We will remain faithful to peace justice and human and National Dignity no matter the circumstances and in closing i wish to pay tribute to the great Palestinian People fighting for their freedom and independence to those killed and wounded and their families to jerusalem and its on wavering citizens to our people in the besieged gaza strip. And in refugee camps everywhere. And to all of those countries nations and organizations that have stood by us and by our rights. Me the peace and blessings of god be with you. One of us there talking to the u. N. General assembly he said we want to live in freedom with independence and dignity how long do we have to wait there were 2 elements there that we were waiting for were going to discuss those with james bays our diplomatic editor sir james i think we got about 8 words on the idea of elections in 6 months time he seemed to say were working on having elections and then he skipped on but the key thing correct me if im wrong here talking about
Here in New Hampshire, this event [indiscernible] andoderate todays debate, governor patrick to the stage. [applause] thanks a lot. Professor, thank you for moderating this. Thank you all for being here. Thank you to open democracy for the invitation to be here. I could make it as plain as possible by taking that card and reading aloud. I actually wrote that sentence. Look, we have a handful of big ideas, and when i say we, i mean we americans, on which there are broad consensus. And theydont happen, dont happen because we have been treating our democracy for a long time as it it would tolerate limitless abuse without breaking. The things like the amount of money, much of it dark, the gerrymandering of districts so that, as the phrase goes, representatives choose the voters and not the other way around, the influence of lobbyists, especially lobbyists for money interests. Frankly,ression, and how hard we make it to register to vote. All of these things conspire to prevent us from getti
Meeting focused on steps taken to improve border facilities to provide medical care as well as medical evaluations given to migrants while they are in customs and custody. [no audio] subcommittee will come to order. The meeting today to receive testimony on the adequacy of dhs efforts to prevent child deaths in custody. The chair is authorized to clear the and recess at any time. Underwood will question. Representative garcia permitted to sit in question witnesses. Without objection, so ordered. Jaclyn was seven years old. Alonso, eight years old. Cordova, 10 years old. An, 16 years old. Carolos, 16 years old. Died in theen custody of the United States government in the past 18 months. They were migrants from Central America who died of preventable conditions that went untreated. Three of them spent the last hours of their lives in detention facilities on the southern border. We must never forget their names, suffering, or the terrible losses their families had to endure. We are here t
Im wolf blitzer, along with cnns abby phillip, and the Des Moines Registers chief politics reporter brianne pfannenstiel. Abby the top six democratic president ial candidates are in place. This is their final debate before the first votes of the 2020 president ial campaign. The Iowa Caucuses are 20 days away. Brianne before we begin, a reminder of the ground rules. Youll each receive 75 seconds to answer questions, 45 seconds for responses and rebuttals, and 15 seconds for clarifications. Please refrain from interrupting your fellow candidates, as that will count against your time. Wolf all right, so lets begin right now. Just this month, the United States and iran were on the brink of war, which has reignited the debate over americas role in the world, and which of you is best prepared to be commanderinchief . So, lets have the debate right now. Senator sanders, why are you best prepared the best prepared person on this stage to be commanderinchief . Sen. Sanders yes, i think my recor
Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] i remember when i testified when i was running the cfpb to the house and the senate, some of the most fun ive ever had when i was on the hill, well do whatever the president wants us to do is what it comes down to. If the senate decides to take live witnesses and the president directs us to do it, we will. If it directs us not to, we wont. Thats how it works especially when youre in the white house. Youre at an agency outside the white house. Theres a little bit of distance but yoor inside the white house. You do what the president tells you to do. It doesnt bother me to do that. If he says go ahead, hes changed his mind on these things in the past, including whether hes going to testify for previous investigations, the russia investigation. If he asked you to testify, what would you say . Mr. Mulvaney i wouldnt say that at all. Part of me really wants to. One of the things we deal with, people ask me all the t