neal katyal is going to join us in this hour. his latest "washington post" piece is entitled lev parnas and rudy giuliani have demolished trump's claims of innocence. does lev parnas expect or is he anticipating having a role in the senate trial? >> i think he's realistic enough to know that it's not up to him, and there's no reason -- i mean, certainly he wants to testify. that's clear. his lawyer's been publicly clear about that from the very beginning, but i think that they're realists in knowing that it's not up to them the and if it happens it happens, and if it doesn't, there's nothing they can do to force it. but making all this information available and being willing to comment in a public forum on what it means is them, you know, getting as close as they can in the public eye to testifying. whether or not they end up actually in the trial or in a deposition with one of the -- one of the investigating committees in the house. >> and in this story, individual one from the michael cohen prosecution here in new york is label

neal from massachusetts. mr. neal: let me thank the majority leader for organizing this special order. but it's also an opportunity to call attention to some of the suggestions that have been made by this president and this white house as to the economic growth that he claims credit for. so on the day that barack obama became president, america was losing 800,000 jobs a month. when barack obama left the white house, there were 14.3 million new jobs that had been created. that's a real turn-about. this notion that there was this dismal economy that president trump inherited is simply not true. so let's even go back to the end of the clinton years, which despite what president trump says, the greatest economic growth spurt in american history took place during bill clinton's presidency. plus, four balanced budgets. so when bill clinton said good-bye to the country, we were staring at a $15 trillion projected surplus over the next 10 years. so let's do the math. a $1.3 trillion tax cut in 2001, a $1 trillion tax cut

joining your impeachment discussion now is neal katyal, former acting u.s.l contributor. he's the author of "impeach: the case against donald trump." he co-authored the piece "why is mitch mcconnell so afraid of john bolton?" so, i have question for you. why is mitch mcconnell so afraid of john bolton? >> well, lawrence, we're just 48 hours after this bombshell that john bolton said he is willing to testify. and already mitch mcconnell has put the squelch on it, which is quite remarkable and it says a lot about where the republican senators are. you played a clip from rand paul saying how are people insulting the founders and insulting the constitution when it comes to war powers? i think the same question can be asked here. mcconnell is trying to proceed without even a guarantee that any witness, even john bolton, will be called to testify. and i can't think of something more kind of antithetical to the founders' idea. after all, the constitution requires them to try an impeachment case. i've never heard of a trial without witnesses. i don't know what's nex

we are joint and washington, d.c., by neal katyal, former acting u.s.olicitor general in the obama administration, supreme court lawyer, and georgetown university law professor. neal katyal is also the author of "impeach: the case against donald trump." welcome to democracy now! we want to go right to, well, that explosive claim or president trump's lawyer alan dershowitz. his claim of executive power that says a sitting president can take any action to boost his reelection chances if he feels his reelection is in the public interest. if you could start off by weighing in on that and then talk about the significance of what happened yesterday where we moved to that period of 16 hours of the senators asking questions to chief justice of the united states john roberts, who is presiding over the senate pitchman trial donald trump? >> ok. .t is grgreat to be on your show with respect to what you're saying aboutut profeor dershohowitz, you u call it a cm by professor dershowitz. i think the technical legal word is a joke. word is a joke. that is no responsib

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and tacking him down that time was neal! siran neal able to get to deshaun watson. the seventh time they've sacked watson today. >> booger: here's what watson's going see. that he has two guys are coming. they're both going come in the. they bring two. only can block one. now watson has got to throw hot. but he can't do it. they don't like to blitz a lot. but when they do, they make it count. that's a nice call there by defensive coordinator leslie frazier. a timely blitz creating a third and long. and now buffalo's going to drop back and play zone coverage the way they know how to. >> joe: third and 18. watson. he's going to go underneath here. and johnson is going to make the most of it and get right to that yellow line. let's see where they mark it here. excellent job by duke johnson. 18 yards on third and 18. >> booger: we said they were going to drop back and play zone coverage, but they got entirely too deep. leaving all this space open underneath. it's one thing to play soft zone, but you got to have guys at least at the sticks. >> joe: majority of the d.b.s

