blinken was pragmatic. however, i should emphasize that while he was pragmatic he was engaging with the biggest issues of the time. so refer to the books he read early on, think early on the spokes inspired blinken to file the path of politics inspired him to be a hero in his own life. but they also filled him with a constitutional vision about the founding. that vision gets informed by his experience and actions later. eventually it's not just an alignment of clays he's got to adapt that vision to the circumstances in 1860. that's when he's beginning to really move, he is the moderate of the time so to speak. i think that turns out to be a winning position. but eventually you can see him learn from others around him, being moderate here may not be the best way out. that may not save the union i may have to do some other things. and so i think in the end, what we see blinken doing is learning from madison, and jefferson. jefferson aired to some extent it's clay i think douglas would've liked to do that as w

blinken: no. sen. murphy: much has been made of the are breaking is he's the airport where 5000 -- were 5000 troops enough to stop the afghan people from merging to the airport -- rushing to the airport? a way to prevent individuals from rushing to the airport? sec. blinken: no, they could control the airport. they could establish a basic perimeter around the airport as we did. where they could not control what happened beyond the perimeter. sen. murphy: we should have controlled a bigger perimeter. have taken back over parts of kabul to secure the passage of americans and afghans to the airport. let us say you have ordered it -- quadrupled the number of troops. without the afghan military or functioning government with that have been enough to retake kabul to secure the passage of everyone to the airport? sec. blinken: i would defer to my colleagues at the pentagon on that. it would have taken a substantial number of forces to try to retake the city or establish a much broader perimeter. if that was o

that is not where blinken was pretty blinken's pessimism was someone else. it was coming from observations of political and social reality in the united states. more than jefferson's. but yeah. i think the movement of blinken on race is really interesting and an important part of his story. he said he always hated slavery pretty could not remember a time when he did not hate slavery. he grew family. his parents attended antislavery church. i have no reason to believe he ever needed to be persuaded on the subject of slavery. but on the subject of race, that does seem to me a compelling case can be made that he moved. and i think really needed to move. and as i said in the book, i speculate about this but i don't there's anyway to prove it. the more committed he became in the 1850s to antislavery politics and antislavery constitutionalism, the more his deference to racial prejudice diminished. so that the movement is not just at the end of his life. it starts i think in the 1850s when he starts having to articulate for the first time certain basic gala tearing

blinken: i do. has been discouraged? sec. blinken: i have not. i'm happy to refer to them as the abraham accords. it's an achievement that we would like to build on. rep. tenney: can you explain some things you have in the works on how you will build on the abraham accords and continue with the comprehensive plan, building on the success of those records. sec. blinken: two things. one, with regard to the countries at that have already engaged in this normalization process. we want to look to see how we can be helpful in moving things along in supporting those efforts, along -- in supporting those efforts. it's come up in the conversations i've had. separate from that, we are looking at countries that may want to join in and take part and begin to normalize their own relations with israel. that has been very much a part of the conversations i've had with several of my counterparts. >> appreciate that, that will be great for us in the future. around the regional effort in central and eastern europe to extend transportation, digital infrastructure,

blinken's nomination. i don't think i'll get many people from the other side. it's difficult to vote against nominees from one's own party. i would say, if we are to end war, we need to have a real discussion in this body about when we go to war, whether or not we have to declare war and we have to talk about whether or not our developments -- developments -- involvements work in the middle east and instead of saying it was all george bush's fault, faulty intelligence, there is some truth to that, but it is it really about the idea of regime change and that we know what is best for everybody else and when we put in a new regime, it turns out worse. i hope my colleagues will consider voting against mr. blinken because i think he's more of the same. thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. risch: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak for three minutes on the nomination of antony blinken to be secretary of state. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. risch: mr. president

