arab emirates. impose an. embargo on qatar closing their borders they accuse qatar supporting terrorism which doha denies kuwait has been trying to mediate the crisis with a little success it was and began a renewed push for talks with the support of the european union and u.s. president donald trump is shadel to meet leaders from the u.a.e. saudi arabia and qatar over the next two months he hopes to help organize a d.c.c. summit to resolve the diplomatic crisis. the many people believe that there's absolutely no indication to suggest that today or tomorrow this crisis would be resolved because of the rising rhetoric an escalation that we've seen over the last few exactly actually performed the escalation of the level of escalation and with the all the acts they have done it's basically an act of war against qatar socially culturally financially politically i mean media what a form every very for and the way they they manage and they are behaving it does not sure that they are willing to really ende

arab emirates. now the u.s. has bad britain's assessment the russia is likely responsible for poisoning a former spy and his daughter in the u.k. secular state rex tillerson says those responsible must face serious consequences so i guess cripple and his daughter remain in critical condition in hospital russia denies any involvement but to be phillips reports the british police and military are still combing all over the town of salt but they and the government is now believe they have some monsters that circus creep paul and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent developed by russia and that leads the prime minister to one of two conclusions either this was a direct shot by the russian state against our country or the russian government lost control of its potentially catastrophic league damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others she presented the russians with an ultimatum. we must now stand ready to take much more extensive measures. mr speaker on wednesday we will

saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have agreed to hold regular meetings to discuss security concerns in the middle east it's seen as an indication of closer ties between the three countries the white house says it's part of an effort to counter iranian influence in the region. meanwhile a top fundraiser for the u.s. president donald trump allegedly received millions of dollars from a united arab emirates political advisor last april and according to an investigation by the associated press george nader got the money just weeks before he began handing out a series of large donations to u.s. politicians considering legislation targeting that's hard to call him explains. george nader is not well known in washington and not often photographed but he is closely linked to the leadership of the united arab emirates and now the associated press is reporting he is also linked to a top trump fundraiser businessman elliot brody according to the a.p. nader wired two point five million dollars to brody who sponsored a form where congressman ed royce spoke and called for cutter to be labeled a ter

arab emirates. the u.s. says those behind the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. must face serious consequences secretary of state rex tillerson has backed britain's assessment to russia is likely responsible. poor investigators are trying to find out why a bangladeshi airliner crashed killing forty nine people and injuring twenty two others the u.s. airlines flight from swerved repeatedly before missing the runway at katmandu airport it burst into flames in a nearby field swinish rush the reports from katmandu seventy one passengers and crew were on the flight from to do witnesses report seeing the turbo prop flying extremely low oh board it's landing and then turning to land again from the other end of the runway after narrowly missing other aircraft on the ground it crashed at the side of the runway and burst into flames. fire engines ambulances and security personnel rushed to the wreckage inside the airport paramita. some passengers managed to break a window and scra

and the united arab emirates. he was called back from overseas for a second round of testimony as of last week. and, they add this, crucially. quote, mr. nader has been granted immunity. in a deal for his cooperation with the special counsel. i believe this is the first time we've had any reporting about mueller's investigators offering immunity to anyone in exchange for something other than a guilty plea. joining us is new york city washington investigative unit mark mizzetti, bylined on this school. thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> so you and your colleagues at the "times", introduced me to the concept of george nader in the first place. i feel like it's been a couple of weeks where we've had a big influx of reporting about him, and we are still trying to understand what role he may be playing in this investigation being carried out at the special counsel's office. let me ask you if i screwed anything up in that summary and what you think is most important about this new reporting. >> no, it was

law i think groups primarily donated by by united arab emirates. when mr tabor became. did it all and to washington d.c. if it you believe he changed its rudisha whole approach to kind of that. gaining influence in washington d.c. traditionally basically arab states try to our approach be powerful figures in the white house or is it part meant or pentagon to buy or influence well actually he implicated he literally cheated of the pro is really kind of looking. at a nice little primer and focusing on mr tabor sadat and events in the completely distorting washington d.c. he started to have investment in very syntax he started to buy the loyalty of various journalists and various made media organization ok let me not just to measure as if i may i mean if you look at how wide that net was thrown before the elections if this all comes out that it has been proved that russia was involved the u.a.e. was involved facebook and the data hacking there i mean it's quite extraordinary isn't it the sort of people that were brought to the table in order to get into power i think. in t

