relations with the russian ambassador to the united states. this event was hosted by the world affairs council of northern california. [applause] amb. antonov: thank you very much. for me, it is a great honor for me to be here. i would like to thank the council for this opportunity to be with you. it is important to discuss a very burning issue, what should we do together? do we need each other? are we partners? are we enemies? who we are, the united states and the russian federation? i don't want to blame anyone for the current situation in russian-american relations, but today is the first official remarks by me as an ambassador for the russian federation to the united states. [applause] amb. antonov: i am not a magician. >> i want you to stop killing in chechnya. stop killing gay people in chechnya. i want gay people left alone in chechnya. we need to protect gay people. stop killing gay chechnyans. stop killing gay chechnyans. stop killing gay chechnyans. stop killing gay chechnyans. [applause] [crowd noise] amb. antonov: you can see our relations are complicated. it seems to me ev

to be across the united states to match the energy we are seeing from so many other countries. in thinking about and remembering the great war and its enduring impact. what i have observed is that since the commemoration began in 2014, is that there really has been a genuine increase in attention to the conversation. here at the national world war i museum and memorial, for the period, late 13 to the end of 16, our visitor ship, our attendance in gallery rose 50%. that is a significant growth. this year, we are at about 13%. we anticipate we will close out 2017 with a 60% growth in attendance prior to the centenary. last year, more than 525,000 people came here to the national world war i museum and memorial to learn and remember. that seems to me that that is something which indicates the rising tide of interest there is in thinking about and better understanding the great war and its enduring impact. that tells me two things. the first, the importance for us to find ways to engage people in this. here at the museum, we have a robust public programming schedule. we have a robust

, protecting the united states from threats to our national security. i've been with the nationals could to division since november of last year. previously from 1999-2008 i was an assistant united states attorney in the southern district of new york. from 2005-2008 i was co-chief of the terrorism and national security unit in the southern district of new york. and some of the cases i worked on of course during the time included the investigation into the 9/11 attacks that occurred while i was assistant united states attorney in organized crime and terrorism unit of the southern district of new york. i appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today about yesterdays release of the department justice and department of homeland security section 11 report. the report of president trump's executive order 13780 protecting from terrorist entry into the united states was a collaborative effort between the doj and dhs to respond to the directive to provide information to the american people regarding the number of foreign nationals charged with or convicted of terrorism related offenses or remov

federation to the united states. [applause] amb. antonov: i am not a magician. >> i want you to stop killing in chechnya. stop killing gay people in chechnya. i want gay people left alone in chechnya. we need to protect gay people. stop killing gay chechnyans. stop killing gay chechnyans. stop killing gay chechnyans. stop killing gay chechnyans. [applause] [crowd noise] amb. antonov: you can see our relations are complicated. it seems to me everybody has the right to explain what he wants. how he can see how he sees the current situation. it seems to me i also have the right to convey a few remarks to you, trying to explain how we in the russian federation understand the current situation in russian-american relations. i would like to explain to you how we understand the importance of russian-american relations. i don't want to offend anyone. i would like to be candid with you. i would like to be transparent with you. i hope there will be another opportunity for me to come here. i hope i will not disappoint you and you will invite me once more. [applause] amb. antonov: they will

taste for a difficult three way relationship between powers in the syrian war ticky the united states and the kurdish fight is so hated by one side and supported by the other medium hond al-jazeera. and it's bringing our guests joining us from washington d.c. get around as can people's democratic party representative to the united states of america a.t.p.'s a kurdish opposition group in turkey in istanbul mitten good jan a security analyst and former turkey military officer and from reza italy by skype is joshua landis directs the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma very warm welcome to all three of you let me start off with you joshua landis what do you make of this outright support now for the kurds in syria and the u.s. backing this thirty thousand strong force well it's clearly a new departure for the united states the u.s. went into syria saying that it was a very narrow policy to defeat isis today isis is largely defeated yes there needs to be more policing but the united states has developed a policy which goes far beyond defeating isis today it is trying t

