the billionaire from new york owns a u.s. hockey team and founded several companies. ola says he's still offering his support to mr. trump and the administration. >>> and mr. trump has been quick to establish a new tone for american diplomacy to fit his personal style. we've seen much of the same at home in the u.s. our jim acosta reports on all the action out of the trump white house. >> reporter: president trump delivered a brief but stern message to iran from the oval office. >> they're not behaving. >> reporter: the trump administration is backing that warning with new sanctions on iran, hitting 25 individuals and companies connected to that country's ballistic missile program. punishment for tehran's missile launch from last weekend. while officials caution the sanctions won't impact the iran nuclear deal brokered by the obama administration, the white house is weighing its options. >> the president has been very clear. he doesn't take options off the table. >> he has a right to form a team. >> reporter: that tough rhetoric is competing with an embarrassing gaffe

some interpreted the move as a gift from the mexican government to the new u.s. administration, a message they can work together on security issues. ironically, el chapo is exactly the kind of bad hombre president trump said the wall is supposed to keep out. will grant, bbc news, mexico city. isty: ikatty: not sure it politics imitating art or art imitating politics but if you are writing tele-novellas these days, a lot of material for you. quick look at other news. widenedrosecutors have their investigation into center-right presidential candidate franÇois fillon, looking at whether he made illegal payments to his children on top of allegations he paid his wife thousands of euros for work she had not actually done. mr. fillon has denied wrongdoing and says he will stay in the race. thousands of people are gathering in the squares of bucharest and other romanian cities for another night of protests against a governmental decree that would decriminalize some forms of corruption. more than a quarter million people demonstrated on wednesday night. the biggest protest

new u.s. a.m. bass door to the united nations nikki haley has just condemned russian aggression in ukraine and says u.s. sanctions will continue as long as russia occupies crimea. meantime the u.s. treasury department is adjusting a sanction imposed on russia by the obama administration. the move lets some companies do limited business with russia's intelligence agency, accused of cyber attacks on the u.s. election. house speaker republican congressman darrell issa and our correspondents analysts and guests are standing by with full coverage of the day's top stories. let's get to the breaking news. attentions rise with iran, sources now say the trump administration is expected to impose more sanctions, at the same time the president is down playing tense talks he's had with foreign counterparts. our global affairs correspondent elise is standing by, but we begin with our senior white house correspondent jim accosta. jim, is the president making things tougher for himself with all that tough lan

u.s. election. now nbc news is learning more about that investigation. a senior u.s.fficial says investigators have determined some trump campaign aides and trump business associates were in contact with russians during the presidential campaign. but current and former u.s. officials say there is no indication those russians were a part of russian intelligence and so far officials say nothing has been found to indicate any collusion between trump aides and the russians to meddle in the election. one report named ousted trump campaign manager paul manafort of having connections with russian officials. today he denied that to nbc news, saying, i had no contact knowingly with russian intelligence officials. today, the president dodging questions about the matter. >>> the trump administration makes its formal debut on the international stage this week. top-level cabinet officials touched down in europe to build relationships and forward president trump's policy agenda. hadley joins us from the g20 meeting in bonn. hadley, many are saying this is the new u.s. secretary of

the solar energy is responsible for one out of every 15 new jobs created in the u.s. last year, according to new figures from an industry group that pushing back against the trump administration's plans to roll back tax incentives for the solar foundation is asking the white house to recognize the potential of green energy both on the environment and the u.s. labor market. --er a two-year down downturn, tourism and france's rebounding. the number of international visitors at the end of last year surpassed figures from 2014. 56.3 million tourist registered across the country. >> a positive trend for tourism in france. freshly released data show arrivals by three point -- up by 3.9% in the fourth quarter of 20 -- 2016, indicating an approval over the previous year. but it's not all good news for the french tourism industry. overall numbers for the year as a whole show a decrease of 1.3%. the tourism sector has taken a beating since a series of terror attacks struck france two years ago, and once again last summer in the coastal city of nice. ans been attributed to increa

