good afternoon and welcome to this event on u.s. sanctions and deterrence. it is a pleasure to have you here with us. today s session is an opportunity to think about the deterrence and signaling effects of financial sanctions and as many of you know well, u.s. sanctions are an economic tool which in general terms shut off access to the u.s. financial system to entities that pose a threat to u.s. national security. the use of sanctions has become central to the exercise of u.s. the and national security over the last decade. and is the favored policy tool of this administration. the topic for today s session is also the topic of a report that jordan and i cowrote and are releasing today. here will have seen it as you came in. we haveincludes convening the session with the intention of achieving a better understanding of how the administration and congress you sanctions for signaling and deterrence and offer views and recommendations for how to improve the signaling and de
the need to remember lift a rail blockade, and sanctioned goods to clinic grad plus an anti semitism controversy overshadow germany s documentary art show. organizers decide to remove one of the artworks african triggers. fierce criticism. ah, i m aaron tilton, welcome to the program. we begin with the battle for ukraine s eastern industrial heartland. russia is making advances in the don t bus. ukraine says russian forces have captured several more settlements. now control almost all of the husk region, some heavy weapons that will ride from germany. but ukraine says that there just a drop in the bucket of what is needed to push back rushes advance. everything that can be done is on fire. that s how the governor of ukraine s hands region described the situation here. russia is intensifying attacks in ukraine s east ukrainian defenders, inch of yellow denounced, still holding out in the besieged as a chemical plant. their last stronghold in the city, hundreds of civilians are
an entire eco system and billions of dollars are at stake. but we begin this morning with a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. low iq crazy mika came to mar-a-lago around new year s eve and insisted on joining me. she was bleeding badly from a facelift. i said no. outrage over president trump s tweets. this is a president who fights fire with fire and will not be bullied by liberal media. that s unacceptable behavior from the president of the united states and i m quite frankly sick of it. he s a trash talker. when he gets pissed off a that s what he does. you crazy lun atick 70-year-old man baby, stop it. unbelievably alarming that this president is so easily played. he s so easily played by a cable news host. in texas, two police officers are hospitalized following a shoot-out. this is a grim reminder of how dangerous it can be. dangerous high-speed chase leads authorities through two states and into a corn field. this all started
billions of dollars are at stake. but we begin this morning with a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. low iq crazy mika came to mar-a-lago around new year s eve and insisted on joining me. she was bleeding badly from a facelift. i said no. outrage over president trump s tweets. this is a president who fights fire with fire and will not accept bullying by the media. he s sick of it. he s a trash talker. you crazy lunatic 70-year-old man baby, stop it. maybe it s time that we all stop tippy towing. i m taking low ground here. you know what? he goes after a woman that way, he goes after a friend that way. in texas two police officers are hospitalized over a shoot-out. this is a very grim reminder of how dangerous it can be. a dangerous high-speed chase leads authorities through two states into a cornfield. this all started with a purse snatching in louisville. this is going to definitely terminate here right now. hot dry weather con
officials. he admits he took gifts to help ali with his legal troubles. the u.s. district attorney s office described it as krubt payments. payments of trips, cars, and other expensive items. reporter: a man who identified himself as williams spiritual adviser was in court. as his spiritual adviser has he expressed remorse to you? of course. of course. i mean yes. reporter: to the people of philadelphia he served? guess what? that s going to be done later. reporter: now, this trial was expected to last beyond the july 4th holiday. the jury does not get to deliberate in this case. my colleague tim furlong spoke to some jurors this afternoon. we ll hear from them this and and we ll get some idea how they would have decided case. that s live. outside the courthouse, i m rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. rosemary, what about seth williams demeanor in the courtroom? reporter: we didn t see any tears but he was choked up when asked why he shouldn t be sentenced