this increase in arrests were triggered by the election of president rodrigo duterte. president duterte gave approval for police to use lethal force with any suspects that resisted. with self-proclaimed vigilantes also committing murders, more than 20,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the past three years. as murders grew to be daily occurrences, this situation soon came to be called a war on drugs. one photo journalist has been recording the crime scenes. his name is rafi larma. in 2016, he took a picture of a woman cradling her dead husband. to start a d discussion n about reality of the war on drurugs. >> that's justice for our gogovernment. it's so convenienent. >> lerma continues to take pictures of families who have lost loved ones. >> he buried his son. in this episode, we investigate the war on drugs in the philippines. through the camera of rafi lerma. this is a slum in the tondo district of northwestern manila. it has one of the highest rates of drug-related murders in the city. this day he has scheduled a session with a family. the son was kill

maria ressa, from the rappler site, is a prominent critic of president duterte.he says it's just a politically motivated attack aimed at shutting her website down. howard johnson is monitoring the case from outside the court in manila. she isjust going up she is just going up to the court room which isjust she is just going up to the court room which is just three flights of stairs adoption will begin the defence with three other founders of rappler will. they say this case is politically motivated because of the interesting timing of the case was not the article was written in 2012 that the case was brought before the national bureau of investigation in 2014 because rejected the case initially but then in 2018 department ofjustice decided to push ahead with it, raising questions because no new evidence had been presented to the doj. also the description of liability of articles have been changed from one year to 12, allowing for this article to be questioned. will the business and who brought this case, he has been defamed in the eyes of the public. allegations

maria ressa from the rappler site is a prominent critic of president duterte.is just a politically motivated attack aimed at shutting her website down. howard johnson is monitoring the case and join us from outside the court in manila. i believe maria ressa hasjust arrived. yes, i hubbub here in the car park outside of the court. maria ressa is just going car park outside of the court. maria ressa isjust going up car park outside of the court. maria ressa is just going up to the courtroom now, which is about three flights of stairs up there. today she will begin the defence with three other of the founders of rappler. they say that this case is politically motivated because of the very interesting timings of the case. the articles written in 2012, but the case was brought before the national bureau of investigation in 2017. they rejected the case initially, and then a year later, in 2018, the department ofjustice decided to push ahead with it, raising questions because no new evidence had been presented to the doj. also, the terms of proscription, of liability,

maria ressa is a prominent critic of president duterte.ated and aimed at shutting her website down. howard johnson has been monitoring the case from outside the court in manila. today was the first day of defence by the rappler team of the defence of cyber—libel. goes back to an article written in 2012 that alleged article written in 2012 that alleged a filipino businessman called wilfredo keng had connections with the chiefjustice wilfredo keng had connections with the chief justice of wilfredo keng had connections with the chiefjustice of the time. that we re the chiefjustice of the time. that were questionable. and also that was involved with drug smuggling and human trafficking allegations he denies. this case was brought about in 2017 and initially national bureau of investigations rejected the case. a year later, the department ofjustice pushed ahead with it, despite no new evidence coming to rappler say this was shows it was politically motivated and that the 11 cases against them including tax evasion and foreign ownership shows th

who knows what's going to happen after president duterte.sometimes that's why domestic politics are more exciting than foreign policy. >> it's getting a lot of benefit of coverage in the indian media. i'm not sure of the official position. in hong kong it's somewhat different. india has strong stakes in hong kong, large number of indian citizens there and you have a consulat there, several indian companies are based in hong kong that work across mainland china. it's a major hub. it's one of the largest trade partners, one of the top ten trade partners. so india has stakes there. they're watching what's happening quite carefully. they had been sort of understanding between beijing and new delhi they would not comment on each other's internal affairs. but we have seen in the last few months basically china walking back on that, particularly with what's going on in kashmir. i would expect we may see developments in that area. >> briefly, on europe, again it's an example where you won't see very general institutional policies on specific issues,

