>>> and our richar engel in the mideast on the brink of a landmark peace deal that could end america's longest war. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone the world health organization tonight has raised its risk assessment of coronavirus to very high as clusters of the disease appear in more and more countries. here in the u.s. officials still puzzling over a patient whose exposure to the disease can't be traced. among the many unanswered questions that have driven financial markets to their worst week since the great recession. our team has it all covered starting with nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: tonight, a team of investigators from the cdc is working with doctors at this sacramento hospital to track down the origin of a new troubling case of the coronavirus. with the female patient infected outside of quarantine, medical staff who treated her are in isolation and her family is in a 14-day quarantine as doctors have reached out to her employer and even those who traveled through her job site the virus remains a growing threat to

richard engel, thank you. >>> up next, royal and rock how they were jamming today in london. steyer: wall street banks took advantage of millions of americans during the recession. so, my wife kat and i took action. we started a non-profit community bank with a simple theory- give people a fair deal and real economic power. invest in the community. in businesses owned by women and people of color. in affordable housing. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson politicians in washington could use right now. i'm tom steyer, and i approve this message. >>> prince harry is in the uk for his final engagements as a royal. today he spent time with a rock legend and followed in the footsteps of the fab four keir simmons is in london. >> reporter: his royal highness prince harry and jon bon jovi walking across abbey road, the road made famous for the beatles. the prince arriving with a police escort that's now the focus of the canada announcement it will not pay for harry and meghan's multimillion protection jon bo bon jovi told he still has a sense of humor d

karl marx and friedrich engels rushed home to germany to join the barricades.y had just finished writing a platform for a workers organization in london. the pamphlet would become known as "the communist manifesto." the timing of its publication would forever linked it to revolution, adding to its mystique. soon the world would learn the central premise of marxism, that the existence of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. >> for marx and engels, the heart of the system of capitalism's exploitation. as they sought, the workers were the ones that were creating the things that were coming out of the factories but the capitalists were the ones who are keeping most of the prophets. what they talked about was the means of production, the marxist term for the machinery in the factories and this was terribly unjust and the only way to rectify it was for the workers to get together and take the factories away from the capitalists so they could have the complete benefit of the products they themselves were creating. >> the communist manifesto

richard engel, nbc news, singapore. >> all right we're joined now by our medical correspondent dr. john torres john, we've been hearing a low risk in this country suddenly this warning. what do we know about the timing of it >> lester, the cdc is hoping the coronavirus turns into a seasonal type virus that goes away when the warm weather hits, much like the flu does. but officials are preparing in case it becomes a year-round issue. with more infections showing up around the globe, they say it's not a matter of if but when we'll get mor outbreaks here in the u.s., and it's better to be ready for them as best we can to minimize the impacts on all of us. >> it is unnerving but preparation is key >> it is >> all right, doctor, thank you. >>> we're at a critical moment in the race for the democratic presidential nomination tonight the last debate before the south carolina primary. front-runner bernie sanders knowing he'll be a top target of a crowd desperate to stop his momentum. morgan radford is in south carolina >> reporter: senator bernie sanders now bracing for the bulls-eye. >> t

scientists are racing to develop a vaccine nbc's richard engel spoke with one of them. >> where there is no underlying population immunity, you would expect perhaps up to 60% or 67% of the population to become infected. >> reporter: with the world population >> yes essentially. >> reporter: that's billions of people. >> that's billions of people. >> reporter: here in japan, authorities taking no chances as passengers find ways to pass the time until their quarantine is over janice mackey frayer, nbc news, yokohama, japan. >>> while much of our attention has been focused on coronavirus, the cdc here at home is warning the flu is widespread in 44 states and proving to be deadly, especially for children here's tom costello. >> reporter: 16-year-old katy was home sick with the flu after going to an urgent care clinic bwent into cardiac arrest. >> if i could do one thing, i would never have taken her home sunday you know, i would have made sure she was at the hospital sooner. i didn't know. >> reporter: today the cdc said 14,000 people in the u.s. have died from the flu this season 92 of t

