The Foreign Relations committee of the United States senate will come to order. The chair would note we have a full house today and an enthusiastic audience im sure. Wed ask you to be respectful. Remind everyone that holding up signs or making verbal outbursts during the proceedings is disruptive. And appropriate action will be taken. If needed well suspend briefly to restore order. This morning we have a hearing on a matter that is really of a pressing National Security importance. That is the relationship of the United States and for that matter the world with iran. This hearing is intended to do three things. Number one, we will consider the facts behind the maximum Pressure Campaign against iran. Well examine the elements of irans necessary behavioral changes. And thirdly, assess irans willingness to behave as a responsible member of the International Community. Irans pursuit of regional domination following the 1979 revolution transformed the fabric of the middle east. The Iranian
Distrust of the government im 35 of africanamericans and 32 of hispanics are very concerned about the census being used against them. Similarly, 39 of people who are not English Proficient and 34 of those born outside the u. S. Are afraid to respond. So theres a lot of fear in our communities that weve got to strive to overcome. The president s executive order and immigration policies and the threatened raids all strike fear in the hearts of many of the communities that are already mistrustful of government. And even though the question will not be on the 2020 census. There is a test in the field right now where 240,000 families are being asked the Citizenship Question. Why is that . This decision to pose the Citizenship Question to hundreds of thousands of people after the Supreme Court rejected it seems hard to reconcile with the reality of the Supreme Court decision and the unbroken defeat of the question in the lower district courts. So now we face the threat of prolonged confusion
Have ratcheted up tensions with the United States at an alarming rate. With the knowledge that north korea conducted 20 missile test on over a dozen different occasions between february and september 2017, including tests of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Many Americans and our allies around the globe remain on edge. However, americans may rightly wonder about north koreas ability to threaten the homeland. Intelligence from the kingdom is often inconsistent and limited, despite these intelligence challenges, information that has been gathered is reason enough for alarm. According to media reports, to north korean shipments to a Syrian Government Agency Responsible for the countrys Chemical Weapons Program were intercepted in the past six months. While these reports did not detail what the shipments to syria contained, this is not the first time a north korean ship has been seized carrying suspected Missile System components. In 2013, a north korean ship was intercepted in the pan
Announcer from abc world Head Quarters in new york this is jose diazbalart. Good evening it is unprecedented and unproven. President trump today accused president obama of using the federal government to tap his phones just before last years elections. Part after a flurry of Early Morning tweets. Here you see some of them shifting the subject off of whether the Trump Campaign had any communication with the russian government. The president supporters are lauding his aggressive public attack. Its a concerning abuse of power. President obama spokesperson fired back saying the charge is unequivocally false. Our casey hunt is in West Palm Beach is President Trump. Reporter without offering any evidence, President Trump making an explosive claim. That president obama tapped his phones before the election. This is what democracy looks like. Reporter starting at 6 35 a. M. The president sent a string of five tweets. Terrible he wrote. Just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tow
Begins now. Announcer from abc world Head Quarters in new york this is jose diazbalart. Good evening it is unprecedented and unproven. President trump today accused president obama of using the federal government to tap his phones just before last years elections. Part after a flurry of Early Morning tweets. Here you see some of them shifting the subject off of whether the Trump Campaign had any communication with the russian government. The president supporters are lauding his aggressive public attack. Its a concerning abuse of power. President obama spokesperson fired back saying the charge is unequivocally false. Our casey hunt is in West Palm Beach is President Trump. Reporter without offering any evidence, President Trump making an explosive claim. That president obama tapped his phones before the election. This is what democracy looks like. Reporter starting president sent a string of five tweets. Terrible he wrote. Just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower jus