isis isis is growing back in yemen it was almost decimated a few years ago and their concentration seems now to be in the area and they would love to create disruption and create power vacuums in those areas and. create the kind of turmoil that we continue to see in them. or the latest tragedy in yemen comes right after essentially washington give the green light to a $290000000.00 arms deal with saudi arabia. the state department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale to the kingdom of saudi arabia of a g.b.u. $39.00 small diameter bomb one munitions and related equipment for an estimated cost of 290 $1000000.00 the trump administration approved agreement less than a month before the next president takes over the oval office now that follows billions of dollars worth of weapons exports from the u.s. to saudi arabia in recent years it's helping the spike repeated warnings over the spiraling civilian deaths in the bombing of yemen which has been ongoing since march 25th. the saudi led coalition and the. fighting since march 25th seen are responsible for laws o

isis isis is growing back in yemen it was almost decimated a few years ago and their concentration seems now to be in the area and they would love to create disruption and create power vacuums in those areas and. create the kind of. turmoil that we continue to see in yemen. well the latest tragedy in yemen comes right after the u.s. state department gave the green light to a $219000000.00 arms deal with saudi arabia the state department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale to the kingdom of saudi arabia $39.00 small diameter bomb one munitions and related equipment for an estimated cost of $290000000.00. of ministration approved an agreement less than a month to go before the next president takes over the white house and it follows billions of dollars worth of weapons exports from the us to saudi arabia in recent years it's happening despite repeated warnings over the spiraling civilian deaths in the saudi led bombing 'd of yemen which has been ongoing since march 25th. the saudi led coalition and the. fights in since march 25th seen are responsible for laws of war violations in human rights abuses the conflict has killed and injured thousands of civilians well there are several other are a nation sealing last minute deals with the aren't going u.s. administration kuwait is about to buy a tele kelly company is worth $4000000000.00 and egypt is set to receive defense and targeting gear worth around $170000000.00 michael maloof again thinks the flow of u.s. weapons to saudi arabia could be short lived. this is part of trump's effort to keep arabia. well armed and to try and use its influence to offset iran the biden administration may actually put the kibosh on it biden himself as issues with saudi arabia and in addition ensues maybe congress does as well and the congress has 30 days in which to disapprove and this is the period in which that would happen so and it worked and the 30 day period would be up during the new biden administration should he be sworn in and that will be and he could biden could put a hold on it at that point. and moving on a german lawmaker has suggested that covert restrictions could provide a template for fighting climate change karl lauterbach set out his views in an opinion piece for a newspaper there will never be a vaccine against c o 2 so we need measures for tackling climate change there are similar to the restrictions of personal freedom in the pandemic of the social democratic party member who's also an epidemiologist admitted his ideas unlikely to ever happen but his views as you might imagine are quite the reaction. to this and pretty much everything that is dean not climate friendly could be banned the struggle for freedom will never end learnt about it is already proposing look down like measures to combat climate change let's enjoy the festive season and gather strength for the demonstrations and resistance against state violence in 2021 at about the same time the covert log downs and the lockdown for climate change begins since we have been so willing to give up our freedoms lockdowns will now be routine or we asked a number of guests on the program for their views on the controversial proposal on . the. is one that simply hasn't worked in the code it presents it in genuine emergency and the will respond and we are the shooter. doing kroeger across needs to be tackled with this is much good we do not need to look at the kind of the effect of the term occur reduction during the long run here it is an equivalent to taking $100.00 the degrees centigrade or the global warming that we expect or experience for 2030 and we need something which is much more effect but also something which fork in cruising done in the screwed society actually starts a new industry which will. make us better off and a lot of us live large but in a much cleaner and less in poor block towns were where a certain except for the 1st time around or a troll. but now we've gotten such a mass that i think this is the reason why we're getting so many problems or people of anger votes out i don't think anyone has any world ready and enjoys locking countries down we've lost control of this virus testing trace has been a complete mass a complete waste of money climate change will be similar especially much the uk government generation because i have recently during the last to happens to be chirpy time it's an economic leader wealthy conscious liberal the per money drain by paying for. leaders party the carried 19 money completely wasted which they could of course ensued environmental projects to help our well country bridger issues are with that with the country yes well the rest of the world is not so much of a problem but there's a degree why we should get any personal freedoms whatsoever. help