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blinken: mr. secretary, one of my colleagues claimed earlier that the last administrations agreement with the taliban was unconditional. that was false. in fact, you started to outline some of those conditions and you are stopped. to recap, the last administrations agreement with the taliban was conditions base, correct? sec. blinken: the conditions you refer to included a commitment to not allow afghanistan to harbor outwardly directed terrorists. let me be clear. >> the questions is was it a conditions based agreement? sec. blinken: they were so loose, with particular to these -- >> be aware that the president said in the transcripts of his george stephanopoulos interview that he would have withdrawn from afghanistan regardless of that prior agreement? sec. blinken: yes, that is right. not necessarily in the time, place, and minute which we did which was close -- put on us. >> the president said the likelihood that there would be the taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is

blinken: thank you. i appreciate all the comments you made. with regard to iran, we are committed to its replenishment -- with regard to -- we are committed to its replenishment. we are working with the israelis to fully understand their needs and working with congress to make sure we can secure the funding for their replenishment. this is under very active review and we look forward to working with you to make sure that that happens. rep. meeks: his time has expired. i now recommend -- recognize the representative from new jersey. representative: thank you. a few decades ago, nate sharansky testified at one of my hearings. he said, there are two important components in this new phenomenon of anti-semitism. one is using an anti-israel a campaign. the other is classical anti-semitism, prejudice against jews. he proposed this formula for exposing anti-semitism is. . i would like to ask you, do you and the administration regarded the 4000 missiles launched by hamas against israeli citizens as an act of viol

blinken: yes. we have significant vacancies to fill. and we also have new positions to fill to deal with many of the challenges alluded to this morning where we are , understaffed or under resourced. that is why we have asked for almost 500 new civil service positions including 74 global health security. >> are any of those career? sec. blinken: yes and usaid would have the 70 positions. i would have to come back with you on specifics because you do , have gaps we need to fill. we need congress's help. appreciate the support for that. we very muchappreciate the support for that. >> on the representative from new york for five minutes. >> mr. secretary thank you for , being here. you announced sanctions on the former president of albania. for many, this seemingly came out of nowhere. as far as the history of u.s. political associations, he was a guest an ally of the bushes, and known to be an aggressive opponent of george soros. what information can you share with the committee to justify this drama

blinken: -- sec. blinken: thank you. back in march, president biden instructed the administration on a whole of government basis to look into what we could determine about the origins of covid-19. we had a report come back to us that narrowed it down to two most likely hypotheses, that is the national -- natural occurrence from animals and coming out of a lab. it was unable to conclude without any degree of confidence if either of those was the most likely. that inspired the president just recently to ask the intelligence community, again, bringing in expertise from the labs, from the national institutes of science, hhs, etc., 90 days to see if we can determine with any greater degree of certitude where covid-19 originated. the second piece is who. you are exactly right that both with regard to who and with regard to the prc government, from day one we have seen a tremendous deficit in meeting the responsibilities that they should have been meeting, particularly with regard to the government in beijing. transparency, inf

tony blinken. i turn it over to him. sec. blinken: thank you, good afternoon. let me start by saying my first ambition is to be known as the man who wrought net price to the state briefing room. that is a mission accomplished. in all seriousness, thank you everyone for coming here today. this is my first full day on the job as secretary of state. and to restate what i said before, it is an honor to be in this job, and i am gratified that the president seemed to fit to entrust me with this responsibility. i am incredibly excited about the work ahead. especially working with the men and women of the state department. to serve the american people and represent our country to the world. i want to spend a few minutes with all of you today. i want to say how important i see the work that each and every one of you does. some of you may know that i started my career as a journalist. it was something that i took tremendous pride and pleasure in, and something i have deep respect for as a result of my own experience for being on both sides. you keep the american people i

>> blinken: it was. yeah, i was there. >> o'donnell: and so, did president biden tell president xi to cut it out? >> blinken: president biden made clear that in a number of areas we have real concerns about the actions that china has taken, and that includes in the economic area, and that includes the theft of intellectual property. >> o'donnell: china's gross domestic product is expected to surpass the united states as early as 2028. >> blinken: well, it's a large country. it's got a lot of people. >> o'donnell: if china becomes the wealthiest country in the world, doesn't that also make it the most powerful? >> blinken: a lot depends on how it uses that wealth. it has an aging population, it has significant environmental problems, and so on. but here's the way i think about it, norah: writ large, if we're talking about what really makes the wealth of a nation, fundamentally it's its human resources and the ability of any one country to maximize their potential. that's the challenge for us. it's the cha

