homes some sign of weakness but at least it could offer something to iran so that iran can come to the table for instance by letting iran to sell its oil that could be some have a convincing incentive for iran to come to the negotiation table all right let's put that to the stuff in tehran of course this all started i mean with the current in a ministration of 2015 with president trump wanting to rip up the nuclear deal but has it moved beyond that now do you think beyond the fear of iran developing nuclear weapons and of course iran's foreign minister said again on tuesday that iran will never pursue a nuclear weapon but has it moved beyond that and to more i don't know a ideological difference over iran's foreign policy is that what is is that the u.s. is beef with iran. well you know this fight many who believe the drum is moving along a different path president obama i believe if we had hillary clinton or obama administration in office now there would goal busy roughly the same path but with different techniques of course after trying to stage a coup d'etat as or where the revolutions and imposing sanctions even con

moved beyond that now do you think beyond the fear of iran developing nuclear weapons and of course iran's foreign minister said again on tuesday that iran will never pass you a nuclear weapon but has it moved beyond that and to more i don't know a ideological difference over iran's foreign policy is that what is is that the u.s. is beef with iran. well you know this fight many who believe that donald trump is moving along a different path from president obama i believe if we had a hillary clinton or obama administration in office now there would goal busy roughly the same path but with different techniques of course after trying to stage a coup d'etat laws or where the revolutions and imposing sanctions even considering the military option in 2000 to 3. they came to realize that they may not topple the zombie group public but they should develop a plan in order to contain iran's you know out iran's power outside the borbidge border where there is a clash of interests between the 2 sides and they the velo the engagement for the sake of containment policy to impose harsh sanctions and pulls a credible military threat to force the iran to

homes some sign of weakness but at least it could offer something to iran so that iran can come to the table for instance by letting iran to sell its oil that could be some have a convincing incentive for iran to come to the negotiation table all right let's put that to the stuff in tehran of course this all started i mean with the current in a ministration of 2015 with president trump wanting to rip up the nuclear deal but has it moved beyond that now do you think beyond the fear of iran developing nuclear weapons and of course iran's foreign minister said again on tuesday that iran will never pass you a nuclear weapon but has it moved beyond that and to more i don't know a geological difference over iran's foreign policy is that what is is that the u.s. is beef with iran. well you know this fight many who believe the drum is moving along a different path president obama i believe if we had hillary clinton or obama administration in office now there would goal busy of roughly the same path but with different techniques of course after trying to stage a coup d'etat laws or where the revolutions and imposing sanctions ev

behavior or the regime in iran but what is happening in practice you're wrong behavior in the region is not changing iran wants to resume the activities the calculus into iran is not changing so iran thinks that maybe its resistance as it happened in the past might change mike walk the other way round and change the calculus in washington but it's a vicious circle that harming everybody anyway mr sonner we have to leave it here but i greatly appreciate you coming over and sharing your perspective but that's thank you very much thank you i encourage our viewers to keep this conversation going in our social media pages and hope to syria again same place same time here on the world's apart. of. their own words or in his. own words if you're. going to argue. every does that mean. you should go to the mothership is. the small medical team. could eliminate the fish you know not just go from home in israel. they are the house of. god since we. need to learn to move the name of. the scared to order. in english to give the learning. system definition ahead. of the news that. when the old make us manufacture consensus instead of public wealth. when the ruling classes

iran so but i think the main target of the americans is to change the calculus the behavior or the regime in iran but what is happening in practice you wrong behavior in the region is not changing iran wants to resume the activities the calculus into iran is not changing so iran thinks that maybe its resistance as it happened in the past might change mike work the other way round and change the calculus in washington but it's a vicious circle that and harming everybody anyway mr sonner we have to leave it here but i greatly appreciate you coming over and sharing your perspective but that's thank you very much thank you encourage our viewers to keep this conversation going in our social media pages and hope to syria again same place same time here on the world's apart. i put them so. they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. for something i want to. have to do i would be closer as a white woman for 3 of them or can't be good to. induce the holes in the waters of the. question. good food descriptions sound up to easing even for the owners so how to choose the pet food industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us tha

behavior or the regime in iran but what is happening in practice you're wrong behavior in the region is not changing iran wants to resume the activities the calculus into iran is not changing so iran thinks that maybe its resistance as it happened in the past might change mike work the other way round and change the calculus in washington but it's a vicious circle that harming everybody anyway mr sonner we have to leave it here but i greatly appreciate you coming over and sharing your perspective but that's thank you very much thank you i encourage our viewers to keep this conversation going in our social media pages and hope to syria again same place same time here on worlds apart. good food descriptions sound up even for the owners so how to choose just pet food industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us than was necessarily good for the pet turns out may not be as people believe we have animals that have you know diabetes and arthritis they have auto immune disorders allergies we are actually creating these problems it's a huge epidemic of problems all of them i believe can be linked to very simple problem

