states isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really which is an important achievement not. this put it on what would it national community for the rule of law no. contact at the military level with our friends those contacts will continue usually these are not broadcast live on television i see you mentioned the european reaction and i do want to ask you about the europeans because i think in russia now nowadays finds itself in a station similar to the one that they're on it was with the g c p a way because it has invested in the pipeline in the north stream pipeline and now it's c.s. the europeans having 2nd thoughts of paying lip service to certain ideas for the out actually putting any muscle behind it. can the europeans still be regarded as this reasonable part of the west because they definitely are talking different talk from the united states but are they more reliable when it comes to international agreements and keeping their war it bu

isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really which is an important achievement not. as for iran but for the international community for the rule of law no. contact at the military level with our friends those contacts will continue usually these are not broadcast live on television i see you mentioned the european reaction and i do want to ask you about the europeans because i think in russia now nowadays finds itself in a station similar to the one that they're on it was with the g c p a way because it has invested in the pipeline in the north stream pipeline and now it sees the europeans having 2nd thoughts of paying lip service to certain ideas for their out actually putting any muscle behind it. can the europeans still be regarded as this reasonable part of the west because they definitely are talking different talk from the united states but are they more reliable when it comes to international agreements and keeping their war it bu

united states. american journalists and politicians commonly referred to these people as refugees. but there are many other historical examples that we could point to. we have used the term refugee over and over again throughout american immigration history. however, today refugee has a very precise legal meaning, and that meeting has developed over the past 60 years, as we will see in today's class. we don't see a distinct refugee policy until the end of world war ii. two congressional acts are generally considered the origins of american refugee policy. the 1948 displaced persons act and the 1953 refugee relief act. under these two programs, the federal government allowed roughly 600,000 europeans to immigrate to the united states over and beyond the established immigration quotas, because it was deemed in the national interest. can anyone tell me why the truman and eisenhower administration would have deemed it in the national interest to accommodate european refugees and displaced persons? anyon

problem of how the united states should move ahead and where the united states is moving i think it is well that we take the advice of a very famous campaigner. is the united states standing still? is it true that this administration senator kennedy has charged has been an administration never treat, defeat and stagnation? is it true that as far as this country is concerned, in the field of electric power and all of the field he has mentioned we have not been moving ahead? we have a comparison. we have the records of the truman administration of seven and a half years and the seven and a half years of the eisenhower administration. when we can. these two records in the area that senator kennedy has discussed tonight, i think we find that america has been moving ahead. built more schools in these last seven and a half years that we have built in the previous seven and a half, for that matter, the previous 20 years. let's take hydroelectric power. we have developed more hydroelectric power in the seven and a half years that we have developed in any previous administration. more hospitals

united states. american journalists and politicians commonly referred to these people as refugees. but there are many other historical examples we could .2. we have used the term refugee over and over again throughout american history. however, today refugee has a very precise legal meaning, and that meeting has developed over the past 60 years, as we will see in today's class. we don't see a distinct refugee policy until the end of world war ii. two congressional acts are generally considered the origins of american refugee policy. the 1948 displaced persons act and the 1953 refugee relief act. under these two programs, the federal government allowed 600,000 europeans to immigrate to the united states over and beyond the established immigration quotas, because it was deemed in the national interest. can anyone tell me why the truman and eisenhower administration would have deemed it in the national interest to accommodate european refugees and displaced persons? anyone want to venture a guess? sara

isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really which is an important achievement not. this put it on but for the national community for the rule of law no. contact at the military level with our friends those contacts will continue usually these are not broadcast live on television i see you mentioned the european reaction and i do want to ask you about the europeans because i think in russia now nowadays finds itself in a situation similar to the one that they were on it was with the g c p a way because it has invested in the pipeline in the north stream pipeline and now it sees the europeans having 2nd thoughts of paying lip service to certain ideas for the out actually putting any muscle behind it. can the europeans still be regarded as this reasonable part of the west because they definitely are talking different talk from the united states but are they more reliable when it comes to international agreements and keeping their war it bu

