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Congratulate you on what was a stunning election victory. >> with the brexit looming, they need a strong friendship with the u.s. president trump has praised breaks for exercising their desire for strong self determination. >> a free and independent britain is a blessing to the world, and our relationship has never been stronger. both america and britain understands that governments must be responsive to everyday working people, that governments must represent their own citizens. >> the prime mi...

Meeting with the members of the far right austrian freedom party if that happened? >> that party was formed by ex nazis. because the incoming trump administration has tried as much as it can to separate itself from the same kind of far-right nazi, you know, fringe movement here, but thats the connection. its also the influence of russia. i think this really flew under the radar during the campaign, the connections that were taking place. when you have nigel farage fly across the ocean and go int...

Responsibility for the bloody attack on a busy mall in baghdad. militants with suicide vests detonated a bomb outside the mall on monday. 13 people were killed, including a child, when attackers took civilians hostage. and a critical milestone in the iranian deal. they removed the nuclear reactor in the key city which is a key steep in the sanctions. the house takes up a measure that would bar the president from easing sanctions. high praise for bernie sanders from joe biden. the vice presid...

U.s. pastor saeed abedini has been in prison for iran for more than a year because of his christian faith. well, now a group working for his release says the obama administration betrayed abedini with this deal and should have fought for the u.s. citizens release before reaching an agreement. >> were going to now have to use diplomatic uses outside the united states and have been working as a fallback but now have no choice because the united states of america, our country, let one of its citize...

Iran at least to continue enrichingure rabiam which a lot of people dont want them to do, but assuming they will continue to enrich uranium, you would be willing to at least ease some of those sanctions, is that right? >> i wouldnt characterize it as easing sanctions. it is providing them limited relief. there are ways to do that. its like a spigot. youre giving them access to some revenue. but youre continuing to enforce the sanctions that are in place. again, that would have a greater cost to ...

Economic sanctions. i asked the president whether he can trust the iranians on any temporary deal like this one. >> our job is not to trust the iranians. our job in place mechanisms where we can verify what theyre doing and not doing when it comes to their nuclear program. and the negotiations taking place are not about easing sanctions. the negotiations taking place are about how iran begins to meet its international obligations and provides assurances not just to us but to the entire world. >>...

Face yesterday. christiane amanpour will join us at the top of the hour with her exclusive sitdown interview with president rouhani. kenyas president says his country is bloodied but unbowed after a four-day siege at the westgate shopping mall in nairobi. he says the al shabaab terrorists were ashamed and defeated by kenyan security forces. at least 61 civilians died in that attack. were showing you new video, showing some of the chaos that erupted inside the mall as people tried to escape. of...

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So when he spoke to our jake tapper yesterday, jake asked him, did you as you were meeting with these russian, did you bring up the idea of easing sanctions, for instance? and keep in mind he was advising the trump campaign. trump identified him as a foreign policy adviser to jake tapper. he said no, that didnt come up in the conversations to abc news this morning when pressed, well, i dont really know for sure. and that is a problem making these public comments without any sort of clarity. and ...

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