i have had billionaires text me, "what is this guy doing?" let's be clear. michael bloombergis making billionaires and comfortable with his defense of billionaires. this is a true fact. i think we have to think about this notion that he is articulating. it is a notion in which his wealth is somehow independent of all of the extraordinary things a society that we have all paid into from public schools to public roads to the financial regulators who allowed them to build that kind of business. michael bloomberg -- look, anyone watching this should feel grateful to america. but michael bloomberg should feel 60 billion times more grateful that anyone watching. right? all of your lives watching this are pretty dependent on america being a functioning thing with nice things. but he is really dependent on those common things. on wall streetds regulators doing their jobs. he really depends on the united states court system doing its job well. nothing he es is ssible without at. really depen, when y're hiri many people, a well-educated workforce. it feels particularly charlie shui hav

the former new york mer and billionaire michael bloomberg has come under attack from rival democrats in their debate just days ahead of the caucus in the state of nevada as a late entry into the race to take on donald trump the n.b.c. debate was the media mogul's very 1st reynolds has the details. mike bloomberg came under fire from the start elizabeth warren blasted the former new york mayor over his past the such a mystic comments a billionaire who calls women fat broads and of course taste lesbians and no i'm not talking about donald trump i'm talking about mayor bloomberg warren also compared bloomberg to president donald trump democrats take a huge risk if we just substitute one arrogant billionaire for another bloomberg defended himself as the candidate best able to defeat trump i'm a new yorker i know how to take on an arab can con man like donald trump has said neither front runner bernie sanders nor bloomberg could be most americans don't see where they fit if they've got to choose between a socialist who thinks that capitalism is the root of all evil and a billionaire who t

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ways that make it easier for us billionaire michael bloomberg has taken to the stage at his 1st democratic presidential debate bloomberg came under heated attack from other candidates vying for the nomination to take on the president from his. 2 former passengers of a cruise ship quarantined in japan have died after contracting the corona virus there does come a day after passengers started to leave the diamond princess 2 weeks after the outbreak was detected. this is the news from berlin for more you can always go to our twitter feed or our website. up next we'll have business news with chris colfer i'm brian thomas was more details from the panel in the hours ahead thanks for being here. to. europe. what unites. what defines. the man looks like a trojan horse. what binds the continent together. the answers and stories of country the big. spotlight on people. in 60 minutes on t.w. . and that's off the ifs in my guts. where i come from roggio remains an important town for self transmitting and for mission and when i was young my country was drawing money home from. the war throbbing people

billionaire michael bloomberg came under attack at his 1st democratic presidential debate on wednesday night rival candidates blasted the former new york city mayor over allegations of sexism and his record on race bloomberg argued that he was the democrats' best chance of beating donald trump in the november election. but at least $85.00 people have been rescued from a blazing building in myanmar is commercial hub yang gould the 12 story building in chinatown area contains apartments and several stores safety standards are considered low in the city's downtown after years of under-investment. 2 elderly passengers from a cruise ship in japan have died after being infected with the coronavirus the japanese government is facing mounting criticism for its apparent failure to contain the virus after keeping the passengers of the diamond princess in quarantine for 2 weeks it seems that effort to stop the spread of the coded 1000 virus failed. cruise ships have long been described as floating pitcher dishes on board the diamond princess the money is the grim reality. over 600 people coren ta

frontrunner bernie sanders and billionaire michael bloomberg both faced personal attacks from their rivalsenior professor of trade policy at cornell university. he was previously at the international monetary fund. this is his take on the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. what looked like an outbreak that had the potential to be contained and have limited damage is now certainly spreading into something that looks like it could be much more virulent for the world economy as well. i think disruptions both in terms of demand, because travel and tourism are being hit, and supply disruptions as well, because supply chains around the world are being affected and investment plans will be put on hold because of the uncertainty created by the spread of this virus and the lack of clarity about when exactly it is going to be contained. so there could be fairly significant damage both in the short term and in the long term economic growth prospects. if it is possible to quantify, what causes the most economic damage? the quarantine, the shutdown or the death or the nervousness and the p

