joining us via skype from the dining hall at asu, we have quinton, vicki and hannah that recorded the video. welcome to the show guys. >> so where exactly are you going to see the northern lights. >> that's a good question. >> we're thinking either alaska or canada. it's up in the air at the moment. but one of the two. >> as long as i get to see the lights i'm happy. i want to dance with the lights. >> tell me about your relationship with the students and why they're so willing to give back to you? >> i told them when i first moved out here, i left all my babies in chicago so they're my i told them i'm their momma why they're here. this is their home for nine months and i'm the momma. >> so that means they must be asking for money and potatoes. i thought about the fraternities they have been getting a lot of black eyes in the press lately but you said they came forward. >> a lot of their members are embarrassed already so they got word of it and pulled their money together and donated through the name of the fraternity. >> have you picked the date? >> spring break. >> your babies got

she joins us via skype. she is on the story for us. the evening to you. -- good evening to you. how much is at stake for iran in this conflict? >> the conflict is an old conflict, like you said before. it is now -- the world is seeing escalation, and it is getting more obvious. the conflict was always there, some 36 years. iran now plays a new rul ole. they were a big and i enemy of the u.s., and now they want to play a very good impression of themselves. this is opposite to saudi arabia, which seems aggressive lik right now. brent: for the rest of the world that is watching this story, and one of people are asking how much of this is a religious divide among muslims? and how much of this is power politics tonight? is the religious component in this divide of any meaning? >> it has a religious route, but the main point is the hegemony in this region. the fights that is going on for a long time. we see this as a proxy wars that are going on in yemen and syria. this ongoing fight is about power, it is about oil, it is about the hegemony in this region. brent: our correspondent nat

the skyscraper burned nearby >>> let's bring in fire safety yist consultant, joining us via skype from los angeles. >> happy new year. how in this day and age, a modern skyscraper can camp on fire like that? >> you have different building materials that should be processed through the local apartments. there should be processes of the materials in buildings, where they are tested. do you get the impression that is not happening here. >> looking at the fire and the one in february, happening at the torch. they are similar in nature. >> they had similar fires and spread to the base of the building, up to the top of the building. this one looks like it did the same thing. starting low at the bottom of the building, working up 30-40 floors, wherever it wound up. >> i think the assumption for a lot of people is the large, new, high-rises have sprinkler systems batoning down flames that pop up. >> i can't exprets enough the importance of sprinklers and buildings. that was an important part of it. the concern is more of wrapping of the building, the insulation that was put on the buildings al

joining us via skype from the dining hall at asu, we have quinton, vicki and hannah that recorded the video. welcome to the show guys. >> so where exactly are you going to see the northern lights. >> we're thinking either alaska or canada. it's up in the air at the moment. but one of the two. >> as long as i get to see the lights i'm happy. i want to dance with the lights. >> tell me about your relationship with the students and why they're so willing to give back to you? >> i told them when i first moved out here, i left all my babies in chicago so they're my babies now. i told them i'm their momma why they're here. this is their home for nine months and i'm the momma. >> so that means they must be asking for money and potatoes. i thought about the fraternities they have been getting a lot of black eyes in the press lately but you said they came forward. >> a lot of their members are embarrassed already so they got word of it and pulled their money together and donated through the name of the fraternity. >> have you picked the date? >> your babies got you a trip up to see the norther