president duterte urged the army to "crush" the group in a speech. the story of a mexican drug cartel recruit who helped bring the group down. information provided by the former assassin resulted in the arrests of dozens of cartel members, but there was no formal witness protection system to protect him from reprisals. you protect him from reprisals. are up—to—date with so papers. taiwan's foreign minister has called on the free world to stand behind the island democracy as it faces increased diplomatic and economic pressure from communist china. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, foreign minister joseph wu said the world is waking up to the increasing threat to taiwan from beijing. speaking to our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, foreign minister wu said recent events in hong kong prove that beijing's so called one country two systems model has been a complete failure and will never be acceptable to taiwan. the chinese government face a very serious dilemma in dealing with the hong kong issue. 0n the one hand, they are not able to pr

to the philippines, where president duterte has recently banned vaping in public and the import of vapourxic. it follows a tightening of controls on u2 the sale of nicotine capsules by the country's department of health earlier in the year. howard johnson has more from manila. smoking is dangerous, so vaping is also dangerous, so vaping is also dangerous and i am banning it, and if you are smoking now, you will be arrested. president duterte‘s directive comes after a spate of their thing related deaths and illnesses in the united states. there mother food and drug administration believe the deaths we re administration believe the deaths were caused by marijuana related products but authorities are concerned about the rise in vaping with teenagers attracted to sleek —looking dispensers like the brand, dual. in december the philippine department of health said a 16—year—old girl suffered a vaping related drug injury but advocates say the ban goes against other medical advice, like that of public health england, e—cigarettes are 95% safer than smoking and a good alternative for those wanting

duterte in philippines. and putin in russia or struggling democrats that need our help like the reformers zelensky is ukraine. but the president can shake them down and get them involved on a covert basis in our campaign. the president might think he is slick getting away with that but now there is a foreign government with something on us. they have leverage on us at that point. >> it turns out. >> mr. hastings would you like me. >> of course. >> you are always great at this. i think we are looking at the wrong direction here. it's interesting we can talk about all the other corruption and the dislike of the way in president dealt with them. but we have to remember even in the transcript you just read it's a backwards look not a forwards look. a 2016 look at what happened then. and you rightly read the transcript and talking about robert mueller coming out of the 2016 election. >> >> did you read it report. >> i did read every bit as did my committee. >> and you agree with the finding. >> i zbree with the f

maria ressa is a prominent critic of president duterte.olitically motivated and aimed at shutting her website down. anti—government protesters in the lebanese capital, beirut, have again clashed with security forces. protesters threw bottles and fireworks at police officers, who responded with tear gas and water cannon. the protests came a day after dozens were injured in some of the worst violence since demonstrations began. on monday, the lebanese parliament will consider who to nominate as prime minister to replace saad al—hariri, who resigned in october. gareth barlow reports. beirut is once again a flashpoint for protest. tea rgas beirut is once again a flashpoint for protest. teargas choked the air as police took aim with water cannon, the protesters flooding into the city's central square. translation: i am the city's central square. translation: iam here, and i've got nothing to lose. i'm ready to sacrifice my life for the revolution, so that lebanon can be a real homeland. for the first time in my life, i feel that i real homeland

maria ressa is a prominent critic of president duterte.e trial is politically motivated and aimed at shutting her website down. the us special envoy for north korea, stephen biegun, has held a news conference after meetings with south korean officials. he arrived in seouljust hours after north korea announced it had conducted another successful rocket engine test. mr biegun said he is hopeful it is still possible to negotiate an end to pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes. i believe we can do this, but the united states cannot do it alone. therefore, here today, let me speak directly to our counterparts in north korea. it is time for us to do ourjobs. let's get this done. we are here, and you know how to reach us. we can now speak to our seoul correspondent laura bicker. laura, the us envoy is speaking. is north korea listening? doesn't seem to be. i think there was much hope here in seoul that certainly stephen biegun would be allowed to meet his north korean counterparts. there we re eve n north korean counterparts. there were even

