Transcripts For ALJAZ Counting The Cost 2019 Ep 38 20240714

We discussed more trade more china. We discussed afghanistan where the australians helping us and were slowly reducing in afghanistan as people know. Weve been very effective in afghanistan and if we wanted to do a certain method of war we would win that very quickly but many many really tens of millions of people would be killed. And we think its unnecessary but theyve been an australia has been a great help to us in afghanistan but were reducing in afghanistan where reducing in syria where we had you know weve taken over 100 percent of the caliphate we have 100 percent when i came into a smaller but it was a mess it was all over and now its its in a position and i want to repeat what i said before with the prisoners but we have thousands of. Isis fighters from our work in capturing 100 percent of the caliphate and were asking the countries from where they came whether its germany or france or other countries to take those people back put on trial do what they have to do with them but the United States will not keep thousands and thousands of people for the next possibly 50 years or whatever it may be its going to be up to those countries we did them a big favor we went in we took them down. The isis fighters in the end werent very good fighters against the United States but we have thousands of them and we want them to be taken over by germany france and all of those countries from where they came ok thank you and mr morris on the side issue of iran. I you open to further military action against iran or is the australian commitment sali can tie and to a freedom of navigation patrol its a toss well as the president said and there are there are no further activities planned or requested for assistance from the stratus question to that extent is moot and i want to commend the president who is demonstrating as he said in the early a press conference in the oval office restraint. There are other measures that he and the secretary. Announced to die and die of pursuing those those channels so the calibrated i think very measured response that the United States is taking is its been a matter for them and and and obviously at any time when when issues arise with losses as as an ally we consider them on their merits at the time and in the Strides National interest so i think thats thats where thats heading. Thank you very much and jennifer thank you very much 1st lady thank you and i hope youre going to be able to see tonight to the media because really its going to be a beautiful evening in honor of australia and the morrisons thank you very much thank you thank you. So that concludes then the press conference given by Scott Morrison the australian Prime Minister and President Trump listening to that with me is our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett whos there i suppose 1st and foremost we were listening to the president President Trumps comments in order to get something more a certainty on what the american response was going to be to the situation regarding iran and then secondly of course the scandal that seems to be enveloping him in washington with regard to a conversation he had with the ukrainian. New president but lets start with iran because he seemed to studiously avoid dealing with the issue and kept steering away from it and. He did try to control the narrative for certain and that was that he really wanted to put an exclamation point on the announcement of sanctions very tough sanctions on iran that were 1st announced on social media on twitter on wednesday and then we heard nothing about it until the treasury secretary steve minissha and just prior to this press conference we just watched popped up in the oval office to to announce and the president sort of underscoring what was announced there just prior that these that in the eyes of the United States are some of the toughest sanctions ever leveled on the country towards Iran Central Bank can that with regard to steps further you heard the reporters in there are pressing to try and get clarity about whether or not the president was still considering some sort of military option he really backed off really tried to downplay those discussions we know the president has been vacillating all week between very tough talk about locked and loaded in terms of some sort of military response to still keeping open the possibility to deescalate the tensions that have been ratcheting up for weeks and months between tehran and washington so the latest seems to be the president sort of trying to signal that hes going to work with his National Security advisor his new National Security adviser Robert Obrien but really avoiding the specifics in the details martine as you pointed out trying to talk about his relationship with his National Security advisor how theyve been successful in hostage negotiations and thats why he believes he has faith working with him on the issue of iran but when he tried to or when reporters tried to deal drill down on the specifics the president simply avoided the issues altogether and in fact hes been quite a bit of time didnt he beginning up hes you National Security adviser robert brown who were looking at pictures of him now with the president in the clear he seemed to me kimberly. To be a man who is sticking rather in a very disciplined manner to the talking points that have been prepared for him which is of course as we know not normally Donald Trump Style but he would not be drawn woody on the issue of iran and actually said that restraint restraint shows a certain amount of strength and he even said that he was being praised for this display