obama's deal with tehran prevented his administration from take a regional approach to stop iran because it feared that iran would step away from the deal. but today we can take a different approach with a new administration. today we can combat iran's capability to fund, arm, and train terrorists like hezbollah. and hay amass, and his proxies in syria. and at leads to a broader point as well. the best way to bolser israel's security in the region is to enhance america's influence in the region. [ applause ] >> in my view, the best way do so is by focus on three areas. rebuilding our capabilities here, rebuilding our partnerships, and, frankly, rebuilding our will. so the first step is to rebuild our capabilities. we need a multi-year plan to rebuild our own military, our total force needs to be rebuilt if america's to remain capable of fulfilling ps traditional role as guarantor of the national order. during the obama administration we at h times where our commanders lacked sufficient aircraft carrier presence or tactical units-like lacked marine kpa dish nary units to be meet command.

embassy in tehran. sixty six americans were taken hostage.were released two weeks later but the remaining 53 were left to wonder when, if ever, they'd be set free. "new trouble in iran has presented the carter administration with a diplomatic crisis at a time when it was hoping to mend fences with tehran's islamic government." "it must be made clear that the failure to release the hostages will involve increasingly heavy cost to iran and to its interests." president carter froze billions in iranian assets, placed an embargo on iranian oil but the standoff continued playing out daily on the nightly news. "and that's the way it is wednesday, january 16, 1980. the 74th day of captivity for 50 americans in iran." "a wew and daring element was disclosed today in the iran crisis which has held world attention for 87 days now." "and that's the way it is thursday, june 12, 1980. the 222nd day of captivity for the american hostages in iran." and that's the way it is, thursday, august 14, 1980. the 285th day of captivity for the american hostages in ir

they are looking to expand their international airport outside of tehran.ome 200 jets from airbus.-- boeing and >> that is bloomberg markets: middle east. >> we are seeing asian equities gaining ground a little bit, 2/10 of 1%. we will have a breakdown of the markets and other headlines coming up at the top of the hour. we leave you with pictures of people getting ready for the persian new year and the celebration of the first day of spring. you can see people crowding the streets. this new year, persian celebration, you are seeing pictures out of there, of course. we will leave you with us. a very festive picture there. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is 1:00 in hong kong. mergerr has approved a with what a phone in europe, which is expected to see $10 billion. the two companies expected to close next year, creating the largest telecom company and one of the most competitive markets in the world. it needs regulatory approval. deutsche bank expects to raise a $.5 billion after pricing its new share sale at a 35% discount to friday's close. they announced the pla

the ayatollahs in tehran admit there desire to wipe israel off its map and driving people into the seaey have sent weapons to people in lebanon and the gaza strip. they have gone to great lengths to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. due to the disastrous end of nuclear sanctions under the iran deal, they have additional resources to develop and so chaos. under president donald trump, the united states of america will not allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon. this is our solemn promise to you, to israel and to the world. [applause] v.p. pence: history attests that enmity towards the jewish people often turns from evil thought to evil action. my family and i pause to reflect on this truth in history just over a month ago while i was representing the united states in munich, germany. after attending the security conference, my family and i traveled to the not the concentration camp in dachau. i had been there is a young man. karen and i wanted our daughter itthe -- our daughter to see too. we arrived in the early morning fog. a 93 rolled holocaust survivor who had been imp

of dollars in sanctions relief, send more than a billion dollars in cold hard cash and opened up tehrano the global markets and meanwhile iran has stepped up its support for terrorism, increased its human rights abuses and ramped up its ballistic missile program. all while keeping its sights on a nuclear weapon. republicans in congress repudiated this deal and for good reason. it is dangerous for the united states and for the world. so where does this leave us? well, for starters i think it is long past time that we rigorously enforce this deal and hold the iranians accountable when they violate it. that's just not enough, though. a fatal flaw in this agreement is that even if iran cooperates, it provides them with a patient pathway to a nuclear weapons capability. in about seven years key restrictions on center fuj advancement and ballistic missile development begin to sunset. in nine to 14 years restrictions on uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing mostly disappear. this is totally unacceptable. so we must tighten the screws on iranian compliance and continue to hit the regime

