It must be justified under International Law and must have public support and civilian over sight and the safety of personnel must be guaranteed. Leaders of both parties want the sdf to provide Logistical Support for foreign troops if it agreed to peace and stability. They agreed to lift limits on geographical limits. Under the Current System the government must get approval from the diet each time they are sent abroad. There have been fierce debates among lawmakers. They hope a new package of legislation will remove that hurdle. More than 100 protesters rallied near the diet building in tokyo responding to a call by pop position parties. They say they are concerned by the way the legislation is being drawn up and its potential impact. Translator i want my children as well as other children to grow up in a peaceful society. That is why im here. Translator top government leaders and members of the ruling parties are pushing through the legislation on their own. They should hold open dis
Public support and civilian over sight and the safety of personnel must be guaranteed. Leaders of both parties want the sdf to provide Logistical Support for foreign troops if it agreed to peace and stability. They agreed to lift limits on geographical limits. Under the Current System the government must get approval from the diet each time they are sent abroad. There have been fierce debates among lawmakers. They hope a new package of legislation will remove that hurdle. More than 100 protesters rallied near the diet building in tokyo responding to a call by pop position parties. They say they are concerned by the way the legislation is being drawn up and its potential impact. Translator i want my children as well as other children to grow up in a peaceful society. That is why im here. Translator top government leaders and members of the ruling parties are pushing through the legislation on their own. They should hold open discussions to seek public approval. Opposition Democratic Par
Conditions. Japans Prime Minister hailed a new chapter in his alliance with the u. S. Shinzo abe is the first japanese leader to address a joint session of congress. The Prime Minister of japan. [ applause ] the congress welcomed him with a standing ovation. We must make the vast seas stretching from the pacific to the indian oceans seas of peace and freedom. Where all follow the rule of law. [ applause ] for that very reason, we must fortify the u. S. japan alliance. That is our responsibility. Abe said japan is working to enhance the legislative foundations for its security, which includes proposed laws that will allow the country to exercise its rights to collective selfdefense. He says japan will realize these reforms by this summer. And he also touched on historical issues. Postwar, we started out on our part bearing in mind feelings of deep remorse over the war. Our actions brought suffering to the people, peoples in asian countries. We must not avert our eyes from that. I will u
Were going to talk about all of it in this hour as well as in a special report with the leads jay tapper. We want to focus on the call itself. The key points from july 25th which is the rough transcript is not verbatim. The president saying, i will say that we do a lot for ukraine. We spend a lot of effort and a lot of time. Then after a brief digression the president continues, quote, the United States has been very, very good to ukraine. I wouldnt say that its reciprocal necessarily because things are happening thats not very good. But United States has been very good to ukraine. Then zelensky replies, you are right. Not 100 , 1,000 . When this is taking place President Trump had already delayed 391 million in aid to ukraine. 250 million of that was in military assistance, aid that was approved by Congress Already was being held up by the president. Thats whats dangling or hanging over president zelenskys head, i would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defe