the u.s. dirty wars of the 1980s in latin america, to be his s special l envoy to venezu. >> elliott's passions for the rights and liberties of all peoples make him a perfect fit and valuable and timely addition. he will be a true asset to ourr mission to help the venezuelan people fully restore democracy and prosperity to their country. amy: we will speak to prprize winning investigative journalist allan nairn about venezuela and elliott abrams. >> he was always very passionate and committed. committed to what? to mass killing in the service of what could be defined as u.s. interest or even u.s. whim. witht had nothing to do defending the liberties of people. it's more like defending the liberties of generals and corporations and dictators. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. one day after announcing sweeping new sanctions on venezuela's state-owned oil company pdvsa, the u.s. said tuesday it was giving oppo

the u.s. is also pushing europe for a new trade deal threatening automakers in return but brussels has a little more leverage it's importing even more soybeans. and also on the show it tastes like chicken and it is even though these nuggets of patties have been grown in a lab is this what will be eating soon. i'm stephen beard thanks for joining us american and chinese trade officials are set to begin a new round of talks today in washington the latest effort to resolve a trade dispute that has disrupted business across the globe the stakes are high u.s. president donald trump has threatened to raise further tariffs on chinese goods if no deal is reached by march and that would hit an already slumping chinese economy and then there's that thorny issue of huawei. one thing that's the question in washington as the world's two biggest economies sit down to work out their differences and settle their open trade conflict since u.s. president donald trump took office beijing and washington have take

the u.s. likely to push for more on that. u.s. officials also want to see a mechanism for verification and enforcement. what china puts on the table that may satisfy those demands will be of interest. at the end of these days of talks, we expect both sides to go to their respective presidents. it will be a lot of focus on president trump, who seems to become between the china talks on one side, concerned of a jittery markets on the other. the countdown for the deadline on march 1 is much underway. if they don't get any kind of deal, you could see tariffs being ramped up. the consensus is you get some kind of continuation of the freeze on the retaliatory tariffs and they continue to talk. we will see if we get more movement in washington this week. investigations are supposed to start on trumps tariffs. this is something else in the works, right? tom: it's another layer in the complicatedhe relation -- in the increasingly complicated relations between the u.s. and china. they are going to start investigating on the same week we hav

senior levels u.s. government officials have announced that they will prosecute will prosecute the massive chinese telecom company while wafer myriad crimes including theft of corporate secrets evasion of u.s. economic sanctions on iran and obstruction of justice as we know the daughter of the company's founder and chief financial officer for wildlife main one joe is under house arrest in canada for evading the u.s. sanctions on iran by selling products to iran using a phony front company set up by huawei the u.s. is seeking her extradition from canada to the united states meanwhile in china the government has arrested two former canadian diplomats and what some suspect is retaliation for ms meng's arrest for more we go to canada and to our teams alex behala bitch for the latest hey alex u.s. officials say that this isn't anything new in fact the case against while way goes back a decade and reaches all the way up to the. c. suite of that company what's the reaction in canada and do expect that she will

the u.s. immigration court building a long line of people waiting to attend a hearing on their case think your prayers was one of them his hearing was cancelled because of the government shutdown his case was jailed for generally twenty four hours because of the chant down the court didn't happen so now we have to wait that a new day would be scare you know right now we don't know if that would be within the next year or two years three years a father of four progress has already been waiting for three years to see whether he can stay in the u.s. or if he will be deported to mexico and it's chaos now have to wait two three four years more i think it's too much my children are suffering with an overburdened system it's common for cases to drag on for years judge ashley tablet or as president of the national association of immigration judges it's pretty much broken it's been broken for some time but it's become unacceptable at this point and we now have well over eight hundred thousand cases tha

