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allies who the united states had been with for years he then turned on the other. player in all of this turkey a nato ally dear nato ally saying he could destroy them as i have stated strongly before and just to reiterate if turkey does anything that i in my great and and most wisdom considered to be off limits i would totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey i've done before but for now it appears that this has been an absolutely disastrous day for united states foreign policy abandoning backstabbing one ally the blue to american reputation in the middle east is going to be astounding there are going to be consequences for this. and secondly turning on a nato ally or threatening to destroy them economically to be i don't see how this is going to be any better tomorrow peace activist and clark has more. we have to remember that in the $99.00 days turkey with the substantial u.s. military support by the way really carried out a genocide against its per kurdish population killing about $3000000.00 kurds so we know about turkey's tip of the towards the kur
allies who the united states had been with for years he then turned on the other. player in all of this turkey a nato ally dear nato ally saying he could destroy them as i have stated strongly before and just to reiterate if turkey does anything that i in my great and and most wisdom considered to be off limits i would totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey i've done before but for now it appears that this has been an absolutely disastrous day for united states foreign policy...
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as a member of the united states senate and a potential juror, i will take my job as seriously as any i've ever had in this institution and i hope my republican colleagues will do so as well. the american people deserve nothing less. leader mcconnell and my republican colleagues must uphold their oaths to the constitution, put country over party and conduct a fair trial. anything short of that would be a dereliction of duty and no one should pre-judge the case. indeed, that's precisely the advice that leader mcconnell gave during the 1998 impeachment proceedings when he stated, quote, as a potential juror, if it's a serious enough to warrant a potential impeachment proceeding, i don't think i ought to pre-judge the case. we have a constitutional duty to investigate president trump's attempts to orchestrate foreign interference in our election. of the use of his office to support his personal political goals and how he sought to cover up that effort. nothing less than our national security, the rule of law and our constitutional order are at stake. i yield the floor, mr. president. ♪
as a member of the united states senate and a potential juror, i will take my job as seriously as any i've ever had in this institution and i hope my republican colleagues will do so as well. the american people deserve nothing less. leader mcconnell and my republican colleagues must uphold their oaths to the constitution, put country over party and conduct a fair trial. anything short of that would be a dereliction of duty and no one should pre-judge the case. indeed, that's precisely the...
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in the united states congress, he made up my phone call. i have had people who have said i did not like the way you talked to the ukrainian president, i said, did you read my speech? , a lot of people saw that. frankly, i don't know if anybody would have even noticed. congenial andlly gentle words and made me sound like a tyrant. it's a terrible thing. he defrauded the american public. it is all a big con. have had the transcript, you would not have had a whistleblower. all you have to do is read transcript. what's even more important than transcript, though i think it is the most important, these are crooked people. lawyer it'sdemocrat a con job. this is a con being perpetrated by united states public and even the world. a poll just came out today, very small people want to see something. that's the way it is. i say this. all you have to do is read the transcript. you know what is almost as good as the transcript? sayingainian president he did not even know what they were talking about, no pressure. the foreign minister of ukraine saying i
in the united states congress, he made up my phone call. i have had people who have said i did not like the way you talked to the ukrainian president, i said, did you read my speech? , a lot of people saw that. frankly, i don't know if anybody would have even noticed. congenial andlly gentle words and made me sound like a tyrant. it's a terrible thing. he defrauded the american public. it is all a big con. have had the transcript, you would not have had a whistleblower. all you have to do is...
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so the president of the united states happens to be right congressional republicans in the house and senate should focus on the details of the case rather than the process. later this week, another subject, senate democrats will use their authority under the congressional review act to force a crucialal vote on healthcare protections for americans with pre-existing conditions. the trump administration has done nearly everythingab imaginable to undermine these protections over the past three years including by suing to repeal our health care law entirety. but this concerns administration expansion of gun insurance plans to offer ways around the requirements to cover americans when they need healthcare the most this is the green light to use taxpayer dollars to use junk insurance plans often plans they are so skimpy they hardly cover anything at all were barely worth the paper they are written on. imagine if you are the mother of a child with cancer or a father and you sign one of these plans insurance company says we don't have to take care of your kid. something as devastating or lif
so the president of the united states happens to be right congressional republicans in the house and senate should focus on the details of the case rather than the process. later this week, another subject, senate democrats will use their authority under the congressional review act to force a crucialal vote on healthcare protections for americans with pre-existing conditions. the trump administration has done nearly everythingab imaginable to undermine these protections over the past three...
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level legalization happen in the united states a black market continues to exist and mexico used to be the biggest supplier of illegal mar on the 2 americans but as you can now buy your illegal weed of all strength and sizes and flavors in the u.s. the demand for matt meagher up from mexico has gone down i took a brief look at the customs and border patrol see just before we came on live in 2013 i was teasing or going to 1000000 pounds of marijuana at the u.s. borders per year and that's dropped to a quarter of a 1000000 this year so you know as you mention these are wholly drug trafficking organizations and increasingly we're also seeing a drop in the in the demand for heroin paste and there's been a sperry very important switch to synthetics both in terms of what the drug trafficking organizations are producing and what people are consuming not talking about spencer now which is killing more americans in the united states than any other drug i'm talking about methamphetamine which is a huge hillary ited states and increasingly a problem in mexico and this is where a lot of the org
level legalization happen in the united states a black market continues to exist and mexico used to be the biggest supplier of illegal mar on the 2 americans but as you can now buy your illegal weed of all strength and sizes and flavors in the u.s. the demand for matt meagher up from mexico has gone down i took a brief look at the customs and border patrol see just before we came on live in 2013 i was teasing or going to 1000000 pounds of marijuana at the u.s. borders per year and that's...
