of the french republic. [ speaking foreign language ] >> mr.r bridget, dear distinguished guests, thank you for your warm welcome and for honoring france and the franco-american friendship with this state visit, the first of your presidency, which bears witness to the strength of the bonds that unites our two countries. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> but first of all, please allow me to join your condolences, addressed to -- by the french people to the canadian people and to express our deepest sympathy to president bush and his family. it is in this sad moment as well and in this terrible circumstances that we stand together. [ speaking foreign language ] >> two centuries ago it was laugh fayette who was welcome -- lafayette who was welcomed here to the united states 30 years after the war of independence. at the time he spent almost 14 months amongst you and my stay will be shorter but it is of special importance to and to all my fellow citizens who, for a long time, have had powerful and sincere feelings for y

foreign policy to consolidate the sole superpower nature of u.s. power in the wake of the cold war you know i worked in the clinton white house the national security council and at the time i was asked to help write an article in foreign affairs magazine called the rogue regimes where the united states is going to go after the rogue regimes iran iraq and cuba you know flash forward a few years there i am in the bush national security council bush forty three and there's the axis of evil speech which is almost word for word what the clinton doctrine was for iran iraq and cuba just a few years before and then we have obama in libya and syria and now we have trying to with his attacks in syria so there is an enormous amount of continuity for an interventionist u.s. foreign policy to preserve in their view to preserve american power and american hegemony around and around the world but particularly in the middle east michael let me go to you and watch when i hear bipartisan consensus i get really really worried because that means there's no descend don

foreign policy. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm keen to live well as american foreign policy possess specific d.n.a. it would seem so it doesn't matter who the president is it doesn't matter which party controls the white house one can easily ask the following question is trump's time in office serving george w. bush's third term or barack obama's third term the neo cons are firmly in the saddle. across talking american foreign policy i'm joined by my guest who we leverage in washington she is currently c.e.o. strictly a political risk consultancy and co-author of the book going to to run also in washington we have michael flanagan he is president of flanagan consulting and a former congressman and in new york we cross to don de bar he is an anti-war activist and host of a daily radio program all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate hillary let me go to you on the back of my introduction i mean there seems

of the french republic. [ speaking foreign language ] >> mr. president, dear donald trump, dear melania, dear bridget, dear distinguished guests, thank you for your warm welcome and for honoring france and the franco-american friendship with this state visit, the first of your presidency, which bears witness to the strength of the bonds that unites our two countries. [ speaking foreign language ] >> but first of all, please allow me to join your condolences, addressed to -- by the french people to the canadian people and to express our deepest sympathy to president bush and his family. it is in this sad moment as well and in this terrible circumstances that we stand together. [ speaking foreign language ] >> two centuries ago it was laugh fayette who was welcome -- lafayette who was welcomed here to the united states 30 years after the war of independence. at the time he spent almost 14 months amongst you and my stay will be shorter but it is of special importance to me and to all my fellow citizens who, for a long time, have had powerful and s

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foreign policy". before we get started, if you have not silenced your cell phones please do so. booktv is recording this evening and you don't want to be the person whose phone is ringing when they air it. if you've not purchased your book they are behind the register so after the event head over there and ask for it. we will be happy to sell you one or two or three, up to you. sarah will be signing over here after she is done talking. the groundbreaking study of the 1960s of rights activism argues the movement has had a great impact on the nation's foreign-policy as it did on domestic issues. in this book, sarah snyder shows us as americans became more sensitized to questions of social justice they began to demand it for people in other countries. how americans respond to repression in the soviet union racial discrimination in southern rhodesia and authoritarianism in south korea snyder traces a direct line from the 1960s social movement legislation that resulted in terry and economic assistance, cre

person could be involved in the sense that even if they're targeting a foreign person, if that foreign person is engaged in a communication with the u.s. person, you would still be involved in the u.s. communication as well, correct? >> that's possible, yes. and there are efforts to try to take that into account as well, so there are rules about minimumization. that is if they ended up targeting a u.s. citizen inadvertently, maybe they didn't realize it was a u.s. person when they started and then figured it out, they would u minimization and try to use public rules. there is also something about sending a person back to the u.s. if the u.k. is looking at a group of terrorists that they believe might be bombing the u.s. subway and they're also planning to bomb the new york subway, you can believe we need that information in order to protect people. so there is balancing all the interests involved, knowing there will be some circumstances in which a u.s. person could be intercepted or whose data could be obtained. let me also say there is a provision in there for a audit of the foreign

