market is very low the u.n. agency begs to differ in different parts of the united states during has been a resurgence in the consumption of heroin and afghanistan is now producing huge quantities we know a great deal of heroin currently comes from mexico but now of ghana stan is looking at the u.s. for the distribution and consumption of its heroin now the u.s. special inspector for afghanistan says that opioids from afghanistan are coming to the u.s. via canada the u.s. department of homeland security currently lists the flow of illicit drugs as the greatest threat on the northern border for the next time you hear u.s. officials decrying the opioid crisis plaguing the nation and you see images like this. you might also want to keep images like this in mind. artsy new york the managing editor of news site better and today jim dean says the war on terror is simply putting money into the pockets of u.s. intel. and politicians. or we went in afghanistan there was almost no one here when production there and then of cours

u.n. agencies operating in gaza. we happen to be the biggest because of the scope of our activities, but eu and qatar and others give to the u.n. and for construction and assistance to the people and support the defacto government there. >> thank you, chris. let me turn to you. help me understand had the complicated politics between hamas and then between the people and hamas itself. walk us through what's going on politically. why is it he's doing the things he is doing? is he shifting? how does this play out politically. >> thank you for hosting this panel. i'll try to go through a chronological order how things have been happening the past six months or so to try to give some context to where we are today. >> bring your microphone closer. >> can everyone hear me? okay. so a great deal of attention was given to gaza after the electricity crisis that happened about a month ago, but that was the result of a decision that had been taken by president abbas on the west bank and it followed from a number of decisions that

u.n. agencies as well. he's admitted to practice law in new york and venezuela and immigration attorney with impressive background and will talk about the political prisoner situation. carlos delvechhio is a national board member. he's also venezuela lawyer and politician in 2009 he cofounded and is the national political coordinator within a movement. he participated as the president's campaign manager for one of the more famous political prisoners in venezuela today and in 2012 he participated as general manager of the oppositional candidate, another leader of the opposition in venezuela. organized grass roots movements and activated young people and designed campaign rallies and someone that's in the nuts and bolts of the political movement within venezuela. his biography is also impressive and for those that can read it i would call that to your attention. instead of taking time to introduce our two guests let me offer them the opportunity to speak to themselves. it's a pleasure to have you. we thank yo

so is difficult to say we're forming a u.n. agency but every time there is a cyber attack with that malfeasance and with the advancement of the intergovernmental of that stakeholders' solution. so comparing cyberin with that state of discussion around the '60s so still figuring things out but also cautions because the actions involved are too dissimilar ended is pretty clear who needs to be of the room. and then don't play that big a role in cyberspace but the biggest problem is as a sole arbitrator and security concerns and that is a problem. and then the government stands up to say we defend day multistate colder to take up too much of the play in this space to further that agenda and then getting us to do do something and then like in 2015 the number of channels over catastrophically and the perpetrator is supposed to do be isis and two weeks later the french government to establish a was military intelligence and so the question is why would they do such a thing? from my point of view it was obvious to have cyberterrorism as a nar

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u.n. refugee agency and international organization of migration merkel promised closer cooperation with the focus on people who are transiting through libya. germany has taken in more than a million migrants since 2015. >> a prison in tripoli. final stop for many migrants dreaming of a better life inn europe. the conditions are dire. no sanitary facililities and no escape for thosese stranded her and, yet, these are r reportedl the best facilities for newly arrived refugees in libya. in berlin, german chancellor angela merkel, discussed ways out of the current crisis together with the united nations refugee commissioner and the director of the international organization for migration. merkel would be willing to double the number of legal entries to the year to 40,000 as sullingd by -- suggested by the u.n. the prerequisite is that we get illegal migration under control. we managed that under the eu turkey deal. in libya it h has not w worked yet a as we wouould have expect. >> in the ports of sicily every week hundreds of migrants arrive by the central mediterranean route from libya. 90,000

