too often whitewash the results responding to the panel's findings the yes' minister of state for foreign affairs tweeted we should review and respond to the un experts report published today adding the coolish and is fulfilling a truly reclaiming the yemeni state and securing the future of the region from iranian interference in washington at a real briefing u.s. defense secretary mattis give his response to the report and i think that what we have to look at here is probably care and we get this.

too often whitewash the results responding to the panel's findings the yes' minister of state for foreign affairs tweeted we should review and respond to the un experts report published today adding the coolish and is fulfilling a truly reclaiming the yemeni state and securing the future of the region from iranian interference in washington at a real briefing u.s. defense secretary mattis give his response to the report and i think that what we have to look at here is probably can we get to the un brokered peace table that that the u.n. special envoy. is trying to get it to that that is the goal that doesn't change no matter what tragedy happened on the battlefield all the governments named in the forty one page report received an advance copy of the panel says it has compiled a list of the names of people it believes may be responsible for war crimes and passed it on to the appropriate authorities and there are those who hope that this report will put pressure on both sides as we approach the u.n. sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti we're just s

too often whitewash the results responding to the panel's findings the yes' minister of state for foreign affairs tweeted we should review and respond to the un experts report published today adding the coalition is fulfilling a truly reclaiming the yemeni state and securing the future of the region from really an interference in washington at a real briefing u.s. defense secretary jim mattis give his response to the report and i think that what we have to look at here is probably can we get to the u.n. brokered peace table that that the u.n. special envoy. is trying to get it to that that is the goal or that doesn't change no matter what tragedy happened on the battlefield all the governments named in the forty one page report received an advance copy of the panel says it has compiled a list of the names of people it believes may be responsible for war crimes and passed it on to the appropriate authorities and there are those who hope that this report will put pressure on both sides as we approach the u.n. sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti jus

too often whitewash the results responding to the panel's findings the yes' minister of state for foreign affairs tweeted we should review and respond to the un experts report published today adding the coolish and is fulfilling a truly reclaiming the yemeni state and securing the future of the region from iranian interference in washington at a real briefing u.s. defense secretary mattis give his response to the report and i think that what we have to look at here is probably can we get this to the u.n. brokered peace table. all the that the u.n. special envoy. is trying to get it to that that is the goal that doesn't change no matter what tragedy happened on the battlefield all the governments named in the forty one page report received an advance copy the panel says it has compiled a list of the names of people it believes may be responsible for war crimes and passed it on to the appropriate.

as minister of state for foreign affairs the responder to the panel's findings with this tweet which should review and respond to the x.-press report the coalition is fulfilling its role in reclaiming the yemeni state and securing the future of the region from iranian interference now let's bring in our panelists joining us in some say nobody a yemeni journalist in london elizabeth kendal senior research fellow at pembroke college of the university of oxford from bordeaux in france by a sky martha monday is a retired professor of anthropology of the london school of economics a warm welcome to you all elizabeth i would like to know whether this report is a turning point in the three year long conflict in yemen. i certainly think that this latest united nations report takes the rhetoric up a notch in terms of calling out the coalition our allies in the ways in which they've been practicing and conducting the war in yemen there has been a previous u.n. report in january which was also quite outspoken in criticizing the saudi led coalition it mentioned violations and abuses but this rep

too often whitewash the results responding to the panel's findings the yes' minister of state for foreign affairs tweeted we should review and respond to the un experts report published today adding the coolish and is fulfilling a truly reclaiming the yemeni state and securing the future of the region from a really into fumes all the governments named in the forty one page report received an advance copy the panel says it has compiled a list of the names of people it believes may be responsible for war crimes and passed it on to the appropriate authorities and there are those who hope that this report will put pressure on both sides as we approach u.n. sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti the u.s. secretary of defense james mattis has ruled out dropping america's support for saudi m.r.i. airstrikes on yemen saying he has not witnessed any callous disregard from the people of the united states are working with matches held a press conference along with the joint chiefs chairman joseph dunford at the pentagon earlier today for the last several years

too often whitewash the results responding to the panel's findings the yes' minister of state for foreign affairstweeted we should review and respond to the un experts report published today adding the coalition is fulfilling its ruling reclaiming the yemeni state and securing the future of the region from iranian interference in washington at a real briefing u.s. defense secretary jim mattis gave his response to the report and i think that what we have to look at here is probably can we get to the u.n. brokered peace table that that the u.n. special envoy. is trying to get it to that that is the goal or that doesn't change no matter what tragedy happened on the battlefield all the governments named in the forty one page report received an advance copy of the panel says it has compiled a list of the names of people it believes may be responsible for war crimes and passed it on to the appropriate authorities and there are those who hope that this report will put pressure on both sides as we approach the u.n. sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti jus

