. —— north american free trade agreement. good morning, a ship. hello, world.s a monday, the start of a new trading week. glad you could join us for another exciting edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. we take a look at the markets and it's going to be an busy week when it comes to economic development in asia. here is what we are tracking. we start off with india releasing its latest growth numbers for the three months until december. also on monday, the latest indicator on china's manufacturing activity. and jerome powell makes his first major appearance as fed chief in front of congress. the market only looks at that possibility although the ranger now it's about a 6.5 — 7% gdp numbers. generally, it's improving from october to december period. rate remains to be seen the. do you think the chinese forecast is for it to slow down? is it likely to reflect to manufacturing activity this month? this could really be the case. there are some chinese distortions but i think the numbers the macro expansion territory, the market should not be too. the go

but the thing is, this burger is only made possible thanks to nafta, the north american free trade agreement agreement, and that is the very agreement that beat trump administration is currently in the process of new —— renegotiating. just to give you an example of how complex that is, the beef on this burger, american farmers grow corn, they send that is, the beef on this burger, american farmers grow corn, they sent back to mexico, to canada, where ranches use at the big then send about 2 million cows. then take the bun, that is almost certainly made of canadian wheat. you got your tomatoes and your letters, they are almost certainly from mexico. —— your lettuce, and if you lick mushrooms on your burger, which i think, frankly, is a crime, then depending on the bright you could come from any of the three countries, and no burger is complete without french fries, which probably come from french fries because canada is one of the world's largest exporters of frozen french fries. renegotiating nafta does not mean this burger ceases to exist, but what it might do is take a complex dish and mak

content in north american made automobiles that makes the deadline to wrap up talks by the end of march the man vicious to many observers the pressure is on the negotiators to reach a resolution before the mexican general election in july and u.s. midterm elections in november. 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

content in north american made automobiles that makes the deadline to wrap up talks by the end of march the man vicious to many observers the pressure is on the negotiators to reach a resolution before the mexican general election in july and u.s. midterm elections in november. women's global fight for equal pay with men is gaining traction and could cost companies a pretty penny the british supermarket chain tesco is facing a record bolstered for the u.k. if the claims exceeds retailers could be exposed to demands of billions of pounds in back. the lawsuit comes with a whopping request for compensation four billion pounds or about four point five billion euros it claims that workers in tesco distribution centers mostly men were paid considerably more than the largely female workforce in the stores themselves the difference three pounds an hour or about fifty seven hundred euros a year plaintiffs say the jobs deserve equal compensation but we deal with customers they don't have to deal with customers but we you know we take the stock and we know the stock they they load off that henri a

concluded their sixth round of negotiations over the north american free trade agreement. ♪ >> u.s.de representative robert lighthizer struck a chord of optimism, saying the latest round of nafta negotiations wrap up today. >> they made progress, but we are still not friends. contentious issues remain. the u.s. trade representative, while more upbeat than in the past, is continuing to say mexico and canada are taking advantage of the u.s., citing import and export data, and called on both countries to help modernize nafta and rebalance trade, and while he is willing to continue the negotiations and he says they have to move faster.

it had not been a big part of mexico's contribution to the north american auto industry. some suppliers moved in and started moving in this direction. governmentican reached out to canada and u.s. and said we are starting to see this activity. we do not want to be the bad actor, but we have never seen this before. what is the standard? the conversations between regulator straightforward, that this is what you need to ensure, the minimums, this is what we found in our experience, and mexico went ahead and brought those standards in, and we do not have a cheating experience. going to your question, if we did not have nafta, if we ended up with bad will between america, canada, and mexico, you do not have the opportunity to learn from each other and make sure that you have set good standards that protect everyone. and i think one of the things we never acknowledge about nafta is it has encouraged us to talk the each other at a governmental level, and nobody writes about that, that is one of benefits we would lose if we lost last nafta -- if we lost nafta. >> i am with the co

content in north american made automobiles that makes the deadline to wrap up talks by the end of march the month vicious to many observers the pressure is on the negotiators to reach a resolution before the mexican general election in july and u.s. midterm elections in november was that's it for me in the business to. update for you in the next meantime go check out seeds for legs which is a welcome sight on global markets. her diaries reveal state doping chinese sports. commission jan used to be a doctor for the chinese a living. she says that's true while the eighty's and ninety's there was systematic doping across all sports. for speaking out she had to leave china and now lives in exile in germany. next on d w. entered the conflict zones confronting the powerful this week on conflict zone i miss them both to talk to rob to go bucks a gun myself to his ruling party be a gay priest she speaks for apology on human rights the government assumes military operations in syria and continues to crack down on civil liberties well our church is principle. to follow in sixty minutes on g.w. fo

