does rex tillerson yoga, i don't know. abo but he knows about the nightmare he's about to have today because of what the president let flow from his mouth yesterday. and then presumably, you know, after he does his little morning routine thinking about what his day will be like, he gets in his rex tillerson secretary of state motorcade and i'm guessing he turns to his chief of staff or whoever his body man is, is in the car with him, turns to get his daily schedule from his staffer in the motorcade to greet him. what's on the books today, igor? turns out, this is is it. first thing in the morning, secretary of state rex tillerson delivers remarks at state department before the entire staff. topic of remarks, quote, the value of respect. they did not put that on his schedule this morning because the president of the united states called every country in africa a swear word, repeatedly in front of u.s. senators. no, this was just already on secretary of state rex tillerson's schedule for first thing this morning. today was t

rex tillerson called him a mo moron. and what happens, of course, two things, one is wolff just gives unwanted shine on to this story, which is why trump is so angry. but, two, more importantly, it's in the detail. when steve bannon comes out and says that that meeting in trump tower in june 2016 was treasonous and we know it involved donald trump jr., son-in-law jared kushner, campaign manager paul manafort that is as damaging as any information alleged of collusion and trump officials. >> let's talk about the chief strategist again, steve bannon quoted throughout the book. you mentioned the quote about the meeting being treasonous. that infamous meeting between trump officials and the russian attorney at trump tower. also quoting bannon, about the president in that book saying he's lost his stuff. bannon has not walked away from any of this. he's not refuted any of this. how does this play out, this rift between the president of the united states and steve bannon? >> it's not just a two-way rift, george. the significan

secretary of state rex tillerson warned that the threat of war is growing and called on nations to remain sober and clear eyed about the current state of affairs . and japan's foreign minister is also weighing in urging the international community to continue economic sanctions despite the recent warming of relations between north and south korea have a listen north korea continues to advance its nuclear and missile programs even as we speak and we should not be blinded by north korea's charm offensive in short it is not the time to pressure or to rework north career. and for more we're joined now from seoul by josh smith a reuters correspondent covering korean affairs welcome to you josh we've been hearing stark warnings from diplomats around the pacific at a time when it seems like seoul n.p.r. now you have found common ground is this a disconnect. well i think it signals something of. concern over the fact that the talks so far have focused mostly on the olympics as well as a few other kind of side show elements of into korean relations this is something that i think all sides see as a

there's been a lot about rex tillerson making statements but he's hung in there with rex tillerson. >> do you think rex tillerson made the comments, disparaging against the president? >> in terms of chuck grassley and lindsey graham, particularly lindsey, who i know very well, he has not been lock step with the president on russia and in many other things as well. he was out there busting the president on a lot of things. these are not two of the partisan people who is been involved in this investigation. that's why i would say despite the fact they're both republicans, i think it's a very serious letter. >> and lindsey graham during the campaign was downright disparaging about donald trump, using the word kook more than once. >> i think he said openly he did not vote for donald trump. >> michael, you wanted to get a point? >> there is a legal component and grassley feels that steele may have lied to the fbi with respect to whether or not the dossier was leaked to reporters. so it's a leaks investigation in some respect. and for the first referral out of any of these committees to go

border force and what we saw there what you mention with the us i can see it rex tillerson sort of backing off because of the anger that this caused in ankara the turkish president rest of time. saying that this was an army of terror and not turkey was going to drown this army because of course what you referred to they see the white p.g. which would form the backbone of this force as a terrorist organization linked to the a it's complicated but it's basically they don't want to see any of these fighters on their force and now you have the u.s. backing off somewhat semantics devil in the detail really richelle saying that this is not a border force but this is going to be focused on internal security this is going to be focused sort of along the east of turkey and along the border with iraq to prevent eisel from reforming and also to prevent the sort of back off iranian militias that remain in the area i think it really does highlight richelle the complicated nature of the internet is ation internationalization of this war then and now that isis been pushed out of its territory you have al