[speaking foreign language] we are talking north korea, military and trade. a lot of progress has already been made. and as you know we have been discussing these things for weeks and even months prior to this meeting which truly we'll call a summit and we have made a lot of progress. [speaking foreign language] >> shinzo and i have developed a close relationship. we speak all the time. and our nations, i think, have never been closer than they are right now. [speaking foreign language] >> mr. prime minister thank you very much for being here. [speaking foreign language] traps later: prior to the one on one sitting, we have already had a very in-depth discussion focusing on the issue of north korea and also the economic issues. [speaking foreign language] translator: on the issue of north korea, for the first time in the history of the world, there will be a summit meeting between the united states and north korea. [speaking foreign language] translator: prior to the u.s. north korea summit meeting. the summit meeting between south and north korea is being pl

working for the foreign company. own apartment. >> that's major, to have her own apartment. >> exactly, a girl. must have an apartment and the same education. and must be only five years above her. >> that's pretty precise. so, she wants an educated shanghaiese, and ten centimeters higher than her. do the young people know their parents are doing this? >> 80% have no idea. most of the young kids, they feel shame. i need to find my own love for myself. it doesn't stop the parents. the marriage is not a two young people's issue, it is a family issue. >> it is incredible. >> and looking for the reward. after i'm getting old, they will be looking after me. >> that's what it's all about. nothing for free. no free lunch. >> no free marriage. >> exactly. exactly. [ speaking in foreign language ] [ speaking in foreign language ] >> my name is aaron kane. i am a conductor and compos eerf the rainbow chamber singers. >> the choir became famous for its tradition, which blended tradition with humorous lyrics. one of the big hits

president, cha -- [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: mr. president, dear donald trump, dear melania, dear distinguished guests, thank you for your warm welcome and for honoring france and the franco-american friendship with this state visit, the first of your presidency, which bears witness to the strength of this century-old bonds that unites our two countries. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: first of all, please allow me to join your condolences addressed by the french people. to the canadian people. and to express our deepest sympathy to president bush and his family. it is in this sad moment as well and in this terrible circumstances and against these attacks that we stand together. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: two centuries ago, it was lafayette who was welcomed here. to the united states, 30 years after the war of independence. at the time, he spent almost 14 months amongst you. and fortunately, my stay will be shorter, but it is of special importance to me and to all my fellow citizens who for a long time

physically stored in a digital lock box in a foreign computer where it is protected by foreign law. scenario.foreign are toldinsburg: we that until this case, microsoft was complying with these disclosure orders. this case is the first time it .bjected there were past efforts of the same kind and microsoft disclose the contents of the communications. is that so? i want to make: sure that the court understands that this is a very new phenomenon. this notion of cloud storage. we did not start doing it until 2010. we analyzed what our legal obligations were and realized this is actually an extraterritorial act that was unauthorized by the u.s. government, the fact that we were sober minded about it should not be held against us. it seems to me: you're assuming the answer of the question. the government's position is it is not an extraterritorial act. it is not the governments fault it is located overseas. i suspect the government does not care, just like any other subpoena where you go -- it could be any other evidence. if there is a particular objection by the government, where the in

register as foreign agent and forces universities to disclose donations from foreign sources of $50,000 or more. why are those things important to consider when it comes to china? guest: we talked about the foreign registration act especially since rt was forced to register. it was an old law passed in 1938 the has a lot of gray areas. there's a lot of ways that people or companies or nonprofits or donors who do have ties to foreign countries or foreign political parties don't have to register. there's a lot of perhaps foreign influence that we are not aware of. what this law would do is try to -- toy what what clarify what exactly, is a media outlet that has editorial control and foreign funding from the government, they would have to register. that means other chinese media funded outlets here. in terms of universities, there are particular concerns about confucius institutes. they have attempted in some cases to censor discussion on campus about sensitive issues such as taiwan or tibet. but up to this point, they have not had to register. and our contracts with universities are very

