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and Rights here in Depictions Media Radio. I'm your host, Michael Kloggs,
and we're gonna start this off with the Biden administration finalize the national standard to
limit dangerous forever chemicals found in nearly half the drinking water in US. Some
environmentalists call the new rule a huge breakthrough and a historic change that can help
protect human health. Water utilities now use water utilities will now have to filter
out five of more than twelve twelve thousand types of individual forever chemicals. These
are synthetic chemicals are used to help products repel water and oil, but they
linger in the environment and the human body, and they are linked to various
types of health problems, including cancer, thyroid diseases, reproductive problems, heart
damage, among other issues. The chemicals found in the blood of nearly ninety
seven of all meta of all Americans, according to the CDC. That's pretty
huge thing cleaning up the water in the United States. Mister Biden has also
made statements about Gaza. President Biden offer one of his sharpest rebukes of Israel's
handling of the war in Gaza, describing is rarely Prime minister approached to the
conflict as a mistake, calling for a halt to all fighting. I think
it's what he's doing is a mistake. I don't agree with his approach,
Biden told in a Univision interview the president's common had to mounting US criticism of
Israel's war. Still, the Israeli Prime Minister on Tuesday emphasized no force in
a world would stop the Israeli troops from entering Rafia, where about one point
five million cousins are sheltering, and that Israel is set to for a planned
offensive, But the Biden administration dismissed it as a bluster fueled tenuous political standing
at home and could be the fueling for such an offensive against the the Palestinian
people in Gaza. So, and of course, we do have a presidential
race going on in the United States, and there are set to be five
major US debates on on the networks. UH together to draft a letter urging
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to commit to participating Intellivision debates ahead
of the twenty twenty four election. According to the draft letter, NBC,
CBS, ABC, Fox News, and CNN or urge the presumptive nominees to
participate in these debates so that, hey, maybe we'll get more information out
of these people as to what policies will look like under the Biden administration or
if we do wind up with a Trump administration. Okay, So moving on
to Arizona's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday the state must adhere to one hundred and
sixty year old law banning all abortions except in cases if it is necessary to
save a pregnant pregnant woman's life. The law cannot be traced, can be
traced as early as eighteen sixty four, before Arizona became a state, and
was codified in nineteen oh one. It carries a prison sentence of two to
five years for abortion providers, and it puts Arizona among the states with the
strictest abortion laws in the country, alongside Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, where
bands exist with almost no exceptions. The case is the highest profile example to
battle over abortion access that has played out across several states since the UN Supreme
Court struck down Rome versus Weight and severe weather warnings for the US southeast of
over thirty million people across the region are under severe storm threats, while flood
watches art affect thirteen million people from Texas to Georgia are subjected to heavy downpours.
According to the Storm Prediction Center, baseball size hail has been reported in
Texas and at least one tornado overnight written through the through Raymond, Mississippi,
about twenty miles west of Jackson, Mississippi. Along with severe storm threats,
meteorologists anticipate potential flood flash floods in parts of eastern Texas, northern Louisiana western
Mississippi, where isolated rainfalls could exceed over six inches. So thank you to
CNN for for those updates. So we're going to listen to President Joe Biden
as he is with leadership from Japan. I believe the Japanese Prime Minister is
visiting Washington and the President and the First Lady, and they've had several dates
together with dinners and so forth. As they are, the two countries are
in talks. We're working together towards some common goals. So why don't we
listen to Joe Biden talk up and the Prime Minister of Japan as they give
a press conference, please have a seat, so no not understand today with
the Prime Minister of Japan, President Ka, Prime Minister of Kashida. When
I became president, I said that the United States would rebuild the muscle of
our democratic alliances. And we stand shoulder to shoulder of our allies again because
our alliances are America's greatest stata set. The relationship with Japan is powerful proof
of that that investing in our alliance and raising our collective ambitions, we yield
remarkable results. Over the last three years, the partnership between Japan and the
United States has been transformed into a truly global partnership. And that's thanks to
no small part to the courageous leadership Prime Minister Kashida, and I mean that
sincerely. Together, our countries are taking significant steps to strength and defense security
cooperation. We're modernizing command and control structures and to increasing in their opperability and
planning of our militaries that they can work together in a seamless and effective way.
