Thank you very much for speaking to us 1st they can you tell us the significance of this megatron veto but taken together with previous votes in the house and the senate trying to restrict sales of arms u. A. E. And saudi arabia the vote are in general has still she murder recently and looking at midnight ski accent sions other votes related to the yemen war including authorization of military force we have a growing majority not a super majority but a growing majority of voices in both houses of congress that are pressuring the trumpet ministration to change its policy both of these of either war in yemen and in particular towards saudi arabia and taken all together this is becoming very significant and i would expect changes of course in the administration at least in terms of. How the weapons are used the ways in which the war is is is assisted by the United States and it will be long probably just a matter of months before further resolutions are passed with more teeth in congress trying to restrict what the saudis are doing out with american weapons. How much of an impact of how much of a difference would it make to be able to stop that flow. Saudi of to stop saudi from buying arms from the u. S. When it comes to the war in yemen and the situation in the region. Well ironically the u. S. Weapons are more accurate and when the americans arrived there is a decrease chance of civilian casualties and if you reduce the saudi and raw ability to conduct the war in lets say a less 1000000000. Negatively impacting way thats bad for the war effort but speaking overall americans have grown very disillusioned broadly speaking in congress the general public and the Foreign Policy establishment with the saudis and would like the war in yemen to come to a negotiated solution as soon as possible and as you know well increasingly dismay over how the pursuit the killing has been handled and dismay over the yemen war have conflated basically into one issue and its also affecting all the iran stuff so everyone would like an improved posture from the saudis memories visibly yemen and certainly thats why the yemenis announced not too long ago that they started the u. A. E. Inhouse on too long ago that they would be changing their or their posture and yet and i actually predict particularly given that the worsening reputation the saudis in washington there were going to begin to see more and more daylight between em robbies and the saudis when it comes to their approach towards washington so we wont see any immediate effects but theres a building amount of pressure from congress and the white house to change the conduct of the war in yemen and the arms transfers indeed but theres always the argument from the time can that day of the saudis dont get it from the u. S. The u. S. Loses a lot of revenue and they will get it from somewhere else anyway. We hear that argument all the time from trump and the counter argument is that saudi arms sales compared to the totality of american arms sales are a tiny portion of them in the us economy and the arms industry will do just fine without sales of very specific saudi arms and also there are reputational impacts of any the more us weapons are misused in unpopular wars that impacts the us economically and in myriad other ways theyre even you know it certainly was history boycotts of of us products in us even arms when it comes to the mishandling of us weapons and certainly as we start recently in libya theres been a misdemeanor weapons which affect the us circulation so i would i would argue that the. Negative impacts far outweigh the closet of the impacts when u. S. Weapons are misused to the m. M. C. Order well the americans thank you so much for your time and insight. We have plenty more ahead this hour including could this be a new era for said don the military and protest leaders finally signed a power sharing deal. On life in prison for one of the worlds most dangerous criminals the latest saga of mexican drug kingpin out chapal. One of the heroes of englands world cup Winning Campaign is set for a major award well have the details. Turkey has called the u. S. Decision to suspend its from the f. 35. 00 Fighter Jet Program unfair and said it would harm relations between the 2 the u. S. Says it made the move off to chirk he began accepting delivery of russias s 400 air Defense System last week washington had struggled for months to prevent it from completing the deal with russia the u. S. Says russia would have access to Covert Military information if cherokee acquired both systems joel rubin is the president of the Washington Strategy group and the former Deputy Assistant secretary of state for the Obama Administration and joins us live from washington d. C. Thank you very much for coming on this program was it inevitable that turkey would be removed from the f. 35. 00 Program Given now involvement with the 400. 00. Well thank you for having me and yes it was inevitable and this is not new information to the turks this is been a couple of years coming and unfortunately now the turks decided to move forward with their purchase of this 400 and it really put the Trump Administration in a bind that what we saw was president trying trying to figure out a way to maintain cordial relations with president air to one and to show a bit of understanding about the predicament for turkey but that said the law is clear and the Defense Community is clear as well and its concerns about allow india 35. 00 to go to a nation whos also purchasing sensitive Russian Military technology but getting them out of the program isnt going to be so simple turkey helped fund it to fund the development of the f. 35. 00 program as part of the supply chain can you explain whats going to be involved in extricating them from this shore. Sure this is not going to be simple its very unfortunate and i need to emphasize as well that. Turkey is a nato ally very significant one an important partner of the United States so this is not a simple situation unwinding the program it may take in still in the middle of next year for for the supply chain to be moved to other locations the pentagon will have to find other purchasers for their 30 fives the pilots the training they have already been essentially kicked out of the program so there are a lot of angles to this and it will create tensions with the Turkish Military at a time when we dont need more attentions with allied militaries in the middle east but again this is a situation where it just was seen by the pentagon and the white house as well as too risky to allow that 35 program to go to turkey at this time and essentially they chose the f. 35 program over their relationship with turkeys military in this moment you mentioned nato and once again theres another quandary at turkey has been a longtime ally off nato and part of its military exercises theres been very little said about how turkey is going to continue taking part in a nato strategy how do you think thats going to work now. Right i mean this could be emerging in a lot of negative ways potentially for nato and its been a concern of washington that there are Downside Risks to this sale being being collapsing for example turkey supporting the continuing fight against the Islamic State dealing with the kurds in syria and what will turkey do will turkey take a more aggressive role how will turkey be training and partnering in operation interoperability activities related to other hotspots in the region we need to have a calm professional relationship with the Turkish Military and we have had one for decades but again this is not a surprise this is not something that came out of