thank you gulf war veterans. we know you're watching live and what happens here today matters to you. i am anthony hardy, national chair of veterans for common sense and the u.s. army. we appreciate lashes hearings and trying to fix these unresolved issues including are many under -- unidentified issues and pages of stories from veterans all over the country written in their own words. just a few was denied the a claims -- was denied the code blames just denied the code claims. i slept 14.5 hours, slept for another 8.5. this is right off my fitbit. how my supposed to work when i cannot get out of bed? this is not how us all my life. they read about losing their life, their jobs, their finances and even their homes, all right denying their goal for claims. one from louisiana writes about having to instruct a supervisor who had it wrong in calling the white house seeking resolution. the kentucky veteran wrote i filed and was night -- and was denied. others say the same thing whether it is symptoms exhibited -- bein

of gulf war illness?t would be the cost? >> i have no idea. >> i'll tell you what, would you take that for the record? >> i can take it to our staff that works on those costs. >> good. and i don't care whether it's 10%, 20%. i don't care -- >> are you talking about any disability claim? >> get them into the system, assume because they were there, they were exposed. i'm agent orange, i'm vietnam, okay? >> i can tell you right now gulf war veterans are service connected for more than 14 million disabilities. >> give me a cost to presumptively assume, if it is on your dd 214, you were there on that specific time frame. because we talk about what are we number one, what are we providing, what is the cost of providing it, and how quickly are we going to come to some resolution? wait time is not relevant. onef my squaderant mates told me a month ago he's still grieving about the recent loss of his wife to cancer. and he's writing a book on our experiences in vietnam. but his quote he's going to use for all to k

thank you gulf war veterans. we know you're watching live and what happens here today matters to you. i am anthony hardy, national chair of veterans for common sense and the u.s. army. we appreciate lashes hearings and trying to fix these unresolved issues including are many under -- unidentified issues and pages of stories from veterans all over the country written in their own words. just a few was denied the a claims -- was denied the code blames just denied the code claims. i slept 14.5 hours, slept for another 8.5. this is right off my fitbit. how my supposed to work when i cannot get out of bed? this is not how us all my life. they read about losing their life, their jobs, their finances and even their homes, all right denying their goal for claims. one from louisiana writes about having to instruct a supervisor who had it wrong in calling the white house seeking resolution. the kentucky veteran wrote i filed and was night -- and was denied. others say the same thing whether it is symptoms exhibited -- bein

suffered from gulf war illness. sadly these veterans struggle to receive accurate diagnoses for their systems and health care and compensation for their service connected conditions even with the presumptions that should result in more veterans receiving benefits and not denied claims. last year our subcommittee held a hearing as the chairman said on access to treatment for gull war illness more research needed to get our veterans the health care they need. now we're back here again. this is entirely bipartisan across our committee to determine why 83% of gulf war illness claims are denied by the va. what we can do to insure our gulf war veterans receive the benefits they earn. gulf war illness is chronic, painful, often decan -- debilitating disease and they deserve disability compensation and have their condition recognized and treated by va providers. just this past monday the state veterans advisory committee in my home state of new hampshire who i meet with on a quarterly basis were criticizing the va as proces

cooperation in the gulf with the gulf states and you were there on the ground. can you describe for us how extensive is the network of u.s. engagement, how many countries -- are you covering -- when you were out there are you all over the gulf? are you a one-woman band who has to move country to country and figure out these individuals what they're going to be doing? >> yeah, thank you for the question. it's a great question because i think what we do at the treasury not just as an attache but when, you know -- as juan and david as senior officials the kind of sanctions diplomacy and engagement on a technical level with our counterparts and ministries of finance and central banks is kind of unknown, but publicized by juan's wonderful book that focused on that issue. so as the treasury department has a small core of attaches, i think it's usually 10 to 12 in the world, so it's very small and where the attaches are placed is usually determined by what the priorities are, you know, they are not necessarily seen as permanent positions. so as priorities shift resourc

