and the labor of love why the persian carpets treasured by iranians are becoming so expensive. president rajab tired edda one is edging tends to sell off their dollars and by layer instead to prop up the currency which is fall into a record low u.s. president donald trump has added pressure to turkey's economy by doubling steel and aluminum terrorists since the start of the year the turkish lira has lost thirty five percent of its value against the dollar much of that stick line has happened since president dredge up type of edible re took office with hugely expanded powers a month ago and see them cause yearly ripples out from istanbul. turkey is president. addressed this large rally and have this massive for his citizens yes. if there is anyone who has dollars euros or gold on the pillars that you go exchange for lear is it all banks this is the national. the mystic battle this will be my people's response to those who have waged an economic war against turkey's currency has lost more than thirty per cent of its value so far this year at least fifteen percent of that was just

president donald trump's daughter has an iranian carpet in her room traditionally persian carpets are meant to portray the gardens of having iranians say the latest sanctions are an attack on the very fabric of iranian identity and an attempt by america to make trouble in paradise zain. carriage. lebanon is considering legalizing the cultivation of exportation of marijuana for medical purposes to help revive the economy it may take months before it comes to a vote in parliament and this isn't the first time the idea of capitalizing on the underground hashish market has been floated. in beirut it's illegal but cannabis is planted almost everywhere in lebanon's northern because region in recent years the government stop destroying the crops because it couldn't provide the impoverished population with alternatives now it is considering legalizing cultivation for medical use but some farmers are concerned it could cut profits. the high supply means it's now very cheap so if they are lies the cultivation its will have no value we have been asking to legalize the trade for twenty years and

rugs last year tehran that sold one hundred twenty six million dollars worth of persian rugs to the american market weavers say it's not just standard tend to block and important revenue stream but also an attack on a rainy and culture sabre's ravi has more from karachi. in iran there is a saying carpet weavers sacrifice their eyes for people's feet. making even the smallest carpet means patiently toiling for months using tools and techniques that have been passed down for generations kartik put that in mind that this is what my parents did to my grandparents who are doing so i learnt from them and now i'm in this career i love this art when i'm not leaving i feel as if i like the carpet is just like a child to me i love it because this is an original persian art for the women in this workshop artist employees they take classes to learn the basics and practice for months. the best students get to work on the most intricate designs. but there is something sad about this job the closer these women get to completing a carpet the less able they are to actually afford one of their own cr

the script writer says the persian carpet was the engine driving the story.iranian and global audiences recognize iranian as a piece of art. it has been a little painful for me that the price of the iranian carpets has risen a lot and now it's on affordable to everyone in the past it was common for people to cover every corner of their houses in carpets. and especially sad irony for carpet dealers is that the united states is their largest market in the. americas but sanctions on iranian carpets but if you look at american buildings and family homes you see iranian carpets on the floor as i saw in a video i think even u.s. president donald trump's daughter has an iranian carpet in her room traditionally persian carpets are meant to portray the guardians of having iranian say the latest sanctions earn attack on the very fabric of iranian identity and an attempt by america to make trouble in paradise zain. kerridge. a special tribunal and examining will than two thousand cases of acts of just between two thousand and eight and two thousand and fourteen than loo

president donald trump's daughter has an iranian carpet in her room traditionally persian carpets are meant to portray the gardens of heaven iranians say the latest sanctions are an attack on the very fabric of iranian identity and an attempt by america to make trouble in paradise zain. carriage. lebanon is the world's third largest producer of illicit marijuana and now it's preparing to legalize cultivation and export the drug for medical use it may take months before there's a vote in parliament but they're hoping that this will help revive the flagging order me saying a harder has more from beirut it's illegal but cannabis is planted almost everywhere in lebanon's northern because region in recent years the government stop destroying the crops because it couldn't provide the impoverished population with alternatives now it is considering legalizing cultivation for medical use but some farmers are concerned it could cut profits. the high supply means it's not very cheap so if they don't go as the cultivation it's will have no value we have been asking to the good guys the trades for

