for the region. to my understanding the u.s. is not going to pay forever for the region. to my understanding some countries would not be able to employ the u.s. forever for their security. we need a regional system and this can be a part of the grand bargain because in the last 30 years i believed the u.s. was opposing a regional cooperation system. now the u.s. does not oppose the regional cooperation system. and then the crisis, you have crises in afghanistan come you have crises in iraq and you have crises and syria. syria of course the equation would be different. they would need to have russia. they would need to have regional powers like saudi arabia and like turkey, iran and big powers like the u.s. and russia to manage theory in crisis but iran should be a part of the soluti solution. otherwise isolating iran and syria you would never be able to get a solution to the syrian crisis. that is why geneva ones failed. that is why geneva to failed and even though you are going to have geneva three

and the region. i would prepare warren to stop here and go to the questions. [applause] >> i am going to ask a couple questions of my own and then we will go to the floor. hussein, you mentioned saudi arabia and the need to include them. i want to ask you about something that is current right now. as we know the foreign minister of iran at one point proposed going to the gulf states to present a case that is not poplar in the gulf states. i think we wanted to go and there was no invitation forthcoming. i think that changing and one is hearing there is a chance there might be a meeting between saudi arabia and iran. can you report where that stands? the saudi arabians opposition to the middle east a struggle between saudi arabia and sunni on one end and iran and the shiites on the other end. how does that stand? >> i don't know whether we have any change because still there is no official invitation for the minister to visit the area. >> i was going to say in the book also hassan tells a fascinating s

in the region.despite 30 years of pressure, sanctions, war, ultimately irana today is onen of the most stab countries. and when i look at the region, i see iran and turkey, the most stable countries. is they are stable or they are vulnerable to the crisis. therefore, this is additional responsibility for tehran and washington to cooperate. to end my statement, i do not y believe the crisis in the regioa would be resolved only by cooperation between iran and ths u.s.audi ara we need to engage the other we regional n powers like saudi on arabia, like turkey. we need a regional cooperation system which i have discussed in details in my book in persian gulf and in the region. without regional cooperation system, without close cooperation between iran, saudi arabia, turkey, the regional powers, even bilateral cooperation between iran and the u.s. would not be able to manag the crisis in the middle east. i would prepare warren to stop here and then to go to their questions.m go a [ applause ] >> thank you

if you look at what the region was and what we were doing, the region was a dysfunctional mess. eight years of a war in iran and , and millions of people of dead or wounded, which led to the invasion of kuwait by saddam hussein. what we have tried to do is to deal with that dysfunction. sometimes with more success and sometimes with less success. in the last five years we have been doing something different. we can let the region short itself out -- sort itself out and the principles of that, how that is conceived of mayberry, but i think that is what was in mind in the administration. put it a couple of weeks ago as an interesting experiment. that experiment hasn't worked. it is signed to have a vision for the future. the question is what to do about it now, and what has worked for us and when it has worked is what michael suggests, we have friends and enemies. maybe if we get to where our friends are actually feeling empowered and confident and successful, then we can figure can draw the enemies into that sort of compact. for the moment, and i want to end on the sunni point, r

and the region.i would prepare warren to stop here and go to the questions. [applause] >> i am going to ask a couple questions of my own and then we will go to the floor. hussein, you mentioned saudi arabia and the need to include them. i want to ask you about something that is current right now. as we know the foreign minister of iran at one point proposed going to the gulf states to present a case that is not poplar in the gulf states. i think we wanted to go and there was no invitation forthcoming. i think that changing and one is hearing there is a chance there might be a meeting between saudi arabia and iran. can you report where that stands? the saudi arabians opposition to the middle east a struggle between saudi arabia and sunni on one end and iran and the shiites on the other end. how does that stand? >> i don't know whether we have any change because still there is no official invitation for the minister to visit the area. >> i was going to say in the book also hassan tells a fascinating st

look at what the region was and what we were doing, the region was a dysfunctional mess. eight years of a war and iran and iraq, which managed to move think, two i centimeters, and millions of people that are wounded, which by to the invasion of kuwait hussein, and what we have tried to do is to deal with that sometimes with more success, sometimes with less. what we have been doing i think for the last five years is something different. it has been to say, "look, we can let the region sort itself out. the principles of how that is conceived of may vary, but that is what i think was in mind in it wasinistration, and an interesting experiment. .hat experiment has not worked trying to have a vision of the worked for usas when it has worked is what michael suggests, that we have to see we have friends and we have enemies. and that maybe if we get to a point where our friends are actually feeling empowered, confident, successful, then we how we can draw the enemies into that sort of compact. to mee moment, it seems -- and i just want to end on the sunni point. right now, the