are saudi arabia and the united arab emirates buying influence in the white house the saudi crown prince is reported to have boasted that he has donald trump's son in no it is pockets and leaked documents allege a major fundraiser for the president was off of business deals from the gulf to influence u.s. policy this is inside story. and welcome to the program i'm jane doc and while mohamed bin solomon continues his two week tour of the united states the saudi crown prince is being accused of using classified intelligence from the u.s. president's daily briefing in his crackdown on dissent back home the into sicked online publication says the source was donald trump's son in law and senior advisor jared christian he's reported to reveal the names of saudis disloyal to the crown prince and at least one of them may have been tortured cushion his legal team denies any such discussion his top secret clearance that allowed him to access the president's daily brief was taken away last month also in the spotlight and it brought here leading fundraiser for trump with business interests in the u.

presidential election extends to include the united arab emirates. because the final makes a comeback in colombia thousands of latin music lovers gather for the annual county fair. a warm welcome to the program it's been described as its league's most uncertain election in years one that could bring about a political gridlock polls close in four hours from now and the only thing that looks certain is that there will be no clear winner the empty stablish five star movement which is campaigned hard against corruption looks set to win the most but not enough to govern and it says it won't and to a coalition will be live in rome in just a second but first let's look at how the voting has gone so far or as the as the story. as the time arrived for voters to make their minds up there was every sign there were as many people who simply couldn't decide as those with any sort of conviction the policy making much of the running is the and see politician party it's thirty one year old leader held several parts i'm jobes before even entering politics five stars

countries including the united arab emirates but is it perhaps a reminder that business does go on at some level despite the politics. i would say it does and it doesn't first picked us yes look at the dolphin pipeline which is a pipeline bringing gas from the qatari northfield to us mon qatar has not for one second stopped the gas from flowing so that worked and these oil fields these are very long and all of these are deal scientists are developments with a very long time frame so if you want to develop it you need to go on so yes it does at that level certainly go on it hasn't the other hand you know if you if you are qatar airways it's probably become more expensive to operate the fleets because you have to avoid the no fly zone that's one thing and if you look at what's happening you have now more turkish company more iranian companies probably also more and more chinese companies filling the void of where arab companies still left it off and who benefits more from the steering cutter or the united arab emirates i think they're both benefit this is a these are this is a win win d

united arab emirates pumped billions of dollars into the fund. they are sending billions of dollars to that guy, the guy who meets with prince, prince goes and meets with him and we don't know what that's about but the guy who brokered that meeting and part of it is now part of mueller's investigation on the prosecutor's side which makes me think maybe we'll figure out about that meeting. maybe we will get that full story. much more ahead including another big breaking story out of the white house because that's today. stay with us. he people who are r together than we are alone... are unstoppable. welcome to the entirely new expedition. these are the specialists we're proud to call our own. experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. expert medicine works here. learn more at cancercenter.com allergies with sinus you won't find relief here. go to the pharmacy counter for powerful claritin-d... while the leading allergy spray relieves six symptoms, claritin-d relieves eight, including sinus

presidential election expands to include the united arab emirates and hollywood gears up for its biggest night but our issues of race and gender overshadowing the movies at the oscars. polls have now closed in what's being described as italy's most uncertain election in years one that could bring about a political gridlock that the only thing that looks certain is that there will be no clear winner the m.p.'s that wish one five star movement which has campaigned hard against corruption looks set to win the most votes but not enough to govern and it says that i want to enter into a coalition with any other party. so let's get straight to nadine bob those are the five star gathering in rome for us we are expecting those exit polls now there are they have been wrong in the past exit polls in italy and actually i think we are still getting we're getting some right now and this is for the senate so let me just tell you what the exit polls say now so the five star movement between twenty nine to thirty two percent. the democratic let's party between twenty and twenty three point five percent b

