u.s. state department correspondent roslyn jordan has more now from washington d.c. . because of the state department's designation east while honey is personal finances if he has any in the united states will be seens to he won't have access to them he also would never be able to get a travel permit to come to the united states u.s. persons would also be banned and face possible prosecution if they provide any financial support to honey speight partment coordinator for counterterrorism nathan sales was in tel aviv on wednesday where he made the announcement about one of the reasons why honey a is being sanctioned now and here is the president a hamas political bureau is also closely tied to the group's terrorist operations including attacks on israeli citizens and he has been a member of hamas and the one nine hundred eighty s. and he rose through the ranks in large part but continually championing terrorism against israel the u.s. typically does not telegraph ahead of time whether it's going to put someone or an entity on this special list and that's because it wants

u.s. it seems have been sending mixed messages about the force they're planning in syria with the pentagon saying one thing and the state department saying something very different pentagon correspondent jamie has more. the long term goals of u.s. policy in syria have been a bit muddled but the secretary of state rex tillerson is trying to make one point crystal clear u.s. forces are not leaving the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge. our military mission in syria will remain conditions based its main focus training a local force but that has enraged turkey who see those they are teaching y p g fighters as a grave threat to their security turkey says that is why its forces are massing at the border prompting this warning from the u.s. we would call on certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort here's what caused the concern this statement from the u.s. military writing quote the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force the same it repeatedly refers to training a border se

u.s. state department this doesn't nation says that. and i'm quoting now is the leader and president of the political bureau of hamas going on to say that he has close links with hamas is military wing and has been a proponent of armed struggle including against civilians continuing to quote he has been involved in terrorist attacks against israeli citizens hamas has been responsible for an estimated seventeen american lives killed in terrorist attacks so what this means barbara is that his financial assets are going to be frozen there will be a travel ban imposed on him and this possibly makes it to perhaps easier for the u.s. justice department to try to bring him to trial for his alleged role in the deaths of these seventeen americans the designation only comes after a considerable review among the various u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies and the designation again does raise the possibility of prosecution if it is smile honey if a case could in fact be put together and is this a surprise that we know that this was going

u.s. state department designates hamas leader ismail haniyeh a global terrorist and announce sanctions against him. this is the e.u. steps up with an extra fifty three million dollars of aid for palestine after the u.s. decision to withhold funding. and i'm glad this is al jazeera live from london also coming up in the program donald trump signs an order to keep the guantanamo bay prison camp open and possibly send i still faces that. judge says usa gymnastics dog larry nasir is non-dangerous of sexually abused two hundred sixty five. and a triple treat for stargazers as parts of the sea a blue moon a super moon and a total lunar eclipse all rolled into one. so the u.s. state department has designated the political leader of hamas it's not a global terrorist and has slapped sanctions on him it means any u.s. based assets he holds will now be frozen amasses the palestinian faction which is de facto ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and seven it's already considered a terror organization by the united states of the hamas officials have also been added to the list. this is not. just for a b

u.s. just cut in half the amount it was supposed to give to relief for refugees. the state department says the move is aimed at reforming the human agency and encouraging other states to share the burden. devastatinghave repercussions for hundreds of thousands of people. the u.s. state department notified the united nations released and works agency's that it will withhold $65 million in aid for palestinians. the u.s. state department the state department spokesperson denied the decision was taken in retaliation for palestinian opposition to trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel'l's capital. >> its money that's being frozen at this time. it's not being canceled. it's just being held for future consideration. one of the things the united states would like to do is see some revisions made and how it operates. >> early in january donald trump questioned the utility of providing aid to palestinians. nikki haley had suggested a total freeze of u.s. aid. provide $60 will aid out of a planned 100 25 million. a palestinian official has said the budget cut could generate further in

u.s. state department coordinating with the spokes first and for hillary clinton who was then secretary of state back in two thousand and ten when the cable gate scandal was going on now you'll remember cable gate that was you know two thousand and ten to twenty eleven wiki leaks was releasing diplomatic cables from the u.s. state department showing malpractise all kinds of scandalous things well according to wiki leaks at this point they are revealing that apparently scott shane of the new york times actually handed over the schedule of the planned documents released from wiki leaks to the state department and then this gave them in some cases up to nine days to prepare for the release of documents to create distractions to spin and to just weaken the overall impact of the cables that were being released now wiki leaks has accused scott shane of the new york times of betraying them let's take a listen to the exchange between wiki leaks and scott shame this is known since check with the wiki leaks volunteers who would turn this project you live in wiki leaks created an online reduction eng

