iranians and americans are surprised by meeting face-to-face on the ground there? well, imagine it s possible but mr. zarif himself, jim, who was sanctioned by the trump administration just a few weeks ago, and basically they went after whatever assets he had in the united states. he said he didn t have any, and essentially barred him from travel to the u.s. except perhaps visits to the u.n. at the same time, he s the on one they can really talk to. there is not going to be a meeting at least any time that we can imagine between the president and the supreme leader in iran that usually does not meet american or european counter parts. he has met prime minister abe of japan. so zarif probably was the best for the negotiations, first in secret, then in public with the
i think the white house is struggling to come up with a position on this. i mean, was just on friday, jim, that you saw the president descri describe the president of china as an enemy. the same paragraph he used that phrase for jay powell, the head of the federal reserve. today he said our relationship with china is actually quite good. people are accustomed to the fact the president swerved many ways but in the china negotiations, i think the bigger fear is it s not clear to anybody what our objectives are. is it simply the removal of trade barriers in china? is it the theft of american technology? is it the requirement that american companies turnover their technology if they want to manufacture in china? is it the chinese telecom manufacturer who president trump is trying has banned from the u.s. and trying to get the europeans to do the same?
there is a case to be made for the fact that in the last two months in particular, his influence on trump was weighing. he began to see that. the last two months in particular with the space force and jamal khashoggi and not getting his pick for chairman. that cemented in his mind it was time to go. the senior administration officials told cnn that national security decision making at large has basically stopped. jim schutto s decisions are made on a whim with phone calls and this is an example of that. you have been in this and how much of a departure is this. every president used their national security counsel different ways. up until this point, presidents invested in the process of policy making. president obama didn t convene the situation room meetings because he wanted status updates
have to work harder than they already have to. this is a serious thing. that s right. there is no heroism of sticking it out. people are boarding up homes. 1.5 people under mandatory evacuation for gas supplies. kaylee hartung is among them. any hesitation to listen to the warnings? a little bit from a couple of people. jim, it was interesting earlier i spoke to two young men who said they had to drive 25 minutes just to find the nearest gas station that had gas. these pumps are staying busy. truckers in the back. some of these guys are either
as the nation pauses to reflect again on the 9/11 attacks, al qaeda is issuing a f new threat from the current leader, ayman zawahiri, urging more attacks on the united states. new reports show the threats the u.s. faces in the 17 years after 9/11. josh, i know you have been through the report. what are the highlights? hi, jim. as america honors the faller from september 11, government officials continue efforts to identify and thwart other attacks at home and abroad. large part of that is drawing lessons learned from past incidents, identifying patterns, trends that might help stop future loss of life. in the new dhs assessment obtained by cnn, the government looked at 99 attacks from 2014