Coverage today blake burman on how responding to the today meeting and ashley when it comes to irans oil the u. S. May already be winning. We begin with blake. Hi there, maria. As you know the Trump Administration is trying to carve out a deal as it relates to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula with north korea. As that is happening, iran is warning north korea that the United States, in their words, cannot be trusted. The iranian leader Hasan Rouhani meeting earlier this week with a top diplomat from north korea and this was how that meeting was relayed as it comes from Iranian State media. One quote quoting Hasan Rouhani, quote the u. S. Administration performance in these years has led the country to be considered untrust one way or the other Anuntrustworthy Andunreliable ad which does not meet any of its obligations it comes as the Trump Administration has level idea new Sanctions Against Iran and says more sanctions will be coming in 90 days from now on
going to put in place loom large. They will begin november the 5th. Indian oil exports 6. 6 Million Barrels last year. Taking a look at the oil chart right there. Oil is kind of drifting sideways right now as this all plays out. Look at the indian oil imports from 2017. 6. 6 million brought in from the u. S. This year up to 06 Million Barrels while it cuts back on iranian oil. Now, lets talk about irans oil production. Its opecs Third Largest producer. 3. 8 Million Barrels per day closer to 2 Million Barrels right now. 50 of that production goes to china and india. So if independent i cant is cutting back on iranian oil. That hurts more than 60 of the all of the revenue from exports comes from oil and that, by the way, as we know is really starting to pinch the iranian economy. I want you to take a look at this headline that was in the Daily Express in the u. K. This week. That say irans revolution is coming as 100,000 rush to the streets chanting death
Business news and analysis. That would mean that they recognized that it was a bad deal. The United States pulling out was, in fact, the right thing to do. They view it as a saving face method. So the iranians are going to take several months doing nothing before they would begin to create the conditions by which in a face saving measure they could come back to the Negotiating Table and renegotiate that treat were with economic sanctions being relieved. By the same token, the north koreans are going to be observing this. They know that the United States is going to continue to demand that they denuclearize. When you look at the second thing thats the shadow over all of this, look at the pressure we are putting on china economically with the tariffs. That is playing in to this as well because china is the backer for north Koreas Nuclear program. They aided and abetted it for years and now its time for that price to be paid as well. Maria north korea is denouncing the United States for what its calling, quote outdating acting script. You think the president s
continues to spiral down in iran. Normal people are going to start stepping out into the street. Then iranian leadership is going to have to sit down and say where can we cut back on a regional engagements to destabilize that area and begin to bring some of those forces and some of the money home so that they can provide the basic services whether its water, sewage, garbage collection. Its the simple stuff that is going to take down that regime, not the complicated farflung worldwide stuff. Maria yeah. Because the people are watching the Leadership Use money on weaponry. And use money for things other than actually supporting the people. Absolutely. And they are well aware. They are not in a bubble like north korea. Right. They do have access to the internet. To the radio, to worldwide communications. So the people in iran who are tend to be very well educated throughout the middle east are very aware of what is going on with their country. Their engagements worldwide and the fact that they are not being taken care of home
and that the leadership there is the ones responsible for the fact that they cant get the basic services. Maria all right, commander lippold, good to see you as always. Thank you very much for weighing in here. We will keep watching. We are a few moments away from the president s round table on Prison Reform. Rick leventhal is in brooklyn heights, new jersey where the president is and while he will be doing that round table momentarily he has the very latest. Rick . Well, maria, im watching the feed from the pool camera at the Trump National golf club in nearby bedminster. We are waiting for this meeting to start and to allow the pool camera access to that meeting. Its one in a series of meetings that the president has held on prisoner reform. There was one at the white house back in january. And then another one last week with faith leaders about how to adjust the prison justice system. Perhaps reduce the minimum mandatory sentences for some inmates. Try to give people a second bite at the apple as one publication put it. So this is a meeting now
some of these mandatory minimum sentences that some have argued are way out of line. In fact, you may recall back in may the reality star Kim Kardashian actually had a meeting at the white house with the president because she was appealing on behalf of a woman Alice Maria Johnson who was serving a mandatory Life Sentence in prison. She was a firsttime nonviolent offender. Was a middle man, if you will, in a drug transaction. And was serving life in prison. So, Tim Kardashian went to the white house to try to get the president to pardon her sentence. Did he, in fact, give her clemenciy a week later and she is out of prison and back with family members. Thats an example of the kinds of things that apparently that the president wants to accomplish to get people who shouldnt maybe spend the rest of their lives in prison to get them out of prison. Save the taxpayers some money and give people a Second Chance. Maria all right. We will leave it there. Rick leventhal. Thank you. Sure. Director wray next week and ask him what is the policy . Why didnt you tellPresident Trump that you had concerns about carter page . Is there a double standard here . If this was a Counter Intelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation, the fbi should have told President Trump they had concerns about papadopoulos and page. Why didnt they do for trump what they did for feinstein . Maria that was South Carolina republican senator Lindsey Graham on fox news last night. He wants answers from the fbi on why California Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein got a tip about a possible chinese spy working in her office. By the way he had been working for her for 20 years. Yet, President Trump didnt get the same warning about the carter page situation and carter page possibly being a russian spy. Attorney jana ellis sees a double standard here. Good afternoon. Good to see you. Good to see you, maria. Thanks for having me. Maria its a Head Scratcher what went on in the 2016 election we know that there was real sketchy stuff going on at the top of the fbi and the doj. Your thoughts on what should have been done in terms of carter page and the