iran so but i think the main target of the americans is to change the calculus the behavior or the regime in iran but what is happening in practice you wrong behavior in the region is not changing iran wants to resume the activities the calculus into iran is not changing so iran thinks that maybe its resistance as it happened in the past might change mike work the other way round and change the calculus in washington but it's a vicious circle that and harming everybody anyway mr sonner we have to leave it here but i greatly appreciate you coming over and sharing your perspective but that's thank you very much thank you encourage our viewers to keep this conversation going in our social media pages and hope to syria again same place same time here on the world's apart. is this is a sticker from the open water bottle found in the stomach of a fish the brand is part of the coca-cola company which sells millions of bottles of soda every day the idea was that let's tell consumers there are the bad ones there are the litter bugs are trying to sway industry should be points for all this waste the company has long promised to reuse the plastic. onto. it's difficult at. all to male or as soo

behavior or the regime in iran but what is happening in practice you're wrong behavior in the region is not changing iran wants to resume the activities the calculus into iran is not changing so iran thinks that maybe its resistance as it happened in the past might change mike walk the other way round and change the calculus in washington but it's a vicious circle that harming everybody anyway mr aslan we have to leave it here but i greatly appreciate you coming over and sharing your perspective but that's thank you very much thank you i encourage our viewers to keep this conversation going in our social media pages and hope to syria again same place same time here on worlds apart. when you. well i think maybe they can and i will to make. a week you think it. is hard to take some from somebody if you know have some to replace. the want to do this interview today and i'll do some market and then they take me. off the area. so how can i tell you stop selling drugs if we'll hire somebody puts the money in it back. then just me all the way in life it's almost been basically mccullers peaceful for the worse to us what security security positions open us to that

explosions also remain unclear the usa has accused iran of being behind that incident saying that when acts of revenge for u.s. sanctions on iran iran denies this experts fear today's explosions will only heighten tensions in the gulf region even further so tensions between individual gulf states and washington could escalate if the usa continues to take a hard line on iran iran will focus on making washington look bad in front of the international community and its allies. iran has rejected any responsibility for the explosions t.v. stations have reported authorities have launched an investigation into the incident and teams of experts have already arrived at the scene let's get more on this from atlanta batter by political analyst specializing on iran welcome to you who is likely to have done this why. we in fact have 3 sets of actors that could be behind this obviously iran could try to escalate the situation in response to the u.s. maximum pressure complain it called economic warfare against the country we have iran survivals in the region that may want to drag through a false flag operation want to drag iran the us into war wit

iran be worried or how worried will iran be or in the end does iran you know regardless of who signed a communique and who didn't do they know who their friends are they know who they can trust they'll carry on as they were of course i'm in saudi arabia basically divided the region into 2 camps doesn't you know basically go in there and sitting and listening to what king someone has to say doesn't mean that you agree with them that even they're the most the closest alliance the saudi arabia had during the past you know decade or during that basically for decades. was the g.c.c. and within the g.c.c. as a nation there are that attitude towards iran and there are the doves or doesn't who don't want an escalation with iran on top of them qatar under blockade kuwait and oman we don't know who basically are trying to deescalate the situation practically they are going against saudis official line of escalation on iran about to go in and against saudis a courtroom isn't against iran with regards to the trump because they see trump as an opportunity and i think their policy will continue wit

iran and defeat icily in the middle east. is flawed from the state law because in one sense. they don't want to talk to iran iran has asked for a dialogue and they don't want to sit on the table and talk to your own and sort out all the issues that we have of iran on the other hand there are instead of uniting and unifying the gulf region to stand with a block of solid block they're actually dividing it into different countries they are this integrating. regional organization that you see you see there of conflict within between the g.c.c. member states the blockade against qatar so you can't have one. standing against your own if you want to push back in one sense and this and this is this united and this is this fragment that at the end of the meetings the g.c.c. and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they describe as iran's destabilizing activities in the region as a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tension in the region. so let's meet the panel for today 2 of our guests here in doha with me in the studio as magid study who is a professor of the. cutter

