lots of state department motivation. y had rather different reasons for going along with this thing. they knew that they were being sent by the state didn't to garner good will, but you can tell what they wanted first and foremost was a chance to play. that's what they wanted to do. these guys, they knew very clearly that this was something that would have been literally impossible as a commercial tour. even with the state department sponsorship and money it was almost impossible to get a decent piano let alone one that was in tune. the tale on this whole thing is enormous. so they knew that this was something that they were never, ever, ever going to get to do besides. they saw this as validation of not only their art form but americans. african-americans for whom jazz had been sidelined as lowbrow kind of culture and then suddenly the state department says we want you to go and be our ambassadors in the world. and they go finally someone gets it, someone appreciates jazz for being great music and a great art form and th

the state department estimates more than 3000 are imprisoned, some number of those are hostages of rogue states and terrorist groups." talk about that. mr. genser: over the years i have been involved in a number of cases. the most high profile case i am working on have to do with american hostages. it is a son and a father, they are you ronnie americans -- irani americans. conditions,terrible 20 year veteran of unicef and he went back to iran with his wife to retire. them.e son was visiting he got detained at the airport, question for a number of months and arrested in october of 2015. obamaresident instructed to release hostages, they were left behind. secretary kerry -- the foreign minister of the ron, that he be released in a few weeks, but rather than releasing them, the father was arrested. both of them have 10 year sentences in prison for allegedly collaborating with the enemy, the united states. neither of them have done anything wrong of any kind. contain,arbitrarily both in terrible conditions. these are people held hostage by iran as leverage for the united states government. h

we need to deliver this process with what we have in the state department. all of this is a leadership issue. there is leadership in the secretary of state and the assistant secretary of in between. we have to own this process. we are also going to re-examine how we recruit. as some of you know better than most we are not just from the ivy league. they are from a lot of other places as well. virginia,it michigan, there are kids in the front row of their high school. veterans from our military who are coming out of the service looking for the next part of their career. many of them continue to serve our country. they are so gifted from many walks of life so we are going to get our recruiting efforts out in areas we have not concentrated before. that does not coming through town with a recruiting office. we are going to build relationships with institutions around the country and combine them. not just rely up on people seeking a cell. should knowericans that a state department career is safe. we need to work harder to find those individuals. of our civil servi

we have a great diversity gap in the state department. we need a state department that reflects the american people, reflects who we are. the state department must redouble our efforts to increase diversity at the highest ranks of the department, including at the ambassador level. only about 12% of our senior foreign service officers are nonwhite. that number is about the same for our senior executives. to better understand our talent only about 12% of our senior pool, i have directed our committees to adopt a new procedure. every time we have an opening for an ambassador position, at least one of the candidates must be a minority candidate. now they may not be ready, but we will know where the talent pool is. a big part of developing our minority leadership is identifying qualified individuals 5-10 years before they are ready to become senior leaders, and managing and developing their careers as we do others, so that they are undergoing preparations for those senior roles over time. we need a more deliberate process to cultivate the abun

qualified americans of all back grounds should know a state department career at state is possible and we need to work harder to find those individuals. 25% of our civil service is african-american. only 9% of our foreign service specialists and 5% of our foreign service generalists are african-american. while our diplomats and residents of howard, spelman, morehouse, do an outstanding job ensuring people understand the opportunities at the state department, there are more than 100 historic hi black colleges and universities and so much more we can do to raise awareness about the range of careers at stake. only seven% of our civil service is hispanic in addition to 6% of our foreign generalists and 10% of our foreign service specialists. hispanic institutions . but we can do more to partner with hispanic and latino serving institutions and include more hispanic and latinos on our team. we also want to expand our footprint at minority focused job fairs. we can do more to recruit from one of the most diverse and proven talent pools as i mentioned, our u.s. military, the men and women in

a temporary measure to take further accounting of the state department and consider how to strengthen it, and improve our diverse city. current fellowships and internships for the organization necessary to achieve diversity objectives. future leaders at the department or elsewhere may choose in the country. the seeds of greater diversity we are planting today will have to be nurtured for years to come. whether you find ourselves here or somewhere else as future leaders it will be your responsibility to run with that torch. one of the things it is important to appreciate is the value of diversity, not just to achieve a mix of population that looks like the rest of our country. i know from my long career in the private sector my experience has been value of diversity in the workplace, and riches our work, and riches our work product, to have individuals, and life experiences, that is the value. they will see things in the world i cannot see. i did not have that life experience. whether it is african-american, latino, hispanic, women, lb gt, with experiences, the quality of the work. we

