the us state department says it has not reached a final conclusion on who was involved in the killing khashoggi, amid media reports that the cia believes crown prince mohammed ordered the killing. president trump says he will talk to cia chiefs following the reports. saudi arabia has called the claim false. protesters have blocked off five major bridges in central london, demanding that the uk government takes greater action on climate change. it followed a week of action by the campaign group extinction rebellion. the group said 6,000 people had joined the demonstrations and there'd been 45 arrests. a war crimes suspect in the central african republic has been detained and handed over to a tribunal in the netherlands. alfred yekatom, who was once nicknamed rambo, led a christian militia in the anti—balaka movement which is accused of murdering and torturing members of the car's muslim community between 2013 and 2014. 250,000 people have taken part in protests across france over increases in fuel taxes. one woman was hit and killed by a panicked driver, while more than 100 others were

the us state department has intervened to counter reports that the cia believes the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi. a spokesperson said the us government has not reached a final conclusion. the argentine government say they may never ever be able to raise the wreckage of a submarine that has just been found on the sea floor. forty four crew members were on board the sanjuan. at ten o'clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the day's news. but first, qandeel baloch was murdered in her bed, the victim of a so—called honour killing that rocked pakistan and the world. she was a social media sensation, a young woman from a poor village who became famous for her sexually provocative online appearances. we find out more about her story in our world — justice for qandeel. this is a story about justice and honour. qandeel baloch was a girl who rose from nowhere and became pakistan's social media superstar. her highly provocative videos shocked many in pakistan, but brought her fame. two years ago, qandeel was murdered. her own brot

the government of the netherlands government of the state department as well as some european union countries the us state department and it's notable that the head of the pentagon appears to be very concerned by the mounting casualties and death toll in yemen almost pushing pushing britain into it arguably you don't delineate by manufacture of war plane or bomb because those are loaning figures you're giving for air strikes. i mean you don't know whether there are any british manufactured bombs that have killed those civilians or whether any british made and manufactured warplanes have been used in killing the civilians we don't carry out that kind of that level of investigations de vries however extensive reporting that u.s. made bombs u.k. made bombs even italian made bombs have been used in yemen in a piece where there was an indiscriminate killing of civilians including of course as we know. children or are we men the high court in london said that our robust arms export regime here is is brilliant. britain must continue and must be able to continue exporting killing machines to the saudis whic

sanctions the state department accuses of ah to russia of using the revenues to help fund syrian government allies which the u.s. considers terrorist groups secretary of state has the track transactions on the mind legitimate efforts to resolve the war in syria. there have been more airstrikes and gun battles in the yemeni paucity of her day there. this is say fighting near the city center were some of the worst they've seen in recent days assad the erratic coalition is backing yemen's government in its fight against iranian backed what the rebels who control. hundreds of central american asylum seekers have arrived into your water joining a growing group in the mexican city meanwhile the u.s. judge has blocked president donald trump's order to bar people from seeking asylum if they enter the country illegally border agents are preparing for the so-called caravan of people making their way to the u.s. there's been an increase security at some crossings. well those are the headlines on al-jazeera i'll have another full news bulletin for you in just under thirty minutes coming up next though

new york we got the thoughts of former top us state department official lawrence wilkerson and he's of the belief it's the russia collusion allegations that move trump to council the meeting with the. i think this was all based on domestic politics there is growing concern in the u.s. congress and growing concern out amongst the american people about the investigation about the possibility of there being collusion between the administration and moscow about trump's russia contacts period and so i think he's doing all he can now to demonstrate that there is no such thing as collusion there's no such thing as a. relationship between him and moscow that is anything other than formal and official and so he uses this in the cancellation of the meeting on the side of the buenos aires g twenty as a way of demonstrating that to his base and to the american people in the congress . and as if we needed another story president trump's former lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty on thursday to lying to congress in the continuing russia collusion probe on the us leader in response in typical fashion

