this i am joined here at the big table by marcus kahn for analysis good to see you mr stein and claire richardson she joins us in washington claire let me start with you so what are the biggest takeaway today from president rob what would you say that takeaway is. well this is a truly a momentous moment in u.s. foreign policy history we heard donald trump reiterate a lot of his concerns about the iran nuclear deal that he had expressed beforehand remember it was one of his key campaign promises that he was going to pull the united states out of what he saw as a poorly negotiated a bad deal for the united states now of course that goes completely counter to what the united states european allies wanted to see we've seen weeks of lobbying by both chancellor merkel and french president and the new immigrants here in washington d.c. to try to convince him otherwise but he came out strongly today pointing to some of these issues that we've heard about before reiterating that he thinks that the deal is too weak that it doesn't address things like what he calls sunset clauses that allow some restriction

let's go straight to washington and clear kora a clear richardson standing by for us a clear the president clearly relishing this moment as an important victory on the road to the summit with kim jong un. absolutely he is touting this as a victory for his a strong campaign of pressure on north korea he says that that's what's been able to bring kim jong un to the negotiating table and it really was quite a spectacle we saw that welcome to these prisoners home it's rare to have the president and his wife the vice president and other high ranking officials come out in the middle of the night in washington d.c. to greet these prisoners to have them come down a red carpeted stairway to really kind of try and show the nation how proud they are of having secured their release through the new secretary of state might pump aoe during his surprise trip to pyongyang so it looks like a goodwill gesture from north korea and trump is very much making sure that he's receiving credit at home for the fact that he is really secure this release it should also be noted however that this is not uncommon we've

thousand report from our washington correspondent claire richardson and our correspondent in moscow yury rich chateau with regard to the summit with putin on monday president trump himself says he's heading to hell in finland with quote low expectations now to some of the other stories making news around the world in iraq police have clashed with anti corruption protesters as they try to storm a government building in basra several people are reported to have been wounded for the past week demonstrators in cities across the south have been demanding better public services and protesting a lack of jobs. haiti's prime minister. has resigned the move comes as. no confidence vote that could have forced him out of office after a wave of deadly protests at least seven people died during three days of demonstrations triggered by the government's failed attempts to raise fuel prices. heavy rain and thunderstorms have killed at least fifteen people and caused major damage across china state media says more than two hundred reverse have flooded roads and railways are under water and bridges have b

will cut to him a live as soon as that begins happening before now let's bring in correspondent claire richardson who is in the back that is so clear it looks like that we will actually see some sort of signed a joint statement after this g. seven summit where have these leaders now found common ground. nice to see you miles well this seems to be common ground in the sense of them all wanting to save face and reject criticisms that this meeting has actually done more to deepen the divide between the g seven countries the six countries who have come together perhaps on this agreement and the united states under the administration of donald trump we did hear the president just earlier in his surprise last remarks before leaving saying essentially accusing u.s. allies of robbing the united states saying that the u.s. is the piggy bank that everybody is robbing and this very much goes to his philosophy that the u.s. is getting the bad end of a deal now the fact that we're even discussing whether there is going to be a joint statement at the end of this summit is quite remarkable generally going into

are we have team coverage of this story deny our correspondent clear richardson is in washington and our very own parent rigger is in brussels to both of you good evening clare let me start with you in washington what happens next will sanction be reintroduced immediately. but we've seen the treasury department say that it's going to be over the course of a period of eighty days and a hundred and scares me ninety days in one hundred eighty days of a wind down period as part of reinstating these sanctions now there was some talk that this might happen that they would not go into effect immediately as a way for the u.s. government to try in a last ditch effort to bring iran to the negotiating table to buy some time but they have course have said that they are not interested in renegotiating the deal and this is truly a monumental moment in the united states foreign policy and possibly the biggest foreign policy decision of trump's administration to date let's take a listen to more of what the u.s. president had to say today in a few moments i will sign a presidential memorandum to begi

