ensuring that economy does not have sanctuary in south asia. making sure secure border between afghanistan and pakistan is critical. that's one of the interdependent variables. >> to talk about going back to syria. can you talk about the role in iran is playing in syria? is it increasing, in particular the hezbollah >> iran is playing unhelpful role in syria and middle east. some of you may have heard me describe it this way. again, iran, unlike the united states and coalition, is not focused on isised isised in of syria. iran is focused on propping up the regime committed atrocities in the civil war. addressing the grievances of the save war and syria will be necessary for us to have peace and stability and have a sanctuary for violent extremism. >> staying in the region, are you concerned about any long term implications of the current gulf crisis on regional security and has the crisis affected u.s. military operations in the region? you said something last week on capitol hill that your operations relatively unaffected. with turkey sending

asia. because what we feel it is a south -- what we're dealing with is a threat it extends from africa to asia. in all cases, it is ron desantis our strategy. to support local forces. some need more support than others. but the methodology is consistent across the train's threat. >> to what degree does that involve pressuring pakistan? pakistan --: haveing that -- does not sanctuary in south asia area making sure the taliban doesn't have century in south asia area making sure the border is enforced is critical. the relationships between pakistan and afghanistan, that is critical. it is a very that will allow us to be possible. -- goingtalk about back to syria -- can you talk iran ishe role that playing? ran isunford: i ron is pl playing an unhelpful role area the major export -- unhelpful role. the major export is influence. it is not focused on isis inside of syria. iran is focused on propping up the regime that committed atrocities in the civil war. and from my perspective, addressing the grievances of the civil war in syria is necessary to have these and stability. -- necessary to have peac

the other interest that we have in the region is preventing a regional conflict in south asia. when the strategy comes in, it's less about what happened over the past 16 years, it is what -- then it is what national interest in south asia, what's the diplomatic and military campaign plan that's necessary for us to protect and advance our national interest in south asia. i don't believe it's useful to have a conversation about where we've been, how much money we've spent or how long we've been in afghanistan. what is most important is articulating to the american people. we owe them that. we should be able to articulate that and roll out a strategy. doing, notwe are just militarily, but diplomatically and economic. that's the conversation we'll be prepared to have. >> what's the end game in afghanistan? what's your prediction for new cost and u.s. lives? >> what i would say from a military dimension to be clear about what is it we trying to -- are trying to do, we are trying to support our partners on the ground and driving level of violence down to where local security forces c

and, find out why this airport in south asia is not popular with travellers or airlines...me to asia business report. a big day for pakistan, one that brings a boost to the country's stock market as today is when pakistan rejoice the msci emerging markets index, that list looks at top rank stocks from around the world, they use those lists to determine where and how much to invest in stocks. it signals that things could be turning around for a nation where political and terror related problems have taken centre stage. pakistan used to be part of the index but was removed due to the decision to shut down for four months in late 2008 after prices dropped dramatically meaning foreign investors could not get their money out. we arejoined by investors could not get their money out. we are joined by our correspondent now. why are they back in the club? well, i think if you ta ke in the club? well, i think if you take a look at the performance of the stock exchange, versus the msci emerging markets index, the grass itself can tell you pretty much everything about why the msci has

pakistan was once called the basket case of south asia in terms of its economic prospects.e new asian tiger. a lot of that is down to the new reputational boost you are talking about. it is now part of the emerging markets index. that includes top—ranked stocks from all over the world. some of the world's biggest businesses use this list. just take a look at some of the evidence. pakistani stocks versus the emerging markets index, you can see on your screen how shares have outperformed the emerging markets index, despite all the troubles that have come out of pakistan in recent years. why is this happening? a lot of it is down to good corporate governance, and it is also a domestic consumption story. much like india and china, pakistan is all about spending money and seeing incomes rise. take a look at this chart. gdp growth in pakistan has been pretty solid of late. that is coming after a low period in the mid— 2000. i think it is also important not to disregard the obvious issues with security and terror related concerns. at least for today, a sign that this country could

