talks with more than an hour of the g. 20 the white house says they talked about arms control iran syria venezuela and ukraine. tens of thousands of rallied in the yemeni capital against a good deal of the century the us led economic plan to end the israeli palestinian conflict palestinian leaders have rejected the proposal unveiled in bahrain this week saying a political sea solution must come fast. forces allied to the un recognized government in libya are now in full control of kerri-anne that city just south of the capital tripoli soldiers recaptured the city after weeks of fighting with forces allied to the war after. reports from. the road from tripoli to open again. the city and surrounding area have been a battlefield for the past 3 months. following the latest fighting with honey for have to his forces soldiers loyal to libyan government regained control of the yan as we drive towards the city the remnants of the battle is littered on the roadside . sandbanks built to defend the city now a stumbling block for call drivers. government forces have recaptured have those military camps like m

than an hour at the g. 20 summit in the soccer the white house they discussed arms control iran syria venezuela and ukraine but there was no mention of election interference. former u.s. secretary of state but still listen has described being kept in the dark about foreign policy during testimony before a committee in washington last month to listen accuse white house adviser operating independently of the state department. and iran has warned that a meeting underway in vienna with the remaining signatories to the 2050 nuclear deal will be the last chance to save the pact but america's special envoy on iran brian hooks us to iraq has rejected diplomacy too many times. recalled its ambassador to iraq after demonstrations broke into a demonstrator should i say broke into its embassy in baghdad 100 stormed into the diplomatic compound in protest at hosting the u.s. sponsored conference on the israeli palestinian conflict police use live rounds to break up the hour long standoff though no one was injured a $50000000000.00. until it plans to palestinians was unveiled by the white house it was a joke

a white house readout of trump's meeting with the paris cast arms control venezuela syria and iran but there's no mention action. interference and trump's half hearted word of caution to putin well someone expected is once again inviting criticism for trucks failure to forcefully confront russia's leader kimberley health at al-jazeera osaka . well we can now bring in our guests in london we have felicitous weber she's the project lead to ad business and human rights resource center that's a non-governmental organization and on skype from osaka john kirton he is the director of the g. 20 research group that's an independent that work of global scholars providing analysis on the g. 20 and in nairobi. economist and c.e.o. of rich management and investment advisory company in kenya welcome to all of you thank you very much for being on the program i want to start with john curtin yarn a sockeye you've been following the developments of the g. 20 very closely my question to you 1st is war the is the g 20 summit so u.s. centric how come there's so much focus on america's dealings bilaterally

a white house readout of trump's meeting with the paris cast arms control venezuela syria and iran but there's no mention. action interference and trump's half hearted word of caution to putin well someone expected is once again in biting criticism for trump's failure to forcefully confront russia's leader can't really help it al-jazeera. that russia china and india all have something in common and that's their rather frayed state of relations with the united states the 3 leaders have been meeting on the sidelines of the g. 20 and talked about how to bolster ties between themselves and our cooperation in the format of russia india and china could become an example of creating a modern fair multi-polar world there rejects protectionism policies of unilateral actions any legal sanctions saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon was center stage alongside president trump for the family photo of leaders after being pretty much isolated the last 20 summit here's our correspondent jamal. there was a great deal of anticipation and questions being asked in the buildup to the g. 20 summi

for more than an hour at the g. 20 summit the white house says they discussed arms control iran syria venezuela and ukraine there was no mention of election into fields. protests have been going on in the yemeni capital against the u.s. led economic plan to end the israeli palestinian conflict which was unveiled in behind this week palestinian leaders have rejected the proposal saying a political solution must come 1st. tens of thousands of algeria and have rallied in the capital algiers for the 19th straight week protests have gripped the country since february and president. was forced to resign in april demonstrators are calling for all politicians linked to his former administration to quit. journalist says the government has no plan on how to deal with the ongoing protests . many progress even if the moment the response the answer of their regime of the military regime during the transitional. moment in algeria is trying to push on the demonstrators to stop and resign and they are calling for a transitional dialogue we have had to demonstrate that but i've been told like a couple of minute