, it's trying to work a role of different players in the region. i think of kutar ranging from the modmoderates, and we're certainly part of the moderates, all the way to the extremists. the challenge for us is how to work with kutar and help develop where we think the region should go. >> we can't define it as an ally, but in someays they are allied with our interests. >> very much. i think that's an important point. i agree with you entirely. there is a very important kutar air base occupied by the united states, used for years now, that rivals europe. il it's very large, strategic. that's one example how kutar is important to the united states and is working with the united states. >> that leads to a question about the air base. are there some air missions the united states won't even attempt to try from that air base because of political sensitivities in the gulf? >> yes, there are. that has been a continuing conversation with the people of qatar, and it really has worked. i spent three years as an ambassador in qatar. i had many meetings with

the kurdistan region absolutely has the largest oil and gas reserves in the region.hey can get their hands on this, it is their dream come true, can continue to sustain themselves. e.b. in lynchburg, virginia. good morning. caller: am i on the air? knows, with any military intelligence, without any aid, no army can function. i know isis is getting money from kidnap people and then they bank. as long as that money keeps on flowing, like vietnam, as long --the supplies keep going, nbc and north vietnam had enough supplies to defeat the west. if you do not cannot be supplies, they can continue to fight. moneyg as they have coming in, people coming in from around the world, with the ideology in their mind, let's keep killing americans. it will never stop. states, are the kurdish people doing enough to cut off supplies fueling isis? we are certainly doing everything we can in making sure the areas that we have captured, these areas of revenue are taken back. certainly that does not help anybody but lengthening isis. to, the caller is referring kidnapping and offering gran

that's -- region, the region that's been controlled by the kurdish security forces.and we're very grateful for this, for the american support and the liberation of iraq, absolutely. in terms of us fighting for and side by side the american forces, that's absolutely true. we've cone that in 199 -- we've done that in 1991, 2003, and we stand ready to do this, and we've always considered forces as boots on the ground. we don't necessarily need american boots on the ground. we have the boots, we have the capability, and we have the will to do it. however, what we need to be doing is getting the right equipment so that we can carry on this fight. you cannot fight a nonpiercing humvee or an armored humvee with an ak-47. our intelligence sources tell us when they're firing at it, it's like throwing a small rock at the wall which nothing penetrates. in terms of us getting the right equipment, the heavy equipment that we've been asking for to offset the balance, tip the balance with isis, some of the light munition and light arms have come in, but this is not effective. what

and if you're 50 and above you're the regional. so it can be very confusing that the only people getting letters with fines if you have 49 you'll get a letter from us 50 you'll get a letter from the regional. we see if we that didn't work closely together there could be confusion it's because we have a program in place that we have the confusion and i believe there's one other city or two other cities that have the same challenge >> in the bay area. berkley and the airport has one of its own >> the city of richmond i wanted to point out if you've heard confusion i don't think if you will we're aware and working hard to easy that transition. >> thanks bob and david for joining us and colleagues have some discussion and ideas commissioner wan. >> how do the business report to san francisco and how will this new state audience have a different requirement or is that the same. >> employers covered from the san francisco ordinance report to our website. the difference is and this is what we've been going the outreach the difference is i

how do we prioritize the region and the region actually in you want to support folks that are out there making the tough calls and doing this. we watched it very carefully. i just felt that at this particular point. the attitudes weren't improving and the expression appeared to be a flash point and that if we we'd me people first that be in a better situation. so i've been monitoring closely and felt that this was the appropriate time to make this shift. >> we'll have significant resources in patrol but they will be part of that multidisciplinary team. we expect we'll continue to rely on a joint force in this area to make sure with the various shifts that are involved and all that stuff. but operationally the patrol will be the lead agency when it comes to security. >> we'll have whatever is out there. i think the challenge we face today is not whether you have enough officers or not. the challenge we face today is not whether you have enough resources or not. it's not whether you've shown enough strength on the police side or not. i think we've shown that. that's why i think a little s

the wet weather across the region today.it will be short-lived as the front should past the region through the evening hours and then high-pressure behind it will fill in by tomorrow about bringing in less humid conditions and a beautiful end to the work week. here is futurecast -- most of the wet weather holding off until the early-afternoon hours and becoming more widespread into the evening. 8:00, it pushes out of the region and skies clear out by tomorrow morning. that is a little bit of good news. now to the tropics -- we were talking about are the for a couple of days. this has become post-tropical, losing tropical characteristics, and there are no longer any advisories issued. nothing to worry about with bertha. we will continue to watch things in hawaii as we have the hurricanes, category one storms at this time, and the impact will likely reach the hawaiian island by tomorrow afternoon. rain will likely be the biggest threat, but some wind could be strong enough to produce damage. around here today, partly sunny ski

