they would pressure the regime and mr. assad. we would pressure the opposition. we would get some kind of political transition. i always thought that was a mistake to think putin would do that. you just quoted the president. i think eventually he came around as well, because he was not going to in any way, shape or form undermine his partner or his clients in syria, mr. assad. we were constrained, because the president, in my view, rightly, president obama did not want to start world war iii, a shooting war with the russians in syria or in ukraine. >> did you really think that is what was going to happen? did you really think that? i'm asking whether you were intimidated by the master, that is vladimir putin? >> i personally did not think that. because i personally think that when you stand up to vladimir putin, he backs off. i think what we did in 2014, for instance, after putin had invaded eastern ukraine, by putting in massive sanctions, by fortifying ukraine and by str strengthening nato, he backed off. that was a successful deterrent. we should have done it

iranians say mr assad, we have paid the price and now it is payback.vernment has invited the iranians? if iran builds a military presence in syria, then that is offensive and end against us... but they have denied that. they can deny it until tomorrow. but you're not going to let it happen. what is interesting and what your views need to know is that the arab states and israel on this issue are one. you're not here to talk for the arab states. it is important to say this. the whole region is concerned about a rain aggression. and i would say to british audiences, they'll not used to hearing that arabs and israelis agree on a lot. when they agree, you should pay attention. is it correct that russia has given israel intelligence about iranian positions in syria ? as your reporter said, we are looking for a diplomatic solution, whereby the russian, sorry iranian military presence in syria ends peacefully. that is the best outcome. that's what we would like to see. we're out of time now, you both very much. the government made quite an apology today. i don

of that and all they did was give me a simple message that if mr scheer would like to interview mr assad he would welcome that that's all i do not speak for wiki leaks i do not speak for julia search all i did was deliver that message. to the science has been a longstanding nuisance for the u.s. since the foundation of wiki leaks in two thousand and six is publish thousands of documents that were exposed u.s. officials diplomats the army and the intelligence services and over the years top u.s. officials have not mince their words when it's come to such. this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be and i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a i think the man is a terrorist you can act tough and say if we catch you we're going to hang you whatever wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service ignorance or misplaced idealism is no longer an acceptable excuse for lionizing these demons randy credico again says that

news is that his policies are going to fail the same way that previous presidents are nearing ok mr assad it will have to leave it there but very nice until she does fade is r.d. a foreign policy specialist at the university of toronto coming onto our take. still ahead here this hour the number of homeless people in paris has prompted authorities there to cancel an annual race through the city we'll have a look at a problem just after the break. show seemed wrong oh why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out just being comes to educate and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. what politicians do. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go right to be cross this is what before three of them or can't be good. interested always in the waters of my. question. hello again hundreds of interpret says he works with the british army in afghanistan a facing the threat of deportation from the u.k. despite a promise that they would be allowed to stay we

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who is a prominent shia cleric in iraq seems to be the frontrunner this however does not mean that mr assad that has full control on cannot guarantee to choose iraq's that's for me or because according to their work a lot of the next ninety days following their results in the political blocs have to establish a parliamentary majority to push for whoever they think should be a wax prime minister whether it is that assad was known for his hardline stance is against u.s. and u.s. presence in iraq or the better organization had hardly alarmingly also a key commander in the popular mobilization and it's was time and again called who are called the u.s. presence in your walk on justified you find that the ultimate result is that the u.s. influence in iraq has all to appeal to you a lot of. middle east expert. told us the election result could have a major impact on iraqi relations with us. google son and his movement and since two thousand and three their course the iraqi educational there's a sense among the iraqis specially also on the subject of the song that a lot of conflict the recent inclu

i suspect mr. assad would not welcome this conflict with israel there are more significant challenges, or limited scale campaigns in syria, tit-for-tat, but it remains short of a war. of course this is a new environment and we need to adjust to that >> let's talk now about the sanctions as well. we've seen a fair amount of uncertainty when it comes to tariffs, particularly in europe from the trump administration. is there any sense that these new sanctions, when they are supposed to be reimposed in iran in 9 d in 89 days, 179 days, whether they will be piece male or thear thorough >> i think there's clarity that the u.s. will move for the implementation of sanctions. we've been provided with some leeway in terms of implementation guide lines, 90, 180 days that's meant to pave the path for a new negotiation with iran, a new agreement that the europeans might deliver on, or we get these sanctions imposed i doubt, despite the rhetoric we hear that there will be an effort to evade u.s. sanctions the u.s. has