>>> it's been a bad summer for the united states. the superpower and leader of the free would has fumbled its response to covid-19. now america neeleads the world covid cases and deaths. and then caught on camera, another black man by police. it caused americans to take to the street. meanwhile, the ugly political partisanship gets worse by the day. >> these people are clowns. >> on the world's stage, president trump is ruling over just about every moment of his presence. >> many trade deals will be under negotiation. the iran nuclear report and most recently the world health organization. he has upset traditional allies and he had made interesting new friends. how does the world see us at this critical juncture just two months before the presidential election. that will either keep donald trump in office for another four years or kick him out. that is what we will explore this hour and how they see us, a global view of trump's america. >>> we'll start the toe with tony blare, the former establish prime minister has been loyal friend

not the united states. the united states has an extremely bad record. i think it is the united states that has to show that it's committed to this deed, that it will not violate it again, that it will not make demands outside the scope of the deal, that it will compensate iran for the damages. the united states withdrew from jcpoa for no reason. it incurred damages on the iranian people. today iran is not able to even buy vaccines for influenza because the united states does not allow us to transfer the money. right now, as we speak, our order to buy vaccines for influenza, not for covid, vaccines for influenza, is waiting for an authorization by the united states to pay our own money. not to pay their money, we're not asking anybody for donation. so the united states, whoever is the president, it is immaterial for us who sits in the white house. for us what is important is how they behave. and the united states has behaved extremely irresponsibly, dangerously in the international community, so it is up to the united states. the united states has to tak

states isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really which is an important achievement not just put it on but for the international community and for the rule of law. north stream is is a very clear example that if europeans allow the united states to bully them when it comes to iran the united states can bully them when it comes to the lifeline and north stream is extremely important for europe as you know and the united states is even trying to intimidate clearly intimidate it germany from from engaging with russia in that so i think the lesson that has to be drawn from that is that if you allow a bully to operate in these new lives you know and i think the europeans need to realize. we have said that we had or without the united states you're an interest in that or guaranteed in that we don't want anything outside the juicy people we simply want what is ours what was bargained what was negotiated within the j.c. pure and it cannot be renegoti

why is the largest stone fort in the united states here today? the war of 1812 was a backdrop to that story. in 1812, the british invaded the united states. they arrived at the chesapeake bay. there was no one here to stop them. iny moved up all the way chesapeake bay. they were stopped at a place called baltimore. the reason? fort macon ray. -- fort mchenry. after the war of 1812, james madison said, we need to establish fortifications up and down the eastern seaboard. they recruited general simon bernard, the french engineer, who helped us establish the system we use today. it's an example of the largest and best of all of those ports. it was decided that port comfort was the location for fort monroe. it wasn't finished until 1834. the model that we see today is exactly what it would look like in 1834 when the first soldiers began to populate this fortification. the frenchman, general simon b ernard, was an intelligent engineer. he made it one of the strongest strongholds in the united states. he had several angles on the fort. enemy approach t

a united states state. and this guy, senator gruning, was kind of a hard-nosed realist. he was doing a cost/benefit analysis. and his critique was i don't get it. why does it make sense for the united states to spend blood and treasure going to vietnam? there was no big moral critique. there was no larger issue about the meaning of americanness. it didn't add up for him. but, again, these are two senators. there's almost no visible critique as johnson launches what will quickly become an american war in vietnam. there were a few other voices, a few public voices that raised questions. mostly from that realist perspective. does this add up? hans morgenthou, a guy in the academic community, he raised those issues. walter litman, a famous columnist, been making pronouncements about american policy for some 50 years. he raised some questions. he also critiqued this as a really -- just not a reasonable solution to america's interests in asia. but otherwise, remember, there's a kind of consensus. it's an election

and yet, she lost it all when the united states came after the mexican war. so both her rise, her existence. , her life coming from an or fan inch in mexico city to the rough frontier of what was then northern mexico, to end up 80 years later sitting and telling her story to an american historian who was chronicling the story with the assumption that these people would disappear. that the mexico cultural deposit in that part of the world would be overwhelmed by the yankee arrival. and that you needed to take this story down so that we would use it to remember that once upon a time there were mexicans here. it showed a misconception on the part of the english-speaking new kids coming west. it showed a misconception about how people interact with the land they are living on and how they remain in place. it was also a great story. so it served all the masters. who ledy of one person spanish-speaking regiment fighting for texas independence against the government of mexico, who ends up in exile in mexico. it was a country he took up arms to fight against. we felt

looking then to this problem of how the united states should move ahead and where the united states is moving, i think it is well that we take the advice of a very famous campaigner -- look at the record. is the united states standing still? is it true that this administration, as senator kennedy has charged, has been an administration of retreat, of defeat, of stagnation? is it true that, as far as this country is concerned, in the field of electric power, in all of the fields that he has mentioned, we have not been moving ahead. well, we have a comparison that we can make. we have the record of the truman administration of seven and a half years and the seven and a half years of the eisenhower administration. when we compare these two records in the areas that senator kennedy has discussed tonight, i think we find that america has been moving ahead. let's take schools. we have built more schools in these last seven and a half years than we built in the previous seven and a half, for that matter in the previous 20 years. let's take hydro electric power. we have developed more hydroele