. >> comments from new u.s. attorney general jeff sessions just moments away. this from the national association of attorneys general. they're holding their winter meeting here in the nation's capital. should will the you know quickly, the u.s. senate will be in session this morning debating nomination of congressman ryan and then ben carson's nomination with health and human services and rick perry to lead the energy department. confirmation votes are expected during the week and possibly into next week. live coverage of the senate is on our companion network, c-span2. >> stand by for the attorney general of the united states. thank you.

u.s. now. sshhhers like daiicichi life holdings and ms sxt ad insurance group. softbank was up 1.6% on news the telecom giant is buying fortress arres arrests, a u.s. meat firm, for $3.3 billion. >>> we move on to other mark in the asia-pacific region. yellen's hawkish comments boosted financial shares in hong kong. hang seng up by 1.25%, finishing 20,994, the highest finnish five months. moving to to shanghai, declining by a little more than .1% to 3212, snapping a five-day winning streak. resource stocks took a breather after their recent rally. singapore gaining .5%. sydney was up 0.9%. the index reached its highest close in nearly two years. >>> all nippon airways has launched a new direct service between narita airport near tokyo and mexico city. ♪ officials at narita marked the start of the daily flights. ana is first japanese airline to fly their route nonstop. officials say they hope to meet demand from japanese companies operating in mexico, such as automakers as well as tourists. the new service comes amid concerns over the influence of the new u.s. administration. japanese compan

it could prompt new charges in u.s. and switzerland. finding may be presented to top leadership this month. >> in the federal appeals court, arguments for and against president donald trump's travel ban. the details from new york. >> it was a contentious and fast-paced hour of oral arguments for lawyers who spoke for an hour, 30 minutes each to a side to challenge a three judge panel. the doj lawyer caused during his argument. the interrupted fairly often. he had been swapped in a few hours before the hearing after the original lawyers were pulled out. their former law you're filed a brief opposing immigrant ban. he said he was not doing a good job and appeared to read from notes. >> i'm not sure i'm convincing the court. i want to make one key point with regard to the injunction. it is overbroad and should be immediately stayed even if the court thinks some applications are problematic. >> the laurier representing washington and minnesota was challenged on whether the ban amounted to religious discrimination against muslims. purcell sai

new u.s. sanctions and possibly much more after testing a ballistic missile. >> senators from both parties are turning up the pressure and president trump says he's not ruing out military action. meanwhile, the president is defending a heated phone call with australia's prime minister as lawmakers intervene reassuring that nation that it still has unwavering american support. abc's elizabeth hur is following the overnight developments. she joins us here in new york. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: kendis and linsey, good morning to you. as far as iran is concerned both parties are coming together saying they're concern and president trump says he agrees and is not ruling anything out. from talking tough to taking action. >> that's what i do. i fix things. we're going to straighten it out. >> reporter: president trump ready to impose new sanctions against iran. >> iran continues to threaten u.s. friends and allies in t region. >> reporter: the white house first put iran on notice earlier

claire sebastian, good to have you with us, thank you. >>> well, a new u.s. cretary has some harsh words for iran, calling it the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism. >> yeah, this comes a day after the u.s. placed fresh sanctions on iran, which carried out a missile deft just last week, and just days after the trump administration says it's placing iran on notice. our nic robertson has more. >> reporter: with attention on this, the rhetoric and the actions with iran really seem to be ratcheting up. the u.s. secretary of defense james mattis saying iran is the world's biggest sponsor of terrorism. a very strong statement. you have, within hours after that, the commander of the aerospace part of the islamic revolutionary guard corps, the elite force in iran saying if the enemy makes a mistake, our roaring missiles will come raining down on their heads. but at the same time, over the weekend, iran has begun military drills, by again that aerospace secked of the elite force, testing missile system,s, testing radar systems, a very clear message there is, if

eyes.s a job with fresh host: the new u.s. ambassador to the united nations. your reaction to what she said. guest: it was a fine statement. emphasizing that she is going to work with others in the u.n. to get things done. she will push for reform where reform is needed here in the u.n. does need to be reformed. we will engage with others. i thought that was a fairly good and reasonable statement. a graduateuest is from the university in a rude. a small am running advisory business. the also a counselor at center for international studies . i serve on the board of several nonprofits. two universities i am very proud of, i am on the board. the american university of ask and i'm quite busy. i did a book that came out a few months ago, my memoir. it's been a busy time. host: let's get to your phone calls. good morning. caller: good morning and thanks for taking my call. with your experience as a former ambassador, how will she be influenced by donald trump's polls? is she just a puppet or she acting on her own? guest: thank you for that. the president sets the ov