are you all over the gulf? were you a one woman band who had to go from country to country to figure out what the individuals are going to be doing? >> thank you for the question. it is a great question, because i think what we do at the treasury, not just as attache but juan and david as senior officials, that kind of sanctioned diplomacy and engagement with central banks and with their counter park, it is cun of unknown. but in juan's book, the treasury department has a small core of attaches. i think usually about 10 to 12 in the world, so it is very small. and where the attaches are placed is usually determined by what the priorities are. you know, they're not necessarily seen as permanent positions so as priority shifts resources will be shifted because it is so small and zero sum. the attache program in the gulf was set up i believe in 2008. the first attache was sent out and was in abu dhabi with a depp any in riyadh shortly after. it was augmented i think around 2010, the position in riyadh was made a f

i saw david a lot in the gulf.asink it is something that facilitated the number of joint designations over the years, which i think, is a very clear demonstration of where interests are. it's a very public demonstration they can coincide and work together. but there's a lot more never made public. one thing, you cannot necessarily judge the effectiveness of counterterrorism and financing -- counterterrorism financing by designations. the treasury department, the government is able to work quietly with counterparts to have counterparts take actions that would disrupt whatever activity at is we would want to see. mr. seche: there was one point in the conversation with the gcc, i think the state department suggested the treasury embed officials within the entire -- the qatari central-bank. that seems like a great idea to me, but is there a flight in the norm at that would suggest to you it's not workable or something we should not consider? ms. bauer: as i said, there's already a treasury presence on the ground. i'm n

to be sure, the other gulf countries have their problems. the recent state department report noted that continue to operate in kuwait. saudi arabia continues to finance the spread and the entire gulf suffers from a democracy deficit. to understand why qatar is identified first among gulf states for terrorism financing, imagine for a moment you are a policeman and you have watched five cars speed past you going 80 miles an hour. zooming past them is a red ferrari going 90 miles an hour. which would you pull over? that ferrari is qatar. as the gulf crisis has dragged on, qatar has also been defiant, insisting its definition of terrorism differs from that of its critics. this is a poor defense from a country claiming to be an american ally in the war against terrorism. as for the current crisis, saudis and em rats have been engaged in a pierce competition with qatar for heres. they try to out-do each other. both sides have thrown their support against various proxies. the qatar back the muslim brotherhood and other actors. the saudis are pushin

and gulf. two regions of the world that have seen the airlines struggling with traffic. of course, i think from an innovation point of view, airlines have to prepare for x growth. had to prepare for what is going to come next. yousef: we hear from qatar airways they will continue with orders for the future. you are saying this have to change -- has to change. would restructuring the on the table, two aggressively reinvent the business model? diogenis: i agree. that is what is happening now. they have said they have seen some synergies from the state program they initiated last year. clearly that has to go further. we have to restructure the operation, plan for the phase. -- airlinescraft will replace aircraft. yousef: closing thoughts on the rebounding oil price, let's assume that opec price stays where it is, that the scenario plays out that opec and non-opec is hoping for and oh prices go upward of a $60 per barrel. it was always a tale of two stories for the gulf, because you have better con

the truth of the matter is none of the gulf countries, none of the gulf countries are without their issues. all of the nations have been involved in funding different groups at some point that we would not approve of but it seems like saudi arabia and they uae are making progress at a faster rate while qatar is making some progress but still lagging slowly behind. according to the congressional research service quote in october of 2016 daniel glaser then assistant secretary for terrorist financing and the office for terrorism and financial intelligence told a washington d.c. research institute that over the past decade qatar has made less progress in countering terrorism financing then had saudi arabia and quote. we must analyze the totality of our relationship with these gulf countries. while qatar only helps to facilitate our operations that are airbase, the uae for example has spent 12 years with this fighting alongside in afghanistan has been in all think counterterrorism operations with the u.s. in libya. moving forward one outcome that i hope comes out of this is for the gulf countri