who has led the efforts to achieve peace in the on behalf of the united states since september 28th . having made it this far what's next in the afghan peace process and what role will washington play. the u.s. special representative for afghanistan reconciliation. talks to al-jazeera. ambassadors. u.s. special representative for. thank you very much for talking to us there it's good to be with you trillions of dollars spent nearly 1000 years later the united states thinks that it is now time for the afghans to sort out of going to stand themselves you call it a historic opportunity. well for 19 years there has been an effort to end the war in afghanistan. by adding an agreement that's broadly supported in afghanistan a political road map and also an agreement that afghanistan never again would be a threat to the international community in of course. we worry about the united states in particular after all it was the $911.00 attack that did the u.s. and coalition forces have come to afghanistan and we had the 1st. time in these days 20 years some say that you could go back even longer

but the problem is not only in the united states. even my own society, portugal, that had a colonial past, and in which we have an afro—portuguese community, sometimes we feel... but the focus is very much, isn't it, secretary, on the united states? we need to make sure there is a possibility for everybody to live together and to feel that they belong to the society, and that they are respected in their values and identity. sure, but i have to just ask you particularly about the united states. that's where you're based. you've seen all the protests because of george floyd's killing and also now because of jacob blake in wisconsin and the kind of anger it's unleashed on the street. so it's not peculiar to the united states, but do you think america has a race problem? all countries have and, of course, the us also has. it's a vibrant democracy, but with a very dramatic legacy from the point of view... 0k, you've said about the legacy. all right. you're not going to... ..which, of course, creates the difficulties that we all recognis

i've stated on many occasions that the united states must meet its commitment on berlin. it is a commitment that we have to meet if we are going to protect the security of western europe and therefore, on this question, i don't think that there is any doubt in the mind of any american, i hope there is not any doubt in the mind of any member of the community of west berlin, i'm sure there isn't any doubt in the mind of the ussians. we will meet our to maintain the freedom and independence of west berlin. bill: mr. vice president, do you wish to comment? v.p. nixon: yes, as a matter of fact, the statement that senator kennedy made was that to the effect that there were trigger-happy republicans was an indication of trigger-happy republicans. i resent that comment. i resent it because there is an implication that republicans have been trigger-happy and therefore would lead this nation into war. i would remind senator kennedy of the past 50 years. would ask him to name one republican president who led this nation into war. there were three democratic presidents who led us int

states isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really rich is an important achievement not just put it on but for the international community and for the rule of law. north stream is is a very clear example that if europeans allow the united states to bully them when it comes to iran the united states can bully them when it comes to the lifeline and north stream is extremely important for europe as you know and the united states is even trying to intimidate clearly intimidate it germany from from engaging with russia in that so i think the lesson that has to be drawn from that is that if you allow a bully to operate in these new lives you know and i think the europeans need to realize. we have said that with or without the united states iranian interest that or guaranteed in the we don't want anything outside the g.c. people we simply want what is ours what was bargained what was negotiated within the j.c. pure and it cannot be renegotiated j.c.

so i was fascinated about mexico because of the entrance to the united states. but partly because it had become such a huge issue there and i chose a cup -- chose a couple of constitutional mechanisms they had decided to challenge their home state which guadalajara is the capital to marry them because without the right to be married, they could both be on the certificate. so, they went through this extraordinary legal process to get the right to manage and they chose to do that in guadalajara because same-sex marriage is legal. they wanted to do it for activists reasons to strip the law and culture and they succeeded. they had a very poignant, very beautiful wedding with protesters outside, but they didn't succeed in getting both of their names onto the certificate. and that was very difficult to watch. it wouldn't go that far for them and they had different opinions. the difficulties over trying to make a family and turned them over and the time you read the book they are no longer togeth together. but they are both wonderful parents. it was fascinating for me

states isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the digital micio be ronnie and position really rich is an important achievement not just put it on but for the international community and for the rule of law. nord stream is is a very clear example that if europeans allow the united states to bully them when it comes to iran the united states can bully them when it comes to the lifeline and north stream is extremely important for europe as you know and the united states is even trying to intimidate clearly intimidate germany from from engaging with russia in that so i think the lesson that has to be drawn from that is that if you allow a bully to operate in these new leaves no and i think the europeans need to realize that. we have said that with or without the united states iranian interest that or. guaranteed in the we don't want anything outside the j.c. people we simply want what is ours what was bargained what was negotiated within the j.c. pure and it cannot be renegotiated j.c. i