secretary of state rex tillerson has called on the world to step up pressure on north korea to end its nuclear program he's joined a summit in canada discussing how to tighten sanctions on iran and jordan now reports. a show of diplomatic commitment in vancouver to ending north korea's nuclear weapons program but the meeting co-hosted by canada and the united states yielded just one new tactic for the fight an agreement to prevent so-called ship to ship transfers about what goods to pee on yon i think we all agreed together with our partners here that the timing has turned out to be really for to attack us because we are seeing we we want to be clear headed we don't want to be in any way pollyanna about this but i think we collectively believe that the peaceful pressure is beginning to have an impact north koreans know our channels are open and they know where to find us but a sustained cessation of north korea's threatening behavior is necessary is a necessary indicator of whether the regime is truly ready to pursue a peaceful diplomatic resolution to the security threat that it has c

rex tillerson, by rupert murdoch, by hr mcmaster. .. a rex tillerson, by rupert murdoch, by hr mcmaster... a couple of others as well. these people have all said this already, we know this. it is confirmation of something that should be quite worrying, yes, but i don't think there is anything new in it but it will sell a lot of books. when you come to talk about amendment 25 and the removal of a president or you are talking about impeachment, you are into a com pletely impeachment, you are into a completely different thing, it takes a long time, it is primarily a political process, involving a vote of congress. we are not there at the moment. but it is interesting to have the confirmation of something that we have been discussing on this programme for quite a long time. does it have any long—term impact? gees it. have'any goiter-"a. l'f'paeli has got things through that he he has got things through that he promised, tax cuts mentioned, that was a promise, paris climate accord, supporters will say, he is delivering on what he promised

i want to talk about rex tillerson's speech. we need to think about what triggered this reaction from turkey. it is essentially the united states going back on promises made a few years ago of our support of the kurdish militia is only going so of the kurdish militia is only going so far. in recent weeks we have the us announcing they are going to build a 30,000 strong border separating turkey from syria. and thatis separating turkey from syria. and that is essentially seen as a massive threat by turkey. if we add to that the us' recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel, this is something that profoundly irritated turkey. turkey was quite instrumental in taking sure there would be a vote against the united states at the united nations. there is quite a lot of dissonance between turkey and the united states. turkey is becoming very strategic and its relations with russia as well. and of course they are, and you would think the trump administration would understand that, the way they see it, they are securing their border

breaking tonight, the secretary of state rex tillerson insists he's never questioned the president's mental fitness describe reports he once called him a moron. tillerson also tells cnn that he expects to stay in his job at least through the coming year. we're covering all of that and much more this hour with our guests, including congressman david sicillini and foreign affairs committees and correspondents and specialists are also standing by. let's go to our cnn justice correspondent, jessica schneider. a growing body of evidence that points to potential obstruction. >> he does, wolf, the new revelations that the president reportedly personally ordered mcgan to stop jeff sessions from recusing himself. that adds a layer of evidence to the obstruction of justice investigation. that portion was sparked after the firing of james comey and now that mueller has the latest information, the questions are getting louder. did the president improperly intervene? >> tonight a source close to attorney general jeff sessions tells cnn, white house counsel don mcgan reached out to sessions in ear

now secretary of state rex tillerson is weighing in. in an exclusive interview, tillerson talked about his relationship with president trump. and he offered his take on the president's mental state. here's some of that interview. >> i'm sure you heard about this new book, it's the talk of the town. it describes a president whose foreign policy is uninformed. he's unengaged. he's not interested. he gets up and leaves meetings with world leaders because he's bored. you're at the white house several times a week. is that your experience? >> i think among all the cabinet secretaries, i probably have spent more time with the president than perhaps secretary of defense mattis who spend ats lot of time with him as well. i've never seen the president leave a meeting with a foreign leader. in our meetings with the national security council, a big challenge was pivoting policies in a different direction than they were placed when the president took office. from north korea to afghanistan, south asia policy in pakistan to the defeat isis campaign.

