mr pompeo really wa nts to plans against them. countering iran. he has court three united airfront countering iran. he has court three united air front against what he describes as destabilising activity. saudi arabia is key to that. outrage over the recent saudi murder of the murder left —— journalist jamal khashoggi, they wanted the saudis to give a more credible explanation of what happened. mr pompeo would press them on this point. upper plate are sure, bbc news, riyadh. now, for a bit of history. in the last years of stalin's life, the soviet leader pursued a campaign against many of the doctors in moscow, accusing them of attempting to assassinate high ranking soviet officials. natasha rapoport was the daughter of one of the doctors who was arrested, and she speaks to witness about the doctor's plot. there was a loud knock at the door. i opened the door and there was a crowd, a big crowd of men. i have decided that they were burglars, that they came to take a furniture. and then there was a telephone call. one of them grabbe

mr pompeo has not, but says he'll raise the issue.ve from riyadh. he said he would be bringing up the murder, where are we on that? he said he would be bringing up the murder, where are we on that7m he said he would be bringing up the murder, where are we on that? it is something that mr pompeo says is an outrage, the killing and the united states wa nts outrage, the killing and the united states wants to see and get more fa cts states wants to see and get more facts about what happened and also to make sure that those responsible are held fully accountable. he has said there is no direct reporting about a link between mohammed bin saud mine and the murder, but he equally wants to raise the issue of making sure those who did carry it out will be punished and the reporting has been included from intelligence agencies that those in the crown prince's centre circle we re the crown prince's centre circle were involved, so i think these are the things he will be asking the crown prince and present, and other saudi officials decide we want

mr pompeo has not, but says he'll raise the issue. barbara plett usher, is in riyadh. earlier she explained mr pompeo would be bringing up the khashoggi case. it's something that mr pompeo says is an outrage, the killing, and the united states wants to see, get more facts about what happened, and also to make sure that those responsible are held fully accountable. now he has said there is no direct reporting about a link between mohammed bin salman and the murder, but he equally wants to raise the issue of making sure those who did carry it out will be punished, and the reporting has been, including from intelligence agents, that those in the crown prince's inner circle were involved. so i think these are the kinds of things he's going to be asking the crown prince and pressing him and other saudi officials to say, we want to see that those, that you're serious about punishing the people involved, that we also want to get more facts about what happened, because the state department has said before his visit they still don't believe th

mr pompeo has not, but says he'll raise the issue.ned mr pompeo would be bringing up the khashoggi case. he called an outrage and the us want to get more facts to make sure that those responsible are held accountable. he says there is no direct reporting about a link between the crown prince and the murder but equally he wants to raise theissue murder but equally he wants to raise the issue about making sure that those who did carry it out will be punished and the reporting has been, including from intelligence agents, but those in the inner circle of the crown prince were involved. these are the sort of things he will be asking the crown prince, and pressing him and other saudi officials to say that we want to see you are serious about punishing the people involved but we also want more facts about what happened because the state department has said before his visit that they still do not believe the explanation from the saudi government is credible. you have been talking to a senior member of the saudi royal family. what was said?”

mr. pompeo had a lot to say about iran today, none of it good. take a listen. secretary pompeo: let's turn to iran. president trump has reversed our willful blindness to the danger of the regime and withdrew from the failed nuclear deal with its false promises. the u.s. reimposed sanctions that should never have been lifted. we embarked on a new pressure campaign to cut off the revenues the regime uses to spread terror and destruction throughout the world. in syria, the united states will use plomesy and workk with our partners- use diplomacy and work with our partners and work through the u.n.-led process to bring peace and stability to the long suffering syrian people. >> all right. so you've got mr. pompeo there saying the u.s. is going to drive iran completely out of syria, despite the u.s. troop withdrawal, and he is also saying that he wants to end iranian influence in lebanon. how realistic is this? >> this is only going to happen as a result of a major war. >> do you think -- is he prepping the world for military conflict? >> i don't know. it is very har

