i know our focus so far in the conversation has been t very muh on iran, lebanon and iraq and shias and iran's role, but it's important to remember that urban uprisings also in sunni country. this is not about nomination of thing. it is not only anti-iran thing. a lot of people are also fed up with the insolence that saudi arabia has had on religion and culture in the region, and saturdays although today they have a crown prince who wants to appear as a reformer and does many things that feed into the agenda of reform, a lot of saudi is also live in fear of what their crown prince is doing and the repression that is falling on the country. women activists who fought for the right to drive, a fight that is been going on for decades, a lot of the young activists and older activists have found themselveses in jail right befoe thee crown prince, or the king rather, because the order still come from the top with the decrees our site at the topic they found themselves in jail for having campaigned for the right to drive just as that right was granted to women in the kingdom. because in the ki

iran's president hassan rouhani has vowed for the retaliate against the u.s. the assassination of general custom samani a powerful military leader was killed in a u.s. drone strike in iraqin january he was a key figure in expanding iran's influence in the region and was one of the most powerful men in the iranian leadership iran launched missile strikes on u.s. bases shortly after the assassination. the americans assassinated our great commander and we retaliated and will further retaliate our armed forces made a firm response targeting an important u.s. base in the region u.s. will never forget this because it was the 1st time they received a firm response over a mistake they did. sure biplane is extended is late in the race for the democratic presidential nomination the former us vice president defeated bernie sanders by big margins in the primaries in illinois arizona and florida and the gallagher reports from miami. a polling stations in florida arizona and illinois wasn't just a democratic process officials were concerned about the rapid spread of the coronavirus saw low voter turnout furious cleaning and polling stuff not manning the boobs over health concerns man

seen these moments of detente before and the '90s, the detente was issued in at the end of the iran, iraq war and 1990 gulf war when the iranians were worried that perhaps the iranians were sort of defeated in the iran, iraq war and now they have to deal with saddam and have to try to find a way to keep iran on their better side. so detente between the countries was not possible, however, they believed that detente was used to solidify their position. while diplomates were smiling, they were opening cultural centers that posed as a front for revolutionary guard activities and he has said very clearly he will not be fooled again, that those are his words. he will not be fooled by the smiles of iranian diplomates anymore. does he want an all-out war? no, i think he wants the status quo to some extent. he doesn't want iran to gain too much more, he wants it curbed and contained, but he also worries about president trump not being enough of a solid ally, that he's not an ally who will actually go to bat for the saudis. he will pursue american strategic interests. he will with soleimani, but n

to get assistance where it's needed planetwide look at america's response overseas take a look at iraq iran is one of the countries that is worst hit with its health services dangerously overloaded officials are saying that millions could die but yet iran is being hit with war u.s. sanctions donald trump is maliciously tightening the u.s. illegal sanctions with the aim of draining neurons resources needed in the fight against covert 19 while our citizens are dying from it the world can no longer be silent as u.s. economic terrorism is supplanted by its medical terrorism in a let's account opponents hassan rouhani informs her efforts to fight the covert 1000 pandemic in iran have been seriously hampered by u.s. sanctions in them to cease observing them it is immoral to that's a bully kill innocents cuba and venezuela are both in the early stages of an outbreak now both countries are going to face huge hurdles of crippling us restrictions if the us government is going to assist other countries let's assume provide some kind of leadership role during this global crisis the 1st thing it should

what kind of response you think we're going to have both from iraq and from iran on this posting up of. i think that this will only antagonize the people of iraq and it will it will also make the people of iran upset because the the the presence of the united states in iraq and syria is a provocation to all the people in the middle east who want to reassert their and national sovereignty and territorial integrity and here comes the u.s. and and plunks itself down in the middle of the region and tries to recolonize countries such as syria iraq yemen all these things all the all that the us does is increase the tensions in the middle east it increases the likelihood of a wider regional war and even god forbid a world war so the smartest thing the best thing that could happen from the point of view of the people of the region and the whole world is that us removes itself from the middle east and acts like stop acting like a stops acting like a rogue player on the international stage and starts acting through diplomacy and. bargaining negotiation rather than the heavy handed fist that the

i nor focus in the conversation has been very much on iran, lebanon and iraq in iran's role but it's important to remember that there has been an uprising in sunni countries pray this is not a domination of thing. it's not only an anti-around thing. a lot of people are also fed up with the influence that they've had on religion and culture in the region. and although today they have a crown prince who wants to appear as a reformer and does many things that feed into the agenda of reform, a lot of saudis also live in fear of what their crown prince is doing and their oppression is falling upon their country, women activists who fought for the right to drive, the fight that's been going on for decades, a lot of the young activist and older activists found themselves in jail right before the crown prince or the king rather because the order still comes from the top were there spying at the top, they found themselves in jail for campaigning for the right to drive just as the right was granted to women in the kingdom. those rates are still granted by the king, it's up to his magnitude he