the white house said and they talked about a range of issues including arms control and, iran, syria, venezuela and ukraine but an agreement criticized by some, the two men agreeing to improve relations. keir simmons, nbc news, osaka, japan. >>> breaking news to tell you about right now. take a look at this. this black cloud of smoke there, as you see. this is in santa clara near the airport. it is near the intersection of el camino and scott street. right now we are working to find out what is happening in this area. but as you can see, the thick cloud of smoke as well as flames there burning. we do have a crew heading to that scene right now. this has been going on for a few minutes that we've been able to see. what it is is still the question this morning. as well as how it all started. of course we have been having dry conditions here in the bay area which has really been fuelling the flames. that is why they've been advising people to not light things out, especially fireworks and people been doing those around the area because fourth of july is coming up. but again, this is happening in s

talks for more than an hour at the g. 20 the white house says the pair discussed arms control iran syria venezuela and ukraine there was no mention of election interference. former u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has described being kept in the dark about foreign policy too in testimony before a committee in washington last month tillerson accused white house advisor jared kushner of operating independently of the state department. and tens of thousands of algerians have taken to the streets in the capital algiers for the 19th straight week protests of grip the country since february forcing president abdulaziz beautifully to abandon plans to seek a 5th term demonstrators are calling for all politicians linked to the former administration to resign but the opposition can claim some progress members of the elite including former prime minister ahmed and yet here are being investigated for corruption. is a journalist joining us now from paris so thanks very much for being with us so this is the 19th straight week of protests taking place in algeria and it seems there's no. there's no effort to

a white house readout of trump's meeting with putin notes the paris cust arms control venezuela syria and iran but there's no mention of the lection interference and trump's half hearted word of caution to putin well someone expected. is once again in biting criticism for trump's failure to forcefully confront russia's leader can't really help it al-jazeera. well russia china and india they all got something in common and that's got real frayed relations with the u.s. and the 3 leaders they met on the sidelines of g 20 and they talked about how to bolster their own ties. our cooperation in the format of russia india and china could become an example of creating a modern fair multi-polar world there rejects protectionism policies of unilateral actions any legal sanctions. or saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin soundman was sentenced sage alongside the us president for that family photo you know the photograph where they were all lined up you may remember the last 21 as far as he was rather isolated here's our correspondent jim. there was a great deal of anticipation and questions being ask

a white house readout of trump's meeting with putin notes the paris cust arms control venezuela syria and iranbut there's no mention in interference and trumps halfhearted word of caution to putin well someone expected is once again in biting criticism for trump's failure to forcefully confront russia's leader can't really help it al-jazeera. all the russian president also held meetings on the sidelines with leaders from india and china. this was a cooperation in the format of russia india and china could become an example of creating a modern fair multi-polar world that rejects protectionism policies of unilateral actions any legal sanctions jeffrey wright is an analyst at the racial group he joins us live now from washington to talk more about this thanks very much for being with us. so as we mentioned there are a lot of areas of contention as these leaders gather in what do you think is the biggest issue the biggest worry on the minds of leaders is it is it this ongoing trade war between the u.s. and china and the need to get that result yeah i think both for political observers and partici

. >> they discussed arms control, iran, syria, venezuela and ukraine, points of contention between theates and russia. tomorrow the president is scheduled to meet with chinese president xi jinping is the us and china are in the middle of trade fight they are threatening to escalate. the president said it will be a productive meeting with no sense of what the meeting might produce. the trump administration has impose tariffs on 215 on $215 billion of chinese imports into the united states and on track to put tariffs on the rest of china's imports, $300 billion worth. the president is in no rush to do a deal with the united states, opening its markets and stealing intellectual property. back to you. jillian: thank you very much. 25 after the hour. congressman eric swalwell telling joe biden to pass the torch. >> president a candidate came to the california democratic convention and said time to pass the torch to a new generation, that candidate was joe biden. >> the democrats choose a fresh face to take on donald trump? a message with a horrible messenger, time to weigh in. rob: don't go

meeting that lasted more than an hour, the white house said trump and putin talked about iran, syria, venezuelacanceled his meeting with putin last fall after russia seized ukraineships and detained ukraine sailors and vowed not to meet again until the situation was resolved. but those sailors are still being held. putin isn't the only strong man on trump's schedule. the white house said he'll have breakfast with the saudi crown prince in a few hours. who the cia concluded personally ordered the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. >> i don't know if anyone can conclude that the proun prince did it. >> and then he sited down with president erdogan who they are threatening to tangs for the purchase of a russian missile system. >> during the meeting, a kremlin official said putin invited president trump to come to russia next year to celebrate victory day, something he has not rsvp-ed to yet. >> thank you for that report. >>> and joining me now is former fbi and cia analyst phil mudd. and as you listen to the president's comments there about journalists but especially about election security wit

