UPWARDS THOSE COMING UP
THURSDAY MORNING TOP STORY
THIS 1/2 AN HOUR CONFLICT IN
IRAN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
PLACING SANCTIONS ON IRAN'S
FOREIGN MINISTER ZARIF ONE OF
THE MAIN NEGOTIATIONS IRANIAN
PRESIDENT HASSANI SLAMMED
SANCTIONS CALLING IT CHILDISH
JOINING US U.S. NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISORY JOHN BOLTON.
>> THANKS.
>> YES, IT IMPORTANT TO PUT
SANCTIONS SPECIFICALLY ON HIM
ON ZARIF.
>> REMEMBER THAT IRAN HAS BEEN
A STATE SPONSOR OF TARIFF
SINCE LISTED BY RONALD REAGAN
IN 1980S THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY
ILLEGITIMATE VIETNAM ZARIF
MOUTHPIECE IRAN'S EQUIVALENT
OF P.T. BARNUM A SUCKER BORN
EVERY MINUTE HE FOUND SUCCESS
ESHGZ IN EUROPE GOT THEM TO
AGREE TO DEAL A CON MAN A
SHILL A GRIFTER, THIS IS THE
SORT OF STEP BY UNITED STATES
SHOWS HE IS ILLEGITIMATE.
>> THAT THAT IS GOING TO DO
FOR HIM HOW DOES THIS HURT
HIM.
>> WELL I THINK THE IDEA, THAT
HE IS A SERIOUS INTERLOCUTOR
WITH UNITED STATES IS FALLS
THE DECISION MAKER IN IRAN, IS
AYATOLLAH ZARIF IS A
MOUTHPIECE FOR THOSE CONCERNED
THAT MISSTEP OUGHT TO CONSIDER
A REUTERS STORY FROM MID JUNE
I WILL REPUTABLE NEWS AGENCY.
>> YOU'VE GOT IN IT YOUR HAND
IN A READ HEADLINED IRAN'S TOP
DEMOCRAT SAYS HIS COUNTRY
EXECUTES GAY PEOPLE, BECAUSE
OF MORAL PRINCIPLES THAT IS
OUR MAN ZARIF.
>> EXECUTING WHATEVER
WHENEVER.
>> DEFENDERS WITH STRAIGHT
FACE WHEN HE TELLS US
COMPLYING WITH IRAN NUCLEAR
DETAIL TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT IS
WOULD RTH.
>> PRESIDENT PULLED OUT OF
THAT DEAL WHO IS GOING TO PULL
OUT NEXT DO YOU THINK IRAN IS
GOING TO BLOW IT OFF, HE SAYS
HE HAS BEEN ENRICHING URANIUM.
>> EXCEEDED KEY LET ME SAY
THREATENED TO EXCEED A THIRD
TRYING TO BLACKMAIL EUROPEANS
TO GIVE ECONOMIC BEFRZ THE KEY
POINT I THINK THE PRESIDENT
UNDERSTOOD THIS LAST YEAR WHEN
HE WITH DREW U.S. FROM DEAL
IRAN HAS NEVER MADE A
STRATEGIC DECISION, TO GIVE US
THE PURSUIT OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS, THEY COULD DO IT CLAN
DEFENDANT CLAN DEFENDANT INLY
A LOT OF WAYS THE PRESIDENT
RIGHTLY CHARACTERIZED IT WORTH
DEBACLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY,
THE MIDDLE EAST ATTACKING
TANKERS THREATENING OIL
SHIPMENTS, IN THE PERSIAN GULF
REGION, THEY HAVE GOT
CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN IRAQ
SIRA YEMEN STILL LARGEST STATE
SPONSOR OF TERRORISM THERE IS
A VERY, VERY BAD REGIME.
>> SO YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT
FEELS LIKE -- THE U.S. IS
MOVES ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT
IN EUROPE, BUT NOT ACTING ON
IT, DO WE HAVE AN ALLIED FRONT
AGAINST IRAN?
WHERE IS EUROPE ON THIS.
>> LOOK I DON'T THINK THERE IS
ANY DISAGREEMENTS AT ALL, ON
THE OBJECTIVE MAKING SURING
IRAN DOESN'T GET NUCLEAR
WEAPONS THERE ARE STILL SOME
IN EUROPE WHO THINK THE DEAL
WAS GOOD DEAL I THINK THAT IS
BEGINNING TO CHANGE IN BRIN
FOR EXAMPLE THAT AS THEY GET
CLOSER TO LEAVING EUROPEAN
UNION THE PRESIDENT VERY OPEN
TO TALKING TO IRANIANS AS HE
SAID SINCE 2016 THEY DON'T
SEEM TO WANT TO TALK TO US I
THINK SANCTIONS AGAINST ZARIF
AGAINST SUPREME LEADER LEGALLY
IRANIANS YOU NEED TO CHANGE
BEHAVIOR FUNDAMENTAL WAYS THEY
HAVE NOT TAKENING STEPS TO DO
THAT.
MARIA:  DO YOU SEE ANY EFFORTS
WHATEVER SWLAEFR TO RESPOND
SAYING WE ARE NOT GOING TO
TOLERATE THIS NOT CHANGING AT
ALL THE.
>> FOR REASONS BEST ONTO THEM
FEEL VERY SFWRONG THIS THAT IS
GREAT WE FEEL STRONGLY TOO HE
THIS WILL NEVER GET NUCLEAR
WEAPONS SPORT FOR TERRORISM
OTHER MALLINED BEHAVIOR IN
MIDDLE EAST ABOUT ABOUT
UNACCEPTABLE.
>> -- THE SECOND WEAPONS TEST
IN LESS THAN A WEEK, YOU HAVE
SAID TESTS DO NOT VIOLATE KIM
JONG-UN'S AGREEMENTS WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHAT SHOULD WE
MAKE OF TESTS?
