President trump says hes pulling the u. S. Out of yet another international treaty. And European Countries face a tricky balancing act as they seek to reopen to tourists without driving up Coronavirus Infection rates again. China is planning to impose tough National Security laws on hong kong following months of mass protests against the Central Government the draft law is expected to be rubber stamped at chinas biggest political gathering in beijing but activists fear it will be used to crackdown on hong kongs Political Freedoms and is likely to make relations with the u. S. Even worse american senators say theyll introduce legislation to impose sanctions on chinese officials for violating hong kongs autonomy katrina you reports from beijing. On the eve of Chinas National Peoples Congress the announcement of a National Security law which criminalizes secession foreign interference and the subversion of state power in hong kong. Could be issues and treat hong kong as an inseparable par
Host senator rand paul with the most interesting people in american politics and the Republican Party i was a fan of yours long before i got the chance to meet with you and work with you here in the congress im eager to chat with you about your book but first reflect the role that you have within congress and our party is independent voice of someone willing to strike out that some are not willing to strike out. Sometimes i feel i am a lonely voice we believe in balance budgets and we should spend less or have a limited Constitutional Government controversial things like that. Unfortunately we lose a lot on our side bad is one of the frustrations that i try very hard whether republican or democratic president to spend power was hours we should keep our hands on the power to declare war and we too easily give that up what i have found giving up that republicans are better when its a democratic president or vice versa but when they are the same day acquiesce a little on separation of pow
Lonely voice you know how it is in the house if you believe in balance budget or you believe we should spend less or have a limited Constitutional Government really you know, controversial thing unfortunately we never get any of the other side but then we lose a lot on our side that could be better at it and i guess thats one of my frustrations but i try very hard to have the same opinion whether it is republican president or democrat president that, you know, constitution was specific. Spending power was ours things like that that we should keep our plans on and i think we too easily give that up and i think one of the interesting things that i found coming up here is that democrats are better on these issues when it is republican president they want to oppose republicans are better on this when it is democratic. But when the partieses are the same they tend to sort of ac acquiesce a little bit on separation of powers and many this book you write the case against socialism it operates
A russia safety pact and were on the streets of one aside for the government is bracing for an expected we told coronavirus cases. On the number of corona virus infections worldwide its past 1000000 thats according to researchers at Johns Hopkins university in the United States weve been tracking the numbers for weeks earlier on thursday the University Also confirms that the global death toll now exceeds 50000 well the 1st 500000 cases were reported over 76 days that number to just 8 days to double in the u. S. The economic devastation caused by the a break is also becoming clear a record 6600000 people have no point. More Unemployment Benefits thats 3000000 more than last week and its a similar story in spain stripped quarantine measures there have led to more than 800000 jobs being cuts in march 3 point 5000000 people are know without work lets get more now from the she had returned he joins us from washington d c schippers focusing on the the figures coming out of the states there a
My name is Toby Dershowitz and im the Senior Vice President for Government Relations and strategy. As many of you know, fdd is a nonpartisan policy institute focusing on National Security issues. We are a source for are research and analysis and policy options for congress, for the administration, and for the media and certainly for the wider National Security community. We take no Foreign Government or foreign Corporate Funding and never will. To learn more about fdd, please visit fdd. Org. I want to welcome the online live stream audience and also those watching on cspan today. We invite everyone to join in on the conversation which will be live tweeting fdd. Todays event is hosted by fdd center on economic and financial power. Cefp provised recommendations to policymakers on how the u. S. Can leverage its economic and financial power to achieve its National Security objectives. In a moment well hear from our features speaker, david peyman for counter threat finance and sanctions. He