liu opened a new office here in hopes of expanding his business.s doubled his original staff to over 50 employees. liu is working toward the 20th anniversary of his company's founding. he intents to collect actual poles used by bang bangs. >> liu hopes to display poles that saw extensive use. he heads to a place where he used to come in search of work as a bang bang about he says it looks nothing like it was before. there are no bang bangs in sight. the only people here are shoppers and tourists. >> the poles are like partners for bang bangs. the longer they use them, the more memories they carry. they can't easily let go of them. >> liu believes the profession of the bang bang is destined to fade away. >> with heavy poles digging into their shoulders, the bang bangs climb hills and weave through back allies. there are said to be around 3,000 left. most all in their 50s. by 2017, the city of changching will have spent millions of dollars on urban improvement. narrow streets will soon be a thing of the past. and when the city has been transformed, w

and joining us now from shanghai is peggy liu, the chairperson of the joint shanghai is peggy liu, the chairperson of thejoint us—china collaboration on clean energy. thanks forjoining us once again on newsday. we heard from those very concerned citizens about the dangerous levels of pollution in the north—east. how bad is it really for their health. i think on an individual basis where you have people going to beijing and getting internal bleeding, you know there's a problem. when you have people locked up for days trying to escape the smog, you know that this is something that is throwing everybody‘s lives into chaos. i think the good news is that china is trying to do something about it. the bad news is that it's going to take some time. china is trying to do something about it because in 2014, beijing declared an all—out war on pollution, but it's already been two yea rs, yes, pollution, but it's already been two years, yes, factories have been shut down, but are they losing the war?|j think that the thing to keep in

in newand betty liu york. could turn out to be a bellwether for distress across all of asia. more companies throughout the region are expected to face growing debt problems as the new year unfolds. here is sophie kamaruddin. this sounds pretty gloomy. why is it so dire next year? sophie: betty, it would seem singapore has claimed the role of canary in the mine. they have defaulted on bonds and this could be a hint as to what may face asian corporate next year. taking a look at this chart, $76.4 billion of bonds are maturing. that is 24% more than this year. think verse in asia, so we are looking at of course, an increase given the commodity price downturn, so that is impacting sectors like inergy. we are expecting the drug to white into the property sector. inking at economies particular, indonesia will be one of the top markets that will face restructuring next year. more distress likely out of china. too pretty,looking especially when it comes to singapore, given that it is most affected to the downturn in t

i am betty liu in new york. shery: i am shery ahn in hong kong.re holding back on pursestrings. i went to bring the north asian economy editor henry honig. what does this tell us about japan and its spending patterns? >> this is a great story for in termsapan's seniors of the lifestyle they are enjoying after retirement. this is a bad sign for japan's economy. working age people should be driving consumption and spending more. in japan it is not so much that seniors are spending a lot it is that their numbers are growing. meanwhile, working age people are spending less and saving more for retirement, ironically they are quite concerned about having enough money to survive on retirement. people who have already retired are generally with more assets and stronger pensions. is there an upside? >> sure. the elderly in japan are spending quite a bit more on certain things and that is certainly helping support the economy. they're are looking to stay healthy and have fun and in addition to health care they are spending quite a bit more on travel and lei

betty: im betty liu in new york.re watching "daybreak asia." >> oh peg boosted production in november ahead of next month's collect of -- opec boosted production in november ahead of cuts.onth's total output is 38 million barrels per day. andysts expect opec independent producers to .ncrease output donald trump is said to be postponing until next month details of how he will handle business operations while at the white house. a news conference scheduled for thursday will be delayed because the president-elect's busy filling his administration first. trump has about 3.6 billion dollars in assets in over 500 companies. christine lagarde has told an -- has told the tribunal that she acted in the public interest as french finance minister in 2007 when she did not try to block a public payout to a businessman. on will return to court tuesday. -- the last vessel searching for the missing malaysia airline has headed out. the area might hold the remains airplane and the people on board. local media say if the plane is not f

betty: and i'm betty liu.ted states is preparing for a presidential transition. the bloomberg surveillance team talked with university of chicago professor luigi gonzalez about the changing of the guard and asked him what his biggest concerns are about trump's first 100 days. and just a quick note, we just have a tweet out now as we are apt to get from donald trump saying, quote, a great move on the delay by vladimir putin. i always knew he was very smart. so seems like no love loss here between president-elect donald trump and putin. let's see what gonzalez had to say. >> first of all, where he positions himself and where he positions the united states in the global world, right? and very worried that he's a cease-fire in syria that does not include the united states and maybe just because we are in a position phase but still i think it's the first time a major decision in the middle east, the united states is absent. so i think that's my first worry. second, of course, whether trump will do something about h