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of the united states is preaching that president to engage in political investigations. you cannot have a message more contradictory from the statement than what we saw in that call. so we had bringing witnesses in at a furious pace that has accelerated with a very busy few days and weeks ahead but we are running into what we expected in one aspect is a complete effort by the administration to stonewall. today it is long past due when the state department was subpoenaed to provide documents. the state department has requested of those we have contacted instead of giving them to us give them to the state department under the expectation that they would turn them over to congress but thus far they have refused. and were it not for the fact we would not know there is a paper record of efforts to condition this meeting and perhaps condition military support itself on these political investigations. those documents would have been completely bottled by the state department. we know from the witnesses that have come forward there are additional documents may have provided that
of the united states is preaching that president to engage in political investigations. you cannot have a message more contradictory from the statement than what we saw in that call. so we had bringing witnesses in at a furious pace that has accelerated with a very busy few days and weeks ahead but we are running into what we expected in one aspect is a complete effort by the administration to stonewall. today it is long past due when the state department was subpoenaed to provide documents....
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states it will be all over the world. i think that is very unfair. but in the case of what we're talking about, we released a perfect conversation the president of ukraine just confirmed that and that should be case over. but adam schiff took that conversation before he saw it and fabricated the conversation. to me that his criminal. >> [inaudible] >> i just don't think running a country that you can have all of these people testify about every conversation you have had and in this case we have a transcript. almost immediately for transparent. nobody has been more transparent than me. and in this case you also have the president of ukraine saying absolutely it was a perfect conversation. the democrats have committed crimes because they made up the conversation. the whistleblower. i don't think people should be allowed yet to run a country i don't thank you should be allowed to do that. >> [inaudible] >> the uk are in the process of being spoken to. i did have a conversation yesterday with boris johnson, a good one talking
states it will be all over the world. i think that is very unfair. but in the case of what we're talking about, we released a perfect conversation the president of ukraine just confirmed that and that should be case over. but adam schiff took that conversation before he saw it and fabricated the conversation. to me that his criminal. >> [inaudible] >> i just don't think running a country that you can have all of these people testify about every conversation you have had and in this...
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in this battle the united states never lost sight of ukraine's importance. u.s. intelligence kept a close eye on ukrainian nationalist organizations as a possible source of counter intelligence against the soviet union. cia documents that just recently have been declassified shows strong ties between u.s. intelligence and ukrainian nationalists since 1946 from the cia agency report it is clear that they were not mistaken about the nature of ukrainian nationalist organizations or their leader stefan bond dare i himself according to an o.s.'s report of september 1945 bundy era had earned a fierce reputation for conducting a reign of terror during world war 2 after the 2nd world war under another ukrainian nazi leaders fled to europe where the cia helped them hide. the cia later inform the immigration and naturalization service that it had concealed stephan bandera and other ukrainians from the soviets the operations involving ukrainians continued for many years the nuremberg trials of 945 in 1946 brought the political economic and military leaders of fascist german
in this battle the united states never lost sight of ukraine's importance. u.s. intelligence kept a close eye on ukrainian nationalist organizations as a possible source of counter intelligence against the soviet union. cia documents that just recently have been declassified shows strong ties between u.s. intelligence and ukrainian nationalists since 1946 from the cia agency report it is clear that they were not mistaken about the nature of ukrainian nationalist organizations or their leader...
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the 1st couple of 1000000 users especially in the united states are not going to be. individuals the 1st couple of 1000000 users are going to be fleets break fed ex. u.p.s. and the u.s. postal service is going to happen to all those trying drivers are they going to be out of business well you know what happens in every industrial revolution has people are displaced from one area over time they have to find jobs in another area but yes i think anybody who makes their living as a delivery driver or a garbage truck driver or a bus driver or a taxi driver is in a couple of decades is going to have to find something else something else to do i regret it myself i mean i'm a passionate driver i used to participate in automobile races i like nothing better than high performance cars. i like to think i'm a better driver than most people so will i miss it well yes i will know it won't because i'll be dead by that time but also i think. we're going to talk a lot about the psychological aspect and cultural aspect as well before we get to that i do a lot of stuff about cyber crime
the 1st couple of 1000000 users especially in the united states are not going to be. individuals the 1st couple of 1000000 users are going to be fleets break fed ex. u.p.s. and the u.s. postal service is going to happen to all those trying drivers are they going to be out of business well you know what happens in every industrial revolution has people are displaced from one area over time they have to find jobs in another area but yes i think anybody who makes their living as a delivery driver...
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states is stooping to a level that is beneath the dignity of the constitution of the united states and our founders, since the chairman mentioned our founders. they put guard rails in the constitution because they knew there might be someone who would overplay his or her power. they never thought that we would have a president who would kick those guard rails over and disregard the constitution and say art 2 that says i can do whatever i feel like. so this is sad. we to be prayerful. -- we have to be prayerful. we have to be worthy of the constitution as we go forward. we have to be fair to the president. and that's why this is an investigation -- an inquiry and not an outright impeachment. and we have to give this president his chance to exonerate himself, but he thinks what he did was perfect. so we have that situation. ut i say to my colleagues, calmness, quiet, so that we can hear, that we can hear what is being said in this regard. again, on that very day, september 17, that was constitution day. a tuesday. two tuesdays ago from yesterday. that was when that explosion hit of what
states is stooping to a level that is beneath the dignity of the constitution of the united states and our founders, since the chairman mentioned our founders. they put guard rails in the constitution because they knew there might be someone who would overplay his or her power. they never thought that we would have a president who would kick those guard rails over and disregard the constitution and say art 2 that says i can do whatever i feel like. so this is sad. we to be prayerful. -- we have...
