there is also the primary responsibilities with the united nations and those responsible at the united nations for how these missions are deployed and supervised, etc. and how how the civilian personnel are expected to behave and making sure in fact they do carry that out or are held accountable. so, i guess my my point is this, have either one of you seen actions taken to deal with what i just said? is there a clear direction given by the united nations on the civilian personnel? is there clear supervision? is there clear training? is there a clearer way of being able to get the information on those who are violating so that they can be removed and held accountable? is there clear line of responsibility and accountability from the united nations to the civilians that are in the countries in which we have the un missions? >> to quick thoughts, first of all think it is important to note that secretary-general did remove the head of the un mission in car when these allegations and charges first came to light. i think that is the type of accountability that was long overdue and necessary.

have you a person who knows most the international characters from your own roles at the united nations and all of us loved where we are from. that's something -- the connection between person and land and able to serve is a wonderful opportunity. >> for me it was a pending homework because i was at the university during the dictatorship and was active in politics but either you probably disappear or you left politics. i took the second role. there was also spending i had not done enough to serve my country and i was happy with what i was doing at the united nations. going fully back to politics was not an option. i'm out of that. this was a way to leverage my experience and really add value to a project that hopefully will resurge argentina in a mature way. >> rose: let's start with the united states. what's the relationship with the united states today? >> it's excellent. it used to be we were talking about relations so i asked the question, it's not carnal, it's mature. the u.s. has its interest and we have ours and we try to find the common space and discuss things the way they shou

let me begin under the protective cover of the united nations. not saying anything new for this audience when i say yet again in december this year, the annual ritual was repeated, some 20 resolutions of condemnation ininst one member state international community, it happens to be israel, and three resolutions against the rest of the world combined. indictment, as of standing breach of the united nations charter. but that is not the only disturbing phenomenon. as someone who is a member of the canadian delegation to the united nations, there is not only a critical mass of there is a critical mass of exposure to that indictment. that culminates in 20 resolutions of condemnation, perceived over a three month period to the various communities. these delegations are composed not just the diplomats, there composed of parliamentarians, scholars, faith leaders, academics, journalists, even students. there is a critical mass of exposure to that ongoing process of indictment. i can tell you, many of the people who come to these elementary delegations com

the enemy of peace, evidence the resolution of the united nations general assembly condemning israel as nonpeace loving nation and the enemy of human rights, the resolution of the then united nations commission on human rights, the predecessor to the present un council condemning israel as a major human rights violator. in a word, in a world in which human rights then, let alone until now, i'm talking about 40 years ago, has emerged as new secular religion of our time. the condemnation of israel has the metta human rights violator meant that israel had emerged new geo political antichrist of our time. so much for the first example. the second example is laundering under the authority of international law. i could regrettably on this forever, but let me just take one example and it was mentioned earlier today deserves a recall. and that is in december last year, the contracting parties of the fourth geneva convention and armed, the repository of international humanitarian law or the law of conflict, as it was called, met to put one state in the international community in the dark. it w

the united nations was not institutionalized, as we now know. they were nations united against fascism. it was the allies. britain, the soviets, and the united states, as well as occupied countries and scandinavian countries will stop also, latin american countries worthy single biggest block. some middle eastern countries were participants. most important contribution? it was achieving the agreement with the nations that they would go forward in peace time with the idea of allowing governments the discretion to manage economies. it is a big difference from the .ra that had expired it institutionalized a lot of practices and emergency measures. there may have been ongoing peacetime practices. >> was this hammered out during the conference? to formalize agreements that had been reached before. went backof arguments to 1930 or earlier and they had insidevery commonplace of the roosevelt administration from when he took office. to implementdy them when the war broke out. it was just after pearl harbor that the secretary of the treasury came up with

