calling for an international response to the un rest in the country washington's ambassador to the un nikki haley has even call for an emergency security council meeting to discuss the situation in iran. it takes great bravery for the iranian people to use the power of their voice against their government if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the u.n. must speak out during this same news conference nikki haley also face questions over the united states towards the palestinian people. now you saw strong when it comes to the freedom and dignity of the union people you have but you have a different meaning freedom and dignity when it comes to the palestinian people will be will be in brutalized for over fifty years of occupation the palestinians now have to show their world they want to come to the table as of now they're not coming to the table but they ask for aid we're not giving aid we're going to make sure that they come to the table and we want to move forward with the peace process . shortly after those remarks the u.s. lead

calling for an international response to the unrest in the country washington's ambassador to the un nikki haley has even called for an emergency security council meeting to discuss the situation in iraq it takes great bravery for the iranian people to use the power of their voice against their government if to rein in dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the u.n. must speak out during the same news conference in the care we also faced questions of the united states attitude towards the palestinian people. now you so strong when it comes to the freedom and dignity of very indian people you have but you have a different meaning of freedom and dignity when it comes to the palestinian people will be they will be in brutalized for over fifty years of occupation the palestinians now have to show their world they want to come to the table as of now they're not coming to the table but they ask for aid we're not giving aid we're going to make sure that they come to the table and we want to move forward with the peace process well shortly after that

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ambassador to the un nikki haley claims that the trump administration's policy in afghanistan is working with peace being closer than ever before however the un recently reported that almost half a million people were displaced in the country in two thousand and seventeen alone let's have a look at some of the latest pictures from afghanistan. the u.s. powerfully on afghanistan is working. hard on the job we are all were victims of the bombing is ongoing. a lot of houses destroyed several villages about sixty seven thousand displaced families are living in this camp. but i just. got a history of. work closer to talks with the taliban and the peace process than we've seen before that i would as we were the taliban and i said we're fighting with them government forces launched a military operation against our houses were destroyed our livestock. that's. why we do not want afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorism anymore and so we continue to go down that path twenty one international terrorist groups operating in this country dozens of suicide bombers are being sent we are and we do ev

ambassador to the un nikki haley said on wednesday the trump administration's policy in afghanistan is working and they're closer to a peace process than ever before however the u.n. was were recently reporting itself almost a half a million people were displaced in the country in two thousand and seventeen alone let's have a look at some of the latest pictures from afghanistan. the u.s. policy on afghanistan is working. we are all were victims of the bombing is ongoing our violence a lot of houses have been destroyed several villages about sixty seven thousand are squeezed families are living in this camp. closer to talks with the taliban and the peace process than we've seen before. as we were a taliban and i said we're fighting each other rather than government forces launched a military operation against high schools our houses were destroyed our life struck world i want to. see if. we do not want afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorism any more and so we continue to go down that path twenty one international terrorist groups operating in this country and dozens of suicide bom

us ambassador to the un nikki haley confirmed that us aid to the palestinians was in jeopardy.l want to have a peace process. nothing changes with that. the palestinians want to show their will to come to the table. as of now they are not coming to the table but they are not coming to the table but they asked vague. move we want to move forward with the negotiations. kim jong—un says his nuclear weapons can reach anywhere. mr trump tweets... it marks a new tone and new level of rhetoric with north korea. and in the past hour, we've heard that the north korean leader has given an order to re—open the border hotline with south korea. an official said talks would aim to establish formal dialogue about sending a north korean delegation to the pyeongchang winter olympics in south korea next month. some other stories making the news... the french government has vowed to crackdown on urban violence after shocking video footage emerged of a policewoman being attacked in a paris suburb on new year's eve. president macron called it a criminal lynching. around 15 hundred cars were set ali