so much our conversation has been very much on iran, lebanon, iraq, and g.i. and iran's role. but it is important to remember that there have been uprisings also in sunni iocountries, this is not a denominational thing. it's not only an anti- iran thing, a lot of people are also fed up with the influence that saudi arabia has had on t culture in the region. and saudis, although today they have a conference that once to appear as a reformer and does many things that feed into l the agenda of reform, a lot of saudis also live in fear of what their crown prince is doing. and that repression that's falling upon their country. tswomen activists who fought for the right to drive, it's a fight that's been going on for decades, a lot of the young activists and older activists have found themselvesiv in jail, right before the crown prince or the king rather because the order still comes from the top where there decrees are signed at the top. they found themselves in jail for in the campaign for the right to drive just is that right was granted to women in the kingdom. because in in the

iraq war, i wasn't . he was against the iran nuclear deal, i was but the reason why we wanted to do this book and on the chapter on governance i talked a bit about iraq butnot about its national governance . i talk about this experiment that emerged under the islamic state and i spent a couple pages on it and it shows you responsive governance and discontent with a government that's not responding plants the seeds for the sorts of instability that we saw under, happen in iraq under the previous prime minister that groups like the islamic state exploited and i think we should have learned by now many years after the iraq war that the united states can't fix these factors but important to factor these fundamental building blocks for stability in our analysis . as you see today the hot takes on what we're doing next and the cycle of escalation i think is quite dangerous. >> i think it's a new phenomenon and there have been failures, a failure of governance, failure of leaders in the middle east for a long time. so why this moments did a group like isis have an opportunity to rise and have such a profoundimpact ? >

predating this administration but we have wasted trillions of dollars in wars that, you know, iraq -- iran owns iraq today. we're doing a peace deal with the taliban we took out because it's a terrorist organization. you'll never have peace in afghanistan so long as the taliban is not, you know, giving up its commitment to the physical force tradition. but what china did during that period, our growth over that 20-year period was about 2.5%. china's growth is about 7% to 8% annually. that's why they're catching up with us, obviously. china, they cheat, they don't care about their workers or their environment, but what they have done, investing in infrastructure, into asia, into europe, into africa, is they've invested in the growth of their own economy. and that's why it's growing. i would just hope that you and the president and the ways and means committee can find a way to work together toward the goal of making a major investment in infrastructure, understanding that good economic growth would come with it as well. i yield back. secretary mnuchin: i would say china is not catching up t

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and i also have my maybe in chicago that really helps me out she works and iraq iran member struggling she will help me on and she's going on incredible help to me because i met her when i moved here before like. 3 or 4 months before i moved here and i told her i said look i'm not here i quit my job i'm leaving you know we can start this and one thing led to another and we started going strong and i love her and she's eventually going to get here. did you like. ok this is probably just a go. there you go with his foot you look. this is all useless for he just stuff you to go ahead and it gets elaine to do it gasoline you have to do it all. give us something to drink a little bit here we got some good water here. food so looking good let me check the temperature on this again. like you can't go for a little bit keep your freezer gone. house. shadow where you shadows she's busy you want to sit down look at the t.v. here for a little bit oh oh well yeah we get some news here i did put a camera and put the antenna on top there's a bunker one of the 1st cancer here. i have to lug and look a

and i also have my baby in chicago that really helps me now and she works and iraq iran member struggling she will help me out and she's been. incredible help to me because i met her when i moved here before light 3 or 4 months before i moved here and i told her i said look i'm out of here i quit my job i'm leaving you know we can start this then one thing led to another and we start going strong and i love her and she's eventually going to get here. should you be like. ok this is the greatest go. there you go it's put your looks. this is all you so much great just stuff your head and it definitely did your gasoline you have to draw on. give us something to drink a little bit here we got some good water here. good let me check the temperature on this again. like a little bit keep your freezer gone. house at 9 shadow where your shadow if she's busy want to sit down look at the t.v. here for a little bit. yeah we get some news here i did put a camera and put the antenna and top there's a bunker one of the 1st cancer here. i have to look at and look at i painted the inside but i lost a gallo

