finally, i also expressed today my deep gratitude for king abdullah's leadership. he has continued to establish jordan as a durable partner and leader in the region. we are pleased to see your prime minister recently visit iraq as iraqi president's visit to jordan in november. we welcome this kind of engagement between nations of the region and we hope to see replicated elsewhere. king is alsohe undertaking important domestic initiatives including economic reforms and protection of religious rights. we know jordan is also hosting over 650,000 syrian refugees, and we thank you and your people for their generosity. we have a president trump, we look forward to maintaining our joint efforts here in the middle east, and i want to thank you again for hosting me here today. it is great to be back. >> it is a pleasure to have you. we have a short time. the first question is from jordan tv. >> you spoke about the importance of a political solution, what are the necessary steps to achieve that? said, toi: as i resolve the syrian crisis is a , andin which we both agree a pol

i'm looking forward to meeting with his majesty king abdullah in a little bit. here in ed to be back jordan, especially as our countries celebrated our 70 anniversary of diplomatic relations. i was here in this room on my first trip as secretary of state. i came here before i went to my office in washington. it is an indication, my first stop on a multicountry trip, the importance of the relationship between our two countries, jordan is one of our enduring strategic partners in the region. one of the many reasons and we're proud to support you through the five-year for assistance of which he spoke, which will be an important part of strengthening our relationship for the years ahead. your nation plays a critical role in regional security and stability, including through its efforts to peacefully resolve the syrian conflict, fight the spread of radical islamic terrorism, and carry on activities in the region in the world. we had a good conversation today. i reaffirmed our commitment under president trump to working with king abdullah's government on many of our s

g abdullah of jordan . >> the president, himself, has this reaction in the address in a tweet last night. thank you for so many nice comments regarding my oval office speech. a very interesting experience. >> it sound like he was doing it for the first time. >> or he was visiting maybe. >> visiting the oval office for the first time. >>> all right. the top democrats in congress, house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader will meet with furloughed federal workers in washington. some 800,000 are going without pay. pelosi talked about these workers in a response to the president's address last night. >> president trump has chose on the hold hostage critical services for the health, southeast and well being of the american people and withhold the paychecks of 800,000 innocent workers across the nation. many of them veterans. he promised to keep government shut down for months or years, no matter whom it hurt. that's just plain wrong. >> most presidents have used oval office addresses for noble purposes. this president just used the backdrop of the oval office to manufacture a cris

i also expressed today my deep gratitude for king abdullah as leadership he has continued to establish jordan as a durable partner and leader in the region. we're pleased to see your prime minister recently visited iraq as well as iraqi present solid visit to jordan in november we welcome this kind of engagement between nations of the reason region and we hope to see it replicated elsewhere. his majesty the king is also undertaking important domestic initiatives including economic reforms and protection of religious rights and we know jordan is also hosting over six hundred fifty thousand syrian refugees and we thank you and your people for their generosity. behalf of president trump we look forward to maintaining our joint efforts here in the middle east and i want to thank you again for hosting me here today it's great to be back well it's a pleasure to have you we have a very short time as the secretary and i are heading for a meeting with his much so we'll take two questions the first question is a model on him from jordan t.v. m r. i'm going to. say yes human as in a scenario that

i reaffirmed our commitment under president trump toriano with king abdullah's government on many of our shared priorities. the united states remains committed to jordan's security and we will undertake that worked in the true spirit of partnership. our nations unveiled a new counterterrorism training center 50 mile south of where we stand as i speak. state department was proud to construct that facility through our antiterrorism assistance program. helping jordan build its already strong capacity to fight terrorism. we look forward to working continually to counterterror run's influence in the region. i want to thank the government of jordan for helping to combat iran's attempt to combat sanctions. i expressed my gratitude for the king's leadership. he has continued to establish jordan as adorable leader in the region. we are pleased to see your prime minister recently visit iraq as well as iraqi president possible visit to jordan. we welcome this kind of engagement and hope to see it replicated elsewhere. his majesty the king is undertaking important initiatives including protectio