ambassador to the un nikki haley said on wednesday the trump administration's policy in afghanistan is working and they are close to a peace process than ever before however the un recently reported itself almost half a million people were displaced in afghanistan in twenty seventeen. that's a show you some pictures from the latest pictures now from that war torn country. i think like you look at. the us powerfully on afghanistan is working. just over the border we are all were victims of the bombing is ongoing our violence a lot of houses have been destroyed and several villages about sixty seven thousand displaced families are living in this camp. but i'm just. going to. work closer to talks with the taliban and the peace process than we've seen before like them get your money out as we were for the taliban and i said we're fighting each other with them government forces launched a military operation against isis our houses were destroyed our livestock. this is. what. we do not want afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorism anymore and so we continue to go down that path twenty on

ambassador to the un nikki haley claims the trump administration's policy in afghanistan is working with peace closer than ever however the u.n. recently reported almost half a million people were displaced in the country in twenty seventeen alone here are some of the latest pictures from afghanistan. the u.s. policy on afghanistan is working. we are all were victims of the bombing is ongoing are a lot of houses have been destroyed several villages about sixty seven thousand displaced families are living in this camp. but i think. we're closer to talks with the taliban and the peace process than we've seen before . as we were the taliban and i said we're fighting with them government forces launched a military operation against our houses were destroying our lifestyle. we do not want afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorism any more and so we continue to go down that path twenty one international terrorist groups operating in this country dozens of suicide bombers are being sent we are under siege we do everything we can to combat terrorism. particularly house to pretend that us poli

in syria in lebanon and jordan and in palestine itself back in june the us ambassador to the un nikki haley tweeted a picture of a self posing with palestinian refugees at the camp in a post she explained how she managed to speak with them about their hopes and their dreams two weeks ago she changed her tune calling future funding of the refugee agency into question. i think the president has basically said that he doesn't want to give any additional funding arced start fining until the palestinians are agreeing to come back to the negotiation table and what we started to resolution was not helpful to the situation we're trying to move for a peace process but if that doesn't happen the president is not going to continue to find that situation this american action is directed eliminating that outs of the palestinian defuses a typical gloom or to just sort of. being punished because we're not coming to the table of negotiations is totally and couldn't mr president that i can offer the negotiations those who view it as a limb now is ticking off the issue of if he has dickon of the issue of set

back in june the us ambassador to the un nikki haley tweeted a picture of her posing with palestinian refugees as a camp in her post she explained how she had managed to speak with them about their hopes and dreams however two weeks ago she altered her tone calling future funding all of the refugee agency into question. i think the president has basically said that he doesn't want to give any additional funding or stop funding until the palestinians are agreeing to come back to the negotiation table and what we saw with the resolution was not helpful to the situation we're trying to move for a peace process but if that doesn't happen the president is not going to continue to find that situation. russia's investigative committees claiming new evidence that refutes allegations of state sponsored saw impulse wapping at the sochi olympics artie's done your hawkins has more on the story. well this is the result of a low inquiry by russia's investigative committee going all the way back to last year with regards to that doping scandal they've looked into some new details of course of google

the us ambassador to the un nikki haley claims the trump administration's policy in afghanistan is working with peace closer than ever however the un recently reported almost half a million paper. were displaced in the country and twenty seventeen alone here are some of the latest pictures from afghanistan. the u.s. policy on afghanistan is working. hard just over the border down we are all were victims of the bombing is on going are on a lot of houses have been destroyed several villages about six to seven thousand displaced families are living in this camp. but i think. we're closer to talks with the taliban in the peace process than we've seen before about them determine that i would as we were the taliban and i said we're fighting with them government forces launched a military operation against our houses were destroying our life stock. this is. what. we do not want afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorism any more and so we continue to go down that path twenty one international terrorist groups operating in this country dozens of suicide bombers are being sent we are under siege

