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Comes down to mitch mcconnell saying this is what im comfortable with and the people i trust to get this done. >> tim scott not just a black republican but also a veteran and has a background in the insurance industry so you would think perhaps that would have considered his point of view germane to the conversation. gail, i want to talk to you about two things specifically. first afghanistan and the news of the day that this administration is considering sending more troops to that country. goo...

And if the russians are pushing the syrians to come to the peace table and finding out it is much more complicated than they thought it might be. >> julia ayotte said this has all changed and caused a radical shift in the dynamics between moscow and washington. the before it was putin doing crazy things and washington leaders were gob smacked trying to figure it out. now the russians are trying to figure out what to do. and in "the state of the nation" last week, a proposed column said it is suc...

Life. so given the structure of this conference and this conversation, its about women at the peace table, women being part of the solutions and being the change makers to bring peace rather than war. give me a little bit of your vision how that would work that dont empower women. >> thank you for being here and doing this. and thank you to everyone who supports women for women international. i look out at this audience and see long-time friends who have been in the trenches on behalf of womens ...

Clinton now sitting down. christiana will sit down and she will ask questions to the former secretary of state. shes at this women for women international forum, this event in new york city. nonprofit that works with women in war torn countries. >> warm welcome for hillary clinton. i know that everybody always wants to hear from her. were here at women for women international which both of us in our different ways have worked with and on behalf of for many, many years. they actually founded it a...

That are really on the front lines and do everything we can to institutionalize that. i am going to publicly request that this administration not end our efforts making womens rights and opportunities central to american, foreign policy and national security. [ cheers and applause ] >> so then i dont need to ask you. i was going to ask you what you made of the severe proposed cuts to the state department, to the womens issues and platforms that you started, and what you make of the distinct lack...

Really on the front lines and do everything we can to institutionalize that and i am going to publicly request that this administration not end our efforts making womens rights and opportunities central to american foreign policy and national [ inaudible ]. [ applause ] >> so i dont need to ask you, i was going to ask you of what you made to the severe proposed cuts to the state department, to the usid budget and womens issues and platforms you started and what you make of the distinct lack of a...

Will the north stop their development of nuclear weapons and how the west can achieve it. trump has become much more militaristic in his tone. the language thats come out of this administration is miles ahead of the previous eight years as far as threatening and dominating and drawing red lines all over the place. so theres nothing tempered about this, how theyre speaking. its good that the united states military is professional enough to hold their fire. but instead of bringing the north korean...

Sorry, regarding syria, we have used the military against isis. we have attempted in the obama administration to use massive amount of diplomacy with the russians and the syrians. and those are only two of the powers, and theyre not synchronsed. if you bring diplomacy, economy, information, were starting to see some informational tools being used against the russians because they have been the ones supporting isis. as long as assad is there, isis will continue to grow. it was just like isis in i...

Sorry, regarding syria. we have used the military against isis. we have used -- attempted in the obama administration to use massive amount of diplomacy with the russians and the syrians. those are only two of the powers and theyre not synchronized. if you bring all the elements of national power to bear, diplomacy, military, economy, information, were starting to see some informational tools being used against the russians because they have been the ones supporting assad. the last thing i would...

>> reporter: trump insisted he was committed to a peace deal. >> working on it diligently. very important to me also. something we want to do. but it is the parties themselves who must directly negotiate such an agreement. well be beside them working with them. >> reporter: he made clear he wasnt giving netanyahu a blank check. >> as with any successful negotiation, both sides will have to make compromises. you know that, right. >> reporter: with a playful tone warned netanyahu to stop settlemen...