eight i guess nobody was dreaming that big financial institutions big stock exchange i mean fee m e n c b o e i one of the most recognized and well known stock exchanges in the united states once you are listed or being traded there this is really a sign that you have kind of all arrived to the financial world and we have to remember that because futures are something different than normal bitcoin trading a bit coin future has some sort of regulations as well for example that c m e n c b o e it's just traded a couple of hours a day and there's also a limit of twenty percent that it can go up and can also go down ok so a major movement there but what is next for bitcoin itself i mean former bank chief actually says that it doesn't really fulfill the three main functions in order for it to be money because it's not an effective means of payment it's not a good measure of value and it's not an effective way to store value because it's inherently stopper paula so what's the point of bitcoin. well for many investors it's really interesting because we also have to remember for example last we

a serious threat to the a n c. to look in ten. we've seen our organization. observers say the party is in danger of splitting into into camps headed by the two main candidates looking to succeed zuma as party leader so run the post us you must care and deputy and one of south africa's richest men is battling closest manage a mini zuma the president's ex-wife run the process seen as someone who could revive the party and its fortunes he has repeatedly spoken out against corruption in the country he also pledges to bring south africa's flagging economy back on track. zoomer was for many years ahead of the african union if she is elected to eggs has been jacob zuma might enjoy continuing immunity from prosecution observers say is zuma might stand down early and not wait until the next elections due in twenty nineteen if his ex-wife does take of the party helm many in south africa would like to see zuma. for what they are looking at the looking at him as this look at newton as a lie and all those names that has been painted with. it's like the people that are sup

he was fired last week due to those allegations --- n-b-c says an investigation is underway, the company's president is promising swift action against anyone who knew about his behavior and didn't report it. lauer's contract remains in question -- n-b-c says he's not getting paid anything more past his last day. after he firing, lauer apologized what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarassed and ashamed." lots of excitement for the 40th annual kennedy center honors ceremony. five people who have helped shape pop-culture have been awarded. words spoken from rap legend d-m-c about rapper and actor l-l cool j. he is the first hip hop artist to recieve this honor. alongside him, also being recognized-- television producer norman lear and dancer, choreographer carmen de lavallade and singers gloria estefan, lionel richie. politics did not overshadow the big event. didn't attend-- to allow the honorees to celebrate without political distraction. the ceremony airs later this month. coming up-- a car plows through pe

most of this distrait is located now and the japan financial forty has legitimize this and the c b a n c c b o a n c m e r legitimizing this and the hedge funds are jumping into this and you're going to get eighty ads and you're going to need three others or one of the things that drive in the stock market right now and passive in the index investing and when you get e.t.f. the coins with the volatility are you going to get a psychological effect on the eighty s. collapsing in bed crying and it could spill over to the stock market and bond market e.t.s. that's a contagion channel and that's a big risk other banks are going to try and be rail it or change it into something that they can control because we've heard the french and german finance minister is calling for a debate at the g twenty summit for regulation of bitcoin are they going to try and make it something they can handle they can try but they'll fail because there's no way to stop it it's unstoppable there's nothing they can do to stop the adoption row acceptance of big oil as a store of value as a currency and as a unit of ac

this according to c-n-n. aides to the vice president say he knew michael flynn contacted the russian ambassador -- but insist pence did not know the two discussed sanctions. flynn pleaded guilty last week to lying to the f-b-i. right now. firefighters in southern california are in an uphill battle as four wildfires continue to burn out of control. overnight - the thomas fire in ventura county and the creek fire in la county - both exploding in size. in all - more than 60 thousand acres have burned. 150 structures left damaged or destroyed. and thousands were forced to leave their homes as a state of emergency was put in place. so far none of the fire in ventura county has been contained. firefighters will get some relief back up tomorrow. right now-- an 11 year old boy in critical condition.. after he was accidentally shot last night. police say the boy was inside a suitland home with a family friend. the adult was putting away a firearm, when it discharged, striking the boy in the upper body. he rushed the c

