president trump is due to address a meeting on u.n. reform ahead of his debut at the general assembly on tuesday he arrived at the united nations forum a short while ago trump has long been highly critical of the u.n. calling it bloated and inefficient. stuart patrick is director of international institutions and global governance at the council on foreign relations and author of the sovereignty war three consigning america with the world joins us now from washington d.c. good to have you with us so first of all to what extent do you think trump's policy or stance towards the u.s. has evolved some point to words of praise which he had to say for the u.n. passing resolutions on north korea as a sign that perhaps his stance is changed you see it that way. i see him opening the door for a potentially productive relationship with the united nations you know when he was elected everyone in new york and most in washington were expecting armageddon in terms of their relationships but more recently he has indicated that he's willing to work with the

president will host the u.n. reform of it. we have a massive reform package looked at by the secretary-general, that streamlines not just the processes, but the budget. moremakes the u.n. much effective. we basically have the president headlining a u.n. reform effort, which would support the secretary general. the impressive part, we asked other countries to sign on for reform, and 120 have signed on and will be in attendance. the vice president will be doing two very important briefings, one on human rights council. now more than ever, human rights matters. we say all the time, and government doesn't take care of its people. that will change. we have seen that in multiple places, which is why the human rights council needs to be affected. we have offered reform. think the vice president will support it, and discuss why it is needed. will do is on he peacekeeping. in the last several months, we have taken every peacekeeping mandates and changed it. basically, we have saved half $1 million in peacekeeping. before anyone thinks

u.n. can reform that is being done on a joint basis including the u.n. including other u.n. members rather than a position just taken unilaterally by the united states itself so this is a shift and certainly sighs of relief around the building that the president has turned up so far is a president trump prepared to discuss prepared to negotiate prepared to be reasonable now on that tomorrow there are individuals that have not interacted with president quite yet what do you think will be the goal of the president when it comes to addressing issues such as iran north korea as well as me and why is kerry a credibility test here and there's also a lot of skeptics towards the u.s. president. well there's been a lot of speculation as to exactly what president trump is going to say at the moment he's meeting with latin american leaders having dinner with them certainly what is being discussed there is the issue of venezuela there's a major point of crisis for latin america he's having those discussions there at the moment but what we're expecting from the tram speech is a speech se

have the president headlining a u.n. reform effort, which would really support the secretary-general. is thatimpressive part we asked other countries to sign onto their support of reform, and 120 countries have signed on and will be in attendance. that is a miraculous number. ohe vice president will do tw very important briefings. he will do one with the human rights council. if a government doesn't take care of its people, bad things will happen. we are seeing that in multiple places and that is all the more reason why the human rights effective.ds to be i think the president -- i think the vice president will talk about the reforms, and address the needed areas to address human rights. the second when he is going to do is peacekeeping. we have taken every peacekeeping mandate and changed it. basically, we have saved half a billion dollars in peacekeeping. but, before anyone thinks that is a trag travesty, basically, w the peacekeeping was handling the past was they would throw more troops at a problem. what they didn't give t

u.n. has its own reform plan will be best for president trump to support that reform plan but we'll be watching very closely to see whether the u.n. and donald trump main i mean the same thing when they talk about reform of this organization. high fascinating national chain thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera ahead of elections and germany the clamor for a global leadership role that many germans worry about a pro back to the past. i suppose i should say at long last mr president here is your. donald trump is a winner of sorts at the emmy awards as tbs best known artist mark the president. hello there there remains of talim a galloping their way across japan they're moving through pretty quickly you see this area of cloud marching very swiftly towards the north and behind it is a lot calmer a lot quieter as well now as we head through into chews day there will be a fair amount of sunshine again twenty eight degrees will be the maximum they take it that eighty two in fahrenheit but it's not going to stay completely dry force in japan for too long this weather system his sweeping its way eastwar

u.n. funding, i know reform is probably an important part of this question, but as a candidate, president trump was -- then-candidate trump was somewhat skeptical about the reach and the import of the u.n., the point of it long term. as president i'm sure he's learned more. is the u.s. committed both to fulfilling its financial obligations? and where does it stand on terms of its voluntary funding for the u.n. going forward? would you talk a little bit about that? ambassador haley: right. to start off with the speech that the president gives, i think you can see it for yourself. i personally think he slaps the right people, he hugs the right people, and he comes out with the u.s. being very strong in the end. reporter: so it's written, and you've seen it? ambassador haley: i have seen it, yes. and then the second part of it is, the u.n. -- when i originally spoke with the president, what i said is, we'll see what we can make of it. and that's the thing is, we're creating an opportunity. we're making the most of it. we're moving foreign policy. we're changing the way peacekeeping is done. w

