weapons defense force and the head of it this laboratory he explained to me how deadly this no joke nerve agent could be varieties of a single drop in liquid form of a movie talk nerve agent is enough to killed to kill ten average sized men then and it depends on how your how you're exposed to it for example if you touch it the symptoms and death might occur from five minutes to an hour if you inhale it if it powder liquid iris all then death you know you could die in minutes and there's very little that can save you the fact that these people of stillness they were found hours later and still fighting for their life ledge development saturday exactly but they were still found hours later with symptoms reminiscent of. the script out suffered and they're still alive again which is what the strange thing was with in this group out of but whether it was last time you know the russian allegations came. immediately this time we're hearing we're hearing very little that. all this now that you're consoles bring makes me think it's nothing to do with the russians but someone in salzburg most thin

supplying the ukrainian armed forces with defensive weapons in a fight against the russian backed forcesof crimea. donald trump can point you all that and does in his press conferences but for some reason, no one can put your finger conferences but for some reason, no one can put yourfinger on conferences but for some reason, no one can put your finger on why, there was a refusal to criticise finally putin and a refusal to accept the work of his own intelligence agencies. where does that leave the relationship going forward ? that leave the relationship going forward? lets that leave the relationship going forward ? lets up that leave the relationship going forward? lets up there was something positive that comes out of it but the big question tonight is what they discussed in that you are a meeting within the translators, no record, no staffers? that is what balkans and a lot of people on the hill. -- balkans and a lot of people on the hill. —— what will concern a lot of people. thank you. now, i want to turn to a bizarre spat between these two. elon musk. the tesla and space x chief. a

weapons. we know reagan would have taken action in face of such a violation, because he actually did in regard to somewhat during issues that arose the 1970's and 1980's involving agreements on strategic defensive forces. reagan took nuclear deterrence nucleariously, and weapons and a defense is part of his deterrence strategy. and indeed, a major hedge in arms control. the reagan nuclear monitor his modernization program not only enhanced the industrial complex, but we could deal through nuclear threats through deterrence, and that -- real,s very we'll and worse than we thought it was in the time period. -- they haven find been made available, a certain number might be classified. russian government documents and a larger number as a result of the end of the warsaw pact and governmentnd polish released their cold war warsaw pact documents translated into english. then secretary of defense caspar weinberger stated in his annual congress in 1985 "if we are to maintain a responsible nuclear paternity impact on our allies as well as and nuclear pact for the united states, we will have to continue to exploit our comparative advantage and technology. since the end of the reagan administration we have aroun

weapons and equipment money can buy. we want to feel the most capable -- fill the most capable military force in the world because national defense is so very important, congressional watchdoing of -- watchdogging is very expensive. we don't want one dollar to be wasted, not even a penny, until the department of defense can earn a clean opinion, we have no idea if the d.o.d. dollars are being spent wisely. report after report show that precious defense dollars are being wasted, misused, and unaccounted for. reforms have been made but the -- clearly, very clearly, the war on waste has not been won. much more work needs to be done. from my oversight posts in the united states senate, i'll continue to apply pressure on the pentagon to step up the war on waste. i don't expect much help from the inspector general, mr. fein seems to be awol on waste. i raised the issue of the $10,000 toilet seat cover to him over a month ago and still haven't received an answer. his office found the time to update the media on the toilet seat cover, yet my letter has gone unanswered. however, after revelations about the $43 million gas station, secreta

>>> plus, major ribener from the israeli defense forces on the rescue operation to deliver white helmet heroes. >>> and they helped approve the chemical weapons in israel. ahmed joins me here in london. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. president trump fired off a high-intensity tweet today, in emphatic capital letters, warning iran's president, quote, never threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequence the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. his tweet follow's president rouhani's response about disrupting oil shipments in the persian gulf is iranians try to block exports. quote, america should know peace with iran is the mother of all peace and war with iran is the mother of all wars. so, could the escalating war of words lay the groundwork for a new diplomatic overture between the united states and iran or could it head to another showdown in the persian gulf area? >>> a expert at the carnegie endowment. welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> what are we to make of this? is this some dressed up attempt at bringing iran to the negotiating table or is

weapons while government forces will leave for villages in the province the russian military will oversee security ben and smith has more from the jordanian side of the border crossing on sunday russia's defense ministry confirmed the terms on which opposition fighters would hand over their weapons and be given safe passage to the north of syria and russia's involvement is significant and important particularly for the jordanians it's the jordanians who are expecting the russians to supervise security on the syrian side of the border the jordanians particularly concerned on have made it clear they do not want the involvement of any iranian backed hezbollah or shia militias on the syrian side of the border near jordan those hezbollah has been involved in the fight to retake data jordan does not want them to be establishing a presence on this border russia security concerns to the lay those fears of jordan and the russians also expected to keep an eye on syrian security forces and make sure there are no reprisal attacks on displaced people who fled the fighting in dara province jordan wants those displaced people to go back home they need to feel safe and secure that they can go back home and a

