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firs this life wawas not only creat for u u and ur f famy. we also want life and it is ou right to live it. amy:e'llpeak witthe films rector axandria mbach. she was at the nobel ceremony. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. democrats will take control over the house of representatives as new members are sworn in today. democrats picked up 40 seats in the november election while in the senate, republicans expanded their majority slightly to 53. over 100 women will serve in the house for the first time in u.s. history, including the first two native american women, the first two latina women from texas, and the first two muslim women.

palestinian-american rashida tlaib of michigan will be sworn in on the koran that once belonged to thomas jefferson. she plans to wear a thobe -- a traditional palestinian gown -- to the ceremony. democratic socialist alexandria ocasio-cortez on new york is now the youngest woman ever to serve in congress. one congressional seat that will not filled today is north carolina's 9th district. republican mark harris was initially believed to be the winner of that race against democrat then mccready, but the results were not certified amid allegations of republican voter fraud. with their new majority, democrats have the ability to subpoena the administration and are expected to launch investigations into president trump and his administration. meanwhile, some house progressives are objecting to proposed rule change backed by incoming house speaker nancy pelosi known as "pay-go," which requires that congress offset any new spending with either tax increases or cuts to other programs.

some lawmakers have called the rule a conservative austerity measure that will hamper their efforts to pass progressive legislation. congressman jim mcgovern, the incoming chair of the house rules committee, has promised he won't allow pay-go t to derail progressive causes like medicare for all. the partial government shuhutdon enters its 13th day as the impasse over trump's demand for $5 billion in border wall funding shows little signs of progress. democratic leaders said wednesday they had a plan forr reopening the government while creating a 30-day period for further negotiations on border security. incoming house speaker nancy pelosi says the plan does not include order wall funding. trump reportedly told senate minority leader chuck schumer that he would look foolish if he agreed to the deal. this is speaker pelosi speaking to reporters in front of the white house yesterday. >> tomorrow we will bring to the

floor legislation which will opopen up governmentt. it will be based on actions taken by the republican senate of deals that have passed on the floor of the senate by over 90 votes and/or in committee unanimously. led by senatator mitch mcconnel. our questition to the president and to the republicans is, why don't you accept what you have already done to open up government and that enables us to have 30 days to negotiate the border security. amy: people have been sharing the effects of the shutdown on their lives using the hashtag #shutdownstories. testimonies range from the inability to pay bills, rent, to purchasing essential medicines and even food. meanwhile, native american communities are also feeling the effects of the government shutdown as a disproportionate number rely on federally funded services, including for

healthcare and food. many native americans are also employed by the government. in the southwest united states, some members of the navajo nation have been stuck at home, unable to drive to get groceries and other essentials as roads are not being cleared of snow. overall, nearly one million workers are working without pay or are furloughed. at his first cabinet meeting of 2019, president trump opined on a myriad of issues ranging from border wall funding to his recently departed defense secretary james mattis. trtrump suggesested he fired mas even though mattis v very publiy announced he was resigning after disagreeing with trump's foreign policy. speaking on north korea, trump said he received a "great letter" from kim jong un and looked forward to a follow-up meeting following their historic june summit in singapore. pres. trump: i have a very good relationship with north korea.

it could've been world war iii, to be honest. a lot of people would have had to get involved in that all over asia and then it spreads beyond asia. and instead, we have somebody that i really think once to get on the e economic development ad making a lot of success and money, frankly, for his country. amy: trump asserted that if he were not president, a war would have broken out on the asian continent. he also expressed confnfidence north korea was not testing nuclear weapons. it's unclear whether the trump administration will agree toto lilift sanctions, as d demandedy north korea, before moving forward in negotiations. at the meeting, trump also addressed the ongoing trade war with china and the recent stock market turmoil. pres. trump: thehe talk of the world, and we had a little glitch in the stock mararket lat month but it is still up. about 30% from the time i got elected. it is going to go up. once we settle trade issues and once a couple of other things happen, it is going to go up.

