a year and rafael i'll go even further if we look at modern history we see what happened to saddam hussein in iraq after the gulf war in 19921901 of the u.n. security council imposed economic trade and financial sanctions on iraq and on sudan but later the security council allowed him to get medicine not commodities and food exchange for oil tankers that venezuela is not under the u.n. sanctions these are unilateral illegal sanctions by the u.s. but we are not being given any opportunity that it's like iraq having. the later in the program the look at how cuba which supported and curates government is now according again to the country a genocide that story details still to come. in other news an anti-terrorist crackdown in nigeria has led to thousands of children being detained that's according to a new report from human rights watch we spoke to them about their findings since 2013 nigeria has detained about 3600 children and in june a human rights watch went to the northeast of manchuria where boko haram its most active and we interviewed more than 30 children who had been detained the v

it was by any measure and or days attack the worst attack on middle east oil facilities since saddam hussein set fire to kuwait's oil wells back in 1990 drones or maybe cruise missiles traveling 500 kilometers across saudi territory undetected to strike at the heart of its oil industry and to knock out 5 percent of the world's oil supply as a result of oil prices spiked almost 20 percent now they're still below the recent highs that was $86.00 a barrel last october when tensions between the united states and iran were ratcheting up but just why oil prices remain below those highs has something to do with where our global. he is right now plus the huge reserves the world has accumulated. now according to the u.s. energy information administration the world has 4100000000 barrels of oil in storage 1400000000 held by governments the rest by oil companies and training houses the united states has the capacity to hold 722000000 barrels and china has a store of almost 500000000 barrels so with all that supply and the global economy slowing opec nations have been struggling of late to lift

hussein's sunni dominated regime they now have over the girl power but tensions between them and their sunni fellow citizens well that tension remains shiite militias formed after the u.s. invasion of iraq continue to operate in the country they are loyal to iraq's shiite prime minister but also to neighboring iran perhaps more so than to their own country. to show off how intense times hundreds of shiites some tis a celebration finishing their military training as a base now cavalia. they want to let the world know they're ready for battle. anyone who prefers them must count on retaliation. you know especially with the popular mobilization forces are a decisive force in iraq the u.s. and israel want to weaken it even though it is supported by the iraqi government. just because no other group in iraq is more powerful than. almost us going to fit. in 2014 iraq's grand ayatollah not cool to fight is to take up arms against the so-called islamic states tens of thousands of shiites he did to school and phone to the popular mobilization forces or have to xabi militia the p.m.i. force alongs

a year and rafael i'll go even further if we look at modern history we see what happened to saddam hussein in iraq after the gulf war in 19921901 of the u.n. security council imposed economic trade and financial sanctions on iraq and on sudan but later the security council allowed him to get medicine not commodities and food exchange for oil tankers that venezuela is not under the u.n. sanctions these are unilateral illegal sanctions by the u.s. but we are not being given the opportunity that it's like iraq had. the israeli prime minister has called on the leader of the opposition to form a coalition government that after bending netanyahu failed to win a majority in a snap election. ben it is a nasty form of broad unity government today the nation expects out both of us to accept responsibility and work together some told in a new banish that's made today at any hour vance this approach is that is the mission of the hour we cannot go to. there's no reason to pose the question with 97 percent of the vote counted netanyahu center right could blow is 2 seats behind the center left blue and w

hussein's sunni dominated regime they now have political power but tensions between them and their sunni fellow citizens well that tension remains shiite militias formed after the u.s. invasion of iraq continue to operate in the country they are loyal to iraq's shiite prime minister but also to neighboring iran perhaps more so than to their own country. a show of how intense times hundreds of shiite songs is a celebration finishing their military training at a base neck cavalia. they want to let the world know they're ready for battle. anyone who prefers them must count on retaliation. you know especially with the popular mobilization forces are a decisive force in iraq the u.s. and israel want to weaken it even though it is supported by the iraqi government. just because no other group in iraq is more powerful. more success going to fit. in 2014 iraq's grand ayatollah cool to fight is to take up arms against the so-called islamic states tens of thousands of shiites he did to school and phone to the popular mobilization forces or hush hush on the militia the pm a 4th alongside the iraqi