and here in new york prachi , patankar, co-founder of the south asia solidarity initiative. we welcome you both to democracy now! talk about the significance of this meeting today between trump amid the president of the united states, and modi. >> just like the other predecessors of these leaders of these countries, the u.s. and india, i imagine they will talk about similar long-term issues like economic trade deals and nuclear deals and things like you mentioned, the arms deal they are about to sign. of course, given the latest pulling of from the climate deal that trump saw, they will talk that as well. what differs from past leaders is they come together for their authoritarianism. modi led the way if years ago, coming to power led by very much fascist and fundamentalist take regime followed by what he did. bringshink this is what them together. another thing that brings them together is there populist and symbolic rhetoric. trump has the make america great idea hembolic -- campaigned on. modi talks about make in india. they are these nationalistic, keep jobs at home, tal

we find herself caught up in struggles in south asia and in i ran.his is not just a one country war. host: caller: my concerns with afghanistan, it is like being on the way. fought the war and the americans paid the price with their lives. i'm feeling strongly that once we pulled out like vietnam, the whole place settle down, the economy settle down. i know no country is totally safe. the biggest threat and my concern is north korea with nuclear capabilities and able to hit the united states. if we are looking for a right afghanistan, we're going to get jabbed real hard like december 7 on the left. please be aware and be on alert. host: let me ask you about the administration's focus on north korea. it has been their key foreign-policy. do you have any concerns that afghanistan could become the other war? the otherd to call it war once iraq started back in 2003 -- an effort of forgotten policy or a focus of the administration? anthony: as you look back at what happened from 1948 on, the cold war was never a war against useda, but we fought and milita

south asia, some heavy rain. for the time of year. the north west corner, we have seen some heavy rain in the last couple of days. could be looking at another four to five millimetres of rain doing the course of the weekend. likely to be more flooding in places. europe, we have seen huge contrast in temperature and weather conditions. central and northern parts have been bombarded with strong winds, heavy rain and thunderstorms. north east germany has seen torrential downpours to end the working week. these thunderstorms will be moving north and east words into western russia and east words into western russia and the baltic states. further south, it is all about the heatwave, particularly across the south east corner. in the canary isles, a lot of fine weather, temperatures around 28, 30 degrees on saturday. the iberian peninsula sees lower temperatures than normal for this time of year. even a few showers across south eastern spain. in france, remains quite unsettled but some sunshine and quite pleasant in nice

he's a fellow with the atlantic council's south asia center. he joins me live from washington. hejoins me live from washington. a tragic few days in afghanistan. as the government lost control of the country? they have been fighting the insurgency on multiple fronts. it is not just the taliban that are active in afghanistan, but according to the top us commander in the country, there are at least 20 other militant terrorist groups active in afghanistan and pakistan in the last couple of years. at least 20 of them are involved in breast activities in the country, including an affiliate of islamic state. their results of a pakistan —based network which afghan intelligence has said was behind the recent truck bombing in central kabul on wednesday. needless to say that this year and last have been the years of survival for the afghan government. 0ften the years of survival for the afghan government. often times, their ability to take on each of the insurgent groups that operate in the country and be effective at it is overstretched, but it does not

panudda boonpala, who is the director of international labour organisation's decent work team for south asiary much for being on the programme. how widespread is child labour and how serious is the situation in asia today? thank you. i think, first, in the past ten yea rs or i think, first, in the past ten years or $0, i think, first, in the past ten years or so, we have i think, first, in the past ten years or so, we have observed the numbers of child labour have come down. the problem is it has not come down. the problem is it has not come down fast enough. today, asia still has a large number of working children around, more than anywhere else in the world. in domestic work, we see still many children working in most countries. you have a target at the un to eliminate child labour by 2030. many people we have spoken to the day had said it is not achievable. the problem needs to be addressed at the grassroots when it comes to society and education. what is the plan for the un to carry this out, and how confident are you will be able to reach this target? they have been agreed by member sta

