they were fighting for new china. l new soldiers were toughened and trained. ] ounding off announcer: they learned the discipline and order of drills. they knew they must strike and stray card. they learned to kill. the youth of china also came forward. training to care for the sick and wounded. girls joined their husbands, brothers, and sweethearts in uniform. and, to the aid of china came volunteers from other lands. men who pledged to fight against tyranny and oppression no matter where. , like the legendary colonel and his flying tigers. --cking down american knocking down planes with to-one.n planes 20- phase two of the plan called for breaking the horse to their well. but the great patient horse refused to be broken. the enraged gaps saw their plan japs's-- the enraged other plant breaking down. so they tried to cut up the lifeblood. the river, the railroads of her rebuilt with slave labor as the japanese moved inland. offa supply lines were cut theap warships blockading coast. the japanese strategy was isolation

now china wants to build a new silk road. belt and road vision is so vast it may be decades before we can tell whether it's a worthy successor to the ancient silk road. but what we can say is that with no other country offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. it's not camels this time... these containers full of chinese goods are going by train. china's grand plan is to build roads, rails, container ports, all the way across asia and into europe. it's hoping to wrap more than 60 countries in its embrace. now, that is a massive new sphere of influence. yiwu is the starting point for the train to europe. famous as the town that makes christmas, and probably many of the things in your home. oh, my gosh. that's quite a weird feeling. china once sold silk, tea, ceramics, along the ancient silk route. now it sells absolutely everything, and people come from all over the world to buy their goods here. i'll tell you — 7200. 0k. nigel‘s been exporting from here for 12 years. he loves the thril

also coming up, unexpected good news as china's factories move up a gear in august.ut first, we start in the us — in springfield, missouri — where president trump has begun a speaking tour to try and build support for his planned tax reforms. he described the us tax code — which hasn't been reformed for three decades — as "self—destructive." and he called for a more competitive system to boostjobs and wages, repeating his ambition to cut america's corporate tax rate to 15%. on paper the us corporation tax rate is one of the world's highest, at 35%. taking into account various tax breaks, top us firms pay a bit less than that, an average of 28.6%. that still compares unfavourably with the 25% rate in china, 19% in the uk, and just 12.5% in ireland — where many top us firms have their overseas headquarters. which has led of course to this — $2.5 trillion worth of profits channelled overseas by top us companies as they look to avoid the american taxman. the us national debt is spiralling towards $20 trillion. so would cutting taxes boost the economy, and tempt us firms

new force in structure and organization. we have promoted the fundamental changes of the army. enhancing combat abilities is the best principle in standard to promote military and combat relative to defend china'sereignty and maritime interests. we should focus on new concepts, and driven by innovation we should focus on the construction of military resistance to build arm into high-quality, high efficiency people's army. after five years of hard work, people's army has achieved the restructuring of political ecology, organizational arms, strength and style. the people's army is ready to start a new journey, and take a firm step in building a strong army with chinese characteristics. [applause] >> friends, comrades, the history has always moved forward. in today's world we've seen situation taking unprecedented changes. the new china is witnessing the full scale developments of the construction of the chinese characteristics. we have laid a good foundation and have renewed confidence. we have laid good foundation and unlimited confidence. meanwhile, we must be fully clear that the road ahead, we will never be moved. we will encounter a lot of challenges, major resistance and contradictions. we

, dandong, china. >>> new at 11:00, facebook confirmed it secretly launched a new app in china. a photo sharing app called colorful balloons. it looks similar to moments. facebook name is nowhere to be found in that app. china has banned facebook for years because of the country's censorship laws. >>> with hundreds of thousands of people heading to outside lands, the fog is adding a chill. the music festival celebrating its tenth year and is one of the most popular musical events in california. the headliner playing tonight, metallica. the festival didn't come without controversy. a tribe called quest cancelled their appearance today. they had been forced to move their show because of travel issues. today at the last minute they cancelled entirely. and on social media a lot of people saying i came to see them -- >> there's a lot of talk. >> they came to see them and they didn't show. >> but metallica was there. >> they were there. >> and a 360 video. shot by? >> my son, jack. >> we need that for our weather video this fall. >> i can train him as well as i can. >> the weather wa

