juan zarate, thank you for joining me. tributes have been paid and memorials held for the nearly 300 people who lost their lives in the mh17 air disaster exactly a year ago today. the plane was shot down over eastern ukraine, and the dutch-led investigation team has been trying to determine who was responsible. many point to russian-backed rebels operating in the region something moscow denies. reporter: can the village church, the people who witnessed the horror of the aftermath when the malaysian airlines plane was shot down paid their respects to the innocent men, women, and children on board, who are strangers to this community. a year on, it's still try to reconcile what happened. >> this gives us a sense of the carnage and chaos just after the passenger plane was brought down. you throw russian rebel soldiers who fielded are confused about what happened. reporter: on that day she heard the explosion and saw parts of the plane dropped out of the sky. but when she rushed home, she discovered that a woman's body had fal

>>juan -- zarate. >> that's the potential of these lone wolf cases. the actions of the individuals don't trigger any of the warning signs or safety valves that we have to be able to identify suspicious individuals. >> reporter: investigators are looking into abdulazeez's footprint looking for any media communications. coworkers have also told investigators that abdulazeez claims he had been frequently a local shooting range with friends as recently as last month. >> axelrod: juliana goldman in our news room. thank you. donald trump is in the news in presidential politics although maybe not in the way he likes to be. trump smash mouth political style has helped him set the conversational agenda and climbing the polls. today it may have inflicted some real damage on his own campaign. here's meg oliver. >> at a conference of religious conservatives today, donald trump starred with frank luntz or senator john mccain. >> a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured, i hate to say it. >> reporter: trump didn't

the first is honorable juan zarate chairman of the financial integrity work. mr. zarate served on the combating terrorism and was first assistant secretary of treasure for terrorism crime. our second witness today is mr. richard nephew program director for the economic state craft sanctions and energy market at the center for global energy policy. mr. nephew served as director of sanction policy and a lead sanctions expert for the u.s. team negotiating with iran. he served as the director for iran on the national security staff. thank you both for being here. we are excited about you being here. if you would abbreviate your comments. we will have lots of time to comment. thank you both and you can start in whatever order you wish. >> thankessess. chairman, ranking member and members of the committee thank you for the privilege and opportunity to it speak about the sanctions implications. i am grateful to be next to mr. richard nephew and i will pass the difficult questions to him. but i want to thank him for his service to the government the state department and t

juan zarate in washington. thank you, on. >>> overnight, the dell toll of a bombing in iraq at a marketplace killed many. at least 117 people were injured in the attack. mostly shiite victims gathered there to mark the end of the ramadan. >>> one person is dead and four others were injured when a small plane crashed in a. the cessna 207 was operated by wings of alaska. it went down yesterday 18 miles from juneau. one of the survivors called 911 by cell phone. they were hoisted by helicopter. one is in critical. is supposed to be lifted today. >>> extreme weather. in kentucky there was a music festival with sam smith and they were forced to evacuate. >>> a tornado briefly touched down outside watertown about 30 miles east of minneapolis. here's meteorologist ed curran of our chicago station wbbm. ed, good morning. >> good morning. we have heat advisories that are up from the gulf coast states all the way up to wisconsin. not only will it be very hot but very humid. heat advisories from washington to oregon atz w

effort were -- first witnesses the honorable juan zarate chairman of the federal sanctions and illicit commands at the foundation for defense and democracies. mr. zarate previously served as deputy assistant to the president and national security adviser for combating terrorism. in addition mr. zarate was first-ever assistant secretary of the treasury for terrorist financing and financial crimes. you have been very successful in that regard and we thank you. our second witness today is mr. richard nephew program director for the economic statecraft sanctions and energy markets at the center for global energy policy. previously mr. nephew served as principle coordinators for sanctions policy at the department of state in relief sanctions expert for the u.s. team negotiating with iran. he has also served as a director for iran on the national security staff. thank you both for being here. we are excited about you being here and if you would appreciate your comments. we'll have lots of questions in your written testimony without any opposition will be made part of the record. thank you bo

our first witness is audible honorable juan zarate. he previously served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security at advisor for combating terrorism. he was the first ever assistant treasurer of -- i assistant secretary of the treasury. our second witness is richard nephew from the center of global energy policy. previously he served as principal deputy coordinator for the asian policy at the department of state and the lead sanctions expert for the u.s. team negotiating with iran. he has also served as director for iran on the national security staff. thank you both for being here. we are excited about you being here. if you would, sort of abbreviate your comments. you will have lots of questions. thank you, both. you can start in whatever order you wish. mr. zarate: thank you for the kind introduction. ranking members of this distinguished committee, thank you for this privilege opportunity to speak with you about the implications. i've audit and privilege. thank you very much. i'm also grateful to be here ne

our first witness is honorable juan c. zarate, chairman of the financial integrity network and chairman of the center on sanctions and illicit finance at the foundation for defense democracies. mr. a ratty previously served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for combating terrorism. in addition, mr. zarate was the first ever assistant secretary of the treasury for terrorist financing and financial crimes. you haven't been very successful in that regard, just kidding. thank you. our second wednesday is mr. richard nephew, program director for the economic state craft sanctions and energy market at the certainty for global energy policy. previously mr. nephew served as principal deputy coordinator for sanctions policy at the department of state and the lead sanctions expert for the u.s. team negotiating with iran. he has also served as the director for iran on the national security staff. thank you both for being here. we are excited about you being here. if you would sort of abbreviate your c