to be changed. >> on the new jersey side of the holland tunnel, a wreath covers the "o" in holland perfectly this time of year like it was designed for that spot. another wreath covers the "u" in tunnel snugly. and then there's the tree. >> you're creeping up inch by inch, and that tree is just staring at you, and you go, how is that not in the right place? >> the right place for the tree, cory windelspecht says, is over the preceding "a," which would, he says... >> seem to fit a tree shape perfectly. ( laughter ) >> trevor: yo, yo, ladies, ladies, find you a man who cares about you as much as this guy cares about the holland tunnel's christmas decorations. ( laughter ) now, this guy's been so serious, and he's pushed so hard, that the state has said they're actually going to consider changing the decorations. but i can only imagine all the new jersey bureaucracy that's going to be involved. you know. it's going to be people in new jersey being like, "you got to fill out form w-7j, but because it's jersey ,it's going to be like on the form you got a (bleep) problem, tough guy? followed by fo

frank holland is back with those. >> good morning.rending story is about the top trending topics of 2018. at least according to google the top trending search was the world cup. goal followed by avicii and mac miller, two of the sadder stories. the world cup got the top spot again. it just beat out hurricane florence and the mega millions i goinged that myself about a thousand times >> you also were in the field reporting on it. what when it came to sear-- wheo searches of people, it was led by meghan markle and demi lovato here's a question, are you particular about your holiday decorations? >> i am. i try to keep it minimal i like the artwork, everything else maybe have a couple wreaths around the house and a tree with lights that's it. >> other people have different tastes one commuter is upset about the holland tunnel's christmas spirit, that the christmas tree is not over the "a" in holland he started a change.org petition which has thousands of signatures he says this is all in service of making his commute just a bit easier on

panel is warming up but first ever get the feeling you're being watched it's not your imagination holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our t. america. the wireless phone carrier asks for your permission to list your number or your addressed or to expose you to promotional emails but where you are calling from is out there too and third parties that pay to know your whereabouts include credit card companies seeking to stop fraud and roadside assistance services like aaa who want to ride to your rescue but who else knows where you are even if you're not using a device you are still being tracked internet connected cameras are everywhere the surveillance in those jason bourne movies is not a stretch you could be photographed hundreds of times today and the amazon is marketing its facial recognition technology recognition with a k two businesses and law enforcement anyone with an amazon web services account and a credit card can purchase it that's disturbing and off mit media lab tests found that amazon's algorithm performed worse identifying women and people with dark skin t

take us back in time before technology disrupted business as usual should we fear the future i'm holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our team america. that driverless car we are told is just several years younger sounds like a wondrous technology breakthrough but don't tell that the tax. drivers there are still fuming over over in lift a.t.m.'s automated your bankers several decades ago in your supermarket cashier is now likely a robot too but with convenience comes next because it's human nature to resist change how fast are things changing and how well are we coping let's ask dr deborah johnson olson professor emeritus of applied ethics at the university of virginia she has also taught at rensselaer polytechnic and georgia institute of technology she published one of the first textbooks on computer ethics back in one nine hundred eighty five and she has published on a whole range of topics related the ethical social and policy implications of technology especially information technology deborah welcome. thank you i'm glad to be here we mentioned the autonomous robo ca

very interesting holland cook tech buff and host of the big picture right here on r.t. america thanks ali go back and mash. and that's it for this time thanks for watching you can get boom bust on directv channel three twenty one dish network channel two a week or streaming twenty four seven on pluto t.v. a free t.v. app channel one thirty two or as always you can catch us at youtube dot com slash boom bust our to so long for now. the way to the united states is dangerous for most of the illegal immigrants. clubs who are gun owners just as they would a simple so they want to become lost and then try and i've learned the lessons from this stuff but as many of them look for refuge in the so-called sing tree sides the draft used to share information about undocumented migrants with federal authorities how to best person as band. listen to morrow and then head up next time i get i'm in a lot of class and i want that. they had a lot of the options to stay in the country with donald trump in the one time. political rivals they both said he what if he had to be about to do. a