workers in argentina receive the 1st doses of russia sputnik me job as a new. vaccination campaign gets underway there argentina's become the 3rd country after russia to approve the shot president alberto fernandez has dismissed western diets over the russian the vaccine crying what he called the political driven smear campaign he also said international trade wars are over vaccines are holding back efforts to get the drugs that where they are most. there's a very vicious dispute going on very cruel dispute and it's shameful one where by some discredit how this and i think the 1st thing to bear in mind is that a trade war has been unleashed also since the whole world is eager for the vaccine there's a geo political dispute who will be the want to distribute the vaccine or a sister she has been reporting from outside a vaccination center in the capital. soon to be remembered in argentina as the start of the biggest vaccination ever carried out in the country marginson has received 300000 doses of v. now the focus is on monitoring the vaccination of medical workers and hospital staff caring for people infected with coded 19 they were the 1st to receive the vaccine across medical centers they worked hard to tackle the virus but it's been difficult not least because some of even seeing colleagues lose their lives to delivery of the vaccines cause for optimism. this is a ray of hope for us it's like we've crossed the line of fire and are now moving forward against this damned byron we had a very difficult year there was a lot of fear this is a great hope for us and i'm eternally grateful on behalf of all of the nurses. i am satisfied i am very happy these are the emotions that come to my mind now i remember our colleagues who died because they worked in the health sector and happy because this should end. in the province more than 300000 people signed up for voluntary vaccination with the provincial governor who was the 1st to be vaccinated in the region detail the significance of this new step in the fight against the pandemic. it seems to me today is the beginning of a new stage for us the largest vaccination campaign in the history of the province of when a serious begin this morning and this is a vaccine that not only prevents disease. but also represents a real trial of a sensitive group aleutian in the fight against coronavirus the campaign will involve around $7800.00 vaccinations centers as a whole distributing doses brought from russia everyone vaccinated will be supervised for possible side effects as well as to inform when a 2nd round of vaccines arrives more than 20000000 doses are expected to be delivered by february 11th major positive effect against the virus we heard from latin america less francisco domingo's he thinks some countries are waging an information campaign against the russian. it eases a little effort to create a whole other. degree by the united states but also some of the. russia and china reason ethe that they have to come to the conclusion. the. only because these countries china russia and a few others actually have them and if you have. if you people before if you actually cared about the population rather. than the results and you know demonstrably well if you were to compare. all european countries the united kingdom but also the united states you have something close to. the reason. unfortunately. it was the media and. all the conservative forces around magically and prison created the must be going to the country where the jobs. some news just in terrorists have attacked a passenger bus in syria's dare resort province killing at least 28 people according to state media it happened near the iraqi border on the highway leading to palmira formerly state stronghold although isis officials know more territory there have been reports of their presence in sections of the syrian desert no we're keeping track of the story and will keep you updated on any significant op dates. where riot police have clashed with students of a top university in beirut protesters tried to storm the main campus angry about the spike colbert linked economic crisis cherishing fees are being doubled also. my god. hearing tens of thousands of pro choice of us erupting into cheers as argentina's senate voted to legalize abortion a deeply divisive issue of with the surety country people celebrated the decision by throwing green smoke folders the color of the pro-choice movement becomes the 1st major loss in american state to make them. more great programs get their start in moments here all. the fight out what's being served up wherever you are today by from the. it will be very difficult to forget the there's about. 22 change was the norm and. many have reflected on what has been the focus

isis isis is growing back again in yemen after it was almost decimated a few years ago and their concentration seems now to be in the area and they would love to create disruption and create power vacuums in those areas and. create the kind of turmoil that we continue to see in yemen. has claimed the u.s. needs to sell weapons to iran and check do you think that's worked do you go along with that line of reasoning no not at all the they don't they don't know how to use the equipment they don't know they don't have coordination and i don't think it's going to work. anything with former pentagon analyst michael miller thank you for your time and your comments. in argentina health care workers have received the 1st doses of russia sputnik as the country's mass vaccination campaign gets under way of all is russia and belarus and approving the shot argentina's president had dismissed fears of using russia's job warning it's fallen victim to it but politically driven international smear campaign yeah that a trade wars have been unleashed against sputnik vive which is hampering distribution . from th