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over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the united states. just 50 united states considers cuba to be in its backyard. then crimea lays at russia's doorstep. the consequences of a u.s. seizure of the base or a nato base which in general. but almost. as much. i taught me to. put you in with a. 3 and. not be stuck with practical issue. but in your mind it's. just in the military use russian to support it with. your system in the me strong leader i'm not. so it. was a piece of the school board. just i'm a part of what i get there but you know we. see that on the phone fixed amongst the windows media with the cesium but if you make. the national system. on national media it's not. supposed to in the beginning if we act we would sort of the response. to me because you knew seemed up and you know you cannot you just you know and i guess those. but you know when you're in the lead you disappear you know the same so send them. up in the back of the in a. little news and when you see what i paid by senior night and usually. i'm concerned about the exp
over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the united states. just 50 united states considers cuba to be in its backyard. then crimea lays at russia's doorstep. the consequences of a u.s. seizure of the base or a nato base which in general. but almost. as much. i taught me to. put you in with a. 3 and. not be stuck with practical issue. but in your mind it's. just in the military use russian to support it with. your system in the me strong leader i'm not. so it. was a...
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states american people have a right to know what was going on. all of my discussions with the leadership in ukraine was entirely focused on president trump's priority of supporting efforts to end corruption. >> [indiscernible] [inaudible] >> i think that is why president trump is so concerned about foreign interference in our election in ukraine. if you read the transcript, you will see the president said to president zelensky that our country had been through a lot and he had a question about foreign interference in our 2016 election. to be honest with you, when did you lose interest in foreign interference in the 2016 election? president trump to get to the truth. he wants to know what happened in 2016 and the american people have a right to know whether the former vice president, who is representing an leading the united states interest in way affectedin any by the fact that his son was being paid $50,000 a month to be on a board of a major ukrainian energy company. >> [indiscernible] >> i do not believe that is the case great i know that is t
states american people have a right to know what was going on. all of my discussions with the leadership in ukraine was entirely focused on president trump's priority of supporting efforts to end corruption. >> [indiscernible] [inaudible] >> i think that is why president trump is so concerned about foreign interference in our election in ukraine. if you read the transcript, you will see the president said to president zelensky that our country had been through a lot and he had a...
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the united states -- we are very proud and different from the last administration, we provided military assistance to ukraine. president obama had seen russia overrun crimea. we stood strong. we stood strong with ukraine. we are standing strong with president zelensky. but, as the american people would expect, president trump wanted to make sure that ukraine was advancing the reform agenda, reforming and ending corruption. reporter: [indiscernible] interest in the bidens? i nevers. pence: discussed the issue of the bidens with president zelensky. what i can tell you is that all of our discussions internally, when the president and my office with ukraine were focused on the broader issues of european support. -- lack of european support and d -- reporter: [inaudible] vice pres. pence: that is your question. the issue of aid and our efforts with regard to ukraine were from my experience, in no way connected to the very legitimate concern the american people have about corruption that took place, about things that happened in the 2016 election, in ukraine, or about the issue that former vi
the united states -- we are very proud and different from the last administration, we provided military assistance to ukraine. president obama had seen russia overrun crimea. we stood strong. we stood strong with ukraine. we are standing strong with president zelensky. but, as the american people would expect, president trump wanted to make sure that ukraine was advancing the reform agenda, reforming and ending corruption. reporter: [indiscernible] interest in the bidens? i nevers. pence:...
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on the the latest impeachment inquiry in the united states and the first official to have heard the phone call with ukrainian counterparts has testified. he added his voice to a mounting chorus of diplomats and officials claiming the president pressured ukraine to investigate his main political rival, joe biden. clothing.in patriot's defied white house orders to testify he twice raised concerns about u.s. attempts to get ukraine to investigate trump paths main political -- investigate trump's main political rival, joe biden. after listening in on the he did not call, think it was proper to demand a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen. hillpeared on capitol wearing full u.s. army dress uniform, evidence of his long service, clear for everyone to see. among his decorations, the purple heart. democrats are calling him a very credible witness and his testimony explosive. frame trump was quick to the account as politically motivated, describing him on -trumper.s a never his loyalties, pointing out he was not born in the u.s., but in ukraine. most republicans have refused to question
on the the latest impeachment inquiry in the united states and the first official to have heard the phone call with ukrainian counterparts has testified. he added his voice to a mounting chorus of diplomats and officials claiming the president pressured ukraine to investigate his main political rival, joe biden. clothing.in patriot's defied white house orders to testify he twice raised concerns about u.s. attempts to get ukraine to investigate trump paths main political -- investigate trump's...
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there was an election, he won the election, he is the president of the united states. i don't have to agree with you to respect the office and the fact that you were elected. many of us have come to a point where there are allegations that have been made that have been substantiated by several people that are credible that are building on what we already know, that leads us to the point that we have a constitutional duty to make an inquiry and investigate those allegations and that is what we are doing. it is said we have come to this point, but what is really sad is the president has taken us to this place. >> host: adam schiff is part of the censure they want to put on the house floor. real clear politics, they say congressman schiff light on multiple occasions when he told reporters for 3 news outlets that he and his committee staff had no contact with the so-called whistleblower when in fact they had. >> guest: that is something procedurally we will have to take up. the democrats are in the majority at this point. the floor is being managed by the speaker and miste
there was an election, he won the election, he is the president of the united states. i don't have to agree with you to respect the office and the fact that you were elected. many of us have come to a point where there are allegations that have been made that have been substantiated by several people that are credible that are building on what we already know, that leads us to the point that we have a constitutional duty to make an inquiry and investigate those allegations and that is what we...
