think there's no country that believes there is a good military solution to these of the either north korea or iraq and yet in so many ways we have seen gabrial position himself against trump alexander i'd love to get your view there from new york what does it mean for german u.s. relations to have taking on such a strong anti trump position there in new york. well himself told us today to those relationships those relationships is this relationship is quite restrained that. it is difficult to cooperate with the united states with the us president donald trump who considers international stage that's old that's what real told us but of course we have to add that those countries are pretty much connected in very many different areas so we can assume that they will find a way to cooperate in the future anyway. one of the ways that many countries cooperate is of course through the united nations and real did underline the special role that the united nations play is and he mentioned the importance of germany's peacemaking efforts in particular a second listen to what he had to say. germany is committe

north korea? i mean, here you are allocating capital to these growth stories in the world, and then you've got the unknown, something you can't control, in north korea. how do you approach that? >> north korea or iraqrld trade center or kennedy assassination, cuban missile crisis, you can name these things all along. these are the things that you, you know, you don't know about. you can't play those things, i think, well. the earthquake, the crash, okay? what might happen. many all of those -- in all of those things, there's beta and there's alpha. beta is what your strategic allocation mix is. do i have balance in that. in other words, no systematic risks. in terms of risk on or risk off. the same is true for alphas. can i have my alphas so that i have a balance of those alphas so that i don't have those risks? that ability to not be exposed, in other words -- or do you want to make your portfolio all dependent on risk-on, risk-off? maria: you can't do that. >> i mean, the traditional -- you can't do that. the traditional form of asset allocation which is something like a 60/40 portfolio, and on a day to day basis you can see risk on, risk off. okay, is that it? do you want to go through a 2008 ag

but from the north korean standpoint it gives the most north korea higher probability for survival i mean look at libya as qatar he or saddam was iraq according to north korea's own testimony and then there are you know these are due to the fact that they stop developing nuclear weapons let me get a final thought from you mr young what about the u.s. and china and to a lesser extent russia what can they do going forward to stop nuclear proliferation on the korean peninsula i think there will first a focus on pursuing north korea on freezing its nuclear and missile programs. did you call it a journey of such a lofty long term goal so freezing will be their immediate goal and they will. agree on imposing on other probably harsher u.s. to create council resolution on north korea and their explains why it took only eight days for us to create council to pass the resolution two three seven five because they anticipated that north korea would continue to test long range missiles and nuclear warheads young chick bongs thank you very much indeed for your time what robert kelly from south korea's pusan national university believes this launc

wants to invade north korea in the ruthless amoral world of international politics big nations like the us china russia bully and invade small countries that they can afford to like iraq or afghanistan or bombing syria north korea no way because unlike those countries we know north korea will shoot back and inflict heavy casualties on the u.s. and south korea perhaps japan so a shaky peace balance of power has been maintained in the region for many years the problem with freeze for freeze is well there's the inconvenient fact that it's been tried before with no success in the mid ninety's the one thousand nine hundred forty nivo accord was a freeze on north korea's plutonium program but of course even despite despite even in spite of the gift the concession of freezing the combined annual exercises between the u.s. and south korea in one thousand nine hundred ninety five in ninety six called team spirit north korea pursued an alternate method of developing nuclear weapons through rainy i'm there is the bigger problem however freeze for freeze that's the chinese prescription russian prescription what are north korean saying we're never going to give up our nuclear weapons

the cia back in two thousand and two charles mentioned the axis of evil speech when north korea was added to iran iraq orvery late stage do you think that's where it all went downhill from there with this predates two thousand and two days because the north korean quite a nuclear crisis really began in early nine hundred ninety s. so that's way before president bush ever uttered the words axis of evil but i don't want to necessarily sort of going to the blame game because this is we're still we are where we are and where we are is north korea is close to completing their nuclear program completing their nuclear perfecting their nuclear arsenal with two intercontinental ballistic missile test and all six nuclear tests in the united states still have very low. options to do something about this but in terms of axis of evil speech i don't think it's it was unfortunate i'm not happy the president was ever all of those words but i don't think that's the reason for where we are where we are right now and if you had to put your finger on the number one reason why we are where we are what would you say i say kim