u.s. state department in the u.s. treasury will not be targeting russia itself but rather entities companies and countries around the world that do business with russia's defense or intelligence sectors interesting stuff caleb maupin in new york thank you. now islamic state says it carried out monday's attack on a military academy in the afghan capital kabul killing eleven servicemen and injuring sixteen local journalist bill also ari reports there were five suicide attackers two of them killed by afghan national security forces and another two of them did renewed that explosives and one of them was detained sue said jack had a rocket propelled grenade in for forty seven's were seized the. almost two about four hours residence in that area reported hearing loud explosions there was the use of having small weapons so the fact that these militant groups can't really strike could well in target these key military institutions as well.

u.s. state department has praised the outcome of the first high level talks between north and south korea and more than two here. the two nations agreed to hold military talks but pyongyang's nuclear ambitions are off the table it's delegation says its nuclear weapons problem for the south and i aimed solely at the u.s. foreign fluey reports from seoul. until recently north koreans refused to even pick up the phone when south koreans called the border hotline so it was significant to see reese on who's in charge of into korean relations for the north korean government stepping over the border into the south he led a five member team of high ranking diplomats into a meeting with a south korean counterpart in what's known as the truce village at panmunjom. our talks resume after north and south korean ties have been severed for a long time but i believe the first step is have the journey. believe we came to this meeting with a serious and sincere attitude and with the thought of giving our brethren who have high hopes for this dialogue in valuable results as the first gift of the year on th

u.s. state department correspondent robin jordan has more now from washington d.c. . because of the state department's designation east while honey is personal finances if he has any in the united states will be seens to he won't have access to them he also would never be able to get a travel permit to come to the united states u.s. persons would also be banned and face possible prosecution if they provide any financial support to honey speight apartment's coordinator for counterterrorism nathan sales was in tel aviv on wednesday where he made the announcement about one of the reasons why honey a is being sanctioned now and here is the president of hamas political bureau is also closely tied to the group's terrorist operations including attacks on israeli citizens and he has been a member of hamas and the one nine hundred eighty s. and he rose through the ranks in large part continually championing terrorism against israel the u.s. typically does not telegraph ahead of time whether it's going to put someone or an entity on this special list and that's because it wants

u.s. state department has put israel has the political leader of hamas on the terror list how mass is the palestinian faction which has the factor ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and seven where in a moment we are going to have reaction from palestine where imran khan is standing by for us in ramallah first though let's get the latest from roslyn jordan who's in washington d.c. you were also in tell us a little bit more about this u.s. announcement. well it comes just about a month or so after is my honey a called for a new into fodder or uprising in israel in response to the u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel though state department officials are not saying that is exactly the reason why they made this designation they do note that he has been involved in the planning and execution of attacks against both israeli citizens and at least seventeen american citizens and so what this does is basically puts a freeze on his personal assets it basically outlaws any financial support from u.s. persons for israel honey and it could set up

u.s. state department is working with the local authorities to identify the victims. austria's new chancellor says that he used migrant relocation quotas are not helping solve the refugee crisis sebastian kurtz believes the problem should be handled in the migrants home countries migrants who cecile for europe don't want to go to bulgaria are hungry they want to go to germany austria sweden they should be held in safe areas in their own continent the e.u. should support lance perhaps even organize it and back it militarily well there have been similar calls in the past from other european leaders last month french president manual proposed military action to help and people trafficking in libya. from the damascus center of strategic studies believes such an approach is deeply flawed. to send european troops or european armies to protect these. virtual slave zones i think it's not practical in first of all these armies would be involved in the internal affairs of this country and their reaction from the law people will be may be negatively they will lose a lot of. sold

u.s. state department's counterterrorism advisor or coordinator happens to be in tel aviv on wednesday and at the end of his remarks at a security conference dealing with counterterrorism he announced that the u.s. government was imposing these sanctions against is nia himself financial sanctions and a travel ban because of his comments calling for that uprising in december as well as for his alleged involvement in the deaths of some eleven americans allegedly at the hand of hamas doesn't join in with the latest there from washington d.c. roles thank you and now let's go to ramallah in the occupied west bank and speak to al-jazeera as imran khan so in mine the story broke about what two hours ago now still very early but have we had any official reaction from hamas itself so far that's absolutely right we have had now official reaction from hamas two different sources actually both issuing strong but dismissive statements about the us is the mouse spokesman it says is not going to deter us from being a legitimate resistance movement and we've also heard from mahmoud zahar a senior hamas le