a stretch of water in south—east asia is considered one of the riskiest regions in the world. and the philippines are launching a maritime patrol in the sulu and celebes seas. it's due to a spate of kidnap for ransom incidents since last year. many of which have been attributed to the abu sayyaf militant group operating out of the southern philippines. i spoke to maritime defence expert collin koh and asked him why it took so much time for the region to agree on this security arrangement. there are actually a few issues, one has to do with the political issue of sensitivity for one another‘s sovereignty. initially deferring that perception when it comes to the severity of these issues. of course i think there is something more practical, it is to do with the need to not just co—ordinate with agencies of these three countries but within each country, the co—ordination of various agencies because it's very unlike the case of the malacca strait when we're dealing with piracy and armed robery, we are looking at dealing with terrorism so you're requiring co—operation between the de

across south asia, heavy rain is the talking port from the monsoon.as we go through latter stages of the weekend, perhaps the north eastern states as well. another 200 to 400 millimetres is quite possible, widely across bangladesh and brian mark, exacerbating flag issues. across to asia, the mayan flood drifts northward away from hong kong, taking it to shanghai and the southern fringes of japan. some taking it to shanghai and the southern fringes ofjapan. some rain will be quite expensive and again, could cause issues with some localised flooding. we will keep you posted and development as and when they occur through the next couple of days. elsewhere, across europe, wings have been hot. it fresh air into the weekend, across the uk and northern europe, in low to mid 20s temperature. but it settled and sunny, not as hot as it has been, but that's the place to be for sunshine. a detailed forecasts for the uk coming up injust under half an hour but the fresher story. breezy conditions, sunshine and showers. but it may have escaped your attention that it

how do we know cracks look at south asia.both pakistanis and indians are talking about missile defense systems and negotiating with various us contractors to helpgo with missile defenses and with the answer of the other side? we had to build more weapons overwhelm the defense. there's a real nuclear arms race underway in south asia and now it's been accelerated by the introduction missile defenses, pouring gasoline on the fire. so, this debate has been not happening because we have not been in a missile-defense race we've just been playing around with limited defenses, theater defenses. the place where it will flareup is europe, so-called european phase adapter approach. it was supposed to be aimed at an iranian icbm with a nuclear warhead. that iranian deal has truncated that program to ensure they won't be a nuclear weapon for at least 15 to make 20 years and yet the missile-defense systems we said were aimed at the audience are still going in and out tuesday and. of the russians say, see it's about as. it's been about us a

let's talk about the synergies. , pakistan,e defense as well as terror in south asia, as well as with to aer, we were talking person who spoke specifically on china. >> what both parties in the upcoming summit will want to avoid is any sense or impression of combining and anything that appears to be an anti-chinese alliance. both parties are concerned about the rise of china come increasingly strong, more assertive china, and particularly from india's perspective the way that plays in the pakistan. >> i want to show you something interesting. we are talking about avoiding any anti-chinese alliance. this is the trade relationship with india and its top trading countries. number 1, 72 $.3 billion in 2016. the united states at $66.5 count on themey as their top trading partner, but mr. modi speaking about donald trump said india's growth presents a win-win partnership with united states moving ahead. we have already been seeing some kind of warmth, something we have not seen with donald trump and other world leaders, china, australia, middle eastern it has beennd it via twitter between b

but this stretch of water in south—east asia is one of the riskiest regions in the world.ritime defence expert collin koh from nanyang technological university and asked him why it took so much time for the region to agree on this security arrangement. actually there are a few issues, the main one has to do with the political issue of sensitivity for one another‘s sovereignty. that's the problem when it comes to the severity of this issue and there is something more practical, the need to not just co—ordinate something more practical, the need to notjust co—ordinate with agencies of these three countries but within each country the co—ordination of various agencies because it's unlike the case of the macau straight when we are looking at piracy, we are dealing with terrorism so your requiring co—operation between the home industry and the foreign ministry so it's complex. it is a complex undertaking but have all these three countries got their heads together with the political will in one deal to be able to make this happen? yes, correct. this is actually replicating the p

