so far, so good, with respect to respecting our sanctions enforcement on the islamic republic of iran. so there are places we can work with china. there are lots of diplomatic fronts where we don't share the same values, but we have overlapping interests and we work on those problems. david: so you have been to north korea and you have met with the leader of north korea on a few occasions, and you have been there when the president has met with him. so what type of person is he? does he have interesting thoughts? does he speak english? do you communicate in english with him? can you just kind of summarize what your impression is of the leader of north korea? sec. pompeo: yeah. i've spent more time with him than any american. i passed dennis rodman on the last trip. [laughter] david: ok. ok. sec. pompeo: so, so -- look, he's bright. he has managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment where he was a very young man when his time came. from my very first interaction with him, he has been very candid with me about the things that are important to him, the prioritie

lack real tangible power either in terms of this issue are making or negotiating inside and outside iran and it is the non-elect that portions of the islamic republic that really yields much of the power in that country how do you think this is all going to affect the resurgent nuclear tension over iran's nuclear program i mean the cigna trains the remaining signatories to that 2015 deal does it apply much more press and then basically tries to keep. it certainly does ever since president trump unilaterally withdrew the united states from the iran the j c p o a joint conference a plan of action it really sends a bad signal to our alums you know specially our european allies that british the french and the germans and it really gave ammunition to the iranian iranian side to say hey look we abided by every aspect of the deal that was not really popular by common a and these sort of hard liners inside iran yet it was president trump unilaterally withdrew but we don't accept reality and reality is this at the end of the day europeans are going to stick with the americans for cultural values political economic you name it says war to you would do you wi

so far so good with respect to respecting our sanctions enforcement on the islamic republic of iran. do not share the same values, but we have overlapping interests. david: you have been to north korea and met with the leader of north korea on a few occasions. what type of person is he? interesting thoughts, does he speak english? have you communicated in english with him? can you summarize your impression of the leader of north korea? mr. pompeo: yes, i have spent more time with him than any american. i passed dennis rodman on the last trip. [laughter] he is bright. he has managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment where he was a very young man when his time came. from my very first interaction with him he has been candid with me about the things that are important to him, and how the negotiations might proceed. is readyt indicated he to denuclearize. i hope we can achieve that. david: do you expect a third summit to be announced? mr. pompeo: there is nothing in the works, nothing plans. david: why did the last summit end before even the lunch occurred? mr

so far, so good, with respect to respecting our sanctions enforcement on the islamic republic of iran. so there are places we can work with china. there are lots of diplomatic fronts where we don't share the same values, but we have overlapping interests and we work on those problems. david: so you have been to north korea and you have met with the leader of north korea on a few occasions, and you have been there when the president has met with him. so what type of person is he? does he have interesting thoughts? does he speak english? do you communicate in english with him? can you just kind of summarize what your impression is of the leader of north korea? sec. pompeo: yeah. i've spent more time with him than any american. i passed dennis rodman on the last trip. [laughter] david: ok. ok. sec. pompeo: so, so -- look, he's bright. he has managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment where he was a very young man when his time came. from my very first interaction with him, he has been very candid with me about the things that are important to him, the prioritie

that we could rely on which we now have we have that assurance on the letterhead of the islamic republic of iran and that is an assurance that i imagine a state with a representation that the united nations is not one to going to want the whole world to see it does not keep 2 and i think that's why we are able to place reliance upon the other surance in writing because if the whole world now sees iran not keep to it written commitment i think it will say a lot about the regime israel has banned 2 us democratic congress women from entering the country because of what it describes as their boycott activities against israel omar rashid at a late had planned to visit israel and the occupied palestinian territories this weekend shortly before the decision was announced u.s. president trump said israel would show great week this if the visit was allowed to go ahead stay in i am or has called the decision an insult to democratic values several people are being killed in an exchange of fire across the line of control between india and pakistani security forces boxed on says 3 of its soldiers died alongs