the us state department says no final conclusion has been reached, as to whether or not crown princebin salman of saudi arabia ordered the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. there had been reports the cia believed the crown prince had authorised the killing. mr kashoggi was killed last month while visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia insists the crown prince knew nothing about plans for the murder. more than 250,000 people have taken to the streets of france in protests over high fuel prices and the rising cost of living. one person was killed when a woman taking her child to see a doctor tried to drive through a blockade. more than 200 others have been injured. lucy williamson reports from paris. car horns beeping. there are those in france who say they feel invisible to their leaders. not today. high visibilityjackets, the new uniform of a leaderless nationwide movement, blocking roads across the country in protest at rising fuel taxes and the rising cost of living. translation: i am a nurse and i am tired of being so heavily taxed. translation: the little

the us state department issued a statement saying that there were still numerous unanswered questionsf that saying essentially nothing is clear, even the americans are not sure about what's going on. what are your impressions, as you are in saudi arabia at the moment, what are your impressions about the impact that all of this has happened there and in particular on the position of the crown prince? to what extent as it undermine his authority and his position as the factor and ruler of the country? —— de facto ruler of the country? —— de facto ruler of the country? —— de facto ruler of the country? that is a question that works on several levels. we do not really know the inside workings of the royal family and we know there has been friction and anger for a long time, it huge draw family, essentially this extraordinary rise of the crown prince pushed a lot of other people aside. a lot of other people whose noses were out of joint. but his control of the country had become so complete, all of the levers of power that everyone essentially got with the programme. but this is an opportu

the us state department has since said the us government has not reached a final conclusion on who isth. a little earlier, our turkey correspondent mark lowen sent this update from istanbul. well, the cia's conclusions are based on a number of findings including reports of a phone call reportedly intercepted by us intelligence, said to have been made at the request of crown prince mohammad bin salman by his brother, who is currently the saudi ambassador to washington, to jamal khashoggi, encouraging him to go to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get papers for his upcoming marriage and assuring him he would be safe. the saudi embassy in washington has strenuously denied the existence of this phone call and said they are trying to urge the american authorities to hand over any transcript of a phone call they are thought to have. but the cia's conclusions are backing up turkey's idea, their allegations that when jamal khashoggi entered the saudi consulate here in istanbul almost seven weeks ago, he was killed, his body dismembered and probably dissolved in acid, on the orders of the to

the us state department says the remains of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi should be found and call follows turkey's statement on how it believes the journalist was killed, saying he was strangled and dismembered at the saudi consulate in istanbul last month. meanwhile the eiffel tower in paris was switched off today in a minute of silence to mark the international day to end impunity for crimes againstjournalists. the organisation, reporters without borders, says 77 members of the media have been killed this year and more than 300 others imprisoned. the bank of england has decided to keep interest rates unchanged, at 0.75%. the bank's governor, mark carney, said brexit uncertainty was preventing some firms from investing. but he also said there could be a rebound in investment if the uk manages a smooth exit from the european union. anyone from the european union living and working in the uk will have to register to stay when brexit is completed and this country leaves the eu next march. it will cost each person 65 pounds under the ‘eu settlement scheme'. with london so relian

but the us state department of cia call them our friends. here to comment is our senior closest thing we have to a persian naomi her mother. so some are saying the amica is a cripple in the people's temple of the jonestown massacre that any k. are nothing like jonestown they take their cyanide straight no kool aid chain sort of like. the group started out as opposition to the us puppet raise a poll and then after the one nine hundred seventy nine iranian revolution they turned against the new iranian leader khomeini killing is allying supporters and reportedly anyone with a beard so uses. christ yes he would have been a target too. and so would you then have a tour of. backed down on anti-government groups any case led to where saddam hussein's government sheltered them in exchange for help during the iran iraq war so one reason and we care doesn't have support in iran is the whole killing the iranians on behalf of an enemy thing they don't like dying it's an interesting aspect of persian cold turkey in this community for brief it just so we

