u.s. treasury department said interior ministers played leading roles in the rest and detention of pastor rew brunson. erdogan has said he will not bow an evangelistls and sign his mentality in the u.s.. the trump administration has confirmed that it has decided to whether to increase tariffs on chinese goods. asked thetrump has trade representative to consider hiking the duties which could be implemented as early as next month. the move to more than doubled a proposed tariffs may inflame already heightened tensions between the world's two largest economies. global news, 24 hours a day, on-air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . a lot happening here in asian markets. we been tracking the big selloff in the chinese and hong kong markets on the back of these trade war spirit the csi 300 down 3% in late afternoon trade. the index of small caps looking like it's going to close at its lowest since 2015. also watching what's happening in the bond space. we heard moments ag

u.s. treasury department announced it has frozen millions of dollars worth of russian sets let's get through some about with recount or worse than d.c. correspondent hi there samir it's hard to keep up with the rate of sanction washington is imposing at the moment what do we know about the latest statement from the treasury well lucky for you they did release a statement and they explained its decision saying that russia is a major threat to u.s. national security listing a number of reasons occupation of crimea b. one attempt to subvert western democracies amongst other things but the statement also reiterated how effective it sanctions were check out what was said. the bread and brazenness of russia's malign conduct demands a firm and vigorous response our actions are imposing an unprecedented level of financial pressure on those supporting the kremlin's malign agenda and on the sectors of the russian economy though russia's malign activities continue its adventurism undoubtedly has been checked by the knowledge that we can bring even more economic pain to bear using our powerful range of

u.s. treasury department and china's finance ministry the chinese side insists that it was the united states that invited china to take part in these talks but president donald trump or said he doesn't believe these negotiations will achieve very much of more concern to china right now is the fact that the u.s. trade representative's office is currently hearing arguments for and against allowing the united states to impose additional tariffs on some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods if that were to happen it would hurt not just china but also the u.s. consumer because it would involve products such as parts for bicycles that sort of stuff every day consumer items here in china no sign of panic so far as we enter the second month of this trade dispute chinese consumers though are starting to spend less there are signs that the consumers are a tightening their belts on the horizon they see an economy in china that is slowing and they also see another red flag debt that debt pile is getting bigger because china's government is doing what it always does a times like this turning

u.s. treasury department and china's finance ministry the chinese side insists that it was the united states that invited china to take part in these talks but president donald trump or said he doesn't believe these negotiations will achieve very much of more concern to china right now is the fact that the u.s. trade representative's office is currently hearing arguments for and against allowing the united states to impose additional tariffs on some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods if that were to happen it would hurt not just china but also the u.s. consumer because it would involve products such as bridal grounds parts for bicycles the sort of stuff every day consumer items here in china no sign of panic so far as we enter the second month of this trade dispute chinese consumers though are starting to spend less there are signs that the consumers are a tightening their belts on the horizon they see an economy in china that is slowing and they also see another red flag debt that debt pile is getting bigger because china's government is doing what it always does a times lik

u.s. treasury department and china's finance ministry the chinese side insists that it was the united states that invited china to take part in these talks but president donald trump has said he doesn't believe these negotiations will achieve very much of more concern to china right now is the fact that the u.s. trade representative's office is currently hearing arguments for and against allowing the united states to impose additional tariffs on some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods if that were to happen it would hurt not just china but also the u.s. consumer because it would involve products such as parts for bicycles the sort of stuff every day consumer items here in china no sign of panic so far as we enter the second month of this trade dispute chinese consumers though are starting to spend less there are signs that the consumers are a tightening their belts on the horizon they see an economy in china that is slowing and they also see another red flag debt that debt pile is getting bigger because china's government is doing what it always does a times like this turning

u.s. treasury department on moscow on tuesday calling them counterproductive rather were put in his remarks came in during a joint news conference with the president of finland in sochi because it's a song regarding the sanctions those actions are counterproductive and meaningless especially when it comes to a country like russia it's not just about the u.s. president's position it's about the position of the so-called establishment the ruling class in broader terms i hope the realisation that this policy has no future will come one day we will cooperate in a normal fashion. more sanctions against russia are expected to come into force later on wednesday they will focus on exports of american made electronics used in the aeronautical and space industries moscow says that the measures won't affect of the russian public. now in november moscow could face a further restriction described by a u.s. state department official as more draconian this could include more limits on trade and banking and cuts to diplomatic relations the measures under consideration may also ban russia's state airline fr