former acting solicitor general neal katyal. he has argued dozens of cases before the supreme court, has been covering this trial preparation and knows a lot of the players. and former federal prosecutor beritberg were me. good evening to all of you. senator, as someone who has actually sat back and listened to this type of thing, what is your view, a, of what we're going to see tomorrow, and b, what does it mean that senator mcconnell would, if you want to put it as fairly as possible, would be adhering to the numerical precedent from last time, but in a very, very fast opening requirement, two days over all those hours? >> well, as you know, ari, it's very difficult. in the clinton impeachment, both sides had three days to make their case. so you had opening argument by the house managers for three days. then you had the defense for three days. then you had questions from members of congress through the chief justice of the supreme court. that went on for two days. so much more extended, much more a chance for the american peo

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solicitor general neal katyal. he is writing in "the washington post" that speaker pelosi still has important leverage on how the trial unfolds. thanks to both you have for joining us on a busy evening. congressman, what is the house going to do tomorrow? and what is the message it sends not only to the senate, but to the nation? >> well, the current plan is that we're going to have a caucus meeting at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow where the speaker, along with chairman adam schiff and chairman jerry nadler will lead the discussion as it relates to the next step in terms of the exact timing of sending over the articles of impeachment and the strategy that we should undertake moving forward. i can tell you that we're going to make sure that we keep the focus on the central allegations that led to the president's impeachment, that he engaged in a geopolitical shakedown. he pressured a foreign government to target an american citizen for political gain, did so corruptly, abused his power, and in america, the operating principle

[applause] >> just before president trump signed the trade agreement, speaker pelosi and richard neal, the chairman of the house ways and means committee, spoke about it during a press conference. >> about an hour or so the president of the united states will be signing the u.s.-mexico-canada trade agreement. want to say that the bill -- what the president is signing will be different from what the president sent us. bass of the work of the house democrats under the leadership of richie neal with his task force they made tremendous differences in what was proposed originally and what the president will be signing today. i hope we understand what he's signing today. it's about -- the difference is in enforcement, protecting american workers, protecting the environment, and the prescription drug piece of that. you have this. i'm not going to read it our rffrens it. more than i already have. but to say that because of the work of the chairman of our ways and means committee and the work of organized labor, e afl-cio and ritched' trumpka made vast improvements. it passed with overwhelming

that we may have to interrupt our guest the minute he starts talking, we're honored to be joined by neal katyal, the former acting solicitor general, meaning formerly our top lawyer before the supreme court for the obama administration, who has argued -- neal, cast modesty aside. how many cases have you argued before the supreme court? >> 41 as of tuesday. >> 41 as of tuesday but who's counting. so it is with some sensitivity and an understanding that you're going to continue to appear before chief justice roberts and members of the honorable court that i ask you to describe for the purposes of what we're about to see, the role he's about to take, john roberts, chief justice of the supreme court. >> well, i've said this many times, i think we're really lucky as americans to have this chief justice. he is fair. he listens. he's incredibly smart. and i think he's dignified. and i think, you know, that is a real difference between some of the proceedings we saw in congress and i think what we're about to see over the next few weeks. i have to say arguing in front of him just 48 hours ago i

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i should mention you can always find neal on our opening argument series on msnbc.com/openingarguments. >>> we turn now to federal prosecutor john flannery, rounding out a series of experts. >> right. >> i want you to listen to the way john bolton put that back when he was not only refusing to come forward and speak publicly about the issues, but also implying as i mentioned earlier there was some great constitutional standoff. take a listen. >> although i have a lot to say on the subject, the prudent course for me is just to decline to comment at this point. >> why not testify? people ask. i want you to have an opportunity to answer that. >> well, i appreciate that but as i say, dr. kupperman, my former deputy is in litigation now on what to me is a critical separation of powers question. when the house issues a subpoena and in his case, and i think it would be true in mine, the president tells him not to testify, which authority controls. >> john, your view of what's changed. something presumably inside mr. bolton's mind, not anything in the law yet. >> well, i think both facts and l