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reporting who joins us via skype from new york. thank you for joining us. what does this latest blow mean for egyptian tourism? >> well, this this will be the nail in the coffin for tourism in egypt. it's already been decimated, and it's putting the situation to the point where recovery would be a long way out. >> jerry, how big of an subsequent are we pga tours. >> it's a major revenue earner, aor job provider, and with egypt's economic situation already being in peril, tournament aside, this is just a well--they have not been able to reserve, and this. >> is there anything you can did to ardid--see where it really puts people off from going. >> well, it does. the russian plane incident a couple of months ago certainly was a problem, and i think that the mistake that egypt made at that point while all other countries had investigated saw that it was a bomb, egypt kept saying that it was not. i think he came out and i think the best you can do is share with as much honesty about this attack. show that they have it under control. show that they know who did

with us is nora compost that joins us via skype. thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> if we can start with that question. what did you make at your last job, why or even how can that question qualify as gender discrimination? >> well, we know that when women enter the work force they enter at a particular salary and never seem to catch up to men. if an employer continues to ask a woman what her previous salary is, that is where they negotiate versus figuring out what her skill set is and basing her qualifications on her education and her skill set. >> so it is 50 years since the equal pay act came into play and 7 years since president obama signed the lilly leadbetter pay fair act and soon with that, you say california women need more project and tell us about the assembly bill at 1676. >> what this bill will do is it will prohibit an employer to ask a woman or individual their previous salary and that will force the employer to basically think about the qualifications for that individual and review their qualific

he joins us via skype. what about the security situation here?t seems as if there were several warnings over christmas and the new year. there was a warning ahead of this particular attack. do you think the finger points at indonesian security services for allowing this to happen? >> i think, in fact, the reverse is true. the indonesian security services, especially police, have an excellent record, one of the best records for counter-troughism in the world-- terrorism in the world, more than 1200 people, more than 600 prosecuted and jailed, and they have done this without resort to any kind of extreme actions, such as setting up guantanamo bay-style services. in this particular field, they have been remarkably successful and i don't think any country in country in the world, any police service or security service could confidently claim they could eliminate the issue of terrorism. particularly when people are engaging in suicide bombings. they have thwarted many dozens of operations. so i wouldn't be blaming them in this case >>> right every now

chaos to justice >>> the chairman of the political science department at kuwait university joins us via skype. a united front. was that the aim of the meeting? >> the meeting warned a stern warning to iran a week after the intervention in saudi arabia. the language of the communication was very strong, unprecedented, accusing iran of fanning the flame of sectarian, of interfering with saudi arabia, calling on iran to seize its intervention policy and calling on the united nations security council to play a role on trying to stop iran from its continuous belligerent attitude and policy that is really driving the region into this. this communication was very, very strong, was very unprecedented and it presents a united front from the gcc and from the saudi arabia that it is now clearly leading the counter iranian alliance. it is a classic example for cold war mentality that is really in the region >>> i wonder whether it was the united front that saudi was wanting because we have a lot of countries that have cut relations with iran, but a number of others have recalled their emwas fors and deno

. >> reporter: joining us via skype from sierra leone capitol is a spokesman from the world aid organization must come as a shock. >> yeah, indeed, this is really a shock, and besides it is sad and very disappointing. but also there are a lot of frustrations around the people in the country, because having gone through a year and a half or two of this deadly disease, and just when we are recovering and looking back to be strong again, this thing has come again, so it's really sad, and a major disappointment. >> it is at the moment only one case, but the w.h.o. has said, listen, there may be what it calls flairups, it may not be the last case. do you think the country is better prepared to deal with it now than it was last time? >> yeah, very much so. because -- i mean [ inaudible ] really like, the spread was ignorance and denial. we didn't have the proper structures in place. we didn't have facilities that were functional. i mean there were no facilities in those structures, no protective equipment. but as of now, we understand and know that it is really the case -- i mean talking about den

he joins us via skype.aul, i understand you were about to have a meeting when the explosions took place. >> yes. i was here for a meeting that was actually a public event involving the minister of trade who was to speak to the jakarta foreign correspondent. by the time i got here it was pretty much deserted and the meeting had been cancelled. then i've since then been stuck in the hotel >>> have you said that there were warnings circulating this morning, that something might be about to happen? >> yes. apparently there were warnings that went out to u.s. citizens from the u.s. embassy prior to this morning's attack advising people to stay away from that area >>> i don't know how much time you've spent in jakarta, but do you get a sense of - did you have a seens of fare that security-- sense of fear that security might be breached at some time? >> there were warnings over the new year and christmas period and i think police were on high alert at that time. it's not surprising that an attack has happened. of

