woman director of the cia. amy: in the latest shakeup, president trump fires secretary of state r rex tillerson over twtwitter anand kept to a direcr mike pompeo to replace him. he also picks gina haspel to become the new head of the cia. >> she was one of the people that rent a cia black sites where prisoners were mercilessly tortured, waterboarded, etc., and she, we understand, was the agent who led the destruction of the cia torture tapes at the direction of the main torture at eeader jose rodriguez central intelligencegegency. amy: wwillll sak to o remy scahill and lee ngng o othe intercept, formec.c.i.a.fficicer john kiriako who was jailed after blowing the whistle on cia torture, and we will go to berlin to speak with wolfgang kaleck of the european center for constitutional and human rights, which has asked german prosecutors to issue an arrest warrant for gina haspel. you will find out why. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump p has ousted secretary of state rex tillerson and said

assad is who is a former undercover officer and director of operations in the cia. she was trained as a counterterrorism specialist and served her country for ten years working in iraq and other places around the middle east. upon retirement from active service is, she and her husband joseph -- who is here as well, i'll let, if he wants to call himself out, he can -- [laughter] ex-cia, you never know, right? [laughter] who was also former cia, joined a group of americans who wish to aid persecuted christians, and their efforts resulted in the evacuation of a group from iraq that was featured on 20/20 in december of 2015. she holds a masters degree from georgetown university, and today she serves as international security consultant, splitting her time between the middle east, florida -- where we found out we're quasi-neighbors, i'm from south, she's from central florida -- and here in washington d.c. welcome, and thank you for taking the time to talk to us here at the spy museum. >> thank you so much. it's really very exciting, i've never been here before either. >> she's the author of

because they didn't see eye to eye. on the cia director mike pump to take over at the state department while taking the agency's reins will be gina who is known for her role in the cia torture program. the british prime minister is expected to another. against russia over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter rejected a. questions about the origin of the nerve agent. and also coming. change will we hear how the technology helps underpin the security of the. big. cities in future generations. coming from moscow every hour of the day this is our to international my names you know neil welcome to the program this hour's top story donald trump fired. appointing incumbent cia director mike pump to the position instead he surprised reshuffle on twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying he until they did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. press talking about. gun. rights but. when you look at iran you know i think that there are. those that want to break. the. will trump to use twitter to announce a few new appointments so secre

before 9:00 a.m. here's what he said. mike pompeo, director of the cia, will become our new secretary of state. he will do a fantastic job. thank you to rex tillerson for his service. gina haspel will become the new director of the cia and the first woman so chosen. congratulations to all. tillerson who returned just today from his trip in africa addressed the moedia with his version of events. >> i received a call today from the president of the united states at a little after noontime from air force one. and i've also spoken to white house chief of staff, kelly, to ensure we have clarity as to the days ahead. who is most important is to ensure an orderly and smooth transition during a time that the country continues to face significant policy and national security challenges. >> well, he's right. the timing is not most important. tor the other stuff is. it is noteworthy, though, that he got a phone call from the president, according to his timeline, three hours after everybody else in the world saw a tweet about it. following the president's trip in san diego and the never-ending revol

cia and directive operations. she served our country for 10 years working in iraq and other places around the middle east. upon retirement from active service she and her husband joseph, who is here as well, if you want to -- a ex-cia, you never know! they joined a group of americans that milton and -- she has a masters degree from studies from georgetown university. say she serves in several roles but as international security consultant splitting her time between the middle east, florida, she is from central florida and then here in washington d.c.. welcome, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. >> thank you so much it is very excited to be here. i've never been here before either!>> you have to come back again. not just because she is a new book. she is the author of "breaking cover". the subtitle of this is interesting. we'll talk a lot about this moving forward. but my secret life in the cia and this is the key point, but it taught me about what is worth fighting for. this will be a concurrent theme to the top because unlike a lot of other memoirs, people have written m