they plan when and where the miter -- the mighty armies of the united nations will strike.orthern france is that battleground. to the building of their defense system the so-called west wall, the nazis board the slave labor up conquered nations, pictures made by the germans himself to impress their satellites with the strength and invincibility of their fortifications. ♪ ♪ within steel and concrete emplacements, the germans have amassed every known weapon of defense, whether those weapons are enough to face the allied onslaught will be proven in the struggle that waits ahead. ♪ here is the other side of the channel, britain, and armed camp bristling with guns and tanks. here is the fruition of four years of planning and production or if you are the claims of england as the allied armies awaited d-day. ♪ locomotives built to run on continental railways, freight cars and tank cars to replace rolling stock destroyed by the germans. all this and more is included in the gigantic preparation or invasion. .- for invasion here is something of the gigantic naval armada, assembled to

narrator: gabo arora is a creative director leading a team at the united nations who are using cutting-edge technology to raise awareness, empathy, and funds, both to respond to humanitarian crises and to bolster support for a new set of sustainable development goals around the globe. arora: virtual reality is the ability to really take part in a story that usually you're only a passive spectator of and it's giving you the possibility to walk in another person's shoes, understand where they live, see what their world is like, and you actually get the sensation of feeling like you're being there. narrator: depicting virtual reality in a 2-d medium, such as the one you see on your screen right now, will never truly represent what it's like when viewing vr through a headset. by using multiple cameras that can record in all directions, and software that can stitch the images together, virtual reality creates an experience that enables the viewer to see a movie from every angle. above, below, and behind. arora: it's exciting for the u.n., you know, to be involved in some of those early experimen

let me begin with regard to the laundry under the protective cover of the united nations. i'm not saying anything new for this audience when i say that yet again in december this year the annual ritual was repeated of some 20 resolutions of condemnation against one member state and international community. it happens to be israel, and some 30 resolutions against the rest of the world combined. a critical mass of indictment and standing breach of united nations charter requirement of equality for all states, large and small. at that is not the only disturbing phenomenon there. as someone who was a member of the canadian delegation to the united nations, there's not only a critical mass of indictment, there's a critical mass of exposure to that indictment. that process which culminates in 20 resolutions of condemnation proceeds over a three-month period through the various entities and the like of the united nations. the delegations are composed not simply a diplomat at the u.n. they are composed of parliamentarians, of scholars, of faith leaders, of academics, of journalist

when you look at the united nations, we will not tolerate an to the auspices perpetrating these typesf violence against young people, or anyone. i first want to underscore the importance of the u.n. peacekeeping missions of 120,000 police personnel an overwhelming number professional responsibilities of the appropriate way with commitment and honor to protect a vulnerable citizens from city and and missions around the world as pointed out united states not only has a direct security interest in the u.n. peacekeeping missions as the greater percentage city and other country in the world but the value for the bed is states is eight / one to use that international united nations peacekeeping to fulfil that function. there is a very important benefit to the u.n. peacekeeping mission in the overwhelming majority that do that properly but the sexual abuse by u.n. peacekeepers must and. those perpetrators me to be held accountable there can be no exception. zero tolerance. you are right to be of rage we're told of the children who are very vulnerable in our polar, subject to the most difficu

we also went to take it to the united nations to encourage them to do more to respect sacred sites. r project against violence on indigenous women helped to ensure a major change in united states law. videos about the epidemic of violence of native women and create advocacy and create international bodies. indian governments in the united states of power to help and prevent some forms of violence against indian women and much more needs to be done. we have litigated land claims, we have used federal courts to challenge federal government abuses, sometimes state government abuses. we have changed the united states laws in some important ways, but fundamentally, the unfair and racist legal framework is still in place. we will have to focus on education to educate a new generation of lawyers and judges so we are writing materials to do that. it will take many more years to do that and change the law. ensuring the united nations will take many measures to see to it that countries respect these rights is another priority going forward. the indian staff in d.c. and a handful of amazing ind

