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from syria and iran has welcomed the move by the kurds in syria fear turkey is planning to attack them. and actor kevin spacey appears in court facing charges of sexual assault a man says face he groped him two years ago when he was eighteen years old. and born to be wired germany's b.m.w. hopes sells driving motorcycles could end traffic jams ups just one of the innovations of this year's consumer electronics show we're live in las vegas. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us north korean leader kim jong un is in beijing for talks with china's president xi jinping this visit was announced . nearly simultaneously by north korean and chinese state media kim traveling to

china in his armor to train under heavy security it's his fourth visit to beijing likely high on the agenda the negotiations currently underway for a second summit between kim and us president doll top. ok let's get the latest now with reuters correspondent josh smith joining us from seoul good morning josh this is a kim's unprecedented fourth meeting we see in just a year now how does this latest visit fit in with the preparations for kim's expected second somma with donald trump where last year kim of course went to beijing for his first international visit ever as leader of north korea and that came about a month before kim kicked off a flurry of the clomid sea which included meetings with south korea's president as well as u.s.

president donald trump and so based on the pattern that we saw last year many of the rich are expecting that this visit does play a role in north korea's preparations to meet with both here in south korea with the president here as well as donald trump at some point this day also increasing reports of flurries of activity meetings between north korean and u.s. negotiators talking about potential sites and timing for another trump kim summit ok can you give us an idea of how important chinese support is for the regime in pyongyang and for any expected talks you might say. well some have perhaps overstated china's influence on north korea north korea's often been fairly wherry of its larger neighbor but at the same time beijing certainly represents north korea's closest and almost its only major ally in the region and so its backing is very important as came in barak's on these negotiations with the

united states during his new year's speech kim raised the possibility of finding some kind of new way if talks with the united states break down and many observers say that they suspect that china would play a major role in trying to work out some kind of solution should things with the united states not work out ok now josh this comes as a china itself is in trade talks with the united states now does china's diplomatic role give beijing extra leverage in its trade talks with washington and is this something that john yang can use to its advantage well the two issues certainly have been intertwined in fact there's a u.s. trade delegation in beijing as we speak so they're there at the same time that kim is in the past u.s. president don't trump has complained that he felt like the trade dispute with china had led to them not playing ball perhaps on the north korean issue we've heard

a little less of that lately however and on monday secretary of state come peo in the united states said that he thought china was being a quote good partner in working with north korea so it does depend perhaps month to month whether the leaders of china and the united states decide to drag north korea into their dispute over trade as well just mess from reuters with us this morning thanks very much thank you. now for some of the other stories making the news this hour our saudi arabian officials have denied reports that riyadh has requested the extradition of a saudi team seeking asylum in thailand mohamad. barricaded himself in a bangkok hotel room she says she's fleeing abuse at the hands of her family after rejecting islam u.n. officials are aiding the eighteen year old guatemala is disbanding

a un backed anti corruption commission that has been investigating its president jimmy morello's the country's foreign minister told reporters that the body staff had twenty four hours to leave the country the u.n. condemned the moves called on guatemala to allow the commission to finish its work which is included a probe of the president's campaign financing. officials in southern germany have declared a state of emergency after heavy snowfall drawn by a winter storm rail service and bavaria suffering delays and cancellations residents in the district of new spot have been warned about possible avalanches and other weather related dangers many roads are blocked right now schools are closed for the rest of the week. the u.s. national security advisor john bolton is meeting with officials in ankara today to discuss the upcoming withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria turkish president. has held the pullout as the right call but

writing in the new york times he said it must be carefully planned he also said that turkey is the only country able to stabilize after the u.s. withdraws but kurds in syria if you're turkey is planning a broad military offensive against. syrian kurds here in commish lee northeastern syria i rang in december donald trump announced that the u.s. would pull out of syria and quickly that could leave the kurds vulnerable to attacks from turkey which sees some of them as terrorists the kurds have been fighting tooth and nail against islamic state alongside u.s. troops it's been a costly fight the kurds feared being abandoned by u.s. withdrawal and so too to many if the u.s. is allies in the region and to john bolton u.s. national security adviser he's jetting around the middle east clarifying confusion and putting out the fire that trump started his message the u.s. isn't simply packing up and leaving. in december trump told the pentagon to prepare

