well the thing is that mr push them all is not prepared to go back to spain back to take up office he's suggesting that he could in the first instance make his investiture speech via video link that that has to happen by the end. this month some people are suggesting that he could in fact continue to to fulfill his obligations like that remotely others are saying that perhaps the party should nominate a proxy to actually to actually perform the job in person the party which won the most votes in that regional elections sudan knows they're against independence they say that that's not constitutional it is a bit of a gray area we're expecting to hear from the parliament's lawyers in the near future the spanish government certainly say that that's not allowed the the together for catalonia party could press ahead and say no we won the elections you have to allow us to do our democratic duty they could compromise it's not clear what's going to happen but let's not forget that very majority in parliament depends on the participation of several deputies who have actually been jailed so there

were facing a european arrest arrest warrant that's gone away but they still refused to go back now mr push them all says that he might make his investiture speech which has to happen by the end of the month via video link some opinion say that would be unconstitutional and the spanish government say it would be illegal so do the party which won the most votes in the regional elections sudha done us and we're waiting to hear from the catalan parliaments lawyers as to very advice but the message here really was that that's not going to sway things that if in fact the parliament does choose to relax mr pushed him out as as regional president then it would be an affront to democracy if anybody tried to stop that you know entity from the rest of the of the empire in india and chooses. to be here in brazil who get them to give him confidence and so really it's amazing that he not only in east once we get into the only place where there is another problem for mr push to moms group and that is that several of their m.p.'s were actually jailed in spain so there are many unanswered questions about e

really insane is he not named in east loosely ultimately class where there is another problem for mr push to moms group and that's that several of their m.p.'s were actually jailed in spain so there are many unanswered questions about exactly how and when they can start. jobs when they can take power. argentina's former vice president gore has been released from prison on bail after being held for two months over corruption charges he was detained because of fears he could interfere with the case who is one of a number of high profile figures accused of embezzlement while serving under former president cristina to cochin or she's also accused of corruption but has immunity after winning a senate seat in october. now the number of dead in tuesday's month's lives in southern california has risen to at least eighteen search and rescue efforts are continuing in santa barbara county after flash floods swept down hillsides carrying boulders bigger than cars six people are still believed to be missing dozens of homes were destroyed just weeks after a huge wildfire swept through the area. now fou

was the term that's not going to sway things that if in fact the parliament does choose to relax mr pushed as regional president then it would be an affront to democracy if anybody tried to stop that imagine from the rest of the world that the parliament investor. who's going to be there their president to whom they're going to give their confidence and then someone in spain decides that they don't like the president they did this once we hope they're not going to do it twice. well there is another problem former. group among the several very were actually jailed in spain so there are many unanswered questions about exactly how and when they can start their jobs when they can take power qatar has sent an airspace violation complaint to the un security council against the united arab emirates it alleges an emirati fighter jet illegally crossed into cattery territory on december twenty first the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain any close airspace to qatari aircraft in june after cutting diplomatic ties they accuse qatar of supporting terrorism which it denies twenty five years after the end of ap

was the term that's not going to sway things that if in fact the parliament does choose to relax mr push for more regional press. didn't then it would be an affront to democracy if anybody tried to stop but. for the rest of the of the party . chooses. to be their. president who they are the constant and then. in these once we. once we're there is another problem for mr bush the moans group and the several very were actually jailed in spain so there are many unanswered questions about exactly how and when they can start their jobs when they can take power. that's it from a from the it's great now back to come and. we're actually going to stay with catalonia a moment longer because leo would have been finding out about another region had been barnea before to sorry to bania to barnea yeah well neither have a. well if you haven't the it's probably because it's not real so it doesn't exist actually but there is a social media campaign arguing that it should become independent from catalonia and remain in spain it even has its own flag kind of pretty but not don't worry it's also just a joke

