the "great" is great alexander and "land" is land of macedonia. so it means greece. ere in town, the prime minister was visiting the ministry for macedonia and thrace. despite his fiery words on prespa in opposition, kyriakos mitsotakis has done little in power to reverse the agreement. the reason for this may be in his blood. his father was also prime minister and, despite opposition, he allowed the neighbouring country to be called the former yugoslav republic of macedonia. prime minister, what are you doing about the prespa agreement? we can talk later if you want. although i tried to press him on the agreement, he was unwilling to talk but, later that night, once again he made his feelings clear. although the prespa agreement was not signed by him and he may dislike the concession of the name, he will be bound by it. in any case, it suits the geopolitics. greece is surrounded by potential threats. to the north of the country lies the historically turbulent balkans which have never be known for peace and stability. bringing north macedonia inside the eu tent was su

alexander the great came from an unfashionable province called macedonia but the name will always bereece, the statute seems to be saying. it was only in 1913 that a border was created separated greek province of macedonia an event territory to the north. in 1991, as yugoslavia tore itself apart, this northern territory decided to call itself the republic of macedonia. greece never recognised that name. almost 30 years later, time is up for the prime minister and his syriza party. a new leader is arriving. kyriakos mitsotakis had made no secret of his opposition to the prespa agreement but now he will be in charge of implementing it. just outside athens lies the part of the radius. it has been central to greece as prosperity for century and it was here my grandparents boarded a ship for it was here my grandparents boarded a shipfora it was here my grandparents boarded a ship for a new life in australia. the islamic names have been changed to greek words and, although the left as a greek citizens, they took with them very separate macedonian culture. i want to get to the bottom of the

a great segment of the population really, really support herod, really like him. >> he wanted to be like alexanderthe great kings of the past, so he had this vast building program set up to demonstrate his power and authority. >> herod builds vast theaters, aqueducts and mountain forts. and in 23 bc, herod begins expanding the second temple. >> herod tries to ingratiate himself with the jewish people by enlarging and renovating the jewish temple, and he does succeed in making it into one of the most beautiful buildings in the ancient world. >> today, herod's temple is gone, but part of the colossal platform on which it once stood remains. the western wall is still one of the holiest sites in judaism. >> one cannot overestimate the importance of the temple in 1st-century judaism. it was the religious center of judaism, the place where god's presence was understood to reside on earth. >> despite herod's achievements and rome's support, early in his reign, herod's crown is not secure. >> one of the big problems that herod has got is that he wants to call himself the king of the jews, but he himself i

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all these women from he's more like alexander the great. the great kennedy. clinton. jefferson. .... >>.. >> it is so nice to be here with you talking about your new book the witches are coming. i want to start by asking you because your writing in this book is always is very funny. would you call yourself a humor writer? >> i think so thank you. [laughter] >> people love to call me a comedian which i don't think it is accurate because i don't do standup comedy. >> i did a long time ago it's very hard and i do not like it. i am a comedy writer with the comedy tv show and i am a humor writer that's my main mission. >> as a writer political writer and cultural critic how is humor a useful entry point? and that's like to write but it feels like a great way to sell challenging concepts or con people into consuming challenging ideas. because even back when i was a film critic i always try to make everything funny or everything piece of entertainment in itself. because if you can make something funny you can get people to swallow stuff like big feminist ideas are radical po

franklin the printer, a great entertainer and great businessman, maybe the first media mogul in american journalism. with thomas payne, we have the great polemicist, the first great polemicist, alexander hamilton, the great persuader in opinion journalism. you might say, in american history. and i want to introduce you to a guy named james calendar, the first great political hack , hack writer, hack journalist in american history. this wonderful, colorful, appalling story, which is he came to the united states from scotland. alexander hamilton was himself an immigrant you know. heardar immediately and into the news business -- entered in the news business. they were closely aligned with political parties. the purpose of a lot of political parties was subsidized by the parties to a present their ideas and attack their rivals and so he signed up for became a jeffersonian in the 1790's. we sometimes put the founding fathers on a pedestal for all the great things we did and we forget the fact that they -- a number of them didn't like each other, they fought with each other. jefferson versus hamilton was one of the great divides in the early republic and so james cal up for thes jeffersoni