c-n-b-c is a sister company of m-s-n-b-c. the company did not specify what the exact comments were.r, the network did confirm that they were inapropriate and never meant as propositions. the spokesperson also said matthews was formally reprimanded at the time. (justine) another box office success in a galexy far, far away... we'll tell you how the last jedi did in it's opening weekend. coming up because it's free yes free 99 is free 99, however because of a viewer letter i'm at tanforan mall in san bruno where the parking lot fills up early in the morning .long before the mall even opens and it's not the specials i'll explain in edition of people behaving badly normally when we get viewer tips for the people behaving badly segment... they arrive by email.... (jrstone) but one tipster choose an old fashioned method to capture our attention ... which sent our very own stanley roberts to the city of san bruno... it's 7 am in the morning in san bruno and i'm at the shops at tanforan. where the target parking lot is already starting to fill up nats: ambiance you see carnats: ambiance aft

eight i guess nobody was dreaming that big financial institutions big stock exchange i mean fee m e n c b o e i one of the most recognized and well known stock exchanges in the united states once you are listed or being traded there this is really a sign that you have kind of arrived to the financial world and we have to remember that bitcoin futures are something different than normal bitcoin trading a bit coin future has some sort of regulations as well for example that c m e n c b o e it's just traded couple of hours a day and there's also a limit of twenty percent that it can go up and can also go down ok so a major movement there but what is next for bitcoin itself i mean former bank chief actually says that it doesn't really fulfill the three main functions in order for it to be money because it's not an effective means of payment it's not a good measure of value and it's not an effective way to store value because it's inherently stoppable so what's the point of bitcoin. well for many investors it's really interesting because we also have to remember for example last week when th

it isn't just the top job that's up for grabs so are dozens of positions in the n c's hierarchy within the next few days that could be either a major realignment in the oldest liberation movement on the african continent or more of the same. this isn't just an internal african national congress issue millions of south africans will be paying attention to what happens here. and i want to know as much as possible quickly about whoever it is that will succeed president zuma zuma as the next president of the. for many south africans really the key issue is the economy and under president zuma it has really been struggling a lot to do with the uncertainty created by for example eleven cabinet reshuffle including that of the key posts of finance minister his tenure a decade or so so people want stability they want to know that their economy is going to be in good hands because ultimately it isn't just about what happens in the house if you like but what happens in the homes of south africans and what people want is to know that their kids are going to get a good education that they'll be hel

which got him fired from n-b-c. omen have filed complaints with n-b-c regarding the now former 'today show' host. reporter brian stelter from our partners at c-n-n has more on new allegations surfacing.. the today show once again addressing matt lauer's firing this morning:hoda kotb/ host, "today":"our top story is once again about our former colleague matt lauer. " savannah guthrie/ host, "today":"and in fact we just moments ago received a statement from matt, and let me read it to you. 'there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i have caused others by words and actions. to the people i have hurt, i am truly sorry. as i am writing this i realize the depth of the damage and disappointment i have left behind at home and at nbc. some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed.'alarming new allegations of sexual misconduct emerging against matt lauer.a former nbc employee telling the new york times

corruption and scandal have playing the n c's current leader south african president jacob zuma now with a contest to select the successor threatens to split the party we'll go live to johannesburg. and fleeing the fire residents in california have been ordered to evacuate as the massive blaze threatens to gold the city of santa barbara. and welcome to the program police in australia have arrested a man for allegedly acting as an economic agent for north korea the sydney resident is the first person to be charged under the weapons of mass destruction act a south korean born chen han choi is accused of attempting to broker sales worth tens of millions of dollars and missile technology and cold to third parties in indonesia and vietnam. journalist roger mayne our joins us now from sydney rodger the suspect is the first ever person to be arrested under this act what exactly is he accused of. chan and sure it was arrested at his home in sydney accused of brokering a multi-million dollar deal involving missile components and software associated with those components chan had apparently been u

lost its importance and its credibility in the last twenty three years there is corruption in the a n c particularly in the provinces and president president atoll posts are being bought . politically motivated murders we've seen thirty of them this year alone. that's alone in the a.n.c. and then the president himself he's faced with hundreds of corruption charges fraud extortion and money laundering so all this together has led to the party losing voter support and that has meant that the party has lost all. the major cities in south africa so it's the opposition party the main opposition party the democratic alliance running the major cities now so obviously the hopes are now on the two main candidates. and fiddled around a process do they have a chance to actually change the party well the party is deeply divided and one has to also see that both candidates are former freedom fighters they're part of the a.n.c. establishment so one cannot expect a massive dress tick change or turn around but they're very different so. she was the chair of the african union commission she was also a m

