would tell you in negotiations as you decided on policy it looks to me at all it is israel bombs damascus just in the past few days it appears to me favoring those bombing raids isis diaster and al qaeda no i think it is really only. the less this area. is. syria. really 1st syria. should be that stabilize. syria. are you seeing i graze i through. israel and i think this. you know you. and i think this sunday which is. just koran and so what you just go around in circles i mean iran is invited in to syria to help its war effort against its perceived adversaries destroying them will just mean more misfile batteries sent to damascus. when you say that. radians are really serious. i think the. leverage of. syria is very limited. i don't think that we should. be. serious a lot of the elements which us that we. will remove will be really prisoners of syria. the removal of a threat. radios station. syria. well of course president doesn't refute that but then frame thank you thank you. well i was the former head of mossad about the role that organization allegedly played in the assassination of

tell you in negotiations as you decide you know bolasie it looks to me at all it is israel bombs damascus just in the past few days in a pay is to me favoring those warming raids i says diaster of al qaeda no i think it is ready but only. the less this area. is really do you radiate. to syria. they're waiting for is syria. that's stabilize. the syria. israel. and i think in this. last few years. and i think this is something which is a. little bit i want to just go around in sort of what you just go around in circles i mean iran is invited in to syria to help its war effort against its perceived adversaries destroying them will just mean more misfile batteries sent to damascus when you say that. radians are. serious. i think the. leverage of. syria is very limited. i don't think we should. be. serious a lot of the evidence which us that we. remove will be raised prisoners in syria. remove the threat. radios station. syria. well of course president doesn't refute that but their frame thank you thank you. well i was the former head of mossad about the role that organization allegedly played

it doesn't go through the syrian government in damascus. the russians would like to compel everyone to do the answering assistance working through damascus. we resist that exercise oversight over the humanitarian assistance. we support assistance throughout syria and even in areas the regime controls but is something we have to watch closely we need to work more closely in the future to guard against, being able to divert away from the syrian people and it would benefit from, it's a problem we need to watch closely. >> thank you for your service. i appreciate it and i yield ba ba. >> thank you. >> thankou. ank you for all your work, i have enjoyed working with you. i hope to continue. the chairman worked with me, thank you to establish a coordinator for isis detainees. the regional and internal security forces, roughly 12,000 isis militants in custody and roughly 2000. you update us on the status of and with confidence these prisoners, dangers isis and foreign fighters they are secu secure. >> it is a tough problem they are secure right now

they finally got make mia, tracked him in damascus, in his suv.y decided they couldn't plant the bomb in a phone. he always had his suv and they wound up, the ca build a bomb. it was a technical marvel because they had to replace the back door of the suv without the bodyguards noticing and had to match the pink guard and even the age of the paint. they did all this and he pulled the trigger and at one time, in one moment while surveilling and waiting for the moment to strike, they looked and looked again and realized there was someone leaning on his car and talking to him, it was general soleimani. they got it is a twofer, we can take them both out. they got permission but permission was denied. they waited and soleimani went off and they finally did get h him. it is an unbelievable story. also the whole delicate negotiation because assassination, quote unquote, it's always been a fraught proposition at the cia. it's been prohibited by three decades. in this case, you went through contortions so the israelis would pull the trickle rather than the

the operation failed at another decade went by before cfa finally tracked him down in damascus. so i tell that story in hair-raising detail how come in a joint cia mossad operation they finally got him, tracked him as he was driving around damascus in his luxurious suv. they decided they couldn't plant that the bomb on the phone. he discarded phones too often but he always had his suv and they wound up come cia building a bomb. ahead was a technical marvel because they had to replace the hold back door of the suv without the bodyguards noticing and had to match the paint color exactly, even the age of the paint job. they did all this and sod wound up pulling the trigger, and at one point, at one moment while they were surveilling mughniyah and waiting for the moment to strike, they looked and looked again and realize that the guy, someone leaning on his car talking with mughniyah was, guess who? general soleimani. and they thought my god, it's a twofer. we can take them both out. well, they said what back for permission. permission was denied. mughniyah was only legitimate targe

