Point we will want to leave because you value get out of your portfolio are you ready for this and the trial what are you reading from the senate trial yeah whatever it is its a hoax the impeachment is a big hoax its its become a laughingstock all over the world there was nothing done wrong the 2 articles that were sent are not even serious about the way theyre not a crime. The republicans voted approximately 196. 00 to nothing and this was not supposed to be partisan it was never meant that way by as they would say the founders so it was that its turned out to be a totally partisan hoax which i dont and frankly its been going on from before i came down the escalator with our great 1st lady i mean that this is gonna go on for 3 years and probably longer than that and itll be very interesting when the fall. An old tabulation is set and when the facts are released because a lot of people are working on those facts right now its a big deal. Its in many ways the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on our country its one of the great hoaxes ever it started with a with an illegal document that turned out to be false the fake document that you know so well the as they call it and it went on from there was set up by a bunch of dirty cups and others working with the d. N. C. Working with the democrats and from the day i ran from the day i was elected and probably before that substantially not probably if you look at the insurance policy the insurance policy was long before that so that means before i ever got elected they were working on something thats so illegal so i assume that will be announced at some point into the future and hopefully not too far into the future and the impeachment. Story is its just a continuation of the same it really is a shame that we cant focus on all of the things you know we talk today about iraq and we talk about iraq we talk about Economic Development we have the greatest stock market weve ever had in the history of our country were the greatest economy that weve ever had in the history of our country are setting records unemployment records employment records also were going to have almost 160000000 people working and that we have to work on this partisan scam is really a shame but we have to take time is a shame. Thats about it really does work to go ahead. The. People necessary in the borders itll be up to the senate and well see how they feel he would know nothing about what were talking about because you know. The Ukrainian Government came out with a very strong statement no pressure no anything and best from the boss thats from the president of ukraine the foreign minister came out with a statement that was equally as strong and frankly if you look at it and you look at everything all they have to do is read the transcripts you take a look down just that one you take a look at 2 transcripts they were absolutely perfect there was absolutely nothing to under all of it was no false statement and its crazy that its gotten to a point where you look ukraine the president of ukraine said there was no pressure whatsoever there was no pressure on his country whatsoever and by the way in terms of the money it got they had 2 or 3 weeks ahead of schedule long before it was supposed to be there it was absolutely nothing done wrong the one thing i look at is corruption and the other thing i look at is why isnt france and why isnt germany and maybe i could say why isnt greece why arent all of these countries why arent they paying why is it always the United States that has to pay and i said that very strong in fact its in the transcript but the press doesnt cover it why is it that the United States pays and it affects europe far more than it affects the United States so why is it that france germany and all of those countries of europe that are so strongly affected why arent they paying why is it always us thats one question and the other question is always about corruption were sending all of this money where is it going wheres it going and the president by the way got elected on Anti Corruption and i think hes going to do a great job but i appreciated a statement hes made it many times no pressure whatsoever thank you all for me it. Would be interesting to. See you. Yeah im going to get it right. And that was. President speaking a short while there at the white house where he has been hosting the greek Prime Minister in a secular state like compare was there as well the president really speaking as tensions of course with iran continued to escalate and very much for years rating that money was a legitimate target saying we saved a lot of lives by terminating his cross live now to our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett kimberly that was really a point that while speaking about customs and the money the president kept on making effectively how he had been planning an attack which the president described as a big and bad attack and how this strike was in effect retaliation. Thats right the u. S. President using that word exactly barbara but providing again no evidence and that is something seems to be hot in this administration weve just heard from the u. S. President prior to that and in that room in the oval office there as we were listening with the secretary of state mike compare who held his own briefing we also heard from the defense secretary all of them making the case that this was imminent and that there was a need to protect the lives of americans but not offering any evidence and we heard there in by the u. S. President that he was saying that this is a retaliate atory strike that took place to kill general saloon monny because they want to prevent further harm to americans but the question is of starting points you know the u. S. Has just sort of made these sort of vague arguments that iran has been responsible for malign activity in the broader middle east for decades