been trying to push that nafta has been overall beneficial to the united states. they are going behind washington's back a little bit to show the benefits of this agreement. host: they have gotten groups across the country to be on board. "the financial times" out of london has a headline that there is a warning about renegotiations. david mclennan urges the u.s. to focus on improving the 23-year-old trade deal that he says has been of great benefit to the u.s. and its neighbors, canada and mexico. you have associations having an event. let me show you what these agricultural representatives had to say about nafta. >> our stand is that we do no harm. this has been a good trade treaty for north american agriculture, from mexico to canada. we want to make sure we have our voice heard loud and he -- and clear, that we do not want to harm the gains we have had. the president of the united states is my president, and president of all the farmers and ranchers across this country who played a major role in getting him elected. he promised not only to make trade treaties more fair for a

new situation in both china and russia are important to the united states and global affairs. since mr. nixon was president of the united states and opened relations again with china rather infamously, we have had the collapse of communism in eastern europe, we have had uprisings in tiananmen square of course. we have had the collapse of the soviet union in 1991. we have had a. o period of weak russia in the 1990's as it was struggling after 70 years of communism and the sudden collapse of communism. we have 15 successive states as a result come including russia. forging global relationships and partnerships. began a rather dramatic recovery economically. came into office and has proclaimed that russia is once again a great power, a power to be reckoned with. russia seized -- from their perspective, took back crimea. it had been sanctioned as a , thet by the united states european union but not by china. in the intervening period, 2014 and 2016, china and russia signed agreement on russian oils to china. counterbalance to american power. states beganunited europe too asia from count

-pressed, much as in the united states, to still find in the homes of latin americans, a portrait of john kennedy. jimmy carter, numero uno, perceived as a saint in latin america. he pushed through the panama canal treaty. bill clinton. free trade between the united states and mexico. also he initiated a plan was colombia that basically rescued colombia. most americans don't know we have been giving money to colombia every year since 1999 and that has transformed the country into a peaceful and prosperous place. barack obama, wildly popular in latin america. free-trade agreements with places like peru and panama. respected for normalizing relations with cuba. obama perhaps received the highest honor a u.s. leader could receive in latin america. he was at a state dinner in 2008 in in buenos aires, and the world's best tango dancer asked him to dance. the president did do very well. to be sure, not all latin americans would want to dance with democratic presidents. mexicans would denounce woodrow wilson for dispatching general pershing in 1916 into mexico trying to chase down pancho vi

reactions to in south korea in the united states and the actions of the south koreans and the americans because of the north korea ok but one of the interesting things here is that why doesn't if there's such great tension in this inevitability of conflict why don't the two sides just sit down and talk because the americans refused to do that why not go ahead paul. well the united states have to go back to why the united states wants to be in asia at all ok why does the united states intervene ten thousand miles from mature and to answer that question you have to go back to the open door policy sounds boring but the bedrock foreign policy of the united states is the open door policy and when china closed the door after world war two initially the united states wanted to set up a client regime in china but that failed the communists took over and closed the open door and so the united states decided that career would be its first bastin against the encroachment of china and the closing of asia to american economic penetration ok but i mean let's talk about this need to make this new kill

not go ahead paul. well the united states have to go back to why the united states wants to be in asia at all ok why does the united states intervene ten thousand miles from mature and to answer that question you have to go back to the open door policy sounds boring but the bedrock foreign policy of the united states is the open door policy and when china closed the door after world war two initially the united states wanted to set up a client regime in china but that failed the communists took over and closed the open door and so the united states decided that career would be its first bastin against the encroachment of china and the closing of asia to american economic penetration ok but i mean let's talk about this need to make this new killer thread i mean why don't they want to talk about that that's very important and that's pressing right now can you answer that for us go ahead home well you know the the real the real threat for the united states from the beginning was always china and you know we talk about one hundred sixty thousand troops stationed across the. western pa