indeed, the country has long been known as the basket case of south asia but now it is being called theoned, it has rejoined the emerging markets index, it was kicked out years ago because of all of the political and terror related issues, and in fact the pakistani shares have actually been outperforming the index in recent yea rs, outperforming the index in recent years, despite all those troubles, the continuing troubles. it is basically because of good corporate governance reforms as well as strong domestic consumption and china for one have been investing billions of dollars in the country, so definitely a landmark moment for the country. as always, really good to see you, thank you so much. let me show you what the numbers are doing, you saw the decay at the bottom of the screen, but new month, same old worries, trump, brexit, and the election, greece's debt worries, all that on the minds of investors. but ending a four—day losing run. in the us yesterday, slightly different picture on wall street, banking shares saw the biggest falls over worries the recent economic optimism in th

look at south asia. there's a debate going on about missile defense, both the pakistans and indians are talking about missile defense systems are negotiating with various u.s. contractors to help with missile defenses and what's the answer of the other side? we have to build more weapons to overwhelming the defense. so there is a real nuclear arms race underway in south asia, now it's being accelerated by the introduction of missile defenses. it's pouring gasoline on the fire. and so this debate has been more not happening because we have not been in a missile defense race. we've just been playing around with these limited defenses, theater defenses. the one place where it is going to flare up is in europe, this so-called european phase of adaptive approach. it was supposed to be aimed at iranian icbm. there is no deal. and yet, the missile defense systems that we said were aimed at the iranians are still going in and are about to expand. the russians say, see, it's about us. it's been about us all along

the monsoon trough continues its progress a cross monsoon trough continues its progress across south asiaat the moment. we‘re not done with this feature just yet. in the next few days there are warnings of intense rain all the way through pakistan, north and west india and towards bangladesh. we will continue with the wet theme as we head towards this front, a semipermanent feature at this time of year affecting china and the korean peninsular and southern parts of japan. and the korean peninsular and southern parts ofjapan. it‘s in the central and southern parts of china that we have real concerns over the next few days with sunspots seeing 750 millimetres of rain, particularly on wednesday when the weather feature doesn‘t move very fast. rather like the indian monsoon, the rainfall is patchy. not everybody will see that extraordinary amount of rain i have described. that‘s the situation across much of asia. that‘s come closer to home, to europe. even on a big scale you can see the area of low pressure is the dominant feature. 0n the big scale you can see the specs and intense thundersto

not actually go out of its way to make sure that were spreads in places like latin america or two south asia, it self at the forefront of decolonization. in other words, the truman doctrine eclairs a world conflict and then does not tell the world about it. it is very european centered, berlin-centered, germany-centered. that's all he more weird when you consider that the doctrine itself -- my apologies. it is probably not legible out there, but truman goes out of his way in distinction between otalitarian forces and regimes and the free world. he says that it is control of the media the way that these regimes control their people. in other words, it recognizes the power of media and a worldwide conflict but does not really do anything to announce that new doctrine to the broader world. it is a very atlantic-focused story. the graphic in the upper right is from first attempts on the eve of the korean war to try and six this gap. it is what truman called an ironically the campaign of truth . the thinking here is if we just tell our story to the world, tell the story about communist chicanery

we've seen it in other parts of the world, southeast asia -- south asia -- east asia i should say -- welcome to china. >> in china, we still have human rights problems. i'm talking about places like south korea and japan where we sent economic freedom will lead to political freedom. it's worked. it hasn't worked in cuba partly because we are on our own with his embargo. cuba is still trading with the rest of the world. they are just not trading with the u.s. that's part of the reasons why the policy is not been effective. >> chris: really quickly? >> he based this on something really quite clever, which is so much of the economy is owned by the cuban military, the intelligent, the security forces. basically, he forbade financial transactions with those particular entities, which congress done my covers 80% of the whole tourist business. it was specifically aimed at the military and security arms. >> you can do business with the cuban people, not the government. up next, the friday lightning round. you know what's awesome? gig-speed internet. you know what's not awesome? when only cer

