is it wrong but actually i think it would be even worse in iran trying where 'd you know about it when it comes to the region i think. we're just going to get in the way it's the wrong region alliance because small law it has the popular mobilization also iraq 'd as i wisely not understand. the us on the other there was none how many allies we had the iranians it was even could iraq. for example saudi arabia will want to read israel and. israel its own internal problems american abandonment so strategically speaking with one of look at allies of the position of each country i think ron has a clear and then pigeon he is and they're all going to orbit mission likes to. be they want to be. but only a president backs down on a threat to destroy iran's cultural sites he has made a cause global alarm with

a series of tweets on saturday in which he said key iranian landmarks could be targeted if the country seeks revenge for the assassination of its top general kasim silly money bars on tuesday trouble said washington will abate international law. we are according to various laws supposed to be very careful with their cultural heritage and you know why if that's what the law is i like to obey the law i mean while the iranian parliament has unanimously passed a bill that ignites new u.s. armed forces as a terrorist organization. was . full those who ordered this is well as the perpetrators of this crime the killing of general kassim son the money to go with the pentagon and their military i counted as terrorists hamas and earlier the body of major general so he was taken

back to his home town for burial and it's reported dozens of people were crushed to death in a huge crash i gather that with hundreds injured. meanwhile the iranian foreign minister has accused washington of violating u.n. agreements after he was denied a u.s. visa which means he cannot address the u.n. later this week and the democrats are still angry with donald trump for failing to seek congressional approval for his actions in the middle east artie's kill of more . promise decision to kill iran's top general isn't exactly bringing peace and stability to the middle east as the world is on edge waiting to see how bad the fallout will be democrats have spoken up however the objection of the democrats isn't that kill got some solid money but that he did it without their permission the operation against solo money in iraq was conducted without specific authorization and any advance notification or consultation with congress there is

usually the congressional consulting process it's both constitutionally required we see a gradual march to military action directly or indirectly with iran that has not been authorized by congress but they did actually have a chance to stop trump the recent $738000000000.00 defense spending bill could have included amendments that tied trump's hands and mandated he not carry out any attacks against iran no federal funds may be used for any use of military force in or against iran unless congress has a declared war or be inactive specific statutory authorization for such use of military force if the president wants to attack iran he needs to come to congress for authorization i prolly supported this amendment prohibits in the use of any funds for war with iran without congressional authorization and number of progressive voices did speak out but they got out voted the bill was passed. any

member who voted for the national defense authorization act a blank check can't now expressed dismay the truth may have motion of the war in the middle east my amendment which has stripped would have cut off funding for any offensive attack against iran including gate's officials like sunday mommy now democrats in congress are looking to pass a resolution that would not stop but only limit trumps actions when it comes to iran and no surprise there because in the aftermath of solomon is killing democrats seem to act go trumps claim that it was indeed an awful person who deserved to be shot down so the money was a murderer responsible for the deaths of thousands including hundreds of americans general still the money was a violent man who died a violent death toll money was a bad guy there's no question about that a notorious terrorist no one should shed a tear over his death he deserved to be brought to justice he deserved to be

brought to justice was a crime this seems to be the outlook of the democratic party it's ok to kill the top general of a foreign country and put the country on the brink of war you just have to ask permission 1st they don't sound as much like cool headed but rather like noxious bureaucrats waving the rule book interim space demanding proper procedure when one of the 1st repercussions for the assassination came on sunday when iraqi lawmakers voted to expel foreign forces from their country the us secretary of state meanwhile has rejected claims that saw the money was in iraq on a diplomatic mission zarif statement. his 1st statement that this sort of money was traveling to baghdad on a diplomatic mission anybody here believe that. is there any history that would indicate that it was remotely possible that this kind gentleman this diplomat of great order cost him still the money had traveled to baghdad for the idea of

conducting a peace mission i think maybe reporters like one of that's fantastic. we know that wasn't true we not only know the history we know in that moment that was not true serif is a propagandist of the 1st order however the iraq a prime minister disagrees. with. you i was about to meet some money at 830 on friday morning on the day of his death he was carrying a message to me from the iranian side in reply to a saudi message that we sent to the iranians earlier to reach important agreements regarding the did escalation of tensions in iraq and in the region. now let's continue our look back at 2019 or more of the events that mocked those last 12 months. we have divided this review of the year into a few different categories so let's take a look at this 1st one disrupt in chief donald trump dominated the headlines nia

