given rights watch claims fifty two iraqi civilians were executed by the fighters as were invented for supporting. gunfire is reported to add the largest anti-government protests to grip iran since two thousand and nine rival crowds have taken to the streets in several cities. berlin is setting up safe zones for women for the new year's eve celebrations to prevent a repeat of sexual assault seen previously including. the latest on the story is going to talk to dot com stay with us for the financial news in the kaiser report.

given rights watch claims that fifty two iraqi civilians were executed by use e.-d. fighters as revenge for supporting myself we talked to the group about alleged without killings. but lynn is setting up a safe sos for women for the new year's eve celebrations to prevent a repeat of the mass sexual assault seen previously in cologne to me it sounds it's a bit like i'll leave the set up it's a good idea it's needed. in front of me. and i'll say meet a better one tribal leader who insists on staying on alleged ancestral lands despite israeli officer it is blocking his village more than one hundred times. like a partridge and you're watching the latest headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. in a report by human rights watch claims cd fighters kidnapped and executed fifty two civilians from two iraq a triumph in june is e.d.s. are an ethno religious group which abide by their own moral code witnesses claim yazidi forces killed men women and children who were fleeing fighting between islamic state and government backed forces the victims were from

given the time of yeer >> all right. rob, thanks very much. thanks for watching. nightl news up next. back at 6:00. >>> tonight, firestorm, the new threat from a huge wildfire, the third largest ever in california. fanned by powerful winds, now threatening more homes and thousands of evacuations. >>> it was supposed to be a vacation on water, until hundreds got sick from the norovirus. >>> deat a billionaire and his wife. found in the basement of their mansion the circumstances appear suspicious. >>> unidentified flying objects. >>> and santa's workshop. come with us to a place where magic is made. by a man who never stops thinking about christmas.

given to the cdc's partners ton congress in the president's budget for 2019. >>> the washington wizards played against the cleveland cavaliers last night right here in the district and if you watchedame, closely, you might have noticed lebron james' special message to president. james wore one were black nike basketball shoe and one white shoe with the word equality on the back of each one. now with the white house blocks away of course james explained his decision to wear the different colored sneakers was to display that it doesn't matter your race whatever the case may be this is a beautiful country referencing president trump but never actually saying his name. >>> and finally microsoft is rewarding a nine-year-old for his selfless act of kindness. earlier this month he decided to give up an xbox in exchange for purchasing more than 60 blankets for the less fortunate. well, microsoft got wind of micah's selflessness and wanted to repay his kindness. they surprised him with a bag& full of toys including, yes, you guessed it a new xbox. >> i love it. >> good story, right. >> nicely on. >> merry christmas. thanks holly. >>> 4:41 is the time. coming up, a father pleads with car th

so being pushed more towards the right, so this will be what the austrians will be watching in the months of removing itself the 27 other eu leaders have officially givenight for a change in gear, from purely divorce talks to negotiating the relationship to come. the uk hopes that will include a generous trade deal in due course. the british prime minister theresa may has hailed the progress as an "important step" forward. but she still faces differences of opinion in her own government and suffered an embarrassing house of commons defeat on brexit earlier this week. damian gramatticas has more. on a big day for the eu, a barrage of questions. last night, these leaders gave theresa may a round of applause. not very enthusiastically, but it was well—deserved. angela merkel led that gesture, appreciative after mrs may told eu leaders she wants a smooth brexit. it's what they want, too. the one leader who isn't here is theresa may herself, the leader for whom this matters more than any other, getting the green light in the brexit process, to move to the next stage. and so, the looming question — exactly what does the uk want future ties with the eu to loo

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set up that europe is in trying to set up from the human rights watch thank you very much indeed for joining us is president all trump has given a speech at the f.b.i. national academy in virginia he just hundreds of law enforcement personnel who just completed their training earlier on friday the white house revealed what it is scribed as extreme bias against trump among the senior leadership of the f.b.i. let's get more now from our white house correspondent can really help it so it can be what's the president been saying this time. classic donald trump he was all smiles praising the f.b.i. saying that with me as your president you have a loyal champion the white house and they'll never let you down but contrast that to comments he made about the f.b.i. questioning its impartiality its integrity as he was leaving the white house for that speech but also his very public statements just two weeks ago on social media where he said that the f.b.i. is reputation was in tatters is standing is the worst in history now why is he saying all of this he's been saying for some time because of course he's for a long time complained on th