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states and build new ones in this country that specialize in those technologies. it will clean our atmosphere, save families money, and the cost of these cars will be less than the cost of maintaining a gasoline driven vehicle and it will establish america once again as the preeminent automobile power. as electric cars become the way of the future. critics say that acting on climate change has cost us jobs and money. it's simply not true. my plan is actually estimated to create tens of thousands of new jobs, good paying jobs right here in the u.s. much as america experienced the revolution at the outset of the 20th century, america under this plan will experience a resolution-- a revolution in clean auto manufacturing at the beginning of this century, but if we're to reach our goal we have to move fast. china now accounts for more than half the world's electric vehicle markets, and if we don't match the level of china's commitment we're going to miss a tremendous opportunity. we've missed too many already. if democrats win control of the senate in 2020 i as majori
states and build new ones in this country that specialize in those technologies. it will clean our atmosphere, save families money, and the cost of these cars will be less than the cost of maintaining a gasoline driven vehicle and it will establish america once again as the preeminent automobile power. as electric cars become the way of the future. critics say that acting on climate change has cost us jobs and money. it's simply not true. my plan is actually estimated to create tens of...
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in the last 3.5 years, take a look at what has been happening to the united states. over the last almost three years , take a look at the economic power we have created. chinese leader says we have gone up trillions of dollars while china has gone down trillions of dollars. reporter: [indiscernible] pres. trump: we are sending more troops to saudi arabia and saudi arabia is a very good ally from the standpoint that we get along with them very well. they are a very important player in the middle east. the relationship has been very good. and they by hundreds of millions merchandiseorth of from us, not only military equipment. in military equipment, about one at a $10 billion. with that being said, we are sending troops and other things to the middle east to help saudi arabia. but, are you ready? my request has agreed to pay us for everything we are doing. that is a first. saudi arabia and other countries soon now but saudi arabia has agreed to pay us for everything we are doing to help them and we appreciate that. you lost in court today. pres. trump: what? we lost on
in the last 3.5 years, take a look at what has been happening to the united states. over the last almost three years , take a look at the economic power we have created. chinese leader says we have gone up trillions of dollars while china has gone down trillions of dollars. reporter: [indiscernible] pres. trump: we are sending more troops to saudi arabia and saudi arabia is a very good ally from the standpoint that we get along with them very well. they are a very important player in the middle...
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states unbend the united states again refuses to move to sanctions like the same they do so north korea everything would be. worse than it seems. to be. thinking of getting a future among the ones we got in here she has no problem why is he didn't know it still seems trapped in this tiny little wired we don't need to create with him he will just start freaking out and she won't let us bring him anywhere near him so greeting dogs of caged in in human conditions on public forums i mean 67 years you know they've been locked up in a cage outside you see no protection from the weather the heat you know the cold air the rain the snow the funder nothing they have no protection. for you but you. know its own kids. across the u.s. crude puppy mills are supported by dog shows and pet stores most of the puppies are coming from these large scale factory farming kind of operations are being sold again at stores even joined a group businesses are involved like agoa mom center there's been a shocking amount of organized opposition to increase the standards of care for dogs bred in commercial rating fo
states unbend the united states again refuses to move to sanctions like the same they do so north korea everything would be. worse than it seems. to be. thinking of getting a future among the ones we got in here she has no problem why is he didn't know it still seems trapped in this tiny little wired we don't need to create with him he will just start freaking out and she won't let us bring him anywhere near him so greeting dogs of caged in in human conditions on public forums i mean 67 years...
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the united states air force retired. a special assistant to the university provost he integrates the university departments to expand expeditionary opportunities for the students so that you may learn what it's like to travel abroad. he's done a tremendous amount of things here and part of that has to do with him being stationed here and also for his hopes in helping each one of you to become better leaders and also today being the moderator of the panel. i could spend a lot of time reading about the incredible things he's done but i will keep it short. he is retired united states air force and went to the air force academy and university of north carolina. the courier logistics and airlift included three commands and for those that will be aviators, 6,000 flying hours in combat missions. [applause] thank you for attending the university military writers symposium panel at the 21st century future battlegrounds you and i are very privileged today at the peace and war center and organizefor center andorganizede with expert
the united states air force retired. a special assistant to the university provost he integrates the university departments to expand expeditionary opportunities for the students so that you may learn what it's like to travel abroad. he's done a tremendous amount of things here and part of that has to do with him being stationed here and also for his hopes in helping each one of you to become better leaders and also today being the moderator of the panel. i could spend a lot of time reading...
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they believe in the original intent of the united states constitution. there is nothing in the united states constitution that requires the house of representatives to vote on and impeachment inquiry. there is nothing in the supreme court precedent. there is nothing in the federal rules and procedures. there is nothing in the house rules. they are unable to defend the indefensible and so the republicans are arguing about cosmetic procedural matters. they are ignoring the grave national security concerns that what implicated by the behavior. [inaudible] >> i'm glad you asked that question. if you actually take a look at house resolution 581 which was passed on october 8, 1998, and that is the resolution that presumably establishes president related to subpoena power. what it says is that authority by the committee may be exercised by the chairman and the ranking member acting jointly or it either declines to act by the other acting alone is the key, except that in the event either sold the clients, either shall have the right to refer to the committee for
they believe in the original intent of the united states constitution. there is nothing in the united states constitution that requires the house of representatives to vote on and impeachment inquiry. there is nothing in the supreme court precedent. there is nothing in the federal rules and procedures. there is nothing in the house rules. they are unable to defend the indefensible and so the republicans are arguing about cosmetic procedural matters. they are ignoring the grave national security...