us so closely in the campaign against isys is keep the pressure on isys and preserve the global coalition and continue to press the advantage in the campaign so isys cannot threaten the population that suffered at the hands of isys and with the diplomatic efforts to keep the situation on the northern border of syria as calm as possible and to defuse tensions there so the focus can remain on the threat of isys and also emerging over the last couple of years of the iranian regime to carve out space. so that is the best thing we can do for our local partners. >> thank you. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. again let me say to mr. meeks, i know this committee will thrive under his stewardship and i look forward to all good things continuing to come out of this committee under his leadership. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you for holding this hearing i don't think there's a lot of official business going on and i appreciate your interest in keeping important things on the docket during the waning moments of the session thank you for calling attention to the foreign policy priority facing the policymaker and the government of damascus to

isis families are now being gathered. the women and children of isis fighters who either came from outside this country to live under isis ry. >> baker: by july 2018, sam had been in the kurdish deteion camp for almost eight months.n she had four childth her. two had been born in raqqa.s and she ill sending messages to her sister. >> (voicemail): i'm sending this voice message-- sorry, i've lost my voice, but... i just want you to know that things are getting really tough here, and, um, i don't have any way to provide for my kiddos, and things are, things are hardo i just need to get o here, we need to get out of here, we need to get out of here quick. >> baker: what sam didn't know is that e fbi was preparing to bring her ho for prosecution. john demers is the assistant attorney general for national security. >> we have made it a principleme that anycan who left here to go to fight for isis should be brought back to face justice in the united states, to be held accountable here in the united states. >> baker: when did you start building a case against, uh, samantha elhassani, and what l you to do that? >> the fbi began i

isis terrorist? >> the story is isis in america's a story of ones and twos and not force and fives. he talk about a small phenomenon of individuals, usually friends, some level of in person network but not a large network like you would see in say parts of europe. that's the first take away. the second take away is, and you know this as well as i do there's not a typical profile of isis recruit. they are old, , young, rich, po, black, white, converts and neighbors. there's not a rhyme or reason. they all share the same ideology and narrative but they come after it differently. in the ways to get to it is completely different. the other thing, the point you made about if you pull back the onion you realize there's a bit more connection thing think we give credit to. a young man in iowa a semi-connected to a guy this as part of a group of guys in rocket. the connections use made over social media that sometimes there is that in person network like we saw in minneapolis-st. paul where the brothers, sister dominates the kids the joint al-shabaab ten years ago with the winds who came and joined isis. if you figure it all out to get a sense it's a very diverse and diffuse picture. >> one of the things you focus on not surprising because we've been reading reports so long is the youth. how young they are. the reason i bring that up is that i would like you to compare that t

states needs to be aware i mean 'd we're supposed to be fighting isis and destroying isis in iraq yet the biggest threat in iraq is not from isis it's from his militias trying to tehran and i do believe the united states will conduct some strikes against militia leaders end of january 20th based on the rhetoric and based on the fact that it will just be over by a team or what ridge inside of iraq and and in dealing with iran to to 'd to target some of these leaders that are now really chilling the rockies that are threatening the u.s. and nato mission. and i saw you shaking your head in response to some of what michael was saying in his past answer did you want to add to it. trumpet ministration is deliberately escalating tension in the region including with iran and just to intimidate iran and iraq and iraqi groups but this is a symptom. the real reason the root cause of the current situation is the fact that the trumpet ministration has failed on his goals in the pats for years when he pulled out of the j.c. p.r. way in 2018 he has stated 4 goals 1st it was to get iran to renegotiate the nuclear deal on his terms 2nd it was t