top story i u.s. destroyer sailed near disputed islands in the south china sea it occurred at the same time an american trade delegation is attempting to find a solution to the ongoing trade war being waged between washington and beijing the islands are claimed by china but also by vietnam and taiwan a longstanding u.s. ally a spokeswoman for the u.s. pacific fleet sais the move wasn't about making a political statement however china reacted with fury calling it a provocation stressing it was in violation of international law last month the world's two largest economies agreed and ninety day truce in their trade war switch so far has seen really more losers than winners in a direct shooter talks us through. well the next round of the us china trade battle begins and both sides appear to be quite enthusiastic just had a long and very good call would presume she of china deal is moving along very well if maybe it will be very comprehensive covering all subjects areas and points of dispute big progress b

u.s. negotiators start trade talks in china yet again but few hope things will really change can the world's top two economies find a way out of their trade war and calm down financial markets. and the makers of scotch whisky fear breck's it will hurt their global business i'll tell you why export barriers are not the only thing producers are worried about. it's time for business on the w.b. and how you know gas welcome to the program as china and the u.s. resume trade talks both powers are using very positive rhetoric china says it's willing to work together with the u.s. to resolve the months long dispute between the two countries the foreign ministry expressed optimism as talks resumed in beijing and the meeting is the first since u.s. president donald trump and his chinese counterpart she agreed to a ninety day truce in their trade war last month. the u.s. and chinese representatives will need one key quality staying power these trade negotiations are set to be long and difficult nonet

u.s. tariffs on china but the treasury denies a plan. as mixed earnings reports adjust it is spending free on content may not pay off as quickly as expected. china raises the stakes with canada, beijing says banning huawei from 5g networks will have repercussions. shery: let's start with a check of the markets, the close of the thursday session in the u.s. as the s&p 500 rose for the third consecutive session, moving past the 50 day moving average. every sector on the s&p 500 was in the green. the headlines boosting stock markets in late trading. we have positive act of data out of the u.s. including -- eco data out of the u.s. andid see morgan stanley reaction to their earnings being negative. financial stocks managed to gain ground for another session. u.s. futures unchanged at the moment. let's see how we are setting up for the markets in asia. couldtralian shares extend gains point fourth straight day and we're watching to see if the gains can crack 5900 points. gains in tokyo and seou

the u.s. military is also in focus in brazil just days after an official visit by the u.s. secretary of state the country's newly elected president announced he's open to the possibility of an american military base in brazil. would that include the possibility of having an american base in brazil and of course the physical the physical issue of it would be symbolic nowadays the american shoney's in russian military power is gibberish any part of the world independently of their bases but still pending on what might happen in the world who knows if we have to talk about a us base in the future that the. president was sworn in on new year's day and was immediately congratulated by donald trump on twitter and it didn't take long for the new brazilian president to mention the benefits of cooperation between their countries and it seems the u.s. is serious about working with brazil to we believe the opportunity between present president both know and our two teams creates a truly transformative op

the u.s. and europe, after several fines were levied against u.s. tech companies by the european union. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. >>> welcome to this hearing of the subcommittee on antitrust competition and civil rights. today we are pleased to hear from five distinguished witnesses who will be testifying about competition law approaches to monopoly in the u.s. and the european union. we welcome each of you and thank you for your time. we are grateful you are willing to spend time with us today on some of these matters. ascension has been prevalent in certain circles, including some of our colleagues on capitol hill, that america has a monopoly problem. armed with this assumption, politicians confront these monopolies. often proponents cite the u.s. as a model for how we should proceed. the question of whether america has an extensive monopoly problem is a topic for another hearing and not for today. today we will focus on how european competition law compares to antitrust law on t

the u.s. d also around the globe. we are just a few hos away from president trump making a primetime television address to the american people. white house officials say he will make his case for funding a wall with mexico to deal with what they call a crisis on the border. democrats will get airtime for their response. the standoff sparked the partial government shutdown, now in day 18. ndds of thousands of federal workers are not being paid and many are struggling, as aleem maqbool reports. aleem: with washington at a stalemate, hundreds of thousands of families are suffering. rachel, an airport security officer, is one of manyrn gont workers who continue to do their job without pay. >> i feel hopeless. -- helpless. i go to work every day and i do the very best i caat my job, but it really feels like you are not appreciated, like a federal worker is t appreciated, because if we were more appreciated, this whole issituation wouldn't we wouldn't be held hostage for whatever anybody wants. we w