came out and said axis of evil iraq iran and north korea we attacked iraq noranda north korea said we've got to get a nuclear weapon quick we just have thirty seconds left or so but isn't this the stupid kind of policy that leads to these kind of situations and do you think that will be dialing back any days well it's the absolute stupid policy and it is scary to think with somebody like trump who does not want to be seen as stepping back without having one where this is leading up to i mean i think he does have people in the military who understand going to war with not korea with north korea is not a good idea going towards the iran is not a good idea hopefully they can talk some sense into but eventually always great having you thank you thanks so much coming up when it comes to super storms like hurricane arm of the republican party has blood on its hands the reason why in tonight's big picture and with richard hold bellary irvin right after the break. we don't. get it. according. to. ok. all the world's a stage and all the news companies merely players but what kind of parties are in t. america playing artie america offered more r t america offers. ma

iraq in their home countries to establish guilt and the children. are essentially hostages in a war they don't even understand or i guess d.m. . from iraq. expected. north korea following. the resolution was drafted by the united states and pyongyang has already reacted to this move. in case the u.s. eventually does review of the illegal unlawful resolution on harsher sanctions the d.p. r. k. shall make absolutely sure that the us based you price. looking at what it would take for washington to actually fulfill its economic threats a lot of the loud and angry noises are coming from washington directed against their longtime foes in pyongyang u.s. leaders are now even discussing an oil embargo economically punishing those who do business with north korea the united states will look at every country that does business with north korea as a country that is giving aid to their reckless and dangerous nuclear intentions and it's not just bombast the trumpet ministration is actively planning to block all trade with d p r k i have been executive order prepared it's ready to go to the president it will authorize me to stop doing trade and put sanctions and then he doe

north korea or our allies after the speech? >> reporter: it was interesting. north korea's foreign leader was at the united nations but walked out before president trump's speech. we heard reaction or saw reaction from israel about iraqout of the deal. here on capitol hill reaction from paul ryan said that it was a great message calling for american leadership. the president calling for american sovereignty. america first. he mentioned sovereignty more than 20 times that not only america but other countries should be first. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. >>> if you drive i-66 during rush hour, you know how stressful it can be. it is notorious for the long backups, bumper to bumper traffic. >> some of that could change soon. justin that could be announced by virginia's governor. justin, anything that could relieve that traffic on 66 would be welcome, i'm sure. >> reporter: eun, that's right. 66 drivers, riders out there, the good news is virginia is feeling your pain. state lawmakers say they know that your morning commute can go from this to a slow show of red lights just at rush hour. today the governor will unveil some ideas to remove traffic. they're thinking about turning the hov from 2 people t

north korea that story more after the break. the international community continues li emphasize about what iraq or united iraq this is a slogan maybe an approach with the politicians but in reality on the ground iraq is not one and the record was united and years kurds are not the ones to be blamed for what is happening in the rest of iraq and the direct wrong directions that iraq has gone through. in case you're new to the game this is how it works the economy is built around. preparation washington washington media the media the. voters elect the businessman to run this country business equals. boom bust it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. there's been more condemnation from the u.n. security council over north korea's latest missile test an emergency closed door session members called on each other to fully implement sanctions against pyongyang the meeting came after north korea fired a ballistic missile over japan on friday photos of the known to have since been released and with no new approach to the crisis agreed this is how russia's u.n. ambassador described what's happening. we're dis

