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This week the Migrant Caravan that is openly defying our border shows how weak and ineffective u. S. Immigration laws are. The facts strongly suggest the opposite. In 2017, according to a u. S. Customs and Border Protection report, illegal cross Border Migration was at its lowest level on record on record. Trump, of course, claims this drop is the result of his policies. The president used tough language in his state of the union boasting that his administration had put, quote, more boots on the southern border than at any time in our history and cut illegal crossings to their lowest levels in 40 years, end quote. Youll recall this was the state of the union delivered in february of 2013, and the president making that speech was barack obama. The decline in illegal immigration has been a two decade long trend. Over that time the number of Border Patrol apprehensions along the southwest border has dropped by around 80 from 1. 6 million in 2000 to 300,000 in 2017. As for the caravan, the more than 1,100 migrants fleeing poverty, Gang Violence and repression banded together for safety. Theyre a peaceful group of mostly women and children. Many will probably end up living in mexico. A small number applied for asylum in the United States and past admission rates suggest only a quarter of that number will be accepted. That is the reality of this supposedly menacing caravan trump conjures up. Why is he demonizing these destitute, defenseless people . The most likely answer he is searching for a strategy for the upcoming midterm elections looking grim for republicans. They have little to talk about. There is no trillion dollar infrastructure program, the tax law is unpopular, seemed as a giveaway to corporations and the rich. It has not boosted Economic Growth as promised. Health care is now even more complicated given the partial repeal of obamacare. So what is the way out for republicans . Clearly they will focus on the cultural anxieties of the American Public and nothing embodies as much as immigration. Trump has often noted how crucial the border wall is to his base saying the thing they want more than anything is the wall. Indeed, polls indicate 81 of republicans want the wall to be built. In a midterm in which it is crucial to bring out your most ardent supporters, your base, nothing will work as well as immigration. Last week a new study in the National Academy of Sciences Found trump voters in the 2016 election were motivated less by economic anxiety and more by status anxiety. Fears of waning power and stat us in a changing america and an earlier prri analysis came to a similar conclusion highlighting the fears about cultural displacement were the key to understanding the motivation of White Working Class trump voters. Donald trump may not read these Academic Studies but he clearly understands in his gut what stirs his base and he is determined to inflame these fears regardless of the facts or the effect this will have on the country. For more go to cnn. Com fareed and read my Washington Post column this week. Lets get started. The atomic clock is ticking, if an atomic clock does tick. President trump has just a handful of days left to decide whether hes going to unilaterally pull out of the nuclear deal with iran. What would it mean if he did . Ernest moniz was Energy Secretary under president obama and then secretary of state john kerry were the top u. S. Officials in the talks between iran and the world powers. Welcome, mr. Secretary. Thank you, fareed. The first argument and probably the central argument President Trump makes about the iran deal, about why he wants to pull out is the socalled sunset clauses he claimed in the press conference with the nigerian president that in seven years iran can simply start rebuilding a Nuclear Weapons program. Is that true . No, thats not really correct. The agreement i should first say has two principal pieces. One is for 15 years from 2016 iran is highly constrained in what it can do in the nuclear arena. Even more important the deal does not sunset because what was put in place were extraordinary monitoring and verification measures. And so the idea that once some of these Nuclear Constraints go off that iran is somehow free to run to a Nuclear Weapons program is just incorrect, number one. Well, they have, of course, committed to not pursuing a Nuclear Weapon in the agreement but, more importantly, before the agreement we had no monitoring and verification measures. Now we have extraordinary ones and that is the key. If iran were to restart a Nuclear Weapons program, i dont think they would be doing it in the open at facilities declared to the international inspectors. It would be a Covert Program as it was before 2004 and its the agreement that gives the inspectors the tools to look for those suspect sites. Describe some of the verifications because i was told they feel very comfortable with the level the intrusive nature for example, i think there will be cameras in the mines where you mine the uranium for 25 years or Something