that the cause is not engine failure it simply says that a ukrainian commission perhaps an international commission will look into the cause of the crash and that any statements about the causes before that commission makes its conclusion are are not official and so basically they just have stepped back they've walked back from providing any information about the cause of the crash. so that matthew in kiev before i leave you here's a recap of the top stories that we're following feel u.s. president on a trump is expected to make a statement shortly about iran's missile attacks on u.s. bases in iraq iran claims that 80 americans were killed at the donald trump is treated that all is fair. and more than 170 people are dead after a ukrainian and i never crashed at the head. you don't even state stevie says or 1000 just and crew aboard the plane were killed when it bent down shortly after takeoff. you're watching the diving news coming from above and i'll have more ahead glancing at the top of the aisle but up next we have a business news business asia with as 1st to do stay with us if you can't and it

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that the cause is not engine failure it simply says that a ukrainian commission perhaps an international commission will look into the causes of the crash and that any statements about the causes before that commission makes its conclusion are prolife are not official and so basically they just have stepped back they've walked back from providing any information about the cause of the crash and not to what's been the reaction in kiev to this plane crash with devastating consequences not a single survival. will initially the reaction was muted because today is the day after or thesis or an orthodox christmas meaning many people were just sort of waking up after the holidays returning from returning to work now however there's been a strong outpouring of condolences from different official representatives different ambassadors different international officials who are friends of of ukraine there's been the foreign minister of ukraine with interest icas even been posting on social media about getting calls from countries that don't there who don't have passengers on this on this plane that crashed so

that the cause is not engine failure it simply says that a ukrainian commission perhaps an international commission will look into the causes of the crash and that any statements about the causes before that commission makes its conclusion are pro little are not official and so basically they just have stepped back they've walked back from providing any information about the cause of the crash and not to what's been the reaction in kiev to this plane crash with devastating consequences not a single survival. will initially the reaction was muted because today is the day after or 3 stern orthodox christmas meeting many people were just sort of waking up after the holidays returning from returning to work now however there's been a strong outpouring of condolences from different official representatives different ambassadors different international officials who are friends of of ukraine there's been the foreign minister of ukraine would improve cycle has even been posting in social media about getting calls from countries that don't there who don't have passengers on this on this plane that crashed

we also have overall from the international trade commission statistics that it's going to bo create 176,000 jobs, $65 billion of investment in the united states, 34 billion of that is just in the automobile industry as an example, and it's going to increase the gross domestic product somewhere between ten and 15%. so, this is something that is very good from an economic standpoint for agriculture, small business and manufacturi manufacturing. so, i hope it is something that we get to the president very soon. and you know what the questions are so right now we will hear from the chairman of the committee. chairman risch. >> thank you. for my state, idaho, this is important but it's important for every state. clearly the things we have here are bringing nafta up to standards and now its u.s. mca. it's a good thing it's been around too long and it's ready to be at dawn in our committee i noticed we have a markup from a week from today on thursday we will market at that time for those of you that the light andn reporting done nothing bipartisan effort gets done here. i'm happy to inform

we also have overall from the international trade commission statistics that it is going to create 176,000 jobs, $65 billion of investment in the united states, $34 billion of that just in the automobile industry as an example. and it is going to increase the gross to mystic product between 10%, and 15%. this is good from an economic standpoint for agriculture, small business and manufacturing. i hope it is something we get to the president very soon and you know what those questions are. right now we will hear from the chairman of the committee. chairman risch. >> this is important for idaho but also for every state. the things we have in here, bringing nafta up to standards in today's world and now it is usmc a. it has been around too long and is ready to be acted on. we have a markup on thursday. for those who delight in reporting nothing bipartisan gets done here i am happy to inform you this is bipartisan and will be voted on in a bipartisan basis and excitedly supported by people on both sides of the aisle. it needs to get done. thank you for coming. >> what else can be said? this is

we also have overall from the international trade commission statistics that it is going to create 176,000 jobs, 65 billion dollars of investment in the united states, 34 billion of that in just in the automobile industry as an example, and it's going to increase the gross domestic product somewhere between 10 and 15 percent. so this is something that's very good from an economic standpoint, for agriculture, small business, and manufacturing. so i hope it's something that we can get to the president very soon, and you know what those questions are. but right now we will hear from the chairman of the committee. chairman >> thanks much. for my state, for idaho obviously this is important but it is important for every state. clearly the things that we have in here are bringing the nafta up to standards, up to today's world, and now it's usmca. it's a good thing. it's been around too long. it's ready to be acted on, on our committee, we have a markup for a week from today on thursday. we will mark it up at that time. for those of you who delight in reporting that nothing bipartisan ever gets d

