further actions, including further actions with respect to human rights violations that the department of state and department of treasure are working to complete. >> mr. secretary, yesterday, i don't know if you had a chance to see the hearing in the house of representatives regarding some of the tech companies operating in the united states and i will read you some of the comments made when asked whether or not china is stealing information from them. apple ceo tim cook said he had no personal knowledge about chinese technology theft. jeff bezos says no firsthand experience beyond knockoff products. google ceo said that they didn't have any experience, later had clarified that remark. can you talk about the tech and china and what you see and what's happening? is it true that there's no chinese technology theft of u.s. companies? >> well they need to get out more. i mean there's a long history, decades long history, of chinese intellectual property threat, against including technologies, and i hear it. sometimes the case you hear privately because there's continued threats made against their

mike these are very strong words from the state department. indeed yes they were responding to a letter sent to the white house by senator patrick leahy along with 3 others asking about what had happened to the children of out of 3 there in riyadh being held by the saudi authorities the response coming in that letter from the state department a very strong statements made making very clear that he was a valued ally of the united states now outside. worked for the poor crown prince of muhammad bin nayef as its intelligence advisor so he worked very closely with u.s. country intelligence in terms of joint operations between the united states and saudi arabia in fact left saudi arabia because he feared that the present crown prince would take over from hamad bin nayef which was indeed what happened but since then he's been in exile in canada the state department making very clear in that letter that should there be any accusations of wrongdoing against him by the saudi. authorities then they've got to proceed in a formal legal matter according to

the story of what happened next in kansas comes now from the head of the state health department. he's now briefed reporters and the public on what happened once that mask order went into a effect in a handful of counties that said okay but not in most counties in the state. the secretary showed this chart of daily cases per capita. this is the seven-day rolling average of cases per capita in kansas. he tracked the 15 kansas counties that decided they would enforce the mask mandate that the governor announced last month, and they tracked the remaining 90 counties in the state that chose to make it just a recommendation, just a suggestion. and you can see the results for yourself. the counties that followed the mask mandate, that put a mask mandate in effect, they bent the curve. they brought their case numbers way down. the counties that didn't make masks mandatory didn't bend the curve down. the virus there is still chugging along. this is how the health director explained what the takeaway should be for all of us here. >> bottom, bottom line is do masks work? here in this natural

state department comments were made in a letter to democratic senator patrick leahy who had requested a full update on the case in the letter the department says dr responded around the clock to threats against the u.s. mission in personnel it adds the department of state is concerned by the alleged activities that led to dr algebras exile in canada and says it repeatedly requested the government to clarify the status and nature of his children's detentions with more on this let's cross to mike hanna in washington we've had that letter from the state department has it been any further reaction mike. well nothing further as yet but the original letter from 4 senators including patrick leahy went to the white house asking for the white house to look into the ongoing holding of. children by the saudi authorities this is now the response to that letter from state department and an interesting part of the state department response is that there have already been repeated requests to the saudi authorities to give some indication or some report as to the status of the 2 hour job breach oldri

state department calls a former top saudi intelligence official a valued partner saying it's concerned by allegations the saudi crown prince sent men to canada to try to kill him. alone i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program anger is growing off to beirut explosion residents blame corruption and mismanagement the president suggested could have been the result of a missile attack. in a india plane skids off the runway after landing in carola the death toll continues to climb. and hong kong chief executive carrier laumann 10 all the chinese officials a sanctioned by the us of a controversial security law. the u.s. state department has called former top saudi intelligence officials a valued partner it comes a day after it was revealed algebra filed a lawsuit in washington accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him the state department says it's concerned by al jump raise allegations and says any persecution of his family members back in saudi arabia is unacceptable it's also being repor