the truth of the matter is none of the gulf countries -- none of the gulf countries are without their issues. all of the nations have been involved in funding different groups at some point that we would not approve of. but it seems like saudi arabia and the uae are making progress as a faster rate while qatar is making some progress but still lagging farther behind. in october 2016, daniel glazer, then assistant secretary for terrorist financing in the office for terrorism and financial intelligence told a washington, d.c. research institute that over the past decade qatar has made less progress in countering terrorism financing then had saudi arabia, end quote. we must analyze the totality of our relationship with these gulf countries. while qatar only helps to facilitate our operations at our air base, the uae, for example, has spent 12 years with us fighting alongside in afghanistan and has been involved in counter terrorism operations with the u.s. in libya. so moving forward one outcome i hopes come out of this dispute is for the gulf countries to work closely with our treasury

policy is not connect one gulf state or another. insuringursue policies the terrorism financing in the gulf comes to an end. i offer you the following suggestions. first, congress should assess whether qatar to continue to host our most significant air in the middle east. fighting our world terrorism from qatar said the convoluted message to our allies. congress should work with the justice department to ensure that qatar not only adopt laws to combat terrorism financing, but also fully and laments them. congress should consider passing a bipartisan stop terrorist operational resources and money, or storm act. the bill, which was introduced in the senate, could label qatar and other countries and jurisdictions of terrorism financing concern. the statehould press department, pursuant to the state department authorization act, to issue its report on which states the ransom to terrorists over the last year. congress should press for full imitation of the export administration act, subjecting countries like qatar to certain licensing re

has an interest in seeing this conflict among the gulf they come to an end because the us. them with the result would be for qatar to throw completely in the hands of turkey and iran the us wouldn't want to see that thought so i think the us would start being more active in finding a solution to the problem than it has been so far. twenty past here in moscow the government has launched a countrywide anti migrant poster campaign depicting george soros the american billionaire as post is being used by the government as soros had called on hungary to allow more refugees into the country where anti migrant sentiments are strong his call was dismissed by president ordered wins government. the campaign is rym in this interview obsessed darkest hours. these billboards of memories but also saw hatred and fear. and it's not the first time european countries and their leaders have openly denounced the activities of george soros and the polish prime minister allege that soros was violating the polish constitution well i for my macedonian leader said soros was meddling all around the w

yousef: part of the value of the gulf was the gulf was one entity, seen as one entity.d have traded along those lines. along the lines of the gulf crisis, how does that weigh in your broader plans? how worried are you you're going have to separate in your plans -- you are trying to expand any -- in a region that is splitting up. >> a key part of our strategy is what we call go local. our ability to offer local solutions that meet the needs of individuals in the local markets . it is critical, and critical to that is leveraging the local talents. the middle east is a range of different markets. but we believe with our long history here we are positioned -- well-positioned to meet the needs. >> the markets though in the gulf are very fragmented. just in the uae, you have more than 60 players in the markets. how'd you differentiate yourself in order to compete there? >> cigna is not just another health insurance company. our mission is to improve their health, and sense of security. -- health, well-being, and sense of security. we spend as much time and resources keeping p

secretary of state makes as he tours this part of the world, also gulf navigation -- gulf-based navigatione islamic bonds will be used for asset purchases. gulf navigation plans to double its fleet size by 2020. they expect to boost revenue by 300% in 2021. stock last trading at 1.41 a share. saudi arabia mining company is another one that started production at its joint venture project. thatwere gradually went up gradually ramp up the ammonium phosphate unit -- gradually ramp up the ammonium phosphate unit. this one is quite popular with analysts. saudi arabia's mobile telecommunication company nears an agreement to sell around 7500 mobile phone towers to lebanon's tcscc -- lebanon's towers. closely watch how the stock response to that news. they have approached banks to raise financing for the deal. the sale could be completed by the end of the year. for thisl we have edition of "bloomberg markets: middle east." shery: other headlines and a breakdown of the markets coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: the u.s. secretary of state has a bid to end the standoff between qatar and a sau

activities, as a member of the gulf cooperation council. qatar has been ruled by the family since the mid-19th century. the flag of qatar contains nine serrated edges that separate the colored and the white portions. they signify qatar's inclusion as the ninth member of the reconciled emirates of the persian gulf at the conclusion of the qatari-british treaty in 1916. the colored portion of the flag known as the color maroon alsoaalso acknowledges the purple dye. the white, of course, symbolizes peace. originally known for being a back order british protectorate whose economy was based mainly on diving, qatar quickly made itself known to the world when it declared independence in 1971. in 1995, qatar announced a series of sweeping economic and political reforms. this included the founding and the funding of the pan-arab satellite news network al jazeera in 1996 that broadcast worldwide. an economic surplus enabled qatar to rebrand and launch qatar airways and support the founding of education city. a globally recognized state of the art, ac