iran and its proxies are making trouble. iran has to be isolated and pressure. on the other hand, you have iran, russia, qatar, turkey, saying we have to keep the nuclear agreement. we have to de-escalate. the americans, russians and chinese also want to keep the nuclear agreement in place that is correct. what has been missing after the nuclear agreement was signed, was that, especially the europeans did not go forward and address the other conflict aspects in the middle east. phil: the deal has been signed and that is it. >> the deal is important because of the multilateral -- of nuclear weapons, that these things have to be out. the conflicts in the region, the missile, the program of iran, iran's role in syria, iraq, and yemen, this has to be addressed politically through negotiations. you need strong powers like the europeans, iraq and japan, to convince the americans and the others to go to the negotiation table. phil: except nobody is listening to them. no one is listening to them. this is now becoming a head to head between tehran and washington and the rest of the world sits by and wat

president has warned he will obliterate iran if iran attacks anything american the threat followed iran saying the white house was suffering from a mental disorder over u.s. plans to extend sanctions on the country this is mr trump. measure did you want to see your tweet message you know ok with the messages when they're ready they have to let us know. when they're ready they'll let us know very simple to go. do whatever doesn't make any difference whatever they want to do i'm already have an exit strategy for iran if we're. going to need an exit strategy. and strategies however some u.s. lawmakers have reacted strongly to the idea of war representatives from both parties voted to repeal a $911.00 law that would allow a military strike against the wrong without the approval of congress. this amendment affirms what president knows and believes unfocussed unconstitutional and ending wars in the middle east make america weaker not stronger congress must result to ensure that any military action is carried out constitutionally and last week we watched president schoen come within minutes of

eat on at this time and then later on to allow sales of oriel and other things by iran because iran the reason why iran made this decision to undermine some provisions of the nuclear deal is because iran is not getting any of the benefits are supposed to get under the deal and so the iranians patience has ended they are saying either of you have to get some benefits from the nuclear deal or be essentially going to come out of it so this mechanism that the europe has set up could be expanded a distance it is only from what i understand the culture of products and medicines although it hasn't even been operationalized fully but any ties to be expanded beyond that the question is will europe decide to go ahead and do this when the united states opposes that i doubt very much if they're going to be able to deliver can't it ron really drop the deal altogether i mean isn't the current deal situation better than no deal at all. yes but the way the iranians are thinking is that if these sanctions continue for another year or 2 and if the u.s. 6 seats in bringing iranian oil exports to 0 which is very unlikely

iran. >> iran. iran. iran. iran. >> there's always a chance of war, he said, but he would prefer to talk to tehran. what has iran's reaction been to all his rhetoric? we'll find out. >>> finally, on this summer weekend, i'll make the data-driven case for a four-day workweek year round. >>> but first, here's my take. donald trump declared victory in his war with mexico, of course. though he appears to have won little more than renewed assurances that its government would get tougher on migrants from central america. but he did achieve one thing with his bullying behavior, by threatening tariffs that are likely in direct contravention of trade rules. >> the tariffs go on. >> he has undermined one of the most impressive foreign policy achievements over the last three decades, the trarelationship wi mexico. mexico saw itself as a developing country that was oppressed by its high-handed imperialist neighbor. from the mexican perspective, america's relationship with it were characterized by exploitation and annexation

iran? >> i think it is a very open question. certainly iran by -- iran deployed 2,500 irgc fighters and they recruited 10,000 fighters from afghanistan, pakistan and other parts. so together that's 12,500 troops that iran organized. they gave assad $4.6 billion in lines of credit and billions of dollars in revenue. it would have made a big difference had iran not been on the field. >> i will mention that was during the existence of the iran nuclear deal. approximately, i don't need the number but generally, do you know how many americans died in iraq as a result of iran. >> 603 americans killed by iran, 17% of the total casualties during the iraq war of americans who were killed. >> do you know in the last, say, 20 years how many u.s. military open strikes have we done in iran? >> zero. >> do you -- let me ask you another. do you see strong nations that are confident in their future sabotaging oil tankers? is that a typical kind of thing? >> it is not a pattern of behavior we have detected in the region. >> has the u.s. ever put limpet mines and sabotage

iran be worried or how worried will iran be or in the end does iran you know regardless of who signed a communique and who didn't do they know who their friends are they know who they can trust they'll carry on as they were of course i'm in saudi arabia basically divided the region into 2 camps doesn't you know basically go in there and sitting and listening to what king someone has to say doesn't mean that you agree with them that even though the most the closest alliance the saudi arabia had during the past you know decade or during the basically 4 decades. was the g.c.c. and within the g.c.c. as a nation there are that hawkish attitude towards iran and there are the doves or doesn't who don't want an escalation with iran on top of them qatar under blockade kuwait and on mine who don't know who basically are trying to deescalate the situation practically they are going against saudi's official line of escalation on iran about to go in against saudis a poor children ism against iran with regards to the trump because they see trump as an opportunity and i think their policy will will

