international with me becky aaron great to have you with us and we start in afghanistan where at least forty five security personnel have reportedly been killed after the taliban attacked a military camp north of kabul the attack comes amid heavy clashes between the taliban and the country's security forces in the city of gaffney where the militants captured an army compound on choose day kabul based journalist tongue phasey reports. it has been a very deadly day for afghanistan it's a very bloody day for afghanistan not only in north afghan and. but also in eastern afghanistan some twelve at least twelve in a soldiers have been killed and three are missing but in babylon province specifically in. in the location were still it's there are conflicting reports that you know all forty five people or afghan security forces have been killed but speaking earlier to a spokesperson for the north and corpse he didn't confirm the death of the soldiers he said that twenty eight soldiers were there and there are missing men they have lost connection and they try to send reinforcement but they have

international with me becky aaron good to have you with us. now the united states says that fresh sanctions against russia will kick in on monday the penalties are linked to claims that the kremlin orchestrated a nerve agent attack in the u.k. and or target russia's financial sector as well as thirteen to mosco reporting from washington his american now the new batch of sanctions will come into force on august twenty seventh and will prohibit russia from importing secure u.s. goods and technology related to national security but there were also a few waivers first the foreign assistance act which would have terminated all aid to russia except for urgent humanitarian assistance is waived second the prohibition on arms sales that was introduced in two thousand and fourteen will also be waived determined on a case to case basis a state department official said that these waivers are essential to national security third arm sales of financing which has been in place already sanctions will deny u.s. government credit and financial assistance ban ex

a very warm welcome you're watching artie international with me becky aaron good to have you with us this hour now we start with syria years of war with terrorists and militants have left the country in ruins huge amounts of key infrastructure were destroyed including factories and hospitals we visit some of these sites to see how the rebuilding job is going and how close people are to getting their lives back on track. if damascus is serious about welcoming back millions of its refugees well it has a lot to do first and foremost most of the country has been reduced to rubble by the war so a lot of people just don't have a place they can call home anymore secondly infrastructure is a big issue too because major transportation arteries have been cut and thirdly electricity is so scars that anyone who has a power generator well is a very lucky person. that's why factories like this one are crucial most syrian cities have to survive amid a chaotic and unstable power supply we've been told that when anti assad fighters captured this facility they looted it cleaned for equipment and left

international with me becky aaron the top story this hour with the syrian army reestablishing control of the country a new war is being fought against the destruction by militants and terrorists during seven years of conflict the rebuilding of key infrastructure is under way we traveled to syria to witness the recovery efforts first. much of the city of aleppo is still in ruins reviving it to its former glory is a task of gargantuan proportions and of immense political and economic importance the citadel of aleppo has become the symbol of the city's resistance. but our lipo is much more than just a maze of antique streets and attractions from history books. the militants have stolen computer units with chips for the machines they destroyed the factory on purpose they wanted to damage syrian industry as a home and specifically industry in aleppo reviving this that. was. one rebel control of this area they emptied and basically very dysfunctional congress. he's. going to be immense but now that the former industrial hub is slowly getting back on track things are finally looking up for t

international with me becky aaron top story this hour more than one hundred cars have been torched across sweden three weeks ahead of september elections it's believed the fire bombings work toward a native the trying to take a look at the timing of the arson attacks and how they're feeling tensions ahead of the electoral race. it's not even dark people look up their windows and see this. i. the first street of stock the locals are just completely baffled and can't squeeze. at a word a few moments later they erupt in sheer fury and they scream. thanks. there next thought is it even safe to leave their homes now the hooded thugs smash up and burn mostly cars they know what they're doing they know how to do it the our team in the last few days there were almost identical scenes everywhere you see a flame i can swedish media say at least about one hundred cars are now burnt out pieces of metal police have made a number of arrests but basically the country still in the dark about who's behind the menace was overthrown for it. you'd think. it through there. in about three weeks swedes will be

. >> aaron, how do you read this what would your takeaway be from the way warren answered becky's questions about the market >> if you look at yields you're getting about 2.8%, 2.9% if you don't think yields will go higher you'll get about 3%. from equities, we're only getting about 5% equity appreciation, getting an additional 2% from difsd and 1, 1.5% from buy backs that's an 8% return you're getting from invests in equities even if you have a little bit of multiple d rating you're picking up a significant mid-single digit return we still recommend being overweight equities at this point in the cycle, the economic growth trajectory in the u.s. is really healthy until we get to that pivot point where growth will inflict more negatively we're still very much overweight equities. >> he gives sort of nuanced answers. he doesn't like to comment clearly. he'll make it clear, plain as day on the day-to-day direction of the stock market. not what he does and not why he's the greatest investor that's ever lived. is there a peculiar market reaction today on the heels of the interview? >> not at all