nic robertson is in the saudi capital of riyadh and, nic, let me start with you. one of those close allies, saudi arabia, calling, echoing those calls for restraint. just how concerned is riyadh that the trump administration seems to be upping the ante instead of showing any sense of de-escalation at this point? >> yeah. i think there is concern here because one of the sort of longer concerns about being so closely supported of president trump, but not having knowingly having a huge amount of influence over him is that while saudi arabia and the united states are aligned at the moment in their view of iran as a destabilizing influence spreading instability throughout the region, that's certainly saudi arabia's view and been on the front line of iran's anger and attacking the oil refineries

favor, becky. >> nic robertson is in riyadh. nic, appreciate it. >>> joining me now is an expert in middle east foreign policy and author of "losing an enemy: obama, iran and the triumph of diploma diplomacy." great pleasure to have you on. even if iran does not want escalation, it has to respond, doesn't it? it's not looking weak and that's how things get under control, doesn't it? unintended consequences. >> it is. whether it's unintended or not remains to be seen, of course. even though the iranians have pressure on themselves they have to respond to this, it does not mean they have to respond right away. in fact, i think they are hoping for the advantage of some form of a surprise, which means that they likely will wait. what i think they will do first, is try to utilize the popularity that soleimani had inside of iran, because he was seen as such a critical player in defeating isis and trying to see if they can get some of that popularity to wash off on them and on the regime which is faced with inpopularity. >> what factor

. >> and diplomatic editor nic robertson is in the saudi capital riyadh. there was a new rocket attack aimed at the green zone in baghdad. after all these attacks, what's the mood there? >> reporter: well, you know, it's not unusual, rosemary, to have these sort of rocket attacks in baghdad targeting the green zone. usually there's no claim of responsibility, but they're believed to be the work of iranian backed shia paramilitary groups here in this country, and of course when you look add it in the context of the current situation, that is why people get concerned when they see these sorts of attacks, and you know, while it does seem like that the crisis between the united states and iran is headed towards deescalation, at least for now, people still are very nervous here. they're really worried that it's not over and that it is iraqis who are caught up in the middle of it all. you can hardly tell ballistic missiles struck iraq just a few hours earlier, but iraqis have seen it all. life here seems to be one endless cycle of war. 30-year-old mohammad has l

again portuguese motorbike ride apollo gonsalves has died after a crash during sunday's 7 stage near riyadh in saudi arabia the 40 year old suffered the fatal accident after riding 276 kilometers into sunday's calls on solvers was unconscious when medics arrived at the side the 2013 cross-country rallies world champion was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. iran's only female olympic medalist kimmie i lose the day has defected from her country the 2016 bronze medal winner anti-clotting dollars cited they have puckers city of a regime that she claims human. using them for their political agenda the 21 year old confirmed the move on social media starting chord i am one of the millions of oppressed women in iran who have been playing with fee is elisa day is reportedly training in europe and is hoping to compete at tokyo 2020 but not the iranian flag . for a mind to now all of our top story for the 2nd day protesters have gathered you may

and nick robertson in riyadh. we'll begin in the iraqi capital where a funeral procession is now under way. tell us what we are seeing and what the atmosphere is. >> reporter: well, becky, we're seeing live pictures on various iraqi channels not just from baghdad but also from the holy cities in the south. thousands of people are pouring into the streets. also outside the holy shrines in the southern cities awaiting the arrival of the remains of the ten people killed in that u.s. strike. that includes of course qassem soleimani and also the top commander here, one of the highest ranking commanders within that iranian backed paramilitary force. and, you know, we've seen these emotional scenes playing out live on television. you've had men, women turning up to mourn the death of these men that they consider to be heroes and martyrs. these are men with a great following here of young militia men who they commanded, who they led in the battlefield on the front lines in the fight against isis. and today they are out th

