ambassador jonathan cohen to raise around the tax in the u.n. security council meeting i just finished briefing the security council as secretary upon pales request. the previous ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley initially appeared to act independently of the state department and from her 1st moment in the u.n. building signaled a new and tougher diplomatic posture by the u.s. this is a time of strength this is a town of action this is a time of getting things done there appear to be little consultation with the then secretary of state ricks to listen ambassador haley unstring directly to the president. but this all changed when my compost took over the state department and began to play a prominent role in directing the activities of the u.s. mission we think these sanctions would bite as did the new national security advisor john bolton a former u.n. ambassador who was quick to stake his own claim to control we've imposed very stringent sanctions on iran more are coming. and what we expect from iran is massive changes in their behavior i thin

post has been vacant for the past 6 months with the deputy ambassador jonathan cohen serving as acting permanent representative action against very much under the direction of the secretary of state today i've instructed our un ambassador jonathan cohen to raise around the tax in the u.n. security council meeting i just finished briefing the security council secretary pump ayos request the previous ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley initially appeared to act independently of the state department and from her 1st moment in the u.n. building signaled a new and tougher diplomatic posture by the u.s. this is a town whose strength this is a town of action this is a time of getting things done there appear to be little consultation with the then secretary of state ricks to listen and best to the haley unstring directly to the president. but this all changed when my compote took over the state department and began to play a prominent role in directing the activities of the u.s. mission we think the sanctions would bite as did the new national security advisor john bolton a former u.n. ambassa

ambassador jonathan cohen to raise the rands attacks in the u.n. security council meeting later this afternoon our policy remains an economic and diplomatic effort to bring iran back to the negotiating table at the right time to encourage a comprehensive deal that addresses the broad range of threats threats today apparent for all the world to see to peace and security sudan's ruling military council has admitted it ordered the dispersal of a sit in protest outside the headquarters of the operation to clear the protesters on june 3rd resulted in dozens of deaths and hundreds wounded the sit in began at the start of april and prompted the sudanese military to topple president bashir and mitchell leadership has resisted calls to hand over power to a civilian government has now been charged with corruption. uganda has banned public gatherings in parts of the country after a 2nd person died of the abode of virus the 2 victims are a 5 year old boy and his grandmother is the 1st time since the outbreak in the democratic republic of congo last year the vi

ambassador jonathan cohen to raise around attacks in the u.n. security council meeting i just finished briefing the security council as secretary pump ayos request. the previous ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley initially appeared to act independently of the state department and from her 1st moment in the u.n. building signaled a new and tougher diplomatic posture by the u.s. this is a time of strength this is a town of action this is a time of getting things done there appear to be little consultation with the then secretary of state ricks to listen ambassador haley unstring directly to the president. but this will change when my compo took over the state department and began to play a prominent role in directing the activities of the u.s. mission we think these sanctions would bite as did the new national security advisor john bolton a former u.n. ambassador who was quick to stake his own claim to control we've imposed very stringent sanctions on iran more are coming. and what we expect from iran is massive changes in their behavior i think.

jonathan cohen the united states assesses that iran is responsible for these attacks. no proxy group in the area has the resources or skill to act with this level of sophistication. iran however has the weapons the expertise and the requisite intelligence information to pull this off secretary pump aoe outlined a litany of incidents which i also shared with the council that demonstrate the clear threat that iran poses to international peace and security united states will continue its diplomatic and economic efforts to bring iran to the negotiating table and iran should meet us with diplomacy not with terror attacks on ships infrastructure and diplomatic facilities now robin wright is a foreign affairs analyst and writes about the tank attacks this week for the new yorker magazine she's based in washington welcome to day w a day ability of the united states has proved that iran is behind these attacks. i think there are still quite a few questions about what happened who did it the evidence and usually is very damning but it's not accepted by much of the world and so i

post has been vacant for the past 6 months with the deputy ambassador jonathan cohen serving as acting permanent representative action against very much under the direction of the secretary of state today have instructed our u.n. ambassador john i think going to raise around the tax in the u.n. security council meeting i just finished briefing the security council as secretary pump ayos request the previous ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley initially appear to act independently of the state department and from her 1st moment in the u.n. building signaled a new and tougher diplomatic posture by the u.s. this is a time of strength this is a town of action this is a time of getting things done there appeared to be little consultation with the then secretary of state ricks to listen and best to the haley unstring directly to the president. but the soul changed when my compo took over the state department and began to play a prominent role in directing the activities of the u.s. mission we think these sanctions would bite as did the new national security advisor john bolton a former u.n. a

ambassador jonathan cohen to raise the rands attacks in the u.n. security council meeting later this afternoon a policy remains an economic and diplomatic effort to bring around back to the negotiating table at the right time to encourage a comprehensive deal that addresses the broad range of threats threats today apparent for all the world to see to peace and security. now of course those sanctions to which my pump ayos referring are the economic sanctions which the u.s. reimposed after it pulled out of the iran nuclear deal last year this is also a situation where it's been reported that the u.s. navy may have recovered and unexploded ordnance but again there's not much detail about that ordnance what kind of explosive it is and perhaps most important who produced it and who put it in the strait of hormuz aimed at one of the 2 tankers on thursday president jordan thank you very much what hanna is following events for a set the united nations what's been the reaction there might well the whole issue has dominated proceedings at the morning session

