this drawing from the iran nuclear deal was a mistake and now europe has to take action and mrs merkel said europe you're cannot longer rely solely on the americans to defend them and europe has to do something more back to a character and i have thank you. and ahead of the award ceremony president mccollum sat down with t.w. and the german public broadcaster a our day for an exclusive interview he told us that u.s. president donald trump's decision to quit the iran nuclear deal was a mistake catalyst for the current status quo in europe is bad for everybody our sovereignty is being tested by everything that's happening the iranian crisis the trade crisis the challenges of the digital world of internet and there are g. transition migration and our capacity to protect ourselves and we have to make progress and we have to be a more integrated european avant garde. quick check of some other stories making news around the world more than thirty people have been killed after a dam burst in western kenya near the city of cruel witnesses saying that most people were asleep when the accident o

possible to have their next meeting one more question about the ukraine or my question goes to you mrs merkel possibly but it's just so this war is a very dangerous incident regarding the freedom of opinion the. sheet of. ukraine was rested in the ukraine and i would like to. ask you on behalf of all russian. journalists to use your influence in all day to liberate this journalist this russian journalist and. of course because you have direct contacts to the people in power in the ukraine. aspires to normandy formant is concerned yes. we consider that an important instrument to regulate the situation to improve the situation in the east of ukraine and russia is willing and ready to work within the normandy far form and we consider it absolutely vital and there is no alternative to this form and we have not yet discourse discussed a concrete date for the next normandy formit summit but we've talked about the all patootie to organize it of course it must be well organized well prepared and i think both the ministries of foreign affairs are going to work on and fire. as the rest of the gender is

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mr trump "laments a lost opportunity". it also quotes the foreign ministry of host singapore as hoping dialogue will continue. the story vies in the chinese press with the visit of german chancellor angela merkelt mr trump hit out at a "hostile" kim, it headlines that mrs merkel and president xi were "seeing eye to eye" in their opposition to the us president's protectionist trade policies. la figaro in france leads on a justice department study of more than 200 convicted radical islamists that it says reveals the face ofjihadism in france. but it covers the summit cancellation with the headline declaring mr trump's strategy a failure. now, you know there's a prestigious musical career ahead of you when you win an internationally renowned music competition at the age of ii. last month, chloe chua won thejunior division of the menuhin competition in geneva. the competition attracts some of the greatest violin talents from all over the world and many of its prizewinners have gone on to successful international careers. earlier i spoke to chloe chua, a student at the nanyang academy of fine arts and her mum, eng lee. i began by asking chloe what it felt like being in the competition. i was really

and a western journalist betrayed the movers putin playing psychological games considering that mrs merkel has a much publicized fear of dogs. putin claimed he never knew that and had apologized for the incident as soon as he found out as our correspondent dernier both leaders have a long history of coming face to face.

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western journalists at the time to try to move as putin playing psychological games considering mrs merkel had a much publicized fear of dogs well in a later interview putin did claim that he never knew that and apologized for the incident is things he found out our correspondent did mention earlier both leaders do have a long history of coming face face to. i am. the russian president likes to drink german beer and sometimes there is a possibility that we can exchange i have also gotten very good smoked fish. here and angela from time to time sends me a couple of bottles of rather berg a big. no the he was firing back at the us following washington's unilateral withdrawal from the iranian nuclear deal the european commission is triggering legislation to protect e.u. companies doing business with iran from u.s. sanctions it would also allow e.u. firms to recover losses arising from actions it has instructed the european investment bank to facilitate e.u. investment in iraq the european union is committed to mitigating the impact of u.s. sanctions on european businesses and taking steps to

area what are our cultures islamic belongs here just as much is not saying a left politician it's mrs merkel who said this with all your explanation thank you very much for these historical explanation about christianity we are twenty eighty she said their religion are part of germany not only these ones were here who is right american or zero i do not see a big difference between. between for civil for what they want everybody to use about that no no no no no no i think it's work if you if you interpret this sentence in the sense that part of our cultural identity is the christianity which you will find or that is not the point i'm very sorry we know that we've said no you know not all of us and that except to the point you told us that the point today twenty eighty again we are here in a liberal free state. yeah is the islam part of germany yes or no islam is a religion which really islam is a religion and the art of do i want the freedom of religion is this is harder according to how i or i use this sentence how i interpret the sentence islam is not a part of germany ok greg i agree thank