reviews claims from gulf war veterans. a recent report found they denied more than 80% of claims from gulf war associated illnesses. officials from the the a and accountability office testify. -- testified. >> good morning and welcome everyone. this is a joint hearing of the subcommittee on disability oversight and investigation. we will come to order. i want to take a moment to thank for holding the hearing with me today on an important issue we are facing, and that is helping gulf war veterans get the benefits they have earned. itching go without saying we have a duty to take care of the men and women who have been wounded while serving in our miry

in the gulf states, but they still have their problems, too. what i started to say at the beginning of my testimony and prepared remarks is that all of these entire gulf is a problematic region. i think the saudis were seen as the number one producer of radicalism and radical ideology. i think it's been eclipsed. and as they're trying, looks as though right now they're looking to get better at this. and they still have problems with teaching, radicalism and spreading radicalism. as they improve we're seeing some of these other countries double down and qatar i think has been the most prominent among them. >> i think and got about a minute and a half. if others want to comment. the issue with saudi arabia, we've heard that yes they're making progress and yes there's change occurring. but i and others have asked this administration for very specific examples, data, benchmarks, changes, and to date we have not gotten any kind of specifics, either in writing or in person and frankly what we've gotten is a lot of lip service. so you know the questio

states but there is a mix across the gulf on iran. if anything we learned from the crisis is gc. s nom hom gene joust within the a abdullah dedication a hard line. dubai less so. oman played a different role on iran more as a mediate other. >> i'd like to follow up on iran. the qatarys have obviously been trying to counteriran strategically where at the same time kind of continuing to maintain a dialogue with iranian counterparts. what do you think is the rationale for that decision and the kind of long-term implications? >> so i think they're a cy of 300,000 people as we talked about. and all of their equality majority of the wealth comes are from the gas field shared with the iranians. process they own half with the iran has the other half. this is a reality of geopolitics they live with thp you'll never get them to pull away completely. at the same time my engagement with qatary government officials you don't hear a lot of love for the iranians. you do hear angst. but they're not taking a hard line approach like the saudis. i don't

is this something you are seeing a falling in the gulf region -- seeing evolving in the gulf region?y toortunate because we need give up our business, not want this kind of situation, where some allies are operating some way. it is a political situation that has nothing to do what i was saying before. we don't want to take favor of the situation. thisonsequence of small, and we be hope it will come up to normal relations between the states of the gulf area and the allies of this country. andy: that was the chairman ceo of air france klm. in uncertain times, is nice to see some things never change, namely the antagonism between european carriers and gulf rivals. on in: we saw some moves kevin electronics. whether that will help the headwinds they're facing is a different question. tracy: we will find out once stocks start opening. that is it for this edition of "bloomberg markets: middle east ." yousef: we will be live again at the same time tomorrow. jonathan: from new york city, i'm jonathan ferro, with 30 minutes dedicated to fixed income. this is "bloomberg real yield." ♪ jonathan

policy is intending to create a crisis in in the gulf region. believe, there was some misinformation given to the united states, these countries misled the united states and quickly the united states understood. they were very clear on how this crisis should end and we should negotiate. they underscored the importance of the gcc council as a unity. thank you. i am an intern. i'm from bahrain. how does the current situation within the countries in the region affect qatar's strategy with regards to the saudi-led coalition in yemen? according to the u.n., they have caused the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. thank you for the question. to clarify that, the role of qatar in the yemen war was subject only to defend the saudi borders so we do not engage in operations inside. only to defend the saudi borders. in the first day of aggression against qatar, they asked us to leave. so we don't have any troops now there. they kicked out our troops from their borders. >> prior to their decision to cut diplomatic ties? >> on the same day of the aggress

