back in two thousand and twelve before the building of the massive drone base africa in the us state department surveyed locals in the region and found that eighty three percent of august respondents believe that american and european cultures pose a threat to traditional muslim values and. only fifty percent were convinced that the united states is spiting islam rather than terrorism across the muslim world and apparently when this kind of local sentiment is translated in the us state department and military speak it can only mean one thing perfect place to build a hundred million dollar drone bases and put hundreds upon hundreds of us soldiers because that is exactly how the us responded to the survey and since the escalation of us military and drone presence in the region the intercepts nic turks turks notes the country is now a hotbed of extremist groups including al qaeda in the islamic magreb the islamic state of iraq and the islamic state west africa isis greater sahara isis libya and boko herat to the u.s. state department most of the organizations were operating in niger or didn't even

back in two thousand and twelve before the building of the massive drone base africa in the us state department surveyed locals in the region and found that eighty three percent of respondents believe that american and european cultures pose a threat to traditional muslim values nearly fifty percent were convinced that the united states is spiting islam rather than terrorism across the muslim world and apparently when this kind of local sentiment is translated in the u.s. state department and military speak it can only mean one thing. perfect place to build a hundred million dollar drone bases and put hundreds upon hundreds of u.s. soldiers because that is exactly how the u.s. responded to the survey and since the escalation of u.s. military and drone presence in the region the intercepts nick turk terse notes the country is now a hotbed of extremist groups including al qaeda in the islamic magreb the islamic state of iraq and the islamic state west africa isis greater sahara isis libya and boko haram according to the u.s. state department most of the organizations were operating in niger or di

back in two thousand and twelve before the building of the massive drone base africa in the us state department surveyed locals in the region and found that eighty three percent of august as respondents believe that american and european cultures pose a threat to traditional muslim values nearly fifty percent were convinced that the united states is spiting islam rather than terrorism across the muslim world and apparently when this kind of local sentiment is translated in the u.s. state department and military speak it can only mean one thing. perfect place to build a hundred million dollar drone bases and put hundreds upon hundreds of u.s. soldiers because that is exactly how the u.s. responded to the survey and since the escalation of u.s. military and drone presence in the region the intercepts nick turk terse notes the country is now a hotbed of extremist groups including al qaeda in the islamic magreb the islamic state of iraq and the islamic state west africa isis greater sahara isis libya and boko haram according to the u.s. state department most of the organizations were operating in n

washington's threat to stop iran from exporting its own oil and does come to you after the us state department said it intended to reduce iran's oil revenues to zero. our goal with respect to the energy sanctions our goal is to increase pressure on the iranian regime by reducing to zero its revenue from crude oil sales in the ninety's when they see they will not allow iran's oil to be exported it means that the oil of the entire region will not be exported how is it possible that iran's oil can be exported but the rest of the regions can after it seems they don't understand what they are saying when they say iran will not be allowed to export even a drop of oil ok if they can do it if they do it and see the result. well already there's been a result because there have been calls from iran's revolutionary guard to block the strait of hormuz by gulf countries for exports the strait is controlled by iran to the north in the south the us navy has already reacted by saying it's willing to provide security for trade in the region we asked steve kagan a professor of economics at kingston university w

the us state department regards the iran as the world's key sponsor regards the iran as the world's keyinternational terrorism. the president wants to meet with folks to solve problems. it the iranians demonstrate a commitment to making fundamental changes in how they treat their own people, reduce maligned behaviour and agree it is horrible to enter into a nuclear agreement that prevents proliferation, the president said he is prepared to sit down and have a conversation. if such a meeting goes ahead, it will be the first between us and iranian leaders in almost a0 yea rs. us intelligence officials have warned that north korea appears to be building new ballistic missiles in spite of warming ties with the trump administration. the officials say they have new satellite evidence suggesting work is still taking place at a factory near pyongyang that produced the first north korean missiles capable of reaching the united states. laura bickerjoins me from seoul. what more can you tell us? just a note of caution to start off with. these were unnamed us officials who spoke to the washington p

