Very strong potential to deepen India-US ties on climate crisis, says secretary of state nominee Antony Blinken At his nomination confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Blinken said that India has been a bipartisan success story of the US successive administrations Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken testifies during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
Washington: In a way endorsing the India policy of outgoing US President Donald Trump, a top incoming Biden Administration official said India has been a bipartisan success story of successive American administrations.
president trump heading back to washington from his home in mar-a-lago. the president gearing up for a big week ahead. several key events should prove crucial to the administration s foreign policy. of course there is the fate of secretary of state nominee, mike pompeo lie in the balance. right now mr. pompeo lacks the support that he needs tomorrow when the senate foreign committee votes but the whole senate is expected to approve his nomination when he gets there. as the commander in chief is preparing to host french president emanuel macron, his first state visit on tuesday and the first state visit and dinner by the trump administration so far. this as north korea announces it will close its nuclear testing site and end for now its long range missile testing. that of course starting short of scrapping all of his nuclear weapons. mr. president trump tweeting, we re a long way from a conclusion in north korea.
had a stretch in syria, which was with absolute precision. i leave it with this, with all of that said, if we can get along with china and if we can get along with russia, and if we can get along with japan and other nations, that s a good thing, not a bad thing. just remember that. if we got along with other nations, that s good, not bad. thank you very much, everybody. bonus round of questions there. no one tougher than this president, according to him, on russia. things that stuck out in this news conference down there. the questions about north korea. the secretary of state nominee, mike pompeo. it s saying it was a good trip and about the conditions are set for his meeting. the presidents meeting with kim jong-un. also saying that they are working on getting the americans i north korea is holding to be
so what the in the world does that mean? let s get to it. there is breaking news on three americans this hour. first to the senate where leaders have just voted to confirm president trump s secretary of state nominee, rex tillerson. that is a live look on the floor now. tillerson will enter the state department facing a full plate of foreign policy issues including iran. also breaking in the last few minutes, the trump administration issuing that warning to iran over their recent missile tests and what the administration claims are other actions against the united states and our allies. the warning minutes ago from the president trump s national security advisor, the retired general, michael flynn. iran continues to threaten u.s. friends and allies in the region. the obama administration failed to respond adequately to tehran s malign actions, including weapons transfers,
jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. we should also point out that on wednesday, our exclusive interview with president trump inside the white house. his first one-on-one interview since taking office. nothing off limits. tweet me your thoughts and questions. that s wednesday right here. we turn to a major development involving the white house. one of the president s most controversial choices, secretary of state nominee, rex tillerson just clearing a very important hurdle tonight. after a key republican senator who led the way with tough questioning, now saying he ll support tillerson. abc s mary bruce on capitol hill tonight face to face with senator rubio, asking him what convinced him. reporter: tonight, one of president trump s most controversial nominees now headed for confirmation. secretary of state nominee rex tillerson, former ceo of exxon, grilled by trump s former rival, senator marco rubio, over his close ties to russian president vladimir putin. is v