u.n. chemical weapons watch dog has published a report into a deadly chemical incident in syria's italy province while it doesn't attribute blame that's not stopped western officials were nearing that accusations towards the syrian government it also turns out the a p c w didn't even visit the site of the life attack of washington correspondent kelly more print has more. we've been waiting for this for months in it live province back in april the chemical attack triggered all kinds of accusations and allegations but not many answers but now we have the seventy eight page report from the u.n. chemical weapons watchdog so did we get those answers first of all the investigators never actually visited the site of the chemical weapons attack in question the elite province where the attack took place is not in an area under the control of the government so it wasn't safe to go there and that raises another question u.n. officials said the report was carried out in full compliance with the guidelines but the guidelines clearly state that they must visit the site where it happened so their conclusions w

u.n. chemical weapons watchdog so did we get those answers first of all the investigators never actually visited the site of the chemical weapons attack in question the illiad province where the attack took place is not in an area under the control of the government so it wasn't safe to go there and that raises another question u.n. officials said the report was carried out in full compliance with the guidelines but the guidelines clearly state that they must visit the site where it happened so their conclusions were based on interviews they did with people claiming to be victims as well as samples they received from n.g.o.s like the white helmets a group with a dubious reputation now the report doesn't even give a hint as to how the chemical agent was dispersed this lack of information prompted a strong response from russia's foreign minister at the news that supposedly should you should be organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has been absent unintelligibly it refused to go to the scene of the incident and did not provide any information yesterday. says the not convinced. which

chemical weapons. we invited the united nation's to send the investigation. and, should i remind you that six or seven times, the u.ntablished that iraq had used chemical weapons against iran and not a single time, was it -- not a single time to the united states condemn it. not a single time did the united states allow the un security council to condemn it. so i do not buy this, but this is a redline for the united states. charlie: because they did not vote against it when it was used against you? mr. javad sharif: they prevented it. charlie: they did not vote for it? mr. javad sharif: it is more than that, they actively prevented it. charlie: they vetoed? mr. javad sharif: no, they did not even let it get to a vote to be vetoed. this is the sad irony of history. for us in iran, we have been very clear. we condemn the use of chemical weapons, no matter who uses them and against whom they are used. or and simple. charlie: but you denied -- mr. javad sharif: don't expect me to accept an allegation by the united states. we have asked for an investigation, for an international, impartial investigation of who used them.

chemical weapons. we invited the united nation's to send a delegation. and, should i remind you that six or seven times, the u.nished that iraq had used chemical weapons against iran and not a single time, was it condemned by the united states. not a single time did the united states allow the un security council to condemn it. so i don't buy -- >> because they did not vote against it when it was used against you? it? did not vote for javad zarif: it is more than that, they actively -- they did not even let it get to a vote that it could be vetoed. this is the sad irony of history. for austin and iran, we have been very clear. we condemn the use -- for us in iran, we condemn the use of nuclear -- of chemical weapons. --rlie: but >> don't expect me to accept an allegation by the united states. we have asked for an investigation, for an international, impartial investigation of who used them. i'm not saying what happened because i was not there. charlie: they had video -- >> no, they had video of the victims. charlie: victims of sarin gas. javad zarif: nobody knows, better than we do, what sarin gas does. patient

u.n. ambassador claim the lack of any recent chemical incidents in syria has been due to washington's threat of retaliation i can tell you that due to the president's actions we did not see and i would like to think that the president saved many innocent men women and children be have mr madison and sugar haley especially claiming credit for the non occurrence of event that was unlikely to have occurred in the first place it's very strange that it makes you wonder if this was all some kind of a big what we call a kabuki dance a big show in noise to make them look tough that effective baby advance of mr trump's meeting with mr putin at the g. twenty. in washington says the preparation it cames to have seen a similar to the ones carried out before a chemical incident in syria's province back in april. this week the un's chemical weapons watchdog confirmed the victims of that incident were exposed to sarin gas however it did not identify the perpetrator it also turned out that the fact finding mission did not even visit the site of the alleged attack citing security risks as the territories und

u.n. ambassador claim the lack of any recent a chemical incidents in syria is simply down to washington's threats of retaliation . i can tell you that due to the president's actions we did not see and i would like to think that the president saved many n.s.a. men women and children to have mr madison and bassett or haley essentially claiming credit for the non occurrence of event that was unlikely to have occurred in the first place it's very strange and it makes you wonder if this was all some kind of a big what we call a kooky dance a big show in noise to make them look tough ineffective maybe the advance of mr trump's meeting with mr putin at the g. twenty washington says the preparations it claims to have seen a similar to the ones carried out before a chemical incident in syria's lead province back in april but it was a this week for example the un's chemical weapons watchdog confirmed the victims of that incident were exposed to sarin gas however it did not identify any perpetrator it also turned out that the entire fact finding mission didn't even visit the site of the alleged the