as the video spreads all over social media, dad and daughter are speaking out to our richard engel. >> reporter: as syrian troops close in on one of the last remnants of antigovernment opposition in northwest syria, this is how one family is coping abdull abdullah al muhammad turning the war into a game for his 3-year-old daughter, telling her the falling bombs are fireworks. [ laughter ] this video, humanizing the nine-year war. sympathy is pouring in but no help. i caught up with them by skype how are you? >> she speaks some english. hi, i am richard nice to talk to you. it must take a lot of discipline to keep up your spirits for her sake "i'm scared," he says. "i know maybe the next bombs will land on our heads and that other bombs are killing people i'm not laughing at what's happening but only so my daughter can laugh and if a bomb does hit us, at least we'll die laughing." the village is surrounded they can't escape the advance, like 900,000 who already have in recent months. so al muhammed is giving his daughter what he can even if it only keeps her mind safe >> oh, i get kiss

work of a leading scientist studying the virus and the animals that probably transmitted it richard engel spoke with her exclusively today in singapore >> reporter: outside central singapore is an animal research lab where scientists have isolated the purest form of the coronavirus that causes covid-19 and keep it locked under the strictest of security >> so now we're going into the main lab and inside this lab here is where we keep the live virus. >> reporter: the live virus? >> the live virus. >> reporter: the most dangerous thing you have at this facility? >> exactly this is the virus isolated from the sick patients and now it's housed in this lab here >> reporter: australian dr. danielle anderson is one of the world's top viralogists. with 20 years work in the field and at prestigious universities what surprised you about this virus >> the spread of this is really, really surprising we've seen outbreaks in the past. we think we know what we're doing, and so for me it's a really, really big surprise. >> reporter: why is it spreading so quickly >> so it seems that it's extremely contagi

we've got it all covered beginning with richard engel in hong kong. >> reporter: the coronavirus is lookinge and more like a global pandemic, spreading far beyond mainland china, where the government says strict quarantines have slowed infection rates locally, but even this has failed to stop the virus. in italy, a few cases this weekend ballooned today to over 200. at least seven dead, train lines stopped. nearly a dozen villages declared red zones. nbc's molly hunter is in milan. >> reporter: the challenge for the italians is stopping the spread before it spreads to europe, its borders and that starts here, at train stations, airports and transportation hubs >> reporter: in iran, 12 dead so far. the government is racing to increase production of surgical masks. in south korea, more than 800 now infected in the most impacted area, a line for face masks went on and on in hong kong, one of the first places hit, i went to see a doctor who just finished his shift working directly with coronavirus victims. it's been described to me like a cold except this one will kill you. is that about how yo

those bordering china, will probably have more cases than they know about or are reporting richard engelc news, hong kong >>> this is tom costello on wall street today a sea of red.. on wall street today a sea of red.on wa street today a sea of red. the dow down more than 1,000 points, 3.5%. >> an ugly day for wall street the worst we've seen for stocks in years. >> reporter: the stock market in a steep nosedive over concern the coronavirus is already cutting into the global economy. the market erasing all of its gains from 2020. among the hardest hit stocks, companies dependent on chinese supply lines and international travel nike, marriott, united, carnival and norwegian cruise lines and pharmaceuticals on concerns drugs made in china could come into short supply. >> it's not just the pharmaceutical industry, it's the auto industry and consumer product industry so many american companies have staked their production on china. >> reporter: meanwhile small u.s. companies are also getting worried. omg accessories sells products for kids and tweens to big u.s retailers and like many compan