response to washington's threat to stopping iran from exporting its own oil and comes after the us state department said it intended to reduce your hands on oil reserves revenues to zero our goal with respect to the energy sanctions our goal is to increase pressure on the iranian regime by reducing to zero its revenue from crude oil sales in order to need these ideas so when they see they will not allow iran's oil to be exported it means that the oil of the entire region will not be exported how is it possible that iran spoiled can't be exported enough for the rest of the region scan of them and that is it seems they don't understand what they are saying when they say iran will not be allowed to export even a drop of oil ok if they can do it even if i didn't do it thank you and see the result in the navy. and as a result there are been calls from iran's revolutionary guard to block the strait of hormuz used by gulf countries for exports this trade is controlled by iran to the north and by oman in the south the us navy has already reacted by saying it's willing to provide security for trade in the r

august last year because of concerns over human rights abuses by the egyptian military and us state department officials says the egyptian government will not have access to the funds because of steps taken to address such concerns however rights groups accuse egyptian security forces of continuing to use torture and detention to silence political dissent south sudan's rival leaders have come to a new power sharing agreement three years after their previous deal collapsed. and react much as i said to sign off on the final are called on august the fifth sudan's official news agency is reporting killed will lead the transitional government on macho will return as vice president the two men are attempting to bring a political end to four year civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions of others well how model has more from the khartoum the sudanese capital with the talks have been taking place. after nineteen days of deliberations parties insults and downs conflict gathered here in sign a preliminary agreement on power sharing it's unlikely to stop the war in sou

in august last year because of concerns over human rights abuses by the egyptian military a us state department official says the egyptian government will not have access to the funds because the u.s. believes egypt's taken steps to address the concerns of our rights groups accuse egyptian security forces of continuing to use torture and attention to silence political dissent a swedish student activist has halted the deportation of an afghan asylum seeker by refusing to sit down in a plane at an essendon lifestream to protest a facebook from inside the aircraft it was due to fly from goteborg to cup ball but couldn't take off while she remained standing the video was widely shared on social media and received around two million views by wednesday refugee was still deported and arson may now face legal action. there is another matter. in two years that it's going to get there but. very likely get killed at the airport and the people working here are trying to take away my phone and people trying to take. me down actually. forced to leave and try to force him to move me. the high commissioner for

james roberts served 25 years in the us state department and is one of the heritage foundation's leadperts. us trade representative came out swinging today saying china is no longer-- is a longer-term problem than any other trade battle we face. how will these latest developments affect the current trade war with china cracks are they worse now? >> i think we have set the table with the agreement with the european union union which is recognition by the trump administration that trade is mutually beneficial and we are glad to see the agreement to restart talks heading towards zero tariffs. the non- auto sector is one of the first things they start with with zero tariffs and if you remember yesterday with the news conference with president trump and juncker, president trump ran down a list of unfair trade practices all in debt china appeared they did not name china. it's interesting the two items, the two products the two sides announced yesterday both have really overtones, one on liquefied natural gas in that russia and the soybeans directly in debt china which has gone after our soy

the us state department tweeted, the us condemns the ongoing attacks by ortega's pa ra—police againstly. i have shown you the map where some of the protests have been taken place. next we will turn to miami. bbc monitoring looks at media all over the world. it has a base in miami. claudia plazas is there and i asked her whether these protests are being covered fairly in the nicaraguan press. they have been covered fairly but we have to understand that the government also has a very strong propaganda machine. so we have different versions. we have the government media accusing the demonstrators, of being terrorists, of attacking the police. so the versions are quite different. and then you have the opposition media accusing ortega of human rights violations. is there evidence that we can trust that the protests have been infiltrated, that the government is correct in its accusations? well, so far, like i say, we have two different versions but we also have reports from amnesty international for example, accusing the government of using paramilitary groups, of using the security forces

states, the office of the presidency has that right. congress may not take that right away from us. you do not use state department translators to prove your political points or to make your political points. if you have a problem, win and election. >> capri: i'm really torn on the issue, but i think in balance, we have to be very, very careful for all of the reasons that you stated. and in order to get rid of the problem, the reason they are going after the translator, because harris, as you said earlier that we are getting the information from russia. >> harris: the kgb is named putin. >> capri: who i referred to as a bond felon, out of a "james bond" movie. but would you be able to solve the problem if it is someone that to the american public presents without posing anything that is top secret, some basic information so that we can put the stuff aside -- >> ari: if i am the white house i have john bolton do a background with the press about what took place. presumably that the president downloaded the national security advisor that should fill in the press. >> melissa: in a normal world, that would solve the p

