coolest. this is g.w. news live from berlin the u.s. and iranian president trading threats amid worries of war iran's supreme leader wept at the funeral of the general sense unaided in a u.s. drone strike president rouhani of iran warning the u.s. president don't mess with our country also coming up tonight the trial of former film producer harvey weinstein begins in new york he faces charges of rape and sexual assault but now he faces a similar charges in los angeles. i'm

bringing off it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with a twitter storm between the president of iran and the united states u.s. president donald trump threatening to hit as many as 52 iranian targets if iran retaliates for the assassination of one of its generals customs holy money last week or now iranian president we're hassan rouhani has tweeted back saying never threaten the iranian nation well today in tehran huge crowds turned out for the funeral of the general and others who were killed in that u.s. drone strike we have this report through. another crowd in coleman saying goodbye to general has sam soleimani the latest stop in an unprecedented funeral tally how many weeping over the remains of iran's

top military commander and the man slated to take that post as mile ghani kissing the coffin solem monies assassination is considered a declaration of war by many iranians the general's daughter has promised revenge oh yeah positive are there higher 5 other i don't know me quite that i don't want families of american soldiers in western asia i have witnessed america's humiliation in syria iraq one is lebanon afghanistan yemen and palestine yet they will spend their days waiting for the death of the children radical hands . on the streets of tehran the general's death seems to have united regime critics and hardliners. his blood has given us life and strength. slanted we demand driven it must be military revenge against the americans alone we will avenge the general in exactly the same degree yant on good data had those of

us and i doubt had those of us on the american side u.s. president donald trump continued to deliver threats via tweet his latest a simple all caps iran will never have a nuclear weapon. so the over effects ripple through the region trumpets also threatened iran's neighbor iraq its parliament approved a measure to end the presence of u.s. forces in the country while iraq's interim prime minister tried to balance its alliance with the u.s. and iran telling the us ambassador the cooperation was key. there's no sign yet what form iran's revenge will take back to iran has already announced that it will no longer abide by the 2015 nuclear deal raising the stakes further. this is a very. fluid story to talk about the big table by our middle east analyst day you want to see you happy new year we're just getting reports that the u.s. military has written to the iraqi government saying that it is willing is preparing

to move out of the country how significant is that well of course i haven't seen the letter and i can't confirm the evidence but it sounds reasonable to me that doesn't 1st of all just mean that they would withdraw all their forces but let's always remember the u.s. have officially withdrawn from iraq in 2011 and until today like since 2014 since they were like reinvited let's say as an allied fight this is about islamic state and isis. they are there at the pleasure of the iraqi government and the iraqi parliament has asked the iraqi government to end the presence of u.s. troops in iraq is a win for iran this is exactly what iran would want to see happen right that's why my 1st thought when i heard about the death of the money it was like it's a military problem for the iranians but it could end up in a political political wind political gain because who in the iraqi parliament when

the iraqi government would now do to take a pro-american stance we saw that many members of parliament abstained didn't participate in this in this vote because for them it's not probably in their interest to have the u.s. leave especially the kurds in the north or part of the kurds in the north because the least that the u.s. could so somehow counterbalance iranian influence and of course they were not that no illusion about the fact that american firepower american air power in particular was instrumental was important to defeat isis so so there you can do can defeat resurging isis with the help of the iranians of course but then they would be if we let left at the mercy of their neighbor in the east are you concerned that if the u.s. military presence is no longer there that we will see iraq fall apart. well the u.s. presence hasn't really contributed to keeping iraq together let's say but this is another story you know what i see here in washington is really like

a difficulties between like like combining some reasonable tactical or strategic decisions on military affairs with an overall policy and that doesn't go together it's always been difficult in the united states but we've never seen it that as drastically is it is as we see it now and there are lots of worries at the u.n. today the head of the u.n. until he gets here is he is calling again for deescalation on both sides the u.s. and iran but he's not the only one to take a listen stop escalation exercise maximum restraint restart dialogue re new international corporation that does not forget the terrible human suffering caused by war as always argue that the people pay the highest price it is our common duty to avoid it we agree iran must never require a nuclear weapon we shared concern about iran's missile tests and we are

united in condemning iran suit portfolio of different terrorist groups and you conflict would be in no one's interest so we are on must refrain from further violence and provocations. what do you make of what we just heard from native nader was briefed today by the united states on the intelligence that he had when he made the decision for the drone strike that was all we heard from nato there's it seems like there's nutrients appearance in here there's no transparency but nato what you need to do the u.s. are by far the biggest member of nato without without the u.s. nato would be nothing and i think what i what i see from need to heads of state but also like european governments of course they don't see that probably that openly is they're not ready to risk like disenchantment or let's say. to try to risk to lose the alliance that the support of the americans for what for iran