. >> i think that's right f you watch the interview, that's not the character he is. >> i want to ask you another question. given pretrial publicity, something we are talking about is the defense move to have it taken out of san francisco. was it a plus to have it in front of a san francisco jury? >> i think in a san francisco jury you are going to have people that are willing to ignore the press about his status. i think they're going to be more hostile to the idea of a gun. >> this gun was stolen from a bureau of land management agent's truck four days earlier. he had it behind his seat. it wasn't in a lock box. the gun became as much of a villain as anything. >> the gun becomes the focus. >> what's happening? is there a debriefing? is there a process saying this may have been a problem. it may not have been the right way to go. >> i think they have to reevaluate how they look at the case. i think there has to be effort where the person trying the case will be attached to the family and trying to satisfy needs that may not be in the best interest of achieving a conviction. this should be a team effort. there s

given that baseline of support. >> sandra: all right. also happening this week we're watching the markets because we know that the government is now funded through next friday giving republicans an opportunity to get taxes done. dow is up 50 points. another record close on friday. i saw the 65th record close under president trump, steven hayes, a lot of optimism it will get done. will it and will it be great? >> there is a lot of optimism that it will get done. there are still some questions in washington, d.c. you've seen of late susan collins from maine raising questions anew about her support or possible support for this. and other than that you've seen a pretty concerted effort by republicans to push this through. i think there is more optimism here talking to people on capitol hill that it will get through and the president will sign it than that it will be derailed at this last minute. >> sandra: the president choosing his time recently to tweet about the fake news media calling the media a stain on america after some very serious reporting errors over the weekend. >> th

right thing. there is another group watching you willthere is another group watching that says, you know, i have given lot of money to my alma maters. someone is watching it they give a lot of money to middlebury, and they are saying, i did not give my money so that it will cost $63,000 a year for a student to go to school there so they can do this kind of stuff. what would you say to them? in prof. stanger: i think the i president is trying to stand firm for the values that are so important for liberal education and for american democracy. i'm hopeful that she is going to be able to prevail in that environment. i am not a good person to ask about what is going on right now will because i left vermont in may. an and continued my convalescence in michigan, where my family has a cottage that we you have been going to since i was born. my hometown, if you will. i i am not a good person to comment on what is going on right now. host: you have tenure and you will go back to middlebury after this is all over? prof. stanger: that is the plan. host: and if you are asked to moderate another discussion with a c

given how many people were walking up. >> right. looks like he actually works there. he's got all of the tags there thank you so much for watching. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm cyril vanier. "early start" is next for viewers in the u.s. >> and for the rest of you news continues with max foster in london. have a great day. ♪ >>> i don't know what we're going to do. >> nobody knows anything. >> got to make a connection in chicago, but looks like that might not happen. >> all right, the power is back on at atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international airport, but thousands of holiday travelers want to know why no one had any answers when the outage crippled the world's busiest airport. >> no, i'm not. >>> president trump with no plans to fire the russia special counsel, but the president's allies are ramping up

right at route 413. >> this is where the mess started 413 and street road. watch. this is hot mess to begin with on a given day. you don't have the shoulder. it is the tight squeeze. and where they're doing the construction, eventually, all of this is all part of the turnpike connection to 95. what was only supposed to be 15 minute stoppages turned into total shutdown for about three and a half hours. when the sign turned out to way 15,000 more pounds than they had anticipated. which then created the crane to become disable, they had to bring in another crane, chop up the sign. it has just been everything that could go wrong went wrong this morning here in croyden. so here is a live look, 95, we have most traffic for the morning rush coming southbound , and that's where we have the back up. they just getting ready to pull away the cones. so hopefully we'll get two lanes open. and this will start to move again. but going to my jam cams, here is a live look, looking straight on, the scene last night, two lanes coming south through the construction zone, but guys walking around the highway out there, as they

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worked on my campaign, and visiting face-to-face given the faction of what we're doing on capitol hill to make lives better. maria: all right. we will be watchinging up a closer look at "the wall street journal" op-ed this morning, i take a look at economic progress, in year one of the trump administration, stuart varney weighs in on trump bump as well hope you check out my op-ed in journal this morning, oracle reported same quarter earnings beating estimates revenue earnings expectations we break down results the stock is down almost 5% back in a minute. ♪ ♪ maria: welcome back costco shares up not just because of the strong -- nicole petallides on floor of the new york stock exchange. >> solid first quarter for costco a look at day where up 2.6% this been pumping up trying to bes the ecustomers sales from two day delivery on dry grocery same day inscart the online sales a rise of 42%, in the quarter, so that is a big deal, also, 7.9% rise in seals a win all across the board, about high in december watch for new highs again for costco, oracle under pressure turn that around look at it downside down has been down 6 1/2%, now down 5% off earlier

watch that story on sunday right here on al-jazeera. sally led blockade imposed on cult has since june has sharpened the gulf nations focus on preserving its heritage and identity well that's given an unexpected boost to its publishing industry sort of high about reports from one of the region's biggest book fairs here in doha. when as much as four dollars father died two and a half years ago she became determined to tell his story so she wrote a book i saw is about the whole diving industry in qatar before the gulf country discovered oil when i started collecting data and information and i did a lot of reset. i looked at the school curriculum in the gulf region again there is disconnection and lack of resources for such stories so i'm hoping. i will start and for qatar and hopefully it will attract others in that region as much as one of several cats authors to emerge this year previously many of them would have had to have found publishes abroad there are twenty newly published books on the shelf alone they're all written by catteries in arabic and published by catalogues first privately owned publishing house and there seems to be an emphasis on the country's identity as well