putin's reelection mean for foreign policy? what might you expect in the coming term in so far as one can't predict. every two weeks three reach a new low between russia and the west. i think it is wrong to see the ,hole question and the u.k. it's drastically different. question is what does putin three election mean for foreign policy? i guess not much. i don't see any reason to think we are going to have new for policy emerging after the election. peopleyou think that running for election -- i don't think russian voters are ,omplaining in a serious way are being held back by the will of russian voters. imagine anyr me to adjustments in russian foreign policy. >> there are a few possible scenarios, we don't know which one will take shape. we don't know until it happens what will be defined. they have not sent clear signals on what they will be focusing on . in terms of for policy, there are three scenarios i can think of. one is that it was suggested by some that the kremlin was for policy risk that he has taken did not work o

hello and welcome to crossfire were all things considered i'm peter lavelle from foreign policy could be described as double speak the president doesn't have a defined policy approach even goals are difficult to discern is this what the art of the deal means is trumps foreign policy making america great again and the world safer. cross talking terms foreign policy i'm joined by my guest michael blah who is in washington he's a professor of strategy at the johns hopkins university also in washington we have again you for achi he is the director of grassroots political consulting and in new york we. george them yuli he's a fellow at the global policy institute in london and author of the book bombs for peace our gentleman cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated michael let me go to you first in washington you are after all a professor of strategy so given what we've seen of this administration well so they say does this president have a foreign policies strategy go ahead mr strategists. a strategy can be the thing itself or it can be a

we'll means is trumps foreign policy making america great again and the world safer. cross talking terms foreign policy i'm joined by my guest michael block who is in washington he's a professor of strategy at the johns hopkins university also in washington we have then you for achi he is the director of grassroots political consulting and in new york we cross to george samuel he is a fellow at the global policy institute in london and author of the book bombs for peace are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated michael let me go to you first in washington you are after all a professor of strategy so given what we've seen of this administration well so they'd say does this president have a foreign policies strategy go ahead mr strategists. strategy can be the thing itself or it can be a representation of the formulas and nostrums that float among the the privilege the ruling elites and thus i think you see trump speaking to the people who most enthusiastically support him right his base so-called and he is

in terms of foreign aid, the overall foreign aid, the u.s. is the biggest single country. about $30 billion of that. as a percentage of the economy, it's lower than some others. some europeans are above 1%, like germany and the u.k.. but it is a huge pool of resources. our foundation is about $5 billion a year. we need to partner up with all the donors to go after things like polio eradication. the program on hiv is absolutely miraculous in terms of holding that disease in check for us to get a vaccine. a lot of the discussion is about the money allocated to these things or with the executive branch on the execution of these things. i am back your four times a year. when the white house daily guidance came out last night, we learned that you are visiting the president today. talk about your experience with the president and what your message is going into the white house. >> this is a fairly interesting time. budget wise, it is interesting, because since there was a demand to get the defense budget up and a demand that the nondefense not be too far behind, the defense over

-china relationship to a contributing reporter to foreign policy. first goal trump roger in alabama -- her's call for roger -- the first call is from roger in alabama. independent. >> china and united states have to work together, if one fails, the other does. malea non-college-educated that sees college-educated idiots that got us in this mess. other, isd of each that a remedy? -- a reality? >> yes, china and u.s. happy to biggest -- have the biggest economies and the world. that's in the world and we have to partner with global trade issues, even security situations. that is absolutely right. >> democrat line, eric in maryland. hello. >> i always assume that, since we started trading with china, everything would be taken to the wto, if there was a problem, if trump had a problem, the information he got back from his investigation, or whatever he got the information from, should have been taken to the wto and you make your case. they rule. that is why we trade with people. i do not understand where trump gets the authority to put sanctions on other

well to this today the foreign office has released a statement where they say quote the foreign secretary was making clear that porton down were sure it was not a chocolate point they have reinforced what the foreign secretary said then and what portadown have said recently is fully consistent with what we have said throughout it is russia that is putting forward multiple versions of events and obfuscating the truth and. quote now the lib oratory itself has also tweeted saying it is not and has never been our responsibility to confirm the source of the agent now all of this would have been fine and well if there wasn't a tweet that was released by the foreign office on the twenty second of march and about this tweet the russian embassy here in london has tweeted just now asking why would the foreign office delete this tweet from march twenty second and the key here is that the message of this tweet reads quote analysis by world leading experts at the board tory at porton down made clear that this was a military grade novacek nerve agent produced in russia and indeed we checked and double

