and note this -- the new republic, a seasoned liberal magazine, was also put up for sale by owner chris hughes. multimillionaire co-founder of the website named facebook. he says his magazine needs a new owner to make it profitable. question, is al-jazeera america a casualty of the falling price of oil? pat buchanan? pat: no, it's not, john. it's a casualty of the splintering of the cable audience not only cnn and msnbc and fox but also bloomberg, you many ways a good channel. you have the bbc, which puts on good work. i'm sorry to see al-jazeera go because i know a lot of folks over there and some good people and they're going to lose their jobs. but also, and you have to admit when you call it al-jazeera and it's coming out of the arab world, there's sort of a recoil over here because of all our problems with that part of the world which causes people i think to be skeptical of its product. they're not going to drop al-jazeera. if they did, i would agree with you. eleanor: al-jazeera america is just one arm of that network. al-jazeera arab and al-jazeera english continue. the problem

and she's a staff writer at the new be republic. and at the radiance foundation, author of "not equal, civil rights gone wrong." so let me start with you, does this reporting about fiorina's presence on the merck board, when they were researching and testing and developing vaccines using fetal stem cell lines, under mine her credentials in this area. >> undermining credentials, i found it disappointing, and first of all, thank you for covering this issue the way that you're covering it. all over it, you asked one question on abortion, so indetecter reporting is really important. yes, i did find it disappointing. it makes her current approach seem like opportunism. and it's less about letting us know about failed fetal tissue for research, and more about exposing abortion for what it is. what's going on here, the killing of a recognizable human being. and it's less about what people like carly fiorina's sale of fetal tissue. >> brian works to actively convince people against ending pregnancy. is this disqualification? >> i don't know

thank my guests, author of beyond the abortion wars, ryan bombburger, and elizabeth bruenig of the new republic. and read her piece, why i'm a pro-life liberal. >>> the staggering numbers coming out of syria. the u.n. says half a million people are now living under siege. with the world news from al jazeera. also to come, staying at the helm, the vietnam's communist party reelects its leader for the second time. a wildlife siege in the u.s., the leader of which has told them it stand down.

"the new republic" is up for sale. r and publisher, said that "i have come to the conclusion it is time for new leadership and vision at 'the new republic.'" the facebook cofounder bought a majority stake in 2012. millionsic has 10 paying subscribers six month after its debut. spotify needed six years to reach even that level. sources told the financial times that memberships surged after it launched the service. at $31.31.n closing after marketsng feel the route in global equities. stockpiles are very much above the five-year average. the head of global commodity research and bank of america -merrill lynch joined bloomberg markets earlier this morning. >> i don't think it is just the dollar. turni in see a commodity prices, necessary condition -- not sufficient, but necessary -- is the turn in the dollar. yuan keeps on weakening and the stock market keeps rolling over, commodities are not going to go through an easy time. a second condition is the whole pieces off a little bit. for the last month and a half, we have be

new nation. and so on his own he decided that a man elected by the people must be in some way accessible to those very people. this was a republic. we had put down monarchy. the fathers of others have proper broad line -- bloodlines. as washington said, i walk on untrodden ground. everything was a new precedent, experiment and republican government, government of us command he realized that by taking a trip to places like charleston and savanna and the guster, boston, salem, although little cities in between that he was by his very person bringing a sense of emotional bonding to the country. we might call it patriotism, maybe nationalism, but he was giving a sense of this emotional identity to a larger, new republic. what i also found him what you will see the look at the book, washington was a master of political feet to the political theater in a way that surprised me is not there. he understood how to make the right rules, the right gesture at the time. he had a really extraordinary coach. it impressed people. behind the coach as he went around the country was a smaller baggage wagon and when he got to the area outside of the