the script writer says the persian carpet was the engine driving the story with. iranian and global audiences recognize iranian as a piece of art. it has been a little painful for me that the price of the iranian carpets has risen a lot and now it's on affordable to everyone in the past it was common for people to cover every corner of their houses in carpets. and especially sad irony for carpet dealers is that the united states is. the miracle policy that america has put sanctions on iranian carpets but if you look at american buildings and family homes you see iranian carpets on the floor as i saw in a video i think even u.s. president donald trump's daughter has an iranian carpet in her room traditionally persian carpets are meant to portray the gardens of iran. early attack on the very fabric of iranian identity and an attempt by america to make trouble in paradise. kerridge. maybe the people in iraq sending autonomous could find that economic recovery remains elusive. new health concerns. killed more than three hundred people. and chelsea are off to a flying

president donald trump's daughter has an iranian carpet in her room traditionally persian carpets are meant to portray the gardens of heaven iranians say the latest sanctions are an attack on the very fabric of iranian identity and an attempt by america to make trouble in paradise zain. carriage. still ahead for you on the news hour. we're going to bring you much more news sad very shortly a story from lebanon the green economy a country considers legalizing the export of cannabis for medical use. and in sport is back in training out of the season opener in the french football only. how the heat waves gone for the most part swept away well quite viciously a facade at least certainly scandinavia this streak of cloud here which is a cold front is getting rid of that more of it is given some decent rights and heavy rain in austria slovakia is running east was overnight and i think most of the daylight hours of sunday going to find fairly wet and windy weather i think will be a good phrase through sweden through denmark on back towards the british isles south of that not far south is stil

and one of those persians lives right here in this house behind me.ted states ten years ago when she met the love of her life, and she never wants to leave. also here right now is hersi er negin, visiting from iran. she's been here now for six months, and she's doubting staying in the u.s. or going back to iran. and the third person who you'll see in this house is romina, azadeh's oldest daughter, who has been living here since she was nine years old she's an all-american girl, but she has one deep wish, and that is to return to tehran, the city where everything happens. >> okay, i'm gonna go to nursing school. i'll be done in six years. i'll still miss iran. i'll still be working here in a hospital, and i'll still be missing my country. >> erdbrink: yea but the way you live, i mean, how can you say, because then you are here? you... this is america, you havb a stableou have a good life. >> i have a job, i have a stable income., but i still mid still have... >> you have freedom. >> erdbrink: freedom. >> okay, i'm sorry, but my freedom there is much mo

i bet the first person i'llwi come acros speak persian. look, persian pizza. the area, "tehrangeles." most of the iranians here are highly educa you'd almost think that every iranian studied to be a doctor or a lawyer. and what do you study? >> psychobiology. >> erdbrink: because all iranians study something really smart, right? >> yeah. >> erdbrin and you're going to be, like, doctor super-smart? >> hopefully a psychiatrist. >> erdbrink: why all iranians are so smart? >> i don't know-- because theyli had, like, a har in iran, so when they come here, they want to be the best they can be. and, like, i guess, a doctor is the best that you can be, educational-wise. ♪ >> erdbrin what is the american dream? get rich. and, if at all possible, get famous. iranian migrants, of course, want to achieve the same goals. and goorgen zargarian was successful in making it. he started a car repair shop, won the lottery, and also provei to be an a entertainer, when a video clip he made promoting his mpany went viral on the internet. >> hey, baby. how does your car run? do you

i have seen at least for sanctions on persian rugs. at least for sanctions on persian rugs. one had the sanction coming back on the rugs, i personally felt very bad because such a beautiful art should not be involved in any politics whatsoever. for my business i decided to carry some extra inventory as a back—up for the future. we don't know how long this is going to be so i concentrate by bringing in the product for the sanction. we sell a lot of our rugs online now and unfortunately some of the websites now because of the sanctions are deleting and taking out our product from the sites because it is made illegal. this is a persian rug from 1880. the rug like this has been in the country for the past 100 years. i think the reason these rugs being woven for the past 2500 years has nothing to do with politics or money, it has to do with politics or money, it has to do with politics or money, it has to do with the love of the art. earlier i spoke to bbc persian‘s amir paivar. about the response back in iran. the reaction is a mix of defi