still plenty we don't know about trumps one on one with russia's vladimir putin in finland his us state department correspondent was in jordan with more. when u.s. president donald trump went to helsinki and said this about russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen election it's my people came to me dan coats came to me and some others they said they think it's russian i have president putin he just said it's not russian republicans and democrats were outraged by never thought i'd see an american president throw the intelligence community under the bus like that absolutely disgraceful a disservice to america he blamed everyone except russia secretary of state mike pompei o goes before senators on wednesday to try to explain what happened some experts say pompei or might have a hard time doing so they don't know what trump talked about with putin in that meeting it was it was just the two of them and translators. and things are emerging every day that are clearly coming as a surprise even to some of tom's closest advisors in fact it's been moscow that has revealed what trump and putin di

obtain the personal phones and devices of clinton's top aides, who sometimes also used private email for state departmentork and used private devices to communicate with clinton while she was the secretary of state. even though republicans have serious issues with things the fbi did not do in regards to the clinton email investigation, the ig says those are judgment calls that are within the discretion of fbi agents to make. >> sandra: trace gallagher, thank you. my next guest is a former navy sailor who served a year in prison for taking classified photos of his ship. he says that while he was under investigation by the fbi, agents raided his house at gunpoint. tailed him and interrogated his entire family, including his grandmother. he said this treatment is a clear indication of the fbi's double standard when it comes to hillary clinton. a former navy sailor christian saucier, who was pardoned by president trump earlier this year joins us now. christian, thank you for coming on the program tonight. >> thanks for having me on. >> sandra: our audience just heard that entire story and what we learn from

danger to the world, the president puts so much stock in talking to everyone as opposed to using the state departmenthannels that can be had at every level of government. when the president now goes to these places and says things, do guys like kim jong-un and vladimir putin same, i don't know if you mean it and you're going to change this in 24 minutes or 24 hours. >> absolutely, and that's what rouhani said. there are plenty of other people in the iranian establishment saying, we can't take this seriously. >> but ali, bobby, show me something the president has done that has hurt any of these authoritarian leaders. when he's faced with another bully-style leader, he folds. when he says he's tough on russia, it wasn't him, it was congress' sanctions. what has he actually done in relation to any of these countries that's actually hurt them? >> we have one week to find out. on the 6th of august, the sanctions on iran go back in place. that's why rouhani said there's a limited time left. it doesn't seem like there's anything europe can do it, the sanctions are going back on. and the iranian economy is i

the us state department regards iran as the world‘s key sponsor of international terrorism. tic missiles, despite the trump—kim summit. labour‘s deputy leader, tom watson, has described a member of the party‘s ruling body as "a loud—mouthed bully", after he was recorded criticising members of thejewish community. in the recording, peter willsman from the party‘s national executive committee suggested jewish "trump fanatics" were behind accusations of anti—semitism in the party. mr watson tweeted to say he was disgusted by the comments. mr willsman, a supporter of labour leaderjeremy corbyn, has since apologised and has been told he will not face any further action. well, some labour mps are calling for mr willsman to be removed from labour‘s national executive as a result of his remarks. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is following developments in westminster. well, there‘s been huge anger amongst many sections of the labour party following the release of that recording of pete wilson and‘s comments at the meeting of the national executive committee, where he de

barker i know that you were working in the obama era white house and other were it's us are in the state department in other words you were in the state department at the time that in two thousand and fourteen the nato members did signed up to this two percent commitment president trump is now talking about doubling that commitment to four percent so my question to you also as a former diplomat how binding are these targets and to what degree that do they truly reflect the nato members actual contributions because if i look at it germany has sent large number of forces to afghanistan i think it's the second largest provider of troops in afghanistan it has led to a battalion in eastern ukraine right so does this kind of targets in the international arena in is there in europe sorry is this kind of a new target measurement to really reflect the respective members contributions well you know this is it's just target to focus the mind i mean it's easy to communicate two percent two percent that's something you can save your public and now trump what he's doing is saying four percent i don't think that

the word you used, the same that heather, she has a new title at the state department used. they're not on the same page in the white house and the state department. probably a good thing. i found it equally shocking. i don't think this will happen. when the president that that putin made as you good offer. he'll help us in our russian interference investigation. he wants to see where we got our proof. he wants to look at i. no kidding. the guy who you caught wants to see how you caught him. i was shocked when he said that. this seems to be an extension of this crazy talk that we're hearing when it comes to putin and trump. they said that's like inviting an arsonist to put out a fire. by the way, have you read, it explains everything that's going on. it explains how the act came about. >> that's why he's on the bad list. he reported all of this. and it is a fascinating book. it came out in 2015 but i read hit the past winter. if you really want -- >> all the stuff that we're talking about raises this question, at what price, peace? what is trump willing to give putin to get w

