saudi arabia is also an aggressor in yemen the country has become the battlefield in which saudi arabia and iran wage a proxy war for regional dominance armed with weapons from the west if shown little remorse for the damage they've caused. saudi arabia has also been aggressively exporting its state religion while his and their interpretation of islam they find and schools foundations amongst them europe like here in belgium should the west bank saudi arabia. says and you've reported on the murder assassination i'm looking at this report and reporting yourself from saudi arabia what do you think is saudi arabia the kind of partner in spite of all of its strategic advantages that the west the united states europe should have definitely a difficult partnership at the same time we do need to look at where this country is going to undergoes a dramatic fundamental transformation i mean you would not believe what you see right now there is that the u.s. is definitely supporting the crown prince and even if we in the west would criticize him for a lot of things they use which are the absolute

of the bomb being of the of the facilities well facilities in saudi arabia. and despite all the. ideas and their pronouncements of president. trump and as well as the minister of and secretary of energy in the states to come to market and also in saudi arabia is the collaboration that they want to use their reserves but people still panicked because they don't know how much time it would take the saudis to repair those facilities and how much to what would happen to their actual usage of reserves if not started to preserve so they are in a way if there is complex there is a complete absence of specific information or is speculative. so is it mostly because of the absence of further information from the saudi government. and that it was saying about the scope of the of the damage the whether saudi arabia will be able to get its act together with output in a time so that is creating the panic that we're seeing across the global markets. i think it's 2 things it's 1st of all markets always overshoot they always overshoot and to undershoot and then people didn't do the numbers when y

saudi arabia attack on a saudi arabia infrastructure there any tweeted saudi arabia oil supply was attacked there is reason to believe that we know the culprit we are locked and loaded depending on verification but are waiting to hear from the kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack and under what terms we proceed so those are some very strong words from a president trump there. you know again using this very bellicose language that we've heard him used before my pompei of the secretary of state has already said that he claims that iran is behind the attacks something iran denies pompei when the united states have failed at least to this point to private any sort of evidence that iran was behind it you'll remember that in june when he ran shot down an unmanned american drone trump claimed that the u.s. had airstrikes planned against iran but trump called them off he said 10 minutes before they were supposed to happen he said because it would have caused as in its words collateral damage would have killed at least $150.00 innocent people according to president trump at th

everybody in saudi arabia in one way or another as a beneficiary saudi aramco. needs a strong and. well history of saudi aramco is the history of saudi arabia transforming itself from an isolated tribal society into a global presence where some of it's obvious from that from those clips there that saudi aramco is absolutely intrinsic to life in saudi arabia but we tried to explain there is that this is no ordinary company this is a company which runs a country a country which is pivotal to what happens in the middle east it is one of the most important partners for various forces in the muslim world so saudi aramco is at the heart of not just politics but economy and life in saudi arabia and it is one of the largest employers that saudi arabia has and it is also the crown jewel of the transformation program that saudi arabia's new crown prince wants to embark upon in order to change the country's trajectory from an oil dependent economy to a diverse economy so this is going to have a knowledge of wider implications on saudi arabia and people looking at saudi ara

stop these attacks now saudi arabia will be looking to u.s. secretary of state might compel who's there at the moment to to address the situation but they're looking to him to match the rhetoric of saudi arabia and its allies and those critics of iran because saudi arabia can't really respond without the united states but iran has given a warning this that that if there is an attack against iran by the united states that there would be an immediate response and it wouldn't just be against the source the media source of those attacks and that's a warning to the 2 countries across the region that may host united states bases and have u.s. assets. ok thanks. in tehran seeing as he's talking about u.s. influence there let's go to kimberly how could our next correspondent in washington i mean there's a few threads here isn't there concerning the u.s. kimberly the new sanctions on player who is now in jeddah and a new national security adviser on top of all that. yeah and i think if we sort of drill down on the appointment of a new national security