for example, she wanted new china. got they was taxpayers bill for that. that is not true. paid for all of that privately. the trumps also have a certain amount of money. we have not seen photographs of their personal quarters. you can presume they put their own furniture and in their own personal touches. they are entitled to it. that is the first family. you ran theffice, picture from reuters a couple minutes ago showing the oval b presidentare. oval office bare. obama's stuff was taken out of there before. "under this of roof." just a couple calls. benny is in new york. line for independents. benny: good morning, america. it was three point $4 million to fix the white house. how does this compare to the $17.5 million from the 2009 stimulus package spends on roosevelt's house where they ran fiber-optic cables to his barn and did a whole bunch of different projects around there ? as an independent, if you're going to complain about the amount of money being spent, at least we have a current president living at the white house. know i don't know if you about that. was that

tone coming from china. a new reaction coming from china. ainsley: how did you get china and russia coming on board. >> i think with china we basically said enough talk. we're done. you have the ability to control 90% of their trade and you can't make excuses anymore. to their credit, they stepped up. we did some heavy negotiations. we got them there russia, i think they wanted to delay it initially. i don't think that's what they wanted, but we got them there. as long as they were there, that's what matters. steve: ambassador, on the front page of foxnews.com right now there is a story that apparently the intel community has picked up antiship cruise missiles were being loaded on to a patrol boat or patrol boats in north korea. what can you tell us about that? >> i can't. i can't talk about anything that's classified. and if that's in the newspaper that's a shame. but,. steve: have you no reason to believe that's not accurate though? >> i have no reason to comment on it. ainsley: that shouldn't be in the newspaper? is that another leak i gu

in a statement to cbs news, china's foreign ministry called it highly sensitive and that all side shouldeach >> china does not want north korea to have nuclear weapons. but says the problem should be solved diplomatically. it fears a war in the korean peninsula could lead to a refugee crisis along the 49-mile border it shares with north korea. next week, north korea celebrates its liberation day holiday. which some analysts believe could lead kim jung-un, to launch a missile or conduct a sixth underground nuclear test. now, north korea just released a new statement, in it they say that president trump, "let out a load of nonsense about fire and fury." and that dialogue is not possible with such a guy, bereft of reason. it appears, north korea not yet ready to talk. >> a police officer in louisiana is suing ford for an accident involving her squad car. carbon monoxide has apparently been seeping into the cabins of many ford explorers and a federal investigation is now under way. chris van scleef has the latest from heso damage to this police interceptor. the officer driving said it had be

news. the top stories this hour. chinatests, that have raised tensions across east asia. the call comes after the un voted for new sanctions. myanmar has rejected allegations that it's military committed atrocities during a crackdown on rohingya muslims last year. instead, it accused the united nations of making exaggerated claims. the uk government has launched an independent review of the cost of energy, days after british gas raised some electricity prices by 12.5%. the prime minister had pledged to cap energy prices during june's election campaign, but shelved the plans after losing her conservative majority. the review will look at prices, and the uk's commitment to climate change targets. it'll be completed by the end of october. here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. how much we pay for our energy, to run our households and companies always ignites our passions. policies like capping energy prices to support working families. that's why theresa may promised a price cap and an independent probe into the energy

we begin with straits times and the news that china has expressed confidence new united nations sanctionsing pyongyang's current nuclear and missile push. the ft reports on tech giant google which has become embroiled in controversy after a male engineer published an internal memo which argued that biological differences between the sexes accounted for the scarcity of women filling senior roles in silicon valley. le figaro says the uk's bill for leaving the european union could amount to 40 billion euros. meanwhile downing street played down reports the government had suggested paying that amount of money in order to force progress in stalled brexit talks. the independent business section takes a look at how us shopping malls are in decline as shops give way to e—commerce. some owners are now looking to turn the malls into hotels and apartment blocks and finally, the gulf news has this photo of 100 meter runners usain bolt and justin gatlin at the world athletics championships

greg dawson, bbc news. chinaivered frank advice to north korea, telling its neighbour to make a smart decision and stop conducting missile launches and nuclear tests. escalating regional tension follows pyongyang's recent long—range ballistic missile tests and the un security council decision to impose further sanctions. the chinese foreign minister huang yi has been meeting the us secretary of state rex tillerson at a gathering of ministers from south—east asian countries. mr huang called on the united states to deescalate, saying that dialogue was necessary to end the stand—off. yogita limeye‘s report from the south korean capital, seoul, contains flash photography. putting on a united front at a meeting of south—east asian nations in manila, the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is on a mission. america wants more countries to isolate north korea, a day after all 15 members of the un security council voted to ban exports from pyongyang. the sweeping measures were even backed by china, north korean‘s ally a

