he's had a 30-year career at the state department. for a time he was our acting ambassador to britain in the trump administration until november 2018, he was the number two official at the u.s. embassy in london. he was second in command to the billionaire woody johnson, who president trump appointed ambassador to the uk. lewis lukens is now retired from the foreign service. he was sent home by ambassador woody johnson about seven months before his tour of duty was due to end there, and he chose to retire at that time. but now that he's a private citizen, he is now speaking out in person and on the record about what he saw happen during his tenure there. watch. >> the ambassador came back from a meeting at the white house. the very next morning he came and talked to me. he said the president wants me to do this. who should i talk to? how should i go about doing it? i said, you can't. you shouldn't do it. this is unethical, probably illegal. a couple weeks later he asked again. i gave him the same answer. he then had a meeting with the

the state department has been woefully absent. most recently in its engagement on negotiations related to management of the nile waters. in the western hemisphere, the entirety of our approach seems to be anti-immigrant hysteria and bullying, all while gutting our institutional capacity to deal with the root causes of migration. there is bipartisan support for your venezuela policy. but your approach has met with suffering. the administration will not support those who are already exiled. you propose cutting our international narcotics and law enforcement. on climate change, your department has not just failed to be part of the solution, but is becoming part of the problem. our allies in europe, in asia, in the middle east routinely wonder out loud whether we can really be counted on. our values have been denigrated. president trump screen lighting of concentration camps in china and revisionist and sometimes repulsive views espoused by your so-called unalienable rights commission. and in the face of a global pandemic, we haven't

he's had a 30 year career at the state department. for a time he was our acting ambassador to britain in the trump administration until november 2018, he was the number two official at the u.s. embassy in london. he was second in command to the billionaire woody johnson, who president trump appointed ambassador to the uk. lewis lukens is now retired from the foreign service. he was sent home by ambassador woody johnson about seven months before his tour of duty was due to end there, and he chose to retire at that time. but now that he's a private citizen, he is now speaking out in person and on the record about what he saw happen during his tenure there. watch. >> the ambassador came back from a meeting at the white house. the very next morning he came and talked to me. he said the president wants me to do this. who should i talk to? how should i go about doing it? i said, you can't. you shouldn't. this is unethical, probably illegal. a couple weeks later he asked again. i gave him the same answer. he then had a meeting with the briti

i say we, not the state department alone. but all the united states government. i'm confident we will be in this one as well. >> why wouldn't you be willing to opine on a specific individual if you had information to suggest that the source was not credible? it seems if that is in fact the function of the u.s. government. if it has information to -- that would suggest maligned influence to let congress and the american people know. >> yeah. so when it's appropriate i will. when there's still work ongoing and there's still unsettled intelligence around these things i'm going to try to be just a little bit more careful, senator. >> let be turn to china for a moment. china is clearly seeking to use the united states' failure to control covid as a means to leapfrog us in our traditional leadership position when it comes to global health. senator romney referred to this earlier. i think we've given two big gifts to the chinese since the beginning of this outbreak. the first was the president's just remarkable fawning over china's earlier response to the virus 47 diffe

there's a sense in the state department in the leadership levels of the state department that ambassadors like woody johnson were friends of the president and, therefore, there was not much to be gained from trying to push back on some of their behavior. so there's very much a stance of, look, he's the president's friend. he's known the president since the early 1970s. there's not much we can do about that. without having leadership in the state department and having secretary of state willing to address some of these issues and certainly the president not willing to address them, i think there was a feeling amongst the senior career people and even some of the senior political appointees that it's just not worth going down that road. >> ambassador lukens, i have a couple of other things i'd like to ask you about, particularly on that leadership point that you are raising right there. would you mind sticking with us, i have to take a quick break and come back in just a moment. >> sure. >> we'll be right back with ambassador lewis lukens. again, this is his first interview since "the new y

mike these are very strong words from the state department. indeed yes they were responding to a letter sent to the white house by senator patrick leahy along with 3 others asking about what had happened to the children of out of 3 there in riyadh being held by the saudi authorities the response coming in that letter from the state department a very strong statements made making very clear that he was a valued ally of the united states now outside. worked for the poor crown prince of muhammad bin nayef as its intelligence advisor so he worked very closely with u.s. country intelligence in terms of joint operations between the united states and saudi arabia in fact left saudi arabia because he feared that the present crown prince would take over from hamad bin nayef which was indeed what happened but since then he's been in exile in canada the state department making very clear in that letter that should there be any accusations of wrongdoing against him by the saudi. authorities then they've got to proceed in a formal legal matter according to