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isis come along, then they crushed like isis caliphate -- crushed the isis caliphate. he doesn't get much credit for that. one professional criticism i make of president trump is not emphasizing enough what he is doing. for instance, the first time he actually came in and spent a full day on a particular issue in the district. and yet, that they, i remember going to andrews air force base, hearing on the radio that president trump came out against transgenders in the military that morning. that becomes a story. when he is giving a speech, the -- then the story became president trump is endorsing police brutality. itn going back on the plane, was a small air force one, about 20 minutes before we landed, president comes out. getting off the plane, he realizes he was walking towards the back. one of the people said, the [indiscernible] yeah, sure. he says to me, what do you think of general kelly? really great guy. in one day, we had transgenders the military, banging on the door of the paddy wagon come the roof of the paddy wagon, all in a six-hour period. -13 part day,

population is very new reactor 1718 years of war around the world fighting isis this is isis. affiliated group but the u.s. is all over africa they're all over the world there are some you know 40 or 50 countries of american troops and so biden will probably be able to get that level of troops back into somalia if he needs to the republicans will beat him up on so americans will be upset but given the numbers of americans around the world i don't think it's a major decrease or increase in terms of deployments against terrorist threats polls over the parliamentary elections a record number of women among the more than $300.00 candidates that comes on the country's economy is reeling amid falling oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. well still ahead here on al-jazeera it stumbles i in the sky keeps watch on social distancing as turkey sees provirus cases rise and releases the dreamers a u.s. federal judge orders the trumpet ministration to restore a program that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation stay with us here on al-jazeera. follow the weather looks p

population is very new reactor 1718 years of war around the world fighting isis this is isis. affiliated group but the u.s. is all over africa they're all over the world there are some you know 40 or 50 countries of the american troops and so biden will probably be able to get that level of troops back into somalia if he needs to the republicans will beat him up over it so americans will be upset but given the numbers of americans around the world i don't think it's a major decrease or increase in terms of deployments against terrorist threats things to a 1000 people having killed in a mine accident in china that happened at a mine in the region of cone ching state media says it was cold by a carbon monoxide leak one person has been rescued enough it's all still on the way to find 5 of those. after days of destructive protest proves government has repealed a controversial farming law workers have been on strike and it also means that had set up roadblocks on major highways bringing traffic to a standstill well farmers said the decades old law leaves them with paul wages and be

isys terrorist? >> i think the story of isys in america is ones and twos and not fours and fives. &-ampersand level of network but not a large network like you would see in parts of europe. in the black and white and rich and poor way they get is completely different in the point you made about that there is more connection than we give credit to that a young man and i was somehow connected to a guy with a group of guys over there but sometimes a in person at work like minneapolis where they joined all shabbat ten years ago and they came to join isys. >> but then talk about how young they are. and isys in europe and with the white supremacist extremism. and those that are in their teens and in their early twenties. >> i was surprised by the case study. not only those arrested for criminal charges but those arrested for 15 in charge of material support most of the time a bunch of minor cases the agents will determine they didn't want to break up that charge through the department of justice. but to say we don't want to try a 16 -year-old for terrorism and want them to spend 20 years in jail but i think that was mildly concerning on my end. what you saw was an interesting trend particularly now was a step up state and local officials so you see terrorist charges in arizona and new jersey and new york for minor cases of 17 -year-olds in the case of south carolina a 16 -year-old was charged at state level spending two years in jail got out and then charged again charge for terrorism at 18. that is a failure of policy you see these min

population is very new reactor 1718 years of war around the world fighting isis this is isis. affiliated group but the u.s. is all over africa they're all over the world there are some you know 40 or 50 countries with american troops and so biden will probably be able to get that level of troops back into somalia if he needs to the republicans will beat him up over it so americans will be upset but given the numbers of americans around the world i don't think it's a major decrease or increase in terms of deployments against terrorist threats. still ahead on al-jazeera a court ruling gives new hope to undocumented immigrants brought to us as children . as lines for handouts get longer in argentina the government turns to the country's richest citizens for help. but. hello there we've got high pressure dominating the weather across china at the moment so it's lossy dry and fine for the most part we have got a little bit of a what's the weather just moving towards japan and for a time not too much we'll see some showers just arriving on either side of honshu clearing story as we

population is very new reactor 1718 years of war around the world fighting isis this is isis. affiliated group but the u.s. is all over africa they're all over the world there are some you know 40 or 50 countries of the american troops and so biden will probably be able to get that level of troops back into somalia if he needs to the republicans will beat him up. so americans will be upset but given the numbers of americans around the world i don't think it's a major decrease or increase in terms of deployments against terrorist threats. the u.s. has seen another day of record high current virus infections reporting more than 2 125000 new cases more than 2500 deaths reported in just 24 hours in recent weeks the country has seen a resurgence in cases under us prompting many areas to reimpose regulations among them the city of san francisco is mayor has warned the current spike is and we quote unlike anything we've seen so far and the pandemic has hit the world's largest economy hard with a large number of americans still unemployed president elect joe biden is calling on congre

