the e.u.'s ability to deal with unexpected challenges, global pandemic, outbroke of war, demonstrated remarkable resilience. but, given the shift in gentlemen yo political and economic landscape it is to surprise the 2024 to 229 commission has new priorities and tasks to perform. they will reshape the goals and put new ones up front. not surprisingly competitiveness is at the top of the list including a focus on energy. the commission sees the expansion of trade policy as it tries to ensure that vital technology is protected and de-risking from contingent continues. security is at the top with the creation of a new defense commissioner focused on getting more bang for the buck with the e.u. defense industry. the new commission also sees europe as global and wants to lurch its power and partnerships effectively. it raises the importance of lagging e.u. enlargement processes and establishes a new commissioner for the mediterranean to prompt more effective engagement with this critical region. our

what exactly is it that you're asking the e.u. and the u.s. to do?, the same thing they have been doing for now more than 30 years since the independence of georgia which is to support us in our path toward european integration, euro-atlantic integration which is enshrined in our constitution and has been supported by our partners but also by the georgian population more than 80% of them, all over this year, whatever was happening, including ing on paying of territories, that determination has never flinched. and today also, we see on the streets that the georgian population wants nothing else and nothing more than its independence and its european path. that's what the people on the streets are very calmly, very peacefully demanding. our votes back, our european future back. >> madam president, your prime minister said, quote he is committed to european integration -- go ahead. >> it's not my prime minister. he's that the knot the prime min sthoafer georgian population because he elections wer rigged. the elections have not been recognized by any of

yesterday, we were also joined by the new e.u. high representative. the e.u. is a central partner, and we cooperate on the range of issues from our support of ukraine, to military mobility and ramping up defense production. i am looking forward to building on this corporation. today, ministers discussed russia's increasingly aggressive posture as well as its escalating campaign of hostile actions in nato countries. we have seen a steep increase in these attacks,, and we must hold the perpetrators to account. both russia and china have tried to destabilize our countries and divide our societies with acts of sabotage, cyber attacks and energy blackmail. so today, ministers agreed, a set of protective measures to counter russia's hostile and cyber activities. these include enhanced intelligence exchange, more exercises, better protection of critical infrastructure, improved cyber defense and tougher action against russia's shadow fleet of oil-exporting ships. and we will work closely together with the e.u. on these issues. with that, i am ready to take your quest

what do you say to americans who say i hear they e.u.y and i think brexit andr the immigratioean issues and the u.k. breaking away from the e.u. and what do you say americans apprehensive about that? >> combine one of the richest nations on earth by every single measure. we got everything we need.ythi we don't need anything from anybody. nobody should mess with us. strength, economic strength is shopower. t hewe should show the chinese, don't screw with us. don't even think about taking over taiwan.er t we are combining entities because we have taken the largest markets with the largest resources, and we all have the same interest in personal freedom. canadians are basically 90% of r the american dna. if they fought together in a wa since the beginning of time. they go to florida all the timeg because they are freezing their. tails off in the northeast. we have been doing that foreverl we get it. we don't have to give up her sovereignty combine and tell everyone around don't mess with. us. w that is what iha want to do.rld i think a lot

and e.u. and they are invested with trade and borders and lots of engagement and agreements going on behind the scenes and the e.u. countries and turkey and if they can create a peaceful situation where the economy can recover and people have good lives they will send syrian refugees back home. many of them want to go home if it is a safe place. >> special correspondent reporting tonight from aleppo. >> thank you. amna: . stephanie: here are the latest headlines. the consulting firm mckinsey will settle a federal investigation into its work into purdue pharma. it worked with purdue to improve sales including a 2013 to turbo charge sales of oxycontin. the company apologized saying our past work for opioid manufacturers will be a source of regret for our firm. the lawyers said it will deter from other companies. >> this was not hypothetical or marketing. it was a strategy and executed and it worked. the strategy resulted in oxycontin that was unsafe and new unnecessary. >> mckinsey won't do any

