across current of u.s. interest, challenges and history in the middle east than john abizaid. he commands respect and trust from those around him. those who have served with him. i remember watching in amazement several times as a staff officer when he had meetings with leaders in the region, all over the region weather was kings are prime ministers or colonels and generals where he would begin meetings speaking in arabic. general abizaid speaks arabic by the way, another element of his distinguished background. this kind of credibility and trust was so critical in the region. he's also a man with a great sense of humor and sharp wit. i remember when i was outside his office in iraq waiting for him, and the other individual waiting for him of falsely marine corps major appeared general abizaid i just had a meeting with four-star army general brady mccaffery. general mccaffrey walked out of much of the two marine major zen said john, what's with these marines hanging around your office? to which the general responded, i like hanging out with marines. it makes me feel smart. [laugh

understand the currents of u.s. interest, talents, and history in the middle east that john does. he commands respect and trust from those around him, those who have served with him. i remember watching in amazement several times as a staff officer when he had meetings with leaders in the region whether it was kings or prime ministers where he would begin the meetings speaking in arabic and another element of his distinguished background occurred. this kind of credibility and trust was so critical in the region. he is also a man with a great sense of humor and sharp wit. i remember a time when i was outside his office in iraq waiting for him and the other individual was also a marine corps major. general mccaffrey walked out and looked at the two marine majors and said john, what is with these marines hanging around your office to which the general responded i like hanging out with marines, it makes me feel smart. the general is a classic example of an american patriot willing to serve his country for all the right reasons. he was sought out by the administration because of his exten

middle east, and she voted against the iran nuclear deal. [applause] she joins us today as a new member of the united states senate, where she serves on the homeland security committee. earlier this year, she demonstrated her continued commitment to the u.s.-israel alliance by voting in favor of the strengthening america's security in the middle east. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming arizona senator kierstin cinema. ♪ [applause] great to see you. thank you so much. take that chair. [applause] we are so thrilled to have you with us tonight, and we want to start with a very simple question. why is the u.s.-israel relationship important to you? >> well, certainly for the areas -- many will know this answer, but for those i haven't had the opportunity to meet, i would start by saying my own experience. i was really privileged years ago to travel to israel and see firsthand what the nature of the u.s.-israel relationship means on the ground, two people living in israel every single day. i often tell my colleagues that while the relationship is important, because israel is

rising and people are killed during gaza protests almost on a weekly basis and the u.n. middle east envoy warned just recently that there were school reward continues to loom large. new gaza war looming if you ask me we are heading violence and we have heading. it war future. level of violence is very difficult to predict because finally. as i understand the palestinian side. not united. there is a lot of energy. among the palestinians but. until now it was not directed only against israel it is a combination of. you mediation feeling of humiliation. and despair. so in immediate future. i'm not sure that we should see violence but for the long run yes for sure whether it will be. your story so at this point the palestinian leadership seems to have lost trust in americans as mediators and it stands against tromps upcoming so it's a deal of the century as he puts it even before it's unveiled will the deal be dad on delivery. the support among palestinians. is less than thirty or twenty five percent. in addition of course the gap. between. american ministration and the palestinian authority

deployed to the middle east five times. i have seen the dangerous neighborhood. a long story, but i fought for eight years to make sure u.s. servicewomen do not have to wear i know firsthand, israel is of the only democracy in the middle east that protects human rights. [applause] thank you. and those of us who served from we understand the threat. have never been there. i ran for congress because i was tired of yelling at the television and wanted to be a part of solving problems to keep our country safe and make sure we protect our ally, israel, in the region. [applause] andave unique perspectives a unique approach for the week both served to protect america, to protect our way of life and freedom and our vital interests including the region, the protection of israel. [applause] jeremy: thank you. senator duckworth? sen. duckworth: having served as the military over 2 decades, i learned to take care of my true and make sure i watched out for their well-being and their ' well-being. that function of an officer is what i bring to congress when i think of serving my entire state and

