maybe erdogan will issue a pardon for brunson. we'll see. i just made that up.anks, everybody. [ applause ] >>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, we will look at political news of the day with "washington time's" online opinion editor and harvard law professor lawrence lessi on the lawsuit he joined to challenge the electoral college system. "washington journal" live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >>> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a," historian john furling talks about his bo book, "apostles of the revolution." >> if they could come back and see america today and see the most important play on broadway now and for the past several years is a play that lionizes alexander hamilton and vilifies jefferson, and see the m maldistribution of wealth in the united states and the amount of money that suffuses american politics today, they would see or fear that many of these things that are going on in the united states today bore an uncan

maybe erdogan will issue a pardon for brunson. we'll see. i just made that up.anks, everybody. [ applause ] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> coming up later today, a discussion with the former editor-in-chief of arab news, an english-language newspaper published in saudi arabia from the center for pluralism live at 2:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. , at 8:00 p.m. on c-span, new york times white house correspondent maggie haberman talks about covering the trump white house. >> the relationship between this white house and the press is more and less what you see if you watch one of these rest briefings. -- these press briefings on television. combative, and they have transitioned one -- from ant has always been adversarial nature between the media covering elements into something more openly hostile. >> saturday at 8:00 p.m., tq leaderserican lgb talk about civic engagement. >> we talked about voting an

turkey accuses brunson of espionage and terrorist activities despite sustained economic growth the lira has lost more than a third of its value the turkish population is bearing the brunt. of course where frayed our income has less worth and prices are rising for food too that's worrying . the turkish finance minister promised state influence on the central bank would be diminished in a bid to win back investor confidence but it's unclear whether this will have a calming effect on the markets. well for more we're joined from istanbul by correspondent dorian jones so dorian the turkish foreign minister saying he is vowing retaliation against the u.s. tariffs what's likely to follow from a move like this. or tell you can do very little economically to retaliate against the united states but it can hurt washington strategically or u.s. forces working with a searing kurdish militia just across the turkish border turkey considers that military a terrorist organization so it could run part pressure on that militia and the u.s. forces there on top of that washington has been pushing. very hard

the reason why pastor brunson is in prison is because he's a u.s. citizen residing in turkey.have a turkish citizen residing in the united states who erdogan believes with the catalyst for the coup, his . we have no evidence to support that, so therefore, we are not extraditing him to turkey. that is why we are in the pickle we are in. listen, erdogan started this financial crisis himself when he expanded operations and cited turkey, creating a lot of debt and also refused to deal with low interest rates. those interest rates have to rise. we've exacerbated it for sure but we are not the cause of it. where we are headed here is a diplomatic solution for sure because erdogan has to avoid default. he's got a huge pressure on himself. he's tempered to a fault, that is for sure. at the end of the day, we'll see pastor brunson being released. >> ed: as you look around the world, this president campaigned as somebody who is going to get tougher, not just with voles but ally sometimes when they needed tough, and you look at what happened in turkey, you look at a foe like iran, the pr

release instead brunson was placed under house arrest while his trial continued outraging trump the u.s.

maybe erdogan will issue a pardon for brunson. we'll see. i just made that up.anks, everybody. [ applause ] >> this week, state officials testified about the state of u.s. relations with russia. that is live tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. arrived byan bus has boat in hawaii for the 39th stop of our 50 capital store. we are on the island of a wahoo -- of oahu. >> we are excited to have c-span here in hawaii. greatk this is a opportunity. welcome and aloha. the settleelcome to at public affairs program better known as c-span. i know c-span will enjoy the beauty, the sunshine and the aloha of the 50th state, also known as the aloha state. is with us and asl feel the aloha spirit part of its 50 capitals to our. i do hereby row claim august 15 to the 22nd 2018 as c-span week in hawaii. >> watch more of our visit to hawaii october 6 and seven on c-span, c-span.org, or on the free c-span radio app. state mikecretary of pompeo talked about u.s. policy toward iran and the creation of the iran action group. from the state department, this is 15 minutes. sec. pom

