s. now putin is standing up and asserting russia's national security interests and there are some people in the united states that just don't like that. america wants to monitor hundreds of thousands of media outlets around the globe and the plan by the u.s. department of homeland security has sparked widespread concerns and explains. the department of homeland security wants you to gather information on people it refers to as media influencers it's deadline day for applications for the job our mission is to lead the nation effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation's physical and cyber infrastructure services shall provide media comparison tools design and rebranding tools communication tools and the ability to identify to media influencers that clearly made many journalists here in the us quite uncomfortable now the concerns seem pretty legitimate think of all the people that could be monitored considered to be media influencers the number of media outlets around the world that they potentially want to monitor is list is around two hundred ninety thousand this includes

s. now putin is standing up and asserting russia's national security interests and there is some people in the united states who just don't like that. a new round of clashes has erupted on the israeli gaza border as part of a so-called great march of return the anti occupation campaign by palestinians down to the end of march is ready defense forces deployed tanks have been using live ammunition and tear gas to break up the demonstrations some palestinian protesters have found inventive ways though to counter the toxic fumes they've made their own mosques filled with perf human cotton some of the even used fruit and vegetables. well. there's a lot of both so we can say it like this because it's going to cause you suffocation especially in young kids we also put on your block from entering the mouth and nose because it burns them internally and we don't have special equipment or materials we can't provide proper respirators. can be can't get out since i live when we come here. gas that we can't breathe they also shoot us in the lags i use this to protect myself let's see how clear. i fil

s. now putin is standing up and asserting russia's national security interests and there are some people in the united states who just don't like that. for something completely different to saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed who was has just wrapped up a three day visit to paris and it seems that he has made quite an impression on the french president emanuel macron is now asking critics of the saudi air to give him a chance and start to struggle to pinsky explains. the saudis the crown prince's been on a global cholo my friends to the west for the post three days here in france it seems like it's been all hugs and handshakes from my housemate been home and he's even joked about having asked special bond with the french president. thank. god. that's despite the fact that bin solomon is the leader of an absolute monarchy considered to be one of the world's most oppressive regimes yet on his visit to france saudi arabia's new tourist reputation for human rights offenses seem to have been swept under the carpet. do so are your legitimate questions from civil society and from journalists a

s. now putin is standing up and asserting russia's national security interests and there are some people in the united states who just don't like that. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed has wrapped up a three day visit to paris the latest stop in the young arabs the diplomatic world tour and it seems that the visit has forged a new personal alliance with france's president as artie's traveled to minsk explains. the saudis a crown prince's been on a global charm offensive of the west for the past three days here in france it seems like it's being all hugs and handshakes for mohammed bin salman he's even joked about having asked special bond with the french president. that's despite the fact that bin selman is the leader of an absolute monarchy considered to be one of the world's most oppressive regimes yet on his visit to france saudi arabia's new tourist reputation for human rights offenses seem to have been swept under the carpet. what are your legitimate questions from civil society and from journalists about human rights and various sensitive issues concerning your country we have

s. now putin is standing up and asserting russia's national security interests and there is some people in the united states who just don't like that. america is looking for companies to monitor the media around the globe the plan by the u.s. department of homeland security has sparked widespread concerns among journalists as killam up and explains. the department of homeland security wants you to gather information on people it refers to as media influencers it's deadline day for applications for the job our mission is to lead the nation the effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation's physical in cyber infrastructure services shall provide media comparison tools design and rebranding tools communication tools and the ability to identify took media. and cers that clearly made many journalists here in the us quite uncomfortable now the concerns seem pretty legitimate think of all the people that could be monitored considered to be media influencers the number of media outlets around the world that they potentially want to monitor is list is around two hundred ninety thou

s. russia fact of lee rolled over under yeltsin to american demands now putin is standing up and asserting russia's national security interests and there are some people in the united states who just don't like that well more about what compared to say a. hearing earlier on to see into the job he said that president putin is not yet received the message over alleged meddling indicating he supports more sanctions is it going to go that way or is he going to try to mend relations seems like it'll be the full one the latter i guess. unfortunately yes the context you put it in before is the right one if it's not just tom peo by himself it's also john bolton in an already hawkish cabinet in the united states there's a lot of concern about trump but people said at least he was surrounded by adults who were going to constrain the strain his more day dress hawk reckless impulse as well now those people are gone pillars sins are gone. master and those folks and now you've got the people around trump who are going to egg him on who are going to encourage him to lash out to do irresponsible things an

with gaza thirty people have now died near the border with israel since the protests began last friday. the u.s.'s impose new sanctions against some of president vladimir putin's key allies the target seven russian businessmen and seventeen senior government officials the white house says the penalties are in response to what it calls moscow's quote damaging activities the former russian spy at the center of a diplomatic row between the u.k. and moscow is no longer in a critical condition doctors say circus cripples health is improving a month after he and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent in southern england which police abuse in their presence on the streets of london this weekend after a surge and knife crime officers have held an emergency meeting with community leaders on how to tackle the problem the us president donald trump is moving to end the practice known as catch and release it allows immigrants caught in the u.s. without proper documentation to be freed while the immigration cases play out in the courts you are right up to date with all the top stories the news continues here on al-jazeera after our next program one on one east. count

with gaza thirty people have now died near the border with israel since the protests began last friday. the u.s.'s impose new sanctions against some of president vladimir putin's key allies the target seven russian businessmen and seventeen senior government officials the white house says the penalties are in response to what it calls moscow's quote damaging activities the former russian spy at the center of a diplomatic row between the u.k. and moscow is no longer in a critical condition doctors say circus cripples health is improving a month after he and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent in southern england the police are boosting their presence on the streets of london this weekend after a surge and knife crime officers have held an emergency meeting with community leaders on how to tackle the problem the us president donald trump is moving to end the practice known as catch and release it allows immigrants caught in the u.s. without proper documentation to be freed while the immigration cases play out in the courts you are right up to date with all the top stories the news continues here on al-jazeera after our next program one on one east. why

