transformative for the practical diplomacy and i'm determined for the home office to be a pioneer, foreign officeneer. an updated great data science team will sit at the core of this office bringing more empirical rigour to everything that we do. this is not a far—fetched division. the capability exists in use by our friends in the usa and even some departments already. now is the time to mainstream it liberating more diplomats from their desks in the uk and getting them out into the global network combating irregular migration in driving growth delivering the hard work this country has had its mettle tested there have been many who have written us off but the british leaders saw potential in their plans for change but they pulled out strength and depth in 1946 amid the ruins of the war bevan and his colleagues build nato and the nhs. in the 1960s, howard wilson embraced technology and in the 1980s, margaret thatcher unleashed the city of london and as i entered politics, it was tony blair modernising britain at home and abroad. in 2025, we need to look within and see how power and our potential.

we will go back to the foreign office very shortly we see mr lambie here. what we are waiting list take a look at the wildfires burning across los angeles. firefighting teams are reporting that they are running short of water and they are resorting to using swimming pool water in some cases because fire hydrants are running very, very low. firefighting teams in los angeles are reporting that in affected areas are binding supplies for drinking and cooking. in many cases this is the most destructive of the fires that we have seen in many years and this image was taken on wednesday and it shows the area around the pacific palisades. those brighter areas show where the fires are burning and giving an idea of the firefighting teams and there have been warnings and in some cases some of these fires are 0% contained and not contained at all. despite the efforts of firefighters and thousands of supporters who have been trying to bring them under control. let's return to the foreign office and hear from david mack won from breaking up smuggling gangs. i want to than

after having been invented by the foreign office, they had signed a 3 year contract. but shortly after that, they had been deep funded. we are under enormous pressure all the time from before act and as role. but ok. what is the german government's business? imposing? yeah, ideological demands of these early government on these right. we citizens, what is the german government's business? trying to silence descent, not even inside its own country. the decision was made by the gym and for an office . and the book, it has repeatedly emphasized germany's commitment to human rights. the ministry confirmed that the funding but didn't provide the w all the energy else was any official reason. just the foreign office examines old projects for which federal funds are used in accordance with legal requirements. the funding didn't just happened to new profile. we know if at least one of the east riley human rights organization that had been supported by germany for years and several posting in ones, but also not driven funding. recently. this comes at a time when a news france,

just the foreign office examines old projects for which federal funds are used in accordance with legal requirements. the funding didn't just happened to new profile. we know if at least one of the east riley human rights organization that had been supported by germany for years and several posting and once that also lost the german funding. recently. this comes at a time when a news france, the space for criticizing the government is printing, says lawyer michael sward. he has been advising these riley and palestinian human rights organizations for years. we're in unprecedented, severe, crack down and targeting or is there any can rice are gonna institutions and, and human rights activists. it's a trend that begin at decade and a half ago, but came to speak with the current government and especially after october 7th, i did re share this experience. she's the director of so hot. the as us radio varies ation. it was funding was cut by the gym and government. so how does it when's rising activities like this to in his rent? the group advocates for the recognition of the displacement and

that statement is just common in to us from the uk foreign office as it comes from the prince of walesleased a statement. this is on the death of his former nanny�*s stepson. 31—year—old edward pettifer from west london was among 1a people killed in the new year's day attack. he was the stepson of alexandra pettifer, previously known as tiggy legge—bourke, who was nanny to prince william and his brother prince harry. prince william said: earlier, buckingham palace announced king charles was "deeply saddened". the bbc understand prince harry has also been told. vigils are taking place in new orleans today for all the victims of the attack.0ur correspondent frances read reports. another victim of what the fbi says was a premeditated and evil act. edward pettifer, from chelsea in london, was 31 and one of 1a who died in new orleans on new year's day. the bbc now understands he was the stepson of a former royal assistant, alexandra pettifer, known as tiggy. legge—bourke worked for the royal family when prince william and harry were children. she was often seen playing with the young prince

the uk foreign office says it's supporting his family. before being killed by police. an american college football player, a young nurse, and a mother of a four—year—old were also among the victims. simonjones reports. described by the fbi as a premeditated and evil act. a pickup truck driven into crowds with people running for safety. 14 with people running for safety. 1a were killed and at least 39 others injured.