there's a sense in the state department in the leadership levels of the state department that ambassadors like woody johnson were friends of the president, and, therefore, there was not much to be gained from trying to push back on some of their behavior. so there's very much a stance of, look, he's the president's friend. he's known the president since the early 1970s. there's not much we can do about that. without having leadership in the state department and having secretary of state willing to address some of these issues and certainly the president not willing to address them, i think there was a feeling amongst the senior career people and even some of the senior political appointees that it's just not worth going down that road. >> ambassador lukens, i have a couple of other things i'd like to ask you about, particularly on that leadership point that you are raising right there. would you mind sticking with us, i have to take a quick break and coming back in just a moment? >> yep, sure. >> we'll be right back with ambassador lewis lukens. again, this is his first interview since "t

department and interesting in that state department letter that they have already made repeated approaches to saudi arabia as to the status of these children being held by the saudi authorities so that is a very strong step forward in a way i'll jump he has argued very strongly that he had to leave saudi arabia because he was worried about the succession to the man that he was working for muhammad bin nayef the former crown prince who was usurped by the present crown prince mohammed bin salman in his court to papers i'll judge priest says that he had was concerned for his own safety about the strand solution of power and that's why he went into exile the crown prince sent him a number of texts are seeking him to return and then according to those court papers he began to threaten him and then said sent according to the court papers the hit squad to him in canada that was turned away at the canadian border by alert border guards but one must stress as well is that the state department letter confirms that our job really was a very valued intelligence and said to the united states he worked

the state department's efforts on $21.00 requests for the global engagement center is $138000000.00 more than double its current level we won't tolerate this information and other propaganda directed by the cromwell or any of our other adversaries double the budget for the sake of a handful of relatively are no news sites operating 200000 month leave us while solid reasoning all i can say is the pompei was going to have to get a much bigger ball when he set his sights on r t would that it's not a competition of course but $130000000.00 monthly viewers but my total take oh no he's willing to give to the state department's rewards for justice program is offering a reward of up to $10000000.00 for information leading to the identification or location of any person who acting at the direction for under the control of a foreign government interferes with us elections so mike tell me what's a gal going to do to get back on on not 10000000. twitter in turn her started its own campaign flagging the accounts of state affiliated media with special labels such pages and posts will no longer be ampl

state department releases a report on the suppose that 5 pillars of russian propaganda. watching are to international bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program russia is on its way to becoming the 1st country to register a vaccine against kobe and 19 its health ministry says this could happen as early as next week trials have been ongoing since june here and moscow with 2 groups of volunteers taking part and will be getting more details on that a little bit later in the program from our correspondent thank you aaron. search and rescue operations continue in beirut where the death toll is expected to rise following tuesday's blasts in the capital sports officials say the explosion killed at least 157 people and injured 5000 others the french president manual mccrone is in lebanon where he's held talks with top officials and called for an international investigation into the causes of the explosions some though are questioning the french leaders real motives and the reports. police swooped into the lebanese capital in the aftermath o

now, the senators have got a response from the state department. interesting in that letter that they have already made repeated approaches to saudi arabia as to the status of these children being held by the saudi authorities. that is a very strong step forward. al-jabri has argued very strongly that he had to leave saudi arabia because he was worried about the succession to theman he was working for, former crown prince, who was usurped by the current crown prince, mohammed bin salman. in his court papers, al-jabri says he was concerned for his own safety about this transition of power, and that is why he went into exile. the crown prince send him a number of text, asking him to return. according to those papers, he began to threaten him and send, according to the papers, a hit squad to assassinate him in canada. that was turned away at the canadian border by alert border guards. but one must stress that the state department letter confirms that al-jabri was a valued intelligence asset to the united states. he worked very closely in the counterte

the us state department calls a former saudi intelligence official a valued partner saying it's concerned by allegations the saudi crown prince sent his men to try to kill him. oh i maryam namazie watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program anger is growing in beirut off to a devastating explosion residents blame corruption and mismanagement the president says he's not ruling out a missile attack. and india plane skids off the runway after landing in carola at least 16 people have been killed. and hong kong chief executive kerry lam intent on the chinese officials a sanctioned by the us of a controversial security little. the u.s. state department has called for most top former top saudi intelligence officials sydell jobbery a value partner it comes a day off or it was revealed brief filed a lawsuit in washington accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin selman of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him the state department says it's concerned by al job reason allegations and says any persecution of his family members back in saudi arabia is unacceptable it'