mr pompeo really wants to turn the focus to countering iran.inst what he describes as its destabilising activity, and saudi arabia is key to that. but outrage over the recent saudi murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi has complicated the relationship. a senior us official said the americans wanted the saudis to give a more credible explanation of what happened and do more to punish the killers, and mr pompeo would press them on both points. barbara plett usher, bbc news, riyadh. south africa's governing party, the anc, has putjobs at the centre of its election camapaign as it launched its manifesto in durban. thousands of supporters turned out to hear party leader and president cyril ramaphosa outline his promises to transform the economy. mr ramaphosa also appealed for men to unite against what he called a major crisis of rape and sexual assault in the country. from durban, nomsa maseko reports: a show of force by tens of thousands of anc supporters as president cyril ramaphosa launched the party's election manifesto. it has been a while s

we do know mr pompeo said that his special envoy, james jeffrey, had know mr pompeo said that his specialt the kurds, and he would be going to turkey again so that its active mediation and diplomacy going on. they have been rumours about possibly a deal with regard to border security, perhaps a border force that is acceptable to both sides but again, these are rumours and mr pompeo himself has not confirmed any sort of detail as to what makes them so optimistic that an agreement can be reached. a 33—year—old man in taiwan has been fined more than £2,000 for sending a cat that he no longer wanted in the post. according to a taiwanese news agency, the sender was traced after the sealed cardboard box with the cat inside arrived at the local animal shelter. luckily, the pet survived the journey and authorities say he's in good health and looking for a new, loving home. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. a much fresher feeling this of compared to this morning at —— as the winds turn more north—westerly. they clear away some of the early cloud, some patchy rain and drizzl

you feel president trump and mr pompeo are strongly supporting the saudi government and the saudi us point? they have publicly said so and they clearly say that there that is literally no evidence that the crown prince has been involved in this case. what mr pompeo has said exactly as there is no direct reporting of a link between the crown prince and the murder, but he's also said he wants to ensure those responsible for the killing are held fully accountable and that he will press the crown prince on this issue. barbara plett usher in riyadh. severe snow storms continue to wreak havoc across europe and the united states, and forecasters are warning it's not over yet. it's only half way through the skiing season and yet the austrian village of st anton has seen almost five metres of snow — twice the amount it normally sees for the entire season. in the nearby resort of lech, three men were killed in an avalanche and a fourth person is missing. our correspondent bethany bell is in kleinzell in central austria. mountain regions in austria are used to snow, but this is extreme. days of

mr pompeo really wants to turn the focus to countering iran.arab front against what he describes as its destabilising activity. saudi arabia is key to that. outrage over the recent saudi murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi has complicated the relationship. a senior us official said the americans wanted the saudis to give a more credible explanation of what happened and do more to punish the killers and mr pompeo would press them on this point. barbara plett usher, bbc news, riyadh. parts of germany, austria and sweden are suffering exceptional amounts of snow which have already killed seven people in the past week. bethany bell reports now from annaberg in the austrian alps. the little town of annaberg is blanketed in white. like many mountain regions in germany and austria, it's experiencing unusually heavy falls of snow. these sensors are there to protect houses from avalanches. the authorities are struggling to remove the snow. these volunteer firefighters are working to clear the roof of annaberg's primary school. stefan obermeister fr

mr pompeo was speaking in the united arab emirates during a middle east tour aimed at reassuring alliesrrespondent barbara plett usher is in riyadh and has been following his tour. he was notably short on details, just saying he thought there could possibly be an agreement that would address turkey's legitimate concerns about legitimate terror threats but also at the same time protect those kurdish allies that are fighting alongside the united states against islamic state group who he said were not terrorists. we know the turks do regard them as a serious security threat — they see them as an extension of turkish kurdish groups that have been fighting an insurgency against the turkish government for many decades. we do know mr pompeo said that his special envoy, james jeffrey, had been in north—eastern syria, presumably to meet the kurds, and he would be going to turkey again so that is active mediation and diplomacy going on. they have been rumours about possibly a deal with regard to border security, perhaps a border force that is acceptable to both sides but again, these are rumours

