iraq's national security council has condemned american airstrikes on a powerful shia armed group and has warned it will rethink its relationship with the u.s. led coalition fighting eisel american warplanes hit 3 cut type hizbollah camps in iraq and 2 in syria killing at least $27.00 fighters and injuring $51.00 the group is allied with iran and has vowed revenge and all that if we are warning the united states as we warned before that there are legal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance iraq's prime minister has called the attacks a breach of sovereignty when iran says its terrorism type hezbollah is part of the popular mobilization forces belong with the iraqi army helped to defeat arsenal but the u.s. says the strikes were a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against american personnel similar to fulton reports from anbar province. an unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time. i'm u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of

security council had launched a review of u.s. foreign assistance across the world to make sure x. spare dollars were spent in the national interest and to advance the principle of burden sharing by our allies dr hill testified that as she was leaving the n.s.c. in july there had been a directive for a whole scale review of our foreign policy assistance she said there had been more scrutiny on security assistance as a result another important data point is president trumps willingness to take a stronger stance in supporting ukraine against russian aggression and compared to the previous administration several witnesses testified the president trumps willingness to provide ukraine with lethal defensive assistance javelin anti-tank missiles was a substantial improvement a stronger policy and is significant decision when we discuss democrat allegations that president trump withheld vital security assistant dollars from ukraine we should also remember that it was president trump and not president obama who provided ukraine with lethal

follow iraq's national security council has condemned american airstrikes on a powerful shia group and has warned it will rethink its relationship with the u.s. led coalition fighting eisel american warplanes hit 3 cut type hezbollah camps in iraq and 2 in syria killing at least 27 fighters and injuring 51 the group is allied with iran and has vowed revenge. and all that if we are warning the united states as we warned before that there are legal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance. iraq's prime minister has called the attacks a breach of sovereignty while iran says its terrorism. is part of the popular mobilization forces along with the iraqi army help to defeat us so that the u.s. has the strikes were a decisive response to threats by rainy and backed forces against american personnel suman of course. and unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens t

well the strike sparked protests in kirkuk and and iraq's national security council says it's reconsidering its relationship with the u.s. led coalition against eisel the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh called the strikes a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against u.s. personnel it's warned of further action to protect them if necessary. we'll be live in washington in a moment but 1st to mona fulton begins our coverage from iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops are based. an unprecedented confrontation between the u.s.

security council. second, investigations of the bidens and a debunked conspiracy theory about the 2016 election were not supported by official u.s. policy and, third, congress authorized military aid to ukraine, ukraine passed all of the checks that the united states established to ensure that it was taking appropriate actions to fight corruption and there was unanimous consensus among the state department, department of defense and national security council that the president should release the military aid that ukraine critically needed to fight russian aggression. so, mr. goldman, between the time that president trump put a hold on military aid to ukraine, and then released the aid, the president never conducted an actual review or corruption assessment on ukraine, did he? >> that is correct. there was no witness testified that there was any review or any investigation of any sort related to the ukraine aid. >> and isn't it also true that the defense department actually determined not to conduct a r

security council. what we found out is these officials didn't really know what was going on. you know, they were sort of aware that giuliani had been to budapest but were unaware that he was planning on going to kyiv. so there were a lot of meetings and discussions about what exactly rudy was up to. now, the concern was not only that he was meeting with individuals who had in the past peddled disinformation on biden and burisma, but also individuals who had peddled the sort of conspiracy theory that it was ukraine that meddled in the 2016 presidential election, not russia. and as we know from dr. hill's testimony several weeks ago, that was the main concern for her too at the national security council. and i believe she even said to house impeachment investigators that, you know, this idea was a russia conspiracy theory, that it had been ukraine that meddled in the election. so that's the real concern for national security officials today. >> and have they been in touch with giuliani or tracking his mo

security council. second, investigations of the bidens and a debunked conspiracy theory about the 2016 election were not supported by official u.s. policy. and, third, congress authorized military aid to ukraine. ukraine passed all the checks that the united states established to ensure that it was taking appropriate actions to fightte corruption. and there was unanimous consensus among the state department, department of defense, and national security council that the president shouldri release the military a that ukraine critically needed to fight russian aggression. so, mr. goldman, between the time that president trump put a hold onid military aid to ukrai and then released the aid. the president never conducted an actual review or corruption assessment onw ukraine, did he? >> that is correct. no witness testified that there was any review or any investigation of any sort related to the ukraine aid. >> and isn't it also true that the defense department actually determined not to conduct a review on