u.s. treasury department and china's finance ministry the chinese side insists that it was the united states that invited china to take part in these talks but president donald trump has said he doesn't believe these negotiations will achieve very much of more concern to china right now is the fact that the u.s. trade representative's office is currently hearing arguments for and against allowing the united states to impose additional tariffs on some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods if that were to happen it would hurt not just china but also the u.s. consumer because it would involve products such as bridal grounds parts for bicycles the sort of stuff every day consumer items here in china no sign of panic so far as we enter the second month of this trade dispute chinese consumers though are starting to spend less there are signs that the consumers are are tightening their belts on the horizon they see an economy in china that is slowing and they also see another red flag debt that debt pile is getting bigger because china's government is doing what it always does a times

u.s. . treasury department can't go after you i mean is that what the nato allies are supposed to be worried about from the united states now i mean this is a new dilemma that this coalition this lions is a facing go ahead mark. and i do remember when it was essential for you know with all who could move the u.s. attempt to prevent the export of the last question your program british companies taking both you know so the precedence the point is that in those. it was quite quickly the common interests and who rode the divisions no doubt about it whereas today we face the prospect from could be good wasn't in office who were going to this time he could be remembered and he continues with these policies he's really challenging the your pride and sense of self esteem in the one area where they feel like a group yes the e.u. is a geopolitical pygmy is that military but it is a trading superpower of germany or small the united states the us a lot of its forms of german in china for instance and so that countries like japan have an economic common interest in the why that world which trump is tryin

u.s. treasury department has recently done so then we're going to start to see the ratcheting up of pressure against man as government with this genocide. facebook has taken down pages linked to military officials in me and mark some of them are connected with the commander in chief of the armed forces in total accounts for twenty individuals and groups are to be removed it's the first time facebook's done something like this involving a country's leadership social media giants been criticized in the past for allowing hate speech against range of muslims on its site. the united states and mexico have a new deal on trade it will replace the original agreement set out in the north american free trade agreement known as nafta donald trump says he hopes canada is going to be part of it and the canadian foreign affairs minister is due in the u.s. on tuesday for trade talks white house correspondent kelly holcomb reports. frequently accusing the news media of not reporting on his accomplishments u.s. president donald trump brought reporters into the oval office. oh to listen in real time to a phon

u.s. treasury department and china's finance ministry. ugandan military prosecutors have dropped weapons charges against a jailed pop star turned politician who opposes the president but we wanted was due to face a military court on thursday his arrest prompted large and violent street protests parliament's deputy speaker says wine is a in a lot of pain after being beaten in jail the government denies the accusation. australia's prime minister malcolm turnbull says he'll propose a vote on his leadership on friday but only if a majority of his m.p.'s ask him to do so in a formal letter turnbull says if the motion is passed here will treat it as a vote of no confidence and won't stand as a kind of that he now really won a leadership challenge on tuesday and saudi arabia has denied a report that it's calling off plans to sell shares in its state oil company around reuters earlier quoted senior sources saying the flotation to be cancelled but saudi arabia's energy minister insisted it would happen when the time is right the plan to sell five

u.s. treasury department has recently done so then we're going to start to see the ratcheting up of pressure against man as government with this genocide. facebook has taken down pages linked to military officials and me whom are some of them are connected with the commander in chief of the armed forces in total accounts for twenty individuals and groups are to be removed it's the first time facebook has done something like this involving our country's leadership the social media giants been criticized in the past for allowing hate speech against two hundred muslims on that flight. the japanese government says north korea is still a serious threat and it hasn't started to remove its nuclear programs for weapons and research japan's been carrying out its annual review of its own military capability the report says japan needs to boost its domestic missile defense systems until changes are made by north korea u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un had agreed to work towards the denuclearization of the korean peninsula during a summit in june the united states and mexic

u.s. treasury department, the $1 trillion deficits coming up soon, then maybe you could see that. it is an open question of how big an impact supply has on the treasury yields overall. vonnie: if you look at this chart in the library, it is obvious how much the fed has in pushing out the shorter end of the curve but less they can do about the 10-year and out. >> you look at the difference in the five year treasury yield or the 10 year treasury yield in the fed funds rate. out a bit.ens as i point out, once you get to a certain level, you anticipate a lot more tightening. i think now, the market is saying the fed might go another two times this year, and maybe another time or three next year but how much further could they tighten and how much further could a 10 year yield stay above the fed funds rate before they about yieldalked curve inversion where the short rates see the long rates? a point to asks you about peerage us because we have had an economic cycle on an upswing for a long time, it doesn't necessarily mean there is a recession round the corner. one or two people are sta

