u.s. they believe the u.s. is the source of instability in the middle east. they believe the u.s. has supported all dictators in the last 60 years. the shah of iran was a corrupted dictator supported by the u.s.. ben ali was a corrupted dictator supported by the u.s. they have a lot of evidence is, even today many u.s. allies are corrupted and dictator and there's no human rights, no democracy, but they have full support of the united states of america. they believe the u.s. invaded iraq and made iraq destabilized. they believe the was invaded afghanistan. they believe saddam hussein used chemical weapons against iran, killed 100,000 iranians, and the u.s. [indiscernible] to use weapons of mass destruction against iranians. these are mutual grievances, but we need to change the course. mistrust is there. every side has its own story and history. it whether we should remain in the past or think about a better future, a new future, a road to peace, a peace between iranians and americans, i believe we should go for the second version. that is why i wrote the book "how we can make peac

u.s. being involved in asia i think we are at the point where if the u.s. can't finish t.p.p. if we can't get it done there are major questions about the role for the u.s. and asia in the future and in writing the rules. to some extent it is true. the u.s. has to get it done for that reason alone. >> thank you both for being with us. apologise for the satellite difficulties. those things happen in live television. let's look at other events coming up in the week ahead - monday, opening arguments in the trial of james homes, accused of the deadly shooting spree in aror owe in 2012. on tuesdays - discussions on struggling economies and ceasefire drafted in minsk. thursday - 40th anniversary of the fall of saigon the day u.s. pulled out troops. >> coming ut. with communications knocked out, nepalese citizens living outside the country are trying to connect with loved ones back home. >>> plus a strange site in downtown new york. police were trying to round up coyotes. coyotes. >>> a day after a massive earthquake shook nepal and estimated 2500 are dead more than 5,000 are said to be injured. areas have been levelled, and an international team of workers are

u.s. role? >> the u.s. plays a tremendously important role for which we are very grateful. the u.s. has provided -- is providing us with intelligence information, logistical information, political support. we are coordinating with the u.s. on a minute by minute basis practically. >> the state department issued a travel warning a few days ago saying americans shouldn't plan on being evacuated by the united states from yemen. let me read a couple sentences from it. the level of instability and ongoing threats in yemen remain severe. there are no plans for a u.s. government coordinated evacuation of u.s. citizens at this time. we encourage all u.s. citizens to shelter in a secure location until they are able to depart safely. additionally some foreign governments may arrange transportation for their nationals and may be willing to offer assistance to others. there is no guarantee that foreign governments will assist u.s. citizens in leaving yemen. is saudi arabia offering to help get u.s. citizens and many of them are joint yemeni-u.s. citizens out of the country? >> we are offering to