united states and our allies are resolved to find you and bring you to justice. secretary mattis and i are grateful for the opportunity today to host foreign minister kono and defense minister onodera today. today's honest and productive discussions reaffirm our mutual commitment to confronting threats to regional peace and security. as you might imagine, we spent a fair amount of time discussing north korea. north korea's recent intercontinental ballistic missile and other missile launches are unacceptable provocations and they must stop immediately. we agreed to all-star lines and capabilities to respond to north korea's unacceptable behavior and other challenges to regional security. in cooperation with other nations, we will continue to employ diplomatic and economic pressure to convince north korea to end its nuclear and ballistic program. it is clear by all peace seeking nations and the u.n. security council resolution and strong statements made by the asean nations and others around the world, we all seek denuclearization of north korea. we call on all nations to fully enforce t

united states of america so in these kind of circumstances under so much pressure it is little surprise that donald trump is giving in to the congress and you might argue that this really puts america on the brink of a constitutional crisis. when donald trump reluctantly put his signature to the anti russia sanctions bill despite claiming that it's flawed and that it contains unconstitutional provisions. while i favor tough measures to punish and deter aggressive and destabilizing behavior by iran north korea and russia this legislation is significantly flawed in its haste to pass the legislation the congress included a number of clearly unconstitutional provisions. a number of provisions to displace the president's exclusive constitutional authority and those comments live a lot of questions in their way the president states that even though he sees the legislation as unconstitutional he signed off on it as president trump swore an oath to preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states but he seems to be openly doing the opposite upon approving the sanction

blue balkan two worlds apart as russia and the united states are turning increasingly confrontational in syria another war torn country may become irony theater for their old rivalry afghanistan has been the geopolitical chessboard for so long is there even a chance for a peaceful resolution to discuss that i'm now and joined by the country's former president hamid karzai mr president it's great to see in moscow. now you've long been arguing that the current american approach to afghanistan is not working that it's time for the americans to assess the strategy and perhaps adjust the course and it strikes me as a little bit too naive it's almost like asking the taliban or ourselves for that matter to lay down arms don't you think that you are perhaps in gauging in a wishful thinking i mean what we need to afghanistan we need peace of. the need against terrorism in afghanistan. and in the name of fighting extremism and terrorism fifteen years on do we have also told moral we have a lot of. faith. and the casualty is the victim is the afghan people and our peace but the m

united states of america that the president sent me here to latin america. and as we prepare to end our trip a little bit early tomorrow after we stop in panama, i leave your greatly encouraged that across south america and central america, with the united states and canada, this isç a new era here, chilly as shiningq.-ç exe of a nation that shows economic freedom decades ago and now is experiencing vibrant democracy. it is inspiring nations across latin america who have followed their lead. i return from this trip more encouraged than ever, thaten not only will our commerce grow, strengthening jobs and opportunities in america, strengthening prosperity across latin america, but i truly do believe that the unity that i have experienced in our determinationç to ensure that e will not permit a failed state in venezuela in this hemisphere. it is more true than ever, the determination i have heard among the nations i have visited, about ensuring that we stand with the venezuelan people, that we bring the full measure of until it's democracy is restored has truly been inspiring. i've ma

other. when addressing the overall tensions between the united states and russia, former senator sam nunn, who was chair of the senate armed services committee cosigned a letter recently and i would like to quote from it. it called for "urgently pursuing practical steps now that can stop the downward spiral in relations and reduce real dangers," between russia and the united states. and, "reducing military and other rests," yet, those risks continue to accelerate. that is the subject of this campaign and the subject of our discussion here today. on june 19, u.s. and russian planes reportedly flew within five feet of each other over the baltic sea. also as this summer began, the u.s. military shot down a syrian government jet, after which the russian government threatened to shoot down u.s. planes over syria. more recently on july 30, the "the new york times" reported that between the united states and russia now, except for in relationship to syria, "there is virtually no military to military conversation of the kind that took place routinely during the cold war." and "the times" als

