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alfie hewett, along with gordon reid, finally got his gold.py maskill, and for alice tai. and a medal too for the youngest member of the team, 13—year—old iona winnifrith, with a silver in the pool. iona winnifrith! great britain's paralympians returning with 49 golds amongst their luggage across 18 sports. that's more sports than any other nation. for british athletes, summer in paris was truly remarkable. august also saw another british sporting hero emerge, jack draper making it all the way to the semifinals a 19th gold medal. you didn't doubt her, did you? her 18th and 19th golds at the age of 46. alfie hewett, along with gordon reid, finally got his gold. whilst the future too looks bright — five medals for teenager poppy maskill, and for alice tai. and a medal too for the youngest member of the team, great britain's paralympians returning with 49 golds amongst their luggage across 18 sports. that's more sports than any other nation. for british athletes, summer in paris was truly remarkable. august also saw another british sporting hero

perchlorate, max gordon thank you, max. eric: looks like a riff and wait for airports coast-to-coast the holiday rush is kicking into high gear. tsa says it expects to screen 40 million travelers this season heard winter storms threaten to offend some of those itineraries. madison scarpino live at hartsville jackson international airport one of the biggest in the country this if you want to go to heaven if you've got to change at atl. [laughter] hate madison. [laughter] >> hi eric the atlanta airport alone expects to welcome more than 4 million people for the holidays. lots of people coming through here this week. it's been pretty smooth so far there are a good chunk of delays and cancellations nationwide on top of the big influx of people. but, it's the holidays everyone to think positive, listen. >> you have to try to stay patient with family, you don't see them often you want to be thankful for the ones you have sometimes getting there trying to save patients actually appreciative f of the time ahead with them. >> holida

we're going to look at it with asia expert if gordon chang.ext. ♪ ♪ oh, we got a weathertech gift card! weathertech is the perfect gift for everyone. may i? (laughs) laser measured floorliners protect carpet in the front and second row. cargo liner protects the rear. the side window deflector offers more protection. my turn! the sinkmat contains spills in cabinets. something for you too, buddy! pets eat safely with the non-toxic pet feeding system. find these american made gifts or get a gift card instantly at wt.com. eric: well, the place to be is landover, maryland, because there is the front line. you see the president-elect of the united states with the vice president-elect. and between 'em, well, maybe that's elon musk. we mow that mr. musk has been seen in that box. tulsi gabbard, the dni-designate. and there on the left, i guess -- is that the wingback, let's say? speaker of the house mike johnson. they are attending the historic army-navy game. right at the moment, first quarter, midshipmen of the navy up by a touchdown, 7-0. that's ea

joining us now is gordon chang, author of "plan red: china's project to destroy america. " gordon, great we don't have to to go as far back as the monroe doctrine, a although maybe we can get there. we'll talk about it. but what is china up to in panama? >> well, certainly, it dominates the canal zone as you just pointed out. and we got to understand that although these are civilian companies, they can be turned into military ones right away. in the middle of 2022, general richardson who was then head of u.s. southern command actually took a helicopter tip over the zone, and she said those facilities could be turned into military ones. she was being polite because what she was really saying was that china could use those facilities to close off the canal in wartime. and this is a broader issue because china can use its influence in southern -- in south america and in central america to actually interfere with sustain thement flows and deployments of american military assets in the case of a war. david: gordon, this is precisely why united states presidents up until very recently have tal

dw corresponded emily gordon is in jerusalem. she told us more about israel's actions in syria and the buffer zone indigo one heights as well. the is riverside hasn't really commented on these recent strikes that have appeared to have been carried out around damascus again. but essentially this very much falls in line with what figures are constructed to has been since they are solved vermin fell. israel essentially is pursuing 2 goals here. one is to protect its citizens and his territory from possible spillover effects, possible attacks that could arise from the terminal that's currently still sweeping syria and be number 2. and it's goal is also to make sure about as we just tell them the report to make sure that's the of tubs. wesson's also lots allegedly, that reports at least silverman and syria information. we con, confirm from here. but ultimately you've got a, these lessons don't fall into the, into the wrong hands. i'm sorry, i wanted to continue that. and of course, of course, you know, like we just have that reports t

