To settle international disputes as to visit judges are due to return on Tuesday and the United States has blocked all replacements the u.s. Policy has been escalated considerably by President Trump is under Walker settling trade disputes is one of the w.t.f. Main functions with a disputed panel makes an initial ruling it s not binding if there s an appeal for the forseeable future the Appeal Court won t be able to operate so if a country does appeal the dispute is simply under is old the us has refused to allow new appeals judges to be appointed that reflects a longstanding concern that the dispute system has in effect creating a new trade law however president trumps administration is the 1st to be willing to make it so difficult for the dispute system to function well news from the b.b.c. Environment and finance ministers are starting to arrive at the United Nations Climate Summit in Madrid amid concern that the country s chiefly responsible for carbon emissions are refusing to act
And on the web at k. Dot org rebroadcasting the Thom Hartmann program this is the program so it s all Republicans all the time right now in the hearings so we ll have a conversation and I ve got a few other pieces of news here for you to speak. And we welcome back Michael in Princeton Minnesota watch us on a free speech t.v. Hey Michael what s up. I get a question about the Congressional Records Act. I know you have all these private meetings. Translators and threw them up and not created a record even if the record has to go into top secret Oh so you couldn t but I would all of this would you do it if your girl it was the answer is 2 words it s very simple bill bar the the law says that the president has to keep those records they he has to he has to moralize all these things and it has to be a permanent record and that s one of the things a presidential library is due and that s you know literally millions and millions and millions of records in the in the Reagan Library in the Bush
As background to trying to determine his motive u.s. Defense secretary Mark esper says he s reviewing military procedures and is considering several steps to ensure the safety of u.s. Military installations are we also screening versus coming to make sure that they have you know their life in order you know their mental health is adequate etc So when you look at all that President Trump says the Saudi government has offered its condolences to the families of the shooting victims security is heightened at Pearl Harbor in wake of a shooting at the Honolulu Naval Base 3 days ago a sailor killed 2 civilians and wounded a 3rd before taking his own life the National Park Service as a service only commemorating the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years ago will be held today as planned the ceremony honors the more than $2300.00 Americans killed and those injured in the bombing more than 50000 migrants have been returned to dangerous border towns under the so-called remain in Mexico policy
To a rare exchange of prisoners between the 2 countries Iran released she us one an American Ph d. Student trip in June for spying a charge he denied his wife who had made repeated calls for his release so he could return home to see their son he was barely 3 has been left home for his research at his now 6 him as have a half of his life already in return the u.s. Freed done Iranian scientists muscled silly money the swap agreement was reached despite very poor relations between Washington and Tehran there were some dramatically after President Trump abandoned the international nuclear deal. The u.s. Defense secretary Marc esper has said he s not prepared yet to label Friday s shooting incident in a Florida military base as a terrorist attack 3 people were killed when a Saudi Air Force trainee opened fire before being shot dead by police there are reports the attacker posted comments online criticizing u.s. Involvement in foreign wars as David Bamford explains an American based intern
Steve telling trade talks between Britain and the United States the dossier has been used by the opposition Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn in the campaign for next week s general election Joe Time reports when Jeremy called unveiled the classified material its part to face debate about the future of the n.h.s. It also prompted cybersecurity researches to begin investigating where the leak had come from it didn t take long for fingers to be pointed at Russia the tactics and methods seemed to mirror those seen in previous cases and now Reddit the website where the documents 1st surfaced has banned a discussion page and $61.00 separate accounts the website security team says they broke policies around voter minute delay ssion world news from the b.b.c. Us officials are negotiators have rejoined talks with the Afghan Taliban and Doha 3 months out of President Trump abruptly halted the dialogue aimed at ending America s longest war u.s. Sources told journalists the focus of the discussions wil