it is culturally compared to azerbaijan -- paltry compared to azerbaijan.ndan: i am to award it to caroline today. i think this is an amazing chart and this is why. the central banker of kazakhstan said about a year ago, we had to do it, other people will have to do it, and do not just look to us. watch for saudi arabia next. betty: i agree with you that carolyn, but you are not allowed to break the rules. brendan: it is your call, betty. caroline: come on, betty. betty: we have got to get going. caroline, what is coming up in europe? caroline: we will be keeping our eyes on the market. with a down day, every single industry following. here is what i am watching for tomorrow, it will all be about the turkish central bank decision tomorrow. anticipating a rise in rates as the country tries to balance inflation and a weakened currency. ♪ bring your family and friends together to discover the best shows and movies with xfinity's winter watchlist. later on, we'll conspire ♪ ♪ as we dream by the fire ♪ a beautiful sight, we're happy tonight ♪ ♪ watching in a win

finally, he set a route from georgia that will pass through azerbaijan, on to kazakhstan and beyond.oesn't look like much, but this ruin on the high plateau of southern georgia is the beginning of phase two of the out of eden walk. so this is the gateway to the orient for me. from here, i'm leaving the caucasus, going on the old silk roads to china. >> sreenivasan: so at mid- morning on october 20, salopek set out, with the world revealed before him one step after the other; on this day, up to a mountain pass at more than 9,000 feet. down the other side, salopek and his walking partner spent the night in the small village of mamishlari -a village of ethnic azeris, from azerbaijan. they were taken in by the nasibov family. 72-year-old ziauddin nasibov, and his wife, 70-year-old wife azmat married as teenagers. it is a tough farm-life, on the edge, really, of civilization. >> we came around the corner of this mountain river and here was this village that we didn't even know existed. their first reaction was curiosity. when i finally told him "well, actually, i've hiked all the way from

this is just off the coast of azerbaijan.he search is on for a number of people missing we join our correspondent in the neighbor. there are people missing and people already known to have died, robin. >> yes, that's correct, david. we have finally had confirmation from the state oil company that runs this rick. they have finally come out this evening with figures they say 32 have been rescued. 30 people killed and people are missing. that's a reflection of what we were hearing earlier today from an independent source who claimed 30 people missing presumed killed after this fire happened yesterday in very stormy weather. it's understood that the gas line was broken in those high winds under high pressure, caught fire, and very difficult for rescue services to reach the rig, to reach the platform. as to how those people may have died, either in the fire, but also reports we've been hearing of a life craft on the platform that broke up when too many people tried to get on to it, and a number of those people fell into the seas,

unlike azerbaijan, which is a victim of what is going on.e has never been a loss of face for jones day. bob profusek, the tensions in the foreign extent market and oil -- do they go over to an urgency of chief financial officers to get deals done? urgency. not think an it is mostly a continuation of what has been. tom: which is cheap money and everybody makes out like bandits. bob: but at some point if the 10-year goes up to 300, that will have an effect on multiples. when that happens, dollars might say i will wait. a bad guym cook because he will not move dollars away for the internal revenue service? bob: i read part of his testimony, and they had a tax code that was part of the thestrial revolution of 19th century. not for today. tom: guy johnson, jump in here. guy: we have all been waiting for the deal to get done. if quickly do they get done we continue to see the oil price collapsing at the start of 2016? bob: i do not think it will affect things too much. one of the things is the sheer size of this deal. the regulatory entities are o

the rig is operated by azerbaijan's state energy company socar.the fire started after heavy winds damaged a gas pipeline on the platform. a severe storm hampered rescue operations. swedish foreign minister margot wallstrÖm has condemned israel's response to recent palestinian knife attacks, saying -- "the response cannot be extrajudicial executions." this comes as israeli authorities have killed a palestinian man whom authorities say lightly wounded a man in west jerusalem. 109 palestinians and 19 israelis have been killed over the last two months. in raleigh, north carolina, republican frontrunner donald trump ended a campaign speech and walked off stage after protesters interrupted him 10 separate times. some of the protesters chanted, "all lives will matter when black lives matter." others called on trump to "stop the hate." trump repeatedly stopped his speech to respond to the protests. >> these are not people. just remember that. oh, here's another one. here's another one. look at this guy. get him out. amy: the justice department plans to la