too often whitewash the results responding to the panel's findings the yes' minister of state for foreign affairs tweeted we should review and respond to the un experts report published today adding the coolish and is fulfilling a truly reclaiming the yemeni state and securing the future of the region from iranian interference in washington but the real briefing u.s. defense secretary mattis gave his response to the report and i think that what we have to look at here is probably can we get to the u.n. brokered peace table that that the u.n. special envoy. is trying to get it to that that is the goal that doesn't change no matter what tragedy happened on the battlefield all the governments named in the forty one page report received an advance copy of the panel says it has compiled a list of the names of people it believes may be responsible for war crimes and passed it on to the appropriate authorities and there are those who hope that this report will put pressure on both sides as we approach u.n. sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth. alan fischer. djibouti what jeff stacy is a

room i can tell you present the diary primacy used to dress like myself as the minister of state for foreign affairs secretary for in the first military chief i said chief six people in the room right either all of them had to be fantastic actors must get jobs in hollywood or at least bollywood because they all made a great pretense of being still and shock like i explained to you and not knowing how to react if they knew how to react would we give a silly statement like we did because we don't know how to react you give us a statement out which we had to almost retract the next day. so when u.s. defense secretary leon panetta told congress at the time in may twenty eleven that pakistan was either involved or incompetent in terms of bin laden's whereabouts i'm guessing you're going to go with incompetence guilty for being incompetent ok so when cyril almeda the pakistani journalist said in the piece at the time if we didn't know bin laden was in about about we are a failed state if we didn't know we are a rogue state if the united states of america could not find. that make it a rogue state or a fai

too often whitewash the results responding to the panel's findings the yes' minister of state for foreign affairs tweeted we should review and respond to the un experts report published today adding the coolish and is fulfilling a truly reclaiming the yemeni state and securing the future of the region from iranian interference in washington but a real briefing us defense secretary jim mattis give his response to the report and i think that what we have to look at here is probably can we get to the un brokered peace table that that the un special envoy. is trying to get it to that that is the goal that doesn't change no matter what tragedy happened on the battlefield all the governments named in the forty one page report received an advance copy the panel says it has compiled a list of the names of people it believes may be responsible for war crimes and passed it on to the appropriate authorities and there are those who hope that this report will put pressure on both sides as we approach the u.n. sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti lawyers repres

as minister of state for foreign affairs a responder to the panel's findings with this tweet which should review and respond to the x.-press report the coalition is fulfilling its role in reclaiming the yemeni state and securing the future of the region from iranian interference now let's bring in our panelists joining us in some are saying allbaugh haiti a yemeni journalist in london elizabeth kendal senior research fellow at pembroke college of the university of oxford from border in france by a skype martha monday is a retired professor of anthropology of the london school of economics a warm welcome to you all elizabeth i would like to know whether this report is a turning point in the three year long conflict in yemen. i certainly think that this latest united nations report takes the rhetoric up a notch in terms of calling out the coalition our allies in the ways in which they've been practicing and conducting the war in yemen there has been a previous u.n. report in january which was also quite outspoken in criticizing the saudi led coalition it mentioned violations and abuses but

all the minister of states for foreign affairs anwar ghosh has posted two tweets in response to the report in one he said regarding the report by the un experts we should review it and respond to what it said about the horrors and the crime committed by the hoofy militias how they targeted the civilians wars always carry a lot of suffering we saw that in afghanistan iraq and syria but at the end of the day he says we are responsible for our security and stability here lies op priorities now as we saw in the report earlier the video the un also urged the international community to refrain from providing arms that could be used in the conflict an apparent reference to countries including the u.s. and britain will help on the saudi led code. ssion and iran to which a coalition has accused of backing the hoa fees james mattis u.s. defense secretary and the joint chiefs chair jones have dunsford have been speaking together to the media matters says the u.s. support for the saudi coalition in yemen is not unconditional taken this at no time have we felt rebuffed or ignored when we bring concerns