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afghanistan since alexander the great has been fighting. they want their tribes. eir valleys. pete: you think this decision is part of an overall learning curve over the last two decades that says we tried to do really big things in this far off place. then you look around, you realize, well, they're still doing things the way they were? they don't want our way of life over there. that is just the bottom line. we went over there. we're trying to americanize these people because, we love our country and we love the way we get to live here. we think in our heads, oh, they will think the same way. we don't want it. >> we live in top down world. we have central government everything projects from the top down. for first 10 years in afghanistan that is what we tried to project. afghanistan most of these places where terror groups set up shop, they're bottom up societies, tribal, clan, culture is at the epicenter of it. if we try to undo that minimalize that, taliban, al qaeda can drive through that exploit that all day long. i think what we'll have to do, we'll have to

was a great entertainer and a great businessman, maybe the first media mogul in american paine wem, with thomas have the first great polemicist in america. with alexander hamilton, the great persuader in opinion journalism in american history. i want to introduce you to james calendar, the first great political hack writer, hack journalist in american history. he has this colorful, wonderful, appalling story that he came to the u.s. from scotland, an immigrant in the 1790's, as so many journalists were. alexander hamilton was. and calendar immediately entered into the news business. back then, all of the newspapers were closely aligned with political parties. in fact the purpose of a lot of newspapers was not to make money, they were subsidized by the party. the purpose was to present their ideas and attack their rivals. so calendar signed up for that and became a jeffersonian in the 1790's. we sometimes put the founding fathers on a pedestal for all the great things they did and we forget the fact that a number of them didn't like each other, they fought with each other. jefferson versus hamilton was one of the great divides in the early republic. jam

the best publicist to machine ever. few know him as well as shoot outs and is an expert on alexander from home life and adventures biography reintroduced the great naturalist to a new generation of readers and now the world is marking his 250th birthday we made out with andrea wulf at the royal institution in london one of britain's foremost establishments for scientific education and research. proves. over a decade on the traces of alexander for home bolt she's written 2 books about him including an illustrated album about his famous expedition to south and central america it depicts the hardships he endured but also his fascinating encounters and discoveries and it includes his drawings which fundamentally changed europe's view of the americas. you. had was for sure one of the greatest scientists of previous times of all times well he was the most famous scientist of his time and i think he's undergoing a little bit of a renaissance at the moment quite rightly so because i think his views. how he brings together the arts and the science how he says that we need to use our imagination and our feelings to understand nature i think are very relev

those three great examples, we have ben franklin the printer, a great entertainer and businessman, maybe the first media mogul in american , thealism, thomas payne first great polemicist, alexander hamilton, the great journalism. opinion now i want to introduce you to a guy named james calendar, the first great political hack writer, hacked journalist in american journalist. story,this colorful which as he came to the united states from scotland, he was an immigrant in the 1790's as a so many journalists were, alexander hamilton himself was a immigrant. into theendar entered news business. back then, the newspapers or closely allied with political parties. the purpose of a lot of newspapers was not to make money, they were subsidized by the parties and the purpose was to present ideas at our their rivals. james calendar signed up for that and became a jeffersonian in the 1790's. we sometimes put the founding fathers on a pedestal for all the great things they did and forget the fact that a number of them didn't like each other, they fought with each other. jefferson versus hamilton was one of the great divides in the early republic. james calendar signed up for the jeffersonian

. >> ask alexander the great to do that. >> took him a while. >> in a single lifetime. >> going back thank you matthew, thanks for joining us i'm scared >> my pleasure. >> worried >> about what? >> america's place in the world. you? >> you should have been scared about that a long time ago. >> we've been losing for a while. i know you think that. >> you might want to be scared -- i don't know what you want to be scared about. u.k. prime minister boris johnson securing a victory overnight. johnson vowing to leave the e.u. by january 31st saying no ifs, no buts, no maybes the results were more decisive checking the pound at this hour. >> taking things in stride >> it's doing better than that up about close to 2% actually on this news right now. 1.34 right now take a look at european markets, they are up across the board ftse 100 up close to 2% as well. >>> we've got a lot more coming up on "squawk box" this morning. lawmakers battling over drug pricing. our good friend and former fda commissioner dr. scott gottleib is going to join us after the breaks to determine why price controls may