i say we, not the state department alone. but all the united states government. i'm confident we will be in this one as well. >> why wouldn't you be willing to opine on a specific individual if you had information to suggest that the source was not credible? it seems if that is in fact the function of the u.s. government. if it has information to -- that would suggest maligned influence to let congress and the american people know. >> yeah. so when it's appropriate i will. when there's still work ongoing and there's still unsettled intelligence around these things i'm going to try to be just a little bit more careful, senator. >> let be turn to china for a moment. china is clearly seeking to use the united states' failure to control covid as a means to leapfrog us in our traditional leadership position when it comes to global health. senator romney referred to this earlier. i think we've given two big gifts to the chinese since the beginning of this outbreak. the first was the president's just remarkable fawning over china's earlier response to the virus 47 diffe

saudi relationship unraveling what are we to make of the state department's comments. the relationship is definitely in a serious process of transition and change after 75 years or so of pretty strong. stability in which direction it goes is going to depend on how the saudis behave and it's going to depend on how political winds in the united states change as well particularly in the congress and especially in the white house so the u.s. relationship now is very very narrow in terms of its links to the white house and particularly to cushion around trump and individually so it's a very send relationship compared to what it used to be before but it is definitely in a moment of historic change and it it could get better it could get worse depends on how people behave but chips wary here in doha what about the state department comments what do you make of that you know at the end of the day i think there was political pressure that the whole case brought the court by said the judge perry and that bomb that they cannot stay silent they have on you know you know their own .

there's a sense in the state department in the leadership levels of the state department that ambassadors like woody johnson were friends of the president, and, therefore, there was not much to be gained from trying to push back on some of their behavior. so there's very much a stance of, look, he's the president's friend. he's known the president since the early 1970s. there's not much we can do about that. without having leadership in the state department and having secretary of state willing to address some of these issues and certainly the president not willing to address them, i think there was a feeling amongst the senior career people and even some of the senior political appointees that it's just not worth going down that road. >> ambassador lukens, i have a couple of other things i'd like to ask you about, particularly on that leadership point that you are raising right there. would you mind sticking with us, i have to take a quick break and coming back in just a moment? >> yep, sure. >> we'll be right back with ambassador lewis lukens. again, this is his first interview since "t

outlets staked affiliated it's labeling policy appears to like consistency this comes as the state department releases a report on the supposed 5 pillars of russian propaganda. the british government faces criticism after purchasing $50000000.00 unusable facemasks as local authorities in the u.k. are given powers to destroy buildings in their fight against the reaction or the fall of mystery an agent would be easier to write should be sanitized somewhere rather than knock it down. or you'd think there'd be some people scientific that would help grow even more. hi there is midday here in moscow this is r.t. international. russian rescue teams have begun their work in the blood stricken city of beirut as part of joint international relief efforts a massive explosion in the lebanese capital's docs area claimed the lives of 157 people and injured 5000 to correspond to think reports from the epicenter of the tragedy. as russian rescuers are getting down to well what they have been flown in here for i want you to just look around and let something sink in about the sheer and ultimate demolition pow

state department releases a report on the suppose that 5 pillars of russian propaganda. watching are to international bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program russia is on its way to becoming the 1st country to register a vaccine against kobe and 19 its health ministry says this could happen as early as next week trials have been ongoing since june here and moscow with 2 groups of volunteers taking part and will be getting more details on that a little bit later in the program from our correspondent thank you aaron. search and rescue operations continue in beirut where the death toll is expected to rise following tuesday's blasts in the capital sports officials say the explosion killed at least 157 people and injured 5000 others the french president manual mccrone is in lebanon where he's held talks with top officials and called for an international investigation into the causes of the explosions some though are questioning the french leaders real motives and the reports. police swooped into the lebanese capital in the aftermath o