president to reform the u.n. and now this meeting they're almost saying that they think that some of that reform has already been carried out i think it will be a good outcome for the u.n. i think they will also though know that among the words of president trump he talked about truly bold reform and as this process continues. and the reforms are actually carried out by the u.n. i think it's possible the u.s. will revisit this but for now the u.s. and the u.n. soon pretty comfortable together at this meeting i wouldn't say all the other member states are comfortable i think just in protocol terms the idea of one member state it may be the one that gives the most money sitting there on the podium with just the u.n. secretary general and all these u.s. officials that's not the way the u.n. normally works and i think there are some some noses out of joint interesting for example that yes you saw foreign ministers from some key allies of the u.s. where was the french foreign minister of france did belatedly sign this

u.n. reforms. now, tomorrow he will make his debut at the u.n. general assembly, and the world is holding its breath over what the america first president will say and how he'll say it. the president also set to meet one-on-one with more than a dozen fellow world leaders, not including vladimir putin, she zing ping or angela merkel. all three skipping this year's general assembly. our jeff zeleny is of course not skipping it. he is outside the united nations with a preview of what is ahead for the president. the big to do is his speech tomorrow. it's unclear if his message is going to change significantly from where it's been on the u.n. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. we've heard president trump talk so much about the united nations, been very critical of the united nations as some american politicians are, but today he will come here to the united nations bringing essentially his america first policy here for all the world to see and dissect. now, we've seen the president travel a few times around the world, been on the world stage somewh

president i think people were pleased by the speech about u.n. reform and the fact that it wasn't about slashing the u.n. budget in the way people had feared but this is the more substantial speech this is the formal address to the general assembly this is the speech that normally lasts forty fifty minutes of the u.s. president he does a state of the union each year this is the state of the world are seen by the u.s. presidents so probably the one of the most important speeches that president trump has made so far and as mike said expect the focus to be on north korea watch very closely the language about north korea see if he talks about the military option with regard to north korea but it's another nuclear challenge i think the people we're watching too and that's the iran nuclear deal because president trump is unhappy with this deal and there's lots of talk that he may be considering pulling out of it certainly some of the others that will be speaking here for example the new french president emmanuelle markhor who's already met president trump urg

which is quite important from a u.n. reform point of view wasn't it so that looks good as far as the u.n. is concerned so far the u.n. stays there will be reforms but no massive cuts we believe which is important right so from here we then he won't be there from an african point of view considering he will be appearing are we going to see anything solid do you think that will be i think. what will probably stand out is to hear some of the leaders of sub-saharan africa particularly i'm looking to hear from the president considering the security issues there specially was all that. it would be also in the right is not well in the. hall and another area i think the horn of africa and there i think if your pin prime minister if you will to speak because right now the horn of africa is going through a lot of turmoil and change and remember also with the issue of. the u.n. and. four countries three of them are african countries two of them in the eastern african side you have so maleo south sudan and nigeria i think there are about t

shifted over the past several months, the members are starting to get use to act, whether it is with u.n. reform it's with peacekeeping, we are starting to see a lot of changes at that u.n. they are anxious to see what the delegation looks like next week and i think they will be heavily impressed with the people we have coming to really show the u.s. strength we have in the world. i think obviously this will be the first time the president has addressed the general assembly, they are all very anxious to hear what he has to say and i think he will make quite an impact in terms of all the issues we are dealing with. we have three events that will be extremely important, first the president will highlight the u.n. reform event, it is very important. we got a massive reform package, being led by the secretary general that really streamlines not just the processes but all the budget as it goes forward and makes the u.n. much more effective. we basically have the president had lining the u.n. reform effort which would really support the secretary general. but the impressive part is we asked other coun

u.n. funding, i know reform is probably an important part of this question, but as a candidate, president trump was -- then-candidate trump was skeptical about the reach of the u.n. as president i'm sure he's learned more. is the u.s. committed to both fulfilling its financial obligations and where does it stand in terms of the voluntary funding? >> to start off with the speech the president gives, you can see it for yourself. i personally think he slaps the right people, hugs the right people and comes out with the u.s. being very strong in the end. >> so it's written? >> i have seen it, yes. >> slaps and hugs. >> and then the second part of it is, you know, the u.n. when i originally spoke with the president, what i said is we'll see what we can make of it. that's the thing. we're creating an opportunity, we're making the most of it, creating foreign policy, changing the way peacekeeping is done, really bringing up human rights. more importantly what i appreciate is, they stopped focusing on the commas and periods and we're actually acting. we're actually seeing strong things happen. i t