host: some $4 million from the federal foreign office of germany. $3.1 million from the ministry of foreign affairs. 2 million dollars from norway. $2 million from the united states agency for international development. just a few minutes left with ben freeman this morning if you want to get your calls in, the numbers we put on the screen for you. included in this report is recommendations for think tanks for congress, the media, what would you like to see done here to change this process that we have talked about? guest: since we are talking on tv, one of the things we are hoping or is media will use us as a resource. they could quickly look up the funding of that think tank and let the viewers know. if they are talking about the united arab emirates, an organization that receives funding, we are hoping our friends in the media will let the viewers a or readers know about that potential conflict of interest. as i mentioned, think tanks are working directly with congress and we are hearing from congressional staff that a lot of this came as a surprise to them. they had no idea about the fin

it's little wonder the foreign office were keen to involve prince william on a trip to france.g a fantasticjob. thank you. the president—elect, donald trump, seemed delighted to spend time talking with the prince of wales. this was soft power in action. how are you? back in the uk, during the year, the prince returned to check on the progress of the six locations he'd chosen for homewards... did you think a lot of people just think. _ "give people a house. and it's sort of fixed"? yeah. ..his ambitious project to tackle homelessness. homelessness is a - complex societal issue and one that touches the lives of far too many people - in our society. however, i truly believe that it can be ended. i and on a sunny trip to cornwall in may, as well as some beach volleyball, he visited a site on duchy of cornwall land which will be used to build 2a homes with wraparound care, specifically for people who would otherwise be homeless. they cheer november and, in south africa, the green carpet was rolled out for the earthshot awards ceremony. its founder, prince william, in a sustainable b

the foreign office said it was supporting the family.se, during the attack a man in a pick—up truck ploughed through busy crowds before being killed by police. the suspect, named as shamsud—dinjabbar, is believed to have acted alone in what the fbi described as a premeditated attack. they also said an islamic state group flag was found inside the vehicle he was driving. an american college football player, a young nurse, and a mother of a four—year—old were also among the victims of the attack. a warning this report from simonjones does contain some disturbing pictures. described by the fbi as "a premeditated and evil act," a pick—up truck driven into crowds. people running for safety, but 14 were killed and at least 39 others injured. among the dead was edward pettifer, who was 31 and from chelsea. in a statement, his relatives said... the metropolitan police said officers from its counter—terrorism command were supporting mr pettifer�*s family. the new orleans coroner gave his cause of death as blunt force injuries. the driver, named b

the foreign office said it was supporting the family stopped during the attack a man in a pick—up truckthrough busy crowds before being killed by police. the suspect named as shams lucinda bar is believed to have acted alone in what the fbi described as a premeditated attack. they also says an islamic state flag was found inside the vehicle he was driving. donald trump has dismissed as an �*illegitimate political attack�* a manhattan judge's order for him to be sentenced onjanuary tenth in the hush money case, ten days before his inauguration. mr trump was convicted in may on 3a felony counts. his lawyers had argued the president—elect was protected by presidential immunity. justicejuan merchan rejected this, but indicated he was not inclined to impose a jail sentence and he would likely give donald trump an unconditional discharge. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports donald trump and stormy daniels — the adult film star with whom the president—elect is accused of having a sexual encounter in 2006. a decade later, in the final days of the 2016 election campaign, the then