it has a long way to go, a tremendous amount to go. the trade deals we are making are fantastic for our country. amy: during the meeting, a poster featuring an image of trump with the "game of thrones"-inspired phrase "sanctions are coming - november 5" was on display on the table in front of trump. trump initialllly tweeted the image on november 2 as harsh economic sanctioions against irn were set to kick in following trump's withdrawal from the 2015 iran nuclear agreement. the original phrase from "game of thrones" is "winter is coming" and references the character of jon snonow, who in the show led a caravan of refugees through a border wall. in i india, two women defied a centuries-s-old religious ban by entering a hindu temple that had until recently been prohibited to women of reproductive age. a supreme court ruling in september overturned the ban but hindu nationalists, including prime minister narendra modi's bharatiya janata party, had opposed the ruling and other

attempts to enter the temple had been blocked. this is women's rights activist trupti desai, who herself was prpreviously blocked from enterg the templele. >> the entry of women into the temple today is next-door -- historic win. after the verdict of f e supreme court, the protesters werere opposing the entry of men and today that protest has becom unsuesessfuls ththeomenen he entered. amy: the women's suesessful enentrearly y dnesday came hours afr r thros ofof wen tooooto the streets in kera to foraa ssive 385-mile human cha protestingenender equauali in solidarityitith won seseekg to access theololy si.

t victimsf the atck are members the fuli communy. vience andension bween nomadifulani hders andogon rmers habeen on e increasereported sparkedy nd dispus. the dogohave alsaccused e fula of tieso extremt oups. inussia, t u.s. amssador, form utah gornor jon huntan, visid the u. citizen accused by the russians of espionage. paul whelan, who was arrested friday, is a former marine corps who now works for the auto parts supplier borgwarner. he was reportedly in moscow to attend a wedding. his family has said he is innocent of the espionage allegations. some have speculated that whelan's arrest is retaliation for the arrest of russian gunn rights activist maria butina who in december pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as a russian agent without registering with the justice department. butina has been jailed since july after being accused of trying to infiltrate the nra and other right-wing groups in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

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well, for more, we're joined now by two guests. in washington, d.c., we're joined by courtney radsch, advocacy director at the committee to protect journalists. and via democracy now! video stream, we're joined by sarah leah whitson, executive director of human rights watch's middle east and north africa division. we welcome you both to democracy now! talk about the significance, what you understand at this this, why netflix pulled episode. >> they were saying they were comply with local laws. the laws in saudi arabia are extremely repressive. they have a very restrictive cyber crime law that imposes fines of millions of riyals and jail sentences of up to five years for contradicting those statutes. among the statutes include things like publishing material

online about public morals or insults the king, etc. i think what we're seeing is netflix saying it complies with local laws, but these local laws are completely out of touch with the first amendment obviously and the rights of users and one of the world's most censored and restrictive countries to get information. i think it is relevant and interesting to see that netflix specifically talks about artistic freedom, which is very important. but this is also about press freedom and the freedom to get information. , canen: sarah leah whitson you respond toto that and the ft that netflix said d it was compy withth local l law and where ele you are aware that this happens? it is very extraordinary that netflix made this decicision in saudi arabia? presidents,of other where we see this most often is in countrtriesrers

where material is sometimes to complyreemptively with local laws. in those cases, ththe newspapers will locally claim is a local pupublisher doing ththe censori. google's censoring search engines in china, and that is something [indiscernible] i don't know of another instance of a broadcaster censoring an episisode ofof a tv show in the country because of a specific request frfrom the country'ss government. so it does seem likenn expansion of a slippery slope of content thatss unaeptable. amy: weryou ccerned tt tflix aually cacaed it a valid r reque? >> well, yes.

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amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. netflix is garnering widespread criticism for pulling an episode of u.s. comedian hasan minhaj's show "patriot act" from saudi arabia after officials from the kingdom complained to the streaming company that it violated saudi cybercrime laws. the censored episode has been viewed more than 1.69 times on youtube where he remains available to viewers in saudi arabia. ththiss a a cl from m e censor episode fromhe show uncle patrioact." >> the conflict in yemen is comple her's e clclifnotes. --en n s falli civilil war sai i arab intervened. but there is somhihing you should kw.w. thinink ese rebe are g gting lp. saudi arabiand the rain hit eachthther. sasaudarabiaiatarted armin-- bombing. now many are sang they're using yen n as aroxyxy w agait a rereed control the w