a bit a strange especially this recent decision dr abdullah chief executive of afghanistan thank you very much for talking to us here on our zero afghanistan just one of the items that is being discussed here in the world economic forum a reminder with regard to afghanistan that president trump has made some noises about possibly pulling back some of the troops in afghanistan and it's a vital political year for that country with elections coming up early in the summer so thanks very much james hattori joining in later today from davos as well thank you. now in the midst of brits that uncertainty some people in the united kingdom are beginning to stockpile basic necessities like food and medicine but many concerned the central supply chains could be interrupted if the u.k. crashes out of the e.u. without a deal a company in leeds has been selling what it calls a brick said box with a thirty day survival kit laurence leamer ports is a liquid linda is taking no chances she bought her bricks at box a few weeks ago inside isn't a freeze dried food to last a month she isn't rich because of

many nationalities are represented here refugees running from libya include actual abdullah who has a ready escape to the war in south sudan you know. i'm here on this boat by the grace of god and thanks to the people of the ship life in libya was very difficult people are dying every day you get taken you get put in a room you get tortured every moment you're in libya your heart beats hard you don't know what will happen next. since their rescue more than thirteen days ago the refugees needs have been relayed to governments around europe the netherlands has made an offer to take some of the people on board but only if other nations step forward to. its part of the hard line taken by many european union nations against the arrival of people from libya. italy has refused to allow any ngo rescue ships to land refugees and multi itself has prevented ngo ships from operating out of ports on the island. but if you. go into a border safe the. situation. here. desperate for solutions the best that sea watches crew can hope for is that some other countries step forward to offer these people t

and malaysia has a new king sultan abdullah who was elected following the surprise application of these precepts of assault mohammed the fifth the first came to abdicate in the country's history malaysia has a unique monarchy where the role of rotates between his registry rulers every five years five years with a. couple iran's retrenched in venezuela might overshadow the pope's visit to nearby panama one of the countries that has recognized venezuela's new interim leader pope francis is in panama to celebrate world youth day in front of an expected audience of about two hundred thousand and eleven message of compassion and human rights and speaking to fans of migrants. anything for a glimpse of the first latin american pope. on the boulevards of panama capital as the excitement was palpable. sublimation it's my first time seeing the pope's a place it's such a great experience i feel blessed. and i feel great happiness it's really great that everyone is on the streets and people from abroad are here all the cultural. common space so it's really good food as hacienda but i can see it the

relation has a new king sultan abdullah of pa was elected following the surprise abdication of his predecessor so to mohammed the fifth the first came to advocate in the country's history malaysia has a unique mana kate where the role rotates between hereditary rulers every five years why shouldn't people be with them on a turkey is currently holding about seven hundred children in prison according to human rights groups after their mothers were convicted on what activists say are mostly political grounds one of these children is two year old may ross is mother is a kurdish activist he was jailed in the city of gab say on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda there as lives with his mom in a single cell alongside twelve other women they don't lose your good looks at the children living behind bars you only experience freedom at the weekend. saturdays the day the fathers pick up their children at the gates of the gives a prison the little ones can spend a day or two in freedom. as acrobat takes his two year old son mira's home every weekend the total is already gotten used to leaving his mo

chief executive, abdullah abdullah. welcome to the program. you have an opportunity to appeal now to the people, you know, in terms of staying the course in your country. what are you telling them? >> thank you christiane, it has been 18 years since the international community has enlisted in afghanistan. and at the same time the afghan people in the context of security has changed worldwide especially in our region, and a lot has been achieved in the past 18 years. for example, a few years back it was 150,000 international troops. now it is around 18,000. so this shows the progress. and also if you are dealing with formidable enemies like al qaeda, taliban also now part of those groups, we need to be patient and we need to stay the course. and it is doable. the policy which was announced by president trump was welcomed in afghanistan as well as in the region and part of his word is it is conditioned base. of thos sacrifices in vain being in vain where tremendous progress has ean security challenges are not there. and these are all challenges

abdullah. i'm a driver of 22 years in the city of san francisco. i'm a father of five kids. i bought my medallion from the city, and we have a problem. the problem when the city valued the money, not the people. there's a problem. i'm a father of five kids. i got kicked out of my apartment, i have damage on my credit card. i have a really, really bad situation with my family. if the city needs money, hey, i'll go back home and give them money. this is not the way you treat people. i smuggle -- smuggle to united states of america 1995. i've been here 23 years and almost eight days an american. i came here to -- for opportunity. i know when i talk, one day i didn't speak english. i came, i learn english to this country. i never been schooled in american school, but i learn one thing when i was a little boy. why people rush to america? people rush to america because they are fair and honest, and i was talking to my older son. he's ten years old. he said daddy, what are you doing with our medallion