the administration is speaking with a unified force according to the state department. >> the united states is on the same page whether the white house, the state department, the department of defense we're speaking with one voice and the world is speaking with one voice. we saw that as it came out of the u.s. security council with the resolution that passed less than a week ago. >> the secretary of state held a press conference to north korea we aren't looking for regime change or attack or cross the 38th parallel but he said we aren't your enemy but you are presenting on unacceptable threat to us and we have to respond. >> bill: rich edson from the state department. >> shannon: the president will meet with vice president pence later today. how is the trump administration reacting to the latest bluster from north korea? rick leventhal is near where the president is in bedminster. >> no statements or tweets on this topic. perhaps letting the defense secretary's words speak for themselves the north korea regime is grossly overmatched by the u.s. military. this war of words ratcheted up

we have a great diversity gap in the state department. we need a state department that reflects the american people, reflects who we are. the state department must redouble our efforts to increase diversity at the highest ranks of the department, including at the ambassador level. only about 12% of our senior foreign service officers are nonwhite. that number is about the same for our senior executives. to better understand our talent directed our committees to adopt a new procedure. every time we have an opening for an ambassador position, at least one of the candidates must be a minority candidate. now they may not be ready, but we will know where the talent pool is. a big part of developing our minority leadership is identifying qualified individuals 5-10 years before they are ready to become senior leaders, and managing and developing their careers as we do others, so that they are undergoing preparations for those senior roles over time. we need a more deliberate process to cultivate the abundance of minority talent we already have i

the administration and state department argues it is consistent. >> the united states is on the same page. whether it's the white house, the state department, the department of defense, we are speaking with one voice. the world is in fact speaking with one voice, and we saw that as it came out of the u.n. security council with the resolution that passed less than a week ago. >> before this fire and fury language in the white house, secretary tillers and act on this trip to asia, he spoke almost directly to kim jong-un and said the united states does not seek regime change prayed we do not seek to invade, go beyond the 38th parallel, but the united states wants is essentially north korea to stop his aggression in the u.s. has to respond to all of these missile tests and nuclear advances. >> sandra: thank you. life force of the state department as we just mention, the president and vice president being briefed with a team of security advisors. let's turn to senior correspondent rick leventhal who joins us live from bridgewater, new jersey. what are we hearing out of the white house on

the judge scolded state department saying, you are kidding? and never looked at your own government server? that is the first thing you look at. lou: you have to -- he probably, he was probably stunned and then decided maybe they thought everyone associated with did what she did with their own private e-mails and why look at state department. >> she set the standard, let's do things off record so no one can catch us, we'll play hide-and-seek and make everyone file lawsuits maybe they will give up. lou: if you are in obama administration we'll protect you come hell or high water, that is what they did. >> mm-hmm. >> you bet, greg jarrett thank you. >> good to see you. >> roll video now. europe's talles tal tallest chimney, no match for this man and his date. his date. taking his climbing skills t v slovenia, circling top. juggling. his date is clinging to the side of the chimney. they seem so happy. >> they are so in love. lou: that is truly love. a mad kind of love but love. up next, president trump hitting his predecessor for failing to stop

the last couple days, the state department has dealt with the issue that the administration has dealt with, which is the questions of the president saying "fire and fury" and the secretary of state saying americans should sleep well at night and there's no imminent threat. t what the state department is saying in responding to the responses from the president had just come out and this is what the state department had to say at the top of the briefing. >> i'm not aware of the president's comments. i have not heard them myself. matt, i trust you. you're an excellent reporter. you always get it right. our position and policy and strategy hasn't changed one bit. >> remember, shep, it was last week the secretary of state himself before he went to asia said to kim jong-un we're not looking for regime change. we're just responding to your aggressive behavior. >> shepard: from what i understand, nauert said that the state department believes this pressure that the president is putting on, the fire and the fury, they think that is working. >> right. even despite the last ballistic missile tes

it's position in court was that it would be fruitless to search the state department email account ofer senior advisors, her most trusted senior aides while she was secretary of state. >> mark: why is the state department -- hillary has been out of the state department now for four years, four and half years. why is there still institutional support for obstructing freedom of information on her behalf? in other words, why is the obama -- the trump state department protecting hillary clinton? >>> i don't know why the current state department is protecting hillary clinton. but we knoww that this has beena drip, drip, drip sort of saga because the process by which the record-keeping system was maintained during her tenure at the state department avoided it. she maintained a private server. >> mark: in effect, then, there is no agreed totality ofre what it is you are looking for? you might get a bunch of emails this time but it doesn't mean there is a whole bunch, because basically, sheca forwarded themo the united states government. >> that's exactly right. those emails were hand selecte