which happens to be the author of this reports the state department's efforts toward $21.00 requests for the global engagement center is $138000000.00 more than double its current level we won't tolerate this information another propaganda directed by the kremlin or any of our other adversaries double the budget for the sake of a handful of relatively unknown news sites operating 200000 months of us while solid reasoning all i can say is the pump a was going to have to get a much bigger ball when he sets his sights on r t would that it's not a competition of course but $130000000.00 monthly of us but my total take oh no he's willing to give to the state department's rewards for justice program is offering a reward of up to $10000000.00 for information leading to the identification or location of any person who acting at the direction for under the control of a foreign government interferes with us elections so mike tell me what's a gal go to do to get the hands on the 10000000. twitter and turn the start of his own campaign flagging the accounts of state. affiliated media with specia

state department comments were made in a letter to democratic senator patrick leahy who had requested a formal update on the case in. the letter the department praises dr algebras work with the u.s. embassy in riyadh describing him as someone who responded around the clock to threats against u.s. interests in the kingdom it goes on to add the department of state is concerned by the alleged activities that led to bree's exile in canada the state department is calling for the immediate release of children saying in the letter that it had repeatedly requested the saudi arabian government to clarify the status and nature of the algebra children's detentions well for more on this let's speak to mike hanna he's in washington so that is the letter from the state department do we know if they are prepared to take any further action over this. well at this stage it's not clear this letter was in response to a letter that was sent by patrick leahy and 3 other senators to the white house asking for the matter of our job raise children to be addressed now the children now aged 20 and 21 are being

but one must stress that the state department letter confirms that al-jabri was a valued intelligenceet to the united states. he worked very closely in the counterterrorism division and was highly regarded and highly respected by the u.s. intelligence committee. we know from that letter, as well as many u.s. senators who worked with him while he was basically the head of counterintelligence within saudi arabia. but what this all highlights is that massive division between the white house and congress when it comes to relations with saudi arabia, regardless of repeated allegations of humans violations. president trump to describe the crown prince as an ally and friend. congress is different in that. anchor: also following the story, our first bonnet. any response from the white house. correspondent: the response from the state department is certainly part of the trump administration. but at the same time, i want to build on some of the comments made by mike hanna. he talks about this relationship with saudi arabia. when you talk about the u.s. relationship, it is fragmented. there is t

state department has issued a new report and which accuses russia of waging a dis information and propaganda campaign employing a variety of methods among these is the use of kremlin controlled news outlets to push moscow's messages are to sofitel or takes a closer look. 3 months until the election a virus cool seeing up through the country an ailing economy and a future without tech talk america's got its hands full but it will still always find the time on the cash to do a deep dive into russian descent information. the kremlin bears direct responsibility for cultivating these tactics and platforms as part of its approach to using information as a weapon it invests massively in its propaganda channels its intelligence services and its proxies to conduct malicious site brick to vittie to support the dissent from ation efforts and it leaves reaches outlets that masquerade as new sites research institutions to spread these false and misleading narratives a new report by the state department has zeroed in on russia's complex network of fake news and propaganda and basically it tuns out like so

state department comments were made in a letter to democratic senator patrick leahy who had requested a formal update on the case in. the letter the department praises dr algebras work with the u.s. embassy in riyadh describing him as someone who responded around the clock to threats against u.s. interests in the kingdom it goes on to add the department of state is concerned by the alleged activities that led to bree's exile in canada the state department is calling for the immediate release of children saying in the letter that it had repeatedly requested the saudi arabian government to clarify the status and nature of the algebra children's detentions well for more on this let's speak to mike hanna he's in washington so that is the letter from.

as far as i have read, it violates his own policies with the state department and the state department confirmed officials should not be involved in politics. it is directly counter to what i own memosfrom his about instructions. put ak it -- i think bill fine point on the fact he's doing this from the state of israel at a time when israel is facing a lot of challenges and that we have a lot of bipartisan support for. for him to do this partly shows that the administration is willing to politicize the state of israel and use it as a political wedge as opposed to a rallying cry for us to come together and continue the traditions of bipartisan support for the state of israel. to me, it is reckless encounter to the traditions of our country. it is counter to the mandates for the state department personnel. it is unfortunate that this president seems like from of the venue he seems to be trampling ideas that are certain places that are sacrosanct not for politics and a political convention in this way. >> do we have jonathan? senator booker: he is one of new jersey's finest reporters even

