judith moretz, bbc world news.iran hasgain rejected suggestions that its missile has brought down a ukrainian passenger jetn wednesday, killing 176 people. they have said they have strong evidence a plane was hit ban iranian missile. it was a flight near tehran airport, hours after iran carried out the missile strike on u.s. forces in ira 15 experts are in iran to take part ithe investigation from canada. the foreign ministes they have been given access to the flightir recorders,aft fragments, and the crash site. you can get more news on our website, please.com/news -- b bc./com/news.thank you for watching. please do stay tuned. ♪ ♪ narrator: funding for thiss madeossible by... man: babbel, an online program developed by language specialists teaching spanish, french and more. narrator: funding .. was also provided the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation. pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. be more, pbs.

judith ortiz has the story. judith: he spent hours playing video games against opponents around the world. tline getting can best of fast reflexes. luckily for him, it was one of his gamer friends from texas who d quick thinking and called for help when he started to feel unwell. [phone rings] >> good evening. >> hi. i'm calling from the u.s. i'm on a call with my friend. he had a seizure and he is not responding anymore. i do have his address. he lives in westchester -- sorry, i'm shaking. judith: that caller this 5000 miles away from aiden in cheshire. s ke to her online. >> i could hear him seizing breathing really hard and it sounded like he was choking and crying. automatically that was a red flag of he is trouble, what's going on. >judith: aiden had passed out. hi being a silent teenager fromm his parents thought nothing of him being quite upstairs. >> f is that they had a cam america and there is an unresponsivesi male, pe seizure. i ran upstairs. judith: since this l happened, did you have a chance to th

>> oh, yes. >> judith was the most religious one in the family.ter surgery, her prayers and unshakeable faith were answered. erica's condition was upgraded from critical to fair. >> she looked real bad but i never dwelled on she wasn't going to make it. >> now the family had to turn its focus to the one who did not make it, erica's mom, earon. on may 25th, 2006, a week after she was gunned down, earon's family gathered for her funeral. and the man who delivered the eulogy was none other than the officer who had raced erica to the hospital, steve kelsey, who also served as a minister in a local church. >> and it was so moving and personal, because he had been on the scene. >> but for jesse halladay, crime reporter for the louisville journal, what elevated this story was simple, erica. >> the public concern from the very beginning was always that there was a 2-year-old involved. >> after nearly two weeks in the hospital, erica was well enough to move to nearby frasier rehabilitation institute, but the hard work was just beginning. the brain injury h

judith: reynhard sinaga has shown no remorse. the judge remarked he seemed to be enjoying been sentenced in court. he came to the u.k. in indonesia on a student visa and is said to have applied for permanent residency. but his victims have said they hope he never leaves prison and rots in hell. judith moritz, bbc news, mahester. jane: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tight's program, t glitz and glamour of the golden globes. this year's ceremony cuabined the usself adulation with a hefty dose of politics and activism. jane: police a delhi are scanning pictures from social media and security cameras to find outehho wasd a brutal attack on students at the prestigious j and you university. on sunday, some 20 students were injured when masked men armed with sticks attacked teachers and students. reporter: this is delhi's prestigious showalte nehru -- jawarhal nehru university. according to students here, a right-wingsroup entered t campus and started assaulting the students and staff my only.--violently. ho

>judith: aiden had passed out. hi being a silent teenager fromm his parents thought nothinitof him being upstairs. >> is that they had a call from america and there is an unresponsive male, possible seizure. i ran upstairs. did you have a chance toappened, thank her? >> i thank her every day. life could have be. over like th judith: one day aidan would like to meet his online savior and thank her for staging a real world rescuresuce. -- rescue. nada: now toustralia, where gail force winds have forced two of the country'sst brush fires to expand and merge together. nearly a quarter of a million austrians are being urg to flee to homes-- their homes. our correspondent katy watson has been to one small town in the state of victoria where troops are trying to move residents out of harms way. katy: a sleepy town in the line of fire, and aprhorities not ared to take any chances, getting ready toell an entire village to evacuate before it is o late. going house to house, speaking to everyone. but notll residents are takin