ever do the country in the in to care as it had no desire to occupy iraq or afghanistan even it did so you know why should the north korea be an exception axon i came here to talk about north korea and not about other countries in which russia is involved or the united states is involved the issue here is that the president putin has called for teams for dialogue to resolve the issue of north korea everybody agrees. with that you know peaceful dialogue is taking place so what do you do with this was for suggests that's what's going on do you just sit by and continue to see kim jong un develop the his nuclear capabilities which could really in danger both china and russia in the event that there is a mistake take place or there's an accident involving a country developing nuclear weapons that has no history of thought a handle a nuclear weapons or do you get involved in sanctions or what do you do is so everybody's trying to come up with it with a way hopefully that would that would bring kim jong un to his knees and say look at you know i'm an imposition now with the whole world is against what i'm doing such as what wou

diplomats who negotiated for post nine eleven war in iraq about the terror richard branson's alleged or an occupation and why sanctions on north. korea. continues to send troops to afghanistan expanding the longest war in american history former u.s. state department official matthew hoh tells us the war that cost more than two. thousand dead or injured british soldiers is based on a pack of lies told the ball going up and down aides going on the ground but first today is september the eleventh the anniversary of the washington backed coup to oust the social democrat president of chile salvador allende it marked a watershed in the so-called cold war and the beginning of a new neoliberal fat's right economics that would destroy the post-war consensus his milton friedman of the infamous chicago school who inspired reagan and thatcher talking about what pinochet's military dictatorship in chile meant to him and its not so much the death squads torture and cia training chile was a case in which military regime headed by putin. was willing to switch the organization of the economy from a top down to a bottom up performance and in that pro

us backing off on the military action or sizes if we had some very firm and clear guarantees from north korea but. the idea that somehow we are. that because of iraq and libya and so forth that north korea's threatened north korea has an ace in the hole because they have massive artillery that is right up against seoul korea which is the capital of korea south korea it has twenty five thousand inhabitants the clinton administration estimated that a conflict could result in the death of one million south koreans that's a very big ace in the hole for north korea and one that i think really effectively prevent the united states from taking aggressive action there just something you alluded to there the russian president said doesn't military conflict on the korean peninsula could lead to a global catastrophe your thoughts on that. well i do agree with this because we we're looking i think we're looking at a nuclear confrontation between the united states and and north korea at this point and it north korea doesn't have to have more weapons all they have to do is to be able to to hit seoul korea with a single nuclear weapon and it's very disastrous an

iraq. has i'm sick and or how the headlines on al-jazeera north korea's foreign minister has launched a scathing attack on u.s. president donald trump at the u.n. general assembly really young hope called him the biggest threat to world peace after trying to call kim jong un a rocket man traps responded on twitter warning that if the angry rhetoric continues they will not be around much longer in his words the u.s. flew long range bombers along the north coastline on saturday in a show of force. the head of the un's refugee agency has been meeting in bangladeshi camps they told filippo grand day about the alleged murder rape and violence happening in myanmar will find state refugees made similar claims to al-jazeera. the army surrounded our village and set it alight our husbands and sons was slaughtered we ran away to save our lives we can take anything with us except what we were wearing if they found a woman they'd rape her and then throw her away so she couldn't be found they did this in village after village. another earthquake has sent people in mexico running back into the streets six poin

further measures can be taken against north korea in the hopes that they will begin to resume talks or i can really how can live for us there in washington. iraq's parliament has rejected this month's referendum on independence by the semi autonomous kurdish region campaigns are already underway for a vote on september twenty fifth in iraq as well as neighboring turkey and iran opposes the non-binding referendum imran khan has more from a beer like capital of the kurdistan region in iraq. where we're all expecting baghdad to say no to the referendum promise to hide a body has been very clear he says he doesn't want this referendum to go ahead so this vote was expected by the baghdad parliament however the kurds members of that palm and they walked out of that vote so they didn't take part in the vote allowing the arab m.p.'s to vote and say no to the referendum so me who is the speaker of the house says this means that the baghdad parliament must now really negotiate with the kurds for a settlement to this issue president masoud barzani of the k r g has been very clear he wants this to go ahead this referendum to go ahead it's an interesting con

