i suspect that before you ever get to the icc, the people of syria are probably going to want him to return home and stand judgment for his crimes in syria. not transferring himself from the legs. my point being should he ever decide he's willing to face accountability should the russians decide they don't want to continue to harbor a war criminal, there may be a whole range of people in line to hold him accountable for his actions. >> maybe ago commitment to israel for assad and like of assad should be brought in front of them? >> again, i think it is, it takes too narrow of a view of the ways in which he could be held accountable for his crimes by just focusing on the icc. i do suspect whatever comes out of wake of past 48 hours there's a demand by the syrian people he return to syria and face justice for his crimes. and that's a court of first jurisdictions before it gets to them. come together overall question, i know we have a disagreement with other countries around the world, but this has been a long standing good faith disagreement about the sanction expire and do you think t

neither wants to play in the other�*s country, and so the icc has announced they won't have to.g with the champions trophy early next year, india will play their matches on neutral territory rather than in pakistan, where the event is being staged. but the solution doesn't come without further problems, as our cricket reporter henry morean explains. it's going to be a logistical nightmare. let's make no mistakes about it. you're going to reach a position where it'll likely hurt — india are one of the strongest sides in the world. they'll be well in line for a position in the semifinals and, indeed, the final. what do you do in that situation? do you have two venues prepared for two closing ceremonies prepared? and all of the different logistical headaches that come with setting up major events at the back end of a sporting tournament... you're going to see the potential that two venues are going to have to be prepared. do you sell two sets of tickets for a potentialfinal? and it is all going to be part of the headache for the icc in organising the latter stage notjust of this up

countries around the world that this has been a long-standing good faith disagreement about where the iccere it is not based on the fact that there is no recognized palestinian state. >> do you see the sanctions are going to expire on the 20th. do you think this should be expired now that the regime is no longer. >> i don't have any announcements on that today we will continue to watch what happens and make our decisions moving forward. >> can you talk about the u.s. alliance which is. >> there has been no change in our posture with respect to support to the stf they continue to be a vital partner in the fight against isis mac and they will continue to be so. >>. >> there's been no change with respect to anything and i will defer to my colleagues at the pentagon for that. >> is anyone checked in on the status of the embassy connecting. >> a couple things with respect to that question the checks were still protecting power but the checks have last there embassy in damascus. so that's beyond my grasp unfortunately. we have taken steps to our embassy and we believe our embassy, which of cour

the icc see opened in economic analysis. a yale professor won the nobel prize on climate economics. you probably have never heard a summary of his work either. we went from a 50% increase in atmospheric co2 unit the current rate of warming we will warm another degree tread into surgery. there's a wide range of economic analysis and who knows what the world will be like in 80 years but the range of projection of the impacts from this continued warming range between 0.2% and 2% reduction in per the income three generations from now. so we are going to lose as few months may be a year of economic growth in the next 80 years. is that a crisis today? is that justification for all sorts of government policy change is? now look to. up to that what i call the true energy crisis today also stuff you don't hear about much a third of humanity, 2.5 billion people cook their daily meals burning wood done in agricultural waste inside of their homes and huts. i've been to many these places around the world to the world health organization estimates around 3 million people are killed every year but

at his wife i led calls for the white house to speak out against the corrupt icc. it's why for years i've been a leading proponent and partner to president trump in his a stork support for israeli independence and security. and it's also why i led the fight against the anti-semitism in our higher education institution. last year i demanded congress host a public hearing to hold college and universities accountable for their moral failures. let me ask you, how many of you saw that hearing with university presidents? i said university presidents, they are no former university presidents. and let me tell you it's not just you in this room. the world saw that hearing and i want to take you into that moment. my question was the last question of the hearing, the most junior member of the committee yielded me her remaining three minutes and i ask questions earlier going back and forth with the president of harvard, now former president, and i was not getting direct answers. so when thinking to that last question, which about that and pencil to myself, i thought how can i