president trump's decision to pull american troops out of syria is on the agenda, and mr pompeo has alsoise the killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. the us senate has blamed crown prince mohammed bin salman, for the murder. our correspondent, barbara plett usher is in riyadh with the latest. this issue ofjamal khashoggi, obviously, but also other things, like counterterrorism, iran, syria, all of these things will come up. before mike pompeo arrived, i had a chat with a senior member of the royal family, prince turki al—faisal, and i asked him what he thought about syria and what he thought about president trump's position to withdraw troops, because that is the topic that has really dominated mr pompeo‘s trip so far. from my perspective it is going to further complicate the issue rather than find any solutions. and it will further entrench not only the iranians but also the russians and bashar al—assad. so from that perspective it is a very negative development. generaljames mattis was well known here, wasn't he? yes. he was a man who had experience in the area. of course, h

mr pompeo has not given any indication of what the agreement might entail.ithdrawal as well, particularly the idea that the americans would be pulling out of territory that in effect they control, and that would open up space for the syrian regime, backed by iran and russia, to move into it. mr pompeo has said they are not retreating, it is a tactical change, they can also —— always carry out military operations with their many assets in the region but as far as allies are concerned, it still means they are not actually holding territory that can be used as leverage in terms of the outcome in syria. there was a lot of concern when president trump suddenly announced this withdrawal and although we are now being told it is under way, disappear as though the military commanders and others have made sure that this withdrawal is a much slower and more carefully phrased pull—out. —— phased. much slower and more carefully phrased pull-out. -- phased. the rhetoric has changed since mr trump made his announcement. at the time he said they had defeated the islamic sta

you feel that president trump and mr pompeo are strongly supporting the saudi government and the saudihey clearly say that there is absolutely no evidence that the crown prince has been involved in this case. what mr pompeo has said exactly is that there is no direct reporting of a link between the crown prince and the murder. but he has also said he wa nts to the murder. but he has also said he wants to ensure that those responsible for the killing held fully accou nta ble responsible for the killing held fully accountable and he will press the crown prince on this issue. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the british prime minister theresa may is making a last—ditch attempt to persuade mps to back her brexit deal, ahead of tuesday's key vote in the house of commons. she will use a speech later today to warn that parliament is more likely to block brexit than let the uk leave with no deal. labour has vowed to table a vote of no confidence if mrs may loses. vicky young has the latest from westminster. four of her own brexit—backing mps have said that they will now swing

what mr pompeo has said exactly is that there is no direct reporting that was prince turki al—faisallett—usher in riyadh. the mayor of the polish city of gdansk has been seriously injured in a knife attack at a charity event. pavel adamowicz was stabbed on stage in front of thousands of people. he is now undergoing emergency surgery. kim gittleson reports. it was supposed to be a joyous event celebrating poland's biggest charity. then suddenly a 27—year—old man rushed on stage and stabbed pavel adamowicz, the popular mayor of gdansk. as bystanders rushed to his aid, his attacker remained on stage, arms raised, saying he blamed the mayor's former political party for wrongfully imprisoning him. mr adamowicz was resuscitated before being rushed to hospital. his condition remains unknown and an investigation is ongoing. translation: it is important for us right now to establish how this happened, how the man came so close to the mayor of gdansk. we know he was using a press pass and we need to establish how he got hold of this press id and allowed to be on stage in the most important que

mr pompeo does not suffer such doubts.used, he says, on fighting islamist terrorists, but just as much on combating what he calls the largest state sponsor of terrorism, iran. the president's decision to withdraw our folks from syria in no way affects our capacity to deliver on that. and you will see in the next couple of weeks we are redoubling our diplomatic and commercial efforts to put real pressure on iran. he has called it a course correction from that of mr 0bama, who sought to engage iran. few listening will doubt the sincerity, but many will question how much the president shares his conviction. australian police have made an arrest in their investigation into dozens of suspicious packages sent to embassies and consulates across the country on wednesday. a 49—year—old man faces charges of triggering security alerts in three cities. the bbc‘s hywel griffith in sydney has the details. this 48—year—old man has, in the last hour or so, appeared in court. he is savas avan, he lives a couple of hours north of melbourne,

