if you look at the map, you'll see exactly where china is building roads, railways and pipelines all the way from east asia by land to iran because china plus iran is an unbeatable alliance that freezes out russia where marco polo did not go and the indian ocean route where

further on a global basis of all to the national security adviser designate has called the russia china iran north korea as all lying regimes said that russia's meddling of the us election was a true act of war that would china and russia come out on iran side against the united states not even sure nato would even support the us the support they would get would be from saudi arabia and from israel that intersection is already underway bringing together israeli and saudi officials along with other gulf monarchies leaders. and i think that becomes very dangerous for the middle east as a whole the palestinians among others would pay the extraordinarily high price but i don't think that we're talking about a situation where any of the countries that were signatories to the iran nuclear deal for instance would somehow come out against the united states militarily i don't and i think that's a good thing that would be a disaster that would escalate the war even further just finally i mean this talk here in mainstream media of kicking rush of the u.n. security council because it doesn't vote britai

administration's security advisor bolton has been an advocate of military action on north korea and iran. china is planning to impose three billion dollars worth of tariffs on american products in retaliation to the u.s. president's order for sixty billion dollars of chinese imports u.s. and asian stock markets have plunged over fears of a trade war. protests are taking place in peru as capital lima head of the swearing in of the vice president martin he is due to replace president kaczynski who stepped down on wednesday following corruption allegations. another former president of south korea is in jail accused of corruption lee myung bak has been placed in solitary confinement because prosecutors fear he may destroy evidence a seventy six year old successor is also awaiting trial of the she was impeached last year kathleen of a report from salt. he's yet another former south korean president accused of abusing power prosecutors arrived at lima buck's house in the middle of the night to arrest him over corruption allegations he denies the charges but in a written statement says he feels a guil

considers adversaries like iran china and russia the journalist behind the latest dump of the document trove promises the scandal won't die down any time soon saying there are more bombshells waiting to be uncovered in the papers meanwhile it's already beginning to look like toure could be providing about as much in a nimitz as a tin foil hat you've done of arty. disneyland considered a once in a lifetime experience of venture world joy but is there a flip side to the magic kingdom around thirty thousand people work out the disneyland resort in california to make the dream a reality and according to a recent economic survey titled working for the most seventy three percent of employees find it tough to make ends meet some even struggle to keep a roof over their it artie talked to one employee as the housekeeper we are in church to clean their tittles how they. make. clean the toilets clean the showers to their. single mother is. for example of this. i need to choose between pay our rent or give a percent of my kits unfortunately i need to rove over me so i chose to play that when i was

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considers adversaries like iran china and russia the journalist behind the latest dump of the document trove promises the scandal won't die down any time soon saying there are more bombshells waiting to be uncovered in the papers meanwhile it's already beginning to look like toure could be providing about as much an intimate scene as a tin foil hat i think for me is so fantastic you create. you to anonymize there are so. you you could see what people are doing. the sink is purpose tool you know people have used it in different lights if they choose to wish you to use it while you might but another. news round up for now kevin allen will take over at the top of the hour with more so don't go away. i'm done some is not so is not i can quite place is not good to country and. try to secure the bush admin this filibuster among us well before the storm. because that's what at the rest of this call there is little. to approach honestly . because less sure of the from the tragedy of christmas pulling in just a little unbiased from a fellow muslim of oneself to be a little. mostly albums for so

considers adversaries like iran china and russia the journalist behind the latest dump of the document trove promises the scandal won't die down any time soon saying there are more bombshells waiting to be uncovered in the papers meanwhile it's already beginning to look like toure could be providing about as much an image see him as a tin foil hat i think for me is so fantastic awesome if you create a technology that you can use to anonymize their. thanks to you you could see what people are doing. that way. but. i think you know suing because. you know people have used it in different ways and they choose to wish to use that way to. another man. that's a roundup of the news from i'll be back at the top of the hour with more so please stay with us. today tells the u.s. to come back to earth challenging washington's you know polar ambitions also also in the illegal war against yemen and why arming the cio bridgie is a recipe for disaster as well as the return to trade wars. chose seemed wrong when old roles just don't call. any new world that is yet to shape out disdain comes to advocat

allies of the necessity to start new wars against north korea iran china and russia while the world waits for an arguably more muscular response from moscow for monday's tit for tat diplomatic spose it may be amazing just the bolton didn't use novacek w m d as an argument for war against iraq in twenty zero three the war that arguably his new boss poses they lie ok he said there were weapons of mass destruction there was none and.