u.s. u.s. states attorneys annual statistical report. asset forfeiture spike in recent years. why a spike in a 2013/2012, 2013? >> i'm looking at here chart and the spike is in one year. the statistics can be greatly distorted by a few large or even one extremely large case. these very large cases typically come out of the southern district of new york or manhattan where they use forfeiture to go after foreign banks for example better money laundering or violating our trade sanctions laws so you get these billion-dollar forfeitures and one case like that can distort the statistics. >> host: let's take some calls. we have tried to explain a little bit what the civil asset forfeiture does and what it is and some of the changes made by the justice department this week. the numbers are up on the screen. if you'd like to dial in and talk to david smith former deputy chief of the asset forfeiture office of the justice department now in private practice natalie and ft. walton beach florida on the independent line, you are first. >> caller: hi good morning. good morning to your guests mr. smith. i have a question based on the program and the program initially when it started was there any oversight and a need to go-go to supreme court? it seems like it's unconstitutional and also i commend you for coming out and saying this basically amounts to highway robbery and another quick question. do local police departments even have the training to know who is violating any type of civil asset forfeiture rules anybody who has a large amount of cash and create the crime afterwards? thank you very much. have a great day. >> guest: the training is very minimal for local police departments in the area of a forfeiture. and i think most of the officers who enforcing these forfeitures have very little understanding of the law involved. they only get involved in the seizing of the property and unfortunately one of the scandalous aspects of the "washington post" story that ignited congressional interest in this, this whole area, with the bad training that police departments were receiving funded with federal government money from the dea. in other words training money supplied by federal taxpayers was being used to train officers in extremely aggressive seizure attack next which were way over the line and encourage the kind of culture, competition among local police departments to see how much money they could seize willy-nilly. so protecting the citizen against illegal seizures was certainly not emphasized in these training programs. so to the extent that there was training, it was bad training. >> host: jody tweets in to you mr. smith, if you can prove your claim and get your money back why can't you sue the police for breaking the law? >> guest: actually you can't sue the police for breaking the law, but as a practical matter it's impossible. legally you can but it takes a lot of money first of all, which most people don't have. it's a thankless task for their lawyers because the local law enforcement agencies will always defend the police to the hilt. judges are generally very hostile to any attempt to sue the police and will bend the law in favor of the police and it just becomes a futile exercise and a waste of money to sue them. now that's not to say that some class-action suits don't succeed succeed. it if you have got an organization like the aclu to back you up for free and they are suing the entire police department or the city as they have done in some cases there is a case in philadelphia right now which the institute for justice is also working on but if you are an individual trying to sue the police officer who wrongfully took your money it's going to be very frustrating and it's going to cost you way more money than it's worth it unless you are filthy rich. >> host: howard, berlin germany on our republican line. hi howard. >> caller: yes, hello. yes, i have been studying some of the bureaucratic machinery of the 1930s here in germany where i am studying and there was a huge bureaucratic machine involved in confiscating jewish property at that time but based on legal means. so when i see some of the stories you refer to like if your son is smoking marijuana in his bedroom and the police come they can seize the whole house and the house of the parents who had nothing to do with it based on the fact that the house is being used in a crime possibly involving the sale of marijuana. so just to give you a minute here we have something called form-based plundering where the jewish poor example -- for example were told they had to make arrangements for immigration however when they started making these arrangements such as getting their money out of the country to another place, they then found themselves in violation of fiscal regulations and called the rise capital flight tax. these all existed before hitler. they just enforce them ruthlessly enmity illicitly -- meticulously. it seems like that is what is happening here in a lot of these small communities and even in larger communities. it's very frightening. i will take my comment off the air. >> guest: well, if the police were merely ruthlessly enforcing the law it would be bad enough but in the kinds of cases i'm talking about, these highway seizures, they are really not enforcing the law. they are just using the law as a kind of fig leaf to excuse what is really a lawless operation. they are not following the law. the problem is as i was just talking about, it's almost impossible as a practical matter to sue the police and who's going to stop them? very few attorney generals, state attorney generals are going to do anything about it because they work with the police. the local prosecutors are not going to do anything about it because they work with the police and also in half the states, the prosecutors themselves get a share of the forfeited loot to finance their own offices, which is unconstitutional but virtually unchallenged which is a scandalous situation. so, the problem is it's a lack of will on the part of state legislators who are usually beholden to the police and reluctant to upset them. it's a reluctance to face the fact that you have to spend more taxpayer money on police departments if you don't allow them to seize property for themselves and here now so it's partly a political problem and it's partly a problem of lack of public understanding of what's going on. but that's not much of an excuse anymore because there has been an awful lot of publicity recently about all these abuses. >> host: markets and soup walls, south dakota, a democrat. hi mark. >> caller: good morning. i'm glad you guys are talking about this. there was a case in monterey county on the central coast of california, a small city in california that this exact same thing is going on. they just arrested a former chief of police. they arrested and interim chief of police in four officers. what they were doing were pulling over migrant field workers around payday seizing their cars and their money and it has just come to light. listening to mr. smith speak i'm wondering if they were arrested the cops were arrested because the county district attorney wasn't getting any of the money. the chief of police's's rather on the tow service in the city so that was the loot. >> host: are you familiar with this issue? >> guest: no i wasn't. that's a great story. that just shows how rank the corruption can get and how what seemed like relatively small abuses if tolerated get worse and worse. i mean this is obviously criminal and that's why they were prosecuted, but the much more common scenario is police who are engaged in highway robberies but for the sake of their own police department they are not personally stealing the money although in some cases they do and that abuse unfortunately is very broadly tolerated by the political system and the legal system and adjust points out many weaknesses in the legal system. as i said earlier the fact is that the idea that we are a rule of law society is largely a myth in many parts of this country. >> host: mike is in hyattsville maryland the independent line. mike you are on with david smith talking about civil forfeiture. >> caller: good morning it's a pleasure speaking with you today in the greatest country in the world. you will rarely hear this on tv when you mention the sheriff and the judge are considered the only law enforcement. as it relates to forfeiture and the malum prohibit him city state and federal codes according to the bass ruling when this city was incorporated in 1882 that makes it a corporation like any other corporation as it relates to forfeiture in being afraid to sue local or state jurisdictions. can you repeat when you said the sheriff and the judge were the only law enforcement if you are a tissue or american citizen who has five or $10,000 in his car but did you mean when you said the sheriff and the judge are the only law enforcement? bear in mind that 3000 municipality cities are nothing more than corporations for-profit. >> host: mike, are you an attorney? >> caller: no no, i read a lot. guess who i guess i would refer to the viewers to the ferguson uproar in and what that is revealed. ferguson there's a real direct parallel between what i'm talking about in the area of forfeiture and with the recent department of justice report on ferguson revealed. ferguson was being run according to the department of justice's report for-profit. the police were handing out traffic tickets and other things that incurred fines just to raise money for the police department and the municipal court system in ferguson. it was terribly abusive. i mean they were just looking people for as much money as they could and threatening them legally to throw them in jail if they did not pay all the fines that piled up because of these abusive practices. and threatening them with debtors prison which is illegal. we don't have debtors prisons in this country. we are not supposed to but actually do. it's another example of what i was talking about. we have laws and we have supreme court decisions but they are often not followed in practice by the local government. this is a tremendous problem and it's not just in the area of forfeiture. so whenever governments are supporting themselves through fines or forfeitures you are going to have tremendous abuses. >> host: mr. smith who used to be in charge of getting these assets from people. did you see abuses at that time? is that why you are now on the other side? >> guest: no, not at all. as i said earlier in the program back then this forfeiture was kind of a hack water and the reason that congress in 1984 pass what we call that you're marking statute, which earmarked for proceeds of forfeitures berlon enforcement purposes was to try to get law enforcement interested in doing forfeitures. up until then, there was very little law enforcement interests. it was something that they didn't know about, it was newfangled and it was technical. there were problems with it and it was thought we needed this additional incentive to incentivize law enforcement to learn about forfeiture and to start using it. and so it was done with good intentions far from being -- there wasn't a lot of abuse and forfeiture back then. law enforcement attitudes were very different. there wasn't a profit-making venture and unfortunately we are talking about the early 80s now. over the years, american attitudes towards it became more and more harsh. we have this mass incarceration situation now that didn't exist in 1980. and it was just beginning been actually. like forfeiture and now what has happened as the pendulum went too far in that direction and now it has swung back and fortunately the climate is ripe now for many other criminal justice reforms that we are seeing great it's one of the few issues that there is a huge bipartisan agreement on and congress and this is you know the forfeiture reform is a totally bipartisan effort and it has been for many years. >> host: time for a couple more calls. paul is an williams oregon on our republican line. please go ahead with her -- her question or comment for david smith. >> caller: regarding the stacking principle and deposits or withdrawals is this a statute, a federal statute or is it it and administratively developed law meant to enhance the investigation of money laundering? if so why is it being used against people who would otherwise be innocent? it's almost like entrapment purposefully at not letting someone know about the love. i can understand using it but when they use it against people that don't want to make a deposit because of safety or the bank teller tells them in the dank teller is complicitous. i will take my answer off the air. anything you can comment on that. host. >> guest: it is a statute, u.s. code section 3324 enacted in the early 90s. it makes structuring a felony offense. at the time it was enacted it started to be necessary to deal with major drug organizations that were avoiding the money laundering laws by breaking down the deposits of millions and millions of dollars and so the law was aimed essentially at major drug organizations. today it's being used just largely to go after innocent people who didn't know they were doing anything wrong. and it's just another way to make money for law enforcement agencies. the government will tie you differently but that's really what it amounts to. and it's very abusive. i believe congress is going to do something about that law pretty soon. >> host: just to follow-up on that caller's comments, this tweet from kah08 so an innocent person who deposits $10,000 in 2000-dollar increments to five accounts at a bank can lose his or her heard account and suffer persecution? >> guest: absolutely. the forfeiture makes all of the money th

