In iraq there has been a dramatic escalation of violence in what has already been such a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment protest there was an attack by an identified gunman on protesters in baghdad that killed at least 23 people and raise new security concerns they stormed one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night and 24 hours after that gunfire was again heard in baghdad sending people running for cover and in what looks like a related event there are reports one home was hit by a drone strike but the Influential Shiite cleric is said to have been away at the time is in baghdad and says the violence is likely to continue if no action is taken by the government. It certainly complicates things in an already very complicated country we heard from the president who has called this attack a cowardly act by criminals and we also know that there has been a call for parliament to hold an emergency session on sunday with various heads of security apparatuses in the
Not a clear threat from the u. S. President after National Correspondent susan is in frankfurt lets talk about this. How much of a negative impact do statements like this the one weve just heard actually have on the financial markets. Well there still is a Short Term Impact of the markets but the markets also have sort of got used to this kind of rhetoric and i also have to say there seems to be a bit of a pattern also that the Trump Administration doesnt always live up to the harsh president of. To the house rhetoric of the president remember last week decision in the United States was jew on import tariffs on cars the white house had a deadline within which it should have decided but nothing really happened whats also becoming clear is that you know with an Election Year in the United States next year and also with washington being so busy and preoccupied with impeachment inquiry against the president the administration in washington seems to be very eager not to poached too much of
Thats not a clear threat from the u. S. President off National Correspondent susan is in frankfurt lets talk about this. How much of a negative impact do statements like this the one weve just heard actually have on the financial markets. Well there still is a Short Term Impact of the markets but the markets also have sort of got used to this kind of rhetoric and i also have to say there seems to be a bit of a pattern also that the administration doesnt always live up to the harsh president of the to the house rhetoric of the president remember last week decision in the United States was jew on import tariffs on cars the white house had a deadline within which it should have decided but nothing really happened whats also becoming clear is that you know with an Election Year in the United States next year and also with washington being so busy and preoccupied with impeachment inquiry against the president the administration in washington seems to be very eager not to poached too much of
Thats not a clear threat from the us president off National Correspondent susan is in frankfurt lets talk about this. How much of a negative impacts do statements like this we the one weve just heard actually have on the financial markets. Well there still is a Short Term Impact on the markets but the markets also have sort of got used to this kind of rhetoric and i also have to say there seems to be a bit of a pattern also that Trump Administration doesnt always live up to the harsh president of the so the house rhetoric of the president remember last week decision in the United States was jew on import tariffs on cars the white house had a deadline within which it should have decided but nothing really happened whats also becoming clear is that you know with an Election Year in the United States next year and also with washington being so busy and preoccupied with impeachment inquiry against the president the administration in washington seems to be very eager not to poached too much
Issues are still with us today. President jimmy carter signed the refugees act which raised the ceiling for refugees allowed in america. Held at the jimmy carter president ial library and museum in atlanta, this is an hour and a half. I want to lets get started again. Were going to start with our first panel. I will introduce the moderator, then she will introduce the panelists. Honored to introduce monica stadke. Shes with the raven group. I know monica from her time on the Judiciary Committee, House Judiciary Committee where she focused on immigration and refugees issues. Also i know monica for another reason. Her father was a refugee from uganda resettled to new orleans by hias, my organization. So with that, monica . Thank you very much. And thank you for being here. Thank you to mark for putting on this wonderful event. As mark said, my father was resettled by hias in 1972. So i have a very personal connection. As counsel on the House Judiciary Committee, i worked closely on refug