. >> liu aims to create a network that connects all of asia. >> the chinese businessman active in cambodia are gaining considerable influence. on this day, he attended a party hosted by the royal family for volunteers and people who contribute to public works. >>> gao moved to cambodia 16 years ago, in search of business opportunities. he has now begun to think of what he can do for the country. the chinese community is deeply rooted in cambodia. how does the money and culture they bring change or guide the country? as in other rapidly changing southeast asian nations, their presence grows steadily. >>> hello there, welcome to nhk "newsline." it is thursday december 8th, 10:00 a.m., i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. a memorial service has been held at pearl harbor to remember the victim of a surprise japanese attack that pulled the united states into world war ii. [ bells ] ♪ around 3,800 american veterans and their relatives gathered on a pier overlooking pearl harbor on wednesday. the attack on december 7th, 1941, killed more than 2,

. >> liu aims to create a network that connects all of asia. >> the chinese businessman active in cambodia are gaining considerable influence. on this day, he attended a party hosted by the royal family for volunteers and people who contribute to public works. >>> gao moved to cambodia 16 years ago, in search of business opportunities. he has now begun to think of what he can do for the country. the chinese community is deeply rooted in cambodia. how does the money and culture they bring change or guide the country? as in other rapidly changing southeast asian nations, their presence grows steadily. host: this week, "global 3000" heads to china, where property prices are sky high, even for rundown apartments. but there's always someone willing to pay. in uganda, chimpanzee poaching is a real problem. heal the scars of traumatized survivors. but first we go to iran where dabbling in drugs can be punishable by death. it's something human rights organizations have been demanding for years, the worldwide abolition of the death penalty. despite this, 58 countries still implement it.

. >> while liu shrugged off potential trade changes he did say china is watching closely. >> thousande era of a global village so i believe any major event happening in the world will affect other arias so, what happens in the united states will affect what china thinks. >> i also asked liu if he would take a page from softbank's ceo and meet with trump when he heads to new york in just a few days' time. >> we're not planning to meet donald trump this time. this time our main focus is to meet with different american brands to deepen our cooperation. >> now, major local chinese players like jd.com as well as alibaba are increase lig seen as a way for american companies to navigate china's competitive e% market. earlier this year, walmart nearly doubled its stake in jd.com. and for other u.s. businesses and brands, investment or listing on these sites could prove to be an even more important avenue to the chinese consumer under the trump administration. liu and alibaba's founder jack ma expressed optimism shortly after the election saying he doesn't think trump will follow through on ca

i am betty liu. i get the feeling we are going to hear more about these jobs coming back to the u.s.. we will see whether that fuels this rally in the equity markets, although right at the top, we did see a brief break. sinceecline, the biggest october. we are not doing bad if that is the biggest. yvonne: it was apprising, we could actually see some red. kind ofd like it was ugly, relatively speaking, with the dow losing more than 100. asia, watching closely to see how things are performing. theres no diplomatic way to say this. you look at the bid asks. it looks like it is going to go down the toilet again. 311 was the close. the latest bid and ask, waiting toshiba, orders for 250. 255 if we are lucky. we started out the year roughly at this level. the nightin, up until before christmas. chances are, if it does fall let's wait for that to get underway. we will take you through the gyrations. jeter thing we are watching is the strength and the japanese yen and the dollar. the yen strengthening agains

betty: i am betty liu here in new york.a quick look at what is coming up over the next few hours here on bloomberg television. heidi: we have alibaba on the notorious list again. it off theafter made list. alibaba has been putting in a solid effort. ill be looking at that story and talking about the u.s. dollar, quite a ride ahead of trump's inauguration in january. westpac's ceo. with themore to go dollar rally. and spending up big to realize dream, but how with a foot the bill? we will look at those stories in the next couple of hours. >> smog blanketed much of the north and beijing is demanding coordinate better emissions cuts. how are they looking right now, a little bit of improvement? >> a slight improvement. there were concerns that we may revisit the air apocalypse that we saw in an -- 2013. levels approached 18 levels above what is internationally accepted. and issuing red alerts because of that. let's check out this terminal chart. it tracks air quality in three major cities. it has spiked above the 300 mark is ha