weapon. florida's stand your ground law allows a person to use deadly force in self-defense when they fear for their lives. however authorities admit that enforcing this law is difficult. >> this is not objective on what i would do or what you would do or even with the public would do. this is, more of a subject is standard. >> there saying we don't even have probable cause that he should be arrested. it will be hard for the state attorney's office to say what we think you should prosecute them. six years ago george zimmerman was acquitted for the fatal shooting of trey von martin which opened up the dialogue. >>> the sonoma city council because considering a proposed ballot initiative to allow marijuana related this -- businesses. supporters want to create a green district which will allow the commercial manufacturing, distribution, cultivation and sale of cannabis and certain zoning districts. currently the city code only arouse it in sonoma and by a licensed delivery service to medical marijuana patients. the measure could go before the city voters on election day in november. >>> arbitrati

defense spending, including an initiative called ree assurance initiative. that's 5 billion, sending our forces, soldiers, places like poland nd the baltics, with serious, you know, weapons systems and armor. hat's something that putin understands. another area that the trump administration has undertaken is, for example, in ukraine. ukraine arian have being asking for years for tanks to take them out. nothing they as had that could stop a russian tank. previous administration wouldn't bipartisan ite support. one of the first press conferences i actually articipated in was every senator on the armed services committee, democrat and 2015 said, we need to do this. et ukraine have weapons that they can defend themselves with. the previous administration wouldn't do that. that.ary mattis has done ukrainians now have an anti-system called the javelin, a russian tank driver in eastern ukraine, you might be a little bit more now because that system can take out a t-72 tank. on energy, you know, in the congress, in the bill, we opened anwr for responsible exploration. you've probably seen that in alaska. that's something, that over 70% and st cans, democrats republicans, have be

weapon. florida stand your ground law allows a person to use deadly force in self-defense in any incidents where for their lives. however authorities admit that enforcing this law is often difficult. >> this is not an objective what i would do or what you would do or what the public would do. this is, more of a subjective stance. >> the sheriff is in front of a podium saying we don't have probable cause to believe that he should even be arrested. it will be hard for the state attorney's office to say that we think you should prosecuted.>> florida stand your ground law ignited a national debate six years ago in response to the case of a neighborhood watchman george zimmerman. a jury acquitted him of shooting an unarmed black teenager. >>> a church shooting were one person was killed and another was hurt. it happened yesterday afternoon at the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. police say the gunman walked into the sunday service and shot one man dead. he left the scene but letter surrendered to the police. another person was shot in the leg during that conflict but he is expected to sur

will defend them with their weapons if israel attacks meanwhile the language from israel still very strong the defense minister lieberman today saying that if israel is forced to go on red alert with reference to rockets and what it describes as projectiles being fired from gaza then gaza will be having to be put on red alert also. an internal israeli military report is expected to find no grounds for a further investigation into those recent killings palestinian protesters by army snipers along the border fence in gaza israeli media is reporting the army will law professor any soul just in the military police over there conduct reports say the militia is blaming operational mishaps for the death of anyone who was not an intended target. again so they are some mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem have been wheel and calls for three hours following clashes with palestinian warship purse. will stun grenades and tear gas were used to disperse crowds have gathered for friday prayers all entry into the mosque which is one of his mom's holiest sites was banned under simmons is outside the al aqsa mosque in occupied east jerusalem. this is one of the main ap

since 2017 something like 200 russian targets have been sanctioned, they supplied defensive lethal weapons to ukrainian forces no one has taken a tougher line on russia than me, to all intents and purposes he's right. but what baffles people is the lack of criticism of the man who he's driving all this and that is vladimir putin. he seems low for some reason and nobody understands why, to criticise the russian president and that's what sets him at odds even within those closest to him in his administration, the likes ofjohn bolton or mike pompeo who was instrumental within the cia in uncovering what the russians have done during the 2016 election. i think that will be the general focus of the press conference coming up, what sort of relationship is there between the men and is there any criticism whatsoever of the russian president from his american counterpart. let's bring in doctor michael carpenter, doctor carpenter, good to have you with us, the one thing which strikes me when we watch this press conference is we will get an account of what happened from both men but will we ever get a proper readout of w

