Committee would agree that we should try to avoid war with russia. In addition to that, the Nato Russia Council serves many purposes that are in our direct Strategic Interests as a country. For instance, through the Nato Russia Council, we have obtained Logistical Support for our war in afghanistan from the russians. Because of the Nato Russia Council, the russians have provided us with Logistical Support for that war which apparently will continue at least through the end of this year. Secondly, through the Nato Russia Council, we have joined with the russians to fight terrorism. Up to this point, russians have a very positive and helpful record with regard to fighting terrorism. They have been the victim of terrorism just as the United States has been the victim of terrorism. The way that we accomplish that cooperation is through the Nato Russia Council. Withdrawing from the Nato Russia Council or forbidding russia to participate will actually in a sense promote terrorism. In additio
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, or fisa, with Bipartisan Committee chair mike rogers and Ranking Member dutch rippers for. A comes as the white house draft its own legislation. This News Conference is about an hour. Good morning. We appreciate you all being here. Certainly, the members that have joined us today. First, i want to thank dutch rippers burger and all the democrats on the committee. It has been about nine months of intense negotiation to come to limit to come to the conclusion so that we can move forward on an issue that has been contentious, often , to move forward on something that i think protect america. I want to talk briefly about this program. We passionately believe that this Program Saved american lives. Was overseen and passed by congress. The review committee of section 215, nobody saw any illegal activities or misuse. We know the program served its purpose. Was legal. Had the proper level of oversight. It did create discomfort with america. We knew moonwa
This is dangerous. I hope we dont lose sight of that. Some of the language i heard today is dangerous. I just want to mention i do support the measures before us. Thank you. Mr. Grayson . Thank you, mr. Chairman. This bill in terms of what it says, not what it does, accomplishes two things. One is that it increases aid to ukraine. The second is it imposes sanctions on some class of individuals who are in russia and the amendment goes to some substantial lengths to strengthen the part of the bill that imposes sanctions on individuals in russia. I would like to hear from the proponents of this bill and this amendment exactly what they think will be different in the real world, as a result of the passage of this bill. I dont want to sound flip, but i will tell you with were not expecting putin to visit disney world any time in the near future. The fact this this bill prevents him or his colleagues from doing so doesnt seem to be reflective of anything that would reflect their motivations,
World. This is new day. Its wednesday, july 1st. July. 6 00 here in new york. Alisyn is off. Erica hill with me this morning. Great to have you here. Always good to be here. So im really glad youre here, because i have a question. Maybe someone can answer this question. Here it is. Whats the plan . Seriously, whats the plan . The u. S. Is hovering near an alltime high in coronavirus cases. More than 44,000 new cases just yesterday. Dr. Anthony fauci is warning that number could reach 100,000 if we dont take action. So, where is that federal action . Whats the plan . This morning, infections are up in 37 states. All the states you see there in red. Look at this. Look at whats happened in just the last month. All the states in deep red, well over half the country, those states have seen jumps of more than 50 in cases since june 1st. What a month. So, whats the plan . The president has said next to nothing about this. Hes not even acknowledged this huge jump in cases. Overnight, he vowed
Blasphemously referring to it as bandits and terrorists. Such callous steps are fraught with a risk of a real civil war in ukraine. The first blood has already been shed. The citizens of the southeast repeatedly warned the authorities that they are ready to serve as human shields in a number of regions regular units of Ukrainian Army and internal forces openly objected to firing on their fellow citizens. There are cases where troops switched over to the side of the people. Is this perhaps why the selfappointed leaders in kiev are using fighters from the right sector and other illegal arms formations on whose heels they in essence came to power . For example individuals were deployed in black unforce, individuals belonging neither to the ministry of defense of ukraine nor to internal forces. Who is command of these units . Of course very few here can harbor any illusions regarding the independence of actions of kiev. This is why the question arises maybe kiev was to launch a scenario fo