It makes it difficult to deny this. But certainly it is part of a broader phenomenon, the idea that al qaeda and hamas or isis are one and the same, no. They are very different. Each has their own local grievances that are married to the broader ideology. I should note that there have been links over time. And also the same goes for hamas links to iran and some of it acts as well. We are still dealing with his broader phenomenon and it has been written us an surged in the 1990s. We tried to deal with it in the gulf and iraq war era. Failed, we tried to pretend it wasnt there but the phenomenon still exist. That withting a sense the amount of critique i am nowng, we need to refocus on the islamist threat. Question did a fantastic job of virtually every scrap, globally, that could possibly be used to weave these together. I think there are two registers. Are linked in a reinforcing way. You asked in what direction does it reinforce. But there is also a nonreinforcing way. All islam and t
Many of our economies but the answer is not to cut ourselves from each other. Its rather, to Work Together. And this brings me back to where i began. The world depends upon a democratic europe that upholds the principles of pleuralism and diversity and freedom that are our common creed. As free peoples we cannot allow the forces that ive described, fears about security or economic anxieties, to under mine our commitment to the universal values that are the source of our strength. I have to deal with a congress. Theres no doubt how a united europe works together can be improved. But look around the world at author i tearian governments and theyre okay accuracies that rule by fear and oppression, there is no doubt that democracy is the most just and effective form of government ever created. [ applause ] when i talk about democracy, i dont just mean elections. There are a number of countries where people get 70, 80 of the vote, but they control all the media, and the judiciary, and
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States senate, the senior senator from new york, senator chuck schumer. Thank you for being with us here tonight. I appreciate you making the time. Good evening. Good to be playing multiball with you. Exactly. Always the most exciting part of the game. Senator schumer, theres a lot of things i want to talk about today. Stuff going on in washington and stuff going on in new york. Let me ask you first about an event that you did today in elmhurst in queens, you were there with congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez. Queens is the epicenter of new york city. And you both have an interesting request. Youre calling on fema to help families pay for the funerals of their loved ones. Is that is this a novel idea that you have that you guys have developed around the coronavirus, or is this something the federal government has done in past disasters . It was not a novel idea, though it was first suggested to me by the congresswoman when we had a call of the delegation. Corona is in so many neighb
I dont know. But that means that we get ten extra minutes. And so we have gone into what i consider a multiball extra time. And what we have scheduled for this time is a very important interview that ive been looking forward to all day with the democratic leader of the United States senate, the senior senator from new york, senator chuck schumer. Thank you for being with us here tonight. I appreciate you making the time. Good evening. Good to be playing multiball with you. Exactly. Always the most exciting part of the game. Senator schumer, theres a lot of things i want to talk about today. Stuff going on in washington and stuff going on in new york. Let me ask you first about an event that you did today in elmhurst, queens, you with there with congresswoman alexandria cortez. Queens is the epicenter of new york city. And you both have an interesting request. Youre calling on fema to help families pay for the funerals of their loved ones. Is that is this a novel idea that you have that
Afghanistan. Our peter doocy is live now in d. C. With more details about this. Peter doocy from washington. Right now in afghanistan 10,000 american troops. The plan was to pull out half of them by the end of this erand the end of next year the other half. The new Afghan Government is performing much better than anyone in d. C. Expected. So there are these new discussions about how to aid their success. Our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. That is why president obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for the president s security strategy, including possible changes to the timeline for our draw down of u. S. Troops. So, there are three big things the administration is looking at. Leaving americans in afghanistan longer. Adjusting their role and their mission. Maybe even reimagining the process foreclosing u. S. Bases in that country. Right now its just talk. Next month the afghan president is going to meet with president obama in d. C. To see