we also desire the same relations with our southern neighbors in the persian gulf. we believe in the formation of a collective mechanism for the persian gulf region with the participation of all regional countries, the security of the persian gulf and the strait of hormuz has always been important for us, and just as we defended this security, during the war imposed on us by iraq we will confront any and all disruptive efforts in this critical waterway in the future. we espouse a peaceful view in political and international issues, and have not saw, nor do we seek war with any country. does not need an empire, iran is an empire in terms of civilizationsafe -- and culture, not through domination. it will continue to do so, remaining a meticulous guardian for a world free from violence. the islamic republic of iran is the same state that understood the nature of the fascist regime raq before anyone in the world. we fought against the baath party of the rock before to wait was occupied before it. the islamic republic of iran is the same state that was on the forefront

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if the persian gulf waterway, w secure, it must remain so for everyone. >> rouhani told me iran will remain in the nuclear deal as long as the other countries in the accord hold up their end of the bargain. >>> a judgment day for bill cosby set to be sentenced for drugging and sexual assaulting a woman at his home. the 81-year-old cosby faces potentially the rest of his life in prison. stephanie gosk is at the courthouse with more. >> reporter: for the once beloved bill cosby, prison could be his next act. guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault, today prosecutors asked the judge to sentence the 81-year-old from five to ten years behind bars. it's the first high-profile criminal case decided during the me too movement. the defense team asking the court not to let public pressure influence the sentence. cosby's lawyers say their client should be placed under house arrest because of hie poor health. andrea constand the former temple employee that testified cosby assaulted her in his home in 2004 chose not to give an emotional statement, but her parents and her sister did.

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and persian gulf countries and in turkey as well and also we have said to sticks from the internet to the institute for strategic stupid. because. we stand what our military according to them in two thousand and seventeen iran was nineteen in the world after even the emirate israeli regime saudi arabia turkey and iraq. ok now we have some trouble with the line but let me a try a second question with you know the iranian president hassan rouhani of course responded the shop be to trump calling the u.s. sanctions economic terrorism and saying washington wants a rigid regime change in tehran if this is the case how will iran respond. well iran will respond first of all internally by trying to restructure the economy into a war area tommy because the united states is trying to terrorize ordinary people it's trying to make ordinary people suffer and as i was trying to point out earlier iran's military expenditure according to the international institute for strategic studies is less than that of turkey the emirates iraq israeli regime in saudi arabia it's nine hundred in the world so ir

if the persian gulf waterway, which is to remain free and secure, it must remain so for everyone. >>ian sanctions and a reluctance by opec and russia to raise output sent oil to new highs. >> we have always said to all of our customers globally that we are ready to supply whatever they acquire in terms of additional balance and make sure the market is balanced and there's no shortfall saudi aramco has a maximum sustained capacity of 12 million barrels per day. and we still have almost 1.5 million barrels of spare capacity today that is available and if required to offset any shortfall in the market. >> do you have the ability to get to 12 relatively quickly if the world needed it, if prices were to spike, as our president has referenced opec needs to bring prices down, do you have that capacity? >> as you know, we have the reserves, 60 million barrels by third party, that's available to sustain that maximum sustained capacity that capacity is available, some of it in days, some of it in weeks. >> how many barrels do you believe will come off from iran? >> i don't want to speak about

a whole and then i repeat their grave mistakes tension between us and iran is building in the persian gulfregion there needs to be preventive diplomacy the dire warning issued by mr lover of today hopefully will be listened by the syrian makers in london paris of course washington. russian authorities have reacted to reports about a new suspect in the. case more on this and other stories after this break. u.s. president donald trump took center stage at the united nations this week the middle east was very much on his mind particularly a red for some sitting in the general assembly trump's words were simply laughable however what is happening in the middle east and beyond is anything but fun. welcome back to the program facebook has admitted that nearly fifty million accounts have been affected after a quote attack on its platform the social media giant warn that perpetrators could have misused the accounts. our engineering team discovered a security issue affecting almost fifty million accounts it's clear their attackers exploited a vulnerability in facebook's code this allowed them to ta

