Front page, the hash tag for the twitterratti among you. Its our honor to host the 70th secretary of state, mike pompeo, former director of the Central Intelligence agency, former member of congress, former u. S. Army officer, finished first in his class at west point, Harvard Law School graduate, and of course, much more. Im fred kemp, president and ceo of the Atlantic Council and mr. Secretary, this is a heroic day. The uae, israel, and bahrain are set to sign an accord, first theigned abraham accord, first such agreement between israel and an agreement in more than a quarter century. The leaders will sign with the foreign ministers. We have a lot to discuss and half hour. In half hour. The china issues, but lets start with the middle east, although i know you have a few prepared comments. My first question would be, looking at the longterm implications for the u. S. And the region of this accord. How does the u. S. Alliance structure look longer term . Then dig into the middle east.
Joe biden. Joe biden thank you, sarge, thank you, deshaun, i thank you for your years of service and thank you for your continued commitment to supporting our students, veterans as they pursue their education. And thank you Hillsborough Community college for hosting us today. My wife jill is a Community College professor and ive known for a long, long time the Community Colleges she says are the secret, best kept secret in america in terms of our Education System and this is just one reason why. You help people take the next step in their lives to get the training and accreditation they need, including our vets, who after years of dedication to our country are ready to build civilian lives of meaning and of opportunity. Less than 1 of the population of our country chooses to serve our country in the military less military. Less than one percent risk everything to defend our nation, our values, and everything we hold dear. Them our 99 of us owe thanks, gratitude, and respect. My view, b
Escalate to the point of violen violence. One of the things that makes this particular crisis different, and there have been three others of this sort during, since xi has been in office. This one is different because it has done violent. Which is concerning because it suggests that those agreements and protocols are no longer working. It also tells you what the triggers could be, which is that they were supposed to be in the process of disengagement. They had met on june 6th to actually disengage and on june 15th, something went wrong during the process. Both sides accuse d the other o instigating the clash, but what essentially resulted in deaths as chairman schiff mentioned, for the first time in a number of years, and that suggests they both first need to get back to what they were doing. Theyre in dialogue with both the military and diplomatic levels to at least disengage. The problem might be in where the triggers might be if either theres a misunderstanding or not respecting the
Zone, chaz, was a failed fourweek democrat experiment by the radical left and the results are in. Anarchy is antiamerican. Law and order is essential. Peace in our streets will be secured. While the democrat mayor of seattle proclaimed that chaz was to be, quote, the summer of love, in fact it was not. Another failed democrat politicians remain passive or silent in the face of anarchy. While that happened, President Trump set the tone. Law and order must prevail to preserve peace in our streets. The president has not the democrat governor of the state of washington. The president is not the democrat mayor of seattle. But nevertheless the president must lead by example and be prepared to act in the face of failed democrat leadership which is what we saw in democrat seattle and democrat wisconsin. President trump has stood on the side of law and order and were pleased to report that law and order has prevailed in seattle. In President Trumps america, autonomous zones have no place. 100 a
Journal, live at 7 00 eastern thursday morning. Be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. Announcer the House Foreign Affairs Committee Held a hearing on the implications of chinas new National Security law in hong kong, which has led to arrests and clashes between police and protesters. The new law coincides with the 23rd anniversary of the handover of hong kong between the United Kingdom and china. This is almost 3. 5 hours. Forum. E have a and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi, will be stopping by, and i ask unanimous consent that she participate at any point she arrives. And there she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan hous