pompeo said that we the united states are ready to talk to the taliban and discuss the role of international forces we hope this will help to move forward the peace process maria from ation of sixty pump is statements in which he said that the united states is ready to work with the taliban the afghan government and the afghan people towards last in peace was mischaracterized. america's war in afghanistan is seventeen years old now and appears to be in stalemate the taliban control roughly forty percent of the country and there are currently fifteen thousand u.s. troops stationed there even though donald trump promised during his two thousand and sixteen campaign to declare the war a lost cause and pull american forces out last month a three day cease fire but civilian casualties are at a record high one thousand six hundred ninety two people were killed in the first half of this year according to the u.n. that's more than any how fear appeared in the decade before and it seems that the u.s. doesn't have a clear strategy when it comes to the taliban. we have a taliban willing to come to the

mr pompeo said pyongyang was still evading sanctions by smuggling fuel into the country, mainly by transfers at sea. the countries of the security council are united on the need for final, fully verified denuclearisation of north korea as agreed to by chairman kim, strict enforcement of sanctions is critical to achieving this goal. members of the un security council, and by extension all un member states, have unanimously agreed to fully enforced sanctions on north korea, and we expect them to continue to honour those commitments. when sanctions are not enforced, the prospects for the successful denuclearisation of north korea are diminished. right now, north korea is illegally smuggling petroleum products into the country at a level that far exceeds the quotas established by united nations. —— united nations. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we meet nine—year—old meghan, who is helping to keep 250,000 london commuters safe on the underground network. 0k, coming down the ladder now. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being

mr pompeo urged north korea to follow the example of vietnam, saying president trump believed pyongyang could replicate its path to normal relations with washington and to prosperity. the british man poisoned by the novichok nerve agent has regained consciousness, two days after his partner dawn sturgess, who was also poisoned, died. doctors treating charlie rowley in a hospital in southern england say there's been a small but significant improvement in his condition. police are investigating a possible link to the case of russians sergei and yulia skripal — who were poisoned with the same substance in nearby salisbury. hollywood star george clooney has suffered minor injuries in a scooter crash in sardinia. the 57 year old's scooter was hit by a car that failed to stop — and he slammed into its windshield. clooney was taken to hospital, but is now recovering at home. president trump has arrived in brussels, ahead of a wednesday's nato summit. he's been trying to persuade european nations to spend more money on defence — making his point on twitter before he left and when he lande

mr pompeo said pyongyang was still evading sanctions by smuggling fuel into the country, mainly by transfers at sea. the countries of the security council are united on the need for final, fully verified denuclearisation of north korea, as agreed to by chairman kim. strict enforcement of sanctions is critical to achieving this goal. members of the un security council, and by extension all un member states, have unanimously agreed to fully enforce sanctions on north korea, and we expect them to continue to honour those commitments. when sanctions are not enforced, the prospects for the successful denuclearisation of north korea are diminished. right now, north korea is illegally smuggling petroleum products into the country at a level that far exceeds the quotas established by the united nations. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we meet nine—year—old megan, who's helping to keep 250,000 london commuters safe on the underground network. 0k, coming down the ladder now. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for t

pompeo in april. there was not a single conversation between him and sergey lavrov, the head of the russian foreign ministry for three or four months. i don't think it's a normal situation between two leading powers, two nuclear super powers. so i think that both sides have won, that they have moved from this dead point in the relationship, which is a dangerous thing, basically. because both the united states and russia play an extremely important role in today's world. and also they go to conflict. it will be a world conflict. so i think it was a victory for both sides. >> so there is no doubt that they both play a really important role. i need to ask you, though, even you -- even the russians must have been surprised, pleasantly, probably, that president trump seemed to side with president putin in the matter of the meddling in the u.s. elections. siding against his own intelligence and against the weight of evidence in the u.s. what did you even think when you heard that in the press conference tod

the white house confirmed mr pompeo will meet north korean president kimjong un to "continue consultations and implement the forward progress" following last month's summit in singapore. meanwhile, north and south korea have come together for a friendly basketball game as a show of goodwill amid the diplomacy. there is quite a lot of pressure on the us secretary of state to get some kind of concrete actions because all we have got so far is words. north korea's commitment to dig —— denuclearisation. pictures show them a be continuing their programme. there have been many bits of pressure on mike pompeo. we have people likejohn bolton in the administration saying that it will get done in a year when mike pompeo does not want to seem to want to put a timeline on it. quite a lot of pressure. we do not know if he will be accompanied by a foreign journalist like was last time. he is leaving washington, dc today so he will be arriving in pyongyang tomorrow. because of this accompanied journalist last time we had some information. it may be that this time the first time we will hear from this

