the u.s. that is rapidly deteriorating as a result of trump's policy changes and still unresolved attacks against u.s. diplomats. the diplomatic drawdown and have -- in havana had a direct impact on this event as the suspension of visa services prevented us from bringing a speaker from cuba to participate in today's discussion. nonetheless, to help us make sense of all that has happened in recent months and assess what the future might bring for people in the u.s. and for u.s.-cuba relations, we are privileged to welcome three distinguished friends and colleagues with decades of experience working on cuba. to my left is the executive director of the center for democracy in the americas. emily served at the national security council and at the cuban affairs department at the state department and was previously a staff member on the senate foreign relations committee. mike is an assistant professor of latin american history at florida international university, specializing in modern cuba, cuban

the u.s. government as well as for frankly any entities. countries, private firms for international institutions. talking with general graham earlier about u.s. troops in afghanistan. we have a heavy presence along the dmz and in south korea. is that a deterrent to kim jong-un and the north korean leadership? guest: it has functioned for many years as a deterrent along with the general regional presence it is generally considered to be a deterrent. koreanse the north regime has taken a lot of aggressive actions particularly with the missiles recently. that is something that i think and i think the increased focus on exercises that we have seen over the recent weeks and months as an effort to try to boost the effect of deterrent along with the diplomatic overtures that secretary of state tillerson has undertaken. afghanistan, the same goal but different strategies under presidents bush, obama and trump. as the current strategy working from your standpoint? guest: we have 4000 plus troops and i

u.s. out of the north american free trade agreement for the same concerns so the puts the u.s. in a unique situation when it comes to global trade for a few reasons the one belt one road project currently includes sixty countries and is open to adding more compared to the twelve nations originally added in the tepee pete and while the t p p is simply a trade deal china's foreign institutional support behind its venture including a bank and investment fund but the most obvious difference is a new infrastructure including airports pipelines roads and bridges to connect the nation's included coupled with other problems like aggression with north korea or conflict in the south china sea it's unclear how the u.s. will approach one felt one road but officials have indicated that china likely won't be adding the u.s. to its list during a congressional hearing in october defense secretary james mattis said in a globalized world there are many belts and many road. and no one nation should put itsel

and from the u.s. ambassador a direct plea to china to exert greater economic pressure on its ally and neighbor we need china to do more president called chinese president xi this morning and told him that we have come to the point that china must cut off the oil from north korea that would be a pivotal step in the world's effort to stop this international pariah but no such pledge from china instead it called again on the u.s. to explore a freeze for freeze scenario in which north korea would slow its missile program if the u.s. and south korea lowered their military posture on the peninsula this position supported by russia. we proposed a solution based along the principle of suspension for suspension which in visions of d.p. r. k. stopping missile tests while at the same time the u.s. and south korea decreasing the scale of their military exercises this in turn will pave the way for the principles of peaceful coexistence and peaceful discussions between washington and pyongyang. but this has been re

u.s.. although president trump says he is pulling the u.s. out of the climate e accord, the e trump administration will be thehere o push coal, gas, a nuclear power. a number of mayors and governors , sayiying wee in bonnm arare still l in. >> we are stillll in as governo, university presidedent from ngo, anand others that are committedo meeting america's obligations under the paris agreement. amy: we will speak with 350.org founder bill mckibben about the future of the climate accord, the latest catastrophes, and we will talk to him about his new first novel, "radio free vermont: a fable of resistance." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war r and peace report. i'm amy goodman. at least four women have accused roy moore, the republican nominee in alabama for a u.s. senate seat, of making sexual advances on them while they were teenagers, including one woman who says moore forced himself on her when she was 14 years old and he was 32. leigh corfm

where u.s. president donald trump said that the u.s. will quote handle the latest ballistic missile test by north korea he says america will impose additional sanctions on pyongyang is also called on china to use all available levers to influence north korea for its part china has voiced grave concern and. surprise it has called for talks to resolve the crisis the yanks claims that its latest test launches a new type of missile and some experts believe it's now capable of hitting the united states mainland. north korea claims it has become a global nuclear power after a lot of over two months it's again fired an intercontinental ballistic missile this one flew much higher than previous ones before landing in the sea of japan. state media announced the news in a special broadcast is that the launch was a complete success and that the new missile represented a giant leap forward pyongyang claims this brings the whole u.s. mainland within its range a direct challenge to donald trump but this time the u.s. president's reaction was more mute

