cuba is trying to cope with a new reality after u.s. sanctions imposed on its exports came soon after relations had just started to improve but the cigar industry in cuba has grown steadily that's in part thanks to the search for other markets most recently yes you guessed it china. an icon of cuba no not fidel castro his cigar something the communist dictator had in common with u.s. president john f. kennedy who ordered twelve hundred cuban studies before blockading the island during the cold war. ties aren't quite so bad nowadays but the economic boycott is still in place so cuba has to look elsewhere for exports that's good news for aficionados in countries like canada for them anything but a cuban is close but no cigar as far as the passion. the dedication. the cigar it's really crafted in cuba which is different from any place else it's. the place to be is have his annual cigar festival which draws visitors from fifty countries to place orders and sample latest offerings and more and more of those sales are headed for china. the go

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thank you for talking to us about this private equity breaking news. u.s.: breaking news on the , counts against rick gates in a new filing, the u.s. has final conspiracy counts against rick gates and a new filing, he is the trump campaign aid. we are hearing from media reports he may plead guilty in the investigation into russia's interference in the 2016 election. rick gates was the advisor, the longtime political consultant who once served under president trump's deputy campaign german -- chairman. the u.s. is filing a conspiracy and lying count against rick gates and the criminal information filed is in federal court in washington. more details as we get them. vonnie: coming up, the present wraps up his speech to the conservative political action conference and double down on his proposal to arm teachers in the classroom. plus additional sanctions against north korea. ♪ ♪ vonnie: this is bloomberg markets. i am vonnie quinn shery: breaking news and a robert mueller probe as lying and conspiracy counts against former trump campaign staffer and paul mana

are used allies -- to keep reports out of the news media and the white house calls the story fake news. u.s construction rose last month to the highest level since october of 2016, housing up almost 10% to an annual rate of 1.3 million, the big boom was a part of the buildings with multifamily start raising 24%. a federal control board is seeking a $300 million loan for puerto rico's power company after a federal judge rejected a previous $1 billion loan. the company has warned that it may have to rationing electricity. 400,000 customers remain in the dark like months after hurricane maria. that is more evidence british consumers are being fleeced by higher prices, retail sales barely rose, climbing 1/10 of 1%, well below forecasts. the brexit vote in 2016 push the count lower and triggered a spike in inflation. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalist and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. let's check in on the aluminum giant alcoa because shares are rallying following the news the u.s. commerce departme

he blames the charges on -- operative help pay for at least part of the new u.s. in jerusalem, u.s. officials tell the ap that the trump administration is considering the offer from republican mega-donor come up at state department lawyers must first determine the legality of accepting private donations for the project. exchangelhi, india, to agreements of security, trade, and higher education in a joint press conference with canada, they joint conference, the cult india interested partner and friend for cooperation. >> a partnership must create jobs and help families get ahead. theovernments, we have responsibility to set the right thateters for economic benefit everyone, not just the wealthiest few. trudeauime minister softism.ticism about brexit, andalling those were leaving the european union is less than 100,000 for the first time since 2013. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: australian prime minister malcolm turnbull is meeting with preside

s also worried by the new u.s. decision to radically sink corporate taxes mission to avoid firms moving their headquarters from europe to the u.s. and we'd like to avoid any slowdown of investment those are things we'll discuss that's important because what it comes down to is keeping jobs in europe. germany's acting finance minister said he hopes for support from people in the u.s. they continue to want a good relationship with brussels. for a time to cross over to sufficient correspondent on wall street tell us what are the reactions to the wrath rake centering around this possible trade war what are you hearing. what wall street does not like carrots or really any kind of trade barriers funny and the reason for this is investors here not only with tele asia in a quid pro quo like situation the e.u. china canada mexico you name it what imposed care is on american employees to simply have some leverage that invests it all from. fear terrorists because there are some studies and also events in history that show the

and briefly in other news u.s. government investigators say they've struck a major blow against an international cyber crime syndicate the justice department says it's charged thirty six members of the crime ring with offenses thing to your credit card and oh i think fifty four least of arrested thirteen members of the organization fold in order in the u.s. astray the of britain france cost of over and savio investigators say the group was a key credit card fraud it's believed to have forged over five hundred million dollars in losses. unfold investigations and angry have reached prime minister back to obama's family and gary and prosecutors following a recommendation by the european and fraud office to investigate a suspect fraud involving e.u. funds in thirty five public life and projects in several hungary and towns that were carried down by the in the company controlled by obama. in the us says the investigations of politically motivated ahead of a national election in april agree receives billions of euros in

