i think it is not feasible when you are president of a republic like the us republic but like the french republic... to respond too much. i'm asking you with a slight smile on my face but it's very serious, something like the north korean situation, when trump basically says, "my nuclear button is bigger than your nuclear button", a lot of people in the world think it is slightly unhinged and very dangerous. yes, but the best answer you can provide to that is what? just to say, we have to work very closely and seriously to force north korea to come back to the table of negotiations. we have to follow the un sanctions and implement them and the critical country in order to deliver it is china. absolutely. that is what we discuss with president xi. talking about bringing countries back... calm down, everybody. is there any chance at all of persuading americans to come back to the table on the paris climate change agreement? first of all, i don't think there is any option to come back to the table of negotiations for the paris agreement. i've always been very clear, it is negotiated and sig

i think it is not feasible when you are president of a republic like the us republic but like the french on my face but it's very serious, something like the north korean situation, when trump basically says, "my nuclear button is bigger than your nuclear button", a lot of people in the world think it is slightly unhinged and very dangerous. yes, but the best answer you can provide to that is what? just to say, we have to work very closely and seriously to force north korea to come back to the table of negotiations. we have to follow the un sanctions and implement them and the critical country in order to deliver it is china. absolutely. that is what we discuss with president xi. talking about bringing countries back... calm down, everybody. is there any chance at all of persuading americans to come back

political reaction, and i think it is not feasible when you are president of a republic like the us republicn my face but it is very serious, when you have something like the north korean situation, and trump says my nuclear button is bigger than yours, and a lot of people in the world think this is just slightly unhinged and very dangerous. yes, but what is the best answer to that? just to say we have to work very closely and seriously, to force north korea to come back to the negotiating table. we have to follow the un sanctions and implement them, and the critical country for delivery on this is china, and that is what we discussed there with president xi. it is just to calm down, everybody. do you think there is any chance at all of persuading the americans to come back to the table on the paris climate change agreement? firstly i don't think there is any option to come back to the negotiating table with the paris agreement. i've always been very clear — it's negotiated and signed. it isjust deciding to sign what is done. to sign it, then — do you think they can? we negotiated. more than

the us from south korea, they will be looking for further postponement and even cancellation of us, republices. so they will be absolutely focused on that. they see that as part and parcel of the effort to weaken the alliance. thank you very much. both sides today saying there is no increased daylight between them. that they share opinions on what needs to happen in north korea. but look, anything is better than where we we re look, anything is better than where we were two months ago. any talks. and if they can become a catalyst for change, all the better. it is weird. we are in this day will track process at the moment where we have these talks going on. the state department saying they welcome those talks going on and yet there is still talked in washington about what you asked the ambassador about and that is some idea of a precision strike. there is a piece in foreign policy magazine and a title is, it's time to bomb north korea. so there is certainly a discussion on military action against north korea but we just can't say where we are going to be in two months‘ time but we just can‘t

i think it is not feasible when you are president of a republic like the us republic but like the french nuclear button, a lot of people in the world think it is slightly unhinged and very dangerous. yes, but the best answer you can provide to that is what? just to say, we have to work very closely to force north korea to come back to the table of negotiations. we have to follow the un sanctions and implement them and the critical country in order to deliver it is china. absolutely. that is what we discuss with president xi jinping. talking about bringing countries back... cap on everybody. is there any chance at all of persuading americans to come back to the table on the paris climate change agreement? first of all, i don't think there is any option to come back to the table of negotiations for the paris agreement. i've always been very clear, it is negotiated and signed, it isjust designing decide what is done. —— to sign what is done. we negotiated more than 180 countries site and are being ratified. come on, we will not remit —— renegotiate for one people so i believe it's a big mis

which you can infiltrate look at the recent events all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system yes la mic republic and the islamic revolution. on monday night protestors also continue to demonstrate against iran's support for syrian president bashar al assad as well as caused in lebanon and hamas in the occupied palestinian territories iran's republican guard is threatening to stop the demonstrations but there are still calls for more protests rob matheson al jazeera. well. there is a visiting fellow at the brookings doha center and an associate at the harvard kennedy school project is held on jazeera the protests are a backlash against iran's disputed economic problems. clearly the slogans are anti regimes they target all factions of the republic or factions of the establishment this time around so we have a lot of you know activism on the streets people from different different social strata especially the lower middle classes going in or out on the streets and