. >> reporter: he was working in the persian gulf when passport because he didn't do his military servicesyrian army. his passport temporary. few countries will allow others to enter without a visa. he ended up in malaysia and wasn't allowed to work. attempts to get to ecuador failed. cambodia deported him. >> i'm stuck here. >> reporter: he turned to youtube and twitter to share his ordeal. >> but i don't have a choice. >> reporter: when we visited he showed us around. >> this is my walking area here where i keep my stuff. >> reporter: must do a lot of people watching. >> thousands of them, yes. i imagine their kws he's compared to the 2004 tom htermi. >> you ever feel you're living in an airport. >> reporter: he's tweeting him. aid agencies say they're trying to help. >> it's a humanitarian case, not a political one. >> reporter: there's a petition in canada. for now all he can do is wait. >> wish me luck. >> reporter: for the doors to his future to finally open. kuala lumpur. >> i cannot imagine six months of airport prices, too? >> right. i wish him luck. >>> now to a heartwarming reu

. >> reporter: he was working in the persian gulf when syrian authorities wouldn't renew his passport because he didn't do his military service in the syrian army. his passport now temporary. and few countries will allow syrians to enter without a visa. he ended up in malaysia but wasn't allowed to work. an attempt to get to ecuador failed. cambodia deported him. >> they send me back the same day, the same plane, and i'm stuck here since that. >> reporter: hassan turned to youtube and twitter to share his ordeal. >> but i don't have a around. >> this ihe where i keep my stuff. >> you must do a lot of people watching. >> thousands of them, yes. what i keep thinking, i imagine their stories. >> reporter: hassan teinal."e's compared to so he's tweeting the actor and hashtagging his real-life sequel. aid agencies in the malaysian government are trying to help. >> it's a humanitarian case. it's not a political one. >> reporter: there is even a petition in canada to take him in as a refugee. for now, all he can do is wait. >> wish me luck. >> reporter: for the doors to his future to finally

general boarding an american ship in the persian gulf and stating iranian people do not deserve to live on this land. first of all we need to eliminate the danger it poses to aleppo hama homs and damascus it shouldn't be accepted that terrorists possessing different kinds of weapons have resettled to some other city and secondly we need to separate terrorist groups from the armed opposition so that the latter could fight the terrorists and together with the syrian government. the us government backing down on charges against an alleged russian honeypots by it among all stories still ahead after the break. i've been saying the number. i mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime stamped each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you loans to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers ove

and, we were sitting on the banks of the persian gulf under a tent.ou can see we were talking about al qaeda. and i had six of the brightest women and men in the administration on foreign policy. he had his nasa security team. before we begin, this is the god's truth, he looked at me and said, mr. vice president, before we begin, can we talk about cancer? not a joke. his family had been ravaged by cancer. this is a leader of one of the countries. toward the end of the administration, we had a summit on nuclear proliferation. the president had 50 heads of state in the west room. you know, the room where they have the ball? great big giant rectangular tables put together outside of the president in front of the fireplace, me with my back to the magnificent formal hall. the president said, deadly earnest, he said, ladies and gentlemen, before we begin, i know you all want to talk to joe about cancer. but let's deal with the nuclear proliferation first. wasn't a joke. no one laughed. it is real. i ask myself, why? why is this happening? i think i have fig