this is president trump's phone call with zelensky for which the national security council and the white house situation room staff prepare to call summary. according to testimony from tim morrison, the summary was accurate and complete. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman testified that any omissions in the summary were not significant and that editing was not done maliciously. president trump has declassified and released the call summaries of the american people can review it and assess it for themselves. i will make a few points that seem to have gone under noticed. the call summary reflects absolutely no pressure or conditionality, president zelensky vocalized no concerns with the subject matters discussed. and there is no indication of bribery, extortion, or other illegal conduct on the call. of the call summary shows president trump and president zelensky engaged in pleasantries and cordiality's. the summary reveals laughter, simply put, not the sinister mob shakedown that some democrats have described. president trump raised his concerns about european allies paying their fair s

this is president trump's phone call with zelensky for which the national security council and the white house situation room staff prepared a call summary. according to testimony from tim morrison at the nsc the summary was accurate and complete. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman testified that any omissions were not significant and any editing was not done maliciously. president trump has declassified and released the call summary so the american people can assess it and review it for themselves. i'llve make a few points that sm to have gone under noticed. the call summary reflects absolutely no pressure or conditionality. president zelensky vocalized no concerns with the subject matters discussed. there is no indication of bribery, extortion or other illegalhe conduct on the call. the call summary shows president trump and president zelensky engaged in pleasantries a and cordialities. the call is not the sinister mob shakedown that some democrats have described. president trump raised his concerns about european allies paying their fair share in security assistance to ukraine. a co

security council. second, investigations of the bidens and he debunked a conspiracy theory about the 2016 election were not supported by official u.s. policy. and third, congress authorized military aid to ukraine. ukraine passed all the checks that the united states established to ensure that it was taking appropriate actions to fight corruption and there was unanimous consent amongst the state department, national defense, national security council that the president should release the military aid ukraine critically needed to fight russian aggression. mr. goldman, between the time that president trump put a hold on military aid to ukraine and then release the aid, the president never conducted an actual review or assessment on ukraine, did he? >> that was corrected no witness testified there was any review or investigation of any sort related to the ukraine and aid. >> is it true that the defense department determined not to conduct a review on ukraine after the president froze the military aid beca

security council. so it's a very important point, this, stephen. the national security council co—ordinates britain's foreign policy, defence, diplomacy and development, and that is the right place to get co—ordination between these three departments, not by mixing them together. so let me expand on this question of foreign policy and global strategy for britain in the borisjohnson era. you will be very mindful, because you care about these things, that dozens of britain's most senior former ambassadors and diplomats signed a joint letter for the times before the election, in the autumn, early autumn, saying that they regarded brexit as an act of self—harm, and a massive diminution of britain's power and influence in the world. the same sorts of things that i have been told by sirjohn major, former prime minister in your party, also by lord heseltine, former senior minister in your party. everybody that expresses that worries about the ability of britain, post—brexit, to project power and influ

in fact, four of president trump's own national security council staffers, hill, vindman, morrison

he went to the national security council for two reason. number one, they were not on the call said he wanted to update them about it. he was concerned ifo, the call leaked out, how it would play in washington's polarized environment which is exactly what we have here. he was also concerned that it might affect bipartisan support in congress. they've traditionally been one of the few where republicans and democrats share interest and for good reason, he didn't want to craniums to get a distorted perception of what actually happened on the call because we are talking about eight lines of concerned in the amount of ambiguity. this meeting on may 23 there's a question i guess it's ambiguous but it's a question about whether when the president referred the delegatio delegatio the inauguration on the 20th. they come back and it's the secretary and senator johnson and a. is a path to invite him to the white house and they testified to this pretty definitively the president essentially doesn't order anybody to do anything. the president and they t