gary liu will move back to hong kong for the job.ised eyebrows and critics had concerns alibaba would influence the outlets reporting. since the acquisition, newspapers focusing on all things digital including tearing down the pay wall, improving its mobile app, it appearing to integrate e-commerce. what is next? the liu, incoming ceo of south china post joins us now. what attracted you to this position? -- the opportunity is quite unique. it is one of the venerated news organizations of the world with 113 years of incredible heritage and history as a top journalistic outlet. the second thing is the south china morning post occupies a critical and super-unique position being the english language newspaper of record for hong kong. the paper gets to cover china with intimacy but objectivity. which i think is going to be increasingly more important in the world. the third thing is it is deeply personal. as an asian-american who has grown up in the western world, i understand there is a duality of views in the way china is being covered

. >> i kind of like richard liu, the way he was sitting. >> he said something as well as mindy kaling. >> absolutely. >> one of the things we like to do when we talked about it a little earlier was just been able to give a showcase for artistic performers. they just in mainstream media, mainstream performing arts, they don't get to get to highlight their talents very often. it's been wonderful to provide that format for them. >> i think i did not realize how many cultural performances and groups in high school and such. it requires a lot of help from families, the parents to kind of encourage them to remember their culture. >> right. so it's not even just the performance. it's just the fact they are performers makes them a community ssh for us. >> right. >> let's take a look at some of those music and dance people that we've been able to highlig highlight. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> "san francisco chronicle," march 10th, 1909. aoki engaged in daughter. neither wars nor rumors of race prejudice interfere with true love. ♪ >> it's wonderful to see how many people we've been able to profile and show

jeff liu's family also benefited.nty years ago, when the private property market was just getting established, they moved into this 100-square-metre apartment. most of his family now live in the u.s., and it's no longer needed. the entrepreneur fears the property market in shanghai is overheating. even though the next buyer would probably offer him more, he's happy to accept 800,000 euros. that's 24 times what was paid for the apartment. >> in china, people like to own properties. and, you know, if you're talking to people, they say, "oh, this is my house, this is my home," you know you're doing well. this is one thing. another thing is if you read. often, you could be pushed out because the owner wants to sell the place. so there's no stability. reporter 40 kilometers from the : city centre, there's a big greenfield project. the housing complex isn't ready, but wie feng is going to have a look. the modern t two and three bedrm apartments cost between 500 euros and 800,000 euros, and they're going fast. even the more

with the help of congressman ted liu all were replaced and presented to sergeant erd just in time fortmas. >> it was actually a christmas present and the best one i ever received. >> reporter: in a statement the congressman said it was a great honor to meet and present the medals to sergeant erd. he sacrificed so much for our country and deserves to have these medals which memorialize his selfless acts of courage. he was an aerial gunner and radio operator and he completed 50 migs flying over romania and germany. his medals are being framed and will be ready right before new year's eve. he says it will be a reunion five decades in the making. >> aside from marrying my beautiful wife, they're probably what i could say probably the next best thing that ever happened to me. >> reporter: mayde gomez, abc 7, eyewitness news. >> five decades in the making. good for him. that's what's making news in america. >>> stay with us for "good morning america" and have a great wednesday, thanks for >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, kar

i am betty liu. let's get to the first word news.er: donald trump says it is time for the u.s. to bigger and better things after the sheda administration puni russia. the tycoon issued a statement saying he will meet intelligence officials next week. russia rejects the accusations. announced angs has campaign to eliminate waste. the plan is nicknamed the waterline project. he has spent four years cutting costs. has trimmeduring some $700 million of expenses. also, italy's bail out of the world's oldest bank has won the green light. the rules say banks with a capital shortfall are not allowed to benefit from liquidity schemes. and a north korean economic leader has said to have executed 140,000 officials. ordinary people have also been killed for helping defectors or for watching south korean tv. 340.otal number is put at yvonne: time to see how the asian markets are shaping up. a look ate commodities right now. we are seeing a rally continue. a lot of this may have to do with the dollar. we already saw a lot of these contracts on the

