Well, north korea is accusing the United States of deliberately provoking pyongyang by raising human rights issues and deploying military equipment to south korea. Staterun media quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying it was a dangerous attempt to ruin the hardwon atmosphere of dialogue and bring the situation back to square one. The report said washington was misleading public opinion. The spokesman said the countrys vow to denuclearize was because of the summit between north and south korea, not because of u. S. Pressure. And this all comes ahead of a planned summit between President Donald Trump and kim jongun. Alexandra field joins us now with more on this from seoul in south korea. Alexandra, what impact might all this have on the upcoming meeting between these two leaders . I mean, frankly, rosemary you have seen north korea certainly temper their criticism of the United States in recent weeks or months. They dont use the kind of incendiary language that raised the level of tension here on the peninsula about a year ago. But they do continue to defend themselves against the United States in terms of what their state media says, and they do continue to take the lead or take credit for having brought this moment about, this change in the nature of the atmosphere right here on the peninsula. So we have seen state news certainly fight back in the past and say that it is not the strong economic sanctions against north korea, that it is not this International Campaign of maximum pressure that is bringing them to the table with President Trump. Instead, north korea likes to flex its muscle and insist this has been the maneuvering of their own leader, that this is a demonstration of the worlds recognition of north koreas power and their place in it. So these are the kinds of lines that certainly weve heard from north korea before. At the same time, you have officials in washington and within the administration sort of sticking to their position, expressing a note of optimism about the fact that this summit is going to happen, but insisting the u. S. Wont strike a bad deal, and insisting they will maintain all necessary pressure on north korea in advance of this sitdown. When will the summit happen . Last week President Trump said that finally a date and a location had been set. He didnt real rest veal the detail, only said we will soon be learning. Well keep an eye on it. Rosemary . Alexandra field joining us there from seoul in south korea, we appreciate, that bringing us the latest. Another nuclear issue, this one with a deadline just days away. Of course, we are talking about iran. Britains foreign secretary is urging President Trump not to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. In a New York Times opinion piece, Boris Johnson writes this, at this delicate juncture, it would be a mistake walk away from the Nuclear Agreement and remove the restraints that it places on iran. I am sure of one thing. Every available alternative is worse. The wisest course will be to improve the hand counts rather than break them. Well, irans president for its part warned the u. S. Would come to regret it if it chooses to quit the deal. Take a listen. If america leaves the accord. They decided whether or not to waive sanctions against iran. If he does not, he will be effectively pulling the u. S. Out of the Nuclear Agreement. So lets get some perspective on the future of the iran deal. And we are joined now by gina reinhart. She is a senior lecturer in the Government Department at the university of essex. Thank you so much for being with us. Thank you for having me. So britains Boris Johnson will meet with the u. S. Vice president and the National Security adviser in washington this week. How likely is it, do you any, that he will be able to convince the u. S. To stick with the iran nuclear deal, of course, with the may 12th deadline looming, and how high are the stakes, do you think . I think that unfortunately, im not sure that Boris Johnson is going to have much effect on the outcome. And thats because there is a good chance that the president is using this and using all of the kerfuffle that he is creating around it to distract from other things that are going on in his presidency right now. Its quite likely that he will sign the deal. It is also likely that he will say, you know what . Im going to ask for everything i could possibly ask for, and im going to get a certain percentage of it, which is what i wanted to begin with. That seems to be his best strategy for negotiating things. Okay. So well come saturday, the may 12 deadline, if the u. S. Does pull out of this nuclear deal, iran has said it will do the very same. Then what . Well, then i think were seeing a lot of sort of tit for tat escalation going on. And President Trump doesnt like to back down and doesnt like to make it look like he is backing down. So if somebody can convince him before the deadline that things could get bad very quickly, then he will probably sign it. But im not sure that anyone can. Im also not sure that he is really concerned about this right now. Its quite like i said, i think its quite likely that he is using the distraction of this deal right now to take attention away from his own problems that are going on with Stormy Daniels and cohen and mueller and the russia investigation. All right. And well get to that in a moment. But i do want the turn to the politics of north korea and of course the rhetoric coming out of that country right now. Just weeks before kim jongun and President Trump hold their face the face meeting. North korea says the u. S. Is deliberately provoking the country by saying it will not ease sayings until the north gives up its nuclear weapons. What impact to you think this will likely have on the upcoming summit . I think its going to have a pretty big impact. The u. S. Really doesnt