damian kingsbury is an expert on indonesia from deacon university in melbourne he joins us via skype from there. and we appreciate your time. so do we have our guest there? all right. so there we go. i just needed to see you. there yo you are. so from what you are seeing and hearing this morning about what is happening in indonesia, what are your thoughts on -- what are your thoughts on what's happening right now is my first question. >> it's difficult to make sense it have when the action appears onto still be going on. but the group that's most likely to be responsible certainly that will be the initial focus of investigations, would be the -- a successor organization to [ inaudible ] which, of course, has a long history of terrorist attacks in indonesia. the interesting thing about this now is we have just seen bashier in court the founder and the leader. he was in court just a day or so ago. >> correct. >> seeking his case -- to have his case overturned he had been jailed for 15 years for terrorism offenses. it would be extraordinary if an tack of this scale would be launched so

. >> sreenivasan: special correspondent malcolm brabent joining us via skype, thank you so much. the >> sreenivasan: the syrian government told the united nations today it's ready to take part in peace talks scheduled later this month in geneva, but it wants to know first which opposition groups will be invited. an air strike in a rebel-held town in northwest syria killed at least 39 people today, according to the syrian observatory for human rights. but the group did not say whether the air strike was carried out by the syrian government or russian jets. russia has been supporting syrian president bashar al-assad by bombing anti-government forces since september. an unnamed senior u.s. official told reporters today 70% of russians air strikes have struck anti-assad rebels, not isis, which is the target of a u.s.-led coalition. syria's five-year civil war has claimed 250,000 lives. >> sreenivasan: for more than a year, f.b.i. director james comey has argued american technology companies need to do more to help law enforcement combat terrorists exploiting the internet and mobile d

and many thanks to holland reed for joining us via skype. >> thank you. >>> some analysts have suggested to take more actors zding they're not going to attend for anything to happen at the academy. >> this online push has now resonated with big name actors, andm-óç a lot of minority actor get other awards at other ceremonies but not the oscars. it does have an impact. >>> china's economy is growing but at its weakest rate in 25 years. gdp for 2015 came in at 6.9%. in the asia pacific market. the nikkei finished up half a percent. the shanghai composite gained more than 3%. australia added nearly 1 % there. >> let's bring in andrea stevens live in hong kong for us. china's economic numbers today matched almost perfectly what was predicted. there's always a bit of suspicious surrounding from china says about its economy, but the regional market reaction is all in the green. why is that? >> i think that's the point. it's in the green. >> reporter: watch what the market does and not what people say. investors have taken these numbers from china. you point out it's the slowest growth for 25 y

i find it grotesque. >> we have a cnn legal analyst joining us via skype from philadelphia. s. let's take a look at the legal ramifications here for actor sean penn and kate dell castillo. we know authorities want to question him for his october meeting with the leader. what are the likely legal ramifications, do you think, for the actors? >> this isn't the first time that a journalist has traveled to meet with somebody that u.s. authorities considered to be a criminal or somebody just dangerous or bad news in general. so this is not a case of first impression. u.s. federal law prohibits harboring or concealing a fugitive, and simply going into the woods to meet with a fugitive, as long as somebody's not helping him escape or handing him money, the case could be made that by meeting with el chapo, then the journalists in this case may have assisted in the capture of this fugitive. so, then, in this case, it would be a hard case to make that he was actually -- sean penn was harboring or concealing a fugitive. mexican law could be a separate law. >> so u.s. officials have calle

