The president to a child. A day of progovernment demonstrations in iran the United Nations prepares to discuss the situation in new york. All of this famished and sick in yemen the u. N. Wants the country faces the worlds worst humanitarian disaster in fifty years. And catch of the day the price you know that fetched three hundred twenty thousand dollars at a historic final option in tokyo. Im joined in doha our top story in sports heartbreak for the United Arab Emirates as they missed two penalties and ill be by obama in the final of the cup the tournament. Hello welcome to the program our top story the author of a Controversial Book on donald trump says the u. S. President has no credibility and his staff say he is like a child the book by Michael Wolff has gone on sale for days early despite threats of legal action from trumps lawyers president described firing fury inside the Trump White House as full of lies and misrepresentations and sources that dont exist insisting he never even spoke to wolf but that claim has been refuted by the author who said i absolutely spoke to the president it was not off the record actually call him as the latest wall quote steve. Hes lost it a damning and damaging portrait of president double trump from author Michael Wolff his book fire and fury released early despite the president s unprecedented attempt to stop it it describes a leader who is mentally unstable often repeating himself no longer recognizing longtime friends wolf says literally trumps entire staff think hes not up for the job they say hes. A moron and. I say theres a competition to sort of a get to the bottom line here of who this man is lets remember this man does not read does not listen trump responded in his usual way attacking the author writing on twitter i authorized zero access to white house actually turned him down many times for author of phony book i never spoke to him for book full of lies misrepresentations and sources that dont exist look at this guys past and watch what happens to him and sloppy steve a new nickname for his longtime strategist steve benen who was quoted extensively in the book where he alleges the president himself met with russian operatives during the campaign if true that could lead to charges of collusion as for the assertion that trump didnt let wolf into the white house somebody cleared him and he was often seen hanging around the west wing this is a president who despises being called stupid now reportedly being called that by everyone close to him by a very intelligent very serious so far no one has denied making those statements if they do wolf says he has the tapes to prove it making it likely what is already described as an erratic leader and a chaotic white house will be much more so in the days and weeks ahead. Live now to patsy who i know is in possession of a copy of this book what do we know about the revelations fathi well you know handily it has an index so i havent been able to read very much so be honest with you we just got it and actually the bookstore sold out within thirty minutes i dont know if thats happening across the country but it certainly is all the talk of washington one of the things that is noteworthy is the talks about the president s trip to saudi arabia remember he went there and and had a meeting with all of the different arab states now the author here Michael Wolff goes into detail about how the saudis used imagery of the president and the king through a huge gala in his honor to try and sway him and the trip by saying that they would promise to buy hundreds of billions of dollars worth of military hardware well apparently according to wolf going into this the trump said that they were going to do a lot more then than they had actually promised but he was bragging to friends that the saudis had promised to build a military complex for the United States in saudi arabia that would in his words supplant and replace the u. S. Central command headquarters in qatar now obviously that announcement was not made that didnt happen its unlikely that the president realizes that the saudis had kicked u. S. Troops out of their country which is part of the reason why they are in qatar it also says that they bragged about helping the crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon known as m. D. S. Basically take power in the quote in the book is we put our men on top b. S. Basically saying that they helped take part in a coup right so fascinating insight into. You know that policy and trumps relationship and the relationship of his aides with the figure is what kind of an impact is this likely to have particularly with trumps of porsches. Well that is going to be the big question so ive been watching the president s Favorite Channel and what most of his base watch is the conservative Fox News Channel here in the United States there arent giving it a lot of coverage believe theyre focusing mostly on the idea that the f. B. I. Is going to launch an investigation into hillary clinton. When they did speak about it in the show that we know the president loves to watch they talked about this being just media madness and so its if they downplay it like they have been its unlikely that these supporters are going to want to rush out it and buy it because if you try to buy it i am going to take you about a month before you get it you know usually the president who has had lets face it more scandals more controversies broken more norms than any president in modern u. S. History these things dont stick to him hes beyond teflon as they like to say in politics and i think part of the reason and