myself as the minister of state for foreign affairs secretary for in the first military chief i said chief six people in the room right either all of them had to be fantastic actors must get job in hollywood or at least bollywood because they all made a great pretense of being still and shock like i explained to you and not knowing how to react if they knew how to react when we give us the statement like we did because we don't know how to react you give us a statement out which we had to almost retract the next day. so when u.s. defense secretary leon panetta told congress at the time in may twenty eleven that pakistan was either involved or incompetent in terms of bin laden's whereabouts i'm guessing you're going to go with incompetence guilty for being incompetent ok so when cyril almeda the pakistani journalist said in the piece at the time if we didn't know bin laden was in about about we are a failed state if we didn't know we are a rogue state if the united states of america could not find that osama bin laden it's that make it a rogue state or a failed state i think we rushed

pakistan politic twenty five she was minister of state for finance and economic affairs for seven years under two successive governments and was foreign minister between twenty eleven and twenty thirty. nine ramani her pakistan which was founded as a democracy sixty years ago has been under military rule military dictatorship for thirty three of those sixty eight years today the country is run by a democratic government but isn't it true that the military are still running the shots behind the scenes it is absolutely true that in the case of pakistan unlike any other democratic dispensation the military has much larger role than typically the constitution of pakistan would permit and interestingly i don't know if you know this or not but it's the billion meet constitution without any amendments has only been applicable in pakistan for four years since two thousand and ten and now and before that between two years from fifty six to fifty eight what did you do as foreign minister to push back against the military did you ever get generals ringing you up telling you what line to take on this or that policy before you and all of our andre

canada and saudi arabia are both close partners of the united states i refer you to the canadian and saudi ministries of foreign affairs for further information so matthew godin with us now senior fellow in the europe program at chatham house joining us on skype from london. i described that as time matthew it's almost just completely non-committal saying we don't really have a view on this go and talk to them about it is that what you'd expect from the united states or is that maybe what we expect from the united states under president trump. well thank you for having the on this is certainly a very different response from what we would have see under the previous u.s. administration and president obama i think it's better to say that many people within the canadian diplomatic community have be rather surprised by this response it certainly suggests that president trump does not view the canadian. ally his northern neighbor as the pressing priorities in this dispute and i would suggest that actually what we see in the response from america is really a reflection of the way which trumps administration have got much closer

pakistan politic twenty five she was minister of state for finance and economic affairs for seven years under two successive governments and was foreign minister between twenty eleven and twenty thirty. nine re money car pakistan which was founded as a democracy sixty years ago has been under military rule military dictatorship for thirty three of those sixty eight years today the country is run by a democratic government but isn't it true that the military are still running the shots behind the scenes it is absolutely true that in the case of pakistan unlike any other democratic dispensation the military has a much larger role than typically the constitution of pakistan would permit and interestingly i don't know if you know this or not but it's three billion made constitution without any amendments has only been applicable in pakistan for four years since two thousand and ten and now and before that between two years from fifty six to fifty eight what did you do as foreign minister to push back against the military did you ever get generals ringing you up telling you what line to take on this or that policy before you and all of our

state and for other purposes. but it had the patriotic number, house resolution 1776. the house foreign affairs committee and the violations committee held hearings and supporters and opponents of the bill testified. secretary of state, cordell hall whispers to testify and he painted a grim picture of the ruthless nazi anomie and is listed to unbelief was absolutely essential to the goal of american defenses self preservation. secretary of the treasury, henry morgenthau gave a detailed report confirming that a british simply didn't have the dollars to pay for the arms they needed. secretary of war, henry stimson pointed out that if the british navy was destroyed, the united states would be in real danger of invasion. and so when the lease would allow the british to fight where they cured up production and prepared for its own defense. what stimson didn't tell the committee members would be also ought, that american soldiers would eventually have to fight and die to get the job done. in his diary, stimson wrote, we cannot permanently be in a position of toolmakers for other nations that fight. t

for coming on r.t. gregory koppel is my guest this hour editor of defense and foreign affairs. thank you. onto other news now and a conservative activist in the united states has found herself suspended by twitter for mimicking racist tweets of a new york times editorial board member killer morgan has a story. she's been removed from twitter because they say that her tweets violate their rules regarding hateful content candace she's from turning points usa conservative organization in the usa what she did was she took tweets from new york times journalist sarah job and simply replaced the words white with the words black or the word jewish hundreds of tweets from sarah john regarding white people she simply changed the target of the tweet from whites to black or jewish when she did this the response of twitter was to shut down her account candace owens says that twitter was right to take down her posts and ban her for making hateful comments regarding black and jewish people she says however the outrage is that sarah johnson was not banned for making these comments about white people on the surface i actually agree with twitter's assessment i believe that