the north american free tradee agreement was enforced on january 1, 1994. the agreement was signed by president george bush on december 7 t. and a 1992 when approved by congress in november november 101994. excuse me, 1993. nafta is significant because of the most comprehensive free trade agreement negotiated at the time and several groundbreaking provisions served as a template model for the new generation of free-trade agreement the united states later negotiated and also served as a template for certain provisions of multilateral trade negotiations as part of the round. this year congress will decide on what legislation to consider into a man on the current nafta. they will also consider the ramifications of negotiating or regarding nafta and how it might affect the u.s. economy and foreign relations of partners mexico and canada. some contend withdraw from the tpp issue of competitiveness from economic leaders in the region while others either withdraws a way to prevent lower-cost and potential job losses. key provisions of the tpp may be addressed in m

the future of the north american free trade agreement or nothing hangs in the balance with president trump wanting it either renegotiated all scrapped but some in mexico a critical of the deal for different reasons they say is partly responsible for an obesity epidemic as david messer explains from mexico city. like many mexicans these days beyond a what does for stop on her way to work is here a convenience store workers are sweet and yogurt cookies and a jello cup make for a breakfast on the go it's a trend the thirty year old teacher says is impacting her health and that of her colleagues and students. there are more children who are overweight who have diabetes and hypertension i see too many students too many families with where nutrition we don't know how to eat properly. mexicans are hocked on junk food and the impact has been devastating over the past twenty five years obesity rates have tripled and diabetes is now the leading cause of death in the country eating habits in mexico began to change in the one nine hundred eighty s. because of an increase in foreign investment bu

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he has the north american operations. tell me about his role at ford. very executive and has been running north america since june when the new ceo jim hackett came aboard and put him in charge of north america, where ford makes most of its money. ofor to that, he was head product development, developing electric vehicles, self driving 50's suvs, and the ford f1 that make money for the company, so he has been a critical executive and has been at fort for over 30. -- ford for over 30. respond or ford how has it responded to the potential reputational damage it poses? >> this is another hit. you are probably referencing the forward factory in chicago that has been the scene of repeated sexual harassment complaints and ford has had to settle two cases there totaling almost $30 million in fines. december,came out in it was an exposÉ in the new york hacketthe ford ceo jim did a public apology. chaos in the executive ranks is the last inc. this company needs as it tries to turn itself around under new leadership, so they will need to replace them quickly and r

can be expected for the last half of the week as the low eventually ejects eastward into the north americanontinent (justine) oakland police tried to stop a thief from stealing a truck today. but instead the suspect led officers on a nearly thirty mile chase into antioch. that's where the pursuit came to a dramatic end with shots fired in a quiet neighborhood. (jrstone)kron4's ella sogomonian is live in front of the driveway where the suspect was finally arrested. (ella)it happened this afternoon when most people were at home.they came out to a dozen chp and cop cars in front of this home then heard the suspect scream as a police dog took him down. (ella) (j.r.) for the second time this month 49ers linebacker reuben foster has been arrested in los gatos. this time on domestic violence charges, possessing an assault weapon, and making threats. the 2017 first round draft pick was being held on a 75-thousand dollar bail this afternoon. that money appears to have been posted tonight as well. the circumstances here are unclear but this is certainly not foster's first run in with the law. he was

our north american technology reporter dave lee has been following the story.the stand in this trial, the lawyers for waymo have a name. they want to prove that travis saw self driving technology as crucial to the future to the. and the second thing they wish to prove is that he was willing to concoct a plan to steal the google technology and bring it to you but. question forjust a year and our, mr kalanick denied colluding with the former google employee to obtain 14,000 of the documents containing trade secrets. however, the ten personjury was shown a visitors pass and whiteboard notes from two separate occasions when the google employee is said to have met with mr kalanick. mr kalanick referred in court that he wrote the this phrase on the white board and that he knew how to obtain laser technology. their strategy in this case the make case relies on painting kalanick is a man so determined to catch up with self driving but he was willing to use underhanded tactics.. waymo need to prove that to be used the trade secrets to create self driving technology at h

