the u.s.nd penalizes american workers. yvonne: political and business figures are shocked, elon musk with two u.s. roles. china and the e.u. say they are picking up the fight. betty: gunfire at a manila casino. please do not know if it is a terror attack or a robbery. yvonne: australia calls on beijing to rein in north korea. ,"tty: this is "daybreak asia live from bloomberg's u.s. and asia headquarters. i am betty liu, in new york. yvonne: i am yvonne man in hong kong. breaking news out of south korea on first quarter final gdp numbers coming in at 1.1%. for 0.9%s were hoping estimate. relatively marginal beats. a year on year figures coming in at 2.9%. gdp setting the fastest face -- pace we have seen since 2013. we will see what the market reaction will be. big story this morning that happened the last couple hours, the stunning announcement from president donald trump. we saw classic donald trump come out. we absolutely did. at that overshadowing any news we are getting so far. in terms of

the u.s.ut of the landmark harris agreement on climate change. the u.s. president notoriously once called climate change a hoax and made a promise to cancel the paris accord within his first 100 days. he has passed the 100 day mark already. links from the white house say he could carry out that promise starting today. donald trump has long been vocal about his climate change skepticism. repeatedly: global warming a made up byconcept the chinese to make u.s. manufacturing noncompetitive. tothe campaign he promised put american interests in the coal industry first and pull out of the legally binding global deal to fight climate change. the paris agreement. he wasted little time on taking office. surrounded by legislators from coal mining state. rules aimed at reducing pollution standards and signed an executive order to dismantle obama's clean power plan aimed at replacing polluting coal plants with renewable energy sources. >> my administration is putting an end to the war on coal. we are going

the u.s., but the u.s.vis-a-vis china. that's something we'll have more coming up on soon. tarun: let's open it up. in the back. questioner: thank you very much. i'm from the united states of africa -- [inaudible] -- i usually like to ask the last question. this is very important. the opening sin app sis that the gentleman did, he asked this. how the world sees the u.s. ow the world sees trump. we ask people, can you clarify when you say how the world? visaou referring to yoursy results from the -- your survey results from the political class of the country? and why would you say the world when those leaders are not the largest representative of the world? also, you need to understand this. trump is undermining, saab staging the geological foundation -- sabotaging the geelogical foundation of what leaders have experienced or followed over the last 70 years. so you have to look at it in those context. not doing unnecessary -- tarun: let's take one more as well and we'll answer those together. also in the bac

former u.s. president barack obama also issued a statement saying state industries and businesses would step up to the deal and honor obligations despite the current administrati. anchor: let's check in with o man on wall street. what's the reaction to this situation? jens: on wall street, we saw new records all over the board, but that was probably not because of the decision of the u.s. president, especially from the world of business, there have been so many attacks within the paris agreement, so chevron or exxon, the big u.s. oil companies, they actually supported to remain in the paris accord. you look at the stocks of some of the coal players, like peabody, they even dropped on the decision. anchor: trump said that he's done this for the sake of the economy. will it provide a boost? jens: i actually doubt it. look at the coal industry. especially because the president mentioned it so often. the u.s. coal industry, roughly 65,000 people employed. in the united states, that is really not much

u.s. over the recent downing of a syrian fighter jet as concerns grow over whether washington has its own agenda in syria. europe remains in gold and terror as another attack hits the belgian capital after a man detonated an explosive device at a brussels train station. this is how much is going to leave the survivors of. this makes to be shocking when you see. the u.k. government is heavily criticized anger at what people call the small sums allocated for the survivors of the grand felt our fire in london. thanks for tuning in you're watching r t international has just turned eleven in the morning here in the russian capital with you as. russia's foreign minister says moscow is waiting for a washington's explanations after the u.s. led coalition down a syrian army plane near the city of raka sergey lavrov also stressed that the pentagon is still treating various terrorist groups differently. for. the french we have sure the u.s. is really targeting i'm sure but we don't recall america bom

doing that i think the u.s. is trying to become relevant again in the military equation in syria so that in the post isis phase of the syrian war in other words after isis is defeated the u.s. is a factor determining what the new syria will look like in other words the u.s. is trying i think to create its own zone of influence a sphere of influence inside the eastern part of syria that's the reason we're seeing these escalations by the u.s. military and speaking of that we know that the u.s. is a masking intelligence gathering aircraft near syria on top of that a u.s. aircraft carrier is on its way to a port and is run i want to know from you how would you categorize israel's role in the u.s. war and syria the israelis are quite pleased with the war i mean as long as syrians are killing syrians as long as the different. unseasoned factions are fighting each other on israel's border the israeli government is quite pleased the israeli government from the beginning has favored the breakup of iraq the breakup of lib

