rashad on the story for us tonight yuri thank you very much. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world bollywood superstar soundman cohen has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing endangered indian animals a coup or convicted selman khan of illegally poaching black books while filming back in one thousand nine hundred eight selling khan who has always denied the charges is among the top ten high use paid actors worldwide italy's president said geo. says that two days of crisis talks have produced no breakthrough in efforts to form a new government more talks are planned for next week the deadlock that follows inconclusive elections the anti-establishment five star movement and the far right league party won the most votes but have refused to work together. israel has more that it will not change its rules on troops opening fire as fears grow of more violence breaking out on the gaza border eighteen palestinians were killed last week after groups threw stones and burning tires at soldiers anot

rachet how yuri can you fill us in on the russian response there must be a sense of relief where you are that that these strikes were limited. yes absolutely russian president putin said just a few minutes ago here in moscow these attacks would only deepen the only home uteri in crisis in syria he strongly condemned them and he called for an emergency session of the un security council russia said u s embassy released a statement in that ambassador a not totally even off in washington warning to the strikes wouldn't be left without consequences and he said that all the responsibility arrested with washington london and paris. good news as long as we can talk about good news today is however that moscow has not used its air defense systems in syria troubles between moscow and washington are still on the rhetoric level moscow has very well listen to what u.s. president of the trump sat in his televised address an ounce in the strikes mr trump accused russian president putin personally of failing to avoid that the syrian president bashar al assad used his chemical weapons russia's u.s.

fact enter on thursday this is of course the area where the alleged chemical weapons attack happened yury to you now the implications of that could be huge right. yes of course according to the russian really minister of defense here in moscow today earlier there have been no military clash clashes in duma for five days not shelling and no provocation and they say the situation would be taught to the stability the aim of the russian military police is there is a latch to ensure the safety of the population that is at least the official statement of the russian army so into question sorry now a potential american strike towards dumas to works and alleged chemical weapons factory there could lead to a disaster as russian soldiers die therefore russia is sticking to stronger and stronger warnings and a kremlin spokesman with this cough said moscow would hope that all sides would avoid steps that could endanger the already fragile station so let's let's then have a look now at what trump has to say about that because we have another tweet that we'd actually like to bring up right now and just

under of every thoughts of this ok our moscow bureau chief yuri resort on the story for us tonight yuri thank you very much we want to take this story now to britain i'm joined by alastair hay he is professor of environmental toxicology at the university of leeds and he has worked on chemical weapons issues for nearly four decades it's good to have you on the show professor hey i want to ask you we know that a report is expected sometime this week from the international body that is there to prevent the spread of chemical weapons is that report going to solve this realm between russia and britain. no it wasn't unfortunately what the o.p.c. w.'s laboratories will do is simply identify the agent and imo they will confirm what the u.k. has found but they won't be doing any think of pointing so they won't be identifying where it came from. so what what's the purpose of even going through this step is it just to have an independent body verify what british scientists have already determined. yes absolutely it is full of the o.p.c. w. to do this that's its role it's there is a neutral broke.

in our report yuri we heard a russian envoy repeat the assertion that britain was somehow behind the chemical attack is that a widely held view in russia while at least on the russian diplomatic level russia claims it has always been pressing for p.c. w experts to enter jeana russia second tie a diplomat to depict the foreign minister said he gave up cough who will be meeting tomorrow exclusively at moscow accused of the u.k. on blaming russia for not allowing the investigations into my q south she said or she called it another invention of the british according to him the investigation had failed so far because of the un security department that didn't approve it and these by the way would be the consequences of the illegal strikes of the as the u.k. and france the hostilities between moscow and the west of escalated dramatically in recent days not least over this chemical weapons attack do you see any efforts underway from russia's side at least to ease tensions. i hope so and many people here helps as well terry because we leave here lost in a completely different world all the al

it's interesting though that you're sort of speaking to very well connected analysts a guy called yuri barman who we speak to fairly regularly here in moscow he says

