he held meetings with kazakhstan's president and foreign minister. kerry hopes to deepen the united states economic and security ties in central asia. he also gave credit to kazakhstan for its cooperation with the u.s. on numerous security issues. >>> and police in southern california say an uber driver pepper sprayed a drunken passenger who violently attacked him for kicking him out of his car. the encounter was caught on the driver's camera. take a look. the driver told the passenger to get out of a car when he couldn't give him directions. that's when the passenger just started hitting the driver from behind and pulled his hair. the driver pulled out his pepper spray and sprayed the man in the face. there he goes. the police arrested the passenger. >> i wanted to make sure he didn't get away. i have lost so much money on people like him and i am just done dealing with it. you know, people like that, they take the food right out of my mouth. >> uber says it has banned the passenger from ever using its service again but the driver says his days of d

. >> so to human rights violators from venezuela and kazakhstan and an-- anywhere. all bad guys should have a bad deal. they shol beuld alcared of this stuff. >> the real-life russian thriller is an unlikely tale for the grandson of the communist party leader in the u.s. that is where we began our conversation when i met with bill browder in new york. >> you come from a family where your grandfather wasn't just a communist, he was possibly one of the biggest communists in america. >> yes. so-- so my grandfather, earl browder-- was a labor union organizer in wichita, kansas. and he was so good at organizing the union that in 1927 the international communist party said, "if you like labor unionism you're gonna love communism. why don't you come to russia"? so 1927 my grandfather goes to russia. he ends up meeting-- a russian girl who becomes my grandmother. my father is born there. and then five years later, in 1932, the communist party sends him back to america to become the general secretary of the america communist party. he runs for president in 1936 and '40 again

>> kazakhstan. >> borat says hi. >> are you her ball boy? is a fun interview. >> trump wants to build a wall on the southern border. do you think that's a good idea? >> for what? >> to keep the illegal aliens out. >> we had a wall in germany. i wouldn't give you the tip to build a wall. >> the wall in germany worked pretty well. no one got across. you're not overstaying your visa, are you? >> no, i have a green card. >> trump might support you if you're overstaying your visa. >> do you like trump? >> do you want a funny president. >> we had a funny president. his name was obama. >> funny like i'm a clown? >> the joke was on us though. have you seen any celebrities here today besides me? if hillary and trump were playing in a match, who would win? >> stay out of that. >> see, women have wicked backhands. i've lived them myself. i have to give hillary a little bit of a nudge on there one. nasty backhands. i think it's about the hips. they're a little wider. >> now you're getting yourself into trouble. >> he can't handle. >> hillary and trump?

doug and wife lesley decided to adopt a child from another country and applied wi an orphanage in kazakhstan. then last march, they received this photo of a boy born missing his right hand. they knew right away that he would become their son. ( doug facey, kirill's adopted father): "they kept emphasizing throughout the whole process, that 'do you really want a child with only one hand?'" (nats) at the orphanage, kirill has been passed up for adoption six times. but the faceys didn't hesitate because chris has been born the same way and accomplished so much. ( lesley facey, kirill's adopted mother): "how can i sit there and say 'this is gonna be a problem' when you're looking at this man who's been to the paralympics, who played soccer, he's a great philanthropist in the city, he's a very successful businessman. how can you sit there and say 'my child won't be able to do any of that.'" when they first met at st. john's airport, kirill had never seen another person who was missing a hand. (chris facey, kirill's adopted grandfather/off camera): "i just stuck out my hand and reached out with his

kazakhstan and other countries raised concerns about the safety of civilian flights over the caspian and nearby areas. anti-terrorism force necessary southern russia killed 11 people affiliated with islamic state militants. media is reporting troops carried out a special operation. personnel focused on a mountainous area where militants were hiding. they say the group was plotting suicide attacks on crowded places in the north caucuses region. while putin is showing a united stand with france, he is far apart over the future of syria. the russian president agreed with the supreme leader of iran that no outside body should force a change in syria's government. the two leaders met in tehran monday. putin's first visit to the country in eight years. putin is a supporter of assad while the united states and other countries want a change in the syrian leadership. russia, iran, western and middle eastern countries agreed on a political plan in syria in hopes of ending the civil war there. it would see a u.n.-supervised election within 18 months and calls for talks between the assad governm

there are trucks here from turkey, kazakhstan, georgia, encourages stan.y are all loaded with turkish products and they have all been stopped. but the sanctions are not only hurting turkey. russian consumers have lost one of their favorite tourist destinations, and soon there could be shortages of grapes and oranges on store shelves. russians have mixed feelings. >> i will just go on vacation to crimea to our beautiful riviera. it's a shame, especially now ahead of new year's, i'd like to buy a few tangerines. reporter: bilateral relations have hit a low point, but turkey and russia depend on each other and were in the midst of expanding their trade ties. less than a year ago, president vladimir putin and president erdogan agreed on the construction of a natural gas pipeline. a free trade zone was in the works. but now those projects have been put on hold. >> legalize the domestic trade. it says the government must six-year ban appears to have only worsen conditions for the endangered animal. conservationists fear for the worst. we will talk to one of our

