inthe u.s. persists [indiscernible] the sanctions without understanding its rival, the administration will have to take the responsibility for ensuring catastrophe. mind that thed dprk nuclear strikes and capability will be strengthened and developed at a rapidly high-speed as long as the u.s. nasty nickelolicy, or threat and blackmail and pressure. thank you. >> now we will take questions. since the time limitation, we will take a few. i would like to hope you to focus on the topics and i also beld like to remind of your -- brief introduction before questions. let's go ahead. >> on behalf of the u.n. association, we thank you for this opportunity. i would like to ask about an issue that is in the news regarding cyber attacks. we understand that a 17, 18 panel member was hacked by someone pretending to be another member of the panel and there is some suspicion north korea is behind this is is the [indiscernible] we do not have an opportunity to ask you so you hope you can give us some reaction t

the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. issues relating to the settlements. will be u.s. take a stand on the two-state motion and if so, what? will follow sequel the visit and how will he be discussing what is a very tense situation at least at the underlying level between israel andpalestinian authorities what is happening in gaza. for israele problem of what is happening in egypt which is equally important to the united states. a problem of economics and stability. also a tangible impact in sinai and the gaza. where you have a low-level conflict but one that is not getting better, is getting worse will stop you have the problem of what happens, and it will happen fairly quickly, if you liberated andally driven out of its pseudo-capital in rocca. that may mean it faces a significant and very different extremist radical somewhere on its border area. there also is the fact that during all of these conflicts, the has full has steadily built up its missile forces. effectively rearmed and gotten better cap

the u.s. role in the world, and national organization and treaties as well. he joined heritage after a decade at yale university where he served as associate director of international security studies. he is also an adjunct proffer of strategic studies in the strategic studies program at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. please join me in welcoming ted bro van. ted? >> thanks very much, john. welcome to the heritage foundation for this event on brexit, u.s.-uk trade area and of course the british election announced yesterday to be held on june 8. we're frequently told that support for free trade in the world -- in the united states and the west is on the wane. this is certainly not true in the united kingdom. i was fascinated to read that one of the conservative parties' central appeals in this newjust-called election is that being out of the european union means that britain will "be free to strike trade deals with old friends and new partners all around the world." so w

it wasn't approved in the u.s. so she and a number of other families imported the drug from overseas. it cost about $1,200 a year out of pocket. it got a new price tag, $35,000 a year for a patient in the u.s. weighing about 55 pounds. >> $35,000 per 25 kilograms, it's pretty aggressive i would think. >> ptc therapeutics said it represents sustainable pricing providing access to eligible patients in the united states, including continued investment in du schens. the drug's cost may be more than $35,000, if patients like her son weighing more than 25 kilograms. >> my son is probably on one of the highest doses, nearly 50 kilo grams a day. >> she estimates the cost at more than $100,000 a year. she's concerned her old system of importing the drug is going away since it is now available in the u.s. earlier this year a private drug company called marathon pharmaceuticals acquired rights to it and took it through the fda approval process. it set the price of $89,000 in the u.s. generating an immediate outcry from the pa

and u.s. persons involved in the trump campaign. that i was concerned about because of known russian efts to suborn such individuals. and it raised questions in my mind whether the russians were able to gain cooperation of those officials. i don't know whether or not such collusion -- that's your term -- such collusion existed. i don't know. i know there was a sufficient basis of information and intelligence that required further investigation by the bureau to determine whether or not u.s. persons were actively c conspiring or collude ing with russian officials. >> do you know the basis of that information you share would the bureau? what was the nature of the evidence? >> i think, mr. gowdy, the committee has now been provided information that relates to this issue. in terms of information that the agency shared with the bureau. and that is something that is appropriately classified. >> all right. and you learned that when? when in this chronology did you learn of the contacts between these o

the u.s. election. >> i respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt and there's no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can always pick for myself and the russians. >> the president said he respected the decision to appoint former fbi director robert moeller to look into the matter, he also denounced it as bad for the nation. >> i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. so i can tell you that we want to bring this great country of ours together. i hate to see anything that divides. i'm fine with whatever people want to do, but we have to get back to running this country. >> the resident responded for the first time to a memo said to be written by former fbi director james comey, that claims that in a february meeting, the president asked comey to drop the investigation into michael flynn. did president trump say that? >> no, next question. >> the appointment of robert mueller to take over

look at how u.s. a city -- u.s. equity markets closed. down,nes index also nasdaq was of the outlier of .09%. let's take a quick look at what is happening in this part of the world. of the week of the week in the past, the last five trading days, let's chase him the key companies. retailers, losses coming from insurance stocks. level, we saw it being the best performer in terms of volume and activity. upside, surprising sales with earnings growth as the rapid earnings season. let's crossover. brent crude, $15.84 closing trade friday. a continuing build in this rig inventories. apparently it is another part to wah. what is driving that, it is the highest in almost three ar u.s. tenure paper 2.33 and the south african rand is barely below the flatline closer. l's check on the first word headlines around the world. reuters is reporting that the u.s. and saudi arabia have signed over $100ilon worth of deals ahead of president trump's visit to the kingdom on thursday. surpass $300 could billion over the next decade. reuters also said the u.s.