israel seems to get only praise and never pressure james pays zero davus the us ambassador to the un nikki haley has told the security council meeting that the palestinian leadership lacks the courage needed for a peace deal accusations been rejected by a palestinian counterpart kristen salumi reports from the un. the united states and palestinians exchanged accusations during the security council's monthly debate on the middle east palestinian ambassador riyad mansour spoke passionately about how his people had been demonized and dehumanize and accused of disrespect while the israelis were rewarded for building settlements on palestinian land he pointed out that jerusalem status according to previous international agreements should be decided in negotiations but the united states ambassador nikki haley accused palestinian leadership of walking away from peace talks. and response to repeated distortion of our position i am compelled to clarify further our position is not intended to respect. this respect and should not be translated as such by anyone in the contrary it is a position rooted in fu

calling for an international response to the unrest in the country washington's ambassador to the un nikki haley has even called for an emergency security council meeting to discuss the situation in iran it takes great bravery for the iranian people to use the power of their voice against their government if to rein in dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the u.n. must speak out during the same news conference need to hear we also faced questions over the united states avenue towards the palestinian people. now you so strong when it comes to the freedom and dignity of the union people you have but you have a different meaning freedom and dignity when it comes to the palestinian people will be they will be in brutalized for over fifty years of occupation the palestinians now have to show their world they want to come to the table as of now they're not coming to the table but they ask for aid we're not giving aid we're going to make sure that they come to the table and we want to move forward with the peace process or shortly after that the u.

calling for an international response to the unrest in the country washington's ambassador to the un nikki haley has even called for an emergency security council meeting to discuss the situation in iran it takes great bravery for the iranian people to use the power of their voice against their government if to rein in dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the u.n. must speak out during the same news conference nikki haley also faced questions over the united states attitude towards the palestinian people. now you so strong when it comes to the freedom and dignity of very indian people you have but you have a different meaning of freedom and dignity when it comes to the palestinian people will be they will be in brutalized for over fifty years of occupation the palestinians now have to show their world they want to come to the table as of now they're not coming to the table but they ask for aid we're not giving aid we're going to make sure that they come to the table and we want to move forward with the peace process shortly after that the u.

ambassador to the un nikki haley has met group of african but the meeting follows president trump's derogatory remarks on immigration on the continent earlier this month. well south a marks one year since president donald trump took the oath of office becoming the forty fourth president of the united states. looks at the impact of his presidency only on so far on the middle east. it was the first time that saudi arabia had been chosen by a u.s. president for his did overseas trip donald trump in the saudi leadership wanted to reset relations is strange to under the obama administration particularly over iran the u.s. and the saudis are traditional allies but it's clearly a new relationship that he has closely a brace but haven't been so bad in saudi arabia and he has literally tweeted that. a trade prince of saudi arabia enjoy his twenty two co-defendants so he has essentially given them a diplomatic blank check and that is why many believe saudi arabia along with the united arab emirates battering in egypt miscalculated when they imposed an air sea and land blockade on qatar seven months ago

present that amir putin is widely expected to win a fourth term in march there's ambassador to the un nikki haley has met a group of african diplomats just days after president donald trump to rocketry remarks on immigration from the continent. james bays has more from the u.n. in new york. this was the highest level meeting between an official of the trump administration and african nations ambassador nikki haley is not just the u.n. ambassador for the trumpet ministration she's a member of the cabinet she was in damage limitation mode but she did not apologize i understand that she told the african ambassador she didn't know exactly what was said in that meeting last week in washington d.c. she simply said she regretted the political drama regarding what had been said she stress the long ties between the continent and the united states and the investment and contribution that the u.s. had made towards africa for example citing the sixty six billion dollars the u.s. has given since the year two thousand to fight hiv aids the african ambassadors thanked her for talking to them remember only a few