england battersjoe root and harry brook have been shortlisted for the icc men's cricketer of the yeart is the number one—ranked test batter in the men's game, but was briefly displaced by team—mate brook earlier this year. the pair played a starring role in the third test in pakistan in october, scoring england's highest—ever test partnership of 454. australia test captain pat cummins said their win over india was "right at the top" of the greatest games he's played in for australia. the boxing day test at the mcg came down to a thrilling late finish on day five, with australia winning by 184 runs to go 2—1 up in the series. joe wilson has the story of how it unfolded. when australia began the final session of this test, melbourne's first cricket ground was nearing capacity again. but they still needed seven wickets. india just needed seven wickets. india just needed to be patient. that has never been his strength. yes, that was just the start. india six down. was nathan lion into it? don't stop believing. he never needs to be told. but they were still batting on 84 and was given not

i think you meant yoav gallant, the other former defense minister mentioned by the icc, fired tryingthe war in gaza. >> yes. >> he said back in july. >> yes. >> that should end. we know benny gantz was the other defense minister in opposition. want to bring in matt crawly from "the new york times" -- michael crawly, chief diplomatic correspondent. damp did not explain what all hell to pay but seems to be echos what he said in mar-a-lago last july when netanyahu was visiting him saying do what you have to do, go in hard, finish it off in gaza and it seems to be without specifics here. >> very lacking in specifics, andrea, and, you know, it's really not clear how president trump is going to handle israel and these conflicts had the middle east. he makes these very bellicose statements on the one hand. on the other hand he talks about trying to wrap up the fighting very quickly, getting it over with, getting it settled. seemingly very contradictory. you know, when he talks about, you know, these consequences and all hell breaking loose you have to ask yourself even if he was going to fo

you have the icc, icj, all of these things that the world is seeing and is being documented, in some somehow, our own government, our own state department, our own department of defense, which has much more robust capabilities of tracking this information is somehow ambivalent whenever you ask the state department about it, you get a response that is we haven't come to any conclusions yet, we haven't made any determinations yet, and here we are 14 months into this, and still no clarity, no insight from the government. what do you have that would perhaps change their calculation? >> yeah, the assertion of the state department that effectively not one single unit of the israeli security forces has committed a single gross human rights violation that qualifies to ban them from receiving u.s. assistance is so preposterous in the face of the evidence that really we don't need to do much more, other than show that they have failed to ever hold one single unit ineligible for aid. but we also have members of the state department, former officials of the state department whose job it was to o

at his wife i led calls for the white house to speak out against the corrupt icc.y for years i've been a leading proponent and partner to president trump in his a stork support for israeli independence and security. and it's also why i led the fight against the anti-semitism in our higher education institution. last year i demanded congress host a public hearing to hold college and universities accountable for their moral failures. let me ask you, how many of you saw that hearing with university presidents? i said university presidents, they are no former university presidents. and let me tell you it's not just you in this room. the world saw that hearing and i want to take you into that moment. my question was the last question of the hearing, the most junior member of the committee yielded me her remaining three minutes and i ask questions earlier going back and forth with the president of harvard, now former president, and i was not getting direct answers. so when thinking to that last question, which about that and pencil to myself, i thought how can i ask this

or being under icc, the international criminal court jurisdiction. we saw ukraine do this as well. we don't know if that's on the cards at the moment. and all of this clearly a very long, drawn out process. but at least now syrians are entering the phase where they can start to really think about how they go about getting justice for what they've been through. jake. >> amazing. clarissa ward in damascus, thank you so much. another important report. let's bring in kareem shaheen. he's a writer and editor for new lines magazine focused on the middle east. he's covered syria for years, including the chemical attack in syria in 2017. kareem. so where did all the assad loyalists go? the prison guards, the police, the government officials? do you do you think they're in hiding? did they flee? are they are they trying to camouflage themselves? what do you think yes. >> so a number of them are in hiding. obviously, the the rebels also gave a general amnesty to most of the conscripts. a lot of them just shared uniforms. and one other difficulty is that former