came to istanbul to unstick constantinople he signed the deal with the constantinople and the us state department supported this so much for the wall of separation between church and state we have the guy who came to power in ukraine who meeting they had all of a religious organization that represents eight thousand people even in istanbul and they decide to crush basically a church which is about twelve thousand years old and we cater to the author to be able to we're going to ask you to keep an eye on that story it will come back to you within. in the future that's all the time we have here many thanks to my guests here in moscow this is the end of our broadcast segment stay with us for the extended version on our you tube channel see you next time and remember crosstalk walls. there's now a building around breaks here and no one to know why says terrorists long. bad memories. twenty four years ago this country song a real look into the world. after the genocide there a moment in rwanda a man. fell to women to fix what the men had broken. ministries police forces and city administrations of man

the headlines: the us state department has called on european countries to do more to support ukrainerimea ordered the first 12 ukrainian sailors captured by russia on sunday to spend two months in detention. polls have closed in the us state of mississippi, where voters have been choosing a new senator. if the republican candidate, cindy hyde—smith, wins the vote, president trump's party will extend its senate majority to fifty—three. she has faced a tough challenge from the democrat, mike espy. the british government says there has been a significant increase in migrant boats crossing the english channel. home secretary sajid javid says the traffic is being organised by criminal gangs, and he has promised more cooperation with the french authorities. it is estimated 110 migrants have made it across in the last month. now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament.

the us state department issued a statement saying that there were still numerous unanswered questionst of that, saying essentially nothing is clear, even the americans are not sure about what's going on. sebastian usherfor us in riyadh. three men are in hospital after a shooting in north london. police say they were called to enfield yesterday evening, and two of the men are believed to have suffered gunshot wounds. no arrests have been made. a woman has died and 200 other people have been injured in demonstrations against rising fuel prices in france. more than a quarter of a million people joined the protests. the price of diesel in the country has risen by around 23% over the past year — the highest level for nearly 20 years. one of the most controversial industrial projects built in the uk is closing down after nearly a quarter of a century. the nuclear reprocessing plant at sellafield in cumbria has already recycled its last batch of fuel. parts of the site will now be used to store waste, while the rest will be decommissioned, a process expected to take decades, as theo leggett

the us state department issued a statement saying that there were still numerous unanswered questionsng a lot of that saying essentially nothing is clear, even the americans are not sure about what's going on. sebastien asherfor us in riyadh. the government has confirmed plans to allow universities to offer two year or accelerated degrees. they would be allowed to charge higher fees per year but overall students would save around £5,500. 0ur education correspondent sean coughlan reports. instead of studying for three years at 30 weeks a year, the government wants more universities to provide fast—track courses, with degrees taught over two years, with 45 weeks of studying. these shorter, more intensive courses would mean savings of about £5,500 tuition fees and a year's worth of accommodation and living costs. the universities minister thinks it will particularly help to reverse the decline in the number of mature students who might want to reduce the cost and to get back into work more quickly. even though the overall cost would be lower than studying for three years, each year would

the us state department says it has not reached a final conclusion on who was involved in the killingurnalist jamal khashoggi, amid media reports that the cia believes crown prince mohammed ordered the killing. president trump says he will talk to cia chiefs following the reports. saudi arabia has called the claim false. a war crimes suspect in the central african republic has been detained and handed over to a tribunal in the netherlands. alfred yekatom, who was once nicknamed ‘rambo', led a christian militia in the anti buh—lack—uh movement. it's accused of murdering and torturing members of the car's muslim community between 2013 and 2014. protesters have blocked off five major bridges in central london, demanding that the uk government takes greater action on climate change. it followed a week of action by the campaign group, extinction rebellion. the group said 6,000 people had joined the demonstrations and there'd been 45 arrests. police in athens have used teargas and stun grenades against anarchists who threw firebombs on the 45th anniversary of a student revolt. hooded youths

the us state department issued a statement saying that there were still numerous unanswered questionsof that saying essentially nothing is clear, even the americans are not sure about what's going on. germany is marking it's annual national day of mourning to remember its war dead, a week on from commemorations of the armistice that ended the first world war. french president emmanuel macron joined german chancellor angela merkel to lay a wreath at berlin's places of remembrance, which is dedicated to all victims of war and dictatorship. mr macron has also been speaking at the german parliament. some of britain's biggest companies are urging the government to honour a promise to give mental health in the workplace the same status as physical health. executives from 50 companies — including royal mail, wh smith and ford, have written to theresa may, asking her to follow through on last year's manifesto pledge to update health and safety legislation. the government says it will bring forward the recommendations of an independent review. one of the most controversial industrial projects