secretary of state rex tillerson says russia the ultimate responsibility for the syrian government's use of chemical weapons it comes after at least twenty one people suffered breathing problems after an alleged chemical attack on a rebel held enclave near damascus rebels and the syrian observatory for human rights are accusing the syrian government of being behind the attack a similar attack was reported that ten days ago it has been besieged by government forces since twenty thirty four hundred thousand people are trapped. only yesterday more than twenty civilians most of them children were victims of the per chlorine gas attack. the recent attacks and these are a serious concerns that bashar assad's syrian regime may be continuing its use of chemical weapons against its own people who were conducted the attacks russia ultimately burbs responsibility for the victims and. and countless other syrian targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria tillerson was speaking at a conference in paris to launch an international partnership against impunity for the use of

secretary of state rex tillerson has said the blame for a chemical attacks carried out in syria since russia's intervention in twenty fifteen lies with moscow regardless of who was behind them. whoever conducted the attacks russia ultimately bears responsibility for the victims of this and countless other serious targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria. r t senior correspondent joins us now for for more on this we're just listening to rex tillerson there murat his comments come in their wake as he just touched upon of a suspected chemical attack on monday in our opposition held area what do we know about that incident we know still next to nothing would have been one of the reports we have come from including from the white helmets the group that has a vested interest in seeing as how to blame as much as possible a group that operates almost exclusively kind of held territories and their leaders was barred entry into the united states because of his ties to because of his ties to extremists more than that the reports that we have gotten so far say that the

secretary of state rex tillerson talks candidly about north korea's nuclear program and what it would take to open up talks between the kim jong-un regime and the trump administration. did president trump's troubling tweet about his nuclear button complicated situation? >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." president trump is lashing out in an explosive new book and its author who not only claims the president is mentally unfit for office but also says everyone around the president agrees. the journalist michael wolff is strongly defending his work which he says was based on extensive time spent inside the white house with the president and his team. mr. trump denies that, saying wolff has zero access to him and calling the book, and i'm quoting him now, full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist, closed quote. >>> also, a source is now telling cnn that the white house counsel pressured attorney general jeff sessions not to recuse himself from the russia investigation. "the new york times" is reporting that special prosecutor robert mueller knows abo

rex tillerson is on his way from washington d.c. he's arriving this evening in vancouver, canada. ahead of the meetings, he will have discussions this evening with the canadian foreign minister and his counter parts from japan and south korea. the state department says the united states and canada invited countries that joined the u.s. effort in the korean war more than 60 years ago. that means china and russia were not invited and will not be here. china accounts for 90% of north korean trade. the state department says it has coordinated with those governments ahead of the meeting

sanctions against north korea as you can see she is flanked by rex tillerson the u.s. secretary of state and the just finished taking a series of questions from the attending journalists our own journalists covering this conference israel jordan she's there for us and rose. i think perhaps the top line coming out of this is the fact that they've decided to add more emphasis to maritime side of things in terms of enforcing sanctions against north korea. that's right martin and that's because north korea apparently has been getting around much of the sanctions that bar in it from getting equipment and materials in order to have build not just nuclear warheads but ballistic missiles by engaging in illegal transfers from other countries. in international waters getting this material delivered from one ship to another and so there was an agreement and it had been telegraphed by the u.s. last week that this. informal blockade is more this interdiction that is the language that the secretary of state rex tillerson is using will be taking place to prevent north korea from gett

secretary of state rex tillerson intensifying efforts to isolate north korea devising waves to support sanctions, as the state department issued a warning live coming up. college campuses taking liberal identity politics to the next level with white racism classes, are these lessons good for society or creating a bigger divide. we will debate it next. ♪ why can't we be friends ♪ why can't we be friends ♪ >> rex tillerson arriving in vancouver as dozens of countries try to find ways to impose sanctions against north korea as the state department issues an ominous warning for would be visitors. kelly right is live in washington dc with the latest. >> rex tillerson will serve as the cohost of the vancouver summit, the 20 nations involved seeking strategy how to enforce sanctions. as to how to isolate north korea. two countries absent from the summit are russia and china. canadian prime minister justin trudeau explains why. he said this is an opportunity together group of nations that are historically linked through the korean war, we hope and feel in the path towards resolving the c