to leave syria within one hundred days now he's changed his mind. we are pulling back and. we're going to be removing a large group i never said would do it is that quickly bolton recently in israel also says that the u.s. withdrawal is conditional going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw but to do so from northeast syria in a way that make sure that isis is defeated is not able to. revive itself he's in ankara to assure turkey that the u.s. will leave but bit by bit that chimes with which turkey's president turkey sees itself as the dominant regional power writing in the new york times this week he said he agreed that the u.s. should withdraw but slowly. bolton has a big challenge in n. korea his other condition for u.s. withdrawal is that turkey promises not to attack the u.s.

is alloys the kurds for turkey which is a longstanding and bloody feud with the kurds that will be hard to swallow. because where is this headed to get more let's bring indeed abuse during jones joining us from istanbul good morning daryn how likely is it that john get assurances from ankara that it will not be launching a major offensive against kurds in northern syria but be very difficult on kurds been infuriated by calls for some guarantees and protection for the syrian kurdish militia that is in fighting with washington they pushed back very strongly. and they are doing let me get in there ok we have the picture back up great sorry he continued or. there is very strongly against calls for the protection of this syrian kurdish militia

they say it's a terrorist organization on top of. the problem facing bolton is that he doesn't really appear to have that much leverage believes that trump has committed to withdrawing unconditionally so they were prepared to wait out on top of that. also believe that the only interlocutor that interested in is president trump himself and they will be looking to earth one and trying to hammer out any final arrangement ok dorian so is the military hardware still positioned on the border and in syria are turkish still in the possible theater there. hall absolutely turkey is continuing its military buildup all along the syrian border where this syrian kurdish militia is based they've who give they have to present president heard one has indicated they are ready to wait a little before launching this operation following tom's commitment to withdraw but the position for a bunker is that they have to turn in to protect their borders from what they see is a national security threat posed by this kurdish militia which they link to an ongoing

insurgency inside turkey ok you know durian with with american volved in what's now a strategic drawdown in syria there's been speculation that syria could be seeing a de facto partitioning is that a development that ankara wants to see and would damascus or the kurds accept that . well in fact the mosque is an encore that is common ground both sides are saying that they believe in the territorial integrity of syria and in fact trump decision to withdraw is seen as removing that risk the fact that the kurdish militia controlled a quarter of syria was seen the opening of post world war two a creation of a kurdish state now that that seems that for it seems now to be removed but having said that turkey is slowly building up a large military presence within syria it has a major foothold already if it was to extend that foothold into where the syrian kurdish militia is controlling that would see it potential partition off syria given that turkey is the main backer of the syrian rebels ok dorian jones thanks so

much for the insights they joining us from istanbul. well meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o as started a week long trip to the middle east starting in amman jordan before leaving pompei zero told reporters that the syria drawdown was a change in tactics but that it does not alter washington's commitment to defeating so-called islamic state peo will be visiting eight countries including egypt the u.a.e. and saudi arabia the state department says topics on the agenda will move the conflict in yemen and the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. well to the u.s. now where oscar winning actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty in the case of sexual assault if you're in a massachusetts court to face the charges he groped a young man in two thousand and sixteen if found guilty spacey faces up to five

years in jail. a crowd of reporters awaited arrival at the court on nantucket island. the judge who denied the actor's request to be excused from his arraignment and ordered him to stay away from the young man who's accused him of sexual assault. for the fifty nine year old actor this court appearance is the kind of return to the spotlight he would have preferred to avoid. it was in this nantucket bar that spacey is alleged to have plied a minor with alcoholic drinks and then sexually assault him and twenty sixteen the state prosecutor has not named the accuser. but heather a former news anchor has already said publicly that the accuser is her son who was a restaurant and toy at the time. space he broke his silence on the allegations in a video two weeks ago he spoke in the voice of the criminal president he played in house of cards i know what you want you want me

back. of course believed everything you know just been waiting with bated breath to hear me confess it all but you wouldn't believe the worst without evidence or you would rush to judgment without facts would you. like this court case represents one of several allegations against the oscar winner. another actor anthony rapp says he was sexually harassed by spacy in october twenty seventeen the judge has set the next court date for march fourth and staying in the us a new study shows up to forty percent of women say they were abused by a male while at school or in college or one school pittsburgh pennsylvania is trying to change that by teaching young men how to conduct relationships with women . as more on the. testosterone is in the air the resting team of kerry high school is preparing for the next competition but

