he's not lost it as he claimed. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson told cnn's elise labotts never raised the issue of smenl state. >> i've never questioned his mental fitness. >> reporter: the president will meet with his cabinet at camp david to go over his agenda for 2018. one cabinet member who won't be present is attorney general jeff sessions who has frequently been the subject of the president's fury. the white house says there's no message being sent to sessions. the white house stands firmly behind him. >>> the clinton foundation is back in the spotlight as u.s. authorities are once again investigating allegations of corruption. >> they're looking into whether the charity improperly engaged in pay-to-play politics with its donors. our laura garrett reports from washington. >> reporter: well, after months of the president clamoring for an investigation into hillary clinton, cnn has now learned that one does exist. but it's actually about the clint clintons' family charitable organization. and they're looking into whether donations for the clinton foundation were made

he's not lost it, as he claimed. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson told cnn's elise labbot he's never raised the issue of the president's mental state. >> i've never questioned his mental fitness. i have for reason to question his mental fitness. >> reporter: to go over the party's agenda over the weekend for 2018 and, wolf, let's just put this up on screen just to give you a sense as to who is going to be taentding all of this. this is quite the sleep over. many members of the president's cabinet, almost all the republican congressional leaders and almost a dozen members of the president's staff, that is a lot of people, including the vice president as well. one person who has not been invited this weekend, the attorney general jeff sessions who has been in the headlines as frequently been the subject of the president's fury. the white house says there is no message behind that being sent to sessions. an official here at the white house says to our abby phillip that the white house stands firmly behind jeff sessions. wolf? >> jim acosta at the white house, for us, thanks v

secretary of state rex tillerson says there is no difference between the policies of the united states and south korea when it comes to dealing with north korea even as the u.s. pushes a campaign of maximum pressure and sanctions while south korea continues to promote dialogue and hold another round of talks with north korea today both of the secretary of state and the south korean foreign minister have said that these policies go hand in hand but that the idea behind sanctions is to force north korea back to the negotiating table now the talks that are taking place today are around the logistics surrounding north korea's participation in the winter olympics both north and south korea will be discussing the possibility of a joint team for the women's ice hockey also the possibility of walking together in the opening ceremony they'll also be talking about details such as accommodation the size of north korea's delegation and costs south korea has to be careful when it moves to facilitate the north's participation not to violate any u.n. sanctions against north korea which are the very f

secretary of state rex tillerson warned that the threat of war is growing and called on nations to remain sober and clear eyed about the current state of affairs . and japan's foreign minister is also weighing in urging the international community to continue economic sanctions despite the recent warming of relations between north and south korea have a listen north korea continues to advance its nuclear and missile programs even as we speak and we should not be blinded by north korea's charm offensive in short it is not the time to pressure or to rework north career. and for more we're joined now from seoul by josh smith a reuters correspondent covering korean affairs welcome to you josh we've been hearing stark warnings from diplomats around the pacific at a time when it seems like seoul n.p.r. now you have found common ground is this a disconnect. well i think it signals something of. concern over the fact that the talks so far have focused mostly on the olympics as well as a few other kind of side show elements of into korean relations this is something that i think all sides see as a

syria's foreign ministry has told the rest of its affairs this after secretary of state rex tillerson unveiled the trumpet ministrations goals for syria which include keeping u.s. troops in the country for the foreseeable future but let's be clear. the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge our military mission in syria will remain conditions based we cannot make the same mistakes that were made in two thousand and eleven when a premature departure from iraq allowed al qaeda in iraq to survive and eventually morph into isis it was that vacuum that allowed isis and other terrorist organizations to wreak havoc on the country the u.s. secretary of state they will al-jazeera as a senior political analyst marwan bashara says this marks a turning point in terms of u.s. strategy. this is a major departure from both the trump administration strategy or speaking of strategic the last year and it's certainly a measure departure from the obama administration's assertive in syria and in the greater middle east. in fact you know one who of