the president of the united states should be that. lastly i believe in, i would hope the president in the united states would indicate clearly that this decision was going to be carried out. under the handling of the case it was not. i think the president was responsible and those involved he should make it clear, the springboard decision is going to be carried out in a way that the supreme court plant. then in my judgment, i believe we can make progress. the president administration the president has never indicated what he thought of the 1954 decision. and if he doesn't speak, the country doesn't speak. the presidency of the united states is a place of moral leadership and i believe on this great moral leadership you should speak out and give your views clearly. >> mister vice president? >> senator kennedy has some high hopes and hopes which all american share, progress in this area. let's look at the performance. selected as vice presidential running mate, you selected a man who had ordered against most of these proposals and a man

states and also from various circles in afghanistan as well that the united states has given too much weight to the taliban is that the case well we are not happy about the. release of some of those prisoners yet you facilitated it yes because we wanted something that was very important is very important for afghanistan for the international community. we wanted afghans to negotiate an end to the war which is i don't think any country that unhappy about the release of prisoners as i said we were through with said no let the war go on. we appreciate their expression of unhappiness. empathize with them we think the goal of making afghanistan to be more peaceful for afghans to come together. in the war for afghanistan not to be a threat to the international community and for the burden of afghanistan to reach to reduce on the international community as you referred to at the beginning of the program are significant goals and objectives and sacrifices to be made tough decisions difficult decisions had to be made. if nothing important is easy. to achieve and we had to do those tough things

here in the united states which -- and the grand coolly another dance in the northwestern united states. at the present rate of hydro power production, that is the hallmark of an industrialized society. soviet union by 1975 will be producing more nuclear power than we are. these are all the things that i think in this country make our society strong or make it standstill. i'm not satisfied until every american enjoys is full constitutional rights. a neat row baby is born and will puerto ricans in mexicans. he has about one half as much chance to get through high school as a white baby. he is one third as much chance to get to college as a white student. he has about as third as much a chance to be a professional man, about half as much chance of owning a house. he has about four times as much as to be out of work uttering his life is a. baby i think we can do better. i don't want the challenge of any american to go to. west waste i think there's things people who say we can turn everything over the government. i don't think it. all i want the states to meet their responsibilities but i

grothman: and because the united states was there, right? ambassador khalilzad: afghans are living longer because of our presence. they are living longer, they are healthier than they were. although still they have a long way to go. more afghans are -- have access to education. more afghans have access to telephones. to communicating and networking with each other and with the rest of the world. it is a different country than it was in 2001. and i keep telling, and when i talk with the taliban, this is not their father's afghanistan. this is a different afghanistan and they need to adjust and accommodate that change. mr. grothman: i just found something else here i'll tell you. in the 20 years since we've been thrrk the population of afghanistan has almost doubled. did you know that? kind of amazing. ok. mr. lynch: the gentleman yields. the chair now recognizes the distinguished chair of the full committee, on oversight, the gentlewoman from new york, for five minutes for questions. mrs. maloney: thank you very much, and welcome to our panel

the united states -- u.s. combat has taken the lives of around 800,000 people, but they're also indirect deaths. deaths caused by the destruction of local infrastructure, health care services, hospitals, food sources. and those total deaths could never upwards of 3 million people. and i think most people in the united states, myself included, have not really reckoned with the total damage that these wars have caused. we h haven't even begun to read our minds around what it would mean to have this level of destructction in our lives. amy: and you have, for example,, the effects of soldiers on bases like what happened in the philippines where the authoritarian leader president duterte just pardoned a u.s. soldier who was found guilty of murdering a trans womaman off base. >> yes. this is anotheher cost of war. we need to look at the cost of war in terms of -- the human cost in terms of directct combat deaths, injururies in these wars on terror, numbering in the tens of millions. but we also need to look at thee

the united states. and with the revolutionary governments that managed them. and they made very specific pleas about the legitimacy of their occupation and settlement. they specifically talked about the fact that the king had limited, had restricted access to these western lands, but that they had fought and bled for these lands at the battle of point pleasant. they had a legitimate and meaning claim to these lands. and moreover, they were also interested in liberty and they thought what the united states was talking about was pretty great and they wanted to be part of it and they said the united states would be foolish to miss the opportunity to incorporate such skilled rifleman into their ranks. they petitioned their congress and said, if you support us out here we'll fight for you and keep the native peoples off of your backs. so they made the case that in addition to the fact that they adhered to the same principles of liberty that the united states did, they also made a strategic argument, that the

states isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really rich is an important achievement not just put it on but for the international community and for the rule of law. north stream is is a very clear example that if europeans allow the united states to bully them when it comes to iran the united states can bully them when it comes to the lifeline and north stream is extremely important for europe as you know and the united states is even trying to intimidate clearly intimidate germany from from engaging with russia in that so i think the lesson that has to be drawn from that is that if you allow a bully to operate then these new leaders know and i think the europeans need to realize that. we have said that with or without the united states iranian interest that or. guaranteed in the j.c. we don't want anything outside the g.c. people we simply want what is ours what was bargained what was negotiated within the j.c. pewee and it cannot be renegotia

been does a major diplomatic defeat for the united states isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really which is an important achievement not. put it on what would it national committee for the rule of law no. contact at the military level with our friends those contacts will continue usually these are not broadcast live on television i see you mention the european reaction and i do want to ask you about the europeans because i think in russia now nowadays finds itself in a station similar to the one that they're on it was with the g c p a way because it has invested in the pipeline in the north stream pipeline and now it sees the europeans having 2nd thoughts of paying lip service to certain ideas for their out actually putting any muscle behind it. can the europeans still be regarded as this reasonable part of the west because they definitely are talking different talk from the united states but are they more reliable when it comes to international agreements and keeping their war it well as y

of the united states. which nation would do it to itself? it's a strange idea to have woven into the fabric of the constitution, a system that allows for the indefinite expansion of the nation through space and through the a creation of additional political units that have the power, overtime, to overwhelm the original political units. the states that originally made up the country. >> i have a question about the expansion part. what did france or spain or great britain think of this map? this very clearly incorporates territories that they supposedly claimed or had claim to like the northwest or in the southwest. >> that's right. the united states had to worry a lot about the hostility of foreign powers in the early decades of its existence. even in territories that had been seeded to united states by great britain by the terms of the treaty of paris of 1783. britain never gave up its western posts in the great lakes region and continued to harass or encourage native allies to harass them. the war of 1812

states to be prepared for a virus or to be able to contain it united states is forming a risk in the world people and 25 percent of the world's koroma cases and the rona debt other countries have been able to protect and contain in a way the united states as not the last time we had an endemic like this in the. 19 a the fire was started in the army of the united states and the base has no responsible adult holding the american fires this lloyd by mr truong is a. effort and it is interesting to watch the chinese be cautious be as margaret be as cooperative in their response as they are they showing the restraint that is the literal opposite of the rest of self school. of mr truong well it's funny because you're very much right on point there president trump is facing backlash for his alleged mishandling or his mishandling of the pandemic a some say and accuse him of christie other countries are also getting increasingly nervous here and they reiterate that china and the u.s. they must reconcile we're talking about the world's 2 largest economies how will they be affected if the situat

states isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really which is an important achievement not just put it on but for the international community and for the rule of law. north stream is is a very clear example of that if europeans allow the united states to bully them when it comes to iran the united states can bully them when it comes to the lifeline and north stream is extremely important for europe as you know and the united states is even trying to intimidate clearly intimidate it germany from from engaging with russia in that so i think the lesson that has to be drawn from that is that if you allow a bully to operate in these new lives you know and i think the europeans need to realize. we have said that with or without the united states iranian interest that or guaranteed in the j.c. pure we don't want anything outside the j.c. people we simply want what is ours what was bargained what was negotiated within the j.c. pure and it cannot be rene

states automobile industry will set up expanding the capacity to the united states, not china, to lead the world in clean energy vehicles. i can't wait to get behind that. all electric corvette that goes 210 miles per hour. you think i am kidding. i mean it. [laughter] last year, that converted corvette set a speed record of 210 miles an hour for an electric vehicle, so don't tell me that we do not still make the best cars right here in the united states, and trucks. we are going to make it easy for consumers to switch to electric vehicles. we are going to build on all the new infrastructure. we are going to build a network of 500,000 charging stations providingrica, prevailing wage jobs for the uaw and jobs for other craftsman across the country. by offering rebates and incentives to swap older, fuel-efficient vehicles for clean american-made models, saving hundreds of millions of barrels of oil. together this will mean -- listen to me now -- one million new jobs in the american automobile industry. one million. [applause] it is supply chain as well as associated infrastructure. we ca

