by rouhani and others. the other question we asked is whether iran should send military personnel to syria or not, and we give them arguments. personnel because if we don't these rebels might come and threatened iran security, compared to involving yourself, you would create more enemies for iran. this number has basically remained kind of the same since december. this number has not gone up. support for sending more personnel. despite support for iran's engagement against isis, when it collaborating to fightunited states isis, the number of people who disapprove has actually increased. there is now 55% disapproval compared to 44%. look at the number to fight in august 15 -- 2015 a medially after the nuclear deal. people were feeling weak accomplished one thing, let's collaborate on other aiareas. as a conclusion, two things i would take away -- one is the economy remains a major concern of iran/ . in augusti think rouhani needso demonstrate some progress on that front before he can move on doing anything e

now, we evaluate rouhani on a list of issues. so this shows some, what people sense are of the economy. but the economy is not the only thing. we ask respondents to evaluate rouhani on a number of issues. as you can see, a good number of issues. help gets very good ratings. the top is improving the health care system. foreign policy. civil liberties. gets sanctions lifted. making iran more advanced. even making iran more self-such self-sufficient. when it comes to economic issues. we get less of a majority saying he has been successful. in fact, in reducing unemployment, a majority say he has been unsuccessful. and that is important because the -- when we go back to the concern people have, which is, as i showed, the unemployment being on top of the list, rating this low makes him pretty vulnerable. now, with these kind of ratings, some ask, okay, if that's the situation, how did he win the election? if people are, you know, if people are saying he has not been successful in the number one issue on top of their head, how did rouh

how dangerous is the inequality problem right now under rouhani his policies of privatization in iran and giving more money too. the rich private all agog in her. fear there are always political differences each group accuses the other of not doing a good job and this is natural during election time however the truth is that there aren't a lot of differences between rouhani. and hearty means leadership there are major political policies that's no administration can overrule except for a few limited number of things so the accusations and month slinging between political groups are mostly political spin and not necessarily true yes there are economic difficulties but overall the economic situation is good. the middle class make up seventy percent of the country the wealthy class make up twenty percent and the poor make up ten percent but there are societal and governmental institutions that take care of those under the poverty line. and thought in order would be a shabby i just finally this week the us congress discusses sanctions on russia trump one sanctions it seems on iran iran has

said thate, rouhani these terrorists would not drive the diplomatic community out.or sourceas a of concern for foreign and western diplomats who operate in these difficult security conditions i and kabul. that was our correspondent speaking earlier, and we are hearing from the afghan interior ministry about this attack, gunbattle at the embassy in kabul now. let's turn our tentative venezuela where the opposition has encouraged people to take to the streets again after sunday's election for the assembly. they say that is a moved to dictatorship as only two or 3 people all voted -- voted. they have reported the election to the u.n. as "a sham." the midnight rally where there were no signs of the political turmoil -- they were painting a picture of the highly controversial election, and hailing it as "the biggest vote ever." >> they were challenging, crossing rivers. moments earlier, venezuela's national election committee announced their turnout. >> there was a total of 8,089,003 and are 20 demonstrators. suggest thaterts the real total is 4 million with strong suspi

rouhani and the supreme leader had to fight hard liners. there is a point zarif made that the money has not rolled in as expected, meaning foreign investment. i mean, part of it was, as one person said to me, it was $100 a barrel when they started negotiations, $40 after. the energy sector isn't dieing to rush in. the banks are almost insolvent, i wouldn't say, but a lot of bad loans. the companies have to be big enough to come in and fund it and finally there are all these signals and they have gotten more intense since the trump administration came in, far from encouraging banks or at least john kerry used to travel around with groups of aides saying this is how you do business, don't want to foul up a law, the trump administration ended it and you have tillerson and trump saying things that make the iranians and foreign investors nervous. >> brangham: we have this situation where the trump administration says we'll do a top to bottom review of iran policy, 90 days to the next certification deadline, what are we likely to see next. >> the

but what about president rouhani , how much power and influence does he have as president? guest: the supreme leader, not the president, is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. the supreme leader appoints the head of the television and radio news. the supreme leader has the authority to overrule any actions by parliament and the president. any supreme leader has the authority to dismiss the president. it kind of ties the hands of the president. if i could comment about the money, it was a remarkable ability of the obama administration to make what was a good deal for the united states about settling a court dispute. it took hard work on the part of the obama administration to take what had been an objective for 30 years, settling the dispute, and make it look like it was a cash for hostages deal. i have to congratulate the obama team on the job you did on that. host: let's go to zach on the independents line. caller: i think the nuclear deal allows us to shift our weight away from saudi arabia to a more balanced posture in the middle east. think saudi arabia has been