great honor to address this knesset, the first vice president of the united states to be afforded that privilege. capital jerusalem, the of the state of israel. [applause] [applause] i brings. pence: greetings from a leader who has done more to bring our two countries together, than any president in the past 70 years. the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] vice pres. pence: thanks to the president's leadership, the alliance between our countries has never been stronger. the friendship between our peoples, has never been deeper. i'm here to convey a simple message from the heart of the american people: america stands with israel. [applause] vice pres. pence: we stand with israel because your cause is our cause. your values are our values. your fight is our fight. we stand with israel as we believe in right over wrong. in good over evil. in liberty over tyranny. we stand with israel because, that is what americans have always done, so has it been since my country's earliest days. during his historic visit to jerusalem, president trump

this year. 780,000 young people who weren't documented in the united states became here as children we given a chance by president obama to stay s here illegally e able to work here and not fear deportation. 780,000. for the most part there are students and workers who are a vital part of the community and things in their lives and promised to do in even more but the decision was made by president trump put an end to this program. when he made that decision he also challenged congress. he said if we are going to get i this exact date of order do something, pass a law. well here we are just about in the fifth month out of the six month period he gave us to get down to work and nothing has happened. some of us have been working on this issue trying to address it on a bipartisan basis and hope the republican-controlled congress would join with democrats to solve the problem which then- president considere. i've worked with my colleagues democrats and republicans together to craft a bill which we believe address the issues in a fair way. compromise was included in that bill, some that i

those kinds of. there's no let me trying to immediately put the united states that may be trying to assist me to intervene here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on washington's new defense strategy stay with our. was but with. your. last. words was mostly we don't think we will all soon but you know one of the things up in the bush is that so. thank you. scott it's. the. reason. you will know that. if you do the image you can you can go the corner but then you tell us what you did to us told. me. you know i'm just a. level one off selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles but still . the new socks credit tell you that some because of the public by file for the most important day. off about her husband's house thank you i'm not cool enough to buy their products. if. these are the hawks that we along with are on the walking. a plate for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guides. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch to the fina

this group, first vice president of the united states to be afforded that privilege. here, in jerusalem, the capital of the state of israel. [applause] i bring greetings from a leader who's done more to bring our two countries closer together than any president in the past seven years. the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] thanks to his leadership, the alliance between our two countries has never been stronger. the friendship between our two people has never been deeper. i am here to convey a simple message heard of the american people, america stands with israel. [applause] we stand with israel because our causes your cause. our values are our values and your fight is our fight. we believe in right around and good over evil. we stand with israel because that's what americans have always done. so it's been since my country's earliest day. during his historic visit to jerusalem president trump declared the bond between us his woven together in the heart of our people and we have always held a special respect and admiration for the people o

migrants to the united states. we could put this up on screen and explain this to you. during this exchange that the president had with a group of lawmakers, meeting with him over at the white house, remember, this was behind closed doors, this was not on the white house schedule. the president said, why are we having all of these people from, and i apologize for using this word here, but this is a quote from the president, why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here? trump said this is in the washington post, according to these people who were in the meeting, referring to african countries and haiti, he then suggested that the united states go about bringing in people from other countries, he said instead bring more people from countries like norway whose prime minister he met with yesterday, wolf, obviously this is going to just i think rock and send shock waves across much of the world as this immigration debate rages on here in washington. apparently behind closed doors with a group of lawmakers, bipartisan lawmakers by the way, lindsey graham was appar

very challenging time for our relations between the united states and pakistan. we wanted to have the conversation with the ambassador and i think everyone is aware of all of that so i think we need to talk about the challenges in our relationship and the things that need to be addressed and then i think it opens up the conversation on the number of things that don't get enough attention on committees and don't get enough attention at all. i'm going to turn the floor over first to the ambassador. ambassador please come on up. it's an honor to have. you. please welcome the ambassador.[a [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much for inviting me to come to thisis session and for organizing this event. it is my pleasure to share withi you the topics that you have suggested toge us. in the last one month a lot has happened. i would like to start from that. last month you all recall that the united states government the administration has unveiled its national security strategy. which has given the united states priority and identified a level of threats to the united states. and then it