u.s. treasury department.ll pay you a certain level of interest in return for you a sickly lending us for a particular term a bunch of money. going back to china. they took us through this process. for which the u.s. government pays interest. what the fed did was it decided to conjure this money in order to buy the bonds. they create debt for basically no reason. they are the brokers. it goes back to the fed. for which they paid interest to the banks. if you cancel all that out. you save a few trillion dollars. i ultimately didn't happen throughout the world. not in a russian voting sense but in terms of an actual collusive effort. to have it work in such a way that the major banks of the world can all benefit from having money rendered cheap. if it was just the fed that helped the u.s. banks in the fall of 2008. it would not had been enough to have our interest rates rendered 0%. and receiving interest for the bonds that they were getting. and receiving the subsidy of a four and had train dollars to continue

u.s. treasury department and china's finance ministry the chinese side insists that it was the united states that invited china to take part in these talks but president donald trump has said he doesn't believe these negotiations will achieve very much of more concern to china right now is the fact that the u.s. trade representative's office is currently hearing arguments for and against allowing the united states to impose additional tariffs on some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods if that were to happen it would hurt not just china but also the u.s. consumer because it would involve products such as bridal grounds parts for bicycles the sort of stuff every day consumer items here in china no sign of panic so far as we enter the second month of this trade dispute chinese consumers though are starting to spend less there are signs that the consumers are a tightening their belts on the horizon they see an economy in china that is slowing and they also see another red flag debt that debt pile is getting bigger because china's government is doing what it always does a times li

why do they come from the banks they are basically bonds that are created by the treasury department and effectively the u.s. treasury department saying. if left in a particular term for a bunch of money going back to china. it's which the u.s. government pays interest. with the fed did his decided to conjure the money in order to buy these bonds that they are were supposed to sell elsewhere so the treasury department creates debt for basically no reason which goes to the banks because they are the brokers that are supposed to use it for the rest of the world and investors and it goes back to which they pay interest to the banks. if you cancel all of that out, you save a few trillion dollars but that isn't what happened. it didn't happen throughout the world and this is one of the reasons i talk about the term collusion not any sort of russian voting sense but in terms of an actual effort between the fed and central banks of the world to have this process work in such a way that the major banks of the world can all benefit from having the money rendered cheap and having these subsidies and central banks cre

u.s. treasury department has already sanctioned three nicaraguan officials. these are actions taken since april 18. that is remarkable in terms of the international community reacting rapidly. luxembourg and another european country has also withheld donations to nicaragua as a result of the human rights abuses. that is good. maybe it means there is momentum for change in the country. what does the future tell us? your scenarios, ambassador. those are all possibilities. opposition has to learn from venezuela. it has to learn from the fragmented opposition from olivia. it has to learn -- from bolivia. it has to learn from these other instances of authoritarian leaders taking control of institutions and those oppositions confronting the leaders. often times, they are heterogeneous. there is very little to hold together besides the hatred for the medical leader. -- the political leader. is international community able to continue exercising pressure on nicaragua, it is hard to imagine ortega will be able to i remained his hold on power. a is not enjoy the limite

u.s. treasury department sanctioned a russian bank for working with north koreans. there's also reports that russia is importing labor. to that, nikki haley said in a statement "until we see the final fully verified denuclearization of north korea, there can be no easing of sanctions. talk is cheap. russia cannot support sanctions with their words in the security council only to violate them with their actions." also on the international front, the u.s. is pressuring turkey to release andrew brunson. he's an american pastor in turkey for the last two years. mike pompeo mid with the turkish foreign minister about this. he says the clock has run out on the government to release the pastor. they said "brunson needs to come home and all of the americans being held by the turkish government. they've been holding these folks for a long tear. they're innocent people." the turkish government arrested brunson a couple months after a failed coup attempt in 2016. this week the treasury department detained two officials because they have been detaining brunson for so long. >> t