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benefit of the united states to impose conditions. we share intelligence if they share it back. we train soldiers if y company steps up counterterrorist t activity. that is not what appears to be happening in that ukraine memorandum which i urge folks to read for themselves. instead the something that is not of value to the u.s. but to donald trump and he appears to be soliciting from ukraine's head of state. he is asking for dirt on a clinical opponent, someone he thanks he might stand against as trump runs for reelection in 2020. in general rooting out genuine interruption maybe in the interest of the united states but picking up dirt on and up american family seems to benefit just donald trump and that is where the concern is.co >> host: would you finish with your thoughts on whether we are becoming a parliamentary system? >> guest: we do seem to have found our way into separate camps and that is unfortunate and honestly there has been a trend in that direction that proceeds donald trump campaign in time as president but escalated
benefit of the united states to impose conditions. we share intelligence if they share it back. we train soldiers if y company steps up counterterrorist t activity. that is not what appears to be happening in that ukraine memorandum which i urge folks to read for themselves. instead the something that is not of value to the u.s. but to donald trump and he appears to be soliciting from ukraine's head of state. he is asking for dirt on a clinical opponent, someone he thanks he might stand against...
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to pay attention to how we protect and defend the constitution of the united states. honoring the vision of our founders who declared independence from a monarch and established a country contrary to that principle. honoring men and women in uniform who fight for our freedom and for our democracy and honoring the aspirations of our children so that no president, whoever he or she may be in the future, could decide that article 2 says they can do whatever they want. again, let us honor our oath of office, let us defend our democracy, let vuss a good vote today and have clarity, clarity as to how we proceed, why we proceed, and again, doing so in a way that hon norse constitution. we must honor the constitution and how we do this. we must respect the institution we serve. and we must heed the further words of our founders, e plure bus ewe numb frommark one. they didn't know how many we would be, or how different we would be, but they knew we needed to always be unify. hopefully as we go forward with this, the clarity of purpose, the clarity of procedure, a clarity of fa
to pay attention to how we protect and defend the constitution of the united states. honoring the vision of our founders who declared independence from a monarch and established a country contrary to that principle. honoring men and women in uniform who fight for our freedom and for our democracy and honoring the aspirations of our children so that no president, whoever he or she may be in the future, could decide that article 2 says they can do whatever they want. again, let us honor our oath...
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and we want to restore the good united d name of the states. reporter: do you think the president's conduct in syria you -- bolsters your case that the president needs to be impeached? mr. jeffries: no. we connected one with the other. the facts speak for themselves as it relates to the president's conduct in terms of syria and turkey, reckless and an sponsible, jeopardizing ally, enhancing the position of four different enemies. the actions of the president as it relates to the trump-ukraine speaks for themselves. f the timeline speaks for itself. all right. ongress, in a bipartisan way, authorized $391 million in aid to thed economic ukraine. ukraine is a friend. russia is a foe. ukraine is a democracy. russia is a dictatorship. currently under attack by russian-backed separatists. the united states is probably the only thing standing between putin and ukraine being completely run over by russia. that context, ukraine is vulnerable. yet, $391 million in aid was high-pressure tactic. february, the trump administration wrote to us in congress a
and we want to restore the good united d name of the states. reporter: do you think the president's conduct in syria you -- bolsters your case that the president needs to be impeached? mr. jeffries: no. we connected one with the other. the facts speak for themselves as it relates to the president's conduct in terms of syria and turkey, reckless and an sponsible, jeopardizing ally, enhancing the position of four different enemies. the actions of the president as it relates to the trump-ukraine...
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blossoming don't forget the united states if it withdraws from syria it will not be party to this conflict anymore it will not have any leverage and the syrian conflict and some actually also see that russia is winning in this case because america is actually pulling out so that something of the gun is actually dealing with 2 different americas this is actually what makes his position very very difficult and this is what mixed actually the thrust also with the united states is very low now as we are recording this program on friday afternoon and there are already news coming in that at least in one like this suppose that cease fire has been breached and that there are there are direct military confrontation between the turkish military and some of the kurdish groups speech leads me to my next question as part of the deal struck last thursday the kurdish military units they why b.g. have to withdraw to at least 30 kilometers from the turkish border i think americans really in the position to even promise lot alone deliver on that given that the kurds have already struck a deal with the syri
blossoming don't forget the united states if it withdraws from syria it will not be party to this conflict anymore it will not have any leverage and the syrian conflict and some actually also see that russia is winning in this case because america is actually pulling out so that something of the gun is actually dealing with 2 different americas this is actually what makes his position very very difficult and this is what mixed actually the thrust also with the united states is very low now as...
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this wasn't the united states or obama but congress and international monetary fund including the europeans to provide economic assistance to ukraine and widely shared that we were all working together to try to help rid ukraine of this excessive manifestation of corruption. you are right it is the problems when he made the push to have that prosecutor general removed we do that transparently and openly in support of policy. he wasn't doing it for personal gain in fact the prosecutor general at the time was not even investigating the company that hunter biden became a board member of. so to ask him he wasn't investigating him. this is a classic case that we see out of this administration to deflect to create a story that doesn't exist. there is nothing improper that i am aware of that vice president biden did anything improper he did it transparent and talks about a publicly and the records of his conversations by phone i can assure you are not hiding on a secret server nobody can access. >> by hunter did profit becoming a member of the ukrainian company. >> my understanding from the public
this wasn't the united states or obama but congress and international monetary fund including the europeans to provide economic assistance to ukraine and widely shared that we were all working together to try to help rid ukraine of this excessive manifestation of corruption. you are right it is the problems when he made the push to have that prosecutor general removed we do that transparently and openly in support of policy. he wasn't doing it for personal gain in fact the prosecutor general at...
