all times outgoing secretary of state microamp am it's an extraordinary claims about iran hosting al qaida claims were instantly dismissed all around the world al-qaeda has a new home base it is the islamic republic of iran as a result bin laden's wicked creation is poised to gain strength and capabilities we ignore this iran a kind of nexus at our own peril we need to acknowledge it we must confront it indeed we must defeat it a letter from bin laden found by the navy seals during the about about raid sums up the relationship since 911 very well in his own words quote iran is our main artery for fun's personnel and communication there is no need to fight with iran unless you are forced to and give me some information that is brand new to the public today. iran decided to allow it to establish a new operational headquarters on the condition that al qaeda operatives abide by the regime's rules governing out to stay inside of the country agency and control since 2015 iran has also given a cattle leaders greater freedom of movement inside of iran under their supervision the iranian ministry o

look the taliban still has not renounced al qaida and few people suspect that once the united states withdraw the taliban will will break with them there's no indication that they will so the u.s. is leaving at a time when al qaeda is hurting but i fully suspect that or expect to regenerate its networks in afghanistan and throughout south asia the cole and one of the things i do want to come to you all with this question but let me just also call and 1st way way we have to take a look at the regional players as well you have pakistan and when you're talking about a county network often pacs are accused of supporting the county network you have iran. you know accused of supporting the lines and other factions and then you have india which sees afghanistan as a very strategic place to try and battle that competition with with pakistan itself the regional player is likely to replace nato and america when america leaves perhaps that would troops on the ground that certainly with influence is that a factor in america's thinking. it could be but but actually you know i spent 10 years at the

we believe al-qaida still has some remnants inside afghanistan, so i'm not even sure how you can sayks won't be launched from afghanistan in the future? well, of course... of course, i can't. my point is, stephen, that after the first year, that initial... the main reason for going in there had been accomplished. and we should have left. we didn't. we did our best to help improve afghanistan, to help improve their own security capabilities, because we also realised that once you do leave, the possibility of a return by al-qaida, or now isis, was always a possibility. and so there is a decision that nations have to make. what is... do you maintain guards there, basically? i live here in frankfurt, in hessen, and the old roman limes germanicus runs along the hills near here. for over 200 years, the romans had soldiers up there protecting the roman empire. i don't think that's necessarily the approach for us. having said that, we were not willing to do what was necessary. we, the coalition, were not willing to do what was necessary with regards to pakistan to make sure that pakistan cou

burkina faso security sources say that gunmen attacked a village near the border with needs air al qaida and the so-called islamic state have killed thousands in an insurgency in burkina faso a 1000000 more have fled their homes in the united states f.b.i. agents have shot an armed man outside of the headquarters of the central intelligence agency suspect attempted to drive into the compound in langley virginia triggering an hours long standoff he was taken to hospital but his condition is unknown at a u.s. judge has agreed to delay the sex crimes trial of glade maxwell the former girlfriend of the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein she's accused of procuring minors the trial is now scheduled to begin in the fall after prosecutors added new charges. the u.s. have billionaire bill gates and his wife melinda are divorcing after 27 years of marriage the couple say that they will carry on working together at their foundation they focus on environmental and health causes among them fighting the coronavirus. bill and melinda gates more than just one of the wealthiest couples in the world for

what has been seen as seemingly outrageous claims about iran being now allied to al qaida well joining me from tehran the iranian capital now is the former president of iran dr month rude and in general thanks so much for coming on i'm going to ask you right off the top. because i haven't spoken to you sense what did you make of the assassination of a professor most in their factories out there not far from where you are right now where you're talking to me from. in the name of god the compassionate and the merciful oh god may you hasten the advent of your vice joint and bestow upon him health and triumph. and let us be among the best of his supporters and advocates. and those who spare no effort before his advocate or it or let me 1st say hello to you and all those who watch this program and. and hope it will be helpful for all. terror primarily indicates the weakness and contempt ability of its perpetrators it is condemned in any form by anyone and for any purpose. the goal of the recent terror was to weaken the iranian nation and to halt its growth and development i understand he wa

