I stand before you tonight in my red taj chiffon evening ga. My face soft limit up and my family had gently way. Of the with. The mike this extraordinary deal between the United Kingdom and saudi arabia in which Ronald Reagan wanted to sell the saudis billions and billions dollars worth of equipment that these radios stopped it and congress wouldnt approve it because they feared the saudis would threaten israel so Ronald Reagan handed the deal is there effectively to his. Political soul mate sacha un seen nothing yet. Very tough act to follow. When least stumbled on the saudi arms. Deal we really started to stumble on a central feature of british politics over the last 30 years highness prince has been at the heart of many of the great will depend of the polish. I was always pleased to see him when i was Prime Minister because he brought me and sure my insights im bold proposal was. She informed us she considers saudi arabia as a strong friend and would be willing to support taking the
Your thoughts on the president s Foreign Policy. What is your confidence level . Democrats 202 7488000 republicans, 202 7488001, an independents, 202 7488002. Join the conversation on twitter cspanwj, or go to facebook. Com cspan. The phone lines are open. We will get your thoughts in a minute, but many foreignpolicy headlines in the papers with running from iran to iraq, afghanistan. We begin with the fight against isis and iraq. Here is the headline in the Washington Times this morning. Take a look at what defense secretary Ashton Carter had to say up on capitol hill when he testified before the senate. [video clip] sec. Carter we have an obligation to support those fighters, and we will have to decide under what conditions in what way we will make that tactical decision when we introduce them, but i think the main thing is that we increase that number from what is now a very small number, and im not surprised that it is running on television, into a much larger number. I think we ca
And rohingya refugees. French president Francois Hollande becomes the first european president to visit cuba in decades. Sold to the highest bidder. New and wealthy collectors drive up the price of art as a picasso masterpiece becomes the most expensive painting sold at auction. Good evening this is Al Jazeera America, im antonio mora. We begin tonight with this weeks summit of persian gulf states in the u. S. Six members of Gulf Cooperation Council will meet with president obama in camp david. The ongoing crisis in yemen and the Nuclear Crisis in the middle east. Saudi arabiassaudi Arabias King Salman is staying home to deal with the ceasefire. Josh earnest says it is not a snub. Well be confident that the ones representing saudi arabia at the meeting will not only be able to represent that country but also implement any resolutions from that meeting. Mike viqueria, president obama and king salman talked today by phone. How much have we learned about why he decided not to come . We ha
Function. It is designed to operate with nine justices as every member of the extreme case occurred when the justice resigned from the courts so his son ramsey would not have to face the issue but it demonstrates powerfully. But i really do think the justices should wrestle with a and embark on a course of conduct that eliminates this entirely. Because of financial interest. If one becomes the justice of the court then i think there is a deal. It is the implicit deal to order the Financial Affairs to conduct yourself as a justice and do your duty. There may come in times with one death in the family there may be a process but i would hope the justices would move to a system since they are not subject to the code of judicial conduct that has no authority over the Supreme Court of the United States so self regulation or heaven Forbid Congress getting into the session that you will decide every case of less you have the of a decade in or tom clark type of issue. Even if this is in the bud
Later today discussion on the nsa trevelyans programs. The meeting will focus on privacy issues and that gets underway live at noon eastern here on cspan. More from the road to the white house 2016 with ted cruz. Hes speaking at the annual Iowa Republican party reagan dinner. You can watch a live at 8 00 p. M. Tonight. A pair of profile interviews. We spoke with joe manchin and Cathy Mcmorris rodgers. Those conversations will air starting at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. , the yesterdays hearing ministration released figures claiming about 700,000 people have signed up so far. Officials did not write down those numbers per state. Will testifyer before the house ways and Means Committee on tuesday. Check www. Cspan. Org for our coverage plans. Tragediesirsthand the that children face this week when they are not care for by loving parents. It was in the sheriffss office where i first witnessed the horrors of child sex trafficking and it convinced me that we needed to do more to protect o