Jamal khashoggi, the civil war in yemen and Irans Nuclear program. All right. Good morning, everyone. I am gina, the vice chairwoman of the board of the middle east policy council. Im pleased to welcome you to this, our 97th quarterly capitol hill conference. Our topic today is the United States Saudi Arabian relationship. Over the last 40 years, many of us have observed and supported this relationship from deepening our counterterrorism operation to championing womens rights. The challenge on each side has been to reconcile close, effective cooperation on National Security issues while remaining faithful to two very different value systems. Under the current leadership of both countries, these tensions have been brought into sharp focus. The nature of our military cooperation, human rights violations, addressing regional bad actors and more demand attention and likely change. These issues are ripe for informed dispassionate review and we are fortunate to have an experienced group of p
Against scoliosis takes center stage. Giving up was not an option for me. This is the cbs news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. Relief is in sight for the hent of millions of americans who have been suffering through a heat wave. All weekend, the heat and humidity was all but unbearable, from texas to the great lakes, and east to new england. The weather is blamed for a halfdozen deaths. And in florida, eight people were hurt, in a Lightning Strike at clearwater beach. Heres meg oliver. Reporter much of the nation is roasting. Under excesvethespeople waited t snaked around the block to get into a public pool. On saturday, these people got in. Its hot and it can make your sweat hot. Reporter for others, the heat is dangerous. Mayor bill de blasio called for a state of emergency. In washington, d. C. , mountains on the mall provided relief. So did paddling on the potomac. Others escaped to the comfort of the smithsonian museum. The mail went out but the heat was oppress
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, President Trump is once again taking aim at four progressive members of congress. The women known collectively as the squad are all women of color. Laura podesta is here in new york. Laura, whats the president saying now . Hey. Good morning, annemarie. The president tweeted yesterday the women are not capable of loving america and they should apologize to is rew el for the horrible things they said. He also wrote theyre destroying our Democratic Party but could never destroy our great nation. President trump still has the squad in his sights. A week ago the president ignited a political firestorm with a series o of tweets aimed at the four progressive lawmakers. Yesterday mr. Trump had a new message for them. He wrote on twitter, i dont believe the four congresswomen are capable of loving our country. All four are women of color. The house condemned the pre
It comes after an iranian vessel coming up in about 10 was captured earlier this month. Minutes, newswatch. James robbins reports. This is stena impero, built only last year, british flagged, 183 metres long, now in the hands of iran, together with her 23 crew. Routine satellite tracking of the tanker shows her under way from the emirates of fujairah, around midday, heading north, staying well inside International Waters of the gulf until this happened. Just after three oclock, the 30,000 ton tanker diverts seriously off course. Her last known movement was around four oclock, inside iranian waters. The owners, stena bulk and Northern Marine management, say in a statement need to note that a second ship had been seized, the liberian registered mesdar. Foreign secretaryjeremy hunt condemned diseases as unacceptable, and President Trump confirmed the news. We dont have very many tankers going in but we have a lot of ships that that are warships and we will talk to the uk. And we have no w
Hello and welcome. The uks foreign secretary is warning there will be serious consequences if iran doesnt release a british tanker seized in the gulf with 23 crew on board. The stena impero was heading for the saudia arabian port ofjubail but contact was lost with the ship as it passed through the strait of hormuz. Tracking data shows it deviating from its intended route. Iranian media is quoting military officials saying it is being taken to the port in bandar abbas for further investigations. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports on the latest escalation of tensions in the region. This is stena impero, built only last year, british flagged, 183 metres long, now in the hands of iran, together with her 23 crew. Routine satellite tracking of the tanker shows her under way from the emirates of fujairah, around midday, heading north, staying well inside International Waters of the gulf until this happened. Just after three oclock, the 30,000 ton tanker diverts seriously off c