billions of dollars in sanctions and relief, sent more than a billion dollars in cold, hard cash to open tehrano the global markets and meanwhile ran stepped up its support of terrorists, increased its human rights abuses and wrapped up its lipstick missile program -- it's ballistic missile program all while repudiating this deal. it is dangerous for the united states and the world. [applause] this leavewhere does us? well, for starters i think it is long past time that we rigorously enforce this deal and told the iranians accountable when they violated. that is not enough though. the fields on this agreement is that if the if iran cooperates a patients them with pathway to nuclear weapons capability. in about seven years, key restrictions on centrifuge advancement and ballistic missile advancement begin to sunset. in 9-14 years, restrictions on uranium enrichment and plutonium processing mostly disappear. this is totally unacceptable. we must write in this cruise written come clients -- compliance. tighten the screws on compliance. the trump administration already did this in february by swift

the ayatollahs in tehran openly admit their desire to wipe israel off the map and driving people intohe sea. for decades, iran has cash to terrorists in lebanon, syria and the gaza strip. a guide to great lengths to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles and due to the disastrous end of nuclear related action under the air radio, they now have additional resources to devote to sowing chaos and imperiling israel. so let me be clear. under president donald trump, the united states of america will not allow iran to develop a new year but didn't. this is our solemn promise to you, israel and the world. [cheers and applause] history attests that enmity towards the jewish people for an evil thought to evil action by family and i. catastrophe night on the streets history just over a month ago while i was representing the united states in munich, germany. after attending a security conference, my family and i traveled to the first concentration camp. i have been there as a young man, that karen and i wanted our daughters here, too. we arrived at the camp in an early-morning call and w

it's bringing scattered showers in tehran today. some moisture flowing into turkey. i want to take our attention, we have another low that will be developing later on into early next week. that's going to bring some additional rainfall across central areas here. for now, 16 for the high. some scattered showers on your friday. does clear up. bahrain expect some thunderstorms in the afternoon and maybe dust mixed in there as well. abu dhabi, highs into the 30s. some close some cloudy skies from the low on friday. conditions remain weak throughout the weekend. heerp across the americas, still staying chilly in the east. maybe some scattered showers in central areas but warm down towards the south. los angeles up to 28 on friday. here is the extended outlook. >>> and that does it for this edition of nhk "newsline," thanks very much for joining us. n of "native report," we travel to the ho-chunk nation and take in their annual labor day pow-wow. and while we're at the ho-chunk pow-wow, we learn about the moccasin game. and we interview ho-chunk nation president wilfrid cl

also we'll go live from tehran, iran., we want to start with you, what is the trump administration's rationale for removing iraq. as i ask that question i should probably ask what do you think the rational was to put them out in the first place given the fact that iraq has been a partner of the u.s. and the u.s. has american troops there still? >> reporter: the original rationale for the 27th of january travel order was probably that isis did at the time control a large part of the count country. it is where it got its start. but for many iraqis it was beyond comprehension that their country, which has suffered more than any other from isis should be put on the travel ban. so we know that iraqi officials vigorously lobbied washington to get this changed that when the u.s. defense secretary mattis came to baghdad in january that that was one of the main topic of conversation when he was here, that the iraqis do host more than 5,000 u.s. military personnel who are supporting iraq in its war against isis. when that original

