streets in a show of force for the government at the same time the general in charge of the revolutionary guard has declared that's almost a week of protests over. famous film schools will take a movie about movie music that he's opening this week. i'm filled to the program u.s. president donald trump past launched a scathing attack on his former chief strategist steve allen ahead of the release of a new less than flattering book in a statement mr trump said steve allen has nothing to do with me all my presidency when he was fired here not a. he lost his job he lost his mind mr bannon is quoted in the forthcoming book saying that donald trump jr's twenty sixteen meeting with a group of russians was treasonous the president's statement to blames mr bannon for helping to write what he calls phony books white house press secretary sarah huckabee sun this face the press following the release of mr trump statement i think there are a number of factors that played in i would certainly think that going after the president's son in an absolutely outrageous and unprecedented way is probably not the best

and then four years later, we had the green movement and the revolutionary guard again had a scenario for the inevitable protests that would happen after rigging the vote. and as you said, their scenario at that time was that these protesters are led by certain people within the reform movement who are being directed by foreigners, so, when i was arrested, for example, maybe 90% of my interrogation was not about what i did. it was about what they wanted me to confess, that i had put so-and-so in touch with foreign embassies. they were asking me to give the details of how i put in with the british embassy, i'd never met met. and you know, they were saying that other people are confessing, why didn't you confess and you know, so, that's-- i didn't confess, so i was saved because of that. but this time around, i think the revolutionary guards, the people who are in charge of iman khomeini foundation and supporting 10 million families across the country and many imams who pride themselves with being in touch with the poor. many conservative leaders, religious leaders around the country we

well i think it's important to remember the protests would never end all this revolutionary guard say there were fifty thousand people who vote nationwide even if the number was a bit bigger than that it's certainly nowhere near the hundreds of thousands or millions the streets back in two thousand and nine against other kinds of election rigging. especially the fact that these protests at times violent at times of the types of government buildings i think that would stop them having a massed appeal in the way that the way the previous protests that what do these protests mean though the anti-government ones for president roh han he came to power as a reformers his position weakened right now. yes and suddenly the protests were directed against romney and some of his austerity measures introduced a budget just three weeks ago which was very focused because it. raised fuel prices and we've already seen. some of those measures and show that there is funding to. get at the same time this suggestions that the conservative opponents of iraq are actually pushing some of these very initial p

thousands hit the streets in a show of force for the government as the general who has the revolutionary guards declares the sedition is defeated wear and tear on with the latest also coming up a step towards dialogue on the korean peninsula north korea reopens a hotline to the south ahead of next month's winter olympic games in south korea and. davis film scores will be looking at and listening to a movie about movie music that's opening this week. it's a pleasure to be with you we begin our broadcast with unrest in iran in a new development the general who heads the revolutionary guards has announced what he calls the end of sedition or for into putting down a week of mass anti-government protests the general says a large number of so-called troublemakers have been arrested he claims they received training from counter revolutionaries and says. firm action would be taken against them the general's remarks come as the government tries to change the narrative with state media selling footage of crow government rallies. now iran's leadership has also mobilize support thousands of demonstrators i

. >> so the revolutionary guard prepared themselves for another wave of reformers. and at the same time they proved to be very ineffective and people became disappointed in reform that is why they wanted change because they voted for ahmadinejad in and the revolutionary guard had the scenario for its protest but that protesters are led by certain people who are directed by others so if i was arrested for example, may be 90% of my interrogation is not what i did but they wanted me to confess. they would ask me to keep the details and something that i had not even ever met. and they said other people are confessing and i was saved because of that but this time around i think the revolutionary guard and people in charge of the foundation support 10 million across the country many pride themselves to be in touch with the poor and many conservative leaders and religious leaders around the country as a result the revolutionary guard came up with the same theory about two or three nights ago. on iranian television and also going back opportunity to settle scores to say tha

very few protests last night a very heavy police presence including really good revolutionary guards on the streets very hard for us to verify information we're getting from the problems but the fact that there are far fewer videos posted on social media suggests that they have indeed died down to a considerable extent at least more broadly speaking what do you think that the protests over the last week reveal about iran's leadership are we for example seeing cracks between hardliners and moderates in the regime does these kind of just off to the budget announced by the president hassan rouhani in which he made some pretty unpopular austerity measures cuts to welfare raising fuel prices not hard line is it's a really been attacking him on those issues finding does the best way to undermine his leadership. and try to rally the coal particular against it. and there are suggestions that conservatives are actually behind the protests broke out into this much wider arrest so romney could actually be a good opportunity to get him to say that we need to close ranks if you carry over attacki