i am betty liu. you are watching "daybreak asia." wall street closed at new highs as wall street showed resilience to geopolitical events. hours ased after all results showed it is not losing ground to sporting rivals. say -- three worshipers were wounded when a gun man opened fire in the building. he later killed himself. are investigating the incident. a chief economic adviser says sustaining the trump rally is not just about implementing his economic policies. he cautioned against overlooking the threat to global markets. >> we have priced in no policy mistakes. we have priced in no market accidents. we have ignored all sorts of legal issues. our of the reason why the markets are reacting so well is because we are getting a political disruption in the u.s. that seems to be positive. unleashoing to congressional action on key issues. you are also getting political disruptions elsewhere that are not so positive. of scientists have set up an anonymous hotline for employees to report political interference. with climate change deniers

peggy liu is the chairperson of thejoint us—china collaboration on clean energy.ng declared an all—out war against pollution in 2014 butjust listening to those concerned citizens in the north—east including beijing, they are very concerned. east china losing the war? —— is china. no matter how bad it is, we can't say that china is losing the war. that there just tell you, it is tremendously bad in beijing and surrounding area. over 400 million people have been affected. my own personal friends when they go to beijing are experiencing in tamil bleeding for no reason —— internal bleeding. and they have gone back to shanghai. we have spoken to you almost every year for the past three yea rs almost every year for the past three years and you are very supportive of the chinese government and their measures to basically improve the pollution problem. what more needs to be done? they need to shut down coal—fired power plants. they made an announcement to shut down over 20 coal—fired power plants. the equivalent of all of united kingdom and spain's coal capacity combined.

i am betty liu. as you have been mentioning, it seemed as if we were heading straight toward dow 20,000. with the markets having a bit of a change of heart. this rally isof going to last, particularly as the donald trump election becomes a reality. seene: it is a typical we volumes this thing. it kind of makes you wonder if we have topped out when it comes to the santa rally we have seen. let's see how things are kicking off with the opening in s eoul. david: not really expecting any big bets to come through. trading session in australia. in new zealand, new zealand shuts in about 30 minutes. australia has roughly four hours of trade. korea, flat. watching the currency closely. before i move away from the equity markets, we do have hong kong coming online, 90 minutes. the philippines could injure a bear market which would be a little bit ironic the weekend before christmas. poised for the worst year since the global financial crisis. extremes we have been following, the pound, it has been quite a yea

i am betty liu in new york.rown resorts has scrapped plans to spin off its international assets and instead will be disposing of its stake in the macau casino operator melco crown. shery s thahhalatest on the story. to this detailing of -- it was one of the factors. might have been a conjure beating faster just because crown resorts has had lots of issues in china including the fact that the macau casino operator crown melco crown hasn't been doing well just because of the downturn that has been going on for the past two years. of course we are seeing a bit of a recovery but crown resorts has had its issues in china so the was thatdea here australia's crown resorts would off itsof its or spin international assets including that $2 billion stake in case now -- macau casino operator melco crown p now they are scrapping this plan and they are instead planning to sell 198 million of melco crown shares. now: international is scheduled by the ceo and his family for $1.2 billion. their shareholders will fall to 14% aft

jeremy liu believes the price point will help get the product in the hands of the masses, but will spectaclese able to have long-term staying power? bring back ryan hoover. you have not tried it, but you saw our little experience of their. i'm sure you heard a lot about re. -- experience there. i'm sure you heard a lot about it. ryan: it is difficult for a software company to execute on hardware and they are doing it in a very snap kind of way, making it a point, making it playful and fun and introducing a price point that is accessible for a lot of people. emily: brilliant, really? ryan: absolutely. they are creating these vending machines. since when were vending machines cool? they made them cool by dropping them into different cities. emily: they are making them feel very exclusive, that is for sure. i walked into it feeling very skeptical, but i could see a) you would love these if you were ifuge snapchat user, and b) you have kids, it takes away that awkward moment when you pull out your phone and your kid automatically stops doing that cute thing they were doing. do you think this is a

got in trouble on the tape web went on every single tv show and that was putting his own career -- liuhas never backed up once. in some of the darkest moments of trump's campaign giuliani has stepped forward to shed light and bring context and support to donald trump. i am flabbergasted where he is, and by the way, just for the record. i think he would be by far the best one of these candidates to be the secretary of state, bar none. >> when you are mayor of new york. new york is bigger than both states. certainly bigger than massachusetts. he's worldwide recognized known and respected. my sense is he would be a great addition. lou: speaking of gingrich, i hope trump hold him close within the white house. where in the world is steve bannon? the left wing in this country is attacking him as viciously as they did donald trump. they can't get to donald so they are trying to get to bannon. will trump stand up for bannon? >> i certainly hope so. he would not be president today without bannon taking that campaign over and running it. kellyanne conway was the face of the campaign, he was the