assad's continued grip on power is in thanks in large part to his allies in moscow and his friends in tehranrussia is prolonging this conflict. all for the purposes of trying to maintain one friendly government in the middle east who will stand by its own brutal leader. meanwhile, as russian bombs rain down on syria and hospitals, as russian bombs rain down on syrian homes and on humanitarian aid convoys, putin is content to sit back and watch western europe struggle with the displacement of millions of people. all while spreading white nationalist and anti-semitic propaganda aimed at swaying elections and undermining the post world war ii international order. simultaneously, the iranian regime is emboldened by sanctions relief and invested in assad's grip on power. iran continues to funnel cash and weapons to its pro assad terrorist proxy hezbollah weapons that could be turned on israel. israel has every right to be concerned and every right to defend itself against any and all threats. throughout this harrowing conflict in syria, israel has shown extraordinary restraint and a laser-like fo

iran is one of six nations targeted, and now an older sister and brother are stuck in tehran. they aren't alone and it's not just noruz according to a lawyer with four iranian american groups fighting the travel ban. >> weddings being disrupted, i heard a story of a father that was not able to come to the united states to attend his own son's funeral. i mean how devastating is that. >> reporter: the organizations have filed suit over what they call travel ban 2.0. >> it's discrimination both on status tore grounds and unconstitutional grounds. >> reporter: in the meantime they will still celebrate the new year, but it won't be as sweet as their ice cream. >> happy noruz. >> reporter: in san ramon, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> san francisco is making a preemptive move on a proposed muslim registry. this morning mayor ed lee signed an ordinance into law that prohibits the city from participating in any type of registry based on religion or ethnicity. during the campaign president trump vowed to establish a registry for muslims in the united states. none has been created. san f

his brutal campaign and his power is thanks in large part to his allies and moscow and friends in tehran. we aiding assad. as russian bombs rain down on syrian hospitals and russian bombs rain down on syrian homes, as russian bombs rain down on humanitarian aid convoys, putin is content to sit back and watch western europe struggle with the displacement of millions of people. all the while spreading white nationalist and anti-semitic propaganda. simultaneously, the iranian regime is um bold -- emboldened by the reliefs and iran funnels cash and weapons to hezbollah, weapons that at a moment residents notice could be turned on israel. israel has every right to be concerned, and every right to defend itself against any and all threats. throughout this conflict in syria, israel has shown extraordinary restraint and a laser-like focus on defending the security of it people. but as this conflict spills over its borders no counsel true can endure this propagation for long and we saw syria launch missiles as israel air forces as they return from destroying a convoy of weapons that was headed to

connections to damascus because assad has made it clear that he's not moving any time soon or to tehran any time soon pop so we're going to have to figure out what kind of power share is going to work for sear why and you can't have power sharing you're not going to include the syrian kurds as one of the beneficiaries of a dev luges of powers agreement. that's why u.s. leadership is so important in these negotiations. russians and kurds can if they want. but when it comes to viable, durable peace making, the u.s. needs to have the seat at the table. when it comes to enforcing a peace agreement, the u.s. needs to play a role in tandem with all lum and the u.n. so the u.s. can't just step back and let russia and turkey take care of it. that's a formula for continued violent conflict. >> right behind that gentleman in the green. >> wait for the microphone if you could. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> i have two simple minded questions, first do you have any thoughts on what happens between israel and turkey from here, and the second simple minded question is what happened to turkey

. >> the nuclear deal that was negotiated with tehran had a negative effect. >> after the agreement was signed, we saw more intensive terrorist activity. the iranians have to understand the nuclear agreement does not shield them from retaliation by the world for violating the ballistic missile accords or violating human rights or supporting terrorism. >> the saudis see president trump taking a harder line. >> i believe they will be less forgiving of iran's violations of the missile accord and threats to maritime security. i believe they will be strict in enforcing the nuclear agreement. >> the royal family is enacting reforms to make government more transparent. to allow women to participate more freely in society and reduce the country's dependence on oil revenue. the kingdom is preparing what may prove the largest initial public offering in history for the saudi state oil form. >> our objective is to try to complete the ipo sometime in 2018. serious discussions with the new york stock exchange about having the new york stock exchange have the one of the exchanges for the ipo. >> with