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. >> the american people have the right to know whether or not the vice president of the united states or his family profited from his position. you look at the video of vice president biden and you see there was clearly a quid pro
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we could go on and on oh and of course the famous phone call between the presidents of the united states and ukraine but we're going to talk about ukraine in a different way in a way that most people are not following we had an election where we have a new president it's own skin we have a new parliament overwhelmingly supported his agenda and him personally but doesn't seem to have much traction. yes that's very true and it's unfortunate that you have this element this far right neo fascist element in ukraine that is really calling the shots and it's amazing to me that. zelinsky has 77 or maybe it's less now i think is about 66 percent support of the people that's a lot you know it's quite alive percent voted for him and i don't understand now how it's possible when you have this public support that the street can rise up like it has when when i'm starting to wonder when is it going to get to the point when the people say no we don't want another made because it's basically what the neo i guess called the nazis yes we're going to that's basically what they're calling for there apparentl
we could go on and on oh and of course the famous phone call between the presidents of the united states and ukraine but we're going to talk about ukraine in a different way in a way that most people are not following we had an election where we have a new president it's own skin we have a new parliament overwhelmingly supported his agenda and him personally but doesn't seem to have much traction. yes that's very true and it's unfortunate that you have this element this far right neo fascist...
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into the congress of the united states. i mean, we have a broken system. this is an example to me of a straightforward break down in terms of american values in american democracy. our only real response is to push at the grass roots as hard as we can and secondly to have structural change in our government to break this strangle hold on the government and the right of the human beings who live in the united states of america. >> next bring in james roman. from l.a. a non-fiction author and producer of the broad way show. he supports mayor pete buttigieg. >> aids is the gift that keeps on giving. big pharmaceutical companies is the insurance industries profit. similar treatments are not a cure for aids. pharmaceutical companies profit ir rationally. there is no incentive to develop a cure they continue to profit from people that have hiv. for the rest of their lives. as president, how would you finance the science of developing a cure so that we can scale back the pharmaceutical industry. >> that is right at the heart of our broken government. that questio
into the congress of the united states. i mean, we have a broken system. this is an example to me of a straightforward break down in terms of american values in american democracy. our only real response is to push at the grass roots as hard as we can and secondly to have structural change in our government to break this strangle hold on the government and the right of the human beings who live in the united states of america. >> next bring in james roman. from l.a. a non-fiction author...
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it does not change the fact that the record of the call shows the president of the united states in a conversation immediately after the ukraine president asks for more military help, the president of the united states asks the leader a favor. on the whistleblower or anyone else will change those underlying facts. subjectpelosi: on the of the whistleblower, i said to the president you have come into my wheelhouse, 25 years on the intelligence member -- the intelligence committee as a ranking member. of i was part of the gang four before i was in the leadership has a gang of eight. for 25 years one way or another i was there when we improved the whistleblower legislation in the late 90's, i was part of that. i was there when they made further improvements and executiveobama made action improvements in the whistleblower legislation. we have further legislation. we that, i was there when created the office of director of national intelligence. it -- and what his responsibility was in terms of a whistleblower. understand, and i suspect that you do, the seriousness of the president of the
it does not change the fact that the record of the call shows the president of the united states in a conversation immediately after the ukraine president asks for more military help, the president of the united states asks the leader a favor. on the whistleblower or anyone else will change those underlying facts. subjectpelosi: on the of the whistleblower, i said to the president you have come into my wheelhouse, 25 years on the intelligence member -- the intelligence committee as a ranking...
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they hate democracy and want to make the world i need you in the united states. but in this perception this drives them actually i don't think they care about democracy one way or the other. that they have very good relations india's largest democracy, japan and israel. who has met more often with putin? netanyahu. who was walking side-by-side with putin the last parade on red square? benjamin netanyahu. they have a very good relationship there is a lot of complexities. when they don't agree but there are areas they have some things in common and common interest. iran is a very difficult issue with the russia is really bilateral relationship part of the reason netanyahu once a good relationship with russia he relies putin is a player in that issue and he wants to influence russian decision-making to deal with that threat. do the russian regard iran as plans? sort of. russia certainly doesn't look at iran this through the same prism that we do. they have concerns about their behavior absolutely. they don't regard them as irrational apocalyptic actors the way many
they hate democracy and want to make the world i need you in the united states. but in this perception this drives them actually i don't think they care about democracy one way or the other. that they have very good relations india's largest democracy, japan and israel. who has met more often with putin? netanyahu. who was walking side-by-side with putin the last parade on red square? benjamin netanyahu. they have a very good relationship there is a lot of complexities. when they don't agree...
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we'll either support and defend the constitution of the united states or we won't, and that's where we are. i think my holding back on it only argues further for how drastic this change was with this additional set of facts. >> you've said you -- you feel you had no choice but going forward on the impeachment inquiry and i know no one has a crystal ball but, you know, some democrats had been concerned if you go forward with impeachment, the president gets acquitted in the senate, that will strengthen him in the 2020 election. if impeachment helped president trump win in 2020 would it be worth it? >> let me just say this, just because the senate may not have the courage to recognize the president's violation of the constitution doesn't mean that they're off scot-free. we have to have a very compelling case as we go forward for the american people and for the senate. so, again, outcomes in election have nothing -- i solemnly swear to uphold the constitution as long as it doesn't make a difference in the election. that's not the oath we take. we're there to keep the republic or we're ther
we'll either support and defend the constitution of the united states or we won't, and that's where we are. i think my holding back on it only argues further for how drastic this change was with this additional set of facts. >> you've said you -- you feel you had no choice but going forward on the impeachment inquiry and i know no one has a crystal ball but, you know, some democrats had been concerned if you go forward with impeachment, the president gets acquitted in the senate, that...