state. the president say he's fired because they didn't see. in the cia director mike said to take over the state of taking the spy agencies raines will be gina hospital known for her role in the cia's torture program. the british prime minister is expected to announce reprisals against russia over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter. rejected a midnight ultimatum to answer questions about the origin of the nerve agent. also coming up this. hour well. we hear technology that helps underpin the security of the currency bitcoin could be. entire cities in future generations. in from around the world this hour welcome to our two international my names you know neal our top story donald trump fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson appointing incumbent cia director mike pump aoe to the position instead he announced a surprise reshuffle on twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying in television did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. with the series would you. run. i think it's terrible. but they're pretty. well wrecked very good

undercover officer for the cia and richter of operations. she's a cyber specialists and served the country for 10 years working in iraq and other places around the middle east. she and her husband joseph who is here as well. he's also former cia joined a group of americans -- whose efforts resulted in a group featured on 2020 in december of 2015. she holds a masters degree from the georgetown university and has served in several roles as an international security consultant to the middle east -- she is from central florida and here in washington d.c. so welcome and thank you for taking the time to talk to us. >> thank you so much. really nice to be here. i've never been here before either. >> so happy could come here. she is the author of "breaking cover" in the subtitle is interesting and we will talk a lot about moving forward my secret life in the fbi and what it taught me about what's worth fighting for. this will be a concurrent theme throughout this talk because unlike a lot of other memoirs and people who have written them this one gets down to that fundamental question abou

america's top diplomat rex tillerson saying they didn't see eye to eye with cia director mike pompei are there for said to take over reckless and seat of the state department and gina hospital is known for her role of the cia torture program taking over the agency's reign so it's all moved like comment on my. head to moscow says it had nothing to do with the poisoning of the former double agent surrogates crippled in the u.k. last week. americans prepare for doomsday by purchasing survival equipment and underground bunkers some continue to fear in the north korea nuclear attack. good morning just to midnight here in moscow says r.t. live from r.t. h.q. with me kevin now in the first of all the lot of changes and some of the top jobs in the u.s. to tell you about donald trump has fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he's the first to fall in washington after president trump promised to shake up last week saying he was seeking perfection in his administration trump explained his decision by saying the two didn't really see eye to eye on a number of issues. let's start talking ab

that they did not see eye to eye. with cia director michael imperioli to take over a tillerson seat in the state department. hospital who is known for her role in the cia's torture program will take over the agency's reign. moscow says it had nothing to do with the poisoning of the former double agent sergei screwball in the u.k. last week. and americans prepare for doomsday by purchasing survival equipment and underground bunkers as some continue to fear a north korean nuclear attack. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team trash longtime thomas certainly glad to have you with us now donald trump has fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he says he is the first to fall in washington after president trump promised a shake up last week saying he was seeking perfection in his administration trump explained his decision by saying the two did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. but this is really when you look. at the run i think i guess. i want to read something. else. well trump used twitter to announce a few new appointments this morning so secre

vocal top aide who contradicts the white house's version of events. cia director mike pompeo, the president's pick to replace tillerson. a lot of reports of how and when the call came down to replace the secretary of state. a lot of versions about why as well. admittedly, a decision that appears to have been a long time coming. yet with the president touting the end of the house russian investigation in big bold capital letters today. not to mention that big photo op trip to california. why now is an equally big mystery laying in the rubble of tillerson's firing. let's start with our reporters. nbc's peter alexander is at the white house. msnbc's garrett haake is on capitol hill. let's start with you, mr mr. alexander. break down the why, the when and the how of it, if you can, as we understand, the facts to be, at 1:01 on the east coast. >> first, the why this happened now. certainly a stunning announcement. the fact it was announced on twitter perhaps not surprising to some. we knew there had long time been a feud between these men. the fact it happened today. why today? a senio

didn't see eye to eye with cia director mike pompei over there for setting to take over rex tillerson seat of the state department and gina hospital who's known for her role in the talk about me taking over the agency's reins but my forthcoming. also ahead this says it had nothing to do with the poisoning of the former double agent script in the u.k. last week. i. do miss de but purchasing survival equipment and underground bunkers with some continue to fear a north korean nuclear. this is art international's me kevin no eleven here now and first change at the top in some of the top jobs in the us tonight donald trump has fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he's the first to fall than in washington after president trump promised to shake up last week saying he was seeking perfection in his administration trump explained his decision by saying the two didn't really see eye to eye on a number of issues. talking about. the. right way but. when you look at. iran i think you. don't want to. go there but will trump to use twitter to announce a few new appointments this morning so se