left field think the president in his rhetoric is making it clear that he doesnt want to go too far there are still more that can be done as well as worth mentioning that theyre saying sions that the congress put forward if turkey were to go forward with this and its up to President Trump to decide what sanctions to impose or if he will impose any sanctions but the political space on capital is very narrow theres not a lot of support for turkey on capitol hill in this instance in this fight thank you very much joel rubin from the Washington Strategy could good to have you on the program turkeys deputy consul general has been shot dead in the Northern Iraqi city of bell at least one other person was reported killed in the attack that happened at a restaurant where the diplomat was dining asama been javid reports from baghdad it was just another meal at the local restaurant and then to be the capital of iraqs milled and. But soon after a diplomat and his colleague sat down a gunman opened fire. Goodish intelligence sources believe multiple attackers were involved but only one carried out the killings the Turkish Deputy consul general was shot at point blank range and died instantly so far no one has claimed responsibility Iraqs Foreign Ministry has condemned the incident and kurdish authorities have launched an investigation the turkish president tweeted after the killing i condemn the heinous attack against our consular staff and their real i wish gods mercy for our personnel who were martyred we are continuing our initiatives with the local and iraqi authorities to find the perpetrators as soon as possible the Turkish Foreign minister says turkey is ready to assist. Us according to information we gathered a turkish diplomat stationed in our consulate was attacked by 3 people while she was eating lunch in a restaurant a colleague passed away make god have mercy on his soul. With borders extending to syria turkey and iran Northern Iraq has remained a complicated International Battle ground in the eastern part Iranian Forces have been targeting iran kurdish fighters while turkey has also been targeting kurdish separatists in Northern Iraq the Kurdistan Workers Party or p. K. Has denied responsibility after speculation in turkish media since isis defeated security has been relaxed in iraqs kurdish region many aid organizations run their operations from a real because the Northern City is viewed as relatively secure but this attack on the turkish Diplomatic Team go through the fragility of security in iraq. Baghdad. The u. S. President is holding his 1st rally since announcing his 2020 reelection bid. To address supporters in the city of greenville and North Carolina youre looking at live pictures from there and a tweet at the president said hell be talking about what he calls people who love and hate our country trump sparked outrage this week a race comments on for democrats congressman which the house of representatives condemned racist we can now go to kimberly how good who is there and joins us live from Greenville Kimberly set the scene for us. Yeah well it was a rarity long line to get into this 8000 seat they are now of about i dont doubt that were not able to get it. All very excited about the fact that u. S. President donald trump has taken the stage. And his twentys the cost so much harder. For people congresswoman saying that if they dont like the american system that can lead not surprisingly here in greenville North Carolina many people who were gathered to hear the president even they didnt like the tweets defended them saying that it is nothing compared to the attack us president has endured since election day thats what they say they came out to support him i think hes doing a great job theres definitely not enough teachers support donald trump or feel comfortable to say that they could support donald trump because you know generally teaching is filled with the left and you know they hate trump and its hard to get a conservative woman and this is the 1st ever when this happened where this happened because i was frightened to wear it anywhere else i think here ok. And those sentiments were expressed by many who say that they support the president often they feel that they are vilified for doing so and dont feel comfortable speaking out here of course that is not the case theres a lot of support a lot of like minded people who feel that the president is doing the right thing by making a strategic choice to essentially oppose those. America so expect the u. S. President. Tactic on the campaign trail it still is early of course for the 2020 president ial election but it appears that this sort of race baiting politics seems to work it not only seems to win over white voters but conservative particularly but also appeal to left leaning democrats if you will that. Racial group so expect that were going to see a lot more of this and a lot more defense of it from the u. S. President as he continues to speak to these supporters in greenville North Carolina indeed and as youre speaking there weve also seen president addressing a very excited crowd thank you very much really how could live for us in North Carolina. Irans foreign minister says he believes european powers want to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal but lama has accused the United States of having too much influence he says he has travel restrictions on iran iranian diplomats are inhuman james base has more details from the United Nations in new york. Irans foreign minister is a frequent visitor to the u. N. Mohammed job and zarif uses it as a venue to make his countrys case on the world stage and as the u. N. Headquarters is in new york to appear prominently on u. S. Media networks the unlawful extraterritorial economic sanctions imposed on iran by do United States in violation of Security Council resolution 2231 represent the greatest threat to the achievement of Sustainable Development goes up you know on and many of our nic this visit to new york city was a reef lived when he previously served as irans ambassador to the u. N. Is very different from his past ones his movements are restricted to 3 places u. N. Headquarters the ambassadors residence where hes staying and the Iranian Mission to the u. N. This is unprecedented and as the document from the u. S. Stipulates its been extended to all iranian diplomats permanently based in new york they can visit the mission u. N. Headquarters in a 6 block area in Long Island City where the iranians have accommodation it is certainly not a friendly action it puts the members of the mission and their families in under. Basically inhuman conditions but for me its fine because i dont have any work anywhere other than the t. Buildings which im restricting these are the tightest restrictions on representatives of any country in the history of the United Nations diplomats from syria and north korea by comparison arent allowed to travel more than 25 miles outside new york city the new measures may have angered the iranians but its not stop them getting their message across foreign minister zarif has invited u. S. Media outlets to his residence to conduct interviews james bays aljazeera enter the United Nations. Still ahead on aljazeera. As tributes pour in for johnny clegg well look back on the career of the man known as the white suit. And are we heading for a crypto crisis well explain why finance ministers across are worried about facebooks plans for a new currency. And one particularly heated rivalry is set to play out in the age and qualifying for the 2022 football world cup details in sports. 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