our richard engel now with the latest. >> reporter: new video tonight of what china means by the wartime controls it's using to choke off the coronavirus. soldiers enforcing the round the clock curfews in parts of hubei province, the virus epicenter. millions there confined to their homes, ready for door-to-door temperature checks food hung on doors to minimize contact tonight we spoke to three americans who chose to stay behind in hubei, including dr. diana adama. >> am i happy to stay? no i think it's my duty to stay. i can help people. >> reporter: the number of suspected cases shot up 13,000 overnight, in total around 60,000 now worldwide. at the world health organization in geneva today, experts told us the profile of victims remains unchanged with an estimated 2% fatality rate and the virus killing mostly the elderly, predominantly men, and many with pre-existing health conditions, especially smokers with respiratory illness. >> do we have any sense of how big this iceberg is >> i think we have work to do to see just how big that iceberg is but so the epicenter cases still have a d

i was involved in holding a fund-raiser for new york congressman eliot engel here in los angeles andhen eliot engel after the anti-semitic comments that elon omar boldly refused to criticize her in front of the foreign relations committee which he chaired and furthermore refuse to kick her off that committee i called eliot engel and i said elliott, how is it possible you couldn't find a way to stand up and condemn him on the omar who is on your committee? [applause] and his answer sadly bob was very telling. he said 50% of my constituents are of puerto rican origin and aoc said if i do that she will personally come in and campaign for my defeat in my own district so there's a lot of intimidation going on here and that goes back to the point i was making about intimidation and guilt by association. >> is being challenged anyway. civic isn't interesting basically what you said is engel has committed what would be an impeachable offense to begins he took into account his own political electability and change the position that would otherwise have been a position against her but because

when elliot engel, after the anti-semitic comments of ilhan omar, who refused to boldly criticize her in front of the foreign relations committee which he chaired and furthermore refused to kick her off that committee, i called elliot engel, and i said, elliot, how is it possible that you couldn't find a way to at least stand up and condemn ilhan omar who is on your committee? and his answer sadly, bob, was very telling. he said, 50% of my constituents are of puerto rican origin. and aoc said that if i do that, she will personally come in and campaign for my defeat in my own district. so there's a lot of intimidation going on here. and that goes back to the point i was making about intimidation, and guilt by association. >> isn't it interesting -- >> by the way -- >> isn't it interesting that what you just said basically is that engel has committed what would be an impeachable offense us because he took into account his own political electability and changed the position that would otherwise have been a position against her, but because of his own election, his o own electability, he

nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more from hong kong. >> reporter: chinese officials tonight say they've beaten back the coronavirus, that the country's forced containment of millions is working, that factories are getting back up to speed, food supplies improving. one 17-day-old treated and discharged from hospital yesterday but china has revised how it counts those infected repeatedly. and the coronavirus is quickly spreading outside of mainland china. in south korea the number of cases is growing by the hundreds each day. most cases linked to a church group localescre as cities closed, food being hauled up to hospital patients. new fatalities as far away as italy and iran in hong kong an entire sprawling public housing complex has been converted into a quarantine center. police making sure no one goes in or out >> if i look at this building, and there are only 100 people in there, it's pretty clear that they're expecting more cases >> reporter: a local council member told me the hong kong government isn't telling residents how many will go in the complex or what's

creech set down with engel as president for what is the 1st interview on the want to leak scandal and began by asking about rumors that the centrals is negotiating a deal to pay back all of the allegedly stolen money. this is in from a source going from that. most of this information is unfounded to the crew. we would like to make clear that there are no negotiations. and think through all of. them there will be no negotiations and there was an opportunity to do so that the very people who are involved in lots of corruption us have benefited from a 6 month period of grace through to return a sense they took illegally out of the country that. those who have used that chance would not be responsible for any consequences that may result and there's this this when. you know the documents that were leaked were quite clear do you want to see her behind bars for mood from the hard prefer not to answer these educational matter and i'm not a judge of any of the documents indicates that some of the deals happened with the knowledge or sometimes on the orders of the former president for example

