kevin: the country of kosovo plans to open a consulate in des moines by the end of the year. they say they selected des moines for its third consulate in the united states because iowa and kosovo are so similar. a consulate is much like an embassy, conducting inter--- conducting official international business. the difference is an embassy is where that country's ambassador is stationed. stacey: some des moines high school choir students are getting some musical advice from overseas experts. members of the soweto gospel choir met with students from roosevelt and north high schools. the soweto gospel choir also performed for the students and taught the students one of their songs. the hawkeye's offense is getting a whole lot of praise, but as you'll see, the team is looking at its defense as a big reason for its undefeated season. kevin: another piece of the campustown transformation falls into place. , started springing up in westson of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting

some 75,000 came from kosovo and albania.s many arrived in germany during the same period from serbia as afghanistan. >> reporter: parts of berlin, arab and turkish communities have long added to the ethnic mix. but in recent years they have joined by others. they are the subject of some hard choices by the german government. these two who are abanian says the new law has tried to left their community trying to work out whether a hostile community is better than the one they came from. >> they have a much better life. they have security, they have hospitals, doctors, and all of the schools for our children, but on the other side they feel this home sickness, because they are here as kind of strangers. >> reporter: the numbers sought that more kosovoians made the journey this year than syrians. the feeling has grown that economic migrants have used the syrian crisis as a trojan horse to come into germany on a false claim. the new laws here serve more than one purpose for angela merkel, for a start they help her keep our right-

more than 70,000 or a quarter of all asylum seekers came from syria, yet some 75,000 came from kosovolbania, and nearly as many arrived from serbia as from afghanistan. lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: in parts of berlin, multi-culti as they call it. they have been joined by people from the balkan countries, and it is that they are the subject of some hard choices from the german government. the new law has left their community trying to work out whether a hostile germany is actually any better than a life in poverty where they came from. >> on the one hand they -- they see that here is a much better life. they have security. they have hospitals, doctors, and all of these schools for our children, but on the other side, they feel this home sickness because they are here -- as kind of strangers. >> reporter: the numbers suggest that even more kosovoians and albanians made the journey than syrians. the feeling has grown that economic migrants have used the syrian crisis as a trojan horse to come into germany on a false claim. the new asylum laws here serve more than one purpose for ge

. >>> tear gas has been used in kosovo's capitol in an attempt to disperse crowds.with serbia entered a second day. the unrest comes after opposition lawmakers against an e.u.-brokers akorbed with serbia, fired tear gas in kosovo's parliament on tuesday. >>> there have been angry sdeens in athens where police fired tear gas at protesters against planned tax increases. they threw stones and oranges at riot police. >>> four people have been killed in bush fires in western australia, three german backpackers died in their car. another man understood to be a local farmer was also found dead in his vehicle. >>> nigeria has nearly half of the world's trees that produce shea butter. but because they can't refine it, producers say they are not making enough money from the product. >> reporter: women who depend on these trees say they should make more money from the nuts that call from them. the nuts produce natural oil which is made into is shea butter. it's also an ingredient in many skin-care products. the women process the butter mainly by hand. it is sold for $1.5 a lit

why doesn't europe take advantage of countries like kosovo? pay them huge amounts of money that would allow them to accept and settle, at least temporarily, many of these muslim refugees? and not be rewarded by coming to europe? >> anyone want to tackle that one? >> let me answer that quickly, because until summer, the biggest number of asylum seekers in germany came from kosovo and albania. [laughter] so that explains a bit where we stand here. these are not countries who deem themselves in a position to do that. >> most of them are not getting asylum. >> no, they are all sent back. now they are all sent back. because of the other. catherine referred to them -- kathleen referred to them earlier. i think we are living in a more and more globalized world. there are push factors and pull factors. american universities are pull factors. lots of german scientists, russian scientists, go to american universities. that is a brain drain. and when people from ghana and senegal think their life is better in europe than in their home states, they are ta

unrest in kosovo's comes after opposition lawmakers brokered an accord with serbia and fired tear gas in kosovo's parliament on tuesday. >>> there have been angry scenes in athens when police fired tear gas at farmers who planned to storm the parliament. they through stones and oranges at riot police who were trying to hold them back from the building. >>> malaysia's moment has confirmed that the fighters beheaded a malaysian hostage in the philippines. he was abducted in may and held captive. ththey gave more details saying that a woman kidnapped at the same time has been released. >> there were efforts being done to rescue them. they managed to get one hostage out. in this case they were unfortunately unable to retief the other one. >> four people have been killed in bush fires in western australia. three germany backpackers east of perth. another man who is understood to be a local farmer was also found dead in his vehicle. the bush fires were thought to be sparked by lightening. strong winds are hampering efforts to bring them under control. coming up after the break. >> an exhibi

