and with the escalation that they got by the killing by killing this top general my colleague caleb maupin he's been looking into that and he's told. us leadership has been saying on almost every platform they can find that they are working to deescalate tensions with the islamic republic of iran that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from crossing in the iranian regime as well as to attempt to deescalate the situation it's not an easy case to make killing the country's 2nd most powerful person the most well known military leader and commander of the elite could force of the revolutionary guards doesn't look like deescalation however washington insists its actions were a defensive measure at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel abroad to buy killing costumes still in money this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans the iranians are already promising revenge for the supreme national security council of iran held an emergency meeting on friday an

journalist jamal khashoggi worked before being killed at the saudi embassy in turkey back in 2018 caleb maupin that he told. you want to fish holes are calling for an investigation into allegations that the phone of jeff bezos the world's richest man was hacked and who is the top suspect the kingdom of saudi arabia this is from the u.n. report the alleged hacking of mr bezos his phone i'm those of others demands immediate investigation by the u.s. and other relevant authorities including investigation of the continuous munty a direct and personal involvement of the crown prince in efforts to target perceived opponents the allegation is that the messenger application known as whatsapp was used to buy life the privacy of the billionaire business owner in the united states and furthermore that the number was apparently a number that has actually been used by mohamed bin solomon himself what's interesting here is that not only is jeff bezos the owner of amazon he's also the owner of the washington post that's the newspaper that employed to malta shoji and apparently that is what the crown prince was after

he pushing for the u.s. to step up its charge against iran and just caleb maupin reports there are lucrative defense industry deals as stake. there was compelling intelligence reasons of an imminent threat to respond i trust the intelligence assessment of what's on the neo is doing the kinds of actions he was preparing for i take it at face value what he is saying and secretary pompei oh this was a preemptive defensive measure now these are supposed to be just random smart people who are going to help us understand the situation except there aren't a lot of them have a particular financial interest in a specific outcome essentially they're tied to corporations that make profits from war the usa and iran go head to head they'll get a pretty nice payout and the viewers are kept in the dark about these ties the world is on edge since the u.s. to county raney into restocking tents and codes force command a custom sunday morning following the december 31st attack on the u.s. embassy in iraq since 979 iran has bullied threatened and killed and spread its reign of terror the president has made the right decisions o

caleb maupin looks at the details of that proposal. well there was quite a jubilant atmosphere in the room i asked donald trump put forward what he calls the deal of the century which will be his plan to solve the conflict between israelis and palestinians he heralded the proposal as being great for both sides this is trump presenting his proposal my vision presents a win win opportunity for both. a realistic 2 state solution that resolves the risks of palestinian statehood to israel's security today israel has taken a giant step toward peace now palestinian voices don't seem to share trumps optimism when it comes to this proposal namely because they were not included in the conference where this proposal was actually drawn up no palestinians were involved in drafting this proposal now trump basically has put forward that the palestinians will have 4 years to accept this deal and he says it is in their interest because it will double their territory he actually tweeted out a map of what things would look like under his proposal however it's worth noting that there was a lack of clarity on some of the points even as trump was speaking h

rounds role in the middle east he was also a leading figure in the fight against islamic state terrorists. earlier i spoke to artie's polis leah in tel aviv and caleb maupin in new york about the iranian missile strikes and the situation now unfolding in the middle east. paula let's start with you could you talk us through what's been happening and how all this is being viewed in israel where you are right now. well as you correctly say we know that more than a dozen ballistic missiles were fired by iraqi bases that howells u.s. troops one of them is not far from baghdad and the other one in we have received confirmation from the iraqi side that there are casualties amongst the iraqi forces but we're still waiting to hear whether or not there are any american soldiers who have been killed and we're being told that there's an assessment of the situation that's happening at the moment now the iranian revolutionary guards have taken responsibility they say that this is in the village for friday morning's assassination of the mommy and they've called the operation operation revenge. they've also threatened that if there's any kind of reaction from the united

caleb maupin has more on this story. washington's top official overseeing afghan reconstruction has revealed that the u.s. operations in afghanistan have been surrounded by lies about its progress here's what he said the problem is there is a disincentive really to tell the truth we have created an incentive to almost require or for people to lie there's an odor of mendacity throughout the afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity and who bruce now the pentagon has disputed some of what was said in the testimony of the special inspector here's their response the idea that there was some efforts to hide the truth the reality on the ground just doesn't hold water to this idea that they were somehow missed statements i don't think that really joel's now the public was kept in the dark about these realities and instead of being told the truth about the situation fed reports about alleged progress to getting the impression that things were getting better and that this probably led to thousands of deaths on both sides of the conflict instead of telling the truth it was just a constant stream of alleged progress reports here some of what we he

powers caleb maupin reports from new york well at the ceremony where the deal was signed launching phase one of the agreement donald trump was rather boastful about this accomplishment this is what he had to say today we take a momentous step one that has never been taken before with china toward a future fair and reciprocal trade as we signed phase one of the historic trade deal between the united states and china. together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of economic justice and security for american workers farmers and families i want to thank president xi who is watching as we speak can be going over to china in the not too distant future. now at the press conference donald trump was very critical of china using language similar to the language he's been using for the past 2 years as the trade war escalated for decades american workers farmers ranchers manufacturers and innovators have been hurt by the unfair trade with china forced technology transfer and intellectual property theft have been huge problems since china joined the world trade organization 2 decades ago we have racked up nearly 5 trillion dollars i promised that i would use every law

he was denied a u.s. visa you want democrats they're still angry with on trump for failing to seek congressional approval for his actions in the middle east tese caleb maupin has details. travis decision to kill iran's top general isn't exactly bringing peace and stability to the middle east as the world is on edge waiting to see how bad the fallout will be democrats have spoken up however the objection of the democrats isn't that trump killed got some solid money but that he did it without their permission the operation against solo money in iraq was conducted without specific authorization and any advance notification or consultation with congress there is usually a congressional consulting process it's most constitutionally required we see a gradual march to military action directly or indirectly with iran that has not been authorized by congress but they did actually have a chance to stop trump the recent $738000000000.00 defense spending bill could have included amendments that tied trump's hands and mandated he not carry out any attacks against iran no federal funds may be used for any use of military force in or against iran unless congress has a de