that was stirring up politics both at home and abroad and he also found himself as the butt of many jokes in the mainstream media and on late night shows but as well as being on the receiving end the president also dished out his own bobs and takes a look at who got the last laugh. what should be the golden rule of anyone who wants to sound or look funny i don't mind a bit of comedy in my work so why is it repeats the same george teutonic. ok so what then happened to the gods of comedy and 2019 because they joked about or mocked the same person 102 times as you can see most of america is good. with. the lakes. orange picked out of refrigerator is actually the most accurate way trump has ever described himself. you know like sometimes like you know the way

we try to get our steps and he's trying to reach a certain number of lies on his fitbit every single day you know he's like oh i haven't had my 10000 yet my dad was from germany yes and 1000 i'm not really have 10000 i know the law. you know what i actually just bumped into a blog post titled 6 ways to handle trump's impeachment during holiday dinners hasn't gone that bad time for another comedy extract. the everyone flew here for the holidays and i mean even more happy that they did it their impeaching try well they did it teaching trump could we please talk about politics instead. oh you mean. trump is definitely get impeached and then definitely getting reelected i'm good. yes it has well while some americans will probably be happy to mock or go on about donald trump till the end of time there

are others who are sick of it and these folks gotta love a new feature on netflix a button that allows you to skip donald trump jokes now that's what i call innovation although seth meyers who came up with the idea didn't think people would use it anyway what about the president he couldn't just sit in the corner and cry right well jokes by trump's breed assessor's never really crossed the line causing exactly the right amount of modest giggling but the differences between bush and mccain may be just too vast. i mean mccain is bush's running mate hasn't the man suffered enough and with that i just have 2 more words to say. obama. and 29 tango donald trump took it to a whole new level the ha ha's from his jokes were meant to slap his opponents hard

bread and butter have been. specially raised by the jacksons to remain calm under any condition which will be very important because they've already received subpoenas to appear in adam shifts basement on thursday debbie dingell that's a real beauty she calls me up since this thing that's ever happened thank you so much john would be so thrilled he's looking to. thank you so much. and says it's ok don't worry about. him he's looking up. and as a true twitter troll he began to make good use of memes. so what then everyone happy happy new year t.v. shows can save plenty of time on planning just fill up air time with have that fall

in the white house be like for at least another year the president can keep on taking aim at rivals by fully mastering mean making and be proud of his razor sharp humor and just in case the public's now got a butt to skip jokes about the mega man. bring it on. well now let's take a look at this 2nd category warning the world $29000.00 was also a year of hostility from the trade war between washington and beijing to a wave of terror attacks around the world and last year did see a spike in the number of places of worship being targeted as nicky aaron reports while 2019 saw fewer terrorist attacks the year so are more worrying trend with acts of terror inciting a tit for tat circle of hate 3 months into the year we saw one of the most peaceful countries in the world raise its terror threat level to high for the 1st time in its history. people around the world were left

stunned when a 28 year old man unleashed carnage on 2 mosques in christchurch new zealand. this is one of new zealand's darkest days the appalling attack set the tone for the remainder of the year the question was what could have motivated this surge in olds right leanings the obvious songs that to many wells donald trump the u.s. president who had taken what some perceived as an anti immigrant stunts also a man who had the misfortune to be named in the christ church attack as a manifesto making him the perfect target for education mr trump your awards not.

your policies matter i think the public discourse from the president is a factor in some of these actions while politicians play to the blame game a much darker reality was unfolding 9 days off to christ church the 1st copycat attack. this time on a synagogue in california police later found graffiti on the driveway leaving little doubt over whether the attacker had been inspired by the new zealand massacre the po way synagogue shooting took the life of one person and injured 3 others in a chilling echo of the new zealand attack the perpetrator also released a manifesto in which he praised the christchurch terror months later copycat attack number 2. on the 3rd of august 22 people were killed and 24 others injured in a mass shooting at

a wal-mart in el paso texas again the attacker released a manifesto revealing how he was inspired by the christ church mosque shootings. days later another one this time on a mosque in norway one person was injured the attacker also attempted to live stream the crime on facebook in a sinister twist the attacker not only praised to the christchurch killer as a saint but also depicted his fellow copycat attackers as heroes amidst the space of copycat attacks and i asked inspired attack in sri lanka. martin luther king jr said i hate begets hate instead of diminishing evil it