saudi intelligence agent who was allegedly targeted and a fall the assassination attempt the state department's described. as a valued partner filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin someone of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill and mike hanna has more. patrick leahy was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house last month. in the letter the senators express their concern about what they call the abduction in saudi arabia of. son and daughter in his court filing recesses children now aged 20 and 21 were being hilda's what he called human bait to lure him out of hiding the state department has now responded to the senator's concerns in a letter to senator leahy it described. as a valued partner to the u.s. government working closely with the u.s. to ensure the safety of americans and saudis it also states that any persecution of family members is unacceptable adding that it has made repeated requests to the saudi government about the status of his son and daughter. who was an adviser to the previous crown prince mohammed bin

it violates his own rules that he promulgated and is holding every other official in the state department to, but himself. i wish i could say it was surprising. it's a little bit outlandish. but it's all of a piece, rachel, when you consider that under president trump, the justice department has been politicized, the intelligence community has been politicized. every institution of the executive branch has been politicized. and mike pompeo is carrying that flag very sadly tonight coming out of jerusalem. >> what about the location here? he has obviously chosen not just to -- to make the remarks at this convention, to be part of this nominating convention, but he has chosen specifically to do it from jerusalem. i mentioned that we expect the optics to feature some of the, you know, world renowned holy states of the city of jerusalem. but in terms of the geopolitics here, as well as the religious symbolism, what are the implications there? >> well, mike pompeo has been an overtly religious secretary of state, which in itself is problematic, because, again, he's supposed to represent all of

rather than independent agency, the congress has not funded the state department properly, the stateartment has been starved of resources except for a couple of brief periods during the george w. bush of administration when there was an increase of officers, it's been reluctance on the congress and they hate development assistance, they've considered a waste of time, for going to spend money why are we not spending at home than other countries and they don't see how that can benefit the united states, i think partly it's been a big part of the reason of the reluctance of the congress to fund it and in all honesty, the reluctance of the most part of all four administrations to push for such funding, the irony for me, at a time when the congress has become more and more resistant to the use of military force overseas in the aftermath of iraq and afghanistan, the same time they refused to fund or make or robust or nonmilitary instruments that could take the place of some of the military activity. >> in that regard, you brought up the war in iraq, you mentioned earlier the change of what

the state department says no taxpayer funds were used. meanwhile last month pompeo warned his staff not to improperly engage the department of state in the political process. hillary clinton has some advice for joe biden come election day don't even think about conceding if the election is that all close. the warning comes amid an expected surge in mail in ballots due to the coronavirus clinton says the democratic presidential nominee should not concede under any circumstances because she thinks the election results will drag out. she said quote eventually i do believe he will win if we don't give an inch and if we are as focused and relentless as the other side is. protests over the shooting of jacob blake turned deadly overnight after police say a teenager opened >>a 3rd night of protests over a wisconsin police shooting took a deadly turn late on tuesday 2 people are dead and another is badly hurt after someone opened fire in kenosha and today police announced an arrest, a warning before you see the video. it is rather graphic and whitn

whether his president shattering decision to address the convention from jerusalem violates state departmenticy or the law. he warned diplomats he has improperly engaging in politics. republicans say he got legal clearance for the speech and claim he's speaking as a private citizen. on tap tonight, the first lady melania trump. republicans say her remarks will be positive and forward looking with about 75 people in the audience including her husband. we're covering it all with our political team jake tapper, dana bash and abby phillip. they are here. jake, what more can you tell us about the president's roll tonight? >> wolf, frankly, i have never seen any president so blatantly use and some will no doubt argue misuse the power of his office, article two powers under the constitution for naked political purposes. tonight the president will issue a pardon for a convicted bank robber. ponder is a worthy candidate for a pardon. he helps former prisoners reemerge in the world and turned his life around. he was pardoned earlier this year by the state of nevada but for the president to do so as pa