mr pompeo has been giving evidence to the senate foreign relations committee. russia's foreign ministry then dismissed his statement — pointing out other recent reversals in american foreign policy. a series of measures to try to avert an all—out trade war have been agreed by the united states and the european union. after talks at the white house with the eu commission president — jean—claude juncker — mr trump claimed a new phase in their trade relations had begun. 80 people are now known to have died in the wildfires around athens — they are the deadliest ever recorded in greece. and dozens of people are still missing. survivors have been describing their desperate battles to escape now on bbc news — it's hardtalk. to talk with me it zeinab badawi. my guest is the outgoing united nations human rights commissioner zeid al hussein. he tell us why he is stepping down in august after four years in the post, about why he does not wish to remain in the role. after being criticised for being too outspoken — especially about the us president donald t

mr pompeo has been giving evidence to the senate foreign relations committee. russia's foreign ministry then dismissed his statement — pointing out other recent reversals in american foreign policy. a series of measures to try to avert an all—out trade war have been agreed by the united states and the european union. after talks at the white house with the eu commission president jean—claude juncker, mr trump claimed a new phase in their trade relations had begun. 80 people are now known to have died in the wildfires around athens — they are the deadliest ever recorded in greece. and dozens of people are still missing. survivors have been describing their desperate battles to escape now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, i give you your next car. your next backpack. and your next pair of shoes?! welcome to one of the biggest airshows on the planet. this is the farnborough international airshow, a chance to see the newest aircraft up close, and witness them being put through their paces. i mean, really, something that big should not be doing th

mr pompeo urged north korea to follow the example of vietnam, saying president trump believed pyongyang could replicate its path to normal relations with washington and to prosperity. the british man poisoned by the novichok nerve agent has regained consciousness, two days after his partner dawn sturgess, who was also poisoned, died. doctors treating charlie rowley in a hospital in southern england say there's been a small but significant improvement in his condition. police are investigating a possible link to the case of russians sergei and yulia skripal, who were poisoned with the same substance in nearby salisbury. hollywood star george clooney has suffered minor injuries in a scooter crash in sardinia. the 57—year—old's scooter was hit by a car that failed to stop, and he slammed into its windshield. clooney was taken to hospital, but is now recovering at home. president trump has arrived in brussels ahead of a wednesday's nato summit. he's been trying to persuade european nations to spend more money on defence, making his point on twitter before he left and when he landed. but

mr pompeo said pyongyang was still evading sanctions by smuggling fuel into the country, mainly by transfers at sea. the countries of the security council are united on the need for final, fully verified denuclearisation of north korea, as agreed to by chairman kim. strict enforcement of sanctions is critical to achieving this goal. members of the un security council and, by extension, all un member states, have unanimously agreed to fully enforce sanctions on north korea and we expect them to continue to honour those commitments. when sanctions are not enforced, the prospects for the successful denuclearisation of north korea are diminished. right now, north korea is illegally smuggling petroleum products into the country at a level that far exceeds the quotas established by the united nations. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: how years of political and economic crisis in venezuela has taken its toll on a world heritage site that's one of the nation's most cherished institutions. 0k, coming down the ladder now. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophi

mr pompeo is due to meet kim jong—un on saturday. 30,000 people are expected to march through the capital this weekend as part of london pride, to celebrate the city's diversity. it's the biggest event of its kind in the country, and the 46th time it's been held. but according to figures from the metropolitan police, attacks against the lgbt community have doubled over the last four years. paul murphy—kasp has the details. attacked outside a nightclub. two men set upon during a bus journey on a night out. just two of the growing number of hate crimes against london's growing lgbtq+ community. will was attacked on the tube last october. they grabbed hold of me and got me in a headlock, they threatened to stab me and told me to apologise for being gay. my friends tried to get them off me. they held me in such a tight headlock i couldn't breath. really awful abuse they were shouting at us. many consider london to be one of the safest cities in the world to be gay, but according to a recent yougov and pride poll, half of lgbtq+ londoners have been victims of abuse over sexuality or gender i

mr pompeo urged north korea to follow the example of vietnam, saying president trump believed pyongyang could replicate its path to normal relations with washington and to prosperity. let's get a little more now on the rescue of the young football team from a cave in thailand. the whole rescue mission has been a race against time, with the fear that heavy rains might return at any moment, flooding the caves again, and making it impossible to bring the trapped boys out. sarah keith—lucas from our weather team has been looking at what's in store for the region in the coming days. it is all eyes on the skies above thailand and of course we're in the wet season, from may to october. there has been a drier interlude but over the next 24—48 hours you can see the showers getting going again. some heavy showers. don't take the position of them too literally, they will be fairly hit and miss. more showers over the next seven days but the most frequent and heavy will be during the day on monday. some heavy downpours with thunderstorms. it looks like the showers will ease as we head towards th