. i'm robert costa. we take a closer look at the standoff between the united states and north korea tonight on "washington week." president trump: north korea better bet their act together or they're going to be in trouble. robert: the threat of fire and fury was not enough for president trump. he now says the military is locked and loaded to counter any threat from north korea. president trump: he's disrespected our country greatly and with me he's not getting away with it. robert: north korea dismissed trump's remarks as nonsense and announced it is working on a plan to attack the american territory of guam, home to two military bases. president trump: he does something in guam, it will be the likes no one has seen before. it's not a dare 6. it's a statement. robert: what should the u.s. response be? secretary of defense james mattis insists diplomatic efforts to contain the threat are working -- for now. >> you can see the american effort is diplomatically led, it is gaining ditch lomatic results. the tragedy of war is well enough known, it would be catastrophic. robert: is china

couple of days now, is shining new light on the united states capitol building and not in way that many people who are calling for these statues' removals are happy about. of case in point, take a look at some of this video that we shot today. now, this is inside the united states capitol. there's a statue of thomas jefferson. there's a statue of georgia washington. you would expect that. they're founding fathers. but there's also a statue of the president of the confederacy in would be jefferson davis, across the hall there's alexander hamilton stevens the vice president of the confederacy, one level below in the crypt of the united states capitol. robert e. lee across the way from him, john ccalhoun, a major force on the side of the confederacy, leading up to t war. so the call for these removals of these statues is complicated. jim and shawn, every state is allowed to place two statues into the united states capitol, as part of the united states capitol statuary hall collection. however, it is up to those states to decide who they select. now, states can put a statue in, they can tak

campaign to retake the pacific. this is a period of time, the early 1940s when the united states navy has not hundreds of ships as we do today. we had hundreds of aircraft carriers. today we have 12 acraft carriers. hundreds 'we dominated the pacific. american saw few self-view of the pacific has to incull tated the into our dna and how we think about it. but another nation is rising at sea, an ancient nation, an ancient sinks it's china. these are chinese ballistic missile nuclear powered submarines, highly capable. put them here as examples of the rise of the chinese fleet that we have seen really over the last decade. chinese now have two aircraft carriers, again, we have 12. but they are building, and they are on a constant increase in their maritime capability, and it's not just ships. on the left tokyo, this is the pacific century building, among the large nest tokyo, largest commercial centers, built and owned by china. on the right, you see a chains warship, proudly pulling interest a port visit, where? paper harbor, hawai'i, the united states of america. china is on the move.

a wreath at the monument of six mexican army cadets who had died fighting against united states 100 years earlier. the reporter asked him afterward, why would you lay a wreath at the tomb of our former enemies? my grandfather said, because they had courage. become -- belong to anyone country. i found my answer in that. i'm looking forward to this. we always learn something. thank you for coming, and welcome. [applause] >> good morning. i am the former director of the areas truman library in independence, missouri, where have the pleasure of serving with pleasure for 13 years. one of my ongoing historical jobs since retirement is to work with the good folks at the truman little white house in organizing a truman legacy symposium, looking at the truman administration and more importantly, how that very important presidential our lifeation impacts and times down to today. 15thb said, this is our year of putting on such a symposium. we are delighted to have the good folks at c-span with us again to help bring the program to a wider audience. , would like to think bob walls the director

korea to the united states especially on the heels of that missile test last month of a missile that many experts assess could reach the u.s. mainland. >> does this mean that the north has fielded a nuclear tipped weapon? >> no, it doesn't mean that yet. it's a significant development along that path. but there are other technological hurdles our sources say to doing that. you have to be able to build a missile and warhead that survives reentry and you have to have a reliable missile system. and of course u.s. intelligence inside north korea is very limited. we don't know what we don't know, so there is significant question as to what their capabilities actually are. this assessment speeds up the time table and subjects that they have achieved miniaturization much sooner than previously had been understood. >> and how did we miss this? how did it happen so much faster that be we thought it would? >> well, in a sense this is something that many analysts have been saying, they are two years away, five years away. and now it's finally now arrived. >> all right. stand by for me. general,

relationship is between iran and the united states. >> the united states has a hostile policy towards iran for sometime and this administration is pursuing a more hostile policy. it's a misguided policy i think the allegations against iran are tired and don't stand any test in reality. and i think it would be best for the united states, the u.s. should just look for its achievements, quote/unquote in our region and see what it has achieved. maybe all the wrong choices. its allies are accusing each other supporting terrorism. i believe the united states needs to take a fresh look at the situation in our region and see where its interests are, how it's dealing with important issues of stability and insecurity in our region and decide for itself where it wants to stand. >> rose: as you know in the conference or the summit, saudi arabia and some of the arab state allies asked the united states to join them in isolating iran. they believe you're engaged in these activities that the united states suggests you are as well. >> i just want to ask you who are behind the 9/11 terrorists attacks.