cheryl: gordon chang, it's great to see you.d i hope you had a relaxes christmas. cheryl: certainly did. we have a lot more coming up today. the morning forecast, what you need to know about today's weather. just so you know, in the northeast, it's cold. plus, why america's elise universities are facing a challenge ahead of trump's second presidency. you're watching "mornings with maria" on fox business. ♪ to go further, you need to be ready for what's down the road. as energy demand continues to rise, we're harnessing breakthrough innovations to increase production in the u.s. gulf of mexico. our latest deepwater development, anchor, produces previously inaccessible oil and natural gas, allowing us to deliver the energy we all need today so everyone can follow their own road. that's energy in progress. ♪ oh in a factory, there was a glove ♪ ♪ a tougher kind of glove, ♪ ♪ like you never did see... ♪ ♪ now the cloth is strong ♪ ♪ stronger than the flames ♪ ♪ the flame is in the heart ♪ ♪ and the heart is in the work ♪ ♪ the work

lorna gordon, bbc news, paisley. let's speak to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. sense of what the government priorities will be? , . ~ , be? they are keeping their cards close _ be? they are keeping their cards close to _ be? they are keeping their cards close to their- be? they are keeping their cards close to their chest l be? they are keeping their| cards close to their chest in terms of what the details are but we know the broad themes. top of the agenda is tackling or eradicating child poverty. there are already additional measures in scotland in that area. there is the scottish child payment which is available to low—income families, payment of £25, £26 per week for every child if you are on a low income. they also say tackling climate change, growing the economy and improving book services, they are all the priority areas. but there are big challenges in these areas, not least the nhs. that sucks in about 40% of the scottish government's budget. and a recent report from audit scotland put out this week said it is unsustainable in its current format in the

at fort gordon in the sixties, entire mock village known as mvc allowed trainees to experience close approximation of what they would soon be dealing with. in actuality. in 1975, the renovation of this military police campus at fort mcclellan, alabama, marked the end the core search for a permanent home and the beginning of a new for military police development. though mp training is still includes a few basics from the past, such as hand to hand skills. students at the military, police school now have available realistic facilities on a large scale. a modern, fully equipped m.p. headquarters with its own mock cell. a military court room. a traffic accident site. more mock confinement facilities facilities. and even a model enemy prisoner of war, internment camp. today, the history of the military police is about to move forward toward perhaps its most dynamic structure. new graduates, the corps have a much greater choice of opportunities than ever before and at the same time carry a greater responsibility. in recent years has been an increasing prevalence of violent public demonstra

joining me how gordon chang, gatestone institute senior fellow.said the border wasn't open. it wasn't a crisis. but apparently they are very concerned about this. china is spying on american citizens. why should american citizens be worried here? >> well, as you point out, china is compiling dossier on every american. and they are going to use that for blackmail and other nefarious purposes. they got to sort of assume right now that they have got access to every phone call, every text, every email message so they are scooping up enormous amounts of data. china knows more about american citizens than the american government does. >> does this have anything or any in any way relevance to the number of chinese who have come here to study, gordon? i mean, hundreds of thousands, of course, over the years. i remember they were 300,000 foreign students from all countries during covid. remember, we were going to send them back during covid. i don't think we ended up doing that. but there is a concern about that as well here. yes. >> yes, because china use

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he was last a minister under gordon brown, 14 years ago.ithin labour ranks it would be fair to see he is "loved and loathed in equal measure". not entirely to the taste of those on the left of the party. but it is an important appointment this. given the concern that focus that is always there on the special relationship. sir keir starmer in recent days has talked about resuming talks over a trade deal. and of course lord mandelson served as business secretary and also european commissioner for trade in brussels. helen catt. one of the names long touted for the show, lord mandelson, he has been cagey about it. one of the names in the frame certainly. two things are striking about him is a choice, the first this comes after many years when actually the top diplomats of the uk centre washington have tended to be civil servants or have a civil service background, dame karen pierce for example. a political figure, lord mandelson. an unusual move in and of itself, the second thing is really what has driven the choice we believe, as you outlined