This is the most significant upgrade in our alliance since the end of it
says it was first established. I'm also pleased to announce that for the first
time, Japan and the United States and Australia will create a network system of
air missile and defense architecture. We're also looking forward to standing up a Trilado
military exercise with Japan in the United Kingdom, and our August defense partnership with
Australia and the United Kingdom is exploring how Japan can join our work in the
second pillar, which focuses on advanced capabilities, including AI autonomous systems. All
told, that represents a new benchmark for our military cooperation across a range of
capabilities. On the economic front, our ties have never been more robust.
Japan is the top foreign investor in the United States. Say that again,
Japan is the top foreign investor in the United States, and we the United
States, are the top foreign investor in Japan. Nearly one million Americans work
in Japanese companies here in the United States. And to name just one example,
a few months ago, Toyota announced an eight billion dollar invested in a
massive battery production facility in North Carolina, which will employ thousands of people.
Prime Minister is going to travel to North Carolina tomorrow to visit that project.
Don't stay. Don't stay. We need you back in Japan, they'll probably
try to keep you. We also affirm the science and education ties between Japan
and the United States. Those tries tie stretch up to the Moon, where
two Japanese astronauts will join future American missions and one will become the first non
American ever to land on the Moon. And they reach into the high schools
and universities as well, where the Minetta Ambassador Minetta's Program exists, named for
our dear friend norm Minetta. We're going to invest in new student exchanges help
train the next generation of Japanese and American leaders. We're also discussed developments in
the Middle East, including our shared support for a ceasefire and a hostage deal,
and urgent efforts to deal with the humanitarian crisis that exists in Gossip.
We also want to address the Ranian threat to launch a significant They're threatening to
launch a significant attack on Israel. As I told Prime Minister net Yahoo,
our commitment to Israel's security against these threats from Moran and its proxies is iron
clad. We say it again, iron clad. We're going to do all
we can to protect israel security and Finally, I want to command the Prime
Minister himself. He's a statesman. Command you know. The fact is that
you condemned Putin's invasion of brutal of raising Ukraine. When it happened, you
pledge more than twelve billion dollars in aid prioritizing nuclear non proliferation at the United
Nations Security Council. Standing is strong with the United States, as we stand
up for freedom of navigation, including to the South China Sea, and as
we maintain peace stability across the Taiwan Straits, and taking the brave step of
mending ties with the Republic of Korea so we can all stand shoulder to shoulder
together. Tomorrow we will both be joined by another good friend, President Marcos
of the Philippines, for a trilateral summit, the first of its kind.
And through it all, our commitment to the defense of Japan under Article five,
including the Senkako Islands, is unwavering, Mister Prime Minister. Through our
partnership, we have strengthened the alliance, we have expanded our work together,
We've raised our shared ambitions, and now the US Japan Alliance is a beacon
to the entire world. There's no limit what our countries can and our people
can do together. So thank you for your partnership, your leadership, and
your friendship. And now over to you, mister Prime Minister he Joco,
Thank you. Joe. President Biden and I have met and talked countless times
and confirmed our shared notion that we are at crucial crossroads and that Japan US
partnership is immensely important. The international community stands at a historical training point.