. >> john kirby, you used to work at the state department and used to work at the pentagon. nizations and agencies and departments that know full will what vladimir pu putin has been doing to the world and united states. what do you think? >> they are frustrated quite frankly in both places because if you look at the national security establishment, there has been significant pushback on some russia, the sanctions and kicking out of diplomats. you heard coming out of brussels, 100% committed to nato. it's harder for them to do the day to day work at working levels with their counterparts when they hear the president under mine them the way he does and way he probably will do tomorrow. >> everyone stick around, we have a lot more to talk about. president trump bringing the hard line rhetoric with him to europe, saying can't such as france and germany are losing their culture. what exactly does he mean? stay with us. (vo) this is not a video game. this is not a screensaver. this is the destruction of a cancer cell by the body's own immune system, thanks to medicine that didn't

states something is seriously wrong. this is the key moment that will tell us everything. >> the state department spokeswoman called it absolutelysurd, we heard that for many other folks across the spectrum stay in touch. other top story tonight fbi director christopher ray speaking at the aspen security forum breaking from the president's rhetoric on robert mueller's russia investigation. >> i get asked this a lot. is on a witch hunt, it is a professional investigation conducted by a man i have known to be a straight shooter. and all my interactions with him in my past life in government and certainly since then so i don't think it is a witch hunt. and doj are ridding against republicans. >> would love to see republicans lose. i hate to say that but have to believe the department of leadership are banking on a loss by the republicans in the fall. >> we talk about with congressman jason chaffetz. do you think that is the case? >> i think the deep state does people like devon nunez, john radcliffe, trey gowdy and the like pushing to look at documents in the department of justice and they don't like it and don't like it, a disrupt

. >> lou: and joining us tonight, former state department senior advisor in the trump and a bush administration'sh us. the president saying straightforwardly what was confirmed with the secretary general of nato. there he is, a new effort to raise defense spending on the part of all 29 nato member nations. >> this could be a big change and one that has eluded previous presidents. not just donald trump who was pressed for this, but obama and his predecessors. others confirming that the leaders there agreed to spend perhaps $33 million more. that could either increase the capabilities of nato or provide us some relief so that we could focus our defenses on prices p, frankly, where it is more important. now, we will have to see if they actually follow through with these because they have welsh on these promises before. and nato may have to change significantly. >> lou: singled out for the trump treatment, the president not in any way mincing words. a saying straightforwardly, it is time for germany to balance its trade relationships, particularly with the united states, where they have enjoyed a sur

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to get access, to get the court to approve this and reports about the dossier were also used and the state departmentsupposedly handed from people associated with creating the dossier out of the clinton camp was used. it is like the fbi and doj went to the courts and said i heard about it from me, myself and i, it was the same source. is a game and the courts to get this spy warrant on the trump team which strikes me that the focus was on the trump campaign, carter page was the vehicle at it. that was the goal here and peter stzrok, this is his warrant as much as anyone else's over there and knowing what we know about his bias is all the more reason to uncover the full truth and get out the full corruption. corruption, a reason for the president to declassify and figure out what else was wrong. jillian: we will talk to you soon. rob: 17 after the hour, a problem looking in your pantry, popular snack just pulled from store shelves because it could make you sick. jillian: what a catch. what is now going viral. ♪ your hair is so soft! did you use head and shoulders two in one? i did mom. wanna try it? y

clintonpl was warned and was aware that t her blackberry was not secure, was not allowed to be used in her state departmentand that may be tied to some of these leaks. we also know from recent testimony and facts that have come out that apparently out of those 30,000 emails, all but four of them were actually auto-forwarded to some foreign power that we don't knowor about and louie gohmert has been very insistent on fox news and elsewhere saying that elsewhere was not russia. so it was some other foreign power for these emails ended up. michael flynn has been saying this since 2015 as well, that multiple sources have attempted to and perhaps have had access. with all of this morass that all of this building up of facts, you have james comey with peter strzok's assistance, concluding that this was carlessness as opposed to gross negligence or criminal in nature. clearly, it's a different set of facts for you and me. one more thing that i want to add is that there's been a lot of hullabaloo in the media about the president being told right before his inauguration that the russians had been attempting to targ