wiretapping going on . Yeah, absolutely. I mean, there is a perception of a double standard and perception dictates reality for most americans. I mean, the traditional values that we all cherish, which is the lack of bias, trust, fundamental legitimacy in our Law Enforcement agents, i mean, thats what matters to every american family. And at the James Dobson Family Institute where i work, we hear from American Families daily their issues and things they want to hear from in terms of judicial reform with these kinds of issues. And i think that for American Families when theyre seeing in type of overt bias and that the bias depends on whether you are democrat vs. Republican, thats incredibly problematic for the fbi and for Law Enforcement when their Oath Of Office is to maintain the integrity of the investigation and not whether a d or an r is after your name. And the examples just keep coming. I mean, when we have Hillary Clinton who is not really being investigated, there has been no no prosecution and theres mountains of evidence for her emails, her server, all of the problems we see the overt bias between strzok and page. And then yet, there is not one shred of evidence that any sort of collusion or crime happened for President Trumps campaign or on behalf of his administration and, yet, the Mueller Investigation is still going on. Why would President Trump agree to sit down with muriel. Imueller. I have been a defense attorney. No competent counsel would ever advise that. Thats just lending credibility to his assertion that at this point it is a witchhunt and i think the American People want closure to this and they want to see justice. Because that really is a prepolitical value thats a traditional value thats something that our constitution actually stands for in terms of due process. We want equal protection under the law. Equal protection should not depend on your political
registration and affiliation. Maria yeah, at this point we continue to see all of this evidence and given the fact that the special counsel is looking at collusion or potential collusion, Budget He Wan Wouldnt to look at why Hillary ClintonCampaign Paid for the dossier which was used to Wiretap Carter page . He should we hope. So and this is where a special counsel and a prosecutors higher obligation of ethics should dictate to go wherever the evidence leads. Regardless of where that leads. And so the fact that he is so focused on manafort and that trial has become much more about his involvement in just the very, very quick tenuous involvement with the trump campaign, rather than any sort of evidence against hillary, the fact that muriel is so focused on trump, rather than going where the evidence leads, shows his bias as a prosecutor. And, again, just undermines the legitimacy of law
enforcement, the doj and the finn. I hope there is accountability and the Mueller Investigation at this point come out. It needs to close in terms of investigating trump. But, rather, look at where the evidence is leading with hillary, the dossier, the emails, the servers, all of those things, all of the American People are wondering whats happening there. Maria right. You are right there. Was not really an investigation into what Hillary Clinton did. We know that at this point. And, whats interesting now is these new this new information that Dianne Feinstein had a driver who ended up being more than a driver. One of her assistants for 20 years that was a chinese spy. And the california republican, devin nunes points out that feinstein was briefed amid the concerns that one of her Staff Members was possibly working as a chinese spy. And, yet, the fbi had drastically deviating from standard operations by not giving donald trump and the campaign a defensive briefing on the russia situation. Yeah, i think senator graham is right to ask Christopher Wray what is going on here and what the dojs policy when you have someone from the Democratic Party who clearly is being shown favoritism from the fbi and then have you candidate from one of the two Major Political parties in america not being given the same treatment. Maria right. Thats where have you the overt bias. Thats whats fundamentally problematic and really undermines the legitimacy and trust in Law Enforcement and really, frankly, in the government to all americans. Because we all understand justice. We all understand fairness. And even little children understand what fair and whats not. And when you have a Law Enforcement situation that is treating one Party Differently than the other, thats really problematic. And so the democrats know that its there. They are just benefiting from the bias. So they are not willing to call it out at this point. Jenna, good to see you. Thank you very much for
weighing in. We appreciate your insight. Thank you, maria. Maria we are in new jersey where the president is about to hold a Round Table Discussion with on Prison Reform with leaders. We will take you there live. Alexandria ocasiocortez headed to hawaii to stump for another democratic socialist tonight. As she is pushing for socialism here Ambassador Nikki Haley is looking at venezuela and exposing the crisis happening there. Back in a minute. You might take something for your heart. Or joints. But do you take something for your brain. With an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in Clinical Trials to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Does it look like im done . Shouldnt you be at work . [ mockingly ] shouldnt you be at work . Todd. Hold on. [ engine revs ] arcade game fist pump your real bikes all fixed. Man, you guys are good well, we are the numberone Motorcycle Insurer in the country. Wait. You have a real motorcycle . And real insurance, with 24hour customer support. Arcade game wipeout oh well. I retire as champion. Game hog champion. Most people. Le, i look like. But on the inside, i feel chronic, widespread pain. Fibromyalgia may be invisible to others, but my pain is real. Fibromyalgia is thought to be caused by overactive nerves. Lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. Im glad my doctor prescribed lyrica. For some, lyrica delivers effective relief from moderate, to even severe Fibromyalgia Pain and improves function. Lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions, suicidal thoughts or actions. Tell your doctor right away if you have these,
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people. A lot of jobs are going to be created. I know you are working on it. I look forward to hearing from each of you about your experiences with Prison Reform. And the lessons that we have learned. I know how matt and in particular, you have been working so hard, phil, you have been working long and hard on it harder than anyone would know. But i can tell you my administra