. >> long lives a free german fatherland, long-lived -- long live a free and united europe. >> it was above all the east germans who celebrated this chancellor of the german unity. primarily because of his uncompromising stand for reunification. kohl spotted a small window of opportunity, a time when anything could be plausible. not just freedom of movement between the two germany's, but an end to east germany altogether. while the rest of the world was coming to terms with the collapse of the eastern bloc, he was pursuing goals of unification. ♪ >> gradually, kohl persuaded western europe's skeptical leaders. first, he won over the french president. and the british prime minister margaret thatcher gave up her otherwise stubborn resistance after kohl promised her a peaceful germany in a united europe. the u.s. was already on his side, after kohl assured washington a reunited germany would remain loyal to the west. >> neutrality will be the wrong road for germany to go down. >> at the time, the prospect of a confident, reunified germany was a nightmare for the soviet union. one of ko

. >> long lives a free german fatherland, long-lived -- long live a free and united europe. >> it was above all the east germans who celebrated this chancellor of the german unity. primarily because of his uncompromising stand for reunification. kohl spotted a small window of opportunity, a time when anything could be plausible. not just freedom of movement between the two germany's, but an end to east germany altogether. while the rest of the world was coming to terms with the collapse of the eastern bloc, he was pursuing goals of unification. ♪ gradually, , kohl persuaded western europe's skeptical leaders. first, he won over the french president. and the british prime minister margaret thatcher gave up her otherwise stubborn resistance after kohl promised her a peaceful germany in a united europe. the u.s. was already on his side, after kohl assured washington a reunited germany would remain loyal to the west. >> neutrality will be the wrong road for germany to go down. >> at the time, the prospect of a confident, reunified germany was a nightmare for the soviet union. one of koh

butted it and rightly for many reasons, he never was able to complete the necessary steps to really unite europe and make it a political and ecoconoc entity and that came about in 2008 when the financial crisis brbroke and that had very much o do with the deficiencies of europe and it was not her fault and also, she certainly is the strong leader in this europe. no doubt about it. germany is as big as it is but her strength is the weakness of many european leaders. ?> what has that led to a continuing crisis in southern , a divisionit between western and eastern europe, especially hungry and poland. -- hungary and poland. she squandered everything helmut kohl stood for. >> we can debate about what happened in great britain, whether this is her fault or david cameron who started an unnecessary referendum. [laughter] >> i would absolutely agree. i think it has nothing to do with angela merkel. >> it is the british fault, not the germans who made the referendum happen. >> we are going to move from the european panorama back to the local level in the last couple days. there has been an unholy

butted it and rightly for many reasons, he never was able to complete the necessary steps to really unite europe and make it a political and economic entity and that came about in 2008 when the financial crisis broke and that had very much to do with the deficiencies of europe and it was not her fault and also, she certainly is the strong leader in this europe. no doubt about it. germany is as big as it is but her strength is the weakness of many european leaders. ?> what has that led to a continuing crisis in southern , a divisionit between western and eastern europe, especially hungry and poland. -- hungary and poland. she squandered everything helmut kohl stood for. >> we can debate about what happened in great britain, whether this is her fault or david cameron who started an unnecessary referendum. [laughter] >> i would absolutely agree. i think it has nothing to do with angela merkel. >> it is the british fault, not the germans who made the referendum happen. >> we are going to move from the european panorama back to the local level in the last couple days. there has been an unholy

why do the united states pays a much of the defense for europe? shet is interesting what has to say about this. she says the e.u. is not a military alliance and does not want to become one. >> but he is talking about nato. >> but angela merkel is saying that the europeans need to pull together. due respect, she does not know what she is talking about. of course, the e.u. is a military alliance. in the indianns ocean. have battle groups, e.u. battle groups which work together. french, german cooperation, and so on. that, ands not know she is supposed to be our coordinator for foreign policy in the e.u., you know, i feel like using one of your words. it is incredible. of course the e.u. is also a military alliance, and has been for at least 10 years. >> but everything we are talking about -- it is a feckless ambition. you know, angela merkel is saying it is time to take our faith into our own hands. this point in time, a pipe dream and nothing more. why is she saying it? if they cannot walk the walklk, why are they talking the talk? rieke: you can a