they loathed his foreign-policy which they believed brought the new republic back into great orbit andon in 1790 four. they despised the notion there was no legitimate way for citizens to gather together and articulate collectively their opposition to the washington administration. when washington died, ardent jeffersonians mourned the former revolutionary euro, far more new the first, but the jeffersonian liberty found a way conveniently, alighting adams altogether. the lyric uses a similar tone of for both, suggesting that only the future was secure but so too was the past. a nation that imagined itself as quite possibly on the brink of internal revolution and literal civil war could now imagine it health in quite another guys as it sang the song. in addition, the washington lyric taps into the idea of sound. columbia, a personification of the nation weeps with the news that washington has died but heaven resounds with the news jefferson lives. in the musical logic of today, sounds of joy produced feelings of joy. "god save great washington" made a similar appeal. and with arejoiced

they loathed his foreign policy, which they believed brought the new republic back into great britain'selling of the whiskey rebellion and they despised the notion that there was no legitimate way for citizens like them to gather and articulate collectively their opposition to the washington administration. when washington died, ardent jeffersonians mourned the former revolutionary hero far more than the first president. yet the new jefferson and liberty found a means to reclaim washington. the lyrics drew a line between washington and jefferson, aligning adams altogether. the lyrics used a similar tone for both, suggesting not only that the future was secure, but so was the past. a nation that had imagined itself as quite possibly on the brink of internal revolution, of civil war in 1800, could imagine itself in quite another guise as it sang the new song. in addition, the washington lyric explicitly tapped into the idea of columbia, a personification of the nation, weeping with the news that washington died. but heaven resounds with the news that jefferson lived. in the musical logic

and the time of the new republic revelation was a symbol of freedom. venture owns more than 130 acres. he's become this person who was brought to america as a traded commodity, has become a traitor in commodity, and becomes very wealthy. and he actually writes this great autobiography, which tells us everything he did, who he was, where he was from, and it is one of the only works he talks about. slavery, and that ultimately freedom in new england. , venture madeer his last and most important real estate transaction. he bought a family plot, which at that point was one of the most elite aerial grounds in connecticut. himself, his wife, his sons, , his daughter, and his granddaughter were all buried in the plot. tombstone. things, put very simple "an african, son of a king. he was captured and sold and displayed. he acquired money to purchase his freedom. died in the 77th year of his age. -- of his age." venture sought out to be remembered by way of his autobiography and by his tombstone, and for his family to have a dynasty or a legacy. owners, who wer

. >> it was the new republic. >> yeah. in trying to get people to be concerned about this case, because at that point they didn't know where jesus had gone, he'd disappeared. but, of course, they had suspicions about what had happened to him. and the eisenhower -- actually, even president eisenhower's asked about his disappearance during a press conference, and he kind of avoided answering. columbia university was kind of complicit in a way because the president, grayson kirk, at the time was -- sat on commissions and foundations that were supported by the cia. the columbia administration did nothing to look into jesus' case. so it's, again, one of these dark episodes from cia history that we write about in "the devil's chessboard." >> and again, i just think this concern is why we're all here and why you do what you do. and i also wanted to say, you know, ask you what, what is new that you really -- what's the newest thing that you found out in doing this, that you found most revelatory? >> well, i think that the key sort

and the new republic put itself up for sale. its owner nearly four years.hris hughes saying he underestimated the difficulty of transitioning an old and traditional institution into a digital media company. >> it's clearly a tough time. it's capricious. there are going to be some survivors and some fatalities in this. it's not going to be easy transition. we've seen it right along. it's been in progress for 15 years. difficult to mon nan tise con dent. >> these announcements come in the face of rising questions about how many people are actually reading articles in apple's news app. to which all the major publishers are contributing. but there are signs of hope from two of the most established publishers. "the new york times" ceo telling me in december he expects the company to return to strong digital ad growth. and the publisher ceo just announced it's already making money off virtual reality after distributing google cardboard head sets to a million newspaper subscribers. "the washington post" has seen a surge in traffic under bezos ownership. >> it's ch

even the new republic.ernie sanders at one level is being more interest electric actually honest than hillary clinton, not that he dock what he says he's going to do. but if there is to be a bigger federal government taxes will have to go up, not just for rich people, but for everyone. the middle class. one of the big lies progressives tell is that we can have all these services and middle class people won't have to pay extra taxes like they do in the u.k. and france. they will. kennedy: he says in the long run it will save us money. >> americans don't like long term. if we did more of us would have savings accounts. 62% of americans have less than $1,000 in the bank. kennedy: how about investigating the free market. maybe we'll find some better cheaper insurance than what the government providing. but it's democratic socialism. that's totally different than regular socialism. it's like decaf socialism. let's imagine what we have already. this is pre-sanders revolution. we have according to the congressiona