sanctions, saying the united states will continue to aggressively target iran's malign activity, including their ongoing state support of terrorism, ballistic missile programs, and human rights abuses. this is his 12th time at this table. i am pleased to have him back on the program. welcome. javad sharif: good to be back. charlie: lots has happened since the last time i saw you. characterize for me today how you think the relationship is between iran and the united states. >> i think the united states has had a hostile policy towards iran for some time. this administration is certainly hostile policy. i think it is a misguided policy. i think the allegations against iran are tired and don't stand any test in reality. i think it would be best for the united states, because if the united states would look at its achievements -- quote unquote -- in our region, and see what it has achieved. it has made all of the wrong choices. its allies are accusing each other of supporting terrorism. i believe the united states needs to take a fresh look at the situation in our region and see ho

power. 2000 -- in 2011 the united states began a refit it to asia from europe to counter chinese power in the south china sea. in 2016 we elected a new president and the united dates which has further thrown -- my first question to get our conversation rolling to our panelist is what is the state of this trilateral relationship and almost august of 2017? are we heading toward conflict? is conflict inevitable among anse three powers, or is alliance of two against one inevitable? is it possible we might be able to cooperate with either china or russia? there are issues that should unite all three powers, north korea being one in its acquisition of nuclear weapons, yet it doesn't seem as if that had happened. i would like you all to comment in on the state of the trilateral relations. tom, should be served via? should we start with you? tom: sure. mr. nixon, thank you for coming. and thank all of you for your interest in the program. by me approach the question posing something to think about which is the extent to which the strategic insight that president in thead and acted on late 1960

korea's talk of revenge on the united states, and this so-called newfound technology that allows them to target guam. i am working with homeland security -- >> will show you that later. our scheduled briefing getting underway. >> we will start talking that something taking place in togo this afternoon. place byat was taken the u.s. trade representative. today, robert lighthizer and com sub-saharaned the economic trade and cooperation forum in togo. and grace together foreign minister's -- it brings together foreign ministers from several other nations. they intend to lay the foundation for mutual prosperity between africa and the united states. we are focused on building a more robust sub-saharan trade relationship. the united states is working with our partners to deepen fre e, fair, and reciprocal trade. that is all that i have in togo. i will take your questions. would you like to start? >> understanding the importance of togo. >> turnaround and say that to the folks in togo. they say it is important. >> i am not taking away from the importance of togo. i would like to estimates of

right there with you, believe me. the united states is very proud partner of the european center of excellence to counter modern threats including cyberattacks. in addition, we look forward to your leadership as chair of the arctic council. the arctic region has strategic and economic importance for both of our nations, very much so. the foundation of our friendship is our shared love of freedom. on behalf of all americans, i congratulate you and the finish people on the 100th anniversary of finland's independence, 100 years. it's fantastic. in honor of finland's centennial, the united states is contributing a half million dollars to the fullbright finland foundation. through the fulbright program, we are sending more of our best and brightest to finland, forging lasting connections between americans and fins. we will benefit both of our companies. i applaud finnish companies for the increased investment in the united states, adding new technologies and adding good jobs for hardworking americans. thank you. he u.s.-finish partnership is - u.s.-finnish partnership is rooted in our sh

we are not full citizens of the united states. >> georgetown university professor called -- paul butler looks at the system and its impact on black men in his book. >> it has never been a time when community relations has been anywhere near good. for a long time, if you were a black percent, you called the police to report a crime. if you were the victim, the police did not pay that much attention to it. and now, the sense is that the police are overwhelmingly in african-american communities but not to protect those communities but rather to lock folks up. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on q&a. next, conversation on the relationship between the u.s., russia, and china. the library hosted this event which includes authors and former state department officials. >> tonight's topic is about the relations between the u.s., china, and russia, the world's great powers and we thought it would be appropriate to hear voiceent nexen -- nixon's on this matter. the clip you are about years from the nixon white house tapes. this is president nixon talking to dr. henry kissinger in januar