state department calls a former top saudi intelligence official a valued partner saying it's concerned by allegations the saudi crown prince sent men to canada to try to kill him. alone i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program anger is growing off to beirut explosion residents blame corruption and mismanagement the president suggested could have been the result of a missile attack. in a india plane skids off the runway after landing in carola the death toll continues to climb. and hong kong chief executive carrier laumann 10 all the chinese officials a sanctioned by the us of a controversial security law. the u.s. state department has called former top saudi intelligence officials a valued partner it comes a day after it was revealed algebra filed a lawsuit in washington accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him the state department says it's concerned by al jump raise allegations and says any persecution of his family members back in saudi arabia is unacceptable it's also being repor

saudi relationship unraveling what are we to make of the state department's comments. the relationship is definitely in a serious process of transition and change after 75 years or so of pretty strong. stability in which direction it goes is going to depend on how the saudis behave and it's going to depend on how political winds in the united states change as well particularly in the congress and especially in the white house so the u.s. relationship now is very very narrow in terms of its links to the white house and particularly to cushion around trump and individually so it's a very send relationship compared to what it used to be before but it is definitely in a moment of historic change and it it could get better it could get worse depends on how people behave but chips wary here in doha what about the state department comments what do you make of that you know at the end of the day i think there was political pressure up that the whole case brought the court by said the judge and that they cannot stay silent they have arms as you know you know their own. being ba

as far as i have read, it violates his own policies with the state department and the state department confirmed officials should not be involved in politics. it is directly counter to what i own memosfrom his about instructions. put ak it -- i think bill fine point on the fact he's doing this from the state of israel at a time when israel is facing a lot of challenges and that we have a lot of bipartisan support for. for him to do this partly shows that the administration is willing to politicize the state of israel and use it as a political wedge as opposed to a rallying cry for us to come together and continue the traditions of bipartisan support for the state of israel. to me, it is reckless encounter to the traditions of our country. it is counter to the mandates for the state department personnel. it is unfortunate that this president seems like from of the venue he seems to be trampling ideas that are certain places that are sacrosanct not for politics and a political convention in this way. >> do we have jonathan? senator booker: he is one of new jersey's finest reporters even

saudi relationship unraveling what are we to make of the state department's comments. the relationship is definitely in a serious process of transition and change after 75 years or so of pretty strong. stability in which direction it goes is going to depend on how the saudis behave and it's going to depend on how political winds in the united states change as well particularly in the congress and especially in the white house the saudi u.s. relationship now is very very narrow in terms of its links to the white house and particularly to cushion around trump and individually so it's a very send relationship compared to what it used to be before but it is definitely in a moment of historic change and it it could get better it could get worse depends on how people behave but chips wary here in doha what about the state department comments what do you make of that you know at the end of the day i think there was political pressure that the whole case brought of the court by said the judge perry and that box cannot stay silent they have. you know you know they're all. being

which happens to be the author of this reports the state department's efforts toward $21.00 requests for the global engagement center is $138000000.00 more than double its current level we won't tolerate this information another propaganda directed by the criminal or any of our other adversaries double the budget for the sake of a handful of relatively unknown news sites opportune 200000 months of us while solid reasoning all i can say is the pompei was going to have to get a much bigger ball when he sets his sights on r t with that it's not a competition of course but one $130000000.00 monthly viewers but my total take oh no he's willing to give to the state department's rewards for justice program is offering a reward of up to $10000000.00 for information leading to the identification or location of any person who acting at the direction for under the control of a foreign government interferes with u.s. elections so mike tell me what's a gal go to do to get their hands on not 10000000. for the government says that it won't be using 50000000 facemasks that it's bought for medics dur