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>> every rex tillerson story, is he leaving or not and going to be fired or not? there has to be for somebody like rex tillerson that was a long-time exxon man, and with trump's lack of strategy -- nikki haley, the u.n. ambassador must feel similarly, there's a concerted effort to, yes, be tougher on north korea and send a clear and tough signal, but then the president, who is the person everybody really listens to goes off and does his own thing that is kind of tough and also odd and speaks to some insecurities about how he's the best and the biggest and et cetera, et cetera. there has to be a level of frustration that exist within that upper echelon of government officials that they are trying to execute a actual strategy, and the way we have seen top administrations execute strategies in the past but the president of the united states is not close to onboard. >> they are lonely decisions. we are talking about all the bluster right now, and absent an acute crisis, that's something to be thinking about and frightened about. >> that's true. all the tweets have bee

according to rex tillerson those officials misspoke and the plans were misrepresented antiwar activist richard becker says the turkish military advance in syria has created a difficult situation for the u.s. . of course the nato alliance is not a defensive alliance it's an office of alliance that's headed by the united states and which so many more countries now belong to since the fall of the soviet union but turkey despite that expansion continues to occupy a very important place in nato and so again here we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that they're trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was the united states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances. conflicts between turkey and kurdish forces in northern syria has caused global loam and triggered mass protests in

syria's foreign ministry has told the rest of its affairs this after secretary of state rex tillerson unveiled the trumpet ministrations goals for syria which include keeping u.s. troops in the country for the foreseeable future but let's be clear. the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge our military mission in syria will remain conditions based we cannot make the same mistakes that were made in two thousand and eleven when a premature departure from iraq allowed al qaeda in iraq to survive and eventually morph into isis it was that vacuum that allowed isis and other terrorist organizations to wreak havoc on the country the u.s. secretary of state they will al-jazeera as a senior political analyst marwan bashara says this marks a turning point in terms of u.s. strategy. this is a major departure from both the trump administration strategy or speaking of strategic the last year and it's certainly a measure departure from the obama administration's assertive in syria and in the greater middle east. in fact you know one who of

secretary of state rex tillerson saying the u.s. is concerned about the offensive against the kurds. the u.s. considers the kurds allies in fight against isis. cnn's sam kiley is on the border in turkey and syria to explain what is happening. good morning. >> reporter: no surprise that rex tillerson is urging restraint. this is a war with american allies. turkey is the second largest offensive in the alliance. the kurds which have been bombarded with artillery and rockets are the most important militia alongside american and british and other special forces in the fight against the so-called islamic state. that, of course, was successful further to the east of these mountain changes. as far as turkey was concerned, that success is disastrous. the reason for that is the kurds have been fighting a separatist war for decades using the mountains as inside syria as a launch pad for attacks against turkey. the american announcement a couple of weeks ago they were going to back the establishment of the 30,000 man mostly kurdish force to se

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secretary of state rex tillerson said there would be no freeze for free, meaning the u.s. and south korea would not freeze those military exercises in exchange of a freeze for the north korean development of their nuclear weapons program but hours after the announcement from the u.s. and the south koreans that the military exercises would be delayed, did the north koreans then accept the offer to have these talks? right? so are we in a de facto first half of freeze for freeze where the military exercises have stopped, the north koreans are willing to talk? could this lead to something like what rex tillerson said the u.s. is not going to entertain? >> the u.s. is never going to entertain a freeze for a freeze, and the reason is that if you actually stop military exercises like the foul eagle exercises that have maybe been postponed, the ability of the alliance to defend south korea would degrade very fast. and so the united states is not going to do that. also, that is a moral equivalent. the military exercises are illegal. one thing about this foul eagle exercise, the dat

