power supply limitations continue across the bay area tonight. all 3 expected to only get worse tomorrow on the labor day holiday. good evening. thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 10. i'm noelle bellow and i'm dan thorn. let's get right to the hot weathe

uncle fester whenle he wants to use live real timecd closed captioning monitors and according to the osc team,o fetterman wants to have to practice sessions in studiojoinn ahead of time. joining me now is the other participant in that debate, europeanize unauthentite dc candidate, republican pennsylvania. dr. oz, we spoke te oican the fetterman campaignspoke any denied the practice sessions claim, saying both campaigns will be doing predebate walk through. e stanis a very standard.a every political debate that'prsb not a practice debate orat whatever the hell the team is spinning this as your responses.esponse?. al not , i know is john fetterman. he's been dodging all questionsd ,not just debate questions, but those from the press i d from voters, which is frankly insulting inng a democracy. i think he's doing it to avoid this radical left ideology thato he has.t want t and he does want to defend it. but under a lot of pressure, he has agreed to the short debate. as you point out, he does wantld closed captioning. and we were told that hented wad a few rehearsals, which i get py i'm a ph