qatarand iran share and, oddly but not really, iran. qatar and iran share an enormous gasfield that runs under the persian gulf and have developed a great working relationship with they share and cooperation. they have a similar worldview that seems to want to provoke incessantly saudi arabia and the uae and kuwait, etc, all of the traditionally us in the goal. and if, as seems likely, qatar does not make the demands within ten days, what will happen next? i don't really feel comfortable in speculating. i find it really feel comfortable in speculating. ifind it hard really feel comfortable in speculating. i find it hard to believe that saudi arabia that is involved in a costly war right now in yemen is going to want to attack another state. not nor a uae nor kuwait nor the others. i think the pressure will continue. there is a concern that the longer this goes on, the more qatar will get embedded with states like iran and turkey. that will cause further divisions in the gulf and that will undermine the current us asset against isis in t

>> from iran, i'm sorry. third, third is they provide support to shia insurgent groups in the middle east, yemen is a great example. shia militant groups in-- in eastern provinces of saudi arabia. shia groups in bahrain, and that support is intended to overthrow those sunni regimes. fourth is it is iranian state policy for the state of israel to disa breer-- disappear. it is iranian state policy for iran to become the-- power in the middle east, calling the shotds, reestablish the empire in a similar way to what vladimir putin sees himself as reestablishing the russian empire. and then put the nuclear program on top of that. so this a country that poses a significant set of issues. >> not withstanding t fact that just had an election and someone who not necessarily might be a moderate in our judgement but certainly was to quote more moderate than the other candidates. >> certainly more moderate than the hard-liners. but you know, this is not a moderate from our perspective, right? and realize that, that this

and this is about the iran nuclear deal. you have said, in fact, said fairly recently, that you would want to make sure that we are able to have snapback sanctions, was i believe your word. if our intelligence shows that iran is cheating on that nuclear deal, but you did not support just tearing it up as the president has said he would do. although he hasn't yet. but how can you be sure that our intelligence, good as it is, would be able to catch that? mr. ossoff: our intelligence community and inspectors have the capability to ss whether -- to assess whether iran is in compliance with the deal. we need monitoring of iran's compliance with its obligations to restrict iranian enrichment. furthermore, we should be prepared to impose additional sanctions if iran continues to test ballistic missiles in violation of u.n. security council resolutions. but secretary handel sees fit to shred the agreement and in so doing put iran back on the path to a nuclear weapons capability. releasing them from their obligations to restrict enri

if iran violates its obligations, then we need to impose sanctions immediately. that if iran continues to test ballistic missiles, they need to -- we need to impose sanctions, but secretary handel sees fit to put iran back on the path by eliminating their restrictions, and i don't agree with her on that. >> moderator: secretary handel, about 30 seconds, and then we'll move on. >> handel: we can move on. of he's just wrong. [laughter] >> moderator: okay. let's talk about something we mentioned a moment ago, and secretary handel, president trump did not do very well in the primaries, the republican primaries in the sixth district. compared to not only previous presidential candidates on the gop side, but he didn't win the district in the georgia primary. is that a signal that voters are looking for someone who wille ps push back against the president, against the president when he, for instance, takes on the russia investigation or when he tweets and calls people names and whatever?mocrats >> handel: i realize that democrats and even the media want to make this con

all the other and all the other networks cut off ties with iran iran and. rather a shrill ok ok there's not outrage but ok but mara i don't know mark let me get into this if they don't then what then what and they don't mean they won't really don't they won't but we're not talking about that we're talking about the three pink ponies that the saudi new crown prince wants delivered from conservatives they haven't even thought as far as what happens when they say no they're not there should we be worried about that actually i'm pretty excited about it tell you the truth i'm sitting back and i imagine russian a lot of other countries or watching this. this domestic squabble which is ruining operations in syria because now we've got and we've got saudi backed terrorists killing tory back terrorists which is good it frees the syrian army up plus the gulf cooperation council is growing throwing turkey here because turkey is aligning itself with qatar this is better than house of cards go i am not very happy about it because whenever you have called i mean we alrea