for the region. one of its greatest assets. now, most of the countries of central africa are at peace, but the peace is nonetheless threatened by the persistence of conflicts in the central african republic and to its east by that in the central african -- the democratic republic of congo. terrorism, piracy on the seas and other forms of violence remain constant concerns. the deep reasons for this insecurity and conflict in central africa and everywhere in africa, in fact, are quite diverse in nature. let's try to run down some of the basic elements that we would have to consider. poverty, certainly, the lack of jobs, the absence of hope in the future, the ongoing search for a means to get by, the armed conflicts that seek to exploit natural resources, a sense of injustice, exclusion, frustrations that are borne of inequitable and unfair distribution of national wealth, the absence of state institutions or extreme weakness of the same, electoral problems that come from ethnocentric claims that ongoing cleavages that are either

to cut this even further in the region. at the same time, the program has added $2 billion to the inional economy and locked more than $1 billion in savings on energy bills. from state success stories. states that reduce pollution and the lights have stayed on in more and more are powered by clean, renewable energy. each energy is going farther. states are becoming more efficient. we have renewable standards. this is the single largest that the u.s. has taken to tackle global warming. it is only a step. we have, long way but our work is far from done. cut mobileds to warming and pollution by 2050. the good news is we are on track. we can make a difference. i hope we can continue to make a difference. we have a lot of work to do. we believe we will get there. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. the next panelist are paul. >> is is a bit of a challenge. if you pull it a little closer everybody will be able to hear it. >> good morning. the the president of industrialal -- community. companies have $1 trillion in areas. th

departure from the region, i never mean immediate. gradually with the intent of 15 years, it is my understanding that the u.s. is going to tear the gradually decrease its role in, investment in the region which could take five, ten, 15 years. it is not going to happen in one year. >> i have time for three more questions. one for my colleague. i will go one. the woman in the address. and. >> thank you for your speech. average four to reading your book. my question brings us back to iran and inside the country. in it is very fuzzy when people report that president will have on hard time convincing the hard-liners, this big umbrella, the hard-liners began you tell us what your assessment is of the hard-liner challenge, and do you think -- of far can he go before the tight rope that he is seemingly walking around the. >> just make it very simple for you next week. what is our role here in washington? imbibing hal obama, the problems the president obama in congress seem, this is exactly the same as radical as the hard-liners, a exactly whe

this regional rivalry between the two regional giants. you see that in iraq and other places that has allowed the social epidemics to grow. you need a grand barge ton find a possible diplomatic crisis. they must find a way to resolve their differences tweeg regional powers and international security. it's only a broadly-based coalition made of local communities. the fighting communities and the rival regional powers along with the western powers can really begin the process, begin the process, of rolling back isis. this is a fight, it's a cliche, this is not about two months. it's going to take five and ten years to dislodge isis from the social fabric in the middle east. >> yes. and how important will it be that iraq is able to have some sort of unified government moving forward to help with the coordination of who comes to their aid. >> i mean, this is when we keep saying, all of us, as we know, keep saying that we need an inclusive government. what does an inclusive government mean. again to come back to the central question. the socia

we have not only a strategic region but a culturally diverse region.an christians. the motive behind isis targeting that region is ethnic cleansing. isis wants to ethnically cleanse the region and in doing that those non-sunni muslim minorities. >> now what we're seeing on the ground at this point, we've been reporting about some people who have escaped from the mountain, and they're actually heading towards syria, which is a concern in itself, and some people have had access to the humanitarian aid that is being dropped by the americans and other nations. talk to us about what you think about the timing of that and also the airstrikes that have been initiated by the united states. >> well, when we look at the past few days we can see that international intervention was coming too late. the u.s. intervened at a point of time where already hundreds of yazidi people died of starvation. they had no water to drink and the only humanitarian corridor that was provided was provided by the ypd forces who have been fighting against groups like isis in northern

i think things are happening very quickly in this region. who would have expected isis to, as far as it has, as quickly as it has been really only a few years? the threat that u.s. partners in the region, that some of our allies with whom we need to work , may actually, by the actions they are taking in their countries, but before they are may beeach other, fueling radicalization and terrorism at a much faster rate than they are fighting it. that is a problem that the united states needs to take on right away. it's a problem for this year and next year i'm not or the long-term. not for the long-term. thanks. [ala