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in a statement to cbs news, china's foreign ministry called the situation "highly sensitive," and that all sides "should stop provoking each other." china does not want north korea to have nuclear weapons but sails the problem should be solved diplomatically. it fears a war in the korean peninsula could lead to a refugee cries along the nearly 900-mile border ist shares with north korea. next week, north korea celebrates its liberation day holiday, which some analysts believe could lead kim jong-un to launch another missile or conduct a sixth, underground nuclear test. now, north korea just released a new statement, and in it they say that president trump "let out a load of nonsense about fire and fewery and that dialogue is not possible with such a guy berest of reason." it appears north korea is not yet ready to talk. anthony. >> mason: ben tracy in beijing. thank you, ben. we turn now to veteran diplomat bill richardson, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, and an expert on north korea. mr. ambassador, where do we go after "fire and fury?" what's the best option for the u.s

new, historical features. we are keenly aware that china has stepped out of suffering.he chinese people have been have had abecause we week people's army. we still want to achieve the view of renewing the chinese nation, but the chinese people what to have a better future, we must quicken the pace of building the people's army into a world-class army. we mustn't forget our own purposes and wishes. we must continue to march forward, to build a strong army with chinese characteristics. this moves ahead with our course of strengthening our army. in order to strengthen the army, we must stick to the leadership of the party's absolute leadership of the army, to ensure that the army always follows the party. the party leadership is guaranteed for the army's creativity, combat capabilities, and organization. the absolute leadership of the party over the army is the best -- classic feature of socialism with chinese characteristics. and anhe absolute, important political development. our army will remain the army of the party and the people. the army should enhance this. that th

technology news china and russia are open to clip the wings of aircraft giants airbus and boeing but to make it to build a brand new wide body jet the long range aircraft they say will be capable of flying from beijing to new york for instance and will be able to carry up to two hundred eighty passengers they wanted to get into service by twenty twenty seven as china's economy expands and people can afford to travel more money factors are predicting a rise in demand for larger planes there something that russia is also keen to capitalize on the companies are expanding on earlier successes than with shorter range of craft and it all comes just a few months after the first ever chinese built passenger airliner took to the skies emily sue took one for a spin. every plane in the skies has a shadow version on the ground literally behind me is the scene nine one one i remembered a place where technicians and engineers can test out different systems and conduct stabilisation experiments which explains this noise we're hearing in the background and it also contains a flight simulator which i'

new, historical features. we are keenly aware that china has stepped out of suffering. the chinese want to have a better army. if we want to achieve the dream of rejuvenating, if the people wanted to have a better future, ofmust quicken the pace building the people's army into a world-class army. we mustn't forget our own purposes and wishes. we must continue to march forward, to build a strong army with chinese characteristics. this, all in the course of strengthening our army. in order to strengthen the army, we must stick to the leadership of the parties. party leadership is guaranteed for the army's capabilities. the absolute leadership of the party over the army is the best feature. it is an important political development. our army will remain the army of the party and the people. the army should enhance this. -- this political awareness and formally maintaining the authority of the committee and absolute the party's actions. for this important principle, we must be clear with resolute actions. there should not be any hesitation. we want to promote our army. we ha

let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... chinang earthquake in twenty—four hours. the latest tremor — measuring 6.3 in magnitude — struck near china's border with kazakhstan, in xinjiang province. there are no reports yet on its impact. earlier, a quake of similar strength shook a remote, mountainous part of south—west china, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens more. the south african president, jacob zuma, has told supporters they have shown that his african national congress party was the organisation of the people. he narrowly survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence held by secret ballot. there's been a rush of tributes to the american country music star glen campbell, who's died at the age of 81. the singer dolly parton called him one of the greatest voices of all time. glen campbell struck fame as a solo artist in the 1960s and was best known for hits including rhinestone cowboy and wichita lineman. the australian government will move ahead with a postal vote on legalising same sex marriage, after plans fo