supporters of the powerful gun lobby also came to voice their opposition against such restrictions richardson reports from fairfax virginia. in a polarized national debate a rare display of the two sides talking to each other but both are holding their ground. your property over life which is a crime no it's not a billion years i'm sure you are going back you know everything was necessary to work on in the reader for my home as we are it's a heated discussion as protesters and counter protesters clashed over the role of guns in the united states this is a stop on the margin our lives national road trip that's been aimed at raising awareness about gun violence and registering people to vote as you can see it's a smaller protest though some of the ones we've seen earlier this year but the location is important we're here right in front of the national rifle association which they blame are buying off politicians. across a police barricade and are a supporters they it's people not guns that are the problem they don't want any restrictions on their ability to carry such weapons. someone who doesn

richardson in washington thank you saturday marks the two hundredth birthday of perhaps the most divisive political and economic thinker of modern history karl marx he argues that capitalism would have to make the rich richer and the poor poorer today some see him as a visionary others revile him for inspiring authoritarian communist regimes a reporter a new a chef an author hit the streets of berlin to find out what people think. marx's ideas pocked revolutions those ideas originated here in berlin and they continue to resonate in the city. in eight hundred thirty six the eighteen year old car marks came to study at berlin's university. he started studying law but soon found he was far more interested in philosophy and history a quote in the entrance hall of the university press tribute to its former student . marks wrote the philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways the point however is to change it locks didn't just want to theorize about the state of the world he wanted to do something about it he wanted to shake things up . was the tone of the industrial age and wh

as it was all over the last couple of days let's go back to clare richardson our correspondent in washington is following this for us clarify the presidents are in the sounding very optimistic and raising the bar and expectations for what's going to happen at the summit coming up later this month beginning in june and possibly singapore. right we just heard him say that he's optimistic that kim jong un is serious about seeking a new way forward and this is again really he talked about their personal relationship and the fact that this could indicate cooling tensions between the united states and north korea he said it was nice of kim jong un to release these hostages early surely surely there is also a political reason at play and it's not simply from the goodness of his heart all of a sudden the thing that's going to be interesting is whether he can actually get north korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons as he said that he wanted to do just there i think you know many would most people would be extremely pleased if you were able to do that but north korea really sees its nuclear program

corresponding to play richardson is in washington reagan is in brussels and the a.f.p. correspondent eric randall joins us from a tehran so welcome to you all let's start with you in tehran eric randolph this is been in the air for the last one hundred twenty days how has iran been reacting well i'd say the mood in tehran is pretty grim really depressed one person said to me today nothing iranians are just tired of all of this thought they heard a lot of the animosity with the americans but i'm there when this deal was done in three years ago and they had so many hopes book trade to pick. iran to lose its pariah status in the world. just building straight back at square one they don't really understand why even people who don't support the regime here particularly wonder why they'd be doubly punished bust by their own government and then again by the americans so. it's a fairly. clear richardson in washington explain to us if you can the president's strategy beyond let's just dump it. hi fellow essentially trampolines that this was a bad deal that was poorly negotiated

our correspondent claire richardson is in san diego california near the us mexico border she's been gauging reaction to trump's policy reversal. the majority of americans have never supported the idea of separating children from their parents when they cross the u.s. border so you can imagine that this reversal has been very welcome here indeed now the immigration rights organizations that i've been speaking to here in san diego say that it doesn't go far enough they want to see more comprehensive reform to the immigration system they want to see an end to the war on drugs that they say fuels instability and drives people up to the border and they say that they want to silence seekers it to be seen as people who are fleeing terrible violence not as criminals who need to be locked up they say that one a silver lining of all of this is that outside of latino communities in the united states perhaps it has raised public awareness of the plight of these people and they hope that that will translate into more comprehensive immigration reform you know he is claire richardson there near the us mex