the u.s. consumer probably will be the backbone for the entire u.s. economy. >> thank you. >> the average budget airlines as it posted profit for the first few years. the dublin-based carrier says it expects profits to rise further mainly due to a fallen deal cost. there's actually declined last year. that has attracted plenty of passengers. high occupancy contradicted to the good -- contributed to the good results. back over to sarah. sarah: we have some sports news to bring you. at the french open, there has been drama off the court. a player has been banished from the tournament after he tried to forcibly kissed a tv reporter. it was live, on air. meantime, well number one, andy murray got the better of hundred. thomas todd helton -- this 43-year-old led dortmund to victory. the club's first trophy in five years. the poor relationship with the club's hierarchy has cost him his job. have a look. >> thousands of lands attended the first training session of the season in augustst. had been bought and for 100 million euros in transfer fees. the team ha

u.s. department of justice reportedly prepares to sue the carmaker over its excess emissions. >>> burberry shares are in fashion with investors in early trade as the company reported better than expected underlying profit as a new ceo gets set to wear the pants. sent to where the pen >>> good morning once again, it's thursday. glad you're with us. let's get straight to the markets, see what the fallout from the white house drama continues to be. the stoxx 600 is still off by 0.5%. the dax seeing its biggest loss since before the trump election. the dax down 1.4%, the cac off 1.8%. the worst day in more than eight weeks. as you can see, we're extending that selling pressure on the markets. let's look at the sectors one by one. you can see autos are under pressure, off by 1.4%. this is mainly because of fiat chrysler given the u.s. investigation and the pressure on the carmaker. we'll get much more from nancy hungerford. utilities, household goods are the few out-performers. utilities up by

they have u.s. officials initials europe and arab countries all kwij this strange thing, all confirming that on january 11th and january 12th this year, which was less than a week after the intelligence community put out its report about the russian attack on the election. less than a week after that report came out, there was a two-day long meeting that was held in the see she will islands by madagascar. it was a meeting in the shashs for a representative for vladimir putin and an envoy from the trump administration. according to the post, this reporting first week of april, erik prince maintained at the time of that meeting that was authorized to act as an unofficial surrogate for the president-elect. he got that meeting and he spent two days in january in an island paradise meeting with a representative for vladimir putin. what did they meet about? what did they talk about? what took two days to get through? why did they have to meet in this far away place? who knows. matters of mutual concern to

the u.s. 10-year yield unchanged at 2.2%, dropping 10 basis points on wednesday to 2.3%, the lowest since april 19. ing. is fall there is less of a flight to safety haven assets today. its biggest gain yesterday since june 24. let's get to first word news. starting with the u.k., prime minister theresa may's conservatives are expected to unveil their party manifesto today ahead of the u.k.'s general election which takes place in three weeks. may will tell wealthier, elderly voters they will have to pay for promisen care and further controls at immigration by doubling the levy charge to businesses for hiring migrant workers. meanwhile, launching the liberal democrat manifesto, the party le ader place to give the british people a second referendum after any brexit deal had been finalized. >> it is obvious when you think about it. someone is going to have the final say over the final brexit deal. it could be the politicians or could be the people. i believe it must be the people. to japan where t

the u.s. president trump returns home to controversy. waiting for him at the front doorsteps, the latest over contacts between his son-in-law jared kushner and russian contacts. >>> and days after the terror attack, we'll have a live report. >>> and dozens of passengers stranded when flights were suspended out of two of england's biggest airports. >> that couldn't be fun. >> no, it doesn't look fun at all. >> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. newsroom starts right now. ♪ >>> our top story, u.s. president donald trump back at the white house after an eight-day trip to the middle east and europe, but while he was gone, the political firestorm back home over russian meddling in the election grew even bigger >> to the heart of the controversy, his own son-in-law, jared kushner. you see the u.s. president, donald trump, video taken earlier as he returned to washington. as he walked to the white house with the first