coach leonard our bitch doesn't just teach sports he has another topic on his agenda respectful behavior towards women and girls after each training they gather food cools down talk today's topic the problem of blaming goltz for sexual harassment how do you how do you think something like that affects the person got grabbed you know you not only did you get assaulted not only were you disrespected but your fault. never say no way have depression and suicide anxiety but even the smallest thing can have the biggest impact on someone's life that's the conversations they have resonate with the boy. women are looked like powerless as you said in society and you know it's a problem i mean we should all be created before you know they should be doing you know the same things but. you know it's just that it's something we need to talk

about fully comprehend why it's made me look at them from a different perspective like see what they have to go through on sometimes a daily basis and it just makes me respect them more and it makes the way that treat them you know change i learn that there's a huge issue that isn't the reason we don't aren't hearing about it before is because it's not being brought to light like it should be and that this program was really good to help through that. our beach and his restaurants take part in a program called coaching boys into men and uses the trusting relationship between coaches and their team to discuss healthy relationships and violence prevention some the most rewarding stuff that that has come about with doing with the kids is here in the conversations that they have that i'm not involved with i've heard overheard them holding each other accountable one kid says something that another kid finds disrespectful or they're all comfortable with i've heard them correct

each other at the moment only the boys are being coached and the girls on the team think their fellow female students also have a thing or two to learn about respectful behavior it's sad how many girls like hate on each other and like they. you you can't get a compliment from the girl when you get a compliment from of those like she don't really mean and stuff like that so it's like we also need as well as we degrade each other a lot. of each believes the sessions will benefit everyone in the long run and he's sure this effluents will be role models for their pain use. it we have some sports for you now in formula one where ferrari replace team boss marine c.e.o. or even ben a with the technical director materia been also this move comes after their title challenge fell apart last year with germany's boston federal settling for second place or even a bandaid took over of the end of twenty four team but failed to secure

a title for ferrari last won the f one drivers championship back in two thousand and seven the scene looked on track to end the drought in the first half of twenty team but a series of errors let the federal losing the crown to lewis hamilton proceed. to football's asian cup now and around dealt yemen five no defeat on monday the rain ians are looking to end their forty three year title dry. out some of their main rivals look pretty shaky china barely avoided a major set up clawing their way back against debutantes kyrgyzstan a late goal sealed a two one victory for the chinese term in favor of south korea all they were made to sweat in their opener against the philippines but their resilience finally paying off the game's only goal from we go. over to christophe now at the los vegas tech show while you can leave the driving to the robot i guess

that's right friends of driving so of rolling sort of walking you name it it's all there at the consumer electronics show and it as it has been the trend in recent years a growing number of traditionally non tech companies have set up shop at c.v.s. trying to give their product line the digital make over and i will talk to our correspondent in las vegas in a moment first here is what soon might be coming your way on your daily commute. i catching self driving cars connected to the driver's home device was one of the trends last week that he didn't and for b.m.w. an opportunity to go the extra mile presenting its driver less motorcycle for the first time in public he would think there's going to be demand for is a certainly a motorcycle that's connected to a marvel but it also helps writers be better writers and also safer writers the stuff lee. the made famous kids' robots a robot plonky folder. sharable electric skateboards smart beauty devices

as one of the biggest tech shows featuring startups alongside established companies c.s. is expected to draw more than one hundred eighty thousand visits most hoping for a chance to see the kind of tech likely to dominate consumers' agenda that seems we expect to emerge this week artificial intelligence will see a lot of products powered or enabled bit by ai. voice recognition and facial recognition things like that it's a five g. connectivity which is one hundred times faster than four g. l.t.e. a low latency high frame rates digital hells is going to be huge this year with devices helping to stop snoring or morning telling gerakan i should just like this t. shirt equipped with ten sensor scanner eighteenth life saving data. you need to reduce a member of fish and spinning back to your situation if you need to do the number of the other missions in your it'll be in the only way to bet to reach the subject