mr pompeo really wants to turn the focus to countering iran.ted arab front against what he describes as its destabilising activity, and saudi arabia is key to that. but outrage over the recent saudi murder of thejournalist jamal khashoggi has complicated the relationship. a senior us official said the americans wanted the saudis to give a more credible explanation of what happened and do more to punish the killers, and mr pompeo would press them on this point. barbara plett usher, bbc news, riyadh. the french government says about 84,000 people took part in the lastest ‘yellow vest‘ protests on saturday, sharply up on last week's estimate of 50,000. but the interior minister said the demonstrations across the country had been largely peaceful. kim gittleson has more. from paris to toulon, what began as a protest against the now scrapped fuel tax at the end of november continues to draw thousands of french demonstrators to the streets who say they're protesting against the rising cost of living. translation: i'm a civil servant and i don't even

mr. pompeo: thank you, frank. thank you for your service to america as well in addition to the duties you perform here. i've had the good fortune to be a frequent visitor here to egypt and the middle east as secretary of state. in my prior role as c.i.a. director -- director i was here with some frequency and i came here too as a member of congress. every time i come i get to see something new. something wonderful. this trip is especially meaningful for me as an evangelical christian coming so soon after the coptic church's christmas celebration, this is an important time. we're all children of abraham, christians, muslims, jews. in my office i keep a bible open on my desk to remind me of god and his word and the truth. and it's the truth. lower case t, that i'm here to talk about today. it is a truth that isn't often spoken in this part of the world but because i'm a military man by training i'll be very blunt and direct today. america is a force for good in the middle east. we need to acknowledge that truth. bec

mr pompeo said the ongoing gulf crisis "has dragged on too long". and the uae, cutting off diplomatic, commerce and travel relations with qatar who they accuse of harbouring extremists. the ft leads with accusations that china's central bank has refused to acknowledge applications submitted by visa and mastercard to process renminbi payments, even though beijing removed formal obstacles to international participation in the $124 trillion dollar market back in 2017. and finally would you be prepared to sit on the floor of an aircraft whilst travelling back from holiday? a family of four had to sit on the floor during their birmingham—bound flight after vacationing in spain. the situation arose after the taylor family were told their pre—paid tickets were for seats that didn't physically exist. so let's begin with david buik, who's a market commentator at core spreads. telegraph is got its regular column from boris

mr pompeo has not, but says he'll press the crown prince to ensure those responsible are held fully accountablest week with a number of suspects, some of whom the prosecutor wants to issue the death penalty from the state department said it was a good start but they are still unhappy with the response asa are still unhappy with the response as a whole, still say the narrative about what actually happened is not really credible in of the saudi of events still not completely credible and they want more steps taken to make sure that everybody is held accountable. beyond that, visiting go into details, but the americans have sanctioned one of the crown prince's a top advisers on the understanding that he was complicit in the murders and i expect that that will be one of the things that mr pompeo will race with the crown prince, what has happened to this adviser and will he be held accountable and where is the will be other questions as well as well as they push forward on this file. the gambling commission has told the bbc it plans to close a loophole that allows problem gamblers to continue bettin

mr. pompeo was speaking at the same american university where president obama gave an address 10 years agoe p beginning of hsidency. for more, i'm joined by a former -- i spoke to a former spokesperson for the u.s. mission to the united nations, and she is now head of greenwich media strategies in nnecticut. how much has u.s. policy in the middle east shifted? >> thank you for having me. it has shift a lot, certainly from administration to the next, but even under the trump it has hadion alo shifts and changes. it is certainly more hawkish than under the obama administration, and secretary pompeo tried to make that pointn his speech. he focused a lot -- i would argue too much -- looking at the past and trying to re-create ort be ae bit aggressive by doing it at the american university in cairo. it is more hawkish, but at the same time the strategy is not entirely clear all the time, evidenced by trump's announcement to pull out from syria a month ago. jane: president obama has been criticized for his policy in the ouddle east, as you point but how unusual is it for the secretary of state i

here's mr pompeo earlier.t assist is the key phrase, we ask every peace—loving nation in the middle east to shoulder new responsibilities for defeating islamic extremism wherever we find it. remember defence secretary james mattis' resigned over the president's announcement on syria. he said "you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours". well he has a secretary of state who's certainly willing to do the diplomatic clearing up. in mike pompeo. which is in part what he's been asked to do during this trip. mr pompeo was speaking from cairo. on wednesday he made an unannounced visit to iraq. if implemented, president trump's decision to withdraw troops from syria would have major implications for both countries. the bbc‘s nafiseh kohnavard has been to a us outpost on the syria—iraq border, where the long battle against islamic state militants is farfrom over. a us artillery unit getting locked and loaded. this is iraq's border with syria. there are more than 200 us a