my great pleasure to officially welcome the president of the united states, donald j. trump, to the closing session of the world economic forum's annual meeting 2018. mr. president, you cannot imagine how much we are looking forward to your speech, not just for the 3000 liters assembled here in davos, but also the millions joining us globally thanks to the presence of key media from around the world. mr. president, on behalf of the business leaders here, let me particularly congratulate you for the historic tax reform package passed last month, greatly reducing the tax burden of u.s. companies, fostering job creation as well as stimulating economic growth in the united states, but also providing a tremendous boost to he global economy. davos is a place where leaders of states and industry can work together in pursuit of global peace and prosperity. we live in an interdependent world where decisions made by one nation, particularly by the united states, impact all other countries. i believe that today we need to strike the right balance between the necessary ebuilding of national soc

economic growth in the united states, but also providing a tremendous boost to the global economy. avos is a place where leaders of states and industry can work together in pursuit of global peace and prosperity. we live in an interdependent world where decisions made by one nation, particularly by the united states, impact all other countries. i believe that today we need to strike the right balance between the necessary rebuilding of national social contracts, and at the same time, strengthening our multilateral system to address critical issues such as terrorism,stment, and migration, to name just a few. mr. president, the role of the united states and your personal leadership is absolutely essential. for this reason, your message here has tremendous relevance. of course, i am aware that your strong leadership is open to misconceptions and biased interpretations. therefore, it is so essential for us in the room to listen directly to you. as it has for nearly five decades, should create a basis for dialogue and cooperation. president, you, mr. strong nations with different value

at a challenging time for the relations between the united states and pakistan. we are aware of all that, but i think we need to talk about the challenges in our relationship and the thing is that needs to be addressed and then we also want a conversation that opens up on a number of things that don't get enough attention. we will turn over to the ambassador. please come up it's an honor to have you. [applause] >> thank you all for coming to the session and for organizing this event. it would be my pleasure to share with you by talks on topics you've suggested to us. in the last one month. i like that you start from that. last month, you all will recall the united states government, the administration unveiled its national security strategies which have given the united states a set of priorities and identified. the top of which is occupied by china and russia have been ghosted to north korea. where it was sort of competition and the primary concern for the u.s. administration and identified again as the overgenerous powers that be the centrist and trying to displace. also of course

mean he did talk as i mentioned he did talk a lot about how allies are important for the united states but this whole situation with turkey is something that doesn't really underline this point it kind of weakens this point because turkey is america's you know. regional key. regional ally and the united states have seemingly forgotten about it they have chosen to ignore it altogether choosing to announce the creation of this border defense force and how this border defense force then apparently the decided to not created and to listen rex tillerson the secretary of state went in and said oh no you got us wrong and some people misspoke and mis portrayed the events so in the latest speech matters has not yet addressed this but i don't know maybe he will like you say and that is still speaking so we will be bringing us all the latest information on what he says and of course leader i'm sure you'll be back to bring us up to speed on what reactions we're going to get from china and russia too with these latest comments so thanks for now your stuff you're. in other news now a teenager has attack

jerusalem. for all the united states recognized your nation wanted ministration after another refused to recognize your company but just last month. president donald trump made history he righted a seventy year wrong he kept his word to the american people when he announced that the united states of america will finally acknowledge jerusalem is israel's capital . has more from west jerusalem. well mike pence wasn't very far into the speech just a couple of lines the first as you noted given by u.s. vice president to the israeli knesset the parliament here before there was a protest from israeli palestinian members of the knesset standing up some shouting jerusalem as the capital of palestine of course contradicting the u.s. position that it is the capital of israel which was the source of that process before they were taken out of the knesset amid some scuffles the scuffles out here in the or at least there was shouting matches out here in the corridor as well after the speech with one right wing israeli member of the knesset calling one of the israeli palestinians a terrorist saying he

