speaking to npr, he said there are certainly concerns about the chinese having full access to the region. you can imagine a situation where they would develop intelligence capabilities, intelligence gathering capabilities, and of course, they could potentially one day have a naval base or chinese military base. if the chinese and its government controlled businesses are spending tens of billions of dollars on the so-called belt and road project, building pipelines, and the rest, all around the globe. they ve invested heavily in latin america, buying influence, moves that worry the united states. here is the vice president in iceland earlier this week. the united states is grateful for the stand iceland took, rejecting china s belt and road financial investment in iceland. with some of the bahamas virtually wiped clean by hurricane dorian, many of its islands will be rebuilt from the ground up. that means things like telecommunication.
on this and calling for a review of that sequence of events. senator sherrod brown of ohio. thanks for being here. good to be back. thanks, rachel. so you re one of the senators who s written a letter to the treasury asking for a review of this deal, asking the committee on foreign investment in the united states to review this. what are your concerns about it? well, yeah. i whenever the russians or particularly the russians and chinese make major investments in this country, we strengthened a law a year ago, bipartisan, overwhelming vote, to make sure that we look at these investments and what it means to national security, what it means if they come in and buy steel or aluminum plants and who knows what their ultimate plans are. clearly they re buying influence. clearly, whether it s buying whether it s the chinese buying rail cars or the new york bus system or an investment like that. so we know it s potentially a national security issue. it s always a local jobs issue.
are. clearly they re buying influence, cleary whether it s the chinese buying rail cars or the new york bus system or on investment like that. so we know it s potentially a national security issue. it s always a local jobs issue. we want this investigated because in the end we know why these companies these countries often come in. this is more complicated because deripaska, oleg deripaska as you pointed out was an oligarch that we sanctioned because of the elections, his closeness to putin and all that. and he s had significant interest in rusol. that s why the house overwhelmingly did what you talked about in the senate. i want to ask you about that part in particular. watching from the outside, seeing that huge vote in the house, i mean that was a remarkable thing. 70% of republicans in the house voted to defy the trump administration and tell them, no, you shouldn t lift these sanctions on deripaska and his company. those sanctions are there for a
michael barber. he s a freshman here at jackson state university. he says he s currently supporting senator bernie sanders presidential run. hi, michael. good evening, ma am. my question is we have seen recently kid who s have the luxury of parents paying their way into school no matter the gpa. the kids who attend inner city schools do not have that luxury or the resources to excel. how would you not only improve, but make the educational system fair for all american people? all right. so thank you. you know, this scandal just shows one more time that some folks who are rich just think they don t have to play by the same set of rules as anyone else and that they can use their money to do whatever it is in terms of buying influence. we have to put a stop to that, and it s not just it s everywhere now. we re here talking about a presidential primary. it s everywhere in washington.
president of the united states. ilhan omar suggested jews are buying influence in american politics quotings, it s all about the benjamins. the president joining the chorus of conversation on that remark. this is the president at this cabinet meeting. congressman omar is terrible what she said, and i think she should either resign from congress or she should certainly resign from the house foreign affairs committee. congressman omar firing back at the president tweeting, quote, you have trafficked and hate your whole life against jews, muslims, indigenous immigrants, black people and more. i learned from people impacted by my words. when will you? he did say the challenge now is for her to be careful going forward. the democrats would keep an eye on her if she goes forward. she s showing there clearly she s willing to continue the