states to commit acts of terror. reporter: today in recognition of his unique approach to foreign affairs, tributes with foreign leaders around the world are coming in. israel's prime minister tweeting his support forsrael never waivers. the state of israel salutes john mccain. a poignant sentiment from germ numbers foreign minister who writes, he stood for america which is a reliable and strong partner. an america that takes strong responsibility for others and sticks to its principles even in a difficult moment. arthel: to more on this. we'll get ambassador kirk volker. ambassador, thank you for being here, unfortunately under these circumstances. if you would, start for us with your thoughts of the man himself. >> he was an extraordinary individual. he had the hallmarks of courage and integrity that guided him. he was about serving a cause greater than one's self. arthel: as executive director of the mccain institute which is part of arizona state university, would you tell us about the current agenda and what the mccain institute represents. >> it was founded at the initiative of nor mccain with arizona state university. the purpose is to advance character and leadership. arthel: talk about the

states and for other purposes. but it had the patriotic number, house resolution 1776. the house foreign affairs committee and the senate foreign relations committee held hearings and supporters and opponents of the bill testified. secretary of state cordell hall was first to testify, and he painted a grim picture of the ruthless nazi enemy and insisted it was essential to the goal of american defense and self-preservation. the secretary of the treasury, henry morgan, gave a detailed report confirming the british simply didn't have the dollars to pay for the arms they needed. secretary of war henry simpson pointed out in the british navy was destroyed, the united states would be in real danger of information. so this would enable the british to fight while in the us geared up industrial production and prepared for its own defense. he didn't tell committee members what he thought, that american soldiers would eventually have to fight and die to get the job done. in his diary, stimson wrote we cannot permanently be in a position of tool makers for other nations that fight. the star witness for the

the poor economy well it's all because we have foreign countries and meddling in our own affairs so what's the endgame here for turkey. unfortunately state and establish they all are accustomed to similar economic problems. so this is not the first economic crisis that turkey has been facing so before us yes that that's true turkish economy nobody is quite vulnerable and the turkish political system. in the country is is quite stable so here we have a strong political leadership but a vulnerable economy and unfortunately when it comes to the latest issues for instance yesterday's trump tweet was a direct. intervention or economy intervention for political purposes so the problem is not really economy when it comes to the church american relations we know that trump truck has been trying to instrumental eyes economy develop economy relations for political purposes so the end game for turkey the majority of turkish people think that yes no it is the turkish state is in a trance eatery period turkey is political and domestic struggle domestic structure has been restructured redefined so they will remain intact behind the leadership of the o

state-run relief camps. the special counsel investigating russian interference into the 2016 election is asking jail time for a former trump foreign affairs aide who has admitted to lying to the f.b.i. george papadopoulos pled guilty to onlse count of making statements last october. in a filing late last night, prosecutors said jail time was warranted after papadopoulos repeatedly lied during t interview abe timing and significance of information he solici hillary clinton.about sentencing is scheduled for september 7. 24 migrant children under age five are still separated from their parents, ac acordin new court filing. read more at www.pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: tensions are rising between the united states and itsatally, turkey. today, in ankara, president recep tayyip erdogan addressed thousands of supporters as his country's currency continues to ll. erdogan is calling the united states' recent economic sttanctions an pted economic coup." >> ( translated ): today, some people are trying to thaten us through the economy, through sanctions, foreign exchange, interest rates and inflation. we are telling them, "we've seen your game

to be targeted, that man formulated the prestigious publications of foreign affairs in 1959-57, the nationstate for ideological state, so when you came along, same story, good-looking man, clean, people are desirous of a change and want to get rid of corrupt politicians, fast forward 60 years, the same situation and you have got immunity through the notorious supreme court, back then it was the pakistan high court. judgment was passed. same thing with the judiciary and political manipulation. i can understand that but keeping the electorate divided and manipulating the old electoral system gave them the edge than that has not gone over, back in 2002 managing the election, we don't know who was managing. the general in charge of counterterrorism at the isi, named the name, there were people going out. >> let me try to reduce this, what you are saying is in pakistan, once the establishment, military and intelligence services make a decision about how domestic politics has to move, then the courts give judgment that enable that agenda to move forward so a person can be described as corrupt or whatever and the media jum