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secretary of state rex tillerson says russia the ultimate responsibility for the syrian government's use of chemical weapons it comes after at least twenty one people suffered breathing problems after an alleged chemical attack on a rebel held enclave near damascus rebels and the syrian observatory for human rights are accusing the syrian government of being behind the attack a similar attack was reported that ten days ago it has been besieged by government forces since twenty thirty four hundred thousand people are trapped. only yesterday more than twenty civilians most of them children were victims of the per chlorine gas attack. the recent attacks and these are a serious concerns that bashar assad's syrian regime may be continuing its use of chemical weapons against its own people who were conducted the attacks russia ultimately burbs responsibility for the victims and. and countless other syrian targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria tillerson was speaking at a conference in paris to launch an international partnership against impunity for the use of

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whole foods market. >>> cnn is getting a rare interview with secretary of state rex tillerson and he ything from north korea to president's fitness for office. here is one clip of secretary tillerson with our global affairs correspondent elise laugh laugh et. >> i'm sure you heard about this new book about the white house it's the talk of the town. it describes a president whose foreign policy is uninformed. that he's not engaged. that he's not interested. that he gets up and leaves meetings with world leaders because he's bored. you are at the white house several times a week. is that your experience? >> i think among all the cabinet secretaries i probably have spent more time with the president than perhaps secretary of defense mattis who spends a lot of time with him as well. i've never seen the president leaving a meeting with foreign leader. he's very engaged. and in our policy deliberations and the meetings of the national security council with him, as i said a big challenge was pivoting policies in ha different direction than they were placed when the president took office, fro

cnn spoke exclusively with secretary of state rex tillerson. he said it's too early to tell. >> some are speculating that this may be their first effort to open a channel. but agency you know, we've had channels open to north korea for some time. and so, they do know how to reach us when -- if and when they're ready to engage with us as well. >> will ripley is following the very latest from seoul, south korea, for us. will, there's a lot to talk about. set the parameters, frame everything for us. >> well, this is certainly significant that these talks will be happening on tuesday. and what's particularly interesting to me is the timing here from the moment that kim jong-un mentioned in his new year's address that he's willing to potentially have talks with south korea, south korea made the offer. and in five business days an extraordinarily quick amount of time they actually set a date for talks. north korea normally until so keen to schedule these talks that quickly. and it shows they have motivation here to speak. and some experts that i've b

your secular state rex tillerson is calling on the world to step up pressure on north korea until it abandons its nuclear program he's joined representatives of nineteen other nations to discuss ways of tightening sanctions on pyongyang was in jordan reports. a show of diplomatic commitment in vancouver to ending north korea's nuclear weapons program but the meeting co-hosted by canada and the united states yielded just one new tactic for the fight an agreement to prevent so-called ship to ship transfers of outlawed goods to p. on yon i think we all agreed together with our partners here that the timing has turned out to be really for to attack us because we are seeing we we want to be clear headed we don't want to be in any way pollyannas about this but i think we collectively believe that the peaceful pressure is beginning to have an impact north koreans know our channels are open and they know where to find us but a sustained cessation of north korea's threatening behavior is necessary is a necessary indicator of whether the regime is truly ready to pursue a peaceful diplomatic re

today secretary of state rex tillerson sits down with cnn and breaks with his boss about the impact of the russia probe around the world. >>> and the author of "fire and fury," today's standing by the picture he paints of a white house filled with madness fuelled by president trump's own erratic behavior. has any war inside the west wing ever come anywhere close to this? >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. defying the advice of his aides and the generally accepted belief that giving a scandal more oxygen only serves to further ignite the flames, president trump is lighting up twitter today with a new line of attack against his former chief strategist steve bannon, whom he has now dubbed sloppy steve. the attempt to change the subject and mr. bannon's style and the president's unique gift for nasty branding does not, of course, erase the book, "fire and fury" by author michael wolff that has so upset the president. the book contains quotes from bannon assailing donald trump, junior as unpatriotic and treasonous for his meeting with the russian lawyer pr