u.n. established that iraq had used chemical weapons against iran and not a single time the united states condemnedt. not a single time did the united states allowed the security council to condemn it. so i don't buy it was a deadline for the united statessor other members of the security council. >> rose: because they did not vote against it when used against you. >> not that they did not. they did not prevent it. >> rose: they did not vote for it. >> it's more than that. they -- they didn't let it get to a vote. this is the sad irony of history. for us in iran, we've been very clear. we condemn the use of chemical weapons no matter who uses them and no matter against whom it's used. pure and simple. >> rose: but you deny -- >> don't expect me to accept an allegation by the united states. we have asked for an investigation, for an international impartial investigation of who used them. i'm not saying what happened because i wasn't there. >> rose: they had videos, they have everything else. >> they have video of the victim and my heart goes out to the victims. >> rose: victims of sarin ga

north korea has a massive stockpile of chemical and biological weapons, so sir, the u.n. holding an emergency session of security council over the threat at the request of the u.s., south korea and japan. the u.s. scrambling to update time lines for a hit to los angeles or chicago. a paradigm shift shows north korea is fast overcoming obstacles and could tip missiles with the nukes. it has 20 nuclear warheads. what are your thoughts? >> this is probably the most serious threat we face on an immediate level. they're scrambling, to get the capacity to hit the united states, and crazy enough once they have the capacity, they'll do it, without regard of the consequences. we don't have a lot to expect from the u.n. nikki haley did a great job of making very clear this has to be taken more seriously than the past, but i really believe former ambassador john bolton has the right idea. there's nothing that's going to make this better, short of a reunification of the koreas and putting an end to the madman's leadership of north korea. yes, that sounds bold. yes, that sounds surrea

chemical weapon's stores. russia has used it security council' till to repeatedly repacked -- to repeatedly protect the regime. how the u.s. might remove his removal is not clear. peace talks led by u.ne is a question but what happened in assad would depart. on can read more about syria the bloomberg. expected to be a point of contention between president donald trump, his first meeting with vladimir putin at the g-20. --at the g-20 summit in hamburg, germany. let's bring in bloomberg's economic correspondent. in this meeting, one of many this week that will completely keep our attention, what is the most we can expect to come out of this putin-trump meeting on the sidelines of the g-20 hamburg? >> it is interesting because they have two different goals. for donald trump, it is keeping his head above water. it with no particular planner subject he wants to discuss according to his aides. , butll sort of going it yesterday showed he can stand up to a guy with a reputation of a very tough negotiation -- very tough negotiator and very strong leader. putin has a good reputation at this point. a lot of people are expecting donald trump not to measure up. publicity that he will get, the pr

chemical attack in syria earlier this year. in april the white house accused russia of covering it up. secretary tillerson said russia's failure was responsible for the attack. u.nsador nikki haley said this. >> when this information came out, they were so quick to defend. they didn't look shocked. they didn't look surprised. they were so quick to defend. and then the evidence comes out and we see exactly what it is. and we know exactly what the environment was. then you realize. >> they knew what was going on. >> i think that they knew, yes. >> she says russia knew. what do you make of that, that being one of the issues between this meeting between trump and putin? >> i think it should have been. they obviously had a big discussion on syria. there may be ways we can work with the russians on syria, although we don't want to support russia's alignment with iran awith syria. i think ambassador haley was right when she shaaid the russis are up to. they used chemical weapons every time during this war. i actually supported president trump's air strikes on that syrian air base in response to the use of chemical weapons as something we've got to keep an eye on. the b

chemical weapons on syrian children. we forced the security council to hold an open emergency session, which some member states didn't want. we drew a red line. if the u.n. would not act collectively, the united states would act alone. and we did. host: nikki haley testifying on capitol hill this past week. more from national review in e piece by jonathan tobin -- ares host: let's get to phone calls. is nikki haley the alternative secretary of state? michael, good morning. welcome to the conversation. caller: good morning, and thank you for c-span. once again, thanks for taking my call. host: sure. caller: i really admire nikki haley. i think it's about time we had somebody at the u.n. that fought for america's interests, united states' interests, and was not afraid to stand up to fend israel for everything that the left and the is lack i am community hates them about, and yet still, president trump on his foreign trip over there, got the attention of all the arabs, all the arab countries, and still was not afraid to leave right from there and go to jerusalem and advocate his position. but nikki haley i think is defending america's interests, and rex ti

chemical weapons on syrian children. we forced the security council to hold an open emergency session, which some member states didn't want. we drew a red line. if the u.n. would not act collectively, the united states would act alone. and we did. we brought new accountability to the north korean regime. when north korea continued its illegal missile tests, we brought all the nations of the security council together including china and russia to impose new sanctions. even as we focus on north korea's nuclear and missile threat, we also continue to highlight the barbaric human rights violations the regime is committing. otto warmbier's death brought home to americans the brutality that north koreans have known for decades. the same clear voice we've used to take on our adversaries, we've also used to support america's values and america's friends. thanks to u.s. leadership, human rights are at the forefront of the u.n. agenda. for the first time ever during the u.s. presidency of the security council, we convened a meeting dedicated solely to the protection of human rights and their relationship to conflict. we made the case that human rights violations