. >> rose: rouhani would you call, the president is a centrist. >> centrist, absolutely. >> rose: so the republican guard and supreme leader. >> and it played out in the recent presidential election. could you see it. the western media didn't report on it but you could see it in the debates between the candidates. >> you could see the tension. and the frustration of one side with the other about the future of iran. and so the question is how do you push back on this ma lined we maffier in the region that has been going on for a long imthat is making the region more unstable but do it in a way that doesn't empower the hard-liners in this internal debate. because we all want the internal debate to evolve over time. it is going to take a long time. i'm not saying it is going to happen tomorrow. but we want this internal debate to go in one direction and we want to help it in that direction. so that is the tough line here to walk. and it's going to be tough to get right. >> are the iranians telling us, challenging us, the united states on the seas, we had today an iranian vessel coming c

it was hassan rouhani's re—election in may that opened the door to this deal.autious to invest because of heavy us sanctions, still in place despite two years ago, when iran agreed to limit its nuclear ambitions. donald trump said his number one priority was dismantling what he called a disastrous deal. the white house has put the whole nuclear agreement under review. total are hoping it stays alive, and with it, they turned the business. we work in all countries where international law allows us to do so. since the signing of the nuclear agreement in 2016, we can work in iran on oil and gas projects. in 18 months, we found an agreement that respects all international laws. total‘s entry into iran could lead other firms to enter the water. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the indian teenager with an extraordinary talent that's taking him from mumbai to new york. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unifica

iranian president hassan rouhani said professor mirzakhani's death had caused "great sorrow".er wearing a head—scarf. well, one person who knew professor mirzakhani well was caroline series. she spoke to us about her life and achievements. we had known she was ill for a long time. she was a revered and outstanding mathematician and the fa ct outstanding mathematician and the fact that she was iranian and the first woman ever to win this prestigious fields medal, she was just such an icon and role model and inspiration around the world, so she will be very sorely missed. it was the way in which she managed to combine ideas that perhaps other people knew that she combined them together in a completely un—expect it and remarkable way. she actually sent me a draft copy of her thesis, her ph.d. dissertation, before it was finally submitted, and the way she put together ideas which really i had known about, other people had known about, but she was able to combine things and draw absolutely astonishing and remarkable conclusions with them. they're read clea nly conclusions with them

iranian president hassan rouhani has said her death has caused "great sorrow".r mirzakhani's publications. and photoshopped images have appeared of her wearing a head—scarf. one person who knew her well is professor caroline series. she spoke to us about her life and achievements. she was an absolutely wonderful person, and a brilliant mathematician. the fact that she was iranian and the fact that she was first woman to win this prestigious fields medal, she was just such an icon and a role model and inspiration around the world. she will be sorely missed. it was the way in which she managed to combine ideas that, perhaps, other people knew, but she combined them together in a completely unexpected and remarkable way. she sent me a cow, and remarkable way. she sent me a copy, a draft of her thesis and ph.d. dissertation before was finally submitted and the way she put together ideas which, really, i had known about but she was able to combine sings and draw astonishing and remarkable conclusion is with them. quite cleanly and... not simply, it is technical, but,

was going to terra watched us he goes to a terrorist everyone he's around is tracked and killed by rouhani. it's truly truly incredible and i think definitely definitely people need to go and check out your maximum harm the brothers the f.b.i. on the road to the marathon bombing thank you so much for coming on today truly truly fascinating. thank you so much. eighty one years ago american aviation pioneer a national hero amelia mary earhart's plane crash and she was presumed dead after attempting to circumvent the globe in one nine hundred thirty seven but a recent history channel special made major waves across the mainstream media and beyond because acclaimed at new year refutable proof that our hearts and i am the crash at all the evidence you see was a d.s. classified photograph found in a box belonging to the office of naval intelligence the filmmakers claimed it showed earhart her navigator fred noonan and the ship that allegedly rescued them docked in the marshall islands sadly despite millions of dollars in the resources to have double check the claims it only took a japanese blogg

president rouhani said president trump is trying to provoke iran.news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. moments ago, president trump old republican senators they should not leave town until they do something about health care. the disintegration of the gop health care plan undermines trump's dealmaking reputation. how do we get here? is set to answerua green that in his new book, "devil's bargain." i spoke with him about the administration's ability to govern in light of what's happened with the joke gop health care bill. josh: they don't know how to do it. even though mcconnell is going to introduce another bill, this is the republican health care death spiral. this was their shot and it is now falling apart. the problem is twofold. trump doesn't have experience legislating and neither do most of the senior administration officials. it's the problem with the republican agenda on health care. this was something mitch mcconnell and the republicans have