two days before secretary of state john kerry is set to visit kosovo, there's information lawmakes used to disturb parliament. all captured on video. this is the capital city. the canister went off from underneath a seed and you can say lieumaker -- lawmakers scrambling to get out. analysts say it's part of a continuing protest to disrupt deal wiz serbia. the opposition reportedly used tear gas, pepper sprays, whistles, water bottles to interrupt. the united states and 100 countries recognize kosovo as its own state. >> somebody buried a newborn baby alive, but thanks to some alert rescuers, that little girl survived. next we'll take you to california. investigators trying to track down the infant's mother. there's only one egg that just tastes better. so fresh from the farm. delicious. perfect. only one egg with more great nutrition... like 4 times more vitamin d and 10 times more vitamin e. and 25% less saturated fat. only one egg good enough for my family. because why have ordinary when you can have the best. eggland's best. the only egg that gives you so much more: better taste. bet

the european union and member court's signed 20 --rs ago -- a courts mismanagement in kosovo.lbania is functioning, but rule of law is weak. montenegroth greece, , but essentially the rule of law, governments, and state building is too weak. these countries are too poor. sunday, other eu member countries to say that we will give you money. we will set up containment centers, registration centers, so that you can wave the refugees through. theoretically, the support would be there. judy: this is a spectacular common eu solution. said, it iselcker the origins of the problem that have to be tackled. german chancellor angela merkel knew that the agreement didn't go halfway towards what we wanted. we know that germany needs peace in syria. >> may i add to that question mark i think the eu is less willing to throw money at the root causes of migration than these concrete measures trying to implement in the balkans. >> i want to come back to root causes later. let's take a closer look at this plan. even if it were implemented, janosch delcker, how much difference would it make? germa

the gold and blue flag of kosovo will soon be flying in downtown des moines.the balkan nation, with an agricultural- based d economy plans to open a consulate, something officials say will help pave the way for more business opportunities. it's the first foreign consulate in iowa. 20-15 college graduates may be settlili into newewobs right now, but they're likely not done thinking about paying for school.grace periods on student loans are coming to an end for many, and that's raising lots of questions. questions.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore talked with experts and is live with what they recommend new graduates do next. the university of iowa student financial aid office encourages students to look at all theieioptions before borrowing money.but if you have to take a loan, they have some tips for paying it off. off. college can be an exciting time in one's life... and an exexnsive one too. too. it's a bummer, but it's, i mean, i wanted to go to college, i wanted to come here, so it's worth it... right now. we'll see in four years.radavich says she has upwards of 50 thousand dollar

yet more people than that, 75,000 came from kosovo and albania. many arrived in germany from serbia as from afghanistan. laurence lee reports from berlin. >> reporter: parts of berlin, multi-cultural as they call it. arab and turkish communities long added to the ethnic mix, but thaifr been joined by others from the balkan countries and they're the subject of hard choices by the german government. these albanians has left their community trying to work out whether a hostile germany is actually any better than a life in poverty where they came from. >> on the one hand they see that this is a much better life and they have security and they have hospitals, doctors, and all of these things for their children. on the other side, they feel this homesickness because they're here kind of as strangers. >> reporter: the numbers suggest that even more kosovoians than ail al baynians made the journy here. the feeling has grown as economic migrants use the syrian crisis as a trojan horse to come into germany on a false claim. the new asylum laws here serve mo

the game was organized by a group hoping to create kosovo's first baseball league.zers hope teaching baseball basics will help them build strong relationships with each other and offer future opportunities to travel. >>> sergeant zachary eric enlisted in the army after high school. he was stationed in hawaii and deployed to afghanistan. during that 2011 tour, sergeant eric came under enemy fire. he's been treated for years since at walter reed, and despite the world class care, a long recovery can be difficult for sergeants like sergeant eric and their families. there is help. loose wings is a nonprofit that helps. thank you for being here today. >> thank you. >> great to see you. >> happy veterans. >> yes. as it comes up this week and now looking ahead to the holidays and certainly luke's wings want to make sure everybody can be with their family, it is a part of the healing process to have them with you, but looking ahead to the holidays, you have a special adventure going on. >> today kicks off our no soldier spends christmas alone campaign, holidays alone if you