u.s. and eu taking preparatory measures. all of them endorsed beforehand by the security council. in a resolution that will be binding on everybody including the u.s. the u.sis a permanent member of the security council. nonetheless, all the decisions of the security council are binding on the u.s.. there will be a resolution of the security council. the two sides will start implement in the agreement. he will take measures, the u.s. will take measures. it is not a trial and error time where we will test each other. we've had an opportunity to test each other. we have tested an agreement we signed in november 2013, four 18 months. now is the time to put in place very concrete measures. the measures iran will put in place are clear. we will reduce the number of centrifuges. the stockpile of enriched uranium. charlie: what is the time? mr. jarif: that which we have discussed and negotiated, 10 years. that is a very clear understanding. charlie: they don't say that herein they don't think you can eliminate everything at the beginning and then follow through. mr. jarif: you cannot have the cake and eat it, too. you have to make a decision. whether you want to

u.s. manages china. what the u.s. is saying, not stimulating china but changing the focus of the u.s. security strategy from any other region to the asia. and asia has been a very -- east asia has been a very stable region for the last few decades. and it's because of there u.s. presence in japan us has the most troops in japan. and then that is the -- that provides the stability of the region. so i think it's not the current -- the current situation in asia is not the change in the policy but confirmation and assurance of the u.s. commitment to the security and safety of the people in south pacific. >> how controversial is it, it is more important than oweapon of war. patricia sabga looks at the tpp and the economic bowngdz between bounds between u.s. and japan. >> the pacific trade deal, proposed block comprises of 40% of global output, that is a big chunk of the global economy to be writing rules about. but the tpp is not about tearing down trade barriers. vital instrument for containing china's rising influence. defense secretary ash carter has said passing the tpp is as important

u.s. government cannot move them out. more than 40 americans who are stuck there or have family members stuck there have filed a lawsuit against the u.s. government saying the u.s. government has a duty to evacuate its citizens the same way other countries have evacuated their citizens, but the u.s. has not. this weekend more than 100 americans who had been trapped in yemen, they were finally able to escape into the neighboring country of djibouti and greeted by u.s. embassy staff from djibouti. remember, there's no u.s. embassy in yemen anymore. no diplomatic personnel or military personnel in yemen anymore at all. this is the closest u.s. embassy in the neighboring nation of djibouti, and those embassy personnel did happily greet the american citizens who were able to escape on their own by boat. the u.s. ambassador to djibouti tweeted these pictures of americans being so happy to have managed to escape on their own and get somewhere safe where they could get help from american officials in a different country. it is a little weird to see the u.s. ambassador tweeting "usa thanks india." yeah, because it wasn't american boats that got these americans out, indi

u.s. u.s. embassy cables appear to show him as being hawkish on iran. he has overseen the recent military action in yemen. that has involved multiple saudi-lead coalition air strikes. al-qaeda fighters tried to assassinate him six years ago when he was the head of security services. since then he has remained tough on internal security. there have been many arrested of suspected al-qaeda and more recently isil members. he has encouraged more government aid to syria, and discouraged private donations to rebel groups. but during his time as interior minister saudi arabia has remained tough on recent at home. activists continue to be detained and imprisoned. he is the first ground son of the founding monarch to be appointed second in command. and as crown prince he becomes one of the most powerful men of his generation. caroline malone al jazeera. >>> the king also named the first non-royal as foreign minister. he was also a long time foreign policy advisor to the late king abdullah. he replaces the kingdom's longest serving foreign minister. there is a new round of talks coming up on iran's nuclear program. negotiations between tehran and six world powers will begin tomorrow morning. >>> global press freedom is at its lowest point in decades. only one in seven people live in countries where political news coverage is strong safety is guaranteed for journalists, and state interference with media is mine nor. the biggest decline in press freedom has been in korea, other offenders include these countries. the u.sfell to 22 because of journalists being detained during the ferguson protests. >>> a rescue of nearly 300 women and girls has happened in nigeria from boko haram. ivan is live in abuja. do we know where these women and girls are right now? and when we may here about who they are? >> reporter: well stephanie, no, we don't know. we can only speculate that they are still in the northeast of the country near the forest where they were found because the area is so far away so incredibly remote. you need to use an aircraft to get there. we understand that the military are screening and profiling the girls and women to try to find out their densities, and where they come from. in the last few minutes with ve managed to speak to a spokesperson and ask them who are these individuals if they are not the schoolgirls. and he has explained it is difficult to ascertain their identities because they have been kept some as slaves for an incredibly long period of time. but we have been told that photog

