Here in a place thats getting a lot of attention, the United States congress. John kennedy used to say when he was president that he accompanied his wife Jacqueline Kennedy to paris. Well, i have accompanied laura dawson to canada several times and ive actually been there on my own many times before that, first as a member of congress, as i mentioned, and then as a participant in the widelyacclaimed halifax forum. Thats where i met minister sanjin zisingh, canadas badas defense minister. His military backgrounds make him well equipped to understand threats across the world and those threatening his homeland. On his watch as a detective in vancouver, sanjin took down drug gang gangs. He understand that breaking and entering episodes increased the neighborhoods increased in neighborhoods after drug users rented houses there. By the way, my Old Neighborhood in torrence, california and people breaking and entering gas stations were finally after warrants were secured and their places were
Welcome to brookings. As you know, i had the privilege and honor of welcoming back to brookings chairman mack thornberry, from the 13th district of texas to discuss matters of defense policy, budget and many other subjects under the sun. He is the chairman of the Armed Service committee. A texan who goes back to ranting in the 13th district as far back as 1881, probably wondering what he was doing on a rainy washington dealing with the federal budget when he couldve been back home in the texas springtime but we are grateful for your service. We are both grateful for being here today. Its a momentous time in American Foreign policy and defense policy and we will get quickly to matters of the Defense Budget, defense spending and where the entire debate may go with tomorrows release of the president s budget and congress gearing up in its normal hearing steering on the subject. Just to get us energized on a good monday morning if you could please join me in welcoming the chairman to brook
The people of manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack, an attack that targeted some of the youngest people in our society with cold calculation. This was among the worst terrorist incidents we have ever experienced in the United Kingdom and although it is not the first time manchester has suffered in this way it is the worst attack the city has experienced and the worst ever to hit the north of england. The police and security are working at speed to establish the complete picture but i want to tell you what i can at this stage. At 10 33 last night the recorder of an explosion at Manchester Arena at Manchester City center near victoria train station. We now know that a single terrorist detonated an improvised explosive device near one of the exits of the venue deliberately choosing the time and place to cause maximum carnage and to kill and injure indiscriminately. The explosion coincided with the conclusion of a pop concert which was attended by
The people of manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack, an attack that targeted some of the youngest people in our society with cold calculation. This was among the worst terrorist incidents we have ever experienced in the United Kingdom and although it is not the first time manchester has suffered in this way it is the worst attack the city has experienced and the worst ever to hit the north of england. The police and security are working at speed to establish the complete picture but i want to tell you what i can at this stage. At 10 33 last night the recorder of an explosion at Manchester Arena at Manchester City center near victoria train station. We now know that a single terrorist detonated an improvised explosive device near one of the exits of the venue deliberately choosing the time and place to cause maximum carnage and to kill and injure indiscriminately. The explosion coincided with the conclusion of a pop concert which was attended by
A focus on steve bannon. Why is that . Guest we just finishedoad tt making a film called trumps road to the white house in january. We talked to Kellyanne Conway and everybody around us the moment of the present selection and we wanted bannon and one of our producers said the texan said we would like you to come back we are shooting a trump tower and bannon wrote basically you dont want me. All you guys want to do is make me darth vader. That was after the media saying theres got to be more to this guy than he is selfaware. I wanted to know everything i can about him and i spent the last months going and behind the this sort of fireworks around the Trump Administration and the chaos and disruption which i always felt with a little bit of the dodge. I went down inside to what we are still looking forward to this shakespearean struggle going on in and around the oval office and thats where we reside in our broadcast tonight. Host when it comes to steve bannon whats the perception that yo