the we are not divided and missing my call is maybe is now the good friend of donald trump and mrs merkel is more cautious but she really makes points she's explaining what is going on and has a tense of the us administration now not to impose the tariffs on steel in elementary and shows us that at least so far it's a good organized strategy and it's of utmost importance that we really are acting in. you need unity so the undivided speak of unity are not being divided. in europe donald trump always singles out germany as the main culprit in unfair trade relations they're getting much solidarity from across europe first this that's absolutely not true we are part of the european union and the european union has the competence for trade policy so that's first and second is we are part of the euro zone and the european central bank is responsible for monetary policy so that's not not germany it's the other way around we export a c. many. non-tariff barriers for instance stepping into u.s. markets when it comes to public procurement think about the buy american slogan it's not just a slogan a

and a western journalist betrayed the movers putin playing psychological games considering that mrs merkel has a much publicized fear of dogs to interview putin claimed he never knew that and had apologized for the incident as soon as he found out as our correspondent dernier both leaders have a long history of coming face to face. the russian president likes to drink german beer and sometimes there is a possibility that we can exchange have also gotten very good smoked. angeles in time to time sense because bottles of brotherhood would be. on thursday the u.s. president threatened to quote deal with those states who are not contradicting fully to the nato alliance and he singled out in germany. played a number that is supposed to be paying we have some of the dot. they'll be dealt with in particular germany must demonstrate leadership in the alliance by addressing its longstanding short for in defense contributions germany has not contributed what it should be contributing more and more aggressive but all. very escalating politics and one moment and think. more years of. well. there is no

century and that is going to happen in the next year i think that is the project that denmark ron and mrs merkel and spain and all those we try to to defend the old europe is going to credit the new drop and we had you know on. the larchmont process in two thousand and four we have turned your members for coming from the baltic from eeprom eastern area from eastern european areas and then well we started to then but and then will have the balcony perspective there will be welcome but if they are world from the have to fulfill the whole principle like that you cannot be member of european union like hungary or like poland the states and go to brussels to cut the money the resources and then when there is refugees and you have to troll with no immigration you have to show off all the details said no it's not my business is not my european union so sometimes you look to brush over for money and sometimes you look to the atlantic to washington for the strategy alliance not that's kind of either you are of your opinion or you now in full extent all do are not you're ugly and they're large been there

the criticism because it seems very much as though the criticism if any is being directed at iran mrs merkel the german chancellor accusing iran of being provocative. yes well it's very difficult it's very difficult for anybody to take one side situation all of europe is is condemning on assad it's condemning iranian influence in syria it wants to roll back to iran in that sense nobody's going to come out and take you know take syria and iran side against israel that israel has a pretty free hand to do what it wants in syria in order to destroy the buildup of iranian or hizbullah or syrian missile emplacements or any attempt to build up technology that could hurt israel i don't think israel has to worry much about that particularly now that president trump has taken a very clear stand against iran just for landis talking to us live from that initially thanking pleasure. we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including the military lines up early for voting in the iraq election with a major issue. questions over a violent scene of an indian these imprisoned that's being cal

mr. putin? >> i wouldn't say that it has set a lot of germany because germany has changed especially under angela merkelmr. schroeder is a personal friend of mr. putin. and with russian companies, i think it's not so much about credibility of politics that, i wouldn't say he really presents the german foreign policy. we've had generation change and a shift in terms of how we deal with russia. brent: you don't think this is a blight on germany at all? >> no, i think he's bad for the prestige of german politics and inside of german politics. this is about and taking money for promoting russian interests in germany and europe. but i will think your presents the elites -- i don't think he represents the elite. brent: we appreciate your insights. thank you. >> thank you. brent: in yemen, at least six people have been killed by airstrikes targeting huthi rebels. a palace is in residential net -- this palaces and a residential neighborhood. >> the official ye -- the official yemeni news agencies have said many are trapped in the rubble. a saudi led coalition seeks to restore the government but residents say th