u.s. treasury department says turkey's justice and interior ministers have played leading roles in the arrest and andrewon of pastor bronson. erdogan has said he will not bow to what he calls an evangelist and zionist mentality in the u.s. hastrump administration confirmed it is deciding whether to increase tariffs on 200 billion dollars of chinese goods. president donald trump has asked trade representative robert lighthizer to consider hiking the duty which could be them cemented as early as next month. the move to more than doubled the proposed tariffs means -- it may inflame higher tensions between the world's two largest economies. second quarter net income rose 9.3% of two 1.6 billion years -- euros earlier as the investment bank shows signs of emerging from the doldrums. they posted resilient earnings as income from financing deals climbed in trading topped estimates. it weathered a challenging environment in europe especially while benefiting from demand of prime services and volatility in rates and commodities. see a similar trend, something pretty dynamic in the u.s. across the boar

u.s. treasury department they began on wednesday their due to continue on thursday and it's possible they're simply having talks about talks to see if there's any area where they could reach agreement also they might be touching on these rumors that perhaps president donald trump and president xi jinping might meet on the sidelines of the g twenty summit in argentina in september but you know president trump has not actually spoken very favorably about these talks he doesn't think they're going to go anywhere as for the mood here in china so there is no i have to say any sense of panic that i've discerned there's no sort of you know slowing queues of shoppers outside stores worried that they're not going to get enough food but i think on the horizon yes there are certainly a number of red flags and one of them is is china's debt mountain and that debt actually is getting a lot bigger at the moment because the chinese government is doing what it always does when its economy is in trouble and that's turning on the credit tab which is the what happens certainly in the coming hours of the moment

u.s. treasury department to be able to sell directly into iran and to keep selling into the united states.treasury department under trump to do that when he's slapping these sanctions and even more in november directly on iran? >> they've made it very clear they're very unlikely to offer those sorts of waivers. and i think they're taking a very tough line. maybe one that they'll walk back a bit over time. but, you know, initially i think they're trying to get the europeans especially on their side with this. and i just don't see that happening. >> jason, thank you for the reporting. appreciate it. >> thanks, poppy. >>> it's a crucial special election in ohio on the line. of a house seat that republicans have controlled in this district for three decades. cnn went to ohio to ask the voters there, why is this race so close? >> what do you think would happen if everybody in washington sat around a table like this and talked? >> you know, it wouldn't be a coffee club. it would be a liars' club. on either side, i believe. >> tech: at safelite autoglass, we really pride ourselves on making it ea

u.s. treasury department says it will continue to enforce those sanctions until pyongyang denuclearizes. >ooking at the big board showing the dow down more than 200 points. that because turkey ramping up a tariff battle with the united states. turkey doubling tariffs on american cars, alcohol and tobacco. that after the trump administration said it would double u.s. tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from turkey. relations between washington and ankara have gone south after they detained an american pastor. >>> president trump sending birthday wishes in a backhanded sort of way. he tweets happy birthday to the leader of the democrat party, maxine waters. waters has been a target of the president's insults. he calls her a low iq person. the congresswoman who is turning 80 today says she'll be thinking of the president when she blows out the candles. >> my biggest birthday wish would be that we're able to get a leader of this country who represents us. someone that does not lie every morning when they get up with these tweets. i would wish that we could remove him from office and go ab

u.s. treasury department. gates told the jury that manafort directed him to lie. and money wired to his bank account as loans rather than income. cut manafort's taxable income that left him with a whole lot of unreported money that he could use things to fund like that $15,000 ostrich jacket, a $130,000 mercedes, landscaping, millions on suits and even a cake yol karaoke setup. this is the pair that was so central to president trump's election, a pair trump extolled publicly not so long ago. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. he's here someplace. where is paul? paul manafort. oh, good. you made it. paul manafort has done a fantastic -- and all of paul's people. paul brought on his staff. we really do, we have a great staff of talented people. come on up, rick. so we have a great group of people. >> a great group of people? "outfront" live in alexandria, virginia, where all of this went down today. you were in the room. when you have manafort and gates once so close, right? mentor, protege, father figure, manafort and gates, how did they interact in court? >

u.s. treasury department and china's finance ministry the chinese side insists that it was the united statesthat invited china to take part in these talks but president donald trump or said he doesn't believe these negotiations will achieve very much of more concern to china right now is the fact that the u.s. trade representative's office is currently hearing arguments for and against allowing the united states to impose additional tariffs on some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods if that were to happen it would hurt not just china but also the u.s. consumer because it would involve products such as bridle grounds parts for bicycles the sort of stuff everyday consumer items here in china no sign of panic so far as we enter the second month of this trade dispute chinese consumers though are starting to spend less there are signs that the consumers are a tightening their belts on the horizon they see an economy in china that is slowing and they also see another red flag debt that debt pile is getting bigger because china's government is doing what it always does a times like