u.s. military advisers with three american soldiers killed and seven wounded in twin attacks in the last two. thanks for tuning in you're watching our team to national just one eight in the morning here in moscow with you is. at the top story at this hour a terror investigation has been launched after a man detonated an explosive device at a brussels metro station no casualties happened porches are to do bensky has the details. police say that the man triggered a small explosion in brussels central station in the evening of tuesday night during what was essentially the rush hour in the station and there have been some pictures emerging from the scene they are unverified pictures but they appear to show a man engulfed in flames and that what we have been hearing is that that small explosion and this come from the police that the man was surrounded in that explosion some people say they saw the man and just before he let off his device he was wearing a rucksack we understand and also had a s

the u.s. led coalition says the downing of a syrian fighter jet came in quote self-defense however in the last month the coalition has already targeted syrian forces and the forces loyal to damascus five times let's have a look at where the attacks took place the plane was shot down here southwest of the syrian city of raka where the coalition is supporting kurdish troops in their fight against eisel the u.s. led coalition has also conducted several bombing raids against pro-government fighters here in el tam near the training base the bands of on site at the same justification for each raid that pro assad forces has breached a complection zone and he said now we look at how this military escalation may be reaching a boiling point. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been and. let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog

the u.s., his doctor said he suffered severe brain damage. it wasn't clear exactly what caused it. otto had spent nearly a year and a half imprisoned in north kore north korea. he had been sentenced to 15 years hard labor for, according to the north koreans, stealing a propaganda poster. the world watched his tearful confession. he was wearing a jacket that made it home to the u.s. with him. here is his father speaking to reporters last week. >> i am able to wear the jacket that he wore when he gave his confession. i'm not confessing. i am speaking. otto, i love you and i am so crazy about you and i am so glad you're home. you're such a great guy. >> mark: >> otto's father praisd president trump for the role his administration played bringing his sean home. moments ago, the president released a statement. he offered deepest condolences to the family and said: "otto's fate deepens my administration's determination to prevent such tragedies from befalling innocent people at the hands of regimes

so if one of the u.s. refers to the syrian democratic forces which is the militia group operating along with the u.s. led coalition trying to take the city off. from the control of isobel but we can also confirm according to suffer through sources from the syrian military operating in that area that the popular jet was actually carrying airstrike against a convoy from ice and that the fighter jet in no way you posed any direct or in direct threat to any militia group from those militia groups operating alongside the u.s. led coalition trying to get control over gain control of the city or for the top planes of this so-called international coalition shut down one of our a fighter jets just south and suburb of baraka the fighter plane was on a mission to destroy islamic state terrorist the aircraft crashed in the pilot is missing but i think there is more to that story and lots more to that story is that is the u.s. is trying to true boundaries in the syrian conflict and red lines. for the syrian army not to

the u.s. shoots down syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only actions that we've taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no violence going on here d. as coalition speaking of the escalation after this self-defense move the situation couldn't be worse russia and now considers all u.s. led coalition planes in the area of potential targets and are tracking them all of this happened as both the u.s. and syrian government backed up by the russian air force were fighting isis in the stronghold of raka now washington and moscow have locked horns in syria again focus has shifted and ice is probably breathing a deep sigh of relief while watching syrian fighter jets crash in flames on the horizon good job superpowers you're not so super slick. tensions flared even further on tu

u.s. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> good afternoon. oversee the policy of the british -- heritage foundation. it is my pleasure to welcome private mr. nguyen xuan phuc -- prime minister nguyen xuan phuc. it is an honor to welcome you, sir. [speaking vietnamese] [applause] >> i am also very pleased to recognize -- they made this event possible. [speaking vietnamese] wouldthe american side, i like to acknowledge u.s. ambassador to vietnam and patrick murphy. welcome and thank you so much for being here. [applause] [speaking vietnamese] >> and of course, i would be remiss not to recognize the founder of the heritage foundation and our interim .resident, ed he believed in the potential of the transporter -- trans-pacific partnership. he continues to chair the asian studies center to nurture them. thank you, ed. [applause] [speaking vietnamese] >> thank you for allowing me to do the honors today. u.s.-vietnam relations have in on a steady, deliver trajectory for more than 20 years, a