sometimes as a guys only a cigar but for cuba it's also a key export to say it's are on the up despite new u.s. sanctions placed on the island but the u.s. isn't the only customer of course cuban cigars are high in demand and many parts of the world and most recently also especially in china. an icon of cuba know not fidel castro his cigar something the communist dictator having common with us president john f. kennedy who ordered twelve hundred cuban studies before blockading the island during the cold war ties aren't quite so bad nowadays but the economic boycott is still in place so cuba has to look elsewhere for exports that's good news for aficionados in countries like canada for them anything but a cuban is close but no cigar as far as the passion. it's really crafted in cuba which is different from any place. the place to be is heaven as annual cigar festival which draws visitors from fifty countries to place orders and sample latest offerings and more and more of those sales are headed for china. the government sells its a car through a panos it's a joint venture with britain's imperia

plans of new u.s. sanctions against russia over election meddling could target the banks that are funding a huge buildup of alms they key to the country's weapons exports that are worth billions of euros and of crucial for the economy the kremlin is trying to find ways to protect the state owned lenders from any risk. weapons have traditionally been a booming business in russia. last year russia export a twelve billion euros worth of arms to fifty three nations private banks usually play a key role managing arms exports but many of them are now subject to u.s. sanctions potentially throwing a wrench into russia's well oiled arms industry until moscow repurposed the problem spawn that is the bank manages russian arms transactions and keeps them hidden. though social so that the courts. establishing a network of companies is all you need to transfer money. from the outside it's not at all transparent still it's not the king it was a shell who. until recently. was a private lender catering to the middle c

and threatening the coastlines on full flow line islands and larger nations that's according to a new u.s. study based on twenty five years of satellite data. i'm sorry kelly welcome and thanks for joining us we begin with reports that israeli police have enough evidence to recommend that prosecutors charge prime minister benjamin netanyahu with bribery following a fourteen month investigation the recommendation has been handed to the country's attorney general that yahoo denies wrongdoing in a live t.v. address he said that all recommendations against him will quote end with nothing he said that he will continue to lead israel responsibly and to faithfully the prime minister has been a question several times over the past year and is a sign. aspect in two separate cases for. israel's prime minister benjamin bibi netanyahu he's held the post phenomenon years but now his political future seems at best uncertain for many months a special police unit has been investigating serious allegations against the prime minister these probes known to israelis as cases one and two thousand case one tho

has been having the opposite that some of the stories making news. u.s. president son in law. has reportedly been stripped of his top level security clearance had got into a permission to receive top secret information in his room as white house senior adviser said to be one of several aides who clearance was downgraded. christian leaders have reopened the church of the holy settle in jerusalem one of christianity's most holy sites the church leaders close the sacred site for three days to protest against proposed israeli tax legislation they see amounts to a land grab israeli officials suspended the planned measures on tuesday. around twenty seven b. the thought to have died in the big freeze gripping europe a cold front dubbed the beast from the east is sweeping across the continent from siberia one of the worst affected countries this gracious where almost two metres of snow has fallen in some areas even in spain at thirty eight provinces have been hit or are on high alert the canary islands off africa are being lashed by strong winds in britain hundreds of trains have been

. >>> marriott's fourth quarter profit falling on a charge due to the new u.s.ax law and other issues adjusted earnings beat forecasts. revenue rose 8% as more people booked rooms at higher prices. >>> shares of tripadvisor surging today. the travel site reported higher than expected revenue in the third quarter. sales from the hotel segment fell but that was offset by a 26% jump in non-hotel revenue which includes attractions and restaurants. tripadvisor has been putting money towards experiences. so individuals looking to book a tour or an experience of some sort a cooking lesson while in italy. it's been really trying to build that part of its business. it seems to be working we saw monthly unique visitors rise as well, which shows you people are not only visiting the site to gain content but booking travel as well as experiences on the site monetization has been a big concern for tripadvisor. seems like they're getting better at it >> it seems like there's a haves and have-nots in hosity tall py lately hilton yesterday said they will better booking revenues,