to the united nations for adoption.ur strategy was that by creating international awareness and pressure on the united states and other countries, we might be able to develop international legal standards about the rights of indian nations and indigenous peoples. we might be able to change the policies and practices of countries who might go to sleep eventually to reevaluate their laws and policies. we had very difficult times. our strategies were scoffed at in this country at least. many people said we would never acknowledge anything. we had a staff of just five or six, after budget was never more than a few hundred thousand dollars a year. but the process in the united nations soon became the largest and most heavily attended human rights process in the u.n.'s history. for the first time the affected people, the indigenous people were able to produce the in the human rights process, and they were enormously effective. hundreds and hundreds of them went to the united nations to negotiate and advocate for the declarati

why aren't we allowed to go to the united nations and file, lodge a complaint at the united nations national security? why aren't we allowed to do that? >> well, thank you for that valuable comment. let's see over here. right back here. yeah. this gentleman with his hand up. yes. >> doug brooks with the afghan american chamber of commerce. and we've been focusing on the political here, but you still have the business side of afghanistan, which has to successfully function during all this chaos. and you have the business side willing to do that if some basic aspects of security can be sorted out. and currently with the chaos around the afghan public protection force and the roles of private security, the business is in turmoil itself and they're waiting for some sort of direction on this. is there any chance that could be at least sorted out while the politics come later? >> would anybody like to address that? >> i think i -- a week or so, my report will be published by esip, which is focused on afghanistan national defense and security forces. capability and future. security does not happen

hundreds and hundreds of them went to the united nations to negotiate and advocate for the declarationour work on the declaration took 30 years, until finally as you heard, the general assembly adopted it in 2007 and the united states gave its approval in 2010. it made a big difference, because the declaration proclaimed for the first time that indigenous peoples have the right to exist. the right to exist as distinct peoples. that was not the case before. the right to exist with their own governments, without discrimination of any kind, with the right to own their lands and resources and a host of other rights. this was a great change in the tide of history, and it's changed how countries see indigenous peoples. now, in 2014, just a little -- about two years ago, we helped to win four more major commitments from the united nations general assembly. we won commitments to develop a permanent monitoring and implementing body for the u.n. declaration, to see that it's carried into effect. we won a commitment to create new rules in the u.n. that will permit indian nations and other indigen

>> the centers hallmark work is related to the united nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. >> we wanted to be sure. and we wanted to establish legal rules that would make it clear that indigenous peoples really do own their land. they really do have full and complete legal rights to those lands. that they have rights that can be protected in courts. rights that are protecting by definite rules of law. that can't just be thrown out or ignored by courts or countries and their governments. >> the declaration was adopted by the u.n. general assembly in 2007. >> and as you know in april we announced we were reviewing our

united states. to christians, to jews or even sunni muslims. iran is a rogue nation hell bent on nuclear war in the middle east. a responsible president who loves the country and supports the allies would not lift sanctions and give this regime money. this is a strain on our national secretary. our next president we can only hope will promote freedom accountability and opportunity overseas not a regime that stones women, hangs home sexuals and skilled members of other religions. josh earnest suggested i show up to the oversight committee. here i am. where is ben rhodes? i guess you can run and hide. mr. doran, much of the news cover focused on mr. rhodes and the lies he had spun relating to the iran deal. we know that no one operates in a vacuum. does mr. rhodes represent a rogue employee of the white house or does this spin campaign represent something more deeply about how the white house handled the iran deal? >> i believe it represents the president's strategic vision and the president's will. he -- the president is on record as early as 2006 saying he wanted to

we respect the united nations. we are worried about civilian casualties.e regret any civilian casualties. giving this general statement is not fair to the yemeni government and coalition. has saidesident obama that free writers aggravate him. do you feel saudi arabia is doing enough to pull its weight in the fight against islamic state in the middle east? >> the international coalition started in 2014, and since then, we were committed. in spite of the operations we have in yemen. we always fly with the american, and we are committed to defeat , mystically and other northern borders, so we will continue. this will not of our plan to continue with the coalition until we defeat daesh. very much forou joining us. >> thank you very much. laura: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come -- risking everything to escape libya by c. we are seeing no end to the migrant crisis. six governments have agreed to reveal the real owners of oil companies operating in their country at an anticorruption summit in london. >> corruption used to be seen here as a

