u.s. military troops to train and advise, in areas around the globe. e tried to be very clear, that this was not u.s., these were not u.s. soldiers operating under military authorization. you can imagine that didn't sit well with some members of congress. members of congress, tim kane comes to find. democrat of virginia comes to mind immediately saying that we need to reauthorize war, war resolution, if we are going to continue doing this kind of stauf round the globe. -- stauf round tuff around the. this was outside the scope of what they were authorized, the military. or believe general mattis they weren't operating under military authorization. >> the united states military forces operate under, a number of different authorities. for secret clandestine covert activities. you know, in actuality, i mean the members of congress have it right. the united states has been conducting missions that the military calls training or advise and assist or train and equip for, you know, 15 years now. but, many of these missions have, as we have come to, understand

u.s. military would be able to handle a major war. it would take the entire military to do that. what we have looked at historically is america and a major conflict about every 15 to 20 years. it always happens by clockwork since the u.s. civil war. they believe the trend will continue. in terms of readiness, the capability of the equipment the military has, training, etc., they will largely be able to defend u.s. security interests. host: we are joined by dakota wood from the heritage foundation who is here to talk about their assessment of u.s. military readiness. democrats can call (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. we also have a line if you are active or retired military. you can call (202) 748-8003. this report broke down different aspects of the military. one is the operating environment. you broke that done regionally according to where the troops are stationed. you said in europe is overall favorable. according to this chart in your report, when it comes to the middle east mostly moderate except for political stability which is list

u.s. military academy.ome to honor our veterans today, celebrate this institution that has men and women who favor service, selflessness, team and brotherhood over personal wants and needs. might think there's a lot of overlap at west point and wall street especially today markets low. i think there is some commonality. because leading an enterprise these days is all about the same processes that cadets learn here no wonder veterans do so well in business yeah why not? why not? [ cheers and applause at a time when whole market can be brought down by exogenous forces we need to figure out which stocks can bounce back the fastest. that's why i'm focused on similarities between how they do things here at west point -- and how things are done on wall street winning strategy is winning strategy, whether the military or private sector. what does it take for a company to win leadership, innovation, loyalty, first move are advantage four things you cadets know a lot about. first of all, leadership sets successful b

u.s. imprint in africa even though you have, general mattis today saying they were not engaged in any, not, acting under military authorization. what's, how big is the imprint on the continent at the moment? >> it is huge, tavis. when u.s. africa command began operations, in 2008, the command was really sold to the american public, also to people all across africa, as, as basically humanitarian operation. something like -- peace corps in camouflage. when it started its operations, africacom as it is known. running 172 missions on the continent per year. fast forward to 2017. this year, u.s. africa command has carried out 3,500 activities engagements,er exsize er eer e missions across the african continent. an increase of nearly 2,000% in u.s. military activity on the continent in less than a decade. this is a massive expansion. done without almost any oversight by congress. or the american people. it has been abseptember from the mainstream media as well. i think that -- that, you know americans should take a very close look at this. because -- there its a shadow war that is being waged that americans hatch ve n

u.s. military?> well, first, when i was in turkey for my operation, i from thea text american embassy in baghdad saying that would like to contact me. texted them back and set a was in turkey and would get in touch with them as soon as i was back in baghdad. about december. i texted them and they gave me an appointment to meet with them in february. that is when i visited the american consul in baghdad. i wrote down the report. i gathered some pictures, some aerial shots of my farm. embassy.nt to the i submitted the report to them. the woman who interviewed me, she told me that they would have righte sure that i was and pass my information to the dod for verification. likeer heard from them for two months. i.e. milled them back -- i emailed them back in the lady said that she still had not heard anything from them. nothing for months until like five or six months later. i.e. imo the letter and it was returned saying the mailbox is full. that is when i started doubting something was going on. that is

u.s. military protection without second-guessing the u.s. military's well-established capacity for providing adequate security. failure to increase freedom of movement for civilian personnel will hobble a whole of government approach to reconstruction and oversight, thus putting the entire mission at an unnecessary disadvantage. in conclusion, i would urge you that every minute the u.s. military has to fill in for a missing civilian agency is one minute that the military is not allowed to do their job. thank you very much. thank you, mr. sopko. the chair recognizes himself for five minutes. how long have you been with the agency? mr. sopko: going on six years. rep. desantis: how has afghanistan improved or worsened in your time as being special inspector general for afghanistan? mr. sopko: it is mixed. the security situation has deteriorated dramatically over the six years. on the other hand, we have had some positive results. think in particular, the afghan military, despite the loss of more casualties, is doing a better job. but they are up