today to host a working lunch with the ambassadors on the united nations security council and our us ambassador for joining us and doing an extraordinary job at the united nations united states holds the presidency of the un security council for the month of december during lunch i will outline america's priorities of how we can best work to gather we have done this before and we have learned a lot it's been an interesting time for me today the nations face a range of security threats including terrorism drug trafficking illegal migration and the spread of chemical and biological weapons and we are working very hard on those problems especially the last three can be nothing more important taking action to confront these and other dangers and includes a behavior of the iranian regime that has killed hundreds and hundreds of people in a short period of time including protesters people are hearing what is going on i would like to see the media i get involved because it's not a good situation it's a horrible situation. it is something that is a big scandal it's killing a lot of people th

mcmasters made a comment that he didn't want to of his employees national security council ever mention the word holdover. because somebody was hired by the obama administration and rid of them gotten yet didn't mean they were holdovers. they're government employees. they're holdovers, and he should have never been in the position was. spent time trying to undermine could.sident as best he but as of march of this year, our own speaker said, must be, quote, ompelling and overwhelmingly bipartisan. she's violating her own tatement if she has this go forward next week. judiciary r own chairman nadler said there must never be a narrowly voted by one of supported our major political parties and other. by the such would produce divisiveness in our politics and will call very uestion the legitimacy of our political institutions. know what, jerry nadler when he said ght that. they go through with that in the january, eeks or in whenever, it's going to do exactly what he said, which is jonathan -- professor will an turley said, produce even more divisiveness in this country and will call nto que

this is president trump's phone call with zelensky for which the national security council and the white house situation room staff prepared a call summary. according to testify from tim morrison at the nfc, the summary was accurate and complete. nsc staff member colonel alex vindman testified that any omissions in the summary were not significant and that editing was not done maliciously. president trump has declassified and released the call summary so the american people can review it and assess it for themselves. i'll make a few points that seem to have gone undernoticed. the call summary reflects absolutely no pressure or conditionality. president zelensky vocalized in concerns with the subject matter discussed. and there is no indication of bribery, extortion or other illegal conduct on the call. the call summary shows president trump and president zelensky engaged in pleasantries and cordialities. the call reveals laughter. put simply, it is not the shakedown that some democrats have described. president trump raised his concerns about european allies paying their fair share in se

discussed the strikes with his national security council on monday the council is reconsidering iraq's relationship with the u.s. led coalition against eisel and plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad meanwhile there's been protests in the cities of kirkuk and bus or a against the u.s. operation demonstrators held up pictures of those killed saying the airstrikes were a violation of their sovereignty with some wonderful teen reports from iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops are based. an unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are stationed a u.s. contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care coke what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for the islamic republic of iran to take actions to put american men and women

buy president trump. >> who ignored on july 25 his own national security councils anticorruption talking points? >> president trump president trump. >> who asked president zelensky for a favor? >> president trump. >> who personally asked president zelensky to investigate his political rival joe biden? >> president trump. >> who stood on the white house lawn and confirmed that he wanted ukraine to investigate vice president biden? mike president trump. >> who stood on that same lawn and said that china should also investigate vice president bide biden? >> president trump. >> us to anything we do not know in this investigation, who has blocked us from knowing it? >> president trump on the white house. >> as it relates to president trump, is he an incidental player or a central player in this scheme? >> he is the central player in the scheme. >> there's a reason no one has said what did the president know and when did he know it? from the evidence you have presented, mr. goldman, and the intelligence committee findings, we know one thing and one thing is clear. as it related to this scheme,

security council. nbc news white house correspondent kelly o'donnell it at the white house. i think we have some of those comments. kelly? >> lunch and a lot of good things will happen. i appreciate you all being here and kelly, congratulations, you're doing a fantastic job. thank you all very much. >> moving along well. it's moving along very well. [ inaudible question ] >> we will have to see but right now we're moving along, we're not discussing that but we are having very major discussions on december 15th something could happen, but we are not discussing that yet. we're having very good discussions with china, however. >> are you worried, sir, about the stain impeachment might have on your legacy? >> no, not at all. it's a hoax. it's a hoax. it's a big fat hoax. >> on iran depending on officials are saying that you are considering possibly sending more troops to the middle east because there is a threat -- >> we will announce whatever we do. we'll announce. certainly there might be a threat and if

