I have a me ok and your in the stream today were diving into 3 stories making headlines around the below us President Trumps next move with iran venezuelas political power struggle and a strain as bushfire battle to give your take on these topics really easy you can tweet us at a day stream or leave a comment in a live chat it is curated dont be scared be kind to each other and you to be in the story. Tensions between the u. S. And iran have dominated the headlines since the start of the year present balance of power for sanctions in response to irans targeted strikes on u. S. Assets on wednesday trump addressed the nation and the iranian people can be how can it reports the United States is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it but missing from the president s speech evidence the u. S. Killing of iranian general qassam solomonic was justified and necessary prevent an imminent attack on americans its evidence opposition democrats are demanding from the trumpet ministration also absent a Clear Strategy something the administration has promised to provide in closed door briefings on wednesday to members of congress including top republicans. When asked to discuss that invading congress we have kimberly how shes at the white house shes out is in english is a White House Correspondent and right here in the studio. Shes an iranian american journalist welcome ladies good to have you here i saw kimberly. Reading the tweet today when can leave a tweet in front of the white house something bad is about to happen. This is the 20 hope that all House Republicans will vote against crazy nancy pelosi war powers resolution kimberly why is this important and then ill get you to weigh in as well so i dont know if you have that whole tweet out there in full frame but i worry really struck me was the ending fairly were i believe its president ial harassment exclamation point as i recall yeah thats a big problem ok so heres why this is a big Problem Congress is required whenever there is military action being proposed by the white house there are obligated to debate this this is the check and balance that is to put in place by the Founding Fathers in the u. S. Constitution so when the president says president ial harassment when congress is essentially doing its job that is not only unusual its alarming because once again this is a president who did not use that he is behaving as an imperial president but thats exactly what that tweet reveals there we go. Well i agree i mean its just too hard to not see the timing of all of this president was just impeached hes up for reelection and his popularity keeps going lower and then boom comes a strike out of nowhere and so far the administration hasnt offered any evidence at least. That the democrats here the critics would be convinced about why this attack had to be so and basically killing a Foreign Government top official which brought the u. S. To the brink of a military conflict with iran and this is a president who campaigned against unless war as he said hes going to d. N. Tangle the u. S. From the middle east but every indication seems like hes going in that direction so why did he do to some of these tweets seem to be pointing to that as well and its not just democrats that are upset with the president is even some members of his own Republican Party that are upset i mean we saw some very prominent senators coming out mike lee senator mike lee of utah as one of them who said he was incensed by the briefing that it was almost insulting his intelligence because they didnt deliver the intelligence and you know we all remember a lot of us remember the u. S. Invasion of iraq in the argument that was made there is that there were weapons of mass destruction congress was told all of this only to find out later it was flawed faulty intelligence there was no weapons of mass there were no weapons of mass destruction so congress and the American People i would argue to really dont have an appetite for being lied to a 2nd time so thats why i think there is so much frustration with this white house because they feel like theyre being lied to we got here we share this with you this is from. Twitter one major consequence of this attack is that every country affiliated with the United States is a target for revenge by knowledge the welt do you see it as the reward a situation right now well definitely is at least in the region we saw iranians willing and capable to a talk. U. S. Bases from their soil doing a very publicly this time there were no casualties but this was definitely a warning and then in the statement that came together with the ira do you see this specifically mentioned if any country in the region lets us forces use their bases from that country to conduct attacks against iran and iranians are willing to attack that country as well because we know u. S. Bases are spread across the region and other countries so basically this was a warning but in a same time they didnt want to start a full on war it seems there was a warning that we dont want war but if you want to pull us into war and were willing to fight it can be replaced in the in the u. S. And so every last couple of days people can mentioning war im running up to war where you will that the white house and youll want to sing whats happening coming out of congress what are you seeing and what hes feeling is that is that the same experience with the politicians of the u. S. Based its certainly felt like we were on the purpose precipice for war when those strikes were coming down against those 2 bases that house the u. S. Military in iraq we had just to paint a picture here we had the u. S. President the situation room the state Department Secretary the department of defense secretary the chair of the joint chiefs of staff they were awaiting a Battle Damage assessment because you have to remember the u. S. President said if even one american is killed hes going to respond but that call never came but still there is this feeling of tension now the u. S. President did subsequently come out say all is well here is that iran is standing down but those tensions remain very quickly for me i think its important to point out its really a question of starting points because this administration constantly points to iran and its malign activity in the broader middle east going back decades but this is ministration when donald trump came into office he came out swinging very clearly he said that he was it essentially taking on iran to confront and contain those were his policies whether its with the economic sanctions whether its with the heightened rhetoric. Whether its with the military posture so with it with you know from irans perspective it certainly feels that in fact the United States has been the aggressor not the other way around as we often hear from this administration so kimberly at when the conversation is really flowing on each im going to show everybody where it is right now so if youre