tim: on the issue of syria, rex tillerson is arriving out. he got the medal of friendship years ago. what leverage does he have if he meets president putin? >> yeah. the russians know that president trump, unlike president obama, is willing to use force if major norms are violated. at the same time, u.s. leverages may not be sufficient to convince putin to abandon assad. assad has been his ticket to influence in the middle east. the russians don't even believe the evidence, or they claim not to believe the evidence, that they used chemical weapons. they may be prepared to see the war grind on. the choice rex tillerson wants putin to make is one he may feel he can kick down the road. tim: rex tillerson says if you don't do this, or else, that raises the stakes even higher. and president putin is psychologically not that sort of man who wants to be put in that situation. >> he doesn't like to be cornered. but the question is more basic, what is the "or else" in the message? the main priority for the administration -- i think it is the right one

rex tillerson is as clueless as donald trump. the difference is that rex tillerson knows that. rex tillerson is just smart enough to know where his ignorance begins, which is everywhere in the world unless it's about making a deal to extract oil. the news media has been far too patient with the silence of rex tillerson. and apparently far too busy to have spent much time on the objectly immoral idiocy that did come out of his mouth last week. "decided by the syrian people." last week that statement included all of the people who were gassed this week and killed. but now it doesn't. president assad doesn't have to worry about how those people would vote in rex tillerson's imaginary syrian election. that would be decided by the syrian people. what is so profoundly immoral about what rex tillerson had to say last week is that he has been so lazy in his approach to his new job, so lazy that he might not have understood that president assad would take that statement as america's official okay that he can now do whatever he wants because the united states is perfectly okay with this

why can't rex tillerson sound like nikki haley? >> i think, lawrence, there is no question. i wouldn't be quite so hard on tillerson as you have been. but i will say he has a steep learning curve. he clearly doesn't know the job. and anybody who thinks being ceo of exxonmobil translates into being secretary of state has had a rude awakening. the fundamental problem, i think you just put your finger on it, there is no foreign policy in this administration. it is not clear who speaks for the united states government. and so you have people like nikki haley who gives a very eloquent statement. but is she really speaking for the united states government? the weird thing here is that even donald trump, the president of the united states may not necessarily speak for the united states government. at any previous administration when you have the president say something, that's it. that's the law. that's the policy. the president is the final word. but in this administration, donald trump says stuff all the time and then he doesn't act on it. he doesn't follow it up. so is the stuff

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take ourselves away from the punching and the counter punching we've been hearing for days now, rex tillerson at that table with sergey lavrov to understand what russia is up for. at this point in time, tillerson wanting to examine two things, whether or not the russians have the unconditionally support assad, if they will back away even so slightly from the regime and perhaps get to a point inside syria where they will help administer humanitarian corridors. from russia's point of view, vladimir putin coming out hard again with another russian tv interview saying that the nato allies were nodding like bobble heads to all of this cover up allegations from secretary mattis that we heard yesterday. but also saying quite clearly that now at the table there are two things that russia is looking for. one is they want some maneuver ability with their own sanctions that have been imposed on them since the conflict in ukraine. look, this has not been an easy conflict for russia. they have been in the field in syria for more than 18 months. there is some fatigue there. so, some signs that some progres

our correspondence is travelling with rex tillerson and sent this report. not the kind of meeting that once seemed to be on the card. long gone talk of a grand resetting of relations with russia, producing is encouraged by donald trump was replaced by tensions over the chemical weapons attack in syria and russian anger over the military response from america. translation: is important for us to understand your intentions. the intentions of the us and the real intentions of this administration. the theft of state said both sides have some explaining to do. we can further clarifying areas of common objectives, of common interest, even when tactical approaches may be different. and to further clarify areas of sharp difference so we can better understand why these differences exist. the trump administration has raised the stakes by publicly and strongly blaming russia for the actions of its syrian ally. it is a major shift in approach and not clear what the larger strategy is. relations have never been easy but moscow says they have not been this low since the

question to rex tillerson.sed today the question of russia and its alleged intervention in the presidential elections in the united states and how do you think the actions of russia in cyberspace are different from the american similar actions. for instance we know the us intruded into iran in the same way. the united states intruded into the missile project of korea. and a question to sergei lavrov, talk about reconstituting the work of the bilateral presidential convention. on the issue of cyber security and the challenges that it is placing on everyone in terms of a new threat and an emerging threat, i think i make a distinction when cyber tools are used to interfere with the internal decisions among countries as to how their elections are conducted. that is one use of cyber tools. cyber tools to disrupt weapons programmes, that is another use of the tools. and i make a distinction between those. clearly this is an issue that has emerged in ourtime and for this is an issue that has emerged in our time and fo

