Take aim at the Saudi Royal Palace with rocket fire saudi forces say theyve intercepted that is the yemen conflict now spilling across the border. And a big boost for u. S. President trump as the u. S. Senate backs his tax reform but a procedural error means the house of representatives has to vote on it one more talk. Also coming up berlin marks a tragic anniversary when terrorists struck in the very heart of the couch. Church bells ringing out at the exact moment an islamist attacker rammed his truck into a crowded Christmas Market last year killing twelve people as germany gone off to help in the aftermath of that attack. And life in the shadows of the front line we have. Reports from a village in Eastern Ukraine thats been cut off leaving residents with no way out. Are brian thomas great to have you with us will the European Commission today take steps towards triggering the socalled Nuclear Option of article seven and impose sanctions on poland to move brussels has never taken aga
A Saudi Royal Palace with rocket fire saudi forces say theyve intercepted it and point the finger at iran as the source of the rebels increased firepower. And a big boost for President Trump as the u. S. Senate backs is tax reform but a procedural error means the house of representatives has to vote on it one more time. And life in the shadows of the front line in Eastern Ukraine we have an exclusive report from a village thats been cut off by the fighting leaving residents with no way out. Im brian thomas great to have you with us will the European Commission today take steps towards a triggering the socalled Nuclear Option of article seven im imposing. Sanctions on poland a move brussels has never taken against a member state sanctions would include the un president and step of suspending polands Voting Rights and cutting its aid are brussels correspondent teri schultz is following this for us a short while ago i asked her whats behind the unraveling of relations between warsaw and t
Former official at the north Korean Embassy in london who defected with his family in 2016. This hearing took place in early november. Thae distinguished members of the House Committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. First, im glad to express my sincere gratitude to chairman royce, who kept his promise to accommodate my wishes to visit the United States and gave me this opportunity to testify before the House Committee on foreign affairs. As you are all aware, i worked at the front line of north korean diplomacy until i defected to south korea in summer of 2016. But my story is quite different from other defectors who may have experienced political oppression, Inhumane Treatment in prison camps, or to avoid hunger and other difficulties. I would like to tell you about my life as a north korean diplomat. Why i defected to the free world. Why kim jongun is developing a program and how best to deal with the north korean regime. I went through causes in north korea, which
Rights observations by the International Community is the fact that north korea has been trying to become a Nuclear Weapons state. And i think that is particularly interesting when we look at iraq. You were in the Bush Administration for part of the time that this issue was playing out. And it turns out that we decided to attack iraq and overthrow saddam hussein. He didnt have Nuclear Weapons. The North Koreans arguably have just as oppressive a regime, but we decided not to pursue that course of action with north korea. How do you see the difference . Mr. Cha it is a tough question to answer. Without recounting the whole history of why the Bush Administration went into iraq, that was not my area of responsibility. So i am not really capable of commenting on that. But i think in the case of north korea, i think there are two issues. The puzzle is why iraq not why iraq instead of north korea, but if in iraq, then why not also in north korea . I think there are two answers. The first is
But the next hour, a book tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits fayetteville arkansas to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For seven years now, we traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the book seen to our viewers. You can see more at cspan. Org citiestour. Hi, we are standing here with jason, who will be providing us a driving tour of fayetteville. We are standing in front of the walkers stonehouse. We have a sculpture. That is one of the many public pieces of art we have here in fayetteville. What are we going to see today . , we are going to take a tour of the historic and entertainment district. We are going to head up to the university of arkansas. And we will also get a lovely view of the highest point in fayetteville. Are you ready to go . Lets get out of here. We are on our way. This is one of my favorite spots and all of fayetteville. It is a oneway street, pretty quaint. On either side we have gtx, we have we have boutiques, we have a few places for food. We