i pulled out some of the estimates from the international trade commission. a lot of people were quoting numbers from the itc. lower numbers. but actually, they gave wide ranges on the u.s. economy. the range was big. this reflects uncertainties about better investment and better risk-taking. that is a gigantic number. on real gdp, there was a very wide range of 35 basis points on 1.2%. the midpoint of that was three quarters of a percent. an could over time have increase of three quarters of a percent on real gdp. as 350,000 jobs per year. those are big numbers. there is a currency stability provision in their which has never been done before. that is why we thought this was a template of a trade agreement. economic growth is very substantial. worker defense, domestic content, very substantial. really, these are our big trading partners. the reality is, total trade with canada and mexico is basically slightly more than twice what it is with china. >> is this a template you can apply to other trading partners? mr. kudlow: i think so. we are also in negotiatio

they want international justice and international accountability this commission is not able to properly prosecute perpetrators inside myanmar so in terms of the fact that international news organizations like ourselves human rights organization organizations like yourselves continue to call it what it is is there anybody in the international community in the in the political sphere that is actually calling it what it is. actually taking me and maher to task yeah i mean we we welcome the fact that the memoir commission lead commission called it war crimes but we believe and we've done many reports we believe that there is also 'd genocidal processes that are ongoing inside were kind to say and that genocide took place against the injure tomorrow in the hague will be a case that the international court of justice and this is a case of bringing me amar to the court for crimes committed and those are genocide in terms of the court case that you see me a marshal to defend its international reputation this reported it sells doesn't give you all the facts does it not so

an investigation team was offered by the inter-american commission on human rights, but the state did not allow it. then we called on internationalrists with experience in cases of genocide, disappearances, and other state crimes that could participate and do in an independent investigation. people from guatemala, the united states, the netherlands were involved in this commission. with the information provided by the public prosecutor's office, the findings were systemic and this report came out more than year-and-a-half ago -- sanitized and his report came out more than year-and-a-half ago. it became known the top prosecutors already had evidence to prosecute more people involved in my mother's murder but had not done so. what is left for us to really have justice? i think there are at least two things. the first is that capture and prosecution and condemnation of the intellectual authors of my mother's murder. and the second, which is very important, is the cancellation of the river concession. because to this day, even after the murder of my mother and after the murder of more than six people, the company desa owns the river

commission on international religious freedom looks at ways to counter the growing threat of anti-semitism around the world. >> next, former vice president and 2020 the democratic presidential candidate joe biden on foreign policy and the airstrike that killed iranian general qasem soleimani. he also spoke about the importance of rejoining the iran nuclear deal. >> please welcome vice president joe biden. mr. biden: good afternoon, folks. thank you for being here. six months ago here in new york city, i made the case that donald trump was dangerously incompetent and incapable of world leadership, and in the past few days in the wake of the killing of the iranian general soleimani, donald trump has proven that comment beyond dispute. the haphazard decision-making process that led up to it, the failure to consult with our allies or congress, and the reckless disregard for the consequences that would surely follow was in my view dangerously incompetent. folks, in the wake of such an enormous escalation that has exploded geopolitics in the region that put the united states on a collision cours

i pulled out some of the estimates from the international trade commission. the itc. know this is very imperfect and they acknowledge it is imperfect but a lot of people were quoting numbers from the itc. lower numbers. but actually, they gave wide ranges on the impact on the u.s. economy. i just wanted to put that out there. like on jobs, the range was when it is 76 up to 589,000 jobs and that is a big range. it does reflect uncertainties about better investment and better risk-taking. that is a gigantic number. and similarly on gdp. real gdp -- there was a very wide range of 35 basis points on 1.2%. the midpoint of that was three quarters of a percent. time, have anr increase of three quarters of a percent on real gdp on trend. 350,000 jobs per year. those are big numbers. one other point i want to make is the currency stability provision in there that has never been done before and that is why we thought this was a template of a trade agreement. the economic growth impact of nafta or usmca is very substantial. worker defense, domestic content, very substantial. and

commission on international religious freedom. so we're supposed to focus on what's happening around the world. but it seems to me there's a little bit of a challenge here that we need to confront, if we're identifying anti-semitic problems around the world and not squarely acknowledging what's been happening right here in the united states. we have witnessed the horror of anti-semitism at the tree of life synagogue and in poway. we've seen anti-semitism grow on american university campuses. we've watched orthodox jews being assaulted in the streets of new york city. we've heard anti-semitic statements right here in the halls of congress. i've watched in horror as a christian as main line churches have passed resolutions singling out democratic israel for special condemnation, while ignoring countries like north korea and iran and syria. and they do this in the name of my savior jesus christ. as a christian, that outrageous me. [ applause ] these church bureaucracies do not speak for america's christians. so i have a humble sugges