persian gulf, as it's been called for 2,000 years longer than u.s.at it's doing in our backyard 7,000 miles from home." a little iranian trolling tonight. >> part of this is kind of an age-old dispute between the arabs in the middle east and the persians, why do you call of the arabian gulf or the persian gulf, and we tended military circles, we collect the arabian gulf because our allies, the saudis, that is with the college. really, what this is as the iranians saber rattling and diverting the domestic attention to the united states because it is so bad internally right now in iran. president trump rightly withdrew from the iran deal, reimpose distinctions because he knows, john bolton knows, and others knows, pompeo knows, the achilles' heel achilles' heel of iran as its its crumbling economy. the currency is really tanking, inflation is spiking, the regime is in real trouble. the president of iran has been called after the carpets now i'm just not being able to provide basic services to its people, and i applaud president trump for kind of puttin

and right now iran is holding a massive military exercise in the persian gulf. what has the u.s. concerned about the show of force? we are live in the strait of hormuz. >>> the nation's top security officials coming together to warn americans russia is still trying to interfere with your elections. then hours later president trump weakening the message and talking about what he calls the russian hoax at a campaign rally. let's discuss with our senior political analyst ron brown, political analyst molly ball. we know there's a disconnect. it's not new but to see it play out where you have five top officials in the white house briefing room and then hours later we're hearing a different message from the president, ron, this continued disconnect, these confusing mixed messages for folks is there a chance to see an end to it or is this the reality for the foreseeable future? >> i think this is the reality because the president has shown himself incapable of separating the national security threat to the u.s. from the questions about his own ledgitimacylegiti. it's more than just cogn

from the persian gulf. the larger extent of that is that iran is getting ready for some kind of operation in the region if the time comes that they follow the threats they have made in the past few weeks. you have on one hand, the economic problems and unrest in iran. you have another front in the persian gulf and in yemen that might open up. those two could very well limit iran's desire to stay in syria permanently, and could be the factor that can push iran to come to some kind of copper mines in syria. -- some kind of compromise in syria. i will get to that in a second. staying in syria permanently, all israeliser to intentions. it is very clear that israel did not want to have any iranian military formations permanently stationed in syria. they has said so publicly. they rejected the russians offer of 100 kilometers and a buffer between iranian forces and the forces under the command of iran including hezbollah, and the borders of israel. not that they don't want to have that, but from the israeli point

with you, the arabian gulf for the persian gulf.ary circles, the arabian gulf because our allies, the saudi's and others is what they call it but what this is is the uranium's saber rattling and diverging attention to the united states because it is so bad internally right now in iran. donald trump rightly withdrew from the iran deal, reimposed sanctions because he knows, john bolton knows and others know the achilles' heel of iran is the economy. the currency is tanking, inflation is spiking, the regime is in real trouble. the president of iran has been called to the carpet on not being able to find basic services to his people and i applaud donald trump for putting his foot on the neck of the iran he and economy and the regime which mind it's pocket with what he received. shannon: the people will make the difference and they are speaking out. we will watch closely. the trump administration kicks another obama era regulation to the curb. a number of left leaning, we will see you in court next. from any one else. why accept it from

in this house the memory of a glorious age long past was honored that ancient time when the persian king darrius was defeated by alexander the great king of macedonia at iss in the year three hundred thirty three b.c. the depiction of the battle consists of a million and a half stone. the image we have of alexander the great will forever be indebted to this mosaic. refuse and sewage ran down the streets of pompei hence the stepping stones that enabled the desk to cross from one side to the other without becoming too dirty. a. little. bit. of. the residence of the brothers vet eous like others new to wealth they were anxious to display their status so they commissioned the best workshop of painters in the region to paint the entire property. famed dogs and heroic couples from mythology are the principal motifs in the hall of the. her phrases featuring small pooty or rather little amores and psyches were part of the characteristic decorative repertoire of the fourth style which prevailed in pompei only after the earthquake of sixty to eighty. the palm pains like using tricks of perspective