Like that. That is correct. Iran is the only country in the world the supply chain will be under monitoring for 25 years. The iaea has made very effective use of the ability supplied in the agreement to use all modern technology, special cameras, special seals and the like. They have tremendous boots on the ground, lots and lots of images, lots of data to analyze in this case. So its extraordinary in many ways. The secretary of defense, james mattis, when asked if it was intrusive enough said ive read the deal and its designed for a country we have assumed in the past has cheated. In other words, its designed to prevent the very kind of cheating that iran did in the past that Prime Minister netanyahu, for example, pointed out this week. Thats right. Much has been made of president netanyahus exposure of these iranian Nuclear Weapons plans for the period up to 2004. We knew that. The American Intelligence Committee published in 2005. We went into this agreement in some part because of the previous Weapons Program. We certainly went into the agreement with the attitude that, shall we say, went beyond president reagans statement about trust but verify. We said dont trust and verify, verify, verify. So thats how that agreement was put together that led to secretary mattis reaction. And its why to give up this agreement on our side would be a terrible mistake. I think Prime Minister netanyahus presentation actually reinforces the need for the agreement because i feel while the presentation did not break new ground in terms of our knowing of there being a Weapons Program given all the information i would guess upon analysis, it will reveal some new people, places, equipment, all of these things need to be run to the ground. Iran has put itself by having this exposed in a pretty tough spot. It is the process generated in the agreement that will allow those things to be run to the ground, and frankly, iran will have a lot of explaining to do in terms of a bunch of specifics. That analysis will take some time because theres so much information. If we unilaterally break the agreement well give iran a free pass on that. What would happen, secretary moniz, if the United States unilaterally pulls out of the agreement . One of two things. It will actually relieve pressure on iran in multiple dimensions including the need to respond to these recent israeli discoveries. Thats number one. Number two and very serious, this would be an enormous wedge between us and our european allies in particular who have been forthcoming in saying they are willing to work with us on these other issues but it must be in the context of the iran agreement as a foundation for doing the rest of that. Frankly, it will be horribly messy. The european governments are saying that they want to stay with the agreement. On the other hand if the president restores secondary sanctions for doing business in iran, a whole bunch of European Countries will have no option, frankly, other than following those sanctions because they could not be cut off from the american market. And from american banks. And i might say that one of the more remarkable results and the coherence that was maintained between the United States and european allies, even russia and china. The agreement came a year after russias ukraine incursion. Even then we were able to Work Together. On this issue of joint concern, iranian Nuclear Weapons. Iran, you can imagine in any negotiation. They are looking for wedges, they never succeeded in breaking apart this group of six countries. We would just be handing them a victory in a certain sense in that dimension. Secretary, always a pleasure to have you on. Thank you, fareed. Next, i will ask the former head of the Israeli IntelligenceAgency Mossad what he thought of Prime Minister netanyahus dramatic presentation this week and whether he thinks the United States should pull out of the deal, when we come back. Plus, with most insurance a safelite repair is no cost to you. Customer really . singers safelite repair, safelite replace. 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Taking a cue from the tv career of his ally, donald trump. Netanyahu played up the drama. And heres what we got. 55,000 pages. Another 55,000 files on 183 cds. In the aftermath of the announcement most experts agreed there was little new to what the Prime Minister revealed making his case in english, and then in hebrew. Perhaps he was talking to just one person, the man who will decide by may 12th whether the United States stays in the deal or pulls out. I wanted to get an israeli perspective on the speech and got one from general danny yatom, the former head of mossad, the Israeli Intelligence agency, and a member of an organization of top israeli retired generals who are concerned about the future of that nation. It is called commanders for israels security. General, a pleasure to have you on. Thank you very much, mr. Zakaria. You are a former general, a former military adviser and you studied physics in college. I feel as though you are perfectly qualified to tell me what to