i never thought i'd be living in a country where we delete checks from the foreign office and the foreign secretary boris johnson either exaggerates if we're being polite or laurie's not just to russia but lies to the u.k. population we were told we were led to believe that poor and down would definitely back up again what boris centuries has been say she was it more careful with the words but boris johnson in that german injury said he'd been told categorically this was the case so it was not a joke and it came from russia there's no other way of interpreting that and i thought the moment that hit the fan they would start damage limitation and that is what they're doing that's what the attacks on call been about now as well you know people are me i'm certainly a russian surely i'm certainly in the pocket of the kremlin for daring to say as a british citizen i just want the truth the evidence or meanwhile russia has called for an international probe into the screen poisoning case moscow submitted a proposal to the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w but the request has been reje

w there's also criticism of the russian foreign ministry and directly of russian foreign minister sergey lavrov for comments he made about potential. proposals of what could have happened to this clear piles now these statements from the european union well they prompted another statement a response from the foreign ministry in moscow a scathing all of that from them as well. your opinion society just come on people i'm the united kingdom we are sure that russia denied the united kingdom to give any information on the case not really into discuss this question at all and has. ruled out any possibilities of shardik operations that is one hundred percent lie trum the first. moment in our official diplomatic correspondent and through diplomatic channels via our amber see in a long time and we have tried to maintain contact with our pritish partners. over b. thing this morning took place behind closed doors the media not allowed in there the only information we were able to glean that was going on came from tweets coming out from the the representatives themselves the russian side saying of

germany's foreign minister heiko musser talking about russia terms in relation to syria. is germany playing a special role here in keeping keeping diplomatic channels to russia open. i would say to some extent you could compare the german position in that case to the position that we have regarding the sanctions over the annexation of crimea against russia and that position is that the sanctions in itself the airstrikes are not an and in themselves they are always a means and the means here must be finding a political solution bringing russia back to the negotiating table and so when on friday the foreign minister talked about increasing pressure on russia this has to be seen in this perspective that it is always the aim to incorporate russia into talks and that the the danish foreign minister here said on the arrival if it takes further sanctions so apparently something that is debated here if it takes for the sanctions to achieve that aim that is something the e.u.'s to look at into it is of course a controversial think a monkey or member states how to deal with russia

in terms of foreign policy. you check, you know that it's going to be so tough for us something good because he was there use and he got fired. was president trump to do? make s trying to go and sure that the united states is brought back. phillip. let's go to lynn. lynn in arizona. independent line. hi. caller: good morning. i hope that congress does not approve mr. pompeo. host: why not? me?ler: have you got host: yes, go ahead. caller: yes, i hope congress mr. pompeo.rove think he should not be approved. i've been from norway to nicaragua and people all over opposed to the way trump is bullying and threatening other to get america to come first. do the threatening kind of ways that he's doing. i think we can do it through diplomacy. we ought to be increasing the having our ment and ambassadors and our diplomats with feet on the ground advising get along with people instead of how we can threaten people and put them down. and i think there are peaceful every o achieve almost goal that america should have. host

announcer: rachel oswald is cq roll call foreign policy reporter. the senate foreign relations committee needs monday afternoon to vote on mike pompeo to be the next secretary of state. the committee, chaired by senator bob corker. what is the status of support in back committee for the nomination? >> i would say it is close to near certain he does not have support for a favorable recommendation. we have had at least one republican, rand paul, come out against. all democrats with the exception of chris coons. he told me on thursday he is leaning towards voting against mike pompeo, who he voted against for cia director. >> what are rand paul's principal objections so far? said he objected to mike pompeo's military interventionist policies, including his advocacy's for the war in a rock and his advocacy for potential military intervention on iran over its nuclear weapons program during the obama administration. host: you tweeted this about chris coons, saying i am leaning voting against the nomination, final decision yet to be made, foreign relations

foreign office to leak said tweet claiming british experts had found the nerve agent used in the script poisoning case was produced in russia. and did other developments about the story the e.u. rejects today russia's proposal for a joint investigation into the attack on the former spy and his daughter claiming that moscow refused to cooperate with london. and also the headlines russia turkey and iran agree on a joint effort to rebuild syria today but they're also warning to about militant attempts to sabotage the peace process maybe with chemical attack. rather than live from moscow this is on tuesdays at ten caramel continue first and more on the developments today in the script it's a case of now you see it now you don't on twitter it appears as the british foreign office is deleted a tweet saying experts said a british lab porton down and confirmed the nerve agent used in the scruple poisoning cases produced in russia it's a move that's not going on noticed by others online with some saying it may be as a damage limitation exercise. part of our team in the u.k. of course next westmi