be fully able to rely on the united states or as we have been doing for some decades interest nick a member of the german parliament and member of the foreign affairs committee in the bundestag as always just we appreciate you coming in talking with us thank you thank you. and now to the case of ugandan pop star turned politician bobby wine the united nations' outgoing human rights chief says that he's deeply concerned about allegations that authorities in uganda tortured wine and several other politicians detained on treason charges wine is a high profile challenger to uganda's long time presidential wary which of any he was arrested in mid august after stones were thrown at the president's convoy and wine was released on bail earlier this week on crutches he w.'s julius reports on how ugandans are venting their frustrations over the case and what they think of the man who was taking on ugandans political elite. fortis to uganda's capital. is the focus of the the most recent this month known as bobby rush i just as demanded his release after hearing about easily torture under our wrist. in an interview will be one toward d.w. about his role in uga

the poor economy well it's all because we have foreign countries and meddling in our own affairs so what's the endgame here for turkey. unfortunately state and establish they all are accustomed to similar economic problems. so this is not the first economic crisis that turkey has been facing so before us yes that's true turkish economy nobody is quite vulnerable and the turkish political system. and the country is is quite stable so here we have a strong political leadership but a vulnerable economy and unfortunately when it comes to the latest issues for instance yesterday's trump tweet was a direct. intervention or economy intervention for political purposes so the problem is not really economy when it comes to the church american relations we know that trunk has been trying to instrumental eyes economy develop economy relations for political purposes so the endgame for turkey the majority of turkish people think that yes no it is the turkish state is in a trance eatery period turkey is political and domestic struggle domestic structure has been restructured redefined so they will remain intact behind the leadership of the one this is

state for political affairs. he is currently the u.s. ambassador to pakistan. he was asked about ongoing conflicts in afghanistan and yemen. the senate foreign relations hearing is just under an hour. >> the foreign relations committee will come to order. today we will consider the nomination of ambassador david had to serve our country on -- as secretary of state. thank you for your service to our country for many years. he currently serves as our ambassador to pakistan and has previously served in that capacity in lebanon and georgia. he is a grand member of the foreign service and brings with him over three decades of experience of -- as a career foreign service officer. a majority spent in the middle east. beyond his general diplomatic and policy expertise for he is widely respected, he has extensive management experience. in manyerved capacities. the under secretary for political affairs is the number three person in the department after the -- secretary -- deputy secretary of state. this serves as an advisor to the secretary for all major personnel decisions, department policies and other agents of communication. in addition to those d

the ante in a show down with the united states after washington punishes the kremlin for coordinating a nerve agent attack on british soil. house foreign affairs committee ed royce on what vladimir putin has in-store now and how the u.s. should son. should president trump declassify more of the justice department and fbi documents house republicans are looking for the president signaling we may have to "get involved." house intelligence committee chairman devon nunes is here he sure hopes he does he will join me live this morning and former attorney general michael mukasey poses the question of what's the downside risk of declassifying as mexico gets the thumbs up from the president, but canada, not so much. all that and a lot more right now as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. the trump adminitration announcing new sanctions against russia over the use of a military-grade nerving on uk soil and new information this morning moscow is upping the ant e in the response, moscow says it will cut holdings of u.s. securities. let's bring in california congressman ed royce chairman of the house foreign affairs committee mr. chairman good to see

i would like to see the united states lead a worldwide coalition going after the funding that iran provides for these terrorist acts. we've had, in a foreign affairswhelming bipartisan support for legislation to do this. some previous legislation has passed. this is an area where the administration, if they wanted to, could lead in a bipartisan way. unfortunately, president trump seems to be really assessed with reversing anything the obama administration has done, whether on foreign and domestic affairs. thes focused on undoing things that obama did, rather than attempting to forge bipartisan consensus to go after current bad iranian behavior. david: one of the things that president obama did not manage to get done is what you are urging now. state-sponsored terrorism has been going on for years. why do you think it can work this time? as you pointed out, this has been going on for years and it was not a problem that started under president obama's watch either. this has been a failure of administrations of both parties. it will take not just u.s. sanctions, but you and -- international sanctions as well. administration credit. the clinton admini

for 300,000. thank you, adam. >>> breaking news on the trade front. canada's minister of foreign affairs saying look, the nation is encouraged by progress in bilateral nafta discussions with united statesnada is focused on diversifying trade relationships encouraging europe and asia. good for you guys. we are looking elsewhere. what it seems. kristina: what is appears. silencing, i switching to conservative views. got president trump slamming social media for with he calls the silencing of millions on its platform. we will have more next. you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia. but allstate actually helps you drive safely... with drivewise. it lets you know when you go too fast... ...and brake too hard. with feedback to help you drive safer. giving you the power to actually lower your cost. unfortunately, it can't do anything about that. now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? kristina: tech companies are reportedly meeting today to discuss election security as president trump continues to turn