rex tillerson on his way there after these meetings wrap up. you for that, nic robertson. >> his visit obviously comes at a crucial time. relations between the u.s. and russia are deteriorating by the day. tillerson slammed the putin regime for supporting dictator bashir al assad. and on the other side, the air strike byby the united states was labeled an act of aggression. probably even more important is who he is going to be delivering that message to, right? >> it's become a point of contention, boris. he is supposed to be meeting with his counterpart, sergey lavrov. those two men will speak for sure. the state at the present time had been preparing for a meeting with vladimir putin. we heard from the spokesperson, look, we never put that on the schedule. it could still happen but it's not on the schedule. rex tillerson knows vladimir putin personally, received an award from this country. they could really get down to the upshot, the bottom line in terms of this negotiation quite quickly. but if vladimir putin refuses to meet with rex tiller

rex tillerson spoke earlierli russia on theisha of syria. rex tillerson spoke earlier. i hope that what the russian government concludes is that they have aligned themselves with an unreliable partner in president assad. someone as despicable as hitler would didn't sink to using chemical weapons. toshiba is in big trouble. their survival is in question. three explosions has hit a team bus window, marc bartra has been injured. this is ahead a champions league game against monaco which has been postponed. all the details on that. and as usual, as you're watching outside source, we're online as well. e—mail us, or get me online as well. e—mail us, or get me on social media. use the hashtag bbc os. this time yesterday, i was talking to you about how the g 7 wanted to pressure russia on its relationship with the syrian government. we can scrap that. canada, france, germany, italy, japan, the uk and the us couldn't agree on how to do it. now that was happening in italy. we're now going to have to move to moscow, because that is where the us secretary of state, rex tillerson,

secretary of state rex tillerson spoke on the phone with russian counterpart sergey lavrov today. reportedly telling tillerson that the u.s. air strikes plays into extremist hands. investigators say they have identified the suspect in friday's deadly truck attack in sweden. officials say the suspected driver is a 39-year-old man from uzbekistan. police say they also found a device in the driver's seat of the hijacked truck. today the country's crown princess and prince visited the location where four people were killed and 15 others were injured. sweden's prime minister called the attack a terrorist act there and declared monday to be a national day of mourning. so far no group has claimed responsibility for that attack. now for more nbc's keir simmons. keir. >> reporter: hey there, richard. good day to you. once again the newspapers in a major european country are filled with pictures of the aftermath of an attack in which a vehicle was used as a weapon. you can see just shocking images. and on this one, the truck that slammed into the department store. that truck hitting the dep

coming out of the white house, about what rex tillerson has been doing.him and sergei lavrov have been saying on this. a p pa re ntly lavrov have been saying on this. apparently donald trump has spoken to several leaders about setting up ace to several leaders about setting up a ce saves to several leaders about setting up ace saves zone “— to several leaders about setting up ace saves zone —— about setting up safe zones in syria. this is being reported, the pentagon presenting possible military options that the united states could take in response to the chemical attack in syria. this is quoting a us official, speaking on condition of anonymity. this could include strikes to ground the syrian air force. the this could include strikes to ground the syrian airforce. the pentagon chief generaljim matters is presenting the options to president trump. i think that general mattis will go to mar—a—lago and pass on further thoughts on that. detailed discussions now confirmed by reuters on military options to respond to the poison gas attack. it is now confirmed

in order to support further, secretary of state rex tillerson here in italy, his italian counter part at the last minute invited an arab delegation to italy and the turkish foreign minister. there was a very unified backing of secretary tillerson before he september off on the important meeting to moscow. he's in moscow now. it's been announced that friday russia will be hosting iran and syria in moscow. so what happens next is unclear. will president putin be bringing a message from tillerson to those other parties or will somehow it turn out to be a show of defiance once again against the rest of the international community, jenna. we'll have to wait and see. >> thanks, amy. john? >> president trump was known on the campaign trail for his brash rhetoric. criticizing china, nato, the iran nuclear deal. but so far his approach to foreign policy and national security has been pretty conventional. that's according to the "wall street journal" in a column entitled "five players steer trump's diplomacy to center." he writes some trump fans are unhappy, but the establishment is breathing a