states. and later an interpreter for seven presidents will join us and tell us exactly what the state department interpreter who was in the room with the president on monday has been doing since monday and why she has more than just her notes. and at expedia, we don't think you should be rushed into booking one. that's why we created expedia's add-on advantage. now after booking your flight, you unlock discounts on select hotels right until the day you leave. ♪ add-on advantage. discounted hotel rates when you add on to your trip. only when you book with expedia. and now for the rings. (♪) i'm a four-year-old ring bearer with a bad habit of swallowing stuff. still won't eat my broccoli, though. and if you don't have the right overage, you could be paying for that pricey love band yourself. so get an allstate agent, and be better protected from mayhem. like me. can a ring bearer get a snack around here? >>> washington post indicating that dan coats is now in trouble thanks to his interview with andrea mitchell today. the washington post is reporting trump advisers were in an uproar. they said the

all three of us were at the state department -- mike, you were principal deputy -- you were there and this question of libya's election to the chair of the human rights commission came up. i had only been on the job a short time. perhaps it was because i was new and didn't know any better, i thought this does not sound like a good idea. we actually called for a vote. again, not the dreaded consensus but we called for a vote. we lost the vote. i remember at the time how shocked some of our allies and ngo'ss were, including that we would be so audacious as to actually call for a vote on whether or not libya should be chairman of the human rights commission. this was at a time when libya was under qadafi and had a bad record on human rights. this really raises a bigger question. we've been here before. as you said, we have been in and which -- been in and out. we have tried reforms. yet, the same mistakes were being made over and over again. it raises and existential -- a more existential question. can the united nations, the way it is currently constructed, be a champion of human rights

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the us state department regards iran as the world's key sponsor of international terrorism. a meeting goes ahead, it will be the first between us and iranian leaders in almost a0 years. us intelligence officials have told the washington post that north korea appears to be building new ballistic missiles, despite warming ties with the trump administration. the officials — speaking anonymously — told the newspaper that new evidence suggested work was still taking place at a factory near pyongyang that produced the first north korean missiles capable of reaching the united states. the father of the missing airman corrie mckeague says he believes his son will never be found. in a post on facebook martin mckeague says the evidence suggests the 23—year—old's remains are ‘somewhere within the waste disposal system. 0ur reporter keith doyle's got more on this. this seems like quite a significant development. yes, the huge surge in corrie mckeague, went missing on september 2a, 2016 and at was based at raf honington and he disappeared after a night out in bury st edmunds. the search w

of sanctions until russia returns control of to ukraine.peninsula jane: joining us from capitol hill is state department correspondt-t barbara plher. he was clearlyrying to clarify s. policies towards russia. were they convinced? barbara: that's a good question. his approach was to try the argument that mr. trump is not soft on russia. you heard that the u.s. continues to reject the annexation of crimea, that there was no change in sanctions on russia, that theca ame gave $200 million to ukraine. he also said that mr. trump got it when it came to election meddling. he said, mr. pompeo, that he himself told the russians that if there was further election meddling, there nculd be conseq. in terms of senators being convinced, they don't sound convinced. senator bob corker said to mr. pompeo, look, we have faith in you and it is the president we are concerned about. another senatorai i know you are making the distinction between the u.s. policy in the president's atements, but the president's statemlits are u.s. . jane: are we any clearer about what happened behind closed doors at the two-hour meeting betwe

in another piece that we use is we have the leadership in the state department of combatting threats to internet freedom. and we do this -- we have sort of a diplomatic side that's called the freedom on-line coalition, but we also have a programatic side where we finance research and development on how you get around the blocking tools that some of these really bad governments use to keep their people from being able to access the internet without censorship. as a consequence to that, we have literally tens of millions of people now successfully using those tools. but it's a constant -- it is a cat-and-mouse game. the bad guys come up with countermeasures to what we figured out so we're always trying to think ahead of them and have new apps that we can put out there in the world. on the -- we're also trying to harness the business sectors across the world. we have like the guiding principles on business and human rights, and there are always guidelines, voluntary principles and human rights initiative. these are all different coalitions of multinational enterprises, and they get toge