arabia as a counter to what they perceive the u.s. perceives as the iranian threat and this attack on this oil infrastructure in saudi arabia really plays into all of this year so this is only going to bring saudi arabia and the us closer together and it's also going to increase those 2 countries skepticism if you will of iran but again important to point out that pompei or the u.s. has not provided any evidence so far at least on any evidence that they have read being directly behind this attack so we have to see if that is indeed the case if they have something to ride on that in the coming hours or days. there for us in washington d.c. thank you for that gave the saudi led coalition is investigating the attacks and says it will take the necessary measures to safeguard national assets well that's already carried out at least 6 strikes targeting he military positions north of the rebel stronghold sada while a spokesman for the who says the rebels received intelligence and cooperation from within saudi arabia for the attacks let's tal

military sup port to saudi arabia. the deployment was in responses to last week's attacks on the saudi oil facilities. this is 10 minutes. o discuss options. unleashing regime costs. iran has increased the military activity to direct attacks and support to the proxies in the region in. e persian gulf, iran has threatened the safe passage of ships and illegally seizing a british oil tappinger. in yemen, iran is perpetuating war by providing sustained financial support to the houthi insurgency. and on june 20th, iran shutdown an an manned aircraft. despite repeated calls to begin di plow make talks, iranian aggress gregs continues to increase. the united states and other countries have demonstrated great restraint in hopes that iranian leadership would choose peace. but the attack on september 14th against saudi arabiaian oil facilities represents a dramatic escalation of iranian aggression. it is clear based on detail exploitation, saudi, united states and other international investigative teams. they were not launched

drone strikes into major all installments in saudi arabia. rebels loyal to run were quick to claim responsibility. in the u.s. trump thinks he knows the real culprit iran they're the ones who should be put in their place we just impose the highest level of sanctions on iran central bank and suffer in the well run. all nations have a duty to. know responsible government should subsidise. iran blood lust. it's also a war of words between donald trump and iran's president rouhani any model the enemy has chosen a prophet he calls economic war but is in fact an act of economic terrorism against the nation and that's our rouhani responded it's a military parade in toronto but the threat of a real and devastating war is still imminent in both sides will the persian gulf erupt. into. the reagan president right is america engage in economic terrorism against iran well this is what his foreign minister was also a calling economic sanctions against iran by the united states and i think i mean it's part of the iranian p.r. to you know counter that kind o

arabia and iran will say that this is an embarrassment to saudi arabia billions of hundreds of billions of dollars of almost mainly from the united states and they were unable to stop this attack but so far saudi arabia has blamed iran but hasn't been able to really point the finger and say this is where the missiles and drones were going from iran will say that the allies of this even if it is proven that the weapons are doesn't mean iran was behind the attack but iran has warned that any attack against iran by the united states will meet and media response and not only an immediate response to said that they will not only respond to the source of the attack meaning that any countries in the region that host united states assets or bases may also be targeted. the un has sent officials to saudi arabia to investigate the attacks secretary general antonio terrace is warning that a major confrontation in the gulf would have a devastating consequence for the world our diplomatic editor james bass has more from new york. it was only on monday that saudi arabia asked the u.n. to send experts

military support to saudi arabia. the department was ordered in response to last week's attack on saturdays oil facilities -- saudi's oil facilities. this is 10 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. general dunford and i just returned from the white house, where we met with president and his national security team to discuss options to deter iran's continued aggressive behavior. as we have seen the iranian regime is delivering a campaign today stabilize the middle east and impose costs on the international economy. in recent months, iran increased military activity to direct attacks and support to its proxies in the region. in the persian gulf and gulf of has on, -- of them on, iran threatened the safe passage of shifts -- ships by attacking vessels and illegally seizing a british oil tanker. in yemen, iran is protect reading more by providing says tan -- perpetuating war by providing sustained support to the insurgency. an aircraftwn flying over international waters. despite calls from president trump to

arabia now iran will say that this is an embarrassment to saudi arabia the billions of hundreds of billions of dollars of loans mainly from the united states and they were unable to stop this attack but so far so eurabia has blamed iran but hasn't been able to really point the finger and say this is where the missiles and drones were going from iran will say that the allies of this even if it is proven that the weapons are raining does that mean iran was behind the attack but iran has warned that any attack against iran by the united states would meet and meet your response and not only an immediate response to said that they will not only respond to the source of the attack meaning that any countries in the region that host united states assets or bases may also be targeted. the u.n. has sent officials to saudi arabia to investigate the attacks hillary mann leverett to see t.j. that's a political risk consultancy she's previously served as a u.s. diplomat and she says saudi arabia's current diplomatic isolation has played into its response. what struck me the most was how cautious in relat