reality and increase chances of stability in the u.s. -- in the middle east. for the shift on the contested territory has found fierce opposition and arab nations. bloomberg middle east executive editor joins us for the latest. the u.s. made their position quite clear on what they are thinking is behind this. how is this likely to resonate in the arab world and what reactions have we seen so far? guest: we've seen the expected reaction, saying whatever president trump has to say won't change the fact that ago one is syrian -- that the goal on his syrian --that the golan is syrian. this feeds into what president trump did with jerusalem in recognize israeli sovereignty over the whole of jerusalem and what is next? evenis just going to cause more upset than there already is about american policy in the arab world. yousef: the fight over the golan heights has been a fight for many decades, the mid-1960's really, now a bit of a capitulation by the united states. they always stood by the golan heights not being necessarily part of israeli sovereignty. in terms of how this is perceived

opinion the united states has conducted in the middle east the main wars the namely afghanistan and the and the one in iraq were triggered by the fact that the united states had been attacked by al qaeda terrorists and so did need to get back at them for that reason i think they were misguided in all that but nonetheless that was the reason but professor miller don't you think that had more market aafia not given he's w m d plans earlier on the democrats would attack he and his country in such a rigorous and according to the russians at least disinfo manner using the un mandate for essentially a nato operation of regime change yeah i basically agree with the russian position on that and i think it was a very foolish maneuver and it was very doubly foolish because it showed that if you make a deal with the united states like khadafi have done some years later they may come back and stab you in the back but it was not it was it is an opportunity was there if if more market off he had had had weapons of mass destruction i think the united states still could have bombed i think it was a

finally bring peace to the middle east and, controversy early, it involves american recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel —— donald trump. jerusalem as the capital of israel -- donald trump. today we officially opened the united states embassy in jerusalem. congratulations. it's been a long time coming. jerusalem isa been a long time coming. jerusalem is a city that is as disputed as it is a city that is as disputed as it is holy. the palestinians claim the east as their capital, but israel has occupied it since 1967. jerusalem lies at the very centre of a conflict that has raged ever since the state of israel was created some 70 years ago. the war of independence, the six—day war, yom kippur war, lebanon, the intifada is, gaza, war followed kippur war, lebanon, the intifada is, gaza, warfollowed war. again and again, american presidents have sought an elusive middle east peace. in1978,jimmy carter sought an elusive middle east peace. in 1978, jimmy carter helped israel's leaders to negotiate the camp david accords. and starting in 1993, bill clinton presided over

and middle east politics at the university of bradford he's on skype from mainz nice to see you in relations between iraq and iran can they operate outside of the united states they should be able to be there though they're the neighbors. yes they are needed and you know what is so interesting just that before for sure is it. president and the army is starting in iraq it's your opinion and you're a new president himself in particular has been going on about the fact that in american president in december on leave could visit iraq under the collar of darkness just to google to and american military base for a few hours to take if you pictures and then immediately kind of leaving the country and now president rouhani says that despite all the pressures that are not there is now an official busy and obviously this visit is not only going to be extremely important under the main simple security politics and economy but it is also extremely important symbolically for both countries in particular fall iran which has been facing with a lot of difficulties economic over the last few months

pro-israel groups on the u.s. policy. the washington report on middle east affairs and the institute for research. middle eastern policy close to the event. grant: ok, everybody. so somebody asked, what if i already stamped my passport. the answer to that is, please go to registration. they have an endless supply of tickets to build they will only give you one and they will remember your face, so don't try to game the system. [laughter] passport.n show your make sure, no, every single one of those stamps was earned. make sure you had a meaningful transaction, interaction, and if you haven't gotten anywhere near then youour passport, have to more opportunities to do so. during lunch, and in the afternoon. it was incredible to walk into home and lounge and the so many , in their moving around. it is a little crowded. if it is too crowded you can always go to the restroom or the ballroom and interact with our fair participants th ere. i haven't had a chance to introduce the organizer of this conference. we are an organization that began doing middle east policy research in 2002. as part