there are no real discussions about the detention of pastor brunson.ack to you. >> edward lawrence, thank you very much. for the very latest on how the markets are affected by turkey, let's go to nicole petallides at new york stock exchange. what are you hearing down there? >> we're seeing the selling. the feeling long term people are still bullish on this market. they're really focusing on the fact we have had good earnings. in the near term here, i've been talking to traders, trish who continue to talk how cautious they are because they're watching support levels and watch the nasdaq composite break below the 50 day moving average and s&p 500 and the dow are negative for the month of august. they're being a little more strategic how they invest in the market. you have a very strong u.s. dollar. that being said, look what is dragging on the dow jones industrial average, turkey, tariffs, china, trade. these are the things that are weighing on traders mind. it is also the light days of august. you will get a little more volatility but the volume has bee

andrew brunson lives with his family in turkey, leading a small church.me after a failed attempt to overthrow the president two years ago, one of 20 americans arrested in its wake. talky —— turkey some —— saw some 50,000 arrests overall. on wednesday, president erdogan says the us should read think it's decision. translation: these remarks against us will not do that any one. such a threat against turkey is not fitting for them, excuse me but we do not even credit for using shut threatening language. the us sanctions apply to turkey's justice minister and the interior minister too, as leaders, says the us, a turkish government organisations responsible for serious human rights abuses. meanwhile, andrew brunson remains under arrest, he denies charges of espionage but faces up to 35 years injail if charges of espionage but faces up to 35 years in jail if found guilty. and you plant, bbc news. andrew plant, bbc news. —— andrew plant, bbc news. president trump has ramped up his invective against the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election

meanwhile, mr brunson remains under arrest.rges of espionage, but faces up to 35 years in jail if found guilty. andrew plant, bbc news. president trump has ramped up his invective against the inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 election. for the first time, he has called on his attorney general to end it, and called the man heading it, robert mueller, a disgrace to the usa. president trump has long been a vocal critic of the mueller inquiry, which is also investigating possible obstruction ofjustice. i asked our north america correspondent peter bowes if it is a risky move for a president to put out a tweet that could be interpreted as obstructing justice. it is, and it's as close as he has come to calling for an end to this investigation. and here we are once again with a tweet from the president that is ambiguous in its meaning, at least to some people, and his close aids have been scrambling to try to explain what he means by the word "should", saying that the attorney general should end the robert mueller investig

request to let him return to his homeland brunson is currently under house arrest and is me in turkey turkish president when says that the u.s. move is disrespectful. reduction of our. patience but the step america has taken does not fit a step taken towards a strategic partner in america has shown serious disrespect towards turkey. on wednesday the trumpet ministrations slapped economic sanctions on to seeing it to officials and said any property they have in the us will be blocked in response to said it will introduce sanctions of its own targeting the assets of u.s. officials in the country besides freezing their assets ankara also says those targeted will also be prevented from doing business with turkey while a pastor at the center of this dispute is andrew bronson he was detained in twenty sixteen in connection with an attempted coup against president whens government that year he's accused of espionage and assisting terrorist groups a deal between the u.s. and turkey to secure the human genital past his release broke down last month brunson was then transferred to house arrest

detained not so you think that the release of pastor brunson could play in the midterm elections. you know i definitely think that i don't think of the trumpet ministration as thinking that widely i think that any six any political points that they can score i think right now you have to also take a look at trump on the world stage mean he really took a lot of flak for his appearance with a lot of your in helsinki and the way that he deflected. you know the notion that russia could have hacked in on our of the american elections and you even saw his his traditional base push back on him i think trump was feeling a little fragile on the world stage his performance at the nato summit last month did not go well it certainly did not go well when he went to canada for the g. seven summit and so i think what he's looking for is easy political points and you know meeting with kim jong un you know back in may certainly was a point to do that and i think trying to antagonize turkey which is a majority muslim country does play into his base. move it in that amount from the american point of

this man's name is andrew brunson. he's from black mountain, north carolina. he's a presbyterian minister and he spent the better part of 20 years in turkey as a -- in a christian ministry. he opened a church just outside of izmir several years ago. it's a very small church. they would have an open-door policy. anyone could come in. and he had been living peacefully there for 20 years. but in 2016 there was a coup attempt, a coup attempt that i still maintain was illegal. it was not the proper way to change government. and -- in the united states or in turkey. and the people responsible for that coup should be held accountable to the law. unfortunately, pastor brunson got swept up in the emergency actions that president erdogan took after the coup attempt and put him in prison. he actually thought he was going down to get finally his permanent residency documents in turkey which he had been working on for awhile when he and his wife were arrested. his wife was held in prison for about 12 days. pastor brunson has been in prison and now detained under house arre

