chris mason fair.ned that the world's health systems would struggle to cope with a majorflu epidemic. mr gates said the recent ebola and zika outbreaks showed the world was slow to respond to health emergencies. he said that complex regulations and lack of organisation meant drug more now between russia and the united states and allegations of russians interfered in the us presidential election. vladimir putin says he won't expel any diplomats from the country in a surprise response to president obama's decision to order out russian diplomats from the united states. what is president putin's strategy? i think he does want to build bridges to renew the administration. he doesn't want to put trump into a difficult situation. it is a gesture that might imply he is ready for serious dialect with the president elect. yet in the hours before sergey lavrov is to have said he wanted to expel american diplomats? that is correct. that is a kind of standard response, and in diplomatic promise, —— practice, that y

i'm joined by our political correspondent chris mason.ber 10 saying this? it's unusual and striking for another reason, this is a row that downing street didn't need to get involved in but decided that it felt it should. it's criticised the barbed language of the outgoing administration, twice. firstly on that language around the description of the government in israel, downing street said it wasn't appropriate to attack the composition of the democratically elected government of an ally. on theissue elected government of an ally. on the issue of settlements in the occupied palestinian territories, it said yes it believed they were illegal, but mrkerry‘s focus on this one issue in a deeply complex dispute was not the way to negotiate peace, that a reference tojohn kerry's speech, the outgoing secretary of state the other day. those remarks from downing street have been criticised by a senior conservative, the chairman of the foreign affairs select committee. the state department in washington said it is surprised. so, why are they doing i

. >> reporter: chris mason from branding brand. >> if you take those apps down and you get rid of that provider, you'll find them show up in a different form of a new name, new credentials. for every one you take down there's two that come up. >> it's collecting a lot of data. >> reporter: gary milevsky with cyber security firm snoop wall says it's all about criminals getting hold of your private information. >> some of these apps, these counterfeit apps, are so good they give you a complete shopping cart experience. er "congratulations, here's your order number, it's on its way." and then you never get the goods. >> reporter: but he points to something even more disturbing, with super popular emoji keyboard apps. these keyboards replace the one on your phone giving you an endless supply of emoticons for every occasion. but he says many can also gain access to your contacts, text messages, possibly even passwords and send your private information overseas. employees of companies in china. >> so what do you think somebody in china is doing with all that information? >> some think that t

our political correspondent, chris mason, said it's a row that number 10 didn't need to get involvede pretty barbed language of the outgoing obama administration not once, but twice. firstly on that language around the description of the government in israel. downing street said it wasn't appropriate to attack the composition of the democratically elected government of an ally. on the issue of settlements in the occupied palestinian territories it said yes, it believed they were illegal, but mr kerry's focus on this one issue in a deeply complex dispute, was not the way to negotiate peace. that a reference tojohn kerry's speech, the outgoing secretary of state, just the other day. those remarks from downing street have now been criticised by a senior conservative, the chairman of the foreign affairs select committee, crispin brunt. the state department in washington said it is surprised. so why are they doing it? firstly it is their view, but secondly, diplomatically it's useful for theresa may to align herself relatively close to donald trump, given that in three weeks' time he will

our political correspondent, chris mason, said it's a row that number 10 didn't need to get involvedty barbed language of the obama administration not once but twice. firstly on the language around the description of the government in israel. on the issue of settlements in the occupied palestinian territories it said yes, it believed they were illegal but john kerry's focus on this one issue ina john kerry's focus on this one issue in a deeply complex dispute was not the way to negotiate peace. that reference tojohn kerry's speech, the outgoing secretary of state the other day. those remarks from downing street have now been criticised by a senior conservative on preston brown. the state department in washington said it is surprised. so why are they doing it? firstly it is their view, but secondly, diplomatically it's useful for theresa may to align herself relatively close to donald trump, given in three weeks' time he will be president. police have confirmed that the body found in a car on the outskirts of rio dejaneiro is that of the greek ambassador to brazil, kyriakos amiridis.

