secretary of state mike pompei o two aim at that agreement on his first tour of the middle east since becoming the top u.s. diplomat now his latest stop is israel where he was warmly welcomed by prime minister benjamin netanyahu those two share a disdain for the deal it was intended to stop iran's international isolation in exchange for a verifiable end to its nuclear weapons program. a little bit of a handshake and a hug that's it now says he's proud the new secretary of state has made israel part of his first officials who are in their press conference they seem to be on the same page especially on one of the it's a nose favorite topics iran and pulling out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal . presents a really good deal is a very he's director of mysteries. and i guess that these are. very straightforward. to run deal has been hailed as a landmark agreement. observers have declared it is working and iran has stopped developing nuclear bombs. but netanyahu has long maintained that this is about the more than iran's nuclear activities the trump administration agrees with him. i'

secretary of state mike pompei oh is in saudi arabia as part of a three day visit to the middle east he's been holding talks with the saudi foreign minister of belgium baer and meeting crown prince mohammed bin salma iran nuclear deal is expected to top the agenda. yes president donald trump has avoided attending the white house correspondents' dinner for the second year running last year trump became the first president in thirty six years to skip the event a college scholarship fund raiser celebrates the relationship between the media and the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders is taking trump's place instead attended a campaign rally and michigan thousands turned out for this event in the eastern part of the state trump told the crowd he thinks he'll meet with north korea's kim jong so. i think we'll have a meeting over the next three or four weeks are going to be a very important meeting the d. nuclearization of the korean peninsula thank. you thank you. but we'll see how it go and again whatever happens happens look i may go and. i leave i'm not going to be john k

secretary of state mike pompei is in saudi arabia as part of a three day trip to the region he's held talks with several sounding leaders including. the iran nuclear deal is expected to be on the agenda and according to the new york times the blockade on the qatar we are waiting now for pompei o to speak in riyadh with the saudi foreign minister a live coverage of that as soon as it happens. south korea says kim jong un has promised to shut down the north's nuclear bomb test site next month they say the north korean leader made the pledge during friday summit with president. a delegation from the u.n. security council has arrived in bangladesh to meet some of the seven hundred thousand refugees who fled neighboring myanmar teams also to visit real hind state in myanmar where the un say ethnic cleansing has been carried. out a group of five hundred refugees and migrants are about to reach the u.s. border after a month on the road they say they are scaping from violence and persecution in central america u.s. president donald trump wants them turned away rob reynolds reports from san di

secretary of state mike pompei o has arrived in saudi arabia as part of a three day trip to the region he's held talks with the saudi foreign minister there before having dinner with crown prince mohammed bin solomon they're expected to discuss the iran nuclear deal on donald trump's threats to pull the united states out of that agreement next month was sworn in on thursday after his predecessor rex tillerson left office last month for some salumi has more from washington d.c. . the state department says a strong u.s. saudi partnership is crucial to peace and prosperity in the middle east so perhaps not surprising that might pompei i would make a visit to saudi arabia part of his first official trip as secretary of state he also has the fast approaching deadline of may twelfth when president trump must decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions on iran a move that many feel will be the end of the iran nuclear deal mike pompei o is much closer to president on this issue than his predecessor rex tillerson was tillerson was sympathetic to the european point of view which is the deal shou

president donald trump confirms his cia director mike pompei o held secret talks with north korea's leader what does this mean for peace on the korean peninsula. plus a dealing a blow to human traffickers in their biggest operation ever german police arrest over a hundred suspects in a series of early morning raids targeting an organization linked to time like.