correspondent clear richardson in washington there at the white house and our moscow bureau chief. to both of you thank you well the german chancellor angela merkel she has been commenting on the tensions over syria she says that she regrets the failure of the u.n. security council to agree on how to investigate the incident. it would have been good to have an investigation on the ground as the american resolution suggested there are strong indications that point towards the syrian regime we will continue our assessments on that basis in any case we actually condemn the use of such weapons. or here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world. has declared three days of mourning after two hundred fifty seven people were killed in a military plane crash the jet went down at a military base just outside the capital algiers the aircraft was packed with soldiers and their families heading to a base in the country's southwest iser by john's president. has won a fourth term in office after an election that was boycotted by opposition parties with more than

and we have give you a clear richardson with us here in studio to analyze that donald trump the first state of the union speech clear as we said this was one of the longest the union speeches what stood out to you well the big question going into it was is donald trump going to stay on message and for the most part he did we saw a lot of the things in the speech that we expected to they touted this at the strength of the u.s. economy he talked about the republicans signature tax plan that they just passed at the end of last year and for the most part it was read straight from the teleprompter usually the state of the union is an opportunity where you get a fairly rare insight into the president's thinking what their vision is for the rest of the year and for the country but with donald trump we've seen what he's thinking in real time over the course of the last year on twitter and offers an unfiltered take on his thoughts so this was the big question here was is he going to treat this moment that's often an event with a lot of pomp and circumstance in the same way where he offers his

russia did meddle it whipped up a firestorm in washington but what do ordinary americans really think richardson traveled to tennessee where she found that most people were actually not too concerned. donald trump is getting an easy right here in tennessee the uproar over his summit with vladimir putin hasn't reached this range cowhorse classic the writers getting ready to compete think the talks were nothing to worry about they're happy to see trump talking to putin and think you probably did a good job or at least tried his best i think that no matter who is in office somebody can always do a better job and they're always going to be criticized for whatever they do. i do feel that president term does have our best interest at heart. i think that is mr personality it could have been handled better i am impressed with the fact that he like most presidents in the past or human make mistakes and he's willing to admit it and come back and attempt in his fashion the fix of. skepticism in trump heartland also runs deep of how the media is portraying this summit with putin and why politicians are bick

promise was a lie all right we have team coverage of this story tonight we want to go first suit claire richardson she is in washington but richard is in brussels force good evening to both of you claire i'll ask you what was the biggest takeaway from this announcement today. hi brant there's a lot to unpack in what was a truly perhaps the most monumental foreign policy decision that we've seen in general drums presidency to date he repeated a lot of his critiques of the iran nuclear agreement which he has always maintained was a very bad one sided deal he thinks it was poorly negotiated which of course took place in two thousand and fifteen under the obama administration and he points to says some specific issues that he had been seeking to try and address and had threatened to remove the united states from the a court if they were not things that like essentially he thinks that the agreement overall is too weak he was concerned in particular about things like sunset clauses that would allow iran to resume some of its nuclear activities after a certain amount of time worrying that it did not suff

the claim of religious discrimination or let's cross over now to our washington correspondent clear richardson she's on the story for us tonight good evening to you claire so these supreme court ruled that the ban is legal but what about the notion of the targets muslim majority countries well brand this ban does it target people coming from five muslim majority countries and even though the court has ruled that this did not have an anti muslim bias its critics of course say that this is clearly targeted at muslims and violates the united states' constitutional protections against religious freedoms and in fact you can look at the dissenting opinion that came from the court the four justices who were narrowly over rules of who did not agree with this travel ban they said that any reasonable observer would conclude that the ban was motivated by an anti muslim sentiment so this is of course the third iteration of the travel ban it's worth noting that the first two were challenged by lower courts you'll remember the beginning of comes presidency this really caused so much chaos we just saw scenes

