be all primes and colonial blunder with one of the world's greatest human rights lawyers geoffrey robertson all this and more coming up in today's going underground but 1st the world is not the same since donald trump ordered the killing of iranian soldier caught some salami who along with his iraqi popular mobilization unit counterparts were drone strike on friday at baghdad airport joining me now from tel aviv is former israeli ambassador to the united states danny ayalon thanks so much about coming back on the show let's just begin with what you think your well indicted prime minister netanyahu meant when he said israel should not be dragged into what was an american event yes it was a totally american wholly owned american operation and i believe it came following the attack on the american embassy in baghdad but basically i think the united states was fed up with the intervention of iran through. the iranian revolutionary guard and most of the. force the oca's force which was headed by general assembly money their responsibility was actually to subvert all over and. i would say make su

nic robertson is in the saudi capital of riyadh and, nic, let me start with you. one of those close allies, saudi arabia, calling, echoing those calls for restraint. just how concerned is riyadh that the trump administration seems to be upping the ante instead of showing any sense of de-escalation at this point? >> yeah. i think there is concern here because one of the sort of longer concerns about being so closely supported of president trump, but not having knowingly having a huge amount of influence over him is that while saudi arabia and the united states are aligned at the moment in their view of iran as a destabilizing influence spreading instability throughout the region, that's certainly saudi arabia's view and been on the front line of iran's anger and attacking the oil refineries

me now for more on this and other cultural injustices is the leading human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson q.c. whose new book who owns history elegans looting the case for turning plan the treasure is out now jeffrey thanks for coming on i'm going to get to the book particularly in a in a moment but your reaction to president trump saying that the culture of iran should be targeting the world sadly this is a man who thinks like a barbarian because it is to protect against barbarian activities over centuries most recently of course isis we have developed over centuries this rule that you do not attack cultural heritage and here is the commander of the free world if you like. announcing that he's going to target cultural property world heritage areas. to spite iran he calls it a rainy and culture but it's not it's the culture of the world it's cultural property the pretty long was 2 years old because it's part of our artistic a doc a take true evolution and so you know this is a barbarians idea of a sort of reprisal of the playground it's not it it has nothing to do with international law o

now to our nick robertson. this is uncharted territory which could have unintended consequences like we saw when the u.s. moved into iraq on saddam hussein . talk about what impact this could have on the region in the gulf, and you even saw what happened -- the aftermath of when iran attacked the saudi oil fields. >> yeah, the iranian strike in saudi arabia recently was significant because it showed complexity. it was a multiple drone and rocket strike. so it was sophisticated. and it reduced saudi arabia's oil outpit by over a half. so what they can do in the short-term can be very effective. whether or not the united states would see that coming or its allies would see that sort of strike coming and this time and stop it ints tracks that's unclear. i think the threat falls into two areas here. one is what the proxies will do th they know exactly what's expected of them by tehran and that is attack u.s. forces and interests in syria and on the ground and will be exposed to that in iraq potentially. potentially

robertson is on the right. robertson proposed that, "payment of official gold subscription should be expressed in official holdings of gold and dollars."tes it should be noted that this was not a simple mistake on robertson's part. the next day, he checked to make certain that gold and the united states dollars was included in the document text. you can see keynes, dexter white, looking at each other with a big smile. this situation is rife with irony. despite keynes's best efforts, fisuure within the british empire of india brought the issue up for decision. second, in an even greater irony, it was a member of the british delegation understood that the dollar was the sole currency which had the strength and stability to be exchanged for gold. it was not the americans who proposed to put the dollar at the center of the postwar world economy. it came through the weakness of the british empire, fracturing in two places. first through the surging national independence of india seeking to protect her own economic i

and rinic robertson. the retaliatory strikes have taken place. and we've seen de-escalation. we'll know more in a few hours. what is the reading on this from your vantage point there? >> reporter: there's two messages from iran. one is external and one is internal. one that is external, this is a proportionate response. they are warning if the united states responds, there will be an escalation. you expect them to say that. but the international community, the united states and allies, this was a proportional response for what you did to us. the message internally is different. calling it a hard strike. leadership says this was a crushing response to the united states killing soleimani. on the other hand, they want to make this a success. but internationally, they are giving the impression they don't want to escalate the situation further. when we look at the target that was chosen and what happened here, i've been there. it's at a remote location. it is a massive, sprawling base. iran has fired multiple ballistic missiles into it. by u.s. accounts, not caused casualties. if