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blinken: a few things. first, of the 82,000 plus people who have so far been evacuated, about 45%, 46% have been women and children. we are intensely focused particularly on making sure we get women out of harm's way. second, with regards to women and other afghans at risk going forward, we will use -- i will use every diplomatic, economic, political assistance tool at my disposal, working closely with allies and partners who feel very much the same way to do everything possible to uphold their basic rights. that is going to be a relentless focus of our actions going forward. ross: that is antony blinken, u.s. secretary of state taking questions about afghanistan, having already made a statement. in that statement, he emphasized the great effort americans are making to ecuate u.s. nationals and afghans who would like to leave within the few days that remain up until the 31st of august deadline. he also emphasized -- and this is something i have not heard said so explicitly -- but over 100 countries have mad

secretary of state anthony blinken says america is aiming to revitalize ties with its nato allies lincoln told foreign ministers in brussels that trust between the partners have been shaken and needs rebuilding he says the transatlantic alliance needs to confront threats from china and russia lincoln also accused china of undermining western democracy this is d.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website w dot com. for almost 48 hours people in germany thought easter would be a repeat of christmas another casualty of the pandemic no travel no easter egg hunts no families coming together that was the plan until this morning america told the country the decision to shut down over easter was a mistake her mistake and she asked for forgiveness tonight a mayor kopel from europe's most respected head of state the most powerful woman in the world says i'm sorry i bring gulf in berlin this is the day. and he was a mistake must be acknowledged as such and above all it must be corrected technically it's a terms of catastrophe it's incomprehensible i'm well aw

blinken: thank you. as we discussed then, unfortunately, construction started on this by idea and 2018 , when we last spoke the pipeline was well over 90% complete as a physical -- >> when we imposed sanctions and halted it last time why not continue to sanction? your explanation makes no sense. now we are conceding to building, now we are going to somehow impose serious consequences when germany does not live up to providing the revenue relief for ukraine when russia does use it as a weapon? sec. blinken: as a practical matter as we looked at this, we all agreed this pipeline is a bad idea. we oppose it. the president has been clear about that for a long time. as a practical matter with inheriting a pipeline that was 95% complete, -- >> we stopped it last time -- sec. blinken: no we did not. by definition. >> on the debate on jcpoa, from my standpoint that amendment should have passed 100 20. it had passed 100 20 -- 100-0. it would be in a position where when a misprision to the next, the president coul

blinken: it is my honor and privilege to welcome back our new secretary of state, tony blinken. he has a familiar face in these halls, having served previously first and the bureau of european and canadian affairs and most recently as deputy harry secretary of state. he is well and favorably known to the department of state and career professionals. we are excited to have him as our new secretary of state. this is an unusual event. normally this room would be packed with thousands of cheering employees, i assure you that we had to take extraordinary measures to keep them away at this time. but, do not let that deceive you in any way, there is enormous enthusiasm from the career professionals who have worked with sec. blinken over the course of this year. he has a man of honor, integrity, vision, and character. he will lead this department and advance the -- on behalf of the career professionals, are locally employed staff around the world. it is my great honor and privilege to present the first -- the secretary of state, antony blinken. sec. blinken: thank you so much for that i

what blinken said in his speeches was very clear, the u.s. is not going to do anything with africa because china is doing things with africa. it is going to do things with africa because it was to move africa in the right direction. it has gotten done but more transparent transactions, better governance. the amount of corruption and predatory learning -- loaning is quite astounding. host: when it comes to providing support for the african continent one of the issues is the covid-19 pandemic. americans are now asked to provide more assistance to the who to ensure that the vaccine is distributed africans get access to the vaccine. the chinese, russians, and indians are widely seen in africa as more active than americans. guest: like i said earlier, america is more involved in africa's economic growth. the intervention by america is not seen in many quarters as enough. why? they say you give a man a fish you give him food for a day, but teacher a man to fish -- teach a man to fish. open markets to african products , given more access to bilatera

blinken's words. it seems the taliban say one thing, antony blinken says anotr thing. tell us what blinken was saying. >> i will add to that line that white house spokesperson also says another thing. it is a little t confusing as what is going on with that. we will continue working and we will get people out after august 31. the taliban will let us get people out. that is what tony blinken said. you mentioned with the taliban have said. they will no longer let afghans get to the airport and especially not let afghans leave the country. it seems there are two different things. one is what is going on with americans. tony blinken confirmed a number of americans who were according to their estimates still in afghanistan. that is 1500 americans. of those, there are 500 with him the u.s. state department has had contact, has told how to get to the airport and to be evacuated. there are 1000 so-called probable americans, possibly still in the country. some may have already left. some may not want to leave. those are people of the state department has yet to be able to conta