in the case of iran, you have a host of persian language foreign media outside the country based in thee of them government owned, like the british and government, american governments, some of them funded by governments that are almost universally inciting violence, for carrying out information warfare, trying to create a sense of depression and hopelessness among iranians 24 hours a date. professor macro, go mac —— a day. professor marandi, surely the anger we see on the streets in those protests a nd we see on the streets in those protests and the sense of dissolution, there's... not some sort of western inspired conspiracy, they're the product of things like inflation right now is rampant, some calculate it at running over 200% if one takes into account the plunge in the value of the iranian currency. look at unemployment rates, look at the shortage of water, look at a whole host of different issues that are affecting the everyday lives of iranians. it's no western conspiracy to say iranians are thoroughly hacked off with life under this regime. well, i would say that it's the same

this was also a place of refuge from persecution by the arabs and the persians comprised of soft tough the cliffs can be excavated to create sounds social lives passages chapels in churches their religion has exposed filigree labyrinths one day they will disappear completely. hardly anyone else says the history of byzantine art of a nearly a thousand years. documented as completely as here in the good image via. dating back to the fourth century the oldest known church is a plain room decorated soley by simple crosses on the walls and ceiling. back then graphic depictions of biblical figures was still frowned upon as pagan. the valley of roses one of countless valleys a good employee various layers of lava lie one on top of the other the differential resistance to weathering can be seen quite. the valley of rose the place of prayer for the early community is a mandatory in christian. following the wishes of some basil they were self-sufficient living modest lives and practising charity. st basil immortalized in the good image valley as an icon of the eleventh century was regarded as a

but the larger theme goes back to a lot of this talking about the persian war. it's a great scene where he is looking at theoretically five million troops coming down and marching for seven days and seven nights and this great epic thing and it was portrayed as a civilized versus the bar bear yan. so this is the sub text of private ryan too because we are fighting these terrible nazis who we later discovered how inhuman they were. we already knew a little bit about the war than the gis did. but it's a theme good versus evil. civilizeation versus the edge of reason and civilizeation that comes at this metaphor quizzical bridge and in a way america is defending that bridge against the barbans too. then you come to the end and captain miller goes ends up in the cemetery as you all know and and--ryan ends up in the cemetery but before as captain miller dies he says you got to earn this as you all know the movie and he goes back to the cemetery in his old age with his family and says he tried to live life as best he could and hope that's enough. here's an ordinary he

. >>> iran, this is a big market story, threatening, saying it has full control of both the persian gulf and the strait of hormuz but does it? what exactly is going on inside of iran? we'll bring you the details. >>> twitter see joe jack dorsey will testify on capitol hill next week. he will say twitter does not shadow ban or censor conservatives. twitter is denying all that. we have a special guest. wait a second, twitter, you censored me for my conservative views. thank you for joining us. thank you for watching. money, politics. we have the debate behind tomorrow's headlines. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ liz: welcome to the show. we like to call this the rodney dangerfield bull market. not getting any respect. even though it is hitting new record highs and it is climbing higher in dramatically deep and wide move. look at this! this is about the breadth of the market move. it is stunning. even the large indices, not just s&p 500. the s&p 600 up double digits. not just the russell 2000. the russell 3,000 up double digits year-to-date, all moving higher

and the bar bear yans versus the civilized and this is a arch typical story that goes back to the persian war. so it's not a new theme but we were fighting fashism and evil. so this larger picture of the significance of d-day and world war ii in the minds of steven ambrose and through the way in which spielberg portrays it in private ryan, you get some of that in parts of that movie. and that's parts of the movie that frankly some historians and critics don't like. but in any event, the grand opening was a huge success two years later. if you look, you can see hanks on the left and spielberg on the right there and ambrose and myself in the middle and secretary of defense and tom brokaw right behind ambrose and we had 200,000 people on the streets of new orleans. it was a great day for the museum and great day for our city and state and really a great day in the nation. and fortunately we had c-span as a captured all of it live, not just the opening but for eight hours that day and we had a lucky break, no competing news event that crowded the news cycle and we were able to launch with a t