>> well, i don't know why the current state department is protecting hillary clinton. but we know this has been a drip, drip, drip sort of saga because the process by which the record keeping system was maintained during her tenure at the state department avoided foya. she maintained a private server and all of her e-mails were housed outside the state department server. >> mark: right. in effect then, there's no agreed totality of what it is you're looking for. you might get a bunch of e-mails this time but doesn't mean there's a whole bunch because basically she forwarded them to the united states government. >> that's exactly right. those e-mails were hand selected by her attorneys. the e-mails that were returned by her senior aides were also hand selected by their attorneys. as a judge pointed out, there's no assurances that the state department has made or can make at this point that those records that were returned by secretary clinton or her aides contain a complete set of her e-mails. it's like imagine that you're spreading your set of documents amongst ten fil

that line in the los angeles times reads the state department on religious or situation and uses the islamic state of genocide. rex tillerson made that accusation at a conference for the release of the religious freedom report. they talked for 10 minutes. >> morning, all. we are releasing today, the 2016 international religious freedom report. this report is a requirement for that religious freedom act of 1998. legislation that upholds religious freedom as a core american value under the constitution's first amendment, as well as the universal human right. this law calls for the government to "stand for liberty, and stand with the persecuted. to use and implement appropriate tools of the united states foreign-policy apparatus, including diplomatic, political, commercial, charitable, educational, channels for religious freedom by all governments and peoples." almost 20 years after, conditions are far from ideal. religious persecution and intolerance remains far too prevalent. almost 80% of the global population live with restrictions on, or hostilities to limit their freedom of religio

united states, those two individuals have departed the united states. this situation very seriously. one of the things we talk about here often is the safety and security of american citizens at home and abroad is our top priority. we're taking that situation seriously and it's under investigation right now. >> if the u.s. doesn't have a definsive answer on the cause or source, why did they ask the two cuban embassy officials to depart the u.s.? >> look, some of our people have had the option of leaving cuba as a result for medical reasons. >> harris: all right. heather is being asked at the state department, the spokesperson there, about a cuban incident and while that is important, we have been very focused on the breaking news of north korea. so i want to bring in lieutenant colonel oliver north -- excuse me. ari fleischer to talk about what is happening here. ari, of course you know as the former press secretary for george w. bush and a fox contributor, as we watch this with north korea, i noticed at one point that the reporter was more concerned ab

the state department addressed the situation in a briefing earlier today. let's take a listen and then we'll discuss. >> some u.s. government personnel who were working at our embassy in havana, cuba on official duty. so they were there on behalf of the u.s. embassy there. they've reported incidents that have caused a variety of physical symptoms. we don't have any definitive answers about the source or the cause of what we consider to be incidents. we can tell you that on may 23rd, the state department took further action. we asked two officials who were

were accredited at the embassy of cuba in the united states to depart the united states. als have he departed. trish: you've been listening to heather nauert at the state department, talk to reporters there. there was a little bit of a scuffle there with one reporter getting in a little bit of a heated discussion there with her. i guess we can all say constantly, adam with robyn buy row and huge go. she did a brilliant job. >> she did a brilliant job. reflected stood up for all americans and her president for a state department trying to juggle a lot of balls. well-done, heather. trish: hugo, you made a point earlier. this is a very good one, his language wasn't as over the top as the media and the left had tried to present it to be. give us that historical perspective with president truman. >> yeah. president truman, when he made the announcements of dropping of the hiroshima bomb used, quoting from memory here, he said, he threatened japan with a rain of ruin from the air the like of which the earth has not seen. which apart from the alliteration of rain and ruin, rather

