Said from the beginning it is truly important to have constructive, working relationship with the United States and with its government. This is something that matters deeply to our economy. It matters to workers and farmers across the country. It matters to all canadians in terms of the Cultural Family ties and connections we have in every different way with our closest friends, neighbors, and allies. In a relationship as big and complex as the one with the United States, there will be issues we need to discuss every now and then, but tremendous opportunities to Work Together for mutual benefit, for millions of people who work and live in ways that are interconnected across the 49th parallel. So i am happy to engage with the president on a broad range of issues quite regularly, and what we talked about over the past couple of days has been trade and emphasizing that nafta has been improved. A dozen times over the past 20 years. We are happy to sit down with how it can be improved now,
Said from the beginning it is truly important to have constructive, working relationship with the United States and with its government. This is something that matters deeply to our economy. It matters to workers and farmers across the country. It matters to all canadians in terms of the Cultural Family ties and connections we have in every different way with our closest friends, neighbors, and allies. In a relationship as big and complex as the one with the United States, there will be issues we need to discuss every now and then, but tremendous opportunities to Work Together for mutual benefit, for millions of people who work and live in ways that are interconnected across the 49th parallel. So i am happy to engage with the president on a broad range of issues quite regularly, and what we talked about over the past couple of days has been trade and emphasizing that nafta has been improved. A dozen times over the past 20 years. We are happy to sit down with how it can be improved now,
To capitol hill to discuss the president s strategy. This wont look like a shock and awe campaign but will be a persistent and sustainable campaign. Im looking for special forces advisers, im looking for trainers, im looking for frankers, im looking for isr and im looking for strike air craft. Then a top sponsor bails on the nfl. Will a pinch in the wallet bring a much needed wakeup call . Plus, my conversation with actress Kerry Washington on how shes raising awareness about an important aspect of the Domestic Violence issue thats not talked about nearly enough. But we start with u. S. Preparations to take on isis. As president obama met today with his new envoy to the middle east, retired general john allen and as he prepares to visit u. S. Central command in florida tomorrow to discuss plans for arming socalled moderate Syrian Rebels, his secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff took questions from the Senate Armed Services committee about the logistics of
Selling kidnapped western hostages to isis. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell has been monitoring the hearings all day. Shes on the hill for us. Kelly, a lot of questions about the u. S. Strategy came up in todays hearing. But it seems like the big news here is the possibility of general dempsey suggesting to the president that he send in u. S. Ground forces if air strikes are not successful. Reporter krystal, one of the times when a congressional hearing can be most helpful to the public and to congress that has to make a decision about this authorization, is when the official witnesses go beyond whats expected. And thats what happened today with general dempsey taking questions, in some cases these were hypothetical questions, but he was giving some assurance to the Senate Armed Services committee. Some of the members of congress who are most read in on these issues, that under certain kinds of scenarios, he would be willing to rejigger his assessments, go back to the president with a new sort of
A Snohomish man has been charged in connection to two high-profile cases in Pierce County – the shooting death of a horse in Tacoma and a double homicide in Maple Valley.