eventually, uranium mines in kazakhstan and elsewhere were purchased by the company that has been tiedo russia. the deal needed to be approved by a federal agency that reviews the sale of a potentially strategic mills to make sure that it is in the interest of the united states. the deal was approved. the secretary of state is a number of people who sit on the board at that review organization, so there was some controversy suggesting perhaps there was a conflict of interest having accepted so much money from someone who was initially a part of the uranium deal and then approving the deal. host: this is from jim who says, does the 200 $50,000 that hillary clinton gets for her paid speeches, is that considered income to the foundation or bill and hillary? guest: that is a good question and it requires, as questions in this realm often do, complicated answers. the person i would say that the fees run from a range. it is not just 200 $50,000. some are accepted by the clintons as personal income and some are donated or given to the foundation. that particular gifting to the foundation or s

chris's son and wife decided to adopt a child if mother country and applied with an orphanage in kazakhstan of last march they received this photo off a boy born missing his right hand. they knew right away he would become their son . >>> they kept emis a sizing throughout the whole process that do you really went a child with only one hand? >>> we put this one on this hand . >> reporter: at the orphanage he has been passed up six times but this family didn't his date because chris has been born the same way and accomplished so much. >>> how could i sit there and say this would be a problem when you look at this man who has been to the para olympics, played soccer, he is a great philanthropist in the city, he is a very successful businessman how you can sit there and say my child wouldn't be able to do any of that? >> reporter: karill never saw another person missing a hand . >>> i stuck out my hand and he reached out with his stump and he touched mine. >> reporter: just like that the stump bump was born. his grandfather said he can't wait to help show him that miss missing a hand doesn't m

just as we, the secretary of state, secretary kerry, was in kazakhstan. and he told the television station in kazakhstan that he's interested in seeing china and russia be headed to the t.p.p., and that they would consider the philippines a prime candidate for joining in the future. well, that's an interesting thing to announce, particularly in kazakhstan. it might be nice for him since it impacts the people of the united states to be talking more to the people of the united states. so this thing would create a situation in which new countries can be added, it appears, most any different way. so the point is this doleful government authority is open-ended. the agreement states that. quote -- "the commission and any subsidiary body established under this agreement may establish rules of procedures for the conduct of its work." close quote. it even covers climate regulations, a lot about climate regulations. quote -- "the parties acknowledge that a transition to a low emissions economy requires collective action. well, having been a proud cold warrier, i ha

guest tell us while he -- why he is bullish on romania and kazakhstan. >> a very interesting time forhe ferguson of -- pharmaceutical business. >> we begin with the markets. we extended gains. energy was the star sector, up on the.5 percent gain 100 biggest nonfinancial firms. risk is back here. treasury markets are down. high-yield debt issuance is back as well. joe: the market closed a little below their highs for the days. it was a really solid run. we are not that far way from an all-time high for the s&p. something that is puzzling to me about the rally is the dow jones transportation average is down. , so goes transports the dow. is it due to energy prices rising? alix: i don't know. standby. scarlet: oil prices were higher and we saw energy stocks get that boost. joe: another thing or the media stocks. bloodbath inhuge the media stocks? disney is almost at its high. >> and we are waiting for cbs earnings. alix: in terms of transportation, jetblue, avis are down, but it's not just the airlines. it is a broad-based transportation issue. for my deep dive, i wanted to take a look a

guest tell us while he -- why he is bullish on romania and kazakhstan. >> a very interesting time forof -- pharmaceutical business. >> we begin with the markets. we extended gains. energy was the star sector, up 2.5%, 3.5 percent gain

met his new family for the first time, he saw something he had never seen in his na country of kazakhstan, another person missing a hand. >> i just stuck out my "hand" and he reached out with his stump and he touched mine. >> at the orphanage, the child was passed up for adoption six times. but the family didn't hesitate because they knew that their family member was born the same way and accomplished so much in his life. >> wow. >> amazing. >> isn't that great. the best ever. >> yeah. >>> all right. let's change gears and talk lonnie is here. rain is done, hopefully it's done for the weekend. yes. i don't think rain is going to be an issue with your day tomorrow. as of right now, clear skies, 53 degrees. 53 is the coolest temperature we have had all day. we first hit it at 9:15 a.m. that's where we are now. down. so we'll end up rewriting the almanac page but we won't get warmer than the high we hit at 12:58 a.m. it was 64 degrees. but all in all it was a nice afternoon, lots of clear skies and temperatures, you know, above what should be the typical reading for this time of the year. no