understand president trump since the 2016 campaign has focused on basically 2 things of iran iran strength he understands iran strength and either he wants to deal with it where iran is basically working with the united states as trump sees it in u.s. interests or he's going he looks he's looking to fundamentally weaken iran those are their 2 in some ways 2 diametrically opposed goals but for trump the idea that you can be in a negotiation with iran is real he's in a negotiation in a sense with north korea something that john bolton had also opposed previously and in a sense by iran shooting down this unmanned u.s. drone which is a large and expensive asset for the united states it gives a ron some leverage in dealing with the trauma ministration and my assessment is that trump is is trying to put that out there too to iran that you get that iran you down this really important expensive asset of the united states and trump has pulled back this is an opportunity for iran with some having the united states pulled back having the united states in a sense stepped out step stepped down for iran to to negotiate or

iran. meanwhile iran has revealed in a video that it has a large missile in a secret underground site the video shows the predicament maintenance of an iranian short range ballistic with. well transmittal program is one of the issues the u.s. has with iran iran argues that it needs it for defensive purposes and that the program is not open to negotiations islamic nations president reiterated that iran does not seek nuclear weapons. our scientific capability on the field and i'm going to clear power are sufficient we don't see a weapon it's not because of u.s. sanctions not because of ideology and religion. we have the means to counter u.s. pressure control to propagandize i don't mean military means that we may not use force if necessary. the idea that they threaten the united states is so utterly absurd that it's almost childlike the u.s. media has repeated thousands and thousands of times. iran's is the number one. goal bill turque terrorism now they never saw any facts to back it up i have difficulty finding a good example of it and yet i look at saudi arabia and you can find just endless examples it is believed that iran is somehow a threat to us were due to. clinton has been invited as a keynote speaker at the cyber defense and tha

iran. meanwhile iran has revealed in a video that it has a large at misawa in a secret underground site with the video shows the predawn launch maintenance and. inch of an iranian short range ballistic missile transfer south by them is one of the issues the us has with iran iran augie's that it needs it for defensive purposes the program is not open to negotiations the islamic nations president reiterated that iran does not seek nuclear weapons. a scientific capability on the field and i'm going to tell you how much sufficient we don't see that it's not because of some jobs not because of ideology and religion and i didn't know you we have the leaders to come to us pressure control to go with them to i don't mean military means that we may have useful if necessary. it be the idea that they threaten the united states is so utterly absurd that it's almost childlike the u.s. media has repeated thousands and thousands of times that iran's is the number one breyer of global terror terrorism now they never sly any facts to back it up i have difficulty finding examples of it and yet i look at saudi arabia and you can find just analysts examples it is believed that iran is somehow a threat to us were due to. at least 9 people were reportedly killed in the securi

iran. iran saying it was somebody else trying to pin it on iran. they proved two capabilities. the capability to attack a ship while it's in port, and this time to attack ships more or less simultaneously while they are in transit. >> i know you don't want to speculate who you believe is responsible for this attack, but you have mentioned to our producers that you understand why people would be pointing the finger at iran right now. talk to me about why? >> some of it is the activity that's happened over the last two months. in late april, iran said if the u.s. sanctions would continue on the rise, and if they would lose access to these waters, they would close the straight of hormuz. these attacks happened right near the straight. these attacks happened right after a series of sanctions actions from the u.s. treasury department. last week, they sanctioned a large iranian pet troll company. it followed up with yesterday's sanctions against a financial conduit for the irgc force. the pressure is ramping up, and i also don't think it's coincidental that something like this would h

iran. i think it's highly probable the administration has already made the decision to go to war against iran there are already u.s. troops inside iran want to repeat that there are already u.s. troops inside iran the u.s. has long had its eyes set on trying to impact regime change in iran and much of what you've seen the u.s. doing with regards to iran has been on a covert level we've seen a report in a new yorker by seymour hersh that a u.s. source told him that u.s. marines who are operating in the blue key missouri and kurdish regions of iran have you ever heard of that report i've never heard of the report i've never read the article nor do i intend to have any. 1st as to whether or not as the u.s. ambassador i don't have any interest as to whether or not u.s. marines are actually operating in iran right now and i said i had not heard of the report and i didn't intend to read the article in the new yorker if i gave you this article right now walked it over would you look at it i don't think so honestly congressman because i don't i don't have time to read much fiction. we have teams inside iran and these include joint special op

