we may need to start thinking in terms of what mr pompei o may need to say to try to coax the chinese kind of back into good favor and the reason i'm saying this is the things that have been transpiring over the last 72 hours 1st of all. while way it's interesting watching alex's report because i think if nothing else what you get out of that that that report is coming now is something that we at our team have been reporting for the better part of the last week which is the trumpet ministration and the u.s. state department is realizing that while way either an essential part of the united states technological infrastructure that in other words it's easy to say oh wait go away we can replace you the problem is we can't and that has become evident in recent days number 2 the chinese government is now saying they're going to shell off the u.s. step so the chinese own about 1.3 trillion dollars of u.s. debt they're the 2nd come tree in the world that owns the most amount of u.s. step the reason they're doing that is well multifold 1st of all you know a lot because as you probably know th

secretary of state my pompei o is set to meet with a top chinese diplomat telling her why is our very own rick sanchez tell us what might be on that agenda and america in chaos after another black man is killed by police this time over in atlanta georgia meanwhile this latest case adding more anger and frustration nationwide all right let's move through news cue. the arrest of wall ways chief financial officer in canada was quote highly political that according to a recently released report from that country's spy agency the memo was written up just hours before the chinese executives arrest over in vancouver tonight her legal team says the security document is proof authorities conspired against her party's alex my hyla which brings us the story from toronto newly released secret documents maybe make one joules ticket to freedom in turn as government has called for it. on the floor you know documents. once again shows in the case of. a serious political incident which. would have been going to. suppress chinese i'm going to go. away. with the united states while we. c.f.o. ming one j

secretary of state mike pompei oh and i have sanctions in response to a probe into u.s. war crimes in afghanistan he also gave a speech almost entirely dedicated to the greatness and exceptionalism of the united states. has more on the story. donald trump has announced that sanctions are being imposed on the international criminal court it's being alleged that the institution violates the sovereignty of the united states trump ministrations taking the following actions. first we're authorizing the imposition of economic sanctions against i.c.c. officials directly engaged in i.c.c. efforts to investigate u.s. personnel or allied personnel against that allied states consent and against others who material support such officials activities instead of having the international criminal court monitor human rights around the world it seems that the united states government will take on this task all for its own mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state recently came out with a report describing religious freedom around the world and he touted the united states as the ideal in t

or has used a new usually strong language in a series of tweets pompei wrote that from the excerpts he seen bolton is spreading lies fully spun half truths and outright falsehoods he said it was sad and dangerous then called bolton a traitor who damaged america well earlier the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives nancy pelosi said allegation of bolton's book prove the trump is unfit to serve his unofficial. from the white house a mixed reaction to the impending release of the john bolton book from the president a tweet bolton's book which is getting terrible reviews is a compilation of lies and made up stories all intended to make me look but from his press secretary a different approach the book is full of classified information he is. a misguided hawk on foreign policy and a weak government author and this is despicable that he chose to publish this book without fully going through the review process from his top treated visor a personal attack by the it's the washington swamps equivalent of revenge porn he got fired because he did not obey the chain of command because hi

the world it seems that the united states government will take on this task all for its own mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state recently came out with a report describing religious freedom around the world and he touted the united states as the ideal in the speech mike pompei o trotted out the old image of an exceptional united states that stands above all others when it comes to liberty and freedom our nation is so special as the greatest nation in the history of civilization especially the challenges like the ones that we are confronting here in the united states today will be managed and on the will be a political process this thing gauged of the be wide open debate and are our core principles the the fact that we respect every human being because they are made in the image of god will be reflected in the way that the united states response to these challenges according to mike pompei o american discourse is free and open it's only an other countries apparently that mass protests are taking place. 5. 5. catley it's only in other countries that peaceful protests are dispersed wi

secretary of state might pompei called the developments positive train that has more from misrata on the discovery of mass graves. now today forces are saying that they've been able to recover hundreds or or over 100 bodies in these mass graves these mass graves are yet another indication of the brutality of the libyan conflict and the on the on the residents in the area now in march the u.n. support mission in libya released a statement saying they received reports of hundreds of in 4th appearances killings and the displacement of entire families in the city of to whom by the kenyatta again tonight again that's the militia that was under heavy fire after in control of the city of through a u.n. support mission also added that they verified numerous summary executions at the 2 who in the prison on september 13th. so now the d.n.a. health officials have told us that that they are finding out that civilians are among the dead in these mass graves we're also understanding that the d.n.a. minutes ministry of justice have appointed a committee to identify and investigate but that's the ci