u.s. president donald trump is expected to announce major new sanctions on north korea trump is currently addressing the conservative political action committee conference in oxon hill just south of washington d.c. he's expected to unveil the largest ever set of sanctions on aims to aggressively target that coal and fuel transport part of what we're talking about a culture that condemns violence and never did laura pfizer violence we need to force to real human connections and turn classmates and colleagues into friends and neighbors that want to fight for us we're not just having a conversation about school safety you've had conversations in all fairness i'm pretty new on this show we hear a little more than a year i've been watching the stock stuff go on for twenty years. the president gets up everybody's enthusiastic for the first couple of days and it fades nothing ever gets done we want to see if we can get it done let's get it done right we really owe it to our country. and i've been watching for a long time seen a lot of words and i've seen very little action. and you know if you t

he has announced the searching of hundreds of new u.s. attorneys there is an additional prosecutor on the southwest border, they were on detail to focus on enforcing immigration. >> we've thrown a lot of ms 13 out there coming back in their able to reconstitute if jail members in the u.s. with more members able to cross the borders. >> they recruit from across the borders. >> are democrat friends don't understand this? >> it could be solved largely with this legislation. /anywhere the murderous mission is being directed by all salvadoran prisons. it's not enough just to -- >> we could talk little bit about this other challenge which is the country taken us back. >> once we have caught them were not going to release them. we need to send them back where we came from. that's working with the hs pgh so, countries are there? >> the assistant secretary has those statistics. >> we've taken a tougher stand. we give aid to a lot of these countries and they wouldn't take anybody back so how many countries are they? where the worst offenders? >> th

news came as paypal reported fourth quarter profit rose 59% despite booking a charge related to the new u.stax law. the first quarter outlook was below analyst forecasts. en ebay shares are up more than 8% this morning back over to you guys. >> thank you very much for that. a big decline in paypal but had a fa nop nall yephenomenal year. >>> microsoft reporting a 6$6.3 billion loss in the second quarter due to a nearly $14 billion tax payment related to profits held overseas. revenue rose 12% on strong growth in its cloud computing business it was an amazing performance from the cloud business in particular revenue up year on year. the gross margin going up to 55% from 48% that allowed the company's gross margin to rise nadella's performance there has been fantastic it was up yesterday before earnings. >>> at&t's fourth quarter results topping estimates helped by tax cuts and the addition of 300,000 new wireless customers randall stephenson is confident at&t will complete its acquisition of time warner the justice department sued to block the deal a trial is set for march >>> qualcomm posti

is also worried by the new u.s. decision to radically sink corporate taxes emission to avoid firms moving their headquarters from europe to the u.s. and we'd like to avoid any slowdown of investment those are things we'll discuss that's important because what it comes down to is keeping jobs in europe. germany's acting finance minister said he hopes for support from people in the u.s. they continue to want a good relationship with brussels. as back of an outsider terry thanks helena well here in germany the central f. social democrats have started voting on whether to enter a second coalition with i'm going to michael's conservatives party members have a little over a week to cast their ballots and the result will be announced on march fourth the deal has deeply divided yesterday's rank and file and it's a battle that's pitting the party establishment against its future leaders kevin kernot the leader of the party's youth wing is leading the rebellion against a new coalition he's been holding a series of meetings aro

for now, we're live, nbc 10 news. >>> u.s. representative bob brady announced he will not run for reelection. brady broke the news in northern liberty. the 72-year-old says his decision had nothing to do with an fbi probe into his 2012 election campaign. instead he says the current political climate and redistricting were the major reasons. brady has serve d the district since 1998. >>> we have an active u weather pattern. we could see more rain and snow. we're going to give you the super bowl forecast right here at home. it could be sloppy. come on back for that. >>> and back out here live in minneapolis, thousands of eagles fans hoping to watch the birds first super bowl win in e person on sunday. >> and one of those fans is getting in for tree all thanks to one of the patriots biggest supporters. how this fan pulled it off, next. >>> also one large pizza. how a philadelphia pizza shop is making big changes, tonight so everyone knows they are on the eagles bandwagon. excuse me everyone! paul? paul? this is three million dolla

clarksville. >> washing machines provide an early test to bring back manufacturing jobs to the u.s. a newiffs's lapse of foreign-made machines with attacks. supporters of the tariffs say it's necessary to protect u.s. firms against unfair trade practices. >> bring in a washer that basically was made overseas and you add a few nuts and bolts here in america and called it made in the usa. that's not true. >> opponents say it will serve to keep outdated companies afloat. >> it's unfortunate that certain manufacturers who seem unable to compete in the marketplace turned into these trade efforts has a way to try to compete. >> the president has aggressively pitched the u.s. is a great investment for foreign manufacturers. >> there has never been a better time to hire, build, invest, grow in the united states. america is open for business. >> in clarksville, tennessee, local officials say the facts are otherwise. the new tariffs threatens a south korean algae state of the art washing machine factory under construction. >> the administration has said want to bring jobs back to america and that's