corruption in the party that must seem like a threat to this man yacoob zuma until now chairman of the n c he's facing a long list of charges among the men rich in himself and fraud. zuma had hoped his ex-wife nicole designer. would win so that he could get off unpunished according to his opponents at the party congress zuma once again tried to divert attention from the corruption charges against him. in the. in government and must be. decisively by law enforcement agencies. as a party veteran ram opposer is himself parts of the system but many believe in his drive for change his supporters cherish one quality above all what they see as his solid competence on the economy from a person as a successful businessman and one of south africa's richest men. oh she has been held in a turkish prison for nearly eight months now the german journalist misawa tolu has been released on the condition that she does not leave the country she's been reunited with her husband her son and father telling reporters that she's tired but very happy with this surprise turn of events told who was arrested in istan

since one female colleague went to n-b-c on monday with allegations of sexual misconduct...at least two other women have made formal complaints about lauer to the network. lauer's ex-wife is coming to his defense saying she supports him one hundred percent. new overnight. jimmy kimmel firing back at alabama senate candidate roy moore. the feud between these two all started when kimmel sent writer tony barbieri as fictional character jake byrd' to mock mo an alabama church wednesday night. walmart had removed a controversial t-shirt form its website. the writing on the shirt appears to threaten journalists.. implying they should be lynched it features the words "rope. tree. journalist. some assembly required". walmart says the shirt is from a thrid party seller and violates company police. some sense of relief -- your holiday flight plans - could be saved. american airlines -- saying that it's found pilots for nearly all the flights that were left unstaffed due to a computer glitch. the glitch- allowed too many pilots to take time off around the busy holiday travel season. so american of

or so coming up corruption and scandal have plagued the a n c's currently to south african president jacob zuma now the contest to select his successor threatens to split the poxy. and australian police arrest a man accused of acting as an agent on behalf of north korea they say try to broker the sale of missile components in cold to third parties in indonesia and vietnam. on having a home free good to have you with us would be good in pakistan where a suicide attack on a church service has left at least nine people dead and dozens wounded gunman targeted a methodist church in quite where hundreds of worship us were attending services ahead of christmas police and army troops around of the church and exchanged fire with the heavily armed militants before one of the attack as new himself on the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the attack. well joining us now on the line from islamabad is journalist. asked that the so-called islamic states claim responsibility for this attack how credible is that while absolutely so that that's just come in through there a mock ne

but on monday, an r-n-c official said the group would still help fund his campaign.dorsed moore in a tweet. however -- the national republican senatorial committee is still staying out of the race. (james) former governor of massachussets and 20-12 republican presidential nominee mitt romney said in a tweet: "roy moore in the us senate would be a stain on the g-o-p and on the nation... no vote, no majority is worth losing our honor, our integrity." (james) checking the markets this morning... winners and losers is next with our financial expert rob black. ♪ ♪ i can do more to lower my a1c. because my body can still make its own insulin. and i take trulicity once a week to activate my body to release it, like it's supposed to. trulicity is not insulin. it comes in a once-weekly, truly easy-to-use pen. the pen where you don't have to see or handle a needle. and it works 24/7. trulicity is a once-weekly injectable medicine to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it should not be the first medicine to treat diabetes, or for

new misconduct claims surfacing this morning - this time against m-s-n-b-c host chris matthews. we're also learning the company made a payment to his accuser. a spokesperson says this all happened back in 1999 -- after the woman compl "hardball" host sexually harassed her. m-s-n-b-c says the payment was separation-related compensation -- tied to her leaving her job, not a settlement for the claims. the company, also saying matthews was given a formal reprimand as a result. carolina panthers owner jerry richardson says he will sell the team, amid his own sexual misconduct investigation. the announcement comes after a sports illustrated story revealed the panthers settled with at least four former employees regarding inappopriate workplace behavior by richardson. the n-f-l says it's now investigating. and this morning already a lot of interest in the team.. music mogul p-diddy tweeting that he wants to buy the panthers - and promised he'd have the best half time shows. nba star steph curry quickly responded that he wants in too! the wizards at home last night did all they could to