multiplies it and this may be this sobering reflection of 2090 the word terrorism actually still has no universal definition that every country can agree on and so you can't stop global spurge if you can't define that in unity so we have to start defining what each of these problems are with each of the head is even in the marrow. some of the shootings that have happened the media has been totally silent about like el paso and up in dayton ohio california it just went off the news after a couple days so we need to be defining what happens here and what's going on what are the ties here and so that way we can really sort of dressing that we need to start being more transparent about it on a global scale so we can start seeing our actual nation leaders working together rather than trying to tear each other apart that's what's going to start to make a change and power the people and really be able to take it back a recap of our breaking news now iran have hit several u.s. targets in iraq well update you on this off to the short break.

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knew. little. when we return to our breaking news story iran has find dozens of missiles at bases housing u.s. forces in iraq the iranian military is calling it a revenge operation for the death of major general kasem so their money who was killed in a u.s. airstrike last week the pentagon has confirmed that the base in western iraq and the herbal base in northern iraq have both been hit these 2 facilities do house u.s. and coalition forces alongside iraqi forces and there are now reports of

a rocket casualties in those strikes according to a lebanese news report a plane was destroyed on the runway at the base as well and this follows iran's warning that it would hit us targets in response to the death of its top gent. on january 3rd the iranian military has named the operation martir salomone and warned that further strikes are to come since news of the attack broke there has been a 4 percent spike in the global all price in the us a federal aviation agency has bad all flights over the persian gulf for security reasons meanwhile u.s. defense secretary mark asper and secretary of state my pompei have arrived at the white house and the white house says consultations are ongoing. we are aware of the reports of attacks on u.s. facilities in the rock the president has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his national security team well as the missile strikes happened a spokesman for iran's supreme leader tweeted this image of the iranian flag and

that's an apparent reference to trump's tweet of the u.s. flag just before the assassination of major general kasim sulaimani on january 3rd of both republicans and democrats in the u.s. have been given their reactions to the iranian strikes calling for restraint. closely monitoring the situation following bombings targeting u.s. troops in iraq we must ensure the safety of all our service members including and in the in his provocations from the administration and imagine that iran sees its violence and the world cannot afford war. iran is now officially calling for americans to turn on each other the time will come to debase u.s. policy tonight's american troops have come into direct attack by nation state and americans must come together to support and protect them and respond appropriately . to risk his contributors in the mideast needs what's alamosa and he thinks the escalation could end up strengthening iran's position in the region. this attack

has led to and then it can send some of these then there is a danger for another american it's allegation and it could be like a snowball promises. that the deescalate so there are fatalities trying 11 second syrian to look into war with iran the same time if people is not responding will be perceived as a weakling so that puts him in a rather very rather difficult climate it was interesting this war that iran would only announce that it was beyond this attack you know saying very clearly that they're ready to take it to we're at saints and choosing iraq as the 1st location i think was very logical given the symbolism of that country particularly as it was on iraqi territory where so many was assassinated so it means the whole significant number long is that that i mustn't be specifically was visited by senior politicians are not that many people was assassinated on the iraqi territory well

there are states that take it very very tough measures to protect their. numerous measures were taken but that it just shows that at this point any measures that they would swim to protect the of forces in iraq it still might like very very cold air and iran can grab easily targets that if you were schools i think the war will out war is iran robert actually i think that would be even worse than iran each side will try and wind down. but when it comes to the region i think. we're just going to get in the way it's iran has regional airlines it is our small law it has the popular mobilization 'd of iraq as allies you know and. the us on the other hand was not her many allies where the iranians it was going to be a problem. for example saudi arabia is not a very capable military is round and. round in slogans on what problems america

abandoned the kurds so strategically speaking when one of the look at that now is the people's issue of each country i think iran has a clearance and then to gently and be in any organization likes to. be the one who will not be. well earlier president had backed down on a threat to destroy iran's cultural sites the u.s. leader calls global alarm with a series of tweets on saturday in which he said key iranian landmarks could be teleported if the country were to seek revenge for the assassination of major general sort of money but on tuesday trump said washington would update international law we are according to various laws supposed to be very careful with their cultural heritage and you know what if that's what the law is i like to evade the law well early on tuesday the iranian parliament unanimously passed a bill designating the u.s.