guatemala and we have some cells of ms-13 here in the united states. it's a youth gang. it's a street gang that has grown significantly in the last 20, 25 years. host: how big is it? guest: well, there are no set numbers on these. the fewest that we have is for instance, in central america around 100,000 gang members, only in central america. in the united states, the numbers are smaller. members, only in central america. in the united states, the numbers are smaller. the united states numbers go from 10,000 to 15,000 across the united states. so the biggest problem on ms-13 is in central america, especially in countries such as el salvador and honduras. host: how many cells here in the u.s.? guest: we don't know exactly how many cells. and actually, ms-13 is not an old american city. it's only in some big cities, especially in l.a., in some cities in virginia and new york. i will say that less than 1,000 cells. host: what do they do? what are their crimes? guest: well, these are as i said before, this is a youth gang. in the case of central america, they tend to be a very viol

. the united states is very proud, a partner of the european center of excellence to counter modern threats through cyber attacks. in addition, we look forward to your leadership. the art of reason has strategic and economic importance for both of our nations, very much so, the foundation of our friendship is our shared love of freedom, on behalf of all americans, i congratulate you on 100 anniversary of finland's independence, 100 years. in honor of finland's centennial, the united states is contributing a half million dollars to the finland foundation through the fulbright program, we are sending more and more of the best and brightest to finland. forging lasting connections between americans and ends. i applaud finnish companies for the community increased investment in the united states, adding new technologies and adding good jobs for hard-working americans, thank you. the u.s.-finish partnership is rooted in our shared values. as president, we discussed and look forward to further strengthening these bonds of culture, commerce and cooperation between our two countries so that

genocide and enslavement was a step forward for humanity that created the united states of america. it is not surprising that given it was people feel justifiable and worthwhile to have a genocide and enslavement enslaved this country, it is not surprising we have a great deal of this sentiment. in this a body politic. i am apologizing on behalf of black scholars who could have written a book like this decades ago. apologize on behalf of the many millions gone that have suffered not the least because of atrocities emitted by the night states of america. let me move on to talk about this book. to --s a book that speaks seeks to tell a new story about the origin of the united dates of america. it speaks to cultures of creation myths. it tends to argue that the creation of the united states of america was not a great leap forward for humanity. that there were countless europeans in particular who benefited from the creation of the united states of america, but given the fact that after the creation of the united states of america in 1776, -- i'm speaking of great britain as a result o

literally hundreds of thousands of people walk through our doors from not only all 50 states in the united states, but really from several foreign countries as well. come visit us so we could tell you the story of texas, we could tell you about texas history and hopefully able to share our wonderful texas capitol with you. >>> the capitol of california was not supposed to be in sacramento. actually a little farther down in the road in the bay area is where the first legislature met and they met also in vallejo and in beneesha which is closer to san francisco but still close enough to sacramento. when they first decided where to place a capitol, they wanted it closer to an area that people could get to quickly. and sacramento had a lot going for it. because of the gold rush in 1849, it brought a lot people in. so we had saloons and roads and a way to get here, the sacramento river. through tops and starts, eventually sacramento was chosen in 1854 to be the state capitol and construction on this building started in about 1860. it took about 14 years to complete, as is the case with a lot of

level meetings between the united states and russia since congress's latest round of sanctions and north korea threatens the united states mainland with a nuclear strike as u.n. unanimously votes to sanction the country and vice president mike pence categorically denies claims by the new york times he will run for president in two thousand and twenty i met charles reporting tonight from the r. t. do is room this is the news on r t america. good evening france we start tonight with a high level meeting between two diplomats from the united states and russia secretary of state rex tillerson met with russian foreign minister surgery lever off during a meeting of the association of southeast asian nations over the weekend the meeting was the first since congress passed a new set of sanctions against russia rex tillerson criticized the damage done to us russian relations by alleged russian hacking into the two thousand and sixteen elections commander in the elections has asserted serious incident we talked about in the discussion we had with mr lavrov yesterday and trying to help them u

of the united states to give their intentions. cases, c-span special history series, produced in cooperation with the national constitution center. exploring the human story and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic supreme court decisions. number 759, ernest, petitioner first is arizona. roeumber 18, row against -- against the way. >> the decisions that the court took that were quite unpopular. go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically, and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. good evening, welcome to c-span and the national constitution center landmark cases. exploring 12 historic supreme court decision. henck versusse is sc the united states. it involves freedom of speech around world war i. -- gave rise to supreme court's most quoted phrases, clear and present danger. our two guests are with us to tell us about this interesting case. professor at yell university specializing in 20th century american history. he is the author of the day wall street explo