so in stark contrast to that we have this backlash coming from the state department and the state department spokesperson in a statement today did say that the move comes in quote the spirit of parity which she said was invoked by the russians a very interesting stance to be taken in that the first did come from the us and foreign minister sergei lavrov has expressed his disappointment over today's escalation which he says did not come from did not start with the russians but nevertheless the russian foreign ministry is looking into procedures to determine how to close the consulate in san francisco the annexes in d.c. and york city and these closures will leave both countries with just three consulates each so very much so i tip for tat situation at the end of a statement from the state department today they did again expressed the hope and idea that improved relations with the u.s. and russia would be possible but at this point it's not really clear how that could be achieved thanks to a correspondent in washington d.c. that's jacqueline. more analysis and joined on the line both poor he's

the law gave the state department nearly $80 million to fightish sis propaganda, and state sponsored disinformation campaign just executed by the russian government against our election. while this didn't make a lot of headlines over here, in russia, they certainly noticed. after we signed a bill into law, sputnik, a russian state controlled news agency, ran this story with the headline, obama establishes propaganda agency under guise of fighting fake news. quote, the act establishes an anti-propaganda center which many have noted frighteningly resembles george orwell's ministry of truth from 1984. with rex tillerson at the head of the state department, the past few months vg full of daily headlines of a hollowing out of the department under his watch. that concern led senator rob portman to use a hearing last month with the deputy, john sullivan, to inquire whether the state department was indeed committed to adequate resourcing for the global engagement center. in its mission to target propaganda coming from russia. >> the global engagement center, it's something i feel strongly ab

now the state department will have to undertake this search.erstand there are many cases that judicial watch is involved with as well. do you think others will bear fruit on the issue of benghazi? >> yes. we have a couple issues still pending. we have the case in front of judge lambert where discovery has been granted and we are just waiting for the court to issue an order what discovery will be permitted. i believe judicial watch has nine cases pending. in this particular lawsuit t state department is moving forward will have to update the court by september 22nd as to its supplemental search and the production. >> for folks who think this matter is settled, it is far from. ramona, thank you for your time. >> sure. thank you. >> check out this video. refugee crisis brought front and center in this dramatic moment. what a scene this is. we'll fell you where it's unfolding and where all these migrants ran once they hit the shore. >>> plus google at the center of a heated debate about diversity and free speech. why our next guest argues you can g

portman teaming with murphy to send a scathing statement to the state department, urging them to act without delay and saying this is indefensible. every day they say isis is spreading terrorist propaganda and russia is implementing a sophisticate the disinformation campaign to undermine the united states and its allies. so, you have a source saying they were told this delay has to do with russia. you have the state department saying no, it's not, they don't want to waste money. you have others in the state department telling cnn under staffing contributes to such delays. wolf? >> michelle, thank you, michelle kosinski at the state department. >>> let's get back to breaking news with congressman will hurd. republican on both the intelligence and homeland security committees. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> always a pleasure to be on, wolf. >> i want you to react to white house senior advisor stephen miller. do you agree with his stance that in the application process, the united states should favor applicants who can or speak english as one factor? >> well, when we look at tryi

this grew out of the state department experience with foreign aid in latin america. it was based not on the transfer of money or goods from the united states to latin america, but instead on technical assistance provided by american experts. truman was excited about this idea. in his speech, he presented what he called a program for peace and freedom. elements in this program. point four is what it came to be called. decades longf a discourse among experts, administrators, planners and government, universities and o'sndations, and other ng about how to transform traditional societies in underdeveloped regions of the world into modern societies. four program,t these ideas were carried over into the problem of dealing with countries emerging from the disintegrating european and japanese into priors -- empires, as well as those in latin america. truman elite that the program of technical assistance would provide a liberal, democratic alternative to the soviet union's authoritarian techniques. it was an exciting idea, but probably not very good news for latin america. was

in this briefing, the state department is trying to square fire, fury and power with americans should sleep easy tonight. the remarks of the president of the united states and the secretary of state. to that, the state department is saying basically what the administration is trying to do is speak from multiple approaches. >> there are lots of ways we believe to get through to kim jong-un and his regime. okay? our issue is not with the people of the dprk. it's with the regime itself. that message has been strongly sent throughout this administration. when the president and secretary mattis and secretary tillerson agreed the top security issue for the united states would in fact be the safety of security of americans. >> we asked the state department consulted on language and the tone that the president used in those remarks yesterday. the state department would only say the secretary of state did speak to the president afterwards on his way back from that trip he took to asia, shep. >> shepard: to be clear, he wasn't aware that language was coming in advance. this issue is my understa