that's grilli good advice for consumers holland thanks i mean those deals obviously cover of domestic usa footprint but what about elsewhere in the world well well worth a comparison shopping there to that google five data plan works in over one hundred seventeen countries and territories there's free unlimited international texting voice calls or twenty cents a minute but it seems academic because we use face time a lot rather than calling we work with a lot of people like here at our team from other countries and you see them at odd hours domestically but normal hours back home simply face timing without consuming any major phone charges another option if you're traveling to europe or the big four either aren't available or the roaming charges aren't affordable services like cellular abroad offer a sim card you can put in your unlocked phone and if you call india a lot here's a website you want to check out it's called whistle out dot com whistle out dot com where you can comparison shop deals for calls to india. hey holland i want to ask you for a book and the boom bust show today

about the print predicament how papers are faring in the digital world with host of the big picture holland book and later we go to the united kingdom and talk of metals silver and gold and even kryptos with andrew why are the c.e.o. of close stars go lodestar all that directly had but first let's get some headlines let's go. to the end of an era in european monetary policy it leads our global report today as a european central bank declares the policy of quantitative easing will end this month the controversial policy abbreviated as q.e. began of march of two thousand and fifteen resulted in the e.c.b. purchases of bonds costing over two point six trillion euros it's about three trillion u.s. dollars and other market moving news the e.c.b. lowered its official euro zone growth projections for twenty eight thousand and twenty nineteen earlier today e.c.b. president mario draghi quite remarkably claimed or conceded i guess at times that the policy has been quote the only driver of this recovery mr draghi also reflected on the upcoming twentieth anniversary of the introduction of the euro cal

when i conclude my comments, going to ask that i can allow senator holland to speak. there is no such thing as a good shutdown. i was encouraged to hear the progress made about a half an hour ago. the majority leader democratic leader talked about discussions that are taking place. we hopee that later this evenin, we will have an agreement that can passen the senate and house will be signed by the president. i want to make this clear. any government shutdown is on acceptable. it costs taxpayers money and it inconveniences the public and it certainly is not fair tout our federal workforce. this particular shutdown will affect 800,000 of our employees. about half have to work but not get a paycheck. habout half will be furloughed without compensation. i am very proud of the federal workforce that live in the state of maryland. my colleagues should recognize that 85% of the federal employees did and work outside of thees washington d.c. area. this affects each one of our state people who are working in each one of our states. i also would like to point out, 30% of the fe

frank holland in lexington for . us toni >> reporter: these are hemp flowers, the m rawerial for cabbedle known as cbd touted as a treatment for a number of conditions. it's a budding business generated 590 million in u.s. sales this year and projected to blossom into a $22 billion industry by 2022. >> we aemeady know thed is there for the cbd. basically this market is exploding. and it will be -- it will be growing astronomically or geometrically. >> bill hill yard is a ceo of a any banking hemp will replace tobago as the cash crop of kentucky. depending on president trump signing the farm ll, making it federally legal. >> the profit margins are on the average hemp crop f exceeds an excellent tobacco crop. >> growing hemp for brent and other farmers in the bluegrass state has been legal since 2013 under a state program.he is a plant similar to marijuana but doesn't get you high. >> hemp growers will tell you they can make the same amount of money with average hemp crop as they could make with a successful. tobacco c

about the tunnel's holiday decor. >> so let's look at the holland tunnel. >> holland tunnel. >> the >> people think the christmas tree over the "n" should be over the "a." >> ocd nightmare. >> that looks so stupid. >> how is that not in the right place? >> he is not happy with how they've decked the halls. >> i get why that's air fitting. >> the city's port authority thinking what they think. >> 21,000 people chose between these four options, and this afternoon, we learned what their decision was. >> the winning option is to move the christmas tree with its triangular form over to the "a" congruent with the "a" pursuant to our commuter's suggestion. >> in other words, option "c" for the win. the tree will be moved tonight. with the votes tall yesterday, it is time for some healing. surely this story has taken a heavy toll on all of us. but our connections run deep, because we're all headed in the same direction. so let's stop with all the pile-ones and move forward together. and remember, voters, even if you didn't get your way this time, this too shall easy pass. oh, boy. that's al