. >> reporter: he was wor the persian gulf when syraun orities wouldn't renew his passport because he didn't do his militar service in the syrian army. his passport now temporary and few countries will allow syrians to enter without a visa. he ended up in malaysia and wasn't able to work. cambodia deported him. >> and i'm stuck here since then. >> reporter: he turned to youtube and then twitter to share his ordeal. >> i don't have a. choice >> reporter: when he visited he showed us around. >> this is my walking area. here is where i keep my stuff. >> you must do a lot of people watching. >> thousands of them. >> reporter: he knows he is compared to the 2004 tom hanks movie "the terminal" so he is tweeting the actor and hash seq encies say they ar trying to help. >> it's a humanitarian case. it's not a political on >> reporter: there is even a petition in canada to take him in as refugee. for now all they can do is wait. >> wish me luck. >> reporter: the doors to his future to finally open. >>> the speed of amazon. those quick deliveries but are they taking a toll on rkers? building co

the supreme leader is upset at the activities of countries in the persian gulf especially saudi arabia and the u.a.e. who are playing the role of bad cop in the region even groups inside iran that carried out attacks over the wristed before an attack they confessions of very clear they themselves confessed that they had trained in saudi arabia all the u.a.e. . a day of mourning has been declared across the country and grieving families are preparing funerals iran's foreign ministry said government sponsors of separatist groups cannot hide their role and military leaders warn they reserve the right to respond against attackers and their backers an indication of how angry iranian leaders are came by way of a statement from the chief of iran's armed forces major general mohammad buggery said his country is determined now more than ever to hunt down terrorists anywhere in the world and wipe them out zain bus ravi old zero to her own well the attack in iran is likely to heighten tensions between washington and tehran at the u.n. general assembly this coming week al-jazeera as diplomatic as

or a major inconsistency in persian gulf. but the top stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment of elements this is the weekly national hello and welcome i'm you know neal our top story voting has wrapped up in sweden and what looks set to be the country's most pivotal election in years well early polls put the social democratic party odd in front but it will be the first time they have under thirty percent of the vote in over one hundred years but in just over a quarter of the ballots it's a completely different picture for the migrant party the sweden democrats which is about to secure its best ever result the second biggest party with nineteen percent according to the latest figures well earlier we got the take of a political science expert from a university on the sweden democrats right. what they do in these elections they put forward this year their written laws jaggi visions so even if they're actually in the economy is boasting as we did and then employment rates are going down and their command is ac

the supreme leader is upset at the activities of countries in the persian gulf especially saudi arabia and the u.a.e. who are playing the role of bad cop in the region even groups inside iran that carried out attacks wristed before an attack they confessions of very clear they themselves consist that they are trained into. the arabia or the u.a.e. . a day of mourning has been declared across the country and grieving families are preparing funerals iran's foreign ministry said government sponsors of separatist groups cannot hide their role and military leaders warn they reserve the right to respond against attackers and their backers an indication of how angry iranian leaders are came by way of a statement from the chief of iran's armed forces major general mohammad buggery said his country is determined now more than ever to hunt down terrorists anywhere in the world and wipe them out zain bus ravi old zero to her on the last british airways flight has taken off from iran after the carrier suspended flights in and out of the country air france stopping flights he says the service is no

the supreme leader is upset at the activities of countries in the persian gulf especially saudi arabiand the u.a.e. who are playing the role of bad cop in the region even groups inside iran that carried out attacks wristed before an attack they confessions of very clear they themselves consist that they are trained in saudi arabia. all the u.a.e. . a day of mourning has been declared across the country and grieving families are preparing funerals iran's foreign ministry said government sponsors of separatist groups cannot hide their role and military leaders warn they reserve the right to respond against attackers and their backers an indication of how angry iranian leaders are came by way of a statement from the chief of iran's armed forces major general mohammad buggery said his country is determined now more than ever to hunt down terrorists anywhere in the world and wipe them out zain bus ravi old zero to one at least one person has been killed after israeli jets fired at palestinians protesting along the gaza border fence demonstrations against the israeli blockade of gaza have be