for him to strengthen his commitment. >> city officials plan to submit the signatures to the united nations. japan's national museum of western art is expected to win recognition as a unesco world heritage site. the main building is the only one that a french designer designed in japan. it was completed in 1959. it features pillars and a winding staircase that slopes through the center of the gallery. it's designed to receive plenty of sunlight. japan, france and five other nations jointly nominated 17 works by the designer in their countries as a single entry on the world heritage list. officials of japan's cultural affairs agency say the international council on monuments and sites has recommended registering the building. the museum is likely to be officially listed in july. >>> the governor of tokyo is fighting to clear his name amid allegations he misused political funds for private purposes. he is promising to release more details to account for the way he used the money. he has been battling the claims since they came to light last week in a weekly magazine. an expense report shows h

it wasn't meant to be a final draft, a final word that would go to the united nations. it was meant to be a rough draft that the intelligence community would go through with a fine tooth comb and pick out those parts that they thought made the strongest case that in fact sudas saddam did have weapons of mass destruction. >> it wasn't just mr. wilkerson. it was also george tenant, who reportedly turned directly to you, and i'm sure you'll remember this, and said you wasted a lot ofory time, quote, end of quote. is that true and did he say that? >> he certainly didn't say it to me. certainly, i could easily say him saying that kind of thing, but he didn't say it to me. >> thank you very much. >> i'll recognize the gentleman from michigan for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair, and thanks to the panel for being here. we wish that there were other members, of course. mr. doran, in your testimony, you discuss the need to restore checks and balances. and note that while mr. rhodes' behavior is scandalous and i think propaganda is a word that you used, it wasn't a rogue ope

of 2016 the united states ambassador of power to the united nations toned it down a little bit. now they are calling it inconsistent as opposed to a violation. you also have issues of boosting suggesting they were obligated. the united states of america is obligated to boost the iranian economy. we don't understand the side deals, they are still sanctioned. then there are questions about everything that has been agreed to. i will also note to our colleagues the chairman of armed services is a very important amendment. this will be part of the issue moving forward. we wanted to get the person right in the thick of things to come here and testify. the white house claimed this wasn't in executive privilege. reserve's -- they reversed .ourse and said it was who was being inconsistent? plenty of time to talk to the media friends and the echo chamber, but when it comes time to answer questions under both a decided not to do it. -- answer our questions under oath, you decide not to do it. my time has far exceed what we had allocated. we'll now recognize the ranking member, mr. cummings

prior to his role with r.i., he served as the united nations high commission on refugees, regional representative for the united states and the caribbean. his career with unhcr has spanned more than 25 years including international service in africa, asia. latin america and the specific. as i mentioned hess trained as a medical doctor in addition to holding a masters degree in tropical public health. michelle spent the weekend by working in guyana, london and yemen before georging unhcr as a field officer in 1978. his career took him to cameroon and pakistan as well as several years at the agency's headquarters in geneva where he served as the first public health advisor to the organization. due to the time constraints i'm not going to go through the awards that he's received but suffice it to say that he is a very outstanding individual. michelle? >> good evening, everyone and congratulations to the organizers. the turn out is quite impressive. think the fact that we have syrians on the panel certainly explains some of that success. so there are today 60 million people displaced by conflict and

finally, the united nations and the secretary-general job, would you like it?t'ster malcorra: simplistic to say what i like it, it is complex. i love that organization. ago,u told me 14, 13 years you would be involved in the u.n., i would have told you, what? but then i came in and i discovered there is an incredible, amazing construction, very difficult to put your arms around, but it is there in moments when no one else is there. i care about it and i think i could add value to the organization,. but that is something in the hands of my president. charlie: your president, or? minister malcorra: the recommendation comes from the government.it is the president who should decide whether he feels this is good for the country, and move. charlie: let me ask you this. do you think there is a sense in the global community, that it is time a woman is at the head of the united nations? minister malcorra: there is a -- it sense that there is is time for a woman. there was another sense that it was time for eastern europe to have it. i think the fact that they are talkin