In order for Japan, the US, the Indo Pacific creation, and for
that matter, the whole world to enjoy peace, stability, and prosperity lasting
into the future, we must resolutely defect and further solidify a free and open
international order based on the rule of law. And again today I told the
President that now is the time to demonstrate the true values that Japan and the
United States can offer as global partners, that we must together fulfill our responsibilities
to create a world where human dignity is upheld, and that Japan will always
stand firm with the United States. I explained that based on our national security
strategy, Japan is determined to strengthen our defense force through possession of counter struck
capabilities, increase our defense budget and other initiatives, and was reassured by President
Guiding of his strong support for such efforts. In such context, we confirmed
again the urgency to further bolster the deterrence and response capabilities of our alliance,
and concurred on reinforcing our security and defense cooperation to increase interoperability between the U
S Forces and our self defense forces, including the improvement of our respective command
and control frameworks. We will be discussing the specifics as we plan for the
next Japan US TOO plus troop. The President and I went on to discuss
various specific challenges faced by the international community. First, we confirmed that unilateral
attempts to change status score by force or coersion is absolutely unacceptable wherever it may
be, and that we will continue to respond resolutely against such action through cooperation
with allies and light minded nations. From such perspective, we agreed that our
two countries will continue to respond to challenges concerning China through close coordination. At
the same time, we confirmed the importance of continuing our dialogue with China and
cooperating with China on common challenges. We also underscored the importance of peace and
stability in the Taiwan streets and confirmed opposition to encourage peaceful resolution of the cross
streets issue. The situation in North Korea, including nuclear and missiles development,
was brought up as well. We welcomed the progress seen in many areas of
corporation based on the outcome of the Japan US Ragay Summit last August, and
concurred to coordinate even more closely as we face serious concerns under the current state
of affairs. President Biden once again demonstrated his strong support towards the immediate resolution
of the abduction issue. We reaffirmed the importance of realizing a free and open
inter pacific based on the rule of law, and concurred to maintaining close collaboration
through various opportunities, including the Japan US Philippines Summit which is planned for tomorrow.
Regarding Russia's aggression of Ukraine, based on a recognition that Ukraine today maybe
East Asia tomorrow, taking the issue as our own problem for Japan, I
expressed our resolution to continue with stringent sanctions against Russia and strong support for Ukraine,
and we concurred to maintain close partnership with light minded countries on the situation
in the Middle East. I expressed my respect for the efforts of President Biden
was the release of the hostages, improvement of the humanitary situation, and for
calming down the situation. I then explained how Japan is continuing diplomatic efforts to
improve the humanitarian situation and to realize a sustainable cease fer year and agreed to
continue close the corporation was the improvement of the situation, the realization of a
two state solution, and the stabilization of the region. Regarding the economy,
we firstly concurred that for both of us to lead the global economic growth together,
the promotion of investment in both directions is important. I explained how Japanese
businesses are making a significant contribution to the US economy by their investment and the
creation of jobs, to which President Biden agreed. In order to maintain and
strengthen the competitive edge in the area of advanced technologies, and to respond appropriately
to issues such as ecomic coersion, non market policies and practices, and excess
capacities, and to overcome the vulnerability of the supply chains, and to lead
sustainable, end inclusive economic growth, we affirmed that the collaboration of Japan and
the United States is indispensable. In addition, we concurred to advance our cooperation
in the area such as decarbonization, AI and startups. There was a huge
achievement also in the area of space in the first half of the nineteen sixties
when I was in the United States. It was the dawn of space development
in the United States. I am one of all those who were so excited
in the US by the spectacular challenge in space. The implement arrangement has been
signed on this occasion, and the provision of the lunar rover by Japan and
the allocation of two astronaut flight opportunities to the lunar service to Japan were confirmed
under the Artemist program. I welcome the lunar landing by a Japanese astronaut as
the first non US astronaut. We also discussed the efforts towards the world without
nuclear weapons. We affirmed the realistic and practical endeavorital nuclear disarmament, including dissons
of the G seven leaders Hiroshima vision last year, and I welcomed the participation
of the United States in the FMCT Friends which was launched by my initiative.
Lastly, in order to further strengthen the people to people bond, which is
the cornerstone of our unwavering Japan US relationship, we affirmed to further promote people
to people exchanges. As the outcome of our meeting today, we will issue
the joint statement titled the Global partners for the Future. This is the expression
of the determination of Japan and the United States to maintain and strengthen a free
and open international order based on the rule of law that underpins the peace,
stability, and prosperity of the internship community and states the guiding principles. With
our partnership, we will defend the future of Japan and the United States,
the Indo Pacific, and the world. Make that future ault the more prosperous.