tillerson simply engaging in damage and limitation here. i believe that it's the second option he's trying to limit the damage that was caused to the turkish american relations with this new american moved by establishing this border to me under the pretext of protecting the border city and border with iraq and with thirty but i believe the main geopolitical objective here is for the united states to have a good army in syria that could ensure the united states. foothold on syrian soil prevents the syrian government from extending its control over to the. northeast part of syria this region is crucial for the united states because it links syria to iraq and if this happens the united states feels that it would influence would be forgotten by this and that he didn't know turkey's clearly doesn't seem convinced by rex tillerson is what does it it's going back to this old mantra as though the u.s. having broken its promises to ankara do you think that turkey is just milking this spots now. well i believe that is very much water used with this

rex tillerson has been talking about it again this week. did you detect any shift in us policy? did it become clearer? i didn't detect a shift in us policy overall. the obama administration was looking at this as a longer term project. it was a shift from donald trump's own vision of no more foreign entanglements, being much more isolationist. what rex tillerson said was that we are going to be in there for the long haul, diplomatically and militarily, to help build syria. this is what donald trump said he wanted to get us out of. whether they have devoted resources to that is another story. do they have a strategy? i'm not sure they do. this is all part and parcel of wider american — notjust trump — wider american muddle in that region and getting ourselves into a quagmire that we haven't figured out how to extract ourselves from. if there aren't the resources to back up what rex tillerson said, they're hoping to bolster regional actors? i think... what we know is that these allegiances can and do change over time. just look at how gaddafi was a close ally of the west befor

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to listen over the phone so i get a lover of the russian foreign minister is also spoken with rex tillerson the russian ministry of defense has. been quite clear about who's responsible for this they said that this is down to irresponsible of us sanctions in syria turkey laws to stop aeration after the us announced the creation of a border force in syria that clearly antagonized. and the u.s. later backtracked on those comments. average right up today we're going to take a really short break couple of minutes i'll see you with headlines shortly. right charlotte rather than that i was a kid. and . i had flew to china for a transplant. they told. me was a year and they are turning to me has said. from my law for the fuck around mr hayes that for jim and then we were hoping that our family. about your sudden passing i've only just learnt you worry yourself in taking your last wrong turn. you're at us we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on eac

tillerson the u.s. secretary of state has called the turkish foreign minister to discuss this operation in further detail for now jacqueline viggo thanks to coming in and bringing us those latest details let's course live to our guests now. director of the know saul's british thing time the focus is on crises in syria and in the middle east i thank you for joining us on the program mr walk us now with a turkish offensive against the syrian kurds do you think we could be on the threshold of a new fully fledged military conflict in syria here. i don't think it's going to expand a lot so we understand that our assessment of the situation is that so he would like to have first of all a certain built in northwestern syria that is adjacent to its borders perhaps it's thinking long term of returning refugees without the full consent of the syrian government so some turkish forces over there and to establish some sort of i don't know how to call it but an entity that is not fully. under the mask of control so t

rex tillerson infamously and allegedly referred to the president as a moron. what did he have to say about the president's fitness? >> well, he said, listen, i spend more time than almost any cabinet secretary along with secretary mattis with the president and he said that the man that's described in the book is not the caricature that is portrayed and he said that the president is engaged and, you know, really pays attention. he's not, you know, bored or walking out of meetings with world leaders. take a listen to what he said when i asked him about the president's fitness. >> i have no reason to question his mental fitness. my relationship with him, and it is a developing one, and i'd remind people and i think it's well-known that he and i did not know one another before he asked me to serve as secretary of state. so we don't have a lot of history and past. so part of this is us knowing -- coming to learn and understand one another. >> and i think, you know, the secretary was very candid and reflective in this interview, jake, it's been a rocky year kind of

secretary of state, rex tillerson talks exclusively to cnn about north korea and how long he sees himself in the job. >>> and extreme weather conditions from bone-chilling cold in the united states to australia's scorching heat wave. hot weather. >> good to be here with you, george. i'm linda kincaid. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> and i'm george howell from cnn in atlanta. newsroom starts right now. 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. there is new reporting and there's new fallout from a book that had the trump white house on the defensive. both raised two key questions. did the president the obstruct justice and is he fit to serve in that office? >>> big questions and a lot at stake. so far, cnn has learned that at least three top white house officials were involved in an effort to persuade attorney general jeff sessions to remain in control of the investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. election. former press secretary sean spicer, former chief of staff reince priebus and white house counsel damcgann all worked towards that effort. >> that se

