everybody understands the key now is to process the alliance the potential of this alliance is huge. i said at some point, 80% of this alliance is in front of us, not behind it is our duty now to ex tract t our potential. >> to bring it back to fca, that would have given you some exposure to the united states, north america, where you don't really have a presence right now. are you on the hunt for the prospects? >> it also exists in the alliance the american exposure is there nissan is exposed in north america, you very well know. so we have this complimentary footprint. europe, north america, south america, our strategy is to strength enthat. what i say is real and happens, then this alliance will become very attractive. so we are not hunting because we have so many other things to do. but i guess in the future, they will get to hunting in the appliance to strengthen it >> i'll take you back again to the north america where you don't have a lot of exposeer it seems like both parties have cooled down. we don't know if the u.s. president will come back in and impose tariffs renault mu

ambassador to the alliance he's now at the atlantic council heather conley was a u.s. state department official working on europe and is currently director of the europe program at the center for strategic and international studies and finally now gardner is a foreign policy analyst at the heritage foundation and former aide to lady margaret thatcher in the united kingdom welcome all thank you very much for being here but before we start lest you think donald trump made a statement about nato in the middle east on a whim the next day he followed up with this exchange and i actually had a name. nato and then you have the middle east you know they told me i said what a beautiful name nato member good name straight u.s.m.c. and like the song y.m.c.a. everybody nobody could remember us m.c.s. it think of the song y.m.c.a. now everybody says it they don't remember the previous name of a big deal. commonly known as nafta you know if you add the words if you add the 2 words released at the end of it because that's a big problem that's a big source of problems and they told me

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle the nato military alliance is a relic from the cold war back then it was relevant and even necessary today it is an alliance in search of a mission that search has almost completely entailed eastern expansion towards russia but a lingering question remains is the average american and western european interested in a war over the sovereignty of dystonia and montenegro. cross talking the atlantic alliance i'm joined by my guest loop of a in brussels he's an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of the crisis research institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to our guest in paris many well you have president mccrone just recently said that nato is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because a nato summit is coming up next week and it's been shortened to 2 days because a lot of people worried that. donald trump will start some kind of d

ghosn: yes, i think the alliance can succeed without me, but the alliance has to follow some rules. the alliance is not going to work respond to. -- going to work responsibly. it is wrong. and you know who is wrong into his right? look at the results. that is the only way you know who is right and who is wrong in a business. you look at the gross, the bottom line, and the solution. when i look at what has happened for the last 13 months, with everything that has happened, i am not sure about the future of the alliance. yes? french]king i just wanted to know, of course, your life was completely changed, and in the media, people introduced to you as having reached a level where you were disconnected from reality. of course, what has happened to you does change a man. you think about that, what are your feelings? what have you got to say about this image? mr. ghosn: it is not a question of image. of course there were certain periods in my life where i made choices. that's all. it is not a question of how i am living or why i am living. i had certain important decisions to make in my li

but don't forget the eastern alliance.i think we are starting to get a more sophisticated understanding of the politics of the second world war. the fact is in order to defeat hitler the united states and the united kingdom aligned themselves with a dictator who was evil and with as many people as hitler did i wrote a book called six months in 1845 the last few months of the war in the beginning of the cold war and very quickly we went from being allied with the soviet union to the enemy and in subsequent years we tended to suppress the fact most of the killing was taking place on the eastern front. there was a moral ambiguity at the heart of western strategy in the second world war we beat the nazis to align ourselves. somehow we have to grapple with that central ambiguity when we think about fighting wars. >> in the 1930s with the america first movement half was isolationist wanting to stay out of the war or the other saw we could be drawn in and president roosevelt led the united states to become the arsenal of the demo

to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on the atlantic alliance with our. live. live. live. live. live. live live. live . live. live. oh. please. live. lists lists. lists. and a very warm welcome to you you're watching us in such. medical use downs to leaks laws leave god to. believe. when you. present that it would look in the distance was more than a book called a but. it's going strong it's that it's about seeing new yorkers. just chill. is you'll be via reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led so. direct. what is truth lost his faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. aura made in the shallowness. there's a lot of here is economy where china has caught up or surpassed us you know the mobile payments market 50 times the size of the us or over here still writing checks our banking system is not innovated 5 g. we've kind of recently woken up the last couple years and go wow we don't even have a comp

