Again, were waiting for a discussion on china russian relations. Among the speakers today, former australian Prime Minister kevin rudd. And later on this afternoon on cspan 3, its a hearing on u. S. Border security issues, including a look at the pay structure for officers being held by the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Well have that live at 3 30 eastern. And later today, veterans access to health care. That getting under way at 7 30 p. M. Eastern also live here on cspan 3. Right now were at the center for strategic and international studies, waiting if r the discussion on china russian relations to get under way live. Okay. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is chris johnson. Im the chair of china studies here. Its great to see so many friends to join us for whats going to be a fantastic panel. I couldnt be more proud of the panel we managed to pull together. Tremendous concern. A lot of thinking about whats going on in the relationship and how it matters for china u. S. Relatio
Thats not why i do it. I do it because my brain is bad. The way i see the tweets youre talking about, hes basically giving voice to a lot of people who have felt that they were voiceless. Hes communicating with people in this country who felt like they have not been listene to. Thats whats going to matter at the end of the day. Did we improve peoples lives . Did we solve the problems the American People need solved . Are we addressing the concerns of people who are tired of being tired and who cares what he tweeted on some thursday night if we fix the big problems. Thats the way i look at this. Good monday morning to you. Its monday, december 5th. Were getting into the holiday season. Counting down to christmas. For christmas we have a huge story in europe. Whoa. Here we go. Brexit, brexit. Another italy. I retweeted when you talked about austria that was seen as a positive for the eu. Italy last night. Boom. The hammer comes down. The International Community is reverberating with that
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