of democratic candidates vying to take on president donald trump in november including billionaires michael bloomberg and tom steyer alan fischer reports from iowa. there have been rallies and debates. there have been t.v. ads and lots of them and there has been the traditional shaking of hands and kissing of babies but no the politicians are almost done the people will soon have their see the 1st presidential contests of 2020 the caucuses in iowa donald trump all win on the republican side that's a certainty the big story will be the democrats there have been 28 democratic presidential candidates there are 11 still left in the race many of them would have thought they'd spend the summer campaigning across the country instead their campaigns will end here in the snows of america's midwest the conversations largely been dominated by discussions of. senator bernie sanders senator warren and mayor people who did it and i think those are the 4 candidates that everyone is going to be watching but this state is known for producing surprises famously a little known senator called barack obama won in 2008 an

president have held a bad—tempered tv debate, with the frontrunner, bernie sanders and the billionaire, michael bloombergme to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the daily mirror who lead with coronavirus, after a hotel in tenerife in spain's canary islands has been locked down after a visiting italian doctor tested positive for the virus. hundreds of guests at the costa adeje palace hotel have been told to stay in their rooms as medical tests were carried out. meanwhile the times says preparations are being made for a severe outbreak of coronavirus in britain, including the closure of schools and restricting movement around the country. the ft reports uk chancellor rishi sunak will delay some of the government's biggest decisions on tax, spending and borrowing until the autumn, after acknowledging that growth forecast downgrades and the coronavirus created a difficult economic backdrop to his first budget. in the arab news, the middle east and world leaders have paid tribute to ex—egyptian president hosni mubarak who has died in cairo at the ag

bending the debate rules to let in billionaire michael bloomberg. amidst growing angst of the new york city mayor may be the only hope to prevent a blot loss to president trump. i'm ed henry. this is "the story." to declare today that democratic officials are again rigging the system t take the nomination away from bernie sanders a second time. as democrats grow increasingly skittish that the prospect of a democratic socialist taking over. a problem for the rest of the 2020 field tonight. joe biden so desperate for money right now that he left south carolina yesterday to make a dash for campaign cash right here in new york with wall street titans and the one time frontrunner was greeted by protesters telling them that his time is up. >> skip south carolina! go home early! >> ed: amy klobuchar now getting more scrutiny and explaining why she called for the government too, guess what, build a fence along the southern border back in 2006. politico says elizabeth warren briefly the frontrunner on the ropes explaining why democrats might be feeling the b

and then there's billionaire michael bloomberg with big ad buys ahead of super tuesday. >> joe biden has been trying to lower expect asians in new hampshire for the last several days. between campaign stops he spoke to supporters. jessica dean is on the trail with biden in manchester. >> former vice president joe biden closed out the last day before the new hampshire primary talking about donald trump and why he is the person to defeat him in november 2020. incidentally donald trump just down the road where biden held his last big event less than 2 miles apart from the two men. here's what vice president biden had to say. >> guess who else is in manchester tonight? donald trump. what a coincidence. what a coincidence. i have to tell you sometimes it feels like he's following me around. you already get rid of a president who calls generals to their faces losers, dopes and babies. i know i am. are you ready to get rid of a president who calls traumatic brain injury a health care? i know i am. are you ready to get rid of a president who pins a presidential medal of freedom on rush limba

democrats round on billionaire michael bloomberg as he takes part in his first presidential candidate debate. a billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse—faced lesbians. and no, i'm not talking about donald trump, i am talking about mayor bloomberg. damejulie walters reveals she has been diagnosed with bowel cancer = and urges people to get checked out if something isn't right. you've got to go and get things checked and doctors are used to bottoms. they have got one themselves. you know, hopefully... and coming up shortly, i'll be speaking to the official spokesperson for the us and its coalition partners‘ fight against isis in the middle east. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm martine croxall. officials in germany are treating a gun attack — in which nine people were killed — as an act of terrorism. the suspect opened fire at two shisha smoking bars in the town of hanau near frankfurt last night. the 43—year—old — and a woman, thought to be his mother — were laterfound dead at his home. it's reported many of the victims were kurdish. marta newman reports. the im

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amy: in more campaign news, former new york city mayor and billionaire michael bloomberg is under fireafter newly surfaced video showed him making transphobic remarks less than one year ago. buzzfeed news first reported on this comment from bloomberg, which came last march during a bermuda business development agency conference in manhattan. >> if your conversation during a presidential election is about someme guy wearing a dress and whether hehe, she, or it can goo the lockerer room with ththeir daughter, that is not a winning formula for most people. amy: meanwhile, the nation magazine reports that bloomberg's campaign is forcing its staffers to sign a nine-page nondisclosure agreement, or nda, that could prevent them from reporting workplace abuse and discrimination. critics say the nda is overly broad to the point of preventing sexual harassment t and incidens of racism from being r read what it. we will have more on last night i'm a credit debate after the headlines. we will have a roundtable discussion, including katrina vanden heuvel, publisher of the nation magazine. the unite