. >>> and speaking of the middle east, israeli prime minister benjamin nent liu says he's excited about working with the president-elect to dismantle the iran nuclear deal. netanyahu tells cbs's "60 minutes" there are various ways of undoing the nuclear agreement which has been a source of friction between him and president obama for several years. he says he believes donald trump will be a good friend to israel. >> i know donald trump. i know him very well. and i think his attitude, his support for israel is clear. he feels very warmly about the jewish state, about the jewish people, and about jewish people. >> reporter: netanyahu's comments seem to defy critics who've accused trump of supporting anti-semi'tis m p. >>> a jury has returned a guilty verdict in the case of a man who fatally shot new orleans saints player will smith. the trial of 29-year-old car del hayes went through the weekend after sunday's closing arguments. jurors found hayes guilty of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter for the wounding of smith's wife. they resided against a second-degree murder conviction whic

chairman liu ruopeng is hailed by some as china's elon musk.wants to make near space travel accessible to as many people as possible, and by designing a craft with the reusable parts she loves to get tickets as low as $100,000 per person. dr. ruopeng: our goal is to make normal people go to near space. whether by rockets or some other technology, we can either give you a crazy leading up or crazy dropping process, which is very difficult for normal people. what we want to develop is that it goes smoothly, just like taking a space elevator. tom: the ambition dovetails with china's bid to continue the space rates with u.s., russia, and asian neighbors. the country aims to build and operate its first space station by 2020, and land an unmanned vehicle on mars. in october, china sent two astronauts into orbit for its longest mission yet. and the private company is backed by state money. the final frontier is still dangerous, though, and a long way off. half an hour after lunch and at just 12 kilometers above the earth, their systems failed. the mis

. —— i am just liu. jessica ennis hill is one of two female 0lympians to win a damehood.earts a long time before that in london. she's joined by rower dame katherine grainger, who is britain's most decorated female 0lympian. she very nearly didn't make the team for her fifth 0lympics after retiring after 2012, but came back for an emotional silver in the doubles skulls at the age of a0. imean, i mean, it's incredible. it's such a shock, genuinely, this kind of level of honour. when the letter comes through, it was a few weeks ago now. but because, it has to be a very well—kept egret, you have to keep it secret right until the end of the year. —— well—kept secret. i couldn't really sherratt with anyone. in a way it feels safer, because you haven't quite accepted this is going to happen, it gives you time to get used to it. 0bviously you time to get used to it. obviously i told my close family first, and now the word is out. what's lovely is to have faced those huge doubt and self—doubts and other peoples doubts. you can look people straight in the eye, which i did early on

. >> was your tree lighting up liu before or is that a newew feature. >> that's a new feature.> i like it. >> it's really cool. >> very bright and blinky. b >> let's do the forecast.oras we are featuring ugly sweaterat day. da day. wear to it work.t work. >> and send us your picture. yoe >> yes, send us yr pictures. 18 in washington.to obviously going to school to sco you're going needs more thanng n your ugly sweater.your u lots of layers, lots of layersfy underneath that ugly sweater. we're going to start our day ouy with sunshine.unin we'll cloud up later today.od. the weather service hasce h expanded a little bit ourittle u advisory so we have a wind --d this is for tomorrow morning. m. winter weather advisory across s the immediate washington area.a. icing overnight and early tomorrow morning.tomorrow morni i think you're fine untilntil midnight.midn it will be after midnight thatt we get some of that sleet andeed freezing rain, a little bit ofnl snow as well. there's your seven day.ay. plenty more on the weather weath coming up momentarily.tarily 31 today.ay 52 tomorrow.o

north carolina republican congressman walter jones is joined by california democratic congressman ted liu to discuss a court of appeals decision over contributions to political committees. both argue the ruling allows superpacs to accept unlimited donations. and then a look to spread fake news during the 2016 election psych occasional clint watts from the foreign policy research institute. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion.