and russia our washington bureau chief alexander phenomena standing by and in moscow correspondent yury of a shadow welcome to you both and alexander i'd like to begin with you how credible is this threat by president trump could we indeed see a u.s. strike against russia in syria. i don't think that we are going to see an u.s. strike against russian forces in syria what presence trump was talking about on twitter a possible strike against syria forces in syria and that could indeed happen and you know if that doesn't happen that the president could lose his credibility and look for week after threatening such an attack so we don't know yet what is going to happen but what we do know is that he has been talking to his senior military advisers according to you as secretary of defense met this the president was provided will all possible options all options are on the table at the same time the pentagon is still and says seeing what really happens in syria so we have to wait and see what action is going to be taken by the u.s. however we have to add that so we can it's you that whatever h

us and russia can obviously not only be avoided but so far there is no direct danger of it i think yuri versatile thanks very much your for that from moscow. ok let's bring you up to date on this story at this hour the united states together with britain and france has carried out air strikes on multiple government targets in syria the u.s. says the attacks are a response to a chemical weapons right allegedly carried out by syrian forces in the city of duma last week. now the pentagon says explosions have the capital damascus and two locations near the city of homs syria's main ally as we heard there from yuri russia has warned that these strikes will not be without consequence so. find out more about this story at our web site that's e.w. dot com don't forget to follow us on twitter about this as well work go to workers now though for me brian thomas the entire news team thanks so much to. make your smart t.v. even smarter with the dollars for small. what you want when you want it. up to date. extraordinary. you decide what's on. sunday d.w. just for.

or chateau in moscow thank you yuri. now u.s. president donald trump is called an f.b.i. raid on the office of his personal lawyer disgraceful they asked the i acted in part on behalf of special counsel robert muller muller is conducting an investigation into russia's allegedly meddling in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. presidential election. president trump was blindsided by news of the raid on his longtime a chinese office and he didn't hesitate in publicly venting his anger at a meeting with military leaders an issue he called to discuss syria. so i just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorney is a good man. and it's a disgraceful situation it's a total which trump attorney michael cohen came under scrutiny after he had made it to making a one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment to an adult film actress just days before the two thousand and sixteen presidential election stormy daniels alleges she had a sexual relationship with donald trump in two thousand and six she said cohen paid

yuri? >> the russian ambassador to the u.k.ays moscow would accept the results of international investigations but only if the process was transparent and of other countries were involved. he said he wanted to know which experts were involved in the testing of the energy to that of the nerve agent. moscow is trying to get as much information as they can with the investigation and they are doing this on the highest possible political stage at the un security council. russia is going to demand transparency and evidence, hard, clear, evidence. assumptions, accusations, but evidence there is moscow feels it is being pushed against the wall and is insists is absolutely innocent. >> we have had a couple things happen today and the said today that rather the will during, if you will, let's go through those. the russian ambassador to the u.k. talk of russian citizens who died under very strange circumstances in the u.k. in the last decade. what does this tell us you go? is this getting out of hand -- what does this tell us? is this get

well we want to go now to our moscow bureau chief yuri rich other he's on the story for his tonight's good evening to you yuri so we've got russia saying that it is being sidelined from the investigation into the scruples poisoning do we know what the kremlin plans to do next high brant from moscow it is very important to handle these investigations at the highest possible level and that's why russia is calling now for a meeting of the u.n. security council for the kremlin this dispute is about more than just the question of who's to blame for the poisoning of the two russian citizens mr chris. polities dolla top of the almost the whole european union the showed solidarity with the u.k. and with russia moscow is now s. isolated as ever if anyone ever finds out who poisoned st paul that's really the million dollar question but russia simply wants to use the highest political stage of the u.n. security council to state its arguments and insist to one small on its presumption of innocence ok so we may be looking at that meeting tomorrow the u.n. security council let's take this now to br