is sending extra troops and anti missile weaponry to the middle east they say to protect saudi arabia from iraq. and identity crisis facebook now claims it's a publisher not just the platform and the legal case which could have a major impact on what is posted on the site. also allstream the m.p.'s want to pull the plug on a huge trade deal between latin america and the e.u. over fires in the amazon all the european firms all working with companies linked to the destruction of the brain forest. alone you're watching r.t. international i'm rosa island awkward welcome to the program and now we start with that breaking news the united states is sending extra troops and air defense systems to the middle east to protect saudi and the saudi arabia and the u.a.e. from quote iranian aggression the u.s. defense secretary mark asprin made that announcement at a pentagon briefing. the president has approved the deployment of u.s. forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense we will also work to accelerate the delivery of military equipment to the king

but a signal inside saudi arabia helping them the main issue there is one country was saudi arabia a night out of any of those will launch to a war against yemen or against the host either agree with them or not. you should expect that this group they will attack back they will retaliate they will try to defend themselves but now we see saudi is crying out loud in every corner of of the war if the word about those attacks and i just want to add one more important thing about deuces statement from a u.s. official about that iran is to blame all these drones came from iraq we should actually listen to united states where remember before the invasion of iraq colin powell and they were in security council with a small pipe have said that this pipe cannot kill everyone in the room and they have launched a war against iraq to find weapons of mass destruction they haven't found anything they destroy the entire country the same thing they want to do to yemen but i believe there are more attack coming on saudi arabia it's basically on the oil infrastructure. simon the u.s. accused iran for be

pirated out of saudi arabia.thank you very much for joining us to blame game is intensifying over the attacks on saudi arabia's main oil facilities the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen says they were carried out using iranian weapons and did not originate from yemen iran denies involvement and in the past few minutes president hassan rouhani has said the attacks were a reciprocal response to the aggression in yemen need jets the us will watch as far as a drones attacks are concerned i think the question here is mainly a biased issues i would personally want to emphasize more on the security and stability of the region rather than oil but this all started from aggression in yemen why did they on a daily basis key bomb been to people in yemen yemenis are being killed they have the right to resist against this aggression. now exactly how long it will take to fix damage to the world's largest processing plant is yet to be revealed reuters news agency is reporting it could take months for saudi oil production to

arabia and iran will say that this is an embarrassment to saudi arabia billions of hundreds of billionsf dollars of almost mainly from the united states and they were unable to stop this attack but so far saudi arabia has blamed iran but hasn't been able to really point the finger and say this is where the missiles and drones were going from iran will say that the allies of this even if it is proven that the weapons are does that mean iran was behind the attack but iran has warned that any attack against iran by the united states would meet and meet your response and not only an immediate response to said that they will not only respond to the source of the attack meaning that any countries in the region that host united states assets or bases may also be targeted. the un has sense officials see saudi arabia investigate the attacks secretary general antonio terrace is warning that a major confrontation in the gulf would have devastating consequences for the outside world are set for mascots to james base has more from new york. it was only on monday that saudi arabia asked the u.n. to s

arabia now iran will say that this is an embarrassment to saudi arabia the billions of hundreds of billions of dollars of arms mainly from the united states and they were unable to stop this attack but so far saudi arabia has blamed iran but hasn't been able to really point the finger and say this is where the missiles and drones were going from iran will say that the hutus are allies of this and even if it is proven that the weapons are in rain and it doesn't mean iran was behind the attack but iran has warned that any attack against iran by the united states would meet and a major response and not only an immediate response to said that they will not only respond to the source of the attack meaning that any countries in the region that host united states assets or bases may also be targeted. the u.n. has sent officials to saudi arabia to investigate the attacks secretary general antonio terrorists confirmed the deployment warning a major confrontation in the gulf would have devastating consequences for the world our diplomatic editor james bass has more. it was only on monday that saudi a