need to have an active or loud voice in whats going on right now with north and south korea. And everything that donald trump says, all the credit he is taking for whats going on is taking away the legitimacy of south korea and actually legitimizing north korea in a way that it hasnt been legitimized before. If he continues to make a lot of broad sweeping statements, its likely to make kim jongun put a lot of stock in this summit and say despite all these problems, he is still meeting with me. Were still having a oneonone meeting with nothing but us and translators, which the president has said he wants. And its going to give him a lot of reason to show other people that hes a valid leader, and a leader of a recognized country. Right. We will see if it goes away. We dont even know where its going to be held at this point. We dont have a firm date. But we will watch that just enough time to turn to domestic politics now, and mr. Trumps new lawyer, Rudy Giuliani tried to set the record straight over the weekend on a number of. But instead seemed to muddy the waters somewhat. What impact is his media blitz having on the president s situation legally do you think . It could be having a quite a legal impact based on what giuliani is saying. He is revealing things that no one has revealed before with respect to Stormy Daniels. He is making statements like, oh, its just a nuisance payment. Its nothing that anybody would really care about, and admitting that the payments were taking place and saying that they were repaid to cohen be a retainer and all sorts of things that havent been said before. However, i think its pretty clear that there is a good track record of trump and the people surrounding him taking back, correcting, or completely flipping the things that theyve said before. And i wouldnt be at all surprised if some of those things happen. The media blitz is whats really important here. And i think the reason why giuliani was brought on board. And that is to make it seem as though trump is taking control of the situation, making it seem as though there is really trying to show that this is really just a witchhunt, as he said over and over, and that with giuliani in charge, he can shut it down really quickly. I dont think thats really going to happen. But thats what the attempt is. Right. He is not sure he has achieved that mission. Gina rinehardt, thank you for joining us in excess in england. Thank you for having me. The u. S. Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said he plans to hold him in contempt of congress. Accused of withholding documents of the russia investigation. Two weeks ago, we sent a letter to attorney general jeff sessions, a classified letter. Per usual, it was ignored, not acknowledged. Just completely ignored. So last week we sent a subpoena, and then on thursday, we discovered that theyre not going to comply with our subpoena. So what are going to to be it. About very Important Information we need. So what are you going to do . The only thing left we can do is we have to move quickly to hold the attorney general of the United States in contempt. Thats what im going press for this week. And in response, if Justice Department explained why the documents were held back. And im quoting here, disclosure of responsive information to such requests can risk severe consequences, including potential loss of human lives. Damaged relationships with valued international partners, compromise of ongoing criminal investigations and interference with intelligence activities. And well take a very short break here. But still to come, what we know about the results in lebanons parliamentary vote. A live report for you from beirut. And we will go live to the Manchester United stadium as former manager Alex Ferguson recovers from emergency surgery. Were back in a moment. Know had match nouk. We do whatever it takes to fight cancer. These are the specialists were proud to call our own. Experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. Expert medicine works here. Learn more at cancercenter. Com welcome back, everyone. Well, lebanon is still waiting to find out who won in its parliamentary election. Official results are expected very soon. Voting wrapped up sunday, and reports so far are that voter turnout was low. The interior minister says it was just under 50 . Now that compares to 54 in the last election nine years ago. The drop in turnout comes despite many potential new voters. Up to eight hn,000 people under the age of 30 were set to vote for the first time this weekend. And for more, cnns ben wedeman joins us now from the lebanese capital beirut. Good to see you, ben. So why was the voter turnout so low, and when mile might the people of lebanon know the results . As far as why the voter turnout was low, its not all together clear at this point as we actually wait to t final results. But many believe it was for one thing this new electoral law which was introduced wasabsurd ly complicated. Hard to understand. It represented a transformation from a winner take all to a proportional representation. I spoke to the interior minister days before the election. He himself told me its nonsense. It doesnt make sense. Its confusing. And i think thats part of the reason for the low turnout. Another reason is that people are simply discouraged by the inability of lebanese politicians to be able to agree on much and move forward. So youve seen, for instance, this country has had problems with, for instance, electricity. Every day there are threehour power cuts. Youve had perennial garbage crises where the garbage fills up in the street. The landfills are all full. They dont know what to do with it. And people have protested, made themselves, made it very clear to the leaders of the country that theyre not happy with this situation. But it doesnt appear that there is a lot of faith in the