test test test extremism, unfortunately, isn't just a curse for the people in the middle east. it's a curse for all of us. recently see what happens when an extremist attack haps between two nuclear armed powers like india and pakistan. we have a responsibility to do our best to help the people in the region, keep extremism from gaining the upper hand. when i think back to the days of the isis offensives not far behind us, it was terrifying to me to think of the idea that iraq could become an isis dominated state. extremism requires constant work on the part of the good people in the region and the united states helping people help themselves to defend themselves against it. as long as iranian state backed shia extremism and isis and al qaeda type extremism on the sunni side exist, it's important for us to stay engaged. and it's important for us to move in a direction that allow people in the region to have a better future so they don't fall prey to the extremist narrative of lies. when i think about the future of the region, if countries can reform, if countries can embrace their o

play ahead of its planned ipo? they're in talks to buy a middle east competitor. and after dropping a few cryptic hints on twitter this week, we have coverage of elon musk's tesla news. and we begin with breaking news. tesla mystery solved. elon musk is launching a new model three at a lower base price of $35,000. the news first broke in the electric car blog after elon musk teased some mysterious news on twitter. california,00 p.m., tesla news. now we know what it's all about. tesla is holding an event at this hour where we presume they will announce this officially. tesla halted new car orders on its website. to discuss, we have gene munster on the phone in minneapolis, and in detroit, we have our bloomberg automotive reporter, keith. keith, what do we know so far? keith: going with a lower price model three with a shorter range gives you on the opportunity to meet these ambitious sales volume targets. they're planning to produce 400,000 model threes this year. that's a lot of model threes and you can't sell them all at over $50,000. having a lower price model three should bring i

see chaos, war, repression in other countries. the middle east is continuing to look bad in ways that a lot of americans would somehow like to disengage or reduce our commitment there. how does that play out on the democratic side? jake: it's funny, donald trump is going to hear democrats on the campaign trail and say, that's my line. in donald trump is going to say things on the campaign trail about the middle east, and democrats are going to say that's my line. between the current occupant of the oval office and the major contenders, there is some convergence that we need to reduce our military footprint in the middle east. war"hrase "end the forever has become sort of central to the thrust of democratic party positioning on these issues. -- point about a jury you about algeria and sudan is an interesting one because i believe the american foreign policy establishment, democrat and republican, has kind of lost confidence to a certain extent in democracy. there's been much talk in recent years of a democratic recession and the ways in which we are seeing reversals in a lot of pl

. trump has been moving in am atep of imperial policy u.s. impmperial policy in the middle east which seeks to underminehegemony, governance, , and certain thee cocontinued the systematic violations of human rights. isisrael i is not interested ine gola h heights security. if it t were, then it would note sesettling civilians t there. it is 34 settlements, 20 4000 settttlers. to put civiliaians into a place that is knknown as a militararye is, one, e eher to belie there isis a military threreat or, too be using isrsraelis p position. it discounts the fact that there is no military threat to israeal from that boborder. syria, last t launched the military attack on israel in october 1973. egypt and jordan have established permanent peace with israel. iraq has been completely gutted and destabilized. .here has been no threat even has a lot from the south of lebanon were israel withdrew forces in 2000 a and have not launched war a against israeael. it was israel that lauaunched wr against lebanon in 2006. this framework of security isis cover anand of a near for israrl as an aggressssor.