state rex to listen speaking at a conference in paris on ways to curb the violence and at the un nikki haleyaying russia is, quote, running from the facts. >> no denying russia by shielding the syrian allies breached its commitments to the united states. >> russia has the audacity to lecture the security council about how to stop the use of chemical weapons. russia all on its own killed the mechanism we had specifically passed to identify those responsible for using chemical weapons in syria. >> dozens of people in syria treated for chlorine gas exposure after an attack monday. marines giving the final salute to the first ever enlisted fema marine to retire from active duty. ♪ >> catherine murray was a supporter of the marines until the day she died serving for 20 years after enlisting in 1943. she was assigned to motor transport duties until 1946 where she drove sedans and 5 ton trucks during world war zero mac. murray who lived to be 100 years old died december 20th at her home in fort lauderdale, florida. the time is 11 minutes after the top of the hour and a bombshell admission from insi

ambassador to the un nikki haley has warned iran that the world will be watching its actions in response to anti-government protests she made the comments during an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council but iran and russia and sister the protests are domestic matter and not.

ambassador to the un nikki haley say that is president trump is ready to talk when the rogue regime is down. >> there is no turnaround, what he has basically said, yes, there could be a time when we talk to north korea but a lot of things have to happen before that takes place, they have to stop testing and banning nuclear weapons, those things have to happen. heather: as north and south korea are set to hold talks in over two years, what will it take to bring the u.s. and north korea to the table? here to weigh in author of nuclear show north korea takes over the world gordon chan, thank you so much for joining us. always a pleasure talking about this. >> thank you, heather. heather: on saturday at camp david, president trump said he's open to talks with kim jong un but he says that -- this is a quote, firm stance, also another quote that he's not messing around. what do you think about the possibility of bringing the two sides together? >> well u you know, the united states is always willing to talk as long as the north koreans have said that they nuclearize, give up arsenal, this is

but the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, visiting has put iran on notice. she says antigovernment protests in iran on human rights issue. at least 21 people have been killed and others arrested. the protests will press about the economy such as employment and rise on food prices. it was duly directed toward leadership in the demonstrations spreads about any places. having fitting in recent days. the iranian government with interference and a series of pro-government protest to counter. and of course the president has clearly backed the antigovernment protesters. it seems been outcome of the movement may have been installed by the meaning government crackdown. >> kitty logan, thank you. right now is allaying out a strategy for bipartisan immigration reform while pushing for border security. the president says there is no deal on daca without funding for the wall. to the tune of at least $18 billion. can the gop and democrats find common ground? we'll talk about it live in an interview coming up. plus, the us ramping up the feed with the white house on immigr

ambassador to the un nikki haley announcing earlier this week that the u.s.ontinue to withhold $255 million in military aid. in retail news, we've got more than 100 sears and kmart stores closing in march and in april, sears announcing the list of unprofitable stores, 39 sears, 64k marts and more than half the country, store employees will be paid severance. the liquidation starts january 129, that's not the only bad retail news for you, macy's is planning to cut 5,000 jobs and close 7 additional stores, they have announced 74 stores due for closure as they approach goal of eliminating 100 locations in all. good holiday season for those stores but now reality hits us and we have closures and layoffs, cheryl. cheryl: even with consumer spending doing so much better, investors, they are gearing up for the release of a december's job report, if people had job's, they are going to spend money, economists expect the economy at 19,000 jobs. let's bring more to talk about the bigger story, economists peter mauricie, professor at the university of maryland and doug f

nikki haley called for an emergency un session to discuss the situation in iran if the arabian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and at the human rights council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause. in berlin in front of the brandenburg gate to reign in exiles gathered to show they've not forgotten those committed to the protests back home. in london another gathering calling on the european public to stand up for political freedom and the release of prisoners and in rome that same message delivered from outside the iranian embassy peter shop al-jazeera. well the u.s. is to withhold two hundred fifty five million dollars of aid funding from pakistan un ambassador nikki haley has announced earlier president trump accused pakistan of offering a safe haven to terrorists on the pressure from the u.s. and its neighbors pakistan now plans to t