multi-year effectively what we are describing with the competitive downside is it is based on this bill liu , associate with the detailed design and we are telling them somebody will win this and they will get 12 ships of this free get design. the details whether that is 12 options are free convert that into the multi-year in the future, that is not decided today. but what we do want to ensure that we procured though ships as early as possible going to that competitive process. >> but again for my perspective become it appears the lcs program. >> guess you went from 52. >> dr. gilmore points out one of the things we have to consider is the ship were literally gets heavier with these systems at but with added 30 pledge but then to keep up with those striker. >> my time is limited so if you have a quick response quick. >> we will add capability which will add weight however the impact on speed is marginal. the requirement is over 40 knots the ships will still be faster than any other combat and to worship one that we have with the added weight. second, part of the of requirements and design c

multi-year effectively what we are describing with the competitive downside is it is based on this bill liu , associate with the detailed design and we are telling them somebody will win this and they will get 12 ships of this free get design. the details whether that is 12 options are free convert that into the multi-year in the future, that is not decided today. but what we do want to ensure that we procured though ships as early as possible going to that competitive process. >> but again for my perspective become it appears the lcs program. >> guess you went from 52. >> dr. gilmore points out one of the things we have to consider is the ship were literally gets heavier with these systems at but with added 30 pledge but then to keep up with those striker. >> my time is limited so if you have a quick response quick. >> we will add capability which will add weight however the impact on speed is marginal. the requirement is over 40 knots the ships will still be faster than any other combat and to worship one that we have with the added weight. second, part of the of requirements and design c

after serving near liu a quarter century on capitol hill, glenn retired from politics in 1998. that same year, nearly 40 years after his first nasa journey, glenn returned to the stars. a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. >> reporter: at the age of 77 the first american to orbit the earth made history once again, becoming the oldest human ever to travel into space. the nation's senior astronaut returned to earth with a message for other americans his age. >> i think too often people set their lives by the calendar. old folks have ambitions and dreams too, like everybody else. and why don't they work for them? why don't they go for it? don't sit on a couch someplace. that's my attitude. his own advice, staying politically active until the end, publicly opposing the decision to end the space shuttle program. president obama awarded him the medal of freedom in 2012. >> john glenn has streaked through three days -- >> reporter: now as a nation bids farewell to a true hero, americans for one last time can wish john glenn godspeed. >> godspeed, john glenn. >> repo

north carolina republican congressman walter jones is joined by california democratic congressman ted liu to discuss a court of appeals decision over contributions to political committees. both argue the ruling allows superpacs to accept unlimited donations. and then a look to spread fake news during the 2016 election psych occasional clint watts from the foreign policy research institute. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> tuesday morning testimony from the deputy director of the u.s. geological survey on his agency's scientific misconduct and alleged data manipulation at a geochemistry lab in colorado. he speaks from front of a house natural resources subcommittee. that starts live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. in the afternoon a senate hearing on the current terror threat from iran. witnesses look at ways the u.s. can counter threat by the country, a and what can be done to ensure stability in the middle east region. watch the hearing live tuesday at 2:30 p.m. eastern. also on c-span3. >

here in new york city just two years ago because it was the anniversary on december 20th for officers liu their mortgages and pay off their homes. our mission is to make sure that we are there for first responders and our military in times of crisis. thank you for being our partner. >> so great. thanks so so many people out there who donate. where did people go if they want to make a difference? >> tunnels2towers org. it's $11 we're asking for. stand tall is our campaign. they stood tall for us. these men and women in uniform. our first responders. we have to stand tall with them. >> thanks for being here this morning. such an incredible mission that you guys are doing. >>> still to come, it is the picture that has everyone talking this morning. can you see what is wrong with this photo? your comments there pouring in on this one and the markets are about to open for the first time since christmas and all eyes are on one number, right, nicole? >> absolutely. this is not what it is. this is down 19,000. we have the hats for dow 20,000. we're less than 70 points away. why can't we just cros

north carolina republican congressman walter jones is joined by california democratic congressman ted liu to discuss a court of appeals decision over contributions to political committees. both argue the ruling allows superpacs to accept unlimited donations. and then a look to spread fake news during the 2016 election psych occasional clint watts from the foreign policy research institute. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> tuesday morning testimony from the deputy director of the u.s. geological survey on his agency's scientific misconduct and alleged data manipulation at a geochemistry lab in colorado. he speaks from front of a house natural resources subcommittee. that starts live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. in the afternoon a senate hearing on the current terror threat from iran. witnesses look at ways the u.s. can counter threat by the coun watch the hearing live tuesday at 2:30 p.m. eastern. also on c-span3. >>> now we'll look back at the foreign policies of three modern-day preside