mr pompeo is due to meet kim jong un on saturday. rescue teams in thailand say an air supply line has been installed in the cave where 12 boys and their football coach have been trapped for two weeks. there had been concern about falling oxygen levels as rescuers try to work out how to bring the boys to safety. thousands are expected to march through the capital this weekend as part of london pride, to celebrate the city's diversity. it's the biggest event of its kind in the country, and the 46th time it's been held. but according to figures from the metropolitan police, attacks against the lgbt community have doubled over the last four years. paul murphy—kasp has the details. attacked outside a nightclub. two men sat upon during a bus journey on a night out. just to of the growing number of hate crimes against london's growing lg btq+ number of hate crimes against london's growing lgbtq+ community. william was attacked on the tube last october. they grabbed hold of me and got me in a headlock, they threatened to stab me and told m

the white house confirmed mr pompeo will meet north korean president kimjong—un to "continue consultations and implement the forward progress" following last month's summit in singapore. meanwhile north and south korea have come together for a friendly basketball game as a show of goodwill amid the diplomacy. a short time ago i got the latest from the bbc‘s mariko oi in seoul. various quite a rash on the us secretary of state to get some kind of concrete action, because all we have got so far is words. north korea's commitment to denuclearisation, but evidence such as satellite pictures, according to experts, show otherwise that north korea might still be continuing to work on its nuclear programme, possibly to use it as leveraged as these negotiations continue. so there has been quite a lot of russia on mike pompeo, what he can get out of this trip. meanwhile, we have people likejohn bolton in the administration saying that it will get done in a year, whereas mike doesn't want to put a timeline on it. quite a lot of pressure there. we don't know whether he will be accompanied by a forei

mr pompeo urged north korea to follow the example of vietnam, saying president trump believed pyongyang could replicate its path to normal relations with washington and to prosperity. an appeals court in brazil has cancelled an order to release the country's former president, lula da silva. it reverses an earlier — and unexpected — order by another judge of the same court. the popular left—wing politician is serving a 12—year sentence for corruption. a show of freedom or sexism? 5 young women have been asked to police the streets of broummana in lebanon, a touristy area up in the mountains, wearing shorts. it's causing a bit of a stir in the media and online. let's return now to sophie long at the cave system in tham luang. what is happening where you are? there is a lot of action here in camp we have seen there is a lot of action here in camp we have seen ambulances go in and a few come out towards the cave entrance about 500 metres up a track behind me. the remaining nine stuck four kilometres inside a cave inside that mt there. at 10am local time yesterday we had confirmation

so mr pompeo has brought a signed cd for the north korean leader. mr pompeo is going to stay until saturday evening local time before heading to tokyo to meet with the japanese foreign ministers. speaking at an event in brussels this lunchtime the eu‘s chief brexit negotiator — michel barnier — said both sides need to move forward to find realistic and workable solutions. we need to find a solution that respects the principles of the single market and the eu. it needs to be as ambitious as possible within the constraints of the uk's redlines. as the european council has made clear we are ready to adapt our offer should the uk's redlines change. time is short. we need to find realistic solutions and obviously we look forward to the uk's obviously we look forward to the uk's white paper. the uk's proposals will facilitate the uk's political debate and negotiation with us. my objective has always been defined in agreement with the uk. the royal air force was formed towards the end of the first world war and next week sees a spectacular display in

mr pompeo said pyongyang was still evading sanctions by smuggling fuel into the country, mainly by transfers at sea. the countries of the security council are united on the need for final, fully verified denuclearisation of north korea, as agreed to by chairman kim. strict enforcement of sanctions is critical to achieving this goal. members of the un security council, and by extension all un member states, have unanimously agreed to fully enforce sanctions on north korea, and we expect them to continue to honour those commitments. when sanctions are not enforced, the prospects for the successful denuclearisation of north korea are diminished. right now, north korea is illegally smuggling petroleum products into the country at a level that far exceeds the quotas established by the united nations. these illegal ship to ship transfers are the most prominent means by which this is happening. these tra nsfers which this is happening. these transfers happened at least 89 times in the first five months of this year, and they continue to occur. the united states reminds every un member state of its