a further 30 have been rescued by the platform owned by azerbaijan state oil company. neave barker has more. >> in high winds and rough seas a major play engulfs the platform. some managing to escape into life boats. the government has yet to confirm casualty numbers. but an independent report says that dozens of people have been killed. last year 14 workers were killed in accidents in platforms. the country has some of the richest oil fields in the world. three more workers are missing and another battered by the storm. >> prosecutors say the two men who used false i.d. papers were armed and dangerous. they helped the paris attackers travel last september. since the investigation began last month belgium has charged eight people. >> 23 nahimi gonzalez was killed in a restaurant in november, in total 132 people died in the attacks. now delegates in paris have approved a draft text. earlier an u.n. chief talked about the importance of goals on climate change. >> strong climate action provides a catalyst for global sustainable development. there is a necessary a for achi

azerbaijan's protection committee said that 42 workers were rescued, and that the blaze has now been ex-wishe extinguished. a gas pipeline was damaged during heavy winds. >>> delegates at the conference in paris have approved a dossier. that document is to be discussed by ministers on monday. delegates will try to arrive in a settlement by the end of next week. 195 countries are at the conference where representatives are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the threat of global warming. >>> as renewable energy gains popularity france has 800 wind farms. it has resulted in hundreds of legal results. and plans to traditiona travel the community has become more and more divided. >> the region in central france. it's remote and rural. it disturbs the peace and tranquility. [ bells ringing ] unless you live near one of these. here's the problem, two villages separated by a ridge and wind turbines. san clÉmente has turbines on its border. lavoin has none. but the electricity goes to san clement and not lavoin. >> the first thing is the noise and then there is the cost of sound p

yet the afghan president left today for a planned trip to as azerbaijan azerbaijani. azerbaijan. >> i'd save that for another time but certainly not the case. >> add that to the list. the deputy governor of the helman province posted on open letter on facebook asking the afghan president for help and the afghan president goes to azerbaijan? >> right. you see this letter from the deputy governor saying we need help. we're not going to be able to hold this territory. it was a frank assessment of what's really going on. and it shows the weakness of kabul. the house of cards that is the kabul government is beginning to fall apart. and this is a very dangerous time. not only for the afghans but the u.s. and coalition forces in afghanistan right now and that is really the sad underpinning of this story right now. >> conditional latleyton, thank for your insight. >> you bet. >>> an arraignment gets under way for bowe bergdahl. if convicted he could spend the rest of his life in prison. the most serious charge against him is that misbehavior before the enemy. it means endange

it is going to go through kazakhstan, azerbaijan, armenia, turkey, bulgaria, serbia, hungary, austria, germany, and finally, luxembourg. molly: how long will that take? it will take a long time. flo: a long time, and you might need some things to read. -- if so, this is a good read for the holiday season. this man here, his name is

. >> the government in azerbaijan is searching for 29 oil workers missing afters explosion of an oil rig. they admit the men may no longer be alive. four our countries are asked to search their waters for the bodies. the oil platform caught fire during high winds in the caspian sea on friday. >> the leader of september's failed coup in burkina faso is charged with the murder of a president 30 years ago. he was assassinated in 1987. the exact circumstances of his death of still unknown. the charge is complicity in the murder. he's the most senior official to be charged in the case. >> government rebels are preparing for more fighting after peace talks in ethiopia failed to reach a deal in sudan. the military is on high alert in darfur and blue nile where rebels have been battling since 2011. in september, the president announced a two month ceasefire to persuade rebels to join talks in the sudanese capital. >> now that sierra leone is declared ebola-free, tourist sites hope to be busy again. a sanctuary was closed during the ebola crazy i understand freetown and now is reopening. >> t