state department has issued a new report and which accuses russia of waging a dis information and propaganda campaign employing a variety of methods among these is the use of kremlin controlled news outlets to push moscow's messages are to sofitel or takes a closer look. 3 months until the election a virus cool seeing up through the country an ailing economy and a future without tech talk america's got its hands full but it will still always find the time on the cash to do a deep dive into russian descent information. the kremlin bears direct responsibility for cultivating these tactics and platforms as part of its approach to using information as a weapon it invests massively in its propaganda channels its intelligence services and its proxies to conduct malicious site brick to vittie to support the dissent from ation efforts and it leaves reaches outlets that masquerade as new sites research institutions to spread these false and misleading narratives a new report by the state department has zeroed in on russia's complex network of fake news and propaganda and basically it tuns out like so

department in d.c. >> as of last fall, several months ago, the state department ig apparently had done some investigation of these allegations. but then the report on the investigations and the report on what happened some what mysteriously disappeared and has not been made public. it was designated as classified for some reason and shortly there after they were fired and we still don't know why he was fired and that something that congress is currently investigating because not only does congress not know why the inspector general was fired, neither does he. congress recently released the transcript of a closed door deposition they did with the inspector general where he told members of congress, in this case, congressman ted lou, i don't know why i have been removed. there's been no valid reason presented for me for that removal. congress is trying to figure it out. he still doesn't know why he was fired. they sent subpoenas to try to get to the bottom of it and try to figure out whether it may have been a cover up of some kind. mike pompeo saying simply he wanted to go home and it h

state department has called former top saudi intelligence officials sadal jobbery a valued partner comes a day after it was revealed algebra filed a lawsuit in washington accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him state department says it's concerned by a japanese allegations and that any persecution of his family members back in saudi arabia is unacceptable it's also being reported that interpol rejected a request to extradite al japery back to saudi arabia because they said it was politically motivated it says that dr murray has been a valued partnered to the u.s. government working closely with us to ensure the safety of americans and saudis it continues that the department of state is concerned about the alleged activities that led to dr out. in canada any accusations of wrongdoing it says should be addressed through established legal channels the lebanese president michel aoun has dismissed calls for an internet international investigation and to choose days devastating chemical explosion in the country he says the blast which

saudi relationship unraveling what are we to make of the state department's comments. the relationship is definitely in a serious process of transition and change after 75 years or so of pretty strong. stability in which direction it goes is going to depend on how the saudis behave and it's going to depend on how political winds in the united states change as well particularly in the congress and especially in the white house so the u.s. relationship now is very very narrow in terms of its links to the white house and particularly to cushion around trump and individually so it's a very send relationship compared to what it used to be before but it is definitely in a moment of historic change and it it could get better it could get worse depends on how people behave but chips wary here in doha what about the state department comments what do you make of that you know at the end of the day i think there was political pressure that the whole case brought the court by said the judge perry and that bomb that they cannot stay silent they have on you know you know their own .

state department has spoken out in support of a former top saudi intelligence agent who was allegedly targeted for all the sasa nation attempts it describes as a valued partner of jumper a filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing the saudi crown prince of sending a hit squad to calendar to kill him michaela has more. patrick leahy was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house last month in the letter the senators expressed their concern about what they call the abduction in saudi arabia of saddle jobbery son and daughter. in his court filing our job research his children now aged 20 and 21 were being held as what he called human bait to lure him out of hiding the state department has now responded to the senator's concerns in a letter to senator leahy it describes jobbery as a valued partner to the u.s. government working closely with the u.s. to ensure the safety of americans and saudis it also states that any persecution of family members is unacceptable adding that it has made repeated requests to the saudi government about the status of his son and daug

the state department's for 2021 requests for the global engagement center is $138000000.00 more than double its current level we won't tolerate this information and other propaganda directed by the kremlin or any of our other adversaries double the budget for the sake of a handful of relatively are no news sites operating 200000 months of us while solid reasoning all i can say is the pump a was going to have to get a much bigger ball when he set his sights on r t would that it's not a competition of course but $130000000.00 monthly of us but my total take oh no he's willing to give to the state department's rewards for justice program is offering a reward of up to $10000000.00 for information leading to the identification or location of any person who acting at the direction for under the control of a foreign government interferes with us elections so mike tell me what's a gal go to do to get back on that 10000000. chinese video sharing app tectonic says it could go to court over u.s. sanctions all trump issued to executive orders on thursday banning all transactions with the owners