you know in your opinion how does the u.s. go beyond what it already has it already has extreme vetting according to the u.s. president. well he's he's absolutely right the united states has been vetting immigrants has been vetting refugees up to a degree that hardly anyone from the middle east can come into the country anymore especially from countries where refugees do need do need a place to go to like syria like libya and other countries i think that the president president from is politicizing the event just like like the demo democrats would have it and at the same time i think that the united states states is doing too much what the european europeans are not doing we have seen that refugees some refugees might pose pose a security threat we have seen that in germany where refugees have been responsible for most of the terrorist plots in two thousand and sixteen and two thousand and seventeen i think that the problem here in the u.s. is different you won't solve the problem by vetting more refugees here in the u.s. we d

i think the u.s. is an even more interesting question. why is the u.s. tends and 30's so resilient? career,t traded all my one of the hardest things to get right in fixed income is the 10 year treasury. when you think you get it right, the formality is discounted. if you like the 10 year treasury , they know that the fed look at the two and two and a quarter and they are done. we do not see much higher at tens or 30's. imf saying it is a fantastic investment, but the 10 year and 30 year knows, that is what we would say. lisa: i love the idea of martians coming down and looking at european data and deciding what is happening. i would be very confused on many fronts. i would say europe is dealing with what the u.s. is dealing with not so long ago. it is a goldilocks scenario, just to use the jargon of the time. growth is accelerating but it is not that great. you're not seen that much wage presser. the ecb is continuing. jonathan: typically with rates as low as they are and yields, you have a decision. you go further along the curve, or you go further along the risk curve, which means

u.s., the keystone pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in south dakota. >> it is something we have been saying all along, every pipeline is going to spill, is going to leak. amy: we'll speak with tom goldtooth of the indigenous environmental network about the spill and his new report on carbon trading. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are reporting from bonn, germany. back in the u.s. on capitol hill, republican lawmakers are moving closer to pass a sweeping $1.5 trillion tax cut that largely benefits the wealthy and the nation's largest corporations. the house passed its version of the bill on thursday by a vote of 227 to 205. 13 republicans joined democrats in opposing the legislation. the massive tax cut was approved without the house holding a single hearing. hours later, the senate finance committee approved its own version of the bill but it is unclear if the republicans have enough votes for it

u.s. president donald trump being greeted there on the tarmac. we're awaiting his speech to u.s. forces there at the air base. and ahead of his arrival trump's aides have out lined the key goals of this trip. what does donald trump want to achieve in asia? >> reporter: christy, i just want to let you know if you're throwing a question to me and let our control room know, our behind the scene folks know, i do not hear our programming anymore. but, yes, president trump is expected to address u.s. troops any moment now. he just arrived a few moments ago as you saw with the first lady. and as you said, he's going to continue this warm relationship he had with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe. they are expected to after these remarks to u.s. troops just outside tokyo, they are expected to have a round of golf before having dinner later on tonight and the president spending the night here in japan. and then one more day in japan here in tokyo before he heads off to south korea. but as you

military bases serves as a reason stronghold of u.s. influence which many see as having declined in comparison to a rising china but in twenty fifteen the the philippines were handed a world court they said that they have the right to the territorial just. their china laws but their tears came into power and now he just said he basically why waste time even trying to take that position just do deals open golf courses get the trade flowing and this will you know temper down their jihadi is on because they'll be too busy on the back nine you know with a double nasty bet against their friend mom a winner in a few bucks so they can go downtown and smoke a pipe they don't need to be warrant on each other and we can all get along on trump's golf course this whole focus since that whole third way tony blair bill clinton sort of politics where everything is about this notion of human rights and our perception of what human rights are our perception of how people should run their culture and blah blah blah but in the meantime i want to turn to t

lattimer putin says the u.s. is attempting to create problems around next year's presidential election in russia comes in response to moscow's perceived meddling last year. the u.s. justice department demands r.t.m. erica registers as a foreign agent before monday the channel's bank accounts could be frozen if it doesn't comply. with saudi arabia or does it citizens out of lebanon and mediately after the resignation of the saudi foreign lebanese prime minister he made his announcement from riyadh. and prosecutors revealed the true extent of a u.s. navy scandal with hundreds of officers and admirals accused of trading military secrets for sex learning and alcohol being charged though not with espionage but with corruption. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital with me thank you aaron good to have you with us now the u.s. is trying to slow divisions in russia ahead of marches presidential election now that's according to latimer parroted he added i