but the problem is not only in the united states. even my own society, portugal, that had a colonial past, and in which we have an afro—portuguese community, sometimes we feel... but the focus is very much, isn't it, secretary, on the united states? we need to make sure there is a possibility for everybody to live together and to feel that they belong to the society, and that they are respected in their values and identity. sure, but i have to just ask you particularly about the united states. that's where you're based. you've seen all the protests because of george floyd's killing, and also now because of jacob blake in wisconsin, and the kind of anger it's unleashed on the street. so it's not peculiar to the united states, but do you think america has a race problem? all countries have and, of course, the us also has. it's a vibrant democracy, but with a very dramatic legacy from the point of view... 0k, you've said about the legacy. all right. you're not going to... ..which, of course, creates the difficulties that we all recogn

states isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really which is an important achievement not just put it on but for the international community and for the rule of law. north stream is is a very clear example that if europeans allow the united states to bully them when it comes to iran the united states can bully them when it comes to the lifeline and north stream is extremely important for europe as you know and the united states is even trying to intimidate clearly intimidate it germany from from engaging with russia in that so i think the lesson that has to be drawn from that is that if you allow a bully to operate in these new leaves no and i think the europeans need to realize that. we have said that with or without the united states if you're an interest that or guaranteed in the we don't want anything outside the juicy people we simply want what is ours what was bargained what was negotiated within the j.c. pure and it cannot be renegotiate

what role would the united states play in the world? now, according to one musiccologist, music is not just something, quote, nice to listen to. instead he writes it is what we make it and what we make of it. people think through music, he writes. and they use it to decide who they are. and i would suggest to you that for many decades the american people did a great deal of thinking through music. and their reflects on classical music and on the work of musicians and performing institutions allow them to achieve a deeper understanding of america's place in the world. now, as i conducted research for this book i came across some strike things that i didn't expect to find that is almost inevitable when you're doing research on a book. but i really was struck by a couple of things that were as i say utterly unexpected. the first concerns an enduring debate on the relationship between art and politics in the united states. it was a bitter debate, and it pitted those who viewed classical music in hily nationalistic terms against those posses

states that martin are with the united states i say so let me put that point sima stuff. iran can perhaps claim the moral high ground here but this latest episode but in practical terms this could kind is a whole victory because tice is sanctions a looming and what i lie 7 has left are being forced to pick sites and steven rogers says when push comes to chuck of our allies going to sides with america he's more powerful or iran. well hello thanks for having me and for a matter of fact it's not denial there is no denial that the sanctions have made a life difficult for virtually any and for me myself and many other citizens but this does not mean that 'd the united states has made a major breakthrough or has been successful with regard to its maximum pressure policy. the maximum for us a policy is a formula that was a started under obama and obama richard matthew who was the architect of the whole sanctions regime specially against iran there's a whole thread on several occasions that it would work for no more than 2 years since the end game bringing iran to the negotiating

and you have that now with china and the united states. and you have these massive militaries and we are deployed everywhere. before world war i, the leaders blundered into a world war that nobody wanted and nobody expected. one of my worries is that when tensions are as high as they are between us and the chinese, between us and the iranians, between us and the north koreans, us and the russians -- and with all these deployed forces, what is the risk of an incident in the south china sea or the baltic sea with the navies or air forces escalating out of control? we had a lot of agreements with the soviet union to prevent just that sort of thing. we had an agreement on incidents at sea, how to prevent incidents at sea. specific procedures on how you would avoid getting -- having a situation escalate. i think that the analogy, the one analogy -- i think one of the reasons that world war i is a better analogy is i don't think you have anyone right now, at least in the united states, who is either ignorant of or unwilling to face the challenge

of the united states. what nation would do this to itself? it is a very strange idea, right. it is a very strange idea to have woven into the fabric of the constitution a system that allows for the indefinite expansion of the nation through space and through the accretion of additional political units. that have the power over time to overwhelm the original, the political units, the states that originally made up the country. >> i just have a question about the expansion part. what did, like, france or spain or great britain think of this map. because this is very clearly incorporates territories that they supposedly claims and had claimed to in the northwest or in the southwest, down there. >> well, that is right. and it became, the united states had to worry a lot about the hostility of foreign powers in the early deck aades of its existence. and in the territories by the treaty of paris of 1783, britain never gave up western posts in the great lakes region and continued to harass or encourage native all

not the united states. the united states has an extremely bad record. i think it is the united states that has to show it's committed to this deal, that it will not violate it again. that it will not make demands outside the scope of the deal. that is will compensate iran for the damages. the united states withdrew from jcpoa without any reason. it incurred a lot of damages on the iranian people. you know, today iran is not able to even buy vaccines for influenza because the united states does not allow us to transfer the money. right now, as we speak, our order to buy back -- vaccines for the flu not covid, to pay our own money. we're not asking anybody for donation. so, i think the united states, whoever is president, it's not -- it's immaterial for us who sits in the white house. for us, what is important is how they behave. and the united states has behaved extremely irresponsibly, dangerously in the international community. so, it is up to the united states. the united states has to be -- take into account it is up to the united states to prove to