iran coincided on tuesday with the new sanctions against russian and iranian companies the us state department says they're shipping millions of barrels of oil to syria in violation of u.s. sanctions it also accuses iran and russia of using the revenues to help fund syrian government allies what the u.s. considers terrorist groups secretary of state my palm peo says the transactions undermine the gist of efforts to resolve the war in syria the united states today sanctions and international network that the iranian regime and russia are using to provide millions of barrels of oil to the assad regime this is in exchange for a little bit of hundreds of millions of dollars to the i r g c could force that money is then passed on to terrorist organizations like hezbollah and hamas the united states in its continued efforts will not allow these dirty dealings to flourish. trita parsi is a professor at georgetown university and he says the u.s. is trying to deflect attention away from saudi arabia. it shows the desperation and which trumpet ministration is trying to deflect and move on to the next is

the united states funds the class we are on the trip organized by the us army and state department they want to show us what has been achieved since the victory over as in russia and they want to encourage small countries to fund the stabilisation of the city. in the fight against the so-called islamic state in russia which included u.s. airstrikes destroyed more than seventy percent of the city. there's not much left barely any hospitals homes or anywhere to live and no man's electricity but people are slowly coming back. from a doubt it luckily some schools are opening again and we were just heard our children my daughter was not allowed to study under i.r.s. now she's in the first grade even though she's older but still she's allowed to study that's another factor that the u.s. has been giving what it calls stabilization eight to rocka that means clearing mines and rubble repairing buildings and supporting local people but it doesn't mean large scale reconstruction while the united states has said that in terms of rebuilding there can't begin until we've got here reversible. progress

joining me now is michele dunne,a former us state department official who is now at the carnegie endowmentnational peace. thank you for coming in. let's start with what the different topic union seems to be —— the difference of opinion seems to be between the white house and the cia about who ordered the killing. we have seen a lea k ordered the killing. we have seen a leak from the cia that they have determined analytically, bill —— based on ample circumstantial evidence, that crown princess mary is and actually ordered the killing. we have seen president trump relu cta nt to we have seen president trump reluctant to acknowledge that. —— crown prince mohamed bin salman. this is the rising leader of a country with which he had hoped to work really closely. frankly, he has two options and they are not appealing options. one is to signal to the saudi royal family one way or another that he will not work with mohamed bin salman. and the other is to try to shield mohamed bin salman from face. then he will have an ongoing confrontation with congress. talking of congress, you heard lindsey graha

the us state department says jamal khashoggi's remains should be found and returned to his family ashe call follows turkey's first official statement yesterday on how it believes the saudi writer killed — saying he was immediately strangled. there still no consensus how he died. the alleged gunman accused of killing 11 jewish worshippers at a synagogue in pittsburgh has pleaded not guilty. robert bowers faces 44 counts of murder, hate crimes, obstructing religious practices and other crimes. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty and mr bowers has requested a trial byjury. two former goldman sachs bankers and a fugitive malaysian financier have been charged in the united states in connection with one of the world's biggest financial scandals. the men are accused of stealing billions of dollars from malaysia's development fund 1mdb. a "black box" carrying data from the lion air flight has been found by divers off the coast of indonesia. the plane crashed soon after taking off from jakarta, the indonesian capital, on monday. it was carrying 100 and 89 people. the uk's national crime