new evidence has emerged suggesting a businessman with links to the united arab emirates lobbied the u.s. president to sack the secretary of state the leaked e-mails obtained by the b.b.c. found any it's brody a major trump fundraiser wanted to listen out for not supporting the u.a.e. back to blockade against qatar. politicians in the u.s. state of floor. a one step closer to new gun legislation following the high school shooting that killed seventeen people a proposed bill would place new restrictions on the sale of assault rifles and allow some teachers to be on but critics argue it doesn't go far enough and we got to get reports. outside florida state capitol young voices that are driving calls for gun reform continue to put pressure on politicians this is the bill that addresses school safety inside the chamber the marjorie stoneman douglas high school public safety act cleared the senate it includes money for school security mental health and raising the age limit for buying a rifle to twenty one for democrats who are in the minority here it doesn't go far enough is it appropria

united arab emirates pumped billions of dollars into the fund. they are sending billions of dollars to that guy, the guy who meets with prince, prince goes and meets with him and we don't know what that's about but the guy who brokered that meeting and part of it is now part of mueller's investigation on the prosecut prosecutor's side which makes me think maybe we'll figure out about that meeting. maybe we will get that full story. much more ahead including another big breaking story out of the white house because that's today. stay with us. that moving out of the friend zone, moving in together and getting two of everything thing. those fur babies preparing you for real babies thing. that one for me, one for you, us together for the rest of forever thing. buy one iphone 8, get one iphone 8 on us. more for your thing. that's our thing. with advil liqui-gels, what bad shoulder? what headache? advil is relief that's fast strength that lasts you'll ask... what pain? with advil liqui-gels you or joints. something for your heart... but do you take som

united arab emirates. north korea after two days of talks. russia. say it carried out twenty bombings a day late last month as the white house. state of russia's role in a government offensive on the rebel held more than six hundred forty people have been killed over the past two weeks. to continue with the airstrikes but the same time he says troops will open the way for civilians to leave. using chemical weapons about four hundred thousand people are trapped inside. with little food and basic supplies. such scripts a ridiculous lie by the west he says his army is making progress against what he calls terrorists. there is no contradiction between the combat operations. yesterday the day before. the arab syrian army took place in the midst of this truce that's why when we speak about the resolution there are some positives that are. at the same time as allowing the terrorists this is why we have to continue with our operation. while at the same time allowing civilians to leave them rebels say they've made some gains against assad's forces. today we r

the united arab emirates so that if you're behind in an imposed a land sea and you don't cut the haul they started going around countries in the region and african countries as well thinking of coal for their decision and when they came to somalia somalia chose. to be neutral in the whole and from them all government officials will tell you the united arab emirates has been halting so money is not the rules. they are the leaders inviting them to dubai. whole thing them. every other few months and they say all these is to undermine the federal government and want to pump on somali unity. live in the somali capital mogadishu thank you the refugees who escaped fighting in south sudan just six months ago are now starting to go back to their homes more than four hundred thousand people had sought safety across the border in ethiopia but has he been morgan reports from the border town of paga many of them are now going back home to find that life is not quite the same. mary gets course is preparing to start serving tea she says it's the only way for her to make money to look after her four

states saudi arabia the united arab emirates under the trump of ministration and they all seem to have or fall of the same tone and rhetoric when it comes to iran yes and i think that it's particularly interesting the timing of the announcement considering this news that's come out regarding george notter and brody as you were talking about in your previous segment rather than the united states pursuing diplomatic solutions to ameliorating the tensions between iran and saudi arabia which are pressing throughout the entire region we see that in yemen with the conflict with the rebels and we see that in lebanon with the hezbollah backed groups vs the or the saudi arabian backed groups and rather than the united states pursuing diplomatic solutions we're seeing continued hostile rhetoric towards iran as we saw in the nuclear posture review that was released last month by the trump administration and as we know the trumpet ministration is extremely critical of the iran deal and continues to back further away from that so what does this then mean for. my home pay zero when he's confirmed as