think of bebe netanyahus presentation about the Iranian Nuclear program. I think that we have to be honest and say that the israelis, not only us, but also the americans, those who are inside the issues, we did not see or hear anything else. We knew that the iranians are cheating, we knew that the iranians are lying. We knew that they had a military Nuclear Program. We knew that they hided it. It is good for those that do not believe the mossad and others the iranians had it because until today, even after the presentation of mr. Netanyahu the iranians say no, we have never had a Nuclear Program for military purposes. Since 2015, when the iranians signed the nuclear deal, the iaea, which has inspectors and cameras, says they have abided by it, u. S. Intelligence confirms it. Is it your understanding Israeli Intelligence believes that since 2015, since the signing of the deal iran has abided by the terms of the deal . I think the answer is yes. But with some suspicions. Meaning, we did not find any evidence that iran breached the deal. There was some information entered about the cooperation between north korea and iran. When you ask yourself what kind of cooperation it can be or it could be, the only cooperation is either cooperation in the field of Nuclear Capabilities and especially for military purposes. What would your advice be on may 12th for President Trump, should he adhere to the deal or withdraw . I think they should adhere to the deal. I think this is mainly even though i agree there are many holes in the deal. This is the opportunity. After what was revealed by us, about all those documents, this is a very Good Opportunity to come to the iranians and say hey, look what we have found. We now have to make amendments and corrections in the deal. If the United States walks away from the deal and iran says then we dont have to adhere to the deal, isnt that a worse situation for israel because now iran is free to pursue any kind of Nuclear Program it wants. You are 100 right. Sit worse situation. If the agreement collapses due to the withdrawal of the United States and the withdrawal of iran, it will be the collapse of the agreement. Instead of being in an ordinary place well be in a jungle. Everybody will do whatever he understands. The iranians may come to where they were left before the agreement. And this is to continue and to inretch enrich uranium in order to achieve Something Like a nuclear bomb. Let me ask you about another issue very close to your heart. You are part of this group of almost 300 israeli generals, former generals from mossad, from the armed forces. Why have you come together . What is the driving passion here . We have many concerns about the future of the state of israel. We want israel to exist forever as the only jewish and democratic state. Between the sea an the jordan river, there are approximately half jews and half palestinians. If there will not be a two state solution that we are promoting and the Prime Minister does not promote and his government does not promote, we might find ourselves in a much worse situation where the world will come to rivals and say we are fed of this struggle. You cannot find a way to live together side by side, lets have one state. Once there is one state to the two peoples, it means the end of the state of israel as a jewish and democratic state, because you cant preserve israel as jewish and democratic only if under sovereignty the majority of the population is jewish. And between jordan and the sea, this is not the situation, even not today. So sit a destruction of the state of israel. General, pleasure to have you on. Thank you very much. Next on gps, kim jongun in conversation. 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Last sunday she told me that all this new information about kim would be a boone for western intelligence agencies. We heard from many viewers who wanted to know more. What did we learn about kim jongun and what should donald trump know about the man he might sit across the table from . So shes back to answer those questions and more. A pleasure to have you on. Thank you. First, explain to people what a black box this is. This is a guy whose father, for example, we barely ever heard his voice. We still dont know how old kim jongun exactly is. Describe the sort of weird world we live in. When kim jongun came into power we knew little of him. We didnt even have photos of him. Theres one 11yearold photo, black and white, thats been circulating around and that was it. That was about it. He was educated in switzerland. Very, very little. Theres some anecdotal information we got from a former chef. Things like that. We knew very little. For the last six years until recently, kim jongun has not met with anybody except for dennis rodman. So there was very Little Information until recent months. And now you look at that summit and you saw him conversationally chatting. What was most striking to you about the man you saw . He seemed like his grandfather. He was very charming. His body language is very warm and affectionate. Hes laughing a