united states is facing with its nato ally turkey and turkey is a legally invaded syria and where you know all of the entanglements that the u.s. has found itself there with the kurds and whatnot and it's a nato ally here i mean and then we had not too long ago we had a russian jet that was shot down by the turks then you have you know you know you have this article five kick in here it seems to me the united states is very dangerously involved in a potential war that it doesn't want to fight and then we can bring up the issue of north and south korea you know what they're talking that's a good start isn't it and then we have this bluster coming out of washington that maybe it's not enough i mean the south koreans probably know best about their defense than anyone else go ahead philip. yeah well i have i have to agree with the your premise which is essentially that america's alliances have in many ways outlived their usefulness the. russia does not threaten the united states there's not really threaten eastern europe it has a sphere of influence like every other country but this does

united states. we live in a free country. we disagree with those who criticize us but they are free to speak their minds. and, you know, senator flake was free to speak his mind only a few weeks ago when he went down to cuba and actually offered words of support for that oppressive regime. so, frankly, we reject senator flake's criticism. >> harris: all right. because the news is still coming, in i want to circle back to what we talked about at first with the friday deadline on government shut down what was the tone on tenure been like since last week? we had a 55-minute long meeting and then we kind of had melt down mode and next meetings with lawmakers. where are we now with the president, with the white house, and leaders on capitol hill actually going forward and keeping the government open? >> well, let's make sure to separate conversations about immigration from conversations about the budget. the budget is something we need to fund. we need to make sure that our government stays open. we need to fund our national security and intelligence systems. we need to make sure that ou

prosperous america benefits the world. when the united states grows, so does the world. the president will continue to promote fair economic competition and will make it clear that there cannot be free and open trade when countries are not held accountable to the rules. as the president has said repeatedly, america and is a ministration supports free and open trade, but it needs to be fair and reciprocal. we will now share a little bit about the president's schedule onhe desk and the economic general -- agenda and i landed off to general mcmasters -- general mcmaster. the president departs tomorrow evening and then arrives thursday morning local time in switzerland. on thursday will have a variety of meetings with world leaders and then quick meeting with the founder of the world economic forum. on thursday night, the world economic forum will hold a reception with world leaders to honor the president. ther on that night, president will host a small dinner with select european companies to share our economic success stories that encourage them to continue to invest in americ

newsroom" starts right now. our top story, the president of the united states now denies calling some african nations quote shitholes. the comments were reportedly made during a closed-door meeting in the oval office thursday. according to one source, donald trump is delighted by this controversy. another source tells cnn some white house staffers believe it plays well with the president's base. but there's plenty of outrage beyond that base. the african community demands both a retraction and apology from the u.s. president. despite the president's denial over exactly what will he said regarding both haiti and africa, senators who were in the room at the time have confirmed mr. trump uttered the offensive term. we get the whole story from our jim acosta. >> reporter: today, we gather in the white house to honor the memory of a great american hero the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. >> reporter: it was a moment filled with sad irony. the same day the president signed a proclamation honoring dr. martin luther king jr. mr. trump was dodging questions about his own racially slurred r

there is no let me trying to immediately put a united states that may be trying to assist me to intervene here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on washington's new defense strategy stayed with our. we have a great see what we need to strengthen before the free float and brubeck's of an election to keep it so it's at the back. in one thousand nine hundred forty four for the european championships at the very last moment no one believed in us but we won and i'm hoping to bring some of that waving spirit to the. reason the us had a lot of practice so i can guarantee you that peter schmeichel will be the best since my last will call him that. in the euro zone. try strife. left left left more left ok stop that's really good that. politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted over checked. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to preserve. its right to be press that's what the four three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the wilds of our. ship. kentucky. you co

united states right now and retail stores are closing across the country and here's one thing that didn't change between trump and previous administrations during the election trump talked about getting along better with russia and his detractors called him a kremlin puppet but now one year later things which we washington and moscow are about the same as they were before bad for their action by the. congress to put these sanctions in place from the way they do that's the decision they made that made it a very overwhelming way. except we may be at an all time low in terms of the relationship with russia this is built for a long period of time now trump promised to drain the swamp of corruption we are going to dream. of washington d.c. . but it looks like that slump is still here and deeper than ever policy stay the same our foreign policy is the same the monetary policy in the federal reserve is the same spending as the same deficits are still rising so there has not been any significant changes in the direction of our country which i had been hoping for is that he has perpetuated