. >>> ford's north american president ousted from the company.a land land hen dowdy has the det that >> raj nair was fired following allegations of -- the ceo said ford is deeply committed to providing and nurturing a safe and respectful culture and we expect our leaders to fully uphold these values. ford said they would announce a replacement in the future. ford shares are about flat in early trading. back over to you >> landon, thank you very much for that. >>> shares of roku are down sharply. the maker of streaming devices is forecasting a bigger than expected loss this year. the down beat outlook overshadows a surprise profit in the fourth quarter >>> pandora reporting a narrow fourth quarter loss. revenue beat forecast as the internet radio company added more subscribers the total number of new customers rose 25% to nearly 5.5 million. wendy's fifth quarter profit beating forecasts, but revenue missed expectations. same-store sales in north america fell short of estimates as fewer customers visited the burger chain it's down 4% >>> weekly jo

but of this other north american union.mebody who says satan has a hold of you, you will go to hell. for george he retweets he is the leader of a movement who worked for hitler. and he helped kill his own people, the jews. ben, let me start with you. how could this possibly be the president's choice for barbados ambassador? >> yeah. look, you look at the things that he put out there on his own twitter feed and the bottom line is these are things that in my opinion should not have been tweeted, that should have never been retweet oed or liked or anything associated with it. you have to do a better job of not just having someone come in and sit there and tell you what they think, you have to look at everything they put in the past. a lot of people when they get a phone call and we've seen this before they go back and they do a scrub, where it's hard to see what they actually wrote. a lot has been deleted and found by other people and google cachets and other things. but you have to do a deep dive on people before you nominate

comscore says it took $108 million the the north american box office, beating of ey's forecast $83-93illion. taking the earnings to million. global news 24 hours a day, owered by more than 2400 journalists and analysts in 2400 countries. i'm deborah mow. this is bloomberg say that -- goldman sacks say stocks could plunge if year eeled hits 4.5% by the end of this year, the well hit s that they 3.75%. the stress test is 4.5% and such a move could cause stocks to tumble. says that thedean economy would suffer a downturn, not a recession. have the market decline, and concerns tied to the yield approaching. in our guest this morning. currency senior strategy for daily airfacts. to see you. in terms of this as our head races a debate about what would happen in the busting out saw a on this yield. what is your base case, if you 3 and a quarter%, what do you target in terms of yield. good to be here. i think it's very, very reel to four territory. am not necessarily looking at firm number above that. spith we can get north of that. worried the pockets are about tightening. talk of rate cuts

investment but this transformation really took off ten years later with the signing of nafta the north american free trade agreement. health experts say mexico became a dumping ground for cheap low nutrient highly processed foods from the united states causing diets here to mirror those of their northern neighbors those that use all the most of all the damage we see in our society is caused by the consumption of high fructose corn syrup. sugary drinks and it's all connected to the industrialized nation and. the money route explains the causes of the beastly. yannis mother. has witnessed this change firsthand she says persuading her family to eat traditional food like tortillas is an uphill battle in leadbelly that these days most young women don't like to cook it for the ease of buying kentucky fried chicken instead of making rice and beans instead of making lemonade they buy coke or another soft drink the changes have been bad without government intervention mexico's health crisis is expected to get worse advocates say future trade agreements should take health into account protecting the very

aux arks.ack into the the region itself is a highland region in the middle of the north american continent. highland only real region between -- the ozarks in combination with, the watertown mountains in oklahoma, and arkansas, they are on the south side of the arkansas river. the ozarks and the watch a cause makeup -- the wichita's make up the only island between the rocky mountains and the other methods. within thisrsity highland region from prairies. the area that springdale, arkansas, fayetteville, arkansas , where we started is a pearly type of area. -- prairie type of area. to the south, you are more of a mountain. like are these subregions, the boston mountains south of here. there are subregions that really give the ozarks region a lot of diversity, physically speaking. my interest in the history of the ozarks dates back to my undergraduate days. ozark -- school in the at the edge of the ozarks. i had grown up in the ozarks. i just didn't really know it. identity is a funny thing. when i grew up, i associated with the ozarks with places that advertised them. television channels out