for these women: flight crews need to do more, because at 30,000 feet there's no escape (catherine) c-n-n records to find the women interviewed in this report. but says that there were many other passengers with similar complaints and theairlines didn't do enough to help. c-n-n even found cases where the victims of harassment were children. (catherine) new tonight at 8. new (catherine) were children.harassment victims of where the victims of escapethere's no at 30,000 feet there's no escape escape escape (catherine) c-n-n searched federal court records to find the women interviewed in this report. but says that there were many other passengers with similar complaints and theairlines didn't do enough to help. c-n-n even found cases where the victims of harassment were children. (catherine) new tonight at 8. an unprecedented number of police officers - along with the national guard - will be on las vegas boulevard this new year's eve. (grant) tens of thousands of people are expected to ring in 20-18 in vegas... just three months after one of the deadliest shootings in u-s history.(catherine

or c n b c or any of the mainstream media outlets they all buy into it they get paid a lot of money they'll pay the stipend to the health extortionist and the obamacare folks as long as they push the line that there is still an active non ghostlike population that's crawling around america fishing through garbage pails living on vive dollars a day and during the third world and try to game the system twenty four seventh's so here you have a situation where people have been and sent advice to earn less to be less to think less to strive less an order to get the free health care overseas anybody who's connected in d.c. has connections or close to power and erik prince is one of these guys erik prince is a very good friend of steve bannon he's his sister is betsy demos who is the education secretary and the trumpet ministration well apparently he pitched a plan to strategically scam the american population and basically plunder afghanistan and thus exposing what the plan was all along private war erik prince has his eye on afghanistan's rare metals controversial private security tycoon

surprisingly wide margin results in most polls predicting a much closer race latin america edison a c numan is at the campaign h.q. of the president elect in the capital santiago sebastian begin a one on the promise of return economic growth to chile he promises that he can deliver more and better paying jobs for the country his rival a hundred year journalist and sen with nearly. wasn't able to use the electorate many many was the man for the nominee on the brink of economic growth and social reforms continue with the social reforms started by the current left wing government of president we shall now as have a stampede of did win with a comfortable nine percent of all the votes but he would not have such an easy time of it once he takes the presidency because he does not control the majority in the congress more on that developing story very shortly eleven women have reportedly been killed off the air strikes hit a wedding procession east of the yemeni capital sanaa who see officials say the strikes launched by the saudi led coalition killed people that they walked to a village in ri

it isn't just the top job that's up for grabs so are dozens of positions in the n c's hierarchy within the next few days they could be either a major realignment in the oldest liberation movement on the african continent or more of the same. internal talk us through this free education promise that has been made at the conference. yes suggest came as something of a surprise to everyone here because it's audience i suppose the students themselves have broken their finished their exams so it is being seen by many people as a political move by the president the outgoing president and this is an announcement that there will be free higher education for the country's poorest students and those middle class for middle class households they have defined that as being students from households whose families. about thirty five thousand dollars a year this is come as something of a surprise because just a short while ago last month it was announced the results of an commission of inquiry into with a free education was possible that it would not be affordable for south africa the context of which

i think the short answer is that it totally depends on what mr poser does although we must say the n c. across africa compared to other african countries and even other countries in the world the acting. sort of a collective and therefore the national executive committee the six of them whatever mr bowser does of course he will lead and he has influence but it will be a collective decision so any action that he takes to my mind will be that he has convinced the other five members of the committee to go along with now where i am interested to see which way he will go is he may not be do able to satisfy both investors and the voters who will see which way he leans with the elections coming i asked spectum to lean towards the vote is when elections are close mr equator it is great to get your analysis you and fights into this thank you very much for your time this and they are quite a joining us from washington d.c. . now uganda's parliament has voted to amend the constitution and a controversial move would allow president yarima seventy to stand for election again the bill removes the ag

, because at 30,000 feet there's no escape (grant) escapethere's no escapethere's no escape (grant) c-n-n to find the women interviewed in this report. it reports that there were many other passengers with similar complaints and theairlines didn't do enough to help. c-n-n even found cases where the victims of harassment were children. (sports) and ahead in sports, the warriors...rolling on with a 7- game homestand. we'll have the highlights from oracle. as we approach the end of 2017...we continue to countdown the best of the worst of people behaving badly. in tonight's segment.... picked out by stanley roberts himself...we find out what can happen if you choose ánotá to sign a traffic ticket given to you by an officer... in san bruno on a rain slicked road