and 'the new republic put itself up for sale... its nearly four years chris hughes saying he quote "underestimated the difficulty of transitioning an old and going to be an easy transition, contributing.... "but there are signs of hope publisher's ceo just announced that it's already making money off virtual reality-- after distributing google cardboard headsets to a million newspaper subscribers... and the washington post has seen a surge in traffic under jeff bezos ownership, surpassing the new york times in unique visitors for two straight months... but all these legacy players are up against a slew of focused news apps, such as mic vocativ and fusion... and free services have the advantage-- "people are unwilling to pay for content because it got free 10- the eighty million young people in the us are a question of which services will be able to make it a profitable business. a recent study by the american press institute shows that millennials are very much interested in news -- with 85-percent saying news is important to them.

the new republic was in so many ways a matter of weeks. then. argument raged in congress about the correct forms addressed by the president. john adams considered a royal prince they titled necessary to uphold the president's authority. his highness and excellency was suggestions. the anti-federalist senator, william mcclay on the other hand accord our house seems determined to run into all the food ariz -- binaries and attic at and all of this for mr. adams. ultimately, congress decreed, 1789 that washington should bear the unadorned president and mrs. washington often known as lady washington became very firmly mrs. washington. source the end of may, martha sat out for new york. she took with her two grandchildren. nelly age 10 and wash with george washington custis h. h. as you all know far better than i, the children of her son, jackie who had died of cancer fever or typhus shortly after vick. yorktown and the washington ever since the dad had given a home to these two were the youngest of his four children. lewis, one of the president recor

news app. >>> republic steel announced it is temporarily idling operations at its lorain facility. 200 workers will be laid off. the process will be staggered in the next few months. the lorain plant continued to struggle with a decline in demand. 900 employees will continue to be employed at other companies. the president released a statement saying we hope we can resume lorain operations in the near future. we are positioned for growth and ready to provide capacity once the market turns around. >> it is time again to spin the the browns meeting with more coaching candidates today. mark schwab joins us. he is staying all over this selection process. >> i love the wheel. it is like "the price is right." unfortunately for the browns the price is wrong. they interviewed one more candidate for sure jacksonville former assistant doug marron. other guys might be getting moved sean mcdermott and he was supposed to talk to the browns tonight in charlotte. that might not be happening and cleveland.com has a report it is change this had weekend. when it happens browns want to talk to him. the club conf

. >>> new republic schools opened the blizzard. students had to pass huge snow piles as they made their way to class. drivers found their normal banks. >> terrible out here. >> this is an hour and a half. there's no reason why we can't get through traffic. >> frustrated indeed. the state department of transportation was called in to help with snow removal. at peak times there were as many as 200 crews on the job. >>> politics now. is it a good move or a bad one? gop candidate donald trump playing yet another wildcard when he announced he won't be on the debate stage this thursday. the question now, how is it going to play out days before the iowa caucuses? dave evans is here with more. >> it's certainly a risky move but it may prove to be a smart move by donald trump by not debating. trump likely freezes this race. right now he's in the lead. a lot of voters may tune out if he's not on the stage tonight. this morning on good morning america trump hinted he could change his mind, but as it stands right now, he's out. >> reporter: wi

news. that republic steel. laying off all 2 hundred workers. >> >> hear come march. we'll be going to the numbers that we're going to. it's pretty shocking. >> . according to to united steel workers local eleven 04 president. the lay offs will be staggered over the next few months. they come on the heel of lay offs in july and march. of last year. >> . just hearing them talk. -fpt ones that are laid off now. that they're, i can't relate. >> the number of jobs will drop from more than one thousand a year ago. to no more than one hundred when it's all said and done. >> the plant which supplies the autoindustry is idling. due to a slumping u.s. steel market. meantime their president and ceo released a statement saying we hope that we can resume the lorain operation in the knew near future. >> . people moving out. population here is just not growing at all. >> . the company maintaining that this is temporary. the union calling it indefinite. neither one willing yet to say that it is permanent. street. there's a diner that relied on the workers. for their lunch and breakf