ack u.s. market has pared b expectations on the fed as the market expects a lot less physical stimulus this year. jonathan: we had a paradigm shift earlier this year. the fed decided to leave the market. we are going to stop waiting for you to get ready and tell you to get ready. why has that happened? >> very good question. i think the market is still putting a lot of emphasis not on the central banks, which would like to talk about in our forecasts when we join you. the market has been focused on the terror risks. there is a lot of uncertainty around economic growth, will it be sustained, particularly with the softer data we had in q1? we also have risks around china. inflation has picked up in the u.s. the labor market is tight. wages are going to be rising. we think china is going to be able to continue to muddle through. that gives us a very good outlook for the second half of this year. biggest misss the price? is it treasury, spreads, dollar? >> we are largely pricing in our fed forecas

some former u.s. intelligence officials are raising big red flags about such a move suggesting it's disturbing and unprecedented. the president insists he has total confidence in kushner. new fallout tonight for mr. trump's overseas trip and his exchanges with crucial u.s. allies. german chancellor angela merkel saying europe can't completely rely on the united states and must fight for its own future. >>> a dramatic new security feature may be in the works. homeland security john kelly said he might expand the ban on laptops in airplane cabins to cover all international flights entering or leaving the country. and president trump now is condemning the deadly stabbings on a train in portland, oregon after being urged to speak out against the parent hate crime that happened three days ago. the suspect is accused of attacking three men who intervened when he allegedly yelled slurs at two young women, including one wearing a hijab. this hour, i'll talk with a democrat in the house intelligence committee

also, the u.s. president wraps up his middle east tour, saying israel and the palestinians are ready to reach for peace, but he does not say how to achieve what he has called the ultimate deal. and roger moore has died, the british actor won international fame playing james bond. he was 89 years old. ♪ brent: it is good to have a with us. tonight, police in britain have named in the man that blew himself up at a packed concert venue last night. 22-year-old salman abedi detonated an improvised explosive device at the manchester arena on monday evening. he died at the scene. the islamic state group has claimed responsibly for the bombing, which killed 22 people, including an 8 year old girl. it is the worst terror attack in britain in 12 years. [explosion] >>, god. correspondent: the moment when an evening of pop music turned into a nightmare when an explosion shook manchester arena minutes after a concert from ariana grande ended. panic spread throughout the crowd, children, teenagers and parents r

chris: here in the u.s.? kel rr?secretary kelly: we haves all the time but right now no specific threat. but that goes to the fact that we are over here and not over there. as at caliphate is being destroyed in syria and iraq, there are large numbers of returning fighters in western europe, and in many cases like this, like this guy that did this thing in manchester, he's a citizen of the u.k. in this case. he's a passport holder. i don't know if the u.k. had any idea that he was outside -- he was in libya, but i think he also traveled to other points. the point is, they have a real threat that's growing as fighters come back from the caliphate. i believe there will be more of this kinds of thing. the good news is all decent people, all decent governments, it doesn't matter if we are politically close to them, all governments for the most part are sharing tremendous amounts of information, passport-time information. aviation travel information. but people like this are below the radar. chris: i want to pick up on avi

u.s. has more power over the price of oil and supply of oil. wti down 1%. 49.14. brent down more than 1%. 51.25. energy stocks were big losers during the month of may. as for the u.s. dollar. dollar was also a loser, almost down 2% that has helped a lot of the multinational earnings. better quality, better tone to earnings. let's see if it lasts. the dollar is firmer against the euro barely, 1.1175. unchanged against the yen, 1.1082. firmer against the british pound. gold prices, gold was soft during the month, down about a half percent. worst month for gold since december. had been marching higher all year long, giving a little back this month. it's high their morning barely. bitcoin prices, let's throw that in. because that was also a big gainer for the month of may. it is all the chatter right now. check out the price of bitcoin. >> extraordinary. >> continues to soar. it has gotten as high as $2,700. still, the crashes are painful. it is mostly higher for the month -- for the year, i d

here's former u.s. ambassador to germany, john emerson on the president's credibility with foreign leaders. >> let's say we're going to talk more about this with the iran nuclear deal. let's say iran does more than what it typically does. they always walk right up to the edge of violating that thing and we have to pull them back. this happens on a weekly basis. it is a lot of work to kind ever keep that deal moving forward as it has been, which is good. but let's say they violate it. now, that was a six country deal, right? you had the chinese and russians and germans and french and brits and the americans negotiating with iranians and you've got the other allies, they like this deal. now president trump, who by the way spent a good deal of his transition denigrating the intelligence community and the quality of information they get and spends time saying that the press is the enemy and that anything he doesn't like is fake news, so now how is he going to go to his allies and say we've got intelligence

if you look at u.s. history, every time we are dismissed, every time someone talks about the decline of the great american engine of growth, whether in the 1930's or the 1970's or beginning in the 1980's when japan was going to overtake us, every time that happened and the naysayers are out there, the united states economy comes roaring back. it's critical that we do this now. we have so many strategic advantages even relative to china with regard to our economy. so many of our challenges in my view are self-inflicted problems that we can solve. strong economic growth at least above 3% will more closely bind our allies to the united states and the asia pacific region. strong economic growth will help us rebuild our military which has been drastically cut over the last eight years. strong economic growth will be critical to tackling our challenges at home such as skyrocketing deficits and debt levels and crumbling infrastructure. and perhaps most importantly strong economic growth will enable us to view t