the united states says rushes to blame feel knowing use of chemical weapons in syria section state rex tillerson made comments at summit here in paris. boring and alleged chlorine gas attack new damascus. he continues to attack dispositions inside syria with hundreds of civilians reportedly forced to flee. arrests and russia according for strength. india's prime minister depends globalization during the opening of the world economic forum in davos. it is losing its luster story coming up in this. what we can is now in the united states with the attorney general has been interviewed as part of a probe into alleged links between? president donald trump election campaign of twenty sixteen and russia decisions is the highest ranking member of the trump administration too being questions in the interview took place last week. . will just last year sessions were queues h himself frorom the russssian investigatition ar he failed to disclose. several meetings with the russian ambassador at with more that we can go to washington our correspondent fitted crowther's day. and it but this is the first time a

but imagine you were secretary of state rex tillerson today. today the whole country is coping in someway with the fact that we have a president like this now. all right. but if you're that president's secretary of state after the president said what he said yesterday about haiti and african countries, if you are secretary of state and that's your job, you have a special cleanup to do. the american am basketball tore -- al evmbassador were summed r that meeting when he told lawmakers he wanted more immigrants to americabassador w summed after that meeting when he told lawmakers he wanted more immigrants to america from norway and not from that bleeping country like africa and haiti. that happened yesterday. rex tillerson today wakes up, heads into work knowing that american ambassadors all over the world that report to him are being summoned to explain or maybe apologize for the behavior of the president of the united states as reported in newspapers yesterday. you're rex tillerson, you're thinking about the african union. we have a lot to do wi

but imagine you were secretary of state rex tillerson today. today the whole country is coping in some way with the fact that we have a president like this now. all right. but if you're that president's secretary of state after the president said what he said yesterday about haiti and african countries, if you are secretary of state and that's your job, you have a special cleanup to do. i mean, today was the day when the american ambassadors to haiti and botswana and senegal were all summoned by those governments in those countries to give a formal explanation for what our president said. at that meeting with members of congress yesterday when he told lawmakers he wanted more immigrants to america from places like norway, and he didn't want immigrants from what he called bleep hole countries like those in africa and those in haiti. rex tillerson today -- all right, so that happened yesterday. rex tillerson today wakes up, heads into work knowing that american ambassadors all over the world, who all report to him, are being summoned now to explai

now secretary of state rex tillerson warns that could prompt a military response. janis mackey frayer is in beijing with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, frances. secretary of state rex tillerson not offering much assurance, saying americans should be sober about the possibility of conflict with north korea. tillerson made the comments after a summit in vancouver. he said the door to north korea remains open. here's more of what he had to say. >> we have to recognize that that threat is growing, and if north korea is not -- does not choose the pathway of engagement, discussion, negotiation, then they themselves will trigger an option. >> reporter: meanwhile talks continued today between north and south korea over the olympic games. pyongyang promising to send cheerleaders, saying they'll participate in the paralympic games. all of these proposals of course need to be approved by the ioc, and skeptics are warning that we shouldn't be naive in thinking that we should put too much stock in this dialogue. japan's foreign minister is warning of a charm offensive by

see how we're fighting to outsmart cancer at cancercenter.com/outsmart >>> secretary of state rex tillersona rare interview with cnn is pushing back on reports that he has one foot out the door over at the state department. our global affairs correspondent elise labott sat down with rex tillerson. >> we had a very successful year in 2017 helping partners understand those policies. we're now into the implementation and execute against those policies. i think we're going to have a very productive 2018. again, the state department gets stronger every day understanding what we're trying to do. and i look forward to having a very, very successful 2019. >> for the whole year? >> i intend to be here for the whole year. >> has the president given you any indication you won't be around for a while? >> none. >> none whatsoever? >> none whatsoever. >> i'm sure you heard about the new book, the talk of the town. it describes a president whose foreign policy is uninformed that he's not engaged and not interested and gets up and leaves meetings with world leaders because he's bored. you're at the white h