cross over to reuters correspondent joss smith who's in seoul south korea josh if it is indeed mike pompei a who is met with kim jong un how significant would this be. well it certainly is quite significant he would be the highest ranking american official to have ever met with kim jong un and it of course represents a major shift in tone from last year when both sides were issuing major threats towards each other this is perhaps the strongest sign yet that both trump and kim are serious about making some kind of meeting work between the two leaders in the coming months what does this development suggest that it that that meeting between trump and the korean leader will indeed happen after all there's been so much speculation about. it doesn't there obviously after trump kind of studly accepted the invitation from kim there remains a lot of unanswered questions most of what we understood about the invitation from kim and proposals for a summit came through third parties like the south koreans now were you know it seems clear that the united states and north korea are talking to each other

last few minutes rand paul the republican on the committee has indicated that he will vote for mike pompei o and that's going to make his confirmation that much more certain that did it split completely and apart on and on party lines well they haven't actually taken the vote yet but it does appear as if it's going to be a firmer vote along party lines we still don't know how some republicans are going to vote of course john mccain the senior senator from arizona has been a way of fighting brain cancer it's not clear whether he's going to be able to come to washington for that floor vote once it's taken place and there are three democratic senators all three who are running in states which donald trump carried back in two thousand and sixteen who have already announced that they're going to vote for mike pompei oh so not completely as a vote along party lines you do see some people crossing party boundaries for other reasons president jordan thank you very much indeed. still ahead well stocked shelves despite hefty sanctions were taken to a shopping center in north korea whether or no shor

secretary of state mike pompei o made clear that he wanted to increase pressure on iran. both of our countries know the threat that iran poses to the region this morning we had a chance to discuss how best to counter runs malign influence and activity in the region the king of jordan has also voiced concern over iran's growing military and political presence in syria. all in just a reminder we will that we will be carrying mr netanyahu as address live as soon as it gets under way in the meantime interest on our very own tanya cramer is standing by a good evening tanya a special announcement on iran what could that potentially me. while you can imagine there's a lot of speculation is why it has been a very hectic day since we learned about this special announcement tonight there was an emergency session of the security cabinet in the often moon after. this strike in syria we don't know who's behind that strike but also over the weekend we've seen a lot of diplomatic flurry here in the region on over the weekend prime minister netanyahu had talked on the phone with presiden

so just how significant is this meeting between cia director mike pompei o and korean leader kim jongun reuters correspondent josh smith and sole has been monitoring the flurry of diplomacy. well compare is the most senior u.s. official to have met personally with kim jong un and the fact that he met with kim personally does seem to indicate how serious this is both sides seem to be putting their most senior people directly on the issue which does seem to make all these talks more likely trump said that a good relationship was formed during pomp ayos visit there so whether that relationship turns into some kind of political breakthrough remains to be seen a political break that would be saying a meeting between donald trump and that kim jong un well we have did see that happen. this visit is perhaps the most significant confirmation that we've seen so far that that meeting is likely to happen. what up till now you've mostly been going off of what south koreans who met with kim have said about what his position is on the talks now that it's clear that the americans have met directly wi

now america's new secretary of state mike pompei o has begun his role with a speech and they say oh saying the alliance will continue countering russian aggression. will print has more. there's only been in office for a day but now ex cia chief and recently sworn in secretary of state mike pompei o. is in brussels speaking at the nato headquarters we heard his remarks and during his comments to the nato officials he did reminisce about his time during the cold war serving as a soldier in the u.s. military stationed in germany this is my pompei o in brussels we talked a lot about that the changing nature of the threat from russia when i was a young soldier it was seventy two tanks and sixty tanks rolling across the east german plane this is today is different and we collectively each of each nation individually and nato together must come up with solutions to address that there were lots of ideas there was an enormous consensus of the risk that it poses to the west stoltenberg seemed very receptive to mike pompei are very happy to be looking forward to working with him this is still timbere

or shortly thereafter we won't know whether they will actually endorse mike pompei as nomination to be the next secretary of state as our viewers may know one republican rand paul came out even before pompei as confirmation hearing and said that he would oppose the nomination however at least three democrats have now come out and said that they would vote for pails nomination what's it reaches the senate floor and so it's really difficult to say that you're going to see a party line split as it were or that tom mike pompei o might not get a resoundingly endorsement from this panel but certainly the tradition has been that it's important to get the buy in from the committee that supervises a federal agency before all one hundred senators have a chance to vote on a nomination i'm not no wrong does this though ultimately make a difference. ultimately it doesn't make a difference because it is assumed up here on capitol hill that mike pompei all will be confirmed by the full senate and because he has the president's support because it's been widely reported that the president has a lot of