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and u.s. officials have said repeatedly that the presence of these assets are meant to send a message of deterrence. now telling us that controversial missile defense system is operational. and ready to intercept missiles that could come from north korea. >> to your point, japan appearing to change their military action in the region. thank you. >> another concern in the white house. president trump's decision to invite president duterte to washington was not planned. that's according to a senior administration official. the state department did coordinate the phone call between the two leaders and briefed the president beforehand. >> the white house defending the decision as part of an overall strategy to reign in north korea and defend america's security. trump believes a meeting is called for because.edu ter ta has a high approval rating in his country. the leader says he cannot make any definitive promise to visit the u.s. because he's currently tide up. >> president trump and russian pres

in syria, u.s. led coalition r reportetedly raqqa kikilled up to 15 civiliansns, incling g two children on sunday. the syrian observatory for human rights had u.s. led airstrikes have killed 22225 civilians over the past month, including 44 children. amy: meanwhile, in yemen, the human rights group reprieve says u.s. navy seals killed five civilians during a raid tuesday night on a village. the killings reportedly began after a 70-year-old civilian came out of his home to find out what was going on and was gunned down to by the seals. the pentagon says the raid targeted al qaeda and that seven militantnts were killed. to talk more about how the media covers civilian casualties, we are joined by the cofounders of the intercept, jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald. the manchester model, should it be used for other victims of war? well, i mean, we know about the 22 victims, the horrific attack on the suicide attack in manchester as these tweens, mainly little girls ariana grande concert. we have learned

u.s.. dollaries and the broadly weaker across the board. money flowing into the annex. vix up. gold up. oil up as well. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg daybreak." i am emma chandra with your bloomberg business flash. comparable sales analyst unexpected at a discount estimatesand it beat coming of a target some much-needed momentum. in refurbished more that 600 stores and introduced new store brands. american businesses will cash in one president trump visit saudi arabia this weekend. according to people familiar with the matter, the oil company will sign agreements with at least 10 american companies. among them, general electric, halliburton. the deals call for the companies to open manufacturing parts in saudi arabia and train local workers.in the u.k. , a completely privately owned bank once again. it was mailed out in the middle of the financial crisis. it has sold its last remaining shares. the treasury made more than $1.2 billion on its original investment.that is your b

if the u.s. can manage it well in order to make sure we are promoting the pro-alliance people than many issues can be dealt with in a quiet way. it is going to represent a setback for us in terms of being able to effectively manage the relationship. >> scott, you have written a book, or co-authored a book about korea and japanese relations. what do you expect tokyo-sole relations? i would like to hear views about sole-beijing as well. he has one major operation during the campaign and that is that he, and other candidates try to reverse the agreements. i think a lot hinges on how the south korean foreign policies and advisors in the moon administration decide the frame this issue. .... particularly for japan and china. the ally of korea speed to a [inaudible] acceptable to agree with the nation and its people. it didn't reach a settlement that satisfied those problems. so the problems continue to persist i think. both the past administration. therefore i believe the agreement -- >> what about in

the u.s. wants to accomplish in the middle east and the war on terror, but the relationship is conflicted certainly. mohammed nilou has more. how did the president's decision to arm the syrian kurds undermine, perhaps loom over this meeting today? >> good morning, dave. yeah, it's certainly going to loom over the meeting in a big way. look, you have two world leaders with similar personality traits, but with policy, they're very far apart. turkey's president erdogan is going into this meeting with two goals. the first is to convince the united states to stop arming and backing kurdish groups on the ground in syria. the united states is backing them to help topple isis. turkey considers some of those groups terrorist groups and wants that to start. the u.s. wants them to extradite fatah gullon and turkey wants them extradited because they say he's behind the failed military coup attempt last year. two very big demands. it's unclear whether the trump administration is willing to concede to eithe