u.n. humanitarian agencies concerned the vital medical help is not getting through right now the only way to get emergency supplies to civilians is through it drops. reports. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the least accessible places on our planet syria's dear resort a city that's been completely encircled by islamic state for some three years thanks. although it almost seems impossible but the only way to get into the city is by plane but it means risking your life one r.t. contributor did just that getting exclusive access to the neighborhood of besieged a resort right here just hundreds of meters from the front line at first glance these exclusive pictures seem they could be from any middle east city but that's far from that here's what locals have gotten used to they are going to start out of a job that there was. simply having to. many of them are going mortars left. craters rubble blood on the ground you can find scenes like this all over war torn syria but here in des resorts the disaster is totally and it's capable the city completely cut off the

s that according to the latest quarterly report by u.n. agencyains with deal. the international atomic energy does notport out today say iran is oning the -- the deal. military war -- ordered his arrest after he murdera to appear at the trial. overseas was exiled for providing adequate security -- in london people have been kensingtonutside thece as britain observe anniversary death of princess diana. hours a day and country. this is bloomberg. julia: trump administration set to slash spending on obamacare. servicesh human program will cut spending on to $10 million. this $100 million.th there will be costing -- cutting payments to groups to help law.e understand the president trump following through on his promise to allow deteriorate. to force the democrats to the table here to negotiate something else. on there can be done front.ration it's very symbolic that they're not going to much effort into new people into the program. a demand side. you further headlines on that as we get it. in terms of market performance can see the dow ending percent

by the way the internet really works which means it is difficult to simply say we have no form a u.n. agency the takings over. they are also helped by the fact every single time there's a cyber attack on every single time there's a report of supposed u.s. malfeasance in cyberspace, the agenda is advanced again. the agenda is advanced in the direction didn't like to have it which is on one of the inner governmental solution and not a multi-stakeholder solution. comparing cyber as a strategic disable or to a nuclear time. the state discussions between east and west on this issue roughly around the 1960s. we're still figuring things out but he cautions putting too much stock in the spirit of because the actors involved are just too dissimilar. in the case of nuclear weapons it was pretty clear who we need to have in the room. today while governments in the room but who decides if it's facebook, google, who also supposed been the room? governments don't play that big role in cyberspace. and, therefore, decide you will should be in the room and the intergovernmental discussions part of the proble

we represent about 11% of the gdp which is outrageous that a u.n. agency does that. so i think until those can be systematically addressed it's not going to really solve the issue. >> thank you, chris. comments on some of the questions? >> yes, i'm going to try to comment on the questions sort of collectively and some of the things that were spoken about on this panel that, you know, give me a number of thoughts while everyone was speaking. i think it's really important to -- sorry. so i think it's really important here to take a step back and understanding the broader context in which all of this is happening. defining hamas as a terrorist organization whether you support that or you don't support that in my mind is a red herring because it has created a situation where everything that israel does towards the gaza strip is excused. it becomes excusable under the fight of terrorism or the fight against radical islamic groups or any kind of policy seen through the prism of fighting terror becomes excusable. so before hamas and gaza being a terrorist haven there was a

u.n. and aid agencies, sleeping in tents where temperatures reach 120 degrees fahrenheit. shayma ali escaped mosul old city with her husband and three children. when we met her, she was too scared to show her face. she said during the nine-month siege, there was no work, no food and constant shelling. her family survived by eating birdseed and drinking rainwater. >> ( translated ): newborn babies were dying from hunger, and when we took the children to the isis hospital to get them some food, they told us, "if they die, it's for the sake of god." those were very bad days. >> reporter: as the iraqi army fought to liberate her neighborhood, she says, isis fighters kept her family and six others as prisoners, trapped in one house. >> ( translated ): for five days, we were human shields in a house booby trapped by isis. the bombing was very violent. we lost many relatives. we lost my uncle and two of my cousins. we lost the hope to live. >> reporter: how did you handle this as a mother, how did you talk to your children about what was happening? >> ( translated ): i said to my