tha -- there was the realization to become with insecurity europe must be united. but how could these europeans be united when they are also different? he was the blood of many races, not to mention different line which is. they might smile each other, but his neighbors they have nothing in common. sometimes the frontier was a natural barrier, who more often than not it was merely an invisible line across fields of trees. an invisible line and an attitude of life. yet even in the time of occupation, there were those who realized already what must be done. >> it is not the movement of parties, but a movement of people. it must be all for all. europe can only be united with a heartfelt wish and vehement expression of the great majority of all the people, of all the parties, in all the freedom loving countries, no matter where they dwell or how they vote. fort was all very well winston churchill to make speeches in 1947. he had self-respect. he had enough to eat. he had a place in which to live. europe was the theater in which the plant such things. unity was down on

for the more deflected, there was the realization to become security, europe must be united. but how could these europeans be united when they are also different? he was the blood of many races, not to mention different line which is. that languages. -- different languages. they might smile each other, but his neighbors they have nothing in common. sometimes they frontier was a natural barrier, who more often than not it was merely an invisible line across fields of trees. an invisible line and an attitude in mind. yet even in the time of , there were those who realized already what must be done. >> it is not the movement of parties, but a movement of people. it must be all for all. europe can only be united with a heartfelt wish and vehement expression of the great majority of all the people, of all the parties, in all the freedom loving countries, no matter where they dwell or how they vote. >> it was all very well for winston churchill to make speeches in 1947. he had self-respect. he had enough to eat. he had a place in which to live. europe was the theater in which to pl

europe can only be united by the heartfelt wish and vehement expression of the great majority of all the people, of all the parties, in all the freedom loving countries, no matter where they dwell or how they vote. >> it was all very well for winston churchill to make speeches in 1947. he had self-respect. he had enough to eat. he had a place in which to live. to plans the theater such things. in time unity was down on the list of priorities. it was supposed to stem from united nations. their lack of progress with such that when delegates from east and west set down the other, hope was so thin. how could there be a record one east block every move in its -- accord when the east block every move in this direction? in the economic chaos of the postwar period, communism saw its greatest triumph. wherever there was dissatisfaction, they could fan the flames a revolt. world revolution, the ends justified any means. in countries like czechoslovakia, infiltration overcame the obstacles. at first communist leaders pay -- paid lip service to democratic principles, treating the veterans with r

these were designed not only to unite europe, but to keep germany in check. that was the immediate goal after world war ii. are those goals outdated? is the president right that we should pull back from those alliances? mr. brooks: the president has a very good point when he talks about the fact that these alliances require balance, the require people to participate in a way they hold up their end of the bargain. not just because fair is fair, the strength of an alliance requires that all parties hold up the bargain. nato is protecting the free world. it protects the concept of democratic capitalism, an unall oyed good in the world. that is what nato is all about. it is doing important work today too. the threat to nato is th ae fact that the countries of nato have made agreements. we should celebrate nato and all put our money where our mouth is. it is key to nato being able to live up to article v, common defense. let's pop champagne corks about what an important alliance this is, and let's put pressure on our ally such that we all do our part. susan: befor

and he has been a true friend of the united states. in 1989 we heard beethoven's ninth symphony for the first time to capture the feeling of the world coming together and in that same poll one ironic the written just after the american revolution to showed universal freedom with the friendship linking to people. president kennedy stirred the world when he said with freedom loving people everywhere today a grateful united states to this americana. [applause] >> and in countless ways and it is my honor to award you the medal of freedom, commander read the citation. >> the president of the united states towards the presidential medal of freedom to helmut kohl. as a teenager at the close of world war two, helmut kohl walked across the devastated nation and a where one day he would leave germany to be prosperous and united and free. after an extraordinary 16 years championed reunification of the country ever brought healing to a divided the land. a true world statesman to promote peace and democracy across the globe to of ian's european uni