thank you. >>> the new u.s. defense secretary has harsh words for iran. calling it the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism. >> this comes a day after the u.s. placed fresh sanctions against iran which carried out a missile test last week and days after the trump administration says it's placing iran on notice. >> correspondent tom irdink joins us live from tehran. do you feel tensions have shot up as dramatically as it seems, or is this perhaps in part posturing? >> reporter: well, absolutely we're seeing a war of words here. we've got the u.s. responding, this enwe have iran hitting backing with a military exercise, if you will. but also with rhetoric. although the iranians are really making an effort not to entice the trump administration any further. some of the harshest statements coming out here were from one advisor to the supreme leader and he called trump's words hollow. then there was a commander who said that in case our enemies make the wrong move, our missiles will rain down upon them. but at the same time, we're really seeing the irania

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will this be a problem when you take the first step towards the new u.s. administration? second question, what would you say or do you doubt the u.s. media coverage when it comes to u.s. domestic policy? well, mykel: information usually comes from german newspapers. i suppose you would be happy to hear that. as for the rest, i think a free and independent press is of the essence. i have great respect for journalists. this year in germany, we have always done the best one we show respect for each other, when we show mutual respect. freedom of the press is a pillar of democracy. that is something i think we all accept. obviously, the trade allen's will play a role when you talk about economic issues. i do not want to go into greater the root causes. we are proud to have good products, as the americans are proud of their good polity -- good quality products. due to the eurozone, we have a valuation problem of the euro. because the european central bank is pursuing a monetary policy that is not oriented only towards germany but from portugal to slovenia or slovakia. for all me

how do you read these signals, and how much do you think the new u.s. vernment does in fact represent an outright disruption to the international order? matthew: i think that definitely is a disruption. the question is what will this mean in the long term for the u.s. relationship with europe and other countries? we don't really know right now. there certainly is a sense of drift. there will be investigations in the u.s., it sounds like, into the new administration's ties to russia. that could make it more difficult for trump to try and forage some new arrangements with vladimir putin to try and take on china, which is something he clearly had planned to do before he came into office. kind ofts are just moving so fast that it is very difficult to say what is going to happen. especially when it comes to issues like nato, when it comes to issues like china and terrorism, and so on. melinda: let's try to read the tea leaves. malte lehming, you also said there are mixed signals. this is perhaps in no small part because donald trump likes to have competing ce

>> the president of toyota motor is responding to pressure from the new u.s. administration. toyoda says his firm has boosted its u.s. production. u.s. president donald trump has called japan's trade practices unfair to american automakers, but toyododa says his company h changed a lot since the 1980s. he says it now produces a large number of cars in the u.s. and has built up a strong local supply chain. >> translator: our cars are produced by american workers at an american plant and for american customers. i hope toyota will be seen as basically a u.s. . automaker. >> toyoda also referred to trump's plan to review the north american free trade agreement. he said his firm will do what it can to conform to any changes, and he'll watch how things develop. toyoda said he doesn't know for sure whether he will be meeting japan's prime minister on friday, but if he does, he will explain toyota's basic policy. >>> donald trump claims japan makes it hard for u.s. automakers to sell cars there, but the head of an influential business group says that's not true, and he wants prime min

a new court ruling affecting u.s.nt trump's controversial travel ban. >> cnn has been following this story since it broke several hours ago. the u.s. government has now instructed airlines in the u.s. to resume normal operations just as they existed before president trump issued the travel ban on people from seven mostly muslim nations. >> the stunning development came immediately after a u.s. judge in washington state temporarily halted the travel ban nationwide. u.s. customs and border protection told u.s. airlines it will begin reinstating u.s. visas to affected international travelers and allow refugees with valid u.s. visas to enter the u.s. >> here is some more details about what's in the immigration order that u.s. president donald trump signed just a week ago. now, it bans travel to the u.s. for 90 days from these seven muslim majority countries. libya, sudan, somalia, yemen, syria, iraq, and iran. >> it also suspends the u.s. refugee admissions program for 120 days and so-called extreme vetting procedures are