u.n. agencies today that we've been geos and they and the local authority issued that there is a ninety nine q. rate of all the of the pieces we have. who are a they are really a treatment centers that we look at mit or we have done a massive house to house campaign that has reached e.t. seven percent of the household countries so we are. quite a lot of. the sport and are you hearing any support from the military side of it to put pressure on those causing the problems in the first place i know that's possibly not necessarily in your remit but are you hearing any indication of pressure being put on the saudi led coalition in order to if it's conflicts going to go on to better targeted strikes to avoid civilians wherever possible. hopefully it will depart this time we sold an artist in the conflict to to to respect the international humanitarian bill to avoid the facts on hospitals and and their. that. the cost would mean christ. we wish you the best with your work it's a tough job out there i know. from unicef and yemen thank you very much for your time on i do appreciate it. thank you very

u.n.'s migration agency says the number of deaths of people trying to cross from mexico into the united states is up 17% with 232 deaths through the end of july. that is up from 204 a year earlier. it comes despite a drop in u.s. border arrests. they fell by nearly half this year. after deliberating five days, a brooklyn jury found martin shkreli guilty of defrauding investors into hedge funds and in a pharmaceutical company he founded. he faces 20 years in jail but is expected to get a life sentence. i am alisa parenti at bloomberg. this is "bloomberg technology" coming up. ♪ caroline: i am caroline hyde in for emily chang. this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, full steam ahead for the u.s. labor market with 209,000 jobs added in july. we talk coding and the future of automation. plus, a bloomberg scoop. the apple watch is breaking up with the iphone. we will break down the plan to introduce a cellular option and the players potentially involved. after snap fell victim to facebook's imitation game, could google be looking to copy the tech? the u.s. labor market hit its stride in july wit

u.n. refugee agency, ikea foundation, and jordanian government to build a solar array to power a refugee camp, why can -- what can our u.s. legislators do now to continue to lead the world in humanitarian response, all of this despite trump's decision to leave the paris agreement? [laughter] >> a good piece of that would come from the executive branch. useid,. yet the -- people looking for those partnerships. the simplest thing we could do at the federal level would be raise our commitment to the money we invest in international development. we are theieve largest commitment in the world, but as mx -- as a percentage of our gdp, we are still in the back. believe 2% was the gold for international development, or .2% -- .7, .7, yeah. switzerland, liechtenstein were always looking at the .7. i don't know what u.s. is, but i believe it is not anywhere near .7. that would be a simple step forward. the interesting thing is the president's skinny budget, none of that is becoming real. the appropriators, democrats and republicans, are much more protective of a strong federal government the in the pre

u.n.'s migration agency says scores of migrants are missing and feared drowned, after a pair of incidents in which human smugglers ordered migrants off their boats and into the roiling ocean off the coast of yemen. on thursday, the international organization for migration said at least 19 migrants were presumed dead after smugglers pushed them into the sea away from the coast in an effort to avoid saudi-led patrols off the coast of yemen. thursday's incident came a day after another smuggler ordered 120 passengers off his boat, many of whom drowned. this is laurent de boeck of the international organization for migration. there were five police today but there are 50 others we still do not know where they are. some are still in ththe sea. we doubt they would be alive. amy: most of the migrants were from somalia and ethiopia, and were seeking to travel through yemen to gulf states. in ethiopia, the charity oxfam warns an intense drought has pushed another 700,000 people to the verge ofof starvation. oxfam's warning adds to the u.n.'s earlier estimate that at least t 8.5 millionon ethiopian

u.n. refugee agency is, ikea foundation and the jordanian government to build a solar powered refugee camp. what can the u.s. government and our legislators do now to partner on goal 13 targets and continue to leave the world, all this despite trump's decision to abandon the paris agreement. >> a good piece of that would come from the executive branch. usaid and people looking for partnerships, things like what they do with the jordanian government. the simplest thing we can do at the federal level would be to raise their permit and to international development. i still believe we are the largest commitment in the world, but as a percentage of our gdp, we are somewhere in the middle of that. in europe i believe it was 2% of gdp that was the goal. .7. switzerland, places like, i don't know what the u.s. is, but i believe it's not anywhere near that. that would be a very simple step forward. the interesting thing is the president in a budget, things like eliminate for the humanities broadcasting, better, et cetera. none of that is becoming real. the appropriators, democrats and republicans i