judith: this is reynard's and ar as he wanted the world to see him. his social-media accounts full of photosst of ent having fun. bubehind the mask lies the truth -- a depravedonster, said by prosecutors to be one of the most prolific rapists in the world. >> as far as the judicial process, he probably the most prolific rapist that has come through the courts. judith:ight after night, sina ga to leave his manchester five to find victims. vahe took age of living in the city center amidst the nightclubs and bars and he made them his hunting ground. sinaga would wait for drunk men to come stumbling out of the nightclub and entice them next door. he would offer to have a drink or phone a taxi. on one oasion a token 60 seconds--it took him 60 seconds to pick up a victim. they would be offered drinks spiked with the drug, is the last they would remember. unconscious from the men were raped on the scrubbing mattress on the floor. when they woke up, they had no memory of what happened. sinaga would text his friends boasting of sexual conquests. chase utley wa

judith, thank you. reporting from manchester.nisations offering information and support with sexual violence are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call free at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 077 077. britain has joined france and germany in calling for all sides to ease tensions over iran. in a joint statement, they urged restraint after friday's killing by us forces of a top iranian general. vast crowds have gathered in tehran for the funeral of qassem soleimani, and his successor has promised vengance for the killing. meanwhile, president trump has repeated his threat to attack iranian cultural sites if iran does retaliate. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports chanting. if you want an idea of how qassem soleimani was seen in iran, just take a look at this. hundreds of thousands in the streets of tehran today to mourn his death. the iranian general may have been seen as a brutal military commander in the west, but here, soleimani was seen as a national hero. now, a martyr, after his assas

to me, it's fun. >> reporter: judith, a former teacher and artist, has been in love with fashion herake fashion accessible to everyone >> that's the key word our culture has such an idea around who has the privilege and the right to enjoy fashion you know, if you're not the right the size, if you're not the right age, or don't have the right amount of money. >> reporter: a year ago, the 65-year-old fashionista launched out of our closet, an affordable styling service in portland, that helps women over 50 transform their wardrobe and their lives. >> out of our closet is designing a personal fashion style so you don't disappear and it's not just disappearing on the outside it's that sense of disappearing within yourself. and i get really emotional about that at times because i see that happening so much. >> reporter: it's why she wants to help joan rediscover her sense of style, beginning inside her closet >> the idea i get to dive in and make some changes. it's what i do, and i love to do it with you today, okay? >> okay. >> reporter: you're a breast cancer survivor. did that impact y

judith moritz, thank you.ed for skin irritation and breathing problems in los angeles after an aeroplane dumped fuel over several schools. the delta airlines flight to shanghai had engine trouble and was trying to reduce its weight before making an emergency landing. aviation rules allow fuel to be dumped — but only over designated areas and at a high altitude. an investigation is underway. i was scared. i was scared too. we we re i was scared. i was scared too. we were all scared. i started to realise what was happening with the fire department, the street was blocked off, so i ran over here. to australia now. rafa nadal, roger federer, serena williams and novak djokovic — some of the world's tennis greats — and they have all been playing a charity match in melbourne in the lead—up to the australian open. they even played against firefighters on court in a bid to raise more money for those affected by the bushfires as australia experiences one of its worst bushfire seasons on record. our sports correspondent

judith moritz, bbc news, rochdale.hed a formal dispute process with iran over the international nuclear deal agreed in 2015 designed to curb its ability to build nuclear weapons. in 2018, president trump pulled out of the deal and reimposed sanctions. last year tehran said it wouldn't comply with all of its commitments and has recently gone further, following increased tension with the us. the three european governments say these breaches have left them with no choice but to trigger the dispute process as a first step towards reinstating international sanctions. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has accused the conservatives of trying to ‘deny democracy‘ after boris johnson formally refused to grant the power to hold a new referendum on scottish independence. mrjohnson said another vote would continue what he claimed had been a decade of ‘political stagnation‘ in scotland. people will no longer be able to place bets using a credit card from the middle of april. the move is to try to curb problem gambling. of th