meanwhile, mr brunson remains under arrest. of espionage, but faces up to 35 years in jail if found guilty. andrew plant, bbc news. lets brief you on other stories in the news today. a ceremony to mark the news today. a ceremony to mark the repatriation from north korea of the repatriation from north korea of the remains of us soldiers killed during the korean war has taken place in hawaii. the us vice president, mike pence, and senior military officers paid their respects. the repatriation process was agreed at the summit injune between president trump and the north korean leader. germany is among north european countries suffering serious crop damage in this summer's heatwave. german crops have wilted under the highest may temperatures since 1881, and exceptionally dry weather in june and july. the weather service has predicted more days of very high temperatures. many vessels on the rhine have been forced to carry lighter loads because of shallow waters, and shipping on the elbe river has grown to a halt. taxi drivers in spa

>> the reason pastor brunson is in prison is he is a us citizen in turkey, we have a turkish citizen in the united states who erdogan believes was the catalyst for the coup and we have no evidence to support that so we are not extraditing him to turkey and that is why we are in this. erdogan started this financial crisis himself inside turkey creating a lot of debt and refused to deal with low interest rates. we have exacerbated to be sure but we are not the cause of it. where we are heading is a diplomatic solution because erdogan has to avoid default, has huge pressure on himself, is there into a fault, and asked pastor brunson if he is released. >> he will get tougher with foes and allies. and a fellow -- the pressure from this president if you look at his defense bill. $700 billion. in terms of what will have the most impact. >> we are growing the military in size. we got to a 70 year low which is stunning. the second thing is you heard before congress, serious readiness problem. what that means is a lack of repair parts for our equipment and borrowing from other vehicles. a lack

brunson has become the face of this angry impasse. turkey accuses the pastor, a long-time resident, of having contact with plotters who tried and failed to overthrower dogerdogan two years ago. this crisis goes beyond the fate of pastor brunson. turkey is a key nato member and erdogan says turkey will seek new alliances if problems continue. amid the standoff, brunson remains under guard, his passport seized. richard engle, nbc news. >> it is already back to school time for many students across america. as the new year begins in the shadow of the parkland massacre, children in florida are returning to classrooms with a controversial new layer of armed security added. nbc's kerry sanders has that story. >> reporter: it looked like a typical first day of school, but fed up with school shootings in florida, a new layer of defense. >> fire! >> my resumÈ fits exactly what they are looking for. >> reporter: phil cheshire retired after 26 years as a police officer. now trained and qualified to patrol an elementary school in rural polk county

david: how many americans beside there besides brunson still in custody there?partment refuse toes put a number on this. after the coup attempt in 2016 a state department official says dozens of americans were kicked out of the country or tried. right now a state department official will only describe it as a small number still in custody. most of them are dual u.s.-turkish citizens. david: rich, fascinating. susan. susan: we have retired navy seal with us. start with turkey and mike pompeo says the time is run out. strain between long-time nato allies and members. what is time running out mean? >> i think it means they will take action, the u.s., either through the u.n., go towards that method, or we take direct action via sanctions. they're done talking. i think that is what turkey and others countries accustomed to, word and no actions. now they start to see actions. susan: what about north korea? we had the summit and looks like activity again at a north korean intercontinental missile factory? >> in terms of that, kim is holding up his part of the bargain.

-- pastor brunson from turkey. we recognize the capital of israel and open the u.s. embassy in jerusalem. we are restoring opportunities for all americans, african-americans, hispanic americans, they have all recently achieved their lowest rates ever recorded in the history of their country. women's unemployment recently achieved its lowest rate in 65 years. very important to me, youth unemployment has reached its lowest rate and nearly 50 years a highmployment without school diploma has reached its lowest rate ever. we are advancing prison reform to give former inmates a second chance. these are probably the greatest thing ever happening. sometimes a third chance. they were not hired an bad things are happening. now they are coming out of prison and getting jobs area and they are very thankful. i will tell you else's thankful, the employers area and i had a friend who hired numerous people coming out of prison. in a way, he was forced to do it. he was forced to do it by the fact that he couldn't get people. the nu