u.s. call import tariffs is part of a trade pact we'll find out how traders on wall street are reacting. also on the program coming from all directions now while weighs under fire an american criminal probe into the chinese tech giant and germany considers barring it from five g. networks. and they call it sri lanka's new body china is building a brand new poll just off sri lanka's assures the country's leaders hailed it as a great achievement but it's not everyone's going to. this is your business update on how to humphrey a glad you could join me there appears to be some movement in the trade dispute between the u.s. and the european union now brussels says it's prepared to get rid of industrial tariffs and tariffs on u.s. made cars the proposals are seen as the e.u. taking a step toward u.s. president donald trump's demands the office would benefit the u.s. in particular. american industrial firms that export products to the european union would be the big winners of import duties are a

a u.s. president donald trump has praised nancy pelosi full regaining her role as speaker of the house he also renewed his demand for a war along the us mexico border yelled a briefing with border patrol officials saying they had stopped thousands he said were criminals trying to enter the u.s. last year and he gallagher has the latest from washington thank you. well as expected the democrats have proposed bills that would reopen the government which is heading into a two week shutdown but also as expected the republicans have made it pretty clear they will not sign off on these proposals mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader has said he won't even put this before president trump because president trump has made it clear he would veto the democrats' bills because he wants just one thing he wants more than five billion dollars to build a physical fence or barrier along the us mexico border and equally the democrats have made it clear they will not give him that money to do that what pres

the u.s. government argues that china is taking advantage of existing trade regulations using a combination of state subsidies and industrial espionage to legitimately gain a leg up on the competition case in point while way the u.s. recently accused the chinese tech giant of violating international sanctions against iran and stealing trade secrets something the chinese government the mentally denies. it's been some time since the u.s. started to use its state power to smear and suppress certain chinese enterprises in an attempt to throttle the other gentleman operations their intentions are strongly political and manipulative we suddenly urge the us to stop ill founded suppression of while way and other chinese enterprises. experts are skeptical that both sides will find common ground this week china is unlikely to give up its cavalier approach to foreign intellectual property any time soon. and after trump's recent loss in the u.s. government shutdown he's likely to push for sweeping reform

u.s. government closed for an even three weeks. hello and welcome to al-jazeera on live from my headquarters in doha with me in the top of herat also ahead turkey's president says the white house has made a serious mistake suggesting it will it will protect the kurds when it pulls out of syria also ahead why the u.s. envoy tousled dissolve in the blockade of qatar by its neighbors has resigned and a north korean leader kim jong un travels to beijing ahead of a possible second summit with president trump. u.s. president donald trump has made his first oval office address to the nation it was a tough leewood a speech criticizing democrats for failing to fund the war he wants to build along the us mexico border and painting illegal immigration as an almost existential threat to the united states democrats in congress have refused to acknowledge the crisis and they have refused to provide our brave border agents with the tools they desperately need to protect our families and our nation. the f

u.s. wants assurances china will meet its commitments. the optimism is allen's by the u.s. shutdown. indicating a mixed start, oil, though, back in a bull market. >> let's get you started with a quick check of our market close. optimism over trade tensions between the u.s. and china really helping market sentiment. the s&p 500 led higher by tech, not to mention energy stocks as well. we saw some strength in semiconductors. .4%.ow up of course, we had a more cautious tone set in the fed minutes, allowing more optimism potential fed rate cause this year. that set up the market for a more positive day, although i have to say that it was upset a little bit by concerns over a prolonged government shutdown as president trump walked away from a white house meeting with congressional leaders. take a look at wti because energy stocks were at the highest level in a month, helped by the fact that wti really and soared and the bull market, rising 23% from its 18-month low on christmas eve. saw a lot o