our very own political correspondent chris mason says everything is left—handed and footed a part from, our weatherman, right—handed but play cricket and golf left—handed, which is why i am no good. same as me. vince says it isn't a sports based but i play left—handed because when he was little he taught himself to play guitar watching in the mirror. oh, i get it. he is right-handed, but he plays left—handed. tina says that both my children do everything right—handed, but they eat left—handed. right—handed, but they eat left-handed. don't you eat both handed? does it mean they hold their knives and forks in different hands? 0h, knives and forks in different hands? oh, i knives and forks in different hands? 0h, isee knives and forks in different hands? oh, i see what you mean. maybe it is specific to eating soup.|j oh, i see what you mean. maybe it is specific to eating soup. i will clarify that. keep sending them in. i will read out some more. we will move on to the sport. swansea have ruled ryan giggs out of the running as a successor to bob bradley. giggs had been the early favourite

. >>> plus, the flyers goalie injured details on steve mason's injury, chris. >> reporter: that's not good. we have windchills in the mid 20s, it's bluster they and cold, but illustrate warms up -- blustery and cold, but it warms up just in time to ring in the new year. details after this. >> developi, firefighters tamed a massive inferno that wiped out 14 business in new york city. three firefighters were hurt battling the blaze. they got the call in queens in 3 minutes. but by then flames were racing through concealed spaces spreading from store to store. the stores were fixtures in the queens community for generations. >> it's been here our whole life and we just watched the whole block burn down. it's heartbreaking. >> thinking about the business owners, people who work in the store, the impact on the neighborhood of the people who shop in the stores, that's the real tragedy. >> it is, especially a real storied community there, but luckily again, the injuries only minor. the cause of the fire is not yet known. >>> penn state fans california bound to root on the nittany lions. ther

chris. >>> new hopeig soon be freed. she grew up in virginia and graduated from george mason university. she and her egyptian husband started a foundation to help homeless children in that country. she was arrested in 2014 on charges she abused children. after years of delay, her trial is finally under way and supporters say the lack of evidence is apparent. they're hoping she'll be cleared of the charges and will be released. >>> flags are being lowered to half-staff in maryland tomorrow to honor a soldier who died earlier this month. sergeant first class alan brown was injured by a suicide bomber in afghanistan on november 12th. he died while being treated at walter reed medical center. governor larry hogan ordered flags to be lowered tomorrow from sunrise to sunset in honor of sergeant brown. two other u.s. service members and two american contractors were also killed in that nbc news has just confirmed that actress debbie reynolds has been taken to a hospital in los angeles. law enforcement would only confirm that she was having difficulty breathing. this comes just a day after reyno

mason getting it done once again. that was the game winning safer and the flyers get big huge win, three-two, to college hoops, villanova taking on american university. second half, chris jenkins with the steel. josh heart with the easy lay in rid there out scored america 50 to 19 in the second half. improving to 12 and zero. that's sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >> fifty to 19, second half. let's talk about odel beckham, jr. >> he criticized the nfl this week for deciding not to sign elliot for touchdown celebration, you know, when he went inside the kettle. now facing a fine himself. beckham wore these specially designed cleets sunday versus the the lions to honor, and then auctioned off going to cancer reserve: apparently were not approved by the nfl. so beckham was fined. >> so odel announced the fine in a comment on desean jackson's instagram. jackson posted this photo of the cleets he wore on sunday. and he was fined for them, as well. in the comments, odel beckham posted: i got fined for craig saying err cleets that were auctioned off to the highest bidder and donated to proceeds to his cancer research foundation. 18k like it's nothing to them. no warning to

mason getting it done once again. that was the game winning save, and the flyers get a big huge win, three to two, to college hoops, villanova taking on american university. chris jenkins account steel, squash heart with the easy lay in right there. nova out scored american 50 to 19 in the second half. nova wins 90-48. improving to 12 and zero. that's sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> very good morning to you, ten years behind bars, that's how long a man, that man there, spent in prison for a crime prosecutors now say he didn't commit. talk about the flood of emotions, as he was set free, just in time for the holidays. also, ahead this morning, cashing in on the medical marijuana business. when and how you can get your official license to grow and sell the drug in pennsylvania. >> and a warning, before you eat those herr's potato chips, why the company is voluntarily recalling some, not all, but some of its popular smacks. >>> great to have you with us on this morning, on this thursday morning, karen hepp has the day off, rightfully so. and all of the girls are off. the degrees in charge. i don't know if this is going to be good. >> it's going to be great.