of the reasons why i don't like libya iraq which which i actually thought that it would go along with all the conditions are there that nobody will or that north korea fully and completely understands how to sort of additionally yes but the interesting thing here is that you know when you look at this coverage of the media loves this they love the ballots they love you know you have you do the caricature of a crazy dictator and you know without any kind of context what's going. on here a caricature of blood china's role in all this it's primary interest is not to see a collapse of the north korean state that's a nightmare for china last time i checked north korea is on china's border not on california's border and all the blame is being put on china for not settling the dispute with north korea so china's an interesting fall guy for all of this but if you go back to put some context to what victor said you look at you know trump trying to negotiate this and he can't negotiate because his cards are on the table in other words the u.s. history shows what happened in iraq was a disaster they got rid of their weapons a disaster libya the same thing a di

ready we will never allow anyone or anything to go from turkey to iraq this week we will adopt so many other measures will close the borders. cross the border. north korea's top diplomat says president donald trump tweet that leader kim jong un went be around much longer is a declaration of war and he says north korea now has every right to take countermeasures including shooting down u.s. bombers outside of its airspace. last weekend trying to claim that our leadership wouldn't be around much longer and he declared war on our country. the fact that this comes from the united states president is clearly a declaration of war. since united states declared war on our country we have every right to make countermeasures including the right to shoot down united states strategic bombers even when they're not yet inside north korean as a base. in germany until america has begun the task of building a new coalition after sunday's election a party came out on top but with a reduced number of seats far right alternative for germany party has won seats in parliament for the first time taking thirteen percent of the vote. but it also says on pleasure rick you're in cr

republican holdouts and the currents in iraq hold a referendum on independence as the united states is a key. of a war crime or an airstrike on civilians in syria and north korea's foreign minister says president trump has declared war on his nation and is prepared to take countermeasures. reporting tonight from washington d.c. this is the news on r.t. america.

iraq was. or like gadhafi in libya. so these weapons are essentially an insurance policy to keep north korea's leader kim jong-un in power. >> and what's your sense, as someone who's able to travel to pyongyang, a place where almost no western reporters are able to be, what we can do in the news media is verify the claims that north korea makes, we haven't seen confirmation of this test did we? >> but geologists around the world today -- what struck me is that this took 11 minutes from the time of north korea to reach the seismic station in norway, but they were quickly able to determine, that this was a man-made event, not a natural earth quake, so long before north korea makes an official announcement, they are able to know how powerful this earthquake was, and use that expenditure to calculate how big this bomb was, north korea has not even announced yet how many kill tons this announcement was. you have this seismologist in no way, saying this was 50 kill tons, but the bomb that was dropped on north korea in japan was 50 kilo tons, and we saw north korea re-lease those pictures of kim jong-un standing in front of wha

republican holdouts and the currents in iraq hold a referendum on independence as the united states is accused of a war crime or an airstrike on civilians in syria and north korea's foreign minister says president trump has declared war on his nation and is prepared to take countermeasures. reporting tonight from washington d.c. this is the news on r.t. america. good evening friends we start tonight with the senate g.o.p.'s last ditch effort to win support for the graham cassady health care bill the effort was dealt a major setback the saving senator collins of maine announced that she would not support the bill calling it deeply flawed the bill was already a life support his republican leadership took to bribing senators who opposed the bill up to six of the fifty two republican members of the senate opposed the bill changes to the bill would send more money to alaska arizona and maine all of which have senators who oppose the bill senators were met with an angry opposition today on capitol hill by citizens who would be severely impacted if the legislation goes through they gathered in protest inside the halls of congress and outside offices several protesters w