he was last a minister under gordon brown, m years ago. within labour ranks it would be fair to see he is "loved and loathed in equal measure". not entirely to the taste of those on the left of the party. but it is an important appointment this. given the concern that focus that is always there on the special relationship. sir keir starmer in recent days has talked about resuming talks over a trade deal. and of course lord mandelson served as business secretary and also european commissioner for trade in brussels. christopher steele. the right man with red experience? i think he has useful experience in affairs and trade, i think it is a brave appointment given a social democratic is in favour of free trade on the other side. out of coat with donald trump. perhaps good person to put forward the government's position on these things. lard position on these things. lord kim darroch _ position on these things. lord kim darroch had _ position on these things. lord kim darroch had quite - position on these things. lord kim darroch had quite an

alfie hewett and gordon reid retain their wimbledon- doubles title.ricova is the wimbledon champion. he's a master craftsman. at 21 years of age. across london, a farewell to another true sporting great. wonderful sight here at lord's. jemmy anderson bringing his incredible, record breaking england career to an end with his 704th test wicket. will never be bettered, will never be beaten. take this in, jemmy. i love the game so much. it's not really sinking in that i'm still in my head. i think i'm still playing next week, weirdly, but i'm sure at some point it'll sink in. um, you know, it's just been incredible. another extraordinary career ending was that of mark cavendish, but not before the manx missile created history at the tour de france. a record 35th stage win, cementing his legacy as one of cycling and british sport's all time greats. as well as the highs. you know that suffering is what makes a race special. it's what grows you as a person, isn't it? so to feel that one last time is important is to feel victory one last time. speaking of bri

alfie hewett, along with gordon reid, finally got his gold.ager poppy maskill, and for alice tai. and a medal too for the youngest member of the team, 13—year—old iona winnifrith, with a silver in the pool. iona winnifrith! great britain's paralympians returning with 49 golds amongst their luggage across 18 sports. that's more sports than any other nation. for british athletes, summer in paris was truly remarkable. august also saw another british sporting hero emerge, jack draper making it all the way to the semifinals of the us open in what was his break—out year. a little further south, golf�*s solheim cup got underway. a dominant opening day from the americans left europe with too much to do. it's coming back to the united states for the first time in seven years. team usa victorious in virginia. september also saw the world of football honour the life of former england manager sven—goran eriksson, who passed away at the age of 76. here, one of the big british fights of the year, daniel dubois knocking out anthonyjoshua in front of a huge w

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peter mandelson was a cabinet minister in the governments of tony blair and gordon brown, and is seene victory in 1997. he'll take up his new role as donald trump enters the white house. here's our political correspondent helen catt. peter mandelson has been a familiar face in the labour party for decades. he was one of the driving forces behind the creation of new labour in the 1990s, a trusted adviser to tony blair with a reputation as a master of spin. he'd been rumoured as a potential candidate for a while, but had been cagey when asked about being the ambassador. would you be interested if you were asked? - i would be very interested, indeed, in giving advice about trade to whoever is appointed. elected as the mp for hartlepool in 1992, peter mandelson went on to serve in tony blair's cabinet, but was forced to resign twice. in the noughties, he went to brussels as the european trade commissioner before returning as business secretary under gordon brown. it's his experience of trade that is one of the reasons behind his appointment as ambassador. donald trump has talked of imposi

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need. gordon is professor of international law, a queen mary university in london. he joins us from london. we hoped to have had a guest from the world food program, but they withdrew just before we began recording this program anyway. and they have a welcome to both you. i will, it's not with you your a frequent visits to god god. so give us some idea as to what conditions are actually like right now on the ground in terms of food security. there is no security adrian. i was in guys uh, earlier this month actually. and when we say there is no food security, by that i mean that families can't feed their children fresh fruits or vegetables. they don't know where their next meal is going to come from us. we are talking about a source of protein. there is no sources of protein that people can even buy on the market. if we're talking about something very basic like flour, there has been for weeks now a flour crisis in central and southern gaza that has been so severe so dire that in some instances, people are trying to get bread from the bakeries are being crushed to de