secretary of state's mike pompei or has arrived in saudi arabia as part of a thieve three day trip to the region now he's held talks with the saudi foreign minister. before having dinner with crown prince mohammed bin salon are expected to discuss the iran nuclear deal following donald trump's threats to pull the united states out of the agreement next month. was sworn in on thursday after his predecessor rex tillerson left office last month for instance salumi has more from washington d.c. . the state department says a strong u.s. saudi partnership is crucial to peace and prosperity in the middle east so perhaps not surprising that mike pompei a would make a visit to saudi arabia part of his first official trip as secretary of state he also has the fast approaching deadline of may twelfth when president trump must decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions on iran a move that many feel will be the end of the iran nuclear deal mike pompei o is much closer to president trump on this issue than his predecessor rex tillerson was tillerson was sympathetic to the european point of view wh

partnership is crucial to peace and prosperity in the middle east so perhaps not surprising that mike pompei a would make a visit to saudi arabia part of his first official trip as secretary of state he also has the fast approaching deadline of may twelfth when president trump must decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions on iran a move that many feel will be the end of the iran nuclear deal mike pompei o is much closer to president trump on this issue than his predecessor rex tillerson was tillerson was sympathetic to the european point of view which is the deal should be strengthened and not abandoned he lost his job essentially over that mike pompei a will also no doubt be talking about the situation in syria during this visit president trump has called on gulf countries to do more to stabilize the situation there in terms of troops and funding from saudi arabia pompei o heads to israel and then to jordan still to come on the program we speak to rahane refugees about the horrors they say they face at the hands of mammals and military and how the sea is there is a book for politico we'l

secretary of state mike pompei o is in saudi arabia as part of a three day trip to the region he's held talks with the saudi foreign minister either late to bed before having dinner with crown prince mohammed and some man the future of the iran nuclear deal is high on the agenda and the new york times is reporting pompei o told saudi leaders the gulf diplomatic crisis needs to end saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind and egypt imposed an economic on bargain qatar almost a year ago. delegation from the united nations security council has arrived in bangladesh to meet some of the seven hundred thousand range of refugees who fled neighboring myanmar the un team is visiting camps in the coastal town of cox's bazar they'll talk to a range of refugees including those who say they were raped and tortured by the myanmar military they've also travelled to a hind state in myanmar where much of the violence happened the un has called the military crackdown against the ranger ethnic cleansing just happened has more from one of the camps in cox's bazaar this un security council delegation has just arrived

the new secretary of state mike pompei o has underscored the need for unity in the gulf as he visits the middle east mustering support for new sanctions against iran but speaking in the cell the capital he urged the kingdom and its allies to resolve an almost here long standoff but that u.s. officials say iran is exploiting to boost its regional influence. reports. on his new international trip the new u.s. secretary of state sent a message to iran. called for sanctions criticize the ballistics messiah program and blame for destabilizing the middle east. like the prior administration we look like that scope overruns terrorism. it is indeed the greatest sponsor terrorism in the world and we are determined to make sure. that nuclear weapons. raises many questions about the future of the iran nuclear deal it was widely praised as a breakthrough one signed three years ago but president barack obama's successor has repeatedly said the deal is for. donald trump's due to decide next bomb on whether or not to restore sanctions on iran a move that many where we might undermine the nuclear agr

secretary of state mike pompei o has arrived in saudi arabia ahead of a three day trip to the region he's held talks with the saudi foreign minister. and crown prince mohammed bin someone with the iran nuclear deal dominating the agenda a saudi led coalition air strike has reportedly killed dozens of yemen's hooty rebels including two key commanders on saturday the supporters gathered in the capital sana'a for the public funeral of salah al some odd the head of the supremes political council and second in command he was killed in their eight claimed by saudi arabia and his allies last week and guests have begun arriving for the annual white house correspondents' dinner but there's one notable exception u.s. president donald trump who for a second year in a row has decided to skip the event to host a campaign rally in michigan instead press secretary sarah huckabee saunders is taking chance on can expect a light grilling from comedian host michel. there's a headline stay with us techno is next. billion light in the. week. this is the fact the smallest porpoise on the planet one that c