mr. pompeo? thank you to your service as well. i've have the good fortune to be a frequent visitor to egypt and the middle east as secretary of state. bank as a member -- i came here as a member of congress. this trip is especially meaningful for me as an evangelical christian coming so soon after the catholic church cost christmas celebrations this is an important time. we are all children of abraham, christians, muslims, jews. in my office i keep a bible open to keep myself reminded of god's word, the truth. it is the truth, t, that i'm here to talk about. truth that is not often spoken about. because i'm a military man by training i will be blunt and direct today. america is a force for good in the middle east. we need to acknowledge that truth. if we don't, we make bad choices. the choices we make have consequences for patients in millions and millions of people. for our safety, for our economic prosperity, for our personal freedoms, and those of our children. and there's no more appropriate place than where i'm standing today

was in the works already when mr trump made that announcement, so i think it's more a question of mr pompeog around it to what he had already planned. and essentially, this speech that he gave was about iran, about iran being the focus of trump's — the trump administration's middle east policy, countering it, isolating it, setting up an axis of sunni arabs and israel against it. but what they're pursuing or taking into account is the threat of islamist extremism, so the way he handled that was to say we're completely committed to dismantling islamic state. we're not in retreat and we never will be. however, we want our partners to do more, and we will be withdrawing troops from syria, and our partners should do more. we will continue in what sounded like counterterrorism operations, continue assisting our partners in the ways you heard in the clip. but the key word was "assist". and that language is very trumpian, the way mr trump has approached it, so he worked it into his speech the way the overall framework, the way the trump administration had been able to wrest back an activist role in

mr. pompeo is on an 8-day trip to the middle east to promote the white house's hard-line position on iranowing the was decision to withdraw troops from syria. a former israeli cabinet minister has been jailed for 11 after he admitted spying for iran. he served as energy minister in the 1990's and was allegedly were rooted while working as a -- allegedly recruited while working as a doctor in nigeria. he will be sentenced next month. saudi woman who fled her bfamily aricaded herself into a bangkok hotel has been declared a legitimate refugee by the united nationsun rahaf al-q arrived in thailand over the weekend. she claims to ha renounced islam, which is punishable by ath in saudi arabia. stralia is considering her case for resettlement. amazon ceo jeff bezos and his wife are to divorce after 25 years of marriage. the pair announced the move in a joint statement on twitter. amazon, which was unded in 1994, this week except microsoft to become the world's most valuable company. now to political gridlock in the u.k., where members of the prime minister's own party are adding pressure to her

mr pompeo was speaking in the united arab emirates during a middle east tour aimed at reassuring allies. our correspondent, barbara plett usher is monitoring his middle east trip from riyadh. this dispute with turkey over america's kurdish allies has took precedent over this trip. he told reporters he had spoken with his turkish counterpart over a deal that could they turkish allies defend their... while help fight alongside their... while help fight alongside the group and said they are not terrorists. the turks sent they are and have rolled back military operations against them. mike pompeo wa nts to operations against them. mike pompeo wants to change the attention to iran, calling for a united front against a geek out that the magnate —— the idolising activity. outrage over the recent saudi murder over jamal hash g has obligated the relationship. they want a more credible explanation of what happened and mike pompeo will press them on both points. more than 20 people have been killed and two are missing following the collapse of a roof at a coal mine in northern china. 87 people wer

