president trump, but all new territory here for everyone, historic territory so what precedents do you think the senate democrats will use in their proceedings this is going to be a different trial than we saw even though this was a very similar site to see the somber procession across the capital, i mean, the one difference being that they didn t have the large chunks of evidence because this trial, this impeachment is basically based on what everybody saw and heard on january 6th, something that this really happened to every lawmaker as they were chased out of the building essentially and what trump did and did not do on that day first with the speech and then as they were sort of cowering in the secure rooms a number of them were trying to reach the president and trying to get him to get people to leave the building and it took hours to do that. so there s a lot of bipartisan anger in the senate and in the house. ten people voted for impeachment, but you know, the circumst
at the council formulations and to serve in the obama administration as assistant to national security council. he also served during the clinton administration visiting scholar including harvard and columbia and the international institute for strategic studies in london and numerous articles on national strategic affairs and the author of nine previous books. including how enemies become friends. walter russell mead at the hudson institute the global economist at the wall street journal professor of foreign affairs with the council of foreign relations and offers numerous books and widely recognized special providence and how it changed the world. i hope we have the chance for work entitled the united states is real and the fate of jewish people. and that to shield itself is the subject of the discussion tonight. please welcome walter russell mead. thank you for that introduction it is terrific to be here with charles i think i ve known so many years now. quite a while.
maintenance of national parks and other federal land open to the public. senators are now working on amendments to the bill. no votes are scheduled yet, but work is expect today continue to next week. now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. 1mighty god, thank you for your great and precious promises. you have promised to keep a record of our pain. you have promised that no weapon formed against us will prosper. .you have promised to supply our needs and to surround us with the shield of your blessings. you have promised to keep us from stumbling or slipping. .lord, you have promised that nothing can separate us from your love. you have promised to do for us more than we can ask or imagine. great and precious are your promises. .give our lawmakers confidence in your promises, as they face these tumultuous times. sustain
some have moderated a little. we trade at 68:59. gold went above 1600 an ounce. we come off the high a ten year yield did get to a 170 breaking a trend line that we ve been in since september but now down to two basis points on a 180 handle on that. looking at dollar yen though that comes off a little bit. unchanged there on that currency pay. european equities in the red but a reasonably muted move also what we re seeing in u.s. future. one point we saw it drop as much as 1.7% but we recouped ome of those losses. this morning we begin with the retaliation from iran against the u.s. for the killing of its top general. the nation firing a series of missiles at iraqi air bases housing u.s. troops. the escalation coming hours after president trump says the u.s. was totally prepared for an attack. iran s foreign minister saying tehran s is retaliation. it adds it isn t looking for war but will defend itself. also this morning shortly after takeoff a boeing 737 bound for ukraine
good afternoon and welcome to the conference center here at hudson institute. i am the president and ceo of hudson institute, our mission is to promote u.s. international leadership in global engagement for secure, free and prosperous future. we are absolutely delighted to welcome back senior senator from indiana, senator todd young with us here at hudson. today he is a guest in our bipartisan speaker series, dialogue on american foreign policy and world affairs with hudson institutes chair, walter russell mead. the discussion series is designed not to solely focused on the urgent news but also on the important news, that is to say, the broader questions and dilemmas affecting u.s. foreign policy. senator young still needs no introduction here at hudson institute where he is spoken many times. he s an important voice particularly on development assistance and on the role of congress and u.s. foreign policy in u.s. foreign policy decision-making. he s very much a conservativ