they're not never going to do this i think the most the dominating the dominant position in the europe is now trump is going to be over one day but the americans will be with us and this is like this is our ally and we are not going to risk this alliance for you rob what about the nuclear deal there's going to be an emergency meeting this week even at this price but the rain and some also made it quite clear that their reaction on the nuclear deal is not necessarily not directly related to the death of to the s.s.e. nation of possibly money but the time they have 0 is i have announced that they would reduce that commitment to the nuclear deal anyhow but they didn't those they didn't say that they leave the nuclear deal though one could say the nuclear deal deal is almost dead but i think this is the most important point the europeans of course what can they do and one important thing is i think here is we're going to be careful what you what you wish for situation for the americans because for the americans it was a tactical decision not withstanding the political implications to kill so the money because they thought eliminating the head the strategic head leaving in

influence in the region is going to harm iranian interests but so their money and the people that died with them in iraq by the way that very little people talk about is actually were the ones that kept these alliances together but they also controlled all these shia militias and all these. local proxies of iran and now the situation and this is why deescalation is important and also messages from the iranians because now everyone could feel empowered and entitled to x. and to take to it to avenge the killing of thousands of their money and that's the other guy who was in the car and i think the problem here is these people held some sort of discipline and give them that has the ability to yes exactly they were strategic heads and now you have you know a lot of a plethora of shia militias that could do whatever they want because they want to avenge the killing of their money so this is i think maybe not serving tactical or strategic interest of the entire offense. is always we appreciate your insights

thank you thank you for here's some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world forces under libyan strongman khalifa haftar hours say that they have taken the city of sere in a rapid advance the coastal city is located midway between the capital tripoli and the city being ghazi which helped her already controls this advance marks an important gain in how towards offensive against the u.s. backed government in tripoli ugandan singer turned a presidential hopeful bobby wine has been released by police after being detained while arriving for a political rally one is hoping to run for president next year he has been facing harassment from the authorities in uganda. the u.s. territory of puerto rico has been struck by a $5.00 magnitude earthquake that hit off the island southern coast and calls several homes to collapse it was the largest of several quakes to shake the island over the past week no casualties have been reported a man described by a prosecutor as the most prolific rapist in british legal history has been

sentenced to life in prison the foreign student reinhard from indonesia was convicted of a 159 sex offenses now not all of his male victims whom he drugged in lured home have been identified. well the trial of former film producer harvey weinstein has begun in new york city weinstein is facing charges of rape and sexual assault brought by 2 women at the same time he things is new charges in los angeles the l.a. district attorney as charged him with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another back in 2013 weinstein has denied the charges in new york saying that any sexual encounters that did take place were consensual the disgraced former hollywood mogul harvey weinstein arriving at the new york supreme court the 67 year old continues to use a walking frame as a result of in august car accident for which the police report details no injuries

the film producer will face 5 charges brought by 2 women including one of rape the woman who accuses weinstein on that most serious charge remains anonymous the other is former production assistant mimi has who alleges the pope fiction produce a forcibly performed all rule 6 on both of my clients in this case. have been very brave very courageous because they're willing to testify under oath to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help them god 6 women in total should yield to testify if found guilty on all charges one sting could spend the rest of his life in jail and we're going to continue to press on and remind everyone that in this great country you are innocent until proven guilty but more trouble materialized to harvey weinstein when los angeles county district attorney jackie lycee announced yet more charges. good morning i'm here today to announce that my office has charged harvey weinstein with sexually assaulting 2 women in los

angeles county once the defendant's case is completed in new york we expect him to appear in a courtroom in los angeles county to face these charges the film a movie moguls seeking to dine with justice will have to whiten to after proceedings in new york a finished proces that could take up to 2 months. sports news now the 4 hills ski jumping tournament has ended on the slopes of bishops whole thing in austria david poland went into the final day as the overall leader even though he hadn't won on any of the 1st 3 hills and he dominated the final proceedings to come away with the tournaments. on the man's large scale in bishop's home karl geiger of germany jumping 2nd to last took the lead in the day's events with a jump of 136 meters that was after going $140.00 on his 1st effort. dan the man who started the day with the 4 hills lead davidge could backi

soared 140.5 meters after a jump of 143 earlier in the day and that sealed the 4 hills title for the 29 year old pole. ski took home the coveted golden eagle for the very 1st time he was flanked on the podium by 4 hills runner up modest lynn vic of norway and guy who finished 2nd on the day and 3rd overall. you're watching the w. news live from berlin coming up next in the w. business wising tensions in the middle east and the increasing threat of what we're putting shares and driving up the price of oil and go to wall street for an update . watching stradella be up next with that and more security.

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