Page 19 - Senator Mitchell News Today

Although i said i dont agree with much of his politics nor he with mine. i think he will be able to rise above it and still move forward on the legislation they have. but its bound to have an effect with him and with his colleagues. it also pose as risk in the house. what do the house leaders see when they observe this in the senate? anything goes wrong, theyre going to get the blame. >> senator mitchell, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> we have more breaking news t...

Gum® brand. for the third day in a row, the president went after the sunset majority leader of his own party. senator mitch mcconnell. take a look. >> people have talked about repeal and replace, for seven years. long before i decided to do what im doing. seven years, theyve been talking repeal and replace and it didnt happen. and not only didnt happen, it was a surprise. and it was a horrible surprise. it was very unfair to the republican party and unfair to the people of this country. so, i...

Palestinians. i wrote the book, along with a colleague of mine, in defense of the two state solution because support for it has been declining in both israel, among the palestinians, and in the united states. but we believe there is no feasible alternative to it. although increasing numbers of israelis have become comfortable with the sort of status quo that exists, but that ultimately will not be satisfactory to the vast majority of palestinians. and i think its ultimately going to be leadershi...

Nuclear arsenal and the potential use of a nuclear arsenal to gain what they seek, which is international recognition. they want some assistance to deal with their many problems brought on by their repugnant and oppressive regime. its a difficult issue with no easy answer, no course of action has been successful so far in deterring them. i think we should seek chinese assistance, but i think its a mistake to think that china is going to solve the problem for us. >> on this tragic story with otto...

>> general always great to talk to you. thank you for walking us through this. >> thank you. israeli leaders are touting president trumps historic first visit and the unbreakable bond as they call it between the two nations. so you are watching here live pictures, the president is traveling to the old city of jerusalem. he will visit the western wall, which is just rife with all sorts of connotations and significance, so were watching it all for you and well bring it to you live. author and fo...

Place that visitors from around the globe, christians, jews and muslims, come to this city to walk their sacred text, and so the holy sepulchre is a place that christian pilgrims will come literally to walk the gospels, and to try to better connect with the ministry and life of jesus christ. so its a very powerful symbol that hes sending, and later on when he goes to the western wall, another symbol that we can talk about with regard to jews. >> its so interesting the juxtaposition to look back ...

Disappointed that president trump did not carry through on his often stated promise that hes going to tear up the iran agreement on his first day in office. hes obviously recognized that doesnt make any sense, and were going forward with the agreement, but theyll swallow that, because they like the anti-iran rhetoric that he engages in, and the lack of any interest in a rapprochement or better relations with iran. at the same time, its very clear from the election in iran that the vast majority ...

The middle east under president obama. hes also the author of "a path to peace: a brief history of israe israeli/palestinian negotiations and a way forward in the middle east." senator, i cant imagine a better guest to help us understand the significance of this. tell us what you see as you watch these live pictures. >> i think its important that an effort be made and i commend the president and administration for doing so. historically when there has been no movement, any effort at all toward a...

Saying we need to create a better political climate in which the people of syria can choose that. i come back to this point as the president who is gassing and killing his own people, how will there ever be that kind of climate created? >> a transition process through which there comes a new leadership in syria. it cannot be a process that has as its objective or as a result a continuation of assad in power. the united states cannot simply lend itself to that. it is so contrary to our values and...

Relationship with the new american administration to deteriorate as rapidly or continue with the same momentum as it had done under president obama. so what we saw today was by no means a reboot or a reset but i think you could say that things didnt get worse, that in itself is something both men are committed to improving the relationship but doing so with a very healthy understanding of what a difficult challenge that will be going forward from here. brooke? >> phil black says from moscow thin...