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appointee in just over a year bolton has been an advocate of military action on north korea and iran. china is planning to impose three billion dollars worth of tariffs on american products it is in retaliation to the u.s. president's order for sixty billion dollars of levies on chinese imports. and asian stock markets have plunged over fears of a trade war. protests are taking place in peru is capital lima ahead of the swearing in of the vice president martin. he is due to a place prison paid for all public. he stepped on a wednesday following corruption allegations. the european union has recalled its ambassador to russia in protest over the poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. earlier this month e.u. leaders in brussels back to britain's assessment that russia was likely behind the poisoning of sergei scruple using a military grade nerve agent the u.k. has expelled twenty three russian diplomats in response to the incident. i welcome the fact that the e.u. council has agreed with the united kingdom government's assessment that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for

notjust by china, russia, iran, other countries as well.eseissues themselves they need to look at these issues and behold so they do not get into dead. that concern we are addressing in response to what happened. -- into debt. it is interesting you put it as a selfless american asset. looking at the fa cts , american asset. looking at the facts, the chinese investment commitment to africa now far outweighs the american and china deliversjobs. look at outweighs the american and china delivers jobs. look at the ernst and young report. american foreign investment in africa fell 52% in 2016. chinese backed projects increased by over 100%. in 2016, jobs created by china reached an all—time high, over three times the number ofjobs all—time high, over three times the number of jobs coming from all—time high, over three times the number ofjobs coming from chinese investment compared with us. finally on this point, you speak about african leaders. i will quote you a long—running president of uganda who said that western ruling groups are conceded, i

notjust by china but russia, iran, other countries as well.themselves, they asked us to look at these issues so they do not get into debt. that is the concern we are addressing in response to what happened with our african partners. it is interesting you put it as a selfless american asset to help african nations. looking at the facts, the chinese investment commitment to africa now far outweighs the american, and china delivers jobs. look at the ernst and young report. american foreign direct investment in africa fell 5.2% in 2016. chinese—backed projects increased by over 100%. in 2016, jobs created by china reached an all—time high, over three times the number ofjobs coming from chinese investment compared with us. finally on this point, you speak about african leaders. i will quote you president museveni, the long—serving president of uganda who said that western ruling groups are conceited, ignorant of our conditions while the chinese, well, theyjust deal with us as the one who represents your country. he likes to deal with them much more

india said in the "60 minutes" interview, it is the fault of the who thes -- who these and iran, chinarospect of bringing wa end. we rightly get agitated about bombing elsewhere, but that is a dictator whoe are not arming, who we are not supporting an yemen, there's a war going on whh has horrific humanitarian consuences and that is a do support in arms. i find the whole thing slightly absurd and morally grotesque. the u.s. is not pointed do anything. questi, mbs' is it is such a big deal because he is a close ally of the u.s. donald trump and office claiming he was going to a saudi critic. en he was running fo eltion, he used the saudis of being behind the 9/11 attack. he wentming to office to saudi arabia first. the f foreign visit was saudi arabia. he praises in bs and his father. he welcomes him to the white house on tuesday and said, they have got lots of money, we want that money, we're going to have a great relationship. for trump, it iall about money. expect no change. at ait of good news come vote, 55 to 405i think it was, that is much narrower than previous " empty saudi vote

the current advisor hr mcmaster is replaced by john bolton who takes a hard-line stance in iran, russia, china, and north korea but bolton said he is only there to advise and the president has the final word. >> the president is the guy who got elected. he is the one with the constitutional legitimacy and gets to make the decision and his advisors carry them out. >> there were rumors that mcmaster was on his way out. he said he felt like he was being lectured. barbara lee opposed his appointment saying this is dangerous news and that bolton was easily one of the most extreme pro-war members of the bush administration. imagine the havoc he could wreak with president trump's ear. >>> john dowd, the president's lead attorney has resigned reportedly because the president kept ignoring his advice not to attack special counsel robert mueller or even say his name. he urged the president to be more cooperative. at the moment, we are not sure who will now be the lead attorney on the president's legal team. >>> we are keeping an eye on the markets after a sell off on wall street triggered by trump's pla