yuri: well, moscow has to take it seriously.t is why moscow at least publicly is taking to strong warnings. senior russian lawmakers said president trump's tweets represents a dangerous approach to a critical situation. they also said it was really scary to think what kind of people control the largest military arsenal the planet has ever seen. a spokesperson for president vladimir putin said -- on the other hand, russians say very clearly they will not hesitate and would fight back if needed. brent: we are getting a report just coming across that u.s. president trump has said he holds syria and russia both responsible for a chemical weapons attack last weekend. that is just coming across on the wires. clare, let me pull you win. let's look at a -- pull you in. let's look at another tweet in which he said this. our relationship with russia is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the cold war. this is not the donald trump we have known the last two years. busy doubling down on russia to take some of the charge out o

joint russian british investigation into the script all poisoning i asked our moscow correspondent yuri was shadow what russia is trying to achieve right now. well as the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander you could then call we just saw him in that report sounds the moscow would accept the results of international investigations but only if the process was transparent and if other countries were involved he said he wanted to know which experts who were involved in the testing of the nothing agent moscow probably now tries to get as much information as possible about what's really going on with the investigation and it's doing this on the highest possible political stage of the un security council russia is obviously going to demand transparency and evidence hot clear evidence not sanctions not because ations but evidence moscow feel it's been pushed against the wall and insists it's absolutely in a sense where we've had a couple of things happen today a couple things said today. rather bewildered ring if you will let's go through those the russian ambassador to the u.k. today tal

yuri: esperamos que estas cosas tormentosas que vive las pasÉ muy pronto. eran muy unidos. ahora quiÉn sabe. adys:la separaciÓn la generamos los medios y ahora a yuri le preguntamos por giovani, ella siempre nos presponde. alan: nunca te va a decir nada malo porque es muy positiva y sÚper alegre. estrenando este vÍdeo y siempre innovando. adys:es como un descalabro. [risas] alan: asÍ estÁn las cosas. triste la situaciÓn que se da con ninel, triste lo que pasa con giovani. es una situaciÓn difÍcil. tÚ que has estado cerca de todo el proceso, quÉ piensas qué sucederÁ ahora? adys: no sÉ qué va a pasar pero lo que sÍ sÉ es que ambos estÁn sufriendo. es un reflejo para muchas parejas que estÉn pasando por algo similar, no sigan estos pasos. alan: al mismo tiempo suceden estas dos situaciones. mÁs adelante vendrá la hermana de juliÁn gil a platicar de todo lo que pasÓ ayer. adys: quÉ pruebas va a presentar? alan: seguramente me imagino cuestiones de comunicaciÓn que dice marjorie que no existe entre ellos por lo que nos comentÓ el abogado aquÍ es que si le consta

as we heard there from yuri russia has warned that these strikes will not be without consequence. to find out more about the story at our website that's e.w. dot com don't forget to call us on twitter about this as well work go to work as well now though for me brian thomas the entire news team thanks so much. to. make your smart t.v. even smaller quickly deleted or smaller. what you. want to play up to date. extraordinary. you decide what's on. sunday at the w. john mark. if you. slow up on c. for me. it still conflicts him to me. but could come. up the cloth is there on the phone. on the big. school. let me show me senseless. and so that from him to the. book is a shooting. on first glance it should be. the big dog. should not be on the. up because that also cut and. the kid didn't learn to read it seems. the beds of focus missed me and. then they got. a smirk an early. one of the tonight sent from. the stats and exams on me. but i'm spared learn them so they. look at least to display. corners where. the store does. alan we've. slept. a review. pete. thanks. lead. a little littl

for more on this, i'm joined by yuri vendik from the bbc russian service. the reaction in moscow to president trump's tweets and the rhetoric which seems to be ratcheted up once ain? which seems to be ratcheted up once again? the most conspicuous and immediate reaction to my mind came from the stock market. the russian stock market has been following since monday because of the american sanctions. and today, it continued its decline, but within minutes after the first tweet of president trump, in which he wrote about russia, the markets dipped even deeper. but for a very short time, and that dipped something about the russian stock market index, by a a0 percentage points. it then recovered, because within a0 minutes, there were two more soothing tweets. we need to have a good relationship with russia, yeah. as for the official reaction, the spokesman for the russian president said that, russia is not good to engage in twitter diplomacy. he also maintained that the holes tory around douma and the whole incident is invented —— the whole story. but the spokesm

