the north koreans in an attempt to try and restart these stalled talks over weapons. what about the role of sanctions, congressman barra. how effective have the sanctions been? the sanctions were initially quite effectively, but you need the chines and russians to be working with us. so we can continue to go back to the united nations, but it is worrisome that the chinese and the russians are talking about some sanctions relief. and we do think the chinese have been cheating here. we ve given the president in these recently signed defense bills the ability to exert additional pressure on the chinese. and you know, again, if they are cheating, you know, that may be what we have to do. cheating in what way? you know, providing coal, providing oil and allowing cash to flow into north korea. again, the chinese shouldn t want nuclear proliferation in their region. and this is a place where we ought to work with the chinese
christmas gift, a new analysis of some satellite photos provided to nbc news shows pyongyang has expanded a factory linked to the production of long-range nuclear missiles. the latest evidence bolsters a growing expectation that the country will resume testing its capability to threaten the u.s. i m joined now by california democratic congressman, amy barra there. congressman barra represents a district near sacramento. you re also the perfect person for this conversation, because you chair the foreign subcommittee on asia, the pacific and nonprowill have ration. let us start with these pictures and we ll put them back on the screen here for our viewers at home to try to make some sense of them. what do you make of these newly released satellite pictures? we ve sensed all along that north korea s continued to obviously, they ve done short range missile tests, but they re increasing our capabilities. and i agree with john bolton and his assessment that the trump
way connected. and a short time ago, we have some video, there was a very solemn procession as hearses, the bodies of the three people killed in this attack were brought back to the naval base and we re told will be flown back to their loved ones and there were people here saluting this motorcade filled with chef s deputies and motorcycles. there were young kids, retired navy members. people just holding american flags. it was a pretty emotional time i can tell you and i want to mention it s kind of noteworthy, it hasn t rained here and today, it s been pouring. and those three killed, thank you so much. in pensacola. so with me now is california democratic congressman barra. i want to start with the latest on the shooting in pensacola. you sit on the foreign affairs committee. the national security avider says it appears to be a
not to take a vote to impeach again you heard the constitution al exports and psychological r l scholars, our founders put the impeachment clause in there for this type of incident. congressman barra, thank you so much. thank you. straight ahead, president trump is teasing tomorrow s release of a highly anticipated report from the inspector general, but it may not turn out in his favor. details next. forget about vacuuming for months. the roomba i7+ with clean base automatic dirt disposal and allergenlock™ bags that trap 99% of allergens, so they don t escape back into the air. if it s not from irobot, it s not a roomba™
asking if a quid pro quo was at play with ukraine. bill taylor is expected to testify for hours before the three committees leading the inquiry. here with me now is a member of one of those committees, democratic congressman barra who stepped out moments ago. thanks for jumping on. kate, thanks for having me on. we know you can t go into details. what is your impression so far from ambassador taylor s testimony? i ve known him for a while now. you couldn t ask for a more credible witness, west point grad, vietnam veteran, lifelong public servant who cares deeply about the region, eukraine and wants to see ukraine be successful. so, he s filling in some gaps and sharing with us in a pretty candid way his experience. again, this would be someone who it would be very hard for republicans or democrats to i u