dana, a young doctor in damascus, making medical supplies because so few were getting into syria.we have tried to do is do them ourselves using diy techniques. we were creating designs of masks, facemasks and other ppe through sd printer, for example, but the main problem was the materials and to find sd printers because it is not common to have sd printers around here. another person we spoke to who lives in london and was homeless before getting alockdown hostal space. what do you think might have happened to you if this intervention had not come along with this kind of lockdown room and help you god? —— and the help he received. i'll be honest with you, i probably think i would be in prison by now and that is the honest truth. i honestly think i would be in prison by now. now as christmas approaches, we are revisiting four of these stories. together, they reflect how difficult life has become for so many. losing business and jobs, health worries, stress, above all, losing loved ones to the virus. but they have also been stories of solidarity and hope, of people rising to the ch

kind of dissent that had toppled other arab leaders the rockets that slammed into the outskirts of damascus that day character chemical. and it was one of the biggest massacres more than 1500 were killed about one so if supposed to there shake something in for some kind of action or reaction. so when it didn't that nothing we can do is going to be changing our nothing we can do or document or film or book kill for that would stop this massacres and this horror that. it's used. that's when we've seen many citizens around the shopping this going back to their shops to their workshops. just giving. i think that was a turning point not only for syrians in the sense that you know the world is not going to do anything to stop the syrian regime from perpetrating war crimes it was also a moment of despair for journalists around the world in the sense that it completely blunted the emancipate tori and incisive razor of journalism journalism did not matter any more it did not make a difference anymore doctors lawyers and now journalists are all targets of the government that was the case across the m

north it is generally dropping see how the temperatures are struggling 12 or 13 degrees there for damascus and for baghdad and even struggling here in doha by monday and the late breaking temperatures back to around $22.00 celsius for the chance of want to show is over towards the red sea further south it is generally dry just around the horn of africa plenty as shallow as over towards lake victoria we're seeing a further west was right to the heart of africa and they say in some big downpours we'll see some of the showers just sinking their way southward across the democratic republic of congo with some wet weather or the way down across zimbabwe seeing some showers longer spells of rain some wet weather too just easing across towards northern parts of namibia over madagascar here we have a tropical cyclone that's bringing some very heavy rain in some parts could see maybe 100 to 200 millimeters of fright as that tropical sidelines tom makes its way east was easing into the mozambique channel and heading to mozambique. we've never had a president who has literally for 4 to 5 years repeate

was not in the room and practically everybody else was interested and everybody called syria and damascus but of course we had to do with the syrians want and even though the president was assassinated two weeks later who made new agreement that was at the base and this is also a lesson how do you have that agreement and to have a lot of influence of what is happening in which you think of pakistan and russia analso others like india so we have to make sure those forces are supporting y and not making it more difficult for you. >> thank you very much for that i think we are running low on time so to all panelist thank you for yo time and your expertise and your time d we will pass it over to you to close this out. >> thankou also to her excellency for this opportunity on this very important conversation so this happening in the immediate badrop of the conference where innocent les are once again with the ongoing conflict so to understand is maybe the most impornt question for the world community and over the last fouronths we have issued a major report and part of that anticorruption agen

process was not long after midnight on friday in the small city of myself just 200 kilometers north of damascus there are no details yet of any casualties or damage the syrian military statement says most of the missiles were intercepted and there's no word from the israeli defense forces there is the headlines this hour up next boom bust shows you the u.s. securing 100000000 doses of pfizer's cope with 19 vaccine plus what impact will christmas travel have on the number of cases that's coming up in just a few moments time we're back in half an hour with the latest. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. this is boom bust the one business show you can support a myth for in washington coming up we have a special show today breaking down some of the impact of the coven 1000 pandemic has had across multiple sectors plus and so much of our lives have moved online because of the copen $1000.00 pandemic could we see the term internet celebrity take on a whole new meaning and later time i

