joining me now for more is mark kirsten he's a fellow at the montréal institute for genocide and humanrights studies and he's the author of a book about international criminal justice thank you for speaking with us and you've been following the proceedings in the hague closely in your opinion did prosecutors succeed in making the case that a genocide occurred. well i think it's it's too early to tell. you know it's not obvious right now. but of course it was fascinating and important to see. the international court of justice. sitting in the audience having to hear the story. of. people and. she spoke what i thought was most remarkable about today was not what she didn't say and she did not use. the context of the atrocities. perpetrated this is. someone who did not think that genocide transpired. were identifies those people. as a group why do you think. showed up today. that it wasn't required that she make an appearance what kind of statement do you think that made her presence there . well i think it's in some ways it's a good thing that she showed up in the sense that it gives a d

kirsten gillibrand. >>> all right. today marks another key moment in the impeachment push. chance to refute it.e the white house declined a invitation and opting instead to make the case for acquittal in the senate. joining us now, mark levovitch. his behind the scenes investigation looks at the investigation. and shannon petty is talking about how trump is checking clinton'sck impeachment playboo. and matt miller whose recent column is how to win a mess an war, be bold, clear, and swift. mueller wasn't, shift was. >> first, before we get impeachment i want to quickly talk to you about the washington postab report on afghanistan an the lies over the past 18 and 19 years. this is sadly not really shocking that we have not made greatma progress in afghanistan. we heard from many people when we went into investigation, they were never able to tame that land. i wonder whether or not the mistake our leaders made was not setting expectations at a realistic level to say we will never have a signing on the missouri, but we just may stop the next terror attack against new york, tawa

kirsten fonnrose, bilal wahab, thank you so much to you both. >> thank you. s for having us. >> schifrin: in the day's other news, north korea marked the arrival of 2020, ahead of a kim jong un said his military will soon unveil a new strategic kim warned the country will never give up its nuclear program unless the u. changes its policy including easing sanctions. against that ainst that backdrop, state tv showed an elaborate new year's eve celebration in pyongyang, complete with firewopes and stageormances. elsewhere around the world, the new year entered with both pageantry and pyrotechnics. dignitaries in seoul, south korea, rang the "peace bell" at midnight, as crowds waved lights. in dubai, fireworks shot from the sides of the iconic "burj khalifa" tower. in ths country, new yorcity stepped up security as it geared up for tonight's celebrations. police in times square patted down visitors as they entered today. many in the crowd came from around the world to witness it all tfirst-hand. s is a once in a lifetime experience. we come from canary islands, it's a little bunch of islands from spain and this is just something you ha