>> if you talk to officials in the gulf, they say this is something brewing for quite some time.decided to take the action when they did because they did not want to do it before president trump visited saudi arabia. they felt they had to give him the opportunity to come and say may.he had to say in late but when that was over, they decided from their perspective there was an accumulation of ,hings the qataris had done that they had not adhered to a 2014 agreement concerning the muslim brotherhood, al jazeera, and other issues. thus, it was time to take this step. of course, they were very pleased with what president trump said in riyadh. and they do feel they have the president's support. if you look at the readout of phone calls the president has had with the crown prince of abu dhabi who is influential in this or with the egyptian president, he does say he supports, the president supports the unity of the gulf and the resolution of this crisis. but makes it clear countering extremism and terrorism should be the first priority. that suggests to people in the president ishe more

navy patrol boat fired warning shots when an iranian ship came dangerously close in the persian gulf. have a look. the iranians came within 150 yards of the uss thunderbolt but backed off after the shots were fired. the thunderbolt was taking part in exercises in the gulf. >> congress got an sos today from the common can't of the coast guard. he said the guard is busier than ever, chasing drug runners but it can't do the job without more money. carter evans now on what's at stake. >> reporter: this what $800 million worth of cocaine looks like. we were aboard the coast guard cutter back in 2015 after it seized tons of drugs from fast boats and make shift submarines. >> there was so much flow right now. >> but the drugs keep coming. and last year the coast guard couldn't even chase hundreds of shipments they knew about. how much is still getting through? >> there were over 500 events that, that literally alluded us. we knew they were out there. this came done to we didn't have enough planes, didn't have enough ships. >> reporter: he says much of his fleet is decades past retirement age

he's working with the kuwaitis who positioned themselves as the gulf mediator. qatar hosts the largest u.s. military base in the region, 11,000 personnel there, the place from which the united states runs the campaign against the islamic state, runs the war against iraq and afghanistan. yet the emiratis, saudis, bahrainis and egyptians are partners of the united states, so tillerson is looking for something within those 13 demands that the qataris have said are nonnegotiable and saudis and emiratis said are nonnegotiable that he can work. with my sense is they're trying to figure out between the kuwaitis and secretary of state tillerson, parts of the demands the qataris can work, with that can be tillerson's demands, u.s. conditions that all the parties can agree to, but, thus far, no one has been willing to budge. the qataris rejected. they said we're willing to talk about some of these things but not till you lift the block aid, we won't negotiate under the block aid, and the saudis emiratis, egyptians and bahrainis have said these are nonnegotiable items, you

intending to create a crisis in the gulf region. what i believe, there was some misinformation given to the united states. these countries misled the united states. immediately, quickly, the united states understood that. on howy were very clear this crisis should take an end, and that we need to negotiate, and they underscored the importance of the gcc council as a unity. thank you. nada.name is mike -- i am from bahrain. my question is, how does the current situation within the countries in the region affect qatar's strategy with regard to saudi-led coalition against yemen? according to the u.n., has caused the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. mr. al-thani: just to clarify that, the role of qatar in the yemen war was subject only to defend the saudi borders. we were not engaged in operations inside. only to defend the saudi borders. right after, the first day of aggression against qatar, they asked us to leave. so we do not have any troops down there. they kicked our troops from their borders. >> so do they take out the tro

with almost 6,000 pounds of one of the most sought after fish in the gulf of mexico.at. we have the best snapper fish in the last two, three, four years. that we have had in 25 years. >> flaky and full flavor, renowned for its flight. and extended the season in federal waters from three days to 42. the department said the three day season was hurting businesses that depend on sport fishing. but commercial fishermen worry, longer seasons could threaten the red snapper population. overfishing caused the gulf's red snapper population to plummet in the mid 1980s. >> huge driver for tourism here. david croissant of the association says red snapper population has largely recovered and a three day fishing season is too short for recreational anglers. >> two of the days in louisiana were unfishable. the weather was too rough. the government set a quota of just over 13 million pounds of red snap tire be pulled from the gulf. 51% for fishermen. 49% for recreational. in 2016. recreational anglers, exceeded the limit by 65 tons. >> if you are not going to, adhere to the law, why

