interesting you mentioned oman, i wanted to point out that oman is expected to be a key beneficiary oft revolution. talk about this tax. it will apply to businesses who have annual supplies of over $100,000 a year. exempt on things like meat, fish, poultry, drinking water. the omani finance ministry expects this will raise $779 million. value added tax boon for those b ond investors. that is the market we watch most closely. prices for 2029, bonds, as in the investors want to buy the bonds, they are the highest since march 4, right at the very beginning of the impact we saw from the coronavirus. yousef: in israel we are seeing yet another round of measures to combat the coronavirus. what further changes are being imposed there? we had a partial lockdown in place from december 27, but now on thursday night, tonight at midnight, we will see more measures going to affect. all businesses and schools, all nonessential businesses and schools to be closed from that point. the rationale is clear. if you check out gtv , there were over 7000 new cases confirmed in the past two days. more tha

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south korea's foreign ministry says the vessel had been navigating waters off oman and moved toward irant the request of authorities there. seoul demanded the immediate release of the vessel and its crew. a news agency is quoting an official from the tanker's operator, who denied the vessel breached any environmental protocols. south korea's defense ministry says it'll send troops to areas near the site where the ship was seized. >>> turning to a serial killing in japan. the death sentence for a 30-year-old man convicted of killing nine people has been finalized after a deadline to appeal the ruling expired on monday. last month shiraishi takahiro was found guilty on a series of charges, including sexual assault, murder, and abandoning the victims' remains in coolers. the remains were found in his apartment, located just outside tokyo, in 2017. he used social media to contact mostly female victims who posted that they were contemplating suicide. during last month's sentencing the presiding judge said the dignity the nine young victims should have had after death was trampled on. defense

are in russia and up to 100000 in china north koreans also work in q 8 malaysia cambodia mongolia oman cutter the united arab emirates and in african countries under un sanctions these workers need to go back to north korea but the practice still continues experts estimate that the regime makes up to $1000000000.00 a year this way. your haven't told me or you know church you know who should go shoot all those who should cause it as a when you have remote orders or from what do what. defectors say that bureau 39 is directly controlled by kim jong un and manages the leadership secret accounts the so-called palace economy. but where in pyongyang is bureau 39 located. and how many millions flowed into its coffers. when we asked the north korean official he and his translator pretend not to know. the we here this is from here. those years. the theme of the. bureau 39 is one of the best kept secrets of the kim regime only north koreans who've escaped can talk about it openly. so at a secret location we meet a man who used to work for bureau 39 he was based in china his task smuggling foreign

it was no surprise that the summit was named after him, together with the late leader of oman, who also passed away in 2020. with all four blockading countries agreeing to open borders to qatar, the gulf region can now begin a new chapter. one that its leaders site will be written by all of them together. host: some breaking news out of hong kong. at least 23 pro-democracy politicians and activists have been arrested for violating the national security law. they are accused of subversion for taking part in unofficial election primaries in july. china has declared the polls illegal and warned hundreds of thousands who took part, they could have broken the law. what more can you tell us about these arrests? how significant is this? reporter: it is pretty significant. it does seem that 2021 is beginning in a way that 2020 ended, with more arrests of political activists in hong kong. we have confirmation that 23 activists have been arrested, but there are also reports, yet to be independently confirmed, that up to 50 activists may have been obtained in a soup of hong kong police wednesday m

would say that some say that this particular mission brought the mossad agent in damascus in like omanon the close scrutiny of the syrian counterintelligence service at least one of the clues pointed to him but there was no direct evidence tying him to the attempt as the right of america he was arrested before the end of $963.00 in damascus on charges of spying for west germany even though he was a fierce opponent of israel which made him a friend of syria but the western blocs interests ran counter to the official position of damascus which was seeking or approach went with the u.s. as. khurana. it was later released on medical grounds and he voluntarily surrendered to the g.'s of the federal republic of germany a soviet officer signalman batteries lukens told this intricately woven plot on unraveling while he was stationed in syria in the center of damascus was where all our protagonist screwed run into each other at some point and considering they lived there for about 3 years there's a very good chance that it indeed happened. actually the own town was where bodies lukin used most