>> it's a big win for rex tillerson and rex tillerson's style. i've worked across the table from the russians for almost a decade. you need to understand that there's always a public pronouncement and there's a difference in their private conversations. so i think what this shows is that for all the bluster that we're hearing for the u.s. calling the russians out, it's actually working because putin wants to meet with secretary tillerson. this is a big win for him. >> jenna: quick final thoughts for you, michael. fox news is reporting that russian bombers have been headed around the airspace of japan. that's also been happening. what do you think this meeting means? >> 30 seconds, spinning off of what you just said, there's a lot of russian miss behavior not just in the middle east. some of it is partially understandable if you view history the way they do. most of it is dangerous and unreasonable. we'll have to get to work with putin on issues on rethinking future security structures for europe, ukraine and georgia are still in a very ambiguous

is it true what rex tillerson is saying? does she have the full backing of the administration that the u.s. wants to solve the korean issues with direct talks? >> reporter: based on my conversations with senior administration officials, the secretary of state is working in concert with the president. it would be unlikely that he would be delivering a message that breaks with the way in which the president is thinking about this situation with north korea. but i want to understore the thinking inside the white house, which is that they are favoring diplomacy over military action. you did hear president trump issue that stern warning effectively saying, look, it is something that is possible. but we know it is a last resort. they want to work on sanctions first, to see if that is effective. they have been ramping up the pressure on china to see if that is a way to get north korea to back down. and you heard president trump in that interview with reuters really stress the fact that one, the talks with china are moving in the ri

it is a reverse of how rex tillerson likes to operate. likes have a friendly conversation in public and tough conversations behind closed doors. hopefully we'll get some clarity this evening on whether they have been able to come to setting that ship to write. our bloomberg national security reporter, thank you. pimm: we are going to stay with russia andf syria, tensions overseas. it's likely to be at the top of .he agenda other areas of discussion are likely to revolve around the administration's commitment to nato. with a unique perspective on the u.s. relationship with nato and the state of transatlantic relations, we want to bring in lute.s lose -- douglas he's a former assistant to the deputy national security adviser and former lieutenant general in the u.s. army. thank you for being with us. let's start with nato. do you expect anything of substance to come of that meeting? guest: let me put today's meeting in context. it's typical a wly elected president would visit nato in his first several months of being in office and now that

the most important thing that rex tillerson has done to date.syria first and then bashar al—assad later. that is what secretary rex tillerson is saying. these are to sides of the same kind. islamic state is there because of bashar al—assad in a large part of. they need to think carefully about sending a signal that they don't support bashar al—assad as part of a means of bringing back any moderate forces in syria. but this is crucial. prior to the last week, that was clearly the us strategy, the most important issue for us strategy was countering islamic state and, you know, they had really moved away remember, just last week, president trump said what happened to bashar al—assad was up to the syrian people to decide. that clearly is looking very different now. but the sequencing strategy is, i think, not one that is going to work very well. i think pressure on bashar al—assad and continuing the fight against islamic state are two things that must happen simultaneously at this point. the payday loan firm wonga says up to 270,000 of its customers

rex tillerson, drawing this hard line over russia's role in syria but is the u.s. reready to deliver more than just tough talk? we're live in moscow to proview tomorrow's high stakes visit. with e*trade's powerful trading tools, right at your fingertips, you have access to in-depth analysis, level 2 data, and a team of experienced traders ready to help you if you need it. ♪ ♪ it's like having the power of a trading floor, wherever you are. it's your trade. ♪ ♪ e*trade. ♪ ♪ start trading today at etrade.com no one burns on my watch! try alka seltzer heartburn relief chews. they work fast and don't taste chalky. mmmmm...amazing. i have heartburn. alka seltzer heartburn relief chews. enjoy the relief. >>> just a few minutes from now secretary of state rex tillerson will lead the discussion at the summit in italy happening before the highly anticipated visit to moscow tomorrow. you can see the secretary of state deplaning there. this morning, he reiterated the u.s.'s stance of standing up to those who commit krooims against humanity. >> holding to account any and all w

secretary of state rex tillerson. sanctions following the deadly chemical attack on syrian civilians last week. tillerson spoke at the foreign ministers meeting in italy. >> they have aligned themselves with an unreliable partner in a sharp al-assad. the chemical weapons according to themselves, the syrian government, the russian government had signed that accord. and now aside has made the is made to assad look not so good. visit willlerson's be the first by cabinet member since trump took office. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. fascinating year those comments from secretary of state rex tillerson, a few hours before he embarks on that trip calling bush are al-assad's administration unreliable. -- bashar al-assad's administration unreliable. it is amazing how the conversation has shifted in the last seven days. still unclear to me, also talking to our executive editor, unclear to me what the trump administra