these were designed not only to unite europe, but to keep germany in check. that was the immediate goal after world war ii. are those goals outdated? is the president right that we should pull back from those alliances? dr. brooks: the president has a very good point when he talks about the fact that these alliances require balance, the -- they require people to participate in a way they hold up their end of the bargain. not just because fair is fair, but because strength requires all parties participate in alliances. look at nato. it is not just giving germany in check your nato is protecting the free world. it protects the concept of democratic capitalism, an unalloyed good in the world. that is what nato is all about. in check soviet aggression but is doing important today -- important work today too. the big threat to nato is the fact that the countries of nato have made agreements. they are not complying with them. we should not trash nato, we should celebrate nato and say we should also a great it and put our money where our mouth is. the european count

charlie: your headline, who united europe? donald trump. thanks so much. mark, thank you. we will be right back. stay with us. ♪ ♪ tiger: -- charlie: tiger woods was found asleep at the wheel near his home in jupiter, florida. the 14 time grand slam champion was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. in the officer's account, woods' black mercedes was stopped with the brake light and blinker flashing. woods said he had a reaction to prescribed medications and alcohol was not involved. woods' breathalyzer test for alcohol was negative. marja thetance continuation of a stunning fall for one of the world's greatest athletes. at an interview at this table last fall, woods spoke about the effort he made to get his life back on track. tiger: i had to be honest with myself, and that is part of going through what i went through. is i messed up. i messed up. i shunned away a lot of things. , i didn't communicate with, for instance, elin very well. and i learned from it. on the flipside, fast-forward, i'm a better communicator now. i talk to people more. and on a

we need both and we will only be successful with the transatlantic bridge between europe and the united states, but also in a sense between germany and the united states is rather whitened and brought itta and apart from the military, security aspects in that particular lane we added an economic, cultural lane that we add the exchange of young people that this becomes a matter of course, people wishing to get to know one another and that's a perspective that's opening up in front of us, ladies and gentlemen. i think americans have nevererla really imitated this particular european kind of virtue of if you will call it that, people seem to be culturally so pessimistic. is it something the media and germany have made a business of someone who is no longer in office it is much easier to say that that people in germany and the media in particular love to paint the world, loved to predict that the world is just about to go under, but they obviously are secure their knowledge that this will never, about. you not at all familiar with this way of thinking and what is very important is and i thi

why have all of the things that we have taken from europe, why can't europe learn from the united states on how people who come? we are an immigrant country. everybody has come from all over the world to make us who we are today. why cannot europeans who have been around many more centuries thanwe have, learn that simple lesson? >> one of things that we did not carry with us one came from europe is religious discrimination. that is why we enshrine, in the and the endment, castration itself no religious test does . the religious acceptance and unique.ion was it is 90 we borrowed from europe. they have never had that kind of openness from all religious faith that the united states have. i'm ronot trying to say this in embarrassment, armstrong, i would agree that the incidence in terrorism by immigrants are and those who are muslim are far less than in europe. that does not relate whether it's by vehicle orterrorism or terrorism by guns. that is, as you say, even if there are incidences of religious discrimination, there are laws that frequently, the muslims get the zoning laws changed . we

and the united states. europe says we are complying competition law. voices from america saying, you're biased against our successful company. all the company has done is be the best in its field and used its skills to conquer a market. europe believing that google is abusing that dominance in one area to spread into other businesses. remind us what they did? it is about shopping services, put a name ofa it is about shopping services, put a name of a product into google, put in leather shoes and a box comes up with adverts and when you click on one advert, google earns money. 0ther price comparison sites are available, but you will struggle to find them in a google search. available, but you will struggle to find them in a google searchlj spoke to companies who say their businesses have been affected and other search companies, by the practices. it is difficult to get back into the market. could it lead to more innovation in europe. the argument from america is the opposite, it is punishing innovation and t

it is also about dividing europe. so i think they are both a big problem for the united states. i just made a statement. >> back to my last question, you would agree with me that the russians have taken no active measures in an american election while donald trump has been president. is that a fair statement? >> i actually don't know. i don't know what happened -- >> have we had any elections since he's been president? >> yes, congressional elections. >> and you think the russians have taken active measures in those elections? >> i don't know. >> we do know they have taken active measures in the last presidential elections. >> i think the intelligence communities are confirmed on that. >> we're all in agreement on that. who was president of the united states when that occurred? >> that was president obama, as you know. >> and you know he was aware that this was going on? >> yeah. >> indeed, he's admitted that he talked to mr. putin about that; is that correct? >> so you heard my testimony about president obama. i have great respect for president obama. >> i hear that. >> this wa