security council on monday it's reconsidering iraq's relationship with the u.s. led coalition against deisel and plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad washington says that sunday's strikes were in response to threats by iranian backed forces against u.s. personnel the former chairman of japan's college as arrived in lebanon saying he's escaped injustice and political persecution colace go on was arrested in tokyo over allegations of financial misconduct that he denies he was released from custody under strict bail conditions that included not being allowed to leave the country pro-democracy activists are celebrating what they say is a turning point in sudan's history 29 members of the security forces have been sentenced to death for the torture and murder of a protest schoolteacher ahmed killed was killed during protests that led to the ousting of president omar al bashir. has claimed responsibility for a truck bomb attack in the somali capital that killed at least 80 people the armed group says that saturday's attack targeted a convoy of somali and turk

security council and on their advice to the capital. an inquest into the london bridge attack has heard that both the victims died from stab wounds to the chest. cambridge university graduates 25—year—old jack merritt and 23—year—old saskia jones were killed by usman khan during a prisoner rehabilitation event last friday. the inquest was told both the victims had suffered from shock and haemorrhaging. ahead of electioncast with adam and vicki at eight—thirty, let's take a brief look at some of today's election news liberal democrat leaderjo swinson has admitted her party got things wrong in coalition with the conservatives —— and said they should have stopped the bedroom tax. speaking to andrew neil in his latest bbc leader interviews, ms swinson said she was proud of policies — like same sex marriage — that were introdued by the coalition government, but that there were other areas where she said the lib dems "didn't win those battles". northern ireland's sdlp has launched its manifesto in foyle, putting its oppositi

security council on monday to discuss the strikes it's reconsidering iraq's relationship with the u.s. led coalition against deisel and plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad the u.s. secretary of state by pompei o says that sunday's strikes were in response to threats by iranian backed forces against u.s. personnel meanwhile iraqis in the city of kirkuk protested against the u.s. operation demonstrators held up pictures of those killed in the strikes calling them a violation of the sovereignty al-jazeera some of the fall team is reports now from iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops are based. and unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are stationed a u.s. contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care cook what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months and month

i want to turn to another expert that's turned to this to feel dr fiona hill the national security council senior director in the trump administration and she's going to explain what happened but it struck me one yesterday when you cut up on the screen just someone's e-mails on who was on these e-mails and he said these that people need to know that he was absolutely right because he was being involved in a domestic political errand and we were being involved in national security foreign policy and those 2 things had just. and that tells you what the evidence shows the president put his own domestic political interests over the nation's national security and foreign policy a president cannot abuse his power to secure an election he cannot do that at the expense of the american people that is impeachable offense the president has tried to make excuses for his conduct why it's not wrongful or corrupt or an abuse of power but the truth holds together it makes sense is consistent with the evidence when so much is offering excuse that is not true it is not consistent with the evidence it does n

security council on monday to discuss the strikes it's reconsidering iraq's relationship but the u.s. led coalition against eisel and plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o says that sunday's strikes were in response to threats by iranian backed forces against u.s. personnel meanwhile iraqis in the city of kirkuk and for a protest against the u.s. operation demonstrators held up pictures of those killed in the airstrikes calling the strikes a violation of their sovereignty to have an update from washington in a moment but 1st al-jazeera some out of 14 reports from iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops troops are based. on precedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are stationed a u.s. contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care cook what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear

security council on monday well cancer's reconsidering iraq's relationship with the u.s. led coalition against eisel and plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad meanwhile protests against the u.s. operation have been held in the cities of kirkuk and basra demonstrators call the airstrikes a violation of their sovereignty and held up pictures of those killed some one of 14 reports from iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops are based. and unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are stationed a u.s. contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care cook what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for the garage to take actions to put american men and women in jeopardy that type hezbollah is part of the popular mob

security council said we're pulling out of syria. it is my opinion. that was moment that erdogan said ok. i can do this. over the course of the next six, sevenings eight months he planned out and it led to the series of events you have described and i think it is accurate. we had over 3,000 troops in syria when the president made that announcement. by the time we got to all that you just described, that number was way down. it was way down. i'm sorry to say this bluntly. it was way down not because it was in the national security interests of the united states for it to be way down. it was way down because the president was trying to fulfill a campaign promise and he did not consult the pentagon before made that announcement and started us down this path. i'm very sympathetic. once we started down that path, you guys had to figure out how to make it work. you really worked hard at it. i know secretary dunn did as well. he desperately tried to find partners blocked fill in for us leaving. there were only 25 troops there. we couldn't p

