Live at 7 00 eastern sunday morning. Join the discussion. Meeting to discuss the ongoing protests in iran. The meeting was held at the request of the added states. We will hear from nikki haley and other representatives from other countries. This is an hour and 40 minutes. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] 8152nd meeting of the Security Council is called to order. As this is the first formal meeting of the Security Council this year, i should like to extend my warm wishes on the occasion of the new year to all members of the Security Council, the United Nations, and the secretariat. In presiding over this first formal meeting of the council in 2018, and happy to welcome the cote divoire, the netherlands, and poland and look forward to their participation in the work of the council. Their experience and wisdom will be important
This runs 40 minutes. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] 8152nd meeting of the Security Council is called to order. As this is the first formal meeting of the Security Council this year, i should like to extend my warm wishes on the occasion of the new year to all members of the Security Council, the United Nations, and the secretariat. In presiding over this first formal meeting of the council in 2018, and happy to welcome the cote divoire, the netherlands, and poland and look forward to their participation in the work of the council. Their experience and wisdom will be important in the discharge of the councils responsibilities. I would take the opportunity to expose the gratitude to the outgoing members, namely egypt, italy, japan, senegal, ukraine, and uruguay, for their work to the council during their terms. I should also
Speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists commit smithed by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. Mr. Gutierrez mr. Speaker a few weeks ago i was on the h. B. O. Show real time with mill maher on friday night and had a chance to talk with ann cowl ter. As you might have guest guessed i dont have my speed dial. It was several days after donald trump was running for president. When it was my turn i told mrs. Colter what they were saying about mexican immigrants would serve as a vote rergestration machine to turn g
Bilateral relations. On the 14th of december last, we heard the president of the United States, barack obama announced the policies against cuba had been wrong, causing damages and causing isolation to the u. S. Today, we have open than them the and all the countries recognize as a sovereign country, though this is a small and neighboring island. The reestablishment of diplomatic relations is apprehended in my country as a ignoble toward a process of civilized relations despite the differences and if the blockade is lifted if we are able to implement this type of relationship between the u. S. And cuba different from what has existed all along and history, in fact feel the recognition of the need to lift the blockade against cuba, the fact that during the talks we have had, we have perceived respect for cuba us independence to feel the determination of our people and that we can now talk as the secretary and i have now talked with absolute sovereignty despite differences show that the
Taxpayer dollars are being well spent in this regard . Well, ive asked the deputy secretary to lead this effort and she is traveling around the country visiting with a number of organizations and groups who are interested in getting into farming or folks who are encouraging people to get into farming. One of the issues that has cropped up is this issue of land tenure. Candidly, you mentioned the fact that there are going to be a lot of people retiring and leaving the farming business. That is probably true. The the question is what happens to the land . Whoever owns that land what is their ultimate goal here or their relatives ultimate goal . Is it to maximize return or is it to create opportunity for the next generation or is it a combination of both . Frankly, ive asked the this task force to come with recommendations on this issue of land tenure. What can we do should we do . As usda with reference to our programs to ensure that there is that proper balance so that its not a focus s