but then when it comes to the timing of all of this really not providing any concrete answers and you also heard in there the discussion about impeachment because this is the week that we expected we would be talking in covering the details of an Impending Senate trial regarding the Impeachment Vote that took place in the house of representatives at the end of last year to impeach donald trump were not talking about that now so were talking about iran and there are accusations that this president may have even taken the strike to deliberately manipulate the headlines its hard to say but very quickly there are questions about transparency given the fact that weve just learned that there was a meeting between the u. S. President that occurred on monday but with the Saudi Arabian official it took place in the oval office that the white house never provided a readout there was no transparency this is so unusual the White House Correspondents association issued a readout saying that its disturbing to see the government of saudi arabia have more transparency than the white house about a meeting with the president the oval office transparency being we learned about this from the Saudi Arabian government when they released a. Out of that meeting so questions about transparency questions about intelligence not being answered there as we heard from the u. S. President and kimberly obviously a huge fallout from the tension between iran and the United States happens in iraq theres been this leaked a letter by a u. S. General effectively implying that the that the u. S. Was going to leave iraq u. S. Troops but now the president reiterating the u. S. Actually has no intention to leave the country. Yes and it just leaves again this impression that there is no concrete strategy which would come about because perhaps the strike was hasty again its not helping the administrations case when they have this vacillating position on whether or not the u. S. Troops are leaving or referring to just 24 hours ago when a leaked letter emerged from a Top Commander in iraq saying that the u. S. Forces would respect the sovereignty of iraq and they would be leaving but then you heard there in that meeting just moments ago the secretary of state calling that letter a mistake a really leaves people scratching their heads in the midst of all of this about whether there has been a proper discussion about steps forward and one other mind blowing fact that came out of that. Briefing that we just heard from the u. S. President the Oval Office Just moments ago is how he expects when ultimately u. S. Troops do leave iraq that iraq is expected to reimburse the United States for its costs with airports with the bases that are there and even its embassy this is baffling given the fact the United States is in iraq because it invaded back in 2003 based on flawed intelligence its like weve seen this movie before and certainly this is not going to be sitting well with many members of congress who are expecting a briefing on all of this in the coming hours when we have good at the white house can really for the moment think you. Kids take a look at some of the days other events because the assassination Iranian Military commander custom so the money has been buried but later than planned after a stampede broke out as the ceremony began more than 50 people were killed and nearly 200 injured in the crush as the funeral procession started in his home town of kerem on iran has continued to talk of revenge with the head of the revolutionary guard telling the crowds of the funeral that u. S. Allies would be set ablaze irans foreign minister jens itif says retaliation. So the man is this will bring an end to the american presence in the middle east meanwhile in washington secretary of state my home peo said the u. S. Would respond the size of lead to any bad choices by iran and maintain the country would never have Nuclear Weapons as said by reports them from tehran. This was the National District of news a family and friends people queue outside the hospital in the city of kut a man inside the injured filling hospital beds and being treated in its current course what had begun as a day with large numbers of people turning out to pay their respects to an assassinated commander ending with more death in the streets of his hometown several hours after the funeral of course and so the money began on Tuesday Morning there was a stampede among the crowds the procession turning into a crush and desperate efforts to save the lives of people where they felt. The small city unable to deal with the vast numbers that have converged on it rains from across the country had made their way to come on for what was supposed to be so the moneys final procession. I come here because i love general ceremony and theres theyve been done mom who i am a sunni from bandit a bass and we want to show that we are also here for him check he had a very Good Management this is something small i can do for gendered selema money just to come here and even though hes not with us his philosophy continues so the money had requested to be buried in his home city alongside those that had died fighting in the iran iraq war during the 1980 s. He was killed in a u. S. Airstrike in iraq last friday and people are still calling for revenge. The head of irans revolutionary guard made this promise more jam im saying the final word 1st we will avenge harshly be certain be calm we are telling the enemy we will avenge if you respond we will burn that place you love and they themselves know where it is the politicians gathered in parliament declaring death to america no compromise no surrender and revenge. And voting to designate the pentagon and u. S. Forces terrorist organizations. All those who ordered as well as the perpetrators of this crime who are with the pentagon and their military accounted as terrorists for 4 days crowds have