the revolutionary guard are also not a military force, they are the biggest industrialists in iran. they have some of the biggest industrial contracts in the country. they are somewhat, the biggest industries and some of the biggest companies in iran are run by the institutions that are under direct supervision of the supreme leader and they can not be fully audited. i recommend suzanne's book about the boneyards, the foundations, you see the depth of corruption. so for rouhani government who, he himself admitted that only 1/3 of the budgets is in my hand. the rest is basically controlled by the supreme leader. he can not do anything yeah. >> your point about rouhani is good one this question of rouhani perceived certainly here in washington, elsewhere outside of iran as you know, a moderate, at least in the iranian context. we perceived the nuclear deal as an example that would lead potentially to further reforms. one question i have, for both of you is, to what extent are we seeing rouhani and those around him come up to the limits of what incremental within the system reform is p

it allegedly belongs to the paramilitary revolutionary guard.hile, more than 1000 anti-government demonstrators have supposedly been jailed. a government spokesperson has emphasized the more liberal message of president rouhani, saying legal protests are allowed but those who break the law will be punished. washington's u.n. ambassador has called for emergency security council talks. >> we must not be silent. the people of iran are crying out for freedom. all freedom-loving people must stand with their cause. reporter: state-run media in iran has now focused its attention on pro-government rallies in the country rather than on the anti-government demonstrators. phil: our correspondent eric randolph is in iran's capital tehran. welcome to dw. we heard general jafari has announced the sedition has been defeated. what does it look like from where you are? eric: here in tehran it was pretty quiet overnight, and we have seen a pretty heavy police presence and quite a few revolutionary guards in the streets in the center of the city. but for the most

take to the streets in a show of force all but government while the general in charge of the revolutionary guard declares an end to what he called the sedition. on the syrian borders waiting for their parents to join them in germany but how long will it take mom and dad to break out of your a cross of limbo in greece. i'm filled welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump past launched a scathing attack on his former chief strategist ahead of the release of a new less than flattering book in a statement to mr trump said that steve ballmer not only lost his job he also lost his mind just about in his closing quoted in the book as saying that donald trump jr's meeting in two thousand and sixteen with a group of russians was treasonous president trumps a lengthy statement to blame steve bartman for helping write what he calls a phony book. well this is a lot in the last few minutes let's go get go to washington and for more from our correspondent causton phenomena welcome coston president trump made these comments in a statement an official statement rather than one of his infamous tweets is

correspondent eric randolph eric the head of the revolutionary guards has said that the anti-government protests had been defeated what are you hearing. well it's very hard to get information on any. protests if there are any coming from the provinces it was definitely a commentary on last night so with a heavy police presence this does seem like the protests do seem to be over and we're just getting reports now we're just seeing images come in of another series of major rallies very large very impressive in ten different cities around the country including is that ok now i know when you talk about these are pro-government rallies doesn't then seem that the regime is actually turning the tide against the anti-government protesters well i think it's important to remember the protests will never end all this revolutionary guard say there were fifty thousand people involved nationwide and if the number was a bit bigger than that it's certainly nowhere near the hundreds of thousands or millions the streets back in two thousand and nine against their claims of election rigging. especially th

regime is trying to turn the tide against almost a week of protests the general in charge of the revolutionary guard has declared that the protests over. famous film scores will take a look at listen to a movie about movie music that is opening this week. i'm filled welcome to the program u.s. president to donald trump has launched a scathing attack on his former chief strategist steve bannon ahead of the release of a new less than flattering book in a statement mr bannon said mr trump said steve bannon has nothing to do with. all my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind just about and he's quoted in the forthcoming book a saying that donald trump jr is a twenty sixteen beating with a group of russians was treasonous the president's statement blames bond for helping to write what he calls phony books. now let's get more on this from a washington correspondent and cast in nomine welcome a calf then let's start off by looking at what mr trump is reacting to so steve bannon is quoted in this forthcoming book talking about donald trump jr's meeting in twenty sixteen with