u.s. military protection without second-guessing the u.s. military's well-established capacity for providing adequate security. the failure to increase freedom of movement for civilian personnel will hobble a whole of government approach to reconstruction and oversight thus putting the entire mission at an unnecessary disadvantage. in conclusion i would urge that every minute the u.s. military has to fill in for a missing civilian agency is one minute that the military is not allowed to do their job. thank you very much. >> thank you mr. sopko. the chair now recognizes himself for five minutes. mr. sopko how long have you been with sigar? >> going on six years. >> so how has that aniston improved and/or how has and the stand worsened in as your time is inspector general for afghanistan? >> seem that the security situation has deteriorated dramatically over those six years. on the other hand we have had positive results. i think in particular the afghan military despite the loss of more casualties is actually doing a better job but they are up

u.s. military has to fill in for a missing civilian agency is one minute the military is not allowed to do their job. thank you very much. >> chair now recognizes himself for five minutes. mr. sopko, how long have you been cigar? >> it's going on six years. >> so how is afghanistan improved and/or how has it worsened during your time of inspector gennel for afghanistan? >> it's mixed. the security situation has deted deteriorated dramatically. the afghan military, despite the loss of more casualties is actually doing a better job but they're up against a very serious opponents. so it's mixed. i think the problem now is with the new strategy we really don't know what state and aid are supposed to do as part of that strategy. so we're still observing and hoping we can get a better idea on the new strategy going forward. >> you recently returned from afghanistan and got to meet, i think as you aleeluded to, laut of the folks on the ground. if an american would walk up to you and say what's going on in afghanistan? >> it's a stalemate and the big question is it a stalemate going down or is it

u.s. military. as you said, this would be the 20th ballistic missile fired this year by kim jong-un if it is confirmed to be that. the last one was more than ten weeks aempgo. what is really important here is that it has been quite a long time since kim jong-un has tested anything and launched anything from north korea. the last one was mid september. after we saw a very consistent pattern of every several weeks there was a test. it comes amid president trump going to asia last month for more than ten days, for more than two weeks. it comes amid increased diplomatic efforts with china to try to put pressure to stop their launching, to stop their testing. and, of course, it comes just after the u.s. military had three aircraft carriers in the region in mid november which is very unusual for them to have that kind of show of presence. as we are waiting to hear from the u.s. military and from south korea where a lot of this information tends to come from, what was it that north korea launched today and

u.s. military cemetery overseas. his message about war on these hallowed grounds. >> ninan: in honor of veterans day today, vice president mike pence and his wife, karen, helped volunteers descrub the faiments wall of the vietnam veterans memorial in washington, d.c. pence's father fought in the korean war, and his son is in the marines. we end tonight on this veterans day at a u.s. military cemetery in nettuno, italy, that's south of roem. it's one of 26 american military cemeteries overseas. and earlier this month, pope francis became the first pope ever to visit these hallowed grounds. seth doane is there. >> reporter: pope francis walked alone among the u.s. military graves. almost 7900 u.s. service members killed in italy during world war ii are buried here, among them, u.s. army private martin mcnamara. >> i see an act of god in bringing us today. >> reporter: ...whose nephew and family visited from ireland for the first time, 73 years after his death. >> i'm fighting emotions since i've come here, you know. >>

u.s. military is confined all u.s. service people in japan to their residences and they are not allowed to buy or consume alcohol on or off the base this comes less than a year after u.s. department of defense funded stars and stripes reported on the drugged and drunk driving awareness and prevention campaign which was signed in december of two thousand and sixteen by marine corps lieutenant general lawrence nicholson running for three months last year it sought to fix the problem of excessive alcohol use on and off the military base but drinking and socializing with locals is sadly a major part of having a military base in a foreign country so toshio. local bar gallery owner as well as the chairman of the can town bar owners association noted that u.s. service members are an integral part of can town's nightlife when no records are around in the entertainment district there are no japanese either a good community relationship may be important for the military but we do need americans in our community so we must work t

u.s. military personnel. united states has the legal authority to combat campaigns including isis and is not currently seeking any new or additional congressional authorization for the use of force. remains aumf cornerstone for ongoing u.s. military operations and continues to provide legal authority relied upon to defeat this threat. however, should congress decide legislation,w aumf i submit several recommendations the administration would consider necessary to a new aumf . first, a new aumf authorities must be in place prior to or simultaneous with the repeal of all the ones. failure to do so could cause operational paralysis and confusion in our military operations. diplomatically speaking, it could cause our allies in the global coalition to question our commitment to defeating isis. potential repeals of the 2001 an immediate and appropriate replacement would raise questions about the domestic legal basis for united states for range of military activities against the taliban, al qaeda and associated forc

