Thank you for listening to Pictures Media Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights, the show about the government, policy and human rights. Welcome back to Policy 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.
Thank you, thank you, thanks Why didn't everybody holler at once on the issue of abortion service as a wall going place that dates back to the Civil Warrior elect me. I'm in the twenty twentieth century, twenty first century. 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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