in doing that, we ariermd of firmed the dense and path to nato and e.u. membership. we continue to ensure that ukraine has the money, the munitions and the forces to fight as necessary through next year or to be able to negotiate but from a position of strength. ukraine also shows that european security and indo-pacific security are intertwined. over the past four years, we had convergence on the challenges that china poses to transatlantic security and russia's industrial base which enables ongoing aggression and intensifies the biggest to security since the end of the cold war. this growing convergence here in europe on the challenges posed by russia and china and then growing collaboration between allies and partners in the transatlantic area and independento pacific, that is the hallmark. as the sets evolved, we significantly increased engagement from the indo-pacific, to the arctic reenforcing 3460 degree approach and we were very glad to have him and open the office next year and further strengthen the relationship between nato and the middle east. all of these

she led lithuania as a joined e.u.'s free trade agreement. she's a leader on european unity, on gender equality, and i particularly remember the conversations i had with her when she was president, i was secretary of state. her warnings about the growing aggressiveness of vladimir putin, warnings that a lot of people did not want to hear at that time, with the hope that ignoring him and them would cause them to disappear. but dahlia understood the threats that an aggressive russia under putin posed before many others did. in addition to being the first woman president, she was also the youngest to hold the position. she led her country through the worst of the global pandemic. she has been an outspoken advocate for domestic violence prevention, equality in the dylan age and -- digital age and freedom of speech. and as the president of estonia on the border with russia, she has also been very aware of the continuing threats that her country and others have faced. i don't think i have to convince anyone in this room that society benefits from w

according to politico e.u.his month, german authorities forward a terrorist attack a christmas market after a tip from foreign intelligence agency. we will watch this in the former east germany magdeburg and the car apparently running into folks at a christmas market, something that appears may have been a deliberate act. we will keep an eye on it for you. man accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo, brian thompson, hit the new charges. now luigi mangione could face the death penalty. alexis mcadams at the federal courthouse where it seems she has been for days now. where is mangione at this moment? >> pay, john, mangione is at a federal lockup brooklyn, new york, the same facility sean p diddy columns covering that case a lot going on when it comes to crime. we know mangione with the federal lockup coming to court any day as we wait for the federal indictment. i want to pull up the church is because we talk about the case a lot of charges. the four federal charges he's facing stocking, murder a gun with a sile

the e.u.tened to impose further sanctions on russia after one of its cargo ships was blamed for severing an underwater cable. it carries electricity between a finnish plant and estonia. it stopped working. finnish police boarded the ship they thought was operating as. russia's so-called shadow fleet. there was evidence the ankle had been -- the anchor had been used to cut the cord in two. >> with one of these incidents, it required an enormous amount of detective work to work it out. a crucial cable carrying electricity between finland and estonia stopped working around lunchtime on what was christmas day in finland and estonia. at exactly the point it stopped working, a ship passed overhead. not surprisingly the finnish police acted quickly and boarded the ship. it is near the cook islands. they are suggesting that is called a flag of convenience. it was really part of russia's shadow fleet, used to avoid sanctions. they are suggesting they are also used to sabotage cables and that is what th

the budget deficit is already twice the level of what is allowed under e.u.s, the debt very high. this was a standard austerity package that the prime minister was trying t pass. what happens in the interim without any budget? >> what will happen is tt we will have a budget of 2024, month-by-month, to maintain the government, to avoid a shutdown. we are not the u.s. and that is not necessarily good news, because in this budget especially, the social security provision, the pensions are indexed on inflation, so it means the pensions will rise, and many french people will be taxed, more than 300,000 will be taxed while they were not taxing the new budget. in some sense, you could say it's not a bad thing because the budget will be frozen. but it's not great because of all of the automatic adjustment. christian: what about the interest on that whopping debt? guest: that is a big problem. this is the confidence of our creditors, half of them are outside france. today we saw the interest rate on our long-term debt in france rising again. last week it went above gr

see some of the most substantial cuts that we have seen that will then have a knock-on effect on the e.u.'s budget so we're very worried about that but if i could say one not necessarily hopeful thing but first i think the brits are still committed to getting back to .7, it's just a question of the time frame, which we would love it see accelerated but there are economic challenges faced by, you know, all major economies in dinner ways now -- different ways now. but we at usaid have embraced this mantra of progress beyond programs over the last three or four years and i think we've talked about this, which is, you know, our impact and our ability to help with economic resilience, yes, with we need resources. we need this to be a substantial part of the american tool kit but even absent significant new resources, we are development diplomats. we have the capacity in every country we work to leverage the programming we're doing in the health sector or in education or in feed the future in agriculture. in other words, sometimes we have in the past sort of looked to see what's our appropriat