lorna gordon, bbc news, turnberry. part to mark the end of hong kong�*s panda festival. it could be an ongoing for the last few months, it seen 2500 sculptures dotted around hong kong. this dysplasia is set to go on for ten minutes. —— this display is set to go on for ten minutes. hello, there. well, there are more travel issues again today because of the mist and the fog. that�*s likely to linger on again for most of us across many parts of england and wales, particularly towards the south. but further north, then, we�*re seeing the breeze start to pick up, and that sets the tone for the rest of the weekend. tomorrow is looking a lot brighter, although there will be some more rain across the far north of the uk. and you can see already some rain across northern ireland and scotland this morning. high pressure still dominant further south, so the mist and the fog just likely to linger on for many. we could start to see some breaks in it. a little bit of clearance across the north midlands and into north wales perhaps a

congratulations, gordon. your good name has made a difference. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: you are recognized. mr. burchett: i rise to honor airmen who were lost, lieutenant colonel parker, laurence gabby, captain seymour -- james spearman, captain andrew weber, technical sergeant gauge seymour, technical sergeant josh osborn and senior airman jonah parham. on april 13, 2024, iran launched a value vote of missiles and drones at israel. this marks the -- marked the first time the company struck israel from within iranian territory and ewas the single largest drone attack carried out by any country. they took off and offleaded -- offloaded tens of thousands of gallons of fuel to make sure they remained airborne. 99% of the missiles were intercepted due to the actions of those 11 brave airmen. it's my honor to recognize these 11 a

next gordon, thank you. >> it leads to a trustable system that is able to complete our goals of predicting, preparing, protecting, and preventing the next pandemic. to me that is reward enough. >> sandra: more than a million americans killed, trillions of dollars spent, yet no real accountability over missteps and the handling of the covid pandemic. a final meeting today bringing new light to failures in the investigation. what can the incoming trump of administration do to get americans the answers they deserve? mollie hemingway with the details. jason! boop! friends. let's go, let's go, friends! hold onto your dice. woohoo!! -nice frosting, pratt. -thank you! how we doin', keke? tastes like money to me. i can't go back to jail! wait, did you rob my bank? -hehe. -are we winning!? -ha ha ha! -oh boy! yeah! money, power, friendship. let's go! i hear it all the time. people tell me they'd love to buy gold. but because it's gold, they think it must be complicated. it isn't. not with rosland capital. with roslan

max gordon fox business. >> the city of vallejo announced today they are putting together their nextn, which is required by the u.s. department of housing and urban development. the plan is designed to help states and local jurisdictions address affordable housing, homelessness, special needs populations and community development. this will help vallejo make decisions using funding from the office of community planning and development. the plan will cover the period from july 1st, 2025 to june 30th, 2030. >> not only did we reclaim the white house, we also took back the us senate. >> donald trump addresses a crowd in arizona today. the key takeaway from his first rally style speech since being reelected. >> and we spent time with san francisco mayor london breed as she reflects on her time at city hall. why, she says one of her proudest moments came in one of the darkest times for the city, plus a deadly attack on a christmas market has shaken germany. >> what investigators know about the person, they say carried out the assault and a possible motive. >> coming up later in sports, we

gordon chang joins me now. is that count one, focusing on energy to turn the screws on china?y, todd. it is number one thing to do with russ ian threat. we have european countries submissive to the kremlin, they need lng from russia. what we have in biden administration is pause on permitting of new facilities. day one of the trump administration, we can sell lng to europe and of course to our allies in asia, specifically japan and south korea. this is what the trump administr administration wanted to do first term. >> todd: china is battling economic stagnation, w"wall street journal" writing, millions of young chinese struggle to find jobs and many migrant workers are notes getting paid and beijing is bracing for return to white house with president-elect trump promise of heavy tariffs likely to heap more stress on the chinese economy. they mention tariffs. how much will donald trump tariffs force china hand to do what we want? >> those tariffs can force china to do what we want and the reason is xi jinping, chinese leader, his goal is to rescue the chinese economy with fore

so do you have more that you would like after hearing director gordon's comments?earn how things shake out. but i'm cognizant of the fact of any govern's responsibility and we're getting in budget season, we're in storm season. i want to make sure that we're one, we're reporting director short but also with relative newly commission, i also want to make sure that we're setting the right tone for the department. i think again, today it demos traited, --demonstrated, we got a good plan. but if there is anymore i would encourage you to please leverage this commission as it is our responsibility. >> great, thank you. any other comments or requests for new business? for today's meeting anyway. all right, please open this item to public comment. >> members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment on item 6, new business initialed by commissioners may line up against the wall to the audience to the left. if comments from outside of the chamber, press the raise your hand in the webinar or star 3 on your phone to be recognized. there is no one in the chamber