. >>> the united states secretary of state rex tillerson is set to discuss the future of syria during an event at stanford university tomorrow morning. he will be joined by former secretary of state condoleezza rice at 11:15 am tomorrow morning. the talk is close to the public but will be live streamed on hoover.org. >>> 140 women accused him of sexual assault including an olympic gymnast. coming up next the sentencing hearing begins for the former gymnastics doctor. >>> a judge has set bail for the parents of missing 20-month- old twin from stockton at $1.2 million. these two were back in court today for raymond on child endangerment charges. police found a couple living in an suv and conditions that social workers described as deplorable. the parents are now being on call -- uncooperative old. >>> the sentencing phase began for deedee one and is accused of assaulting 140 women. the victim started reading statements in court today and prosecutors say 98 victim statements are expected to be read over the next several days. >> the flashbacks are paralyzing. i had one just two weeks ago

security council as you noted we are awaiting a joint press conference with rex tillerson the u.s. secretary of state and chrystia freeland the canadian foreign minister who is the host for this daylong meeting here in vancouver we may find out whether these twenty countries including norway sweden colombia and turkey among others have come up with any novel ways of trying to reduce tensions on the korean peninsula or whether this was simply an opportunity for other countries to basically have an opportunity to say we're very concerned about this global national security problem and so this is our opportunity to weigh in and then to step back into the shadows so that the u.n. security council can do its work of course we are here in vancouver and we will bring you details from that press conference when it gets underway all right thank you very much rose. the world health organization has warned that a deep ferry outbreak in yemen is spreading quickly almost seven hundred people have now been affected forty eight people have died from the disease in the past four months. bangladesh

we heard that rex tillerson would carry out that rex tillerson would carry out that function instead one donald trump said he wouldn't. but there is a bit of ambiguity about whether that will happen. whether rex tillerson will open the embassy. more on that coming up very soon. let's return to the ukip story. you will be aware of three front bench resignations from ukip. margot parker, william dartmouth and also john bickley this morning all resigning in protest at the party leader, henry bolton's decision to continue as leader. let's speak now to ukip's chairman, paul 0akden. he's in our birmingham studio. is it counter—productive for ukip, these resignations? people have to do what they feel is most appropriate for them in the positions they have. if the individuals you have just mentioned think it best serves the party for them to stand to one side and let them to stand to one side and let the membership have their say on henry bolton's leadership, they will do so. it is not a strategy? no, it resonates with a lot of people and everybody has a strength of feeling on it but it is

us secretary of state rex tillerson says the us is opened talks with north korea but only if it stops is threatening behaviour. the united states has always been open to clear messages with north korea and we have sent clear message is that we are ready for serious negotiations. north korea knows that channels are open and they know where to find us. but a sustained cessation of north korean threatening behaviour is necessary, isa threatening behaviour is necessary, is a necessary indicator of whether the regime is ready to pursue a peaceful diplomatic resolution to the security threat that it has created. 0ur nations must remain united on sustaining pressure until north korea takes concrete steps toward and ultimately reaches the neutralisation. —— denuclearisation. drjohn park is director of the korea working group at the harvard kennedy school. i know that you're listening to the press c0 nfe re nce . i know that you're listening to the press conference. what do make of it? it is encouraging to hear this co—ordinated messaging from a multilateral group of countries. however w

or rex tillerson on the u.s. it seems have been sending mixed messages about the force they're planning in syria with the pentagon saying one thing and the state department saying something very different pentagon correspondent jamie has more. the long term goals of u.s. policy in syria have been a bit muddled but the secretary of state rex tillerson is trying to make one point crystal clear u.s. forces are not leaving the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge. our military mission in syria will remain conditions based its main focus training a local force but that has enraged turkey who see those they are teaching y p g fighters as a grave threat to their security turkey says that is why its forces are massing at the border prompting this warning from the u.s. we would call on certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort here's what caused the concern this statement from the u.s. military writing quote the coalition is working jointly wit