. >> reporter: the candidates are you uniting against billionaire michael bloomberg who isn't even a candidate in the state. >> i didn't see mike bloomberg. i didn't see him in new hampshire. hey, you know what? i didn't see him here in nevada. >> i'm never going to beat him on the airwaves. but i can beat him on the debate stage. >> reporter: and despite those attacks from his rivals, bloomberg sees how much money he is spending in this race as an investment in the fight to take on president trump. rachel scott, abc news, las vegas, nevada. >> thank you, rachel. >>> search crews in colorado have recovered the bodies of two men killed in an avalanche over the weekend. the men were riding snowmobiles with a friend when they were caught in a slide near vail. the third man managed to dig himself out and call for help, but the other two were buried 20 feet deep. officials say the men may have triggered the avalanche. >>> now to that tragic passing of a young star from uganda who had a memorable role in the disney film "queen of katwe." >> nikita was cast as a young chess player named glor

billionaire michael bloomberg is right behind. >> from ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. . >> good morning. thank you, for waking up with us. i'm pam cook. >> and, i'm dave clark. . steve paul son has the weather for us. >> it will be warm. >>> today a few high clouds will be the only fly in the ointment here. nothing compared to what we had yesterday. this turns southerly the wind speeds will be way down. allie's here again. she had a pretty quiet day today. >> so far we are seeing signs of the usual weekday morning backups. westbound 205 to 580 there's a backup there. no accidents to tell you about. the east bay commute looks good for now. here is a look at your carquinez drive. 4 4:01, let's go back to the desk. >>> firefighters are at the scene of an overnight house fire. it broke out at about 2:45 this morning. the fire department described it out safely. olved fire but ktvu's christina rendon is headed there right now. she'll give us a live update when she gets there. >>> also, new this morning, presidential candidate michael bloomberg will join the other candidates on stage

billionaire michael bloomberg joins a democratic debate in the vado with voters will decide who should face donald trump in the presidential election. newly released figures in the china coronavirus are break put the death toll.

. >>> a major reversal this evening by billionaire michael bloomberg now agreeing to release female employees that made allegations against him from non-disclosure agreements after refusing to do so during our debate. here is geoff bennett. >> reporter: tonight following intense backlash michael bloomberg announcing he'll now allow his company to release three women he says have complaints about comments they said i had made from non-disclosure agreements, adding w won't offer confidentiality agreements to resolve claims of sexual harassment going forward. it comes after bloomberg refused to release the women from their ndas during the debate elizabeth warren blasting him over his alleged history of making crude and degrading comments toward women >> mr. mayor, are you willing to release all of those women from the non-disclosure agreements >> none of them accuse me of doing anything other than maybe they didn't like a joke i told they signed the agreements and we'll live with it. >> reporter: bernie sanders pinat'shat happened in a democratic debate, you know, i think it's quite likely that

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billionaires michael bloomberg and tom stier came in last. >>> still to come he didn't have geared to protect himself from the flames.itop a police office from pulling off this harrowing rescue. the act of bravery caught on camera. >>> we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. president kennedy knew settling for half-measures wasn't good enough. so when candidates say we can't guarantee health care for all, make college affordable for all, combat climate change, or create a world at peace, remember that america is best when we strive to do big things, even when it's hard. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. >>> those dramatic body camera video shows police stepping into action to save a man from a burning home in nevada county. the officer eventually kicked the door down grab the man from his feet and pulled him to safety. he was unconscious due to smoke inhalation. he is expected to recover. >>> and yolo county a man found covered in blood has been arrested in a bizarre crime spree. >>> the tra