in the united states and that means jobs. i appreciate all the nice things you have said and i look forward to our luncheon and discussions. and with that, i just want to hank everybody for being here. >> thanks everyone. president trump: thank you very much. thank you very much. everywhere. everywhere. >> thank you everyone. thank you. jim, thank you. > mr. president -- [indiscernible] president trump: no idea. no idea. >> what about steve bannon. >> everyone, please exit. thanks everyone. [captions copyright national satellite corp. 2018] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org president trump: i'm pleased to welcome the president, who has been doing a tremendous job in kazakhstan and having you at the white house is an honor. mr. president, thank you for visiting with us. we have very important iscussions going on. speaking foreign language] president trump: for more than a quarter of the century the united states has seen a strong, sovereign and independent nation of kazakhstan as a va

our administration will advance its plan to open the united states embassy in jerusalem. and that united states embassy will open before the end of next year pence's said that his faith largely determines his longstanding backing for israel this speech fused that religiosity with as often the near total political support of the trumpet ministration for the government of the watching benjamin netanyahu including its position on iran i have a solemn promise to israel to all the middle east and to the world the united states of america will never allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. he said the u.s. would back a two state solution if both israelis and palestinians agreed and israel's security could be guaranteed and put the onus on the palestinians to come to the table mr trump gave them jerusalem i mean what an honest broker that is the deal of the century in which jerusalem plays a major role above all this speech threw into sharp relief the different realities which the united states in israel on one side and the palestinian leadership on the other an operating in the palestini

. security. it will not stop contraband or people reaching the united states. and it is not going to improve u.s. economic well-being. while it will fail at great opportunity costs, it comes with other problems such as hurting the rights of use border communities, native american communities as well as damaging the environment. why will the wall not stop the flow of drugs? for the very same reason the existing fence doesn't stop it. traffic will simply go above, under and below it. they will use technologies such as drones and catapults to throw drugs over and they will build tunnels under the wall. even if the land border could somehow be made more security and technology are not available, traffickers would simply smuggle drugs and people in trucks going far down the u.s. coastline, up the u.s. coast i should say. drugs and contraband as well as people being smuggled into the united states will go through the legal ports of entry of which there are 52. already the vast majority of the amount of drugs smuggled into the united states from mexico that doesn't come by mail such as fentanyl fro

directed at the united states kathy novak has more now from seoul. the winter olympics are just twenty two days away and the two koreas have come to a last minute agreement that they will walk together at the opening ceremony the south korean government says it's all part of an effort to promote this event as the peace olympics but not everyone here is happy a recent poll found only about four out of ten support the idea of marching under a unified korean peninsula flag and others are against the idea of a joint women's ice hockey team. i think we need to carry our own flag i'm also against a united team because the athletes have worked so hard as a team so this is not fair and then it's going to leave that up we should be unified anyway so i think it's a good idea we are the only separated nation in the world and i think it's mainly because of political reasons. some critics have questioned the decision to allow south korean athletes to train at a north korean ski resort which is known as the leader kim jong un's pet project they worry that south korea is helping promote touris

that that was said. >> and all those relationships the united states has built up over years. do you feel they're at risk? >> right. >> some pretty important places. >> well, in africa, let me say, it's been troubling for a while. more than a year or nearly a year into this administration, we have no secretary to africa at the state department. we're finding it difficult to have oversight hearings and to have responsible state department officials with knowledge of what's going on in particular countries or regions, or at least with purview or authority. then to have a statement like this following that, i think in hearing the reactions of some of the african countries, it's what i expected to hear. it's not good long term. we have good relations with most of the african countries, and we have good military relations and intelligence-sharing, and we want that to continue. >> and you know, just awry addition, it's not lost on too many people. the president's saying he wants norwegian immigrants, while norwegians, some would say, have a better standard of living than the united sta