after the twenty thirteen who the saudis the united arab emirates and kuwait have put in on the order of thirty billion dollars in investments and gifts and loans to the egyptian regime so that is a lot of investment and egypt just yesterday we had the announcement by the top court in egypt giving away these two islands in the red sea strategically important islands to nod and said nothing to egypt what else is egypt getting out of all of this investment in saudi getting out of this investment in egypt. the saudis did get those islands that they have a claim on them going back but they've been egyptian territory for as long as anybody can think. they also have gotten egypt security help egypt however has been a little bit difficult for the saudis in some areas it hasn't been enthusiastic about the war in yemen which is one of the major projects of the saudis it also has tilted towards the bashar al assad regime in syria because it is a secular regime fighting the rebels and so on those issues there may be some tension can we expect any movement or progress on those issues on the wars

al-jazeera has today learned that a military cargo plane from the united arab emirates breached cattery airspace on sunday the airplane was flying from abu dhabi to kuwait when it entered cattery a space without the authorization of the authorities for seven minutes after a fighter jets intercepted the plane and tried to talk to the pilots on the radio there was no response this is not the first time the u.a.e. has breached international law by violating cattery a space in january cattle filed a complaint with the united nations about two other violations of its airspace by amorality military aircraft the u.a.e. is part of a group of four arab countries which imposed a blockade on cancer last june. is director of policy analysis of the doha institute for graduate studies he says the provocation by the u.a.e. you will not get in the way of efforts to end the gulf crisis. over the past few weeks actually there has been some sort of dividing efforts in order to resolve the crisis we have seen general anthony zinni last week in the region meeting or the leaders of the consent conti's and we

arab emirates and egypt have been supplying weapons to armed groups on the ground that's despite a u.n. arms embargo we'll get to our guests in a moment but first this report from d.c. . armed groups in libya are continuing to receive foreign support from nations

arab emirates they are all part of the military coalition fighting in yemen. which is currently facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis. metal is supplying bombs to saudi arabia for this war despite strict german export regulations. plant on the vacation island of sardinia manufactures these bombs. germany plays a role through the export of weapons especially into regions that are unstable where there is conflict where there is repression most obviously today the middle east and plays a role in ensuring that those conflicts are remarkably bloody profits flowing to the german companies coffers ryan mittal declined repeated interview requests it insists it follows the laws of the countries it operates in. the german government also refused to take a stance on the company's overseas subsidiaries for the green party that's an untenable position. still tied to no hits and please cynical of these defense companies to complain about the strict german regulations while they found ways to dodge the rules such as through overseas operations when i and then they con

the somali parliament has banned a poor company owned by the united arab emirates from working in the country it follows a deal signed earlier this month between d.p. world ethiopia and the breakaway region of somaliland somalia doesn't recognize the deal and is accused the dubai based company of undermining its sovereignty and violating international law the u.s. says whoever poisoned a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. must face serious consequences secretary of state rex tillerson is back britain's assessment of russia is likely responsible the russian government is denying any involvement as surrogates cripple and his daughter remain in critical condition in hospital those are the headlines we're back with more in half an hour right now it's rebel geeks. a global economic superpower that's underperformed in the world of football when one used explores how china is now spending billions in his quest to conquer the beautiful game. at this time on al-jazeera. digital technology offers the promise of intimacy and he's meant and even longer not. in the ability to keep bil

presidential election extends to ring klute the united arab emirates and china's parliament prepares to vote on changing the constitution so she can stay in power supply for life. hello there we're seeing plenty of cloud march its way across the middle east at the moment we're seeing plenty of it in the northern parts of mostly because see the next system that's working its way across turkey at the moment that seem to bring us some rain mostly to the northern parts of our map through parts of armenia and up into georgia we're seeing some snow rain in that system but it will be picking up as we head through into chews day so some heavy outbreaks making their way through parts of turkey as well and maybe just one or two showers through the northern part of iraq and into iran to the south of all of that no major problems for us it looks like you eight thirty will be getting to around twenty six degrees and here in doha we're getting to around twenty nine or thirty over the next few days there is this area of cloud and just to the north of us it may just squeeze out one or two showers bu