what do you support to stand in for the icc with crimes against humanity? >> we support the work of the icc obviously have disagreed hold on hold on. we do support let me answer the question. let me answer the question. i was addressing that before he interrupted me we have a jurisdictional dispute with them as it relates to cases against israel. that's it long dispute with that said we have made it clear we support broadly their work despite this jurisdictional dispute when it comes to israel. with that said, when it comes to assad i suspect before you ever get to the icc the people of syria will want him to return home and stand judgment for his crime in syria. [inaudible] >> i doubt he's going to -- --mickey's not going to return home from russia i doubt he's going to transfer himself to the hague at leaving the russian protection. my point being, should he ever decide to face accountability or should the russians decide they do not want to harbor a war criminal there may be a whole range of people in line to hold him accountable for his actions. do you

but if one is talking about legal process and the icc�*s investigations, the international criminal courtand there are people, and we know it from october 7th, there are people in gaza who have an absolutist ideology which led them to mass killing, egregious mass killing on october 7th. in your portrait of palestinian society, we don't meet any character with that philosophy, that approach. is it because you don't want to engage with them or it doesn't fit the narrative, or what? i mean, first of all, i base this on the majority of palestinians i know and i have met. and also for me, this is, erm, this is a story that's an exploration of the real life conditions and circumstances and experiences that drive people to make the choices they make and take the actions they take, not to investigate or glorify, or whatever it is, any act or ideology. so i'm not so interested in the groups or... i'm interested in... in the human dynamics that drive people. erm... one thing i wanted to pick up on that i think it's really important for all of us to consider is what is happening to the next generati

ministry of foreign affairs has submitted an appeal against the arrest warrant issued are issued by the iccgain late in the week. temperatures returning to the seasonal norm. with this wedge of warmer air, there is a lot of cloud and mistand murk and rain piling into the north and west of scotland. the orange colours are right across the board indicating milder temperatures above the seasonal norm. it stays very windy for northern areas, gales in northern scotland, rain really piling up across the highlands with gusty winds here. it could be very gusty here as well across the yorkshire side of the pennines during this afternoon and that could cause some travel disruption. despite that, it�*ll be mild with temperatures in the low teens for all. double figure values for most. the rain still pouring across the north and of scotland. this almost stationary weather front causing issues as we push towards the end of monday with the rain heavy and persistent at times. elsewhere, looks like monday will be one of a few bright spells, a bit of cloud here and there, maybe drizzle across western areas

well, i had some good advisors first of all, who knew the inner workings of the icc and the cab and was other agencies that you mentioned and there was a kind of an unpublicized willingness, i'd say. i wouldn't say eagerness within the congress to make the changes that i proposed. for me, it was a high priority and for the congress there was an element of dormancy about it that these were not highly contrived issues. even some of my best supporters from georgia, like delta airlines, didn't like my deregulating all the airlines. but of course, they have prospered since then and there has been some adverse in a way, because with a monopoly on a particular route which existed before deregulation. so eastern could say, okay, we fly from miami to atlanta and then on up to new york. if our pilots or if our workers a 15% raise, we won't argue with them with this. give them to it. give it to them. then we'll pass it on by a 20% increase in fares this is the way things were done before. but i thought that was wrong and i think the main reason we were able to get it passed to repeat myself is tha

that's why i lead call for the white house to speak out against the corrupt icc. been a leading proponent and partner to president trump in his historic support for israeli independence and security. including moving the u.s. embassy to its rightful place in jerusalem. the negotiation of the historic abraham courts the greatest drive toward peace normalization and more than a quarter-century. adopting the strategy to align u.s. central command to israel. and finally, president trump's wise decision to call out on rock for what it is, a hive of anti-semitism and eliminate every dollar of u.s. funding. when the enemy is inside the gates of the united nations america must be the one to call it by its name and destroy it. president trump on did this and we will return to the strategies and. you know as well as i that the enemy is inside more than just the gates of the united nation. it's all so powerful western institutions in my country and beyond this is why total victory is not just physical self-defense but ideological self-defense. as chair of the house republica

accusations of genocide, both in this instance and previously when it's come up in the context of the icc we continue to find those findings to be unfounded. i'm not in a place to talk about any of the processes that we have at our disposal. >> foreign ministry. >> no, you're good. >> the israeli foreign ministry has called amnesty international deplorable. do you agree? >> i wouldn't agree with the characterization as you heard me to say to sayed, we think there is an important and vital role that ngos play in the analysis work that's being done as it relates to the conditions in gaza and certainly would not categorize them as deplorable or any of those other words. >> slightly different. >> yeah. >> gaza-related question. the incoming special envoy, steve whitkof has been meeting with israelis, qataris. wondering if you could speak to those efforts or those talks and whether we could -- you know, whether that's positive for reaching a potential cease-fire? >> so i am most certainly not a spokesperson for the trump administration. you'll have to wait until 12:05 on january 20th for -- to

warrants for benjamin netanyahu and his former defense min stir for war crimes marking the first time the icce of the legal scholars who advocated for these war crimes charges against israeli leaders was a man who oversaw the world's first genocide trial, who was once an israeli diplomat and was a survivor of the nazi genocide of jews. they told me what israel was doing in gaza was a genocide. they are part of a growing list of genocide scholars and international law experts use tag word to describe what israel is doing. other groups like human rights have meticulously documented its alleged war crimes, using starvation as a weapon of war. committing torture and sodomy in israeli prisons and other charges. one thing these reports and court rulings have in common is that they use the words of israeli leaders. such as the declaration about food and water kept out of gaza as evidence of israel's intentions. in other words, the charges made against israel are for crimes they told the world they were about to commit. but that's not all. amnesty international have the most impeccable sources provin

fixing, doing things, have little legitimacy whether they deserve it or not no one believes when the iccticized, we believe our universities aren't teaching anything valuable. we don't trust. and neither side trusts and the idea that blue is right or whatever, no one believes it. so we need transparency as the first step to reinvigorating legitimacy in this culture, and i wholeheartedly support what they are doing and god knows you could not have a better person than elon doing it. liz: what if they come to you and they say, all those programs that you're doing for the defense department, we're cutting back the defense department. >> well, look. you said all of those things. i have enormous faith in both of them to figure out what's working, and palantir exists to serve this nation, and i mean, we need to know what's working and what's not, and i think that's great for the nation and probably pretty good for palantir too. software, especially software that's prioritized is enormously efficient. the underlying economics of software is both sides get more. i build a product no one else can

through his friends, mbs, and besties with benjamin netanyahu, accused war criminal and accused by the icc buddy. loves putin, and i can go on and gabbard is open to put and i know cool with assad. would you trust her to give the presidential daily brief to somebody who like trump that is already red-pilled and preexposed to like the people we see as adversaries? >> no. you want to the have somebody with intelligence experience she has none and she is the one who will be orchestrating the work of 18 intelligence agencies and departments. the principal intelligence advisory to the president of the united states. pointed out she shown questionable judgment. meetings with assad and traffics in conspiracy theories, 2020 election or bio- weapon lab in syria. foolish enough to believe these theories or she actively traffics and propagates false information. you don't want a person like that at the helm of intelligence community. therefore i know there is a lot of angst if this is the person who is going to be their leader so it raises, i think, serious questions that i am hoping the senate will

the ukrainians did, which was essentially to open themselves up to be under the jurisdiction of the icc? that would be the hope of many syrians. but the disappointment as well, for a lot of people you talk to here, is that bashar al assad is very unlikely to ever see his day in court because, of course, he is now in exile in moscow i want to be the greatest player that i could possibly become hurry. >> howdy, howdy it's time. >> yes, the time has come for a fresh approach to dog food. every day, more dog people are deciding it's time to quit the kibble and feed their dogs. fresh food from the farmers dog made by vets and delivered right to your door. precisely portioned for your dog's needs. it's an idea whose time has come. the time has come. >> best part of the party. >> snooping in the bathroom. >> ooh! party fell. not listening to your dentist. >> make the sonicare switch all right, champ, be gentle. be effective. be you. i love you. >> okay, everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. >> ensure with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients f