the u.s., but the u.s. vis-a-vis china. that's something we'll have more coming up on soon. tarun: let's open it up. in the back. questioner: thank you very much. i'm from the united states of africa -- [inaudible] -- i usually like to ask the last question. this is very important. the opening sin app sis that the gentleman did, he asked this. how the world sees the u.s. ow the world sees trump. we ask people, can you clarify when you say how the world? visaou referring to yoursy results from the -- your survey results from the political class of the country? and why would you say the world when those leaders are not the largest representative of the world? also, you need to understand this. trump is undermining, saab staging the geological foundation -- sabotaging the geelogical foundation of what leaders have experienced or followed over the last 70 years. so you have to look at it in those context. not doing unnecessary -- tarun: let's take one more as well and we'll answer those together. also in the ba

because of that, for the u.s. to not be in an agreement that it helped negotiate is going to complicate things i think enormously on some other relationships for the u.s. just to walk away from that agreement. >> mr. scott, before we let you go, and quickly, there is a full page ad out calling for the president to stay in the deal, endorsed by companies like adobe, apple, blue cross/blue shield, facebook, and others. why do you think they're putting this ad out? what about other industries that might say, you know, pulling out of the deal is vital for their interests as well? >> well, you know, it's interesting. i was around when president bush decided not to put the kyoto protocol, maintain the kyoto protocol, and it's such a different era from that time in the sense that the -- there was a lot of push from the oil and gas industry, fossil fuel, many, many companies in this country not to be part of that agreement, in part because there were binding targets under kyoto, but also, it's just been a sea change in te

if you have a u.s. person, that person's identity will typically be masked in the disseminated information that would go to a consumer with information. unmasking refers to the term used to basically say, well, let's remove that anonymity and say who was that person whose identity was originally masked. that's what was meant by unmasking. so this is, zb rk, again, from transparency report. total number of nsa disseminated reports containing u.s. person identify tid 3,114. of those containing the u.s. person identities, they were originally masked. 3900 about containing u.s. identities and then this is the number where their identity was originally masked and then conversely this one says reports containing u.s. identity, specific number -- the -- this is the number of reports that identity was originally revealed and if you look at these numbers, they don't quite add up. the reason is there can be more than one u.s. person in a particular report which is why they don't add up. and then the final row of

haley on u.s. priorities. >> the brookings institution held a hearing on the global perceptions of the united states. they focused on after are a, europe, asia and the middle east. this event is just over an hour and a half. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to brookings. my name is tarun chab ara. i'm a visiting member here at brookings. i'm excited to welcome you on america's global image co-hosted by brookings and the pugh research center. this year marks the third year running that brookings and pugh are co-hosting a public vent to launch and discuss their important regular survey data about america's place in the world and other pressing global issues. mazz of you are already aware if you glanced at the newspaper or checked your social media account this morning, last night pugh released latest edition of the global attitude survey which has been conducted since 2002. with this year's survey covering 37 countries and 40,000 respondents. all conducted after the inauguration of president trump

they don't want to see the u.s.'s competitive edge to china, russia, or europe and now the president critics say the paris deal is a jobs killer but job growth and clean energy is out pacing the old school industrial sector. i want to show you numbers. last year the solar industry grew 17 times faster than the average. also twice as many americans. climate change is a business risk and companies already made plans based on lowering their carbon emissions. they won't change course now. many of the companies say they're going to proceed as if paris were in effect but they are outraged. business leaders are outraged accept the opinion pages of the wall street journal. the standard bearer says this is a good move calling the paris deal a pledge of phony progress and mocking the out rage out green elites. it's going to take four years to get out so i heard some yesterday that said all right 3 to 7 years this president won't be the president anymore. we need to think beyond the trump administration. >> president trump will

the u.s. amy: oliver stone on vladimir putin. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. attorney general jeff sessions has denied colluding with russia ahead of the 2016 election, during a highly anticipated testimony before the senate intelligence committee on tuesday. sessions spent much of tuesday's hearing refusing to answer questions about president trump's firing of fbi director of james comey and whether trump had expressed concern to sessions about the attorney general's decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. this is independent senator angus king of maine grilling sessions about his refusal to answer questions. >> what is the legal basis for your refusal to answer these questions? >> of protecting the right of the president to assert it if you chooses,s, and are mayaybe r privileges -- other privileges that could apply the circumstance. >> the president can't not assert it and you have testi

