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Space the Uns Highest Court rules against 4 arab countries and fears of a major flare up between armenia and azerbaijan as fighting intensifies over a disputed region. Back into the Program China is feeling the pressure on 2 fronts from the u. S. And from the United Kingdom just hours ago President Donald Trump signed an executive order to hold beijing accountable for a new National Security lowered imposed on the territory as part of the new legislation the president s canceled all special trade and economic privileges that whole kong enjoys with the United States and banks that deal with some the chinese officials also face sanctions. The hon ....
The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements, materials and questions for the record subject to the length, limitations in the rules. To insert something in the record please have your staff email the previously mentioned address or contact of the full committee staff. I see that we have a quorum and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, miss pelosi, will be stopping by this hearing and i ask unanimous consent she participate in any point she arrives during the hearing. So ordered. There she is. Madame speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such ....
Journal, live at 7 00 eastern thursday morning. Be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. Announcer the House Foreign AffairsCommittee Held a hearing on the implications of chinas new National Security law in hong kong, which has led to arrests and clashes between police and protesters. The new law coincides with the 23rd anniversary of the handover of hong kong between the United Kingdom and china. This is almost 3. 5 hours. Forum. E have a and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi, will be stopping by, and i ask unanimous consent that she participate at any point she arrives. And there she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much ....
I see that we have a quorum. Before i go forward, i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi will be stopping by. I must consent that she participate at any point she rise during the hearing. There she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Speaker pelosi thank you very mr. Chairman. For having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken and the bipartisan house and Senate Democrats and republicans with one voice and defense of those being oppressed by beijing in support of freedom, justice and real autonomy for the people of hong kong. We continue to urge president to hold chinese officials abuses,ble for including taking steps under the hong kong human rights and democracy act. We must consider all tools available, including economic penalties. Here t ....
Accused of trying to stoke an inflammatory debate on it a former chess official tells us the networks are exploiting the racial debate though. We can wish them democracy is there is an agenda to push for increased racial tension and the a. B. C. Tried to jump on the bandwagon by including. It after being for russia for me and the team here at r t so world the center is kevin with this hours update so 1st of all votes counted following a week of polling across russia to decide on a raft of wide ranging amendments to the constitution the Electoral Commission declared the final result just last hour with nearly 80 percent voting in favor from a turnout of around 65 percent a correspondent Saskia Taylor is across the she saw the crowd really get hi there so tell us what moral. The vote. While voting on changes to the russian constitution has wrapped up and the results are in ....