to iran now where the head of the country's elite revolutionary guard has announced what he called the end of sedition this after he deployed forces to put down anti-government protests in several provinces twenty one people were killed during the weeklong protests and authorities arrested hundreds in show of might iranian state t.v. broadcast these images of pro-government rallies across the country there are unconfirmed reports of continued anti-government protests iran has imposed a blackout on social media but this footage from is fond province shows and building allegedly of long into the revolutionary guard going up in flames. and for more let's bring in a.f.p. correspondent eric ran off we're standing by with the latest from tehran welcome to you eric we know that the head of the revolutionary guard has said that the anti-government protests have essentially been defeated or or wiped out so to speak what are you hearing. it's been pretty fired several. very. protests last night a very heavy police presence including many of the revolutionary guards on the streets very hard for u

it's to run now where the head of that country's revolutionary guard has announced what he called the end to sedition a halt to weeklong anti-government protests there now a crackdown on the protests killed twenty one people while thora he's arrested many more in a show of mine to reign in state t.v. broadcast these images of pro-government rallies across the country. posters of ayatollah ali khamenei were on display demonstrators shouting death to the u.s. death to israel but anti-government protesters were also in action the footage showing a building allegedly belonging to the revolutionary guard in is for han going up in flames. let's go straight to tehran now and a.f.p. correspondent eric randolph eric the head of the revolutionary guards has said that the anti-government protests have been defeated what are you hearing. well it's very hard to get information on any. protests if there are any coming from the provinces it was definitely a commentary on last night so with a heavy police presence this does seem like the protests do seem to be over and we're just getting reports now

controls 40% of the economy the regime may go, but what will the revolutionary guard do afterwards they may not just sail calmly into the night they may have other plans. we have seen where the arab spring went. there's no reason why iran should have a peaceful transition if even egypt, let alone syria and yemen, couldn't. >> i guess my question is, why did this happen now, and what is the mechanism by which these uprisings e ingings spread acroe country when you have government control of media and so forth? why now and how, what is the transmission mechanism that makes them appear as coordinated as maybe they are or aren't? >> well, when we look at all the histories of the demonstrations, they all started for different reasons. what we can tell collectively is that iran is a tinderbox the question is whether the government is better at smothering the embers than ordinary people are at fanning the flames iran is also a tremendously cosmopolitan society and a connected society which is why the government is trying to shut social media right now but with vpns and perhaps other techn

all in around the country's elite revolutionary guard is trying to stop anti-government protests in a number of problems as new amateur video. indicates that security forces aligned with the guard for raiding down the streets of the city of sala about one hundred twenty two on the wrist southwest of the country on the other there to put down the

said these have been insignificant and the revolutionary guards have not been involved, but thisrecent developments that we are witnessing in the country. thanks for joining witnessing in the country. thanks forjoining us. joining me now from washington is daniel serwer, from the middle east institute and johns hopkins university. looking at what is going on in iran right now, how would you characterise the significance of these protests? are they about the economy or political? they seem to be about both, there are economic demands going on but also they reflect the political goals especially against the supreme leader which is quite extraordinary and suggests deep... you mentioned the supreme leader but we have not heard from him so far, is that significant? it is significant, he seems to be leaving this to president rouhani at the moment, but i would expect that some point if this continues, for him to interfere with words and then the revolutionary guard and the paramilitary forces which would >> studio: -- repressed the rebellion in 2009. how significant is this in contempor

in iran the country's elite revolutionary guard is trying to stop anti-government protests in several provinces on our new amateur video purports to show security forces aligned with the guard parading down the streets of the city of saleh about one hundred twenty kilometers southwest of the capital tehran there they're trying to put down the protests label sedition by the head of the revolutionary guard iran also blocked access to several social media platforms after more than a week of anti government demonstrations. heavy winter storms have swept across europe from the atlantic wreaking havoc on transportation services and killing at least one person countries from ireland to germany and the netherlands have been hit by winds of up to one hundred twenty kilometers an hour the storms have also interrupted power supplies to hundreds of thousands of homes. bickley now begins after a winter storm that left tens of thousands in the dark it grounded hundreds of flights. no trains off their tracks and did major damage to homes and sea walls. across europe high winds and heavy rain brought

