MONTHS AGO.
>> JOINING US FROM WHITE HOUSE.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JOHN
BOLTON, GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH
US.
LET'S STARTS WITH THE SANCTIONS,
AGAIN FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN,
FOLLOWING THEIR
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE.
>> WE WOULD GUARD HIS
ACTIVITIES.
FROZEN ANY ASSETS IN U.S., AND
RESTRICTED HIS ACTIVITIES THOSE
OF PEOPLE WHO DO BUSINESS WITH
HIM.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT DECISION,
THAT SENDS SIGNAL THAT WE
CONSIDER ZARIF.
ZARIFAN ILLEGITIMATE
SPOKESPERSON FOR TEHRAN.
>> WITHOUT ANY QUESTION.
WE DESIGNATED QUDS FORCE AND
ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS,
WE'RE CONCERNED WITH MORE THAN
JUST IRAN'S ASPIRATION FOR
NUCLEAR WEAPON.
LOU: OUR PENTAGON REPORTER, AND
PRODUCER HAVE CONFIRMED
"WASHINGTON POST" STORY, THAT
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
WAIVED 5 NUCLEAR RELATED
SANCTIONS AGAIN IRAN.
AFTER ALL OF THEIR AGGRESSIONS.
THIS IS HARD FOR ME, AT LEAST,
TO SQUARE UP IMMEDIATELY.
>> WELL, LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN
DO.
I THINK THE IDEA HERE, WE'RE
WATCHING THOSE NUCLEAR
ACTIVITIES VERY, VERY CLOSELY.
THEY REMAIN UNDER DAILY
SCRUTINY.
AND IT CERTAINLY THE CASE THAT
NOTHING THAT WE SEE THAT
CONTRIBUTES IN ANYWAY TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF IRAN NUCLEAR
WEAPON CAPABILITY ARE WE GOING
TO PER MET
TO PER.MET
THIS A SHORT 90 DAY EXTENSION,
THIS IS INTENDED TO BE UNDER
CONSTANT OBSERVATION, I KEEP MY
EYE ON THAT SPOT.
LOU: I ASSUME YOU ARE THE
DESIGNATED OBSERVER OF THAT 90
DAY PERIOD.
WATCHING ALSO CLOSELY AS ALWAYS,
NORTH KOREA.
WHICH LAUNCHED AGAINST TWO SHORT
RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES.
PROVOCATION, PROVOCATION THAT
SOME BELIEVE IS DIRECTLY TIED TO
THE TRADE TALKS WITH CHINA.
WHICH HAVE ENDED AT LEAST TO
THIS POINT WITHOUT RESOLUTION.
WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?
>> I THINK ON THE TRADE TALKS,
WE'LL BE EXPECTING THE PRESIDENT
WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM
LIGHTHIZER, AND STEVE MNUCHIN
TOMORROW, THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY
BACK FROM SHANGHAI TONIGHT.
NEXT NEGOTIATION IS NOT
SCHEDULED UNTIL SEPTEMBER, WE'LL
HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO SPEAK TO
THAT AFTER WE HEARD FROM THE
NEGOTIATORS.
I WILL SAY, I THINK THAT THE
PRESIDENT TAKING THIS REALLY
UNUSUAL STEP OF MEETING KIM
JONG-UN AT THE DEMILITARIZE
ZONE, ON JUNE 30, HAS AGAINST
OPENED DOOR FOR NORTH KOREA TO
MAKE A STRATEGY
MAKE A STRATEGIC DECISION TO
GIVE UP NUCLEAR WEAPONS,.
NOW THE FIRING OF THESE MISSILES
DON'T VIOLATE THE PLEDGE THAT
KIM JONG-UN MADE TO THE
PRESIDENT ABOUT INTERCONTINENTAL
RANGE OF BALLISTIC MISSILES, BUT
YOU HAVE TO ASK WHEN THE REAL
DIPLOMACY THE BEGIN.
AS KIM JONG-UN AGAIN, SAID, ON
JUNE 30, HE WAS PREPARED TO DO,
WE'RE STALE
WE'RE STILE
WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM
NORTH KOREA.
LOU: SINCE THAT SUMMIT, 5
WEAPONTIVITY,
TESTS, AND NO DEALS REACHED,
PROCESS GOES ON.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUILD UP OF
CHINESE FORCES ON THE BORDER
WITH HONG KONG.
DOES THIS IMPLY IN YOUR JUDGMENT
THE PROSPECT OF MILITARY FORCE
TO BE USED BY BEIJING AGAINST
THE DEMONSTRATORS IN HONG KONG?
>> I DON'T THINK IT IS
ACCIDENTAL, I HEARD RUMORS FROM
FRIENDS IN REGION ABOUT THIS.
AND PEOPLE EXPRESSING CONCERN.
I WOULD SAY I HOPE THAT PEOPLE
WHO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AFTER
TIANANMEN SQUIRE
TIANANMEN SQUARE IN JUNE OF
1989, TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
I THINK THAT CHINA MADE A
COMMITMENT FROM THE DECLARATION
TO GIVE HONG KONG GIVE YEARS OF
SEPARATE STATUS AFTER THE HAND
OVER.