north korea we regard. vocative intentions to but you also cannot forget what happened in iraq and libya. we should remember this is well enough cories not going to forget about those stunts if you will or do you selfish any sanctions relief in this but yes i mean if you useless and. then when the threat of you know like i told one of my colleagues yesterday those people they will eat grass but they will never abandon their nuclear program unless they feel safe and how how can you help them feel safe and we need to restore international law we need to strengthen international law we need to promote dialogue among stakeholders we need just a little bit of control the party is involved in this process including north korea we need to. help everybody. feel secure and not be afraid of being completely destroyed all the parties in this conflict which should be willing to cooperate. in this situation under these circumstances it does not make any sense to. talk about the military option. and increased tensions with north korea has been in the middle range souls'. north korea has nuclear weapons and they also have it was a long range artillery and multiple launch systems. sixty kilometer range

or the main one so one of the main points he talked about was obviously the light of the current climate was on north korea and he drew a parallel here between north korea between iraq and libya where regime change was imposed upon them and he said that north korea's fear that threat of regime change is white north korea would be giving up on its nuclear tests. but it's actually. everyone remembers what happens with iraq and saddam hussein because he stopped the production of weapons of mass destruction regardless under the pretext of searching for those weapons saddam himself has destroyed them alongside his family members. if you don't agree that was notable and they remember that in north korea do you think that just because of sanctions north korea will forget its policy of creating weapons of mass destruction to russia condemns those north korean actions we think they are a provocation then you could cause all the koreans as i told one of my colleagues yesterday for would rather eat grass than give up on their nuclear program unless they feel safe to do is only. for president putin also said that the us policy on north korea doesn't make any sense and he said t

stories on our iraq donald trump has launched a blistering attack on north korea that is the view speech to the u.n. general assembly warning the country could be destroyed if america or its allies were threatened the military a powerful seven point one earthquake has hit the central state of puebla in mexico local authorities say dozens of people have been killed and one person has died in what a loop after hurricane maria battered the island and it's now moving towards corso rico which is being warned of half a strong fickett damage let's get more on that story now and the gallagher joins us from san juan the puerto rican capital andy what's it looking like. well there at the moment we're not even beginning to feel the first effects i think tropical force winds were are about a couple of hours away the ire of the storm is due to make landfall in puerto rico and wednesday afternoon but make no mistake this is an incredibly powerful storm forecasters say potentially the most powerful hurricane to ever make landfall in puerto rico the last very powerful storm hit puerto rico in one thousand nine hundred twenty eight we're looking at sustained winds of two hundred sixty

by iraq's prien court to suspend the vote and syrian activists say government troops are close to encircling a pocket of isis fighters in there as or after crossing the euphrates river. north korea has once again dismissed sanctions against it as a hostile act that it warned that it will simply spur it to move faster towards completing its nuclear force u.s. bombers and fighter jets have taken part in joint military drills with south korea and japan in another show of force against pyongyang separately china and russia carried out their own naval drills off the russian far east and paul two. general motors has announced it's recalling more than two and a half million vehicles in china over concerns about faulty airbags the parts which are made by the chap unease from japanese from the katha have the potential to inflate with too much force firing strap around the driver and passengers adrian brown has the latest from beijing. rush hour in beijing a reminder that this is the world's largest auto market with almost thirty million vehicles on the road but now some of these vehicles having to be recalled because of problems with their airbags specifically the airbag deployed has now

or is this just about defending its nation? what's it really pushing for here? >> you got a couple things, rosemary. first and foremost, north korea knows what happened to iraq which gave up their programs of weapons of mass destruction. and they saw how the united states went into iraq and supported the rebels of libya. they don't want to be the third country. but also, they want to be seen as a legitimate nuclear power. they want to talk to the united states, as two nuclear powers. and that's just something that the united states, south korea, japan, other countries aren't willing to do. the united states said, they're willing to talk to north korea. but first, they have to dismantle their nuclear program. you have that big rift, rosemary. one they don't seem to be able to cross that divide anytime son soon. >> ian lee, with that live report. it's nearly 4:45 in the afternoon. many thanks. >>> as far as north korea sees it, the u.s. is the aggressor, stirring tensions and raising fears with its annual joint military drills with south korea. as paula hancocks reports, seoul believes those exercises are crucial. >> reporter: this mission has come over from j

