Some of them have been open for 19 hours. That was much longer than planned and an effort to boost Voter Turnout. Now, besides dealing with domestic crises, irans next president will help decide whether the 2015 nuclear deal can be revived. It is a Position Raisi is said to favor. The executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for responsible statecraft and the author of losing an enemy obama, iran, and the Triumph Diplomacy joins me now from fairfax, virginia. Good to see you. Im curious. What does the Leaderships Decision to basically, you know, rig the Candidate List basically to push such a hard line, someone literally under u. S. Sanctions. What does it say about the direction you think the leadership wants to go in terms of relations with the west . Well, i think primarily this has not been about the relationship with the west. Its about who controls iran for the next decades. The hardliners are now in control of the judiciary t. Through a rigged election theyre in control
President elect before the official results were made public. Lets go straight to cnns Fred Pleitgen live in tehran, a Landslide Victory for the hand picked main candidate, no surprise, i guess, take us through what this means for iran and for relations with the u. S. Well, i think there are several factors, first of all, kim, i do have to say this was really a very important and certainly most probably a pivotal election for iran and i think we will see, we will see iranian politics, move much further towards a conservative trajectory, and it has been the past eight years, and of course the past eight years, with the administration, a moderate government here in iran and Foreign Policy and western capital, with the Foreign Minister under the administration, it is a well known commodity. What you have in this election here is you have a victory, as you pointed out very much a Landslide Victory, he won 17. 8 million of the votes counted so far. Thats about 62 . That is a lot. And certai
Good morning. And welcome to your new day. Were thrilled that you are with us. It is saturday, june 19th, juneteenth, amara. That is right. Good morning to you, boris, how are you doing . Doing good. I dont have any Apple Juice to be honest with you. Im running on Water And Beef jerky. Beef jerky . Your Morning Routine is interesting Apple Juice, beef jerky, im just a coffee girl. We begin this hour with Police Departments across the country, hoping there will not be a repeat of Gun Violence spiking. Already this year, there have been over 280 Mass Shootings in america. According to data compiled with cnn. Cnn defines a Mass Shooting incidents in which four or more people are shot, not counting the shooter. And data shows roughly 40 increase, compared to this time last year, and 65 more Mass Shootings compared to this point in 2019. Theres also a concern about how brazen the violence is getting. And this morning, were getting a look at a shocking attack in New York. A young man and two
We start in Northern India. Police say at least 200 people are still missing after a glacier broke free and smashed into a hydro electric dam. One witness said a wall of water and rock sped down the river so quickly there was no time to sound the alarm. A massive Rescue Operation is taking place and survivors have been pulled from the mud and rubble. It happened in Uttara Khand State On in the district of chamoli. Our delhi correspondent Rajini Vaidyanthan has the latest. This dramatic footage shows when the Nanda Devi Glacier in the Himalayas Burst On sunday morning. As water gushed down the valley, damage and destruction. Translation | witness l something that looked like a scene from a bollywood film. Id never seen anything like it. About 50 100 people were running for their lives, but couldnt be saved. They were engulfed by the river. The situation here is still dangerous. People are leaving their homes and are fleeing towards the forest. Theyre taking their belongings, including t
Im stephen sackur. Us china relations will do much to shape the geopolitics of the 21st century, and it feels like the risk of long term confrontation, even military conflict, is rising. From trade to taiwan, the Trump Administration talked tough on china and an increasingly assertive beijing responded in kind. My guest is evan medeiros, President Obamas top advisor on the Asia Pacific Region. Is President Biden ready to break with his own past and take on china . Evan medeiros in washington, welcome to hardtalk. Great to be here, stephen. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. We in particular want to tap in to your experience. You were a very Senior Advisor to President Obama on china and wider Asia Pacific Region for several years. When you look back and you consider what is happening now in china and to Us China Relations, can you say to me that President Obama actually got it wrong on china . Well, as a former policymaker, hindsight is always 20 20, you can always look back and w