media to a negotiated between the united states and russia so little see there's an interesting point yuri we're also getting a report that the white house is saying that all options remain on the table in dealing with this alleged chemical weapons attack in syria so we don't have any clarity to report tonight clare what about the american public trying to have popular support for his of since of course in syria. well we don't have polling numbers for this particular possibility of a strike but we know that for his strike the last year there was a majority of american a majority of americans were onboard with that so it's going to remain to be seen whether this is equally as popular or whether people are going to look at the past year and the president's past comments and have a change of heart. correspondent clear richardson in washington there at the white house and our moscow bureau chief. to both of you thank you well the german chancellor angela merkel she has been commenting on the tensions over syria she says that she regrets the failure of the u.n. security council to agree on how

straight to the russian capital to get reaction there from our very own you are shadow who is in moscow yuri tell us a little bit about this recording that aired on a russian the state television this phone conversation allegedly between yulia scribble her cousin. well it seems a little bit strange to that right now just hours ahead of the meeting in new york at the u.n. security council that is expected to discuss russia's role in the affair so right now the daily talk show sixty minutes on the russia state broadcaster russia one or i.c.i. dean presented a recording of the conversation between the u.s. compile and her cousin victoria who lives here in moscow at the beginning of the program the presenter stressed that victoria scream herself had allegedly given the death recalling which allegedly took place on the previous evening so yesterday evening however during this conversation or the alleged conversation here this cripple sat of that everything was fine everything could be solved everything was recovering everyone was recovering and that all of a life one should came to the question a

and kitty logan standing by in lending a very good evening to you both want to start off with you yuri in moscow tell us a little bit more about this recording. between the u.k. script and her cousin while during the conversation you listen to paul senator that everything was fine everything could be solved everybody is recovering and to that old life joe said her father said a good script was doing well she said that he is it was asleep sad she would soon leave the hospital even all right tell us how they how how this program this broadcaster got ahold of this recording and if we know if it's really a script if it was a did you get a script i was aware that she was being recorded. ah that's a good question laila from the very beginning russia has called play into that it had been completely lucked out to both from the investigation and from access to the two boys and russian citizens some even assume to that of the two war not poisoned but earlier today a dead russian talk show unexpectedly out this recording of an alleged telephone conversation between the us crippled her cousin vict

designed to prevent investigators from the global chemical weapons watching from doing their work yuri is should you mention something of very important that. the russians in syria did not use their air defense systems but should the u.s. conduct any additional strikes how might russia respond well look in all reactions we have heard to so far and especially in the response of the russian ministry of defense we hear that the americans didn't attack russian targets and i think the hope of course is that there will be no military action from russia and the russian air defense systems located in syria territory have not been used to counter the missile strikes however. the russians have a letter a letter to flee a large military base in the syrian city of community mean i was there myself two years ago and saw that there are not just a few plants there but a whole arsenal of military equipment and personnel if the americans attack. then an open military conflict between the two superpowers us a and russia can no longer be avoided but so far there is no directed then job of it i think you'

and russia can obviously no longer be avoided but so far there is no direct danger of it i think yury of or shadow thanks very much your for that from moscow while iran has considerable forces on the ground in syria let's bring in eric randolph correspondent for the french news agency a.f.p. in tehran eric iran is syria's most important regional ally how's it reacting to the. well we have the supreme leader ayatollah come in a describing trump may and mccrone as criminals and what they have done as a crime over the past week they've said that the allegations of the chemical weapons attack was part of a conspiracy a plot to create precisely the pretext for this kind of attack and they condemned them very strongly coming a also pointing out the hypocrisy of western actions when it supporting saudi aggression in yemen and elsewhere in the region. and also bringing up the chemical weapons attacks that iran itself suffered during the one nine hundred eighty s. that this is the same who in those days they say was supported by the west and so chemical weapons are a very emotive subject for i