advisor to iran's islamic revolutionary government in an exclusive interview with r.t. . in the past whenever the americans wanted to ramp up pressure on iran impose new sanctions or pursue their agenda in the region they would accuse iran of backing terrorism but i think that today world public opinion no longer accepts this the world has come to realize that the us despite leading a coalition against dash in syria and iraq does not actually fight. terrorism and practice and is in fact supporting it like this. but asking that. there are plans to release documents revealing us support for dash however they are not documents like formal contracts or written texts but they cover activities in the field including locations where they provided help today they show evidence of arms a logistical and medical assistance which are all clues to american support for dash. us when they are the primary goal behind the recent announcement that iran fired missiles into syria both accurately detecting and hitting dash positions was to show our weapons capabilities in the past when these

is living up to be agreement but that's essentially where the iran. has stalled is what iran is doing in the region in terms of supporting syria and sermons of supporting sectarianism in iraq there are a lot of problems there and so saudi arabia rightly is attempting to push back on it but the danger with what president trump has done is he's essentially given a blank check to saudi arabia and so now saudi arabia maybe settling scores in a sense internally with cutter as an example in him breaking with qatar yet cutter interestingly has been supporting efforts inside iraq to promote reconciliation. dari. an iraqi who was here in washington recently talking about reconciliation process these cutter's been supportive of that now they're on the outside of the saudi tent and so i don't see a real cohesiveness right now and that's the challenge so pushing back against iran is not going to be cohesive if the saudis and the gulf allies are not on the same page so joe let me ask you you know the big question you know facing this administration and you know ou

in iran, it's more than 20%. >> unfortunately, infertility is veryigh h in iran. there are several reasonons fr this, environmental pollututio, lifestyle, poor r nutrition.n. and of course e there has s bea increase in ththe number of f pe marryingng later and deciding o have children later in life and correspondent: of all the couples we spoke to, not one had told their families about their attempt to concieve through ivf , either with the husband's sperm or with donanated sperm fm a sperm bank. >> many couples hide the fact they've undergone ivf even after they've done it. including couples who have used their own sperm. 90% of patients are inseminated with their own sperm. even then, they keep it secret and pretend the pregnancy happened naturally. we actually advise them to do that, because if the registry office learns that the child was conceived through insemination, it can be problematic. then the couple has to prove the child is really theirs. correspondent: although iran is highly-advanced when it comes to research into ivf, the topic is still taboo. and

first in iran's parliament, second at a shrine. where the late leader of the islamic republic ayatollah khomeini is buried. there are images that have been put out by the custodian group of the body of the attacker neutralized outside of the shrine. inside parliament itself an ongoing situation. iran's press tv reporting that there's an attacker taken hostages inside of parliament. other iranian reporting one of them detonated himself. unclear if that person who detonated himself was the same person taking hostages. iran's own city security council is meeting to go over the response to the attack. this is extremely rare to happen in iran. firearms are heavily regulated. there aren't shootings like this in day-to-day things like in other countries. these targets, of course, are very symbolic. happening at parliament and happening at the home of the burial site of the founder of the modern republic of iran. certainly this appears to be very well orchestrated and sophisticated. >> we'll check back with you next hour. >>> let's get a c

rick: president trump said he want to take a tougher stance on iran. wouldn't this be the way to do that? >> if this report is correct, that would be tough to do if the secretary of defense opposes it. i don't think we should get lost in a tactical issue of do we attack today or tomorrow iranian-backed militias in syria. i think we need a larger iran strategy and post-isis strategy to put our friend in the region to deal with the threat the iranian-led axis poses. iran has long been the central banker of international terrorism and the iranian nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. despite statement from the state department, i think they are going on unobstructed. the destruction of isis is necessary to prevent them from recruiting terrorists around the world. right now the president has asked for it. and i don't think it exists. rick: we just saw the president reject a deal president trump made with cuba. what about the deal president trump made with iran. trump criticized it relentlessly. is this the next deal to fall? >> i certainly hope s

[applause] >> iran. finally, an engaged and eric is particularly important when it comes to iran which continues to set so instability throughout the region. the regime continues to provide support to its proxies in the region, conduct ballistic missile tests, flagrantly abuse the human rights of its own people and unjustly imprisoned foreigners. we must work with our partners in the region to counter iran's maligned activities, just, and a special hold of feet to the fire on compliance with jcpoa. as john mentioned earlier, i didn't supported that it passed. i don't think we should now violate this agreement. we should be watchful waiting to see what happens. it is, however, incumbent upon us to remain vigilant and watch i ran like a hawk outside of the jcpoa. their provocative missile tests, their sponsorship of terrorism, the human rights abuses are outrageous. it is imperative in the congress. congress. we act in a bipartisan way to counter this behavior and keep that regime in check. [applause] >> m