states now a reason for hope is there is a independent journalist in the united states and that list is growing by the day and they're doing some amazing work and they're boots on the ground all over the country and then all over the world i mean tailors in london right now so the optimist in me says eventually we'll see some types of policy. that aid a healthy new structure something like other countries have i mean norway for instance comes to my mind 1st but i think that's going to take a lot of time and i think it's only it's not going to happen until you know the grassroots becomes so powerful that it really cannot be ignored anymore and it becomes kind of kind of the main game in town but that's slowly but surely happening i mean especially i'm it's younger generations that are turning away from cable news more and more in droves and i mean you're absolutely right because cable news will never give you the context of a story so it's very hard to comprehend its meaning and unfortunately part of my job is the white house a lot of cable t.v. and you know my under him are you peopl

states now a reason for hope is there is a and of independent journalists in the united states and that list is growing by the day and they're doing some amazing work and they're boots on the ground all over the country and then all over the world i mean tailors in london right now so the optimist in me says eventually we'll see some types of policy. that aid a healthy new structure something like other countries have i mean norway for instance comes to my mind 1st but i think that's going to take a lot of time and i think it's only it's not going to happen until you know the grassroots becomes so powerful that it really cannot be ignored anymore and it becomes kind of kind of the main game in town but that's slowly but surely happening i mean especially i'm it's younger generations that are turning away from cable news more and more in droves and i mean you're absolutely right because cable news will never give you the context of a story so it's very hard to comprehend its meaning and unfortunately part of my job is the watch a lot of cable t.v. and no i want to remember you people tha

another thing going on in the united states was the rise of antiracist groups. sometimes groups would decide, you know what, in the united states, anti-fascist does not play that will. -- well. we are going to call ourselves antiracist because that is more relevant to the united states, since the 80's there has been a number of groups that organize that do not call them selves anti-fascist but they call themselves antiracist. centralized commanding control. then, you have the rise of the alt-right movement. the alt-right increased in prominence especially in mainstream politics, it galvanized anti-fascists in the united states who felt this is a very real threat to our way of life. it is no surprise that that after the election of donald trump that we saw a rise in anti-fascist activity in the united states. that is that brief history. host: let's go to our phone lines and start with can who was calling from arizona, good morning. caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. say was ited to sound like both of your guests are coming from the same side, bot

history which is good news for the united states because he was trying to move the united states to an autocracy you've got you've got to hope for the military he has he doesn't have it these people rally dislike him when you're you're bringing up something else about the wars i don't like the wars i think there was a mistake to go into iraq but this is now with 20 years of hindsight and reflection i don't like it tacked on the world trade center 19 years ago i've been on wall street for 32 years i lost scores of friends in the world trade center and one very close friend and i eulogized his children. and 9 and 719 years ago so i don't like that either so you know and i know minute very very complex world and you can just look at the actions and the antics of president trump and know that he's unfit to serve as the american president and i would make the case even through it to our adversaries you want somebody more stable in that job and you want somebody a little bit more predictive ball and you want somebody that actually really does want peace and prosperity abuse right now this gu

front from inside the united states. you've seen what we've done to those five in houston, and that's been going on a long time and said, well, too bad. goodness gracious, we have an open country they're going to spy and steal our stuff. we're not going to do that. the most important group we need to take the case for convince the american people of a threat and challenge and i think we've gone a long way into communicating transparently why it is the case tens of millions of jobs have been stolen through the chinese predatory in the test to the chinese predatory economic activity in the united states and cannot continue and that connects to the piece to your point, the international allies, i've spent my year and a half as director of the central intelligence agency and now coming on two half years as secretary of state all around the world. talking to them. not coercively, not threateningly, just data, just facts about what the chinese communist party is doing to their people and to their country, to the threats that o

united states. you've seen what we've done to those five in houston, and that's been going on a long time and said, well, too bad. goodness gracious we have an open country they're going to spy and steal our stuff. we're not going to do that. the most important group we need to take the case for convince the american people of a threat and challenge and i think we've gone a long way into communicating transpare transparently why it is the case tens of millions of jobs have been stolen through the chinese predatory in the united states and cannot continue and that connects to the piece to your point, the international allies, i've spent my year and a half as director of the central intelligence agency and now goodness gracious coming on two half years as secretary of state all around the world. talking to them. not coercively, not threateningly just data, just facts about what the chinese communist party is doing to their people and to their country, to the threats that opposes their sovereignty, and

states isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really which is an important achievement not just put it on but for the international community and for the rule of law. north stream is is a very clear example of that if europeans allow the united states to bully them when it comes to iran the united states can bully them when it comes to the lifeline and north stream is extremely important for europe as you know and the united states is even trying to intimidate clearly intimidate it germany from from engaging with russia in that so i think the lesson that has to be drawn from that is that if you allow a bully to operate in these new leaves no and i think the europeans need to realize that. we have said that with or without the united states if iranian interests that order guaranteed in the g.a.c. pure we don't want anything outside the j.c. people we simply want what is ours what was bargained what was negotiated within the j.c. pure and it canno

the united states didn't participate in the olympics. in retaliation the soviet union didn't participate in the elections -- it's so easy to win when your real competitors don't show up and said the united states had this outpouring. this outpouring of success in the olympics. and reagan translated that very effectively into a outpouring of patriotism. that's what this image of him with the flag behind him comes from. he of course is not the first or last president use the flag as a simple, but here's what reagan was saying in 1984. these guys on the other side, they've been growing stronger but we are going to reverse that. it's now time for us to flex our muscles again, it's now time for us to show we are stronger and we are going to kick their butts in sports and working to kick their butts in everything. we are going to overcome bridges had the vietnam syndrome, the sense that we were losers, never going to be winners again. and we are going to take it, directly to the enemy. reagan argued that it remilitarization of the cold war wou

and yes, we have to reelect gary peters to the united states senate. gary is my seat mate in the senate. i can tell you, we sit next to each other so all those hearings that you see on tv and all of the interactions we have on a daily basis in the senate, gary always leans over to me, talking about who's going to talk about working people. who is going to talk about the need to make sure that people are paid for the value of their work? he talks about the youth and the children and the need to make sure that we have a vital public education system. he talks about the need to grow the economy. so please, detroit and michigan, send gary peters back to the united states senate. mayor doug in, i want to thank you for the warm welcome and the work you do every day. i appreciate you mentioning back on track, i know you did the same type of work in detroit. knowing the capacity and potential of all people and treating them with dignity, respect and resources they need to reach that capacity. thank you, mayor, for the welcome always. and my dear, dear, dear si

states isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really which is an important achievement not just put it on but for the international community and for the rule of law. nord stream is is a very clear example of that if europeans allow the united states to bully them when it comes to iran the united states can bully them when it comes to the lifeline and north stream is extremely important for europe as you know and the united states is even trying to intimidate clearly intimidate germany from from engaging with russia in that so i think the lesson that has to be drawn from that is that if you allow a bully to operate in these new lives no and i think the europeans need to realize that. we have said that with or without the united states iranian interest that or. guaranteed in the g.a.c. pewee we don't want anything outside the g.c. people we simply want what is ours what was bargained what was negotiated within the j.c. pure and it cannot be reneg

history which is good news for the united states. he's because he was trying to move the united states to an autocracy you've got you've got to hope for the military he has he doesn't have it these people rally dislike him when you're you're bringing up something else about the war i don't like the wars i think there was a mistake to go into iraq with this is now with 20 years of hindsight and reflection i don't like it tacked on the world trade center 19 years ago i've been on wall street for 32 years i lost scores of friends in the world trade center and one very close friend and i eulogized his children. and 9 and 719 years ago so i don't like that either so you know and i know we live in a very very complex world and you can just look at the actions and the antics of president trump and know that he's unfit to serve as the american president and i would make the case even fewer to our adversaries you want somebody more stable in that job and you want somebody a little bit more predictive ball and you want somebody that actually r

media personnel and diplomats with the state enterprises and others and in conclusion united states has an important relationship of the prc is most countries in the world were not asking her to choose between us and china but to hold beijing accountable for the maligned behavior and in theij process their own national sovereignty and economic well-being. and with the rules -based international system and the collective peace security and prosperity for generations. and supports were committed efforts thank you. >> and it's a good tour around the issues that we deal with and there's a lot to impact. now we turn to the ambassador led the bureau of european and edeurasian affairs and with the macedonia in to malign. and to my knowledge this is the first time the head of the european bureau testified at a hearing on chinese influence that scope and scale weeds face from the chinese communist party there's been an excellent part how the they are implementing thela strategy will focus my remarks and we see the challenge in europe in coronation with allies in my europe matter so much in t