joining us now is neal katyal, former acting solicitor general under president obama. mr. katyal, it is great to see you. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> so i'm not a lawyer. i don't even purport to play one on television. as i just laid out what i understand is -- >> neither is dershowitz, so don't worry about it. >> well, that's your assessment. did i get anything wrong in terms of how i explained what's been revealed tonight by the senate majority leader? >> no. i think you got it exactly right despite not having a law degree. and, you know, basically here we are on the eve of one of the most important trials not just in our lifetimes but in american history, and these rules have just been dropped on us at the 11th hour. and like every one of my students who drops a paper off at the 11th hour, it's fairly shoddy. you used the phrase from a citizen's point of view, let's evaluate this, and i think that's exactly right because i don't think this is about the republicans winning in these rules or the democrats losing. i think ultimately it's the american

where he had although he might be interested he might say that he's interested in talks and indeed neal but as far as his policy where his aides have been pushing him it's really the path toward more conflict unless he changes something. you know dramatic and his policies. ok reporter nick are mortazavi in washington d.c. thank you for that my pleasure iraq's military says 8 rockets have struck a major air base where some u.s. personnel are housed at official statement says 4 iraqi soldiers were wounded at balad air base some 80 kilometers north of the capital baghdad there's been no claim of responsibility the u.s. has not confirmed the incident and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. mourners across canada have been paying tribute to the victims of the plane disaster at a vigil in edmonton prime minister justin trudeau said he would pursue justice and accountability for the victims families and friends $57.00 canadians many of them of iranian descent were killed in the crash. hopes for a cease fire in libya have been fading after both sides of the conflict a

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and i want to commend richie neal and our eight members part of our task force to make sure we changed the bill they sent us could have never supported it. but what we sent back to them in enforcement, enforcement and labor rights and environmental protection and alimb fating their give away to phrma among other improvements we made on the bill. we had a strong vote in the house and i'm glad -- because we didn't send over -- it gave them enough time to bring it up this morning because the chief justice won't be able to be there until this afternoon. when we talk about health care, as i mentioned yesterday, we had a beautiful yesterday. gold medal to steve gleason, nfl new orleans saints' star and he has been diagnosed with a.l.s. and in the late stamings of it. in the course of meeting his challenge he helped do so many things for people with a.l.s. or neuromuscular diagnosis. it was a beautiful thing. all of us are -- our families are one diagnosis, one phone call, one accident away from needing affordable affordable health care. this catastrophic -- so very important and that is agai

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. >>> conservative attorney george conway and neal katyal weigh in on how nancy pelosi should play hermpeachment cards. nancy pe her impeachment cards. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we begin this half hour with the very latest on iran as the trump administration's justification for the attack that killed iranian general qassem soleimani continues to evolve. nbc news correspondent hans nichols has the latest. >> reporter: the secretary of defense appearing to contradict the commander in chief that a specific threat from iran involved four u.s. embassies in the middle east. >> i didn't see one with regard to four embassies. >> reporter: but esper was careful not to directly undercut president trump. >> what the president said was he believed that it probably and could have been attacks against additional embassies. >> reporter: after justifying the strike that killed qassem soleimani at a thursday campaign rally by saying that multiple embassies were threatened. >> not just the embassy in baghdad. >> reporter: the president got more

i want to commend richard neal and the eight members who were part of our task force to make sure we change -- the bill they sent us we never could have supported, the treat anyi they sent us. what we sent back to them in erms of again enforcement, enforcement, enforcement, enforcement of labor rights, environmental protections and eliminating their giveaway to pharma that was in the bill along with other improvements we made on the bill. we're pleased we had a big, strong vote in the house and glad that -- because we didn't send over -- it gave them enough time to bring it up this morning because the chief justice won't be able to be there until this afternoon. and when we talk about health care, as i mentioned yesterday, we had a beautiful ceremony yesterday, i don't know if any of you saw it, giving the golded me tool steven gleason, former nfl, new orleans saints star, and he has -- he's been diagnosed with a.l.s., in the very now late stages of it. but in the course of meeting his challenge he helped so many things for other people with a.l.s. or neuromuscular diagnoses. it was