warnings were also issued to syria's biggest allies, russia and iran. while on the domestic front, growing republican opposition to the senate health care plan after a devastating analysis from the nonpartisan congressional budget office. projecting that it would push 22 million americans off the insurance rolls, cut almost $800 billion, hurting the poor and granting big tax breaks to the rich. joining me now, nbc's kristen welker at the white house and garrett haak on capitol hill. let's talk syria, scrambling all night to catch up with this very unusual white house press statement. warning syria that there would be heavy price -- a heavy price to pay. what do they mean? what is the intelligence showing. >> based on our understanding, andrea, you're absolutely right, a remarkable statement that came from press secretary sean spicer, not the president himself, not from the defense secretary, but issuing that very stern warning to syria. and the latest intelligence that we have, according to u.s. officials is that the government saw a similar ramp up in

we have taken our measures with iran. we have a relationship with iran, a normal relationship. we want a positive relationship with iran. we don't want to have an escalation with anyone, not with iran. but we want to resolve all our conflicts by dialogue. but dialogue with iran is no part of donald trump's agenda. today, he tweeted his full backing for saudi—led punishment of qatar. so he seems to be pointing at you and accusing you in that tweet. actually, regarding president trump's tweet, we had a meeting directly with president trump, between him and his highness the emir, and he told us that there are some allegations about different countries in the region funding terrorism and we saw some of them as around qatar and saudi. he repeated this several times. we told him very clearly, if there is any allegation, we can sit on the table and we can sort it out. but there's no resolution in sight yet, as all sides consider how to repair an alliance usually regarded as critical. james robbins, bbc news, doha. why orlando survivors are now some of the strongest blood donation ad

we have taken our measures with iran. we have a relationship with iran, a normal relationship. we want a positive relationship with iran. we don't want to have an escalation with anyone, not with iran. but we want to resolve all our conflicts by dialogue. but dialogue with iran is no part of donald trump's agenda. today, he tweeted his full backing for saudi—led punishment of qatar. so he seems to be pointing at you and accusing you in that tweet. actually, regarding president trump's tweet, we had a meeting directly with president trump, between him and his highness the emir, and he told us that there are some allegations about different countries in the region funding terrorism and we saw some of them as around qatar and saudi. he repeated this several times. we told him very clearly, if there is any allegation, we can sit on the table and we can sort it out. but there's no resolution in sight yet, as all sides consider how to repair an alliance usually regarded as critical. james robbins, bbc news, doha. more on the election now and one of the last debates before polling d

fifth fleet is reportedly just five days to shut down al-jazeera and links to iran if it wants to end economic warfare from saudi arabia egypt the u.a.e. and bahrain as nato nation turkey continues to pour troops into which is now importing supplies from iran even donald trump secretary of state rex tillerson is calling the demands difficult to meet me meanwhile support saudi policy including arias collaboration on the bombing of yemen with three hundred thousand now face color blood oil tyrants violence in the rules that run the world examines nato nations support for repressive regimes its author reza chair of philosophy and law at king's college london joins me now live welcome to going underground you're being read in your book with supply chains how we may wake up in egypt time spain there are no waste of others way or no a feat and then you single out one particular country or the country which is chosen by don't trump as its first foreign visitors present the united states why saudi arabia saudi arabia as you know is the biggest oil state in the world and the oil that comes thr

we saw that in the iran deal. president obama's attitude for the middle east is that it was an arena populated by friends and potential friends. he went to a great extent to win over the potential friends like he ran at the expense of our -- friends, like iran, at the expense of israel. to do this, he had to deceive the israelis and the american public in a number of areas. if i had come to you in this forum in 2013, and told you that the consequence of president obama's policies would be the rise of the russian-iranian alliance across the middle east, the development of an iranian territorial corridor, the displacement of 10 million people in syria, the ejection -- injection into europe of millions of refugees, or over one million refugees. if i told you that iran would emerge from the deal with the right to enrich and reprocess itnium, and within 10 years, would have an unfettered program which the international community would look upon like that of any other country, that it would be an international law on pa