and get the united nations to start actually ending conflicts in the world. were ambassador to the u.n. is that a reasonable requirement for the u.n. ambassador? >> well, i think u.n. ambassadors come in different flavors and styles. some would call ambassador john bolton as somebody who sought to -- under president bush, george w. bush, to shake up the u.n. and show -- throw some tough elbows. i'm not sure that that approach was altogether successful in terms of changing the u.n. i think, in fact, what i found, when i was in ambassador to the united nations, you need a combination of toughness and diplomacy, a willingness to work with others in a constructive and collaborate way, but to be very plain about what we stand for and what we believe in. and i think that when america leads with respect for the institution of the united nations, fully cognizant of the many flaws and tries to make it a better institution, we are most effective there. >> ambassador susan rice, thank you very much. >> it is good to be with you again. >>> next on "gps," donald trump is

i was very happy with what i was doing in the united nations.oing back to politics was not an option. i'm out of that. this was a way to leverage my experience and really add value to projects, that hopefully will restart argentina in a mature way, and relations with the rest of the world. charlie: let's start with the united states. what is the relation ship? minister malcorra: it is excellent. it used to be we were talking about carnal relations. it is not carnal, it is mature. the u.s. has an interest, we have ours. we find a common base and discuss things we should, because there are opportunities. charlie: what are those opportunities? minister malcorra: clearly, in everything that has to do with trade, we can offer things to the u.s., a large market that is very interested. our capacity to create jobs, which is one of our themes. but investments are also a huge opportunity. we are going with a very important infrastructure proposal like renewables and parts. all the things the u.s. is good at, meaning the private sector in the u.s. there i

ime not satisfied the united nations has done everything it needs to do. i understand you have the politics of dealing with the member states, but with the peace keepers, it was very, very late in the game and the action was not adequate and we know that secretary general is very sincere and we know that security council has taken action. but we have not seen the type of enforcement that we expect. i think the same thing is true with the various programs under the united nations. that is the development programs are critically important, but, if you are not prepared to break your partnership with a corrupt regi regime, then i think you are doing a disservice. i understand the humanitarian needs, dealing with particularly ngo types where we can do direct humanitarian service. contracts with governments that are corrupt need to be prepared to walk away if we cannot get the type of progress. we don't expect progress overnight. if i can, one quick question to you, that is, how would you -- what would you like to see the united states do to respond to the perce

because first of all, it is banned by the united nations -- the reason why it is banned is because it'shnology that can be developed in a way that a nuclear warhead could fit on it. and an intermediate ballistic missile has arranged reaching u.s. territories, particularly japan and guam. the analysts estimate that at a range of 3000 kilometers, which is about 1800 miles, it is within range of guam, where the u.s. has a significant military presence. rishaad: ok. the thing is, sanctions have been toughened up. there's not surely any way of toughening them -- what else could they do? that is what gives north korea license to keep on testing, because they think it can't get worse. >> yes, and again, it is surprising that they continue to test and go against the human considering u.n.-u.s.-european union, keep tightening the sanctions. the key point is that their biggest trade partner is china. yet well china says they support these sanctions, the question is whether they can tighten them as others have. 80% ofcall, it's about north korea's trade with china. does something to tighten sancti