leaked e-mails from a fundraiser for donald trump who advised the united arab emirates says he was over to get dearest secateurs ted rex tillerson fired of a catch up plus. if. you look at the new strategy in afghanistan to educate its children. an aid convoy has been forced to retreat from syria's besieged eastern goodson region because of an escalation in fighting the red cross says aid workers are safe and most of the forty trucks have been unloaded but the world health organization says about seventy percent of the medical supplies were blocked by the government monday's aid delivery was the first since mid february about seven hundred people have been killed in eastern goza since the government intensified its offensive the more than two weeks ago saying acosta reports and a warning some of you may find images in the story disturbing. it's the first time aid has entered the. eastern huta since the latest offensive began just over two weeks ago but world health organization officials say seventy percent of what was loaded on the trucks was removed during inspection. it's not the fir

evidence has emerged suggesting a businessman with links to the united arab emirates tried to convince the u.s. president to sack rex tillerson leaked e-mails obtained by the b.b.c. found elliot rodger the a major fundraiser one scintilla sent out for not supporting the u.a.e. back blockade against kata president jordan has more. u.s. citizens have the constitutional right to lobby the government but they have to will be the law when they do so on behalf of another country. news report say the special counsel for the russian investigation robert muller has expanded his work to include those who may be lobbying on behalf of the united arab emirates the new york times says muller has already interviewed this man businessman george nader about his ties to the iraqi government and his meetings with. white house officials the news reports also say nader knows another u.s. businessman elliott brody brody too has u.a.e. ties according to the b.b.c. broidery reportedly lobbied to president donald trump in october to support the blockade against qatar to hold secret talks with the crown prince

george nader has ties with the trump campaign and leaders of the united arab emirates and now robert mueller the special counsel investigating potential russian collusion with the trump campaign according to the new york times f.b.i. agents picked him up in january at dulles airport and since then he's been cooperating giving important details about a meeting at a fancy hotel in the seychelles where he allegedly met with this man karylle dimitri of who just after the election told the american media he was excited about trump's when they're very impressed with president elect problems position and said he wants to have good cooperation with russia also at the meeting erik prince the founder of blackwater and big backer of the trim campaign prince dismissed the meeting in testimony to a congressional committee saying under oath that he was summoned to the seychelles to meet with amorality leader mohammed bin zayed and they just happened to mention there was an interesting russian he should meet he testified that he met demitra at a bar after he googled his picture testifying he didn't

somaliland president says the united arab emirates will train its security forces as part of a deal to establish a military base there the u.a.e. is investing hundreds of millions of dollars but the shipping company in dubai had its long term contract in djibouti cancelled last month now so many politicians have voted to ban them from a big investment in somaliland mohamed atta reports from mogadishu. heated debate in somalia upper house of parliament senators debate a motion on the recent signing of a deal between the united arab emirates if you appear on the brick. and to operate the portal. well the bill that aims to ban the dubai ports world from somalia quickly sailed through the lower house it's proving to be contentious in the senate whose fifty four members represent the interests of somalia six federal states which include somalia. does our government share ethiopia why are we not talking about ethiopian interference in our affairs while we are only talking about the u.a.e. and dubai ports world when ethiopia took a nineteen percent stake in berbera port in the deal signed in

they seem else just a businessman with links to the united arab emirates reportedly tried to convince the us president to sack his secretary of state the e-mail seen by the b.b.c. found that elliot brody a major trump fundraiser wanted rex tillerson fired for not supporting the usa against castro in the current blockade going to the e-mails pretty advised to continue his support for the u.a.e. and saudi arabia and want him against getting involved in there with cattle he told trant to fire to listen at a politically convenient time those in his repeatedly criticized the air sea and blockade the us saudi arabia bahrain egypt imposed on cattle nine months ago as they said revelation comes at a time when another white house regular and adviser george nader has reportedly been questioned in the ongoing probe into trump's twenty sixteen election campaign . how is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university he says the latest revolution revelation is only the tip of the iceberg and demonstrates the extent of the implements in u.s. policies this newly. showcases your elemen