very soon be sworn in as the cattle on president there are a number of obstacles that they face mr pushed him or won't go back to spain and neither will the deposed ministers that he came to brussels with last year when they were facing a european arrest arrest warrant that's gone away but they still refused to go back now mr push them all says that he might make his investiture speech which has to happen by the end of the month via video link some opinion say that would be unconstitutional the spanish government say it would be illegal so do the party which won the most votes in the regional elections sudha done us and we're waiting to hear from the council on parliament's lawyers as to very advice but the message here really was that that's not going to sway things that if in fact the parliament does choose to relax mr pushed him out as well as regional president then it would be an affront to democracy if anybody tried to stop that you know entity from the rest of the of the empire in india and to this is who's going to be there in brazil who get them to give him confidence and then so

happens next let's remind our viewers that of course the reason they're here is as you were saying mr push for more and several of his deposed ministers came here several months ago and they're you won't go back to spain because they face arrest today but his spokespeople were saying that they're clear that next wednesday when there's the first session of the new council on parliament they expect. the boards of parliament and the speaker of parliament parliament to be elected the speaker will then be charged with going around the political parties and getting a nomination for who will be the regional president the people here are saying it's clear it will be colors put them up there's no doubt about that but there are some obstacles in their way still that they face so what options then do these pendants parties have left. well look fully the thing is that colors put them on at the moment will not go back he's suggesting that he can make his investiture speech via video link and he could even perhaps continue to. exercise his role from here in brussels people from the party which won the m

government as a measure i also want to say that i am aware of the personal and traditional situation of mr pushed i am aware of the warning about him i am also aware of his absolutely be a candidate for peace more attended a debate on the university of copenhagen he accused the spanish government of treating pro independence catalan politicians like terrorists in the last months fundamental freedoms have been undermine it. democratic democratically elected policeman's have been sent to preventive prison and have been treated like terrorist all the worse by myself or others members of my cabinet a hug zeile themselves to avoid prison. freedom of assembly has been tailored schoolteachers are being rules trial for take. about the referendum on day even for be that yellow color during the electoral campaign. well saudi arabia plans to donate one and a half billion dollars half of the un's humanitarian appeal for yemen as the war continues the situation is also deteriorating in areas controlled by the saudi backed government in the southern port city of aden secessionist say they want to overthrow the

mr. trump last unihad pushed to have mueller fired. mr. trump is now pushing back against that report, as washington waits to see if the president and the special prosecutor will come face to face. here's errol barnett. >> reporter: upon returning last night from the world economic forum in davos, president trump huddled with his communications team before addressing the media. >> i think it was a very, very successful trip. >> reporter: mr. trump avoided the topic of the special counsel, and the white house has not denied reports that last june the president wanted to fire robert mueller. cbs news has confirmed the president was angry about mueller's investigation, raising concerns over what he saw as potential conflicts of interest. but top white house advisers told mr. trump the conflicts were not grounds to fire mueller and that doing so would be politically catastrophic, so the president changed his mind. >> typical "new york times" fake stories. >> reporter: while in davos, the president denied he wanted mueller fired and continued to

little bit but let's talk about the public theater of the last ten days to make up for that or mr mugabe wasn't pushed out in order to bring in democracy now the p.f. had been perfectly happy trashing democracy for thirty five years the thing that brought change was the terrible realisation that mr mugabe was going to bring his wife into the top job and that would have upset all the vested interests in your country people who counted on. coming in to protect their interests and the secret couldn't know about not just me couldn't risk that not also correct what people cannot risk is somebody who people ought to be unstable in what appeared in behaved in as a terrible way to take over the controls of power in zimbabwe it would establish it would have established the whole country would have to submit to the region that was the consent that's not the view of did the most with a veteran of the liberation struggle he was close to mugabe for fifteen years he was quite clear the army intervened he said to save son piaf not the country but he was you know this must be not to know just because that is a member

well they could as mr push the man himself has suggested say that what's going to happen is because he can't go back to spain he will actually make his investiture speech and perhaps continue to govern remotely so that speech they're saying could and should happen via video link. it's a moot point it's certainly something that's rejected by the madrid government and by the party which won the most votes in that december election sudan us. against independence now the the regional parliament's lawyers haven't come out officially and said what they think but to many people are saying that they could rule that that's unconstitutional this idea of a video link a video link speech the party might instead decide to appoint a proxy for that speech they might decide to say that somebody will actually take mr putin one's place in person when it comes to parliamentary business it's all very unknown but for these people they want to tell madrid you need to respect the results of the elections and not put hurdles in our way that seem badly in brussels thank you nadeem environmental groups are accu