go straight to moscow now our correspondent your shadow or yuri can you fill us in on some more of what moscow's been saying about the strikes. oh yes russian president putin denounced these strikes as aggression and that would make the humanitarian crisis in syria even worse and he called for an emergency meeting of the united nations security council but also south of that if the strike had a destructive influence on the entire system of international relations he once again the reaffirmed russia's view that an alleged chemical attack in syria last saturday was a fake he said that russian military experts who inspected to dumas the syrian c.d.o. do not have found no evidence of the attack just nowhere spock's a man of the russian minister of defense b. saw him he. sat that russian air defense forces where now in standby mode fighter aircraft is in the air asked to inspect the station but still none of the missiles in the zone of russian air defense weapons wasn't included moscow believes that this strike was not an answer to an alleged chemical attack but their reaction to the success

and those seem to indicate that her relations, specifically with the russian state prosecutor, yuri chaika, seem to be a lot deeper and a lot closer than she has been letting on. now, there's one case specifically that happened that in 2014, where the u.s. department of justice was in a case against a russian businessman in the united states, and there, she seemed to have very, very close contact with yuri chaika. he's one of the reasons why some believe she might be closer to the russian government than some people are letting on. and we also have to keep in mind that when this meeting took place in trump tower in june 2016, rob goldstone wrote an e-mail to donald trump jr., saying that they would be meeting with a russian government lawyer. it so seems as though she herself has had a lot deeper contacts with the russian government than many people have known so far. and that could also, of course, be something that would interest the mueller investigation as well, ana. >> fred pleitgen, thank you very much. let's try to get some answers to these questions. joining us is cnn political ana

more on the war in syria later in the show and we'll have an exclusive report by our correspondent yury rich chateau on board the aircraft carrier u.s.s. theodore roosevelt it's in the gulf key base for u.s. forces in the area. after days of escalating tensions over trade suddenly a much more conciliatory tone crystal that's right terry while u.s. president donald trump paused to define messages on twitter his administration signaled possible wiggle room in the trade dispute with china as a result asian stock markets are posting solid gains this morning that after stocks on wall street managed a strong finish on thursday night u.s. trade secretary wilbur ross said he would like to reach a trade agreement with china soon and the president's economic advisor larry kudlow questioned whether the announced tariffs will ever take effect markets or the somewhat dialed down rhetoric comes just hours after the world's two top economies left their traits that escalate china and the united states and import tariffs of up to fifty billion dollars on products made by the other side now the levies ch

so what is her relationship to that man, yuri chaika? >> so, to set up a little bit about what you're saying. this meeting didn't just happen overnight. there were calls back and forth and e-mails back and forth trying to establish who was going to come, what kind of meeting they should have. and there was this key figure, rob goldstone, who was communicating with a family of russian oligarchs, a russian oligarch and his son. and in this communication, rob goldstone says that the crown prosecutor's office, apparently has -- or the crown prosecutor has apparently this information, damaging, incriminating hillary clinton and is willing to share. and then he describes that there will be a meeting set up with a russian government lawyer. now, there is no crown prosecutor in russia, so it is widely presumed to mean the prosecutor general, who would effectively be the crown prosecutor if there was a crown prosecutor. the meeting take place, that government lawyer is natalia veselnitskaya, she says or initially said she is not a government lawy

yuri tell us about it because i mean you've been covering russia for a while now there's well how is this story playing out in russia i mean is the fallout from the former spice poisoning getting any attention or a lot of attention. oh yes absolutely a lot of attention as i mentioned this is a very important issue for russia for russia international good to belittle l.-a which is now extremely damaged almost all russian media follow an official line of the kremlin is in no sense contrary polls are part of an anti russia conspiracy the latest revelations from the u.k. only reinforces the must circulation komsomolskaya pravda for example slammed to the un to kremlin come pain if it turns out its rights that moscow had nothing to do about the chemical attack in cellars very will our vest on pardon us up old guys for their shameless hysteria or will they pull something else out of thin air and start of the whole show again this is komsomolskaya pravda and other newspapers the riots and the in this same way you are shadow reporting from moscow russia thank you. meanwhile two are there any