u.n. the u.s. believes we can make history by coming together as h roux global community for reform. in the coming weeks and months, we will be considering the secretary general's broader vision. this is an opportunity to see this moment and ensure that the u.n. remains relevant. we must challenge the traditional mindsets and resistance to change. we will do this together. i hope we can count on your help. thank you again, and let's make it a new day at the united nations. [applause] announcer: tomorrow, president trump addresses the 72nd u.s. general assembly. he is expected to talk about climate change and iran. we will have live coverage at 10:30 a.m. live on c-span. >> tebow spread the word to middle school and high school students and their teachers. we're asking students to choose a religion of the u.s. constitution and create a video illustrating why it is important. it is open to all middle school and a high school students grades sixth through 12th.

trust made his debut at the world body yesterday calling for more efficiency at a meeting about u.n. reform today leaders are waiting to hear what his america first vision means for world politics trump speech is set to start in a few hours time we'll have live coverage and analysis right here on. now the prime minister of dominica has described hurricane maria as devastating and a mind boggling after the hurricane swept over the small caribbean island maria has now intensified again and it has regained strength to become a category five storm hurricane maria is moving roughly along the same string of islands as the hurricane that devastated the region earlier this month now it is expected to move towards the virgin islands and towards puerto rico tonight and tomorrow maria made landfall on monday with winds of up to two hundred sixty kilometers per hour. in the area has been battering the french island of guadalupe and much niek with its final and winds it's a similar story on the island of. it's prime minister roosevelt skerritt has recorded his harrowing experience on social media he sai

no surprise from the president demanding more u.n. reform, criticizing some of the management of the u.n. with the united states still not committing to fully fund essentially its commitment to the united nations, at least not so far. there are four big things you got to know about this week. they talk about how to move forward on north korea. there's also the iraq nuclear deal sure to come up with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. you have climate change big. president trump meeting the french president with new push-back this morning from the white house about reports the president does not plan to pull out of the paris accord. and we know we're going to hear about the con city fusional crisis in event lay za. we have a team covering every angle starting with white house correspondent kristen welker not too far over from us from trump tower where the president departed to head to the united nations. we know the hot spots and the president will address this week, but fill us in on what is happening right now. again, no surprise tha

you had massive reforms for the u.n. we had 130 countries that have signed on to that reform. that is two thirds of the general assembly, which is who will vote on this at the end. that was a great start to the week. then, you saw the president's assembly. the general it asked the world to come together and the countries to come together as we find regimes, mainly north korea and iran. i think what you saw were how a lot of countries responded. they were positive to the speech. they appreciated how blunt and honest he was. i think that has been the overall theme from the international community this week, how straightforward he was and how refreshing it was as they heard him speak. with ouroday met allies, japan and south korea. a lot to talk about, so we had a good conversations with them. the president reassured japan and south korea, but they talked about strategies going forward with north korea. on iran, that was the topic of conversation throughout the week. i think everyone was talking about the destabilizing activities they continue to do throughout the middle east, wh

dealing with u.n. reform. the u.s. ys 22% of the 5.4 billion budget. 28% of the peacekeeping budget. that means american taxpayers shell out $3 billion a year for the u.n. and ambassador nikki haley is trying to streamline some of the peacekeeping operations. they've dropped some. saved about $500 million in order to save money and bring more transparency and responsibility and accountability to the u.n. operations. it is important to note that russia and china are not here. china pays 8% of the u.n. budget. russia just 3%. that means we pay about seven times more than russia does for the u.n. operations and although the ambassador haley boasted that 128 nations have signed onto the reform plan there are 193 nations. 65 nations don't agree with it so far. >> bill: full potential of the u.n. has not been reached due to bureaucracy and mismanagement is the message from the president so far. thank you, eric. >> shannon: joining us now for more on this steve hayes editor and chief of the weekly standard. we've had our first