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defend the constitution of the united states. they see his behavior because if you are in government you can make a lot more money somewhere else. and their job is to provide the unvarnished truth than the politicians decide what to do with it. knots what's turned on its head when campaign officials with russian operatives. they have the law called the two hop rule. but if you are interacting with an enemy of the united states and you are two steps removed you are a legitimate candidate i pass the one hop rule. i'm a candidate for surveillance. interacting with edward snowden who is charged with the espionage act. we have long as they have a legitimate right to spy on me. go ahead i'm not that interested - - interesting. so with those campaign officials meeting with operatives they want to investigate. it sounds partisan but it isn't they are trying to uphold republicans and democrats we have some republicans in the audience who think that sounds partisan i'm happy to elaborate but that's the way i see it. >> in a democracy we th
defend the constitution of the united states. they see his behavior because if you are in government you can make a lot more money somewhere else. and their job is to provide the unvarnished truth than the politicians decide what to do with it. knots what's turned on its head when campaign officials with russian operatives. they have the law called the two hop rule. but if you are interacting with an enemy of the united states and you are two steps removed you are a legitimate candidate i pass...
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i would say that the tea party in the united states is a little cesspool protest is a very interesting case yeah they were seen as kind of a radical fringe of the republican party but they started whipping a lot of elections you could say they took over the house republican caucus for a long time and they became very influential and they what do you have for us or i would point to the protests in puerto rico which successfully forced the governor there to resign. and i would also point go to the more controversial ones i would point to occupy wall street. a lot of people think of a movement that's right a lot of people think a bit of failure and yet here we are certainly the united states we are talking about many of the issues that they put on the agenda including the abolition of student debt the opposition medical debt taxing billionaires a whole set of substantive needy proposals that they put on the political agenda so i we got the we took the temperature of our online audience to get their fails and successes as well and this week we got from michael michael says to begin with th
i would say that the tea party in the united states is a little cesspool protest is a very interesting case yeah they were seen as kind of a radical fringe of the republican party but they started whipping a lot of elections you could say they took over the house republican caucus for a long time and they became very influential and they what do you have for us or i would point to the protests in puerto rico which successfully forced the governor there to resign. and i would also point go to...
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greetings and sal you take issue there are many things threatening the united states freedom of the press these days hawk watchers from government agency infiltration via retired intelligence and security agents like john brenner and james clapper running around cable news rooms influencing news stories of pundits and experts to major government contractors like multi-billionaire jeff bezos buying a major news outlet like the washington post but those are the show you're more center stage examples there's actually another more insidious major threat to our press these days and its name is wall street and it's crushing local newspapers across the country olivia snow smith writes and take on wall street that all over the country private equity and hedge funds have been scooping up these cash strapped papers and looting them into irrelevance or bankruptcy in fact between 20042800 united states lost more than a 5th of the local newspapers and news rooms at these local newspapers they lost half of their employer's employees between 20082018 while the local news is being beaten to a pulp by wal
greetings and sal you take issue there are many things threatening the united states freedom of the press these days hawk watchers from government agency infiltration via retired intelligence and security agents like john brenner and james clapper running around cable news rooms influencing news stories of pundits and experts to major government contractors like multi-billionaire jeff bezos buying a major news outlet like the washington post but those are the show you're more center stage...
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now i don't does that include the united states i think the united states in the sense initially and i think frankly the problem in syria how it started and who became exacerbated is probably because the united states and the russian federation both of them decided to deal with it at an arm's length they allowed their regional allies to take care of sticks. and that's where things got complicated there were a number of opportunities like you said. earlier there were a number of opportunities to resolve the conflict there were a number of opportunities. if they were seized and there were serious attempts by moscow and washington to solve the problem and i was witness to a number of them and it could have been possible and would have shortened the war and would have saved a lot of lives there's no don't now unlike other countries be it the russia or turkey for example the united states was not actively involved in different nation of the constitutional committee and i think as a result some of its partners on the ground war specifically kurdish groups in this in syria are not represent
now i don't does that include the united states i think the united states in the sense initially and i think frankly the problem in syria how it started and who became exacerbated is probably because the united states and the russian federation both of them decided to deal with it at an arm's length they allowed their regional allies to take care of sticks. and that's where things got complicated there were a number of opportunities like you said. earlier there were a number of opportunities to...
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i think impeachment to the respect to the president of the united states has become atavistic. we do not need it anymore except for the severe kinds of situations and other president of the united states knows he's broadcasting and wants china to help. this is a question of judgment but not let's remove him from office. do you think they should make the impeachment process has fallen into disuse? >> i think you clearly demonstrated to most people satisfaction with president clinton that he did like and maybe obstructed justice. and yet the senate would not convict him in the senate didn't come close to convicting him. some people say this president has abused his power and committed a series of abuse in office and i don't know anybody who thinks will be removed from office. it is ultimately up to the people to decide in election customer. >> exactly right and for the people to decide of impeachment removal. in the american people have in fact set a very high bar. they have not said, this is the standard in a legalistic sense. i think insane perhaps impeachment with respect to e
i think impeachment to the respect to the president of the united states has become atavistic. we do not need it anymore except for the severe kinds of situations and other president of the united states knows he's broadcasting and wants china to help. this is a question of judgment but not let's remove him from office. do you think they should make the impeachment process has fallen into disuse? >> i think you clearly demonstrated to most people satisfaction with president clinton that...