of course, u.s. is still way ahead and research, and that may lead to additional breakthroughs but i am relatively not optimistic about those breakthroughs being very frequent or very sustainable for u.s. to have a monopoly. >> host: mr. lee, it sounds like the chinese model is rather capitalist. >> guest: it is absolutely focused on the markets and the chinese entrepreneurs are tenaciously working incredibly hard looking for every which way to use ai to make money. >> host: so what kind of support are they getting from beijing and the communist government? >> guest: actually, the government came a little bit late to ai. we begin investing in ai five years ago. i think the whole country got excited about ai entrepreneurship and ec may be about two years ago. the government made a big ai announcement about one year ago, the state council plan on ai. selection i think ai and china was largely privately funded and driven. however, the chinese government does play a strong role, i think, i can see three

tries to value so this is this is something that the u.s. is going to have to simply watch play out even as the trump administration pushes for. to take power and have new elections yeah marcus where there in washington though very volatile situations and i see in the video it's regular where one why there has declared himself in the in president taking power away claiming to take power away from president nicolas maduro market thank you very much you're watching t.w. newsline from berlin more news coming up at the top of the hour we hope to see you then everybody thank you. if you ever have to cover up a murder best way to make an exit. raring to. never read a book like this. list. the streets. of . the music so long enough to.

on the u.s. national security advisor, he said american troops syria after they ensure the islamic state is defeated for good and that turkey will not go after that kurds. john bolton has been offering assurances on president trump's plans. last month the president announced he was pulling out of syria and declared the jihadist group had been defeated. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am su keenan. this is bloomberg. update for asian markets, risk on as we see gains of more than 3% in japanese indexes. let's get to sophie. monday forisk on asian stocks to bounce back and japanese shares welcome after the slump on friday with the nikkei and the topix rising over 3% pure we have electronics makers and auto socks -- rising over 3%. we have electronic makers and are up.cks looking up the space, the korean won picking up nicely the most since december 3, and the dollar is looking softer after a

u.s. says it doesn't believe saudi arabia's version of the murder of the journalist. and will continue to push for answers a state department official says the kingdom's investigation and handling of the killing lacks credibility and accountability the u.s. secretary of state will continue to pressure the saudis for answers when he visits riyadh next week my pump ayos eight day trip to the middle east include the u.a.e. egypt and qatar plus and jordan has more from washington. eight countries eight days not much time for sleep a lot has been packed into the secretary's agenda here not only is he going to be putting pressure on riyadh to elevate its credibility about the story that it has been telling about the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi it's also going to be putting pressure on all eight countries that he is visiting to was do more to try to withstand the influence of iran in their internal affairs the u.s. considers iran perhaps one of its top two or three foreign policy obj

u.s. markets, but in about one hours time we are getting another key may's newtheresa brexit plan she is trying to pitch to brussels. you are seeing a weaker pound ahead of that vote, relative to a stronger dollar. try to get some key demands so she can go back to brussels and see if she can negotiate an ever-changing deal that i can barely keep my head around because it changes every day. vonnie: taylor riggs, thank you. brexit, british prime minister theresa may is warning the european union that if they don't come back to the negotiating table, chaos will ensue. parliament trying to rattle but control of brexit from the prime minister with a range of amendments. withohnson is at once mr. a -- westminster with a key mp. by the mp from the labour party. good evening. , theye seven amendments will start being voted on around 7:00 this evening. are any of them going to pass? ? >> the honest answer is we don't know. clearly, the crucial ones are on the government side, the brady amendment, w

the u.s. department of health and human services during obama administration and has masters degrees in nursing. and jesus garcia has had a long career in state and local politics going back to the mid 1980's and previously served as a cook county commissioner and was also the executive director of a local community developing corporation. new congress. new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> now a discussion on the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria and its potential impact on the region. this is an hour and 25 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. >> forces on the ground that i would with u.s. to fight isis. there's been a lot of debate and we are hoping that we won't cover all of it because that will take probably many hours. we are trying to focus only on the withdrawal decision and what it could mean on the ground in the relationship with turkey. how do nato allies figure out how to do this. i'm sure in the q&a session, many issues will come up and we will try to respond as much as possib