he's contributing writer for the new republic. you had a great piece about the meaning of that goldman sacks loan for ted cruz. you know, cruz in some ways has been so successful at so minutely crafting his positions and persona to match perfectly the base's positions and persona that it's -- i think it's been hard for opponents to find ways to outflank him. this strikes me as actually possibly a problem for him politically. >> yeah, this certainly could be it. i mean there are just waves of hypocrisy here. first of all, cruz said in sort of his biographical information that he risked his net worth. he put all his chips in to become a senator and, in fact, what he did was he risked -- didn't even risk. gold man sacks' money. he got a loan to actually put that money into his race. you know, he's been banging crony capitalism. he's been banging that drum on the campaign trail and then taking money from large banks, not just goldman sacks but citi as well. there's a lot there, but i think this is more of an inequality issue, an issue

headquarters in new york and gabrielle this mission to the central african republic has been pretty muched by accusations of wrongdoing and misdemeanor, what is in this report? >> well, these new allegations and there are six of them are very troubling, they are part of what we have seen as a pattern of allegations of sexual misconduct by foreign troops as well as u.n. peace keepers in the central african republic and the allegations started coming out last year really and essentially it has become a crisis for the u.n. in the central african republic. these latest allegations are very serious and i want to set the stage of what we are talking about here, first of all the latest allegations and there are six of them revolve around non-u.n. peace keeper answer revolve around eu troops from the european union and french troops and they date back to 2014. both the eu troops and french troops were in central african republic in the case of the french troops they are still there, a mandate to protect people in the country that has been mired in sectarian violence. now let's talk about the fre

joining me now is our panel, we have with us, ja neil smith, a senior editor for the new republic, kari opportunitylives.com, and seema metta joins frus des moines, iowa. seema, you're out there in iowa. let me start with you. this trump versus cruz. again, the story for so many months was it was just a lovefest between the two of them, they wouldn't say a negative word between the each other, complete opposite now in the home stretch. is your sense, though, is one of the stories of this campaign, that everyone is going toe-to-toe with trump, trump seems to get the better of them. is that happening right now with ted cruz? >> that's the question with ted cruz. three weeks ago, four weeks ago, he was leading trump in the polls. that's when it started to get really nasty between the two of them. trump started going after him about his birthplace, his past views on immigration and security. and cruz is being attacked by marco rubio and others. he's taking fire from all sides and has gone down in the polls since then. if you watch tv in iowa, it's constant attack ads on everybody, but trump

there are currently two new allegations of sexual misconduct by french troops in the central african republic. these allegations date back to 2014, but just came to light now. there are also four new occasions of alleged wrongdoing by e.u. troops in the central african republic. these came to light also recently, also date back to 2014. it was apparently four young girls, teenagers, all of whom said that they were sexually abused by e.u. troops, three of the girls pointed the finger at georgian contingent of troops they say were the perpetrators of this alleged crime. we are also hearing new information that the u.n. has confirmed that they as part of this investigation, have also had new allegations of sexual misconduct by u.n. peacekeepers themselves. while the u.n. has not released any information about this, sources tell al jazeera that there are five new allegations of sexual misconduct by u.n. peacekeepers and central african republic and peacekeepers from morocco, niger, bangladesh and the democratic republican of congress as well as one u.n. piece keeper from senegal. we expect to hea

and the new republic. he has an element and in comparative and international law and a jd from duke. a ba from harvard where he was editor of the harvard crimson. maybe most importantly and for us, certainly at acs, he is a great friend. please welcome professor garrett and our esteemed panel. thank you garrett. [laughter] >> thanks for the introduction. thank you everybody for being here. we have a great panel today on the issues and its importance in first amendment and public employment law. it is such a good panel that even though i am a law professor i am looking forward more to listening to them than to talking myself. let me introduce them quickly and then they will launch the discussion we would like to talk and get some back and forth going for about 50 50 minutes or an hour and then have time for your questions. i will try to stay out of the way in the discussion but we did agree beforehand that panelists would try to keep their comments to a couple minutes so that we can do back and forth and it