partners as they succeed in the battlefield in iraq and syria, they are returning home to europe, south asia, australia and who knows what they are up to. they're heading to what they think are safe havens to get about hate, death and intolerance and whatever they are too high. someone will carry out the attacks. the president issued direction in the form of the yeshiva to the entire branch to prevent the entry of those that seek to do us harm. the current junction. some discuss debate and the professional men and women like me are in the business of implementing the president intends to secure the nation, and we are doing that. self-appointed critics talk about the name and i see the wisdom of the president is trying to do to protect america and its people. to congress willing to work in the business of securing the nation and it's been my experience with less than four months on the job congress is committed to that. the quote where why aliens with they have the same countries that identify in the congress in the previous administration in 2015 that are of great concern. at the time the ex

asia. manila. the capital city of one of the most dynamic economies in south east asia.tated the region, the philippines managed to pull through better than its neighbours, so how did that happen? 0ne better than its neighbours, so how did that happen? one of the crucial factors was its economy. every day, hundreds if not thousands of people queue up here to try to get their permits to work overseas. the money they send back helps to drive consumption and keep the economy buoyant. 20 years ago, remittances made up 6— 8% of gdp. that is nearly doubled in 2005. today, it still worth 10% of the national income. what other factors helped the philippines ride out the crisis and recover quicker than everyone else? we were late in the game in the property sector is that we didn't have a property bubble just yet at that time. compare to thailand and indonesia, you know, they had a property bubble which was financed by debt. and at the same time learning... it was a tough time for many. in 1997, this man watched his empire all but collapsed. his building technology company was wi

a lot of the regions that the united states and china were competing in, south asia, southeast asia, africa, where either heavily muslim, or heavily buddhist. so, this was an important counter dimension. who treats its ethnic minorities worse? and this was going on. there was a lot of back and forth on this on radios and newspapers and other media that the united states used and china used to propagandize in the third world. this is another kind of competition that i talk about in the book. i call it insurgency and counterinsurgency. i think one of the most important ways that china sought to expand its influence in the third world was through promoting insurgencies. how they use different strategies for promoting its influence in asia and africa different times. sometimes it focused more on the importance of this promising -- importance of diplomacy, as a peaceful afro-asian country. sometimes it presented a more revolutionary image of itself. especially after the sino-sophia slipped split, when the chinese want to emphasize they were the more radical. the ones that truly supported

warehouse full of spares. wherever they need them rather than keep a warehouse full of sparesm south east asiare at risk from this. in the future we see people as platforms. if you look at the transport sector, they are ripe for transformation. more autonomous vehicles. we're starting to see them here. manufacturing industry, it will see changes in the transport logistics. if you go into healthcare, there will still be a need for tasks to be performed by humans. there will still be a need for old traditional skills but i would encourage people to make it is a period of renewalfor each individual and they need to understand how to work with machines like the ones we have in the background. technology is transforming everything, forcing companies to retool the way they work—it is all about efficiency and productivity. in asia, where labour is comparatively cheap, will companies embrace it as quickly? before we go, a look at the markets. as you can see, the nikkei is already open for trading and up. the all ordinaries lower due to a fall in oil prices overnight. nevertheless not much of an imam.

people for financial services, and finally there is one in the united states serving africa and south asiaating natural language chatbots to help people use financial services more naturally. emily: it is still a drop in the bucket compared to the kind of numbers we see in silicon valley. why is that? jake: some of it is history. africa is one billion people, a largely young population, rising incomes. a lot of interest in new services and technologies. a lot of new infrastructure is in place, new mobile networks and the adoption of mobile phones has going gangbusters the past few years. but the longer history, there have been challenges in the past with governments and exits and investments. i think investors are still thinking of africa the way it used to be, where is we see it as an emerging opportunity with a lot of new consumers hungry for products. emily: tell us about the start of landscape, what sort of trends you're seeing and how develops trends are. jake: a lot of the investment that is happening is kind of clustered around a few specific markets. nigeria, kenya and south africa