u.s. says they are supposed to go to. we don't know if that's who ends up using them. >> the most leverage the u.s. has is the control of air strikes. after this meeting, it's not clear the u.s. is ready to give that up. >> the u.s.-led coalition is stepping up strikes in beiji, clearing the way for the city to be retaken from i.s.i.l. half of the 15 air strikes on monday attacked sites in beiji, destroying 11 blocks, four creekses and two i.s.i.l. -- vehicles and two i.s.i.l. fighting position. >> food marks a year since boko haram attacked over 200 girls. protesters called for the return of the girls. some escaped. 219 are missing. nigeria's president-elect muhammadu buhari pledged to safe. he said he cannot promise the girls will be found. >> congress and the white house may have avoided a battle over a nuclear deal with iran. a senate approved a bill giving lawmakers a say. it sets up a 30 day review period during which president obama cannot wave sanctions put on iran. >> senators agreed on one thing they want a say in the obama negotiations with iran. >> i want to make sure every member of congress has input. >> we'll have our say. congress should play a role. and ensu

u.s. house of representatives wants what the extremists in the u.s. are pursuing or what america's% mercenaries have nothing to do with our government our our people. our partner is not the u.s. senate, it is not the u.s. howchthowcht house ofhouseof representatives our partner is p-5 plus one. >> west africa nation he struggling with the ebola virus he met with the representatives from sierra leone liberia and guinea. today there are fewer than 43 cases in the region. president obama says the goal now is to fully eradicate the virus. >> now we're focused on a shared goal and that's going getting to zero. we can't be complacent. this virus is unpredictable we have to be vigilant and the international community has to be fully engaged with these three countries until there are no cases of ebola in these countries. >> meanwhile a new audit in liberia, shows that the minister of are health spent $700,000 fighting ebola but failed to present receipts for the spending. >>> government has erected safe camps for immigrants whose shops were looted annal burned over the last two weeks. haru mutasa spoke to some of the displaced. she filed this report from durbin. >> we are sick and t

u.s. homeland. the new american defense secretary conceded that the fall of the u.s. allies gostd withdraw of u.s. special forces and the closing of u.s. embassy in yemen all reduced america's ability to fight the terror threat. >> it is hard to imagine for people at home to imagine there's the same control and response -- >> it's easier if there's a government with which we can cooperate in existence in that country. we're not going to find that all the time in all places in the world and that's why we have counterterrorism capabilities that don't depend upon that. >> in iraq, it is the terror group isis that is on the advance. with punishing assault on ramadi. iraqi officials inside western iraq's largest cities tells cnn it is on the brink of falling to the terror group. adding desperate calls for reinforcements from the iraqi army and more air strikes by the u.s.-led coalition. today joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey conceded that iraqi forces may very well lose ramadi to isis. >> i would much rather that ramadi not fall, but it won't be the end of a campaign should it fall. we've got get it

u.s. congress between a lot of u.s. politicians -- you hear from many u.s. congressman that we should keep the sanctions pressure iran. iran only came to nuclear negotiation deal or framework because of sanctions pressures. still, they keep the same narrative. in all debate, you read the same narrative. but a very simple fact, before sanctions, iran had a few hundred centrifuges. after sanctions, iran increased to 22,000 centrifuges. before sanctions iran was enriching below 5%. after sanctions, iran increase to 20%. before sanctions, iran had just a few hundred kilograms of stockpiles. after sections, the have several thousand kilograms of stockpiles. this was really the impact of sanctions. as president obama said, suddenly the p5 plus one -- the only thing that made the framework possible was first the u.s. agreed to iran to have in richmond for its domestic, practical needs. that is why iran accepted to every transparency measures. and iran was ready to give every confidence building measures that iran would never diapered its nuclear program. because pra

u.s. to brisbane - u.s. allies are ignoring washington's wishes and rushing to join the china investment bank. >> it's a way the u.sis challenged on the multi national stage. >> reporter: the u.s. voiced concerns that the china-led bank could lack transparency. underlining the reservations is a loss of u.s. clout. the china led bank is poised to travel the world bank. u.s.-dominated lenders that give washington outside influence over the political and economic policies of developing nations, and which failed to keep pace with asia's growing infrastructure. thanks to congress failing to pass reforms that would make more financing available. >> world bank reforms are going ahead. they are stalled, and there's a sense that the west bank is less and less able to meet the challenges. >> china is increasingly harnessing massive foreign exchange reserves to build alternatives to western dominated lenders. beijing joined forces with brazil russia india and south africa to create the development bank. china announced a silk road fund to boost connectivity in asia. they are trying to discourage allies. washington turned it i