of restraint again not something that we normally associate with President Trump. Indeed but what we do associate with donald trump is that he is his his biggest fan and he never misses an opportunity to tout what he sees as successes and this would be another example of that it was almost. You know when the president talked about not only showing great restraint he then went on to say that his strategy on iran is working out very well but i think that most people who have been watching the developments between washington tehran in recent months with think the exact opposite things are not going well that 2 nations have already as june come very close to a potential missile strike by the United States that was called off at the last minute and there are fears of that again so we saw the reporters even pressing the australian Prime Minister about concerns there with regard to iran really again both leaders kind of dodging the issue trying to focus on other things that they feel are important trying to control the narrative talking about jobs talking about china trade and really avoiding what is on the minds of so many not just in the United States but around the world and that is whether or not iran and the United States are marching toward some sort of military clash right and finally just putting it out there just wondering whether the picks up on any indication as to with the meeting between a potential meeting between president rouhani of iran and President Trump or at least their mysteries might take place at the United Nations General Assembly next week because we know that president rouhani has been given his visa and for minister zarif is on his way to new york now. Well what i can tell you is officially from hogan gidley one of the White House Press spokesperson is here they spoke in the driveway earlier in the week and he said officially there is no meeting on the schedule this is not something that the president would like to do having said that we know the president likes to go were other president s have not gone before whether it was the meeting with the north Korean Leader kim jong un trying to work out a deal there he has also signaled a willingness to even at one point meet with the iranian president without preconditions something that has since been dialed back not only by the president but also the u. S. Secretary of state so there is always that possibility the fact that there has been these was granted even as the u. S. Secretary of state was saying this is a meeting about peace that they should not be getting those visas those visas did come through as of late thursday for the Iranian Foreign minister and the president so that possibility remains open even as officially the white house says no meeting between the 2 leaders is scheduled to take place at the United Nations General Assembly all right thank you so much can believe that White House Correspondent that was saying in the u. S. But we move into the deserts of the u. S. State of nevada where police are preparing for what theyre calling an act of mass disobedience thousands of alien infusing this is banded together through social Media Planning to trespass on to a secretive u. S. Military base how did you ripples from rachel nevada. It all started as a joke University Student Matty Roberts had been bored at work so to entertain himself he turned on his computer in created a meme about a pretend event he imagined on the spot the title of the event is star mary 51. 00 that cant stop all of us area 51. 00 is a top secret u. S. Military base in the nevada desert its where the cia developed spy planes at the height of the cold war and where classified military testing continues today but some believe this is also where the u. S. Government studies aliens you can imagine that if indeed there is an alien race with the technology to be able to arrive here on our planet their knowledge would be very useful to us so its very possible the rumors have always been that we might be in collaboration with some off World Intelligence conspiracies are enjoying a resurgence in american pop culture then enter roberts me about to be something funny for the 62. 00 followers that i had on my page and apparently i was completely correct and it was funny to the entire world so funny that more than 2000000 people or is it online for the september 20th a vent of course not all those millions of people will show up but hotel rooms and campsites have sold out in this very remote area and nearby desert towns used to supporting populations of no more than 100 are bracing for a potential onslaught of as many as 10000 alien hunters who will bring with them their very human needs theres nowhere to find food water or gas for tens of kilometers 2 counties have issued emergency declarations ahead of the event and the u. S. Military says it will of rest anyone who trespasses on to area 51. 00 as the signs warn lethal force is authorized again. Those who disobeyed so what does roberts think of storming the base now and i think its terrible. Yes the creator of storm area 51 is telling people not to storm area 51 but it may be too late because of one some things launched into the great unknown of cyberspace it may return with alien life heidi joe castro al jazeera rachel nevada. Will be keeping you across all the stories that are developing globally here about is this a stay with us because ill be back in just a moment or 2. To. An ethiopian woman determined to tell the world a new story about her country our ships our humanity is the most beautiful thing weve got and i wish we can just realize that and just live with that despite the challenges she became c. E. O. Of tourism and head of ethiopias Land Development project my ethiopia and ill just 0. Counting the cost billions spent on air defenses but drones take out all from saudi arabias Oil Production and look at that knock on effect pass the 30000000000. 