met the new u.s. ambassador to discuss the situation he was very nice i asked the president are you worried that the winds of change will come here. and he said he was not worried he said the syrian people strongly supported him strongly supported his government was the just two weeks later there was a large demonstration in damascus in a market called althea. it happened very spontaneously very suddenly it wasn't planned and it was immediately filmed by syrians with their cell phones i was. and we sent a message to washington and i said it's coming the firewood is very dry it's coming. in march twentieth eleven protests expanded young people in daraa aspirate painted anti-government slogans on walls these included your next doctor meaning assad and the people want the regime to go several suspects were arrested and tortured by police. the was the was. more and more people demanded democratic freedoms the government responded with a violent crackdown against unarmed demonstrators was. american diploma

so if odessa became a new u.s. state it would be at the top of the list mr saakashvili should feel right at home in his newly adopted country he is best of friends with fellow color revolutionary leader viktor yuschenko who's the godfather of his son. the not that i'm of the school bus and i listen to should begin to question you know at the post but you walk us kind of being it's just a d.c. at them the if someone is going to. even though there's not a bunch of use of social. media when used to the but the least of those three is if i did it with you but i just stand on both. of these boys that business doing this it would get enough out of this almost just in the body of this that i see in the in the bust of the whole bonus dust we were able to contain such. a war once launched doesn't choose its victims we are just learning at this hour that malaysian airlines has now confirmed that it has lost contact with one of its planes plane was indeed shot down by a missile while flying at a high altitude over eastern ukr

so if odessa became a new u.s. state it would be at the top of the list mr saakashvili should feel right at home in his newly adopted country he is best of friends with fellow color revolutionary leader viktor yuschenko who is the godfather of his son. and another mother school bus and a lesson in lucia but insufficient as opposed to when you walk scot to being it's just sad and he sees them the if someone is going to. even though there's a double chooses to show. it when used to the but they still do straight is if they did it with you but i suppose then that in the. void there business do a little bit of that of this almost just in your youth but how they should have seen that in the special behoof only is that they were able to contain such. a war once launched doesn't choose its victims we are just learning at this hour that malaysian airlines has now confirmed that it has lost contact with one of its planes plane was indeed shot down by a missile while flying at a high altitude over eastern ukraine near the ru

>> reporter: questions about skating's integrity aren't new. u.s.secutors charged an alleged russian mobster with fixing a gold medal victory for russian pair skaters at the 2002 olympics in salt lake city. in response, the international skating union overhauled its scoring system. but former professional skater chloe katz says more needs to be done. is there a part of you in a buildup to the olympic games who thinks oh, god, i hope there's not another scandal? >> absolutely. we dedicate everything to our sport. you give up so much. and you would hope that the judges are fair. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc news, the international skating union says it has a robust system to monitor judges, and it will issue penalties to any judge who overmarks skaters. as for u.s. figure skating, they tell us that the president of their organization has recused himself to avoid any conflict of interest. lester? >> stephanie gosk, thank you. our live coverage begins thursday night on nightly news. we hope you'll join us from there. >>> still ahead, a deputy gunn

u.s. state department scholarship and he worked for a new york law firm which represented the organization commodity a group that appeared earlier when we learned about the color revolutions and we're dealing with a democratic bloodless revolution this is the revolution of roses and this is mikail saakashvili with camara busy overthrowing the legitimately elected president eduard shevardnadze. but. that's because. soon after the rose revolution blossom fully george announced its intentions to join nato and plant fresh nato military bases in the fertile soil right on russia's border never ever will give our freedom and independence never ever will give any piece of our territory saakashvili is mission was accomplished at least with his friends and nato the georgian populace wasn't quite as happy though in two thousand and seven they took to the streets to voice discontent and mr saakashvili responded with force. the people's discontent. saakashvili party lost parliamentary elections and the opposition took control he said this means that the parliamentary majority and new government as the