has confirmed cia director mike pompei is secretly went to pyongyang to meet kim. rebel fighters in demand north east of syria's capital damascus have agreed to lay down weapons under a deal brokered by russia but to the north groups are still holding out despite government strikes santa has following the story from neighboring lebanon. the rebels have surrendered without a fight agreeing to an offer by the russian military and the syrian military for safe passage through rebel controlled areas in northern syria basically preventing an all out military offensive because what the government is telling them is that if you do not surrender then we will launch an all out military offensive similar to what happened in eastern huta that rebel controlled enclave which really saw ferocious barman for weeks hundreds of civilians killed so these rebels agreeing to surrender up to one thousand five hundred fighters will leave along with some three thousand five hundred members of their families cuba's parliament has nominated the first presidential candidate outside the castr

donald trump's new secretary of state is huge a strong warning to iran during his middle east tour mike pompei o criticized tehran saying it's destabilizing the whole region pompei as trip included visits to saudi arabia and israel and comes as trump edges closer to a decision on whether to pull out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal perry force it has more now from west jerusalem in the middle east might pompeo double down on the theme that has dominated his first international trip as secretary of state iran's threat to the region and the world and the solidifying u.s. threat to pull out of the iran nuclear deal iran and destabilize this entire region that supports proxy militias and terrorist groups it arms it is an arms dealer to the who the rebels. in iran conduct cyber hacking campaigns. supports the murderous assad regime as well compares arrival in riyadh followed a barrage of eight ballistic missiles fired into saudi territory by hooty fighters in yemen the u.s. and saudi arabia say such missiles come from iran. and we also think that iran should be dealt with by imposing further

secretary of state mike pompei i was in saudi arabia as part of a three day visit to the middle east he's been holding talks with the saudi foreign minister adeleke pair and meeting the crown prince mohammed bin solomon they were a nuclear deal is expected to top the agenda. and yemen a million man march in the capital sana has been held to honor a high ranking rebel leader killed in an airstrike by the saudi like coalition last week funeral comes hours after saudi arabia says it has killed two rebel leaders in an air strike. u.s. president donald trump has avoided attending the annual white house correspondents' dinner for the second year running faster child became the first president in thirty six years to skip the event a college scholarship fund raiser celebrates the relationship between the media and white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders says taking trump's place instead attended a campaign rally in michigan turned out for the event in the east in an eastern rural county trump told the crowd he thinks he'll meet kim jong north korea's kim jong un very soon. i think

north korean officials are not commenting on all confirming the visit of mike pompei o two this city all of the information at this stage is coming from the u.s. side but this is the highest level visit for a serving u.s. official since secretary of state madeline albright came to pyongyang in the year two thousand the u.s. doesn't have diplomatic relations with north korea there is no embassy here members of the diplomatic community have told me though they are aware that there is a channel of communication of negotiation ongoing between the u.s. and north korea but tween the cia and the north korean intelligence service they clearly are looking at the possibility of a meeting between the supreme leader kim yong and president trump the possible things that could be discussed possible things that could happen at the end of that meeting for example three american citizens who are held in jail here in north korea the americans want them to be released they'll also have been talking about the possible venues for a meeting could it be in europe could it be here in pyongyang could it be d

also coming up tonight mike pompei you know and his secret cia trip to north korea is the kim trump summit once thought improbable about to become a reality. but we haven't talked. and it's going very well that was you what. we begin the day with what appears to be a brazen anti-semitic attack that took place right here in the heart of the german capital in a gentrified berlin neighborhood two young men walking down the street wearing jewish kip was a site that has become less uncommon and is reportedly becoming riskier by the day it happened yesterday and what you are about to see is the video of the attack that was taken by one of the two men who say that they were targeted because they chose to wear a jewish symbol you'll hear one of the attackers and yelling the word jew in arabic and whether or not the men targeted were actually jewish appears to have played no role in the minds of their attackers. in that is this notion that these. are. not being. given. this then you would in any student in what that meant not. to make them a clock on. those are disturbing images from not far from d

