And in europe and its response to be replicated elsewhere. First good to have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill was which still needs to be voted on voices support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000 u. S. Troops based in. So how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not speak withdrawn from. Washington correspondent stephanie has actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not under the reigns of this administration of the triumvirate ministration as you pointed out the budget Defense Budget package which is 4500 pages that is a double whopper theyre. Saying that
Over a tweet deemed anti muslim the reprimands comes as germany begins and forcing tougher laws concerning hate speech on social media. Plus saudi arabia embarks on a pivotal year as it introduces reforms among them lifting a ban on women driving we will hear from saudi women about the change of the call for deeper reforms. Im sorry kelly it is great to have you with us clashes overnight in iran have left at least nine people dead the antigovernment protests have been raging for nearly a week in tehran and around the country in total several hundred people have been arrested and things twenty have been killed according to state media irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali khamenei. He appeared to condemn the unrest in a post on his official website in which he accused irans enemies of meddling in the country. And lets talk a little bit more about that crackdown we are joined by a. F. P. Correspondent Eric Randolph who is joining us with the latest from tehran and eric as weve heard Iranian