The meeting today is timely. It is one week before president obama travels to take part in the summit of leaders of the association of Southeast Asian nation. He is, the third sitting president to visit that country, as you may have heard. The country has been subjected to a secret war during the age of the vietnam war. What has been the legacy of this war, and what might president obama the able to accomplish in terms of improving relations for the future with the laos Peoples Democratic republic . Here to share their perspectives on this issue are 2 of the most seasoned observers and advocates. The resolution of the unfortunate legacy of the wars in laos and vietnam and the enduring impact on the population of those countries. To my far left, the founder and executive director of the war legacies project. She began her work on peace and reconciliation in laos, vietnam, and cambodia in the head 1980s. Through on the ground collaboration has become one of the most informed specialists
Reading, pennsylvania. Remember on monday which seemed like ten years ago at this point we sat together at phillies home opener. Beautiful weather. 75 degrees. Now we will bookend the week with more 07s. Good, we will take it. Monday will still beat today because we have thunderstorms around and there will be more coming through later on in the day still we will not complain when it is not chilly anymore. We will try not to complain. Is there a line of thunderstorms just moving off shore Atlantic County and cape may county. We have lightening showing up in Cumberland County there. Unsettled weather as we have been saying all week longest specially now that the warmer air is trying to move in. You will see another area of thunderstorms toward harrisburg that is moving toward the mountains so maybe in the poconos mountains you may be hearing thunder in a little while. The there is thunderstorms around pittsburgh, punxsutawney and then the area with the cold front that we will get later o
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More steady and more objective and more thorough in their analysis. Im not sure thats what you get with general flynn. Reporter flynn also accused of mishandling classified information which the u. S. Military has scrutinized twice. In both cases he was never charged with wrongdoing and has defended his actions. Flynn a registered democrat has been by trumps side for much of the campaign. General flynn, how great is he . Reporter acting as a top adviser and highprofile surrogate. The next president of the United States, right here. Reporter another trump loyalest, senator Jeff Sessions emerging as top candidate for attorney general. If picked he could face a tough Senate Confirmation fight over accusations of alleged racist remarks made 30 years ago. Those remarks caused him to be rejected for a judgeship in 1986. I think if anybody had a rob with his record they would have run against him and made that very clear. But senator sessions will be qualified for any number of positions. Rep
Romney. Ive been watching you work your phone during the commercial break. What do you think of senator Jeff Sessions here . You know, not unexpected. Jeff sessions has, you know, a long career here in washington. He also served as the attorney general out of alabama and most importantly, i think, he brings a lot of loyalty to the mix that donald trump seems to be looking at right now which we all know is very, very important. Hes been with donald trump since the very beginning. The first senator to endorse him. But he also has a lot of experience when it comes to working on the Senate Judiciary committee. And, of course, his experience in state law, as well. So not a surprising pick at all, alisyn. Guys, i should tell you just as we were doing this, reuters reported mike pompeo will be announced as the cia director this morning. Or that donald trump has selected him, saying language we dont know if it was officially offered and accepted, but mike pompeo, representative from kansas cou