watching on the same you can then see yourself if you scroll from here it is going so fast i cant actually pick out individual stories and individual questions so i just gave you a moment to see that and witness that and then i actually want to put this to you because this is what no go says and she says the President Trump wants to get out if iran back off for a few months he would pull out he promised he would pull out of iraq and his votes as expected his numbers are up since pietschmann and kimberly you go 1st are wrong and then nicole you comment on that well theres no question that the u. S. President campaigned. For every wars but heres the problem in all of this he is surrounded by some very hawkish individuals well john bolton his National Security adviser no longer part of that team but he for example was hired by the u. S. President hes advocated for strikes on iran who remains the secretary of state pompei o who when he was in the u. S. Congress was very hawkish on iran so even if the u. S. President feels that perhaps its best to pull out these troops hes getting an awful lot of advice for people who supposedly have more Foreign Policy experience that he does who are saying just the opposite now youve been writing about this a scientific exit ramp you know how do we could have a situation well i just want to add to it kimberly was saying that it might have been the president wanted all of that and he was just given about bad bad advice until he was a ph but we have to remember now hes the president that was impeached and hes also up for reelection so maybe even. Here lets get you on to well a canadian Prime Minister just in 2 days making state. And often me just also going with the people behind see. North shore kids canada made a moment dont have on that he pleaded what should stand up free unusual nicole go to sleep you say femi just dont try to have pain tribute to the victims of the iran to crash the ukrainian jet that was shot down but wednesday was a tragedy a tragedy that shocked and only not only canada but the world before we go any further i want to extend once again my most sincere condolences to the families of the victims and their loved ones i and we are all standing with you. Since last addressing canadians there have been ongoing discussions since i last addressed canadians there have been ongoing discussions with Foreign MinistersSenior Intelligence and military officials including the 4th meeting of our Incident Response group there have been important developments regarding the potential causes of this deadly crash developments of which canadians should be made aware. The news will undoubtedly come as a further shock to the families who are already grieving in the face of this unspeakable tragedy we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile. This may well have been unintentional. This new information reinforces the need for a thorough investigation into this matter canada is working with its allies to ensure that a thorough and credible investigation is conducted to determine the causes of this fatal crash as i said yesterday canadians have questions and they deserve answers then if they want to repeat this question then ill see of course. Theres only all single cause the knowledge to feel it sucks that theyre harder to sell his doha saying is the pseudonym. So you are saying. You love you dont love it it is about to bet on you so you just interviewed i mean french translation now what is just said that the evidence as he put it is that kate is the player who was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile he said that intelligence is from multiple sources including canadian and teligent and he went on to say that news would be a phone he said earlier that the news would be a further shock to those who were the victims and the families of the victims of the tragedy. You know i think we can bring in now an official who said joining us now from washington d. C. We may just wait and see if this is at an end if Justin Trudeau goes back into english and i think in this Statement Foreign minister philosophy that shopping spoke with the rainy and Foreign Ministers reef minister shopping made it clear that canadian officials Must Immediately be granted access to iran in order to provide Consular Services identify the victims and participate in a thorough investigation he also condemned iranian strikes that targeted military bases in iraq where Coalition Forces including canadians are currently stationed. Mr minister zarif committed to continuing this dialogue with canada as we seek answers. I spoke with ukrainian president vladimir selenski earlier today and conveyed my condolences to the many ukrainians who perished in this tragedy here showed me that ukraine is taking all necessary measures to ensure a thorough investigation and we will work closely with ukraine and our partners throughout this process i also called Prime Minister mark return of the netherlands he shared with me his experience in handling the aftermath of an investigation into Malaysian Airlines flight 17 genesee get him on foot new coal. The please dont michael news office on this is stance i know i couldnt have at this instant cinema as we move through this very difficult time just to see uncle that if it was my fault im also in contact with a number of other International Leaders and those discussions are ongoing. We will continue to work closely with our partners in the coming days and months mation it is now more important than ever that we know exactly how such a tragedy could have happened the families of the victims and all canadians want answers i want answers that means closure transparency accountability and justice and this government will not rest. Until we get that. Thank you for being here this morning and not take questions so 1st question and then brazilian then well go to. The. Good engineer mr trudeau you said that you asked to be able to participate in the investigation id like to know what response iran gave you are they accepting that to have canada participate. We are working with the ukrainian investigators at this time. And we are continuing. To ask. To have canadians involved in this process. And we will continue to have that conversation. That tells me that this is not yet confirmed the correct. Given the context. Do you feel that the u. S. Is partly responsible for this given that they created the situation in which the missiles were launched. I think thats one of the many questions that people will be thinking about and trying to find answers to for the moment i just want to underline the importance of having a full and credible investigation so that we can get those facts and then we can continue to analyze based on those facts i think it underscores how important it is that we have a thorough credible investigation to allow us to then draw conclusions and reflections once we have assessed and established that the facts of what happened and mr can you