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tension of elin agrees. well this is not predictable yet the islamic republic of iran is not pursuing war but we have made it very clear that we are ready for any kind of situation if imposed. in the past decades the. iran iranian nation is not. is always ready to defend itself. the decision will be made by the. leadership and. fear their responses. to retaliate in the best way and at the meantime is trying to avoid war. that most of. us mustache you spoke about me. but the point that has mentioned today is about the mediation of man. is is there any reality is behind this news no there is no reality behind this. we did not have an indication from a man. on the meeting we had or iranian officials had with a man was joe was a. trip to a man. in which he had meetings with all levels that's all. then. the latest news about joe was a trip to europe. is there a new reality in this news. there was. view if you could have another trip but so far nothing has been decided and no decision has been made yet on a member

about elin and the reason for the escalation the reason is the militants control totally or nearly totally by chop out all nusra and i at tarin are sharm which al nusra has turned into and uses as a cover constantly bring the cease fire with the cease fire arrangements create special corridors for noncombatants so they can leave the combat zones by the way the terrorists keep striking those corridors hindering the departure of peaceful civilians trying to retain them as human shields are seen at all before in ghouta rebels caged the women and pensioners on roofs to prevent strikes i was in aleppo at the end when those same rebels held hostage 200000 civilians refusing to allow a single person human shield to leave the city and you wouldn't even know reading recent headlines it's the usual stuff assad is guilty of every scene and every hurt in syria ruthless actions by russia the iranian regime hizbollah and the assad regime are directly preventing the establishment of a ceasefire in northern syria we condemn these barbaric attacks and call for an immediate cease fire one would think if you

as a precaution the minister said he would order eline pilots to pass on information about the health of all passengers coming from china and to keep a record of their contacts in germany. and as an additional precaution even countries have started to back away sions from china are political corresponds front now in the studio more on that good morning hans german authorities saying there were guys in a flight to evacuate german nationals in who hunt province will these nationals are evacuated be quarantined upon their return something else really is now doing with hundreds of its nationals well what feels right in so doing is pretty drastic they're sending them to christmas island very very far off the coast of australia and want to keep them there for more than a week have no idea whether this is found in germany or elsewhere in europe at the moment the no plans public made public the official line is that when people are evacuated from china and reach me that they have to monitor themselves obviously people who show some symptoms of a respiratory disease will in fact be hospitalize

> it's just strengthened what we felt all year about our current group which is we've become a fam elina very short time and it's something talked about in the nba with your teams. but this group in particular has really grown to love each other very rapidly, and you know we understand the importance and opportunity we have this year. and this has just brought us closer together. >> reporter: the brooklyn nets meanwhile with a touching tribute. they left the two court side seats kobe and his daughter sat in earlier this season empty. kyrie considered kobe a mentor and said their relationship was much deeper than basketball. clippers star kawhi leonard he said since moving to l.a. last year he began using a helicopter to get to and from his home in san diego. and kobe's pilot who died in sunday's crash flew him as well many times. >> it's the best guy you could ask for to fly you to city to city. and he'll drop me off and say he's about to pick up kobe. or he'll you know just drop kobe off and he said hello and vice versa. he's a good dude. >> reporter: all right, here in miami preparati

regardless of whether as the government now alleges the defendants lacked the authority to order the re-elinement. mr. levy will explain why the government is wrong to say that, but it's ultimately legally irrelevant because the fraud statute does not prohibit lying to take unauthorized state action. they prohibit lying to obtain property. and that's simply not what occurred in this case. >> you said if the resources were diverted to private use, then the prosecution would be okay. but why isn't it a private use to benefit defendants politically. >> i'm trying to distinguish the use of the property from the motive for the decision. so here the decision was to realign the lanes from one set of public drivers to another set of public drivers. both are public uses of the lanes. now, it's true the motive, the alleged motive for the he regulatory decision was improper. it was political. that's the allegation in the case. but that doesn't mean that it's -- the use of the lanes was private. it's not -- your honor the typical case in which the government prosecuted property fraud against a public officia

