here you could respond because they can't this is because in foreign press association. president we. accept the results of what they are next week if they are you going to be one of a number of the v.c. during the. calls. if you will sessions are to me at the u.n. security council he will act is not your usual thing what are these the next step of the russian government to do with peace. on the second question i definitely knew that your advice to do it because you know i don't know you know because first of all we want to discuss with all the countries and the security council in this case quite a quite a fair place and then we'll see you know what kind of discussion is this said the twenty three countries against fifteen so the majority of the world the world community is not supporting the western approach so this is this is this is first and i don't know if we're going to do and. as far as the results or course we will accept the results but this results should be confirmed by the. international community so we want to see who are the experts for the time being we d

evening in the papers, my guests tonight will be benedicte paviot who's the president of the foreign press associationand the sun's chief sports reporter martin lipton. stay with us for that. theresa may has said she is rallying commonwealth countries to join the fight against plastic pollution in the oceans by making it central to the agenda at this week's summit. the environment secretary, michael gove, said the government would act by the end of the year to ban the sale of disposable plastic straws, cotton buds and stirrers in england. scotland has already announced plans to ban plastic cotton buds. 0ur science editor david shuckman reports. soldiers hacked away at a dense mass of plastic waste. it's hard to believe what this is actually a river and they're trying to clear it out. you can just see the water underneath all the bags, containers, and bottles. this is one of many indonesians cities choking in so much waste that the army has been called in. for the military, plastic is a new and strange kind of enemy. this looks like a rubbish dump, it certainly smells like one but what's striking is th

josh letterman, national security and foreign policy reporter for the associate press. jeh johnson was out this morning talking about what issues he foresees, if, in fact, these national guard troops end up on the border. and give me your assessment if you awe agree. >> the idea of the military along the border is not good for several reasons. if you deploy the guard to the border, they can do no more than support. >> do you see a benefit for having national guard on the border? >> well, there's been a lot of confusion over this. since 1974, we have a joint headquarters in el paso, district. they're routinely koort nading

josh letterman, national security and foreign policy reporter for the associate press. jeh johnson was out this morning talking about what issues he foresees, if, in fact, these national guard troops end up on the border. and give me your assessment if you awe agree. >> the idea of the military along the border is not good for several reasons. if you deploy the guard to the border, they can do no more than support. >> do you see a benefit for having national guard on the border? >> well, there's been a lot of confusion over this. since 1974, we have a joint headquarters in el paso, district. they're routinely koort nading t -- coordinating effort. we both have active and national guard force selective measures. top only red lines here, without speaking of a declaration evidence. the naval assets, the u.s. navy engineering units and they do recog any dance on the border. the question is to be able to back off when needed. we want 20,000 agents to provide security and enforce laws and do this in cooperation with mexico. >> how do you see the potential for escalation along

also with us josh letterman, national security and foreign policy reporter for the associated press. gentlemen, thank you very much. michael, i feel like i ask you this all the time but let's ask again. more sanctions yet again today. are they enough? >> first, thanks for mentioning the book. i appreciate that. >> one author to the other i know you always mention the book. >> i really appreciate that. are they enough? of course not. let's be clear. sanctions always take a long time to have an effect in terms of changing another country's behavior. that was the most certainly true with sangs we put in place when i was in the obama administrati administration. on iran it took years to have an effect. those sanctions were much broader than this against a much target economy. it was the right thing to do. i support the administration. there has to be a response. this was a serious list they put together. >> is vladmir putin going to feel this? not only the folks we mentioned but his son-in-law is on that list. >> he's going to see we are encircling him. we are escalating. we're trying to

the foreign minister also told the associated press that america had not honored its earlier agreements>> the united states has not lived up to its side of the bargain. sanctions, not to impede economic relations between iran and its economic partners. it has prevented basically dissuaded, threatened companies from engaging with iran. juliette: donald trump has signaled a dramatic shift in his chance toward kim jong-un. just months after the riding their leader as little rocket man, he has said he is quite honorable and makes they -- in hopes they meet very soon. some still had a strong message. >> very simple, they get rid of their nukes. would be very for me to make a great deal and claim victory that i don't want to do that. >> steven mnuchin will head to china to begin talks on trade. president trump says he thinks there's a good chance of a deal being done, but if not, trump says his proposed tariffs will take affect as planned. the european union would be prepared to offer britain a better trade deal than the one that gave turkey if it decides to stay in the customs union. that is

the foreign minister also told the associated press that america had not honored its earlier agreement united states has not lived up to its side of the bargain after its commitment to lift certain sanctions. not to impede economic relation between iran and its partners. it has done all of that. it has dissuaded, threatened companies from engaging with iran. juliette: donald trump has signaled a shift with his stance against jim -- kim jong-un. months after the riding the leader as rocket man, he now says he is honorable and hopes they meet soon. tone, he hadarmer a strong message for pyongyang. president trump: very simple, they get rid of their nukes. it would be easy to make a simple deal and claim victory. i wanted to get rid of their nukes. juliette: steve mnuchin will head to china and the next few days to begin direct talks on trade. president trump says he thinks there is a good chance of a deal being done. proposeds he has billions of dollars of tariffs on chinese goods, and says they will take effect as planned. the european union would be prepared to offer britain a better t