american support allowing dreamers to stay in the united states, 86% of the american people support providing legal status to dreamers. this is not a tough political decision. another recent poll conducted by quinnipiac found that 77% of voters and 65% of republicans support legislation to protect dreamers and provide them an opportunity to work, to go to school, and to pursue a pathway to citizenship. another poll conducted by cnn last month found that by a margin americans support efforts to allow dreamers to remain in the united states instead of facing potential deportation. only 15% believe that dreamers should be deported. passing the dream act is also in our national security interest. former secretary of defense robert gates recently noted, and i quote, the united states faces extraordinary security challenges that are placing growing pressure on our armed forces. that is why we need legislation that will provide a pathway to citizenship for those immigrants who among other attributes are serving or have served in the military, whether they are in america legally, were broug

united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking tonight, a new attempt by the white house to show the president is fully engaged and mentally fit. a remarkable made for tv moment and a bunch of contradictions. the president presided over bipartisan talks on immigration reform allowing cameras to roll for nearly an hour inside that room at the white house. a senior administration official is touting it as a success, saying the white house sees the microphone and tamped down speculation about mr. trump's state of mind. but tonight even some republicans are acknowledging that the meeting got confusing with mr. trump sending mixed messages about whether he's still demanding his border wall in exchange for protecting young immigrants known as d.r.e.a.m.ers. >>> steve bannon under fire for criticizing the president and his family is now stepping down from breitbart news. the right wing website announcing his exit just days after the release of a new book in which bannon called the infamous trump t

nixon to the united states congress. it was a good idea now -- then, and it's a better idea today. [applause] >> cut taxes for 95% of working families. we cut taxes for small businesses. [applause] we cut taxes for first time home buyers. cut taxes for parents trying to care for their children. we cut taxes for 8 million americans paying for college. >> watched sunday starting at noon eastern on american history tv on c-span3. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> now, attorney general death sessions speaks to local -- attorney general jeff sessions lawks to local, federal enforcement, and discusses immigration and the status of those in the daca program. this is 25 minutes. >> today, welcome law enforcement partners and our colleagues. thank you so much for being here this afternoon. my name is tracy mccormick. it is my distinct pleasure to welcome our speaker today, attorney general sessions, who is here to discuss terrori

serious debate. up front at this time on al-jazeera. and that the united states embassy will open before the end of next year pledging to implement a promise to move the embassy to jerusalem the u.s. vice president addresses the israeli parliament. also politicians unhappy with the u.s. vice president calls a commotion under a jek to from the knesset. welcome to the heart of their arms the whole raman these are our top stories turkey says its offensive in the northern syria won't stop until it's established a security zone along the border plus. i'm robert bryden and avoid problems with the solar panels that are helping china float to the top of the green i mean julie . welcome to the program mike pence has become the first american vice president to speak at the israeli knesset pence's speech was initially interrupted by protesting israeli palestinian politicians in the room after they were thrown out and spoke of the u.s. friendship with israel and its commitment to recognize in jerusalem as the country's capital words welcomed by his audience. for while the united states recogn

prosecutors who carry out the departments highest priority. protecting the united states from threats to our national security. i've been with the national security division since november of last year. previously from 1999 until 2008 i was an assistant united states attorney in the southern district of new york. from 2005 until 2008 i was co-chief of the terrorism and national security unit in the southern district of new york and some of the cases i worked on included the investigation into the 911 attacks that occurred while i was an assistant united states attorney in the crime and terrorism unit. i appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today about yesterday's release of the department of justice and department of homeland security report. the report titled after section 111-3780, protecting the nation from terrorist entry into the united states was a collaborative effort between the d.o.j. and dhs to respond to eo. [inaudible] to provide information to the american people regarding the number of foreign nationals charged with or convicted of terrorism -related offe