all right that was u.s. attorney general there jeff sessions carson you know earlier u.s. president donald trump he appeared to roll back on his suggestion of sending that suspect mr sipe of to guantanamo now it seems that mr sessions is at least holding out the possibility that it may indeed happen what is going on here. the way i understood it mr sessions the attorney general was talking in more general terms about the fact that when it comes to prosecuting and trying terrorism suspects both the military legal system where the detention center and one tunnel and the civilian u.s. justice system pot all the mix one tunnel is mostly used for so-called foreign fighters where as american citizens have a right to be tried in a call it in a proper chords in the u.s. now the suspect tuesday's helloween attack is not a u.s. citizen but he is a legal resident so i think most legal experts agree that he probably should be tried in a court in new york and i think this is what. attorney general sessions said he also said he has full confidence in the civilian courts and he in this w

economy and so the u.s. critics people like yourself are ungrateful unappreciative of that relationship well first of all fifteen of the terrorists who attacked us come from saudi arabia as one of the largest export hers of violence and none pluralism to the world there are ties between saudi arabia and terrorist groups so to argue that they have been a voice for peace or a strong ally is very questionable i think what they say is that they are a counter to iran and they are a counter to iran's dominance in the middle east and that's usually the argument they make and i just don't view the u.s. in gauging in balance of power politics as something that is help why do you think the u.s. is so close to. not just decider of all of the gulf kingdoms none of them democracies is it just a need for cheap oil and gas or is it something else is it something more i think it goes back to the kissinger view of. balance of power politics even in europe and we view that we say if there is a rising power we need to check th

the u.s. is not because they can only step out three years from now, so we have to make itt concrete. who is paying, and the green bonds, for example, the clean technology bond, who is taking which steps? little boring,a but it is important because we have to keep track and see where we are in the future. melinda: christopher springate, a skeptic might say we are talking about this for years and years and years, and the projected level of temperature rise, the projected level of sea level rise, remains far too high. say,topher: the skeptics why have such huge conferences? the fact is, it is a truly global challenge, and a truly global issue. it is something that all of the globe's nations have to agree on. i think the key thing to understand is that fighting climate change will only work if everybody is on board. that is why this conference is actually far more important than it appears. if you go back to 2008, the conference in that year failed to do this they do work ahead of in 2009,hagen s

three u.s. aircraft carrier strike groups, the reagan, the theodore roosevelt and ussnimitz are involved in the massive military exercises just off the korean peninsula. it is the largest display of u.s. naval strength in the western pacific in a decade. if there was a conflict with north korea they could launch a fighter jet off the carrier once every 20 seconds. but of course they then have to get all the fighter jets back on board. this is how they do it. >> all of this together, the whole u.s. military, sends the message that we are ready to defend ourselves. >> rear admiral mark dalton commands one of the strike groups. he says having three carriers that the support more than 200 aircraft, is a rare training opportunity. >> does this more closely milling a real life conflict situation, a war time situation? >> the more strike groups that you can get together, the more complex it is. and, and, so we get training value out of that. >> but these u.s.-led exercises infuriate north korea. which

u.s.,s surplus over the $23 billion u.s. so, they want to see sometimes from the chinese to address that balance in some way. have northurse, you korea. seoulrd from trump in earlier. they really want china to knuckle them on sanctions. they want to assure that the noose the run north korea continues to tighten. ross addressed the people. we are expecting more big-ticket deals in the next few hours, and tomorrow as well. right now we are seeing this personal relationship between trump and xi being foreged once again after that mar-a-lago trip. they are having a private talk, president trump and melania, and they will be dining with president xi and his wife this evening. francine: what do the actual deals represent, with from the numbers, tom? wantgine a lot of ceo's to talk about things that are more concrete, like access to chinese markets. will the president address that? yeah, that is going to be addressed and as you say, that has been a long-running problem. u.s. company operators, as well as european, point to this. ce

the u.s. is urging international action to hold iran accountable to saudi arabia accused her on of direct military aggression over a who see rebel missile strike the saudi crown prince says iran supplied the weapon fired from yemen towards riyadh on saturday to harangue says the accusation is contrary to reality the saudis also face accusations of orchestrating the resignation of lebanon's prime minister so in a honda reports from beirut. it has been three days since lebanese prime minister sato had announced his resignation he made his statement in saudi arabia and hasn't returned home since instead he traveled to a saudi ally in the iranian camp for talks on an escalating political crisis back home but the crisis extends beyond lebanon's borders saudi arabia has made clear it wants to curb iranian influence not just here but across the region riyadh is accusing iran of what it called direct military aggression by providing hutu rebels in yemen with rockets used to target the kingdom saudi of