yuri: hi, brent. moscow it is very important to handle these investigations at the highest possible level. that is why russia's call in for a meeting of the un security council. for the kremlin, this dispute is about more than just a question of who is to blame for the poisoning of the two russian citizens, mr. skripal and his daughter. after almost the whole european union showed solidarity with the u.k. and not russia, moscow is now as i slated as ever. -- as isolated as ever. who poisoned the skripal is the million-dollar question. they want to insist once more on their presumption of innocence. brent: we might be looking at that meeting tomorrow at the un security council. let's take this not to britain. we heard the british chemical weapons expert has said they cannot pinpoint russia as the source of the poison that was used in the attack on mr. skripal and his daughter. so how is moscow drawing back into its plans? juri: russian officials took it as yet another piece of evidence that the affair

we saw miners working the river just a short distance away from the second control station yuri torres was our guide on this journey into the reserves he now makes his living by helping people experience the breathtaking beauty of the rain forest as he knows the rain forest so well he spots a saddleback tamarind monkey with a baby on its back during our interview but torres used to make his living off the jungle as a gold miner one zero s of the lie that you don't really care about forty. oh three torres's father and his brothers still make their living as illegal gold miners and you talk to them about the dangers about the environment yes they do it's a big big deal do you worry about your father and your brothers as minors yes yes they do or a loved one's away family if they don't mind what i did. was very sad it's beyond words we are talking over some of the most biological of diverse forests there are places where you could spin to for our worse what she just what's taking place in one branch of one tree in the way the light of the sun shines some different things as time passes by

the last thing i want to show you is my favorite space picture because of what it represents this is yuri gagarin with the dove because space to speak is a peaceful exploration where we work together if you noticed i got a russian shirt i got american socks international that's what this place is about . working together as one team that speech and this week have a good day. so the politicos opposed to. this new school. year motion about to come out should chris greatly reduce. good news this is. what we're need to do it needs to know who good to hubie teach to go is he screwed because because the most liberal i'm looking for issues from. just what they're. supposed. to be just as it lays going to use in this. is a huge jump to what you choose when you go to. the school see your. stall. video you know the crew change. return to earth. the station. in the russian segment you'll have to carry out dozens of experiments and maintain the station he's got so much to do that it doesn't even have time to make. his american colleagues helping out the north peggy whitson stay here was extended so n

correspondent yury or shadow what on board the aircraft carrier u.s.s. theodore roosevelt to see the u.s. military operation up close. from zero to two hundred fifty kilometer in just two seconds it's rush on ball to the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt in the middle of the persian gulf there are apt to a hundred takeoffs and day off fighter jets reconnaissance planes transport aircraft and helicopters. lead to the altitudes smells like terrorists in this land this is where u.s. fighter jets take all for you in syria sometimes as often as every few minutes and to that at any time of the day the aircraft carrier is that the flagship of carrier strike group nine in addition to striking at the so-called islamic state it's tasked with securing maritime routes combating pirates and facilitating humanitarian aid almost three hundred pilots on bought our main drive is probably where home country defense for a country flying is flying a matter what the mission is. try to treat any different whether we're staying locally overhead the ship or going into iraq syria it's a

yuri you were mentioning there that moscow's dialing back the rhetoric how might russia though respond to any possible american military action. well brian russian law make us a warrant already of the united states that moscow would concede to and asked dr take on syria as a war crime and that could trigger direct military clash between the two form a call to walk countries i would say conduct a senior russian lawmaker for example south russia would engage its watch it in the mediterranean sea to protect russian assets in syria in addition to ground based and defense systems that russia has in the region the top russian military officer general stuff chief of value to get us in off war until last month that russia would strike back against both missiles and their carriers three weeks ago i myself was embedded on one of the largest u.s. aircraft carriers on the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt there were more than five thousand people on board so kind of small town in the middle of the persian gulf if russians attack such an aircraft carrier americans can face huge implications. the stakes are