under that they were allowed to test ballistic missiles up to a certain range, and that range is tehranbasically tel aviv. now you are saying they could widen that. >> they are widening it. in development. eric: what would you suggest the united states do? how can we protect ourselves? >> put enormous pressure on iran by different means because it's a violation of the nuclear agreement. it's difficult. eric: they are routinely violated. >> the iranians are violating almost everything. so i think the world generally speaking, the information community should put an end to this. but another challenge which is forth coming and extremely disturbing is the iranian attempt to transform syria into an iranian military government. so the big question is, whether it's the end of this brutal civil war with syria when we get the northern border for a weaker syria or stronger iran. if iran [inaudible] it will be an extension of iran. it's dangerous to saudi arabia and jordan. you don't want to see iranian bases in the mediterranean and air forces and ground forces bases in syria. eric: they already

now an older sister and brother are stuck in tehran. >> for us, it's a very emotional thing. >> reporterren't alone and it's not just the holiday disrupted. according to a lawyer with four iranian-american groups that have filed a legal challenge to the ban. >> the beddings haweddings has disrupted. i heard a story of a father not able to come to the united states to attend his son's funeral. how devastating is that? >> reporter: they will still celebrate the new year. but it won't be like old times with family members missing. in san ramone, carolyn tyler, "abc7 news." >>> britain has now joined the united states in banning some electronic devices from being taken as carey-ones in planes. the emergency rules bans laptops, kamras, dvd players and electronic game devices. smartphones are still allowed. it applies only to eight countries, including egypt, saudi arabia, and turkey. travelers were not happy about the news. >> it's many hours. i use that to do all my work, to watch movies, to read books. >> you catch up on e-mails and office work, which is preparing for the meeting we come fo

now an older sister and brother are stuck in tehran. >> for us, it's a very emotional thing. >> reporter they aren't alone and it's not just the holiday disrupted. according to a lawyer with four iranian-american groups that have filed a legal challenge to the ban. >> the beddings haweddings has disrupted. i heard a story of a father not able to come to the united states to attend his son's funeral. how devastating is that? >> reporter: they will still celebrate the new year. but it won't be like old times with family members missing. in san ramone, carolyn tyler, "abc7 news." >>> britain has now joined the united states in banning some electronic devices from being taken as carey-ones in planes. the emergency rules bans laptops, kamras, dvd players and electronic game devices. smartphones are still allowed. it applies only to eight countries, including egypt, saudi arabia, and turkey. travelers were not happy about the news. >> it's many hours. i use that to do all my work, to watch movies, to read books. >> you catch up on e-mails and office work, which is preparing for the meeting we

a hostile government, the u.s., because iran said he met with regime opponents and criticized the tehrancebook. >> i see that because, after -- competition between iran and united states, they did worse to my brother. eric: he went to visit his mother, in this open letter, he writes, i ask myself and fellow american neighbors, where is justice have come to associate with in this charge su is unjus, and iranian government committed to intends this wrong against me, a innocent american citizen for political purposes, i ask you, please do not let the iranian government abuse me. >> i am asking, administration to help. because i don't think he will last long with this situation. >> editor of web site, the foreign desk of course said iranian authorities intended for his incarceration to serve as a warning. >> the iranian regime is delivering a message to iranian as living abroad to not get involved in political activity, they want iranians know to they are being watched. eric: she is worried. >> he is a hostage, he is -- because he is american. you think you can do whatever you want. they are

i don't think the russians thought they could tehran elect around.o you stack it up next to the fbi later or to a very poor campaign in certain respects by hillary clinton herself to say nothing of the appeal, like it or not, of donald trump. but at a certain point he just could not bear the idea of hillary clinton winning. we want more evidence. i do. i want more concrete evidence. it was to destabilize a clinton presidency. >> you think they expected her to win? >> of course. everybody expected her to win, you expected her to win, the polls expected her to win. >> trump expected her to win? >> trump on the day of the election, expected her to win. they succeeded and now they're freaked. if you go to moscow now and you talk to people in moscow now, there's a lot of buyers remorse. there was an order sent to russian television, nufr with the celebrating about trufrmt they're worried about the lack of stability from trump and thelgsz see the criticism of trump having to do with russia is going to undermine is ability to help them. >> the new piece is