we can tell you that on may 23, the state department took further action. ked two officials who were credited at the embassy of cuba in the united states to depart the united states. those two individuals have departed the united states. we take this situation very seriously. one of the things we talk about here often is that the safety and security of american citizens at home and abroad is our top priority. we're taking that situation seriously, and it's under investigation right now. >> if the u.s. doesn't have a definitive answer on the cause or source of the incidents, why did it ask those two cuban embassy officials to depart the u.s. >> look, some of our people have had the option of leaving cuba as a result for medical reasons. >> how many. >> i can't tell you the exact number of that, but i can -- >> was it in the tens, dozens. >> i'm not going to characterize it. i do not believe it was that large. certainly not that large. but we had to bring some americans home or some americans chose to come home as a result of that, and as a result of that, we'

that you are going to be on the cutting edge of diplomacy and peace on earth going into the state department? >> an interesting thing. thank you for being with us, appreciate it. as we just said, secretary of state did confirm that one american is among those killed in the barcelona terror attacks. what that means? all the new developments, next. ♪ ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. (woman vo) great adventures are still out there. we'll find them in our subaru outback. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get 0% apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 outbacks. ends august 31. if you could book a flight, then add a hotel, or car, or activity in one place and save, where would you go? ♪ expedia gives you the world in your hand, so you can see more of it. ♪ expedia. super cool notebooks... done. that's mom taking care of business, but who takes care of mom? office depot/office max. order online and pickup in store in just one hour. ♪ taking care of business >> announcer: no one loves a road trip like your furry sidekick! so when your "side gl

states. the acting heads of the department of homeland security and ice met this week to discuss daca's future, as republican governors from 10 states threatened to sue the trump administraration if it doesn't cancel daca by september 5. it's not clear whether trump and attorney general jeff sessions would mount a defense of daca in court and the federal judge who would preside over a court challenge, andrew hanen, previously ruled against president obama's immigration policies. meanwhile, mcclatchy reported this week that top trump advisors, including general john kelly, jared kushner, and ivanka trump, are pushing a deal that would preserve daca in exchange for legislation that pays for a border wall and more detention facilities, curbs legal immigration, and implements the e-verify program to check immigration statuses. in response, lorella praeli of the american civil liberties union, said -- "we have 800,000 examples of why daca strengthens america and why this program should stay in place. daca is successful, popular, and constitutional, and should stay on the books until congress passes

whether it is the white house, the state department, the department of defense, we're speaking with oneoice and the world is speaking with one voice, and we sthau when it came out of the u.s. security council. the united states and other nations condemned north korea for their destabilizing activities. they continued to take part of the two icbm launches in less than a month's period of time and the world remains very concerned about that. >> you don't think that the president's comments are at odds with those of the secretary's and other officials? or is this kind of a good cop, bad cop routine here trying to coax the maximum you can get from the north korea government. >> we talked about our pressure campaign, the united states pressure ul campainited states campaign. it is working. it is ratcheting up the pressure on north korea. the president spoke about this yesterday. secretary tillerson spoke about it today, and they spoke about the president's words, and he said the president is sending a strong message in the kind of language that north korea understands. the president is a ver

states. those two individuals have departed the united states.ke this situation very seriously. >> so it's my understanding, patrick, that the fbi is now looking into this whole matter? they're quoted as saying, this is very strange. is the fbi in cuba investigating? >> reporter: no, as far as we know, but of course we're just learning about this minute by minute. of course, that would require cuban government permission, so at this point we're not aware of any fbi investigating. they're probably investigating the diplomats, but we just don't know what their investigation will entail. this is something that used to happen before relations improved with cuba. there would be harassment on both sides and you would hear about people being followed, having their tires slashed, having their houses broken into, and certain u.s. diplomats would tell these stories. in recent years as relations improved between the two countries, it seemed that that was stopping. now, of course, president trump has reset relations with cuba, said he's going to be much toug

the obama state department. department, trump state department, trump justice department, all protecting mrs. clinton. connell: what? >> it seems incredible, listen to what the president said when he was candidate trump. connell: that was like the last conversation, we don't know who's raising money for who or who's again the who? >> in their opinion it was too much work and unlikely to produce anything, 33,000 e-mails is enough. connell: that was the argument. >> yes, and a federal judge appointed by president obama said it's not enough. you will go through all the state department servers. you will retrieve every e-mail mrs. clinton sent to the three aides, every e-mail they sent to each other during the time in question, the day before benghazi to january of the following year. connell: who's doing that? state department is doing that now? >> same state department drawn into court yesterday kicking and screaming is doing it. same state department that wants to protect mrs. clinton's privacy is doing it. conne