-- to control the war. th i is thconfnfli in yeyen. [applause] that is a global aocity. itit is e woworsof evevething happing in one place a people keeonderingwill thi evernd? y: on wednday, has minhaj twted -- sarah leleah whitson, can you tk about what is happening in yemen as we move into this new year? in today on this day of the new congress, you have had attempts in the senate and the house to stop the u.s. funding for the saudi-u.s. war on n yemen. where do you see t that gogoing riright now?w? >> with respect to the war in yemen, t there was supposed to b a cease-fire that s s negotiatad

in december and to put in provisions to protectct the port ofof hodeida fromm where yemen imports the vast majority o of s food and f fuel. unfortunate, the cease-fire has not held an fighting continues. the bombardment of yemen has continued by saudi coalition forces, which really is primarily saudi arabia and the uae at this point. there continues to be an extreme humaninitarian disaster, man-mae cacatastrophe inin t country leading s starvionn contions for millns of peopl of crse, ovethis past year, the u.s. media in their british media in particular have fininay fofocused on the devastation caused by this war. with respect to the u.s. role in this war, the united states continues to provide intelligcece andarargeting assistance come although t this yeyear under pressure e from the american pubublic from the amamerican congress, president

trump announced they would disband the refueling of saudi aircraft and him are ready aircraft of their planes. ironically, refueling of hundreds of billions of dollars that the saudis and emirates never paid for.. of c course they claim that sasi and uae are now able to refuel their own planes, but in fact, nermeen: can you talk about more broadly censorship in saudi arabia and how many journalists and also activist are imprisoned in the kingdom? >> one of the world's leading

jailer of journalists come the fourth leading jailer of journalists. we reported in our annual census 16 journalists who are behind bars in retaliation for their reporting. and because of their reporting. that is the highest number we have ever recorded since we began keeping records. it really shows what has accelerated. t is an incredibly -- journalists, activists, and others [indiscernible] useive information need to [indiscernible] platforms like youtube and in pretty scathing detail some of [indiscernible] violent, brutal murder of jamal khashoggi.

these e people in saudi arabia the #forms to get information. [indiscernible] actually, we know tech companies across the world are comply with these requests for specific pieces of content at the direct request of governments. another platform in a way that ---- amy: hasan minhaj also took on saudi arabia, targeting a third episodef "patri act." > hundreds are beindedetain, ncluding polical activists. some of the mo p promint activists a women w protted ariving ban, anmbs had them arreste

sevel l are ill l inrison.n. even executions e of. the country is on trackck to exexecutmorere than 2000 people the year 2030. that is the vision 2030 nobod is tking about. strong-aing, detaining pplple. these are mbs' go to moves and he has been getting away with all of it. amy: sarah leah whitson, if you can talk about the significance. you have mohammed bin salman, and there was just a shakeup in the government and his power was even further consolidated, you have mohammed bin salman legalizing women drivers and then jailing the women who were the activists for womenen drivining. twofold i think it is a reflection of how mohammed bin salman, first of all, i think the lifting on the ban of the women driving was a very smart move because it reflects the

recognition the vast majority of the saudi population never supported and don't support the ban on women driving. over 50% of the population is under the age of 25. over 75% of the population is under the age of 30. clearly, in line with -- the driving ban had to go. at the same time, a reflects mohammed bin salman's wish to consolidate all l por in his country and to makake it clear o civil society, to the public, thatat the lifting of the drivig ban is not because [indiscernible] but because he decided it. it is a clear signal to the saudi public not to get any ideas, n not to think k that jut becaususe he lifted d this drivg ban thahat it had anything to do with what the public is demanding and that he will severely punish the saudi public

who make any demands on him. in a sense, he is signaling we will act with absolute authority, absolute monarch. amy: let's go to another clip from the censored episode of "patot act" on silic valley's lalationip w witsaudii arabia. >> since 2016, m h has iesteted on the11 billion in silinn lleyey, king s sdi arabia the largest single funding source for u. startups. me on, silicon vley. u'u' supuppod to be antitiapitalist. you take money fm m saud aria? so you're against slaughterhouses unless they are in yemen? , you aretney radsch talking about this earlier. >> i think this is a really critical point that might be lost among the broader debate about this one incident because it is so stark after the murder of jamal khashoggi.

