. >> so elliott brody based on recording today made contact with george nader during the inauguration. it was after that meeting that he got an introduction to the crown prince of the uae. the reason the crown prince is important, he has this strong and successful working relationship with the russian president. this is what the last administration had their hair on fire about every time you mentioned the uae. it was after that meeting that elliott brody took this idea to the president about an arab nato, which is what the uae wants a military force to go to afghanistan and other countries as opposed to western forces. the bottom line in the last hour, as complicated as this story is, elliott brody and his wife have filed this 40-page lawsuit and they're accusing qatar of hacking their e-mail accounts to spread the e-mails to reporters and tarnish their reputation. if this sounds familiar like taking a page out of the russian playbook, think about the dnc and the clinton campaign. the same strategy there. >> shepard: regarding this hacking, how did they get in? >> i'm going through th

says it has e-mails that show elliott brody who is also a major fundraiser for donald trump asked the president to sack rex tillerson last october roslyn jordan has more from washington. the upshot of these latest reports on what two u.s. based business men may or may not have been doing in terms of lobbying the trumpet ministration is this the special counsel's investigation into whether russia had anything to do to try to throw the two thousand and sixteen presidential election as well as to exert influence on u.s. foreign policy once donald trump became president apparently is now covering whether other countries might have been doing the same thing there are a number of reports now out suggesting that two businessmen george nader and elliott brody both try to influence the trumpet ministration in twenty seventeen to actually take a harder line against the government of qatar as well as to try to get rid of the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson all of this in a way to basically try to bolster the u.a.e. as efforts to expand its political influence across the gulf region and acr

one of the hosts was a man named elliott brody. elliott brody invites you to the fund-raiser.n tell you he did not show up for that event he invited you to. according to the "new york times" as scrutiny has mounted around mr. broidy, after conversations he volunteered not to attend. we should have known. we had noted at the time that it seemed nuts that the rnc was going to put the president in the same room with him right now given the clown car full of stories that have broken over him over the last few weeks. first the leak proposal that he would earn 70 to $80 million if the justice department decided to drop an investigation into the ma lay shan government. and then pushing the agenda of the united air of emirates. then it was documents showing elliott broidy pitching himself to somebody who could help russian countries get off the sanctions list for a fee to elliott broidy. and now mr. nader gave broidy millions more to bang roll a lobbying campaign against cutter in washington. that business partner of -- oh, my god. that was so cool. do it again. that's it? we can't do

businessman elliott brody brody too has u.a.e. ties according to the b.b.c. broidery reportedly lobbied to president donald trump in october to support the blockade against qatar to hold secret talks with the crown prince and to fire secretary of state rex tillerson because he opposed the blockade to be clear there is no indication moller is investigating broidery. analysts find interesting is the extent of the influence the emirates hold inside washington it's the. investment so much good is now this over confidence of the deacon to have their way into the u.s. administration and to the extent that. they were trying to get to the head of some because of his position toward the gulf crisis at the same time what is a lot of is not an act of regular or natural role being inducted. part of the game in washington but it's rather you have two agents any hopes. and george made that hole or trying to establish a diabetic between trump and mohammed have been is a. there's also the question of whether the president's initial support for the blockade was in any way inf

elliott brody invites you to an evening with donald trump.n tell you he did not show up for that event he invited you to. according to the "new york times" as scrutiny has mounted around mr. broidy, republican officials signaled he would be a distraction at a fund-raiser. after conversations with others, he volunteered not to attend. we should have known. we had noted at the time that it seemed nuts that the rnc was going to put the president in the same room with him right now given the clown car full of stories that have broken over him over the last few weeks. first there was the leaked proposal that he would earn $70 million to $80 million if the justice department decided to drop a corruption investigation into the malaysian government. then more leaked documents showing impushing the agenda of the united arab emirates. then it was documents showing elliott broidy pitching himself before the inauguration as somebody who could help russian countries get off the u.s. sanctions list for a fee to elliott broidy. just today ap records george

same thing there are a number of reports now out suggesting that two businessmen george nader and elliott brody both try to influence the trumpet ministration in twenty seventeen to actually take a harder line against the government of qatar as well as to try to get rid of the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson all of this in a way to basically try to bolster the u.a.e. efforts to expand its political influence across the gulf region and across the greater middle east now there have been a lot of back and forth about what u.s. foreign policy particularly in the middle east should be and certainly with the june fifth blockade imposed against the state of qatar there have been a lot of questions about whether the trumpet ministration is actually standing by or harming a longtime national security ally in the gulf region so this really does raise the specter of whether the investigation is broadening and whether any persons both within the united states and outside the united states might find themselves in legal jeopardy because of it. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said to me counter