the american secretary of state, rex tillerson, has arrived in russia, ahead of tomorrow‘s talks, asntinue to grow. he will urge president putin to withdraw his support for the assad regime in the wake of last week‘s chemical attack on a rebel town in syria. he flew out from italy where g7 foreign ministers had been meeting. they rejected a british call for new sanctions to be imposed on syria and russia. this report from our diplomatic correspondent james robbins contains some distressing images. america‘s top diplomat arriving in moscow does not accept that this is a mission impossible. rex tillerson still hopes he can somehow persuade the russians to ditch syria‘s president assad but he is not mincing his words. moscow he said there is a heavy responsibility after last week‘s chemical attack. it is unclear whether russia failed to take this obligation seriously or russia has been incompetent, but this distinction does not much matter to the dead. president vladimir putin is sending mixed signals, meeting the italian president today, the russian leader is apparently hoping for cons

guests, and rex tillerson actually, ina sense, guests, and rex tillerson actually, in a sense, addressedviews that he gave today. he said that this did not represent, this cruise missile strike last week, a change in policy on the part of the trump administration as far as syria was concerned. the priority, as far as syria was concerned, he said remained the destruction, the elimination of so—called islamic state. 0nce elimination of so—called islamic state. once that had been achieved, thenit state. once that had been achieved, then it would be possible to cooperate with allies in attempting to get some sort of ceasefire on the ground in syria. but any suggestion that the cruise missile strike in response to that chemical weapons attack represented some sort of change in direction was false, mr tillerson said. there had been speculation that perhaps the isolationist, america first policy of donald trump had somehow been abandoned overnight, but that doesn't seem to be the case. joining me now from new york is leslie vinjamuri, us foreign policy expert at chatham house and senior lecture

what would you decide to do. >>> another big story, rex tillerson, g7 summit, big news in italy. ssia has to be part of the solution in syria. where is tillerson going now? russia. what message is he going to carry on that plane to moscow? next. we are here...to leave a mark. experience a shift in the natural order. experience amazing. i was thinking around 70. to and before that?re? you mean after that? no, i'm talking before that. do you have things you want to do before you retire? i'd really like to run with the bulls. wow. hope you're fast. i am. get a portfolio that works for you now and as your needs change with investment management services. on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $509 on auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. why are you checking your credit score? you don't want to drive old

here's us secretary of state rex tillerson with another. what we are hopeful is through this syrian process, working with coalition members, un and through the geneva process, we can navigate a political outcome, and we wish the syrian people will determine bashar al—assad's fate and his legitimacy. it is also not clear how this leaves relations between the white house and russia. mr trump himself hasn't mentioned russia once since the chemical attacks last week. the us bombing of an airfield near homs does demonstrate that this new american president is prepared to draw a line and abide by it, at least on chemical—weapons attacks. for the past six years, western powers have achieved almost nothing in syria. today, theirforeign ministers meet in italy. america's secretary of state is in italy to turn up the international heat on syria's president assad and his russian backers. rex tillerson very deliberately joined an international wreath laying at the memorial to a nazi atrocity here in 1944, the massacre of local villagers. we remember th

big event -- today is almost the entree and the big event is the meeting on wednesday between rex tillersonrov. we don't even know if vladimir putin will snub tillerson. how are things being viewed in moscow? are we witnessing a complete breakdown of the relationship between the u.s. and russia here? the relationship is in deep trouble, obviously. russia is clinging to a trump won'tpe that go beyond the action he took last week in syria. peoplet there won't be challenging russia support for assad. that there are disagreements between the u.s. and russia on a host of issues. syria is the prominent one. a dispute over what is happening andkraine and libya afghanistan, that is another point of contention. so this will be a tense meeting. vonnie: how wedded to assad is putin and the regime? henry: i think a deal could be done down the road. but the assumption is that at this point he will double down and they will reinforce support for assad. if the u.s. and russia reach some kind of arrangement, we could see russia's position change. italythis meeting in after rexe 10 days tillerson failed to

we just heard bill talk about foreshadowing what might take place between secretary of state rex tillerson and his sort of russian counterparts. he talks about how tillerson needs to come to the table. he's got a difficult road ahead of him. he's got to explain why it is they leveled these strikes but at the same time try to get them to understand they need to cooperate here. >> it's a little bit rich. it's almost as rich as the iranians lecturing us on international norms and how to behave and to listen to lavrov and his cohorts in the putin regime talk to us about proper behavior. look. there should be no misunderstanding. i spent a long time in operations in the cia. and the idea that somehow the russians were naive about what the syrian capabilities were when it comes to chemical weapons is ridiculous. >> you don't buy it? >> of course i don't buy it. this idea that -- and also them talking about us not having a strategy. their only strategy, the russians' only strategy is to maintain their core for their black sea fleet. that's their particular interest. the russians always act in the

