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The challenge now of course to prevent skirmishes with police like the one that erupted today out in the open in jerusalem and keep them from escalating and getting any larger. the president has credited quiet intense diplomacy for bringing about the truth, and late today as he hosted south koreas leader at the white house he suggested this would be indeed his strategy going forward. >> one of the reasons why we were able to get the cease-fire in 11 days i didnt do what other people have done. i...

The challenge now, of course, to prevent skirmishes with police like the one that erupted today, out in the open in jerusalem. and keep them from escalating and getting any larger. the president has credited quiet, intense diplomacy for bringing about the truce. and late today, as he hosted south koreas leader at the white house, he suggested this would be indeed, he strategy going forward. >> one of the reasons why we were able to get the cease-fire in 11 days, we didnt do other people have don...

No shift, not at all. but i tell you what there is a shift in. the shift is that we have to -- we still need a two-state solution. it is the only answer. the only answer. and while im convinced that we can now move as i did even before i was able to negotiate -- excuse me, before the cease-fire was negotiated that i made it clear that i spoke with president of hamas. we are going to make sure that we are going to provide for security in the west bank and we renewed the security commitment as wel...

End of chances for peace deals and can president trump in the war in afghanistan without one? >> i think there is still a chance to get something from the talks, they were very close at the end of august, but nothing, nothing will happen in afghanistan until the afghan elections are over on the 28th of september. the government has said they want to do the elections first and then go back to looking at talks. the taliban will agree with the u.s. to a bilateral cease-fire then theres a chance to ...

Engines, an error alert button to the air data module lit up. the flight was boarded. inspection revealed the tempering. video helped videos identify the culprit. court documents say the footage captured what appears to be the sabotage of a target aircraft at concourse d, gate 49. the driver appears to be male with a light complexion and has a limp to his walk. american airlines has been in a bitter dispute with the unions that represent more than 12,000 mechanics at one time accusing them of a ...

Leaders are conducting their business with the united states, vis-a-vis national security, what did that -- what are some of the headlines that came out of what you saw on that very topic? >> well, unfortunately i dont think theyre very good. i mean, you know, first of all when the president -- so historically when the u.s. president goes to the dmz he goes to the dmz to talk about the strength of the alliance with south korea and the strength of deterrence, to ensure peace on the peninsula. now...

Europe, to make sure they are putting more dollars into their security commitment for europe, for us than they have. thats what you heard about this morning. >> bill: the other thing he said about this pipeline that was a big deal yesterday. nobody was talking about it before but me. maybe we have a better relationship with russia as a result of that. what do you think? >> i think this pipeline is a big issue, what youve seen. we would like to get more of our energy out of the united states over...

Is yes. again, he committed to less than his father and grandfather. he got an equally broad security commitment from the united states, very vague. but what he really got was the opportunity for the first time to be on the international stage as an equal with the president of the united states and all the trappings and flags designed to make him look like an equal, something his father and grandfather had sought for years to achieve and never did. and more seriously, what he got was the preside...

Pentagon, what theyre waiting for is that decision to go ahead and suspend the so-called war games that president trump talked about in singapore. what were seeing right now is deep inside the pentagon, military planners are looking at how to carry out the presidents intent on all of this. once again, the president makes big picture statements, he wants t suspend war games, wants to continue with some kind of readiness training. what the military now has to figure out what all of that means and ...

Korean testing freeze is the single most important thing for the next year or two. and you both -- dont offer too much. we for example do not want to see this president put things like americas security commitment to south korea on the table. we want this to be measured. history says you dont want to pay off too much up front because the north koreans have a lucy in the football history. im curious what mr. stavridis thinks about what he is still worried about, what he thinks could go wrong at t...