judith, thank you very much.lowing the sentencing of sinaga, the home secretary called for an urgent review of controls on drugs such as ghb. that's the drug sinaga is believed to have used on his victims. in the decade to 2017, 201 deaths in england and wales were linked to ghb. for 84 of those deaths, it was the only drug involved. but it's believed that there may have been much more loss of life, not reflected in the official figures, as our home affairs correspondentjune kelly reports. it's been described as a party drug. ghb is said to reduce inhibitions and increase sexual pleasure. but, as reynhard sinaga has demonstrated, it can also be a weapon in a rapist‘s arsenal. it often originates from a colorless liquid, which can then be used to spike drinks and knock a victim unconscious. and in higher doses, it can kill. eric michaels was murdered by a serial offender with an overdose of ghb. he linked up with gerald matovu through the gay dating app, grindr. matovu was a prolific thief who drugged the men he m

judith moritz reports.rom around the world. online gaming can be a test of fast reflexes. luckily for him, it was one of his gamer friends from texas who did the quick thinking and called for help when aidan started to feel unwell. dial tone. that caller was dia lathora, who lives 5,000 miles away from aidan's home in cheshire. today, we spoke to her online. i could hear him and seizing and breathing really hard. it sounded like he was choking and crying. automatically, that sets off the red flag of he's in trouble, what's going on? aidan had passed out. used to him being a silent teenager, his parents thought nothing of him being quiet upstairs until the police turned up. i'm sitting there watching tv, then seeing two police cars outside with flashing lights. when they came in, the police, what did they say to you? theyjust said they had had a call from america, that there was an unresponsive male, possible seizure. so then i ran upstairs to check on aidan. since this has all happened, have you had the cha

judith moritz, bbc news, bradford.med at easing the 18 month trade conflict between the world's two biggest economies. president trump and china's vice premier attended a ceremony at the white house. mr trump said the agreement was a ‘momentous step towards a future of fair and reciprocal trade‘ between the us and china. our global trade correspondent dharshini david has this assessment. from american farmers producing soya beans or pork, to car manufacturers and chinese factory workers making our electronic gadgets, these are the people and businesses bearing the brunt of the trade war. it is their goods on which extra charges or tariffs have been imposed and those costs have added over $800 to the average american family‘s annual bills and, according to one estimate, cost up to 300,000 us jobs. with the pain mounting for those the trade dispute was meant to help, president trump has agreed a truce. today we take a momentous step, one that has never been taken before with china. towards a future of fair and reciprocal

judith moritz reports. victoria agoglio lived a short but horrific life.jected with heroin, and, living in care, the authorities knew what was happening to her. i phoned them and phoned them. her grandmotherjoan tried to get help but nothing was done. and victoria died aged 15. theyjust didn't care. and all these men were doing all this to her, and they all knew about it, and they let them take her off. they even went into the homes, and they knew what was happening. and i told them what was happening. and they let them come in and just take her out. victoria lived in rochdale. after she died the police opened an investigation into child sexual exploitation in the area. the investigation, called operation augusta, discovered that such abuse was happening here on a huge scale. detectives suspected that as many as 97 men were grooming children as young as 12. but, in 2005, before it could complete its work, that investigation was abruptly shut down. in 2017 this bbc documentary about abuse in rochdale was broadcast. as a result a new review was ordered into

