the crisis response unit that's a unit that's trained to fight these sort of attacks there are several attackers there were in the kitchen of the hotel then they moved to room one hundred three in one of four on the fourth floor there's a lot of confusion according to the commander of the afghan special forces who are fighting a very complex attack now this is a hotel. is historically a jewel for afghanistan is all it was built in the more peaceful times it said sana held tarp it's very difficult to secure almost not impossible and this is also a hotel that got attacked in two thousand and eleven and we only heard in the last forty eight hours or so from the u.s. embassy in kabul putting a security alert saying a number of hotels in government buildings in other locations were at risk of an attack obviously this sort of an attack shows the constant security an intelligence failure but it also shows how the afghan government and its international allies are finding themselves fight another fight on a very difficult front line which is the city's air at this moment i really don't know mo

the crisis response unit that's a unit that's trained to fight these sort of attacks there are several attackers there were in the kitchen of the hotel then they moved to room one hundred three in one of four on the fourth floor there's a lot of confusion according to the commander of the afghan special forces who are fighting a very complex attack now this is a hotel. is historically a jewel for afghanistan is all it was built in the more peaceful times it said santa held targets very difficult to secure almost not impossible and this is also a hotel that got attacked in two thousand and eleven and we only heard in the last forty eight hours or so from the u.s. embassy and kabul putting a security alert saying a number of hotels in government buildings in other locations were at risk of an attack obviously this sort of an attack shows the constant security an intelligence failure but it also shows how the afghan government and its international allies are finding themselves fight another fight on a very difficult front line which is the city's air at this moment i really don't know mo

and there's definitely battle on the fourth floor according to multiple sources within the crisis response unit team one fighter told me that he saw two people who were carried away from the third floor he couldn't really tell me whether they were injured or they were killed this is still an ongoing situation and this is also a hotel that got attacked in two thousand and eleven and we only heard in the last forty eight hours or so from the u.s. embassy in kabul putting a security alert saying a number of hotels in government buildings in other locations one at risk of an attack obviously this sort of an attack shows security an intelligence failure but it also shows how the afghan government and its international allies are finding themselves fight another fight on a very difficult front line which is the city's. defense and security analyst come on alarm says a number of factors led to the relative success of the attack. i think unfortunately the afghan security forces are just not up to the standards or there's too much pressure on them and there's not much coordination between nato forces an

fire in this definitely battle on the fourth floor according to multiple sources within the crisis response unit team one fighter told me that he saw two people who were carried away from the third floor he couldn't really tell me whether they were injured or they were killed this is still an ongoing situation and this is also a hotel that got attacked in two thousand and eleven and we only heard in the last forty eight hours or so from the u.s. embassy in kabul putting a security alert saying a number of hotels in government buildings in other locations what at risk of an attack obviously this sort of an attack shows the constant security an intelligence failure but it also shows how the afghan government and its international allies are finding themselves fight another fight on a very difficult front line which is the city's. staff are being caught on camera revealing the company has direct access to and monetizes some of its users most private information hidden camera conversations with engineers from the social media giant were conducted by the undercover journalism group project very tired

and there's definitely a battle on the fourth floor according to multiple sources within the crisis response unit team one fighter told me that he saw two people who were carried away from the third floor he couldn't really tell me whether they were injured or they were killed this is still an ongoing situation and this is also a hotel that got attacked in two thousand and eleven and we only heard in the last forty eight hours or so from the u.s. embassy and kabul putting a security alert saying a number of hotels in government buildings in other locations were at risk of an attack obviously this sort of an attack shows the constant security an intelligence failure but it also shows how the afghan government and its international allies are finding themselves fight another fight on a very difficult front line which is the cities it's still a very confusing situation some people wore able to get out of the hotel they managed to get out and they have told local t.v. stations about casualties and fatalities so we'll have to wait and hear more. from the authorities then. donald trump's first year in