my question to you here is how do you trade the gulf crisis?changed permanently for the way you approach putting money to work in market like qatar or saudi arabia? isn't immunegion to crises. you have probably had no more than three or four years over the past 16 years that is nothing war or crisis. our region is very used to crises, very used to things going wrong. bahrain a issues in few years ago. there have been issues in other countries as well. it doesn't actually change. it just needs to continue to do what you do, which is to focus on companies. , which is how we invest -- which is how we invest. nothing actually changes. it just so happened that the country i live in right now is the one that is at the heart of the issues. sheri: to that point, just socusing on what you know, i politics now the driver of markets? this chart on the bloomberg showing that qatari stocks and bonds are paying almost identical risk premiums. i'm talking about the five-year credit default stocks converging for the first time in five years -- for the first ti

the vietnam war started following the gulf of tonkin incident even the name it's a lie the gulf of tonkin incident is actually two incidents that were actually one incident which is actually only a half an incident. on august second one hundred sixty board the u.s.s. maddox exchanged gunfire with three north vietnamese torpedo boats the us claimed the vietnamese fired first but in fact the u.s.s. maddox fired the first shots then two days later to us you have spent four hours firing on various radar targets that were attacking them they sunk to torpedo boats which may not you know which movie sounds like a win right they sunk two boats but you have to take into account that those torpedo boats did not adhere to the traditional definition of existing. so it's actually surprising the u.s. navy didn't sink far more than just two imaginary boats why not report you saying billions of boat. that's right the u.s. military spent four hours shooting at rain clouds in the gulf of tonkin following that confrontation defense secretary mcnamara and vice president johnson to retaliate and the president

navy patrol boat to run in with a radio invest in the persian gulf we'll tell you more about the rest of the news as witnessed eight. people with stories to tell are. still so deserved to be heard. still and you see. you see first and this is. they're here to speak for you there to hear. anyone else seem wrong. why don't we just don't. let me. get to shape out just to get educated and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. again so as a saying before the break and rand has accused the u.s. navy of provocative behavior it's after an american patrol boat fired warning shots in the direction of an iranian vessel during an encounter in the persian gulf. this morning an american navy boat in the north of the persian gulf fired at an iranian vessel this was unprofessional in productive behavior the u.s. however says the iranian vessel was acting dangerously in carrying out an unsafe and over with more election. the story that the pentagon has told regarding the incident is exactly the opposite of what the iranian officials

the other gulf nations depend on those supplies.he sanctions are flattened if qatatar does nomemeet its neigighbor's demands by wednesdy mornining. with itsts gas to fall b back ot is unlikely to cave in. christoph: here in germany the federal law enforcement agency has purchased a so-called panama papers as part of its investigatation into tax evasion that has been officially confirmed. a treasure trove of data helped shed a light on the shell compmpanies and tax havens to superrich to avoid chang -- paying their share of taxes. it looks like it could have real work -- real-world consequences for those implicated. a directive was passed requiring multinational corporations to file tax returns and financial data separately in each country where they operate. multinationals up until now have disclosed in only one report. it is aimed -- the european commission says eu countries lose between 50 billion euros and 70 billion euros every year due to tax avoidance. the european union has approved italy's state bailout. what's the operation

to change their their way of approaching issues in saudi arabia and you know the gulf states and why why did qatar i mean it's a little still critically i agree. god shutting it down would be a problem exactly now qatar no well exactly ok now how about how about inviting or i mean any in order to push through absent a cut up that's one thing second thing why doesn't qatar. change their goal go back to the to the to the general. constance's in the in the in the gulf states cooperation council qatar is very very very active in the council and it is there are under two and written agreements which doesn't allow any of the of the media to attack you know each each other but qatar is continuing to. to actually have a public relations regarding it it got being terrorists organizations that are harming saudi arabia i mean directly i don't know why doesn't qatar have have a look at their internal issues and be part of a country like and be example of the twentieth century singapore of the twentieth century cuba or the twenty first. century not north korea could be done for a state believe me