welcome back this should not surprise any of us but the us state department wants us taxpayers to give them tens of billions of dollars more in aid this year and to substantiate the need it is telling some really scary stories of all kinds of countries around the world and how they're threatening us badly at the top of the boogie man list of course is russia here is r t correspondent saskia taylor with a somewhat tongue in cheek look at my pump ales laundry list of accusations against russia being used to justify his. getting war kirsch money. 3 months until the election a virus who will sing up through the country an ailing economy and a future without tick talk america's got its hands full but it will still find the time on the cash to do a deep dive into russian descent information. the kremlin bears direct responsibility for cultivating these tactics and platforms as part of its approach to using information as a weapon it invests massively in its propaganda channels its intelligence services and its proxies to conduct malicious i broke to vittie to support the dissent from ation e

state department has issued a new report and which accuses russia of waging a distant from ation and propaganda campaign employing a variety of methods among these is the use of kremlin controlled news outlets to push moscow's message or to tailor takes a closer look. 3 months until the election a virus who will sing up through the country an aging economy on a future without tech talk america's got its hands full but it will still always find the time on the cash to do a deep dive into russian descent information. the kremlin has direct responsibility for cultivating these tactics and platforms as part of its approach to using information as a weapon it invests massively in its propaganda channels its intelligence services and its proxies to conduct malicious cyber activity to support the dissent from ation efforts and it leverages outlets that masquerade as new sites research institutions to spread these false and misleading narratives a new report by the state department has 0 day in on russia's complex network of fake news and propaganda and basically it tuns out like some kind o

the state department says no taxpayer funds were used. meanwhile last month pompeo warned his staff not to improperly engage the department of state in the political process. hillary clinton has some advice for joe biden come election day don't even think about conceding if the election is that all close. the warning comes amid an expected surge in mail in ballots due to the coronavirus clinton says the democratic presidential nominee should not concede under any circumstances because she thinks the election results will drag out. she said quote eventually i do believe he will win if we don't give an inch and if we are as focused and relentless as the other side is. protests over the shooting of jacob blake turned deadly overnight after police say a teenager opened >>a 3rd night of protests over a wisconsin police shooting took a deadly turn late on tuesday 2 people are dead and another is badly hurt after someone opened fire in kenosha and today police announced an arrest, a warning before you see the video. it is rather graphic and whit

lack consistency you can see the state department releases a report on the supposed fight for the. british government faces criticism after purchasing $50000000.00 unmusical facemask start as local authorities in the u.k. given power to destroy buildings in the fight against we get reaction but of course in this day and age it would be easier to write should be sanitized somewhere around the market down. there you'd think there'd be something scientific that would help probably even more if you're good and. whether this is r.t. international thanks for joining us. russian rescue teams out begun their work in the blast stricken city of beirut as part of joint international relief efforts a massive explosion in the lebanese capital's docs area claimed the lives of 157 people and injured 5000 others correspond to get reports from the at the center of the tragedy. as russian rescuers are getting down to well what they have been flown in here for i. i want you to just look around and let something sink in about the sheer and ultimate demolition power behind this explosion we are in the

state department has called former top saudi intelligence officials. a valued partner a job he filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing the saudi crown prince of sending hit men to canada to kill him. lebanese president michel aoun has launched an investigation into tuesday's devastating explosion in beirut at least 157 people were killed he says the blast could have been caused either by negligence or external interference beijing's top representative in hong kong says u.s. sanctions are barbarous and ridiculous chief executive kerry lamb and territories current and former police chiefs are among 11 officials targeted. the united nations envoy to yemen has condemned an airstrike that killed at least 9 children on thursday martin griffiths is calling for an investigation into the attack and of which also left 12 women and children injured the saudi u.a.e. coalition has been blamed for carrying out the strike griffiths says civilians are protected under international law or u.s. intelligence official is warning china russia and iran will

state department spoken out in support of a former top saudi intelligence agent who was allegedly targeted in a fall of assassination attempt it's described as a valued park them a job he filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing saudi crown prince muhammad bin sultan of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him mike hanna has more. patrick leahy was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house last month in the letter the senators expressed their concern about what they call the abduction in saudi arabia of saad algebras son and daughter in his court filing algebras said his children now aged 20 and 21 were being held as what he called human bait to lure him out of hiding the state department has now responded to the senator's concerns in a letter to senator leahy it describes toddles job as a valued partner to the u.s. government working closely with the u.s. to ensure the safety of americans and saudis. it also states that any persecution of family members is unacceptable adding that it has made repeated requests to the saudi government about the status of