judith moritz, bbc news, rochdale. our home editor mark easton is here.impactand what on earth are people to make the impact and detail of this review? these failures happened in 2004, and 2005, when britain had been through a period of soul—searching about the abuse of children. the new children act have just been passed, the authorities were promising that lessons authorities were promising that lesso ns ha d authorities were promising that lessons had been learned about how children had to be put first. but lessons children had to be put first. but lesso ns ha d children had to be put first. but lessons had not been learned and some questioned whether they have even been learned now because this comes, what was described today, as a result of a problematic institutional mindset to the victims we re institutional mindset to the victims were not seen as wholly innocent. they were children in our care but children labelled by those in authority as prostitutes, as promiscuous, children who it was suggested had chosen to be exploited and should have managed

judith moritz in manchester, thank you.anchester police has set up a dedicated number to provide support for any affected by this story. it's on your screen now. or if you wish to speak to the police and make a report relating to reynhard sinaga, the number to call is 0800 092 01110. following the sentencing of sinaga, the home office has called for an urgent a review into whether controls for drugs like ghb are tough enough. it's the drug sinaga is believed to have used on his victims. in the decade up to 2017, 201 deaths in england and wales were linked to ghb. for 84 of those deaths it was the only drug involved. but it's believed that there may have been more fatalities over and above the official figures. june kelly has more. it's been described as a party drug. ghb is said to reduce inhibitions and increase sexual pleasure. but as reynhard sinaga has demonstrated, it can also be a weapon in a rapist‘s arsenal. it often originates from a colourless liquid, which can then be used to spike drinks and knock a victim uncon

judith moritz, bbc news, bradford.ed at easing the 18—month trade conflict between the world's two biggest economies. president trump and china's vice premier liu he attended a ceremony at the white house. mr trump said the agreement was a momentous step towards a future of fair and reciprocal trade between the us and china. our global trade correspondent dharshini david has this assessment. from american farmers producing soya beans or pork, to car manufacturers and chinese factory workers making our electronic gadgets, these are the people and businesses bearing the brunt of the trade war. it is their goods on which extra charges or tariffs have been imposed and those costs have added over $800 to the average american family's annual bills and, according to one estimate, cost up to 300,000 us jobs. with the pain mounting for those the trade dispute was meant to help, president trump has agreed a truce. today we take a momentous step, one that has never been taken before with china. towards a future of fair and recipr

what the woman in america did next may have saved his life as judith mortiz reports.round the world. 0nline gaming can be a test of fast reflexes. luckily for him, it was one of his gamer friends from texas who did the quick thinking and called for help when aidan started to feel unwell. police? hello, i'm calling from the us. i'm currently in a call with my friend. he had a seizure and he is not responding any more. he lives in widnes, cheshire, cheshire, sorry, i'm shaking. that caller lives 5000 miles away from aidan‘s home in cheshire. today, we spoke to her online. i could hear and see him breathing really hard. it sounded like he was choking and crying. automatically, that was a red flag of he's in trouble, what's going on? aidan had passed out. used to him being a silent teenager, his parents thought nothing of him being quite upstairs until the police turned up. i'm sitting there watching tv, then seeing two police cars outside with flashing lights. when they came in, the police, what did they say to you? theyjust said they had had a call from america, that th

judith moritz, bbc news.is—bryce is the chief executive of survivors uk, a charity which provides support for sexually abused men. thanks for coming into talk to us. 0ne thanks for coming into talk to us. one of the most troubling aspects of the case is that we are talking about men who may not know they've been attacked, so how do you support them? i guess for us and organisations like ourselves, we must raise awareness and encourage people if they feel something might have happened, to seek help and support. doesn't have to be reported to the police in the first instance, it could be an organisation like ours, survivors manchester. speaking out, even if you don't know what happened, speaking out at the start. so if someone approaches you, what would you say to them? we would, you know, we offer counselling, talking therapies, group work, a group setting but also if people want to pursue a criminaljustice outcome, reported the police, we can support them through that process as well. how difficult is for peo