been criticism of saudi arabia's human rights records by governments for a number of years the us state department released a report last year accusing saudi arabia of committing arbitrary and politically motivated murders it cited incidents of people sentenced to death for protests they took part in or social media posts they wrote when they were minors under the age of eighteen the report says activists often denied fair trials and then to have a tip from appealing sentences they find unfair and although sound a lot does prohibit torture and discovered widespread evidence it does take place in prisons in the un also backed that claim abdullah sees with the exception of a few countries i'm thinking canada germany and belgium recently took some action against on sales why all western allies so willing to turn a blind eye to these abuses. i think mr trump has very clearly the money is to go to the saudi money is money without any checks and balances so this guy is has a lot of money and and the. i wouldn't say corrupt but at the politician with the. cool enough conscious he can take the saudi money

time had been a humphrey staffer who then went over to head to the research division at the us state departmentand hughes and humphrey developed a memorandum which humphrey came to lyndon johnson in february, 1965, just as a johnson was about to give the green light to what was called operation rolling thunder, which would be the start that would last 10 years of the b-52 bombing of north vietnam. and that memorandum said that the public will not long supporting war. doesn't seem to have an overarching reason. the korean war has demonstrated the limits of land and air war and if you press the war, you will begin to fracture the great society political coalition, criticism will come first from the liberals, break up the democratic coalition and we will all pay for it and he said the best time for lyndon johnson to negotiate is now after this overwhelming victory over coldwater, after we ran on a no wider renewal platform and after the public regards lbj as the shrewdest wheeler dealer in town and he will get the best deal possible. instead of taking that under advice and thinking about it, johns

been criticism of saudi arabia's human rights records by governments for a number of years the us state department released a report last year accusing saudi arabia of committing arbitrary and politically motivated murders it cited incidents of people sentence. to death for protests they took part in or social media posts they wrote when they were minors under the age of eighteen the report says activists are often denied fair trials and then to have a tip from appealing sentences they find unfair and although sound does prohibit torture and discovered widespread evidence it does take place in prisons in the un also backed that claim abdullah sees with the exception of a few countries i'm thinking canada germany and belgium recently took some action against on sales why are western allies so willing to turn a blind eye to these abuses. i think mr trump has very clearly the money is to go to the saudi money is money without any checks and balances so this guy's has a lot of money and and the. i wouldn't say corrupt but the politician with the. cool enough conscious he can take the saudi money easil

us. the state department just this afternoon saying in a statement that u.s. government has made a final conclusion on khashoggi's death are inaccurate and there are still a number of questions that need to be answered. she goes on to say those involved will be held fully accountable. what's your reaction? does that statement contradict the cia's conclusion? >> it does contradict the cia's conclusion. actually the cia who is going to determine who ordered this. they are the ones with the intelligence, not the state department. you know, you can interpret this differently possibly, but when the central intelligence agency has intercepts, has tapes, has pictures of the assassins, knows the way saudi arabia works, and it says that mohammed bin sal did it, i believe the cia. >> and having worked for the cia you know what goes on behind the scenes. i wonder if you can elaborate what is the process like? >> well, for a start the cia understands how saudi arabia works. there is one man in control of the country that's mohammed. number two, saudi officials do not carr

us secretary state might pompei was promising grave consequences to anyone shipping oil to syria and trying to prop up assad as he put it itself to the us treasury department on tuesday set up sanctions on three oil companies selling a raid in oil to syria and a number of associated individuals as well you know it states today sanctions and international network that the iranian regime and russia are using to provide millions of barrels of oil to the assad regime this is in exchange for the movement of hundreds of millions of dollars to the i.r.g.c. could force that money is then passed on to terrorist organizations like hezbollah and hamas the new round of sanctions targets to russia based on oil companies with one reigning in the six individuals talk to from various countries including iran and russia moscow has condemned washington's latest move saying it lends support to terrorists in syria. the effort to charge others with providing oil to syria which is battled terrorist aggression for seven years looks like a statement of support for terrorists and similar cheney asli an effort to hamper the reconstruction of the water in country much of its populat

restore democratic order in venezuela and combat corruption according to the state department the united states will quote continue to use the full weight of american economic and diplomatic power to help create conditions for the restoration of democracy for the venezuelan people of the gold from a door that mr berger is seeking to obtain is included five hundred mip five hundred fifty million dollars worth from the bank of.

