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Significant cut in the aid program what could the impact be on the ground there. well you got there there actually at one point three million people eventually did as refugees and some of them that really belong to mark finer. than so because of the decade. because of this very difficult economic situation they do did and. now were not as productive statement as bombs to defeating us come to saying they will continue to provide services that really can make sure that schools are still running bu...

With the latest from jerusalem so tanya walk us through how important this u.n. aid program is to palestinian refugees. well to be seen in the report. to the methods. created in the sixtys. in late ninety seven as a temporary solution to the political solution is found that hasnt been found and today. takes care about roughly as they say million people across the region not just in the occupied west bank but also in gaza in jordan in syria and in live in arm so that schools education programs. h...

Moment. these are the days that will test rex tillerson, jim mattis and the president because it is exactly like the threat we had more than half a century ago that was faced down diplomatically but with the explicit potential use of force if that fails. and as secretary tillerson goes around, thats the message he has to say is that we cannot tolerate it. this is not a moment in which we can have long deliberations or some sort of aid program to woo him away from it. this is exactly where we wer...

The us-led coalition. over 300 civilians are thought to have died over the past few months in and the fighting continues as we know this iraq he forces are now pushing close into western mosul despite the recent gains. with an estimated 2000 isis fighters-holding out there. you are using snipers suicide attacks. but the iraqi troops have so far managed to regain control over that and the reporters of the city and because of intense biting hundreds of thousands of presidents had been forced to fl...

Forced to flee. some emergency supplies are getting in to mosul, but the u.n. says its not nearly enough. only 8% of its aid program for this conflict is funded. and around 400,000 civilians are still trapped in residential areas of the city. because of these limited resources and temporary camps, some families are already returning home, but the fighting is likely to continue for some time and the city is far from safe. there are also unconfirmed reports that a senior isis commander may have be...

So, i think some of the proposals you will see by march 16th foreign aid-- >> any specific countries looking at cuts? >> well, a lot of our foreign aid doesnt necessarily get targeted to a specific country. so, when we talk about changing a particular aid program it may have impact in various different nations, but that overriding message, its fairly straight forward, less money spent on folks overseas, more spent on folks back home. >> ive got to tell you, mick mulvaney, appreciate having you o...

Destroyed. they argue it is not about immigration, but criminal activity. >> it has to do with the id program and the cards and any conjunction with the ability to obtain bank accounts becomes a major security risk. >> since the program got underway there have been 200 cases of fraud to obtain the cards and the citys right to with hold the documentation is going to be upheld in court. >> it is quite clear about the time lines and the methodology and our need to protect peoples identify and the p...

Legislators, leaders those are things we have to recognize. i thank the attorney general holder and the president for speaking about it and wanting to address it. i think thats a good direction to go in. >> lets talk about immigration. i know youre at the conference yesterday in new york city played host to more than 20 democratic mayors. you spoke at the conference, as i understand it, what did you say and what was the goal at the conference? >> well, new york city has been at the forefront, ri...

Ridicule. one journalist tweeted, of all the pr ideas that now they have never had, naming the little sisters of the poor party of the dirty 100 has to be one of the dumbest. the federal government gave florida $7 million as a reward for having the lowest amount of waste in their food stamp program. the bottom line is florida still wasted more than $14 million in overpayments. the head of the states aid program says, florida is again being recognized as a leader for quality and accuracy. and ver...

This aid program is spent on shipping and business costs, not on food. >> over the last ten years, our capacity to reach people has been cut in half because of higher food costs, higher shipping costs and the cost structure of this program. >> if you had 100% flexibility with this $1.4 billion, how many more people could you feed and how more quickly could you get it to them? >> 8 to 10 million more people and the difference in timeline is days versus months in terms of being able to do that. >>...