richard engel, nbc, hong kong. >> let's get tour morning headlines now. >>> a deadly accident in the three people were killed. 18 were hurt. a charter bus crashed in southern california on saturday. the bus went over an embankment and landed on a roof. >> given the weather conditions, the slope and the terrain, this simply adds to the difficulty of such incidents. thankfully, heavy rescue systems, you know, ropes and those types of things were not required in order to extricate the victims. >> reporter: investigators are working to determine the cause of the crash. >>> new jersey governor phil murphy has revealed he may have skaerns. he has a tumor in his kidney is likely to be cancerous. he will undergo surgery and we wish him a speedy recovery. >>> here is video of the boy that went viral. it's difficult to watch. his mother posted it online after him talking about suicide after being bullied at school. we warn you you may find this video disturbing. >> just from school and witnessed a bullying episode and -- principal. i want people to know, parents, educators, teachers, this is t

let's check in with molly hunter, and richard engel. what's the latest in italy?the cases keep ticking up. it means that italian authorities are kefting more people. the red zone is an hour from here. 50,000 people are quarantined, fenced in, no one in, no one out. the big news is that european health officials are asking the countries to get ready for a pandemic, asking the individual countries to detail their capacity to diagnose, to defendant, and crucially to track the cases. >> what can you tell us about the global spread of coronavirus? >> so i'm in singapore because we went to one of the top laboratories today and spoke to a leading virologist, people working directly on the coronavirus to try and identify it, break it down, figure out its vulnerabilities. she says that it came from bats. she's quite convinced that bats are the original cause and that this came from a -- the market in wuhan, china, an illegal wildlife market, that somebody there butchered a bat, came into contact with bat exkremt, and from that they touched their mouth or nose and became in

concerns of a potential coronavirus pandemic after a major jump in cases outside of china nbc's richard engel is in hong kong. >> reporter: fears of coronavirus are reaching hysteria. in ukraine today, the mobs came out attempting to block a convey of 72 people mostly ukrainians who just returned from wuhan, china, even though their countrymen had been screened twice for infection. in south korea, the number of infections doubled overnight to 200. nearly all of the cases tied to a secretive church considered a cult by other local christians health officials say 500 more church members are showing symptoms and may be infected but many have gone underground china remains the epicenter with millions forcibly confined to their homes. some living on the upper floors of apartment blocks getting food delivered into buckets on ropes. yet, the virus still spreads. 30 countries and territories, nearly 80,000 cases the world health organization unsure how far it will go. >> this outbreak could go any direction. >> reporter: while the virus does not appear to be highly lethal, rumors and misinformation a

relations committee and furthermore refused to kick her off that committee, i called eliot engel and i said, how is it possible that you could not find a way to stand up and condemn omar, who is on your committee? >> his answer was very telling. constituentsof my andof puerto rican origin they said if i do that, she will personally come in and campaigned for my defeat, in my own district. intimidationt of going on here. that goes on to the point that i was making about guilt by association. >> he took into account his own political electability and changed a position that would have otherwise been a position against her, but because of his own election, changed his mind. >> we are talking about when the congress appropriated the money, they said you have to give the money. he held them off as blackmail. that is my view. i would like to stop talking about impeachment. about thehing ultimate political impact. alexander cortez got -- cortez got elected. the party leader in queens had the district for many years and first got it when it was a catholic district. he took it for granted and

san francisco, we're keeping it in the 50s from the embark dare owe through the engel side. north bay, 64 in napa, 62 santa rosa. 60 for mill valley. so we're gradually starting to move up and i think the area high pressure is really going to kick into high gear once we hit thursday and friday's forecast. it's going to move right on top of california and that will bring back some mild weather. i think the impacts here in san francisco will be pretty minimal, only some low 60s by friday and saturday. beautiful weather for the chinese new year parade on saturday's forecast. might get into a little bit of trouble sunday with wind gusts 15 to 40, and we're dry over the next seven days. inland valley temperatures, we're a little bit warmer there for the mornings. by friday 40 and 68 for the afternoon high. looks beautiful. i know some of you want some rainfall. watch this map, though. i did want to give this to you. and you can see as we head through the next two weeks, high pressure is really pushing a lot of that storm activity off to the north. we'll keep an eye on it. we're g