whether it's iran, north korea, russia, china. we had a hearing last year eeshl a year and a half ago. general clapper was on his way out as dni. he publicly stated in an open hearing that the chinese attack on the office of personnel management, which when they stole $22 million files, i'm sure they stole yours and mine and others. i asked if we retaliated against china. he said no. can you give me your thoughts. we seem to be the cyber punching bag of the world, and it's common knowledge. we have officials who have come before this committee in an open session saying, nope. we get hit and don't retaliate. what is your thought on that? should we start cranking it up? >> i offer three thoughts. the first thought, is a strategy, a doctrine critical for us to be able to set the framework. not only for how we operate, but also as message to our adversaries, as well. >> do you think we have that now? what do you think our adversaries think now? >> basically, i would say right now they do not think much will happen. >> they don't fear

is trying to fend off a triple threat from iran russia and china. and there is complete unanimity i've seen no dissent whatsoever among any of the mainstream commentators or political politicians liberal concerned. or what have you they all agree that they must rebut the russian chinese and the rainy and threat madness. and i can't see have that strategy can possibly prevail well you know ivan. i don't agree that there are threats whatsoever i mean china is a regional power russia is certainly. not a global power its reach is actually quite small and if you look at russian foreign policy and defense policy it's very they're most concerned about their sovereignty more than anything else and the near abroad i know some people don't like that term but it it's real ok i mean these these threats here in a rant on iran it's surrounded by. nato or nato related countries bases i mean this is all a fiction here but it certainly is very good for the arms industry i mean and donald trump has been so.

as we look at this, not only are the russians a concern, but north korea, iran, china and other nonstate actors likists i. general, if confirmed, how do you plan to thwart these efforts? what's the battle plan to fight back? >> so senator in terms of a multitude of adversaries, i would begin with if confirmed, we'd have to look at a series of options that would need to be developed. we are working that today. >> do you have any of that series of options lined up right now? >> for some, yes, we do. >> what options are we using against the russians. >> in this form given the nature of it, i'll defer from that given the young classified element. but that's one of the areas i think that admiral spoke to on tuesday that was being worked in my current position. that's not something that i am responsible for at the time. but if confirmed, that's one of the early areas i would look into. >> have you yet been instructed? you haven't been confirmed yet. have you been instructed by anyone in regards to here's the battle plan we're looking to take against the russians to move forward against them? >

that to take the edge of money superpower since the think the rise of russia the rise of china needs the u.s. iran can go to china can go is this we talked about saudi involvement in said whenever pro saudi they despise the saudis because they have been and said ok st sami saudis and i think you have i have to turn here is that i have to jump in here we have to hurry on you will moving here problem here many thanks to my guests in london and in los angeles and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk rules. how does it feel to be assured the greatest job in the world it's as close to being a king as any job there is what business model helps to run a prison now we just do it on like a. nobody you know is the case and i don't no one comes anymore we don't have to serve them anymore it's called the frick do this what they want to do that as long as they don't give a damn if you do good towards america there are actually paying enough to put it back into the louisiana incarceration rate is twice as high as the u.s.n. breach what she could is behind

dialogue with a regime that has so far given no commitment that it is not come here it out is iran creating china's national people's congress meets to make changes that could see president xi same power to life. and my critics of the medium our government say with patrick asian of hundreds of thousands of brain injured may not be a good option. well i we've got the usual russia showers across southeast asia doesn't look too bad munchie because the philippines lost to clear skies lovely sunny weather coming through fine and sunny to across a good parts of thailand but further south jakarta seeing some big downpours fifty millimeters of rain here in the past twenty four hours and we're going as we go on through the next few days borneo looking very disturbed the showers strafing in all those a still more thesis leeway and there we go more heavy rain coming into java to cause at thirty two celsius or wednesday afternoon with the risk of flooding we have seen flooding recently it's inland there is the queensland last week we're talking about the coastal fringes of the state to be saying some wet weath