he can insult us and pompeo the state department and others are going to take it and use this rosie languagebably going to want to know what set the north koreans off, right? what do you think they want when it comes to north korea? >> i think they want to know how real the threat s remember, if north korea has an armed attack against the united states, nato allies have to come to our defense under the nato treaty. so there's that potentially bad news on the agenda. there is also good news. we focused a lot on what donald trump finds wrong with nato. but they have news to share in brussels. defense spending is up. they'll have a new command structure. they improved force readiness. there is positive vladimir putin thinks everything nato does is against russia so allies will have to walk the line. they will have to say we are serious about countering russian aggression. everything isn't about you, vladimir putin. if the threat goes down so can the focus on countering the threat from moscow. >> the president has the nato meeting. in between will visit the united kingdom. is there a chance the

ambassador daniel fried, who used to be the coordinator for russian sanctions policy at the us state departmentassador fried. thank you. what's your first reaction to president trump saying, in the end, "we could have an extraordinary relationship", the words he gave to president putin? well, even given president trump's habit of exaggeration, that's a bit rich. the problem of our current relations with russia, the reason they're so bad, is not because of years of american foolishness, as the president tweeted, but because of russian aggression. it's a good thing to try to get along with the russians, but it's a bad thing to pay for that better relationship by giving away our values or our interests in exchange for nothing. now, i don't know why president trump wanted to go in this meeting appearing to be a supplicant. but with a weak statement like he made about years of american foolishness causing a bad relationship with russia, he puts himself in a weaker position. he painted himself into a corner. i can only hope that this afternoon when they come out of the meetings, president trump will

department grounds. so the bill before us today addresses this security gap. it mandates the state department develop a comprehensive, modernized policy on devices that contain tracking capability. it also requires that all current and future diplomatic staff be briefed on the new policy and current best practices for using devices that are enabled with local tracking features. the objective is to build in a culture of safety and self-awareness. you know, technology is advancing every day. and we must not allow our agencies to expose personnel to new risks. i urge my colleagues to support this act and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california, mr. sherman, is recognize. mr. sherman: i rise in support of h.r. 4989, the protecting diplomats from surveillance through consumer devices act, and yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. mr. sherman: this bill, again, passed our committee by unanimous bi

later, secretary of state mike pompeo talks at a religious read him form hosted by the state department. joining us from columbus, ohio is sean trende. he is an analyst for real clear politics. thank you for being with us. guest: think you for having me. host: i want to talk about some of the races to watch. and one in your part of the country, a special election scheduled for early next month. talk to us about the candidate and why this is a potentially bellwether for democrats and republicans. guest: this is a bellwether for both democrats and republicans because it is the kind of district you would expect democrats to be competitive in any way election. credible candidates on both the republican in the democratic side. nominateds have someone too extreme. it is a good test case for what the national environment really is like. this is a district donald trump won handily. even if the democrats are coming close, it is indicative of a bad national environment for republicans. host: let's talk about danny o'connor, the democrat, and tribal percent, the republican candidate. it -- an open seat. a con

security not only in europe but also for the united states i haven't met any of the us both bullet the shins or from bent or going to the state department or even from and i see who could share of this viewpoint and there we when we look at what kind of job has been done so far for brussels summit then here we are on the same day we've all america american allies mr michaels and donald trump is reported to have said that is as. i want to get this right here it is as bad as laughter so what do you make of that. you know mr trump has tweeted said. you know promise during campaign different issues but to be honest of course we would like to see what will happen next week in in proselytism for us looking from mr o'neill from tightly to prime montes the unity among the allies these is what we have seen recently during the g seven meeting or during some you know messages coming from twitter of course there are question marks but. again the if we look at what what is happening on the ground what already in the u.s. during the trumpet administration has increased its defense. abilities on the eastern flank of nato in poland in politics states a

use it for. now the u.s. state department has expressed concerns over the video that seems to show one of its key allies committing a savage act of brutality we call on the government of cameroon to investigate thoroughly and transparently the events depicted in the video make its findings public and if cameroonian military personnel were involved in this is city hold them accountable this is hardly the first time that cameroon has raised the concerns of human rights groups and the amnesty international report documented over one hundred cases of murder torture and abuse we used witness testimony and photographs from the social media accounts of. to digitally moto the site and locate incidents within it the arms and legs if they stay taney abound in a stress position known as the position. detainees report being held in this way for days at a time and first there were reports that the u.s. state department had temporarily suspended aid to the country but the pentagon was quick to dispel those rumors there has been no change t