joanna who isto waiting in damascus, maryland. guest: good morning -- caller: good morning. think trumps i record on civil rights and human rights over the last years is appalling. after theis him going judge of mexican ancestry intending he couldn't be fair because the was hispanic answer assay. calling the people of the border applying for asylum to get into -- united states an infestation, which dehumanizes them. he banned transgender's in the service. he painted almost limbs as terrorists. he supported the woman in kentucky who refused to issue marriage certificates. including theh fact extremely little diversity in his cabinet and administration. rude, nasty disgusting remarks about women. now i understand like in pennsylvania, republican legislatures are doing what they can to even further restrict voting rights. the whole idea since he's been in office is to trying key people of color from voting. i agree with the caller. all of those issues really touch on a lot of what is devastating over the past four years. when it comes to the rights of vulnerable commune is in o

arabia over the next i will say but that aside it does look pretty quiet cool enough temperatures in damascus through some 1415 degrees celsius cool enough here in concert 24 degrees what a brisk wind blowing for in temperatures no higher than around 22 as we go on into wednesday but this is a lossy dry and that dry weather stretches across a good parts of the whole of africa chance of one or 2 showers just creeping into or somalia as we go on through choose day plenty of showers across the heart of africa and further south but i want to draw your attention to this circulation here this is tropical cyclone charlayne moving through the warm waters of the mozambique channel it looks likely to intensify further over the next 24 to 48 hours or so wainscoting up around 120 kilometers per hour before it does make landfall across that eastern side of mozambique as we go on into wednesday a punch its way through grad seeing some wetter weather also pushing into zimbabwe as we go on through thursday heavy rain coming through here and i think it is likely to cause widespread disruption. the. water scar

during a meeting with the syrian foreign minister, the iranian president urged damascus to confront israele occupied golan heights. key ally ofn a syrian president bashar al-assad is the beginning of the syrian civil war. iran does not recognize israel and supports anti-israel militant groups. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. amanda: live from toronto, i'm amanda lang. welcome to bloomberg markets. i'm vonnie quinn in new york. vonnie: we are joined by our bloomberg and bnn bloomberg audiences. here are the top stories we are following from around the world. . he brings with him his special economic christmas tree indicator. then we will speak with the brunswick ceo about the booming amid thisf boating k-shaped recovery. and the latest on vaccines. u.k. against delivering the vaccine as early indication from u.s. regulators is they may grant emergency use authorization here in the u.s. this week. in on markets,g positive news on the vaccine continue

bomb slicked ivy and a bomb hits us personally and president here for me for me it was a road to damascusmoment to music my eyes were suddenly opened to what it all meant to be a dog in that not should have 1st we called ourselves parents against nuclear power but then we thought you know that's not really a good name we don't want to be against something we want to be for something and that's why we changed our name to parents for a nuclear free future. together with other families and michelle slavic was so determined to rid their village of nuclear power that they made in or day should speak to take control of the local energy grid by the couldn't see here 1st there you can probably imagine that when a citizen's initiative says we're building our own energy company to supply the citizens of our town with electricity at 1st everyone says how is that supposed to work peter i asked my gabby so it does and and of course the energy provider said this definitely won't work they'll never succeed shot from the dock neat. against all odds the initiative did succeed creating a citizen energy co-

and specially for me, for me, it was a road to damascus moment music. my eyes were suddenly opened for what it all meant to target in and not should have 1st recalled ourselves parents against nuclear power. but then we thought, you know, that's not really a good name. we don't want to be against something. we want to be for something, and that's why we changed our name to parents for a nuclear free future when together with other families and michelle. slavic was so determined to make their village of nuclear power. but they made an orb day she speak to take control of the local energy grid by the couldn't the here 1st day. you can probably imagine that when a citizens initiative says, we're building our own energy company to supply the citizens of our town with electricity. at 1st, everyone says, how is that supposed to work? peter? i asked my yappy, so that's the end. and of course the energy provider said this definitely won't work. they'll never succeed, shot from the dock. neat. but against all odds, the initiative did succeed. creating a citizen,