a whole and then to repeat their grave mistakes tension between us and iran is building in the persian gulf region there needs to be preventive diplomacy the dire warning issued by mr lavrov today hopefully will be loosened by decision makers in london paris and of course washington as. president trump has ordered an f.b.i. investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against his supreme court nominee broad kavanaugh it falls calls from a republican senator on the judiciary committee which has voted to move ahead with broad kavanagh's nomination on the condition that the agency looks into the quips here's artie's kilmartin with more. the u.s. senate judiciary committee has been conducting confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh nominated to be a supreme court justice by donald trump today we saw essentially what happened they took a vote to take the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the floor of the u.s. senate now as the vote was preparing we saw kind of a last minute proposal from republican senator jeff flake he proposed essentially that a final vote on the floor of the senate wo

tension between us and iran is building in the persian gulf region and there needs to be preventive diplomacy and the dire warning issued by mr lavrov today hopefully will be loosened by the decision makers in you know london paris of course washington. yet to see whether that will indeed happen in practice but certainly the suggestions were there in the speech today when there let's move on to israel's netanyahu benjamin netanyahu obviously we've seen a number of the leaders speak he decided to in his speech show photos of an alleged storage facility for nuclear weapons to the u.n. general assembly i got two questions i suppose do you think that was the right platform to do that and what do you think he was trying to achieve by showing those photos. well of course is the second time and mr netanyahu is doing this and you know his attempt is futile as has fallen completely and deaf ears and either doesn't really care that hardly anyone in the international scene pays any attention to him anymore because they're familiar with his theatrical and you know he just has been addicted to this kind o

and, we were sitting on the banks of the persian gulf under a tent. can see we were talking about al qaeda. and i had six of the brightest in thend men administration on foreign policy. he had his nasa security team. this is thegin, god's truth, he looked at me and president, before we begin, can we talk about cancer? not a joke. his family had been ravaged by cancer. this is a leader of one of the countries. for the end of the administration, we had a summit on nuclear proliferation. the president had 50 heads of state in the west room. you know, the room where they have the ball? big giant rectangular tables put together outside of the president, me with my back to the magnificent formal hall. the president said, deadly earnest, he said, ladies and gentlemen, before we begin, i know you all want to talk to joe about cancer. the nuclearal with proliferation first. wasn't a joke. no one left. it is real. i ask myself, why? why is this happening? i think i have figured it out. feel inpeople know and their bones for the first time, there has been incred

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the supreme leader is upset at the activities of countries in the persian gulf especially saudi arabia and the u.a.e. who are playing the role of bad cop in the region even groups inside iran that carried out attacks wristed before an attack they confessions of very clear they themselves consist that they have trained in saudi arabia all the u.a.e. . a day of mourning has been declared across the country and grieving families are preparing funerals iran's foreign ministry said government sponsors of separatist groups cannot hide their role and military leaders warn they reserve the right to respond against attackers and their backers an indication of how angry or iranian leaders are came by way of a statement from the chief of iran's armed forces major general mohammad buggery said his country is determined now more than ever to hunt down terrorists anywhere in the world and wipe them out zain bus ravi old zero to one. i'd least one person's been killed in nicaragua after police and paramilitary groups that tanked antigovernment protesters thousands of people gathered in the capital an

the supreme leader is upset at the activities of countries in the persian gulf especially saudi arabiaand the u.a.e. who are playing the role of bad cop in the region even groups inside iran that carried out attacks wristed before an attack they confessions of very clear they themselves consist that they have trained in saudi arabia all the u.a.e. . a day of mourning has been declared across the country and grieving families are preparing funerals iran's foreign ministry said government sponsors of separatist groups cannot hide their role and military leaders warn they reserve the right to respond against attackers and their backers an indication of how angry or iranian leaders are came by way of a statement from the chief of iran's armed forces major general mohammad buggery said his country is determined now more than ever to hunt down terrorists anywhere in the world and wipe them out zain bus ravi old zero to one. meanwhile the last british airways flight has taken off from tack on is the carrier suspends flights to the country ever on scale m. is also stopping flights to iran sayi