forget neal talked about some things but the tenure at baylor really bad. you know?> absolutely. >> it was a rough period. a lot of bad things happened while he was there, while he was running baylor. mr. starr demoted from all except -- did little to respond to accusations of sexual assault that involved many football players. then the dershowitz bringing the epstein stuff up and the reputation is what, ann? times to be the lawyer that people hire if you're perceived to be guilty. right? not a great like -- that's the one thing. that's not his -- ann? >> i just interviewed him actually about a completely different case that you remember the kosher meat packing guy -- >> yes. in iowa? >> yes. the largest kosher meat packing plant in the country, only orthod orthodox jew in iowa prosecuted for all kinds of things and who does he hire to try to get clemency from donald trump? alan dershowitz. >> interesting. >> also o.j. simpson case. >> right, right, right. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. but be that as it may, all of the things that you could count against these three, you know

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and we really are going to have an extraordinary week ahead of us. >> briefly, neal, do you think you'lln the, so what if he did, argument? >> yeah, i think they will. i think as lawrence says, there's very little credence to that aug ument. it falls apart. we can't have presidents cheating in elections particularly with the help of foreign governments. it's an insane proposition. i expect we'll hear it tomorrow along with a rush to get this over with because these lawyers are so afraid new information is going to come out. they're trying to rush this thing through to stop. >> the clock is ticking in the background. someone -- bolton is going to be outside with a bull horn before the week is over. thank you very much. >>> i'm chris hayes. much more coverage coming up next. stick around. pay for what you need. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i need all the breaks, that i can get. at liberty butchumal- cut. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need

joining us now is neal katyal, former acting solicitor general under president obama. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> so i'm not a lawyer. i don't even purport to play one on television. as i just laid out what i understand is being -- >> i've seen dershowitz, don't worry about it. >> did i get things wrong by what's being explained by the senate majority leader. >> no, i think you got it exactly right despite not having a law degree. we're on the eve of one of the most important trials not just in our lifetimes but american history. and these rules have been dropped on us on the 11th hour. every one of my students who drops a paper at me in the 11th hour, it's pretty shoddy. you used the phrase from a citizen's point of view, let's evaluate this. i think that's exactly right because i don't think this is about the republicans winning in these rules or the democrats losing. i think ultimately it's the american people who are profound victims if these are the rules are allowed to take place. what they'll do is force the trial to occur, parts of it at

she took over for neal portnow and making dramatic accusations about him. >> it is, i believe, a fact that he as the head of the recording academy did have sex with a young woman who would love to get a grammy, and so, that in itself i think is a fireable offense. >> reporter: but portnow's attorney says the board's executive committee conducted an investigation and he was completely exonerated the academy also says dugan never raised these grave allegations until after her former assistant filed a complaint against her for a toxic and intolerable work environment and abusive conduct. were you abusive >> i was not abusive >> reporter: dugan says musical artists are reaching out in support and grammy organizers blame her for stealing music's big night. >>> we'll be back in 60 seconds with a big break that may have solved an infamous cold case and the crackdown just announced on women coming to america just to have their babies >>> facing a judge today the man suspected of being the infamous pillowcas rapist is learning how dna everyday led police to a man they believe attacked dozens o

speaker, madam president, members of the house and senate. ,ongressman neal, maher walsh ambassador flynn. thank you very much for being with us tonight. [applause] gov. baker: members of the governor's counsel, mr. chief justice and members of the judiciary, members of my cabinet. fellow constitutional officers, sheriff, district attorney, officials,al reverend clergy. distinguished guests. , myur lieutenant governor partner in leading this administration, i want to take a moment to extend gratitude on behalf of all of us here today for your work on the sexual assault and domestic violence council, cochair of the stem counsel, and for your tireless work helping others around the community. [applause] gov. baker: to my wife of 32 years, lauren baker, i thank you and love you for all that you are. [applause] gov. baker: this past holiday season, you and the team at the wonder fund distributed over 125,000 gifts to more than 50,000 kids for the department of children and families. one more amazing example of the work you all do to support the children. thank you. [applause] to the men and w