things we did not have control over, including what vladimir putin did to shore up the dictator, mr. assadd no american wants to go to war with russia over syria. that was not really a choice, but it is true that putin is back and is being more influential in the middle east than at anytime since the end of the cold war. >> from cold war to hot peace, it is an astonishing book. thank you very much, mike mcfaul. great to see you again. >> good to see you, andrea. >> you bet. >>> more ahead. we'll be right back. >>> it's time now for "your business" of the week. annie warhauser owner of annie glass heard one too many times someone's mother loved her glassware. should have been a compliment, but she took it as an indication she needed to modernize her brand. see what annie did to change her products positive reach millennials on sunday morning, 7:30 eastern on msnbc. don't juggle your home life and work life without it. ♪ ♪ don't skip that office meeting for a board meeting without it. don't keep it real... keep it going... or simply keep it in the family without it. and don't turn that busin

assad, they support him. so your major objective... so to clarify, mrur major objective now in syria is to tackle what you describe as the "terrorist elements" there and to keep bashar al—assad in place? they're syrian kurdish parties. but there is a very clear shift. let me give you an example. when we saw the chemical attack in douma in syria, your spokesman said the syrian regime will have to pay the price for what happened. after a phone call from president vladimir putin, your government then said we call for careful investigation into the chemical attack in douma. that's exactly what the russian position was, so it really does seem that, mr president, that turkey has modified its position on bashar al—assad, that you're saying he stays in place because our main objective is to tackle these terror elements. please clarify that for us. so why are you not calling for him to go? so, can you just say very clearly now that you want bashar al—assad to not remain in position as leader of syria? do you want regime change in syria? it is interesting you say

they could also be allied with mr every could see another completely different for me however one point we should really focus on is that whether it does make that assad was known for his hardline stance is against u.s. and u.s. presence in iraq more the better organization had hardly a llama he also a key commander in the popular mobilization units was time and again called for the called the u.s. presence in iraq on justified whether it is is it whether it is this party or that party you find that the ultimate result is that the u.s. influence in iraq has alternately diminished to new lows local journalist thank you for the. explanation. in terms of the help of the coming to thank you. u.s. special forces soldiers subjected himself to waterboarding to try and show that it's not a form of torture to kennedy posted a facebook video of being mocked drowned and then explained my reasons for doing it maje me having attained this look like torture to you guys it doesn't look like torture to be either the reason we're doing this at a big. hero is readied for our that's been deployed to the director the cia. waterboarding is an interrogation technique that'

would like to interview mr a sauna he would welcome that that's all i do not speak for wiki leaks i do not speak for julian assange all i did was deliver that message. through assad's has been a longstanding nuisance for the united states since the foundation of we can expect in two thousand and six it's published thousands of documents exposing u.s. officials diplomats the army and intelligence services over the years top u.s. officials. when it comes to assad's this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be and i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a. man as a terrorist you can act tough and say if we catch you we're going to hang you whatever wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service ignorance or misplaced idealism is no longer an acceptable excuse for lionizing these demons are running again says the whole case against the songs goes against the first amendment. this is a first amendment case julian assigns is protected by the first amendment that's the reason why we have a first am

mrs merkel the german chancellor accusing iran of being provocative. yes well it's very difficult it's very difficult for anybody to take one side situation all of europe is is condemning on assad it's condemning iranian influence in syria it wants to roll back to iran in that sense nobody's going to come out and take you know take syria and iran side against israel that israel has a pretty free hand to do what it wants in syria in order to destroy the buildup of iranian or hizbullah or syrian missile emplacements or any attempt to build up technology that could hurt israel i don't think israel has to worry much about that particularly now that president trump has taken a very clear stand against iran just for landis talking to us live from that initially thanking pleasure. we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including the military lines up early for voting in the iraq election with a major issue. questions over a violent scene of an indian these imprisoned that's being called an act of terror . and the celtics reached the penultimate round of the n.b.a. playoffs they'll need to know that this has coming up the final install. now in a show of diplomatic pr

president assad crossed a red line when he did the chemical attack against his own people and we did nothing about it. that's what allowed these bad actors to push the envelope. i guarantee you, mr. netanyahu when he says a red line was crossed who he means it, it an act of war and they'll retaliate and strike as yes, and the united states needs on back them up. >> harris: were you on special forces and we know the israelis have some of the strongest on the planet. so no doubt that tip of the spear will be in play as well in the golan heights protecting people. david lee miller said the sun had just set and they're ready. lt. colonel scott mann special forces retired, thank you. after tense questioning yesterday, senators are deciding whether to support president trump's pick to lead the cia. one democrat said he is definitely onboard. but will senator john mccain's call for the senate to reject dpeen a haspel sink her nomination among republicans? >> contentious confirmation hearing, senators are going on the record about whether they will support president trumped cea director nominee gina haspel. now, democrat senator joe manchin is becoming the first to say he will vote for