around iran trying to isolate it in the middle east and pushing for europe to stop trading with the sanction to the country but with iran's involvement in the region a crucial to the balance of power in the americans go in putting pressure on the road before it backfire us with iran's new european friends to defy the will of washington and what will the leaders in teheran do in the face of yet another round of this standoff with america. doctor who is shanghai myanmar the president of the american iranian council welcome to the show great to have you with us. thank you very much for having me speaking about the sanctions against iran foreign minister zarif recently said that europeans will have to get wet if they want to swim against the tide of the u.s. you know lateral anti iran route will european countries in your opinion actually go on and risk anything for sake of keeping trade ties with iran alive. i don't believe i never believed that without america europeans would be any effective helpful to iran in fact europeans have been playing a very. very unfair game dave want to kee

morris of the english democrats party and catherine shutdown middle east expert joins me now very good evening to you folks and it's a shame it's a solemn occasion to have to discuss this new zealand's prime minister said the country was targeted for its multiculturalism diversity and acceptance stephen do you think that's a valid explanation. i don't watch it i just think it's the usual platitudes for a leader of a country we don't know exactly what's new zealand's been doing to try and tackle the problem the rise of radicalism the islam or extremist like this guy here. so to me it's just the same old same old from these leaders what we want to know is what of the doing to tackle the extremism from both sides you know and we just don't seem to be anything and my concern now is that they will try and use this to trying to squash any debate any conversations regarding extremism or medically of. the sky came from and i think the governments may try and use it as leverage when what we should be doing is having open clear dialogue to understand the concerns of all the communities. how we c

at regents university in london and associate fellow in the middle east and north africa program at chatham house and from western islamists will baraka c.e.o. of keeping global research and a speechwriter for former israeli prime minister ariel sharon and former israeli president shimon peres a very warm welcome to all of you mitchell how much damage is this intent to indict by the attorney general it's caused benjamin netanyahu. well it really depends who you ask because for the faithful of netanyahu this is going to embolden a lot of them to get out to the polls the prime minister and this was not so much of a surprise i mean i think he would have liked to get off on one or two of those cases but it's not so much he's prepared everyone that this is going to happen and what he successfully done over the last few weeks is he's actually made this into a political issue not a legal one that the elections they're trying to steal the elections even before the elections take place they're trying to influence and what you know the left that they call the left it can't do in the ballot bo

world leaders is trump helping or hindering peace in the middle east this is inside story. and welcome to the program i'm nick clegg so u.s. president donald trump has done it again in his latest controversial move he has recognized israeli sovereignty over the occupied golan heights ending decades of u.s. policy towards the region embattled israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was present when trump signed the order israel captured the territory in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and i mixed it in one thousand nine hundred one in a move not recognised internationally syria says trump's decision is a blatant attack on its sovereignty the united nations says the status of the golan heights remains unchanged well trump seems unmoved by the criticism today i'm taking historic action to promote israel's ability to defend itself and really to have a very powerful very strong national security which they're entitled to have. in a moment i will sign a presidential proclamation recognizing israel's sovereign right over the golan heights the state of israel took control of th

deployed to the middle east five times, and so i've seen firsthand the dangerous neighborhood that israel is in. it's a long story, but i fought for eight years to make sure that our u.s. servicewomen didn't have to wear burkas when off the face. -- base. those of us who serve understand the threat like many others don't. they've never been there. i ran for congress originally because i was tired of yelling at the television. i wanted to be a part of solving problems to keep our country safe and in this case make sure we protect our strong ally in the region, israel. and so we have unique perspectives and a unique approach. we both served to protect america. to protect our way of life, to protect freedoms and our vital national security interests. that includes in the region the protection of israel. [ applause ] >> thank you. senator duckworth? >> well, you know, having served in the military for over two decades, i learned to take care of my troops first and foremost making sure that i watch out for their well being their family's well beings, and that basic function of a militar

is a trunk tweet that changes decades of u.s. policy in the middle east today the us president said it's time to recognize israeli sovereignty over the go on heights israel captured to go on hikes from syria in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven a move considered illegal by the un israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu who could be voted out of office in two weeks i think the president for making history today netanyahu critics say he's trying to engineer an election victory with the help of the u.s. president gul from berlin this is the day. the president. has just made history. i called him. i thanked him on behalf of the people of israel tonight president trump made the decision to recognize that that hard fought realistic that important place is proper to be a sovereign part of the state of israel unbelievable and i'm much obliged to support for our security in our right to defend ourselves we will double our efforts to make sure that we protect all that is important all that is important is for all that is important to america and indeed all that is of course to the worl

