family members of laila cox who died after vacationing in the dr said they are not buying the explanation. they don t believe she passed away from a heart attack and they find the situation very suspicious. i mean, it s absolutely disgraceful. it s disgraceful to dismiss the concerns of the families with everything that s going on over there. there s something not right with this story and, i mean, how many more americans are going to have to die before something is done? reporter: now, the son of laila cox went oven to say he would like to hear what the trump administration has to say about what s been going on in the dr. so far, no tweets or comments from president trump on the situation. but what everyone is waiting for right now are the results of three toxicology tests, the tests that the fbi is helping out with. eric: jeff, thank you. arthel: eric, one city zi decis
situation. arthel: kitty, thank you. eric: there are protests against the regime here at home and they took to the streets of the nation s capital, including in front of the white house. they shouted, free iran, as hundreds of opposition demonstrators marched against tehran, calling for tighter sanctions and democracy in the country. the protesters are followers of the largest iranian resistance group. and that march part of a series of global public demonstrations held against the regime. they started in brussels last week, aimed at european union leaders, urging them to follow in the foot steps of the u.s. when it comes to tougher policies such as designating the revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization. they called for more western sanctions like those imposed by the trump administration and point to iran s shootdown of the u.s. drone this week and to accusations in europe and at home that tehran plotted assassination terrorist attacks against opponents who want to
like we saw last sunday, when we saw 2 million people come out on the street, all of this to coincide in part with the g-20 summit next week in japan and attendance, chias knee presideni and, yes, president trump. arthelthere.arthel: there wille protests planned in hong kong ahead of the summit next week. president trump is scheduled to meet the chinese president xi there. the two leaders have a lot to discuss, including the situation with iran, north korea and of course the yet unresolved issues on trade. this is all happening after president xi traveled to pyongyang to meet with north korea s leader, kim jong un, earlier this week. so what can we expect to come out of this high stakes face-to-face? gordon chang is here now, he is an asia analyst and the author of the recently released book, losing south korea. always great to have you, gordon chang. what are you expecting to come
like mark esper is the most likely person to take that role and to be nominated. if he is nominated, would you vote to confirm him? i will review his record but i m not inclined at this time. reporter: this change-up at the pentagon is accompanied by changes at the national security council too. fiona hill, the president s top russia and europe advisor at the white house, will step down at the end of august and be replaced by tim morrison who joined the national security council last year as advisor for weapons of mass destruction. president trump cab s cabinet s been a revolving door leadership. the department of homeland security is run by an acting secretary. that s kevin mcilinan. arthel: iran summoning a top envoy to iran as fallout continues over the downing of a