u.s. to take a hard line when you look at what she's saying literally it's not a military i don't perceive it to be a military threat and i don't think military or a threat no unilateral physical action by the united states in syria i think that threats like that would emanate from somebody else in the administration not a threat. i don't think that's her that's her. role in the division of labor certainly. you know the united states like any other country can take. ninety military action outside. in the scope of the security council world press conference it can be issue reported so you can do all kinds of the united states is not of course allowed to take military action in syria. without the indorsement of the security council and arguably is already in violation of international law for the military actions that it is taking. because those have not been explicitly in security council however this long as the united states is. only going after. isis or or. with your groups on the un list of terrorist organizations which are also opposed to the syrian government i think . russian and syr

u.s. military u.s. officials or the cia to justice actually zero the i.c.c. was created in one nine hundred ninety eight by the rome statute with the us among signatories but in two thousand and two a year after the us invaded afghanistan the bush administration with the true from the treaty i signed the letter that removed america's signature from the rome statute but the scribe did in my book is my happiest moment of government service in my life i think the court is fundamentally illegitimate so no matter what comes out of the i.c.c. is prob the international criminal court just doesn't have the jurisdiction to bring those responsible to justice in fact the law goes so far as to say that the u.s. would use military action to forcibly take americans who were arrested out of the hague if they were arrested by the i.c.c. so i think we can certainly predict that any real imprisonment or any remediation against americans for crimes against humanity or war crimes is probably unlikely but i still think the process of going through an indictment of attempting to t

u.s. military power before trump visits the u.s. is still the dominant military power and eight zero and every once in a while they make a move like this to remind north korea that and perhaps to as a kind of precursor to trump's arrival in korea next week but as we all know north korea objects very strongly to these types of shows of force taking place so close to its territory and they accuse the united states of being the real aggressor in the region and the u.s. it being a possible force that could cause war. journalist stephen expecting to us a little bit earlier in the day there now catalonia moves for independence are being watched by separatist movements in many parts of the world in nigeria a group called the indigenous people of biafra is calling for an independent state in the south east of the country it is an old demand that sparked a bloody civil war fifty years ago to be a visit at the home of the independence movements leader. who went missing in september his disappearance has fueled fears of new violence this is a s

u.s. military is entirely defensive we certainly do have organizations like nato in toope that is designed defend europe and defend the nato alliance. i think it's important to note there are really critical defensive functions the u.s. military place and the more robust the defense is the theory is the less likely we have to go on the offense. certainly the u.s. military has been on the offense and i think , the footprintle is so much smaller than it was 10 years ago. even five years ago. it is very important to note they have achieved great six success. dislodged the isis caliphate. the numbers are somewhat in dispute because numbers come in on top of the roughly 10,000 that are there. the training equipping and advising its important to note the effectiveness comes when you are willing to put u.s. advisors those locald with forces in the air support that we provide. i think what we are seeing is a new model for the u.s. through these partners. it's a different model from what we are fighting in iraq and the previous surge. we are getting a little bit more forward leaning in afghanistan

u.s. military has hit isis much harder. is that true? the pentagon has the latest on the war against isis. >>> and something doesn't add up in puerto rico. is the math fuzzy when it comes to the power situation and is the death toll higher? cnn investigates the numbers. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we're going to start with the politics lead today. president trump just about three hours away from landing in hawaii on the first leg of his 12-day trip to asia. the president leaves behind loads of political baggage and a russia investigation that is seemingly moving ever closer to his inner circle. a federal judge proposed a may 2018 start date for the trial of the president's former campaign chair paul manafort and his associate rick gates. they face several charges, including conspiracy against the united states. before leaving the white house today, president trump was asked

u.s. military forces in the pacific then in japan tensions over north korea's nuclear threat are likely to dominate the trip on thursday the u.s. flew supersonic bombers over the korean peninsula through military exercises korea condemned the move and says u.s. is seeking to ignite a nuclear war but let's go to the head of our washington bureau alexander phenomena now for some analysis alexandra north korea is the focus of this trip what do you think trump is going to be trying to achieve trans national security advisor general mcmaster told us yesterday that the world how strong the stance that north korea is not only a threat to the united states that that's not only in the issue between the united states and north korea and that denuclearization of the korean peninsula is the only acceptable outcome for that is on drums agenda and he can and we can expect him to try to put more pressure on his chinese counterpart to get to beijing to economically and politically isolated north korea and he may even try to get the russians back into the conversation ok shortly before leaving president tr