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and the e.u.t the end of the next decade, and rival drugs are already emerging, like zepbound by eli lilly. i asked the chief executive, lars fruergaard jorgensen, about regulatory pressures and future growth. so, how do you think about pricing? again, you must have gotten some difficult questions from governments, but also, this goes back to innovation. lars: most products are priced according to the value they bring. and i feel really good about the value of our medicines, what they bring to the individual patient, but also the value to the health care system. and we have, today, health care systems around the world who were typically designed for acute care. but finding that 80% of the cost in the health care system is linked to chronic care. and we have portfolio products that are really addressing some of the chronic diseases of our day and age. diabetes, obesity, and the comorbidities that follow that. we know that there are projections that say, by 2035, the world obesity federation predict

my fellow cabinet members know this, but in the oval office across from your desk, e.u. hung a portrait of franklin d roosevelt. the person that laid the frantic -- name the labor secretary. she lived at the expiry edge. she witnessed the triangle factory fire in 1911, in a horror that took 146 garment workers lives. mostly immigrant women and girls. and it was there in the ashes of that tragedy that she made the decision to devote her life to justice for workers. and it's a reminder that how we use our power matters. now president biden promised to be the most pro-worker, pro union president this country has ever seen and he has gotten up each day and delivered on that promise. never before has a president wielded the power of the office so unapologetically on behalf of the people who break their backs building our bridges, teaching our children, picking our crops, nursing hours sick, making the things we rely on, connecting our communities and making our country function. and never before has a president so thoroughly dismantled the machinery of trickle-down economics.

european means full membership in e.u. once upon a time, nato was just about to live. the european union is about the better life. i want to remind everybody of the memorandum. on the eighth of june, the year 2014, the call for the urgent consultation about security danger to ukraine. that means we could give all the security guarantees we have including 32 security is sherman's -- assurance. finishing with the memorandum, just one signature for one article and the number of his article is article five. to the washington treaty. i'm proud and happy to tell about that in washington, d.c. that is why chancellor merkel and president trump could fully agree with that. we have the agreement with the severity, identity, integrity, armed forces where the process of returning back of occupied territory and keep that in mind. this is the sole decision of nato member states. i'm terribly starry. if you said how we should do that new document, it should be different. from what we agreed from this non-compromise. please be more realistic. liana: thank you. mr. poroshenko: once aga

parliamentary elections after violent clashes in the capital sparked by the ruling party's decision to delay e.umbership talks until 2028. the president spoke to us about the court's decision. >> that's a below. it is a blow to the political process, a political way out that would have been easy. and would have brought back the whole situation in a constitutional framework. recognizing that the elections had been rigged on two major constitutional points. which was the secrecy of the vote. the situation is not linked to the first i don't have to resign. i have a mandate which goes until the new president is inaugurated. their president is going to be inaugurated by the end of the month. it is not an election that is recognized by the population. i will continue to represent the voice of the people that want their quarterback. -- vote back. tom: that was the president of georgia speaking to bloomberg's francine lacqua. let's check back on korean assets. the won has gained but after a significant drop yesterday, the currency paring heavier losses. korean stocks as they edge closer to the close of

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continue to expel all russian troops perhaps contingent to lifting sanctioneds as we heard from the e.u.? >> i'm not going to get into the conversations we had with them. ultimately, as you heard me say last week, the disposition of those two russian bases inside syria is a matter for the syrian people to decide. but when you look at russia's history inside syria, it is one of being complicit in the massacre of hundreds of thousands of syrian civilians. russia propped up the brutal murderous regime that gassed its own people, that murdered its own people, so certainly i think that russia has a lot to answer for for its actions inside syria. >> would you consider not lifting sanctions until there is an expulsion of troops? >> i'm not going to get into our internal deliberation process, but we made clear what the factors are that we are looking at. they are factors that relate to the largely, largely relate to the syrian government's actions with its own people, as well as not threatening neighbors and not being a base for terrorism. >> another transition, if you want to come back. >> i'l