want to bring people out of the strips and in the last few minutes just have the head of the revolutionary guards and i'll say that today is the end of the sedition and total zero only fifteen thousand people took part in the rest entirely across the country last week so what does that mean they have effectively cracked down on all the anti-government protests but it's very hard to tell information is still very hard to get from about what was happening out in the provinces this was focused more on outlying areas not so much in toronto but it's sad to say these were huge on the scale the last two demonstrations in two thousand i. assume whole the whole radical form of protest vote by a form of protest that that perhaps didn't reach out to the large numbers of people who were out on the less frustrated about the economy but don't want to go course up violent protests fizzled out we should it was a rule out the perhaps more protests still to come right can you tell us a little bit about what motivated the iranians to come out and protest against their government although they're small and i just wa

now to iran where that country's elite revolutionary guard is trying to stop antigovernment protests in several provinces new amateur video purports to show security forces aligned with the guard parading down the streets of the city of saleh about one hundred twenty kilometers south west of tehran. there to put down the protests labeled satish and by the head of the revolutionary guard iran has imposed a blackout on social media after more than a week of demonstrations. in germany a far right member of parliament has sparked outrage over a racial slur aimed at the mixed race son of tennis superstar boris becker meyer of the n.t. immigration alternative for germany used twitter to describe noah becker as a quote little house negro on tuesday germany's leading tabloid built reported on the inflammatory tweet which has since been deleted from the social media platform know about noah becker who's of african american and german descent plans to press charges against him. all right so you've been watching this so we'll be back at the top of the hour saying that. i should make he has no c

broadcast it with the unrest in iran in a new development the general who has the revolutionary guards has announced what he calls the end of sedition referring to putting down a week of mass anti-government protests the general says a large number of so-called troublemakers have been arrested and he claims they received training from counter revolutionaries and says firm action would be taken against them the general's remarks come as the government tries to change the narrative with state media showing footage of pro government rallies. now iran's leadership has also mobilize support thousands of demonstrators in abo's in southwestern iran took to the streets to show their support for the government protesters yelled death to the usa and death to israel state television show demonstrations like these taking place across the country posters of the ayatollah ali home and they are on display everywhere on tuesday the country's supreme leader blamed foreign powers for the unrest now his supporters are claiming they're ready to give their lives for him and some are calling for those who d

♪ >> arthel: widespread protest whenever any government cooling-off as the revolutionary guard said itput an end to days of deadly unrest. the iranian resistance is it will continue its opposition to the regime. the tracking the story in the middle east newsroom. >> after more than a week of demonstrations. protests in iran have been losing steam. they appear at least for now to be over. iran's revolutionary guard claiming victory in a statement and i'm in the most recent unrest in the united states, israel and the saudi arabia. at least 21 people were killed. some 1700 people arrested mostly on university age students. unemployment is high. the main complaints is the awful state of the economy which is plagued by corruption and the low price of oil. protests were not started by urban iranians. so they valued as a reformer not a hardliner. in recent days supporters have had several rallies across the country. despite statements the iranian regime maintains an eye and grip on the country. with the price of world below it to ron and other countries wanted to be, these economic hardships

. >> and iran, the revolutionary guards says that it has ended antigovernment protests that began onecember 20. protesters rallied against price hikes, high on them i on appointment and corruption. they blame the u.s., saudi arabia and others for the protests. the cia director denies. >> false. this was the iranian people. started by them. created by them. continue by them, demanding a better set of living conditions and a break from the regime that has been with them since 1979. >> 21 people were killed and hundreds arrested. >> jillian: thank you, molly. >> leland: chinese rescue official said a crew of an iranian oil tanker is missing after it collided with a boat and caught fire. it happened just off the chinese eastern close. you can see pictures from the korean coast. they set vessels to the scene and sets out a ship to look for the missing sailors. >> leland: after the break, another day, another multimillion dollar lottery winner. why not. will tell you where the 570 million-dollar winner comes from. after frigid winter weather causes delays will find out if it's getting any