prior to his role with ri, he served as the united nation's high commission on jeffies, regional representativehe united states and the crib yin. his career has spanned more than 25 years including international service in africa, asia, latin america, and the pacific. as i mentioned he is trained as a medical doctor in addition to holding a master's degree in tropical public health. michelle spent a decade working in guyana, brazil, london and yemen before joining as a field officer in thailand in 1978. his career took him to field operations in cameroon, pakistan, as well as several years at the agency's headquarters in geneva where he served as the first public health adviser to the organization. due to the time constraints i'm not going to go through all the wonderful things he's done and awards that he has received. suffice it to say that he is a very outstanding individual. >> thank you very much mr. ambassador. good evening, everyone. and congratulations to the organizers. i think you've managed a turnout quite impressive. so very nice work. i think the fact that we have southeasterns on

allow its citizens to leave, and has been accused of "unspeakable human rights abuses" why the united nations. mollyp: people in the united kingdom are still waiting for the final results in the regional and local elections. numbers show britain's labour party is losing ground. it is the biggest test of the national mood since last year's election. jeremy corbyn needed a strong showing that he did not quite get it. >> no, he did not, but what experts were predicting what a disastrous grim night, and that has not happened. a disaster has been avoided. the scottish national party has won its third victory in the scottish parliament elections, but it is being qualified as a meltdown for the labour party because they have been pushed into third position by the conservatives, by whom that is an extremely good result. the welsh assembly, labor has held most of its ground. jeremy corbyn spoke a little while ago and said the labour party has clung on and ground support in some areas. the fact is that he has averted a disaster but the fact of the matter is, as rumors swirled about the possible coup ag

personally, personally helped prepare secretary of state colin powell's infamous speech to the united nations in the run-up to the iraq war. a speech that secretary powell has called a permanent blot on his record. mr. hannah was identified by the iraqi national congress as its, quote, principal point of contact, end of quote, in the vice president's office. the inc was an organization that supplied our nation with reams -- with reams of false information about weapons of mass destruction. mr. hannah worked directly for scooter libby, who was convicted after the bush administration leaked the identity of a covert cia agent valerie plame. her husband, ambassador joe wilson, had publicly debunked the administration's false claims about the iraqi nuclear program. s this was the same scooter libby who told the fbi that it was a, quote possibly, end of quote, that vice president directed him to leak information about ms. plame's covert status. that's mr. hannah. i don't know mr. hannah, and i don't believe i have ever met him before today, but based on a public record alone, let me say this. if ou

and a member of the united nations. so there's a kind of international consensus is that this is the way we're going to operate. but the difficulty is that it stays at the level of appearances, if you will. and most of these countries -- and i would argue this is not unique to the middle east. if you look at much of subsaharan africa you have much of the same sort of pattern. that they are sitting on the top of societies that are very loosely linked to that system. the parts of the world, the united states and so forth, that are much more invested in the state system figure out a way to force that connection of the states and their populations in the region and elsewhere. or more likely even in the country that is were the origin of the international state system that will begin. and basically it doesn't matter what we want to do. corporations are going to be more important, international ngos. everything is going to be more important. and the state system is going to be only one of the many ways in which we interact wi

from the perspective of the people who established an international community of states in the united nations. so if you look at central asia, yes, of course there are the central asian republics and they are members of the united nations and so forth but the way they are operating internally is not the way the soviet union operated. they are not small versions of the soviet state. they are patrimonial systems. they operate very much more like the nonstate actors that i was talking about. they just happen to have captured a state. so some of our nonstate actors are nonstate actors. some of them are nonstate actors are operating efficiently as the representatives of states. that's perfectly fine, but that's not the same. so i think what we need is a vocabulary at a conceptual apparatus to say that there is a state that can operate as a european-style bureaucratic state with the rule of law and so forth and so on. and then we had the states that are captured by nonstate actors out because of the language we use that almost doesn't make any sense. >> back to tribal flags. on that note i'm afraid