frank holland has those. what's trending today?over cleveland after that tweet >> he gets no love >> we will start off with hollywood news a flood of new releases at the movies this weekend. one film made a bigger splas than all the others. we're talking about aquaman. >> i see what you did there. >> it was a moment aquaman topping the competition debuting with 67.4 million the warner brothers flick easily swam past mary poppins returns >> dropping them >> and the transformers sequel bumble bee aquaman arrived in the u.s. theaters after becoming a juggernaut overseas where it grossed more than 400 million in three weeks. this is a business story super heroes going nowhere, big in the box office. a slate of them next year, avengers, miss marvel, could be big for the movies and the streaming services >> my daughter said the movie was not great but extremely long >> i'm not a dc person >> you're marvel >> dc is batman, superman and aquaman. >>> the u.s. government may be in partial shutdown mode but that won't stop the military helpin

leaders before him, francois hollande, nicolas sarkozy, we re francois hollande, nicolas sarkozy, wereeveryone knew it wouldn't be easy, but this was something maybe he wouldn't predict in terms of the level of protest, they are widespread, many groups, not one union, and it started out about fuel tax, that was becoming more widespread, sucking up all sorts of issues people have issues with in front. yes, interesting to see whether he goes back to the socialist party —— in france. the centre—left and the centre—right of french politics, trying to gain a coalition with how things will be done. the far left and right have called for a dissolution of parliament. they want an election. they want to go against macron. so whether the new politics has to go back to the old politics. it is interesting because macron's position himself as the leader of europe, as angela merkel is edging away from the domestic politics and the international stage, and he is trying to position himself on the global stage, and as he sees this domestic crisis, we've mentioned angela merkel is disappearing from view

one wreath was over the "o" in holland -- - which makes sense. the tree covered the "n" instead of the "a" and the second wreath covered the "u" in tunnel. but 41-point-six percent voted to move the christmas tree from the "n" to the "a," and removing the second wreath over the "u." the port authority also announced that, given the extreme level of interest on the tunnel's decorations, it may host a design competition in 2019. ( robin ) still to come on the kron4 morning news... the latest on a tesla model s that caught fire not once, but twice in the south bay. ( robin ) and then... san jose officials have approved two locations for emergency housing in the city. (ácommercialá)

here same time next week and in the meantime i'm at holland cook on twitter where if you follow me i follow you merry christmas and question. i had a great education a good job and a family that loved me. i never had to worry about how i would eat and where i would sleep. but i'm facing christmas alone on the streets of london. you know the snow still give out food for the. city to be feeling next to the big you know. and then. the guy just came over to me soon gave me a change of this book. the relations between the u.s. and e.u. are in tora with uncertainties. and calls for a new european army are the tensions temporary or a major divide in the making i talked to matthew boris a veteran cia analyst and a former national intelligence councilor who's also taking part in the m.r. tag conference two thousand and eighteen. the u.s. and european. leaders president trading jabs. and. what needs to happen to heal the transatlantic rift. thanks a lot for being with us today it's great to meet you in person because i know we've done this over the satellite. things have changed from the last

frank holland.ll him francis any more >> you can do it >> i know him well >> moving on start with president trump just when you thought he couldn't surprise you again or couldn't surprise you his tweets he has taken thrown back thursday to a new level. check out what he posted on twitter late yesterday ♪ farm living is the life for me ♪ >> president signed the farm bill by tweeting out a video of him singing the theme song to the '60s sitcom "green acres." mullally tweeted, if you guys need me, i'll be in a hole in the ground >> i remember watching it because my father loved that show we used to watch the reruns on nick at nite or wherever they were i remember that theme song in my hand >> i can sing the whole song i'm not going to >>> well, apparently oat milk is a thing and it has fans and those people are now facing a crisis this holiday season a very serious edition of trending oatly announcing it's out of stock until january 9th. they're paying more than $1,200 for a pack on amazon they are in