nic robertson is in the saudi capital of riyadh while matthew chance is in moscow.en killed, we must now de-escalate. that is one of the headlines today. in the national newspaper here, a very close ally of the u.s. you are in riyadh where i believe you are hearing echoes of a similar call for restraint at this point. >> yeah, i mean, what the saudis are saying in essence is, look, we know iran was the troublemaker and soleimani was the spearhead of driving up aggression from iranian proxies in the edge roothe region causi and strikes from saudi arabia and direct strikes that the saudis believe came from iran on the oil refineries here. so, the message to the united states is, look, we're on track with what you're thinking. but don't escalate this further because that will bring further bloodshed to the region. and a real potential for serious economic impact. nobody wants that. nobody has the appetite for that at the moment. so, the message, message is clear. and whatever the next steps are, don't ratchet it up. and i think it's interesting if you flip this around

favor, becky. >> nic robertson is in riyadh.appreciate it. >>> joining me now is an expert in middle east foreign policy and author of "losing an enemy: obama, iran and the triumph of diploma diplomacy." great pleasure to have you on. even if iran does not want escalation, it has to respond, doesn't it? it's not looking weak and that's how things get under control, doesn't it? unintended consequences. >> it is. whether it's unintended or not remains to be seen, of course. even though the iranians have pressure on themselves they have to respond to this, it does not mean they have to respond right away. in fact, i think they are hoping for the advantage of some form of a surprise, which means that they likely will wait. what i think they will do first, is try to utilize the popularity that soleimani had inside of iran, because he was seen as such a critical player in defeating isis and trying to see if they can get some of that popularity to wash off on them and on the regime which is faced with inpopularity. >> what factors come

nick robertson for you. cnn's nick paton walsh live from beirut. nick, in effort to provide some perspective for all of this, it is important that we explore the intelligence that -- that has been released or at least talked about as to what this imminent attack might have been on u.s. assets donald trump and his close advisors say was the reason for this attack at baghdad airport on friday. any further information at this point? >> any certain amount in terms of what they're willing to divulge. that will, of course, bel t the increasing problem for the u.s. moving forward. they have committed one of the most far-reaching acts possibly in the middle east over the past ten years or so. and they said they've done it based on intelligence. they're not willing, for reasons they say, to do it how it was gathered. and their sources and methods to fully share. what they will say is that they were concerned about imminent threats directed by qasem soleimani himself in iraq, syria, and lebanon against military and diplomatic personnel. now, there are milita

cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson. nic, most in the neighborhood there urging caution. what are the longtime iran foe, saudi arabia, saying? >> reporter: well, they're saying -- they're sticking pretty closely here to the united states while urging caution. they're saying, look, we're watching the situation closely in iraq. we've been following it for some time. we've seen the escalating tensions and terrorism. they're not saying that that's directly coming from iran, but it's what they're implying. they say they've been seeing that going on for some time, and they've been warning essentially about -- and, again, they don't say it explicitly because i think they're being cautious with their language. but they've been watching essentially the actions of iran and warning about the actions and intentions of iran, including soleimani in the region. so what they are saying is while we've been watching this and we continue to watch it, we're concerned, and we've been raising our concerns about this growing regional threat fr

. >> and diplomatic editor nic robertson is in the saudi capital riyadh.here was a new rocket attack aimed at the green zone in baghdad. after all these attacks, what's the mood there? >> reporter: well, you know, it's not unusual, rosemary, to have these sort of rocket attacks in baghdad targeting the green zone. usually there's no claim of responsibility, but they're believed to be the work of iranian backed shia paramilitary groups here in this country, and of course when you look add it in the context of the current situation, that is why people get concerned when they see these sorts of attacks, and you know, while it does seem like that the crisis between the united states and iran is headed towards deescalation, at least for now, people still are very nervous here. they're really worried that it's not over and that it is iraqis who are caught up in the middle of it all. you can hardly tell ballistic missiles struck iraq just a few hours earlier, but iraqis have seen it all. life here seems to be one endless cycle of war. 30-year-old mohammad has liv