beginning withgathering> gathering a meeting on u.n. reform. >> we want the secretary to make firm decisions to advance the u.n.'s core mission. and south korea, conducting joint military drills overnight, the growing threat from north korea expected to be a major topic. >> if the united states has to defend itself or its allies, north korea will be destroyed. >> the u.s., throwing down the gauntlet with, president trump in the rapid fire of foreign-policy meetings. abc news, the united nations. melanie: covering metro this monday morning frustrations for commuters along the orange line. construction issues caused single tracking between new carrollton and the chevrolet stations. suzanne kennedy has more on the headache it caused drivers. suzanne: metro says it hopes to have service back to normal around midday with these issues not spilling into the evening rush-hour. the single tracking was due to weekend work not wrapping up on time. five stations, including new carrollton and minnesota avenue, were impacted. trains have been running every

the first time and when he left just a few moments ago, he did tell cnn this about his ideas for u.n. reform, he said this, the main message is to make the u.n. great, not great again, but to make the united nations great. obviously, talking about reform there in his campaign type speech there, but as the day goes on, kate, he does have a significantly important meetings. at 1:00 he will be meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, a couple hours later meeting with the french president emanuel macron. these are two of the world leaders he has developed a bigger relationship with. but, of course, north korea is still front and center on the agenda here on the minds of people here at the united nations. the rising nuclear threat. he did mention north korea briefly when he was going into the u.n. this morning. he said i think everyone knows how i feel about north korea. but, of course, again, options are limited for that, military options on the table, but this is a week of diplomacy here, kate, so the world is watching president trump getting a better measure of him, if you will,

would help with reforming the u.n. to make it stronger and more effective the protesters have marched in new york city against president trump's u.n. debut organizers called for an end to what they see as his administration's white supremacist policies but a number of arrests demonstrators descended on to the cities that. protests outside of the united nations during the general assembly are about as common as speeches by world leaders. it's very common to see groups come out to oppose a repressive world leader who's giving a speech or to make a stand against human rights violations around the world what's unusual this year is we're seeing demonstrations against a sitting u.s. president against the united states the host country for the u.n. general assembly this is something that we haven't seen in recent years as attention is focused on other world leaders for the tropics ministration people are finding a lot of protest now of course the postseason president really motivated activists and protesters in this country f

president and the secretary general to tara's pushing for reform at the u.n. less red tape and maybe cutting costs when you hear talk like that do you get concerned how will that type of reform impact the work that you do. well first of all thank you for having me i think it's great when new leaders come into the u.n. they discuss how we can improve the u.n. system because one thing i know for sure both us former prime minister but also now heading up one of the biggest and independent child agencies in the world and i know that we need strong cooperation between nations therefore we are seeing now in yemen look what we are seeing in africa and particularly what we're seeing now with the with the region get people at the having to flee from me and ma what we need in this world is small and multilateral cooperation between nations strong gains to choose rather than the opposite so what i'm hoping of course is that trump will come here tomorrow and make a speech to all of us where he's advocating for strong international institutions because what we know is is if

since then, the u.n. reform issue has been discussed at the u.n.g.a every year during the past on the five years but without any progress at all. this fact itself shows how deeply the current permanent members are obsessed in their best interests. one permanent member alone can veto the general will of over 190 u.n. member states. undemocratic u.n. organ is the security council. at this forum, i would like to once again remind all the distinguished get delegates -- delegates of the unjust and unfair nature of the resolutions adopted by the security council against the dprk. first, the security council fabricated illegal and double standard resolutions, which only be the satellite launch of the dprk in violation of the international law prescribing peaceful use about his face as a sovereign rate -- right of every second, the security council cooked up illegal and double standard resolutions which arbitrarily prohibits only the nuclear tests of the dprk, although nuclear test quickly belongs to the sovereignty of

in his efforts to reform the u.n. or the horse bonded in new york this evening or john or phenomena at the u.n. general assembly or example thank you very much. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world suicide bombings in nigeria have killed at least fifteen people and injured more than forty at least two blasts hit a settlement in the northeastern state of were no witnesses say the bombers detonated their devices at a gathering of farmers in the region is at the center of the islamist boko haram insurgency. supporters of the kenyan president who can yatta have protested outside the supreme court in nairobi they're demanding the removal of judges who threw out the results of his election victory last month the court know of five the results after the opposition leader rylan claimed computers were hacked to hand the president a victory. state prosecutors in south africa are seeking a harsher punishment for oscar pistorius the olympic and paralympic star was sentenced to six year