anglo marco's fifteenth trip to sought she and a total of twenty four meetings between mr putin and then go merkel have happened before so we will be watching whether there will be some kind of warmth between them as a result of donald trump abandoning the nuclear deal or maybe they. it will remain diplomatic only and somewhat cold. thanks. that was the same as if it's the russian president likes to drink german beer and sometimes there is a possibility that we can exchange i've also gotten very good small things. angela from time to time sends me a couple of bottles of rather good to be. when we spoke with a german politician fairly resized russia and germany share a common interest when it comes to the iran deal in particular. to give that was so much in photoshop. and. nuclear. iran and other nations under the umbrella of united nations and if i think we have a common interest so the germans and the muslims and the us of the chinese and i was us a flight. to keep the. view of on we share common interests. and therefore i'm saying we expect in germany at least there's a mind to be outstanding it

more obliged to run for another term because of mr trump selection to defend a liberal international order when they parted for the final time ms merkel had a single tear in her eye she's all alone mr obama noted now. remember i remember us talking about obama passing the baton of the western liberal democracy world to merkel the baton that he had wanted to give to hillary clinton and it is that what that isabel i think it comes to show that barack obama and he says that in the book as well that maybe they just promoted empty cosmopolitan goldberg global liberal and that you know maybe they forgot about identity and that is something that voters in the u.s. at least were looking out for when it comes to angela merkel i think she summed it up last summer during the german campaign when she was in a beer tent in bavaria saying look we pretty much have to figure it out by ourselves on the european continent we don't have that partner anymore and i think in the in the segment just before hand with her you just covered it that you know europe is by itself when it comes to trade when it comes to iran with so many international conflicts and

merkel and mr. macron, the three of them showing a unified position on that iran deal they are hoping that the european powers will together back their call to stay inside of that deal, something that donald tusk last night was clear that he wanted the european leaders to do. we heard about the customs union as well. that's a big political question inside the uk as we get closer to the next eu summit towards the end of june, whether the uk side will present a united front on remaining inside the customs union or leaving some discussions still central to thinking about westminster here's what theresa may had to say. >> the united kingdom will be leaving the customs union as we're leaving the european union. we will be negotiating future customs arrangements with the european union i set three objectives we need to have our own independent trade policy, we want a frictionless border between the uk and eu so trade can continue and want to ensure there's no hard border between northern ireland and irela

mr. trump to see? daniel: absolutely. there is doubt on many sides, and there's another problem here. emmanuel macron and angela merkel went to washington to convince mr. trump not to do certify the deal, because it is not only part of the european foreign-policy legacy, but wanted if you successful multilateral approaches, and it worked so far, apparently. the problem is that trump -- mark on and merkel have both offered to donald trump to look at the deal and come up with a new deal, gratified american unilateralism in the name of preserving multilateral decisions. this is a difficult case here. that is why many in europe say we have to give something to trump in order to save the deal, support him in rolling back iranian influence in the region. others say that if you do this, we will become -- lose our credibility in the middle east and with the iranians. brent: i'm wondering about the timing of the revelation. we heard people immediately saying that the information is being revealed to persuade donald trump to decide a certain way. you could look at it that way. what about perhaps to support a decision that has a

the french president, emmanuel macron and the german chancellor, angela merkel, both left washington, with mrional agreement to curb iran's nuclear programme was far too lenient. the parent company of cambridge analytica has been ordered to hand over the data it has on a us citizen. cambridge analytica dissolved this week after months of scrutiny about how it use the facebook they two of nearly 90 million people. —— facebook data. this move could open the floodgates for some of the requests. a nasa mission to study the composition of mars has begun its six—month journey to the planet. the rocket is carrying a probe which is designed to help scientists find out about what's inside mars, beneath its crust. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. right on time, shrouded in fog, at 4:05am local time, the atlas v rocket carrying nasa's mars insight lander launched from vandenberg air force base on the california coast. this, the us space agency says, is notjust another mission to the red planet, but a journey back in time, probing beneath the surface of mars for the first time, insight wi

mr. trump to accept the compromise. german chancellor angela merkel made the same case a few days later. from the foreign secretary,na a face-to-face plea to senior administration officials such as the new secretary ofe state, mmpeo, who said that the iran deal is built on lies. that view is shared by donald trump, and the final decision rests with him. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. jane: for more on what is at stake in tomorrow's decision, i was join a short time ago by robert malley, who served as special adviser to president oba and is now president of the international crisis group. doesn't sound as if he has doesup his mind -- it sound as if he has made up his mind. what do you think this means for the iran deal? >> i think he made up his mind a while ago. he seems determined to undo idprt obama's legacy and live up to his campaign commitments. i think he will walk away. what i your -- what does europe do? jane: we have seen a successionf uropean leaders over the last month or so. what is the best they can hono fo >> in terms of the u.s. dec