mr. trump pushes back against allegations he made a racist remark. we have details from new york.ood morning. >> reporter: good morning. with an already busy week ahead of them on capitol hill, the presidet used the martin luther king jr. holiday monday to attack democratic senator dick durbin for claiming he used a vulgar term while referring to certain immigrants. the controversy has stalled negotiations on a daca deal. president trump returned to the white house last night from his mar-a-lago resort in florida still defensive after allegedly using a vulgar term to describe haiti, el salvador, and some african countries. yesterday he went after democratic senator dick durbin for, in his opinion, blowing immigration talks. the president tweeted in part, "senator dicky durbin totally misrepresented what was said at the daca meeting. deals can't get made when there is no trust." there's internal west wing debate over whether the president said "blank hole" or "blank house," causing discrepancy on why some republican senators deny hearing the president use the specific expletive. >>

mr. trump pushed a hard line on immigration insisting on a border wall with mexico and asking for concessions from democrats on a bill to protect young undocumented immigrants. trump's speech gave very few details about policy, but it did outline a 1$1.5 trim ollion pla revamp the infrastructure. >> tonight i'm calling on congress to produce a bill that generates at least $1.5 trillion for the new infrastructure investment that our country so desperately needs. every federal dollar should be leveraged by partnering with state and local governments, and, where appropriate, tapping into private sector investment to permanently fix the infrastructure deficit and we can do it >> edward lawrence is with us from washington, d.c given that president trump made that request for greater bipartisanship in congress, how have democrats reacted to the speech >> democrats did not applaud or stand up during the speech some of them had a silent sort of protest they were wearing all black for the metoo movement that has swept through the united states. but democrats on the whole say they were not impressed wi

france suffers a big trade deficit with china, and mr macron is expected to push for improved accesshan charles is the director of communications for the european bank for reconstruction and development. hgppy happy new year. nice to see you. tell me, what do you think emmanuel macron's trip, his first trip to asia since he became president of france will stop it is very important, isn't it? it tells us that china is just too big to ignore. it is the bare in the room, the giant figure on the world stage, growing bigger all the time. very important for trade, and both sides want something out of this visit. the chinese undoubtably seafro nts visit. the chinese undoubtably seafronts now as a very important player in the relationship. the role that was previously played by the united kingdom. china would be putting its eggs in that market —— basket leading the uk would help in the eu. now it knows that after the brexit referendum that is not possible. it is focusing on france and germany. front sees china as a massive market. as everybody does, let's be honest. if we look at what he has

twenty eighteen our presidential elections of two thousand and twenty make no mistake about it mr putin will push as far as he's allowed to push if we don't push back never before has a u.s. president so clearly ignored such a grave threat and a growing threat to u.s. national security card so what's going on here let me pull in chris faulkner he's a republican strategist with majority strategies in los angeles which describes itself as america's premier influence marketing services firm chris good to have you on the show welcome to the date let me ask you about north and south korea first of all they're talking again but they're talking right now about the olympics not about north korea's nuclear weapons is this eight true sign of trump's foreign policy leadership but up front the progress there is is more than just you know it's actually one of the most emotional issues emotional issues for most koreans is reunification between sam's will obviously a lot of families were separated during the. separation of the two koreas indecent motional ice to live it so about three half years and these emoti

bit but let's talk about the public theater of the last ten days to talk about that here mr mugabe wasn't pushed out in order to bring in democracy now the p.f. had been perfectly happy trashing democracy for thirty five years the thing that brought change was the turbot realisation that this group. he was going to bring his wife into the top job and that would have upset all the vested interests in your country people had counted on. coming home to protect their interests and their secrets couldn't know that now could you not just me couldn't risk that not us of course what people cannot risk is somebody who people ought to be unstable in what appeared in behaved in a stable way to take over the controls of power in zimbabwe it would establish it would have destabilized the whole country it would have to serve as the region that was the concept that's not the view of didn't was with a veteran of the liberation struggle he was close to mugabe for fifty years he was quite clear the army intervened he said to save son p.s. not the country but he was a know it is must not be not to know each other