is an option as the united states military tests the bad system in south korea. and the opioid epidemic reaches epic proportions in the united states as the report indicates americans are too drugged to work i'm ed schultz reporting tonight from washington d.c. you're watching our team america. good evening friends we start tonight with us russian relations the last six months have produced no new results after a much anticipated change with the election of donald trump the administration is being dogged by three investigations a mainstream media fixated on trump's failure and a growing anti russia sentiment on capitol hill earlier today u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson said the relationship between the two countries is under stress no one knows what the end game is going to be one thing is for sure the environment for the president to strike a better relationship with russia seems to be fading by the day. last week's vote in the u.s. senate to levy sanctions on russia only heightens the tension between the superpowers any progress made at the g. twenty between trump in pu

united states and over the years you have seen a huge change in desktop modems, even the appearance of desktop modems as part of that so anywhere we look for big or small savings we should. and interesting piece, lindsey graham had written a couple years ago in the fight over the carbon tax that said -- >> watch the rest of this event at c-span.org. we will take you like to the national press club where president lapse of the largest farm and ranch associations are coming together to talk about their support for the nafta agreement, that were to revamp nafta. live coverage on c-span2. >> the president of the american farm bureau federation, ron bonnett, president of the canadian federation of agriculture, and the president of the agro in mexico. these men will get there dues that should happen with modernization of nafta. no matter what you may have heard there is a great deal our nations have in common and can agree upon. they will get your opening remarks, after that we will have a signing of a letter and minister freeland and chief negotiators for the treaty. after that we will open

camps if you want to start something. and demonize me. was. that it. was for the united states has created a political system in a way to demonizing one side means supporting the other side for many voters those who haven't really learned that much about third parties yet the the solution to this is to reduce some of these impediments to we need a system in which political parties have to fight for their own ideas they have to show why what they believe is good and why it's right and what an excellent idea. not just focus on demonizing the other side so no matter what your political outlook is the best strategy seems to be the same generalized demonize it will pop in r.g.b. your. all the acts of violence and charlottesville are shedding light on various hate groups including white supremacy cults which are reportedly gaining steam online the southern poverty law center says it's currently tracking some sixteen hundred extremist groups in the country and for more we turn now to andrew batchelor organizer of the d.c. anti fascist coalition thank you so much for joining us today so yo

this event. it's just under an hour. >>> after the united states entered world war i. women as well as men eagerly volunteered to serve their country. though women were prohibited from joining the army or navy they found ways to contribute. often taking up jobs once performed by men now going overseas. one group of women, however, possessed a skill much needed by the army, fighting a war required reliable communications network but more than two and a half years of war had devastated the french telephone system. general john pershing, commander in chief of the american expeditionary forces called on the expertise of women telephone operators. more than 1700 women applied and just over 200 serve the with the army. the services are documented in their personnel files now in the national archives at st. louis. a collection of archival personnel civilian records. after the war they were not deemed el visible for military benefits. it took until the 1970s for the girls to finally receive the benefits due them as the first female army veterans. in both the military and civilian personnel

strong statement to north korea. he is reaffirming the united states has that capability to fully defend itself from its -- from any attack and defend our allies and we will do so. so the american people should sleep well at night. >> thank you. sec. tillerson: thank you. >> we discussed tensions with north korea and their nuclear program on today's "washington journal." this is an hour. >> "washington journal" continues. host: here to discuss events concerning north korea and the u.s. response are two guess, anthony ruggiero and ivan eland of the independent institute. a senior fellow as well as director of the center of peace and liberty. good morning. can we start with information we received concerning nuclear capability of north korea? first of all, about the capability to put it on a missile? what does that mean? no reason to doubt it. i think the intelligence community seems to be inclined to believe and also japan says they believe that they are of that capability. i do not think it is the be-all end-all. they still have other steps getting a reentry capability. going back

