The ocean. Why are we having this hearing . Sullivan and the white house will leave me alone. [laughter] evertelling you, if we clean up plastics in the ocean, it will be because of these two folks and senator lee and i will be willing coconspirators. I have been told about this a lot, and im astounded by the problem mankind has created for the oceans. We can be better stewards of gods creation. We are going to have a hearing today about some solutions, and we are going to find a way to thate some kind of fund people can contribute to. I know they are doing it at the world bank, but i like the you comend idea where together to solve the problem. To our two colleagues, to live for your leadership. Senator lee . Thank you, mr. Chairman. With all the joking that goes back and forth, it is safe to say that the chairman and i feel very strongly about this. Vietnam last year and we met with the vietnamese officials and scientists to discuss Ocean Plastic pollution and had a great meeting, an
E. U. Against moscow after the poisoning of Opposition Leader alexina. For learn says it has proof the politician was poisoned with a toxic nerve agent produced in the soviet era nato members are convening an urgent meeting to come up with a response. And u. S. President ial contender joe biden meets the family of a black man shot and injured by police in wisconsin and new shoes a challenge to president. Putin. Im brian thomas could have you with us today a month after the massive explosions that ripped through beirut rescue workers have detected signs of life a search and rescue team with audio equipment and rescue dogs have detected a pulse 2 meters below the rubble. Of a collapsed building they began their search thursday afternoon theyre continuing to dig and remove the debris were looking at there more than 190 people were killed in the blasts on august the 4th more than 6000 were injured. Lets go live now to. Correspondent on the scene of that rescue operation in beirut whats the
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Era so its far too early for nato allies or anyone else to firmly point a finger at the kremlin or anywhere else for responsibility what nato and of course the European Union as well are hoping is that by putting pressure very early on the kremlin that it will cooperate that if it was not involved it will want to prove that and so it will participate in an investigation and come clean about what it knows about stocks of nova talk what it may have known about anyone who may have been trying to attack alex in of all me and simply say yeah were all on the same side here in wanting to find out what happened and you have also had the opportunity to ask stoltenberg the 1st press question directly after his statement what did you ask him. Well i took my question from there just dozens and dozens of comments on my twitter feed asking why does nato have anything to say about this it was not on a nato territory it was not a citizen of a nato country and so nato should just stay out of this and i
A mother with the murders of 5 of her children officials believe she said they did and then suffocated them before trying to take her own life bring you the latest on the investigation. Im phil gail welcome to the program nato has added its voice to the growing calls for answers from moscow the poisoning of russian opposition the next and volley the military alliance is demanding that the kremlin fully cooperate on the investigation this week the German Government concluded that mist in the valley had been poisoned with nabil chock a soviet era russian nerve agent. Nato leaders meeting here to discuss an attempted assassination outside their borders why does nato believe that it would have a mandate to act in this case for an attack that was not on nato territory because this is a violation of International Law on the International Norms its a use over chemical of and so use over over you know chemical nerve agent which is violating her probation over any use of the chemical weapons an