it is not incidental that the issue on reform of the security council had already been decided in 1992 by resolution. u.n.'s reforme issue is discussed at the unga every yaear without any progress. this shows how deeply the current prominent members are accessed in their -- are obsessed in are p their interests. forum, i would like to remind all be distinguished the adjust and unfair nature of this resolution adopted by the security council. the security council fabricated a legal resolutions, which owned resolutions, which use ofscribe peaceful outer space as the sovereign right of every state. councilthe security cooked up a legal and double oubleard -- illegal and d standard resolutions. the international law of prohibition underscore test has of prohibition of nuclear tests has not entered the political arena. the charter recognizes the right to self-defense of every state, without questioning other countries that develop nuclear weapons of various kinds. reason unfair resolutions that violate the charter continue to be adopted is because the prominent interests have a common basis in maintaining the

she's been very forceful on u.n. reform. president trump will be running this, hosting this meeting of all countries to work on u.s. or u.n. reform. and the secretary general has also been very strong on that. so i think, look, the u.n. general assembly is about the world and era of president trump. it will be as much about u.s. leadership and america's role in the world, as it's going to be about any of the one or two issues. >> back from the briefing we just heard, we're going to continue extension live coverage in "newsroom." brooke baldwin picks up coverage right now. >>> wolf, thank you so much. i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we are following the news out of north korea. out of the north firing another ballistic missile over japan in defiance of recent u.n. sanctions. [ siren ringing ] >> that is the sound of a siren in northern japan warning citizens to take cover. soon, the u.n. security council will meet for an emergency session at the request of japan. just a short time ago, there at the white house, we ju

yeah they talked about u.n. reform here twenty four hours ago very limited u.n. eform they're talking about he's talking about much bigger changes changing the u.n. charter he said the world is bigger than five he also talked about other issues in the region and refer to palestine as a gaping wound well i think that. the discussion of the palestinians will continue with the next speaker of the we're expecting to see because the next day he's going to be the prime minister of israel we believe an interesting lead taking the podium on behalf of the president of the general assembly various ambassadors are allowed to take the place to do. ties for the president general assembly that is the israeli ambassador looks like he is going to be introducing his own prime minister when he speaks here we'll look at what he says about the ongoing trump initiative to bring peace between the israelis and palestinians but also president trump's call strong comments about north korea and in particular about the iran nuclear deal suggesting that president trump is likely to opt out o

u.n. at reform event.is very important we have a massive reform package being led by the secretary general that streamlines the processes, and also the budget as it goes forward, and makes the u.n. much more effective. we have the president headlining a u.n. reform effort, which would really support the secretary general. the impressive part is, we asked other countries to sign on to their support of reform, and 120 countries will -- have signed on and will be in attendance. the vice president will do to important briefings, one on the human rights council. now more than ever, human rights matters. if the government doesn't take care of its people, bad things will happen. and i think we are seeing that in multiple places, and that is all the reason why the human rights council needs to be effective. reform.offered i think the vice president will support the reform and talk about why it is needed, and the areas that really need addressing when it comes to human rights. the second one that he is going to do

u.n. funding, i know reform is probably an important part of this question but as a candidate president trump was -- then candidate trump was somewhat skeptical about the reach and the import of the u.n., the point of it long-term. as president i'm sure he's learned more is the u.s. committed both to fulfilling its obligations and where does it stand in terms of the voluntary funding going forward? >> to start off with the speech that the president gives, i think you can see it for yourself i personally think he slaps the right people, he hugs the right people, and he comes out with u.s. being very strong in the end. >> well, it's -- >> i have seen it, yes and then the second part of it, the u.n., when i originally spoke with the president what i said is we'll see what we can make of it and that's the thing, is we're creating an opportunity. we're making the most of it. we're moving foreign policy. we're changing the way peacekeeping is done we're really bringing up human rights and more importantly, what i appreciate is they stopped focusing on the commas and the periods and we're actually a