mr pompeo is expected to meet the north korean leader on saturday before he leaves for tokyo. let's speak to the bbc‘s mariko 0i, who's in seoul. what is going on? what do we know about this meeting between these two men? as you mentioned, mike pompeo arrived on friday afternoon and he met with kim jong—un‘s right—hand man. that was the only meeting as far as we know that took late yesterday. it wrapped up around 7:30pm local time and they spoke about three hours before breaking for dinner. apparently the mood appeared relaxed. mike pompeojoked that this was his third time and then —— that if he came and other time he would start to pay taxes to make. to which the right—hand man suggested that the more he came the more trust could be built. this morning his first meeting was scheduled at 9am local time, about one hour ago. we still do not know who he is meeting with. as you can imagine, the information is only trickling in. i'm basically following some journalists who are accompanying mike pompeo to pyongyang as far as i could tell they are not updating regularly

mr pompeo said that we the united states are ready to talk to the taliban and discuss the role of international forces we hope this will help to move forward the peace process more real from ation of sixty pompei was statements in which he said that the united states is ready to work with the taliban the afghan government and the afghan people towards last in peace was mischaracterized. america's war in afghanistan is now seventeen years old and appears to be in stalemate the taliban control roughly forty percent of the country and there are currently fifteen thousand u.s. troops stationed there even though donald trump promised during his two thousand and sixteen campaign to declare the war a lost cause and pull american forces out last month. far but civilian casualties already a record high one thousand six hundred ninety two people were killed in the first half of this year that's according to the u.n. that's more than in any half year period in the decade before and it seems that the u.s. doesn't have a clear strategy when it comes to the taliban. you have the taliban willing to come to th

mr pompeo is set to travel to japan tomorrow to meet the foreign ministers ofjapan and south korea. we will bring you more on that as and when we get it. members of a global team of researchers say they've reached an important milestone in the quest to design a vaccine that could protext people from hiv. —— protect people from hiv. the trial, which appears in the journal the lancet, involved 400 people. scientists acknowledge there are still huge challenges to overcome but say they are cautiously hopeful. the 12 boys trapped in a flooded cave system in thailand have sent handwritten letters to their families to reassure them that they're well. their football coach, who is with them, also sent a note apologising to parents. the team were cut off when exploring the cave two weeks ago. sophie long reports. all—out preparations to bring the young footballers and their coach out of the cave are now under way, say those leading this rescue operation. one of the main priorities is still to reduce the water levels inside the cave, in the hope that they can bring the boy out without ha

mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, negotiations with the president of the united states, donald trump, took place in a frank and business-like atmosphere. i think we can call it a success and a very fruitful round of negotiations. we carefully analyzed the current status, the present and the future of the russia-united states relationship, key issues of the global agenda. it's quite clear to everyone that the bilateral relationship are going through a complicated stage, and yet those impediments, the current tension, the tense atmosphere, essentially have no solid reason behind it. the cold war is a thing of past, the era of acute ideological confrontation of the two countries is a thing of remote past, is a vestige of the past. the situation in the world changed dramatically. today, both russia and the united states face a whole new set of challenges. those include a dangerous maladjustment of mechanisms for maintaining international security and stability, regional crises, the creepin

they wanted some answers but mr. pompeo made it very clear look, i'm having a conversation with my boss. i'm not going to tell you everything he told me. brian: the whole thing was fascinating. i liked all the interchanges. i don't understand how you can get the secretary of state in front of you and don't let him answer a question. you read to him. some of the people. i want to read to you my comments. fank. why do you have him there? this is what mike pompeo did before he walked out. he said there will be no sanctions relief for russia until they get out of crimea. when this comes to trade, trade affecting our relationship with europe and backing of nafta, don't worry about it eu deal, the announcement of the eu deal came in the middle of that hearing. the russia summit postponed until 2019. here are the number of times the president hats cited that his belief that the russia meddled the elections. any questions? took the teeth out of a lot of the arguments coming at him. what they don't understand is the president

mr. president, ladies and gentlemen. negotiations with the president of the united states, donald trump, took place in a frank and business-like atmosphere. i think we can call it a success and a very fruitful round of negotiations. we carefully analyzed the current status. the present and the future of the russia, the united states relationship, key issues of the global agency -- agenda. it's quite clear everyone to that the bilateral relationship are going through a complicated stage and yet those impediments, the current tension, the tense atmosphere essentially have no solid reason behind it. the cold war is a thing of the past. the era of acute ideological confrontation of the two countries is a thing of the remote past, the very vestige of the past. the situation of the world changed dramatically. today both russia and the united states face a whole new set of challenges. those include a dangerous maladjustment of mechanisms for maintaining international security and stability, regi

