i m glad to see that the people of venezuela are rising up and there was a protest just the other day that had more than 200,000 people there. but what happens in venezuela has to be determined by the venezuelans, not by the united states. what maduro was doing, essentially jailing political opponents, having a sham election, essentially cradling the economy there, people losing 15, 20 pounds, people starving, that s wrong. so i m glad to see change there. but that change has to be led by the venezuelans, not, i don t think, by the united states. oftentimes if we push too hard, we actually get a response back from the people in those countries that counteracts what we would want in those countries. julian castro, thank you so much for a substantive interview, sir. on a lighter note i was pleased to learn that you and your brother saw the last star wars
all the harris: saudi arabia had a hand in this, too. when you talk about people starving, that s on everybody s hands. i think that the situation in yemen is incredible complex. without doubt, i think the number one actor in all of this for the human you mentoring crs the iranian regime which has been funding a brutal war on the country, funding a terrorist organization, overthrowing the legitimate government of yemen. i do think iran has to be held to account. certainly there will be pressure on saudi arabia as well. let s not forget that if the iranians, who are behind so much of the brutality and the humanitarian situation in yemen at this time and tehran, has to be held fully to account on this. harris: were you surprised to see this, or do you see this full of movement with this resolution as it passes in the senate to hold the crown prince
have ways to put this regime under control. not that we want to control them. we just don t want the aggressive nature they re coming out with. as you said, they ve got people starving. they re using their own citizens as slaves they farm out to other countries, and the money goes back to the kim regime, who turns around and uses that money to create weapons that they sell to terrorist groups around the world that are fighting us. it s lunacy. melissa: yeah. you put sort of a fine point on the part of this bill that limits the president s power to ease these sanctions without your approval. do you really think that s necessary? it feels like you re buying into the whole idea of the president having a special relationship with russia when in fact, you know, he s done everything to drive down the price of oil, which hurts russia. you know, there was the tomahawk missiles in syria, which hurt russia. all kinds of things. ted: no. i think it s very important that we do that for a coupl
anti-illegal immigrants what is a cut to you? a cut is if you re getting $40 and now you re getting $30, that s a cut. that s what politicians do. it s all about illusion. neil: so what would you do? what would you tell them to do? in the past you say open everything to scrutiny and watch the budget. we pick and choose. there s enough blame to go around. neil: absolutely. $900 for a toilet set that we re happy to sell you at home depot for $27? the same toilet seat? we make a nice buck on it at $27. neil: right, right. the common sense is out. what worries me about all of this, we re getting people this is all they here. they re cutting. we re going to leave people
people starving, and i don t see the leadership changing. i don t see their weapons program changing. i don t see anything else at all there. i me what can they do? well, you got it. i mean the sanctions, i m all in favor of the sanctions, but they will not work on the timeline that the north koreans are currently on for deliverable nuclear weapon. so having the chinese tighten up on access to their financial system, access to or the sale of raw materials, that s probably not going to do the trick. so the chinese will want to show some sense of urgency because they understand this is emerging as probably the number-one security problem in the u.s. so they ll have to say, look, we understand the urgency of this. but i don t think we can expect the chinese to come out and say, gee, we ve just been convinced of everything president trump has had to say. i think they ll like to talk about a tone and a tempo of cooperation with the united states without falling into old lines. and i thi