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anything right now from the defense secretary james mattis also asking why were kwep chemical s in syria if russia was involved in getting them out. president trump called out vladimir putin by name for the first time on any subject but how does russia factor into the equation of what the united states does now? >> i actually think this is a key question in the national security council meeting that will occur later today. to general clark's point we have to look at all the options, military, diplomatic, financial and otherwise. the intelligence community needs to brief on what matters to vladimir putin. syria matters to them. what is going to change vladimir putin's mind when it comes to his activities in syria? otherwise all the strikes that we are going to launch are going to be symbolic. we know that vladimir putin cares about moving goods and services around the world. that is why we issued sanctions last week. for example, if that is the case why aren't we talking to european countries about imposing their own sanctions against russians for their activities in syria? why aren't we talking to saudis and turks about stopping their arms deals with russia because of its

s. reinforcements arrived in manbij in recent days, an apparent sign that, for now at least, they will stay as a counter-weight to turkish moves. meanwhile, russian president adimir putin arrived in ankara today, to meet with the leaders of turkey and iran.rr to, they'll discuss the future of syria, without the u.s. for more on where the unitedes states, its aland its adversaries stand on the complex battlefield of northera i'm joined by: mona yacoubian, a deputy assistant administrator in the middle st bureau at u.s.aid from 2014 to 2017. she'now at the u.s. institut and amberin zaman, a columnist for al monitor and a former wilson center fellow. welcome to you both. enso we have this split sc moment today in washington. the president speaking and then the gentle and others speaking where you were. mona, let me start with you. ist clear to you what the american intention is in syria? >> i think th american intention in syria has been first and foremost to defeat isis. and don't think that has shifted. i do think, though, that what we saw today playing out almost in real-time are some of the tensions or the challenges that u.s. policy faces. president trump, who has be

putin and i can get along. alix: it's having an effect on the markets. the s&p futures now off by 21 points around the lows of the session and the euro modestly it's really.1%, but about dollar-yen moving much lower as the safe haven big continues for the currency. theare seeing buying on margin, especially on the back end, yields moving down about two basis points. oil up .6%. oil is ae a conflict, good geopolitical indicator at this point. morningddie: 30 this new york time, we will get the u.s. cgi numbers for march and then we get the fomc minutes from the march meeting. and that brings us to the first story action in the first take, going back to mark zuckerberg, and was testifying at 10:00. joined by alex webb and lisa abramowicz. he testified at length, six hours almost yesterday in front of the senate. this is part of what he had to say, it was clear that senators were not dying all of his apologies. stocks --reement suks. -- sucks. the purpose is to cover facebook's rear end, not to give users their rights. vote to't want to regulate facebook, but by god, i will. t

s.-led air strike by launching more attacks on the rebels. and russian president vladimir putin says more attacks on syria would lead to global chaos joining us right nowker. he's a veteran of foreign service including spending time as ambassador to syria, iraq, and afghanistan. out with a new op-ed in "the wall street journal. it is called "after the syria strike, a strategy." a it was coauthored by michael o'hanlon who spoke to in the last half hour >> thank you for having me >> when you think of the strategy that has bedeviled many presidents when it comes to syria. the strategy you lay out today, tell us what that is what's the best way forward? >> well, this is a moment, an inflection point where we did respond on the chemical attack so it's a moment, i think to assess how we move forward we're still going to be in the anti-isis phase for awhile to reduce them as far as we possibly can, but now's the time to look ahead from that. what should our strategy be? we should protect them and that should start really by ensuring that we are giving forces that have worked with us a reasonably st secure position. look at the battle space right now. start th

now the u.s. media has apparently hit a new low in its demonization of russia m s n b c's morning joe host joe scarborough said white house physician ronnie jackson sounded like hitler's doctor putin'soctor were doctoring north korea when describing donald trump's health well it seems american journalism is framing and you concept of evil. it sounded like hitler's doctor i'm sorry you say that forget about hitler strike killer but let's just say maybe or another audit karaoke ocker coming out who said this. she lied about it she claims she never wrote those blog posts in the first place someone else did she said she did sinestro engines perhaps employed by bottom or putting. on the c international is demanding the ukrainian government investigates an attack on a gypsy camp in the capital kiev. last week a nationalist group destroyed the roma camp children reportedly injured in the incident people fled while their tents and other belongings were burned the attackers also used tear gas and reportedly guns. currently no one can be sure that they want become the next week to swarm of radicals they shoot themselves with mattresses and caring for the public but actually they're terrorizin

s. now putin is standing up and asserting russia's national security interests and there is some people in the united states who just don't like that. israeli gaza border is braced for another day of violence this friday palestinians launched anti occupation protests at the end of march demanding the return of land they claim israel has taken the israeli defense force has deployed tanks and have been using live ammunition and tear gas to break up the demonstrations palestinians meanwhile have come up with some inventive ways to count.