sat down with engel as president and started by asking about rumors that are santos is negotiating a deal to pay back part of the allegedly stolen money from a source saying from the. most information is unfounded. the crew. we would like to make clear that there are no negotiations. that think. of. them and there will be no negotiations. there was an opportunity to do so. the very people who were involved in acts of corruption benefited from a 6 month period of grace to return they took illegally out of the country. those who have used that chance would not be responsible for any consequences that may result. from now the documents that were leaked were quite clear do you want to see her behind bars certainly if when they prefer not to answer that it's a judicial matter and i'm not a judge of any of the documents indicates that some of the deals happened with a no letter sometimes on the orders of the former president for example presidential decrease to give under-valued lends to isabelle's companies why don't you go after the former president you must know what legislation what do

but in the last few minutes villa equalised through bjorn engels.tion zone while spurs would move up to fifth place with a win. i'll be back with more on those stories later. the united states sent two planes to japan to bring home its citizens, quarantined on a cruise liner in the port of yokohama for the past 11 days. we can show you some pictures of the vessel and the vehicles which are waiting on the quayside to bring those people off the ship. there are now 355 cases of coronavirus on the ship — making it the biggest cluster outside china. we understand there are reports that the evacuation of us passengers from the evacuation of us passengers from the diamond princess has now got under way. the foreign office here are saying they are working round the clock to ensure the welfare of britons on board. no plans at the moment to bring them home in the way that the us state authorities have decided to do. china has announced a drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak for a third consecutive day. new cases spiked earlier in the week after a c

villa drew level through bjorn engels just after half time.ner deep into injury time. the results puts spurs up to fifth. villa stay one place above the relegation zone. celtic extended their lead at the top of the scottish premiership to 13 points, for now, with a 2—1 win at aberdeen. it was celtic‘s ninth straight win in all competitions but they were made to work hard, as rhia chohan reports. winds as rhia chohan reports. of up to 50 mph as rhia chohan reports. set the conditions in abert the mph set the conditions in aberdeen. the other bluster came as celtic won at pittodrie. embodying celtic‘s tenacity, callum. the second season running, no player in world football has spent more minutes on the pitch. despite the goal, celtic were lacking their usual swagger, making a mess of clearing across aberdeen we re a mess of clearing across aberdeen were able to respond. ash taylor, levelling the first half. aberdeen played with confidence and cut celtic on their toes and for the most pa rt celtic on their toes and for the most part it looked lik

and in the house, i am working with representative frankel and chairman engel, and we'll introduce the house companion to this legislation in the next few days, and we will take the interagency, the ngo's mark works with, and sector partners to get this done and on the president's desk. and i will look forward to that great day we will be sitting in the oval office and having this important legislation signed into law. thank you. >> thank you, congressman. we appreciate the support from our separate and coequal branch of government. thank you very much. >> you said coequal, right? >> i said separate and coequal. [laughter] if i could turn now to our wgdp steering committee cochairs, robert o'brien and larry kudlow to make brief remarks. thank you. you are starting and he is going after you. mr. o'brien: it is great to be back at the state department, mr. secretary, thanks for having me back. and it is wonderful to see ambassador curry, she is fantastic in her position. ivanka, congratulations. you and the secretary have taken an enormous step with this initiative, and your leadership o

most importantly in the house, i'm working together with chairman engel. we will introduce the house companion to this legislation in the very next few days and i will take everyone working together, we'll take everyone working together this int interagency, ngos that mark works with and organizations and partners to get this done and on the president's desk. i look forward to that great day where we'll be sitting in the oval office. important legislation signed into law. thank you. >> thank you, congressman. we really appreciate the support from our separate and co-equal branch of government. thank you very much. on that note, i would like to turn to -- >> you said co-equal, right? >> i said separate and co-equal. if i can turn now to our wgdp steering adviser robert o'brien and economic adviser larry kudlow to make some brief remarks. thank you. >> you're starting and he's going after you. >> always. >> it's great to be here and see ambassador curry to this colleague. she's fantastic in this new position. ivanka, congratulations. you and the secretary ha

