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Norway: new legislation to allow foreign trucks to be held back until tolls are paid Do you have news? Tell us about it! 1000 Opposition parties in Norway have grouped together to implement legislation that would allow the authorities to detain foreign trucks until their road tolls are fully paid. According to Norwegian news outlet frifagbevegelse.no, the Labour Party, the Center Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Progress Party are all behind the changes. This should in theory mean there...

Any progress, mr. president? mr. president, how is it going so far, sir? >> very good. >> what do you think? >> very, very good. thank you very much. >> mr. kim, will you give up your nuclear weapons, sir? >> i dont think kim jong-un is used to the voice of jim acosta of cnn on a regular basis. we were listening along with you, straining to hear that, including the question will you give up your nuclear weapons sir? you heard president trump say fabulous. >> very, very good. >> very, very good, ...

Countries they are going to. now the government is going to be posting their resumes online for everyone to look at ahead of these hearings. if you were running for ambassador, your resume will be up on a web site somewhere so we can examine it. >> maybe thats their way to get out of mess so publicly displayed here. its embarrassment in a lot of ways. take a look. >> we stand by our nominees. >> have you been to argentina? >> senator, i havent had the opportunity yet to be there. >> what do you ...

>> senator, i am no real expert on china. but its -- its my strong belief that chinese people are just as proud as we americans are proud. >> all right. lets skip over that because it speaks for itself. let me talk about george tunis a wealthy obama campaign bundler, hes the or ambassador to norway. hes never been there! he testified in his confirmation hearing that norway is a constitutional democracy. its not. its a constitutional monarchy. i mean, geez. is this the definition of, you know, in...

Most presidents make more political appointments in their second term because they can no longer be held accountable by voters. senator john mccain sits on the foreign relations committee, hes been grilling this latest batch of nominees and not exactly thrilled. i spoke to him recently. >> i want to ask you about a recent hearing in the senate. we were reporting on a recent it. i was watching you. you were clearly frustrated. i know this is a tradition that dates back decades regardless of parti...

Hearing in the senate. i was watching you. you were clearly frustrated. i know this is a tradition that dates back decades regardless of parties. republican presidents do it, democrat presidents do it, this president is doing it. at a recent confirmation hearing for a number of this presidents nominees for ambassador, you clearly were not happy with some of them. you had a pretty amazing exchange with the guy president obama has tapped to be the next u.s. ambassador to norway. i just want to pla...

For republican policy and women. >> margaret hooch hoover, sandr fluke, appreciate it. one thing it doesnt take to be an ambassador overseas, knowing something about the country theyre sending you to. today hearings for president obamas pick for ambassador to argentina, noah bryson mammitt, senator marco rubio asked a question that should have had an easy answer. >> have you been to argentina? >> i havent been there yet. >> hasnt been there. the guy who hopes to be ambassador to argentina has ...

An aide for the senator says he was just being humble, because thats the montana way. i guess that makes sense, but im not real expert on montana, so what do i know? surely if youre going to be an ambassador to a country, youve traveled there at some point, right? >> have you been to norway? >> i have not. >> i guess the guy who is going to be the ambassador to norway hasnt been there. george sunis is his name. hes been nominated for the ambassadorship to norway versus senator john mccain, ambas...

Progress party as being among fringe elements when, of course, it was part of the coalition government. he made some other errors. but hell probably still get in, right? >> unfortunately, youre probably right. i just -- im absolutely staggered by what weve just seen. i really am. i used to train in norway for three months, from january to march every year with coalition forces during the days when we were expecting the russians to come around the northern cape. the norwegians are come of the mos...

Progress party as being among fringe elements when, of course, it was part of the coalition government. he made some other errors. but hell probably still get in, right? >> unfortunately, youre probably right. i just -- im absolutely staggered by what weve just seen. i really am. i used to train in norway for three months, from january to march every year with coalition forces during the days when we were expecting the russians to come around the northern cape. the norwegians are come of the mos...