isis regaining control of lucrative oil facilities like this one. >> if we're not able to move around, that means isis can. that means isis is getting in with the population and influencing them. >> reporter: but president trump opened the door to an incursion by turkey into syria last year, some people in syria told us off-camera, they are now finding it harder to trust the u.s. norah? >> o'donnell: holly williams in irbil tonight, thank you. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." an explosive wreck at 137 miles per hour-- how did the driver survive? severe storms play in the east and who will get hit by the next batch of dangerous weather. and the breathes taking rescue of a man clinging to life on a sinking boat nearly 90 miles from shore. re. this is hal's heart. it's been broken. and put back together. this is hal's relief, knowing he's covered by medicare from blue cross blue shield. and with coverage you can trust, backed by over 80 years of healthcare expertise, we'll be there when it matters most. this is medicare from blue cross blue shield. this is the benefit of blue. this is

understands that the us population is very new reactor 1718 years of war around the world fighting isis this is the isis it's an al qaeda affiliated group but the u.s. is all over africa they're all over the world there are some you know 40 or 50 countries of american troops and so biden will probably be able to get that level of troops back into somalia if he needs to to the republicans will beat him up of threats and so americans will be upset but given the numbers of americans around the world i don't think it's a major decrease or increase in terms of deployments against terrorist threats it's always good to get your thoughts on this william lawrence we appreciate your joining us on al-jazeera as always thank you very much indeed president donald trump's campaign has filed a lawsuit in georgia seeking to invalidate the state's election results it's expected to include sworn statements from residents are alleging fraud though so it is the latest in a string of unsuccessful legal challenges a main aimed at overturning joe biden's election victory. still ahead on al-jazeera pressure mounts of ethiopia

isis to get a sense of what actually mea and we say isis in america. it sums like a loaded term. we should not be alarmist about it. but it's also not insignificant. we wanted to wrap h head around it. and the only way to do tt was to take a stepack and look at it. so we looked a about 20000 pages of legal documents. i found a whole host that all got rejected appealed repealed again. we filed enough motions to unsealed docents. after bit of time start talking. in times past are more willing to talk about tt case in 2014 awhere the height of it. sophie wted to do it justice so i didll of this. i will said the detail o these cases is quite impressive. not just the detail the cases themselves but the diffent indictments to one another and the individuals knew one another for virtually and otherwise produce aumber of things i had not realized in terms of the rationship with those piring those funding, thosplanning attacks. those indicted. it's action very intricate presentation imptant you have. but in the aggregate what did you learn? went to megan little more specific. at did you learn that surprised you when she got what you needed to get in terms of how to describe the isis terrost? smacking the story of isis in america is ones and twos are not fours and fives. talk about a relatively small phenomenon of individuals, usually friends with some level of in person network but not a large network tha you'd see in large parts ofurope. i think that is t first take away. the second take away, you know this as well as i do. there's not a typical isis recruit for their old, young, rich, poor, black, white, does not really rhyme or reason to i summon join the terrorist organization for they all share the same ideogy and narrative but they com after it differently. in the ways they g to is completely different. the point you made he pled back the oon a little ill relators a bit more connection than what we give cred to. a young man in iowa is someh connected to a guy that's a part of the group of guys and rocco. at connection is usually made or social media. but sometimes are set in rson network likely sought minneapolis, st. paul where the brothers, sisters roomma

as you correctly pointed out the person who was most important in that the fight against isis and the defeat of isis it was the obama regime that initiated the war in syria they they were key to the rise of al-qaeda nicest to their regional allies such as turkey and tatar so you're abia the israelis we know from the 2012 defense intelligence agency document that the united states knew its allies were supporting the extremists between syria and iraq and we know from general since interview on al-jazeera that the united states to a local decision to support this and we also know from jack solomon in his e-mail to hillary clinton in february 2012 that it made it that al qaeda is on our side in syria so there's no real difference in the way in which obama and biden treated iran and the region and the way in which trump treated iran however. iran is going to get biden this opportunity to change a policy if the united states would implement the nuclear deal in fall and they did and under obama by the way they never fully implemented it despite the fact that iran that if they reverse the sanctions and the