great deal ofe a confidence that mr. pompeo knows what happened in the meeting. mr. trump's way of doing business is that that is not what he does. he does what he wants, when he wants, to the surprise of his own national security team. so we did not get a comfort level as to what happened in the room itself. we do know that in the public settings after the meeting, in front of mr. putin, president trump raised questions about our own intelligence agencies, accepted president clinton's -- president putin's assertion that he was not involved, allowed mr. to make comments about american foreign diplomats notlable to russians, was dismissed out of hand, and the list goes on and on. there is not a comfort level that mr. pompeo has a deep understanding as to what happened in that room. >> we saw a number of moves by lawmakers in congress this week to raise issues. onolutions being introduced various issues regarding nato, intelligence committee findings to reinstate this. we saw strong statements from the republican leadership. speaker ryan, leader mcconnell, saying that

pompeo is hopeful the meeting was in the fall, so that could be happening. plenty to discuss. kevin: we are going to be hearing a lot more from secretary pompeo, particularly next week when he is scheduled to testify on capitol hill and take questions, not just from republicans, but democrats. that will be fascinating to watch. also breaking, the rnc has chosen charlotte to host the convention, charlotte, north carolina, in 2020. never too early to start talking about the 2020 cycle. that is the state that the president carried by 3.5 percentage points against craddick nominee hillary clinton. shery: there will be plenty to talk about next week, starting with the g20 meeting happening tomorrow, or secretary mnuchin will fly support osiris week -- will be flying tobueno b buenos aires. the president not really likening that strength being a disadvantage to the united states, so we will talk a lot on g20, and given the trade tensions taking place in the background, we will have the european commission president in washington next week. kevin: we cannot forget him. want to be a f

i don't think that's unfair to know, to understand what policies -- >> how is mr. pompeo doing? >> well, i think he's doing the best in a very difficult situation. look, it's the height of unprofessionalism for any president of the united states, no matter what his party is, not to have his staff in the room. not to sit there and correct him or report on him but to help him understand what was said afterwards. what did putin really mean when he said that? what do you think he was implying when he asked that? >> just look at the north korean -- what they say the word denuclearization means and what we do. they think we're going to get rid of all of our nukes. by the way, all of them, globally. >> and maybe donald trump agreed to that. but i'll say this. there is an upside that people don't talk about enough to this, which is when the staff isn't in the room and the president doesn't actually know what was said, they don't do anything. they are not -- i'm completely serious. i was a staffer for a long time and people would run into my boss and say to me, i just saw the senator and

pompeo will sit down again with the north koreans as the world watches for results. secretary of state mike pompeo arrived in pyongyang needing to score a win for president trump on getting north korea to give up its nuclear weapons. across the table, north korea's vice chairman said it was a meaningful meeting. >> i look forward to it. >> reporter: this visit pyongyag and the first since president trump and kim jong-un held a summit in singapore last month. >> one more time i'll have to pay taxes here. >> reporter: still joking may not last for long. pompeo has a huge task ahead. >> he really needs to add meat to the very bare bones of the singapore communique. he needs to get a real unequivocal and public commitment by north korea. >> we signed a wonderful paper saying they're going to denuclearize their whole thing. it is all going to happen. >> reporter: the commitments needed? north korea would have to agree to declare all its nuclear sites allow inspectors into the country and not demand the u.s. also give up its nuclear weapons. north korea is clearly savvy. a

the state department goes on to say that mr. pompeo has raised every element of the agreement made between donald trump and kim jung-un in singapore. it includes complete denuclearization, and repatriation of u.s. remains of military service people killed in the yokorean war in the earl 1950s. these issues have been brought up, but as yet we don't know what has been concluded, what has been decided if anything at all. there is a lot of pressure on mike pompeo to come away from pyongyang with something. we know that the remains of those servicemen has been discussed and mike pompeo had made reference to that before. but other than that, he has talked quite vaguely in many ways about, you know, basically fill managemeing in the gaps of issues that were agreed upon at that june summit and that was the key take or oig, oaway obvi sides working on full denuclearization. but at this stage, we don't know the full details. will there be a list of north korea materials, weapon, its program on the u.s. can start verifying what it actually

secretary pompeo took a hit at china. let's go to washington and our congress editor. mr. pompeo signaled the trump administration wants to re-engage with asia but steadfastly without the f.p.p. what's the plan here? >> right, well. secretary pompeo is trying to reassure some of the doubts that were -- about nations who had some doubts after trump pulled out of the t.p.p. and doing so that he said that with the u.s. contrasting with china, trading partners could expect honest contracts, transparency, and he portrayed china as fostering smog of a dependency culture nits trade through loans for infrastructure projects, other commitments and something that he called off the books nonsense. so the u.s. wants to re-engage with asia but wants to do so on a case-by-case basis in bilateral deals with individual countries. the message there is that the sust going to be a much better partner for them than china. whether or not that can be pulled off since the other 11 nations in the t.p.p. have already signed on to continue on with that agreement remains to be seen but the sust a ma

