Resignation of lebanons Prime Minister on saturday during a visit to saudi arabia. Beirut this wasnt just an opportunity to talk the meeting between the saudi king so man and saddam had eighty was as much an attempt to deny reports the lebanese Prime Minister had been detained by authorities in the saudi capital after he announced his resignation on saturday how did his political opponents have been suggesting how d. D. Was forced to step down and is under house arrest in riyadh how did his decision to quit as Prime Minister brought down lebanons Coalition Government a government that included hezbollah did blame hezbollah and its patron iran for meddling in arab affairs this plunged lebanon into a new political crisis and there are fears it may be at the forefront of the regional saudi iranian rivalry. And lebanon are divided into similar parties similar talks one is. And the other is this which means if things will be worth it means that can lead to confrontation between the two part
President donald trump has warned north korea its nuclear and missile programs are putting it in grave danger trump has wrapped up his visit to south korea with an address to its National Assembly he emphasized the role of the u. S. Military in the region pushed a message of peace through strength and slam north koreas leadership as a cruel dictatorship filing not to be intimidated today i hope i speak not only for our country. But for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try this we will not allow American Cities to be a threat with destruction we will not be intimidated aljazeera is Tony Berkeley has more now from salt. The change in tone was a little bit of a surprise from President Trump when he addressed the south Korean Assembly on tuesday his tone was more measured more straight he wasnt actually antagonizing the regime as hes done in the past with fire and fury speeches and threats to totally destroy north korea this time he was hard
Review of the republicans tax plan freom earlier today. Well leave it here. You see it at cspan. Org. Committee members returning from a break to continue their work. Live coverage here on cspan3. Were going to continue with another round of questions about the modification. We will then conclude this portion of the markup at the completion of that round. And i hope everybody zpt havedo have to ask questions. At that point the modified mark will be open for amendments. Before we continue for the next round, i think its open for amendments now, but well do it for sure then. Before we continue with the next round, i want to say a few words of about some of what has been said. My democratic colleagues always pro fes to be the champions of middle class families. We see that rhetoric in full bloom and full display today. Thats why it is absolutely astonishing to me that they are so opposed to the repeal of the individual mandate tax. They talk as though everything is fine with our Health Ca
Professor Darren Dochuk teaches a class about mid20th century Oil Interests. He describes the expansion of he describes the east Texas Oil Boom and the expansion of u. S. Oil businesses abroad to places like saudi arabia and alberta, canada. He argues that religion played a significant role in the worldview and Business Practices of Global Companies and individual prospectors. This class is one hour and 15 minutes. Prof. Dochuk good morning. Welcome back from spring break and welcome back to our history of oil in american life. Today we are going to look at a critical phase between the 1930s and 1950s. A moment in which some important turns take place in the life of american oil. Two sectors we have been looking at, major oil and independent oil. This is a period in which the nation itself is kind of awakened to a new role in global politics. In 1941, it was famously stated that the u. S. Was entering a new era of global leadership. It was the American Century dawning in the early 1940
Molly we start with a developing story out of jerusalem as israel has banned muslim men under 50 two a concerted to a contested shrine because of the servers of violence. He is known as the noble sanctuary and the temple mount. Tensions have escalated after jerusalem installed metal detectors following a deadly attack last week. Our reporter has more from east jerusalem. Midday prayers have no ended what is the situation this hour . End of midday prayers and tens of thousands with muslimed to be protesters in the streets at various times outside of the mosque. Prayerstell when the were over because i could hear and suddenly Israeli Police were reporting rocks being thrown a you could hear the clashes and stun grenades. And you could see and hear teargas. Within a short space of time, you could hear helicopters and ambulances. We are seeing the tell end. Tail end. It has been incredible policing to deal with these rioters who have been chanting and throw rocks as other the part. They ar