to bring a real level of professionalism to the cia, definitely a boy listed donald trump. probably for everything rex and andp disagree with, pompeo think heee on but i do is thought of as a proof and someone who can lead the state department more to trump's liking. vonnie: trump did not have the best relationship with the cia itself but a great one with mike pompeo. how does the think he is thought of as a proof and someone who can cia do under mie pompeo? craig: people were called early on that donald trump was very critical of the cia when some of the russia investigation got started, saying essentially the got it wrong in iraq and they never found wmd, so that started on a rocky tone. i think pompeo was there to smooth the waters. not to say he would say, do not believe everything trump says, but i think he was viewed as loyal to the cia and have their backs and fought the pure product rights to win the funding and support they needed them trump. you have not seen too many anti-cia trump tweets lately, so i think a lot was pompeo's influence and that was very well appreciated.

relationship with the cia and department of defense and off a long list of individuals that we have in the book maybe loads of these people have visited langley and some of them have close connections. so ben affleck for instance but affleck former wife jennifer got to recruitment out of the cia in early two thousand and thirteen americans might have found it curious to see the first lady appear via satellite at the academy awards ceremony to announce the best picture oscar for a film about the rescue of american hostages in iran in one thousand nine hundred by the cia well when i think of other films big films that have conveyed the cia's message i think of argo argo as a film that talks about the daring do of a couple of cia and soon to go to iran and rescue six american diplomats the iranians wanted to let go of those hostages pretty quickly they didn't really want to cause a problem with the united states of america but i am told that khamenei who is meant personified as evil and the us press had made a deal with the reagan administration or the reagan campaign at that point not

rights advocates call on the u.s. congress to reject donald trump's choice to be the new cia director of her involvement in the intelligence agency's torture program. and welcome to block chain of mill we hear how the technology that helps underpin the security of the online currency bitcoin could be the foundation of the entire cities in future generations. hello and welcome you're watching r.t. international with me mickey aaron good to have you with us this hour. now the british prime minister will shortly hold a national security council meeting which is expected to decide on reprisals against russia moscow earlier rejected to resume may's midnight all to mason to answer questions about the nerve agents used to poison a former double agent and his daughter the kremlin has again reasserted that it had nothing to do with the incident and there britain's yet to respond to its offer to help with the investigation the investigation into the poisoning is ongoing but the or thorazine believe surrogate script powell and his daughter yulia were deliberately targeted with a nerve a

and leaked them having obtained them from the russian government. once trump took office as cia director mike pompeo has taken it upon himself to deliver the president his daily intelligence brief. the white house was warned about serious concerns of the fbi and intelligence community that the trump national security advisor was a serious risk that could be vulnerable to blake male or co-horgs. they werwere raising concerns, the 18 days they kept mike flynn on, cia director mike kept delivering the intelligence briefing with michael flynn sitting in the room with him with pompeo in on the reasons they were concerned about him as a security risk. the washington pose reported in march of last year while fbi director comedy's investigation was underway, president trump pulled the director dan coats aside with pompeo and asked to try to get the fbi director to back off the investigation and mike flynn. mike pompeo was reportedly in the room for that. dan coats discussed this with other officials afterwards and decided he wouldn't do what trump asked him to do. what did mike pompeo d

would. have some kind of relationship with the cia and department of defense and off a long list of individuals that we have in the book i mean look at these people have visited langley and some of them have a close connection. so ben affleck for instance but affleck former wife jennifer got it on paper equipment out of the cia in early two thousand and thirteen americans might have found it curious to see the first lady appear via satellite at the academy awards ceremony to announce the best picture oscar for a film about the rescue of american hostages in iran in one nine hundred eighty by the cia well when i think of other films big films that have conveyed the cia's message i think argo argo was a film that talks about the daring do of a couple of cia and soon to go to iran and rescue six american diplomats the iranians wanted to let go of those hostages pretty quickly they didn't really want to cause a problem with the united states of america but i had told the khamenei who is meant personified as evil and the u.s. press had made a deal with the reagan administration urged the

