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john whalen is a bit tired united states drug enforcement agent he worked with the da inside me in march for twenty five years the chance to be found told me that they're serious about eradicating drugs in their territory how seriously should we take them i mean i personally i wouldn't take them very seriously if said there for years put on shows for the benefit of the west more or less to say that they're serious about it . but they still benefit from the trade they have to fund their army they have to pay them somehow feed them somehow so there's too much financial benefit for them to be out of the trade. denies any involvement and orders his right hand man to take us on a patrol. to prove it. major hunk leads us to an area where he says they've destroyed methamphetamine labs. we've made sure that the traffic. into our area. he brings me to a based on their border. and what to read. what about the other eleven. more than eleven. in our control area. everyone knows who is producing the drug it's in the news the d e a knows the narcotics. man mars on government. money. why isn't anyone d

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, chairman of whalen global advisors you remember old alan greenspan?>> irrationale, exuberance remember that? i think it was 1996. >> yes >> are we getting irrationally exuberant on the financial stocks right now heading into earnings season, which begins next week? >> no. we're bouncing back from the december massacre. it would be hard not to have an up quarter after that mess >> i'm told by everybody, right, that higher interest rates increase the net interest margin, the nim, and they're good for banks if that is the case, isn't the inverse true >> no. the street learned or they remembered high school economics when it comes to interest rates and banks. this time around we have some structural factors, the normalization after what the fed did to keep rates low and protect the banks. their cost of funds is going up regardless of what the ten-year note does. this is confusing to people because everyone thinks, oh, rates are going down mortgage rates are going down. we may see a bump in terms of lending volumes, by the way. at the same time the cost of

dennis whalen protesters have gathered in the capital to protest against continued electricity blackouth was called by the opposition leader who has been urging his supporters to maintain pressure on his rival stop maduro blames the blackouts on us backed sabotage. migrants have clashed with police for the third straight day. trouble began following a social media post suggesting that onward travel had been lifted. yellow vest protesters have taken to the streets of paris for a 21st weekend of anti—government rallies. so far there are no reports of serious violent. the french government has carried out what it says is a national discussion about policy, the findings of which will be announced on monday. an italian man held hostage in syria for over three yea rs has held hostage in syria for over three years has returned to italy after being released. he disappeared during a trip to turkey. he had been shown in videos filmed by a group linked to al qaeda, held by gunpoint. this is bbc news. global questions travels to hong kong to discuss china and its place in the world in 2019. hello.

meeting since the unfolding of one of the biggest crises to hit the company chief executive dennis whalen burge sorts restore confidence in the seven three seven max model involved in two fatal crashes he said regulators was set to test new software next week that if approved would render such accidents impossible the crash is triggered the worldwide grounding of the jet boeing's fos the selling and shave more than twenty percent of boeing's earnings in the first quarter. the strike at scandinavian airlines is set to continue into tuesday with no sign that either unions no management talking directly seventy percent of the company's flights have been canceled since friday affecting more on a quarter of a million passengers talks broke down between s.a.s.e. news last week and no new talks of planned the pilots are seeking changes to their pay and working hours. a good year shaping up for tunisia's vital tourism sector british operated thomas cook says bookings have package holidays to the north african nation of doubled over last year flights only bookings have quadrupled tunisia's tourism

also coming up a rare outpost of support for battle bene's whalen's president nicolas maduro activists staged a sit in at the country's embassy in washington d.c. diplomats for opposition leader go out. and our closest living relatives facing the danger of extinction as a run of ten habitats just appears researchers and conservationists experiments with new ways to monitor it for you particularly those dangers. from car last month thanks for joining us at least fifteen people including six children are dead after sri lankan police raided a suspected islamist hideout the country's been scrambling to crack down on extremist militants since the bombings that killed more than two hundred fifty people on easter sunday sri lanka's president has promised to search every household and so all those suspected with links to the attacks are found. another bomb blast in sri lanka this time the victims suspected militants blew themselves up as special force. it was closed down on their safe house residents say this densely populated neighborhood was the scene of an intense gun battle left several da