he's not in a position yet to go to war with iran. what he will do is just have wars by proxy and also try to enlist either israel or the united states in potential volatile situation with iran. very nice people. prince mohammed has an enthusiastic friend in president trump. by all accounts, the prince sees himself as a younger version of donald trump, a businessman who runs a hugely wealthy country. he's somebody who cultivated the american trump administration very intensely and personally with visits there. the americans seem to like what he's proposing. for now, his biggest problem is the war he started in yemen. it's expensive. it's attracted strong accusations of war crimes and all his weaponry from britain and elsewhere isn't enough to win. his firstjob will be to stop the war. john simpson, bbc news. today's been the hottestjune day in the uk since 1976. the record was achieved at london's heathrow airport this afternoon, where the temperature reached 34.5 celsius. it's also the fifth consecutive day when temperatures across t

hezbollah have increasingly been accused of taking iran's side in the region-wide rift between shia iran and sunni saudi arabia. and syria's war is part of that rift. saudi arabia and iran back opposing sides in the sectarian conflict. while hezbollah's supporters in lebanon remain loyal, its popularity in sunni countries across the middle east, which had risen after the 2006 war with israel, has now plummeted. the group is now perceived as killing sunni civilians inside syria on iran's request. >> they very much played a role in the regime tactics to isolate, surround and starve out communities, the siege and ultimate fall of eastern aleppo had hezbollah's fingerprints all over it. >> reporter: but hezbollah claims it is fighting terrorists in syria and making sure they don't cross over into lebanon. >> ( translated ): our fighters are injured fighting terrorists and protecting our borders. they are protecting our people, our villages and our towns. >> reporter: however, for all it has lost in regional popularity, the group has become hugely strengthened militarily. and it is capitalizi

to get more analysis on what happened today, let's bring in a iran expert who joins us from sweden. how surprising was the sort of attack in tehran? have not seen anything there in recent memory. >> it is surprising in the sense that there have been no attacks of this kind in tehran. the only assassinations that you have our two scientists connected to the nuclear program years ago. tehran has been spared these attacks until now. what were your thoughts when you heard it was the islamic state group who had claimed the attack? >> in a sense, it was probably the only group that we would think would be capable of doing something like this. is has been wanting a fight with i run for a long time -- iran for a long time but have not succeeded until now. authorities have stopped a number of infiltration attempts over the years, but it seems this time some got through. genie: could this be a sign of a line onressive sauiddi is across the board? >> it is obvious that at the moment, saudi arabia is pursuing a much more aggressive line toward iran. in a sense, it all gets mixed up , even thoug

reporter: a deadly assasault on iran's parliament. this video posted online of attackers in the building shooting down to t the street. the attack was part of a coordinated assault on the iranian capital that killed at least a dozen people and injured many more. >> we were standing outside when we heard the police e saying tht some people had rushed into the building. i saw a guy getting shot. he fell to the ground and was taken away in an ambulance. i was on my way to the hospital and i heard the sound of gunshots. suddenly there was chaos, and the security forces arrived. they blocked off the street. reporter: the second attack took place in in about 20 kilometers south of the parliament building at the shine - -- the shrine of the former leader ayatollah khomeini. it is reported one attacker detonated a suicide vest while another was shot dead. iran's supreme leader dismisses the attacks as fireworks that he said wouould not affect the country. >> the fireworks that took place today will have no effect on the people's will. everyon

>> i believe that the goal is at this point not just to send assad a message but to send russia and iran a message, that if this happens again we are putting you on notice, and my hope is that the president's warning will certainly get russia and iran to take a second look, and i hope that it will caution assad from the fact that we don't want to see innocent men, women and children hurt

some of the kinds of things we employed with regard to iran, affecting iran's aibility to deal, connect to the international financial system, north koreans feel mosesly through chinese banks. secondary sanctions aimed at chinese banks, you know, could have a huge impact. but that is a big roll of the dice in a relationship that that important. >> to believe the president, he seems to suggest that what he expectedded and what he hoped for is not happening, with respect to china pressuring north korea. >> right, i think it was the right thing to test but i think it was almost inevitable that the chinese weren't going to deliver in the way that president trump may have assumed. and so now the choices are a lot more complicated. >> rose: thank you for coming. great to have you. >> great to see you. >> rose: bill burns, back in a moment, stay with us. the great john mcenroe is here. he is a tennis icon. he rose to prom nensz in the 1980s winning tournaments with a style and a swagger the game had not seen. he won 104 times on tour, including seven grand slam titles. his rivalry with bjohn b