requests for records however u.s. investigators have since uncovered e-mails which contradict that claim all this in its gaia talking to a russian channel said she had yet to find out the full details of the charges but suspect that they're aimed at discrediting her as a lawyer and she believes the u.s. may have various reasons why they may want to do that. i think all this aimed at preventing me from carrying out my professional activities in a way that doesn't suit the u.s. it's maybe connected to the magness character corruption in congress and the judicial system and my knowledge of information that they don't want to be made public for more than two years on from the us elections if vessel needs guy had hopes that her reputation may be on its way to recovery following that miller probe what these latest charges have put paid to that your nuclear report milk you posted on the story it's twenty five to twenty six minutes past eight o'clock in the c evening here in moscow also much more of you don't come for me for

u.s. envoy chance with resolving the diplomatic crisis between qatar and its arab neighbors has resigned there are reports that retired general anthony zinni quits juta the unwillingness of regional leaders to engage in dialogue more than a dozen diplomatic missions in the australian city of melbourne have been evacuated after suspicious packages were delivered to them samples are being tested for hazardous material that have been no reports of harm to starve human rights watch says that venezuelan intelligence have detained and tortured military personnel accused of plotting against the government its report says detainees described being strangled deprived of food and electrocuted international pressure is building on president nicolas maduro to step down right up to date with headlines here on al-jazeera got more news coming up right after inside story from. with the three. keys president criticizes the conflicting messages coming from the trump administration over its plans to pull out

u.s. banks march out earnings reports. >> goldman had its first quarter since the crisis in terms of financial trading. >> there is nothing to get excited about, one way or the other. >> this cannot deepens in d.c. and the government shutdown drags on. >> the back-and-forth continuing. >> neck and merger creates the world's largest gold mining company. carmakers come together at the global auto show. >> you used to have to worry about the car business. now you have all these macro issues. >> and the chicago fed president gives exclusive insight. >> i do not think there is a hurry, and you would not want to make a mistake. >> it's all straight ahead on "bloomberg best." hello, and welcome. youris "bloomberg best," weekly review of the most important business news, analysis, and interviews around the world. let's start with the top headlines. a big week for u.s. bank earnings began with quarterly results from citigroup on monday. >> citigroup kicking off a week of big earnings. shares reboun

the u.s. global news, 24 hours a day, on-air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm su keenan. this is bloomberg. david: more bad news for you guys. carrie lam, talking about trade. we had the trait numbers out of hong kong yesterday. this quarter to be a little bit worse. what we've done is put together the average export growth. essentially, your export engines, that is what we have so far for the month of december. there is your frontloading. this is it disappearing. rishaad: what is coming through confirms what we were saying with the vietnamese exports. exports were seen as coming in at a 5.5% clip. down 1.3%. that feeds into exactly what you were saying. the u.s. hitting china, china's largest tech company, this has been causing a furor around the world. it is a string of charges that huawei is facing, from ip theft to fraud. david: so mackenzie has been following the story in beijing. run us through these charges. let

there is thoughts within the u.s. intelligence community that he leads much worse operations for putin. it gives the russian leaders deniability and because, you know, you filed these charges against these russians here, because the u.s. has a legal system that has processes like discovery a by-product of that is that these bad actors get a vision inside that case. mueller is saying they weapon sized it to attack the investigation. we cannot give them the classified information. it would go right to russia and right to the kremlin and right to some of the worst actors today doing putin's dirty work. >> intriguing footnote, cnn was offered up these documents by this twitter account a while ago. tell us about that. >> yeah. back in october he has been covering this case in the court. she actually got an outreach what we believe to be the people behind this twitter account. they sent a message offering access to this information. it said we are anonymous hackers. we are like hundreds of others. we are the one and only th