europe cannot be without the united kingdom. we have to invent another name, because europe without the united kingdom is not europe. britain was always seen as a very valued member of the european team on a number of levels, and that meant that other member countries to special deals for the uk to keep it sweet. we didn't have to join the eu currency, for example, and got a rebate on our contributions to the eu budget. but that was when were inside the club. now we're on our way out, and the eu says they have other priorities. i know the uk very well. i've been working a lot with british ministers in the last 20 years. they are very fine negotiations. but their other characteristic is they negotiate in their own interest. we are going to negotiate for our own interest, too. the european union is negotiating brexit on the half of all the eu's 27 member countries. nobody wants to punish the uk for its choice. one that is clear — the show must go on. the european show will go on. even if there will be some changes in the props d

so far these russian efforts have not been successful in europe as perhaps they were here in the united states. for instance, in france, the macron campaign and the french government were prepared to push back on cyber leaks as they released the information in the 48-hour blackout period and we've seen companies such as facebook actually take down a series of fake accounts to help blunt those efforts. this spring, officials hand counted paper ballots to ensure no interference in the vote counts. europe pushed back against news stories and established institutions such as the strategic communications division and the nato strategic communications centers of excellence to help educate the public in identifying propaganda. we have learned a thing or two from our allies in europe about proactively protecting ourselves against these threats posed by russia. months ago i would have assumed this hearing would have been a good funt for the united states to actually import some lessons -- impart some lessons learned to our european friend. unfortunately, to date, we have not yet as a government

so far, these efforts have not been successful in europe as perhaps they were in the united states. for instance in france, and the campaign the french government was prepared to push back on cyber leaks as they released information in the 48 hour blackout time. we've seen companies such as facebook take down a series of fake accounts to help those efforts. in the netherlands earlier this spring officials hand-counted paper ballots to ensure there'd be no electronic interference. across europe government media push back against fake news stories and have established such institutions in the nato strategic communication center of excellence to educate the public and identifying and correcting russian propaganda. frankly we have learned a thing or two from our allies in europe about proactively protecting ourselves against these threats posed by russia. a month ago i would have assumed this hearing would've been a good opportunity for the united states to import some lessons learned tory european friends. unfortunately, today we have not yet as a government hole taken to heart those l

the words we utilize in the united states and in europe and others are important. words are important. recruithelp recruiters individuals. do you think words matter and title for example, my friend from california said we are free to now say "radical slam and terrorist." or i heard mr. simcox, he indicated, he used the phrase terrorist"- islamist terror."d to "islamist does that matter? affrontnk it is all an regardless of the ideology and while it helps us to understand the recruitment dynamics and counter those ideologies to know exactly what they are, i am not sure there is a very big difference ultimately between violence inspired by marxist ideologies in the 1980's or the separatist groups are in that time as well from what we see today. so while i think it is important as part of our understanding and in an piece of a layer counterterrorism shortage in, it is only one piece of the puzzle and overanalyzing it will keep us away from the other pieces of the puzzle. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. >> thank you mr. chairman. i am curious becau

hatred of the united states is named as the reason behind a stabbing attack of. terror investigation is now underway. in the recent spate of atrocities across europe has left politicians and citizens unlike regarding terror as part of everyday reality. this hour the u.n. says it's horrified by the loss of civilian life in russia as the u.s. led coalition makes a final push to force islamic state out of the syrian city. welcome so as these national live from moscow with. thanks for joining us this. victims of last week's fire told us that the prime minister's apology will do little to change the situation. well i think it also symbolizes london which is now very very divided in terms of inequality of the false majority of people here do not benefit from the wealth which is invested where there are not free flights which is take the time where we have people out in the sun the streets in a free like how to but i'm afraid to reserve my house lost and credibility after the election i don't think it was very long most people think she is only here because the differen