the u.s. refers to the syrian democratic forces which is the militia group operating along with the u.s. led coalition trying to take the city off. from the control of but we can also confirm. according to. sources from the syrian military approaching in that area that the popular church was actually carrying strike against a convoy from moscow moving from the town of us into the town of total softball thirty kilometers east of a city and. in no way post any direct or in direct threat to any militia group from those militia groups operating alongside the u.s. led coalition trying to get control over gain control of the city over the top but i think there is more to the story and what's more to that story is that is the u.s. is trying to true boundaries in the syrian conflict and red lines. for the syrian army not to cross the man trying to actually prevent the syrian army from achieving two goals the first goal is to limit the presence of the kurdish militias which is the backbone of certain d

official says u.s. forces are behind the shooting of three civilians including two children in the country this week we hear exclusively from the victim's family says. a government with extreme republican views goes on a shooting rampage in the u.s. with speculation the political situation in america. with today's news and the week's top stories we're watching the weekly. international first off this hour wednesday's tower block inferno in west london is now presumed to have killed fifty eight people but police still expect that number to rise as the slow task of finding and identifying victims continues the fire broke out early wednesday morning and swiftly engulfed the twenty four storey residential block. with. the for. both. the tragedy and the government's response to it fury among the british public protesters in the capital have been calling for the u.k. prime minister to step down and urging those responsible for the fires to be held accountable to reason may has admitted that the way the traged

the u.s. annnnounced its pulling out. where does this leave eu-china relations? we will take you to brussels. the world reaeacts, truru's pars pullout in the u.s. protesters had taken to the streets. worlrld leaders say it will not affect their efforts to curb carbon emissions. but can the paris accord be effective without the planet's second-biggest polluter? murder in manila, at least 36 people died as gunmen attacked a casino and set game tables on fire. police in the philippines insist there is no terror connection. ♪ anchor: i'm sarah harmon. welcome to the program. we will have more on those stories in just a moment. we will start with breaking news. german police halted when of the world's biggest rock music festivals due to a terror threat. tens of thousands of people are attending the opening of the three-day rock am ring festival. a short while ago organizers asked volunteers -- is use me, visitors, to clear the site to allow police to investigate. they said they hoped the open air c

the u.s. dollar. it is trading of its lower what again today. you see the one-week chart turning lower by about 9/10 of 1%. one of the trends we have been watching is that there hasn't been a traditional relationship between oil prices and the dollar. take a look the bloomberg. we have a correlation between 916 eight.g# btv this goes back five years. here's a negative correlation to where we are now. that's a very strong one. historically, it has bounced around, but it has been typical that it was a stronger negative correlation than it is at present. we will see if that's relationship comes back into effect. today, it is a fact. oil in the dow is down. david: julie, thank you. meeting isrom the they say he is pleased with the direction that u.s. is heading with china and talks. it is an aupt departure for what the obama administration had been done to combine the issues alternating from beijing and washington. he said, there nothing in concern in the near term on the economic -- on the chines

u.s. rep. stephanie murphy theflorida: i got into race for months before the november 2016 election, and i am heart aa public's -- at public servant. given the rhetoric that was going on, the dysfunction of government that was on the much manifesting its else in unpleasant ways. that, then top of shooting happened in my district. it felt like i got called to service. if you wanted to change washington, you had to change the type of people you were sending their. so i decided to get into the race. reporter: running against a seasoned opponent like that, who did you turn to to advice for counsel? u.s. rep. stephanie murphy [d]-florida: i had never run for anything in my life, not even in a government. this was my first foray into politics. i was lucky to have a great deaf, and campaign manager who were seasoned hands. they helped guide my campaign. reporter: when you decided to run, what were your first thoughts on coming to d.c.? about the city itself, and also about the job you are about to tak

they got this, and he gave them access to u.s. citizenship. in 1917, that law was expanded in order to make it so we could draft large numbers of syrians and lebanese by calling them something other than ottomans, even though legally, they were still ottoman nationals. the result of this is that 10,000 ethnic syrians are listed isted in thed -- enl; u.s. army and were ultimately deployed. >> can you speak to how they were treated in the army or overseas once they were deployed? >> i could speak to what they felt or what they thought. many of the people, many of the syrians who fought in the u.s. army believed they were doing this as a new americans, and in 1918, many were given instantaneous u.s. citizenship as sort of -- in thanks for their efforts, right? they are new americans and are proud of being americans, but there is simultaneous emergence of being proud of being middle east and, where we have these syrian troops who are patriotic americans and that is why they are going to france, but they also believe this is the war that will liber