(pam) former n-b-c 'today show' host matt lauer has a new accuser ... y veteran and former nbc staffer .... willing to staffer .... former nbc peaks saturday. the ridges and peaks saturday. (pam) former n-b-c 'today show' host matt lauer has a new accuser ... an army veteran and former nbc staffer .... willing to identify herself.(steve)her allegation comes two weeks after another network employee accused lauer of sexual impropriety,catherine heenan reports that the first accuser says has been terrified by the reaction . "she showed her face, she gave her name, she told her story. and at the conclusion of the interview she was asked, 'what do you want?' she said, 'i want you guys to do the right thing. and also, i'd like you to maintain my confidentiality.'"lauer lost his multimillion dollar job after the woman accused him of inapproproate sexual behavior at the olympic games in russia in 2014.today, her attorney says..."my client is terrified, and she does live in constant fear that people are going to track her down and figure out who she is, ," now a

we are learning more this morning about a d-c a-n-c commissioner charged with dui.y paul trantham used foul language -- urinated on the floor -- and barricaded himself in a bathroom. all the while-- police were recording. but trantham told us a different version of what happened. he says it was the police officers who were out of line-- and he intends to sue them. trantham told abc7 bathroom a couple minutes -- and says he only had a couple beers. police say he refused a breathalyzer. it seems all the big musical names are heading to vegas these days-- and now you can add "lady gaga" to that list. the singer kicks off a two-year residency at the mgm park theater at the monte carlo hotel and resort next december. gaga says it has been her "life-long dream" to perform in sin city. and she joins a long list of legends, including tony bennett, frank sinatra and elvis presley. it's xx and we're just getting started. breaking news on capitol hill. breaking news on capitol hill. a trillion dollar tax overhaul plan-- passes. what this means for american families and busines

we are learning more this morning about a d-c a-n-c commissioner charged with dui. say paul trantham used foul language -- urinated on the floor -- and barricaded h all the while-- police were recording. but trantham told us a different version of what happened. he says it was the police officers who were out of line-- and he intends to sue them. trantham told abc7 he was only in that bathroom a couple minutes -- and says he only had a couple beers. police say he refused a breathalyzer. six american university students face 126 counts each after an underage drinking party was busted at a home in bethesda. police say the alcohol content in the home was so strong -- it registered on a breathalyzer!! those six students -- all members of the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity -- could each face up to 315-thousand dollars in fines. this fast-moving fire you heard about first tuesday of good morning washington left dozens homeless for the holidays -- in prince george's county. and it's a reminder for all of us -- don't assume someone else called 9-1-1! firefighters say they w

companies create an opiate crisis domestically you don't hear anyone questioning that on an assembly say r c n b c early the mainstream media outlets they all buy into it they get paid a lot of money they'll pay the stipend to the health extortionist and the obamacare folks as long as they push the line that there is still an active non ghostlike population that's crawling around america fishing through garbage bells living on five dollars a day entering the third world and trying to game the system twenty four something . new on the screen. if somebody would have been told to spin to point to stood up so to. every night. thanks to by the arabs we will attacking them and we will. oh me both. substance and then he sold us and myself. the house with all the pools of oil we've all got gold with over they all. believe much second close citizens in. rules like lightning in my head that there is no way to be able to do group together without tearing down the smug. it's all to see we have a great team we need to strengthen before the freefall world cold and you're better than a legend to keep it so i

i have to tell you that privatized sation is the fundamental policy of the n c and i said to him but that's the very opposite of what you said when you were released and that got me into quite a bit of trouble because i was seen as being disrespectful to mandela by even challenging him but that full apartheid did not die which said there were two apartheid there was racial apartheid and there was economic and one would say class but economic apartheid economic apartheid did not change and today i've just been in south africa economic apartheid runs right through the country. the majority of its people over thirty million still live in the most grinding poverty while i was there there was a terrible case not untypical of a young black kid who drowned in a school latrine pit in the same newspaper so i turned the pages they was south africa's first black billionaire that south africa has almost become a kind of model for an economic apartheid across the world and that hasn't changed and i suppose that was the essence. that was fairly clear to me at the time when i interviewed mandela th

decision day for the a n c south africa's ruling party prepares to choose a successor to president jacob zuma. the state of emergency in southern chile after a live landslide early destroys an entire village. place in australia have charged a man they say was a loyal agent for korea who tried to sell missile components and call on the global black market australian resident chen hand choi was arrested in sydney after allegedly try and.