us. what role does the state department play in the reunification of these young children? >> thanks for the question. as i believe i've said in earlier questions similar to this, you know, we are -- we work in countries with our host governments, we work in places like south america to try and eliminate the root causes of this -- >> but i mean this specifically when parents -- some of these parents have been deported now, is the state department involved if they're back in the northern triangle countries trying to get their kids back, is the state department involved at all because hhs is not in guatemala or el salvador? >> i'll be honest with you, i'm not sure that our counselor officials are involved in that process. i can take that back and get you a clearer answer on that. >> i hope that you will and i'll submit my question for the record because i'd like to know if the state department that deals with other nations and of course our domestic agencies here, whether they can represent to the american people that none of these children has died or been severely injured w

states, something is seriously wrong. this is the key moment. this will tell us everything. >> shannon: the state department spokeswoman heather nauert called it absurd. rehiring that for other people across the spectrum politically and ideologically. bill browder, stay in touch. >> thank you. >> shannon: are other top story, fbi director christopher wray speaking at the aspen security forum breaking from the president's rhetoric on special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. >> i get asked this a lot. i do not believe special counsel mueller is on a witch hunt. i think it's a professional investigation conducted by a man that i have found to be a straight shooter and all of my interactions with him. in my past life and government, certainly since then. i don't think it's a witch hunt. >> shannon: meanwhile house until chairman devin nunes is sounding the alarm about them in terms. sean hannity asked him whether he thinks the fbi and doj are rooting against republicans because of the investigations into alleged bias at the agency. >> i would love to see republicans lose -- i say that, i hate to s

do bring to your attention a special exemption of those export control rules that the state department plans to use this friday. allowing blueprints for downhillible guns online and acceptable worldwide. i don't think that we want to be in a world of hamas in the gaza has an ability to download a capacity for an ar-15 to endanger security in that region and the same thing could happen around the world. i ask the state department to please reconsider this decision. i think it has long-terminational security and domestic security considerations for our country. >> you have my commitment, i'll take a look at it. >> senator paul. >> thank you for your testimony. >> thank you. >> there's been a great deal of gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands and, you know, dozens and dozens of senators saying that the president shouldn't have met with president putin. and i guess i wonder because if somehow we have become sidetracked by partisanship because in the past president obama met with putin, george bush met with putin. the question i have is if we're entering a naive time thinking unless someone is a perf

us. what role does the state department play in the reunification of the young children? >> sir, thanks for the question. believe i said in earlier questions similar to this. you know, we work in countries with our host governments, we try to work in places like central america to try to -- >> specifically, when parents -- some of the parents have been deported now. is the state department involved if they are back in the northern triangle countries and trying to get the kids back? is the state department involved at all. because hhs is not involvely be honest with you. i am not sure if the officials are involved in the process. >> i hope that you will and i'll submit my question for the record, because i'd like to know if a state department that deals with other nations and, of course, our domestic nations here, whether they can represent to the american people that none of these children has died or been severely injured while in the custody of the united states government. that's my question. i would also like to echo my representatives' comments in the work to fight c

with us here is my colleague, our state department correspondence barbara plett usher. also the author of a book curiously called, the invention of russia, the rise and rise of putin and fake news. very tropical! as we watch the convoy of the miz scenes heading into the palace —— very topical. what do you think is on the president'smind was growing i think from president putin, this is a natural progression from the world cup, where macron was present yesterday and there was a parade of world leaders. so, from emmanuel macron to donald trump, this is part of putin's narrative of russia being at the centre of the world. it's a great year political power, and he is illegitimate leader, notjust in russia but in the world. and the way he's already got what he wanted out of it, you know, the theatre, the television pictures of it is what really actually matters both to putin and i think probably the trump as well. and putin has brought his new car. this is significant, because this is a russian—made limousine which has become a symbol of russia's researchers, it will dominat

she told us to ask the state department. i haven't had a chance to do that yet, shep. >> shepard: peter doocy, thanks very much. we're going to hear from tara maller in just a moment on what russia's effects are to target the united states. they are ongoing. dan coats makes that perfectly clear. we'll talk about the danger for you, me, the democracy and the rest as fox news channel's coverage continues in just a moment. i have type 2 diabetes. i'm trying to manage my a1c, then i learn type 2 diabetes puts me at greater risk for heart attack or stroke. can one medicine help treat both blood sugar and cardiovascular risk? i asked my doctor. she told me about non-insulin victoza®. victoza® is not only proven to lower a1c and blood sugar, but for people with type 2 diabetes treating their cardiovascular disease, victoza® is also approved to lower the risk of major cv events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. while not for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. (announcer) victoza® is not for people with type 1