. >> the president is hosting a meeting today on u.n. reform before addressing the assembly tomorrow for the first time. north korea and iran are expected to be major top picks of discussion. abc's arlette saenz joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning. nearly 200 world leaders will week for the u.n. general assembly but the one leader most closely watched is president trump. president trump makes his debut at the u.n. general assembly. his most prominent moment yet on the world stage. in his hometown, the president comes face-to-face with the very organization he criticized as a candidate. >> the united nations is not a friend of democracy. it's not a friend to freedom. it's not a friend even to the united states of america. >> reporter: the president's week features back-to-back meetings with world leaders and the schedule described as speed dating from hell. the marquee moment comes tuesday when he addresses the 193-member body for the first time. at the top of the president's agenda, how to rein in north korea. >> if north korea keeps

u.n. reforms.dent has said that he intended to come to new york this week to really push for that and to show that the united states is going to be urging other countries to get on board. i think that was made clear not only in his brief remarks this morning but be reiterated throughout this week as me meets with various foreign leaders and continues to emphasize the need for some of these reforms that both he and cocoa beaguterres t necessary for this insti tution. >> paris, how did you see the remarks and what are you looking for as he gets ready for the main address tomorrow. >> one of the things i looked at is the optics. it was a powerful statement, a moment for our country to have the president of the united states, donald j. trump, sitting next to the u.n. secretary general guterres as well as ambassador nikki haley, who i think is an all-star. i was with her at aei a few weeks ago listening to her talk about the growing and consistent threat we face against north korea and then right behind

was dedicated to u.n. reform which he's been calling for for a long time now u.n. ambassador nikki haley also spoke right after president stating her support for the idea of spending cuts in fact she was the driving force behind a six hundred million dollar cut to the un peacekeeping budget this year let's take a look. donald trump has a businessman xy for seeing potential and he sees great potential not just in this reform movement but in the united nations itself. trumps remarks today seemed to contradict his earlier statements regarding the u.n. considering he's never actually been happy with the body. the united nations is not a friend of democracy it's not a friend or freedom it's not a friend even to the united states of america united states is one of one hundred ninety three countries in the u.s. pays for twenty two percent of the budget we need the member states to come together to eliminate in a position she and. and to ensure that no one nation shoulders a disproportionate share of the militarily or financially the united nations is a wonderful. place fo

there are a lot of issues the trump administration and others are going to be talking about such as u.n. reform, hum tarrian assistance, but clearly north korea is one of the priority issues and one of the priority focuses that president trump and the state department say will be a key issue this week. i think that you can see that president trump will be speaking a lot about north korea and trying to get all of the countries on board to implement those sanctions. i think what could also be hanging over this is what is china why going to be. this really holds the key to make sure it doesn't escalate by imply emting tougher measures. >> kim young says he wants equilibrium. is that reasonable? >> i don't think it's reasonable, fred. i mean clearly north korea has nuclear weapons. we don't know if they can actually use them, marry all the components to actually launch one. they have a huge conventional army and they could do a lot of damage but i think any military moves by north korea would certainly be suicide for the regime. i think between u.s., south korea and japan and nuclear power is just

united nations general assembly where he'll deliver a speech tomorrow, climate change, iran and u.n. reforme things expected to be discussed this week but north korea as well. here's gloria rivera. >> reporter: president trump arriving in new york ahead of his first u.n. general assembly meeting, after a flurry of tweets, retweeting this doctored video appears to show him swinging a golf ball that hits hillary clinton in the back. no comment from the white house. trump tweeting about his call with south korea's president on north korea's recent missile launch. asked him how rocket man is doing. long lines forming in north korea. too bad. trump has called the u.n. weak, incompetent and a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. terrorism, known for his america first platform, is calling for a significant reform at the u.n. which advocates a world-first agenda. the u.s. bankrolls 25% of the u.n.'s budget. trump wants that slashed. as the president prepares to address 193 nations, on the top of his agenda, how to handle north korea. and the nuclear test, its biggest yet. >>

members are starting to get used to act whether it's security council resolutions whether it's with u.n. reform whether it's with peacekeeping we're starting to see a lot of changes that the u.n. they are all anxious to see what the u.s. delegation looks like next week and i think they will be heavily impressed with the fact that we have the president the vice president the secretary of state many members of the national security council coming to really show the u.s. strength that we have in the world and for more on north korea and the u.n. response we'll go now to our team mopping the missile has touched down in the pacific ocean at this point they're calling it an unidentified missile we are getting some new details about the missile itself it actually traveled a total of two thousand three hundred miles that's three thousand seven hundred kilometers before falling into the pacific ocean and that it reached an altitude of four hundred eighty miles into the sky and many are suspecting that this is a response to the united nations security council recently there were new sanctions imposed on