isis. is a portion of that discussion. >> isis have a message and a product, the so-called caliphate flipped a switch for american homegrown violent extremists and they were drawn to that idea. so you did see a push on that aspect of it. the difference between al-qaeda and isis is not on the message and the product but the people. isis had the ability and time and space to reach out systematically to americans and groom them over the course of weeks and months to commit attacks. think of the case up in upstate new york where a man in raqqa was reaching out to another man with mental health issues about the need to commit an attack at a nightclub in upstate new york. this is an individual who i think without sue donnie probably would've gone in a different way, where as al-qaeda is put the message out, a a megaphone effect, thrw it out and hope it sticks. these guys were much more of a one-on-one intervention tried to push a message and action. >> to watch the rest of this program visit our website booktv.org, use the search box to look for the author's name of the title of his book homegrown. >> weeknights this month we feature booktv programs to preview what's available at the weekend on c-span2. tonight as part of our 2020 year end review we focus on books

the money for the defeat isis task force and those activities, it feels like the president is trying to burnish his sort of legacy and say, you know what, we took care of isis, that was on my watch. we're done with that. and it was more of a symbol in that way. but it's true, i've been a part of two transitions now between different administrations, and you need competent people who do the briefings and the updates, walk you through current threats, and chris would have been a fantastic person to do that, and it's going to be a big gap that he's gone. >> congresswoman elissa slotkin from michigan, former senior pentagon official. you are uniquely placed to help us understand the imapplicables of these moves. thank you for helping us understand. i appreciate it. >> thanks. >> all right, we'll be right back tonight. stay with us. ight back tonight stay with us like you, my hands are everything to me. but i was diagnosed with dupuytren's contracture. and it got to the point where things i took for granted got tougher to do. thought surgery was my only option. turns out i was wrong. so when a hand specialist told me about nonsurgical treatments, it was a total

the money for the defeat isis task force and those activities, it feels like the president is trying to burnish his sort of legacy and say, you know what, we took care of isis was on my watch, we're done with that, and it was more of a symbol in that way. but it's true, i've been a part of two transitions now between different administrations, and you need competent people to do the briefings and updates to walk you through current threats, and chris would have been a fantastic person to do that. it's going to be a big gap that he's gone. >> congresswoman elissa slotkin from michigan, former senior pentagon official, you're uniquely placed to help us understand the implications of these weird moves. thanks for helping us understand it, appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> we'll be right back tonight. stay with us. you work hard for your money. stretched days for it. juggled life for it. took charge for it. so care for it. look after it. invest with the expertise of j.p. morgan, either with an advisor or online, through chase. after all, it's yours. chase. make more of what's yours. a livcustomizeper iquickbooks for me. okay, you're all set up. thanks! that was my