>> the revolutionary guard, a body revolutionary guards, right now they are telling -- the commandersnnot just count on them. but john bolton, i want to use this opportunity to say mr. bolton because he was right all the time when it comes to iran, he was on the right side of history. thank you, ambassador. about what the united states can do, specifically president trump. right now, the people in iran, they are hungry. they left president trump. they will love him more if he can do something to make sure we will have internet coverage all over iran, satellite internet. >> sean: get the story out, get the videos out. get the images out. how big is this? how many? >> this is huge. we are talking about millions and millions of people. they need it. if they can an army of the world to make the world free from the small group of fanatic mullahs. >> sean: i've got to run, i wish you well in your quest for freedom. thank you, sir. when we come back, the latest. we have the hill's bombshell report. fbi agents believe hillary clinton did in fact break the law. dan bongino, austin goolsby and

the big question is, will the revolutionary guard stand down more fire on the iranian people?t if we are watching they may be a little more hesitant to to do . >> harris: you are echoing what ambassador bolton said, one of the questions i would want to ask nikki haley about. this isn't just the ayatollah. this is the revolutionary guard which makes it military and brings in what you are saying, we need to let the world know where we stand as well. >> i think the consequences are key and beyond that we also have to remember that we have two go situations in that region where once we engage, we broke afghanistan, we bought it. >> harris: around was a deal that president obama made. we need to know what those side deals look like. what he said, companies can start to do business with iran. >> i think you have to keep -- >> harris: ambassador nikki haley walking up to the microphone just outside of the assembly room there. let's watch and listen together. >> happy new year, happy 2018. we know it's going to be a great year but what we want to do was talk about the fact that obviou

i wonder if this means they will call it the revolutionary guard. >> this is exactly why we need to be speaking out. you've got the canadian prime minister, german chancellor angela merkel, the teresa may say nothing. only have boris johnson, the foreign minister saying he regretted the loss of life msn calls on all sides to renounce violence, while i am sorry, they sorry, they chew up one side that is being violent since it came into power and the authorities seem the revolutionary guard, which is the really harsh, brutal repressive internal security force and they are already on my contacts telling me thousands of people have been jailed. the one hopeful sign i will say is we are also seen reports that some of those revolutionary guard laid down their arms and day unite do not want to fight my own people. that is one thing this could truly be revolution once you have the people holding the arms saying this regime has no legitimacy a campfire at night own innocent people that's when you start to see real change. cheryl: glad you got sources because it's so hard to get information out

but it seems like the thee krattic mullahs and revolutionary guard don't mind.hey will take all the money and put it in the military insulating themselves. peasants be damned. >> past a point they have to placate the people to a degree. f even if we are the people imposing the sanctions and hurting the factory. when pane american factory closes because of chinese chicanery, people don't go top beijing and shoot them. they shoot the boss. the thethe theocratic governmeny took one lesson from the fall of the shah. he fell because he would not kill enough of his own people to stay in power. the lesson the mullahs and red guards took from that is kill as many as it takes. iran's theocracy i think will go down. but none of us know when. i started out as a soviet analyst. we knew the soviet union was doomed, but we couldn't put a time limit on it. this could happen fast or the mullahs could be there for a decade or two. think globally. hit iran on multiple fronts including hitting the revolutionary guard in yemen and elsewhere. kennedy: good news for you liberty lover

iran's elite revolutionary guards has now deployed to three provinces to put down protests that beganeek ago. at least 21 have dies, and the unrest kept spreading today, even as officials organized major rallies to support the government. we'll have a full report, later in the program. north korea reopened a cross- border communications channel with south korea today, for the first time in nearly two years. at the same time, new taunts flew between washington and pyongyang. on monday, kim jong-un warned that he had a "nuclear button" and his weapons could reach all of the u.s. mainland. president trump responded last night, saying, "i too have a nuclear button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his, and my button works!" palestinian officials are condemning what they say is "blackmail" by president trump. he charged yesterday the palestinians are not doing enough to make peace with israel, and he suggested cutting u.s. funding to the palestinian authority. today, palestinian leaders said it's mr. trump who sabotaged the peace process, by recognizing jerusalem as israe