> do you think the accusation that north korea is always cheating no matter what deals the americans oker is on target? is that correct? >> yeah, north korea has been cheating, but we've got to make a decision between cheating and hedging. >> cheating and what? >> hedging. if they show a hedging behavior, then we should not treat it as a cheating behavior. >> okay. but they've hedged their way into dozens of nuclear warheads and a potential intercontinental ballistic missile capability that can potentially reach the united states, and everybody is scared now. >> precisely. >> is that cheating or hedging? >> it's both. cheating to the united states and hedging from the point of view of the north korean national security. >> as you know, there's one example of restricting a country's nuclear program. and that is the deal iran struck with the u.s. and the rest of the big powers. if that deal is broken or somehow disappears, what message does that send to any attempt by your president to try to bring north korea in from the cold? >> it will create a very difficult situation for south kore

don't see any difference in attitude coming out of the seal was listening to some of our former north americanally don't get the american approach to guns unless you live there and you get under their skin of it. that's something we could learn from bit. it's not that straightforward, is it? the ft story about the drugmaker putting a $3000 pricetag on painkillers you can pick up pricetag on painkillers you can pick upfor pricetag on painkillers you can pick up for $36. we thought it would never happen again. this is to drugs which are being combined into a single dose and you can buy them over the counter for a few dollars an hourcharging over the counter for a few dollars an hour charging $3000. an irish company called horizon pharma. but this is a big companies, this is small companies try to make as much money as they can. we saw this before with my team shkreli, the most hated man in america for a while to doing a similar thing for a treatment for aids sufferers. —— martin. it is a relatively small piece. all these stories, they feed into a debate about how healthcare works. when you have

the government in seoul says that the agreements will provide a third route to enter the north americanarket amid rising concerns over the protectionist trade practices by the united states. in short the korea to turn the central american nations muchas gracias for the new arrangement. this comes as the spat between seoul and washington gets worse over steel tariffs. that is right. it is not only rewriting the free—trade arrangement, but now seoul has a wide ranging complaint to challenge the antisubsidy duties slapped on seoul. the tariffs are a whopping 50%. seoul is crying foul as it does not want countries to be hit by this tariff, while other exporters like japan and canada have been included. this ongoing negotiation between the koreans and the united states on free trade is happening now. lots of detail on that story. let's go elsewhere now. the world's biggest miners seem to be digging up profits by the truck load as well as commodities. with the global economy firing on all cylinders there's resurgent demand for everything from coal to copper and this week we've already seen st

the region itself is a highland region in the middle of the north american continent. it is the only real highland region between -- well, i should say the ozarks, in combination with the mountains, in oklahoma and arkansas, are on the south side of the river, those two make up the only highland region between the rocky mountains and the appalachian mountains. you get a lot of physical diversity within this highland region from prairies, the area that springville, arkansas, where we are today is kind of a prairie type area. if you go 15 miles to the south, you're in a more mountainous area. there are lots of subregions within the ozarks, like the mountains south of here and lots of other subregions that give the region a lot of diversity, physically speaking. my interest in the history of the ozarks dates back to my undergraduate days. i went to school on the edge of the ozarks. at that time, it was a little college called ozarks college. today, it is called line college. i had grown up in the ozarks. i did not know it. identity is a funny thing. when i grew up, i asso

the seventh round of talks to renegotiate the north american free trade agreement or nafta have begun but the latest news in the us mexico relationship there are more likely to make not much progress and recent months mexico and u.s. diplomats had worked behind the scenes to lower tensions that had been stoked by president donald trump's campaign pledge to complete a wall along the us mexico border and his demand that mexico pay the cost trump demands scuttled a trip from the mexican president and pena nieto who had planned to come here last year shortly after trump's inauguration and diplomats on both sides had hoped to revive the plan for a trip this year however a phone call in recent days between the two presidents meant to firm up planned meeting for march ended a mutual frustration over the exact same issues as a president trump to stop insists and that mexico would pay before the latest debacle diplomats and trade experts are already saying that nafta negotiation process is behind schedule now even that slow progress seems to be losing steam issues which have been seemingly uns