a day later putin declined to retaliate against the new u.s. sanction. that's unusual. it sparks interest at the fbi. on january 129:reporter david ignatius publishes a column saying that flynn talked to the russian ambassador. on january 15th, vice president pence went on cbs and said flynn did not talk about sanctions in that conversation with the russian ambassador. a few days later, former acting attorney general sally yates, cia effector, john brennan, james clapper and fbi director jim comey discussed briefing president-elect trump about all this, about the phone call. comey apparently objected to that saying it would compromise an ongoing fbi investigation into russia. that's andrea mitchell's reporting. at some point, the acting attorney general, yates, informs the white house counsel of the concerns over flynn. january 309, sally yates was fired over a different issue. that brings us to this week, yesterday. kellyanne conway saying flynn had the full confidence of the president. late last night he then resigns. i guess given that time line that i just went thro

the hour, i'm brooke baldwin, you're watching cnn back with breaking news with iran, iran calling new u.s. sanctions illegal as we get a blistering new statement from the white house on iran from the national security adviser general michael flynn condemning iran for the missile test last weekend saying quote the international community has been too tolerant of iran's bad behavior. the days to turning a blind eye and the actions toward the united states and national community are over. the statement coincides with the iran statements and president trump on twitter that iran is playing with fire. this is the latest on the back and forth on the foreign policy front including a surprising condemnation of israel's plans for new settlements on the west bank and a tough stance on the russians and the crimea. let's get to nick robertson, our diplomatic editor, nick first with you on iran now calling these new u.s. sanctions illegal. according to sean spicer they were already in the pipeline from the previous administration. why say this now? >> reporter: they believe that these sanctions have be

he recently told cbs news u.s.-russia relations are probably at their worst since 1973, saying it's "fashionable to blame russia for everything." the trump administration is getting ready to step up enforcement of the nation's immigration laws targeting people who are in this country illegally and tightening security at the borders. more on that now from chip reid. >> we will build a great wall along the southern border. >> reporter: throughout his campaign and as recently as last week, president trump has put a crackdown on immigration at the top of his agenda. >> we will have strong borders again. >> reporter: this week sources say homeland security secretary john kelly is expected to issue tough new immigration enforcement guidelines that would authorize the immediate return of many immigrants captured at the mexican border, expedited deportation of any undocumented immigrant in the country for less than two years, and the hiring of 10,000 new immigration enforcement agents and 5,000 border patrol officers. >> p

what you saw today with them trying to tout this new reset in the israel-u.s.elationship, saying that they have known each other for a long time, they know each other's families here and we know that trump wants to have these close ties with israel. netanyahu will be leaning on this during the rest of his term to check on site -- check off the items on his agenda as well. brent: that was mya reporting from washington. we are receiving unconfirmed reports that donald trump has tapped a vice admiral to replace michael flynn as security advisor. those are unconfirmed reports. we will let you know as soon as we know more. meanwhile, the u.s. defense secretary has been on his first visit to nato headquarters in brussels. european partners hoped for affirmation on u.s. participation. >> it was a warm welcome for the u.s. secretary, but live dogmatics -- mad dog maddox arrived with an ultimatum. >> it is important that those carried their necessary share defending freedom. >> many were already unsettled by u.s. president donald trump's comments questioning the allies.

new york. stocks in asia a little better, flat in the u.s. hn is with us for the business flash. >> sanofi has said profit made drop as it per -- pursues new drivers of growth. the french drugmaker expects earnings per share excluding some items to down as much as 3%. the sanofi ceo will join us for the markets european open. text that exclusive interview this morning at 7:40 u.k. time. global economic uncertainty is clouding the outlook, posting fourth-quarter profit that came in below estimates. net income more than doubled. forecasts of almost $544 million. bob iger has said he is willing to stay on as walt disney's ceo beyond his current tenure. he's scheduled to retire in june of next year but said he will stay on if it is good for the company. a call the comment on with investors after disney reported lower sales and earnings for the last quarter. the most recent heir apparent coo tom staggs abruptly stepped down in april last year. topped earnings estimates in his first quarterly results. it to an october spent all included some items,