I agree. Now I will take a few questions Jordan, Framer and
Bloomberg. Thank you, mister President. Last month you predicted the Federal Reserve
would cut interest rates thanks to falling inflation. But today data showed that inflation
rose more than expected for the third straight month. So how concerned are you
about the fight against inflation stalling? And do you stand by your prediction for
a raid cut? Well? I do stand by my prediction that before the
year is out to be a rad cut, there's many delayed a month or
so. I'm not sure that we don't know what the Fed is going to
do for certain, but look, we have dramatically reduced inflation from nine percent
down so close to three percent. We're in a situation where we're a better
situated than we were when we took office, where we're inflation was skyrocketing,
and we have a plan to deal with it, whereas the opposition, opposition
talks about two things. They just want to cut taxes for the wealthy and
raise taxes on other people, and so I think they have no plan.
Our plan is one I think is so sustainable. Mister Prime Minister, you
said that in the Pond Steal acquisition of US deal is a private matter,
but I'm wondering did you discuss the matter today with President Biden? And do
you believe that politics are influencing President Biden's decision to oppose the deal? And
I wouldn't mind, mister President, if you answered that one too. Hey,
on the issue that you have raised, we understand that discussions are underway
between the policies. We hope these discussions will unfold in directions that would be
positive for both sides. Japan believes that appropriate procedure is based on law is
being implemented by the US government. Japan is the largest investor to the United
States. Japanese businesses employ plus to one million workers in the United States,
and investment from Japan to the US can only increase upwards in the months and
years to come, and we wish to cement this wing wing relationship. Thank
you. I stand by my commitment to American workers. I give a man
my word, I'm gonna keep it, and with regard to that, I
stand by our commitment to our alliance. This is uh exactly what we're doing,
a strong alliance as well. He Prime Minister's marcrophone. Please Knaka Kouki
of Kodonius. My question is to both Prime Minister Gishi and President Biden.
At the summit, you confirmed your strong objections against intilateral attempts to change status
GOO by force or coersion by China, and agreed on reinforcing response capabilities under
current circumstances. Should Japan and the United States bolster defense capabilities, China may
become more preoccupied in military expansion and intensify its coersive behavior, that is the
risk of dilemba in order to avoid divide and expand avoid the divide, How
should the Japan and US respond? Let me then take that question first.
At this summit, we confirmed that the United States and Japan will resolutely defend
and bolster a free and open international order based on the rule of law,
and that Japan and the United statess global partners, shall work together for that
purpose. On challenges concerning China, including the point he raised on objecting to
unilateral attempts to change status quo by force or coursion, we concurred that Japan
and the United States, as global partners, shall work in close coordination.
And also, as I said previously, we will continue our dialogue with China,
and we will cooperate with China in tackling common challenges. And the President
and I confirmed the importance of such dialogue as well. Based on the solid
trust with our ally the United States, we will continue to call on China
to fulfill its responsibilities as a major power. Japan's policy, which I have
consistantly embraced, is to comprehensively promote the mutual strategic relationship We have with China
and establish a constructive and stable Japan China relationship through efforts by both sides.
That has been my consistent position that I have upheld. We will continue to
seek close communication with China at all levels. That's it for me. Oh
uh. First of all, we keep improving our lines of communication with one
another Dutch, United States and China. We I've me, I've provisionally spoken
at lant with President she and we've agreed that we would number one, have
personal contact with one another whenever we want to discuss anything. So there we
know nothing lipped is another thing. Slips be chanced, they say, between
the cup and the lip, so we know exactly what the other team is
thinking, number one. And so we had a long discussion last almost I
guess almost two weeks ago now, and the best way to reduce the chances
of miscalculation and misunderstanding it's number one, number two, and our alliance we
have with Japan is a purely defensive in nature. It's a defensive alliance and
the things we discussed today improve our cooperation and are purely about defense and readiness.
It's not aimed at anyone nation or threat to the region. And it
doesn't have anything to do with conflict, and so this is about restoring stability
in the region, and I think we have a chance of doing that.
