Good morning and welcome to the center. I hope you liked our movie and hope you like this event, Chicago Council engage in retreat, american views on u. S. Foreign policy. I am jane harman president and ceo of the wilson center, member of congress and happy to be here at a place where we engage in bipartisan civil conversation, deep research into active thinking about the future of the worlworld into that spirit, lete introduce the fifth time that ivo dallder and the Chicago Council are here to release their survey of the American Public opinion. Its a Great Partnership that we have in the prior report and its an enduring alliance. Its also reassuring to me to learn the good news in this report that americans in huge bipartisan margins continue their support in an active u. S. Role in Foreign Policy and world affairs. Much of the vision for that role, to brag here, started with woodrow wilsobouguereau will ser 28th president for whom the sentrys name who served a century ago. Downstair
Foreign policy. I am jane harman president and ceo of the wilson center, member of congress and happy to be here at a place where we engage in bipartisan civil conversation, deep research into active thinking about the future of the worlworld into that spirit, lete introduce the fifth time that ivo dallder and the Chicago Council are here to release their survey of the American Public opinion. Its a Great Partnership that we have in the prior report and its an enduring alliance. Its also reassuring to me to learn the good news in this report that americans in huge bipartisan margins continue their support in an active u. S. Role in Foreign Policy and world affairs. Much of the vision for that role, to brag here, started with woodrow wilsobouguereau will ser 28th president for whom the sentrys name who served a century ago. Downstairs in memorial hall, wilsons word part of the quotes davis is a fearful thing to leave this great peaceful people into war, but the right is more precious th
Just this one open area. The causes under investigation. There is an indication that someone using a tractor sparked the fire. Live look at downtown pleasanton. It is one of the hotspots out there right now. Temperature near the highs of the day 103 degrees. Air and heating technicians busy today as you can imagine running around. The east bay trying to get the airconditioners back up and running again. It has been crazy. It is a lot of jumping from one call to the next. Just getting everything up and running. Getting people comfortable in cooling. It can almost be a health hazard. As we suffer through the heat today climate Scientists Say this will only become more common. Summers are hotter and drier and longer than ever before. Devon has a closer look at this worrisome warmup. Reporter it is august and it is hot. Two things in isolation are not that unusual. Climate science its say the warm weather is likely part of the troubling trend. Sciences say the effects of Climate Change are
As part of it the logic of this is theres none better than a country with which the u. K. Might want to do a trade deal china say or brazil will have to think twice about expressing their opinions openly even in secret diplomatic cables for fear that they might get leads and that in itself undermines governments but apart from that if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister hell be faced with the Foreign Office few areas of his perceived role in bringing down one of their own. Johnson himself assuming he becomes Prime Minister will pick the next ambassador to washington the question is will it be a neutral diplomat or a political appointment brecks it is taking yet more victims this time at the heart of government largely aljazeera in london. But so whats coming up for you on this news hour american weapons the libyan war mode and the French Connection we will connect all those dots in just a short moment or so we will hear the survival stories of those on board a capsized migrant boat in
At the border thats an indictment of the trumpet ministrations family separation policy everyone seems to agree theres a crisis at the border with republicans saying its the rush of immigrants coming to the u. S. And democrats saying its the detention policy itself. The name also expresses the outrage over what democrats described as jails for children we are really generational children theyll never get we did say that this type of trauma can wait some republicans push back i am frustrated with the title of the hearing it is a hearing in titled kids in cages. What we say and the hyperbole we use matters ive been to the border many times in this day ive never seen a kid in a cage just a former immigration and Customs Enforcement chief says it is unfair to blame immigration agencies coping with this surge of Central American immigrants fleeing violence and poverty if you dont reduce the flow youre going to continue to get the same thing that weve seen for the last 78 months its bad its