the ukrainians did, which was essentially to open themselves up to be under the jurisdiction of the icc? that would be the hope of many syrians. but the disappointment as well, for a lot of people you talk to here, is that bashar al assad is very unlikely to ever see his day in court because, of course, he is now in exile in moscow. >> all right. that was clarissa ward with incredible reporting for us there. thank you so much. we'll be right back transform your website into an immersive 3-d experience with infinite reality. >> you can tap the power of the spatial and social web, unlock valuable data, and take your brand to the next level. it's time for better shopping. bolder entertainment, and bigger sports it's time to up your web game. infinite reality still have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's disease symptoms after taking a medication like humira or remicade, put them in check with rinvoq, a once daily pill. >> when symptoms try to take control. >> i got rapid relief with rinvoq. >> check. >> when flares try to slow me down. >> i got lasting remission with rinvoq c

the ukrainians did, which was essentially to open themselves up to be under the jurisdiction of the icc? that would be the hope of many syrians. but the disappointment as well, for a lot of people you talk to here is that bashar al assad is very unlikely to ever see his day in court because, of course, he is now in exile in moscow. >> our thanks to clarissa ward for that report. stay with cnn cnn news central. we're back in just a few minutes welcome to times square. >> that's not my wife. >> we're. >> so embarrassing. new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn. streaming live on matt herwick. >> every year, millions of noses are ghosted by their plugins. new airwick advanced, our groundbreaking plugin that pulses scent for staying power up to 60 days, plus a fragrance boost button. our noses won't be ignored again george has always put the ones he loves first, but when it comes to caring for his teeth, he's let his own maintenance take a back seat. >> well, maybe it's time to shift gears on that. aspen dental has complete affordable care all under

putin, for instance has an icc warrant out for his arrest. and so he, you know, was not able to go to south africa, which is another sort of founding, quote, unquote, brics member for their conference last year india and china are also unified in this ostensible alliance, but are becoming increasingly divided as sort of the next rising superpowers. india has actually strengthened its ties over the last couple of years with the u.s. to counter china's rise. so it's it's a little hard. i mean, the impetus makes sense. the rationale behind it makes sense. but there's a lot of reasons to be suspicious that that this is a real threat to the obviously trump, especially at the start of his administration, wants to set this threat up to be as menacing as possible so he can take credit if it doesn't materialize. a lot of the experts i talked to said there's, you know, this thing doesn't exist yet so him threatening it, you know, and precluding it from happening is is kind of a threat without a purpose at this point. >> yeah. lots of key imports from b

the ukrainians did, which was essentially to open themselves up to be under the jurisdiction of the iccat would be the hope of many syrians. but the disappointment as well, for a lot of people you talk to here, is that bashar al assad is very unlikely to ever see his day in court because, of course, he is now in exile in moscow, wolf, where they've granted him asylum. >> clarissa ward in syria, for us doing amazing, powerful reporting. we are so grateful to you and we'll be right back. >> erin burnett out front. next on cnn. >> your record label is taking off, but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. >> i need indeed. >> indeed you do. our advanced matching helps find talented candidates so you can connect with them fast. visit indeed.com slash hire. >> you're a small business owner. you don't have time to waste. that's why you go to bestow credit for funding. our simple application makes it easy to get fast financing. time for funding. it's time for biz two credit. when you're the leader in disaster cleanup and restoration. >> how do you make like it never even happened? >> hap

hague of being a war criminal, and there are warrants for his arrest in countries that abide by the icc. so that would put a little bit of an imposition on where they might meet. are they going to talk? for sure? president trump has already said that he's going to stop the war. and in order to do that, he's going to talk to trump, to putin, if that occurs. i certainly hope that ukraine is at the table, too, because there has been indicators that there is going to be a dual conversation between trump and putin to help solve this problem. certainly, ukraine has an interest in this as well, and they should be at any negotiating table. but the last thing i'll say, phil, is the fact that president elect trump has said on multiple occasions that he would like to win the nobel peace prize. this would be an opportunity for him to try and do that. so i think there's going to be a great deal of pressure on a potential peace process between russia and ukraine. but i got to tell you too, in my assessment of the situation, russia is at a very tenuous point right now. their military is nearly destroy