ae agreement funds a u.s. -- climate/fund by u.s. taxpayers.nd when of the points is the deal accomplishes little for the climate. that we await to hear more from president trump and hear from you as well after his remarks. we will take your phone calls and tweets. ♪ >> steve bannon and reince previous -- reince priebus arriving, in the front row. is expected to announce that the u.s. is withdrawing from the paris climate change accord. ♪ >> news this afternoon the president is expected to withdraw from the paris climate accord. we are waiting to hear from the president here in the rose garden. of the paris agreement is the global target of keeping global average temperature from rising two degrees celsius, compared to temperatures preindustrial revolution, by the end of the century. beyond two degrees, of the paris agreement we risk dramatically higher seas, weather patterns, food and water crises, and a more hostile world . the associated press reports that those who have been briefed in the president's decision in his comments, he will argue

of the u.s. are first to democratic forces which is the militia group operating along with us that coalition trying to take the city off. from the control of but we can also confirm. according to. sources from the syrian military approaching in that area that the part of the church was actually occurring airstrike against a convoy from are still moving from the town of. thirty kilometers east of the city and that the fighter jets in no way you posed any direct or in direct threat to any militia groups from those militia groups operating alongside the u.s. led coalition trying to get control or get control of the city or full of talk but i think there is more to that story and lots more to that story is that is the u.s. is trying. true boundaries in the syrian conflict and red lines. for the syrian army not to cross them and trying to actually prevent the syrian army from achieving two goals the first goal is to limit the presence of the kurdish militias which is the backbone of a project force th

paul: it was a tactic into the end to the u.s. -- tepid the week in the u.s. looking at asia and new zealand, it is off 0.1% for the dollar. the dollar is a little weaker against the u.s. dollar as well. futures are pointing up, three points, flat. the aussie dollar slightly weaker. that new zealand-australia cross rates close to parity. that story will be coming up again. a gain inng a bit of the last session, but there will be questions with the sustainability of that later on with our guest. now we will get to first word news with ramy. has committed $19 billion to clean up failed banks in one of the wealthiest regions. banks have another lender taking over their assets with $5 billion. the european commission approved the plan, in line with eurozone state data roles. 150 people have been confirmed killed after a fuel tanker exploded in the project profits province. a number of victims will rise higher with local hospitals saying many survivors have extensive burns. that happened on the eve of eid. cia repeatedof the claims russia interfered in the u.s. pre

first of all, u.s. person, i'm not going to read the whole definition, but of course we mean a citizen of the united states. we also mean, as it says here, an alien admitted for lawful, permanent residence. this is actually a definition from title i of fisa. this definition is referred to in title vii as a definition of u.s. person. so let's take a look at what it allows. section 702 allows an authorization of collecting communications of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the united states. it doesn't mean they necessarily in every single case are. but they need to be reasonably believed to be outside the u.s. the goal needs to be to acquire foreign intelligence information. that's it. that's the goal of this thing. the authorization to do that is basically the attorney general and dni jointly are able to give this authorization. but they can do so under two conditions. one is upon the issuance of an order by -- pursuant to an order issued by the foreign intelligence surveillance court,

breaking news an r.t.a. a u.s. fighter jet shoots down an armed drone belonging to produce syrian government forces it is the third syrian aircraft downed in the last fortnight also in syria straightly suspends all combat missions within the u.s. led coalition as tensions escalate between washington and moscow over the downing. and video emerges online appearing to show firefighters in disbelief at the scale of the deadly tower block fire in london we gauge reaction to the u.k.'s government's response. then yeah. that's the front that. they can spend three hundred seventy on. a welcome good evening you're watching international it's just turned eight o'clock here in moscow and we start with breaking news today because the pentagon says a u.s. fighter jet is downed an armed drone belonging to syrian government forces in southern syria the coalition statement says the drone was armed and advancing on u.s. backed forces it happened in the south of the country near a base in the region. as more. so the pentagon has con