exactly what our founding fathers warned us about, the great alexander hamilton said the greatest fearbout impeachment is one day the decision will be made based on strength of party rather than demonstrated innocent or guilt and that is what we saw yesterday. shannon: when it came to any type of bipartisanship it was democrats who crossed over to join republicans on articles of impeachment but none of the republicans crossed over. >> absolutely not. this is a 3-year impeachment in search of a crime. absolutely no evidence presented by the democrats. i'm still trying to figure out what crime they are alleging he committed that rises to the level of impeachment. this was an easy no vote. heather: the latest fox news polls, when it comes to congressional job performance 62% disapprove of the job performance going on because it is been so focused on impeachment, the gallup poll shows a slight majority disapproving of impeachment. what is your reaction to those numbers? >> congress doesn't do anything. for someone like me who ran for congress to do things, to move the country forward it is

the president. when they moved to that impeachment, going against everything and every fear that alexander hamilton had, that the animosities would be so great that they'd use their own political raw power to do something different and they did it and now they're so embarrassed that they wouldn't send it over to the senate, i'm mbarrassed about that. reporter: there were a record number of republican retirements over this congress and the last. what does that say to you about the health of your party? mr. mccarthy: the health of our party is very strong. let's talk about that. last congress when we had retirements, i was sad about that. i wish we didn't have as many. i wished congressman poe did not retire. i'd never met a man named den crenshaw before, this new -- dan crenshaw before, this new, young navy s.e.a.l., who is probably the strongest republican on social media talking about policies and ideas. it's healthy. for those when are afraid about republican retirements, i would not be. if you take the average of the retirements based upon where if you look at the president's votes and others, it's an r-23. the republicans are going to re

thomas payne was a great practitioner and wrote the most influential one in american history that spurred us on to the fourth of july. a third great journalist from hamilton,s alexander founder of the new york post, the best newspaper in new york. also, the author of the federalist papers. when we encounter the federalist papers today, when we have to read them in school, they come as a book. they were really newspaper op-ed's. and jameser hamilton madison, and john jay were writing the federalist papers today, they would be op-ed's in the wall street journal. that's how people read them back then. we forget that, because we regard them as classics of lyrical philosophy, they were central in the ratification of the constitution, but they were journalism. examples, we have ben franklin who was a great entertainer and businessman, may be the first media mogul in american journalism, with thomas payne we have the great polemicist in america. hamilton, the in opinionader journalism in american history. to introduce you to james calendar, the first great political hack writer, journalist in american history. this colorful, wonderful, appalling story that he came to the u.

write off marabou to judge i think he's got a better shot than some of the republicans are giving him alexander today and it was great talking with you both thanks larry thank you learn as well the more politicking when they have to this. aeroflot russian and lights. in a world of big partisan lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. aeroflot russian and lights. my feeling with this world is right now as we're so confused and fearful and there's a certain generation that's controlling all the politics around the world still when that generation dies off and children are brought off the smooth freedom really are less materialistic don't really care about these things concrete even more automobiles want to live right beside job want to ride a bicycle this movement is global and it's going the world is goin

the framers of our cost to sion a worried about this a good deal and in the federalist papers alexander hamilton goes into great detail about how the senate should avoid the temptations of partisanship and that when they sit is a judicial body they have to be on their guard not to of ally themselves with any partisan interest well we're quite a ways away from that null. philip bobbitt than a former white house lawyer and a former associate counsel to president carter thank you for joining us on al-jazeera well let's come back now to joseph or a in the studio here with me we've been talking about how the democrats are not to posi had their hands forced here and i wonder there were concerns about this galvanizing the republican party heading into an election uniting the right has not happened. i think the republican base the core of the party as it exists in 21000 heading into 2020 is firmly behind president trump they're energized by him and his presence and his public persona it's hard to imagine that they weren't already as excited as they could be within that base of the republican party certainly also the ba

the name. i had a coach who was really important. then we had marcus alexander a another great coach i had a great time training with him. ok but as you know i had the pleasure spare. 3 years with him watching him develop his skills he's tactical awareness and general mindset. and now is one of resilience football's absolute top stance which well it isn't. played football there up to the age of 11 or 12. alls like then i didn't really want to play football i still like to put some much . put so it provides the ideal foundation for a future footballer to build on with time and space as a premium you learn to think quickly on your feet. up i'd say playing a big part in the phillips early development quantity we all know a lot of his qualities are basically rooted in food so they move to the food so yeah i mean i didn't want to quit football so i ended up doing both. thing made multi-year begin to get my make an advisor. and that's all magician was a nickname he earns long before he left brazil. magazine could seemingly make a ball just disappear and pop up again somewhere else. p