thatats why the e social media itself is a threat for islamic republic of iran, so they try to block because they see this is the main battleground, and they don't want to lose the control. ♪ masih: i have so many dreams, but the biggest one is that, one day, women in iran have the power to run the country. my dream is just to see women are as equal as men. ♪ host: sport is another activity that gendeder roles in mususlim communities make difcult for women to ful participatete in. yet, pyingng bastball l or football can be deeply liberating. not only is it healthy and physically strengthening, sport can also help build self-confidence. >> hadeer really packs a punch. and that's what saves her from all sorts of unwanted, male attention. here on the streets of cairo, sexual harassment is a common experience. her training partner, walaa, is just as fierce. she's egypt's heavyweight boxing champion. outside the ring, the two boxers usually have to dial it down a notch to refrain from striking anyone with full force if pestered. but on the streets, they are never afraid. walaa: i don't wa

tofar, so good with respect respecting our sanctions enforcement on the islamic republic of iran. ere are places we can work with china. there are lots of diplomatic fronts we don't share the same values that we have overlapping interests. david: you have met with the leader of north korea. you have been there with the president. what type of person is he? is he and -- does he have interesting thoughts? does he speak english? can you summarize what your impression is. mike: i've spent more time with him than any american. i passed dennis rodman on the last trip. [laughter] david: ok. mike: he's bright. he has managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment where he was a very young man when his time came. from my first interaction with him, he has been candid with me about the things that are important to him, how the negotiations might proceed. it's not time to execute. i hope that we can achieve denuclearization. david: do you expect a third summit anytime soon? mike: there is nothing in the works. david: why did the last summit and before the lunch occurred

protect economic growth the world needs while doing our best so that i resources to the islamic republic of irandavid: the prospect of a more favorable iranian agreement, likely to happen this year or next year? sec. pompeo: i don't do time. timelines are hard in my business. david: the iranians are enriching uranium, do you worry that someone in israel might attack iranian facilities? sec. pompeo: yes they are enriching more than they were under the agreement. their temporary reduction in enriched uranium has now ended and they are moving back in the wrong direction. about -- is not building a nuclear weapon system in a timeframe that matters to you and your kids. the of any doubt that the russians interfered with the u.s. presidential election? >> none. and the one before that and the one before that and the one before that. and the one in 2018. ♪ >> in the middle east do you see a prospect between israel and the palestinians? there has been talk of a plan, do you see progress being made? sec. pompeo: there is a reason it has not been solved for 40 years or more. this will be the decision of t

so far, so good with respect to respecting our sanctions enforcement on the islamic republic of iran. there are places we can work with china. there are lots of diplomatic fronts where we don't share the same values, but we have overlapping interests. david: you have met with the leader of north korea. you have been there with the president. what type of person is he? does he have interesting thoughts? does he speak english? can you summarize what your impression is. mike: i've spent more time with him than any american. i passed dennis rodman on the last trip. [laughter] david: ok. mike: he's bright. he has managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment where he was a very young man when his time came. from my first interaction with him, he has been candid with me about the things that are important to him, how the negotiations might proceed. he's repeated that he's prepared to denuclearize. it's now time to execute. i hope that we can achieve denuclearization. david: do you expect a third summit anytime soon? mike: there is nothing in the works. david: why did

that we could rely on which we now have we have that oh sure it's on the letterhead of the islamic republic of iran and that is an assurance that i imagine the state with the representation that the united nations is not going to want the whole world to see it does not keep 2 and i think that's why we are able to place reliance upon the other sure and in writing because if the whole world now sees iran not to keep to its written commitment i think it will say a lot about the regime of israel has banned 2 us democratic congresswoman from entering the country because of what it described as there are activities against israel. and she did tell a part of plan to visit israel in the occupied palestinian territories this weekend shortly before the decision was announced u.s. president trump said israel would show great weakness if the visit was allowed to go ahead several people have been killed in an exchange of fire across the line of control between indian and pakistani security forces a kiss down says 3 of its soldiers died alongside 5 indian soldiers india denies that any of its soldiers were kille

these pictures, claimed to be of the ship, were shown by iran's english language press tv news channel, which is affiliated to state—owned islamic republicto proceed after giving ita warning. let's get more on the situation and growing concerns. i'm joined now byjohn green, shipping expert and director of stella maris, which analyses shipping safety. this is the latest seizure of a tanker. what do you know about the details surrounding it? very little. the vessel was seized on wednesday and this is one of our concerns, at the charity, that iran is not providing us with enough information. the nationalities of the crew, have they been accused of the crew, have they been accused of the crime of smuggling, and if so, why has evidence not been produced if those are the facts. more evidence is needed. when you say there are concerns about their welfare, what rights should seafarers have? what are the main concerns?. anyone detained in a far country should have due to legal representation and an interpreter and we are not getting these information and facts so one wonders, the crime they have been accused of, is that the case? normally that wo