president rouhani's platform is clear. charlie: we have to do better on human rights? dr.ch better. but there are others in our region who are far far behind. but the u.s. never complains about then. they are not designated by the u.s. they support terrorism. not a single one of them is designated. they are sending terrorists to your territories. to bee: we do have careful about that. there were saudi's, but no one has proven they were sent by the saudi government. dr. zarif: has anybody proven anything about iran? a court in newat york condemned iran for participating in 9/11? us $11 billion for participating in 9/11. you want me to buy this? come on. go read the court documents. a court in new york awarded $11 billion to the victims of 911 against iran. you're telling me nobody has proven saudi arabia was behind it? that me tell you something you are familiar with. president trump banned citizens of six countries from coming to the united states. it included iran. iranians in the u.s. are outstanding citizens. outstanding members of their own communities. charlie: they a

and particularly secretary john kerry, this was secretary kerry's plan was trying to help president rouhani of iran with and i he is "moderate," put big quotes on that, italics and underline. was returned to the iranians. not even a check. this is the notorious palace of cash. it was shipped to switzerland. ok, president obama made that decision because iran had sued the united states for that money. here is the part that really got me. president obama authorized a billion dollars in interest i got paid to the iranians even though the decision had been made back -- i guess under ronald reagan or carter, then reagan, that they would never put it in an interest-bearing account because that would look bad and look like we were taking it over. so we gave the ring is not only the $400 million that -- the iranians not only the $400 million that we paid, but over $1 billion in interest. why was that money not paid to our people? what about cia intelligence officers and usaid personnel and guards at embassies? i say that because we represent those people. these are our people were killed by terrori

separately, iran announced that president hassan rouhani's brother, has been arrested on allegationsfinancial misconduct. in jordan, a soldier was sentenced today to life in prison at hard labor for killing three u.s. army green berets. he said he fired on the military trainers last november, because he thought his base was under attack. after the sentencing today, relatives of the americans condemned the sentence, which could let the killer go free in 20 years. >> he gets out the day he gets out. my daughters will serve another 30 years after that without the love of their brother, and that's outrageous. i would kill him myself if i had the ability to do so, and i wish they had hung him. >> woodruff: the families were shown security camera footage of the attack. they say it shows the jordanian soldier firing for six minutes, even after the americans identified themselves. the united nations reports the war in afghanistan is killing more civilians than ever. a new report says more than 1,600 died in the first half of this year, and some 3,500 others were wounded. it also says deaths

in tehran, president hassan rouhani charged the u.s.sures are inconsistent with the 2016 nuclear deal. and, he warned of "reciprocal acts." >> ( translated ): if americans pass new sanctions in any form, or under any pretext in congress or elsewhere, the great nation of iran will have an appropriate answer. we won't ignore violations by the united states, and will stand up to them. >> woodruff: separately, the head of the hard-line revolutionary guards warned, the u.s. had better pull its military forces back at least 1,000 kilometers-- 600 miles-- from iran. the u.s. supreme court has issued a split ruling on enforcing the president's travel ban. the court today allowed the administration to strictly enforce a ban on refugees, while an appeal moves through lower courts. but, the justices expanded the list of people from six mostly muslim nations who are allowed to visit the u.s. back in this country, the justice department is restoring authority to local police to seize money and property, on suspicion they come from criminal activity.

has detained the brother of rouhani over unspecified financial issues. according to the state-run news taken intowas custody and is eligible for bail. he served as an aid to the president during nuclear talks that led to the 2015 agreement between iran and world powers. local myth, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. guy. guy: thank you very much indeed. chinese economy maintained its momentum. gdp increased 6.9%. that is from a year earlier. it comes ahead of forecast. the forecast number, 68. -- six point percent. the forecasted number, 6.8%. our guest.now, where exactly is that risk in this data? was a by all accounts, it pretty robust number. no doubt about it. the better global growth story is driving demand for chinese exports, helping chinese manufacturing turnaround better profits and boosting growth. the conception story in china is better than anticipated. we saw big growth of 11% in the month of june, indicating consumers are opening up their wallets. when you take i

president rouhani -- president trump will soon have the opportunity to shake up the makeup of the board of governors, therefore turning the direction of policy to wall street. the white house announced the intent to nominate rando calls chair. troubling, given his public opposition to key aspects of the dodd frank law and support for measures that would independence.d's while our economy has made substantial progress since the height of the financial crisis, if we continue to see positive trends in the labor market as a resort -- a result of policies put in place by the fed, congressional democrats and president since your last testimony before this committee, wage growth continues to lag and disparitiesonomic continue to exist among racial lines so i hope fed policymakers would keep these mind and the fact that inflation expectations have theen as they evaluate stance of monetary policy so you foren, i commend your steady leadership and look forward to your testimony and mr. chairman, i will yield back the balance of my time. rep. hensarling: chair recognizes the chairman from mr. barr