he's written for the "new york times," the new york review book on the nation and "the new republic." he has a jd from duke, a ba from harvard where he was editor of "the harvard crimson." but maybe most importantly, advice safer a survey at acs is a great friend to the american constitution society. so please welcome garrett epps, and our esteemed panel. thank you, garrett. [applause] >> thanks for the introduction. and thank everybody for being here. we have a great p a great paneln the issues in friedrichs and it's important in first amendment and public employment law. and it is such a good panel that even though i am a law professor, i am looking forward more to listening to them than to talking myself. that introduces them quickly and then we will launch the discussion. we would like to talk, get some back and forth going for about 50 minutes to an hour and then of time for your questions. i will try to stay out of the way and the discussion but we did agree beforehand that panelists would try to keep their comments to a couple of minutes so that we can do back and forth, and it

at the time of the new republic of the revolution, this was the symbol of freedom. at his peak he owns more than 130 acres. this is a very large farm. he has drydocks, shipping works, and he has become this person that was brought to america as a traded commodity, and has become a traitor in commodities and becomes very wealthy. in 1798, new the end of his life, he actually writes this great autobiography, which tells us all everything he did, but we was. it is one of the only works that actually talks about him. across the salmon river, venture made his last and his most important real estate transaction. family plot in the first congregational church, which at that point was one of the elite burial grounds in all of connecticut. wife andmself and his his son solomon, and his granddaughter, and two grandchildren are all buried in the family plot. on his tombstone he put very simple things taken from the memory of venture smith, son of a king, he was kidnapped and sold as a slave, but by his industry he acquired money to purchase his freedom, and died september 19,

the "washington post," american prospect roll call, sleep until "the daily beast" "politico" the new republic "huffington post" as well as law reviews. he writes frequently for the american constitution society's blog and has published several acs issue briefs including mandatory health insurance isn't constitutional which was released during the senate health care reform debate in december 2009 and the health reform lawsuits unraveling a century of constitutional law and the falling fabric of modern government published in february 2011. his atlantic article the most dangerous branch question mark has been republished in two anthologies the best american political writing in 2003 and principles and practice of american politics contemporary readings have also published in 2003 by cq press. he liked david is a graduate of the yellow school where he was comment editor for the yale law journal. please welcome sy lazarus. [applause] >> thanks very much roger. it's always a privilege to appear here at cato which i have done on many occasions. the constitutional accountability center where i serve

appeared in the atlantic, washington post, american prospect, the hill, daily beast, political, the new republic huffington post, as well as reviews. right for the american constitution society blog and has published issue briefs including mandatory health insurance, is a constitutional? that was released during senate health care reform debate in 2009. also the health and form lawsuits unraveling the century of law and the fabric of modern government. that was published in february, 2011. his event take article had been republished into anthologies, the best american political writing, 2003 and 2003 and principles and practice of american politics classic and contemporary readings also published in 2003. that was by cq press. david is a graduate of yale law school where he was in comment editor for the journal. please give him a welcome. [applause]. thank you roger. it is always a privilege to appear here at cato which i have done on many occasions. the center where i serve as senior counsel works constantly with cato, frequently as an adversary and a respectful one. but not infrequently. as an

the flight was headed from newark, new jersey to the dominican republic. newschannel three spoke to one passenger who is still stranded at the airport. she says passengers were screaming and crying during the pagan says they were given a 20 dollar food voucher yesterday-- but no food since in gloucester county -- deputies have arrested a man who they say shot four people -- killing one of them. 18-year-old dijon whitter of hampton has been charged with first degree murder, malicious shooting, and felony use of a firearm. the shooting happened shortly after midnight yesterday off of ditchley road and gill lane. when police arrived they found four victims. two were airlifted out of the area -- one was taken to a nearby hospital , and the fourth was pronounced dead at the scene. whitter is being held in the gloucester county jail with no bond. one police officer is dead and another injured in a shooting in utah. it happened in salt lake city yesterday morning. 44-year old officer doug barney was among several officers called to a crash. when they arrived they