if the revolutionary guards split i think regime would be in trouble.ike a lot of autocratic regimes, but kicking like a rotten door in. david: it is exciting time, but it is deadly so we have to watch it carefully. meanwhile rising tension with an ally of ours, a strained ally at best. president trump lashing out at pakistan, prompting the u.s. ambassador in islamabad in emergency meeting responding to this tweet by our commander-in-chief trump. the united states has foolishly given pakistan more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. they give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help. no more. ambassador bolton, 33.9, closer to 34 billion. we gave it to them after after 9/11 to help us with terrorism but a lot of terrorists are hiding out in pakistan. >> a foreign service officer i have a lot of respect, said about pakistan, it was only country he knew run simultaneously by arsonists and firefighters. he is exactly right. the probl

feared volunteer militia nor the revolutionary guard have been deployed. although the protest looks like a threat, we need to turn it into an opportunity and see what the problem is adding however that the government would crack down on lawbreakers. president trump weighed in via twitter yesterday tweeting iannetta is failing in every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the obama administration. the greet iranian people have been repressed for many years. hungry for food and freedom. along with human rights the wealth of iran is being looted. time for change. vice president pence foreshadowed the administrations response. tweeting the united states will not repeat the shameful mistake of our past while others stood by and ignored the iranian people as they fought against their regime. we must not and will not let them down. >>> joining us live from london. nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley, good to have yo with us following this story. appears the trump administration lending its full throat backing to the protesters. let's talk a l

the head of iran's revolutionary guards, mohammad ali jafari, declared this week that he can now drive beirut, which shows how successful iran's involvement in iraq and syria has been. mina, what's happening here? that's quite a boast, he was boasting. quite a frustration for ordinary citizens that would never feel safe to go from tehran by car on that journey. all the lives that have been lost but also all of the fears, whether it's kidnapping, intimidation, if anyone else tried to make a similar route. that says something that they control, the iranian revolutionary guard, throough themselves or proxies, the militias they support that they can clear the roads for them. it is very worrying. we talk about the importance of nation and government. if you have a leader of an armed wing in iran saying they can traipse through these arab countries with very little push back it is hugely concerning. this idea of a corridorfrom iran all the way to the borders of israel were things that people would talk about five or six years ago, nonsense, conspiracy theorists of the arab world, but they ha

that says something that they control, the iranian revolutionary guard, through themselves or proxiesr the roads for them. it is very worrying. we talk about the importance of nation states and government. if you have a leader of an armed wing in iran saying they can traipse through these arab countries with very little push back, it's hugely concerning. this idea of a land corridor from iran all the way to the borders of israel were things that people would talk about five or six years ago, everyone would be like nonsense, conspiracy theorists of the arab world, but they have made that happen. partly because of the fight against isis, which was important. the defeat of isis was very important for the people who suffered from them and also for the world to move forward. but at what cost in terms of what comes in its place? that vacuum should be filled by the national army in iraq, but in syria, the problem continues to fester. and so, while iranian troops or militias can go through syria and into beirut, what state have we left syria in? whether it is the turks bombing from the air ce

the revolutionary guard says this morning there put these demonstrations down. is that true? and what you make of the fact that our closest ear pain allies failed to support us when we tried to rally around the protesters? >> this issue is very real. the economic conditions are not good. that's what caused the people to take to the streets. president trump made very clear that we support the iranian people i want them to have a voice and better economic and living conditions. the iranian regime threatens violence and waste their monies in places like lebanon, syria, and yemen, making them the world's largest state sponsor of terror. it's a backward looking regime. instead of a regime looking forward to making the lives of our people better. honey crushed violet revolts, or others, or the ayatollah, each themselves as running a bureaucracy. you see the iranian people revolt. >> have the authorities of the reigning regime, have they put on the protests? >> there's still going on in the low level. there has been a violence, these protests are not behind us. >> chris: the iranian

at is this non-nuclear behavior, as the secretary said, and i think looking at the iranian revolutionary guards corps, the irgc, their grip on the economy, and i think they're looking at the clerics, the mullahs, the religious part of the regime and trying to divide these fissures between the government and the regime, the revolutionary guards, and i think that they're trying to, you know, show the iranian people how much the irgc is draining the economy. so i think they're trying to make this distinction. and i don't necessarily think that they think that these protests are revolutionary, but they do think that it fits in with u.s. national interests and they're going to continue to try to push away at these fissures between the iranian government, president rouhani, iranian foreign minister zarif and these clerics and the revolutionary guard that they are the real damage to the country. >> we're going to have more of your interview coming up in "the situation room" in the next hour, elise. stand by for that. >>> still ahead this hour, more fallout from the revelations about president trump's