. >> reporter: thousands of kosovo aalbanians gathered in the capital on flag day a celebration of the state of i'll pain i can't. the gathering organized by opposition parties was peaceful, unlike their recent frequent disruptions in the kosovo parliament. the main reason for disruptions and the protest is the disapproval of the agreement reached with serbia on forming the association offe of serb knw municipalities they see it as a backdoor to getting them back in to government. the protests and delivered a speech police have searched for him for sometime now. with a war end for his arrest for throwing tear gas in the parliament on several occasions, but choose not to arrest him at the bath gathering. they did so after the protest at the self determination party's head quarters. altogether 87 members of the party were arrested in different locations, it remains to be seen whether this will break the resolve the opposition who was determined to obstruct the work of the parliament until the government annulled the agreement with serbia. >>> activists in southern ukraine say they will k

military forces to war in many places in the last 60 years, korea, vietnam, the dominican republic, kosovoafghanistan, iraq again, without the congress doing what is specified in the constitution, declaring war against a national enemy. there is a growing sentiment among americans that the united states should send ground troops to syria. we're asking, anything to declare? it's the "inside story." ♪ >>> welcome to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. most any adult american could name places u.s. forces have fought around the world in a small way as when ronald reagan ordered an invasion of gau nay da and in a big way, such as vietnam. lots of wars, lots of sacrifice and death, bravery and loss. one thing that hasn't been through all of that. a vote from the u.s. congress to officially declare war against a national foe. >> i ask that the congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by japan on sunday december 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the united states and the japanese empire. [ cheers and applause ] >> it was december 8th, 1941, the day after the attack

. >>> riot police have fired tear gas to disperse crowds in kosovo's capital. unrest with its former ruler serbia is now into its second day. the protesters throwing stones and molotov cocktails at police. opposition lawmakers disrupted parliament and firing. er spray inside the chambers. >> jonah lomu has died after battling kidney disease for years. we look back on his life. >> the students at the new zealand school where jonah lomu first picked up a rugby ball, the haka was a fitting tribute to one of the sport's all time greats. lomu in action was the embodiment of an opponents' fear. fast, powerful, close to unstoppable. >> we should reflect on the contribution for jonah lomu. his fear has boosted on the international level, and probably an important spark for the guy going fully profession professional. >> jonah made his new zealand debut at the age of 19. his big break through was at the world cup the following year. he scored seven tries running past and at times over any who dared to try and stop him. >> the way he played that role so specialbly with s

unrest in kosovo's relationship with its former ruler serbia is now into its second day. the protesters throwing stones and molotov cocktails at police. opposition law make whose are against the accord with serbia repeatedly disrupted parliament and fired pepper spray inside the chamber. >>> three germany pack backers died in their car. another man understood to be a local farmer was found dead inside his vehicle. the bush fires are thought to have been sparked by lightening. strong winds are hampering efforts to bring them under control. >>> now described as rugby as first global super. jonah lomu died from kidney disease. he was waiting for a third transplant. he was the youngest ever all black when he made his debut in 1994 at the age of 19. he scored seven tries in the world cup. tributes have been flowing in from politicians, teammates and the public. >> i'm pretty devastated. obviously for us, there are those who knew him well, but also for the family, for the man himself, and our thoughts and our prayers go out to them. >> he just had a real affection for the new z

. >> we, however, coming out of missions in afghanistan and kosovo, are more focused on meeting and greeting people. we have to go back to operating aircraft with surveillance technology whenever needed. brent: back to basics. that is the goal. but not everyone likes nato's new focus on russia and the eastern flank, especially those in southern europe. tried in juncture is sending a message to these -- trident juncture is sending a message to these countries. we have not forgotten about you. >> we are in libya. and then this is important. and this is for europe. max: most member states need to invest more in their military to have top-level equipment. that is the general's message. they need to train together more. otherwise nato will have many individual pieces without making a complete puzzle. brent: that was correspondent max hoffman reporting. all right, lieutenant's of, watch out. -- tons a -- lufthansa passengers, watch out. ben is here with a headache report. ben: yeah, no chicken, no beef, no vegetarian option either. flight attendants are striking. we're waiting to find out what fli