judith morris, bbc news, manchester. that is such a grim story.geles, harvey weinstein the former film mogul has out of los angeles, harvey weinstein the formerfilm mogul has been charged with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another. the la district attorney has said at the evidence will show the defendant used his power and influences to gain access to his victims and then commit violent crimes against them. we will have more of that story later on. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news. we will be hearing from israeli mp sharon haskell who sits on the four defence committee on how israel should respond to the growing tension in the middle east. well no real change to our weather pattern over the next few days. rain, wind and very, very mild. in fact, tomorrow is going to be an exceptionally mild day for some of us. but the winds will also be a story, thanks to this storm just south of iceland there. this is the storm's weather front, it's been crossing the uk but the winds

judith moritz, bbc news, rochdale.y, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers, our guests joining me tonight are sonia sodha, chief leader writer at the observer and the political commentator and former head of press under david cameron, giles kenningham. talks are continuing over the future of prince harry and meghan after the queen agreed to a ‘period of transition' for the couple. it was revealed that meghan did not join yesterday's royal summit by telephone. also today — the mail on sunday published its legal defence as part of the ongoing case between the royal couple and the newspaper after it published parts of a private letter meghan had written to her estranged father. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. a new direction has been agreed. less than 20 months since their wedding, the duke and duchess of sussex, harry and meghan come have been given the go—ahead by the queen to seek a new life and they are making plans to move out and to ba

you may find this report from judith moritz distressing. this is reynhard sinaga, as he wanted the world to see him. his social media account is full of grinning photos of a student having fun. but sinaga has many faces, and behind the mask lies the truth. a depraved monster, said by prosecutors to be the world's worst rapist. the total number of offences that we have prosecuted is almost 160, over 48 victims, as far as the judicial process, probably anywhere in the world is concerned, he's the most prolific rapist that has come through the courts. in the world? i would say in the world, certainly in the british courts. night after night, sinaga would leave his manchester flat to go and find victims. he took advantage of living in the city centre, amongst the nightclubs and bars, and he made the streets outside them his hunting ground. sinaga would often wait for drunk men to come stumbling out of this nightclub, and then entice them around the corner to his flat, which was just next door. he would offer them somewhere to have a drink or ph

judith moritz reports. this is reynhard sinaga, as he wanted the world to see him.sinaga has many faces, and behind the mask lies the truth — a depraved monster, said by prosecutors to be one of the most prolific rapists in the world. as far as thejudicial process, probably anywhere in the world is concerned, he's probably the most prolific rapist that's come through the courts. night after night, sinaga would leave his manchester flat to go and find victims. he took advantage of living in the city centre, amongst the nightclubs and bars, and he made the streets outside them his hunting ground. sinaga would often wait for drunk men to come stumbling out of this nightclub, and then entice them around the corner to his flat which is just next door. he'd offer them somewhere to have a drink or phone a taxi. on one occasion, it took him just 60 seconds to pick up a victim. nearly 200 mostly heterosexual men made thisjourney, disappearing inside sinaga's apartment block. then they'd be offered drinks spiked with a drug like ghb, and that was the last they'd remember. unc

judith moritz, bbc news, widnes. a reminder of our top story. missiles brought down a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday killing 176 people. western powers said they had strong evidence that the plane was hit by an iranian missile. the crash of ukraine international airlines flight ps752 near tehran airport came just hours after iran carried out missile strikes on two airbases housing us forces in iraq. fifty ukrainian experts are in iran to take part in the investigation, and the ukrainain foreign minister said they'd been given access to the flight recorders, the aircraft's fragments and the crash site. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter — i'm @sipusey. thanks for watching, stay tuned on bbc news. thanks for watching, stay tuned on bbc news. for many, friday offered a spell of warm when the weather, gusts of wind of around 60 miles an hourfor the western isles, and that's only half the story. we also have heavy and persistent rain spilling in, pushing its way into parts of cumbria and north wales. after