u.s. military back several months. >> you are referring to a reporting earlier in the year that he was a key decision-maker about the timing of essentially the final assault on raqqa and delayed it. >> because he did not want the turkish government, didn't want the kurds involved in this, you know, whom expedition there the turkish government really doesn't like our kurdish forces that have been effective fighting isis. they essentially would take raqqa and take the lands that would give them a strangle the hold the turks are incredibly skeptical of. >> even though the turkish government doesn't have the wherewithal all to do it themselves there you got, so many questions about who exactly michael flynn was working for and at what moment. if any part of this story ends up being true, we will learn about it. it is absolutely explosive. >> why was it that donald trump said to james comey, you got to drop this investigation?

u.s. military strategy in afghanistan. at the kato institute in washington, d.c. the panelists discussed the current situation in afghanistan and whether a negotiated settlement or removing u.s. troops was an appropriate option moving forward. this is about 90 minutes. >> good morning. i'm christopherpreble, vice president for foreign policies here at the kato institute. thank you for being here today and the outstanding conference stuff who do a terrific job organizing our many events. welcome also to those of you watching at c-span and online at kato.org. following the september 11 terrorist attacks in october 2001 the united states issued combat operations inside afghanistan and against the taliban government that had harbored the terrorist there is. the ensuing 16 years, u.s. goals have changed marginally but they typically include defeating al qaeda and other terrorist groups with global reach, strengthening the afghan government and security forces to prevent the taliban from retaking political power and denying terrorists a safe haven. aassessments are mixed

u.s. military steps up its efforts to militarize space splashing cash on warfare capabilities. and unexploded rocket is filmed on the streets of yemen's capital sanaa just a day after saudi led asked write to the defense ministry that. joining is this. this is r.t. international. turned out to protest in barcelona demanding the release of catalonia is jailed former lead this demonstration was held on council national day on the track today huge seven hundred fifty thousand people. i i. i really was led by relatives of politicians jailed by on the do it for the role they played in the regions independence referendum last month speakers at the stage read out letters. some of the politicians had written in prison earlier the region's declaration of independence was formally a no on the trade journalist. has been following the protest hundred thousand people today gathered in barcelona to demand their release of political prisoners they came from all over the cut along as in buses they came in public transport families friends they were all here to say we don't want this in catalon

u.s. military and united nation because. india. everyone is so humid. force military save life and this and people didn't need your help those here are learning to speak english . and they're starting from scratch part of that. is that they have no real access to state education and so when they get to america to be resettled they can be forty fifty even sixty years old and have no education whatsoever which means that my teaching english we have to start right at the beginning with the phonetic alphabet and just the sounds of the language and. they come here to divonne avenues some call the most diverse street in america landing place in successive wave of immigrant to chicago from eastern europeans to orthodox jews pakistanis indians and now they're all hinges here they form their own community where they share their own store and their own worries i'm worried about their safety and also about the food because the government not allowed any international or united nations it is a fear for those they left behind the real injury here comfort themselves i

u.s. military as they were a lot of other people decide what happens in their own kind of you're sure you didn't let any foreign fighters out but it's not your decision anyway and that's that's kind of the that's covering your backside yeah that's what a lot of this is that i and i think that the b.b.c. is right that there's a dangerous you know i think this could come back to haunt us as has isis to begin with because we can't forget that isis was born out of the invasion of iraq it's our frankenstein we've created it and the hole is causing all these problems and i'm sure it's not going to last we're. systems of oppression aren't always as easy to recognize and well as one might think take the oil and gas industrial complex as poisoning children and getting paid to do it a new report from the n.w. slepian the clean air taskforce found that more than one million african-americans about two percent of the african-american population live within half a mile of a natural gas facility another six point seven million african-americans live in the ninety one u.s. counties with oil refineries s