iraqi parliament on january 8th to those in favor of the american troops leaving iraq so it's not just as i said about iran's allies in iraq i think that the overwhelming majority of iraqi political spectrum of the iraqi factions in general are against the americans and they're out and the americans are trying to use iraq to attack iran i think you're going to see more this night more iraqi anger from all different factions against these american policy why the u.s. has begun pulling out its troops from the middle east with pressure of course from packed up and so that resignation that basically said you're not welcome here anymore so why is washington reinforcing at the past him iraq that and. it's that's a very interesting question from the beginning trump has spoken about the necessity to withdraw from the endless wars he attempted to draw down on the troop presence in syria are of course his character certain. presence in syria is now made an agreement with the taliban in afghanistan it wants. but iraq is the one place in the middle east which trump has not now dr troop withdrawals or troop reduction and

we we do complain about a lack of american strategy in iraq and nowadays they see iraq in those and in the context of iran more than iraq itself and i but in my opinion that's a mistake that they do because it iraq itself is a very important country it's jude it's geopolitics and strategic situation is important at the same time iraq is the 2nd largest or pick or oil producer and has impact on the oil on the world economy and iraq should be should be looked at on its own rather than being looked at in the context of the iran conflict which obviously the americans have given that top priority well mr elden if we have to take a very short break now but we'll be back in just a few moments speech and. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and obviously going to get out of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. the aus aid was. you. are. welcome back to worlds apart before hot alvin chairman of the iraq advisory council and a former political advisor to iraqi president michele didn't just as you were saying before the break the importance of iraq for the united states

iran's president hassan rouhani has starred further retaliate against the u.s. for the assassination of general glosson siller money so while he was killed in a u.s. drone strike in iraq in january he was a key figure in expanding iran's influence in the region and was one of the most powerful men in the iranian leadership iran launched missile strikes on u.s. bases shortly after the assassination but no soldiers were killed at a battle about it toto all you the americans assassinate our great commander and we retaliated and will further retaliate our armed forces made a firm response targeting an important u.s. base in the region u.s. will never forget this because it was the 1st time they received a firm response over a mistake they did. even before the coronavirus crisis india's financial institutions were causing concern because of the large debt yes bank the 4th largest lender in india was taken over by the government this month the 3rd rescue this year elizabeth a report from new delhi. some good news at last for us bank customers nearly 2 weeks after the government took all the india's 4th largest private. withdrawn limit of $50000.00 rupees $630.00 imposed dur

itself we do complain about a lack of american strategy in iraq and nowadays they see iraq in theirs and in the context of iran more than iraq itself in my opinion that's a mistake that they do because it iraq itself is a very important country it's jude it's geopolitics and strategists situation is important of the same time iraq is the 2nd largest oil pick or oil producer and has impact on the oil on the world economy and iraq should be should be looked at on its own rather than being looked at in the context of the iran conflict which obviously the americans have given that top priority well mr elden we have to take a very short break now but we'll be back in just a few moments states and. you know we talked a lot on the show many years about economy and currencies and what makes a currency really what makes a currency a scarcity for example gold is a currency it's money because it's scarce that's the primary reason people use it as money keynesian economics or a socialism is usually unworkable because the people who are organizing it think that well you can just print all you need program print more money

we we do complain about a lack of american strategy in iraq and nowadays they see iraq in theirs and in the context of iran more than iraq itself and i but in my opinion that's a mistake that they do because it iraq itself is a very important country it's jude is geopolitics and strategic situation is important at the same time iraq is the 2nd largest or pick or oil producer and has impact on the oil on the world economy and iraq should be should be looked at on its own rather than being looked at in the context of the iran conflict which obviously the americans have given that top priority well mr elden we have to take a very short break now but we'll be back in just a few moments stay tuned. on. into . the for. the for 100 have thought was. good for her who. are real. in the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage through parts of northern ireland that was coordinated loyalist attacks protect the only catholic population in belfast tens of thousands are forced to flee their homes and what was striking to put these attacks was a fear you see the police actually took part in the attacks so instead

reports that they are a few reasons why iraq iran splits core elites have been so affected. the latest this gentleman who passed away mohamed mir mohamed he was in his seventies so at risk of certainly succumbing to the virus at risk of of passing away and unfortunately that is what's happened he was a member of the expediency council and a group of advisors to the supreme leader made up of technocrats military officers government officials and since the beginning we've seen that the government has been largely affected at least 20 members of government at least 20 senior leaders biassed and it's here in iran have come in contact with this disease have come under it have contracted the coronavirus since this began and this includes the vice president a female member of president of the on his cabinet as you said m.p.'s deputies spokespeople and one of the reasons we might be seeing this is because the corona virus outbreak happened in tandem with the timing of the parliamentary election here in the country a few weeks ago so we've seen many senior leaders many political play