peacekeeping mission or the e.u. to cut out the peacekeeping mission in sudan? >> great. thank you, dennis. question over here? >> hi. thank you. brian johnson with the department of state. this is mostly directedda the ms. ahmadi. but obviously the panel, if you're interested in responding. recruitment through adjacent companies like the central african republic, chad, libya. and obviously, a very multiphenomenon and multi dimensional conflict. i wonder if you could speak to what is incentivizing people to come across the border? are there ethnic and ideological discernments that are driving that? just curious and could speak to that a little bit? >> great. and let's take one more? >> hi. my name is miata. my question is tailored more to daniel. you mentioned that you are recently in the nuba mountains. can you speak a little more what you were doing on that trip? we are hearing there is a famine in the nuba mountains. and also hearing that our presence is not needed there. can you speak in terms of the border issue there. and why there isn't aid being brought into the n

they suspended talks with the e.u. membership until 2028 which has spurred more protests.ean president has called for protest saying they will continue to protest because the opposition is behind the country's nato and eu ambitions. the u.s. and europe have been critical of how the election was run. they are critical of islands being used against protesters. -- they are critical of violence being used against protesters. tom: echoes of the euro in 2013 and in ukraine as well. thank you for the importance of watching what is going on on the ground in georgia. and now to asia where the kospi has closed up-to-date recovering losses triggered by the south korean presidents failed bid to impose martial law. three quarters of respondents said he should be impeached and lawmakers are expected to vote on a second impeachment motion tomorrow with several members of his party hinting they will support the move. japan's top security officials say tokyo needs to prepare for that tariffs donald trump has pledged against other countries. he told bloomberg that he had friend discussions

>> if you are relying on the e.u. to push things from within, that will take time.ut the report has laid out the broader timeline for sending to happen and if the e.u. recognizes that on the external side, there will be more challenges up ahead that may accelerate change as well. this is perhaps taking the one year, two year view. crucially looking at where valuations are, and also in treasury markets relative to the deficit, i think people will begin to actively look for an alternative instead of saying i'm going to stay with u.s. exceptionalism. i think people will want the right level of valuations for that as well. >> do you still think we are going to see parity at some point between euro-dollar? >> absolutely. at some point in the next three months or so. right now looking at the data, our clients are overheads in european assets. all the bad news, but once we go through parity, it is not about the euro being too cheap,. >> moderately loose from prudent. first time in 14 years. how much is this driven by the incoming trump administration and potentially the ta

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and then the e.u.armers are burdened with additional legislation and we have so much restriction on what can be applied and that is another level playing field with the cost of production being higher being applied to farming. so farmers are going through a bit of a rough time certainly in the oil commodities for sure. tom: one final question and to great respect what you have done just driving your study of this. for this year i was looking at darjeeling tea and the farmers at the end of the day make barely anything. why do coffee makers in brazil, the farmers or in vietnam, why are they so impoverished? is there a policy affecting them or is it just the human condition that the farmers of all of this wonderful stuff that we use make next to nothing? kona: i think that case is definitely true for cocoa in the ivory coast and ghana where the farmers who produce it do not get nearly as much as the price we are seeing in the futures market. the middlemen take a lot of that. the whole middle side of it is

. >> the e.u.'s chief diplomat said she is sending someone to damascus.s that something you can do? >> we have been in direct contact with hts. we are also looking at getting people on the ground in syria. it is important to have direct communication. we understand as best we can where they want to go. we will be looking at pursuing that. >> another question about the region. . there has been speculation that a cease-fire deal could come together when president biden spoke about the deal between israel and has the line he was asked if there could be a cease-fire deal by the end of his tenure and he said he was hoping and praying. >> the reality is we should, logically, be able to get this. i say that with all the caution that comes with that statement. we have been very close before and we have had the lucy with the football moments. ready to kick the football and lucy pulls it away. what has changed is this -- hamas knows the cavalry is not coming to the rescue. for months it hoped it would get a wider war. coming in and creating more problems for israel

organization designated as such by the united nations and the united states, united kingdom, and the e.uose are the people that are running the country so president trump needs to make sure that those people don't get their hands on the capabilities that become the united states or the rest of the world. >> anita: sounds like a bad guy. curing reports he's forcing women to wear veils, making sure christmas decorations are being taken down. there's not christian population they are. it doesn't bode well for them. you write about this on foxnews.com. you write "president-elect trump's syria dilemma, intervene or let it turn into a terror state, close what you want to say "if left to its own devices, syria will highly likely turn into a terrorist state. this is a nation state run by terrorists and harboring terrorist groups, another afghanistan." exactly what you said. i do want to put up his response real quick on x. president-elect trump writes "syria is a mess but is not our friend. the united states should have nothing to do with it. this is not our fight. let it play out. do not get in