frank holland has that >>> starbucks plans to expand coffee delivery in the u.s.tnership with uber eats the company will grow its delivery service in china. those announcements coming at starbucks investor day where the company also trimmed its long-term annual growth earning target from 12% to 10% we'll hear from the ceos of starbucks and uber today at 9:00 a.m. eastern and 6:00 p.m. >>> lvmh is expanding its empire striking a deal to buy luxury hotel group belmond for 2.6 billion. it will pay $25 a share, a 40% premium to yesterday's closing price. belmond owns more than 40 hotels, restaurants, river cruise ships and trains. shares of lvmh are down in paris, belmond is trading up 40%. >>> costco is unpressure the warehouse club reporting better than expected first quarter earning obsers on a jumn same-store sales brian, back over to you. >> i have to tell you, that lvmh/bell mondmond days. those are european names, but it's like macy's buying hilton totally changes your entire business model >> they're both luxury brands. >> they wanted to sell you purses and ve

from holland consulting inc. hawk engineering who is the older for the contract and sustainable wattster shed design and sustainable watershed designs are certified lpes. after we received the response, we conteened a review panel for all subject matter experts. we had a member from ocii, public works and two developers. it was selected because they met all of the r.f.p. criteria. the panel received positive reports of previous working relationships. fees were determined to be fair and reasonable. the panel found they were qualified to perform the required services. they have extensive experience with large infrastructure projects including transit center, central subway, extension and other projects. it is a one-year agreement with options for two additional one year expenses with a contracted of $1.7 million. before i conclude or my voice concludes, i would like to introduce members of the holland team present today. first we have the principal in charge of holland consulting, second we have mr. derrick cooper,

on the new jersey side of the holland tunnel, a wreath covers the "o" in holland perfectly this timeigned for that spot. another wreath covers the "u" in tunnel snugly. and then there's the tree. >> creeping up inch by inch and that tree is staring at you and you go, how is that not in the right place? >> the right place for the tree is over the preceding "a" which would, he says -- >> seem to fit a tree shape perfectly. >> you know, ladies, ladies, find you a man who cares about you as much as this guy cares about the holland tunnel christmas decorations. >> what's his name, trevtrevor? what's his name? i see what point he's making. that's irritating. >> people that have not been stuck in traffic in the holland tunnel. inch by inch when you're moving in traffic. because it is terrible, the traffic. >> need feng shui when sitting there waiting for the holland tunnel. >>> all of the letters are neatly arranged in their proper places. here are three things you should know. the education department is canceling $150 million in federal student loan debt. starting today, the department wi

next jake gyllenhaal and tom holland.we have your attention. >> the two were at comic con in brazil promoting their latest "spider-man" movie. they're just going to keep making those. holland shared a video on instagram and this happened. >> hey, what's up, everyone? firstly, thank you to everyone in brazil. it's been a fantastic day. the whole "spider-man" cast is so -- jake. what are you doing? >> just drying my hands. >> okay. >> that was totally not staged. that's really -- it's cool. it's all right. "spider-man far from home" is set to hit theaters in july. jake gyllenhaal just joined instagram, by the way. i was noticing over the weekend. already at 7 million followers and he's only posted like one -- >> and you're one of them. >> yeah. >>> turning now to our index of other news. and mariah carey set to be far, far away from times square this new year's eve. >> the self-proclaimed queen of christmas has revealed she'll be ringing in the new year with a performance at a resort in st. barts surrounded by family and fr

when i conclude my comments are less consent that i lost senator van holland to speak. . . . sident, there is no such thing as a good shut down, and i certainly was encouraged to hear the progress we made, i guess about a half an hour ago, when the majority leader and the democratic leader talked about discussions that are taking place. we hope that later this evening we will have an agreement that can pass the senate and the can pass the senate and the >> i want to make this clear any government shutdown is unacceptable costing taxpayers money, and certainly it isn't fair to the federal workforce. this particular shutdown would affect 800,000 employees of the federal workforce. half would not get a paycheck. madam president i am very proud of the federal workforce from the state of maryland but my colleagues should recognize that they live and work outside the dc area. also over 30 percent of the federal workforce are veterans and are now serving the country. let me tell what you are in for. without legislation being enacted the individuals that are required to work will hav