we we do complain about a lack of american strategy in iraq and nowadays they see iraq in theirs and in the context of iran more than iraq itself and i but in my opinion that's a mistake that they do because it iraq itself is a very important country it's jude it's geopolitics and strategic situation is important at the same time iraq is the 2nd largest or pick or oil producer and has impact on the oil on the world economy and iraq should be should be looked at on its own rather than being looked at in the context of the iraq conflict which obviously the americans have given that top priority well mr elden we have to take a very short break now but we'll be back in just a few moments stay tuned. on from. 300. 30. for her for her. plenty. lists lists. lists. playing. and a very warm welcome to you watching us and see us. time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability very important to accelerate the transition to sustainable transport sustainability stay in a manner more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely harmless. to congress. to do something comp

we we do complain about a lack of american strategy in iraq and nowadays they see iraq in theirs and in the context of iran more than iraq itself and i but in my opinion that's a mistake that they do because a record self is a very important country it's jude it's geopolitics the strategic situation is important at the same time iraq is the 2nd largest or pick or oil producer and has impact on the oil on the world economy and iraq should be should be looked at on its own rather than being looked at in the context of the around conflict which obviously the americans have given that top priority well mr elden we have to take a very short break now but we'll be back in just a few moments stay tuned. thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the country's military and the decision that has shattered lives are bringing home till i complete. the day that i'm afraid i'll be instructed here you know i'll shut up or they'd kill me and they see how destroyed my life any screamed in the me me come in any damn my arm and he raped me with his birth thinking if you take into account that women don't report

we do complain about a lack of american strategy in iraq and now a days they see iraq and the and in the context of iran more than iraq itself and i but in my opinion that's a mistake that they do because a record self is a very important country it's jude it's geopolitics and strategists situation is important of the same time iraq is the 2nd largest or pick or oil producer and has impact on the oil on the world economy and they're actually we should be looked at on its own rather than being looked at in the context of the iran conflict which obviously the americans have given that top priority well mr elden we have to take a very short break now but we'll be back in just a few moments. become a battleground in the u.s. government people are demanding the shut down of a local plant from my yankee is right now my focus because it's a very dangerous medicare power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limit this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where's it going is it moving more towards corporate interests who are. more in th

seeing further eastward that's going to continue driving its way from west to east pushing through iraq iran and for that there's a chance and that's going to affect parts of the gulf as we go on through the next couple of days in this was the same in mosul so northern iraq they've had huge amounts of rainfall over the last couple of days you can see some places the blue skies trying to appear it will gradually improve but there are still more showers in the forecast if the truth be known say some western weather around that eastern side of the mediterranean temperatures really struggling to get anywhere near double figures 9 celsius for jerusalem 12 degrees there for beirut and also for damascus western weather will make its way further east which is we go on through saturday increasing cloud and rain pushing for iraq stretching across iran up as well as into that western side of iran israel on into sunday we could see some really heavy personal life be down poles coming in and that includes us here in the harbor the next couple of days quite a bit of rainfall that's likely to cause some fl

iraq the head of u.s. central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran. we are also in the process of bringing air defense systems ballistic missile defense systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against about another potential iranian attack well just when many thought that tensions between the united states and the islamic republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u.s. central command telling us the opposite take a listen this is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal ballistic missiles despite international condemnation around remains the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism now it's important to note that the iraqi parliament has voted to end the presence of all foreign troops in the country however the usa maintains a military presence in iraq now iran has other priorities than conducting a war games with the united states let's remember that iran has been pretty hard hit by coronavirus now it's also interesting that the pentagon refers to iran as the greatest source of terrorism in the middle east whe

across the middle east to see some very heavy rain recently spilling out to keep pushing across iraq iran iran still seeing some of that wessel weather that's now pushing across towards afghanistan that will roll over into northern pakistan in the form of western disturbances we go on through the next couple of days and eventually more the piles of india will see some of that behind not see bad loss you try to still see a few showers as we go through wednesday want to those showers sliding across northern parts of iraq and back into iran with a much of iran is generally try not see bad here and hot temperatures around 28 celsius wins now in the process of easing back so some pleasant sunshine as we go on through the days ahead then sunshine to across a good possibly northern africa and again the winds in the process of easing off somewhat here the showers will continue into somalia because see some showers here always a possibility of some flooding as a result of that ethiopia also seeing a little line of showers they push down towards the rift valley and to the gulf of guinea that's wher