we have got to fight on all fronts and in terms of the foreign office, whether it's returning those who, and returns are up 23% since we have come to power. 0r whether it is with using the tools at my disposal to freeze the bank accounts of companies and individuals that facilitate this, or impose travel bans on them, working with other allies to make it harderfor them to do that, that is what i'm announcing today in a speech in a few hours' time. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman has more on the government's new measures to tackle people smuggling. well, i think it's basically about trying to use every lever possible to disrupt these smuggling gangs. we know that the small boat crossings across the english channel is one of the biggest policy challenges facing this government, as it was the previous government. the previous government's approach was to try to find a way to deter people from making that crossing. they went for the eye—catching rwanda scheme, which they spent several years trying to get into operation and never managed. this government has always taken the

the foreign office said it was supporting the family.urse, during the attack a man in a pick—up truck ploughed through busy crowds before being killed by police. the suspect, named as shamsud—dinjabbar, is believed to have acted alone in what the fbi described as a premeditated attack. they also said an islamic state group flag was found inside the vehicle he was driving. funeral services honouring former us presidentjimmy carter will begin in the next few hours following his death on sunday aged 100. carter served as the 39th us president from 1977 to 1981, and is being remembered with a national day of mourning and state funeral onjanuary 9th. a number of tributes will take place before then, starting today with a funeral procession from his home town of plains, georgia to the state's capital, atla nta. thomas higgins, who was deputy cabinet secretary in the carter white house, told me more about what it was like to work for the late president carter. it was the privilege of my life, of course, to work for him, to serve him in the whit

tiny bit of artistic license, just out of my eyeline and definitely out of earshot, there was a foreign officeg chinese very, very loudly, instructing the driver, the pilots, as i think they were called, of that particular boat to move slightly back or slightly forwards, or slightly left or slightly right, in order that the chancellor remained framed up in a beautiful interview shot with said golden boat in the background. well, it's a very, very nice vignette. well, it's a ludicrous thing. it's a sort of ludicrous little picture of sometimes how our trade works. well, rachel reeves has gone to china. it would be very funny to see if anything she does there is in front of the same golden boat. well, certainly it's creating as many headlines, this trip, as that one you're talking about. so we'll discuss that on saturday's newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's laura in the studio. and it's paddy in the studio. and it is saturday, and we are talking about china for a good, serious reason, because rachel reeves is off on her travels, trying to, you know, warm up the connections in

the uk foreign office also confirmed a uk national was one of the victims.m badawi, an 18—year—old, was in the city celebrating with friends. tom bateman has the latest. allahu akbar. an american community brought together in grief, seeking strength in prayer. allahu akbar. one of the 1a families left shattered on new year's day, now among the first saying the goodbye no parent ever should. kareem badawi was just 18, a college student from this louisiana city of baton rouge. he left that night with a simple goodbye, a promise to be careful, and went to celebrate in new orleans. his family's future now emptied of their shining star by a single act of hate. his father, belal, told me they went to the city to search for him. we all just couldn't believe and live with it and we couldn'tjust understand why this happened, you know, that somebody took our loved one. he is my little son, my little son, and, you know the little son, just, like, the most beautiful that we love in the house, so kareem was just so close to us and we all got touched, you know, by him, no

foreign and domestic. [inaudible] and you take this office freely without any reservations and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help me god. congratulations senators, congratulations. [inaudible] reddy, one, two and three. >> you are welcome, see you later. >> do solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservations or thoughts of evasion and you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help me god . congratulations. >>. [inaudible] reddy, one, two, three. >>. [inaudible] >> do solemnly swear to support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic and you will give true faithand allegiance, that you take this office freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion . and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you areabout to enter ? so help you god. >> reddy, right hand up.