international my names you know neal your company. after a night marred by clashes a major beijing protest is underway in hong kong this new year's day there have already been more unrest with riot police firing tear gas at petrol bomb hurling demonstrators. was. was. we're going to examine a particular aspect of the unrest no violence and brutality one perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west r.t. saskia taylor asks why. hong kong has gone from being the economic power of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy and boy does that fight fire. an amendment to a preexisting north that would allow for the extradition of criminal suspects from hong kong to mainland china has brought the financial haven to its knees as a protest accent into the 7th month violence on both sides has escalated but all the wild over politicians and john continue to hail the peaceful aspirations of those fighting to wrest themselves from beijing all the while coming down hard on those aggressive dust spots

and we passed the usmca after a whole year of richie neal's tireless efforts to meet with meet with the o canadians and strengthen what the iven to us by administration. take out, for example, a superfluous and unnecessary provision that jacks up y pharmaceutical prices. canada didn't ask for that. for that.n't ask who asked for that? big pharma asked for it and we it out to pass usmca, a bill that helps american workers farmers.ican we did that. the democratic house. say, ladies and gentlemen, we've done these things. hese are just examples of the 275-plus bipartisan bills that house passed out of the that sit unattended on the desk who nator mitch mcconnell has vowed not even to look at these things, let alone pass take them up or negotiate them. doing.in what he's it's a false narrative that it's a do-nothing house. a do-nothing senate majority leader. i'm very re to say proud to have advanced what we promised to do, the for the agenda, and i urge senator mcconnell, do your job. i want to turn it over to my co-chair, ted lieu of california. you, congressman cartwright. hank you chair

sunday to know in kampala and a big congress missions to the entire team and of course to you too neal to indeed thank you very much sandra and thank you also to our loyal viewers this is a wonderful milestone for us and i'm so glad that would be able and have the opportunity to talk to our audiences here in africa in europe and around the world about the environment and how important it seems to protect it but yes i was coming up on the show today. being able energy gone out with surging. bio gas and bent over public at how we can help families build a better life. on forest management in uganda how the village is happening to do more for the environment. so ghana generates oh. lot of electricity more than it needs in fact but the biggest challenge i was actually getting into the homes and the businesses and it's become a big problem the supplies pretty are reliable this office opportunities to the private sector providers of of great solutions using renewable experts from germany recently went to ghana to hold workshops on how to set up solar energy companies that can help. in accra

neal greenberg, thank you for joining on that.a sense of how many fans there we re you a sense of how many fans there were kobe bryant. —— 26 million americans. anyone who's been to the us will know traffic in many of our cities can be a nightmare. hours spent sitting idle, much to the frustration of drivers. but we do have carpool lanes, which are exclusively for the use of cars with two or more people in them. and often, they're a lot quieter. "aha," says one driver in arizona. "why don't i tie a fake skeleton to the passenger seat with some rope, so i can ride in the carpool lane?" a sure—fire way to speed up any journey. that he did. but police weren't too impressed. they quickly pulled him over and the 62—year—old man was given a penalty ticket. as far as we know the skeleton was let off free. what was he doing with a skeleton anyway? maybe he didn't want a random back—seat driver. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. half a million medical staff are sent to the chinese province where the coronavirus first emerged last month

actually neal culture are reservationist around about 4 sacred mountains 4 sacred directions a lot of these numbers stood out to me and for the hip hop 4 main elements to it. one of the main connections that really led me to become connected with hip is. the philosophies too as well like our people were not very judgment on this much for the most part and hip hop kind of has and this is a universal culture to me so without having to look at someone's skin tones practitioners can practice the ceremonies and feel like that was inviting for me a lot of times it was hard to find acceptance growing up there in new mexico where i'm from so hip hop was there and so i always carry my cultural heritage with me and then it's interesting. you raised over a 1000000 dollars a big number you raised the room 1000000 dollars to help the water protectors of standing rock when that went down what was your inspiration for stepping forward and saying you know what i'm going to use my arm to use who i am and what i do to raise money for those people out there putting you know put their lives on the line i