and there's definitely a battle on the fourth floor according to multiple sources within the crisis response unit team one fighter told me that he saw two people who were carried away from the third floor he couldn't really tell me whether they were injured or they were killed this is still an ongoing situation and this is also a hotel that got attacked in two thousand and eleven and we only heard in the last forty eight hours or so from the u.s. embassy and kabul putting a security alert saying a number of hotels in government buildings in other locations were at risk of an attack obviously this sort of an attack shows the constant security an intelligence failure but it also shows how the afghan government and its international allies are finding themselves fight another fight on a very difficult front line which is the cities it's still a very confusing situation some people wore able to get out of the hotel they managed to get out and they have told local t.v. stations about casualties and fatalities so we'll have to wait and hear more. from the authorities their. own troubles first year in t

and there's definitely a battle on the fourth floor according to multiple sources within the crisis response unit team one fighter told me that he saw two people who were carried away from the third floor he couldn't really tell me whether they were injured or they were killed the cysts. an ongoing situation and this is also a hotel that got attacked in two thousand and eleven and we only heard in the last forty eight hours or so from the u.s. embassy in kabul putting a security alert saying a number of hotels in government buildings in other locations were at risk of an attack obviously this sort of an attack shows the constant security an intelligence failure but it also shows how the afghan government and its international allies are finding themselves fight another fight on a very difficult front line which is the cities it's still a very confusing situation some people wore able to get out of the hotel they managed to get out and they have told local t.v. stations about casualties and fatalities so we'll have to wait and hear more. from the authorities there. were defense and security analys

two loud explosions were heard afghanistan's best and most elite forces the members of the crisis response unit team are afghanistan's best hope to fight this sort of an attack they have experience they have been fighting these attacks for years they've been trained by westron special forces but we still door nor who is really inside the hotel how many casualties and fatalities we're talking about in a war and family members already taking to social media into local media simply wanting to know what exactly is happening to their loved ones i think it's also a failure on the part of the afghan government that this still have not been able to stablish some sort of a helpline despite years of these attacks so that people could at least get some sort of an update about their family members ok thanks for bringing us up to date the latest information there from kabul from local journalist sorry. ok let's change tack now to the united states on terms first year in the white house is being marked by a government wide shutdown this is after the senate refused to approve a bill to fund the government amo

as the main a responsible party for the united karen crisis at in syria is if he is sad at regime and he gave some examples of this he mentioned the situation. in that it live with the that the bombings from the government forces and also the united terror in was its in the ally. in the fight against isis and against terrorism and he insisted on this message of unity. in the fight against this organization which is probably why he couldn't. provide is a very strong message against what happens at in northern syria know what's coming up next adds probably at the security council nothing. in the. following days for one main reason this is energy and a reason of edges of his hand out because. in on thursday there will be talks add that will be out organized in vienna. they would have been called by the special envoy on serious this time there is still a and so until then it's very likely that the security council will meet again to discuss the situatation. it'll probably wait until the vienna talks are finishing that will be on friday of this week daniel often in new york thank you very

know that the cuban missile crisis was narrowly averted as a result of response in the behavior on the part of the russian federation or the soviet union at the time and the united states but we got always trust to luck and that is why we need to have better controls with regard to the possibility of nuclear more being settled so america's nuclear modernization is underway and detractors are crying foul over a potential new arms race but isn't what a nice saying making the weapons an arson.

know that you will miss a crisis was narrowly averted as a result of response in the behavior on the part of the russian federation or the soviet union at the time and the united states but we got always trust to luck and that is why we need to have better controls with regard to the possibility of nuclear more being settled so america's nuclear modernization is underway and detractors are crying foul over a potential a new arms race but isn't what are not making the weapons and the arsenal safer more up to date better everybody is modernizing their weapons and by modernization it does not need that you are making it safe it may be modernizing you are building bigger and better weapons and refining the systems that you are using. and that is where it is very dangerous to continue with this modernization as a dismantling of weapons is the way to go as you did best ever by that alarms agreements between the also it union and the united states and. multilateral agreements so we need to move now to as actually having talks between need nuclear weapons staves so that we reduce the level of danger. all right ambassador we're going to take a break right now when we'r