you talk about article 10 and article 11 should there be an article levon maybe in the geoffrey robertson charter because donald trump is threatening the culture's a sovereign nation what happens to lenders of artifacts who threaten existing militia to go to jail and they have those who bombed dubrovnik went to jail should up be limited to american museums as long as the president of the united states relates to serious matter i think whether art should be restored to a particular country from whom it's been stolen. depending on whether that country shows the same kind of artistic freedom and respect for its cultural heritage as it does for its own people and countries like china whose record on the we goes for example and on human rights advocates jailing them for many you want me contested the we are again the actions yes but nonetheless i think it raises the question of whether they should go back and of course let us not forget on russia today there is a little problem you mention the bush. administration which holds premiums treasure which was taken by stalin's trophy brigade from i

that's where we find our nic robertson. the dance continues in a way. more sanctions. has it changed in any meaningful way or do you see more chapters of this ahead? >> reporter: for sure there are more chapters. one of the key questions is does tehran feel the game has changed? if we think about what happened here, you know, united states maximum pressure sanctions, put additional sanctions on iran. iran's response, strike tankers in the golf. mo in the gulf. more sanctions were put on, iran's response was to incaress, you know, the sort of message to proxies in iraq to target u.s. forces there. it eventually gets to the point where the united states kills qassem soleimani, a massive spike in ratcheting up and destabilizing of the situation. iran's response comes and then now president trump says, yes, he thinks potentially iran wants to de-escalate and there's an off-ramp, but then he puts more sanctions on iran. so we're sort of back to square one. how does iran respond to the united states applying more sanctions? and i think the jury is out on that. a lot of peopl

nick robertson, in riyadh. these missiles, they came from iran, not from a proxy. they weren't looking for plausible deniability. is it your sense from the iranian targeting and the trump reaction so far, there's room for everyone to step back? >> the iranians are creating an off-ramp for sure in the tensions. that's what we've just heard from a reporter in tehran. look at the facts on the ground. at the air base in the past, it's one of the most remote of the air bases the united states uses in iraq. remote from civilian populations. also a massive, sprawling base. if you're in tehran and you're calculating that you want to hit somewhere, and you want to avoid actually creating big u.s. casualties, an large air base like al assad is a good one to use. it's remote from civilian populations, and a relatively safe target. nevertheless, it sends a very big message to the region here. this is how it will be read in riyadh and some of the other capitals in the gulf. iran under sanctions has been able to build these sophisticated, long-range ballistic missiles that it fe

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and nick robertson in riyadh. we'll begin in the iraqi capital where a funeral procession is now under way. tell us what we are seeing and what the atmosphere is. >> reporter: well, becky, we're seeing live pictures on various iraqi channels not just from baghdad but also from the holy cities in the south. thousands of people are pouring into the streets. also outside the holy shrines in the southern cities awaiting the arrival of the remains of the ten people killed in that u.s. strike. that includes of course qassem soleimani and also the top commander here, one of the highest ranking commanders within that iranian backed paramilitary force. and, you know, we've seen these emotional scenes playing out live on television. you've had men, women turning up to mourn the death of these men that they consider to be heroes and martyrs. these are men with a great following here of young militia men who they commanded, who they led in the battlefield on the front lines in the fight against isis. and today they are out th

nic robertson, cnn, london. >> thank you for that. >>> also learning more how the u.s. able to track down qasem soleimani. sources tell cnn u.s. intelligence pointed to soleimani in baghdad meeting with a top hezbollah official. visiting following protests at the u.s. embassy to plan future attacks on the u.s. with iranian proxy forces. with me, someone with a lot of experience tracking the movements many this man former army special operations soldier bre who also co-authored a book. you tracked sol mannuneimani a years ago. how illusive did he prove to be. not like he was always in hiding's he believed he was untouchable and believed he moved with impunity. every time capture or kill soleimani, absolutely not. couldn't do anything about it because the administration was corred about a tit for tat. we took out one of their soldiers they would take out one of ours. that policy failed. the last two decades, it didn't work. i mean, we've seen american soldiers lives taken because of it'sright now because of the strike on soleimani this could lead to all-out war. the type