iran's to blame. well, iran did do it, and you know they did it, because you saw the boat. i guess one of the mines didn't explode, and it's probably got, essentially, iranritten all over it. tonight, britain's foreign secretary backed him up. jeremy hunt now says responsibility almost certainly lies with iran. iran denies that. at this regional meeting, its president took aim at the united states. translation: the us government has acted against all international laws in the last two years by adopting an aggressive policy, and it poses a serious threat to regional and international stability. whoever caused these explosions knows they are playing with fire. just look at this map of the gulf region and the narrow waterways where the world's oil tankers come and go. this is where these tensions could escalate — by an accidental collision or a retaliatory strike by iran or the us and its closest partners, including saudi arabia. for now, the saudis are threatening stern action against what they see as iran's puppet — the houthis in yemen — already locked in a devastating war with the saudi—led coalition just south of here. so is there a way out? definitly,

president took to twitter and said iran made a big mistake at the same time he also stresses repeatedly that he does not want the united states to go to war with iran iran arguing along the same lines you have some congress people who responded and are more open to military action against iran the big question right now is with which side in the u.s. government administration will prevail is that the hardliners like national security advisor john bolton for instance or is the moderate forces and will there at some point be a retaliation maybe another accident or incident that would trigger a war between the 2 countries although the official take is that the united states do not want to go to war the speaker of the house nancy pelosi of the democratic party today said the americans do not want to go to war but the united states have to defend their interests what is the appetite all over among president trumps base and america's in general for war. well the americans are tired of war and that has been one of the poor promises all the president trying to pull out of all international conflicts and that problem is comes in contrast with the actual strategy

iran does not have the monday that it used to. i mentioned there has been a 28% cut to iran's military budget in march. during the iran nuclear deal, iran's military spending reached record levels. so our sanctions are working. and they are denying the regime the revenue that it otherwise would spend with a mass omade m houthis, underground groups. so that is a very good thing. it is also the case that rancir has never -- >> i don't mean to cut you off, but in reference to what you are saying now, is our ultimate or the administration's ultimate goal to com pill irpel iran to negotiate? >> it does. >> thank you, i think my time is up you. >> thank you. ranking member mccaul, are you recognized. >> thank you. i have a very brief statement. i have a couple questions. just last week, norwegian and japanese oil tankers lawfully traversed gulf of oman attacked by iran. we have all seen the evidence for ourselves. this was iran's second attack on international shipping in weeks. moreover, iran attempted to shoot down a u.s. surveillance drone in the area. these attacks were no coincidence. within days of the administration'

quite active the missile test in world as well as well as iran's nuclear program president rouhani of iran laid out 2 timetables to grow iran's nuclear program throughout this summer willingly saying that iran would would transgress the limits imposed on it by the j.c. people a nuclear deal but in my view this is iran building up leverage iran saying that it too has its own escalation options and it's trying to use all of these different escalation to intimidate washington to make sure that there is a split in the transatlantic community as opposed to unity and force washington to more publicly say that it wants a deal weaken the sanctions that exist and drive washington to the negotiating table as opposed to washington driving to iran to the negotiating table what is a high risk strategy by there's a high risk strategy because what happens if mr town tend not get a bigger better agreement because in the end what has pulling out of this nuclear deal it's heaved a deal with iran which according to the i.a.e.a. risk complying with fully. well that's that's also important point because when the u.s. left the deal last may the re

to back out of of its pressure on iran which party will give in what i am betting this is going to continue to escalate forward but iran knows that just briefly in iran and iran knows that the eyes of the world are very much upon it right now if this would be remarkably reckless on the part of the government to be engaging in this sort of action and that sort of international condemnation it would invite but imagine today the timing couldn't have been better moscow beijing and the shanghai cooperation organization in general has basically been supportive of iran iran observer member the shanghai group represents a quarter of the world economy and half of its population and the 2 most important . countries powers china russia supported iran and the europeans are mostly silent with the exception of the british statement siding with the united states but the europeans have generally been silent so if anyone is isolated in the question of the iran nuclear deal it's more of washington than iran thank you very much i was there a senior political analyst on the sciara. well we want to take you now to our other top story this hour the world health organizati

to create the same conditions that got iran to the negotiating table but once iran gets there to broaden the aperture and have a bigger discussion now i think iran is actually in the very short term winning the battle here because it's trying to paint the administration in washington as rhetorical tough when it comes to action week and so iran is trying to solidify a narrative that america cannot in fact to borrow from the founding father of the islamic republic khomeini it cannot do a damn thing quote and this is in fact a pretty dangerous narrative to want to stick on to the administration because the ministration could be incentivized to escalate in response to it's iran to prove that there are problems so i think what has happened is washington has generated tough penalties that the value is that often has done in 9 months what took multilateral sanctions 6 years to do when you look at the iranian economy and the goal of course is to make to iran realize that there is no way out but through and it is a bigger broader better deal that is iran's own interest iran analyst to have an eye on that then have who with the foundation of defense of de

