going to solution your problem that it would be incomplete it didn't work since your great united nations work. usually a great work is done relying on the edges in people from foreign countries in the pacific the later on is it closure rate and do we how does additions to your problem and then tell you what we're going to do you resolve your problem and we of course read a lot of resentment among local people and also at the need to know do we resolve our conflict within those everybody's i think the whole thing do you think that more local hires you think more local hires what would make a difference not necessary yes yes local hires would be good this was really important in the number of people it is the responsibility given because you do have a lot of local people who work within the united nations peacekeeping mission and they work and why protest security courts as the french are based on people who are implementing projects total consigned by foreigners and what i think we need is to political will people in decision making positions to give them any responsibility in finding the prog

after world war ii, truman was determined to make the new united nations work. there was one connection from the war. after world war i, truman went into business, which failed because there was a depression after world war i. after world war ii, harry truman was careful to keep economic controls on the economy while the economy switched from a thetary to a civilian mode, reconversion of the american economy. there was no depression after world war ii. truman also believed in justice from war, the proper way to deal with former enemies is to control them and make them friends. this is what he tried to do both with germany and japan after world war ii. bring them into the society of nations. then finally, truman, getting back to justice, after world war ii, they set up the nuremberg justiceo mete out legal to the leaders of nazi germany because he felt that it was not right just to have vengeance after a war. it was the rule of law. these are some of the lessons he drew from his experience in world war i. staffcer: our city's for traveled to independence, missour

tell russia where to get off and make the united nations work. come on, boys. let's do the job.man used the diary entries to vent his own frustrations. they were not made public during his lifetime. to it was a way for him actually get over his anger about many issues. hiswe see this throughout presidency. once the united states had gone reconversion from a military to a peacetime economy, consumer spending went way up. it was really the beginning of economic boon which lasted for a number of years. veryericans were becoming consumer-oriented. but the situation was much different in europe after the war. in europe, not only was there damage from world war ii still remaining, but a couple ofthrough the worst winters in record. and people were -- there were a were starvingwho in europe. but there was a lot of political unrest as well. so the fear became, in the united states, on the part of the truman administration, the fear became we have to do help europe out, help these countries of europe to, so that they don't fall the threat of political instability or communism. truman adm

after world war ii could a -- truman was war ii, determined to make the united nations work.er the war, truman went into the haberdashery business which failed because of the depression. the economywar ii, switch from a military to consumer mode. there was the depression after world war ii. truman also believed in justice for more. finally, truman, getting back to his sense of justice, after world war ii, they set up the nuremberg trials to mead out legal justice to the leaders of nazi germany because he felt that it wasn't right just to have vengeance after the war, the rule of law was very important. these are some of the lessons he drew from his experience in experience in world war i. >> thank you, mr. mayor. i can't tell you how much mrs. truman and i have appreciated the reception. it is magnificent. i never expected it. it warms the heart more than i anticipated it would. feelings and your thoughts of us are always highly appreciated. >> one of the main takeaways about harry truman is the incredible character that he had going into this office. he was a man who came fr

we in the united nations development program are working in gaza and are trying to in a sense make an anon bearable situation just slightly less than bearable but at the end of the day for all of us the challenge is that this is a political conflict into which we cannot simply step in and believe that we can write reports that will make it go away there is a need for a political solution the political solution is not forthcoming on the back of which millions of people are suffering and i think the best thing that we are constantly trying to do as united nations first of all to provide humanitarian support to provide development support where we can but at the end of the day it is in the political process that you know many presidents of many countries have also tried to move forward that the solution will lie for this finally i just want to look ahead to the future and it's estimated that currently a quarter of the world's population lives in poverty around one point three billion people. hearts of those are eighteen years or younger when you look at those numbers it doesn't really lo

million dollars of these four palestinians and three hundred four million dollars from united nations relief and works agency and they think they can i can't say it said mr sill jerusalem course not superpowers look if they let me let me ask you just let me say one sometimes throughout history we've seen powers and super powers come and go anyone who puts is at your logic conviction believe above this thoughts will doom us and. and president prime look i have six hundred and twelve because of minutes when i summarize them i'm not only worried about palestinians and israeli good about you when you're wrong it's far more about like i met your mother got erika i'm worried about the spanish waking up one morning finding out barcelona the capital of catalonia because the price was right or the island were not all later south america you have to talk to him you've been heavily criticized for what some people of course scatter gun approach both to diplomacy and decision making the palestinian academics who say not going up with hard line from oxford university verified last year to what they said was a serie