. >> reporter: sanders meanwhile going after billionaire michael bloomberg. >> but he thinks he can buyhis election. well, i got news for mr. bloomberg, and that is the american people are sick and tired of billionaires buying elections. >> reporter: bloomberg is not competing in nevada, but he was on the minds of many of the candidates. >> mike bloomberg -- >> michael bloomberg. >> mayor bloomberg. >> reporter: who would like to see him on the next debate. >> i can't beat him on the air wav waves, but i can beat him on the debate stage. >> reporter: president trump plans to hold a rally in nevada, the day before the caucuses, continuing to try to disrupt the democrats. kenneth, elizabeth? >> andrew, thank you. >>> more than a thousand justice department officials are calling for the resignation of william barr. they signed a letter accusing barr of political interference after he overruled prosecutors to recommend a more lenient sentence for roger stone, a long time friend and adviser of president trump. last week barr told abc news he did not consult with the president about stone's c

multi—billionaire michael bloomberg is to make his big tv debut in the race for the us presidency.spread of the coronavirus continues, criticism of how japan has handled a cruise ship with the infection on board. hello to you. the conflict in syria is on the verge of a dangerous escalation, according to a senior un official, who warned that the cost to civilians could be "instant and huge." he made his comments as turkey threatened to launch a new military offensive. talks between turkey and russia, which backs the syrian government, failed to reach agreement on how to calm fighting in idlib, the last mainly rebel—held region in syria. this report from our international correspondent, orla guerin in istanbul contains some distressing images. ducking for cover. even if you can barely stand it's time to run. with bombs falling nearby, this family are trying to pack up this family are trying to pack up and go, for the fourth time. take the children inside, says ibrahim. a parent's instinct. but he knows they aren't safe there either. ibrahim says they fled their village in idlib becau

. >>> after skipping new hampshire, billionaire michael bloomberg is kicking off a campaign swing through the south today. but his effort to sway african-american voters is being overshadowed by a 2015 audio recording. bloomberg can be heard bluntly defending stop and frisk, the controversial policing practice that he apologized for when he launched his presidential bid. >> 95% of your murders and murderers and murder victims fit one m.o. you can just take the description, xerox it and pass it out to all the cops. they are male minorities 15 to 25. >> bloomberg said yesterday the remarks do not reflect his commitment to the criminal justice reform and racial ex-quit and pointed out that he inherited the stop and frisk policy from his predecessor rudy giuliani. >>> where do things stand right now in the democratic primary? we asked abc's top political minds that question overnight. >> there is a clean winner in new hampshire but no real clarity out of this race. senator bernie sanders, the big winner, he gets to say he walks away with the most votes but it turns out mayor pete buttigieg is

bloomberg. take a listen. >> i understand that some of our opponents are billionaires and they are buying the airwaves. >> michaelrg came in on the billionaire plan, just buy yourself a nomination. >> i think it should be on the debate stage but i can't beat them in the airways but i can beat him in the debate stage. >> you've heard the saying that mike bloomberg can get it done and if not i been spending a lot of money to be him. >> disingenuous that it seems like dishonest from the get-go. we have an interesting thing going on right now. bernie sanders emerging as a clear frontrunner in part because all of these so-called moderates who are not in the moderate, nobody is getting and everybody being taught a lesson around one yet. this is where at least for a couple more weeks, the problem with that is the same time there is clear evidence when that sanders is as enthusiastic and from four years ago that's an even bigger problem. >> bret: let's take a run down to candidate consent no casino.>> i got bloomberg at 25. klobuchar at 15. there is no clear frontrunner. this is a pretty mottled field. >> i got bloomberg

days before than about a caucus and in fuel to the fire this time was the appearance of billionaire michael bloomberg he is the latest to join the race and bought a house become his 1st public test candidates attack his billionaire background with top rival bernie sanders leading the charge and at a rally in neighboring arizona president trump didn't miss the chance to attack his democratic opponents washington democrats have never been more extreme taking cues from crazy $37.00 have many mike has spent $411000000.00 if you could i tell you how it's going to do it's probably not going to get the democratic nomination that's always going to you know i came up with the pocahontas to look too early. but fortunately she's self destructed anyway did you ever see a phony like the democratic party is the party of high tax high crime all things the wonders late term abortion socialism 2 blate corruption and the total destruction of your 2nd amendment. investigative journalist dave lindorff believes in the democratic party race there are more surprises to come. but cinders and and warren did really well the d

billionaire michael bloomberg aims his campaign for the white house, head-first at president trump.ight, hear the latest insult he's launched at the president. a cbs news investigation: he was responsible for the care of america's olympians, including michael phelps. so why was he fired? tonight, the whistleblower who says the u.s. olympic committee is letting down athletes in crisis. urgent medical recall. hundreds of thousands of people being told tonight to stop using their insulin pumps over a growing concern of a deadly malfunction. and, the marine who stole america's heart. he's got 140,000 valentines to prove it. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west. a train carrying deadly chemicals derailed today in eastern kentucky, setting off series of fires and spilling toxic fuel into a nearby river. two people were injured when the csx train jumped the tracks and slammed into a rockslide caused by torrential rain. it's part of a severe weather system that's moving across the u.s.