they write that president duterte sees this as a prelude to a lasting peace process. a series of explosions that at least 20 people injured on the southern island. no—one has claimed responsibility for that. let's get more now on our top story: the bush fires in australia. our correspondent phil mercer is in sydney for us. these fires have been reading since september. is there any sign of them being brought under control or even just containing them to stop them spreading and causing damage? on sunday and today, monday, we've seen cooler temperatures in new south wales. that is helping the firefighting effort. what's happening now is that the authorities are building containment lines, they are conducting operations called backburning, the said this is when fires are deliberately that to burn in to the mainfire deliberately that to burn in to the main fire front so the aim is to deprive those main blazes of the fuel they need to rage as we have been seeing them in recent days. so i think been seeing them in recent days. so ithink in been seeing them in recent days. s

they write that president duterte sees this as a prelude to a lasting peace process.a series of explosions left at least 20 people injured on the southern island of mindanao. no one has claimed responsibility for that attack. let's get more now on our top story, the bushfires in australia. phil mercer is in sydney with the latest. on sunday and today, monday, we have seen cooler temperatures here in new south wales. that is most definitely helping the firefighting effort. what is happening now is that authorities are building containment lines. they are building containment lines. they are conducting operations called backburning. this is when fires are deliberately lit to burn in to the mainfire deliberately lit to burn in to the main fire fronts. the aim is to deprive those main blazes of the fuel they need to rage as we have been seeing them in recent days. i think in new south wales we are seeing a lower, the danger is certainly not over. there were catastrophic conditions for saturday forecast. fortunately conditions are a lot more benign today, but we are 110w a

close to davao city, the political for base of rodrigo roa duterte, the president of the country.in his home. his spokesperson says he was safe. it is also very close to where manny pacquiao hails from. the epicentre was about two or three miles away from there and we have seen a number of collapsed buildings, there being a number of search and rescue teams trying to get people out from underneath the rubble. what we have heard is the national disaster council has altered ordered all the authorities to get to work to help those affected by this natural disaster. the israeli authorities have told christians living in the gaza strip that they will not be able to travel to bethlehem in the west bank to celebrate christmas. there are about a thousand, mostly greek orthodox, christians living in the strip, which is controlled by the palestinian group hamas. israel has cited security concerns for its decision. hamas, israeli rights groups and church leaders have all condemned the move. around 2,000 properties are still without water in and around leighton linslade in bedfordshire, after

maria ressa is a prominent critic of president duterte.ally motivated and aimed at shutting down her website. 0pioids are an essential part of modern medicine. they are powerful drugs used to relieve pain. but they can be addictive. it is a major problem in the united states. one group of british surgeons is trying to do something about it. 0ur science correspondent richard westcott was given unique access to an operation performed without opioids. paul, so we're going to put a mask over your face, paul, so we're going to put a mask over yourface, just to paul, so we're going to put a mask over your face, just to give you some oxygen. this operation is different. so we're going to start the anaesthetic, and we're going to you a little something that will make you feel a little bit sleepy. patient paul is having part of his lung taken out, called thoracic surgery, lung taken out, called thoracic surgery, it is the most painful surgery surgery, it is the most painful surgery you surgery, it is the most painful surgery you can surgery, it is

duterte in philippines. and putin in russia or struggling democrats that need our help like the reformers zelensky is ukraine. but the president can shake them down and get them involved on a covert basis in our campaign. the president might think he is slick getting away with that but now there is a foreign government with something on us. they have leverage on us at that point. >> it turns out. >> mr. hastings would you like me. >> of course. >> you are always great at this. i think we are looking at the wrong direction here. it's interesting we can talk about all the other corruption and the dislike of the way in president dealt with them. but we have to remember even in the transcript you just read it's a backwards look not a forwards look. a 2016 look at what happened then. and you rightly read the transcript and talking about robert mueller coming out of the 2016 election. >> >> did you read it report. >> i did read every bit as did my committee. >> and you agree with the finding. >> i zbree with the f