to say well he's only been sworn in for a day but now acts cia chief and now secretary of state mike pompei oh he's speaking at the nato headquarters in brussels and when he spoke he actually reminisced a little bit about his time in the u.s. military when he served in germany this is pompei zero in brussels. we talked a lot about that the changing nature of the threat from russia when i was a young soldier it was seventy two tanks and sixty tanks rolling across the east german plane this is today is different and we collectively each of each nation individually and nato together must come up with solutions to address that there were lots of ideas there was an enormous consensus of the risk that it poses to the west. now stoltenberg the nato chief seemed quite warm and receptive to the new secretary of state from the usa he had some nice words for pompei oh this is this is the nato chief addressing mike pompei oh. long on body experience including serving us a soldier in in germany during the cold war. provides him a perfect back room for being the top to promote over the north in states. n

an enormous consensus of the risk that it poses to the west stoltenberg seemed very receptive to mike pompei are very happy to be looking forward to working with him this is stilton bird responding to mike palm pale his so long on bodett experience including serving us shoulder in in german to do nichole war. provides him a perfect back room for being the top to promote the united states that wasn't exactly clear how his military service in the us army being stationed in germany during the cold war would help prepare pompei o for working as secretary of state of the united states in nato that was exactly made clear now in his comments he did emphasize a kind of disappointment with germany because germany has not yet received the two percent military spending target expected of nato countries at this point the germans have not yet fulfilled that expectation and increased their military spending to reach the two percent target furthermore a poll that has recently come out shows that germans are more afraid of donald trump the u.s. president as a threat they're more afraid of him than they are.

candidates for secretary of state to mike pompei who is normally a doctor from take calls sway the senator. from right around the world this hour welcome to our two international my names you know neil good to have you with us on the alleged sunday led coalition air strike on a wedding party in yemen has killed at least twenty people dozens more were injured it's feared the casualty figures are even higher with some reports that as many as fifty people were killed a warning the following video as the strobing imagery a small child can be seen clinging to a property there that's reportedly a close family member of the body is then removed many other people who lost their lives during what was supposed to be a celebration carry. i want to know this is my nephew who was injured last night by the airstrike he's two brothers who were killed. but we have contacted a number of humanitarian organizations on the issue human rights watch said the coalition continues to target civilians and refuses to adequately investigate or compensate the victims ochs from condemned the attack calling for an inves

with solutions to address that now stoltenberg the nato chief seemed quite warm and receptive to mike pompei are very happy to be looking forward to working with him this is still timbered responding to my comp alle his so long on body experience including serving out. a soldier in in germany during the cold war. provides him a perfect back room for being the top to promote over the north in states that wasn't exactly clear how his military service in the us army being stationed in germany during the cold war would help prepare pompei o for working as secretary of state of the united states in nato that wasn't exactly made clear however the concepts of the cold war and his reminiscing about his service in germany during the cold war seem to be central in my palm pales remarks in brussels. about whether germany is making enough headway in boosting its military spending like pompei and made it clear that lynn is behind on its nato homework do you think germany is doing enough to meet the to press on target know. what you're going to do they should meet the goals that they agreed to. and german

president trump's pick for secretary of state has been given the green light cia director mike pompei i was now one step closer to becoming america's top diplomat but it candidacy sparked heated exchanges in the senate unfortunately i do not believe director pumper or someone who will always prioritize diplomacy over conflict i can't imagine having someone more qualified. be secretary of state it's critically important that the secretary of state be an independent voice in the white house i'm concerned about that he will be speaking for the president when he travels and he's the appropriate person for that i think is not the right person for this position what nominee would you vote yes for i don't want to vote for people who are in tight diplomatic to be the nation's chief diplomat however the vote was swayed when a key republican voted in favor of my pump senator rand paul who originally opposed the bio's candidacy said he was persuaded by donald trump himself i have changed my mind i decided to go and vote for director pump because he's assured me that he's learned a lesson senator