i want to join the state department or anything like that so you know i member of the group. i guess so yeah you know i mean i think you make a good point at the same time i do think that there needs to be some rames put on of at what age the military or the cia or anyone can start kind of going after these kids because they should be of an age that they can make that decision without being unduly influenced whether it's through a video game or other such things like that michael i had to agree he i think i think in senior high school. is about the right time because kids should be thinking what career path they want to venture into exactly right michel i want to say thank you so much for coming on always a pleasure having you on sir. thanks for having me as we go to break my friends remember that you can also start watching the hawks on demand brand new portable t.v. app which is available on all platforms remember portable t.v. you can see all these shows and a whole lot more all right next we delve into the workplace horror show that was allegedly the ellen show and then r

welcome back this should not surprise any of us but the us state department wants us taxpayers to give them tens of billions of dollars more in aid this year and to substantiate the need it is telling some really scary stories of all kinds of countries around the world and how they're threatening us badly at the top of the boogie man list of course is russia here is r t correspondent saskia taylor with a somewhat tongue in cheek look at my pump ales laundry list of accusations against russia being used to justify his. getting war kirsch money. 3 months until the election a virus who will sing up through the country an ailing economy and a future without tick talk america's got its hands full but it will still find the time on the cash to do a deep dive into russian descent information. the kremlin bears direct responsibility for cultivating these tactics and platforms as part of its approach to using information as a weapon it invests massively in its propaganda channels its intelligence services and its proxies to conduct malicious i broke to vittie to support the dissent from ation e

state department has called former top saudi intelligence officials. a valued partner a job he filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing the saudi crown prince of sending hit men to canada to kill him. lebanese president michel aoun has launched an investigation into tuesday's devastating explosion in beirut at least 157 people were killed he says the blast could have been caused either by negligence or external interference beijing's top representative in hong kong says u.s. sanctions are barbarous and ridiculous chief executive kerry lamb and territories current and former police chiefs are among 11 officials targeted. the united nations envoy to yemen has condemned an airstrike that killed at least 9 children on thursday martin griffiths is calling for an investigation into the attack and of which also left 12 women and children injured the saudi u.a.e. coalition has been blamed for carrying out the strike griffiths says civilians are protected under international law or u.s. intelligence official is warning china russia and iran will

senators wrote a letter asking for this to happen and there has now been a response from the state department which says in a letter to senator patrick leahy who actually wrote the original letter that gifts sort of firey is a valued ally of the united states he was according to the court papers the point person for counterterrorism activities between the united states and saudi arabia up until 2015 shortly before he left to riyadh and took refuge in canada but this letter from the state department is very strong it says it has repeatedly approach saudi arabia about the fate of his children saying that it's for saudi arabia to persecute members of his family is absolutely unacceptable it adds to in the letter that saudi arabia has been accused of holding a number of other u.s. citizens as well so this is ratcheting up this whole affair very strongly with this letter from state department coming firmly down on the side of those who want to see at the very least their children returned to their family why can't they with all the latest from washington d.c. thank you very much mike. now an air i

that conflicts with the very testimony state department officials gave last january during the impeachmentey said we didn't know anything about burisma, it wasn't on our radar except for a briefing memo, maria van vuch said, before i went before the senate. their lobbyists were cornering them at confirmation hearings, at events, meetings at the embassy headquarters in washington, and hunter biden's company was pressuring the obama tate department to make those corruption allegations go away. that's a narrative that the democrats have have tried to hide for the last 18 months. lou: that's extraordinary. and now ron johnson saying very clearly that he doesn't have theport on husband own committee -- the support on his own committee to interview only of the same people -- some of the same people to get, secure the documents that he needs to continue the investigation. i want to put up, if we may, a quick full screen of what we call suspects here on "lou dobbs tonight" -- [laughter] rinos who are actually resisting ron johnson. if we could have that full screen, ladies and gentlemen in the con