this is abdullah hassan's father ali hassan. because myere today government failed our family. i am a u.s. citizen. my son is a u.s. citizen. kept my wife from coming to the u.s. for over a year. it forced me to choose between my son's health and keeping our familyly together. we know our son did not die inin vain. -- one to our struggle the people affected by the libya,ban from yemen, and syria.ia, in life, policyh his will be changed and families will be reunited. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and d around the wororl. the government shutdown enters its 12th day as president trump prepares to meet with congressional leaders just one day before democrats take control of the house. president trump has insisted on including $5 billion for border wall funding before he'll agree to sign any spending measure. trump tweeted tuesday -- "border security and the wall "thing" and shutdown is not w

region here he'll be speaking with the foreign minister he'll also be meeting later today with king abdullah. spoke to reporters on the plane where he mentioned two main issues one one of syria also the threat of iran but here the jordanians will be also asking questions about the policy when it comes to this is the u.n. body that deals with palestinian refugees thirteen men have arrived in bangladesh after being deported from saudi arabia and believed to be part of a bigger group paired in a video posted online from a detention center in riyadh and jedda the men have been protesting their return to bangladesh because they're actually from neighboring minima which fused the illegal immigrants both grenada kim jong un is making his fourth visit to beijing in a year for talks with president xi jinping south korea has welcomed the news hopeful it will help efforts for didn't try zation peace. it is hope that chairman kim jong un's visit to china contributes to complete denuclearization and a stablish min of lasting peace on the korean peninsula in particular we hope that chairman kim's fourth v

malaysia has elected sultan abdullah of pahang as its new king after the shock abdication of the previousmad the fifth of kelantan — abdicated injanuary afterjust two years on the throne, a first in malaysian history. under the country's constitution, the topjob rotates between nine hereditary state rulers every five years. and the doomsday clock — which suggests how close the world is to catastrophic disaster — has now spent longer at its most perilous position on record than ever before. the atomic scientists who control it say it remains at two minutes to midnight. chinese telecoms giant huawei wants to become the world's largest seller of smartphones this year after record sales in 2018. but despite global concern over links to the chinese government and spying accusations, the company claims it's free from political influence. our china correspondent john sudworth reports from beijing. huawei were showing off that new five gene network technology. —— five gene network technology. —— five g. but something else was on display. sheer ambition. company aims to be the world ‘s biggest sma

malaysia has a new king the sultan abdullah of perhaps was elected following the surprise abdication of his predecessor soul to mohamed the fifth the first came to abdicate in the country's history malaysia has a unique monarchy where the role rotates between his reddit you do list every five minute people yes with them. now the democratic republic of congo has a new president to cater for a sport into office a short time ago in front of thousands of supporters as he used his inaugural speech to call for reconciliation promised to police all political prisoners present cicada succeeds joseph kabila who was in power for eighteen years of the election was marred by allegations of fraud it is the first peaceful transition of power in congo since the country gained independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty. let's get more on this from journalist live your acland who joins us on the line from kinshasa a welcome to the w the president followed up his call for reconciliation with action in announcing this release of political prisoners. yes indeed if you can sense you can release all

region here he'll be speaking with the foreign minister who also be meeting later today with king abdullah. spoke to reporters on the plane where he mentioned two main issues one one of syria also the threat of iran but here the jordanians will be also asking questions about the policy when it comes to this is the u.n. body that deals with palestinian refugees of course trump announce that he would be slashing its funding while jordan jordan posts around two million palestinians it is hugely dependent on those funds it has schools it has health care systems here as well so this is something and also of course the palestinian israeli conflict is going to be addressed this deal of the century that is now delayed again that trump has been talking about for almost a year now that the details of that very very under wraps everyone involved so these will all be things on the table but i think also maybe as you mentioned they're trying to restore some kind of confidence because of the mixed messages and almost a chaotic message coming out of this administration so there will be a press conference

of famine after yemen griffith's plans to visit saudi arabia to meet with xcel yemeni president abdullah rubble months to hadi the u.s. secretary of state might pump ale a schedule to stop in riyadh and the u.a.e. next week the war in yemen will likely be at the top of the agenda oh another attempt to enforce and ultimately save a fragile cease fire with lingering optimism that both sides will comply. al-jazeera. the union leaders in hungary are calling for a national strike and more protests as anger rises over labor reforms a new law will boost the amount of time employers can demand payment or a challenge or force. it's no secret what these hunger in protesters think of prime minister viktor orban. with christmas and the year after the way thousands of people around on the streets again still angry at new laws passed by parliament in december. there was no coordination with the law was just pushed through in such a way that even the opposition could not have its voice heard we just saw on t.v. you know that this government with that two thirds majority can do what they want but we hav