europe and the u.k. apparently take a listen. the cloud that was used to run just like a rocket is because most european countries is burned to the united states my understanding is that the cloudy in question this flammable client which is banned in europe in the us is also banned here well to reason maize already apologized for the failure of the local authorities and the government to really help the victims of the grenfell tower fire fost enough and today for the first time since that fire tore through that building just over a week ago we got the official head rolling the c.e.o. of kensington and chelsea council nicolas holgate he's the highest or he was on the elected official at that local authority where the tower is located he was forced to resign by the government to resign may says it's good that he's lost his job but a lot of people are saying that he's just been chosen as the fall guy the scapegoat for all of this perhaps to deflect scrutiny away from higher up in the chain of command people are angry with the govern

states and europe as opposed to the earlier solidarity around the leadership of the united states stay with us for more on all the big stories of the day blue bus next to me all you watering fine given to google by european regulators know also the two countries i'm officially agreed know each other is nice. guys are financials and. when customers go by you reduce the firing. pin elf well reduce some of our. that's undercutting but what's good for food markets it's not good for the global economy. little enough to pose the central. i'll. do ya i. told me. you believe in the oh so those of you. you. just. have to leave the most but you can't really do the barbecue what about the drug. dealers i don't know that my final thing before they sell for what they sell but then so. what do you investigate the police officers behavior as well. i'll take drugs in the west end up in the presence here. calling me people as you claim. i'm going to france to boss broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight's oil on the rise is the fourth straight session of gains for oil but the uptick

europe without the united kingdom is not europe. -- to. britain was always seen as a valued member of the european team on a number of levels. that meant that other member countries to special deals for the uk to do it sweet. we didn't have to join the eu currency for instance, and that a rebate on our investment in the budget. but that was when were in the club. now we are on owl way out, they say they have other bodies. i know the uk very well. i've been working with british ministers in the last 20 yea rs. british ministers in the last 20 years. they are fine negotiations. but the other thing is they negotiate in their own interest. we will negotiate in our own interest, too. the european union is negotiating brexit on the half of all 27 member countries. nobody wa nts to all 27 member countries. nobody wants to punish the uk for its choice. one that is clear is that the show must go on. —— on behalf of. even if there will be some changes in the props department. so i have been told all of the flags of the european union are in this

saw her childhood in much of the united states and europe. husband, jim taylor, assists her as ceo. the two first met as university students in the u.s. after graduation, they joined an international ngo, working to counter poverty, and eventually their shared focus led them to marry. in 2004, they began supporting myanmar's farmers. the impetus came when harvard masters graduate debbie, at the time working for the aforementioned ngo in cambodia, received a request for help from the myanmar government. she sought permission from her employers to relocate with her husband to myanmar. >> translator: it was only when i came back to myanmar that i realized just how difficult life was for the farmers here in my country. they had no electricity and relied primarily on oxen for transport. it seemed like they were several centuries behind the rest of the world. >> debbie was particularly shocked by the lack of irrigation facilities in villages throughout the country. >> translator: in this picture, you can see a farmer, pumping water from a well by hand. it's very hard work. yet, it only dr

states my understanding is that the clothing in question this flammable plant which is banned in europe in the u.s. is also banned here well to reason may has already apologized for the way that the government handled the off tomato a liar and also the failings that brought it about and just after a week after the tragedy the first official head has rolled the c.e.o. of kensington and chelsea council nicholas holgate he's the highest or he was the highest on the elected official at the council he's been forced to resign by the government and to reason may said that's a good thing that he's lost his job but a lot of people here and been calling on trees in may to resign there was a large anti-government demonstration in london it was. called the day of rage laura smith was that and she osc to some of the protest as what they made of terrorism a's apologies the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without ribs over their heads without even basic information about what had happened what they should do that was a fai

i cannot help but feel the workers in europe and the united states are being played by the people that control the hiring in england and united states, and they keep important people from outside the country if something goes wrong and say, you have to deal with it three in moment of silence. what do you have to think? we are talking about the it usedsue earlier, and to be you had family-owned businesses and enterprises in america owned by individuals and families and run by their values. we still have those kind of businesses in america. when you see them, that kind of business doesn't necessarily put the pursuit of profit first. family businesses care about the community and put those things above increasing their profit. when you have big businesses, one of the things they want to be able to do is move their manufacturing out of the united states to exploit cheaper foreign labor and bring their products back to the united states. i think that is in rights. i think that is wrong. we need to get back to a place where we understand that one of the purposes of american business is to ma