wells is going to be a work in progress. >> chris whalen, thank you we appreciate it. >> have a goodthanks. "rlidoes it forwodwe exchange." "squawk box" is up next. we'll have full coverage throughout the day on cnbc t. rowe price experts go beyond the numbers to examine investment opportunities firsthand, like biotech. because your investments deserve the full story. t. rowe price invest with confidence. xfinity watchathon week has sadly come to an end. what, what, what! no! but don't let that stop you from watching the best shows and movies from showtime, hbo, epix... jesus, what happened? ...and more. it's just the tip of the iceberg. upgrade now to get more into what you're into. thanks! just say "watchathon" into your x1 voice remote to upgrade and keep getting more of what you love. >>> good morning, it's a busy day for the big banks. quarterly results from goldman and citi bank. >>> it's tax day former senator heidi heitkamp is out with a new op ed the new tax law could be trouble for republicans in 2020 because people haven't looked that closely at it and perception is everyt

also coming up a rare outpost of support for battle both bennis whalen's president nicolas maduro activists staged a sit in at the country's embassy in washington d.c. to be diplomats for opposition leader go out.

door and they've stood firm and honored the constitution and one kind of on a tour around dennis whalen and he's not rallying the. crowds the u.s. had hoped for and so i see this secret or private meeting it seems. as evidence of the us is desperation and they're trying to find any means to dislodge material after several months if the u.s. wants to use military force to go in to a sovereign nation do you think the people of america would tolerate that or not i think this would cause an existential crisis for the trumpet ministration many people think trump would be happy to distract from his problems but i think you would see the anti-war movement similar to the kind that we had during the invasion of iraq with hundreds of thousands of people in the streets and you'd have a catastrophe across south america the entire region right in. so-called backyard would be destabilized so many ways this is unworkable but i never underestimate the arrogance of washington in. libya there are now at least one hundred forty seven people dead and over six hundred injured in renewed fighting me a tripol

and his whalen lawmakers loyal to president nicolas maduro have stripped opposition leader wong of his immunity now faces criminal trial earlier of the opposition controlled national assembly passed a motion accusing president nicolas maduro of promoting terrorism will continue to follow that story for you those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to come inside story is next. is turkey's president under threat. and his party suffer unprecedented defeats in local elections after years of consolidating power how because shock. and how can he recover this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program today with me peter dopy wretch up to has dominated politics in turkey for the past sixteen years but after winning every election since then his a.k. party suffered a setback in sunday's local elections voters apparently particularly fed up with what critics say is his increasingly autocratic rule as well as the falling value of the turkish lira rising inflation and high unemployment the justice and development party lost control in major cities including isthmia

caracas is in darkness at this hour president nicolas maduro in a pre-taped address told the news whalen's that the country had again been attacked by what he called saboteurs an electromagnetic attack he called it on friday and on saturday making it impossible for authorities to try to normalize the supply of electricity throughout the country he again did not provide any evidence of these attacks but he did say that they will be a thirty day period at least of power rationing to try to normalize the electrical grid good throughout the country and he also said that public services would only work until two pm every day schools will also continue to be closed one of the worst things about all this of course is that people don't have water you need to have electricity to make water pumps work as well people are getting desperate and this has led to a lot of protests certainly here in the capital on sunday people came out in the afternoon they were shot at by some pro-government supporters called police these people were injured but then later in the night all over in many parts at least of

highly contagious diseases not just here but beyond this country's borders as the exodus of the news whalen's continues unabated you see in human gut acts. belgium has apologized for some of the abuses committed during its colonial rule in africa the injustices include banning mixed race marriages and kidnapping children born so-called billy's mothers catalogue the story. it's an apology an entire generation was waiting for belgium's prime minister charles michel apologized to mixed race children who were kidnapped during the country's colonial rule or law growth of. the please old news it's true. i apologize to mix rice people with roots in the belgian colonise ation and to their families for the injustice and suffering they went through i also wish to express all our compassion for the african mothers whose children were torn or wiped from them deal is a whole. of a shoot. a moment of vindication for victims but the healing is far from over children born to a belgian settler and congolese mother in the one nine hundred forty s. and fifty's were forcefully taken from their african homes ofte