security council has even threatened to reconsider its relationship with the u.s. led coalition so this is some serious cry as a stance has a potential of stalking and americanism in the country and u.s. president trump is blaming iran for masterminding the attack on the embassy will the already tense relationship between the u.s. and iran deteriorate even further because of this. well they could of course we should say that president trump has promised his space to tease going to end america's wars that he's going to bring back us troops and he has repeatedly said today that the u.s. is not looking for any new conflict in the middle east so that could be a reason that the u.s. did not respond with military force to iran was accused of shooting down an american drone after iran was accused of launching an attack on saudi oil production but iran is a centerpiece of the trump of many through asian foreign poll c. and the trial of ministration is clearly blaming iran from what is going right now in iraq so there is a danger that the situation could ask is if there are

security council even threatened to rethink its relationship with the ass led coalition and now the attack on the u.s. embassy in the havel the protected green zone so we have to assume that the protestant smile must have had at least a tacit permission from the iraqi security officials so we're dealing here with the serious political crisis didn't pass the potential of still king and american is in the country and handing an advantage to iran and its competition for more influence in iraq and as we heard the u.s. president donald trump he blames iran for masterminding the attack the relationship between the u.s. and iran is already fractious how does this affect. well i think so far and despite the existing tensions to ask strategy has been to rely on sanctions and more in last to miro iran's activities and president from has repeatedly repeatedly said that your ass is not looking for a new and novel conflict in the middle east however we have to say that with this very unstable situation on the ground in iraq and i think it can happen if there is an hour incident and and i have a

programs at the national security council. duffy is one of the officials who signed off on several of the documents on that aid freeze of $400 million in security aid to ukrai ukraine. this is the opening offer we're hearing from chuck schumer. schumer and mitch mcconnell are expected to sit down to discuss these requests from senate democrats and discuss how to move forward with a trial. but again, unless schumer can somehow get four senate republicans to join him in backing these rules for impeachment trial, mitch mcconnell will be the one who decides how this impeachment trial goes forward. mcconnell has made clear that any decisions he's coordinating with the white house. the white house counsel, pat cipollone in particular. there's no indication that the white house would allow any of the witnesses to actually come forward. dave? christine? >> jeremy diamond, thank you. >>> a freshman democratic lawmaker announcing plans to switch parties and becoming republican. now, six members of jeff van drew's staff have quit. he opp

discussed the attacks with his national security council on monday it's reconsidering iraq's relationship with the u.s. led coalition against eisel and plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad washington says that sunday's strikes were in response to threats by radio and backed forces against u.s. personnel a former chairman of japan's car giant dishonors arrived in lebanon saying that he's escaped in justice and political person in persecution colace god was arrested in tokyo in 2018 over allegations of financial misconduct that he denies he was released from custody under strict bail conditions including not being allowed to leave the country. pro-democracy activists are celebrating what they say is a turning point in sudan's history 29 members of the security forces have been sentenced to death for the torture and murder of a protester schoolteacher ahmed kid was killed during protests that led to the ousting of president obama the shia but was claimed responsibility for a truck bomb attack in the somali capital that killed at least 80 people the armed group says that saturday's

the national security council co—ordinates written's foreign policy. defence, diplomacy and development, and that is the right place to get co—ordination between these three departments, not by mixing them together. so let me expand on this question of foreign—policy and global strategy foreign—policy and global strategy for britain in the borisjohnson era. you will be very mindful, because you ca re era. you will be very mindful, because you care about these things, that dozens of written's most senior former ambassadors and diplomats signed a joint letterfor former ambassadors and diplomats signed a joint letter for the times before the election in the autumn, early autumn, saying that they regarded exit as an act of self harm and a massive diminution of written's power and influence in the world. the same sorts of things that i have been told by sirjohn meijer, former prime minister in your party, also by lord heseltine, former senior minister in your party —— britain. everybody that expresses that worries about the ability of britain post