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isis in iraq, yet the biggest threat in iraq is not from isis, it is from these militias tied to tehran. i believe the united states will conduct some strikes against militia leaders ahead of january 20 based on the rhetoric and the fact that, giving biden more leverage inside of iraq and in dealing with iran to target some of these leaders that are not only killing iraqis but threatening the u.s. and nato's mission in iraq. >> i saw you shaking your head in response to what michael was saying. did you want to add to it? >> the trump administration is deliberately escalating tensions in the region, including with iran, and just to intimidate iran and iraqi groups. this is a symptom. the real reason, the root cause of the current situation, is the fact that the trump administration has failed on his goals in the past four years. when he pulled out of the jcpoa in 2018, he stated four goals. first, it was to get iran to renegotiate the nuclear deal on his terms. second, it was to get iran to agree to a better deal that will eliminate iran's uranium your richmond -- enrichment program and iran's missile program, and the fourth was to limit or restrict iran's regional influence. has he succeeded in achieving any of those goals? no. now, he is leaving the white house in three weeks time, battered and broken, without achieving any of those goals. it is not surprising that the trump administration is increasing tensions. but iran has been following a policy of restraint towards the united states. iran does know that the trump administration is not happy with the expectation that the incoming biden administration will rejoin the jcpoa and iran wants to give the biden administration an opportunity to return to the nuclear deal and left the sanctions -- lift the sanctions and undo the damage is trump administration has done. so it is the united states that is seeking tensions with israel and saudi arabia even provoking the u.s. to instigate chaos and tensions in this region. >> it looked like he wanted to jump in. i want to ask when it comes down to the possibility of reentering negotiations between the u.s. and iran over the nuclear deal, if that were to occur with the incoming biden administration, putting aside what that does when it comes to iran, how does that affect iraq? >> iran has used iraq to offset u.s. sanctions. it has never been more clear. the islamic republic of iran has primacy in iraq. they assigned a prime minister. they have influence within the security intelligence apparatus. they have penetrated all of iraq's economic sectors. going back to the iran deal will only encourage that behavior and lifting sanctions as the last thing we want to do. this has given the biden administration leverage in renegotiating and iran deal him about what i would say is, there is no appetite in washington to lift sanctions on this regime. there is no appetite in washington to join back into the iran deal without addressing ballistic missiles, sunset clauses, inspections of sites that have been carved out of the jcpoa and of course, regional behavior. if you look -- listen to the regime's rhetoric, if the regime caved on any of those man's, ballistic souls, sunset clauses and regional behavior, it would collapse the regime. if the regime decided it was optional, it would collapse the regime. that is how weak it is and how effective the pressure campaign has been on the islamic republic of iran. >> let me ask you, also from your perspective, do you think some sort of a clash between iraq's government and those iran-backed paramilitary groups is inevitable at this stage? >> first of all, we have differences between the popular mobilization forces and many numerous groups that are unknown or newly formed groups operating independently. it is very unrealistic and naive to attribute anything iraqi groups due to iran, sibley because iran, they don't take advice from iran and in recent weeks, we have seen the emergence of new groups with no clear affiliations. as far as the popular mobilization forces are concerned, iran has encouraged them not to give the united states a pretext to escalate tensions. iran has condemned attacks on the u.s. embassy because it doesn't approve attacks on diplomatic compounds. military installations or military bases is a totally different story. i believe the popular mobilization forces have no inclination to escalate tensions, but it is the u.s. that is looking for such an excuse, and there are unknown groups that may do that, but at the same time, we have to be careful about the very explosive situation. you are dealing with an unpredictable president in the white house, and unconventional president who may take decisions all of a sudden without consultation with his advisers. and you have strong lobby groups from israel and saudi arabia provoking the united states to seek tensions. it is ironic thatresident trump, who was elected in 2016 on the platform of ending wars in the middle east, is now escalating tensions and even looking for war in the final days of his administration. >> it looked to me like you wanted to jump in. go ahead. >> these new militias that are -- our guest in tehran is talking about were created by the quds force. the members in these new groups are from militias tied to the islamic revolutionary guard corps. they come from another militia tied from tehran and the thinking in tehran is, if these groups aren't designated, the u.s. can't attack them. they have to stop thinking that way. u.s. will defend itself, it will defend itself in a proactive way. if the united states sees an eminent -- imminent attack, able do something. but the baghdad government denies its airspace to u.s. intelligence surveillance and because this is at the request of militia leaders, one of them said this week they are tied directly to the quds force, they are trained and equipped by iran. this is the leader of hezbollah saying this. qasem soleimani's one-year anniversary of his death is coming up and they are testing u.s. resolve ahead of that day. that is why we had the rocket attacks last week. we expect more and the u.s. is ready. there is a target packet on 55 sites inside iran tied to the irgc and the iranian people are ok with the irgc being targeted as long as the u.s. doesn't targeted -- doesn't target civilians. that is how unpopular the regime is in iran. >> as you heard michael mention, it is almost a year to the day since the killing of soleimani. what is the view from tehran? is it expected there will be more tensions in the days leading up to the anniversary, that there will be more attacks? >> from the iranian point of view, iran slapped the united states in the face immediately after the trump administration ordered general soleimani's assassination. that was launching missiles into with the airbase. that was the beginning, not the end. iran has vowed to take revenge and punish all those responsible for this brutal assassination in breach of international law, including trump himself. iran has plenty of time to do so, and it has no intention to provide an excuse for a battered and broken trump to create tensions now. this is the iranian viewpoint. what the iraqi groups are going to do is, that is their own decision. that is the problem. general soleimani had influence over these groups, and the united states targeted the head of rationality. now, iraqi groups have been wounded. their leaders have been killed on their own soil. how do you expect, what do you expect them to do? they united states has killed their leaders and they have every right to te revenge. but iran is encouraging them not to do so at lst now, if they want to take such a revenge. so it doesn't mean all of them listen to iran. they do not take advice from iran. as far as, i expect the popular mobilization forces are not going to engage in escalation unless there are unknown groups without a clear affiliation to do so, at least until january 20, when trump leaves the white house. >> i will let you make your point and a second. i want to ask, where are things when it comes to u.s. presence in iraq, when it comes to u.s. troops going forward, when it comes to diplomatic staff going forward? what is going to happen? >> two things will happen. if iraq continues down this path, we are looking at an election in 2021 where former prime minister al maliki leaves he -- believes he can be prime minister. he stepped down in 2014 as a precondition for the united states to provide air support to iraqi security forces to take on isishe thinks he can win the premiership in 2021. if he does, the u.s. should stop all engagement inside of iraq, admit iraq was a failure, start punishing baghdad in its economic sectors tied to tehran, considered -- continue pressure. the biden administration isn't going to do any of this. the biden administration will act like everything is ok, allow militias to grow, reengage with the iran deal, lift sanctions and for the next four years, tehran and these militias will be able to do whatever they want to the iraqi people inside of iraq saying enough. the people have already said enough. receipt -- regimes collapse on their own. it is always the people, and within the pony -- the poetry and music in iraq and iran, you see the beginnings of that collapse. that is the same thing that happened with the fall of the soviet union. the next four years, the regime will likely collapse on its own. >> when it comes to sheila -- shia clerics with strong ties to iran, where is there support going t