i want to join the state department or anything like that so you know i member of the group. i guess so yeah you know i mean i think you make a good point at the same time i do think that there needs to be some rames put on of at what age the military or the cia or anyone can start kind of going after these kids because they should be of an age that they can make that decision without being unduly influenced whether it's through a video game or other such things like that michael i had to agree he i think i think in senior high school. is about the right time because kids should be thinking what career path they want to venture into exactly right michel i want to say thank you so much for coming on always a pleasure having you on sir. thanks for having me as we go to break my friends remember that you can also start watching the hawks on demand brand new portable t.v. app which is available on all platforms remember portable t.v. you can see all these shows and a whole lot more all right next we delve into the workplace horror show that was allegedly the ellen show and then r

saudi relationship unraveling what are we to make of the state department's comments. the relationship is definitely in a serious process of transition and change after 75 years or so of pretty strong. stability in which direction it goes is going to depend on how the saudis behave and it's going to depend on how political winds in the united states change as well particularly in the congress and especially in the white house so the u.s. relationship now is very very narrow in terms of its links to the white house and particularly to cushion around trump and individually so it's a very send relationship compared to what it used to be before but it is definitely in a moment of historic change and it it could get better it could get worse depends on how people behave but chips wary here in doha what about the state department comments what do you make of that you know at the end of the day i think there was political pressure on that whole case brought of the court by said the judge perry and that box that they cannot stay silent they have on you know you know their own

state department has spoken out in support of a forward topside intelligence agent who was reportedly targeted in a folder assassination attempt it's described. as a valued partner filed a lawsuit in washington on thursday accusing the saudi crown prince mohammed bin someone of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him michaela has the details. patrick leahy was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house last month in the letter the senators express their concern about what they call the abduction in saudi arabia are sardar jobbery son and daughter. in his court filing our job research his children now aged 20 and 21 were being held as what he called human bait to lure him out of hiding the state department has now responded to the senator's concerns in a letter to senator leahy it describes jobbery as a valued partner to the u.s. government working closely with the u.s. to ensure the safety of americans and saudis it also states that any persecution of family members is unacceptable adding that it has made repeated requests to the saudi government about the status

the state department's for 2021 requests for the global engagement center is $138000000.00 more than double its current level we won't tolerate this information and other propaganda directed by the cromwell or any of our other adversaries double the budget for the sake of a handful of relatively are no news sites operating 200000 month leave us while solid reasoning all i can say is the pompei was going to have to get a much bigger ball when he sat his sights on r t would that it's not a competition of course but 130000000 monthly viewers but might all take oh no he's willing to give to the state department's rewards for justice program is offering a reward of up to $10000000.00 for information leading to the identification or location of any person who acting at the direction for under the control of a foreign government interferes with u.s. elections so mike tell me what's a gal going to do to get back on on that 10000000. the british government says that it won't be using $50000000.00 facemasks that it bought for medics during the pandemic because of concerns they might be unsafe

state department calls a former top saudi intelligence official saddam jobbery a valued partner and is concerned by allegations the saudi crown prince sent men to canada to try to kill him. an air india express passenger jet overshoots the runway while landing in heavy rain and carola the pilots and at least 12 others have died dozens of passengers are injured. lebanon's president raises the possibility of a rocket attack for tuesday's blast as an angry public blames political divisions and corruption. in the u.s. imposes sanctions on hong kong's leader kerry lamb and 10 other officials. and only willing to do. the champions league family returns and that means unfinished business from manchester city while madrid with the english probably doomed from the 1st leg that was played back in march. now the u.s. state department has called a former top saudi intelligence official sadal jobbery a valued partner it comes a day after it was revealed that algebra filed a lawsuit and washington d.c. accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond of sending his men to canada to try to kill him t

state department has spoken out in defense of a former top saudi intelligence agent who was allegedly targeted in a fort assassination attempt that's describing sought out a valued partner filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him lebanese president michel alone has launched an investigation into tuesday's devastating explosion in beirut he says the blast which killed at least $157.00 people could have been caused either by negligence or external interference u.s. president donald trump says he'll be joining other world leaders on a donor conference call for lebanon on sunday he also said aid from america is already on its way at 3 pm this afternoon i spoke with president. of lebanon to inform him that 3 large aircraft are on the. are on the way and they're fully loaded fully loaded with medical supplies food water and many other things lots of emergency equipment also 1st responders technicians doctors and nurses are on their way to germany and france have abandoned talks to r