u.s. state department is urging turkey not to invade africa in syria forces are massing on the border on the preparing action against the kurdish why p.g. turkey considers the y p g a terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u.s. elsewhere in syria seventy dekker has more from him tucker. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa and thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkey's aggression how the party and that's the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. but we came here to protest against the attacks on offering we will stand by a free and outreach why p.g. . thirteen is one of three autonomy as kurdish enclaves controlled by the syrian kurdish p why do party and its armed when the y p g turkey sees the y.p. g. as an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k

u.s. state department and this new york times journalist if one looks over the words and the reporting done by scott shane in november four out of ten of his articles were about the issue of allegations of trumped russia collusion however there seems to be quite a record of collusion here between hillary clinton and the press if one looks over the fact that glenn thrush a reporter for politico is actually sending his articles to the clinton campaign for approval before they were published has been hired by the new york times and so there seems to be quite a bit of collusion going on between hillary clinton and the press there's ample evidence of that extensive evidence in the wiki leaks predestiny e-mails talking back and forth the you know the friendly journalist list that's referred to now it's virtually i think impossible to control it because you've got so many elements you've got to trump administration seated now with trump people in most of the key jobs you've got you've got now i think a newly energized maybe not mainstream press but independent journalist press going at this diggin

u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said that the entire issue has been mis portrayed and misdescribed the u.s. state department has this to say is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to commit forces because the people that took that.

u.s. state department has designated the political leader of hamas this money or a global terrorist and slap sanctions on him it means any u.s. based assets he holds will now be frozen amasses the palestinian faction which is a de facto ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and seven is already considered a terror organization by the united states of the hamas officials have also been added to the list. and here is the president of hamas political bureau is also closely tied to the group's terrorist operations including attacks on israeli citizens and he has been a member of hamas and the one nine hundred eighty s. and he rose through the ranks in large part but continually championing terrorism against israel and he has calls for a renewed into fatah just last month underscore how important today's designation is we will not be distracted by hamas as efforts to obscure its true and bloody nature well how mass rejects the justifications given for the u.s. move. that is it is not we are not that is that is forbidden. now religion is for this reason we are considering this statement of is th

u.s. state department has put israel and the political leader of hamas on the terror list how mass is the palestinian faction which has the factor ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and seven we're in a moment we are going to have reaction from palestine where imran khan is standing by.

states petro poroshenko tweeted that ukraine's military budget is increasing to a record three billion dollars and that the u.s. weapons will be bolstered by locally produced hardware the u.s. state department announced earlier that it supplies will include javelin antitank missiles which are considered to be among the my. deadly ever designed well the war in ukraine did start in twenty fourteen after an armed can oppose the government but it met with resistance from the pro russian east of the country leading to the region's entering armed conflict against government troops more than ten thousand people from both sides have been killed in the conflict according to the un antiwar campaigner richard becker thinks washington's arms sales have nothing to do with bringing peace. the aim here on the part of the u.s. government remains that it has had for several years and that is to a carriage ukraine not only to the european community which the u.s. doesn't care that much about but to bring the ukraine into nato as well which would pose a very great threat to russia if that were to take place considering that the i'm going to express from washington. and from nato headquarters is so prevalent s

u.s. state department headed up by hillary clinton was among the u.s. es that had to sign off on the deal. the state department says hillary clinton had no part in the approval, but her critics point out that people associated with uranium one donated millions of dollars to the clinton foundation. additionally a russian investment bank with links to uranium one and the transaction paid bill clinton $500,000 for a speech in moscow. here's president of the judicial conservative watch on "fox and friends" this morning. >> there's tens of millions that were laundered through the russia -- laundered by russia into the clinton operation that needs to be thoroughly investigated in order for the american people to be rest-assured that our uranium industry hasn't been compromised. >> we also learned last week that for several months the fbi office in little rock, arkansas, has been investigating clinton foundation activities, a clinton spokes american said they're efforts by the trump administration to divert the robert mueller special counsel. >> martha: trace,