his thoughts hopeful of any democratic reforms during put teams forth president say mr you have linsky chancellor merkel and president putin are going to meet in salt she to talk about business to talk about the economy the plan of mr putin was two years to modernize russia with the help of germany with the help of the west does his work. owners the saying i have no idea about that kind of a plan of mr putin. what i see in the reality i see the next station of crimea i see this suppression of free press i see the limitations everywhere almost and isolation in the international on the international level that's what i see in the reality and i don't expect any reforms or any real changes in the forthcoming future so it is certainly nice place but i don't think that any changes is upcoming but there's a new government here in russia and everybody expects that something is going to happen no nobody expects any changes including the people in the kremlin they are all saying no surprise. metry and percent no surprise and i'm saying not only no surprise but i think that this is absolutely the same government w

mr funded nonny work with some important chancellors and your close friends with angela merkel. given your wealth of experience to share ask you for advice. about that no we never discuss politics but politics were simpler in those days than it is now an angle america's era politike america in the us is no to the world has become a lot more complicated there are many more states if you look at the u.s. and other states countries have a growing need to retreat and focus on their own interests. there are signs of dissolution in catalonia the basque country and scotland. one consequence of globalization is that a number of regions are seeking autonomy brussels is too far away washington is too far away that they would rather be self-governing and of course that makes things harder we. are going to seen as the world's most powerful woman something she doesn't like to hear. but that's how she's seen and there's some truth to it. even so there is little she can do to rein in donald trump and vladimir putin how much room to maneuver does she actually have a point. there are two aspects

today we have angela merkel and emmanuel macron meeting later. mris calling the iranian president today. the german foreign minister is going to moscow tomorrow. there is intense activity. what the europeans are saying to the iranians is, stick with the deal, you keep in place your controls, with the intrusive inspections and the limits on your nuclear programme, and we will continue to try to deliver the economic benefits. the americans are not offering anything to replace that. the difficulty is whether they can keep it with the new sanctions that mrtrump is keep it with the new sanctions that mr trump is talking about. that could affect everything from european car—makers like peugeot, greek oil refineries doing deal with iran, german engineering companies like siemens. they'll want to note, can they be shielded from un sanctions or can be used, european countries that convince america to let europeans continue doing business with iran? that is where the critical decisions will be taken. the eu is trying to carve out those exemptions. whether it

keep those channels of communication open and that's precisely the reason why angela merkel is going to be meeting with mr putin that's exactly the reason why they also spoke recently on the phone because the german position is absolutely clear that they want to be able to discuss those issues where there are disagreements with guided me of putin whether we're talking about international conflicts were talking about economic situations whether we're talking about the human rights situation in russia there are a whole wide range of areas where germany and russia do not see eye to eye but that doesn't mean that their relations have to be blocked and that doesn't mean that those channels of communication have to be closed thomas sparrow in berlin thank you thomas. and from russia across europe now to france where another president has reason to celebrate today emmanuel marks a big milestone one year in office at age forty here's the country's youngest leader since of polio he has looked to reassert the idea of powerful french leadership both at home and abroad but he has earned mixed reviews since his stunni

and any case of course the story of personal relations between mr macron and mr putin isn't as long as that of angola merkel and the russian president but still it is quite worth checking out what it was like in the previous year. i respect him and i know him. and. we have lots of opportunities to align our positions and work together in key areas. we should never be weak whisper them when you are weak. and it's fine that again well for big business to global investors here's what some of the delegates at the same petersburg forum have been telling us about the u.s. china trade war and how they see the economic climate in russia as it stands. i think china is very much on track i think the russian economy is on the man and us economy actually the strong so in the short term the growth is actually above the trend of girls which means by twenty twenty we could see a risk of recession in the united states trade war between us china would result in a lose lose situation which means the policy makers on both sides are likely to be rational that's what we have seen in past two weeks but having said that i think t