so political scientists will tell you its because he says its fake news you just dont trust it the camp theyre making it up and so far thats worked for him his supporters whenever you talk to them and say what about this they say oh thats fake news we simply dont believe it thank you very much in washington d. C. Well im not joined by max how divine geo politics reporter Online News Organization quartz joins me in the studio now thanks very much for coming in do you agree with the point that patty was making at the end that that president despite these revelations is likely to retain the support that he already has in the u. S. Because this effectively confirms what we already know and just reinforces existing fault lines in u. S. Politics completely agree i mean we have seen the narrative come out so i mean this is more explosive than weve seen so far but weve seen these stories come out from the very beginning of his presidency and so far all theyve done is been met with a mixture its in horror by liberals with his opponents and his proponents really look into i mean the british thing we have to ask is whether members of congress are going to suddenly change their views in trouble the public views on trump because of this so far i havent seen anyone come up with a big reaction i dont expect them to. The depiction of President Trump in this book is consistent with what we already know of him how my explosive and insulting revelations from these are from friends from former aides and members of staff people who obviously view him with some contempt how might that impact president trum scorn duct and behavior. I mean i dont think its going to change his behavior all that much i mean we havent really seen his behavior change for any significant period of tool during his presidency and i think a slightly different point the really interesting thing that came out of this was bannons comments about the Russian Investigation being all about Money Laundering i think thats the one point that can trump. Because you know theyve said all along that russia is a lot of smoke no fire is not coming from anything but the thing is started looking into his into his money and his finances and theres a potential he could start uncovering criminal things that are completely unrelated to the Russian Investigation but thats the point where it becomes difficult for g. O. P. Politicians to carry on supporting him for a figure like bannan to be quoted on the record saying thats a problem thats where it could become an issue and baton is a very important figure in this transform as chief strategist and you mentioned that meeting he makes scathing remarks about the meeting between the president s son and a group of russians during the twenty sixteen president ial Campaign Just to put this into perspective because he used different words he said treasonous he said unpatriotic how serious is this allegation of Money Laundering i mean the allegation of i mean well so what what we know is the trump got hundreds of millions of dollars from Deutsche Bank between two thousand and ten two thousand and fifteen during that same period roughly so if your bank was conducting a massive Money Laundering operation for the russians out of moscow and since been fined for that we have no idea if that is connect if any of the money from was getting from that was connected to russia he was certainly getting money in an unorthodox way from Deutsche Bank a lot of questions open up on that we know theres been many. Potentially corrupt things in his previous career. So the question is and we know the. Special counsel mother has asked to subpoena documents from that your. Were not sure exactly what they are so the question is what those documents are what they show he can start he can reveal things that are not necessarily related to russia but that show that potentially show that trump has been corrupt and then it becomes a political decision as to whether members of Congress Want to know someone we have a proven money trail of Money Laundering if this were all true obviously if they want to come and support in the person yeah that could be a significant turning point but one that hasnt materialized yet thank you very much maxed out on it watching the news hour live from london much more to tell you about the truce village preparing to host the first high level talks in two years between north and south korea. Im going hey in northern thailand home to many ethnic minority groups many People Living in these hills whove lived here for generations but still cant officially call thailand home. And in sport Maria Sharapova is promising start to the new year. Joe will be here with that story in march from. Russia has called for closed door talks ahead of the u. N. Meeting on iran on friday the u. N. Security council is having a special session to discuss recent protests in iran with the u. S. Accusing to iran of stifling the voices of its people but iranian leaders say larger progovernment rallies suggest otherwise reports from to her on. Another day of progovernment rallies in iran seemingly part of a two pronged approach to keep detractors off the streets a large show of public support and a heavy Police Presence across the country with critics inside and outside iran predicting the downfall of the Islamic Republic the government is determined to publicly project the power of the state. At friday prayers in the capital to her own a senior cleric reminded people of irans real enemies who he says are behind the unrest in the country its say announced this is what is happening saudi arabia gave the money