u.s. embargo more than 50 years ago, the island was the number one export destination for u.s. rice. annual rice shipments reached as much as a quarter million metric tons in the 1950's. the u.s. accounted for more than half of cuba's rice imports. u.s. agriculture and food exports in cuba were granted for what many of us believe that the time to be a broad attention from the embargo. in november 2001, i had the opportunity to make the first sale of u.s. rice to cuba since the embargo was imposed. it was incredible and interesting negotiations as we develop contract terms and quality specifications for country which at that time had not purchased goods from the u.s. for more than 30 years. i found the leadership of the cuban buying organization and formed shrewd, and a professional. i also was able to witness the first shipment of u.s. rice when it arrived in the port of savannah. -- havana. it was an unforgettable experiences see how excited they were with the quality of rice that they were able to purchase in cuba. i saw what can happen when barriers are removed and people are allowed to meet and find common ground for cooperation and trade. the success of rice and other cu

u.s. all u.s. investments in oil field services companies, u.s. oil companies, other u.s. companies like boeing be held up until congress acts? >> the fact sheet distributed by the administration makes it clear that sanctions that bar u.s. companies from doing business iran will not be lifted under this arrangement. so this, the sanctions that are to be relieved primarily refer to u.s. sanctions on foreign non-u.s. companies. it is very clear from the u.s. statements that there will not, as a consequence of this particular arrangement if it's finalized, and u.s. companies might at some point be allowed to participate pursuant to perhaps the u.s. and iran coloring up their -- clearing up their differences quote-unquote, on a range of other issues that have plagued the relationship over past 35 years. thank you. >> the next question, might hezbollah's hesitation to comment on the deal be due to a concern that a warming of u.s./iranian relations might reduce iranian support for them? imad perhaps you might want to kick off that -- >> well, i think this is a -- i don't think th

u.s. armed forces rushed into japan to rescue lots and lots of people from all corners of the u.s. extended the hand of assistance to the children in the disaster area. yet, we were --

u.s. that have signed a brief before the u.s. supreme court in favor of same-sex marriage. >> i think it is easier for companies to speak up on behalf of same-sex marriage because i think society is much more accepting now and i think this will evolve over time. i think hopefully sooner than later it will all be behind us and we'll all wonder what the fuss was all about. >>reporter: it's a wide variety of industries now supporting same-sex marriage. everything from banks to technology companies, hotel chains airlines even sports teams. they argue that the patchwork of laws that now exists is bad for business. same-sex marriage is allowed in 37 states and the district of columbia but it's banned in 13 states. businesses say that costs them money to keep up with the laws and it hurt when is they try to recruit the best talent. those on the other side argue there is no constitutional right to same-sex marriage and they say it should be left up to each individual state. >> ruby bridges was one of the first black children to integrate

u.s., u.s. bases across the nation that perhaps are not managing the money the way they should be. neil: and i should stress not all republicans and not all democrats. i'm saying, sequestration cuts, were like a back up backbone for these guys they should adhere to that to instill some confidence that they are up to the task. >> you know, i also think that the defense community in particular all these defense officials are going to continue to testify on capitol hill should have to answer to where all that money is going here. at u.s. bases based in our country, not just, overseas, but a lot of that wasted full spending does not happen oversea bus at u.s. bases here, outdated military bases thats without date -- outdated technology, and programs that is where i think that defense officials who have been critical against lawmakers they should an story that too. neil: okay, what would you cut or adjust or reprior ortize to meet the challenge? well put kevin thank you very much. >> thank you. neil: what is greek for uh-oh . >> what is the big deal if greece just leaves european union, who cares if others follow? you ever think the club itself is the problem. why it is time for europe to pull a frozen, and just -- "let it go" " ♪ ♪ ♪ (under loud music) this is the place. ♪ ♪ ♪ their beard salve is made from ♪ ♪ ♪ sustainable tea tree oil and kale... you, my friend, recognize when a trend has reached critical mass. yes, when others focus on one thing you see what's coming next. you see opportunity. that's what a type e

u.s. military? >> there a couple of issues. some are treated by u.s. policy. in somalia u.s. policies were not going to put u.s. uniformed military on the ground there so contractors filled that void and did so pretty capably in my view. there are other mini-fit benefits. one of the methods of a contract particularly in the training mission as you typically get greater continuity than you do with the uniformed military. the uniformed elderly -- military would generally subscribe to whatever they service rotation policy czar which could be as short as 60 days in most cases longer than a year. some of the security contractors that i encountered in africa some of the individual trainers have been there for a number of years. they have built relationships that were very important that trust the continuity, the deeper understanding of the culture so there again it's finding the right balance. and i would say frankly that the actions of some contractors particularly in iraq and afghanistan have affected the relationship. there was a sense in some countries, african countries. they say we read about or we have heard st

u.s. food exports. my objective today is to discuss the past and potential trade relationships between the u.s. and cuba. the future that i believe holds great promise for u.srice farmers. united states exports about half of the rice produced annually. maintaining existing markets and developing new markets are key components to the industry success. the u.s. rice industry supports the opportunity to move to normal commercial relations with cuba. prior to the u.s. embargo, the island was the number one export destination for american rice. annual shipments reached as much as a quarter of a million metric tons and the u.s. accounted for more than half of cuban rice imports. when u.s. agriculture and food exports were granted, what many believed a broad extension from the embargo. in november 2001, i had the opportunity to make the first sale of u.s. rice to cuba since the embargo was imposed. it was an intense and interesting negotiation as we develop contract terms and quality specifications for a country which had not purchased goods from the west more than 40 years. -- u.s. and more than 40 years. i also witnessed the first shipment of u.s. rice into hava