the group calling itself islamic state said it was responsible for one of the worst terror attacks iran has suffered in decades. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. gunfire. four gunmen, some reportedly dressed as women, have burst in, armed with grenades and explosive vests. security forces surround the parliamentary complex, as those inside, including children, try to escape. incredibly, as the attack continues, some mps in the chamber carry on with their parliamentary business. the group that calls itself islamic state claims the gunmen are theirs. is is fighting iranian backed militias in syria and iraq, but this is the first time the sunni jihadis have struck in the heart of shia iran. as the attack progresses, is posts a video supposedly from inside. one gunman says, "hold on", in english, another shouts in arabic, "we're staying forever." after five hours, the attackers are dead, leaving 11 people killed and many more injured. and there's more. explosion a second, almost simultaneous attack a few miles away, another suicide bomb, at the shrine of the ayatollah kho

it would be their first successful attack inside iran. the state department has condemned the attack, even as tehran issued a statement blaming the united states. it reads, quote, the public opinion of the world especially iran recognizes this terrorist attack which took place a week after a joint meeting of the united states president and the head of one of the region's backward governments which constantly supports fundamentalist terrorists as very significant, end quote. virginia congressman scott -- congressman, thanks for joining us. >> great to be with you. >> harris: what do you make of iran blaming us? >> well, iran, they have their own domestic political needs and need to shore up their base. i think it's a mistake. the fact that the islamic state. you have to have thoughts and prayers to any innocent victims of terror around the world. you have the iranian government, they probably don't want to admit that they've been penetrated by the islamic state right in their capital. at the same time, they should be cautious and careful b

it is the middle of the morning and iran's parliament is under attack. some gunmen, dressed as women, burst in armed with grenades and explosive vests. security forces around the complex as those inside, including children, try to escape. incredibly, some mps in the chamber carry on with their business. the group that calls itself the islamic state claims the gunmen are there's. this is the first time the sunni jihadists have struck the heart of shiite iran. as the attack progresses, i.s. post video supposedly from inside. one gun man says "hold on" in english, and another in arabic, "we are staying forever." after five hours, the attackers are dead, leaving 11 people are killed and many more injured. and there is more. a second, almost simultaneous attack a few miles away. another suicide bomb at the shrine of the ayatollah khomeini, the founder of the iranian republic. there could be few more symbolic targets. one man is dead and others wounded. iran's power for revolutionary -- powerful revolutionary guards accused saudi arabia and the u.s. of being i

it is a way for iran to stay out of it. if that is what is going on, that is an interesting development. it could be an internal group or minority group taking action. >> tony blinken, thank you. chris. >>> another developing story. the that-year-o25-year-old nsa charged with leaking information to the media. her parents are worried. is the trump administration making an example out of this? her lawyer joins us next. >>> if she did what she's accused of, i know she's ready to pay the price. i know she will do whatever she needs to do to pay that price. our fear, my biggest fear in all of this is that she's not going to get a fair trial. she will not be treated fairly. she will be made an example of and that's my biggest fear. >> those are the parents of reality winner, the 25-year-old nsa contractor, accused of leaking confidential information to the media. it was sent to the news media about the russian meddling in the election. her attorney is joining us. >> thank you for having me, chris. >> do you and your client believ

second, iran. since the joint comb prehence itch plan of action was signed, iran has tested ballistic missiles on at least 14 different occasions. firing ballistic missiles into syria last week in an attempt to strike isis targets. i would suggest they were trying to send a signal to both the united states and israel. there are credible reports that iran is supporting ballistic missile technology in yemen through their proxies the hutis. i would suggest they hope to have reliable delivery systems for any nuclear weapons program. third, the country that sometimes escape notice is pakistan. one cannot discount the possibility that one of pakistan's over 100 nuclear weapons might fall out of the country -- out of that government's control and potentially into the hands of extremists. of course a loose nuclear weapons in the hands of a terrorist group is exactly the kind of threat ballistic missile systems it's designed to stop. next is russia. as everyone here is well aware, russians, the russians sti