>> WELL, THAT IS THAT IS A
PROMISING THAT KIM JONG-UN
MADE TO THE PRESIDENT, AND I
THINK IT IS PART OF THE BASIS
ON WHEN PRESIDENT STILL HAS
OPTIMISM WE COULD NEGOTIATING
WITH KIM JONG-UN, THE SOUTH
KOREANS JAPANESE ARE CONCERNED
CONTINENTAL BECAUSE THEY ARE
WITHIN RANGE WE THINK OF THIS
PARTICULAR MISSILE, THE
PRESIDENT TOOK UNPRECEDENTED
STEP ON JUNE 30th MEETING KIM
JONG-UN AT DEMILITARIZED ZONE,
INTO NORTH KOREA, HE HELD DOOR
OPEN FOR KIM JONG-UN, HE IS
SHOWING HIM, THE BRIGHTER
DIFFERENT FUTURE NORTH KOREA
WOULD HAVE IF THEY WOULD MAKE
THE STRATEGIC DECISION, TO
GIVE UP NUCLEARIZATION WEEK
WHITEING SINCE JUNE 30 WAITING
FOR WORKING LEVEL NEGOTIATIONS
PRESIDENTS IS READY WHEN TIME
RIPE FOR ANOTHER SUMMIT LET'S
HEAR FROM NORTH KOREA.
>> DOES RUSH PLAY A ROLE IN
TERMS OF IRAN ON NORTH KOREA.
>> I THINK THE RUSSIANS AT A
TAKE NORTH KOREA FIRST -- WE
URGE ALL THE TIME THIS THEY
ARE TOUGH ON SANCTIONS THEY
ENFORCE SANCTIONS WE THE
PEOPLE THE SAME WAY ABOUT
CHINA THERE IS QUESTION ABOUT
HOW MUCH HE LEAKAGE FROM BOTH
COUNTRIES THEY HAVE BONE
BOATING CHINA AND RUSSIA
SUPPORTING IRAN, STAYING IN
NUCLEAR DEAL WE THINK IRAN HAS
GOT-HELP FROM BOTH OVER YEARS
OBVIOUSLY, CHINA A HUGE
CUSTOMER IRANIAN OIL.
>> LET ME TURN TO SECTION
THERE SECURITY MITCH MCCONNELL
UNDER FIRE FOR BROKEING TWO
DEMOCRATIC IMPACTED ELECTION
SECURITY BILLS, ELECTION
SECURITY SET TO BE A MAJOR
TOPIC AAHEAD 26020 YOUR TAKE
ON THIS.
>> BOTH SENATOR MCCONNELL
PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE
ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED MAKING
SURE AMERICAN ELECTIONS HAVE
INTEGRITY NOT MANIPULATED BY
OUTSIDE FOREIGN FORCES TWO
CRITICAL QUESTIONS WHAT IS
RESPONSIBILITY FOR STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS VERSUS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT I THINK
MITCH MCCONNELL
REINCOMPLETEING VIEW OF STATE
AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ALL OVER
COUNTRY THEY ARE ON TOP OF THE
SITUATION FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IS THERE TO HELP SECOND WHAT
ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE
THERE ISN'T FOREIGNER
INTERFERENCE WHETHER VOTE
COUNTEDING TRYING TO INTERFERE
SHAPING PUBLIC OPINION, WE'VE
GOT A VERY, VERY FORWARD
LEANING STRATEGY ON THAT, WE
ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW -- WE
HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION POLICY OF
SITTING BACK AND WAITING TO
SEE IF WE ARE ATTACKED.
LAST YEAR WE CHANGED THE
RULED, ON HOW TO PERMIT
OFFENSIVE CYBEROPERATIONS WE
GOT THEM IN PLACE IN TIME TO
TAKE SUCH OPERATIONS IN
CONNECTION WITH 2018 ELECTIONS
ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, THINKS
THEY ARE GOING TO INTERFERE,
THEY ARE GOING TO SEE
COUNTERACTION BY UNITED
STATES, THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS
NOT TO HAVE CONFLICT IN
CYBERSPACE THE PURPOSE TO
CREATE STUSHGZ OF DETERRENTS
SO RUSSIA, CHINA NORTH KOREA
IRAN EVERYBODY ELSE DON'T EVEN
THINK ABOUT ATTACKING US.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE
PRESIDENT'S BIGGEST THREAT IS
TODAY FOR THIS COUNTRY.
>> WELL, I THINK HE BELIEVES
-- THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS OTHER
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
REALLY IS MOST IMPORTANT
THING, THAT IS WHY HE FOCUSES
ON NORTH KOREA IRAN THAT IS
WHY HE IS EAGER TO TALK ABOUT
ARMS CONTROL AND NOW NOT JUST
WITH RUSSIA BUT WITH CHINA TOO
WHEN HAS A LARGE GROWING
NUCLEAR CAPABILITY.
>> TO A LESSER EXTENT?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THE THREAT
OF TERRORISM REMAINS THERE IS
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT THAT IS WHY
HE WAS SO DETERMINED TO DEFEAT
THE ISIS TERRITORIAL
CALIPHATE.
>> I AM WONDERING ABOUT CHINA
I KNOW WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE
ECONOMIC PART OF CHINA BUT
THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY
RICHING AS WELL.
>> ABSOLUTELY IS I THINK ONE
KEY ASPECT OF THE TRADE
DISPUTE THAT I KNOW YOU COVER
A LOT IS PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS
THE PROJECTION OF POLITICAL
AND MILITARY POWER DEPENDS ON
STRONG DOMESTIC ECONOMY CHINA
HAS STOLEN OUR INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY FOR DECADES, ENGAGED
IN FORCED TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
