and now, gosh, ben fogel can do it. how easyis now, gosh, ben fogel can do it. how easy is that?f trophy hunters and there is a real safety concern because the tourism groups and their objective is to get to the summit but the truth of the matter is there is a wea k truth of the matter is there is a weak window every year when you can safely do it and come down again, which is when most people lose their lives. so there is only one week a year when it is safe? in march. these trophy hunter tourism companies are pushing people to the summit because that is what they have paid £100,000 for but it might not be safe. there is an element that i sympathise with witches that nepal is a very poor country and these guys will come here and spend 100 grand in our country. that is money we cannot turn up noses at. the greatest human achievement is being undervalued by tv presenter is going up in their flip—flops and board shorts. and it is pushing people to take more risks and increasing numbers of people are doing it without gas, for instance. they are making it more touristy.|j blame the t

visibility is fantastic what i can see for around one hundred seventy kilometers so all the way to the fogel's bag and has. been to the run in the us a co-pay couldn't be more beautiful the concern is that. when the weather is this nice visitors want to take the proper narrow gauge railway to the summit. during the winter nine trains a day chucked through the hearts national park on their way to the top at one thousand one hundred forty two meters above sea level many tourists enjoy wandering around on the problems plateau. other visitors like the notion it. choose to rock up known as pop and then oh he's hiked up here on the list every day since german reunification. good morning mr schmidt good morning i'm already coming back down oh yes notion of a cold when the weather's this nice i have to go up the hill it's just ideal or is optimistic about winter in spite of climate change every bit of begin to windows just. comes later in february and march out the little snow drifts that are up to five meters deep but let's last year there weren't many but i hope this winter will be a better one for

the visibility is fantastic i can see for around one hundred seventy kilometers so old way to the fogel's bag and has a coupe was added to the run on the bus a couple couldn't be more beautiful and says i. when the weather's this nice this is ours want to take the proper narrow gauge railway to the summit. during the winter nine trains a day check through the hearts national park on their way to the top at one thousand one hundred forty two meters above sea level many tourists enjoy wandering around on the palms plateau. other visitors like benno schmidt. seems to work known as popping benno he's hiked up here on most every day since german reunification. good morning mr smith good morning i'm already coming back down oh yes mr typical when the weather is nice i have to go up the hill it's just ideal or is optimistic about winter in spite of climate change there it will begin to when i was just starting to get most of this it comes later in february and march out from them what about snow drifts that are up to five meters deep but lets last year there weren't many but i hope this winter w

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i remember in 2013, there was an american diplomat, ryan fogel, i think his name was, who was arrestedof -- wearing -- pictured wearing a disguise, this bizarre blonde wig which all russians laughed at, at the time. there were several other instances, as well, of russians being arrested for espionage. it's not unheard of, but it is rare. and it marks the start of what could be a very tense period in relations between the two countries. >> all right. and we're going to talk about that, matthew chance. thank you so much. so we have heard from the state department about this, as matthew alluded to. and in this statement, the state department acknowledged, we are aware of the detention of a u.s. citizen by russian authorities. we have been formally notified of the detention by the minute tree of foreign affairs. and then it goes on to say, it has requested consular access and due to privacy considerations, we have no additional information to provide at this time. so, bill, i think one of the extraordinary things here is that there is so little information coming out of russia about this a

i'm fogel welcome to the program there will be no renegotiation of britain's a deal that's the stock message prime minister theresa may has been given by germany's chancellor angela merkel mrs may was briefed. after an earlier visit to the hague as she then went to brussels to meet european union leaders dismay seeking support for changes to the deal to make it more acceptable to britain's parliament after speaking with european council leader don't toast this is my said she was looking for reassurance as on the irish question on the question of the irish border. and what has been shown to me from those meetings is that there is a shared determination to deal with this issue and address this problem and i'm going to be seeing the two shortly over at tomorrow and then on thursday returning to the e.u. council at the deal we've negotiated is a deal that almost the referendum it on as a result of the referendum and it's the best deal available indeed it's the only deal available and the backstop which is the issue that parliament has raised the backstop is a necessary guarantee for the

here, we've got a great new lincoln on the plaza this morning and ceo of bookings holdings, glenn fogel and holiday season. markets are really flat this morning. quiet begin to go a week that we are waiting for the federal reserve as we watch these markets trade very fractionally. nasdaq is up 7 points. wall street journal is out with article today titled u.s. stocks need a sanity -- santa claus rally. typically we do get santa claus rally. talk more about markets and investing today chief equity market strategists phil orlando, phil, good to see you. tough year for markets? >> it's been a tough 3 months for markets. we had a nice period up until august-september period. nasdaq and small caps are down 16% yet you've got an environment where corporate earnings are up this year, multiples contracted 3 points from 18 to 15 over the space in the last couple of months. sentiment is terrible but seems as if the market is trying to price in a recession for next year. we don't see it which means that this will reverse, but the question is when does that reversal going to come and this becomes t