what is europe doing right that would make sense to do here in the united states? ms. holmer? or anyone else. >> sure. europe is spending a lot more resources and time on the prevention agenda. they have a lot more programs that are about divergent and are about interventions before people at early stages of radicalization. this is something that the eu has invested heavily in. something that happens on the municipal and national government level in terms of funding and support and they have a lot more programs than we >> and yet they have the bigger problem. >> if i could just add, not to pat ourselves on the back too much or to get too critical of europe, their networks exist all the way back to the conflict in bosnia. so these networks of recruitment and radicalization have been around a lot longer than we have had in the united states. >> so let me get this straight, nato, predominantly christian or christian heritage organization, went to war with a christian country, serbia, to defend the people of bosnia, and of kosovo, two of the three muslim-majority states in europe

over a generation, if you live in the united states, europe, your living standards have not only risen, but in many cases, have actually gone down. first of all, i wish i was that powerful. i provided advice to hsbc, and i provided advice to many people. i did not have the power to give those kinds of results. ok, so, you were not the architect of the system, you were a happy and comfortable cog in the wheel, if you like. you must thought about this in 2007—2008, when you saw the fallout of the crash which affected many people. it is worth remembering in the period before 2007, there were warnings about what might happen. no one got the whole story. i was writing in 2003, 2004, about the dangers of the us housing bubble, for example. clearly, house prices were rising quickly. look at the us at the time. there was little willingness to listen to these warnings of danger at that particular time. in hindsight, there was a bubble. look at the attitude of the us government at the time, whether it was the administration, congress, they were in favour of saying we need a property—owning d

what is europe doing right that would make sense to do here in the united states? ms. holmer? or anyone else. >> sure. europe is spending a lot more resources and time on the prevention agenda. they have a lot more programs that are about diversion that are about interventions before people at early stages of radicalization. this is something that the eu has invested heavily in. something that happens on the municipal and national government level in terms of funding and support and they have a lot more programs than we do. >> and yet they have the bigger problem. >>fy i could add, not to pat ourselves on the back too much or to get too critical of europe, their networks exist all the way back to the conflict in bosnia. so these networks of recruitment and radicalization have been around a lot lodger than we have had in the united states. >> so let me get this straight, nato, predominantly christian or christian heritage organization, went to work with a christian country, serbia, to defend the people of bosnia, and of kosovo, two of the three muslim-majority states in europe

europe wants the united states to stay in agreement with the paris accords. he puts them in an economic disadvantage. when you look at what we've done already in this country to reduce our co2 footprint, we are at pre1994 level say. after we exited kyoto, we had reduce the carbon footprint by 18%. we let their action, not worth, not just simply those labels that are used. at the paris agreement with simply a bad deal for this country. the present has that we will continue engagement, continue weeding out reduction of co2, but we are not going to agree to situations like the paris accords that put us in an economic disadvantage as compared to the rest of the world. people forget that india conditioned all of their obligations under the paris accords upon receiving two and a half trillion dollars will take any steps until he receives them. china didn't have to take any steps until 2,030. when you look at that, if we are really serious about reducing co2, look at what america has done and follow our lead. >> shannon: the administration sent down two or agree to

over a generation, if you live in the united states, europe, your living standards have not only risen, but in many cases, have actually gone down. first of all, i wish i was that powerful. i provided advice to hsbc, andi powerful. i provided advice to hsbc, and i provided advice to many people. i did not have the power to give those kinds of results. ok, so, you were not the architect of the system, you were a happy and comfortable cog in the wheel, if you like. you must thought about this in 2007—2008, when you saw the fallout of the crash which affected many people. it is worth remembering in the period before 2007, there were warnings about what might happen. no one got the whole story. i was writing in 2003, 2004, about the dangers of the us housing bubble, for example. clearly, house prices were rising quickly. look at the us at the time. there was little willingness to listen to these warnings of danger at that particular time. in hindsight, there was a bubble. look at the attitude of the us government at the time, whether it was the administration, congress, they were in favo