some more limited skirmish this is all useful though for mike pompei o meeting with his with young. in hawaii when he talks about trade with china given this given this narrative that china is isolated let her read the news report briefly it's obvious in 2 sides. really. hong kong. and change are all side state differences openly candidly earth you know but on the other hand both said try to implement the consensus actually in it who side to side to have some kind of cooperation in fighting the benign taking and not the natural trait the big story the nationally arguably has been a book by donald trump's former national security advisor john boehner. i mean there's been many reports that he's donald trump is fighting his own military industrial complex what do you make of these supposed revelations denied by trump that he asked for xi jinping is help in winning the members u.s. election read interesting passage about this conversation. she. apparently should. 'd beings which is what also i have been seeing a reaction from. here you mentioned the fight their own in 1000 pentagon offi

well no i mean we've never as pompei aside we've we're not part of the rome statute we have always fought the i.c.c. attempts to assert jurisdiction over u.s. military personnel and again i would reiterate george w. bush who i wrote for was exactly right we were not going to be part of the i.c.c. for fear that it would target military personnel and the real question the real debate here rick is over national sovereignty the u.s. is not going to surrender some sovereign sovereignty to some international court and if they insist on trying to assert control this is why you're seeing the trumpet ministration push back if you would like to try and do this we will revoke pieces for you your family members and we'll freeze your assets you can have it both ways you can target u.s. military personnel as war criminals and then try enjoy all the privileges and benefits of this country george to you. this is our court to we're talking about judges legal officials i mean you can't appoint yourselves as the world's policeman but refused to go to a court and threaten a scorched earth towards the court i

its 1st steps in response to beijing's national security law to hong kong secretary of state mike pompei it is imposing visa restrictions on chinese communist party leaders he didn't reveal any names but he says they current and former officials believed to be responsible for undermining human rights and on kong which china says the law is needed to restore order after months of protests that have turned violent at times it's bypassing hong kong's legislature to push through the measure the law would ban so-called axis of the asian and terrorism and for the 1st time allow beijing to set up a security office in the territory the chinese embassy in washington is urging the u.s. to immediately correct its mistake withdraw the decision and stop interfering in china's domestic affairs it adds that no one has the right to make what it calls a responsible comments on the wrong call. and it's not just the u.s. expressing concerns on friday a un human rights panel demanded decisive international measures to protect human rights citing hong kong as well as abuses against minorities and the territo

secretary of state mike pompei a tweeted back in november quote fully support the for. findings of the oas official report recommending new elections in bolivia to ensure a truly democratic process representative of the people's will the credibility of the electoral system must be restored it's noted that there was likely some election fraud in bolivia so how much and where remains unclear the oas report was done quickly so it's likely not all of the election data was thoroughly analyzed further some argue that the media's akko chamber added to the overall contention and confusion in a feb 27th op ed in the washington post 2 noted mit researchers disputed the oas report saying very search found no reason to suspect fraud writing that quote the media has largely reported the allegations of fraud as fact and former alice meanwhile is now in argentina where he was granted refugee status and continues to rail against what he calls the u.s. backed coup that drove him from office 7 months later there's still no elected government and no official new election date for the news

conduct in afghanistan secretary of state might pompei or says they won't allow threats of what he called a kangaroo court the top u.s. military general has apologized for taking part in president trump a photo opportunity outside a church in washington d.c. army general mike many a company trump as he walked through lafayette square after peaceful anti racism protesters were forcibly removed from the area when he says his presence created the perception of military involvement in domestic politics. one of the 4 former minneapolis police officers charged in relation to the murder of george floyd has been released on bail thomas lane has been held on a bail of $750000.00 he's facing charges of aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder for the deaths set off widespread protests for police reform and racial justice and those protests on are being aimed at monuments in the u.s. confederacy. the statues of soldiers who fought to keep slavery were destroyed and spray painted in portsmouth virginia with warner falling on top of protestors and the demonstrators attacked the monument after 2 rights ac