presidential election now includes the united arab emirates. hello the united states has accused russia of killing civilians in syria's eastern hooter saying it carried out twenty bombings a day late last month. it is america's strongest accusation yet into russia's role in a syrian government offensive in the rebel held area more than six hundred forty people have been killed over the past two weeks syrian president bashar al assad has vowed to continue with the airstrikes but at same time he says troops will open the way for civilians to leave as said has also denied using chemical weapons about four hundred thousand people are trapped inside eastern huta with little food and basic supplies that are said has dismissed those reports as a ridiculous lie by the west he says the syrian army is making progress against what he calls terrorists closure to you for there is no contradiction between a truce and the combat operations the advancement of jeev yesterday and the day before by the arab syrian army took place in the midst of this truce that's

the foreign policy of the united states favorable to the united arab emirates whether it's in return for getting special business deals or making the loans from their their sovereign fund or something like that something that may be less than a quid pro quo but looks like there is some kind of understanding between the foreign government and the united states that the interest of the foreign government would not would supersede that of the united states itself and that is a is a very very huge problem and we encounter that also with the problems that mr trump has with the so-called the mall humans cause he's got businesses that make money off of foreign governments patronizing is hotels or otherwise and that looks like it's a payoff and even if it's not true the appearance of impropriety is enormous and it shakes confidence that the american people believe this is not about mr trump in his own personal business as opposed the interest of the united states thank you so much bruce fein for being with us on the news great as always very good to get your insight on this bruce fein joinin

now the somali government has banned a port company owned by the united arab emirates from working in the country that's after a deal signed earlier this month between d.p. world ethiopia and the breakaway region of somaliland somalia doesn't recognize the deal and has accused the dubai based company of undermining its sovereignty and violating international law somaliland declared itself a republic in one thousand nine hundred one but it's not recognized by mogadishu or most foreign countries. u.s. president donald trump has blocked what would have been the largest tech merger in history singapore based chip maker broadcom was looking to buy american rival qualcomm for one hundred seventeen billion dollars trump says the deal is a threat to national security broadcom said those concerns were unfounded unfounded since it was about to complete its move to the u.s. in april let's bring in david vaile in sydney talk more about this he is the executive director of the cyberspace and policy center at the university of new south wales thanks thank you for being with us so first of all we've

presidential election extending to the united arab emirates for say an adviser to the crown prince is being questioned. from a fresh breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. welcome back as we look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia where it's looking fine actually for much of stan through back to stan and away towards the caspian sea too and on the southern side there we're looking at tehran with twenty degrees in the sunshine pretty well for baghdad at twenty nine degrees celsius meanwhile we still have some snow pushing across parts of the caucasus and preventing turkey seen highs of just a fourteen degrees become southwards it's looking pretty warm still not southwesterly flow beirut in lebanon there are a maximum of twenty four degrees celsius here in the arabian peninsula also looking fine much as we would expect thirty three is a high in mecca little bit of cloud around northern parts of saudi arabia chance of a show about here in qatar it should be fine with a maximum of twenty eight degrees pretty light winds in the thirty degre

panel reported last june that the united arab emirates violated international law by supplying half their forces with attack helicopters and other military aircraft pro half the groups have been accused of kidnapping and torturing journalists activists and religious figures in eastern libya some of whom faced extrajudicial executions this latest report is said to be submitted to the un security council for further action in hopes that it can counter foreign influence in the war torn nation hammered by d.c. al jazeera. south korea's president says japan hasn't resolved the issue of the so-called comfort women men spoke at an event to mark ninety nine years since korea rose up against japanese rule thousands of korean women were forced into sexual slavery for japanese soldiers during world war two the government of japan has apologized and offered to compensate victims. not. resolving the comfort women issue the government of japan as the perpetrator should not say it is over the inhumane crimes against humanity cannot be covered up by saying it is over the unfortunate history should be rem