promoting the interests of the united arab emirates and saudi arabia investor and defense contractor elliott brody was a top fundraiser for the trump presidential campaign according to the new york times a businessman and political advisor to the crown prince of abu dhabi george nader helped brody's company gain access to the u.a.e. in exchange navy used brody's influence to shape trance policy in the region the newspaper ads that brody pushed the white house to fire the former secretary of state rex tillerson and to adopt a policy of confrontation with qatar. the situation pacific now where south korea has secured an exemption from hefty u.s. steel tariffs in exchange for a vising the country's free trade agreement under the changes us all to makers will be allowed to double the number of cars they can import into south korea and south korea will now have to comply with a quota which cut steel imports to the u.s. by about thirty percent if we teaching books have been amid rising uncertainties in the global market due to the united states treat actions against china the latest agreement has remove

and europe al-jazeera has obtained documents showing elliott brody was offered twelve point five million dollars to give political and financial advice to russia's v.t. bank it happened in two thousand and fourteen not long after russian troops entered crimea it raises questions on whether brody was bricked was breaching a u.s. law that requires registration for people working for foreign interests. the documents were obtained as part of a one year investigation into corruption involving eastern european oligarchy which revealed a massive offshore network link to former ukrainian president viktor young of course which you can see that investigation called the oligarchs on al-jazeera is you tube channel so you tube dot com forward slash al-jazeera english. thousands of south koreans are marking international women's day by rallying against sexual abuse and harassment. in march to a square insall carrying signs of the global me to movement south korea's government says it plans to toughen the punishment for employers who fail to address sexual abuse. women of march in new delhi to demand b

businessman elliott brody brody too has u.a.e. ties according to the b.b.c. broidery reportedly lobbied to president donald trump in october to support the blockade against qatar to hold secret talks with the crown prince and to fire secretary of state rex tillerson because he opposed the blockade to be clear there is no indication moller is investigating broidery. what analysts like interesting is the extent of the influence the emirates hold inside washington it seems to have invested so much good is now this overconfidence that they can have their way into the us administration and to the extent that. they were trying to get to the head of some because of his position toward the gulf crisis at the same time what is a lot of is not an act of regular or national role being part of the game in washington but it's rather you have two agents any of us. and george made that hole or trying to establish a diabetic can link between trump and mohammed have been is a good. there's also the question of whether the president's initial support for the blockade was in an

worked for more than a year to influence elliott brody a powerful member of the republican national committee neither is said to have offered broadly business deals on behalf of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. in order to exert influence over white house policy policies which advocated confrontational approaches towards iran and gutter brodie denies the claims that his spokesman accuses hackers working for carter for leaking the documents their accusations guterres government has described as baseless a fear look at the blockade and the crisis in the gulf a crisis started last year there is a context for this and it seems that those preparations produce this kind of a crisis because it was a trend that is a consistent a plan. supported by the two government governments financially supported by in washington and is alliances and led to all of this. that is they became prominent recently as a witness in the investigation into foreign influence on the trumpet ministration by special prosecutor robert mueller the media reports to complicate been someone's tour of the united states the trip has been d

what for more than a year to influence elliott brody a powerful member of the republican national committee needer is said to have offered broadly business deals on behalf of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. to try to exert influence over white house policy policies which advocated confrontational approaches towards iran and qatar brody denies the claims his spokesman accused hackers working for qatar for leaking the documents accusations qatar's government has described as baseless a fear look at the blockade and the crisis the gulf the crisis started last year there is a context for this and it seems those preparations produce this kind of a crisis because it was a trend that is a consistent a plan. you know supported by the two governments to governments financially supported by no they're in washington and this is alliances and lead to all of this . it suggests that neither of us broadly to push for the removal of secretary of state rex tillerson scene is to even handed in the coming g.c.c. dispute influencing a person like donald trump. it is a unique challenge to the people within the admi

now the associated press is reporting he is also linked to a top trump fundraiser businessman elliott brody according to the a.p. nader wired two point five million dollars to brody who sponsored a form where congressman ed royce spoke and called for cutter to be labeled a terrorist supporting state later brodie donated the max contribution five thousand four hundred dollars to royce in total the a.p. says brody gave six hundred thousand dollars in campaign contributions since he began lobbying against cutter at the time he didn't have any business dealings with the u.a.e. but in january he apparently signed a contract with the u.a.e. for more than two hundred million dollars there is no evidence he used the money from nader or the u.a.e. to make those campaign contributions but legal scholar bruce fein says he could still be in legal jeopardy even if you're not paid if you're operating on behalf. of a foreign country you need register even if it's volunteered services that you're trying to do something and it's obvious they're talking to the crown prince those highest levels and so there w