compared to u.s.e incredibly cheap valuations and europe is leading the pack right now on pmi's. anna: patrick armstrong, cio at plurimi wealth. we will keep the focus on brexit. we will talk to the member of the house of lords who thinks brexit more happen. a great story on the bloomberg by my colleagues in bloomberg news on that subject. les, the future and security policy across the region with the director of europe all. a quick recap on another brexit related story. this one emanating out of frankfurt. the ecb proposing a statute change so it becomes the euro clearing regulator. this is just a proposal at the moment. they are recommending article 22 that the euro system statute. the ecb may provide facilities and may make regulations and payment systems for financial instruments within institutions and other countries. this goes to the heart of institutions around the country. heard from mark carney, making the case for keeping euro clearing in london and we heard the opposite case put why the go

the u.s. appears to have flip flopped on its policy towards more details after the short break. live. the few we know. everyone in the world should be here you go and you get the old. the old according to josh. world come along for the ride. welcome back u.s. military advisors in afghanistan are finding themselves increasingly under fire from the people they've been training to recent incidents alone three u.s. soldiers were killed and seven more have been injured but i guess if reports. last camp shane joined afghan and nato military base it's here that the taliban infiltrator turned his gun on coalition troops injuring seven american soldiers everyone who knew him or was friends with him is now under investigation being questioned though the base itself is still operational and training continues what we can safely say is that from now on after this latest incident american troops will be looking at their afghan allies with just that little bit more suspicion. green on blue attacks when afgh

the u.s. coalition said the syrian fighter jet was shot down after it bombed opposition forces the pentagon also accuses the syrian jet of straying into a so-called de confliction zone according to a coalition statement syrian forces were forbidden from entering the area near the village of jadwin where the u.s. backed s.t.s. for syrian democratic forces are based however the russian foreign minister earlier rejected the use of the term de confliction zone saying the united states has drawn up its own by injuries without consulting other powers. i'm not aware of the day completion zones the pentagon is referring to maybe there is zones that have been established unilaterally where the coalition thinks that he will do whatever it wants we don't recognize such loans. as you know there are already discoloration zones that have been agreed on and established by syria iran turkey and russia and the steps by the coalition which don't receive consent from damascus are not legitimate well the darning

u.s.conomy. the unemployment rate a 16 year slowerntrasting with forecast hiring and wage growth. they don't obsess over one number. and then count down to elections in the u.k., polls show prime minister theresa may will likely fall short of a parliamentary majority, meanwhile, jeremy corbyn attacking the prime minister for her response to america's paris accord exit. and speaking of climate, everyone from world leaders to reacting to present at all trump's decision to leave the paris accord. we examine the global fallout this hour. we have a look at where european equities are trading right now 30 minutes until the end of the friday session. stocks arising across europe for a second day, up over the week. the first weekend for as well. the ftse 100 at a record high. by .5% today, up to levels we haven't seen since last september ahead of the big one, the ecb meeting on thursday. bonds, commodities, and cbs is your final three columns. volatility, how's it looking ahead of the u.k. electi

and the u.s. is what the u.n. the people the u.s. is supporting in syria for example the kurdish forces spend most of their time attacking a syrian christians and the armenian christians have to clean cleansing their villages killing people. and so this this is the u.s. as usual is not exactly the basque you know freedom in its overseas operation but if i was just to get out of syria stop bringing on war if i just jump in because i want to get as many questions as a cotton and i mean the u.s. with all of you many people would all of us is supporting the kurdish forces you describe have proved one of the most effective fighting force against eisel and if that were in danger the u.s. would say it is self-defense. how would you respond to that. well i don't know i mean i so will. we really don't know entirely who created eyes so who's supporting eisel there's no question the us find some of these terrorist groups to be extremely effective allies and it's imperial endeavors so that. i must say i don't trust what the u.s. government is sa

the u.s. the u.s. partners will share the same approach they need to deescalate the situation by creating the so-called deescalation zones we need to provide to them. parish military situation they should not be trying to stake out a specific territory of syria which is undermines its territorial and integrity and sovereignty. for the ukraine crisis. and your question on the normandy for group again we have the minsk accords. we've been hearing reports of new ideas but we believe. really doesn't make sense the minsk accords have been approved by the un security council the a very specific the non-ambiguous and they just need to be implemented and we hope the normandy for group will relaunch its activities and we will draw the attention of our foreign partners including in france and germany to this fact they subscribed to these accords and again they have a lot of leverage over kiev authorities and we hope to we will be ready to. do our share. so you would. like to ask this question first and foremost