earlier the president attended a meeting of 120 countries all focused onup me form -- on u.n. reform. trump we support the area to look across the system to find ways to be better at development, management, peace and security. alison: tomorrow morning the president will deliver his first ever s you can watch it live on abc7 at 10:30. jonathan: update on friday's terror attack in britain. "the sun" obtained this video that shows a man carrying a bucket that turned out to be a bomb. they arrested two refugees that carried out the attack. the coal could have been worse because the bomb did not fully detonate. alison: coming up at 6:00, clearing up the confusion as one of the busiest commuter routes make a transition to the toll road. jonathan: caught on video. high speed police chase followed by a takedown and a nearly deadly mistake. how i i just saved a bunch of money on my car insurhuh. with geico. i should take a closer look at geico... geico can help with way more than car insurance. boats, homes, motorcycles... even umbrella coverage. rought his umbrella. fire at will! how'd you

u.n. where he spoke about reforming the international body. changes to the u.n. structure something he has long. in recent years the united nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement while the united nations on a regular budget has increased by one hundred forty percent and its staff has more than doubled since two thousand and we are not seeing the results in line with this investment president tribe's a first speech to the u.n. was dedicated to u.n. reform which he's been calling for for a long time now un ambassador nikki haley also spoke right after president tribe stating her support for the idea of spending cuts in fact she was the driving force behind a six hundred million dollar cut to the un peacekeeping budget this year donald trump has a businessman for seeing potential and he sees great potential not just in this reform movement but in the united nations itself the trumps remarks seemed to contradict his earlier statements regarding the u.n. considering he's never actually been happy with the body the united na

u.n. reforms what are some of those developments we might expect in the near future. well and that is the u.n. security general said that while his focus will be on conflict prevention peace and migration another major development is on the implementation of the twenty thirty agenda for sustainable development the focal points will be on international trade this is genuine clues actions to create an environment that will be beneficial to global trade this report calls for devising trade policies that foster economic growth that is inclusive and sustainable their report also raises points about openness regarding trade and globalization the un secretary general also said another key change must be to empower the world's women and girls in order to do this he said that he had launched a road map for achieving gender equality throughout all levels of the un lindsay trinity chopra is joining us live from new york thank you very much. it's a wrap the federal reserve's two day policy meeting comes complete with a proclamation that we can expect a rate hike of short term inte

u.n. reforms. don't think president trump is going to be overshadowed by emmanuel macron or anybody else. >> and kevin, also at the u.n. the north korean delegation will be seated in the front row when president trump delivers his speech on tuesday. do you know how he's preparing to tackle their recent provocations? >> the white house is keeping this very close to the vest. as is expected. but, you know, just in terms of the relationship that the president has with u.n. ambassador nikki haley, who has been working with the u.n. security council to fast a series of sanctions against the north koreans, and we should note that a lot of the u.s. sanctions in particular separate from the u.n. have really focused on the relationship that north korea has with russia, and china, and the financial ties, especially between china and russia. you will remember that more than 80 to 90% of both exports, and imports, passing through north korea are directly tied to china. so, there is a lot of stakes. the stakes

program of modernization and streamlining president trump is also planning to hold a meeting on u.n. reform but some diplomats fear that may simply be an attempt to further slash the organizations budget. zira at the united nations. let's bring in our guests joining us from new york is sally or shetty the secretary general of amnesty international from oxford the author douglas johnson and here in doha in the studio marc far system professor of politics and international relations at the doha institute welcome to you all douglas johnson in oxford what was the united nations set up to do all those years ago. will serve to regulate interstate relations to try to promote. negotiations and. avoid into international tensions it was really set up for international for intrastate relations rather than for internal political issues of the sort that it's now being asked to do so here shetty from amnesty is it managing still to do what it's supposed to do. i didn't start to think that the security council which is the most powerful body in the united nations itself is deeply divided on every single i

on monday on u.n. reform. could you give me some specifics on what the united states hopes to accomplish in that meeting? >> we're -- i'm not going to get ahead of the meetings that will take place. i can tell you on friday general mcmaster and ambassador healy will be here at the briefing to talk in more detail about the u.n. general assembly events that will take place next week. >> thanks. two questions on two different subjects. just a follow-up to the president's meeting that he had with senator scott this morning. after the president's response to that white supremacist rally in charlottesville, senator scott said that's trump moral authority was compromised. in terms of the conversation that they had, does the president understand what trouble senator scott in regards to his response? >> they had a very open and honest conversation and committed to continuing those conversations and making sure that today was just the first step of many of those meetings where i think that will be an ongoing process and