lost contact with the boeing 737 at 2 40 pm local time which is more than 6 hours ago now artie's oman coast of can join us live with more details on that what do we know at this point. well indonesia's transport minister has reportedly. they confirmed that flight is j 182 carrying 62 passengers including 12 crew had indeed crashed into java sea on saturday now the plane was traveling from the capital the indonesia jakarta through the sound off on potency and i canned it disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff now some details about how that happens the aircraft lost more than 10000 feet within minutes of flying and disappeared from the radar just 4 minutes after takeoff from jakarta are now earlier posts in a local social media showed a fisherman with the what they claimed to be were remains of an aircraft now indonesia's transport ministry had already launched an investigation into the incident and the search and rescue operation is also under way now for flight raider 24 the has confirmed that the plane was indeed 737. 500 boeing and the moment relatives of those people who and

livid are you getting anything from beijing or moscow well beyond negotiating with beijing oman must go. and do you know military contracts are not something that you publish in a newspaper but we are in consultation with russia and china and russia has announced so as the chinese that they know do you go in paid humans to to selling weapons to iraq and by the way i said before d.x. variation of the deadline that we're not going to go on a buying speech we have other priorities i mean we're dealing with cove it just doesn't buying vaccines from russia and china really dealing with other economic. emergencies in it on so i'm not sure procuring arms would be the highest on our list of priorities now you personally like to stress that iran doesn't succumb to any pressure but a lot of. people believe that it was their program or that complain of maximum pressure that ultimately brought iran to the table back in 2016 leading to the agreement in 2016 was that the case and what was it about obama's approach that ultimately persuaded you to start working with them can they do it again becaus

on sunday, i also sent a letter to the department of oman security -- homeland security's acting secretary, chad wolf, regarding inauguration preparation. the district of columbia is requesting the department extend the national special security event period from monday, january 11 to sunday, january 24th. i am urging the department of homeland security to cordon eight with the department of defense, the department of justice, the united states congress, and the united states supreme court to establish a security deployment plan for all federal property. which will ensure that the metropolitan police department's ability to focus on its local possible.mains in addition, i asked the attorney general at the department of justice to direct the federal bureau of investigation to provide an intelligent -- intelligence threat briefing on a daily basis during the period. i am requesting the secretary of the department of the interior cancel any and all public gathering permits in the district of columbia and deny any applications for public gatherings during the period 24.ary 11 through january i

is also being ramped up with major deal signed with india and south korea we can now cross live to oman go to a public health expert in new delhi and welcome to the program it's great to see you now as we mentioned earlier in the program india is going to be a major production hub for sputnik to be producing 300000000 doses of the russian drug how crucial could cooperation be in countering the pandemic do you think. over nikki i think you know india has been kind of a pharmacy of the world and has a very signal to pick and roll in terms of the vaccine development and delivery and i think this partnership between india and our house and ratio for. it is agreed. for us to really put the right fight for the core in $1000.00 pandemic as it is happening across the world because that is a science which we are getting from from russia and in that is the whole manufacturing and the distribution system which indian industry has certain that to do so it can really play a very critical role in fighting going 100 and i understand that india is a major pharmaceutical company has reported that phase

s resigns oman she is in beirut to resign what do protesters what do they want. good evening brant protestors have been back on the streets and tripoli for several days now and they are demanding this us to see. such as food water electricity and education. nationwide implemented over $1000.00 dumped on have been had very harsh on citizens already suffering from sour economy conditions because to 5 percent of that have been this population fund under the cover it's a dime and that is not to be one of the poorest areas and of and on having the richest and then was fortunate that it's a good deed just some of them were through former and p.s. one of them was a former prime minister and they were on the list of the top tycoons of the forbes 2020 1000000000 analysts ok well is the government now looking at additional economic support for the people. well at the beginning of this recent lockdown. the government has approved of giving an allowance for some of these who depend on a daily income and somebody is suffering from dire financial. circumstances and conditions

or for more now we want to go to the w's resigns oman she is in beirut to resign what do protesters what do they want. protesters have been back on the streets and tripoli for several days now they are demanding the services. such as food water electricity and education. nationwide implemented over night induct on have been very harsh on citizens already suffering from dire economy conditions kristie 5 percent of that have been spoken nations under the poverty. and typically it is not to be one of the poorest areas and i've been on having the richest and the most fortunate but it's a kidney just some of them were former and please one of them was a former prime minister and they were on the list of the top tycoons of the forbes 2020 1000000000. well is the government now looking at additional economic support for the people. well at the beginning of this recent lockdown. the government has approved of giving an allowance for some of these who depend on a daily income and families suffering from dire financial. circumstances and conditions but this has become insignificant since the count