the first year of your administration in washington or anywhere else with the leaders of iran, syria, venezuela, cuba and north korea in order to bridge the gap that divides our country? >> i would. and the reason is this. that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them, which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration, is ridiculous. >> governor, i know you're all about diplomacy. should credit be given to president trump for doing something that president obama couldn't or didn't do? >> well, i give credit to president obama for his detente with cuba. i think we made things better with iran than nuclear deal, although i would have gone further. but, yeah, i do give credit to president trump for initially reaching out to kim jong-un. and setting a framework for negotiations. what i don't like is the president coddling up to putin, now kim jong-un, with getting little in return. and not being tough on them. not saying you promised to denuclearize. at least get rid of some of your missiles and your nuclear weapons and you haven't done it. they've

addressed in front of the cameras, the two presidents were set to discuss behind closed doors iran, syria and venezuelaglobal hot spots where the u.s. and russia are on opposite sides. the g20 is an economic summit but security issues loom large. on iran, president trump says he's in no rush to engage in diplomatic talks. the president pulled the united states out of the iran nuclear agreement but says he now wants to negotiate another deal. iran has so far rebuffed his outreach. >> in the end hopefully it'll work out. if it does, great. if it doesn't, you'll be hearing about it. >> reporter: the stakes are high here in osaka, but in between meetings the president had his eye literally on the democratic debate in miami. >> i saw that health care and maximum health care was given to 100% of the illegal immigrants coming into our country. >> reporter: and tomorrow president trump sits down with china's president xi to see if they can negotiate a trade deal. the best case scenario here in osaka may be that they agree to another truth. both sides agreeing to not move forward on threats of new tariffs. >> k

delegations seize the opportunity to tap into international crises like the situation in iran and venezuela in syria and so on and so forth the russian leader vladimir putin in the closing major conferences summed up what they agreed on richard. exposure in china have coleman views on the situation in the korean peninsula and follow the joint road map resolution of the situation the noting that there is no alternative to diplomacy for solving existing problems we'll continue to work with china for the escalation of tensions and strengthening security in this region will also continue working for a peaceful resolution in syria and venezuela we remain committed to the iran nuclear deal now when it comes to russia china relations we have seen lots of business documents signed deals is sealed but one of the most exciting developments that i should probably point out is the prospect of the chinese smartphone giant huawei bringing the 5 g. mobile internet technology to russia they've already met their russian counterparts the representatives of one of the major mobile carriers here in russia and they've a

they tapped into you know major international crises they've discussed the situations in iran and venezuela and syria you know and beyond that and to the russian leader vladimir putin he has summed up what are the breached in the media conference that kind of wrapped up the official part have a listen. to the national threat russia and china have common views on the situation in the korean peninsula and follow the joint roadmap and resolution of the situation the noting that there is no water in it if 2 diplomacy for solving existing problems will continue to work with china for the escalation of tensions and strengthening security in this region will also continue working for a peaceful resolution in syria and venezuela we remain committed to the iran nuclear deal. but of course going back to the relations between russia and china well we've seen we've witnessed a lot of documents a lot of business deals signed today here in the kremlin you know when the moscow crumlin just behind me about one of the big breakthroughs that i i can point out to you is a prospect of the chinese smartphone giant huawei

addressed in front of the cameras, the two presidents were set to discuss behind closed doors iran, syria and venezuela. global hot spots where the u.s. and russia are on opposite sides. the g20 is an economic summit. security issues loom large. on iran president trump says he's in no rush to engage in diplomatic talks. president trump pulled the united states out of the iran nuclear agreement but says he now wants to negotiate another deal. iran has so far rebuffed his outreach. >> in the end hopefully it's going to work out. if it does, great. if it doesn't, you'll be hearing about it. >> reporter: tomorrow president trump sits down with china's president xi to try to negotiate a trade deal. the best-case scenario may be another truce, both sides agreeing not to move forward on the threat of new tariffs. karen traverse, abc news, traveling with the president in osaka, japan. >>> a suspect in a deadly freeway shooting in the south bay has been identified as the man killed by park rangers in big sur. 26-year-old kevin alaniz was killed on saturday. the officers say he refused to put his hands up and wa