secretary of state rex tillerson said the u.s. is ready to sit down with serious negotiations with north korea if pyongyang shows a sustained cessation of its nuclear behavior. they said americans should be, quote, very sober and clear eyed about the possibility of war. while diplomacy remains the main goal, they themselves will trigger an option. meanwhile, h.r. mcmaster met secretly with high ranking japanese officials in san francisco over the weekend. the group agreed that the recent talks between north korea and south korea are diversions and won't have any effect on the denuclearizationest, including that of the president. >>> a former cia officer who is suspected of spying for china has been arrested. 53-year-old jerry lee, a naturalized u.s. citizen who worked for until 19194 until 2007. based on a 2012 search that found that he had two notebooks containing true names and phone numbers of cia assets and employees in covert facilities in addition to other operational notes. however, sources familiar with the case say lee is

ahead of a closed meeting secular state rex tillerson so the u.s. was keen to find a solution to the gulf crisis seen several arab nations cut off all ties with qatar . this dispute has had direct negative consequences economically and militarily for those involved as well as the united states we are concerned by the rhetoric and propaganda employed in the region playing out daily in air mainstream and social media it is critical that all parties minimize rhetoric exercise restraint to avoid further escalation and work toward a resolution a united g.c.c. bolsters our effectiveness so many fronts particularly on counter terror countering terrorism defeating isis and countering the spread of iran malign influence. washington. and with those words from. very significant because if you think about it from the u.s. perspective what people like u.s. president donald trump care about is national security and they don't often make this argument that the blockade is impacting the u.s. military and also the u.s. economy so they have the secretary of state say

tillerson did come out, were you surprised a couple weeks ago when rex tillerson made this pronouncement that, you know, we'd be willing to sit down with them, doesn't matter, you know, where, size of the table, whatever we talk about, it's fine. >> yeah, i wouldn't have said it in those words, but, you know, to the sense of just being open b for diplomacy, that's not a bad thing. that's what the chinese want, that's what the russians want. if we want them to help on sanctions, i think we have to pressure them, but we also have to convince them that we are trying to settle this peacefully. and so you don't do things like this. what you do is you say, look, yeah, we're open for diplomacy. now, i tend to think diplomacy will solve this but only after the sanctions have had even more effect. one of the things people don't talk about is that kim jong-un's message on new year's day message sort of hinted that sanctions are really starting to bite his regime. that's an important thing. we should be talking about that because that is the way to a peaceful settlement. if we can convince kim that

cnn spoke exclusively with secretary of state rex tillerson. he said it's too early to tell. >> some are speculating that this may be their first effort to open a channel. but agency you know, we've had channels open to north korea for some time. and so, they do know how to reach us when -- if and when they're ready to engage with us as well. >> will ripley is following the very latest from seoul, south korea, for us. will, there's a lot to talk about. set the parameters, frame everything for us. >> well, this is certainly significant that these talks will be happening on tuesday. and what's particularly interesting to me is the timing here from the moment that kim jong-un mentioned in his new year's address that he's willing to potentially have talks with south korea, south korea made the offer. and in five business days an extraordinarily quick amount of time they actually set a date for talks. north korea normally until so keen to schedule these talks that quickly. and it shows they have motivation here to speak. and some experts that i've b

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rex tillerson spoke at length to cnn this week. they talked about how he gets along with his boss, the president and their different management styles and also was asked if the president's tough talk is working with north korea. >> can you explain a little bit about what the u.s. policy is on north korea? because i think americans are a little bit confused. do the north korean versus to give up their nuclear program before committing to talks? >> our policy is the complete verifiable irreversible de-nuclearization of the korean policy. that is a policy held by everyone in the region as well. the chinese has it as a stated policy. russia has it as a stated policy. everyone in the international community are well aligned on the policy. how we achieve the ultimate end point, the final, the full de-nuclearization, the verification of that and irreversibility of it, clearly that will take some time. how we begin the talks is yet to be determined. we need a signal from north korea they understand that these talks must lead to that conclu