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. >> nic robertson is in riyadh with the diplomatic fallout. boris sanchez is at the mar-a-lago resort in florida where the u.s. president just landed a few hours ago. i want to start with jomana, though, in the iraqi capital. jomana, describe the mood there if you will. >> reporter: it's a very tense mood as you can imagine, becky. people here are absolutely terrified of what happens next. where is all of this headed? you know, there are some who are obviously happy to see the end of qasem soleimani, who they blame for a lot of the bloodshed, especially during the height of the sectarian war here in iraq. but at the same time, he does have a lot of support, especially amongst those iranian-backed shia militias that he commanded during the fight against isis especially, you know, on the front lines of that battle. and, you know, so many people are angry here, becky. they feel that this has been real violation of iraqi sovereignty. they feel that yet again this country has been turned into an arena for global powers, regional powers to settle th

involved in hacking the phone of amazon boss jeff bezos relations between the world's richest man and riyadh soured after the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi course he was a regular contributor to the washington post which is also own by jeff bezos nicola gage reports. 15 months after the murder of saudi journalists. in the kingdom's consulate in istanbul the fallout continues jeff bezos the boss of the world's largest online shop amazon also owns the washington post the newspaper khashoggi wrote for he's now at the center of a hacking probe un human rights experts including agnes kalmadi who investigated murder say they've looked at forensic analysis that points to dart of being stolen from basal says phone in 20 i 18 that happened after bay's also received whatsapp messages from the personal account of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin some on possibly the experts say to try and influence articles in the washington post the guinea shola expert who conducted a forensic investigation concluded reason medium or high certainty that the show also of the hacking was a videophile send to m

so, you know, sitting in the capital, riyadh, here calm, yes. far from out of the woods yet. >> absolutely. nic, good to see you. nic robertson there in riyadh for us. >>> well, senate democrats and two key republicans were furious after the classified briefing we mentioned a little earlier. it was meant to provide details on why the strike that killed iranian commander qassem soleimani was ordered. >> yeah, but two republican senators said that's not what they got. they said the trump administration failed to provide evidence that iran was planning an imminent attack against the u.s. which was the justification for it. they also dismissed congress' role in deciding to take military action. >> they left after 75 minutes. now, i understand these are busy people. they've got a lot of demands on their time. they're appearing before a co-ordco branch of government responsible for their funding, for any approval of any military action they might undertake and they had to leave after 75 minutes while they're in the process of telling us that we need t

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nick robertson, in riyadh. these missiles, they came from iran, not from a proxy. they weren't looking for plausible deniability. is it your sense from the iranian targeting and the trump reaction so far, there's room for everyone to step back? >> the iranians are creating an off-ramp for sure in the tensions. that's what we've just heard from a reporter in tehran. look at the facts on the ground. at the air base in the past, it's one of the most remote of the air bases the united states uses in iraq. remote from civilian populations. also a massive, sprawling base. if you're in tehran and you're calculating that you want to hit somewhere, and you want to avoid actually creating big u.s. casualties, an large air base like al assad is a good one to use. it's remote from civilian populations, and a relatively safe target. nevertheless, it sends a very big message to the region here. this is how it will be read in riyadh and some of the other capitals in the gulf. iran under sanctions has been able to build these sophisticated, long-range ballistic missiles that it fe

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nic robertson for us in riyadh. thank you, nick. >> well, as tensions rise, some world leaders expressing concern, calling for de-escalation in a joint statement. the french president emmanuel macron, the german chancellor angela merkel and british prime minister boris johnson said, in part, we call on all parties to exercise utmost restraint and responsibility. the current cycle of violence in iraq must be stopped. >>> and ambassador christoffer hill joins me now among many other things, the former u.s. ambassador to iraq. also professor at the university of denver. also good to get you on. you are a former ambassador. how has the last couple of days been for diplomacy? >> well, pretty extraordinary. i mean, i guess the question many americans are asking is what's the context of this? we go africa seem soleimani, by the way, not a very nice guy mildly. but what have we tried to accomplish there? what's the longer term plan? so we're not seeing a lot of that. and the second thing we don't quite see is what is the --

if he is innocent, he should have nothing to hide riyadh's counsel should be the ones here asking today to subpoena bolton mulvaney and others for testimony. the president would be eager to have the people closest to him to testify about his innocence. he would be eager to present the documents that showed he was concerned about production and and burden sharing but the fact that he has so strenuously opposed testimony of his closest advisers and all the documents speaks volumes. you should issue subpoenas to the president so that the president can get a fairtrial that he wanted . but more importantly, so the american people the fair trial that they deserve you the american people deserve a fair trial. i said onset of this trial that one of the most important issues you would face at this moment in history will not be what weather you convict for a quick, but whether the president and the american people will get a fair trial. the process is more than just the ultimate decision because the faith in our institution depends on the perception of a fair process. a vote against witnesses and

