we visit the bank melli iran in hamburg it forwards are bringing in company payments to respective banks of german companies but now european banks are part of the boycott according to managing director gottlieb many companies fear the u.s. sanctions. the bank. the banks don't have any valid reason for not processing is a strain of thought it's a clear breach of contract it's a breach of the rules underlying payments in europe. bunk melly could sue but there are simply too many banks that no longer accept payments from iran gottlieb therefore hopes for new e.u. regulations back in tehran the block payments are also a big problem for many german medium size companies doing business in iran says dagmar from bone stein of the iranian german chamber of commerce. treat is on the brink of collapse and an e.u. solution is urgently needed. to name an iranian companies in the whole country are increasingly impatient with europe in other words we have to deliver now it's no longer enough to use symbolic politics here to counter the situation and dashed hopes among the rainy and citizens no one bel

we visit the bank melli iran in hamburg.t forwards iranian company payments to respective banks of german companies. but now european banks are part of the boycott, according to the managing director. many companies fear the u.s. sanctions. >> the banks do not have any valid reason for not processing those payments. it's a clear breach of contract. it is the breach of the rules underlying payments in europe. reporter: bank melli could sue, but there are simply too many banks that no longer accept payments from iran. he therefore hopes for new eu regulations. back in tehran, the blocked payments are also a big problem for many german medium-sized companies doing business in iran, says the iranian chamber of commerce. trade is on the break of collapse and an eu solution is urgently needed. >> iranian companies in the whole country are increasingly impatient with europe. in other words, we have to deliver now. it is no longer enough to use symbolic politics here to counter the situation. reporter: dashed hopes among the iranian

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mellie: don't build a city below sea level?l? that's probably a good option.ut, you know, since they've already done that, you just kinda have to deal with the consequences. reporter: american bravado. cape coral is a planned city at wenent straight from the drawawing board to the water front. its attraction -- affordable housing and low taxes. a housing estate f f 180,000 sun worshipers the e regular hurrrricanes thatr across the r region don't t put prospective buyers off. despe alall thwarnining gns, constructition here contntinues apac formerer county commissioner ry judah shows us what cape coral looked like before the bulldozers and backhoes arrived. ray: their limeded or la off planni, where ey reaeay recognize that there is gonna be some 400,000 residents in cape coral someday, well, they need to start planning for morere on space and to actually provide for development and growth away from the waterways, so that it doesn't put people in harm's way. reporter: it all began in the 1950's, whenen two speculators snapped up some e swpland. uninhabitable ma

of my former colleagues at a law firm both of us were non lawyers and we gave unscathed shane for mellie the founder and managing partner of carbon who is not only an expert in start ups and venture capital but as involved with us super noble endeavor making a real social impact shane welcome it's so great to have you here also to be here good to see again so let's talk about carbon what you're involved in tell the boom busters about it absolutely could be more excited so this is been a passion of mine for advice fifteen years actually and what we've come across as you know we're at the tide where the world is changing a lot of things are going on and we're losing our humanity as the way we kind of go its underlying thesis of what we're doing carbon is essentially a social impact enterprise that works to create blueprints around proven technologies and solutions of proven profitability in order to replicate and create solutions that advance compazine knowledge absolute resiliency for women and resorts efficiency so food energy water our goal is to take these blueprints and create a commi

another announcement that tomorrow's army-navy game expected today mommy chief of staff general mark mellie as the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. a lot going on. shannon: thank you very much. federal judge ordering additional fact-finding into then secretary of state hillary clinton's email use and whether clinton's private email servers were a deliberate effort to thwart the freedom of information act, judge issuing abiding statement saying the obama administration and justice department fell far short of the law's requirements. mueller's team says the president's former lawyer has been coughing up information about contact with russia saying when offered political synergy with the trump presidential campaign, what exactly does that mean is where we in are now on the question of collusion? we dig into mueller's findings on an important angle. chinese tech executive in court, new details about the mysterious arrest after the break. not long ago, ronda started here. and then, more jobs began to appear. what started with one job spread all around. because each job in energy creat

abc 7 news reporter melly woodrow is more on what seems to be a pricey plan. melanie. >> reporter: oh, it is. if you don't live in millennium tower, here with why you should care about this proposed fix. the structural engineer who designed it said there will likely be lane cleez yurs on mission street and fremont street. construction could take a year and a half. the lileaning and sinking mel l tower is one step closer to a makeover. understandably ronald tamburger is the structural engineer who came up with the proposed fix. >> we're calling the perimeter pile upgrade. >> reporter: 52 concrete piles along the north and west sides of the building that will transfer 20% of the building's weight to the existing foundation system to bedrock 250 feet below. >> we will actually jack the building against those piles, much like a bumper jack on a car when you have a flat tire. >> reporter: despite the pressure literally and figuratively, hamburger is confident in his design. >> really nothing is keeping me up at night with this design. >> reporter: no word on who wi

. >> melly lewis says she is not an online shopper. >> because i like to feel, touch, hold what i buy lone. tony mott visiting from china bought his wife a luxury hndbag. >> gucci i think they will be happy. >> she love it. >> karen flood is the executive director of the union square business improvement district. >> we heard from a handful of retailers that business is up over last year. >> up not only last december but last month as well. >> the air quality was very bad because of the fires. >> karen says the busiest times have been nights on weekends with many people coming for the experience as much as the shopping. >> whether it be dyson where you can throw confetti in the air and vacuum it up. >> it's all about the experience or ellen. this is the 35th year her family is spending christmas in san francisco. >> no they're for each other. we're hiding them. >> some shoppers like lewis landed discounts. >> 75% off at macies. >> you whispered we don't want to tell everybody. >> yes. >> others say they are focused on giving no matter the cost. >> i'm looking for that it's christmas t