a few weeks ago you told a group that al-qaida is now based in iran. so tell me about that.ll. >> maria, it's crazy. you have u.s. diplomats sitting with the islamic republic of iran's leadership in vieen that, trying to -- vienna, trying to decide how much to give to that regime. the regime is hosting al-qaida, the folks who took down the you towers in new york, the senior operational leadership are sitting in tehran, and americang are sitting in vienna with the leaders in iran. the regime is underwriting the terrorists who are flying rockets at israelis, putting lives at risk. the fact that this administration is so whetted to this j cpoa, it puts american lives at risks. , it doesn'tsecure american fres bad for global security and our friends and allies in the middle east. maria: your reaction to this open letter from 120 plus retired generals and admirals, signed an open letter this week, questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election, also biden's fitness to lead as we watch open of borders where narcotics are coming in, killing our people, 90,000 overdose

deeming it an extremist organization a term that so far russia has reserved for organizations like al qaida and the islamic states that prosecutors have called for this extremist label after they accuse the f b k of and i quote altering the foundations of the constitutional order whatever that may mean but critics are warning that any such designation could constitute an assault on the freedom of speech of any russian activist or dissident and what actual evidence is this court considering in this case of alleged extremists well that's the thing nobody really knows it's definitely no coincidence that these court hearings are taking place behind closed doors that the evidence is kept secret as it supposedly pertains to state security but if this case does result in a guilty verdict which by the way is a bit of a foregone conclusion that could mean lengthy prison sentences for an avanti staffers and even some of his supporters not avani himself has been in prison for the last 3 months after having been sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison but it's clear the authorities aren't stopping th

political corruption is about to be placed on russia's list of extremist groups along with names like al qaida and the islamic state novell me and his movement are barred from running in these elections but their messaging could still affect the outcome. president putin and his government are also going after medusa russia's best known privately funded news organization they've classified it as a foreign agent medusa's journalists insist they get no government funding from any country when the kremlin works the russian media making its case against these organizations it's not above reaching back in time and using some soviet style language and messaging are starting point this week is moscow. and you can see on this show when putin came to power it was obvious that you couldn't expect anything else from a former k.g.b. agent to be in the k.g.b. isn't a profession it's a state of mind it's how he sees the world around him and so his only methods have been repression censorship and propaganda. it is often that president vladimir putin sees in russia's social media space a clear and present dang

situation with turkey sponsoring jihadists in italy the maybe 2 or 3000000 people under the control of al qaida or had choppers if you like that i mean they're not very pleasant people to talk and then you have the north eastern side. turkey supporting a kurdish and america's 40 a sort of kurdish more autonomy and then you have the rest of the population most of the urban population but i think the will be elections held or it's possible to be held and they will be held in embassies outside syria who are those who are refugees if they're allowed i mean moved when they held elections here before i think i'm here to know something and in lebanon there were huge killings of syrians floating the embassy in beirut i don't know whether lebanon were allowed to do that again i don't know whether they'll be allowed to hold it in other places it won't be it'll be a very imperfect election and of course people who view it with very different lenses and others will say it's a farce that most of those and others say let's see how it goes and let's look at the sort of turnout took place within syria the turn

what is being seen as seemingly outrageous claims about iran being now allied to al qaida well joining me from tehran the iranian capital now is the former president of iran dr mark rood up and in john thanks so much for coming on i'm going to ask you right off the top. because i haven't spoken to you since what did you make of the assassination of professor most and their factories. not far from where you are right now where you're talking to me from. in the name of god the compassionate and the merciful oh god may you hasten the advent of your advice judgment and bestow upon him health and triumph. and let us be among the best of his supporters and advocates. and those who spare no effort before his advocate. or total.