military forces to war in many places in the last 60 years, korea, vietnam, the dominican republic, kosovoafghanistan, iraq again, without the congress doing what is specified in the constitution, declaring war against a national enemy. there is a growing sentiment among americans that the united states should send ground troops to syria. we're asking, anything to declare? it's the "inside story." ♪

kosovo declared independence from serbia and isn't recognized as a sovereign state. regional lawmakers in catalonia paving the way for independence from spain. they have 30 days to draft the next steps in the secession process. madrid said it will block the move. heavy snow and sleet caused disruptions to northern china. several expressways have been closed. a power cut affected 380,000 households. here in berlin, a ceremony has taken place to mark the fall of the wall. the cold war symbol was torn down on november 9, 1989 when berlinners gathered to remember. signs of the city's division can be seen there. these roses were put out. tens of thousands poured into the west, demanding freedom and democracy and an end to the east german regime. we asked where we were you were. tell us what people have been saying. reporter: we have received diverse comments from all around the world and some of those we got our facebook page, this one is right here in germany and said she was 16 years old when the wall fell. and she said it felt strange to see my mother cry but now i kno

i was in the international judge in kosovo. second with the investor said about the lack of capacity to handle any of the refugees. that is not the point i want to make. far, the european countries have absorbed 100% of the burden , to their credit. my question is, do any of you think the arab states, saudi arabia, the wealthy gulf states, have any obligation to step up to the plate? i was struck by the irony several weeks ago when saudi harsaj.osted the annual of course it was a catastrophe me saudi arabia has the infrastructure and ability to handle millions of people at the same time. thererious as to whether is any justification for saudi arabia not taking on any of the obligation? it is the sunni shia divide. europe, it isat historically christian but europe is welcoming people of the muslim faith, which is a wonderful thing. why can't the other folks in the gulf step up? >> because they are all sitting on powder cakes. own domestic politics. apart from saudi arabia, which is a big country. the other goal states have tiny

the first time was in the kosovo conflict after the end of the former yugoslavia in the early 1990's.he second such mission was in afghanistan. that is still going on in some sense. this is the third time in 60 years that germany is sending its troops into a mission into a fighting zone. sarah: germany very much a country that is cautious before it gets involved militarily. when we discuss this military involvement and compare it to the french and russian involvement, u.s. involvement, how big is this? reporter: of course there are no plans at present for the german planes that are being deployed actually to drop any bombs, to shoot. their role will be to take photographs, to provide intelligence, to provide information about targets for the various other forces involved, and also the refueling of planes, especially of french planes, and the protection of this french carrier that is in the mediterranean. it is in some sense a support mission, but at the same time it is in a war zone and if german forces do get shot at, they will return fire. it's very much a robust deployment. sarah:

in a deal with kosovo, germany will send back refugees whose travel documents expired or have been destroyedthe government declared these countries safe. this means their citizens don't qualify for asylum. >> anti racism groups across europe reported a spike in attack on muslims and minorities in recent days. this is strong in eastern europe and in poland, a new right wing government wants to make it harder for refugees to enter. >> having your own restaurant may be a dream come true but for the opener of this place is a constant reminder of what he lost. he played for a leading football dreams. his career was interrupted after a racist attack left him with a broken arm. incessant abuse from polish fans wore him down. he gave it up to start his restaurant and raise a family and now his son is getting the abuse, as well. >> i came to pick my son from school and one of his friends said to him, alex, monkey's here for you. my son was so embarrassed. he was seven years old. i was looking at the teacher to do something. she didn't say anything. >> racism in poland is nothing new but getting worse

. >>> tear gas has been used as riot police have attempted to disperse crowds in kosovo's capitol.over the relationship with its former ruler serbia entered a second day. protesters pelted stones and molotov cocktails at police. it comes after protesters fired tear gas in parliament on tuesday. >>> and in athens there are protests against planned tax increases. they through stones and oranges at riot police. >>> u.s. president barack obama has put pressure on china to stop building islands in the south china sea. >> reporter: u.s. president barack obama spoke first at the a-pac summit, and focused on the need to deal with climate change. next up was chinese president. he used nautical metaphors in his speech, but made no mention of the controversial con struck sthun -- construction of islands. >> translator: it will play roles of a policy platform and incubator. we will seek closer operation in the internet economy, blue, and green economy and urbanization. >> reporter: on the sidelines, in what are being seen as messages to china, vietnam and the philippines signed a strategic agr