let's go live to london and bring in cnn's nic robertson.ou heard fareed zacaria say, this is a bad guy. this is someone the united states has designated as a terrorist. he runs terrorist operations against the united states. inside iran, he is seen almost like a head of state. this is a very big moment. >> reporter: this is a man who is being groomed -- not just groomed but vetted as, not just a war hero, but as a national hero. this is a man in his 20s, after the iranian revolution, in 1979, was part of the eight-year iran/iraq war. 500,000 troops were killed. chemical war fafare on both sid. he emerged a hero. he was put in charge of iran's islamic guard corps. and what he's been doing is coordinating and overseeing iran's proxies in the region, be they yemen, afghanistan, iraq, syria. and hezbollah in lebanon. he is the sort of field person who is bringing the military equipment. he is bringing the military strategy from tehran to expand the iranian theocracies, reached throughout the region, expanding this influence of iran throughout t

we have kaitlan collins and fred pleitgen and nic robertson is live in riyadh. the president said he wanted diplomacy and it was a bit mixed. what did he accomplish? >> he seemed to signal that the attack launched by iran is not a military one. he said the united states has powerful military equipment but it doesn't always have to use it and john, that's notable because for the last five days the president has been saying that if iran retaliated against the americans or american assets he wound responding. you heard similar messages coming out of secretary of state mike pompeo in several of the interviews he did on sunday. but for now, the president is signaling it is not going to be a military response. instead, he said he's going to impose more sanctions on iran, economic sanctions so he didn't elaborate what they will look like. we haven't gotten a notice from treasury, we should make that clear and he's reaching out the nato. another point that the president offered but did not elaborate on further so we'll be waiting to see if there's a briefing that happen

nick robertson is in riyadh. most americans were not familiar with soleimani until friday so how did he become such a powerful force while also remaining largely unknown to the rest of the world? >> reporter: yeah, he really was the spirit of iran's proxies throughout the region, bringing in the weapons, the money, currying their favor, directing them to kind of expand iran's ideology throughout the region. he kept a low profile for many years because he was wanting to operate below the radar, but this is somebody who became battle hardened and battle tested soon after the iranian revolution. iran's most revered and feared commander, qasem soleimani, leaves a gaping hole in iran's war-fighting machine. the foremost fighter killed in this devastating rocket strike was both the brains and the brawn behind the proxies loyal to ayatollahs across the middle east. he began his war fighting in the 1980s, a young man in his 20s rising rapidly through iran's military ranks in the brutal iran-iraq war. at least half a mill

. >>> cnn's diplomatic editor, ninic robertson, joins me from london. it spread far and wide in the region. your take on what happened and what could happen as a result. >> reporter: i think iran is going to take this as an existential threat. if they don't respond, they're standing in the region, and the clout and implicit threat of all their proxies, being hezbollah in lebanon, or syria, backing assad there and have been for coming on a decade for almost. or whether they're inside iraq, really underpinning the part of the security of the state of iraq. or whether they're in yemen, backing the hutus. this is a choice for the iranian leadership. there is really only one path they can go down. they have said in the past recently, they do not seek a war. but they're ready to fight one. and this is very likely to be interpreted by them as such. their proxies were put on notice last year, during the escalation of tensions, that the proxies would know how to respond to take on u.s. forces, u.s. interests, throughout the region, be they -- be they hezbollah t

for that we're joined by nic robertson in abu dhabi.ertainly people in the streets of tehran are very upset with the leadership there, understandably, nic. >> the iranian leadership took the decision to come clean on downing the ukrainian passenger jet and cost them international pressure. we heard there from the prime minister of canada, justin trudeau, that what he says is this is a very good first step for iran and many more first steps need to be taken and clarity needs to be taken and lead to closure for the families of victims of that flight. but perhaps the pressing issue while they deal with this international attention and demand for a full and thorough investigation. it's the domestic pressure that iran is perhaps going to feel in the most immediate term here by announcing that they had downed this aircraft and one of the leading commanders involved saying he had requested that civilian aircraft should be grounded for today. that puts the iranian leadership in a position of appearing callus towards their own citizens on a gran

he was playing australian neil robertson in the first round and was 5—1 down when he played what steve the history of snooker. it didn't do him much good at the time as he fluked the red but the white also went down much to everyone's amazement. maguire went on to win that frame and then the next four in a row to snatch a remarkable victory to go through. maguire will play david gilbert in the second round. masters debutant gilbert thrashed the 2018 champion from northern ireland mark allen six frames to one. that's all from sportsday. coming up next on bbc news it's, the papers. goodnight. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lance price, former labour communications boss, and dia chakravarty, brexit editor of the telegraph. great to have you both with us. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. tomorrow's financial times says there is pressure on the bank of england to cut interest rates as the economy slows down. the metro leads on the queen's message to her grandson prince harry — "you can go your own way" is how t