point when he doesn't have anything in writing even forcing them to declare the inventory of nuclear weapons he possesses. and, frankly, he has a huge defense industry, tens of thousands of people who were employed developing these missiles and he'll keep them working until the last moment, not to mention the fact his government believes nuclear weapons are the key to his survival and his regime's survival, poppy. >> we have not heard anything the white house commenting on this "washington post" reporting but we did hear from secretary of state mike pompeo in his senate testimony last week and when he was pushed by lawmakers on where's the progress, how can you assure americans on all of this, these promises on denuclearization he said "we have not been taken for a ride." does this reporting change that? >> well, the u.s. knows that north korea is continuing on with its nuclear program. what they are looking at as an encouraging sign is that they haven't launched a missile since november of last year. and the dismantlement of the satellite launching site and what we supposedly saw the destruction of the punggye-ri nuclear site although expe

weapons while government forces will the four villages in the province the russian military will then oversee security and smith has more now from the jordanian side of the border crossing. on sunday russia's defense ministry confirmed the terms on which opposition fighters would hand over their weapons and be given safe passage to the north of syria and russia's involvement is significant and important ticket only for the jordanians it's the jordanians who are expecting the russians to supervise security on the syrian side of the border the jordanians particularly concerned on have made it clear they do not want the involvement of any iranian backed hezbollah or shia militias on the syrian side of the border near jordan those hezbollah has been involved in the fight to retake data jordan does not want them to be establishing a presence on this border russia security concerns to the lay those fears of jordan and the russians also expected to keep an eye on syrian security forces and make sure there are no reprisal attacks on displaced people who fled the fighting in data province jordan wants those displaced people to go back home they need to feel safe and secure that they can go back home and ag

much tougher have an this is predecessor barack obama in terms of giving weapons to ukraine, forcing nato to spend more on defenseut of the country, targeting, oligarchs super wealthy russians he has done a lot on that but as far as what is going on now rhetorical war, the well have a idea of having putin over for another meeting we just had one, i find it a little bit inexplicable no problem with trump meeting with putin, for -- in helsinki for the first time, that was a meeting i think that needed to take place. but now it almost appears that trump wants to do over maybe mess it up first time let's do another one looking forward to that instead of backward to what has just happened, and we don't even know what was accomplished if anything at the first one. dagen: we can be sure about one thing there won't be a meeting between trump and put win nobody else present other than the interpreters, that was that was bad idea to begin with. it is not unusual for presidents or state leaders to have one-on-one conversations but given the fact this really this meeting didn't have agenda they are weren't meeting to basical

he had a permit to carry a concealed weapon and the stand your ground law allows them to use deadly force in self- defense if they fear for their lives. the authorities admit enforcing this law is very difficult. >> this is not an objective, what i would do, what you would to come with the public would do, what somebody else would do. this is more of a subjective stance. >> they don't have probable cause to even believe he should be arrested. it will be hard for them to turn around and say we think he should be prosecuted. >> six years ago, the stand your ground law ignited a national debate after jordan zimmermann was acquitted in the fatal shooting of trey von martin. >>> a man passed out while serving. -- while surfing. he was rescued. >>> firefighters are getting a better look at the damage here. >>> we do have problems on the richmond bridge. i have a crash on that span that has made traffic very, very slow. >>> hours straying abnormal weather -- our string of normal weather continues. if yyou need to stay downeaway from it. call 911. let our first responders come out and handle it. police and fire w

weapons while government forces will leave for villages in the province the russian military will then oversees security bernard smith has more now from the jordanian side of the border crossing . on sunday russia's defense ministry confirmed the terms on which opposition fighters would hand over their weapons and be given safe passage to the north of syria and russia's involvement is significant and important ticket only for the jordanians is the jordanians who are expecting the russians to supervise security on the syrian side of the border the jordanians particularly concerned on have made it clear they do not want the involvement of any iranian backed hezbollah or shia militias on the syrian side of the border near jordan those hezbollah has been involved in the fight to retake data jordan does not want them to be establishing a presence on this border russia security concerns to the lay those fears of jordan and the russians also expected to keep an eye on syrian security forces and make sure there are no reprisal attacks on displaced people who fled the fighting in dara province jordan wants those displaced people to go back home they need to feel safe and secure that they can go back home and agai

forces. reagan took nuclear deterrence very seriously, on nuclear weapons and missile defense as part of his deterrent strategy and, indeed, as a major hedge in arms control. the reagan nuclear modernization programs were not done to advance the military industrial complex but, rather, to deal with a nuclear threat through deterrence and that threat was very real. and actually worse than we thought it was in the time period. today you can find the war saw pact, at least major parts of their war plan on the internet. they've been made available, a certain number by declassified russian government documents and a larger number as a result of the end of the warsaw pact and czech and polish governments released their cold war warsaw pact documents. some of it's been translated into english. then secretary of defense casper weinberger stated in his annual report to the congress in 1985, quote, if we are to maintain a responsible nuclear deterrent against attack on our allies as well as against nuclear attacks on the united states, you have to continue to exploit our comparative advantage in techn