of this, first postindependence govern, mayor james wayne, john jay, the great diplomat and patriot, and the young -- and alexander hamilton who had been on washington's staff and you can see the musical. but these men were also working with new york's quakers, who appear several times in this book and they're always on the outs, always outsiders, and by their own choice because their own religious vision is so radical and to what extent should they participate in what the rest of the world is doing. this is an ongoing debate within the quaker community, but at this moment, the two of them see a common interest in trying to rectify new york's situation with respect to slavery. the feel this is a violation of the principles of the revolution, for which some of these men have fought -- not the quakers but people like hamilton did -- and they want to set new york on the path of manumission, so they write a constitution which is very eloquent. is resembles the famous opening of the declaration of independence. it's much more explicitly religious. jefferson talk about the laws of nate tour and nature's god. the constit

great seriousness. >>this is the day that alexander hamilton feared and warned would come house minority leader kevin mccarthy continue to attack the democrats decision to impeach president trump and says they made up their minds even before the ukraine scandal broke they always had this pre written timeline from the day they got sworn in. >>the announcement this morning sets the stage for a vote on articles of impeachment potentially before christmas. we heard mccarthy already criticized that timeline this afternoon. it's the weakest. >>it's the thinnest and it's the fastest impeachment in history until a vote is held the judiciary committee is going to continue to hold hearings with the next one set for monday in washington, i'm joe khaleel. >>4 people were killed when a police chase ended in gunfire in florida right near miami. 2 robbery suspects and a ups truck driver and a bystander were all killed. the chase began when coral gables police were called to a shooting and a robbery at a jewelry store. police chased a down and spotted the suspects and the ups delivery truck. the ups driver and an innocent by

the industrial revolution in america? it's alexander hamilton, who helped found the city in 1791. he wanted to harness the hydropower of the passaic river's greatence from british manufacturers. >> by 2015 in new jersey, the landau brothers have been storing stuff left from their parents' estate in roger's basement for four years. >> it was in the way of the ping pong table, and he wanted to, apparently, clear out some space. >> roger decides to take action before his table tennis game gets too rusty. >> i got around to calling an auctioneer, someone whose name i saw advertised on the side of the garden state parkway. >> john nye is the auction guy. >> so i said, listen, i'll stop and see you on my way to work. >> nye liquidates estates, some big fortunes like luther vandross and perry como's, and a lot of more modest ones like the landaus. you went to his house, what'd you see? >> he takes me down to the basement. my initial reaction was, i was loving the silver. the paintings were beautiful, but not remarkable. >> nye schleps the stuff over to his auction house to examine each piece and price it for sale. he values some of those silver pieces

the president. when they moved to that impeachment going against everything and every fear that alexander hamilton had, that the animosities would be so great, they'd use their own political raw power to do something different and they did it, and now they're so embarrassed, they wouldn't send it over to the senate, i'm embarrassed about that. >> -- john dingell. >> a record number of republican retirements including mark meadows today. what does that say to you about the health of your party? >> the health of our party is very strong. let's talk about that. last congress when we had retirements, i was sad about that. i wish we didn't have that. i wish congressman poe did not retirement i never met a man named dan crenshaw before, this young navy s.e.a.l., probably the strongest republican on social media talking about policies and ideas. it's healthy. for those who are afraid about republican retirements, i would not be. if you take the average of the retirements based upon where, if you look at the president's votes and others, it's in r-23. a republican is going to replace mark meadows. i wish mark meadows would stay. he's been a great m

let off for the royal blues teams with ambitions of great things we also need sound organisation with quarter of an hour play checkers. offense was in the shop was 23 year old goalie alexander nubile lost in space as newcastle our rio de leon baby called time to shake it to bounce back as top teams do when under pressure but their response was underwhelming just before half time nubile did well to approach this last from better rugby but laver couzin were definitely the superior side. let's be honest it's one of the top team in the bully a little pool which we've played specially offensively they're a threat cheika did eventually get around to posing a threat themselves in the 26th minute only for binny to remount to be denied by lucas for that ski in the later cruising goal. but scoring hasn't exactly been shy cause for a with 24 goals they have the tell you mr fans of the top 5 for a game of to how. well shall get did quadruple the efforts on goal after the break to a total of 5 but that's not enough when you have plans to compete with the best and especially in direct encounters cheika were always 2nd best in nature to use. their hosts managed 19 chances and one of the l