not many people know that the u.s. consulate in saudi arabia was overrun by terrorists in december and nine people were killed. so, this left a permanent scar on the state department and particularly on our diplomatic security people. so when i arrived in 2007, i found a security environment that really reflected the events of the past and i worked very hard to change that. and we were successful in doing that. so, i spent a lot of my time as ambassador inside the ministry of interior. in fact, i would visit the ministry of interior twice a week for over two years. which gives you some idea of how much time and attention and focus we all spent on the issues of counterterrorism. and one of the things that came out of this interaction with the saudi government was the creation of something that is now called moi opm which was a basically a voint venture between the saudi government and the u.s. government to provide training and support to a 30,000 saudi man force that was being stood up to protect the oil and gas facili

it is up to the prosecutor, the u.s. attorney or u.s. attorney general to make that, and nobody on the democratic side would go after him to say, do you think you were acting within your authority in july to have made on your own determination a decision that does not belong in the hands of investigators? we don't allow the police to make the decision whether or not you're going to be charged. that is up to the local prosecutor or the u.s. attorney. >> jenna: that brings us back. timing is everything, hillary canton, former presidential candidate saying just yesterday making national and international news, blaming the fbi again for her loss. then you have director comey previously scheduled to testify and here we are talking again talking about the past. the american people, though, do have the fbi and a president that we hope are working efficiently on our behalf. how do you think those events of the past are hanging over either the administration or the fbi and impacting us? >> the democratic narrative is that hillary clinton did not

is u.s. economic outlook looking worse because of its uncertainty over tax and infrastructure policies while europe is looking stronger 's larryg to black rock fink. >> it is consistent to believe that or there is a belief in the marketplace that we are going to 's the second quarter. when i -- what i hear from businesses is it is not happening. sophie: global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. matt: thanks very much. let's talk the rate path in the u.s.. softbrainard has said inflation could cause her to reassess the way forward for monetary policy. between some tension signs that the economy is in the neighborhood of full employment and signs that the tentative progress on inflation may be slowing. if that tension between the progress on employment and the lack of progress on inflation process, it may lead me to reassess the expected path of policy in the future although it is premature to make that call tod

u.s. persons. they're not supposed to have their name revealed. michael flynn's name is the only trump-related name that is unmasked on the american side of these communications. michael flynn's name unmasked on the american side. but these calls and electronic messages involve other trump aides besides him. on the russian side, these are 18 different communications, 18 calls, e-mails, and text messages. six of them involve thrussian ambassador, sergei kislyak. that leaves another 12. the names of the other russians besides ambassador kislyak who are communicating with trump campaign last year, those names are all apparently being with held. all but one. the only other name being disclosed is victor. he is not just seen as putin's close friend. he's also his political emissary for all sorts of political matters. he's also somebody who has a personal history in terms of human rights that will curl your hair. what is that guy doing talking last year to members of the trump campaign during th

you have to register with the u.s. government if you're peddling influence for a foreign pow tpwher washington. flynn didn't do that. he cannot do anything that is going to put him where you wake up in jail. congress will be unhappy with him. it can look like a problem for his former boss but flynn can't do something that could end up with him behind bars. >> sandra: thanks for helping us keep up. >> bye. >> sandra: president trump's middle east mission topping the international agenda, but here at home there's a budget battle looming with medicade about to get hit hard. plus, a new warning from north korea after it launches yet another test. the plans it has for a new missile and how the u.s. is reacting to that. we are live at the pentagon. umbrellas!! you need one of these. you wouldn't put up with an umbrella that covers you part way, so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? aleve, live whole not part. tell you what, i'll give it to you for half off. hidden in every swing, every chip,

u.s. presidential election. we previously knew about a lot of people with people having contacts with the russian ambassador and a few other russian possibilities after the election but in terms of during the election while the attack was happening, who were they talking to in russia? this is a new name. and he's kind of a big deal. the other implication of this new reporting is that apparently the trump folks still have not told us about what their contacts were with russia last year. how is it we are this far into this scandal and all of a sudden there's another 18 previously unclosed contacts that they never thought to mention before now. and we're only finding out from this new reuters reporting. that has been a consistent problem for the president in dealing with this story and this scandal. they keep denying things. that then turn out to be true. they keep saying we know everythi there is to be known and then more comes out. they start off by denying contacts between anybody in the c

they added to aush and the u.s. the u.s. economy add 2d 11,000 jobs. ton employment rate drops to 4%. that's a level we haven't seen since 2007 before the recession hit. >>> they're urging trump to not pull out of the paris accord. there was a campaign to cancel the 2015 agreement. in a letter released this morning 2014 institutional investors say the mitigation of climate change is essential for safeguarding assessments. combine those investors control that $15 trillion in assets. >>> and "guardians of the galaxy vol. 2" brought an estimated $142 million this weekend. guardians with its cast of intergalactic misfits opened 54% higher than the 2014 original hit. "the fate of the furious" was second at the box office followed by "the boss baby." anne-marie. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thank you, jill. >>> up next, doctors are finding new ways to deal with infants dependent on opioids. >> how this tiny mattress helps babies born dependent on drugs. i'm kenneth craig in worcester, massachusetts, with a look at the new study coming up. w