oman history power and influence on al-jazeera frank assessments you go holy it's on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people and in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines. inside story on al-jazeera. we've got some rather lively weather in the forecast for the middle east over the next couple they said in northern parts of the race a lot of the cloud showing up here a sleet. stumbling its way in across that the side of the mediterranean we're looking at some very heavy downpours coming through here that will cause some localized flooding no doubt said we're looking at temperatures struggling to get into double figures that rain sleet and snow moving across syria northern areas of iraq pushing across into that western side of iran in this lots to be a fair bit of snow over the high ground of this by to see some disruption on the system as it continues to just make its way eastwards quieting weather coming in behind for a time by the end of the wake and that sets the sea. well wet windy at times wintry weather tucki

oman history power and influence on al-jazeera. some coal that quad just making its way across eastern parts of the u.s. following on from a volatile night as in the deep south just around 24 hours ago we've got this cold front same place has still it's weakening as it bumps into this area of high pressure that was responsible for the tornado that rattled its way across alabama with the damaging winds in the process quite as i said across the good parts of the u.s. side is good they are a good parts of canada but cold temperatures starting to get about phrasing in new york and then they say subzero in chicago through by the russians i was also west stay with us some very heavy rain. coming into california falling on the areas that could cause some problems with debby being washed down off the mountains we are looking at the potential for some flash flooding and some disruption and some heavy snow too over the sierra nevada some snow warnings enforced rest no warning around lake tahoe as a result of the system which will make its wa

i was an immigration lawyer but i lost my license here in oman nebraska. and i mostly dealt with. [inaudible] cases and i want a few mexican asylum cases and the state are. >> host: because they considered mexicans not eligible and because i was legal and i have been running them i continue doing them but they my license mexicans don't deserve asylum. i run asylum-seekers from mexico so what you mean but that was 15 years ago, 2004 and i will call memories of a disbarred immigration lawyer under my grandfather's name. i'm telling my story because in nebraska because it's a date and there's a lot of people here and people of color coming slinto the state, but i noticed when i was an immigration lawyer first in the 90s there were actually some humanitarian devices to help people but as time went on, even in the bush administration we were thinking because he was pro-immigration there may be a chance to help people in the process but because of that effort everythingjust change . the whole outlook on the immigrant population coming through was like demonize it just kept getting worse

oman history power and influence on al-jazeera if we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the well. center magellanic or. al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to tease. out is there. it's toy for the perfect johnny the winter storm supply qatar airways. this is not a usual site this amount of cloud coming across the pacific right across argentina into was the southeast of brazil santiago's normally dry in january this is the average point forward as millimeters since friday hasn't quite finished either now more usually the amount of rain that sometimes forms in thunderstorms further north and draws the border into southeast brazil and isn't currently reaching rio rio had 40 is today 40 degrees not quite but very nearly a record certainly hot that about 38 sunday now but i'm a get to monday temperature in ria's down to 37 and this is still the wet area paraguayan the southeast of brazil and there are showers nahshon tina few are further north of brazil your note is now creeping up through columbia up the west coast again and the 7 increa

iran's navy is holding a 2 day missile trail in the gulf of oman as tensions with the u.s. run high tehran's unveiled its largest military vessel along with a new missile launching warships the u.s. has flown be 52 bombers over the gulf 3 times in the past month the trump administration's ramped up pressure on iran in its final weeks in office and u.s. secretary of state has accused iran of serving as a home base for al qaeda out without providing evidence he says the group is operating under tehran's protection iran has dismissed the claim as war mongering rise from a desperate outgoing administration. reality show that their policy of maximum pressure and economic terrorism have definitely failed also those who designed this policy are falling not only their term is over but their political lives have ended for ever a president that has no political understanding was controlling the country unfortunately a stupid foreign minister was next to him and an extremist and ignorant national security advisor next to him. there is dosage of barry has more from tehran. we've just b

what's being seen as a step towards resolving an illegal blockade on the country delegations from oman bahrain the united arab emirates kuwait and egypt are also attending. john hendren is standing by for us in washington d.c. with reaction out of the u.s. where we live with him and mohammed values on the cattle saudi border but let's start our coverage with our senior correspondent has followed the story for some time let's just begin with the fact that the meeting begins the hard talk starts how hard or in depth can those talks be. it's a crucial gathering now because this is when they will have to come together start talking about some of the elements about the agreement about to announce and also talk about what they will be doing in the immediate future for the announcement to happen i think the saudis will be having some talks with the amenities in the bahamas and the egyptians who are part of the. blockade in block they impose the lancy embargo or qatar on the 5th of june in 2070 and they will have to decide about the modalities of the agreement and later i think they will have