use of arms to national security forces are to see what is done i've spoke to my colleague you know neal on the main points earlier. iran has just had a major victory over the united states on the geopolitical field this is it this is the bottom line of this whole thing so right now the rest of the whole resolution looks as such a iraq will be filing a complaint with the united nations to they will be withdrawing a request for help from 2 with which they had sent to the international coalition this is referring to the anti eisel coalition what's the ramifications here for iraq and indeed the middle east as a whole well again this is a victory for iran and another interesting development that we have seen today is that the iraqi prime minister has filled the briefings as to why general salim army was on was in baghdad in the 1st place apparently according according to the iraqi prime minister he was on a mission and he will he had an appointment with him have a listen will it do you think you can i was about to meet to money at 830 on friday morning on the day of his death he was carrying

assassination of iran's top general earlier my colleague you know neal discussed the story was done. we still have a lot of different reports in terms of figures of how many missiles or mortars hit the base some are saying that 7 mortar bombs hit the bases runway another says 4 rockets hit the base but we have heard from iraqi security officials and they say that 8 katyusha rockets launched were launched at the base and made contact across the board though we do know that at least 4 iraqi military personnel have been injured and are hospitalized now we also know with the other a base that's been in the news before because it had a sizable american presence that's where american troops and where in the part of the country it's what about 50 miles 80 kilometers north of are they still there as an aside to that are american troops likely have been the target yeah well actually there are still some american military advisers left at that base but the majority of them have been pulled out since the recent tensions the recent spike in tensions between the u.s. and iran recently let's not f

earlier my colleague you know neal discussed the situation with our middle east correspondent michelle greenstein from altie america . let's go to you 1st the protests there they show little signs of relenting what do we know about today's over full circle at this stage they show no sign of dissipating we know and we've received reports that the american embassy staff including the ambassador have been evacuated from the compound but these reports come as we continue to hear that iraqi security forces are firing tear gas on the crowds to try and get them to disperse now many of the people here who are attending one of several senior roles that was organized on the true state for some of the victims of sunday's american airstrikes and as you mentioned the situation at the moment is far from being under control earlier the american ambassador was summoned for an explanation of the american strikes that targeted some 5 sites belonging to the cut hizbullah armed groups not this is a group that emerged after the american invasion of iraq in recent times it has repeatedly been involved in at

capital there are also reports of a strike on a base in the northern city of mosul earlier you know neal discussed all the details with. well something is definitely in the air and we do not know for sure exactly what have been the targets what exactly those mortar strikes targeted but we do know the approximate locations and well within with all the context around that people can draw conclusions out of the situations so so far 3 confirmed strikes in the vicinity of baghdad the iraqi capital some mortar shells landed 2 not far from a base where american troops are stationed outside of the iraqi capital and some shells landed within the vicinity of the green zone of the green of the so-called green zone areas that indeed yes it is it is like a city within a city i've got the general baghdad and then there's a very. very aware not all people are being let in that is heavily guarded apparently towards targeted as well as some mortar shells landed not far from an american embassy there which is located there some unconfirmed reports of airstrikes not far from the city of mosul of an iraqi r

international my names you know neal your company. fars news agency say's its international website has been taken down after a partly falling fall of u.s. sentients it comes as tensions continue to build between the 2 countries and it appears the us treasury department had a major role in the. the photos news dot com websites is being blocked on u.s. treasuries orders and emails sent to followers newsagency by the provider clearly stated that the treasury's office of foreign assets control has argued the agency to the sdn specially designated nationals list if you visit the website fars news dot com it is unavailable the web page does not load now it's important to note there is a web site fars news dot i r that i are standing for islamic republic that has just been created but that is only in farsi the language of iran not other languages even though far as news generally publishes in different languages those are not available fars news calls itself an independent news source generally it has been labelled by western media outlets

international from the team and myself you know neal and welcome to the program. the u.s. secretary of state painted the nation of iran's top general money as part of a bigger pain of the tyrants he says it would also be applied to russia and china. story. mike pompei oh the u.s. secretary of state seems to be highlighting the term deterrence as the new buzz word defining u.s. foreign policy reestablishing deterrence real deterrence military deterrence deterrence is hard to establish an easy to lose now the killing of a top foreign general by the united states in a different country is considered now to be an act of deterrence intended to deter behavior on the part of the country or entity that was attacked there's no terrorist except osama bin laden who has more american blood on his hands than did some so the money will want to lay this out in context of what we've been trying to do there's a bigger strategy a strategy to this we have reestablished deterrence but we know it's not everlasting that risk remains we are determined not to lose that deterrence in all cases we