republicans haven't been that supportive of a president since george herbert walker bush after the persian gulf war. as far as republicans are concerned, he's hitting a home run. >> host: let's stick with your baseball analogy. what do you think of his lineup, the folks he has working for him, the issues that he's stressing? >> guest: i'm real happy with pompeo, i'm happy with his chief of staff. i'm happy with stephen moore as his economic adviser. of i think sarah sanders is doing a good job against an ornery press, for good reasons, don't get me wrong. it's early. he's getting his sea legs. this guy has never held office, never been president, of course, but it's going to take a while. his turmoil is not all that unusual compared to other presidents around the same stage. barack obama had, i think, four press secretaries, had four secretaries of defense, and i think he had three or four chief of staffs. so it's not uncommon. >> host: were you one of those republicans who held your nose, or were you a supporter at the beginning? >> guest: i was a supporter almost at the beginning. he made tha

the supreme leader is that sit there at tiffany's of countries in the persian gulf especially saudi arabia. and the u.a.e. who are playing the role of bad cope in the region even groups active inside iran that carried out their tax over a risk of a foreign attack confessions a very clear they themselves confessed that they were trained in saudi arabia or the us. a day of mourning has been declared across the country and grieving families are preparing funerals iran's foreign ministry said government sponsors of separatist groups cannot hide their role and military leaders warn they reserve the right to respond against attackers and their backers an indication of how angry or iranian leaders are came by way of a statement from the chief of iran's armed forces major general mohammad buggery said his country is determined now more than ever to hunt down terrorists anywhere in the world and wipe them out zain bus ravi old zero to her own also as you heard there the iran attack is likely to raise tensions at this week's u.n. general assembly our diplomatic editor james phase is live at the u.n.

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so with this intense compelling account of americans more with the persian gulf war and nearly 20 years now found the new york times and if you are familiar with this reporting with the authority and eye for detail and the clarity and punch. much of chris's reporting occurred overseas a correspondence in afghanistan. and israel the palestinian territories. with a wide range of assignments. to be is to see pulitzer's. but to have that feature writing. and of the afghan war veteran without traumatic stress disorder. also author the previous book and the published eight years ago with automatic weapons with mass distribution seen through the development of the ak-47. some said that the book provides a dark and honest reckoning of u.s. military involvement since the 911 attacks. and calls the fighters a classic of war reporting with the most and powerful indictment yet. ladies and gentlemen please join me to welcome chris speeseventeen. >> can you hear me? i have hearing aids and i sound loud to myself. so i am looking for a friends there are people in this room are in this book i will not

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they're on display on the top floor of a high-rise hotelov th looks the persian gulf. they're confident those shoes will find a buyer. >> wouldn't you want to make a necklace out of it? maybe a bracelet? multiple pieces of jewelry? rather than putting it on your feet? >> coming on news 4 today, we continue our coverage of the kavanaugh hearings and what wil happnext. >> we're also working for you checking out the grocery delivery services. are they really worth your time and money? > plus, flu season is on t way, whether you're ready or not. new warnings this morning from govefficials about how you need to get prepared. we'll be right back. time is 5:56. >>> that breaking news, overnight storms caused a mess on the roads and there is a possibility of some flooding. take a look at this on george shington parkway. a tree fell down there. you can see that mess been cleaned up but i'm sure some of the troubles aren't over right now becausef the leftover rain. good morning. for m chris lawrence in erin this morning. we heard it coming down all night. down trees won't be the

when they went to war in the persian gulf and i was on the national security council's staff and never have come home. never came home. so 27 straight years of combat operations with the united states air forces engaged. they had 134 fighter squad rons and today we have 55. the pace of operations is one of the things that is driving the difficulty of retention of a crew. we are burning out our people. we took the first piece of the study and the interim report to congress. we promised them in the august/september time frame and that looks up. that study looks at what those national defense strategy asks us to do and how we best do it with war gaming and model simulation and what would that general mix of forces be? that was the first piece of it. we decided to share that not only with the congress and more publicly last week, it is not intended to influence the budget. it is it a long- term view and how the threat is changing. so that the air force can provide a sense of where we think we need to go in the 2025 and 30 time frame in order to keep pace with the throat. >> how much of the