even remotely miniature efficiency chronic disease from. reduce the number of the emissions with forty five hundred exhibitors the show is expecting to come out for record breaking and the overall vibe tends to be optimistic on the tech can solve problems that's what the industry's message seems to be this year and let's take us . well for more let's cross over to las vegas where our correspondent alexander phenomena was reported just saw is standing by legs on a reprint used to carmakers becoming regulars of these tech fairs but now even consumer goods giant procter and gamble entered c.s. not what i as the father of an eighteen month old girl want to know is these cells changing diaper finally here. well unfortunately i have to disappoint you we are not expecting selve changing diapers here sorry but it's quite interesting that such a rubber of additional company thinks that it's important to be present here for

the very first time they say that it's important for them to infuse technology into everyday products because they consumers want them to be there and they are presenting here he's had razors and a tooth brush stand to vishal intelligence to help you to brush your teeth properly now alexander yes ams to show the latest the harvest tech but to me it seems like much of what we saw has already been around for a while is that a valid impression. well you're right that's something that i was thinking when i arrived here and talk to the organizers about the new trends trends we saw here last year but what i think what is different right now is sort of internet connectivity we can see in different almost almost all areas when we talk about self driving cars being connected to smart home devices when we talk about

south driving cars being integrated with the lax or skype for meetings on the go and what is also different this year is that many products that we saw last year that were presented here are now going mainstream where we talk about five g. devices or or eight. hold it will. interconnectivity is certainly one of the big topics there in las vegas and i want to talk about something else then xandra tech companies are bearing the brunt of the u.s. china trade tension samsung just warned of a sharp drop in earnings because of this issue tell us more about the mood of the industry amid these unresolved dispute. well i think that this is a very important and very important topic here and a cause for concern for many here the organizers of the show warned that their

rubber positive outlook can change significantly if a trade war with china escalates as saying that tariffs can lead to higher prices to consumers have to pay for smartphones and c.v.s. and as you said we have already seen significant drop in sales of your ass products in china reports that by. firms and what we are seeing here in las vegas is a drop or a decrease of a few fewer chinese merchants here twenty percent decrease and this is quite remarkable for and then that has been jokingly referred to as the chinese electronics show so people here are concerned but nevertheless the outlook is rather optimistic with sales expected to be growing in twenty nineteen correspondent electron a phenomena reporting from the consumer electronics show in las vegas and xander thank you so much. for money's on last call is going to you has been wrongly

accused and unfairly detained this as the sixty four year old attended his first hearing in a tokyo court it was his first public appearance since his arrest in november go in phases allegations of financial impropriety including tax avoidance and under declaring his salary and documents to investors calls the accusations against him meritless is to go on is credited with turning around car makers rental and nissan and creating a successful three way alliance with mitsubishi motors nissan and mitsubishi have removed him as chairman but as kept on while he fights the allegations. u.s. and chinese representatives are due to continue their discussions about their trade relations today the stakes for. companies from both countries are high now goods from a chinese mass production have long conquered shelves of western electronics and toy stores and at the same time u.s. brands like starbucks left and nike have devoted to customers in china but the

prolonged discord among political leaders could erode this so far loyal base. the chinese buy more consumer products from america than they do from any other foreign country including japan and south korea american brands have grown to be such a status symbol in china's growing middle class that many cannot imagine life without them. beyond would imo trade between the two countries has reached far and wide people in both countries cannot live without the other nations' products the us cannot live without china and china cannot live without u.s. products either but that sentiment is tempered by the growing popularity of chinese made products which often cost only a fraction of their u.s. competitor. if agreements cannot be made i will have my own preference of choice in terms of famous brands of us close to me their prices are already pretty

expensive if trade agreements or cooperation cannot be made i will prefer to buy our local brands instead. of yeah. but at the moment china remains vital to many u.s. brands that could give china the upper hand in this week's negotiations with american trade representatives who cannot afford to have the chinese stop filling up on u.s. products. and a quick reminder of the top story we are following for you at this hour a north korean leader kim jong il is in beijing for talks with china's president xi jinping it's mr kim's fourth visit to beijing in recent months likely high on the agenda the negotiations currently underway for a second summit between mr kim and us president bush. there watching the news coming to you live from berlin we have more coming up the top of the hour in the meantime thanks for watching.

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