lot. Hes touching people. Hes drinking. Hes partying. Hes having very conversational skills, not stiff and wooden. Weve been hearing hes a decisive, bold person. This is something we need to expect. I think he can be quite charming in person. And if he sits down with President Trump, maybe they will hit it off in terms of chemistry and rapport. He was clearly good at the symbolism. He held the president of south koreas hand. He walked across yes. He understood the theater of it all. Oh, yes. I think the moment was very, very interesting because he came to the south side and then he brought president moon back to the north side. Everybody spontaneously clapped. I dont know if it was planned or a spontaneous action. He shows he has a sense of humor. He can read people and read the environment. I think it will be quite interesting when he sits down with President Trump. And yet this is the man who had his uncle executed in a football stadium with antiaircraft guns who had his halfbrother assassinated using a deadly poison. Absolutely. How soon do we forget this. This is a year and a half ago he killed his halfbrother, or assassinated him. He killed over 300 senior folks. He purged 300 folks, even for something little like someone fell asleep while he was speaking. He has a short fuse and a little bit of a temper i would say a lot of temper. Its really going to be interesting but he has both sides. Hes obviously a very ruthless person. We all know that. But hes also decisive and bold and he can be charming oneonone. So it will be interesting to see. It seems to me its all very strategic. He was very tough executing people when he was trying to send a signal to the chinese, dont try to replace me. Dont even think of a coup. Thats why he gets rid of the brother who could replace him, the uncle who was close to the chinese. Yes. Now hes decided hes built up the program, hes charming. It seems people always wondered is he rational or irrational. This sounds pretty smart. To me hes very rational. I thought he was rational. Hes shrewd and astute. I think hes quite smart. The key question here is, how strategic is he . Did he think this through all the way . Did he always intend after he completed his program, Nuclear Program, 90 , 95 done, he was going to turn to diplomacy and sit down with President Trump . Or was it maximum pressure and sanctions and he just decided this a few months ago . It will be quite interesting to see if this is tactical or a strategic decision on what kind of leader he will turn out to be. They have been developing a Nuclear Program for 25 years. This is a kind of deep National Ambition theyve had. Do you imagine he has the power and he has the intention to actually give that all up and literally go down to the ground, go down to iranlike state where theyre in a completely nonweapon program . I think he has the power. In north korea, whatever he says is the word. As chairman kim. He has the power. Whether he has that intention to completely verifiably, irreversibly stop his program, i have serious tout about that. He will pretend or act like he will. I think thats different whether he will truly give it up. I have my skepticism. Im very doubtful. A pleasure as always. Thank you for having me on. Next on gps some good news about the middle east. It is about iraq. Yes, iraq. Really striking what has happened there in the past two years. 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Officials were pretty candid with me about the countrys weaknesses. Iraq doesnt exist except for lines on the map. We cant put the country together. Perhaps we cant but there is evidence they can. A fascinating new report out from new america points at the bright spots, none more dramatic than the defeat of isis which Prime Minister al abadi announced in december. The Iraqi Government was able to beat back isis in the sunni heartland with fewer atrocities than have happened in the past. All of this had a restorative effect on the psyche. The defining weakness is the divide between shiitearabs, sunniarabs and kurds. There is a striking sense of optimism among sunnis alienated ever since the 2003 invasion and the subsequent rise of the shiite majority. In 2014 then Prime Minister al maliki held a 5 Approval Rating among sunniarabs according to a poll. By last year things had changed drastically. Abadi, three years into his term, held a 71 rating, an astounding number. Its not just the Prime Minister. The iraqi army has the approval of 71 up in 2014, the new america report notes. You see abadi has done something malaki never did, offer the rhetoric and substance of peace and inclusion to the sunnis and the kurds. But hes also capable of carrying a big stick. Last fall the kurds overwhelmingly voted for independence in a longawaited referendum. Baghdads punishment rained down swiftly. It retook key Oil Installations and blocked International Flights to kurdish airports. But then abadis government commenced months of fevered negotiations of fevered finally agreeing to pay half of kurdish officials salaries effectively ending the