describe in some more detail be kind of information you have that indicates that this was a surface to air strike incident as you know extremely serious allegation and canadians are going to want to see proof that this is what happened but the intelligence and evidence suggests that it is likely that it was a surface to air strike but i will not go into the details of that intelligence at this time. Given that the iranians have denied this and. The reports theyre bulldozing the crash site theyve claimed the flight and a voice and data recorders have been damaged do you trust them. That they havent actually already compromised the investigation at this point do you think its a possibility that the that we wont get a real answer we have highlighted that it is extremely important that there be a thorough and credible investigation on site of the crash with International Partners iranians have indicated that they understand that but the conclusions we have been able to draw on the or the preliminary conclusions weve been able to draw based on intelligence and evidence today are clear enough for me to share them with canadians right so next up catherine and then. Question mr sugar. Can you tell us now whether iran has agreed to share the black boxes with canada or france and most be the next steps for the moment iran has said that they will be keeping the blog black boxes in iran and that they told you craning president selenski that ukrainian investigators at least would have access to the black boxes. Iranian authorities have indicated that they wish to keep the black boxes in iran but have indicated to president selenski of ukraine that ukrainian investigators would have access to those black boxes. It come up. How can you trust iran now when theyre denying some of the information that you just shared with us so we recognize that this is a situation where were going to need to get more clarity more answers and thats why we are calling for a cop a complete and credible investigation with International Partners so that we can uncover the facts of what happened for canadians for the families affected and for people around the world i Prime Minister i just want to circle back to an earlier question if the intelligence is accurate then it seems this is the end result of a sequence of events that was sparked by the drone strike ordered by the u. S. President so given the information you have how much responsibility does the United States bear for this tragedy the evidence suggests that this is the likely cause but we need to have a full and complete and credible investigation to establish exactly what happened that is what we are calling for and that is what we are expecting will happen if iran does not cooperate and there are some reports of at least minimal cooperation of questionable cooperation to this point what pressure can you bring to bear would you argue for sanctions would economic repercussions walk in canada do to pressure iran to give you the investigation you want i think those are our conversations and steps we will contemplate as things move forward if it doesnt appear that there is a credible complete investigation but right now we continue to work with partners and. And. Direct iran with our requests that we have a credible and complete investigation going to go to next and then afterwards david ok. Yes so to come back to the question of irans. If youre concluding that this is due to a missile strike what will your reaction be and how do you intend to respond to iran. Well 1st of all. The conclusion that we are through is based on a preliminary analysis of the intelligence that we have. But it just underscores the importance of having a credible and complete investigation into exactly what happened thats why were going to proceed with that step before we draw any other conclusions. So i understand that but. Would that not threaten diplomatic relations in terms of having access to the site in terms of the repatriation of the victims would that not threaten. Our presence in iraq if thats whats happening if people are launching missiles of the bases. So will our instructions to our forces in iraq remain the same or will something change i imagine something will happen. Well indeed this is a very concerning situation. Thats why we want to know more were going to be working with International Authorities and with investigators and with iran in order to get answers into exactly what happened we recognize that this may have been done accidentally. But that just makes it even more important to clarify exactly what happened in them over with the christian right good afternoon Prime Minister i just want to come back to the qualifiers youve been using may well have been unintentional you just a minute ago said it may have been accidental. But implies that it may not have been unintentional can you be as definitive as you can be annoying when you know and on what you cant share with us about the intentionality of this apparent missile strike i think that is one of the reasons why it is so important to have a full and credible investigation before we get into definitive conclusions as you say we need to ensure that we have all the facts gathered the intelligence and evidence right now suggests very clearly a. Possible and probable cause for the crash but it is all the more necessary therefore to gather all the evidence to have a complete picture of what happened and lets follow through then that the evidence does in fact show that it was an accidental unintentional surface to air missile what range of options with the government would the government of canada respond in some way to that and if so what range of responses might your government consider i think anything in the range of responses would need to start from a clear understanding and a credible confirmation of what actually happened and that is why a proper and full investigation is going to be so important. Whos in the well in the group next to you to do christian or lets look at the direction in mr so based on what you know now are you convinced beyond all reasonable doubt that this was a missile and that it was an intentional well to be convinced beyond all doubt we would need a credible thorough and indepth investigation and that is exactly what were calling for we want a complete investigation thats what we asked for yesterday and were continuing to ask for that today in those discussions ongoing. And i want to tell canadians and families. That what we have gathered in terms of intelligence does indicate. A very clearly that this could very well have been an unintentional surface to missile surface to air missile strike and for the families of the victims who want answers. If the investigation isnt done with the vocal operation of iran how can you reassure canadians that youre really doing Everything Possible to get answers and to get to have a credible transparent investigation. 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