for more on the iranian perspective, this is behrang tajdin from bbc persian.anian state broadcaster seem to be using pages in facebook to convey its message. it is a counter narrative to the western narrative when it comes to issues such as the conflict in the middle east all the us foreign policy, etc. basically, what this shows is that iran is using as facebook put it, inauthentic ways of spreading this message. it‘s inauthentic because it‘s not labelled as being from iranians media. exactly. that is the reason why facebook says it is closing these pages. this comes after a lot of other reports that we have seen from cybersecurity firms about the activities of iranians hacking groups connected to the iranians state, for example we have seen hacking groups that are connected to iran have trying to hack into the online accounts of many foreign politicians, academics and even journalists including our colleagues in bbc persian. on top of that, even iranian officials including the foreign minister. when you saw these claims from twitter and facebook and you are

the larger theme goes back to talking about the persian wars. there was a great scene where xerxes is looking at 5000 troops coming down and marching for seven days and seven nights, and crossing this epic thing. it was portrayed as the civilized versus the barbarians. so, this was the subtex of private ryan. we were fighting these terrible nazis, who we later discovered how inhuman they were. we already knew a little bit about that before the gi's did, but it is that same good versus evil civilization versus the edge of reason and civilization that comes to this metaphorical bridge, and in a way, america was defending that bridge against the barbarians too. then you come to the end and captain miller ends up in a cemetery, as you all know -- ryan ends up back in the cemetery. but, as captain miller died, he says, you have to earn this, as we all know, in the movie. he goes back to the cemetery with his family and says, he tried to live life as best as he could, hopes that that is enough. he tried to live life the best as he could, and he hopes

strait of hormuz is the crucial conduit for global energy supplies and the narrow passage in the persian gulf to senator ted the movement of some thirty to thirty five percent of the world's maritime all trade so now the conflict around iran has gained momentum after the reimpose sanctions so charmed by enzo on emo thera choosing a very strong and bold way you have very strong gestures and that could definitely lead to an escalation and u.s. officials said the u.s. assesses that the exercise in the strait as part of me being held in response to rising restoring from the u.s. so some do saying this is wrong targeting the united states as an answer to these new imposed sanctions and terrorists as you said they've made the threat before it's a very strong bargaining chip that they do have but what's the likelihood that they'll use it. well that it's hard to say from here and in the moment it's certainly the ball fads and as you mentioned before they have only talked the talk so far it was more about psychology how it seemed so it is a familiar refrain the tough rhetorical is more than likel

. >>> iran launching a military exercise in the persian gulf. likely to shutdown the oil movement through the strait of hormuz. we have nic robertson joining us near the strait. nic, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. it is causing concern because, of course, 20% of the oil supply goes through the strait of hormuz. that is 20 to 30 miles north of here. we are at the gulf of oman. iranian military exercises are taking place in the gulf of orman and the straits of hormuz. one reason why the oil facility here has been developed. the oil facility here actually is at the end of the pipeline that bypasses the strait of hormuz. 1.5 million barrels a day. these are piped out to sea safely here. the concern regionally and in washington is the rhetoric coming from tehran saying that if they are not allowed to sell their oil, no one will be able to pass the oil through the strait of hormuz. this is causing concern in washington with the military exercises. they describe them as involving dozens of small boats. it is not clear if this is to put

we once slid into korea and slowly into vietnam and now the persian gulf beckons. jimmy carter still doesn't know that it takes strong leadership to keep the peace. weak leadership will lose it. >> of all the objectives we seek first and foremost is the establishment of lasting world peace. we know only too well that war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong. it is when they are weak that tyrants are tempted. four times in my lifetime america has gone to war -- >> the message ronald reagan carried to america is one of strength. >> peace is made by the fact of strength. economic, military, and strategic. >> the hostage crisis, the invasion were damaging to president carter's standing. carter desperately tried to negotiate an end to iranian hostage crisis and he would. he wouldn't do it until after the election was over. after looking at plummeting poll numbers, the pollster reported, "the hostage crisis symbolizes our impotence. ronald reagan message is elect me and you don't have to take that anymore." hawkish republicans and neoconservative democrats sta