host: to assad in washington dc, a republican -- in washington, d.c., republican. problem withe a mrkerry. kerry is dead. the president of the united the middlerstands east. themiddle east is establishment of the terrorist organization. ever since they change the regime, they stole from the country. host: on the line for democrats, go ahead. caller: a caller said earlier, trump is feeling the pressure from the saudi arabia government and israel. are we to tell iran how to protect themselves? that and trying to do he gets out of the deal, it means iran will be left to do what they want to do. a current deal is putting a lid on what iran came through. keep is no need for us to playing police. who are we to impose iran on a way for them to defend themselves? this will create another the --ere in which between iran and the united states will go on for years and years. host: the president makes his announcement at 2:00 today on the iran deal. he tweeted out other things on his schedule this morning. he said he will be speaking with president xi at 8:30. the topics will be trade, where goo

assad regime's actions. i do want to thank you for engaging with the committee, mr. secretary. you have said you want today to be the start of a close collaboration with us, and i know you well enough to know that you are very sincere about this, and i deeply appreciate the time you've spent with us here, the capability for every one of our members to engage. i look forward also to the dialogue we've had about continued discussions for the members here. mr. secretary, the challenges facing our nation are daunting. we have heard about many of them today. but we didn't hear so much today about the opportunity for america worldwide. americans are doing great things as private citizens. they are doing great things in terms of the charities that they run throughout this world. the businesses that engage across the planet. and the state department often helps them in this regard. americans shouldn't be afraid of the world. we can do a great deal to improve it. and i know that you understand that, mr. secretary. so mike pompeo thank you very much, and we look forward to our -- i've ju

assad to go. for another discussion for anothe time. thank you both. >> thank you, senator graham. senato king. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secret mattis, it occurs to me we have to make an important decisi within the next hour which is the confirmation and it occurs to me secretary mattis you may be a good witness in this decision in the sense you've worked with him on the nation security council. i suspect you've been in the ovaloffice. what's your view of his, i think two issues that are of concern. judgme and willingness to tell the president, give the presid his best advice based upon his information and not necess what the president wants hear. >> senator, you're right. months i have worked with him intima during that time. i woul tell you i've seen ary glorio intellect. his judgment is mature and object jennifer while still applyi subjective elements. not just a brittle approach to proble solving. nerve shy about providing his input to include when it was not the direction the discussion was going and he had to stand in opposi to the desires of some of us in the room. >> thank you. that's helpful. i appreciate you

assad to go. another discussion for another time. thank you both. >> thank you senator graham. >> thank you mr. chairman. secretary mattis it occurs to me we have to make an important decision within the next hour which is the confirmation of mike pompeo to be secretary of state and it occurs to me secretary mattis that you have maybe a good witness in this decision in the sense that you have worked with directly national security council and i suspect you've been in the situation room in the oval office. what is your view? two issues that are of concern. judgment and willingness to tell the president, gave the president his best advice is upon this information not necessarily what the president wants to hear. >> senator you are right. i've been working with him for for 14 months. i have worked with them intimately during that time to do it till you have seen a rigorous intellect. his judgment has been mature and objective while still applying subjective elements. -- he's never shy about providing his input to include when it was not in the direction of discussion was going and standing in opposition to

mr. night yahoo! -- benjamin netanyahu went to visit with president vladimir putin. what happened there? bill: russia is heavily involved in the syrian conflict. iran is also heavily involved, all on the side of bashar al-assad: that raises an interesting question on how opec and russia responded to this. one story in the market is that saudi arabia will pump and make up the oil goes they want oil places to hurt iran. aat leaves russia in different situation. what are you hearing? in a saudi arabia has long middle player in terms of helping balance out the market. russia has never played along with that. effort from of any saudi arabia will be matched are compensated by russia. alix: the question for iran is what will they do? if there economy gets hurt, it will be harder and harder to stay in the iran nuclear deal and the public won't stand for it. why does it matter how strict the u.s. is going to enforce the sanctions? bill: right now, people do not anieve russia -- iran has incentive to jumpstart its nuclear program. they are upset with what the u.s. has done and have committed themselves to trying to work with other partners to stay in the deal. they do not get a lot of economic i leaving and jumpstarti

assad is a good example. there are many others around the world as well. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. i have some questions that i would have done in writing to keep this going much longer, but i do need as a courtesy, senator kane wanted to come back and ask a few questions. so, i have a series of questions that, again, i would have sent in by writing. but before i do so, is there anything you wish to clarify about any comments you've made over the last almost three hours? >> no. just that i didn't get a chance to fully respond to senator menendez's statement, the united states as having made the decision to withdraw from the summit. just for the record, i have a fundamentally different view of how it came to be that we, unfortunately, can't have a meeting between our two leaders on june 12th. >> and i'd like to emphasize what you briefly passed over earlier. it was your sense as we were moving along that you can tell when something's coming together and people are getting back quickly and the logistics are all being worked out. it was your sense over the cour