u.s. sailors on board roughly. that means already right now in the gulf of aden, the u.s. has about 3,000 u.s. sailors and marines already there, as that convoy of eight or nine iranian ships heads right for them. those 3,000 or so u.s. sailors and marines already in the gulf of aden, they are about to get a very large influx of friendly neighbors into this crowded neighborhood. and the egyptians already having their ships there, and the seven u.s. navy vessels already there, in addition to all of that, the navy has now decided to send as well, a guided missile cruiser called the "uss normandy" which has about 400 u.s. navy personnel on board, and also this little guy. the "uss theodore roosevelt" which is an aircraft carrier. that guy has approximately 6,000 u.s. personnel on board. the full complement of whatever we're calling this off the coast of yemen, in ballpark roughly 9,000 u.s. personnel. the pentagon and white house thus far are declining to state what exactly this is besides a show of force. what will happen when the iranian boats get there? what's the interact going to be like with

u.s. banks to establish correspondent accounts at cuban banks. these changes have been sought by members of the u.s. agricultural community. 15 years ago congress lifted the decade's old ban on products to cuba. but despite this opening, u.s. government agencies including usda remained prohibited from providing export assistance and credit guarantees for exports to cuba. he can't use a single dollar for trade promotion funding where a trade with cuba. these restrictions applied to usda's very successful market development programs like the market access program and the foreign market development program. the policy changes announced by the president are significant. but legislative hurdles remain. bills have been introduced to further open trade with cuba including legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by members of this very committee. usda stands by ready to offer assistance to congress. if the embargo is removed, we could be poised to become a major agricultural trading partner with cuba. cuba depends on imports to feed it's 11 million citizens. and according to the world food program, cuba imports about 80% of its food. which means the potential for our producers here is significant. the united states has potentially

u.s., and ally over china's territorial claims. defense official announcing that navy will begin to acomp to -- acompany new all u.s. flag commercial shipping ships in hormuz. joining us tonight president of foundation of defense of democracy cliffard may. let's start with these ships av having the iranian navy chased away by u.s. navy, and uss theodore roosevelt carrier group, now two iranian destroyers. their intent? what do you make of it? >> it is important to know the strategic intent. that is taking control of red sea, and the gulf, strait of hormuz is one water that iran already claims as its territorial waters, and u.s. said no, these are international waters. the other strait, the babble man deb, they want to control the area they want to control flow of oil and putting a pinch irmovement in saudi arabia. they will have control, that is why iran, with nuclear weapons will be such a threat, do you think we'll challenge the control of the waterways if they use or threaten to use them. lou: iran taking actions toward saudi arabia. as it taxes on targets and yemen yemen. this is more serious than this president anticipated. he looks as if he is caught the tail of events and dragged along by them. this is doubley troubling because russia is an ally of iran. one of its supporters. and now in joint exercises

u.s. told us there would be no half measures there. now a senior u.s. military official tells me that the u.s. does not see this as a cease-fire but a ratcheting back of military operations. seems that the early part of this campaign was about the big military hardware they're going after. doesn't mean you're going to see the absolute end of all saudi action there. >> with warnings flying from both sides of this conflict it is difficult to predict what might happen next. tom foreman is live in the virtual room along with chris harmer a former u.s. navy officer. they're there to show us how all of this might play out as the tensions escalate. tom. >> hi jake. yemen is right peer. the u.s. forces are coming this way, the iranian forces coming this way. this is the line of convergence. look at the size of the force that we're talking about. u.s. force about 12 u.s. naval ships and the iranians someone between seven and nine of their own vessels coming in. and even though this looks like a big standoff you're saying that nobody here intends to shoot anything. >> that's correct. it's been other a qu

u.s. official. white house official for china's proposal china's intention. and just one issue that u.s. asked china apply the big law in international affairs. and the u.s. beginning to show. but frankly secretary and on behalf of president obama made very clear the expectations. now we are deepening the communication. >> thank you. i just want to take note, if i understood you i don't

u.s. >> this is not good, people. no. >> pointing out the obvious. >> that domed building of course is-- the u.s. capital. in case you didn't know. the pilot, a postal carrier says, he just wanted to deliver letters to lawmakers. he says, he announced his plans well in advance. but as tom foreman reports, u.s. security forces did not get the message. >> i'm not sure. i'm not going to fly into any monuments. terrorists don't announce their flights before they take off. okay. terrorists don't broadcast their, their flight path. terrorists don't invite an escort to go along with them. >> reporter: word from an extensive video from tampa bay times about the 61-year-old pilot before his flight that ended amid confusion. alarm and drawn guns on the capitol lawn. >> it flew straight toward us. west base, landed on the lawn. and sat still. sat in his chafrmeir and then o cop came down. another one came down. then 30 second there were, dozens of police cars. a large number of men with rifles and snipers running towards the man yelling don't move. don't move. nearby security forces seemed unaware of the craft until it touched down. yet hughes and the video and website says he informed a good many others including the president of his specific intentions before he took off more than an hour outside o

u.s. is a hold out. so is japan. this is interesting. with japan as a member in the asian infrastructure investment bank if they join, u.s. allines have 41" of the votes. is it not words the u.s. encouraging japan to join, so at that point the u.s. allies have more votes than china. >> the u.s. would be better off encouraging japan to join, chest it looks a little silly, and encouraging japan to join, telling allies not to join. yap japan is a steward of the development bank of the most threatened. >> thank you for being with us, a senior associate dean at international business and offense at the fletcher school. that is our show. i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. >> gun gun>>> saudi-led air strikes end in yemen. street battles continue >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera. i'm live from our doha headquarters. also coming up, he survived a deadly boat capsized in the mediterranean, killing over 800. coming up, an exclusive interview with him. >>> protests in hong kong after the government introduces a new electoral reform plan