. >> now there's been a run on the banks in azerbaijan after the country's currency lost 30% have valueling oil prices. major retailers shut shop saying they'd have to respond to the move by raising prices immediately. >>> the security forces in burundi have been accused of carrying out dozen was extra judicial killings. amnesty international says the police and military were responsible for many deaths on one of the worst days have violence earlier in december. these 87 people were killed after three military bases were attacked by gunman. >> burkina faso's government issued an international arrest warrant for the former president for his alleged role in the murder of the ex-president in 1987. he was killed during a coup that brought him to power. the warrant was issued after an autopsy on a body believed to be his shown riddled with bullets. >> gold and diamonds are used to finance conflict in the central african republic. the kimberly process was put in place to keep so-called blood diamonds off the market, but gold is proving much more difficult to trace. we have a report now from c

we are seeing the effects of azerbaijan. russia is going.are inefficient, they do not have infrastructure, investment going on. it is not stopping them. >> it is not. there are a number of reasons for that. russia wants to be a big dog. there is no political incentive to cut back output. it is difficult to shut in production in siberia and restarted again. these oil fields produce a lot of warfare along with the oil. 90% of what comes out of the well is water. that in, you will probably never restart that well again. most ofmercial side, the costs are in rubles. of -- formpany, most the company exporting, most of their money is in dollars. government is the one that has lost out in terms of the taxation of exports. when the oil price was $100 a barrel, russian oil companies were earning about $30. now that oil prices are closer to $40 a barrel, russian oil companies are probably earning something like $25. their income has not gone down much. we are down to levels on brent we have not seen in decades. opec, saudi policy pushing the price dow

now we have the azerbaijan action. in the wake of oil's collapse.s this a reminder of the 1997 asian financial crisis? sim: this is the repercussions from lower commodity prices. it is idiosyncratic. asia itself this is not a 1997 situation. the financial conditions in asia by and large are still relatively stable. we really appreciate your insights. joining us from the bank of singapore. >> the initial reports into the deadly landslide in china said it was caused by construction debris. rubble had been piled up to steeply. destroyed andere a pipe carrying gas to hong kong. 91 people are still unaccounted for. seems to have its program back on track. the new rocket successfully deployed 11 satellites. this could increase the launches for nasa in february. staying in space, astronauts on the international space station are fixing a stalled transporter. rail car is used to move people and equipment around the orbiting lab. a ship carrying food and supplies is due there on wednesday. yvonne: destroy the government -- the australian government has set t

capitulation in azerbaijan. don't know many people who could have named it. >> we are getting there. do we go below $30? may be. cooling tobal reverse this, we are not going to get that. the more pressure on the dow and spry role remains -- a sleeper might be venezuela, a regime change in venezuela. they lived and sell every barrel they can. they need revenue and that is sitting across the gulf of mexico and there are refineries in the united states. alix: that is capitulation. >> we could get into the 20's before this is over. gets into the 20's, what does that mean for the high-yield space? >> the high-yield spaces in trouble. the degree of trouble is which areas reserves, no longer viable at current prices, get taken off of balance sheets, and lenders re-examined the assets. -- re-examined the assets. assets.amine the alix: is the risk that the selloff in high-yield would spread to say the european say,t -- would spread to, the european market? you can see the divergence. you can make the argument that the hi

we have more now from gentleman from azerbaijan. >> we're hearing from an independent mga, which is after the interest of flow they are claiming that 30 coup workers have been killed, and 42 from a platform. these were caught on yesterday. apparently it was a very strong wind off the coast. and then part of the pipeline mechanism. that's how nato carted but as we understand at moment, the official comments have not been forthcoming. that debate, john. >> the world's food program slipping unfortunately and now half of the country now is at real risk of going hungry. we rely on day into the u.s. has more than doubled. had million half over half the hotel application. more than 21 million people urgently need some sort of help more than a million yemenis have been forced from their homes mackhomes. >> yes, the food insecurity has been very high even prior too the conflict. yes, ma'am is dependent on word and over the last couple of months since prices increased it has only worseness top tha worseness. we do it to be able to reach them all. otherwise, more than half the population of this cou