so the administration has put off a robust defense for pastor brunson.re are tens of thousands of christians in north korea who have been imprisoned almost exclusively because of their religion. open door usa was considered the number one when it comes to christians. is this something that the administration has also been looking into? >> certainly, we would like to see any individual persecuted for their christian beliefs or imprisoned released. again we have been working with north korea on a number of fronts. that is something we would certainly like to see them change their behavior. [ inaudible question ] it's been discussed and something we would like to see their behavior changed. sorry, jake -- go ahead. >> although access has been reduced to over 90%, a as many as 30,000 isis members still exist in iraq and syria. what is the administration's take on this specific u.n. report and secondly, what would the administration consider an overall victory against isis? >> we would like to see every single member of isis defeated across the globe. i think

and trump feels erdogan broke his word and did not release brunson.taliating trying to force turkey to bend and release brunson. there are other americans also being held, but brunson seems to be the case here. it is a sharp use of american economic power just as with iran. >> what could be the ramifications, where does this put the u.s. and turkey relationship? it was already rocky before this. >> well, it was rocky. and it was rocky for lots of reasons. one is erd with ogan is increas authoritarian, he has been asking for the extradition of a man called gulan in pennsylvania who he believes is behind the coup which may or may not be true. and the turks have been cozying up to the russians. and turks are also very angry with the americans supplying arms to kurds in syria who the turks regard as terrorists who want to break away from parts of turkey too. so it is a complicated mess, but it is coming to a real issue for nato i think. >> yes, that will be very interesting how nato responds for this situation. the currency as we mentioned has plumm plumm

amid the standoff, brunson remains under guard, his passport seized. richard engel, nbc news. >>> it is already back to school time for many sdents across america and as the new year begins in the shadow of the park land massacre, children in florida are returning to classrooms with a controversial new layer of armed security added. nbc's kerry sanders has that story. >> reporter: it looked ical first day of school but fed up with school shootings in florida, today a new layer of defense. >> fire! [ gunshots ]. >> my rescue fits what they are looking for. >> reporter: phil retired after 26 years a police officer, now trained and enualified to patrol an elemry school in rural polk county, florida with just mission. stop a school shooter. >> when you joined this, you have decided that if youee a youngster on campus with a gunpointing it at somebody, and you hear that sound, you're going to sht kill. >> i'm running to it and i'm going to mi tg to minimize the threat and neutralize it. >> reporter: the uardians will supplement armed school resource officer

government and pastor brunson himself vehemently deny. here was the state department on this matter yesterday. >> made any progress about the situation of pastor brunson? >> i would say we would define progress as pastor brunson being brought home. i think -- >> until he -- >> progress is pastor brunson being brought home to the united states. reporter: it is unclear if the pastor brunson issue has anything to do with the tariffs that were announced by the president today but as you know, david and melissa, this president and this administration feel very strongly that tariffs are bargaining chips. that work. melissa: interesting. blake, thank you. david: let's bring in today's market panel. jack hough, "barron's" senior editor and carol roth former investment banker. jack, look at number, tur, the turkey etf. that takes turkey companies and government debt into consideration, down 14 1/2%. if you look at six-month chart. this thing has been going down six months. it wasn't just today's tariff announcements that sent it down. >> turkey is

. >>> white house rejecting turkey's offer to release andew brunson. the turkey government wants to forgive the billions of fines. trump wants the north carolina pastor freed before other matters. this could lead to more u.s. sanctions. brunson's incarceration has strained relations with the two countries and sparking a sharp value in currency. >>> timeline to end the trade war. a delegation leads to washington this week for trade talks. the wall street journal says china and the u.s. are working on a road map to end the trade dispute. the deadline is november. that is the next time president trump and xi jinping will meet. for months, they have threatened each other with billions of tariffs. this week, the u.s. will begin collecting tariffs on another $16 billion on u.s. goods. chemicals and motorcycles and small electronics. beijing will strike back just like last month. previous rounds of trade talks have failed to find a breakthrough. investors like that they are still trying. >>> coming up, mixed emotions for worshippers at the first services afte