blinken: that is correct. sen. risch: so this did not happen yesterday at, nor on other occasions where the media showed the american people that his sentence was cut off midsentence? are you saying that did not happen? sec. blinken: senator, i really do not know what you are referring to. all i can tell you is, having worked with the my own experiene

antony blinken has had a front row seat to history over the past 30 years. now, he is leading the foreign interest of a deeply polarised country during a global pandemic. it is a diplomatic in tray that is not for the faint—hearted. yalda hakim, bbc news. and you can see yalda's full interview with secretary of state anthony blinken this weekend across bbc news. earlier i spoke to ian bremmer, president and founder of the political risk consulting firm eurasia group. i asked him how he would deal with europe with a number of populist governments and movements. well, that is one of the least problems on his agenda right now, you know? you have in italy, you've got super mario, who is the exact opposite of a populist now taking over one of the most important economies. you have significant redistribution of wealth making the european union stronger in response to coronavirus. and you have a pretty easy transition from merkel to her successor, because she has been seen as doing a pretty good job in response. no, i do not think it is populism in europe that is

first, antony blinken, about mr. biden's promise that democracy can deliver, and this week's high-stakes sitdown with russian president putin. then we will get reaction from former trump secretary of state mike pompeo. blinken and pompeo, only on "fox news sunday." plus, vice president harris gets the global stage with a message to migrants to rethink dangerous travel to the u.s. border. >> do not come. >> chris: we will ask our sunday panel about the blowback she is getting from the right and left. and our "power player of the week," an olympic gold medalist on the debate over transgender athletes in women's sports. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. president biden continues to meet with american allies in europe hoping to rally them to join the u.s. in countering russia and china. he's trying to engage them on trade and human rights, on covid and climate change, pledging "america is back" is a better partner than it was under president trump. all this before the main e

blinken: as in every case. decisions that have to be made by the president are made by the president. now of course, to be specific, senator, there are hundreds and thousands of decisions every single day that go into a situation as complex as this one. the big strategic decisions are decided by the president. the tactical and operational decisions are made by different agencies, agency heads and agency officials. sen. risch: i am more concerned about the top decision-making. we have all seen this. we have seen it as recently as yesterday. somebody in the white house has the authority to press the button and to cut off the president's speaking ability. who is that person? sec. blinken: i think anyone who knows the president, including members of this committee, knows that he speaks very clearly and very deliberately for himself. no one else does. sen. risch: are you saying that there is no one in the white house who can cut him off? because yesterday, it happened, and it has happened in number of times before t

blinken. sec. blinken: thank you for that incredibly warm welcome. more importantly, for serving as acting secretary of state, for leading the transition period at the state department. the department has been in excellent hands with you, and i thank you very much for that. i am honored to begin work as our nation's 71st secretary of state. i am excited about all that lies ahead. it's a new day for america, it's a new day for the world. and today does feel a little bit like a homecoming. 28 years ago i walked through those doors for the first time to start my job as a special assistance in the front office. a little odd, a little bit intimidated, a legendary institution, and a new culture. it did not take me long to figure out one thing, and that is how long the talent and expertise that presides in this building is so important and so important to listen to the men and women of the state department when thinking about america's place in the world, and our foreign policy. your knowledge, your experience, your generosity was the springboard that broug

antony blinken has had a front row seat to history over the past 30 years. now, he is leading the foreign interest of a deeply polarised country during a global pandemic. it is a diplomatic in tray that is not for the faint—hearted. yalda hakim, bbc news. and you can see yalda's full interview with secretary of state anthony blinken this weekend across bbc news. let's get some of the other main stories. a young woman has become the first protester to die in the anti—coup demonstrations in myanmar after she was shot in the head. 20—year—old mya thwe thwe khaing was critically injured last week when police tried to disperse protesters using water cannon, rubber bullets and live rounds. argentina's health minister, gines gonzalez garcia, has resigned after he was accused of helping a friend — who is a journalist — jump the queue for the coronavirus vaccine. in total, ten people allegedly received vaccinations without following the proper procedure. the former health minister said the innoculations were the result of "unintended confusion". the uk su