protected by daca are known by some as dreamers. they came to the united states as children. they grew up singing the star-spangled banner. pledging allegiance to our flag. they believe that they are americans. but ielegally, they are not. the average daca recipient came to the united states at the age of six. and has been here for approximately 20 years. it was seven years ago that i sent a letter to president obama asking him, and i was -- i asked president obama, can you find a way to protect these young people? we passed the dream act on the floor of the house. tested on the floor of the senate believe never managed toi pass in both chambers in the same year. and the president created this program. that program has been a success. approximately 800,000 dreamers have come forward and received daca protection. that has allowed them to be part of america. as teachers, nurses, engineers, first responders and even serving in the united states military. but on september 5 of this last2 year of 2017, attorney general, jeff sessions, announced that the trump administration was sitting out

killed in an attack on a mosque. the united states stands shoulder to shoulder with egypt in their fight against terrorism in this country and we will continue to collaborate egypt in taking the fight to terrorists across the region. we have made extraordinary progress in the fight against isis over the last year, our military, our coalition forces, working closely with iraq have literally driven isis out of iraq. we have overtaken the so-called capital of their caliphate in raqqah and we are continuing to lead -- lean into that fight and the deep discussions today with president el si-si to confront and to defeat islamic terrorism across this region and across the world where productive and meaningful. we also raised a number of other issues on the global stage. we spoke about the priority president trump has placed on isolating north korea, we spoke about president el si-si to discontinue any diplomatic connection to north korea and he received that well and we are hopeful to see -- to see egypt take action in the days ahead to join other nations that are standing, standing with the un

target the united states now as he seems to be the situation where it's very close to achieving that point now his turning to turning the page and trying to move on to the next phase where they can talk about all this together with the weapons in hand so different a new gesture for sure so you don't think he's looking for a way to back down the escalation latta escalation well if the ultimate point of the escalation would be a military confrontation with united states that's not what north korea wants because that means clearly they're terminations but they want to go all the way up to that point perhaps you know cash in on their military capability but at this point what we have to make clear is that his moment on to a new x. next stage he was focused on building its capabilities so tension was rising up but now because it's so close to achieving it he wants to move on to the next stage where he can make a deal at the table with the nuclear weapons in these and right richard right. this may have been a propaganda coup for the north of joining this disunified team and sending represe

world power, a superpower, like the united states of america, which is why we are seeing so much focus on the iranian ballistic missile program as well as north korea's nuclear missile program. so, i wanted to create this forum for republicans and democrats to look at the threat and try to find areas in which we can find consensus and tackle those issues that we can agree on to better buildout our country's missile-defense architecture. the caucus is there today and it still does that. and then i would just say that is the area of my focus although i do cover a wide spectrum of national security issues now that my focus, because of how acute the north korean security problem has become, that has been my area of focus in addition to the iranian jcpoa, the iran deal and all of the issues that surround the problem. i will leave it there. >> thank you, very much. michael, if you could say a few words. >> thank you very much. as you can see, i am a very old man compared to these two young whippersnappers up here but i will not make you hear the year by year. i love how rebecca did that. let

japan or south korea only aimed at the united states and i think that's what this is all about that was the message and that's a very telling message and that's what's very interesting because it seems to me the you know kim jong room in his government you know kind of making these inroads into south korea you know releasing a statement like that saying look we're only really concerned about the united states our weapons are only pointed in that direction does not help him kind of paint the united states you know as the aggressor which if you follow the twitter wars we we are coming across as an aggressor as as they are. well i respectfully disagree i don't think we're coming across as an aggressor we've had test after test after test by this. madman who's done like a fox in violation of every kind of international agreement and he's been sanctioned sanctioned heavily for it and i think that's what's prompting all the things we're seeing now but i think that it's not true what they're saying if we're to believe that their weapons are and pointed at the south as they've been pointed