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the foreign minister told the associated press that america had not honored its earlier agreement. >>nited states has not lived up to its side of the bargain. to its minute. to lift certain sanctions. thingsimpede economic between our partners. threatened,aded, companies from engaging with iran. nejra: donald trump has drip -- has shifted his stance towards kim jong-un. months after deriding the korean leader as rocket man, now he says he is very honorable, and hopes they meet very soon. trump still had a strong message for pyongyang. president trump: very simple, they get rid of their nukes. it would be easy for me to make a simple deal and claim victory. i don't want to do that. i wanted to get rid of their nukes. nejra: steve mnuchin will had to china for direct talks on trade. president trump thinks there is a good chance of a deal being done, but if not, his imposed tariffs on billions of dollars of chinese goods will take effect as planned. the european union will be compared to offer britain a better trade deal in the one a gave turkey if it decides to stay in the customs union

identified most closely with china luth youth league faction associated with c's predecessor who jintao. as a political analyst and foreign press or the city university of hong kong joins us now via skype so the sun was a rising star why are we seeing this fall from grace. well he was certainly corrupt nobody doubts about this art he was a rising stars he was one of a small group of two or three people who are designated by themis leaders who are gentile and went off to secede season in the coming. in twenty twenty two so according to convention of into. the planning process he and putting them up were supposed to be promoted to the senate committee of the libero so that they would be in a position to see susan being five years from now but obviously this did not happen being rejected any secession arrangement for new twenty two who then actually what happens in the previous party congress and yet not. indicate you get a don't care so huge and b. are more or less one to one to have ones to have for a term for himself and yours has probably has been followed by the vision of the constitution. well tomorrow it's not but won't tur

the lines out of the associated press story on this was alarm bells went off across the state department and the pentagon again showing that trump is obviously not on the same foreign policy and military page in the pages of the washington post our favorite neo con josh rogin you know that the mouthpiece whenever the security state wants to say something he wrote an article under the title in syria we took the oil now trump wants to give it to you not to the syrian government but to iran this is the specter we've long talk about this all the neocons tried to shift the goalpost with trump to raise the specter of iran because of the hard. this is what's going to happen this is what's going to happen is that you know because apparently trump in baltimore on the same page when it comes to iran this is how he's going to convince the. his syria policy has to be an extension of the policy on iran that's how it's. playing of course but it's hard to be of that words were. to start with he probably did not mean one single word of what he said about getting out of here very soon he has proved himself to be a president who says promises a lot makes a lot of promises will do ma

iran's foreign minister responding to president trump's threat of bigger problems if tehran restarts its nuclear program. he told the associated press if the united states pulls out of the deal, iran will most likely pull out, too. let's turn to josh lederman. did he give an idea about what a mutual pull-out might mean? >> not exactly. but he's saying that i ran has a lot of options that will be open to it if it is freed from its international obligations under this deal. what he's talking about, shep, enrichment. the specific activities that the world was so concerned about in the first place, the iranians are threatening look, there will be nothing to stop us from doing that if trump pulls out of this deal and kills the deal and we have a free hand. >> shepard: you wonder how much of this is bluster. can you get a sense on that front during your interview? >> there is some bluster here. on the one hand, the iranians are getting relief, sanctions relief under this deal. they want to keep this deal alive. they want to keep the engagement with the west that they've had through this deal. on the other hand, they don't want to make it

foreign officials are getting wrapped up in this. they're trying to put something by mueller. not a good idea. >> i used to work for the associated presse i came here. i called it the family wire. i don't know if he'll read this story, but if he does, it will tick him off. it talks about his tough tactics against those who don't cooperate. george papadopoulos now tweets smiling selfies. george papadopoulos, now tweets smiling beach selfies with a mykonos hash tag. rick gates, for weeks on home confinement with electronic monitoring, gets rapid approval for a family vacation and shaifz down his potential prison time. michael flynn flies cross country to stump for a california congressional candidate and books a speaking gig in new york. >> those are somehow affiliated with trump organizations and the trump administration. and there is a signal that if you do get wrapped up in this, and if mueller's team raps on your door, if you're forthcoming with information, there is life for you on the other side of the rainbow. maybe not for paul manafort, but the other individuals. >> that's right, the flip side we're talking about is paul manafor