and saudi arabia have blamed iran. with a senior military adviser to iran's supreme leader has defended that attack on saudi oil facilities. with the retailer turi operation yemenis and thanked carried out a legitimate defense of bin selves against a priss that killed their children the reality is that america and its allies in aggressors against palestine in yemen have become tired and worn out economically militarily and politically the policies were wrong and failed the repudiation of america and its allies is declining. the rhetorical war between tehran and washington continued the iranian foreign minister tweeting in response to accusations of war mongering by the us actually say it might prompt he said miss upon has it the other way around it's not iran that wishes to fight to the last american rather it is his b. team hosts who seem to wish to fight iran to the last american there he was referring to the b. team is being saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man and he reiterated that iran has no desire for war

arabia now iran will say that this is an embarrassment to saudi arabia billions of hundreds of billions of dollars of arms mainly from the united states and they were unable to stop this attack but so far saudi arabia has blamed iran but hasn't been able to really point the finger and say this is where the missiles and drones were going from iran will say that the who is our allies of this and even if it is proven that the weapons are it raining does that mean iran was behind the attack but iran has warned that any attack against iran by the united states would meet and media response and not only immediate response to said that they will not only respond to the source of the attack meaning that any countries in the region that host united states assets or bases may also be targeted. you know nations secretary general says a team from the u.n. is investigating the attack and turning to terror says the tax are dramatic escalation in the region and need to be stopped. the u.n. experts. indicated by the department of political and peacebuilding affairs have already left for saudi arabia an

rising tensions between washington and 10 drawn over burning oil plants drone attacks forced saudi arabia to cut its oil production at the world's largest oil processing facility the rebels from yemen have claimed responsibility but the u.s. claims iran. also coming up a landmark election in tunisia counting is underway after voters went to the polls and it's not presidential elections this could be the 1st transition of power from freely elected leader to a freely elected leader in the country where the arab spring began. an international artist celebrate the intrepid german explorer alexandre from home boat on what would have been his 250 s. starts a. load. time irish waiter welcome to the program. western nations have condemned an attack on saudi arabia's oil infrastructure they ratcheted up the rhetoric after drone attacks on the kingdom's largest oil plants slash the world's daily supply of oil by 5 percent while hooty rebels from yemen have claimed responsibility the us has blamed iran for the attack raising tensions yet again between washington and tehran . one of the globe's most

that sooner or later countries like egypt with about 1w1cw people and important actors like saudi arabia or you a york. i have ultimately be on board with this new original magnesium original platform so i think that understanding is coming more and more to the aleuts now from my perspective i think the founding members would also benefit from a new company because. i've got the impression that with every new meeting their mutual frustrations are growing and if we take the latest the anchor and made up we know that russia cherry here and that will last at full longer than expected and yet it finished with the leaders. seeming i wouldn't call them a nerd but clearly depleted and we know from their later statements that the disagreements the passing disagreements over what to do in it lead haven't been resolved so how long do you think the status quo which turkey is clearly interested in maintaining but russia is very unhappy about how long could it last well known no one knows exact dates and timelines of this but you can see that actually even despite having this disagreements and repeat

should things change for saudi arabia well saudi arabia the house of saud they're not getting much sleep these days because they were hoping that donald trump would be their savior so they're in a state of shock right now that on 2 occasions when trump had the opportunity to strike at iran that they haven't so there's going to be a lot of soul searching in saudi arabia about his relationship with the united states i don't think they have many good options but these are difficult days for the dictators in riyadh but more broadly speaking i think in terms of diplomacy next week is a unique opportunity when all of the heads of state of the members of the u.n. will be in new york the french proposal which we haven't talked about which looked like it had some legs which looked like it could sort of be perhaps a way out of this conundrum needs to be revived and you know a manual marker all the french president will be there as well rouhani will be there so will trump let's hope that cooler heads prevail and there can be a way out of this disastrous conflict that's the responsibility of all of

dependent on oil exports from saudi arabia and likewise saudi arabia very dependent on arms exports from the united states to saudi arabia many of those arms by the u.s. being used in the saudi led war in yemen and just in april of this year the u.s. congress growing very skeptical of the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia perhaps passed a bill that would limit the use of u.s. arms in the saudi led war in yemen that passed but it was vetoed by president donald trump just another sign of how close trump is or how close views saudi arabia on the crown prince as an ally there so after this latest attack now on the saudi in for oil infrastructure this is most likely only going to draw saudi arabia and the united states even closer. together. now humans through the rebels have been using drones in combat this small cheap to produce and capable of aiding radar systems the ease of use drones to disable saudi arabia's patriot missile defense systems allowing the rebels to fire ballistic missiles into the kingdom unchallenged saudi's a vast oil field and pipeline network have been a p