hussein's sunni dominated regime they now have over the girl power but tensions between them and their sunni fellow citizens well that tension remains shiite militias formed after the u.s. invasion of iraq continue to operate in the country they are loyal to iraq's shiite prime minister but also to neighboring iran perhaps more so than to their own country. a show of how intense times hundreds of shiites some to some celebration finishing them going to training at a base now cadillac. they want to let the world know they're ready for battle. anyone who prefers them must count on retaliate. you know especially with the popular mobilization forces are a decisive force in iraq the u.s. and israel want to weaken it even though it is supported by the iraqi government. just because no other group in iraq is more powerful than. almost. in 2014 iraq's grand ayatollah cool to fight is to take up arms against the so-called islamic state tens of thousands of shiites he did to school and phone to the popular mobilization forces or hush hush on the militia the pm a 4th alongside the iraqi army they

hussein something rouhani reminded iranians of in his speech but he also said that all can be forgiven if there is unity among islamic countries that the united states is only interested in dividing the region and pillaging resources and that the security of the region lasting security is only up to the people indigenous to the area. saddam's new prime minister. has launched an independent inquiry into june's deadly protests crackdown it is estimated that about $130.00 people were killed in khartoum and security forces violently broke up a sit in the military investigated but protest leaders had demanded an independent inquiry as part of the country's power sharing agreement and korea will seek support from the african union. now the world health organization has taken the unusual step of complaining to tanzania mother failure to share information on the ball a virus that tanzania and government denies it paula was confirmed in 2 patients who recently suffered an unknown illness w.h.o. says tanzania hasn't handed over any clinical data until now tanzania shares a border with the democr

saddam hussein was yet another monster. and yet, in hindsight, it is hard to, dispute the toppling that strongman open the door for isis. open the door for radical islamic terrorists carrying out acts of terrorism and murder targeting american citizens. in all of those situations,se i believed u.s. military force in the use of military force did not further our national security efforts. what is the counterpoint to that ? i would point to iran. i believe the threat of a nuclear iran poses the greatest nuclear security threat to the united states of america. when he chants death to america, when he chants death to israel, i believe it. i do not believe that is near empty rhetoric. but rather it is a radical religious commitment. a zealotry that is backed by nuclear weapons could result in the annihilation of millions. i believe we should use every tool that we have. to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. what does that mean? that means, yes, military force, military force, if necessary. sometimes recently a reporter

hussein invaded kuwait in the 1990s. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. the attacks over the weekend struck at the heart of saudi arabia's economic lifeblood. air strikes on two of the largest oil facilities in the world, knocking out almost half of the country's production. iranian—backed houthi rebels in yemen claimed responsibility. but us officials said satellite images showed a complex and precise assault involving at least 17 missiles and unmanned aircraft, originating from the north or north—west, perhaps from pro—iranian militias in iraq. today, iran's president was visiting turkey. his spokesman denied any responsibility for the attacks, accusing the us of maximum deceit. but according to saudi commanders, the origin of the weapons was clear. translation: initial findings indicate the weapons used in this terrorist attack are iranian. we will continue our investigations but our findings suggested this attack was not launched from yemen by houthi militias. what's not clear yet is how the sa

hussein invaded kuwait in the 1990s. nawal al—maghafi has the story. striking at the heart of saudi's oil industry, a major attack on the world's largest processing facility, cutting output by half, an attack claimed by houthi rebels in retaliation for the saudi intervention in yemen. this was not their first. last month, intervention in yemen. this was not theirfirst. last month, a intervention in yemen. this was not their first. last month, a targeted attack on a military parade in aden killed dozens. back then, i interviewed the houthis‘ deputy foreign minister, who warned that there was more to come. translation: for the last five years we have been the ones that are attacked. now it is only normal that we retaliate to defend our land and our people, that have been the main victims. this was the most damaging and humiliating blow to saudi arabia since they intervened in yemen's civil war. they are supporting the yemeni government with the backing of the uk and the us, fighting against houthi rebels, backed by ira

hussein something rouhani reminded iranians of in his speech but he also said that all can be forgiven if there is unity among islamic countries but the united states is only interested in dividing the region and pillaging resources and that the security of the region lasting security is only up to the people indigenous to the area seen best ravi al-jazeera. we can now return to our top story and that's the un's latest warning on climate change and the effects of global warming joining us now live from the u.n. headquarters in new york is the prime minister wrong way. prime minister great to have you on the program thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us but i want to ask you about starting with the climate protests we saw on friday when millions of young people mostly young people took to the streets calling on people like you world leaders policymakers and industry leaders to safeguard their future how did that make you feel and has that motivated you any more ahead of this climate summit. well it does i think it's. both appreciative and important that young people mov