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at half—time thanks to a brilliant strike from alexander isak and then led again through anthony gordon it for liverpool, he scored twice, put them ahead for the first time, only for schar�*s late strike to get a share of the points — 3—3 it finished. it was again a great game to watch. so this is what we do lately. with the exception of us not winning today because the last few times we won. but there were moments in the game that i thought, "ok, if we go away with the draw, i am happy about it," before the end, 3—2 up, but of course it is a disappointment. there was a feeling that, when you play liverpool,

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stuart: max gordon in the middle of it.d tying up loose ends. kurt volcker comments on benjamin netanyahu dealing with hostages and the cease-fire. john tapper on trump admitting lowering grocery prices will be very hard. senator warren sympathizing with united healthcare ceo killing. the 11:00 hour is next. ♪ ♪ is just one thing i need ♪ i don't care about the present ♪ underneath the christmas tree ♪ i don't need to pay my stocking ♪ on the fireplace ♪ santa claus (singing) i'll be home for christmas. >> everything is setting up to really have a super charged economy and stock market. you talk about the rally and i think it's got moving really long legs. >> wants to get government that allows capitalists

>> gordon is 100% right. this is a huge issue. built by america. panama gave us independence because america supported it. the canal was in the american sector, the american zone in panama. after they destroyed our fleet at pearl harbor, moving ships from the atlantic to the pacific and retake the pacific islands and when the war in the pacific. it cuts weeks off the travel time. right now, it is amazing, david, we have let the chinese get a port on each side of the canal. they could shut the canal down tomorrow. even if they do not the espionage that can be run is just staggering. keep in mind no such thing as a private company in china. every company is required to report to the government of china the communist party of china. right now, the communist chinese run the canal. the canal treaty which we gave, generously gave the canal back. a lot of people including ronald reagan were opposed to. we generously gave it back to them. the canal has to remain neutral. they extra -- they have switched it to china. putting china both ends of the canal. th

that elder john gord's record of thearriage, the screen, their elder john gordon was the mi of the six principal baptist church. love the name of that church of east greenwich rhode island. elder gorton had also married ben's younger sister hannah. hannah was also married to one. and solomon was a comrade of ben's in black regiment. all right. so a year after his marriage, however, ben, frank, a pivotal decision. so let's review his life up to this point. he's 18, 19 years old. he's married with a family to support. he's serving with an army that could not afford to clothe or feed him. he and fellow soldiers are called the naked, ragged, lousy regiment. he survived the miserable winter valley forge. he fought in two major battles and on both his regiments had to retreat. he had lost comrades at both. at this point, he may have been convinced that the americans could not win the war. so what did he do? he deserted in march of 1780. ben deserted from the carmel army. it wasn't uncommon for revolutionary war soldiers to leave their companies and regiments for home. one fifth to one third

former adviser also to gordon brown. claude murray a former european member of parliament.on a couple from the conservatives. joanne cash, co—founder of... people will be pouring in with those names. the nominations for the leader of the conservative party going into the house of lords. zoe ball has described presenting radio 2's breakfast show as "an absolute privilege", as she signed off for the last time. the 54—year—old announced her departure in november, after six years behind the mic. kylie minogue and david tennant were among the stars on her final programme. here's our culture reporter noor nanji. another day, another destiny. one final show from me, zb. onlyjoking, i'm not going to sing! let's have some daft punk. and so it began, zoe ball's last radio 2 show, filled with tributes, including from her colleagues. i am going to miss waking up with you every single morning. my massive cavalier hat is doffed to you. you are an absolute gem. she also reflected on what it all meant to her. it's been such a gift to show can do this show, to follow wonderful terry and of