now a u.s. congressional committee has barred our journalists from reporting from capitol hill by revoking their accreditation it's like the r.t. america's new foreign agent status best despite early assurances from the state department that the status would not stand in the way of our reporting here's the letter r.t. america received from congress the executive committee of the congressional radio and television correspondents galleries exercised its authority to withdraw all the news credentials of the r.t. network this action was taken in response to the registration of the art you know at work as a foreign agent. when the united states tells someone to register under a foreign agent requirement we don't impacts or affect the ability of them to. report. news and information we just have to register it's a simple as that seems to be the opposite of what heather nauert said because as of the moment we've received this letter which is essentially telling us that our ability to operate as a news

the u.s. congress is beginning to examine the official response to hurricane maria six weeks after the storm devastated the territory of puerto rico but there are accusations that they only want to hear from those who give the trumpet ministration a positive review jab returns he reports from washington. six weeks to the day after hurricane maria devastated puerto rico the mayor of san juan was scheduled to be giving testimony at a congressional hearing on the u.s. government's response not holding this press conference in a corridor on capitol hill thank you very much but the hearing was scrapped by republicans once they heard that a democratic congressman had invited the outspoken man to testify why do you think the republicans cancelled today's hearings. i don't know the fact is that they did not the fact is that with that they tried to silence the voice. and the voices that i represent and they did not accomplish i think they know it's very difficult. have a dialogue look good when actions

they were using u.s. weapons to attack kurdistan, peshmerga, u.s. allies, and strategy is not clear. >> i agree with you. u.s. military has whitewashed the roles of shia militia inside iraq. these are militias -- they are under an umbrella called the popular mobilization forces. its operations leader is an individual who is listed as a specially designated global terrorist by the u.s. government. in his designation, he is listed as an advisor. the popular mobilization forces today is -- reports directly to he prime minister of iraq. it is institutionalized as an official arm of the iraqi military, but again, only reports to the prime minister. the u.s. military, state department has whitewashed this issue. their position has been that they are part of the official government. ne of these organizations is listed as a foreign terrorist organization. all of the key groups in the popular mobilization forces, all of the largest militias, the most influential, powerful that have been at the forefront of the iraqi offenses in every major city in iraq are a

the u.s. billionaire soros and here on it clearly is one of the donors to the investigative investigative consortium who brought out the story ok that makes you think you know of course we saw it in the reporters as well donald trump's commerce secretary wilbur ross is also in those papers and that's quite juicy because it it somehow has to do with the russia connections it is complicated and it is juicy wilbur ross apparently has kept vestments complicated offshore investments. in a shipping firm navigator which is doing business with a russian firm which has ties to the in the circle of. president putin so this is a little dodgy anyway but at the same time wilbur ross is meant to control the business he's investing in and he profits from a firm which which is run by all the guards who are western sanctions and the third bid is currently investigations of course going on to look into russia being involved in to donald trump's campaigning no question my tax avoidance first of all it is in itse

welcome back u.s. president said the better relations with russia would be key to solving world crises like syria and north korea he was speaking a day after the apec summit in vietnam. we have to get to work to solve syria to solve north korea to solve ukraine to solve terrorism and i feel that having russia in a friendly partial as opposed to always fighting with them is an asset to the world and an asset to our country not a liability getting along with other nations is a good thing not a bad thing believe me the formal meeting between the russian and us president had been highly anticipated but never happened apparently due to shuttling problems nevertheless the two leaders did briefly catch up on the summit sidelines and they released a joint statement on the situation in syria. they confirmed their determination to defeat islamic state president also agreed that there can be no military solution to the conflict in syria they added a final political settlement should be found through the geneva ta

the u.s. hasn't always been treated fairly when it comes to doing business here. he, once again, said other players had been undermined in the push toward free trade listen to what president trump had to say about his vision for the future >> the united states is prepared to work with each of the leaders in this room today to achieve mutually beneficial commerce in the interest of both your countries and mine that is the message i am here to deliver. i will make bilateral trade agreements with any indo pacific nation that wants to be our partner and will abide by the principles of fair and resipry col trade. >> reporter: there you have it, president trump talking about fair trade the slight difference we heard today, it wasn't just all about america first. there was a message saying, you, too, will benefit if you put your country first at the end, there was a message of home is the most important place wherever you travel in the world. the u.s. president is driving home, he thinks it is in the

