i m amman mo ha deny alongside jas nine ver s.u.suvian. is russia still targeting the u.s., mr. president? we expect russia will continue to wage its information war against democracies. the whole russia thing. it s a hoax. it s a terrible hoax. not only are the russians continued to do it in 2018, but we ve seen an indication that they re continuing to adapt their modem. the agreement says there will be total de-nuclearization. nobody wants to report that. north korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities. we have made a lot of progress that has not been reported by the media. from it is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities. i ended the horrible week iran nuclear deal.
jamal in his time with me, he would bring up these figures. he would say these are people who supported mo ha med bin salem. a columnist who had critiques of the economic turn of saudi arabia has been locked up in a jail for a year charged with treason and terrorism. i know while jamal s murder, we re all focussing on that, it is happening across the region. lujain was picked up in uae and shipped back to saudi arabia. so the fact that this ally of ours is butchering people who even live abroad, detaining people, silencing people at all costs, should fundamentally make us rethink this relationship.
it will make things more difficult. it is very important that you act quickly, and i m now waiting for your response. cnn s elise lapin joins us from the white house. before we get to reaction, let s talk about the demands. what are they demanding? well, soledad, a range of demands starting from releasing all al qaeda and taliban prisoners and in particular those responsible for the 1993 bombing of the world trade center, the attempted attack on the world trade center, and also a halt to all air strikes in yemen, somalia, afghanistan and pakistan and the list goes on. more goods and people being able to go from egypt to gaza, so it is really running the gamut of specific things that deal with al qaeda to all muslims and arabs. that is a big list of big asks, and what is the reaction from the white house and the state department? well, if you remember, soledad, mr. weinstein was kidnapped in august and in december al qaeda claimed responsibility and the leader of al qa
what i am telling you is he will be held accountable under the law. we have improved military commissions considerably. the fact of the matter is the only reason there is any discussion going on whether or not the trial would take place in an article iii court in the court of jurisdiction with the broadest jurisdiction, new york city, is because of the response of the congress, requiring the president to have to consider the consequences of failing to heed their basically their concerns. so, this is a discussion taking place, the decision will be made by the president. he will be held accountable. a military tribunal is available, it is the less preferable way to go, but one way or another, he will be held accountable. let me ask you about some of the criticism that s been leveled at this administration by former vice president dick cheney. he has argued that this administration failed to treat the fight against terrorists as war, he cites the decision related to khalid shake mo ha n