ahead, cash crunch, the new liquidities greece set to hit china's money markets. first, investors tracking the ecb president's speech ahead of jackson hole. our next guest says they should not be expecting anything new. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ let's look at the business flash headlines. inviting shareholders to register interest in the class-action against australia's biggest lender, arguing investors suffered a price drop after legal proceedings were announced over money laundering breaches. haidi: china's great wall motors ,ooled talk of a bid for jeep saying it may not initiate any talks at all. cheap stanley estimates is worth $24 billion -- jeep is worth $24 billion. greenland holdings facing repayment problems over a project. a unit is already in default on $30 million of debt. the company is 46% owned by the shanghai government. right, we have a typhoon, and ,ow a signal of number 10 severe gales continue to strengthen. perhaps onet, it is which we are keeping tabs on as the morning exchange has been canceled. that typhoon signal has been raised to number 10

let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. chinaclaims by donald trump that it is to blame for not reining in north korea. the us president said he was "very disappointed in china" after pyongyang tested another intercontinental ballistic missile. beijing said the nuclear issue "did not arise because of china." a man has been left with facial injuries after two people on a mate had through unknown liquid at him in london. —— moped. he was taken to hospital. his condition at the moment is not clear. the family of a 12—year—old girl, who died in the grenfell tower disaster, have been paying tribute to her. jessica urbano ramirez, has now been formally identified, as one of the victims. in a statement, her family said she was "loving, kind—hearted and caring, and brought joy to everyone she met." they say they won't rest, until they getjustice for her. at least 80 people died in the blaze last month. sam shepard, the celebrated avant garde playwright and actor, died at his home in kentucky on thursday. he was oscar—nominated for the 19

let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. chinaff. there was an agreement between the two countries. indian troops were trespassing and they we re troops were trespassing and they were pleased they had pulled out. formal brexit talks have resumed in brussels, with the european union's chief negotiator, michel barnier, warning britain that it must start "negotiating seriously". mr barnier said time was passing without the uk offering sufficient clarity on the main issues. the british government wants an early start to discussions on a future trading relationship with the eu. a truck driver in the uk has been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of causing the deaths by dangerous driving of eight people on the m1 motorway on saturday. four other people were seriously injured in the crash involving two trucks and a minibus. police in the south of england say weather patterns make it ‘very unlikely‘ that a suspected chemical haze, which drifted in from the channel, came from northern france. 150 people were treated in h

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facebook launches a new app in china. what's behind the new feature by the social media giant. >>> and it's become an annual bay area tradition. how more than a thousand women got together to honor all the women who went to work during world war ii. >>> a bit of a drop off in temperatures today. a little bit cooler forecast over the next couple days. and eventually we warm back up in the five-day. all the changes and updates after the break. >>> developing news at san jose international airport. normal operations have resumed after some unsafe items may have gotten through security. airport officials evacuated 200 people in terminal a just after 4:00 this afternoon. they did a sweep and deemed it safe. a spokeswoman says inbound traffic may be affected. it's best to call your airline to check for delays. >>> at least 43 people in egypt are dead and more than 120 others are hurt after two trains crashed into each other. investigators say a train coming from cairo crashed into the back of another train waiting at a station.

because as energy goes so goes empire building and so the empire baton is being handed off to china based on this new energy source and development technology battery technology enter course i would also point out that china and russia are going really strongly into crypto currencies as well whereas america stuck in oil in america stuck in the paper currency world as another emblematic. ok is that the premise of your sentence well so yeah mont money is one thing of course oil has been priced in the dollar since we went off the gold standard and the u.s. did a deal with saudi arabia to make sure it's priced in dollars i don't know what lithium is being priced then i'm sure of dollars at the moment but maybe one day it will be on. again i'll look at a show you a chart to just show you who the biggest lithium producers are leading the charge australia controls fourteen point three percent of the global market chill a twelve percent argentina five point seven china zimbabwe portugal and then brazil. now the biggest producer obviously is a strong the biggest controller of those mines there are china and i

because as energy goes so goes empire building and so the empire baton is being handed off to china based on this new energy source and development technology battery technology and of course i would also point out that china and russia are going. really strongly into crypto currency as well whereas america stuck in oil in america stuck in the paper currency world as another emblematic. ok is that the premise of your sentence well so yeah mot money is one thing of course oil has been price in the dollar since we went off the gold standard and the u.s. did a deal with saudi arabia to make sure it's priced in dollars i don't know what lithium is being priced then i'm sure of dollars at the moment but maybe one day it will be on. again i'll look at a show you a chart to just show you who the biggest lithium producers are leading the charge australia controls fourteen point three percent of the global market chill a prize twelve percent argentina five point seven china zimbabwe portugal and then brazil. now the biggest producer obviously has a strata and the biggest controller of those mines there are ch