u.s. state department has urged the turkey not to take military action against the kurdish controlled enclave inside syria there due to launch an operation in the town of three in the kurdish controlled district in the north of the country. we would call on certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort we want everyone there to keep their eye on go back to something i said we were talking about iraq in the referendum to keep their eye on the ball and the focus needs to be on isis so we don't want them to gauge and violence but we want them to keep focused on isis. well turkey is not threatening the main area controlled by the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces in the north east of the country but it has said it will attack the clave around the city of a free well a frame is held by kurdish why fighters who dominates the syrian democratic forces russia also has forces in the area and turkey is actively seeking support in its planned offensive seventy dekker reports from an taqiyya on the turkish side of the border where turkish tanks have been massing this week. the turkish arm

u.s. state department is urging turkey not to take military action in africa in northern syria turkish forces are massing on the border and they're threatening to attack the kurdish why p.g. turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u.s. elsewhere in syria. we would call on certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort we want everyone there to keep their eye i'll go back to something i said we were talking about iraq in the referendum to keep their eye on the ball and the focus needs to be on isis so we don't want them to gauge and violence but we want them to keep focused on isis stephanie decker has more from talking. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area of african for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa and thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkey's aggression how the wealthy and that's the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especial

u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said that the entire issue has been mis portrayed and mis described the u.s. state department has this to say is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to commit forces because the people that took that long we see just disappearing i wouldn't i would have to refer you to the department of defense on that i think they. we're clear in the statement that they put out so let me just refer you to them on that. part but i'm asking about wilson's comments yesterday we said there's no for the security forces and that's not what it is like i have to refer you to the turkish government about what they became so concerned about and the fact that somebody misspoke and i'm not going to name any names and neither is the secretary but somebody clearly just misstated their policy it's as simple as that the situation is extremely tense on the ground and it has the possibility of igniting into something much bigger so i think what it does show us is that words have the potential to ignite a potential war. i came back to our breaking news we cannot discuss the story with our g

u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said that the entire issue has been mis portrayed and misdescribed the u.s. state department has this to say is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to commit forces there because the people that took that long we see just being oh i wouldn't i would have to refer you to the department of defense on that i think they. we're clear in the statement that they put out so let me just refer you to them on that. part but i'm asking about closing comments yesterday we said there's no orders to be ready for just that's not what it is like i have to refer you to the turkish government about what they became so concerned about and the fact that somebody misspoke and i'm not going to name any names and neither is the secretary but somebody clearly just misstated their policy it's as simple as that the situation is extremely tense on the ground and it has the possibility of igniting into something much bigger so that what it does so us is that would have the potential to ignite a potential war with. we discussed the latest tensions between the u.s. and turkey with inte

u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said that the entire issue has been mis portrayed and mr scribed the u.s. state department has this to say is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to come up with a force because the people that did that long or is it just just feeling ok now i would have i would have to refer you to the department of defense on that i think they were clear in the statement that they put out so let me just refer you to them on that. part but i'm asking about mr thomas yesterday we said there's no or the security forces that's not what it is like i don't have to refer you to the turkish government about what they became so concerned about and the fact that somebody misspoke and i'm not going to name any names or neither is the secretary but somebody clearly just misstated their policy it's as simple as that the situation is extremely tense on the ground and it has the possibility of igniting into something much bigger so i think what it does show us is that words have the potential to ignite a potential war as we discuss the latest tensions between the u.s. and turkey wit

u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said that the entire issue has been mis portrayed and misdescribed the u.s. state department has this to say is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to commit forces because the people that took that long we see just just feeling ok. i would have i would have to refer you to the department of defense on that i think they were clear in the statement that they put out so let me just refer you to them on that. part but i'm asking about closing comments yesterday we said there's no order you're ready for just that's not what it is like i have to refer you to the turkish government about what they became so concerned about and the fact that somebody misspoke and i'm not going to name any names and neither is the secretary but somebody clearly just misstated their policy it's as simple as that the situation is extremely tense on the ground and it has the possibility of igniting into something much bigger so i think what it does so us is that would have the potential to ignite a potential war with. the situation around syria was one of the issues the russian fore

u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said that the entire issue has been mis portrayed and mistress. the u.s. state department has this to say is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to come up with a force of thirty thousand people that that's long or is he just disputing i would have i would have to refer you to the department of defense on that i think they were clear in the statement that they put out so let me just refer you to them on that. but i'm asking about comments yesterday we said there's no for the security forces and that's not what it is like i have to refer you to the turkish government about what they became so concerned about and the fact that somebody misspoke and i'm not going to name any names and neither is the secretary but somebody clearly just misstated their policy it's as simple as that the situation is extremely tense on the ground and it has the possibility of igniting into something much bigger so i think what it does show us is that words have the potential to ignite a potential war. situation around syria was one of the issues the russian foreign minister a