u.s. military which is the world's largest employer in the world and only about fifteen percent of its one point three million active duty workforce is women while there is none of them if you don't have women as diplomats there i'm sorry but other countries have don't have such gender disparity in their diplomatic role so what you have is a lot of men going into situations and countries talking time to tell women and other countries about gender equality and how they should run. it's not a good situation oh no and that's just one part of that i mean look at the end of the day when you really look at the violence begets violence you know the security status here is as now has not been reined in lives in years it's been completely out of control since nine eleven if not since the big john kennedy got killed and you know it's just been raging and raging and raging and one of the aspects of that when you're running this empire you know this invisible empire you're invading and doing all of these horrible things over the name of the flood. you're going to create an atmosphere that's not going

u.s. military, state department has whitewashed this issue. their position has been that they are part of the official government. ne of these organizations is listed as a foreign terrorist organization. all of the key groups in the popular mobilization forces, all of the largest militias, the most influential, powerful that have been at the forefront of the iraqi offenses in every major city in iraq are all hostile to the u.s. several of their leaders are listed as global terrorists. some of them has openly stated, if the supreme leader orders me to overthrow the iraqi government, i will do that. they have made threats against the united states, said they would target the united states, if ordered to do so by khomeini. as you said, solo money has even been identified as an advisor to the iraqi prime minister. you have a problem inside of iraq. open the doorss for iranian influences to flood in. when i was embedded in iraq and was among senior iraqi military officers who by all accounts were loyal to the iraqi government, they predicted a u.s.

u.s. military intelligence. the u.s.al representative for north korea policy says he doesn't know what's going on inside the regime's effort to build weapons that could attack the u.s. >> i would hope that they would stop forever, you know, but we've had no communications from them. so i don't know whether to interpret it positive or not. >> some u.s. officials say the north korean pause in weapons testing may be due to pressure from china, but defense secretary james mattis possibly sending a new signal to pyongyang that there is a way out of the crisis short of the demand for the complete denuclearization of north korea that president trump has called for. mattis telling reporters as long as they stop testing, stop developing, they don't export the weapons, there would be opportunity for talks. after secretary of state rex tillerson in september suggested talks with north korea, president trump appeared to undermine him, tweeting i told rex tillerson, our wonderful secretary of state, that he is wasting his time trying

u.s. military or any military you take a sacred oath that you're going to serve and fight for your country and necessary die to protect a way of life one that you believe in i am an american soldier i'm a warrior and a member of a team. that will never accept defeat. at least i will never win i'll never leave a fallen comrade it's the complete opposite in a private military world you look at the budget first the loyalty of these companies and these business men and change depending on market forces. we operate in the world's challenging complex emerging markets the middle east is absolutely the core for other business today. the sooner we can are in palin we perform and do the right thing on. this industry is not just what you see is what you get. when you see a company you don't know exactly who's working for them they hire and they sometimes create what we call subs sub contractors. there's been commanders in afghanistan who just simply say we don't know who the subs of the subs subs are. so you have all these like layers of a contract. a level of quality control starts to fade quickly t

u.s. has released a series of new videos of its military operations in the country. the footage shows american aircraft dropping phosphorous bombs and napalm during the bombing campaign in northern vietnam the videos were filmed in one thousand nine hundred sixty five the same year the us formally introduced combat troops there. during the vietnam war american america face criticisms criticism for its use of chemical and biological weapons but vietnam also became a testing ground for other sorts of weapons. was. the kurds or people repel or produce the food affects of wandering soul in which haunting sounds said to represent the souls of dead were played in order to protect the superstitious snipers. her. a former nurse in germany could turn out to be the country's worst post-war serial killer recent toxicology tests revealed more than one hundred of his patients have been poisoned you know all over as the details it was a drug to patients in his care over a six year period in the hope of being able to bring them back and being seen as some kind of reviving angel he

u.s. military would be able to handle a major war. it would take the entire military to do that. we have looked at historically is america and a major conflict about every 15 to 20 years. it always happens by clockwork since the u.s. civil war. they believe the trend will continue. in terms of readiness, the capability of the equipment the military has, training, etc., they will largely be able to defend u.s. security interests. host: we are joined by dakota wood from the heritage foundation who is here to talk about their assessment of u.s. military readiness. democrats can call (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. we also have a line if you are active or retired military. you can call (202) 748-8003. this report broke down different aspects of the military. one is the operating environment. you broke that done regionally according to where the troops are stationed. you said in europe is overall favorable. according to this chart in your report, when it comes to the middle east mostly moderate except for political stability which is listed a

military bases in syria. this has stoked fierce in the u.s. riyad where they have a coalition to to check iranian influence. analysts see tehran building right up to the israeli border. >> i think we're setting ourselves up for a major israeli-iranian war unless the united states can definitely a strategy to begin blocking this very rapid and -- and historic expansion of iranian power into iran. >> the proxy has gotten so much influence had lebanon. they have fought saudi coalition and forces backed by iran have with the aid of the central government in baghdad seized control of the oil rich city of kirkuk and transferred 15,000 barrels of oil per day. kirkuk helped against isis aggression in 2017. >> there was a change of direction in washington but not as much as they wanted. >> saudi crown prince has consolidated control in his own country and quietly strengthened intelligence sharing with israel. as a sign of the alliance, saudi arabia pronounced two weeks ago that killing jews and fighting against israel are inappropriate for muslims. >>