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through which you can infiltrate look at the recent times all those who are odds with your samik republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system you're slavic republic and the islamic revolution. a spokesman for palestinian president mahmoud abbas says a new israeli law which makes it harder to hand over parts of jerusalem is equivalent to a declaration of war israeli m.p.'s passed the bill which means two thirds of the knesset must now approve giving up territory under a future peace deal a simple majority also required previously it comes a day after the party of prime minister benjamin netanyahu approved a draft resolution that calls for large parts of the occupied west bank to be alex to. the pakistani government has summoned the u.s. ambassador after president donald trump threatened to cut off aid accusing pakistan of giving safe haven to terrorists pakistan is now planning to take control of charities and financial assets of half assignment in the u.s. accuses of orchestrating the two thousand and eight at

all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system the islamic republic and the islamic revolution. use agency put it reveals ongoing protest in a number of regions hundreds are reported to be in arrested and demonstrators continue to defy an attempted government blackout of social media back at the united nations the new president of the security council has confirmed the u.s. has been in contact and discussions are ongoing but it's not clear at this stage whether the u.s. appetite for a formal meeting is shared by the wrist of security council members some may be reluctant to intervene in what they would regard as an internal domestic dispute my kind of al-jazeera united nations. we heard from iran's supreme leader about who he thinks is behind the unrest iran's president has said of honey also delivered a response. that should be clear to everyone that we are people of freedom and according to the constitution and citizens' rights people are free to express their

and india uses its republic day celebrations to build bridges to southeast asia. turkey's president has promised to clear out kurdish fighters along the length of its border with syria and may extend its offensive as far as iraq. to one says the operation afrin will continue to the east including the town of man bitch turkey regards the kurdish y p g fighters as terrorists and once the removed so it can create a buffer zone. will continue to olive branch operation which is on its seventh day today until we reach all of our targets. after this will cleanse man from the terrorists as it has been promised to us nobody should be bothered by this because the real owner of memories is not those terrorists but the arab brothers they're after this we'll continue our fight until no terrorist is left or the us has called on turkey to exercise restraint and focus on defeating eisold instead it's concerned about us forces operating in manage. particularly in the fray operations turkish operations in a frame in all operations in a frame that have the effect of or inducing fric

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on how to humphrey good to have you with us in the czech republic incumbent is a man has won the first round of the country's presidential election with nearly all of the ballots counted the pro russian candidate gone it almost thirty nine percent of the vote but that's far short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff now he'll face the pro european candidate yes he did a harsh in two weeks' time. milosz they even was preparing to cast his vote when he was confronted by an activist from fame and. would put in slot she shouts and once again demon is the focus of media attention just as he likes. the ice famine recently attacked the poll i am on or that they also attacked me. zeman is used to making headlines he's aimed at journalists with a fake rifle railed against refugees called for an end to sanctions on russia and there's no one to indulge in worldly pleasures. i'm voting for the man because he's against migrants and he's a good man. i just hope the next president would be like zuma. is even did not even bother to take part in the election debate instead his main rival. came out

it makes us look like a banana republic, and it's shameful. a different kind of president would be encouraging special counts or mueller's investigation, shouting down those forces who tried to interfere with it. a different kind of president would want to know how precisely russian metals in our election and would have severely punished putin for it to discourage him from ever trying it again. but here we are, 180 days since the president signed the historic russia sanctions bill passed by this body, and he hasn't even implemented those sanctions. he is supposed do it today, the state of the union. again, mr. president, implement the sanctions tonight or at least tell the american people why you were not. letting russia, opening an invitation to russia to dota it again. now, why won't donald trump uses the power given u to him a neary unanimous vote in congress to hold russia accountable? the administration refused to implement secondary sanctions against the russian defense and intelligence sectors. last night the administration believes the

republic. who have used money, weapons, and intelligence services to create problems.nts at foreign interference. but iran's moderate president, said today, that the protesters are just fed up with poverty and lack of freedom. that's exact plea what you hear on the street. might three kids are doctors and engineers says this father. and not one of them has a job. even though my husband and i both work says this woman we are under constant pressure from high prices. life is tough. this is the most serious uprising in iran s massive election protests ian 2009 that were brutally put down. back then the discontent was focussed in tehran. this time country wide. around here, i'm lucky to get through a shift without a disaster. my bargain detergent couldn't keep up. it was mostly water. so, i switched to tide pods. they're super concentrated, so i get a better clean. i mean, i give away water for free. i'm not about to pay for it in my detergent. #1 trusted. it's got to be tide. and for a plant-based clean, try tide purclean >>> the remains of ten americans who died in a tra