in the u.s., republicans on the house ways and means committee ames to -- aims to release their tax reform bill later today. speaking exclusively to bloomberg, steve mnuchin stressed how crucial getting tax reform through is to the white house. >> this is the president's most important domestic agenda item. we are going to get this passed. the objective is to get it to the president's desk in december. nejra: the uk's government has lost its second cabinet member and a week. failed to tell prime minister theresa may but she held a series -- during a holiday in august. on tuesday, it was revealed that she rejected giving british aid money. ian mccafferty says clarity on brexit will be needed early next year to prevent banks starting to shift jobs out of the country. is bad that instability for business, investments and the economy. he says there will be some movement of banks out of london. institutions are making contingency plans and will start to have to ask to that's have to act soon. -- have

entering the u.s. market will be a huge breakthrough for guangzhou auto, because if we path ofreach a grant globalization, establishing a brand in the u.s. and winning trust of american consumers will have a extraordinary symbolic significance to us. >> you obvously chose the name along time ago, well before donald trump became president, but he is a controversial figure to say the least. for your brande income or a drawback for your branding? >> we will definitely choose a name that american consumers are totally comfortable with. if american consumers think our model's name is to simmer to a certain president and therefore have mixed feelings about our products, we will then pick a new name. fiat chrysler is your joint venture partner in china. how much of april will they play in your expansion into the u.s. market? >> we are very satisfied with our relationship and both of us are seeking to gradually in proof corporation to a new level. now shareholders of the two companies are discussing and export

u.s. mainland. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up u.s. president retreats a series of anti muslim videos triggering outrage online. a former bosnian croat military needed dies after drinking poison in court as he's told his war crimes sentence will be our pals. and the pope calls for reconciliation in myanmar but stops short of referring to the revenger. u.s. president donald trump says additional major sanctions will be imposed on north korea in response to its latest missile test he made the comments on twitter following a phone call with the chinese president xi jinping u.n. security council is you told the mergence he session on this issue. in the coming hours young now says it can reach the u.s. mainland the new horse on fifteen intercontinental ballistic missile flew to an altitude of up to four and a half hours in kilometers and travelled nine hundred sixty kilometers spending nearly an hour in the air that high the missile traveled more tha

the ability for the u.s. business community to make the most advantage of opportunities with cuba whether they be exporting to cuba importing from cuba the provision of services to cuba depends upon cuba being able to absorb it depends upon cuba having a commercial and economic and political structure that enables it to maximize earnings of foreign exchange and that doesn't exist what does exist is a continuing adversarial relationship where the cuban government continues to blame the united states government for many of its problems since one thousand nine hundred fifty nine one thousand nine hundred nine hundred sixty one the beginnings of what is known as the embargo and for u.s. companies we tend to be used as bait to the interest by u.s. companies toward cuba is substantive there are fifty two companies that have a presence in cuba today the gross saniel revenues of all those of those fifty two companies worldwide is about a trillion dollars so this is some big players but the cuban government is limited

will eventually bring the u.s. military u.s. officials or the cia to justice actually zero the i.c.c. was created in one nine hundred ninety eight by the rome statute with the u.s. among signatories but in two thousand and two a year after the u.s. invaded afghanistan the bush administration with the true from the treaty senior diplomat john bolton who finalized the withdrawal later described the move as his happiest moment in government service i signed a letter that removed america's signature from the rome statute that described it in my book is my happiest moment of government service in my life i think the court is fundamentally illegitimate so no matter what comes out of the i.c.c. is prob the international criminal court just doesn't have the jurisdiction to bring those responsible to justice in fact the law goes so far as to say that the u.s. would use military action to forcibly take americans who were arrested out of the hague if they were arrested by the i.c.c. so i think we can certainly predict that any real. all im

u.s. president donald trump caused the suspect an animal from the new york truck attacked and he says he will consider sending him to guantanamo. he also urges congress to tighten immigration laws in rid of the green card lottery for immigrants. also, where will he be tomorrow? catalonia's dismissed leader refuses to return to spain for questioning over his region's declaration of independence. ♪ host: it is good to have you with us. les president donald trump responded to the new york truck attacked by calling for a crackdown on immigration. he specifically called for an end to the green card lottery scheme and says immigration should be based on merit in the future. pres. trump: this man that came in, or whatever you want to call him, brought in with him other people. he was the point of contact -- the primary point of contact -- and this is preliminarily, for 23 people that potentially came in with him and that is not acceptable. we want to get rid of chain migration, and we wanted to

reporting thank you u.s. media reporting that hollywood star kevin spacey will be cut from the movie all the money in the world before it comes out next month oh boy i can't luckily it features spacey in the role of u.s. tycoon j. paul getty. but in the wake of multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him the film's director and producers have decided to remove spacey from the movie they will reshoot his scenes with veteran actor christopher plummer and stad. all right to controversy now over a week killers that's up next with jared. allen i'll see you at the top of the hour . when i'm trying to be comfortable.