abdullah has been walking for over three hours, carrying his grandson in a basket. i've been walking for hours with the baby on my back, because he needs to see a doctor. this centre was set up to provide patients with vaccinations and aid. now, it has to cope with life—threatening illnesses. it's overwhelmed. and it's notjust the clinic that is struggling. at this school, one of the few in the area still open, teachers haven't been paid for over two years. but they still show up, hoping the children at least have a chance at a better future. nawal al maghafi, bbc news. don't forget you can find more on the conflict in yemen on our website — you can read about what this year is likely to bring for the country — and the renewed international efforts to reach a peaceful solution. just go to bbc.com/news. or you can also download the bbc news app. three people have been killed and a fourth is missing after an avalanche near the austrian ski resort of lech. austria has been hit by record snowfall in the past week and there have been more than twenty weather—related deat

abdullah has been walking for over three hours, carrying his grandson in a basket.king for hours with the baby on my back because he needs to see a doctor. this centre was set up to provide patients with vaccinations and aid. now it has to cope with life—threatening illnesses. it's overwhelmed. and it's notjust the clinic that is struggling. at this school, one of the few in the area still open, teachers haven't been paid for over two years. but they still show up, hoping the children at least have a chance at a better future. nawal al—maghafi, bbc news. a former italian communist militant has been arrested in bolivia in an international police operation. cesare battisti is wanted in connection with four murders in italy in the 1970s, which he denies committing. battisti escaped from prison in italy in 1981 and lived in france and brazil, developing a career as a crime novel writer. brazil's new far—right president bolsonaro vowed to extradite him, and so battisti went on the run. naomi lloyd reports. the many faces of cesare battisti — former communist militant, cr

abdullah has been walking for over three hours, carrying his grandson in a basket.the baby on my back, because he needs to see a doctor. this centre was set up to provide with vaccinations and aid. now, it has to cope with life—threatening illnesses. it's overwhelmed. and it's notjust the clinic that is struggling. at this school, one of the few in the area still open, teachers haven't been paid for over two years. but they still show up, hoping the children at least have a chance at a better future. nawal al maghafi, bbc news. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has arrived in saudi arabia as part of a tour of the middle east. it's a politically sensitive stop because of tension over the killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. the us senate has blamed the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, for the murder. mr pompeo has not, but says he'll raise the issue. well, our washington correspondent, barbara plett usher, is in riyadh. earlier she explained mr pompeo would be bringing up the khashoggi case. he called an outrage and the us want to get more facts t

to take over and move dismissed by the who thiis who don't recognize the government of president abdullah muscle handy. we hope peace efforts kick off aggression comes to an end debility prevails in airports reopening. the un wants to bring yemen's rival factions to a new round of talks to discuss ways to improve the economy and tackle the deteriorating humanitarian situation on his arrival martin griffiths was shown children affected by the almost four year old conflict the war has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes yemen faces the worst humanitarian catastrophe in warden times according to recent estimates as many as eighty five thousand children may have died of hunger since the start of the saudi u.a.e. led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains for a giant fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold. the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hand over their weapons

abdullah has been walking for over three hours, carrying his grandson in a basket.ng for hours with the baby on my back, because he needs to see a doctor. this centre was set up to provide with vaccinations and aid. now, it has to cope with life—threatening illnesses. it's overwhelmed. and it's notjust the clinic that is struggling. at this school, one of the few in the area still open, teachers haven't been paid for over two years. but they still show up, hoping the children at least have a chance at a better future. nawal al maghafi, bbc news. with all the sport now, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. it was a pivotal weekend in rugby union's european champions cup. saracens booked their place in the quarterfinals. glasgow kept themselves in contention with a win over caridff blues, but it was in devon that league leaders exeter had a 3k points to 12 win over french league champions, castres, as patrick gearey reports. it's a rugby mystery. the curious case of exeter in europe. one of england's strongest sides strangely struggle in continental co