do you say to them when we see reports that 60% of the state department's top ranking career diplomats have left? >> i don't say much about the u.s. state department when i'm overseas. i don't represent the state department or know. >> surely people must ask you what's going on. >> they tell me, because they observe themselves, they say that their colleagues are disspirited. there is no ambassador in this place or that. they have not been able to get a meeting with anybody in the u.s. government in the state department to discuss a matter of diplomatic consequence. i know from my colleagues who have served in the state department, including at the highest levels there, that they are worried about the brain drain here. remember, you accumulate in the course of a state department career, very deep knowledge of many parts of the world. you know people. you know how -- and you can work america's interests because you know a place and you know the people. we have interests that we need served, and we need professionals who can do it. you know, my wife always says when somebody says, well, we don't need washington people, she always sa

u.s. state department has described what is happening in northern syria as a shame. people now have to flee an area that was previously considered pretty stable i mean what a shame that is think about all that this country has been through and now we're looking at another destruction in northwestern syria because turkey has taken its eye off the ball isis and going after the p.k. at this time. the weapons have been provided to the white b.g. by the united states the promises which have never been kept by united states since man beach lately trump statements saying that we won't give any weapons to y p g anymore even as he was saying that we are not giving in last night's telephone conversation created a trust crisis however the phone call between the turkish and american presidents mentioned by anxious foreign minister there has been think differently by the two countries president trump relayed concerns the escalating violence in africa syria risks undercutting our shared goals in syria here to turkey to deescalate limited military actions and avoid civilian casualt

u.s. state department has commented on the situation. people now have to flee an area that was previously considered pretty stable i mean what a shame that is think about all that this country has been through and now we're looking at another destruction in northwestern syria because turkey has taken its eye off the ball isis and going after the p.k. at this time. the weapons have been provided to the white b.g. by the united states the americans haven't kept their promise since man big lately trump statement saying that they won't give any weapons to the white p.g. anymore and then saying that we are not giving them any during last night's telephone conversation have created a crisis of trust. a phone call mentioned there by turkey's foreign minister has also been a source of tension with ankara claiming what was discussed has been misrepresented by washington president trump relayed concerns the escalating violence in africa syria risks undercutting i shared goals in syria here to turkey to deescalate limited military actions and avoid

u.s. state department is urging turkey not to invade in syria turkish forces on.

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u.s. state department is urging turkey not to invade in syria turkish forces are massing on the border in preparation for action against the kurdish y.p. jeanne stephanie decker has more from attacking. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present to one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkey's aggression how the party and i think the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. you know we came here to protest against the attacks on offering we will stand by a free and outreach to why p.g. . thirteen is one of three autonomy's kurdish enclaves controlled by the syrian kurdish p why do party and its armed when the y p g turkey sees the y.p. g. as an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the us in europe consider a terrorist organization but the white p.g. ha

u.s. state department says the decision is aimed at encouraging other countries to also provide aid to the palestinians this is not aimed at punishing anyone the united states government and the trumpet ministration believe that there should be more so-called burden sharing to go around the world health organization is warning a defeat outbreak in yemen is spreading quickly almost seven hundred people have now been affected forty eight have died from the disease in the past four months and the french president is calling on the u.k. to do more about refugees and migrants trying to make it to britain via emanuel who has met some of them in the port city says he would discuss the issue with the british prime minister to resume a on thursday well those are the headlines the news continues here on al jazeera after. a year in power america's controversy president continues to polarize opinion. in a week of special reports al-jazeera examines pact at home and around the globe. donald trump's first year on al-jazeera. architect has always defined the human world from the simplest structure is to

u.s. state department says it is closely following the situation in iran and also condemned any arrests and claim that the protests are peaceful however the latest pictures coming out of iran seem to suggest otherwise and this video obtained by our video agency roughly you can see a police station being torched so far we have no information on possible injuries and back in june the u.s. secretary of state made it clear though and washington is willing to support people resisting the iranian government. our policy towards iran is to push back on the show germany contain their ability to develop obviously nuclear weapons and to work toward support of those elements inside of iran that would lead to a peaceful transition of that government those elements are there surely as we know what they are looking for is the legitimizing the iranian politics the iranian stablish mina's well as iran regional military build up and presence in syria in iraq and elsewhere in order to impose further sanctions on the country and also in order to deliver them. why is the iranian policies on the international sc

u.s. state department issued a rather measured statement to the farm a spokesperson said turkey should ensure its military operations were limited in time and scope that's after the turkish president earlier accused our allies of providing military support to the kurds with washington first and foremost in the line of fire has more the technician president added one has come out with guns blazing and some pretty harsh rhetoric for the trump administration.