interviewed by former abc news correspondent claire about national security challenge hads posed by china, russia, iran, and north korea. please welcome back to the stage, claire shipman. ♪ >> thank you. earlier we heard from senator now hear from another leader in this senate from the other side of the aisle. our next guest took office in 2015 after one term in the house and distinguished service in the u.s. army. he has since garnered a reputation in the senate as an active voice on foreign policy issues. and critic of iran's aggression throughout the middle east. he joins u teed discuss the critical issues paying america and israel, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome arkansas a senator tom cotton. ♪ >> thank you. thank you very much for that fair warm welcome. thanks for that kind instruction i feel like i have an oscar ready to present. >> just a few people. as a member of congress you've been a consistent and vocal supporter of the u.s. israel relationship, and i want to ask you what i asked smart, why is this issue important to you? where does your passion for this real and relationship come fr

from iran to china? no, just right there where they were. the guys we're trying to catch. believe although it is speculation but i make a compelling case in a book i think that they deliberately made a plan to let these men go. that it would be better to have emmanuel goldstein, the parties permit any other to demonize took after all who cares if you saddam hussein is friends with bin ladin. they let them go. him the taliban led by somethint live there so that pay for that we need to carpet bomb that anyway. find that we still didn't have to create a new government and install it in power. and even if you think that we did for whatever reason you can come up with that i can't think of them we didn't need to go and make enemies out of all of their enemy. what the american military did, what donald rumsfeld on george bush only did was put the u.s. army at the beck and call of god knows who. this or that warlord from this side of ale or that side of the mountain and nobody even knows all that it is shout terrorist in the americans go and pick fights with people you never need

iran can go to china can go to the russians and actually stand head to head the bullet for the saudis however is this we talked about saudi involvement in syria how it was an accident but shuttle as it were never pro saudi they despise the saudis because they have been and said ok st sami saudis you know you have i have to jump in here is that i have to jump in here we have to do who really are you well being here problem here many thanks to my guest in london and in los angeles and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk rules. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you were a south and taken your last to bang turn. your attitude up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry for me i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each breath. but then my feeling started change you talked about war like it was again still some are fond of you those that didn't like to question our arc and i secretly promised to ne

iran can go to china can go to the russians and actually stand head to head the problem for the saudis however is this we talked about saudi involvement in syria how does an s.s. number shuttle as it were never pro saudi they despise the saudis because they abandon said ok st sami saudis you know you have i have to jump here is that i have to jump in here we do you really are you going to hear a problem here many thanks to my guests in london and in los angeles and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk rules. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. more some want to. have to go on to be for us it's like before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of the house. question. the most expensive fish in a will each one is selling for tens of thousands of euros it continues to grow its entire life if it was thirty years old you might have a two ton fish out there and yet they don't get that big today because we're way too

iran can go to china can go to the russians and actually stand head to head the polish for the saudis however is this we talked about saudi involvement in syria how does an s.m. bashar al assad whenever pro saudi they despise the saudis because they abandon said ok st sami saudis and i think you have i have to jump in here is that i have to jump in here we do you really are you willing to hear a problem here many thanks to my guests in london and in los angeles and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk rules. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. i would normally guess manufacture consent to step into public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. in the final merry go round lifts only the one percent told. us to ignore middle of the room six. million real new real world. how does it feel to be a share of the greatest job in the world it's as close to being a king as any job there is what business model he

he has hawkish views on north korea and iran. chinariking back hours after president trump ordered tariffs. beijing announced its own trade sanctions. china prepares tariffs. they do notsays fear a trade war with the u.s. and are calling on dialogue to resolve the dispute. congress has narrowly avoided another government shutdown as 1.3 trillionssed a dollars spending bill that raises military and domestic us spending, also strengthening background checks for gun buyers. conservatives complain the bill is too extensive. and in brussels, european leaders are siding with theresa may on russia. i say it is likely that moscow was behind the poisoning of the former double agent in england. some countries to join the u.k. in expelling russian diplomats. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries around the world. i am taylor riggs and this is bloomberg. thecine: this is what markets are doing. guy was talking about this earlier. we've seen less of a move in europe compared with asian stock