welcome back to the program u.s. president trump has said better relations with russia would be key to solving world crises like syria and north korea he was speaking a day after the apec summit in vietnam we have to get to work to solve syria to solve north korea to solve ukraine to solve terrorism and i feel that having russia in a friendly as opposed to always fighting with them is an asset to the world and an asset to our country not a liability getting along with other nations is a good thing not a bad thing believe me for meeting between the russian and u.s. presidents had been highly anticipated though it never happened partly due to problems nevertheless the two leaders did briefly catch up on the summit sidelines and released a joint statement on the situation in syria and they both confirmed their determination to defeat islamic state the president also agreed there can be no military solution to the syrian conflict they are the final political settlement should be found through the geneva talks formal and

the u.s. has really forced forced excuse me forced russia's hand on this and that there had to be a response to the u.s. but also it sounded a bit like a threat you know this is a very broad law and it sounded like if another government were to accuse russian media of meddling of propaganda then there could be measures for that. country's media as well so this is kind of an all purpose weapon that the russian government could could wield at this point even though it's reciprocal at the moment your weapon i think is the operative word here or the correspondent in moscow really sure went on the story for us tonight emily thank you very much. all right you're watching. live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day you'll see that. wasn't always successful i was born with a silver spoon in my mouth to find success.

welcome back u.s. president donald trump has said better relations with russia would be key to solving world crises like syria and north korea he was speaking a day after the apec summit in vietnam we have to get to work to solve syria to solve north korea to solve ukraine to solve terrorism and i feel that having russia in a friendly posture as opposed to always fighting with them is an asset to the world and an asset to our country not a liability getting along with other nations is a good thing not a bad thing believe me a formal meeting between the russian and the u.s. presidents had been highly anticipated though it never happened apparently due to shared tooling problems nevertheless the two leaders did briefly catch up on the summit sidelines and released a joint statement on the situation in syria although both confirmed their determination to defeat islamic state the president also agreed there can be no military solution to the syrian conflict but also said a final political settlement should

u.s. army major maxwell pappas. 2006 graduate of the u.s. academy the west point, he served a combat tour in iraq late 2007 to early 2009, followed by three combat tours in afghanistan in 2010, 2011 and 2013. pappas completed army ranger training in 2007 and was then assigned to the 25th infantry division during the iraq surge. he went to zabul province in afghanistan as a member of the reconstruction team in 2010, returned to the states to complete additional training at ft. bening georgia and assigned the 10th mountain division, he commanded in kandahar province and paktika province. he earned a masters degree in security studies from georgetown university in 2016 and graduated from the army's general staff college at ft. lech worth, kansas, earlier this year. executive officer of the 4th battalion 3rd infantry regiment, also known as the old guard at arlington cemetery. following major pappas' remarks we'll hear from our three other distinguished panelists. michael ohanlon is a senior fellow at the brookings institution and director of re

welcome to our zero the u.s. has joined the un in wading into lebanon's political crisis calling for stability after the shock resignation of prime minister's son hariri the hariri announced he was stepping down while on a visit to riyadh last saturday blaming interference from iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah but hezbollah's leader says hariri quit under duress person with strollers accusing saudi arabia of detaining hariri and not letting him return home u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has cautioned all sides to respect lebanon's integrity and independence warning regional powers against using it as a venue for proxy conflicts and the un secretary general is warning that a new conflict in the region could have devastating consequences all of this as citizens of society arabia kuwait and bahrain begin to leave lebanon after being encouraged to do so by their governments is in a harder has the latest from beirut. citizens of saudi arabia and its gulf allies visiting or living in lebanon are leaving it's