crisis. we're now facing that kind of instability geopolitically. the united states is the one country in the world that could do something about it and our response iserica first, baby." we're not going to take that choice. x , clearly, you either fix it or the wheels start falling off. and in 2018, there are an awful lot of potholes on this road, and it's hard to imagine we're going to get through much longer, that's much more sustainable without us experiencing a crisis or two. >> glor: ian bremmer, thank you. republican senator orrin hatch of utah said today every great fighter knows when to hang up the gloves and will not run for an eighth term. f is president pro tem of the senate, putting him third in line of presidential succession. his retirement could open the door for a senate run by mitt romney. now to some of the other stories we're following in the evening newsfeed, in peru, a bus collided with a truck along a dangerous curve then tumbled down a cliff on to a rocky beach. at least 36 people were killed. many americans returned to work today after the holidays, and at least 4.5 million got a pay raise. 18 states from california to new yo

we know the cuban missile crisis was narrowly averted as a result of response in the behavior on the part of the russian federation or the soviet union at the time and the united states but we got always trust to luck and that is why we need to have better controls with regard to the possibility of nuclear more in central america is there clear modernization is underway and detractors are crying foul over a potential new arms race but isn't what and ising making the weapons and the arsenal safer more up to date better everybody is modernizing their weapons and by modernization it does not need that you are making it safe it may be modernizing you are building bigger and better weapons and refining the systems that you are using. and that is where it is very dangerous to continue with this modernization as a dismantling of weapons is the way to go as you did build there were by that alarms agreements between the also it union and the united states and. multilateral agreements so we need to move now to as actually having talks between the nuclear weapons saves so that we would use the level of danger. all right ambassador we're going to take a break right now wh

we know the cuban missile crisis was narrowly averted as a result of response in the behavior on the part of the russian federation or the soviet union at the time and the united states but we got always trust to luck and that is why we need to have better controls with regard to the possibility of nuclear more being settled so america's nuclear modernization is underway and detractors are crying foul over a potential new arms race but isn't what are not making the weapons and the arsenal safer more up to date better everybody is modernizing their weapons and by modernization it does not need that you are making it safe it may be modernizing you are building bigger and better weapons and refining the systems that you are using. and that is where it is very dangerous to continue with this modernization as a dismantling of weapons is the way to go as you did said there were by that alarms agreements between the also it union and the united states and. multilateral agreements so we need to move now to us actually having talks between need nuclear weapons staves so that we would use the level of danger who are at a mask.

crisis. we are facing that kind of instability geo politically. the united states is the one country that could do something about it. our response is america first baby. we are not going to take the choice. so clearly you fix it or the wheels start falling off. and 2018, there are an awful lot of potholes on this road. hard to imagine we are going to get through much longer, much more sustainable without experiencing a crisis or two? >> ian bremmer, thank you. >> sure. >> senator orrin hatch said every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. he will not run for an eighth term. as the the senior member of the majority party, president pro tell of the senate, third in line of presidential succession. his retirement could open the door for a senate run by mitt romney. >>> now to other stories we are following in the evening news feed. in peru, a bus collided with a truck along a dangerous curve then tumbled down a cliff on to a ricky beach. at least 36 people were killed. many americans return to work today after the holidays. at least 4.5 million got a pay raise. 18 states, california to new york. washington to florida rais

dollars in funding for the united nations relief works agency that agency is responsible for palestinian refugees some one million in gaza alone yeah agency itself is in crisis mode it's introduced austerity measures and warns it only has two months of funding left after that. if you want to fix it it would be no food it would be you know colborne there would be an almighty set of this is it will be ignored you cation for these kids which are looking to be as kids in other parts of the war on palestinian and gaza city but on that seas which is a very very serious situation it's some of goals most desperate the will be hit hardest people like who saw his see who receives unemployment payments from he supports a family of six those payments a jew to come to an end if money isn't found by then log on the show and. stop this project then what kind of going gaza how can i feed my children how can they raise them in gaza not there is no other choice construction has stopped and we are on the seats that is not optional or that without it there is nothing. under all says a humanitarian crisis is coming experts in the business community already warning that the goals