he was facing australian neil robertson in the first round and was 5—1 down when he played what stevealled the most amazing shot in the history of snooker. it didn't do him much good as the white went in but maguire went on to win that frame and then the next four in a row to snatch an amazing victory to go through to face mark allen or dave gilbert in the last eight. let's have aquick look at some of the other headlines today. there was another illness scare for england on their tour of south africa but captainjoe root returned to training today after a stomach upset. a mystery bug affected 11 players around the first test. the series is tied at 1—all with the 3rd test starting on thursday. england lionesses will start the defence of the shebelieves cup title against the hosts and world champions the united states. the lionesses won this event for the first time last year and will also playjapan and spain in the march tournament. hull kingston rovers‘ prop mose masoe is showing "signs of improvement" after sustaining a serious spinal injury in a pre—season friendly against wakefield

robertson and stephen maguire. stephen maguire to the second round, 5—1, the deficit it came back from. he won five frames ina row, came back from. he won five frames in a row, stephen maguire is through to the second round of the masters snooker after completing that sensational comeback. rob burrow made his final appearance for leeds rhinos over the weekend, a five minute cameo in a fundraising match for motor neurone disease. the 37 year old former great britain scrum—half was diagnosed with the incurable condition last year. i know they are making massive moves in research. i saw a professor last week. he was absolutely brilliant for me. making big strides. so one day, hopefully they will find a cure. whether it is in my time or not, but raise awareness, get more people looking into it and hopefully one day, cure this horrible disease. we'll have more from rob burrow in sportsday here on bbc news later. olly foster‘s with you then. let's go back to our top story and a statement from the queen has been released

robertson really started to change that and brought a lot of new people into the republican party.ny of them today are party leaders. ever since then, religious conservatives, evangelical voters on the right, have played an important role to the point where now the criticism on the republican side is made that all the republican caucuses seem to do is which religious conservative they will elevate to the nomination and party moderates are a thing of the past. to the nextmove election cycle. 2000. the nation was just coming off the impeachment of clinton. al gore competed, as did bill bradley. vice president al gore with 63%. keyes,w. bush and alan senator mccain bypassed iowa that year. what should we know about that caucus? mr. yepsen: we are starting to see a notion of three tickets out of iowa. three plane tickets from des moines to manchester. first class, coach, and standby. if you were not in the top three, your chances were limited. you did not get much of a bounce. so that was at work on the republican side. on the democratic side, gore, was thecontest, gore winner handily.

cnn's nic robertson has more now from abu dhabi. >> reporter: chants of death to the supreme leader,ry blow-back for the downing of ukrainian passenger jet gathering momentum in teheran. thousands protesting just hours after iranian officials finally admitted mistakenly shooting it down. "i will kill who killed my brother" someone shouts. the vast majority aboard flight ps 752 were iranian, the best and the brightest. their death a spark igniting tinder dry middle class frustrations. police tossed tear gas, scattered the crowds. the anger quite simply supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei doesn't care about his people. he didn't pause civilian flights while attacking u.s. bases in iraq. the crowd telling him he no longer has a mandate to lead, anger to the powerful irgc. another slap down for the iran's leadership. protesters avoid walking on american and israeli flags painted on the ground some years ago by the regime out of disrespect. iran's leadership now facing growing external as well as internal pressure. >> iran's admission that its own armed forces unintentionally shot down

nic robertson and rahim mosahim is in the iranian capital. soleimani's body will be transferred on sunday. as we consider the images of funeral processions for him and those killed with him, in iraq, this saturday, what is the mood in tehran? >> the mood is portrayed like this, that -- it's wrapping up the whole city, including tehran. so, mourning ceremony after mourning ceremony is held in downtown, in the middle of the town, in developed areas, and also -- revolutionaries the rocks of society, are showing a tribute to him as a celebrity, as a national hero. iran is preparing for a glorious, as they call it, ceremony of funeral. and now, the commemoration in tehran and other big cities of iran. >> as we understand it, from state media, funeral services to be held for soleimani on monday and in his hometown on tuesday. nic, when and where iran might exact revenge for the killing of iran's most powerful chief and architect of much of its middle east strategy is still an open question. and that is clearly creating concern in what is an already