weapons and equipment money can buy. we want to feel the most capable -- fill the most capable military force in the world because national defense is so very important, congressional watchdoing of -- watchdogging is very expensive. we don't want one dollar to be wasted, not even a penny, until the department of defense can earn a clean opinion, we have no idea if the d.o.d. dollars are being spent wisely. report after report show that precious defense dollars are being wasted, misused, and unaccounted for. reforms have been made but the -- clearly, very clearly, the war on waste has not been won. much more work needs to be done. from my oversight posts in the united states senate, i'll continue to apply pressure on the pentagon to step up the war on waste. i don't expect much help from the inspector general, mr. fein seems to be awol on waste. i raised the issue of the $10,000 toilet seat cover to him over a month ago and still haven't received an answer. his office found the time to update the media on the toilet seat cover, yet my letter has gone unanswered. however, after revelations about the $43 million gas station, secreta

weapons from europe. but that may be easier said than done. there are now over 70,000 u.s. troops in europe, many in critical spots. a reality even trump's defense secretary who fought alongside nato forces for decades acknowledges its importance. >> in a world of wash and change, nato stands firm as an island of stability in a turbulent sea. >> reporter: trump's approach of taking on u.s. allies while maintaining a friendly position with russian president vladimir putin stands in stark contrast to a republican icon in the same situation 30 years ago. >> our first priority is to maintain a strong and healthy partnership between north america and europe. we will never sacrifice the interests of this partnership in any agreement with the soviet union. >> reporter: nato is a mutual defense pact so the question on the table is does the president just want the other nato members to spend more on defense? something everybody thinks is a good idea. or, is mr. trump preparing to walk away from 70 years of defense cooperation? jake? >> all right. barbara starr in brussels, thanks so much. let's bring back the panel. it's so odd listening to secretary mattis talk about nato and president trump tal

our nuclear forces to provide a strong deterrent, this defense authorization bill mandates an independent study on increasing the decision time before the president can use nuclear weapons. it allows negotiations for extending the new start treaty to maintain binding limits on the number of strategic nuclear weapons russia can deploy. it drops a provision that would have all but separated the nuclear security administration in direct controvention of expert recommendations and it allows for the department of energy to continue terminating the failed and unaffordable mocks boondoggle. the bill supports near-term solutions such as kinetic receptors. acquisition of expense receptors and, of course, we support u.s.-israeli missile defense. i commend chairman rogers' leadership in strengthening our ability to defend our assets in space against increasing threats. this bill creates a subunified command for space and continues oversight of war fighting readiness and presses for more rapid and agile acquisition processes and mandates a plan for improving our space capabilities. i like forward to continuing to work with chairman rogers and others toward establishment of space sp

the defense buildup, strengthening nato's budget, attacking assad twice with the use of chemical weapons, killing mercenaries in syria when they led an attack against u.s. led coalition forces a tough policy on russia that is different than obama's policy but yet that was not the expression at that press conference and the president's got to correct the mistake about he made certainly with not backing up his intelligence community which truly has the goods on putin and putin has to be strongly confronted on that. maria: the actions and the policies have been tougher than people expected and certainly just days before meeting with putin he's over there questioning the gas deal with germany. so there you go. i mean, poking holes in that business. general, good to see you this morning. thanks so much. >> good talking to you, maria. maria: coming up, black rock betting on bitcoin, we've got the j & j numbers, beating expectations. black rock is taking a closer look at block chain and cryptocurrency. some are asking what this means for upstarts like bitcoin. crocs growing up, getting a high heel and a high price tag. back in a minute. ♪ let the sun shine in. ♪ this is no ordinar

our nuclear forces to provide a strong deterrent, this defense authorization bill mandates an independent study on increasing the decision time before the president can use nuclear weapons. it allows negotiations for extending the new start treaty to maintain binding limits on the number of strategic nuclear weapons russia can deploy. it drops a provision that would have all but separated the nuclear security administration in direct controvention of expert recommendations and it allows for the department of energy to continue terminating the failed and unaffordable mocks boondoggle. the bill supports near-term solutions such as kinetic receptors. acquisition of expense receptors and, of course, we support u.s.-israeli missile defense. i commend chairman rogers' leadership in strengthening our ability to defend our assets in space against increasing threats. this bill creates a subunified command for space and continues oversight of war fighting readiness and presses for more rapid and agile acquisition processes and mandates a plan for improving our space capabilities. i like forward to continuing to work with chairman rogers and others toward establishment of space sp