the former un ambassador known as a security halt taking a hard- line stance on iran russia china and north korea. he rode an op-ed for the wall street journal making the case for a preemptive strike against north korea. he acknowledges he is there to advise and the president has the final word.>> the president is the guy who got elected. he has the constitutional legitimacy gets to make incisions. his advisers --. he will replace hr mcmaster who released a statement thanking the president and praising the national security council staff. trump announced the change in a tweet saying mcmaster has done an outstanding job and will always remain my friend. rumors of his departure had been swirling as he took the job last year. with insiders saying the president felt like he was being lectured. >>> john bolton is is interventionist as they come. this is about personal chemistry with the president. he thinks he is strong and sees him on television. he likes him. >> secretary of state rex tillerson gave his goodbye speech. like mcmaster he was viewed as a moderate. he urged people to be kind

iran, north korea, and china. what we had not done prior to the election was take such an action when it came to russian activity. whatever the thoughts were in terms of not taking action prior to the election, it is clear after the fact that the result has been that russia believes it was a success and that without taking additional action, they will continue provocation when it comes to cyber. since then, we have seen continued russian activity not just in the u.s. but other countries around the world that is designed to undermine the integrity of elections. we have seen the completely irresponsible use of -- that caused hundreds of millions worth of damages to companies around the world, including around 300 million just to one, to name one when it comes to the case of fedex. to more recent activity. plus, we have a long history now of russia shielding the top 10 essentially cyber criminals who the estimate from -- put last year at $650 billion worth of loss to global commerce. so, when you put that together on

we have serious concerns about russia, iran, china. important trade issues that we need to be working on. the president will be meeting in, with the north korean leader kim jong un. america needs tpof a full slate of -- needs to have a full slate of people helping the president on these issues, and we need them to be correct, very talented people that a president needs. and we're fortunate to have mike pompeo as the likely nominee to be secretary of state. he's the right person for the job. he knows the issues, he knows the people. he has the intelligence, he has the integrity and he has the experience for the job. we'll be having hearings in the committee in april. let's have a hearing, fair debate and then let's vote. let's not have continued stalling tactics, pointless obstruction that democrats have engaged in ever since the first day that president trump took office. mike pompeo's nomination to be secretary of state will still get 30 hours of debate. and after that we'll need to confirm a new c.i.a. director. last year we allowed

meters a big graduating but a person on his reelection including the presidents of china iran venezuela and germany chancellor merkel spokes person says she also soon sent a greeting telegram however it would also include criticism of russia's policies with more reaction from europe here's peter oliver. we have had some reaction from the german government it's been delivered by the new foreign minister heiko mass as he arrived in brussels for a meeting e.u. foreign ministers. the results of the election in russia which was unsurprising to was as the circumstances of the election russia will remain a difficult partner but russia will also be needed for solutions to the big international conflicts and so we want to remain in dialogue we've also been seeing more and more reaction in the media here in germany if you have a look at what. to say they said that the the win for vladimir putin not to say. and it is it may well have been they go on to say that the majority of media in russia was for the president that the majority of the state operators was for the president and that they would h

he is very much in tune with the president iran, north korea and china. it is a very active day, big development in money and politics as always. "varney and company" is about to begin. i told you there was a lot happening and a possible deal in the making. target and kroger, reports that they are considering a merger. anything more on this? ashley: the amazon affect analysts are looking at reported in a couple places, they say it makes sense and that is where we are going as we see the move to online and the impact it has. stuart: and the move toward the delivery battle. ashley: expanding the size of whole foods stores. the landscape is changing rapidly. stuart: target and kroger, you never would have thought of such a thing a year ago and now it makes sense. more breaking news, a hostage situation in france. i will call this a terror situation. ashley: that is what the french authorities are calling it. a person of moroccan descent, he took a shot at police from a car before heading to a supermarket in the french town, ran into a supermarket, took eight