billionaire michael bloomberg came under attack at his 1st democratic presidential debate on wednesday night other candidates blasted the billionaire over allegations of sexism and his record on race argued that he was the democrats' best chance of beating donald trump in november. 3 men have been sentenced to jail terms for stealing a gold coin worth almost 4000000 euros from a berlin mia's am the robbery occurred in the 2017 at the botha museum in the center of the german capital a 4th suspect was released. u.s. president donald trump has nominated his country's ambassador to germany richard graham now as acting director of national intelligence right now is known as a loyal trump supporter his new position will put him in charge of the nation's 17 spy agency its critics say he has no intelligence experience. 2 elderly passengers from a cruise ship in japan have died after being infected with the coronavirus the japanese government is facing mounting criticism for its apparent failure to contain the virus after keeping the passengers of the diamond princess in quarantine for 2 weeks

bernie sanders and the billionaire, michael bloomberg, both coming under attack. the debate comes just days before the south carolina primary and a week before super tuesday. scotland is a step closer to becoming the first country in the world to make sanitary products freely available. politicians at holyrood have endorsed the general principles of the legislation although concerns have been raised about the cost. the scottish government has estimated the annual bill would be more than £24 million. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon reports. it has become another everyday part of life in scottish schools — free sanitary products available to anyone who needs them. at this school in glasgow, the students have led the way in making the changes. when people were on their periods, they kind of backed down from doing some things, because they felt uncomfortable, don't they? like what? pe, for example, or doing a class presentation. when i started my period in school, i would just go home. i wouldn't even consider going into the office because i was just too emba

unfolded >> on the heels of senator bernie sanders' momentum building win in new hampshire, billionaire michael bloomberg is shaking the race up even more after already spending some $300 million in just ten weeks. >> the scandal rocking a prestigious american college, the father facing a judge. authorities saying he moved into his daughter's dorm and preyed on her classmates. >> a new gallop poll finds 61% of americans say they are better off now than three years ago while a third say they regularly run out of money before pay day. >> speaking of cash, valentine's day is tomorrow. have you gotten a special someone something special yet? "early today" starts right now >> on this special thursday, good morning i'm cori coffin. >> and i'm phillip mena. in baltimore, two police officers were gunned down in broad daylight the officers were part of a fugitive task force and serving a warrant to a former corrections officer wanted for attempted murder that's when things took a deadly turn hea here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: in a city wrapped by gun violence, a shoot out between the marshals fugitive ta

. >> reporter: billionaire michael bloomberg is focusing his attention on tennessee. senator amy klobuchar is working her way through the state of virginia today and senator elizabeth warren spoke with -- >> we must recognize the threat among us and we must be willing to call it out. >> reporter: former mayor pete buttigieg will also be back on the campaign trail after having to cancel a handful of events in florida because he contracted a cold and no is this weekend. the candidates are hoping to drum up support for more than a dozen states and a third of the party's delegates up for grabs in a single day. at least preston, cbs news. >>> and the pew research center said that this year's primary elections are expected the be the first time that latinos will be the largest minority group in the electric. nationwide, 32 million latinos are eligible to vote. this morning, santa clara county supervisor chavez will join a rally to encourage more latinos to vote this year. it is expected to begin in san jose. the primary is this tuesday. >>> it is 4:41. fixing flooding by ad

look here's the message to russia stay out of american elections one democratic rival billionaire michael bloomberg was quick to make a light of those claims his team posted a video with the slogan feel the burn in russian and last week the u.s. house intelligence committee was reportedly told that russia was trying to help donald trump that information also came from anonymous intelligence sources donald trump flatly dismissed of those allegations did you see that i see these phoneys these the do nothing democrats they said today that wants to be sure that trump gets elected here we go these people are crazy. meanwhile has the ridicule the latest reports of meddling of the kremlin spokesman said he expects to see many more such claims in the run up to the election r.t. saskia taylor has a very unique opinion about the latest meddling ikea's actions dear diary i know i can be a bit of a warrior you know better than anyone but this time i really think we might have a fear e s. . situation on our hands it is the conclusion of multiple us intelligence agencies that the russian federation is once again