. >> seth: i want to ask you -- you have a very popular knlevision show in holland.new york and be a little bit more anonymous? >> that is actually very nice for a while, yeah. 'cause i've been -- i've been the show for four years now. and it's getting worse and worse. i mean, walking down the street is, most of the time it's fun. i mean you can probably relate. >> seth: of course. >> people say some nice things. but there was one embarrassing just happened to me recently. i was in a bar in amsterdam. you lived in amsterdam so you know these bars.>> eth: yes. >> yeah. >> seth: yeah. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> by the way, you learned everything you know from comedy, you learn in aterdam. >> seth: that's true. i have a real -- there's a dutch chord to everything i do. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> yes. so you learned -- you mastered your skills. and you got back to the states, made the big bucks and became famous.>> eth: yeah. >> so you owe the dutch tax authorities a lot of money.e >> seth: i h pay taxes -- >> yes. >> seth: -- on my success? because -- >> yes.

holland and belgium our nearest neighbours who have euthanasia system, we have seen people who have been euthanised but because they are terminally ill, not because they are in great pain, but because they are suffering from psychiatric conditions, from deafness, blindness, and even anorexia. we know the current law is the safest law. it says that regardless of your physical ability or disability, we will treat you all the same. everybody is entitled to the same legal protections and that is why parliament only a couple of years ago voted emphatically to reject changing the law. parliament's change of course, politicians change, public perceptions of issues change, public perceptions of issues change, but would you say to somebody in noel conway's position of all of his legal options are now exhausted but he feels because of the condition he has and condition to which the medical world can offer no relief for this generation of sufferers, reveals that he is sitting in a body that no longer cooperates, that is slowly killing him, he knows how this will end and it will not end well for him

next someone needs to address the fact the holland tunnel doesn't go to holland, it goes to newark. that's false advertising. here's another controversial thing. this happened in oregon, brookings, oregon. the wind made it appear that the festive inflatables were interacting conjugalily while the others cheered them on. a blow-up snowman orgy in front of taco bell. in more whole some news, when the hallmark channel released movies more than anyone could watch, they released 21 christmas movies. this year they made 38, 38 christmas movies. how can there be that many? you know how many movies about hanukkah they made? none, zero. nonikah. hallmark has been overstuffing our stockings with these movies for years now. it's their thing and people like it, i guess. as a time saver, we did some create i. consolidation. we took all the movies, we chopped them up, to make one giant tv movie masterpiece. and here it is. >> sunday, december 23rd at 8:00, hollywood star johnny blake thought he had it all. >> my dad got sick. >> i never get sick, bud. >> this christmas, shoes are a girl's best fr

frank holland takes us behin the scenes at a facility in edison, new jersey. >>> the e-commerce boom has this fedex facility busier than ever. >> it's a huge impact on the holiday shipping season and also a year-round phenomenon. >> reporter: the company predicting it will deliver more than 400 million parcels, packages and products between thanksgiving and christmas, breaking its record from 2017. >> the volumes and the peak season start to accelerate earlier every year as e-commerce grows. >> reporter: u.p.s. and the post office expect to ship a record amount this holiday season. for thanksgiving week, cyber week, and the week after, all three getting high marks for on-time delivery. fedex hit 95%. the average for the rest of the year is 98%. >> definitely growing. we can handle the volume. we are looking at new ways to automate to handle more of the volume. >> reporter: this automated facility in edison, new jersey, was built in 2016 in response to the e-commerce explosion. fedex says the automation you see here helps the company handle more volume and deliver even bigger packages

we call it the executive recap frank holland has that >> here's what's leading cnbc right now.l meet with german chancellor angela merkel today to discuss concerns expressed by british lawmakers over may's brexit deal this meeting comes after may abruptly delayed a crucial brexit vote that was scheduled for today. >>> and wpp is planning to spend 3$382 million to return itself o growth the ad agency says it plans to reduce the number of agencies it runs and will hire more employees in new york. wpp also telling investors it will maintain and prioritize its dividend over buybacks and deals. >>> a bail hearing to huawei's cfo continues today. the executive spent the weekend in a canadian jail she was arrested on december 1st and is accused of helping huawei dodge u.s. sanctions on iran. >>> and google's ceo will take the hot seat this morning testifying about privacy, transparency and content bias. the company's handling of user data and its development of a search engine in china are likely to be topics of this testimony. back over to you >> thank you very much now let check you

