Senate return for legislative business next tuesday and now we continue our coverage of a conference on middle east strategy. And i think this counter goes of whoever is in par with regard to the presidency and regardless of who the resources available. So i think going back to what was mentioned in the Previous Panel with regard to the impact of maximum pressure and what max impression was intended to decide allegedly because of lack of clarity among u. S. Policy intention and strategy on iran but one of the argument was the position of sanction and maximum pressure, iran behave in a region would be contained. Unrest with diminished. We clery see the opposite. One of the reasons is iran continued its policy with regard to its support of allies and proxies but also its continuation of the interest. In syria with continuation, and iraq and lebanon the same, in yemen we have not seen any change since 2018 in particular. If anything weve seen a more by iran to showcase as was mentioned be
Are aware of my previous to government positions at the pentagon and at Us Central Command and there is a great interest of having more veterans type programs here at the museum and at the library. However tonight its a little different. I normally ask veterans to please stand up and take about. But tonight, i would like anybody who is a first responde responder, police officer, fireman, emt, paramedie stand up. [applause] thank you very much for what you do. And keeping us safe every single day and the mission you do for us. And now with tonights program, it is pleasure to have our author back the last time he was here he spoke about the governments doomsday plans of raven locke. And now we are welcome him back to discuss another somber topic the terror attacks of 9 11 to have a 360degree account told to those who experienced it the only plane in the sky. A distinguished magazine journalist and regular tv commentator spent more than a dozen years covering politics and technology and n
Hello and welcome. In breaking news this hour, there are reports that the us president s special representative for ukraine, kurt volker, has resigned. Its after he was named in the whistleblower complaint at the centre of impeachment proceedings into donald trump. Meanwhile those impeachment proceedings appear to be gathering pace in the us as democrats say theyre hoping to hold hearings into President Trump, as early as next week. The subpoenas are already flying secretary of state mike pompeo has been ordered to hand over documents concerning contact with the Ukrainian Government by next friday. President trump has lashed out at the inquiry saying its a witch hunt. Our north america editor jon sopel looks at the days events in washington. We will bring you those details. We will be speaking to our correspondence shortly about that. Now we get the background and everything that has been happening. We have also been hearing about mike pompeo, he has been subpoenaed by those impeachmen
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