not being happy with the comments of bolton the two men and now going to meet the king king abdullah and the talks will continue and then you will . the secretary of state heading on to carter where he is expected tomorrow to make some kind of big speech which is interesting coming ten years later as when we had president barack obama the former president obama do that there is well absolutely and we'll be keeping a close eye on the moment thanks very much. senior political analyst joins us here in the studio the turkish president when he reset the. visit when he said that he was still getting mixed messages from the administration really has worked out this week. well look it's true not only this week it's been happening for the last two years there's something about prison throat that i think all of us are getting used to and i say that an electrically speaking in the sense that there's always this first impression always this first statement that comes out of and that's not in this study the one that's will come out later that's not in the study the one that will endure for a long

themselves of being involved in that shooting he said the type of bullet that has been used in killing dr abdullah of the him does not belong to any state apparatus and he said he accused the protesters of being of some of them of being infiltrated there using guns to kill other protesters in order to blame the state and make a problem for the state or thanks so much for that update. another winter storm has blown across the u.s. it's find how it's looking now steph yes somebody had to say it was cold here in doha sami nothing compared to that word day but have a look at what's going on over there because this is that winter storm at the moment in the east it didn't only give us a lot of snow and some rain it also brought us this damage here in alabama this was due to a tornado caused a lot of damage but fortunately no casualties that system though is now working its way east as you can see this very distinctive area of cloud here working its way eastwards rain very heavy rain in the south but it's in the north where we've seen a lot of snow and that snow for some of us is still forming this is wh

fact he must husband abdullah has goes away for two or three months at a time to do seasonal agricultural work. even though he's often away he's an important father figure in the extended family because his brother the same is a soldier and away for much longer periods while his young family is growing up. only a year or you really think there's a new cold and no. it's really not. outside when you have one really but there was a. little. bit. of movement. was an american. and then. we tend to do you know. by them senegalese and they're going to be here. no more they get hurt. and that's really. cool. to say you much the manna from the. sheets often dick shot in little short term who says you may. not i met. it's going and people are getting one that's hello hello. and there was really care as she came she kept them looking at them carefully what was so we. saw. was really did was it was. really came back in the market as arcadia maids of gardeners a lot of them are now she out and yes usually a show or d.m. idea mum's will and. in the house are all in all and more and what are not are kin

to take over and move dismissed by the who thiis who don't recognize the government of president abdullah muscle handy. we hope peace efforts kick off a gratian comes to an end to belittle prevails in airports reopen. the u.n. wants to bring yemen's rival factions to a new round of talks to discuss ways to improve the economy and tackle the deteriorating humanitarian situation on his arrival martin griffiths was shown children affected by the almost four year old conflict. the war has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes yemen faces the worst humanitarian catastrophe in warden times according to recent estimates as many as eighty five thousand children may have died of hunger since the start of the saudi u.a.e. led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile and fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold. the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hand over their weapon

. >> ahmed: ar >> nrator: she says her 15-year-old son abdullah was a conscript in the yemeni army.t night. she shows his gun and says that he was just trying to defend his family, and that other men did the same. in a statement on the incident, the pentagon said precision airstrikes from an a.c.-130 gunship were used. ahmed: (crying) >> narrator: the villagers say the u.s. soldiers withdrew in a hurry.so they show me things the americans left behind. mo'ath: >> ahmad: while filming with the athlan family, they brought plastic ladder that they were struggling to open. and they alshad a medical backpack. within the backpack were several laminated pape. t onhe laminated papers had 22 names on it, with blood types. i assume that they were the names of the special ops guys that were on that mission. and it included two >> narrator: "frontline"tr ked down some of the names on the list, and confirmed they were navy seals. to protect their identities, we're obscuring the names. the pentagon wouldn't comment saying: "we will not discuss our tactics, techniques and procedures." sources with

canada-based global organization for intelligence and former counter narcotics chief in venezuela, johann abdullah. i know you used to be head of counter narcotics in venezuela. i imagine you have seen a lot. tell us to what extent is nicolas maduro and his other close contacts in that regime involved in drug trafficking? >> well, since 2005, after chavez expelled the development a. from venezuela, chavez ordered the minister of the interior to start an operation in -- drug operation with cocaine to the united states. at that time already there was another drug cartel known as derkasdel sol. so you had two major government sponsored drug cartels operating a truly global drug operation. trish: i know we have two nephews of maduro's wife in jail here in the united states in jail for operating drug operation. now i want to move to the hezbollah thing. there have been and lot of reports venezuela is becoming a safe haven if you would. the former vice president is said to have ties to hezbollah. there is concern that in this desperate move for some much-needed cash, the government may be doing some ver