we're seeing tech companies have is very complicated relationship with saudi arabia and in the case of netflix, it is not clear how much revenue they received the saudi arabia, what is financial relationship. they are not responded on the record to those questions. but we know there are tech companies that have assets, personal, etc., in this very repressive country, which can lead them to comply with what they might say is a ballad local law amid but as sarah noted, it is not valid according to international standards. we are seeing this is becoming complicated because in countries like saudi arabia, that is highly censored, or vietnam or other mass atrocities [indiscernible] these platforms such as facebook, google -- they are complying with government request to take down [indiscernible]

at least in the case of the companies -- at least 70 other your report so we can see how many government -- how many do they comply with how -- coming through secondary communications channels. [indiscernible] netflix needs to consider its role as a platform. that are serving a newsworthy purpose. consider doing human rights assessment, producing -- starting to track government -- [indiscernible]

they need to understand their responsibility in this area. amy: just honored on new year's eve [indiscernible] journalists were there as the ball was dropped in times square. journalists are under so much -- how significant is this? the message that netflix is , toing to journalists actors, to artists around the world when they pull an episode like this that is critical of a dictatorship? >> i think netflix is sending the absolute wrong signal, which is that we are going to comply with your invalid law, with your law that contravenes international rights that is a vague and hard to define law.

and it is sending a signal, you know, just weeks after jamaal khashoggi was murdered that it is going to comply with the , which from saudi arabia has carried out this unprecedented murder, and which has, as we have heard, continue this war in yemen. i think that netflix's decision to comply with this and the fact that they did not come out and report on this themselves. it took a journalist from the financial times digging to find out that this happened and to make it aware, i think the controversrsy has highlighted te fact for them they need to get ahead of these issues, need to figure out where do they stand on press freedom, on artistic freedom, on freedom of expression, what are the company principles, what does it mean when they're getting request

from a country where they might not have any actual assets, might have a service? i mean, what were the risks involved in netflix to comply with that request? [indiscernible] internet platforms that they don't comply with [indiscernible] so what was the decision of a netflix comply with this? amplify this into a major a public relations disaster you know they can turn us into an opportunity -- it brings tech companies and civil society together at of issues and understand what is the responsibility of platforms working in repressive countries ----

decision.on this amy: sarah leah whitson, we have not talked as much about mohammed bin salman[audio difficulty] this is the u.s. state department report that specifically notes that jamal khashoggi when it is self exile from his home country from saudi arabia because in 2016, authorities reportedly banned him from writing and appearing on television and in conferences as a result of remarks he made that were interpreted as criticizing the president of the united states, referring to president trump. i mean, the symbibiotic relationships that the saudi regime has with the trump government, and of course, it went back in time to, it was back beyond obama, including

obama. was v very upseining toto the crown p prince that jal saudi'si was warning that he would not t be a reliabe friend of the country and he would be a dangerous leader, and that is what led to the strongesest measures against hi, banning him from writing and social media. jamal khashoggi''s decision to leave the country was primarily motivated by his observations that his friends andnd other writers,ts to other intellectual leaders, religious leaders were beieing arrested in front t of his eyes. d saul thehe way t the wind was blowing and made the smart and correct decision to leave the country as a result. and a finding of the saudi and emirate government were closelyy tied to the trump administration and i think we will continue to

see more more information coming out of the saudi and emirate toort to hitch their wagon candide e trump wewell before he was elected as a currently the russians were doing. nermeen: we would like to end with a clip from the censored episode of "thehe patriot actctn a relatnship between the e u.s. and saud a arabi >> we added up, it is insa.. it all makes saudi arabia, a country ofuguge significance whwhich what eve single president sie fdr ha maintain a rarategi alliance withauaudi arabia, etheher is fofooil or ms deaea, we have always played it co t the saudis know maerer whathey do. reremeer, amera hatete terrists. saudi abia gavththem passport basically the boboy ba manager of 9/11. they did n not write the song, t they helped get the group together. amy: hasan minhaj in "patriot

