next on gps, amal clooney and her client nadia murad that aims to get monetary restitution, real cashnto the pocket of isis victims like murad. hohow? we will explain. >>> in recent days, yazidi women and men and children have fled for their lives and i believe the united states of america cannot turn a blind eye. we could act to prevent a potential act of genocide. >> that is president obama in 2014 talking about a tragedy that was then unfolding in northern iraq as isis attacked the yazidis, a religious minority. they sought safety from the terrorists from a top of a mountain but isis surrounded the mountain and left them with two choices as obama explained. descend the mountain and be slaughtered or stay and slowly die of thirst and hunger. at the same time, one of the world's largest concrete manufacturers, a french company called la farj, was paying isis so that it could continue to operate a settlement plant in the area that isis had seized. the two events collided last year by the u.s. department of justice which ended in la farj paying $800 million in fines. this week a landma

amal cooney and the lead plaintiff nadia murad nobel peace prize winner join me exclusively to explain the stunning legal story and the tragedy behind it. >> the terrorists are brazen and the financiers are brazen and they'll continue to do so as long as they're not being punished. >>> but first, here is my take. 2023 has turned out to be a year that has seen a fundamental challenge to world order. the rules-based international system built by america and others over the decades, is now under threat in three regions. in europe, russia's war on ukraine shatters the longstanding norm that borders should not be changed by force. in the middle east, the war between israel and hamas threatens a dangerous radicalization of the region with iranian-backed militias fighting american-backed allies from lebanon to yemen to iraq to syria. and in asia, china's rise continues to unsettle the balance of power. each of these challenges has its peculiarities, but they have in common the need for a mixture of deterrence and diplomacy. the joe biden has set agendas and rallying allies and talking to adve