to be endure i enduring or sustainable if the democratically elected government in kabul led by abdullahehind it and involved in it. i do support the initial outreach by the united states to the the taliban to gauge how seriously they are about trying to come to a political settlement. so i think that what he's done is positive on its own right now. but as us said the other day, it's only going to be good or effective if we can bring the government in very soon. we can't have ongoing long-term negotiations of the taliban that don't include the president and his representatives. there's no way that works long-term. and it's a hell of a way treat a partner in the government in kabul. >> admiral, always good to get your insight, thank you. >>> still ahead, it can make or break a political career. the state of the union rebuttal. take a lock at some of the more infamous moments and the advice coming in for stacey abrams. still fresh... ♪ unstopables in-wash scent booster ♪ downy unstopables when did you see the sign? when i needed to jumpstart sales. build attendance for an event. help peopl

that'll highlight abdullah a survivor of rape about sexual assault and rape. in former trump administration sebastian gorka offers his thoughts on the u.s. can strengthen is national security. that is a look ahead at the next three programs on c-span2. and beginning out andrew the banco on the civil war. >> good evening everybody and welcome to the historical society and louise president and ceo and it is really a great thrill to see so many of you this evening and robert h smith auditorium. i understand that we are joined by 39 or so students from hastings high school. so welcome students. [applause] >> no doubt the next jet rate generation of historians are among you and we are thrilled to have you with us. tonight's program is the struggle for american soul from the revolution to the civil war. it is a part of our bernard and schwartz speaker series. i like to thank mr. schwartz for his great generosity which is enabled us to bring so many find speakers to the stage. [applause] >> i would also like to thank and recognize the trustee who is joined us this ev

that'll highlight abdullah a survivor of rape about sexual assault and rape. in former trump administration sebastian gorka offers his thoughts on the u.s. can strengthen is national security. that is a look ahead at the next three programs on c-span2. and beginning out andrew the banco on the civil war. >> good evening everybody and welcome to the historical society and louise president and ceo and it is really a great thrill to see s

secretary of state mike pompeo meeting with jordan's king abdullah amid trump administration statements about a planned u.s. troop withdrawal from syria pompeo said the planned withdrawal will not complicate washington's anti-iran campaign. >>> three people were killed and more than 200 injured when a packed train careened into a stationary train at a station in pretoria, south africa the death toll could rise as 82 people were seriously hurt the cause of that crash is not yet known. >>> a spokesman for the u.n. refugee agency says saudi team runaway should not be sent home against her will he said his organization was in daily contact with the 18-year-old who was seeking asylum after being stopped at an airport in thailand. >> people who are claiming to be in need of protection, who are trying to claim asylum, they cannot be sent back to a location where they are claiming their life is in danger. >> you are up to date. that's the news update this hour kelly, i'll send it back to you. >> sue, thank you very much. >>> trade talks between the u.s. and china are going into tomorrow and it

many nationalities are represented here refugees running from libya include ashwell abdullah who has a ready escape to the war in south sudan you know. i'm here on this boat by the grace of god and thanks to the people of the ship life in libya was very difficult people are dying every day you get taken you get put in a room you get tortured every moment you're in libya your heart beats hard you don't know what will happen next. since their rescue more than thirty days ago the refugees needs have been relayed to governments around europe the netherlands has made an offer to take some of the people on board but only if other nations step forward to. its part of the hard line taken by many european union nations against the arrival of people from libya. italy has refused to allow any ngo rescue ships to land refugees and multi itself has prevented ngo ships from operating out of ports on the island the right to. go into a border safe for the. security. of. desperate for solutions the best see what use crew can hope for is that some other countries step forward to offer these people the

again but certainly that is something that they will be discussing he's currently meeting with king abdullah so aside from syria and iran we know the palestinian issue is one that they will be pressing here all right so stephanie thank you we're also covering the story from washington and that's where it is joining us from well first start out with a pompei on jordan then kimberly will move on to bolton in turkey so pompei o said this that we are redoubling diplomatic and commercial efforts to put pressure on iran while he was speaking at that press conference and i'm on what more do we know about the. well we know already that there are very strict sanctions in place it seemed that he was almost foreshadowing that there would be more actions to come but offering very little specifics i think what we're seeing here is kind of the trump effect the president will tweet he'll say something he'll rattle u.s. allies including jordan where the u.s. secretary of state is currently meeting and then he has to kind of dispatch his. advisors if you will cabinet members to go and reassure allies that ev