the us secretary of state rex tillerson is in mock so —— moscow to persuade vladimir putin to drop hisport for assad. it is pretty obvious that the reign of the assad family is coming to the end at the question of the transition itself could be very important. the white house press secretary sean spicer has been forced to apologise for remarks that suggested hitler did not use chemical weapons against his own people. i think when you come to gas, he was not using the gas on his own people in the same way that aside is doing. i'm babita sharma in london. a man who says he worked for a hitman for philippine's president rodrigo duterte has fled the country. and finally, united airlines says sorry for forcibly dragging this man offa sorry for forcibly dragging this man off a plane to make room for one of its own staff. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it is newsday. good morning. at 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in moscow where the american secretary of state rex tillerson is preparing for talks with vladimir putin which he hopes ma

our top stories: the us secretary of state rex tillerson has told fox news the leader of north korea,ing to chair a un security council meeting on north korea. more than ten undocumented prisoners have been found in a secret cell, hidden behind a bookcase, in a philippine police station. the prisoners were found during a raid by human rights officers. an american man in ohio is facing much more punishment than he'd bargained for after he appeared in court for a traffic violation and accidentally dropped his bag of cocaine. it was later picked up by a security guard who had it tested. a warrant has been issued for his arrest. that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the south china morning post. it leads with donald trump's tax plan for corporate america, which could have a "big impact" on china, according to the paper. it says the proposed reductions could spark capital flight from china's mainland and prompt chinese manufacturers to invest in the us. the new york times is not impressed by the president's tax proposal

rex tillerson, we're going to defend against all humanitarian catastrophes.eeds to be some discipline both in what they say but also very importantly, in what they are seeking to do. and i just don't think in the space of a week, the administration has been able to formulate and agree inside the white house what is it exactly they're seeking here. so i think that secretary tillerson, who is a very skilled person, is at a significant disadvantage going into this discussion in moscow because putin knows exactly what is trying to do. nick burns, do you think there is a chance that president trump might look at what happened in syria last week and the american attacks and think to himself, i did it in syria, i can now do it in other countries around the world. that he might decide this is the model, for example, for north korea or iran. i think that is a danger. i had an article in the ft over the weekend, the financial times, saying essentially this, that this worked as a tactic once. but if you try to translate, or take what happened in syria, if you are the tr

i can president putin will see rex tillerson in a different way than he did afew tillerson in a differentn he got that special award. william courtney. the united nations says there has been a surge in the use of children as suicide bombers by the west african islamist group, charity workers say they are struggling to locate dozens of children who were evacuated after a migrant camp in northern france was destroyed in a fire. french authorities say the fire at the grande synthe camp, near dunkirk, was started after a fight between migrants over the standard of accommodation. gavin lee reports from the camp. in flames, the last substantial migrant camp in northern france, destroyed by those living here. french authorities had warned of trouble with reports of violence and rape inside and increasing arrivals after the closure of the calaisjungle camp. eyewitnesses say fire started after fighting broke out between groups of afghanis iraqi kurds, blamed on competition for space. this is one of the community kitchens were afghans were sleeping, completely packed one against the others, while t

. >> secretary of state rex tillerson met with vladimir putin today. they discussed areas of common ground. but the syrian chemical attack against their own people changed the dynamic as russia continues to defend the legitimate si of bashar al- assad -- legitimate rule of bashar al-assad. >> reporter: after leaving that meeting with vladimir putin. secretary of state rex tillerson made it clear that the united states' position is that there is no place for syrian president bashar al- assad. >> russia is their closest ally in the conflict. they have the best means of helping bashar al-assad recognize this reality. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson revealed few details about his meeting with vladimir putin. today the russian minister called for an investigation into the chemical attack in syria which killed 80 people. >> it's our colleagues, if they try to avoid the investigation, they are not wanting to find out the truth. >> reporter: they warned the united states not to strike syria again, in the meantime south carolina governor nikki hal

of course, rex tillerson have come here with one clear demand.bashar al—assad but we have heard from the kremlin, mr putin himself and the foreign minister that that is not going to happen. russia has invested a huge amount in supporting bashar al—assad in syria and it has made the point again today that that‘s because it sees him as a bulwark against terrorism. it believes that its fighting international terrorism alongside president assad in syria and we heard from the kremlin today that it would be absurd to stop that support. i think it‘s going to be a very testy round of talks. we still don‘t know whether rex tillerson will meet president putin, that might take place later today, but i think the atmosphere will be very different now between those two men and it was a view years back when mr putin gave an award to rex tillerson and called him a friend of russia for his work in the oil industry. so a very different mood now. thank you. we had to washington. what is their next move by the trump administration? we haven‘t heard really on what th