: the president pointed to this video released today that he says approves iran was behind -- proves iran was behind tais . iran has denied it. is it proof? ilan: it is not definitive proof, but it is very, very likely it was in fact iran who conducted this. all the other alternatives don't make sense. the notion that this was a false-flag operation conductedhe byulf states or the united states or israel, i don't think anybody is that good and capable of keeping a secret. most likely this was iran. actually, we had attacks just a few weeks ago, sabotage attacks on a number of ships in the uae. if the gulf states wanted to start a war, they would make a big deal of that, but they dn't. they purposely kept things quiet because th did not want to calate. the notion that this came from anybody other than iran is highly unlikely. jane: thank you for joining me.e in haiti, prot clashed with police outside the presidential palace on thursday amid ongoing calls for president jovenel moÏseo resign. the demonstrations were sparked by an investigation that revealed officials stole billions of dollars in venezuelan oil mon

iran is responsible to iran says the allegations a baseless tensions between the 2 countries have been running high since president trump pulled the u.s. out of the international nuclear deal with iran last year. the united states says this is the video that proves iran was behind the attacks u.s. military claims it shows iran's revolutionary guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers it's also published a photo purporting to show damage and a mine attached to one of the ships president donald trump called into fox news to declare iran guilty they're a nation of terror and they've changed a lot since i've been president i can tell you they were unstoppable and now they're in deep deep trouble back at me but he also said he was open to talks with iran. and we want to get them back to that table if they want to go back yeah i'm ready when they are the incident was sparked early on thursday when a fire broke out on a norwegian oil tanker following explosions the crew radioed for assistance. from propane heater and fire after report that by want that upfront open air was probably not a quest at that point up back where. that got an idea for. hours later a 2nd t

iran is to blame. pres. trump: well, iran to do it u know they did it becau you saw the boat. one of the mines didn't explod it has iran written all over it. lyse: tonight britain's foreign secretary back him u jeremy hunt says responsibility lies certainly with iran. iran dens that. the president took aim at the united states. pres. rouhani: the u.s. government has acted against all laws the last two years by adopting an aggressive policyos ig a threat to regional and international security. lyse: where for cau k the explosiows they are playing with fire. look at this map of the gulf region a where the world's oil tankers, and go. thld is where the tensions c escalate, find accidental collision and retaliatory strike iran. and the ud its closest partners, saudi arabia. the saudis are threatening stern action against what they see as 'iran' pupt, the hounis yemen. is there a way out? >> definitely, and that is through diplomacy, but the trump padministratiled out of the nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions on iran despite the fact thait did not violate the nuclear agreement. we have people in the administration putting

iran disinform nation project and the m.e. case hash mat deception provide lessons for anyone news outlets included dealing with the iran story with talks in the trump white house flexing american muscle and placing maximum pressure on iran iran has been a very dangerous player very bad player there a nation of terror and we will put up with it the times call for extreme caution in separating fact from fiction legitimate voices from paid trolls and credible commentators from virtual ones. for analysts reporters policymakers anyone who is trying to make sense of iran these days if there. isn't what's happening on social media they should think twice before publishing it as this is how iranians feel about this things one thing that these 2 seemingly unrelated stories that have come out at the same time prove is that this space is highly manipulative and it's far from reflection of iranian public opinion. we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers johannes joe hundreds of thousands of protesters on the streets of hong kong this week demanding that the government scrap this proposed new extradition law journalists were among those protesters why is that well primarily becau

iran. he was noncommittal earlier when asked how he plan to respond to iran after it shot down a drone. over the years iran challenge for several presidential administrations. joining me now peter wayner. he's also the author of "the death of politics: how to heal our fractured republic after trump." thank you for being with us. look, you make an interesting, an important point. like north korea, iran has been an issue for the united states since 1979 when the pro-u.s. shaw was overthrown in the revolution. but things seem to have broken through that resulted in the iran nuclear deal. if at the very least it limited iran's ability to enrich you are an yam and brought them a little bit closer to the international community. that's a choice that donald trump made to step back from, and now we may be seeing the fruits of that. >> it may be. it may be that those actions created counter reactions. that's what happens in international affairs. there is an argument to have withdrawn from the treaty, but that argument would be a lot stronger if the person who withdrew is somebody he had confidence in as a geopolit