well there are now concerns in some quarters about the direction mike pompei will help push his country if he joins the trumpet ministration particularly in light of its recent military actions ten days ago of course america along with the u.k. and france strikes against the syrian government which critics saw as legally questionable u.s. officials justified the operation by citing legislation known as the authorization for use of military force against terrorists but even that looks set for a rework to give washington greater scope for foreign incursions as jacqueline bouvier explains. military aggression is seemingly always on the table when it comes to the us but the legality of it is questionable one document that gives the american president expansive war powers is the authorization for the use of military force or. the president is authorized to use all necessary force against those nations organizations or persons he determines planned authorized committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on september eleventh two thousand and one in order to prevent any future acts o

secretary of state mike pompei o is in saudi arabia as part of a three day trip to the region he's held talks with the saudi foreign minister had before having dinner with crown prince mohammed bin said a man future of the iran nuclear deal is high on the agenda and the new york times is reporting the pompei o told saudi leaders the gulf diplomatic crisis needs to end saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind and egypt imposed an economic embargo on qatar almost a year ago because the salumi has more from washington. the state department says a strong u.s. saudi partnership is crucial to peace and prosperity in the middle east so perhaps not surprising that mike pompei a would make a visit to saudi arabia part of his first official trip as secretary of state he also has the fast approaching deadline of may twelfth when president trump must decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions on iran a move that many feel will be the end of the iran nuclear deal mike pump aoe is much closer to president trump on this issue than his predecessor rex tillerson was tillerson was sympathetic to the european poin

america's secretary of state mike pompei o recently accused germany of failing to meet the nato military spending target of two percent of gross domestic product however berlin is currently digging ever deeper into its pockets snapping up military drones and aircraft r.t. correspondent peter all that went to the berlin air show to see germany's latest hardware. this year is an exploit is underway in the german capital poland thousand square meters of all things aviation from the commercial private and military sectors. that just next to me are some of the joints currently operated by the german military this is the current and if we come over this way this is the current t p that's the one that could be equipped with weapons now then made by an israeli company and a joint partnership with the aerospace giant airbus and over the next nine years germany is set to spend a billion a year zero increasing the current fleet of these mini isn't just looking to buy drones from abroad behind me is apparently the future it's called the european mail now it's a joint collaboration between a silly fr

media say mike pompei went to pyongyang two weeks ago just after he was nominated as secretary of state if confirmed it would be the highest level u.s. visit in almost two decades john thune talking north korea with the japanese prime minister shinzo his florida state the u.s. president confirmed washington and pyongyang on gauged in high level talks. direct talks at very high levels really have a us with north korea. and i really believe there's a lot of good will lot of good things are happening see what happens as they always see one of us because ultimately it's the years result that counts not the fact that we're thinking about having a baby having. urges there is diplomatic editor james bays has more from the north korean capital pyongyang north korean officials are not commenting on all confirming the visit of. to this city all of the information at this stage is coming from the u.s. side but this is the highest level visit for a serving u.s. official since secretary of state madeline albright came to pyongyang in the year two thousand the u.s. doesn't have diplomatic relations w

mike pompei as the current cia director selected him to replace rex tillerson was fired last month a state department correspondent rosalind jordan reports. confirmation hearing is at hand for the cia director michael. to become the next u.s. secretary of state service. some say if confirmed. eagerly will embrace president donald trump's america first approach to foreign policy he's a kind of guy that approaches the world thinking about how to use force and how to use coercion before he thinks about how to use diplomacy and that's you know the secretary of state is america's first diplomat so it's concerning to me. as cia director has been skeptical that negotiations will lead north korea. to abandon its nuclear weapons program even as trump prepares for a key meeting with him in the coming weeks. during his time as a congressman called the iran nuclear deal terrible and wants the u.s. to walk away from it and he has long accused muslims and arabs of being security threats a belief after this say disqualifies pompei o from serving as the country's lead diplomat if confirmed as our ne

well even though mike pompei o had said in the past that he thought the iran nuclear deal was a very bad deal and that it should be scuttled as quickly as possible in recent days he has been telling senators in closed door meetings and during this hearing that if the state department analysis decides that the deal is not living up to its promise that he would recommend to president donald trump that a better deal will be struck in accordance with the u.s. is allies but he said that only depends on what the evidence is he's simply not calling for a whole scale rejection of the iran nuclear deal all right thanks very much from capitol hill rosen in jordan. the global chemical weapons watchdog has concluded that a highly pitched type of noma choked nerve agent was used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in england last month person is blaming russia for the attack on sergei nearly a script all in seoul's bray but last show is denying any involvement investigators from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons say the toxic chemical was of high purity but they