the room as alexander hamilton compose "the federalist" papers, a tribute government. >> i would just say to people watching here at home and around the world and the words of my greatolleague, we are better than that. adjourned. >> tucker: a tsunami of falseness that threatens to drown us all, save that tape. when donald trump gets reelected, we will have tangible evidence showing exactly how it happen. the other somber and serious person's house judiciary chairman jerry nadler who actually fell asleep yesterday during the hearing he was supposedly overseeing, watch this. >> there is no doubt it will be an unfair and partisan effort. this on the american people ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: hard to judge that many people felt that way, she judge jeanine pirro, we are always grateful to have you on the show. is it wishful thinking or is it true, what it seems like to me that this has the capacity to boom to make boomerang and hurt the people staging this show. >> everyone is assuming it's going to boomerang and hurt them but the proof is they have this rush to judgment. why are they rushing, why are they not waiting for the material witnesses that they might be able to bring

be let off for the royal blues teams with ambitions of great things also need sound organization with quarter of an hour played his defense was in the shop as a 23 year old goalie alexander nubile lost in space as newcastle ario headed in the leon baby call time for shy kids of pounds back as top teams do when i'm depression but their response was underwhelming just before half time you did well to pluck the last from better rugby but neva couzin were definitely the superior side. let's be honest it's one of the top team in the bully a liverpool in which we've played specially offensively they're a threat cheika did eventually get around to posing a threat themselves in the 26th minute only for binny to remand to be denied by lucas reddit ski in the late accusing goal. but scoring hasn't exactly been shy chris forte with 24 goals they have the tape mr friends of the top 5 football a game of 2 how. well shall get did quadruple the efforts on goal after the break to a total of 5 but that's not enough when you have plans to compete with the best and especially in direct encounters cheika was always 2nd best in later years. their hosts managed 19 chances and one of the last

great seriousness. >>this is the day that alexander hamilton feared and warned would come house minority leader kevin mccarthy attack the democrats decision to impeach president trump and says they made up their minds even before the ukraine scandal broke they always had this pre written timeline from the day they got sworn in. >>the announcement this morning sets the stage for a vote on articles of impeachment potentially before christmas. we heard mccarthy already criticized that timeline this afternoon it's the weakest. >>it's the thinnest and it's the fastest impeachment in history until a vote is held the judiciary committee is going to continue to hold hearings with the next one set for monday in washington, i'm joe khaleel. >>all right now checking on the 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside. mostly dry golden gate bridge lawrence as we're getting a lot of rain the sierra don't get a lot of fun now a lot of folks trying to get up there. get up there do a little skiing, but if you headed up there be walk careful you're going to see heavy snowfall moving in starting tomorrow afternoon to start

alexander the 2nd was assassinated so therefore russia has had a long history in 14 great assassinations and violent acts because there were was a minority. who believe that is only way to that they could come to power that they could they they said the people were oppressed and so while there for they would root they would in fact kill eliminate those who were pressuring them the leadership and we always believed that if the learned the czar or the kaiser somebody that that would change everything because it didn't it made the police more wary and the they came down harder on the terrorists on the political opponents and so on so if you like what is going on no in fact a continuation of what happened in the past and the further back you go in history the more assassinations the murders you find. and the police forces now. it's more sophisticated the more information and the more wary of people. and you have checks and so on but again i would stress that you could get the person you are to god is normal if there is such a thing as a normal person a normal person suddenly changes and beco

the other founder step down. here to discuss, we are joined by bluebirds sophie alexander as well as bloomberg technology senior executive editor brad stone. every analyst on the street said this is a great, they are consolidating. we now have seen our pichai, clear man in charge. try -- sundar pichai. larry and sergey have been receding from public view. rollback ofesent a the alphabet structure, putting one person in charge. i think the streets reacting the way they did because they think to dart will bring some discipline to those far off debts. most of them pretty well but not a lot to show for the others. as we transition from the business back to the iunder, one said frankly if were worth $50 billion, i, too would just take a leave and just had an island somewhere. you have been following them. what is their story? >> actually $60 billion. and they have seen a pay bump. in the past few days after the news, shares rose 3%. that means one point $6 billion for each of the founders, larry page and sergey brin. that does not mean that much because it is all still held enough about stock. it is only going to mean money they can spend if they start selling stock, which is what we will be