pose a direct threat to u.s. safety now the us has always claimed to be a vocal defender of freedom of speech do you think this act is consistent with that plane. well no of course not this is essentially the us saying the first amendment is being thrown out the window because that's all that t. is doing it's using its right to speak freely and publish freely and broad calls freely all of which is covered by the first amendment of the us constitution and the only other things they doing is participating in the free market far from being a communist plot as many of these people stuck in one nine hundred fifty three seem to think o. t. actually wants to inject money into the us economy i'll say it again because this is crucial ot wants to inject money into the us economy create us jobs us politicians have a problem with that hate and the absurd managing editor at the duran dot com anthem gary thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. thank you for the cia director is under fire for meeting a former intelligence

as the u.s. backs away from the paris climate agreement well diplomats will be gathering in bonn to restate their commitment. from the heart of asia one when east brings captivating stories and award winning fields. as tensions on the korean peninsula remain high president trump embarks on a five nation tour to east asia november on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. logs the whole robin you're watching the al-jazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes saudi arabia says the lebanese government and hezbollah will be dealt with as one declaring war against riyadh plus. we have a lot of mental health problems in our country as do other countries don't trump says the shooting of twenty six people in a texas church is a health issue not a gun control issue. and the race for the leadership in the effort to combat global warming we take a look at how china is stepping in to fill the vacuum left by the u.s. also. one hundred years ago the winter palace here

the u.s. is still at the table still at the table until twenty twenty when the announcement to withdraw from the paris agreement actually comes into effect they all they've even been given one of the delegates has been given a leading role in one of the key negotiating panels. and i think the interesting thing is the u.s. has played such a positive role at many climate summit that this particular presidency this particular summit is trying to keep the u.s. on the board. people are perhaps nervous about how the u.s. is going to behave but they're also quietly confident i think if the u.s. delegates begin to push trumps cold policies for instance procope pro pro gas or all that kind of stuff that he's been talking about they will get angry very quickly with the americans. that delegation is far smaller they haven't done a pretty climate briefing so we're all waiting to see how they're going to behave like a living this is of course. a central issue also in terms of keeping other countries on boa

u.s. regulators say there are plans to revoke sue called it net neutrality rules have widespread public backing the move could lead to a two tier internet where some sites pay to get their traffic prioritized over others but it seems not all the public feedback was genuine. seeing this is pretty annoying and if net neutrality is rolled back in the us people will be seeing a lot more of it is how it works at the moment internet providers have to treat all online traffic equally that means that they can't block or slow anything down but all thorough cheese will matter and they think the private sector will invest trillions of dollars into web services if their plan goes ahead they even asked the country what it thought of the move people to submit comments and twenty two million replied the majority in favor of repealing net neutrality problem is some users starting to complain that they didn't write the comments then approved by the new york attorney general revealed some feedback to the f.

i visit the u.s. with the perspective as more crises unfold every day in my region, the blockading states have been trying to twist the truth with a scheme to flood the media with egregious lies about my country, but now the past six months the truth is surfacing. little did we know that behind the scenes, the effort of the blockading states ran deeper. cyber attacks, market manipulations and the plot-- and a plot of the crew. is the disrespect of international law and enforcement made our region for the power seekers vapes. regional players are acting irresponsibly taking political gambles with the lives of other nation's citizens with no exit strategy. not even will prevail. aid for starving children is being used as a leverage. why the atrocities of syria are being tolerated and in the same way that yemen is being put in a meaningless stalemate, now, this power makes their actions in lebanon. this is the behavior, a reckless person for seeking power with a complete disregard for the suffering left

u.s. president donald trump arrives in vietnam ready to get down to business trump says that he's the u.s. will not tolerate unfair trade practices in a scolding speech to the region's business elite but will they fall in line or make their deals with china. also coming up france's president makes a surprise trip to saudi arabia for talks with a newly powerful crown prince this as the proxy fight between the kingdom and a wrong touches off conflict across the region plus an american city cleans up to exact climate negotiations and the german city of song can now look to pittsburgh as a model for green jobs and renewable energy. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. u.s. president donald trump is in vietnam where he says that he will always put america first when it comes to trade he's been speaking at the apec summit where he told asia pacific leaders that he is open to bilateral free trade talks with all of them but he said that the u.s. cannot tolerate what he cal

