where are you from? what country? china? china? china? ecuador? ecuador? ecuador? ecuador? this thing with military bases getting penetrated by foreign nationals is happening more and more. we have seen probably two or three times a week we are stopping these folks at the gate. i mean i m incredibly proud of the men and women of the united states border patrol that risked their lives to keep americans safe. are we safe? number two, our screening and vetting capabilities are stronger than they ever have been. john: as the border becomes a major national security threat president biden finally taking executive action that would effectively shut down asylum request at the border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2500. hello i am john roberts in washington, sandra the number is about half of where we are on a daily basis right now. sandra: we are watching closely for this announcement and the signing of that it executive order by the president coming
Raul castro, the president of cuba will also give a News Conference in his country that will happen at noon eastern time. Of course cnn will continue to follow this breaking news throughout the day. Thank you for joining me today, im carol kos toll low. this hour with berman and michaela starts now. Hello, everyone. Im john berman. And. And im michaela pereira. History is being made at this hour after more than a half century of tension and diplomat diplomatic silence between the u. S. Its releasing alan gross from prison after five years. A series of genuinely breathtaking developments. Cuba is also releasing a u. S. Intelligence asset, a spy, whos been locked up in cuba for more than 20 years. In Return Washington is freeing three cuban spies convicted in 2001 of espionage. That is big in and of itself. It all seems part now of something much, much bigger. President obama will announce major changes in u. S. Policy toward cuba. Officials calling them the most sweeping changes since t
Aisle, are rightly concerned about how he may respond when tested by russia, iran, north korea, and other transnational threats such as cyber. Considering some of these hotspots in the world in detail, i would like to start with iran, which remains a top concern for this committee. Their behavior with respect to forces across the region has not improved and irans unsafe actions have continued. I believe the joint plan of action is the most effective way to prevent iran from resuming their Nuclear Weapons program. General mattis, while you raise concerns about the jcpoa when it was being negotiated, you stated during a center for strategic and International Studies forum in april 2016 that in your words, there is no going back absent a real violation. I agree with that assessment. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about how we can build upon the jcpoa to address other
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But, david, she moved on to say shes convinced a trade deal between the u. S. And the ucla is in both kun and the u. K. Is in both countrys interest but we didnt get a lot of detail. President trump believes in oneonone trade deals specifically to the exclusion of Multi Lateral trade deals and would like to get a trade deal done with the united kingdom, particularly after brexit. I think he sees this as a big achievement and binding of president u. K. And United States that have moved at least in his view in a more nationalist direction. Thats what he would like to do. I thought the Prime Ministers comments about nato were so fascinating, really, because there are so many people around the world, u. S. Allies, republicans here at home, that are so concerned that trump could diminish the importance of nato as a part of our foreign policy. And theyre all trying to tell news the media rest assured trump desirent believe what
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I know you have other duties for the network so well let you go. But with eappreciate we appreciate you being with us. Jonathan swan, im sure you have more of the conversations than i do, but aides increasingly want you to one, give them credit for all the quote crazy stuff that doesnt happen. I think i have seen that in axios and other places, and two for the scripted moments which are sort of milestones that they are proud of getting him to hit. Whether its ultimately affirming the commitment to article 5, whether its delivering a decision on afghan policy. And they want to sort of separate out judgment or responsibility from these wild, unhinged performances like last night. Yes. Its doubly strange because you really have a white house at the senior level where if you take the family out of it, if you take jared and ivanka who obviously voted for their father in law and their father, if it was any other election they werent related to him they would have voted for hillary
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