all right and now i'm joined by yuri droney the director general of the jerusalem press club a very good evening sir seventy years of israel a story of success story also of expulsion war and violence what are your feelings about the festivities and israel marking this historic event. good evening from jerusalem. it's a mixed feeling on one hand a lot of. cries and says fiction for accomplishment over seventy years and in the same time concerns about the challenges both from outside and inside. there i'd also like to ask you about well that the recent violence that escalated along the border with gaza protesters as you know are planning to hold a march on may fifteenth it will also incidentally be when the trumpet administration plans to officially move its embassy to jerusalem i believe the day before that do you think that we could see another escalation ng ask elation happening israeli troops possibly crossing the border this time i hope not. i hold. then the most ration is which are ah going on for a while will not escalate into the middle all to. war over a sion again and generally

to a negotiator between the united states and russia so we'll see if this is an interesting point yuri we're also getting a report that the white house is saying that all options remain on the table in dealing with this alleged chemical weapons attack in syria so we don't have any clarity to report tonight clear what about the american public trying to have popular support for his of since of course in syria. well we don't have polling numbers for this particular possibility of a strike but we know that for his strike the last year there was a majority of american a majority of americans were onboard with that so it's going to remain to be seen whether this is equally as popular or whether people are going to look at the past year and the president's past comments and have a change of heart over the correspondent claire richardson in washington there at the white house and our moscow bureau chief. to both of you thank you. or we have watched and listened to what was supposed to be the grilling of facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg on capitol hill there are disappointments and some surpris

trump donald trump's policy towards the koreas has been one of hostility sanctions of threats fired yuri defense minister jim mattis threaten your career with extermination and their policy essentially failed because nuclearization in north korea succeeded because kim jong un extended an olive branch to the south and because we're in jail has been so courageous in this effort to reconcile with the work and so really cause for donald trump to receive a nobel prize really reflect how insular and parochial that view of right wing is right wing supporters is donald trump has really not played a role. then it's around north and south korea. palestinian medics are struggling to cope with the number of injured after a month of protests along the gaza border international committee of the red cross says that hospitals there only get around four to eight hours of power a day for demonstrations or be met by a heavy response from israel notably sniper fire a palestinian health ministry in gaza says more than two thousand people have received leg injuries and a lack of medical treatments also forced

and yuri we know that russian president vladimir putin has called on israel not to take any action that could further destabilize the situation in syria basically you know asking tell of the not to fire any shots right now is the kremlin concerned that it could quickly lose its power and its influence in syria. i don't think so i think the climate is really of lorient about the potential gas at tack in syria the kremlin wants to avoid to direct confrontation with washington i'm absolutely sure about that by the way i also think that americans do not want a war with russia so israel in this very complicated context seems to be just one more player in the region who also tries to achieve its own goals namely to war in the ground and russians obviously don't want any additional trouble at least on these on this front and they don't want israel to poor even more oil on the fire by the way there are experts in moscow who see israel as a potential media to a negotiator between the united states and russia so we'll see there's an interesting point we're also getting a report that the white hou

we said that about yuri andropov, he was a party ideologue.hates the united states, very repressive. heather: was a communist party of cuba member and became the first vice president. he is considered a key ally as well, more accessible than the castro brothers. >> a spring chicken at the age of 87, head of the communist party and control -- in a totalitarian system titles don't mean anything. policy will be set by raul castro, in interior ministry, head of surveillance, the ceo of the largest holding company that controls 90% of the cuban economy. the castro family, cuban equivalent of the corleone family will continue to hold all the levers of power. heather: the head of the communist party until the next congress in 2021. what does this mean moving forward? >> the last thing the trump administration should do is the cuban government, a lifeline. i keep hearing reports that sen. jeff flake, the residual influence trying in exchange for from mike pompeo as secretary of state, trying to ease travel restrictions, that would be bad policy, a bet