we're learning more about allegations against m-s-n-b-c host chris matthews.confirms that in 1999, a staffer complained matthews sexually harassed her. the spokesman says matthews made inappropriate comments about the staffer in front of others. she received a payment, and left her job. at the time, matthews received a formal reprimand. carolina panthers owner jerry richardson says he's selling the team. this comes as an investigation into allegations of workplace misconduct against him heats up. one person already putting in a bid is diddy. the music mogul went on social media to make his plea -- promising if he becomes the owner- he'll sign colin kaepernick, have the best halftime shows, and win multiple super bowls. n-b-a star and panthers fan steph curry tweeted that he wants to join diddy's deal. some activists plan to rally this morning outside the centers for disease control's d.c. office. they say they want to show their scientists who are being censored. a washington post article friday said the trump administration recently banned seven words and phr

n n c member and national security adviser to the police medicine south africa grandmasters and from the electoral institute for sustainable democracy and from the al-jazeera center for studies welcome to you all a mistake by asking mr burns one of this can. bring the party of past the divisions that we've seen over the last few weeks and move forward to unite the nation and also the a.n.c. . first of four lower you know. to be here but importantly the see once again found itself renewed this weekend or this week with the election of call it sort of a poster is the president of the sea. as to the pair cage that introduced the subject you want to just make it clear that. i do not and we do not foresee any conflict within the scene so far as the issue of corruption trial is concerned it has been the a.n.c. policy for quite some time even in the past president himself has spoken highly against corruption the issue now is that there's a new broom a parents a broom that is perceived differently than the old broom to deal with the issues at hand mr masterson do you see it the same way whic

to use mentors on the people ok we will have to leave our discussion today clearly a very divided a n c policy will see if this conference can unify the a.n.c. many thanks to all our guests today bongani. last night. i thank you two very much for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting a website that's al-jazeera dot com and have a discussion to go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for slash a.j. inside story you know the join the conversation on twitter at a.j. inside story from me laura kyle and the whole team here life and. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage of it with every day but the message is a simplistic you have boyfriend good logical rational person crazy and misinformation is rife dismissal and denial of well documented accusation and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narratives at this time on al-jazeera it's impossible to underestimate the size and scale of the economic crisis it's not just about the billion trillion dollars of debt it's not ju

there are all sorts of details in the for n c reports and examinations and i certainly do not wish to go into the details here and. i do not wish to divulge too many of these details however the fact remains that. we can ascertain that there has been there was money and tampering while this brings us to the concerns here in russia over the transparency and also allowing the russian side access to some of these experiments because we understand that the officials the athletes and the fans who are sympathetic we understand that they are two going through a lot of stress right now these people have been really eager to see some of the visual elements of that and i guess that sums up the concerns from this side. well the doping scandal was triggered back in twenty fifteen by the mcclaren report published by a canadian lawyer in two parts it claimed over one thousand the meat's were involved in a state sponsored doping conspiracy with positive some pills being swapped for clean ones however the document meant to prove widespread and state by doping violations is still being questioned over

corruption in the party that must seem like a threat to this man jakob zuma until now chairman of the n c he's facing a long list of charges among them enriching himself and fraud. zuma had hoped his ex-wife to cause a son zuma would win so that he could get off unpunished according to his opponents at the party congress zuma once again tried to divert attention from the corruption charges against him. and corruption in the private sector. in government and must be dead with decisively by law enforcement agencies. as a party veteran ramaphosa is himself parts of the system but many believe in his drive for change his supporters cherish one quality above all what they see as his solid competence on the economy ramaphosa rissa successful businessman and one of south africa's richest men. we want to go now to think so come along he is serving the a.n.c. congress force in south africa good evening to you so let's talk about the new leader of the inseam mr rahman polls i mean that he has a watch on his plate right now he's got to regenerate this party he's got to put south africa's economy bac

it isn't just the top job that's up for grabs so are dozens of positions in the n c's hierarchy within the next few days that could be either a major realignment in the oldest liberation movement on the african continent or more of the same page al-jazeera johannesburg. and time to take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now north korea has defiantly defended its ballistic missile program at the u.n. security council session was called after pyongyang tested what's believed to be its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile last month but the u.n. meeting failed to come up with any new steps on how to curb north korea's actions. oh quote. israeli forces have killed four palestinians including a disabled man during a wave of protests across the occupied territory more than one hundred eighty people were injured in friday's demonstrations against on trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the u.k.'s prime minister to resign mayors hailed the e.u. decision to move to the next phase of bragg's that talks will now focus on trade off the e.u. lead