new this has been a feeling for some time now those in power the ruling alliance is led by. parties hezbollah and amal as well as the president michel aoun who is the son in law is the foreign minister and who heads the christian party the free patriotic movement the prime minister has differences with the foreign minister accusing the other side of surfing the powers of of the 70s so you see because the state is divided along sectarian lines power is divided among the different sects there is a feeling among some is that they have been robbed of their rights and that when the ruling alliance which in parties name some the prime minister has who doesn't have the support of the saddle high levy who heads the largest sunday bloc in parliament and more importantly who doesn't have the support of diarrheal fatwa which is the suddenly religious establishment in lebannon then you will hear some some news here in lebanon say that we have been marginalized we have been pushed out of government they have taken our powers and that is where the danger lies because as much as this prote

to step up their involvement there but that seems to contradict his previous questioning of the alliances relevance he's arched its member countries to increase their military spending get criticized nato as obsolete and split with some of its leaders over his decision to pull outs of the 2015 you clear deal with iran well now nato secretary general says he agrees with that the alliance should contribute more to the stability of the region well let's hear what the u.s. president's to say today i am going to ask dado to become much more involved in the middle east process over the last 3 years under my leadership our economy is stronger than ever before in america's achieved energy independence these historic accomplishment shades our strategic priorities these are accomplishments that nobody thought were possible and options in the middle east became available we are now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world we are independent and we do not the middle east oil. well the president has also called on the other signatories to the 2050 nuclear deal with iran tha

forces in the country while iraq's interim prime minister tried to balance its alliance with the u.s. and iran telling the us ambassador the cooperation was key. there's no sign yet what form iran's revenge will take back to iran has already announced that it will no longer abide by the 2015 nuclear deal raising the stakes further. this is a very. fluid story to talk about the big table by our middle east analyst day you want to see you happy new year we're just getting reports that the u.s. military has written to the iraqi government saying that it is willing is preparing to move out of the country how significant is that well of course i haven't seen the letter and i can't confirm the evidence but it sounds reasonable to me that doesn't 1st of all just mean that they would withdraw all their forces but let's always remember the u.s. have officially withdrawn from iraq in 2011 and until today like since 2014 since they were like reinvited let's say as an allied fight this is about islamic state and isis. they are there at the pleasure of the iraqi government and the iraqi parliament

is a relic from the cold war back then it was relevant and even necessary today it is an alliance in search of a mission that search has almost completely entailed eastern expansion towards russia but a lingering question remains is the average american and western european interested in a war over the sovereignty of dystonia and montenegro. cross talking the atlantic alliance i'm joined by my guest loop of a in brussels he's an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of the crisis research institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to our guest in paris many well you have president mccrone just recently said that nato is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because a nato summit is coming up next week and it's been shortened to. 2 days because a lot of people are worried that. donald trump will start some kind of dumpster fire as he tends to do when it comes to nato so how is the nato alliance stand right now

well nato has previously carried out missions in the middle east and i was cited europe they alliances roughly 500 soldiers in iraq training iraqi soldiers who've been battling eisel since 2018 nato suspended its training mission there and lifted out some of its forces following the killing of iran's top military commander custom salami its longest mission has been in afghanistan since 2001 the organization has more than 17000 soldiers in a non-combative role there it launched a military intervention in libya in 2011 that a month operation ended after president war marga duffy was deposed and killed. well let's bring in our guests a new york karen joy greenberg she's the director of the center on national security a fordham university in copenhagen on skype research policy he is the chief strategy officer at restless and global and a former director of policy planning at nato and in exeter in the united kingdom we have a bill russell and he is a researcher at the university of exeter specializing in iran iraq and middle eastern politics a very warm welcome to all of you the response if

i mean, this is an alliance. their alliance with renault and mitsubishi is fragile right now. and nissan and the strategy carlos ghosn engaged in, he's not off the hook for the company underperforming in 2017 and 2018 the strategy for a long time especially here in north america was pump up the cars jump up the incentives you have got to move the metal as much as possible. we want marketshare. marketshare, marketshare, marketshare. well, it's come home to roost especially at nissan and they are raley feelieally feeling th of that right now. so they've got bigger issues, david, in terms of getting the alliance to function properly. take a look at shares of nissan. they are down 35% since the arrest of carlos ghosn >> yeah, which he was quick to point out. phil, stand by for us. i want to bring in the author of "turn around, carlos ghosn rescued nissan" of course before all of this occurred david, i know you've been listening in give me your thoughts on what you've heard from mr. ghosn particularly in light of the fact you know the man well having written a book about him. >> ri