ahead of this, high stakes meeting with rex tillerson and russian ambassador. >> has anything really changed? let's bring in cnn international correspondent ben wedeman. good morning to you. the air base that was bombed is apparently now back in operation, so did these strikes actually create a deterrent or did the mission fail? >> reporter: well, perhaps they did create a deterrent for another chemical strike like we saw last tuesday which left 89 people dead but looking at the bigger picture, it really hasn't changed the reality inside syria. what we have seen is that there have been a repeated airstrikes in the prove since idlib where that chemical attack happened, dozens of people have been killed as a result and if you just look at for instance the numbers by my very rough calculations one fourth of 1% of more than 400,000 people killed in the last six years by chemical attacks the vast majority have been killed by barrel bombs and other means therefore that slaughter continues unabated and doesn't seem to be any indication that that's going to change at all. certainly the missi

rex tillerson still hopes he can somehow persuade the russians to ditch syria's president assad, andt mincing his words. moscow, he said earlier, bears a heavy responsibility for last week's chemical attack. it is unclear whether russia failed to take this obligation seriously or russia has been incompetent. but this distinction doesn't much matter to the dead. russia's president, vladimir putin, is sending mixed signals. meeting the italian president today, the russian leader is apparently hoping for constructive co—operation with washington, but he is still talking up the risk of confrontation, saying he had information america was planning further strikes on syria. translation: we have information from various sources that similar provocations, i can't call them any differently, are being prepared in other parts of syria too, including the southern suburbs of damascus, where they're preparing to release some sort of substance again. moscow and washington do seem to agree on one thing about last week's gas attack — that there should be a full investigation. but there's plenty of ro

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also very strong criticism against russia, again rex tillerson saying russia, again rex tillerson sayingshould consider very carefully its continued support for the regime. how do you assess the comments from rex tillerson that you cannot see a role for assad in the future of syria, is that symbolic or iis it future of syria, is that symbolic or i is it practical? it's an extraordinary turn about, only a few days ago he was seeing the fight was not with president assad it was islamic state and america would have to get used to him being there. this isa to get used to him being there. this is a complete reversal and it's a return to long—standing us policy that coming from rex tillerson in no uncertain terms and the first time he has spoken about this, he has been elusive, he does not get in front of the cameras often. so that makes it quite something. again how that would happen and what america's role in any kind of removal from office, we just role in any kind of removal from office, wejust don't role in any kind of removal from office, we just don't know. thank you very much, i can se

this morning, rex tillerson deliberately started his day at a memorial for a nazi atrocity in 1944, the massacre of local villagers, and he drew a direct parallel to the gas attack in syria. secretary tillerson: we dedicate ourselves to holding to account any and all who commit crimes against innocents anywhere in the world. james: when president trump trump's foreign minister, who will confront the russians in moscow later this week, canceled -- set down with the foreign secretary who canceled his visit to be here instead, they talked about ways to win the widest possible international support against vladimir putin's present path. immediate afterwards, boris johnson told me he is pressing for new sanctions against russia as well as syria. mr. johnson: we will be discussing the possibility of further sanctions certainly on military figures and indeed on some of the russian military figures who have been involved in coordinating the syrian military efforts, and thereby contaminated by the appalling behavior of the assad regime. james: the russians are mocking you for not going to moscow

we're waiting for the secretary of state rex tillerson and the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov to speak any time. the meeting between tillerson and putin just wrapped up. we're going to have live coverage of that joint news conference, that's coming up right here on cnn. >>> also coming up, why a phone call between president trump and china's president might signal a new direction in u.s./china relations. and how to deal with north korea's provocations. >>> plus, lawmakers from both parties have reviewed classified intelligence documents say they contradict surveillance claims made by the house intelligence committee chairman congressman devin nunes and president trump. the cnn exclusive report, that's coming up. only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and yo