leading to the deaths there the sanctions that have led to the deaths of tens of thousands of minutes whalen'sthe they're they're banking on that same failed strategy they used in cuba to tour and make things miserable enough then they'll overthrow them i do it all government and that's just not going to happen sure would have by now i guess i've only got about a minute left but the elephant in the room is donald trump because nobody commands media attention like this president and moments like now as congress is issuing subpoenas pertinent to the moeller report these are the moments when the president is prone to de flexion watch this not that and americans do tend to rally around boots on the ground just about a minute left is it cynical to suspect a way the dog moment in venezuela. i it may be cynical but unfortunately it may also be true trump is feeling the heat nothing would would distract more from that than starting a war if not boots on the ground and certainly aerial bombardment and i want to say that their code pink and other the embassy protection collective is has spent two weeks

caracas is in darkness at this hour president nicolas maduro in a pre-taped address told the news whalen's that the country had again been attacked by what he called saboteurs in an electromagnetic attack he called it on friday and on saturday making it impossible for authorities to try to normalize the supply of electricity throughout the country he again did not provide any evidence of these attacks but he did say that they will be a thirty day period at least of power rationing to try to normalize the electrical grid good throughout the country and he also said that public services would only work until two pm every day schools will also continue to be closed one of the worst things about all this of course is that people don't have water you need to have electricity to make water pumps work as well people are getting desperate and this has led to a lot of protests certainly here in the capital on sunday people came out in the afternoon they were shot at by some pro-government supporters called police. people were injured but then later in the night all over in many parts at least of th

highly contagious diseases not just here but beyond this country's borders as the exodus of the news whalen's continues unabated you see in human good acts of thousands of government employees in argentina have been protesting against austerity measures they marched to the congress building in one of sirens denouncing president maurice your mark reece policies his reforms backed by the international monetary fund are blamed for rising inflation and worsening economic conditions the government last year cut the salaries of civil servants and reduced government spending landslides from heavy rains have destroyed roads and buildings in the bolivian city of la paz the suburb of possum kerry in the mountainous city was one of the worst hit at least thirty people have died and thousands have been displaced during this year's wet season a new report by the un's children's agency says more than nineteen million children in bangladesh are being adversely affected by climate change rising waters are driving many families from coastal areas to the capital dhaka but unicef says that once they arrive in t

highly contagious diseases not just here but beyond this country's borders as the exodus of the news whalen's continues unabated you see in human gut acts. a new report by the un children's agency says more than nineteen million children in bangladesh being adversely affected by climate change rising waters are driving many families from coastal areas to the capital dhaka unicef says once they arrive in the city children are risk of being used as laborers or even prostitutes. a child he reports from the bowlus. among one of the oldest slum in dhaka is home to a generation of migrants who fled their village home due to some sort of climate change impacts another world bank says that nearly four hundred thousand people on an average move to the capital city dhaka among them seventy percent have fled their villages due to some sort of environmental shocked or climate change this is according to international organization of migration life in the slums are very difficult people do not like living here the prefer their old home in the villages but for survival they have to stay here most of the me

question is what would be policy over the worst if a person called the teacher there's a jew and whalen's or you can select and so on even so the thought because the western governments is that they support democracy and fear. but first the elections and you can show that this was not the case because of evidence of thought or. two and of all such council actions it is a state accident this incident. came in a bitch so this was i think because she was the best employees who would be if the if there was still support here actions you can because of less than i was not that i have to do not support actually democratic developments after my dad. oversaw government well on the eve of these elections the g seven ambassadors in key of road then unprecedented letter i think to the ukrainian authorities expressing their concern about the role of far right extremists in the ukrainian politics and i know that you've been concerned about this issue for many years you've investigated the. massacre of two thousand and fourteen but up until recently there was very very little recognition of the of the

and his whalen lawmakers loyal to president nicolas maduro have stripped opposition leader of his immunity. now faces criminal trial earlier of the opposition controlled national assembly passed a motion accusing president nicolas maduro of promoting terrorism will continue to follow that story for you those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to come inside story is next. is turkey's president under threats. unprecedented defeats in local elections after years of consolidating power how big. and how can he recover this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program today with me wretch up the has dominated politics in turkey for the past sixteen years but after winning every election since then has a k. party suffered a setback in sunday's local elections voters apparently protect.