be to improve the handcuffs rather than break them well mr johnson's visit comes soon after efforts by emmanuel mccraw of france and anglo merkel of germany when they went to washington to try to persuade mr tran dial estabrook reports. with the may twelfth deadline just days away president donald trump's new legal advisor offered this assessment of the iran nuclear deal to a gathering of iranian dissidents in washington what do you think is going to happen to that agreement. that nuclear agreement. was president trump a longtime critic of the pact is threatening to pull out of the deal by saturday unless it can be improved on sunday iranian president hassan rouhani offered a stern warning this solves money and energy i tell me if america leads to nuclear accord it will soon see that this will entail historic remorse for it china the united states along with four other countries and the european union signed the joint comprehensive plan of action with iran in two thousand and fifteen. under the j.c. way iran agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons in exchange for the easing of sanctions president trump says the deal was flawed fro

mr. macon or angela merkel the last week or so.what will play out and most investors think it's the scenario but there are risks. francine: do you worry about european growth having peaked? the data is not clear and depends on the p.m.i.'s are better in certain countries and worse than expected in others. should we assume it doesn't get any better than this for your portfolios? geoff: i think still there are a lot of things going in the right direction but things have come together and people are getting used to the term brexit on mainland europe and is getting to be a little bit of a concern and you see people shaping some of their investment plans because of that and will have a feed-through on that. the facts that in germany and frand and italy, the big countries over there, there are tensions and unclear and insecure governments in different shapes and places. it's not helping the view we'll get a coordinated segment on anything very much but there are a few things in the background that make people feel less comfortable than t

french president emmanuel macron, last month pleading with mr trump to accept that kind of compromise. and the german chancellor angela merkelade the same case just a few days later. so from the foreign secretary, a final face—to—face plea to senior administration officials such as the new secretary of state mike pompeo who said the iran deal is built on lies. that view is shared by donald trump and the final decision rests with him. mike pregent is a senior fellow from the hudson institute, previously an intelligence officer with more than 28 years experience in the middle east, north africa and south—west asia. i know you are not a fan of the deal but you know, there are plenty of people who are not fans with deal, then you are friends with iran and to say that it's not perfect but could be improved. it definitely could be improved. it definitely could be improved. thank you for having me on tonight. it could be improved with more inspections, inspections of sites that iran have kept away. it could be improved if iran abided by existing un resolutions. there are are a lot of things that could be improved. what are you thin

french president, emmanuel macron, last month pleading with mr trump to accept that kind of compromise. and the german chancellor, angela merkel the same case just a few days later. so, from the foreign secretary, a final face—to—face plea to senior administration officials, such as the new secretary of state, mike pompeo, who said the iran deal is built on lies. that view is shared by donald trump, and the final decision rests with him. earlier i spoke to barbara slavin. she is director of the future of iran initiative at the think tank the atlantic council. if the president does go for a partial pullout from the deal, what might that mean? well, i think what he may do is not renew the waivers, but not immediately reimpose sanctions. the sanctions in question now are ones that try to discourage countries from importing oilfrom iran, and even if he does not renew the waivers to these sanctions, it would need six months before they would really come into effect. so this is what he might do, and argue that he needs more time to negotiate with the europeans on more measures against iran. but, if he doesn't renew the waivers, the

you know that really acted on this he didn't convince either mr mccollum the french press the president nor the german chancellor angela merkel who were both in washington to talk about that still and the question in brussels is also and mrs mcgreevey both of us this question as well what is the alternative how will you force iran to negotiate the u.s. and the allies have negotiated for eight years with iran to come to this point to come to this the what is the new leverage right now the u.s. mr trump is going back to square one putting sanctions in place on iran but what now. every randolph and let's give you the final word on this i wonder all that any actions any factions within the leadership that are going to welcome the u.s. withdrawal from that dale and the u.s. being seen as a bad faith that. show of the conservatives and the hardliners who always said this deal was a bad move that the americans cannot be trusted they're going to feel very indicated tonight they will point to the fact the president rouhani should never have done this deal that his entire policy of opening up to the world was misguided and they were fo

we touched on there that angela merkel might find an ally in xi jinping, against protectionist policies of mrblished by that relationship is important but there is a natural ally there as well in terms of doing trade and business and excluding the us from that relationship. on the one hand that is true. and books are filled for german companies and it is probably going to be a record yearin is probably going to be a record year in 2018 for a lot of german companies in terms of their business in china. but on the other hand there has been a huge alignment of interest with regard to food and market openings and intellectual property with washington. it is a complicated situation for angela merkel to navigate and she is not signalling to be totally on board with the chinese side, because we share the same concerns as the united states. what do you think would be the reaction of angela merkel and the european union if the us were to impose 25% tariffs on imported cars? it would be a major shockin imported cars? it would be a major shock in terms of our transatlantic relationship. we already have