the good news,what i want to insist on, we are now in the new stage of the alliance. probably back to the spirit of the alliance when it was created 20 years ago which was a success. i think we are now shaping up the whole thing in a way that we can only have positive news in the coming future. >> on the other side, volkswagen boss also reacted to his departure. >> it will be sad that he's leaving us he played an important role. he's one of the best marketers he has a brilliant understanding of the brand but we accept that he's going to leave and he's probably in talks with renault now >> speaking about renault specifically, we are all awaiting the big announcement and suggesting that he will be rubber stamped 2019 was a year to forget for the carmaker they underperformed looking at the stock performance with the set back by macroconcerns and questions about the future of alliance, corporate governance, manageme management they are looking to 2020 with optimism hoping they can close a chapter and put a line under 2019 which was a year of utter turmoil. >> i thought it

this notion of a tech alliance or alliance of the willing may have to be a new framework that we have thought about in a military sense, an economic sense, and increasingly in a technology sense. that goes across r&d, supply chain issues, and how we make sure the technology of the 21st century that will drive the economy are based in the values that i think builds our country in the first place and allowed our economy to prosper in so many ways post-world war ii. recognizewill have to that our public level of investment, if we are going to make this happen, will have to go dramatically up. at the end of world war ii, the united states funded 60% of the r&d in the world. 28% ande fund about non-differential. that is not a business plan for country, in china that has laid out their 2025 plan the technologies they believe they will dominate in which will lead to economic and additional dominance if they are able to carry that out. it is extraordinarily important that we get this right. i had a lot of other important things to say, but no rest for the weary in terms of a voting schedule,

so these issues should be raised and discussed within the alliance. they also have very clear security implications. i think it's very obvious also to the united states administration that one cannot sell f-35 airplanes to a country that is procuring at the same time 400 anti-aircraft missile systems, the two cannot go together. i think also within the context of the relationship regarding the united states and turkey, these are important points that were raised by me during the nato leaders meeting. >> turkey may come up again but i want to pick up on the east med act and some of the issues represented to that represented to related to. that greece has already played a pretty fundamental role in diversifying europe's energy supplies. whether through new l&g exports, through grease l.n.g. exports, through the greece import, you've just hosted in athens, prime minister netanyahu of israel, the president of cyprus. to sign the east med project, the idea of a pipeline that would bring eastern med gas to europe. i don't think this is tomorrow. this is a b

i want to japanese to be proud of the alliance. i want renault to be proud of the alliance. totally, and i proposed a system to maintain that my even though i made the alliance irreversible. unfortunately, there was no trust. some of our japanese friends thought the only way to get rid of the influence of renault on the sun to get rid of me, which unfortunately, they were right because when you see execs what is happening today, where renault has very little influence on what is going on and nissan, even though they put a nice face on what is taking place, you know that she japanese have it right by saying we will get much more autonomy for this. unfortunately, as you know, we are going to talk about the results, that are not the one that everyone was hoping for. people?re the m going to give you names. who was part of the plot? -- are part of the plot, but there are many other people. and number of the board was the link between the board of nissan and the authorities. now, i can talk about what happens in the government of japan. i can give you names. i respect lebanon and

we know australia in the united states have a strong alliance.g more firefighters from the u.s. and canada to arrive in australia. at the moment, it is a tough situation, the government trying to help these volunteer firefighters. new south wales has agreed to pay compensation to these volunteer firefighters up to $4200 for privately employed volunteers. the federal government saying more states could adopt this. joe: thank you. for more of these stories, don't miss daybreak australia and --break don't miss this. the fed announcing its minutes. we will be speaking to loretta mester. romaine: i will look at ism data for december at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. sales for automobiles tomorrow. that is all for "what'd you miss?" joe: have a great evening. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg technology. californiathe consumer privacy act is in effect, but not without controversy. cybersecurity in 2020, what new threats lurk

this is the alliance party boss mike naomi long.t we would have sustainable government, a fit for purpose executive and that it would deliver for all of the people of northern ireland. the deal that was put to others was imperfect, as any deal would be we believe. it can be the basis for delivery than people of northern ireland if it is implemented with good well. the test of that goodwill will not come today, but in the days and weeks that follow. as the alliance party, we are willing to play whatever role we are willing to play whatever role we can and ensuring that that goodwill and the spirit of inclusion is one that marks this executive out in contrast to previous executives. we stand ready to play our full roll. what about the role of the ulster unionist? they have said in the last half an hour that they are also going to take part in the executive, so there will be no official opposition. in the previous assembly, the ulster unionist pulled out of this ineffective coalition government. that is really what this is, a grand coa