the details of what was said and brought up in that room it was issues that have to do with iran venezuela syria and ukraine and also disarmament both leaders are saying that they are committed to starting some kind of new discussion on a new type of format for global arms control one according to the white house the american president made it clear to his russian counterpart that he wants china to be involved in that process another important point that was made by both presidents and this was reflected in the white house statement was that the 2 leaders agree that it's essential. and the whole world is going to benefit from good relations and ties between moscow and washington now you may or may have not expected much of this quick part of the discussions were the journalists were allowed to hear well it was very formal but still let's listen to what the president said one of the journalists in the room. with president bush. his representative my representative he admitted to discuss including trade in the drilling some disarmament. protectionism retyping of ways we're going to discuss a lot o

a white house readout of trump's meeting with the paris cast arms control venezuela syria and iran but there's no mention of the lection. interference and from half hearted word of caution to well some unexpected is once again inviting criticism for trump's failure to forcefully confront russia's leader kimberley hellcat al-jazeera a fox for russia china and india they will want something in common and that's their rather tense relations with the u.s. the 3 leaders met on the sidelines of g 20 discuss how to bolster ties between themselves. our cooperation in the format of russia india and china could become an example of creating a modern fair multi-polar world that rejects protectionism policies of unilateral actions any legal sanctions. in yemen tens of thousands of protesters has turned out in the capital sana against the us economic plans of palestinians which is for papers in bahrain this week yemenis stood in solidarity with palestinians to reject the financial proposals saying a political solution must come fast mohammed al assad has more from santa most of the protesters so tu

the details of what was discussed and what was said and that room we understand that iran venezuela ukraine and syria were brought up and also the issues of disarmament the 2 sides are ready to continue their discussions on forming some kind of new global framework when it comes to arms control and donald trump. is making it clear that washington also once beijing to be involved in that process and the 2 leaders also agreed that the whole world would benefit if moscow and washington finally start getting along with each other now you may have expected some kind of breakthroughs from the things that were said during that short period when the journalists were allowed in that room well instead this kind of exchange sounded quite formal it with president bush. his representative my representative to the us it would be really it is really. just a moment. protectionism regard to the way we're going to discuss a lot of different things we have not seen each other since the house thinking meeting with what seems to be working together they gave us great opportunities to follow up on that something that didn

and we heard from both administrations that the leaders will discuss the usual iran syria ukraine north korea and venezuela and let's hope that nothing will change at the very last moment besides as i can tell you that i've had a chance to talk to one of the members of the russian delegation earlier on thursday she was physically present and the room where the talks are going to happen it's a rather small room with plain white walls the only decorations there will be the flags that's of course a tradition and also the logo of the summit so nothing lavish there at all so hard that around 20 journalists will be let inside to hear the 1st minute or 2 of these discussions 2 of these. but this short period of time will end up being someone's business regardless of what mr trump thinks. through some of the big issues ahead there let's cross live to beijing and to center for international business ethics director chang aloof for his take you're very welcome to the program yet lots of hugely significant talks ahead is near what do you think will be the primary focus these next 2 days. well. as the typical would yo

and we heard from both administrations that the leaders will discuss the usual iran syria ukraine north korea and venezuela and let's hope that nothing will change at the very last moment besides as i can tell you that i've had a chance to talk to one of the members of the russian delegation earlier on thursday she was physically present in the room where the talks are going to happen it's a rather small room with plain white walls the only decorations there will be the flags that's of course the tradition and also the logo of the summit so nothing lavish there at all so hard that around 20 journalists will be let inside to hear the 1st minute or 2 of these discussions so at least in this short period of time we'll end up being someone's business we're guard lists of what mr trump thinks. i had an interesting chat with geo politics expert peer among them on earlier he told me that in light of the shifting balance of global policy or in his thoughts he says that the meetings on the sidelines of this year's g. 20 will be particularly significant. what you experience seeing is a new cycle or. just 46 years bu