iran has reached an agreement with saudi arabia after tehran's 2015 boycott of the pilgrimage.thdrew from last year's haj after 54 citizens died when a stampede killed more than 2400 people. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is "bloomberg technology." i am caroline hyde. this week, the u.s. government blamed russian intelligence for another high-profile hacking, the 2014 breach at yahoo! of half a billion accounts. they fight television on self-driving technology. we are joined by tom giles, bryan womack, and david kirkpatrick. i have to turn to brian. what a scoop. it was all about how you who might be vindicated for the past few months saying this was a government-sponsored attack on us. >> exactly. go back to september, the first day we found out about the amazing hack in the middle of the verizon deal. they said it is state-sponsored. it was a state actor. honestly, a lot of people were saying corporations say that all the time. it is now march. they have co

tehran insists it does not know where he is, nor what happened to him. >>> philadelphia's district attorneyed on bribery and corruption charges. officials say seth williams took part in a corruption spree spanning five years. they say the 50 year accepted tens of thousands of dollars in concealed bribes. he also apparently stole cash meant for a relative's nursing home care. and used the money for personal expenses. williams took office in 2010. >>> lawyers for the-a flew went za teen ethan couch are turning to the texas supreme court seeking his lease. their motion argues the judge did not have the authority to sentence couch because the jurisdiction was over criminal cases. the couch's case started with a civil matter in juvenile court. couch is serving two sentences for killing four people in a drunk driving accident in 2014. >>> severe storms in the south killed one person in much of the south that may cool things down in the east. meteorologist pedram javaheri has the details. >> dave and christine, it's the time of year, late march, early april, you get the severe weather reports roll

controlled by shiia politicians and figures who are in turn under the domination of the ayatollahs in tehran. you may resolve the isis threat but the ground work for the next conflict is right there. the same is true in syria. sunni arabs who want no part of assad's regime are not going to halfway turn back and say forget the past 60s years, we are going to go back and be part of assad's syria. you have to have some idea. but going back to the status quo and antebellum is not going to happen. eric: john bolton, thank you. arthel: the house intelligence committee throwing count gauntlet, demanding the trump administration reveal it evidence showing the tower was wiretapped during the campaign. a losing battle over the budget. can the white who is keep it promises about the military and domestic programs as well as avoid sat fight on capitol hill? we'll take a closer look. it's the simple things in life that mean the most. boost® simply complete™. no artificial flavors, colors or sweeteners, plus 10 grams of protein and 25 vitamins & minerals. it doesn't get better than this. boost® simply com

. >> reporter: gun fire roaring nearby, mosul residents flee their neighborhood toward tehran.n an isis suicide car bomb explodes nearby. pieces of metal and concrete raining down. the blast sets an iraqi police humvee on fire, killing several policemen and wounding others. this footage provided to cnn by freelance camera men is a raw glimpse of the intensity of the battle for western mosul. iraqi officials aren't putting up casualty figures, but it's clear government forces have been behind the fight. isis fighters continue to put up stiff resistance. car bombs their weapon of choice. they have used dozens to attack iraqi forces since the push for mosul began two and a half weeks ago. more than 70,000 civilians have fled the western part of the city. others like this old woman and her grand daughter had no choice but to stick it out. hundreds of thousands remain inside, hanging white flags on their doors in the opens they'll be spared. fighting in western mosul appears far heavier than in the east where it took iraqi three months to gain control. war is hell here. ben wedeman,