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u.s. state department philip crowley when hillary clinton was secretary of state now if you'll remember back in two thousand and ten in two thousand and eleven there was cable gate wiki leaks was releasing a number of diplomatic cables from the united states now according to this e-mail and according to wiki leaks it seems like shame scott forwarded the schedule of when these cables would be released giving the state department time to prepare and minimize the damage what has accused chain scott of essentially betraying them this is this is the exchange between shane scott of the new york times and wiki leaks this is known since check with the wiki leaks volunteers who would turn this project we can leaks agreed on a consultation with the state department wiki leaks agreed to pose questions to the u.s. government forty eight hours prior to publication the new york times pushed for four days wiki leaks subjected the motion as the new york times betraying the entire day by day thematically publication plan to secretary clinton spokesman p.j. crowley not asking questions. now one of the most fa

states and turkey the turkish government has urged the u.s. to stop bombing the kurdish forces in northern syria or risk armed confrontation but the u.s. state department is pointing the finger at ancora accusing it of destabilizing the region with its offensives against the kurds people now have to flee an area that was previously considered pretty stable and what a shame that is think about all that this country has been through and now we're looking at another destruction in northwestern syria. because turkey has taken its eye off the ball isis and going after the p.k. at this time and i mean any of the weapons have been provided to the wiping the united states the americans haven't kept their promise since man page lately trump statement saying that they won't give any weapons to the white genie now and then saying that we are not giving them any during last night's telephone conversation and created a crisis of trust. well that telephone call mentioned by turkey's foreign minister has also become a source of dispute washington have given different accounts of what was actually discussed president trump relayed concerns the escalating violence in a

u.s. state department. said you reached out to them. >> so far we've not received a formal response from the state department. keep in mind, things have been moving quickly throughout the day since the news broke yesterday. we're hoping between tonight and tomorrow there may be a formal response as from the state department as to what exactly what was said. >> woodruff: you feel you don't have clarity on exactly what the president said or you do? >> we know, unfortunately, something was said about haiti and a group of other countries. again, we condemn the statements and the unfortunate things that were said, especially on this special occasion. here i am sitting here today talking to you about some regrettable statement when haiti the mourning, it's actually commemorating the earthquake that happened back in 2010. >> woodruff: and this is the anniversary of it happening. >> exactly, on the exact date, 300,000 people lost their lives. >> woodruff: 300,000 people. mr. ambassador, several people have reported

u.s. state department and this new york times journalist if one looks over the words and the reporting done by scott shane in november four out of ten of his articles were about the issue of allegations of trumped russia collusion however there seems to be quite a record of collusion here between hillary clinton and the press if one looks over the fact that glenn thrush a reporter for politico is actually sending his articles to the clinton campaign for approval before they were published has been hired by the new york times and so there seems to be quite a bit of collusion going on between hillary clinton and the press there's ample evidence of that extensive evidence in the wiki leaks predestiny e-mails talking back and forth the you know the friendly journalist list that's referred to now it's virtually i think impossible to control it because you've got so many elements you've got to trump administration seated now with trump people in most of the key jobs you've got you've got now i think a newly energized maybe not mainstream press but independent journalist press going at this diggin

u.s. state department has praised the outcome of the first high level talks between north and south korea and more than two hears the two nations agree to hold when the trade talks but pyongyang's nuclear ambitions remain off the table. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has blamed western powers for the country's recent protests he says iran's enemies took advantage of economic problems to try to destabilize the government police in tennessee as capital had fired tear gas at demonstrators who stormed a supermarket during an anti-government protest demonstrations against planned tax and price hikes began on monday with rallies in more than ten towns all analyst he says the protests are signs that the government must take action to address people's concerns with. the tax increases in the new budget coming to be now and this is going to a lot of people nervous and. upset their country we see kind of including the arab spring which number one for the people itself carries worries also for extra investors carries that same old view of the little east of trouble not a safe place to i