blinken: thank you. prime minister, thank you. thank you for hosting us today. thank you for the very good and lengthy conversation. i am looking forward to spending more time with some of our colleagues, as well with president abbas and other palestinian leaders. the president asked me to come here today for four reasons. first, to demonstrate the commitment of the united states to israel's security, to start to work toward greater security and reduce tensions in the west bank and jerusalem, to support urgent humanitarian reconstruction assistance for gaza to benefit the palestinian people, and rebuild our relationship with the palestinian people and palestinian authorities. in tents, find the scenes diplomacy led by president biden, working closely with the prime minister, helped produce last week's cease-fire. now we believe we must build on it. that starts with the recognition of losses on both sides were profound. casualties often reduced to numbers, but behind every number is an individual human being, a daughter, a son, daughter, grandparent, best friend.

this is what antony blinken has been saying. susecretary blinken: bin laden was killed in 2011. al-qaeda's activits were degraded significantly, including its ability to plan operations. 2000 461 american lives lost, 20,000 injuries, $2 trillion spent, it was time to end america's long-term more. tom: for more, less bring in our correspondent, who is covering developments for us for a second day on capitol hill. for two days now, rooms in congress have echoed to the sound of often noisy exchanges between lawmakers and mr. blinken. in this tuesday, the u.s. secretary of state very much stuck to the script, stressing that this pullout was the right thing to do. reporter: yes, secreta blinken repeating some of what he had said yesterday in front of the house, but also repeating the message of the biden administration over the past few weeks and months about what it was the right thing to do to pullout the troops from afghanistan. but also defending the execution of the pullout, explaining why the biden administration stock to that self-imposed deadline of august 31, despite the wor

antony blinken has had a front row seat to history over the past 30 years. now, he is leading the foreign interest of a deeply polarised country during a global pandemic. it is a diplomatic in tray that is not for the faint—hearted. yalda hakim, bbc news. and viewers on bbc world news can see yalda's full interview with secretary of state antony blinken this weekend. ian bremmer is president and founder of the political risk consulting firm eurasia group. he's in new york. thank you so much forjoining us. looking at mr biden�*s foreign policy, he is an anti— populist. how will he deal with a europe that has a number of populist governments and movements?— populist governments and movements? ~ ., , ., ., movements? well, that is one of the least problems _ movements? well, that is one of the least problems on _ movements? well, that is one of the least problems on his - the least problems on his agenda right now, you know, you have in italy, you've got super mario who is the exact opposite of a populist now taking over one of the most important econom

>> secretary blinken: thanks very much. last 20 hours about a thousand people on about 60 flights evacuated from kabul airport. since this effort began at the end of july, about 30,000 people all told on our military flights and on charter flights that we helped organize and get out of the airport. we've now asked through authority that the president has, airlines, to help participate in moving people not of kabul, but from these third country sites where we are taking them as we finish processing them, going through security checks. we've reached agreement with about two dozen countries were four continents who are no helping or soon going to help with the transit of people out of kabul and this is one way to make sure we have enough flight capacity to move people from those places to their ultimate destinations. >> chris: job one, of course, is getting americans through taliban checkpoints into the airport. here's what president biden said on friday. >> president biden: we have no indication that they haven't been able to

antony blinken has had a front row seat to history over the past 30 years. now, he is leading the foreign interest of a deeply polarised country during a global pandemic. it is a diplomatic in tray that is not for the faint—hearted. yalda hakim, bbc news. you can see yalda's full interview with secretary of state antony blinken this weekend across bbc news. let's get some of the other main stories. a young woman has become the first protester to die in the anti—coup demonstrations in myanmar after she was shot in the head. 20—year—old mya thwate thwate khaing was critically injured last week when police tried to disperse protesters using water cannon, rubber bullets and live rounds. the united arab emirates says that princess latifa, the daughter of the ruler of dubai, is being cared for at home, supported by herfamily and medical professionals. the statement by the uae embassy in london came after the united nations asked for proof that the princess was still alive. it follows a bbc report in which the princess said she was being held against her wi