he joins us via skype. christian, nice to see you. so glad you are safe. tell us what did you see. >> our office is based at the plaza indonesia. from here, we have straight view because we are on level 20. we have a good view on the scene which is 500 meters away. we heard a big noise. sounded like an explosion. we first thought it was from the construction site next to our building. then we realized huge smoke on the street 500 meters away. and the second and third and up to five or six explosions we heard in a few minutes. then we realized something was going on. it must be really serious. >> how long did this go on? was this a period of minutes or half an hour? how quickly were authorities on the scene? >> the explosions were within 30 minutes. but the whole scene looked like it was going on for two hours because when the police arrived and a lot of people were standing around suddenly everybody was running away. it looks like there was still one terrorist or something like that. and it took two hours until the police now is cleaning up the whole scene

joining us via skype from geneva, thank you for joining us. sweden introducing these new identity checks. what do you understand them to be? >> they are enforcing the law as they have it. we think everything has the right to control their borders. all legal and safe for my grants but for the countries receiving my grants. there is a concern that too many will focus on one or two and overload the social welfare system. as long as they are re, we will give them space. >> denmark saying it's importancing temporary controls along its border with germany. what does this mean? when what would it mean for the asylum seekers who, for example, lack official documents? >> once you are in a safe country it's harder to move on for different terms or jurisdictions. the problem in roche is if you were to get a sigh lum in any country, is they are probably delaying their eventual return to the country. if someone wants to live in sweden or denmark because they have family there and they are kept from asking for asylum there, that will help for a short term.

joining us via skype, tony clark is the director of thank you for being with us, tony. and i think we may have lost tony. >> brian: maybe he can still hear us. can he hear us? no, i think we lost him. >> brian: yeah, we did. >> tia: can we pull up our cedar point camera real quick? we can still talk about it, and hopefully we'll get tony back as well. you can tell from the cedar point camera that we do have, you can see the construction. it's a little dark out there right now, but on the left-hand side of the screen that is val raven. it's made a lot of progress. >> it certainly has. we talked about this. it's the immediate dive right off that top hill. that's what makes this so unique and makes it the tallest dive coaster in the world. tell us about that. >> it climbs into a giant loop, and that's called the immelman maneuver, named after a fighter pilot in world war i. you pull up into the sky and flip upside-down and go back in the direction. the piece we put in today is it's the second tallest inversion in the world. you can't go upside-down on cedar point. the tall

joining us via skype is perry smith and catherine as well. we had wee wee here a minute ago but he got a little anxious. we let him run around. good afternoon, guys. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. thank you for having us. great to be here. alison: tell us what happened. >> catherine, you can jump in. let me give an intro. we planned go on a ski trip. we planned it all out. we went to a resort white tail. we finished skiing and knew at this point the snow launched in needed to get back to the hotel which is 20 miles away. we took route 40 back to the hotel. the snow was falling heavily at that point and we were going down a long hill really what we consider back roads. we saw this shape, this kind of pink mass on the side of the road. i passed it and i said that is some kind of animal. it's moving but irdidn't know what it was. i told everyone in the car, my wife liz and our son perry to go back and take a look. jump in now. >> so we went out, well, my dad and my brother went to see what it was. when the ightshipped on it, i saw it wa

. >> jamie dupree joining us via skype from the capital washington. expected. >> reporter: it was but did not take long. republican said the bill last night and just before noon the white house announced the president had vetoed the gop measure which would repeal major chunks of the obama health law and undermined it individual an employer mandates and would lock money to planned parenthood. the president at the end of the veto said simply the bill has aren't my veto. it was the first time the republicans have been able to get a bill like that to the president but for them it ended in defeat. vanessa, marty. >> congresswoman corinne brown is a little about the federal subpoena that she was served with but it says she believes it is because of the motivated that's politically motivated. >> we caught up with her yesterday. akali tried to get her to talk and she basically gate no comments statement issue went out of the office and went over to the house to vote. i spoke with democrats from florida who are aghast at how the feds served congresswoman brown

