And other countries are taking advantage of that. What do you think about the scope of our presence at some of these Rule Setting Meetings . What are your plans for the future . Senator, we need to be there. We need to be active. We need to be capable. We need to be value added. We need to come prepared to engage and work for americas interests in these multilateral discussions. I think you described wto in this article. Sounds like we share that sentiment. I couldnt tell you why we werent there. I dont know if it was an absence of people or the absence of focus. I view those as important to get the International Rule of law thats in accord with our view and not the chinese view in that particular instance. You have concerns and i will do my best to make sure were there and were capable. Appreciate it, that answer. I want to get a little bit of clarification with respect to an answer that you gave Senator Menendez at the outset coming back to that meeting with the president on march 22
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Represents what trumps lawyers expect to be their last word on muellers request for a sitdown interview. The letter from trumps lawyers leaves open the possibility of having trump answer some questions in writing. According to the two people familiar with the negotiations. Earlier today during a live radio callin show, conveniently hosted by his cocounsel jay sekulow, Rudy Giuliani called on mueller to end his investigation, but declined to get into details about these negotiations about the interview. We dont have an internal deadline. We are moving i use the phrase expeditiously through this, and understand the significant constitutional issues that are raised. But mayor, i know youve said and ive said, we want the see this come to closure soon here. Mayor . Yeah, we do. Its about time that it ends. I also think and i hope the Special Counsel is sensitive to it as we are. We do not want to run
before we provide rewards we get the outcome. it is a tall order. but i am hopeful president trump can achieve that through sound diplomacy personally and through the offices of the state department. the final question with regard to human rights, the rule of law, i appreciate your opening statement and the comments about your commitment to human rights around the world. because if we don t who will. you know, secretary of state, again, your commitment to promoting and protecting these principles across the globe are key so i appreciate your comments. thank you. senator. thank you very much. earlier it was note ed thd that oath, you ve taken it several times, to support and defend the constitution. recently, president trump has talked about a domestic enemy.
thinking, what can i do to change their mind? are they really going to kill us? and then all of the sudden, the truck started taking off. realize ed thd that we are not to be shot, and we can live another day. but we knew that this was not the end of it. they took us to the police station. we were just exhausted mentally, and we were not thinking straight. and we felt that this was start of something bad. and we were separated. then they put me in a small room