lawful ipra owned by foreign enterprises in china. at the same time, we hope foreign governments will also improve protection of chinese ipra. fourth, we will take the initiative to expand imports. but demand is the fundamental driving force for china's economic development and it is a requirement for us to meet the people's needs for better lives. china does not seek trade surplus. we have a genuine desire to increase imports and achieve greater balance of international payments under the current account. this year, we will significantly lower the import tariffs for vehicles, and also reduce import tariffs for some other products. we will work hard to import more products that are competitive and that are needed by our people. we will seek faster progress toward joni the procurement agreement with the developed countries. we will stop improving restrictions on normal and reasonable trade of high-tech products and relax controls on such trade with china. this november, we will have the first international import. this is a native plat

presidents other have hosted foreign heads of state? who was john adams, second after george washington, of course. and bringing foreign dignitaries to mount vernon has been a big part of what they have done. the first one i know is the , the of president buchanan prince of england. wasn't the head of state, you have the prince of the country that america broke the tomb ofisiting .he general that led the army it was common for visitors and dignitaries to come to mount vernon to plant trees or labrie wreathsthe tomb -- lay at the tomb. the french marshal as well as other important visitors. the most famous visit that happened here was during the kennedy administration. kennedy had been writing out to -- to mount's vernon. she came up with an idea trying to host the state dinner here. 1961.id that on july 11, cases it was referred to the pakistani george washington, the great leader of that independence movement. videos ofwonderful that evening. it was a lot of pomp and circumstance. the president himself arrived in the pacific. wharf up

opposition leader jeremy corbyn arguing that that statement seems to contradict what foreign secretary boris johnson told g.w. during a march interview room you argue that their source of farthest north edge and novacek is russia how did you manage to find that out so quickly that's driven by says samples of these look at the the evidence from the people from from porton down the the. they have the samples you do and they they they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said there's no dogs johnson in the foreign office is stressing they see no contradiction between those statements and the latest results from british chemical weapons experts you e.s.p. pal is now reported to be recovering from the attack her father sergei is still in critical condition and relations between the west and russia and now at their lowest point since the cold war. russians forest russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that london cannot ignore moscow's legitimate questions over the script all investigation which should i stress that we will continue to react

i think you're right to argue that there are certain consistencies in american foreign policy but in the premise of the question you're wrong because you know look at the way you framed american intervention in syria at the start you said look america obviously intervened it intervened by allowing other countries to intervene without stopping them so american non action is a form of intervention in american action is a form of intervention and the reason that american non action american action or both forms of intervention is because of the general presumption that the united states has a responsibility to be involved in every conflict everywhere in the world in the basic reality is the united states has relations with governments in every part of the world and having relations with governments in every part of the world the united states is involved in every conflict in every part of the world in either through its actions or its in actions the united states is going to be blamed for the outcome so the question is ok what is the best policy for the united states to follow is it a p

foreign policy. to pass a series of reforms that they could no longer be in the business with a universal values such as the 1948 united nations declaration of human rights. and to eliminate how human rights activism : needed when cash so to talk about americans advocating for greater attention to civil and how that inspired the institutionalization in u.s. foreign policy. foreign service officer traveled to south korea in 1962 is three years there to remember the prime minister every sunday afternoon. to build upon and extend those connections when he returned to school as ambassador to 71 stanley zuckerman the information officer at the last embassy in 1971 and 73 remembers how his friends were journalists were arrested for printing unacceptable stories many of these are through other connections to communicate as a strong irritant in our relationship. and then to precipitate even more enforceable -- forceful involvement so to kidnap opposition politicians from the grand palace hotel and put on a h

foreign office deletes a tweet claiming british experts have found the nerve agent used in the scruple poisoning case that was produced in russia as the top story tonight. as the eve rejects russia's proposal for a joint investigation into the attack on the former spy and his daughter claiming that moscow refused to cooperate with the. head to russia turkey and iran agreed in a joint effort to rebuild syria earlier on today but there's a warning to out from them about militant attempts to potentially sabotage the peace process with chemical attacks. by the light from moscow it's artie's news at nine with me kevin and first more developments today in the script to tell you about it's a case of now you see it now you don't on twitter as the british foreign office is early deleted a tweet today saying experts that british porton down had confirmed the nerve agent used in this crippled poisoning case was produced in russia tweets gone it's a move that not gone unnoticed by others online with some saying it is a damage limitation exercise maybe and this is reports from westminster for us. t