. -- mr. pompeo mentioned when we talk about the syrian cooperation the ball is in the syrian court. in russian court is a true and how would you use this fact? having the ball? >> i guess i'll answer the first part. we worked with israel for many decades. i think we've never -- never has any country been closer than we are. president putin is helping israel and we both spoke with netanyahu and they would like to do certain things with respect to syria having to do with the safety of israel. in that respect we would like to work in order to help israel and israel will be working with us so growth countries -- both countries would be working jointly. progresslook at the that's been made in certain sections with the eradication of isis. .8% there and other things that have taken place that we've done and that frankly russia has helped us with on certain respects. i think working with israel is a great thing. creating safety for israel is something both president putin and i would like to see ver

mr. pompeo's team wants a list of all north korea's nuclear assets. a schedule for dismantle the arsenal and agreement how to verify that pyongyang is keeping its promises. this comes days after u.s. intelligence officials believe that north korea has increased a production of fuel of nuclear weapons in the last six months. pompeo brought kim jong-un a cd of "rocket man" as a gift. rocket man was -- were much higher. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> with us tonight, victor chock, korea chair, former security counsel of director for asian affairs. also with us, retired u.s. army colonel jack jacobs. he earned a metal of honor for his compassionate in vietnam. he's also a military analyst. victor, pompeo wants an accounting of the nuclear arsenal, a plan to dismantle it and procedures to verify it. is he going to get that? >> no, he's not going to get that. it would be nice if he could get all those thing, but it's highly unlikely the north koreans will be willing to do any of those thing on this trip. i think it'

whether mr. trump said -- made any commitments in regards to ukraine, syria, in regards to election interference, waiving of sanctions. we want to know exactly what was agreed to and, quite frankly, we hope that mr. pompeo is in a position to give us clear answers in that regard. >> the president now says he is concerned. he is concerned, he says, that russia is trying to interfere in the midterm congressional elections here in the united states in november but not to help him or to help republicans but actually, he says now that the russians want to help the democrats, your party. do you think the president is sending up an excuse in case democrats, for example, were to win big in the midterms? >> you know, it's hard to predict what the president is saying. obviously, there's no truth at all to that comment. i wish the president would first actively acknowledge that it was russia that interfered in our 2016 elections and that he's taking steps to protect us against the potential attacks in 2018

"the wall street journal" reports tonight, quote, mr. pompeo's team wants a list of all of north korea's nuclear assets, a schedule for dismantling the arsenal, and an agreement on how to verify that pyongyang is keeping its promises. pompeo's visit comes just days after nbc news first reported that u.s. intelligence officials believe that north korea has increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons in recent months. a south korea newspaper reports pompeo brought kim jong-un a cd of elton john's "rocket man" as a gift. when asked about it, pompeo laughed but there was no denial. of course "rocket man" was president trump's nickname for kim jong-un when tensions with north korea were much higher. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> with us tonight, victor cha, korea chair at the center for strategic and international studies and former national security council director for asian affairs. he's the authorize of "the impossible state: north korea past and future." and jack jacobs, an msnbc military a

mr. pompeo mentioned that when we talk about syrian cooperation, the ball is in the syrian court. mr. putin, in russian court, is it true? how would you use this fact of having the ball? >> i guess i will answer the first part of the question. we have worked with israel long and hard for many years, many decades. i think we have never -- never has any country been closer than we are. president putin also is helping israel. we both spoke with netanyahu. they would like to do certain things with respect to syria, having to do with the safety of israel. in that respect, we absolutely would like to work in order to help israel. israel will be working with us. so both countries would work jointly. i think that when you look at all of the progress that's been made in certain sections with the eradication of isis, about 98%, 99% there and other things that have taken place that we have done and that, frankly, russia has helped us with in certain respects. but i think that working with israel is a great thing. creating safety for israel is something that both president putin and i would l