so, will it resolve the crisis that has gripped the gulf?t today is from one of those four countries. omar saif ghobash is one of the uae's top diplomats. is his country guilty of hypocrisy, and what do they hope to achieve by isolating qatar? omar saif ghobash, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. 13 demands replaced with six principles. what has changed? well, the 13 demands were actually presented in a confidential manner to the mediator, the emir of kuwait. they were never meant for publication. it was qataris who, i think, within an hour of receiving the list, publicised that. and so, we really feel that that was kind of undermining the mediation efforts of the emir. the principles upon which those demands are based are what we have now come up with. and presenting that to the qataris and to the world in a public manner. is it a toning down of these demands? i don't think it it is a toning down, no, the principles are precisely the same. it may be a question of how they are then worked out in reality. so, there is no... i don't think there i

. >> there has been a dangerous late breaking development in the persian gulf. u.s.urces c confirm that it within the past few hours, more than 100,000 iraqi troops have masked along the border with kuwait. >> saddam hussein sends a fleet of tanks and other mechanized forces to the kuwaity border. it's shocking in washington and other than western capitals. saddam hussein had a million-man army and if he invades kuwait, he could lurch into saudi arabia and the saudis would not have been able to e resist. all the oil is on the eastern side of the country on the border with iraq. >> iraq invaded and took over cokuwait today. the government of dictator saddam hussein claimed it went in at the invitation of those who had overthrown the government. no western authority accepted that story. >> many americans are concerned that there may be a war. >> what is required of mr. bush that he doesn't want war. >> if you had been in the room with saddam hussein and interviewed him for an hour and 15 minutes and spent another hour and a half with him after the interview, you would

navy and iran in the persian gulf.is afternoon, congress is voting on new sanctions against iran. >> jon: stay on it for us. thank you very much, lucas tomlinson. >> melissa: the transit authority in the bay area withholding video of crimes committed by black teenagers. the bay area rapid transit system otherwise known as bart says it will have racist bias. this is a dicey one. >> melissa, they captured all these mob attacks of young men stealing purses, wallets, and phones. as between one says leasing the video will have racial stereotyping. they're putting this over public safety. >> i 911 call in oakland. >> robbed them, and ran off the train. >> bet someone. beat and robbed a number of an individual's. >> camera caught the action. >> we now have video of you. >> based on video, they were repeat offenders. they knew who these people were. >> but bart refuses to release the video. >> when it involves juveniles, as they have come at the police department makes a determination if there is a public interest in sending a

airlines against gulf carries. -- gulf carriers. voice in washington to talk about the visa restrictions that are a problems were gulf carriers and buff up the image of qatar a bit. >> is it going to work? david: ha! i suspect not. you saw those comments from doug parker. they are pretty tough. especially the sort of comments for a potential major shareholder. they've misread the mood. american airlines does not want to attract a twitter thunderbolt from donald trump. it doesn't want to attract from -- opposition from its pilots union. and it's benefiting from growth. we had some air traffic control privatization which is in the form that u.s. airlines wants. thos laptop and visa bans, are the same things that u.s. airlines want. a look at where going.e's been this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "best of bloomberg markets: middle east." chinese investment into israel has jumped tenfold over the past year to a record $16.5 billion. a lot of that is flowing into the countries buzzing internet sector. >> i think you'll see even m

amy: then, we look at the showdown between qatarar and its gulf neighbors - -- neighbors.ell i'll just zero be forced to shut down? >> regardless of whether one agrees or disagrees politically, al jazeera is a professional channel that has proven itself over the past 20 years and there is no reason to demand its closure. amy: all that and more, coming up.[532]greeting -- coming up. now, this democracy is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. korea successfully tested and intercontinental missile that extra to would be capable alaska.ng -- reaching the president said the fourth of july -- the missile was a fourth of july gift to president trump. tensions have been rising in recent months between the united states and north korea. earlier this year, the u.s. carried out massive military exercises in the korean peninsula and deployed an anti-missile system known as "thaad" to south korea, despite protests by south koreans. the new south korerean president , moon jae-in is also opposed to the thaad missile system, and last month ordered a