indonesia, zambia, guatemala, or kazakhstan?swer. >>> this week's book of the week is "killing a king: the assassination of yitzhak rabin and the remaking of israel" by dan ephron. what of the great and real what ifs of history is this -- what if israel's prime minister, yitzhak rabin, had not been assassinated in 1995? a decorated war hero, rabin seemed determined to make peace with the palestinians and forge a two-state solution. in this fast-paced, well-written book, ephron takes us through that fascinating crucial moment in middle eastern history. >>> now for "the last look." on tuesday, a guided missile destroyer called the "uss last passed within 12 nautical miles of reclaimed islands in the south china sea. china said the operation was, quote, a very serious provocation and warned washington not to, create, quote trouble out of nothing. but creating islands out of next to nothing is what has led to all this trouble in the first place. you see, the defense department says that over the past two years china has reclaimed al

finally, he set a route from georgia that will pass through azerbaijan, on to kazakhstan and beyond.oesn't look like much, but this ruin on the high plateau of southern georgia is the beginning of phase two of the out of eden walk. this is the gateway to the orient for me. caucasus, going on the old silk roads to china. >> sreenivasan: so at mid- morning on october 20, salopek set out, with the world revealed before him one step after the other; on this day, up to a mountain pass at more than 9,000 feet. down the other side, salopek and his walking partner spent the night in the small village of mamishlari -a village of ethnic azeris, from azerbaijan. they were taken in by the nasibov family. 72-year-old ziauddin nasibov, and his wife, 70-year-old wife azmat married as teenagers. it is a tough farm-life, on the edge, really, of civilization. >> we came around the corner of this mountain river and here was this village that we didn't even know existed. their first reaction was curiosity. when i finally told him "well, actually, i've hiked all the way from africa," that was the surpris

so than russia, belarus, kazakhstan and a few other countries. it didn't work out well for him in the long run. even now in central asia they are signed up, and russia in the medium-term is destined to lose more influence to china and central asia given just the economic power that the two countries werevealed. in terms of the caucuses and recruitment in the region, i'm not a specialist. the numbers run from the hundreds to the thousands in terms of recruits from russia who may have gone to fight. there are even a conspiracy versions. they go fight in syria rather than stay and fight in the north caucasus. you hear that in various places, but it is interesting and potentially problematic for russia that it has aligned itself so clearly with iran and the syrian regime dominated by shia islam when most muslims inside russia are sunni. this could be creating a source of additional instability in the country not immediately put in the coming years. >> okay. thank you. >> hi. political geographer at virginia tech interested in the relationship between

. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in kazakhstan. >>> secretary of defense ashton carter in southday meeting, saying there should not be further mill tarization of the south china sea. >>> and china unveiling its first domestically produced passenger jet. it is china's answer to the a-320 and the boeing 747. more than 400 dignitaries gathering for the aircraft's unveiling. sara, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> watching the markets, gains are building this monday morning. the dow is up triple digits, now 109 on the first trading day of the month. health care is the group leading the s&p higher. art cashin joins us on set. we have a lot of information to digest this week when it comes to corporate earnings, economic data, punctuated by a jobs job. what does the setup look like? >> first, you have a salon full of fed speakers coming up. probably something like 12 different speeches. so, we'll see if there's any detail out of that. we'll start at noon with san francisco's fed. >> doesn't the economic data trump the fed speak? >> depends on how obliquely they speak. you had a

we land in kazakhstan, and so it is not like a corned beef sandwich from new york city or some new jerseyet home, i will get up to the northeast pretty soon. >> well, i will tell you, commander, when you land, come to me in new york city, and i will take you out for a big steak after a year in space. commander scott kelly, good luck to you, sir, and thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure and great to talk to you. >> yes, sir, thank you. >>> and meanwhile, coming up for the first time, quinton tarantino speaks out about his cop comments and why he is playing the victim card. >>> and kelillie pickler has a brand new project and it is not what you think. kellie and her husband talk about why opposites attract in the next hour. >>> getting paid to be patriotic. now, a senator will have a bill to stop the flow of cash, and the real story today at 2:00. ♪ ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers making the most of their united flight. power, wi-fi, and streaming entertainment. that's... seize the journey friendly. ♪ boy: once upon a time, there was a nice house that lived with a family. one day,

only kazakhstan and cure to stand are signed up.e media medium-term is destined to lose more to china given the economic power the countries wield. isisrms of recruitment for in the region, i am not a specialist. the numbers run from the hundreds to the thousands in terms of recruits from russia who may have gone to fight for isis. there are conspiracies that is -- it is encouraging certain militants to leave. i have no evidence that is true, but you hear that emerging in various places. it is interesting and potentially problematic for russia that it has aligned and thelearly with iran syrian regime dominated by shia islam at a time when most muslims in russia are sunni. this could be creating a source of additional instability in the coming years. mr. hale: thank you. gerard? >> i am a political geographer at virginia tech. i am interested in the relationship between the decision on crimea and the decision on southeast ukraine. the february 23 meeting. that is the official version. but there is also an argument the decision was ma