The u. S. House prepares for a historic vote to send out calls of impeachment to the senate. Russias Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his government have resigned it comes just hours after president Vladimir Putin used his annual state of the nation address to announce a shake up of the political system he said parliament should have the power to choose the countrys Prime Minister but the president should still have wide ranging powers so he would hold a referendum on any changes to the constitution Alexander Golts roy joins us live from the russian capital right now we understand the president is speaking what is he saying. Well of the russian president expressed gratitude to the government and he said that he was a satisfied with the performance of this government he accepted there is a nation of medicare that mr medvedev is a man and that has been close to the side of the middle lot in almost all of his career actually from the very start to when he 1st candidate for president and
We meet with global news makers and the stories that matter to 0. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question President Trump wants to reduce the american presence in the middle east and replace it with nato how would that work lets get to the bottom line. Last week during his selfcongratulatory speech after the assassination of iranian general cos im sorry mani President Trump made a vague request today i am going to ask. To be much more involved in the middle east process over the last 3 years under my leadership our economy is stronger than ever before and americas achieved Energy Independence sturrock a complement. Our strategic priorities. But what does that mean the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established by western countries more than 70 years ago to provide collective security against the soviet union after the collapse of the u. S. S. R. And after the 911 attacks nato became involved in places like afghanistan in iraq so whats next assuming responsibility for stabilit
Knowing seems to be all that. There is 10 in the evening here in moscow youre watching the International President on the trump has approved a fresh package of sanctions against iran following the latest escalation in the region the american leader says that they will only be lifted when iran complies with u. S. Demands. Theyre losing a tremendous amount they getting heard very badly by the sanctions can in very quickly but as to whether or not they want thats up to them not up to me its totally up to them so we have the United States slapping more sanctions on the Islamic Republic of iran saying that these sanctions will continue unless the Islamic Republic complies with the demands of the United States iran has responded warning that the recent missile attacks are not the only kind of revenge theyre capable of in response to the killing of qassam solomonic its also interesting to note that in his remarks u. S. President donald trump indicated that he might be open or d interested in
And czech soldiers are carrying out a military exercise in lithuania the potential enemy russia their mission deterrence and a show of strength a nato eastern flank. Ablaze if it will deter the enemy with all the means at our disposal the world is growing less secure and more confusing a renewed arms race with nuclear and conventional weapons is imminent existing alliances are crumbling the need to be for many to be strong to deter any potential aggressor from attacking most to preserve the peace of germany and its neighbors could again be caught in the middle between the superpowers. Russia is laying claim to territory and for the 1st time since world war 2 a country is taking that territory by force but it doesnt this is a potential threat of the highest order and anyone who opposes a rearmament debate is not just not. Heave thats incredibly dangerous on the field. Can the German Military the bundesbank meet the new challenges. I do believe that the German Military is in a very dire
I want to start by thanking our witnesses secretary esper and chairmans a joint chief of staff for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss our policy in syria, particularly in light of the events that happened win turkey invaded and drove the kurds out of portions. Our first hearing since the congressman from new york joined the committee. I want to thank him. We have a lot of new faces in this committee that are a year into it. They are not new faces anymore but good to have another freshman added to the committee. I appreciate him serving. The purpose of this hearing is to look at events around syria. A whole bunch of questions and the other big issue is the ability of memories of this committee to ask questions of the key policymake is in an area of importance to the committee and to give them an opportunity to learn more about the policy and express their views and that is a huge part of our oversight role in congress and it is enormously important