the top u.s. cyber official says the united states watched russia penetrate france's computer networks prior to last weekend's presidential election. says theike roberts u.s. gave france a heads up about what was going on. >> look, we are watching the russians, seeing them penetrate some of your infrastructure -- there is a we have seen, what can we do to try to assist? we are doing similar things with german counterparts, british counterparts. we're all trying to figure out how can we learn from each other? campaignnce's election commission says a significant amount of data with fake news alerts was late. palestinian president mark amodei bus says the president has accepted his invitation to join him in the west bank during his visit to israel in two weeks. lockheed martin'

a slump in u.s. auto sales continues, down for a fourth straight month after that record year in 2016, not only impacting carmakers, but triggered a selloff in parts suppliers as well. su keenan has been surveying the damage. su: it was a bearish report. the slide is continuing. belysts thought there would a bounce back from the harsh numbers we got in march, not so. in april, sales for six of the biggest carmakers dropped again with ford and honda posting 7% declines each. to make matters worse, each fallny had their figures short of what analysts estimated, and that sent the a fourth straight down month after record sales in 2016. let's look at ford, a fresh low for the year, down 4.5%. it has not been that low in a while. honda is flat for the year, was down 1% on the news, but again, one of the steeper declines. we generally look to companies like honda to doing a little better, and yet it was right in there with the steepest declines. >> it makes you wonder are they going to continue with these

to the concern that the deal could harm the u.s. economy, gutierrez said failing to act on climate change would do more damage. act on theo fail to green economy will be living in a gray future. greenwho embrace technologies will set the gold standards for economic leadership in the 21st century. ministrationmpet did decide to quit, u.s. society should continue to engage with the paris accords. the state of new york and california have already pledged to combat climate change even without the government support. thee: the first round of parliamentary election is less than two weeks away. emmanuel macron needs to win a majority to push through his promised reforms including a crackdown on government corruption. scandal has already hit his administration. one of his ministers is now fighting accusations of financial misconduct that he again denied today. everything i have done in my professional life is legal, public, transparent, validated by an administrative council that has shown support for me. i have provided all the documents b

citing unnamed u.s. officials, "the post" reports trump began bragging to the two russian officials about his intelligence briefings, saying -- "i get great intel. i have people brief me on great intel every day." trump went on to disclose highly classified information provided by a third-party about the possible threat of isis launching an attack on an airplane using a computer bomb. this is the "washington post's" greg miller, one of the co-authors of the report. >> at someme point, trtrump stas talklking about t the g great inintelligence he gets.. he is tellingng his visitors, i get the bebest intelelligence, d procds t to talk abobout this threat that is underway that has been publicly talked about for some time. but t he goes into d details a t the spececifics ofof this plot d how it is coming together and what the islamic state is doing to try to pull this off. the problem is that the united states knows much of this information because of intelligence that came from a partner, another country. am

a former u.s. official now tells cnn senior members of trump's transition team warned felony about his meeting with a russian ambassador. flynn was told in late november that his conferring with the russian ambassador were almost certainly being recorded. all this coming as president trump spends his first weekend at commander and chief in his mom in bed minister nnl. athena jones is nearby. what more are you learning about this controversy? >> hi anna. we know that members of the trump transition national security team were concern that lieutenant j lo fly lieutenant joe flynn didn't have a full understanding motivation of the russian ambassador. one thing that isn't clear at this moment is whether flynn read that document. one more interesting detail that my colleague jeff zeleny has confirmed, is that according to a former u.s. official the obama white house was troubled about the way trump transition people was handling classified documents. sources say some highly classified document were copi

and a special thanks to u.s. service members as we honor our fallen heroes on this memorial day weekend. good night. . >>> ive from the cbs b ay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >>> now at 6:00 p.m. a third of the six slides in the east bay are closed after a boy went flying off of one. >> and the board of regents voted to raise student tuition. they threw themselves a party at a very expensive hotel. >> that pricy bash happened in january in san francisco. new at 6:00 p.m. kpix 5's melissa culross -- melissa caen tells us where the money is coming from. >> reporter: have h voting to raise tuition some board of regents said they were sad but it is necessary. >> i will be supporting the tuition increase and i think that every single one of us in this room doesn't want to raise tuition for our students. it is very painful for all of us. >> the night before voting to hike tuition the board of regents spent $18,000 at a party. only 65 people attended which worksitute $300 per -- works out to $300 per person. a repo