they're worried about what happens next. >> nic is in riyadh for you. cnn's nick paton walsh is live in lebanon, home to hezbollah iranian proxy that has worked in close collaboration with qassim soleimani. nick paton walsh, what's the perspective there? >> reporter: certainly, if you listen to some officials they suggest that soleimani has met by top head bowl hezbollah offi hezbollah has denied things like that. but you have to look at precisely what the associations with the u.s. officials are, that qassim soleimani was prepare something kind of imminent attack. now, they haven't given great detail. they haven't suggested how far the attacks are. they have said they focused on iraq and facilities. syria facilities, iran both in lebanon, really just diplomatic facilities, and really only one embassy here in beirut. that gives you some indication about what they may have been concerned about. what else potentially could iran do in retaliation. well, a western intelligence official said to me, we should be looking past increased funding towards iran's p

nic robertson is in the saudi capital of riyadh and, nic, let me start with you. one of those close allies, saudi arabia, calling, echoing those calls for restraint. just how concerned is riyadh that the trump administration seems to be upping the ante instead of showing any sense of de-escalation at this point? >> yeah. i think there is concern here because one of the sort of longer concerns about being so closely supported of president trump, but not having knowingly having a huge amount of influence over him is that while saudi arabia and the united states are aligned at the moment in their view of iran as a destabilizing influence spreading instability throughout the region, that's certainly saudi arabia's view and been on the front line of iran's anger and attacking the oil refineries and firing iranian made missiles at the desert and some have been intercepted. there is an alignment about understanding with iran with the united states. an undering thstanding that sau on the front line of any break out and aligned with president trump. you don't necessarily k

let's go live to riyadh, saudi arabia, and bring in cnn's nick robertson. the president wants help, but do they have the appetite for this? >> reporter: they certainly seem to have the appetite to keep the nato alliance going and a lot of that is dependent on keeping the president sweet. the secretary-general has gone out of its way to make sure nato bends to the will of president trump. so, you know, there is an appetite to continue an international military presence inside iraq to help train the iraqis but also to make sure that isis doesn't reemerge, so there will be some understanding and support potentially there, but we haven't heard from president trump what that really means, that nato will be inclined to help. but for the united states allies in the region like saudi arabia they will be wondering does this mean president trump intends to draw down u.s. forces significantly? will the united states allies be left depending more on europeans for their strategic strength in the region? that would be a concern. and the other thing as we stand right now,

nic robertson is in the saudi capital of riyadh while matthew chance is in moscow. nic, to you first. while soleimani has been killed, we must now de-escalate. that is one of the headlines today. in the national newspaper here, a very close ally of the u.s. you are in riyadh where i believe you are hearing echoes of a similar call for restraint at this point. >> yeah, i mean, what the saudis are saying in essence is, look, we know iran was the troublemaker and soleimani was the spearhead of driving up aggression from iranian proxies in the edge roothe region causi and strikes from saudi arabia and direct strikes that the saudis believe came from iran on the oil refineries here. so, the message to the united states is, look, we're on track with what you're thinking. but don't escalate this further because that will bring further bloodshed to the region. and a real potential for serious economic impact. nobody wants that. nobody has the appetite for that at the moment. so, the message, message is clear. and whatever the next steps are, don't ratchet it up. and i think

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. >>> let's cross over to the saudi capital, riyadh. and rinic robertson. the retaliatory strikes have taken place. and we've seen de-escalation. we'll know more in a few hours. what is the reading on this from your vantage point there? >> reporter: there's two messages from iran. one is external and one is internal. one that is external, this is a proportionate response. they are warning if the united states responds, there will be an escalation. you expect them to say that. but the international community, the united states and allies, this was a proportional response for what you did to us. the message internally is different. calling it a hard strike. leadership says this was a crushing response to the united states killing soleimani. on the other hand, they want to make this a success. but internationally, they are giving the impression they don't want to escalate the situation further. when we look at the target that was chosen and what happened here, i've been there. it's at a remote location. it is a massive, sprawling base. iran has fired multiple