political process here. Now nonetheless, what we have seen is that, for instance, one party, the socalled Lebanese Forces which is staunchly antihezbollah seems to have made significant gains. The hezbollah bloc which is its important to keep in mind, composed not only of shia but maranite christians and others, they seem to have done relatively well. It appears that the big loser at this point was saad hariri, the current Prime Minister that many people are frustrated with because he has made deals with h hezbollah. His cabinet included two hezbollah ministers. But until we see the final official results, which were supposed to be out a few hours ago, im afraid, rosemary, were just going to have to wait and see. Yes, we do a lot of that in our business. Well, we will see too, because for a loft people they dont seem to think the outcome will make any difference to their lives anyway. Ben wedeman, always a flosh chat with you. Thank you so much. One year ago Emmanuel Macron became the youngest president in french history, a centrist who promised to liberalize the labor market and revitalize the kpunts economy. But 12 months later, mr. Macron faces stiff opposition from the left and angry labor unions, which could prove to be the toughest challenge of them all. Here is melissa bell. Reporter it was to beethovens ode to joy that Emmanuel Macron completed his march to power. In less than a year he founded a new party and seen off the old ones. Now he had won the presidency and could take his vision to the world stage. He began with Vladimir Putin receiving him grandly in versailles, but speaking plainly alongside the russian president of human right abuses and allegations of meddling in foreign elections, including his own. Translator politicians have the responsibility to make decisions, to say things. And when press organs spread infamous counter truth, then theyre no longer journalists. Theyre organs of influence. Reporter with donald trump, the exchanges would be warmer, but the strategy the same. The building, whether in paris or in washington of a solid relationship combined with tough talk and plain speaking. I do not share the fascination for new strong powers. The abandonment of freedom and the illusion of nationalism. Reporter Emmanuel Macron has been determined to represent and forcefully the world view based on common values and multilateralism that used to be fashionable in london and in washington. And domestically, he has been equally determined to liberalize france. Last autumn, he saw off protests to reform frances labor code, among other things giving companies more opportunity to hire and fire. Now he is in the middle of a rail union. And despite popular discontent, he says he wont back down. There are those in france who remain skeptical of the spin, accusing macron of being more style than substance, and those on the left who worry about the liberalizing of the economy and the direction in which Emmanuel Macrons march is taking them. Melissa bell, cnn, paris. In less than two hours from now, Vladimir Putin will begin his fourth term as russias president. His inauguration will take place inside the kremlin. A new cabinet will also be appointed. However, not everyone is happy about mr. Putins new president ial term. This weekend, thousands of protesters took to the streets for antigovernment demonstrations. Police arrested about 300 protesters, among them russian Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalny who was briefly detained in moscow there is a lot to discuss mr. Putins inauguration. So we want the bring in a senior russia analyst at the International Crisis group and joins us now from prague. Anna, thank you so much for being with us. Thank you. Mr. Putin, as we said, set to begin his fourth term. And we reported people, not everyone is happy. How surprised were you to see so many people, so many protesters out on the streets . And what will likely happen to those who were arrested . Well, this was not really a surprise. Weve seen ongoing protests. Thats on the one hand. On the other hand, i dont think this really causes any immediate threat to putins rule. But it is rather an indicator of discontent thats been around for quite some time. And were going to see that simmering. Its not really i think going to change things drastically in the next six years where putins fourth and likely last term. But it is an indicator of what could come next. And how different could we expect mr. Putins fourth term to be, or will it just be more of the same . I think one of the chief problems that has emerged in part as a result of the things he has done in his previous term, his third term is that were seeing domestic policy has become in many ways subordinate to foreign policy. This has been what a lot of kremlin insiders and experts have actually been complaining about, because its been hard to focus on a lot of things that need to be done domestically because russia has in many ways gotten itself into this position where its on the one hand exploiting the besieged fortress narrative, on the other hand, trying to fight it back. Given that this is likely his last term, he is going to need to really focus on two things. Thats going to be reforming the economy and looking to whats going to happen after he is preparing for some kind of transition after he is gone. But in effect, he is going to be dealing with the effects of mounting sanctions and the implications of what he has been doing in the foreign arena. So what does he hope his legacy will be . What is he trying to achieve here . As we saw from his third term, what a clear tendency that emerged from the beginning, pretty much starting from when he was reelected and inaugurated in 2012 was this drive towards domestically making russia returning to russias traditional identity and manifesting in the foreign sphere making russia matter on the