/japan alliance, yes, i totally agree with shoji. so now japan and the united states have to put substantial substance to the free and open indo-pacific by promoting the cooperation as well as infrastructure development. the substance of the free and open indo-pacific is a key point po not manage or divert the lives of china's influence in the region. that's my opinion. >> we're going to turn now to the global g-7, g-20 and united nations. you had a nice display of the challenges, but also the really proactive thinking going on in japan about how to strengthenenutional structure and how to strengthen the alliance at the same time. they are intertwined as matt like to point out with article 2 and we're grateful we had this chance. let's thank this panel and while clapping invite the next one up. . >>> okay. we're back. good afternoon. my name is matthew goodman. i'm senior vice president and i hold the simon share political economy here. delighted to join mike in welcoming you all here to this strategic japan panel or event. we're the

, tech alliance. i think that's the overall strategic mistake. so i fully agree we should cooperate instead of confront each other. on the data issue, my advise to american tech companies would be to be at the forefront when it comes to the data protection. you should realize that for historic reasons that protecting a person's data is a center issue in europe. in germany for obvious reasons or eastern europe for obvious reasons. people are very much concerned about government control and supervision and so i think we should realize how important data privacy is in the european context. so my advice would be on the one hand to be at the forefront when it comes to protection of personal data, at the same time at the forefront when it comes to protection of free speech and this strategy, i think could make it easier for american tech company -- >> professill like to hear of t cooperation that i am hearing that we don't have to look internally in the united states but actually a global cooperation at the

talk about revitalizing our alliance structures. i would add i think there's obviously some urgency on the question of new start and whether or not we try to seize an opportunity to renew it. i think we should and i think the island that the opportunities in arms control that we shouldn't be shy there to take advantage of. and then i could go on and on, but just to give one more example of areas that have been so badly battered they don't server interest that we need to be looking at, and that's her whole relationship with the palestinians. having cut off all our aid, having killed under a ineffective, having done a series of things that basically completely marginalized and destroyed that relationship. we need to assess whether that's really where we want to be and whether that is sustainable. obviously i think it is not anti-think in the whole nexus of our relationships both with respect to the israel-palestine relationship but also with respect to the broader middle east, we have some rethinking and refreshing to do, to put it mi

. -- a possible alliance. it would involve a pledge to help each other in precincts where one does not have enough support in next week's caucuses. >> klobuchar flew to council bluffs, iowa, for a rally between impeachment proceedings and was quick to dismiss the idea of teaming up with anyone. >> if defeating president trump is the most important thing, in precincts that you may not be viable in, what would you urge your support force to? >> -- supporters to do? >> i'm not getting to that point. i want to be viable in every precinct. >> reporter: there's a lot of precincts out there. would you urge them to follow their instinct? >> i'm urging people to support me. >> she's not directing people to do anything. far more a sign of recognition on biden's part that he needs help in some parts of the state to challenge bernie sanders and pete buttigieg. >>> there's been a sharp jump in the member of american troops diagnosed with brain injuries from the iranian attack on u.s. bases in iraq this month. remember last

let's take a listen to what he used to say about the alliance. >> nato is obsolete.nato is obsolete. it's old, it's fat, it's sloppy. we are spending too much money on nato and turns out more importantly it is obsolete. >> what do you make of this about face? do they want to help him? >> i think national security officials on his team have finally gotten through to him that a good thing about alliances which trump hasn't been so in favor of in the past is that you can share costs. nato does have a training mission on the ground in iraq. they've had one for a year. of course it's suspended now because of the hostilities. nato secretary-general stoltenberg had said he hadn't wanted to get involved in the situation between iran and inunited states. but now you've got a meeting coming up monday which an opportunity for various nato allies first of all to get an ask from the u.s. here's how we would like to see you do more, but also it's another chance to drive home, you know, alliances are worthwhile, and we can do something for you. >> let me talk about the trajectory h