relationship with the cia and department of defense and off a long list of individuals that we have in the book made loads of these people have visited langley and some of them have a close connection. so ben affleck for instance but affleck former wife jennifer got it on paper equipment out of the cia in early two thousand and thirteen americans might have found it curious to see the first lady appear via satellite at the academy awards ceremony to announce the best picture oscar for a film about the rescue of american hostages in iran in one thousand nine hundred by the cia well when i think of other films big films that have conveyed the cia's message i think argo argo was a film that talks about the daring do of a couple of cia agents who go to iran and rescue six american diplomats the iranians wanted to let go of those hostages pretty quickly they didn't really want to cause a problem with the united states of america but i had a total of khamenei who is men personified as evil and the u.s. press had made a deal with the reagan administration urged the reagan campaign at that

president has fired his secretary of state and wants to replace him with his cia director. while also nominating the first woman ever for the top job at the spy agency. that could be just the start of big changes to come, 14 months into the trump administration. keeping track of all of it tonight, chief white house white house correspondent john roberts on the north lawn. >> is the president was leaving this afternoon to go to san diego, he said he is nearly got the cabinet and staff were he wants it which is an indication there may still be some changes ahead. one of the potential changes that could be happening, according to the associated press, trading out secretary shulkin at the department of veteran affairs for rick perry. the president is a big fan of rick perry. david shulkin has run into problems, controversy over travel. the president would like to put rick perry with his long track record of helping veterans into a position like that. as to what happened today, we first reported the likelihood that this was going to happen to you last fall, that is getting rid of rex tille

for the state department and the cia. plus, republicans on the house intel committee declaring no collusion and breaking with the entire intelligence community on whether russia tried to get trump elected. one republican flat out saying the cia is wrong. stay with us. for all the noses that stuff up around pets. there's flonase sensimist. it relieves all your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist. from the moment you met you wantecomfort and protection that's why pampers swaddlers is the #1 choice of hospitals to wrap your baby in blanket-like softness so all they feel is love pampers swaddlers almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey! oh, that's my robe. is it? when you switch to liberty mutual, you could save $782 on auto and home insurance. and still get great coverage for you and your family. call for a free quote today. you could save $782 when liberty stands with you. liberty mutual insura

, jefferson morely will speak first and talk about the cia and moss sad. tradeoff in the formation of the u.s.-israel strategic relationship. jefferson morely is a vern washington investigative reporter and the author of "the ghost: the secret life of cia spymaster james engleton" which is flying off the shelves of the bookshelves. his latest must-read book, shed news light on the close relationship with israeli intelligence by engle ton, citing case sun as the 1967 attack on the uss liberty and the diversion of u.s. government owned weapons grade uranium from apollo pa to israel in the '60s. a native of minneapolis, morely attended yale university and work as an editor at the number republic, the nations and spin magazine before joining the "washington post" in 1992, where he worked for 15 years. his reporting has appeared in numerous. you're going to want to buy his book after hearing his talk. thank you. welcome. [applause] >> thank you. to linda and thank you all for coming. thanks to grant for inviting me. thank you, gideon, noura and ali, who i made friends with for the first time l

the suspected kremlin poisoning of a former spy. and the former cia director michael hayden joins me on the uk's next steps and why it might not get the support it wants from president trump. plus, my conversation with the new leader for st. patrick's day. mary lou mcdonald brings a message of unity to america. >> announcer: amanpour on pbs was made possible by the generous support of rosalind p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone. and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in new york. britain gets tough with moksz just over a week after a former spy his daughter and a british police officer were poisoned by a russia-made nerve agent. the prime minister is expelling 23 russian diplomats and suspending all high-level contacts with moscow. >> they have provided no credible explanation that could suggest they lost control of their nerve agent. no explanation as to how this agent came to be used in the united kingdom. no explanation as to why russia has an undeclared chemical weapons program in contraconvention of international law. instead they treated the use of a military gr