leadership in iran and yourself to convey candida fox views on this and should it be an international commissionfirmation over the course of last night and this morning on this particular set of conclusions that i've shared today. obviously there is much more today. obviously there is much more to be done, much more data to be analysed and that's why the credible investigation is so important. i think there is a call and there are incidents of tragic crashes like these ones, multiple parties who are mandated to be involved for manufacturers of the aeroplane, france being the engines of the aeroplane being manufactured in france. that gives a certain authority for the french to be involved as part of the international investigation process. countries that have victims on the plane also have standing in an investigation. candida of course is the country outside of iran that has lost the most citizens. —— candida of course. an ownership of the aircraft is also responsible, it has aircraft is also responsible, it has a response but in the investigation that involves ukraine. there are many different

$96.00 pages it was filed in federal court in los angeles and also at the united states' international trade commission and the company is seeking undisclosed financial damages but also a ban on the sale of google speakers smart phones and laptops in the united states so no. has accused google of infringing on 5 of its patents including wireless technology allowing the connection and synchronization of speakers and sun us executives allege that while it's suing only over only 5 patent patents it believes that google and amazon had each violated roughly $100.00 patents so some pretty serious accusations here starting in 2016 so no says that it warned google about the alleged infringement several times particularly after google announced that it was going to be releasing its own home smart speaker well the warnings continue to 2018 and also in 2018 when so nose executives then decided to move forward with this lawsuit and that is where the case stands currently kristie now this lawsuit it's all very very similar to several others tell us about. that's true there are many other companies with similar stor

this title with provisions to establish a process to the international trade commission to investigate when they are causing harm to the industry. title iv, countervailing duties and the title includes the commissioner of u.s. customs border protection taking into consideration canada, mexico, u.s. mca parties for the purpose of the enforcement activities relating to the countervailing duties. it also concludes the amendments reflected in the national panel system under chapter 19 to continue under chapter ten. title v, transfer amendments a title includes provisions to transfer from the implementation act title vi, transition to an extension of u.s. mca the title has three subtitles. subtitled a deals with the implementation act in the free free-trade agreements. the subtitle b., the requirements for the committees regarding the joint review mechanisms including whether to determine that u.s. mca subtitle a establishes the labor committee for monitoring enforcement and it will coordinate the implementation and make the conditions for the enforcement action regarding the potential fail

the independent international trade commission has studied it. they have said that this new agreement will create at least 176,000 new jobs, that it will grow our economy. it also says that with regard to the auto industry, it's going to create tens of thousands of jobs. that's, again, very important to ohio. we're a big state for auto production. these jobs are going to mean a lot to workers in my state. part of the way it's going to create jobs is by leveling the playing field with enforceable labor standards. we just heard about this from the senator from oregon and the senator from ohio, my colleague from ohio, about how this agreement has new enforcement standards with regard to labor. it also, though, has higher content requirements for u.s.-made steel and auto parts. this is important. i'll give you an example. usmca requires that 70% of the steel and 75% of overall content in usmca-compliant vehicles come from usmca countries. in other words, other countries can't come in and take advantage of the lower tariffs that we're providing under

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international trade commission estimates it will boost dairy exports by more than $277 million. the agreement will also expand access for u.s. poultry and egg producers and will make it easier for u.s. producers to export wheat to canada. and of course, the benefits for the agriculture industry are just one part of this agreement. virtually, every sector of our economy will benefit from the united states mexico canada agreement from manufacturing to digital services, to the automotive industry. and it should come as no surprise that the usmca will create 176,000 jobs and increase wages for workers. now, this is not to say that i don't think the administration could and should have gone further in certain areas. for example, as a consistent supporter of country of origin labeling. i wish the administration had been able to find a solution to restore cool. add value to our domestic ag products and to eliminate the risk of future trade sanctions. but we cannot let the perfect become the enemy of the good. there are thousands of farmers and ranchers in my state and around the countr

city ethics commission and san diego ethics commission as well as consulted internally with commission staff. these conversations were very helpful, and they developed the violations applicable to the goals of the new expanded program as well as the consideration for the inclusion or exclusion from the policy. in addition to a thresholds applicable to each specific violation type. as step two, staff hosted two interested persons meetings. after the november election and before the thanksgiving break and received stakeholder input on a series of questions related to the commission's efforts to revise these approaches. this feedback established members of the committee were in support of these efforts and expanding the existing policy and they provided an opportunity for these persons to present ideas on violations types they would like to see included as well as parameters that would include or exclude an entity or respondent from the program as well as ideas with regard to penalty structure. in that step three, based on its review of other jurisdictions, internal consultation with staf

