Republic of congo for oil fields anger against u. N. Peacekeepers accused of failing to provide protection and a grim task for flood survivors in kenya digging to find the remains of missing loved ones. I am. Thank you very much for joining us u. S. President donald trump assigned to bills into law that back hong kongs for Democracy Movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and on kong special trade status will be reviewed every year the territorys leaders say it will damage relations with the u. S. While china has expressed extreme regret on the move saying it will respond with firm count and measures will get more reaction from beijing with Andrew Thomas very shortly for a sabbatical hane in washington d. C. Patty president toms team had voiced reservations about these bills why did he sign them. Because he had no choice congress forced his hand this vote was near unanimous there was just one voting no
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Disrupt dc, the rise of uber and the fall of the city the first city to fight back against uber. Washington dc was also the city where such resistance was defeated. It was here that the company a playbook for how to deal with entrenched intransigent sorry regulators and within the realm of local politics. The company the city already as the nations capital. Now is also the blueprint for how uber conquered cities around the world and explains why so many embraced. The company with open arms. Drawing on interviews with gig workers, uber lobbyists and organizers, disrupting demonstrates that many share the blame, lowering the nations hopes and dreams for what cities could be. In a sea of broken transit, underemployment and racial polarization, uber offered a lifeline. But at what cost . This is not the story of one company in one city. Instead, disrupting dc offers a36 view of urban america in crisis. Uber arrived promising a new future for workers, residents, policymakers and, others. Ul
Next, the organizing director at quentin. Why are these people here . Why arent they deported or why arent they still imprisoned . I am the organizing director. We have been around the past eight years and we came out of a direct response to the contract that sheriff arpaio signed and put into a limitation into implementation. We were born out of the crisis and a few years back, a big piece of the needs of our key minute he beyond community beyond doing the protest and the legal stuff it was essentially on a casebycase basis. Our people were saying they need support. My family, my husband my daughter is in detention and we need you to help us get them out. Jose found out about our work inside the jail and called his wife and said to look for us. We have been becoming experts at understanding the legal system, helping families navigate it and fight to get their loved ones out and in the past two years, we have gotten over 150 people out of detention through this level of advocacy and po
This mr. President. Having passed an amendment that would have said tier 3 countries in the trafficking in persons report of the state department would not be allowed preferential access to the u. S. Market unless they cleaned up their record, which had a strong bipartisan support of members of the Senate Finance committee and ultimately was incorporated in the t. P. A. , the trade Promotion Authority legislation that passed the senate and was sent to the house in good faith because of concerns that maybe that would undermine the transpacific partnership. In good faith i negotiated an amendment, a provision to change in the amendment that would have said you could still negotiate with malaysia, but they had to clean up their act. If you concluded that negotiation and they were part of t. P. P. , they had to clean up their act on Human Trafficking before they got the preferential access to u. S. Markets. I thought it was a significant give on my part considering the vote of the senate,