the united states holds the rotating presidency of the un security council for the month of december. during our lunch i will outline america's priorities and ask our distinguished guests from other nations how we can best work to gather. and it has been quite an interesting time for me. today our nations face a range of shared security threats including terrorism, cyber attack, the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and we are working very hard on those problems especially the last three. the council must take action to confront these and other dangers facing the world. it also includes a behavior of the iranian regime which has killed hundreds and hundreds of people in a very short period of time. people aren't hearing what is going on, would like to see what is happening. it is a horrible situation. it is something that is going to be a big scandal throughout the world very soon. they are killing a lot of people interesting thousands of their own citizens in a brutal crackdown in recent weeks because they are protesting. i think the media should get involved in that

the national security council says it's going to resign gets relationship with the u.s. led coalition force the u.s. response. well the u.s. certainly hopes that that will not be the case u.s. officials that have given background briefings on monday have not directly responded to that but they have been saying that this is not an attack on iraq or the iraqi government they say this is definitely a retaliatory strike by the u.s. for what they say are attacks rocket attacks that are coming within iraq from armed groups backed by iran other u.s. officials have said that they have counted as many as 11 rocket attacks from iran back to groups within iraq against iraqi military installations where there are u.s. personnel in recent days one on friday that killed a u.s. contractor and wounded 4 u.s. service members so from the washington perspective from the pentagon from the white house senior officials there saying that these rocket attacks now on sunday were in retaliation to those attacks and that they hope that this deescalate the situation moving forward now there certain

security council even threatened to rethink its relationship with the yass led coalition and now the attack on the u.s. embassy in the havel the protected green zone so we have to assume that the protestants must have have at least tacit permission from the iraqi security officials so we're dealing here with the serious political crisis that passed the potential of still king and american is in the country and handing and then teach to iran and its competition for more influence in iraq just we heard the u.s. president donald trump he blames iran masterminding this attack the relationship between the u.s. and iran is already fractious how does this affect. well i think so far and despite the existing tensions to ask strategy has been to rely on sanctions and more on last 2 miro iran's activities and president trump has repeatedly repeatedly said that your ass is not looking for a new and novel conflict in the middle east however we have to say that with this very unstable situation on the ground in iraq and i think it can happen if there is an hour in sudan's provocation do you asked

security council. i want to thank our u.s. ambassador to the u.n. for joining us and doing an extraordinary job at the unite nations. thank you very much. you're doing fantastically well. the united states holds the rotating presidency of the u.n. security council for the month of december. during our lunch i will outline america's priorities and ask our distinguished guests from other nations how we can best work together. they have a lot of great ideas. we've done this before. we've learned a lot and it's been really quite an interesting time for me. today our nations face a range of shared security threats, including terrorism, drug trafficking, illegal migration, cyberattack and the spread of milk chemical and biological weapons, and we're working very hard on those problems, especially the last three. there can be nothing more important. the council must take action to confront these and other dangers facing the world. that also includes the behavior of the iranian regime, which has killed hundred

security council threatened to reconsider its relationship with the u.s. led coalition so this is a very serious political crisis and now these attack on the you ass embassy in a heavy heavy protected green zone so we have to assume that the protesters may have had at least tacit permission from the iraqi security forces so this is a serious situation now presidents trump is addressing. people in iraq saying that those who want freedom and who don't want to be dominated and controlled by iran this is your time so this can be clearly criticize in iraq will be probably criticized in iraq as an attempt to interfere in iraq's domestic affairs you alluded to donald trump blaming iran for mastermind be atop the embassy the relationship between the u.s. and iran is already quite structures how does this affect about. well we have to say that so far the you. showed some restraint and relied mostly on saying sions even after iran was accused of shutting down and american drone even after iran was accused of being an attack on saudi energy infrastructure but now the

this is concern in the white house and the national security council about what he's up to. >> what has giuliani said about this. he said he's no longer in kiev. >> i believe that's a recent development. as of earlier today we understood he was still there. giuliani said he's doing what he has been doing which is representing his client, president trump. the real concern, i think, in the context of this is that what we know about giuliani is he often travels internationally to try to score business deals. the conflation between him trying to score business deals and representing president trump is where the concern comes into play in the top echelons and that's a very fine line. that's a real point of concern as well. >> appreciate it. thanks very much for the reporting. here republican strategist rick wilson is joining us. he's the author of the book everything trump touches dies. what is he doing here? is he trying to get attention? is this good for the president? >> i think one thing rudy is doing is deeply undermining the president's defense that nothing he did was wrong and this wa