what we have is a situation they would endure when they go back to kosovo. a situation that would not allow them to have a life and dignity. the bald fact is that 200,000 from the balkans would be removed. whatever the situation is, whether they think themselves of asylum, their failed cases are collateral damage of the syrian war. >> ivory coast is one of the africa's fast growing economies, a source of pride for the president who has been re-elected. as the economy expanded, the number of children forced to work there has doubled. tania page, reports. this golden mound is a small part of one of the the the ivory coasts biggest industries. the coast is a key ingredient. children lost lucent white fibre clinging to the beans. children, increasingly, are working to. >> they have to do this, it's equal to slavery. if the government can put more money into each, i would say just do it. >> reporter: in the last two years, the government spent $40 million fighting child labour. big western chocolate makers it promised to combat it in their supply chain. it's not

military forces to war in many places in the last 60 years, korea, vietnam, the dominican republic, kosovoafghanistan, iraq again, without the congress doing what is specified in the constitution, declaring war against a national enemy. there is a growing sentiment among americans that the united states should send ground troops to syria. we're asking, anything to declare? it's the "inside story." ♪

in a deal with kosovo and others germany will send back refugees whose travel documents have expired or they've been destroyed. germany declared these country safe in september. they don't qualify for asylum. in just over two hours time france will pay attribute to the 130 people killed in the paris attacks two weeks ago. the service will bring together families of the victims as well as survivors and world leaders. francois hollande is expected to deliver a speech. attackers with assault rifles and suicide belts targeted areas in paris. i.s.i.l. said it was behind the tack attack. the u.s. palestinian presidential hopeful donald trump is denying a-- accusations that he was poking fun at a journalist. who suffers from a musts key lair condition-- muscular condition that affects his movement. >> reporter: it was an impersonation of his saying the unasableable >>> i don't know what i said. i don't remember. he's going i don't remember. maybe that's what i said. >> reporter: he was referring to a journalism with a condition that affects his joints. that journalism's reporting was also w

why doesn't europe take it vantage of countries like kosovo? pay huge amounts of money that would allow them to accept and settle at least temporarily many of these muslim refugeees? >> until summer, the biggest umber of asylum seekers came from kosovo and albania. that explains a bit where we stand. these are not countries who deem themselves in a position to do that. they are all sent back. now they are all sent back. i think we are living in a more and more globalized world. their push factors and pull factors. american universities are pull factors. lots of german scientists, russian scientists, go to american universities. a brain drain. when people from ghana and senegal think their life is better in europe, they are taking the risk and opportunity. frankly, i don't blame them. it is possible they will be sent back. in a globalized world, where information exchanges quickly, mobility is a huge problem or huge factor that influences our society. i can only say, america is the best example, the more open the society is, the more reason ther

police have fired tear gas in kosovo's country. opposition law makers broke a deal with serbia have repeatedly doesn'ted parliament. -- disrupted parliament >>> international cooperation has been called for international cooperation against terrorism. the summit is being held in manila this year. scuffles are taking place between police and protestors. they want apec to be dismantled. it is the last day of the 21 annual summit. more on the latest from the summit. >> reporter: as the apec summit wraps up here a statement by the 21 heads of state that are part of apec read out bit the president of the philippines who is the host for this event. within this statement there with is heavy mention of terrorism, specifically the last couple of attacks that we've seen over the last few weeks in paris over the sinai peninsula as well as beirut. they say there's an urgent need for better coordination to wipe out terrorism. they make a connection to what this organizations is all about, and that's building the economy trade and better coopera

under the geneva convention, but what we have is the situation they would endure when they go back to kosovo. it's a situation which would not allow them to have a life in dignity. >> still, the bold fact is that nearly 200,000 people from the balkans will be removed under that this scheme. however desperate their situation at home, whether they think themselves worthy of asylum, their failed cases collateral damage of the syrian war. lawrence lee, al jazeera, berlin. >> liberal party leader justin trudeau has been sworn in. half of the cabinet posts have gone to women. he promises to restore canada said reputation as a peacekeeping nation. >> a report has revealed that the pentagon paid millions of dollars to sports teams across the u.s. in exchange for displays involving the military. the teams could now be forced to return the money. >> their call it paid patriotism, the years displace like this have been commonplace at u.s. sports events, armed services unfurling flags, performing the national anthem and being applauded by fans. turns out it came at a price. >> unfortunately, we, thanks