. congress to reject donald trump's new pick for cia director of her volved went to the intelligence agency's torture program. good evening a.p. i went to the fourteenth of march watching r.t. international with me kevin owen thanks for your company the news this hour in this state of an update dominated first of all by the coverage coming in from the u.k. that's where we're going to start where the prime minister to resign. said britain will expelled twenty three russian diplomats and suspend all. meetings with russia it comes in response to the poisoning of the russian intelligence officer and his daughter in the city of souls as the investigation into the incident continues. churkin has the latest tonight for you from london. well the british prime minister has said that russia is culpable of attempted murder and among the measures that the u.k. is now taking is the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats they are suspending high level contacts between the two countries the russian foreign minister's visit to the u.k. has been cancelled and no british officials including membe

the cia. our national reporter for axios. good morning to you. i was watching you last friday and there is a lot of speculation who would be the next treasury secretary, economic adviser and larry kudlow's name was out there and you said his name had been reported often in the media but not within the small conversations you're having. it seems that has changed as well. before we go to all that, what can you report from inside the west wing on the tillerson/pompeo move? >> my colleague reported that pompeo was in consideration and that was in october last year. the president has been fed up with rex tillerson for some time but we were in a strange period of nobody really knowing what was going on. you would talk to people in the white house and they would say rex tillerson is basically an irrelevant figure. president trump often doesn't loop him into what he's thinking. the rest of the world, when you talk to foreign diplomats when they hear rex tillerson they don't believe he's talking on behalf of the president of the united states -- >> bill: can i stop you there? what was it a

state department could usher in a new era for the cia and special election day in p.a. the newest test of trumpism comes down to the wire in the keystone state. this is mtp daily and it starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm chuck todd here in washington and welcome to mtp daily and welcome to another trumpian day of shakeups, confusion and white house drama. tillerson has been fired and he's not the only member of the president's inner circle who was ousted today. you're looking at the president in san diego. the president is speaking after signaling to reporters today that more white house shakeups are in the works. we'll be keeping a close eye on these remarks but we begin tonight with today's shake-up and how things got real messy real quick. state department officials told nbc news that tillerson found out he'd been officially fired from a tweet. saying thank you to rex tillerson for his service. the tweet also announced mike pom paio the cia director would be replacing tillerson and gina haspel will become new director of cia. things got messier. one of tillerson's top depu

descending with him is his former deputy gina hospital will be the first woman to lead the cia with her bosses impending departure she worked undercover and in secret for years she clearly likes being out of the spotlight and it could be for a good reason she was one of the tortue chieftains at the cia in two thousand to asp all round the operations of an agency black site in thailand where two terrorist suspects were tortured one of them was nearly killed during these so-called interrogation agents slammed against the wall water boarded him deprived of sleep and kept him in a coffin like box and it was the hospital reportedly who later gave the order to destroy the tapes which recorded the torment along with other evidence given trump's pledge to keep guantanamo bay operational and he's advocating of waterboarding everything falls into place it seems now the state department and the cia will have plenty in common you know in hansing not just interrogation techniques but a diplomatic routine to. both nominees will now have to go through senate confirmation hearings before taking office

that could go to cia. following up on that story, i asked him as the first question in a forum with the director of cia pompeo and former director leon panetta about that position. he kind of laughed it off and said he was going to work hard at the job he currently has, a lot of trust that pompeo has with this president. he briefs him and has briefed him all the time. they established a close relationship. >> dana: i wanted to ask you about what rich edson brought up. there was tension with rex tillerson from the very beginning. rex tillerson always said that he was not a creature of washington. he didn't understand it. he didn't really fit in there and he wore that as a badge of honor. on the policy standpoint, when it comes to the iran deal, there was, as i understand it, differences from what the president wanted to do and what rex tillerson is trying to do to thread the needle, to see if he can keep the europeans on board but meet with what the president wanted to do, which is to drastically change the deal that obama signed. is that at the heart of this? >> it's one of the issues t