secretary of state rex tillerson said the u.s. is ready to sit down with serious negotiations with north korea if pyongyang shows a sustained cessation of its nuclear behavior. they said americans should be, quote, very sober and clear eyed about the possibility of war. while diplomacy remains the main goal, they themselves will trigger an option. meanwhile, h.r. mcmaster met secretly with high ranking japanese officials in san francisco over the weekend. the group agreed that the recent talks between north korea and south korea are diversions and won't have any effect on the denuclearizationest, including that of the president. >>> a former cia officer who is suspected of spying for china has been arrested. 53-year-old jerry lee, a naturalized u.s. citizen who worked for until 19194 until 2007. based on a 2012 search that found that he had two notebooks containing true names and phone numbers of cia assets and employees in covert facilities in addition to other operational notes. however, sources familiar with the case say lee is

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the us secretary of state rex tillerson heads to vancouver as foreign ministers from 20 countries meetnd several people have died in venezuela in an operation to try and capture a former police pilot, who's accused of taking a helicopter and throwing grenades at government buildings last year. an instagram video shows oliver perez with a bloodied face, saying the authorities were shooting at him with grenade launchers. that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the new york times reports on how the us military is quietly preparing for a war they've hoping to avoid. it looks at field exercises and troop movements inside the united states. the paper suggests they could be getting ready for a possible conflict with north korea. the china daily takes a look at the business of teaching the nation's tots. apparently it's going through a growth spurt. wealthy parents are happy to pay out to see their toddler reach the top of the class. that's got investors excited. but high prices and limited space mean many kids are missing out. the front p

ahead of a closed meeting secular state rex tillerson so the u.s. was keen to find a solution to the gulf crisis seen several arab nations cut off all ties with qatar . this dispute has had direct negative consequences economically and militarily for those involved as well as the united states we are concerned by the rhetoric and propaganda employed in the region playing out daily in air mainstream and social media it is critical that all parties minimize rhetoric exercise restraint to avoid further escalation and work toward a resolution a united g.c.c. bolsters our effectiveness so many fronts particularly on counter terror countering terrorism defeating isis and countering the spread of iran malign influence. washington. and with those words from. very significant because if you think about it from the u.s. perspective what people like u.s. president donald trump care about is national security and they don't often make this argument that the blockade is impacting the u.s. military and also the u.s. economy so they have the secretary of state say

states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >>> so then on october 1st, president trump sent out a message via twitter. i told rex tillersonour wonderful secretary of state, he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. >> cnn national security analyst kelly is with us now. kelly, thank you for being here. with that said, with the mixed messages we are seeing, when president trump says he is open with talks with jim congress un, what does that diplomacy look like? you certainly do not start with president trump and kim jong-un. >> no. you most certainly don't. well, the president is changing his tune and i think there is something going on here. it's a good sign, i think. it's a sign he is trying to get on the same page with our south korean ally to ensure there is not a gap between the united states and south korea on the diplomat i'm talking coming up next week. the two talks would be a win for kim jong-un. i think this is a sign his national security team is telling him it's very important that he be supportive of this round of discussions. at the same time, i think we should keep our expectations p

policy in syria have been a bit muddled but the secretary of state rex tillerson is trying to make one point crystal clear u.s. forces are not leaving the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge. our military mission in syria will remain conditions based its main focus training a local force but that has enraged turkey who see those they are teaching y p g fighters as a grave threat to their security turkey says that is why its forces are massing at the border prompting this warning from the u.s. we would call on certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort here's what caused the concern this statement from the u.s. military writing quote the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force the same it repeatedly refers to training a border security force thirty thousand strong raising concerns in turkey that they could have no thomas region now secretary tillerson says it isn't a border force that in his words has been mis portrayed mis des