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the united states -- different from the administration -- the last administration, we provided military assistance to ukraine. under the obama administration, all they would provide was blankets. president obama had seen russia overrun crimea and initiate and support warfare in eastern ukraine. we stood strong. we stood strong with ukraine. we are standing strong with president zelensky. as the american people would expect, president trump wanted to make sure that ukraine was advancing the reform agenda, reforming and ending corruption. that our allies in europe were doing more. >> [indiscernible] -- the bidens was at least a part of the reason the aid was held up? >> i have never discussed the issue of the bidens with president zelensky. what i can tell you is that all of our discussions internally, when the president and my office with ukraine were focused on the broader issues of european support. >> you are interested in seeing the bidens investigated? [inaudible] >> that is your question. let me be very clear. the issue of aid and our efforts with regard to ukraine were from my exp
the united states -- different from the administration -- the last administration, we provided military assistance to ukraine. under the obama administration, all they would provide was blankets. president obama had seen russia overrun crimea and initiate and support warfare in eastern ukraine. we stood strong. we stood strong with ukraine. we are standing strong with president zelensky. as the american people would expect, president trump wanted to make sure that ukraine was advancing the...
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became exacerbated because probably because the united states and the russian federation both of them decided to deal with it at an arm's length . the regional allies to take care of things there are a number of opportunities there were if they were seized and there were real serious attempts by moscow in washington to the whole problem and i was witness to a number of them and it could have been possible and with a short in the war and would have saved a lot of lives 1st no dog. in this context i'm almost glad for the last 70 and seeing and. interests for that promotion commission. bred to shift to town does. and i know you care so sit on the open much to me mama says that. didn't hit the post that was the casino. or the analogy pickle you this may be been a. good. mother to my db a get at the coal mayo who want to know. which he may did and. may. not but down he had worked for for for 22 is to give us a defense and i think personally he was a little disappointed that we were getting independence by breaking us into 3 boxes and not for me to get one. so all dual flag hoist seems abov
became exacerbated because probably because the united states and the russian federation both of them decided to deal with it at an arm's length . the regional allies to take care of things there are a number of opportunities there were if they were seized and there were real serious attempts by moscow in washington to the whole problem and i was witness to a number of them and it could have been possible and with a short in the war and would have saved a lot of lives 1st no dog. in this...
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we cannot allow another country especially china to set the rules of discourse in the united states. did you see what china did or tried to do with the nba commissioner to fire a general manager for supporting democracy protests in hong kong? we don't have to imagine the lengths they will go to influence public discourse, they are ready happening now. i appreciate what mark zuckerberg said. one of the largest and most widespread communication platforms in the world making it clear he not only understands that the threat is will but wants to proactively fight, yesterday was a heartwarming reminder that free expression is the best business model in the world. let's go to questions. >> for weeks the president said there is no quid pro quo and the relationship with ukraine and funding, there was in fact a quid pro quo. given that was mcilvain he wrong about that, does the president have confidence in light of that statement? >> i think you saw mcilvain he clarify his statement. there was no quid pro quo between ukraine military aid and any investigation into the 2016 election? the presid
we cannot allow another country especially china to set the rules of discourse in the united states. did you see what china did or tried to do with the nba commissioner to fire a general manager for supporting democracy protests in hong kong? we don't have to imagine the lengths they will go to influence public discourse, they are ready happening now. i appreciate what mark zuckerberg said. one of the largest and most widespread communication platforms in the world making it clear he not only...
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become exacerbated because probably because the united states and the russian federation both of them decided to deal with it at an arm's length be allowed to reach move up allies to take care of things there are a number of opportunities up there were if they were seized and there were real serious attempts by moscow and washington to show promise and i was witness to a number of them and it could have been possible and would have shorten the war and would have saved a lot of lives there's no doubt. that in the end by the north and some of the people because a copy is so good that even such a bad copy is sending. i'm not killed anybody. until the find the next guy. done d.f.l. to phaedra. party at. the click some 40 c. oh say he has a deflection what does have to say. that is a god that i got out for many and so forth. you can bank on. a long long while the next. $100.00 gandhi the new normal is going to. cease. to go to you mark you join you. make or break the entire proposition financialization because without a baseline to value risk and to value time you have no basis to value th
become exacerbated because probably because the united states and the russian federation both of them decided to deal with it at an arm's length be allowed to reach move up allies to take care of things there are a number of opportunities up there were if they were seized and there were real serious attempts by moscow and washington to show promise and i was witness to a number of them and it could have been possible and would have shorten the war and would have saved a lot of lives there's no...
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countries will then put their own tariffs on the united states and we're into this top of a trifle right exactly this is this is how to for tat trade wars play out now this is just one element though with the w t o of course one of the big big concerns for europe as whether the united states is going to make good on threats next year to impose threats on auto on the auto industry auto parts and cars the auto industry is is enormously important to the global economy and to major economies and especially to europe's biggest economy germany the pressure all of this happens of course is china of the united states number one and number 2 economies in the world are locked in their own trade war we've seen a in china. economic growth this will $6.00 to now 6 percent how much of that is attributed to the impact of this try dispute with the u.s. . you can absolutely attribute a lot of that to the u.s. china trade war this is rippling throughout the global economy it's impacting supply chains it's impacting business investment because businesses are now very uncertain about what the future holds t
countries will then put their own tariffs on the united states and we're into this top of a trifle right exactly this is this is how to for tat trade wars play out now this is just one element though with the w t o of course one of the big big concerns for europe as whether the united states is going to make good on threats next year to impose threats on auto on the auto industry auto parts and cars the auto industry is is enormously important to the global economy and to major economies and...