he's sending john kerry into the region. he also chastised what he called state actors in the region ambivalent about this threat posed by isis. the president not exactly trusting of all the actors in that area. no surprise to this white house that that would be the case. but jake, i think the big news here is that the president once again went right up to the edge where at least it appeared to be going right up to the edge of taking military action in syria and decided that it was better off to wait and to look at this a bit longer. he's going to be meeting with his national security team to go over all of this. and the president did make the remarks during this press conference that the white house that the united states is making some gains when it comes to going after isis targets in iraq. i think the president wants to see the progress from that a little bit more before opening up a new military exercise in syria. they're just not there the yet. as for russia and ukraine, it was very interesting the president is invitin

this is a region at odd with itself. it's not only shia sunni tensions but saudi arabia versus qatar, that couldn't align to overthrow assad. i think it's wise for president obama to have this cautious look before you leap but let's keep our eye on the ball and make sure american citizens when they are potentially threatened. if there's a credible plot against the u.s., and doesn't seem there's one from isis in syria, let's stay the hand until we actually can assemble a coalition. >> i feel there are two questions about american threat, there's sort of short term american threats and i think that one of the real main stays has been a real aggressive use of force towards potential american threats. drone program has been an overwhelming assault on any actionable intel jengs we get about possible terrorists who could poetz a short term threat. then there's a question that some of this resolves around long term threats, isis developing a real strong hold that can project fighters and terrorist outwards is say long-term thre

defeat the islamic state without giving advantage to other problem players in the region? the way forward for u.s. policy in iraq and syria and what are the obama willings's options and the risks attached to those options? we have froefr from georgetown university. a senior fellow from the council on foreign relations and deputy security of defense. and a fellow at the brookings institution and author of temptations of power. you have got these lists of possible options, the chips on the u.s.'s side of the table, and on the islamic states, what's the next logical moh for the u.s.? >> well, the first thing that we need to do is take some lessons from the past. one thing we know to be true is that taking a short term approach and thinking that you can bomb your way out of this is not the best option in the short term. what we need is a long term approach bringing in actors from the region and bringing in the political problems and that is realistic about what can be done. that being said, in the short term there is a threat. i do believe there are viable military options in

power can do in this region. you know, the bottom line is you have national borders that were drawn after world war i. they no longer contain national self-identifying entities. they're going to rearrange it over the coming decade through bloody warfare. you see the curds and the shiite and sunni try to get behind defensible frontiers so they won't be slaughtered behind the enemies. i'm not too sure that the american people have the stomach to guide or reverse that process. but iraq is a national state is gone. the kurd aren't going to welcome the iraqi army back into the north for 100 years. we shouldn't try to perpetuate something that isn't going to be viable. >> all right. thank you for your insight today. we appreciate it. >>> and stay with us. we'll be following the breaking news situation throughout the hour. i'm going to talk live to a reporter who has gone inside a refugee camp full of iraqis who have fled isis. stay with us. ♪ ♪all day and all of the night - the kinks♪ ♪all day and all of the night - th

and that's the the region that's where the oil is under u.s. control. basically the whole of the gate the name of the game from washington is to keep the oil money flowing in and isis is the seizure of the central part of iraq is basically kind of iraq into three with the united states directly controlling the north but if. if they've they've used isis as leverage against the maliki government but they're not all about to allow isis fighters to invade come into northern iraq it's under direct u.s. control they want to bomb and force them back toward syria or. places where they're more useful to united states corporate military interests. and an update now to our breaking news story came says it will reload the aid being brought by russian on to red cross vehicles ukraine security officials are refusing to allow the russian humanitarian truck convoy to cross the ukraine border world affairs journalist neil clark joins me now live for more on this thanks so much for being with us well you know it's a tricky situation here it looks like main problem is tha

iranian regional objectives, i've explained in my book a story. it was during the days in germany when i met foreign minister -- and the first issue he raised with me was the possibility of a regional cooperation system in the persian gulf which you don't like and she doesn't like it. i told him that iran would be positive. he was really shocked. then he asked me to manage his trip to iran to speak with president rafsanjani. rafsanjani gave him carte blanche to go for regional cooperation system in the persian gulf. it was in 1990. it was not in 19 -- 2000. it was right after the war. he was almost shocked. he came to washington and washington decline. therefore you can see from the beginning the iranians have been seeking a type of regional cooperation. the foreign minister in 1991, 1992, 1995 he paid a visit to all the gcc countries. that time i was in foreign foreign ministry and he raised iranian willingness to establish such a cooperation with their neighbors. but gcc was not in position because of the u.s. position, opposition. i really don'