the us has blacklisted iranian and russian companies for shipping millions of barrels of oil to syria and violation of u.s. sanctions the state department accuses of odd and russia of using the venue's to help fund syrian government allies watch the u.s. considers terrorists secretary of state. as the transactions undermine the judgment efforts to resolve the war in several year. two more bodies have been found in northern california bringing the number the number of people killed in wildfires to eighty one at least eight hundred are still missing heavy rain that's forecast for late on wednesday could hamper efforts to find human remains there will be more air strikes and gun battles in the yemeni port city of whole data. witnesses say fighting near the city center with some of the worst they've seen in recent days is a salvia mahratti coalition is backing yemen's government in its fight against iranian backed with the rebels who control all day there. but gonna start has declared a day of national mourning after at least fifty people were killed in a suicide attack in the capital kabul the explosion targeted a meeting of islamic schola

. >> i used to the state department and what your hopes are for those differences or issues that you have with them. >> thank you. we have not yet seen that sense of urgency that can be brought to the picture we have a framework with the agreement from talking to taking action so our framework is to keep engaging with pakistan a stable pakistan that we need to see substantive and measurable change with the government but this is what needs to take place and i think that south asia strategy and other partners that they are seeking this engagement and that option that is on the table is an option for with pakistan and the region. >> associate director in kiev ukraine. president ghani thank you for addressing us today. regarding afghans development with societal stability, as the former chancellor of kabul university and now the leader of the afghan nation, how do you envision for balanced development to be leveraged of higher education in institutions in afghanistan in context with their development goals? think you. >> at kabul university the doctor could provide you a lot more but i

us to. the state department will continue to seek all relevant facts and then at the end it says we'll do that while maintaining the important strategic relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia even the intelligence agencies according to the reports that we've seen except that there that they don't have a written or spoken or recording of an order of mohamed bin solomon saying kill jamal khashoggi but the cia has come to this conclusion with high confidence having looked at all the evidence and having understood the nature of power in saudi arabia that's what's led cia analysts to the conclusion that there's simply no way this could have happened without mohamed been someone having or did or did it but because that direct evidence is still not there that does give the old trunk that that leaves way to say look we can't come to a conclusion yet it's just all circumstantial and clearly don't trump is determined to use that to prevent further action directly against mom had been summoned right and we do have to frame this day we in the context of relations firstly with the cia and the intel

restore democratic order in venezuela and combat corruption according to the state department the united states will quote continue to use the full weight of american economic and diplomatic power to help create conditions for the restoration of democracy for the venezuelan people of the gold from a door that mr berger is seeking to obtain is included five hundred mip five hundred fifty million dollars worth from the bank of england but mr dural may be too late since the u.s. has apparently already placed liens upon all those gold reserves. amazon has reportedly narrowed down their site selection for what was to be a major second headquartered. dubbed h q two we previously reported that the company limited the selection to twenty different us cities well now they appear although it's not final to be headed to two different places so perhaps not h.q. to maybe h.q. two point one to h.q. two point two who knows arlington virginia and more specifically the crystal city area of arlington just across the potomac river from washington d.c. in our studios here at r.t. america and next to the national airport appears to be one of

aid department to help us the best possible way. >> reporter: just today the state department confirmsection on adventure tourism was added to their website in response to this incident, providing tips for any tourists considering a visit to costa rica. just a month after the tragedy, the trauma is still very real. raise of hands. all who have had trouble sleeping? raise of hands if you've had flashbacks of being under the water or trying to pull somebody from the water? >> reporter: while fighting to erase the nightmare in their minds they go between sorrow and joy as they remember the four who didn't survive. >> we all lost a brother, a son, a friend, a cousin, a father. so it's -- it's something you don't see every day. >> reporter: sergio, the oldest of the group and the brother of the groom. >> he was just very humble. very, very quiet, very to himself. you never heard him complain. >> ernesto, a driven entrepreneur with big deeps. >> he made those dreams happen, he was something else. >> reporter: andy, described at everyone's best friend, was going to propose to his girlfriend a

