imagine it s been a long night here in brussels as well as for lawmakers in westminster because here members of the european commission who draft the eu s laws and are spear heading negotiations with the uk have been watching and waiting on every single word said there to find out whether or not boris johnson, a, will be locked into a position to come back to the eu and ask for an extension, and, b, whether he will call for an election when it appears mps on the other side of the aisle called his bluff on that. there is a real sense talking to diplomats that the eu on one hand is very conscious of being played here as part of a political game by boris johnson as part of his election campaign. one eu diplomat we were speaking to yesterday evening said we re very acquire, quote, unquote, that we could be used as a backdrop to an election campaign. also, eu officials saying that they re concerned they re they re being played off against the potential for a trade deal
national intelligence calls it a threat to national security dan coats saying the united states will probably have to manage the impact of global human security challenges such as threats to public health, historic levels of human displacement, assaults on religious freedom and negative effects of environmental degradation and climate change. with that in mind, the washington post is now reporting that the trump administration is putting together a panel to look into the national security implications of that threat of climate change and internal documents give a window into how seriously they seem to be taking the threat. the man spear heading the committee is william happer known to deny climate change as a real thing going so far as to say this about carbon dioxide. the demonization of carbon dioxide is like demonization of poor jews under hitler. carbon dioxide is a benefit to
t i was in agreement when he said that. the democratic party doesn t think it has to offer the black community anything. the urban community anything. because they why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? what the president has done with the record low unemployment is the tip of the iceberg. we ve been working on a huge urban revitalization initiative. the executive orders are being prepared. the policy has been written. we re working with the office of domestic policy, strategic innovations. national economic council. there s going to be a huge urban initiative that we re spear heading with the president. the largest public private partnership regarding urban america. it s going to tie in with the president s tax reform bill that created these opportunity zones and gave those that wish to
anybody else would be able to do. and it is being recognized as such. it is a tough situation. would you have a question for the president? do you share president trump s hostility towards the venezuelaen regime? and what is your opinion on the suggestion that u.s. military intervention might be required if the government doesn t change course? do you support that and would you be an advocate for tougher sanctions against the venezuelan government? translator: well, we re spear heading in the european union a proposal to impose sanctions on venezuela. what is happening in venezuela is unacceptable. venezuela traditionally was a democratic country and at this time it is no longer a democratic country. there are people who are in jail
two days ago israeli war planes struck several military targets inside syria, they report. and fox news reporter leland vittert just got a first-hand look at israeli ground defenses should syria try to retaliate. israeli soldiers spent the day tweaking their tanks, making last minute adjustments and getting them ready for battle. we are just five miles right now from the syrian border. and if there was a ground war, this would be the tip of the spear heading in. more likely, a war in the air and that s why the iron dome missile defense system has now been laid out across the north to protect against missiles from hezbollah or from syria. shepard: bottom line an already complicated situation is growing more complicated by the day. especially it appears for the white house. ed henry is live there this evening. ed, it seems like conflicting signals on whether this red line has been crossed. that s right. because of that question, the president last august had suggested if chemical w