it's the same story in hospitals across the region. this is one of three trauma centers in the kurdish capitol. it has fewer than 200 beds, and they are usually filled with patients who are hurt in accidents. but, now, on top of that, the hospital was filled with a flood of peshmerga fighters wounded on the front. the hospital directliar says on one day alone, last week, they treated 40 wounded kurdish peshmerga fighters. >> in this unit, this is critical. this is only seven beds. a hospital like that, or a city like this, in a situation, we are in a war situation. we need more than seven beds. >> reporter: this fighter was wounded in the battle to take back makmour from the islamic state group last week. surgeons removed schrapnel from his brain. his prognosis isn't clear. upstairs, another kurdish fighter is being treated for burns and eye injuries caused when the armored vehicle he was in hit a land mine. in the room next door is a kurdish turkish fighter from the pkk which fought for decades for an independent kurdistan. he was wou

and made claims all sides of the conflict are benefiting from american weapons which if look at the region. just nine pm this sunday evening here in the russian capital you're tuned into the weekly wrap up of stories from the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well here in r.t. i'm you know neil welcome our top story the first batch of russian trucks carrying humanitarian aid has reached the border with ukraine it's been three days we have expressed about the humanitarian nature of the cargo. that went to see the contents for herself. these sixteen tracks from the russian humanitarian convoy are the first to reach the russian ukrainian border they are now parked here literally meters away from donetsk is right in a border checkpoint and you know today the cargo these trucks are carrying has only been inspected by the representatives of the international red cross and now we're going to do the same i'm going to pick up this rock and really it's going to open it for us. military to see here. because about the last. reason we're simply carrying it. wasn't bomb. book wh

more aim is to gain a lot than troll over the region. more controlgain over the region. isis is like a cancerous virus. it has to be stopped sooner rather than later. john is on the line for republicans. good morning. caller: i want to ask you about what you are doing for the people in kurdistan now. host: what was the question? caller: what is kurdistan doing for the syrian people there now? it is the christian region that has been living there for hundreds, thousands of years. capturing they are christians that were living in mosul, they gave them an ultimatum, you either convert, pay hefty tax, or face the sword. they have captured other minorities, such as the cds, the zidis,s -- such as theye and the chaldean. we have been asking those communities to reach out to their members of congress, to .sk for support we need more support from the u.s. government. creditneed to make sure is given to where it is due. unrest, a lot of these minority groups have been asking the western countries to grant them visas and asylum. it is important that they also stay. this is their l

rest of regions in the east . if you do what love is if you insist you want to have not died. i fulfilled only the photo work of road destruction house life. cover up looking. for you it was a national. poll. we wanted. amid intensified attacks from the army the self-proclaimed republic says it's ready for ceasefire to avert a humanitarian crisis in the area that is the regional capital and the heart of antigovernment resistance in ukraine but it's also a vital hub for the entire country at least it used to be if you grade the first larger thirty with a population of nearly a million last year forbes named it the most attractive city for doing business in the whole country it's one of the state's main economic hobbs and at the center of the nation's mining industry now just two years ago it drew tens of thousands of football fans from all across europe when it was the host city for the euro twenty twelve football championship how things change even getting out of the area is highly dangerous now this dash cam video shows a rocket to presume to have been fired from a missile la

troop western foreign policy in the region has been to eisley. icily around in both israel and the snow borne back in their feces so if they are interested in alleviating the fire that is reaching across the middle east they have to understand that the divide in the region right now is not between sunni and shia it's not between reform and on this one is between sick and nonsectarian so the rule must be to isolate known security and forces to bolster nonsectarian forces so they have to also look at the relationship with the so d. or e. b. and. c. that khatami's because they go cities who are four main thing in funding this chaos in the region and have been for quite a number of years now ok john let's turn briefly to finances want to take a quick look at the possible costs that today's strike could be incurring upon the american taxpayers because launching an f. eighteen hornet fighter jet that costs around sixteen thousand dollars an hour the laser guided bombs which have been dropped on jihadists they come in twenty one thousand dollars each we

was attacked in a week of assaults of dozens of people were killed in the centers of two rest of regions in the east. what bothers you and says you i did not ride. them into the photo or the road as i'm sure how you fly. cover up look you. are you are you was a mouse with. no cold. feet. when we did. amid intensified attacks from the army the self-proclaimed republics say it's waiting for ceasefire to avert a human create tarion crisis in the area near the regional capital and the heart of an empty government resistance in ukraine but it is also a vital hub for the entire country at least it used to be if you crave the fifth largest city with a population of nearly a million last year forbes named as the most attractive city for doing business in the whole country it's one of the staid main the economic hubs and the center of the nation's mining industry now just two years ago it drew tens of thousands of football fans from all across europe when it was a whole city for the euro twenty twelve football championship and how things have changed even getting out of the area is a highly dange