secretary of state mike pompei of says the u.s. is outraged at the verdict and is demanding his release. at least 40000000 soldiers have been killed and dozens are missing after an ambush by an armed group there the attack happened in the village of goma kora close to the border with mauritania on sunday the un earlier said gunman killed 2 of its peacekeepers in the northwestern region nicholas hart is following developments from neighboring senegal he says there have been almost daily attacks on the mali an army since january. there was another attack there in january targeting param in mali and paramilitary forces in that exact location over the course of the year hundreds of 1000000 soldiers died now no one has claimed responsibility for this attack but previous attacks in that region have been claimed by the group. while muslimeen an al qaeda affiliate led by a full on the cleric i'm a dooku for he's waging a war against the modern government and want to see the resignation of president mubarak a time he wants to see the 14000

secretary of state mike pompei o fielded a question about the potential attic sation of the occupied west bank during a press briefing there within the last hour or so what did they say. well he's been speaking at the state department just 3 kilometers away from where i'm standing here in the white house grounds we know that the trumpet ministration has given israel a lot of what it requested you remember donald trump made a pre-election promise that he'd move the embassy to jerusalem he did exactly that he also recognized the an extension of the golan heights by israel as well that was a bit of a surprise but still something that he could crow about something that has been mentioned several times is donald trump strong links to israel benjamin netanyahu has called him the best u.s. president for links to israel in the history of the united states well might pompei or to cut that theme when he was asked about the proposed an extension of the occupied west bank he referred to reporters there to the cushion or a peace plan or should it be called the trump peace plan that was drawn up b

secretary of state my pompei o took part in the copenhagen democracy summit following his meeting with chinese officials in hawaii after the summit pompei a remark that china's top foreign policy official said his country will honor all of the nation's commitments under its. 1st phase trade deal with president trump previously there were concerns the 1st phase deal would fall apart because of the pandemic where china committed to buy an extra $200000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods over the next 2 years. and south korea's unification minister has now resigned from his post kim yong said he hoped his resignation would show in turkey relations have entered a crisis stage the crisis he's referring to is monday's demolition of the liaison office that served as an embassy between the north and south the building was destroyed by north korea in the months building up to that demolition though north korea is said to have cut off nearly all cooperation with the south as a result of the interim economic projects being held off due to u.s. led sanctions in addition the north is expected to cut all

secretary of state might pompei or call developments positive. while staying on the continent the bodies of $22.00 west african migrants including 2 babies have been recovered after the boat that they were traveling in sank off the coast of tunisia many of the victims' bodies were washed up on the beach they were taken to a hospital in the tunisian city of sacks of already say most of the people were from the ivory coast it's thought as many as 53 migrants were on the boat when it capsized last week 45 confirmed. syrian president bashar assad has fired his prime minister in i miss just a month before elections but water resources minister hussein will take over until the parliamentary vote in july but the president's decision comes during a deepening economic crisis which has seen the country's currency plunge. cattles special envoy for afghanistan says the president assured garney is preparing to hold talks with the taliban in doha the negotiations known as in traffic and talks are supposed to continue on march the 10th but they've been held up

time to treat the type of statements very carefully and to read between the lines so if secretary pompei oh tell that need to use the word direct then i think that that strongly suggests that there were some indirect and the involvement given that day is that the contract for that operation was signed by 2 or 31 by those top advisers and they've admitted before their signatures they are the equivalent of cabinet level position assad that are held by these 2 persons or that were held in the by the administration then it seems hard for me to believe that the u.s. was not informed us this in the dark but not know about this not only that but the contract that should be untied all of these mercenaries to take actions which are clearly on constitutional and by a lead international law such as the use of land mines such as effectively imprisoning bets on citizens even gave them a take a return on the assets that they would recover so from every single stone want to think that their contract this objectionable and i hope that at some moment in the vents on the national assembly is able to carry

