His probe to look at President Trump Business Activities as well as those of his associates including his soninlaw Jared Kushner. We will look at how kushner tried and failed to get a 500 million bailout from qatar. Did that influence how trump has been handling the gulf diplomatic crisis . We will speak with ryan grim of the intercept. Then to made in america week. Pres. Trump we want to build, grow products using American Goods to american labor, and american grit. Amy while President Trumps touts American Made products, we will look inside clothing factory in indonesia where ivanka trump Brand Clothing is made. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The special counsel tasked with investigating ties between Donald Trumps campaign and russias government during last years election is examining a broad range of transactions involving trumps businesses as well as those of his associates. Thats according to bl
Marriage. Plus the Senate Working overtime to consider a bill that involves collecting your personal information. Our panel on the patriot act extension as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. And we begin this morning with discussions going on right now to keep five senior taliban leaders from returning to the fight. The Obama Administration released the socalled taliban five from gitmo last year. In exchange for Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. Bergdahl now faces desertion charges, and the u. S. And qatar have agreed the taliban five would not travel with restrictions but those restrictions expire tomorrow. A deal is now reportedly in the works to extend the restriction for another six months. Joining me right now in an exclusive interview, the former Prime Minister of qatar, sheikh hamed. Thank you so much for joining us. What is your stance . The u. S. Nearing this deal with qatar. Whats your sense of these five former prisoners now still in qatar and whether or not they will leave and
Presley made a stop. He didnt stay in the church, but his widow and daughter are still prominent members. So the idea was that celebrities are useful. They become megaphones for advertising the church and its benefits. And as you look at the people who have been their spokespeople, like John Travolta and tom cruise, each of these guys at one time was a number one movie star in the world. And thats a very powerful lower to young people who have gone to hollywood and are solicited by the church to come to the Celebrity Center to see how to get an agent or how to get ahead in the business. If you look at who is in the church, they think maybe i could be a star as well. You can watch this and other programs online at the booktv. Org. Mehran kamrava talks about the outside influence of qatar in the world. He argues unlike other regional powerhouses, qatar is been able to achieve its global standingik through aljazeera, its supportr of Democracy Movement in thebeen middle east, and through t
Minutes. Wn wth thank you all very much. Let me start by thanking the Wonderful Team for tonights event. Let me start by thanking osama and his team for tonights event. I am most grateful and honored to be here. Thank you all. I was motivated to study since 2007 at the georgetown campus in delhi. One of the first things that struck me about the country was its Amazing Development and its relative success. So what motivated me to write this book is the simple question of whether or not qutar is for real. I dont know how many of you are familiar with qutar. But in many ways, this is a country that consistently punches above its weight to overuse and use the metaphor. It is a small state, which tries to be extremely consequential, not only within the Arabian Peninsula and was in the persian gulf, but also beyond. And it exercises a certain amount of power that in many ways is commensurate with its size and demography and also its history. In a region where relatively great powers like eac
He argues that unlike other regional powerhouses qatar has been able to achieve its global standing for aljazeera it supported democracy movements in the least of the hosting of major world events like the world cup. This is about one hour and 15 minutes. Thank you all very much. Let me start at thinking osama and his Wonderful Team for tonights event. Most grateful and honored to be here. Thank you all. I was motivated to study qatar. Ive been in qatar since 2007 at the georgetown campus in doha and one of the first things that struck me about the country was its Amazing Development and its relative success. So what motivated me to write this book was the simple question of whether or not qatar is for real. I dont know how many of you are familiar with qatar but in many ways this is a country that consistently punches above its weight to use an overused metaphor and its a small state, which tries to be extremely consequential not only within the Arabian Peninsula and within the Persia