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u.s. military base. in september the u.n. imposed yet another round of sanctions on north korea including caps on oil supplies washington hopes that will knock out the north's nuclear program the prospects for a diplomatic solution do not look good the escalating the north korean crisis will be the biggest challenge of donald trump's asian trip. let's go back to bus and heartache in seoul so bust an escalating rhetoric and also actions but at the same time the u.s. president has indicated he might be willing to meet kim jong un at some point is the trump kim meeting really a possibility. you know that's the kind of ambiguous rhetoric that there were used to from donald trump really you know on the one hand he ridicules the north korean leader and on the other hand he invites a pretty hard but to be fair i mean at the moment there's no indication whatsoever that there much that there might be any that those talks might be forthcoming anytime soon on the contrary but relations seem as i see as they've ever been so i mean that w

u.s. military steps up its efforts to militarize space splashing the cash a new orbital warfare capability use. and unexploded rocket this filmed on the streets of yemen's capital just a day after saudi led airstrikes hit the defense ministry there. this is our to international coming to life from the russian capital i'm jacqui thanks for joining us this hour. massive crowds have turned out to protest in barcelona demanding the release of catalonia is jailed former leaders the demonstration was held in catalonia as national day and attracted a whopping seven hundred fifty thousand people. hate. me over. the rally was led by relatives of the politicians jailed by madrid for the role they played in the region's independence referendum last month speakers read out letters some of these politicians wrote from prison earlier the region's declaration of independence was formally unveiled by in madrid. local journalist evil has been following the protests for us hundred thousand people today gathered in barcelona to demand their release of political prisoners they came from all over the cut along

u.s. military which is the world's largest employer the bird. my heart already i know i want to hurt not the peace corps by the way it's not you know this is the it's not a charity it's not a company that does good for things like every look at it bombs bombs and violence so here we have the u.s. military which is the world's largest employer in the world and only about fifteen percent of its one point three million active duty workforce is women while there is none of them if you don't have women as diplomats there i'm sorry but other countries have don't have such gender disparity in their diplomatic role so what you have is a lot of men going into situations and countries talking time to tell women and other countries about gender equality and how they should run in fact it's not a good situation and that's just one part of that i mean look at the end of the day when you really look at the violence begets violence you know the security state here is as not has not been reined in leaders in years it's been completely out of control since nine

u.s. military companies. and also he got the japanese government to agree to impose unilateral sanctions on north korea so on two of things that he cares about trade as well as north korea he has one in japan already what is interesting is that the next stops south korea will not go as smoothly as it has in japan there are many more contentious issues and south korea and particular is very wary of mr trump's. rhetoric in the recent months and his belittling of the south korean president mr moon in by calling him an appeaser relict visa vi into korean relations south korea's relations with north korea so he has still a long long way to travel in asia and then of course he will round out his trip with his new buddy mr du tear today in the philippines so he's starting out with a good friend and he wants to end on a good note in a country where someone who basically is like a fog is running the country so interesting book and james dorsey what do you make of this trip the duration and the ultimate aim here. i wou

u.s. military steps up its efforts to militarize space washing the cash on new orbital where warfare capability. and unexploded rocket is filmed on the streets of yemen's capital just a day after saudi led airstrikes hit the defense ministry there. a warm welcome to the program you're watching our to international coming to you live from moscow with me. massive crowds have turned out to protest in barcelona demanding the release of catalonia jailed former leaders the demonstration was held in catalonia as national day attracting i walking seven hundred fifty thousand people. thing. thing thing the rally was led by relatives of the police politicians who were jailed by madrid for their role in the region's independence referendum last month speakers at the stage read out letters some of the politicians wrote from prisons earlier the region's decade. ration of independence was formally unveiled by madrid local journalist evil we know it can chin sky has been following the protests for us hundred thousand people today gathered in barcelona to demand their release of political prisoners they came f