u.n.'s migration agency said a smuggler forced more than 120 people into the water when he saw authoritiesthe shore. the migrants were from somalia and ethiopia; their average age was around 16. the death toll from yesterday's powerful earthquake in southwest china has risen to at least 19. it hit near a national park that's one of the country's top tourist attractions. nearly 250 people were injured. rescue crews worked around the clock to pull victims from under heaps of debris and collapsed rock. but they were slowed by unsafe conditions. >> ( translated ): as you can see on both sides of the valley there are mud and rock slides everywhere so our rescue's been cut short. all we can do is stay here and observe until there's a change for the better, once that's happened we'll go in there and begin the rescue. >> woodruff: a second strong earthquake in far northwest china this morning left dozens of people injured and damaged more than 1,000 homes. the u.s. has imposed sanctions on eight more people in venezuela, amid that country's deepening crisis. they target current and former governme

u.n.'s migration agency says about 55,000 migrants have left the horn of africa for yemen this year. >> migrant smuggling to yemen is not new, it happens every day, a few hundred migrants, primarily from ethiopia as well as somalia come into yemen. and they often are intent on passing through yemen to go to other locations in the arabian peninsula. some people stay in yemen. >> woodruff: the agency said migrants continue to arrive because there's no central authority to prevent their travel. hurricane franklin soaked central mexico today. it made landfall on the country's gulf coast overnight, as the first hurricane of the atlantic season. franklin brought heavy rains and winds of up to 85 miles per hour. the storm weakened as it went over mexico's mountains, but forecasters said it could drop up to eight inches of rain in parts. back in this country, the mayor of new orleans has declared a state of emergency, over flooding concerns. the city is scrambling to repair damaged equipment as the threat of more rain looms in the area. heavy downpours last weekend overwhelmed pumping systems and inund

u.n. refugee agency, ikea foundation and the cutting government to build a solar array to power a refugee camp,, what can the u.s. government and our legislators do now to partner on goal 13 targets and continue to lead the world in humanitarian response? all this despite trump's decision to abandon the paris agreement. [laughing] >> a good piece of that would come from the executive branch. usaid, state, people looking for those partnerships, things like what did you with the jordanian government. the simplest thing that we could do at the federal level would be to raise our commitment to the money that we invest in international development. i still believe we are the largest commitment in the world, but as a percentage of our gdp where some in the middle of the pack. remember, in europe i believe it was 2% of gdp that was the goal for international development, or two tenths of 1%? .7, .7. in switzerland, liechtenstein complacently that we always look at the .7. i don't know what the u.s. is bubut i don't think it's anywhee near .7. so that would be a very simple step forward. the inte

. >>> and north korea not agencies new u.n. sanctions lightly saying the u.s.ing the world to the brink of nuclear war, and it will make america pay if it takes action. harsh words. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> good morning, i'm miguel marquez in for dave briggs. tuse, august 8 -- tuesday, august 8th. 4:

. >>> and north korea not agencies new u.n. sanctions lightly saying the u.s. is pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war, and it will make america pay if it takes action. harsh words. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> good morning, i'm miguel marquez in for dave briggs. tuse, august 8 -- tuesday, august 8th. 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. president trump has a problem, the american people don't trust him. that's a key finding in one new cnn poll showing the president with his approval rating at just 38%. its lowest point in cnn polling. only one other newly elected president has held an approval rating below 50% at the six-month mark since the modern polling era began. that was bill clinton. still well ahead of president trump at 44%. >> this trust issue is telling. fewer than one american in four says they trust most of what they hear from the white house. and 60%, 60% say they don't trust the commander in chief. even president trump's base is starting to erode here. only 53% of whites who did not graduate from college, t