>> my understanding is that it has only affected state department employees. it hasn't affected private citizens. we take this incident very seriously. >> what is the incident? >> we don't know exactly -- >> this is from 2016. you don't know what the incident is? >> this requires providing medical examinations to these people. when they started reporting what i will call symptoms, it took time to figure out what it was. this is ongoing. we provide medical care and concern to those who believe they have been affected by it. >> getting back to my question on reciprocity. i know that you do not want to use the word. were the two cubans told or asked to leave because of a similar or proportional drawdown in the u.s. staff in havana because of the symptoms? >> i am not going to characterize it that way. i can tell you that two were asked to leave and they did. what you are trying to do is draw an equivalency. two guys were asked to go home and therefore x number of americans were brought home. >> i'm not saying that is a direct proportion, although, maybe the russi

, i'm gravely concerned by the trump administration's proposed deep cuts to the state department. that still hasn't been resolved. i think the tension between secretary tillerson saying months ago that our strategy with regards to north korea is a diplomatic one, and we're going to try and, you know, put every force we can out there in the world and our ambassadors to try to press our allies to press china to press north korea, that's in real contrast to a budget proposal that would slash our state department by more than a third. i am hopeful that democrats and republicans will come together to sustain funding for diplomacy and development. but i think secretary tillerson also needs to show leadership within the state department and make it clear that he also isn't going to see significant layoffs and significant cuts in the state department if we want them to be a key part of our leadership in the world. >> but so far there has been a job freeze and he has yet to fill key positions. >> that's right. >> the acting -- the secretaries are all acting and mostly empty, no undersecret

this grew out of the state department experience with foreign aid in latin america. it was based not on the transfer of money or goods from the united states to latin america, but instead on technical assistance provided by american experts. truman was very enthusiastic about this idea. and since in his speech, he presented what he called a program for peace and freedom. and there were four elements in this program. .4 was simply the one he mentioned orth. technicalhe assistance aid idea came to be called. it grew out of a decades long discourse among experts, administrators, planners and government, universities and foundations, and other ngo's about how to transform traditional societies in underdeveloped regions of the world into modern societies. under the point four program, these development ideas were carried over into the problem of dealing with countries emerging from the disintegrating european empires as well as other undeveloped -- places as those in latin america. truman elite that the program of technical assistance would provide a liberal, democratic al

we spend more money on bases and troops abroad than the entire budget of the state department. this is money that could be used to betteter defend the united states in a variety of ways, better used by the military, better used to defend military personnel. it could be better used to improve the security of u.s. citizens, education, health care, housing, a whole range of ways in which we could far better protect the security of the united states and not ramp up military tensions with other nations. comment, lisaad linda, that it is because of guam and the bomb that people in the u.s., maybe are some -- may be some are just learning there is this u u.s. territory in the pacific c that is so central. yours thoughts about how -- your thoughts about how guam is viewed and how you would like to see your island represent. asi often referred to guam america's best-kept secret. while america's military justification for its massive military presence is all over the world, and david has described, a claims to do so and democracy. whereas on guahan, democracy does not exist. as a u.s. col

whether it's the white house, state department, department of defense, we are speaking with one voice. >> that's debatable. secretary of state rex tillerson and secretary of defense james mattis struck notably different tones in their statements. mattis focused on u.s. military capabilities and the risk north korea would be taking if it attacked. >> he said north korea must choose to stop isolating itself and stand down its pursuit of nuclear weapons. the dprk should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. meantime, rex tillerson stressed diplomacy, saying he thought the president just wanted to be clear to the north korean regime in order to avoid any miscalculation on their part. >> those reassurances seem to clash with the president's "fire and fury" statements. "my first job as president was to make our nuclear arsenal stronger than ever before." >> and "hopeful we will never have to use this power, but there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world." he added that exclamation