acknowledging foreign spies and criminals may be using surveillance devices to track individual cell phones and intercept calls and messages here in washington, d.c. "the associated presshomeland security department. the latter's address little has been done about the threat posed from these devices, known as the stingrays. u.s. intelligence and law enforcement have been using the equipment for years. 17 states, six cities, and the district of columbia, are all suing the federal government over its intention to put a citizenship question in the 2020 census. the lawsuit says the question will undermine the accuracy of the population counts. there was also a separate but similar lawsuits being brought by california and several other states. president trump says he may send the u.s. military to the mexican border. and withdraw american military personnel from syria. we'll get reaction from the panel when we come back. ♪ >> i've been speaking with general matters. we'll be doing things militarily. until we can have a wall and proper security, will be guarding our border with the military. we have horrible, horrible, and very unsafe laws in the united states. hopefully soon

foreign leader, who had called to congratulate the president on his election victory. the justice department blacked out the name in the memo, but sources tell the associated press the leaderssian president vladimir putin. this past december, flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contact with the russian ambassador. flynn is now cooperating with special counsel into russian meddling and possible collusion with the trump campaign. this morning, president tweeted, shadeey james comey can leak and lie and makes a lot of money from a third rate book. is that really the way life in america is supposed to work? i don't think so. catherine harridge is live for us in wash. catherine? >> the president did have concerns about the former national security advisor, and many were laid bare during a january 2017 one week after the inauguration, saying he has significant reservations about flynn's judgment. the president pointed the finger at his said and said the guy have serious judgment issues. there was no mention or acknowledgment of any fbi interest or contact with general flynn. critics point to another incident in the memos, where comey said the president hoped the f

, according to associated press, he writes that the trump team was briefed on the interfine and comey writing this -- they were about to lead a country that had been attacked by a foreign adversary, yes they had no questions about what the future russian threat might be. instead he writes they launched into a strategy session on how to spin what we just told them for the public. what does that tell you? >> what it tells me is mr. comey is making a point consistent with what we have seen for months and months now. the president, for whatever reason, has always sought to play down any russian interference in the the election. the fact is his own son in his own son 'e-mail made it clear when a russian was interested in giving him dirt on hillary clinton, they were interested. so whether it was interfering with the election which they played down, whether it was dirt on hillary clinton, what james comb yes seems to be saying is consist aren't with what we know. >> how dough think they'll react -- and all these bombhell revelations? >> i'm sure he's going to be very angry. look, this is very important with respect to the mueller inquiry. the president's feelings are not wha

for the associated press jonathan lemire, and joining the conversation, former republican campaign strategist now an msnbc political analyst steve schmidt. we have president of the council on foreigns, the yankees fan richard haass. we've got professor of history of tulane university walter isaacson and political reporter for the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst robert costa. mika will be with us tomorrow. steve schmidt, quickly, i want to go to you. obviously we know -- and we've said from the beginning -- that donald trump built his foundation after switching from being a life long new york democrat to being a republican if 2011 by lying about barack obama and spreading this lie about birtherism. but as president of the united states just over the past week, since he's gone to his gut he's lied about the united states post office's funding, he's lied about amazon getting a discount rate that nobody else gets. he's lied about nato coffers being filled when there are no such things as "nato coffers." people don't contribute directly to nato. he's exaggerated to the point of lying about caravans. he's created a -- what he calls a security threat that requires a sending

associated press, russia and the syrian military will are blaming israel for the strike saying israeli fighter jets launched the missiles from lebanon's air space. the air strikes killed 14 people. israel's foreigncusations. >> admiral, obviously the united states has much to answer for in the leadup to the iraq war in 2003. and for much of the chaos that was let loose in that region, but the further we get away from the united states and the obama administration encouraging resistance against assad and then the united states sitting back and doing little to nothing while 500, 600,000 people die, and watching one red line after another be run through and now having another president wanting to abandon that region, how -- how are historians going to look back and the united states' involvement and lack there of in syria and the international refugee crisis that it let loose and the chaos and the hell that we just absolutely refuse to step up and -- and assist in bringing to resolution? >> joe, i think future historians will look back and unload a great deal of shame on all of us and they should. i mean, this is beginning to feel like rowan da for example where we watched this train wreck almost i