and india uses its republic day celebrations to build bridges to southeast asia. all eyes are on top of us in switzerland where in a few hours time the u.s. president will deliver the keynote speech to the annual world economic forum donald trump along a champion of protectionism is expected to use the speech to promote his america first agenda but there are indications he could be adjusting his position with the senior ministration official saying he will call for free but fair trade. and may consider rejoining agreements charlie after arriving in davos on thursday president made headlines about repeating his administration's threat to withhold millions of dollars of aid to the palestinians from davos our diplomatic editor same space reports. the u.s. president seemed in upbeat mood as he arrived here. and prosperity between israelis and palestinians that seems further away than ever you might think that when you've alienated one side in a negotiation in this case the palestinians you might reach out to the you very much flanked by israeli prime minister benjamin

it makes us look like a banana republic, and it is shameful. a different kind of president would be encouraging special counsel mueller's investigation, shouting down force it's that tried to interfere it. a different kind of president would want to know how precisely russia meddled in our election and want to severely punish putin to discourage him from trying it again. but here we are, 180 days since the president signed the historic russia bill passed by this party and he hasn't even implemented those sanctions. he's supposed to do it today, the day of the state of the union. again, mr. president, implement the sanctions tonight or at least tell the american people why you're not and letting russia -- and opening an invitation to russia to do it again. why won't donald trump use the power given to him the near unanimous vote of congress. there last night the administration released a mandated report of russian ol garts that matched a list put together by "forbes" magazine. this is a reflection of the seriousness they took up this task. when

incidents all those who are at odds with these lawmakers republic have utilized various means including money weapons bullet ics and intel. separate us two great for these learning system the republic and these like revolution for president trump kicked off the new year unleashing a stream of tweets on the issue accusing iran of corruption human rights violation and spending its wealth on terrorism and of course the israeli government has followed suit even going on to say that the iranians and israelis will be friends once the regime forces but what's even more surprising is that israel faces the same discontent some anti-government protests and some over trump's recognition of jerusalem as its capital but what did nikki haley have to say about this it takes great bravery for the iranian people to use the power of their voice against their government so we applaud the tremendous courage of the iranian people now we saw strong when it comes to the freedom and dignity of very people you have but you have a different meaning of freedom and dignity when it comes to the palestinian people would be to have been brutalized for over fifty y

which it can infiltrate to look at the recent events all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system the islamic republic and the islamic revolution. news agency portage reveals ongoing protest in a number of regions hundreds are reported to be in arrested and demonstrators continue to defy an attempted government blackout of social media back at the united nations the new president of the security council has confirmed the u.s. has been in contact and discussions are ongoing but it's not clear at this stage whether the u.s. appetite for a formal meeting is shared by the wrist of security council members some may be reluctant to intervene in what they would regard as an internal domestic dispute my kind of al-jazeera united nations now the u.s. state department says it's considering further action against iran due to the unrest. we don't get ahead of sanctions but that is one tool kit a couple things that we have in a very bright and wide toolkit so there are a range of

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with george bush in the white house to plan how they were going to undermine the islamic republic area and not all of us knew that mr. soros was seeing mr. bush on a weekly basis. we certainly didn't realize that they were planning together to overthrow the islamic republic. that's what they put on television. they really believe this stuff, people. so you think that our refrain if from saying we want regime change will change his mind? when that is all he is wanted for 20 years and speaks about all the time? come on, give me a break. >> just two points. first, with regard to the public diplomacy, i would argue for a very calibrated approach to our use of language that i think, first of all, if we are too full throated in our support for the people -- ultimately, if the protests fizzle, you only highlight your impotence and the regime is able to crow their success. so i think it is important for us to come out on behalf of the protesters and their right to protest, and their right for their human rights cannot be infringed upon by the regime. just be careful how you do it. also, i am not sure how this p

which it can infiltrate look at the recent events all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system islam republic and the islamic revolution that on monday night protesters also continue to demonstrate against iran's support for syrian president bashar al assad as well as in lebanon and hamas in the occupied palestinian territories iran's republican guard is threatening to stop the demonstrations but there are still calls for more protests rob matheson al-jazeera. iran has reopened two main border crossings with iraq's kurdish region the trade routes to erbil and suliman ia were closed in october iraq requested the closure in protest of the kurdish referendum on secession an iranian m.p. recently said the closure had cost iran more than two and a half billion dollars. palestinians are condemning a new israeli law which makes it harder to hand over parts of jerusalem and any future peace deal is really m.p.'s pass the bill which means two thirds of the knesset must now