know that the cuban missile crisis was narrowly averted as a result of response in the behavior on the part of the russian federation or the soviet union at the time and the united states but we got always trust to luck and that is why we need to have better controls with regard to the possibility of nuclear more being settled so america's nuclear modernization is underway and detractors are crying foul over a potential new arms race but isn't what are not making the weapons and the arsenal safer more up to date better everybody is modernizing their weapons and by modernization it does not mean that you are making it safe it never modernizing you are building bigger and better weapons and refining the systems that you are using . and that is where it is very dangerous to continue with this modernization as a dismantling of weapons is the way to go as you did build there were by that alarms agreements between the also it union and the united states and. multilateral agreements so we need to move now to us actually having talks between the nuclear weapons staves so that we would use the level of danger. all right ambassador we're going to take a break right now wh

crisis. >> it's in response to a skyrocketing number of deaths from fentanyl. scott mack far land and the news 4 i-team explain. >> they want to keep manufacturers of fentanyl overseas if it comes to the unitedtates and causes death. that comes mid a surge of cases, a string of seizures of drugs, including fentanyl at dulles international airport. they suspect the chemists make the drugs overseas and then ship the drugs here. officers see some hidden inside food packaging, even lollipops. others were pokd in passenger luggage. the u.s. attorney general tells us they've brought two criminal cases against these international manufacturers. >> this is the first time we've actually indicted by name chinese chemist in china who are alleged to have supplied fentanyl that resulted in injuries or deaths in the united states. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, we go behind the scenes with u.s.st suitcase they suspect has contraband inside and we speak po the families of fentanyl victims. the one thing that has to be done in addition to prosecution to help stop fentanyl from getting on to our streets. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >>> breaking news overnight. historic high-level talks between north an

dollars in funding for the united nations relief works agency that agency is responsible for palestinian refugees some one million in gaza alone yeah agency itself is in crisis mode it's introduced austerity measures and warns it only has two months of funding left after that all the services will stop the oil the palestinians if you will if it did there would be no food there would be no colborne there will be enormous. there will be ignored you cation for these kids which are looking to be as kids in other parts of the war on palestinian in gaza city but on that seas which is a very very serious situation it's some of gaza's most desperate the will be hit hard. just people like who somberly his see he receives unemployment payments from he supports a family of six those payments are due to come to an end if money isn't found by then the gov show a little but i left there stops this project then went kind of going. how can i feed my children how can we raise them in gas that there is no other choice construction has stopped and we are on the theat there is no option other than without it there is nothing. under or says a humanitarian crisis is coming expert

the cuban missile crisis feels is the existence of massive nuclear weapons in hands of leaders of the superpowers, the united states and russia, even those leaders are about as responsible, he may and cautious as england we've seen postevent and still do in tolerable dangers to the survival of civilization. i would like to begin our discussion in the summer of 1958. you have just taken a job at the rand corporation, research and development, and air force think tank. and a very arresting image you talk about what happened on a certain moonless night. >> well, the reason to be significant that it was a moonless night was that i was reading in, trying to read my weight in an top-secret and secret, , mostly secret documens at that time at rand, in the sense of at last being an insider and seeing the way this thing looked from outside. so i was spending really 70 hours week pretty much seven days a week reading this stuff late at night and reading into it. and hypothetical soviet surprise attacks in great detail, to which the people at rand who i found were as smart a group as i've ever encountered as a group of people, were convinced that the soviets on the basis of estima

cuban missile crisis reveals is that existence of masses of nuclear weapons this hands of leaders of the superpowers the united states and russia even when those leaders are about as responsible humane and cautious as anyone we have seen pose then and still do intolerable dangers to the survival of civilization. i would like to begin our discussion in the summer of 1958. you have just taken a job at the iran corporation extensive research and development for air force think tank, and in a very arrest image you talk about what happened on a certain moon list might. >> well reason it was significant that it was a moonless night was that i was reading then i was trying to read my way many and top secret and secret mostly secret documents at that time. and the sense of last to being an merchandiser and seaing the way it looked from outside. so i was spending really 7 hours week pretty much seven days week reading this stuff late at night and reading into it. and hypothetical soviet surprise attacks in great detail to which the people who found smarter group if that ever encounters a grouch people were con veined that soviet on basis of estimate in air force in particular but nati