, and countries that do not meet the standard to be a qualifying foreign country, but do [inaudible] >> i would like a comment on why do you think or how do you think foreign countries might be interested in being a qualifying country or rather, an executive country entering just an executive agreement because both from what i understand allow for a statutory comity analysis. what would be an interest of a european country to be a qualifying country or just a country entering an executive agreement with the u.s.? thank you. >> i think i can take a start on that. taking the first question, there are two places in the cloud act where the freedom of speech arises. the first, i think, you pointed you out is whether the foreign country in general supports freedom of speech and generally eligible to enter into an agreement and the second place that it enters into is that a particular order in a particular case cannot be used to infringe freedom of speech. to answer that question, i think it's worth pointing out if you were to line up all the countries as a world on a spectrum of how aggres

foreign secretary also said that there is no doubt that russia was behind what happened you argue their their source of. the chalk in russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly but when i look at the the evidence from the people from important they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy where so i said are you sure and he said as they dodged well it seems that all of that was going well until yesterday when the chief executive of porton down came out and said that not only were the scientists not able to prove that the nerve agent came from russia but generally speaking they didn't know what the source was we have not verified the for say source but we provided the scientific information to the government but you have not been able to establish porton down that this was made in russia as i said it's our job to provide aid you know the scientific evidence that identifies for the particular narrow feature is that it's not our job to see where that actually was manufactured so typically you're not able at cotton down to say where it is from we haven't yet been able to do

foreign secretary was already caught lying the house of the victim seems to be miraculously improving we are just heard that said again skip paul is no longer in a critical condition his health is getting better by the day and let's just admit this is not something that you would expect after being exposed to supposedly one of the deadliest nerve agents ever created. if that narrative proves to be either falsified or simply inaccurate don't you think that this u.k. after its two. martial european countries around it don't you think that it made backfire against london nobody likes to looks tippett ok so let's put the hypothetical to the side for the moment the fact of matter is i'm not a chemical weapons expert and i'm not a neurobiologist so i don't actually understand how these neuro agents work or what the path ologies would unfold if you were exposed to them and then were to recover later if that's even a possibility that's all beyond my knowledge base all i can say is that from a diplomatic level the story that the british have told is a story that has resonated quite clearly in

i never thought i'd be living in a country where we delete checks from the foreign office and the foreign secretary boris johnson either exaggerates if we're being polite or laurie's not just to russia as such but lies to the u.k. population we were told we were led to believe that paul and down would definitely back up again what centuries has been said she was a bit more careful with the words but boris johnson in that german interview said he'd been told categorically this was the case so it was not a joke and it came from russia there's no other way of interpreting that and i thought the moment that hit the fan they would start damage limitation and that is what they're doing that's what the attacks on core been about now as well you know people are me i'm certainly a russian surely i'm certainly in the pocket of the kremlin for daring to say as a british citizen i just want the truth the evidence russia's proposal at wednesday's o p c w meeting failed to get the required votes needed to be adopted british and some european politicians moved to block the joint investigation with accus

foreign office deletes a tweet claiming british experts had found the nerve agent used in the scruple poisoning case was produced in russia. rejects russia's proposal for a joint investigation into the attack on the former spy and his daughter claiming that moscow refused to cooperate with. the news russia turkey and iran agree on a joint effort to rebuild syria but what about militant attempts to sabotage the peace process with chemical attacks. from me in the team here the new center and mosque i want to call it brings wednesday evening at seven in the russian capital thanks for choosing us few news this hour first off the british foreign office has deleted a tweet saying that experts at a british lab confirm the nerve agent used in the scribal poisoning case was produced in russia it's a move that's not going on notice by others online with some seeing it as a damage limitation exercise as and us to see a check in the reports now from westminster the foreign office has deleted a tweet that it had initially posted on march twenty second which read that analysis by world leading expe