brunson very badly. >> a court has rejected an appeal to release brunson.he higher court may repeal it. >> as for whether the u.s. will put more sanctions on turkey, the state farm refused to comment. >> bret: rich edson live at the state department. thank you. a suicide bomber killed at least 40 people today, injured dozens more in afghanistan's capital. the bomber targeted a building where a group of men and women were studying for university exams. ice is being blamed for that attack. the trump administration is imposing sanctions on foreign companies it says are helping north korea with shipments to fund its nuclear program. treasury secretary steven mnuchin said his department is taking action against three companies which are based in china, russia, and singapore. as well as the head of russian firm. steven mnuchin says consequences for violating the sanctions will stay in place until the complete denuclearization of north korea. this week marks one year since nafta renegotiations began, and there is word tonight that a trade deal could be very close

, but if pastor brunson were released that sanctions on turkey could potentially be relaxed yesterday, you had the treasury secretary seem to directly link the two issues when he talked about sanctions and talked about pastor brunson specifically, so it doesn't seem there's a lot of clarity within the administration about what exactly they hope to gain from turkey and which economic policies are tied to that. certainly for those in the market watching the lira, any sign of progress is what they're looking to see >> thank you very much kayla tausche in the wake of the president's comments to reporters a moment ago if you're just joining us, it is a little past 8:00 a.m. in california, 11:00 a.m. on wall street "squawk alley" is live ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good morning we begin this morning with what's been a wild week for tesla. the "new york times" interview with elon musk getting a lot of buzz as he admits the past year has been the most difficult of his career shares are taking a hit, this is on pace for the worst day since march for tesla, as musk and board members of tesla prepare to meet wi

on friday after a turkish court rejected an american pastas appeal for relief the case of andrew brunson has become a flashpoint of tension between washington and ankara with the united states imposing sanctions and threatening more until he's freed the evangelical christian missionary lived in turkey for two decades the government there cusins him of espionage and links to the failed coup of two thousand and sixteen of president donald trump has promised not to take his detention sitting down. well he's been a problem for a long time they have not acted as a friend we'll see what happens they have a wonderful christian pastor a wonderful man pastor brunson. made up this phony charge that he is by at least not is by he's going through a trial right now do you call that a trial they should have given him back a long time ago. turkey has in my opinion acted very very badly so we haven't seen the last of that we are not going to take it sitting down they can take our people so you will see what happens. well the last many forty percent of its value against the dollar this year the crisis is

and turkey to secure his release breakdown last month brunson was then transferred to house arrest over health concerns but he still does face thirty five years in jail if found guilty and that's led to a heated to speak between the u.s. and turkey but we spoke to a former turkish ambassador to the u.s. . glue and he says that this case does highlight the current problems between what is supposed to be close allies this is a relationship that has been strained not only because of for serious but. whether. regional. trade. is all the issues. resulting in a situation where there was a look at middle ocean for different. problems the pastor bronson case to the base of the u.s. is compass is extremely unhappy with various developments in turkey as the absolute right to purchase as four hundred missiles from russia. directions from a neutralizing including the u.s. that this will create problems for. its. partners but i think that the turkey has it either to beef up its a. defense system in that to deal with this one hundred says she is in place and it's blown up. the bodies of three russian

united states and turkey escalating after the president ups tariffs over its refusal to free pastor brunson. is his strategy working? we're live from the state department next. >> as we've looked around the world when countries have lost the rule of law, moved away from democracy, then capital tends to want to get out of that country and it can lead to a currency crisis like we're seeing. hi i'm joan lunden.

. >> sreenivasan: tell me a little bit what the situation is wi andrew brunson, the pastor at the center of all this. >> well, he remains under hoe arrest, house detention. he remains on trial for alleged offenses linkedto terrorism. he n agtempted, through his lawyer, to appeal for a lifting of the travel ban and for his release, but a couple of turkish quurts turned down those ts this week. so turkey is certainly holding the line on the case of the pastor and is not giving to american demands that he be relemmediately. so it really is a major sticking point in the u.s.-turkey relationship, but not the only one. >> sreenivasan: is the thinking that erdogan is holdewg an brunson as some sort of leverage to try to get his way to get the person he wants backi from thed states? >> that is certainly the view of some people. oe view of the united states, president trump aners, believe the charges against the pastor, arew brunson, are trumped up and are essentially that they're framin framing thir as a way, as you say, to put pressure on the u.s. o hand over ghoulan. who is the turkish muslim