now, of course, modern russia and modern turkey are straigh separated by azerbaijan and armenia and georgia the two caucasian countries have an unresolved and occasionally deadly conflict over the contested region. now that russia and turkish relations are deteriorating, the caucuses are the place to watch for increased tension. the handful of attack and helicopters that russia has sent to one of its armenian air bases, it is not in itself a huge military build up, but by the end of the year turkey will be watching closely. >> less than a week afte after thafter the warning levels in beijing, schools are closed and cars are banned from the city street. adrian brown has the story. >> flying into a city that feels under sieged, and where the enemy is everywhere. poison thousand particles in the air have reached dangerous levels. such pollution is not rare but the government's response was. although it did not go far enough for some. >> i think the government should have more control on the pollution instead of making us take the responsibility. >> i have to cancel my football class because of

on the top stories we're following this hour. 32 oil workers dead after a rig off the coast of azerbaijan. they were hampered by violent storms. they say the same storm was responsible for the fire when it damaged a gas line on the rig. >>> the governor of yemen's aiden province, five bodyguards died in the blast. adden acted as the capital -- isis claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> u.s. president barack obama will focus on terrorism during a speech to the nation on sunday. it will be only his third address from the oval office. cnn will bring you that live at 8:00 p.m. eastern time or 1:00 a.m. gmt. in london, police are calling multiple stabbings at a station -- using a stun gun to take down a man stabbed three people. one victim suffered serious injuries, but is expected to survive. >>> isolated attacks in countries all over the world raised questions about the threat of lone wolf terror and how to protect against it. for more, let's bring in someone who is an international security director at the asia-pacific donation, a counter terrorism think tank. >> your response to this

this is on the blazing oil platform near azerbaijan. platform caught fire on saturday night. 62 of the employees were working on the rig when the fire broke out. official says 33 workers have been rescued, and one worker is dead. >>> still to come, a fight where everyone loses if california doesn't do something to stop our drought. >> our system is based on how we fight with each other. >> tonight we investigate and go to sacramento to find out what state officials are going to do to change things up. it affects every man, woman and child living in california, our four year record drought that even el nino won't fix. >>> it affects every man, woman and child in california. our four-year record drought that even el nino won't fix. >> that is why senior investigative reporter stephen stock spent the last four months asking how california is going to combat this crisis. >> during our investigation, we talked to 75 different experts, scientists, and policymakers about our water crisis here in california. all of them agreed on one thing. sol

officials didn't like the fact that, you know, someone from -- half armenian, half jewish, from azerbaijan, this outpost of the russian empire, was at this stage challenging an owe totan anotoli karpov. i defied the rules, giving an interview with "der speigel," a german magazine, but most important, in 1999 i was the the first soviet athlete who refused to plant the soviet flag. i demanded a russian flag next to me at the table. >> you ran for president. >> look, again, you are misleading your audience. running for president means you know you can start your campaign, register your party or super-pac, get money, go around your country, campaign. all we did in russia, me and my friends and colleagues, is what you do to demonstrate that the system built by vladimir putin did not allow in anybody outside the system to participate in the democratic process. >> garry kasparov, i want to get your reaction to this piece of video that we're going to show from 2001. you'll recognize what it is. >> i'll answer the question. i looked the man in the eye. i found him to be very straightforward and tru

look at azerbaijan -- they have plunged because oil prices have dipped so low and are going lower. have americans saved because of cheap oil prices? it's about $100 billion. that is great, but compare that to how much does the u.s. pay regarding our debt? that is about 400 billion dollars, closer to 500 billion dollars, and that's going to go up as the federal reserve raises rates. higher interest rates are going to weigh overwhelm the benefits from cheap oil. betty: thank you very much. are moments away from the european close. a lot of action in europe, including the spanish election. kind of a mixed session for you guys. : we have seen european stocks desperately clinging onto gains but you have to check this out -- this is what political instability does, engulfing spanish assets. we have an inconclusive election. for once, we don't see the two most prominent parties gaining a majority. just one single stock higher in spain. every industry group is down in spain. down, oil ise down, so we will be looking at the drop in iberian stocks and barclays and of course, we are investiga