can cost cut and you can digitalize but you also have to be able to sell and for example in the north americanmarket sweets and ice cream didn't sell and marchin either the relatively new c.e.o. still he wants to restructure the company to expand in areas like for example pet food or baby food and he wants to expand health products something you know is about coming from a german health group physios to nestle. on the ups and downs of some of those european giants thank you for your analysis. hyperinflation has hit venezuela cash is increasingly short supply bad news for everyone bar a few tech companies that have been able to carve out a nation that the crisis. this is the kind of scene you can expect if you're hoping to access cash in venezuela soaring prices have led to shortages in paper money and long lines at a.t.m. . but the country's hyper inflation has produced some surprise winners in the business world small tech companies offering shoppers mobile payments. one of them is video its founders has been as well as economic crisis has sped up what was already a burgeoning trend. we saw i

it is the fifth biggest open ever in the north american market.t was also the most successful movie worldwide over the weekend, raking in $361 million in total. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. yousef: let's talk about the u.s. treasury. they are set to auction off notes in three days this week. it will be a lot of entrees to chew on, especially after yields moved to multiyear highs last week. it comes the same week as the fomc minutes. gauge one the closed willteeply borrowing costs compared to how the u.s. debt burdens wells, you can pull this up on the bloomberg. burden swells, you can pull this up on the bloomberg. let's cross out to james sullivan at j.p. morgan chase. we are about to set sail for those bonds. what will we find out? thing the most important we are talking about at j.p. morgan is a resumption of the phillips curve relationship. there has been a lot of conversations whether the relationship between unemployment and wages has effectively gone away. we don't bel

as our north american tech correspondent dave lee explains.ing that the changes to the newsfeed have already resulted in 50 million less hours being spent on the platform. that will have a big impact on how many adverts are being seen. as part of that announcement, mark zuckerberg has attached a statement to these earnings, which goes into more depth than usual, he goes into those talking point he has been making recently. i will read a small bit to you. he says, "in 2018 we are making sure that facebook is not just fun to use, but good for people's wellbeing adfa society." what he is doing there is a guess we'll impact our network and it is impacting our network but it is important we have big sacrifice now to protect the long—term health of facebook. nigel vaz is ceo for europe middle east and africa and asia pacific at publicis.sapient, which helps companies with their digital strategy. welcome to the programme. what do you make of the drop in thai people are spending on facebook? what we're starting to see is that it is affecting the quali

a legal battle that could have big implications for the future self—driving car industry. 0ur north americanrter dave lee outlines what the case is all about. waymo is the self driving car company spun out of google. they are suing uber, claiming that company stole their trade secrets and used to build a self driving car. uber denies that. it all centres on a man who used to work for google, but then left, taking with him, it is alleged, 1a,000 confidential documents relating to the design of lidar, the technology that allows self driving cars to see where they are going. he then set up his own company which was acquired by uber. waymo says this was a front for simply stealing google's technology. but uber‘s defences this. so what if the documents were stolen? that doesn't mean they were used, and thatis doesn't mean they were used, and that is what waymo has to prove. we think waymo will call to the stand the controversial former chief executive, and because this is a mostly public trial, we might learn a few secrets about both companies. the trial was meant to start in december, but there

spoke in chicago last night saying that he would not allow canada to be pushed into making a north american free trade agreement unless it benefits canada. president trump threatened to pull out unless he gets more jobs for the agreement. >>> a capitol hill house democrats will present their infrastructure improvement plan. nancy pelosi will conduct a news conference. democrats say they have a better deal to rebuild america. those details will come later. in the pass. democrats that they want or money for the highway trust fund speed up construction projects and more private/ public partnerships. they have opposed spending $1.5 trillion on infrastructure. but they say upgrade to cost three times that by the year 2020 5 pm . >> a white house staff secretary has resigned. rob porter's first wife told the daily mail but she adored physical and emotional abuse during their five year marriage saying that he punched her during a trip to italy. his second wife got an emergency protective order against him back in 2010 after he refused to leave their apartment following a separation agreement. port

i'm the north american regional director of the c-40 climate leadership group and former mayor of the city of toronto in canada. >> i'm kim glas, the executive director of the blue-green alliance, a coalition of some of the largest labor unions and environmental groups here in the united states. >> good morning, i'm salt lake city mayor jackie biskupski and i am vice chair, co-chair with javier gonzalez. >> mike summers, the suburb of cleveland mayor. >> good morning, robert kennedy, villager freeport mayor, new york. >> justin wi del. >> good morning and aloha, kurt caldwell, mayor of honolulu. >> good morning. i'm mayor of a town just north of the capital city. >> i'm the mayor of edmonton, canada and chairman of the big cities caucus. >> paul dyster, mayor of niagara falls, new york, and chair of an organization founded by david miller and the late richard daly of chicago. consisting of 131 cities working on among other things environmental issues. >> tim keller, brand new mayor of albuquerque, new mexico. >> rob rene, mayor of los gatos, just west of san jose. >> ethan berkridge.