joined by mayor should have done far an iranian israeli middle east analyst and lecture at the into disciplinary center. mr jenner done for thank you very much for your time and sort of for bungling your name. ok no problem i guess i'm not the first one to do that correct now my initial idea was to discuss with you this latest bout if american diplomacy in the middle east but i think we need to start one week earlier with a speech that mike compared delivered at a conference in houston in which he's sad that russia invaded ukraine to get access to oil fields that iran is pretty much doing the same in its own region now on russia ukraine he's paid and wrong whatever motivates moscow's policy on the ukraine it's not or oil but what about iran east task really after energy no it's not a question of energy i think it's much more about influence. iran wants to increase your strategic and geopolitical reach in the region this is something that every country wants to do and the iranians want to strengthen their muscle and strengthen their reach and strengthen their influence and to use it

to you live from berlin over before a shaky cease fire fails to take hold in the middle east has israel and gaza exchanged rocket fire into the night israel says it destroyed the offices of the hamas leader in retaliation for a strike deep inside israel also coming up. british lawmakers take matters into their own hands the house of commons votes to overrule prime minister may's breaks an agenda to take control of the process m.p.'s want a kind of way out of the crisis through a series of and to continue. and young europeans protest against measures that could curtail online freedom they want to stop the european union from implementing new copyright for web sites in a boat later today. hello i'm terry march and thanks for joining us we begin in the middle east and a second day of cross border fighting between israeli armed forces and militants in the gaza strip israel says it's intercepted dozens of rockets fired from hamas controlled gaza bombing targets in response this latest violence comes after a surprise rocket fired from gaza hit a house near tel aviv and despite an annou

the middle east is to come to full fruition in january we held meetings in must get on the economic and energy pillars of the alliance and just last month we met in washington discussed the political and security pillars of that alliance we appreciate very much the very constructive participation of the kuwaiti delegation during each of those discussions and we're counting on more to come. i'm also confident that our cooperation to help kuwait meet its development goals under its new kuwait vision twenty thirty five plan we're excited to agree to an m o u that will promote innovation entrepreneurship and small business development in kuwait. america will always support a greater role for the private sector because nothing great jobs like free enterprise. our joint efforts can buttress his highness the emir is message to the c.e.o.'s of fifteen major u.s. corporations last september in washington we're also very pleased that will soon be the first ever u.s. court business council hosted by our chamber of commerce in washington and finally the ties created by five generations of kuwai

look at life in the middle east it's called the world between empires and. reports it's a world that's not really different from today's a babylonian goddess with rubies for eyes a bust of the prius lawmaker arabian god do shara from petra one of the earliest surviving paintings of jesus christ from what is now syria cultures collide at the met museums latest exhibition which focuses on the middle east nearly two thousand years ago called the world between empires it examines the cultural religious and commercial exchanges that took place as the romans and parthians from what's now iran jostle for control. one of the highlights is this bronze statue of aphrodite a western goddess fitted with a middle eastern style emerald and gold necklace that object is a combination of rome in nearest near eastern religion an art that very much exemplifies the message and concept of the exhibition it's not just ancient deities the exhibition offers a glimpse into ordinary life around the region like this portrait online stone of a woman from palmyra with surviving pigment as well as family por

accords. and by the un security council resolution we talked about africa talked about the middle east. peace we also talked a little. probably a new civil. war syria crisis is we believe that resolution. two fifty four needs to be our pilled to actually talk to the what's being done to restore the infrastructure in syria talked about humanitarian support we talked about water that has been done as part of the us than our dollar platform you russia supported syria's to do mine its territories. the strategic stability. your english the while the u.s. is pulling out of key international treaties. in this area we believe that we hope that this discussion of the sea. national should use up in the book was one of the poor students and the war during darkon gauche asians with our european partners or if it is that we hold that we will be able to preserve the mechanisms that are three years linchpins of security in the year in atlantic region and have been deployed at the pillars of european security for decades overall we will have agreed to continue contacts thank you. and so good luck with. that