arab emirates the new york times says investigators have been questioning george nader an american lebanese businessman who's an adviser to the crown prince of the u. john hendren is live for us in washington d.c. so john tell us a bit more about this george nader and what indeed needs to the whole. well the more probe is now looking into the connections between the u.a.e. and the u.s. specifically with george nader they're looking at whether money was funneled from the u.s. into the trump campaign head of the election and whether there has been undue influence by the u.a.e. at a time when the u.s. policy has tilted toward that nation netter himself a is a lebanese american businessman who's been on the fringes of diplomacy for many years he was used by the clinton administration is a back channel with syria in the one nine hundred ninety s. and then after the iraq war began in two thousand and three he was pushing business for blackwater that's the business this security business run by erik prince erik prince just happens to be the brother of betsy device that was president trump's educat

arab emirates means their hopes of qualification are all put over. welcome to the program our top story stocks are ponging of affairs of an all out trade war between the united states and china as follows u.s. president donald trump's decision to impose tariffs of up to sixty billion dollars on chinese imports saying the u.s. deficit with beijing was out of control china says it's now preparing a range of responses to the tariffs and will stand up to protectionism though it still holds out hope some sort of dialogue our white house correspondent can really help it reports. chinese president xi jinping welcomed u.s. president donald trump to china in november with an elaborate ceremony. within hours the two had signed more than a dozen business deals to showcase their economic partnership i view them as a friend i have tremendous respect. for president xi so tribes targeted china on thursday with economic terrorists has left many the wilderness trumps delivering on a campaign promise to rectify what he says is an unequal trade deficit favoring china m

george nader a lebanese american attended secret meetings with officials from the united arab emirates and trump associates. sources say she was stopped and questioned at duller international airport in january returning from an overseas trip. since then he's been providing information to the grand jury. the special counsel's interest in 'em remirates suggests, pointing the broader concerns during the presidential campaign. investigators have been probing two meetings nader attended. a december 2016 meeting in new york led by the crown prince of of abu back difficult and attended by jared kushner, soon to be national security adviser michael flynn and steve bannon, strategist to the incoming president. a meeting in the seychelles between erik prince, the blackwat blackwater security firm founder. nader was also present at the hotel bar when prince met with the chief executive of the state-run russian direct investment fund. it's unclear whether nader was involved in the conversation. there's no indication nader is suspected of wrongdoing, but his insight into those key meetings with th

arab emirates. he was also questioned about this meeting in the seychelles. he's quite an interesting character, kind of a behind the scenes guy who is known to, here in political circles and was working on behalf of the united emirates we are told to try and get some policy passed. >> cara, what can you tell us about these meetings nader was believed to have been part of? >> the meeting shimon referenced in new york in december 2016, that was the meeting that was not known to the obama administration, which kind of breaks a traditional practice. you had the crown prince of abu dhabi here meeting with george nader in the room with members of the trump transition. the other meeting that we learned that nader attended was the one in the seychelles in january 2016, nine days before the inauguration. in that meeting, in the seychelles, the emiratis met with erik prince. we know prince had a drink at the bar with a russian investor. george nader was present in the seychelles then. we know mueller's team

arab emirates from washington. the latest high profile meeting for saudis crown prince sitting down with u.s. defense secretary james mattis at the pentagon are not unique and going on one in the room if you count the crown prince was received at the white house at the start of his trip five hundred twenty five million dollars that's peanuts for you here but nearly leaked documents suggest he's been trying to influence president donald trump long before his visit began the new york times says a lebanese american businessman george nida who's a political advisor to the effect of ruler of the u.a.e. what for more than a year to influence eliot brody a powerful member of the republican national committee neither is said to have offered broady business deals on behalf of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. to try to exert influence over white house policy policies which advocated confrontational approaches towards iran and qatar broad you denies the claims his spokesman accused hackers working for qatar for leaking the documen

arab emirates. he was reportedly nabbed by the fbi back in january at dulles airport. this would mean a number of people are now cooperating with the special counsel. >> it would mean yet another canary may be singing. there are two points that are really interesting here. number one, remember that george papadopoulos was also stopped, i believe,, dulles airport, which is outside the dmv area here, and he was immediately able to have his phone imaged and a grand jury subpoena issued to him at that day. number two, why is the united arab emirates go between the conduit of interest right now when mueller's investigation has largely been about the foreign influence of one country by the name of russia? remember, there was reporting last week that jared kushner, the uae were interested because they believed they could exercise undue influence and try to manipulate him in some way. so what you're seeing is mueller's probe is not looking backward as to whether there was collusion or if there was an ongoin