cnn nic robertson is live for us in the capital. let's just talk first of all about what the level of concern is where you are about what is happening in the neighborhood. you have the effective number three in the kingdom meeting with the secretary of state that would indicate their concern. >> yeah, look, when the iraqi parliament votes to have u.s. troops remove and leave from the country, that is a concern for the united states key ally that shares a massive border with iraq next door because that is a further destabilitization and expansion of iranian influence in the region. saudi has been on the front line of attacks from iran and its proxy. they are very concerned about the potential for escalation here. when we see crowned -- the crowned prince's brother, the number three in the country at the moment who has a title of deputy defense ministry with a former am basketball to eer amb washington today to meet with u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo, that tells you the level of engagement that the saudis want to have with the u

our international diplomatic editor nic robertson in riyadh, and sam kiley in abu dhabi.k, first to you. the calls we're hearing from european leaders urging restraint, the question here, do they really have the leverage to make a difference here? sk and are there any off-ramps for de-escalation from your vantage point in the coming future? >> reporter: if we take at face value president trump's tweets, then the british, the french and the germans who issued the joint statement calling for -- not to ratchet up tensions further are whistling in the wind because president trump is tweeting that he is willing to strike cultural sites, said that he is willing to demand money from iraq if u.s. troops are forced to pull out. all those speeches ratcheting up tensions and destabilization in the region. the reality is cooler heads and calmer thoughts may prevail behind closed doors, but there is no indication at the moment that there is a diplomatic off-ramp. what we understand from the iraqi prime minister yesterday is that qassem soleimani in the hours before he had been killed

nic robertson in riyadh, thank you both. >> we'll hear what the president has to say shortly. all lawmakers are set to be briefed today on the conflict in iran. a senator is going to join us next. you'll want to hear it. ♪ ♪ aveeno® with prebiotic striple oat complex balances skin's microbiome. so skin looks like this and you feel like this. aveeno® skin relief. get skin healthy™ "19if you don't get trthere in time,sm." we will lose sixteen hundred men. i can't see! keep hold of me! come on! jump! >>> hours from now, the entire house and senate will be briefed on the ongoing conflict with iran, including the intelligence that led to the u.s. drone strike that killed iran's top general qassem soleimani. manu raju is on capitol hill. what can we expect in terms of who is leading the briefings and also how much intelligence is shared with the entirety of congress because listening to esper yesterday, to christiane amanpour, it was clear that it would be very limited in terms of when you compare to what the gang of eight got. >> yeah, typically in these briefings, not a whole lot

. >> let's go to nic robertson in abu dhabi.comes why should outside governments like canada who lost more than 60 of their nationals or ukraine for that matter, trust iran's investigation? >> we don't even know where iran's investigation is going. its success is going to be on its transparency. iran wants this international support. are they talking about arresting the guys that push the button that fired the missile? are they talking about the commander that called and said is this a u.s. incoming missile or not? or does it really go to the root of the issue for many iranians at the moment which is, you know, who was responsible for not grounding all the civilian aircraft that night? will it go to that level? and we don't have that. rouhani does say that the world is watching, but that doesn't mean they'll be transparent in what they do. >> listen, there are other questions, too. why didn't european air authority recommend no flights over iran as well, which they've now done. but late. i want to ask another question because th

cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in abu dhabi. you heard the canadian prime minister talk about demanding answers. you heard paula say very rare for leaders of the two countries to be speaking. how should all of this be assessed in terms of whether any of the countries involved whose passengers died will ever get a full picture, full answers. >> trudeau has been clear here, just as paula says, saying that he is going to continue to shine a light on this, again, very focused, talking about accountability, talking about the fact that canada must be part of the investigation process. he did say more visas had been granted, that the lead elements of the investigative team would be able to get to tehran. he said they should be there, 4:00 p.m. toronto time, east coast time today. he said that was a good thing. hoped more would be able to follow. it was interesting that the prime minister's press conference was a little delayed because there would have been the potential had these visas not been granted, he would have been standing ther