two terror attacks in iran have left 12 people dead. the parliament building and the founder of the islamic republic were attacked. gunmen dressed as women broke into the building. iran has said that one of the attackers set of a suicide vest. the surrounding buildings have been put on lockdown. the second attack hit the team of the founding father of the islamic republic. this was the scene at the uranium parliament. witnesses said that gunmen, some dressed as women, broke in on rampage through the corridors. —— the iranians parliament. security forces surrounded parliament to lock down the area in central tehran. inside there were reports of hostages being taken amid a stand—off between the attackers and the police. some gunmen fired out of the windows and iran's deputy interior minister said one attacker had set off a suicide vest. the group that calls itself the islamic state said they were responsible for the attack and release this video reportedly from inside the parliament. one gunman reportedly shouted, do think we are go

after the misguided iran deal went into effect, iran resumed ballistic missile testing even though the u.n. security council resolution endorsing the nuclear deal called upon iran not to engage in these activities. most recently iran unsuccessfully tested a submarine launch missile in the strait of hormuz in may following ground-based missile tests in january and march. and of course, mr. president, many of those missiles have the range to reach targets not only throughout the middle east, but outside of it. mr. president, under the last administration, iranian belligerence was too often ignored or even rewarded. that needs to end now. we cannot afford to let iran continue to destabilize the middle east. we need to make it clear that the united states and its new leadership will not tolerate iranian aggression and the terrible human suffering that has resulted. and we need to reassure our allies, especially israel, our closest and most reliable ally in the middle east, that we are committed to standing with them against iranian threats. the countering iran's destabilizing activities ac

can make it very difficult in iran and of course they keep passing. tighter and tighter sanctions against iran and that that just like in cuba these policies support the hardliners you know this this doubling down on cuba who does that benefit the people who said inside cuba you can never trust the united states don't try to deal with them what is the increase in sanctions and it taking an increasingly hard line on iran that supports the exact same hardliner group in iran that says we don't want to have dealings with the united states we should have never had that iranian nuclear deal because we can't trust them and besides some people think of course we're going to need a nuclear weapon because that's the only thing that's going to keep us from being invaded why hasn't the u.s. done anything to north korea because they have nuclear weapons right right so so donald trump's i mean america first has has put cuba first the hard liners the hard hard line right wingers and put americans back in because what about our right to travel here i think you'd have

the listed trade and commerce with iran that complies with the u.s. and international sanctions will be permitted now the two states share the biggest natural gas field so that could be a problem as well it calls on shutting down al-jazeera and all qatar funded news outlets to terminate to military presence in qatar to any joint military cooperation with turkey that is taking place inside of qatar the list says that there needs to be agreement to all demands within ten days or the list becomes invalid now the document does not specify what the countries will do if qatar refuses to comply so of course it remains to be seen whether qatar will view these demands as either reasonable or actionable meanwhile the white house has weighed in on the spot calling it a family affair the the full states should resolve by themselves. well of the list appeared in the press the foreign minister. of leaking it tape branded it either an attempt to undermine talks or just callous policy there's also been reaction from those mentioned in the demands that al-jazeera lamd

james: but dialogue with iran is no part of donald trump's agenda. today he tweeted his full , backing of saudi-led punishment of qatar. during my recent trip to the middle east, i stated there can no longer be funding of radical ideology. leaders point to qatar. look!" he is accusing you in that tweet. >> regarding president trump's tweet, we had a meeting directly with president trump between him and the emir, and there were recent allegations of funding of terrorism, and we saw some of them. he repeated this several times. we told him clearly if there is any allegations, we can sit at the table. james: there is no resolution as all sides try to repair an alliance usually regarded as critical. doha.robbins, bbc news, the islamicing capital of raqqa. isis has held raqqa since 2014. our correspondent has this rare footage from inside the city. the groundwork to recapture raqqa has been underway for months. kurdish-led forces backed by the u.s. have been advancing towards the city and sealing off access routes. now, with the help of heavy airstrikes,

we have taken our measures with iran. we have a relationship with iran, a normal relationship. we want a positive relationship with iran. we don't want to have an escalation with anyone, not with iran. but we want to resolve all our conflicts by dialogue. but dialogue with iran is no part of donald trump's agenda. today, he tweeted his full backing for saudi—led punishment of qatar. "during my recent trip to the middle east, i stated that there can no longer be funding of radical ideology. leaders pointed to qatar — look!" so he seems to be pointing at you and accusing you in that tweet. actually, regarding president trump's tweet, we had a meeting directly with president trump, between him and his highness the emir, and he told us that there are some allegations about different countries in the region funding terrorism and we saw some of them as around qatar and saudi. he repeated this several times. we told him very clearly, if there is any allegation, we can sit on the table and we can sort it out. but there's no resolution in sight yet, as all sides consider how to repa