all right, for more on this, we are joined he is a futurist, and he joins us via skype, thank you for being with us on the program, ian, do you think their rights in keeping the dooms day clock at three minutes to midnight? >> i think they probably half. half past a 11 or something, but i think there are -- it's very sensible to leave it the same as it was last year, i think in some ways we have seen risks increase, and some decrease. so leaving it where it is is probably a good idea. >> what do you think the factors are that will contribute? >> i think we are seeing an increase in nuclear risk, and the possible that terrorists may get their hands on nuclear weapons. we are seeing north korea trying to show off a little bit. of course iran might well be ledded in the right direction to get nuclear weapons too. on the other hand, we are seeing a little bit of cooperation between russia and america on things with dealing with isis, so that would be improving the situation rather than making it worst. so as i say, some things ton nuclear side are getting better, nuclear is certainly by f

a friend rezalan spoke with us via skype. >> it's entirely a political plot. and a number of other iranian americans. >> rezalan and four others were released as part of a prisoner exchange. seven iranians in the u.s. were freed. all comes as a landmark nuclear deal is reached with iran. george is a professor of law and has a ph.d. in middle eastern studies. he's sure u.s. relations with iran are turning around. >> i'm optimistic that this is symbolic of how we can continue to operate with iran in the future. >> the majority of rezalan's family lives in marin. he has dual citizen ships. abc news. >> here are the other prisoners released as part of of the exchange. amir hekmati was in prison three years. he grew up in mont to ray. and an american pastor idaho, and saeed abedini was the pastor and four of the five americans, including rezalan, took off from iran just under an hour ago and are now headed to switzerland. >>> just hours afterwards about the prisoner release, president obama signed executive order listing economic sanctions on iran. he signed the or

joining us via skype from amsterdam is the deputy director of human rights watch's african division. for joining us. give us more detail about what you are claiming. the government wants to expand from the capitol. what exactly -- what reasons are they giving? and are they offering compensation or what do you understand the situation to be? >> well, the government has presented what is known as a master plan for the area, which does expand the municipal boundaries. the problem is, it's not clear what kind of discussions they have had with people who will be effected. clearly the protesters claim that there has been insufficient consultation. they are very concerned, the protesters, that is, that there won't be compensation for farmers and other displaced from their lands. and this is one of the main reasons that these protests have been sparked and have been growing actually in intensity over the last couple of months. but there are other grievances many protesters are aromo, and they have long-standing grievances with both this government and previous governments, and so these protes

a friend rezalan spoke with us via skype. >> he was innocent from the beginning and it was entirely apolitical plot against him and a number of other iranian americans. george is a professor of law and has a ph.d. in middle eastern studies. he's sure u.s. relations with iran are turning around. >> i'm optimistic that this is symbolic of how we can continue to operate with iran in the future. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> here are the other prisoners released as part of of the exchange. amir hekmati was in prison three years. he grew up in nebraska and michigan and attended the defense language institute in monterey while in the marines. an iranian-american pastor sad about man. boise, idaho was in prison for his christian faith. a third baseman, not a lot of information is known about him. and a fourth prisoner is an american student and researcher. he traveled in iran in september for a four-month language program. inmate is missing. he was schedule to be released july 2018. he was reported missing during a security check this morning just after a:00. if you see him, you are urge

. >> let's speak to paula donovan, joining us via skype in the states.la, are you confident that these allegations will be followed up as the u.n. human rights agency says they should be? >> i am confident that they will not be followed up. these are allegations dating back to 2014, and the idea that they are just being revealed now after the united nations finally seems to have followed up on the allegations that were -- that were revealed to the public in april of last year by my organization and its code blue campaign, it's appalling. i don't know why the u.n. keeps saying that they are alarmed by these cases. no one else is surprised anymore. >> so how should the u.n. be handling these cases of sexual abuse that keep coming up? >> well, for one thing they should stop deflecting attention on to the non-u.n. peace keepers. the entire press release focuses on the non-u.n. peace keepers, and then the last 64 carefully worded words say that, oh, and by the way there are also allegations about u.n. peace keepers and there are no details provided about that