in terms of oman and the plane just landing there you know if this is going to be the 1st g.c.c. meeting at such a high level for the new sultan himself and he is also already in in the mix of trying to offer his help in negotiating the lifting of the blockade what is a man's position in the sort of dynamics of the g.c.c. well the sultanate issued a statement yesterday saying that the sultan is not going to turn and. someone else from the delegation is going to be. to be representing home and their own man is a nation of their has meant a remarkable stance when it comes to what happened in 2017 of the 5th of june it is a nation that has been asking for. unity in never took sides it is a remarkable nation there has always tried to maintain a neutral balance to relationship and saying ultimately i am a i am a nation i am. oh dynasty i need to see people showing respect for my heritage i'm not a wealthy nation nation as wealthy as saudi arabia or the united arab emirates but i have a legacy and i have a history and this explains why so when you look in the past we were instrumental

in what's seen as a big step towards resolving an illegal blockade in the country delegations from oman the united arab emirates coate and egypt also attending. earlier in the time in bin hamad elton was greeted by saudi crown prince mohammed bin someone with an embrace it marked one of the most important moments in relations between the gulf countries in recent years. and up a half hour block has been built on the basis of our shared roots and common traditions with the aim of serving the interests of our respective people therefore we should all work together towards achieving the goals on the basis of which this block was formed. ok we've got several correspondents on the story will cast was in washington d.c. she's going to have the latest of the u.s. valas of the qatar saudi border and we're going to be speaking to them in just a few minutes 1st of all let's go to. joel it may have looked warm on the tarmac in saudi arabia but there is a long way to go before this issue is actually resolved as in that there are a lot of diplomats some analysts like to call it a confidence building

qatar it was no surprise then that a lot of us summits was named off together with the late senator of oman who also pos the way in 2020 with all 4 blockading countries now agreeing to open their land air and sea borders to put out the gulf region can now begin a new chapter one that its leaders say will be written by all of them together from out of. the. all right let's bring in our guests and measure them saudi is president of the qatar international academy for security studies in kuwait city but in a safe assistant professor of history at kuwait university and in new york rami hooty director of global engagement at the american university of beirut and senior fellow at harvard kennedy school welcome to the program measured let me start with you today do we know what the details are in this solidarity and stability agreement i mean there are still a lot more questions than answers at this stage correct. yes i mean of course we all heard the declaration that was made during the press conference and we got. you know the documents but it seems that it outlines a very broad and general stat

part of eastern turkey as well as rain coming into western turkey still a breeze down the coast of oman keeping muscat down to about 21 sunny degrees south of all this we see it's very active weather recently flooding in the movie this is obviously on the main train and sees no rays a speck to see that develop daily but it's not so much on the showers do develop further west through botswana and still in the maybe the no longer on the skies and coast but when what's involved with who's got 3 days of thunderstorms or these showers which is the wet time of year it mislead even so this is a little excessive to the east of that on the edge your screen is damn yellow now that is a tropical cyclone moving towards moorish yes it may not make a direct hit but it will be noticed at least by the time we get to sunday. the. al-jazeera world appears into the murky world of state sponsored spy ware. and the discovery by al jazeera journalists that syria click technology stocks that smartphones are free sister company is this the new frontier of espionage. think about the sophistication of exports to

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that is from a trip that they took after the administration to oman and jordan to visit king hussein. >> christmas at the white house. >> christmas at the white house. that is in a store where we would spend our christmas and summer. mother bought a knock this -- necklace which i know have. that was the last big family picture that was taken. that was about 2002. we did that at about the 20th anniversary of the betty ford center. most of those granddaughters are married and with children of their own. >> where is that? >> it's out in palm springs an hour yard. >> susan, i brought a picture as well. my kids don't remember this, this was long before i got married, but i often traveled with betty ford on her adventures around the country. i will tell you that, of first ladies who made themselves available to me, it was the first time i was covering the first lady so i had nothing to compare to, but i've now covered seven first ladies over a period of 40 years. i think she was one of the most accessible first ladies because she really did believe that it is part of your role as a public f