we in the united nations development program are working in gaza and are trying to in a sense make an anon bearable situation just slightly less than bearable but at the end of the day for all of us the challenge is that this is a political conflict into which we cannot simply step in and believe that we can write reports that will make it go away there is a need for a political solution the political solution is not forthcoming on the back of which millions of people are suffering and i think the best thing that we are constantly trying to do as united nations first of all to provide humanitarian support to provide development support where we can but at the end of the day it is in the political process that you know many presidents of many countries have also tried to move forward that the solution will lie for this finally i just want to look ahead to the future and it's estimated that currently a quarter of the world's population lives in poverty around one point three billion people. hearts of those are eighteen years or younger when you look at those numbers it doesn't really lo

we in the united nations development program are working in gaza and are trying to in a sense make an anon bearable situation just slightly less than bearable but at the end of the day for all of us the challenge is that this is a political conflict into which we cannot simply step in and believe that we can write reports that will make it go away there is a need for a political solution the political solution is not forthcoming on the back of which millions of people are suffering and i think the best thing that we are constantly trying to do as united nations first of all to provide humanitarian support to provide development support where we can but at the end of the day it is in the political process that you know many presidents of many countries have also tried to move forward that the solution will lie for this finally i just want to look ahead to the future and it's estimated that currently a quarter of the world's population lives in poverty around one point three billion people. hearts of those are eighteen years or younger when you look at those numbers it doesn't really lo

million dollars of these were policy millions and three hundred four million dollars from united nations relief and works agency and they think they can i can say instead deal to sell jerusalem course not. superpowers look let me let me let me ask you just let me say one sometimes throughout history we've seen powers and super powers come and go anyone who puts an ideology convection believe above sorts will doom us and him. and president from look i have six hundred and twelve because of minutes when i summarize them i'm not only worried about palestine as an israeli what about you in europe it's far more about latin america if i got the ticket i'm worried about the spanish waking up one morning finding out barcelona the capital of catalonia because the price is right or the island with all lanczos up erica you have to talk to him you've been heavily criticized for what some people have called a scatter gun approach both to diplomacy and decision making the palestinian academics who say i'm not going to not make hardening from oxford university verified last year or so what they said was a series of see

established in one thousand nine hundred sixty five the united nations development program works alongside u.n. member states to create solutions. according to the u.n. conflict is the main driver of humanitarian needs followed by natural disasters overall more than one hundred thirty five million people worldwide are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection. and at least twenty five billion dollars is required to meet those challenges. but given the various crises faced by many countries is development even possible we will find out more from steiner the head of the u.n. development program talks al-jazeera. from sign up thank you very much for talking to. alleged by asking about the un report published by the un d p which measures development in each country around the world according to your findings published for two thousand and eighteen the bottom five countries all burundi child south sudan central african republic. or of those on africa why is the. well again it might be tending to say there is an african syndrome here but i would not advocate that i think each one of thes

work every weekend, as you know. apparently we're not alone. the united nations is working overtime today. the issue is venezuela. right now, technically they have two presidents, two men claiming that they are leading that country. mike pompeo is saying only one should be recognized and it's not the guy named maduro. he's about to address reporters. when he does, we are there. all money managers might seem the same, but some give their clients cookie cutter portfolios. fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. some only call when they have something to sell. fisher calls regularly so you stay informed. and while some advisors are happy to earn commissions whether you do well or not. fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better. maybe that's why most of our clients come from other money managers. fisher investments. clearly better money management. every insurance company tells you they can save you money. save up to 10% when you bundle with esurance. including me, esurance spokesperson dennis quaid. he's a pretty good spokesperson. ehhh. so when i say, "drivers w

we in the united nations development program are working in gaza and are trying to in a sense make an anon bearable situation just slightly less than bearable but at the end of the day for all of us the challenge is that this is a political conflict into which we cannot simply step in and believe that we can write reports that will make it go away there is a need for a political solution that political solution is not forthcoming on the back of which millions of people are suffering and i think the best thing that we are constantly trying to do as the united nations first of all to provide humanitarian support to provide development support where we can but at the end of the day it is in the political process that you know many presidents of many countries have also tried to move forward that the solution will lie for this finally i just want to look ahead to the future and it's estimated that currently a quarter of the world's population lives in poverty around one point three billion people. hearts of those are eighteen years or younger when you look at those numbers it doesn't real