or north korea, it is much easier if the u.n. is with you. there are a lot of things that the president has seen in iraq and elsewhere where having the u.n. out in front actually helps the united states and is cheaper for the united states. what i've seen and i think we got in the clip that you played, is a sense from the president that wochb when you're the president and you have to get things done you don't want to destroy the u.n., you want to reform and make it better. that something he seems to have a partner in the new secretary jenle. >> sitting next to each other on that front. tony, mcmasters as we played in previewing the big speech tomorrow, that the focus would be for the president accountability and sovereignty. what does that mean? >> well, first, kate, jon is right. the president is running into a wall but not a wall of his own making, but it's reality and the reality is most of the issues we confront around the world are not susceptible to unilateral solutions and there's no wall high enough to protect us against them, whether an epidemic crossing the frontier, a hacker leaving a firewall, a terrorist forming a global netw

will never allow anyone or anything to go from turkey to iraq this week we will adopt so many other measures will close the borders nothing will go across the border. north korea's top diplomat says president all trumps tweet that leader kim jong un went be around much longer is a declaration of war and he says north korea now has every right to take countermeasures including shooting down u.s. bombers outside of its airspace. last weekend trying to claim that our leadership wouldn't be around much longer and he declared war on our country. the fact that this comes from the united states president is clearly a declaration of war. since the united states declared war on our country we have every right to make counts measures including the right to shoot down united states strategic bombers even when they're not yet inside north korean as a base. in germany and america has begun the task of building a new coalition after sunday's election a particular out on top but it was a reduced number of seats the far right alternative for germany party has won seats in parliament for the first time taking thirteen percent of the vote at least forty five people are being kill

north korea fires an unidentified miso over. several iranians among the dead as suicide bombers launch attacks in southern iraq killing at least sixty people. deal or no deal confusion at the white house again over an agreement to protect the dreamers. and the cassini spacecraft sends back its last images of saturn before ending its twenty year mission. north korea has fired an unidentified missile over japan it was launched from so none district in the capital city pyongyang earlier this week the u.n. security council voted to impose new sanctions on north korea over its nuclear program the latest launch is the second time north korea has fired a missile over japan in less than a month. andrew thomas is joining us now live from seoul andrew what are you hearing about this from there. well this missile was launched at six fifty seven korean time that is an hour and four minutes ago now and information has been coming out during the last hour of the latest here the south commit korean military is now saying that the rocket flew for three thousand seven hundred kilometers in the north easterly direction as you say over japan and it reached a height o

or even endorsed by the u.n. security council. everyone does agree sanctions are going in the right direction. you have today in the last hours president putin essentially comparing the situation in north korea with iraqreally trying to sort of place in everyone's minds around the globe that the united states really is looking to destabilize, that this is a poor scenario. and putin, for his point, is really driving a greater wedge between president trump and the rest of the international community. >> exactly. russian president putin, vladimir putin warning sanctions on north korea. he calls them useless and ineffective. meantime you spoke to the head of the international atomic energy agency. what did he say? >> i asked him principally isn't it just time to say that north korea does have a miniaturized nuclear weapon that can be fitted on an intercontinental ballistic missile, that it does threaten the world? he said look, we don't know. we can't me that precisely. but what we do know is when north korea says something, it's generally following through. that it's making what he described as rapid protest, the number of tests they've had in the past couple of years are an indication of rapid, rapid pr

iraq killing at least sixty people. and deal or no deal confusion at the white house again over an agreement to protect the dreamer's. north korea stepped up the tension again and its nuclear standoff with the u.s. firing another missile at launch from near the capital pyongyang flying over the japanese island of hokkaido before landing in the pacific ocean about two thousand kilometers to the east of the country japan's prime minister shinzo avi has condemned the launch and he's called for international action. now is the time for the international community to come together the latest sanctions need to be imposed in full north korea needs to be made to understand that if it continues on this path there is no bright future for it the u.s. military says the latest strike didn't pose a threat to north america or the u.s. pacific territory of guam but it did identify it as an intermediate range ballistic missile earlier this week the u.n. security council voted to impose new sanctions and north korea over its nuclear program it's now set to meet again later on friday to discuss this latest development we've got our correspondent i