was by any measure and or day shifts attack on the worst attack on middle east oil facilities since saddam hussein set fire to kuwait's oil wells back in 1990 drones or maybe cruise missiles traveling 500 kilometers across saudi territory undetected to strike at the heart of its oil industry and to knock out 5 percent of the world's oil supply as a result of oil prices spiked almost 20 percent now they're still below the recent highs that was $86.00 a barrel last october when tensions between the united states and iran were ratcheting up but just why oil prices remain below those highs has something to do with where our global economy is right now plus the huge reserves the world has accumulated. now according to the u.s. energy information administration the world has 4100000000 barrels of oil in storage 1400000000 held by governments the rest by oil companies and training houses the united states has the capacity to hold 722000000 barrels and china has a store of almost 500000000 barrels. so with all that supply and the global economy slowing opec nations have been struggling of late to

hussein something rouhani reminded iranians of in his speech but he also said that all can be forgiven if there is unity among islamic countries that the united states is only interested in dividing the region and pillaging resources and that the security of the region lasting security is only up to the people indigenous to the area. or president trump is expected to make the case against iran in his address to the u.n. general assembly next week he says he's not planning to hold talks with iran's leader in new york but secretary of state mike pompei is said the u.s. government's policy on iran is to avoid war john hendren has more from washington. president donald trump is sounding newly optimistic about iran tremendous progress with was made with iran so we'll see we'll see but don't get a workout always does we get it to work out if it doesn't sometimes takes a little longer but i get things to work out the u.s. rhetoric in general on iran has taken a turn toward diplomacy the u.s. secretary of state who initially accused iran of an act of war for last week's attacks that have saudi

this government has had more incoming missiles than saddam hussein. he is on the wrong end of supreme court, he has lost his majority in the house of commons and lost control of brexit, how weak does he have to be before you move against him?|j before you move against him?” couldn't agree with you more, but you know because of the threat of crashing out of the eu with no deal, at the end of october, because this isa at the end of october, because this is a prime minister that is totally dupe lis us to and we cannot trust a word he says, the only way to get that general election is for him to get the extension. be you now know... get the extension. be you now know. . . the get the extension. be you now know... the vote of no confidence wouldn't sort the problem of crashing out of the eu. you know he is not going to ask for an extension and you know the reasons why, he would probably rather resign than call for an extension. so you are now ina call for an extension. so you are now in a situation where if he called for another general election in the h

hussein set fire to kuwait's oil wells back in 1990 drones or 'd maybe cruise missiles traveling 500 kilometers across saudi territory i'm detected to strike at the heart of its oil industry and to knock out 5 percent of the world's oil supply as a result of oil prices spiked almost 20 percent now they're still below the recent highs that was $86.00 a barrel last october when tensions between the united states and iran were ratcheting up but just why oil prices remain below those highs has something to do with where our global economy is. right now plus the huge reserves the world has accumulated. now according to the u.s. energy information administration the world has 4100000000 barrels of oil in storage 1400000000 held by governments the rest by oil companies and training houses the united states has the capacity to hold 722000000 barrels and china has a store of almost 500000000 barrels so with all that supply and the global economy slowing opec nations have been struggling of late to lift oil prices despite help from russia and other non opec nations now saudi arabia believes it

iran's eight-year-long war with saddam hussein's iraq is deeply, deeply felt. hundreds of thousands of iranians, many of them children, died fighting in that conflict. >> anthony: were you afraid? >> babak: we were afraid. my brother was in the front for three years out of eight and it was not only my brother. many young people like him. eight years of war, you know? with a country that is supported by many big powers. >> anthony: and it is worth mentioning, whatever you think, wherever we are now, that saddam, supported by the u.s. government, and with our full knowledge used sarin and mustard gas on hundreds of thousands of iranians. less known in america, known and felt by everyone in iran. >> babak: and it was a mistake of united states at that time. they made a bad memory for iranians. >> anthony: but it's still, people are indeed really, really nice here. i mean -- >> babak: because people here don't hate americans. you helped a coup and then a revolution, everything, and then we captured your embassy, and okay, it's finished. we didn't kill each other. w

those who were in favor of it continue to believe that removing saddam hussein is something that was important, and taking a look in making a deeper judgment about what were the consequences of this? what were the costs? were there any gains? somewhere down the road, we will see a serious study done on iraq. we are still feeling many of those implications. host: the second prime minister you profile, you wrote, temperaments -- temperamentally he was a melodrama inclined former commander of the jewish underground while jimmy carter was a reserved peanut farmer. carter took lewis's advice at the beginning. guest: he did in the beginning. in, theirr came initial meeting at the white house was a very bad one. the administration at the time did not think about what the impact that might have politically with israel might be. in some ways easier for his rival to get elected. carter was horrified at first when he was elected, but when he met him for the first time, he viewed him as a man of principle and felt maybe you would be possible to do things with him. luisnk the advice from san runn