u.n. sanctions. north korea's official news agency saying, there's no bigger mistake than the u.s.s land is safe. >> it's scary. >> reporter: as they train the athletes are aware of the unrest. >> yeah. there are some fears around north korea. i'm sure they'll have great security but yeah it's definitely like a little bit of a gray area. >> reporter: still, for most their focus is on the competition. >> let the games begin. >> reporter: in six months they will. jay gray, nbc news. >> announcer: now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> i'm erica martin. satellite and radar image showing a pretty quiet night across the delaware valley all due to high pressure keeping everything high and dry. notice the clouds to the southwest of us headed in our direction. we will see developing clouds by tomorrow morning late into the afternoon hours. i don't expect any showers for monday. keeping those showers on tuesday. a chillier night for the lehigh valley lots of low 60s and mid 60s as well. upper 60s for fleetwood. whitehall, 64 degrees. easton currently 66. the p.a. suburbs seeing a chillier

u.n. enacted its strongest a single shores against pyongyang. >> reporter: the state-run news agency announced the missile launches as an warning to americans, we shouldn't feel safe. 72% say they are uneasy about a possible conflict with north korea. the trump administration is hopeful that new u.n. economic sanctions will help resolve the situation. >> we have to enforce these to be, um, for this to be legitimate. we have to hold these countries accountable. >> reporter: president trump has secretary of state rex tillerson talking with partners in asia to help enforce the sanctions hoping the loss of money will curb the communist country's nuclear ambitions. >> the north korean regime is going to have to choose. they are not going to be able to continue their program and keep their people and military happy. they will have to make choices. >> reporter: president trump praise the sanctions on twitter this morning saying, after many years of failure, countries are coming together to finally address the dangers posed by north korea. we must be tough and decisive. but he has more work to do to c

u.n. sanctions. the country's official news agency says the sanctions infringe on its sovereignty and the country vowedhteous action on saturday u.n. security council unanimously adopted a resolution that aims to slash north korea's annual export revenue by a third the resolution was drafted by the united states. it would ban north korea's exports of metals, coal and seafood. >>> also some politics for you president trump currently on his working vacation in new jersey meantime tensions with russia and north korea all at an all-time high. joining us right now to talk about that and more, steve forbes good morning >> good to be with you, andrew thank you. >> what do you make of what's -- you want to talk geopolitics first? or what the implications of that are and what's going on in washington to taxes? which is your favorite topic >> let's start with the geo. i think it underscores that getting this economy moving, getting the u.s. seen as getting its act together and moving upward is essential. 1980s, when the u.s. came back from the terrible 1970s, that was instrumental in winning the cold war so they

live to bruno gender and he's the representative for the united nations refugee agency in iraq and i speak to bruno the u.n. itself has reported the flow of refugees coming from. iraq is only going to get worse but all the sources of aid on the ground to help these people yet the resources that. we at the end you can we see capacity for twenty four thousand people which will be needed by the end of next week and therefore we are scaling back because the people need to be accommodated a new space because all of the existing camps are now occupied with people who cannot yet return to their areas. but i mean we're talking now about the people who get out what about the ones who are still trapped in tal afar which as i understand is a place where there are very few of the basic necessities in terms of for example drinking water medicine is there any way to get assistance to those people the ones who are trapped. drew to date we have received. none we've to have children that must that it points from we reach archaeologically sticking displaced iraqi to our camps these ormont told us she had been walking for th

agencies. we have the new u.n. resolution which was an an achievement.was really changed its way and believes north korea is a liability. the treasury department and the state department could go to china with a specific list of what they need to do and give them a 30-day deadline. if they don't do it in 30 days, the united states could use its economic power against chinese banks, chinese companies, chinese individuals. >> jon: but if the north koreans have already mated a launchable missile, a launchable war head to a missile, that kind of puts them in the driver's seat, doesn't it? don't they have the power to extort whatever they want from the chinese or maybe the united states? >> well, i agree. i think that's part of the reason why going back to negotiations at this time would only get us possibly a freeze, that the north koreans would violate at any point that they wanted to. >> jon: because they have done that before. >> at least four times, yeah. >> jon: they agreed once before to get rid of their nuclear program in exchange for aid from the wes