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oman played a very large role last time around. is this something that you see yourself?, what we want, we want the accomplishment. we want to see the deal happening. whoever is conducting these negotiations, we are going to support them. we will be asked by the stakeholders to play a role in this. we maintain the relationship with the u.s., a good relationship with iran. iran is our neighbor. we have borders together. they have stood with us during a crisis and supported all of our -- i believe there is mutual respect between the countries. that allows qatar to play such a role. reaffirming that if any country is going to play that role, qatar would be supportive of that, and would not do anything unless asked by the parties. >> it looks like south korea is perhaps reaching out to qatar for assistance in resolving the tanker and the crew that are detained in iran. what assistance are you providing them, if any? what is the situation right now? >> with the south korean tanker crisis, we have received a request from the korean government. right now we are working on it to

oman played a large role last time around. is this something that you see yourself?us, what we want, we want the accomplishment. we want to see the deal happening. wherever it is conducted, we are going to support it. if qatar will be asked by the stake holders to play a role, we would be welcome to this idea. we've maintained a good relationship with the u.s., a good relationship with iran. iran is our neighbor. we have borders together. they have stood with us during the crisis and supported our logistics. i believe there's a mutual respect between the countries that allows qatar to play such a role. but, i'm reaffirming that if any country is going to play that role, qatar will be supportive for that and will not do anything unless asked by the parties. >> it looks like south korea is perhaps reaching out to qatar for assistance in resolving the tanker and the crew that are detained in iran. what assistance are you providing them, if any? what's the situation right now? >> well, with the south korean tanker crisis, we have received a request by the korean governme

and also in our alexandria house, and that's from a trip that they took after the administration to omannd jordan to visit king hussein. >> christmas at the white house. and that's our store in vail where we spent the summer which is a squash blossom which i now have. >> oh, look. >> yeah. that was the last big family picture that was taken. that was about 2002, and we did 20th anniversary of the betty ford center and most of those granddaughters are married and have children of their own. >> that is an amazing picture. that was in vail? >> no. that's actually in palm springs out in their yard. yeah. i brought a picture, too, 3$z% this and this is long before i got married, but i often traveled with betty ford on her adventures around the country, and i will tell you that of first lady it is who made themselves available, and it was the first time i covered a first lady, but even now that i've covered seven first ladies over a period of 40 years i -- i think she was one of the most accessible because she really did believe that it's part of your role as a public figure to carry your mess

beyond our borders tonight, iran's military begins a ground forces drill over the coast of the gulf of omancopters, military transport aircraft. meanwhile relief workers struggle to clear the where a strong earthquake left thousands homeless. brought a 6.2 magnitude earthquake is the latest in a series of disasters to hit indonesia. some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight britt stocks were up today. the dow gained 116. the s&p 500 finished ahead 31, the nasdaq jumped 199 today. tonight as mentioned at the top of the show, the u.s. has clipped the 400,000 mark and coronavirus deaths. that leaves the official mark communities held light memorials to remember those who had been lost including you saw the one on the national mall. the global toll was more than 2 million now and there are increasing concerns tonight about the pace of the vaccination effort and new strains of the coronavirus. correspondent jonathan serrie has our update. >> as u.s. coronavirus cases surpass 24 million, researchers in los angeles worn a new strain may be responsible for more than one-third of cases in

runs navy is holding a 2 day military drill in the gulf of oman as tensions with the u.s. run high to han's unveiled its largest military vessel along with a new missile launching warship the u.s.s. flown b. 52 bombers over the gulf 3 times in the past month russian opposition leader alexina of on the plans to return home to moscow on sunday 5 months after being air lifted to germany to be treated for poisoning the volley says he's almost back to full health it is russian security services of an assassination attempt which the kremlin denies now on is one of president vladimir putin's most prominent critics and faces criminal charges in his return. in the indian state of assam elephant deaths are on the rise as the animals compete for space with humans since september 6 elephants are being electrocuted by illegal fences put up by villagers but now some locals find a new way to keep crop breeding elephants off their land elizabeth random reports from new delhi the sad event is the latest to be killed in the state of our some she was electrocuted by a live wire fence put up

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oman played a very large role last time around. is this something that you see yourself?r us in qatar, what we want is accomplishment. we want to see the deal happening. wherever it is, whoever is conducting these negotiations, we are going to support them. if qatar will be asked by stakeholders to play a role in this, we will welcome this idea. we maintain a good relationship with the u.s.. we maintain a good relationship with iran. iran is our neighbor. they have stood with us during the crisis and supported us. i believe there is a mutual respect between the countries that allows qatar to play a special role, reaffirming that if any country will play that role, qatar will be fully supportive for that and will not do anything unless it is being asked by the parties. simone: it looks like south korea is perhaps reaching out to qatar for assistance in resolving the tanker and crew that are detained in iran. what assistance are you providing them, if any, and what is the situation right now? >> with the south korean tanker crisis, we have received the request from the kore