iran's eight-year-long war with saddam hussein's iraq is deeply, deeply felt. hundreds of thousands of iranians, many of them children, died fighting in that conflict. >> anthony: were you afraid? >> babak: we were afraid. my brother was in the front for three years out of eight and it was not only my brother. many young people like him. eight years of war, you know? with a country that is supported by many big powers. >> anthony: and it is worth mentioning, whatever you think, wherever we are now, that saddam, supported by u.s. government, and with our full knowledge used sarin and mustard gas on hundreds of thousands of iranians. less known in america, known and felt by everyone in iran. >> babak: and it was a mistake of united states at that time. they made a bad memory for iranians. >> anthony: but it's still, people are indeed really, really nice here. i mean -- >> babak: because people here don't hate americans. you helped a coup and then a revolution, everything, and then we captured your embassy, and okay, it's finished. we didn't kill each other. we di

. >> reporter: his marines famously toppled the statue of saddam hussein, but nine months later, found themselves engulfed by an insurgency. >> move it. hurry! >> the enemy was rising everywhere. the tribes had gotten furious. anyone reading a history book knows what's going to happen at this point. there's going to be violence. and we didn't have enough troops to contain it. >> reporter: mattis was in the thick of it with 29 gunners, drivers, radio operators and aides who moved with him around the battlefield. >> and 17 of those 29 lads would be killed or wounded over the next four months to give you an idea hough bad it was. and i'm a general. i'm not in the toughest fight. >> reporter: the toughest fighting was in the terrorist stronghold of fallujah which mattis was ordered to liberate. he thought it was a mistake to use so much firepower in a city of 300,000. >> so you went in to fallujah, what, against your better judgment? >> you've got to do it. that's why they're called orders. they're not called likes. you don't have to like it. you were ordered to do it. >> reporter: in the

saddam hussein was yet another monster. and yet, in hindsight, it is hard to dispute that toppling that strongman opened the door for isis. opened the door for radical islamic terrorist who had an even greater objective carrying out acts of terrorism and murder targeting american citizens. in all of those situations i believe us military force and the use of military force did not further our national securities. so what is the counterpoint to that? the counterpoint i would point to is iran. i believe the threat of nuclear in iran poses the single greatest threat to the united states of america. the ayatollah khomeini when he chants death to america, when he chants death to israel, i believe him. i don't believe that is mere empty rhetoric. but rather it is a radical religious commitment, a zealotry. that if backed by nuclear weapon, could result in the annihilation of millions. i believe we should use every tool we have to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. what does that mean? that means diplomatic tools, that m

saddam hussein was yet another yet, in hindsight, hard to dispute that toppling the strong man opened the door for isabel. opened the door for radical islamic terrorists who had an objective carrying out acts of terrorism and murder targeting american citizens. all of those situations, i force and.s. military the use of u.s. military force further our national security interest. the counterpoint to that that i would point to is iran. i believe the threat of a iran poses the single greatest national security to the united states of america. ayatollah, when he chants "death to america," when he israel," i h to believe him. mere t believe that's empty rhetoric. rather, it is a radical a zealot commitment, tri that if backed by nuclear result in the annihilation of millions. believe we should use every tool we have to prevent infrom inacquiring nuclear weapons. what does that mean? diplomatic tools, economic tools, sanctions, and yes, military force if necessary. sometime recently a reporter that he a question thought was a "got you" question, which he said, would military ling to use for

liberate iraq from saddam hussein who did a lot more horrid things than we can even speak of here that was certainly the intent i certainly had no role in that policy decision ok but you don't you don't believe iraq is above areas of the snow but i believe that terrorists that car bombs in the city square certainly are ok you're proposing now to privatized the u.s. led war in afghanistan you suggested replacing almost $50000.00 nato troops and private contractors with 2000 u.s. special operators. and $6000.00 contractors and you want to cut spending that you think by $30000000000.00 a year which sounds great and i think one thing we can definitely groom is we both think the afghan war is not going well and has been a bit of a failure but given 140000 nato troops couldn't control that country would defeat the taliban back in 2011 what on earth makes you think that a few 1000 contractors are going to do it now under your command because after 911 and we take you back in the 5 days after 911 happened when president bush had a war cabinet meeting up at camp david the pentagon the best thin