and joining me now is our correspondent claire richardson who's in come back city following the g. seven summit so claire at the end of the day we did in fact see a signed joint statement from all the leaders what did they have in common at the end. hi my in the end it's not clear how much common ground they actually did have or whether this was just trudeau showing a united front to say that they actually had to come together on some issues rather than just expose the deep rift between the united states and its partners obviously also would be wanting to justify the six hundred million dollar price tag for canadian taxpayers on hosting this summit but it seems that the end of the day the united states and the other six countries taking part in this summit are still miles apart on what were some of the stickiest issues of throughout this meeting and that includes trade and climate change and the fact it was that it was even a question of whether they would issue a joint statement at the end of the g. seven tells you a lot about just how isolated the united states has become. and as

of the sort we're still waiting i just burst tweets if we hear anything at all correspond to clear richardson on the story for striking washington clear thank you very much. israeli security forces have fired on palestinian protesters at the gaza border killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more now this follows the deaths of more than twenty people who died after demonstrating last week palestinians are. sending up smoke from burning mounds of time as the protesters hope what israeli soldiers count see they count shirt. the demonstrators are calling this the great much of return the demand the people forced from their lands during the one nine hundred forty eight war with israel be allowed to return to islamist hamas group was a key force in organizing the protests. that are there now as we will never give up on any of our inalienable rights the land is one of them another is the holy sites jerusalem the mall and the churches. israel says the protests are a challenge to its territory and it has the right to defend itself it accuses homines of using the protests as cover to carry

joining me now is our correspondent claire richardson in quebec city clear some tough talk there from the u.s. president how did that message go down with the other g seven leaders are they now going to think twice about retaliatory tears. well that's definitely donald trump doubling down on his world view that the u.s. is getting a bad end of the deal and that is predecessor president negotiated unfair trade agreements now we just heard trump essential he's suggesting that some of its closest allies and partners are robbing the united states he used the words that there is a piggy bank that everyone is robbing that would be the united states and look at these steel and aluminum tariffs that went into effect at the end of last month have been front and center throughout the g seven summits trading partners in this group to see it as unfair trading practices canada even calls it a legal and it seems clear that they are going to go ahead and impose retaliatory measures because they see that as the only way to ensure that the world continues to operate in a rule based international order

that far let's take this story out of washington or correspondingly richardson is on the story for worst there good evening to you claire so we've got the u.s. president saying he's going to pull in the military to secure the border the southern border with mexico what has been the reaction so far. nice to see a groundswell the reaction here has been to ask why this issue has gotten under donald trump's skin right now certainly has promised to build a border wall what he calls a big beautiful border wall on the frontier with mexico was one of his key campaign promises but he's been largely silent about the issue in the last couple of weeks that is of course until this weekend when he went on a flurry of tweets accusing these migrants that we saw in that last report of coming up to the u.s. border he said that they were coming to take advantage of the program dhaka which is of course nonsense because they would not be eligible for it and the question is why he feels so threatened by this migrant group as we heard in the report it's a protest that they have done for years now they are prot

for the latest on this let's bring in our washington correspondent claire richardson clare how did the three end up in a north korean jail. well as you say they were being held there on charges of anti-state activities however these are widely these were widely seen as politically motivated charges and all three men are korean americans who spend at least a year in detention in north korea including in brutal labor prisons they're being released just as secretary of state might pay is returning from telling the end where he was firming up some details of a potentially historic summit between president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong un details including the date and time of when this could take place and their korean americans were seen released were on their way back to the united states as we speak are benefiting from seemingly warming ties between the united states and north korea ok we're going to get some live pictures from andrews as we talk here how important is this release in the run up to that summit between donald trump and kim jong il and. well it's certai

national security has called the caravan a provocation and warned they could be denied entry it is clear richardson reports from the border. these are some of the faces that have invoked the great president donald trump the reason he's threatens mexico and called for thousands of troops to be sent to protect the border and stop short on their journeys they've set up makeshift camps into a corner mexico. that as you know we're sending many many national guardsman down to the border most of them are already there and that's having a big impact most are from honduras they say the united states must hear their asylum cases and they left their homes because they had reasons to fear for their safety but again not because they killed my father. or i mean that's us then what they because of death threats that's what forced me to lay for one of the men pulled out a gun pointed at me and told me if i didn't give him what he wanted he was going to kill me soon all of that battle came up with made them up and. they travelled together for over a month by fox cross and trained. they sought safety in numbers and