agent. and human rights advocates call on the u.s. congress to reject donald trump's new pick for cia director over her involvement in the intelligence agency's torture program and. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron now we start this hour with breaking news from westminster where u.k. prime minister to resign may has said britain will expel twenty three russian diplomats and suspend all showed bilateral meetings with russia it comes in response to the poisoning of an ex russian intelligence officer and his daughter in the city of seoul spree as the investigation into the incident continues well it's not cross-line to us to see a church in our correspondent who's been following the speech in parliament and now can you talk us through the meeting please. well that nicki reason may has basically called russia culpable of attempted murder she said russia's response to the ultimatum and deadline announced by british officials was not mad she's cold it does stephen given the gravity of the events that said while an investigation into exactly what happened

look at iraq i think it's terrible i guess you would go. to the sun and replaces him the cia director mike pompei a plus. the palestinian authority blames rival group hamas for an attack on prime minister rami convoy in gaza. russia has missed britain's deadline for answers on the poisoning of former double agent surrogate scruple and his daughter prime minister to resign may want to know why a soviet era nerve agent was used the kremlin says it won't respond without samples of the substance maze expected to discuss britain's reply when she meets her national security council later on wednesday to be phillips reports. is this the level before the storm the british government says it's looking at ways of responding to what it believes is now re just backed by russia this is part of a pack of behavior by the putin regime and you'll seeing this reckless support for the use of chemical weapons all the way from syria to the streets of. in our country. being encouraged by the determination of our friends to stand with us except that friends aren't so predictable these days the amer

morning and replaced him with cia director mike pompepom. all the news delivered on twitter. the move raising eyebrows for, if nothing else, the optics of firing the guy who took a tougher line on russia yesterday than the white house and replacing him with the guy who took such a soft line on russia as cia director that the cia had to walk back his comments. it's been under pompeo's tenure as director of the cia that we have a president who does not read his pdb. that stands for presidential daily brief. a document that contains the nation's most sensitive and urgent intel. it has also been reported that the president only receives news about russia in writing. so as not to derail those intel briefings. figure out for yourself how much the president knows about russia. one former national security official and frequent contact with donald trump's top national security team members described pompeo as so ambitious that he spent all of his time kissing the president's rear end, and, quote, never got around to creating a plan to fight russia. but first, the presidential tweet that

step aside. he will be replaced with the current cia director mike pompeo. the president has announced the first woman to lead the agency. >> i think pompeo will be a truly great secretary of state. i have total confidence. as far as rex tillerson is concerned, i very much appreciate his commitment and service and i wish him well. >> this is a big shock to a lot of people who as recently as 4:00 a.m. was talking to the secretary of state when he was landing. >> the moment for this announcement came as a stunner to all of us here. the senior administration official e-mails nbc news that tells us the president wanted to make sure he had a new team in place in advance of upcoming talks with north korea and ahead of ongoing negotiations over those trade deals. >> it's more shock to the system, more disruption within the administration. >> the republican led house intelligence committee closing down its russia investigation saying it found no evidence of russian collusion with the trump campaign. >> we have seen some bhemeeting that were inappropriate or ill advised to have taken.

. congress to reject donald trump's choice to be the new cia director over her involvement in the intelligence agency you take your program. and welcome to block chain ville we hear how the technology that helps underpin the security of the online currency bit could be the foundation of all time and cities in future generations. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with mina key aaron good to have you with us this hour now our top story the u.k. has called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss the diplomatic standoff between london and moscow the british prime minister is now speaking live let's go over to her and listen to what she's saying. i want to thank the prime minister for agreeing to meet with me to discuss the work at the cross party you fire the commission use violence is complex and needs long term solutions but some things can be done right now such as like just. eighteen to be sure that all nice and sharp instruments in shops are lots of why all stores behind counters showing no one can steal them and use them will she do

call the u.s. congress to reject a donald trump's new pick for cia director over her involvement in the intelligence agency's torture program. i will welcome you watching r.t. international with me making an error and now we start this hour with breaking news the u.k.'s prime minister to resign may has said britain will expel a twenty three russian diplomats and suspend all shared bilateral meetings with russia it comes in response to the poisoning of an ex russian intelligence officer and his daughter in the city of souls bree as the investigation into the incident continues or lives we with me now live in the studio is daniel hawkins and from london we're joined by alice to see a chicken or and to see a first over to you can you tell us more about the measures being taken by the british government. well the british prime minister has said that russia is culpable of attempted murder and among the measures that the u.k. is now taking is the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats they are suspending high level contacts between the two countries the russian foreign minister's vis