Okay, third next question, who I call on next? Get my list
to you? I apologize really a AFP. Thank you. My first question
would go to both of you, mister President and mister Prime Minister. Is
there a path for Japan to become a full member of AUGUST? And I
would have a second question for you, mister President, you're now saying that
Benjamin Metaniel is making a mistake in Gaza. What are you willing to do
to make him change his strategy? And would you consider conditioning military aid to
Israel? Thank you, Hi, thank you your question about AUGUST. I
will respond our country we want to contribute to the piece of stability of the
region, and therefore we have consistently supported UGUS. Having said that the participants
of AUGUST, US, UK, Australia, with such countries my bilateral relationship
or on multilateral occasions, we have established various relationships, but for Japan to
have a direct cooperation with AUGUST, nothing has been decided at this moment going
forward with US UK or with Australia with such countries in bilateral or multilateral frameworks.
We will continue our corporation so that it will continue to be considered at
the moment about the relationship between Japan and August. That's it. With regard
to UH, my discussions with uh BB net NOWHO Primise net Now as well
as our relationship with israel I have been very blunt and straightforward with the Prime
Minister as well as his work cabinet as well as the Cabinet and UH.
The fact of the matter is that UH, uh BB and I had a
long discussion. He agreed to do several things that related to number one,
getting more aid of both food and medicine into Gaza and reducing significantly the attempts
the civilian casualties in any action taken in the region and thus far and we
and as tied to the hostages. There are a number of hostages that are
being held UH by UH, by the the UH uh Hamas and UH just
yesterday we're meeting with the Vice president of our National Security Advisor before that and
they and their American hostages as well, and they know how committed we are,
the old team to getting their loved ones home. We're not going to
stop until we do. The new proposal on the table. Bill Burns led
the effort to U for us. We're grateful his work. There's a now
up to hamas they need to move on the proposal that's been made and as
I said, we'll get these hostages home where they belong, but also bring
back a six week ceasefire that we need now. And the fact is that
we're they're getting in somewhere in the last three days over one hundred trucks.
It's not enough, but needs to be more. And there's one more opening
that has to take place in the north. So we'll see what he does
in terms of meeting the commitments he made to me. Reporter mister Simsa Police,
thank you, she Mesu of NHK. I ask the question to both
of you, as Prime Minister Kishida mentioned the abduction issue of North Korea,
I believe was a discussed the Prime minister. You have expressed your wish to
have a direct engagement with Kim John Un, but they say that abduction is
already resolved, which means that they are refusing. During the meeting, what
did you tell President Biden about the outlooker of a summit and what engagement did
you ask President Biden? President Biden my question, what did you hear from
Prime Minister Kishida? And what is your observation and feeling your president? And
with the nuclear missile issues, what is your position? Do you support early
summit between Japan and North Korea? Thank you? First of all, if
I may start regarding my summit meeting with the President Biden about North Korea,
including the missile in nuclear issues, we have discussed end regarding the increasingly worrying
situation. We have agreed to continue a close coordination and on a top of
that, be concurred that the window of a discussion with North Korea is open
and we discussed that the Japan US, Japan, US and RK will continue
to work closely together. I also asked for the continued understanding and corporation for
the immediate resolution of the abduction issue, and the President by them once again
gave myself a very strong assurance regarding the recent announcement by North Korea. I
will refrain from commenting on each and every announcement by North Korea, but as
I have been mentioning repeatedly based on other perspectives that the establishment of a meaningful
relation between Japan and North Korea is in the intrich of both Japan and North
Korea, and that it would be hugely a beneficial to the peace and stability
of the region. My policy is to aim for a summit meeting with North
Korea to resolve various issues and with advance high level consultation directly under my instruction,
and that remains unchanged. That is my response. We did discuss this
issue. We both agree that DPRK must also address the serious human rights and
humanitarian concerns of the international community, including the immediate resolution of the induction issue.
Well, you know, the Prime Minister has just spoken to the potential
what his plans may mean. But I welcome the opportunity. We welcome the
opportunity of our allies to initiate dialogue with the Democratic Republic of Korea. So
I've said many times we're open to dialogue ourselves at any time, but without
preconditions with the gp r K. So I have faith in the in the
Japan, I have faith in the Prime Minister, and I think is we're
seeking a dialogue with them is a good thing. It's a positive thing.