facebook reporting a decline in north american users for the first time ever.hat ceo mark zuckerberg had to say on the call about these changes. mark zuckerberg one of the most : important things we can do is make sure our services aren't just fun to use, but also good for people's well-being and for society overall. so far this year, we have already announced a couple of important updates. the first is prioritizing meaningful social interactions over passive consumption of content. emily: debbie williamson is an analyst who covers facebook at emarketer. she joins us now from seattle. so, first of all let's talk , about this change in engagement as a result of these intentional changes that facebook has been making. how concerning are they for you? debbie: these are changes that i think that facebook had to make, for a variety of reasons, which you have already laid out. but you know this is something , that i think is really important for facebook in 2018, restoring confidence in its user base, restoring the ability to attract people on a regular basis, and ke

this is a north american porcupine. we're talking adaptations.ome. if you feel -- >> jimmy: those are spikes, right? >> these are a lot softer. if you see, on the head up here see those smaller spiky ones. and then back in the tail there, there are the weapons. the big spiky ones are here. you see those there? but if you were to pet him this way you'll get a sense for how soft he is. >> jimmy: he wouldn't do anything weird? >> nice and gentle. >> jimmy: do people use these quills for anything? >> decoration for sure. >> jimmy: he's very soft. >> it's only a defense. they don't want to get you. this guy's super sweet. >> jimmy: how do you know that? >> that he's sweet? >> jimmy: if i was a porcupine i'd want to get people. >> they don't want to start a confrontation. they want to warn everybody i'm dangerous, just don't come near me. so if something does -- we talked about before, they don't throw their quills, they jam their quills. these quills actually go in very smooth. you try to pull them out, there's barbs. once they're in they're in. they'

the north american chief left the automaker after an investigation.ord says he engaged in behavior that is inconsistent with the company's code of conduct. warren buffett comes out with his annual letter to berkshire hathaway shareholders on saturday. it may contain clues about his succession plan. in january, he named a longtime executive as vice-chairman. that led to speculation that they are the front-runners to be berkshires next ceo -- berkshire decade next ceo -- berkshire's next ceo. rovio gave8vio -- guidance that analysts called a huge disappointment. alix: fed officials added the word further twice to their statement. we debate each word change in the statement. a lot of the big goes into that and i think further is intended to say that continuing the current path we are on and think that is the debate we have been having. alix: missive members agreed that the strengthening of the near-term economic outlook increased the likelihood that a gradual upward trajectory of the federal funds rate would be appropriate. update the to expectation for

. >> that's our north american correspondent. u.sic ols say they're considering what action to take after to british jihadis were captured in syria. they were part of a teamr of f british i.s. members who the americans say kled 27 officers. families of their victims have called forhem to stand trial. >> they became the mosts infam gang of foreign fifth fighters in the islamic state. public excuse -- executioners of -- two now dead and the two men last were captured month. alexandriaer coty and ell shake. the one suspected of be heading henning, an aimed worker and haynes, a longtime aid worker from perth. now his dauter -- >> they should die a long, painful death and quite a lot of people understan that they should be allowed to live but realistically that's not going to happen and you have to come to terms with that. the best thing for them is to be locked up and throw away the key. they should never be allowed back into society because they will do this again >> and for t sake of her father, if they end up in court, she'll be t

president has a challenging task because the not haveates does diplomatic relations with north korea. no american official wants to be korea inppeasing north any way because if it's deploring human rights record, nuclear missile programs. at the same time, diplomacy is the only realistic way out of standoff so i hope that, if not the vice president, someone on the american side, diplomats, will take the opportunity and meet with someone in the north korean delegation to the olympics. highest members, but someone, and start some sort of conversation, because ultimately this will be resolved by talking, not by firing missiles or fire and fury. host: you say this won't be by fire and fury. nicholas: we hope. host: is there a real improveity here to relations with north korea given the fact that there has been heightened rhetoric on both sides? is that even a possibility here? nicholas: the state of relations low that one hopes the only direction they can go from up. is thing is -- i think this, what's speak in south korea, the olympics, actually is opening for both sides. seen kim jong il extend, at