the us did the planning it was coordinated from us control very means and have gotten weapons are being transferred little by little to iran they wanted to finish is in february that was the plan but he also sympathized with public demands for better Economic Conditions it terror are thought to have the protests was right those who lost their money and its not too long protest for them people are saying death to high prices were saying not to what people are saying should be heard peoples rights shouldnt be missed in the middle of this mess. Meanwhile what was essentially a leaderless protest movement with competing demands seems to have fizzled out but on social media sites people are still sharing week old videos of antigovernment demonstrations. Protests last week were the boldest challenge for rod stablished that in nearly a decade but crowd size is only ever numbered in the thousands in contrast in two thousand and nine more than a Million People came out into the streets to protest the reelection of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but for now activists who oppose the government have been sidelined by much larger crowds who support. Up to one on mike hanna is following developments at the United Nations he joins us now in like it was of course u. S. Ambassador nikki haley who called for an emergency meeting but does she have support from other Council Members. Well thats something were going to find out within the next hour because there is a meeting called just over an hours time called by russia which is will be a closed meeting no doubt they are attempting at the last moment to persuade her not to move this into public discussion in the Security Council should they fail the Security Council will then open the proceedings they will then it is likely be a procedural vote which russia will demand path what this means is that nikki haley needs to get nine of the fifteen members to agree to discuss this matter in the Security Council the issue of iran has not been on the agenda a number of Council Members even those that may support her in the call for discussions are very uncomfortable about this being a public discussion at this stage russia has made very clear its position that whats happening in iran is an internal domestic matter well see within the next hour or so how many other of the Council Members agree with russia or are prepared to grit their teeth in some cases and go with the United States in Holding Discussions on iran yes because the general sense coming from the u. N. Is that this is an internal iranian matter as opposed to one that has serious implications for Global Security what are the expectations in terms of action on iran that. Well theres unlikely to be any action whatsoever arising out of this meeting there is no resolution there will be no formal vote at the end of it should it go ahead should nikki haley get those nine votes but its very interesting to note that the first mention that nikki haley made of pressing for a Security Council meeting on iran came at a News Conference back on tuesday that very morning thered been a breakfast stop the five permanent members the monthly breakfast she had made no mention of the matter then she also made no mention of the matter while the Security Council was discussing what aspects it was going to be looking at during the month of january so the whole issue of iran came completely out of the blue for many of the members which adds to that sense of disquiet as i say even among those traditional allies who may go ahead and back nikki haley in that procedural vote that well be seeing at the top of the Security Council meeting in just over two hours all right thank you very much mike hanna looking ahead to that meeting in a couple of hours twenty eight hundred g. M. T. After more than two years of silence north korea and south korea are ready to reopen direct lines of communication choose days face to face talks will focus initially on the norths participation in next months Winter Olympics in the south but officials in seoul say discussions are expected to move on to what they describe as other areas of common interest laura slowly reports in a few days the truce village of pinewood or the Demilitarized Zone that separates north and south korea will be a hive of activity representatives from the two countries will hold high level talks here for the first time in more than two years earlier this week north Korean Leader kim jong il is shit at dialogue in his new years day address four days later his government agreed to hold talks the announcement came just hours after the u. S. And south korea agreed to postpone annual military drills for the defense these have long been regarded as provocative by pyongyang. The leaders agreed not to conduct south korea yes joint military drills. And to do their best to use sure the security of the olympics. Next weeks discussions will center on north koreas participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics as well as generally improving and to create relations but officials here in south korea are also hoping the negotiations will eventually lead to north korea returning to international talks on its Nuclear Program even so president cautiously optimistic saying we should refrain from making premature judgement or expectation. The Japanese Defense minister also sounded a lot of caution but. North korea goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocations you know but either way north korea is continuing its nuclear and Missile Development we have no intention of weakening our warning and surveillance that