the middle east and for me this is deeply personal. this is a community i represent and a community i love. as mayor of the largest urban jewish community on earth 1.2 million strong i've been called to neighborhood whose menorahs were smashed. i have spoken at schools who have been painted with swastikas. i sat with a mother whose son was attacked just for wearing a --. i know that anti-semitism is dangerous and i know it leads to violence. that reinforces my commitment to the survival and security of the state of israel. the jewish people cannot be safe without the state of israel . as a progressive here is what i see when i am in israel. i see a multiracial democracy. i see universal health care, free college, a strong labor movement you've often heard it said that israel is america's closest ally in the middle east and a great center of innovation. all of that is true, i am moved by something more than that. israel at its core is there to shelter an oppressed people that is why i am here to make a simple full clear progressive case for the state of israel. here is a straightforw

kushner is in the middle east tonight as the 11th hour gets underway on a thursday evening. >> good evening once again from our nbc headquarter in new york. day 770 of the trump administration. and the president has arrived back from a summit in vietnam. jared kushner is right now in the middle east trying to bring about peace in the middle east. four "new york times" journalists share the by line, one of them is joining us in a moment. they ordered his commander in chief to grant his son-in-law jared kushner a top secret security clearance last year. trump's decision in may so troubled southeastern administration officials that at least one, the white house chief of staff at the time, john kelly, wrote an internal memo about how he had been ordered to give mr. kushner the clearance. the white house counsel at the time don mcgahn also wrote a memo outlining the concerns that has been raised and how mcgahn recommended that he not be given a top secret clearance. the times also reports the memos contradict remarks the president made during an oval office interview just last month. >>

> you are watching the best of bloomberg day break middle east. >> oil let's a new 2019 high as opec and allies agree to extend their production cuts. but is there tension in the russian alliance? t.f.'s spoke us the on saudi equities have been piling up money, placing kingdom high in the global rankings. and the federal reserve stuns economists and investors with an even more dovish tone than expected. race hawkeyes are off the table for this year. cato next move be a rate cut? [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> welcome to the best of bloomberg day break middle east. oil is hitting a year to date high. after opec on its partners committed to production curves until less june. independent producers were meeting, and i was joined on tuesday. >> not exactly on the naughty list in terms of not come applying, but they are exempt due to external factors that re hurting their country's production. two are venezuela and iran because of u.s. sanction. i spoke to the national oil compa

statement in europe. and uber makes its mark in the middle east. it is the ride hailing giant's biggest deal ever. ♪ nejra: good morning come everyone and welcome to daybreak year. we are just under an hour from the start of cash acquitting trading here in europe. european equities closed lower yesterday along with global equities. the u.s. did not do so badly as the rest of the world. in terms of futures, we are seeing more of a risk on tone in markets. the future is in europe more subdued. struggling.ures hovering around 0.2%. up a bit.tures nothing too aggressive. 0.7%.quities up bond markets -- yesterday, the treasury yields dipped below 7114. the inversion of the 10 year yield curve. today, we have been seeking by aboutving higher three or four basis points on the 10 year treasury yield. you can see that in the 10 year yield futures. europe, the poland -- the 10 year owned yield staying negative since yesterday. not a lot of directionality. perhaps, it will be unchanged of for a lot of the session. let us check in with juliette saly in singapore. great to see you. it is r

exclusive look inside baghouz. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville, and cameraman jewan abdi, sent this report. this is the end of the road. beyond here, we were given a first look inside all that remains of the islamic state group's caliphate. is are close enough to shoot. under their black flag — it was raised only the day before — the diehards hold firm. improvised bombs are left behind, but the caliphate is reduced to squalid camps. no—one knows how many remain inside. the men of the syrian democratic forces wait for the final assault.