secretary of state rex tillerson later backtracked on the idea saying that if the misspoken in the plans had been misrepresented and he were activist richard becker told as washington is caught between two allies but we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that they're trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was the united states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances and the united states and the other hand is tied in with the y.p. g. forces inside syria who have been the main fighting forces that the u.s. has been allied with in the battle against isis but more than that to maintain a u.s. presence inside syria which the u.s. military has been declaring is there for indefinitely. a suicide bomber has killed at least ninety five people and injured more than one hundred sixty in the afghan capital local journalist. reports from kabul. we understand at this

ahead of a closed meeting sector state rex tillerson so the u.s. was keen to find a solution to the gulf crisis that seen several arab nations cut off all ties with qatar united nations children's fund is warning that around sixty thousand children are at risk of starvation in north korea the situation made worse by international sanctions if you stay with us here on innovate africa is next more news for you straight after that picture much watching seeing a bit by from. africa a new series highlighting innovation and creativity across a continent that is on the rise. today in the great africa. taking high tech teaching to south african townships the music. of using.

secretary of state rex tillerson commemorates the dead of auschwitz seventy three years to the day that soviet troops liberated the not seek on. coming up in the show as all the bosses a multi-billion dollar failed multinational cover the in a summoned to westminster for questioning we are one of jeremy corbin's key problem in the form of shadow emergencies minister chris williamson why his party countenanced signing deals with the caribbean and the director of global justice now which is a future british labor government to atone for its sins and stop the n.h.s. being a cash cow by a profit hungry pharmaceutical industry. where it is going to face up to reality and take action to save the n.h.s. from just fine. jeremy called in that alone u.k. foreign secretary boards johnson slams the government for destroying britain's health yes this goal is a ball coming up a debate going on the ground but first while washington decides on yet more sanctions against what it perceives as its nuclear armed opponent moscow it is russia that prepares to host talks on syria in sochi for united states me

secretary of state rex tillerson will co-host the talks in vancouver and choose day country there will be seeking to find ways to intercept vessels at sea that may be defying u.n. sanctions by carrying refined oil products to pyongyang but north korea's main trading partner china won't be at the conference donald trump and she had a phone conversation on tuesday focusing on the korean peninsula chinese state media say she's message was that the easing of tensions must continue agent brown has more from beijing. i don't think china expected to receive an invitation to attend this international gathering in vancouver after all it is not an ally really of the united states or canada any more than russia is russia of course is also going to be absent both these countries have very different ideas about how to reduce tensions on the korean peninsula neither country favors military action or more sanctions against north korea what russia and china want is this freeze for freeze formula whereby north korea would cease development of its nuclear program in return for the united states and sout

nord stream to pipeline linking russia to europe this week president trump and secretary of state rex tillerson both describe the gas pipeline as a stretch to european energy security my administration is also taking swift action in other ways to restore american confidence and independence we are lifting self-imposed restrictions on energy production to provide affordable power to our citizens and businesses and to promote energy security for our friends all around the world no country should be held hostage to a single provider of energy like fall in the united states opposes the north stream to pipeline we say it is undermining your overall energy security and stability and provides russia yet another two to politicize it or g. as a political tool. not stream to is a major extension to a gas supply network running on the baltic sea poland's and other countries argue that once completed it will give russia too much control over european energy supplies but germany and austria support the project and the need for cheaper gas political analyst mathias don't felt things the u.s. is simply trying

secretary of state rex tillerson later backtracked on the idea he said that officials had misspoken and the plans that actually been misrepresented and he were activist richard becker believes that washington's behavior can be explained by the fact that it's now caught between two allies but we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that they're trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was viewed in states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances and the united states and the other hand is tied in with the y.p. g. forces inside syria who have been the main fighting forces that the u.s. has been allied with in the battle against isis but more than that to maintain a u.s. presence inside syria which the u.s. military has been declaring is there for indefinite. packed with explosives was detonated in the afghan capital leaving almost one hundred people killed that