up a lot of different ways, but what it really means is the united states of america will first tend its alliances and other alliances for the north korea situation. pending tending the alliances mean we will do military exercises and consults, et cetera. we will extend our deterrent principal characteristic to these countries. that's the first point in containment. then after that, in the military exercises, there will be sanctions. we have learned over the decades that americans love sanctions. it gives you the feeling were doing something even if all evidence is to the contrary, it still gives us a good feeling. sometimes they can have an impact. the third element is china. every president has discovered china at some point when he thanks about north korea and decides that is the solution to the problem. why are we worrying about it when it's in their backyard as though it would be brilliant for us to subcontract this problem to our principal competitor in the region. but, nevertheless, going to china and asking for chinese help, in some way to mitigate the threat or solve it

military , as far as diplomacy or de-escalation, what is the united states have as options on that front? have diplomacy and sanctions, which we have done. ivana trump think trump is continuing largely the obama program. publicly pressuring itna more than obama did but is largely still negotiation and tightening down the sanctions with north korea. we will have to accept the fact they will get a nuclear weapon and a missile that will hit the united states and we will have to deter them. in the 1960's when he got a nuclear weapon. talk duringlot of the johnson administration about whether or not to take him out here they fortunately did not. could have a pretty severe war on the korean peninsula and we have got allies in japan and south korea. we have to be careful what is going on here and i think the rhetoric has not helped it. as far as -- host: as far sanctions? guest: i am the optimist been we do not need to look at military action and we do not need to fall back to deterrence right now. we have not really tried sanctions. we are even anywhere close to that. the suggestion that

the united states. his national security adviser, general h.r. mcmaster, has said a north korea nuclear weapon capable of hitting the united states is intolerable to the president and that military actions, including launching a preemptive war, are all on the table. complicating matters for president trump, a crisis of credibility. a new cnn poll shows 60% of americans don't believe the president is honest and trustworthy. mr. trump dismissed the numbers calling them, quote, fake news suppression polls. we're covering all of that, much more this hour, with our guests including senator chris cuhns. first let's get straight to the breaking news. brian todd is working the story for us. brian, a very ominous new development involving north korea. >> a very disturbing development tonight, wolf, coming on the heels of cnn's reporting that kim jong-un could be just months away from having a nuclear-capable missile that could reach the u.s. tonight kim is threatening to take what his regime calls, quote. and he now seems frighteningly close to being able to back that up. tonight is draw

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ominous development. and i think it reduces the time frame for the leadership of the united states, japan, south korea, russia, and china to deal with this. they may have thought they had more time to move towards some multilateral talks, other things. but it seems like we are working at a much faster pace here than perhaps we had thought. >> jon: well, the u.n. just passed a billion-dollar sanction program against the north. is anyone thinking that that's going to be enough to prevent them from, you know, mating these missiles to the miniaturized weapons? >> you know, north korea has survived sanctions time and again. these sanctions are significant diplomatic achievement. whether they will bring them to the table is debatable. i think the role of china remains crucial. and you know, there are many more things that could be done. some of them crippling. but then that escalates the danger of north korea taking steps that might lead to conflict. >> jon: what about iran. we know that iran and north korea are very tightly measured. >measured. is it possible that iranians have been involved w

how to think about the future of the united states. both our polls yand our politics and a sense of how we relate to one another. >> rose: jake sullivan, next. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: jake sullivan is here. he serves as deputy chief of staff to secretary of state hillary clinton and as national security advisor to vice president joe biden. he was also a senior policy advisor on clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. he has been one of her closest aides for over a decade. many believe he would have been national security advisor had clinton won the 2016 presidential election. he is now a visiting professor at yale law school and senior advisor to the u.s. government on the iran nuclear negotiations. i am pleased to have him at this table for the first time welcome. >> thanks for having pe. >> rose: to know a little i think the single biggests? thing is saying yes to opportunities when they come along. i always thou

effectively taken the united states all the deal without formal it denouncing it doesn't leave the others to discuss that i'm now i'm joined by eric stoltz james executive director of the united nations environment program thank you very much for your time it's great to see you here in russia thank you so much. well i know that the day of the paris deal signing was a very big day for you sad specifically that you see that as an indication that the shift towards green the world was irreversible but just a couple of days ago president trump signed an executive order which effectively in the list many of the commitments made by the obama administration don't you think the jubilation was a little bit premature on their part no basically i don't think so because i'm absolutely confident that the move that there are calls to put into more return even with the recent development in united states for two main reasons for trauma the european union. move. whatever happens in the white house the forces of technology business. that there is no return but still the united states is a big player and presi