armed forces as a terrorist organization. well those who did this as well as the perpetrators of this crime the killing of general kassim son the money to go with the pentagon and then military counted as terrorists and. meanwhile the body of major general saw the money was taken back to his hometown for burial and it was reported dozens of people were crushed to death in huge crowds gathered with hundreds. and the iranian a foreign minister has accused washington of finally 18 u.n. agreements after he was denied a u.s. visa which means he cannot address the u.n. later this week and the democrats are still angry with donald trump the failing to seek congressional approval for his actions in the middle east. and has more promise decision to kill iran's top general isn't exactly bringing peace and

stability to the middle east as the world is on edge waiting to see how bad the fallout will be democrats have spoken up however the objection of the democrats isn't that trying to kill gossips all of money but that he did it without their permission the operation against solar money in iraq was conducted without specific authorization and any advance notification or consultation with congress there is usually a congressional consulting process it's both constitutionally required we see a gradual march to military action directly or indirectly with iran that has not been authorized by congress but they did actually have a chance to stop trump the recent $738000000000.00 defense spending bill could have included amendments that tied trump's hands and mandated he not carry out any attacks against iran. no federal funds may be used for any use of military force in or against iran unless congress has

a declared war or be inactive specific statutory authorization for such use of military force if the president wants to attack iran he needs to come to congress for authorization i proly support this amendment prohibits in the use of any funds for war with iran without congressional authorization a number of progressive voices did speak out but they got outvoted the bill was passed. any member who voted for the national defense authorization act a blank check can't now expressed dismay that trump may have motion of the war in the middle east my amendment which has stripped would have cut off funding for any offensive attack against iran including gates officials like sunday mommy now democrats in congress are looking to pass a resolution that would not stop but only limit trumps actions when it comes to iran and no surprise there because in the aftermath of solomon is killing democrats seem to act go trance claim that it was indeed an awful person who deserved to be

shot down so the money was a murderer responsible for the deaths of thousands including hundreds of americans general still the money was a violent man who died a violent death toll money was a bad guy there's no question about that a notorious terrorist no one should shed a tear over his death he deserved to be brought to justice he deserved to be brought to justice for. this seems to be the outlook of the democratic party it's ok to kill the top general of a foreign country and put the country on the brink of war you just have to ask permission 1st they don't sound as much like coolheaded but rather like noxious bureaucrats waving the rule book in trump space demanding proper procedure we'll be back with more on this breaking news and other stories from around the world after this short break.

here's a thought experiment and a bit of a prediction for 2020 going back to saudi aramco aramco as it went public just recently at a market valuation an excess of $1.00 trillion dollars i think at one point us toward 2 trillion dollars i think that we're going to see them make a hostile buy of a company maybe facebook for example and it could be the 1st trillion dollar hostile raid in history because they've got the balance sheet now if you've got a 2 trillion dollar balance sheet that means you've got you know the ability to borrow another trillion so you've got a 3 trillion dollar war chest if you go after an apple or even a berkshire hathaway 5 or $600000000000.00 why wouldn't saudi aramco buy berkshire hathaway just as a hostile right and then they own a huge portion of the whole global market the american market why not they've got the balance sheet now they want to diversify away from oil and gas and i think we're going to see a move like that the next 6 to 9 months. time of

the time to repeat the same mantra sustainability. transition sustainable prize board sustainability space where men are more equitable and sustainable. they claim their production is completely hama's. because. it does not the companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something else this must be going to mean and i need money. in unison we didn't even an einstein seemed to be based on that understood. 6. both the. harmony you can create on vibrating strings that is chemistry

chemistry is the melody and melodies you can play on strings what is the universe the universe is a symphony of strings. breaking news on oxy iran launches a revenge operation for the death of its top general us bases in iraq the pentagon has confirmed that at least 2 bases have been hit and iran classified the us military as a terrorist organization and huge crowds gathered from the funeral of major general soleimani. meanwhile vladimir putin made the syrian president in damascus as the middle east braces for further instability. and the need to fill the gentleman. over racism and censorship our guests give us their views. discuss the racist language this was a movie a boy.