foreign secretary boris johnson said two weeks ago in an exclusive interview with. you argue that their source of a snuff edge and not a choke is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly that was driven by says sample something when i look at the the evidence i mean the people from from porton down the already have the samples do they and they they they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy why so i said are you sure and he said as they died. or earlier today the situation took another strange twist the british foreign office delete it a tweet that contradicted the porton down labs statement in the tweet from march twenty second the foreign office says that the lab analysis quote made clear that this was a military grade novi choke nerve agent produced in russia yesterday the lab publicly refuted that claim today the foreign office apparently deleted the tweet now trying to clarify why it was deleted the foreign office says that the tweet had misquoted the british ambassador to russia during a briefing in moscow however here he is repeating thos

and what that means for our foreign policy. that lack oftn foresight and his leaves me wondering what he would be willing to put out against the president's worst instincts whether he'd be willing to say no on a different course or whether he would simply be a yes man. when the president blames russia's aggressive behaviors and democrats will director pompeii remind him that russia's aggressive behaviors caused by russia and no one else? as our nation's top diplomat what he said in his confirmation hearing values diversity and demand every employee be treated quote equally with dignity and respect. does he believe in his hearing equipment promoting america's ideals values and priorities including our corrective identity of the nation of immigrants and refugees fleeing oppression who have made the unitedl states their best hopen the world or representative by congressman pompeo who voted against the violence against women's act and gender-based violence and sponsored legislation to roll back marriage equality at the congressman

germany's foreign minister there. told us does the german government think that russia will and other warring parties in syria for that matter will actually now be more inclined to come to the negotiating table and maybe come up with a political solution to the conflict certainly what the german government hopes they have said all along that this conflict in syria cannot be resolved without russia and that there is therefore a need to sit down at the table with russia and try to find. solutions at the same time however in that interview also stressed that it was not only about sitting at the same table and talking that it was about demanding concrete proposals from russia so that's also part of that initiative that i mentioned that germany and france will be trying to kick start the russia obviously is a key part key player in this calling flick the french president hollande has accused russia of being complicit in the syrian government's use of chemical weapons let's listen part of what he had to say. of course that

and promises promises china val's to open its financial sector as a foreign investors will it actually happened. i made his will in place of business round one in the facebook face off between congress and c.e.o. mark zuckerberg it got personal at times as we'll hear in a moment that the markets leapt up facebook shares let's more than four percent to one hundred sixty five dollars during testimony on tuesday that's the biggest hike in almost two years all the same they're worth eleven percent less than before news broke last month that consulting firm cambridge analytical misuse the daughter of millions of facebook users for election targeting purposes in the u.s. zuckerberg is facing a backlash for not doing enough to protect account information shareholders tighter regulations i'll talk to our correspondent about that in a moment first let's listen in to my favorite part of the testimony which really sums up the whole point of these hearings mr circle burt would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night. you. know. i think that maybe with this

foreign policy under the trump administration. hosted by the council on foreign relations in these pieces from the may june issue. on north korea and it is very well worth reading we encourage you to check those out as well. you all have bios i will not spend too much time on their background you can read those but i will say sarah is the washington director of human rights watch previously on the hill and the center for american progress and jake spent most of the last administration and government with policy planning and was head of policy under the clinton campaign down at the carnegie endowment. so i will get right into the spend 25 minutes talking amongst ourselves then q&a. so to start with jake is qualified for the international order but you offer one caveat that there is a trade war could be a nuclear war for problems with alien how scared are you about the of the world? [laughter] are you more scared now the way you? >> it is the caveat to end all, yachts everything is okay except that possibility of nuclear -- nuclear

the foreign office but at a tweet that said that this was a substance produced in russia.was the wording used. there has been something of a clarification, and the foreign office says that that tweet was truncated and state not accurately report the ambassador's words. we have removed this tweet, and in light of everything that we will be talking about today, the foreign office goes on to say, none of this the fact that it is our assessment that russia was responsible for the brazen and reckless act, and as the international community agrees, there is no other plausible explanation. no other country has the combination of the capability, the combination of the capability, the intent and the motive to carry out such an act. the foreign office making it quite clear that it and many other countries believe that russia was responsible for the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. they are both still in hospital, one month after that attack, but clarifying some of the language that was used there. it isi:31ipm. the language that was used there. it is 1:34pm. let's