israel seems to get only praise and never pressure james pays zero davus the us ambassador to the un nikki haley told a security council meeting that the palestinian leadership lacks the courage needed for a peace deal an accusation rejected by her palestinian counterpart kristensen the united nations. the united states and palestinians exchanged accusations during the security council's monthly debate on the middle east palestinian ambassador riyad mansour spoke passionately about how his people had been demonized and humanize and accused of disrespect while the israelis were rewarded for building settlements on palestinian land he pointed out that jerusalem status according to previous international agreements should be decided in negotiations but the united states ambassador nicholas accused palestinian leadership of walking away from peace talks . and response to repeated this torsion of our position i am compelled to clarify further our position is not intended as this respect i repeat this respect and should not be translated as such by anyone in the contrary it is a position rooted in ful

that announcement was followed by this from us ambassador to the un, nikki haley: "the united states palestinian leadership that lack5 what is needed to achieve peace. to get hi5toric result5, we need courageous leaders." well, for reaction to those comments, i am joined by the palestinian ambassador to the united states, dr husam zomlot. thank you for your time. what do you make of what the president has said? very shocking indeed. it's shocking the statement itself and the state of affairs of international relations altogether. number one, about the palestinian people and the leadership being disrespectful, we we re leadership being disrespectful, we were not disrespectful. we were just respectful of our rights and defending our internationally endorsed rights, we were respectful of our people, a people that have been struggling for many many years for their birthright5. we were respectful for the international community, international resolutions and consensus. but the vice president mike pence would have liked to have met the palestinians and you did not want to. in that specific

get only praise and never pressure james space al-jazeera devils or the us ambassador to the un nikki haley told a security council meeting that the palestinian leader lacks the courage for a peace deal the palestinian ambassador riyad months or rejected this accusation we're going to hear more from him in a moment but first here's kristen salumi at the united nations. during the security council's monthly meeting on the situation in the middle east the palestinian ambassador riyad months were spoke and said that the palestinians opposition to the united states moving its embassy to jerusalem was not a sign of disrespect to the americans on the contrary he described it as an ultimate sign of respect for international law and agreements that have come before here at the united nations which describe jerusalem as an issue to be settled during final status negotiations he called on other countries to make up for the sixty five million dollars in aid cut knighted states while the united states ambassador nickel halley accuse the palestinians of walking away from your peace process in his speech

as for pakistan un ambassador nikki haley says a lot of cash is cut of on. the administration is assistance to pakistan. pakistan has played a double game for years. they work with us at times and they also harbor the terrorists that attack our troops in afghanistan. that game is not acceptable to this administration. we expect far more cooperation from park stand in the fight against terrorism. >> of course we can't talk foreign policy without mentioning north korea. a lot of tweets today from the president on the subject. let me present you with the latest one. this one came out just a couple of hours ago. kim young hundred just stated that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. please inform him that i, too, have a nuclear button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button works. right now we're talking about buttons. i don't want to be around when they start talking about the size of their missiles. the north sending a delegation to the winter korea next month. nikki haley says that is nowhere near enough . we won't tak

first, what do you think the un ambassador nikki haley hoped to achieve by convening this emergency sessionst immediately she hoped to bring some embarrassment to the iranians government, and to demonstrate the american government's point of view that the iranians rather less stable than the goverment would like it to be, and that there is plenty of opposition inside iran. that is true. it is a fact, but i think, in addition to that, the us administration is looking to undermine the iranians reputation abroad at a very crucial moment. what people don't quite realises that in the next week or two, the trump administration will be making a very crucial decision over the future of the iran nuclear deal, and in this respect, the trump administration is almost alone. it's only ally in this particular approach to the iran nuclear deal is israel, and even they are uncertain about the way the trump administration is dealing with it. so, there is a crucial decision to be made. indeed, the russian ambassador accused the us of trying to undermine that deal. is the deal in jeopardy? it to undermine tha

ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has called for an emergency un session to discuss the situation in iran. dozens have already been killed hundreds have been arrested if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and at the human rights council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause the international community made the mistake of failing to do that in two thousand and nine we must not make that mistake again. well mike hanna is live for us now at the u.n. and so a very dramatic comments there from u.s. ambassador nikki haley how will the members of the united nations respond to this school well it's very much the question essential what the ambassador was doing was outlining the u.s. focus of interest throughout this year of twenty thousand and eighteen she went through a list of priorities that the u.s. is going to be lookin

is to withhold two hundred fifty five million dollars of aid funding from pakistan un ambassador nikki haley's announced earlier president trump accused pakistan of offering a safe haven to terrorists under pressure from the u.s. and its neighbors pakistan now plans to take control of charities and financial assets linked to hafiz saeed who many believe was behind the two thousand and eight mumbai attacks you're up to speed with all of our top stories the stream is coming up next but much more news in twenty five minutes time i'll see you then. hi i'm molly could be and here in the stream are you living in a political filter bubble well there are quite a few apps for that but how much can technology do to get us out of our echo chambers. i'm getting. a slew of new apps aim that exposing users to opposing political views were developed after the divisive two thousand and sixteen us presidential election here's a look at just a few you can download escape your bubble back to chrome extension that inserts articles into your facebook feed after asking who do you want to understand better another e

but the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, says the meeting has put iran on notice.rotests in iran are human rights issue. at least 21 people have been killed and up to 1000 arrested in antigovernment protests. they were first about the economy. such as employment and the rise on food crisis. and the demonstrations dispatch around any places but have been fitting in the recent days. the government staged a series of pro-government protests. the us has openly supported the antigovernment protest but it seems for now, the demonstrations may have been subdued by the iranian government crackdown. >> kitty logan in london, thank you. >> and the princess against the regime continue in iran. those demonstrators were seeing some support here at home. a rally was held in front of the white house today. it was sponsored by iranian opposition group to demand regime change in tehran. the protesters braved frigid temperatures to declare the dictator ship that they say does not represent their meaning people. and is only staying in power and fear. they ask people to speak out and

the un ambassador nikki haley pushing for peace in the middle east.rging palestinian leadership to be courageous. when addressing the israeli palestinian conflict. this is the president, president trump and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu held a bilateral meeting over in davos at the world economic forum. here to talk about it all with us is lieutenant general thomas mcinerney. general, always good to see you. your thoughts on the approach of the administration currently trying to solve this age-old problem of middle east peace. >> well, i think ambassador haley hit the nail on the head. the fact is, connell, we need leadership over there. we've got great american leadership. we've got great israeli leadership. we have pathetic plo leadership. and until the saudis and the egyptians and the jordanians exert some influence there so that plo, palestinians get some good leadership, there will be no peace. connell: you don't see that happening any time soon, do you? >> i do not, unfortunately. connell: right so the status quo. >> correct. con

un ambassador nikki haley saying the u.s. demonstrators. >> the iranian people will determine their own destiny and let there be no doubt whatsoever the united states stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom for themselves and prosperity for their families and dignity for their nation. kelly: katie logan joins us live, kitty. >> hi, kelly, this time it's progovernment demonstrations which have brought thousands of people into the street in iranian towns and cities, first protest took place in north of the country but more soon appeared elsewhere, now iranian state tv says direct response of days of demonstrations against the government and just yesterday the u.s., of course, called the meeting at the un to address these protests to the anger of iranian government that the u.s. ambassador nikki haley said antiprotests in iran are human rights issue which should be of international concern and that's because 21 people have been killed since those antigovernment protests on december 28th of last year. people f