simply put, if pastor brunson is allowed to leave turkey, do those tariff levels go away?that kind of the deal that could be in place? >> no. the tariffs that are in place on steel would not be removed with the release of pastor brunson. the tariffs are specific to national security. the sanctions, however, that have been placed on turkey are specific to pastor brunson and others that we feel are being held unfairly and we would consider that at that point. >> reporter: in the interest of national security, what's changed over the last month or so with turkey that you are justifying national security? >> the president has been clear about the steel and aluminum industries, steel particularly in this case, that those are industries that must be protected. we must have the ability to reach certain levels of manufacturing those products here in the united states for the purposes of national security. john. >> reporter: thank you, sarah. i was going to ask about turkey, but based on your opening statement, i have to put out that the attorneys for former director comey and form

vice president mike pence that said pastor andrew brunson is an innocent man held in turkey and justice demands that he be released turkey would do well not to test at trump's resolve to see americans who are wrongfully imprisoned in foreign lands returned home to the united states in the midst of the argument to show of support for the one in the turkish economy during a visit by the emir of qatar as he promised to invest fifteen billion dollars in the country the value of the lira immediately recovered slightly and now signs that turkey is willing to discuss the ongoing dispute the so the message from the foreign minister. care to share i'm here despite everything we are ready to talk about everything to solve the existing problems as equal partners i speak openly but only on one condition where no threatening no dictator and it's something that we won't forget in the administration. but at the white house there was no dialing down up a tone apparently calculated to be threatening. al-jazeera washington. a suicide attack on an education center in afghanistan's capital has killed more

vice president mike pence that said pasta andrew brunson is an innocent man held in turkey and justice demands that he be released turkey would do well not to test at trump's resolve to see americans who are wrongfully imprisoned in foreign lands returned home to the united states. in the midst of the argument a show of support for the one on the turkish economy during a visit by the emir of qatar as he promised to invest fifteen billion dollars in the country the value of the lira immediately recovered slightly and now signs that turkey is willing to discuss the ongoing dispute the so the message from the foreign minister. heresy around here despite everything we are ready to talk about everything to solve the existing problems as equal partners i speak openly but only on one condition threatening no dictator and it's something that we won't forget the administration. but at the white house there was no dialing down up a tone apparently calculated to be threatening. al-jazeera washington. a suicide attack on an education center in afghanistan's capital has killed more than fifty two p

is demanding brunson's immediate release. remains of what are thought to be fifty five u.s. servicemen killed in the korean war of arrived in the united states president mike pence attended the ceremony in hawaii he said president all trump was grateful to north korean leader kim jong un. and in copenhagen over a thousand people have protested against their country's new than on face covering veils in public the law targets the need and burkas more and by some muslim women protesters say the law infringes on freedom of religion and expression but the government says the veils prevent women from integrating into danish society. lebannon is stepping up pressure on syrian refugees to return home some one point five million syrian refugees are currently in lebanon and officials there have repeatedly said that's putting the country under strain hundreds of refugees have returned to syria in the past few weeks but many more are afraid of what would happen to them if they went back d.w. correspondent bora traveled to the town of ourselves where she met a woman who fled syria the as

turkey accuses brunson of espionage and terrorist activities despite sustained economic growth the lira has lost more than a third of its value the turkish population is bearing the brunt. of course where frayed our income has less worth and prices are rising for food too that's worrying . the turkish finance minister promised state influence on the central bank would be diminished in a bid to win back investor confidence but it's unclear whether this will have a calming effect on the markets. covering the story for us from washington stefan talk to us about the timing why is trump going after turkey right now. sir timing and opportunity those are the two key words in all of this the timing for the u.s. administration is or can be that as it is right now the turkish lira is in freefall as you reported as we have seen and heard the lira lost forty percent in this year in two thousand and eight team against the u.s. dollar and this is significant there is a tariff back and forth between turkey and the u.s. and so the timing is right for the u.s. and for the white house to push a little ha