our international news center in moscow with a very warm welcome to the program my names you know neal. there is to be a new prime minister government in russia and a day of major all people in the country's political system the president nominated the head of the federal tuck service for the post of pm and all of that's going prime minister to me. his government had resigned. another itself was in response to president putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively limiting his own powers and transferring them to parliament i discussed all of that earlier with our correspondent marie if a national starting with more on the premier to be. saying i mean he was born in 1006 to 6 here in moscow he's married has 3 sons and he's a good hockey player right we know that he has been the head of the russian federal tax service as you mentioned for actually many years since 2010 but even before that he has been almost like since 9098 within the tax system you know real estate related things it may sound surprising to some people that someone who i mean we. would not hear about i mea

they had shaquille 0'neal in the team with him for three of those years but kobe bryant was the man at he will be up there alongside magicjohnson as one of the great players to ever grace the basketball court. i was reading that the lakers basketball court. i was reading that the la kers famously basketball court. i was reading that the lakers famously retired both kobe bryant's journeys, the lakers famously retired both kobe brya nt‘s journeys, number the lakers famously retired both kobe bryant's journeys, number eight a number 2a, the only player in the history of the team who had that honour. how extraordinary is it to have maintained a career at that level with a team like the lakers for 20 years? he only retired in 2016. it's just for 20 years? he only retired in 2016. it'sjust extraordinary because you think the likes of someone like michaeljordan who is arguably the greatest basketball player of all—time, even he had to a breakfrom player of all—time, even he had to a break from basketball and player of all—time, even he had to a breakfrom basketball and come back a bit later b

international from the team myself you know neal hello and welcome to the program. russia has a new prime minister lawmakers approved the candle. on thursday what president putin then signing off on the appointment with more on the day all unfolded. patrik. well it only took this country what was it slightly more than 24 hours to come from the point when the president proposed to tweak some elements of russia's constitution which by the way didn't automatically mean that the cabinet would have to step down to moving towards the point when the russian state duma approved the name. aim of the country's new prime minister that is. so the result was 383 votes in favor about 40 abstentions and 0 votes again so this is the kind of backing the and coming prime minister is getting which is very important obviously in his position and clearly we were listening to his speech right before the vote which was obviously filled with quite a few promises so here are some of them. used to produce to my can do up to ensure you that all members of the new government carry personal res

resigns well i'm happy to say about neil clark journalist broadcaster joins us live on the program neal. a lot going on today as i'm sure you've been looking over how are these changes that a lot of your putin started with how are they going to be seen by the international community which has been critical of the russian president over perceived reluctance for political change do you think. i think it's interesting isn't it that the timing of these we were told we've been told today that these have been in the pipeline for quite some while but i think that it's fascinating that it comes comes at a time of heightened international tensions i think i think i think the key there's so many changes as you said been announced i think one of the key points is the beefing up of the national security council with mr medvedev moving towards to be the number 2 to president putin on that to do to be these deputies on that so it's a sort of strengthening if you like of that body and that as i say comes to time of rising international tensions we many people thought we were on the brink of world war

one of nba's most successful players, shaquille 0'neal, has tweeted, calling david stern "the best commissioner." police in hong kong have arrested around 400 people who took part in a new year's day anti—government demonstration. officers say they detained the protesters for offences including "unlawful assembly and possession of offensive weapons." despite the march starting peacefully, there were violent clashes between a small number of protesters and police. riot police used pepper spray and tear gas, while hardcore protesters threw petrol bombs. 0ur correspondentjonathan head sent this report. the first day of the year and already a mass rally. hong kongers wasted no time in letting their government know that nothing has changed in 2020. they still fear that their city's identity and freedoms are under threat, that they cannot let up the pressure on their leaders — and on their backers in beijing. in this huge crowd, they came from all walks of life. what we've seen today is enough to tell us what's in store for hong kong this year. and it's going to be more of the same battle of wills be