radiation is the least of her worries >>> police have fired tear gas to disburse crowds in kosovo. it is now into its second day with protestors throwing stones and molotov cocktails. in the wake of the paris attacks leaders around the world are now looking at how they can better protect their citizens. one option is the increased use of so-called smart systems. they are networks of sensors and cameras which monitor people and their activity. our technology expert from barcelona >> reporter: a ripple of gun fire recorded and identified by smart roof top sensors and then sent within seconds to the police. along with the precise details of the shooting. it is used in 90 cities in the u.s. to combat gun crime. it is considering how it can be used to respond to threats in much the same way as a fire alarm works. >> they're clearly engaged in some gun fire. >> the particular case of the paris attacks, our technology could be firearm alarm for forces to get there sooner and be able to mitigate the downstream consequences of ongoing engagement of shooter >> reporter: coupled with software

military forces to war in many places in the last 60 years, korea, vietnam, the dominican republic, kosovoafghanistan, iraq again, without the congress doing what is specified in the constitution, declaring war against a national enemy. there is a growing sentiment among americans that the united states should send ground troops to syria. we're asking, anything to declare? it's the "inside story."

why don't we -- why doesn't europe take advantage of countries like kosovo, pay them huge amounts of money, that would allow them to accept and settle at least temporarily many of these muslim refugees and not be rewarded by coming to europe? >> okay. all right. anyone want to tackle that one? >> let me just answer this very quickly because until summer of this year, the biggest number of asylum seekers in germany came from kosovo and albania. so that explains where we stand here. i think these are not countries who deem themselves in a position to do that. >> i think they are not getting asylum. >> no, they are all sent back. now they are all sent back because of the other -- but i think -- and kathleen referred to that earlier. i think we are living in a more and more globalized world. there are push and pull factor. american universities are pull factors. a lot of german and russian scientists go to american universities. it is a brain drain. and when people from ghana and senegal think their life is better than in their home state, they are taking the risk and the opportunity. fr

once owned by ferdinand marcos including ones by rembrandt and kosovo.t is estimated that marcos stole as much as $10 billion from the philippine people. >> let's get back to the markets. heidi is keeping watch. >> they were until about 20 minutes ago. shanghai receding into the red, extending losses. it is down by over 1%. we had seen some modest gains earlier in the morning. rest ofook around the the region. it is pretty much a sea of red. a major component of a was driving the selloff for the chinese markets on friday in terms of these investigations that we have been seeing in a number of these top brokerages in china. despite the ceo still missing, it is up. we are also taking a look at south korean stocks. that market is broadly lower on the back of the disappointing release when it comes to industrial production. it was up by 13% on wednesday. companies have been granted south korea's first licenses when it comes to these online only banks. retailer is down by 7%, extending losses. taking a look at where we are sitting across the rest of asia. it

outcome may hinge more on action in washington, beijing, and moscow than on the kosovo andliechtenstein- picasso liechtenstein on the walls. >> you will not see the kind of death-defying from collectors in the past five years. art guru grewal -- are says she is holding her breath. it came in at the low end of estimates. $377 million. ae morning after, here's think 6%. auction houses will have to fight harder to tempt sellers to part with their art. >> it is a dance to the death. >> a guarantee is the top weapon. the seller gets to walk away with a promised amount regardless of whether the piece itself. sells.her the piece the seller agreed to part with the work on the condition that christie's would do a special option around it. event was a success. the reclining nude be pre-sales. there are factors that auction houses cannot control. at the macro level. janet yellen impacts the art market. >> you have individuals with a tremendous amount of cash. you have artificially low interest rates. the era of cheap money may soon end and with that the power to buy top and art. futures are pricin

kosovo, nato is very popular. it various considerably. in afghanistan as well, when we are attacked by the taliban, we are also wildly supported by others who feel that we help protect them. two: time for one or more calls. and that is waiting in ohio -- ana is waiting in ohio. caller: earlier, you talked ,bout assad and his actions creating 11 million refugees. failed too, or mention that the u.s. meddling in syria, with the push of people like hillary clinton within the obama administration, ourre are meddling -- meddling in syria and arming people that we do not know -- i that there are like 300 different rebel groups on the ground in syria at this point, and we are arming people that we do not even know who they are. the, you were in administration that disbanded the iraq he army, which many people have written about creating isis, birthing isis. address howstly u.s. meddling in that part of the world, in particular, syria, libya, and iraq, has helped foment this radical fundamentalist group? please address those issues. guest: thank