. >> reporter: gun fire roaring nearby, local residents flee their neighborhood of tehran.de car bomb explodes nearby, pieces of metal and concrete raining down. isis sets an iraqi humvee on fire, killing three and wounding others. this video is a raw glimpse of the intensity of the battle for western mosul. iraqi officials aren't putting out casualty figures, but it's clear government forces are paying a high price. isis fighters continue to put up stiff resistance, car bombs the weapon of their choice, they have used dozens since the push for western mosul began two and a half weeks ago. more than 75,000 civilians have fled this part of the city, but this older woman and her granddaughter had no choice but to stick it out. hundreds of thousands remain inside hanging white flags on their doors in the hopes they'll be spared. in western mosul far heavier where it took iraqi forces three months to gain control. the phrase "war is hell" here becomes reality. ben weedaman, northern iraq. >> thank you, ben. >>> expunge, an all new episode of cnn's "bloefr." a self-proclaimed do

putting iran on notice for test firing ballistic missiles, tehran does not appear to be changing its behavior. iranian news agencies reporting the country's islamic revolutionary guard launched another missile test last weekend. that it destroyed a target about 155 miles away. this of course as tensions rise over nor korea's banned missile test. rich edson joins us live from the state department. rich, the u.s. confronting multiple adversaries developing their missile program. >> reporter: it is, sandra. it's in iran. it's in north korea. the state department is just about to hold its daily press briefing within the next couple of minutes here. the state department and the u.s. have been dismissing a chinese proposal, where by the north koreans would give up their nuclear and ballistic missile programs in exchange for the united states giving up a joint exercise that it's currently conducting, annual exercise with the military of south korea. that the united states is saying, look, talking about two entirely different issues here. what the u.s. is doing is pursuing a transparent defe

nbc's tehran bureau chief ali arouzi has the latest.hat do we know about the tarkts targets of the israeli strikes and the response from syria? >> good morning. the israeli mission appeared to be name destroying a weapons convoy destined for lebanese hezbollah and marks one of the serious clashes since the beginning of this conflict between the two sides. both sides seem to have their own account of the incident. the syrian army said that four israeli jets crossed into syrian air space and one was shot down and another one was hit. this is a claim the israeli military deny. they say that none of that iraircrafts were hit. they struck several targets in syria, enwere bag ck in israeli controled air space when the syrians launched anti-aircraft missiles toward the israeli jets. they were intercepted by the israeli defense systems and nobody was compromised. now, although israel does conduct raids from time to time in syria, as you mentioned, it's very unusual for assad's forces to fire anti-aircraft missiles at them. and the other report

while critics say the iran nuclear deal allowed billions of dollars on tehran.hey slapped sanctions on us hitting 15 companies they say support terrorism. they include att and the real tess state company remax after the u.s. announced its latest sanctions on iran last month. now rouhani is going to visit vladimir putin next month in moscow. john bolton is a former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. and a cox news contributor. ambassador, what about this partnership between putin and rouhani. it seems it's only escalating. >> russia and iran have been acting very closely together in the middle east for the last 10 or more years. certainly russia has repeatedly given political cover to iran's nuclear weapons program through multiple encounters in the u.s. security council and more broadly. they worked closely together to support their mutual ally the assad regime. it's clear if it weren't for russia and iran and hezbollah, the shiite terror group, assad would have fallen years ago. i think this meeting under lines the strength of the rip that exists. there are

. >> think of the airlines looking to do business from los angeles to tehran now putting that on holdty very hard, iranian new year. neruse is two weeks away. a lot of family members that come here yearly, come every year for the new year's celebrations, this year they'll be stuck in tehran. >> cal, thank you. cal perry there for us in westwood, california, or irangeles i think he said. >>> european sovereign debt helped bring down m.f. global. jon corzine defending his decisions and taking the stand today. we'll bring you the highlight. >>> content is becoming king in facebook's video business. social media giant is making a big streaming bet. we'll tell you about it next. with e*trade you see things your way. ♪ ♪ you have access to the right information at the right moment. ♪ ♪ and when you filter out the noise, it's easy to turn your vision into action. ♪ ♪ it's your trade. e*trade. start trading today at etrade.com >>> welcome back. facebook is expanding its live sports content striking a deal with major league soccer and univision that will bring at least 22 english league games