but now, under president trump, the u.s. is dancing to a different beat. a new u.s. relationship with the kingdom, affirmed last weekend's summit. now the saudi led operations are fully u.s. backed. trying to bring stability to yemen, but the u.s. has its own fight in that country. >> is the saudis are manning the actually positions here along the border against the militia, further inside yemen, today u.s. navy seals rated and al qaeda compound backed by significant u.s. airpower. it's likely that it was the terrorist group that was most likely to attack the u.s., and president trump said that seven terrorists were killed in that raid. but it's a significant threat, so much so that since president trump has been in office, there have been 80 air strikes against aqa positions. >> years of war, militia contro control, and overall instability has taken its toll. the u.n. estimates that 19 of the 27 million needed some sort of aid, and u.n. secretary general says yemen is facing a tragedy. with a child under five dying of profitable causes every 10 minutes on average. s

in 1985, he becomes a defector to the u.s. u.s. secretes 10 crets himcraft to -- se in an aircraft and bring him to washington. the first question you ask a defector is, "do you know of any penetration into the u.s. government?" the person asking the question is aldrich ames, and then who was a spy for the russians at that point. what he is asking here essentially is "do you know about me?" so, he goes to the safe house, and he is de-briefed. d, he gives-briefe them information on mr. long. the other man he identifies is a cia director -- defector. the information he gave was absolutely valid. the interesting question is -- why did he defect? in rome, he was having an affair with the wife of another russian diplomat. she, with her husband, are we stationed in ottawa. ned in ottawa.o he goes to soviet doctors, because he has stomach pain, and they tell him he has stomach cancer. he tells them that it is only in the west that they have drugs that can treat him. being lovesick and thinking he is terminally ill, he makes the decision t

a u.s. official tells reuters it landed 60 miles off the coast of russia, the first successive test after a strong of recent fail user. the regime continues to test banned ballistic missiles despite worldwide condemnnation. but the u.s. military says the despite worldwide condemnnation. but the u.s. military says the flight pattern of today's launch tes not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic ressile or icbm, the type that could reach the u.s. mainland in january north korean dictator kim jung-un said an icbm test was imminent but hasn't happened yet. this shorter range test comes days after south korea elected a new president who wants to engage pyongyang, not isolate it. but today his spokesman said dialogue is only possible if north korea changes course. in a statement, the white house called for stronger sanctions and pointed out that the missile landed near russian territory, adding that president donald trump, "cannot imagine that ressia is pleased." h ssia's president expres

u.s. election. congress wants the fired f.b.i. director to testify. >> i'll use the subpoena pen if necessary. >> pelley: also tonight, mr. trump says he's a victim. >> no politician in history has been treated worse or more unfairly. >> pelley: and gisele bundchen's at odds with the n.f.l. over her husband tom brady. >> he had a concussion last year. i mean, he has concussions pretty much every year that we don't talk about, but he does have concussions. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. reporting tonight from the white house. >> pelley: this is our western edition. we're reporting from the white house tonight because of the rapidly developing investigation into whether the president tried to shut down an f.b.i. investigation of his administration. among the developments late today, the department of justice just announced it will appoint former f.b.i. director robert mueller as an independent special counsel to investigate the trump administration and allegations of russi

u.s. now accusing syria of executing thousands in an alleged crematorium. what the satellite images reveal tonight. martha raddatz standing by with new reporting. >>> and the tour bus crash, more than two dozen students and adults on their way to washington, d.c., and the emergency response. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us here on a monday night. >>> and we begin with that bombshell headline breaking late today. "the washington post" reporting president trump disclosed highly classified information to the russians. "the post" reporting that the classified material was revealed during a meeting with the russian foreign minister and russian ambassador while they visited the white house last week. if true, senators on both sides of the aisle tonight saying this is alarming. the news traveling fast late today. let's get to cecilia vega, live at the white house, with the very latest for us. >> reporter: david, good evening to you. this is a bombshell allegation that has rocked

there are reservations for what these u.s. troops would do if they were there and what impact they have on the battlefield against the taliban? today's attack only makes that distinction and that decision much more difficult about whether or not the u.s. should intervene even further into afghanistan. the two conor powell life for us. thank you. >> jon: russia flexes its muscles and syria launching cruise missiles against isis. we'll tell you exactly what they were targeting. meanwhile, the u.s. with the launch of its own. there is the pentagon testing a new way to try to protect our homeland from a nuclear missile. they say the test is a success, but just how safe should we feel if there were real threats raining down from the sky? that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. >> jon: one day after north korea conducts the latest in its series of missile tests this year, the pentagon launches a tes