traced his home when they went there, they found the man and his mother both shot dead >> richard engelur news covered are we ready let's boost it it was a day a young boy in texas has waited for half of his life, and he got it with hundreds of friends cheering him on >> at this time i'm officially granting the adoption. [ cheers and applause ] >> adoption granted, after being in foster care for more than four years 8-year-old nike finally found his forever home he was joined in a crowded courtroom by his second grade classmates, some of his church friends, even a superhero showed up nike says his new parents, he really felt loved by them and he said, and this is a quote, i just believe in them >> the feeling is mutual how cute. >>> coming up, guys, an eye opening look at something we see in a lot of schools, active shooter drills kids going through them on a regular basis. but is going through a drill like that taking too much of a toll on little ones. >>> hen the future is now. >> retailers going all out to convince shoppers to open their wallets. >> i'm vicky nguyen. we're getting a

democratic chairman of the house foreign affairs committee eliot engel calls that explanation absurd.two hours from now, a moment of silence in parkland, florida. exactly two years after a gunman killed 17 students and teachers at stoneman douglas high school, since that day many students who survive the attack have become activists helping to push congress to appropriate millions of dollars to improve school safety. victims parents have got enin the act as well like fred who was escorted out of the state of the union after interrupting the president and he says he'll keep speaking out. >> because i don't know what my daughter felt, i will never stop fighting to keep somebody else from having that pain in their heart that i have today. tell those who you love, how much you love them. look them in the eye as if it could be the very last time. promise me you're going to show up at the polls and vote for jamie and all the other victims of gun violence. >>> next president trump shares who he wants to run against in 2020. the business of road trips... ...adventure... ...and reconnecting. m

joining me now is jeffrey engel, cnn presidential historian and co-author of impeachment and american history. professor, it's always great to have you. let me read you something marco rubio said in a somewhat tortured statement explaining his vote not to hear any witnesses and to vote against conviction of the president. he said just because actions meet a standard of impeachment does not mean it's in the best interests of the country to remove a president from office. is the senate now in a position moving forward where you almost can't exert any punishment on a president for anything? >> yeah, i think we're in a very dangerous situation now. exactly the kind of situation the founders were particularly concerned about. remember, they expected that each branch of government would g jealously guard its prerogatives so the idea that a senate and a senate majority leader in particular would actively defend the rights of a president to deny the legislature information would have been mind boggling to the people in 1787. they expected a president to do bad things, that's why they have imp

jeffrey engel for now, thank you very much. >>> a congressional candidate is suspending his campaign he overdoses on heroin. >>> as the president continues to attack against the roger stone jury, the judge in this case is currently issuing a stinging rebuke of those attacks. stand by for that. ♪ [cheering] when you need the fuel to be your nephew's number one fan. holiday inn express. when youyou spend lessfair, and get way more. so you can bring your vision to life and save in more ways than one. for small prices, you can build big dreams, spend less, get way more. shop everything home at wayfair.com a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! >>> long time trump confidant roger stone is back in court in washington right now. he is asking judge amy berman jackson so grant him a new trial. stone claims a juror misled the court about whether that juror was biased against him, and judge jackson started off today's hearing by saying that the jurors are deserving of the public's respect and warning that making a juror's ide

. >> and i just wanted to also share with you that our colleague richard engel has just concluded anview with the foreign minister in munich and we wanted to play a little bit about -- from that interview about how close the iranian foreign minister believes we were to war over the soleimani killing. let's watch. >> how close were the united states and iranian to war? it seemed very close to me. >> we were very close to a war because the united states initiated an act of aggression against iranian in a very cowardly way. >> was iran trying to kill american troops? >> we wanted to show to the united states that they cannot bully iran. that actions against iran will have repercussions. but the intention was not to kill anybody. >> where do we stand now with iran, admiral? >> that is a very interesting admission from the foreign minister which i think speaks volumes of the fact that iran is not looking to get into a war with the united states. two points to be made here, one is, the current debate on the hill about war powers, i think this puts it sharply in focus. i agree we were withi