i really don't believe iran is going to have a dominant role in the region. what is the conventional understanding here. iran is preferring more regional cooperation with the neighbors, even including saudi arabia. i never mean it's immediate. it's gradually within ten years, 15 years, this is to my understanding the u.s. is going to have a gradually decreasing its role investment in the region, which would take five, ten, 15 years. it's not going to happen in one year. >> i've got time for three more questions. one from a colleague in the front. and the woman in the blue dress. and adam. >> first of all, thanks for your speech, and i truly look forward to reading your book. my question brings us back to iran and to inside the country. here in the u.s. and the west, generally it's always very fuzzy when people, reports say that president rouhani is going to have a hard time convincing the hard-liners. this big umbrell athe hard-liners. could you tell us your assessment of the hard-liner challenge to president rouhani, and do you think -- how far can he go bef

this illustrates the americans and all the regional players in the region are not trying could to contain the expansion. >> the humanitarian situation in kurdistan is getting worse. nick charles has the latest. >> reporter: with every image and every passing day, the potential scale of a humanitarian disaster unfolding in northern iraq is becoming more apparent. at this camp in the kurdish area of neighboring syria, they do what they can to help. >> we expect refugees in the coming days. we're talking about 1200 to 15,000 people might be coming. so we try to mobilize the sources we can to the needs of those families and children. >> reporter: the u.s. aid effort continues to grow as well as the sixth wave of air drops to those still in despair on mount sinjar. the americans dispatched 130 more u.s. personnel to the city of erbil to assess in depth what more needs to be done. but they insist again these are not combat boots on the ground. >> this is not any extension of any role other for the united states other than to find ways to assist and help advise the iraqi security forces which we

this is a dangerous region, even for people who don't live there and, say, merely express the mildest of concern about the humanitarian tragedy of civilians who have nothing do with the warring factions, only to take a rash of [bleeped] from everyone who went to your bar mitzvah. [laughter] statute of limitations. look, a $50 savings bond does not buy you a lifetime of criticism. [laughter] but help is on the way to this troubled region. >> the world's a scary dangerous place, but it's a less scary, less dangerous place when america leads. >> the united states has tried to foster peace, democracy and stability in the middle east. >> bring peace to the middle east. >> double down on our efforts to bring peace to this region. >> we all want to see peace. >> jon: it's what we do. [laughter] now, originally we just went to the region to rid it of a mad man with wmds, but it turned out he didn't have those, but at that point we realized, actually, we were just bringing the region democracy anyway. then the region used their democracy wrong, totally used it wrong, and voted for non-usda app

and that's the the region that's where the oil is under u.s. control basically the whole the get the name of the game from washington is to keep the oil money flowing in and isis is the seizure of the central part of iraq it's basically put iraq into three with the united states directly controlling the north . another of our big stories this week the european union is threatening more measures against russia saying the crisis in ukraine is being funded by moscow more than its origin countries around the world to respect europe's economic sanctions against russia where for inside europe itself unity appears to be fracturing or teeth you're pissing off as more. for the past few months we've definitely been witnessing a rising tensions between russia and the west but what's happening now is already being described by many as a full blown trade war first in late july the e.u. slapped russia i would say start getting whole sectors of its economy four major banks were hit and one airline was completely grounded but then russia announced counter meas

washing our hands of the region.one of my great worries from the last 30 years is what i call maligned multilateralism. the good guys who do it or do not do it, it is the bad guys. you can have cooperative with radical groups with conjoined operational objectives. the morphing of names is interesting if you are trying to pinpoint how to get them in the -- but ultimately, the current of the violence and radicalism that have been sweeping the region will not be unveiled by tab on any particular organization. mother whoi-french raised me on memories of charles martel and eastern european the turkso remember at the gate it -- at the gate. jewish europelim, and the rest of the muslim world is one that has been in contest for a while. it is not, in a sense, a new issue. clearly, the law enforcement is not sufficient. because i doblows not believe in torture but i do believe that you cannot beat this purely by military means as you have to use actions that do not turn upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt. you will never hav

benefiting from american weapons which have flooded the region. bizarre she's still weekly with me tom let's say we're live from moscow thank you for being with us the softer. the first batch of russian trials carrying humanitarian aid has reached the border with ukraine after three days stranded on the russian side it will now have to undergo checks on both sides of the border crate was reluctant to let them through saying it had doubts over the humanitarian nature of the cargo carrier for national went to see the contents for herself. this sixteen tracks from the russian humanitarian convoy are the first to reach the russian ukrainian border they are now parked here literally meters away from donetsk is right in a border checkpoint earlier today the cargo these trucks are carrying has only been inspected by the representatives of international red cross and now we're going to do the same i'm going to pick out the route and really it's going to open it for us . military to see here's a truck is on. its book which is run worse and we carrying eigh