has denied the allegations relations between the world's richest man in riyadh saudi after the murder of jamal ashaji he was a regular contributor to the washington post a remote frozen village oscar has become the 1st to take part in the u.s. census as andy gallacher reports the once a decade head count has to overcome physical barriers as well as government mistrust among natives. clinging to the edge of the bering sea and surrounded by arctic tundra took bays isolated even by alaska's hardy standards it's not the kind of community many alaskans of even heard of until senses officials picked it to start the 2020 count. 90 year old you pick elder lizzie is officially the 1st person to be interviewed oh yeah. i appreciate that i'll be the 1st person counted i'm happy i live this long to see it the village is so remote it's only accessible by plane dog sled or snowmobile when the snows melt it's population scatters specific to this location is that they're actually in the village and it's frozen environment and while they're gathered it makes counting a lot easier if we wait until the

portuguese motorbike ride appollo gone south as has died after a crash during sunday's 7th stage near riyadh in saudi arabia the 40 year old suffered the fatal accident after riding 276 kilometers into sunday's calls gonzales was unconscious when medics arrived at the site 2013 cross country rallies while champion was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. iran's only fame olim pic medalist lisa de has defected from her country the 2016 bronze medal winner in taekwondo at the up pole crissy of the regime she claims humility. while using them for political agenda the 21 year old confirmed the move on social media saying i am one of the millions of oppressed women in iran who have been playing with for years elizabeth is reportedly training in europe and he's hoping to compete at the 20 tokyo olympics but not under the iranian flag. top story protest as have gathered in iran on a defeat the down to crimean kleinman and oppose the government's handling of the crush the protests erupted off to behave if force revolutionary god accepted full responsibility for the job. coming up next stor

cnn live this morning in tehran, baghdad, riyadh, abu dhabi and australia. >> good morning, it's monday january 6th. it's 4:00 a.m. in new york. breaking overnight, huge protests on the streets of tehran. anger brewing over that u.s. strike that killed the head of iranian special forces. giant crowds at the burial sunday of general qassem soleimani in iran, now weighing how to retaliate against the u.s. and the iranian cabinet voting to no longer obey restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal including limits on uranium enrichment. >> he said they're allowed to kill our people, they're allowed to torture and maim our people, they're allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people, and we're not allowed to touch their cultural sites? it doesn't work that way. >> two senior u.s. officials discussed widespread opposition to targeting cultural sites but pompeo backed the president's position. >> so cultural centers are theoretically fair targets in your view am. >> i've been part of the discussion. everything i've seen about how we will respond with great force and great vigor if t

again portuguese motorbike ride apollo gonsalves has died after a crash during sunday's 7 stage near riyadh in saudi arabia the 40 year old suffered the fatal accident after riding 276 kilometers into sunday's calls on solvers was unconscious when medics arrived at the side the 2013 cross-country rallies world champion was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. iran's only female olympic medalist kimmie i lose the day has defected from her country the 2016 bronze medal winner anti-clotting dollars cited they have puckers city of a regime that she claims human. using them for their political agenda the 21 year old confirmed the move on social media starting chord i am one of the millions of oppressed women in iran who have been playing with fee is elisa day is reportedly training in europe and is hoping to compete at tokyo 2020 but not the iranian flag . for a mind to now all of our top story for the 2nd day protesters have gathered you may run to one of the victims of the down to crimea plane and oppose the government's handling of the crash the protests erupted off the behavior of

the ao—year—old portuguese was found unconscious on the route from riyadh to wadi al—dawasir, and was pronounced dead in hospital. goncalves, who was competing in his 13th dakar rally, finished second overall in the bikes section in 2015. monday's stage for bikes and quads was cancelled as mark of respect. but the stage did go ahead for cars, and was won by frenchman mathieu serradori who completed the a77 kilometre stage in 3 hours and 48 minutes. the ex—formula 1 world champion fernando alonso came 2nd for toyota, claiming his best finish to date on his dakar rally debut. while 15th place on the stage was enough for carlos sainz to retain his overall lead. he's 6 minutes and a0 seconds ahead of the defending champion nasser al—attiyah. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. storm brendan brought some very stong winds and heavy rain to the north and the west of the uk. primarily for northern ireland and for western scotland. you can see the system here, wound itself up