presidential election extends to include the united arab emirates. and south korea prepares to send a senior delegation to north korea for two days of talks. the u.s. has accused russia of killing civilians in syria. saying it carried out twenty bombings a day late last month is the white house the strongest accusation to date of russia's role in a government offensive on the rebel held enclave more than six hundred forty people have been killed over the past two weeks syrian president bashar al assad has vowed to continue with the strikes but at the same time he says. troops will open the way for civilians to leave he's also denied using chemical weapons but four hundred thousand people are trapped inside it with little food and basic supplies assad has called such descriptions a ridiculous lie by the west he says his army is making progress against what he calls terrorists for there is no contradiction between our troops and the combat operations the advancement of yesterday and the day before by the arab syrian army took place in the midst of this

nations team says it has proof united arab emirates forces have seized operations of an air base in eastern libya later paul claims the away and egyptian air forces are supporting general holly for hafter her pose as the u.n. backed government in tripoli would apple hate explains. according to the united nations team of experts they were needed at emirates air force has been running them military bases that is south of imagine city in the east of libya and that's military bases witnessed a remarkable development between march and september last year now we remember that in march last year in morality warplanes lasted several airstrikes on areas controlled by heft of opponents and an especially on gun food district where many people were killed by immorality either strikes including women and children we understand that since at any gaijin little free for have the launch of his military campaign known as operation dignity in may two thousand and fourteen the united arab emirates and egypt have been supporting hefted politically and militarily and . hosted heads for the last year seve

election of donald trump has reportedly been widened to include the united arab emirates the new york times says george mother who's an advisor to the prince and a regular visitor to the white house in two thousand and seventeen has been questioned special counsel reportedly pressed him for information about possible financial support to campaign team in return for political influence coming to office the u.s. president has forged a close relationship with the u.a.e. and saudi arabia last two years of american policy by initially backing the u.a.e. and. where the u.s. has a major military base well let's get more on this now our correspondent john hendren is joining us live from washington this is a very detailed report by the new york times john what else does it have to say about george now there and what he might have been trying to do. well it's nader is a lebanese businessman who came here was very involved in negotiating on the clinton administration with syria and then sort of disappeared in the early two thousand that was a time when he was apparently doing some business for t

he meets with the crown prince of abu-dhabi, the leader of the united arab emirates. they're talking business. they suggested that he meet with this russian banker. now there's allegations that this was about setting up a back channel for russia. at the timing of this, the president had already won the election. this was two weeks before the inauguration. am i missing the bomb shell here, tom? >> i don't think so. if there's any repercussions for this story, it might be the fact that, you know, the house intelligence committee, you heard adam schiff say this story is at odds with what he told us in closed-door temporary. those discrepancies may put him in jeopardy. as far as the meeting goes, you're right. this was -- to the extent this has anything to do with collusion, this meeting took place after trump had already won. so in that sense, it's just another example of special counsel is looking in an awful lot of directions. as to how that might bear on any sort of collusion, it's unclear. >> trace: when you say that when schiff is saying that eric prince, when he te

arab emirates and was heading to turkey and was turkish operated that's what we know for the moment watching the weekly it will continue after the break. so also not accepted. that and russia and all the u.s. is deciding maybe of what german companies or european companies are investing in all which infrastructure we up building interim n e or and if you're up i think it's a german and it's a european this is. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. most somewhat want to that's. actually going to be press it's like well before three in the morning can't be good . i'm interested always in the lines of how. things should. the way kenai cautious optimism has been expressed around the world often you yourself a possible meeting between donald trump north korea's kim jong un on the us president is up to back to say. however the main thing if it takes place could prove to be at least a bit awkward on a personal level here's a quick recap of the insults they've been fighting at each other. stra