security strategy characterizes the world as a return to big power competition and calls out russia, china, iran, north korea, not a big power but a rogue state, an -- every one of those adversaries that he's identified is now redoing their strategy against the united states because they were taking advantage of us. and those days are over. >> let me read you from jeremy bash, former chief of staff. he said this. in an era in which putin has been forceful and aggressive in the middle east and europe, you're going to see russia rise and that could spark a new cold war. does that not square up? >> russia rose under obama. now, i do think there's some more things that we can do in the middle east. i take issue with the fact that while we've done good work again against isis. the russians just did something that was unprecedented in syria. they launched a battalion-sized attack on february 7th. >> right. they say it's a private army and nothing to do with the military. >> they had tanks in support combined armed artillery. i believe because they believe that we had taken out most of our drones and p

this is the united states, russia, united states-china, united states-iran to a lesser degree.a the competition is not on the scale with the soviet union but russia sees itself as a world power and aggressive and getting more and more capability with what you introduced. what's happened to the united states is while we're the dominant military power, bill, a lot of our capabilities have eroded. in certain cases, our competitors, in this case, russia, have capabilities exceeding our capability and you introduced some of that today. >> bill: he said the eastern european missile defense system that's been debated for years now, sir, is defenseless against these new russian weapons. do we know that to be true or is it a claim? >> that's claim. the fact of the matter is what has kept the peace all these years, we have strategic nuclear weapons and what putin has manage to do within his budget is upgraded all his strategic nuclear weapons. we have not. this new defense budget the president just approved is about to do that. the second thing putin has done is created smaller weapons i

iran deal. i also have applied materials. they're the biggest in china of the companies i deal with once again, the idea of what does china mean for companies, what does it mean for pompeo the president obviously focused on iran deal i'm not as focused on the iran deal because i'm deeply focused on the idea of china i think this is a new theme. we better get used to it >> jim, are you doing stop trading this morning what do you got? >> are you guys sitting down >> yes >> yeah. >> general motors compared to facebook and apple it could be a subscription model, according to morgan stanley. this is it i mean, like, okay, how about forget about cars entirely this is a business based on subscriptions. what can i say they'll do anything to find a reason to buy gm anything >> all right, jim. we'll see you tonight. looks like you're having fun out there. jim cramer, "mad money." >> i'm getting tanned out here >> we'll see you tonight 6:00 p.m. eastern time when we come back, more reaction to the big story of the morning. that is rex tillerson being replaced as se

i wrote a piece five months before the invasion saying this is going to empower iran and china.son dropped out of penn state and enlisted in fought in ramadi during some of the worst fighting in iraq. served, not career people like the mccain family whom i admire and respect. when the time comes, we serve. that needs to be on the table where we remember these. host: you will also hear from senator mccain. johnson's chief of staff. he had said richard nixon undercut any efforts late in 1968 by president johnson to bring an end to the war. >> there's a new biography of richard nixon by my friend jon notes -- found the writing about the way they were trying to undercut the efforts right before that election. through others working at that time. it is conclusive that was going on. could i make a larger point about the truth? -- you couldif you argue about policy. it's hard to argue the united states government was lying. wereok, that point there lying about body counts. they wanted to make the argument that it's going to win the war. the battle of attrition. if they killed enough no

i wrote a piece five months before the invasion saying this is going to empower iran and china.son dropped out of penn state and enlisted in fought in ramadi during some of the worst fighting in iraq. served, not career people like the mccain family whom i admire and respect. when the time comes, we serve. that needs to be on the table where we remember these. host: you will also hear from senator mccain. johnson's chief of staff. he had said richard nixon undercut any efforts late in 1968 by president johnson to bring an end to the war. >> there's a new biography of richard nixon by my friend jon notes -- found the writing about the way they were trying to undercut the efforts right before that election. through others working at that time. it is conclusive that was going on. could i make a larger point about the truth? -- you couldif you argue about policy. it's hard to argue the united states government was lying. wereok, that point there lying about body counts. they wanted to make the argument that it's going to win the war. the battle of attrition. if they killed enough no