. >> cnn editor nic robertson joins us in riyadh, security editor nick paton walsh live in beruit. muy meet with u.s. officials day. y -- today. you have learned what we might expect from that? >> reporter: i spoke to the brother of the crown prince, brother of the king, effectively the third most powerful man in the country. his title is deputy defense minister. don't let that fool you. what i'm told is he's in washington today to meet with secretary of state mike pompeo on a mission for the crown prince, but it's a very simple message he's bringing. it's a message of restraint. the saudis want to find a way to deescalate the situation. that's what he wants to talk to mike pompeo about. i'm told part of the way that he'll convey this message is to say that, look, we live in the region. we've seen this sort of chaos before. we don't want it. we've been a target. saudis will say we've been a target of attacks from iran before and we consider we might be a target again. we don't want that. this is something we want to avoid. that's going to be part of the message. i was also asking t

sandwiched in between bob dole and bush is pat robertson. another parallel because here is someone who kind of came out of nowhere, was a televangelist, never held elected office, and is able to bring attention to himself because he beat expectations, gets media attention, not just in the state, but after he comes in, a surprising second to parlay that into making a campaign of it across the country. wounding bush somewhat in the process. bush will go on to win the nomination. another thing we see and 1988, iowans like candidates from neighboring states. bob dole from kansas does win. sometimes that gets a candidate of credibility. we are seeing that potentially with amy klobuchar. races we areew going to skip. 19 92, no republican count. president bush was running for reelection. running forin was the democratic nomination, so democrats bypass the state. came in6, buchanan second behind bob dole, bob dole one. 2000, the bush and gore both win their respective caucuses and go on to win in november. those three caucuses do not seem to have ha

sandwiched in between bob dole and bush is pat robertson. another parallel because here is someone who kind of came out of nowhere, was a televangelist, never held elected office, and is able to bring attention to himself because he beat expectations, gets media attention, not just in the state, but after he comes in, a surprising second to parlay that into making a campaign of it across the country. wounding bush somewhat in the process. bush will go on to win the nomination. another thing we see in 1988, iowans like candidates from neighboring states. bob dole from kansas does win. sometimes they gets a candidate a little bit of credibility. we are seeing that potentially with amy klobuchar. david: the next few races, we are going to quickly skip. in 1992, there was no republican count. president bush was running for reelection. senator harkin was running for the democratic nomination, so democrats bypassed the state. in 1996, buchanan came in second behind bob dole. dole won. in 2000, the bush and gore both win their respective caucuses a

cnn's nic robertson explains. >> reporter: as leaders met in berlin this weekend, one demand for libyaed to have a cease-fire. >> reporter: the reality, it twochl bewould have been easier several years ago. summer strewn with opportunity, and a worsening conflict. turkey, the latest regional power to escalate the stakes, vowing to send its troops and already helping hundreds of syrian fighters get to libya's front lines. >> until now we have an escalation of a libyan conflict with some foreign interference. now we were facing the risk of a true regional escalation. >> reporter: the root of this crisis in the overthrow of dictator muammar gaddafi, 2011. gaddafi's forces were poised to crush libya's arab spring uprising. after disagreements, the u.n. backed nato to intervene. french jets stopped gaddafi's advance. in the following weeks, british and french jets pounded the army, but not u.s. forces. president obama contributed only what the europeans could not, surveillance and mid-air refueling. his message, libya was europe's problem. and when gaddafi was killed, again, no consensus fo

to get more on the protests in iran, cnn's nic robertson is in abu dhabi. help us understand the significance of what we're seeing on the streets in iran this morning. >> very smim simply, what the iranian people have seen from their leadership the past few days is that the leadership does not care about them. their interpretation, it comes directly from the fact that one of the military commanders in charge of the -- in charge of part of the irgc, the sort of islamic revolutionary guard called the main military force in iran suggested that civilian passenger jet should be grounded on the night that iran was launching the missiles at the united states and it's taken several days for iran to admit that it made a mistake shooting down this aircraft. so many people in tehran already suspicious and know that the leadership does not really care about what they think because so many protests have been put down, hundreds of people being killed as recently as a few months ago. the people are out on the streets because there is a sense, a clear sense that the leader

cnn's nick robertson is following the story from abu dhabi for us. we've seen images of protesters stomping on pictures of qassem soleimani and walking around the u.s. flag. what is going on? >> reporter: this is a major protest against the government in iran and quite simply because so many people now believe that the leadership doesn't care about them. the downing of that ukrainian jet is an example of it, a huge and hurtful and painful example of it. why? because the leadership in iran had the opportunity that night they were attacking u.s. bases to ground civilian aircraft. they didn't, and that means that so many canadians and so many iranians lost their lives. the brightest and the best of them among them, those making new lives and new careers overseas, and that's really angered people here. a few weeks ago we were looking at protests on the streets of iran where people were angry with the government again for treating them how they felt as second class to the regime's ideals of sort of overseas adventures, of qassem soleimani's killings overs