mr. trump pushed his economic agenda. >> we want great >> we want great prosperity and we want great peace. and i think that really is the message. it' been going really well. >> reporter: tomorrow, the president's set to address the forum, showcasing the u.s. economy, and stressing the need for fair trade. for the pbs newshour, i'm ryan chilcote in davos. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the united states pressed turkey to call off its assault on kurdish forces in northwest syria. the turks are targeting kurds around the city of afrin, saying they're allied with rebels inside turkey. the u.s. supports the syrian kurds, and at the davos forum today, white house homeland security adviser tom bossert urged restraint. >> i think that president erdogan will make decisions to de-escalate violence in afrin and to normalize and stabilize pre-afrin actions in that region and i think that he'll make that decision here with the full support of the united states. president erdogan, we understand your legitimate security concerns on your southern border, and we are going to work with you very clo

did he have a role to play in pushing north korea to this point? and now of course mr. trump is pushing for talks with the north korean leader himself. could we see that happen? >> as far as the role president trump played, his administration has been a driving force in these sanctions that have really stepped up the pressure on north korea. and the sanctions are being enforced by what we can at least see on the surface, which means north korea is not able to import things like oil. it's been drastically cut. and north korea is also not able to sell a lot of the things that it uses to bring in revenue. in the medium to long-term, that could bode serious problems for the north korean economy. and the fact that they came to these talks so quickly, within about a week or so, from the time the offer was made to the time the talks happened does indicate that the north koreans are certainly keen to sit down and have conversation cans, starting with the olympics. president trump's tweets, on the other hand, which have included insults of the north korean leader, kim jong un, th

. >> reporter: but republicans pushed back. >> mr. president, you need to be clear, though. i think what senator feinstein is asking when we talk about just daca we don't want to be back here two years later. you have to have security as the secretary would tell you. >> reporter: and the justice department is reacting to that judge's ruling saying that the administration acted within their legal authority and that the fate of daca remains with congress. maggie, kendis. >>> former white house chief strategist is out of a job again stepping down as chairman of breitbart news after facing intense backlash from the president's supporters. it comes days after he was quoted in a new book disparaging the president and his family. allies say bannon plans to continue his far right activities but many question whether he can maintain his influence. >>> three federal judges have ruled north carolina's congressional map which was redrawn by republicans is illegal. the judges in the so-called gerrymandering case ruled the drawing was done with excessive partisanship that gave republicans

to negotiate with the dems over the weekend after they shut down the government, pushing amnesty for illegal immigrants, mrtrump admonishing the dems for representing interest of illegal immigrants ahead of national interest and american citizens. he spent his time talking with republican legislator urging them to hole th hold the line, , schumer and the dems folded. tonight, more shocking revelation much corruption at highest level of fbi and justice department, someone at fbi destroying 5 months worth of text-messages, between peter strzok and lisa page. spanning a critical window between presidential transition and launch of robert mueller oso called russia probe. and telling the public that those e-mails were lost cause of a technical glitch. congressman ron desantos said that fbi director wray needs tech stocks are plan how the texts could have been deleted. we take unth unup the steep sta- take unthe deep state. congressman desantos among our guests here. also tonight, schumer shut down has ended. president trump making sure that would be so. making it clear these would negotiate status of millions o

but the white house isn't taking that as proof that the president was wrong — indeed mr trump is pushingeason the commission didn't come up with anything is because democratic states didn't cooperate. actually blaming states. democratic but republicans as well. they have said that voter fraud is not a but republicans as well. they have said that voterfraud is not a big deal. the real problem has been the small—town life. most americans do not bother to go to the polls. if you impose restrictions on how difficult it is to punch your ballot, you have to have certain forms of identification. you're going to diminish that even more. the minority groups might think that is the president's whole point. trying to expand these regulations, making it more difficult for people to vote, buy producing identification, that hits minority voters. they tend to vote democrat. many voters. they tend to vote democrat. ma ny states voters. they tend to vote democrat. many states would think it is getting people to vote in the first place that is the problem. theresa may has challenged the call by her local