carley: blinken admitting there were 100 americans stranded in afghanistan. president biden issue sweeping vaccine mandates, a tweet from vice president kamala harris, by vaccinating the unvaccinated, increasing testing and masking and protecting the vaccinated, we can end this pandemic, that is what we are committed to doing. president biden talking about getting vaccinated, issuing the sweeping vaccine mandate with businesses with 100 employees and the vice president saying the opposite. we have to protect vaccinated people. a lot of focus, why get vaccinated in the first place. >> this is and even a written response, and it to protect the vaccinated, still hesitant with more cost to get the shop which is what you are trying to avoid. doctor j explains it now. >> the vaccines are incredibly effective, and they still do that. to undermine confidence, and is dangerous, should retract. >> it is so true. all of this does boil down, it is a power grab to have businesses struggling to figure out how to implement to follow the vaccine mandate and a lot of business

it this dialled up rhetoric from antony blinken?— antony blinken? it is really very simple- _ antony blinken? it is really very simple. moscow- antony blinken? it is really very simple. moscow is - antony blinken? it is really. very simple. moscow is right now conducting a war against the ukraine after occupying crimea. it is led by russian officers with russian equipment and russian money. american support for ukraine's first to russia that we will provide initial sanctions on you if you escalate aggression in the war in the ukrainian east. and also we will send ukraine weapons and they will be able to better defend themselves and more russian soldiers will die. that is a political problem for putin because he is lying to his people and saying russian officers are not fighting their. america is helping to make sure that russian aggression is protected for president zelensky. i aggression is protected for president zelensky.- aggression is protected for president zelensky. i was there in 2014 and _ president zelensky. i was there in 2014 and 2015 _

according to blinken they didn't see it coming. they were still bragging about the trained afghan army in july. the taliban already had 60% of the country. take a look. >> i think china and russia and iran, they look at this botched withdrawal. they think i can exploit this. i think the europeans, our allies who got little say over the timing and execution of this, they are wondering about our liability and the credibility of our defense agreements with them. >> we didn't say the collapse would be likely to occur within a matter of days. you referenced chairman milley. nothing we saw suggested that this government and security force would collapse in 11 days. >> sean: my sources tell me that the cia and our intelligence community bailed out 7 weeks early and warned you every day. let's release all of that intel you were handed every day. you didn't see it coming in april, may, june, july? ine though they were on the march. that's the taliban on the move. the intel community warned them daily. the world watched the taliban on the mo

blinken speaking french. blinken�*s fluent french comes from an upbringing split between new york and paris. that international lens shaped his vision for the united states and the world. now, we have to proceed with equal measures of humility and confidence. david milliband was british foreign secretary from 2007 to 2010, when blinken was national security adviser to then—vice president biden. first of all, they are a worldly team. they know the world and they have engagement around the world as part of their dna. the second thing is that they've seen what american leadership can deliver, but there is no hubris about this. they know that the economic balance of power in the world has changed and that this isn't going to be a world in which america can click its fingers and get what it wants. they form a community of like—minded people who like each other, who aren't intensely competitive with each other, which is very rare at the high levels of american presidential administrations, and who have this k

i give you, secretary blinken. sec. blinken: united states government has contributed $2 million to covax which has provided safe and effective vaccines worldwide, including 6 million to latin america. we pledge another $2 million to covax for other countries to fulfill their pledges and we are working urgently with global partners on managing and supply to ensure there is enough vaccine for everyone everywhere. in addition to the united states has lent 4 million doses to united states and mexico and we expect to loan 60 million over the next two months. those will go to countries suffering the dangerous surges of the virus. needs, not politics, will guide our decisions that we will continue to provide ventilators and other ppe across the nation. we are working with partners hardest hit by the pandemic. no region of the world is suffering -- the burden has fallen hardest on the hard -- on the populations who can least afford it, pushing 19 million in latin america backing up already. we are focused on helping communitie