how power is being exercised but what will it mean for britain's standing in the world of indeed judith dies in belmarsh prison as i say look don't far from here after the un is warning the british government i think it would an absolute be an absolute tragedy 1st of all for june the sunshine self and for the cause he stands for but also for the british society and their system and the credibility of the british state as a rule of law state that we also know that the reasons the us wants to extradite him for is a classic case of a political offense and the u.k. law prohibits extradition for political offenses the european convention against human for human rights it would would prohibit it the the convention against torture would prohibit it the international covenant on civil import the political rights prohibits it there is no discussion that this extradition could lawfully go forward so in my view this whole detention now at present has no legal basis we invite the u.s. investors london ambassador johnson on the show to see if we can refute what you're saying special thank you thank

hectares of land in the southwest of new south wales this couple fears their house could be next judith and klaus have lived here for 20 years they faced bushfires before but say this season is different scared of what's to come they've put food a generator and their treasured possessions in a bunker where they plan to stay if fire reaches the property you have never really saying that they spat so i think it's not usually life a source try to play in a lovely place authorities are assessing conditions constantly warning that fire could return to some already affected areas or start in new spots this bushfire season has already destroyed thousands of houses it's already a strategy as long as bushfire emergency ever and it's creating anxiety among the general public it's still a dry atmosphere we're not getting any money for wind coming through with this challenge so the winds are still going to be breezy and they're going to be drawn. in australia's major cities the political debate is heating up these protesters are angry at how the government has handled the crisis and say the prime m

appealed for anyone who thinks they were attacked to come forward. 0ur north of england correspondent judithports on the case and its outcome. this is reynhard sinaga, as he wanted the world to see him. his social media account's full of grinning photos of a student having fun. but sinaga has many faces, and behind the mask lies the truth — a depraved monster, said by prosecutors to be one of the most prolific rapists in the world. the total number of offences that we've prosecuted is almost 160, over 48 victims. as far as thejudicial process, probably anywhere in the world is concerned, he's probably the most prolific rapist that's come through the courts. in the world? i would say in the world. certainly in the british courts. night after night, sinaga would leave his manchester flat to go and find victims. he took advantage of living in the city centre, amongst the nightclubs and bars, and he made the streets outside them his hunting ground. sinaga would often wait for drunk men to come stumbling out of this nightclub, and then entice them around the corner to his flat which is just next

correspondent dominic hughes, who is on the wirral, but firstjudith moritz in york for us this evening, judithis the hotel where two people were staying when they became u nwell people were staying when they became unwell on wednesday night and were taken first to hospital in hull, and then on to newcastle. now, the hotel is functioning as normal today, its operators say, they have been advised that there is a minimal risk of ongoing infection and the apartment that the couple were staying and will be industrially cleaned, but they have been told it is set to continue operating. public health england tell us they are working to identify people who have beenin working to identify people who have been in close contact with this couple. now, there are some unknowns in that equation, public health england say they don't know how high that number of people is, we don't know the routes that they took when they came into york, how long they we re they came into york, how long they were in the city, and where they we re were in the city, and where they were during their stay. at the city authorities h

>> bill: you started to say something, judith, about contrary and about this.ving in one direction, sometimes you pause and go the other way. that's where jack keane went last hour. perhaps you enter it. a period of quite. >> obsolete. while they plot their next move. there will be response. on that, i am sure. but what kind of response it is will determine whether or not we are headed toward a war or toward the negotiating table, which is what jack keane was suggesting. the iranians may very well decide that a war with the united states is not in its interest. this got to go back to the table. the problem with that is the supreme leader, khamenei, has said that's not going to happen. but words can be taken back. what can't be taken back our soldiers marching and bombs flying. that's what right now everyone is trying to avoid. >> to bring that back home to the u.s. and the democratic primary, ever since the floor don't knock first gulf war you've had the antiwar fervor in the democratic party ratchet up. including barack obama using it to help defeat hillary cl