iran is all caution. we will cripple your economy, more sanctions, and what is there for iran? iran the agreement. it was not a perfect agreement but it was something. and actually a few weeks ago iran said if you are really wanting to ruin our economy we will take measures so perhaps it is those attacks. talking about leaving the question open, the opposition in the uk, jeremy corbyn, said we should not be rushing to judgment on this. where does that leave him? it leaves him making a distinct point and he will get criticised for it but in my view it is quite helpful to have a british political leader not automatically rushing to assume that the us judgment on this is right. quite unusual in british politics. normally a labour opposition leader will feel so under pressure to show they are responsibility to lead as a potential prime minister they would follow the orthodoxy. jeremy corbyn does not do that and now he is condemned as anti—american instinctively. i think where the evidence is not definitive it is healthy to have a sceptical voice as prominent as the leader of the opposit

understand president trump since the 2016 campaign has focused on basically 2 things of iran iran strength he understands iran strength and either he wants to deal with it where iran is basically working with the united states as trump sees it in u.s. interests or he's going he looks he's looking to fundamentally weaken iran those are their 2 in some ways 2 diametrically opposed goals but for trump the idea that you can be in a negotiation with iran is real he's in a negotiation in a sense with north korea something that john bolton had also opposed previously and in a sense by iran shooting down this unmanned u.s. drone which is a large and expensive asset for the united states it gives a ron some leverage in dealing with the trauma ministration and my assessment is that trump is is trying to put that out there too to iran that you get that iran you down this really important expensive asset of the united states and trump has pulled back this is an opportunity for iran with some having the united states pulled back having the united states in a sense stepped out step stepped down for iran to to negotiate or

action against iran is still an option donald trump made the comments are an interview with piers morgan on i.t.v. as good morning they can this tension is rising between the u.s. and iran iran is a place that was extremely hostile when i 1st came into office there were any terrorist nation number one in the world at that time and probably maybe are today and they were a funder of terrorism president obama made a deal the iran nuclear deal which was a terrible deal because it was a short term deal and i was very much against it i was very much against the deal i terminated the deal and iran is a much different country today you will need to take military action there's always a chance to i want to know a druther not. there's president starting a commemoration ceremony on the 75th anniversary of the d.-day landings but war veterans say the focus should be on the soldiers sailors and airmen who died in the invasion not on trump the 3rd and final day of a state visit to britain donald trump joining 15 world leaders in fort smith it's the home of britain's royal navy from where many ships sail to france parker as more from their. the final day of his state visit to the u.k. he's

iran's involvement $100.00 ports from. what or who is to blame for the explosions on board 2 tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. blames iran and they released this video purporting to show iran a sort of illusory gods removing an unexploded limpet mine from the japanese old kuta courageous the timestamp according to the americans shows it happened after the vessel screw had been askew well iran didn't do it and do you know they did it because you saw the load i guess one of the mines didn't explode and it probably got essentially a run written all over it and you sort of loaded trying to take their mind off and successfully took their mind off the boat and that was exposed that was a boat that will damn. near didn't want the evidence left behind i guess they don't know that we have a signature we can detect in the dark it works very well. russia and germany say the video is inconclusive and the incident requires further investigation iranian leaders accuse the us of what they call diplomacy aimed against a country. speaking at a gathering of eurasia leaders in kyrgyzstan iranian president hassan rouhani said the u.s. is pushing and aggressive stance that cannot be tolerated.

is accused iran of quote almost certainly being behind the attacks iran has dismissed the accusations well iran and saudi arabia have always been in disputes over the war in yemen the kingdom is still battling who. the fighters who seized parts of yemen including the capital sanaa in 2014 who thiis of repeatedly hit targets inside saudi arabia the latest attack on wednesday on alba airports injuring dozens of people saudi arabia blames iran for supporting the who theories and threatening the region security iran denies those accusations al-jazeera is alexy o'brian has a report on the latest escalation in yemen. these pictures aside to show the damage where flights were disrupted for several hours saudi state t.v. says the airport was back up and running soon after the attack carried out by hooty rebels in neighboring yemen the head of the saudi immorality coalition that's fighting the rebels called it a terrorist attack on a civilian target which could be considered a war crime the whole thing is targeting civilians on purpose on the blindly they want to put to. a player a week of the player a

now they're threatening iran if iran pulls out of the deal, iran will face severe consequences. wouldear what those is be. mindful of the factors for the trade left between europe and iran since europeans are ready have abided by the american sections. i don't think the arena sick of threats from the europeans particularly seriously but the make its made -- serious this will be a conflict unless they do far more than they have done so far to make gets the iran economic benefits it was promised. it is likely than the iranians will pull back and stay within the deal. that will not be an easy decision because each rub administration will continue to try to provoke the iranians to walk out of the deal. to understand what trump is doing right now, his a administration, take a look at the paper that bolton published about six months before he joined the administration. they have really followed that strategy to the t. one thing he makes clear is while the u.s. should not be pursuing diplomacy, should keep the rhetorical option of diplomacy open. the wordhoice of "rhetorical" makes it v

