thank you forjoining us, trita parsi.media has confirmed the country's latest ballistic missile test — a solid—fuel weapon last tested in february. the country's leader, kim jong—un, supervised the launch of the rocket, which flew about 500 kilometres before landing in the sea ofjapan. south korea's new government said the move had dashed its hopes of forging peace with its neighbour. the un security council will discuss the launch on tuesday — this is how the us secretary of state reacted. we are early in the stages of applying economic pressure, as well as diplomatic pressure to the regime in north korea. hopefully, they will get the message that the pathway of continuing their nuclear arms programme is not a pathway to security or prosperity. the ongoing testing is disappointing. it is disturbing. we asked that they see is that —— sees that will stop because until they do, they have been a change their view. we are early in the game of putting pressure on them. —— cease. perhaps they are just acting out now in response

when we come back, she will be joined by trita parsi.tay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we continue to cover president trump's trip to saudi arabia, i want to turn to his address to dozens of heads of state from across the muslim world sunday when trump was in riyadh. he said they should unite in their fight against terrorisism and battle between "good and evil." pres. trump: this is not a battle between d different sects were different civilizations. this is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life and decent people all in the name of religion. people that want to protect life and want to protect their religion. this is a battle between good theevil, but the nations of middle east cannot wait from eric and power to crush this enemy for them will s stop the nations of the middle east will have to decide what kind of future they want for themselves for their country and, frankly, for their families and for their children. it

trita parsi is on twitter >> now a hearing on funding for the u.s. cyber command. admiral michael rogers testified on emerging threats and capabilities for a little over an hour.

trita parsi is on twitter concern veterans for america. talk about public policy issues affecting them. we will look at how congressional fund-raising has evolved over the years. then the executive director for the john f. kennedy library foundation, stephen ralston will provide on the political legacy of jfk. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern on morning -- monday morning. join the discussion. >> monday night on the communicators, tennessee presented at marsha blackburn. vote --k about the sec fcc vote to change internet regulations. miss blackburn is edited by the telecom reporter. >> i would like to turn to your online privacy bill. can you tells a little bit about that and what drove you to introduce it? >> people are ready to see something come forward from us. on the issues of privacy and data security, certainly now, we are beginning to have not only states that -- but cities look at privacy. >> they are doing it because the federal government -- congress has not taken an action. issue wille privacy ha

trita parsi is on twitter at tparsi. thank you for being with us. we will turn our focus to u.s. education policy. we will speak to michael stratford of politico. looking at how the 2018 budget may impact the department of education budget and u.s. education policy. ♪ tonight on afterwards, msnbc host examines how the criminal justice system is divided country in his book. he is interviewed by elizabeth hinton. is anseems like ferguson anchor in many ways in the book. i'm wondering how your experience eliminated what you are talking about going up in the bronx in the 1980's. >> the thing about ferguson that blew my mind, if you grow up in a city in the bronx, you have this conception of cities. in cities, there are these racial frictions. in cities, you have bad and good neighborhoods. all kinds of loaded ways in which police police communities, in which ways of the orders of different neighborhoods sit atop each other, overlap and create a sandpaper friction. all of that to me was tied deeply to the bronx, new york or cities because then i moved to chicago and dc-10 obvious thin

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well, we can speak now to trita parsi, who is the president of the national iranian american council. for being with us. he won a decisive victory, a record turnout, what are your initial thoughts? i think this is a very strong endorsement of iran moving into a more open direction, both internally as well as resolving its tensions and its issues with the outside world through defenders say and through compromise. and i think it's important to note, particularly mindful of what has happening in europe and elsewhere, that iran is one of the few countries in the world where a message of moderation and anti—populism win to an election. it was a decisive victory against hardliners that they have not gone away, how much of an impact will it have on everyday life for people living in iran?|j will it have on everyday life for people living in iran? i think a lot of iranian to have been disappointed that rouhani has not managed to do more, particularly when it comes to the internal situation in his first term. now he has a strong mandate, he has got only one term left, she cannot have a third