secretary of state my pompei oh is taking part in the copenhagen democracy summit following his why in meeting with chinese officials at the summit pompei a remark that china's top foreign policy official said his country will honor all of the nation's commitments under its 1st phase trade deal with president trump a previously there were concerns the 1st phase would fall apart because of the pandemic we're trying to committed to buy an extra 200 $1000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods over the next 2 years. now to the latest 1000 numbers worldwide cases now topping 8500000 was about 454000 reported deaths the top 3 countries with the most confirmed cases the u.s. still leading the way followed by brazil with almost a 1000000 cases and russia with more than half a 1000000 taking a closer look at this country's numbers cases now over 2100000 with about 118000 reported deaths. and over to california where governor gavin newsom made facemasks mandatory amid the state's reopening that means californians must wear masks or some sort of face covering in all public spaces this order was made to he

secretary of state mike pompei says america is outraged at the verdict and has demanded his release in the philippines a prominent journalist and her colleague has been convicted of libel maria ressa denies the charges over an article on her news website linking a businessman to criminal activity human rights activists are called the verdict a devastating blow to press freedom. up next kemal is here with inside story i'll have the news for you in 30 minutes i'll see them. as countries reopened for business tourism is slowly picking up but covert 19th taken a heavy toll on the industry so how can it recover what changes are needed to make tourism sustainable and do tourists even have the appetite to travel this is inside story. hello i'm come all santamaria so it is the middle of june in the northern hemisphere schools are almost out on the traditional holiday season is upon us but what is true.

is threatening more sanctions against syria with secretary of state might pompei are saying it won't stop until president bashar al assad ends the war against his own people the so-called caesar act targets 39 companies and individuals including assad and his wife asma it includes iraq to financial sanctions targeting any person or entity doing business with the president and those close to him state assets have already been frozen with hundreds of businesses and individuals already hit by u.s. and european union sanctions. a delegation of high ranking turkish officials met libya's un recognized government on wednesday for mr maybe a chill so lou says a lasting cease fire and energy corporation were discussed in the surprise visit to tripoli turkey has been the main backer of the government of national court and has been instrumental in stopping the advance of warlord holly for have to quit up to her head has more from tripoli. it seems that turkey is planning for a long term strategic stage and libya we have been informant today that high profile a turkish dilatation that arrived in

is threatening more sanctions against syria and the secretary of state might pompei o. says it won't stop until president bashar al assad ends the war against his own people the caesar act as it's known as now being imposed on the syrian government it includes a raft of financial sanctions targeting any person or entity that does business with and those close to him assets wife asma is on the list among around 30 other people well nearly a decade of violence has left syria with a collapsing economy the sanctions are expected to derail president assad's postwar recovery plans al-jazeera is in a hole the reports now from beirut a warning some viewers may find these images disturbing. they're known as caesar's photographs named after a military defector who documented torture and killings in syrian government jails his testimonies to the u.s. congress was part of a campaign to hold the regime responsible for what have been described as war crimes it led to the passing and now the implementation of a bill in the us the so-called caesar act in any country in the world there'

donald trump has denounced the book as pure fiction and secretary of state mike pompei or his cold john bolton a traitor earlier we spoke to james kirchick he's a foreign policy analyst and a visiting fellow at the brooking brookings institution we asked him if some of the criticism against john bolton and his motivations was legitimate. and there are many things many things you can say about john bolton or criticize him for the notion that he doesn't believe in things and you can disagree with the things that he believes in but the notion that he doesn't genuinely believe in things and pursues policies that he believes to be in the american interest that's not something that i think even john bolton's worst enemies would accuse him of i mean the man deeply deeply believes in a certain vision of the world which is why frankly i find it. a little surprising that he went into the administration in the 1st place i'm not really sure i mean i'd like to ask him you know what do you think you are getting into because someone who has john bolton's track record of beliefs on american engagement

secretary of state mike pompei o is accusing the venezuelan president nicolas maduro of trying to rig the forthcoming election the parliamentary vote is being overseen by a newly appointed electoral council that's dominated by the door and loyalists mr pompei o says this was illegal the opposition leader why don't has also condemned the move as a violation of the constitution let's talk now to armando our mask is a venezuelan lawyer and social activist he's also president of the permanent commission for foreign policy sovereignty and integration of parliament he joins us on skype he does not want us to tag his location amanda are welcome to the news out what is wrong with this new electoral council well thank you very much peter 1st of all we have to be very clear about our mean goal as a democratic movement is to have 3 instead general elections so it is so low is it well known but not no no well we're 3 times the size of iraq with 2 thirds of iraq populations by the music go some people there with enough money to buy when it's europe and latin america it is because the political sit