of navigation and the targeting of innocent civilians today have instructed our un ambassador jonathan cohen to raise around attacks in the u.n. security council meeting later this afternoon our policy remains an economic and diplomatic effort to bring around back to the negotiating table at the right time to encourage a comprehensive deal that addresses the broad range of threats threats today apparent for all the world to see to peace and security around should made diplomacy with this bill mostly not with terror bloodshed and extortion the united states will defend its forces interests and stand with our partners and allies to safeguard global commerce and regional stability and we call upon all nations threatened by around provocative acts to join us in that endeavor thank you . sectors that might pump they are not taking any questions there at the state department saying excuse me that he does believe all that is the u.s. is assessment that iran was responsible for the attacks on ships in the gulf today rather than jordan is our state department correspondent she's been listening highro

ambassador jonathan cohen to raise the attacks in the security council meeting later this afternoon our policy remains economic and diplomatic effort to bring iraq back to the negotiating table to encourage a comprehensive deal to address the broad range of threats that today, apparent for all the world to see, to peace and security iran should meet diplomacy, not with terror, bloodshed and extortion. the united states will defend its forces, interests and stand with our partners and allies to safeguard global commerce and regional stability all provided by the provocative acts to join us in that endeavor thank you. >> secretary of state mike pompeo speaking at the state department, didn't take any questions, as you just saw there but the most a important part of what he said, iran is responsible for the tanker attacks in the oman gulf this morning and melissa laid out a number of attacks that he said have been responsible going back to april 22nd when the country first said it would interrupt the flow of oil. >> he said iran wants the maximum pressure campaign that the u.s. is put on i

ambassador jonathan cohen to raise iran's attacks in the u.n. security council meeting this afternoon. our policy remains economic and diplomatic effort to bring iran back to the negotiating table to address the broad range of threats, threats today aparticipant for all of the world to see, to peace and security. iran should meet diplomacy with diplomacy and not with terror and blood shed and extortion. the united states will defend its forces, interest and stand with our partners and allies to safeguard global commerce and regional stability. and we call upon all nations thre threatened by iran to join us in that endeavor. thank you. >> we just heard from secretary pompeo about two tankers that were attacked on the gulf of oman and the secretary did not mince words and said that iran is responsible. i want to bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr for more on this. >> reporter: well, not a surprise what he said. because what we now know is when a u.s. navy warship, pamela, responded to the incident, the crew of the us warship saw an unsk

jonathan cohen is the acting u.s. ambassadoto the u.n. >> iran must understand that these attacks are unacceptable.t time for the world to join us in saying so. >> schifrin: president trump also reportedly ordered two tber attacks, one against unit that organized the tanker strikes, and another that targeted iranian missile command and control. today, iran's ambassador to the u.n., majitakht-ravanchi, called the united states the aggressor.an >> yout start a dialogue with somebody who is threatening you, who is intimidating you. >> schifrin: kaourim sadj a middle east expert at the carnegie endowment, said this latest round of sanctions may not change iranian behavior. >> i don't think it'going to be enough to break them and force them to capitulate. but it could trigger a further iranian response in this escalation cycle we are already in. >> schifrin: sadjadpour frs the cyber attacks the u.s. launched in retaliation against rean could backfi >> iran, as a recipient of major cyber-attacks, has become much more adept

find bobbing today, i've instructed our un ambassador jonathan cohen to raise the attacks in the un security later this afternoon, our policy remains an economic and diplomatic effort to bring iran back to the negotiating table, to encourage a comprehensive deal that addresses the broad range of threats, threats today apparent for all the world to see, to peace and security. iran should meet diplomacy with diplomacy, not with terror, bloodshed and extortion. the vessels involved were not american registered, so why is mike pompeo getting involved in this? because even though the vessels were not american registered, the conflict is between iran and the united states. the united states pulled out of this nuclear deal, the deal that limits iran's nuclear programme, and re—imposed sanctions on iran, saying it had to do much more to show the world and the us that it wasn't a threat and those sanctions are extremely crippling. so this is seen asa extremely crippling. so this is seen as a possible response from the iranians, that they are lashing out because of it. something they have denied, but

jonathan alter. big welcome to the three of you. ladies first. the president says bill barr and roy cohen equally tough and he's brought sanity back. what's your reaction? >> bill barr said mr. president you have to eat your vegetables and bill barr says mr. president, here's your chocolate cake before dinner. he basically gives permission to donald trump and finds a way to carry out his agenda whether it's the right thing for the country or not. he is an attorney general for donald trump whereas i believe jeff sessions was trying to be an attorney general for this country. >> what do you think congressman in terms of how democrats interpret this? >> susan hit it on the head. the president wants someone who has his back. 100%. that he is his attorney general. not the attorney general for the united states. and i think looking at the vote, it was bipartisan in the senate. only three senators voted for him. i think they're looking back and regretting the vote. there's not much democrats can do as he's already in place except continue to ask for every american to read the full mueller report