nominee to take on president trump in this year's election the former mayor of new york city billionaire michael bloomberg appearing in his 1st debate after rising sharply in the polls he's been countries just days before voters in the state of nevada go to the polls in the 3rd contest of the democratic party's primary season . well bloomberg came under sharp attack from his rivals here's how he defended his bid for the nomination and i'm a philanthropist who didn't inherit his money but made his money and i'm spending that money to get rid of donald trump the worst president we have ever had and if i can get tacked on it will be a great contribution to america and to my ok michael bloomberg there throwing down the gauntlet how does he do in his 1st presidential debate. he's quite an unusual candidate and that money he spent in his ads some $300000000.00 more than all the other candidates is all his own money so he doesn't except that he did nations in he's not planning to accept donations in the future so the democratic national committee had to change the rules for him to be allowed to the debate tonigh

billionaire michael bloomberg came under attack at his 1st democratic presidential debate on wednesday night rival candidates blasted the former new york city mayor over allegations of sexism and over his record on race bloomberg argued that he was the democrats' best chance of beating donald trump in november. at least 85 people have been rescued from a blazing building in me and mars commercial hub. the 12 story building in the chinatown area contains apartments in several stores as you see right there safety standards are considered low in the city's downtown after years of under investment. the berlin film festival the belly nala as it's known is now underway it's the festivals 70th year and the opening film salinger years star in supporting weaver of alien thing. but this flick well it's anything but science fiction take a look. here you discovered that people i don't know who these people are why they don't have more important things to do in their lives but people have been publishing whole salinger stories on their personal whims. this is blatant copyright infringement and we a

frontrunner bernie sanders and billionaire michael bloomberg have both faced personal attacks from theirking city. that is one of many reasons presidentjoko widodo wants to move it, and build a new capital on the once jungle—covered island of borneo. he's promising a sustainable, smart city, the likes of which indonesia has never seen. but as rebecca henschke reports, there's concern about the environmental impact of the move. jakarta is sinking at alarming rate. it's predicted that almost all the land here in north jakarta will be underwater injust 30 years. this was built in an attempt to hold back the tide, a giant seawall that goes for hundreds of metres. but what is on the other side has become an iconic image of a city that is living on borrowed time. this mosque went under years ago, and the predictions for this area are bleak. faced with this future, the president wants to move the capital to a new site, 1,000 km away, to the island of borneo. nearly 2,000 hectares of land has been designated. the estimate cost — $33 billion, and the deadline within just four years. this is what

president have held a bad—tempered tv debate, with the frontrunner, bernie sanders and the billionaire, michael bloombergh coming under attack. senator sanders denied his programme was radical and that his ideas were impact is all over the world. ——in this. —— practice. now on bbc news, hardtalk welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the past few days have seen rising tension in gaza. islamist militants fired rockets into israel and the israelis responded with air strikes aimed at the islamichhad group. hardly unusual and certainly not the stuff of international headlines, but that in itself is telling. in gaza conflict is the norm, so in gaza conflict is the norm, so too an in gaza conflict is the norm, so too an economic in gaza conflict is the norm, so too an economic blockade that has long choked the economy. my long choked the economy. my guest is dr yasser abu jamei, director of gaza community mental health programme. what happens to a people living with trauma and collective despair? dr yasser abu jamei, welcome to hardtalk. it is great to have you in oui’ hardtalk. it is great to have you in ou

and billionaire michael bloomberg is set to take the stage at a democratic party presidential election debate for the 1st time amid criticism from a main rival that he's effectively buying. the low end welcome to the program this is our 2 international coming to you live from the russian capital bring your life news update. australian m.p.'s have called on the u.k. government to stop doing a songes extradition to the u.s. they visit the australian citizen and the london prison where he's being held ahead of an extradition hearing one of the lawmakers george christensen told us about the wiki leaks founders deteriorating condition. spike in this wake with professor mills mels of the u.n. special repertory on torture. who come to the opinion the along with a number of medical experts that julian assange was exhibiting the symptoms of psychological torture visited julian assange. and are going to side there's nothing that i saw or that actually. discredited what those doctors and what mills melzer said he is exhibiting signs of disorientation. he did tell us about being kept in severe on