again portuguese motorbike rider paolo consol this has died after a crash during the 7 stages near riyadh in saudi arabia the 40 year old suffered a fatal accident after riding 276 kilometers off of sunday's course salvias was unconscious when medics arrived at the site 2013 cross country rallies world champion was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. iran's only female olympic medalist. has defected from her country at the 2016 bronze medal winner in taekwondo side in the hypocrisy of a regime she claims humiliates athletes while using them for their political agenda 21 year old convert the move on social media saying i'm one of the millions of oppressed women in iran who have been playing with for years it is reporting in europe now for the 2026. you're watching the news coming spicer squashed. christmas just shows the 1st split spread of shows chemists. clips of the marketplace.

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our international diplomatic editor nic robertson in riyadh, and sam kiley in abu dhabi. nick, first to you. the calls we're hearing from european leaders urging restraint, the question here, do they really have the leverage to make a difference here? sk and are there any off-ramps for de-escalation from your vantage point in the coming future? >> reporter: if we take at face value president trump's tweets, then the british, the french and the germans who issued the joint statement calling for -- not to ratchet up tensions further are whistling in the wind because president trump is tweeting that he is willing to strike cultural sites, said that he is willing to demand money from iraq if u.s. troops are forced to pull out. all those speeches ratcheting up tensions and destabilization in the region. the reality is cooler heads and calmer thoughts may prevail behind closed doors, but there is no indication at the moment that there is a diplomatic off-ramp. what we understand from the iraqi prime minister yesterday is that qassem soleimani in the hours before he had been kil

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as for saudi arabia no direct evidence linking riyadh to the plotters ever came to light. never hear. the secrets of the assassination of abraham hamdi remain a mystery 40 years on there are few witnesses still alive and his family is still seeking justice had he survived yemen might have steered a different path with different outcomes cut short by murder able him or humvees vision was unfulfilled. we got more showers in the forecast for that flood hit parts of brazil just to the north of our area you can see this little area of cloud here ahead of the the showers that we will see over the next day or so we have still got plenty of them and pretty awful conditions there on the ground the showers say are going to return as we go on through the remainder of the way to stay quite a rash ash as you can see spread right across the amazon southeastern prost fos outpaced brazil also seeing some about whether we should just spilling out to paraquat as we go into thursday it should turn little dry here it gets up to around $36.00 degrees celsius the wetter weather will be down tow

. >> cnn editor nic robertson joins us in riyadh, security editor nick paton walsh live in beruit. a leader will muy meet with u.s. officials day. y -- today. you have learned what we might expect from that? >> reporter: i spoke to the brother of the crown prince, brother of the king, effectively the third most powerful man in the country. his title is deputy defense minister. don't let that fool you. what i'm told is he's in washington today to meet with secretary of state mike pompeo on a mission for the crown prince, but it's a very simple message he's bringing. it's a message of restraint. the saudis want to find a way to deescalate the situation. that's what he wants to talk to mike pompeo about. i'm told part of the way that he'll convey this message is to say that, look, we live in the region. we've seen this sort of chaos before. we don't want it. we've been a target. saudis will say we've been a target of attacks from iran before and we consider we might be a target again. we don't want that. this is something we want to avoid. that's going to be part of the message. i was

riyadh in the past few years. will there be a response from that proxy, toward saudi arabia? or would iran take direct actions, as the world believes it did when it targeted the two oil facilities here back in september last year. that's a concern, as well. or will iran serve its revenge up cold, as it did back in 1988, when "the uss vinsens" in the persian gulf, accidentally shot down on iranian passenger yet. nine months later a pipe bomb was put under the vehicle of that ship's captain's car. the iranians waited a long time and made an intentional target of a person they held responsible, in what was essentially a very soft target. his wife was lucky to escape without injury when that pipe bomb went off under her vehicle. so, you know, the scope and scale of what iran may turn its hand to here, is a maximum concern. a lot of people would look at the persian gulf, the straits of hormuz, oil tankers there ha iran has targeted is a possible pinch point for escalation, draw in international attention. again, iran, typically uses to try to resolve this -- resolve these tensions