in the persian gulf and see our form on in afghanistan in iraq. in and in other. places the united states wants to have a presence. they should tell their reasons and the people of those countries on the legal governments of those countries should endorse their position their presence there in syria against. international regulations the syrian government has. condemned the u.s. presence there this is illegal. suffered. harm there doesn't have anything to do with our so we do not have any intention to fight the americans in any part of the region we do not want to attack u.s. forces we didn't do not want to increase the tension with the u.s. . but we do want america to. respect. law and national sovereignty of the countries. so. let's. just. for some fun through. the use of the. first time. what's your vision of the. soul of the. sun shone sun and believe me if you will not. see it you. suppose but if you feel you should. yes as you mentioned. an hour ago i met with their prime minister of italy. discussions both about. sort of elations you know that it's really.

impression that iran might move to shut down the strait of hormuz, to block all exports from the persian gulfis that something you would consider >> translator: if the united states wishes to use force in order to sanction the petroleum industry of iran, it will certainly see the appropriate response we do have the power to secure our own waterways, and keep our waterways free. >> all right there you go rouhani saying effectively we'll do what we have to do. it's our strait. the oil market is not going to like those comments, i don't think. >> no. the strait of hormuz is an incredibly important oil choke point, huge amounts of oil goes from the middle east to there and asia and elsewhere it could be a massive security threat the question is how serious are they you've seen lots of hard-liners in iran make this threat in recent weeks and months, but it's a case of rhetoric as well. you've seen iran come out hard, that's also because the u.s. says they want to cut exports to zero at all costs. so everybody is trying this shock and awe tactic and it's a question of, you know, who blinks first >>

on this nuclear deal has to be tied with ballistic missiles and operations in syria and in the persian gulf area and all o that. is there any movement from iran on those issues to your sa sfaction? >> believe me, the toughest discussions i have are abo syria, yemen or the regional dynamics. that clear. >> with the iranian foreign minister? >> the irania foreign minister. we spent 12 yearsot nting issues. that prevented us from the rest. the focus was prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon. preserving that agreement allows us to build on it and the other issues with an open channel of dialogue. n d to use more together. together with the united states hopefully. not having the nuclear deal in place would not put us in a better position toiscuss with iran the rest that we need to address. indeed, we have started to discuss with iran the last couple of months the situation in n,ye the situation in syria. i believe we are better hesitioned with agreement to discuss and address and achieve results on the issues than without. >> you have spoken over and t again about security, ab making su

intense compelling and unsettling account of americans at war, he served in the marines during persian gulf war and for nearly 20 years now he's been a journalist with "the new york times". if you're familiar with his reporting, you'll know he writes about military affairs with the authority and informed eye for detail of a veteran and with the clarity and punch of a talented wordsman, much of chris' reporting over time has occurred i don't ever seas as correspondent in afghanistan, iraq, syria, israel and palestinian territory, libya, russia and elsewhere on a wide range of assignments. nowadays he writes for "the new york times" magazine and the newspapers investigation desk, the stories have been part of two pulitzers awarded at the time, in 2002 for public service and in 2009 for international reporting, last year received for writing that lead release of afghan war veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. he's also the author of a previous book, the gun, a history published eight years ago of automatic weapons and the consequences of mass distribution seen through the dev