six days to go before the caucus, the candidates on the ground here are uniting against billionaire michael bloomberg, who isn't even competing in the state. accusing him of trying to buy the nomination. >> i didn't see mike in iowa when we were holding town meetings with folks there, didn't see him in new hampshire. hey, you know what, i didn't see him here in nevada. >> i'm never gonna beat him on the airwaves. but i can beat him on the debate stage. >> rachel joins us live from las vegas where several candidates are participating in a forum tonight. that sounded like a challenge from senator klobuchar. mike bloomberg is inching closer to the debate stage, but time may be running out? >> reporter: that's right. he has just two days left to qualify for the next debate. he needs just one more poll. his campaign is hopeful and tells us he is debate ready. and despite attacks from his rivals, he sees the money he's spending in the race as an investment in the fight to take on president trump. >> rachel, thank you. >>> next, new turmoil for the department of justice after attorney general william barr o

president have held a bad—tempered tv debate, with the frontrunner, bernie sanders and the billionaire, michael bloombergn, there‘s a lot more outdoor heating. the gas and electricity—fired radiators pollute the atmosphere and use huge amounts of energy. with local elections coming up next month, there‘s a campaign to ban them — causing an outcry from the cafe—owners themselves. hugh schofield reports from paris. it is reckoned that there are some 2500 heated terraces in paris. it is calculated that heating and average terrace overwinter uses the same energy is driving a car three times around the world. for environmentalists, campaigning for the paris city election, it is an outrage. here in the city we heat outside in winter because you need more comfort. it is totally a bsu rd. need more comfort. it is totally absurd. it is a folly of rich men and we need to stop that because there is an emergency for the climate. they feel like they have been there for ever but they have only in and around the last ten or 12 yea rs, and around the last ten or 12 years, basically since the ban came in effect to preven

also in the programme: ready for his close—up — multi—billionaire michael bloomberg is to make his bigbut in the race for the us presidency. and harry and meghan announce they'll be stepping back from their royal duties at the end of march. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's nine am in singapore, one am in london, and ten am in yokohama, japan where another 79 people on board the diamond princess cruise ship have tested positive for the coronavirus. that brings the total number of cases on board to 621. despite that, hundreds of passengers who were given the all clear have left the ship and were not put into further quarantine. it's prompted fierce international criticism of the way japanese authorities handled the outbreak on board, as rupert wingfield—hayes reports. as the news choppers hovered overhead, the first passengers released from the diamond princess began their long walk to freedom. waving goodbye to friends still stuck on board. yesterday, these people were virtual prisoners. today, the first 500 who have

. >>> all eyes are on las vegas, where the democrats get their first crack at billionaire michael bloomberg, who'll be making his debut on the national stage. >>> disgraced hollywood mega mogul harvey weinstein's fate is in the hands of a jury early signs on what they're focused on >>> plus the inspiring story of one woman's rise to the big leagues. it's wednesday february 19th "early today" starts right now >>> good morning i'm cori coffin. >> and i'm phillip mena. president trump is flexing his pardoning power for some of the nation's most high-profile white-collar criminals perhaps most notorious is rod blagojevich. the president commuted the sentence of the former illinois governor who was removed from office and convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell the u.s. senate seat vacated by barack obama. the president also wiped away criminal records for several other big names including michael milken, once hailed as the king of junk bonds the disgraced financier became the face of insider trading in the 1980s. the president also pardon former new york police commissioner bernard k

and billionaire michael bloomberg is set to take the stage at a democratic party presidential election debate for the 1st time i meet criticism from the main rival that he's affectively buying votes. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our to h.q. in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. australian m.p.'s have called on the u.k. government to stop julian assange just extradition to the u.s. they visited the australian citizen in the london prison where he's being held head of an extradition hearing. easy for your belief that someone who is so bright and overnight so probably. should be rewarded for facing extradition and sitting down for these few nudge in one town called computer. very crucial. for the show. very concerned about you both you strike governments one of the lawmakers that visited our son george christensen told us about the wiki leaks founder is deteriorating condition. spike in this wake with professor mills mels of the u.n. special repertory on torture. who come to the opinion of along with a number of medical experts that julian assange was exh