hussein was engaged with a nuclear program. then we had shock and awe. the moment it started i came out against the war at that moment. >> sean: a problem with all of this, biden was still publicly backing the war for many, many months, more than he's claiming. here's a sample of his remarks in 2003 and 2004. joe needs to learn to tell the truth. >> some of my own party have said it was a mistake to go to iraq in the first place. and believe that it's not worth the cost, whatever benefit may flow. from our engagement in iraq. but the cost of not acting against saddam, i think, would have been much greater. and so is the cost and so will be the cost of not finishing this job. i'm convinced that we can still succeed, if we level with the american people about the costs and the risks. if we develop a coherent plan for success. and if we bring the iraqi people and the rest of the world with us. san lot more, not only did a spokesman for the bush family tell the examiner it was a flat-out lie and david axelrod is calling joe out acc

even saddam hussein's hometown of tikrit all fell to isis. the united states and its allies seemed powerless to stop them. but then in the summer of 2014, something extraordinary happened when isis reached one little town called kobani in northern syria. kobani was right on the border separating turkey and syria. the world media and hundreds of syrian refugees watched helplessly from the turkish side as black-clad isis fighters advanced on the town. i couldn't believe whatives witnessing. right in front of me, isis fighters were moving unopposed and out in the open. these people are extremely frustrated. they see isis fighters in their villages. they say, if americans really want to fight isis, they're not hard to find. the u.s. government said kobani is not worth fighting for. >> you have to step back and understand the strategic objective. >> but the people of kobani stood their ground and fought. i wanted to get inside to see if the resistance had a chance. i left the safety of turkey and sprinted across no man's land directly into kobani.

even saddam hussein's hometown, they all fell to isis. and the united states and its allies seemed powerless to stop them. but then in the summer of 2014, something extraordinary happened when isis reached one little town called kobani in northern syria. kobani was right on the border separating turki and saudi arabia. they watched as black clad isis fighters advanced on the town. right in front of me isis fighters were moving unopposed and completely out in the open. >> these people are extremely frustrated by what is happening here. they see isis fighters in their villages and they say if the americans want to bomb isis, they're not hard to find. >> at the time the u.s. government said kobani wasn't worth safing. >> what is happening in kobani, as w you have to understand the strategic objective. >> but the people had their own objectives. they stood their ground and fought. i wanted to get inside to see if the resistance had a chance. i left the safety of turkey and sprinted across no man's land. fire fights were underway. isis had alr

>> we have been supported not just by saudi arabia, paid $75 billion to saddam hussein, to kill iraqis, but also supported by every country in the world. >> reporter: you've been personally sanctioned by the united states. directly as an individual. but you also have a long history educating in the united states, presumably some part of your life a like of the culture. what will you miss about america? >> well, i haven't been able to see anything in america for the past many years. now very few things that i miss, and what i miss is rationality. what i miss is prudence. i think the united states deserves to be more rational. >> reporter: just six months ago you resigned from your job here in tehran and seemed to be a misunderstanding of our meeting. why did you come back to it? what convinced you to come back to that role? >> i resigned because i did not think at the time that with that impression that i was not part of the decision-making i would be able to do my job as foreign minister. it wasn't any personal grudge or personal grief. it was a problem with the performance of my job.

hussein something rouhani reminded iranians of in his speech. so we can go live now to zain in tehran and zain so president rouhani not content with that this disapproving of recent u.s. action in terms of sending additional troops and materiel to the region is that he prepared to present his. plan for peace which is a conciliatory move on his part. that's absolutely right there is a lot of history a lot of tension between many of the countries here president hassan rouhani was clear to make that point today as part of the holy defense week commemorations he pointed out that the countries in the region all came against iran to help iraq fight it during the iraq war now a lot has changed since then iraq for instance is one of iran's closest allies now and president hassan rouhani was also keen to tell all the other countries that it still has tensions with that all can be forgiven as long as islamic countries come together he wanted to remind people that the united states is only about dividing the region and pillaging their resources he said and

because it was obvious to anyone that looked at it, if you took saddam hussein out, who is one of the biggest tyrants of all time, of our time, there would be a vacuum. in that vacuum you could not expect something good to flow. >> shepard: without talking politics, general, you mentioned with the obama administration working with joe biden, the vice president. he would joke with you about the centcom command or you were the only guy that took the job. so you had a good personal relationship of his, not a fan in general. if he were to become president, would you be safe? would this country be in good hands? >> i'm not going to make a political assessment -- >> neil: i asked that you would. >> it's cunning. >> neil: i thought they wore you down. >> what would happen by that point, would i come back from being a cencom commander, the decision would be to pull out. they were discussions. more the appearance of consultation than anything else. so i enter the discussion very late at that point. i was just -- i was very convinced that my backing malachi that had not won the majority of vote