slowly we once slid into korea and now the persian gulf beckons. jimmy carter's week leadership has shown. he still does not know that it takes strong leadership to take these. week leadership will lose it.>> of all the objectives we seek, first and foremost is world peace. we know it comes when they are weak when the tyrants are tempted. four times america has gone to war.>> the message he carried is one of strength. >> economic, military and strategic.>> the hostage crisis, the invasion were damaging to carter's standing. carter tried to negotiate an end to the hostage crisis and he would but he would not do it until after the election was over. after looking at the plummeting poll numbers they reported the hostage crisis symbolizes our -- talk started to support reagan picked the carter campaign could not meet the challenge and behind the scenes there was not enough progress to deliver before the election. >> the center of the policy with the election was a defining moment in the history of american conservative -- conservatism. moderation in bo

mostly persian asps they're all great fish. there is a perch there's a lot of them to grow this one's a little too small for me to keep. you know or fourth level which. is good not to climb the open or fish like pike taste great to you but on the. whole. the water quality in berlin's rivers and lakes is much better than many people think even celebrities have taken up the sport david beckham and his son. former german national footballer miroslav klose a and spanish tennis star rafael nadal. especially young people are attracted to street fishing. murawski is in his early twenty's. so it's really cool after work but you just go down to the water you just take your fishing rod and some bait and you're all set to go of all things. he's right you really don't need a lot of gear just as well if you're going to go fishing in the city you shouldn't carry around a lot of baggage. st fishing has also become a trending topic on line many anglers she. there their videos on you tube. victor has his own you tube channel with one hundred th

iran launching a major military exercise in the persian gulf. hormuz to oil production movement. we have nic robertson live in the strait of hormuz. nic, what is the broader implication? >> reporter: that is cutting off the 20% of the oil supply for the world. that is what iran's major military exercise is under way right now play be the ability to signal that. we are told they have dozens of smaller vessels involved in this at the beginning of the military exercise. it is watched closely in the region. nothing officially from the iranians about the military exercise. nothing officially from let's say the emirates here who is close to the straits of hormuz. they have assets in place. the port facility can pump oil to bypass the straits of hormuz. that is how critical the oil route is to the world. there is spare capacity to get oil flowing through to the international markets. what are the iranians trying to do at the moment? signal displeasure with washington over the sanctions. what the iranians have said coming from the supreme leader and com

and now, the persian gulf. jimmy carter's weekend and decisive leadership [ inaudible ]. jimmy carter's still doesn't know it takes a strong leadership to keep the peace. week leadership will lose it. >> -- first and foremost is the establishment of lasting world peace. we know only too well that -- not when the forces of freedom [ inaudible ]. it is when they are weak [ inaudible ]. four times in my lifetime, america has gone to war. >> the message ronald reagan carried to america is one of strength. >> pieces made by the fact that strength, economic, military, and strategic. >> the hostage crisis, the invasion, were damaging to president carter's standing. carter desperately try to negotiate, and -- and into the iranian hostage crisis. but they waited until after the election was over. looking at his poll numbers, -- reported, the hostage crisis symbolizes our impotence. ronald reagan's message is simple. elect me and you don't have to take that anymore. hawkish republicans and neoconservative democrats started to support reagan. the carter campaigns could not meet --.