they fired seven ballistic missiles from western iran. they flew over iraq into eastern syria, striking isis. that's in retaliation, they said, for the terrorist attack inside iran. the question is what other message that sends from iran, basically firing ballistic missiles over iraq. also sends a signal to the saudis that those ballistic missiles could easily go into saudi arabia or other u.s. operations throughout the region. multilayers. the iran concern is real and high at this hour. >> james: a real concern for the saudis, give electrical we have an interview that you taped earlier. tell us about that. >> that's why i am in new york. an american icon, jack nicklaus. we will talk golf, life, and a little bit of politics later on in the show. >> james: i know that means a lot to you. a hero for you and many americans. bret baier on location at the united nations. thank you. this is a fox news alert. at the top of the program we reported on the death of otto warmbier, the 22-year-old student from ohio who was recently returned from nort

milder than today, t we are following breaking news we are following breaking news overseas in iran. this morning attackers launched an assault on lawmakers in parliament. sam sweeney is at the live desk with more. larry, it started with one attack, now its up to two. and 1 person is dead so far with 12 injured. first the iranian parliament was hit. officals say 4 attackers took part in that incident wounding 8 people. then at a shrine of the ayatollah at security guard was killed and 4 others wounded. officals called that a terror attack--- saying one of the attackers had a suicide bomb. this type of attack is rare in iran and we are still working to gather details on the specifics of each event... as we get new information- well pass it along. also breaking this morning. a manhunt happening in baltimore county following a police involved shooting. it began last night in patapsco state park. apporached a car, when suddenly it accelerated and tried to ram them. officers opened fire striking the vehicle. one officer suffered minor injuries, but the suspect escaped. a community shocked

they share a large natural gas field with iran, that does make it a little more delicate. as president trump has wisely decided to move away from president obama's policy favoring iran to the sunni regions, that it's going to naturally cause a conflict with those countries that do have good relations with iran. it is really in america's interest that is all be worked out peacefully. i think you heard that with what rex tillerson was saying. please, just work this out. they did it three years ago when i got some commitments from qatar in terms of not finding the muslim brotherhood so much. they need to do more. >> bret: last word. >> that's exactly right. this is saudi arabia emboldened by its ties with donald trump. that recent trim has emboldened them to take action. >> bret: when we come back, getting the to-do list done, no matter what. ♪ ♪ >> bret: finally, the ninth, the saying goes that a picture is worth 1,000 words. tonight, an image may be worth more. at a men man really wanted a freshly cut lawn, regardless of the giant looking tornado in the background. cece

., the house and senate will debate iran sanctions legislation. we learn more about from a eporter on capitol hill. host: are these sanctions on iran new and why do senators in both parties feel they're necessary now? reporter: these senators are coming after there was a big desire last year to impose sanctions. when as you remember iran carried out a spate of medium ballistic missile tests. president obama was in office at the time and he strongly pushed against democrats from pushing sanctions now. with him out of the office, that weight is now lifting. these are new sanctions. they're sanctions that would require the sanctioning of anybody directly and indirectly involved with iran's ballistic missile program. there are also new sanctions that would be imposed on the iranian revolutionary guard core for their support of regionally desablizing activities and terrorism. host: in your recent article at cq.com on this iran sanctions bill that's coming up, you also write about likely russian saxes -- a likely russian sanctions amendment, unrelated,

to punishs designed one of the regions financial superpowers with its ties to iran. result, several carriers will suspend flights to and from qatar. joining us now is bloomberg news middle east aviation transport reporter, in a camel. do not, give us a sense of the magnitude of what is going on suspended fight and what is the net result of all of this. >> sure thing. we have already seen major airlines and carriers suspend flights from tomorrow and the announcement. emirates airlines and low-cost carrier flights dubai are going to suspend flights starting tomorrow. and this is not surprising because they are following state owned airline's following directives from the government to sever those ties. what impact could this have on carriers and how much does it really matter? it's state owned the state has made the decisions, and the state controls these airlines. so are they going to be shareholders in some of these airlines who are hurt by this move? are they going to have customers angry because of these moves? what can be the result to the businesses? >> with thin