there was concern when rex tillerson was appointed about his previous close links to russia, could that talking pretty tough. he arrived in moscow today with strong endorsement from the g7, supporting the us cruise missile strikes on the syrian air base and strong support for assad to eliminate those chemical weapons. i think now vladimir putin will be seeing rex tillerson in a different light to what he did when he gave him a special award a few years ago. thank you for talking to us. you're quite welcome. charity workers say they are struggling to locate dozens of children who were evacuated aftera migrant camp in northern france was destroyed in a fire. french authorities say the fire at the grande synthe camp, near dunkirk, was started after a fight between migrants over the standard of accommodation. gavin lee reports from the camp. inflames, in flames, the last substantial migrant camp in northern france destroyed by those living here. french authorities had warned of trouble with reports of violence and... eyewitnesses say the fire started after fighting broke out between groups

so for rex tillerson, a real test,' real challenge, andrea? >> indeed for a novice diplomat at that. thank you so much, bill neely. we'll see you there tomorrow. >>> and maryland senator ben cardin is the top democrat on the foreign relations committee joining me now. senator, in the rare position where the lavrov spokeswoman, maria's comments might mirror some from members of the senate about a lack of strategy that is. >> andrea first, it's good to be with you. rex tillerson has to be very clear about america's concerns about russia's engagement in syria. the complicit in committing war crimes and the use of chemical weapons. their failure to bring the syrians to the peace talks, to end this civil war. he also has to be very clear that about russia's enxwangment in ukraine and in and neching crimia, that we will not accept. he needs to be clear about what happened in the united states elections in and our concerns about russia's engagement in european elections. it's going to be the first visit for our secretary of state to russia and he's g

secretary of state rex tillerson.to play for you his opening remarks just a few moments ago. >> our meetings today come at an important moment in the relationship so that we can further clarify areas of common objectives, areas of common interests even when our tactical approaches may be different. and to further clarify areas of sharp difference so that we can better understand why these differences exist and what the prospects for narrowing those differences may be. >> sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister, did not take that diplomatic of a tone with the united states. at one point the russian foreign minister said that the american position on syria was a mystery to the russians. do you think that's because over the past couple of days we've seen this administration give mixed messages when it comes to the fate of bashar al assad? is it time for them to get very specific when it comes to their goals in syria? >> yeah. i think the president's position on syria is a mystery to, you know, many members of congres

tonight at ten: us secretary of state, rex tillerson, arrives in moscow to try to persuade russia to end its support for syria's president. he flew in after meeting western foreign ministers in the wake of the chemical attack in syria. he'll urge president putin to abandon assad. it is unclear whether russia failed to take this obligation seriously, or if russia is incompetent. but this distinction doesn't much matter to the dead. we'll be asking how president putin will react to america's demands. also tonight: calls for president trump to fire his white house press secretary sean spicer after he says hitler didn't use chemical weapons in world war two. i think when you come to sarin gas... there was no... he was not using gas on his own people the same way assad is doing. three explosions tonight near the bus carrying the german team borussia dortmund to their champions league match — one player's injured. the parents of a seriously ill eight—month—old baby say they're devastated after the high court decides doctors can withdraw their son's life support. and 48 hours after this man

who commit crimes against the innocent. >> this was always going to be a verse sham visit for rex tillersonlerson's chance to lay out sort of where they want to go. >> i don't want to be the president of the world. i'm the president of the united states. >> if you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bomb into innocent people, you will see a response. >> military action in response to barrel bombs would signal a dramatic escalation. we called out russia, we put iran on notice and this is a president who is not afraid to act. >> our battles and policy differences need to be behind closed doors. >> we cannot have this strategic confusion coming out of the white house. >> this is "new day." >> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." it's april 11, 6:00 here in new york. and right now, secretary of state rex tillerson and g7 ministers are discussing how to end syria's bloody civil war. italian officials are saying that russia must be part of the solution. there has been no agreement on sanctions there. the secretary of state is expected to speak,

we are waiting for secretary of state rex tillerson to say something about syria. exactly he will say, but he also could potentially be taking questions from reporters. that empty chair sitting in that shot right there, that is where we believe secretary of state rex tillerson will be sitting in a matter of moments. we will bring that to you live. >>> let's head now to west palm beach in florida where nbc's gabe gutierrez is monitoring protests to this summit at mar-a-lago. gabe, talk to me about what we're seeing. i heard you're wet. unfortunately, gabe gutierrez cannot hear us. we have a delay issue sometimes when we use a thing called a live view. you never know when he is going to be able to hear the words that are coming out of my mouth. we will try to get that all fixed, and when we do, kewe'll come back and bring you gabe. we're also going to take a small break on the other side. we're going to talk about what rex tillerson said about how we're going to respond, what offers are on the table, and will he take reporters' questions? we haven't seen him do that