north it is generally dropping see how the temperatures are struggling 12 or 13 degrees there for damascusand for baghdad and even struggling here in doha by monday and the late great pagan temperatures back to around 22 celsius for the chance of want to show is over towards the red sea further south it is generally dry just around the horn of africa plenty as shallow as over towards lake victoria pushing a further west was right into the heart of africa tanzania seen some big downpours we'll see some of those showers just sinking their way southward across the democratic republic of congo with some wet weather or all the way down across be as zimbabwe seeing some showers along the spells of rain some wet weather too just easing across towards northern parts of namibia over madagascar here we have a tropical cyclone that's bringing some very heavy rain in some parts could see maybe 100 to 200 millimeters of fright as a tropical side clenching tao makes its way further east was easing into the mozambique channel and heading to mozambique. we know what's happening in our region we know how t

not interfering in syria, was the element that was notresent that was really everybo calls syria damascusevery night, every single night. when the agreent took place, of course we have to accommodate a lot ofhe syrians and lebanese. and even though as soon as -- the president that we elected, within hours was assassinated two weeks later. clearly, a president who made a new agreement, a totally new agreement with syria, that was as much the face of what happened after that. this is also a lesson, how are you going to structure an agreement to end a civil war and build a new -- a lot of people are not inside the roo have a lot of influence in what is happening. so in the case of afghastan you to think of iran, inc.f pakistan, you have got to think of russia, and also of others like india. as you negotia, you've got to make sure that those forces are supporting you and not actually making itore difficult for you to get a good deal. >> thank you. thank you very much f that. unfortunately, i think that we're running a slow on time so to all of our panelists, again thankou very much for your e

into feeling that syria and the elephant that was not president was really everybody called syria damascus, every single night. and when the agreement took place, the first thing we had to accommodate a lot of syrians and the lebanese and even though as soon as, you know, the tides was -- the president that we elected was assassinated two weeks later. and there came a president who made a new agreement, a total new agreement with syria. that was as much the base of what happened after that. full this is a lesson, how are you going to structure an agreement to end the civil war and build a new dispensation in the -- while people in what is happening so in the case we have to think of pakistan, we gotta think of russia and also offer others like india. so as you are negotiating, you got to make sure that those forces feel are supporting you and a lot making it more difficult for you to get a good deal. >> thank you, thank you very much for that. unfortunately i think that we are running low on time so to all of our panelists, again, thank you very much for your expertise, for your time and i

his road to damascus was at a turtle's pace. >> let me ask you, mike. are republicans you think starting on january 21st going to contend, hey, we're just republicans, we've always been republicans. we're still here. all evidence to the contrary. all of them having signed away their seats, their votes, their reputations to donald trump. can they just insist it's the same old republican party despite the destroy the gop chant that went up at the maga rally in d.c. over the weekend? >> well, i think that maga rally was kind of the hard core of the hard core. i think it was a bit of a sideshow. i think the bulk of the party particularly the leadership of the party is still trying to figure out what to do. they have been, most of them, in a terrified, defensive crouch afraid of about, you know, half to two-thirds of their own primary voters. you saw that in the kelly loeffler clip where she is caught in that horrible space between reality and the voters she is going to need. and that turned into the hobbida-hobbida, look, look, look answer which is just pai

took to twitter to weigh in on that tweet saying that he and kelly loeffler seem to be on a road to damascus in the final week headed into the -- these runoffs in my home state. listen, mitch mcconnell is the grim reaper is fresh fodder for the democrats looking to unseat perdue and loeffler with seven days to go and flip the balance of the senate as georgians are among the millions of americans really weathering this post-holiday coronavirus surge. we know the vaccine is stalling. we know that people are facing economic hardship and we are reportedly headed into the worst chapter of this pandemic yet. and so mitch mcconnell now joins president trump as a foil for democrats in georgia that are looking to energize those voters there because we know there's an historic drop-off in runoff elections. but the pitch is now for georgians to do as zerlina was saying, what kentuckians did not and take away mitch mcconnell's power. so politics, as those of white house cov-- us who often cover this, could be poetic. we couldn't have written more perfect prose than having to wrestle with this legislatio

those who needed this help suddenly decide eight, seven days before the election on the road to damascusy suddenly decide direct payments of $2,000 makes sense. >> reporter: and we're hearing a similar message on the campaign trail from those democratic candidates. so this is going to remain an issue on the trail as we barrel on to election day on tuesday. yasmin? >> patricia, you know, you've been looking into this a lot. i think one of the things i've thought a lot about is how much this relief bill in general, or the lack thereof, shall we say, up against the 11th hour is effecting georgia voters. how many inspired to turn out because of lack of relief seen from washington over the last nine months and now getting this bill on the 11th hour but still not the $2,000 direct pay on the senate floor and out to americans? do you think this is going to be a driving force in this runoff? >> i think the only thing it could do is just harden people's opinions about the candidates that they already support. we have an extremely polarized electorate down here but we know about the republicans fe

do those folks suddenly have a kind of road to damascus moment over the weekend? i don't think so.hat the thing we have to do is in a way return to an 18th century motto, which was, eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. we have to be vigilant about our health and of our neighbors and the democratic institutions. >> i think that is a great lesson of the last four years. what worries me is where we went in the last four weeks. earlier i was speaking with the attorneys general of michigan and pennsylvania. josh shapiro was concerned about the degree to which people are taking up arms. there are ads for people to stand up for the stolen election. there are threats against public officials. there are -- is a call by the head of texas gop for the states that were on the wrong side of this decision of the supreme court to form a union of their own. you are a historian. at what point do we say that's nonsense and something is afoot? >> something is clearly afoot. this is a great columbia historian from the middle of the 20th century coined a phrase called the paranoid style. in americ

an animal lover caring for more than 3,000 dogs in damascus.ie orphelia sheltering and feeding them with money she saved from selling her house a labor of love as we go around the world in 80 seconds. >>> our d.c. station's chopper caught a stunning view in the night sky last night hey, what's up, saturn look, you can even see the rings. isn't that incredible? there's more to come on this and the view is going to be so much better over the next ten days, jupiter will slide on up next to saturn -- that's the technical term two planets will be closer together than they've been since the year 1623. actually, cramer was around for that one and said he found a bull market there. but as for this new round, stargazer types are calling it the great conjunction of 2020. here's the kicker. on the winter solstice december 21st, they'll be so close together, to the naked eye they'll look like one giant star is celestial mechanics are so lit >>> editors at "time" magazine decided the vice president-elect and president-elect had the most influence over the l

north it is generally dropping see how the temperatures are struggling 12 or 13 degrees there for damascus and for baghdad and even struggling here in doha by monday and the late great pagan temperatures back to around 22 celsius for the chance of want to show is over towards the red sea further south it is generally dry just around the horn of africa plenty as shallow as over towards lake victoria pushing a further west was right to the heart of africa tanzania seen some big down poles we'll see some of the showers just sinking their way south which across the democratic republic of congo with some wet weather or the way down across zimbabwe seeing some showers longer spells of rain some wet weather too just easing across towards northern parts of namibia over madagascar here we have a tropical cyclone that's bringing some very heavy rain in some parts could see maybe 100 to 200 millimeters of fright as a tropical side plans tell makes its way east was easing into the mozambique channel and heading to mozambique. lots more international news and the sports to come here on the news hour in