as for saudi arabia no direct evidence linking riyadh to the plotters ever came to light. never hear. the secrets of the assassination of abraham hamdi remain a mystery 40 years on there are few witnesses still alive and his family is still seeking justice had he survived yemen might have steered a different path with different outcomes cut short by murder able him or humvees vision was unfulfilled. musician of whom a visionary teacher. al-jazeera world meets a man bringing traditional arabic sounds to a whole new audience being a woman and being american playing around with it already in something new from boston to palestine the land of his bad enough as the next generation of musical talent simon shahid their musical journey on al-jazeera. examining the impact of today's headlines few years the mission information used for. setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions how unique elopement is this in terms of modern american history when it comes to racism you have the makings of a neo fascist moment international filmmakers and world class journalists bringing programs

the phone of amazon a washington post owner jeff bezos relations between the world's richest man in riyadh soured after the murder of journalists. by saudi agents in 2018 there were special properties or says the alleged hacking was carried out to influence the newspapers reporting on saudi arabia. dogs allegations place. the crime trend and stand all of a campaign on the hacking scandal and spending to me to show that socialist think in my view based on mine were created to do the killing of jam and castro game those allegations today reinforce the call and i have made. independent investigation into is a mastermind behind the killing of castro geek and particularly an investigation into the nature and extent of the responsibilities and the highest level of the state including by mohammedans time and congressional democrats in the us have called on republican senators to join them in voting to remove donald trump from office began opening arguments in the mph front trial of the us president is accused of abuse of power and obstructing justice the president was the key player in the scheme

and our national diplomatic editor is in riyadh. he joins us now live. nick, world leaders calling for de-escalation of tension. and in the midst of this, iraq's caretaker prime minister is suggesting that soleimani was actually in baghdad to help de-escalate tension between iran and the saudis. what more are you learning about that? >> the saudis have been vocal publicly in the past few years in particular saying iran should cease and desist. what the saudis see is expansion throughout the region by using proxies, giving them missiles, ballistic missiles, giving them to the houthis and yemen. saudi has been calling on iran to stop this. back channels, however, to de-escalate. i think we get a sense that those have been going on, particularly if you look at the saudi oil attacks in september last year. two terminals hit, more than half of the country's oil output halted because of these sophisticated drone and missile attacks. but the saudis stopped short of saying publicly what they believe privately that this attack was not only inspired by iran, but u

as for saudi arabia no direct evidence linking riyadh to the plotters ever came to light. never hear. the secrets of the assassination of abraham hamdi remain a mystery 40 years on there are few witnesses still alive and his family is still seeking justice had he survived yemen might have steered a different path with different outcomes cut short by murder able him or hundreds vision was unfulfilled. homa visionary teacher. al-jazeera wells meets a man bringing traditional arabic sounds to a whole new audience being alone and being american playing and it already is something new from boston to palestine and landed his pa in natchez the next generation of musical talent simon shaheen musical journey on al-jazeera. and. hello again to welcome back to your international weather forecast well in the coming days here across the western part of canada as well as the united states we're going to be seeing a series of storms coming in off the pacific well one is already making its way here across much of canada and with that we're going to sing some very heavy rain windy conditio

trump made a fairly successful speech in riyadh. a process that the national security advisor had, a more conventional national security process with meetings and options laid out for the president. the nationaln, security advisor come as a competent lawyer but is not have the stature of h.r. mcmaster. there is a competent official who would be under secretary or assistant secretary in a normal administration. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney is certainly not john kelly and has made it clear he wants to leave. guest: mark meadows may take over. yeah, wellmeadows, anyway, the point is this was a group of people who imposed a certain amount of discipline only president, which he does not like. he hates being managed and being lectured to. it is his prerogative to have the people in place that he likes working with. theyhe question is, are the people who will sometimes challenge him as is necessary when you are president? think about obama and the bin the secretary of defense said we should not do it in vice president joe biden said

cnn is live this morning in tehran, riyadh, baghdad and london. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett. thursday january 9th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. 25 days until the iowa caucuses. >>> well, the u.s. and iran seem to be backing away from armed conflict but today the house will take steps to ensure they're involved. house speaker nancy pelosi setting a vote on a war powers resolution that will limit the president's military actions against iran. pelosi has criticized the president for not consulting with congress before the drone strike that killed top general qassem soleimani. >> a briefing on iran infuriated some lawmakers. two key allies joined democrats charging the administration failed to prove soleimani was planning an imminent attack on u.s. interests. >> probably the worst briefing i've seen at least on a military issue in the 9 years i've served in the united states senate. to come in and tell us that we can't debate and discuss the appropriateness of military intervention against iran. it's un-american.