senators say they will not vote in favor of the confirmation of mike pompei o to be the next u.s. secretary of state it is a concern for the trumpet ministration given it is preparing for historic talks with north korean leader kim jong un in a matter of weeks kimberly held at al-jazeera west palm beach florida we have correspondents in north and south korea in a moment we'll hear from kathy novak in seoul first on diplomatic and as james bays has the latest from pyongyang. the state controlled media here in north korea do not work at the pace of donald trump and his pronouncements on twitter and these news conferences so there's still no response to the secret visit secret until a few hours ago. to pyongyang all the latest statements that have come from the u.s. president from the north korean side the state media and the state news agency reporting that the central committee of the ruling korean workers party will be having a meeting on friday to discuss important historical developments now i don't think they are entirely we're going to change the course put in place by kim jon

the syria director mike pompei o has been trying to sound a conciliatory note during his daylong confirmation hearing on capitol hill this problem pale would replace threats to wilson who never got on the right side of the us president donald trump and in fact trump when making the nomination said that mike pompei zero shared most of his news about how to conduct foreign policy paul pale however has been selling some cautious notes he did say that he wouldn't tear of the iran nuclear deal short of scale but rather he would propose that if the state department concluded that the deal was not being complied with that the us told with its now lies about drafting and the goon ceding a new deal to keep careful. and from developing nuclear weapons as for north korea which has already been testing if we warheads pompei or said that caution needs to be used as the president gets ready to meet with kim jong il the north korean leader but he did indicate that at the end of the day he believes that if he is confirmed he's going to be looking for every diplomatic fashion possible to avoid using military

president donald trump wanted to take particularly when it comes to iran and to north korea mike pompei o has long been known as a policy hawk someone who believes in taking a very harsh line with countries considered to be rivals or enemies of the united states and so not just on dealing with iran and not just on dealing with north korea but you can also expect perhaps a more hostile tone as it were against the against russia even though the president himself has not wanted to was be as tough on moscow as other conservatives here in washington would like the u.s. to be. joined live for us in washington thanks very much rose. now nigeria's president mahmoud who has been summoned by the senate to testify about the government's response to a spate of recent communal killings moments erupted between cattle herders and farmers in a central nigerian community on tuesday were these day teen people were killed the escalation has raised questions about the government's ability to maintain security a palestinian journalist who was shot by security forces israeli security forces while covering pr

media reporting that cia director mike pompei o travel to pyongyang what does this mean for peace on the korean peninsula also coming up the wife of the former president and the mother of another barbara bush has died at the age of ninety two . and after days of delays a team of international chemical weapons inspectors is set to enter the syrian city of duma it's just it's tasks with finding the truth behind a suspected poison gas attack nearly two weeks ago. then by and continued their charge towards the coveted travel the bundesliga champions overcame labor cruising in the german compass seventy finals last night we have all eight goals coming up. and israel turns seventy today we'll meet an israeli who remembers the fight for a jewish homeland and a palestinian who marks this day as the day of catastrophe. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. we begin in the u.s. where it's being reported that cia director mike pump aoe traveled to pyongyang and met north korean leader kim jong il and the secret meeting over easter was to lay the groundwork for the planned direct talk

senators say they will not support mike pompei as confirmation to become the next secretary of state is certainly problematic for this white house now they are downplaying it saying they're not concerned but certainly their concern is growing and that's evident the fact that they held a press conference or rather a telephone call conference call with reporters well here at mar a lago kellyanne conway the presidential advisor leading that saying that they're not worried that in fact pompei was highly qualified he was the right person to go and lay the groundwork for this very important meeting but certainly there is some nervousness among this white house because we anticipate that confirmation vote could come as early as next week and those votes in the senate are no guarantee committee how could you very much indeed. end of an era in cuba the cuban national assembly has nominated me. as the sole kind of date to take over the presidency from roe castro fifty nine years on from when fidel castro made the successful revolution in cuba is the first time to castro's would be leading the