saudi arabia to you know. it's an agent with russian military technical sphere and also we know for sure that talks on. saudi russian equipment including hundreds are undergoing so and that will definitely top that among other things put in his visit to a saudi arabia later this year but also want to point out that it actually. more interesting to see what is the reaction of iran because actually iran here was demonstrated as a weak a player because he was the only nation with 300 and turkey bought 400 and then put in invites so direct it to buy again the more sophisticated. export i think that's a very good marketing i mean they can always go back to russia but that will be going up the question how iran would view and perceive the situation when saudi arabia will be equipped with a better defense system than iran but if they think in the agree with me that it was put in a very sort of joking way and as we say here in russia there's only so much joke in any joke saudi arabia spends billions on in defense this

then i think i think the fact that the strike at the heart of saudi arabia in this way. may actually be. you know an opportunity for peace military analyst. as somebody yes exactly as as somebody else said. you know the saudis got international support for this war because people assume to they could easily defeat the. yemenis who thiis. you know how many times has the world been wrong about these wars in the last 20 years every time you know the u.s. or its allies launch a war. you know it has turned turned out to have been far more bloody and drawn out and horrific and destroy fake than they bargained for and and but you know what does a rabia have to gain now by continuing to escalate the war. you know there is strong pressure now to get here to get the u.s. out of this war trumped had to veto a war how israel shameless shallow resolution shame when it would put congress back in charge of of issues of war and peace which is part of their constitutional role and they have read the house has to reintroduce that resolution as part of the military budget for 2020 as long

saudi arabia says saturday's drone attacks on its oil facilities were unquestionably sponsored by iran claiming the missile components were made. by. israel's long calls for yet another election stalemate with prime minister netanyahu lagging one seat behind rebel rival benny gantz lengthy coalition talks now loom as neither have enough for a majority in parliament. in the coming days will convene negotiations to assemble a strong zionist government i intend to speak with everyone starting tonight we will work to form a broad unity government. and the new york times publishes an extract from forthcoming book about the alleged sexual misconduct of u.s. supreme court justice press kavanah leaves out some key details. plants it for me for now andrew cuomo will be here with you next hour to take you through all the latest news coming up next cross-talk looks at the latest u.s. threats against iran and the prospect of a deadly escalation in the middle east. hello and welcome to crossfire for all things are considered. again we stand on the brink of war we should not be surprised the facial

assisting saudi arabia and what they say is the threat coming from iran so when you see saudi arabia oil infrastructure attack like this as the u.s. says that it was done by iran you see all of the interests of the u.s. all coming together in one place or that's where you see that such a strong statement from the secretary of state there so you're going to see this bring saudi arabia and the u.s. us closer together if there even could be such a thing are already very close for donald trump a strong backer of other crown prince in saudi arabia despite the u.s. congress being very wary about this in april it's a porter a member of congress in the u.s. said we do not want to supply any more u.s. weapons to saudi arabia that are used in the war in yemen that passed congress but it was vetoed by president donald trump in april so this is only going to draw these 2 countries closer together if that can even be such a thing and it's also going to lead to even more suspicion by those 2 countries u.s. and saudi arabia against iran so this is all bringing all the elements really of these relat

not just saudi arabia but one particular individual in saudi arabia. who has developed close personal relationship with the president. and jared kushner. i'm all for the alliance. they have been good allies and we should be supportive. there seems to be some kind of obsessiveness or again a something beyond the norm. and i agree with nick the whole way in which president trump speaks about the saudi relationship with the united states is demeaning to the united states and to the men and women of the u.s. armed forces. american soldiers are not mercenaries being hired by the saudis. american soldiers put themselves in the lives on the line to serve america national interest. it is not clear america national interest are involved. if they're not no matter what saudi arabia pays and whether it pays cash as the president said or not. it makes no difference. that's not a reason to send young men american men and women into die. >> thank you. i appreciate it. don't miss sunday 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. president trump has consistently refused to release taxes

saudi arabia points the finger at the wrong over last week's drone missile strikes . citing the sophistication and direction of the attack as evidence that to ron is the. u.s. keeps on and venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president one boy has links to a drug swap washington making the same claims against the country's previous leader the late hugo chavez. and a new report reveals the thousands of children in nigeria were being held in conditions without trial over there would edge the so station with terrorists we spoke to one of the all of the report. they describe severely overcrowded cell.