mosul residents flee their neighborhood of tehran. >> reporter: then an isis suicide car bomb explodes concrete raining down. the blast sets an iraqi federal police humvee on fire killing several policemen, wounding others. this footage provided to cnn by freelance cameraman ricardo villa nova is a raw glimpse of the intensity of the battle photographer western mosul. iraqi officials aren't putting out casualty figures, but it's clear government forces are paying a high price. isis fighters continue to put up stiff resistance. car bombs their weapon of choice. they've used dozen to attack iraqi forces since the push in west mosul began 2 1/2 weeks ago. more than 70,000 civilians have fled the western part of the city. others like this old woman and her granddaughter had no choice but to stick it out. hundreds of thousands remain inside, hanging white flags on their doors in the hopes they'll be spared. fighting in western mosul appears far heavier than in the east where it took iraqi forces three months to gain control. the phrase "war is hell" here becomes reality. ben wedeman, ir bea

and finally, there's israel, who it's no secret the regime in tehran has vowed to destroy. while we were overseas, israeli warplanes struck deep into the heart of syrian territory. they were targeting a convoy of advance missiles bound for hezbollah. in a serious escalation, syria

. >> the foreign ministers of the nuclear deal the obama five other world powers negotiate with tehraneffect on the region. >> we have seen more intense activities by iran. the iranians have to understand that the nuclear agreement does not shield them from retaliation by the world for the ballistic missile accords are violating human rights are supporting terrorism. the saudi see president trump and his aides taking a harder line than mr. obama and his aides did on iraq. >> i think the violations of the missile accord threatens maritime security in the straits of hormuz and i believe they will be very strict in enforcing the nuclear agreement to the letter. >> the royal family has been acting measured reforms to make government more transparent to allow women to participate more freely in society to reduce the country's dependence on oil revenue through to that end the kingdom is preparing but may prove the largest initial public offering in history for iran to the saudi state oil firm. >> or objective is to try to complete sometime in 2018 and have serious discussions with the new yo

joining us live from london, nbc news tehran bureau chief ali aruzi. the region? this wasn't necessarily unexpected, correct? >> reporter: that's right. president park left office and with a defying tone delivered a parting shot to say she couldn't finish her mandate, but is confident the truth will be revealed. as you said, elections are set for may, and it looks like the politician and human rights lawyer will become the next president of south korea, moon ji-yin. he's calling for a two-step approach on north korea with talks on economic unification and ultimately political and military unification. moon stressed that they need to be united with the north korean people. and they have to recog kim jong-un as a dialogue partner. rex tillerson will face a very troubled region next week. back to you. >>> and coming up next on "morning joe," we continue to track the major winter storm expected to impact millions from virginia to maine. >>> plus, fast-moving developments on the republican health care bill as we await the score from the congressional budget

the launch ramped up tensions between tehran and the trump administration. >> melissa: where u.s.irepower added to the fight against isis in syria, arriving near the syrian and turkish border this week, u.s. officials say they will not be on the front lines but will support local forces as they try to retake raqqa from isis control. joining me now is retired army lieutenant, he is a former special forces officer who served in iraq and afghanistan. sir, thank you for joining us. what do you make of this development? >> it is a relaxing of a previous rule of engagement that we have seen. actually the commanders on the ground receiving the support that they know they need to continue to take the fight to isis. it's actually a good sign. >> melissa: they say their intent is to provide all weather fire support, artillery fires to support as they continue to isolate raqqa. do you think that is the most effective way for the u.s. to support those forces on the ground right now? >> right now, yes, because there are hundred figure five -- 155 sized can shoot at a certain amount of speed, s

