Where the french president is Holding Meetings with these really palestinian leadership st. Somebody sent me meditation, the least. Hes finally guessing, but it is a drop of age. You know, some of nice. Yes to you and Security Council as be meeting with the secretary general highlighting the donnas situation in gaza. I went through how something i do think human beings were due to one another. And one of these really captives released by her mouse has been describing her experience during the detention and got the say as we begin this news in dogs, that wet mold in at 700 palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours on the relentless seas rarely bombardment, Health Officials say some hospitals can no longer treat the wounded because theyve run out of old supplies. Only a few humanitarian, a truck, so being able to and to go to you and says 20 trucks were unable to cross through the roof. A board of integrateds on tuesday, maybe 5800 policy into being killed since the will begin o
Regardless of the party they are from. Host anthony desposito, freshman lawmaker. Come back again. That will do it for us this morning. A reminder that the house is coming in now. We will be back here tomorrow at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Now live coverage of the floor of the house of representatives. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Merciful god, how hard it is in these days of contest and contention not to keep score. Both outside and inside these chambers, we are hardwired to tally wins and losses. But while this may be the nature of things, forgive us when we gloat over our enemys loss when we find ourselves selfishly satisfied when our opponent stumbles. All around us there are countless situations where we find ourselves so inclined. Internationally, when a power suffers not just the loss of a certain battlefield advantage, but the devastating attrition of its young men and women sacrificed on
Hashtag beyond one hundred days hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. The American Government is struggling to do what families around the world manage to do every single day balance their budgets. The senate has just agreed to a two year deal but they still have to get the house of representatives to sign on to their plan. The bipartisan deal in the senate gives both sides a bit of what they want. Republicans get more money for the us military. Democrats get money for Health Programmes and disaster relief. This doesnt deliver the much promised Immigration Reform but it is a rare thing american lawmakers actually coming together to work out solutions. Heres a listen. This bill is the product of extensive negotiations among congressional leaders and the white house. No one would suggest it is perfect. But we worked hard to find Common Ground and stay focused on serving the American People. After months of legislative logjam is this budget deal i
A source of wealth for all societies. I personally im aware of the importance of human rights i grew up under a dictatorship and has high commissioner for refugees i witnessed the terrible repercussions of Human Rights Violations and im only too aware that we still have a long road to travel with the president this is not to deny that we have made considerable progress in the past seventy years people around the world have gained progressively greater freedoms and equality conditions a profound economic music and exploitation have been improved womens rights of advanced along with the rights of children victims of racial and religious discrimination Indigenous Peoples and persons with disabilities and perpetrators of all refigured Rights Violations ever been prosecuted by international tribunals. But hes also plain that the words of the universal declaration are not yet matched by facts on the grounds in practice people all over the world still in the world constraints on or even total
If everyone would take their seats, please, we are almost ready to start. Welcome everyone. I am barbara and i direct the program at the council and i am honored that they have asked me to moderate this extremely timely panel about the iranian elections and also about President Trumps visit to the middle east. Before we start, i want to thank congressman jared huffman, thanks to him we have the room. Also the fund and the Rockefeller Fund for supporting the work that we do. Weve got a great panel. We will start with a bestselling author of fabulous books about iran including the ayatollah begs to differ and the ayatollahs democracy. He has spent a lot of time going back and forth between the u. S. And iran and he certainly understands the political dynamics of the country very well. Then we will have a cofounder and executive director of the International Civil Society Action network. She has published extensively on gender, peace and Security Issues and also knows a great deal about i