from the kingdom of saudi arabia. is. carrying out vest again the findings will prove that these weapons are iranians who had requested the united states to dispatch their own experts to take part in the current investigation is the final find x. will be announced once completed the aim is to identify the origin of the attack we are certain that the attack was not originated from yemen it originated from the not investigations will prove. so just since the whole world will be briefed and this is the attacks will be taking the united kingdom was attacked by more than $260.00 ballastic most of them more than $150.00 drones this is unacceptable and. them further up the defenses managed to intercept. the missiles and men it's also to intercept the majority of the drones our fellow soldiers. are firmly acting to preserve the safety and stability of the kingdom it's so the tories clued in god installations also the safety and well being of our nationals the international community has a huge responsibility to put an end to iran

bosal inside saudi arabia helping them the main issue there is one country was saudi arabia a night out of any of those will launch to a war against yemen or against the host either i agree with them or not. you should expect that this group they will attack back they will retaliate they will try to defend themselves but now we see saudi is crying out loud in every corner of of the war if the word about those attacks and i just want to add one more important thing about deuces statement from a u.s. official about that iran is to blame all these drones came from iraq we should actually listen to united states where remember before the invasion of iraq colin powell and they were in security council with a small pipe have said that this pipe cannot kill everyone in the room and they have launched a war against iraq to find weapons of mass destruction they haven't found anything they destroy the entire country the same thing they want to do to yemen but i believe there are more of that coming and saudi arabia is basically on that oil infrastructure. simon the u.s. accused iran for being beh

also ahead saudi arabia's crown prince denies ordering the murder of. turkey's president says the investigation will go on. a war of words with the u.s. president who are news attacks against a whistleblower. and preparing to put on a big show we'll look at the challenges facing china as it celebrates 70 years of communist rule. hello yemen's houthi rebels have released hundreds of saudi u.a.e. backed fighters as a gesture of goodwill in the hope it will lead to a larger exchange of prisoners it comes a day after 40 commanders released video footage that they say shows the capture of thousands of fighters osama bin job reports. paraded in front of cameras and told they can go home. these are some of the 350 prisoners released by humans who the rebels should be baghdad for us. it's an overwhelming sense of delight happiness and pleasure as i am coming home back to my family at home and i mean. we hope for the release of prisoners and detainees from all sides simply because we are yet many and all the prisoners and their families are suffering. they were

saudi arabia points the figurative ran over. last week the drone of missile strike on its all refinery citing the sophistication and direction of the attack is evidence that tehran this the blood. the u.n. rejects to draft resolutions on the humanitarian crisis in the syrian problems of live including a russian one student council failed to find consensus on key issues were taking a closer look at the draft. global security body interpol says at least a dozen suspected terrorist event in europe by crossing the mediterranean. person you report reveals thousands of children in nigeria are being held in dire conditions without trial over their alleged association with terrorists we spoke to one of the authors of the report. describe.

it comes down a saudi arabia and oil and and also visa ve iran and when you see the u.s. secretary of state saying that iran is responsible for attacking oil oil infrastructure in saudi arabia key ally to the united states that is clearly a worrisome for the united states on multiple levels so a clear ramping up of the rhetoric no indication that the u.s. is taking off the table

and really just trump was offering his full support to saudi arabia and the crown prince saudi arabia self defense trump saying that the u.s. would support saudi arabia and also saying that this is attack was a threat to the global economy but then you saw a very strong statement again from mike pump aoe the secretary of state later on saturday if there be a twitter in this statement just really pointing the finger at iran directly so a different tack from the president who just so support for saudi arabia stop pompei o basically coming out and saying this was an attack by iran and iran will be held accountable for it just shows the 2 different messages that are really coming out of washington on saturday on this support for saudi arabia but also pointing the finger directly at iran important to point out the pump a 0 did not give any or provide any evidence at all on. where he comes up with the idea that iran was behind this we'll be watching that closely in the coming hours and days to see if the state department or defense department anyone else can give any is any evidence on this