and that part of the rationale for creating theiss was that he thought that foreign service officers, foreign service officers, typically during his interactions with them during world war two, let less in the late forties because he has. you know, what's skews the example here is that the visit has the opportunity to to say, give me your best. so he brings the kind of five or six what he considers to be the single best foreign service opportunities. and they come work for me. so he gets the most talented folks. but, you know, writ large he he firmly believed that the way the state department was training its officers in the 1940s did not prepare them for the challenges of the world. they went out to and the original plan precise that kind of dot dot dot lost over time for understandable reasons was that you know private industries electric ibm would send to sites to be trained they're kind of incoming employees sites would train them into how be private sector diplomats to the world and in a way that nixon himself had done a little bit in the 1930s but then the hang up was that nobod

united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic but you will bear true faith and allegiance the y same without ay observationwe will discharge the of the office upon which you are about to enter so help you got with congratulations. [applause] the clerk will call the name of the next group. call] please raise your right hand. against all enemies, foreign and domestic and you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that you take this obligation really. you will discharge the duties to the office of what you are about to enter. [applause] the clerk will call the next. [roll call] inyou swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic that you will bear true faith and you take this obligation really without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon you are about to enter so help you god? [applause] theyou solemnly swear you defendig against all enemies foreign and domestic and bear true faith and y allegiance and take the obligation freely without any mental reservation evasion? >> i do. >> congratu

foreign and domestic. you take this obligation freely without any mental reservations and you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of office of which you are about to enter, will help you god. good. ready? one, two -- [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] against all enemies, foreign and domestic, you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation. you will discharge the duty of the office of which you are about to enter. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> ready? one, two and three. >> hi, how are you? good? [inaudible] [inaudible] do you solemnly swear -- [inaudible] you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? congratulations, guys. [inaudible] >> let me see. this is so good. you even have e-mail address. now i can stay in touch. this is so good. [inaudible] [laughter] i can tell. i'm honored. [inaudible] >> hello. congratulations. [inaudible] >> . [inaudible] >> one, two, three. >> congratulations. congratulations. tak

foreign and domestic. [inaudible] will discharge the duties of the office. [inaudible] congratulations. ready? one, two, three. everybody comes in. hi guys. [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] everyone say cheese. cheese. just the family? >> just the family. she want to stand up? [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] [background noises] [inaudible conversations] >> these are five of our six daughters. >> let's do this then we will take all kinds of pictures. enemies foreign and domestic? that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same? you take this it freely without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion. he will well and faithfully discharge the duty of the office upon which you are about to enter so help you god. congratulations. thank you. >> it takes the whole family. >> thank you. thank you. thank you. [inaudible conversations] look at me. one, two, three. >> thank you. there. come on. correct ready? one, two, and three. take care guys. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] you so much for your support and defend the constitution of the united states against

in fact, a couple who we hope will be returning home soon from foreign postings to work with us close to my officee are not going to exclude someone because we could perhaps they will have a rougher confirmation process and somebody else, but i think is important we have people in these positions as quickly as possible and, having served for 14 years, i understand that one of the things we can do to help expedite that is to bring people will do a good job, who are qualified for the job, but also that can move through this process quickly and be impotent and begin to fulfil their duties. if i have to wait a year to get them in place, i'm not sure we have a year to wait. i not sure we have a year to wait. . . not sure we have a year to wait. ., ., ., , , . ., wait. i agree and i appreciate our wait. i agree and i appreciate your focus — wait. i agree and i appreciate your focus on _ wait. i agree and i appreciate your focus on mission - wait. i agree and i appreciate your focus on mission and . your focus on mission and qualifications, _ your focus on mission and qualifications, because i. your focu

foreign and domestic. [inaudible] that you make this obligation freely without reservation and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter. so help you god? congratulations. you solemnly is where you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic that you take this obligation freely without any reservation or purpose of evasion and discharge the duties of the office upon which you are to enter so help you od. [inaudible] >> congratulations. tv on c-span2 historic speeches eat weekend. on every natural. >> what you can do for your country. >> i will do the best i can. >> our wealth can be transferred from the destruction of war to the urgent needs of our people at home. >>ric and natural speeches :-( on cspan2 the scan to. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> student camp documentary this year. it's your inspired impact. what is most important to you for your energy what you are passionate about politics, the environment community stories student camp is your platform for sharing your message with the world, $100,000 in prizes including a grand prize of $5000.