that you failed in france in holland in other places and now look there are liberal globalists they have watched all the charismatic leaders hillary clinton on their can you and i say look here if you examine the last thirty seconds go to you in this block here are you optimistic that the vest or a permanent fixture in political life in france. actually the two point that there is no political party is a can be pretend to be the leader of the. west. and that's probably a good thing yes actually because as soon as he would be a leader. or is desired we need to continue learned you know. movement. clear we'll. most. of the president. function ok let's go ok mccomas go to leave it on that point exactly thank you very much for joining us here we're going to go to way short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on some real news with our. join me every first day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. prosecution will need to become almost. a softball designed to take on where

for nightly business report, frankyl holland. >>> where does that unused money go you might wonder? we wondered. there isn't a universal answer it turns out. different companies handle it differently. many use a specified time. usually between two and five years before they convert the unused gift card funds to revenue. and then if that's not enough some states have unclaimedty prop laws that send some of coffersy to state's aren't you glad you asked. before we go a final look at the day on wamz capping a volatile week. down 76 points on the industrial average. still above 23,000. the nasdaq held on for a 5 point gain and the s&p 500 off 3ts po after all the volatility we saw this week it turned out to be the first up week for the indexesn month. the s&p and the dow gained nearly 3%. the nasdaq climbed by 4. what a week. that i "nightly business report" for tonight. i'm bill griffeth. thank youor watching, everybody. have a great weekend. see you on monday. >> this is "bbc world news america." funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, and kovler founda

i am at holland cook on twitter where if you follow me i'll follow you question more. dress in a survives a no confidence vote but now is a lame duck heartbreaks it looms angle of merkel as an. sounds to room pending political retirement and the menu well moral legitimacy as president of france is in the balance the three pillars of the e.u. are on shaky ground is the euro project suffering a crisis of competence. mind share that's where the the playing field the battlefield of the furniture center so we're at war right now i mean so whether you know it trickles down to bullets and bombs and guns and stuff i mean that's immaterial we're already out war right now it's being played out in our collective unconscious if you wake up in the morning if you feel it was a massive headache it's because china and america are at war in your mind. to do the same. there on the cheap first and then to improve all that come through so let's. get right let's go to his computer he said if we give them everything we have to discuss. this country because this is what we don't understand h

more people behind bars than any other country in the world and that's making some people rich i'm holland cook in washington this is the big picture on r t america. some two point three million americans are in jail or prison right now and some of those facilities are for profit businesses how does the correctional system function as capitalism let's ask paul right to his resume includes washington state prison or jail house lawyer political activist and journalist he's executive director of the human rights defense center co-founder of prison legal news a monthly magazine published in one thousand nine hundred ninety that is prisoner written edited and published and he is co-author of the selling of america and prison profiteers who makes money from mass incarceration and prison nation the warehousing of america's poor he's also the recipient of the society of professional journalist first amendment award paul welcome i think from you on the show because i know our viewers are wondering and to give them context on your perspective how long were you when prison and what was the offense yo

frank holland is back with us for those.t's trending. >> i like that stomp we'll start off with social media news facebook will want to put this one in the dislike column. glassdoor releasing its annual ranking of the best places to work, and facebook is no longer one. part of the scoring formula includes employee satisfaction which fell this year the new number one place to work is bain and company. >> it used to be investment firms and banks when i was getting out of college, maybe this is an interesting change. facebook is idiosyncratic. there are certain issues that it's dealing with, data privacy, that sort of thing >> sounds like morale may be low. now facebook is not even the number one tech company anymore. >>> hollywood's biggest night has a host kevin hart will host the 91st academy awards this february with ratings down for the oscars the last two years, the academy is hoping hart can breathe new life into the broadcast. >> kevin hart is one of the funniest guys out there. the argument has been made the falling ra

frank holland is back with this morning's top trending stories. >> this is the second time you have goneo eat without me. >> we go out once a year. >> dom took everybody to practice. >> when? >> i don't want to talk about. >> when did dom take everybody to breakfast i wasn't invited. >> that's the trend that's happening right now. >>> flights out of gatwick airport. >> dom, i'm on to you. >> well, flights in and out of london's gatwick airport have been suspended for hours, and it's not because of storms like the ones we're expecting in the u.s., it's because two drones were spotted in gatwick's airspace, so far authorities have not been able to ground the drones or even find out who's flying them. this is the second busiest airport in london. imagine jfk or laguardia being shut down here, a mess busy holiday travel season as well >> some idiot with a drone unbelievable. >>> next story, okay, google, remind me of a classic christmas movie. google teamed up with macaulay culkin in its newest ad called home alone again the ad shows a now 38-year-old culkin reprizing his role as kevin mccal