secretary of state was asked about my pompei oh here's what he had to say. we saw both local law enforcement in our department of justice move very quickly to address the particular situation now seeing people say we're calling for changes in the way on force in the works it's not money it's not my space here is the secretary of state but you can see this debate take place in america and we have got a white house briefing coming up kimberly what do we think will get the. well i think you're going to hear more on this question of defunding the police of course we have to remind our viewers this is an election year and this is a particularly battle line drawn issue for this white house expects the white house to try and inflame this to make the democrats look sort of extreme on the campaign trail in fact the u.s. president even tweeting about this and we expect that kelly machinating will echo something in her briefing to this effect she's already spoken calling me idea anarky chaos the u.s. president saying this radical left agenda is not going to happen so i

views the situation this has been brewing for a long period of time the secretary of state might pompei of a particular fork against the i.c.c. so certainly this is something that the trump administration has seized on to make a huge display of u.s. discontent with the possibility of its soldiers being tried before the i.c.c. as well for the thanks very much what kind of a in washington d.c. . the tension between the i.c.c. and the united states is nothing new when the court was formed in 2002 the u.s. never signed up although american citizens do fall under its jurisdiction if the court is investigating crimes in countries that have joined in 2017 the i.c.c. prosecutor toobin sudha said she wanted to investigate possible war crimes committed by u.s. troops in afghanistan the following year president dalton criticized the court at the un in a wide ranging speech that condemned globalism but continued to pursue the allegations and in retaliation her u.s. visa was revoked. to cancel visas for anyone involved in an investigation against american citizens bruce fein is a former united state

secretary of state mike pompei o and he seemed to suggest that it was up to the israelis whether an exception should take place so potentially a green light but i believe you'll be hearing more about a little later we may well be back with you or james within this news hour for further analysis from over there many thanks indeed our diplomatic as the james bays there at the u.n. here is why israel's annexation plans are so controversial the occupied west bank including east jerusalem is part of historic palestine which is james was saying there's been under israeli occupation since 1967 and over half a century israel has built around $250.00 settlements and outposts in violation of international law more than 640000 israelis live these illegal settlements spread across the west bank which makes a future palestinian state nearly impossible last year israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu unveiled his plan to unilaterally declare israel's sovereignty over the settlements built on occupied land it also included the most fertile parts of the occupied west bank known as the jordan valley in a

secretary of state might pompei a cold developments positive. one sort. is a professor of political science at the university of texas at san antonio and joins me from there via skype good to have you with us on the program again sir it does seem that the power politics is in play and that the g.n.a.s. in 5th the gay you might say to clear libya of l.m.a. have to forces and their allies can they do it is it feasible. no there's no fusible it's not going to happen you know. i'll tell you what i mean i sound like a broken record but the truth. is in little illegitimate government. doesn't have the support of all newbie. don't believe in the d.n.a. and more and more and more and more important they don't have the forces to do that with their hope so if you want to live 10000 dollars and muscle reason and your flight. it's your job is one of everything right now it isn't what is happening right now in libya is that there have been a realization that the most important body in the government in the country which is the parliament has been marginalized and by a

secretary of state mike pompei of says the u.s. is quote outraged by the sentencing of a former marine to 16 years in prison by court in russia paul whelan has been convicted of spying and his trial was conducted behind closed doors the u.s. says no evidence was provided and it's called for his release mr whelan says he's innocent and that he was set up he says the russian police planted a flash drive containing classified information whilst he was at a friend's wedding 2 years ago. i've described these proceedings as a mockery of justice and today just confirmed. an american citizen has been sentenced to a term of 16 years. for running for which we have not seen evidence he's not seen he was denied the opportunity to present witnesses in his defense he was denied the opportunity to work cooperatively with his defense counsel which in his defense counsel appointed for him not defense counsel he said. so this is a mockery of justice at least by american standards ok let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly held good lif