to let him return to his homeland under brunson is currently under house arrest the turkish president says that the u.s. is being disrespectful. we've shown patience but the step america has taken does not fit a step taken towards a strategic partner in america has shown serious disrespect towards turkey wednesday the trump of ministration slapped economic sanctions on two senior turkish officials and said any property they have a new u.s. will be blocked in response to it he said it will introduce sanctions of its own by freezing the assets of u.s. officials in the country and those targeted will also be prevented from doing business with the pastor at the center of the dispute is andrew brunson he was detained in twenty sixteen in connection with an attempted coup against president government that year he's accused of espionage and of assisting terrorist groups deal between the u.s. and turkey to secure his release broke down last month brunson was then transferred to house arrest over health concerns but still faces thirty five years in jail if found guilty and others led to where

and then there is turkey and its detention of pastor and brunson turkish authorities say was tied to the twenty sixteen who attempt now trump says he wants him released. the united states will impose large sanctions on turkey for the long time detainment of pastor andrew brunson this innocent man of faith should be released immediately i have just authorized a doubling of terrorists and still and with respect to turkey as the currency the turkish lira slides rapidly downward against a very strong dollar our relations with turkey are not good at this time. but turkey is going at a budge and just like trump era one knows how to talk tough not talk about we are partners in nato and then you step your strategic partner in the battle we will do as the law dictates you cannot simply make sure you can bow down or by bus on us around meanwhile russia is not exactly caving in the face of sanctions yes it was possible which the but if some ban on banks operations or on their use of one or another currency all it would be possible to clearly call it a collaboration of economic war and it would

consulates throughout to ricky and are being held on the scene charges the wrong brunson has been. detained not so you think that the release of pastor bronson could play in the midterm elections. you know i i definitely think that i don't think of the trumpet ministration as thinking that widely i think that any six any political points that they can score i think right now you have to also take a look at trump on the world stage mean he really took a lot of flak for his appearance with a lot of your in helsinki and the way that he deflected. you know the notion that russia could have hacked in on our of the american elections and you even saw his his traditional base push back on him i think trump was feeling a little fragile on the world stage his performance at the nato summit last month did not go well it certainly did not go well when he went to canada for the g. seven summit and so i think what he's looking for is easy political points and you know meeting with kim jong un you know back in may certainly was a point to do that and i think trying to antagonize turkey which is

simply put, if pastor brunson is allowed to leave turkey, do those tariff levels go away? could be in place on the table? >> the tariffs that are in place on steel would not be removed with the release of pastor brunson. the tariffs are specific to national security. the sanctions, however, that have been placed on turkey are specific to pastor brunson and others that we feel are being held unfairly. and we would consider that at that point. >> sarah. >> what in the interest of national security, what has changed over the last month or so with turkey that you are justifying national security. >> again, the president has been clear about the steel and aluminum industries. steel particularly in this case that those are industries that must be protected. we must have the ability to reach certain levels of manufacturing those products here in the united states. for the purposes of national security. john? >> thank you, sarah. i was going to ask about turkey but based on your opening statement, i have to put out that the attorneys for former director comey and former deputy dir

to let him return to his homeland and brunson is currently under house arrest the turkish president says that the u.s. is being disrespectful. we've shown patience but the step america has taken does not fit a step taken towards a strategic partner in america has shown serious disrespect towards turkey. well on wednesday the trumpet ministrations slapped economic sanctions on two senior officials and said any property they have in us will be blocked in response to he said it will introduce sanctions of its own freezing the assets of u.s. officials in the country ankara says that those targeted would also be prevented from doing business with turkey the pastor at the center of the dispute is andrew brunson he was detained in twenty sixteen in connection with an attempted coup against president whens government that year he's accused of espionage and assisting terrorists groups a deal between us and to secure his release breakdown last month brunson was then transferred to house arrest over health concerns but still faces thirty five years in jail if he is found guilty and that's led to a

but it will never be a normal relationship until pastor brunson is out of jail.had nothing to do with the uprising in 2016. the employees at the american embassy are not trying to overthrow the turkish government. in 2016 the military turned on the turkish president. i can understand his concerns. that's being blocked from russia, the premier mental defense system, we need to reset this relationship in the best way to do it is let pastor brunson come home and start ove over. >> martha: when the president left for helsinki he talked about all of the meetings that were ahead of him and at that point he said putin might be the easiest of all of them, that he wanted to find some common ground with the leader of russia. now we've got a situation where there are sanctions due to the poisoning that happened in the u.k. and dmitry medvedev is saying who they are in economic warfare at this point. is it fair to say the president has put the goal of finding common ground with russia to the back burner at this point? >> senator graham: i think russian behavior has dominated