. >> ifill: after leaving georgia, paul salopek traveled through azerbaijan and is continuing his walkcentral asia on the road to china. salopek's work is supported in part by the pulitzer center for crisis reporting, which also partners with the newshour. for more on his walk, head online to our site at www.pbs.org/newshour. >> ifill: now, a call to arms for making real-- instead of processed-- food a bigger part of americans' diets; a push for more sensible nutritional policies; and the influence of marketing. that's the focus of michael pollan's best-selling book, "in defense of food." tonight, there's a new film on pbs with the same title. here's a quick look at what's in the documentary. i have been writing about the food system for a very long time, but what i kept hearing from readers was, yeah, yeah, yeah, you've told me where the food comes from and how the animals live but what i really want to know is what should i eat. >> we make over 200 decisions about food a day and the majority are basically unconscious to us. >> the food industry has gotten incredibly food at manipulat

energy production, especially the oil and gas production, in the north of caspian for countries like azerbaijan or kazakhstan. my other fellow panelists mentioned in detail the middle east oil being transferred by isis and terrorist groups. iran could potentially be a transit point and this could make iran a significant point for import and export of crude oil to these countries. the other issue that would be important is that iran is going to expand its electricity export to these countries -- neighboring countries like iraq, afghanistan, or pakistan. even turkey. export of electricity instead of export of natural gas or crude oil would be significant. once again, i would like to thank you for having me here today. i am looking forward to the questions. thank you.ski: mr. webster, welcome. mr. webster: thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today on global oil markets and the potential and actual impacts of terrorism on oil prices and energy security both globally and here in the united states. today, i appear before you in my capacity as senior director for ihs. i leave

toxics, thens of most dangerous are at 200 and 70 meter.ams per cubic azerbaijan has a clear morningre missing from fire in theorm caspian sea. 29 people are missing. a ship capsized in the stormy weather. neighboring countries have been asked to join the search. myanmar's former army chief is the country's future leader, according to a facebook posting by his grandson. he held an unannounced meeting with a leader who is kept him under house arrest. it is unclear whether this endorsement could lead to the constitutional change needed for her to become president. the world's biggest gamblers are becoming the world's biggest losers. poor decisions. ♪ rishaad: australians have a new world first, but perhaps one they don't really want. they are ready the world's biggest gamblers, now they are the biggest losers as well. what is behind this surgeon gambling? -- surge in gambling? >> like everywhere else, australia has low interest rates so people have been more money to spend. confidence is up a little bit among consumers. is encouraging them to further a few more dollars away on this. an

azerbaijan has declared a day of mourning for 29 people missing after ace -- after a fire slipped anorm. workers escaped lifeboats following a gas explosion on a high winds. a second capsized in the stormy weather, and the neighboring countries have been asked to join in the search field authorities say this fire should be extinguished sometime today. checking in on markets trading in the asia-pacific, there is optimism across the board here ahead of an anticipated rate toe from the fed area nikkei 25 climbing more than 1% up. australian equities are also climbing. 1%. it has been a challenging year for financial markets. how has that been reflected in the art world? stephanie ruhle kept up with -- caught up with the hedge fund manager who says even well-known artists are taking a hit. ago, weing to years have a bifurcation. the market split between well-known artists and artists who were second-tier or lower. i think we see another bifurcation in 2015 between well-known works by well-known artists and their lesser works. we have seen softness in lesser works of famous artists. and y