>> the industry was happy to have this alliance they wer bute not just pawns in the game. they believe that regulation would be bad for them. they had seen that their prosperity had been linked to the rise in a really direct way than other people may not realize prior to world war ii and to the late 1930s the main way people consume tobacco isn't even in the sector. so it was due to demand that it was also due to government intervention. so, they were invested in people continuing to smoke. >> any disconnect ask >> tobacco farmers spoke more than other people and you see greater rates of tobacco use and tobacco growing regions. so probably by the 80s. you also comical and have devised of the public interest. >> guest: yes. so, the surgeon general's report comes out in 1964 and it's basically the first time the federal government says smoking causes cancer and heart disease. and for many americans, this is a huge event launched across the front pages of newspapers across the country. but it had been in the works for a couple of years. the college of physicians basically the

>> the industry was very happy to have this alliance, it is not just this game. they believed that regulation on health ground would be bad for them. they had their prosperity had been linked to obviously the rise of the cigarette in a direct way. also, many people might not realize that prior to world war ii, the 19th -- 1930s, the main way people consumed tobacco was not even in cigarettes. the rise of the cigarette directly tracked the rise of prosperity for farmers. it is often due to government intervention. they were invested in people continuing to smoke. >> they wanted the kids to smoke? >> tobacco farmers work more than others smoking. today you see greater rates of tobacco use in tobacco growing region so i think no, probably by the 80s they didn't want their kids smoking. >> you are a surgeon general and chronicle, you have the rise of the public interest. >> yes, the report comes out in 1964 and is basically the first time the federal government said smoking causes cancer and for many americans, this is a huge event. front pages and across the country

same time some of the protesters who were on the streets yesterday are supporters of the ruling alliance and many believe that this was a message a message to the banking sector as well as the head of the central bank that they want him to go for 2 reasons those in the ruling alliance those who hold power in this country believe that banks in one way or the other are imposing this controls to create more anger in the streets to turn the streets against those in power the political class and it's not just that they do blame. me for implementing u.s. sanctions against the iranian backed group hezbollah which leads the ruling alliance so i political message at the same time saying that just briefly is there any sign the political vacuum will end anytime soon to allow the economy to improve . no politicians are in deadlock they are vying over ministerial seats bickering amongst each other a prime minister was appointed approximately a month ago has by the ruling alliance who now don't seem to want him has found yet has a cabinet line up what we understand of technocrats in the pendent expert

the ones who died with him were the ones that kept the alliances together.his is why de-escalation is important because now everyone could feel entitled to act and avenge the killings. i think the problem is these people held some sort of discipline. brent: gave some stability to the situation. >> they were strategic heads. now, you have a plethora of shia militias that could do whatever they want because they want to avenge the killing of soleimani. this may not be serving tactical or strategic interests. brent: daniel, as always, we appreciate your insights. thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. forces under the libyan strongman say they have taken the city in a rapid advance. the coastal city is located between the capital of tripoli admin ghazi --and b benghazazi. if confirmepolice in uganda havd the singer as he arrived for a rally. they say the event was illegal although it had been authorized by the electoral commission. he's hoping to run for president next year. he has been facing harassment from government

fighting for their land brazil's indigenous leaders form an alliance against the government's environmental policy its. russia has caution to both sides in the b.s. conflict ahead of a highly anticipated summit and balin on sunday acting foreign minister sergei lavrov as warlord. and prime minister of the un backfire is also to come together and without adding conditions country in greece ahead of those talks which are aimed at ending the 9 month conflict globality the most important thing now is that after the berlin conference. if everything goes as planned and the security council supports the conclusions from the conference if the libyan sides do not repeat their own past mistakes and start adding any additional conditions and blaming each other as of now the relationships between them are very strange they don't even want to be in the same rooms let alone speak or meet each other but meanwhile some of our supporters have rallied in the libyan city of benghazi hundreds of demonstrators chanted anti turkey slogans and demanded a halt to libyan oil exports the protesters say oil revenues

their c commitment to the alliance.enault chairman told belgian nenewspapers thahat the alliancs not dead and was nowhere near the point of collapse. nissan has also point out to his statement today saying it was in no way planning to end the 20 year partnership between the carmakers. both companies have suffered since the arrest of the company's architect carlos ghosn.n. staying with carlos ghosn after his draramatic escae from japan. anannusual warning from m a japapanese company. >> i it was reported he was translated wednesday -- transported wednesday in a case for music. the japanese music instrument maker yamaha has advised cucustomers on twitter not to gt into large instrument cases. in a tweet, it said that it's too late once an unfortunate accident occurs. the compmpany tweeted agagain jt to say that it was really stating something that was quite obvious. in thee: i see a film next couple of years about how this took place. thank you very much for our round of the business. stay with us. we've got plenty more n