u.s. treasury. it is the overall largest holder of u.s. debt. meaning the u.s. tively loaning it's a the most money. one expert says this shows the strengthening of the u.s. economy. >> i think what this really reflects is just the difference in direction between particularly the u.s. economy and the japanese economy. just because in the u.s. things are improving over there, we're looking towards a hike in interest rates, whereas in japan, the central bank has a very aggressive policy of actually buying its own government bonds much like the u.s. was doing, and so as a result. interest rates in japan are really low. so japanese savers are just moving out of japan into the u.s. in order to earn a higher interest rate. this is an endorsement of the u.s. recovery. it has gone through a bit of a slowdown in the first quarter. we have to look at things on a relative basis. things in china are weaker. so it does look like the federal reserve is going to raise interest rates this year where the people's bank of china is going to be engaging in a more aggressive ease --

u.s. but. even where some u.s. companies take out debt in order to pay dividends to shareholders in order to maintain income overseas to avoid bring it back to the high u.s. tax rate that unless the message reforms as tax system and lowers its rate our country will fall further behind in global competitiveness. begin with their tax rates higher u.s. corporations must turn their accounting departments and a profit maximizing centers. david mentioned the idea of transfer pricing. companies need complex financial engineering tactics to minimize revenue losses using taxco preferences and this is why we are so interested in broadening the base and lowering the tax rate. their various rates tax liabilities and improve their competitiveness. exhaustive economic research proves this most basic effect or the more you tax capital or labor the less you get. it also makes clear that incentives matter so corporate tax rate on both. u.s. tax code is excessively complex and brittle with loopholes. tax respect treat similar decisions which damages the economy or the current tax system's treatment of corporate capital investment is emblematic of these problems. something

u.s. treasury, it's the overall largest holder of u.s. debt meaning the u.s. is effectively loaning itself the most amount of money. a market analyst at cnc in london and says this shows the strengthening of the u.s. economy. >> i think what this reflects is the differing in direction of the u.s. and japanese economy. just because in the u.s. things are improving over there, we are looking towards a hike in interest rates, whereas in japan, the central bank of japan has an agressive policy of buying government bonds, like the u.s. was doing. as a result, interest rates in japan are low. so japnese sabres are moving out of japan into the u.s. to organise a bigger growth rate. . >> things in china are weaker it looks like the federal reserve will raise interest rate. the people's bank of china is likely to engage in an aggressive easing policy pushing interest rates lower in china. as it stands interest rates in chine e are above 5% not the same as japan, for the chinese to blood to ubs and buy as many treasuries, i think that's why they are holding the money bac

u.s. is a hold out. so is japan. this is interesting. with japan as a member in the asian infrastructure investment bank if they join, u.s. allines have 41" of the votes. is it not words the u.s. encouraging japan to join so at that point the u.s. allies have more votes than china. >> the u.s. would be better off encouraging japan to join chest it looks a little silly, and encouraging japan to join telling allies not to join. yap japan is a steward of the development bank of the most threatened. >> thank you for being with us a senior associate dean at international business and offense at the fletcher school. that is our show. i'm ali velshi thank you for joining us. >>> stepping down... >> quite honestly i have serious questions as to your confidence. >>> the head of d.e.a. resigns amid an investigation into agents prostitution and sex parties >>> a new phase. >> the saudis realise they have done everything they can >>> saudi arabia end air strikes on yemen, the prospect of peace is distance much

u.s. -- cuba for the u.s. became an impediment. it creates in isolation in the region. the u.s. her interests in the region. they would really like to have discussion about the transpacific partnership, an alliance about the free trade for the americas promote what are really their economic interests. the issue of cuba is a vestige of the past, part of a cold war legacy. it has both national implications in the u.s., but it has international implications more portly. the u.s. is isolated on cuba in the u.n. it is isolated in latin america and isolated in europe, africa, asia. the cuba issue has become an impediment, a block for the u.s. in the region. so the u.s. has increased its military presence in the region. it would like to really have a discussion about the economic interests. i think jettison the old policy while china maintained sanctions, trying to keep cuba on a terror list, really put it in a contradiction. latin americans reject the idea of the u.s. putting latin american countries on the terror list. they also reject the u.s. putting latin american countries on the

u.s. military? >> a couple of issues. some are driven by u.s. policy. the fact like somalia u.s. policy was were not going to put uniform use military folks on the ground they are so contractors filled that void in to so capably, in my view. there are other benefits many of which shone highlighted. one of the benefits of a contracted workforce, particularly in phishing ethnic training mission is you get greater continuity than you do with the uniformed military. evenyou for military we're going to jimmy subscribe to it ever a service rotation policies are which could be as short as 60 days, in most cases longer than a year. some of the secure the contractors that i encountered bouncing around in africa some of the individual traders had been there for a number of years. they had built relationships that are very important to trust the continuity, and deeper understanding of culture. so again i think it's finding the right balance. and i would say frankly that gets, that the actions of some contractors, particularly in iraq and afghanistan, affected the relationship. there was a se