effort to retaliate against his role in the $911.00 attacks and after he was taken out arguably al qaida was listening acutely weekend and they didn't have to vision homes the same threat that they did when we went into afghanistan 10 years prior to that so it's really incredible when you think about it's been almost 20 years since the attacks of september 11th 10 years since we told the raid on bin laden and. our troops are still there are a lot of people have a lot of questions about why we're still. getting answers to those questions will ultimately impact the legacy and worry it's been talked about across multiple circles particularly as it relates to the point you just made the the positioning of the byte administration in removing troops from afghanistan at what point do you think the argument that this could destabilize the region that this could actually cause an expansion of al qaeda or other types of militant actors to come forward where do you think that lies in the east there in terms of the conversation because like you said we have so many americans who have grown weary of

effort to retaliate against his role in the $911.00 attacks and after he was taken out arguably al qaida was listening is acutely weekends and they didn't have to vision pose the same threat that they did when we went into afghanistan 10 years prior to that so it's really incredible when you think about it's been almost 20 years since the attacks have really been 10 years since we pulled the raid on bin laden and yet our troops are still there i think a lot of people have a lot of questions about why we're still there and getting answers to those questions will ultimately impact the legacy and worry it's been talked about across multiple circles particularly as it relates to the point you just made the the positioning of the vita ministration in removing troops from afghanistan at what point do you think the argument that this could destabilize the region that this could actually cause an expansion of al qaeda or other types of you know militant actors to come forward where do you think that lies in the ether in terms of the conversation because like you said we have so many americans wh

effort to retaliate against his role in the $911.00 attacks and after he was taken out arguably al qaida was listening with acutely weekends and they didn't have to vision pose the same threat that they did when we went into afghanistan 10 years prior to that so it's really incredible when you think about it it's been almost 20 years since the attacks of september 11th 10 years since we hold the raid on bin laden. and yet our troops are still there i think a lot of people have a lot of questions about why we're still there and getting answers to those questions will ultimately impact the legacy and worry it's been talked about across multiple circles particularly as it relates to the point you just made the the positioning of the biden ministration in removing troops from afghanistan what point do you think the argument that this could destabilize the region that this could actually cause an expansion of al qaeda or other types of you know militant actors to come forward where do you think that lies in the ether in terms of the conversation because like you said we have so many americans

what has been seen as seemingly outrageous claims about iran being now allied to al qaida well joining me from tehran the iranian capital now is the former president of iran dr month rude up and in general thanks so much for coming on i'm going to ask you right off the top. because i haven't spoken to you since what did you make of the assassination of a professor most in their factories out there not far from.

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mike pompeo just told us the other day that al-qaida is now based in iran and look what has taken placei troops prop pe for a possible ground strike. more than 100 people have been killed. we're going back to the obama days with the middle eastern upset. i mean, under the trump administration we had five countries announce they were normalizing relations with israel. do you think the so-called abraham accords are now in jeopardy because of the biden administration wanting to put the u.s. back into the iran deal. >> i think the abraham accords certainly are put way back as a priority and will certainly be neglected by the administration. what we're seeing with -- what we saw with the obama administration that we're seeing with the biden administration is emboldening our adversaries and weakening our allies. this president, when thousands of rockets were going into israel, did not condemn the violence. when israel begins to respond, suddenly the white house recognizes there's a conflict. we need to stand with israel, we need to understand that as as a democracy, as our ally, they need us

i mean, look, pompeo said al-qaida is pretty much setting up, it has set up its new headquarters in iranation did. they negotiated normalization relationships, partnerships between israel and five arab countries. real quick, i have to move on to the other radical story here, that is that massive amount of spending. these abraham accords between israel and five countries in the middle east, the arab countries, do you think those get impacted negatively should the u.s. go back to the nuclear deal and start partnering with iran? >> i do. look, i respectfully disagree with a lot of the things that the trump administration did but dealing with iran and the middle east i couldn't have agreed more and i think president trump's willingness to pull us out of the iran nuclear agreement, a bad deal, and to basically say to our allies in the middle east, israel and the arab countries, we're with you, we're not with iran, that encouraged -- empowered them to make historic israeli arab peace agreements. i think the biden administration should try to build on that and more significantly to see if we ca