they've also licensed his name in dubai and azerbaijan. this man is a turkish marketing executive. >> it's all offensive. it's offensive towards human beings. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," holly williams, istanbul. >>> the first funeral will be held this afternoon for a victim of the san bernardino massacre. 27-year-old yvette velasco and 13 others died in the attack. survivors and family members were allowed to return to the scene of the shootings. investigators met with them in private to answer questions. >>> the fbi now says the attacker, syed rizwan farook, and his wife, tashfeen malik, talked about an attack for 13 years. carter evans is live from san bernardino, where the massacre happened. carter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're getting a clear picture of the relationship between farook and malik. the couple shared extremist radical views before they shared wedding vows. >> they were actually radicalized before they started courting. >> reporter: fbi director james comey gave chilling details about the husband

transit point for the energy action -- production and the oil and gas production for countries like azerbaijan. my other fellow panelists mentioned in detail the middle east oil being transferred by isis and terrorist groups. iran could potentially be a transit point and this could make iran a significant point for import and export of crude oil to these countries. the other issue that would be important is that iran is going its electricity export to these countries -- neighboring countries like iraq, afghanistan, or pakistan. even turkey. electricity instead of export of natural gas or crude oil would be significant. once again, i would like to thank you for having me here today. mr. webster,i: thank you. welcome. webster: thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today on global oil market and the ofential and actual impacts terrorism on oil prices and energy security both globally and here in the united states. today, i appear before you in my capacity as senior director for ihs. ihs is a research consultancy that specializes in energy, capital intensive industry data a

i'll tell you something, that's not going to work when you have to go to china or azerbaijan. they will understand! >> reporter: it was fun to have will ferrell back this weekend. there's some new numbers from our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll out this morning that show hillary clinton would trounce donald trump in a head-to-head matchup and much closer though between clinton and marco rubio, ted cruz and ben carson. one other note ahead of tomorrow night. there's a new man back on the main stage. that's chris christie. after all the gains he's made in new hampshire. matt and savannah, back to you. >> peter alexander, thank you very much. >>> let's turn to chuck todd, nbc political director and moderator of "meet the press." good morning, chuck. >> good morning. >> a huge surge for trump. trump isn't falling but this is carson cratering. >> that's exactly what this is. everybody wants to somehow say trump is falling. he's not. he actually gained in that iowa poll and gained in our pot. cruz has become the traditional christian conservative candidate. what we normally see when it l

that's not going to work when you have to go to china or azerbaijan, where you have to talk loudly sonot it mention, he's some kind of brain surgeon and i have to tell him something, running the country is not brain surgeon. rubio and cruz, sounds like a miami law firm. if you've been injured on the job, call rubio and cruz. and jeb, oh, boy. you got to admit us a pretty good plot twist that i turned out to be the smart one. of course, i wish you would have asked me about the exclamation point on the end of his name. look, i don't like the taste of broccoli but it doesn't get any tastier if you call it broccoli! >> how great is he? >> that was great. it goes on. >> show saver. >> haven't seen that character in a long time either. >> oh, i know. it makes you kind of miss george bush. >> weirdly. >> what an ironic mott twist, he says, that i ended up being the smart one. good morning. it's monday, december 14th. oh, my god, it's getting close, isn't it? >> with us is mark halperin, and mike barnicle. >> we saw the veteran at willie's christmas party. and your dad, wow. >> and republican

ambition, but this is why they welcome loyalists from libya to nigeria to the sinai to afghanistan to azerbaijanuse they, in their own mind, want to rule this whole area. as long as they can keep the myth alive that they are making headway toward that, they will struggle -- still draw recruits because people think they have momentum. there is no doubt they would go after israel if they could. host: the president also uses isil when he is talking about it. are there diplomatic reasons to use isil and not isis? guest: i have some good friends who like to use daesh, which is the arabic term and is slightly derogatory. that.we should all say daesh. it is not that hard to pronounce, although people say it different ways. at least we could agree on the spelling. president obama is using a term the intelligence community has employed. it reminds you of the near term ambitions of this group. syria,nt to run iraq, lebanon, jordan, palestinian areas, israel. that is they are near-term set of goals -- that is their near-term set of goals. we are going to try hard to prevent them from becoming the in the br