. >> they wanted to erase kosovo from serbia without expression of will by people. now they want montenegro as nato member. there are many examples like that. including cases when elections have sort of been conducted but the candidates have interviews with their foreign sponsors. >> so that right there is the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov and sitting beside him is the syrian foreign minister and they've held talks in moscow and what they're doing now is giving a press conference and they've been talking about how to push forward the political peace process when it comes to the war in syria that was started in vienna last month, sergey lavrov has been laying out main tasks that need to be done, one of them, according to him is to agree on a list on who is a "terrorist organization" and who should be involved in negotiations. rory challands joining us from moscow. to just comment, as well, rory on what are the main points that you've heard and the main message that we can take away from this press conference being held by the foreign ministers? >> what lavr

when we went to war against serbia in '99, to keep them from massacring the kosovo's.hat raises a question. france, the day after the paris attacks bombed a bunch of sites, based on u.s. intelligence. yesterday the u.s. bombed more than 100 trucks that i.s.i.l. uses. if that were the case, we must have known about the sites and the trucks for a mile, so why haven't they been attacked? >> that's a good question. i think they were laying off them. i'm told when the trucks were hit this time, we drop pam let's and truck drivers, and they were not hit, that could have been done months ago. i don't know why it was not. by the way, the trucks are not just trucks, they are the tanker trucks for oil's oil, bringing them about a million a day. laying off it was an unwise decision, and we should a hit them earlier. >> ambassador, former c.i.a. director. good to have your perspective. thank you, sir >>> the closing of guantanamo bay is delayed again. a pentagon official sells al jazeera america a plan to close the camp has been put off for weeks, possibly longer. for weeks the wh

we had 1100 sorties a day in the gulf war, we had 150 day in kosovo when serbia wasn't even an international interest. 70 a day is what we're flying. it's 8,000, less than that for syria. you do the math, you have 7 a day. of them, three out of every four do the sortie and come back without dropping a bomb because the rules of engagement are so straight that if there is a single civilian in the area, you have to come back. that is a joke. that doesn't amount to everything? everybody knows that, this is all a demonstration and show. it is not impossible if the french are willing, if other nato allies are willing to have a force that is led by and includes the turks where you come in from the north. it's only about 80 miles to raqqah. and obama said, what if i send the ground troops and pulls a number out of a hat. there would be a lot less americans. what do i do now, occupy perpetually? of course not. what you do is saudi arabia and turkey, all arab, would stay and occupy, not the united states. there is an answer, he just doesn't want to look at it. >> what about to charles' point where the

. >>> members of kosovo's opposition party have fired tear gas and pepper spray inside parliament.r gas was used against mp's of the ruling party. the opposition wants to scrap an e.u. brokered deal to increase ties with serbia, an old rival. >>> mp's in rwanda have given the president the go ahead to run for a third term. a national referendum will be held for the final decision which could mean he remains in power until at least 2024. he is the latest ruler in this africa to attempt to extend his time in office. >>> government leaders in southern india are being accused of not being prepared for wide-spread flooding. train services have been suspended and streets and homes are flooded. the army and air force are rescuing stranded people. >>> australia strengthen its push to qualify for the world cup. details with farah in sport in just a moment. ♪ ♪ >>> doctors have declared the world's most extensive face transplant a success. 150 medical staff were involved in the life-changing operation in new york. alexi oh brain reports. >> reporter: when this man set off for the hospital in

or a quarter of all asylum seekers came from syria, yet more people some 70,000 people came from kosovoand many arrived in the same period as from afghanistan, reports from berlin. as the germans call sit well established communities have been long at it they have been joined from the balkin countries and it is they that are subject to hard choices by the german government. >> al banian, say the new asylum law has left their community trying to work out whether a hostile germany is actually any better than a life in poverty where they came from. >> on the one hand, they see that he is a much better life. they have security, they have hospitals, doctors the all of these things. on the other side, the field is home sickness, and of course the kind of strangers. the numbers suggest that even more made the journey this year, than syrians and the german opinion is hardened against the numbers here. the number has grown that they have used the syrian crisis as a trojan horse, to come into germany on a false claim. the new laws here serve more than one person for a start, they help keep the co