00 plan to move indonesias sinking capital and the importance of the dollar. Comes in the cults on aljazeera. Award winning programming from International Film made because of what driving around looking for drug addicts on the streets of kabul just the arrest sets the stage these men are demanding just because no one hard time giving voice to the voiceless have you failed your mission to protect the civilian population but open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today. On how does iraq. Is of the highest sanctions ever imposed on a country weve never done it to this level. The us expand sanctions on tehran to include the a rainy and central bank. Hello again im not seen dead this year without is there life and also coming out saudi arabia shows the extent of the damage of one of the all facilities from last weeks attacks. A global youth protest against Climate Change in the biggest ever demonstration of its kind. Im how do you know castro on my way to meet with thousands of people planning to storm a secretive military base where they believe the u. S. Government. And the u. S. Is expanding its sanctions on iran to include the Iranian National Bank President says he prefers that strategy as opposed to the use of military action in order to prevent terror on from developing Nuclear Weapons we have just sanctioned the Iranian National bank that is their central Banking System and its going to be. At the highest level of sanctions we are continuing the maximum Pressure Campaign this is the last remaining source of funds support the central bank of iran israel well as the National Development fund which is their Sovereign Wealth Fund will be cut off from our Banking System so this will mean no more funds going to the r g c with a foreign terror and this is on top of our Oil Sanctions and our Financial Institutions sanctions but a very major factor is what we do these are the highest sanctions ever imposed on a country weve never done it to this level by this live now to our White House Correspondent kimberly how hes been following the days events in d. C. And kimberly said clearly that Trump Administration deciding that theyre going to continue with the campaign that they call the campaign of maximum pressure and it seems at this stage anyway that the option of a military at reaction is off the table. Well officially the white house would never say off the table they continue to say that all options are on the table but what has become clear as we watch the News Conference between the australian Prime Minister and the u. S. President is that donald trump would certainly like to avoid the military option and thats why we see this latest ratcheting up of economic sanctions the latest being announced there by the treasury secretary Steve Minucci to say action the central bank of iran trying to finally cut it off from not only the Global Financial system but any ability to do any kind of financial work with the United States so this is certainly part of the maximum Pressure Campaign that has been ratcheting up by the United States for weeks and months but certainly there is the discussion that still looms with regard to military options we know is recently as thursday that the National Security team at the pentagon was preparing a number of military options for the president to consider that included covert cyber ops even potential sites being isolated Cruise Missile sites where missiles could have been launched from iran for the pack in saudi arabia that could be potential targets for the United States but the president in his joint press conference making very clear that that really is his option of last resort signaling the potential opportunity for discussions at the upcoming u. N. General assembly and while the white house again officially says there will be no discussion between the iranian president and u. S. President donald trump and we do know from donald trump in the past he likes to make deals he likes to do things that are unexpected i think we should all be watching that very carefully for that possibility and we know the in this election run a period in the United States that the president is going to be. Extra committed if you like to his his his philosophy basically of of withdrawing u. S. Forces from foreign adventures so he really unwilling surely to be to to open up another axis of military involvement for the United States. Absolutely martin you touched on one of the Central Campaign promises of donald trump in the 2016 u. S. Election and that was to withdraw the United States from foreign wars so as we saw in this joint press conference in the east room of the white house the president touched on what he sees as already the attempts to keep that promise he talked about afghanistan even if there continue to be deadly bombings there that he is trying to ease out the number of u. S. Troops that are there he also talked about syria where he felt that he had with the u. S. Assistance as commander in chief had been able to defeat the caliphate and that he wanted to see i saw members go back to france and germany and other places where he believes they may have originated the president talking about that specifically saying that we will not keep thousands of troops it is up to those countries so the president trying to in advance of the 2020 president ial election say that he has kept some of those Campaign Promises even as