both on the european continent and in the middle east as well as a return to naval harassment in the persian gulf these are all options but all these options will be responded to and i think tehran understands that and i'm ben taleb the new housing us to put it all into perspective thank you so much. now let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world turkish president richard type and want is to make a two day visit to germany at the end of september he will meet with chancellor angela merkel and germany's president after being received with military honors german turkish relations have reached a new low in recent years over human rights and other issues. i missed the international has called for an investigation into civilian deaths caused by u.s. led forces in the battle for the syrian city of raka last year the coalition has admitted killing seventy eight more civilians than earlier reported amnesty says that is just the tip of the iceberg rocko was the de facto capital of the so-called islamic state. the united nations calls it the worst humanitarian crisis in

this as the iranian military claimed monday that they had gained full control of the persian gulf and strait of hor -- come november u.s. sanctions on iran will prevent the iranian government from exporting any oil and the strait is a strategic location when it comes to exporting oil. so they're looking to basically leverage this conversation and obviously this location when it comes to negotiations in the future. >> dana: thank you. a brand-new twist in the trade talks with canada. prime minister trudeau speaking moments ago as he faces a friday deadline. the florida race for governor. can the younger generation move the needle in a tight political battle? to most, he's phil mickelson, pro golfer. to me, he's, well, dad. so when his joint pain from psoriatic arthritis got really bad, it scared me. and what could that pain mean? joint pain could mean joint damage. enbrel helps relieve joint pain, helps stop irreversible joint damage, and helps skin get clearer. enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lympho

zzzquil pure zzzs. >>> we turn to the persian gulf now where the u.s.se eye on iran's military exercises. there is concern tehran is using a show of force to demonstrate it can shut down the strait of hormuz, a critical passage for global oil supplies, our nic robertson is following this story for us from abu dhabi. the question is, what is behind iran to do this? >> it does seem to center on the issue of upcoming sanctions on tehran. of course, these are come nook play now after president trump pulled the united states unilaterally out of that multi-national jcpoa the nuclear deal with eastern. so iran is worried, it seems that there is going to be a knock on economic impact. indeed, that's already happening. what we've heard from the commander of the forces who we understand from u.s. defense officials is leading these naval exercises. he has said if iran is unable eggs port i'll through the strait of hormuz, that one else will. that has been echoed by the supreme leader. that's the concern here because it looks like this military exercise as these pe

of the persian people. of persian gulf soldiers said don't celebrate without us. don't celebrate without the vietnam vet and i was welcomed home in 2010. >> thank you, michael. to roger in pennsylvania and then back to our guests. hi, roger. >> caller: hi. the vietnam war documentary was excellent, by the way. i turned 18 in 1972. my lottery number was 217, and i was 1a. i remember a little differently. i went to college with a lot of vietnam vets and i had a business partner that was a medic in vietnam. and i have to disagree. i think they were all -- everybody wanted to hear their stories. people -- i don't ever remember anybody talking down to them. everybody seemed to hold them in a high esteem. we got a lot of higher end work in north jersey because my friend was a vietnam vet and the doctors and stuff wanted to hire him and hear his stories, that he was a vietnam vet. my father was a platoon sergeant in the philippines, i mean, the pacific theater in world war ii. came home and never talked about the war. he went through hell. kept his mouth shut. died -- wo

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the persian breach reacted on twitter. >> while it is up to the people to determine their path, the u.spport to the voice of the iranian people. reporter: donald trump's decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions has hit iran hard. the currency has lost 80% of its value over the last year, as foreign investors leave. and outside gas stations, the lines can be seen as iranians stock up. the first round of sanctions will affect the purchase of u.s. dollars, trade with gold, and the u.s.'s imports of iranian carpets and food. aviation will also be affected. tv footage shows five new airplanes arriving, but they are the last of the new ones they will receive before manufacturers are forced to hold billion dollar transactions. boeing has announced it will end dealings with iran, but airbus intends to stay in the country. anchor: to discuss the sanctions we are joined by brett bruen who served at the white house under the obama administration and now runs the firm global situations room. thank you very much for talking with us today. you worked in the white house the ye