found elliott brody a major trump fundraiser was rex out for not supporting the blockade against castle and north korean state media is reporting leader kim jong un wants to advance relations and ease military tensions with south korea kim jong un hosted a banquet with a south korean and boy and met them at the ruling workers' party headquarters in pyongyang a high level seoul delegation has traveled north for two days of talks on a versing a nuclear conflicts there's all the headlines more news continuing here on al-jazeera after bone. more than twenty years after the bosnian war of one man mr ching for the bones of his piece of the old the if you will sell it for floor. again according. to all your fellow me and all who will give you a free food and water bones are all that families have to lay their loved ones to rest for you so very much on each of those and also. it is his life's mission and maybe he will know it until the end of his life. flew. all over the world to speak. every day since two thousand and two romney's new catch has been scouring the forest for the remains of victi

businessman elliott brody brody too has u.a.e. ties according to the b.b.c. broidery reportedly lobbied to president donald trump in october to support the blockade against qatar to hold secret talks with the crown prince and to fire secretary of state rex tillerson because he opposed the blockade to be clear there is no indication moller is investigating broidery. analysts find interesting is the extent of the influence the emirates hold inside washington it's the. investment so much good is now this over confidence that they can have their way into the us administration and to the extent that. they were trying to get to the center of some because of his position toward the crisis at the same time what is a lot of is not an act of regular or national role being part of the game in washington but it's rather you have two asian kids. and george knew that hole was trying to establish an batek between trump and mohammed have been. there's also the question of whether the president's initial support for the blockade was in any way influenced by his son in law jar

we know bob nader is cooperating, elliott brody, the fund-raiser, participated in a meeting with the president, supplied information to nader and emiratis. what -- bob mueller may be able to get that information through other means. >> to skeptics, how does this relate to the russia probe? >> that's one of the open questions. whether this is related to the russia probe because of that meeting in the seychelles that was attended by an intermediary for russians and emiratis or is this a connected inquiry? if that's the case robert mueller would have to get approval for a new line of inquiry. we don't yet know if this is connecteded to russia or looking a a broader means by which people outside the administration have bought access to the administration or ultimately bought policy. >> matt miller, thank you so much. julia ansley, the web of all of this is so complex. thanks for being there for us. >>> and coming up, pennsylvania pushing republicans' last-ditch efforts to save a deep red house seat outside pittsburgh. this is "andrea mitchell reports." anies, but we make more than our na

we're learning now the qataris had information on george nader and elliott brody, these two people connected to the emiratis who had secret meetings with the trump administration, both during the transition and once they were in the white house. and the qataris believe that this, as well as jared kushner's business with the emiratis, could have influenced that decision for the blockade. but this is the really strange world we're living in right now. and this, with the way the officials decided not to go forward to muler with this, this is really illuminating, because they were in this really tough place. they felt that there was undue influence behind this policy, but they didn't want to burn their own bridges. this, when i talk about this strange world, means that when you have these foreign influences coming into the white house, it also impacts how these people can go forward and cooperate. this is in a nutshell what a conflict of interest looks like and why they are being put in this tough position. >> jared kushner who still has a major stake in his family's business. his family's real

now the associated press is reporting he is also linked to a top trump fundraiser businessman elliott brody according to the a.p. nader wired two point five million dollars to brody who sponsored a form where congressman ed royce spoke and called for cutter to be labeled a terrorist supporting state later brody donated the max contribution five thousand four hundred dollars to royce in total the a.p. says brody gave six hundred thousand dollars in campaign contributions since he began lobbying against cutter at the time he didn't have any business dealings with the u.a.e. but in january he apparently signed a contract with the u.a.e. for more than two hundred million dollars there is no evidence he used the money from nader or the u.a.e. to make those campaign contributions but legal scholar bruce fein says he could still be in legal jeopardy even if you're not paid if you're operating on behalf. of a foreign country you need register even if it's volunteered services that you're trying to do something and it's obvious they're talking to the crown prince those highest levels and so there je

same thing there are a number of reports now out suggesting that two businessmen george nader and elliott brody both try to influence the trumpet ministration in twenty seventeen to actually take a harder line against the government of qatar as well as to try to get rid of the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson all of this in a way to basically try to bolster the u.a.e. efforts to expand its political influence across the gulf region and across the greater middle east now there have been a lot of back and forth about what u.s. foreign policy particularly in the middle east should be and certainly with the june fifth blockade imposed against the state of qatar there have been a lot of questions about whether the trumpet ministration is actually standing by or harming a longtime national security ally in the gulf region so this really does raise the specter of whether the investigation is broadening and whether any persons both within the united states and outside the united states might find themselves in legal jeopardy because of it and i as the middle east studies program coordinator at the

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