standoff, the New York Times reported. Now even some kurdish politicians sound positively conciliatory. I dont mean to overstate where iraq is. It still suffers from widespread corruption, and it is in desperate need of economic reforms. And if the forces committed to dividing a fractiously stitched together country this relative calm could be lost easily. But the way iraq is remains quite extraordinary when you think about how far it has come. What has really changed in recent years leaders of all stripes have started to buy into the political system rather than trying to destroy it. And its not a coincidence that isis fell in this context. Democracy, a functioning democracy, is the most effective rebuttal to the silent song of the jihadists. George w. Bush always justified the invasion of iraq by saying this would be its ultimate payoff. Everywhere that freedom takes hold, terror will retreat. Now we do not need to relitigate the iraq war and its terrible, tragic price to still conclude that on this point the benefits of democracy, george w. Bush might well be right. Up next, chris hughes grew up in appalachia and then made half a billion dollars for three years of work at what was then a startup. 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You start the book by talking about how you grew up which is very different circumstances than youre in now. What was it like . I grew up in a town in hickory, north carolina, the foothills of the appalachian mountains. My mom was a public schoolteacher. My dad was a traveling paper salesman. We grew up pretty much middle class as they come. We went to church almost every sunday and weekends were spent doing housework. My parents worked hard to make ends meet. I got a scholarship to go to a fancy boarding school and then on to harvard. Rise and well documented and my life dramatically changed. I went from being part of the middle class to very much being part of the 1 . Specifically in the book i talk about how i made nearly half a billion dollars for three years worth of work. The fact there is nothing else to call that but what it is, a lucky break. And in the years after that, i started to think, well, my story is extreme. Not everybody is a mark zuckerberg, et cetera. I realized over time, though, while my case might be extreme, its not that uncommon. A small group of people in our economy is getting incredibly wealthy at the same time as everybody else is working just as hard as they have historically and cant make ends meet. I think a guaranteed income of 500 a month for working americans making less than 50 grand is the most powerful thing we can do not only for the economy but also restore the american drink. So the argument against the kind of proposal youre putting forward is it is a disensecenti for people to work. It wont put out the sense of dig ani it wont put out the sense of dig anty for getting work. I make a point in the book that jobs have changed so meaningfully in the United States that what we need to do is create an income floor to stabilize them. Whether the rise of the robots happens, if selfdriving cars come or dont come, working people need basic financial stability. The people who are out there who i talk to, the vast majority of americans, want to work. People find purpose in it, people find meaning in it and its something i heard on the road, kind of people i grew up with. I think its something thats shared in common. There is this myth of young guys who just want to put up their feet and play video games or the my mythological welfare queen, and i think thats a myth we divide and dont think about whats happening in the country. In my view, i do think if youre working and you make less than 50k, a guaranteed income of 500 a month so if you are married, each person would get 500 a month, would stabilize your life. But you have to work. The evidence shows people work just as much after getting the money as before. So the argument is this will explode the budget deficit which youre describing is a very expensive program. Theres no two ways about it. I think a guaranteed income is expensive. There are some who say we should go even bigger, there are some who say we should go smaller. What i think is reasonable is 500 a month for people making less than 50,000. That would be an additional 300 billion to the federal budget, which is very meaningful, but it is doable. The way i recommend that we pay for it is bringing rates on income of 250,000 into line with our historical averages, about 50 , enclosing most of the egregious tax loopholes in the code. So on a contextual scale, the taxes that got passed a few months ago is estimated at 1 to 2 trillion. What im talking about, after you factor in Economic Growth, would cost more or less the same. A little bit more. More or less the same. So anyone who says to me, this is too big of an idea. If its not too big of an idea to cut rates on corporations in the 1 , it shouldnt be too big of an idea to provide real Economic Opportunity to the people who need it most. 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