a serious threat to the a n c we also need to look at in ten ten weeks we. protesters in tel aviv are once again calling for the resignation of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under investigation of a corruption allegations he's accused of accepting gifts from wealthy businessmen he denies any wrongdoing. supporters of independence in spain's catalonia region of hell the march in the run up to a regional election they demanded the release of politicians and activists jailed by the central government for organizing a succession referendum. chile will hold a runoff election on sunday for the first time in almost three decades a conservative coalition could be swept to power by voters dissatisfied by the performance of the center left government the libya's president ever mahler's has shrugged off claims he's a dictator after announcing he'll run for a fourth term tens of thousands of his supporters turned out in the city of culture to back his twenty nineteen bid but it's triggered protests in several cities. and u.s. president donald trump is

it isn't just the top job that's up for grabs so are dozens of positions in the n c's hierarchy within the next few days that could be either a major realignment in the oldest liberation movement on the african continent or more of the same. now once president zuma has officially opened this elective conference the first thing that happens is the approval or refusal of the delegates credentials there are just over five thousand of them and as i said earlier they have been mandated by the grass roots and see gatherings they call branches here to come to this conference now if it is tight it's possible some of the results will be disputed if some of the members who are refused the opportunity to vote here because of ongoing legal action they could be grounds for disputes there it's quite clear given the amount of legal action taken in the courts that many a.n.c. leaders have lost face in their own party's internal problem solving processes and that also heightens or highlights rather just how much is at stake not only the leadership of the a.n.c. but this person is very most likely to go

there are all sorts of details in the for n c reports and examinations and i certainly do not wish to go into the details here. i do not wish to divulge too many of these details however the fact remains that. we can ascertain that there has been there was money tampering. well that brings us to concerns over transparency and allowing the russian side access to these sort of experiments because we understand that the officials the athletes themselves and the fans who are sympathetic and indeed they are also going through a lot of stress right now they are so eager to see some sort of visual evidence some sort of pictures may be perhaps they could have summoned some sort of press conference where they could show how these bottles maybe all play and this is an element that the russian side thinks is missing right now and i guess this sums up the concerns that are being voiced here in this country about all this really looking ahead now to the winter olympics themselves you've been in south korea haven't you recently what were people there saying about this scandal and the fact that pote

as posing as serious threats to the a n c. we also need to look at in ten dynamics we see you know organization protesters in tel aviv are once again calling for the resignation of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under investigation over allegations of corruption he's accused of accepting gifts from wealthy businessmen he denies any wrongdoing. to mass graves containing the remains of dozens of people from iraq's years e.-d. minority have been found near the northwestern town of sin job ninety bodies have reportedly been discovered including those of women and children eisel took over singe are in twenty fourteen killing and in slaving thousands of members of the religious minority singe are was retaken a year later by a u.s. backed kurdish fighters austria has become the only country in western europe with a far right party currently in government the new thirty one year old chancellor sebastian kurtz who leads the conservative people's party made a coalition deal with the far right freedom party. donald trum

be the stronger candidate for the economy as far as investors and the markets are concerned he's an n c story who has a long history in the anti-apartheid movement he was a trade unionist during apartheid which can't be downplayed because the trade unions were one of the very few illegal ways when the a.n.c. was banned for many black people to go on the street and to protest for equal rights and fear were play and he was a lead negotiator in the peaceful transition to democracy and he was one of the founding right of this country is very progressive constitution he bowed out of politics after he was passed over he was believed to have been the preferred successor of nelson mandela and he took a hiatus if you like out of politics over a decade he went into business became a very wealthy man and reentered in two thousand and twelve twelve as soon as deputy and now he's the man in the top job tony you mentioned his his career in business then one of the things that he was involved in was the mining company norman and he sat on the board and there was that kind of. bad publicity for him in

i'm a new leader of south africa's ruling party b a n c house call for unity. opposer who is currently the vice president president zuma is exwife in the votes of the pasta conference. campaigning for catalonia parliamentary election is drawing to a close consulates will head to the polls on thursday for votes that could decide if a province breaks away from spain call pinhole. voters consider their options. it's a last brush before campaigning closes a rally for the separatists diaw c.e.o. cattle republican left polity. former speaker of the regional parliament karma fork adele is lucky to be here a tool she's free on bail for now but faces criminal charges for rebellion. i don't think anybody at all only imagine what was going to happen we could never have imagined that. after the october secession referendum prosecutors arrested key cattle and leaders for their role in organizing that vote and the spanish central government dissolved the capital and parliament a front seat is left empty for party leader john kerry us judges refused bail and instead kept him