the united nations wants to investigate disturbing evidence of civilian deaths by this turkish securityces. they are fighting kurdish militants in southeast turkey. up to 160 civilians have been the turkish foreign ministry denies the allegations. >> in a beautiful place these are dark times. war has come back to the mountains of southeastern turkey. long fight between turkey and the pkk the armed kurdish group is on again. when the church lifted curfew and pulled back local people went into three basements. looking for traces of at least 100 and women and children who stay there. only a few charred own frack's were left. local forces massacred them. >> on the 30th of january kurdish mps were on the phone promising and evacuations. they stormed into one of the basements. before the troops left they bulldozed to ruins of the area. they had been pkk strongholds. no crime investigators were able to get to the basements for they were filled with rubble. the army took bodies away. he took me to the side of the basements. his father was killed there. turkeys european allies are letting it get

the state system, international law, the united nations, so forth, so on, we understand how that works. we understand how you give foreign aid from one country to another country and how the military regimes ought to intersec wi intersect with each other and so forth. as we struggle even now with this business about corporations moving headquarters to avoid taxes and so forth and so on, it's slipping out from under control even in the parts of the world in which you would expect there would be a fairly strong capacity to monitor and control and so forth. so i don't know that there's going to be a great -- and this is what i was suggesting before. i mean, this is part of the real puzzle. this is not an easy time to try to figure out how to make policy in general. but to say, well, we should shore up the states in the region. at a time when the other end of the spectrum, they're beginning to shred doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. on the other hand, since you don't know what a stable equilibrium will be, you're, you know, either confronted with saying we're going to deal with non-stat

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the enemy of peace, evidence the resolution of the united nations general assembly condemning israel as nonpeace loving nation and the enemy of human rights, the resolution of the then united nations commission on human rights, the predecessor to the present un council condemning israel as a major human rights violator. in a word, in a world in which human rights then, let alone until now, i'm talking about 40 years ago, has emerged as new secular religion of our time. the condemnation of israel has the metta human rights violator meant that israel had emerged new geo political antichrist of our time. so much for the first example. the second example is laundering under the authority of international law. i could regrettably on this forever, but let me just take one example and it was mentioned earlier today deserves a recall. and that is in december last year, the contracting parties of the fourth geneva convention and armed, the repository of international humanitarian law or the law of conflict, as it was called, met to put one state in the international community in the dark. it w

secretary powell highlighted this so-called eyewitness account in his united nations speech. he warned that iraq could use these mobile labs to produce enough biological weapons -- and i quote -- "in a single month to kill thousands upon thousands of people." isn't that right? >> is that what he said? yes. if you're reading it accurately, yes. >> but we know -- but we now know that that claim was false. in fact, secretary powell said his claim has, and i quote, "totally blown up in our faces." do you agree with secretary powell? >> i agree that the claim was false, yes. >> is it true that no u.s. officials ever persolly interviewed curveball before they used that information? >> i don't know that firsthand, but i think the cia has said that this was controlled by a german intelligence service. >> yeah. and it's true that the germans who were speaking were curveball could not believe you were using this information publicly because he was so unreliable, isn't that true? >> that's the claim. that was never relayed to me by the cia. they were talking to the cia, i think, at that

united states. there was a lot riding on it. there was a lot of national attention as well. at what cost to the success come to china? during the 2008 games, over 4500 drug tests were carried out. only nine athletes were found guilty of doping. retests subsequently have guiltyred many more athletes. but whether china will be part of the nations affected ahead of the rio games, the ioc will be announcing the names of the athletes and the nations affected in the coming days. melissa: thank you for joining us live from beijing on the day of that announcement. by the international olympic committee that those samples are to be re-examined, the latest scientific help available. look now at today's headlines. a test of venezuela's state of emergency, demonstrators taking to the streets across the country. the opposition is demanding validation of a referendum to have nicolas maduro ousted. bernie sanders vows to soldier kentucky.aking -- taking oregon. france goes on strike over labor reforms proposals again. major travel disruptions are expected for the second day in a row. tests

then the united nations were called in to hold elections. they would not let the united nations into the northern part of the peninsula and then you have establishment of two rival regimes. notdocumentation does support, as the caller said, the u.s. was more than happy to divide. there were strong debate. guaranteeas trying to you had representation from numerous sides, where as the aviets were pushing for communist government over the entire peninsula by excluding all parties, other than the communist party. host: originally from erie, pennsylvania. our guest earned his doctorate and spent a number of much studying in north korea while stationed in seoul, south korea. guest: i spent a month in north korea totaled over two trips. probably -- traveled around the country quite a bit. when you are an historian, you -- they do not ask too many questions. so you get to travel around the things that you probably wouldn't. host: you can see his work online at the wilsoncenter.org. if you are0 democrat. 202-748-8001 if you are a republican. and for