the state department announced the move on wednesday.he accords cover the surrender of fugitives, the transfer of prisoners and the reciprocal tax exemptions on income from international shipping. president donald trump signed an executive order last month to end hong kong's special status. under u.s. law to punish china, the new security law cracks down on anything beijing considers succession, subversion, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces. in a statement, the state department says its actions underscore the deep concern regarding beijing's decision to impose the national security law, which has crushed the freedoms of the people of hong kong. earlier this month the trump administration froze assets in the u.s. belonging to hong kong chief executive carrie lam and ten other officials from china and the territory. starting in september, washington will also require goods produced in the territory for export to the u.s. to be labeled as made in china. >>> opposition leaders in belarus are seeking a dialogue with the administratio

as they work at the state department. >> and his personal capacity no state department resources will be used and staff are not involved in preparing the remarks or they arranged for secretary pompeo's arrangement and the state department will not bear any costs in conjunction with the appearance. other big speakers tonight, eric trump and tiffany trump which is notable because the president's daughter doesn't speak in public all that often. and one more thing, after that big downpour that you and i got stuck in yesterday, i went ahead and check the weather for tonight and as of now there is only a 15% chance of rain for the time when the first lady speaks, outside live in the rose garden. >> dana: but there's probably a 99% likelihood of mosquitoes as i'm remembering here in washington, d.c. >> it is the season. we have much more had on the first lady's big speech tonight. and we will to >> if democrats wanted to help minorities in underserved communities, instead of bowing to big-money union bosses, they let parents choose what school is best for your kids. and, for frequent psychol

>> i would refer you to the state department. that was a new york times story. president this was unverified as the new york times initially reported. the president will always act in the interest of our troops and look no forward than al-baghdadi with rough indication to hundreds of servicemen and women. >> does that mean pompeo did not raise this? >> i would refer you to the state department. >> seeing that intelligence is different here than the state to permit -- >> you are asking me to verify reporting of the state department. this president will always act in the best interests of our troops. >> thank you. criticized, fairly sharply, barack obama's use of executive orders and failing to reach deals. how are the president's actions this weekend any different from that? >> they are a lot different when you consider the fact president barack obama utilized executive orders to push forward a policy that he denied he had the right to push forward 23 times. i doast 23 times he said not have the power to do this and went on to do just that. i have enumerated the

i felt in government, as a state department spokesperson, that the press was doing its job to challenge me and challenge my colleagues in the administrations in which i worked, and when we talk about deep state, you know, we should never talk about the american press corps because the american press corps is part in parcel of our democracy. an investigative reporter will chair this, very experienced for national public radio. david rhode is here to talk about his new book on the deep state. i met david a long time ago, during the bosnia war. i met him after a very tragic and unfortunate incident when he was kidnapped by the bosnian serbs and held for ten days, mercifully released. he lived to tell the tale. he was also kidnapped as many of you know by the taliban in november 2008 and held for seven months. i don't know any other reporter who has been kidnapped twice, risked his life to tell the story to the american people, and what a career he's had. david won the pulitzer prize for his reporting on the massacre of july 1995, the worst war crimes in europe since the second world war. h

they tried to argue that no state department employee had anything to do with this speech, they were not participating, they had other people handle the logistics and so forth. but it does break a tradition. i think that's sort of in keeping with what we've seen for four years, the president who came in, remember, who has never been in politics or the military before, and so he doesn't particularly care much if things have been done a different way. his whole attitude is the fact that it has been done a certain way means you should think about doing it the other way. that he's been sent to washington to change things, to disrupt. that's been his approach for four years, in many ways it makes him appealing to a lot of supporters, they don't like the establishment, they don't like the old rules. if they see him as flouting them, they see that as a positive, not a negative. obviously it's flustered a lot of people in the foreign service and even republicans, veterans of previous campaigns. similarly, you're seeing white house staff, people not normally featured at a political convention