billionaire michael bloomberg has shaken up the u.s. democratic party's presidential candidate race with his 1st appearance at a primary debate in las vegas bloomberg is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on campaign ads with rivals accusing him of vote buying and of a rally in neighboring arizona president trump didn't miss the chance to attack his democratic opponents. washington democrats had never been more extreme taking cues from crazy $37.00 have many mike has spent $411000000.00 as you did i tell you i was going to do it's probably not going to get the democratic nomination that i was going to you know i came up with the pocahontas to look too early. 2 but fortunately she's self destructed anyway did you ever see a phony like the democratic party is the party of hijacked high crime all things the wonders late term abortion socialism blate corruption and the total destruction of your 2nd amendment. to dig deeper we're going to be joined live by dave lindorff investigative journalist who do you think was the most successful

billionaire michael bloomberg came under attack at his 1st democratic presidential debate on wednesday night rival candidates blasted the former new york city mayor over allegations of sexism and his record on race bloomberg argued that he was the democrats' best chance of beating donald trump in the november election. and at least 85 people have been rescued from a blazing building in myanmar as commercial hub good the 12 story building in the chinatown area contains apartments and several stores safety standards are considered low in the city's downtown after years of under-investment. 2 elderly passengers from a cruise ship in japan have died after being infected with the coronavirus the japanese government is facing mounting criticism for its apparent failure to contain the virus after keeping the passengers of the diamond princess in quarantine for 2 weeks it seems that effort to stop the spread of covert 19 virus fails. cruise ships have long been described as floating pitcher dishes on board the diamond princess the money is a grim reality. over 600 people on the luxury liner an

for the first time, the return by former new york city mayor and billionaire michael bloomberg. cbs news laura podesta reports, the newcomer faced repeated verbal attacks. >> mike bloomberg surging poll numbers took a place on the debate stage as well as a target on his back. >> i want to talk about who we are running against, a billionaire who insults women. now, the i'm not talking about donald trump. i'm talk about mike bloomberg. >> reporter: senator elizabeth warren led the way as the candidates took aim at the former new york city mayor's wealth and record. on race and gender. >> he has not matched his city very, very well when he was there. >> mr. bloomberg had policies in new york city of stop and frisk which went after african- american and latino people in an outrageous way. after saying he regret some of his mayoral decisions, bloomberg pushed back. >> i can't think of the ways that we could easier for donald trump to get re-elected than listening to this conversation. it is ridiculous. we are not going to throw out capitalism. we tried that. although countries tried

michael bloomberg on this stage. elizabeth warren's campaign i would argue is framed around dealing with the michael bloomberg's of the world not as a candidate, but the billionairese michael bloomberg, basically someone that was called by the new york times as the most outspoken defender of wall street, and in elizabeth warren, someone who has been fighting for every day americans for consumers, for folks who are losing their homes and housing crisis. she's been on the side of the american people. and bloomberg has been making excuses for the status quo. tomorrow when they debate, you're going to have two different visions for america. hers is a vision that for all the rest of us can prosper. >> in, no, no. i've got a wealth tax. i'm on this side now. what do you make of these sort of late conversions? >> look. i think that he is the closest thing we have to a donald trump on the democratic side. >> wow! >> if you look at his weaknesses. stop and frisk. today i saw on fox news that trump has his folks going out there and pointing out bloomberg's network. stop and frisk -- >> there are a lot of people out there that think that -- maybe the best thing we can do is

billionaire businessman michael bloomberg steps on to the debate stage for the first time. this will be a big test as he skips all the early states focusing on super tuesday, march 3rd, and beyond. expect bloomberg to be a big target for his rivals, focusing on his policies and his record as new york city mayor. he'll likely face questions about a tough-on-crime approach critics say hurt minority youth and remarks some call sexist. wheth >> bloomberg has backed causes and bankrolled moderates in the midterms helping the party win back the house. now bloomberg is seeing the flip side to that money. his gigantic ad buys drawing angers from candidates. >> at a town hall three addressed issue including bernie sanders who would not stand by a claim by his avisors. >> if michael bloomberg doesn't get the nomination, would you accept it -- look, i have $5 million left to give to you, would you accept that? >> what i did say is that if mr. bloomberg wins -- and i certainly hope he does not -- i will support the democratic nominee. as of now we have not don't have a super pac, we're