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secretary of state anthony blinken says america is aiming to revitalize ties with its nato allies lincoln told foreign ministers in brussels that trust between the partners has been shaken and needs rebuilding he says the transatlantic alliance needs to confront threats from china and russia lincoln also accused china of undermining western democracy this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website. for almost 48 hours people in germany thought easter would be a repeat of christmas another casualty of the pandemic no travel no easter egg hunts no families coming together that was the play on until this morning america told the country the decision to shut down over easter was a mistake her mistake and she asked for forgiveness tonight a mayor kopel from europe's most respected head of state the most powerful woman in the world says i'm sorry i'm brick off in berlin this is the day. and dealing with a mistake must be acknowledged as such and above all it must be corrected technically it's a terms of catastrophe it's incomprehensible i'm well aware that

blinken addressed america's complex relationship with china. now under pressure from claims of human rights abuses of the people. and condemned a lack of transparency. it is a striking thing to see china have wildly leased open information spaces in the world and of course it takes advantage of the fact that many of our countries have fully free and open information spaces. and china uses that to spread misinformation. there's also the issue of troop withdrawal from afghanistan at which the biden administration has put on pause. we're in the midst of a very rigorous review of the policy toward afg ha nista n. what we do know already and the initial conclusion we've come to is that it is vitally important for us and others to press the parties to make good on the commitments that they've already made. anthony blinken has had a front row seat to history over the past 30 years. now he's leading the foreign interests of deeply polarised country during a global pandemic. it's a diplomatic entry that is not the faint—hearted. and viewers on bbc wor

blinken addressed america's complex relationship with china. now under pressure from claims of human rights abuses of the people. and condemned a lack of transparency. it is a striking thing to see china have wildly leased open information spaces in the world and of course it takes advantage of the fact that many of our countries have fully free and open information spaces. and china uses that to spread misinformation. there's also the issue of troop withdrawal from afghanistan at which the biden administration has put on pause. we're in the midst of a very rigorous review of the policy toward afghanistan. what we do know already and the initial conclusion we've come to is that it is vitally important for us and others to press the parties to make good on the commitments that they've already made. anthony blinken has had a front row seat to history over the past 30 years. now he's leading the foreign interests of deeply polarised country during a global pandemic. it's a diplomatic entry that is not the fainthearted. and viewers on bbc world new

greg stuebe fact checked blinken misleading america in blinken's opening statement. watch this. >> mr. blinken, even in your opening statement you can't be honest with the american people. you stated, and i quote, that by january 2021 the taliban was in its strongest military position since 9/11. i'm pretty sure their strongest military position has been during your entire administration, not prior to it. in fact their strongest military position since the towers were hit in 2001 was this past septemberth 11th, 20th anniversary which happened on your watch, not your predecessors. elizabeth: what do you say about that, kt? >> i'm past caring about the politics of this. i'm caring about my country. i think the united states has been put in a horrible position. the world is looking at us, our allies are doubting us. our adversaries are dancing on the grave, liz. we have president lying to us. secretary of state lying to us. a media letting him get away with it. this is really dark day in american history. elizabeth: kt, reaction to a separate story. bob woodward coautho

antony blinken. we will see if martha gets much of her program into may. the tomorrow. it will be turnout on the day that determines whether or not gavin newsom survives or a republican gets elected. >> jacqui: you have to wonder how many democrats are likely to turn out when it's republicans fired up about it. are democrats thinking, this is not something we have to worry about? given that there is a democratic supermajority in the legislature. the executive powers of the governor are significant. >> john: i know a number of democrats, not necessarily a significant number, saying that they would vote for kevin faulconer. results tomorrow. the first hearing in prince andrews shocking case. >> jacqui: secretary blinken preparing to testify. potential hostage crisis in afghanistan with american still stranded. mark meadows on that coming up straight ahead. speak we have to make a decision about the taliban. do you recognize them as the legitimate government of afghanistan? if you do, you set in motion

tony blinken is that dumb and a complete fool, no clue about the real world, no clue or understanding at all about the enemy that is the taliban. he expects terrorists to uphold antiterrorism commitment, lectures them on woke nest, inclusiveness, expect sharia loving telling to protect the rights of women and girls, you are not seeing any of the beatings we are showing almost nightly? >> blinken himself has admitted salad and are blocking afghan rescue flights potentially carrying american citizens. >> florida governor on the sentence cracking down on cities and counties pushing vaccine mandates in his state, the governor announcing a $5,000 fine for infraction could add up to millions in penalties for some leaders aiming to mandate the vaccine. >> i don't support mandates at all but if you're doing mandates, if you're really following science you would acknowledge natural immunity and instead they ignore it. ashley: besides of gop governors in an attempt to increase vaccinations. carley: as vaccine mandates, the vice president is getting a lot of attention. she says by vaccinating th