security council has been holding them urgency meeting to deal with the crisis. in new zealand splish chief has praised the military mission that recovered the bodies of 6 people who died during the volcanic eruption on factory white island commissioner mike bush set the team members showed absolute courage in an unpredictable and challenging environment 2 bodies remain on the island all together at least 16 people died and dozens more were severely injured in the eruption. the recovery operation began at 1st light on friday when 2 halley copses essential fulfill cari island and the ever present threat of another eruption. it's like soldiers about 4 hours to recover 6 bodies which they airlifted to a naval vessel and paid off the coast. 2 more bodies could not be found police said another operation would be launched to find them we do believe that at least one of them is in the water. we are the one we're on shore so the only 2 possibilities one is still on the island and we have a large crowd of them all by to her in the water. arriving back on shore friends and

security council has been holding an emergency meeting on how to deal with the crisis. new zealand's police chief has praised the military mission that recovered the bodies of 6 people who died during the volcanic eruption on for caare white island commission mike bush said the team members showed absolute courage in an unpredictable and challenging environment 2 bodies remain on the island all together at least 16 people died and dozens more were severely injured in the eruption. the recovery operation began at 1st light on friday when 2 haiti copses essential fulfill cari island and the ever present threat of another eruption. it's all just about 4 hours to recover 6 bodies which they airlifted to a naval base will and get off the coast. 2 more bodies could not be found. police said another operation would be launched to find them we do believe that at least one of them is in the water. we other one we're on shore so the only 2 possibilities one is still on the island and we have a good will by 2 or in the water. arriving back on shore friends and family off those who

security council even threatened to rethink its relationship with the u.s. led coalition and now the attack on the u.s. embassy in the house will be protected green zone so we have to assume that the protesters smile must have had at least a tacit permission from the iraqi security officials so we're dealing here with the serious political crisis that cast a potential of still king and americanism in the country and handing an advantage to iran and its competition for more influence in iraq just reheard us president donald trump he blames iran for masterminding this attack the relationship between the u.s. and iran is already fractious how does this affect. well i think so for him despite the existing tensions do you ask strategy has been to rely on sanctions and more or less to miro iran's activities and president trump has repeatedly repeatedly said that the u.s. is not looking for a new and novel conflict in the middle east however we have to say that with this very unstable situation on the ground in iraq anything can happen if there is an hour incident

i was 32 years old named assistant secretary of state i started in government at the national security council with you and affairs and i ran the africa office and i don't think i appreciated it at the time with the mother of a three -month-old child trying to win the trust and confidence in predominately white and male career and i struggled during that period making significant mistakes with friends and mentors who took me aside and said you will screw up and i talk about with great affection like the congressman who in the second term of the clinton administration worked with me in the african bureau but was clinton's special envoy and a fellow political appointee with enormous knowledge and experience it as i write in the book he took me out to lunch one year in the job to a really crappy chinese restaurant at the state department. [laughter] he sat me down and said you're smart you have the support of the secretary and the president but you are about to fail you are too impatient to hardcharging and not taking the input and the experience and the knowledge and i want to see you su

security council has threatened to reconsider its relationship with the you asked that call it. there are still thousands of u.s. troops contractors and personnel in iraq and around the region so now with pro-u. runyan militias threatening to retaliate the key question is will the american airstrikes 10 don't the cycle of violence or escalate it and from washington now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world libya's interim president has expelled top mexican and spanish diplomats about allegations they were attempting to help form a bolivian officials to flee the country libyans have sought refuge in the mexican embassy since a change of government spying has exposed libyan diplomats in response. the family of a man accused of stabbing 5 people in a rabbi's home in new york says he has a long history of mental illness in a statement the family's lawyer said the suspect grafton thomas had not experienced any and he's met a few times in the past. india is experience what's being called a cold life on monday the capitol daily had its chilliest de

security council has threatened to reconsider its relationship with the you asked that coalition there are still thousands of u.s. troops contractors and personnel in iraq and around the region so now with pro-u. runyan militias threatening to retaliate the key question is will the american strikes 10 don't the cycle of violence or escalate it and from washington now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world libya's interim president has expelled top mexican and spanish diplomats about allegations they were attempting to hope for mobility and officials to flee the country libyans have sought refuge in the mexican embassy since a change of government spending has exposed libyan diplomats in response. to the family of a man accused of stabbing 5 people in a rabbi's home in new york so he has a long history of mental illness in a statement the family's lawyer said the suspect grafton thomas had not experienced any and he's met a few times in the past. india is experience what's being called a cold wife on monday the capitol daily had its chilliest decembe