mr. ambassador, not long after the president ripped up the president obama deal with iran, angela merkelh the president of france macron and said this. she said it is no longer such that the united states protects us, but europe must take its destiny in its own hands. that's the task of the future. >> look, i spent eight years at the united nations. and you could spend one day there to realize the germans and the americans are on the exact same side. we fight many of the same issues when it comes to democracy, human rights. but there are times when we disagree. the iran deal is one of them. i will say this, though. if you look at the eu3, the european three statement that came out after the americans withdrew from the iran deal, it's very encouraging near the end. certainly in the beginning they say they're against us pulling out of this iran deal. but if you look down further, the eu3 makes a very important statement about the threat of iran. we are in total agreement that iran is a threat. and so what we're having now is just a debate on whether or not the jcpoa will stop the iranians

mr. cohn. with regard to iran, we had visits from merkel and macron.olg here, check to the high bidders he may have a lot of nuances here i think over time he will tell europe, if you think you can build a better mousetrap it's all yours for x period of time the same could be said for interest rates the nervousness and the uncertainty make 4% uncomfortable. in the end we have a couple of friends in this issue regarding rates and moving up too fast and that's called the yield curve. ultimately, i think the fed would like to put rates -- make that normal rate of overnight funds, whatever that final rate is, as high as possible. they want as much insurance for an eventual turndown i think something else jamie dimon says, recession possibility is 100%. what we don't know is when that may occur. same here, if the fed gets too aggressive they'll invert the curve. i think there's a governor built into the system. there is always an outlier and that's stagflation in order to get 4% you'll have to have more growth and more tangible, verifiable levels of inflati

with present chancellor merkel to the russians that looked kind of through a do you think he was trying to make some point to some some nasa edge to the europeans or is it just mr trump being who he is you know it's hard to know if he was trying to send a message but certainly after all the bonamy of the meeting after the supposedly improved atmosphere in the merkel meeting and then he actually treated his intention to me. this announcement and sort of telegraphed where it was going while foreign secretary boris johnson was actually in washington trying to convince vice president pence and the secretary of state to continue the negotiations it whether or not he was intending to be rude whether he was trying to send a message this clearly isn't the way allies behave toward one another the russians are often accused of and into taking all sorts of conspiracy theories and i personally think that's a cultural thing rather than political because we enjoy a counter-intuitive explanations and one such conspiracy theory that's been. stalking me is of us preparing for this program is a thought of whether or not iran is the main thing here do you really think that. the m

european to complement and cajole, emmanuel macron last month pleading with mr trump not to blow up the deal. german chancellor angela merkelase a few days later. so, from boris johnson, a final face—to—face few days later. so, from boris johnson, a finalface—to—face plea to senior officials such as the new secretary of state mike pompeo. that he has taken a tough stance on iran and said the landmark deal is built on lies. the european countries have not yet admitted defeat about the word from paris tonight is that france, germany and britain would stick to the iran deal regardless of what donald trump decides. the problem is that the re—imposition of us sanctions on terror rennes could deal it a fatal blow. our north america correspondent nick bryant is with us. i'm not quite sure what boris johnson has that angela merkel and emmanuel macron don't have apart from perhaps a slightly spectacular hairdo like donald trump, what is he going to be ever to say to persuade trump to stick with the deal?” guess he is the third element of the offensive and it feels like the last 15 minutes of a football game. you have had the star st

mr. chairman. >> senator corker asked me to preside while he's voting. so i recognize senator merkel. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. just to follow up, in terms of our involvement in refueling the saudi bombers that are dropping bombs in yemen, it makes sense, if we're providing this assistance for us to understand what's being hit. could you work with us to provide a monthly report of the -- our best understanding of the impact of those bombs on either civilians or civilian installations infrastructure? >> we'll certainly work with you on that. it may be i need help from the department of defense to get that, as well, some of that information would be only in their possession. but i will personally work with you to try to see if we can get the information that you're looking for. >> thank you very much. i sure appreciate that. and during your nomination hearing, i raised a question about the work of the unfpa, and how important it was around the world to the health of women. we have cut off its funding based on concern that they are involved in providing abortions. every evid