speak of a forest there in let's get the thoughts now of political analyst side mustapha profession he joins us on the line with us now and it's good to have you company again thanks for coming on firstly do you think that these measures implemented by the you will be effective. hello and thanks for having me on the show. as a matter of fact they are good but they're not enough you know they do show the political resolve of the european union. but they don't carry much away as far as the economy and investment is concerned you know the europeans that were to declare that their major kompany. that have large businesses in the u.s. might not do investment in iran and they could not do anything about it and we know that the major enterprises are the ones that are to do investment for iran if there is to be any foreign investment by the european states in this country. but they have ratified this package or set of rules in order to protect their midsize and small sized companies and these you know types of companies could transfer technology to foreign state like iran they are good for tha

i want to start with you, mustapha.rd it and in general over the weekend tariffs are working big-time. do you think it's too premature? >> i think it's very premature. the president -- we often talk about farmers, the china just announced they'll be imposing sanctions on lng. we are about to launch three lng terminals out of fear in the united states is on track to be one of the largest exports of lng in that jeopardizes this. the president is riffing like he does but in trade deals. it seems like he does not. >> i'm going to wait on that. it doesn't seem to be backing down at all. what do you think is happening because the president trade policy is working do you think he has a plan? >> a great economic policy. it's completely booming the tax breaks that every american family is feeling. he has enforced here the economy well how to contemplate international relations and trump is a negotiator and that's what is the same thing that everyone was saying with north korea and when they were backing down from coming to this

what pushchairs i want to i wrote in two thousand and three for the new yorker quoting mustapha to last the head of the fence of a. defense minister of syria even defense minister for ten twenty years wrote a lot of poetry with stuff and i quote him saying at one point there was a worry that america may take syria and i said what would you do then he said what could i do and i said well you could use a chemical weapons and the call of was in the new yorker and it was read to him and you know the new yorker check stuff he approved this was in english he speaks english and he said to me. he said those things chemical weapons he says those things those use this things that the old band pushchairs father want it off us he thought it was a deterrent against israel cost us a fortune we have to protect them it's a big pain he said if we use those weapons america could incinerate us with nukes and they'd be right that's our crazy would be to use those weapons i said what would you do then and he said well we let him are let the americans call that they come to damascus so let's see what happens

"we can't go back, ever," mustapha al haddadi says. he doesn't trust the assad regime. and with nowhere left to go many feel they're just waiting for their death sentence to be carried out. >> you know, george, in the past when we'd go to syria we'd really feel a lot of rage. and while people are still incensed by what's happening, by what they perceive as being international inaction or a lack of a will to actually try to stop the violence, now you really get the sense that they're just resigned to their fate, that they know that no one is going to come to save them or even try to stop the bloodshed. >> arwa, i think you covered it all. not much more to ask here. thank you for the report. >>> the u.s. has refused to forgive billions of dollars in fines to secure the release of a u.s. pastor in turkey. that is according to the "wall street journal." citing a senior white house official. >> it says that turkey offered to free andrew brunson. if the u.s. forgave huge fines on a turkish bank. brunson has been held by turkish authorities since 2016 over his alleged role in

"we can't go back, ever," mustapha al haddadi says. he doesn't trust the assad regime. and with nowhere left to go many feel take just waiting for their death sentence to be carried out. arwa damon, cnn, idlib province. >>> well, crews are now trying to help the last people stranded in the worst floods southwest india has seen in nearly a century. >>> and with historic devastation comes a challenge of recovery. plus this. >> i believe there is a disease in the united states and that is the addiction to sanctions. >> cnn's exclusive interview with iran's foreign minister. why he says sanctions won't get the u.s. what it wants. around the world and in the u.s. you're watching "newsroom." this is not a bed. it's a revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now, from $899, during sleep number's 'biggest sale of the year'. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to put your pedal to the metal. and now, all beds are on sale. save 50% on the new sleep number 360 limit

what for sure is i want to i wrote in two thousand and three for the new yorker quoting mustapha to last the chief head of the fence of. these defense minister of syria have been defense minister for ten twenty years wrote a lot of poetry with stuff and i quote him saying at one point there was a worry that america may take syria and i said what would you do then he said what could i do and i said well you could use a chemical weapons and the call of was in the new yorker and it was read to him and you know the new yorker check stuff he approved this was in english he speaks english and he said to me. he said those things chemical weapons he says those things those use this things that the old man bashar as father want it off us he thought it was a deterrent against israel cost us a fortune we have to protect them it's a big pain he said if we use those weapons america could incinerate us with nukes and they'd be right and so crazy would be to use those weapons i said what would you do then he said well we let america let the americans call that they come to damascus so let's see what ha