>> well, we do not have a readout for what happened in the room, mr. pompeo would hide behind the fact that he said that no policies have been changed. but he didn't exactly tell us what was discussed or even what subjects were discussed in the one on one meeting. he did go over some general areas that were talked about, but he did not give us a real readout on the so-called agreements that were reached and why there would be a need for a follow-up meeting as early as this fall. he did not really give us much comfort in that regard. >> isn't that alarming given that we're dealing with the whole question of russian interference in the elections of 2016, his whole country based on democratic participation, as well as we're hearing about tariffs, we're hearing about trade agreements, all of which could have been discussed by the russian president and the u.s. president and we know nothing about it. isn't that alarming to you? >> what is alarming is the fact there was a one on one meeting without third parties being present to record what was done. the dir

pompeo, secretary of state, in which according to the russians, everything is coming from the russians at the moment, they discussed the normalization of diplomatic relations. now that's something that obviously russia is anxious to do because in the end that would mean lifting of sanctions imposed on it over illegal annexation of crimea. also and this will go down a storm i say in washington, demanding the immediate release of mariia butina. the russians are demanding her release. they started a social media campaign in which they asked followers to replace twitter pictures on facebook and other social media with her image. now they're making that as a direct demand. more strategically important is this continued energy that they're driving that they're in charge of the diealogue. they been releasing and have come up with the idea to normalize diplomatic relations. >> thanks so much. let's talk to david swer lig, steve hall, and cnn global affairs correspondent elise lavit. still no clarity from the white house on what was discussed or promised, so why does this white house think sche

"the wall street journal" reports tonight, quote, mr. pompeo's team wants a list of all of north korea's nuclear assets, a schedule for dismantling the arsenal, and an agreement on how to verify that pyongyang is keeping its promises. pompeo's visit comes just days after nbc news first reported that u.s. intelligence officials believe that north korea has increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons in recent months. a south korea newspaper reports pompeo brought kim jong-un a cd of elton john's "rocket man" as a gift. when asked about it, pompeo laughed but there was no denial. of course "rocket man" was president trump's nickname for kim jong-un when tensions with north korea were much higher. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> with us tonight, victor cha, korea chair at the center for strategic and international studies and former national security council director for asian affairs. he's the author of "the impossible state: north korea past and future." and jack jacobs, an msnbc military anal

you have mr. pompeo who when i was cia director say exactly that, that the russians had directly interfered in our election. you've got 12 indictments by mr. mueller against russian military officers. all of this makes very clear what happened in that election, and the president knows it. he's been told it. and to continue to say that somehow the russians are to be trusted in their word that they didn't do this is outrageous. it's something that i never thought a president of the united states would say. >> so what do we do now? i mean what is the rule book for when a president betrays his own country and sides with an enemy? >> look, i -- you know, this is a great country. you know, my parents were immigrants to this country but believed deeply in what this country was all about and what it represented. and i think that's true for most americans in this country. they know that we have a great country. we are the strongest country on the face of the earth, and they know that our intelligence offic

mr. kemp, what's at stake here >> we don't have the agenda for the meeting. we don't know, the questions are syria and whether trump can get some movement on iran moving away from the border near israel, lessening their role there, and from his side whether he'll accept assad's role, questions of ukraine, questions on sanctions, and questions on arms control and then the atmospherics. will it be warm like he talked about at the beginning of the meeting. >> we're seeing the secretary of state mike pompeo, melania trump, sarah huckabee sanders, his press secretary. the u.s. delegation is entering the room maybe we'll -- maybe now is the one minute warning we got ten minutes ago or so. >> i think we're getting closer. i think some members of the russian foreign ministry as well as we were seeing earlier, fred, not shy at all about weighing in on our own internal debates, especially via twitter today how different does that make this particular presser? >> well, it does make it different. who

pompeo mentioned that when we talk about the cooperation, the ball is in the syrian court. in russian court, is it true, and how would you use this fact of having the ball? >> well, i guess i'll answer the first part of the question. we've worked with israel long and hard for many decades. i think we've never has any country been closer that be we are. president putin is also helping israel. and we all spoke with benjamin netanyahu and they'd like to do something things with syria having to do with the safety of israel. so in that respect we absolutely would like to work in order to help israel and israel will be working with us. both countries would work jointly. i think when you look at all of the progress that's been made in certain sections with the e r eradication of isis, about 90% there and other things that have taken place and that russia has helped us with in certain respects. but i think working with israel is a great thing, and creating safety for israel is something that both president putin and i would like to see very much. one little thing i might add to tha

news agency reports, a foreign minister spokesperson has described mr pompeo's statements as groundless and hypocritical. the us secretary of state also announced an intensified american propaganda campaign with the message: the us stands with the iranian people. here's how that was recieved in tehran. if western leaders think they can impose their politics is not useful and creates chaos. it has been 40 years since the last revolution and we are still paying the price. do they want another revolution? as for mr trump's tweet. one senior commander from the iranian revolutionary guard says the tweet is "psychological wa rfa re" i asked our correspondent about the tweet. it looks as if the comments from president rouhani may have spurred that particularly bellicose tweet from the president, all in capital tweet from the president, all in ca pital letters tweet from the president, all in capital letters of course. but there has been a rumbling over the last few month since america decided to pull out of the nuclear agreement. there are some sanctions due to come into place in august and of