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. just about 100 years ago. just before the united states entered into world war i. waxman who you will meet in a moment, on earth from the deep recesses of the columbia law school archives, he gave all his archives to the columbia law university, a hugh'sin all of contemporaneous notes about that speech. there are very few speeches other than from presidents at some point in time that have continued residence, significance, 100 years later. the topic sentence of this speech, i only read, i only mentioned the title of the law review article. wage war isto the power to wage war successfully." that is a pretty .owerful notion this insight is entrusted to the constitution by immense power. the power of the draft, for one. the power to send it citizens outside the country to fight. to do what is ever necessary to win a war. the power to wage war successfully continues to echo in the ongoing legal debate of presidential war powers. during and after wartime. talk,gnificance of this in 1917, is especially consequential when one considers that the congress after 9/11, gave president george

extremely unstable region well it's really a indication to the united states that they're going to have a tough sledding here is going to be difficult for them to arm the kurds and to develop northern syria as an autonomous region in the face of turkish opposition and turkey is doing this in no small part because it's infuriated the united states it doesn't believe the united states that's been sensitive to turkish. really concerns and they're sticking a their problem the united states saying you can't get away with ignoring us. what do you think about the u.s. actions in terms of the syrian kurds who they once proclaimed as the partners and allies now it seems in the face of this offensive the victim really being left to their own devices. well our freedom is a small enclave that is separated by so quite a bit of arab territory from the main statement that the united states is building up where the u.s. forces are in eastern turkey so in a sense this doesn't really compromise america's position it's going to inflame the kurds who will see. america having let them down because they're not

trying to immediately put a united states that would be trying to assist me to intervene here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on washington's new defense strategy stayed with our. joined me everything on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to us in the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you. everybody i'm stephen bob. taft hollywood guy usual suspects every proud american first of all i'm just george bush in our view to say this is my buddy max famous financial guru well just a little bit different i'm not. going to harness the oh no one knows up with all the drama happening in our country i'm shooting the road have some fun meet every day americans. and closely start to bridge the gap this is the great american people which. were big oil mine here year ago better because one nine hundred talk to profiteer said this was their year toy seventy to go to all kinds of crazy eyes and yeah it sure does our experiencing a bit of a fall back. measure the sand had a. problem with a small. amount of good a

, ash carter, as confidence in the united states hits record new lows, the global challenges it faces -- highs. plus, a rare show of unity, north and south korea agree to compete together at the winter olympics. what game is the north really playing? my exclusive interview with south korea's vice president of foreign affairs. >> announcer: amanpour on pbs was made possible by the generous support of rosalynn p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with a global perspective. this was this weekend one year ago when donald trump officially took power, following his surprise election as president of the united states. the year has been a bumpyne, health care, media fights. outside the united states, it's cmer. the president is facing serious threats and a miscalculation could lead to all-out war. i spoke to the secretary of defense, ash carter. >> secretary carter welcome to the program. >> good to be here. >> on the eve of president trump going to davos, they put out a global survey saying the risk of military conflict is risin

and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guest, members of the united states house of representatives, members of the united states senate, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the vice president of the united states and the president of the united states. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable paul ryan. [ applause ] >> please be seated. good afternoon, everybody. it is a privilege to welcome you to the grandest hall in washington for an even grander occasion as we award the highest civilian honor that this body can bestow. i am honored to be joined today by president donald trump and vice president mike pence as well as senator elizabeth dole and second lady karen pence. i'd also like to welcome all of our congressional leaders and so many familiar faces that i see here in the audience. today, it is my honor to say, that pursuant to s1616 we award the congressional gold medal to the soldier, the legislator and the statesman from kansas, senator bob

just questions. indictment for, among other thing, conspiracy against the united states. paul manafort and rick gates both pleaded not guilty. papadopoulos and flynn both eventually entered guilty pleas in the investigation as a result of their interviews. just last week, mueller's team interviewed the serving attorney general. the first known instance of a cabinet member cooperating with the investigation. nbc's kristen welker pressured the president about jeff sessio sessions' interview. >> mr. president, are you concerned about what the attorney general told the special counsel? >> not at all, kristen. >> did you talk to him about it? >> no, i didn't, but i'm not concerned. thank you, all, very much. >> joining me now, the reporter who broke the exclusive, nbc news national political reporter carol lee. break this down. mike flynn hid this meeting from the president. we said he hid this meeting, but did he hide it? could the fbi have said, you must keep this to yourself? he didn't bring a lawyer, but maybe he didn't think there was a reason to. >> excellent point. yes, that