oh yes actually of state rex tillerson has also been talking about iran specifically the twenty fifty nuclear deal he says the trump administration is looking for ways to keep the u.s. in the agreement congress is working on new legislation that could both the enforcement measures i want to suggest. for this lot of the other one. number. by the twelve. we just call them little chance for. further. hussein is a political pawn of the truman national security project and a former obama administration advisor she says any new legislation is a political move to shield trump from having to deal with iran agreement a tool but the reason why donald trump ate it is because when he ran for president you know he called it quote unquote the worst steel our ever but what we seen is that really he's not able to come up with a better deal he's certainly not able to in the case of north korea and so what they're trying to do politically is just prevent their president from having to be the one to sign off on it to sign off on it every six months which is the current law and so what he's done is he's

. >> the rare interview secretary of state rex tillerson speaking with our own elise laugh et insisting he will be on the job for all of this year. the secretary also speaking about his relationship with president trump, including his take on the president's mental state. watch. >> i'm sure you've heard about this new book out there about the white house, talk of the town. it describes, you know, a president whose foreign policy is uninformed, that he's not engaged, that he's not interested, that he gets up and leaves meetings with world leaders because he's bored. you are at the white house several times a week. is that your experience? >> i think among all the cabinet sents i probably have spent more time with the president than perhaps secretary of defense mattis who spends a lot of time with him as well. i've never seen the president leave a meeting with a foreign leader. he is very engaged in these meetings. and in our policy deliberations, and the meetings of the national security council with him, as i said, a big challenge was p pivoting policies in a different direction than th

yes sector state rex tillerson says that a nuclear armed north korea is not acceptable and is calling for continued pressure on pyongyang and tell it take steps to undo its nuclear program to listen it was speaking at a meeting in canada looking at ways to better implement un sanctions imposed on the officials from twenty countries of there to keep less china and russia are absent. the object of negotiations if and when we get there is the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of north korea all nations here today are united on that go we all must insist a full enforcement of us security council sanctions as this is the letter of the law we especially urge russia and china in this matter full implementation is an essential measure for the security of their people and a clear indication of their willingness to honor their international commitments we cannot abide lapses or sanctions evasions we will continue to call attention to and designate entities and individuals complicit in such evasive actions as we talk was one of those children whose invade cuba following that

to stay out of its offense this off the sector state rex tillerson unveiled the trump administration's goals for syria which include keeping u.s. troops in the country for the forseeable future but let's be clear the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot real merge our military mission in syria or will remind conditions based we cannot make the same mistakes that were made in two thousand and eleven were premature departure from iraq allowed al qaida in iraq to survive and eventually morph into isis. it was that vacuum that allowed isis and other terrorist organizations to wreak havoc on the country while turkish military chiefs are in russia seeking support for their plot attack on a kurdish controlled enclave inside syria turkey is not threatening the main area controlled by the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces in the north east of syria but it has said it will attack the enclave around the city of afrin in the northeast of the country where they're offering is held by kurdish y p g fighters who dominate the s.d.f. russia also ha

secretary of state rex tillerson really set the tone at this launch of this new anti chemical weapons group here in paris when he said that those who use chemical weapons are carrying out crimes against humanity and that they must not go unpunished well they were ministers here for more than thirty countries and what they said that they would do is work harder to stop the use of chemical weapons to share intelligence on the matter to try and gather evidence of chemical weapons attacks all with the goal of trying to prosecute those who do carry out such atrocities now of course the focus here was very much on syria the syrian regime has been accused by the united nations of carrying out several attacks over the past few years and we spoke to the u.n. director in new york of human rights watch and what he told us was that while this french initiative is of course very welcome what is really needed is a full investigation by the u.n. security council we shouldn't let the security council get off easy the russians have used their veto eleven times since the war started in syria in two tho