the phone of amazon and washington post boss jeff bezos relations between the world's richest man in riyadh saudi after the murder of jamal khashoggi the saudi journalists was a regular contributor to the washington post and click age as this. 15 months after the murder of saudi journalists. in the kingdom's consulate in istanbul the fallout continues jeff bezos the boss of the world's largest online shop amazon also owns the washington post the newspaper khashoggi wrote for he's now at the center of a hacking probe un human rights experts including agnes kalmadi who investigated murder say they've looked at forensic analysis that points to dart of being stolen from basal says foreign in 20 i 18 that happened after bass also received whatsapp messages from the personal account of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin some on possibly the experts say to try and influence articles in the washington post the guinea shola expert conduct an. investigation concluded reason medium or high certainty that the show also of the hacking was a videophile send to me stone. and account by the crown prince o

involved in the hacking of the phone of amazon boss jeff bezos relations between the billionaire and riyadh saudi write off the journalist democracy was killed by saudi agents in 2018 we begin with this report from nicholas cage. 15 months after the murder of saudi journalists. in the kingdom's consulate in istanbul the fallout continues jeff bezos the boss of the world's largest online shop amazon also owns the washington post the newspaper khashoggi wrote for he's now at the center of a hacking probe un human rights experts including agnes kalmadi who investigated murder say they've looked at forensic analysis that points to dart of being stolen from basal says foreign in 20 itin that happened after bass also received whatsapp messages from the personal account of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin some on possibly the experts say to try and influence articles in the washington post the guinea shola expert conduct an. investigation concluded reason medium or high certainty that to show also the hijacking was a videophile send to me stone. and account by the crown prince on the sidelines

underground this time in the studio just before we get to julian assange there's a saudi media forum at the riyadh hilton on monday and i understand that you and your fellow special report tours have been talking about the case of the jane little who is apparently detained arbitrarily another area here prison she's been there for a year what is this case about well she's a human rights activist the women's rights activist actually that has been the tent on spurious claims offs national security but in fact she has spoken out for women's rights very vocally and she claims also to have been tortured. in detention and obviously no investigations have been undertaken by saudi arabia so we are calling on saudi arabia to conduct these investigations which are international obligations under the convention against torture which saudi arabia has actually ratified obviously the governor would deny there's been any torture and that indeed she is there for national security reasons we write these and as are on the program let's get now to another case what have you made of 60 doctors claiming julie innocence

ground this time in the studio just before we get to julian assange there's a saudi media forum at the riyadh hilton on monday and i understand that you and your fellow special reporters have been talking about the case of new jane little who is apparently detained arbitrarily another area here prison she's been there for a year what is this case about well she's a human rights activist the women's rights activist actually that has been the tent on spurious claims of smash and security but in fact she has spoken out for women's rights very vocally and she claims also to have been tortured in detention and obviously no investigations have been undertaken by saudi arabia so we are calling on saudi arabia to conduct these investigations which are international obligations under the convention against torture which saudi arabia has actually ratified obviously this idea in government would deny there's been any torture and that indeed she is there for national security reasons we write these idea i've been ambassador on the program let's get now to another case what have you made of 60 doctors cla

diplomacy i would love to see my foreign minister to travel to the region not only to tehran but also to riyadh to. to to doha for example and also to ankara to at least try to find a way not to find or not to prevent to an overreaction to a potential iranian overreaction where does that leave the relations between germany and europe with tehran a relations between europe and iran are different than the ones of the americans and the iranians your neighbors know that iran is playing a highly aggressive role in the whole middle east we know that iran's human rights record is disastrous but at the end of the day this is in our neighborhood we don't want. we don't want to have nukes in our neighborhood this is why we fought for a nuclear deal for for so long. what kind of retaliation do you fear from tehran there are a lot of scenarios a can in. imagine iran and iranian. armed forces and american armed forces are physically very close to each other and see a lot of places like afghanistan in the persian gulf and iraq and lebanon or in syria so it's imaginable that they can hit the americans and the