of the details some of the things that were brought up during the talks these include iran venezuela ukraine and syria and. also disarmament and when it comes to arms control both leaders said that they are committed to having a renewed discussion to a possible new approach to arms control and donald trump made it clear to vladimir putin that he wants beijing to be involved in this process according to this statement from the white house the leaders are also confident that good relations between washington and russia is essential for the whole world they believe that the entire international community would benefit from that and now the meeting lasted for an hour and a half but it began with a short formal part when the journalists were allowed to hear what the 2 presidents were saying and i didn't say the word formal for nothing it was a very quick and both leaders sounded. the whole party quite official. great others it with president bush and his representatives my representatives be admitted to discuss including really into the. disarmament of. protectionism to retire the way we're going to discus

what was said in that room and some of the things that were brought up were issues with iran venezuela ukraine and syria and also disarmament according to the u.s. administration both presidents are ready for continue discussions on some kind of new approach when it comes to global arms control and donald trump made it clear to mr putin that washington wanted to make sure that beijing is involved in the process plus both leaders agreed that the whole world would benefit if washington and moscow finally started getting along you may have expected some kind of breakthroughs from the 1st 2 minutes of the conversation that the journalists were allowed to see while i guess the best words to describe that part of the meeting. was formal and official radar it with the president. his representative my record that in the future. if we really really some disarmament. protectionism require your way we're going to take the 1st a lot of different things. i can't disagree with the president we have something to discuss all topics have been. we have not seen each other. although our teams have been working together th

and we heard from both administrations that the leaders will discuss the usual iran syria ukraine north korea and venezuela and let's hope that nothing will change at the very last moment besides as i can tell you that i've had a chance to talk to one of the members of the russian delegation earlier on thursday she was physically present and the room where the talks are going to happen it's a rather small room with plain white walls the only decorations there will be the flags that's of course a tradition and also the logo of the summit so nothing lavish there at all so hard that around 20 journalists will be let in. side to hear the 1st minute or 2 of these discussions so at least in this short period of time. being someone's business. what mr trump thinks. well another element to the summit likely to hold a lot of the spotlight the spiraling trade war between washington and beijing donald trump stretton to increase levies on china if the talks at the g 20 don't yield results. so they want to make you feel they want to make you feel more than i do let me put it back ok they want to make a deal i've only d

they talked about syria, iran, venezuela, and they talked about ukraine.whether the ukraine issue was about the detained ukrainian sailors, allegedly, by the russians. a lot of these discussions, a ats happening on the sidelines of the g20 ahead of the meeting tomorrow. matt: did he say please? was it just a command, don't interfere in the elections? >> he said, don't meddle in the election, please. matt: that's interesting, so asking nicely. thank you very much. our chief north asia correspondent in osaka following this g20 meeting. we want to go to debra mao in hong kong for the bloomberg business flash. deborah? >> boeing falling the most in six weeks on bloomberg's scoop that it could take three months to fix the latest software glitch on the 737 max. the issue was discovered during faa simulator tests when the pilots experienced a lag in emergency response time. apple's design chief is leaving after decades at the iphone maker. he is moving to form an independent company with apple as one of its primary clients. he is responsible for the look of the c

what we're told they did talk about that was on the agenda, syria, iran, ukraine, venezuela.now, into the substance of how hard president trump pushed president putin on not meddling, again, the response from president trump seemed disappointing to many people. when he was asked he said he had raised it but he wasn't going to push it because president putin told him i'm not meddling. >> i wonder how this was received in russia, nic. i know that you're not there. but when you've got 25 journalists who have been killed in russia, is it believed that president putin himself is behind that? >> you know, yes. i think is the very simple answer, yes. who's going to go ahead and try to prosecute a president who holds absolutes power in the -- absolute power in the country? you'd have to be a brave judge to do that. and russia's not the kind of place where a judge is going to stick their head above the parapet. i was in russia many times in recent years. but last year i was covering the sudden death of a journalist who unexplainedly fell from a fifth story apartment where he was livin

joint press conference after their meetings they said that they had discussed the iran nuclear deal a deal venezuela syria and the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and both leaders emphasized that they had a lot in common on all the issues. of that international agenda they also signed during this meeting today 30 agreements including trade deals we just saw a ceremony of those documents being handed over as well and after this meeting today. will travel on to these same fears economic forum and also today on the agenda is some symbolic stuff the. 2 pandas from china are being handing over handed over to the moscow to correspond of diplomacy you can't miss that from any significant bilateral meeting on a serious note prison she and and president putin are they hoping with this meeting to send a message to the west. absolutely i would say that that's the main item on the agenda today there have been kind of bombastic declarations of friendship from both sides ahead of the meeting things said that putin was his closest and most reliable friend among international leaders state t.v. is running this s