and really just trump was offering his full support to saudi arabia and the crown prince of saudi arabia self defense trump saying that the u.s. would support saudi arabia and also saying that this is attack was a threat to the global economy but then you saw a very strong statement again from mike pompei oh the secretary of state later on saturday if there be a twitter in this statement just really pointing the finger at iran directly so a different tack from the president who just so support for saudi arabia stopped pompei o basically coming out and saying this was an attack by iran and iran will be held accountable for it just shows the 2 different messages that are really coming out of washington on saturday on this support for saudi arabia but also pointing the finger directly at iran important to point out the pump a 0 did not give any or provide any evidence at all on. where he comes up with the idea that iran was behind this we'll be watching that closely in the coming hours and days to see if the state department or defense department anyone else can give any is any evidence on

to saudi arabia its neighbors might go you know that there is a economic cost to pay. for the current policy i think you know what we've seen over the past several months is some sort of incident calm another incident calm so i would think that you know this is not the last time that we will see an attack of this nature but i would think for a moment given the iranian action and the united states reaction. to wait and see you know weeks from now you know where things go where things go next p.j. crowley thank you very much for your time and insight you're quite well well there on foreign minister has said that saudi arabia and the united arab emirates want to fight iran to the last american as comments come in response to the visit of the u.s. secretary of state to the gulf we have more now from samus ravi finally granted a visa iran's foreign minister took off for the us friday morning to attend this year's united nations general assembly already underway at its headquarters in new york as he flew so did the tweets responding to his american counterpart u.s. secretary

saudi arabia shutting down half of its oil production after a series of strikes at two of the largestil processing facilities in the world. >>> and locked and loaded. president trump says the u.s. is prepared to respond to those attacks once the true culprit is revealed >>> oil, yes, is surging on those attacks. brent crude seeing its biggest intraday rise on record. then u.s. equity futures pulling back as the major averages remain just a point or so away from reaching record high levels, and on strike. general motors seeing its first worker strike since the financial crisis and could cost the company millions of dollars each day it is monday, september 16th and "worldwide exchange"egins right now. ♪ >>> good morning i'm dominic chu in for brian sullivan today. energy prices are soaring with brent coming off its biggest intraday move on record. prices right now moving to the upside you can see here wti crude up 7.5% brent crude up almost 8% by the way, it opened up nearly just around 20% at one point here as the saudis aim to restore at least one third of their lost output by early t

secretary of state might pump aoe has arrived in saudi arabia he's called the strikes on saudi arabia's oil infrastructure an act of war meeting with the crown prince he said washington wants to build a coalition of european and arab partners to deter and confront threats. are trying to make sense you're out of the show when till in the threats that are being issued i'm joined at the big table now by moroccan transfield she's an international consultant for the yemen polling center that yemen's 1st and only independent research center it's good to have you on the show so what do you make of what we saw all today particularly coming from saudi arabia. well it's it's definitely an impressive show that the saudis are going to hear. it's difficult to evaluate exactly what this evidence needs. given the current context where all defense parties to this conflict are interested to portrayed this attack in their favor but what can you see this than the rebels they've claimed responsibility and we know that they're backed by iran so when they claim responsibility for an attack like this. does th

secretary of state might pump aoe has arrived in saudi arabia he's called the strikes on saudi arabia's oil infrastructure an act of war making with the crown prince he said washington wants to build a coalition of european and arab partners to deter and confront threats. all d.w. correspondent published foley l.e.o.'s is in washington good to see you publish these claims from saudi arabia appeared to back up the white house's suspicions that iran was involved in these attacks and now donald trump has announced new sanctions what else happens now from washington's point of view. hi jared well as you mentioned there and as we've heard in the report as well i mean sanctions appears to be the path the president donald trump wants to go down let's not forget that the united states already has significant sanctions against iran so this is just ramping up already what we already have in place against tehran but of course president trump earlier when he was speaking was a little bit vague over what was going to happen next it appeared that he wanted to wait and see what came out of the meeting