u.s. treasury department's decision to sanction our country and that an equivalent response for this aggressivegiven without delay. this marks a pretty serious ratcheting of tensions between the u.s. and turkey had to think, just a few weeks ago, president trump and erdogan were pretty friendly with one another. since then, the two leaders have discussed the pastor's case on several occasions but clearly, the talks did not end well, though, they will continue. the secretary of state said today that he is planning to meet with his turkish counterpart in singapore later this week. >> shannon: thank you for the update. we will continue to cover it. thank you. just hours ago, the presumed remains of u.s. troops from the korean war return to american soil. vice president mike pence says it's strict on my proof that talktalk for the singapore negotiations with north korea are paying off. dan stringer's life from hawaii. good evening, dan. >> good evening, shannon. what a day. a stopper yet moving ceremony here at joint base pearl harbor this afternoon. there remains arrived on two cargo planes from s

u.s. treasury department has already sanctioned three nicaraguan officials. these are actions taken since april 18. that is quite remarkable in terms of the international community reacting rapidly. separately, luxembourg, i believe, and another european country, have also withheld donations to nicaragua as a result of the human rights abuses. that is good. maybe, that means that there is some momentum for change in the country. feature tell us? i agree with your scenarios, ambassador. i think that those are all possibilities. the nicaraguan opposition has to learn from venezuela, to learn from the fragmented opposition in bolivia, to learn from the fragmented opposition in ecuador and from all of these other instances of personnel mistake, authoritarian leaders, trying to take control of state institutions, and the failures of those oppositions to confront their leaders. often times, they are heterogeneous, the way that the civica is, where there is very little to hold them together other than the hatred for the political leader. the international community

u.s. treasury department says the sanctions are part if a broader strategy so hold accountable those responsible for a wide scale assault on hinge on minorities since the military crackdown in rakhine state last year more than seven hundred thousand rippin just have fled to bangladesh the un has likened the situation to ethnic cleansing well the u.s. is putting together a task force that will deal specifically with iran secretary of state says it's part of efforts to get iran's government to quote change its ways after america withdrew from the nuclear deal and re imposed sanctions our hope is that one day soon we can reach a new agreement with iran but we must see major changes in the regimes behavior both inside and outside of its borders the vatican has condemned these sex abuse described in a report in the u.s. state of pennsylvania as quote morally reprehensible a spokesman says pope francis is on the victims' side their reports laid out graphic accounts of assaults on more than a thousand minors by priests described as predators it also suggested there could be thousands more spanning a se

u.s. treasury department has taken action against so i don't want to play lightly with this.me time, these dictators, including president trump, they play a lot with words over twitter. i expect that to escalate, but i do expect that they both have a genuine interest to meet. now, the trump administration has made it clear that there are two goals with the reimposition of sanctions today has to do with first renegotiating the nuclear deal and second with changing iranian behavior, particularly as it relates to its nefarious behavior in the region. i think there's an opportunity there. i think there's possibilities. but it is a long and tough road. as jarrett mentioned, it's much harder when you don't have this coalition together. >> quickly before we go, are there any implications for u.s. companies as these sanctions are reimposed? >> they're not huge because even under the jcpoa there are extreme restrictions with u.s. business with iran. boeing's largest set of orders in 2016 were from iran and obviously those have been lost. >> jarrett of course a senior fellow at the car

u.s. treasury department has recently done so then we're going to start to see the ratcheting up of pressure against myanmar government with this thing you touched on the point that genocide is a very important word to use in a scenario like this and in speaking to you before this interview you also said that genocide makes the government to naypyidaw comply and to stop doing what they're doing but they've always denied genocide they've always denied targeting their writing so how do you actually expect the government they put or to cooperate . doesn't mean good question and i don't think that any you know any government that has committed genocide whether it's nazi germany or all i know the former. i would never admit to committing these acts and that's why it's the onus of the international community there is a doctoring under international law the responsibility to protect it's called r two p. and this is what you know is that every country has there is absolutely to their own citizens and then you know then the international community so you know and there are to be doctor in the interna

