Hi im Steve Clemons and i have tons of questions that day how dangerous is the situation between the United States and iran and how did we get here lets get to the bottom line. Its hard to believe today but less than 4 years ago there was hope that major conflict with iran was off the table the major world powers had signed a deal constraining Irans Nuclear program and a new chapter in u. S. Iranian relations was being written or so that was the thinking well think again after a radical change of administrations in the United States the tearing up of the nuclear deal with iran and the assassination of one of irans top generals are all bets off and does anyone know where were heading fortunately we have 3 people in the room who have all the answers to these questions valley nasser is professor of middle east studies at Johns Hopkins university and author of the shia revival which foresaw much of the tension in iraq that were witnessing today Michele Dunne is director of the middle east
Mourn those who lost their lives after a ukrainian passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff from irans Busiest Airport there don ukrainian officials joined iranian investigators in the search for iran says. And travel chaos in france as the next phase of a massive strike action gets underway french workers stick to the streets in a bid to press present a man in the crawl to give up on his Campaign Promise to push through pension reforms. Plus a shock announcement in the British Royal family in was a tabloid is calling him exit prince harry and his wife meghan announced they will step back from royal duties and spend more time in north america we talk to the author of a book on prince harry called the inside story. Kind of a well most continue on the cima. U. S. President says iran appears to be standing down in its confrontation with the United States at the same time he did not threaten for the military Action Funding in the wake of myside strikes on u. S. Time gets in iraq just
Can everyone hear me . Id like to go ahead and get started. Good morning and thank you all for coming. My name is george bebe, im the vicepresident and director of studies here at the center of the National Interest. I want to welcome you and thank you all for coming to this Conference Today on north korea. As we think about what might be coming down the road on the Korean Peninsula and the broader region, its very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today, it seems like theres all kinds of reasons to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges. Were in the midst of a wrenching president ial impeachment process. The broader country seems to have some deep cleavages societally. We have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country. When we look abroad, internationally, the headlines were reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran. We last w
Educe the national debt. As always, well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is 7 00 eastern time here in washington. The start of a holiday week. Congress returning in two weeks. President trump spending christmas with his family in florida. It is monday, december 23. We begin our first hour with Foreign Policy. The leaders of china, south korea and japan meeting today in beijing it. Comes as the pentagon and u. S. Officials are on, quote, high alert, after new threats over the weekend by north korea. In the past President Trump has said that he and president kim jong un fell in love. But since that comment back in february, talks have broken down. We want to get your reaction to these developments in north korea, what it means for the u. S. And for the region. 2027488001, thats our line for republicans. 2027488922 for democrats. 2027488002 if oure democrats. Or on twit or facebook. Good m
Gave an interview tuesday evening to c. B. S. News new United States he basically called the protests outside the embassy a very serious situation but said at no time was the u. S. Ever considering evacuating the embassy in his words he said that iran was directly responsible he said again in his words this is all for stems from irans state sponsored terrorism that according to the secretary of state and if thats not enough tuesday evening as well the president of the United States donald trump sent out a tweet where he again pointed the finger directly at iran i want to read you exactly what the president said in a tweet tweet he said iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost or damage incurred at any of our facilities they will pay a very big price this is not a warning this is a threat before finishing the tweet with happy new year so what youre hearing here is basically pompei on one side saying our embassy is now safe its under control but on another hand potentially more