enemies foreign and domestic , and bear true faith and allegiance to the same without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? congratulations. >> one, two, three. >>. [inaudible] do you solemnly swear to support and protect theconstitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, bear true faith and allegiance to the same , without any mental mental reservations or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully confer the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help me god . thank you, congratulations. reddy, one, two, three. thank you very much. >> congratulations. alright everybody were going to turn to my colleagues here. >> take care everyone happy new year's. what is your name? raise your right hand. ready? do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic and you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that you will faithful

the first year i was in office, i met 68 foreign leaders. some came to the white house on formal occasions. others i met in large groups but individually when i visited the u.n. in new york. in the other three years, i met a number of others. i am a professor at emory university. this is my 16th year. i have given a lot of lectures earlier. i do not do it anymore. one of the most popular questions i get is who is the greatest leader you have ever met in your life? i have only had one answer. [applause] i first met him a few months after i became president. i taught sunday school for many years. i have a deep religious interest in the holy land. the importance of the middle east personally and to those who share faith in god and to those concerned about the integrity and the future peace about my own country. there was an alignment of forces in the middle east, very disturbing, with the powerful soviet union and the depths of the cold war, aligned with certain groups, and with our country aligned with others. i felt it incumbent on myself to

treasury department targeted the office of foreign assets control so this is the office that issues sanctionsd the office of secretary janet yellen. all of this is in a washington post piece. congressman john mulinar who chairs the house select committee on china, he's demanding beijing pays for the hack, saying it's time for congress and the incoming trump administration to imposes crimpose spe escalating costs to deter the ccp. how big of a threat are these hacks? the chinese hackers are still emboldened. >> yes. well with, they certainly are. you know, we have seen one major chinese hack after another for decades. >>> we are on defense only and our defenses are not that good because the federal government doesn't mandate telephone companies, nine of which have been hacked recently, that they are adequate defenses. also, we don't impose costs on china and that's an issue. you know, costs don't have to be cyber attacks back on china. we shouldn't do that. we don't want to reveal our capabilities except in the time of war. but we can impose asymmetric costs like tariffs or other measures for

. >> people had not been hired, new foreign service officers hadn't been brought in. people really kept their heads down. they were afraid to take risks. >> they were afraid to do their jobs for all they had been through. >> both the trump administration and the pandemic, they are now back. they are robust because the president of united states and secretary blinken believed in them, understood. >> they're not the deep state. >> they're patriots. they're the people who, day in, day out, make sure that american citizens are safe abroad day in and day out. >> make sure people have their passports day in, day out. >> make sure american business can do business abroad and export our goods and create jobs for americans. president biden, secretary blinken understood that, and it was really wonderful to be there today and see that affirmed. >> ambassador wendy sherman, thank you very much for joining us here tonight. thank you. appreciate it. and coming up tomorrow, the strangest senate confirmation season in history gets underway with the most unqualified nominee for secret

host: some $4 million from the federal foreign office of germany. $3.1 million from the ministry of foreignrs. 2 million dollars from norway. $2 million from the united states agency for international development. just a few minutes left with ben freeman this morning if you want to get your calls in, the numbers we put on the screen for you. included in this report is recommendations for think tanks for congress, the media, what would you like to see done here to change this process that we have talked about? guest: since we are talking on tv, one of the things we are hoping or is media will use us as a resource. they could quickly look up the funding of that think tank and let the viewers know. if they are talking about the united arab emirates, an organization that receives funding, we are hoping our friends in the media will let the viewers a or readers know about that potential conflict of interest. as i mentioned, think tanks are working directly with congress and we are hearing from congressional staff that a lot of this came as a surprise to them. they had no idea about the financial