u.s. treasury department says it wants those responsible for crimes against muslims to be held accountable more than seven hundred thousand rivendell have fled to bangladesh since late last year during a military offensive against armed groups the un those civilians have been targeted and has likened the offensive to ethnic cleansing the german chancellor angela merkel hosts the russian president vladimir putin for talks near berlin on saturday although the two leaders are far from friends they do have shared interests dominic kane explains what they are. when angle americal me to vladimir putin on saturday it will be for the second time in just three months on the table of the conflict in syria the situation in ukraine and the controversial north stream two gas pipeline under the baltic sea but hanging over the meeting is this statement from donald trump of july's nato summit but germany as far as i'm concerned is captive to russia because it is getting so much of its energy from russia so we're supposed to protect germany but they're getting their energy from russia explained that they c

u.s. treasury department has recently done so they were going to start to see the retching up of pressure against man as government with this genocide finding. iftikhar the and we're getting quite a few comments on the u.n. report on a yemen a one here from a wanda on facebook who says the u.n. is toothless why don't they impose sanctions on the countries which are fighting in yemen another comment here from yasmeen who says it's disgusting that the u.s. and u.k. are selling arms to the saudi led coalition they have blood on their hands will love to hear from you on this story and others we're covering on the news great today get in touch with us using the hash tag a.j. news great on social media and all the different ways to get in touch on your screen right now again the hash tag news great moving on now to other world news and canada is coming back to the negotiating table with the united states and mexico to try to salvage the north america free trade agreement nafta or a new version of the pact there under pressure after u.s. present donald trump announced he had reached a deal with

u.s. treasury department and china's finance ministry the chinese side insists that it was the united states that invited china to take part in these talks but president donald trump or said he doesn't believe these negotiations will achieve very much of more concern to china right now is the fact that the u.s. trade representative's office is currently hearing arguments for and against allowing the united states to impose additional tariffs on some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods if that were to happen it would hurt not just china but also the u.s. consumer because it would involve products such as bridal grounds parts for bicycles the sort of stuff every day consumer items here in china no sign of panic so far as we enter the second month of this trade dispute chinese consumers though are starting to spend less there are signs that the consumers are a tightening their belts on the horizon they see an economy in china that is slowing and they also see another red flag debt that debt pile is getting bigger because china's government is doing what it always does a times lik

u.s. department of the treasury, chief economist of the u.s. rtment of labor, and vice president of the american economic association just last year. please welcome doctor krueger. [applause] >> thank you very much. glad you invited me à [inaudible] we are meeting at a time when the unemployment rate is down four percent, economic growth for the second quarter looks like it could be around four percent. there are many reasons to be concerned about the state of the job market. wage growth remains too low. wage growth is barely keeping up with inflation. laborforce participation is too low. the u.s. has the second lowest laborforce participation rate in the la cd second only to italy. and third and most important, the economy is not generating enough opportunities for middle-class workers and for workers for more disadvantaged backgrounds. these problems have been with us for a long time. and the strong economy helps but it's clearly not sufficient. and when the economy turns down again, which it surely will come of these problems will be even wor

u.s. and treasury department, hoping to ease tensions between the nato allies and gain economically from sanctionsress walked away with their progress, sending the lira to a record low. what are the key points that cannot be resolved? >> from the turkish point of view, the top priority was a state lender. official,to a u.s. the state lender is under investigation in the u.s. for a scheme to evade u.s. sanctions on iran and they may face a penalty for that. one the u.s. point of view, was recently released a house arrest and american officials have been pushing for him to be freed and sent back to the u.s.. these are the main priorities for the two sides, and we judge that so far there has been no breakthrough in any of these demands. david: is there any path toward the breakthrough? branson,ect to pastor president trump said it has to happen. the trick us president is not known -- the turkish president is not known to back down. onur: that is true, the turkish notident has said they do take orders from u.s. officials, thet is yet to be seen if pastor can be sent home but there is no evidence so fa

u.s. at the moment in fact according to the official u.s. department of treasury website the u.s.is currently sanctioning approximately twenty different countries for a myriad of different issues that apparently upset washington all right as he should so i thank you very much thanks for joining us so far we spoke to former u.s. diplomat jim he says the new sanctions have very little to do with the script of case. i would go so far to say that the u.s. government like the british government knows very well that the russians were not responsible for this and this is a political demand this is designed to undercut the overtures from the trumpet ministration for president trying to warm relations with moscow with it with russia and this is a way to undercut that by making accusations against russia that are not only false but there's no way they can disprove president trump would like to have a good relationship with russia i think political ploy to conduct and sensually a kind of warfare against russia and i think that people in the kremlin know that i think they know there is nothin