or relook at the iraq nuclear arms agreeme agreement. >> iran. >> iran, sorry. what tool set dupg would be helpful for this administration when negotiating with north korea for something similar because i'm on the same page with you and in the second part, if you put a travel ban on north koreans. and the concern i have with this is most north koreans that do leave north korea are refugees. of whom i work with a lot of. are refugees. refugees from north korea. so, the travel ban for them is something a little bit more, it's definitely more impacting a direct sector of the north korean population. >> thanks for your service. second, i think it's instructive to look at iran and north korea right now. and what it, one thing it illustrates is it's much easier to negotiate with a company that doesn't have a nuclear weapon to prevent it from getting one than to -- from a country that's going to get one. that's why i'd be an advocate for acknowledging the fact that north koreans are not going to negotiate a way, at least not immediately. maybe some day in nirvana land. but they're not immediately going to negotiate a way. the to nuclear weapons. they're just not. they know t

or relook at the iraq nuclear arms agreement. >> iran. >> iran, sorry, iran, sorry, what toolset do you think would be helpful for this administration when negotiating with north korea for something similar? because i'm on the same page with you. and the second part, if he put a travel ban on north koreans and the problem i have with that is most north koreans who leave north korea are refugees. who i work with a lot. >> are, i'm sorry? >> refugees from north korea so the travel ban for them is something a little bit more-- it's definitely more impacting a direct sector of the north korean of the population. so those are my two questions. >> first, thanks for your service. second, i do think it's instructive to look at iran and north korea right now. and what it-- i think one thing it illustrates, it's much easier to negotiate with a country that doesn't have a nuclear weapon to prevent it from getting one than it is to negotiate with a country that already has one or is going to get one and that's why i would be an advocate for acknowledging fact that the north koreans are not going to negotiate away, at least not immediately, neighbor some day in nirvana land, but

north korea? here to decode it is former cia station chief who served in iraq, iraq and pakistan daniel, what do you read from this? very much alive oralive. it's a proof of life. he purposely used references to current events like north korea and syria to refute the allegation that russia had killed him in that air strike in raqqa back in may. brian: what do you look for him to do next that he lost his territory but he has an audience and that's a sunni audience because think a is beginning to run rampant through that region. >> even know he knows a femoral. he wants to libya. he knows cyberspace allows him to-to-do that. brian: you had him locked up in iraq and he was let go. >> i was actually in iraq that year when he was in camp bucca, yes. brian: must kill you to know he is out? >> well, it is certainly causing us great angst. obviously he is making a big impact. he will carry on making an impact just like anwar al-awlaki does even with his sermons even in death. brian: he hides and everyone dies. talk about your other topic op-ed. you call it you a thorn tarren internet. china and russia. seeing unmasking of what their role was

iraq and other places. we must always ask ourselves, are we really doing all that we can to support them? there is no point in discussing our strategy for afghanistan or north korea or isis or any of the other myriad of threats we currently are facing if we're simply going to fund the military through a continuing resolution. my friends, the state of our military is dire. the overwhelming majority of our forces are not fit for combat in the near term. three, three out of our 59 army brigades are combat ready. four are 64 air force squadrons are ready to -- quote -- fight tonight. that means fully combat ready. less than half of the marine and navy planes are ready for combat. the air force has a shortfall of 1,500. 1,000 of which are fighter pilots. the navy has a maintenance backlog of 5.4 million scheduled for 2017. the hard truth is our military is declinining. this president of the united states campaigned with a full commitment of rebuilding our military. we do a continuing resolution, we are not only rebuilding our military, we are harming our military. the hard truth is the military is declining. the evidence of this, we need to look no further than all th