los angeles taxpayer dollar foreign trips since she's been in office, which hasn't been that long. ors should say i'm not going on the foreign trips. let's just erase that. on the middle of fires, the california legislature announced they struck a $50 million deal on the plan to trump-proof california. so that they could make sure illegal immigrants could be represented by lawyers in the government to help deportation. the other thing is newsom said, pointing out, california soft on crime laws is encouraging looting. guess what encouraged looting? the soft on crime laws. that's what happened. only just recently changed in the last election. >> judge jeanine: you know what dana refers to, jesse, is the fact that proposition 47 that reduced sentences and also reduced the felonies to a misdemeanor were at the behest of governor gavin newsom. he was into reducing crime, decriminalizing and he didn't support proposition 36 that just got passed when california supported it raising an increasing sentences for drugs and theft. basically he was supporting reap the defenders continuing to loo

retired foreign service officer. i was a junior in poland in the late 1980s of and at that time i admired your own work behind the scenes for getting across the series of packages specifically, specifically designed during the bush bush one administration to facilitate the evolution of poland in particular. but all the former communist countries to a democratic system. so thank you. i respected that and admired that ever since. those package worked and evidence of that is what poland is today. there's a link to woodrow to that. obviously poland polish independence was i think, 13th point of the 14 points and they were domestic reasons for that. as much as international reasons. but that's a link that i see with you to woodrow wilson. my question is what is that, drew, you given this your remarkable professional background so why woodrow this is again, i mean, the subject you just talked about that could just explain that in general, now that you're here and standing what is it about wilson particular, given the whole

office. one on foreign policy as well as his farewell address to the country. give me a sense of the messages you think the president will send with both of these speeches since his term come to a close. >> i know on the international speech, we're expecting him to really highlight his efforts to work with ukraine to fight back against russia aggression. we know that he is going to point to some of his successes there. one thing that we're all wondering is whether he decides to address afghanistan, which is of course one of the low points of his presidency, but notable that he is deciding to give one of his final speech addressing the state of the world right now. you look around, there's certainly, it's certainly a world in crisis and we expect him to kind of run through what he has tried to do to alleviate some of these issues. we expect him to address you know, the situation in gaza as well. then in his farewell speech, i think it will be interesting to see what he decides to highlight. how he kind of addresses the shift to a trump administration. one thing

the first year i was in office, i met 68 foreign leaders. some came to the white house on formal occasions, others i met in fairly large groups but individually when i visited the united nations in new york. and in the other three years i was there, i met a number of others. i'm a professor at emory university, this is my 16th year. i've given a lot of the lectures early. i don't do it anymore. and i get frequent questions. the best question was who is the single greatest leader you have ever met in your life? and i have only ever had one answer. president anwar sadat of egypt. [applause] i first met and were sadat -- anwar sadat just a few months after i became president. i had taught sunday school for many years. i taught this morning before i left my home. and i had a deep religious interest in the holy land. and i had learned as a candidate and as a new president the importance of the middle east to me personally. and to those who share faith in god. and to those who are concerned about the integrity and the future peace of my own countr

aid workers, foreign service officers, intelligence officers, contractors, and volunteers served in afghanistan as well, laboring alongside our afghan and nato allies to secure the country. while the casualties they suffered were smaller in number they were no less searing and , the costs no less personal. and while the american intervention brought new opportunities to many afghans over 20 years, many of those same afghans ultimately lost their homes, their livelihoods , and their lives. for all these groups, afghanistan was in a very real sense a generational war. all those who served whatever their role will be indelibly imprinted by the experience of the struggle and its aftermath. in another sense, the work of the afghanistan war commission is explicitly intergenerational. what the commission seeks to do is to derive insight and recommendations from the sacrifices and investments of our generation in afghanistan and offer them to a younger generation of americans who may be called upon in a future intervention. we seek to do something simple but very hard, to extract foresight from hindsig

