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Good to see you. president trump is hitting the united nations right where it hurts, and the wallace. u.s. is taking almost three and a million dollars away from its annual donation to the world body which condemned the administration's decision to move the american embassy in israel. david lee miller has details. >> the united nations has agreed to a budget cut back following negotiations. president trump, a u.n. critic, has said the world organization is mismanaged. >> while the united nations on the regular budget has increased by 140% and its staff is more than doubled since 2000, we are n...

Narcissist narcissist narcissist narcissistic srepblg full ought kratz. let's go live to jerusalem and bring in cnn's orrin lieberman. this is a tough situation. on one hand we give 22% of the u.n. budget, but does that buy loyalty? should we get lectures from countries like north korea and syria on what the united states ought to do on the world stage. what is the reaction there? >> reporter: again, this is exactly what the trump administration pointed out, in the general assembly wherever country has one vote and say regardless of the size, influence, economy or government of that country yo...

28% of the peacekeeping budget. that means american taxpayers shell out $3 billion a year for the u.n. and ambassador nikki haley is trying to streamline some of the peacekeeping operations. they've dropped some. saved about $500 million in order to save money and bring more transparency and responsibility and accountability to the u.n. operations. it is important to note that russia and china are not here. china pays 8% of the u.n. budget. russia just 3%. that means we pay about seven times more than russia does for the u.n. operations and although the ambassador haley boasted that 128 nation...

The use of chemical weapons. a great disappointment. i was very disappointed by that. the status quo in north korea is also unacceptable. and to the council must be prepared to propose additionally and stronger sanctions on north korea nuclear and ballistic missile programs. this is a real threat to the world. whether we want to talk about it or not, north korea is a big world problem. it is a problem that we have to finally solve. people have been putting blindfolds on for decades, and now it is time to solve the problem. the united nations playing an effective role in solving these and other...

Council for this month. so i sat down with our new u.s. ambassador to talk about all this and what she found at the u.n. during her first two months on the job. you know, the former governor of south carolina delivered a blunt message to the world body on issues such as human rights, the u.n. budget and the u.n.'s culture n. the next hour, we will show you some of our interview. she has harsh words for syrian president bashar al assad, branding him a war criminal. she told him the war in syria could have possibly been prevented had the security council acted and says assad must be wrought to j...