which it can infiltrate look at the recent events all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system islam and republic and the islamic revolution. on monday night protestors also continue to demonstrate against iran's support for syrian president bashar al assad as well as in lebanon and hamas in the occupied palestinian territories iran's republican guard is threatening to stop the demonstrations but there are still calls for more protests rob matheson al jazeera. eric randolph is the deputy bureau chief for the news agency france press he joins us via skype from toronto taking the time to speak to us what can you tell us about the situation there in teheran why you are and elsewhere in the country well for now it seems relatively calm but i have to say that it's very difficult for us to report remember that i mean there are very tight restrictions on what the media can do and sharon we know there's a heavy police presence around is actually not been the focus of much

against their political opposition which i've said before and i'll say it again turns the us into a banana republic ok go ahead ha what trump must do and i believe what he will do is fire moeller and when the indignation is heard throughout the universe from c.n.n. and us and we see all trump needs to say is this i fired moller because there's no evidence of any collusion or any criminal activity from me or any of my associates pertaining to the mission of the probe hillary clinton for example actually committed crimes she removed top secret special access program intelligence that the highest level classification from cypriot jail to skate secure government locations she transferred them in a creative manner that nobody talked talks about from those locations on her on encrypt once on encrypted server that is a crime under the espionage act us code seventy three f. what peter struck did is remove gross negligence five times the references which directly relates to the espionage act and that statute you don't even need gross negligence because she paid by parking on a five thousand dollars the issu

all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system the islamic republic and the islamic revolution. news agency put it reveals ongoing protest in a number of regions hundreds are reported to be in arrested and demonstrators continue to defy an attempted government blackout of social media that at the united nations the new president of the security council has confirmed the u.s. has been in contact and discussions are ongoing but it's not clear at this stage whether the u.s. appetite for a formal meeting is shared by the wrist of security council members some may be reluctant to intervene in what they would regard as an internal domestic dispute my canner i'll just hear a united nations well iran's foreign minister said back of president trump remarks telling the u.s. to stay out of iran's affairs jabbered zarif tweeted iran security and stability depend on its own people who are like the people of trump's regional b f f's or best friends forever have the right to vo

which it can infiltrate to look at the recent events all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system of the islamic republic and the islamic revolution. in terror on those little sign of the turmoil that's engulfed parts of the country but the issues which have sparked the protests a rise in food prices and the fear of unemployment are serious concerns for the people here i got one by impinge on the call i'm working but in this society i'm always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood so manja das and there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult we attain it so i have a daughter both at school the high prices it really put me under pressure at home. in washington president trump continued to tweet his support for the protesters the

in the czech republic and comments made us a man has won the first strands of the country's presidential election. candidate garnered almost thirty nine percent of the vote that far short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff in faith the pro european council. and two weeks time there for you to even was preparing to cast his vote when he was confronted by an activist from famine. within groups in sludge she shocks and once again semen is the focus of media attention just as he likes. with the ice famine recently attacked the whole i'm on board that they also attacked me in the from the north zeman is used to making headlines he's aimed at journalists with a fake rifle railed against refugees called for an end to sanctions on russia and there's no one to indulge in wildly pleasure. i'm rooting for the man because he's against migrants and he's a good manager. i just hope the next president would be like zaman. is even did not even bother to take part in the election debate instead his main rival. came out on top because he is a respected if someone cry academic contrast zeman. the che

republic. not all of us knew that mr. soros was seeing mr. bush on a weekly basis. we certainly didn't realize that they were planning together to overthrow the islamic republic. that's what they put on television. he really believe this stuff. refrain fromt our saying we want regime change will change his mind? come on. give me a break. >> just two points. first, with regard to the public diplomacy, i would argue for a very calibrated approach to our use of language that i think, first of all, if we are too full throated in our support for the people -- ultimately, if the protests fizzle, you only highlight your impotence and the regime is able to grow your crow your- you success. just be careful how you do it. s plays aure thei big factor in the current context. throated, too full you might also alters some -- there is conspiratorial protein in iran. it's not exclusively a worldview that is of the regime. it's also the people. might affect the calculus of people who might otherwise be willing to join the opposition. if they hear it is an american project -- it's ha