and when you say well the overthrow of saddam hussein was a mistake is simplistic. >> tucker: i would argue that i'm the one who understands how complicated it is. that's my view. >> it's your long experience in foreign policy. >> tucker: better record than yours, i would say. >> tucker: did you catch that rather than justify or ivan explain his own record, bolton brags that he spent a lot of time on the job. if you are wondering why so many progressives are mourning bolton's firing tonight bolton himself fundamentally was a man of the left. there was not a human problem john bolton wasn't totally convinced could be solved with the elite force of government. that's an assumption of the left. not the right. don't let the mustache fool you. john bolton was one of the most progressive people in the trump administration. by the way, naturally once he was a scons there bolton promoted obama loyalists within the security council that shouldn't prize you either. from the very first day john bolton operated as in fact a fifth column within the trump white house. we warned about him frequently

hussein at the time was very welcoming of palestinians which was not the case in most neighboring arab countries. even today i interviewed the youngest terrorist hijacker and he still lives in a refugee camp in lebanon where even though he was born there he is not a citizen so abu abbas and that living in iraq, pretty nicely for a lot of years and then in 2003 when the us invaded iraq, even though israel had given him amnesty and he had been back to gaza for a meeting of the plo because israel -- part of oslo was given an st to a lot of people who committed crimes, he was somehow -- the terrorist part the bush administration had, he got picked up by the americans in 2003 and ended up dying in an american jail at a notorious prison outside the baghdad airport. i have his death report about 60 pages long. i think he had a heart attack. i don't think he was murdered but who knows? >> what you think? >> i talked to john adams and peter sellers. those who don't know, there was an opera made out of the killing of leon klinghofer in 1991 called the death of klinghofer and when it came out, it

hussein was engaged with a nuclear program. then we had shock and awe. the moment it started i came out against the war at that moment. >> sean: a problem with all of this, biden was still publicly backing the war for many, many months, more than he's claiming. here's a sample of his remarks in 2003 m and 2004. joe needs to learn to tell the truth. >> some of my own party have said it wass a mistake to go to iraq in the first place. and believe that it's not worth the cost, whatever benefit may flow. from our engagement in iraq. but the cost of not acting against saddam, i think, would have been much greater. and so is the cost and so will be the cost of not finishing this job. i'm convinced that we can still succeed, if we level with the american people about the costs and the risks. if we develop a coherent plan for success. and if we bring the iraqi people and the rest of the world with us. >> a lot more, not only did a spokesman for the bush family tell the examiner it was a flat-out lie and david axelrod is calling joe out

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it was nod saddam hussein who knocked down the world trade center. >> what you said, they lied. you said there were no weapons of mats destruction. they knew there were none. >> well, there were a lot of people that think that. bottom line, there were no weapons of mass destruction. they said there were weapons of mass destruction. >> now that donald trump is fred it's even harder to take the government's word for it. the. william fault or misleading statement tracker is now up to 12,000. everything from the trivial to the serious. case in point, the president has contradicted himself on this very issue repeatedly. so our big question today is on the issue of war, how does the american public know when the government is telling the truth? joining me nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. nbc news bureau chief ali arouzi. and former senior director for the national security council during the obama administration ned price. everyone thank you for joining us. the president has contradictsed himself on the issue of iran saying he would not meet with the supre

hussein is simplistic. >> tucker: i would argue that -- >> it's your long experience in foreign policy. >> tucker: better record than yours, i would say. >> tucker: did you catch that? rather than justify or even explain his own record, bolton instead brags that he spent a lot of time on the job. if you're wondering why so my progressives -- eke himself fundamentally was a man of the left. there was not a human problem that john bolton wasn't totally convinced could be solved with the brute force of government. that's an assumption of the left, not the right. don't let the mustache for you. john bolton was one of the most progressive people in the trump administration and by the way, naturally, once she was a sconce there, bolton promoted obama loyalist within the national security council. that shouldn't surprise you either. from the very first day, john bolton acted in effect as a fifth column within the white house. we want about him frequently on the show. when the president calls for peace with a heavily armed nuclear power, that is considered treason but when thec national securi