have come up with new allegations, new allegations of alleged sexual abuse of minors by european union soldiers as well as french soldiers in the central african republic. this just came from us just within the last few minutes. i want to go through it because it is very important. there are six total new cases. two of them according to the u.n. involve french soldiers allegations of sexual misconduct with children two children a boy and a girl aged 7 and 9. those two children told investigators that they were sexually abuse by french soldiers. these crimes apparently took place in 2014 but just now are coming to light as part of this new investigation. there are currently about 900 french soldiers in the car. they have been there since 2014. also this new information just released by the u.n. saying that allegedly there is also new allegations of european union troops in the central african republic four cases of alleged sexual misconduct. this information and i'm looking at this information now, apparently four children between the ages of 13 and 16 girls said that they were sexually abused by e.u. soldiers. it's unclear on all the nationalities acco

groups here and number one there are six total new cases or allegations, two of them involve french troops, french troops have been in the central african republic 2014 and there are still about 900 troops there roughly, the new allegations are from a boy and a girl age seven and nine who claim that they were both sexually abused by french troops in 2014, new allegations. there is also a set of other allegations by four children in the central african republic alleging that eu troops european union troops in car in 2014 also abused children. these children were between the ages of 13-16, two of the children, girls claim they were sexually abused by soldiers, two others say they were forced into sex with soldiers in exchange for money. now the nationalitys of all of these allegations are not clear, however, three of the alleged victims say their abusers were from the georgian contingency in the central african republic. now these cases all took place in a camp for displaced people outside the capitol of banji, very serious allegations as we just heard from high commissioner of human rights and all these cases have been refers to the country's res

there are currently two new allegations of sexual misconduct by french troops in the central african republicese allegations date back to 2014, but just came to light now. there are also four new cases alleged wrongdoing by e.u. troops in the central african republic. these came to light also recently, also date back to 2014. there was apparently four young girls, teenagers, all of whom said they were sexually abused by e.u. troops. three of the girls pointed the finger at jordan troops. we are also hearing new information that the u.n. has confirmed that they -- as part of this investigation also have new allegations of sexual misconduct by u.n. peace keepers themselves. sources tell al jazeera that there are five new allegations of sexual misconduct by peace keepers from morocco, niger, bangladesh, and the democratic republican of the congo as well as senegal. we expect to hear more about this in the coming hours. >> let's speak to paula donovan, joining us via skype in the states. paula, are you confident that these allegations will be followed up as the u.n. human rights agency says they

will soon be without work and lorain county republic steel is idling the steel mill and wright has reaction to. >> the workers have been through a lot, this news comes as a shock, republic steel is idling its rolling mill production to lay off all 200 workers . bios will be staggered over the next few months after layoffs in july in march last year, this facility supplies the auto industry they say that they have struggled the last year due to falling demand and cheaper foreign imports that operates out of the same plant is also struggling they say that they're also laid off workers to give a sense of the scope with 1,000 people work your year ago to say a couple months the more than 100 will remain a big blow to the local economy with a ripple >> been hard to sleep, any officer of this local would have a tough time because it is stressful to think that the next day could be worst. >> marcy kaptur told us that these red flag the repeated failure of our government to prevent countries including china from writing our economy closing their own markets to our goods and committing countless anti- competitive abuses including david g. of steel at t

jamel smith, senior editor, the new republic and host of the intersection podcast. joining me from washington because it's sports, dave ziron, sports editor, and host of the edge of sports podcast. that's my question, dave, why, why lebron? >> why turn to lebron? first of all, so much of cleveland is like a lebron-based economy. he is a person who transcends politics, let alone transcends sports. first and foremost, this is not new historically. you look at the black press in the 1960s. you see demand after demand made on people like willie mays, like henry aaron, to stand up, to say this is bigger than sports. you have public stature. and everybody with public stature needs to stand up and be counted right now. so this is part of a tradition, of kind of the outside pressure on athletes to stand up. the second point, you mentioned this, but i don't think this can be said enough. particularly people criticizing. is that lebron's not just another athlete. he has asked for this weight. he has said, i want to be the ali of my generation. his latest commercial has public