let's republic i would use we didn't pick it up enough to do it again because i collect trash to remind and persuade others. to try it ten percent of citizens were like him our environment would be much better. i believe that if i persist environment would. keep good like you even when i'm seventy eighty years old. let's all headlines for myself on the team here for tonight my partners will be with you next hour with more global headlines. power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and the fellow they match up with their heads up saudi arabia these days is as corrupt as the day is long and he's just stealing money from folks and with us right to be had but america is like that free for meanwhile ok already there actually are in the process of reform but that somehow evil. welcome to sophie and co i'm sophie shevardnadze as the wall transitions from a mechanical to digital the way society functions is rapidly changing. what will the technical revolution bring by i ask economist innovative speaker and bestselling author shel north strong. the rise of digital technologies bringi

us ambassador to the un. here are both of them. translation: following recent events the enemies have united to create problems for the islamic republics. we all know that's complete nonsense. the demonstrations are completely spontaneous. they are virtually in every city in iran. this is the precise picture of a long and oppressed people rising up against their dictators. nikki haley also said washington wants an emergency meeting of the un security council. these demonstrations started on thursday in iran's second largest city, mashhad. you can see it there in the north—east. but by saturday, many more people and places were involved, including the capital, tehran. it's worth noting that on saturday there was also another demonstration in tehran — but this one was sanctioned by the authorities and commemorated the defeat of the 2009 protest movement. but let's stay focused on the anti—government protests, and the most important question, why are they happening now? this is the view of one analyst. if you go back to may of this year, when hassan rouhani was re—elected with a landslide 2a million voters backing him, they voted for him

republic. now, , not all of us knew that e was seeing mr. bush on a weekly basis. and we certainly didn't realize what they were planning together was over the islamic republic but that's what to put on television. they really believe this stuff, people. so you think that our refrain from saying the word regime change will change his mind when that's what he spot for 20 years and speaks about all the time? , on, give me a break. >> if i could just add just two points. first, i guess i would come with regard to our public diplomacy, i would argue for a very calibrated and, approach to her use of language, that i think, first of all, if we are to full throated and our support for the people, first of all, ultimately, if the protests fizzle and given full throating support you only highlight your impetus and the regime is able to crow your success. i think it's important for us to come out on behalf of the protesters and the right to protest and the right for the human rights to not be infringed by the regime. but just be careful how you do it. because also, i'm not su

in the united states are in an oligarchy ruled by an elite class we are not a democratic republic you can't use javelin what do you believe these two bunny to the study found that if the people the nano leads once something to happen legislatively at the federal level it all it only happens if it's aligned with the business world corporate america business interests have substantial independent impact on us government policy while average citizens and mass based interest groups have little or no independent influence yet almost all our mainstream media attention and everything that swirls around us all day c.n.n. and all the rest and most of our national activism is based on trying to change these things that we provably mathematically almost never change. so it isn't that kind of like living in a false world you know what one where we think we matter but it's a facade is bull the truman show it's our our actions are like punching waves you know like like trying to catch a fart in your hand. trying to make soccer popular in the us. media pursued i call this the national delusion so then it's na

he broke his silence today to put the blame on, as he put it, enemies of the islamic republic who have usedey, weapons, and intelligence services to heate problems. that hints at foreign mterference. but iran's moderate president hassan rouhani said today the protesters are just fed up with poverty and lack of freedom. that's exactly what you hear on the street. "my three kids are doctors and engineers," says this father, "and not one of them has a job." "even though my husband and i both work," says this woman, "we're under constant pressure from high prices. life is tough." this is the most serious prising in iran since the massive election protests in 2009 that were so brutally put down. back then, the discontent was focused in tehran. this time, it's countrywide. and the protesters, whose demands range from food subsidies to the end of clerical e le, know that the hard-liners are now calling for another ruthless crackdown to restore order. jeff. >> glor: liz, thank you. all right, joining us now to discuss this and more is ian bremmer, president of the eurasia group, and a cbs news seni

he broke his silence to put the blame on as he put enemies of the islamic republic who have used money, weapons and intelligence services to create problems. that hints at foreign interference. but iran's moderate president, said today the protesters are lack of freedom. that's exactly what you hear on my three kids are doctors and engineers says this father. and not one of them has a job. even though my husband and i both work, says this woman, we are under constant pressure from high prices. life is tough. this is the most serious uprising in iran since the massive election protests in 2009 so brutally put down. back then, the discontent was focussed in tehran. this time, it's countrywide. and the protesters whose demands range from food subsidies to the end of clerical rule know that the hard-liners are now calling for another ruthless crackdown to restore order. jeff. >> liz, thank you. >>> joining us to discuss this and more, ian bremmer, cbs news, senior global affairs contributor. ian, always good to see you. first iran and what you make of this? >> look, demonstrations in a aut