I have a special thank you to say to senator cory booker. My dad had the saying i would like to share with folks. He would say, you have to leave the woodpile a little bit higher than you found it. Showsinteresting that he this metaphor. He didnt have a clue which end of the asked to hold. Leaving the wood pile a little resonates in these times we are in. The man occupying the white house wants nothing more than to burn that would pile down. Down. D pile so did you endorse cory earlier . I love getting asked that question. Amazing mayor of a top city, in the midst of one of the worst recessions this country has ever seen, and came out of it being successful. [applause] maybe it is going to be about how he has shown such incredible leadership in the United States senate, particularly being willing to sit down with folks on the other site to pass historic criminal Justice Reform in this country. [applause] thank you for that. Maybe it is about the grit and thank you for that. Resilience
Spoke mainly about domestic policy but also mention tensions with iran and north korea rivalry with competing superpowers china and russia trump spoke of his successes in tax reform and the need to change immigration laws to protect u. S. Interests and the u. S. President pushed for cross Party Support to solve the issue of socalled dreamers there people who were brought illegally to the u. S. As children. My duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend americans to protect their safety their families their communities and their right to the American Dream because americans are dreamers to. Thank. Our White House Correspondent kimberly how that was following the address from capitol hill. Most of Donald Trumps speech certainly focused on domestic policies and what he sees as achievements on that front that he has scored in the last year in office there were certainly some very pronounced Foreign Policy messages as well there will be controversy over o
Going. There the rebels want russia and the Syrian Government to stop bombing passive in the air strikes have killed twenty civilians including women and children in the past twenty four hours the oppositions accusing the government and its allies of using banned weapons including cluster bombs and napalm on civilians. Also the kurds are boycotting the saatchi meeting and theyre the focus of a Turkish Military operation in Northern Syria and group views their fighting groups as terrorists at least fifty one civilians including seventeen children have been killed near half leaned. In the news eisel says it was bad an attack on a military academy in afghanistans capital kabul eleven soldiers were killed and sixteen others wounded in the gun battle near the marshall vehement National Defense university five of the attackers were also killed the same site was the target of a suicide bombing in october in which fifteen officers died now it comes two days after a suicide bombing also in kabu
Government has accused southern separatists of an attempted coup after they took over its headquarters in fierce clashes in the city of aden at least ten people have been killed in the main airport will shut down now the group wants control of yemens Southern Region which was an independent country until one thousand nine hundred ninety the civil war has already torn the country apart after who the rebels seized control of the capital sanaa in two thousand and fourteen president are these government was forced to move to aden in the south adding to that tension the United Arab Emirates is arming the separatist fighters despite being part of the Saudi Led Coalition thats helping president how the battle the who these are some a binge of id report its. The. Yemens Prime Minister says secessionists have staged a coup in the southern port city of aden. Thats where the government had been based for the last few years there are reports of several people being killed in fighting between progo
A diplomatic push to end the war hosting a new round of talks and so cheap the u. S. Is there but the main Syrian Opposition group says that it will boycott the negotiations for a challenge reports now from sochi. Where the news earlier on monday the another group of opposition figures was going to be staying away from sochi really exposes i think the short comings of this Congress Russia has tried to make this as inclusive as possible inviting people and groups from across the syrian cultural religious and political spectrum so the robot is here there are these there are sunnis and sheers allo whites and various different political platforms including the moscow platform the rest on a platform but there are a few notable exceptions now those are the s. N. C. The syrian that Negotiation Committee which has said that it will stay away from sochi believing that this is undermining the geneva process the kurdish groups such as the y. P. G. Then not here either they are considered persona