security council has threatened to reconsider its relationship with the you asked left coalition. there are still thousands of you as troops contractors and personnel in iraq and around the region so now with pro-u. runyan militias threatening to retaliate the key question is will the american strikes 10 don't the cycle of violence or escalate it and from washington let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. libya's interim president has expelled top mexican and spanish diplomats allegations they were attempting to help form a bolivian officials to flee the country libyans have sought refuge in the mexican embassy since the change of government spying has exposed bolivian diplomats in response. from this and right now bosco us gone has arrived in lebanon after leaving japan on the unknown circumstances don was under house arrest in tokyo awaiting trial on charges of hiding income and financial misconduct which he denies holds jule french and lebanese citizenship. india is experience what's experiencing what's being called a cold wife on monday

those advisors detailed to the national security council are no longer allowed to participate. it results in, one official telling me a small circle of loyalists in all discussions and reflects the fear and distrust gripping this white house. this has been called the vindman rule after lieutenant colonel vindman detailed to the counsel as an expert. i was told by an official if zelensky was called tomorrow he would no longer be allowed on that call. these transcripts of these calls are no longer being disseminated in the same way. mid-level officials no longer access the same way. you have essentially two parallel tracks the president on a call with his klose advisor could be pushing one policy or another. the people in charge of maintaining that relationship with those ares on that region on a day-to-day basis, they don't know what is being said and they are working on others policies. you could end up with a muddled chaotic policy. kellyanne, the advisor said she is all for limiting the number of officials on these presidential phone calls. >> very disturbing allegations inde

security council has even threatened to reconsider its relationship with the coalition so this is a serious crime is a stance has a potential of stalking and americanism in the country and u.s. president trump is blaming iran for masterminding the attack on the embassy will the already tense relationship between the u.s. and iran deteriorate even further because of this. well they could of course we should say that president trump has promised his spaced out he's going to end americas and wars that he's going to bring back u.s. troops and he has repeatedly said that the u.s. is not looking for any new conflict in the middle east so that could be a reason that the us did not respond with military force after iran was accused of shooting down an american drone after iran was accused of launching an attack on saudi oil production but iran is a centerpiece of the trump me through ation foreign poll c. and the trial of means to ration is clearly blaming iran from what is going right now in iraq so there is a danger that the situation could ask it is if there are any any new incidental or

security council has threatened to reconsider its relationship with the you asked that call it. there are still thousands of u.s. troops contractors and other personnel in iraq and around the region so now with pro-u. runyan militias threatening to retaliate the key question is will the american airstrikes 10 don't the cycle of violence or escalate it and from washington let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. libya's interim president has expelled top mexican and spanish diplomats allegations they were attempting to help form a bolivian officials to flee the country libyans have sought refuge in the mexican embassy since the change of government spying has expelled bolivian diplomats in response. has arrived in lebanon after leaving japan on the unknown circumstances was under house arrest in tokyo awaiting trial on charges of hiding income and financial misconduct which he denies holds jools french and lebanese citizenship. india is experience what's experiencing what's being called a cold wave on monday the capital delhi had its chilli

from the national security council company went to the state department. there is a wonderful passage in your book. you were very candid about yourself, which is fascinating. this is what you wrote. my reputation from the nsc as i was about to discover had preceded me. i'm why was eventually told, i was perceived as smart, dynamic, decisive, and bureaucratically skilled, and if. but also, rash, demanding inpatient, hardheaded and unafraid of confrontation. also autocratic, micromanaging. so what does that tell us about your backs are they right and what parts were they right about? >> i think that they were right i had the privilege starting at the staff at 28 megabytes 32 i had been elevated to assistant secretary of state that meant i was responsible for all the seas all the ambassadors and 48 sub-saharan african countries. i was probably 20 to 30 years younger than the most senior ambassadors reporting to me. they had come up in the career and they werecurvierand they were mostly male and mostly white and saw me as wrong for the job to put it mildly and