i know in my experience when i was going out to the persian gulf, we had engineering issues and we spent two weeks in guam -- i know that's hard to think about, two weeks in guam. but they had the full capacity to do whatever they needed to do to repair our ship. and so guam is a very critical base. and in guam itself, that small island of guam, has both an air force base as well as the naval base. i want to throw in here real quick also the naval region of japan. obviously japan is not part of the ninth circuit. but when we talk about the pacific fleet, japan is really critical. we have a huge presence, obviously in japan. this slide is directly from the navy region japan's website, their powerpoint, where it shows you that most of their bases are joint bases with the japanese and their forces. that is a critical area for the united states to be a part of. so what i want to do real quickly is i want to give you the quickest rendition of history of the pacific fleet that you probably have ever heard. in our materials that we provided you, we have the full recitation of all the history wh

he served in the marines during the persian gulf war and for nearly 20 years now he's been a journalist with the new york times. if you're familiar with his reporting, you will know he writes about military affairs, the authority and informed i-4 detail of a veteran and with the clarity of a talented wordsmith. much of chris's reporting for the times has occurred overseas as a correspondent in afghanistan, iraq, syria, israel and the palestinian territories and elsewhere with a wide range of assignments. nowadays he writes for the new york times magazine and the newspapers investigation staff. his stories have been part of two pulitzers awarding to the times in 2002 for public service and in 2009 for international reporting. last year chris received a pulitzer for feature writing for his times magazine story that led to the release from an illinois prison of an afghan war veteran suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder . and also the author of the previous book the guns: a history published eight years ago of automatic weapons and the consequences of their mass distribution seemed

the supreme leader is upset at the activities of countries in the persian gulf especially saudi arabia and the u.a.e. who are playing the role of bad cop in the region even groups inside iran that carried out attacks wristed before an attack they confessions of very clear they themselves consist that they are trained into. the arabiya or the u.a.e. . a day of mourning has been declared across the country and grieving families are preparing funerals iran's foreign ministry said government sponsors of separatist groups cannot hide their role and military leaders warn they reserve the right to respond against attackers and their backers an indication of how angry iranian leaders are came by way of a statement from the chief of iran's armed forces major general mohammad buggery said his country is determined now more than ever to hunt down terrorists anywhere in the world and wipe them out zain bus ravi olds as he wrote to her on. the incidence is raising tensions between to her and washington as leaders from both countries prepared to address the u.n. general assembly this week al-jazeera

brian: they had to enforce the no-fly zone after the persian gulf war the first one and now they areme with florence in recovery efforts. steve: indeed. happy 71st anniversary with you. it was emmy awards on television last night. not surprisingly they got political were. they funny? you be the judge. >> i have been watching this very shocking distaupian drama called the news. i'm on practically season 9,000. gets darker and darker. >> the obamas now even have their own production deal at netflix. my dream is that the only thing they produce is their version of the apprentice and it gets way higher ratings. >> my mother is not watching. she says she doesn't like watching white award shows because you guys don't thank jesus enough. that's true. the only white people that thank jesus are republicans and ex-crack heads. ainsley: was that funny? brian: they did not mention donald trump much. they kept him off. warren michaels trying to up the ratings they got 11 rating last year this year trying to bring it up lauren michael had the whole cast there trying to spread it out. steve: guys w

iran's president lames an unnamed persian gulf country with links to the u.s.he attack on the military parade, at least 25 people were killed. mike pompeo says president trump is willing to meet with the iranian president. the president will host a security council meeting with iran on wednesday. it is possible the iranian president may be there. global news 24 hours a day on-air, and tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am emma chandra. this is bloomberg. alix: thank you. the backdrop for that potential theing between trump and iranian president is brent crude, at its highest level since november 2014. saudi arabia signaled they are no longer in a rush to bring oil prices down from current levels, saying the market is well supplied and the reason they did not increase more is because all of their customers are receiving all of the barrels they want. joining us is rbc capital managing marketing director of and bonnietegy, wongtrakool. mike, good to see you. the warning of demand, did you buy that? m