surprisingly. the president says he's fired because. cia director mike pompei o is set to take over the state department taking the spy agency. in this. program. the british prime minister is expected to announce reprisals against russia over the poisoning of a former double agent. moscow rejected a midnight. questions about the origin of the nerve. also coming up on the program or. will we hear technology. in future generation. this wednesday march the fourteenth good morning from moscow and welcome to our to international our top story donald trump has followed us secretary of state rex tillerson pointing incumbent cia director mike pump aoe to the position instead well he surprised twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying he until did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. with the sleep. but you look. i think terrible. i wanted. something. different so we were really. very similar. well brecht very good i like rex a lot. i'll be thinking the record over. all rumors now tillerson was heading for the door have been circulating for months in the news wi

state rex tillerson after months of strained relations he'll be replaced by cia chief mike compare. this is al jazeera live from doha will also ahead russia defies an ultimatum from the u.k. over the poisoning of a former spy. the palestinian authority blames rival group hamas for an attack on prime minister rami him dollars convoy in gaza and the polls have just goals in a u.s. special election that could offer clues about the fate of president trump's agenda . it's been a turbulent fourteen months in power for us present donald trump and tuesday was no different following the surprise sacking of his top diplomat no one was more taken aback by the news then secretary of state rex tillerson himself who only found out via twitter one of his top aides released a statement saying to listen was unaware of why he was fired that official was late this act as well now trump insists policy differences ought to blame the two had clashed over a number of issues including the iran deal and the blockade of cuts up tennyson will be replaced by republican hardline and current cia director michae

and the president tapping cia director mike pompeo as his replacement. just this past summer, tillerson was asked about his job security. >> i'm not going anywhere. [ inaudible question ] as long as the president lets me. >> chief white house correspondent john roberts is live with the story. it has been quite a morning. >> reporter: we're here now at the white house. it's just another tuesday. it is interesting what rex tillerson said, i'll be around as long as the president wants me. all these folks in the white house and the cabinet they serve at the pleasure of the president until the president is no longer pleased with him. the president did have a fairly good relationship with rex tillerson. with big negotiations potentially coming up with north korea and renegotiating a lot of trade deals, the president wanted to switch out his team. i'm told rex tillerson was informed of the president's decision last friday. it was another white house official that made the call. the president weighing in on tillerson on his way to the helicopter to travel to california just a short t

the democrats interesting are threatening to block the first woman nominated to be the cia director. why? because of her history of being tough on terrorists. ed henry has a full report. that's all in tonight's breaking news opening monologue. all right. president trump's key campaign promise, build that wall, takes a major step forward today. the president toured border wall prototypes during a visit to san diego, california. let's take a look. >> if you don't have a wall system, you're going -- we're not going to have a country. there's a lot of problems in mexico. they have a lot of problems over there. they have the cartels and the cartels we're fighting the cartels and fighting them hard. nobody ever fought them like we fought them. we're looking very much at the wall with some see-through capability on the other side and solid concrete on top or steel and concrete on top. the round piece that you see here or you see clearly back there, the larger it is the better it is because it's hard to get over the top. it's really a deterrent from getting over the top. who would think? wh

iran. he is nominating cia director mike pompeo to replace him. he is a former member of congress and will be replaced by his deputy director. she will be the first woman ever to run the cia. meanwhile, president trump economists and television dlow has ay larry cu chance to be his next economic advisor. mr. trump looking for a theacement for gary cohn, outgoing director of the national economic council. inflation in the u.s. keeps creeping toward the fed target without speeding up a lot. the consumer price index rose of 1% in february and prices increased 2.2%, in line with policymaker outlook and the expectation there will be three interest rate hikes this year. 24 hours a day, powered by more than 20 700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. this is bloomberg. it's 10:00 a.m. in new york and this is bloomberg. vonnie: welcome to bloomberg markets. >> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, here at the top stories. white house shakeup, president trump confirms that rex tillerson is out and mike pompeo is in as secretary of state. plus, the bond rally and does the bond ra