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issue of abortion service as a wall going place that dates back to the Civil
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Not back then. They weren't even a state. I find thank you all
very much, thank you. The war Ukraine comes down by the House later
allowing a vote. There's overwhelming support for Ukraine among the majority of Democrats and
Republicans. There should be a vote now there's no ban. Did your ban?
Okay? So? In a report from the BBC, there was a
seventy seven people arrested, including twenty two Chinese nationals, for a internet fraud
case, a significant breakthrough in fighting cyber crime. The authority said that after
a multi agency race on a Chinese running company, the firm employed Zambians who
believed they were to be calling to be part of a call center agents agency.
Among equipment sees were devices allowing callers to disguise their location and thousands of
SIM cards. Golden Tops Support Services, a company at the center of the
raid, has not commented on the allegations. The swoop on the premises located
in Roma was an upmarket suburb of the capital of Lusca. Was led by
the Drug Enforcement Commission and also involved the Police Immigration Department as well as a
terrorism unit. It came after months of intelligence gathering the agencies following an alarm
rise on the Internet of fraud in Zambia, and the director of the DEC
General Nason Banda, said after Tuesday's raid, unsuspecting Zambian's age between twenty and
twenty five. They had been tasked with engaging in deceptive conversations with unsuspecting mobile
users and various platforms such as Whatsapped, Telegram, chat rooms, in and
other using scripts and dialogues. During the operation, eleven sim uh sim card
boxes were found. Uh these are devices that could cause calls in a way
that bypasses legitimate phone call networks. So so we want to thank the BBC
for an update on cybercrime being stopped in Zambia via call centers, which is
a continued problem that I know through through our our users on on what what's
appened that we have gotten uh say, celebrities saying that who they are and
they tried to convince you to give you money that they're supporting such charity and
that they use different celebrities names in order to get you to turn over credit
card. So just be careful out there with some of these things. Okay.
So, in a landmark case, the parents of Ethan Cromley were convicted
of involuntary manslaughter and reported yesterday or sentencing terms or whatever between ten and fifteen.
I guess it was up to fifteen years that they could that this teenager's
parents could be seen in jail. So details of the case is in past
that have been charged with other things such as not properly securing weapons, possibly
the the idea that that the weapon was wasn't legal, other things, but
to date, no one has actually been charged with the idea that they are
directly responsible for the killing, while involuntary manslaughter means that they aren't directly involved,
but they do have a huge role in mistakes that they may have made
in their parenting process. Both both of his parents, Jennifer and James Crownley,
have did make statements expression regrets to the to the families for that their
son had done. But there is the question of how how responsible are we
for what our children do, especially after a certain ages as teenagers, how
closely can we can we truly monitor our children? Well, with that being
said, there's a lot of lot of GPS devices and things like that that
can be in apps that can be built into phones so that we can track
our kids, and but does that truly tell us what is that they are
doing? If we look back into generations, past generations as teenagers that parents
didn't know that that maybe their child was part of a white supremacy group that
would eventually bomb a federal building. They didn't know everything that they knew that
they were hanging out with certain people, but they didn't know maybe the extent
of what the groups look like. How far can we actually surveil our children
and allow and yet allow them to grow to be their own person? And
this landmark case brings a lot of questions up about what it is our responsibilities
are as parents. This actually takes it beyond the fact of delivering to the
school and making sure that they actually pay attention and do the do their homework.
That we have to monitor as parents. We need to monitor how in
who our children are making friends with, what groups are they hanging out in
that we need to monitor their Internet chats and what may seem to be an
invasion of privacy, could be securing the very vitality of our children's lives.
We need to pay very close attention to this landmark case and this sentencing because
it could be determining what gun control is truly going to look like, and
how we're monitoring the things that our children are actually doing so that we can
keep them safe from the haters and the predators who simply have an agenda and
don't really maybe care about the well being of our kids. So I impress
everyone, if you have children, to really read as many articles as you
can about the case it was held against Jennifer and James Cromley, and not
just what their their son Ethan was charged with, well closely and see how
we can actually protect our children from these predators that would send a weapon,
a weaponized kid to terrorize our societies. So thank you for listening today.
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