we are expecting breaking news out of china.we had the official china manufacturing numbers for services as well as manufacturing. they came in a little weaker. let's take a look at the numbers, given that we have a better gauge when it comes to what we will be getting and some of the smaller companies. let's bring you some of the numbers coming out at the moment. manufacturingfor coming in at 51.1. that is actually markedly pretty strong.we were looking for 50.4, which was unchanged from the previous month. a smaller, privately owned company often has a little more of a struggle when it comes to funding. nice gain. is a very we have had reasonably good numbers out of china and japan, and south korea now, and the private sector in china completing the picture somewhat. back to australia. rates are decided in a couple hours. the rba was expecting to hold at 1.5%. the next guest is one thing to watch out for is the indication of how the forecasts are evolving. joining us is the chief economist at cba. it is the case most people ar

yvonne: deeper into the china market for apple in the next half hour. let's get to first word newsith nina melendez. china company lanning to raise money on the purchase of riotinto's coal assets. two chinese investment groups well offer a further $1 billion. the senate has confirmed the christopher wray as the new fbi director in a bipartisan vote. he vowed the independence of the bureau after president trump fired his predecessor, james comey. he disputed trump's description of of a witchhunt and called robert mueller a consummate straight shooter. the one calling for calm on all toes after forces loyal president maduro arrested the opposition. the former mayor of caracas, detained 24 hours after the controversial constitutional vote. it shook markets, drew international condemnation, and brought the threat of new sanctions from the u.s. russia's economy minister says the ruble has stabilized. he told bloomberg, oil is having less of an impact because of a fiscal mechanism introduced this year. he reiterated that any price above $40 is comfortable. he also said the u.s. is using

and china unicom hong kong also climbed 10% to their highest level in more than two years on the hong kong stock exchange. this is good newsnicom, able to raise $12 billion for their fundraising efforts. ben? thank you forjoining us, rico hizon. right, now it is time for the first in our new series on the business of death. we start in new york, where it costs big bucks not only to live, but also to die, in the big apple. burial plots in cemeteries are often some of the priciest pieces of real estate anywhere in the city as samira hussain finds out. deals worth dying for? not in brooklyn. in a city where land is at a premium, it may come as a surprise that even cemeteries are pricing people out. this particular cemetery still has room to grow but they are also trying to maximise the space they already have. we wanted to provide the people of brooklyn, especially, an option where they can have affordable burial, and in their own neighbourhood. but at $2400 per square metre, this is some of the priciest land anywhere in the city. it's just like buying real estate, location, location. a grave which will entomb, or bury three

. >>> chick news china's official manufacturing pmi topping forecast, but the services pmi softer thanxpected japan's industrial production fell more than estimated and south korea's central bank kept the key rate unchanged. the shanghai comp closing flat south korea closing with a loss of 0.4%, but the nikkei surged 0.75%. getting eurozone august numbers as well. flash cpi up 1.5%. >> the estimate was 1.4% prior reading was 1.3. inflation in europe in terms of the cpi read peaked back in february it's been declining since this uptick is encouraging. i've been pointing to that as to whether we see the euro continue its recent rise this week, and the fact that the stronger currency might weigh on cpi further. the fact this has come in ahead of expectation is interesting for the ecb to keep an eye on. >> just a quick check on the early action in european stocks. looking better than some losses we saw in asia overnight half percent gains from the dax to the france cac, ftse 100 as well all going strongly. the gl the dollar getting a boost against the euro >> about a percent of gains for f

proposal from coalition led by dragoneer investment group. >>> in other tech news, facebook has started testing a photo sharing app in chinanew york times" says the social network giant had colorful balloons shares the look, function and feel of facebook moments app doesn't carry the facebook name. some believe it is a way to skirt chinese sensors. they band facebook in 2009 since then, mark successor berg -- >>> se thrks filing friday shows trian cut 4% led a proxy fight of the snack maker, and the filing shows they raised shares in general electric, boosted its stake by almost 3%. that's the dow's worst performer of 2017. >>> third point disclosed new stake in black croc r the fund brought 1.6 shares of the firm they called them an asset gathering machine. it owned alley ba ba shares. >>> facebook increased shares, holding worth nearly $600 million. also sold his entire stake in snap, if you bought that during the ipo, would have cost $38 million. >>> round up of today's top stories, including the big move that we are witnessing do you futures up 107. >>> why solar eclipse enthusiasts are feeling burned by amazon. we'll