highly contagious diseases not just here but beyond this country's borders as the exodus of the news whalen's continues unabated you see in human gut acts. u.s. president donald trump is backing down from his threats of close the u.s. border with mexico instead he says he'll give mexico a year to stop the flow of drugs and migrants in his war in failure to do so will lead to border closer isn't tariffs on mexican products members of his republican party say it's a total border closer would have devastating economic consequences for both countries we're doing it to stop people we're going to give them a one year warning and if the drugs don't stop were largely stop we're going to put tariffs on mexico and products in particular cars the whole ballgame is cars it's the big ballgame with many countries its cars and of that doesn't stop the drugs we close the border. asylum seekers who say they're not giving up very dream of living in america sirrah ports in the u.s. border city of el paso. their first steps of freedom on u.s. soil are from a detention center bus to the doors of a church turned t

contagious disease is not just here but beyond this country's borders as the exodus of the news whalen's continues unabated you see in human gut acts as president donald trump has backed out from his threat to close the border with mexico trump says he'll give mexico a year to stop the flow of drugs and migrants he's warning that failure to do so or result in border closures and tariffs on mexican products castro has met asylum seekers who aren't giving up their dream of living in america she reports from the u.s. border city of el paso. their first steps of freedom on u.s. soil are from a detention center bus to the doors of a church turned temporary shelter inside the view from the pulpit is a family's resting in cots a much needed respite after an arduous journey. i just see a lot of humble people broken broken people strong people warriors people that they have a dream and people that they've been through a lot this family of four is from ecuador where in earthquake destroyed the store that was their livelihood i see no other way to survive they headed north they say the u.s. preside

and could this whalen be a russian spy? that is the question of the morning.rts think. finding this wearing harness some kind of mount for a camera or weapon. had a label equipment of st. petersburg. the fisherman says the whalen was tame and seemed use to interacting with humans. a look at your headlines, guys. there is something very fishy about that story. brian: ha ha. steve: you are saying it was including with humans? [sigh] brian: people of norway are very worried about the russians. saw "60 minutes" on sunday. i didn't think they were coming with a whalen. i thought it would be a submarine. steve: 20 minutes before the top of the hour. janice dean we're celebrating today 100 years of hostess. janice: 100 years of hostess snacks. to celebrate george duran and twinkie the kid is here. tell us what you did with the twinkies? >> a big birthday celebration. 100 years ago hostess launched the hostess chocolate cupcake. classic chocolate cupcake that everybody loves. number one cupcake in america? guess what? 100 years ago and today we are actually celebratin

. >> reporter: whalen jesus investigators have interviewed many witnesses, but most refused to cooperate. >> there may be a lot of innuendo, a lot of presumptions, a lot of rumors, but what we need is i know i saw. >> reporter: him as after three years, please don't know if antoine was the target. >> what we know is that there was multiple shots fired into a group of people. >> reporter: homicides in alameda are fairly rare. a killing right near crown beach all but unheard of. >> that is like one of the safest choices a kid from oakland can make in terms of how to spend your saturday night. >> reporter: after 22 were killed, friends and coaches gathered on the football field to pay their respects. >> and let me know that i was loved. a let me know that everything i taught him, everything that i instilled him, he lived by day by day. >> reporter: she whatsoever to kill headed she wants whoever killed her son behind bars. >> i would not want another family to go through this ever. >> reporter: in alameda, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a mother is getting justice for the death of her two

caracas is in darkness at this hour president nicolas maduro in a pre-taped address told the news whalen's that the country had again been attacked by what he called saboteurs in an electromagnetic attack he called it on friday and on saturday making it impossible for authorities to try to normalize the supply of electricity throughout the country he again did not provide any evidence of these attacks but he did say that they will be a thirty day period at least of power rationing to try to normalize the electrical grid good throughout the country and he also said that public services would only work until two pm every day schools will also continue to be closed one of the worst things about all this of course is that people don't have water you need to have electricity to make water pumps work as well people are getting desperate and this has led to a lot of protests certainly here in the capital on sunday people came out in the afternoon they were shot at by some pro-government supporters called police these people were injured but then later in the night all over in many parts at least