Talklking office last month. The summit began aboout an hour ago. I understand knnees wra is a ke member of the association of Southeast Asian nations. Japans Strategic Partner and shares basic values. Chief among his priorities is securing a pledge to Work Together on a range of regional issues including addressing chinas growing maritime presence in the nation. Suga wants to step up cooperation in the field of security including holding a meeting of foreign and defense ministers from both countries. He plans to speed up negotiations on the transfer of defense equipment to indonesia. The coronavirus pandemic will also likely be only the agenda. Indonesia has the highest number of cases in southeast asia. Suga will likely offer loans to help limit the economic fallout in the country and hopes to secure a plan to ease entry restrictions for nurses and caregivers coming to japan as foreign workers. Japan is seeking deeper defenense ties with australia a they champion what they term a fre
Host good morning. It is wednesday, september 20. The senate is in at 10 00 a. M. We are 11 days from a potential Government Shutdown. The password is still unclear after republicans pulled the gap yesterday on a stopgap spending measure because they did not have the votes. Some members of congress are now calling a shutdown inevitable. We want to know what you think on phone lines split up by party. 202 748000 for republicans. 202 7488001 for democrats. And 202 7488002 for independents. A very good wednesday morning to you. Start calling in now. Here are some of the headline stemming from yesterdays action in the house. The shortterm spending bill hits a new hurdle is the headline that the New York Times went with this morning. The house punts a key vote. Republican senators are increasingly alarmed as chaos over house spending bills. We will take you through all the action on the house floor today. The house is in at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. For more on what, we are joined on zoom. Guest
This syndrome is extremely rare. Good friends dont have to be. When youre connected, youre not alone. Cox supports cspan as a public service. Along with these other television providers. Getting you a front row seat to democracy. Continues. Host a focus on the deepening ties between russia and north korea. Joining us now is victor cha and kim jongun met with Vladimir Putin last week. What did each want from the other from this meeting . Guest i was say at the first level is quite simple. Who needs ammunition for the war on ukraine and he is blowing through ammunition like nothing. The north Korean Leader needs putins fuel because they are coming out of a covid lockdown and so a simple transaction is food for arms. That is what brought these two together and its an unholy alliance. Host when was the last time they met and what was the significance of the timing and the length of this meeting was several days . Guest the last time they met was four years ago and 2019. The timing is relat
Im interested to hear your thoughts on their relationship after the war, personal relationship and especially the fact that sherman advised grant not to enter politics at all. We know shermans own view of president ial politics. Can you shed some light on that and how it affected grant at all, or what counsel sherman may have given him . Thats a good question. Sherman was completely i shouldnt say a political. He was antipolitical. He hated the whole game of politics and didnt want to get involved. I think he may have thought to grant, you know, youre unsuited for this. This is really not what you were cut out to do. Senator john sherman was a politician, aspirate for the presidency. I think there was an element of tension then between sherman and grant because of that, that sherman may have thought that grant made some mistakes in become being president and particularly in the western policy, indian policy. I think sherman was much more sympathetic to sheridans ideas of just trouncing
Gitmo detention center. Carol rosenberg and two attorneys who represent Guantanamo Bay detainees. Tune in at 8 00 pm eastern on cspan. Each week, American History tv sits in on a lecture with one of the Nations College professors. You can watch the classes here every saturday evening at 8 00 pm and midnight eastern. Next, Boise State University professor lisa brady talks about how chemical agents were used during the korean and vietnam wars to destroy the landscape and infrastructure. She argues that during this time, the u. S. Military began to see foreign landscapes as an enemy rather than just an obstacle. She describes the reasons for various defoalization missions as well as damage to the environment and locals. Her class is about one hour, 15 minutes. Okay. So, today were going to be talking about the wars in korea and vietnam from an environmental history perspective. Many of you are quite well aware of the military side of things, how the wars progressed. I think its important