a white house readout of trump's meeting with putin notes the perilous gust arms control venezuela syria and iran but there's no mention. alba election interference trumps half hearted word of caution to putin well someone expected is once again inviting criticism for trump's failure to forcefully confront russia's leader kimberley help at al-jazeera osaka. it's france's hottest day of europe's wealth has a record breaking heat wave the southern town of the of the hit 45 point one degrees celsius breaking the record set in the 2003 heat wave in spain more than 600 firefighters and 6 water dropping aircraft to battling a massive wildfire in the catalonia region temperatures are also high in north africa with serious concerns over the wellbeing of players in the in football's african cup of nations which is being played in egypt and the united nations world meteorological organization says the years 2015 to 2019 are on course to be the hottest 5 year period on record worldwide play nala says from the united nations world meteorological organization she says unusual weather is the new normal. we exp

a white house readout of trump's meeting with the paris cast arms control venezuela syria and iran but there's no mention of the action. interference and trumps half hearted word of caution to a potent well somewhat expected is once again in biting criticism for trump's failure to forcefully confront russia's leader can't really help it al-jazeera. putin has also made outgoing u.k. prime minister to resign made their 1st formal talks since the poisoning of former russian spy service cripple in seoul's ri last year may told putin the use of a nerve agent was unacceptable and that the u.k. has irrefutable evidence russia was behind the attack and says both sides should put the incident behind them former u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has described being kept in the dark about foreign policy during testimony before a committee in washington last week to listen accused white house adviser general question of operating independently of the state department iran is warning that a meeting underway in vienna will be the last chance to save the 2015 nuclear deal diplomats from the 5 rem

a white house readout of trump's meeting with the paris cast arms control venezuela syria and iran.

a white house readout of trump's meeting with putin notes the perilous gust arms control venezuela syria and iran but there's no mention in interference and trumps half hearted word of caution to putin well someone expected is once again in biting criticism for trump's failure to forcefully confront russia's leader can't really help. al jazeera. in yemen crowds are gathering to denounce the u.s. led economic plan to end the israeli palestinian conflict which was unveiled in bahrain this week hundreds turned out in the capital sana'a to protest the deal palestinian leaders have rejected the financial proposal saying a political solution must come 1st but the program plan presented in manama did attract backing from several major arab nations. is in the yemeni capital sana'a force on the phone so how much does tell it's more about this protest that's taking place there. yes the yemenis from different walks of life have turned out to the. outside of the city of kandahar to commemorate the anniversary of the slogan which is the u.s. and allied its allies also they also did it to denounce that the. ve

a white house readout of trump's meeting with putin notes the perilous cust arms control venezuela syria and iran but there's no mention of the lection interference trumps half hearted word of caution to putin well someone expected is once again in biting criticism for trump's failure to forcefully confront russia's leader can really help get al-jazeera. thomas joins us now from osaka and really i think as kimberly really so eloquently said it was so nice of bilateral issues and rivalries could this be one of the i don't know what he wants a divisive andrew but one of the most co-operative g. 20 is that we've really ever witnessed. it's very hard to say at the moment because we're so far away from the conclusion of this we've had the 1st day but really a less significant day in the sense that what we know really is what we've seen in those very brief moments before those bilateral meetings that will be it's expected a communique by all 20 leaders that will get released sometime late on saturday and that will deal with the official issues of this summit but really as you said and as kimberly was s

crisis in yemen this as well trump dined with the queen his administration threatened syria cuba venezuela and iran joining me now is lieutenant colonel anthony schaffner a former senior u.s. intelligence officer now an advisor on the trump 2020 campaign tony welcome to going on the grounds of trump ran as an antiwar president what i think he was doing in london on this state visit meeting with be a systems of lockheed martin. look we all busy know you cannot ignore the military industrial complex i'm one of those who have been critical of lockheed martin particular because of their overruns and what i believe is probably the. most expensive project ever 35 of which the british bought into as well be a b.a. was a big competitor they lost the contract to boeing for the follow on. in enter refueler. the tanker program so they've been dealing with that one of my associates former associates and colleagues general tony zinni was on the board of x. so you know the bottom line is i think everybody recognizes that no matter who's in charge you have large military programs and people who are from the milit