continue to worry about their future >>> a professor of politics at turkey's university is joining us via skype. good to have you on the news hour. would you say that the sanctions are really significantly going to be noticed by people in turkey? >> it depends on the area we are talking about and it also depends on the particular timeframe you may have in mind, but inevitably the measures, the effects of measures, are already being felt. the price of agricultural produce that is not being shipped to russia has been coming down. there are other areas, many businesses, for example, turkish particularly in the field of texti textiles, construction are concerned, but one doesn't sometimes recognise that russia is also allowing something to go-- sanctions to go in when it is important for russia to have. apparently the russian automotive industry depend on imports from turkey. i think russia has allowed a number of turkish firms that are engaged in production processes in russia to be able to something that was banned, but a number of firms were then named as being allowed to do that. this also hold

he is live with us via skype. >> let's start with the humanitarian situation first, and a plea to getting aid to people who are starving. how much responsibility does the opposition - groups like yours - bear for this delay? >> it's basically the regime decision was from the beginning to stop the aid from many areas in syria. it started this policy. the national coalition does not accept whether they are subject to a crime against humanity. and war crime. i would say the regime is responsible for this. it is acting like a gang, not a state. and should not have affected this starvation siege from the beginning. >> what does all of this mean for the prospect of peace talks. one syrian opposition group said it's unacceptable to talk about political solutions to the war with people dying of hunger. and with the bombardment continuing. this is what the opposition is after, is confidence building measures. basically the ending of starvation sieges, and halting the army of civilians in the populated areas, and releasing of political prisoners, these are confidence-building measures mentioned in

he joins us live via skype -- wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. get out of the past. now here )s kristen crowley to it will still be windy this morning but not as strong as yesterday and winds should gradually relax through the day. temperatures will slip into the upper 20s by tuesday morning but highs will climb into the low 50s. a quick moving cold front will swing through tuesday night. there will not be a lot of moisture with this front but it may be just enough to trigger a few isolated rain or even snow showers tuesday night as temperatures fall. no snow accumulation is expected this time. hind the front, another shot cold air. ghs will only reach the mid s on wednesday. where a police dog is dead and a man is in the hospital a

more about this to matthew a former special advisor to the governor of anbar providence and joins us via skypethe uk and thanks for being with us are you surprised how difficult and drawn out this battle for full control of ramadi is proving to be? >> no. i mean islamic state is drawing on a tradition of urban terrorism and fighting that goes back to the american invasion of iraq in 2003 so islamic state has not played the same in tikrit and not masked troops in ramadi and it divided up relatively small numbers problems in the hundreds in ramadi to fight all over the city to draw out the campaign so that there is no single and obvious victory for the iraqi government. it is drawing the iraqi government into a prolonged, small-scale urban campaign and means the iraqi government cannot declare victory. >> a tactic that is going to work as they look and forces look to other i.s.i.l. controlled areas in fallujah and of course mosul. >> yes. it will and it draws attention and it undermines the iraqi government's claims to have won in ramadi. i mean ramadi was there earlier this week having declared

she joins us via skype. how are you doing? when is your due date? it's a baby girl.is your due date. >> a week from sunday. >> you are not going to name it blizzard or storm, right? >> we haven't settled on a name yet but my 4-year-old is pushing for saturday since he found out he is going to have a new baby. it would be ironic if she was born tomorrow. >> your friends were joking and saying what about this cnn live interview. >> i should pretend to have labor pains. i am having contractions all the time but that is not atypical for me at this point in pregnancy anyway. >> okay. all right. what does it look like outside and how worried are you about the possibility of being snowed in when you are so close to giving birth? >> right now it is beautiful. it has been snowing since 1:00 something the afternoon. and i don't think i'm going to go into labor so i'm not super nervous but if i do go into labor it's going to be a big issue. so that does make me nervous. we have a long, steep driveway. we live in a rural area and we're about 45 minutes away from the hospital in