Many Americans d would consider that it is not a promise that has been fully kept and given the fact that there are still troops in afghanistan and there are still concerns in syria all right kimberly thanks for that kimberly had to live at the white house since have damages been revealed to both Saudi Arabian Oil Facilities that were attacked last week now this is video from kike which is the Worlds Largest Oil Processing facility the attack not town halls of saudi arabias output you know thors is that has allowed the media into another side. Saudi aramco has announced it will bring Oil Production back up to full capacity by the end of the month the yemeni rebels say they were behind the attacks but the u. S. And saudi arabia have blamed iraq. A senior military adviser to irans Supreme Leader has defended the attack on saudi Oil Facilities. With a retell atory operation yemenis in fact carried out a legitimate defeats have been selves against a process that killed their children the reality is that america and its allies and aggressors against palestine and yemen have become tired and worn out economically militarily and politically the policies were wrong and failed the repeat taishan of america and its allies is declining where the war between the war of words i should say between tehran and washington continued with the Iranian Foreign minister zarif tweeting in response to accusations of war mongering by the u. S. Secretary of state my pump air he said the missa problem player has it the other way around its not a random wishes to fight to the last american rather its his bt hosts who seem to wish to fight iran to the last american he had in there he was referring to the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is the bt and he reiterated iran has no desire for war but we will and always have to defend our people and our nation. That was being called the largest Climate Change process in history is currently underway more than 4000. 00 events happening around the world protesters from more than 150. 00 countries are joining a strike led in the main by young people and calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels and it begins a weeklong Global Campaign demanding greater action from political leaders more now from emma hated. This is a movement led by children by College Students backed by many parents millions of people coming together to protest when they would normally be at school instead theyre calling on governments around the world to take action on Climate Change i think that its bad to miss one school day and have a few jets you know how many chinese at School People need to realize that the promise is something we need. Many people are protesting here for the for folks who want to be part of this moring movement corner governments to do more to tackle Climate Change. And this truly is a phenomenon across the Pacific Islands many of which are already experiencing the impact of rising sea levels a pledge to fight Climate Change there were big protests in australia where several 100000 people skipped School College will work to take part while in thailand hundreds of young people Death Outside the Environment Ministry demanding action. We. Are. In indonesia the police know tom well protesters rallied along the main road. Oh. And in india the message was no less passionate it would be personally getting diluted had the climate is close to mine. Set up a government of the people. Was. This protest in south africa was no less noisy. This groundswell of global thanks tim passion for action and change from young people has surprise some in governments many have been inspired by the teenager gretta thornburg who last year started skipping school on fridays to protest outside the Swedish Parliament was. Was in just a few days World Leaders will meet in new york at the United Nations conference on Climate Change the decisions they make will affect the future of these young people far more than themselves and he would aljazeera in on them. I miss of africa people marched to hold palm and in cape town is a city where just 2 years ago water was in danger of completely running out our correspondent for me to miller is that. Thousands of protesters have marched to parliament on a demanding that the South African government do more to deal with Climate Change cape town is a city that was gripped by drop 2 years ago and on the verge of having its taps run dry people here say they dont want to face a catastrophe like that and now is the time to act theyre also demanding that the government declare a National Emergency they want to see the end of coal power stations they also want greater education for south africas use to understand Climate Change more and know the place they have been acting against Climate Change many of the protesters are School Children and people here say that there is only one pallet it cant sustain the Current System and its up to the South African government to play its part of the river to live with myself knowing that im letting go of them and the people in the high institutions can take live my future and not fight for just say theyre going to live to live and religion it really affects us the root cause the elders its like there was the one who caused it so they do one piers which we as the you would have to execute earlier this years Southern Africa experienced one in its worst side loans ever countries like mozambique malawi and zimbabwe were affected by almost 1300 people were killed constances in south africa a facing rising sea levels right 2050 people here are saying they want Climate Justice now and they want to ensure theres a future for many