. >> richard engel for us, thank you for that. steyer polling fourth in nevada. he says the race is wide open. he'll join me soon to talk about his vat strategy. >>> u.s. officials saying coronavirus isn't going away any time soon. we'll talk to an american next. hey you dang woodchucks, quit chucking my wood! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. with our moving and storage solutions. pack what you want, we store it for as long as you want. then, we deliver it where you want, so whether you need to move or store your things, pods is here to help you with flexible moving and storage solutions. he spent his life bringing people together. i know he'd be happy that we are all together now. (crying) what is happening? [what is that?] (baby noises) is that a baby nut? (baby noises) (dolphin noises) just kidding, i'm back. where's my monocle? >>> today in china add another city of the growing list of those announcing wartime measures. in response to the coronavirus as officials admit a crisis on

engel: thank you, mr. speaker. speaker, our nation is in the middle of a youth tobacco pidemic driven by the increasing popularity of flavored e-cigarettes. in my home state of new york, e-cigarette use rose by and 2018.en 2014 i want to commend chairman frank h.r. e for his work on 2339, which will help turn the crisis.this i would also like to thank the chairman for including my in section 107, which update youth tobacco prevention campaigns to include programming for americans 21.een the ages of 18 and my provisions will help ensure that this group of young left out and ot receives the support and education they need to avoid tobacco dangerous products. i urge my colleagues on both support the aisle to chairman pallone's legislation and help pave the way for the tobacco-freeion of americans. i yield back. for peaker pro tempore: what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro

engel: madam speaker, as chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, i rise to draw attention to the tragedy unfolding in syria. the regime backed by iran and russia continues to target civilians. they target hospitals and other sillian infrastructure. just dropped bombs. they are leveling whole neighborhoods which is indicative that the regime does not want people to return to their homes. they are killing innocent men, women, and children for no reason. over half a million people have been displaced in the last two months. there must be humanitarian response from the world and it must start here in the united states. there must be accountability and we must show the syrian people we have not forgotten them. how can we stand idly by and allow this to continue to happen? i call on the president and all members of both houses to have a forceful response to the regime in syria to say that we will not tolerate the targeting of civilians, the wholesale killing of children, and women, and all civilians. we need to stand on the side of justice and we must show the syrian people that we

tom engels be, director of johns hopkins, talks about the federal response to the coronavirus.ington journal live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> victory is not winning for a party. victory is waiting for our ourtry -- winning for country. announcer: president trump delivers his state of the union address from the house chamber live tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern followed by the democratic response with michigan governor gretchen witmer and texas representative veronica escobar. let coverage on c-span, on depends on c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app.

engele wasm still alive and they found him now, with a be saying, what are you doing? he is so old.we see these men today, they are old men, but we do not see them as she saw them, when they were strapping young men who had the power of life and death. >> i would like to turn to some of our audience questions. thank you for submitting them, and i might have to merge some of they are similar topics. we have a couple of questions that are about whether there is a double standard or any hypocrisy in u.s. government policy, that there were other nazis or not the collaborators who entered the u.s. after the to, some with regard operation paperclip or scientist sues knowledge was needed for and the u.s.rts, government was bringing people into the u.s.. was it difficult to missionhe osi knowing that some people still went on to live comfortable lives in the u.s.? >> we did not go after people because they were nazis. we went after people who were involved in persecution. was was true in maybe -- it definitely true of a few of the people who came in under paperclip, one of whom we pursued w