filipino officials involved in the incarceration of a senator who has been critical of president rodrigo dutertem entering the united states. manila said it will impose restrictions on americans entering the country if washington pushes ahead with those sanctions. after a landslide primary victory, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is looking ahead. he will need a big win in march to stay in office. his best hope of escaping prosecution charges is to gain a majority in parliament that is willing to grant him immunity. the march vote will be the third in israel in less than a year. more than 300 people were arrested in hong kong over the christmas holiday. store windowsshed while police responded with tear gas. authorities say those detained include children as young as 12. nearly 7000 people have been detained since protests began more than six months ago. hong kong is bracing for more disruption into the new year. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. carol: the biggest u.s. marijuana c

north korea, you know, erdogan is welcomed with open arms at, you know, at the white house, you know, dutertepines, trump seems to admire him as well, and yet our actual allies, you know, get brusqueness. >> this is the world turned upside down. i think this is part of what macron was referring to with his infamous interview where he said nato was suffering brain death, and what he was really talking about are the actions of turkey and the united states, which are so at odds with what the other members of nato think, and of course you have this bizarre spectacle today where trump said that was a very nasty comment where trump himself had said nato is obsolete. in the way he behaves with our nato allies, trump is proving macron's point about nato being on life support. >> nasty he said, max, thanks very much. we'll be right back, more news ahead. i looove travel. italy! yaaaaass. with the united explorer card, i get rewarded wherever i go. going out for a bite. rewarded! going new places. rewarded! anytime. rewarded! getting more for getting away. rewarded! learn more at the explorer card dot

has modi,rump, india has with the philippines have with duterte, and brazil with bolsonaro. these are very dangerous times. just when we need to confront the greatest predicament humankind has ever faced, which is the collapse of our life-support system, our governments are in the hands of giant toddlers who just want to smash up all of our public protections, our public services , any means by which the power of capital and those who accumulate it can be restrained. george, can you speculate about what you think accounts for the scale of the victory? many thought that boris johnson would win this election, but not by such a major landslide. there are several factors. one is that they have learned from trump, they have learned from modi, they have learned from the referendum result in u.k. three years ago, basically, cheating and lying wins, particularly when you can weaponize it through social media on a massive scale with unaccountable dark ads were nobody knows what anybody is seeing. that is a highly effective and highly dangerous tactic. and they have refined it and ref

you know, duterte in the philippines, trump seems to admire him as well.et our actual allies, you know, get bruskness. >> this is the world turned upside down. i think this is part of what macron was referring to with his infamous interview where he said nato was suffering brain death, and what he was really talking about are the actions of turkey and the united states, which are so at odds with what the other members of nato think, and of course you have this bizarre spectacle today where trump said that was a very nasty comment whereas trump himself had said that nato is obsolete. in the way he behaves with our nato allies, trump is proving macron's point about nato being on life support. >> nasty he said, max, thanks very much. we'll be right back, more news ahead. the holidays are here and we want to keep you connected to those you love, with the new iphone 11. hurry into t-mobile today, to get up to four iphone 11's on us. only at t-mobile. >>> let's check in with chris and see what he's working with for "cuomo prime time." >> got to dig into these ca

know that the president really does have a thing for the strong man leaders and for the putins and dutertes erdogans who can get stuff done. so is it that or is it russia, russia, russia? >> i want to ask your opinion about whether there is anything that the republicans can do to get back to sort of a romney 2012 posture. and do you think they even want to? romney was mocked for saying he viewed russia as the world's greatest geopolitical threat. >> i think that the impeachment presentation from the democrats has to focus on foreign aid for a domestic political gavor, foreign aid that's in his national interest, not in your national interest. and when the message veers from that platform and you've got democrats who are suddenly all about ukrainian freedom fighters, which is just like lindsey graham standing up today and being against fisa court. and it reeks of hypocrisy. at their core i talked to plenty of republicans who are bothered by what donald trump is doing with our foreign policy with regards to russia. and that he was operating like that from the oval office. but the argument has