u.n. has expressed concern over reports of dozens of civilians being killed in coalition air strikes in the last twenty four hours in the syrian city of rock are serious sun a news agency reported seventy eight people were killed there on tuesday here's what the spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general said military colleagues tell us they're deeply concerned by unconfirmed reports of a high number of civilians killed by air strike in iraq a city over the last twenty four hours these attacks if confirmed are shocking reminder that civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict in many parts of syria. this follows other reports that at least forty civilians were killed in a u.s. led bombing raid in iraq on sunday aunties and i guess the of looks at the heavy price of millions of paying in iraq are as well as in a similar operation in iraq. well just to bring everyone up to speed racket was once considered the capital of isis in syria and for many months now it has been besieged by the u.s. led coalition and its local allies in syria and it is be the brutal siege not a week goes by without reports of not civilian casualties and this last week has been no excepti

four hours in the syrian city of rock are there is the news agency claimed seventy eight people were killed there on choose day and earlier the u.n. also condemned the deaths of forty civilians this was. an incident that reportedly killed forty people in iraq on sunday. military colleagues tell us they're deeply concerned by unconfirmed reports of a high number of civilians killed by air strike in iraq a city over the last twenty four hours in recent days and weeks scores of civilians have reportedly been killed and injured in iraq juda air strikes and shelling and up to twenty five thousand people remain trapped in the city. it's cost live now to washington speak to a correspondent jacqueline vuguru we just telling of you is about the the deaths on sunday and this latest incident being condemned by the u.n. what are the spokes person have to say yes the u.n. has come out expressing deep concern and outrage in fact saying that if these reports do turn out to be true it's clear that civilians are more often now becoming the victims of the crossfire in syria. these attacks if confirmed or shocking reminder that civilians continue t

u.n. as a dinner i mean i don't i came think a bit agency that would even remotely as i have a central bank central yeah yeah i mean that look to set the central banks you know the financial conduct authority as you see the fed all these regulators have a role in us and you know when it comes to live who are both the u.s. and britain have agreed that they they want to replace this rate within five years but there's there's kind of a larger issue here that isn't even compliant just to this one you know ridiculously massive problem which is that a lot of the. financial services industry a lot of rates whether we're talking about interest rates or interest or swap rate interest rates wallops or the you know the gold market or you know other precious metals there are the prices are based on voluntary reporting systems so what you're talking about asking you know j.p. morgan chase and goldman sachs and bank of america barclays to be honest every day were to be accurate and reporting these rates and so the prices of everything are kind of suspect because you can't really trust these people to do

twenty four hours in the syrian city of rock are serious news agency claimed seventy eight people were killed there on tuesday and earlier the u.n. has already condemned the deaths of forty civilians reportedly killed by coalition airstrikes in iraq on sunday. humanitarian colleagues tell us they're deeply concerned by unconfirmed reports of a high number of civilians killed by air strike in iraq a city over the last twenty four hours in recent days and weeks scores of civilians have reportedly been killed or injured in iraq juda air strikes and shelling and up to twenty five thousand people remain trapped in the city ok let's hear more on this story now can cross to auntie correspondent greg as the if he's in iraq for morale and what else has the u.n. spokesperson had to say well you know it's serious when not even the u.n. can stay silent on the matter any longer look at out frequently they're talking about the civilian deaths and suffering in iraq and we know of course u.n. officials are often held hostage to political interests but in this case not even they can ignore all these reports this deluge of reports detailing massi