and we stay in the u.s. on the other coast of us vegas now where the first big tech event of the year is taking place whether self driving self rolling or self walking it's all there at the consumer electronics show a growing number of traditionally non tech companies have also set up shop at c.v.s. trying to give their product line a digital make over. i catch ing cell driving cars connected to the drivers home devices one of the trends last week that season and for b.m.w. an opportunity to go the extra mile presenting its drive less much and cycled for the first time in public the way we think there's going to be doing and for is certainly motorcycle that's connected to marvel but it also slowly helps writers be better writers and also safer writers the stuff lee than me the main thing minus its robots the rebel known for the folder. sharable electric skateboards smart beauty devices and so one of the biggest tech shows featuring startups alongside to establish companies c.s. is expected to draw more than

u.s. stocks closing stronger. the shutdown tracks on amid warnings of zero growth of this quarter. nancy pelosi is blocking the state of the union. get a quicket's check of the markets here in the u.s.. a day it was for u.s. stocks. the s&p 500 managed to finish above its 50 day moving average. we had some cautious confidence as this rebound may be has legs. the nasdaq stayed unchanged. essence be futures are also not moving that much right now. we do have concerns over global growth and trade tensions. but some more positive earnings coming out of ibm, procter & gamble, and united technologies. asian stocks are set for a softer start as that growth debate continues in sydney. we are seeing some lawsuits. led bygards are being beach energy, which is off by 2%. in new zealand, we are seeing declines in futures. we do have some corporate updates on the agenda. reporting earnings fell short of expectations on weaker demand for memory chips. that tracks with texas instrument's performance in t

the administrative office of the u.s. courts now estimates that money will run out by the end of next week. judges would continue working with pay some employees who would be furloughed or told to work without pay. michael cohen, president trump's former lawyer and fixer, has received a subpoena to appear before the senate intelligence committee. that is according to his lawyer, lanny davis. the subpoena comes one day after cohen postponed his testimony to a separate house panel citing fears for his safety. the senate panel isn't -- is inspected gating -- is investigating russian meddling. the prominent trade union leader in the u.k. helped -- held talks today with theresa may, seeking a brexit withdrawal deal to protect workers rights. the tradesrady of union congress spoke to reporters afterwards saying she attended the meeting to come in her words, listen to the prime minister in good faith. the trades union have been looking for a deal that will protect people's jobs, that will protect workers rights now and into the

u.s. congressional leaders and the president failed to break the government shutdown deadlock as donald trump insists a border wall will be built. hello i'm maryanne demasi in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up on the program . we as you know have been pressing for justice in the shoji case for months now. the u.n. human rights body calls for an independent investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi thailand's first tropical storm in three decades hits the south east coast causing destruction and flooding. and unconvinced by their government's assurances sudanese protest is a rally off to friday prayers the country's second largest city. welcome to the program our top story president donald trump says the partial u.s. government shutdown could last for more than a year if he doesn't get funding for a wall along the u.s. border with mexico the shutdown is now in its fourteenth day and has meant hundreds of thousands of government employees are working without pay or lost a t

u.s. illegally by their parents as children known collectively as the dreamers and non-citizens from countries hit by natural disasters who had been permitted to live in the u.s. both groups were stripped of legal protections by trump but court rulings have so far prevented the government from deporting them it was an offer trump's democratic opposition could and swiftly did refuse house speaker nancy pelosi issued a statement saying quote it is unlikely that any one of these provisions alone would pass the house and taken together they are a nonstarter she repeated the democrats' arguments that the wall would be ineffective if the senate senate democratic leader chuck schumer said trump was treating the dreamers a very like hostages trump described hardships faced by migrants and a flood of drugs coming into the us drugs kill seventy eight thousand americans a year and car star society in excess of seven hundred billion dollars critics point out that most of those drugs are smuggled throu