. >> un ambassador nikki haley reacting on twitter, i have always loved the grammy's but to have artistsled it, don't ruin music with trash. but despite all political grand-standing awards were handed out. the singer sweeping the top three awards winning album of the year, record of the year and song of the year. now speaking of the awards, controversy there as well, very few female performers won a grammy last night leading to the trending #grammy's so male. rob: they still applaud hillary, the far left even though -- she handed them president trump. she's the reason that he's here and they still go nuts for her. they still let her do stuff like this. thanks a lot, carley. jillian: viewers sounding on politically charged show. >> they make too much money and instead of doing good they use platform to criticize and tear down the way of life. rob: trump must be doing the right things if the liberals in hollywood are upset, #trump effect. these people are so out of touch, i'm so proud to call trump my president. jillian: hollywood should get the same treatment the nfl is getting over-paid

un ambassador nikki haley tweeting that the skit "ruined" the awards show.n -- going after clinton -- calling the opportunity to read an excerpt from the book a "great consolation prize for losing the presidency."trump's ádenigratingá comments toward immigrants from african nations -- which he reportedly called "sáááholes" -- coming up árepeatedly.á logic: "bring us your tired, your poor and any immigrant who seeks refuge."bono: "blessed are the sáááhole countries, for they gave us the american dream." prior to u2's cuban-mexican immigrant, singer camila cabello -- paying tribute to "dreamers."cabello: "tonight, in this room full of music's remember that this country was built by dreamers for dreamers chasing the american dream."a ánumberá of artists -- also honoring the #metoo movement -- wearing white roses in solidarity. monae: "we come in peace, but we mean business. and to those who would dare try and silence us, we offer you two words: time's up." (vicki) singer kesha -- who has been tied up in a legal battle with her producer over alleged sexual abuse

un. the u.n. ambassador nikki haley clarified that sunday saying before any talks with the u.s. can happen north korea must stop testing missiles and be open to ending its nuclear program. a abc's martha raddatz is in seoul, south korea where she found people are hopeful. >> reporter: and while the topic of tuesday's meetings will be lipped to the north's participation in the upcoming olympic games, many we talked to hope those talks eventually expand. >> today is kim jong-un's birthday. he's believed to be turning 35. some believe the occasion could prompt another missile launch. if that happens south korea is expected to cancel tomorrow's talks. >>> and staying in the region u.s. navy vessels right now helping to search for dozens of people missing after two ships collided off the coast of china. one of the ships was an oil tanker from iran which burst into flames as you can see there. 32 crew membe the extent of the environmental damage remains unclear. all of the chinese crew members on the other ship have been rescued. >>> the largest auto-related recall in u.s. history has

but america's un ambassador said the nukes are the problem.. (nikki haley)) u-s ambassador to un/ tue0277/ tc--00:25 we won ke any of the talks seriously if they don't do something to ban all nuclear weapons in north korea. we consider this to be a reckless regime. we dont need a band aid and we dont think we need to smile and take a picture. but it was president trump's tweet focusing on whose nuclear button is bigger, that brought this reaction from connecticut democratic congressman tuesday night... ((rep. jim himes)) (d) connecticut/ po-81tu/ tc--00:15 it really doesnt matter what the president of the united states says anymore, because it is so biz infantile... >> reporter: the president's tweet came in response to kim's new year's day speech in which he suggested negotiations with south korea and issued a menacing challenge to the u.s. >> the entire united states is within range of our nuclear weapons. the nuclear button is always on my desk. this is reality, not a threat. >> reporter: that inspired this tweet from president trump in which he ridicule

crown prince, and out of it comes this new axis against iran, so when donald trump says, when nikki haley, une the un security council meeting" it is all part of this new axis of pressure on the regime, except they do not have anything to back it up with. the iranian machine is stronger. that is a danger to the way the world works. russia have vested interests in maintaining that regime. if anything, when you say iran is stronger at the moment, it is not, in the sense that financially, because it is at the stage it is at now, it cannot maintain its... it's power... economically, maybe not, but militarily... they have been sending afghan militia, look at the amount of money that has been spent, it is upwards of 10 billion. now, this is not a point of strength for iran, and they know it as well, that is why there is dissatisfaction... do you think this pressure brought by trump through his son—in—law and through the saudis, is that strong foreign policy? i'm not saying that for saudi, no, i'm talking about iran, do different things. it is a shallow—based policy, the significance of this book is