so we have to ask that you know we have to ask why our state department this is the other question iwant to just sort of throw it out there to people and maybe get a touch with us on their facebook and twitter pages but i have to ask why the u.s. state department is employing over a thousand russian foreign nationals to take care of all of their you know to be support staff within their building i mean that is very rare and it i mean they have rules the state department has rules that if you're a state department employee you can even have russian nationals in your house there are rules about these things and yet we had over a thousand we were outnumbered our diplomats were outnumbered by russian nationals working in our embassies and. that's pretty ridiculous senator injecting an example mounts there saying that russian citizens cannot work with them there which i have to wonder why that doesn't seem like a very smart move on the state department's point and that point it's been going on for over a decade so this is well and also when you look at most of those too it's like you know

is starting a new diversity policy at the state department. espondent rich edson tells us it could have major implications for some high profile jobs. >> as president trump's critics condemn his words responding to the racial violence in charlottesville, secretary of state rex tillerson, unequivocally denounced those who trade in racial hatred. >> we do not honor nor do we promote or accept hate speech in any form. and those who embrace it poison our public discourse and they damage the very country that they claim to love. >> asked whether the secretary was addressing the president's comments blaming both sides the state department is not. >> it's an they thick call to the american values and idea. i think the secretary is clear in his personal beliefs about that. >> during the speech the state department interns and fellows the secretary announced a new diversity initiative. >> we have a great diversity gap in the state department. we need a state department that reflects the american people, reflects who we are. >> the department must consid

state department. members are going back to the citibank and state department. but you also see by the 1930's specially and coming to power of roosevelt, he -- this context of the depression and context of the banking crisis and in the context of great animosity among the u.s. public towards and says, this needs to stop, he's trying through new deal legislation, he's trying to restrain the bankers and their activities in the caribbean and i think the congressional hearings on banking and currency under the guys of the lawyer fernando, has access to the city banks records and records of other banks in the legal office of shermin and sterling and really for the first time somebody goes in and get history, archaeology of all -- exploring banking practices in the caribbean. the federal government wants work to try to restrain activities of wall street. >> basically we are talking about the early 20th century right now. >> yeah. >> are these banks still prevalent and infrastructurial in the caribbean and what's the legacy. >> first i would say that the current influe

we begin a busy newsnight with rich edson at the state department. >> good evening. secretary of state rex tillerson just landed in the united states after a week in asia trying to rein in north korea's weapons program. as he returns to the u.s., rhetoric between the administration and north korea has never been more aggressive. >> thank you very much. stick up for those without data administration was trying to moderate president trump fire and fury, storage north korea, the commander-in-chief removed all doubts. >> he does something in guam, it will be an event the likes of which no one has seen before, what will happen in north korea. >> what do you mean? >> you will see. you will see and he will see. he will see. it's not a dare. it's a statement. >> rex tillerson returning from asia offered a more measured assessment that americans should sleep well as there is no imminent threat. before the secretary landed, the president escalated. >> frankly, the people that were questioning that statement, was it too tough? maybe it wasn't tough enough. think of the administr

. >> here on c-span we have in standby live for the briefing with state department spokesperson to focus largely on north korea, the president's comments yesterday to reporters, reaction from north korea. the secretary of state rex tillerson making his way back to the night takes from a -- to the u.s.. "americans should sleep well at night." north korea poses no imminent threat and the reports of comments earlier on his airplane as he flew back, actually first guam and then back to the u.s. the news conference should be coming up shortly with your on c-span. we will take a look next at reaction to the north korea story from this morning's washington journal. host: the president's statements responding to yesterday's news about north korea and reported potential of a nuclear weapon being capable to be inside of an intercontinental ballistic missile. to give us a perspective, errol campbell from the arms control association joins us, their executive director. thank you for joining us. guest: good to be with you. host: could you give us perspective on what this news means and tell our viewe

justice department that, as a body, that oversees all federal law enforcement matters and prosecutions in the united states. right? the justice department does federal law enforcement. that's why it was weird to have two justice department federal prosecutors working opposite sides of the same case back in the governor george ryan corruption scandal. but within that overall umbrella of the justice department, individual personnel matters. who an individual prosecutor is, how an individual prosecutor works, it can -- yeah, it can change the course of justice. it can change lives. it can change history. in terms of the day-to-day way they do their work, the federal prosecutor works hand in glove with the grand jury. grand juries are regular citizens called up for what's basically like normal jury duty on steroids. called up for jury duty, usually you sit for a single trial. if you're on a grand jury, you don't just sit for a single trial, you sit anywhere from a month to a year. usually for several months. and under the direction of the prosecutor, the grand jury makes decisions about whether criminal charge