secretary of state rex tillerson and chrystia freeland the canadian foreign minister about what these twenty leaders have agreed could be the way forward they've been taking a look at the security situation they've been looking at the ongoing effectiveness of the existing sanctions regime against north korea but it'll be interesting to see what deliverables what actions or strategies will be revealed when this meeting concludes in the next hour. and this meeting roles was actually arranged a couple of months ago at a time when the rhetoric was extremely high i think it was around the time when we were hearing that the fire in the fury speech from donald trump and and there were insults coming from pyongyang to the u.s. president as well i'm just wondering whether whether the climate has changed significantly since then given that we've we've had the first tools with the north and south in two years. well certainly there is a welcoming of the fact that north korean and south korean officials are talking to each other at least on the very narrow question of participation in the upcoming

secretary of state rex tillerson has also been speaking about iran's softly the nuclear deal he says will trump and this administration is looking for ways to keep the u.s. in the agreement congress has working on a new legislation that could strengthen enforcement measures wish to listen says should take shape in the coming weeks i want to suggest that we'll finish one of the other what this number was smart by the twelfth. if we just talk a little. bit first. now the same little saying as a political partner with a trim in their national security project and a former obama administration advisor and she says any new legislation is a political move to shield trump from having to deal with the iran agreement. the reason why donald trump hates it is because when he ran for president you know he called it quote unquote the worst ever but what we've seen is that really he's not able to come up with a better deal he's certainly not able to in the case of north korea and so what they're trying to do politically is just prevent their president from having to be the one to sign off on it to

now secretary of state rex tillerson is weighing in. in an exclusive interview, tillerson talked about his relationship with president trump. and he offered his take on the president's mental state. here's some of that interview. >> i'm sure you heard about this new book, it's the talk of the town. it describes a president whose foreign policy is uninformed. he's unengaged. he's not interested. he gets up and leaves meetings with world leaders because he's bored. you're at the white house several times a week. is that your experience? >> i think among all the cabinet secretaries, i probably have spent more time with the president than perhaps secretary of defense mattis who spend ats lot of time with him as well. i've never seen the president leave a meeting with a foreign leader. in our meetings with the national security council, a big challenge was pivoting policies in a different direction than they were placed when the president took office. from north korea to afghanistan, south asia policy in pakistan to the defeat isis campaign.

secretary of state rex tillerson says he will take his concerns into account but in a speech about syria there was no talk of stopping support the kurdish groups. the united states hears and takes seriously their concerns are nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions a military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of millions of syrian refugees it's stabilizing areas of syria it has helped liberate we must turkey's close cooperation in achieving a new future for syria that ensure security for syria's neighbors. north and south korea will march under a unified flood of the opening ceremony of next month's winter olympics also sealed a joint women's ice hockey team for the games in china and south korea follows the first title meeting between the north and south and more than two years but the apparent reconciliation efforts are provoking some opposition in the south with several petitions filed against them because you know that joins us live now from the south korean capital seoul toughly so not all south koreans are happy with their

the secretary of state, rex tillerson issued a state saying in part, telegrams use of an ambulance as a weapon to target civilians, represents inhumane disregard for the people of afghanistan and all of those trying to bring peace to the country. and it is a violation of the most basic international norm. exactly one week ago, the taliban killed more than 20 people at a hotel including for americans. isis is also trying to destabilize the country. on wednesday, isis took responsibility for attacking and age group, save the children. in that incident, four people were killed. latest attack will increase pressure on the afghan government as well as the us to combat militants in the country. the us-led international military force in afghanistan meanwhile, says that none of his members were killed in the blast. >> thank you so much. >> more from secretaries of state, rex tillerson who is on his way back to washington right now. after a weeklong trip to europe. earlier today, mr. tillerson slammed russia for using energy as a political tool. saying the plan, and natural gas pipeline betwe