act." netflix pulled it from saudi arabia. it continues to be accessible on youtube and has gotten over 1.6 million views. this is democracy now! we want to thank courtney radsch and sarah leah whitson for joining us. to awe come back, we go remarkable person, nadia murad, the yazidi kurdish human rights actist who jusust award the 202018 nel p pea prizezen oslo. ♪ [music break]

amy: this is democracy now!,!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen:e turn now to a remarkable documentary tt profil t the le ofof nia murad,hehe yazi kukurdh humama rights activist fromraraq. e was awded the 18 nobel peace prize jointly with congolese gynecologist dr. denis mukwege. in 2014, nadia murad was kidnapped by the islamic state and repeatedly raped as she was held in captivity for three months.

since escaping, she has dedicated her life to drawing international attention to the plight of the yazidi people. the film is called "on her shoulders." this is the film's trailer. >> they are all getting eieir strength. ifouou cry you they will cry, too. th'' allll gting t tir strength from you. >> of in northeririraq. cooks i saw forces have called for e e systaticic dtructiti of t ucd peoe. cooks that killed stst of her family. cooks she mageged toscapape. thouounds of wen aretill ing held thiss why not m.r.i. is cacampaiing g tory to o t the world to notice and do someining. this is why nadia murad is

campgning t to y to g g the world to notice d d do memethin >hen you ink ababou t m men who o rad you,u,hat do you wt to hapn to the >> wt happen you? >> these kinds oququestis arare nott t ones s ask. things i want besked are whatust be done so yadis can have the rights? what must be done so a wanan ll n note a vicm m of pr? these are the kinds of things i want to be asked more often. today i'm noonlyly talking on my behalf about whahahappen too me , re i am e voice. women and and chilenen sti in n caivity.y.

i beg you to put humans first. isis lifis n notnly crcrted for you and your families, we also wt life and it is our right to live it. amy: that was the trailer for ththe film "on her s shoulders." the documentary has been shortltlisted for an oscar for best documentary and recently received the columbia journalism dupont award. we go now to santa fe, new mexico, to speak to the film's award-winning director alexandria bombach. "on her shoulders" premiered at the 2018 sundance film festival where alexandria won the best director award for a u.s. documentary. we welcome you to democracy now!

talk about how you came to profile nadia. cooks thank you so much for having me. ofia and i met in the summer 2016. i was interested in telling her storory because of her unique situation of having to repeat her story over and over again. the production company and i partnered that summer and we followed her for three months of her campaign. that was during a very hectic time of her campaigning. nermeen: could you explain the title, when did you come up with the title "on her shoulders" and why? >> i think it was a really complex decision because a lot of people wanted it to be called --dia," but for me this was r life is importt,t, b [indcernible

to reflect this is something we've put on [audio difficulty] which is really a lot a as a susurvivor of this kind of traa. the peon speakg out antry get theorld toove, as e more approprte to reflect on that and call it "on her shoulders." amy: your film is also really a film about media criticism. let's go to a clip where nadia murad talks about the med.. f courur, all of the media wantonow whats what. but i have been asd d many , how did they rape you? how?

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amy: a cp from " her oulders. alexdria, asouollowed nadia thrgh these interews, an you he these behindhe-scenes loo -- in someense, introgated interviers andeporters. d if youan talk little more abo what haened t her? for ample, t murder her mother a her famil >> this s the fit time ias rely getti a bend-the-snes looat what it is like r a jrnalist be intviewing someo that has been through this kind of trauma . as a storyteller myself, i'm usually the one doing the interviewing so i understand my own process and dynamics. but sitting back and kind of being privy to that dynamic, it

was really shocking to me to see how often nadia was asked about her captivity in a way that was really digging for a lot of detail. i think nadia understood and i understood there is an important to really outlining how horrific these events were and that they are still happening and really trying to get people's attention on how horrifying it all is, but at a certain point, it felt sensational than a little more gawking at the trauma. for me as a storyteller, i don't think i could have ignored that. but through this process, i found myself been critical of my ownn storytelling. it was -- yeah, a huge experience for me to see the things she was going through because it made me reflect on our own responsibility as survivors ofs to

trauma. nermeen: that is one of the questions that one cannot help but think in watching the film, which is, what is our responsibility? film,er having made this what is your response to that? >> i really was listening to nadia, a different line of questioning moving things forward [audio difficulty] pressure onlot of her to retail and retail -- to retell and retell. filming, kind of sanadia bece disillusioned with wt the actual impacact and

by thendnd, yorealally see her come. go and have more contr over her voice. but this is in the summer of 2016. in 2017, the film came o. since shwowon thnonobel acee prize, i mean, even more hectic thisis is a small glimpse. amy: i want to squeeze in another clip of "on her shoulders."