one of the reasons for the second iraq war was that saddam hussein was an irrational actor and one of the pieces of evidence for that was he had invaded iran when it was unwise to do so. it's an unfolding drama, and i would argue that iran and the future of saudi arabia require a cold war-like, generational, multi-generational strategy. that is not something that can be knocked out or fixed in a news cycle or a tweet. >> i wish i could promise we would see that. our thanks to both of these gentlemen. to jon meacham, to michael beschloss. greatly appreciate you both joining us on a friday night to round out this week. >>> coming up for us, he may have been the tallest candidate, but he came up short. now the democratic field has been pared way back to a bare-bones 17 candidates. this story when we come back. >>> the 2020 democratic candidates turning their focus back to iowa this weekend. and the democratic field shrunk by one today. bill de blasio, polling at 0% in our latest poll announced in this very studio today he is getting out of the race. tomorrow morning's hometown paper, "th

the principal lesson of the iraq war against saddam hussein in our estimation was you don't necessarily have to put tens of thousands of u.s. forces on the ground and occupy a sovereign nation in order to accomplish your counterterrorism objectives. >> i just wanted to say first of all, thank you for your service. at this last week we saw testimony from dr. mcguire and he said the warfare we face in our country is no longer kinetic but cyber. being a young person, frankly, i agree. so my question to you is, what do you believe the obama administration as well as the trump administration did to keep, specifically in regards to elections being secure, and it's not enough during those two administrations, which i assume personally, what do we need to do to secure our elections? susan: great question. first of all, in 2016 when we confronted the russian threat we worried about several things. we were worried about whether the russians would be in a position to infiltrate our electoral systems in each of the 50 states, or any of the 50 states, and corrupt the voter roles or the actual voting

one of the reasons for the second iraq war was that saddam hussein was an irrational actor and one of the pieces of evidence for that was he invaded iran when it was unwise to do so. so, it's an unfolding drama. and i would argue that iran and the future of saudi arabia require a cold war-like generational, multi-generational strategy. this is not something that can be knocked out or fixed in a news cycle or a tweet. >> i wish i could promise we would see that. our thanks to both of these gentleman, to john meacham, to michael beschloss. greatly appreciate you both joining us on a friday night to round out the week. >>> he may have been the tallest candidate but he came up short. now the democratic field has been paired back to 17 candidates. the story when we come back. candidates the story when we come back. chi, frankly, you're missing out. uh... the mobile app makes it easy to manage your policy, even way out here. your marshmallow's... get digital id cards, emergency roadside service, even file a... whoa. whoa. whoa. whoa. whoa. whoa! oops, that cheeky little thing got away from

hussein university in baghdad. but they too are not talking about not talking about the past and the objective sense that you and i would talk about it. they are talking about this ideal in the past the past in which islam never put on the sword the past in which the true answer had been given to humanity and we got a return to that. in a past in which the end of times was very close. ironically they tried to instill all of this and enact all of this by pushing the clock forward, not pushing it backwards. this was the first smart phone war just as much for the g Ãb jihadi in the islamic state was in so many ways virtual and not even know it wasn't a state remarkably it was also a virtual place in the minds of so many of its adherents. all of these young people who came from europe or the united states to join up there value was not as soldiers or citizens of this place there value was as virtual storytellers who talk about their stories of redemption and discovery and then ended up being cannon fire when it came t

it is the biggest sudden disruption of global oil supply ever, topping saddam hussein's 1990 invasion of kuwait. now, brent crude spiking as much as 15%. a footnote, wti oil has traded in a $50 to $65 range all year. with more on that and the impact on your money, we've got deirdre bolton at the new york stock exchange. >> stocks closed lower across the board, the dow at its down 160 points, closing off its session lows but you still had stocks like goldman sachs, 3m, home depot accounting for about 60 those of points. looking at the s&p 500, 10 out of 11 groups closed lower. real estate materials and consumer discretionary were the weakest links. transportation stocks down the most. this is of course as oil saw its biggest percentage point rally, biggest one-day gain in about ten years. and of course investors worried about the effects of sustained higher energy prices could have on stocks. so you saw airlines, jetblue, american, united all lower. cruise ship companies down as well, including carnival and norwegian. those were the big moves. liz? elizabeth: thank you, deirdre at the

and that was saddam hussein who had a series of palaces around his country and would only go to those palaces. he would never transport himself to some innocuous airport where he couldn't secure himself. now, of course, that is an extreme example, right? third world dictators tend to use these secure sites of which enrich themselves all the time. now, for the united states, no. these flights are extremely unusual. i've flown every flight from the united states to every place in the middle east at some point in my career and when you go trans atlantic you make these three stops. you stop in england, a giant military base south of scotland. you stop at ramstein air base in germany, or you stop in spain or some way station in between there like ankara, turkey. but you don't stop at a small airport in scotland or go to shannon. the only time you go to shannon is if there is an in flight emergency. all of these things do nothing but send money to the pocket of the president of the united states. whoever the commander of that squadron is, he is going to be held accountable and so will the a

