this brian hoke writing emails trying to bribe the captain of one of those tankers that we have mike pump aoe saying afghanistan was a success after 18 years and then we have a 30 year old taking over the helm izmit is the middle east envoy for the united states i mean this program is titled vaudeville politics is that an appropriate title. ahead in beirut. i mean it sounds like it has really is a comedy of errors i mean i think part of the reason for this though is. the trump himself is not particularly interested in the middle east except in the sense that he would like to support israel as best he can and he would like to make money so sell weapons to. gulf countries he's not particularly vested in the long term or middle term strategic objective you know the deep state. in terms of you know keeping troops in the region and so that the u.s. maintains her germany those are not his priorities so. i would say that the u.s. government is that odds with itself in terms of middle east policy on one hand you have the deep state that worked you know consistently over the last few decades

this brian hoke writing emails trying to bribe the captain of one of those tankers that we have mike pompei all saying afghanistan was a 6 to 18 years and then we have a 30 year old taking over the helm. the middle east envoy for the united states i mean this program is titled vaudeville politics is that an appropriate title go ahead in beirut. i mean it sounds like it has really is a comedy of errors i mean i think part of the reason for this though is. the trump himself is not particularly interested in the middle east except in the sense that he would like to support israel as best he can and he would like to make money so sell weapons to persian gulf countries he's not particularly vested in.

this brian hoke writing emails trying to bribe the captain of one of those tankers that we have mike pump aoe saying afghanistan was a success after 18 years and then we have a 30 year old taking over the helm is the middle east envoy for the united states i mean this program is titled vaudeville politics is that an appropriate title go ahead in beirut.

unprecedented ratcheting up pressure by the united states but at the same time that special envoy brian hoke says that president trump remains open to buy left rule negotiation the indication perhaps that a meeting is being suggested that the united nations general assembly with the radian leaders omens later this month not so says iran the foreign minister has tweeted out a message saying that the u.s. reward money being offered amounts to nothing more than blackmail my grandchildren who are separated from their parents at the us mexico border are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder a government watchdog report has found that most of the children had serious mental health problems and the uncertain reunification process only added to their ordeal report also revealed that some of the children were confused and belief that parents in a band and then the u.s. began separating children from their parents in may 2018 as part of the 0 tolerance policy towards migrants who illegally cross the border but said it would stop after an international outcry. when a young child suddenly loses

last week when i interviewed brian hoke, who was the advisor to mike pompeo, he said oil and the oil markets is something .ncredibly important to them with regards to oil, what i can is somethinghat the administration has consistently said is on their radar. you are saying that in the market reaction about just how significant of a role these geopolitical events play. david: it is too soon to know who will be the replacement for mr. bolton, at the same time we can think about who are the other advisors around the president who might come to the fore. mike pompeo seems to have a close relationship with the president. does this mean mike pompeo may have an even more important role in advising president trump on international affairs? kevin: absolutely. i would make that case that this could impact whether or not mike pompeo decides to run for senate. meanwhile, brian hook continues his assent within the administration, as does jared kushner. kushner has been working behind the scenes on crafting this middle eastern peace plan that has yet to be unveiled. they have been traveling --ethe

kate kellogg, brian hoke and ricky waddell. so, where are we on this and what does it mean?evan, mara eliasson, national political correspondent of national public radio and katie pavlich, news editor at townhall.com. that briefing today, secretary pompeo looked a little happy. he looked a little giddy, i think. >> he is the last guy standing. he is now the trump administration's foreign policy principal and there is nobody competing with him. so yeah, he's pretty happy. >> bret: policy, personality? what do we think happened here? >> both. he talked about the fact he kind of like this good cop/bad cop routine. john bolton sort of served a purpose for a while but i think over time the clashes became sort of cumbersome for trump and a little bit more than he probably wanted in the administration so he's on the hunt for a new national -- >> bret: take another listen to pompeo from that press briefing about -- we are going to save it for later. katie, your thoughts on bolton? >> so based on who i talked to today in his administration but bolton's departure, it seems like john b