tonight, a new poll reveals that americans don't think president trump is doing enough to protect their upcoming elections from hackers. we talk russia, war and cyberspace and on land with the former u.scounterterrorism czar richard clark. >>> plus, paying off your desperate journey to europe with sex work? correspondent nima's shocking new discoveries from the migrant trail. ♪ >> "amanpour" on pbs was made possible by the generous support of rosalind p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. the all-important u.s. political barometer, the mid-term elections, are fast approaching. and a majority of americans are really worried about more foreign interference. and they don't believe their president is doing enough to protect them from it. a new cnn poll today shows that 60% of americans are not confident of trump's response. this, as the director of the national security agency and cyber command, chief mike rogers told senators on capitol hill that the president has not directed him to disrupt russia's election-hacking machine. here is an exchange he had with senator reed. >> essentially we have not taken on the russians yet. w

. >> i'm mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. >>> u.s. congressman tom macarthur from new jersey doesn't like what's happening either. he's sent letters to leaders at the post office and to congress asking for costs to be lowered. >>> all right. we are looking at doppler radar right now because this is where all the action is. yesterday i said the radar would be lit up by tomorrow morning. it now is. it has been since yesterday afternoon as expected. some of the rain falling overnight. the heaviest rains are yellows, oranges and reds. there's a good bit of it to the southwest starting to pump our direction. now we're starting to see small pockets in montgomery county and into philadelphia as well. these little pockets are going to start expanding as the area over d.c. and baltimore moves our direction. look at parts of newcastle county, north star, pensville, to middletown. scattered areas of rain moving through. the problem is, when training, regeneration of heavy pockets over and over the same area, that's when you get the flooding conc

in voorhees, i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. >> u.s. senator pat toomey says that he'll probably reintroduce legislation to expand background checks on gun purchases but it may require some changes to make it happen. the republican senator says he wants to see how many senators support it when the senate returns to session. the bill first emerged after the 2012 slaying of 26 children and adults in connecticut's sandy hook elementary school. it failed then and at least one more time since then. >>> with beer and wine sales now becoming the norm in pennsylvania super markets, a document for a delaware county community may put the cork back on those beverages. our bruce gordon has the story from nether providence township. >> reporter: bill levin spent part of this springlike day hosing down his nearly new corvette in the drive way of his surrey road home. the vet packs a whole lot of power but not as much as levin's. you hold an awful lot of sway in this matter don't you. >> well, we could but we hope it can be settled on a friendly basis

tempur-pedic sleep is power. >>> new developments in one of the most notorious unsolved cases in the u.sdeath of actress natalie wood. new witness statements could alter the events over the 1981 drowning death. the los angeles sheriff's office says two new witnesses recall yelling, arguing and crashing p sounds in the state room where she was last seen alive with her husband robert wagner. the sheriff's office says it does not have enough information to make an arrest, but wood's drowning is suspicious. >>> the trump administration is stripping the top consumer watch dog of the ability of lending discrimination fighting. the protection bureau goes after financial companies for discrimination. it is the office of fair lending and equal opportunity. now mick mulvaney is moving that office under his direct oversight and stripping it of enforcement authority. the office will focus on add have can is as i and education. -- focus on advocacy and education. mulvaney is a critic of the department. critics worry that now the agency won't be able to go after lenders that discriminate against minor

u.s. led coalition and allied local forces have reportedly killed more than one hundred fighters and sylvia the reuters news agency quoting an unnamed u.s. official says the coalition was responding to an attack against the american backed syrian democratic forces and their problems an official coalition statement confirms that offensive did take place which doesn't go into details but the kurdish alliance controls large areas of northeastern syria. well elsewhere russian and syrian government forces are continuing to bomb and shell to regions that remain and rebel hands and just four days nearly two hundred people have been killed in eastern and in the northeastern province of idlib western go to lies near the capital damascus and has been under government siege for about five years almost half a million people are trapped there and often suffer from severe food and medicine shortages and edler province bombing has intensified since a russian plane was shot down by rebels on saturday killing the pilot of an eastern go to on the so-called deescalation zones where violence was supposed to be reduced but inst

today, north korea indicated it is open to talks with the u.s., but new u.s. sanctions against the regime were met with a heated response this weekend. our peter alexander talked exclusively with ivanka trump. >> reporter: she's the american ambassador to the games. how's it ben? >> unbelievable. it's been an amazing experience to be able to interact with so many athletes and to get to the games and get to see the men's curling take home gold for the first time, and i learned -- >> ever seen curling before? >> i had not, but i got an education last night, and it was awesome. >> reporter: her visit here not exclusively for ceremony, delivering a message of unity to a crucial u.s. ally. >> we are miles away from north korea, so affirming the u.s. position and our joint position of maximum pressure with our south korean partners is very important. >> reporter: after kim jong un's sister was at the opening ceremony, local media called her north korea's ivanka. >> is that a fair comparison? >> i don't think so. i far prefer to be compared to my sisters here in sout