we have journalist and abject fellow at the manhattan institute for policy research judith muller.g here. not a lot of enthusiasm in europe for what the president has undertaken >> no, the europeans have clearly tried to do what they could to resurrect the jc poa, the iran nuclear deal, they were very unhappy that president trump chose to disregard and unilaterally walk away with it, and they been trying ever since to kind of play a mediated role to get iran to be less aggressive and assertive in the area. they have not been very successful, but clearly this latest move by president trump just reinforces all of the views they have about what an unpredictable dangerous man donald trump is as opposed to iran. jon: and french president macron announced he is going to try to meet with iranian president rouhani to try to smooth things over i guess >> yes, and to try to perhaps achieve what is now being called the national security circle, the goldilocks response, and that is a response from iran that is big enough to quell the iranian fÜhrer and the fury of shiites all over the middle e

city college sunset ban ifs first day of spring 2020 yesterday at two locations on judith street andaham lincoln high school. under the program ccsf now offers six classes serving working adults, seniors and high school students. tuition-free for anybody living in san francisco. it will serve as a pilot program for the spring semester and afterward it will have the potential to be renewed depending on demands. >>> san francisco is facing a lawsuit over its ban on the sale of fur. the city's ban violates the banning r safranciscis cotion. r workinnst california's a plast product made from fossil fuels. city officials insist the law is valid and they intend to >>> 6:43 and it was a tough 4th quarter for wells fargo. >> joining us now is kcbs financial reporter jason brooks good morning. >> good morning. consumers did pay more for a lot of things in december. rose 2.3% from the year earlier. that was the strongest gain in over a year. higher gas prices played a key role. as well as used cars new cars and trucks saw their first price gain in 6 months and also for air fares. bank earnings

it was dick cheney setting up judith miller in the papers that kind of got the whole ball rolling. host: how so? caller: pardon? host: how so? caller: dick cheney would feed judith miller false information and then she would get it out in the paper and then dick cheney would turn around and say, well, look what the new york times is saying, or whatever paper she worked for, and it was a scam, you know? influencedlly everyone to get involved against saddam hussein. it did not have anything to do with the intelligence community telling us he have them. -- had them. how am i supposed to believe this guy after the first statement out of his mouth was incorrect? cognitive dissonance is alive and well. host: ok. we have been talking to you about your view of the political year ahead, whether you are optimistic, pessimistic or unsure. call us on the lines. (202)-748-8000 if you're optimistic. (202)-748-8001 if you're pessimistic. unsure? (202)-748-8002. the washington times highlights what the administration has done on regulation saying "the federal register for december 31 rules, theed

to have a suspicion and also in conjunction with all the allegations they were making i appointed judith to judicial commissions of inquiry the one commission of inquiry came up and opened up a can of worms to show that yes they were elements in the security forces against my orders against the policy i've laid down who continued with politically this had a tough underground activities that resulted in the dismissal or early retirement of a big number of very senior officers the credit cards the difficulty he had to walk a tightrope he couldn't just walk into the military camp and say. give up your arms is taking over he had to take he had to move very carefully with the police and with the military. and he did it slowly and and nelson mandela has indicated that he understood that so there was a game that mandela would put pressure on him. to disband and to end this that for violence and that that would defend. as the 2 leaders exchanged accusations about the causes of the violence talks continues and a conference was soon organized could desa the convention for a democratic south africa

judith miller, adjunct fellow at the manhattan institute. beverly hallberg, senior fellow for the independent women's forum. judy, to you first. it's just the fact that they picked two chicks and not one? >> [laughs] right, exactly. this is what i call the ultimate #metoo endorsement on endorsement. it was going to be a woman, and in this case two women, as my old paper, the former "new york times," a barely recognizable version of its old self. the editorial board was clearly split. they couldn't come to a decision, so they split the trl, as you said earlier on this show. the real problem is they didn't endorse not only a candidate, they didn't even endorse the reformist or moderate or realist wing of the party, or the progressive or radical or revolutionary wing of the party. they were neutral on both. they were really, really dissing mayor bloomberg, who they endorsed 2 out of 3 times, in his mayoral campaign, and joe biden and bernie sanders. because sanders and biden are the true leaders of the wings of those parties. sanders being the