nic robertson, thanks very much. as tensions escalate and the president threatens new sanctions on iraq, this all could have major economic impact here at home, particularly when it comes to oil. >> that's bring in cnn business lead writer matt egan. talk about oil prices in terms of what is ahead. if we see iranian-style sanctions on iraq, what does that mean for oil prices? what does that mean for every american consumer? >> well, hitting iraq with iran-style sanctions would catapult both oil and gas prices. and that, obviously, would be a negative for the american economy. it would backfire. believe it or not, iraq is the second biggest oil producer within opec. second only to saudi arabia. and even though the united states is the world's leading oil producer right now, more than any other nation on the planet, we still import a lot of oil. iraq is the fourth biggest source of oil into the united states. so it's hard to see how you can put sanctions on iraq without rattling already nervous oil markets. that's why

nic robertson for us in riyadh.hank you, nick. >> well, as tensions rise, some world leaders expressing concern, calling for de-escalation in a joint statement. the french president emmanuel macron, the german chancellor angela merkel and british prime minister boris johnson said, in part, we call on all parties to exercise utmost restraint and responsibility. the current cycle of violence in iraq must be stopped. >>> and ambassador christoffer hill joins me now among many other things, the former u.s. ambassador to iraq. also professor at the university of denver. also good to get you on. you are a former ambassador. how has the last couple of days been for diplomacy? >> well, pretty extraordinary. i mean, i guess the question many americans are asking is what's the context of this? we go africa seem soleimani, by the way, not a very nice guy mildly. but what have we tried to accomplish there? what's the longer term plan? so we're not seeing a lot of that. and the second thing we don't quite see is what is the -- w

. >> nic robertson joins me now from london. of course, it's the first time the united states has killed general in iran. we keep hearing, though, the same thing over and over, nic, that this act puts the u.s. in unchartered territory. what might that look like? >> iran is going to decide how far it wants to push this, the killing of qassim soleimani they will see as an existential threat. they cannot not do anything about this. so there will be sort of two parts to this, if you will. and we can break it down like that simply at the moment. but i think as the days progress it will become far more complicated. simply put, iran's proxies were told last year in the face of mounting tensions with the united states that they would know what to do and how to respond to u.s. aggression. so they were already put on notice and that response will be against the u.s. forces and u.s. interests they find close to them. that's something that's going to have a visceral type feel to it. that is something that is going to be the proxies trying t

cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins us with more.lopment. >> reporter: it is. it tells us sad facts. it tells us about the last minutes of the people on board the aircraft, that not just one missile but two missiles hit the plane 20 seconds apart. one can only begin to imagine how awful that must have been for the passengers and crew on board the plane. but it tells us something else, as well. it tells us at that iranians are being less than honest, less than fully truthful. less than fully forthcoming on the issue about the plane. only once did they mention missiles hitting the aircraft. every other time they have talked about a singular missile. we've been told by the military commander in charge that they had ten seconds to make a decision on whether to shoot down was this a passenger jet or an incoming u.s. missile. now it appears that they had another 20 seconds to make a separate decision on what to do. so none of this is adding up and measuring up to what the iranian minorities are saying. it's certainly likely to cause conste

cnn's nic robertson live where the cab gnat meet today.t do we expect to hear from the prime minister boris johnson today? >> reporter: he's going to talk about a new era, a new future. he'll say today is not the end but it's the beginning and also talk about his message of lev b leveling up and what he means by that is the south of the u.k. has been so much more prosperous for so many years than the north and he wants to address that. that's why he's coming to sunderland 240 miles northeast of england. in the recent it decades that's fallen away and significantly as well this town has a very large nissan car production plant. this is city of about 175,000 people. 7,000 are employed directly at that nissan factory. and, you know, a bad message for the prime minister actually is that leaving the european union is having a negative effect on car production. that factory is 20% down on its output. so that's a worry in this area. and of course for people across the country it's a worry about the next phase of brexit. yes, the u.k. leaves tonig