all star right also i want to elin pick gold medals with team usa. for a lot of players competing in the n.b.a. today bryant is there michael jordan he's the player they aspired to be when they were growing up all over the lead on sunday night players let the 24 2nd shot clock run out in the opening plays as a mark of respect 24 being bryant's shirt number after this game the san antonio spurs played the moderates and was asked how much bryant meant to him. everything. everything i wouldn't everything i learned. came from colby. everything. to the club you're worried i wouldn't be here i would have loved we're not approach and. everything everything interval. well the tributes go way beyond basketball with messages coming in from all sports the world's most expensive football the name of scored a penalty for party signs in my in france the brazilian pointed to the skies and held up 2 fingers on one hand and 4 in the other to mark bryant's number 24 jersey . and like kobe golfer tiger woods is in that reg rupe of sportsman known by just their 1st name

let's get more on this with eline sibia she went to berlin in 2014 to 2015 as part of the erasmus schemeyou've got it all to yourself. these precious minutes on the telly. telus, where you went and what you did on your erasmus programme.” you went and what you did on your erasmus programme. i went to berlin in 2014 until 2015 and i studied law where he visited, and it was transformative where he visited, and it was tra nsformative and enjoyable. where he visited, and it was transformative and enjoyable. it made lifelong friends and a bunch of them are set here. yes, that's what idid. them are set here. yes, that's what i did. how was it beneficial to you? i think studying in a foreign language is an incredible experience. it's really tough. going toa experience. it's really tough. going to a foreign country and living there is just something that builds a resilience and increases your mobility. it's also way to have ties with another country but also equally with other erasmus students. my equally with other erasmus students. my network now expands across europe which i think it's a beau

c elinÉs: si no hubiera tenido talento no la ponen ni en la primera, ni en la segunda.mbiÉn tengo entendido que estuviste involucrada en la parte ejecutiva. celinÉs: he producido 5 pelÍculas, he actuado en 15, nuestro cine repÚblica dominicana estÁ muy bien, hacemos más de 20 pelÍculas por aÑo. es una historia universal, buscamos talento de muchos lugares, soy productor ahora de una pelÍcula con talento venezolano y muy famosos. raÚl: yo produje teatro, e hicimos " monÓlogo de la vagina" en nueva york y celinÉs fue una de las invitadas. carlos: no se lo pueden perder " quÉ leones", maÑana allÁ se estrena para todo el pÚblico en cines de estados unidos. felicidades! raÚl: mujeres al poder. celinÉs: gracias a todo el equipo que ha estado detrÁs porque han apoyado la pelÍcula de corazÓn, latinos apoyando latinos. [hablan a la vez] carlos: ahora se queda para celebrar con nosotros. es la hora de los cumpleaÑos! alan: felicidades,gabriel aria 11 aÑos, felicidades! francisca:leila ramales de brooklyn new york que cumple 2 aÑos. chef:nicole de dallas, texas un aÑito para esa p

i've been on the phone i was on the phone with president z elins ki, just before i came here and on the phone with my canadian counterpart working to get their resources on the ground to conduct that investigation. we'll learn more about what happened to that aircraft and when we get the results of that investigation, i am confident we , and the world, will take appropriate actions in response. reporter: will you allow the ntsb to work with iranian? >> i was just going to comment on that. the treasury will issue waivers for anybody whether it's americans or others that can help facilitate the investigation. reporter: back in december, you were announcing additional sanctions and secretary mnuchin at that point, you said i did have more sanctions on iran and it's absolutely working and since then you've seen an escalation in violence from iran shooting down the drone, attacking the embassy, contractors were killed, u.s. troops were badly wounded. how are sanctions keeping the united states economic sanctions keeping the united states and the united states interest more secure? i think we