tottenham are up to fifth in the premier league they were leading 2—1, when villa defender bjorn engels spurs. arsenal have moved into the top half of the table after a a—0 win at home to newcastle. nicolas pepe amongst the scorers — that's only their seventh league win of the season. celtic are still ten points clear of rangers at the top of the scottish premiership. a 2—1victory at aberdeen was their seventh league win in a row — kristofer ayer with the winner. celtic manager neil lennon described it as "a magnificent three points". rangers beat livingston 1—0 in a game that was put back 2a hours due to a waterlogged pitch. scott arfield's second half winner left them with a glimmer of hope of catching their old firm rivals. it's football all the way on most of this morning's back pages. the guardian features a shot of son celebrating his late winnerfor tottenham and also report that arsenal manager mikel arteta had been in touch with pep guardiola, and says manchester city are "suffering" after that two—year ban from the champions league there's a different take in the daily express,

this is going to get very feisty i mean you can tell that from the opening statement from eliot engel who is the chairman of the democrat who said look we issued a lawful subpoena and you didn't come to our committee we're glad to have you here and there you're hearing a question about coronavirus and might prompt you immediately saying look i came here to talk about iran iraq and the threat and the authorization of the use of force and you're talking about coronavirus they're going to talk about ukraine that is definitely going to be a question that might prompt who is going to get we know he doesn't like that he did an interview with a national radio reporter here in the united states it was meant to be about iran she asked the question about ukraine and he off the record crazy according to what she said started shouting and swearing at her so he doesn't like questions that are a bit off topic so you can almost guarantee that that is going to happen what we're going to get from might bump is very much in line with what donald trump has been seeing because that is very little gap bet

they were leading 2—1, when villa defender bjorn engels looked to have salavaged a point for his sidet the emirates stadium. nicolas pepe amongst the scorers for mikel arteta's side. that's only their seventh league win of the season. celtic won their seventh league match in a row with a hard fought victory at aberdeen. kristofer ayer scored the winner late on to make it 2—1 and ensure they stay ten points clear of rangers at the top. the celtic manager, neil lennon described it as "a magnificent three points". rangers beat livingston 1—0 in a game that was put back 2a hours due to a waterlogged pitch. scott arfield's second half winner left them with a glimmer of hope of catching their old firm rivals. england's cricketers rounded off their tour to south africa with a memorable win in the final t20 international. they pulled off one of the highest run chases in the history of the shortest format of the game, as our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. commentator: and it's england who take the spoils... happy? just a little, but who could blame them? english cricket has seen a fe

it's a friday and i understand you, steve engel and the rest of our team are under immense duress.stopped us yesterday with a 4.0% stick for the first quarter growth in year china. do you observe that on the streets? can you quantify that dearth of economic growth when you look out the mckenzie windows? >> it doesn't seem unreasonable that call given when you walk out on to the streets here and you see shop after shop closed, cinemas closed, shopping malls closed, restaurants shuttered, no traffic on the streets of a bustling city of 22 million people and of course this is just beijing and happening across china just an hour south of where i am in beijing, the city enforced a lockdown on residential compounds so one member of the family can go out surprise, once every two days to purchase goods and come back. that's the level of restrictions. so deepen that impact on a broad swath of the economy it would not be too surprising to see the s&p saying they revised when it was 5%. francine: thank so you much, tom mackenzie. ♪ hi! we're glad you came in, what's on your mind? can you help

we have time for one final question and it is going to go to professor engel, one of our hosts, who can-- i cannot turn down. >> first-come i would like to say no matter what you think of the moral of the movie, it is a very entertaining movie. i would like to ask a question to this panel, the esteemed historians. i would like you cannot question the question, because you could -- like you cannot question the question, because you could, but that would lead us down a deeper notit hole as to whether or 65, 66 or 67 is applicable to iraq. the question is, when the history of the surge is written, what do you think people will draw as the principal lesson you -- lesson? >> remember, you can't question the question. you want to go first? reiterate my basic fame, tactical success, operational success, does not dwarf overall strategic failure. the reasons why there was strategic failure are very complex and they relate back to earlier decisions, as well as a deeper understanding of the complexities of iraqi society that had not been appreciated and could not be overcome. but i think people wi

the committee is chaired by eliot engel of new york. this is live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible