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Presidents envoy to north korea and the north korean nuclear talks, gets his team together and meets again with north korean officials whether they can put this train back on the tracks, whether they can move the ball down the road at all. other than the fact that there hasnt been any testing of ballistic missiles and there havent been any nuclear tests, even though the facility is so geologically unstable that you probably wouldnt want to go in there to explode another nuke, nothings been done ...

>> nbcs hans nichols and janice mackey fraher are all standing by in seoul. hans, im going to start with you. the president and kim met for nearly an hour. so what do we know about what was discussed? >> reporter: well, we know that there have been some changes in u.s. policy. the president is saying now that there can be the lifting of sanctions during this transition period, where before, north korea fully gives up all its nuclear weapons. thats a shift. thats a change from the president. the ...

Between president trump and chinas president xi jinping. today, it was a truce of sorts. not a deal exactly but president trump suggesting the u.s. would not impose further tariffs. something he threatened to impose starting next week. he said the tariffs would remain in place but talks would resume. he seemed to backtrack on the position of huawei. they are seeing it as the attack of one u.s. company in particular so the chinese would see this lifting of the van as a huge victory all of this sh...

Is the economic war is a reality and people are under extreme pressure they keep on telling us to be strong but we can already hear the sound of our bones breaking under this pressure . some iranians are being pushed below the poverty line. as far as i can see peoples purchasing power has been more than halved anyone earning between 1000500 to 2000002 months a month between $36.48 u.s. dollars who also need to pay rent wont even be able to afford to buy bread and potatoes is unimaginable. the wo...

Is the economic war is a reality and people are under extreme pressure they keep on telling us to be strong but we can already hear the sound of our bones breaking under this pressure . some iranians are being pushed below the poverty line. as far as i can see peoples purchasing power has been more than half to anyone earning between 1000500 to 2000002 mans a month between 36 and 48 us dollars who also need to pay rent wont even be able to afford to buy bread and potatoes its unimaginable. the w...

Economic results of any kind of increase, any kind of violent conflict but directly physically vulnerable. they will be sending a message to mike pompeo there has to be some sort of diplomatic route out of this. the iranians will be quite pleased to hear no conditions with the americans but their preconditions are, fred, that they want to see a lifting of sanctions and to return to the deal the americans have torn up. but russia and china have not. fred? >> sam kiley, thank you so much. a middle...

The for seeable future. you can see where the door might be but you cant see that path. one thing they are very interested in would be a complete lifting of american sanctions. not waivers, not on again, off again sanctions but a complete lifting of sanctions in exchange for a deal that at the end of the day would look like a deal that obama got. if we could find a way forward, the world would be a safer place but i dont see that happening anytime soon. >> thank you so much as always for your in...

Support. we have an election coming up. i think nancy pelosi is going to do the right thing. >> will that be the end of tariffs on canada and mexico? >> well see. they have to do what they have to do. we understand that. we cant have big tremendous shipments of certain products. we understand that very well. >> we were very pleased with the lifting of tariffs on steel and aluminum. >> theyve been lifted. if theres trans shipping, ill call justin and hell take care of it. if he doesnt take care o...

To do. we understand that. we cant have big -- tremendous shipments of certain products. we understand that very well. >> we were very pleased with the lifting of tariffs on steel and aluminum. >> they have been lifted, as you know. there wont be transshipping. if there is, ill call justin hell take care of him. ill probably call him a second time and if he doesnt, well have to talk. but i think that situation is very well taken care of. very important for both countries and for all three countr...

Passes through has rallied oil prices to the highest level in three weeks. so when oil prices jump, so do stocks. exxon and conoco phillips leading the advance today. investors run for safety when theres geo political tensions. we had gold hitting its highest in six years. investors also buying a ten-year government bond. that drove down the interest that you get back on them to below 2%, which is a level that we havent seen in three years. despite the concerns over iran, investors are still buy...