iran for its recent actions since the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear agreement.om sec.o: the islamic republic of iran and its proxies continue to foment terror in iraq, lebanon, syria, and yemen, with devastating humanitarian consequences. since the united states declared our intention to bring all iranian oil t purchaszero, the ayatollah has gone all in on a campaign of extortion diplomacy. sophie: for more on secretary pompeo's remarks, i spoke to karim djadpour of the carnegie endowment for international peace. what you make of his address? esrim: there is no doubt that iran has started tlate in the middle east and activated proxies throughout the region to go after.s. interests and allies in the free flow of oil in the persian gul the challenge that the trump administration has is in some ways iran is reacting to the harsh policy of american henctions. it is not clear toorld, it is not clear to those of us who live in washington, what is the trump administration's ultimate endgame in iran. sophiemike pompeo indicated that the sanctions are working. he is very clear about that. is there any evidence for that? karim: it depen

impressions of this is simmering geopolitical showdown between donald trump's america and the islamic republic of iran let's just take a quick look at the recent chronology of the conflict and then we welcome back to our own post. with the stroke of a pen president trump announced the u.s. withdrawal from the rand nuclear deal just over a year ago he impose new sanctions and threaten those who trade with iran. what followed was a steady escalation of tensions between the 2 countries iran began to enrich more you raney and. several times were attacked in the us declared he ran to be responsible. britain impounded and the rein in oil tanker off the coast of gibraltar he ran the tally into by capturing a british tanker in the straits of hormuz. tensions peaked when the us deployed an aircraft carrier and bombers to the persian gulf. from threaten to obliterate iran yet called off a planned air strike up an ostomy that war with iran is the mother of all wars counted iran's president hassan rouhani though he signaled a willingness to talk. just a lot of saber rattling before they sit down at the negotiatin

her privilege of freedom of expression by supporting the corrupt terrorist supporting the islamic republic of iran that oppresses and murders its own citizens particularly its women she was terminated when her true mission became known freedom loving people of iran look at this treasonous criminal type of a person as a spy and an enemy of the people now the person calling her a treasonous criminal works for voice of america persia that's a u.s. government funded outlet directed at iranians it's overseen by the broadcast board of governors shrill words for a u.s. government employee right now the irony is that mortaza the is herself a former voice of america persian reporter but this points to a bigger issue which is that in recent years that voice of america persian has shifted its tone very dramatically to the point that its hosts are now attacking those who don't support current policy toward iran and 2017 the broadcast board chairman asked the conservative think tank foreign policy council to review the government funded programs directed at iran they concluded that u.s. government broadcasts w

well there's a commitment in writing to say that it won't and it won't look good on the islamic republic of iran that said something in writing and then does the opposite. and so what iran had described as piracy and gibraltar along with the u.k. calls a major breach of e.u. sanctions on syria appears to be ending now as grace one prepares to leave gibraltar's waters all eyes are on the u.s. now to see what if anything can do to stop this iranian voyage hundreds simmons' al-jazeera gibraltar. south korea's military says north korea has fired 2 projectiles from its eastern coast into the sea they had an altitude of 30 kilometers and traveled 230 kilometers it's the 6th test in about 3 weeks earlier this month north korean leader kim jong il novus or similar launches he said venda tests were a warning to the u.s. and south korea over their joint military drills emotions have been running high in the pacific islands as national leaders debate climate change the prime minister of tolerant portably in tears in one meeting of the talks fell short of what many hoped for foreign brings together leaders

well there's a commitment in writing to say that it won't and it won't look good on the islamic republic of iran that said something in writing and then does the opposite. and so what iran have described as piracy and you brought a long with the u.k. calls a major breach of e.u. sanctions on syria appears to be ending now as grace one prepares to leave gibraltar as waters all eyes are on the u.s. now to see what if anything can do to stop this iranian voyage and ruth simmons gibraltar south korea's military says north korea has fired 2 on identified projectiles from its eastern coast into the sea earlier this month north korean leader kim jong un oversaw similar launches he said then the tests were a warning to the u.s. and south korea over their joint military drills emotions have been running high and leave the civic islands as national leaders debate climate change the prime minister of tongue reportedly in tears in one meeting but the talks fell far short of what many had hoped for before and brings together leaders of island nations from across the pacific region but negotiations to draft a