maintaining our economic growth and working on our strategic goal as human development, and trying to help especially the young people in all member states, and all of the united nation goals that was achieved by our member states and now we are working on the sustainable, and the fourth objective is to ensure that we build bridges and strengthen our relationship with our friends and allies. we have strategic allies to so many regional organizations, and so many of our friends and allies. with the united states, we are enjoying a strategic partnership with the united kingdom who we also have a strategic partnership, and on it goes. the fifth strategic go which is important is how can we achieve regional resilience, resilience in dealing with crisis and resilience in dealing with man- made disasters or crisis, or made by nature. these are all the spectrums we are working on, and have i missed any of your questions? okay. did i pass? okay.[ laughter ] >> i will bring this to a close about the interdependency and regional dynamics and regional organizations. when the united nations was founded in 1945, most young americans are not fully aware that the united states did

any conflicts and so to congo to syria etc and when you look at the career of people who work for the united nations the hope from conflicts into conflict zones because they are hired for what i call death of my tickets purchased their expertise in gender in elections in human rights and nobody really cares about. no but the consciously the country or the fits in which doesn't work it's seen as something that second wave that's not as important what's really matters for them is to have the expertise of challenger and lections etc because that's what the un five use and that i think is one of the things we absolutely absolutely need to change in the united nations well i have to say that it's pretty shocking for me to hear that. several decades after discussing how to improve the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations that's still the case but professor just so we have to take a very short break now we will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. i think that. you know. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line. they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to express. somethin

the goal -- to determine whether the president of the united states was a national security threat working for the russians. tonight, president trump is responding, blasting comey and the fbi, and tying the report to what he calls the russia investigation witch hunt. here's abc's white house correspondent tara palmeri. >> reporter: tonight, a bombshell report in "the new york times," claiming the fbi opened a secret investigation into whether the president was working on behalf of russia when he fired fbi director james comey. comey had been investigating whether trump's campaign had h 6 according to the paper, the fbi became suspicious after these comments directly following the firing. >> when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. >> reporter: another red flag, a leaked oval office conversation between trump and two high-level russian officials the day after comey's dismissal. he reportedly called him a "nut job," and sai

that left eight dead so you know this compound has been for some dozens of foreigners working for the united nations as well as for some other nongovernmental organizations so this compound has been quite vulnerable in the past two years. the u.s. in turkish presidents have held a phone call discussing the creation of a buffer zone in northern syria in a region many populated by kurds that's off to donald trump infuriated ankara by threatening to devastate turkey's economy if it's attacks the region trying fired off his tweets have to take when you distress to launch a military offensive against the kurdish y. p.g. in northern syria the group receive support from the u.s. and has played a role in fighting islamic states but the why piccies feared by ankara as a terrorist organization the dispute has put a strain on the u.s. and turkey's alliance with the nato but form a turkish minister says second man bagus doesn't believe the situation will escalate. i don't see this. crisis because once president drunk understands that he actually embraces the courage and is why did he give all terrorists realize

work cinching but your great united nations work on it usually in the great work is done relying on the edges in people from foreign countries in the pacific to later in it because wait and see really how does additions to your problem and then tell you what we're going to do you resell your problem and we of course read a lot of return from and among low people and also at the need to know how do we resolve conflicts within those everybodys i think that will hopefully be able to get more local hires if you think more local hires what would make a difference not necessary oh yes yes local hires would be good because reading fortunes in the number of people is the responsibility given because you do have a lot of local people who work within the united nations peacekeeping mission and they work and by respects security guards as the french of these are people who are implementing projects total consigned by foreigners and what i think we need is to political will people in decision making positions to give them any responsibility in finding the programs they don't bear will pay on your u

left eight dead so this compound has been all for some dozens of father knows they are working for the united nations as well as for some other nongovernmental organizations so this compound has been quite vulnerable in the past years. the u.s. and turkish president have held a discussion over the creation of a buffer zone in northern syria in a region mainly populated by kurds this is after donald trump infuriated ankara by threatening to devastate turkey's economy if it attacked the region john fired off successive tweet up to turkey renewed its threat to launch a military offensive against the kurdish white b.g. in northern syria the group received support from the us and it played a role in fighting islamic state the i p g's viewed by ankara to be a terrorist organization it's a dispute this but strain on the us to alliance with nato and the turkish minister for a new. first agreement by august doesn't believe the situation will escalate. i don't see there's actual crisis because once the present drug understands that to it he actually embraces the courage and is widely against all terrorists be