these jihadist fighters return home to europe, south asia, southeast asia, australia and even the western hemisphere. who knows what they're up to? but we can guess. they are heading to what they think are safe havens to continue their plotting and otherwise there advance their toxic ideology of hate, death and intolerance. content wherever they are allowed to hide. we expect that some will look to travel to the united states to carry out attacks. this context in mind the president has issued clear direction in the form of an executive order to the entire executive branch to prevent the entry of aliens who seek to do us harm. the current code injunction prevents us from taking steps right now to prove the security of the homeland until we see how that court action plays out. while some discuss, debate and argue the name title and label that they ascribe to the presently professional men and women like me are actually in the business of implementing the president's intent to secure the nation and we are doing that. we'll let the chattering class and self-appointed critics talk about the na

and after decades of authoritarian rule, south east asia's largest economy, today, is a thriving democracye side. recent demonstrations against an ethnic chinese mayor have raised concerns that small but vocal groups of hardline muslims are getting increasingly influential, threatening indonesia's collectability. but for those like anne, who had to start again, success has been sweet. she now runs afarm. her success has been sweet. she now runs a farm. her fortune and those of millions of indonesians depend on the country's economic success. at that relies on the delicate balance keeps his together. i reported on the asian financial crisis 20 years ago, and for many indonesians, it was a nightmare. tell us about the ethnic concern. and how it could impact the economy going. —— going forward. the chinese indonesian business community is the pillar of economic growth in the country. many of the big businesses are owned by chinese indonesians. if they feel that there is a consistent threat against them, we might see some of the money in the country right now are repatriated overseas or elsewh

we see isis being pushed out in some places only to pop up here in south asia. >> eric: let me take at tack. that sounded horrible. it's actually good news for the united states that isis is saying we are looking to asia, looking to expand into areas we haven't been before. instead of saying we are focusing -- remember a year ago they were saying we are going to infiltrate the refugee program in the united states, kill westerners, kill americans. it's a different tack for them. maybe, maybe they are seeing some initiatives trump is establishing as a deterrent for them trying to waste the resources here. >> kat: or they want to go to that area and come over there from here because they're not covered by the travel ban. >> i don't think they are stopping what they are doing initially. the problem is that it's an ideology. it's a disease that can be spread. it's airborne, can be spread through the internet and it's a disease you cannot stop. there is no cure for it. no known cure now and the problem is there beachheads in east asia. we have beachheads in east asia so they will be infiltr

about additional forces in afghanistan will be made in the context of a broader strategy review for south asia that is expected to report back probably some time in the middle of july. when secretary mattis makes a decision about force levelsers which he will clearly communicate with the president secretary of state and the direction received is to do that in conjunction with the secretary of state. when secretary mattis makes that decision about force levels you can you can expect he'll

manila, the capital city of one of the most dynamic economies in south east asia. devastated the region, the philippines managed to pull through better than its neighbours. so, how did it happen? 0ne better than its neighbours. so, how did it happen? one of the crucial factors was its remittance economy — everyday hundreds if not thousands of people queue up here to try to get the permits to work overseas. the money they send back helps to drive consumption and keep the economy buoyant. 20 years ago remittance is made up 6%— 8% of gdp — that nearly doubled in 2005. today it is still worth 10% of the national income. what other factors helped the philippines ride out the crisis and recover quicker than eve ryo ne crisis and recover quicker than everyone else? we were late in the game in the property sector, so we didn't have a property bubble just yet at the time. compared with thailand and indonesia, you know, they had a property bubble that was financed by dollar debts. but at the same time... it was a tough time for many. in 1997 wellington song watched his busin