they target the auto industry and ban imports of persian carpets and pistachios to the u.s.. washington talk to while such sections are in place. >> negotiations and sanctions at the same time is meaningless. front ofe stands in his rival or m&a and pushes a knife against their arm and six talks, the response is that they should put the knife in their pocket and use logic. >> they are paring some of their losses after sinking to a new low. the currency in the country's diplomatic spat with the u.s.. -- it fell 6.7%. the u.s. justice department had a lot to say about why at&t should not be allowed to buy time warner. but the judge ultimately cleared the billion dollar deal. until transcripts allowed the merger to go through, showing that during private conversations between district judge richard leon and justice department lawyers, the judge shut down arguments that he decided or punitive or unhelpful. rapidlynited states, spreading in northern california blazes have become the states largest fire in history. 27 andted on july encompassed an area the size of los angeles. it i

the straight is a crucial conduit or global energies across and the narrow passage in the persian gulfilitates the movement of 30 to 35% of maritime trade. the conflict around ran has -- around airan. president trump and rouhani are choosing very bold decisions. it could trigger an escalation. the exercise is in response to rhetoric from the u.s. so some say this is rouhani targeting the united states with the newly imposed sanctions and tariffs. >> they have made the threat before. it is a strong bargaining chip that they do have. what is the likelihood they will use it? sophie: that is hard to say from here and at the moment, it certainly is a bold threat. as we mentioned before, they have only talked the talk so far. it was more about psychology how it seems spirit it is a familiar refrain. the tough rhetoric if more than likely to be followed up by more mild retaliation attempts, maybe such as harassment in the straight. olli rehn has made the threat before, it has never followed through since shutting down the straight would be a drastic move. if investors believe it poses a real

the persian meteor shower, the best viewing hours when the sun goes down between 11:00 p.m. you'll see your best viewing, and get away from city lights. you want a dark sky. enjoy the sight in the night sky. on sunday limited fog early on, a lot of sunshine by noon. and by 4:00, that breeze is going to pick up 10 to 25 miles an hour. highs tomorrow 86 in san jose with mostly sunny skies. 84 cupertino. 83 sunnyvale. along the peninsula 78 palo alto. san francisco 67 degrees. you are headed to outside lands tomorrow, very similar day to today, 60s but chilly by 10:00, mid 50s. 80s on the board for the north bay. 84 san rafael. east bay 70s to mid 80s with afternoon sunshine. inland not as hot tomorrow as today but 90s are rather warm for this time of the year. accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll show you, pan out seven days, a breezy afternoon tomorrow. much of monday, tuesday, wednesday, it's going to feel nice inland. cool for august in the 80s. unfortunately into next weekend warming up near 100 by this time saturday inland. >> yeah, that explains it all right there. >> i

pomegranate cream and a persian lemon sauce. tuna and a chinese and pastry pockets and finally a dessert of olives and chocolate. germany's youngest female michelin star chef often adds an oriental touch to the dishes she creates. a fascination with arab culture and cuisine began when she was a child which was not so long ago given that she's now just twenty eight. years of emin hima well if we had not always gone to the orient on holiday perhaps i wouldn't be so interested in all these countries perhaps i would have trained to be a chef who knows that man is what i saw there is that grandmothers and mothers were dried chillies on the roofs of their houses and grind them and invest a lot of love that's what we do in our kitchen we cook with love otherwise we could not survive and that's what sensitised recently wrote a few. works at the restaurant in the fifteenth century let's spell consul west of cologne she became a chef almost by chance. yes but i used to go with my grandparents to nice hotels and i really liked it there so

mostly pike persian asps they're all great fish. if. you put it up there is a perch there's a lot of them too but this one's a little too small for me to keep. you know whether with the. book about their colonial bear fish like pike taste great to you but on the with. the water quality in berlin's rivers and lakes is much better than many people think even celebrities have taken up the sport david beckham and his son. former german national footballer miroslav klose and spanish tennis star rafael nadal. especially young people are attracted to street fishing. murawski is in his early twenty's. it's really cool after work but you just go down to the water you just take your fishing rod and some bait and you're all set to go i thought. he's right you really don't need a lot of gear just as well if you're going to go fishing in the city you shouldn't carry around a lot of baggage. st fishing has also become a trending topic on line many anglers share their videos on you tube. it was great weather isn't it thirty degrees celsius lots of peo