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earlier, judith gave more information on what thejudge said in court.e trial process , eve n seemed to be enjoying the trial process, even as he was standing to be sentenced, and actually i found sitting in court, looking at him, it's very hard to get your head around the scale of offending, looking at that slight, very slim, young —looking, younger than his age looking man, and to take in the fact that the authorities are saying he is the most prolific rapist in britain. suzanne gotha rd is the most prolific rapist in britain. suzanne gothard said you are an evil sexual predator, she said, you are a deeply disturbed and perverted individual with no sense of reality. we have only been able to bring you the detail of this case today because so enormous is the scale of his offending there has been four separate trials and it is only today we can report this at the end of the fourth trial. this prosecution is looked at the case of 48 of sinaga's victims, but that is no means the total. we heard from thejudge today no means the total. we heard from the judg

hectares of land in the south west of new south wales this couple fee is their house could be next judith and klaus have lived here for 20 years they faced bushfires before but say this season is different scared of what's to come they've put food a generator and their treasured possessions in a bunker where they plan to stay if fire reaches the property really saying that they spat so i think it's not usually like face a strike. in a lovely place authorities are assessing conditions constantly warning that fire could return to some already affected areas or start in new spots this bushfire season has already destroyed thousands of houses it's already a strangely as long as bushfire emergency ever and it's creating anxiety among the general public but still a dry atmosphere we're not getting any money for wind coming through with this challenge so the winds are still going to be breezy and they're going to be drawn. in australia's major cities the political debate is heating up these protesters are angry at how the government has handled the crisis and say the prime minister is reluctant

hectares of land in the southwest of new south wales this couple fia's their house could be next judith and klaus have lived here for 20 years they faced bushfires before but say this season is different scared of what's to come they've put food a generator and their treasured possessions in a bunker where they plan to stay if fire reaches the property really saying that they spat so i think it's not usually life. in a lovely place authorities are assessing conditions constantly warning that fire could return to some already affected areas or start in new spots this push 1st season has already destroyed thousands of houses it's already a strongly as long as bushfire emergency ever and it's creating anxiety among the general public but still a dry atmosphere we're not getting any money for wind coming through with this challenge so the winds are still going to be breezy and they're going to be drawn. in australia's major cities the political debate is heating up these protesters are angry at how the government has handled the crisis and say the prime minister is reluctant to connect the

judith moritz has this report. victoria lived a short and horrific life.and they knew! after victoria died, the police open an investigation into child sexual explication in the area. the investigation called operation agusta found that such abuse was happening here on a huge scale. detective suspect as many as 97 men were grooming children as young as 12. in 2005, before it could complete its work, that investigation was abruptly shut down. in 2017, this bbc documentary about abuse and raw sale was broadcast as a result —— today it found that operation agusta was set down prematurely. the authorities knew that many were being subjected to the most profound abuse and exploitation but did not protect them. the police have now announced that they begun an investigation into non—recent child sexual exploitation. four of the social workers involved have been referred to their professional standards body in their calls for a new inquest for victoria. herfamily in their calls for a new inquest for victoria. her family says that even after today's report, they st

thank you, judith. now time for all the business news.ty. meanwhile, vistry reported an increase in the number of house completions for 2019. uk inflation was also down to a three—year low, which was announced earlier this morning. the total amount of venture capital invested in uk tech companies grew by 44% in 2019. meanwhile, over the same period, the us saw investment fall by 20%, and china also saw a fall of 65%. the research was ncarried out for the uk government's digital economy council which advises the british government on how to increase the competitiveness of the uk's tech sector. let's talk to saul klein, dec member and co—founder of localglobe. really good to talk to you first night. according to these numbers, the uk is doing pretty well. —— night. according to these numbers, the uk is doing pretty well. -- good to talk to you, saul. something we do not always like to admit in the uk, but tech is a subject where we are absolutely world—class. we have been for the last three or four yea rs. been for the last three or four ye