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another one was the sanctions office that focuses on sanctioning foreign adversaries to include chinarussia, et cetera.. and just last week, sanctioned chinese companies. so it's very logical and it's also very difficult to prevent, given the skill set that we're talking about. the chinese government has, you know, more than all other companies, all other countries combined in terms of cyber capabilities, according to the fbi director. so it's a very thorny problem. and the treasury says they've kicked out the hackers. china, i should add, denies having done this, as they often do. so it's going to be something that bleeds into the next administration as a top national security concern. >> yeah, they're going to have a lot to deal with. sean lingus, thank you so much for that. really appreciate it. still ahead, whole neighborhoods in los angeles now in ruins as others worry that they could be next. 10,000 structures destroyed by the wildfires so far. and police are now enforcing curfews to guard against looting. details when we return kobe believed in himself at the youngest possible

flax typhoon specifically targeted a high--sensitive office at treasury, the office of foreign assetsofac which administers economic sanctions a key tool in america's national security arsenal. the attack also targeted the office of treasury secretary janet yellen. targeting underscores beijing's determination to acquire intelligence on its biggest rival, according to officials who spoke to "the washington post." china's growing cyber espionage operations fbi director christopher wray called the most significant campaign in history, largely flew under the radar in 2024. but experts warn that such attacks are likely to increase as beijing seeks to gain a competitive advantage in technology, economics and security. friday's sanctions are tied to a previous cyber hacking operation in which flax typhoon seized control of more than 260,000 internet connected devices, including cameras and routers which u.s. officials say the chinese government used to spy on sensitive organizations. flax typhoon has been active since at least 2021, but u.s. officials say they were only able to rest control

go, but ending on a fired up note about his foreign policy achievements, saying that america is stronger and our rivals are weaker than when he came into officen david ignatius, foreign affairs columnist at the washington post and an msnbc contributor. there is some news that i want to ask you about that the president did comment on, and that are these negotiations that tony blinken says are closer than they've ever been to getting some sort of deal in gaza? he said, we are pressing hard to close the deal, to end the war in gaza and gain release of the hostages. now, anthony blinken also said there's a little bit of what we've seen before, which is lucy and the football. but what are you hearing? are we closer than ever before? and could joe biden, who has spent so much of his career focused on foreign policy, end on that note? >> i'm sure, chris, that that's his great hope. >> i bet he wanted deeply, profoundly to be able to announce a breakthrough in the hostage negotiations today. in this speech at the state department, as we heard. it's not there yet. you can get close closer. >> almost there. >> but the final pieces obviously haven't com

meanwhile, incoming president trump takes office a week from tomorrow and he has already outlined his foreigny for the next four years. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston is here. great to see you as always. give a sense of where trump wants to take the country, perhaps versus his first term. you know, kira, we've heard a lot of descriptions about donald trump, but one i think that we overlook so often is he is unconvtional. he is out of the box in terms of the way most presidents operate. and people love that about him. a lot of them do, and that's probably why he's there. so here we go down the foreign policy trail, so to speak. and if you remember, during t first term, trump used his america first policy. what was tt about? well, he withdrew the united states from so many obligations the paris climate accord, the world health organization. he even worked out an agreement at that time to withdraw from iran and nuclear, nuclear, nuclear arms development program. he got out of that stuff. so he took the united states out of so many obligations around the world because he talked abou

office yet. >> elon musk is drawing criticism for some of his actions about foreign affairs in europe. is that appropriate? >> you mean where he likes people that tended to be conservative? i don't know the people. i don't know the people you are talking about. i know he said some negative things about a couple of people that are running for office. but that's not so unusual. yes please? >> i wanted to ask you about ukraine and putin. how soon do you anticipate going to meet with putin to discuss the ukraine situation? >> i can't tell you that. by know that putin would like to meet. i don't think it is appropriate that i meet until after the 20th. every day, many young people are being killed. the land is very flat. they are laying in fields all over the place. nobody even collect. there's land mines all over. the human body is stopping a lot of bullets. it should have never been started. that's a war that should have never happened. i guarantee you, if i were president, that war would never have happened. >> who would you like to nominate to replace michael barr? >> i'll be announcing