nor the e.u., collectively. i have been witness ever since 2014 how we have collectively enabled this aggression that started on february 24, 2022. the war started in 2014 and way before that, when russian started amassing troops along the border. the policy was not to escalate toward russia. the question was, what will we do next? we have also enabled the current situation on the front lines in ukraine. coming from croatia, several military scenarios how ukraine could win this war, militarily, tomorrow. but i doubt we have the collective will to provide the necessary military capabilities for ukraine to do so. throughout the hesitation, throughout putting the redlines that thinking that putin would escalate beyond the conventional warfare into other warfare, delaying delivery of weapons, putting restrictions on the use of weapons, we have allowed russia to dig in and create this line of contact that looking from a military perspective is so difficult to penetrate. very, very difficult. there would be military s

currency and figure outos taxes across thes board gethi everything treating both ways and create a new e.uassport i like the idea and at least half of canadians are interested. >> that's not the only person it there is to top canadian cabinet members have met with trump's team today naming to hammer out a border security plan the off canada host will ward off threats to impose tariffs on imports. canada is ready to go on immigration enforcement and trump made a clear where he stands. >> essentially we are paying canada with so many loving it. and with $150 billion on canada. they allow people in drugs to flow for the northern border. >> i caught your face as i was talking not just because i called kevin o'leary kim what you think about that idea greek. >> both of his watches have to be broken there is no 50% of canadians wanting to give up canada that's their country that would be like 50% of americans being like we want to join the other side it sounds like aa te promotional stunt for a tv show. i thinowk the canadian governmet is paying attention becausebe trump is putting tariffs onvi t

you want to talk about consternation about france's relationship with the united states and the e.u. here domestically, at home and in france, this was a very difficult week. a week of political turmoil. the government collapsing. the prime minister resigning two days ago. the far right and the far left struggling to come to terms with a government that is able to put forward a budget and at a time in which there is much frustration with president macron. he's determined to end in 2027. he's said he won't step down from this post. he's tried to use this cathedral reopening as a moment to make the case that the word "impossible" is not a word in france. if they're able to rebuild this cathedral effectively in five years' time they can handle other big tasks and form a government. he has lost multiple prime ministers over the last five years and has been a very difficult political time for him. and when you're looking at not only the difficulty of his own internal politics. why invite president-elect trump to paris for this? well, president-elect trump is also repeatedly threatened and

allows some 10,000 additives compared to just 300 by the e.u. food because it is the cheapest, but it's highly subsidized. corn, soy, and wheat, which means processed wheat and processed flour and sugar. >> kennedy believes the american diet is rife with poisonous additives and chemicals that are making people sick and fat and that we do well to follow europe's example. take the big mac. i have one right here. the same everywhere, right? not a chance. yes big mac had nearly 100 more calories than the u.k. big mac, 42% more fat, more carbs, with about half the sodium. and this can of baked beans sold in the u.k. has 30% fewer calories than its american rival, and a quarter of the fat. it's also got significantly less carbs. not every product tells the same story. for example, the u.k. skippy peanut butter has more calories and sugar than the u.s. version, but less fat. food and beverage stocks, as you know, sandra, like kraft heinz, pepsico, coca-cola have been trading lower and they are trading lower today as the industry braces for a crackdown

security breach that happened about six years ago that affected three million facebook users in the e.uumps in -- bugs in a new feature. meta fined that much money. stuart: so the stock's to gone up. waymo has announced they've got an international expansion. where are they going? lauren: japan starting next year. look, i think this is a great idea for japan because they have an aging population. is it safer for an older driver to drive themselves or so to get in a self-driving car? there will be a man -- there'll be a person there in the beginning as they test. stuart: i was about to make some comment about me not driving at night -- lauren: i hate driving at night, and it was very foggy last night. difficult to drive. stuart: david, it's your big moment. first off, general mills. >> isn't it so boring to bring companies that make cereal and pet food, and in a second we're going to have a utility company? no, we are big believers in boring companies that make a ton of money and have a good dividend, and general mills is here today because it's down on the year. hasn't had a big year, a