quite some time ago but was delayed because of an impromptu meeting between vladimir putin and rex tillersonsian leader but that was changed during rex tillerson‘s trip to russia. and the talks your shoe we re to russia. and the talks your shoe were pretty tense. that you assume. given the fact that america launched the attack on that air in syria last week. so the journalists and press waiting for the press conference in the next few minutes. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh ferris. the headlines — another leap into the unknown for leicester... the next chapter of their extraordinary story takes them to madrid. and a champions league quarter final with atletico. double formula one world champion fernando alonso will miss the monaco grand prix next month so he can race in the indianapolis 500. and success for gb on day one of the world track cycling

rex tillerson at the u.n. shannon has more now. >> shannon: joining us now oklahoma senator james lankford. i don't know how much you got to listen into. i want to ask you about one other thing the secretary said. he talked about the fact they won't be afraid to punish third party countries that support north korea. who was that a message to? >> anyone doing business with north korea, the united states won't do business with you. secondary sanctions. we don't do business who do business with north korea. >> shannon: you were in the briefing the other night. it was sobering and grave. what's left in dealing with north korea. most of them said there was very much a gravity to it but a couple of colleagues across the aisle not so much. senator murkly said this. we learned nothing you couldn't read in the newspaper. duckworth said it was more like a dog and pony show. >> i would disagree completely. some of it was what rex tillerson laid out. where is the administration going. trying to get input from the senate a

rex tillerson, we mentioned the agreements that are receipted not just. . bashar albuquerque -- bashar assad and i had sort of a background. he's a neat guy, and not looking into history, but to deal with the matters of today. the thing is, the world is built in such a fashion that if we do not take lessons from the past, we will not be able to achieve success and the president. and i record. western country, major country. dismissing that requires a utilitarian leader, failure to launch upon us in 1989. your tv station. residential areas were shelled. the italian embassy was also attacked. several trains and bridges were bombed. the shelling went on for three mont months. then they run out of. -- double do-do, his facility is. >> there was another dictator who after. i believe tommy bath was the only one to repent publicly, admitting it had been a fake or the grounds for thegadhafi. there was no place for this dictator in his country. it was said democracy will prevail, but we know what's happening in libya right now. the libyan state is all but nonexisten

that's reinvigorated western allies who met rex tillerson yesterday.g this means the us will take a more forceful role in pushing for a political solution. in moscow though, that approach has backfired. president putin has only deepened his show of solidarity with assad and blames the rebels for the chemical attack. the relationship between the us and russia is as bad as it has been in a very long time. in the aftermath of this airstrikes, of course russia in the aftermath of these airstrikes, of course russia is a key backer of assad. and tillerson is going over with the hope that he can somehow persuade russia of the critical importance of the us and russia not coming to conflict in syria. rex tillerson has a lot of experience working with the kremlin, but in cutting business deals when he was head of the energy firm exxon mobil. his task as america's top diplomat is a whole other matter. this trip will be an important test of whether he is up to the challenge. police in germany, hunting the perpetrators of yesterday's attack on the bus of the boruss

rex tillerson's changed during rex tillerson's trip to russia. changed during rex tillerson‘s trip toussia. and the talks your shoe we re to russia. and the talks your shoe were pretty tense. that you assume. given the fact that america launched the attack on that air in syria last week. so the journalists and press waiting for the press conference in the next few minutes. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh ferris. the headlines — another leap into the unknown for leicester... the next chapter of their extraordinary story takes them to madrid. and a champions league quarter final with atletico. double formula one world champion fernando alonso will miss the monaco grand prix next month so he can race in the indianapolis 500. and success for gb on day one of the world track cycling championships in hong kong. hello again. massive underdogs they may well be but no—one thought leicester would win the premier league did they? so with that as their inspiration england's champions insist they can compete in their champions league quarter final. the first leg is in spain tonight agains

the foreign secretary borisjohnson will be having a one—on—one meeting with rex tillerson about now. to moscow, you will remember. essentially he said, fairenough, rex you will remember. essentially he said, fair enough, rex tillerson is more important than me. you go to moscow instead of me but before you 90, moscow instead of me but before you go, let's try to agree exactly what on earth we are trying to achieve in syria. a central question remains unanswered. what is america's military strategy in syria and what is its strategy towards the syrian ally, russia? is its strategy towards the syrian ally, russia ? the is its strategy towards the syrian ally, russia? the air strikes last week, where they are one off or part ofa week, where they are one off or part of a concerted campaign over the next few weeks and months? does america plan to fight president assad and their opponent isis at the same time, and how on earth would that work? it may be that these questions are far too difficult and too corrugated to resolving two days of meetings in tuscany, in which case the foreign minist