(man)oman) what is happening to my body? (woman) i don't want to look like this anymore.uffering from insulin resistance. measure your waist. females measuring more than 35 inches and men measuring more than 40 inches may have insulin resistance. release effectively combats insulin resistance and will help you lose weight safely and effectively. release: available only at golo.com. >>> new york is now planning to send at least 1,000 national guard members to assist with president-elect joe biden's inauguration. new york's guard will join 6,200 other guard members from across the country who will now help provide security at the inauguration following last week's riot at the u.s. capitol. and you can see pictures there of these non-scaleable fences that have been erected after what took place on wednesday, and there are now 18 known federal criminal defendants related to the capitol riot as well. cnn's justice correspondent jessica snyder joining me now. jessica, there has been a connection between some vile threats on speaker nancy pelosi. what can you tell us about that?

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navy revealing a new helicopter carrier and missile launching warship, during a drill in the sea of oman supplied with advanced automatic missiles and artillery. the chief of staff of iran's armed forces inspected the chopper carrier. it's the latest show of force. india. the supreme court temporarily suspending new farming laws. they've been at the center of massive protests demonstrators are demanding a repeal of the new measures they argue the farming rules leave them at the whim of corporations the government has ruled out withdrawing the laws, but politicians say they could make some amendments. the two sides are expected to meet again on friday vatican city, the world's smallest country starting its ambitious covid-19 vaccination program. the first doses given to doctors and other members. pope francis said everybody should get the vaccine and called it an ethical option, because you're either playing with your own health and life or that of others no word on whether the pope received his shot yet. shots in the arm as we go around the world in 80 seconds. >>> the faa is cracking do

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place he she i'm only a telling them to oman and it has and he then went through and there's this is captured on video with him smoking a big black cigar and smiling throughout the entire 200 people in the auditorium off when is he a conspirator. you know the person would say who knew the list you supposed to pick up what about michael is he a conspirator yes i would point to security grounds would come down wrap and put the audience kind of and then used that they'd be indeed in the. mind of many i mean i need to let me let there be it by that i did not hear that i live. here very much a record of success unless your idea of a plot. plot. he went through the entire 200 people no one knew who was going to be selected they knew there was no such plot or greatly relieved when they were instructed and then the clincher who said to them i praise you for your loyalty and as a reward you will be able to perform the $21.00 firing squads for the the enemies of the. shame making them complicit and in a sense there are already mad i mean you are ya. i mean saddam was definitely not the crueles

(man)oman) what is happening to my body? (woman) i don't want to look like this anymore. you may be suffering from insulin resistance. measure your waist. females measuring more than 35 inches and men measuring more than 40 inches may have insulin resistance. release effectively combats insulin resistance and will help you lose weight safely and effectively. release: available only at golo.com. lou: breaking news now, the left-wing national media ignoring leftist violence on our streets. antifa and black lives matter over the weekend marching through manhattan wearing body armor and carrying these riot shields, as you see there, declaring they own the streets. in san diego antifa attacked a number of trump supporters who had gathered for a patriot march as they called it. police later cleared the area allowing the march to go on. also breaking, the radical dem cans calling on the military -- dems calling on the military to review the ideology of national guard troops deployed for joe biden's inauguration. that request put forward by democrat congressman jason crow in orde

(man)oman) what is happening to my body? (woman) i don't want to look like this anymore.nouncer) you may be suffering from insulin resistance. measure your waist. females measuring more than 35 inches and men measuring more than 40 inches may have insulin resistance. release effectively combats insulin resistance and will help you lose weight safely and effectively. release: available only at golo.com. [background sounds] [inaudible conversations] lou: scenes from portland, oregon. those scenes from last year. the city endured more than 200 nights of violent unrest enabled in part by that city's radical dem mayor who publicly approved of antifa and its violent acts throughout. he's recently changed his mind, however, because the riots haven't let up even in this new year. antifa violence erupted for three nights in portland this year, and last night rioters trying to break into the monoma county court before they marched -- i think that is probably a more orderly word than we should use -- all over downtown portland vandalizing storefronts. four of them were arrested. tha