to besmirch his reputation in advance of that decision making is intended to try to color it and push mr think it will work but i do think that that's rather transparently what's happening. >> besmirch his reputation. that's a perfect way to put it. i don't know if you heard adam schiff here, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. here is what he told axios about rod rosenstein. >> what i'm more worried about at the moment is that he fires rod rosenstein. that he knows the blowback that would accompany firing special counsel so he fires rod rosenstein, puts in his own person, who then becomes bob mueller's boss who says you can't look into this or into that and you need to end your investigation here. >> if rod rosenstein goes -- do you think that's a valid worry, that he would fire him? >> the i think it's a highly valid worry, what we've been seeing in the press, report about his dissatisfaction with the deputy attorney general. in my experience the deputy attorney general is a stand-up guy. he makes mistakes sometimes, like we all do, but always acts in what is the best

they would go back into more details about the different players in the conflict mr klebnikov of the russians up pushing for a political settlement that's it's come from this sentiment down at the consider the war all those to be over. so well indeed from the russian perspective and other leaders of other countries like iran iraq. and syrian government even the united states there can only hope that the isis is almost defeated in syria and iraq so currently russia it wants to concentrate more on the political process and that's the country that the majority think the political process is even trickier and how to then the military face firstly because. the size opar this will face an issue to discuss the most sensitive and difficult problems like. because additional and political reforms elections the fate of us it the role of kurds in their countries governance the presence of the foraging. military formations in this territory so there is the whole set of this political issues which really put russia russia. and the tight spot because on the one hand it has its allies. in damascus and in iran. and the

safety standards so the risks for offshore drilling are simultaneously going up as the trump mr ations trying to push into areas that are on developed let's move on to other news now north korea has accepted the south proposal for talks on tuesday the missing will be held inside the demilitarized zone which is the area between the two countries earlier this week cross border communications between chong yang and some of the result and the first time since two thousand and sixteen kim jong un offered to take part in talks during his new year's address is set to focus on that north korea taking part in next month went to and then picks in the south well let's get more on the smell we're joined by robert kelly professor of international relations and diplomacy at busan university he's joining us on scott from the south and south korea a pleasure to have you with us on al-jazeera mr cattanach before we get to exactly what might be discussed at these talks is this a hopeful start to the can we be cautiously optimistic. yes it is it's always good to talk to north korea north korea is arguably the most dang

mr. putin will push as far as he can if we don't push back. even belong -- beyond electoral interference to impact the daily lives of americans for example cheating americans out of metals that heal the big games. attacking american businesses so what should we do about this of that asymmetrical arsenal? including many recommendations. first mr. trump must show leadership with our government and the people and immediately declared u.s. policy to deter all forms of russia's hybrid threat from the united states and around the world and to establish a high-level interagency fusion cell modeled on the counterterrorism center for u.s. policy and programming in response to the influence operations. the u.s. government should provide assistance with the allies in europe to build democratic institutions and with those eurasian states most vulnerable to interference. democracies with transparent government to engage citizens are more resilient to the asymmetric arsenal. as part this effort to lead the international effort to build awareness of the infl

mr. putin will push as far as he can if we don't push back. even beyond the electrical interference, they also found examples of the kremlin backed efforts that impacted the daily lives of americans they care about. for example, cheating americans out of medals at the olympic games, supporting cyber criminals who attacked american businessesin to steal the financial information of millions of consumers. so what should we do about this? what should we do s about the asymmetrical arsenal? it includes many recommendations but i would like to summarize the top six.ec first, mr. trump must show unequivocal presidential leadership to the government and the american people. he should immediately declare that it's u.s. policy to detour all forms of russia hybrid threats against the united states and around the world. the president should establish a high-level interagency cell modeled when the countering terrorism center for the response to the russian government's influence operations. second, the u.s. government should provide assistance and concert