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the latest effort by the trumpet ministration to get istanbul to release an american pastime under brunson was detained in twenty sixteen accused of helping the group the turkish government says were behind a failed coup attempt alan fischer has the latest from washington d.c. . angry words have been exchanged between the u.s. and turkey over possible sanctions no the u.s. has decided to act at the president's direction the department of treasury is sanctioning turkey's minister of justice and minister of interior both of whom played a leading roles in the arrest and detention of pastor brunson the two ministers targeted a senior figures in the turkish government still a man so i loue is the interior minister abdul hamad google is the justice minister the u.s. says they are involved in organizations responsible for the continued detention of this man american pastor andrew bronson the taxi he's a spy who was involved in the field twenty sixteen coup in turkey the americans insist he is simply a christian pastor who has been targeted because he met many people from different communities whi

turkey accuses brunson of espionage and terrorist activity despite sustained economic growth the lira has lost more than a third of its value the turkish population is bearing the brunt. of course we're frayed our income has less words and prices are rising for food too that's worrying . the turkish finance minister promised state influence on the central bank would be diminished in a bid to win back investor confidence but it's unclear whether this will have a calming effect on the markets. now to some of the other stories making news around the world police in the united states say a suicidal airline employee stole a passenger plane and then crashed it into an island near seattle two army jets pursue the plane but they were unable to stop it from coming down there were no passengers on board the aircraft when it crashed and sparked a fire a california jury has found chemical giant monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who allege the company's the week killers gave him cancer the jury ordered the company to pay the man two hundred eighty nine million dollars in damages on santo

turkey accuses brunson of espionage and terrorist activities despite sustained economic growth the lira has lost more than a third of its value the turkish population is bearing the brunt. of course where frayed our income has less worth and prices are rising for food too that's worrying . the turkish finance minister promised state influence on the central bank would be diminished in a bid to win back investor confidence but it's unclear whether this will have a calming effect on the markets. german chancellor angela merkel is in spain today for informal talks with spanish counterpart pedro sanchez with migration dominating the agenda the cheerleaders have been meeting at sanchez's holiday residence in the south of the country in recent months spain has become the preferred route for migrants trying to reach europe after italy tightened restrictions on the arrival of refugee. talks come two days after madrid agreed to take back any migrants who reach germany despite being registered first in spain. and as you can see two leaders have been addressing the media so let's get. more on all

would not tolerate mistreatment of pastor brunson. general jack keane is here to tell what happens next. general, strikings me turkey is supposed to be our ally and they are a member of nato but seems like they have gone a long way from there. what are your thoughts. >> they sit at the confluence of europe and the middle east. they are probably the most strategically placed country in nato. they have the second largest army by far, much larger than any other european army, military, not just army. the united states obviously has the largest. but you're absolutely right, melissa. this has been going on a couple years this, strained relationship. when the coup took place against erdogan in 2016, he was really frustrated that the united states and not a single nato nation came out to support him. to provide moral support for him as he was going through that. it is because he has become an authoritarian leader, he has taken away democratic values and, the united states and europe, certainly doesn't appreciate that the they're moving it. r

is pressuring turkey to release andrew brunson. he's an american pastor in turkey for the last two years. mike pompeo mid with the turkish foreign minister about this. he says the clock has run out on the government to release the pastor. they said "brunson needs to come home and all of the americans being held by the turkish government. they've been holding these folks for a long tear. they're innocent people." the turkish government arrested brunson a couple months after a failed coup attempt in 2016. this week the treasury department detained two officials because they have been detaining brunson for so long. >> trish: thanks. how do we get north korea to give up their nukes? we have general boykin here with me. he went over there a lot of pomp and circumstance that went into that president trump and kim jong-un meeting. did it get us what we want? >> well, the mistake the president made was coming out of there saying that north korea is no long area nuclear threat. that raised expectations beyond a reasonable level. i don't kno