We have more than 300 people registered for this Virtual Meeting and we will try to get through as many questions as we can in the second half of this discussion. I want to note the entirety of todays session is on the record. Our discussion now and later on, the questions and answers. Mr. President , welcome. It is a pleasure to see you again. A great leisure to be with you. My prayers and wishes to the veterans particularly and to all the civilians that served with you. It is a great honor to be with you. Let me say how much i and many other people in this country value our partnership with you and the Afghan People over the past years. Your country now is at a prehistoric threshold or at least potentially so. You and the Afghan People through the loya jirga have made the decision to release the final prisoners the taliban had been demanding and opening the pathway to negotiations which reportedly would start and the next couple of days. That is an extremely important threshold to cr
Secretary pompeo i want to talk about the historic work the department is doing in mounting to repatriate americans in response to the pandemic. Its in the finest traditions of what the state department has done. First, venezuela. Dont want to go into every detail. I got someone here that will here at theuestions end but i do want to set up the ramework to the pathway to democracy. It would put the elected members of the National Assembly, would nting both sides, create an acceptable council of tate to serve as Transitional Government until president and National Assembly elections can be held. Months. Within six to 12 the Transitional Government would not be able to run for elections. N those oth Nicholas Maduro and juan guido would accept the executive period. His transitional if the conditions of the framework are met, including the departure of Foreign Security being free lections and fair by international observers, then all remaining u. S. Sanctions would be lifted. We have the f
On monday, february 3rd, cspans campaign 2020, your unfiltered view of politics. Former National Security adviser susan rice joined a panel with Obama Administration officials to discuss the National Security priorities, progressive government should focus on during his first 100 days in office. Good morning. Welcome to the National Security conference. It is wonderful to see so many friendly faces, former officials, advocates, Congressional Staff. Thank you again for joining us this morning. It feels like a big Family Reunion which is nice to have but it is more than a reunion, more than an average think tank conference because we have an urgent task before us, to be ready, to be ready to advance progressive National Security Foreign Policy agenda on day one of the new presidency. Should we be so lucky in november. It is very obvious theres a lot of repair work to be done after donald trump. To show how bad things have gotten and what danger might lie ahead. No small task for the eros
We begin this hour with an historic Hurricane Barreling toward the u. S. Hilary is now a category 3 hurricane with top winds of more than 100 miles per hour. This is new video of the storm pummeling mexico as it inches closer to the u. S. The powerful system could bring a years worth of rain in one day to parts of the southwest along with potentially catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding. Right now parts of Southern California are under a Tropical Storm warning for the first time in history. Officials and residents there are preparing with sandbags and the California National guard is standing by ready to help. A State Emergency Official tells cnn its an all hands on deck situation. Weve got a cnn team at this hour tracking hilary. Meteorologist derek van dam is closely following the path Aina Tasha Chen has a look at storm preps in los angeles. Derek, lets start with you at the cnn weather center. I cant believe were talking about a hurricane and preparations for it in los angeles
Arrive any moment now and his presumptive, republican rival donald trump is holding a rally in rome. Thats located in the northwest part of the state, georgia, a key swing state that biden won in 2020 by less than a Percentage Point and it is the only swing state among primary contests happening on tuesday. We have Team Coverage for you of Todays Campaign events. Steve contorno is with the trump campaign, but lets actually begin with priscilla alvarez. She is in atlanta where biden is holding a Campaign Event in just a few hours. Priscilla, what can we expect to hear from the president today . Okay well, you can expect it outline his domestic accomplishments and convey what that has done for people here in atlanta, but also draw a stark contrast from donald trump calling him his predecessor and recent remarks both yesterday and the State Of The Union multiple times. Now, of course, this its was a week that the campaign hoped would really crystallize that this is a rematch between Presi