. >> unrest can kosovo's former rule of serbia are in their second day of throwing stones and molotovcocktails at police. those who were against the e.u. brokered accord disrupted parliament, fired tear gas and pepper spray inside the chamber. >> anger in athens as well where police fired tear gas at farmers who tried to storm the greek parliament. they through stones and oranges at riot police trying to hold them back from the building. >>> while candidates in elections usually try to set themselves apart on key issues, welfare is providing a unified platform for the argentinian wiped off. despite a crippled xi jinping, both candidates said that they'll maintainel welfare. >> this woman has been reefing economic help from the government since her daughter was born three years ago. she receives $50 a month for each child. >> the universal child allowance is one of them. it's not much but it helps to cover the cost of having a child. >> and as parents bring their children in. one of the poorest areas in buenos aires where many depend on the government program. >> it is one of the most

in the kosovo intervention in 1999, the rate was about 250 a day. >> on the other hand you've been outspoken on how you think the iraq war was a terrible mistake. so if there were kind of all out war against i.s.i.l, how would that be a good idea? >> i don't think this is in any way likely to be like it was in iraq. you're right i've said the war in iraq was a terrible strategic error. i also think that leaving iraq completely and allowing the sectarian dynamic to develop after 2011 in the way that it did was also a tais terrible er. there are equal and opposite errors conducted by the bush and obama administration since 2003. going back in with very, very large newspapers of ground troops, of course there are no ways that the iraqis, or the iranians or the syrians would tolerate that kind of approach. we need to put the most heavy weight of our effort into peaceful resolution of the conflict in syria. because even if we were to win the war overnight against i.s.i.s, without trofl resolvine conflict in syria, it would be just another i.s.i.s. >> reacting to paris by increasing attacks in syr

be held accountable and i did vote for president clinton's effort to end the ethnic cleansing in kosovo. so no, i'm not a pacifist. i think that war should be the last resort but we have the strongest military on earth and, of course, we should be prepared to use it when it is necessary. in terms of where we are right now, i think the main point that i try to make in my remarks is i think it would be a terrible mistake for many, many reasons for the united states virtually unilaterally to get involved in the war in syria or reinvolved in the war in iraq. and the nightmare is that we send our troops in there in combat, they come back in caskets. we send more troops in, a plane gets shot down, we send more planes in and 20 or 30 years from now we're still talking about how we get out of the quagmire in that region of the world. i agree very, very strongly with king abdullah who is absolutely right. what is going on there is a struggle for the soul of islam. there are millions and millions and millions of muslims who detest and are disgusted with what isis and other extremist groups are do

, including in kosovo.going in, and very strategically using certain ground forces to, let's just say, take raqqa. you keep doing that and you push them out and you push them out. that's what the military strategists suggested. >> lieutenant colonel francona, what do you make to that? the counterargument is how many u.s. forces does it take and lounge do they end up staying there? it's one thing to take territory and it's another to hold it indefinitely if the local forces aren't up to the task of maintaining control? >> well, we have local forces capable of taking control. christiane amanpour just gave the best cogent military analysis i've heard. everywhere in iraq and syria it's been because of ground troops going into combat supported by american and coalition air power. so you need a competent force on the ground. and we have that. the kurds are competent. the iraqis not so much. but they're getting there. the problem is, what do we do in syria? are we willing to insert american forces? i don't think s

. >>> i'm stationed in kosovo. i want to give a shout out to my family, friends, and girlfriend. love you all, have a great holidays. >>> please remember that with the fed poised to raise interest rates, it's time to circle the wagons around the powerful secular growth stocks that don't need a strong economy. take white wave foods. the maker of organic milk and plant-based non-dairy alternatives. they had a stellar quarter yesterday, handily beating top and bottom line estimates. one of the few companies this quarter that did everything. the stock jumped nearly 5% yesterday. it gave a little pull back. i think it's a great buying opportunity. m the ceo, mr. engels,ed wi welco "mad money." you've got to talk about the last two acquisitions, you've got to talk about what you're doing in yogurt. these seem big to me. >> they are big, jim. before we get there, i want to give a shout out to these greatly young men and women who dedicated the best years of their lives to serving this great country and defending this country. thank you all very much. [ applause ] >> thank you guys, abso