spent time with george schultz who knew the prime minister's father and heads a group called north american forum with canada and mexico. >>> where is suspect number five? the certainly search on for the wanted in connection with thefts. this is amber pepbray. they tied the families up and searched for pot. they lead police on the high speed chase which ended in a crash. four other people here, you see them, were arrested in connection with to the home invasion. >>> you know this plenty of hazards on the local roads. here is a notable problem. northbound 880 there's a dip in the fast lane. you can see the uneven road. you can make it out there. you can see it there. the dip is after the 66 avenue exit right by the coliseum. from the ground level, it doesn't look that bad it's 60, 70, or more miles per hour it could be dangerous. crews will be repairing this dip tonight. >>> the high cost of living in the bay area is creating a problem in one particular neighborhood. we're talking about mountain view. apparently people living in the motor homes and the city say people are dumping human waste

for joining us here today i'm a master of arts student here at johns hopkins university them north american freed trade agreement, or nafta, entered into on january, 11994. the agreement was signed by president george bush on december 17 of 1992 and approved by congress november 10 of 1994. excuse me -- 1993. nafta significant is because it was the most comp presentsive free trade agreement negotiated at the time and contained several ground breaking prognoses. the new generation of free trade agreement and also served as a template for certain provisions in multilateral trade negotiations as part -- this year congress will decide on what legislation to consider and to amend on the current nafta. there the will also consider the ramification offices negotiate organize withdrawing from na to how it will effect in the u.s. economy and foreign relations with mexico and canada. some contend that will draw from the tpp could damage u.s. economic leadership and other say it as a way to prevent potential job losses key provisions from the tpp may be addressed in moderrizing or renegotiating the na

let's now bring in our guests joining us from to have on mohammad marandi professor of north american studies at the university of the han from tel aviv is nary a junk fellow at the washington institute for near east policy and from a man is memo retired jordanian force general welcome to your own like to start off by asking. this the downing of the f. sixteen jet is it an isolated incident or do you see it as a new phase in the syrian conflict we're going to be with you we don't quite know if it's going to be an isolated incident it is though the first time i would see in about thirty years that an israeli fighter jet has been taken down due to hostile fire so that in of itself is significant whether the syrian regime and its military has the continued capability to do this so it's an open question but it is very concerning issue in president that took place this morning mr monday so the quality of the israeli accounts these rallies have intercepted an iranian drone then they launched air strikes targeting iranian targets in syria and then the anti cost batteries of the syrian govern

and his music used to be more influenced by north american sounds. his album my picture won the echo instrumentalist award for drums on percussion. was a blunder. and he started playing at the age of three and had his first lesson age four when he was seven he started playing with the drumming virtual so was faldo facto russo who put him straight to the test. me that i played with him and he swore at me for the whole let's say. you told me to come back the next week. but i guess yeah probably meant something like great and his old fashioned way. i was with him till i was seventeen ten years. yes there were he went on to play and study in how bad seattle boston and then like she got in by live he recorded his new album in the studio one of the tracks is a cover of jew canning tons carava. when he isn't in the studio or on tour he really says and anyway he comes live without drama. see i am vicious i know i was on holiday for a week in italy and we rented a room so i could rehearse. now that's really freaky. freaky. it might be freaky but the results a

between the treatment that russian athletes are being given and those that have been afforded to north american athletes with appearing chuang olympics looming only one hundred sixty nine russians will be invited to compete out of almost five hundred initially put on the list russian president vladimir putin has apologized to the athletes saying the country failed to protect them. you know better than anyone else you know how hard it is to clean victories and how much it is that you need and it's two times harder with your supporters mixed with events unfamiliar to sport politics we apologize for not managing to protect you from that our team spoke exclusively to a number of russian athletes who heard from the president. so you're going to there's a certain amount of pressure on all of us of course it's quite a complicated situation i really want to do my best one to overcome my anxiety and distance myself from all the sturdy media is causing around us now i want to address our fans i want them to be more kind and to keep supporting us no matter what i need to forget about our desire to win for