understand president trump since the 2016 campaign has focused on basically 2 things of iran iran strength he understands iran strength and either he wants to deal with it where iran is basically working with the united states as trump sees it in u.s. interests or he's going he looks he's looking to fundamentally weaken iran those are their 2 in some ways 2 diametrically opposed goals but for trump the idea that you can be in a negotiation with iran is real he's in a negotiation in a sense with north korea something that john bolton had also opposed previously and in a sense by iran shooting down this unmanned u.s. drone which is a large and expensive asset for the united states it gives a ron some leverage in dealing with the trauma ministration and my assessment is that trump is is trying to put that out there too to iran that you get that iran you down this really important expensive asset of the united states and trump has pulled back this is an opportunity for iran with some having the united states pulled back having the united states in a sense stepped out step stepped down for iran to to negotiate or

iran, iran denies any involvement in this attack. one official saying that the us might have sabotaged. the oil tankers. >>i want to see it escalate just like of i don't think anybody else does but we have to stand up to iran iran is ling. the tax i think the those attacks. the explosions are still under investigation. well today marks 25 years since the infamous oj simpson bronco chase remember this and started hours after la police declared simpson a fugitive following the murders of his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman, simpson's friend, al collings was driving that vehicle. simpson was in the back you may remember he was holding a gun he was threatening to kill himself. simpson was eventually taken into custody and found not guilty of the killings. after his vintage plane crash in the mountains near porter. the plane was discovered on a steep, a hillside in the santa susanna mountains the impact broke the military plane into several pieces. it was built back in the late 50's or early 60's look at that investigators believe that the plane was coming through into that area for a special air show. well a tragic father's day for the family of drowned over the weekend and i can now

iran. shipped. there is an awfully risky game for eran to play. -- iran. it is, but iran0s they mind the persian gulf. the united states caught them and had some convincing evidence and retaliated, and sank half the iranian navy. so there is some history here. if it is not iran, if wejust give some history here. if it is not iran, if we just give them the benefit of the doubt for a moment, who else could it be? it is very ha rd to who else could it be? it is very hard to say. it could well be an iranian proxy, somebody who may be iranian proxy, somebody who may be iran has been arming but is not directly controlled by the iranian government. the houthis, for example, have done things like this. there has been a discrepancy in the reports, as well, from those who we re reports, as well, from those who were on the tankers. some saying they saw rockets instead of mines. i mean, this isn't as straightforward as us paints it, is it? well, there isa as us paints it, is it? well, there is a lot of forensics that needs to be done, lots of statements that need to be taken. experts

iran did do it, and you know they did it because you saw the boat. i guess one of the mines didn't explode and it has probably got, essentially, iran written all over it. iraniously denies that. ata summit over it. iran furiously denies that. at a summit in kurdistan, the iranian president accused america of unwarranted aggression, and of threatening stability in the region with his asians. but the uk is one of the country's backing the us. in a post on twitter, british foreign secretaryjeremy a post on twitter, british foreign secretary jeremy hunt condemned a post on twitter, british foreign secretaryjeremy hunt condemned the attacks, and said the uk's assessment had concluded that responsibility for the attacks almost certainly lies with iran. with russia putting its support behind iran, the un is making no secret of its concerns. the un secretary general is calling for a full, independent investigation.” wa nt to full, independent investigation.” want to say how worried i am with the recent developments in the gulf. we believe the truce —— truth needs to be clearly established in relation to this responsibility needs to be clearly defined. and as isaid,

iran. >> reporter: a small group of counterdemonstrators from code pink showed up. they were quickly surrounded and shouted down. >> we are here to encourage the u.s. government to seek peace with iran, dialogue with iran, no drone attacks o iran, lift the sanctions. they're starving iranian people. >> reporter: after t rally the anian-american demonstrators marched from the state department to the white house. my of these iranian-americans say that the united states has appeased the imenian govern for decades and some say they like the fact that the united states appears to btostanding up iran now. ed states go to war with iran? >> absolute no. that's why we are here. to make sure that actually there is no war. >> reporter: i'm told tis rally and march was seen in iran becausof live coverage over the internet. chris gordon news 4. >>> if you look at the mueller report there was no collusion. >> nowhere -- there not a single -- i've read this mueller report, both parts -- >> use the word collusion. >> not one place that says nothing happened. >> use the word collusion, use the word conspiracy -- >> neverio says no collus >> i'll be honest with you, nobody even mentions russia anymore since the mueller