you have his director of national intelligence, mr. coats who has repeated this. you have mr. pompeo who when i was cia director say exactly that, that the russians had directly interfered in our election. you've got 12 indictments by mr. mueller against russian military officers. all of this makes very clear what happened in that election, and the president knows it. he's been told it. and to continue to say that somehow the russians are to be trusted in their word that they didn't do this is outrageous. it's something that i never thought a president of the united states would say. >> so what do we do now? i mean what is the rule book for when a president betrays his own country and sides with an enemy? >> look, i -- you know, this is a great country. you know, my parents were immigrants to this country but believed deeply in what this country was all about and what it represented. and i think that's true for most americans in this country. they know that we have a great country. we are the strongest country on the face of the earth, and they know that our intelligence offic

speaking to an audience composed mostly of iranian—americans, mr pompeo claimed iran's president and foreign minister are merely polished front—men for the regime. the level of corruption shows it is something run like a mafia more than government. the willingness to commit violent acts haven't produced any one to lead iran that can be remotely called a moderate or a statesman. 1a people have been shot and one person has died in toronto, according to canadian police. the shooting happened in the greek district of the city on sunday night and the shooter is also believed to be dead. a young girl is in a critical condition. aaron safir reports. around ten in the evening in toronto and gunshots ring out. witnesses described hearing around 20 shops and the sound of the weapon being reloaded several times. mass shooting right beside where i live. i thought it was fireworks at first because there was rapid fire and then appals and some more fire. we didn't know what it was, we still is to people starting to run in our direction and still didn't know what it was and then more people were

mr. pompeo will testify before the senate foreign relations committee at 3:00 eastern, also live here on c-span3. >>> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the confirmation process on c-span leading up to the senate confirmation hearings and the vote. watch live on c-span. watch any time on c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> former fox news anchor gretchen carlson, who is also former miss america is now the chair of the miss america board. she was joined by the group's ceo at the national press club to discuss the recent changes to the nearly 100-year-old competition. this runs about an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. the place where news happens. i'm angela keen, deputy editor of politico states, and i'm a former president of the national press club. before we begin our conversation today, i would like to remind our in-house audience to please silence your cell phones and i woul

the ap story says the statement titled crimea has mr. pompeo saying the u.s. will continue to insist that ukraine's territorial integrity be restored. this hearing is scheduled to get under way at 3:00 eastern. about four minutes from now. we can see guests and reporters in the room. >>> we're waiting for senators to mike their wake their way tog room. we expect some of the senators. bob corker is the chairman, to make their way to the hearing room to hear from mike pompeo who has a headline talking about the new york times says he will offer congress proof that president trump is willing to hold russia accountable for its maligned activities defending his summit meeting last week with president vladmir putin that sowed doubts about his interference in american elections. in testimony before the senate foreign relations committee, mr. pompeo will say the president is well aware of the challenges that russia poses and has taken a staggering number of actions to protection our interest. that's according to a copy of the secretary's testimony obtained and quoted

we are pleased to have the secretary of state, mr. pompeo with us. i know you're to leave at 430 and we have a hard stop and we will run to the train on time and have six minute rounds and i will give a d short opening same it. number one i'm pleased to your chosen by the president and i think you're the right person for the right time. you understand the world for what it is, a, database, and being a former ci director you understand that's not the presence confidence and you have my confidence and i appreciate you and your family. we will not pay you by the [inaudible] because i don't think we can afford it. let's talk about this account and get to the question. senator and i have been doing this for quite a while in foreign assistance is sometimes difficult to look at domestically but if you don't want to be in endless wars and if you want more tools than just dropping bombs but having a robust account it's essential that our diplomats under the your command serve safely into the public and i often talk about the military because they deserve it a

don't have a great deal of confidence that mr. pompeo knows exactly what happened in that meeting. mr. trump's way of doing business is that is not what he does, he does what he wants to do when he wants to do it. to the surprise of his own national security team. we did not get a comfort level as to what happened in the room itself. we do know that in the public settings after the meeting, in , president. putin trump raised questions about our intelligence agents and except -- accepted president putin's assertion that he was not involved, allowed him to make a comment about former diplomats being made available to the russian. that was not dismissed offhand as it should've been, and the list goes on and on. there is not a comfort level that mr. pompeo has a deep understanding as to what happened in that room. >> we saw a number of moves by lawmakers in congress this week to try to raise some issues. we saw a resolutions being introduced on various issues regarding nato, the intelligence committee's findings. we saw some strong statements from the republican leadership, speaker rya