chief economist for the us international trade commission peter morici, we always love having you withthe partisan politics, the impeachment push going on at home, donald trump doing his job on the world stage in davos talking about why our economy is such a success. >> he has the bragging rights in davos, the us economy humming along, record low unemployment, creating lots of jobs, the europeans can't get off the ground, the japanese can't get off the ground and the chinese are losing altitude year after year. the bottom line is the big thing they are talking about is stakeholder capitalism and all that business. where they have that stuff things are lousy, germany, france, italy, in america where free enterprise rains and aoc is frustrated we are doing just fine. >> we are doing more than fine. taking a look at some of the president's economic achievements, 6.6 million jobs created, 3.5% on implement, stock market an all-time high, the dow at 22 record closing. do you expect this trend to continue? >> i do expect the markets to continue to rise. and other trends we didn't talk about

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here's chief economist for the international trade commission peter morici.ppreciate you joining us. let's begin there. what does this mean for our wallet? >> essentially $100 billion in stimulus spending, the chinese are committed to increasing purchases annually by $100 billion, a huge amount of money. and better jobs and so forth. farmers particularly gain but the south and midwest gain a great deal. new york bankers, don't know if they will gain as much as they think. they are very halting about increasing access and financial services. shannon: you mentioned financial services, let's look how the market closed another, the dow, the s&p 500, the nasdaq, you expect to see this as the trade deal is signed. >> they are hard to call. this improves business confidence. the white house, i spoke to the economist, the signing of this deal will be a boost to business confidence and investment, in tangible terms. >> some parts of it. china purchased over two years, the us will reduce some tariffs on chinese exports, they remained on $3001 billion of chinese goods a

the international justice commission has been working with west african fishing industries, because young boys are able to get down to untying nets and do the hard work. these are boys who do not necessarily know how to swim, were promised in education and -- were promised and education and the families were told these voice to be educated and would be well taken care of. and they are forced to work 18 to 20 hours a day doing work that often leads to significant injury if not death. cindy: speaking of young boys on this, africa, and particularly, but there is a huge soccer league in africa, and i will speak to drc congo, because they -- because that is the country i know the best. most of the countries have youth soccer league. say,oaches will come and i'm going to take them to kinshasa. your son will have a better life. and he will be the next great player around the world, and they take them. and the parents usually give the money and they take them. and then they wind up, that is not what is happening. they are shipped someplace else, to the middle east, to south america, and they are

international trade commission estimates it will boost by more than $277 million. also expandn market access for poultry and egg producers and make it easier for producers to export wheat to canada. the benefits for the industry agare just one part of this agreement. virtually every sector of our economy will benefit from the agreement for manufacturing digital services to the automotive industry. it should come as no surprise. increasing wages for workers. this is not to say that i do not think the administration could and should have gone further in some areas. a consistent supporter of labeling. i wish the e administration woud have been able to find a solution to restore cool. add value to our products and to eliminate the risk of future trade sanctions. we cannot let the perfect become the enemy of the good. thousands of farmers and ranchers in my state and around the country who are waiting for what that will bring. it is past time to pass this trade deal. i will beo voting yes on u.s. ma and i encourage my colleagues on this committee and in the united o sta

the international trade commission forecasts 75,000 jobs in the auto industry alone.ll, appointed growth over time. and this is a great deal. usmca, it is a unique because it helps farmers and ranchers as well as manufacturers and workers. dairy farmers, places like wisconsin and pennsylvania, have been hammered by the great walls of protection in canada. those are coming down. so we love this deal, it is -- remember that trade with canada and mexico is twice the volume of that with china and five times the amount of exports. so we love this deal. wall street journal never met a job it didn't want offshore, so i can take them with a grain of salt . >> let's talk about the china trade deal. okay. the phase one is the president calls it here. here's what china has agreed to buy in terms of agriculture products and it is a major priority for this president. for the farmers involved. the first year, we'll put this up on the screen, $12.5 billion. in the second year, $19.5 billion. but let's go back to 2017. if you compare the sales prior to the trade war, in 2017, china b

commission on international religious freedom looks at ways to counter the growing threat of anti-semitism around the world.