where it should be, i have been in the agency for international development, the -- the state department, and what usedto be the arms control and disarmament agency. in terms of where to put it, i would put it in the state department. i think that is where it should be. but this is a case where congress needs to work with the administration to make some pretty fundamental changes in the structures we have now. dan: thank you. we are going to open it up to a few questions. there is a big crowd out here. so we are going to keep the press for last. i think that is what gabe said. if you could ask your question quickly. so we can get everybody's questions in. back there. go ahead. >> mr. ambassador, thank you very much for being here. i am with formerly the arizona state chapter. war has itself become the policy to many americans, the policy objective to many americans and policymakers, which has decreased our deterrence level. do you think this is an issue, and if so, does the administration have any plans to fix this problem, maybe by a successful use of force to demonstrate willingness? to put it in aca

department entities can be used to minimize instability. these, and many other issues, we have to cover today. discussingard to how to coordinate the state department. i yield back. >> we welcome the gentleman from illinois, mr. schneider, for an opening statement. >> i reviewed your remarks yesterday at the washington institute. the request from the appears to be drawing back. i appreciate your remarks about iran. within the region, there is support for hezbollah. developingeen indigenous missile manufacturing capabilities. i hope we can can still meet -- continue to stay focused, and i look forward to hearing your remarks. we have the coordinator for counterterrorism at the state department. he was previously a law professor and a deputy assistant secretary for policy. we all have your written if you could limit your testimony to five minutes, we will ask you questions. >> think you. mr. chairman, we will miss you at these departments. thank you for your service over the years. we look forward to working with you in the next congress. we like to talk to you about the work of the state department's counterterrorism bureau. this would ha

restore democratic order in venezuela and combat corruption according to the state department the united states will quote continue to use the full weight of american economic diplomatic and.

restore democratic order in venezuela and combat corruption according to the state department the united states will quote continue to use the full weight of american economic and diplomatic power to help create conditions for the restoration of democracy for the venezuelan people of the gold from a door that mr berger is seeking to obtain is included five hundred mip five hundred fifty million dollars worth from the bank of england but mr dural may be too late since the u.s. has apparently already placed liens upon all those gold reserves. emma's on has reportedly narrowed down their site selection for what was to be a major second headquartered dubbed h q two we previously reported that the company limited the selection to twenty different us cities well now they appear although it's not final to be headed to two different places so perhaps not h.q. to maybe h.q. two point one to h.q. two point two who knows arlington virginia and more specifically the crystal city area of arlington just across the potomac river from washington d.c. in our studios here at r.t. america and next to the national airport appears to be one

joining us now retired admiral, a former state department and pentagon press secretary, also with us, host of s.e. cupp upfiltered and national reporter for politico. david, are you surprised mexico's government would make this deal to house these migrants while the court process plays out here in the u.s.? >> i think it's probably a smart move by the new government that's coming in here. there has been pressure exerted by trump in terms of trade with mexico. what could happen, though, is that many of these thousands of people could simply try to cross the border illegally and that allows the new mexican government to say look we've done our part, we can't control these people and, again, they could just head into the u.s. illegally over the border. >> that could be an unintended consequence perhaps of this new policy if it, in fact, gets implemented. on its face it seems like it would be a huge victory for this president. >> it would. it would be a policy win. there's nothing wrong with asking our neighboring countries to shoulder some of the responsibility for shoring up our borders

us. some new developments in the investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi. the state departmentment has not reached a final conclusion yet on who is responsible for khashoggi's death saying there are still many unanswered questions. and this follows reports that the cia has determined that the saudi arabia r- saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman personally ordered khashoggi's death. president trump was briefed today by both the secretary of state and the cia director. here's what he said this morning before getting that update. >> we also have a great ally in saudi arabia. they give us a lot of jobs. they give us a lot of business. a lot of economic development. they have been a truly spectacular ally in terms of jobs and economic development. and i also take that -- you no he, i'm president, i have to take a lot of things into consideration. >> you'll recall when khashoggi first went missing last month, the president effectively drew a red line telling reporters that he was not willing to touch an expensive saudi arms deal as punishment. >> i will tell you up front right now