crisis and take care of more patients. we have a level one trauma center that works very well that we don't have anything like that for infectious disease that could be modeled. the containment units in response but most of those units can only take care of one or two or three patients at the most if we want to raise the level of prepared as we might think about creating some regional strength that most hospitals will need to be able to take care of patients in neeand need proficiency persl protective equipment and relationships with the other hospitals and public health agencies and the clinics where people are being cared for in the community. it's a network of care as opposed to only relying on the hospitals and to distribute that out when there are major epidemics or pandemics of the flu. >> i know i will be out of time in a moment that i will come back to it after other questions. the level one trauma center model how do you think we incentivize that in the context of your testimony on page three you refer to it as specialized disaster resource hospitals. i'm out of time but i will come back later to get comments on it. >> the way you incentivize it is some kind of competition but you ha

crisis in the united states and the efforts of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, homeland security investigations to disrupt, dismantle and bring to justice the criminal elements responsible for manufacturing, smuggling and the distribution of dangerous opioids. as the largest investigation agency within the department of homeland security, i.c.e. homeland security investigations enforces more than 400 criminal statutes. they use this authority to investigate cross-border activity and work in close collaboration with u.s. customs and border protection, the drug enforcement administration and the united states and postal inspection service in a unified effort with both domestic and international law enforcement partners to target transnational criminal organizations supplying dangerous opioids to the united states. i would like to highlight our efforts, specifically fentanyl, coming into the united states through international mail facilities. based on investigative efforts, the united states law enforcement has identified china as a primary source of the u.s. illicit opioid threat. their precursors are most often produced in china and shipped by mail carriers directly to

crisis. the important thing is cfius, which exists only to screen investments for national security concerns, has at the table every department and agency that is responsible for safeguarding the national security interests of the united states, so the defense department might bring their concerns about military technology. the state department might bring or treasury, some of the concerns mr. sherman mentioned about terrorist activity, commerce will bring concerns about export controls. dhs, doj bring a very different set of concerns. basically, each of the agencies is looking at the investment, in an open investment policy environment, that the reason they're there is to say even though we are open to investment, are there any elements of this transaction, if concluded, that would raise concerns from our department or agency's perspective. if so, they need to be identified, addressed, or mitigated. if they can't be mitigated the deal needs to be blocked. >> it doesn't look like, when i look at this summary, a total of 770 transactions over the last, what is it, six years, something like that, that's cited in this graph. there aren't many. i go back, maybe mr. -- i shouldn't call you mr. -- the honorable mr. estevez.

crisis in the united states and the efforts of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, homeland security to disrupt and dismantle the criminal elements responsible for manufacturing and distribution of dangerous opioids. as the largest investigation agency within the department of homeland security, i.c.e. investigates and enforces more than 400 criminal statutes. they use this authority to investigate cross-border activity and work in close collaboration with u.s. customs and drug protections and the united states and postal inspection services in a unified effort with both domestic and international partners to target trans national criminal organizations supplying dangerous opioids to the u.s. i would like to highlight fen tan n tanyl coming into the united states. we have identified china as a primary source. their precursors are most often produced in china shipped by mail carriers directly to the united states or to mexico. once in the western hemisphere, fentanyl or its analogs are prepared and mixed into the u.s. heroin supply domestically or pressed into pill form and then moved to the u.s. market where demand for prescription opioids a

united states, and they are paying attention. the response so far has been weak. emmanuel macron, the president of france, has talked about the crisisat to do about it. and he's scared of trump's tax cuts which threaten to bring european money to the united states. and angela merkel, the german leader who changed europe forever without asking anybody, now looks on with vague protests about america's isolationism. this president has engaged with the world. he's on your turf, and he is the center of attention. who would have thought? the third hour of "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ stuart: as we've been saying for the last 90 minutes, the market's been all over the place. up 100, up 15, now we're at 95. come on in, please, ron carson, with the carson group. frequent guest on the program. joining us from the midwest, i might add. all right, ron, we've got all these profits reports coming in. are they good enough, strong enough to give this market another leg up? >> you know, they may be, stuart. the fundamentals are fantastic. but it's measure just earnings. -- more than just earnings. earnings are coming in, they're better