i think the u.s. will just become isolated because i think china will turn to western europe and south america you know so if you look at chile for example china is the biggest trading partner of chile used to be the u.s. many countries in south america that's the case africa is russia's biggest trading partner as well you know so we can't ignore that reality that china is a major player and we can't make. they can easily let's say has his way he wants china to qataris and american goods right open up the market a little. bit under the w t o rules if that happened for china will have to extend the cuts to other countries as well right so i'm just wondering not just americans let's assume for a second trial has his way with china beijing has to open up more to american goods but will trump even be able to sort of the fruits of his victory without. competition. see i think there are different ways to negotiate with people and if you are with countries and if you make them into a war then you're not in a

u.s. and china sit down to new trade talks but u.s. criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant while waiting the company is accused of violating sanctions against iran and industrial espionage. u.s. sanctions on venezuela's oil price of oil prices drives up prices all the blocks off all over the world china and russia. also. helping to fuel oil prices in democracy building out a new ranking. and find out why so little progress is made in fighting it. i'm joined on in berlin welcome to your business update for us justice department has charged chinese telecom giant wall way with violating sanctions against iran and industrial espionage the charges are connected to the arrest in canada of wall ways chief financial officer of man one jew this as a chinese delegation arrived in washington for talks to diffuse the simmering trade conflict between the two biggest economies in the world. the one away brand in beijing is probably as common as apple is in new york city quality is china's leadi

u.s. national security adviser called for the protection of kurdish fighters in syria. turkish president erdogan scolded john bolton today after john bolton seem to make their protection eight prerequisite for america's withdrawal from sylvia. listen to what erdogan said earlier -- withdraw from syria. >> regarding this matter, bolton has made a serious mistake, and whoever thinks like this has also made a mistake. it's no possible for us to make compromises on this point. those who are part of the terror corridor in syria will be taught the necessary lesson. there is not a single difference between vkk, ypg, and islamic state. brent: during the course of the war in syria, kurdish forces spearheaded the fight against so-called islamic state support from the united states. kurdish forces also managed to gain control over a large area bordering turkey, butnkara regards him as a terrorist organization because of ties to the kurdistan workers party which is known as the pkk. it gets more compl

the u.s. envoy has been to islamabad tell us about the role of pakistan in this particular scenario and what can pakistan do to exert pressure on the taliban do they have leverage on the taliban on the afghan taliban let me just add a couple of points to the earlier conversation that you've been having i think one reason the taliban have woken up is the fact that they know they cannot rule of guns like they did in the early ninety's they need foreign aid they need friendly neighbors they they need a helping hand and i think the americans the very big card that the americans have to play down the road is the fact that aid to afghanistan will continue if the taliban are willing to be involved with the afghan government to seek a compromise the other thing is that i think the taliban are deeply aware of the ifa laich they faced in the ninety's and many of them and they were forced to adopt osama bin laden as one of their finances because they had no money that no aid and they were dependent on dr

but the u.s. administration they are not only doing this bilaterally, they are doing it from leader to leader. we don't really feel the cost of missing that trilateral coordination where if anything that we tried to implement are due in agreement would require cooperation between japan and south korea. i'm extremely worried about the state of this relationship right now. there's really no sign, the usual indicators you would see, that none of these is present right now. this is very bad. >> very good point and on the china peace year, i was say that china has tried to walk this very fine line and keep in the north korean issue as a positive issue and that they can use it to get any leverage on our trade, which president donald trump with out the first year in office, or probably have evaporated from a point of view. there are not that many very positive issues in the bilateral relationship that the two are working on together. north korea is still pretty much on the positive side of the ledger, bu

but also the u.s. seems intent on pouring oil on the fire you know men well you know rand was just mentioned right here. in new britain a book about pax americana i mean i can i understood the post cold war i'm sorry post world war two order that was created by the united states i understand the intent behind it in the context of the cold war but after the cold war and the rise of this kind of neal. neo con ideology i mean a sane person wouldn't say focus all of american foreign policy on iran i mean there that's obviously politics going on there and also if you look at some of the issues that the the u.s. is intruding upon it on the korean peninsula i mean the koreans are actually making some progress moving towards peace there but the u.s. is dragging its feet and it is planning it seemingly so planning a war against iran how is that possibly in the interest of anyone including americans. well it's very difficult to understand that's why they sometimes say that they. only explained possible is that s