taken to the streets to honor and pay their respects to cost and so the money and the tragic events of choosing kind of man have added even more grief before iran decides to take its next move i said big al jazeera to her eye. Well today the pentagon says it expects around to retaliate against the United States secretary of defense mark esper has called for the escalation but war that the u. S. Is prepared to end any war with iran let me reiterate that the United States is not seeking a war with iran but we are prepared to finish one we are seeking a diplomatic solution but 1st this will require iran to deescalate it will require the regime to come to the table with a goal preventing further bloodshed and it will require them to cease their malign activities throughout the region as ive said were open to having this discussion with them but were just as prepared to deliver a forceful response to defend our interests its go live now to alan fischer in washington d. C. Alan in the past hour weve heard from their mike has for the fence secretary and then also from the president himself it does seem that the top of ministration is very much waiting for the uranium but making clear that they will respond in kind. And certainly that seems to be the planning through the Defense Department but also through the state department who of course represents the embassies around the world what was interesting is that my caspar was marcus was asked when was this attack do you know there briefing people on the hill at the moment senior politicians of both parties and he said it was jus within days you had donald trump say that this was going to be a very big attack interestingly enough when asked about this just a couple of days after the attack the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff the senior general in the United States couldnt give a definitive time scale but then of course he doesnt make political decisions and so it seems that from white pompey oh we heard from just a few hours ago from the president and also from our esper they have hardened on this idea that there was an attack due within the next couple of days mark casper said that there was no question that far as he was concerned general cilla money was a legitimate target that there had been an investigation and evidence was presented to the president about various options it was his view that this was legal because in his words general silliman these was do he also give a bit of a contradiction as well because he said there is an off ramp for iran here they dont have to go down the road of retaliation but they could come to the table and he said we are ready to talk with no preconditions but he also added at some point iran has to stop its malign influence in the region america will get to define that if they wanted to see iran there but we know the iranians have already said that they have absolutely no intention of talking to the United States will sanctions are still in place they have said consistently that they have to be lifted before they would even sit down and talk to dont trump theyre also interested in perhaps waiting this out they believe that if there is a democrat in the white house after the election in november 2020 then perhaps the democrats will move back towards the nuclear deal that dont. Trump and his administration walked away from and you remember the Donald Trump Campaign for that during the last Election Campaign and also when it came to the question of whether or not there was an agreement to leave iraq we had donald trump talking about it marc espers said look there was no signed document to the best of my knowledge is what he said and so theyre not expecting to leave iraq any time soon what is interesting is that circulating on social media is what purports to be the agreement that the United States signed with iraq at the time they were creating bases and building imports and essentially theyre saying that they really sort of the iraqis agreed that the United States would just leave everything in place and they would take over and certainly not be peeing any money towards the United States which is kimberly says is actually in iraq in such numbers because of the invasion there over the idea of weapons of mass destruction but markets were very much no toy in the line saying there is nor legal impediment to tar targeting general silly money al official with the latest on those developments allan thank you well lets go to iraq where sauza is of mourners of packed the streets in the Southern City of basra to welcome home the body of paramilitary leader abu matisyahu hyundais it arrived in his hometown following several processions elsewhere in iraq and iran behind this was killed alongside castle slimline in fridays u. S. Airstrike he was the Deputy Commander of the iranian backed Popular Mobilisation forces whose fighters were involved in the siege on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad last week. Lets have a binge i joins us live now from baghdad well 1st of all lets focus on the developments in the u. S. And their impact i guess in iraq because weve just heard from President Trump about an hour ago saying that there is no question of the u. S. Pulling out of iraq now where is that is exactly what many members of the government in iraq asked for today it is quite interesting barbara because the more answers you hear from washington the more questions it raises here in baghdad. With both news conferences from the secretaries of defense and state to you heard direct quotes which are in contradiction to what the iraqi Prime Minister has been saying he told parliamentarians when it met on sunday that. Money was coming here with a mission to tell him and carry a message between iraq iran and saudi arabia something which was ongoing no details that he provided but it contradicts what paris said about how there was no there was