the state department has spoken out in support of a former top saudi intelligence agent who was reportedly targeted in a folder assassination attempt it describes. as a valued partner jobbery filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin salon sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him mike hanna explains why patrick leahy was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house last month in the letter the senators express their concern about what they call the abduction in saudi arabia are saddled jobbery son and daughter. in his court filing our jobbery said his children now aged 20 and 21 were being held as what he called human bait to lure him out of hiding the state department has now responded to the senator's concerns in a letter to senator leahy it describes jobbery as a valued partner to the u.s. government working closely with the u.s. to ensure the safety of americans and saudis it also states that any persecution of family members is unacceptable adding that it has made repeated requests to the saudi government about the status

as they work at the state department. >> and his personal capacity no state department resources will be used and staff are not involved in preparing the remarks or they arranged for secretary pompeo's arrangement and the state department will not bear any costs in conjunction with the appearance. other big speakers tonight, eric trump and tiffany trump which is notable because the president's daughter doesn't speak in public all that often. and one more thing, after that big downpour that you and i got stuck in yesterday, i went ahead and check the weather for tonight and as of now there is only a 15% chance of rain for the time when the first lady speaks, outside live in the rose garden. >> dana: but there's probably a 99% likelihood of mosquitoes as i'm remembering here in washington, d.c. >> it is the season. we have much more had on the first lady's big speech tonight. and we will to >> if democrats wanted to help minorities in underserved communities, instead of bowing to big-money union bosses, they let parents choose what school is best for your kids. and, for frequent psychol

department rather than independent agency, the congress has not funded the state department properly, the state department has been starved of resources except for a couple of brief periods during the george w. bush of administration when there was an increase of officers, it's been reluctance on the congress and they hate development assistance, they've considered a waste of time, for going to spend money why are we not spending at home than other countries and they don't see how that can benefit the united states, i think partly it's been a big part of the reason of the reluctance of the congress to fund it and in all honesty, the reluctance of the most part of all four administrations to push for such funding, the irony for me, at a time when the congress has become more and more resistant to the use of military force overseas in the aftermath of iraq and afghanistan, the same time they refused to fund or make or robust or nonmilitary instruments that could take the place of some of the military activity. >> in that regard, you brought up the war in iraq, you mentioned earlier the

state to permit -- >> you are asking me to verify reporting of the state department. this president will always act in the best interests of our troops. >> thank you. donald trump criticized, fairly sharply, barack obama's use of executive orders and failing to reach deals. how are the president's actions this weekend any different from that? >> they are a lot different when you consider the fact president barack obama utilized executive orders to push forward a policy that he denied he had the right to push forward 23 times. at least 23 times he said i do not have the power to do this and went on to do just that. i have enumerated the various legal authorities and i would note the cares act was landmark legislation at the height of this pandemic that brought relief to the american people. that was negotiated within one week of first drafting enactments. president obama had the american recovery act and took three months from inception to enactment as well underscore party control. this president pushed the cares act through divided government. >> the deal the preside

so mike pompeo's rules for the state department. mike pompeo will speak at this convention tonight. >>> much more to get to. we have some breaking news on one of the speakers who republicans have apparently pulled from the rundown at the last minute after some red hot controversy. that's next. stay with us. controversy. that's next. stay with us tums versus mozzarella stick (bell rings) when heartburn hits fight back fast... ...with tums chewy bites... beat heartburn fast tums chewy bites (combative yelling) he used to have bad breath. now, he uses a capful of therabreath fresh breath oral rinse to keep his breath smelling great, all day long. (combative yelling) therabreath, it's a better mouthwash. at walmart, target and other fine stores. if you're gonna be an entrepreneur, it'll be the hardest thing you've ever done in your life. we are six locations, about to be seven locations and 250 team members. covid changed a lot of things. god willing, we're gonna come out on the other side stronger as a company. but, it is not for the f