given yet. he was the first asian-american mayor of that city. >>> thank you very much for watching this hour of "velshi & ruhle." i'm chris jansing. i'll see you back here at 3:00 eastern time. rightndrea mitchell reports. hey, andrea. >> hey, thank you. right now "andrea mitchell reports," roll tide. one of the most controversial senate races in modern history. accused child molester, republican roy moore faces democrat doug jones. is it a fight for the soul of the republican party? >> it's here! this is an important time in alabama's history, and we feel very confident of where we are and how this is going to turn out. judge moore has been consistently wrong about the -- [ cheers and applause ] >> i want to make america great again with president trump. i want america good, but she can't be good until we go back to god. >>> battle for 'bama. both sides bringing out the big guns in a last attempt to win out the voters in a race that could politically change

right way. general manager john lynch...recently hosted a christmas party at team headquarters for children from the boys and girls club and military families. attendees were treated to a brunch, given presents, and got to watchra. the event is a yearly tradition organized by the john lynch foundation... for the 2nd time this week, warriors playing the lakers... and tonight, they'll have one of their core members back in the lineup. draymond green..returning to action...after missing the last four games with a shoulder injury. during that span, the champs have been just fine..going undefeated. despite his return, warriors could still be missing some key contributors... zaza pachulia and shaun livingston, questionable to suit up tonight the real big one is steph curry...who's still out with an ankle injury. he will more than likely miss the christmas day showdown with the cavaliers. outside of basketball, the warriors making time to spread some holiday cheer. nick young...with a special surprise for the pediatric patients at kaiser oakland. swaggy p...morphed into swaggy santa...passing out gifts and played some mini basketball with the kids. this is all part of the organization's annual 'season of giving' ini

and will not be given the credit, but it's senators in his own party that are rushing to re-write a major part of the tax plan, a bill that could affect everybody watching the show right now. stalled and scrambling and dealing with new drama over the sweeping tax plan. protests against the bill, but inside three gop lawmakers holding up a procedural vote until leadership promised they could make more late changes to the bill. >> you just can't fail. this is unacceptable for the republican party to have the house, the senate and the white house and not be able to reform the tax code. >> part of the problem? turns out this tax cut plan won't really pay for itself according to a new nonpartisan congressional analysis that says the bill would add $1 trillion to the deficit over the next decade while bringing in less than half that. the spotlight now on four republicans, bob corker, jeff flake, ron johnson and susan collins. republican leaders can only afford to lose support from two of the gop senators as they walk a tax tightrope. >> we're making steady and real progress. >> so far here's the bottom line for your taxes. if nothing changes the plan would cut individual ra

right now >> the flattening of the yield curve, we have been watching it. a bit of a concern we don't see it calling for a recessionary environment by any means. we think maybe given2.5%, maybe the spread makes sense, but i think as inflationary pressures build, we could see the long end of the curve rise we could also see the short end of the curve rise. we kind of foresee a relatively flat environment, but maybe steepening down the road >> anything else >> i think that's a great point. i don't see recession in any way, shape, or form coming up in the next year or so, but recessionary pressures can happen from the strangest places we have seen it happen before. but i don't see it i think we're on a very good trajectory right now to me, i'm very concerned about what corporate america is going to do with the money they're basically been given for the next year. and i do think that's going to take at least three to six months to work into the system i do think companies are trying to figure out, they have already had plans in place, but they have to look at what their growth pattern or growthmodel looks like and where they're going to spend the money or how they're

right down the spine of the country a glorious day. just watch out, there will be issues with the lying snow which will take a time to get away given thatst up. the latter part of the week and on into the weekend, milder air flooding week and on into the weekend, milder airflooding in to all parts week and on into the weekend, milder air flooding in to all parts from the atlantic. more unsettled period of weather certainly. temperatures in double figures, but in the short—term think wintry. we have got a couple more hours for the wintry weather to get through the east midlands and cambridgeshire and lincolnshire and towards parts of east anglia and across parts of the south—east as well and we have got theiceissue south—east as well and we have got the ice issue further north. lots going on. roger, back to you. you have had three days straight, i hope you get a day off. i've got another one to go. yes, the end is in sight almost. thank you very much. thanks for keeping us up—to—date with the track of the snow this morning. phil avery who has the weather and holly hamilton has the weather and holly hamilton has the weather and holly hami

given back some of those gains. we are talk about crude oil below $58 a barrel >> a couple stories we're watching, bombardier said it is confident u.s. international trade commission will reach the rightonclusion in its dispute with boeing. the commerce department announced yesterday it will impose duties of 300% on the company's c-series jets after boeing had been complaining they had been unfairly subsidized by the canadian government. the penalty will only take effect if the itc rules in boeing's favor bombardier said it is common practice for a plane manufacturer to offer discounts to launch customers. bombardier's ceo will join us at 7:30 a.m. eastern. >>> and chinese ride hailing service didi is catching up to uber in the fund-raising race. it it received a billion dollars of new funding from investors including softbank uber's latest fund-raising round brought its valuation up to $70 billion. we know that softbank's new offer or tender offer values it at 48 billion. strange bedfellows across the board. uber has a stake in didi softbank now has a stake in both it's all very complicated. >> frenemies >> google, google ventures has some stakes. they're doing their own things they