government requested an explanation, president trump clarified that he was talking about a fox news report, not u.s. intelligence, and anthony, the swedish government replied it looks forward to briefing him ra their own immigration standards. >> mason: margaret brennan, thanks, margaret. here in new york russia's ambassador to the united nations died suddenly today one day before his 65th birthday. he apparently had a heart attack. natali cherkin had argued russia's case at the u.n. for more than a decade. he recently told cbs news u.s.- russia relations are probably at yieir worst since 1973, saying it's "fashionable to blame russia for everything." the trump administration is getting ready to step up enforcement of the nation's immigration laws targeting people who are in this country illegally and tightening security at the borders. more on that now from chip reid. >> we will build a great wall along the southern border. >> reporter: throughout his campaign and as recently as last week, president trump has put a crackdown on immigration at the top of his agenda. >> we will have strong borders a

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the new u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is visiting mexico today. he's joined by the head of u.s. on an security, john kelly, on their first tour of latin .merica they're hoping for less criticism and more constructive conversation after months of being hammered by donald's promises of more tariffs, a border wall and deportations. on tuesday, the trump administration unveiled new plans targeting undocumented migrants living in the u.s.. this will make it easier to rest -- arrest people living in the regalis ofegally whether they have committed a crime. >> fears are rising that seems like these will become commonplace across the united states. the trump administration's new guidelines potentially make almost all of america's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants subject to deportation. thewhite house played down fears, saying the main targets are convicted criminals. who is here illegally is subject to removal es any time, but the prioriti the president late for is to make for those who pose a threat to our pubublic safety are the priority. >> the

u.s. west coast and we're live with breaking news on u.s.resident's donald trump's travel ban. >> plenty to tell, too. the u.s. justice department set to appeal a judge's decision that has frozen mr. trump's immigration order as protests continue in cities across the country against the president's policies. about 1,000 demonstrators turned out in west palm beach in florida near where mr. trump is spending the weekend at his mar-a-lago resort. >> there were also a handful of donald trump supporters demonstrating there as well. and in a string of tweets on saturday the president blasted the judge who suspended the ban. at a red cross gala ball in palm beach he predicted his administration will win the legal battle. >> visa holders in the seven affected countries of course woke up to the news they could now go to the u.s., but they are being warned that changes could come. joining us now from i stand bul istanbul in turkey with reaction. heads must be spinning. they are in the u.s. >> absolutely, michael. there's a lot of confusion and it is s

u.s. an iranian state-run news agency reported the foreign ministry's decision on friday. u.s. wrestlers were due to attend the freestyle world cup scheduled for february 16th and 17th. but trump signed an executive order last week blocking the entry into the u.s. of people from seven predominantly muslim nations for 90 days. iran's government described the travel ban as a blatant insult to muslims. iran and the u.s. severed diplomatic relations following the 1979 islamic revolution, but over the years wrestlers from the two countries have stayed in contact. in 2013 iranian and u.s. wrestlers engaged in exhibition matches in an effort to keep the sport in the olympic games. >>> japan's leading i.t. firm rakuten has responded to president trump's travel ban. it has advised employees that might be subject to the ban to refrain from traveling to the united states. the order temporarily bars entry to the u.s. for people from seven countries. rakuten employs over 5,000 employees across the world. its executives say it will help workers affected by the ban to relocate outside america

rex tillerson is sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of state. he will have his hands full with the trump administrations moves that have antagonized muslim nations european allies and mexico. of hardline jewish colonizers lock themselves into a synagogue as police evacuate in colonizers from an outpost in the occupied west bank. time for our business update with stephen carroll. you are starting with deutsche bank which has reported massive losses for last year. under 2 billion euros. that is worse than had been predicted. the six point 7 billion euros it had to pay over the mis-selling of mortgages. it lost 7 billion in 2015. that's actually seeing the frankfurt dax trade below the flat line. we had a decision from the bank of england couple of moments ago. they have raised their growth forecast. speaking company news is what is moving the markets once again. the story of a missing chinese tycoon believed to have been abducted from his luxury hotel residents. >> the world's richest man. according to reports he was taken from the four seasons ho

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