states, europe, your living standards have not only risen by ten many cases have actually gone down. —— but in. i provided advice to many people. i did not have the power to give those kinds of results. you we re give those kinds of results. you were not the architect of the system, you were a happy and co mforta ble system, you were a happy and comfortable cog in the wheel, if you like. you must have seen in 2008 the fallout of the crash which are so many people. it is worth remembering. in the period before 2007, there were warnings about what might happen. no one got the whole story. i was writing in 2003, 2004, about the dangers of the us housing bubble, for example. clearly, house prices were rising quickly. look at the us at the time. there was little willingness to speak about these dangers and listen to them. in hindsight, there was a bubble. look at the attitude of the us government at the attitude of the us government at the attitude of the us government at the time, whether it was the administration, congress, they said we need a property owning democracy. look at regu

and europe was rebuilt and the united states was a huge beneficiary. and president trump does not seem to believe in that kind of policy. and i think for the first time since world war ii we seem to ess u.e. foreigns policy-- u.s. foreign policy. the idea of a u.s. foreign policy that does not contain somewhere within it the notion o f spreading liberty, the rule of er,, a rules-based world ord all that is simply. an idea.s if america denies that idea it is no longer itself. this president does not seem to have met a dictator he does not like. it has been left to angela merkel in germany and emmanuel macron in france to hold up the banner for now at least of the values based world order that america embodied since 1945. charlie: some say that country that will come in and fill the vacuum is neither britain or france. the country that will fill the vacuum is trying. roger: we have the curious situation today were china seems to embody more than the united states -- an open global trading system. and clearly when the united states abdicates, when america

the reason employers do this, we know from having studied it in europe and the united states, employers do this because they need to and want to. they see the value in it. we know that when you ride employers, it is not the best way to get it done with the better way to get it done is helping employers build a program, help them collaborate with a community college or technical school, or craft school. so that they do not bear the entire burden of the teaching. in the american system, the incentives are relatively weak. that is why, whatever we had inships america, they are very real and employers do them because they found no alternative and needed real skilled labor, not just guilt, but people -- skilled, but people who are problem solvers and work well with others, understand the culture of the occupation, the craft they were in. had internalized its quality standards and affect. that is where these things succeed the most. host: let's hear from covington, georgia, the line from others -- .he line for others, dan caller: talking about the apprenticeship program and how expensive it c

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here's a plan with the united states giving a lot of money to europe and everybody benefited, and europe was rebuilt and the united states was a huge beneficiary and president trump doesn't seem to believe in that kind of policy. for first time since world war ii, we seem to have a valueless u.s. foreign policy. i'm a naturalized american, maybe for that reason i'm a little starry eyed, but to me the idea of a u.s. foreign policy that doesn't contain somewhere within it the notion of spreading liberty, a rule of law, a rules-based order, all that, it's not america. america's an idea. if it denies that idea, it's no longer itself. but this president doesn't seem yet to have met a dictator that he doesn't like, and it's been left to angela merkel in germany and emmanuel macron in france to hold up the banner, for now, at least, of the values-based world order that america embodied since 1945. >> rose: some say that the country that will come in and fill the vacuum is 'neathing britain nor france. the country that will fill the vacuum is china. >> well, we have the curious situation today w

and europe was rebuilt and the united states was a huge beneficiary. and president trump does not seem to believe in that kind of policy. and i think for the first time since world war ii, we seem to have a valueless u.s. foreign policy. i am a naturalized american, maybe for that reason i am a little starry eyed, but the idea of a u.s. foreign policy that does not contain somewhere within it the notion of spreading liberty, the rule of law, a rules-based world order, all that is simply -- america is an idea. if it denies that idea, it is no longer itself. this president does not seem to have met a dictator he does not like. it has been left to angela merkel in germany and emmanuel macron in france to hold up the banner, for now at least, of the values-based world order that america embodied since 1945. charlie: some say that the country that will come in and fill the vacuum is neither britain or france. the country that will fill the vacuum is china. roger: we have the curious situation today where china seems to embody more than the united states --