look, the international trade commission which is an independent body, when the price this thing out, can get as much as 1% additional gdp growth and actually on the jobs figure. maybe as much as $100 billion in direct foreign investment, and you also have a long economy, both are very important. you mentioned farmers, big strides on dairy farming but also wheat and some other areas. the automobile industry and manufacturing in general, we have stronger domestic content rules mobile jobs come back to america. >> martha: it wasn't 62.5. it's now 75% of every car has to be made in north america. >> that's correct. i think roughly 40% have to have wages of about $16 per hour. that's a big plus. importantly, worker rights embodied in this union, worker rights, particularly regarding mexico, that's never been done before. environmental rights are embodied in this, that's never been done before. the other side of the new economy, intellectual property protection is so important come up technological information and investment? that's a big grower of the economy right here. increases in digi

the international trade commission estimates on average it will be some 370,000 jobs added as it getsd be very, very powerful. $100 billion a year for the next couple of years. that alone is half a percentage point on the economy. sooner or later, bo and hopefully get the 737 max back flying. that's probably been a quarter of a point drag on the economy, so those are a whole lot of things that have to be coming in as a positive, superimposed on the momentum that we already have. very good. >> bret: you mentioned the u.s. nca and the negotiated deal with congress, and he mentioned china. today headlines from two different papers with two different kind of market looks at the china deal. "the washington post," major whole in initial trade deals, suggesting it is not living up to everything promised. "the new york times" says china injects billions of dollars to stabilize its economy. what is the reality of this china deal? does it fall short significantly of what the administration hoped and what does it mean for china? are they in trouble and in a negotiating mood? >> in terms of the a

it is going to add $65 billion to the economy according to the international trade commission. it is going to enhance the gross national product by probably .3, .4 of a percent. that is 10% increase in our gnp. connell: right. >> it will create 176 new jobs, give you some examples of it. connell: you're confident that this is something that will boost growth rather than take away from it? i know that from the republicans, in order to get this done, there were some concessions made, language that the pharmaceutical companies wanted in, for example, had to be taken out. democrats wanted that to be taken out. some auto companies are not so happy with the rules of origin. that would make life difficult for them, more expensive but you say it is pro-growth? >> auto industry, the itc says is going to invest $34 billion. it will create 176,000 jobs. wages in the automobile manufacturing undercut by $8 wages in mexico. 50% of the parts of a car have to be paid at least $16 an hour. connell: right. >> and, domestic content has to go from 62 1/2% up to 75%. so this is going to jobs, jobs

international trade commission to investigate whether mexican trucking carriers are causing material harm to the u.s. long haul trucking industry. title iv, anti-dumping and counterveiling duties, providing for u.s. customs and border protection to take into consideration that canada and mexico are usmca parties for compliance assessment, activities for anti-dumping and counterveiling duties. it includes conforming amendments under chapter 19 of nafta, will continue under chapter 10 of usmca. title v, transfer provisions and other amendments. this title includes provisions that transfer and amend provisions from the nafta implementation act. provisions dealing with duty drawback under the trade act of 1974. title vi transition to an extension of usmca. this title has three subtitles. subtitle a repeals the nafta implementation act and provides for the continued suspension of the u.s. canada free trade agreement, subtitle b imposes on the president to consult with joint review mechanism, including whether to continue the term of usmca. subtitle c, will cease to have force to any count

the independent international trade commission that studied it and they have said this note remit willreate at least 176,000 new jobs and will grow our economy. also says it will create tens of thousands of jobs. that's very important to ohio. we weuc are very big state for .. statement. >> this is important, you example. yes mca requires a 79 percent of the steel and 795 percent overall content in usmc compliance vehicles come from human shape countries. you can't come in and take advantage of the lower tariffs that were providing the u.s. team ca, by adding too much content to those vehicles. the 795 percent overall content requirement is up from 62.5 percent in effect. that makes it 795 percent the highesthe percentage of any trae agreement we had. jobs.re jobs in the united states particular fewer imports and fewer imports from countries like china. countries like germany and japan that otherwise might come in and take advantage of this. some have criticized that these provisions are saying that somehow that's protecting it. i disagreed were saying to this country that if you want

agreemene last week just days before his impeachment trial started a report from the us international trade commission says the deal will likely have only a moderate impact on the economy creating a 176,000 jobs after 6 years for comparison the us added 226,000 jobs. in november alone. >>world news tonight, china has now moved to lock down at least 3 big cities in order to contain the deadly corona virus that has sickened hundreds of people and spread to other parts of the world and as fears of this deadly kron a virus continue to grow this illness may may have reached the bay area in alameda county officials are now reporting that fewer than 10 people are being tested for the virus. in contra costa county they had one case under investigation. but those results came back negative the public health department says this of course does not mean patients have the virus or will get the virus but. >>they're trying to be cautious and there testing these people meanwhile, the work to contain the global spread continues kron four's dan thorn spoke with an expert who studies outbreaks he joins us live in the n