generals holland smith and ulian smith commanding the orce division.dmiral harry hill commanding the task force. sometimes we actually have to dig the japs out of their holes. the island is infested with buried pill boxes. many of them still crawling with japs. these bunkers are so deep and strong that heavy shelling and demolition charges failed to crumble them. many of them are over 20 feet eep. our first prisoners. the wounded are given first aid and then carried by stretchers. with them always are the navy ospital doctors. at the transport, they are lifted from the barges and lowered into the hole. they are taken to the ship's hospital. ot a second is lost. these are marine dead. this is the price we have to pay for a war we didn't want. before it is over, there will be more dead on other attlefields. burial aboard ship for marines illed in action. just to make sure they are not concealing weapons, the prisoners are lined up and their clothes cut away. we give them new ones later. the rest of the island's defending force is dead. none escape. tokyo

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one of those was rob holland, who is stuck in new york with his family. hejoins us now.to 150,000 people have been affected. 1000 flights cancelled over the last three days. as you are hearing from ben schofield, not too bad at all today. a few people sleeping on the floor but nothing like the numbers for the past two nights. so it's very straightforward. if you're one of those 150,000 people and your flight is cancelled, the airline immediately has a duty towards you. you can abandon your trip and say, i will have a refund or you can say, i still want to travel and at that point, the airline has a must do list. it must book your flight on another airline as soon as possible if it can't get you on its own flights. i've been talking to a number of passengers who say, we didn't have anything available after boxing day. while you're waiting for the flight, providing you with a hotel room and it has to your meals. the stories i've been hearing multiple times is that airlines have not always provided all those things. they perhaps been very slow with replacement flights. a nu

that you failed in france in holland in other places and now look there are liberal globalists they have watched all the charismatic leaders hillary clinton can hold on there can you and i say look here if you examine the last thirty seconds go to you in this block here are you optimistic that the vest or a permanent fixture in political life in france. there is no political party is a can be pretend to be the leader of the. west. and that's probably a good thing yes actually because as soon as he would be a leader. or is designed. to continue learned you know. movement. we'll. the president. function but it's ok most go ok mccomas got to leave it on that point at exactly eight thank you very much for joining us here we're going to go to way short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion some real news stay with arkie. you know world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart or we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past

big picture mr holland begs much for joining us now and always love joining the hawks oh and his pleasure having you know i got to start this is staggering when you look at this report the amount of industries that i would any of us ever suspected were really controlled by maybe two maybe three businesses that when you go to the store you assume you know a smorgasbord of companies whether small business medium large you don't just think that oh it's just one or two major corporations for this many different types of products i mean when you see this holland is it is it safe to say that the united states you know running on a capitalist system i mean that's kind of a joke when you think about the actual definition of capitalism is it morphed into a caste system the bigger getting bigger and when you're. me earlier about the funeral homes i had to look this up to get a number right service corporation of america on twelve hundred fifty four funeral homes and a minute ago you talked about what's beneath the surface you'll never see that brand out front of the trusted long as it has they kept

we just talked to senator van holland and he said this is available.e read from his republican counterpart, the whip, john thune. thanks for joining us. it seems that this is available because there might be more common ground than we appreciate. is there? >> i hope that is true, neil. good afternoon. my hope is by the end of the week, friday, the government funding resolution runs until midnight friday, that sometime between now and then that cooler heads will prevail. at the moment, we're at an impasse. that's because the democrats have rejected and blocked funding for border security, for a border wall, something the president has been very committed to and passioned about and widespread support for among republicans in the house and the senate. >> neil: is the $5 billion iron clad figure for you? like the president says. are you of the same mind set, that it's $5 billion or burst? >> i don't think that the president has -- has even said that. he wants $5 billion. the department of homeland security says that's what they need. that's what we ought t