isis come along. and president trump crushed the isis caliphate. again, i don't think you get enough credit for that. probably because he talked about everything else. the one professional prism i make a president trump is not emphasizing enough what he is doing. for instance, the first time he came in on ms 13, that should have been a big story. i don't know when the last time the president of the united states actually came into an island to campaign or raise money, but actually come in and spend a full day on a particular issue, which involved the district. day, i remember going to andrews air force base, whatever they call it, and hearing on the radio that president trump had come out against transgender's in the military that morning. that becomes the story then. then when he's giving his speech, the president can help add living that he saw the cops and the audience. he said you have too their head on the paddy wagon, using an old expression. he said it was a joke within the story became president trump is endorsing police brutality. plane,in

affirmative gen sulaimani was working with the united states troops against isis day yes netanyahu is pictured with islam ists who links to isis. newness and the b.b.c. here in britain found out that british support was ending up with islam ists in syria what i'm getting at is where is the support for islam is coming from in your region you know i don't know you and never met you but i can tell you judging from your question you have. a huge misperception of what will be happens in the middle east and i'm not sure to what extent it could be of value have been interviewed we continue to to listen to your claims which i found totally disconnected from reality even here all day of the named and the events you have mentioned probably had happened i'm not sure of this give believe iran a bluffing about retaliation for the assassination of customs in a money i don't see a value for continue to continue these we owe you know your right to frame the situation or the perception of the viewers of the situation upon your judgment and to ask me just to give more kind of modification to it i do not accept your framing so i don't think that

isis it was a way of funneling money and risk so as to fight in syria that eventually ended up. weapons that ended up in the hands of isis and actually. made the still who war problem was than it was the goal along with never really to fight isis the goal all along was to topple shariah law and that i think will still be. the policy of the incoming biden and inspirational as we get it's not exactly a done deal is it that defense secretary must be out of uniform at least 7 years before taking office but often only retired in 2016 at all times goes past the senate how big of a hurdle do you think might be. no good look thought. because general masses became drawn to the defense secretary also had to overcome this hurdle and he overcame it without too much difficulty and of course that was senators of the time was said that this is just a one off we're not going to do this again you know we really mean it this time but we don't have to take this very seriously particularly as many senators and many in the media policymaking so i called made a huge thank you shot of matches as if he was the grown up in the room as opposed to the terrible impulsive an amateur rachana trump so having said all that about matters i don't like it's on