bomb slicked ivy and a bomb hits us personally and president here for me for me it was a road to damascus moment music my eyes were suddenly opened for what it all meant to be boarded in and not should have 1st we called ourselves parents against nuclear power but then we thought you know that's not really a good name we don't want to be against something we want to be for something and that's why we changed our name to parents for a nuclear free future when. together with other families and michelle slugged it was so determined to meet their village of nuclear power that they made in or day should speak to take control of the local energy grid by the could they think you're 1st there you can probably imagine that when a citizens initiative says we're building our own energy company to supply the citizens of our town with electricity at 1st everyone says 60 how is that supposed to work peter i asked my gabby so it just went and of course the energy provider said this definitely will work they'll never succeed shaphan the dock neat. but against all odds the initiative did succeed creating

arabia over the next i will say but that aside it does look pretty quiet cool enough temperatures in damascus tristen 1415 degrees celsius cold enough air in concert 24 degrees what a brisk wind blowing for in temperatures no higher than around 22 as we go on into wednesday but this is a lossy dry and that dry weather stretches across a good parts of the whole of africa chance of one of 2 showers just creeping into a somalia as we go on through choose day plenty of showers across the heart of africa and further south but i want to draw your attention to this circulation here this is tropical cyclone charlayne moving through the warm waters of the mozambique channel it looks likely to intensify further over the next 24 to 48 hours or so wins getting up to around 120 kilometers per hour before it does make landfall across that eastern side of mozambique as we go on into wednesday a punch its way through grad seeing some wetter weather also pushing into zimbabwe as we go on through thursday heavy rain coming through here and i think it is likely to cause widespread disruption. from. a unique per

august 14, 2012, as he was preparing to return home, he was captured at checkpoint in damascus. now and more than eight years later, he is still being held in syria. he is now entering his ninth year of captivity and in a matter of months, he will turn 40 years old. that's nine birthdays, mr. speaker, that he will have missed, nine thanksgiving dinners and later this month, nine christmases that his family has had to endure without him. i have met austin's parents many times. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will come to order. members will take their conversations off the floor, please. mr. mccaul: i have met austin's parents many times and it's very tragic and emotional. and each time i see the pain in their eyes as they describe their efforts to bring him home. that is a pain that only parents can truly understand. and it is up to us here in this chamber to show the tice family that we will not tolerate this for another year. austin deserves to have his life back and his family deserves to have him back. with this resolution we once ag

some place near damascus. and he's been missing ever since. there have been what we call in the intelligence agencies, i believe, signs and proof of life. we know that he is alive. and we know that eight years of this experience is taking a toll on austin. austin deserves our greatest efforts to bring him home. because austin is an american hero. his parents are in need of his touch. of his presence. they need to hug their son. so the appeal has been made and mr. president you have said that will do e that you everything that you can, i'm paraphrasing, you said you will never stop. and that you're looking for the answer. i believe the answer is within your power and i believe the tice family will be eternally grateful, as will most americans, if you will bring their son home. and do so before christmas. on behalf of the tice family, mr. president, i salute you for your desire and commitment to bring him home. i yield back the balance of my time the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. members are further reminded to address their re

joanna who isto waiting in damascus, maryland. guest: good morning -- caller: good morning.nk trumps i record on civil rights and human rights over the last years is appalling. after theis him going judge of mexican ancestry intending he couldn't be fair because the was hispanic answer assay. calling the people of the border applying for asylum to get into -- united states an infestation, which dehumanizes them. he banned transgender's in the service. he painted almost limbs as terrorists. he supported the woman in kentucky who refused to issue marriage certificates. including theh fact extremely little diversity in his cabinet and administration. rude, nasty disgusting remarks about women. now i understand like in pennsylvania, republican legislatures are doing what they can to even further restrict voting rights. the whole idea since he's been in office is to trying key people of color from voting. i agree with the caller. all of those issues really touch on a lot of what is devastating over the past four years. when it comes to the rights of vulnerable commune is in our c