state for political affairs. i approach this with humility and a commitment to serve to the best of my ability as i have strived to do ever since ambassador edward perkins first swore me into the foreign service in 1984. my call to public service began with my grandparents. they were world travelers who always returned from abroad with stories, books and pictures of a world beyond our shores. as a young man, i gained a growing realization that what happened overseas mattered a great deal to our country's prosperity. i came to realize that a career in the foreign service would allow me to protect and advance our interests abroad, and that was the beginning of my path from bridgewater, new jersey, to beirut and beyond. in college too, practitioners had a tremendous influence on my life, future secretary of state madeleine albright. ambassador meyer taught me of the gains to be made through calm, candid, patient, persistent and behind the scenes engagement. secretary albright taught me that our diplomatic strength is rooted in our economic and military strength. she also taught me that while our strength is greatly enhanced through a alliances and partnerships, there is no substitute for

states. as quote an overt and blatant interference in saudi internal affairs miss freeland addressed the spat before the media in vancouver are values based foreign policy our support for human rights and for women's rights is an essential part of who we are when we speak for canada in the world. when it comes to the broader relationship with saudi arabia our diplomats have our procedural questions today and we're waiting for answers on how saudi arabia intends to go forward with that relationship. chance today the front line of u.s. labor movements fight for survival in the midwestern state of missouri continues labor leaders there are working to defeat the missouri legislators attempt to make missouri the nation's twenty ninth so-called right to work state three hundred seven three hundred ten thousand petitions were submitted last year to put the law to the electorate on a referendum being voted upon today laws of this kind effect only impose anti-union policies across the state the congressional research service here in washington found in two thousand and twelve that states with right to work laws typically have lower wages than states with pro labor laws will hav

a pariah state the islamic republic now hopes to be acknowledged as a full member of the international community. this day marks a triumph for mohammad zarif iran's minister of foreign affairs. and for husain rouhani and president of the republic. thirty seven years after the revolution it is an unprecedented strategic shift by releasing a run from isolation president rouhani hopes to renew his country's relations with the rest of the world. president rouhani they had a very good job and negotiating the deal but the idea certainly not came from him it came from the supreme leader he was the one who had come to the conclusion that this issue had to be resolved at that time. the since the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution and the advent of the islamic republic it is the supremely leader appointed for life that has been master of the system and the real head of state. as a share theocracy the supreme leader's power is superior to that of the president of the republic who was elected by the people since the death of ayatollah khomeini in one thousand nine hundred nine the supremely has been ayatollah ali how monday it was he who initiated the negotiations even before the

the poor economy well it's all because we have foreign countries and meddling in our own affairs so what's the endgame here for turkey. unfortunately state and established a large accustomed to similar economic problems. so this is not the first economic crisis that turkey has been facing so before us yes that's true turkish economy nobody is quite vulnerable and the turkish political system. and the country is is quite stable so here we have a strong political leadership but a vulnerable economy and unfortunately when it comes to the latest issues for instance yesterday's trump tweet was a direct. intervention or economy intervention for political purposes so the problem is not really economy when it comes to the church american relations we know that trump truck has been trying to instrumental eyes economy develop economy relations for political purposes so the endgame for turkey the majority of turkish people thinks that yes no it is the turkish state is in a trance eatery period turkey is political and domestic struggle domestic structure has been restructured redefined so they will remain intact behind the leadership of the one this

foreign affairs committees. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. if you work for the pvt. of the united states, would you interpret that tweet as a directive? >> absolutely. i think he's made his intentions pretty clear that he wants to shut down the mueller investigation and he's used multiple tactics to try to accomplish that, badge badgering, bullying jeff session, berating rob rosen steerngs he's done so many things. this is one more. i think he is feeling the heat, number one, his former lawyer michael cohen may have flipped on the president and cooperating with the go. also the paul manafort trial just started. so the trail of evidence is very much leading closer to the president and people important to him and i think he's lashing out because of it. >> so when the president twreets or says in this tweet, this is a terrible situation and attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain your country any further. do you believe that was obstruction of justice? >> yes. i think it's obstruction of justice. it's an instruction as much as