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secretary mike pompeo. mrs. susan pompeo. thank you so much for coming. welcome. it's a very special and particular honor today to begin auc centennial year here in egypt with a visit of a distinguished american leader who is bearing a message of goe global impact. for a century at auc, we've served the citizens of egypt in the wider arab world as a beacon of inquiry-based american liberal arts education and served as steppingstone for the citizens out here to successful global engagement. at the same time, we've served generations of the most adventuresome american scholars as the most inviting portal to this die dammynamic and welcomi of the arab world. mr. secretary, your very american personal story of public service inspires us all. as the descendant of immigrants from this mediterranean region, you competed for and won entry to the united states military academy. you then began your career of leadership and national service as an officer in the united states army. you went on to become a successful private entrepreneur. thereafter, the people of kansas elect

but he needs to meet mr pompeo first so that his protocol if nothing else because he is mr pompeo's counterpartvernight here in 19 yea rs. to have slept overnight here in 19 years. this suggests the trump administration is taking is quite seriously and is doing what it can to facilitate this meeting. many thanks. our correspondent barbara plett—usher reporting for us in washington. the trial is continuing in sheffield of a bbc news editor accused of naming the victim of a sexual attack in a live broadcast about a court case. arif ansari, who works for the asian network, denies the charge. both he and the reporter involved believed they were using a pseudonym for the victim. our correspondent danny savage has been following the trial at sheffield magistrates‘ court. tell us what was said in court today. this is the second day of this case is ongoing at sheffield magistrates at the moment. what is happening now is the districtjudge who has been hearing this, not a jury, just a sole judge, who has been hearing this, not a jury, just a solejudge, she has retired to consider her ruling and verdict o

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mr. pompeo has been across the middle east to reassure allies that the us. withdrawal from syria will be orderly and will not be premature. >> meantime, president trump tweeted that equipment is being rotated out of the country now but the 2,000 u.s. military personnel remain. he also had a message for turkey, don't attack the kurds. mr. trump says the u.s. will devastate turkey economically if it doesn't comply. >> turkey considers some kurdish groups to be terrorists. the president adds the u.s. doesn't want the kurds to provoke turkey either. >> let's dig deeper into this story. ben, good to see you. the u.s. president just now warning turkey to not make a move on the kurds as the u.s. prepares to move out of syria. you reported from the front lines with the kurds. how important is the president's support for them now? >>> the american support is critical. they are clearly feeling that they are being left high and dry by the united states because without u.s. air support they fear they will be on the receiving end of an attack. on the one hand it supports

mr. pompeo. a good friend of mine and i who settl settled. it doesn't mean that we shouldn't try and it doesn't mean we shouldn't have these negotiations. the conversation between this president and this leader, kim jong-un, are very important. and if we don't have those conversations, then we'll never convince them. if we can convince them to give up their nuclear program less than that, which is still good. we have threats toward the west specifically in a pacific region. there are still good things we might be able to accomplish with them, but you're not going to do that if you're not talking. >> why would they give up their ballistic weapons without the ability to tip those off with a nuclear weapon? >> i'm not sure they will. they actually have some different interests so it's something, again, we should ask them and see if they can accommodate some of our dlernz. some of their hostile actions in the region, all of those are separate issues. >> so the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell just said he is going to offer an amendment that

mr. pompeo and mr. koets? and finally what did you mean when you told russian diplomats on may 10, 2017, that firing comey had taken the pressure off. could all of those questions have been inspired by this counterintelligence investigation that we didn't know about until your report friday? >> i think more to the point was that there were specific russia questions about things before trump took office that were in there. and we never sort of understood why. we thought that the president was simply looking at an obstruction criminal investigation, and we didn't know about this. but there were these other questions about his travel there in 2013, things he had said in the campaign about russia. what ultimately happens, which is sort of interesting here, we don't know what mueller did with the counterintelligence investigation from the fbi. but we do know as recently as november, mueller wanted answers to the questions about russia. and the ones about before trump took office. and those are the ones that trump a

mr. pompeo would like to focus on, not the issue of the murder of jamal khashoggi.entlessly pressed on this and has been throughout his tour in the region, and once again today he was asked what he was going to say. and this is what the secretary of state's response was, fred. >> what we have said consistently, america's position both privately and publicly is the same. this was an outrageous act, an unacceptable murder. those who are responsible will be held accountable by the united states of america. we're determined to do that. we're determined to get to the facts just as quickly and comprehensively as we can. we have had a policy that has been remarkably consistent with respect to this week. we, like the rest of the world, vow to have human rights across the world and the murder of jamal khashoggi was outrageous. and all the support they provide to keep americans in kansas, california and washington, d.c. safe. >> now, it is the case that saudi arabia is an important intelligence ally, fred, to the united states. they are very deeply bound together. as i say, t