secretary of state mike pompei of the palestinians to reengage with the israelis how is that likely to play out then. well i think it's probably going to fall on deaf ears at the moment i mean you have to go back to this ember when president made his the resume declaration which paved the way for moving the embassy the american embassy from tel aviv and to jerusalem and that is due to happen on may fourteenth ever since the palestinians have been very angered have said that the u.s. is certainly not that mediator anymore and we saw that anger also when mike pence was visiting the region he was also supposed to meet with palestinian leadership that did not happen and during this trip well from what we understand at the u.s. secretary of state didn't even make an attempt to meet with the palestinians now to have the palestinians and israelis engage face to face directly without anyone around them that would be extremely complicated especially that if you look at the past few years well as the jordanian foreign minister said the negotiations have been all but dead they were at a deadlock

more important at increased times of political domestic turmoil for nearly five hours on thursday mike pompei o tried to be as diplomatic as possible about his views before skeptical senators his future now rests in their hands as they debate whether to forward his nomination to be secretary of state to the entire senate rosalyn jordan al-jazeera capitol hill china's held what it's calling his biggest ever naval drills in the disputed south china sea as a space splay of military might has attended by president xi jinping more than ten thousand personnel seventy six fighter jets and forty eight war ships took part in the exercises edge and brown has more from beijing well forty eight hours after president xi jinping had presented china as the guarantor of global free trade he sailed into the contested waters of the south china sea to position china as the guarantor of security in the asia pacific region and i think he also had another message these are our waters now and we have the strength the power and the ability to defend and this was a huge military display involving some forty eight air

secretary of state mike pompei o has called iran the world's worst sponsor of terrorism and his visit to saudi arabia he's on a three day trip to the middle east pompei or has called for major changes in order for the u.s. to stay in the iran nuclear deal. nuclear deal that's failed to moderate the regime's conduct in many other areas i highlighted a few in fact the red is only behave the worse since the deal was approved in iran continues to support the violence the rebels by providing military equipment funding and training this is a violation of the un security council resolutions these continue to fire missiles into saudi arabia on a regular basis targeting red sea shipping in threading threatening the saudi people. well we will continue to assist saudi arabia with this diversity and support its right to defend its own borders a political solution is the only way to advance long term stability gavan and then the suffering and i know we agree on that the u.s. secretary of state told gulf leaders that the told saudi leaders rather the gulf diplomatic crisis needs to end saudi arabia

to say that this deal has been strengthened and it's noteworthy about when harry mentioned when mike pompei i made the statement standing right next to the israeli prime minister reiterating the same kind of views that have been pushed by netanyahu perhaps the strongest international critic of the iran deal from the start netanyahu said that the united states is with israel in this fight that the relationship between the united states and israel is stronger than ever and that shows you where the administration is coming from in these ongoing negotiations but again leaving open some little bit of hope that perhaps some changes can be made that would stop them from scrapping the deal all together very good to get your thoughts kristen stewart the line from us from d.c. . north korea's leader has promised to dismantle its nuclear testing science assume this next month but there's no word about the future of pyongyang's ballistic missile program or whether they'll agree to get rid of that atomic else no company no back reports from so. the world saw the smiles and handshakes on friday now the s

swift competence confirmation of my good friend and former colleague, current director of the cia, mike pompei to serve as the next secretary of state. mike's resume would put him at the top of any pile. no spending time in public services resume shines. that's talk about his record of results. just returned from a trip from china. as with four u.s. senators. we visited china, south korea we went to the dmz. i'm at the premier of china. the same we can met with the premier of china, kim jong-un met with president she in beijing. we spent time with the president of south korea and other leaders. the feedback was clear. perhaps this is the story were not hearing. administrations resolve and diplomacy is what has brought kim jong-un to the negotiating table. the administration is moving forward to the denuclearize north korea. pompeo has played a critical role in those efforts. the secretary of state who defend american interests abroad protecting national security and making the world safer place. he has been the best at everything he's put his mind to. he was first in his class at west point. a