u.s. department of treasury are again targeting chinese and russian companies which the department says have assisted illegal shipments on behalf of north korea treasury's actions are aimed at one individual and three specific companies including chinese logistics syndicate daylon sun moon star and its singapore based affiliate in addition to the company profit a russian based firm the move comes as the u.s. remains concerned that efforts to denuclearize north korea the democratic people's republic of korea or d p r k needs to continue international pressure of economic sanctions to be effective that apartment contends the chinese and singapore based business use falsified shipping documents to transport alcohol tobacco and cigarette related items into north korea in violation of u.s. and united nations economic sanctions korea has reportedly profited generally from the it's a list illicit cigarette trade to the tune of get this one billion dollars per year and profit it is accused of providing port services that shipping services plus providing fuel to those ships the to north korea on no l

u.s. department of treasury are again targeting chinese and russian companies which the department says have assisted illegal shipments on behalf of north korea treasury's actions are aimed at one individual and three specific companies including chinese logistics syndicate daylon sun moon star and its singapore based affiliate in addition to the company profit a russian based firm the move comes as the u.s. remains concerned that efforts to denuclearize north korea the democratic people's republic of korea or d p r k needs to continue international pressure of economic sanctions to be effective that apartment contends the chinese and singapore based business use falsified shipping documents to transport alcohol tobacco and cigarette related items into north korea in violation of u.s. and united nations economic sanctions korea has reportedly profited generally from the it's a list illicit cigarette trade to the tune of get this one billion dollars per year and profit is accused of providing port services that shipping services plus providing fuel to those ships the it to north korea on no l

u.s. department of treasury are again targeting chinese and russian companies which the department says have assisted illegal shipments on behalf of north korea treasury's actions are aimed at one individual and three specific companies including chinese logistics syndicate daylon sun moon star and its singapore based affiliate in addition to the company profit a russian based firm the move comes as the u.s. remains concerned that efforts to denuclearize north korea the democratic people's republic of korea or d p r k needs to continue international pressure of economic sanctions to be effective that apartment contends the chinese and singapore based business use falsified shipping documents to transport alcohol tobacco and cigarette related items into north korea in violation of u.s. and united nations economic sanctions korea has reportedly profited generally from the it's a list illicit cigarette trade to the tune of get this one billion dollars per year and profit it is accused of providing port services that shipping services plus providing fuel to those ships the it to north korea on n

u.s. government is going to exceed another momentous milestone this year as recently released data from the u.s. department of treasury shows documents that half a trillion dollars will be needed just to pay interest the service that is on the u.s. government debt so far this year alone such interest expenses have grown by an additional forty billion bucks and twenty seventeen the cost of service to the debt was three hundred seventy five billion dollars this year it is on track to cost to cost four hundred fifteen billion dollars and here discuss that is jeffrey small the president founder of arbor financial who joins us yet again we're so pleased jeffrey that you take the time to be with us these numbers are pretty mind boggling jeffrey i mean first of all let's set the table the debt is different than the annual budget deficit and the debt is the ongoing amount of money that we owe the u.s. government owes as a nation but who owns it holds all that debt jeffrey. well you know that's a good question china only owns about five percent of that debt but most people don't know bert that we actually have the same amount

u.s. treasury department plastics it -- blacklisted -- breaking u.s.aws against cooperation with russian intelligence. the federal security service is what that is called. combined, the sanctions underscore a recent escalation in u.s. economic pressure against moscow. more on that in the "wall street journal." one other story we noted yesterday has been getting plenty of attention. the killing of that iowa student solidifying arguments on illegals is the headline in the washington times -- "the washington times" today. the suspect gave his employer a false identity. more details coming out about christian rivera who gave a false identity to the farm he worked for nearly four years, allowing him to maintain a job and work in the community where he went on to kill 20-year-old mollie tibbetts. the washington -- "the washington times" noting his attorney requested the judge impose a gag order requiring the government refer to mr. rivera as a documented resident of the united states. "the washington times" says there is no evidence mr. rivera has any legal