great movie. david: [laughter] that is kent alexander, author of "the suspect."turns over a new batch of messages to the faa. it may put the company into a deeper hole over the developments of the 737 max. this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. after bowling's ceo stepped down earlier this week, we now learn there is a second group of documents the company failed to turn over to authorities, that one congressional staffer calls disturbing. joining us now is brendan case. thank you so much for joining us. what do we know, if anything, about the second edge of documents? one congressional staffer calls disturbing. joining us now is brendan case. brendan: we know a congressional aide has called them disturbing. we also know a previous batch of messages in october had a big negative impact on boeing's stock price. what we don't know is the actual contents of this latest touch of messages. we are all trying to learn more. important make an point, this is n

great seriousness. >>this is the day that alexander hamilton feared and warned would come house minority leader kevin mccarthycision to impeach president trump and says they made up their minds even before the ukraine scandal broke they always had this pre written timeline from the day they got sworn in. >>the announcement this morning sets the stage for a vote on articles of impeachment potentially before christmas. we heard mccarthy already criticized that timeline this afternoon. it's the weakest. >>it's the thinnest and it's the fastest impeachment in history until a vote is held the judiciary committee is going to continue to hold hearings with the next one set for monday in washington, i'm joe khaleel. >>well an active day ahead of us as far as rainfall goes maybe a quiet start to this morning. the rain arrives after 03:04pm, today so quiet on the radar right now that's good news for commuters. taking to the roads right now i would recommend against travel into the evening, more even late afternoon today though that's the storm system sets up shop across the bay area later on so from quiet mild conditio

a reformed college math student and so having the chance to present you eugenia cheng and amir alexander on a doubleheade doubleheader, this was really great opportunity for the special homecoming festival. i'm so pleased to see everyone here tonight and face to our partners. the format is unusual tonight if you've been other townhall because it is doubleheader. we will open with a solo presentation from eugenia cheng and then take a short break while we switch the presentation over to amir alexander who will come up and give his talk after which we will have a choice of q&a. keep questions in mind from both talks. there is visit beautiful residents tonight where genus talk focuses on its dynamic and then we take this broader historical view of the historical development of mathematical thinking with amir alexander. hopefully there will be some residents but both will be happy to answer questions. after that you can pick up a copy of by the book at the book table and will a book signing afterwards and our bar and cafÉ will be open if door to stick around. the very last thing i will say about townhall is a member supported organization. tha

the president. when they moved to that impeachment going against everything and every fear that alexander hamilton had, that the animosities would be so greatey would use their own political raw power to do something different and they did it and now they're so embarrassed they wouldn't send it over to the senate, i'm embarrassed about that. >> you had a record number of republican retirements this congress including mark meadows today. what does it say to you about the health of your party? >> bill: it is very strong. let's talk about that. the last congress when we had retirements i was sad about that and wished we didn't have as many. i wished congressman did not retire. i never met a man named dan crenshaw before, this new, young navy seal who is probably the strongest politician on social media talking about policy and ideas. for those afraid of republicans retirements, i wouldn't be. if you take the average of the retirements if you look at the president's votes and others it's 23. republicans will replace mark meadows. i wish he would stay. he has been a great member. when you look back the thing about the republican party we don't b

the president politically. for his part, president trump only hours earlier defended giuliani's role saying he's quote a great person who loves our country. craig. >> peter alexander> this morning, the search for two missing florida children is growing more desperate an amber alert was issued yesterday for 6-year-old braxton williams and his 5-year-old sister bria. their father told jacksonville police the children disappeared early sunday while playing outside near their home. the sheriff's department says the boy, braxton is on the autism spectrum, but does communicate with others. investigators still don't know if the children were taken or wandered off on their own. >>> now to your health at 8:00 and another good reason to perhaps drop a few pounds in 2020 new research shows that even moderate weight loss can go a long way toward preventing breast cancer. nbc medical contributor dr. natalie azar is here with more on this study what's the top line takeaway what's new with regard to this >> this is really exciting news. hopeful for women. we have known for some time that being overweight or obese can increase the risk of breast cancer after menopause but what we