connection to damascus because assad has made it clear he's not moving to riyadh anytime soon or tehrananytime soon so we have to figure out what kind of power-sharing is going to work for syria. and you can't have power-sharing if you're not going to include the syrian kurds as one of those beneficiaries of a devolution of powers agreement. that's why us leadership is so important and in these negotiations. the russians can do a sauna if they want but when it comes to viable peacemaking, the us needs to have a seat at the table. when it comes to enforcing the peace agreement, the us needs to play a role in tandem with its alliesn the un so the us can't just that back andlet russia and turkey take care of it . that's a formula for continued violentconflict . >> right behindthat gentleman there . just wait for the microphone if you could, thank you. to question, you have any thoughts between what happens between israel and turkey here, and the second is what happens to turkey if erdogan passes from the scene as there are reports that he has a mysterious illness? >> remember that turkey i

joining us live from london, nbc's bureau chief, tehran arou arouzi.eresa may expected to do this. >> reporter: this will trigger article 50 to allow them to leave the eu. it could be initially by the prime minister, but she's expected to wait until the end of the month before formally starting what is essentially a divorce as it is expected to take two years. the question is, will it be a messy divorce which won't be determined until negotiations between the united kingdom and the remaining members of the eu begin. and both sides are already talking tough. the negotiations are expected to be a bit of a battle. the eu's likely to demand a costly divorce settlement, up to $60 billion euros, to settle britain's unpaid bills, and may refuse the agreement until the uk pays up. and it could discuss a new trade agreement to be ratified in two years. both great britain and the eu are about to take a step into the unknown and making things increasingly more complicated is scotland's first minister, nicholas stergen, announcing a second referendum for scotland,

president trump has promised to tear up the pact saying it falls short of the aim of cramping tehran's nuclear programs. say they are confident a very good cooperation between the u.s. and iran. powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. back to politics. president trump and his team made it clear that they aim to make sweeping changes to the dodd frank act and the financial regulatory system. but they will likely face numerous challenges. cowriter ofh the dodd-frank, former massachusetts congressman barney frank. here is what he had to say ahead for trump and the republicans. >> the example is the commodity commission. mistake american public policy made in the 80's and 90's was not to deregulate but not to regulate in the first place, innovation and financial derivatives are the best example of that. became a norm with aig and the credit default swap. regulation in that a norm -- one of the major regulators is the commodity futures trading commission. they pointed out the other day that in one year, they brought in as much money through fines a

which is why some have nicknamed it tehran-geles.ess of their backgrounds, the one thing they all share in common now is this travel ban. >> nav vid is a veteran actor born in iran. you may recognize him as abu nazir from "homeland." >> being in america is a land of opportunities. you can achieve. >> ali owns the oldest independent business on rodeo drive selling high-end jewelry and watches. >> half of rodeo drive was designed by iranians. >> ele is a pediatrician. they live in los angeles with their two small children. >> people from iran who are here, iranian-americans, i think for the most part want to make america great in their own way. >> three iranian americans living the american dream, now grappling with this week's travel ban. >> you know, it's shameful that we have to come to this point where we're going backwards. >> i think when you label a country as a whole as a terrorist country and put a ban on countries of a whole, you're taking away the individual elements in that country. >> they sell fear because as long as they

from a warm relationship withdraws from a warm relationship with baghdad, that they might turn to tehrannt that here. are you getting a sense this time around that donald trump's including, if you like, more advice from those around him on the travel ban? i certainly think there seems to be more coordination with other bits of the executive branch so that the department ofjustice and homeland security, the attorney general‘s office et cetera, it does seem, and the state department too, that all these people seem to have been involved significantly more this time around because while they know that there's bound to be further legal challenges to this, i think that's probably inevitable in a sense of whatever is in it, they wa nt to a sense of whatever is in it, they want to make it as watertight as possible. they want to try to ensure that they don't have to go through that they don't have to go through that humiliation all over again. interesting we are getting indications that on the refugee side of that order, the first part was about the visas, the second part or the main part of the