the u.s. is dominating. now you are seeing something different where the whole global economy is improving. >> you still think that will continue? >> i do think it will continue. if you notice the pmis, which is the mick indicaeconomic indicai almost every country in the world improving. >> all right. thank you very much for joining us. "squawk box" is next. he talks to planes. he talks to planes. watch this. hey watson, what's avionics telling you? maintenance records and performance data suggest replacing capacitor c4. not bad. what's with the coffee maker? sorry. we are not on speaking terms. markets now have the euro slipping against the dollar. reacting to dovish comments from mario draghi and maybe also some threats coming out of greece. >>> donald trump returning home from his first treip abroad abot president and speaking out about media reports on russia. >>> and tiger woods speaks out. the golf legend apologizes for his dui and says, in fact, alcohol was not a factor in the arrest. details coming u

u.s. oil rigs gaining for a 15 street wake and libya last week reopened their biggest deal. oil is on pace for its third weekly decline in a row, the first time that has happened since the election. we will certainly keep an eye on oil. looking at two media movers, dish network trading about flat after they put up a disappointing quarter but , we are looking at the stock up more than 4% after the wall street journal yesterday reported that twitter is teaming up with bloomberg to create a 24/seven news streaming on its platform. oliver: good stuff, thank you. economiceak heavy on data in earnings report and other key events, tomorrow, apple will be among the global heavyweights announcing corporate earnings. iswednesday, the fed projecting to keep rates steady at the conclusion of its two day meeting. the french presidential in adates face off televised debate into the last round of that election. the u.s. jobs report is friday. for more on what's in store for all of that, we are joined by

pushed the six party talks because the u.s. heard complaints from south korea about the framework where we were negotiating their security above their heads so that's why we wanted the six party talks to have all of those impacted by the friends in the room because everyone has different priorities are different issues. so again, how, south korea taking the lead government to step in close consultation with the u.s. and we both agree on what south korea will do or is south korea feeling it's not getting satisfaction with the u.s. then will it go its own way or go further than we are comfortable with just as sometimes south korea felt we were going too far on the agreed framework or when we met unilaterally. so i think one issue i hope brings up his human rights. here you have under the administration and administration staffed largely by human rights advocates and yet they never criticized north korea for its human rights conditions and crimes against humanity. they felt that would undermine their traction with north korea, so

and u.s. army whistleblower chelsea manning on thursday tweeted the first photo of her new look as a free woman after serving seven years in men's-only army prisons. the photo shows manning wearing a black top, lipstick and mascara, with the caption, "okay, so here i am everyone!" and the hashtag #helloworld. while in custody, manning spent years battling the pentagon for the right to transition to a woman, winning the right to hormone therapy treatment in early 2015. although president obama in january commuted her 35-year prison sentence, manning is the longest-held whistleblower in u.s. history. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around theorld. we begin today show with news from sweden where prosecutor on friday dropped an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by wikileaks founder julian ass

"the u.s. senate should switch to 51 votes immediately and get health care and tax cuts approved fast and easy. dems would do it, no doubt." he wants to remove the legislative filibuster, phil. >> reporter: yeah, so let me take this swetweet apart. tax reform and health care are being moved on a track that would require 51 votes for coverage, or 50 republicans plus mike pence. that's via reconciliation. so there are a lot of constraints via reconciliation, this procedure that's done in the senate that frustrated a lot of republicans, particularly on health care. a couple points here. this is not a republican versus democrat battle right now, on both tax reform and repeal and replace. this is intraparty. so, the idea of changing the rules of the senate, this key cog on how the senate operates, and mitch mcconnell has made clear is not on the table. more than 45 to 50 republican and democratic senators said there would be no kind of nuclear option to this idea, but this proposal, while it's not s

. -- friday's rally in the u.s.. as wes still sentiment get started, and commodities last week, they eased off a little bit, so we should he gains in the resourceful stocks in asia. japan is back at the desk this morning, equity traders have three days off, no trading since last tuesday. stocks have increased around the world in that time. the yen has not really strengthened, so that should offer support to tokyo traders. in china we expect trade data to come out with the latest piece of information really to gauge just how the deleveraging in chinese credit markets is really flowing through to the economy and how that is shaping up for manufacturing and growth, and we have a couple of fed speakers later on. they will both be speaking today. those comments will be watched closely. betty: that is right, for any clues in the economy. bloomberg reporters have been examining how much china is leveraging and costing investors. the mentality, and how much more pain can they stomach on this? joining you are just bloomberg,