the company cited shall thinks from the new u.s. tariffs that would hamper its sales growth. sun power shares were off 1% to $7. $7.39. and solar edge says it's not seeing a negative impact are the new tariffs and expects any potential impact to be mutded. the company also reported quarterly results that beat analysts' estimates. shares of sar edge popped 24% to $45.85. >>> tax season is in full swing. andhe irs warns consumers now about a new scam that targets your taxre nds. and while this particular scam may be new, the story remains basically the same. the tax s filingson is one of the most popular times for cyber criminals to steal your personal information and your refunds. joining us to talk about these scams and what you can do to protect yourself is caleb bar low. he's vice president ofhreat intelligence for ibm security. caleb, welcome. od to have you with us. >> great to be here. >> i am assuming a lot of these scams present themselvesn the form of e-mails, some of whichr maynt themselves in the form of e-mails from the irs. does the irs ever reach out to people by

u.s. trade deficit rose to a nine year high in the same or a sign of the strength of the economy but unwelcome news for u.s. president donald trump and his fixation on balances stronger domestic demand lifted imports to a record high trend likely to continue as a massive tax cut reaches american pockets the news poses another challenge for a trumpet ministration that has taken credit for positive economic news and disavowed negative trends trump the blasted trade imbalances as a candidate and has threatened new restrictions. a california based firm space x. has successfully launched the world's most powerful unmanned rocket opening a new chapter in space transport the falcon heavy lift off from kennedy space center in florida after a brief delay the rocket is the most powerful since the nasa moon missions it's capable of five million pounds of thrust and twice the payload of a current record holder it's reusable self landing booster rockets could lower the cost of operation to as much as a quarter of similar rock. and back to earth now diamonds and pearls purple trousers and purple boots all items

s also worried by the new u.s. decision to radically sink corporate taxes a mission from god to avoid firms moving their headquarters from europe to the us and we'd like to avoid any slowdown of investment those are things we'll discuss that's important because what it comes down to is keeping jobs in europe. germany's acting finance minister said he hopes for support from people in the us that continue to want a good relationship with brussels. corruption is a huge problem in many parts of the world often it's the poorest communities who suffer most fighting back is often risky today to mark world just to stay view of bringing a story from peril where farmers in the area have been speaking out against business deals they say are causing their forestation and destroying their livelihoods in that region right there in the village of santa clara think the chinese locals are taking legal action to try to stop international companies from turning tens of thousands of factors all of the rain forest into piles oil planta

now for a look at some of the other stories making the news today u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson as met has turkish counterpart. on the second day of his trip to turkey the talks are said to focus on washington support for kurdish militants and on turkey's cross border military operations against them in northern syria. vigilant parkland florida has paid tribute to the seventeen victims of wednesday's high school shooting there many of the people calling for stricter gun controls at that vigil authorities say the nineteen year old suspect used a semiautomatic rifle to carry out the second deadliest school shooting in american history. well berlin's international film festival known as the belly nala kicked off last night the opening film was wes anderson's dystopian animated feature i love dogs tilda swinton in the middle there next to anderson until mary were among the stars to lend their voices to the characters in the story of a pack of dogs marooned on a bleak japanese island. now this is the first time an animation as opened the belly. the ba

the news the u.s. embassy would move from tel aviv to jerusalem on may fourteenth king not in a communique but in a tweet from israel's intelligence minister i would like to congratulate donald trump on his decision to transfer the u.s. embassy on israel's seventieth independence day no greater gift than that a short time later the u.s. president donald trump confirmed the news in a speech i was hit by more countries and more pressure and more people calling begging me don't do it don't do it don't do it. i said we have to do it it's the right thing to do it wasn't december trump announced he was moving the embassy to jerusalem. and the anger of those who said the u.s. was basically giving jerusalem to israel outside of final status talks with the palestinians the palestinian president mahmoud abbas was among those who condemned trump but at the u.n. security council this week it was clear abbas had moved on he told him about the era of the u.s. as an honest broker is over and that it's time to try som