now in the u.s. some cities in california are struggling to respond to an outbreak of hepatitis a twenty people have died in the outbreaks the west of its kind in the u.s. in twenty years homeless people are mung those west affected and as jacob reports from san diego it may be a side effect of rising house prices. might who asked that we not show his face says he blames only him self for being homeless i knew intellectually in the back of my mind this money was going to run out but he blames homelessness for giving him hepatitis a my had a happy day you know and i didn't pick that up and you know it's transferred through legal material. san diego is best known for its beaches and big money but with average rent at an all time high of almost two thousand dollars a month between five thousand and seven thousand people are homeless here and now more than nineteen have died from the liver disease most often seen in impoverished rural communities we think that environmental sanitation is really the key f

well the u.s. is urging all policies to respect lebanon sovereignty the secretary of state rex tillerson is backing saad hariri as international leaders look with increasing state department correspondent patty calling reports now from washington. it's the one question swirling around the world's capitals what is going on with lebanese prime minister saad hariri he resigned his post well in saudi arabia does he want to be there or is he being held against his will by the french weighed in you know that he should i think you should ask him this we simply note that he resigned that you traveled to abu dhabi on the eve of president mccrum to visit so we think he is free and his movements and it is up to him to make his choice at the u.s. state department thursday the answer was less clear we have seen him in terms of the conditions of him being held or the conversations between saudi arabia and the prime minister hariri i would have to refer you to the government of saudi arabia and also to mr hariri

u.s. intelligence reports donald trump says he believes flooding near putin's didn't interfere with last year's presidential election. hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of barcelona demand the release of imprisoned catalan leaders plus. art is how we deal with not only our own issues but it's how we interpret our place in this world the self described in did you know native americans challenging stereotypes through art. new pictures of emerged of lebanon's prime minister. there were aired on state television showing him meeting king solomon airport where abouts have been shrouded in mystery in recent days there are suggestions he's under house arrest really has made no public remarks since his shock resignation in the saudi capital last saturday he said he feared and accused iran a long with hezbollah of sowing strife in the arab world is political party the future of the movement says it's waiting for them to return to lebanon but it's also denounced attacks against the saudi

u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for dry riverbed tonight case one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian funding and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a man consumed by hate and a twisted ideology u.s. officials say the man believed to be behind tuesday's attack in new york had links to eisele. so we want to immediately work with congress on the diversity lottery program on terminating it the u.s. president cracks down on immigration off the u.s. back asylum seekers charged over the worst attack in new york since nine eleven. russia's president made his iranian counterpart and reiterated h

the u.s. economy. president trump says he hopes to sign the bill by christmastime. the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs in the month of october with the unemployment rate ticking down to 4.1%. that's the lowest it has been in 17 years. the dow, the nasdaq still have more record closes this past week. a new fed chair named this week. if confirmed by the senate, powell will replace janet yellen whose term ends in february 2018. the dow crushed expectations and people were lining up friday for the iphone 10x. apple shares hitting new highs again. in new york a man acting in the name of isis killed 8 we'll and injured 13 others when he drove his rented pickup truck into pedestrians. the attack did not derail the momentum in these markets. vine payne is with me -- ryan payne is with me. in addition to managing the day to day at his firm web's also involved in initiatives to inform the public of gold-based financial planning. this market has been on fire at $5.3 trillion begin since election day. are

a u.s. president dollar trams try to have visits threatening to talk radio the relationship with one of the us is closest allies the u.k. it started on wednesday when trump shared three anti islam videos posted by the leader of the u.k.'s far right extremist group britain first one claims to show muslims pushing a boy off a roof another sensibly shows a muslim man destroying a statue of the virgin mary and a third allegedly shows a muslim migrant beating up a dutch boy on crutches the dutch embassy in the us has already debunked the last video as fake news treating facts do matter the perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the netherlands he received and completed his sentence under dutch law what's more dutch media is reporting the attacker is not even a muslim but it didn't end there the spokesman of british prime minister to resume publicly criticize the u.s. president saying british people overwhelmingly reject the prejudice of the far right it's wrong for th

now the u.s. is trying to sow divisions in russia ahead of march's presidential election that's according to vladimir putin he added that it comes as retaliation for moscow's alleged hacking and right now it's sport that's in the crosshairs. question for them. there are serious concerns that in response to a perceived meddling in the u.s. election they want to cause problems during the presidential election in russia during the olympic games due to be held in february when is the presidential election in march here are concerns that someone says so discontent among sports fans and the athletes that the government is somehow responsible for the violations . so the statement actually came when putin was asked about fresh waves of doping allegations against russian athletes on thursday for example we had the results from four russian skiers an old who participated in the sochi olympics and they were banned for life from the games and that's a repeat of exactly what we saw last week when two other rus