they want to be part of it and democracy and free markets and want to be part of the e.u.ve somebody intraday to be part of neighbor they have the opportunity to be when the strongest biggest right lies in europe as they can get this opportunity and the problem with russia they will let them have freedom. eric: are you concerned the president zelinski could be forced into an agreement that basically makes the sacrifices of his people in this country in vain and end up being something else. >> will there may be some land treated. don: i don't know but in the end they ukrainians have to agree to this but to stop it right here the lines recommend basically saying, you could keep 20 percent of ukraine putin because you started this work and i don't think that is right either i do thank you so opportunity for europe to step up and is are not going to do it without united states behind them and backing them. as we have have moral clarity to be clear and standby ukraine now president trump does it i think he has done it and he once ukraine to be a dependent and is gotta continue

controlling everything that they have taken over, keeping ukraine out of nato, keeping ukraine out of the e.uot going to accept that. the europeans are not going to accept that. i think what's going to happen here is trump will find out quickly that he has much less leverage than he thinks he does. and this idea of ending the war in the first 24 hours he is president is going to disappear along with mexico paying for the wall as just an unfulfillable promise. >> let's turn our sights to the middle east, another conflict that trump is inheriting and another friend of his, netanyahu is another friend of his. they have taken over a hospital in gaza and set it ablaze after reports of terrorist activities inside the hospital. and netanyahu is back on the stand this week during his corruption trial. he has denied all wrong doing and says the charges were fabricated. so david, under israeli law, a prime minister under no obligation to stand down unless or until they are convicted. but if he appeals the conviction, he can keep the office going through the appeals process. your thoughts about the impa

president-elect trump luck sing his muscle on the world stage as well, stating today that he's directed e.u. countries to make up their deficits to the u.s. by large-scale purchases of american oil and gas. according to the "financial times", trump's team has committed to continuing support through military aid for ukraine with the demand that nato members increase their defense spending to 5%. >> kevin: alex, thank you for staying up late. i've seen you work early, i've seen you work late, you are a real trooper and we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. >> thank you kevin. i like although shifts. >> kevin: let's get some insight into all of this political turmoil tonight from a member of the harris national finance committee, lindy li, and former senior council at the epa, attorney samantha dravis, and attorney and rnc surrogate mehek cooke. so great to have you all with us. i want to begin by playing a bit of a montage that we've all been hearing, asking where is waldo or in this case where is joe biden. listen to that and i will get your reaction on the other side. >> why hasn

france is the motor of the e.u., its second biggest economy now with no government and no budget.kened as donald trump is not only set to take office next month, but also visit the the reopening of notre dame this weekend. the the french. president, macron, is expected to address the nation at 2 p.m. open our time. reports say he wants to replace the prime minister asap, and french stocks and bonds both rallying. i think the fallout was expected but, no doubt, there is a fiscal cans cost to this political mess. investors will demand a premium the hold france's debt rather than germany's, in fact, just a few days ago that spread a was at a12- year high. stuart: thanks, lauren. check futures, please. a little bit of red ink. of not much. we'll be back with the opening el bell. ♪ take my hand and hold on. ♪ tell me everything that you need to say. ♪ 'cuz i know how it feels to b- investment opportunities are everywhere you turn. but at t. rowe price, we're letting curiosity light the way. asking smart questions about opportunities like advances in healthcare. and how these innovation

see some of the most substantial cuts that we have seen that will then have a knock-on effect on the e.u.'s budget so we're very worried about that but if i could say one not necessarily hopeful thing but first i think the brits are still committed to getting back to .7, it's just a question of the time frame, which we would love it see accelerated but there are economic challenges faced by, you know, all major economies in different ways now. but we at usaid have embraced this mantra of progress beyond programs over the last three or four years and i think we've talked about this, which is, you know, our impact and our ability to help with economic resilience, yes, with we need resources. we need this to be a substantial part of the american tool kit . but even absent significant new resources, we are development diplomats. we have the capacity in every country we work to leverage the programming we're doing in the health sector or in education or in feed the future in agriculture. in other words, sometimes we have in the past sort of looked to see what's our appropriation, ok, this is