that we could rely on which we now have we have that assurance on the letterhead of the islamic republic of iran and that is an assurance that i imagine a state with a representation that the united nations does not want to going to want the whole world to see it does not keep 2 and i think that's why we are able to place reliance upon the other surance in writing because if the whole world now sees iran not keep to it written commitment i think that will say a lot about the regime and so i think the regime is untitled to have its word respected and then we'll see how the whole thing plays out going forward. well al jazeera is andrew symonds has been following the story closely and has more from outside that court in jaipur alter. after 43 days grace warm is free to go despite a last minute attempt by the u.s. department of justice to try to get the detention order extended eternal general's office seemed in a spin at the start of the day when the 1st hearing was held because they effectively there was one application on his desk for one thing and the other words for an extension now the judge r

well there's a commitment in writing to say that it won't and it won't look good on the islamic republic of iran it said something in writing and then does the opposite. and so what iran had described as piracy and gibraltar along with the u.k. calls a major breach of e.u. sanctions on syria appears to be ending now as grace one prepares to leave gibraltar is waters or eyes are on the u.s. now to see what if anything can do to stop this iranian voyage hundreds simmons' al-jazeera gibraltar also in jordan has more from washington d.c. . the trumpet ministration has alleged for more than a year now that iran is not acting in good faith that it is not a good member of the international community that it is intent upon spreading what the trumpet ministration calls its malign influence around the world primarily because of its efforts to develop a nuclear weapons program but also because of its past interference in other countries internal affairs whether it's in lebanon whether it's in yemen whether it's in gaza the u.s. is very disturbed by what it considers iran's behavior certainly in the case of

that we could rely on which we now have we have that assurance on the letterhead of the islamic republic of iran and that is an assurance that i imagine the state with the representation that the united nations is not meant to go into what the whole world to see it does not keep to and i think that's why we are able to place reliance upon the other surance in writing because if the whole world now sees iran not keep to it's written commitment i think it will say a lot about the regime and to us democratic congresswoman banned from entering israel hit back at the decision to scrubbing it as a sign of weakness and an insult to democratic values and oman rashida to late had planned to visit israel and the occupied palestinian territories but israel banned their entry over anti boycott laws shortly before the decision was announced u.s. president trumps that israel would show quote great weakness if the visit was allowed to go ahead several people have been killed in an exchange of fire across the line of control between indian and pakistani security forces pakistan says 3 of its soldiers died along

now some within the trump administration may be looking to link the islamic republic of iran to the underlying logic of the Ãband as the title of this event suggests we will certainly get to that matter but as i take my seat stephen perhaps you'd like to provide some introductory thoughts about the remarkable circumstances that helped this bill into existence. >> sure. thank you for hosting this event. thank you everyone for coming. i think it's really important to start not just at the beginning but also in context with what was going on. september 12, september 13, september 14, while congress was considering the bill that would become the auo math. this is still very early on. it's not until september 20 that the president will publicly acknowledge that the united states determined that al qaeda as sponsored and by the taliban in afghanistan was either responsible for the jury attacks. this was still very early days. i suspect some of you were not even alive yet but we will get back to that. part of what really matters is because the statute was written in context where it wasn't publicly c

iran that thinks it should have a nuclear weapon. when i talk with my european counterparts and other members of the g7, we share the same threat assessment. is islamic republical driver of instability in today's middle east, with the regional grandson -- regional aggression, missile proliferation, detention of u.s. citizens and other citizens. we will continue to make the case that it is important to put pressure on iran to deny it the revenue it needs to fund its violent foreign policy, but also to pressure them to come back to the negotiating table so we can replace the existing iran nuclear deal with something much better. cirillibloombergs kevin with u.s. special representative to iran brian hauck. time for our latest stock of the hour. shares of target hit a record after the retailer pulls strong earnings and a gain of more than 3%. we are joined by abigail doolittle. abigial: they have that all target feeling back. the stop popping higher. comps up 3.4%. traffic higher. the ceos turnaround continuing to help. two factors. they have brought all of these private label brands into the target stores that you can only get across different sectors including