our correspondent claire richardson in washington there at the white house and our moscow bureau chief. to both of you thank you or the german chancellor angela merkel as she has also been commenting on the tensions over syria as she says that she regrets the failure of the u.n. security council to agree on how do we investigate that suspected poison gas attack . it would have been good to have an investigation on the ground as the american resolution suggested there are strong indications that point towards the syrian regime we will continue our assessments on that basis in any case we actually condemn the use of such weapons because through their speaking earlier today here are some of the stories now that are making headlines around the world script all who was poisoned along with her father a former russian double agent in britain last month has released a statement saying that she will not accept an offer of help from the russian embassy british authorities blame moscow for poisoning scrip all of her father with the nerve agent novi chuck her father remains critically ill in the h

for more let's bring in correspondent claire richardson who is standing by with the very latest from washington d.c. and claire you know when we left that feed he was actually just talking about tax cuts saying how they have benefited all americans i mean this really is pretty typical of trump it becomes sort of the latest hits sort of speech what are we to make of what he said so far. hi sarah he really was telling the crowd exactly what they wanted to hear saying that these were real patriots true americans for their fight to try and defend the right to bear arms so the message that we heard coming from was really his administration is on the gun owners sides we heard chants of usa we heard a highly nationalistic speech in which he spoke of his policy of putting america first and what's most surprising about this or perhaps not surprising but what stood out the most to me about this is how little really has changed in the last few months and in the last few years we've seen speak to the n.r.a. and its conventions for the past four years but there were some thinking that this time a

the sturdiest actions yet by washington we're going to take you know that our correspondent claire richardson clare it's very hard to make sense these days of the u.s. policy towards russia i mean what are we seeing now have these sanctions been imposed because of the poisoning kings of the u.k. or because of the alleged russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election well brant top u.s. officials have said that these sanctions are not in response to any one particular issue but rather in response to why the u.s. sees as a pattern of bad behavior by russia they're upset about things like russia's support for syrian president bashar assad for its backing of separatist rebels in eastern ukraine for cyber hacking attacks of course for its alleged meddling in the twenty sixteen elections but i think it is fair to say that the issue that's garnered the strongest response from the white house under trump's administration has been this case of the poisoning of a russian spy on british soil and remember we saw the united states and mounts that it would expel diplomats as well as impose othe

and german chancellor angela merkel who is in washington at the moment for a three hour meeting clay richardson is in washington claire what just donald trump one from germany. well you fundamentally see as a lawyer he feels very threatened by the german auto industry for one and i think that one of the biggest issues we're going to see and one of the thorniest things that one of the nuts until america is going to have to crack on this trip is of course to try and find a permanent exemption from the steel and aluminum tariffs that he put into place in march he granted a temporary exemption to some of the united states key allies like in mexico and in canada and indeed the european union but those are set to expire on monday and if europe cannot cannot get a permanent exemption from those they are saying that this could ultimately escalate into a full blown trade war so they're going to be coming to washington d.c. and trying to follow up on what message was earlier this week to try and find find an agreement to avoid this avoid this from happening. why is emanuel going to go to the united state

claire richardson reporting there from the u.s. they're watching to get you do so much more coming up in the next thirty minutes. time for reading. a little book that became a global manifesto activist stefan in a sense addressed the injustices in modern society. and became a hero of the younger generation. time for out rate time to. stefan is a. forty five minute w. . hijacking the news. where i go wrong when the news is being hijacked journalism itself has become a scripted reality show it's not just good versus evil us versus them black and white. in countries like russia china church people are told lives that's nothing and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to give me all the smoke and mirrors it's not just about the premier from parents or being neutral it's about being truthful. when he was courting golf and i were going to go in. israel seventy. two displaced nations at odd