Is now my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president of the United States of america, president donald trump. [applause] [applause] thank you very much. Thank you, mike. I really appreciate everything and i appreciate you being here but i especially want to thank secretary elaine chao, leader kevin mccarthy, thank you, kevin. Chairman bill shuster, thank you very much, bill, and all the members of congress, many of them here today, for joining us as we prepare to enter a great new era in american aviation. [applause] its about time too, i can tell you. But before discussing our plans to modernize air travel, i want to provide an update on our efforts to fix and modernize Vital Services for our veterans, our great, great veterans, who we all love. For decades the federal government has struggled to accomplish something that should be very, very simple, seamlessly transferring a veterans medical records from the Defense Department to the veterans groups and to th
Fund the fighting of those fires. I also worked on a bipartisan able act. I have also worked for Fairchild Air force base. When it comes to the next president , i believe one of the most important, fundamental issues for us is Representative Government and ensuring the congress is functioning as an equal branch of government. And is functioning in a way that will hold the administration accountable, no matter who it is. Exercise the power of the purse and really, on behalf of the people, make sure that the accountability is in our government. . Vonne mr. Pakootas mr. Pakootas i do have concerns with how congress is acting today and how the administration is being pushed aside at times. I highly respect the office of the president. Im willing to work with President Trump is that so happens. If not so happens. It is kind of scary, thinking about that and looking at that and seeing how things are being treated. Especially being a person of color, and how the people of color are treated in
Fund the fighting of those fires. I also worked on a bipartisan able act. I have also worked for Fairchild Air force base. When it comes to the next president , i believe one of the most important, fundamental issues for us is Representative Government and ensuring the congress is functioning as an equal branch of government. And is functioning in a way that will hold the administration accountable, no matter who it is. Exercise the power of the purse and really, on behalf of the people, make sure that the accountability is in our government. . Vonne mr. Pakootas mr. Pakootas i do have concerns with how congress is acting today and how the administration is being pushed aside at times. I highly respect the office of the president. Im willing to work with President Trump is that so happens. If not so happens. It is kind of scary, thinking about that and looking at that and seeing how things are being treated. Especially being a person of color, and how the people of color are treated in
Movement called, bernie or bust. Well host a debate with seattle city Councilmember Kshama sawant and with the former mayor of seattle mike mcginn. Then in a landmark ruling here in washington, a state judge has ruled a lawsuit can proceed against psychologists James Mitchell and bruce jessen, two of the architects of the cia torture program. Will the first victims of cia torture finally have their day in court . Amy well speak with attorney dror ladin of the aclu, which has filed the lawsuit on behalf of torture victims. And well also talk to former military Intelligence Officer colonel steve kleinman, who worked with mitchell and jessen at the militarys survival, evasion, resistance, and escape school in spokane, washington. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Dozens of civilians have been killed in an airstrike on a camp for internally displaced syrians in Idlib Province near the border with turkey. At
Movement called, bernie or bust. Well host a debate with seattle city Councilmember Kshama sawant and with the former mayor of seattle mike mcginn. Then in a landmark ruling here in washington, a state judge has ruled a lawsuit can proceed against psychologists James Mitchell and bruce jessen, two of the architects of the cia torture program. Will the first victims of cia torture finally have their day in court . Amy well speak with attorney dror ladin of the aclu, which has filed the lawsuit on behalf of torture victims. And well also talk to former military Intelligence Officer colonel steve kleinman, who worked with mitchell and jessen at the militarys survival, evasion, resistance, and escape school in spokane, washington. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Dozens of civilians have been killed in an airstrike on a camp for internally displaced syrians in Idlib Province near the border with turkey. At