going to sort of betrayers its american patrons over some sort of rapprochement with the islamic republic of iran. really appreciate your analysis a face set breaking the thank you. so the news now and doctors in the democratic republic of congo have corn to 15 people in south kivu province of affairs they've been infected by it until now the area has managed to avoid the epidemic that has swept across the east and they all say all 15 members of the same family and recently returned from goma where a 2nd person died from a bowler on wednesday catherine sawyer has more from nairobi. this is the clinic in goma where the man sought help before he died he fell sick days after returning home from an infected area where he was working in a mining area the clinic is now closed some clinicians have been vaccinated and health workers are trying to trace people the victim made contact with more than a 1000000 people live in this city on the border with rwanda. and we did not know what was happening we just saw people looking like doctors carrying him away they said they will come back to the mater. we have

this administration didn't pretend the islamic republic of iran was a responsible actor in the middlet china's bad behavior on trade and on national security. we recognized that north korea's rogue behavior could not be ignored. >> on all those fronts, there is still a question mark about what comes next, on china, on iran, iran says is not going to sit down with president trump now and on north korea as they launch missiles and the prospect of a third summit hangs in the ether. >> there is this strange kind of dual quality to the way that the president talks about these hostile powers. every other day, they are the enemy and then he says kim jong un is a guy i love, we get a terrific letter from him and he builds up the legitimacy of someone like that. saying iran is a rogue state but i would be happy to sit down with the president of iran, something barack obama never dared to propose. people are never quite sure exactly whether he understands the role of the united states in conferring legitimacy on the same machines as he's attacking. >> bret: on iran and on china, both of those p

well there's a commitment in writing to say that it won't and it won't look good in the islamic republic of iranthat said something in writing and then does the opposite. and so what iran had described as piracy in gibraltar along with the u.k. calls a major breach of e.u. sanctions on syria appears to be ending now as grace one prepares to leave gibraltar as ward says all eyes are on the u.s. now to see what if anything you can do to stop this iranian voyage hundreds simmons' al-jazeera gibralter. violence has broken out on the streets of zimbabwe's capital after the government and opposition demonstrations its and latest scenes outside of harare zimbabwe its main opposition party called off demonstrations at that for the country's top court dismissed and applications to overturn government restrictions on opposition are angry over the rising cost of living joins us by phone from harare so our explain us this to us so the protests technically weren't supposed to happen but there are still some sort of clashes going on tell us what's happening. exactly leaders from the opposition m.d.c. party ha

all well there's a commitment in writing to say that it won't and it will look good on the islamic republic of iran that said something in writing and then does the opposite. and so what iran had described as piracy in gibraltar along with the u.k. calls a major breach of e.u. sanctions on syria appears to be ending now as grace warm prepares to leave gibraltar is waltzes or eyes are on the u.s. now to see what if anything can do to stop this iranian voyage hundreds simmons al-jazeera gibraltar sudan's main opposition alliance has nominated an economist to be the and prime minister adel work with the african development bank and the united nations his nomination is the 1st step towards the creation of a transitional government after long time president omar al bashir was overthrown in a military coup in april when lawrence is a professor of political science at george washington university's elliott school of international affairs he says on back is the right person for the job. impeccable international credit he says he's well connected at the african union at the at the world bank and i.m.f. and

that we could rely on which we now have we have not assured it's on the letterhead of the islamic republic of iran and that is an assurance that i imagine a state with the representation that the united nations is not going to going to want the whole world to see it does not keep to. i think that's why we are able to place reliance upon the show and in writing because if the whole world now sees iran not to keep to its written commitment i think it will say a lot about the regime and so i think the regimes and titles to have its word respected and then we'll see how the whole thing plays out going forward so is that it then for the us is requester what's the u.s. is position after all this. well as far as the chief minister is concerned he says the really this is not relevant it was a late application came and started on wednesday night there was conversations with the attorney general's office early on thursday morning there wasn't time to make any case and as far as the government's concerned an independent body will now look at whether there could be any legal move made here in gibraltar but it