This hearing will come to order and we welcome everyone. The subcommittee testimony on the findings and recommendations in the study groups final report. Given the timing of the hearing we will have the opportunity to discuss the ramifications of the policy changes in syria and a study Group Recommendations to still address the challenges that are. For the purpose of an opening statement. Thank you very much for testifying today and for your work and the final report of the study group. Your report as a thoughtful review of the conflict and provides pragmatic recommendations for how policymakers can protect u. S. Interests and destabilize syria. Now it is well known President Trump does not like to read but i wish that he had skimmed over the executive summary before the recent phone call with the turkish president. Your assessment notes do not eliminate the threat to the United States. It also notes the detainee population is a longterm challenge is not being adequately addressed and
Foreign Relations Committee of the senate will come to order. The chair would note we have a full house today and an enthusiastic audience, im sure. We ask you to be respectful, remind everyone that holding up signs or making verbal outbursts is disruptive and appropriate action will be taken if need be. This morning, we have a hearing on a matter that is really of pressing National Security importance. That is the relationship of the United States and for that matter the world with iran. This hearing is intended to do three things. Number one, we will consider the facts behind the maximum Pressure Campaign against iran. We will examine the elements of irans necessary Behavioral Changes that would satisfy u. S. And the worlds National Security interests. And thirdly, assess irans willingness to behave as a responsible member of the International Community. Their pursuit of regional domination following 1979 revolution transformed the fabric of the middle east. Dangerouslyregime weaponi
Of delegates and thats just the beginning of the story this morning. Good morning, everyone, its wednesday, november 8th. I think yesterday the discussion was whether or not the democrats had anything going this morning. The story is a little different. With us this morning. We have msnbc John Heilemann, chair of the department of africanamerican studies at princeton university, cofounder and ceo of axios jim vand high and nbc correspondent yes host of casey d. C. On msnpc. Casey hunt is with us. Good morning. Good morning. Joe, wow, somethings up for us, a very, very good morning for democrats. A very good morning for democrats. They havent had a good morning like this, probably since barack obama got reelected in 2012. This has been a Long Time Coming for the Democratic Party and they actually, you can sort of see the clouds of doom coming in again a couple days ago, remember we went around the panel monday morning, asked everybody who they thought they were going to win, ed gillespi