mr. trump is here to push his america first agenda and persuade foreign investors that the u.s. is open for business, but some critics consider the president's trade views to be protectionist and say protectionism could harm the global economy. earlier this week the trump administration slammed tariffs on certain foreign made appliances and solar panels. the president, a businessman himself, is expected to meet with european ceos and urge them to invest in america in light of the recent tax cuts. gavin ramjuan, cbs news, london. >>> oprah winfrey is knocking down speculation she could run for president in 2020. the buzz intensified this month when winfrey spoke at the golden globes on race and gender issues, but she says in a magazine interview while she has heard encouragement for a white house run, " i don't have the dna for it." win friday said she is very secure and confident in -- winfrey said she is very diseur and confident in her life already and -- secure and confident in her life already and knows when she can and cannot do. >>> a pitbull attack in the san francisco mi

as germany need the kind of fiscal pushed mr. schulz is talking about?an economic point, really. if i want to be devils advocate and support him in a way, the one thing that has not been one of the great hallmarks of this recovery is investments, be that the private sector or the public sector. one could make the argument and -- that if - i have a suspicion that private sector investments are going to come in 2018 anyway. that is one of the big stories, both in the u.s. and europe for 2018 anyway. a rebound of. that is an argument i can understand. having said all that, we just heard it. it is going to be a difficult negotiation. that is the one thing the government has in plenty, money. i would reckon that this is going to be part of the coalition deal. it is going to be some kind of fiscal spending, fourth. guy: is that going to make draghi worried? is that going to make core central bankers worried from core countries? an increasingly, they feel like they are finding their voices at this point. peter: it depends on how you really.worried," one of the

mr. wagner and his staff. [applause] our next item 10 otherwise business. >> commissioners -- do we have other, we are not going to have a meeting on january 2nd. >> because of that some items have been pushed and mr. wagner mentioned the capitol plan presentation bumped to march 6tn and take a look at the calender in front of you. >> we'll be here, we're doing the calender. we can move on to item 11 joint conference committee report there hasn't been a meeting since the last health commission meeting so there's no report and item 12 is committee agenda setting which you just referenced with the calender and so we can move on to consideration of votes for closed session. >> were there any public comments concerning closed session? no public comments. >> no motion for closed session is in order. >> so moved. >> second. >> all those in favor a aye. >> opposed. commission will now go in to closed session. thank you. those who are not part of the closed session should vacate the room. >> please stand by say aye. >> we will not disclose the discussion and ready for a motion for adjournment and the second. all those in favor. please a aye. >> dr. chow. >> i'm sorry, i'd like to move we close in m

we have spent months pushing republicans to work with us to increase investments in education and health care and other domestic and defense priorities. and, mr. president, we have spent months and really years pushing republicans to work with us to protect the hundreds of thousands of dreamers across our country. young men and women who have known no home but america. who have spent their entire lives reciting our pledge of allegiance. who think of our great country as their great country. who now, through no fault of their own, are facing the prospect of being torn from their homes, from their families and their friends, and deported to a country many of them cannot even remember. mr. president, months and months have been spent trying to get republicans to work with us. months and months we have been urging republicans to join us at the table. months and months trying to solve problems with solutions that had bipartisan support, democrats and republicans were on the same page on all of these issues. and for months and months, president trump and the republican leaders have refused. they sat in their partisan corner. they ignored the democr

mr. cantor. they were the only platform willing to push the narrative that mr.antor was in jeopardy and they were right. steve regarded the defeat as a quote, scalp, as he put it, for breitbart. tell me more about that. >> you know, it's interesting. a lot of the themes you have heard coming from bannon and breitbart and even president trump over the last year and a half about taking on the establishment, the political class, the media class, a lot of those things originated in 2014, during that period of time where steve went after the republican leadership, eric cantor as well as speaker john boehner who would end up resigning from the speakership that fall, to even into that election cycle where he took on mitch mcconnell in kentucky, getting behind matt bevin, took on sitting incumbent senators in states like kansas, tennessee, louisiana and mississippi. it was almost like a dress rehearsal for what we would see later with steve and donald trump. i think the political activist steve bannon, not the media platform runner, not the person trying to create a pla