u.s. forces are behind the shooting of three civilians in mid week including two children we hear exclusively from the victim's family and get reaction from eyewitnesses. the gunman with extreme anti republican views goes on a shooting rampage in the u.s. the speculation that the tense political situation right now in america could have been his main motive. why good morning it's not i am here in moscow this sunday mornings kevin zero in welcome to the weekly our thirty minute round up of the big stories of the last seven days from ati international and first the presumed death toll of the huge blaze that torched the grenfell tower in london now has reached fifty eight people that's the latest number released by police but they expected to rise further to the fire broke out early wednesday morning and swiftly engulfed the twenty four storey residential block. wal. mart. tragedy and the government's response to it moreover spoke fury amongst the british people protesters in the capital of b

the u.s. was withdrawing from the paris climate agreement. next, a one hour portion of debate by european leaders reacting to the president's action. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the paris agreement has been a historical achievement of the international community. the first ever global commit ment to address climate change in these consequences. one would regret the decision taken by the united states of america administration to withdraw from this agreement. our long standing commitment to global action on climate change must not relent. we europeans, we've not missed the opportunity. the paris agreement presents for our citizens for our plan, for our economy. president, this global challenge also starts working with our industry for new investments and new technologies and more sustainable growth than jobs. european parliament has been at the forefront of a climate action within european union. and today there is an important vote on this. our goal in favor of this agreement made possibl

u.s. during the first world war and what life was like after they arrived. this interview is about 10 minutes. >> when did immigration from the middle east, the u.s. -- to the u.s. began in large numbers? >> it really began in mass numbers in the 1880's. the majority of these migrants were ottoman nationals coming from the ottoman empire. between 1880's and the first world war, about half a million ottoman subjects came to the americas. about 200 thousand of those people were in the united states, and about half that were syrian arab immigrants. before the 1890's, american immigration officials did not really disaggregate between ottomanclasses of subjects coming to the u.s.. everyone was ottoman, but in 1897, they changed the classification scheme to allow of an understanding ottomans. one of the sticky notes was that each of these categories was understood as racial category in u.s. immigration law, so that sort of created a new hierarchy whereby syrians were understood to be fundamental

u.s., discuss. >> the value proposition in europe is more attractive than the u.s.t the present time. the potential for earnings momentum particularly given the fact we are seeing emerging markets recover, europe is a bigger seller of goods to emerging markets. when we look at those surprise index is in europe as a whole, they have been accelerating. the u.s. has been stagnant to down. that is the kind of environment where europe tends to outperform, when the surprises outperform. vonnie: excellent. i love it when mark brings up a chart that the guest was to talk about. happens quite a bit. julian emanuel, thank you. let's check in with first word news. >> president trump's decision to pull out of the paris climate accord left him isolated. american allies denounced the move. chancellor angela merkel called it extremely regrettable. corporate executives were unhappy. and elon musk resign from a white house panel in protest. hisident trump has taken plan to the supreme court. they will be asked reverse a string of losses for the order that temporally bars entry to th

u.s. out of the paris climate agreement in which nearly 200 nations pledged to fight global warming. the president says he is ep open to northbounding a new deal that he says would be fairer to americans. growing oppositions. there were objections to the president's move within the would you say, the cabinet and the president's own family. major corporations and dozens of u.s. mayors have already signaled zma. what will the real impact be? investigating sessions. lawmakers confirmed cnn reporting that they're investigating whether the attorney general jeff sessions had another secret meeting with the russian ambassador. and they revealed they asked the fbi to look into possible perjury. putin's denial. u.s. intelligence are will said the election meddling trail leads to the kremlin but russian president putin says his government isn't to blame. now he says patriotic russian hackers may be responsible. i'm wonderful blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> breaking news in a and a stunnin

. >> the u.s. vowing to hold north korea accountable after the death of an american college student detained more than a year. otto warmbier's family is in mourning. lawmakers are seething. how will the white house respond? >>> senate democrats vowing to bring business to a crawl. while you were sleeping, they weren't. this is over the republican secrecy on health care. now gop leadership is demanding a vote by late next week. >>> and a big special election in georgia seen as a referendum on the first months of the trump presidency. can democrats nab the costliest house race since 1969? >> the money is flowing there. >>> i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. >>> north korea facing outrage after the american college student otto warmbier has died less than a week after his release from pyongyang. his family believes he was tortured into a coma. his passing quickly sparking anger, outrage, sadness in washington. senator john mccain, a former prisoner himself, not mincing words. he says this -- "l