news." >> china's president is urging calm amidst the growing tension edge between the u.s. and north korea. president trump spoke with his chinese counterpart yesterday. he wants china to put more pressure on north korea on the nuclear missile program. trump issued a new warning to leader kim jong-un if his military takes action. >> he utters one threat in the form of a over verdict threat, which may -- threat which his family has been doing for years or if he does anything to guam or an american territory or ally. he regret it and truly regret it fast. >> when asked if we were heading to war, the president answered i think you know the answer to that. >> secretary of state rex tillerson is weighing in on the mysterious symptoms plaguing u.s. diplomats in cuba. he calling or cuba to find out who is responsible for carrying out health attacks on the diplomats that resulted in hearing loss. officials told the associated press somebody used sonic device for eavesdropping. >> legal victory for singer taylor swift. the case against her has been tossed out. the berks county nativ

we just hired a new china shop manager." and general kelly was there to witness the whole thing, seen here, overwhelmed with pride. this guy is a four-star general. iraq, no problem. afghanistan, we can do it. 20-minute trump press conference? a quagmire from which our country will never emerge. ( cheers and applause ) what do we do? what do we-- i don't... and here's the thing-- did not get great reviews. it did not get great reviews. david duke liked it. pretty much nobody else liked this press conference. and his star was very quick to throw the president under the bus. they were in damage control immediately with one aide telling reporters, "that was all him. this wasn't our plan." ( cheers and applause ) yeah, ours either. but they're right. it wasn't their plan. and we know this for a fact-- and this is absolutely true-- because their plan was a brief, written statement, and we got an actual glimpse of it when trump pulled it out of his pocket. and it says-- can we zoom in-- it says... now, trump never read this statem

let's have a look at what we are seeing in terms of company news. chinas, a couple of broker trades came through yesterday with a 25% increase in first-half net income it we are seeing in sydney, regaining some there around -- some ground after that drop yesterday. come back with a gain of around 5% there. have a look at the downside, lenovo one of the worst performers. the top-ranked analysts for lenovo says it has another 27% hall that he could reach as it faces competition at its pc unit often seen as its main sale engine. we have seen this stock down for a third consecutive session. this has prompted a host of downgrades for the stock including from macquarrie. we are seeing domino's pizza in sydney one of the worst performers off by about 3%. some of the korean stocks under pressure today. overall, a pretty good session for asia. tracy: thinks juliette. let's head over to saudi arabia because the issue has been oversubscribed by over three times and is set to raise more than $10 billion let's get the details from matthew martin. this is a local bond

let's get to the first word news. china'sroducer price gains held steady last month on surging commodity costs. the producer price index rose 5.5%, just shy the economist estimates as demand state resilient. at the same time, the consumer price index increased 1.4%, well below the government ceiling of 3%. has ledh african rand declines among major currencies after president jacob zuma survived the bid to oust him. as the prospect of a new administration reviving the country's economy. his a rule has in meyer in allegations of corruption and mismanagement, reducing the country credit rating and sending the economy into recession. incumbent has built a commanding lead in the country's presidential election. to commission data, with more than 80% of the vote counted, he has 55% compared to 44% for the main rival. earlier, he rejected preliminary results that showed him trailing , demanding the electoral authorities stopped releasing results until it could provide supporting documentation. oil has extended the climb for a third

work with the new sanctions that we have china and russia on board to enforce and make sure the enforcementn an air tight fashion and double down on diplomacy. >> former secretary of the air force, deborah lee james. thank you for being here. >>> we have more to come up today in the show. in addition to all of this happening overseas, another foreign policy crisis. president trump threatening possible military action in venezuela. now, the vice president says the u.s. would much prefer so-called peaceable solution. so, what do either of those options look like? that's next. incredible iphone 7 from at&t you can get unlimited data and live tv. the channels you love. your favorite shows and movies. making your iphone into more of a... oh my tv is ringing. hey...i'm in the middle of a...a second iphone from at&t? okay! right now when you buy a new iphone 7 from at&t you'll get a second iphone 7 on us. and power both with unlimited data and live tv. (vo) nutritional needs...og's all in one. purina one. healthy energy, all in one. strong muscles, all in one. highly digestible, and a taste he lov