one, the success of icc is attributed to one amazing belief from older generations in us being successful like people like you. so many amazing i'm going to skip part that you just referred to me as the older generation. i'm sorry is this true? i know you dominated the language. so you said 97 so i take it as a badge of honor. go ahead, ben. but you have so many other leaders believed in us from an early, you know, state, and you have just said all these are a bunch of 18 to 20 year olds. you know, do they know about any of these issues? but instead welcomed us with open arms and so many leaders have done that for us. not all of them. definitely you know, it was an uphill battle with some, but and it still is. but you you did believe in so many others did. but then the second thing is, once people believed in us and gave us the platform to succeed, it really was our the of our organizations. because for the first time there was group no matter if it was ten or 55,000, which is now there was an authentic voice,. 55,008 years. and really we didn't any resources financially. we didn't have a

they failed to icc. nobody saw it. but as an advocate, we tell the truth. and we ask for what is appropriate. and what is appropriate is right now, there is a need for civilian protection mechanism. looking at all mechanism. we even, at some point, we call for if the security council is paralyzed, what we can do, we have to consider different strategies. the coalition -- like there is a responsibility to protect aspect. if the security council cannot do, there are countries that are willing. we do want to see u.s. leadership force. like we had this conversation with several others, like european actors. european union members of parliament that says if there is any sort. we spoke. within african union, there is, like -- there is willingness. and i remember, in june, when the massacre happened in algeneina. they got with groups. and they took it really serious. and they were talking about having discussion. was stand by -- african standby forces. so we have to push and insist and demanding that. because what else are you going to recommend? by december, we w

on the accusations of genocide,, both in this instance and previously when his come up in the of the icc, we need to find those findings to be unfounded. i'm not in a place to talk about any processes we have our disposal. >> the israeli foreign ministry has called amnesty international deplorable. a fabricated report. do you agree with speedy certainly would not agree with the characterization of that. as you may say, we think there is an important and vital at ngos and humanitarian groups like amnesty international play in the analysis work being done as relates to the commission of gaza and would not categorize them as deplorable. >> slightly different gaza related question. the incoming special envoy has been meeting with israelis, with qataris. what if you could speak to the efforts of of the stalks and whether we could, whether that's positive or reaching a potential ceasefire in gaza. >> i am most certainly not a spokesperson for the tough administration. you will have to wait until 12:05 on january 20 to do that. for whomever is here. what i can say is we continue to work, this a

so we have 150 nations voting against us, the icc criminal court and everything. have to re-examine your position and stand on what you are doing, even though you want to fight iran or play a chess game against the forces. the way you are doing it is not going to prevail. we had our little country in our arena and we justify what we do and the rest of the globe has a different opinion. you need to open your eyes and see it. there is so much more i could say, but you get the picture. host: we will take your point. give him his final two minutes. guest: thank you for your call. trust me, my eyes are open and i am seeing the horrors of october 7 and seeing what happens when the islamic republic of iran has unchecked capability to cause havoc. the question will be have you seen the horrors of the syrian civil war and what assad has been doing in his prisons. none of this is to justify or engage in what aboutism. there is a whole cycle of violence and to take the word genocide and apply it to what is happening in gaza is quite far off the mark. instead i do think that

and we probably should be brought up to the icc for -- the game is never good. >> we thought donald trumpe an adversarial relation to our allies. i don't think they gave up too many games. they don't want to give up gate, they won't cut the season schedule and the other part is the international -- there are a lot of great international stars in the nba now and bill simmons, you know, has been on this quite a bit from the ringer, bit those internationals, yokich or luka or wembanyama or even giannis, these are all guys who don't seem to be resonating with american audiences as much. at least not yet. there are so many of them. interesting to see where the league goes next. we'll turn the page now with this. if you had a toledo rockets highlight on your "morning joe" bingo card, you win. >> this team needs a conversion to tie it. and extend the game. desmond reed back into the game. here comes the pressure. douger, under duress! and there are no flags! toledo wins it in six ots. >> that's right. the toledo rockets win the game above sports bowl, in the same class as the rose bowl, after a