but this particular -- these particular regions were already there from the very beginning. another point linking events of 1991 and today's event that i want to make was about the question of what drives putin's policy in the area today, whether this is really the way how the united states and the nato countries are moving into the neighborhood, or there is, there is something else. and my take on that is that it should be something else. very often what is mentioned as the reason for unhappiness is the -- [inaudible] given to -- [inaudible] after the reunification of germany. history is a funny thing, you can go into history and find almost everything what you want to find there. first of all, except the document that everyone -- [inaudible] written. you go to september of 1991, and you can see yeltsin and secretary of state james baker discussing the issue of possible russian membership in nato. so you can manipulate history to make point on this episode or that episode. so what drives putin's policy, it is the idea of recreation. not the soviet union, not in the form how

to work with regional players. >> that's right. and there are a couple of different things in play. talking about the formation of a government, and how the state could jeopardize that. that's different than what we have heard from members of his team, top defense official whose say the state is a threat far beyond iraq. far beyond syria's borders it is a threat to people in the united states, frankly. >> yes. >> so we see the president talking about it, in context of iraq, but not giving any indication at this point, if he is going to move to deal with the bigger question of the islamic state and the threat that it poses in a place like syria, as it grows. he focused on political solutions, on trying to win over the sunni population to show them. >> right. >> that there is room for them, and the iraq government, that there is a future in syria. he did say that military action is a part of this, but it is just one component, that the white house is trying to put in a box and show there are other tools that they want to be able to u

i follow the region very closely. create the impresentation that -- against fighting isis would also make -- it doesn't make sense. doesn't really -- i think turkey will insist on labelling it so. but you should still keep in mind the ongoing process in turkey in terms of the kurdish issue. the government calls it the resolution process. and as you know, the negotiations are actually through different channels. it is the progress between -- leadership and the turkish government. at one point, what this process -- we don't know but -- policy remains as it was. and providing for the different story. turkey initially is reacting but all of them, as you know, turkey -- but ongoing and the support to p.y.d. in terms of assistance is under conditions because of the advance of isis. >> and i want to go back to one point. i'm happy to listen to what you're saying. in terms of military assistance, maybe turkey wasn't there, but in terms of assistance -- and now turkey is also setting a chance inside northern iraq -- last week

i think things are happening very quickly in this region. who would have expected isis to, as far as it has, as quickly as it has been really only a few years? the threat that u.s. partners in the region, that some of our allies with whom we need to work , may actually, by the actions they are taking in their countries, but before they are may beeach other, fueling radicalization and terrorism at a much faster rate than they are fighting it. that is a problem that the united states needs to take on right away. it's a problem for this year and next year i'm not or the long-term. not for the long-term. thanks. [applause] stay righting to here because i know we are pressed for time and i only have a brief set of comments to make. i would do this more in the spirit of ginning up the discussion rather than making a formal presentation. my co-panelists have done a good job framing the issue and i agree with their perspective. want to do is to say which military steps i think are needed right now against isil. this is not to suggest this is a compl

region and have been for quite a number of years now.a serious escalation in a long term conflict in a disputed region brought to the many end azerbaijani presidents to that he go shooting table with russia as a mediator so is the end of july up to thirty soldiers from both sides have been killed in violence in the south caucasus region of and i've gotten a cut of what is and ethnically out of mania enclave in azerbaijan at the beginning of the ninety's the region wanted independence which led to a war between the nations the conflict claimed some thirty thousand lives before fishley ending in one thousand nine hundred four when a ceasefire was proclaimed independence of the region still wasn't recognized since then have been ongoing yet occasional shooting incidents the recent escalation is among the worst or so the leaders of both countries met to negotiate in the russian city of sochi plan we're putin was also away and said the conflict inside their shared the will to end violence russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov offered reassu

security will be the major challenge for these tracks as the convoy is supposed to travel through regions of eastern ukraine where clashes are still continuing right now r.t. russian he korean border. the trucks with idly on the border the situation of people in eastern ukraine becomes increasingly desperate let's listen to what the residents themselves are saying. no cooks for them yet but generally. i didn't buy into it that the gate to the pulse not at. i see just as many below transplant me i'm not going to pull nice to meet you when you have yet to meet a steely here's an idea of the edge of the us even the good that gets a lot of us to say that look at the new cuts so far and you'll see that the state never knows but doesn't do it in the atmosphere. of the economical but it's nothing approaching the money for the t.v. station you think they need to change it but if they did he's. going to be receiving the full thing you're going to teach us from this he's going to put it what it was under song don't model the usually don't receive it but you sure. you crying claims one of its fighte