>> kim jong-un calling donald tard, a duterte -- donald trump back to his rocket north korealing, hast disrespect, but north korea has continued to not launch icbm, which is a promise kim jong-un made to donald trump and this is what experts call the red line. this redline the u.s. and south korea will not be crossing which is a moratorium on hostile action between the u.s. and north korea as well as south korea which is what will break any hope for continued talks between north korea and the u.s. , which is something north korea and the u.s. have yet to break. next? hat is envoy tos. special north korea is already in south korea. he is meeting foreign ministry ul.icials in seo he will be meeting moon jae-in and making it trip to tokyo as part of this too far. try --peculated he may .art of this tour it is speculative he could try going to the border of the koreas to attempt to meet his north korean counterpart. donaldmet her before trump and kim jong-un met, so what is the outcome of the talk they hold, we will have to wait and see. kathleen: thank you for joining us. more ahead. thi

why is it that the president as the chairman pointed out, codys -- cozies up to a dictator like duterte in the philippines? why is he not looking right here in this hemisphere, where we have not paid as much attention as we should, and i believe my colleague is going to address it, but i need to raise venezuela. latelyave not heard much with reference to venezuela, about el salvador, haven't heard other than china dealing with trade, anybody in here that doesn't believe china is corrupt, then you should just visit any one of the places where people are in gulags and being held, and how intellectuals and religious leaders are being tortured in that country. and not to mention -- the chairman pointed to it, as what the president said, that he fell in love with kim jong un. and kim jong un is preparing missiles, and if successful, may one day be able to reach this country. and there is no reason to believe that he wouldn't. is the president aware of what's going on in italy? is he aware of what's going on in india? how about iran? i haven't heard him say a mumbling word about what's happen

why is it that the president closing up to a dictator like duterte in the philippines? why is he not looking right here in this hemisphere where we have not paid as much attention as we should and i believe my colleague is going to address it but i do need to raise venezuela, and i have not heard very much fondly from him with reference to venezuela. i haven't heard very much from him about el salvador. i haven't heard anything, other than china dealing with trade anybody it doesn't leave china is corrupt should just visit any one of the places where people are being held and how intellectuals and religious leaders are being tortured in that country. not to mention the chairman pointed to it as what the president said he fell in love with kim jong-un and kim john moon is preparing missiles. he may one day be able to reach this country and there's no reason to believe that he would not. if the president aware of what's going on in italy or in india? how about iran? i haven't heard him say anything about what's happening in iran. is he aware of what's going on in lebanon?

he has complimented vladimir putin, congratulated rodrigo duterte, fell in love with kim i could lauded erdogan. go on and on. maybe the president is jealous .hat they can do what they want these dictators are the antithesis of what america stands for. we let president trump act like the law doesn't apply to him, we move a little closer to them. benjamin franklin left the constitutional convention and said the founders have created a republic, if you can keep it. there are no guarantees. our system of government will persist only if we fight for it. the simple question for us is this. i we willing to fight for this democracy? forre we willing to fight this democracy act of i hope everyone searches their conscience. to my republican friends, imagine any democratic president sitting in the oval office. would your answer be the same? no one should be allowed to use the powers of the presidency to undermine our elections or cheat in a campaign, no matter who it is and no matter what their party. we all took an oath, not to defend a political party but to uphold the constitution of the unite

making it more difficult for americans who want to go to the philippines and also that president duterte could decline a visit to go to the united states because as he said he had no intention of coming here anyway. >> let nancy pelosi hold the articles of impeachment because the longer this drags out, the more swing voters and independents are coming to republicans in droves. i know some people think it's a bold statement but i really do think were going to take back the house in 2020 and i think president trump is going to win in 2020 because the polls are showing that independents are tired of impeachment, they think it's a sham, and they think it's a political hit job. >> that is congressman guy reschenthaler are on the story predicting the impeachment strategy will backfire on democrats in november and republicans will take back control of the house. i have marc thiessen here with me come a former white house speechwriter and a columnist from "the washington post." he had a chance to listen to the congressman and make his argument. we know ahead of the impeachment vote there's been