evolving dorsey's the secretary of state. the president fired because the. cia director mike to take over the state department. who is known for her role in this torture program. coming up. in the british prime minister is expected to and. against russia over the poisoning of a former double agent his daughter. to answer questions about the origin of the nerve agent. to block. the technology. of entire cities and future generations. just. at nine pm in sydney on one in the afternoon here in moscow this wednesday march the fourteenth wherever you're tuning in from welcome to our to international our top story donald trump fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson appointing incumbent cia director mike pump aoe to the position instead he announced a surprise reshuffle on twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying he did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. i've been talking about this for a long. we got along really well but. when you look at iran i think it's terrible. i want to record something. felt different so we really think. we have a very

the president say he's fired because they didn't. and the cia director mike is set to take over at the state department. for her role in the cia's torture program. also ahead on the program this hour that british prime minister is expected to. the poisoning of a former double agent. rejected a ultimatum to question the origin of the nerve agent. to block change we technology. security. could be defined. in future generations. here in moscow this march to forty my names you know neil alone welcome to our to international our top story. fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson appointing incumbent cia director mike pump aoe to the position instead he announced the surprise reshuffle on twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying he did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. with the sleazy. and you look at iran i think terrible. i want to record something. felt different so we're really think. we have a very similar story for us as. well correct very good i like rex a lot really a bit. i'll be thinking the record over. the rumor is that tillerson was

cia director mike pompeo, a trump favorite, is the president's choice to become the nation's top diplomat. >> tremendous energy, tremendous intellect. we're always on the same wavelength. the relationship has been very good and that's what i need as secretary of state. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell with the stunning news today that president trump has fired his secretary of state at a critical time for u.s. foreign policy. rex tillerson is out as the nation's top diplomat. shocking america's closest allies, as the president heads into historic talks with north korea. threatens to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal, and says he welcomes a trade war. mr. trump explaining the reasons behind this massive shakeup from the south lawn today. >> i wish rex tillerson well. i'm really at a point where we're getting very close to having the cabinet and other things that i want. as far as rex tillerson is concerned, i very much appreciate his commitment and i wish him well. he's a good man. we were not really thinking the same. with mike, mike pompeo, we have a very similar thought proc

wants to replace rex tillerson cia director. tremendous energy from the like are always going to say wave like. relationship is a very. precarious state. i'm phil go welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump terry of states rex tillerson me president broke the surprise news on twitter thank you mr thomasson for his service and announcing cia director of my pump as his choice to succeed him cia deputy director gina hospital is the president's preference to take over the agency mr trump has been speaking about the changes. i've worked with mike now for quite some time. from mendis energy tremendous in the last year always on the same wavelength. the relationship has been very good that's what i did as secretary of state i wish rex tillerson well gina by the way who i know very well who i work very closely will be the first woman director of the cia she's an outstanding personal also i have got to know her well so i've gotten to know a lot of people very well over the last year and i'm really at a point where we're getting very close to having the capital and other things

president trump tweeting moments ago, mike pompeo, director of the cia, will become our new secretary of state. he will do a fantastic job. thank you, rex tillerson for your service. gina haspel will be new director of the cia and the first woman

blockade of qatar so tell us and we'll be replaced by cia director mike pompei oh he advocates a more aggressive stance on north korea and also iran now his job will go to china has bill who is set to become the first female leader of the cia we'll get more on that shortly first though also in jordan looks back at the friction between tillerson and trump. it's not every day you lose your job to be a social meeting but an emotional rex tillerson deliberately ignored that detail when he addressed reporters on tuesday all received a call today from the president night states at low afternoon time from air force one my commission as secretary of state will terminate at midnight march thirty first tillerson served as u.s. secretary of state for a little more than a year he spent much of that time pushing back against reports that the president donald trump wanted to fire him on tuesday morning on twitter trump did just that mike pompei a will become our new secretary of state thank you to rex tillerson for his service trump then told reporters this we disagreed on things when you look at t