without further do, brett mcgurk . brett: thank you. ok, thank you everybody for coming. what i want to do today, we

oversight of the fight against isis, special presidential envoy brett mcgurk. and, how cubans are grappling with the changing tides of u.s. travel, now that president trump is trying to weaken their government. >> within two weeks of the announcement that president trump gave in miami, we've lost over $250,000 in bookings. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: north korea had tough talk today for the united states, following the weekend adoption of new sanctions by the united nations. the new measures target north korea's already-limited export market, and seek to further isolate th

without further do, brett mcgurk . brett: thank you. ok, thank you everybody for coming. what i want to do today, we heard from the secretary about a trip around the world. everything going on in the world in activity at the state department. what i thought i would do is drill in on what he discussed about the key priorities here the department. about the campaign against isis. on theant to focus overall campaign, it is a global campaign. but dive in a little bit too the so-called caliphate in iraq and syria. bring you into what we are doing every day and how it is working, throughout the government, particularly with our diplomats at the state department. some topline points, i think it is important, if you go back to when isis arrived on the international scene, 2014, we had 40,000 foreign fighters from 110 countries going into syria and iraq. they were controlling to cause i state and they were able to maneuver force all around iraq and syria, taking entire cities and controlling millions under their domain. since that time they have lost about 70,000 square kilometers

brett mcgurk has blasted the deal. he wrote on twitter -- the i.s.ighters should be killed on the battlefield in stead. a day after north korea fired a ballistic missile over japan, donald trump says talking is not to be answer in dealing with pyongyang's weapons program, but his defense secretary, james mattis, swiftly rejected those claims in a meeting with his japanese counterpart at the pentagon. matt has said the u.s. is never out of diplomatic options. japan is pushing to impose new u.s. sanctions on north korea. for more i am point by jim wallis, a senior researcher on u.s. studies. trump's own man at the pentagon saying there are diplomatic measures on the table if we want them. what can the world international community do right now? guest: unfortunately, it is up to two main players, the united states and north korea, and both governments have sent deeply confusing and mixed signals. both the north koreans and the americans have sent to signals that are open to diplomacy, prefer negotiation, are happy to talk, and at the same time they thre

we have our special envoy to the global coalition for isis here us, brett mcgurk. i know you heard from him a couple of weeks ago and he wanted to come in today to update you on where things hand. without further do, brett mcgurk. brett: thank you. ok, thank you everybody for coming. what i wanted to do today, you heard from the secretary, about a trip around the world. everything going on in the world in activity at the state department. what i thought i would do is drill in a little bit more about what he discussed, one of our key priorities here in the state department about the campaign , against isis. so, i want to focus on the overall campaign, it is a global campaign. but dive in a little bit to the so-called caliphate in iraq and syria. bring you into what we are doing every day and how it is working, interagency, throughout the government, and particularly with our diplomats here at the state department. some topline points, i think it is important, if you go back to when isis arrived on the international scene, back in 2014, we had 40,000 foreign fighters

special envoy brett mcgurk he's being criticized for promoting the military partnership between america and the syrian kurds something ankara has repeatedly condemned our guest told us that the recent turkish american confrontation signifies a new stage in the nato allies ties. this will create definitively in the wrong ground a big confrontation between turkey and united states or from mica the problem for turkey is that turkey is one of the most important. military allies of nato and the second biggest army is still in turkey of the united states of america and i think . that. the focus here is now trying to play russia. the united states of america and because it's the balance of power for this type of bad attitude towards america and american policies will be not as usual as before just on a quarter past the hour here in moscow a new deescalation zone will soon come into effect just north of the syrian city of homs details just. seems wrong. but i. just don't. get to shape it just to. add to. it. equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common

special envoy brett mcgurk he's being criticized for promoting the military partnership between america and the syrian kurds something ankara has repeatedly condemned our guest told us that the recent turkish american confrontation signifies a new stage in the nato allies ties. this will create definitively in the wrong ground a big confrontation between turkey and united states from from mica the problem for turkey is that turkey is one of the most important. military. and the second biggest army is still in turkey of the very nicest of america and i think. the point is syria is now trying to play russia. because if you ban on soft power try bad attitude towards america and american policy. will be not as usual as before we have lots of news stories still coming your way here on r.t. international today we are back in just a. manufactured two sentenced to public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final. we can all middle of the room see. the real news. you can. import healthcare from china it's all very local. cases of price gouging by monopolists in america and a

special envoy brett mcgurk he's been criticized for promoting the military partnership between america and the syrian kurds something ankara has repeatedly condemned turkish relations expert hussein back she told us the recent turkish american confrontation signifies a new stage in the nato allies ties this will create definitively in the wrong ground a big confrontation between turkey and united states of america the problem for turkey but turkey is one of the most important. allies of nato and the second biggest army is still in turkey of devices for america and i think. the policy is now from i will probably rush through the innocence of america and recall that the balance of power prior bad attitude towards america and american policy. will be not as usual before. and you deescalation zone has just come into effect north of the syrian city of homs. that he tells on after the break. in case you're new to the game this is how it works now the economy is built around corporations corporations from washington to washington control the media the media over voters elected the businessman

oversight of the fight against isis, special presidential envoy brett mcgurk. and, how cubans are grappling with the changing tides of u.s. travel, now that president trump is trying to weaken their government. >> within two weeks of the announcement that president trump gave in miami, we've lost over $250,000 in bookings. >> woodruff: all that and re

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the special envoy to the coalition against isis brett mcgurk says it's about the broader scrutiny now of all state department spending. >> before you put that money in a pot, you want to make sure it is delivering the results you want to deliver. i think there is a review going on of everything we are doing to make sure it is effective. >> so if there's tens of millions of additional dollars available for exactly that goal, isn't the urgency there to use it? >> i would say again, i think the secretary addressed yesterday we are not resource poor in this overall fight. we have the resources we need to carry on the fight. >> is some of that hesitation to avoid angering russia? >> i've never heard that discussed, no. >> reporter: but a former state department official was cited by politico. one tillerson aide r.c. hammond suggested the money is unwelcome because any extra funding for programs to counter russian media influence would anger moscow. hammond today denies he ever said that. he says tillerson's inner circle and staffers that manage those funds in the global engagement center h