south dakota republican legislator fred deutsch speaking in a v video posted on thee famy heritage alliance facebook page. like ii a bill to helplp, said, with these children that are suffering. it prevents surgeries. it prevents prescription of puberty blockers to o block your normal developmental puberty, as well as gives them strong cross sex hormones. if they are a boy, it would prevent strong applications of estrogen. if you are a g girl, the testosterone. both of them messed children up terribly. we are talking about utilization, sterilization, and host of other medical complications, thinning of the bones, brain issues, heart issues. it is just crazy what is going on. we are trying to protect our kids. amy: that is out dakota republican legislator fred

recently joined forces with competitors to form an alliance to end plastic waste. is the 1st it industry's poor image a problem for you. that cover stroke we want to tackle this as part of a consortium we can't solve it on our own. alliance too and plastic waste is an industry wide attempt to solve the problem of plastic pollution. we have to ensure that plastics that are too valuable to end up in the environment can again become valuable resources for industry at the end of their life cycle. but if they are valuable resources why if they've been thrown away isn't it a bit late for this alliance founded in january 29th. well to prevent them from being discarded you have to have a functioning a waste collection sorting and recovery system. and the job of the chemicals industry is to make sure there are technologies that can turn these plastics into raw materials for industry. restaurants plastics generally end up in durable goods. these include cars insulation for buildings and consumer goods. a major line of business is polyurethane fames used in shoes for example

alliance too and plastic waste is an industry wide attempt to solve the problem of plastic pollution. we have to ensure that plastics that are to if they are valuable resources where they've been thrown away isn't it a bit late for this alliance founded in january 29th. well to prevent them from being discarded you have to have a functioning a waste collection sorting and recovery system. and the job of the chemicals industry is to make sure there are technologies that can turn these plastics into raw materials for industry. restrooms plastics generally end up in durable goods. these include cars insulation for buildings and consumer goods. a major line of business is polyurethane foam used in shoes for example and mattresses. one of our 2 main product lines polycarbonate and polyurethanes. this is not easily recyclable. chemically recycled mechanically too but of course not the same amount as we produce so we don't have a circular economy for this product yet. germany's recycling rate has below 30 percent there's some dispute over how much is that far too little. but what is wrong wi

it lmost impossible to do business in the city lyman is with e san francisco bar owners alliance, one of his businesses is a bar restaurant in the mission called doctor teeth. >>he says the city of san francisco makes it very hard and very expensive for small businesses with employer mandates like healthy sf skyrocketing paoll tax as well as levying an annual tax on things like tables and chairsthere's also the difficulty of getting proper permits we are on par uh kabul and how long it takes and how many approvals we need to g in san francisco in order to get a new. >>restaurant open. it is mi think are on average about 12 to 18 months. just to get a place opening you have to understand you're usually paying rent that entire time which could ben extra 100 to $200,000 that you have toay just for a process that many many other cities in california and the world have been able solve a lot faster he's cautiously optimistic aut the vacancy tax ordinance headed for the

a great example, in 1905 the british signed an alliance signed up for an alliance with japan. principally because the british were in trouble financially, they could no longer manage all of their colonial or sections, maintain their position in asia. they anticipated that there could be a war with russia. they knew that the japanese had some experience with this, and so an agreement was reached that if there were a war, that japan would essentially defend british interests and professions in asia against the russians, and at the same time sent 100,000 japanese troops to india to defend the carpet pass from russian invasion. today we find all of this fanciful but it was quite real. that's the way people thought. that alliance was allowed to lapse in 1923 and the rest is history. why did it laps? because it was no longer the perception that such a war was likely. so the people sitting in london, even though the japanese were willing to maintain it, decided we don't really needed anymore thank you very much. and at the time, the british certainly did not fear japan. and they did

because they were appointed by the ruling alliance which controls the legislature but it doesn't have the legitimacy in the in the streets there is a certain segment of the population in lebanon which believes that this government is not going to change much it doesn't meet the aspirations of the people as the prime minister has said he tried to address the nation tried to defend his cabinet but people were not convinced but most importantly this government is going to have to come up with an economic plan to save the country even the finance minister himself said that lebanon is in a state of collapse and if we continue we will be bankrupt in order for lebanon to resolve this crisis it's going to need international help from donors from investors so their support will be key their position visa v. this new government is what will be key so far we haven't heard from the members of the so-called international support group for levanon france for example which has been repeatedly calling on the politicians to come up with a credible government we still haven't heard from the french auth