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iran. to tyrants attacks between us forces and iranian backed shiite militia groups have become commonplace in iraq since early january. when the pentagon assassinated iran's top general qassem soleimani i thank god and fort. soleimani had been the architect of iranian foreign policy across the middle east. but he ran it struck back. firing a volley of missiles at iraqi military base housing u. s. troops. it was the closest to o both sidides gt to an outright declaration of war before tensions eased slightly. also this friday greece's first female president was formally sworn in to office the former high court judge takes the reins nearly two months after the country's parliament v voted overwhelmingy to atlanta the sixty four year old take a religious o oath ceremony confined to a limited number of lawmakers. on handshakes were excluded this in light of the spread of the corona virus. now for a look again on the day's top business sees with fancy for his very own brian quinnnn brian quinn thank you for being with us again. pleasure starting for the interesting one the markets in the u. s. rallying

>> iran is trying to use proxies inside iraq to target our people, our interests, our installations.he iraqis don't have a prime minister right now. the political situation is tenuous to say the least. the united states is there to fight isis, we lost two marines last week doing that and we need to carry on our partnership with iraqi security forces to continue to do that. the iraqi people want us to work on that and the iraqi government when it stood up will feel the same way. there have been a lot of protests in iraq and iran against the iranian's and we are clearly on the side of right here, very proportional response. shannon: where do we go from here? we are still in a war and have a lot of entanglements. do our enemies look at what is going on in the us, the coronavirus and other things and since weakness? >> maybe. i think more so they look at the messaging coming from afghanistan. iraq and afghanistan were two wars with two enemies and two strategies. what we are doing in iraq is more like what you will see nothing forward. when we had isis as a problem the biggest criticism

we miss use fear and we ignore it, we worry about illegal immigrants, iraq, iran and everywhere else. host: got your point. guest: you are making good points, although i disagree. the goal actually a think should be for all of us to be treated equally. no priority to anybody. that means may be looking more carefully at people who have been hard done by. , the messages got to be we are -- we'll count in the same way. host: who is don livingston? guest: he is a secessionist. he is a philosopher, a student someone from, and a philosophical perspective likes the idea of secession. there are people out there. he lives in south carolina, he is not a racist in any way, shape or form. he is somebody who is talked up secessionf southern and southern distinctiveness. ofis a good example for me the people who want secession. host: out of port charlotte, florida, good morning. caller: earlier when you first started your broadcast you mentioned the washington post. your reason is what exactly? what you're reading when you pick up the washington post. you are going to bid in and out. guest: for the

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to talk about iran and iraq as we agree to as a committee. more importantly, thank you, and the president, for taking decisive action to protect americans overseas. had president trump not made the bold decision to strike qasem soleimani, iran's mastermind of terror, we might be having a different hearing on why he didn't stop the deaths of more americans. striking soleimani was a right decision and the world o is saf for it. he organized an escalating series of attacks against our forces in iraq which killed an american. he also directed an attack on the embassy in baghdad. further, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general milley said the administration would have been culpably negligent had they not acted to take out soleimani who had the blood of hundreds of americans and american soldiers on his hands. i fully agree with you and the general that this strike was necessary and well within the president's authorities under article 2. the president acted with tremendous restraint. over the past years we'd saw in the white house continuall

many of our members have come from countries such as egypt syria, iraq, iran, and then as well from the former soviet union russia and now are mia. the use of statistics and the collection of statistics such as these used to serve a surveil their populations for the sake of by the government which all you had a very negative >>car taishan. >>this interview first ran on our news service app kron on make sure to download the app to watch the full interview and all bay area news streaming 24 7. still ahead getting married sometimes require stressful planning, especially when the coronavirus outbreak is happening. >>virus is affecting this bride to be. and 2 officers are caught on camera struggling to detain a man and a transit center. what they had to do to finally arrest him. >>that and coming up, i'll have a look at your warmer microclimate monday forecast in the bay area an steyer: wall street banks took advantage of millions of americans during the recession. so, my wife kat and i took action. we started a non-profit community bank with a simple theory- give people a fair deal and real

saturday's much the same from the point of view of what's happening in in lebanon the one syria and iraq same iran the breeze for the science has become a little bit like to 27 degrees in their heart a cloudy looking picture here are those shares that have come out of yemen into the horn of africa and it particularly i think in somalia and ethiopia but to some degree in kenya as well you get some pretty big storms this time the year this could produce flash flooding after all we're talking about what's normally a dry country particularly somalia get big shout out that yes is flash flooding immediately it's not unusual just point you tack for the sas and it's drawing trend for south africa there's 2 showers in for example zambia and parts fangirl about in cape time enjoy the sun. for. the u.n. fact finders accuse the burmese military of genocide this is a political if you think that. do you believe the nobody is a fascist i just don't have all the undead. we don't want the recognize the both sides have legitimate grievances against the other plot to make a gaffe this is the foundation of climate ba