have taken place in opposition to unrest in the country of it economic instability iranian revolutionary guard says that outside enemies have failed to pose a threat to iran i don't that it's the end of what they called sedition. pakistan says it's disappointed with the u.s. decision to suspend aid for security the exact amount is still being calculated put it could be more than a billion dollars has been blamed for failure to take signs of action against taliban fighters targeting u.s. troops in afghanistan on monday donald trump tweeted that washington had foolishly given pakistan billions of dollars in aid with nothing in return but lies and deceit pakistan has rejected the accusations muslim jordan has more from washington d.c. . the state department spokesperson heather nauert says it should not come as a surprise to officials in islam abad that the trumpet ministration the suspending security assistance to pakistan she explains why suspended at this time does not mean that it will be suspended forever to stand has the ability to get this money back if you will in the future but they have

now on that unrest you know with leyla thank you so much in that country the country's elite revolutionary guard is trying to stop antigovernment protests in several provinces new amateur video purports to show security forces aligned with the guard parading down the streets of the city of saly about one hundred twenty kilometers southwest of the capital tehran while they're there to put down the protests really broad as sedition by the head of the revolutionary guard iran also blocked access to several social media platforms after more than a week of anti government protests. all right we shift our attention now to russia where presidential elections will take place in around two months time observers expect president vladimir putin to easily win another term in office despite growing opposition our moscow correspondent your shadow sent this report on the major issues facing russian voters this year. twenty eighteen it will be a special year. first is his predictable victory in the presidential election then the food bowl world cup in russia. but it also involves risks especially in foreign aff

iran's revolutionary guards have announced the end of unrest in the islamic republic tens of thousands of government supporters are rallying kentucky to condemn the recent unrest at least twenty two people have died in the anti-government protests which began in the sod last thursday and spread across the country. in a surprise move ethiopia's leader has announced plans to drop charges against political prisoners and close a notorious prison camp prime minister haile mariam this alina says it's part of efforts to widen them a crash experience for all it comes after months of anti-government protests in romania and amman. north korea's leader has reopened the key cross border communication channel with south korea for the first time in nearly two years it comes after kim jong un that suggests that he would like to ease hostilities with so in his new year's address even agreeing to send a delegation to next month's winter olympics. stay with al-jazeera coming up next it's witness india's reggae resistance that's coming up next and of course i'm going to have all the day's news for you in

earlier the head of iran's revolutionary guards said the unrest was over. is working to correct a vulnerability that could allow hackers to steal data from most modern computers. intel said it was wrong to describe the problem as a flaw in its products and said other companies systems were also vulnerable. the french president, emmanuel macron, says his government will introduce legislation to combat fake news during election campaigns. the law would enable judges to block websites that spread fake news, and counter efforts by foreign governments to destabilise the democratic process. storm eleanor has caused havoc. two people drowned on the northern coast of spain as they were swept away by a huge wave. a skier was killed by a falling tree in the french alps and 15 were injured across the country. tens of thousands have been affected by the power cuts and a trouble have been disrupted. dutch authorities have for the first time shut major sea barriers in holland. storm eleanor swept into france with brute force. winds exceeding 150 kilometres an hour batter

leadership they gathered to condemn the unrest which killed at least twenty two people iran's revolutionary guard has now declared the protests over. u.s. president donald trump has lashed out at his former chief strategist steve bannon saying is lost his mind follows publication of exits from an upcoming book in which bannon denounces tom's eldest son as treasonous and unpatriotic to have a two thousand and sixteen meeting with a lawyer with kremlin connections to the white house press secretary calls the claims baseless. i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one that i'm pretty sure we've addressed many times from here before if that's in reference to comments made by mr bennett i'd refer you back to the ones that he made previously on sixty minutes worry called the collusion with russia about this president a total farce so i think i would look back at that if anybody's been inconsistent it's been him certainly has been the president or this administration the u.s. president's former campaign chairman paul metaphor to suing the u.s. justice department and special counsel robert mueller o