u.s. security advisor john bolton is facing a difficult day of diplomacy in turkey as he discusses american plans to withdraw from syria and the excuses him of making quote a serious mistake over syria's curves and to wrestling with sexism and abuse in america report on how one high school in pittsburgh is using sport to try and encourage male teenager to teach teenagers excuse me to change their behavior toward women and girls. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program german police have arrested a suspect in a hacking case that saw stolen data from some one thousand politicians and celebrities include it. chancellor angela merkel the personal information was then made available on the internet the data was released on twitter in the run up to christmas personal phone numbers home an e-mail addresses they were made public and in some cases also private messages and photos authorities learned about the data theft late last week. and our chief political editor mahela cook dinner is on the stor

can the u.s. -- should the u.s. believe turkey, yes, our nato ally, but they've viewed the kurds as terrorists at points. >> i'd be hesitant in believing that statement. we've had those kinds of assurances before from not only the turks but the russians and iranians. so this all contributes to the confounding complexities of this part of the world but also -- >> oops. not a good morning for technology. twice. >> someone was listening. but thanks to general hertling. it gets down the process here. i heard this from a senior administration official in the wake of this. there is no national security process. the president makes a decision by tweet and folks have to move. what happens in the midst of a real crisis? >> and what do you snbelieve? the advisers or the president? >> also, this is a real key issue in terms of foreign policy and the economy. u.s. negotiators are in china as part of this big trade delegation trying to hash out a trade deal before the 90-day deadline ends. or will these new tariffs kick in at th

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u.s. stocks ended on new year's eve higher amid very low volumes, but 2018 was the worst year for u.s. equities since the theal financial crisis, biggest fall coming through for european equities since 2008, stoxx 600 down 13% over the course of last year. looking at asian markets, we saw on friday a little weakness from australia. hong kong's market was off 1.3%. japan hasn't traded since friday the 28th, when it lost around 0.3%, but we are expecting japan to come back online in the next couple days. close again today, along with new zealand. looking at the futures, the city market looks like we could see a little weakness coming through when sydney stocks reopen. the australian dollar unchanged at 70.53. welling the sing dollar as with fourth-quarter adjusted gdp in about two hours, haidi. haidi: let's take a look at the first word news for you this morning. bolsonaro has been sworn in as brazil's president. the former army captain is promising to tackle crime, corruption and economic m

and u.s. sanctions on venezuela are driving up the price of oil worldwide and that's angering governments in china and russia. i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for joining us american and chinese trade officials are set to begin a new round of talks today in washington the latest effort to resolve a trade dispute that has disrupted business across the globe the stakes are high u.s. president donald trump has threatened to raise further tariffs on chinese goods if no deal is reached by march about would hit an already slumping chinese economy and then there's the delicate matter of huawei and its chief financial officer. the way brand in beijing is probably as common as apple is in new york city huawei is china's leading telecommunications group that's why journalists were eagerly awaiting a statement from the beijing foreign ministry on tuesday from the tone it would seem that the trade conflict is just going to get worse. you know it's the day that it's been some time since the u.s. started

u.s. president donald trump professor make his case for a border war in a speech to the nation minutes from now. turkey's president rejects the u.s. call for his country to protect kurdish fighters he says the white house has made a serious mistake. and another blow to theresa may a house of commons vote makes a no deal bret's it even more complicated. north korean leader kim jong un travels to beijing ahead of a possible second summit with president trump. the president is about to address the american people hoping to convince them that he needs the billions of dollars to resolve what he calls a national security problem at the border with mexico where the u.s. government has been partial shutdown ever since december the twenty second because of the president's standoff with democrats over the funding of a border wall now following the president's primetime television address we expect the house speaker nancy pelosi and the senate minority leader chuck schumer to give their response over