diplomacy i would love to see my foreign minister to travel to the region not only to tehran but also to riyadh to be to doha for example and also to ankara to at least try to find a way not to find there or not to prevent to an overreaction to a potential iranian overreaction where does that leave the relations between germany and europe with tehran a relations between europe and iran are different than the ones of the americans and the iranians your neighbors we know that iran is playing a highly aggressive role in the whole middle east we know that iran's human rights record is disastrous but at the end of the day this is in our neighborhood we don't want. we don't want to have nukes in our neighborhood this is why we fought for the nuclear deal for for so long. what kind of retaliation do you fear from tehran there are a lot of scenarios that can and. imagine iran and iranian. armed forces and american armed forces are physically very close to each other and in lot of places like afghanistan in the persian gulf and iraq and living on or in syria so it's imaginable that they can hit the amer

this time even in the studio just before we get to julian assange there's a saudi media forum at the riyadh hilton on monday and i understand that you and your father to special reports as have been talking about the case with jane newell who is apparently detained arbitrarily another area here prison she's been there for a year what is this case about well she's a human rights activist the women's rights activist actually the husband detained on spurious claims of smash and secure. but in fact she has spoken up for women's rights very vocally and she claims also to have been tortured in detention and obviously no investigations have been undertaken by saudi arabia so we are calling on saudi arabia to conduct these investigations which are international obligations under the convention against torture which saudi arabia has actually ratified. in government would deny there's been any torture and that indeed she is there for national security reasons we've been on the program let's get now to another case what have you made of 60 doctors claiming julie innocence of wiki leaks may die in a br

had been moved somewhere else without him hanged himself from a tree the next day hussein's friend riyadh hanged himself inside the hotel his entire family had been killed in iraq he complained his severe depression was being ignored his funeral wasn't quite so well attended as the one in the village. he told them what had happened to his family they gave me an injection and he was like a robot 20 came back he was saying every day i'm not ok i'm not ok and they did nothing for him. over the last few months the incoming center right greek government has scaled back medical and psychiatric support for refugees to prove to an increasingly hostile public that it's on the sunlight here they can bandage that feet but not their minds a lot of people just shrugging not only about mental health care when they need an operation a follow up after operations x. rays seems like this as it's much more difficult to find a place where the people treatment the sad truth is that the story of moria's is in microcosm a reflection of how europe has failed to get on top of refugee resettlement and to heal peop

we normally see around one $111.00 millimeters of rain in the average year in riyadh so that's how dry how severe how extreme a catastrophic the drought has been and there's not too much more right in the forecast over the next couple days i'm hopeful we will gradually see some as this weather system just makes its way in across the southwest pushing over towards the bike and easing over toward the southeastern corner high pressure in charges that will tend to block things off we've got the heat gradually getting screes further east which as we go on through the next couple of days picking up in sydney as we go on through saturday dry for many as we go on through the next couple of days we are going to see the rain gradually pushing in as we go on into saturday and hopefully a little bit of wet weather then the victoria tearing. thank you for my guinea bizarre prime minister or model as a circle in bhalo has won the presidential runoff election he got 54 percent of the vote the head of his main rival and bala tags were from president jose mario voz who was eliminated in the 1st round h

diplomacy i would love to see my foreign minister to travel to the region not only to tehran but also to riyadh. for example and also to ankara to at least try to find a way not to find there or not to provide to an over reaction to a potential iranian overreaction where does that leave their relations between germany and europe with tehran. the relations between europe and iran are different than the ones of the americans and the iranians your neighbors you know that iran is playing a highly aggressive role in the whole middle east we know that iran's human rights record is disastrous but at the end of the day this is in our neighborhood we don't want. we don't want to have nukes in our neighborhood this is why we fought for a nuclear deal for for so long. what kind of retaliation do you fear from tehran there are a lot of scenarios that. and imagine iran and iranian. armed forces and american armed forces are physically very close to each other in a lot of places like afghanistan the persian gulf and iraq and living on or in syria so it's imaginable that they can hit the americans and their a