hussein something rouhani reminded iranians of in his speech but he also said that all can be forgiven if there is unity among us on the countries that the united states is only interested in dividing the region and pillaging resources and that the security of the region lasting security is only up to the people indigenous to the area. hong kong clashed with protesters outside a shopping mall which was vandalized along with a metro station the demonstrators trampled on a chinese flag and lit fire as they targeted stores linked to china it is the 16th straight weekend of the protests. israel's president says the country's next government should include both prime minister benjamin netanyahu slick party and but against his blue and white alliance reuven rivlin is leading 2 days of talks to choose a leader for a coalition government last week's election which was israel's 2nd in 5 months failed to produce a clear winner. tens of thousands of indian americans are packed into a texas stadium for an unusual joint rally by the indian prime minister narendra modi and u.s. president donald trum

hussein, why was he striking israel during the persian gulf war? he wanted israel to strike back and create a wider conflict. that's what this situation is. a saudi direct response against iran will have way more implications for national security than a u.s. response. >> so what should the u.s. response be? >> so, i think you have one of three options, honestly ping we should have responded to the drone attack. >> this was a u.s., sophisticated drone. it sounds like a toy or something. this is equipment that costs more than $100 million. >> it's like losing ten f-16s in terms of that impact. and so i think iran frankly saw that as weakness walking back to it, so they do this. you have three options, either strike an iranian oil facility, proportionately. >> the u.s. should do this? >> i think so, yeah. you can do that or hit some military assets that actually carried out this attack. or what i think actually makes the most sense is irgc assets in syria. >> the republican guard. >> the republican guard. they have a lot of troops in syria. syria, as

hussein in our estimation was you don't necessarily have to put tens of thousands of us forces on the ground and occupy a sovereign nation in order to accomplish your counterterrorism objectives >> to more if we can. >> i just wanted to first of allsay thank you for your service . as this last week we saw testimony from acting dni mcguire and one big thing he said is the warfare we face in our country is no longer kinetic but cyber. being a young person frankly i agree so my question is what do you believe that the obama administration as well as the trump administration did to keep specifically in regards to our election being secure and not enough during those two administrations which is what i would esteem personally, what do we need to do to ensure security for oursystems and our elections ? >> great question. for 2016 when we confronted the russian threat we worried about several things . we worried about whether the russians would be in a position to infiltrate our election systems in each of the 50 states, many of the 50 states and corrupt the voter rolls or the voting ballots

. >> the overthrow of saddam hussein, that military aunion, was a reng success. >> schifrin: from defending the war in iraq, to threatening iran, bolton has long advocated the u.s. military as the best way to deter adveres, and change countries' behavior. >> the iranian regime mu be made aware, that if it continu down the path of international isolation, there will be tangible and painful consequences. >> schifrin: and today, a career of controversy continued, wheny he was firedeet. president trump wrote, "i informed john bolton last night that his services are a longer needthe white house. i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions." shot back, "i offe resignlton last night, and president trump said, 'let's talk about it tomorrow.'" that talk apparently never happened. today, theresident's allies dispute as normal washingtone turnover. >> i appreciate at john has atne for country for a long time and i think the president will get to pick a national securitso adhe has more confidence in. >> schifrin: at first, bolton did enjoy the president'sce confidn major foreign policy issue >> i

one of the reasons for the second iraq war was that saddam hussein was an irrational actor and one of the pieces of evidence for that was he invaded iran when it was unwise to do so. so it's an unfolding drama. and i would argue that iran and the future of saudi arabia require a cold-war-like generational, multi-generational strategy. this is not something that can be knocked out or fixed in a news cycle or a tweet. >> i wish i could promise we would see that. our thanks to both of these gentleman, to john meacham, to michael beschloss. greatly appreciate you both joining us on a friday night to round out this week. >>> coming up for us, he may have been the tallest candidate, but he came up short. now the democratic field has been repaired been paired back to 17 candidates. the story when we come back. whe. we'll inform them that liberty mutual customizes home insurance, so they'll only pay for what they need. your turn to keep watch, limu. wake me up if you see anything. [ snoring ] [ loud squawking and siren blaring ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liber