the n-double-a-c-p has warned african americans to be cautious when when flying on american... ting examples of black fliers being forced to give up their seats. the n- double-a-c-p says it supports american's training plan... but that the travel advisory will stay in place for now. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist brittney shipp. little change in the weather is expected through the end of the workweek. a weak trough will pass north of the golden gate on saturday keeping the best rain chances closer to the oregon border. longer range trends suggest dry and cooler temperatures over the weekend followed by above normal temperatures next week. (grant) just in time for the holiday season... caltrain is unveiling it's annual holiday train in san francisco. kron4's lydia pantazes has a closer look. this is the cal train holiday train!this train will be making stops throughout the peninsula on saturday, december 2, and sunday, december 3.it's decorated with more than 70,000 glittering lights.the show-train will visit nine caltrain stations between s

countries to downgrade their and bases and jerusalem was answered by south africa's governing party the a n c his tenure page the african national congress is decision was unanimous to immediately and unconditionally downgrade south africa's embassy in jerusalem to a mere liaison office it's an approach and show of support for the palestinians but it is conditional on government adopting the policy there is along that close relationship between south africans and the palestinians forged during the years of apartheid late president nelson mandela was a close friend of late palestinian leader yasser arafat mandela once described arafat as a fellow freedom fighter and this is the south africans freedom it was an incomplete without the freedom of palestinians other n.t. apos hate heroes have also never forgotten that deep connection and they still use their position to speak out in solidarity with the palestinian cause we might be better yet. that the people who are in there right now don't forget. and got brutal. awfully on that close connection to the palestinian cause in fact last night it was

decision day for the a n c south africa's ruling party prepares to choose a successor to president jacob zuma. a state of emergency in southern chile after a live landslide early destroys an entire village. place in australia have charged a man they say was a loyal korea who tried to sell missile components and call on the global black market australian resident chen hand choi was arrested in sydney. after allegedly trying to make sales on behalf of pyongyang worth millions of dollars in north korea's cash flow has been severely restricted under u.n. sanctions aimed at pressuring the government to stop its missile program australian prime minister says north korea is trying to support itself by selling illegal goods north korea is i dined tourists reckless criminal regime threatening the pace of the region it supports itself by breaching u.n. sanctions not simply by selling commodities like call and and other goods but also by selling weapons by selling drugs by engaging in cyber crime it is vitally important that all nations work relentlessly to enforce those sanctions because the more

great deal of focus and attention we already know based on the last local election last year that the n c's slipped in support by about ten percent of the voting population who i have to say still in the vast majority of numbers supports the a.n.c. it was largely believed that referendum was vote was something of a referendum on president zuma as leadership are so people may be waiting to see exactly which direction the n.c. takes with its new president funerals are being held for the four palestinians killed by israeli forces in the latest protests in gaza and the occupied west bank where the main shot by a sniper in the confrontations was activist to him. he lost his legs during an israeli air strike in two thousand and eight. the u.s. embassy in honduras has been surrounded by protesters angry at waiting for three weeks for a definitive result in the presidential election demonstrators accuse the us of interfering in last month's vote which both candidates say they won government forces in southern yemen of regain control of a town following three years of fighting with two thousand figh

as posing a serious threat to the a n c we also need to look at ten ten am weeks we feel our organizations will take a closer look at the two clear front runners to replace zuma because as. is a former cabinet minister who served under every leader since the end of apartheid with portfolios including health home and foreign affairs the former chairwoman of the african union commission she has the backing of her ex-husband jacob zuma a rival the deputy president cyril ramaphosa is a veteran trade unionist was closely involved in the negotiations to end apartheid in one thousand nine hundred c. was seen as nelson mandela a successor instead ramaphosa became one of south africa's most successful businessmen as a director of the mining family on men he was criticized for calling the police action against striking miners at marikana and twenty twelve and forty four people were killed tanya page farthest report in c conference in johannesburg. this african national congress elective conference opened with a warning by the current speaker of the house bill akin betty she said delegates shouldn't