amid claims all sides of the conflict are benefiting from american weapons which have flooded the region. for moscow this is the weekly with me would say thank you for being with us. the first batch of russian trucks are carrying humanitarian aid has reached the border with ukraine it spent three days waiting as kiev expressed doubt about the humanitarian nature of the call or if and when to see the contents. these sixteen tracks from the russian humanitarian convoy other first to reach the russian ukrainian border they are now parked here literally meters away from donetsk is right in a border checkpoint earlier today the cargo these trucks are carrying has only been inspected by the representatives of the international red cross and now we're going to do the same i'm going to pick up the truck and leslie is going to open it for us . military to see here's a truck is almost. it's about. resume we're simply carrying it. wasn't bomb or book wait. it's buckwheat and the bags are just in case anyone suspects it's guns or munitions or something else like weapons of mass destruction. denise t

claims of all sides of the conflict are benefiting from the american weapons which have flooded the region. just into a brand new day here in moscow monday august eighteenth you're tuned into the weekly an r t international wrap up of the top stories from the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well i mean a new name of welcome to our top story the first batch of russian trucks carrying humanitarian aid has reached the border with ukraine the convoy carrying two thousand tons of supplies spent three days waiting. about the humanitarian nature of the cargo. and went to see the contents for herself. these sixteen tracks from the russian humanitarian convoy others first to reach the russian ukrainian border they are now parked here literally meters away from donetsk is right in a border checkpoint you know today the cargo of these trucks carrying has only been inspected by the representatives of the international red cross and now we're going to do the same i'm going to pick up the truck and mr lee is going to open it for us . with a three to see here truck is almost. i

any successful strategy also needs strong regional partners. i'm encouraged so far that countries in the region, countries that don't always agree on many things, increasingly recognize the primacy of the threat that isil poses to all of them. and i have asked secretary kerry to travel to the region to continue to build the coalition that is needed to meet this threat. as i have said, rooting out a cancer like isil will not be quick. or easy, but i'm confident that we can and we willing working closely with our allies and our partners. far apart i directed secretary hagel and joint chiefs of staff to prepare a range of options. i will be meeting with my national security council ben this evening as we continue to develop that strategy. i've been consulting with members congress and i will continue to do so in the days ahead. finally i just spoke with chancellor merkel of germany on the situation in ukraine. we agree, if there was ever any doubt, that russia is responsible for the violence in eastern ukraine. the violence is encouraged by russia

the kurdish region of iraq is the one region of iraq that is more or less firmly under u.s. control the united states is against the kurdish movement in turkey because it doesn't control it but in iraq what's basically existing in northern kurdistan is a u.s. protectorate. and that's the the region that's where the oil is under u.s. control basically the whole the get the name of the game from washington is to keep the oil money flowing in and isis is the seizure of the central part of iraq is basically quite iraq into three with the united states directly controlling the north but if. if if they've they've used isis as leverage against the maliki government but they're not about to allow isis fighters to invade to come into northern iraq it's under direct u.s. control they want to bomb and force them back toward syria or. places where they're more useful to united states corporate military interests. full phase of a. single one of its biggest. account holders. b.c. is on the. syrian students and refugees without explanation will tell you more about that in a few moments. an

security will be the major challenge for these tracks as the convoy is supposed to travel through regions in eastern ukraine where clashes are still continuing my flush now r.t. russian here christian border. as the trucks await i'd only on the border the situation of people in eastern ukraine becomes increasingly desperate let's listen to what the residents themselves are saying. well cooks for them yet but generally . it will go up a lot that the style move up a false night out. i see just as many below transcona me i'm not going to pull nice to meet you when you have yet to meet a steely here's an idea of a near the edge of the us even though that gets a lot of us to say that the phone you've got so far and you'll start over to the state i know but then been in the atmosphere. not just the below not economical but it's not the road not i'm on the list but you just read and you can look at me she was bold to read you. i'm not going to need to do is can i think you know full well for your critique this from this newsgroup was going to leave hong kong a model of globalization would be the

needs to very narrowly decide what -- the region. -- what its interests are in the region and then support those. it has been almost 11 years now since the initial invasion of iraq. i am not entirely sure, as probably most american people are, what we want to achieve moving forward. i do not think there is real consensus on that in washington. our policy will continue to drift to whatever the near-term crisis is or trying to contain whatever the problem is and externalities, rather than pursuing our objectives. i do not think there is consensus around what those are. host: joseph is next from orlando, florida. good morning. caller: i would just like to state i think it is a given that we should not get too involved in the sunni shia religious war. we should have learned our lesson not getting involved. it is like a family feud that goes back more than 500,000 years. where do we go from here? to three weeks ago, i saw him interviewed and he stated his objectives for visiting the united states was to try to get american support for the aspirations of the kurdish people for independence. i do