y:lexandri can youet the sce for us you re in os at the bel ace prizresentatn. yo filwas sho postop willnd with big piec of her eech. play o for us at it wa like powerful. me is atake away from lot of the film is kind of pointing out how problematic this kind of -- the accolades and that had gentry can be. it is conflicting for nadia to be awarded for something that all of us wish had never happened. so being there in oslo was really interesting because, you and, it is another accolade it is incredible, but i think people want to -- i want people

to reflect this is not the answer. i don't think it is something [indiscernible] done is so much work to be . in hereflected on that speech, which is so powerful and a hope we get to listen to the whole thing. this is not a time for sympathy, but a tougher action. nermeen: in december, nadia murad received the 2018 nobel peace prize in oslo, norway. we would like to end today show words.dia and her own sho this is an excerpt of her acceptance speech. >> i hope that today marks the beginning of a new era, when peace is the priority and the world can collectively begin to define a new roadmap, to protect women, children, and minorities from persecution, in particular victims of sexual violence.

childhood south of the region. i did not know anything about the nobel peace prize. i knew nothing about the conflict and killings that took place in our world every day. i did not know that human beings could perpetrate such hideous crimes against each other. as a young girl, i dreamed of finishing high school will stop it was my dream to have a beauty parlor in our village and to live near my family in sinjar. but t this dream became a nightmare. unexpected things happen. genocide to lace.

as the consequence, i lost my mother, , six of my brothers, ad my brother's children. every yazidi family has a similar story, one more horrible than the other because of this genocide. in the 21st c century in the age of globalization and human rights, more than 6500 yazidi children and women became captive and were sold, bought, and sexually and psychologically abused. sincee our daily appeals 2014, the fate of more than 3000 children and women in the grip of ices is still unknown. young gross at the prime of life are sold, bought, held captive and raped every d day.

it i is inconceivablble that the conscience of the leaders of 195 countries around the world is not mobilized to liberate these girls. what if they were a commercial deal, and oil deal, or a shipment of weapons? most certainly, no effort would be spared to liberate them. day i hear tragic stories, hundreds of thousands and even millions of children and women around the world are suffering from persecution and violence. every day i hear the screams of children in iraq, syria, and yemen. every day we see hundreds of women and children in africa and other countries the coming murder projects fuels for war without anyone moving in to help them or hold account those who

commit these crimes. for most four years, i've beeeen traveling around the world to tell my story and that of my community and other vulnerable community's without having achieved any justice. the perpetrators of sexual violence against yazidis another women and girls are yet to be prosecuted for these crimes. justice is not done, then this genocide will be against us and other vulnerable community's. justice is the only way to achieve peace and coexist among the various components of iraq. repeato not want to cases of rape and captivity against women, we must hold to account those who have used sexual violence as a weapon to commit crime against women and girls.

thank you very much for this honor, but the fact remains that the only prize in the world that can restore our dignity is justice in the prosecution of criminals. there is no award. [applause] there is no award that can compensate for our people and our loved d ones who were killed solely because they were yazidi s.

the only prize that will restore the normalizing of our people and friends is justice and protection for the rest of this community. amy: that was nadia murad receiving the 2018 nobel peace prize on international human in 2018, just a few weeks ago. i want to thank alexandria bombach, the award-winning film maker and director of "on her shoulders," which profiles the life of nadia murad. it is playing in select theaters . that does it for our show. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]

♪ glad to have you with us on this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan with the news from tokyo. we begin in japan where the tokyo stock exchange has reopened after the new year break. investors are jittery as the first trading day in a week comes after a plunge on wall street.