agency. the communist nation launched an intermediate-range missile yesterday that flew over japan before landing in the pacific ocean. u.n. ambassador nikki haley condemned the launch. and president trump said "all options are on the table." an update from the military now- transgender troops will be allowed to continue... serving in the military - pending a study by experts. that's the announcement from defense secretary, james mattis. it buys time for the pentagon... to determine the future of thousands of transgender troops, who are already serving. last week, president trump placed a ban on transgender service members. must see video out of tampa, florida. a store clerk, lucky to be alive after bullets fly inches from his head. check it out, two robbers enter the store and with guns register of cash and before they leave.... they take a shot. you see the shot just miss the clerks head by inches. it instead hits a cigarette carton behind. the clerk says he must of had an angel watching over him. no arrest has yet been made. police are offering a three-thousand dollar reward. more shocking video now, this one out of wa

u.n. experts are looking into a report that shipments were intercepted by kim jong-un's regime bound for the agency in charge of syria's chemical weapons. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> breaking news, president trump is in arizona right now about to hold a rally aimed at firing up his base amid dropping poll numbers and a white house in chaos. it's his first trip as president to arizona where he made immigration a key and controversial theme of his 2016 race. and it's his first public rally since he was widely condemned for his remarks on the white supremacist rampage in charlottesville, virginia. thousands of opposition protesters are expected to turn out tonight, and the democratic mayor of phoenix called on the president to delay his visit, saying he had, quote, doused racial tensions with gasoline. top arizona republicans are staying away. the president has been feuding with gop senator jeff flake, and there is speculation he may use this visit, may use the visit to endorse flake's primary opponent, and the president has said he's considering a pardon for former sheriff joe

u.n. up to forty thousand civilians are trapped in the city basic necessities including food and medicine are scarce getto the un refugee agency representative in iraq says the people who've managed to flee share stories about life in the city. we received. one we've two word children that must any point which. displaced the iraqi people or what games these all meant all this year walking for three days yet the sleeping ship part of the houses then as burned was killed by a sniper fire some time back and she saw dead bodies out sniper fire and eating landmines all do way she was in a state of deep shock and trauma she said yet he survived the gaunt dirty water and bread for three months you can imagine it will matter a lot we do it she didn't deserve the kind of cases we receive you know what and. i was a murder belgian or third has contacted the spanish counterparts last year amid concerns that a man who is suspected of masterminding last week's twin atrocities in spain may have had terror links it's claimed spanish police at the time deny him arm had any connection to terrorism the main focus of attention is now on a small s

u.n., was asked about the report this morning on the "today" show. >> will we embrace the results of this it report from 13 federal agencies? >> i haven't seen the report but i don't see any reason why they wouldn't. i think a lot of this is -- we're not saying climate change is not real. it is real. it's how do you have the balance between having jobs and businesses moving and making sure you protect the climate. the answer is in the middle. >> you can watch that full interview with ambassador haley on the tod"today" show at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." ♪ >> that music. we haven't heard that in a while. getting in the right mind-set. i bet most of you would be hard pressed to tell us what you'll be doing six months from today. >> but a certain group of athletes knows exactly where they want to be in pyeongchang, south korea, for the opening ceremony of the 2018 winter games that includes bryce bennett, the 25-year-old alpine meadows native and member of the ski team is looking to make his first olympic games. bennett will travel soon with the u.s. team to train on mountains in chile. before that he's focusing on fi

u.n. security council agreed to sanctions. >>> joining me is david smirler. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me on. the defense intelligence agency has warned president trump that north korea could master the technology to deliver nuclear weapons targeting the u.s. within a year. based on your research, how reel is the threat that those weapons could reach california and other parts of the west cost? >> north korea is saying they have the capability as early as last year and they showed a series of signs and tests that would be supportive of the assessment. >> the number i've seen thrown out is these missiles could have a range of 6,500 miles, if that's true it puts california but also possibly denver and chicago in range, is that correct. >> that's right. the last test on the 28th of july indicated the one they launched on the fourth of july had significantly longer range. >> so having the capability is one thing, using it is another. what are the chances you think north korea would launch a nuclear strike against the u.s. >> north korea developed its program to fend off conventional conflict on the korean peninsula. they're awa