it's oneover the largest muslim cities in the world odds the middle east or south asia. the mayor of london is a muslim. and i think this all contributed to a feeling in london of uncertainty when you had terrorist attacks in march all the the westminster bridge than more recently at the london bridge and a number of terrorists have been averted. it appears to be very different. and i think juliette was saying earlier terrorism, what is the definition? harm directed at civilians. and this attack seems deliberate. somebody tried to kill members of a republican delegation. i think this attack if it is terrorism there's very little doubt that this is terrorism. terrorism can come from any number of political ideologies. from the left, from the right, neonazis, anti-immigration activists and i think that's where we are tonight. >> i want to bring back the senior editor at the islamic monthly. as we're continuing to learn that it appears that there were a lot of muslim people in this area and that many of them were the target of this van that ran into pedestrians that police

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i'm haqqani, director for south and central asia here that attendance to two. we are grateful for what we have received in the partnership of the indian industry and i would like to ask before we get started, -- thank you for puttig together this panel. president trump and prime minister modi are going to be meeting today. the congressmen in an effort the u.s.-india relationship have a defining partnership of the 21st century, a term that has been used by presidents of the u.s. in the last couple of decades. in the op-ed in "the wall street journal" this morning, prime minister modi had values between the united states and india. we all know that while values and interests are a conceptual framework in relationships between nations also have to be measured and they are often measured in terms of how well they do in commercial partnership and trade and industry, which is why we have brought this panel to you today. the second-largest bilateral trading partner in goods and india is the united states ninth largest blunder will trading partner. bilateral trade in g

because it is a main mosque in that neighborhood, and it is a diverse muslim group of people from south asia and the arabian peninsula, and all of whom are british it is is zens. these are not foreigners for the most part. it is their place of worship. we could have an incident which could be just related to drinking on a sunday night since the incident occurred very late. or we could have somebody who did a targeted attack against muslims who could have been a nationalist or the anti-immigrant extremist. we just don't know. we don't even know the actual personnel or the casualty count at this point, but it is noteworthy that the british, and whereas we are seeing far less of the peshgs tfos the counter terrorism, the special armed s.w.a.t.-type officers who respond to the counter terrorist, and we are seeing less of them, and more local precincts of the met have sent a number of an tie protest officers to keep the perimeter. we saw a contingent and not the ones in the video who were actually carrying the riot gear. so they are more concerned with the civil disorder at this point. but, more

this is also hitting russia, hitting south asia. you mentioned hitting merck in the united states. what is happening here is what's called ransom wear. they operate in the dark, they're going into organizations, freezing their information and saying, if you want to get your information freed, if you're a bank, if you're a transportation company, you've got to pay us and you've got to pay us with untraceable money. this hacking problem is exploding. this is maybe one of the biggest hacks we've seen out of the ukraine. >> it's a huge, huge development. it is causing i know a lot of concern here as well. everybody stand by. just ahead, global confidence in the u.s. president now down. we're going to take a closer look at how that is impacting the trump administration's foreign policy. the answer to it all. ♪ we want to need each other. ♪ casper makes one perfect supportive and comfortable. premium foam layers. breathable for airflow. perfect rebound, plus perfect lift. pick your size, you get 100 nights to test it out. test the layers, be a layer, casper. g new cars. you're smart. you

bush and barack obama administrations, where he focused on afghanistan, iraq, and south asia. the past four years, he served as u.s. ambassador to nato, and he's now a senior fellow at harvard university. welcome to the newshour. >> good to be here. >> this decision by the president to hand secretary of defense james mattis the decision making for troop levels. how unusual is that? >> well, it is unusual, but i think we should first appreciate that we should have confidence in the entire pentagon chain of command, starting with secretary mattis, but all the way down through central manned, and then ultimately to general nicholson, mick nicholson, who you mentioned, who is our four-star commander in afghanistan. so this is a very experienced team, responsible individuals. they're going to take this new authority seriously. i also think there is a logic. there is a rationale to providing the pentagon some flexibility. it gives them more ajilt to fit the number of troops to the task in afghanistan, and that all makes sense. it does, however, raise one concern, and that's the conc