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state department has spoken out in support of a former top saudi intelligence agent who was allegedly targeted in a fall the sas evasion attempts it describes as a valued part of the job he filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing saudi. prince mohammed bin cell man of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him mike hanna has more. patrick leahy was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house last month in the letter the senators express their concern about what they call the abduction in saudi arabia of sardar jobbery son and daughter in his court filing our jobbery said his children now aged 20 and 21 were being held as what he called human bait to lure him out of hiding the state department has now responded to the senator's concerns in a letter to senator leahy it describes jobbery as a valued partner to the u.s. government working closely with the us to ensure the safety of americans and saudis it also states that any persecution of family members is unacceptable adding that it has made repeated requests to the saudi government about the status of

president shattering decision to address the convention from jerusalem violates state department policy or the law. he warned diplomats he has improperly engaging in politics. republicans say he got legal clearance for the speech and claim he's speaking as a private citizen. on tap tonight, the first lady melania trump. republicans say her remarks will be positive and forward looking with about 75 people in the audience including her husband. we're covering it all with our political team jake tapper, dana bash and abby phillip. they are here. jake, what more can you tell us about the president's roll tonight? >> wolf, frankly, i have never seen any president so blatantly use and some will no doubt argue misuse the power of his office, article two powers under the constitution for naked political purposes. tonight the president will issue a pardon for a convicted bank robber. ponder is a worthy candidate for a pardon. he helps former prisoners reemerge in the world and turned his life around. he was pardoned earlier this year by the state of nevada but for the president to do so as part

in washington. -- the state department in washington. that conflicts with the very testimony state department officials gave last january during the impeachment trial when they said we didn't know anything about burisma, it wasn't on our radar except for a briefing memo, maria van vuch said, before i went before the senate. their lobbyists were cornering them at confirmation hearings, at events, meetings at the embassy headquarters in washington, and hunter biden's company was pressuring the obama tate department to make those corruption allegations go away. that's a narrative that the democrats have have tried to hide for the last 18 months. lou: that's extraordinary. and now ron johnson saying very clearly that he doesn't have theport on husband own committee -- the support on his own committee to interview only of the same people -- some of the same people to get, secure the documents that he needs to continue the investigation. i want to put up, if we may, a quick full screen of what we call suspects here on "lou dobbs tonight" -- [l

you didn't work in the state department. he's former rnc chairman. thank you guys for both being here. i want to go back really quickly. i just got a chance to speak with julia jackson, the father of jacob blake who we see protests are going on again because of what happened in kenosha, wisconsin. tonight there's going to be one of the speakers at the convention whose name is abby johnson. this is what she said. she is an anti-abortion activist. and she says that police would be smart to racially profile her biracial son. she has several children, and one of them is an adopted biracial son. she said it would be smart for a police officer to racially profile her biracial son because, quote, statistically my brown son is more likely to commit a violent offense over her white children. i don't have a question. i'm just going to throw it to you for a reaction. >> i know. and i am recalling my seminary training right now as i prepare -- >> look to jesus, look to him. >> i am looking to the lord on this one. so, i guess the only question that pops into my

state department kurdish rebels known as the syrian democratic forces are backed by the us and previously seized the most of syria's oil producing fields in the north east the government of syrian president bashar al assad does not recognize the kurdish self-proclaimed rule and calls the move illegal a statement from syria's foreign ministry condemns the agreement to quote steal syria's oil under the sponsorship and support of the american administration which damascus says is quote no and void and has no legal basis the official u.s. narrative about its involvement in syria has been about helping its allies the syrian rebels in the fight against the islamic state but last year president trump contradicted the official narrative by publicly announcing that the u.s. mission in syria isn't really about securing its oil fields unbelievable bruges draft dodger donald trump told the truth he told. the reality of why we're there i've got news for you people the only reason we have an interest in the middle east is oil it's always bad blood for oil and i encourage people when it comes to these w

state department has called former top saudi intelligence officials. a valued partner comes a day after it was revealed filed a lawsuit in washington accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him state department says it's concerned allegations and that any persecution of his family members back in saudi arabia is .

no state department resources will be used. staff are not involved in preparing the remarks or the arrangements for second pompeo's appearance. tonight's convention is expected to continue the law and order theme of last night. former florida attorney general and kentucky attorney general among the speakers. the democratic convention ignored the violence in america's cities. the republicans are putting is front and center. >> the democrats are turning a blind eye to rage. >> nightmares are real. defunding the police is not an option. everything starts with safety and security. >> will be a big focus on immigration. one of president trump's two surprise appearances. this evening at the convention will be at a naturalization ceremony where he will watch people become american citizens. the president will dominate chad wolf to be the full-time secretary. wolf has been dealing with illegal immigrants in addition to all of the violence going on in cities across america. >> bret: john roberts, thanks. the opposition to president trum