the new york review books, the nation and the new republic. he has an llm in comparative law. comparative and international law from duke. a ba from harvard where he was editor of the harvard crimson. but maybe most importantly and i'd say for us certainly at acs he is a great friend to the american constitution society to please welcome garrett epps and our esteemed panel. thank you garrett. >> thanks for the introduction and thank everybody for being here. we have a great panel for the issues and it's important in first amendment and public employment law and it is such a good panel that even though i am a law professor, i am looking forward more to listening to them than talking to myself and we like to talk and get some back and forth going. you'll then have time for your questions: i will try to stay out of the way in the discussion but we did agree beforehand that panel lists will try to keep their comments to a couple of minutes so that we can do back and forth and it's possible if someone forgets that i may start going like this. but i'm not choking. to my left is depu

peace keepers face new allegations of sexual abuse in central african republic.umber of young cuban couples are choosing to delay having children. ♪ >>> north korea has prompted international outrage after claiming to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. people living in the area close to where the underground nuclear test is reported to have taken place say they thought they felt an earthquake. but there is scepticism about the validity of the claim that this was a more powerful device than any it had tested before. >> reporter: in pyongyang people stood to watch what they had been told would be an important announcement. [ applause ] >> reporter: on queue they cheered. the country's latest military success. state media showed north korean leader, kim ki-jong, signing off of the on der. he is a man who likes attention, particularly close to his birthday, which falls on january 8th. so this may have been his way of celebrating early. but it could take months or even years to prove if north korea really has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. it says it dese

thinking that if mubarak is out, a new thomas jefferson is going to be born on the nile and build a new republicwas miserably naive. >> the president hosni mubarak has stepped down... >> the sound of freedom... >> narrator: ten days after obama's phone call, mubarak resigned. >> tonight, the people of egypt have toppled their leader. that nation has just been... >> when he fell, i think the amazement of mubarak and his people that america deserted them openly, and the amazement of many allies of america, leaders in the region, that america seemed not to be a reliable ally and pushes you when they need at least not to interfere. i think this was a big mistake. >> narrator: at the white house, the president seized the moment. obama wanted a reset of his approach to the middle east. he told his staff to prepare a new speech. >> the president wanted to speak and lay out what the u.s. principles were going to be as we dealt with a region that was going through seismic change. >> the president of the united states, barack obama. >> narrator: he delivered the speech in front of a room filled with staff

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. >> a total of six new charges have surfaced of sexual misconduct against children in the central african republic. teelgd have taken play in bangui and the camp for displaced people in 2014. four girls between ages of 14 and 16 said they were sexually assaulted by european peace keepers, pr a georgia from a ge. >> she was sexually abused in exchange for bottle of water and a bag of cookies. >> it's urgent these cases are thuthoroughly investigated. we are heartened by the response from the countries concerned as well as the european union, which show they take these allegation very seriously. we will continue to closely follow up on these cases and any others that emerge as the u.n. team on the ground continue its investigations. >> european forces arrived with a mandate to take care of a country in sectarian violence. five more allegations against their own peace keepers and police. >> it's hard to imagine that people working for united nations and for the causes of peace and security feel, when these kinds of allegations come to light. particularly involving minors which are so hard to understa

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new allegations of child sex centralise in the african republic. the finalmp boycotts republican debate in iowa, but still manages to overshadow the event. rival candidates struggled to take center stage. an explosive spread of alarming proportions -- the world health organization says the zika virus could infect up to 4 million people this year. also coming up later in the program, she has one of the most scrutinized bodies in the world. barbie is getting a makeover, but will it be enough to quiet the critics? will tell useminot during the "press review." molly: first, the u.s. republicans held their seventh debate in the race for the white house last night. as has been the case throughout the campaign, donald trump grabbed the spotlight, but this whilee managed to do so boycotting the event. trump refused to join the debate because of an ongoing feud with fox news for one of its news anchors. it is yet to see whether the devil will pay off as one of the first voting contact -- first voting contests will take place on monday. for the event,se 800