. >> reporter: the united nation's world health organization is unconvinced. in response to dr. igel and his colleagues, it said: >> reporter: the centers for disease control and prevention agrees the games should go on as planned, but urges pregnant women not to travel to areas with zika virus transmission. >> the concern, think of those who are pregnant. thank you 0 so much. well, there's more turmoil surrounding the trump campaign this weekend. anti-trump protesters faced off against police and trump supporters in southern california, and democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders is pushing for a debate with trump. julianna goldman has the campaigns covered. >> then he changed his mind and said yes, then he changed his mind and said no. >> reporter: in an interview for "face the nation," bernie sanders said he doesn't know why donald trump backed away from debating him. >> maybe we'll get a call in five minutes where he'll say yes again. i think that is who donald trump is. >> reporter: trump released a statement yesterday saying it was inappropriate for him to debate

hannah: that is correct. >> is this the draft he presented to the united nations? i know you go through many more dress. mr. hannah: sure. -- drafts. mr. hannah: if you hear them tell the story now, they say my draft was filled with inaccurate reports, reports that could be supported by the intelligence community. at the end of the day they throughout my draft. --retary powell that's not then spent four days with the intelligence community at langley doing a new draft saying he was -- which was primarily based on that. didr claim is that my draft not actually form the foundation of what he presented to the united nations. that, i aming heard sure that you probably said, let me at least listen to what he did say, is that right? mr. hannah: sure, yes i did, absolutely. ofwas there any mention weapons of mass destruction in your draft as compared to the final draft of secretary powell? mr. hannah: both of our dress were entirely focused on weapons of mass destruction. >> what would you say was the difference. a very disappointed with the information that you had provi

in great secrecy as he prepared to talk for the palestinian liberation organization before the united nationse who have been trained and who are out now who intend to make sure that arafat and his lieutenants do not leave this country alive. >> a united states army helicopter brought yasser arafat to the united nations, flying him in from the airport because of threats against his life. >> arafat's coming to the u.n. was huge because he was a terrorist. i mean, he was behind munich. so for somebody that would kidnap and murder israeli athletes, coming to the u.n., it was a surprise to us. >> to many people in that room, he was a terrorist. but to an equal number of people, he was a freedom fighter. >> in the 1970s, this kind of rhetoric made perfect sense. people could identify with arafat, and they could see israel as the oppressor. >> while the palestinians hadn't by 1974 got the palestinian liberation that they were seeking, they'd certainly put themselves on the agenda at a very high level indeed, and this had happened fast. >> in a historic vote today, the united nations general assembly

our correspondent reports from the united nations headquarters in new york. reporter: aleppo is burning, said the british ambassador, referring to the situation there , saying that civilians are areg, and the rules of war being completely disregarded with hospitals being attacked. here ontion passed tuesday to protect hospital countriesd to prevent from targeting, vomitin bombing hospitals, attacking patients, and so on. that is been going on in a lot of conflict zones, particularly in aleppo. yesterday a maternity hospital hit with several women killed there, and a few days ago, the last pediatrician in the rebel-help part of aleppo was killed in a strike on hospital backed by doctors without borders. news of this truce, saying they hope it will hold an offering to people -- the suffering of people of aleppo will be alleviated come because onead a warning from the special representative on syria saying that if this bombardment continues, we could see some 400,000 refugees pouring out of aleppo across the border in turkey. catherine: according to the media,re