mr. pompeo has two conflicts on his hand. theyuation want to withdraw from northern syria. that has raised concerns about taking steps against kurdish forces in syria that the u.s. has said we will withdraw once the turks assure us that they will not act against the kurds. at the same time, you have the and the between qatar uae on the other side. , butimportant to the u.s. at each other's throats. can we focus on the qatar situation? there are two sides to what he is trying to do at the moment. the u.s. has positioned itself as a mediator in the ongoing dispute. why hasn't it been more successful on that front? neither of the sides are willing to budge on this. sayingly pointing to 70 we are not going to take orders from our neighbors in order to resolve this issue, but at the same time, they are saying that we are not going to move either. we want them to take the steps that we have asked them to do. they are accusing them of supporting terrorism and they suspect them of being too close to the iranian. they are saying that

continue with secretary of state, mike pompeo. mr. secretary, good to see you. i see this as a massive national security issue. it deals with relations, obviously with mexico. it is about drugs being brought into the country. human trafficking, criminals, gang members, some people that have ties to terror. why shouldn't we all view this as a national security issue. >> thanks for having me on tonight, sean. we should. we should all be very serious about this. i have been the c.i.a. director. i am now the secretary of state. this has enormous national security implications. border security is an important part of american sovereignty in keeping americans safe. there is a central role to make sure we know who is coming in and what is coming in to our country. president trump is doing the right thing in making sure we understand what's moving across that border and we do so with enough border security so we have confidence and we can do this on behalf of the american people. >> sean: we have been able to apprehend 3700 people we have identified as having ties to te

mr. pompeo is right to say they will take any action to prevent these kind of things.that is solid national security policy. but, again, a strike against a sovereign nation has a great deal of gravitose within and should be spoken with other people. >> john bolton, before entering this administration has been known as a hawk on iran, has written about encouraging the u.s. to strike iran militarily. could this have possibly been an opportunity for bolton to execute what he has been wanting the u.s. to do for sometime now and take that military strike against iran? >> well, this is very nuance, victor. if you're suggesting that this was john bolton's idea and he was going to tell people to do it, that is a whole different bag of worms. but when you're talking about the national security adviser, his job is to present options to the president of the united states. if he has a bias toward this kind of action against iran he can key up discussions within the national security council that would present options to the president for decision. bolton or pompeo, by themselves,

mr. pompeo's comments on syria we have a toxic combination of certain elements of corruption and also massivecompetencompetence w have in the case of the intelligence agency's warning us. the administration ignoring warnings. with syria you have the national security adviser saying something about troop withdrawal not happening right away. the secretary of state contradicting it the next day. the president saying something different the day after. the corruption is bad enough. add the incompetence and it's unforgiveable. >> listen, it's been a hundred days since jamal khashoggi walked into the consulate looking for a marriage certificate. you have a -- an event for this today. >> it was something i started years ago with mike pence. we will be joining in the remembrance of jamal khashoggi. we'll have individuals including the editor of the washington post and members of congress and others, not only to talk about his life but also to examine other journalists who are imprisoned or have been murdered, countries the killers are going without prosecution, and highlight this issue of press freedo

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mr. pompeo was in jordan yesterday. expected to be in cairo later today.dent trump made an unannounced visit to iraq back in december. aaron? >> chris, thank >>you. 5:48 now. we turn to a story you saw first on news 4, the district is sng the local gym chain the washington sports club. d.c.'s attorney general accuses the gym of deceptive cancellation and bling practices. he says the gym and its owner town sports international told customers they could cancel thei a memberships at time for free. however, according to the lawsuit, the gym actually requires a six-week written cancellation notice and it does arge cancellation fees. >> they were verballymisleading consumers. so consumers would ask, hey, what's then cancellat policy? and the folks at the washington sports club would say there is no requirement,ust cancel at any time at no cost. when, in fact, as i indicated, there is a 45-day written requirement to cancel and fees and penalties could be attached to those. >> washington sports club and its owners are also accused of violating the ter of a 2016 se