going to solution your problem but it would be incomplete as your work sensing that your great united nations work. usually in the great work is done relying on the edges in people from foreign countries in the pacific the later when it becomes straight and do we how does additions to your problem and then tell you what we're going to do you resolve your problem and we of course read a lot of resentment among local people and also at the need to know how do we resolve the conflicts within those everybodys i think that will hopefully be able to get more local hires getting more local hires what would make a difference not necessary yes yes local hires would be good that was really important in the number of people that it's the responsibility given because you do have a lot of local people who work within the united nations peacekeeping mission and they work and buy a protest security course as the french are based on people who are implementing projects total consigned by foreigners and what i think we need is to political will people in decision making positions to give them any responsibility in

worked with us to counter expansion and regional influence. we, the united states, command each of these efforts. and for all nations to continue the work for the full array of the regimes activity. the work to curb the regimes deadly ambitions is not confined to the middle east. america's friends and partners from south korea to poland have joined our effort to stop the wave of regional destruction and global campaigns of terror. countries across the globe have cut iranian oil imports to zero and are working toward that goal. private companies in france germany britain and elsewhere have all calculated enriching themselves through work with the regime is bad for business. and bad for the people of their own countries. in yemen, we have assisted our coalition partners as they take the lead in preventing and arranging expansion that would be disastrous for world trade. and regional security. as is always the case with america, our engagement has also been coupled with robust humanitarian aid. he supported the un talks to put yemen on the path to peace. in lebanon, hezbollah remains a major presence. but we will not a

your part and bill looks at a recent united nations report on poverty in the united states and some reactions at home and abroad plus the c.e.o. of straw market work board which looks at the wealthiest and poorest nations around the world and r.t. correspondent trinny charges goes to fisher island florida of the wealthiest zip code in the u.s. for a special report part of it from. last r.t. correspondent dan cohen looks at the war on torture at the poor areas in the nation including right here in the nation's capital the belly of the beast washington d.c. all that straight ahead but first let's get to the few headlines we seek to bring a global perspective to the issues we cover here at boom bust so to get a real grasp on the problem of inequality we begin with a report from the library of the british house of commons which is analogous to the library of congress here in the u.s. on what our world will look like in twenty thirty if trends continue the report finds that the richest one percent of humanity is on track to control sixty four percent of the planet's capital and wealth by two thousand and thirty up from the current fifty percent and mea

with systems in congo consultation of humanitarian organizations in the united nations the best solution possible that needs to be worked out under international law and the move made by bangladesh is acceptable but of course it should be seen as a permanent solution but one simply pending the full and that every country should note that remains is to the benjamins walk a thank you very much for speaking to us benjamin's walkies a rowing analyst joining us there from bangkok in thailand thank you very much for your time we appreciate it. i some breaking news to tell you about now this out of the united states where president donald trump's campaign associate roger stone has been arrested let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly hocket in washington county what more can you tell us about this well there's very little information about this what we do know is that he has been charged rested we understand in fort lauderdale charged with seven counts including obstruction of justice and women witness tampering and of course this is a person who has long been the focus of media speculation and attention that he

united nations relevant to all people. that would mean also strengthening multilateralism. so how do you plan to achieve that? >> we are workingvery strongly. the idea is to bring the united nations closer to the people and the people closer to the united nations. to deliver better, to boost the work of the general assembly. the general assembly of the u.n. is the parliament of humanity, is the norm-setting body for international law, it's extremely important. we address issues of climate change, of international migration and refugees, of disarmament, end of nubling leier threat. we really address issue -- nuclear threat. we really address issues that are effecting the life of millions of people around the world and giving responses to them. so we need to deliver better and bring our work closer to the people. sometimes people do not understand what the u.n. is about. we are the house of multilateralism, of collective decision making. >> of course trade is a big part of people's lives, whether it comes in the form of business or people. just migrating from one part to another. now, we're seeing this rift between the largest e

iraq war and he represented the united states in the united nations an organization he really didn't care for very much united states make the u.n. work work and that is exactly the way you should be because the. united states is. like balm peo is the new kid on the block without very much experience as head of the cia he tried to get the authority to conduct drone strikes in afghanistan without the pentagon's oversight and he worked day and night to rip up the iran nuclear deal at the center of it is not interested in a campaign of economic pressure to starve the regime of the revenue it uses to fund the stabilization of these throughout the middle east and indeed around the world now back in the spotlight after years of obscurity meet convicted criminal elliott abrams he was tied to massacres in el salvador any help to funnel weapons to the contras in nicaragua he was convicted for his role in covering it all up and he received a presidential pardon now he's a special envoy for venezuela it seems that his record in latin america has really impressed certain people america's new dream team is now taking aim at venezuela why because t