defense of the united states that we haven't had for 10 years. this is the visit for celebration of the independence day. your participation in the military parade today, when the representatives of our allied countries together with the ukrainian military servicemen marched in the parade testifies our unity and our solidarity. i'm still under the impression after our meeting on american soil as for the level of trust, the understanding, the candid nature and fairness -- and really from the first minutes of my visit in washington experienced that and felt mr. secretary is a real and genuine friend of ukraine. it is really symbolic on the number of clocks in the office of the secretary, the kiev time was just in front of him. that prioritizes the cooperation with ukraine. during today's negotiations, we touched upon the counteraction against the aggression of the russian federation against ukraine and that was the key topic and our common challenge. i kept mr. secretary informed about the security situation in the region. the day before yesterday, we had the meeting with representatives

hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. neo—nazis and race hate are alive and kicking in the united states. the violence in cha rlottesville states. the violence in charlottesville was shocking not just because a life was taken but also because of the polarising impact of president trump's responds, fault lines that almost broke the us in the civil war have not been erased. my guest is richard cohen, president of the southern poverty law center, a group devoted to civil rights activism. how fans of all is the notion of a 21st—ce ntu ry of all is the notion of a 21st—century american civil war? —— fanciful. richard cohen in montgomery, alabama, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, looking forward to speaking to you. of course you join us after all of the destruction of what happened in cha rlottesville just of the destruction of what happened in charlottesville just a few days ago. in your opinion, what we're seeing in the united states today, all of the heated debate, the anger, the passion, the hatred, is it a blip or is it part of a much deeper trend? it's both. it's both part of a longer

between the united states, mexico.nd i want to show viewers who the robertade representative had to say at the opening of the negotiations. the things about share.hich i completely nafta fundamentally nailed many americans. here are some examples what i believe needs to be changed. hugeed to ensure that the .rade deficit do not continue and require higher content substantial u.s. content. country of origin should be verified. labor provisions should be beluded in the agreement and strong as possible. havegreement should effective conditions. dispute settlement should be our nationaltect sovereignty and our democratic process. should include provisions to guard the market, distorting countriesof other including third party companies enterprises.ed >> randy wood, where and where robert is a no go for canada and mexico? >> his tone was perhaps little combative. he spoke right after the mexican and canadian delegation where they both emphasize they're looking for common ground. they're looking for win-win-win. they're looking for kind of harmony between the three countries. then he said

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test a nuclear threats north korea. make it even worse threats to the united states. they will be met with fire fury. like the world has never seen before trying to make that rather explosive statement well the washington post actually published an article claiming that their reporters have read this latest u.s. defense report which says that north korea has managed to build these small nuclear warheads a small enough to fit inside missiles so rather alarming information but this washington post article well they did not present any sort of evidence to prove how they managed to get their hands on this on this document and despite that the story's been picked up by the american mainstream media has been widely reported and here's a sample of what those reports are like now. firming a u.s. intelligence assessment on north korea that was first reported by the washington post earlier today and the assessment is this that north korea now has a weapon a nuclear weapon that is small enough to fit on a missile u.s. intelligence analysts believe the north could now produce a miniaturized nucle

welcome mat." miss raleigh win did you come to united states. >> i came in set 96. as a graduate school student. >> from? >> guest: from mainland china. >> host: when did you become a u.s. citizen? >> guest: 2013. >> host: when did you start to -- the process of becoming a u.s. citizen? >> guest: well, the day after i arrived in the united states, in 1996 as a student, i wanted to stay here, united states. so i come back from that day took me 17 years to jump through all 0 the legal hoops to become a naturalized oceanid. >> host: what are the hoops you lad to john jump through? >> guest: so, first is to maintain legal status. and our immigration law is stacked against the people like mow who doesn't have a family here because our immigration law heavily favor family preference. because i don't leave a family here i need to first maintain my student status, and then find an employer. that's the only way i can become a legal resident here is through employment. so i got a job offer from the citibank and work for several fortune 500 companies to maintain my h1v work visa. and eventually da