u.s. agricultural exporters. in fact, our work at texas a&m indicates one u.s. job is created for every $76,000 in u.s. rts to cuba and we think that makes it worthwhile for to us stay engaged on this important issue. just a little bit about background. our exports averaged about 300 million annually since 2002, but they have fluctuated widely from about 140 million in 2002 up to 709 million in 2008 and that uncertainty has been a problem for our businesses. the product mix has also changed. during the first decade of our export experiences with cuba we export ad wide variety of products. along with processed foods. so, a fairly broad array of products up until 2012 when things began to deteriorate. the more recent export categories over the last couple of years have been concentrated in three areas, and that is frozen leg quarters, soy complex and corn. in fact last year those three accounted for 96% of our exports. and in my mind that's precariously risky. we just don't have the diversity of our marketing base to with stand the kind of declines we've seen over the last few years. there's a number of t

u.s. security and defense cooperation cooperation. it will lead us to primary ministers abe's visit to the united states, especially to tomorrow's summit meeting. we announced the release of the new guidelines of the japan-u.s. cooperation from the last revision in 1977. the new guidelines reflect the enhancement of solidarity and the expansion of cooperation between japan and the united states. we intend to service the response capabilities of the alliance while promoteing bilateral work under the new guidelines. the new guidelines are the outcomes of efforts under japan's policy of proactive contribution of peace based on the principles of international cooperation and the rebalance policy of the new side. it will enhance synergies under both. japan will continue it's past as a peace-loving nation in the consistent manner. furthermore japan in close cooperation with the united states will continue to contribute more proactively to insure peace not only of japan but the asia pacific region and the international community. taking various opportunities we would like to the understanding of japan's position in the international community. on regional issues in security environment we exchange views of the two plus two meeting. and the four of us reaffirmed that the senkaku islands are under the administration of japan and therefore under the scope of commitments under article 5 of the japan-u.s. treaty of mutual cooperation and security and that we oppose any unilateral action that seeks to under man japan's administration of the islands. we have confidence in and highly appreciate the commitment of the u.s. government. more over in relation to the current situation in the south china sea we once again shared the organization about the importance of the rule of law and will promote various measures with the international community. we cannot let the unilateral action to change the status quo to become known. regarding the realignment between the u.s. and japan both governments confirm that the plan to replace the facility is the only solution at a that avoids the continue use of marine corps air station. i explained that the government of japan will move forward towards while continuing dialogue with okinawa the plan's appreciation with strong determination. we

u.s. sanctions laws not well defined and interpipe may not be in violation but they also have a subsidiary right here in the u.s. and that alone might qualify the company for crippling penalties like denying access to the u.s. market and u.s. banks. back in 2012 a chinese oil company was penalized for ignoring u.s. foreign policy. of course the state department is in charge of policing the list of foreign policies and at the time the state department was secretary of state hillary clinton. interpipe if called the story inaccurate and potentially liablous saying interpipe complied with the sanctions to the letter. any allegation to the contrary is completely wrong. the alleged evidence of aalleged violation is either falsified or the authors have been misled in the interpretation. experts said violation or not, this is why some clinton porters believe taking donations from foreign companys is a bad idea. >> trace, thank you. >> joining us with more brook stevens. economist and journalist. brett, good to see you. this is a significant story that right now, is on "newsweek." they posted it saturday. this is as close as we've seen so far to a direct suctionsuggestion of this for that deal where this guy made m

u.s. government but from u.s. businesses who could threaten u.s. critical infrastructure. that's why we put in place new measures to increase cyber security protections in the government, new ways through an executive order that the president signed for us to cooperate with the private sector to share information about cyber threats. but we're also working with congress now importantly to support legislation that could authorize and facilitate greater cooperation between the u.s. government and the private sector to defend against any cyber intrusions and threats. >> do you have any reason to believe your white house e-mail not classified but sensitive e-mail, was hacked? >> well wolf, again, i can't speak to my personal e-mail and how that relates to whatever cyber intrusions we face beyond saying that, frankly, the guidance that we are given is to treat anything that is on the unclassified system as potential live at greater risk than what's on the classified system. we have to act as if those systems are more vulnerable even though we do have many protections up. so that

u.s. is a hold out. so is japan. this is interesting. with japan as a member in the asian infrastructure investment bank if they join, u.s. allines have 41" of the votes. is it not words the u.s. encouraging japan to join, so at that point the u.s. allies have more votes than china. >> the u.s. would be better off encouraging japan to join, chest it looks a little silly, and encouraging japan to join, telling allies not to join. yap japan is a steward of the development bank of the most threatened. >> thank you for being with us, a senior associate dean at international business and offense at the fletcher school. that is our show. i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. night. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. federal agents raided buildings in three southern californian counties, looking for pregnant women arriving from other countries with a goal to giving birth to an american citizen. if you make it to the united states, a newborn gets you a passport and social security number. it's a squirmish in the immigration area.

u.s. ships in the area. they will be joined by a carrier, "the uss theodore roosevelt." that boosts the u.s. fire power off the coast of yemen. that vital gulf up to the red sea key to u.s. interests, energy in particular. gas and oil transporting through that area. this is most about the arms blockade. the united nations security council resolution opposing that in yemen. and the reports that as many asinine iranian ships in the area bringing toward the houthi of the conflict inside yemen against the western backed president hadi and other groups. iran quite clear it is defiant and that runs the risk of the u.s. ships feel the need to stop them. that could be a moment of conflict. this is what is troubling, john we see so much fire power amassing with so many conflicting interests. the u.s. talking to iran about the nuclear deal key here to keep on the side of the decade long ally. that makes many deeply concerned for the wider conflict. >> it is interesting. the u.s. and iran have war ships eyeballing themselves in the small waterway at the same time iran has ludicrous charges at the same time the nuclear negotiations with the united states and iran. a strange combina