the iranian president blamed an unmanned -- unnamed persian gulf country with links to the u.s. attack on a military parade where at least 25 people were killed. secretary of state pompeo says president trump is willing to meet with president rouhani is we get the united nations. it is possible president or --ey may be at the meeting president rouhani will be at the meeting wednesday. dallas police say an officer killing killing into shooting a neighbor in his own apartment has been fired. amber guyger said she thought she was inside her own home and the man was an intruder. she was arrested on a preliminary charge of manslaughter days after the shooting. she is out on bond. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in your, i am shery ahn. amanda: and i am amanda lang in toronto. shery: here are the top stories we are following. coming up, our exclusive interview with brazil's president on his coun

the fact it was undeclared, unauthorized did lead to the youngstown decision, but vietnam, the persian gulf war, the aumf against al qaeda, the 2003 iraq war, going back world war ii, world war i, the war of 1812, they're all congressionally authorized. you can go back throughout and i specify that, and so the war power, the power to take the nation into war at least a significant one, and there's some questions about short term air strikes and things like that, but a significant war, that is the biggest of all, and that's something that hamilton talked about in '69 and that our historical practice i think is actually lived up to. i don't mean to footnote korea. that's an enormous exception, but since then, they've all been congressionally authorized. people debate the golf ulf of t resolution but the words are quite broad. >> this isn't the place for this full detour but i want to underscore one thing you said about hamilton in the federalist papers more broadly how many times we see our founders writing about the norms of our civics and one of the things that goes wrong in these kind of p

the fact it was undeclared, unauthorized did lead to the youngstown decision, but vietnam, the persian gulf war, the aumf against al qaeda, the 2003 iraq war, going back world war ii, world war i, the war of 1812, they're all congressionally authorized. you can go back throughout and i specify that, and so the war power, the power to take the nation into war at least a significant one, and there's some questions about short term air strikes and things like that, but a significant war, that is the biggest of all, and that's something that hamilton talked about in '69 and that our historical practice i think is actually lived up to. i don't mean to footnote korea. that's an enormous exception, but since then, they've all been congressionally authorized. people debate the golf ulf of t resolution but the words are quite broad. >> this isn't the place for this full detour but i want to underscore one thing you said about hamilton in the federalist papers more broadly how many times we see our founders writing about the norms of our civics and one of the things that goes wrong in these kind of p

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if the persian gulf waterway which is to remain free and secure, it must remain so for everyone >> so so veiled threat from the leader of iran we'll see how that plays out throughout the course of the day today. we'll see the president this morning addressing the u.n. general assembly this is the 73rd general assembly and it's president trump's second >> i mean, we've pointed at that before this is a different backdrop than what we have seen last year when all of the threats back and forth with north korea have been heavy and flying high. we've come a long way over the course of the last year. >> i think the international community has had the time to address the trump. last year might not be this year you've got the brett kavanaugh supreme court nomination out there. and then you've also got the rod rosenstein situation at the department of justice. entirely unclear what their fate is going to be all of those things weighing on the president as well this week. >> thursday when we'll be hearing the testimony in front of the senate. >> thursday's a big showdown day in washington. >> i

but, you know, vietnam, the persian gulf war, the aumf against al-qaeda, the 2003 iraq war and then goingack world war ii, world war i, the war of 1812. they're all congressionally authorized, you can go back throughout. and i specify that. so the war power, the power to take the nation into war -- at least a significant one, and there's some questions about short-term airstrikes and things like that, but a senate war -- that's the biggest of all. and that's something that hamilton talked about in 69 and that our historical practice, i think, has actually lived up to. i don't mean to footnote korea, that's an enormous -- but since then they've all been congressionally authorized. people debate the gulf of tonkin resolution, but the words of it are quite broad. >> this isn't the place for this full detour, but i just want to underscore one thing you said about a hamilton and just in the federalist papers more broadly, how many times we see our founders writing about the norms of our civics. and one of the things that goes wrong this these kind of proceedings is we so regularly conflate pol